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WEA' (U. 8. Weather r w fa are Temperature—H day 1 report on T ye lowest | 1 rnoon, cl THER. Bureau Forecast.) ing to- ir; not much change st, 71, at 5 pm. | it 5 a.m. today. | Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press The Star’s carri to Home Within the Hour” er 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, 103,956 ed as secol No. nd Washing WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1927—F ORTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CEN FLO0D GRS PAST, SAYS Ul TOTAL DEAD AT 200, + 190000 HOMELESS Extensive Hardships About| Over, Secretary Declares on Arrival in New Orleans | After Trip Down River. |its ADMITS DEVELOPMENTS MAY UPSET HIS THEORY | Troops Guard Levees in Two Louisi- ana Parishes Preparatory to| Opening Them to Waters in| Final Effort to Assure Safety of Metropolis of South. iated Press. ORLEAN ¢ has pa By the As NEW is pr ippi more and los pated, ommer April 27.—The sed in the Mis- flood situation and no hardship, suffering nd property is antici- n the opinion of Secretary of Hoover, President Cool- ige's observer in the inundated re- Jle arrived here today, com- \is tour of the area from Mem- r Ab) River extensive of life Mississipp! he ns In Hoover tory found cond \d only th continuing adequate relief He said, however, that k flood danger may be developmen whose ion w said, ures. of the end of t upset by late “The cabinet officer vey of the flooded the trained eyes relief worke the director of the World War reiief in Belgium—expressed his opinion of the flood situation briefly as follows: the flood dead will not Puts Homeless at 150,000 “The homeless will probably be not sreater than 150,000. World War training has to handle a risis. Our war | organizations—the National Guard, the American Legion and the Red ss-—and the men and women of the South did not become hysterical and Jose control of the situation, but im- ately commenced the machiner ance. This is the great le: son of the flood. “Our greatest problem is the re- habilitation of the homeless persons in and the tion in the X o Thé Commerce Secretars confident that the return to mormal agricultural production in the inun- dated regions will be only the matter of a few weeks after the water runs off the land. Mr. Hoover confe leans committees charge flood situation and durir noon will inspect the Poyd where the proposed emergency 1 be made. ed with New Or- levee The Army engineers were said to foel that the danger had not passed, as there is considerable overflow water speeding into the Mis Rive from the Yazoo and t which probably will me sippi flood crest. The combined high waters will be a grave menace to the Jevees between Vicksburg and New Orleans, in the engineers’ opinion, d even with the Poydras levee break we flood crest might not possibly reduced materially enough to dissipate the danger to the Louisiana levees and the embankments guarding New Or- Teans. Secretary Hoover indicated that he, too, somewhat shares the opinion that the flood is a threat by engaging In lengthy conferences with Gov. Simp- n of Louisiana, Maj. Gen. iddgar adwin, chief of Army Engineers, and the New Orleans flood committee. Troops Guard Levees. The tramp of National Guardsmen echoed al levees today as two southern Louisiana parishes were be- ing -e atory to sur: rende aters of the | largest the on- preps from rapper the residents contin ne levees. hat the property owners ea would be reim- 25 came from 50 and business men who joined Gov. O. dam: neiers Simpsc Presi he ne no of 1 in si s effect s of the two par- inhabitants to flee proclamation noon Friday vasse to be cut 0 per must area fore the reparations will a committee of 1 by two ap two persons Orlean des n on to t a yess s the time Appro moved rev named Council by the boa of the L Evacuation Is Begun. a which doomed trucks, wagons 1 through ns, where red for until the w All mov in the mis h freighted e gravel t they will be ¢ recede frc belon ne llar 1 lude s were persons mes 1 s flood the nd _in abandon n the Poydras break it 70,000 acres, it engincers. ‘The asse of flooded about that muoh territo ©0 towns of any size are likely to be touched by the water: The village of St. Bernard is periously estimated | | | | | City |ure. - 0. Keefe 'HOOVER TO AID | NEW ORLEANS IN ATTEMPT TO (EHECK FLOOD HfiDVER; PUIS Reaches Crescent Gity on Special Train and Confers With Louisiana Governor on Plan to Blow Up Levees. BY REX COLLIER, Staff Corrcspondent of The Star, NEW ORLEANS, April Hoover-Jadwin natior velief party arrived here by train today to ist in the plans to beat the mighty 1t its own game of levee-breaking and hus “break the backbone” of the South's most disastrous flood. By pping the