Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1926, Page 1

¢ Fhenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,224 TWO CENTS. WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr and slightly cooler tonight: te- morrow partly cloudy: gentle to mod- erate northwest winds. Highest, 83, at noon vesterday: lowest, 67, at 4:30 a.m. toda Full report on page 9. Entered as second class matt postoffice, Washingto: o EUCHARISTIC RITES AT WOMEN'S MASS Largest Feminine Assembly Ever Held in America—But 5,000 Men Present. .CHOIR OF 15,000 §|NGS RITES BY CARNEVALI Throngs Outside of Field Not So Great, Program Held as Scheduled. | mediately By the Associated Press i CHICAGO, June 22.—The greatest semblage of women ever gathered | thin one inc re in America | nked the stands in Soldiers at the second public session of | International FEucharistic Con-| 1t was woman’s day—and the harbored less than 5,000 180.000 worshipers 1 skies greeted the throngs 1 shone brilliantly. pontifical mass at the great outdoor altar was celebrated by the Most Rev. Joseph Palica, Archbishop of Filippi and vice regent of Rome A woman's choir of 15,000, includ- | 500 hooded nuns, chanted the| Missa Rosa Mystic the famous | mass of Vito Carnevali. | Tens of thousands of women| ed to the stadium as early as| 7 o'clock. The throngs overflowed | the concrete stands and pressed intol the space reserved for the clergy and choir in the great sweep of the grass- | carpeted field. | i i Thousands of Nuns Present. The crowd outside was not so great | 8s vesterday and the procession of | clergy filed into the field on schedule. | One large section of the stand was filled with nuns, whose black veils and | white capes were in striking contrast | to the sea of red, green, blue, gray | nd tan hats of lay women. ‘nlike yesterday. the program of wasgbegun bef the mass | was celebrated. The fi s by the Archbishop of Vienna inal Fred k d in his scarlet robes of | i anding i red-velvet- | pulpit in front of the altar. spoke in German, resonant being heard distinctly in the far | distances down the stretches of Sol-| diers’ Field. ] As Cardinal Pifi spoke the stage in ont of the altar, previously kept clear, was filled with clergy for whom no seats could be found Justice Butler Applauded. ! coveres He voic Assoclate Justice Butler of the Su- preme Court of the United States, who received an enthusiastic ovation, stressed the importance of religious training as a factor in the moral de- | velopment of democratic_institutions. | Jle said religion and morality were the | yocks upon which were reared the v hole fabric of the democratic social strneture ile warned against in attempts the “purely ns of life. ouching upon foreign relations, he “destructive ex- | 1o legislate personal tris Isolation is impossible.” | fustice Butler interrupted his ad- | the entrance of the cardi by John Cardinal Bonzan legate He resumed atter O'Conneli of 13 had | seat as presiding officer. | papal taken hi Archbishop Hanna Speals. Archbishop Edward Hanna of | Franciseo preached the sermon. | To Catholic women i our mes: this day of triumpi. e of history nive r 1 the »f mankind has woman | held place of power she holds| today. | Never has this power reached such commanding sway ws it dors i 1his moment in_our loved iand i< the mother of the race the first, the most indelit sion on the budding mind “When men fail in conflict she speaks wor of courage and sends he to fight anew. In her lo and of Christ is mavhap the m force for the triumph of tr justice, of mercy and of love above all things, the mizhtiest for the victory of that pur.ty of mind | and heart which gives beauty to ail elze. | Warns of Law's Limit. i warning against the belief that | n take away the “purely | and burdens of life” | Justice Butler i 1 be | ov- | n! up- Fa the she, make impr comfo e baack ¥ an power | ions. A legislation c personal trials was given by He pointed taken to 4 ernment vities appeal for sound ch: plement to thorou To thou eaid, taken | expanded ¢ He made ful he | care shouli be | government be | v sphere. the it furnish employment, amount of work and the needs of life. at all experience trary, many seem to ( to transfer the respor f and r ns to impair dignity | of law and respect f authority. ! “Necessarily, sovernment must have ! sontact at many s with the peo-| » within its ju n, and as pop- | ulation incre and condii i come more complex. it must more and | move concern itself with maters that | heretofore did not