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Generally (fal row: little chan; 78.2; Jow 52.4. WEATHER. today and tomor- in temperatur Temperature for twenty-two hou: ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, st, Full report on page 9. No. 895.—No. 98,511. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D, C. ! WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1922 —EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. FIVE CENTS. ONLY U. . CAN LIFT| CURSE ON EUROPE, VANDERLIP WARNS Sees Blind Nationalism Lead- ing Nations to More Hor- ror Unless We Act. FRANCE A BOLSHEVIST IN INDEMNITY EFFORTS Reviewing Genoa, He Proposes American Gold Basis for World, But Insists on Caution. BY FRANK A. VANDERLIP. By Cable to The Star. GENOA, May 20.—The time has come for a review of what has happened at Genoa, and, what is more important still, to make a survey of the present position of Europe and attempt some forecast of the possible methods of coping Wwith the situation as Genoa left it. Blind nationalism is the curse fullen on Europe. America can fur- nish moral leadership that will modi- fy that nationalism. If we will fur- nish the right sort of moral leader- ship we can do much to turn nation- alism into rationalism. That is what Europe needs. Helping to attain it is America’s role. ¥rance's effort to get indemnity out of Germary and the cost to get it out at the expense of a wrecked Germany is as foolish as bolshevism. It is bol- shevism. Coming to Real Grips. The verdict upen the Genoa confer- ence will vary, according tc onme's temperament, explanations and out- look. Whoever expected that out of Genoa would come a fundamental step toward economic reconmstruction of Europe will be disappointed. It would be wrong, however, to de- clare Genoa has been altogether a failure. As a matter of fact it has been a preliminary coming to real grips with the problem of Europe and in that sense shows results of great importance. (Genoa was foredoomed to failure so far as fundamental, actual accom- plishment is concerned. The Cannes basis for the Géhoa agenda prohib- ited discussion of reparations, dis- armament or Intergovernmental debtd. Discussion of those subjedts is an ab- solute prerequisite to the real adjust- ment of the present European prob- lems. Premier Lloyd George knew that per- fectly well, but the attitude of France was implacably opposed to a thorough- going discussion of Europe’s problems. Premier. Briand fell because, under Lioyd George's charm, he agreed to anything approaching a thoroughgoing discussion. Premier Poincare represented a more reactionary attitude than M. Briand. M. Poincare opposed the Genoa confe- ence and placed France in an attitude of obstruction to the true policy of eco- nomic reconstruction.” He refused to attend the Genoa conference, and thus left, the French delegation was obliged to rely on telegraphic instructions. They received as many as sixty tele- grams daily from Paris and at no time have been free agents., such as must compose a true conference. The conference convened at Genoa without a well thought-out program. An attempt at such a program was made at the London conference of ex- perts, and the report of the London ex- perts was the basis for Genoa. Four Fields for Action. That report occupled itself with four fields: The re-establishment of political relations between the European powers and Russia, the working out of finan- cial, economic and transportation pro- visions, all looking toward the general economic rehabilitation. The London experts’ down a fantastically gram of demands on Russia. mands included liquidation_of the past Russian obligations, recognition of all financial engagements heretofore enter- ed into by all lhe, authorities of Russia, local, provincial or on account of public utility undertakings. It proposed to im- pose on Russia the lability of all ac- tual direct losses arising from breach of contract or otherwise suffered by na- tionals of other powers due to negli- gence of the soviet government or its predecessors. Best Brains Met Match. laid report It proposed to set up a mlxad[coufl"' SQUELCHES “WET” arbitral tribunal to determine ques- tions relating to debts, contracts and losses. It proposed to establish a Russian debt commission nominated by the powers which would have authority to issue new Russian bonds to holders of the existing state and other bonds, and allocate to the serv- jce of this commission new specific taxes and royalties. It proposed to control collection of such revenues and deal with the proceeds and arrange the return of property formerly owned by nationals of the powers. The London experts further pro- posed to reorganize the Russian judi- cial systém on a system of judicial protection for foreigners as complete as that established in China. Thus the Russian question became the center of the Genoa conference. The “best brains of Europe” devised a scheme-to be imposed on Russia. The “best brains of Europe” fully ment logicians, but bad diplomats. Russian delogates. Sincere in Her Madmess. Russia was mad, but proved sin- cere in her madness. The powers were disunited, insincere. uncertain. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | Financier Who Outlines U. S. Role to Save Europe FRANK A. VANDERLIP. ARREST VALENTIN BEANY CHARG Screen Actor, Under $10,000 Bond, Says He Was Advised to Wed. WIFE TEARPUL TRAVELER Reaches Chicago on Way to New York, Silent, Except to Say “Love Forever.” LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 20.— Rodolph Valentino, motion picture star, arrested today on a charge of bigamy, was at liberty tonight under $10,000 bonds to appear for prelimi- nary hearing June 1. The complaint against him was issued by the dis- trict attorney's office. After his arraignment before a jus- tice of peace, Valentino issued a statement saying he had been & vised his: Hudnut at Mexicali, Lower Califora! a week a@o today, would ve valld, notwithstanding that a year had not elapsed since his first wite, Migs Jean |4 Acker, was granted a interlocutory |1 decree of divorce in & Los Angeles court. Marriage Record Inspected. The complaint was issued by D puty District Attorney Tom MeClel- land upon receipt of a report from investigators that they had inspeécted, the record of the marriage at MexXi- and had located the witnesses prepared to testify that Valentino and his bride had passed last Tues- day night at Palm Springs, a resort in Riverside county, Calif. - These circumstances, according to Mr. Mec- Clelland, made possible a prosecution for bigamy under the California penal code. To Remarry in Year. Valentino said he and Miss Hudnut would remarry at the end of a year and meanwhile would “adhere strictly to the law.” “It is needless to say,” he contin- ued. “that this year's delay will not in any way lessen our love. “I, of course, regret deeply that I should have dome anything that RIOT DEATHS SOAR AS IRISH LEADERS REACH PEACE PACT Eight More Lives Snuffed Out in Belfast, Making Total of 27 During Week. COALITION WILL RULE IN SOUTH IRELAND | Collins-De Valera Agreement Is Unanimously Approved by Follow- _ ers—Electt ns in June. By the Associated Prese. BELFAST, May 20.—An armed gang tonight seized the watchman of the Doesbank weaving factory on the Crum- lin road, bound hima and set the build- ing on fire. Sharp rioting followed, in which the military used machine guns, two persons being killed and many others wounded. Two men, McMutrie and McDer- mott, were shot dead tonight at the pumping station in Belfast harbor. These killings raised the number of deaths today to eight and the total for the past week to twenty-seven. Bura Bank aid Residence. The summer residence at Cushen- dun, County Antrim, belonging to Ronald MeNeill, a close friend of Premier \Cralg and a prominent com- moner, was burned today. The town of Cushendall was held four hours by 150 ralders, who, after burning the Northern but were beaten off. Bank, attacked the police barracks, The barracks at Ballycastle, near the scene of the sinking of the American troopship Tuscania during the war, was attacked with mobs, but the police finally repulsed the assailants, urrest- ing one of their number and capturing a number of bags containing hand- grenades and petrol. A group of special constables: on their way to relieve the contingent at the Martinstown barracks were ambushed. One constable was killed and another was wounded. | New Plan to { Immediately urb Rioting. the Ulster ‘eabinet: mesting-today Lord London- derry stifted for London to acquaint ! the British government with a DG o 1 to put in operation A i -the. ers. ‘Premlier 5’ will mike a full statement re- garding the proposed program to the Ulster parliament next Tuesday. The cabinet meeting was attended by Maj. Gen. Cameron, commanding the troops in the six counties, and Maj. Gen. Flood, the Ulster military adviser. Thé cablnet sent an official order to the commissioner of police expre Ing high appreciation of the gallant conduct of all ranks of the police and special constables in resisting attacks upon the various barracks in Antrim, Down and Belfast, declaring their conduct had fully maintained the best traditions of the force. The commendation was signed by Premier Craig. TERMS OF DUBLIN PACT. after Dail Pactions Agree on Issues in June Elections. | By the Associated Press. i DUBLIN, May 20.