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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr tonight; minimum about 16 degrees; Temperatures: Highest, yesterday; lowest, at'? Full report on page 9. tomorrow partly cloudy, with rising temperature. temperature 39, at 2 p.m. a.m. today. Late N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 Entered as seco post office, BATTLE FOR SEATS ON LEAGUE COUNGIL 29,891. MOVES AL EUROPE Poland, Spain and Brazil Have Strong Backing for Places. GERMANY ALONE IS SURE OF PERMANENT POSITION| British Oppose Polish Bid—France Seeks to Curb Anglo-Ger- man Influence. #Y PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. hicago Daily News The special as xt Monday at Germany to the f Nations has provoked an political s of exc spicions have sprung that the whole conciliation seems sis, in the writers, some political orse than the Ruhr situation was. wpean chancelleries are pre- cupied. All leading European news- jers are publishing columns of dip- and controver: tesmen and journalists are going ) Geneva in such numbers that no are left in trains and no rooms | hotels the Other Seats Cause Fights, that Germany join the league and to be given immediately in the league is whether other ain and Bra- permanent on of the yhody admits pl il not shall ts in th Sy P also be couneil is 1= really a tribute to 'lml fcal power and prestige gue councll, which the glven the le Washington, | trem New York, tod: | physical connection of their transmis FRENZY OF SELLING nd class matter D. G Electric Companies Planni arch 3—The At- opyrighted story said that with- :ar electric power companies country will have established in the in this sion lines to an extent that will make possible the interchange of power from one system to another through the Lastern half of the United States, Wihen these connec plete,” the story said, sible for power-generating stations on the Canadian border to come to the aid of power-generating stations on the Gulf of Mexico and vice versi. Thus the surplus power in Minnesota can be utilized to meet a_shortage in Pensacola, 2., and the surplus power in Danville, Va., can fill a short age in South Bend, Ind. ons ave col t will be po Advantages Are Outlined. Bond and Share Co. in obtained plans of this wide distribution_of Mr. Mitchell outlined the res follow when these plans have finally put into effect. He' said that the following advan tages elready have resulted from the | linking up of power companies Ellmination of power shortag reliable and continuous supply o power to American industries, reduc tion of expensive spare power units from 50 per cent idie power to 10 per cent, with a consequent saving of mil been | SUPERPOWER PROJECT DUE IN EASTERN U. S. WITHIN YEAR | ed on from one WASHINGTON, D. C, ng Connections From Can- ada to Gulf to Interchange—Current Expert Predicts Millions of Dollars. which would otherwise be to equip and maintain |the spare units; joint and related us of the hydroelectric plants on rivers and streams with existing coal-gen- erating plants and the generating 1Dl in the natural gas fields, con- servation of the use of rainfall so that water power may make a larger con- tribution to the general good. Process of Distribution. While Minnesota would be connect- ed with Georgia through high-power transmission lines, the power gene. rated in that State would not actually find its way into Georgia. The way it would work was illustrated as fol- | lows Minnesota would transmit power to one end of the adjoining tranmission lions of dolla SAr rewed from Minnesota, would p the other end of its own sy: tem an amount of power equal to that it had taken from Minnesota This process of borrowing and pas: ing on would be continued in steps of net more than 250 miles each until the power is delivered where It is needed on pointed out that where an tlon had been made between nsmission lines of various com- panies surplus power capacity is | line to another just as surplus raflroad by one rafiroad from another. s Journal said that the few re- maining gaps, which will probably be closed this year, will mean “connected ansmission lines will _run_all the “(Continued on Page 3, Column HITS RAIL STOCKS Shares of Roads Involved in Merger Plans Break Un- Frankfurter Zietung calls the world's | supreme political organization | At the mere mention of enlarging | there is a stir wmong| states in all parts of the | Not onlv Germany. Poland. | and