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Member of the Associated Press The Associsted Press is exelorh entitied teo the use for republieation of all '.“"I dispatches credited to it or n3t ntherwise credited . this paper and also the local news publivhed nepnis, WEATHER. Unsettled weather, with showers to- day; tomorrow showers, Temperature for twenty-two hours ended-at 10 p.m. laet night: Highest, - . ‘V 77: iowest, 62. Full report on Page 11. Al rights dispatches of publication of special Berein are also reserved. 861.—No. VERSAILLES ECHOES RESOUND IN SENATE DEBATE ON TREATY Borah, Irreconeftable, - Fires Initial Broadside at Pact With Germany. 28,273, DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION ALSO READY TO CRITICISE Reed Declares His Opposition. Lines Drawn With Lodge's Opening Statement. Echoes of the Versailles treaty fight resounded yesterday as the Senate began debate in open session on the new peace treaty with Germany. The lines. were drawn with an opening statement in behalf of the new treaty by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader and chairman of the foreign relations committee, and an initial broadside in opposition by Senator Borah of Idaho, republican “irreconcilable.” Confldence in early ratification was expressed by Senator Lodge. as he presented a letter from Presi Harding requesting prompt action “so that we may put aside the last rem- nant of war relationship and-hasten our return to the fortunate relations of peace.” Opposition was indicated, however, fn addition to Senator Borah. by Seriator Reed of Missouri. a demo- cratic “irreconcilable,” whilp several other democrats intimated that they would criticise the new treaty. Senator Lodge declared that there was no alternative, in establishing peaceful relations with Germany, oth- er_than the pending or a - similar treaty, and President Harding. in the letter presented by Mr. Lodge, as- serted that .the new peace treaties “gre in complete harmony Wwith the resolution (the Knox-Porter peace measure) adopted by.the Congress; indeed, they are the outcome of the executive’s endeavor to carry outthe expressed wish of the Congress.” Discussing the reservations, favored by the foreign.relations committee, Senator Lodge said he did not believe that offere@ by Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio, extending to the American Individual the property protection accorded under the treaty to the United States government, to be absolutely necessary, but was agreeable to its incorporation. Senator Pomerene took issue on the-points of necessity, declaring the Lusitania dis- aster and other claimants should be protected. Supports Committee Reservation. The republican leader supported strongly the other’ committee reser- vation to require an act of Con- gress before appointment | of an American representative in the rep- arations or other foreign commissions, saying it constituted ‘sound pro- cedure.” Senator Kitig, democrat, Utah, ask- ed if the administration intended to participate”’ in the reparations com- mission, and Senator Lodge in reply sald he did not know whether the administration had decfded to recom- mend appointment of an American in the commission. “It might seem very desirable to be represented in the reparations commission,” Senator Lodge added. “But I do not believe that involves us in anything of the relation of an alliance.” “We'll be back in the league of nations,” interjected Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia. “If we go into the antechamber we're pretty sure to be led into the living room. The question -is Whether this teraty, In its ambiguous clauses, will not be the beginning of our entrance into the league.” Sees No Such Danger. Senator Lodge replied that he saw no such danger and that Congress had to be trusted to decide whether America should join the reparations esmmission. ; Discussing withdrawal of American tréops from Germany, Senator Borah said that presence of troops was re- quisite to execution of the Versailles treat. “Y am in favor of withdrawing American troops,” he continued, “but I am not in favor of claiming rights and benefits under the Versailles treaty which French troops secure. 