Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1921, Page 3

TELLSHOW TOBULD MERCHANT MARINE \ - Piez Would Have Emergency ~Fleet Handle All Shigping Board Vessels. CLAIMS ARE BIG BURDEN “Sell, Burn or Sink Every Wooden Ship,” Says Former Fleet Director. For a great American merchant marine to be developed, three things must be done, Charles Piez of Chicaro. former director general of the Enfers- ency Fleet Corporation, told the spe: cial House committee investigating the Shipping Board yesterday: 1. Turn over to the Emergency Eleet Corporation the operation of goVvern- ment owned ships, thus relieving the Shipping Board of operation prob- lems. P4 2. Create a tribunal to dispose ex- peditiously of the claims that hav grown out of the government's ship= building program, thus again reliev- ing the Shipping Board from handling these claims. 3. Let the Shipping Board be free to develop the merchant marine. as intended and provided in the mer- chant marine act. Denles Mismanagement Charges. Coupled with these declarations was & flat denial by Mr. Piez of various charges of mismanagement made #gainst the construction division' of the board by Martin J. Gillen in ie- centStestimony before the committe. The witness also denied that Charles M. Schwab had been reimbursed .by the government for his personal ex- penses while \Mr. Schwab was director general of the fleet corporation. Mr. Plez made no direct reference former controller of the Shiening former comptroller of the Shipping Board, that a voucher for $260,000 had been presented for Mr. Schwab’s “per- sonal expenses,” but he did say posi- tively that he was certain that no voucher had ever been {ssued either for salary or expenses of Mr. Schwab. Praising Mr. Schwab's service to the government, Mr. Piez said he had accepted the job reluctantly because he expected to be subjected to unfair criticism, and added that it was ‘‘un- fortunate that any suggestion of im- proper-action on Mr. Schwab's part has been made at the hearing." ‘Will Probe Claims Further. The committee will return to New York temight and tomorrow morning expects to inquire further into Col Abadie’s charges. Mr. Piez's reply to Mr. Gillen's charges was in the form of a pre- pared statement, which was flled with the committee and which was not read because Chairman Walsh sug- gested that “all members had ac- quainted themselves with it and that its reading would only consume time. In this statement Mr. Piez declared that Mr. Gillen's report did not “square with the facts’ in “a single vital instance” and that the,charge of a lack of an accounting syi¥¥em in the division of construction was wholly wrong. The claim®also was made that Mr. Gillen's report regard- ing the fleet corporation checks against authorizations and appro- priations was absolutely wrong and that the destructive effect of 'Mr. Gi len’s testimony had seriously m- paired public interest in the estab- lishment of an American merchant marine and practically destroyed the market for shipping securities. Urges Sale of Ships. Discussing the policy which the Shipping Board should adopt, Mr Piez said the board was spending 8§ perCent of lts time settling war ms—*like a coroner's in @ dead past® e Jury sitting “Create a tribunal that will dispose of these claims expeditiousl ',who said. “Turn over to the¥ - eYEmergency government-owned ships. Give the Shipping Board an opportunity to perform the fynctions outlined for it in the merchint ma- Fine act—the development of a mer- chant ‘marine. - ¢ Wooden ships had been a “thorn In the side.of American people toa lon it Dess urged these be immediately. ~ wp.Sell them at any price” If they can’t be sold, burn take them out to sea and said he. them or nk them.” GILLEN RAPS PIEZ. Charges Camouflaging and Asks = Four Special Questions. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 22.—Marti 3. Gillen, Shipping Board inquiry wit- Dess. gave out the following state- n; con Bisnt iranig cerning Mr. Pies's “The witness for the camcuflaging. !nl;(‘z"ln rst. Why did he, s the accounting ‘department ot ths construction division, fail to hage proper charges made against the siy contractors who received steel and other supplies from the government to such an extent that on October 1 1919, there was more than $550.0080 006 worth undistributed on. the reMras of the Shipping Board, and no charges lg‘;l‘nnl he oontaciorss cont y e fail to - vide a system whereby inventorie could be taken of the millions in the yards of the ship contractors at the time the steel and other supplies were shipped into those yards, and fail to have a continuing inventory kept by the contractor? “Third. Why did he fail to et up a proper bookKeeping system for an inventory in the yards where 451 requisitioned ships were being bulit and why did he fail, to have a record kept of the progress payments made by the former owners? urth. He states that by resolu: tion of the Emergency Fleet Corpora.,| tion its securities were ordered placed in the hands of a custodfan in Phila- delphia. Will he please state why he did not see that proper records were kept at Washington of those transac- tions and of all other financial trans- actions by the Emergency Fidet Cer- poration™ SHIPPING MEN ANGRY. defense is Let him explain the New Yorkers Want More'Ships As- signed to That Port. Closely following