Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy today and tom ably occasional rains; wi Temperature for twen orrow, prob- armer today. ty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 37.8; lowest, Full report on page 3. No. 0. 28,790. PRESDENTURGES 1S NENBERSHP N LEAGUE COURT Sends Special Message to Senate Asking Sanction, With Four Reservations. 935.— « 1 INDICATIONS AGAINST | ACTION AT THIS SESSION| Hughes’ ILetter Sent Explaining! No “Legal Relation to League™ | Would Be Assumed. i Conditional American membership in the international court set up by | the leaguo of nations was proposed | yesterday by Presldent Harding. In a message to the Senate, asking %hat it advise and consent to such R Step, the President declared par- #lcipation in the tribunal offered an epportunity through which the United States could demonstrate its willing- fiess to ald In preserving world sta- Bility without in any manner as- suming “any legal relation to the| league” | Wour reservations, the first of | which would specifically disclaim any | obligations under the league, were | suggested by Mr. Harding as neces- | sary conditions to membership in th court. The others would give thi government a voice in selecting the 3udges of the court and in making changes in its basic regulations, and | would provide that Congress deter- | mine what part of the enses of | tho tribunal are to be of | the American Treasury. | | | paid out Delay Believed Likels. Although there had been intima- | tions that American participation in | the court was favored in administra- | tion quarters, the President's mes- sage came as a complete surprise lu‘} senators generally, and all indica- | tions pointed to a delay in Senate action on the recommendation until the session of Congress which meets next December. Th President's message follows: “There has been established at The Hague a permanent court of interna- tlonal justice for the trial and de sion of international causes by ju- dicial methods now effective through the ratification by the signatory pow- ers of a special protocol. It is or- sanized and functioning., The United States iv a competent suitor in the | court, through provision of the stat- | ute creating it. but that relation is not suflicient for a nation long com- mitted to the peaceful pettlement of | nternational Indeed. | our nation had a conspicuous plac in the advocacy of such an agency of | peace and international adjustment and our deliberate public opinion of today is overwhelmingly in favor of our full participation and the attend- ing obligations of maintenance and furtherance of its prestige. It is for | this reason that T am now asking for the consent of the Senate to our ad- hesion to the protocol. Sends Hughes Letter. “With this request T am sending to | the Senate a copy of the letter ad-| dressed to me by the Secretary of | State, in which he presents in de- tail the history of the establishment | of the court, takes note of the ob- | Jection to our adherence because of | the court’s organization under the! auspices of the league of nations, and its relation thercto, and indicates now, with certain reservations, we | may fully adhere and participate and | remain wholly free from any legal | relation to the league or assumption | of obligation under the covenant of the league. | “I forbear repeating the presenta- | 1lon made by the Secrectary of State, but there is one phase of the matter | not covered in his letter with which | 1 choose frankly to acquaint the Senate. For a long period, indeed, ever since the international conference on the | limitation of armament, the con- sideration of plans under which we ! might adhere to the protocol has been | under w; We were unwilling to, adhero unless we could participate in | the selection of judges; we could not hope to participate with an American accord it adherence involved any legal relations to the league. These con- ditions, there is good reason to be- lieve, wiH be acceptable to thel signatory powers, though nothing ! definitely can be done until the United States tenders adhesion with these reservations. Manifestly the execu- tive cannot make this tender until the Senate has spoken its approval. Therefore, I most earnestly urge your favorable advice and consent. I would Tejoice if some action could be taken, even in the short period which re- mains of the present session, V. S. Should Take Her Place. “It {8 not a mew problem in inter- national relationship; it is wholly a question of accepting an established institution of high character, and making effective all the fine things which have been said by us in favor of such an agency of advanced civilization. It would be well worth tho whilc of the Senate to make such epecial effort as Is becoming to record {§ts spproval. Such action would add to our own consclousness of par- Qicipation in the fortunate advance- gnent of international relationship, &nd remind the world anew that we are ready for our proper part in furthering peace and .adding to stability in world affairs.” Among the leaders of the “irrecon- cilables” of the league of nations fight, in particular, there were pre- dictions that nothing would be done until time had been given for mature seflection ‘and comprehensive debate. meeting of the foreign re- on Page 3, iof the class matter D. C. Harvey Says U.S. Will Help Britain Get Out of “Mess’’ By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 24.