Brazil have been men-| toned as possible new permanent members, but China, Belglum and| one of the British dominions. | There no doubt that member- ip in_the council gives a ! ate political ndvantage far superior to those to which its actual situa tion entitles it, for all the council's declslons must be unanimous, and the veto of a single member ‘can| block the whole procedure, | Arms Parley Delay Likely. Spain ® Whatever i3 decided, the effects of | tatjons of standard Industrials and |u the decision, not only on the future of the Y. volitica e, but on the FEuropean | nce. will doubtless be | Among other results, | # new postbonement of the pre- | Yiminary disarmament conferen ‘h the United States s natiently -ems almost cer- | originally conceived, the coun- | 15 to consist of five permanent ‘rance, Great Britain, v and the United States— temporary members from the lesser powers, changed renewed from year to year. i The idea of the League's founders was that Germany and Russia, as | s powers, should also ultimatel be permanent members and that at the same time proportion of temporary members should be duly o Tt ouncil would thus correspond P to the prewar concert of vers, extended to include the United tates and Japan, and tempered by wesentation to the lesser » abstention of the United made the excuse for in-| ng the temporary menibers from to . The uncil, therefore, now Las 10 members, 4 permanent and & temporary. the m n was ance Held Destroyed. that Germany 1S 3 permanent me he balance, the e composition of wide backing Poland, Spain permanent memb s thus to counte ence and Iner influe e friendly lain save theory T ad- er de whole ques- the | coun- | is opposes | toward RBritish the and Austen nist t by y free British government eatens not n the suncil is ¢ but allows it to be s> mizht let Poland Allies would te the entire Rhine futu the a power 1y enlargement concerns to suspect m stubbornly the coun Germany. the lesser | power others of a dark plot Settlement Time 1s Question. e umediate question is whether the question of enlargement of the | uneil shall be settied bhefore or after | nany is given a seat in the coun- 1t hefore ¢ will be con ed by accomplished fact. If , Germany will have full power veto against Poland. opposed to the enlargement | »v the council’s effica- | it unwieldy and that to per- nt seats is nec v arbitrary. iose who favor it say the council <hould he democratized and the ar- v element can avoided by sing to geographlcal ractal groups. One compromise proposed is to give t 1y a permanent seat and Poland ary seat immediately and the remaining questions un- September. (Copsright, 1928, by Chicago Daily News Co.) DELAY IS EXPECTED. Those it will dest by king Only Germany Due to Get Seat at This Session. LONDON, March 3 (#).—The latest developments seem to indicate that Germany alone will be elected to a per- manent seat in the council of.the | of minor | - | us | were Allied Chemical, American Agri- | Wheat options opened irregular, May | contracts advancing % of a cent a der Avalanche. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, lanche of selling ¢ railroads in which con: plans are pending struck tod: market with terrific force as of the Interstate Commerce on's disapproval of the iekel Plate” merger terms, and carried about a dozen of these issues down olidation | ‘s stock | resuit mmis- | |ers of Cleveland will make anoth HEAVY SUit LOST INMERGER DEFEAT Counsel Uncertain Nickel Plate Would Risk Another #$750,000 Guess.” By the Associated Press. Whether the Van Sweringen broth- T ef: fort to win approval of thefr Nickel Plite merger rests on whether they de- | cide on “another §750,000 guess™ to see if they can meet the view terstate Commerce Commi ton, chief counsel of the Nickel Plate interests, said here today. of the In- on, W. A, from 4 to nearly 13 points. ! Prices generally wavered for a time | under the impact of this liquidation, but strong buying support was in evi- | dence, and, with few public utilities did not break through | their low prices of yesterday in [h«:\1 early trading. With the exception of Chesapeake | and Ohio, whose minority stockhold- | ers are generally given credit for the 5o long successful opposition to the financlal | project was delayed transportation in- | terms proposed by gens, sharp recessic the shares of all unit. Nickel Plate” system. Chesapeake and Ohio common opened 2% higher, at 116, but ran up to 120% before the end of