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| VEATHE | Cloudy much change in temper num ture to | today; lowest Full rey temie ¢ Bureau Forec t and tomos ) w: not mini iture; ht slightly 49, at noon m. teday. = = Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 eved ne office, 91T, acond elass matter Washington, D, C. TREASURY DISBARS 24 LAWYERS AFTER COLLUSION INQUIRY Suspends 15 Others as Re-| sult of Charges of Irregu- lar Practices. ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE TAX UNIT EMPLOYES ALLEGED Others Accused of Efforts to Obtain Lists of Taxpayers Subject to Extra Assessment, e the I practice bef e Department as a t of an ir v of eharges of collusion be- | tween them and emploves of the In disharred Mel who have n sus o disharments covered s vears inst the lawyers were attempis by at ves of the in thers involving to obtain lists to extra assess some includ bribe empl unit and the lawyer vers subject tax inia, former iry of the Treasury \inst practices Demoera complained recently < character. List of Disbarments. The list of lawyers who have been arred from Treasury practice in- David Gurien and Louis L. Is th of New York City. Hilavion A. odor Richmond of T corge . Downs, Erie, I s McCarthy of Philadel 7 slie Lawrence and Georg of Baltim: Earle W rnest A amuel E. f.; William Rhein and Tromley, W. Johns: Cal Tex.; John ogers, N Orleans; Charles W . Kansas James I of Okla- v. Leo Sanders of Cincinnati merly of Oklahoma Cit hwartz of Chica ms of Columbus, Horton, Savannah, € W, & gust and Rodney Some Former Employes. »s the lawyvers were of -the - Treasury. d they represented nayers on whese cases they work- for while Government _employ & char iinst Rod- Columbus, was by the th fili expense account while in the internal revenue service. ngs w ifforded each of the before In Secretary Mellon isharment was ordered. instances disbarment red upon the failure of the law- to defend themselves ANDREWS TO BE FIRST PROHIBITION WITNESS hy Dry Chief Summoned to Appear Next Monday at Hearings on Modification. Andrews of the retary Treasury ment organization. was summoned to dav as the first witness to appear next Monday hefore. the Senate judiciary s on bills to mod prohibition laws. committee at hearin the fy Mr urvey onditions Andrews will make a of prohibition en- s Summer, de- that Nation-wide forcement ¢ parting soon after July 1. He will in- spect first the Southern border, then the Pacific Coast and return by way of the Northern boundary line. It will be his first complete checkeup on his field force Orderly Book Reveals General Rep- rimanded Thieves as Well as Blasphemers and Cursers. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 4.—Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army were so fond of delicacies that they pillaged the New York orchards of Gen Was himself in order to sat- fsfy t sites, it is revealed in Washinzton's ovderly book in 1776. The 1 hich is in the collection of the William Green Shillaber o be ld at the American ¢ snows that the men ¢ severely reprimanded for their < they were for their *“pro- ane ursinz and swearing.” which it ealed m its first widespread appearance in an American Army at that time. s in- hion,” Of the profanity, which he *“w growing into glon rec cursin 7 can have but little hope of the blessing of heaven and that profanity is a vice so low that every man of sense detests Washir positive canght punist ton wrote ordered” his th is that most soldie severel ny be prrect. both abises ordered that the men be relieved from Sunday fat duty so that they it attend “publick worship.” Convict Boss Up for Murder. \LBEMARLE, N. (., March 29 (®). anford, “convict boss,” went on trial here today in Stanly County Superior Court charged with first de- gree murder in connection with the b cony: Radio Programs—Page 13. =N G " | olic moderate organization opposed to of the dry enforce- | time it was announced | ted his belief that a | ancerning the stealing of the fruit, | Washington | ‘| for abstention from food, now held 'STEEL BELT LINE HOOP HINDERS | INDIANAPOLIS’ ORDERLY GROWTH |Wide Industrial Area Al‘dng Railroad Divides City and Brings Shacks, Smoke and Grime. Municipal Problems Result. Piditar's Note—Certain interests ave Gsking for authavity to construct @ hridge oior ihe Potoniae and @ belt line raitroad around Washington. They are Being biriertyy opposed by residents and oficials vf Virginia and Marytand and the s of Washington ngton developnent and insist e, Hoard