—Ambas- sador George Harvey, speaking us the guest of honor at the dlnner of the London Press Club tonight, referred to a statement he is re- ported to have made on his recent Vvisit to Washington that “Ameri ca is well out of the whole me: and sald: “I was that we were out of the Eangland wouid be zlad if she were out the mess. It isn’t a question of the policy of a nation; it is a question of the ¥ of a nation “I have a real. plain, simple desire to do everything I can, and everything my country can, to help this empire in the terrible distress she is in—to help her out of the mess that she has got fo get out of, and there is no limit T would not go and people weuld not go, now that the wreteh ed debt it oof way. v RUHR HOSTILITIES FEARED IN 60 DAYS French Moves Disclose Plan to Put Down Attacks in Occupied Area. as my busine ie tne 0 help t WOULD INVADE BAVARIA Military Leaders Expect Peopie Will Rise at Call of Ger- man Nationalists. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, February 24 udied opin- ion here admits the probability of a state of open military hostility be- tween France and Germany within sixty days unless th Ruhr situation is brought to a close by some medium of intervention or the abandonment struggle by one side or the other before that time. Fruitful signs of intervention not now be seen from any quarter and the outstanding signs of approach ing hostility come malnly from un- occupied Germany, especially from Bavaria and eastern German prov- inces, hotbeds of nationalistic agita- tion, where responsible leaders inces- santly are fanning up flames of re- venge and violence. From Berlin, too, come reports of the government's tendency, officially to recognize the secret bands as the skeleton forma- tion of a big military for If under these circumstances Ger- man nationalism is secretly prepar- ing war the only advice one might offer the Germans from this side is ! Don't start anything.” Public opin- ‘on in France would not support a purely the Germans if the Paris ministers were so inclined, but it would over- whelmingly approve the chastise- ment of war snorting Teuton nation- alists. Signs are not lacking that the Paris war ministry is fully alvie to new methods of treating with eventualitles, French Ready to Strike. The entire French plan of mobili- zation has been changed as a result of the Ruhr experiment. Until re- cently the basic line of departure of the French forces in case of German declaration of war has been Rhine- land from Mayence to Duesseldorf. But the semi-peaceful occupation of the past sixty days has demonstrated the ease with which German railroad workers, &tate functionarles and the populaces in general could passively can- | unprovoked attack even on| he iy Star. “Fromt Press to Home ‘The Star’s carrier system every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington as the papers are printed. Within the Hour” covers homes as fast i WASHINGTON, D. O, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25 1923.—EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. MANY RAISES, NO CUTS, FOR U. S. EMPLOYES IN COMPROMISE BILL Sterling Will Poll Civil Service Committee in Effort to Rush Measure. SAVED FROM PIT EXPOSURE KILLS CAVEIN VICTIM Maynard Easton Lives Only Four Hours After Being Dragged From Well. BATTLED COLD 27 HOURS UNDER TONS OF SAND | Pulled Free With Rope When Dig- ging Fails to Release Im- prisoned Limbs. | By a Staff Correspondent, SAVAGIE, Md., February 4.—Death, momentarily cheated of a victim sealed in a sandy prison thirty-five feet under the ground, claimed May- nard Easton as its own tonight. The plucky lad, who had gamely battled for life twenty-seven long hours while buried under twenty tons of earth in the pit of a well, died short- ly after 7 o'clock, a few hours after he had been taken from it. The end came in the home of Tom | Bassford, a farmer for whom young | | Faston was digzing the well yester- | fternoon when its treacherous, | walls suddenly oaved in on cémpletely entombing him at | the bottom of the shaft at the very moment he was waiting for helpers above to pull him out for lunch. Many Aid In Rescue. Trapped a few | nim, | minutes before 1| o'clock yesterday afternoon, the ! wenty-two-year-old youth had been iheld fast by the wet, freezing sands | until shortly after 3 o'clock this | jatternoon. His rescue was effected | lonly after engineers from Washing- ton. firemen from Baltimore and husky laborers from the Maryland house of correction had replaced the tired farmers who had struggled { tioughout a bitter cold night to re- {lease him from the creeping death. Once released, however, the game spirit that had sustained him through- |out those cold hours and even en- { abled nim to direct the rescuers in their work snapped, and Dr. Frank E. Shipley. who had stood ,vigil throughout the night, realized, after the first few moments he worked over Easton, that death would win the fight after all. Specialists were sum- moned from Baltimore, and- the din- ing room of the Bassford family was converted into an emergency