require regulation. | “The fact t undc: Constitu- | tion, the zoverned are also the rulers | tends to give wance azainst de- structive exc <5, there dangcr of grave ¢ Many ap- pear to believe that tion cdn[ take away the tria i burdens | of life, inch =t hat are purely | personal; that laws can he devised to 1) bhe the | ide for all| Notwithstanding | the con-) k it possible | ities of life | 1 individuals to whom they belong | agzencies of the state created to| Lear them.” Mere Learning Insufficient. Touching education, the speaker | conunued: “The dissemination of | learning develops self-reliance and | nement. and dignity of p pels evil and vicious things and brings remorse for transgressions | or natural law. But mere learning is | not enough. The educated man, whose | character is mot sound, whose con- | ience is mot richtly instructed, | “home conduct is not governed b.vl hizher eonsiderations than those rest. ntinuvd cn Page 5, Column 4.) Fleld j tions could be estallished {eab the child of | | Man | police, Linz 2.000,000.000 franca worth of bonds, 'D. C. CADET AND MAJOR KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES AND BURNS Maj. W. L. Moose, Jr.,| and William Point Found in Wreck. |Officer Was Former Chief Mitchel Field and Reserve Leader. at iated Press. L FIELD, | Maj. W. L. Moose, jr. and William | Point, a West Point cudet. were| | killed today when an Army observa- { tion plane piloted by Maj. Moose fell | 8300 feet_and burned on the Cold- | stream golf course at East Meadow, i Long Island. There were no eyvewitne: actual crash, but those in vation tower at the flving saw the big De Haviland slow spiral and disappear clump of trees. A bright followed. The bodies of the two fiyers were burned beyond recognition. and it was not until a check-up was made of all planes in use that identifica i By the Ass MITCH Y.. June es to the he obser- field here go into a behind a | MAJ. W. L. MOOSE, JR. flash im- = i academy from Arkansas In 1903. He was commandant of Mitchel Field in 1920. and at the time of his death | was in charge of the Air Service Re- | serve of the 2d Corps Area. He was | married and lived at Bayside, Long Island A sister of Maj. Moose s an assist- | ant attorney general of Arkai His father was formerly attorne: general of that State. ¥ Lieut. Col. Point, father of the dead cadat, is on duty with the War College at Washington. Seals Sink Launch They Use as Place | ToSunThemselves Cadet Point was the son of Lieut Col. W. H. Point of the Quartermas. ter Corps. His home was at 2227 Twentleth street, Washington, D. C. He s taking a short course in aero nauties. Maj. Moose was a graduate of West Point, having been appointed to the BRIAND MINISTERS BALKATU.S. DET; CABINET IS FILLED Ratification Opposed by Dou- mer and Poincare—Pre- mier Favors Settlement. By the Associated P SANTA MONICA, Calif., June —Seals, looking for a place to sun themselves, are playing havec with small hoats off Santa Monica. Attracted to the bay in unusual e mumbers by good fishing. the seals have fafled to find rocks upon which to sun and so have taken to the small craft anchored a short distance off shore. Yesterday a 22-foot power launch sank after 15 of the animals, many of them weighing more than a human being, climbed aboard. Two other vessels were almost sunk before the seals were driven away. By the Associated Press. STORM LAKE. lowa. June Smith, W. Brookhart, Republican sen- atorial nominee, told a gathering of tarmers here today that agriculture will have no chance in Congress until it elects a majority in hoth houses that will fight to a finish what described as “conspiracy of special interest “Agriculture,” Mr. Brookhart has perhaps passed its most critical stage in American history. Haugen bill faces imminent defeat. This defeat has been brought about by a gigantic conspiracy of special interests against the basic industry of our country. “These interests have devised a scheme of economics which denounces everything as economically unsound | unless it promotes their special wel- fara. Because of their size and pres: tige, they are able to control the views of the statesmen and dictate the action of the United States Gov- ernment. Opinions Held Radicai. “If any one proposes to do the same thing for agriculture that has been |done for the railroads, for the credit system, for the protected industries, for the industries based upon patents, or for public utilities, he is denounced as a radical or a dangerous man im bued with socialistic tendencies. “In Towa, o predominately agricul tural, there is no newspaper and no By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 22.