1t we are have their advantages, then every moral sense insists that we shall do our part in the execution of the treaty. “We canmot take the position and maintain it before.the world that we will place on France the burden of executing the treaty and then claim all the privileges. It is an intoler- sable, an indefensible position and I predict we will not maintain it long. “We are tied in completely to the Versailles treaty. We can never get any benefit from it except as we help excuse it.” It would be necessary to secure rights from the reparation sion, Senator Borah argued, maintain our position as a separate and independent power.” “If any man thinks he has scrapped the league of nations by getting into the reparations commission,” Senator Borah added, e'll be due for a sad awakening after he gets in there. Senator Reed said he thought a treaty of peace was to settlethe diffi- culties with Germany,. the Knox resolution, he argued, having ended the state of war. < - “This treaty,” said Mr. Reed, “set- “tled more ofthese questions. It leaves us in“the same position as the Knox resolution, except that Ger- marny sccepts.” Entered second-class matter post office Washington, “ D.. C. GERMANY WO BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, September 24.—Should any reader of my dispatch today happen to have $100,000,000 in his pocket, a very safe use for it might be recom- mended. *Industrial, commercial and agricul- tural combinations in Germany are ready to lend the government a credit represénted by their tangible assets and are seeking a consortium which will provide a loan of 10,000,- 000,000 paper marks with this guar- anteed mortgage of the whole wealth of the producing classes as security. In our distressing. economic situa- tion a plan was devised to havé the government share ownership in all MINERS' WAR MOVE BLOCKED BY LEWIS Rules Out of Order Delegates With Motions for a Gen- eral Strike. WILL USE LEGAL MEANS| ] Convention Finally Decides to Fight Injunction Striking at Union by Every Lawful Step. By the Assoclated Presas ~ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 24. | —Every lawful resistance to an in- junction suit, which was said offical- Iy to strike at the “véry heart and soul” of the mine workers' union, was pledged today by an almost unanimous | vote of the 1,500 delegates attending the couvention of the United Mine ‘Workers. of America. The action was taken after. President John L. Lewis| had ruled outiof erder:delega wished' to pressnt motions for & gen- 1 strike, .or ‘adjowrnment of the ivention,. delei home to “prepare our ‘Willlaf Green, internatfomalsecre-}- tary, te}d ilie, conyention that s .fi filed m‘fiafit court here yésterda on béhalf of West Virginia and Ken- tucky bperatoms to prevent unjoniia- tion of those Aié1ds sought.to have the union held t6 be an unlawful organis zation. Apparently, he regarded the suit as a step toward an effort to dis- HER ASSETS FOR L Seeks $100,000,000, Offering as Security Mortgage on the Producing Wealth of the Country. ULD PLEDGE OAN “gold values,” such as agriculture, Pasture lands, -buildings, industrial works and all tangible property not depreciated by the declining exchange value of the mark, and to turn over to the government a part of the capi- tl stock of certain companies, so that the government would not be depend- ent solely upon the printing presses in making its reparations payments to the allies. Before this plan was completed the representatives of the threatened in- dustries proposed the above loan method, apparently with the approval of both commerce and agriculture. Both plans. have .the same aim—an attempt to use the substance of the (Continued on Page 3, Colymn 3.) r Kubelik Ties $125,000 “Strad” to Life Belt In Vessel Collision By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1021. LONDON, September. 24.—Jan ~Kubellk, the famows vielinist, his way to England for the first time sinee the war, wan aboard the Dover-Ostend pack- et Jan Breydel last night, when in a demse fog in the chammel she came fnto collision with the Norweglan carge hoat Salina. . i Oblivicus to his own risk, Kubelik ran to his cabin, seised his $135,000 Stradivariws vielin and, lest the Jan Breydell sink, tied the violin securely to a life Preserver. it the Breydel re- mained afioat and atded in the Trescue of some of those aboard the Norwegian vessel. Two of the Salina’s complement were Killed and mime are missl PARIS T0 PROTEST LEAVING OF YANKS luiserand Dikoted to ,Waiefi ! ek e 1l W By the Asséciated ru-. PARIS,, September. 34.—Frech offi- ¢iat eircles are gréatly dinturbed over | reports received hers from Washing- ton that the American tréops on:the fyete: WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, 2 "y 2 | PLAN FIGHT ONLAW CURBING ESTIMATES Commissioners to Urge Con- gress to Remove Limit on Requests for Funds. When the Commiesioners submit their annual report to Congress this winter it-is practically certain that they will renew the recommendation of previous boards urging repeal of the law which limits the annual esti- mates of the city to twice the esti- mated revenue. has not been started yet. but it-be- came known yesterday- that Commis- erasing this legisiation from | stataty, e iy e M This law has had the effect of ‘thie band. af Commisstofiess 80 thit <hey 0 lay before Congress each of the city’s needs, such schoot duildings, new bridges, parks and playgrounds. Unable te Cover Needs. 