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- } § - port, as the question was not a po- WEATHER. Falr tonight; tomorrow cloudy, be- coming unsettled by tomorrow night; continued cool. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 81, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 57, at 7 « U.S. Bureau of Eificiency Has * for salaried employes by the bureau a.m. today. Full report on page 12. Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. No. 28274. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. The Foeni SUNDAY MORNING EDITION s WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1921.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. n Sfar. s Member _of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitiod to the ude for Tepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwisa credited in this paper and also. the local news published hereis. Al rights of publication of speetal @ispatches herein are aleo reserved. Saturday’s Net Circulati 84,304 Sunday’s Net Cdrcnhtl::: 87,404 TWO CENTS. SALARY INCREASES FORD.C. EMPLOYES URGED-BY BOARD Completed Report on Pay Reclassification. CARRIES OUT PROVISIONS , ~ OF SMOOT-W00D BILL Substantial Wage Reductions Also Favored for Some Groups. The report of the United States bu- reau of efficiency on the reclassifica- tion of salaries of the District em- ployes, made at the request of the Dis- trict Commissioners, is ready to be| submitted tomorrow. ¢ This report will show the allocation of employes to standard grades and the accompanying salaries as provided in the Smoot-Wood bill. It will show the minimum increase in salary neces- sary to bring the employes up to the salary for grade. In another table } will be shown the maximum increase that is possible, which leaves it to the judgment of the Commissioners to in- crease salaries over the range within =rades corresponding with the effi-] ciency of individual employes. i Increases Recommended. For example, the present salary of Daniel Donovan, auditor for the Dis- trict and the business executive of | the District building. is $4.000. He is} put in class 16, which makes his sal-| ary range from_$4,500 to $5,700, so that the report of the efficiency bu- au will recommend an increase of $500 for Mr. Donovan, whereas it will be possible under the reclassification | for the District Commissioners . to| grant him an_increase up to $1,700. Another, and perhaps better, example is the case of George S. Wilson. secre- | tary of the hoard of charities. His pres- ent salary is $3,500. He has beea put| in class 15, where the salary range is $3,600 to $4,500. So that, while the cfficiency bureau recommends an in- | crease of only $10v for Mr. Wilson, | the Commissioners may give him up | to $1,000. Average of 64 Per Cenmt. The average increase recommended = of efficiency report is 6.4 per cent. For | per diem employes the average in-! crease is .8 of 1 per cent. The report | 11 show that the efficiency bureau | recommends that there be no hard| and fast rule for the per ¢ em- ployes, but that the wage be I6ft flex- ible, so that there may be a sliding scale to correspond with local condi- tions. i Many groups of salaried employes, however, are slated in the report for much more snbstantial increases than shown in the general average of 6.4 yer cent. Among those recommended for much larger increases are: Other Imcreases Urged. Public Library, 105 employes, per cent. Industrial Home School for Colored Children, 24 employes, 19.5 per cent. Swimming pool, 19 employes, 18 per cent. Industrial Home School for White | Children, 20 employes, 16.4 per cent. Signal section of electrical depart- sacnt, 35 employes, 14.7 per cent. Bathing beach, 23 employes, 14.3 per cent. Home for Aged and Infirm, 55 em- 1loyes, 12 per cent. l Decreases Also Favored. { Some of the groups of salaried em- ployes are scheduled for substantial decreases under the reclassification report. The most important of these ar 221 Water department, laying mains, fifty-two employes, a decrease of 7.8 per cent. Penal instftution (jail), thirty-one cmployes. decrease of 4.5 per cent. Architect’s office, the decrease being principally because it includes labor- s, mechanics and carpenters; 529 employes, a d ase of 3.1 per cent. Pumping. station and shops, also ] including mechanics, ninety employes, a decrease of 1.5 per cent. SENATE TAKES UP TAX REVISION BILL Clash Occurs After Objection Forces Reading of | Whole Bill. | Consideration of the tax revision bill was begun in the Senate today on the suggestion of Senator Penrose, chair- man of the finance committee. Senator Penrose asked unanimous consent to waive the first formal read- | ing of the bill, so that the amend- ments might be read for consideration without further delay. To this re- quest, however, Senator Simmons, ranking democrat of the finance com- mittee, objected, forcing a reading of the entire bill. Senator Penrose criticised the demo- | crats for alleged attempt . to delay | the revenue bill, which drew a sharp retort from Senator Simmons, who | said that the tactics adopted by the | Pennsylvania