—Ratification or debt settlement and decisions on other S questions bearing on zation of | renovation of | French finances will determine | inet, which is now completely recruit- ed, will be officially announced. the finance ministry. which he left | about four montns ago after an ad. | i ekl acceptance conditional upon a previous ; Farmers Will Have No abi ol s 1 - | i abinet on the precise financia! pro. | Chance Unhl Congress gram which the ministry would be ment before Parliament. Plan for Lower Interest. - Iv three hours today by Dremier | Briand. M. Doumer and others. is un terior debt at lower rates of interest and an increase in direct taxes, with have, according to financial ex perts, caused exportation of capital. agreement is opposed by M. Doumer becanse he deems it ton burdensome, mitter on finance as essential to sta- bilization. This question was dis. ence AL Poincare is also understood to be Briand and his colleagues of the last et insist that the pact be accept- | left open stabilization of the frane will be impossible. e discussion was suspended just | ‘e noon tn allow M. Briand to con- The pre- confident “inet efficially before nightfall. new cabinet. as fav as it had on-ratification of the Washington exchange and final whether Aristide Briand's tenth cab. ‘ , verse vote in the Chamber, makes his | agreement by the members of the new | ohligated to defend without amend-| Ejghts Situation, He Says. This plan, which was discussed ) stood to involve refunding of the in corresponding reductions In such taxes Ratification of the Washington debt but it is demanded by the expert com cussed lengthily at today’'s confer- opposed to ratification, while M. ed. They hold that if the question is | Premier is Confident. | ¢ party_leaders = would be able to announce his arranged earlier today, was as and_minister of foreign af- 1: minister of jus- Alsace-Lorraine, Ray- minist. of finance, ister of war, Paul ¢ maris Jules of interior, Jean of colonie: Leon of publ works, minister of agriculture, er of Yommerce, aister of public Colrat; minister mond Poin Paul ministe: N minister Durand; minister Perrier: minister Pierre Laval Francois Binet Charles Chaumet: m instruction, Maurice of Jabor. M. Daniel V' The undersecreta terial rank w DIES FOLLOW'NGVFIGHT: CCMPANION IS HELD Suffered Fractured Skull When Head Struck Side- | walk. Police Say. 1 oppose the enactment of legislation for the equal economic rights of agri culture.” But while it is true, there exlsts in the State, on a small scale, A secret conspiracy as sinister and insidious as the Non-Partisan League of Wall Street itself. This crowd is made up of a few newspapers and a porate interests that means of flank attacks. | Hope in Co-operation. | proceed by “It is the settled belief of all the farm organizations and all of the labor organizations that ultimate re- lief from the intolerable oppression of great and unlawful combinations of wealth is to be found in co-opera- tive organization, which should be as- Knocked down about 2 o'clock this | Sisted in the first nstance by the Gov. morning during a fight with Vinson | {efiuces Tha especially by the gov. L. Murphy of 406 Sixth street, Rob- | ernmental export corporation. ert M. McCormack, 38 vears old, of "’i‘he’dopmsmfi ln;e‘l"e:;s! mn careful the same address, struck his head on [0 avold a clash with this idea as a { whole, and {nstead they pick out one the sidewalk, sustaining a fracture | onen"of oo nerative organization of the skull from which he died at to wit, limitation upon the earn. 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. ings nlfxfaF‘ta{!‘_}‘?ndl d:m\uncg1 that i {as soctalistic. s Is done without e e Ao Feoms of the | TéEard to the merit of the proposition home of the two men. Police say that | And Without regard to the historic Murpiy, who Is 47 vears old. used | merit of the long settled fact that the his fist in striking McCormack. At | Corporation is exactly the opposite of Emergency Hospital, where McCor- soclalism.” mack was taken at about 6:30 this mormng, it was at first thought he would recover, an Xx-ray photograph showing a fracture of the skull that was deemed not serious when first viewed. He had a sudden relapse shortly after 1 o'clock, however, and died half an hour afterward. Murphy is being held at the sixth |mer here, was confined to his bed to- precinct pending action by the cor-| day suffering from the effects of a 's jury at an inquest tomorrow. severe chill oneralay o He became ill suddenly yesterday, and was forced to cancel a speaking engagement in Boston. His physician today pronounced his condition slight- ly improved and ‘said he would be out in a few days. SIR ESME HOWARD ILL. MANCHESTER, Mass., June 22 OP).