of Trade andl otfher Gioie argunist L eenice 1o dogical carrying ois of Greater Wes plons it tnne (o ST351000, 000 estublished vestdentinl vaines | et erieutve by WA farinest aireten of imagination 15 wot ‘needed. e K e e entimpny of other Cliies as (0 their experiences ywith belt Tine. rniirond then %iting The domage rought 1o residentinl property rarues 01 0t "Théve citiex”are indusirial in character Chitim who al Dispatch to The Star ! APOLIS, Ind.. March | incomparable assets. | for new objective: But on the list o defects to be | and routes for expansion, Indianapolis | corrected are several unpleasant -sub. today is perplexed to know whether | jects. One is the fact that Indian it must admit that its belt Hne rail- | apolis has heen listed among the eight | road. once thought the salvation of | smokiest cities in the country. An the city’s enterprise, has for the iast | other is the lack of adequate thorough decade been u steel hoop welded | faves. And still another is its lop- against orderly und progressive devel- | sided develonment to the north. opment, . | Most important of all these ques- Shocked recently by the insinuations raised as a result of the intro of certain citizens that it has not |Spective study is the one of whether or not Indianapolis should seek higher rank as an industrial and manufac although up to this tme gress it should have in vears, Indianapolis has n appraisal of its ad advantages, Rallroad [ 1ade the pr | the last few | been making | vantages and di and electric turing city ilway terminal facilities | more than the thriving and beautiful equaled by few other cities of the tal of Indiana. | prepured statement summing up the size in the country have heen pointed ed by the indictment of heing | principles, purpo and workings of with pride. Fine homes one of the country’'s smokiest cities North side have hecome the thought of beauty appears to have | sting. The Moto been partly side-tracked somewhere in | diers” and Sailors’ Monument and | recent yea And to learn whether Wearld War Memorial Plaza under | (Continued on Page “rolumn 5.) JAPANESE LAND GRANT QUL ASKED Senator Johnson for Senate Committee Action on Mexican Report. RIOTING FOLLOWS " ELECTION IN PARS |One Killed as Police Charge Demonstrants When Two Communists Win. By the Assoc PAF following munist Deputies i | toral district of Pa death of one pe a number, The Senate foreien relations com- mittee was ked today by Senate Johnson, Republican, California, to inquire into a nnn_m';p ere land grant 1 ower Californi on Magdalel recently given by the Mexican govern Demonstrations the election of two Com- the second elec- resulted in the on and the injury when demonstrants lashed with the police in the Grand |ment to a Mexican-Japanese syndi- | boulevards, the Place de L'Opera and | cate. * | the grounds inclosing the Elysee Pal-| Senator Johnson's request was sub- of the French Presi-|mitted to Chairman Borah, who said he, too, wanted the facts about the concession. Senator Borah previou the matter up with the Si idence ace, T | dent. The most violent trouble occurred in the grounds inclosing the palace, | where the Young Patriots, a Cath- ate Depart- the Communists, staged a parade,|ment, which, as a result, is expected singing nationalist s, shouting | to make inquiries as to the nature of | “Down with Mal minister | the transaction. of the interior), and otherwise mani- ing against the radical Left min- Information in Dispatch. ment nor Senator Borah has any in- formation except that contained in a recent newspaper dispatch from § Diego, Calif., saving ths syndicate proposed to produce vegetable dves and rubber. The land involved long has regarded as an immensely valu val base, however, \h and Johnson believe all the information available should be se- cured by the American Government. The San Diego dispatch did not urice Ridard, a_member of the nization, was clubbed over the head by the police while they were attempting to disperse the crowd. He died today of his wounds. Most of the demonstrants through- out the city were young men, mem- bers of the Patriot="" “Young Royalists’” and “Young Communist: been ble ssembled oung Patriots of after the announcement The shortly i slection results in the Place de ‘I’?;’,l,‘(,',:;"‘jhOUl,nx e i he | come to the atteption of Senators Communists and deriding the Briand | Borah and Johnson until yesterda: SRt and the State Department had taken er o g ; no interest in it unul Mr. Borah After repeated charges by & the |, .4 department officials today I police they were dispersed, only to form aga near the Elysee Palace, from which they finally were driven. | The Communists staged their dem- onstration along the Grand Boulevard. They frequently clashed with the police, but only a few slight injuries were reported. what they had done about it. No Request for Data. The foreign relations chairman that since the department knew noth- ing about the case, he saw no point in introducing resolution calling on Secretary Kellogg for information. ¢ Foen WASHINGTON, construction have been listed among | en inspired to become | Thus far neither the Siate Depart. | and Senators | id K WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1926 — COMPROMISE FARM BILL'S PRINCIPLES GIVEN COMMITTEE Organizations Offerl Outline of Chief Points of Pro- posed Measure. | PRICE-FIXING DECLARED | NOT INVOLVED IN PLAN| iNc Government Subsidy Asked, | Says Statement—Project Is United | | View of Reliéf Backers. | In the interest of économy of time, agriculture relief ill now before the House committee agriculture submitted tod: with the united support of the organi- zations pressing for agriculty re- ilief at this session of Congress. This report is signed the legis lative committee of Murphy. chairman: the n the “compromise was | Bureau Federation, by H. Thomp | son, president ‘armers | Bducational ive Union| {of Amer the Natio of Farm Organizations, by mble, vice president of the ' Union; Corn Belt Farm | zations committee, by William Hirth, | | chairman; American Council of Agri | cuiture, by ink W. Murphy, chair-| { man of the board and the Norin Cen tral State Agricultural Conference, by N. Peek. ch executive committee | Price Fixing Not Involved. | This statement a that the plan | {on which these cultural interests | | have united “does not put the Gov-| {ernment into the business of buying | or selling farm products. It does not | involve Government price fixing. It is a_sincere legislative attempt to give producers of farm commodities some voice as to the price at which their | products move to market.” H |" “It does not involve Government | | subsidy.” the ement continues { “since the Governmeny funds that are | CoAL PRICE. INVESTIGATION '"HIRTY ~ ny Star. * service. Sunday’s (#) Means Associated | SOMERVEL IS NEW DISTRICT ENGINEER Major Who Won War Medal Sticceeds 0'Connor to Ef- fect River Projects. Maj. Brehon B. Somervel. Corps of advanced for use iIn anticipation of | Engineers, one of the heroes of the e ‘.]uuln fiw Tn ollected are | World War, has been detailed by Maj | repayable to thq Tr A i et TR OTert ol . i his plan udlizes economic forces - l‘d;l. g 1"; ln.v‘mf:r zr)f enlp,m'elm . { and institutions to enable producers to $o complete the project for dOUBEDE | adj supply to demand in the do-|the water supply of the National Capi | mestic »rld markets at the fair- | tal, and also to take direct charge of all [ est ainable, It is economi- | the other Federal engineering works | call nd cannot fairly be at-|in this city and vicinity, which for the tacked by those who support as.nroper other legislative devices that operate | for the protection and stabilization of | past three years have been under the supervision of Maj. James A. O'Con- | other groups in our mational life. B v o ho luaned. ab the " & to or sued Represents United View. War Department teday, the change “We respectfnlly urge that the jn office will take place August 14 ! committee on ulture accept this | when relieved, Maj. O'Connor will re | statement, in which we concur, as e Aviay War, Calléges Wash and progrem for agricul- | | ture. There are several features | Has Many Duties | which, the committee will recognize, are vital to the operation of the plan | embodied in this bill. We are not in | favor of legislation which does not | give the farm board power and funds to stabilize prices by managing the to the | | | s0 repre- provides fc ization funds | S gee If the customary State Department the four principal ARSErican canh ! | procedure is followed, Ambassador | cpops, to be raised by an equaliza- | GOAL PRlcE DATA ShefTield at Mexico City will he asked | {jon fee collected from such commod- | to inquire informally at the Mexican | roup. are to be used | foreign office regarding the grant{i, prome stabilization and report to Washington, |t oike the tariff, otherwise pro- . GIVEN TO SARGENT | Reports That No Spring Cut Will Come Laid Before Justice Department. MT. WASHINGTON ASCENT Veteran Musher