1t, tor example,: the revenue. which the collector of taxes expects to take solve the unlon, which has contracts| Rhine may Be withdrawn ‘when the |, 4. ing a given fiscal year amounts with operators covering 76 per cent of the coal mined in the United States. The attack oOn the legality of the union, he sail, was the most danger- ous charge éver made against it, and ‘he pointed out that the injunction, if granted as sgught, would nullify wage agreements and the union’s system of collecting members® dues. Bread as Universe. “It is as bfead as the universe, and as comprehensive as eternity,” de- clared Mr. Green, referring to the in- Jjunction plea. Later Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in addressing the convention, intimated the suit sought an_injunction impos- ing on the rights of citizens, and, turning to President Lewis. who heads the list of defendants in the suit, said: “John, in defense of that principle, T would like to visit you in jail” “I have every expectation that Mr. Gompers will be accorded that privilege,” answered Lewis. Mr. Green, in his comment, declared it was significant that the suit, which the defendgnts must answer on Oc- tober 13, had been filed in Judge A. B. Anderson’s court here, and he added thgt he was fearful of the result. Judge Andersen Attacked. Later In the day John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, attacked: Judge Anderson, asserting that in issuing injunctions the judge does not follow the -letter of the law, but what has been called the spirit of the law. Discussion of the suit and Mr. Gompers' speech de- layed convention work and it was late afternoon when the delegates got back to the debate that started yesterday on the two Kansas strike cases. In these cases the anti- administration element ~among the delegates, led by Alexander Howat, is ‘opposing President Lewis’ recom- mendation that the convention order Howat to direct strikers. to return to work. Three Illinois delegates, stand- ing-by Howat, apparently swayed the convention, for at adjournment many calls were made for .a vote, which was blocked- by the refusal of Vice President Philip Murray, presiding officer, to entertain a motion. “For God's saké, men,” he sald, as the din was silenced throughout: the big conventlon hall, “don’t insist on moD ruje™ S John Walker, the Illinols leader; ‘Wiifam Deadh of Panama, 1Il, and Joseph Lynall of Peoria took Howat's side_of the strike, saying Howat re- fused to order the men back to work because the opérators wished to change working conditlons, which they said was.prohibited under the contract Lynall ‘charged that. the Kansas cases were.s “frame-up to get Howat becduse he' is”a ‘radical,” ‘and he . added _that .certain” internstional —_— (Continued en Page 3, Golumn 2.) treaty with Germany has been rati- fled. The French foreign office has re- ceived no official information that such action is intended, but M. Jus- serand, the French: ambassador .in Washington, has been instructed to watch developments closely and to point out at the opportune moment that France would regret deeply the departure uf the American forces. ‘The French government regards the American soldiers on the Rhine as the keystone of the arch of allied solidarity there, and their presence a great help in enforcing the “treaty of Versailles. LEAVING AWAITS APPROVAL. By the Associated Press. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican ledder of the Senate, dur- ing debate yesterday on the German peace treaty, reiterated that with- drawal of American troops from the Rhine . would .begin soon after the treaty’s ratification had been ef- fected. Senator Lodge said he did not construe the German treaty because of the references to the treaty of Versailles to contain any “legal obligation” for retention of American troops in Germany. “I do not think it (the Ge: tréaty) binds us to have troops on the Rhine unless there is a moral obligation to the allies,” Senator Lodge added. “I do not think there is a moral nor a legal obligation. Neither Italy nor Japan has troops on the Rhine. “While the exact time for with- drawal of the.troops has not beén | determined. I think- T am at 1berty| p, tme Amociated Press. to say that their retirement will to $14,000,000 the Commissioners may only ask Congress for appropriations up to $28,000,000, even though the urgent needs of ‘the city should ex- ceed that sum. Although the civilian - Commission- efs also are in favor of repealing the Borland amendment, under which half