—Sir Esme Howard, British Am. bassador, who is spending the Sum. & = Belgium to Issue Rail Bonds. BRUSSELS, June 22 (#).--The gov- ernment is understood to have decided to meet 1,800,000,000 francs of treas- ury bonds, due in December, by issu- Radio Programs—Page 20 Belgian state railways. L) secured by the he | | said, The | individual so powerful as openly to | ew representatives of the great cor- | W.G.T.U.HEADSAYS PINCHOT PAID HER EXPENSES IN RACE Traveling and Other Costs Were Met by Governor, Mrs. George Avers. DENIES ENFORCEMENT FUND WAS MISUSED $130,904 Iaised Following Legis- lature’s Neglect Now Nearly Spent, She Holds. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The activities of the W T in behalf of Gov. Pinchot in his race {for the senatorial nomination In the recent Pennsylvania primaries were revealed today to the Senate investi gating committee. Mrs. Ella M | George, head of the State W. C. T. U. told the committee that she and sev- eral other paid workers of the or ganization had spoken for Gov.| | Pinchot during the campaign. Her| own traveling expenses were paid by | |Gov. Pinchot, she said, and any ex | penses or salary pald other W. C.} T. U. workers for work during the! campaign were met by Gov. Pinchot. | Mrs. George told the committee {that three different letters were sent! !out over her signature during the | campaign to county and local officials lcf the organization urging her sup-| | port of Gov. Pinchot. She said that | probably 45,000 letters in all had| i been sent out. Gov. Pinchot, she said, | {would pay the bills for these letters.| | She said that a bill had been rendered ! i to Gov. Pinchot amounting to $704.84 “ Did Not Assess Fisher. Mrs. George testified also that t W. C. T. U. had supported the can {didacy of John . Fisher for the gu. | { bernatorial nomination. Mr. Fisher | | was rated a dry. “Did_you ever send any Senator Reed. aid Mrs. George. “We| in” with the Pinchot to the enforcement | some of the letters bill that . eferring given Fisher in ’senl out, | The Senate committee inquired par- | ticularly of Mrs. George as to the ]:)rlzm and the use made of the so lled governor's enforcement fund ch was raised in Pennsylvania by | NATS AND YANKS DEADLOGKED, 14 i Timely Single in 4th to Tie Up Score. Line-Ups. New York. Washington. | Combs. ef. Rice. ef. ! Koenie, as. . 1 | 1b. Goalin. If. | f. 1 3 Riuege, 3h. 3h Peckinnaugh, o Ruel. e, ». Ruether, n. | Umblires—Messra. Gelsel. Hildebrand and Morlarty. | BY JOHN B. KELL! | GRIFFITH STADIUM | The Nats and Yankees were tied in |the fourth inning of the first game| of the dual bill here this afternoon. The score was 1all. | _About 14,000 fans turned out for | Washington's first game here since May 30. Dutch Ruether, veteran south paw, and Walter Beall, right-hander | and local sandlotted product, warmed | |up for siab assignments. A heavy| shower was falling at 1:30 and no| attempt was made to start a game. The shower lasted only a short time, | however, and at 1:45 p.m. the tar: paulin was removed from the in-| | field. | FIRST INNING. j | NEW YORK-—Combs tripled to the corner of left field. Koenig flied to | Joe Harris in short right, Combs | | making_no effort to score after the | | catch. Gehrig looped a single to cen- | | ter, scoring Combs. A third strike | | was called against Ruth. Meusel sin- i gled to center, sending Gehrig to hird. Lazzeri forced Meusel, Peck to Stan Harris. One run. ! WASHINGTON —Rice flled to Meu- | sel in short left. Collins went into the dlamond for Stan Harris' pop. Goslin fanned on three pitched ball. No runs. | | SECOND INNING. | | NEW YORK—Dugan lined to Rice. | | Collins hoisted to Rice. Ruether | threw out Beall. No runs. | WASHINGTON—Joe Harris walked. | Judge fouled to Gehrig. Bluege ! walked. So did Peck, filling the bases. | Ruel looked at a third strike. Collins | failed to hold the third strike against | Ruether, but recovered the ball and | stepped on the plate, forcing out Joe | Harris. No runs. THIRD INNING. | NEW YORK—Combs grounded to Judge. Koenig _singled’ to center. | Gehrig fanned. Ruth walked. Goslin | backed against the left-field