announcement by- the Shipping Board thats the boasd plans to conduct an extended inves- tigation into an alleged contract be- '[“FEAR-OF DEMOCRACY” Wiuld Build Hotel Here For Natienal La vmakers JOHN W. LANGLEY, Representative from Kentucky chairman of the House committee on| public buildings and grounds, who has introduced a_bill providing for the egection in \Waskingfon of a modern f‘:l and apartment‘house for the ex- Slusive use of the Viee President and members of 'Congress. His plan calls for a wort of government co-opera- tive entablishment, with no frec rents, but rents within the finamcial remch of national legislntors. Mr. Landle: says that representatives and sen ators are worn out by the jgb of try$ ing tg find places in whicl GIANT GRAVEYARDS OF IDLE SHIPS TEEL U. S. MARINE CRISIS) (Continued from First Page.) f ah the returning of boats by operaters is going: to end nobody knows. o Presumably, it will not end until business improves, and that is why Senator Ransdell wants a trade con- ference to consider not only, stimu] tion -of exports but the working of foreign cargoes for return American bottomss He will recom- Thend, particularly trade development with Latin America. . The idleness of ‘some of its steel vessels is one phase of the Shipping Board's problem. The retiring of a Wwhole geet of wooden vessels is an- other. The James river, near Norfolk, has become a veritable graveyard for its wooden commerce - armada. _Here has been collected 247 wooden boats, commandeered or built during the war to carry troops and munitions. The majority of them are unfit for the modern demands of trade. Anchored in Groups. These vessels, too small and With too limited bunker capagity to mal advisable their operation on trade routes, are at anchor in groups of seven, one boat in each ggoup serv- ing as a mother ship ang looking, after repairs. Governmewt officials, hope to find buyers for many of these ships when business conditions be- come normal. 2’ In shipyards hulis.of more delivered Shipping Board which it would be practicallyympos- sible to place in service at tH8 pres- ent #ime, it is stated. 3 That the situation will not be materfally improved until a way is found to reduce the cost of eperating | American ‘boats was the opigion ex- pressed freely at tho " merchdnt, rine convention. Several speakers blamed the steamboat inapection service and the La Follette séamen's aét for imposing standards of opera- tion and empl t that made it impossible for :America to_ compete 1§ Crest Britain or other nations ioperating cost: ~ Figures From Board. ¥ Figures obtained yestérday at the Shipping Board shewed there have to date 381 ships on requisition, 1%21 con- tracted steel ships of every Mass, 538 wooden vessels of evemy class’eight- een composite ships and on both coasts are th than one hundred un-° D vessels [ ‘@ighteen concrete ships. January 6 the board had in operation 927 cargo and pas- ger carrying. boats and seventy- nine tankers. It-had laid up orthat date for lack of busingss and Sther 260 wooden, ifour concrete steel boats,"or a total of 391 removed from service. - NOTED OF COMMUNIST! te Department Preparas Beports of Internationale With Comment. Making public reports of the,pro- ceedings of the communist 1 a- tionale at Moscow last summer, as printed in Russian soviet néwspapers, the, State Department yesterday prefaced it with a statement that®an obvious fear of democracs™ was'notsd dn the speeches delivered at the coff gress. X * “Enlightened Iiberalism is the” one obstacle which these communists_see to the sudcess of.their project,” said the department’s statement. “They are more vindictive in their references to progressive democracy than they are in their denunciation ‘tsarism.’ hey are not afraid of the reaction. hey recognize very clearly that their real enemyMagainst which they must marshal théir most formidable- at. tack, is theé spirit of democracy, to which this nation is dedicated. Attention was called to what the department said was “the yclose re- lationship ~ between the bolshevik jparty, the Russian soviets and this ‘communist internationale.” It said speakers peferred to the congress as “the general staff of the world revo- lution,” and that they “in their role as leaders of the sovle‘g‘ attempt ‘to establish ‘ndrmal’ relations with gov- grpments, while in their role as com- mlindst revolutionists, and as general managers of the ‘general staff of the wofld revolution; the; wreck the same.” Teonmlee “It is very noticeable,” the = ment continued, “how z}r'.m'::. mary ‘of an international the last work in all disputes #s to Russians, particularly Lenin. Conceding that the newspaper re- ports contained in the 166-pag, volyme were “very dry reading, th deparfment's statement said, how- ever, that It was “hoped that the pub- Heation of this memorandum will do much to clarify public opinion in re. gard to the problems which face thiy tween the International Mercantile Marine Company and British citizens, it was learned unofficially last night that New York shipping men have vinced an attitude of restlessness and subdued anger over what they term- the “southern democrat” atti- tude of Chairman Benson in allocat- ing veasels owned by the boasd to all over the country vinstead of allocating about 75 per cent of them to companies operating out of