the first hour. Other Stocks Break. rquette common broke 123 | ie common 7%, the flrst pre- | and the second preferred ‘kel Plate old stock | ock Ex- | the Van Swerin-| fons took place in | s of the proposed | Pere N points, E ferred 4lp No sale of N recorded on the New York change in the first hour of trading. | 1t closed last night at 163, and there | were a few market orders at the open- ing, but these were withdrawn when | brokers found it impossible to g what they called a reasonable bid. The stock was not even quoted. ‘Frading in the stocks of the pro-| posed “Nickel Plate” new company, Which had been deait in one a “When | 4" Lasis on the New York Curb | Market ever since the detalled pl were made public months agc suspended by order of the bo governors Total sales in Just short of 1,000,000 the ticke 18 actual quotation ailroad Shares Dumped. Other railrond shares, \\h;vsv me cor plans have been dimmec femporarhiy by kel Pl cision, were thrown overboard by di pointed speculators and investor vest Virginia br 11 Wabash commion, M E fic common, Kansas (¢ Southern and “Katy" common agzed i to nearly 6 points. On the other .ware, Lackawanna and Western mmon jumped § points “Katy" preferred 3. tous selling in the appeared to be confined to h lssues as American Can (old stock), Mack Trucks, Jordan Motors, Pisk Rubber, Hudson, Liggett & Mvers. Ward Raking B and McCrory Stores B, which hammered down | to 4 points o ks which made the best initial response to the appearance of strong | buying support and short covering the first hour fell shares, with | behind the | the indus- 216 cultural Chemical preferred, Stewart Warner Speedometer, General Elec- | erfe, Woolworth, American Snuft and Dodge Brothers common, all of which | were pushed up 3 to 5% points. United States Steel common advanced point to 123, and corresponding ad- ances took place in most of the other standard industrials. Curb Market Stronger. On the New York Curb Market where the tremendous liquidation of public utility stock demoralized trad- ing yesterday, a stronger tone also was apparent. Initfal losses of 1 to 5 | points, representing the closing out of Wweakened marginal accounts, were recorded at the opening, but most of these were quickly recovered when supporting orders appeared in large volume. Commodity markets, with the ex- ception of rubber futures, which dropped 2 to 4 cents a pound, also showed evidence of better support. ‘The cotton He referred to the amount spent by the New Nickel Plate committee in fur- thering the merger case, but he added that the total cost of the effort, in all eptions, quo- |of its ramifications, would run to a fig- | e between two and three million dol- lar Mr. Colston said that, in his opiniofi, the commission did not indicate very | the | early whether a reopening of ase was possible, but he added that s final consummation of the terests of the country would be suffer- ing serious injury. Savings under the merger alone, amounting to $6,000,000 vear, he sald, would be lost. Legal Fees Hit Five Roads, figuring the total cost of the the Van Sweringen attorney cited expenses Incurred in legal fe by the five roads in the proposed unit, and a host of other factors, including exhaustive docu: ntary evidence gathered, witnesses’ expenses, clerk hire and time lost. As to whether the Van Sweringens would attempt a’ revision of their fl- nancial pians and make another ef- fort to obtain commission approval of the unification, Mr. Colston said, In | “It 18 just a_case now of making an- other $750,000. guess” to see if even it would meet the commission’s ideas on the subject. No Hint of Reopening. He added that the commission did not indicate, in his opinion, whether eopening was possible under its long as final consummation of the project is put off, however, he the ' transportation interests of the count He placed the loss in esti- mated savings alone at $6,000,000 a ¥ s a result of the decision. Representative Black, Democrat, New York, said today he would ask Congress to investigate reports of a leak on the decision. Speculation Aroused. speculation today was concerned with the effect the decision might have on other proposed voluntary mergers and the administration's plan to encour- (Continued on Page 5, Column KELLOGG WITHHOLDS KAROLYI CASE DATA | Will Not Reveal Reasons for Ex- clusion to Senate, Even in Secret. By the Associated Press. Secretary Kellogg declined today to disciose 1o