sun par- lor to take Meusel's fly. No runs. WASHINGTON—Lazzeri threw out Rice. Stan Harris fanned. Collins got Goslin's weak tap In front of the plate | and threw him out. No runs. FOURTH INNING. NEW YORK—Lazzeri took a third strike. Dugan lofted to Goslin. Col- lins fanned. No runs. ‘WASHINGTON—Joe Harris sin- gled to left. It was the first hit off Beall. Dugan made a great stop of { Judge’s grounder near third base, but his throw was too late to keep a hit from the batter. Joe Harris stopped at second. Bluege, trying to sacrifice, popped to Dugan. Koenig went back to short left for Peck's high one. Ruél singled to center, scoring Joe Harris with the tying run and send- ing Judge to third. Lazzeri threw ant Ruether. One run. & - | catist | nominated Gov {in i many votes as his two opponents to Ruel Crashes Through With | the b permit “MOIST" CANDIDATE WINS IN MINNESOTA Republicans Name Modifica- tionist for Congress—Brew- | ster Victorious in Maine. By the Associated Press ST. PAUL. June Republicans have nominated as their first prohibition modification advo. to Congress a 2S-vear-old man the youngest ever chosen by that ate for that office. They also re Theodore J. Chris tianson. Melvin J. Maas, the vietor vesterday's primary, polled as gether to win the nomination in th fourth district, which includes St Paul Gov. Christianson, running again on an “economy’* platform, on which he was elected two ago. de- feated Mavor George K. Leech of Minneapolis for the gubernatorial nomination. In the other major the Farmer-Labor guber ination, Magnus John: United States Senatc nd Tom Davis, Minneapolis lawyer, were run ning a close race, with Johnson sev- eral hundred votes in the lead. with bout one-sixth of the State hea from The Democt atorial nom on, former ats had an unopposed Minnesota | Gets Year in Jail | And $1,000 Fine on Contempt Charge Chief Justice McCoy of the Dis trict Supreme Court today sen- tenced Harry Maynard, proprietor of the Maple Inn at 1416 K street, to pay fine of £1.000 and serve one year in jail for contempt of eourt. Maynard was recently con victed of four violations of a “pad lock” injunction against the sale or possession of intoxicants. He is | the first white man to be convicted | for contempt of a padlock injunc tion in this district Through Attorney T Morris Wampler the accused noted an ap. peal and was released on bail of £1,500, pending a decision by the Distriet Court of Appeals. Assist- ant United States Attorneys Har old W. Orcutt and David A. Hart | represented the Government and brought the alleged contempt of court to the attention of the chief | Jjustice. | ~ TOREMAININCITY | Not Trying to Make Congress | Adjourn Soon—Likes It slate and therefore did not appear on | llots in the primary ho favored modification to lizht wines and beer, but no ted Itepresentative Osc; elected to Congress four times from the fourth district Keller, who ran a poor third, and Fred A. Snyder, the other candidate. came out in support of the present prohibition law. Maas polled 15,000 votes to slightly more than 8,900 for Snyder and 5.700 for Keler. Maas, a gr. of Minnesot: the World War, Maas. aduate of the University and a marine during has been engaged in | the insurance business here. Returns from other congressional districts in which there were part) contests were still too meager to indi cate the outcome. Six of the incumbents, had no party opposition. MES BREWSTER. however, MAINE R Governor Leads Maj. Thayer From First Returns. PORTLAND, Me., June ). Gov. Ralph O. Brewster has heen re-| He L. aine Republicans. nominated by ) Maj. Arthu led his opponent, Thayer of Bango turns of vesterda Today primary. small towns missing. Returns from 506 of the 633 pre cincts gave: Rrewster, 43.251; Thayer. 28.821. Maj. Thayer made the chief issue of his campaign against Gov. Brewstera constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of public funds for private of | schools and other institutions, passed | by the last Legislature, and to come before the voters at the State election n September. Brewster won his nom- nation and election two vears ago on a platform favoring such an amend- | ment and in that campaign was open- v supported by the Ku Klux Klan. PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED MOTHERS’ PENSION BILL $100,000 Fund Will Be Admin- istered by Board of Public Wel- fare for D. C. Parents. President Coolidge today signed the mothers' pension bill, providing a £100,000 fund which will he used | the first