swirling river of incre pent-up energy and emptying the mad onrush of water 0 10,000 acres of partly inhabited territory, mear Lake Borgne, 10 miles below this city, the State of Louisiana expects to remove virtu- illy all fean of the holocaust threat- ening more than half a million per- sons between Vicksburg and the Gulf. Secretary Hoover, field represen tive of President Coolidge, 2nd Ma Sdgar Jadwin, chief of B rushed to the almost panic y from Vicksburg last t and on arrival here this morn- went into conference with Gov. H rding plans for man’'s flood” Friday. The today promulgated The flood special sing governor his proclamation caliing for the de- | stenetion of the leve | It is in an area of caie country, in thtee or four thousand pers of the poorer tate engineers at I 4 weting with permission of Secretary of War Davis and Gen. Jadwin, will blow up. They will burst the Poydras | crevasse in Saint Bernard Parish and thereby, it is hoped, cow the raging | Mississippi just as it reaches the crest of its catastrophic rampage. This drastic move, the first of its kind in_history, should, the State and city believe, bring to a the wild Aree! of the Father of | Waters, which to date has rendered | more than 150,000 homeless and cost | the Jives of hundreds. Conservative Government engineers, however, while willing to make the experiment, would not admit that “breaking the backbone” of the watery serpent now lashing three States will completely abate its fury. It was pointed out by these hopeful, though wavering engineers, that while the nature of the emergency menac- ing New Orleans—built_on_ground (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) sugar me and wampy vited - by farme class, 1 noon Irid Ay VESSELS TRAIN GUNS ON HANKOW Seems Quiet, but| Rumors Lead Foreigners to Prepare for Trouble. | By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, April 2 Forty-five gunboats were stationed in the Yangtze today with their guns trained on Hankow. ‘While on the surface Hankow Is quiet, there is much tension, and rumors persist that the British are planning to retake the concession. A great deal of looting is reported. It is stated that at Hankow, as well as at Nanking, field pieccs are being moved to selected positions outside the native city The Hankow government is rapidly acquiring possession of all the silver in the city. Although foreigners re- gard this as a step in a program to confiscate the liquid finances of the country, paving the way to confisca- tion of industry, the authorities aver it is merely a war measure to assure finances for the military campaign, h is vital for the Nationalist fu- British Quit Hankow. Advices from Hankow say that Feng Yu-Hsiang, formerly known as the “Christian’ general,” has been offered commandership of the Hankow armies. All the British women have left Hankow and all the British men whose presence is not essential have been ordered to leave, Many of the better class Chinese are evacuating. Bugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister, has asked the foreign busi- ness men to talk over the situation. The government states that a special police force is being formed, with an armored car for quick dispateh to any part of the city to cope with disorder. Northern Armies Mass. The Hankow ministry of telegraph has ruled that hereafter all press dis- patches must be prepaid. This means the correspondents must carry many dollars, as only silver is acceptable. All available forces are being gathered by the northerners, it is learned here, to attack Hankow. Skel- eton forces are being left temporarily to defend the northern positions else- where. The battle between the Cantonese entrenched at Nanking and the North- erners on the other side of the Yang- tze at Pukow, was still in progress today. There was firing between Cantonese gunboats anchored off Nanking and the northern field bat- teries at Puchow. One hundred wounded Cantonese have arrived here from Nanking. The United States auxiliary Pen- guin, which was fired on heavily Monday near Kiangyin, on the Yang- tze, has arrived at Chiankiang. The United States naval authorities: here do not know the exact number of men wounded in the firing, although it is known the vessel suffered the heaviest casualties of any attack on American warships since they arrived in Chinese waters. One of the men was shot through the lung, but it is a clean wound and he is said to be doing nicely, British Get Apology. It is learned from Wuhu that the captain of the British cruiser Cara- doc has receiv a full apology for the action of Chinese sentries in step- ping Americans and Britishers at rifle po , and refusing to let them 2o ashore except singly and at con- «iderable intervals. The captain was among those stopped. The incident is considered closed with the apolos he anghali Mercury, Br | newspaper, says it learns from official | sources that 80,000 northern Chinese roops have been concentrated at Wuhu and that large numbers are bound down the river. 