the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, even in secret, the reasons why the Countess Karoly} was excluded from this country. The Karolyi case, as well as that of the Countess of Catheart, was brought up by Senator Johnson. Republican, California, but the Secretary sald he | preferred mot to discuss them at this time. The committee had before it a ess Karolyl, but thls matter was not brought up, the Secretary appear ing primarily to oppose the bill of Chalrman Borab, under which he would be shorn of the wartime pow- ers which were invoked to deny her bushel to 1.593 cents, market opened steady. ged 15 to trading. The floor of the stock exchange and the customers’ rooms of broker- age houses presented scenes of wild Coffee sag- 29 points in the early League of Nations, which begins its Continued on 1* Column $) confusion. Tn some instances vet- P (Continued o1 admission, Secretary Kellogg was closeted with the committee for two hours, and was questioned at some length. An un. usual veil of secrecy was thrown around the whole proceedings. Chair- man Borah declined to make any «totement other than to say Mr. Kel. a pposed his bill line and this second company, which are borrowed | said, there could be a “big injury” to | ‘With the proposed merger rejected, | resolution by Senator Wheeler, Demo. | crat, Montana, proposing an investt. | gation of the exclusion of the Count. | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDA AL SMITHS BANNER IN SENATE CONTEST |Entry of lllinois Boss in Race | Regarded as Gesture for Governor. CHICAGOAN WILL BRING WET ISSUE TO CLIMAX Victory Would Give Democrats Food for Thought—G. 0. P. Leaders Unworried. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. George E Al Smith Brennan has holsted the nner in Illinois. This the interpretation in po- | litical eircles here of the announce- | ment last night by the Democratic! | boss of Chicago that he will be a andidate for the Democratic nomina- | tion for Senator in the primaries | April 13, The election Brennan in Tlli-d nois running on a “wet” platform | would give the Democrats of the country a lot to think about. of FLOWNBY BRENNAN Y, MARCH 3, 1926—F Fo PROTE! ORTY PAGES. RESPONSIBLE. R ANY 4 i I' OF THE ¢ Foening Star. * PROGRESSIVE. service. Yesterday's UP) Means Associated | fivey | Davis. | war { planes fn the Army Air S Gov. Smith, as undidate for the presidency in 1928, would not have | to announge himself as a “wet,” al-: though there are many Democrats in Northern and Eastern States who| would be glad to adopt a party plat- | form calling for a modifi ion of the “nrohlh\llnn law, if not the repeal 01" | prohibition. Must Win Election. himselt elected before his effort can be of real assistance to Gov. Smith in a campaign for the party nomona tion for President or for the presi- deney th fter. | Illinols went for President Coolidge in 1924, by some 900,000 votes. It is reckoned aunch a Repu lican State as vania. Mr. Bren- nan h picked himself out a real job, | therefore, in casting his hat in the ring for tor Bren aces not only Republican opposition, but opposition in his own party. There are two factions, one very much opposed to Brennan, sup- porters of McAdoo in large part in the last Democratic pre-convention cam paign. In Chicago, i however, Brennan has united forces for bi-partisan control with the Barrett-Crowe organization, 1 faction of the Republican p This jcombination at present dominates in Cook County, which ix Chicago. H The Democratic leader, it is figured here, is seeking to capitalize the “‘wet" | sentiment in Chi nd other Il'inois cities. He is seeking to capitalize the anti-Klan sentiment and to win over generally the voters of foreign descent. G. 0. P. Sees Victory. Republican leaders in Tilino they will defeat Brennan, with either Senator William B. McKinley, who is | seeking renomination or Frank L. Smith, the chairman of the State cen {tral committee, who is also a candi date for the Republican nomination. | So far as the “wet” and “dry” issue | is concerned, the Republicans do not figure that Brennan w able tc force it upon th pected to adopt a plank in their platform at that pecte “wet" s Tilinois vea referendum on prohibition, “wets” won by about eral | weeks before the el however, the “drys” announced that prohibition was & closed issue, and sent word to thelr supporters throughout the: { State not to vote in the referendum. With the constant agitation over prohibition and proposals