year to aid worthy mothers in home care of children not over 16 vears of age. A The funds will be administered by a Board of Public Welfare. which Will be established July 1. and appli- cations for aid under this act are to be considered by a standing commit- tee of the board, one member of which must be a woman. The passage of this hill was looked upon as a victory for local interests over social lobbyists of New York State, who sought to set up a sepa- rate board to administer the pen- sions. Federal Aid Bill Signed. President Coolidge today signed the bill to continue Federal aid for roads. It authorizes appropriation of $75 000.000 for the fiscal vear 1928 and a similar amount for 1329. | reason he interference. from the first re-| Around Here. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge is prepared to remain in Washington just as long | as Congress sees fit to continue this | session. He disclaims any attempt | to influence Congress in the matter of an early adjournment and let it be | known today that, so as he per- sonally is concerned. it is a matter of indifference to him when the session closes. . | In making known the Presidents attitude toward adjournment plans the President’s spokesman today ex plained that the President considers | it the duty of Congress itself to decide on an adjournment date and for that has thus far injected no From time to time within the past few weeks he has dis cussed the subject with various mem- bers of the Senate and the House, but as for the decision itself he has left | that entirely with Congress. Has Few Plai So far as the President is personally concerned, not disturb him, nor will it interfere with any of his pre- sent plans. He only bas two definite plans at this time. One calls for a speech in Philadelphia July 5. incident to the Sesquicentennial _celebration here. and the other is the vacation e has planped In the Adirondack Mountains. The President feels very certain that even though Congress is in session on July 5 it will not inter- fere with his plans to go to Phil: delphia. . As for the President's vacation plans. he let it be known today that his presence In -Washington while Congress is in session is of far more importance than his outing in the mountains. And” it is his intention to postpone thc selection of a date on which to depart on his vacation until it is definitely settled when Congress will adjourn. He in. timated that it will be perfectly agree- able to him tp remain here all Sum. mer if Congréss deems it necessai to stay in session. Likes White House in Summer. saying that he has found it very com- fortable sitting in the White House during the dead of the Summer and would have no objection to trying it again. His spokesman explained that the President’s idea in going away from Washington for the Summer is not to get away from the climate but for the purpose of obtaining a vhange of scenery and a rest. At the White House today no inti- matlon_was given when an adjourn- ment_of Congress may be locked fc The fight led by Representative Mad den of Tilinofs in the House yesterday afternoon. which resulted in the de- feat of the plan to bring. about an agreement on an adjournmen:, was no surprise to the White House, in- asmuch as Mr. Madden less than a week ago during a conference with the President stated that he would op- pose any hurried action unicss the vivers and harbora bill posed of. ~ P PRESIDENT WILLING a prolonged session this | his, margin was 14,430, with the votes | Summer will | The President was represented as | COOLIDGE CAUTIONS NATION ON TAX CUT | Must Wait to See Effect of | 1926 Slash, He Tells U. S. Budget Organization. | Announcing a Federal surplus of | £320.000,000 for the end of the current fiscal year. and stating that such re- sults tended to prove soundness of the administration theory “that re- duction of tax rates economically ap- | plied will stimulate business and | thereby increase taxable revenue.” President Coolidge last night sounded | a note of warning to the country not | to raise too high hopes for further tax | relief until there was sufficient oppro- | tunity for the 1926 revenue law to be- | come fully effective. According to present prospects. he told the heads of the business organ ization of the Government assembled Memorial Continental Hall. there will probably be a surplus of about | 8185.000,000 for the next fiscal vear, |ending June 30. 