operat- ing room for the use of the surgeona. Weakens Rap! But every precaution was in vain. ton weakened rapidly. His body not only badly crushed by the weight of the earth beneath which he ihad been buried, but his heart had been weakened by the shock of the cxperience. This, coupled with the | cold, 'so sapped his strength that he had none left for the final battle. William Faston, the boy's father, who had sat trembling beside the well throughout the ordeal of the slow rescue, was crushed when in- | formed Maynard was dead. At the {moment the lad was buried, Mr. | Easton was digging a grave in a nearby cemetery. Had the cave-in occurred two hours later, the father ‘would‘ have been in the place of the son, for he had left his work at the well to dig the grave. The son, how- ever, had replaced him at the former place. Saved by Boards. Just what caused the walls of the well to collapse so suddenly has not vet been determined. The frail boards that had sustained them buc- kled in such a manner that as they fell they formed a small pyramid over Easton. In this small chamber he_had been able to breathe from 1 Explosives, Gre Seized in New York Basement By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—The seizure of seventy-five cases of hand grenades and high explosives being unloaded from a truck into a base- ment in the Chelsea pler district to- night, led to the discovery of 100 more cases, which had been secreted in a river front lodging house. A few minutes later city and fed- eral authorities uncovered in the same building 200 rifles, twenty machine guns and large quantities of steel- Jacketed machine gun ammunition in belts. Labeled Explosives. The explosives in hugh packing cases, were addressed to “S, C. 8. New York,” and to “Arthur Lelbinger, 263 West Thirty-fourth street.” All were labeled “Precaution, high ex- plosives—handle with care. Edward and Patrick Howey brothers, who claimed to own the moving van whence the explosives, in huge packing cases, were being skid- ded along a plank into the basement, were taken into custody, as was Jo- seph O'Buryne, proprietor of the lodging house. Tenants Questioned, Two other men who were engaged in unloading the munitions when.a water-front patrolman became sus picious and summoned police and se- cret service agents,escaped. A half- dozen tenants of the lodging house also were taken to headquarters to be questioned. The Howey brothers claimed to have hauled the seized cargo from #g red brick warehouse” on River street, Hoboken, N. J., at the instance (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) nades, Guns | whose names they claimed not to know. Authorities of every division of the local and federal police system sur- rounded the property where the selzure occurred, and immed!ately be- gan ripping open the packing cases in the lodging house “arsenal.” They found hand grenades, loaded and set; rifle grenades, smokeless gun powder, safety cartridges, machine guns, rifles, ammunition, iron bombs and quantities of iron rods, the purpose of which was not known. Chiefs of the secret service, police authorities, fire department officials, heads of the bomb squad and of the bureau of combustibles and all de- partments of the police in Hoboken were summoned to join the investiga- tion, Discovery of the explosives was auite accidental. A policeman was | patroling his lonely beat along the North river, where it is lined by piers of the Cunard, White Star and French line steamships, when, at 24th street and Eighth avenue, he spled four men working in the dark, heaving' and skidding a vanload of crates down planks into a basement. “What is 1t™ asked the patrolman, as ho inserted his night stick under the cover of a case. “Boozed’ } “No, canned goods” the workers told him. “I've heard that one before,” said the patrolman, and he pried up the 1id. In the light of his pocket flash he saw hand grenades and cartridges Just then a window threp stories up was raised and O'Buryne poked out .his head to shout down: ‘IU's ot tha twa men whd pscaped and Inowwt DWny, MOTHER'S T ORY LAWTILTPUTS HOUSE IN'UPROAR Foes and Friends of Prohi- bition Stage Wordy Battle Over Volstead Act. SAYS SENATOR WAS DRUNK | Representative Gallivan Forced to ‘Withdraw Remarks as “Drys” Denounce His Speech. Foes and friends of prohibition in the House met yesterday in an ora- torical encounter which kept the membership in an uproar for the bet- ter part of an hour and apparently furnished a great deal of delight to crowded galleries. Arcused by assaults on the Vol- stead act by Representatives Gallivan, democrat, and Tinkhani, republican. both of Massachusetts. Representa- tive Cramton, republican, Michigan; Upshaw, democrat, Georgia, and other “dry” leaders hit back without mine- ing words and their followers shouted or applauded their approval. Ad- dresses of the Massachusetts members, and more particularly that of Mr. Gallivan, were characterized as “vaudeville stunts,” and notice was given that prohibition would be en- forced. As the storm broke around them, the three “wet” leaders, Representa- tives Tinkham, Gallivan and Hill, re- publican, Maryland, gathered together on a front row, conferring and laugh- ing and occasionally seeking to inter- rupt the speakers. Galflvan Starts Tilt. “Why all this nonsense?” demanded Representative Blanton, democrat, Texas, in closing the debate. “But for the two gentlemen from Massa- chusetts and the rider of the white charger from Baltimore (Mr. Hill) this House would be unanimously ‘dry.’ They are three of a kind, but they could draw until eternity and mnever fill their hand.” “We'll draw a ‘full house’ in the | next Congress,” shouted Representa- | tive HiIL “Your grandchildren will be eighty vears old before you could do it,” re- torted Mr. Blantoh. Opening the discussion with a pre- pared address, Mr. Gallivan told the House that he had observed from a ‘Washington newspaper that the Anti: Saloon League now proposed to make members of Congress “drink as the: vote” He then announced that he would pause while “dry” members who “religiously vote as. the league tells them to vote” and who “take a drink and like a drink,” raised thelr “Why, Mr. Chairman,” he said after the pause, “all I can see around this chamber is haloes. Well, I guess we are all sober this morning (laughter), even though & senator got drunk the other night—a “dry” senator—and they had to stop him from answering a roll call, and it took two.of ‘his colleagues to hold him.* Representative Blanton objected to such a reference to a senator, “I am not violating the rules of this House when I refer to ‘dry’ senators getting drunk,” returned Mr. Galllvas amid a roar of laughter and applause. ‘Mr. Blanton stood his ground, in- sisting on his point, as members shouted “too late, .too:late.™ ~I will say, Mr, Speaker,” continued Mr. Gallivan, “that ‘if the language with reference to. the ‘dry’ senator, who is a friend of my friend from Texas, hurts his feelings ¢ * ¢ “He s not a friend of mine,” shout- ed Mr. Blanton. «I withdraw the language,” tinued Mr. Gallivan. con- High Cost of Dry Law. The Texas represéntative declared:Thursday morning by Policeman F. members ‘of the House had no right|S. Hathorne of the to reflect on senators, tleman from Georgia [to break into o delicatessen store. . CHIELY T0O TAK} TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Community Centers—Page 7. Art and Artists—Page 10. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 11. Veterans of the Great War—Page 21. Schools and Coileges—Page 23. Radlo News—Page 24. Financial News—Pages 24 and 25. PART TWO—22 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. ! Washington and Other Society. | Around the City—Page 12. Officers’ Reserve Corps—Page 12 iD. A. R. Actlvities—Page 13. Qirls and Their Affairs—Page 14, i Serial, “The Scarlet Tanager"—Page 14, | Classified Advertisements—Pages 15 to {21 | Fraternities—Pages 21 and 22. { News of the Clubs—Page 22. | Spanish War Veterans—pPage 22. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motorists and Motoring—Pages 6 to 8. Reviews of New Books—Page 10. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction.l ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. Weorld Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. TOUR OVER NATION - PRESIDENT'S PLAN Wants to Meet People Who Elected Him and Have Them Know Him. I i i BY ROBERT T. President. Harding determined to get better acquainted with the American peoplé. He wants to know them and wants them to know him. Tf his present plans hold and enable him to keep the various promises he has made during the last twelve months, he will make a big “swing around the circle” during the com- ing summer or early fall. It is very doubtful whether the President will be able to include Alaska in his itinerary, much as ho would like to. No President of the United States ever has visited that far northwestern territory during the scores of years it has been under the American flag. President Harding has wanted to blaze the Alaskan s trail, but the doubtful state of Mrs. | Harding’s health would preclude her accompanying him to Alaska, and_he A SUBSIDY STRENGTH LOOMS UP IN VOTE JOKE Proponents of Ship Bill Over- whelm Opposition on Two Roll Calls. BUT ONLY DELAY DEFEAT i Death Blow Expected in Senate Tomorrow When Ladd Moves to Sidetrack It. Proponents of the administration shipping bill demonstrated their su- perior strength yesterday in the Sen- ate, but their efforts only served to pave the way for the death of the leg- islation tomorrow. Those supporting the measure, al- though openly conceding it to be doomed, defeated the opponents on | two roll calls by the identical vote of 46 to 38. One vote was on a motion by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the acting democratic leader, to table the | jpending motion to proceed with con- sideration of the bill. The second was on the motion to proceed with | the bill, which motion was made Wednesday right after the measure had been laid aside to permit action on two conference reports. To Fight Recommittal. Thus the shipping bill was tem- porarily revived, but Senator Robin- son immediately presented a motion to send the bill back to the commerce committee and to its death. This mo- tion was by agreement left pending when the Senate adjourned for the day and will come to a vote soon after 1 o'clock tomorrow. Support- ers of the bill expect to defeat this motion. The end of the legislation for this