to modity the Volstead act, and to permit the use of light wines and beer, the effort (to make the fssue in Illinois s creat- |ing no little interest. The matter is | {to have a try out at the polls, if the “ can bring it about. But it is very doubtful that the issue really can have great effect, especially when raised by mocrat in a State which | has everwhelmingly Re- publican Decision Is Surprising. The decision of Brennan to run as a Democratic candidate for the Sen- | ate wi real surprise to many of the politiciars in the Capital. In the past it been the practice of the | Democratic boss to remain in the | background and let others do the “running.” Brennan succeeded to the Democratic leadership in Chicago fol- lowing the death of Roger Sullivan, | Sullivan also attempted to win an | election to the Senate, but was de- | feated, and Sullivan was rockoned stronger than Brennan During the 1924 Democratic na- tional convention in New York Bren- nan was one of the anti-McAdoo and Al Smith leaders in that body. When Gov. Smith went to Chicago several months ago to address a great meet- ing of Democrats the affaiar was ar- ranged by Brennan. One factor which is believed to have induced the Democratic boss of Chi- cago to enter the senatorial race is found in the stiff fight which is being waged among the Republicans, with Senator McKinley leading one group ‘nd Frank L. Smith leading the oth- er, and the World Court thrown In as an issue. If the Republican ranks can be split by this party row, the Demo- crats hope to be able to realize on the party hatreds. McKinley Aid Seen. interjection of Brennan into the senatorial fisht. it was asserted here today, may well ald in bringing about {he nomination of Senator Me- Kinley by the Republicans, figuring that he would he the stronger eandi- date when it came: to the election. Senator McKinley would be accept- able to the “drys’ and would not be rongly Oppos v the ‘“wets,” it is said. The Democratic boss of Chicago | has been an important figure for a | number of vears in the national gath erings of the party. The Democratic organization in Illinois is out to con- trol, and to control locally if possible. National issues fade into insignifi- cance when it comes to a question of local control, and this is true even of State ijssues. The Chicago democ- racy is a law unto itself, much as Tammany is in New York. Both Senator McKinley and Sen. ator Deneen are in Washington at present, but thev will return to TN (Continued on | Column 2 Te: | figure | it go| e is not ex| stand or a 1d the | s The RED LAKE GOLD AMERICANS BY W. J. SCOTT. Special Dispatch to The Star. OUX LOOKOUT, Ontario, March n almost unbroken line of men dogs, stretching like a black thread on a linen sheet—the most amazing thing I have ever seen in the north country”—that is the picture of | the Red Lake gold rush brought back | to civilization by “Ned” Caswell, & veteran prospector, who has just come in off the trail after staking a series of claims in the new field. “By spring,” he said, “the rush will have hecome the b t mining stampede | dian history, " continued the rugged | gold hunter, “is situated in the most | beautiful country I know. It looked | wonderful even in Winter, with the | snow on the trees and hillsides, but | in the Spring and Summer it must | RUSH LURES \ “AMAZING LINE” | Veteran Prospector Says Biggest Mining Stampede But Mr. Brennan first has to get| 1D Canadian History Will Be at Height by Spring. Beauty in Scene: be one of Ontario’s spots. Am I g | Spring? You're do if_it's only to lc Why, man. there' spruce there in Canada. The and valleys are massed with t st nd beautiful—and, th B! | surely beauty k the some of tk scene hills besides s of Canada and few from the United men who have been in every mining rush during the centur: re gathering town which has sprung up at Hu 12 miles from here, o wait for dc pr ons and equipment, pare for the long wilderness to the lvery morning now, out on the winding t (Continued on Page more ates, . Column 4.) COUNTERFEIT PLOT PUTS 40 IN CELLS Ten Alleged Makers of Bogus Money, 30 “Passers” Jailed in Several Cities. v Associated Press. VEW YORK, March 3.