Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Snow, sleet or rain, probably heavy, tonight and tomorrow, slowly rising température; lowest tonight about 24 eem.. ’fmp!rllure for ‘24 hours oo Yo m. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular e 2 p.m. today: Highest, 36, at Very city. tion is delivered to Washington homes esterday. Lowest, 25, at § a.m. ay. Full report on page 4. " Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Enteréd as gec No. 29,148, ond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. —_—— DAUGHE RTY WASHINGTON, DeNin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, KEEPS POST, EXPERTS DECIDE ON DEFIANT OF NEW ATTACK; GERMAN RAILROAD PROBERS ON FRESH TRAIL|INOF 10BILLIONS Betrays Agitation After Meeting . of Cabinet. OUSTER DEMAND GROWS STRONGER New 0Oil Muddle Features Declared Reason for Increased Pressure. Attorney General Daugherty re- mained silently defiant today in the face of the new attack on him, and the Tuesday cabinet meeting passed without an announcement of his resignation, Departmént of Justice officials in- sisted that he had n ntention of surrendering to his critics, but sena- tors who have taken the lead in ad- vising the President to ask him to retire remained confident that their advice would be followed. Mr. Daugherty himself, arriving at the cabinet meeting a half hour late, would talk only about the weather. ‘When he emerged an hour later and was questioned by newspaper men he showed plain signs of agitation and annoyance, but he insisted that the question of his resignation had not been discussed, and declared he had no statement to make for the present. ‘White House ' officlals after the cabinet meeting also declared the cabinet had not- discussed the pos- sible retirement of the Attorney Gen- eral. and it was added that Mr. Daugherty had not submitted his resignation. Just before the cabinet meeting the President had been in conference Wwith the government's special counsel in the oil cases, and previously both be and the Attorney General had been told of the new turn taken by the oil investigation. Issue Grows Acute, The demand for resignation of At- torney General Daugherty suddenly has become one of the most acute of all the questions growing out of the ofl scandal. ‘Within the past two days Mr. Cool- fdge has advised with many senators and others regarding the future con- duct of the Department of Justice, and Mr. Dougherty himself has re- ceived advice from several of those Who are prominent in the conduct of the affairs of his party. Last night he had a long conference with & group of republican Senate leaders. All of those in closest touch with the latest turn in the situation stead- fastly refused to talk about it or re veal just what new information ‘had entered into’ the campaign to drive Mr. Dougherty out of the cabinet. It ‘was entirely apparent, however, that in jts newest phases the attack was & direct outgrowth of the oil investi- gation. Those opposing his continu- ance as a member of the President's official famlly have redoubled their efforts since new information in the oil muddle was brought to Washing- ton Sunday, and on the basis ‘of what they now know they seemed perféctly confident today ‘that the Attorney General would resign almost imme- diately, b ©il Counsel Confer. Just before the cabinet meeting Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, special government counsel in the oil cases, con- ferred with Presidént Coolidge. Both Mr. Pomerené and Mr. Roberts' refused to talk. > 5y ; Mr.- Pomerene had been acquainted Sunday with the new and startling de- velopiments in the oil cascs, whith have stirred the capital, :and he and . Chalr- man Lenroot of theofl committee, com municated with the' Presfdent’late Sun. day night. The' visitrofs the two meme bers of counsel ,followed &, confergnce Jast night immediately upon Mr, Rob- erts’ arrival in Washington: Dineunss, Wheeler Move. The senators who called on:Mr Daugherty last night fncluded Pep- per and Réed of Pehnsylyania, Moses of New Hampshire, anil other'admin- fstration leaders. They -talked over, among other things, the resolution of Benator Wheeler, derhocrat, Montana, proposing an-inyestigation of the At- torney General and ‘the Department of Justice. The Attorney General is ®aid to have insisted he should mot quit under fire, The_conference therefore reached no definite conclusion. Some changes are desired by the republican leaders in the wording of the Wheeler resolu- tion, but as Mr. Daugherty himself has asked for an’ investigation of his official acts, leaders for all -groups Dbelieve the resolution will be