senator were likely to | cause delay rather than to expedite ! the passage of the bill. 19,000 Copies to Be Printed. The Senate adopted a resolution of- fered by Senator Smoot of Utah, au- thorizing the printing of the tax re- vision bill as a Senate document, 19, 000 copies to be printed. i Descriliing the republican tax re- vision bill as “a miserable, make- ! shift arrangement,” Senator Simmons sald today he was considering the question of proposing an entirely new measure contemplating a peace-time taxation policy. He _added.that the bill now before the- Senate was simply a patchwork made out of the 1918 revenue act, which was designed solely as a war measure. = Not Decided te Have Caucus. Senator Simmons said it was not de- cided to have & caucus of democratic /’senators to pass-on the minority re- litical one. Democratic members of the committee will draft the report, but Senator Simmons was unable to THREE BANDITS FOILED IN FIGHT WITH PISTOLS IN NEW YORK STATION NEW YORK, September 26—A Distol battle in a third-floor corri- dor of the Grand Central station, in which eighteen shots were fired. resulted today in three men flee- ing after attempting to hold up two railroad employes who had a satchel of cash. After a chase through the cor- ridor Albert Malloy was seized by Paul Shea, a special policeman, who was accompanying James Lewis, a cashier for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Lewis bhad a satchel contaifing cash variously estimated at from $15,000 to $60,000. z As they were nearing their destination two of the trio hit Shea and Lewis with pieges of lead pipe done up in newspapers. Lewis fell unconsgious, the satchel of money benelth him. Shea pulled his pistol and fired all six shots. The three robbers also pulled pistols and two of them emptied the guns. The other's pistol stuck. The robbers took flight because of Shea’s shooting. Shea grabbed Malloy and sub- dued him by beating him on the head with his empty revolver. The other men escaped by running downstairs, eluding a police cor- don which surrounded the station as soon as word was received of the hold-up. A pool of blood at the door to the stairs indicated that one of the fleeing robbers had been shot. Shea was taken to a hospital. DEMOCRATSTOTAKE STAND ON TREATIES Minority Senators to Confer on Pacts With Germany, Austria and Hungary. All democratic senators were called today to meet in conference tomorrow to consider minority action with re- spect to the peace treaties with Ger- many, Austria and Hungary. Senator Underwood of Alabama, j democratic leader, issued the call for the conference after consultation with Senator Hitchcock, ranking demo- | cratic member of the foreign relations committee. Senator Hitchcock, who returned here today and who was not present when the treaties were reported by the committee last week, expressed himself as favoring ratification. Sena- tor Underwood also was said to be a supporter of the treaties. Preliminary surveys were reported as showing only a comparatively small number of democratic senators opposed to the treaties and tomorrow’s conference is expected to reveal almost the exact number. Republican leaders said they expected to lose only two or three republican votes and that the treaties were certain of ratification unless the democrats should make a paPty issue of ‘ratification and vote almost solidly in opposition. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, conferred today with Secretary Hughes and was un- derstood to have discussed ratification | prospects. - PENNSY DECLINES T0 REOPEN CASE Denies Right of Rail Board to Enter Realm of Management. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 26.—Repre- sentatives of the Pennsylvani# rail-|pears to be general acquiescence by road presented a letter to the United States Railroad Board today denying realm of management,” and stating that “in view of the fact it could not discuss any of the three points the board allowed it to discuss,” it would i not present oral argument. The board accepted the letter and announced it would give a decision at a later date, The action leaves the decision of the board calling for a new election of members of a shop craft committee to arrange rules and working condi- tions atill in force, but with the rail- road company denying the right of the board to make such an order, or to enter into any other phase of dif- ferences between the carriers and the men except the hearing of and the ad- judication of disputes. Insues of Law and Fact. The Pennsylvania, in its application for a hearing, asked that the board hear it upon the issues of law and fact as to the right of the board to make rulings upon elections. The re- ply of the board allowed the company to present facts concerning “what em- ployes not in the active service of the carrier, such as men laid off, fur- loughed of absent on leave, shail par- ticipate irf the ‘election of committees, and how the representative capacity of spokesmen of unorganized employ- es sha$ be ascertained.” The carrier also was permitted to offer evidence of the adoption or ratification of its shop craft rules by representatives of the crafts, fairly elected by a ma- Jority of that class. NOTHING TO PRESENT. Fennsy President Declines to Offer Evidence. PHILADELPHIA, ' September 26.