1927, and a surplus | of only $20.000,000, “which is negligible |and might easily be converted into a \r]i:fi;‘ll.' for the year ending June 30 | 192 Further.Economy Urged. | A further call for ‘“constructive onomy” was made by the Chief xecutive. He was seconded by Di- erctor Herbert M. Lord of the Bureau of the Budget. who announced the President’s plan for “a 2 per cent per- sonnel club,” intended to reduce 1 personnel by that percentage. | This would be effected by not filling | vacancie “It would he unfortunate to raise i hopes of further tax relief,” said the | President, “until we are sure that | the state of our finances justifies it There is no such surety today. Busi- ness was quick to anticipate the last tax reduction. doing. To raise such hopes at this | time might be to encourage business | to anticipate again. as it did in 192 further eax reduction. |have a detrimental effect upon the | stabilization of the country under the present tax law." Reviewing the reduction in the pub. | lic debt and consequent relief for the American citizen. President Coolidge id this debt had heen cut from | about $13.000.000.000 in 1921 to about £10.000.000,000 at the end of this vear. There had been a reduction in vear | v _expenditures from 1921 to 1926. he | pointed out. of nearly two billions of dollars, with a resultant reduction in taxation from $54.14 per capita to 28, not counting the 1926 tax cut Sets Minimum Estimate. The President called upon his husi- ness chiefs to continue their policy of economy, as “further expansion of the business of Government which would add to our costs should await a better estimate of our future in- come. | cal year 1927, the Chief Executive re. reaching a minimum of £3.600,000.000, while for the vear 1928 the President asked expenditures be kept within the §3,200,000,000 mark. Attention was called by the Presi- dent to the decrease of Federal ex- penditures and taxation as contrasted with the increasing amount of State apd municipal taxation. ‘“There is cause for grave concern in this situa- tion," said the President. “It is fraught with grave consequences to the pub- lic_welfare." Coming to the question of Federal personnel, T'resident Coolidge pointed out that the ‘“salary and wage ex- penditure is the most costly single item of the budget. While the Post Office Department has necessarily had to increase its personnel with its { growth of business, we have heen de. creasing personnel elsewhere.” Fur- | ther decrease, he showed, could still | be accomplished without *“the sum- mary separation of any one from the Federal service,” of “the simple device of not filling al! the vacancies that occur.” Shows Cut in Personnel. _Gen. Lord in amplifying this ques- {tion_pointed to the gradual reduction in size of the Federal payroll since Armistice day, when there were 6356.672 employes in the civil service exclugive " (Continued on Page 4, Column 6. ARREST IN CHURCH PLOT Canadian Accused of Trying to | Blow .Up Catholic Edifice. | TORONTO, Ontario, June 22 (®).— Willlam Skeely 1is under arrest, charged with attempting to blow up St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church with dynamite on June 10. The police tsay he told them that he had “been jdo the work. He is 30 years old. It was justified in so | ] . | the seriou: This might | Survey of the requirements for fis. | vealed. pointed to the possibility of | through operation | ~t - FLOVES ASK HOUSE RETIREMENT RATHER THAN NONE ;Urge Passage of Less Lib- | eral Plan in Hope of Getting Relief This Session. CONFEREES POSTPONE SESSION CALLED TODA' Measure Would Bring Some A vantages and Workers Hope to Improve Situation Later. In the hope of breaking the dead llock bet the two branches of | con; the executive committee of | the joint conference on requirements {of civil service employes has decided that it would be better for the sake | of old Government workers to accept {the House bill with slight modifica | tions than have all legislation die with the adjournment of Congress | The meeting of the conferees schied uled for this afternoon was call off and at the same time it be | known that the Senate conferees {are approaching the problem from :u new angle, namely. of bringing the | ratio of cost as between the Gover:- ! ment and the employe to a b {level, aside from the question o ' what figure is adopted as the maxi- mum annuity. The Senate conferees were repre- sented as being of the opinion that actual figures fixed for the annui could be worked out without diff culty if the House managers wouli agree to have the Governm 2 more