—An agreement | making possible the holding of Irish | elections in June and the formation | of a coalition cabinet was reached | ! Officers. { hemes would lower me in-the estimation of | today by the leaders of the two po- the American people, who have been | litical factions in southern Jreland, 50 kind to me and have accepted me {and was unanimously approved by at every turn for more than I con- |their respective followers in the dail celve to be my real worth arid who | eireann. : have graciously calied me ‘the lover | Michael Collins, head of the Free of the screen. .1 Wwill say that the|State provisional government, and love that made me do what I have|Eamonn De Valera, the republican done was prompted by the noblest in- | Jeader, arrived at the agreement after tentions that a man could have. I|all possibility of reaching any sem- loved deeply, but In Toving I may !blance gf reconciliation had been | have erred.” virtually abandoned. H The penal code fixes punishment| The minor .poirts of divergence| for the felony of bigamy as a fine not | concerning the proportion of repre-; exceeding $5.000 and imprisonment | sentation in the ministry were waived mot exceeding ten years in state’s|by the agreement and the question as| prison. BRIDE MUM, TEARFUL. Says Only “Forever” When Asked if She Loves Valentino. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 20.—Winifred Hud- nut, whose marriage to Rodolph Val- entino in Mexlicall, Mexico, -has' re- (Continued onPage 2, Column 2.) WHO PROMISES TQ TAKE HIS FIGHT .TO PEOPLE Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, May - 20.—Jud, John C: Rose; in the United St: court, today made the world safe for the Attorney General of the United -States, the - eighteent] amendment ‘and- the prohibition ents. He quashed a bill'for an injunction to restrain- the Attor: ney General from enforcing” the eighteénth amendment, " brought before the court by Benno M. Sei- bold, a former Washington ‘liquor dealer. ¢ P Seibold, who' acted ‘as'his own attorney, saild he came into court not as an individual, but ‘as‘a “representative of' the downtrod- aén.”. - 7 “Jf I cannot get justice .in th court,” he declared, “I.shall take my case befoye the people. *And I “hesitate to say ‘what the conse- quences in that case will be.” " Judge Rosé was apparently, will- ing to e a chance.on the con- . sequences, for he quashed the bill B A T it e S ettt i b to ‘the issues to be decided by the June elections was ignored. In the| pre-élection campaign, those in favor of the Anglo-Irish treaty establishing the Free State will be free, under the terms of the agreement, td say that the election will be on ratification of the treaty, and those opposed to the treaty may deny that proposition. Actual Terms of Agreement. The actual terms of the agreement correspond closely with those put forward by Harry C. Boland, for some time representative of De Valera in the United States, who represented | the repubilcan section of the peace! committce appointed a few days ago; by the dail. There will be a coalition panel pre- sented to the electors. It will con- tain the names of candidates repre- senting both sides at their present strepgth in the dail and will be recommended to the electors as the ticket of the Sinn Fein organization. ‘Whereven there is no contest, the ex- isting members will come back: Con- | tests cannot wholly be avoided, how- ever, because the labor party will; nominate candidates, and theoretically any other body can do the same. But it s generally believed there’ will be many uncontested constituencies, and the election, it is thought, will al- HOMES IN ASHES ~ INBOOTLEG WAR | Terrorism Sweeps Southern and Western Sections of Virginia. PLACARD WIDOW’S HOUSE Crimes Mount, With Moonshiners Increasing Work of Special Dispatch to The Star. Ft RICHMOND, Va., May 20.—Seven reign of terror of bootleggers during the past week In the southern and western sections of the state. Law- lessness is running rampant with prohibition officers apparently un- able to cope with the situation. Each day adds to the steadily mounting list of crimes. Bootleggers are open- ly defying law and threatening lllel and property of those who oppose their actlvities, which have increased to alarming proportions. Reports from Page county tell of a deadly war raging between moun- taineer moonshiners and officers. Ap- plying the torch to homes is daily resorted to. Residents of the county bave appealed tb state officials for protection. Woman's Home Placarded. One woman, a widow, who had three sons in the world war, appears to be the