and Party of Newspaper Men and Photogra- phers Fighting Gale and Cold. | TReports from anthracite fields that the customary Spring reduction in | prices of coal will ot be forthcoming By the Associated Pry | this vear, following the strike last 2 : . . | Winter, according to announcement| TINKHAM NOTCH, N. H., March Iby coal companies, were presented|29-—The first atiempt ever made to scale Mount Washington by dog sled is under way today. Somewhere up the snow-drifted, wind-whipped sides of New England’s highest peak, Ar- thur Walden of Wonaza Lancet, bronzed veteran of many a grueling snow race, and his team of Eskimo huskies are toiling toward the summit. With the are _eight new and photographers. They 9 o'clock last night from the Glen House here. old carriage road, which leads from this place to the crown of the mountain, requires eight miles of tortuous, winding ascent to cover the 6,203 feet of snow: blanketed mass that s Mount Washington in Winter time. Through the clear moonlight of the night they fought against a gale that rushed down the sides of the peak. The temperature was 10 degrees below | today to the Department of Justice. Officials were not prepared to say {upon presentation of the reports, | whether the department would insti- =(Hl0 an investigation, to determine | whether there had been an agreemént among the coal companies, which under the law, could be considered | violative of the anti-trust laws, but ssurance was given that the matter | of an investigation would receive at- | tention of the department. With members of Congress aroused {over the prospect of prices this vear | continuing higher than last, in an ef- | fort to make the “public pay for the strike,” and with a movement on foot to launch hearings on proposed coal | legislation before the Honse interstate and foreign commerce | morrow, the coal question toda: 5 | presented itself to both the legislative | and executive branches of the Gov- i ernment, with opportunities opening iper men for the public to be considered. zero. At the Department of Justice offi-| It Was expected here that no at- | cials said there had been no con- | tempt would be made to go bevond | sideration of the question of an in. | the halfway house today, but there vestigation of reports from the coal | the par would rest to gather | fields on prices and that attention had | Strength for the dash to the top, | been directed to the question for the [ Which probably will come late tonight first time today. or tomorrow. Whether an investigation could he e | conducted was in itself a serious ques- ; ; | or consideration of ofcials, it | DBarcelona’s Ex-Governor Dies. 1 was pointed out, and many phases of MADRID, March 29 (#).—The Duke | the subject would be considered before [ of Bivona, former Governor — of Barcelona, I dead. He has 1o heir. such a decision could be made. German Faster Loses 26 Pounds to W;in | World Title by Foregoing Food 44 Days ynated water and 5,000 cigarettes, as well as a radio loud speaker, books and writing material. Three hundred have viewed the faster, paying 50 pfennigs each, from which the lux~ ury tax has been sufficient to pay the salaries of the lord mayor and bor- ough mayors throughout his volun- By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, March 29.—If he holds lout until 6:10 o'clock tonight, Herr Jolly, professional faster, will have ex- ceeded by a full day the world record by Signor Mulatti of Italy. When Jolly last night completed the forty-third day of his fast, he smiled triumphantly, knowing that every |tary hunger strike. minute thereafter was part of a new | Jolly weighed 130 pounds when he world record. Jolly, who hails from [entered the cage. Today his weight Krefeld, announced o February 13 |was 103%;. His previous record for that he intended to exceed the record | abstinence from food was 34 days. by a da He was then locked in a ‘While in the cage he has received glass cage with 400 bottles of carbo- “more than 500 marriage proposals. started at | thousand Germans | vided for, effective upon the domesti price of such commodities as @ dutiable. Reaches Main Problem. “The plan of this bill was worked | out by concerted efforts of leading| national, regional and State farm or ganizations. It reaches the problem for which agriculture in the United States, with practically one accord, is | Seeking solution. It embodies the | weneral principles of the Ditkinson Dill, with some important structural | changes. hihe object of the proposed