Congress and of similar shipping leg- islation for at least two or more years then will come on a motion ex- pected to be made by Senator Ladd, republican, North Dakota, to lay aside the bill and take up the filled-milk measure. Senator Jones, republican, Washington, in charge of the ship- ping bill, sald yesterday he would vote for the Ladd motlon, and many of the republicans who voted yester- day to keep the measure alive are ex- pected to join with him in such num- bers as to pass the motion. Such ac- tion would put the shipping bill be- vond possibility of further considera- tion before adjournment. Result of Roll Call. Supporters of the ship bill claimed that the vote yesterday on the motion by Senator Jones to take up the measure for consideration showed that the legislation could have been passed in the Senate if it had not (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | !Conf,esses Store | With) the recovery of $4,000 worth of stolen property and charges of seyen. cases .of store robberies laid against Elisha XEdmonson, colored, thirty-eight, of 1416 10th street, police of the second precinct believe they have cleaned up the series ot house- breakings and night store robberies stretching over a period of six mopnths past, and costing local mer- chants $10,000, approximately, in stolen merchandise. Edmonson last night admitted to Preoinct Detectives F. M. Howard and H. E. Brodie at the second: pre- cinct that he. had broken into and entered seven, of the score of stores reported robbed in the last six months. Arrested on 7Tth Street. - He wasi arrested about 2 o'clock cond precinct at 7th and M streets as he was about (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Robberies; $4,000 in Loot Is Recovered searched, a hatchet was found dan- gling down his back, supported by a cord around hig neck. Upon search- ing his rooms the precinct detectives found a trunk jammed with wearing apparel, revolvers, groceries and mis- cellaneous items. Approximately $250 worth of jewelry was found in a traveling bag. ‘The loot was diverse. When Lieut. Ready .‘opened the trunk in Capt Peck’s office at the second precinct, the’first ‘thing he picked out was a .can’of :sardines.. The.next thing he found 'Was a jar of preserved pegches. Then he'picked up a brief case, Ex- pecting ‘to find legal documents of some desoription in it, the lieutenant discovered that the brief case was a hiding place for seven revolvers. Among them was a German luger, an automatic and several other types of ‘weapon, Find Fur Coat. A fur goat, ladies’ silk underwear, a l full of imported copper pointed T e | SMOOT TAKES SHARP ISSUE WITH STEWARD FOR ATTACK enator Declares Chief of Federation Unwarranted in Remarks, as Work- ers Are Cared For. Thousands of employes of the federal government in Washs ington and of the District government will have their present pay, plus the bonus, increased by the compromise reclassification bill reported to the Senate late yesterday by Senator Smoot of Utah from the appropriations committee. None of the employes will have his or her pay reduced below the present pay, plus the bonus. The bill, at the request of Senator Smoot, was referred to the Senate committee on ¢ South Dakota is chairman. 1 service, of which Senator Sterling of Senator Sterling said last night that he planned to poll his committee on the compromise measure—to which both he and Senator Smoot agreed before it was acted upon by the appropria- tio Would Pass Bill Quickly. The bill will th be before the Senate for action. Effort will be made so that it may go to the House for action be- fore the close of the session. If the compromise bill should fail or be delayed, reclassification legislation again will be deferred, and the $240 bonus for government employes will have to be resorted to for another year, or the government employes will be forced to accept less pay during the next fiscal year than they receive today. The House appropriations committee has prepared a bonus bill n to pass it without delay, 240 CLERK BONUS NEARS HOUSE VOTE Measure Will Be Reported Tomorrow, According to Chairman Madden. The $240 bonus bill for govern- ment employes is to be reported to the House tomorrow and taken up on Tuesday or Wednesday, according to present plans of Chairman Madden of the House appropriations commit- tee. Estimates for the bonus ap- proximated $35,000,000, but this amount was cut by the subcommittee. Representative Madden has called a meeting of the full committee for tomorrow to formally report out this bill, which is adjusted compensation continuing the so-called bonus grant- ed to government employes in lieu of salary increases to meet the high cost of living while awaiting for the reclassification bill establishing new grades and determining salary sched- ules to be enacted. This action of the House appropri- ations committee means that House leaders have about given up hope that the reclassification bill which bas already passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate will be passed at this session. The subcommittee, of which M=, Madden himself is chairman, closed its hearings on ‘the bonus at noon today. The bill as ready for approval for the full committee is identical with the bill passed last