object of hatred of the bootlegging. fraternity and the moon- shiners, and the home she rents has been placarded with the information to the owner to have her ousted. Her | case, which Is typical of many, has been taken up by a special force of officers who are fruitlessly working to stamp out bootleggers. The end to which the bootleggers will go is being evidenced county courts throughout this section. Bootleggers have been charged with having no hesitancy in going to court and swearing to anything that will prevent the prosecution of one of their number. War to Be Intensified. | in the The war on the moonshiners will be intensified June 20, When the new state prohibition enforcement law goes into effect. Prohibition Commis- sioner Smith has announced that he will énforce every letter of the law, giving especial attention to the ouster provision, by which any number of officers face the losing of their jobs unless they o after bootleggers. The grip which the lawless element has gotten on this community has been largely attributed to the laxity | of many men intrusted with enforc- ing the law. Many have been charged ring themselves. WEEKS URGES WOOD . T0 PROLONG STAY AS _ PHILIPPINE GOVERNOR i Secretary Weeks, after a.con: ference with President Harding yesterday, sent a cablegram to Maj. Gen. Wood urging him to re- maln as governor of the Philip- pines until December, as “mani- festly” a leave until that time would be granted by the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, which a year ago selected the general as its provost. The telegram sent by Secretary Weeks, after detaillng some cor- respondende with the Pennsyl- vania authorities, said: “Manifestly & leave to Decem- ber will be approved if you prom- ise to report at that time. The President and 1 greatly appreci- most reproduce the last one, when unopposed returns were the rule. MELLON VISITS SICK SON. NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 20— Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of ury, visited his son Paul in a local hospital today. The young man, a student at Choate School in Wal- lingford, - recently had a Yurgical and is conualescent. Mr. ate your useful work and both feel that you ought to remain un. til December. - Our preference i8 to have you serve indefinitely, but you only can appraise your qbli- gations to self and family.” SENT TO ARMORY DUTY. - Peter K. Kelly, ordnance de- t. = t, at Camp Meade, Md., has Eorinpacie, ferin il {Chamber of Commerce. s\ You Bk ORGANIZE ? oEs= Alleges Hays Sold | Birthright for Meéss | Of ‘Movie Pottage’ By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 20— A subcommittee report to the Presbyterian General Assembly here, dealing with hte motion plctures, and made public to- day by the chairman, the Rev. Gustave A. Briegleb, asked why ‘Will Hays had not taken steps i to bar the making of films by Rodolph Valent “Fatty” Ar- buckle and “actresses” whose mnightgowns were found in the home of William Desmond Tay- lov.” “Will Hays sold his birthright as a Presbyterian elder for a mess of motion Ilt'_llm pot- tage,” sald the rpeert. The chairman has been a lead- er in a morals crusade at Holly- fommnd Colit. . P TOBULD CHANBER Gompers Demands Employ- ing of Organized Workers on New Structure. | Organized labor is bound “to use every legitimate effort to see that union men are employed upon the new structure” of the United States Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, issued this dictum in a statement last night, in which he declared that he had com- municated to the building trades the facts in so far as he has them. His summary of the situation is the | following: Moral Question at Isaue. “The United States Chamber of Commerce undoubtedly has a legal right to build its bullding in what- ever manner it sees fit. There is no- where any question of the legal right of employers to employ non-union workers, nor is there any question as to their legal right to use every le- gitimate means for the prevention of the organization of. workers. The whole question at issue is one of moral right and not of legal right.” Mr. Gompers then charges that the chamber is “actuated by no desire to help the workers of America in its opposition ,to the trade union move- ment,” and that “the official position ! of the United States Chamber of Com- merce is that it is in favor of what it is pleased to call the open shop.” He further charges that the term “open shop” defies analysis without the conclusion that in reality it is the. antiunion shop. “fhe United the statement, ‘took its present posi- tion because it is opposed to the trade union movement, and any