the cost of street paving is as- sessed against abutting property owners, they will not refer to it in the annual report. It was indicated at the District bullding yesterday that if the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations will have a bill introduced in Congress calling for the repeal of the Borland act it will receive the backing of the Commissioners. Repert to Be Brief. ‘The Commissioners’ report usually goes to Congress in December and consists of a brief resume of the out- standing events of the year in munici- pal affairs, together with any gen- eral legislative recommendations the city heads desire to present: to~th legislators. b In view of the order for economy: in printing bills at the District huild~ |’ ing the Commissfoners’ report ‘will be more concise than ever this year. MEXICO HOLDS OIL-LAND .LAW-NOT RETROACTIVE Supreme Court Makes Comprehen- sive Decisioh -on Article 27 of Constitution. MEXICO CITY, September 24.—The begin immediately after the ratifica- |, retroactivity of article 27 of the tion of this treaty.” Senator .Lodge added that “con- siderable numbers” would be with- drawn at once. EDITORS CALLED TO GIVE IDEA OF NEWS FiT TO USE KANSAS CITY, SBeptember.24.—Kan- sas City newspaper men were called upon in Judge Latsham’s court to give their opinion of what sert of mews was fit to print, and what was not. congtitution is definitely established, n¥¥the. reasons for its non-retro- actjvityimre specifically laid down in the supreme court's decision in the Texas Company amparo’ case, ~the final text ‘of which ~was approved today, according to . Justice Benito Flores of the supreme court. 1 Justioe . Flores said .the document would bé ‘signéd formally Monday and given out for publication jm- mediately. He said the decision was lengthy and hensive and exhaustive. ' The decision applied specifically to The testimony was given I Connee|the Texas ofl case the justice do- tion with the hearing of-& motion to| fhe T¢Xie O 0 U8 O quash proceedings and return eon- fiscated property of a Sunday publica- tion here devoted_largely .to sensa- tional items. ; R. E. Stout, managing editor of the Kansas City Star, testified ‘that he thought articies appearing in - the publication were unfit to print. Ralph Eillis, m: Ing editor of: the Kansas City Journal, agreed with opinion. . The judgé then asked him whether he mnuldé’nd daw"h lled account of happenings-in- the . P Teading " o Mir,- Ro Deliaved . they. were... H that a Dackle came. N e whlah elened _| which, *“beyond doubt wil} apply to principles of 1aw on which the non- retroactivity agreement was reached, all other similar am PAro” cases DO’ pending.” RA 2l LAKE CHARLES, La., Septeniber 24 —¥ull military’ horors ‘wéfe pald Al- bert Lo Lottin, Lake Charles, mfi;; T2 ot the ZR-3 crow, who-wia K the explosion over Hull, England, last month. The body ‘were held sioners Rudolph and Oyster favor| the [ ingh “completely ~compre-' arrived hera yester- " pioces and CHICAGO POLICE HEAD SURE HALF OF FORCE IS AIDING LIQUOR TRAFFIC By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 24— Charles C. Fitzmorris, genera superintendent of police, today as- serted in letters he sent to John H. Alcock, first deputy, and Charles F. Clyne, district attorney, that he is convinced that 50 per cent of the members of the Chi- cago police department are in- volved in illegal sales and trans- portation of' liquor. Chief Fitzmorris promised drastic action if evidence to support his bellet were obtainable. After writ- ing the letters, in which he asked aid in obtaining evidence against his officers and men, he said that he would not wait long for drawn out triale in courts, but would take the Preparation of the annual report{ - gujity:men before the elty etvit service commission ap soon as the sovernment had enpplied hiny. with evidence jnvolving any departiment meémbera. ‘He:sgid the same step “aronid be taken evidence my; Frobibition v is & fallacy and cidef said, in one letter. The Chicago police department consists of upward of 5,000 men. |SHERMAN MAY ASK AID OF D.C. COMMISSIONERS Conference Likely When Former Senator Takes Up Work on District Budget. The belief prevailed at the District building yesterday that former Send- tor Sherman will call upon the Com- missioners to confer with him from time to time while he is engaged in going over the District estimates for the federal budget bureau. Before submtting their estimates to the budget bureau the Commissioners scrutinized them in every detail to eliminate every item that was not in their judgment essentiai. It is reliably reported that the twenty-seven-million-dollar budget which finally went to Gen. Dawes W several million - les# -than it would ‘have been