Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The, Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 WEATHER. (D. & Weather Bureau Forecast.) Thundershowers probably today and tomorrow: not much change in tem- perature. Temperatures: Highe: yesterday; lowest, 66, at Full report on page 7. , 80. 8t 2 pm 6 a.m. = | —————— e No. 1,108—No. 29.993. Entered as second class matter post office, Waxhnurton, D. € WASHINGTON SLUSH FUND PROBE AY BRING FIGRT - ONVAREIF ELECTED W ‘Senate Leaders of Both BRIAND WILL STAND Parties Expect Contest as Final Result. DEMOCRA};WILL USE ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN Investigation of Illinois Primary Expected to Follow Pennsylvania. OULD LINCOLN. of enormous expendi tures on behalf of the candidates for the Republican nomination for the Benate in the recent Pennsylvania primary campalgn have fallen like a thunderbolt on the Senate. Senators who have followed the BY G. Revelations testimony which has been given dur- | ing the last four days before the Senate investigating committee last night declared their disgust with what bad happened in Pennsylvania. Such expressions came from leading Re- publicans as well as from the Demo- erats. The effect of the investigation now being conducted may be two-fold. In the first place, an effort may be mads to amend the Federal corrupt prac \ tices act so as to put a stop to the wholesale use of money in elections, such as was recently practiced in Pennsylvania. In the second piace, the Senate may itself undertake to deal with the matter if Representative ‘Willlam 8. Vare, the successful can- | didate for the nomination, is elected next November and presents himself to the Senate at the opening of the Seventieth Congress, in December. Leaders Silent on Stand. Democratic leaders as well as Re- publican were unwilling to comnit themselves at this time as to what their attitude would be if ure’s right to a Scnate seat were chalicnged because of the excessive expenditure of money nomination. “We'll cross that bridge when we come to it,” was the comment of one of the most influential Kepublicans in the Senate. This Senutor, while he would not allow himself to be quoted, declared that if the testimony given before the Senate comumittce is true, then Pennsylvania presents an “awlul mess,” which has disgusicd men on both sides of the chavibe:. Senator Robinson i Arl Democratic leader of the Senal that _efforts would be made to draft legislation to prevent the recuffence of the alleged corruption in the Pen sylvania prunaries. bie swid that al- ready @ plan lor reaching ihis m. ter througn Federul icgislation had been presented to him, and that il possible it would be perfecied and in- troduced in the form of a bill. He admitted, however, the difficulty of reaching prunary nomiuations ior the Senate or House through Pederal deg- islation, in view of tue decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Truman H. Newberry, whose right to a seat in the Scnate w contested by Henry Ford after the election in Michigan 1n 1918, on the ground of excessive expenditures of money. The court practicaily held that Cougress could not deal with the nominauons made in the States, Senator Robinson pointed out. Senate Sole Judge. The Senate, under the Constitution, 18 the solo judge of the qualifications of its members. it might itself re ject Mr. Vare if a majority of the Benators held that his election had been brought about through corrup- tion. The special Senate commitiee, beaded by Scnator Reed of Missouri, now making the investigation into the expenditures in the Pennsylvania primary, will make its report to the Senate dealing with this eiection long before Mr. Vare can present himself with his certificate, provided he be elected in the Fall, as there now ems every reason to expect he will be. Just how the mater would be brought before the Senate is not quite certain. Gov. Pinchot, one of the un- nation and one of those who charged corruption against his opponents, Vars and Senator Pepper, might file a con test, particularly if he should make the race for the Senate as an in- pendent next Fall and should be de- feated by Vare. The Democrats have nominated former Secretary of Labor «James B. Wilson, and he, if defeated, might, too, file a contest against the seating of Vare. The nomination of Mr. Vare was bailed as a great “wet” victory. The turn the macter has taken gives satis- faction to some of the drys, who would like mightily to see Mr. Vare refused & seat in the Senate. On the other hand, the expenditures on behalf of the candidates who were indorsed or approved by the Anti-Suloun League give promise of being greater than those for Vare and Edward 1. Beldle- man, his running mate for governor. The expenditures for the Pepper- Fisher ticket already have been shown 1o exceed a million dollars. John S. Fisher was the only gubernatorial candidate who had the