New York harbor or ports nearby. * Evidence that such an attitude has found root was openly shown durin thé convention of the National Mer™ chant Marine Association in W: ington last week. porters are said to be highly in- dignant over the policy pursped by. the board in allocating vessels own by the board. They claim' that t| Jurgest part of the nation’s .export democracy In its relations e shevism.” withiboly Ibe a group of rallroad men who, it :is asserted, 1l profit greatly by ‘any extension of the profitable long- !haul business for export' from the middle west to New York and nearby ports. R e . Ve ,The Shippjng ard, on the other,) hand, has &“mu&nuy ‘maintained h,h": attitude that ODerators of its vessels: should be spread all over the country, , The board believes that by allowing Ship operators all over the count to hire ships and operate them on> rental basis it will thus keep all th ports involved in a state of actio and will not gefifine its interests nor the interests of the nation's shipping to ‘one port orfone district. This matter was thoroughly dis- cussed at & conference of district op- erators held with the board yester- day, and the conclusion meached,-al- mqst unanimously, is said to have been squarely behind the policy of the ACT OV, BORAH o live. ( s gthis week. He may make the request THE- - SUNDAY STAR, -JANUARY---23,- -1921—PART" - LS S NAVY CUT DEMAND Senator Attacks Root. Plea for Disarmament Delay Until Harding Term. _ Senator Borah of Idaho. author of the resolution now pending in the Scnate looking to a reduction in naval grmament by the United States, Great Britain and Japan, took serious issuggast night with the proposal of Eiifd Root that a world conference on disarmament be delayed until after the inauguration of.President- elect Harding. i % [:*“Delay is one of the methods pe- cwliarly adapted to killing any pro- gram of disarmament,” said Senator Borah, adding that he regretted “ex- ceedingly that Mr. Root should throwl his great influence against the progress that is being made.” “It may, be possible,” said the sen- ator, “and I presume it is probable, that they can stop the passage of this resolution, but they cannot stop the movement.” Letter Before Committee. Mr. Root’s suggestioch was con- ained in a letter read yesterday be- ore tiv” House naval committee by Chgirman Butler. He safd he “felt ngly” that steps should be taken promptly after ti new ministra- tion is established to brifs about a general conference on di: ament, but that the “precise meth®d of pro- cedure” ought not to be devermined until Mr. Harding and his Secretary of State “have Qad an opportunity to inform themselygs and to reach con- clusions as to the way which affords the best prospect of success.” Senator Borah said’in his statement that if the suggestion for delay had come from Mr. Harding he should have felt very much like deferring, but he added that hq doubted if Mr. Harding “would wish to say that ne wants delay lén this matter until hé can inform Himself as to conditiohf with which I have no doubt he is en- tirely familiar.” ? “T doubt also,” Senator Borah said, “if Mr. Hardinggwould wish to say that he is going to ‘appoint a Secretary of State who is not entirely familiar with the situation so far as the un. derlying principles are concerned.” Invites Alternative Plan. The Idaho senator added that if 0ot or others would suggest some iternative plan which would ex- pedite and not delay disarmament, he would support it gladly. ‘.Senator Borah said the treaty of Versailles had what amounted to a pledge of disarmament, but that two years after its drafting “the most stupendous program for armaments ever known have been initiated by at least four of the great allied and associated powers.” SEEKS VOTE IN SENATE 'oulimnusou-uouu BILL Cefiifornia Memberyto Seek Unani- mous Consent Agreement This Week. Unanimous consent agreement for & vote in the Senate on the Johnson- Nolan minimum wage bill for gov- ernment employes will be sought by Senator Hiram Johnson of California omorrow to fix vote. ‘The proponents of the measurs are canfident that it will pass the Senate, ohce a vote can be obtained. The i1l makes the minimum wage of ‘em- yes Of the gowvernment, with some exceptions in the territories and po: tal service, $3 a day. ‘The House has already passed the bill. The Senate hi amended the House bill in some particulars, among the amendments being one which twould have the $240 bonus paid gov- ernment egxployefl or y other bomus taken Intd consideration in arriving at”the $3 day minimum wage. The House will called :.l"m %o l‘r:e ‘(‘u the g:nato‘unendm or to send the in conference for adjustment be- e two houses. date for such- a WOULD REGULATE TARIFF. Ways and Means Committee Would Xet President Check DiscHmination « Congressional action which would permit the President to act to offset scri; tory tariffs qf foreign gov- mentk was" suggested to the House ways and means committee yesterday. Another proposition was to protect in- vestments in the fishing industry caused, it was said, by Herbert Hoover's war-time food policle: An emergency mentioned by C. Bentley, representing the National Cagnerts’ Association, was that resuly- ing from Australia’s subsidy of her fruit canning industry. Mr. Bentley said that government had arbitrarily fixed the price of 