state- ment -to'the contrary is pure sophis- try.” Gompers ‘Scores Chamber. As for the attitude of trade unionism to the * bullding of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the statement says: ] “The United States Chamber of Commerce may rest assured that the trade union movement will use every fair, legitimate and honorable means to see to it that union workers are employed upon the new building in Washington, in order that the condi- ions of work on that building, the standard of wages and the hours of work may be such as will not under- mine the standards that have been established by intelligent organized workers . throughout the United States. i “The United States Chamber of Commerce is organized to protect and promote the interests of capi- talists, .employers and exploiters. The American Federation of Labor is organized to protect and promote the interests of ~ working men and women.” S ‘The whole discussion, as stated in The Star of last Sunday, started by reports from the Pacific coast that the building of the Chamber of Com- merce would. be erected without a tool in the hands of & union work- SPECIAL FIRE MAIN PLANTOBE PUSHED District Officials Going to In- spect Baltimore High- Pressure System. MAY GO INTO ESTIMATES Commissioners to Consider Project, Long Favored, for Better Protec- tion of Business Buildings. Installation of a system of high- pressure water mains in the business -sectian of Washington to reduce the fire hazapd has been taken up in earnest by the District government, it became known last night. Capt. John E. Wood, assistant En- gineer Commissioner; J. S. Garland, superintendent of the water depart- ment, and Fire Chief George S. Wat- son will go to Baltimore Tuesday to make a careful inspection of the high-pressure works installed in that city to increase the efficiency of the fire department. Al of the data now being collected by the water and fire departments wiil be worked into a definite plan for the information of the Commis- sioners should they find it possibl to include the project in their es mates for the fiscal year beginning {July 1, 1923. Plan Often Advecnted. The question of increasing water pressure in the business district is not a new one, having been advocated both by city officials and civic or- ganizations at various times since 1901. It is a problem, however, that is becoming more important each year, as more and more high buildings go up in the downtown section. When the project was first sug- ed to the fact that the entire project gested more than fifteen years ago, it was estimated that the separate mains and necessary pumping facili- ties could be put in service for about $300,000. Although the question of present- day cost has not been worked out vet, it probably will be more than double that figure. It was pointed out, however, that all the large cities of the east have recognized the ne- cessity for high-pressure fire hy- drants. Attention also has been call- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) EDUCATION BY MOVIES MAKES BOW AND WINS PRESIDENT’S @PFKOVAL with being members of the bootleg | States Chamber of Commerce,” avers|ny the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, May 20.—A mnew departure in education through motion _pictures was instituted here at a motion picture theater, when the first purely educational films ever shown in this country under a systematic plan, super- vised by educators, were screened. dIn_ the audience were many teachers. and principals of public and private schools. Pictures were presented showing the wide range of work carried on for the United States by the Department of the Interior, accompanied by an ex- planatory talk by Dr. Frederick H. Newell of Washington. W. W. Husband, commissioner general of immigration, representing the Sec- retary of Labor, and Dr. Francis Holly of the Federal Bureau of Commercial Economics, also were present and spoke. Mayor Broen- ing presided. President Harding, Secretary of the Interior Fall and Secretary of Labor Davis sent messages of ap- proval of the idea, which also has been indorsed by leading educa- tors. . The plan was devised by a Baltimore paper primarily to help educate the youth ‘of Maryland through the medium of the motion pictyre screen,.but it is believed that it jwill spread widely, since “the tion « picture. industry, through Will H.» Hays, its new head, ‘has displayed a cordial atti- —— Run in Primary, New Tells Tourists Seeking Way Out of Capitol Semator New, republican, In- disna, who was defeated for renomination in the recemt pris mary, yesterday told of meet- ing some touwrists w] were confuned in the Capitol