indorsement of the drys, and Senator Pepper was declared to be “satisfactory” to the Anti-Saloon League. The expendi- tures for Gov. Pinchot, the bone-dry candidate, have been estimated at from $175,000 to $200,000. The ex- penditure of money for Gov. Pinchot, however, has paled into insignificance when compared to the expenditures for the other candidates. Newberry Fund Comparatively Small. When Senator Newberry's right to be seated was attacked, it was charged that there had been expended for his nomination and election some- thing like $195,000. “We ought to apologize to Mr. Newberry if we are to accept the result of the Pennsylvania election,” sald a Democratic Senator last night. A defense which the senatorial candidates, outside of Gov. Pinchot, will make to charges of: excessive ex- penditure in their campaigns will rest on the fact that expenditures were taade for the “tickets” with which they were allied and not for them individually. For example, Senator Pepper was on the ticket with Fisher “for ernor, Smith for _lieutenant Edmlnued on Page 4, Column 6.) ' 'Escapes Tractor With Broken Leg; Chair Fall Fatal By the Associated Press LEROY, N. Y., June 12 a in over Albert F. Strobel, May 1 and he escaped with a broken leg. He returned home this week and fell from his ! chir while trundling ahout | the :, veceiving injurics which toduy resulted in hkfi death. OR FALL WITH DEBT Will Ask Chamber for a Vote of Confidence on Accorg Before Adjournment. By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, June 12.—Premier Briand today decided to ask for a vote of confldence in the Chamber of Deputies on the American dept settlement. His government will stand or fall on the result, The premier will not bring the mat- ter up immediately on account of the prevailing political ferment, but be- fore Parliament adjourns in July he will ask it to approve the Mellon- Berenger accord. He will give Par- liament the alternative of ratifying or paying $400,000,000 in three yvears time, when otherwise it would be necessary to liquidate the debt France incurred at the end of the war for American Army stocks. M. Briand’s argument to Parliament | for ratification will carry the impli- | cation that if ratification is withheld rance will not get the credit from | American bankers regarded nec y i 1o save the franc. In other word: Parliament is given an alternative, | otherwise expressed, of taking the re- sponsibility if the franc should crash. Parliament is expected to yield the | ratification though it go against the | grain and perhaps against the real wish of the majority. Socialists’ Efforts Blocked. | The Socialist demand for a transfer | clause has made no headway be- | cause M. Berenger believes it im- possible to get Washington to con- sider any alteration in the accord as signed. Berenger believes he ob- in his campaign ior e | tuined the maximum the Debt Fund- | ing Commission would give and does not want to tace the difflculty of re- opening the question. Already the credit understanding between American and French bank ers is beginning to be discussed in the corridors of the chamber, as in financial circles. It is not considered @ question of a loan or direct credit [to French territory. The arrange- | ment to be made, contingent upon a whole series of financial measures tending to stabilize the franc, is that |American bankers will agree to pro- vide credit for France in paying its bilis abroad, making it unnecessary to buy foreign currencies, and thus prevent the franc from being forced Gown in ordinary commercial trans- actions or in payment of war debts. These credits are to be guaranteed by the Bank of France. The gold reserve of the Bank of France would not be touched, but in the last analysis all the credit of that institution s involved in the trans- action, making it difficult to con clude the arrangement. No Definite Sum Named. The credit will not be a definite sum of half a billion dollars, as earlier announced, but for whatever may be necessary in commercial transactions ‘or for payment of the war debts. | In either case the French creditors, | whether business men or the state, will deposit with the Bank of France ithe equivalent in francs of money {due abroad. Then American bankers, lon request of the Bank of France, {will pay the foreign debtors, whether ‘otton growers or the United States Treasul | The question of exchange then will be firmly in the hands of the Bank iof France and of American bankers, iwho, it is anticipated, may gradually ! bring the franc down to about 30 to the dollar and hold it there. Specu- |lators, it s expected, will be fright- {ened off, and with the franc remain- jing stabllized over a period of per- | haps several years it may eventually be given gold value at that basis. | This whole project is dependent | upon the French plan by which the {budget is assured continuous equilib- rium, and an amortization