— The Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Continued on page 23.) BY GEORGE WITTE. Special wireless to The Star and the Chi- cago Dally News Foreign Service. (Copyright, 1921.) BERLIN, September 26.—German courts not only permit-liquor to be smuggled into the prisons, but even issue orders that the prison- ers shall be given their customary quota per day. This was shown in the case brought against the prin- cipal stockholders in a bogus en- terprise. The three defendants, who started a one-million-mark concern on_ ‘“‘shoestring” capital, promising the shareholders a. 300 per cent dividend in three months, ¥ when it would. be ready for the Senate. refused to testify when brought into court. ) i i | relativity and importance the right of the board to “enter lhellomaflc Pphases T the sco I jof the conference are now admitted | TRIAL PUT OFF BY BERLIN COURT | TILL PRISONERS GET ENOUGH LIQUOR | |the far east and Pacific are consid- PORTUGAL SEE T0 PARTIGRATE I ARV CONERENCE U. S. Willing to Accord Nation Equal Rights With Hol- land and Belgium. INTERESTS IN FAR EAST RECOGNIZED BY AMERICA Formal Invitation Not to Be Sent Until Other Nations Send In Their Consent. Portugal's request for representa- tion in the armament and far-eastern conference when questions relating to ered was urged by Viscount d'Alte, the Portuguese minister, today at the State Department. It was indicated that the United States would be will- ing to accord to Portugal the same rights as those suggeseed in the cnses[ of Holland and Belgium. Formal replies had not been re- ceived from all the invited powers to the inquiry made by the United Smtes| concerning the participation by Bel- gium and Holland. It is understood here, however, that Great Britain and Italy will ‘mak> no_objection, and | Japan and France have expressed their willingness to accord Holland and Belgium the privileges of partici- pation on questions in which they are concerned. Interests Are Recognmized. Portugal's interests in the far east are recognized by the Ameriean State | Department as entitling her to similar consideration, it is understood, but it is not believed that formal invitation | will be sent to the government at Lisbon until the same procedure nas been taken as in the case of Holland and Belgium to ascertain the willing- ness of the other members of the con- | ference to Portuguese participation. Conversations among the repre- sentatives of the nations to be parties to the conference on the limitation of armament and determination of preliminary to the assembling of the conference. 1 No Big Obstacles. There is high official authority ror| the statement that no insuperable obstacles have yet been disclosed as existent in the exchanges of views as to what may be taken up by the conference and what by tacit pre- understanding shall be omitted fro consideration. President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes together with the high officials of the administration in touch with the progress of affairs. are believed to find the scope of their hopes as to what may be accom- plished by the conference expanding. Proceeding cautiously, these official gauge their expectations by the un- folding from day to vay of the pros- | pects of material results forecast by | the nature of the understandings ar- rived at in'the conversations. As the conference is expected to consider concurrently the subjects of limitation of armaments and the far| eastern question, the exchanges of views and the conversations upon the latter subject are at this time en- gaging the attention of the State De- partment to at least as great a degree as the one which the public appears to hold foremost in mind, the limitation of armaments. Concerned Over Diplomacy. One might hazard the guess- and probably be not wide of the mark that some of the foreign nations are | more concerned over the diplomatic | problems than the armament reduc- tion questions involved in the ultimate action of the conferénce. There ap- the other nations in the position as- sumed by President Harding as to the | of the, dip- | nomic aims in_view. In his invitation to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to enter the conference, the President said: “It is, however, quite clear that there can be no final assurance of the peace of the world in the absence of the desite for peace, and the prospect | for reduced armaments is not a hope- | ful one unless this desire finds ex-| pression in practical effort to remove causes of misunderstanding and to seek ground for agreement as to prin- ciples and their application i Hope to Find Solution. “It is the earnest wish of. this gov- ernment that through an interchange of views with the facilities afforded by a conference it may be possible to find a solution of Pacific and far east- ern problems of unquestioned impor- tance at this time; that is, such com- mon understandings with’ respect to matters