adopt- ed. Proyisions probably will be made for the appointment of a committee of seven to conduct the inquiry. Pressure on President. One of those who have become most active in pressing for the Attorney General's resignaiton is Senator Bo- rah of Idaho, representing a wing of the ‘republican Senate strength that has _not heéretofore joined with the La Follette group in most of its as- saults on the administration. Last night ‘at the White House Senator Borah confrontéd both the President and Mr. Daugherty with a demand that the latter step out of the cabinet because the country had lost confi- dence in him. Attacked Froem Twe Angles. Heretofore, the attack on the Attor- mey General has been- directed along two lines. One contentlon of his critics has been that regardless of the actual facts as to his record, the cumulative efféct of a long series of developments has been to discredit him in the opinion of the public. -The other argument used against him has been that although he was.not a party o the oil leases, and has said he never ‘was asked for an_ opinjon them, he occupled the position of “{Continued on Eage 3, Column 5.) Denby Successor. Not Decided Upon By the President President Coolldge has given no special consideration to the selec- tion of a successor to Secretary Denby. Nelther has he given any con: sideration to the possibility that Asststant Secretary Roosevelt will resign, and, to the contrary, he expects Mr. Roosevelt to remain in office. This was stated following the cabinet meeting today by the au- thorized White House spokesman. COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH OIL COUNSEL pare to Act Swiftly in Seek- ing to Annul Leases. | Having come through a period of of approval, Atlee Pomerene and Owen 1 J. Robergs, special government oil counsel, today began preparations for their work with a conference with President Coolldge. | The two attorneys discussed with | the President the general situation, but said they reached no final decl- sion relating to the detalls of the legal proceedings to be instituted to recover naval ofl reserves. One of the first steps. it was indl- cated, will be suits to annul leases to the Teapot Dome reserve, obtained by Harry F. Sinclalr, and to the Elk Hill reserve, granted to E. L. Doheny. “Haste Is of utmost necessity,” Mr. Roberts sald. “We must remember, however, that our case should of first necessity be well founded. We do not propose, if humanly possible, to in- stitute anything which ‘would compel us to file amended complaints or In any wdy retrace our step With respect to Injunction pro- ceedings to prevent further extrac- tlon of ofl from the two reserves, Mr. Roberts sald consideration was now being given to the place of filing the bills. The location of the real estate ipvolved and the states in Which the feasing companies ‘were incorporat- ed were the gulding factors, he As- serted. Mr. Roberts sald he had reviewed a great deal of the evidence taken by the ofl committee since his nomina- tion and also had read practically all of the speeches on the question ‘de- livered in the Senate. His assistants, George J. Chandler and Ulric J. Men- gert, working with the assistants call- Albert E. Powell and John B Demp- sey of Cleveland, are engaged in col- 1ating the evidence so far adduced. President Coolldge 15 understood to have presented ‘to the counsel. the only directions he had to give them and these followed along the lines [nouncing that special counsel would be employed., * BOURSE IN PARIS 'CLOSEDBY POLICE Order A‘-'Iinltl Commerce Body Issued to Avert Sky-Rocketing -of Food Prices. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 19.—The Bourse de Commerce, which 1s a sort of French equfvalent for & board of trgde, was closed today under an or- der issued’ yesterday by the prefect of police. The closing was criticlzéd in trade circles as.likely to have an effect opp xite to that intended. The authorities held that by closing the ‘market ‘so quotations could not be posted - during the flurry in ex-| change ~ they might prevent a sky- rocketing, movement of some fopd products. 2 gl Discussing the fall in the tranc, commentatora. profess- to-be pyzzled by the. advance 'in’sterling in both Parls and New.York simultaneausly with the British dock strike. The popular explanation Is that the fall was due .to an attack on the tranc for political purposes by inter- natfonal financiers. The techniclans expressed belief-that the determining cause was the fact that the Frénch importers had ‘been disdppointed in thelr hope for early enactment of the government's fiscal measures and had been obliged to buy foreign exchange in‘large quantities to meet their’ ob- ligations. = Presidential Cobbler - Suicide In Fall Frbm Hqtel Room Window® By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 19.