fund al stablished to pay off short- {term treasury notes as they fall due will be supplied with sources of in- {come sufficient to make certain the ability to pay off motes without risk- | ing tresh inflation. Report Due Soon. Special inheritance and sales taxes | to swell voluntary contributions are ex- I pected to be proposed by a committee >t experts, whose report on measures necessary to save the franc is an- ! nounced by M. Briand as due within \a fortnight. The possibility of sta- bilization being once _established, | American and French bankers will decide whether they are ready to | carry the load. This has given un- | usual political power to the French bankers, especially to the Bank of France, which must give the consent or the credit scheme falls to the | ground. From this situation arises the po- litical pressure upon M. Briand to en- large the cabinet to include conserva- tives agreeable to financial circles. Premier Briand is resisting this. He says it is no time to trifie with the | cabinet, which pleases him as it is. | The pressure, however, is strong and it | is possible he will be obliged by the { financlal interests to form a govern- { ment with fewer radicals in it to ! please the financial interests before | they agree to the American credit plan. | ! | (Copyright, 1926.) {OWAG. 0. P. PAVES - WAY FOR A TRUCE WITH BROOKHART {State Organization Chooses Temporary Chairman Who Is Pleasing to Colonel. SPEECH C(iNTROVERSY REMAINS TO BE SOLVED Former Senator Declares “Limit- on-Profits” Statement Was Misunderstood. By the Associated Press. MOIN Towa, June 12.- State Republican organization, meeting today for the first time since in which Col. Smith W. Brookhart was nominated for the United States Senate over Senator A. B. Cummins, left the way clear for a reconciliation between the party ma- chine and Brookhart. Their paths had parted some years ago, and the breach reached its climax within the past two years, when Brookhart renounced President Cool- idge {n 1924 and the central committee joined with Senator Dan F. Steck in the successful contest against Brook- hart’s election. The State central committee today made plans for the State Republican convention to be held here July and designated former Gov. Nat Kendall as temporary chairman. lection of Mr. Kendall in itself interpreted as a move by the commit- tee to restore peace in the party. He has been popular in all factions and is regarded by the Brookhart follow- | ers as not hostile to the colonel. Harmony Is Urged. There was considerable discussion of the Brookhart nomination in the committee meeting, it was revealed, but no announcement was made tlml! would indicate the committee was at any time near action that would widen | the split in the Republican ranks. | Sentiment of most of the members was that all measures designed to re- store harmony should be adopted. Committee members appeared in-| terested chiefly in the platform Col. Brookhart works out for his cam- paign. His speech at Mason City, which some party leaders declared savored of sacialism, has been widely dis- cussed and seems just now to be the | principal obstacle in the way of a| reconciliation. { Brookhart's statement that he had been misunderstood when he discussed | limitation of capital earnings appar- ently has caused some of his political opponents of the past to withhold judgment until later in the campaign. | The views of the unseated Senator | and party “regulars” will next come into prominence at the State conven-| tion, which will frame the party's| platform for the Fall campaign. This probably will be the most important work before the convention, inasmuch | as all nominations were made in the primary. BROOKHART 1S PLEASED. Se- g | Declares Party Could Not Have Picked | Better Man for Chairman. Col. Brookhart expressed himself here tonight as highly pleased with the selection of former Gov. Kendall to be chairman of the Iowa State Re- publican convention. “They could not have picked a bet- he said. “He has been en- tirely famillar with and friendly to the program of the progressives.” Iowa’s stormy petrel was on the floor of the Senate yesterday for the first time since that body, by a nar- row vote ousted him some two months ago and gave his seat to Senator Steck, Democrat. Col. Brookhart returned to Wash- ington as a conqueror, having been nominated for the Senate in the pri- mary last Monday over Senator Al- bert B. Cummins, Republican, by more than 70,000 votes. He said that he was here particularly in the ‘interests of the pending farm legislation, which he vigorously supported during his primary campaign. Gained During Campaign. Smiling and tanned, the colonel did not look the worse for his campaign, during which he traveled across the State of Iowa again and again and made from 2 to 14 speeches a day. “1 put on 10 pounds in weight,” said Col. "Brookhart, ‘“during the