which have beefi and are of | international concern as may serve to promote enduring friendship among our peoples.” The same sentiment was expressed in the invitation sent to China, and China echoed and accentuated the| svggestion. “The center of gravity in matters international® has recently shifted to the Pacific and far east,” said China, in accepting the invita- tion to attend. “The Pacific and far eastern questions, as viewed by the Chinese people, are questions affect- ing the peace of the world of¥the pres- ent day.” Back President’s View. The disposition manifested at first in some quarters in this country to maintain that armament limitation | should be the sole concern of the con- ference has now disappeared, or is evidenced in a manner to be described as negligible in possible effect. The’ twofold and interdependent purposes and beyond further cavil. “They have not had thelr ac- | customed amount of liquor while in jail” said their attorney, “and for that reason are not able | follow the proceedings.” o “But prisoners are allowed a cer- tain quantity and usually get more than that from the jailers, who smuggle it in,” remarked one of | the judges. “Yes,” replied the lawyer, with a nod of assent, “but my clients were used to more than_ther have been getting in jail. That is why we ask that the trial be postponed and that in the meantime an order be issued that the defendantg-shall get as much liquor as they want.” The court finally agreed to put oft the trial until the defendants had ‘been given enough Hquor. l POLISH PRESIDENT ESGAPES ASSASSIN Count Wounded by Shot. Andrassy’s Life Attempted in Budapest. By the Associated Press. LEMBERG, September 2 {far castern questions are proceeding |Joseph Pilsudski, president of the satisfactorily and tending toward |Polish republicy narrowly escaped gradual = clearing of the groundgeaen py -assassination here last night. He was entering an automo- bile in City Hall square on his way to a theater after attending a ban quet in his honor. when three shots were fired at him. Gen. Pilsudski was not injured, but Count Grabow- ski, who was accompanying him, was wounded in the leg. * _The president directed his chauf- feur to drive to a hospital. and, after being assured that Count Grabowski's wound was not serious, Inststed on going to the theater, as he had In- tended. He was enthusiastically checred by the audience when he en- | terea. The would-be assassin attempted suicide, but was arrested before he could end his own life. BUDAPEST, September 24.—An at- tempt on the lives of Count Julius Andrassy, former minister of foreign affairs, and former President Rakov- sky of the national assembly was made from the galleries of the as- sembly chamber today.. five shots being directed at the pair. Neither was - injured, although one bullet pierced Count Andrassy's clothing. Tbraham Kover, a former lieutenant, was arrested an a charge of firing the shots. He gave evidences of in- sanity, but the police declared he was shamming, asserting they had discovered a widespread plot to mur- der leaders of the movement to re- store Emperor Charles to the throne. The shooting marked the stormiest session_of the assembly since the war. During the session parliamen- tary immunity was lifted from four deputies who were charged with ac- cepting bribes. The assembly then adjourned indefinitely. BOMB ENDS CAREER OF WARSHIP ALABAMA Famous Old Seafighter Sunk in Ter- rific Air Attack at Noon Today. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 26.—A ,000-pound bomb ended the career of the oM battleship Alabama at 12:15 today. A Martin bomber flying over the old warship anchored off Tangier Island in Chesapeake bay tore her mast off, destroyed superstructure, and turned her over on her side in shallow water. Six other planes almost simultane- ously rained 1,000 and 2,000 pound bombs on the hull as she went down. Four hit the vessel as she trundled over and the remajnder landed. in the water within twenty to thirty feet.] PUT ON REGULAR ARMY BASIS Reserve officers of the Army have been notified by Adj. Gen. 'Harris that they may buy articles of equip- ment and clothing on the same basis and at the same prices at which these articles are sold to officers of the Regular Army. /Today’s News in Brief 5,000 marines leave Quantico for war ‘maneuvers on civil war battlefields in Virginia. Page 1 President of Poland escapes assassin’s bullets. Page 1 Democratic_senators called to confer as to action on treaties with Ger- many, Austria and Hungary. g Page 1 U. S. bureau df efficiency urges salary increases for some D. C. employes and cut for others. Page 1 Bids sought for new ' Eastern High School building to cost.about $700,- 000. Page 2 Representatives of railway unions in C%h:uo counting tlre ballots on contemplated strike. Page 2 Lure_of South seas becoming problem to- Hawailan Chamber of Commerce. Page 3 G. A. R. opens fifty-fifth annual en- campment. Page Canadian ex-minister scores our coun- try for defeat of reciprocity. Page 13 New U. S. ambassador to Japan pre- sents credentials. Page 13 ‘Wholesale dismissals of Chicago’po- licemen ' expected following _chief's startling charges, _P_lxg 11 L YLy OPPOSI 77 “"Zé;m‘)’ HOTTEST DAY IN 30 YEARS Mercury Climbs to 108 Degrees in San Bernardino, Calif. LOS ANGELES, September 26.