—John 8. Rusky, sr., maker of ghoes for Presidents of the United States and for Wall street financiers, was killed today when he fell from the fourth floor of & Gramercy Park hotel, ' Police reported it a suicide. The son of the aged shoemaker declared, howeyer, that his father was over- come by dizsiness. Some folks called Rusky “the cob- bler of Wall Street”; others knew him as “the shoemaker poet” or “the. singing philosopher.” In his little shop tucked away in & skyscraper in the heart of the financial section he had made shoes for the late Presi- dents McKinley and Roosevelt. Scores of the biggést men in Wall street were his patrona. Like-President i\l Roberts and Pomerene Pre-| close senatorlal scrutiny with a stamp , ed in by former Senator Pomerene, | of his stutement of January 26 .n-i cobbler~lim=tn Specflation in Oil by High Officials Under Fire. EXPERTS TO SEE BENKARD RECORDS Brokerage Officials Say They Will Co-operate With Committee. The Senate oil committee under- took today to run down a story of , heavy speculations by high govern- ment officials in the stock of the Sinclair oil companies before and after the Sinclair interests. leased the Teapot Dome reserve. H. H. Benkard of the New York Brokerare firm of J. P. Benkard & Gon his personal attorney, S. D. Bowers, and A. H. Cook, office manager of the Benkard firm, were in conference with the committee in executive session, and it was decided to send expert account- ants to New York to examine the rec- i ords of the firm. Mr. Bowers gave out this statement: Statement by Benkhrd. “Mr. Benkard was subpoenaed t * produce ~records ' of certain . stock transaction: These records were pre duced. J. P. Benkard & Co. have no knowledge ‘or information that these records are in any way connected with [ the transactions under investigation or that they affect any one in any way onnected with the subject matts e | der investigation.” a i by Chairman Lenroot: ed before the committee a - duced books and records whieh were requested. They expressed entire willingness to have or its accountants go over all of their records. Some of these are so for accountants of the committee to 80 to New York to examine them."” Harry Payne Whitney, New York financler, also had been subpoenaed and was expected to appear today. but the committee received no word from him and efforts to locate him in_Washington proved unavailing. Elmer E. Smathers of New York, Bubpoenaed along with Mr. Whitney and members of the Benkard firm, is now in Europe, the committee was advised. Confer With Coumsel. Bcfozc conferring- with the brokers the committee called in Atlée Pom- erens and ‘Owen J. Robefts, special Eovetnmént counsel in the oil cases, for a general discussion of develop- I ménts during the week end, includ- ing matters which formed the sub- ject of conferences between Senators Walsh and Wheeler, democrats, Mon- tana, and Chairman Lenroot and Mr. Pomerene, Committeemen said that it was the desire to have the clasest possible co-operation with the ~government counsel and to leave to them the questions of law which from time to {time - necessarily come before the i committee. One of the subjects discussed and finally referred to counsel was a re- quost . from one witness who s under subpoena for assurance whether he !would be glven immunity if he ap- peared and made a fyll statement. Tire committee has been told that this witn¢es has much .valunble informa- tion bearing on several p /| ofl investigation. Semator Wheeler Atten Senator Wheeler, who has present- ed some new matters to members of the comgittee for Investigation, was present at the sesslon taoday by invitation. Immedlately .after the committee adjourned subject to the tall of the chair, he went to the Senate chamber to press there his resolution for an investigation of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | FIVEKILLED IN-BATTLE LED-BY WOMAN IN SOFIA Band. of Alleged Anarchists Re- |2 sigtl Police, Slaying Two. Driven Out by Fire. _ 4By the Assosiated Press. ., A, February 19.