—The arrest of 10 alleged counterfeiters here, and the round-up in Philadelphia, Syra- cuse, Detroit and other cities of some 30 “‘passers” of spurfous currency, was announced today by Joseph A. Palma, chief of the New York district of the United States secret service. Imitations of five and 10-do eral Rese: Bank notes, $18,000, have been seized. A four months' investigation has brought the arrest also of five boys between the ages of 10 and 11 years, used by the forgers as passers in this territory, according to Mr. Palma. Plates used for counterfeiting by a photo-mechanical process were found ar Fed- totalling | in the possession of two of the prison- ers, he said, and one printing machine has heen seized. It is estimated by the secret service that between $35,000 and $40,000 in counterfeit bills have been manufac- tured. Only a few thousand dollars of this amount had been put into circu- | lation. Those arrested here are Giuseppi Giacolone, Antonio Fai, Glen Rodgers, Gean Lucus, Philllp Heller, Charles Farucel, Luigi Catlsano, Panucci Bru- no, Antonio Marjso and Gluseppe Roseta. ~ S, HOUSE RUINED, 1 DEAD, WHEN STILL EXPLODES Man and Woman Observed at Scene Are Missing—Fire Follows Disaster. By the Associated Pres PHILADELPHIA, March 3.—One man is dead and a man and women are missing following an explosion of a still in a two-story dwelling in the Germantown section of the city early today. The house was destroyed by the force of the explosion and fire which followed. Firemen discovered the body of an unidentified man lying near the wreckage of three huge stills in the hasement. Bach of the stills was estimated to have been of 100 gallons capacity. It is belleved that only one exploded, however. Neighbors told police. that a_man and woman were seen about the house last night. It was not known whether they were in the building at the time of the explosion. —_— . NO BRITISH NAVAL CUT. Personnel to Be Maintained at Figure of Last Year. LONDON, March 8 (®.—W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of Admiralty, stated in the house of commons today that the personnel of the Royal Navy will not be reduced this year but will be maintained at the same numerical status as in 1025, INSURANCE REPORT Delays Committee Action on Bills—Fourteenth Street Extension Approved. The House District committee to. day ordered a favorable report on the Fourteenth street extension bill and on the bill to widen First street between G and Myrtle streets north- east. A contest between proponents the Fitzgerald and Underhill trial insurance bills delayed the c mittee from acting upon eithar 1eas. ure. The subcommittee which ra ported the Fitzgerald bill I ex pected to rush this measure through the full committee, so as to met it on the calendar for District day next Monday. There were 19 out of 2i members of the District comuiittee present today, the largest attendance at any District commitee m in in more than 10 years Underhill Blocks Vote. of indus- The large attendance was drummed up in anticipation of a vote on the Fitzgerald workmen's compensation bill, but by a practically single-Land- ed fight Representative Underhill, Re- publican, of Massachusetts, prevented action. He and Representative Blan- ton, Democrat, of Texas, emphasized that the three business organizations in the District, the Washington Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce tand the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association, with the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States and the District Commissionegs, are practically opposed to the Fitzgerald bill and are demanding passaze by Congress of the Underhill measure. It was brought out that nearly all members of the committee have re- ceived scores of letters from people (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 26 TRAPPED IN FLAMES OF AUSTRALIA BUSH FIRE Rescue Would Be Suicidal, Two ‘Who Escaped From Conflagra- tion Believe, By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 3.—A di the Daily Express from dw'}i’fi»'«f.?rfig says that a party of men fighting an- other bush fire in Australia has been cut off by the flames and its fate is unknown. The dispatch says that 23 men, who by strenuous efforts, turned a fire which was raging on several ranges and which threatened to de- stroy the state fir plantations, valued 000,000, were isolated by the flames with only one day's food, and suffering from exhaustion due to lack of sleep. A motor car which was sent to re- lieve them was compelled to return. Two of the 23 men escaped. They re- ported that it would be suicidal to try to reach the others. Nevertheless, a party of five men made the attempt and plunged into the danger zone. Nothing has been heard of them sihce. Efforts nre now being made to send pelitf Ly horsebuck, UNDERKILL BLOCKS | | COOLIDGE WINDS UP FIRST YEAR ON CWN Achievements Since Election Said to Give Executive Sense of Satisfaction. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. likes to s his f at time he months of service the his prede onsider today Turing limita cles There noint, beca s Pres cady 10 be ¢ for ion 18 of ssor s poli- in this view- se it means Mr. Cool dent “in his own right” held accountable politi- his acts of commission and for one 3 Some of his friends emphasize this, because in 1928 will regard him as having, in served a single term, and there- eligible to renomination. Coolidge takes pride in his first He feels particularly that the flacal side of the Government has been Il taken care of. that taxes have n reduced and Gover ses kept down. Whether the Govern- ment has any direct bearing on the econom ndition of the country at ny time may a v , hu not _hesitate blame for “rainy da administration in power just as the party in office insists that perity” is a direct result of the ency of the administration in ignificance sens fore Mr. vear, of botn tribute the des do | dent’s the outs the Coolidge admin is the extent to W been delegated to the executive department: only saved the time Chief Executivi nding feature of | tration thus far | power has | beads of the! This has not ' and energy of the but it Biven members »' Cabinet a prestige relatively greater than that enjoyed' by many of their predecessors, even | under Republican administratio Departme reorganizations hav been carried on during the past ye: and to no small extent this due to the introduction of the Budget Bu- | reau into government. More and more the director of the budget is coming to occupy a place second in importance only to the President| himself. Having the close co-opera- | tion of the Chief Executive, the di- rector of the budget points out in-| efficiencies here and there as the: relate to the use of public funds, an is brings to light administrative | defects, The relationship of Pr idge to Congress remain defined. Congress session long enough Coolidge year to determine whether | it is Mr. Coolidge's leadership or a| recognition by the Senate and House of their responsibilities which is rying forward the program of legis- lation. Certainly Mr. Coolidge Congress now sympathetic men who do not hesitate to keep him advised, men who do not fail to tell their colleagues that they must fol- low the President's recommendations if they are to be aided next Autumn by the political prestige. Watchful Eye on Business, The insistence of Mr. Coolidge that Congress take a long recess is point ed to by his friends as a valuable contribution to the stabiilty of busi. ness. Mr. Coolldge has put the brakes on many things that might have dis turbed business. but he has not yet succeeded in sunpressing all the vark ous activities of the congressional in- vestigating committees or the inde. pendent establishme: This may vet prove to be the principal issue of the coming congressional campaign, ! for while such a policy is popular | with large business interests, it fur- nishes, as a rule, ammunition for the minority party and insurgents. Generally speaking, Congress and the Executive have worked together on revenue legislation and appropria- tion bills. The era of non-partisan- ship began with the consideration of | the tax reduction bill. Now that this is out of the way, the fireworks of partisan warfare will begin. The Republican friends of the President eel he has made un excellent start. ‘fhe Democrats insist 'that the usual first year, known as a ‘“politic noneymoon,” has been in progress, and that with the slightest unfavor able turn in economic conditions their own bombardment of the administra- tion will begin to receive attention from the country. sident Cool- | vet to be! has not heen in| during the first | Radio Programs—Page 22. | | sidered as a xuide for fu | Air Service !to be iner The only evening in Washington vnl:. ':;: Associated Press news Circulation, 103,941 TWO CENT HOUSE COMMITTEE: 10 DRAFT OWN AIR BILL: 3 REJECTED New Army Measure Will Em- hody Project for 2,200 Planes in Five Years. Press. {MITCHELL AND PATRICK PROPOSALS ARE BEATEN $30,000,000 Yearly Increase in Cost Will Not Deter Program Agreed on Today. The congested calendar of the House military committee, which has been weighted down with remedial afrcraft legislation for the Army