had the Commissioners al- Jowed all of the . items asked for by the heads of departments. In'asking for conservative increases in pay for certain city employes the Commissioners had in mind the fact that galaries in the District service are approximately 25 per cent less than the rates paid similar workers in the federal departments. P This difference in the salary scales of the federal and District govern- ments also I8 expected to be borne out by the report of the United States bureau of- efficiency, which will be submitted to the Commissioners early this week. 3 e Experts of the efficiency, bureau have spent more than a month in a study of conditions at the District building, and their report is now be- ing completed.in the office of Herbert D. Brown, director of the efficiency bureau. In addition to submitting a new achedule of salaries for the District government, it i8 reported that the efficlency experts will make certain recommendations for increasing effi- clency ‘n the administration of va- rious offices of the city government. HER SAFETY THREATENED. MUSKOGEE, Okla, September 24.— Letters threatening the safety of Miss Alice Robertson, Congress woman, were today turned over to postal au- thorities for Investigation, it was re< vealed by friends of Miss Robertson. They said’ they believed the letters were the ‘work of fanatics. - D 3 e entire crew of the John Anton,'s #t- teen-ton ‘schooner, belleved {6 mum. | ver from ghree to_six men, fost thetr. lives todsy, when the outward-bouhd Cunard liner Caronia rammed the Jit- £t “while in. foner harbor: g: m-ehmer!’.vu.wkm on- nto -three| sank in five-minutes, % |SUBSCRIBE $16.675 i FOR ARMS MEETING [Citizens’ Committee Raises ! One-Half of Amount Set for Entertainment. With one-half of the total amount Set by the citizens’ committce as be- ing necessary to defray the expenses of the District’s share in the enter- tainment of the international visitors who will be here during the period of the conference for the discussion of the limitation of armaments al- ready subscribed, it is felt certain by 1 those in charge that the remainder "IIII be raised’ within the next few This was the expressed belief last nm‘_ot the. committes managing the Céa for the citizens’ committee, when-it:was announced that 102 sub- Scriptions, for a total of $16,675. bad "] Been received up to § o'clock. This total, which represents one week's effort on the part af the finance com. mittee and its various subcommittees, is especially pleasing to those ar- ranging for the coming event. How- ever, Chairman Milton E. Ailes of the finance committee and his assistants will renew their efforts tomorrow in their endeavor to obtain during the coming week the $25,000 set by the committee. Committee Divided. As a means of facilitating the work of soliciting subscriptions, Chairman Aliles has divided his committee into l-ix groups, with & chairman at the head of each’ The groups are con- fining their work to the firms and individuals listed in their respective group. The chairmen of these groups have appointed various subcommit- tees within their groups, and in.this manner the work has been systema- tized to a point where there will be no duplication of effort and where the best and quickest results will be obtained, according to the opinion of the finance committee. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the citisens’ committee, explains that the greater part of the money to be raised will be for decora- tions of the streets and for a series ©of magnificent electric displays. There also will be a reception to the for- elgn guests, but this feature ofl the plans has not yet been arranged. Laber Pledges Ald. Labor and mnon-labor organizations 8ll over . the United . States - have FIVE CENTS. Britain “Americanized” Through Films Is Cry; Curb May Be Placed By Cable to The Star and New York World, Copyright, 192! LONDON, September 24.—The American monopiy of films here has resulted in raising the ery once more that the Britixh em- pire is being “Americanized.” Thi he result of the coplou diet of Yankee films which ha: been fed to the empire, particu- 1arly to the United Kingdom, for the last five years. ‘The report that the New Zea- pariiament probably will mot omly impowe n surtax on foreign fima, but will compel the showing of a certaln per- centage of Britiah filmn, will stimulate agitation for some meh meawures here. But the British production fx still »o limited that it ix ot cauwing mxiety to American pro- ducers. The fact ix that British movie tans find xo little pep and no many glaring technical de- fects iu the domestic films that they pass up British productions every time for a t-class American flm. READY FORPARLEY | ON UNENPLOYMENT | 1 President’s Speech, Outlining | Program, Will Open Ses- sion Monday. | ISEEK PERMANENT PLAN| | _ | Administration Has Program for Future Use to Combat Recur- rence of Situation. | ! Advice an@ counsel of fifty-one leaders in industrial, business and | {soctal welfare circles on the problem of unemployment will be sought by the administration during the prog- | ress of the national unemployment | conference which opens tomorrow ! morning at the Department of Com- merce. The conference was calied | by President Harding and invitations | ‘were sent to prominent men and wom- | en to come to Washington to talk '’ over with administration officials the unemployment situation. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will be the per- manént chairman of the conference. | which is expected to. last about a; month, : { President Harding has announced | he will address the oonference at its | opening meeting tomorrow morning. : He will outline the hopes of the ad- | ministration towsrd settling the un- employment problem and will give to the conferees a- suggestion of the | program to be followed by the cen- | iference. it was said yesterday at the White House. The conference will be | then turned over to Secretary Hoover. | 1t is expected that after an organiza- tion meeting tomorrow the conference will dissolve itself into commjttees, each with a specific part of the unem- ployment problem. These committees will report their findings and sug- gestions to the full conference for adoption. Much Advance Work Done. The committees, Secretary Hoover ! bas announced, will seek co-operation | from many representatives of labor, | empioyers and civic bodies in formu- lation of their views. A vast amount of information bearing on unemploy- | ment and taking into acoount present | business conditions in the United | States and abroad has been prepared | for the consideration of the confer- ence. Various governmelt agencies, including several bureaus of the De- partment of Labor and others in the Commerce Department, have been at work for several weeks past prepar- ing this information, which will all be presented to the conference. ‘Outline of a permanent plan to com- bat. unemployment in the future as BILLION-DOLLAR TAX SHRINKAGE IN YEAR DEPRESSION RESULT Huge Loss in Revenue for 1922 From Income and Excess Profits Returns. STRICT ECONGMIES URGED BY FINANCE COMMITTEE Numerous Recommendations Made in Report Filed in S2nate—Sev- eral Repeals Recommended. A shrinkage of more than $1.000.- 000,000 in income and excess profita taxes this flscal year was reckoned upon by the Senate finance committee in revising the House tax bill with a View to raising $3.324,000.000 in in- ternal revenue in the twelve months ending next June 30. This was disclosed by the majority report approved by committee re- publicans and made public vesterday The estimated total of revenue under the bIll is $136.000,000 less than Treasury experts have figured would be returned thie fiscal year under the present law, but is $54,000.000 more |than the revised total under the House bill. Small Cut by Law Change. Estimated returns this fiscal year from income and profits taxes are $1.880,000.000 according to the report, as against approximately $3.000.000.- 000 of actual collections in the fiscal year ended last June 20. Only about $50.000,000 of this difference of $1,120,- 00,000 is accounted for by changes proposed in the present law. Treasury officers and committee members ex- plained that the remainder is charged off to shrinkage on account of busi- ness depressions, diversion of funds to tax-exempt securities and other causes. Declaring that the $3.324.000,000 total proposed under the revised bill was only $52,000,000 more than the Treasury had estimated would have t6 be raised through internal taxes, the report said that this was “a margin of safety none too large for fiscal year 1922, in view of the | existing business depression and the {uncertainty attaching to the yield of the income and profits taxes.” Retreach: “Your committee has acted,” the re- port said, “on the assumption that— with the exception of the special rail- roud expenditures, which will be nearly if not wholly completed in the fiscal year 1922—the aggregate ex- penditure for the fiscal year 1923 will be substantially as large as in the fiscal year 1922. The special rallroad expenditures included in the 1922 budget amount, in round figures, tc $500,000,000, and the receipts from customs and miscellaneous sources for the fiscal year 1923‘are estimated at $730,000,000. Deducting both amounts ($1,230,000,000) ‘from the total estimated expenditures for 1922 (34.034,000,000) leaves in round fig- ures, $2,800,000,000 to be supplied by internal