cam- paign.” Col. Brookhart denounced as abso- lute false reports that he had made a speech in Towa just before coming here saying that the earnings of capi- tal should be limited to 6 per cent. He said his speech had dealt with co- operatives, and that what he sald was the earnings of co-operatives, such as have been operating in England for vears, should be limited to 5 per cent. “Some one sought to make a socialist speech out of my remarks about_co-operatives, a speech which I have been making for years,” said the colonel. “It was a deliberate lie in. tended to injure me.” Says He'll W “Will the Democrats beat you again this Fall,” Col. Brookhart was asked. “They will not,” was the emphatic response of the colonel. He will re. turn to Towa in a few days and lay his plans for his campaign against the Democratic nominee, Clamde R. Porter of Des Moines. Col. Brookhart and Senator Cum- mins sat within 20 feet of each other on the front row of the Republican side of the Senate yesterday, but each, outwardly, was oblivious of the other, By the Associated Press. MIAMI BEACH. Fla., June 12— Miss Svea Bohman, 27 years old, of New York, believed to have been drowned off shore here late yvesterday in attempting to save an unidentified man_from drowning. returned here shortly after noon today, after being rescued in the Gulf Stream. Miss_Bohman, while in the surf, responded to the cries of a man in dis- tress almost a mile from shore near the Government Jjetties. 'Woman Swimmer Saved After Passing Five Hours at Night in the Atlantic On her return here ‘today sh that she was carried out o ne:a%:g failing to reach the man and soon de- veloped cramps, which prevented her from swimming back to shore. Dark- ness found her floating in the Gulf Stream beyond the sight of land, she said, and for five hours she swam and floated in the current before being | to be dropped from the rolls { of the regis | |a list of 117 has been prepared and | | already WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sundkny Stae. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, 3, JUNE 1 1926.—110 PAGES.’ * THE COST OF A SENATE .SEAT THESE FDAYS < SHOWS IT MUST ABE WORTH IN THE SWIAL FEWU.S. WORKERS WILL BE DISMISSED 400 to Be Dropped From the Treasury July 1, But Not Many Elsewhere. Comparatively few employes in the Federal departments and independent offices in Washington are scheduled at the beginning of the new fiscal year July 1, it was shown in a survey conducted* by The Star and which sets at rest the annual rumor of a big reduction in some of the Govern. ment establishments. The great bulk of those to be separated from the Federal service are employed in the Treasury Depart- { ment, which plans to drop more than 400. The total for the other depart- ments’ and independent offices prob- ably will not run over a hundred. In the Internal Revenue Bureau it is expected that about 300 persons will be dropped from the rolls of the ‘Washington offices, principally in the income tax division, and about 200 in the fleld. Additional Treasury per- sonnel will be dropped from the office er of the Treasury, where the s before Personnel Classification Board. Office to Be Abolished. In the Department of Justice about 40 employes will be let out from the | war transaction section, representing a decrease of about 75 per cent in that office, which is caused by the great decrease In its work. With this de- crease, that office as such is to be abolished end its work turned over to other branches of the Justice De- partment. In the Interior Department about 40 permanent employes will be drop- ped on June 30 because of consolida- tion of the work, elimination of some work and a general tightening up in the force all along the line. In this department, however, the list of those scheduled to be separated from the wervice has been held up by Secretary ‘Work in view of the Cummins resolu- tlons recently adopted by the Senate, directing an inquiry into the matter of dismissals in that department. The . temporary appointment of 10 or 12 employes in the Labor Depart- ment’s Bureaus of Immigration and | Naturalization wil end on June 30, and about 29 clerks on the temporary roll of the War Department also will be dropped then from the Militia Bureau, office of the chief signal officer and the Secretary's office. Clerks to Be Shifted. Twenty-five clerks now in the ad- justed compensation division will be shifted to the section caring for com- pletion of Confederate Army records, for which appropriation has just been made. Beyond those involved in the'normal monthly turnover, no separations are scheduled for the beginning of the fiscal year in any of the other de- partments or offices of the Federal Government here. This includes the Department of Agriculture, Post Office Department, including the Washing- ton City Post Office; Navy Depart. ment, Commerce Department and De- partment of State. Official statement that no separa- tions beyond the normal turnover will be made with the beginning of the fiscal year -also was made at the Veterans' Bureau, Interstate Com- merce Commission and_the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Chief Clerk Haden of the Interstate Commerce Commission explained that the stable work of the commission has obviated any necessity for temporary employes and there are none of these now on the rolls to require a reduc- tion in force. RAIN FOLLOWS PRAYERS. Shower Relieves 65-Day Drought After Citizen Meetings. ROCKHILL, S. C., June 12 (#).