legis- | | lation is to secure a greater degree of | stability in the price levels in the prin- cipal cash crops. It is proposed to do this by placing at the disposal of the | producers a mechanism with the as- | Hiatance of which they can control the | | handling and marketing of crop sur-| pluses, thereby preventing violent | price fluctuations, and securing in do- mestic markets the price benefits of the import duties.” | Specific advantages to be derived | from the operation of the plan em- | bodied in this consolidated Dbill are | cited by the united representatives of farm organizations as follows: Secures Protected Price. “It will secure a protected price to the producer of crops like wheat, of which relatively small surplus enters world trade. “It will afford all the advantages of orderly marketing, through control of | surplus to the producer of a crop like | cotton, of which the American supply is the dominant factor in world price. “It will emable producers of meat animals to maintain a stable level of | hog and cattle population, by steady-| ing prices and hy promoting carry- over of corn from years of high pro- duction to years when yield is low. “It will promote co-operative asso- ciations by making it possible for them to control the movement to mar- | ket of temporarily unneeded quanti- ties of a commodity without imposing on thelr members alone the entire burden of withholding, removing and disposing of them.” OILER BECOMES PEER. HONOLULU, March 29 (AP).—The motorship Mazatlan, disabled March 10, several hundred miles off Guam, arrived here in tow of the United States Shipping Board freighter William Penn yesterday. ¢ The Advertiser says that when the S the cost upon tihe i 89th Division, { of his ¢ Mazatlan docked Ray Dietrich, oiler aboard the vessel, became Lord Fitzmaurice and owner of an estate in England worth $5,000,000 Dietrich, whom Capt. J. J. Meany described as a soldier of fortune, was' handed a message fom a firm of lawyers in London ng he, as a grandson 't engineer M omerval As distr | will have charge of the District water supply system, improverdant of the tion of the Potomac River from Bridge to the mouth of the reclamation of the flats of the ostia River from its mouth to the in rict line, near Blad de velopment and beautifi the city waterfront from l4th street to | Washington Ba nd the im- provement of the bigpthplace of George Washington at Wakefield, Va. vel served as lieutenant Maj. & ~olonel of ©wineers with the Ameri- ~an Expeditionary Forces during the World War. warded the : uished s “for ex- action_near ance, November 5-6, 1918." Nafive of Arkansas. ting to the citation, while vol v serving on the staff of the Maj. Somervel conduct- ed the first engineering reconnaisance of the damaged brifiges at Pouilly, and with two scouts advanced more than 500 meters beyond the Ameri outposts, crossed three branches the Meuse River and successfully en- countered the enemy 3orn in Arkansas May 9, 1892, Maj. Somervel was graduated near the head s at West Point in 1914 and by rapid promotion reached the permanent grade of major of engi- neers in July, 1920. Since his return from France, he served details at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.. and at New York City until the Spring of 1925, when he began a course of instruction at the Army War College in this city, where he is now stationed. unt | MYSTERY SHROUDS DEATH OF GIRL FOUND ON ROAD Believed to Have Been Thrown From Auto After Dance in Pekin, Tll., Saturday Night. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, IlL, March 20.—Authori- ties foday were endeavoring to pene- trate the mystery surrounding the death of a pretty unidentified girl whose body was found alongside a road 2 miles south of Pekin yesterday. A theory advanced by police that she had been struck by an automobile has been abandoned, They now be- lieve she was hurled from an auto- mobile to her death. ‘The only clue to her identity is a small pasteboard packing box ad- dressed to “Miss Maria Sh—, vemainder of the name being torn off the label. Fxamination revealed that the girl's jugular vein and windpipe were broken, but no outward marks of violence are apparent. ‘veral residents of Peking who yviewed the body said the girl attend- od a dance there on Saturday night. Policeman John Jansen related that he saw two couples in a small auto at 3 a.m. Sunday driving toward the road where the body was found. The occupants were quarreling, he said. s Briand Denies Plan to Wed. PARIS, March 29 UP).