5% cents a pound on sugar during the era of high prices, with the result that Australian jams and other canned products were flood- ing American markets. TO TAKE UP SIZE OF ROUSE Senate Census Committee Will Con- sider Reapportionment Bill. Consideration of the House bill fix- ing. the number of representatives among the states under the 1920 cen- sus at 435, the present total, will be mkgn up by the Senate census com- mittee next week, Cl an Suther- land announced yegterddy. - The West Virginia senator said he was looking into precedents to see what the Senate had done with re- aj rtionment bills in the past. There is some ‘sentiment, hé said, in those states which would lose mem- bers under the bill as it passed the House to increase the number o as to avoid any reduction. GREAT BRITAIN LEADS. Senator Smith, democrat, South Carolina, has received from the Navy Department figures on the dockage facilities of the four principal for- eign powers. show that Great Britain, ex- colonges, leads with -two of which are owned by tMe government; France has fifty-ome, J; forty-three, fourteen of which are government owned, and Italy has twenty-five. —_—— Henry Ford ye: gain of 2,101 votes on Senator New- berry, republican, Michigan, in_the 1,451 precinots, 'including 'Oaklgnd cqunty, recounted by the Senate elec- %unn committee. e e ASKS RAISE FOR CONGRESS. A Dbill to increase salaries of sen- ers and representatives from $7,500 $10,000 a year after March 4 next s introduced by Representative Campbell, democrat, Pennsylyania. GEN. LIGGETT PROMOTED. P tion of Maj. Gen. Hunter mm to the rank of lieutenant propased-in a bill intro- y by Chairman Kahn military committee. ye of the Hou l !Former Governor of Idaho Is Sworn In as Senator COAL MEN ATTAGK REGULATING BILL Representative Says Doctors Prescribe to Obtain An- KENVONCHAMPIONS TRADE COMMISSIN Denies Charges of Sherman of Injury to Meat Ex- The House. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, in which $19.- 500,000 was lopped from the de- partmental estimates, will continue The Senate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Following agitation that has continued for more than a year in support of legislation for fed- eral regulation of the meat pack- ing industry, the Senate is to vote to occupy the attention of the thracite in Buffalo. port Trade. tomorrow afternoon upon the House during the early part of this Kenyon-Kendrick bill for that week. By Wednésday or Thurs- The Calder bill for federal regula- | —— tion®of the coal industry attacked | by coal men but indorsed in part by one congressman and a government official during Senate hearings yes- | terday. “People up in my home city of Buf- falo have to get a doctor's prescrip- tion before they can buy anthracite coal,” Representative James M. Mead, democrat, New York, asserted, plead- day it is expected that either one or both the Army and Navy ap- propriation bills will be reported to the Housc, to be taken up fol- lowing the passage of the agri- cultural supply measure. 4 There are still cight of the big appropriation bills yet to come from the committed, and the first has not yet been sent to confer- purpose. The proponents of the measure several weeks ago ob- tained unanimous consent to vote on the bill January 24. They ex- press confidence that it will be passed by the Senate, though ad- mitting that the vote is likely to be close. The opponents of the measure,“on the other hand, have DEFENDS WM. B. COLVER iKendrick Declares He Was Mis- quoted as Saying He Was Will- ing to Give Up Seat. The Federal Trade Commission and “1i ence, the House réfusing yesterday |ing for some form of regulation of i el v 1. Col- been very active recently,’lining to send the District appropriation | tne ek T D et st ra s its former chairman. William F. Col up senators to oppose the packer bill to conference by unanimous | yorked now, too, because they have ver., charged recently by Senator DLill, and may turn the tables upon consent. The question ufg;vg;dg;e to give prescriptions for liquld heats Sherman of lLiinois with having in- g s2n- (et S LS S Former Gov. Oakley C. Curtis o ured the American meat export trade iisTsupporters hiyyhaleveritieissn Senate is under debate. Repre- | Maine informed the committee he 1_ e sveieed lon ate may do, it is reckoned by the opponents of federal regulation of the packers that the bill cannot 1.ass the House at the present ses- sion of Congress. Federal regulation of another great industry, the coal industry. is being given serious considera- tion by the senators. Charges of profiteering in coal on a tre- mendous scale have been made be- fore the Calder committee on re- construction and production, and have been reiterated before the Senate committee on manufac- S, of which Senator La Fol- chairman, during the last The manufactures com- mittee i3 to continue hearings on the Calder bill for the regulation of the coal industry the coming week, but it may report the meas- ure to the Senate without much further delay. « Once the packer bill has been voted on, the Senate decks will he . cleared for consideration of the Fordney emergency tariff bill, which 18 the unfinished business of the Senate. But the democrats opposing this high tarift bill, de- signed to aid the farmers, accord- ing to its framers, do not intend to let the bill come