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a_ bad year, yet leave no serfous PLATT RAPS U. . BANKING SYSTEM Vice Governor of Federal Re- serve Board Calls It Worst in World. the worst orld, and in many bank ce al Reserve Washington Society nual dinner | He launched ed States has _of the Ameri- | elling the months passed vears have been > have been et no one scems of it. whereas a uld tuke it quite ! to Canada as| federal reserve approximately 600 sed their doors since 1920 arly all small banks, cl with a capital of Many of them, he never have been al- 1d b eapital ¢ chartered with $100,000 and ra taking § ny in- the speake It is| to one or , for if one of indus- have effect on the bank. The small banks should be consoli- dated, Mr. Platt continued. Engineers in Government. The courage of the enginecer is needed in the Government service today, F. M. Goodwin, assistant Secretary of the Interfor Depart- ment, told the diners. But he added that he sometimes wondered if the Government service didn’t really put & damper on the courage of the en- gineer. Oscar T. Crosby, former assistant Secretary of the Treasury and a | consulting englneer of Warrenton, Va., also spoke. N. C. Grover, presi- dent of the Washington society, was toastmaster. The dinner committee was com- posed of P. K. Thurston, E. W. James, C. M. Marsh, J. M. Winnemore, Starr Truscott, J. S. Conway, R. H Dalgleish, B. P. Lamberton and A. | L. Baldwin. | PARLIAMENT MEMBERS S B S ciplines Socialist and Liberal | Deputies for Insubordination. BY A. R. DECKER. | By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | VIENNA, December 4—The Hun- | garian Parliament has adopted dis- ciplinary measures agalnst the Social- | ist and Liberal deputies who last| | we ck tried to stampede Parliament. The majority of the insurgents are to be excluded from the 20 sittings to come—which means the opposition | | cannot participate in legislation. | Premicr Bethlen declares he s not a dictator despit Hungarian Parliament has merely | adopted measures which are already |effective in most European parlia- ments. Police are still patrolling the itreets to prevent outbreaks from efther the Socialists or the super-Na- | go Dally Ngws Co.) | | Before you invest—investigate. EXCLUDED FROM SEATS || il Hungarian Legislative Body Dis- this—but that the | THE .EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MOSES GOES TO LEAD CONNECTICUT FIGHT Will Seek to Aid G. 0. P. Win Seat in Succession to Brandegee. Senator George Moses, chairman of the Republican senatorial committee, left here last night to go to Connecti- cut to take part in the campaign for the election of a Republican Senator there to succeed the late Senator Brandegee. Reports reaching Wash- ington are to the effect that some of the Republicans in Connecticut re- sent the manner in which Lieut. Col. Hiram Bingham has apparently grab- bed all the nominations for high offi- ce in the States. He is governor-elect and also the nomineee of the party for Senator against Hamilton Holt, the Democratic selection for senator. The Republicans believe firmly they will win the election for Senator, but they do not Intend to take any chances if they can help it. Senator Moses will speak in the cam- paign, which lasts only a week, and it is planned to send into the State several .other strong Republican speakers, Including Senators Borah of Idaho; Watson of Indlana and Wadsworth of New York. 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