—A report that Aristide Briand, Frances bachelor premier, was about to marry met with a firm denial today. “Whom could I marry?” asked M. Briand. “A young girl would not White House Lawn Easter Egg Rolling | Will Be Monday The rear grounds of the White House will be turned over to the children of Washington next Mon day for their annual Easter egs- roiling festival President Coolid: - signed an executive order ing the opening of the zates to the south punds and the use of the lawn for this purpose. The order per- mits the gates to be opened at 9 o'clock in the morning—to remain open until dark. The Marine Band will give a concert from 3:30 to 5 o'cloek in the afternoon, to which |, the general public will be admit- | ted, but prier to t only those | adults accompanying children un der 10 years of age wili be ad- mitted. BARS EXTRADITION |New Jersey Governor Acts as | Veteran Scorns 1880 Charge [ by Officer, 91. By the Associated Press ASBURY PARK. N. J., March 20. Gov. Moore, in a statement telephoned from Trenton, announced that he would not honor any extradition pa- | pers which might be presented to him for the return to Binghamton, N. Y., of Dr. Edwin P. T. R. Osbaldeston, 93.year-old physician and Crimean War veteran. Dr. Osbaldeston was arrested day on 45-year-old charges that he is a horse thief and an escaped pris- oner. The arrest w de by Dep- uty Sheriff S. Foster Black of Bin hamton, who himself is 91 years old. “I don't c d Black, what sentence he m if he is 93 years old,” and T don't particularly get if s: care, he is convicted “It's all nonsense, absolute non- ser but I have no grudge against the old man," say . Osbaldeston. “He thinks he is doing his duty.” Spent Night in Jail. Dr. Osbaldston spent Friday night in the lock-up after Black had ap- peared here with the musty warrant dug out of files where it lay for near- ly half a century. The memory that a prisoner had escaped when he was on duty had rankled in the deputy sheriff’s mind more than four decades, and when he saw a newspaper picture recently of Dr. Oshaldeston he acted quickly. “I am absolutely \sure that I have my man,” he said. “Back in 1380 this man had red hair, sandy mous- tache and whiskers. He looks about the same today except older. Black returned to Binghamton after | friends of Dr. bond Saturday. a tall spare man with white whiskers and shaven upper lip, took to his bed yesterday to rest after his exertion in making the arrest. City Backs Doctor. Asbury Park has rallied solidly to citizens telephoned Gov. Moore of New Jersey to refuse extradition papers. A law) Osbaldeston’s friends says that if he can find an old telegram he will prove 1an alibi. On the day of the theft of a horse and rig valued at $500 in Bing- hamton 45 years ago, the Rwyer says, the doctor was in the Adiron- dacks, near Plattsburgh, and he had received a telegram’ from New Jersey. Dr. Osbaldeston said he had a half brother named Dr. Edwin T. Osbaldes- ton who died several years ago. This half brother constantly got him into trouble, the physician said, and re- sembled him, even to a silver plate in the skull from a-bullet wound, WIFE SLAYER TO RECOVER Man Who Shot “Nagging” Mate and Himself Not Fatally Hurt. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 29 (#).— Leo Gielinski of Cheektowaga, who is alleged to have confessed Killing his wife hecause she nagged him con- tinually, today was reported at the Emergency Hospital as almost certain to recover, although he has two self- inflicted bullet wounds in the head: ‘Two of the couple’s seven children said *t on Saturday night, after a perie f continual gquarreling, their father dragged Mys. Gielinski into the fruitless search for others as nearest | take me, and I would not take an |woodshed and locked the door. A few linhel‘ils the %estate after two years' ol ona” i minutes later they heard the shots. - FOR PHYSICIAN, 33 Osbaldeston furnished | The deputy sheriff, | the doctor’s cause. Mayor~Hetrick and | engaged by Dr.| ROBINSONATTACKS ~ [TALIAN DEBT PACT {Declares Settlement Un-| | sound, With Peace of Eu- : rope Threatened. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Declaring that “the capacity to| | pay,” the standard which members of | | the American War Debt Commi say has been established for the set- | |tlement of debts due the United | States, is objectionable in principle | and unsound, Senator Robinson of | | Arkansas, Democratic leader in the | Senate, today assailed the Itzlian debt | | settiement. | | Senator Robinson susgested that | | the United States ascertain the atti-| ade of Traly t d the proposed dis- | armament conference before the debt | settlement ig ratified “It s idle to talk about economie zation when political revolution | is threatened,” he declared. “A fun-| damental fallacy in the foreiz | icy of the administration is di | in the effort to convince the public | that business stability of Eur | be entirely separated from security—political stebilit We read | |in the press of alliances, secret and | | open; that the dictator of Italy is forming combinations which threaten | the peace of Europe, and we are told’| that all this is none of our business, | U. 8. Criticized as Greedy. | political | “The United States is invited to a| disarmament conference te be held in| the early future. We will attend that conference under a cloud. Our dele gates will be criticized as the repre- | sentatives of an avaricious and greedy | power, indifferent to the peace and | progress of mankind.” i Senator Robinson statement has heen made that the | passage of the Italian debt bill would | have a wholesome effect on America’s | foreign relations and tend to stabilize | Italian currency and Italian indust “It would be helpful if the Senate| could know more about the effect | which this settlement will have on| the rehabilitation of European busi- | | ness,” said Senator Robinson. | The Democratic leader said that it was not clear that the immediate atification of this settlement will pro- mote either political or economic sta- bility in Europe. said that the reconstruct | Urges Disarmament Inquiry. “It would seem the wise course to inquire into this subject,” continued Senator Robinson. “Our people would much more approve of the cancella- tion of three-fourths of the Italian debt if the effectiveness of the disarm- ament conference is demonstrated and the peace of the world ther guarded. For the execution of this | settlement and of all others that have been effected and that may be here. after made depend€ in large part up. on the disposition of the debtor na. tions to keep the peace.” With reference to the “capacity to pay” standard of collecting the debts of European nations to this country, | Senator Robinson said, it gave rise to | the riticism that the people of Amer: ' av, ous, t seems to s v that this criticism was toundedhol\l‘\ fact. Senator Robinson said t capacity to pay, when applied to a period of 62 years, is impossible of | ascertainment.” The British govern- { ment, he said, had been wise enough in funding Italy'’s debt to announce that the British government recog- :lx::;in n]a;)‘otherl considerations, in. g internat v (rle;dsmn. onal goodwill ' and “The Debt Commission a y derives from the Secretary of thy Treasury, Mr. Mellon, the thought that capacity to pay should be made the basis of all settlements,” said Senator Robinson. Good Will Threatened. “It is not only a false and unre- liable standard, but it gives credence to the claim that the people of the United States have lost sight of those finer considerations which prompted us to make the advances. We have sacrificed our reputation throughout the world for generosity and liberality and have received no consideration of value in place of it.” Senator Robinson insisted that whatever may be its justification the true meaning of the Italian settle- ment is that the United States is can- celing almost three-fourths of the Italian debt. He said that Secretary Mellon had admitted that the United States was canceling a part of the debt. “But by some strange men process,” continued Senator Robinson, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) Associated Press Saturday's Submits Containing Six Plans—Oper- | hands of the Gover | by the board for Congress. | chanics and 69 The only evening paper in Washington with the news s Circulation, 100,332 Circulation, 109,456 TWO CENTS. Press. HIGHER ANNUITIES FEDUEENPLOVES OFLS, SAYSWORK Actuaries’ Report ation of Fund Scored. BOARD PROTESTS LACK OF FEDERAL PAYMENTS Annual Cost to Government Under Proposals Varies From $36,- 529,491 to $76,717,437. Submitting fifth annual report actuaries, which estimates the a cost of retivement under six differs . varying from t lowest, $36 fo! present law, up to 71743 which charges the employes funds now in the ment “are being lissipated, v of the Interic Work today took issue with the b over several questions, including the to Congress tod the of the board of charges of dissipation, but