year, Only those burecaus which submit- ted estimates showing a material in- crease in the amount asked over what was provided to pay the bonus dur- ing the present fiscal year were heard by the subcommittee. These Included the bureau of mines, the Department of Justice, the Engineer Corps of the War Department, the finance division of the War Department, the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and the census bureau. Not for Laborers. The bonus is not given to laborers nor to men employed for only a six months’ period. It is not given to laborers because they are paid the same rate as that received by labor- ers in similar employment outside of the government service. If the gov- ernment laborers were granted the bonus it would upset the labor rate for outside employers. - It was dis- covered by the subcommittee that some of the departments have been paying the bonus to men who were employed for only a six months’ period, although explicit direction jn the law is that they shall not pay. To correct this situation the com- mittee made substantial cuts in the estimates where this abuse has been practiced. i Besides Chairman Madden, the com- mitfee which has been working on the bonus bill includes Representa- tives\Cannon of Illinois, Wood of In- diana, Cramton of Michigan, Kelley of Michigan, Byrnes of Tennessee, Sisson ‘of - Mississippl and Gallivan of ‘Massachusetta ° committee—and report it favorably to the Senate tomorrow. |in case the reclassification shoula fail. Both Senator Smoot and Senator Sterling expressed the belief—and the hope—that the compromise bill would be enacted Into law, and both said that they belfeved the bill would be & benefit to the employes. After the reclassification bill has been acted upon by the Senate it will be necessary for the House to act upon the bill, which will be substitut« ed by the Senate for the Lehlbach bill passed by the House many months ago. ‘Will Make Appropriation, If the reclassification legislation goes through, provision will be made in the deficiency appropriation bill for the paye ment of the increased salarfes. It is ese timated that it will take $17,013,379 to make it effective, as compared to $14.+ 76 to pay these employes the $240 bonus. In other words, in the uggre- gate, it will provide $2,797,602 more for these employes than they would receive under the bonus plan. The reclassification bill goes to the Senate With the united support of the { appropriations and civil service com- mittees. It also has the approval of President Harding, who was consulted by both Senator Smoot and Senator Sterling while the negotiations were on in regard to a compromisc bill The bill provides for the reclassi- fication of the employes in the Dis- trict, but authorizes the classification board, which will consist of a member each of the bureau of the budget, the Civil Service Commission and the bu- reau of efficiency, to make a study of the employes outside the District and recommend reclassification of them. In the meantime the employes outside the District will continue to get the $240 bonus, It was said. Board Given Ample Powers. Many of the provisions of the Ster- ling-Lehlbach bill are retained in the compromise bill. The classification board is given ample powers to re- view classifications and allocations of employes. The work of reclassification done by the bureau of efficiency, under execu~ tive order of the President, issued October 24, 1921, will be made use of, with such modifications as may be necessary, due to the terms of the compromise bill. The principle of equal pay for similar work, for women and men, is adopted in the compromise bill. The Dbill also takes cognizance of tho cost of living, providing that the classi- fication board shall consider what rates of compensation “consistent with efliclency and economy in the government service and the main- tenance of a reasonable standard of living should be paid to the civilian employes of tho government.” Takes Issue With Steward. In a statement isued last night Sen- ator Smoot took sharp issue with & statement mado yesterday on the bill by President Luther C. Steward of the National Federation of Federal Employes. Senator Smoot salad: “Mr. Steward is grossly in error in representing that the bill as agreed to between the civil service committee and the committee on appropriations contemplates wholesale reductions in the salaries of employes. His state- ment was issued before the provisions of the compromise bill were made public or even agreed upon. As a matter of fact, the bill provides that the salary of no employe shall be reduced below the present pay, ine cluding the bonus, and for many thousands it provides substantfal ine creases. On tho whole, the compene sation schedules aro fully es liberal as those carried in the Sterlinge Lehlbach bill, “With respect to Mr. Steward's obe jections to the bureau of efficiency’s plan of efficiency ratings, the bill makes the rating system subject to review and revision by the classitying agen@y, so that if Mr. Seward is cor- in his criticism of the system adequate opportunity is afforded for its amendment and modification to meet any reasonable objection. Mr. Steward made a special poin {Continucd on Pugo 34 Golumn ‘ rect