— Less than 24 hours after the residents of Rockhill had joined in the last of a series of prayer meetings to implore relief from the drought, a 15-minute shower fell here today. It was the first time rain had fallen here in 65 days. The prayer meetings were begun Wednesday and the last service was held last night. Hope of producing an appreciable rescued by a fishing craft, which pro. ceeded with her to Fort Lauderdale Fla. She appeared little the worse for her experience, amount of cotton here has been near- TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—18 | General New: Foreign. Schools and Colleges Current News Event: District National Gua News of the Clubs— nish War Veteran Radlo News and Programs—Page 40. Civilian_Army Ne Page 40 Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 41 ¥ W.c A —Page 41. Veterans of the Great War—Page 43. Boy Scouts—Page 43. Financial News—Pages 44, 45 and 46. GES. Local, National and PART TWO—1 £ Editorials and Editorial F Washington and Other Soci Reviews of Books—Page Around the (« Page 4 Tales of Well Known Folk—F D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4 Motors and Motoring—Pages 5, and 8. Fraternal News—Pages 10 and 11. PART FOUR—i PAG Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and ture: The Rambler—Page 3 PART SIX—I12 PAGES. fied Advertising. Girl Scout News—Page 10. Serial, “The Law of the Page 12, Army and Na GRAPHIC SECTION—10 PAG World Events in Plctures. COMIC SECTIOON—1 P Betty; Reglar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jef SHERIFF ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Rockville Lawyer Says Plummer Ejected Him From Police Headquarters. tures. 6. 7 10 Fea- Class Talon"-— News Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 12—On complaint of John E. Oxley, a mem- ber of the Rockville bar, Sheriff Clay Plummer was this afternoon arrested on a charge of assault and battery. Ho was released on his personal bond for his appearance in the Police Court for trial next week. According to Oxley, he was forcibly ejected by Plummer from police head- quarters Thursday nisht. He was in the headquarters, he sald, when the sheriff brought in a prisoner. Plum- mer, he insists, became incensed and abusive when he declined to agree with the sheriff’s understanding of what the prisoner said concerning the harge against him. P lammer contends that he did not assault the attorney and insists he acted within his rights when he “escorted” him from headquarters. Oxley's decision to prosecyte Plum- mer followed a conference with fel- low members of the bar, who are un- derstood to be indignant about the affair. = C. M. T. C. Quota Obtained. The full quota for Army citizen mil- itary training camps has been at- tained, it was announced vesterday, a total of 36,582 citizens having applied for training. AMERICANS READY 0 LEAVE TAGNA Semi-Official Chilean Paper Attacks U. S. as “De- vourer of Races.” Peru, June 12.—The Peru {vian government has rejected the latest formula presented by Chile for @ settlement of the Tacna and Arica territorial dispute. Press correspondent was informed to this effect by authoritative sources. | racxa, have been Chile, June 12.—Reports received here that the | American delegation on the Tacna- Arica_Plebiscitary Commission has re- served a large portion of the available accommodations on northbound steam- during the next two weeks. American registration in- spectors, whose work came to an end recently, will sail for the United | States tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Chilean cabinet is | seeking advice from its legal advisers in Washington as to what attitude should be taken by Chile on the reso- lution recently introduced by Gen. Lassiter, chairman of the commission, stating that carrying out of the pleb: iscite is impossible at this time. The semi-official Pacifico today calls for the emphatic defeat of the Lassiter { resolution or for the immediate depar- ture of all delegations. At the same time the paper declares that und w no circumstances will Chile abandon any part of Tacna-Arica if the plebiscite is not carried out. An_ editorial asserts that Chile will never give up what she has gained through war, that she will defend her legitimate rights and that she will only evacuate the territory if she | should lose the plebiscite. An