—Un- usual temperatures for this season were recorded in southern California vesterday. San Bernardino, with 108 degrees, had the warmest day for this season in thirty years. Los Angeles had a tem- perature of 96, the warmest Septem- ber day since 1913 WL WANELVER ONCVILWARFELD | iLargest U. S. Military Force | Assembled Since World War Leaves Quantico. QUANTICO, Va., September 26.— Five thousand marines, the largest. military force assembled in the United Statel since the world war demobiliza- tion, left here before daybreak today to .participate in the fall maneuvers to be held by the Marine Corps in the region where the civil war battles of fthe Wilderness were fought nearly threestore vears ago. The maneuvers today consisted 1 of ia march of ten miles to Aquia creek, vhere camp will be made for the night. Tomorrow’s march will take the expeditionary force to Fredericks- burg, while on Wednesday the scene of the battles of the Wilderness will be reached. day and Saturday in the presence of | officials, including, possibly, President Harding. FORCE EQUIPMENT MODERN. to Be in Evidence. QUANTICO, Va.. September 26.—All of the destructive machinery of mod- ern warfare will be brought realisti- cally into play when the marines ar. rive on the battlefields in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Va., made famous by the contacts between the Union and Confederates forces during the war between the states. {particular, with all of the additional equipment for field service, left Quantico_this morning for the scene of what it is said will be the most g1- gantic peace maneuvers ever con- ducted by this country. In addition to | the infantry, there will be the 10th Regiment of marine artillery, equip- ped with French 75s; an additional battery of 156 millimeter heavy ar- Itillery, capable of hurling shells | weighing ‘more than a hundred | pounds; a regiment of specialists, in- | cluding engineers, signal troops, pio- neers, bridge builders, et¢., and spe- cial detachments handling mine- throwing, anti-aircraft guns, giant field searchlights, tractors, tanks, ar- powerful - squadrons to participate. | This Tatter force will include a squad- ron of 'six giant Martin bombers, a | squadron of DeHaviland planes and {a squadron of small aerial scouts. i 'Three Days of “Fighting.” b he fighting maneuvers will e | neh Thusaday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday will be given over to divine services and recreation, and the fol- lowing Monday the return march to i will begin. e ar games and sham battles planned. promise_to be spectacular in the extreme. - ‘One- of -the most elaborate will be a landing planned to duplicate the landing of a marine expedition from boats of the Navy. Iall its equipment. and.supplies, will be_embarked on boats on the Wilder- ress creek and will land on its south- ern bank - through a smoke barrage arranged to represent. the covering bombardment which would be thrown fleet. If is expected that this maneu- ver will duplicate conditions which marine forces have been forced to face on many oceasions in the past and will prove invaluable training for young marines in view of future emergencies. ; Marine Aviators to Take Part. Another striking and spectacular feature of the exercises will be the work - of the marine 'aviation force. This. will include a night attack on an-oblong ‘marked out on the ground to represent the deck of a battleship, in_which the, giant Martin bomber: will play the principal part; a figh in air_between bombers attempting to attack the “ship,” and scouts attempt- ing to drive them off, in which the latter’ will be aided by enti-alrcraft guns, and squadron cross-country fly- irg and bombing. e famous battle of Chancellors- ville will also be re-enacted, and veterans of :Stonewall Jackson’s his- toric_corps will relate personal ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | | | | ! Two marine regiments, fit in every | mored cars and other appliances of | present-day warfare. In addition the | marine aviation force will send four | In this maneuver a marine force, with on- a- hostile :shore by an American | | | i 4 | Sham battles and tactical | been exercises will be held Thursday, Fri-|other 1 Warfare Machinery of All Typeslwhen | | 3 lof | plans CONFERENCE WILL REVEALTHEFACTS Agreement on Industrial Sit- uation Expected by the Assemblage. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘The usual skepticism that attends every endeavor of an experimental nature enveloped the unemployment conference today. Curious about re- sults, the query on most everybody lips was this: “What can the con- ference really do, can it furnish work for the unemployed, can it alter the laws of supply and demand, can it bring normaley? Inquiry at the White House de- velops the fact that President Hard- ing in acceding to the suggestion of Seeretary Hoover that a conference of the unemployed be called did not himself know exasctly: what might be achieved. If, indeed, he khew & Tem- edy, he wouldn't have called a meet- ing of economists, but would have ap- plied that remedy without delay. He had confidence, howevet, in the en- gineering mind of Herbert Hoover and he believed that many of the fundamental causes of unemployment might be removed if everybody were agreed as to what those causes are. Survey of Industrial Situation, If nothing else comes out of the unemployment conference but an agreement as to what are the facts America’s industrial situation, officials will be more than glad. For it is true that some businesses havc retrenching purely because businesses have ~done so. talk has bred timidity. Pessimistic a large number of high government, Psychological factors have had more to do with the industrial depression than anything else. Fear that the European market would not yield orders because of a diminution of its purchasing power has caused abandonment of plans at a time the business men of other countries were just beginning to lay for a long siege of new markets. What the unemployment conference probably will give .the people of America is an economic survey of the United States. Without facts and figures all stsries about the ups and downs of business conditions are mostly conjecture. Surface con- ditions are not always an index of what is going on. President Harding said so himself in his opening ad- dress to the conference when he remarked: “Frankly, it is difficult to know whether we have reached that bed- rock to which reaction runs before | the upward course begins, but here are representatives of the forces which make for all we are or ever can be, and your soundings ought to be_reliable.” The Presilent saw before him the representatives of labor and employer groups, captains of industry as well as students of economics. An agree- ment by them as to what constitutes the true condition of the United States will go a long way toward carrying conviction with_ the people of the country. President Replies to Critics. Incidentally Mr. Harding took a fling in his opening address at two currents of thought advanced by folks who have been more or less opposed to administration policies. He sound- ed'a warning against the idea of look- ing to the government treasury for relief, and he took issue with those IMONEY RELIEF OPPOSED | AS AID TO UNEMPLOYED | | 1 HIGH SPOTS IN SPEECH BY PRESIDENT HARDING ON U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT “The problem of unemployment is the most difficult with which we are confronted. “There is excessive unemploy- ment today, and we are concerned. not alone about its diminution, but we are frankly anxious, under the involved conditions, lest it grow worse, with the hardships of the winter season soon to be met.” “1 would have little enthusiasm for any proposed relief which seeks either palliation or tonic from the public treasury.” We are incontestably sound. We are constitutionally strong. We are merely depressed after the fever (the war), and we want to know the way speediest and depend- able convalescence.” “When we know the way, every- body in America—capital and labo: employer and emplove, captains of industry and the privates in the trenches—will go over the top in the advance drive of peac Text of Address! BythePresident and Gentlemen of the Con- Ladies ference: It is a pleasure o express to vou in advance of your labors the grati- tude of the government for your service to the nation. Perhaps it is not too much to say, a service to the world. Not so very long since 1 was receiving the call of a dis- tinguished foreigner, and in the course of our conversation he al- luded to the conference which is met this morning and said: “Mr. President, our people are deeply in- terested in the American confer- ence on unemployment, because our’ problem is akin to your own, and vour relief in the United States will be an added siznal of hope from America to us and other peo- ples who are alike depressed.” That remark of a distinzuished foreigner emphasized our responsi- bility. If it be true that no citizen is without example to some one among his fellows, which I believe to be everlastingly true. then na- tions, great and small, are influenc- ing others in all they do. Says Comditfon Ix Gener: You are invited together to con- sider a condition. which is in no wise peculiar to the United States. The industrial depression which we are feelibg is a war inheritance throughout the world. We saw humanity stressed in: that produc- tion which is impelled by nztions desperate in self-preservation. We saw the industtial call to arms which marshaled the family as well as the accustomed bread-win- ners and we saw the spiritual, mental and_physical might of the people cast in the scales measuring the might of the republic. From such a test there is inevitable re- action. To such heights there is necessary ascent and inescapable descent. ” With the world involved there is no escape for any of the world from the valleys of depres- sion. Though we suffered less than many of those with whom we were