1t has not been determined whether they are planning to attack Gen. | “(Continued on Page 6, Column 5.) ish STIMSONINVITES SACASA TO PARLEY Coolidge Envoy in Nicaragua Awaits Reply to Proposed Personal Conference. By the sociated Press, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April Henry L. Stimson, who came to Ni ragua as personal representative of President Coolidge, has invited Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, president of the Lib- eral government at Puerto Cabezas, to meet him as soon as pdssible in Mana- gua to discuss the situation. He told the president in his wireless message that a destroyer would be placed at his disposal, and that safe conduct would be provided for him and his entourage. Dr. Sacasa has not yet replied to this invitation, but in a message to Liberal leaders he accepted a previous pro- posal to send delegates, saying he would delegate members of his cabinet. Points Way to Peace. In his latest message to the Liberal president, Mr. Stimson declared that best results in the way of an *‘honor- able peace” would .be fortheoming - if they had u nersonal talk, but that if Dr. Sacasa was unable to come, he would be pleased to receive his dele- gates, provided they left Puerto Ca- bezas not later than toda: Mr. Stimson said he willing to remain in Nicaragua longer than he originally planned in order to bring an end to the warfare between the Conservative and Liberal faetions, and to get both sides to agree to an ar- rangement which would prevent a re- currence. Although Mr. Stimson consistently refuses to make public the opinions he has gathered thus far, it is de- (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) . GAME IS POSTPONED AGAIN DUE TO RAIN Inclement Weather in New York Causes Nat and Yank Managers to Call Off Today’s Contest. 9 Due to rain, today's National- Yankee base ball game, which was to be played in New York, was called off by Managers Harris and Huggins The Nationals go to Philadelphia for tomorrow’s contest with the Ath- letics. The two postponed games with the Yankees will be played off later in the season. Practically all of the Nats having colds from their recent sojourn in Boston, the two-day rest was wel- comed. TREES CUT TO BROADEN STREETS TO BE REPLACED ‘Whitehurst Says New Ones Must Be Planted Even at Sacri- fice of Care. Al widening trees removed during street projects will be replaced, even at the sacrifice of the care of other trees, it was announced today by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, assistant District Engineer Commissioner. The announcement was provoked by a statement of Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings, that he would be unable to replace the trees to be destroyed on Fifteenth street this week, preparatory to the ening of that thoroughfare, be- ause of the lack of funds. ‘We shall not sacrifice trees to widen streets,” said Capt. Whitehurst. “Mr. Lanham claims he hasn’t money enough to plant new trees. I will make it my duty to find him the money.” | Hearing faint moans while testing the telephone line at 635 C street southwest this morning, B. M. David- son, test board operator of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co., | promptly dispatched aid to the resi- | dence, finding Joseph Laccarino, 50 years, upparently dying as a result of illuminating gas fumes. James E. Witherite, telephone com- pany employe, who followed up David- son’s alarm, summoned members of | Fire Chief Watson’s rescue squad, who administered oxygen to Mr. Laccarino and other resuscitative measures, re- sulting in starting the unconsclous man on the way to recovery. Witherite told the police that when | he first arrived at the C street house close to the path the water is expected (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) it apparently was unoccupied. Not satisfied, however, he plevailed on a |Gas Victim's Life Saved When Telephone Tester Hears Moans on Inspection Trip neighbor, who had a key, to permit him to enter. After a search he found L rino, his hands clutching an un- hooked telephone. He also detected a trong odor of gas and found that a stove in the corner of the room was leaking. today praised Davidson for his rheadedness and prompt action. Davidson explained he was going through his customary testing of lines where the receiver was off the hook when he heard the groans which caused him to give alarm. Physicians at Emergency Hospital, where Laccarino was taken, reported this afternoon that their patient’s