article in Pacifico further de clares that Chile entered into arbitra- tion thinking the United States would ; help the settlement of the ; dispute with Peru. Now it develops, the article says, “that Chile, Peru and Bolivia were called to de- stroy each other and deliver into the hands of the dragon of the North, the | product of their best energies.” “But this time,” Pacifico concludes, “the blond devourers of races are com- mitting an error, for Chile has not been created in order to be a meal for the rapacious bird."” State Department officials are in- clined to the view that the plebi- scitary commission In Arica has ample authority to declare by resolution the impossibility of holding a fair plebi- scite in Tacna and Arica. It is their opinion that the authori- ty can be exercised by the commis- sion at any time it elects, before, dur- ing, or afier the balloting. This conviction would seem to fore- cast the rejection by President Cool- idge, as arbiter, of any appeal by Chile from a decision that the plebi- scite is impossible. RACE DRIVE;{}IVIV.LED. ' MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 12 (®). —Elmer Schmidt, an automobile race driver, was killed when his car went through a fence at the State fair park late this afternoon. _Schmidt, whose home 1s in Greenbay, Wis., was taking a final work-out in his ma- chine, tuning it up for a race meet to be held here tomorrow. The car, going 60 miles an hour, got out of control and ripped through 75 feet of fence at a turn in the track, crashing into a tree. Schmidt was dead on entrance to the county hospital. Curious Auction Crowd Pays Top Prices For Mystery Murder Principals’ Effects By the Associated Press. TROY, Ohio, June 12.—Curiosity seekers and souvenir hunters crowded into a storeroom in the Masonic Tem- ple on Main street this afternoon when the personal property of “Fran” and “Jake” Nesbitt, principals in Troy's sensational murder and graduates of Ohio State University, were sold this afternoon at public auction. Nesbitt is now serving a life sen- tence in the Ohio penitentiary for the murder of his wife. The contents of the murder “mys tery bungalow"” on Ridge avenue ha been moved to the storeroom because the little home was far too small to hold the crowd that. had been at- ly abandoned on account of the drought. Other crops are suffering severely. 4 tracted. The bidding was active. Dishes, vases and bric-a-brac brought high prices. The medicine cabinet the couple had in the bathroom sold for $4.50; the electric percolator brought $9.50; Mrs. Nesbitt's writing desk sold for $30 “and her rebuilt typewriter brought $32.50. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drake, par- ents of the slain woman, bought a number of the kitchen utensils and the greater part of the silverware that was once the pride of their daughter. Pictures from the walls of the Nesbitt bungalow, mute witnesses of the slaying; the bed and bed clothing, which entered so largely into the tale of the tragedy, and the living room rug on which it is believed the death struggle took place when Nesbitt brought his wife to the floor, were eagerly bid up to prices far above their intrinsic value. Canned fruit put up by “Fran” found ready buyers. The Associated | and service wil P) Means Associated Press. Wife and Paughter Disobey, Bob Hair; Man Ends His Life By the Associated Press GOUVERNEUR, N. Y., June 12, —Royal Bogardets committed sui- cide by slashing his throat upon lezrning that his wife and daugh- ter Leola, 18, had bobhed their hair. Mrs. Bogardets said that the father had always opposed bobbed bair for either herself or her daughter, and when he came home v he told them they had dis- graced him. FARM BILL REVISED 10 SAVE MEASURE Cattle Eliminated From Pro- visions and Fee Deferred on Cotton Crop. By the Associated Press. In an effort to win support for the McNary farm bill, which is nearing a vote in the Senate, managers of the measure late yesterday agreed to elim- inate cattle from its provisions and to defer for two ytars operation of the equalization fee agdinst cotton, at the same time providing $75,000,000 for use in marketing that crop. Indications also were given that corn also would be removed as one of the commodities affected by the pro- posal. Such an amendment was dis- cussed, but action was deferred. The changes were agreed upon at a conference held after the bill had been the subject of another day's debate, with Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, leading the attack against it, and Senators Capper, Republican, Kansas, and Copeland, Democrat, New York, rallying to its defense. Senators Ask Changes. ! The cotton amendments agreed upon had been requested by some Senators | from cotton-growing States, while Sen- ator Kendrick, Democrat, ‘Wyoming, urged elimination of cattle. Debate was opened by an attack by Senator Lenroot, who branded the bill a “gold