taxes for the fiscal year 1923. “The revenue bil! as recommended by your committee will raise during 1923, it is estimated, $2.735,700,000. The Gifference or deficit.of $65,000,000 —about equal to the, corresponding surplus for the fiscal year 1922—can and should be avoided by saving and economies. Your committee deliberate- 1y recommends a tax Program to meet ordinary expenditures on the present scale, assuming that a reasonable meas- ure of retrenchment and reductions will be accomplished.” Recommendations Made. “From the standpoint of revenue,” the report added, “the most important changes recommended are: ““The repeal of the excess profits tax, which would reduce the revenue about $400,000,000 annually; the repeal of well as to meet the present situation the surtaxes ‘in excess of §2 per cent, pledged _their support of the “work |1s one of the results sald to be hoped | ;,iojving an immediate loss of from undertaken by the American Federa- | from the conference by administra-| g9 000,000, to $90,000,000 a year; the tion of Labor in conmection with the |tion leaders. The economic advisory { .nea) of the capital stock tax, involv- forthcoming conference on ‘the limi- committee of the Department of Com. ing an annual loss of about $75.000,- tation of armaments, it was announc- | merce, headed by Willlam S. Rossiter| ggy; the reduction of the transporta- ‘ed last night at the federation head- {of Rumford, N. H., has been at work | yjon taxes by one half on January 1. Quarters. Among.the first organiza- tions to respond to the federation's |of statistical and other information |cember 31, 1 for the past two weeks in formulation 1923, and their final repeal as of De- involving a reduction request for co-operation, it Was said, land in preparation of agendum material | of $131,000,000 during the caienaur was the National Women's Trade | for the conference. Its members will year 1922 and an eventual loss of Unfon League. The women’s commit- | be included in the special committees| $262,000,000 per year: and the adop- tee.on world disarmament, with head- |appointed by the conference to deal | tion of an additlonal income tax upon quarters - in Washington, agreed to co-operate. also has{ with special subjects. What the plan of the advisory committee to meet corporations of § per cent, which would increase the revenue about A number of international unions)unemployment in the future is has not | $260,000,000 annually. already have signified their intention of communicating with all their local unions urging them to-participate tn the loeal ' demonstrations. Among (Continued, on Page 2, Column 2.) WILD UNREST IN SHOWN IN HUNGARY REBEL DEFIANCE (By Cable to The Star and New York i Y World. Copyright, 1921.) BUDAPEST, September 24.—While the Hungarian government intends to comply: with the ententd’s demand to withdraw from West Hungary, the fisurgents, will retuse\to do o, cording 1o the Budapest correspond- ent of the Manchester Guardian. i ‘Avch@uke Frederick and Counts An- drussy, . : d, Sigray, who e - im-gomeh - with Ba- been made known in advance of the fl;‘l conference meeting. The economic advisory committee is composed of the" following members: . (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) CENTRAL ‘EUROPE gary for a short time. They hope that a reactionary out- break will be launched soon in Ba- varia. - They know that Rumania is mobilizing - against Russia, concen- | trating her forces chiefly on the Bes- sarablan frontier. They regard a further Polieh adventure against Russia and enother Silesian “Putsch” as within the bounds of possibility, while the ‘Albanian controversy 18 burning ‘and “may bring Italy and Jugoslavia into war. . These calculations are symptomatic of ‘the wild politicsl unrest that pre- - vails in' central and eastern Europe. “The excess profits tax has been so thoroughly discussed that.it is un- necessary'to state at length the rea- sons which have led your committee to recommend its repeal. The time for discussion is past, and the time to repeal the tax has arrived.” Position on Surtaxes. Regarding surtaxes the report sal; “Your committee recommends a re- duction of the maximum surtax from 65 per cent to 32 per cent in the be- lief that in the near future the lower surtax will, by stimulating sales and profit taking and by making possible transactions now blocked by excess- ive surtax rates, not only facilitate needed business readjustments, but actually increase the revenue. In the long run, in the opinion cf your com- mittee, the 32 per cent rate will yield more revenue than the 65, per cent rate.” 3 Regarding the provision authoriz- ing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue ‘an’ additional $500,000,000 in on umn 3.