to a vote. In fact, they have adopted a species of “secondary” fiilibuster, insist- ing that every other bill and reso- lution that comes before the Sen ate be given “the closest scrutiny,’ Wwhich is merely another means of delaying action on the Fordney bill. The Senate has passed only one of the big annual supply pills of the government—the District of Columbia bill—but the sundry civil bill is almost ready to lay before the Senate, with the legis- lative, executive and judicial ap- propriation bill to follow , soon. With e session’s end drawing nearer and nearer, the task of the democrats to prevent action on the tarift_bill is becoming easier and easier. sentative Haugen of lowa contends that when the Senate puts on les- islative riders they should be re- ferred to the proper legislative committee of the House for con- sideration before they are made in order for consideration in the House. Rl The sending of the District bill to conference will be the item of greatest interest to District res The Temple Sun- day blue law bill, on which hear- ings wege tentatively arranged for Tuesday, has been pigeon- holed fof vhis session. The House District committee, however, will consider the Washington street railway problem in executive ses- sion on Wednesday. Representa- tive Norman J. Gould of New York and _ Representative Jame: P. Woods of Virginia are determined to force some action looking to- ward a merger of the two com- panies. Hearings of the Walsh special committee investigating the Ship- ping Board are shifted again to New York, where they are to be resumed tomorrow. Favorable report was made by the commerce committee Friday on the Winslow bill amending the transportation act to permit the railways to get partial payment from the federal government on accounts due under the federal guarantee. Appropriation of $15,000,000 for six new hospitals for disabled war veterans is favored by the com- mittee on public buildings, Chair- man Langley annonced. Agricultural interests are now appearing before the ways and means committee in regard to tar- iff readjustment. These hearings will continue all this week. The House, by a decisive vote on Wednesday, continued the pres- ent size of the House—435—for the next ten years. The Indian appropriation bill, carrying approximately $12,000,- 000, was passed on Thursday. - ‘Warning against hasty reduction of Army appropriations was made to the military affairs committee on Wednesday by officers of the American Legion. Herbert Hoover, former federal food administrator, told the agri- cultural committee on Wednesday how gambling in futures on the grain exchanges could be checked by voluntary agreement. Julius Barnes, former head of the Uni ed States Grain Corporation, urged suspension of all proposed legisla- tion to regulate grain future transactions. Investigation of the purchase of fourteen German airplanes at a cost of $300,000 by the War, Navy and Post Office departments, was demanded by Representattve Mar- tin B. Madden. . K The five-cent cigar will never return unless tariff and tax levies on tobacco drop, witnesses told the ways and means committee. ‘The House voted 285 to 4 to di- rect the Secretary of War to cease enlistments when the Army reach- e8 175,000, the }imit set in a Senate resolution: President Wilson Insists Allies Respect the Borders of Russia (Continued from First Page.) was “a coal man now, but I don't know what I'll be under this bill. | Later he added that “no member of { this committee, meaning no disrespect to it, has information enough about the industry to bring out the facts from all the witnesses.” Chairman La Follette gave him permission to conclude his statement tomorrow. O. P. Hunt, chief mechanical engi neer for the bureau of mme:. tesii- fied to the administrative workability of the bill and to the desirability of one of its sections, which would es- tablish a basis for inspection and classification of coal as to its quality George H. Cushing, managine direc- tor of the American Wholesale Coal Association, expressed the opinion that the bill “would destroy presen systems of merchandising in coal. but said he did not want to put the statement on record as representative CANADATOFOLLON or & hearing tomorrow, it was a Wants No Reciprocity, But, SENATORS HOTLY DEBATE | Will Trade With British PALMER ACTION ON REDS _if Shut Out. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ontario, January Under the caption, “Reviving Reci- procity,” the Ottawa Citizen says: “While Premier Meighen avers that Canada is ready to fight the United States in a tariff war, there are indi- cations that the launching of such a campaign across the line is advocited only by a small, but aggressive ele- ment within the republican party. There has developed a new idea in the councils of the republican party within the past few days, and this comprises no less a suggestion than the employment, not of the tariff, but of reciprocity, as the, best means of promoting trade.” . The above does not represent Ca- nadian feeling. ' Undoubtedly reci- procity is as unpopular in Canada as it was ten years ago. . ‘The_Citizen in closing asks: “Pre- mier Meighen has declared his will- ingness to meet the United States in a tariff war. “Tariff wars are no- toriously expensive to both sides. Is he willing to declare that when the other