brick for the farmers.” Proponents, however, drew a recruit in Senator Copeland, who declared he | was for the measure because “the great State of New York realized the | i farmers were the only class that had ! not been benefited by legislation and | the manufacturers needed them for | customers."” During the discussion, former Sen- ator Brookhamt, Republican, Towa, who | has just been nominated for the Senate, walked into the chamber and | immediately became the center of a coterfe of congratulating Senators. | He told them that the farmers of the | West were demanding relief legls- lation. Tariff Reduction Move. The bill was attacked from a new | igle by Senator Robinson, Arkansas, the Democratic leader, who offered an | amendment which would direct the | tariff Commission to begin an imme- diate investigation looking to a gen eral and substantial tariff reduction | on all commodities. H “The whole argument has been that | the farmers are not getting the benefit | of the tariff,” he declared. ~“The tariff | is not economically sound, so why not | reduce it so farmers will not have to | have such legislation to give them | equal privilege.” Another shot was taken at the measure when Senator Kendrick of- fered the amendment to remove cattle | from fts provisions, declaring the bill might operate satisfactorily for non- perishable products but would not aid highly perishable live stock. Bill Called Unconstitutional. The constitutionality of the bill was assailed by Senator Lenroot, who said that if passed it never would operate because it would be declared uncon- stitutional. Even if it did operate, he added, it would not aid the farm- ers, but they would be forced to guar- antee a profit to the middleman, whether or not they themselves made a profit. My views may be wrong,” he sald, | with emphasis. “I come from an agri- {cultural State, but I don't care enough about re-election to the Senate to vote for a bill that I know will injure the | farmers.” Senator McNary, Republican, Ore- gon, floor manager of the bill, declared | he was will to leave its constitution- ality to the Supreme Court as it was no more unconstitutional than some other legislation. He accused Senator Lenroot of attempiing with a substi- tute to give the farmers a subsidy they didn’t want and of opposing a bill that would aid the farmers with- out costing either them or the Treas- ury a cent. Copeland Defends Measure. Senator Copeland said the bill had been attacked “because it violated economic law, but most of our laws are in violation os our economic laws.” “The manufacturers got together and got the tariff in violation of eco- jomic laws,” he continued. “Labor got together through organizations and unions. I am for the unions, but nevertheless they violate economic law. 1 am for this bill because it helps the farmer who is the only class that has not been benefited by legis- lation. We in New York are for the faramers because we need them as purchasers.” . Joining in support of the bill, Sen- ator Capper said its opponents had “failed utterly” to show any weak- ness in the proposal. They cannot oppose it consistently, he added, with- out at the same time advocating re- peal of numerous measures for busi- ness and labor. Trial of Idea Urged. “The pending measure,” Senator Capper continued, “is not perfect, but every new piece of legislation is in the nature of an experiment—the income tax was far from perfect. The bill is the result of three years of con- stant study and labor on the part of farm leaders, agricultural thinkers and economists, and if it fails to come up to thelr expectations, they and they alone would be the sufferers.” Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis- sissippi, presented a telegram from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Cotton Federation advocating passage of the bill, but declared: “I will not stultify myself by voting for a measure which I believe to be unconstitutional and contrary to the beliefs T have held and preached for i\:osl of §1.2 land an 1l start immediately. FIVE CENTS. A2500015 SOUGHT FOR NEW BUILDINGS IN DEFICENCY BIL President Asks Sum to Cover First Year’s Expenses on 8 Federal Structures. EXECUTIVE AND LORD 0.K PLANS AT A CONFERENCE Total Cost of Constructing These Offices Will Be $34,875,000 of $50,000,000 Allowed. Recommendations that appropria tions totaling $5,825,000 be included in the second deficiency appropriation bill, which is now being drafted, to start the work on eight projects in the new Federal public building pro- gram for Washington was sent to Congress late yesterday by President Coolidge. The total estimated cost of these bulldings is $34,875,000, out of the $30,000,000 authorized in the $165, 000,000 public buildings bill. This program for the Capital was approved by the Budget Bureau, after conferences with the Public Buildings Commission, which under the law has direct