Afr Service, was cleaned off today in one fell swoop when the committee reject d the War Department, Patrick an Mitchell bills and decided to draw ij: ome of its own incorporating therein construction program sub today by Secretary of V The project drawn up by th Secretary calls for mitted L e at tl end of five years; 1,650 Regular Army officers, 500 F ve Officers on active 100 enlisted men, includ z cadets. he War Department bill, designed to carry out the recommendations of the President's Alr ard as th applied to the Army Air Service, was voted dc by the committee, 11 to 10. The Patrick measure, for a sep ps within the Army, wa the Departmen proposal, orig nd _supported by Wil Mitchell, suffered defeat, 11 to 10, Will Use Davis Program. Morin of the committee however, announced that the bil which the committee would draw u would he based on recommendatic of the Pre: Alr Board and that the b 1m submitted today by Mi. Davis would be incorporated, even though it called for a $30,000,000 1se over the present out Morin also sald that the i reject the measur: the Air Board’s pro pt it only arate air ca cejected of N Chairman ided, that the « advisable, but t go far enough in ges that will be neces ate air service, committee, Mr. Morin expla avored maintenance of the national defense organization 1s it is now constituted. Dwight W Morrow of New York, who headed the President's Air Board, testified briefly before the committee prior to a vote on the bills. He said the final report of his board represented a compromise of opinion and did not carry out in full the ideas of any member. He will re turn for additional testimony next Tuesday. Secretary Davis said the progia had been approved by him and wa the one toward which the War D partment would work during the next vears “to the extent that appr available contained cost of making the but the War Sec heen devised with the Alr Board's conclusions estim eff it had mind. Disapproves James Plan. At the same time the Secretary u: nounced disipproval of a bill intro duced by T ntative James, Re publican, Mic which would in crease the Army Alr Serv accord ing to recommen of the Las ter Board, provided for more extensive program over 10 years While the Lassiter board report sets forth the War Department project for the Air Service and s con- ure studtes,” the report s.id, “the conclustons an recommendations of the President's Alreraft Board, approved in principle by the Pr - concurred in by the War Department as more in ac cord with existing aviation needs an the financlal possibilities of the in mediate future. equently the as been making a_study leok fng to a revision of the Lassiter board report in accordance with th recommendations of the President's ft_Board. ntil the personnel and equipment contemplated in this revised profect have been provided the War Depart ment feels that a full realization of the Lassiter b ¥ m not practicable at the present time.” $30,000,000 Boost Seen. Secre Davis sald the fnerease cost of a full r ion of the five- year program d with the present cost would nearly could be estimated, approximately 30,000,000 @ year. Of this, approxi mately §7.500,000 a year would be for pavier-tha “The fncrea War Depart is the strength of the Regular Army @0 that no portion of this Air Service expansion is to be ut the expense of other hranches.” War Department plans call for a reinforcements in_the defense fo of Hawali and the Panama Can: Zone on a scale that would give thu: possession a full war-time Alr Secvi mobilization weight to be m fec upon completion of year bullding program. Under the existing War Department policy regulating garrisca strength and equipment for the Philippine Islands defenses realization of th five-year air program would . existing forces in the islands changed. Plans Are Confidential. Alr forces In Panama. Hawall the Philippin e carefully conceale: by the Wgr Department in the part assigned Them In the defonse plan: drawn up by the War Department. Because of the confidential nature of these war plans, the department de clined teday to make public the in creases in the peacetime aviation projects that would be given to Pana ma and Hawaii under the five-year pro- gram. It was admitted, however, that the increase contemplated for the Canal Zone and Hawail would bring the air strength there from a peace- time status to full wartime moblliza- tion strengtli. War Department policles regarding the Philippine Islands defenses do not