con- dition is very favorable. Radio Programs—Page 26. sudden end | ALBERT BEVERIDGE DIES SUDDENLY IN - HISINDIANA HOME Year-0ld Statesman, Once Senate’s “Boy Orator.” CONVERSED WITH WIFE %Leaves Work on “Life of Lincoln” Only Half Done—Coolidge Sends Regrets. ciated Press. APOLIS, Ind., Apr Albert J. Beveridge, stat ortator and author, died suddenly at 6:10 o'clock here this morning of heart disease. The former United States Senator was conscious to the last and conversed with his wife, who was with him alone at the end. He had been ill only about two weeks, although his health had not been rugged for several months. He was 64 years old. On returning hers from a visit to Chicago on April 14 Senator Beveridge called Dr. William Thayer of Johns Hopkins University, who, with Dr. Charles P. Emerson of Indianapolis, had been keeping close watch on the condition of their pa- tient. The phy. complete quiet literary labors. Both physicians were hopeful that Mr. Beveridge would re cover from the heart ailment. Elected Senator in 189 Elected to the United States Senate in 1899, when he was only 37 years old, Beveridge was known in that body as “the boy orator.” He was re-elected in 1905. Although a pioneer in the theory of direct election of public offi he was unsuccessfui as a candidate under that system and was twice defeated as a didate for the Senate by popular referendum. Since his retirement from public office, however, Mr. Beveridge won equal fame in a literary caree His “life of John Marshall” is considered one of the best and most complete biographies of the great Chief Justice of the United States. In recent years Mr. Beveridge had been compiling a comprehensive story of the life of Lincoln and at his deati this four-volume work was only a littie more than half completed. Mr. Beveridge had been cheerful last night and conversed in a buoyant manner with Mrs. Beveridge and friends. Word Sent to Children. ‘Word was immediately sent to his twe-ehtidren, Albert-¥. Beveridye, a student at St. Mark’s Academy, a South Borough, Mass., and Abagail, a student of Foxcrosst Academy, near Washington. Mr. Beveridge will be buried in Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis. The date of the funeral has not yet been set; and no other arrangements are completed. Mrs. Beveridge is the only member of the family in Indianapolis. In addi- tion to the son and daughter and the widow, Mr. Beveridge is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. B. Ebben, in Sullivan, Ind. Mr. Beveridge's parents have been dead several year Friends of Mr. Beveridge, his politi- cal associates and persons who had had contact with him in public life, united today in expressing admiratiof of the tireless labor;y keen intellect and scholarly attainments, which they said were his chief attributes. Praised by Nicholson. Meredith Nicholson, autHor, and a close friend of Mr. Beveridge for many years, said: “He was one of the great men of the country, a man of extensive talents in many directions, and it will be a tre- mendous loss that he had not com- pleted his book on Lincoln. His ‘John Marshall’ will stand forever as the greatest biography of one of the great- est Americans. He was a man who stood stalwartly for any idea he thought was right. I do not think that any of us who differed with him ever questioned his sincerity. We have had no man in Indiana who stood as high in the higher literary circles of the country among histor cal studerts and_college folk as did Mr. Beveridge. He was a real con- tributor to the life of his time. I know of no one who can fill the place he has made for himself.” Schortemeyer Expresses Grief. Frederick E. S secre- tary of state, sald: deeply grieved at the sudden passing of Al- bert J. Beveridge. He will be known in history as one of the illustrious sons of Indiana. His fame as an author will be even greater than tha as a student of government. F life of Marshall will live forever.” It was on the political aspects of Beveridge's life that Lew Shank, for- mer Mayor of Indianapolis, made com- ment. Shank said: “I have known Albert Beveridge for thé past 25 years and always consid- ‘ered him not only an authority on in- ternational law, but a great states- man. Could he have been more of politician, he would undoubtedly have been President of the United States. I belleve he would have made one of the greatest Presidents.” Bolted With Roosevelt. One of the pioneer exponents of the direct election of all public offi- cials, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge con- sistently was unsuccessful as a can- didate under the system. Twice he attained membership in the United States Senate from Indi- ana through election by the State Leg- islature, When Theodore Roosevelt bolted