cor- ridors and asked him if ke could tell them how “to get out.” “You bet I can,” Senator New replied. “Just stick to your job and run in & primary. PRESIDENT ASKS CUT IN.RAIL RATES Heads of Big Lines Promise Co-Operation at White House Dinner. ACTS ON OWN ACCORD| Statement Explains Mr. Harding Does Not Assume Rate- Making Dictation. Request was made by President! Harding, at a conference with nine- | teen of the leading railroad execu-| tives of the country at a White House dinner conference tonight, for the co-operation of the larger rail- roads of the country with the Inter- state Commerce Commission in vol- untary reductions of railroad rates. An agreement was reached for the creation of a special committee to take up the matter further. i The entire matter was gone over | during the conference, which was fllao‘ participated in by Secretary Hoover.| and it was declared in a White House | statement issued after the meeting had terminated that the railroad executives were unanimously in favor of assisting the restoration of busi- fness by such rate action as they might find pdssible to take. Whole Problem Discussed. “The President invited the railroad presidents and the board chairmen to dine with him,” the statement said, “and to confer with him con- | cerning further relief for railroad service along lines somewhat similar to the voluntary reductions granted in some commodities some months ago, more particularly on such basic commodities as may be found neces- sary to speed industrial betterment. The whole railroad problem was dis- cussed and difficulties of railroad management umler existing condi- | tions were presented. The presidents voiced their unanimous desire to make the fullest contributions pos- sible to restore and maintain pros- perity. Makes Position Clear. arious aspects of the railroad problem were discussed, particularly | the necessary preparations in pro- | viding new or repaired equipment when normal business is restored. The President made it clear he was attempting none of the duties ot'rlte- | making or rate recommendations, but he felt that much could be accom- plished by conference and that help- ful results must accompany a full co-operation between the railread heads and the government body ! charged with the regulation of rates. The executives voted to have a com- mittee named from their membership to take up the problem and recom-! mend what action could be taken.” - Raflroad Men Invited. The list of rallroad executives in- vited, as announced at the White House, included the following presi- dents of roads: A. H. Smith, New York- Central; Carl R. Gray, Union Pacific; W. H. Finley, Chicago and Northwestern; W. B. Storey, Santa Fe; C. H. Markham, Illinois Central; H. E. Bryam, Chicago. Milwaukee and !St. Paul; Samuel Rea, Pennsylvania; | Hale Holden, Burlington; Charles Donnelly, Northern Pacific; Ralph Budd,.Great Northern: F. D. Under-! wood, Erie; S. M. Felton, Chicago Great Western; Daniel Willard, Balti- | I more and Ohlo; Fairfax Harrison. | Southern, and Edward E. Loomis, Lehigh Valley. Also invited were R. S. Lovett, Howard Elliott and Julius Kruttsch- nitt,. respectively, chairman of the boards of the Union Pacific, Northern jPacific and Southern Pacific, and Edward Chambers, now vice presi- dent of the Santa Fe and during the war, director of traffic for the Rail- road Administration. Freight Rates Chief Issue. Exact outlines of the rate policy President Harding put forward re- mained obscure except that reduc-| tions in freight charges, if these can | be reasonably secured, Temain the chief administration policy. The In- terstate Commerce Commission has before it more or less urgent repre- sentations of shippers made in its gen- eral rate inquiry in favor of downward rate adjustment, but has not reached a decision. The President is said to have been told that legal requirements | make [D.C. SENATE-HOUSE CONMITEE PLA OF TWDNEN BLLS Representative Moore Offers Measures for Handling Local Matters. BUDGET JURISDICTION ~ WOULD BE EXCLUDED Virginia Member Explains Purpose in Hastening Steps for Passage. Two measures designed 10 change radically methods in which Congress deals with impottant Jegislation af- fecting the District of Columbia were introduced in the House yesterday by Representative R. Waiton of Virginia, Washington. Ome of these is a concurrent reso- lution creating a joint, committee on the District of Columbia consisting of a number of senators and a nuin- ber of representatives to be appoini ed by the President of the Senate and Moore whose district adjoins the Speaker of the House. respec tiyely, which will select one of fis 'memberx as chairman. 