—A fight be- tween police and a band of allegéd anarchists, led by 2 woman,1ast night resulted in the death of, five persons, including two policemen, .and the wounding of several others. Polite were about to search the house {n which the band was con- greguted when there was a - volley, killing two raiders and wounding' eight. Soldlers and firemen wers summoned, and laid ‘slege to the place. Calls " for. surrender _only rought forth further shots, wound- ing ‘more policemen. i Finally the prefect ordered firemen to destroy the -building. Kerosene was.poured. into the cellar and ignit- ‘ed. When the flames reached the up- per stories the three surviving oc- supants surrendered. The bodies of the woman leader and two others were found in the building. mentor in Northampton, Mass., Rusky was more_than & shoemaker to his patrons. President McKinley reveled ophy‘and political lore, as did Pres- ident Roosevelt and the scores of noted statesmen and financiers whose feet he measured and ‘shod. They came for shoes and stayed to chat. ‘When his little ground floor shop was razed to make place for a sky- scraper & few years ago, Rusky re- tired. But his patrons wouldn't have it. They missed him and his shoes and, seeking him out in his Brooklyn home, {nduced him to install his crude paraphernalia in the new byilding. There He cut and pegged and sew- ed_and fit ‘until last pight. He viafted an old crbay in Manhat- tan during the evening,-and had gone to ‘the, hotel for the. night 'rather than make the journey to Brookl¥n. (‘}:‘c’lu! heard a cruhdo;n:ufle ;l‘l.l :l:’- at dayhreak, and foun: 01 ) courtyard, ¢ £ B .90 The following statement was made | “Officials of Benkard & Co. appear- | the committee | voluminous that it will be necessary | vast store of homely philos- | Dawes Committee Sees Prospect of Meeting Repa- rations by Mortgage. MAY ASK SMALL LOAN FOR GOLD ISSUE BANK France Would Be Expected to Withdraw Civilian Organiza- tion in Ruhr. By the Assoclated Press, PARIS, February 19.—The expert committeemen examining into Ger- many's resources have reached a general agreement on thelr report to the reparation commission, accord- ing to Information from authoritative quarters today. They have decided, it is stated, that instead of the for- midable loan to be placed on the in- ternational market, previously sug- mested, a mortgage of approximately ten bhlion gold marks on the Ger- man rallway system and other sources of revenue of the German govern- ment ehall form the basis of a plan by which the allled countries, espectally France, will derive regular payments of interest. The mortgage bonds to be issued would be a first lien on the rallways and be divided among Germany's creditors on the basis of the per- centage adopted at the Spa confer- ence in_ 1920—France. per cent; Great Britain, 26: Italy, 10; Bel- glum, §; with the remaining 4 per cent divided among the other allles. Lomn of Half Billion. A relatively small International loan will also be recommended to help Germany set up the proposed { national gold issue bank. In this loan American financlers will be asked to linvest. Its amount remains to be fix- led but it will probably not exceed $500,000,000. It the plan Is accepted by the allied governments part of i this loan will be offered in the Amer- |ican market. The proposed mortgage on German resources would not involve the ad- vance of ‘any money to Germany by the holders ot the mortgage securi- ties, but 1t would be represented by the issue in Germany of marketable German paper guaranteed by those resources. The interest rate will prob- ably be 6 per cent. Share of Frasce. On the basls proposed, France, whose ghare of the mortgage bends would be 5200,000,000 gold marks, ‘would recelve 312,000,000 gold marks yearly The mértgage securties, according to the plan, would be transferable by indorsement of the receiving govern- ments if they saw fit and if & market could be found for them. The experts express bellef that this plan would create a real asset which Would be received with mccumulating confidence as the quarterly interest PAyments were.met. ‘The bond issue 1s Involved to some extent ‘with the occupation of the Ruhr and France would be expected to withdraw her civillan organiza- tion there. If the military occupation continued it would be of the slightest character. POINGARE BATTLING TOKEEPHIS POST sue by 61 Votes—Small- est Margin of Regime. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Fepriary 19.