the Republican party in 1912, Bever- idgge went with him. At the Bull Moose convention in Chicago, the Hoosier, as temporary chairman, ut- tered the principles upon which the progressives relied for success. Through the irony of circumstances the measures which the progressives espoused and helped to enact were deterrents to the ambitions of Bever- idge. Since his retirement from the Sen- ate, in 1911, Beveridge twice sought to return. In 1914, he was defeated as a progressive candidate and in 1922 he won the Republican nomination over Harry A. New, but lost the elec- tion to Samuel M. Ralston, the Dem- ocratic standard bearer. In 1912 Bev- eridge was defeated as the progres- sive candidate for Governor of In- diana. Beveridge's prominence was as fir sman, Heart Attack Fatal to 64- JUST BEFORE THE END | THE “THIRD TERM” QUIZ. . C. GLOVER GIVES (ADDITIONAL LANDTC CALLES SEES AMITY INCOOLIDGE SPEECH Way Opened for Satisfactory Settlement of All Diffi- culties, He Says. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 27.—President Calles believes that the road has now been opened for a satisfactory settle- ment of all difficulties between Mexico and the United Stat He emphasized this on : President Coolidge’s New York speech and said that at the bottom of all the difficulties “there is nothing more than a misunderstanding or divergence of judgment in appreciat- ing a matter of legal order, which really had not affected the legitimate interests, nor, fortunately, injured the sentiment of the nation, nor brought any injury to eur decorum The Mexican:Ehiel execntivehas no sire that the Mexican-Americun controversy shall be settled by arbi- tration, saying: “Tt appears to us pe fectly factory that such settle- ment should be obtained by means of negotiations.” v to Reach Settlement. think President Coolid; does,” he said, “that there is it desite to maintain cordial relations. It is not only possible, but easy, to reach an amicable settlement, and using Mr. Coolidge’s own words, as carried by the newspaper © that the two countries should comfort themselves in such a way that their friendly relations are not impaired.’ " Asked his opinion relative to T dent Coolidge’s mention of the origin of the difficulties with Mexico, Presi- dent Calles declared: “I believe oke of claims which over a long series of years were re- fe s damages, either as re- gards American or propert. which, due principally to revolutionar acts, have been, by general and special claims com- missions which are functioning. Denies Confiscation. in commenting 4, “According to the. newspaper ver- sion of President Coolidge's speech. he traces the origin of the intens cation of the difficulties to promulg an government. of hington _considered lly menacing confiscation of American properties. -Fortunately, due to correct understanding and exact comprehension of our purposes and the scope of those laws, President Coolidge in his speech showed a thor- ough understanding that Mexico never proposed, and never will propose, to confiscate -foreign properi As 1 clearly expressed it at every oppor- tunity, the policy and its expression by means of laws have never had either the spirit or intention of con- fiscation. 3 “There may have been, there may continue to be, divergencies o inter- pretations of a technical nature in laws, not so much as results which the laws may prod but as the ideologic conception which has given them life. But_application of those laws trans- lated into facts has not resulted, nor do. we intend that it shall result, in material injury to the principles in- voked. Sees Agreement on Differences. “We think exactly as Mr. Coolidge does, that, stripped of all technicali- ties and of legal discussion, the prin- cipal difference which our govern- ment has with that of the United States is the supposed threat of con- fiscation, and on this principal differ- ence I think I have been absolutely clear, “Regarding the expropriation of agricultural lands, which has been o by the government, Mexico has never denied compensation naturally within the government's power, hav- ing regard to the economic situation. It is very satisfactory for me to note that Mr. Coolidge remembers that the American_Government agreed to ac- cept bonds issued by the Mexican government in_payment for damages admitted by the respective comris- sions in cases in which lands were taken for division.” Asked his opinion on the arbitra- tion question, President Calles de- clared that Mexico at the present time hada two commissions to arbi- trate witin the United States, and in general principles Mexico always had been and would be a partisan of such remedy. Opposed to Arbitration. “But,” he added, “that does not imply a desire on our part that any particular