judisdiction over which build ings shall be erected in Washington, and the plans and location of such buildings. It was personally gone over by Budget Director Lord in con ference with the President yesterday. The most pretentious project on the list is the new building for the Department of Commerce, to be erect ed on land already owned by the Gov- ernment _facing Fifteenth street, north of B street, the estimated cost of which is $10,000,000. To commence work on this giant structure, which eventually is to contain all of the now widely scattered activities and bureaus, except the Bureau of Stan iards, an appropriation of $600,000 50,000 for Revenue Building. largest building is for the Internal Revenue Bureau. Ad ditional land is to be acquired at an estimated cost of $700,000, but the total limit of cost for the land and building is $7,850,000, of which $1,700,000 will be carried in the de- | ficiency bill if the Budget Bureau rec ommendation is favorably acted upon. The limit of cost for the new Archives building, or Hall of Records, is $6,900,000 for site and building. The cost of the site s estimated at $700,- 000, and an appropriation of $§1.000.- 000 is recommended which would leave $300,000 for commencing the butlding operations. Three projects for the Department of Agriculture, at a total estimated cost of $8,075,000, are included in the Budget recommendation. The largest of these is for purchase of a site and erection thereon of a big office build ing, with limit of cost of $3,750,000 The proposed site is not disclosed for fear of causing speculative prices for the land, but it is understcod to be south of the present Department of Agriculture grounds and east of Four- teenth street. The estimated cost of the site is $3,250,000. An initial appro priation of $1,200,000 is asked. Central Part to Begin at Once. It is intended that the long-contem plated central portion of the main Department of Agriculture building connecting the two marble wings now toccupied by the Bureau of Plant In- dustry and the Bureau of Animal In dustry, shall be erected at once. The limit of cost is $2,000,000 and an ap propriation of $400,000 is asked to start the work. An appropriation of $325,000 recommended to purchase the building now leased by the Department of Agriculture at Linwood place and C Street southwest, known as the Economic building. Acquisition of land adjoining the Government Printing Office property on the west and erection of an addition to the big print shop, at an estimated 50,000, would be authorized immediate appropriation of in the deficiency is $100,000 contained bill. 1t is also recommended that two ad ditional _stories be placed on the Liberty Loan building, and the entire structure faced with stone. The limit of cost is $700,000 and the present ap- propriation $500,000. Use of funds previously appropria- ted but unexpended will increase greatly the amounts to be spent this Summer on Federal buildings in cities outside of Washington. Total Amounts to Be Spent. On this basis. the total amounts to be spent this Summer, counting both new appropriations and those pre viously authorized, would be as fol- lows: Juneau, Alaska, $208,500; Globe, Ariz., $100,000; Prescott, Ark, $10,000; Red Bluff, Calif., $25,000, %and San Pedro, Calif., $60,000; Durango, Colo., $100,000; Branford, Conn., $40,000; Put- nam, Conn., $25,000; Marfanna, Fla.. $30,000; West Point, Ga., $20,000; Savannah, Ga. (for Marine Hospital), $18,000; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, $100,0 000; Sand_Point, Idaho, $25,000; Baca- via, I1l, $25,000; Metropolis, Il (for building site), $15,000; Mount Carmel, 1L, $75,000; Paxton, Il (site), $15,000; Chicago, $100,000 (additions to Marine Hospital); Des Moines, Iowa, court- house (land, $65,000; buflding, $100,000; total, $165,000); Shelbyville, Ky., $30, 000; Caribou, Me., $50,000; Fort Mair- fleld, Me., $25,000; Leominster, Mass., $30,000; Newburyport, Mass., ‘$75,000; South 'Bridge, Mass., $60,000; Wal- tham, Mass., $30,000; Winchester, Mass., $25,000. Other Projects Listed. ‘Wyandote, Mich., $30,000 (for site); Detroit, $250,000 (for Marine Hospital). Montevideo, Minn., $30,000; St. Louis, Mo., $500,000 (for land for Fed- eral office building, new building on site acquired and additional land); Mis- soula, Mont., $125,000; Central City, Nebr., $25,000; Fallon, Nev., $50,000; Goldfield, Nev., $10,000 (for site).; Bay- onne, N. J., $130,000; East Orange, N. J., $100,000; Millville, N. J., $25,000; Montclair, N. J., $100,000 for building and $35,000 for land; Newark, $800,000 for buflding and $800,000 for land: East Las Vegas, N. Mex., $50,000; Fort Plain, N. Y., $10,000 (for site); Long Island City, N. Y., $150,000; Syr- acuse, N. Y.. $800,000; Utica, N. Y., $100,000; Yonkers, N. Y., §200,000. Wilson, N. C., $110,000; Jamestown, N. Dak., $75,000. ‘Akron, _Ohio, $100,000: Fremont, (Continued on Page 4, Column 1)