associated, and less than any of those against whom we contended, it was inevitable that we should experience the fever's aftermath, and come to know depression be- fore we could become normal again. Liquidation, reorganization, re adjustment, re-establishment, ta ing account of things done and the sober contemplation of things to be done, the finding of firm ground and the open, sure and onward way—all these are a part of the inevitable, and he who thinks they might have been avoided by this plan or that, or this policy or that, or this international relationship or that, only hugs a delusion, when reason is needed for a safe counsel. Finances Unbalanced. Even though the world's store- houses were depleted, at the same time the finances were unbalanced, and none was ready to store a war crop for the more deliberate con- sumption of peace. Momentarily there was elation, but it was not the glow of abiding health. We mis- took elation for restoration, today we are met in realization. You have been summoned to counsel ail Ameri- a to apply vour knowledge and your experience in relieving a con- dition which concerns all Amer} Specifically, you are to deal with unemployment. to suggest the way of repairing the arterial circulation which is the very life blood of the republic. There is always unemployment. Under most fortunate conditions, 1 am told, there are a million and a half in the United States who are not at work. The figures are as- tounding only because we are a hun- dred millions, and this parasite per- centage is always with us. But there is excessive unemploy- ment today, and we are concerned, not alone about its diminution, but we are frankly anxious, under the in- volved conditions, lest it'grow worse, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column LEDOUX, CHAMPION OF UNEMPLOYED, ARRIVES HERE TO RAP PROFITEERS Coincident with the convening of the unemployment conference, Ur- bain Ledoux, whd has been conduct- ing a campaign for relief of the un- employed in Boston and New York, arrived in Washington and ane nounced he would attend the con- ference as an observer. “The purpose of my visit to Wash- ington,” Mr. Ledoux said, “is to ap- peal to the President to publish the names of those’ who profited to the extent of more than 100 per cent dur- ing the war, that they may share 50 * per cent with the unemployed, who have not profited at all, and that this 50 per cent be used under govern- ment supervision for work of oon- structive welfare. ‘Will Insist Publication. “I will constantly insist that this list be published, 80 that the search- light of public opinion may be focused upon it, with the flnl;c(:glon that ultimately the hearts of ese people may be melted and that they will voluntarily contribute 50 per ,ceht to soclal reconstruction in the aftermath of war. “T wil] sit on the doorsteps of the ‘White House. Rain or shine I will remain at the President’s thresh- hold and ‘patiently wait for publi- do cation of the list. T will use every peaceable method that I can find at hand or conceive in order to assume publication. 1 will remain here a year if necessary and will not leave until that list is pub- lished. “Human Documents.” “I will attend the conference on unemployment as an observer, ai- ways having at heart the immedi- ate pressing relfef of the unem- ployed, for I feel that we have too long been engaged in limitless sur- veys and voluminous committees burdened with big figures and big names, but not with humanity. There will join me later and be presented to the President at the White House and to the conference a human documentation consisting of about 100 jobless men whom I will gather along the wayside from Boston, New York, Philadeiphia and Baitimore. These will come to Washington in motor trucks. 1 will have these human documenta- tion properly filed, cataloged and indexed. . _T regard the publication of that list as the crux of the unemploy- ment_situatfon, Therein lies the true justice. Peaceful stategy will guide me in my efforts to make such_publication an accomplished fact.” 7 | AT CONFERENCE | | | | the | | i I i | | | pose to w. | | 1 i | ! mediate! ! | i | which | committee. which wi \nomic “upgrade. {gence and OPENING President and Mr. Hoover Speak Be- fore Delegates : SPEED WILL MARK SOLVING OF ISSUE Plans to Frame Prac- tical Federal Pro- gram of Relief. The government grappled with the problem of national unemployment to- day and sought for a strangle hold in the early seconds of the encounter, i which brought together President Hard- ing, two members of his cabinet and in- dustrial and labor leaders in a common purpose to relieve labor stagnation Addressing the half hundred persons comprising the unempioyment confer- ence, which was convened in the audi- torium of the Interior Department building shortly after 10 o'clock, the President appealed for a relief program would not make demands upon the federal treasury. Anxlous for Speed. In this appeal the President was joined a few minutes later by Secrvtary of Commerce Hoover, who presided at meeting. The cabinet official, as did the President, expressed the