—The chamber {of deputies rose at 5:30 o'clock this pm‘rmng‘, haggard after an all-night Ssession, to which. it was forced by Premier Polncare in an effort to speed up the consideration of his fiscal pro- gram. When the session ended thirty- one of the articles in .the program had been approved.. The premier carrled the famous ar- ticle 3, providing for a 20 per cent in- crease in taxation, but-only after a fight against the stiffest ‘opposition he has encountered, aid by.a vote of 316 to 254, This majority of sixty- | one was the smallest the present-gov- i ernment has ever received in the ‘chamber. Enactment of the remain- Ing clauses was more or 1ess mechani- cal. Polncare Takem IlI. M. Poincare himself was taken il and left the house-at 11 p.m., and after his departure there was great disorder, the bedlam at one time be- ing heightened by a threatened fist fight between former Finance Minister . Klotz and Deputy Chassaigne Guyon. serfous battle in the senste this after- noon. Even the stanchest supporters of the government admitted, as they fert the Palais Bourbop in the cold, gray dawn of this morhing, that the mier “is not yet out of the woods.” The cabinet's life several times had been threatened during ' the coursé® of thirteen ballots taken dur- ing the session lasting- from 3 o'clock Monday afternoon until 3 o'clock this morning. The opposi- fion seemed to gain strength as -the night wore on, while - the_govern- ‘ment's forces seemed to be shaken. _Chamber Is Depressed. The shadow of depreciated French currency hung heavily over the as- sembly. The. closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange show- ing the dollar crossing 23 francs were passed around the chamber at 10 o'clock last might and created commotion. The quotations proved. a = great final argument and Minister _of Finance De Lasteyrie’ and M. Bo- kanowskl, general secretary of the budget committee, succeeded in push- ing through measures involving 400,000,000, france additional taxes by-the slim majority’of:61 votes, French Premier Wins Tax Is-| Premier Poincare will face another | Star. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 19, 1924 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. - CODLDGE OPOSES 0. ARMORY NOW Bill Providing for Erection of Building in Conflict With Budget Program. The bill calling for the erection of a memorial National Guard armory in Washington is “in conflict” with the financial program of President Cool- idge, the budget bureau has advised the District Commissioners. The Commissioners made this known today in forwarding a report on the bill to Senator Ball, chairman of the Senate’ District committee. The bill was introduced in the Senate originally and referred to the District building for comment. In making their report the Commis- sloners say the object of the bill is meritorfous, as the National Guard has_long been in need of adequate Ill:r‘ts‘rc to g:ovlda ‘tzr hflu de\lm:orh ment in accordance with the provision: oF the mational defense pct D o" S1on8 Law Requires Guard. “This act,” the Commissioners say, “requires that the - National Guard £hall be maintained by the various states as an efficlent fighting force immediately avallable to engage in active. field operations in case of a national emergency. requiring troops other than the Regular Army. The states are required to provide and maintain suitable armorles, drill and storage facilities to care for organi- zation authorized as provided in the act. “The District of Columbja National Guard 1s allotted 2,400 enlisted men. Troops allotted to the District and organized under the act have been denied federal recognition as a Na- tional Guard by the War Depart- ment because suitable armory fa- cilities are not available. The need of proper armory facilities in the District is_fully recognized by the War Department. The buildihg now occupied as an armory, at 472 L street northwest, is insufficiént for the pur- pose. e & s Coolldge Opposes It. “Regarding the propriety of the passage of the bill at this time, the Commissioners, under ‘the provisions of circular 49 of the bureau of the budget, submitted the proposed legis- lation to the’ director of the budget. Under date of February 15 the direc- tor of the budget states: ‘I have presented this matter to the Presi- | dent, who has instructed me to ad- vise you: that the proposed measure contemplates an expenditure which would be.in conflict with his financial program.”. A statement: to this effect should, therefore, be embraced in your proposed repott on the bill, as provided in circular -49. - The Commissioners also forwarded to Senator Bsll today with a fovor- able report-the bill to’revise the law governing - the practice of dentistry in Washington. The existing law was enacted in June, 1892, and is re- garded” by .the Commissioners as in- sufficlent to properly safeguard the dental profession and the people gen- erally. The proposed bill is sponsored by the two dental associations in Washington and was drafted with a view to_placing the practice of den- | tistry In’ Washington on a plane with isimilar laws in progressive states. HOODED BAND SEIZES No Trace Found of Andrew Gunsho, Kidnaped at Home, Near Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press, ' PITTSBURGH, February 19.