proportionate share of the cost. i Would Let Maximum Stand. One proposal now being conside; that the maximum be left at § as insisted upon by the House, but with the contribution of the employe | cut down from 31z per cent, as pro- i posed by the House, to 3%y per ¢ Senator Stanfield, who was in charge of the legislation in the Senate, ind cated today that the Senate confer are more concerned at the pr time in obtaining a more reas ratio of cost between the Gove ment and the emplove than in secu ing any particular figure as the max imum annuity. He made it clear t the Senate leaders do not look upo the House bill as any liberalization the retirement law with a 3 contribution, which has heen e | mated would reduce the liability the Government by $29.000 a vear Although no time has been fixed for the meeting of the conferees, it is probable that those in charge of i matter on both sides will confer in- formally tomorrow to see if any prog ress has been made. It was by no means certain this morning that the action of tk ployes’ executive committee w sult in the Senate managers viel but this latest development served to |revive the hope that agreement will e reached Robert H. Alcorn. chai employes’ joint conference, day that the action of the e committee does not mean that the employes regard the House bill as a proper solution of the retirement problem. He said it has been gener ally known all along that the House bill. which provides for only a $1.000 maximum annuity, as against 21,200 maximum voted by the Senate, was not satisfactory to the Federal | workers. He emphasized the that the dect mittee was cen oint, however, ased on a feeling that situation in which the old employes find themseives in trying to live on the present maximum ilegislation. even thou “be obtained at this s 1 { Steps already hav @ taken in the House by the introduction of a resolution to create a commission to study all phases of the retirement question with a view to subsequent ad- justmont in the law. Apparently this L anization, representing isider- jably more than 100,000 Federal | ploves throughout the country. fers to have the House bill enacted rat this time and to trust to the future |to have retirement legislation perfect- led to the point that the emploves be lieve would be fair and reasonable. Concessions to Be Asked. It was intimated this morning that | the House conferees would be asked |to make some slight concession in other features of the bill in return for an agreement on the §1,000 annuity, but the nature of these modifications was not made known | 1t has been reported since the con- iferences began that the Senate con- ferees were holding out against the | House bill because they felt there was principle involved as a result of the | statement that the House would not {approve anything higher than the bill [ which passed that body. The Senate conferees last week offered to compro mise on a maximum figure of $1.140 { year, and for a few days there appear- ied to be a chance of reaching a settle i ment somewhere between the two | tremes. ~ At the last meeting on i urday, however, the two groups were | unable to agree. and statements made {following the session indicated that | each side was still holding out. | Although the maximum at present {is €720 a year, this is given only {to those who served 30 years and |had a reasomably high salary. The average annuity under existing law lis only $346, and if the House maxi | mum of £1,000 is accepted the av: erage would be raised to $608. The employes at present contribute 21, per cent of their salary toward the retirement fund, which under the | House bill would be raised to 31 {per cent. This increase in the con- | tribution means that the emploves | practically take care of the higher { annuity. since it has been estimated | that under the House bill the annual | liability of the Government would be 1$29.000 less than at present. | “The Senate bill, with a $1,200 max:- imum and a 4 per cent contribution, | would increase the liability of the | Governiment to the extent of about $6,000,000 a year. This wide differ- |ence in cost is due largely to the {optional feature of the Senate bill, | which would allow employes to retire | voluntarily several years before the age of compulsory retirement. The House bill does not change the pr ant age limit of 70 for a clerk and 6 and 62 for certain other groups. These s had been d!s [set apart” by the Ku Klux Kilan to!lower ages apply to mechanics and railway postal employes. \