country is animated by other motives, he is prepared to meet it as unhesitatingly? * “In circles closest tp the govern- ment it is admitted that reciprocity, such as was proposed in 1911 and turned down so decisively by Ca- nadians, would have nc chance of carrying. Business men-all over Can- ada are watching Washington and{- are hoping that the Fordney bill and other legislation Wwill not hurt Ca- nadian interest. At the same time the general feeling is that if Wash- ington, by putting on ‘prohibitive tar- iffs, shuts out Canadian business mer- chants here, they will deal with Brit- ish firms instead and will get more business in Canada than American firms now get.” At Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton, large industrial centers, the feeling is “that in the event of an increased tariff Canadian grain will find an out- let to other countries, the same with respect to many lines of agricultural produce, and’ that Canadians will buy fewer automobiles, gramophones and manufactured articles of clothing of a great varlety from American firms ;nd instead will deal with Canadian rms.” the packers, was defended in the Sen- ate yesterday by Senator Kenyon of lowa, one of the authors of the bill to regulate the meat-packing indus- try. The senator denied the charges nator Sherman British feeling against the American packers was caused by the packers' own actions enyon de- clared, und not by ism in the deral Trade Commission's report. s asserted by Senator Sherman. Be- fore this nation entered the war. Senator Kenyon ®nid. the packers stirred British feeling by attempting to “run the blockade” against Ger- many and ship meat to England's enemies. \ Sought to Block Loans. ‘ Reading from current press re- | FRANK R. GOO! 5 'ho haw taken the onth of office in the Senate to fill the uncxpired term of Senntor Nugent, who rexigned to nccept appointment to the Federal i ports, Senator Kenyon also said the Chicago packers, ‘through banking connections, had sought to block al- lied loans. Regarding Mr. Colver, who was criticised by Senator Sherman as hav- ing inspired British opposition to the American packers, Senator Kenyon said the former chairman of the F' eral Trade Commirsion had been “a faithful public servant” who had suf- fered from “abuse and malice. Answering remarks of Senator Sher- mna also, Senator Kendrick, democrat. Wyoming, told the Senafe he had been “misquoted” when he was de- . clared to have said he would resign from the Senate to become a member of the proposed federal live stock com- mission. ‘Will Resume Tomorrow. Senator Kendrick is joint author of the pending meat industry regulation bill, which would create the commis. sion. He also is a cattle raiser, and Senator Sherman recalled the state- ment Senator Kendrick was reputed to have made at the recent EI Pasn meeting of the National Live Stock Assodiation. Mr. Kendrick said he had, in fact. stated that he would be willing to resign his Senate seat if necessary to aid the work of the proposed commis- sion. 7 cx; During yesterday's discussion of the bill Senator Stanley, democrat, Ken- tucky, spoke in opposition, declaring the- measure was “unwarranted and unnecessary. oo The Senate will meet ‘two hours earlier than usual tomorrow, to re- sume debate on the bill, with a unani- mous consent agreement for voting on amendents and final passage at pm. o Robinson and France Lock Horns as Former Condemns “Charges ‘Without Evidence.” During a discussion of the policy adopted by the United States govern- ment toward the soviet government of Russia in the Senate yesterday after- noon Senator Robinson of Arkansas. democrat, and Senator France of Maryland, republican, locked horns over the activities of Attorney Gen- eral Palmer. Senator France charged that rious crimes had been committed” by gpvernment agents in handling the deportation cases and said he believed Attorney General Palmer was ‘“most responsible” for the ‘crimes.” Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkan- sas, defended Mr. Palmer and said Senator France's statement “ought to be retracted or the Senate should be told the facts” He condemned what he said was a practice of making “grave charges against government officials without giving the evidence. Senator France replied that he pos. sessed “facts” and had given them to the judiciary committee when he re- quested action on his resolution for an inquiry by the Senate into the conduct of the Attorney General's office. 2 “I repeat,” said Mr. Robinson, “that the senator ought to give us the facts and mot speak by innuendo.” — Nassau—Take “Florida Special” o Mismi. Semi-weekly eailings. Atiantic Coast Line, 1418 H ot. n:"m. Main 7800.—Adver- tisement. MRS.HARDING HERE TODAY W1l -Be. Widely Entertained Dur- ing Brief Visit. Mrs. Warren G. Harding will arrive in Washington th{s afternoon from Marion at 1:30 o'clock. She will go directly to the Wyoming street house, which she proposes to make ready for renting or selling. Friends of Mrs. Harding said last night that it is not known definitely whether she will live in the Harding home between now and the time she leaves to join the Presi- dent-elect. in Florida or whether she will be guests of friends during a part of the time. A number of social functions are being arranged in her ‘honor. 3 OPPOSES CALDER BILL. 