—A band of armied men wearing hoods, masks and robes kidnaped Andrew | Gunsho from his home, in Dravosburg, near here, late last night, the county detective bureau was advised today. No trace of, Gunsho. has been found, the ‘Dravosburg police reported. R. Braun. chief of the county forces, said he sent a detall of men to Dra- vosburg at the request of Edward Holmes, chief of police there. According to Chief Holmes, Mrs. Gunsho told him that during a blind- ing snowstorm late last night about sixty men, all masked, surrounded the house. They fired 'a number of shots, :he u!lg. A.wddd::ln “;n:}ered the dwell- ng. The ban junsho and die- appeared, she added. MAN IN SNOWSTORM | 6-Inch Snow Due, Followed by Rain, ! Says Maj. Bowie “Snow all day and into the night, rain or sleet tomorrow.” Forecaster Bowfe today predict- ed the snow would fall continu- ously until late tonight and that after It had ceased about five or six Inches could be recorded on the ground. Where the snow leaves off, rain or sleet will pick up and undo good work accomplished by the snow. The forecaster expects the sleet or rain to continue for several hours tomorrow. . ‘According to present indications clear and cold weather will follow. A disturbance in Louisiana is the cause of all this, Maj. Bowie said. TAPLOWSINUSE TOREMOVE SNOW 500 Men Held Ready to Pre- vent Any Traffic Tie-Up. Autoists Warned. The street cleaning department of the District'and the two street rail- way companies joined hands today to keep Washington from becoming snowbound. Having learned a lesson from the winter of 1922, when Washington walked for more than twenty-four hours, the snow-removal forces con- centrated their efforts this morning on keeping the car tracks and main traffic arteries open. ‘When the weather bureau notified Morris Hacker. supervisor of street cleaning, at 10 o'clock that the snow would continue to fall throughout the night he began issuing battle instructions to his snow-fighting army. The first move was the dispatch- ing of four tractors and two trucks with plows to drive over car track streets to push the snow toward the Mr. Hacker has four more of these motor plows, which he is holding in reserve for specfal assignment, or in case any of those now in operation become disabled. This makes a total ,of ten plows in the strget cleaning idepartment. 14 Plown in Use. | sSimultancously L. R. Grabfll, su- ! perintendent of suburban roads, ordered | out four motor plows and four horse- drawn plows to open pathways for |traffic on the outlying highways. | Thus, the city had a total of four- teen plows In operation at noon, with four more ready to go out on a moment's notice. Mr., Hacker has 600 men at his command for service in cleaning |crosswalks and gutters, but he did not order them out this morning. They may be ordered out this after- noon to clean the crossings before the government offices close, but Mr. Hacker sald it would be almost use- !less to put them on this detail if it |1s still snowing at that time. |, The Washington Rallway and Elec- {tric Company, which has much more trackage to cover than the Capital Traction Company, was well armed today to prevent a tie-up of its cars. A. H. Ferrandou, executive assis ant to the president of the W. R..and E., ordered out twenty-one sSnow- sweeping cars this morning and 150 workmen with brooms to keep the switches from locking. Three trac- tors with brooms attached were put | to work downtown, pushing the snow away from the car tracks. That company also has one motor plow with side wings to open a path five feet wide beside the tracks, three Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) curbs as it s swept from the tracks. | GREENE FIGHTING FORLIFE GAMELY Wounded Senator Still in Critical Condition—Probe of Shooting Pushed. ‘While Senator Frank L. Greene lay in Emergency Hospital today gamely fighting against tremendous odds for his life, a constantly rising tide of resentment against the existence in the National Capital of conditions such as resulted in his being shot down on Pennsylvania avenue was sweeping the city and the nation. As builetins from the sick room an- nounced that the senator had “rallied slightly” during the night, but that his condition “remains critical,” sud- den orders were received at detective headquarters to Inaugurate another ‘investigation and probe the shooting to the very bottom. Has Second Operation. Dr. Thomas Linville, Senator Greene's family physician, described his patinet's. condition at non as “very critical,” but he added that “he is holding his own fairly well.” A