1t provides that to this committee shall he re- ferred ~all proposed legislation re lating to the District government and that “it shall have exclusive au- thority to report thereom to elther the Senate or the House or both, and likewise to consider and report touching appropriations for the sup- port of. and on any matter affec:- ing.” the District government. Tt specifically provides “that any Wl for raising revenues shall be reporied to the House of Represental es alone.” The other is a bill budget act so that the District shall be included with the Ilegislative branch of the government and the Supreme Court of the Unites States as exceptions to the budgctery diction to amend the Juris- Haste in Taking Step. Introduction of these fheasures was hurried by Representative Moore be- cause of the recent dction in putting through a revolutionary ¢hange in the entire fiscal system of the District as new legislation ‘on an appropriation bill without consuiting the District Commissioners, wi'hout hearings and without consideration by the proper existing legislative committees. Representative Moore had previ- ously, however. notifled his colleagues that he was working upon such a pro- gram for more efficient legislation affecting the District. This proposed legislation would the new joint committes the prime committee on all District legis- 1ation. Representative Moore explains. There is nothing anomalous, he argues, in the appointment of a joint committee, because there are already the joint committees on the librar: on printing, recently there was one created on agricultural inquiry, and on reorganization of the administra- tive branch of the federal govern- ment. It seems to be a coming policy of Congress. he said, in the interests of expedition and efficiency, to have joint committees. By way of illus- tration he called attention to the way in which a joint committee got quick action on the Army pay bill, while separate committees on reclassifica- tion of government employes have fon many months been at work and with- out getting the measure enacted. Antagonism Avoided. The number of senators and con- gressmen on the joint committee is left blank in order to avoid antago- nizing the present membership of the Senate and House legislative commit- tees on the District. The appoint- ment by the -presiding officers of both houses and the provision for the joint committee to elect its own chairman is to avoid, if possible, the handicaps of the seniority rule, which has in notable instances not operated for the best sort of legislation and committee consideration. The provision for reporting any bill for rasiing revenues to the House _alome i Sesause of the constitutional provision that all revenue-raising Legislation must originate jg the house. \ The bill introduced by Representa- tive Moore to amend the budget bill is mot in any sense an attack¥on the budget system. Mr. Moore is warmly in favor of the federal budget s tem. It is drafted only because he believes that the District of Columbia, over which Congress has exclusive ju- risdiction, should not come under the jurisdiction of the budget bureau. He proposes that the joint committee on the District should receive estimates for appropriations direct from the District Commissioners, and that au- thorizing legislation and the appro- priations themselves should be re- ported to the House from the joint 1aid upon the commission will not, in the opinion of some of its members, al- low material reductions to be enforced by regulative orders. Legally, the com- mission must give railroads a “reuson- able return” on value of their capital in Axing rates. Views of President. The railroade have persistently argued that the operating costs, which they committee. Representative Moore during his two terms in Congress has, taken a_ conspicugus part in suggesting legis- lative réforms, nome of which has ever been considered “visionary” and several of-which hive been adopted by the republican majority. Anillus- tration of how, his suggestions Imve been acted upon is found in the fact contended were partially controlled by another government body, the Railroad that House Leader Mondell now gives - advance notice of the order of busi- Labor Board,, which fixes wages, must | ness in the House, which Representa- be brought down further before rail-|tive Moore first advocated. road Tates can, be materially lowered. The President has been represented as feeling that executive inquiry and pos- Prominent members on each side sible voluntary concerted effort by rail- | of the House, republicans and demo- have ropds: might be effective In the situ-|crats ation. 3 - (Continued