'Wholesale Coal Association Director Before Senate Committeg. The present merchandizing system in coal would be destroyed by the Calder bill to regulate the coal industry, George H. Cushing, managing director of the National Wholesale Coal Association, de- clared yesfterday before the Senate com- mittee considering the bill. Authedity proposed to be given to the Interstate Cofamerce Commission to rate coal mines as to their right to transportation facilities “might tend to monopoly, as I view the commission’s policy in general,” Mr. Cushing said. Representatives of the anthracite in- dustry recetved permission to delay their appearance until Monday. WANT FIGHT LAWS EASED. Weighty commercial matters were put aside while the House interstate commerce committee took a whack at sport legislation yesterday. It ap- proved a bill to modify prize fight re- strictions in the Panama Canal Zone. Under the amendment soldiers and sailors could “pull off” bouts there without drawing prison terms. By agreeing to the House reso- lution limiting the Regular Army to 175,000 men—which was simi- lar to the Senate resolution—the Senate has put the finishing touch upon this measure designed to stop the War Department’'s cam- paign of enlistment for the Army. It now goes to the President for his approval. ‘The fdreign relations commit- tee has finally reported the Borah resolution looking to a reduction in naval armaments by the three great naval powers—the United States, Great Britain and Japan— and the Idaho senator will ask for action on the resolution soon. The Senate immigration com- mittee is still struggling with the _guestion of restriction of the alien flood to this country. It is no news that the majority of the committes is opposed to suspen- sion of immigration at this time. But restrictive legislation of one kind or another may yet come from the committes. In the Sen- ate itself the sentiment is more strongly in favor of putting up the bars against immigration. You will smile, too, when you are the proud owner of a Coffield Elec- tric. The Coffield runs so si- lently you hardly realize it is in operation—and it is so simple that any one can run it. . The Big Oscillating Cop- per Tup handles the heaviest pieces with per- fect ease—and so does the large Swinging Wringer. Come in and see the Coffield for yourself, and ask about our special pay- ment plan. Bolance in Easy Installments Consult Gude - About the floral decorations. Esti- mates. 1214 F.—Advertisement. MOST CLAIMS REJECTED. Mineral Producers Get Little Re- lief on War Losses. * Few producers of manganese, tungsten and other minerals hate qualified for relief under the $8,50 000 appropriations_provided by Con- gress and. some $5,500,000 probably will g0 bgck into the Treasury, Sen- ator Robinson, democrat, of Arkan- sas, said yesterday. He introduced a bill to validate claims not founded on specific war- time requests from the government for the minerals. Nearly all_of 1,200 claims on file had been rejected, he said, because the producers acted on Dress reports as to the governments needs. WOULD NOT COUNT ALIENS To Eliminate Newcomers inh Reck- oning Apportionments for House. Aliens would not be counted as in- habitants in making apportionment among the states for the House of Representatives under’ a resolution for a constitutional amendment in- troduced yesterday by Representative Hill, republican, New York. _Con- gress would be given the right to ,the meaning of the term now a problem of the relations be- tween central Russia and the sur- rounding smaller national groups. e unresb and unstability along the border are caused by bitter and mutual distrust. The struggling new nationalities which were formerly of the empire are af to disarm and return to the works of peace, because they distrust the bolsheviki and fear new ions. The soviets contend that they are &fraid to demobilize because they fear nexhltuckl. “The great impediment to ceful reconstruction in those trbub‘l’:d‘ bor- der territories, the imminent danger of new hostilities, is caused by the utter confusion between offense and defense. Unless this distinction can be clearly defined, there is not only small hope of peace, but no hope of a clear perception of who is responsible for new wars. & Support Must Be Promised. “It is, therefore, the thought of President that the present moment. ofl!ehl‘: a pecullarly pressing challenge to an at- tempt at general pacifiction on the Rus- sian borders along these lines. Such an attethpt seems to the President the logi- cal outgrowth—in fact, the only logical development—of the request to mediate in the Armenian conflict, and he feels TRl matier 15 the attention ao e pecn er to the attention of = dn!letdl“ao!ll)o?!. i Cai “It is obvious to all that these =i 1 struggling border states will not &lgcmk Great Russia, unless encouraged by promise of support from the stronger powers. The President, therefore, be- lleves that the sine quo non of an at- tempt at pacification must be a public and solemn engagement among the Armenians and-Kemalists. The Presi- dent is Inclined to share this view, and to. feel that no solution can be had without first getting at the source of the trouble. “Pending receipt of informsation and assurances reyuested by the Presi- dent in his telegram of November 30, 1920, it is deemed wise to state the problem as the