declared | that “definite legislated increase of annuities is due to retired Govern rincipal point of difference he tween Sec » Work and the board is over ion: of the Govern ment. T rd takes the position that the ment should contrib. ute its share in the cost of retire ment from the beginn charge: that every cent so far paid out to re tiring employes come out of the pocke employes themselves and use of a lack of “adequate the liability of the Govern contribution: yunted for As a_consequence,” the hoard de- clared, “the funds, which are in ths nature of trust funds, are being dissi pated by their use in making p: ments to other employes, already re tired. and the interest accumulation to which the employes are entitled not beings earned or credited.” U. S. Guarantees Fund. Differing with the actuaries, Secre w rk declared th unwilling to subscribe to the that the Government should make an appropriation to the retire. ment fund in advance of actual needs. The Government is in the position of uarantor of the fund the depart ment nd being the foundation of our economic ucture do~s not need to give bend or make Teposit 1o insure specific perform of its obligations. “It_should be remembered.” said the Secretary. “that this retirement fund was not intended to be a gratuity or a charity to ex-employes in want but, instead, as having been held in trust inst final sey ion from the service. That the Government should eventually be called upon to contribute any part of this annuity is, I believe, unfortunate. nee deduction volve this fund and to pearazce of a benefl akin to that of indus Prepare Own Bill. sufficie; avoid the ence 'he implication in the report,” id Dr. Work, “that 1 ing an- nuities from emploves ibutions the fund has not been administered in accordance with the statutes, o as intended hy Congress after ex- tended discussion prior to the en- actment of the present retirement law, is without foundation.” The report of the board. transmit- ted by Secretary Work to the chai#- men of the Senate and House com- mittees on civil service, present fig- { ures which will be used as a basis for consideration of several bills pending for liberalization of the re- tirement law Six sets of fizures were prepared present- ing first, n valuation of the retire- ment fund as it exists at present: second, figures showing the cost of hills pending in €on- gress, and, lastly, a new bill prepared by aries themselves, based on their theory of a flat contribution by the Federal Government to be added to by contributions from the employes themselves. Use 30-Year Basis. All caleulations of the board are based on contributions by both the Government and the employes on & 30-year basis. The most costly plan of retirement which wouid annual ex penditure of . the board said, was a plan which fixes the mini- mum superannuation retirement age at for postal employes and me- for other employ showing a total cost, 1-40 for each vear of ser ing to §1,224,336.691. The next most costly plans lined in detail down to the least ex- pensive, which is the present system in_foree. four diffevent The other plans would cost the Government and , the employes an- nually $70.080. (190, $68.- 491, rd itself, 1. 86 The new under which p would receive a flat Government and everything he had contributed to the fund himself, at interest, ranked fourth in the list as on data gathered by the Civil Service Commission from thou- sands of cards, the board gives a complete tabulation of the member- ship of the retirement fund. This shows that there were 388,622 Gov- ernment employes under civil service participating in the fund, as of June 30, 1925, with an annual pay roll of $748,542,430. Retired members draw- ing annuities from the fund total 11,- 689, the total paid to them amount- ing to $6,368,983. Text of Work’s Letter. Ruuetary Work's letter transmitting report was as follow: “I am transmitting herewith the fifth annual report of the hoard of actuaries of the civil service retire- ment and disability fund, dated March of the ho ctically every employe plan $600 from the containing a valuation of the present fund, based on actuarial data mpiled during the past few months; the cost of certain proposed plans amending the existing system, and a plan recommended by the ac- tuaries to correct what they believe to Dbe defects in the present system. This is the first report based upon what (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Digest of report of board of mrk-ln:vtmmmdup-'?.) |