con- ction that the enterprise and initia- ve of American business will find a ¢ 10 put the idle back to work. idence of the administration” earnestness 1o apply practical meas ures to the situation with the le delay possible Secretary Hoover requested that the conference dispense with general dis- cussion and proceed with organization. The suggcston met with unanimous favor and Mr. Hoover was instructed to name an organization and program I report back io the conference at 3 o'clock this after- noon. It was indicated that by tomorrow the conference will be at work on definite plan and subcommittees will be functioning. President Given Ovation. The President was given an ovation when hé entered the hail. He was followed by Sccretary Hoover. Secre tary of Labor Davis occupied a seat on the stage with them and conferred with the Commerce Department head in the naming of the organization and program committee. Mrs. Harding, accompanied by . retary Christian, was an interested observer of the brief ceremonies marking the opening of the confer- cuce. She intemtly watched the Presi- dent as he characterized the unem ployment situation as the most seri- ous problem facing the government, but expressed confiderce that it can und_will be solved. ¥Fundamentally. sound. industrially unimpaired, commercially consisten a politically unafraid, this cuu try,” the President confidently as- serted, “will weather the storm. America has never lost a fight ia which there has been a common pu:- t was furnished when “Reégarded Dificult Problem.” But while he looked optimisticaliy upon the ability of Américan leaders in industry to meet the present crisis. the President confessed the adminis- I tration is frankly anxious “under the involved conditions lest it grow worse wlith the hardships of the winter sea- son soon to be met” The President added that the problem of unemp ment “is the most difficult with which we are confronted.” In urging that the remedial measures to be adopted should not take a paternalistic turn, the President said: “1 would have little enthusiasm for any proposed relief which sceks cither palliation or tonic from the public Treasury. The excess of stimu- lation from that source is to be reck- oned a cause of trouble rather than a source of curc. We should achieve but little in a remedial way if we con- tinued to excite a contributing cuuse.” Secretary Hoover, in an address im- ¥ following the President's, emphasized the administration’s op- position to relief measures through legislation or appropriation when he declared that remedie§ for the un- employment situation “must not in- clude any legislative program.” The Commerce Secretary suid this country undoubtedly is on the eco- He pictured as the worst kind of unemployment that which exists in a country whose storehouses are bursting with food and clothes and whose housing situa- tion is good. To Determine Extent. In outlining some of the practical features of the work before the con- ference, the Secretary said there must be a determination of the volume, di tribution and character of unemploy ment. The immediate problem, he said, is to provide emergency relief. but he expressed thc conviction the delegates also will be able to evolve a program that permanently will dis- courage idleness and combat future unemployment. He declared it is within the intelli- initiative of the people to find a solution of the problem that will come within the range of charity Mr. Hoover's Addre: Secretary Hoover's speech follows: “In calling this conference the President has hoped to mobilize the senise of service in our people to the solution of a problem that not only commands our sympathies, but is of primary necessity to public welfare.”: “Obviously our unemployment arises from the aftermath of the great world war. We have been plunged into a period of violent readjustment agd one of the bitter fruits of this réadjustment is large unemployment This period of depression and its ac- companying unemployment has been continuous since the fall of last year. but our working population was able to carry over during the past winter upon -its savings. There can be no question that we are on-the upgrade. but economic progress cannot unde. any expectation come with sufficien. rapidity to prevent much unemploy- ment over the forthcoming winter. “Great-numbers will have exhausted their savings and must be subjects of great concern to the ‘entire ypublic. ‘There is no economic failure so terrible in its import as that of a country pos- sessing a surplus of every necessity of life in which numbers, willing and anxious to work, are deprived of these necessities. 1t simply cannot be if our moral and economic system is to survive. It is the duty of this con- ference to find definite and organized remedy for this emregency, and 1 hope ajso that you may be able to outiine for -public consideration such plans ax will, i the long view, tend to mitigate its recurrence. Vital Questions at Issuwe. “The questions before the conferenc: appear to me to lie in several broad phases. First, no problem can be ade- (Continued on Page 2, Columu