President views it, its cayses and possible remedies. It would’ appear that the immediate cause of trouble in Armenia and Turkey has been the treaty of Sevres. Admittedly, this was a difficult ques- tion with which to contend, but the treaty was drafted by the allied powers, and the trouble has arisen over the failure of certain factions to accept this treaty, and of the allies to enforce it. This is a quesation over which the President has no control, measures which he might take or recommend in this direction would be dependent upon the hearty co-operation and support of the al- lied powers. Must Have Moral Support. “The British orime minister calls attention to the report that Armenia 'is under the control of Moscow, from,| which it appears that another compli- cation has developed. The depend- ence of Armenla on soviet Russia is another situation over which the President has no control and he sees no action he could take to free Ar- menia without the moral and diplo- ‘matic support of the principal pow- ers which holds promise of bringing peace and accord to the contending parties. “There is bitter distrust and fear { ~ELecy VE 806 Twelfth Street N.W. Phones Main 1130 or 1131 ot war along all the Russian bor-| &%, )l engagement a D et iy % ders, It seems futile to attempt to foowen o advantage of % bring peace to the Caucasus, if th: | (FRSe', Sricken conaition « and not to BEN F. BRADSHAW DIES. PORTLAND, Oreg., January 22— Ben F. Bradshaw, for the past ten years editor of the Pacific Odd Fel- low, and prior to that enguged in ‘Such bli e e L “Such a public agreement wi cities, e re today. le was one effect, 52y _to thoss mow In power 13| of the. founders of the Odd Fel. Russla: ‘You are not memaced from |lows' Home, 3233 N street northwest, outside. The great powers have volun- | Washingten, D. C. @ Irish Demonstra- gon, Central Hixk ° tarily guaranteed you from attack. You Sch Monda; an#ve peace xIgflsl'ou ;vnm it” “The responsibility for any new war which might break out on the Russian border would then be clearly placed. “If the principal powers represented . y evening, January 24, 8 P.M. Olerical, Ofiicial, Professional and Busines men of tbat state will address the meetin Irish songs, Irish music. Hear AGNES WHE. LAN sing ‘“The Soldiers of Eln. fon the council of the league find them- ission Free. result is me;flty to free llm| forces here en, ed for new campaigns on zthfl legt:‘u of this long front. The \distressful situation of Armenia is but one detail of this vas{ Russian problem, and the President most earnestly urges his conviction that it is only by a general and compre- hensive treatment of the whole prob- lem, only by full and gemerous co- operation of the principal power: that a hopeful approach to the paci fication and independence of Armenia can be found. Attitude Clearly Expressed. “The attitude of the President to- ward those now in power in Russia has been frequently and clearly ex- pressed. He’ regards the bolsheviki as a ‘violent and tyrannical minority’ by no means representing the real desires and purposes of the Russian people. But he has never believed that the problems raised by this coup d’etat could be solved by military action from outside. He now hopes ! that the recent tragical events on the Polish front and in the Crimea have convinced all the world that armed invasion is not the way to bring peace to the people of Russia. “The rapidly shifting events of re-! cent months have only strengthened his conviction that the Russian revo- lution, beneficent in its main purpose, must be developed to a satisfactory conclusion by the Russians them- selves. Help may from time to time be given from outside and voluntar- ily received, but attempts at mili tary coersion can but end in dis- aster. sia, nor to undertake themselves further invasions of Russia, nor.to ::l’- erate such invasions by others. Would Place Responatbility. Tnvited to join & subscriptien course of lectures on ' World Problems ELEANOR MARKELL You sre Public Sehools, District of Columbin, Community Center Department. New Jerney State 3y by S% Rexo Special Camera, with V o i g tlander 68 lens, with Hex Shutter. - Jan. 11 the selves in accord with the President i this matter and will assure him of thel: moral and .diplomatic support, he will instruct his personal representative, M. Morgenthau, to proceed at once on his { mission.” LADY ASTOR SILENCED. Now Awaiting Opportunity to Re- fort to Scotch Member. LONDON, January 22.—Lady Astor is awaiting her opportunity to retort }to a Scottish member who scored neatly off her in the house of commons. Frederick McQuisten had asked the secretary for Scotland why American extremists and war millionaires had been allowed to influence the recent voting on the drink question in Scot- land. ‘The secretary for Scotland replied that he did not think they had ex- ercised influence, whereupon Lady Astor exclaimed: “Why were members of the liguor trade allowed over from America? “And why,” asked Mr. McQuisten, in his richest brogue and with floctro- liteness, ‘“‘are some of our P.s im- rted from America?’ whereat the ::uu laughed loudly. at eleven from auuary twen -sixth to March thirtisth % ? :flnfl.u Single tickets one dollar and & half “Tickets transferable Mr. L T. Hagnet, 1919'S Strest N.W. 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