second operation, performed late vesterday, eased the senator’s suffer- ing somewhat, although a brain hem- orrhage later swept him dangerously close to the brink of death. The demand for immedlate correc- tion ©f conditions that might permit a repetition of the tragedy of last Friday night, when' Senator Greene was felled by a bullet during a battle hetween alleged bootleggers and pro- hibition enforcement officials, began to take new turns today, and Repre- sentative Ernest W. Gibson, repub- Iican, of Vermont, was in conference at the White House today regarding the proper steps that Congress should take for the enactment of an ade- quate law covering the sale and use of firearms in the District. Representative Gibson, who is a member_of the House District com- mittee, $harged with the considera- tion of*all legislation _affecting the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FAILS TO GET AUTO BILL BACK IN HOUSE Blanton Wants Reciprocity Meas- ure Returned From Senate for Correction. Two attempts by Representative Thomas L. Blanton, democrat, of Tex- as to get the so-called auto reciproc- ity bill which passed the House sev- eral days ago returned from the Sen- ate have failed. Unanimous consetn was asked late yesterday by Representative Blanton to have the House ask the Senate to return the District gasoline tax bill, because, as was pointed out by The Star several days ago, the bill as it was sent to the Senate does not in- clude a personal property tax, which it was clearly the intent of the House to have written into the bill. Representative John Philip Hill, re- publican, of Maryland, objected yes- terday on the ground that Representa- tive Zihlman of Maryland, acting chairman of the House District com- mittee, who fathered this legislation, was not present. Representative Blanton renewed his attempts today and unanimous consent was refused through the objection of Representative Zihiman, who sald that such action was unnecessary, because the Senate could make the correction. Site for National Park in East A committee of five “‘public-spirited” citizens is being ' organized, Secre- tary Work announced today, to un- dertake the study next summer of the: southern Appalachian mountain range for the purpose of selgcting the best ‘possible scenic area for a na- tional park. This would be the second national park located in the east, the other being on the coast of Maine. Invitations have been sent by the Interior Secretary to Representative Temple of Pennsylvania, Maj. W. A. ‘Welch, general manager of the Pal- isades interstate park commission, i | lul Col. Glenn Smith of- the geolog- To Be Surveyed in Appalachians ical survey asking that they serve on the committee. Barrington Moore, secretary of the Council on National Park, Forest and Wild Life, New York, has been asked to name the other two members. In view of the widespread interest in the east fu the creation of addi- tional -national parks and the fact that several bills have been intro- duced proposing their establishment in several soutiern states, Secretary Work s#id he felt a survey of the southern Appalachlan range should be made “for the purpose of select- ing an area that will be typical of the scenery, plant and animal life of this range for & national park,” as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday'’s Circulation, 104,520 TWO CENTS. INSURGENTS IGNORE WHITE HOUSE PLEA FOR UNITY ON TAX Appeal to Break Deadlock Fails to Win Support for Mellon Plan. TREADWAY TO CONTINUE FIGHT IF RATES BEATEN Will Move Adoption as Amend- ment to Bill if Defeated Now. Conferences Unavailing. An eleventh-hour appeal by the ‘White House today to House repub- lican insurgent leaders urging agree- ment with the organization republi- cans on the Mellon income tax rate schedule failed to break the dead- lock between the groups. As the income rates of the revenuc bill were taken up in the House 1c- publican leaders admitted the vote would be close, with the democrats united for the Garner democratic plan and with the insurgents still holding out against the Treasury rates and threatening to vote with the democrats if their compromise is not accepted. C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the President, informed some members of the insurgent group today that the President was desirous that the party should stand as a unit agal the democratic tax reduction plan. This move followed failure of two meetings yesterday between the re- publican organization and insurgent members to reach an agreement on a compromise, the latter group holding out for a 40 per cent maximum sur- tax with 50 per cent cut {n normul rates while the republicans would gc no higher than 37% per cent on th surtax and & 25 per cent cut in nor- mal rates. Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts, one of the eleven repub- licans of the ways and means com- mittee who voted the Mellon income rates into the bill, served notice to- Gay that if the rates were defeated how he would move their adoption as an amendment after the bill is completed. This, he belfeved, would make it_possible to get a record vote the Mellon rates. “Tother republican leaders also have indicated that If defeated at this time: on income schedules they ~would make a stand when the bill is re- ported out for a final vote. Will Vote at 3:30. After considerable debate House reached an agreement to Lo gin voting at 3:30 p.m. today on the Frear and Garner income tax ratc amendments. It was planned to put the Frear substitute 1o & vote frst. Representative Longworth, Ohio, the republican leader, announced that he would offer & compromise amend- ment in the event the Frear and Garner proposals were rejected. The compromise would fix _the surtax maximum at 37% per cent against 25 per cent proposed in the Mellon bill and reduce normal taxes froui $ and 4 per cent to 6 and 3 per cent as recommended by the Treas- ury. A Farliamentary rules would prevent a roll call vote on any of the amend- ments. Fall of Agreement. The meetings between the repub- lcan organization leaders and the in- surgent group vesterday failed to bring about an agreement. Representa- tive Frear, Wisconsin, a spokesman for the insurgents, previously had an- nounced if their compromise offer was not accepted, his group, believed to number between ten and fourteen votes would support the democratic plan The democrats, With a membership of 207 out of 435 in the House, are bound by party caucus actien to sup- port the Garner plan, and Represent Atives Wefald, farmer-laborite, Min nesota, and Berger, soclalist, Wisco sin, aiso have announced their tention to vote for that program. Representative Deal, democrat, Vir- ginla, however, was excused from the Caucus agreement, and has said he will vote for the Mellon rates. The agreement under which the in- come rate sections were taken up to- day out of turn in the reading of the bill, which was commenced vesterday at the conclusion of the four days of general debate, provided that the democratic income tax plan should be in order as an amendment and that thereafter the plan proposed by Rep- resentative Frear should be in order as @a substitute amendment. Repre- Sentative Frears plan calls for no change in_the present surtax rates and for a 50 per cent cut in the nor- mal income taxes. ‘Would Ralse Surtax. In conference with the republican leaders the insurgent group offered to agree to a reductjon in the sur- taxes to a 40 per cent maximum, but held out for thelr normal rate re- ductions. The republicans refused to yield on the normal rates, which are cut 25 per cent in the bill,'but offered to boost the Mellon surtaxes from a 25 per cent maximum to 373 per cent. "The democratic program calls for a reduction in the present normal in- come taxes to 2 per c;n! o‘n net in- comes of $5.000 and under: 4 per cent on incomes between $5,000 and $8,000 and 6 per cent on incomes above that amount. Exemptions would be In- creased, giving single persons an ex- emption of $2,000 and married per- sons $3,000 exemption, and it speci- fies that where husbands and wives make separate returns, the exemption may be claimed by elther or divided between them. Demoeratic Proposal. The democratic surtax rates are i started at 1 per cent on net incomes g between $12,000 and $14,000, advanc- ¥/ ing 1 per cent for each additionali% $2,000 until 24 per cent is reached omys Incomes of $58,000 to $60,000. ThmT rate then advances 1 per cent for an@a»“: additional §1,000 to 30 per cent on ifr; Ccomes of $68,000. It progresses then afey 1 per cent for each additional $2,00 7 to a rate of 43 per cent on incomdss. Dbetween $90,000 and $92.000. On,git*; incomes above that amount a tay 0fyg 44 per cent is imposed. v “The Frear amendment provides for a normal income tax rate of 2 cent on incomes up to $4,000 anl per cent on all above that amount, The present surtax rates, starti 1 per cent on incomes between ;M A and 310,000 and progressing upy, to 50 per cent on incomes of $20 e would be retined. Aqry The bill carrying the Mellon!rl;’!r; provides for normal taxes of Hfdro cent on incomes below $4,000 awdi6lo per cent above. The surtaxes wi start at $10,000, progressing to per cent rate on incomes above! 000. No change in exemptions vided. o3 s i fords & o8 oL