dificulty should be re- solved by that procedure, as it ap- pears to us perfectly satisfactory that such settlement should be ob- tained by means of negotiations, which would have the advantage (as it is the strict sovereign privilege "~ (Continued omyPage b, Column i) (Continued on Page 6, Column 6. nd will be, judged | By a Staff Correspondens of The Star. April 27— inked on the opening of the fourth Shenandoah ap- blossom festival here today. The flirtatious sun poked the tip of its nose from behind scowling clouds to watch the parade which began the two-day celebration, and then retired in a huff, while 6,000 school children marched through the streets of Wine cester and dared it to rain any more. Thé weather never behaved so ins considerately. At 6 o'clock this morns ing the sun was smiling broadly and working like mad to dry up the mud and the puddles left in the streets by last night's showers. But an hous or two later somebody tossed a moukey- h in _th ical bR wha (e S WeRE out of PROF. T.H. MORGAN HEADS SCIENTISTS | Academy Elects F. E. Wright of Carnegie Institution Vice President. Prof. T. H. Morgan, professor of ex- perimental zoology at Columbia Uni- versity and one of the foremost authorities in the world on gynetics | and evolution, today was elected presi- dent of the ional Academy of Sciences for a four-year term. ¥ Wright of the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and chairman of the recently formed commission for the study of the moon was elected vice president. David White of the United States Geological Survey was re- elected home secretar The following council was chosen: George Hale of the Mount son Obserya of the Carnegie Institution, Dr. J. C. Merriam, sec- retary of {he Carnegie Institution of hington, and Dr. J. McKeen Cat- tell, editor of Science and various other seientific magazines. At the same time the executive board of the National Research Council elected officers for the year as follows: Chairman, Gano Dunn, New York City; first vice chairman, Prof. T. H. Morgan; second vice airman, Dr. J. C. Merriam; third chairman, Dr. R. A. Millikan of dena, Calif.; permanent secretary, Vernon Kallogs; treasurer, Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the Bureau of Standards; executive board, Prof. James F. Norris of Massachu- otts Institute of Technology, Prof. F. Chicago, and John (Continued on Pa Trend of Youth Toward Atheism Called Untrue By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, April ' 27.—The modern youth is “not ricing to- ward atheism” and should be given opportunity to accept responsibil- ity, it was asserted here last night by Judge Irving Lehman of the New York State Court of Appeals, nd Mrs. Cecile Pipel, director of study groups of the Child Study Assoclation of America. t is true that young folks of this age think radically,” Judge Lehman said while addressing members of the Young Men's and Young Women’s Hebrew Associa- tions, “yet they do not renounce faith. ~Instead, they are recon- structing old and accepted tradi- tions in their minds to suit their new thought to conform with .sci- entific explanations that youths generations ago disbelieved, al though they wanted to believe and did not dare. “On every sid said Mrs. Pipel, speaking the Pittsburgh Girl: Conferen ‘we hear complain that youtll lacks responsibility, yet w2 give odf children no opportunity to acceptgresponsibility. The mis- take is ghrs, and youth is not en- tirely ( jablame,” . RAIN FAILS TO HALT FESTIVAL OF BLOSSOMS AT WINCHESTER Fickle Sun Disappears as 6,000 Children March in Parade—Ball to Be Held Tonight. mission. Rain began. It rained in- termittently until 10 o’clock, when the apple blossom special steamed in from Brunswick, Md., bearing 1,000 school children, railroad officials and several railroad bands. Then it stopped and carnival spirit took conmtrol of the town. Parade an Hour Late. The “Parade of the Blossoms” be- gan at 11:30 .o'clock, an_ hour Iate. The marchers took full advantage of the temporary good weather and frol- icked through the streets, that con- vinced the few. skeptical ones among the throngs that lined the thorough- fares that nothing like a little rain as going to spoil the Valley of Vir- R BOGET BAEA CANGES AGED Plan to Broaden Powers and Make Agency Independent to Be Advocated in Congress. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Removal of the Budget Bureau from its technical status as e service in the Treasury Department, giving it a le- gal status to conform to its working status as a direct agency of the President and making it a bureau of general administration, is one of the specific recommendations for im- provement of the National Budget system that are awaiting the return of Congress. This proposed broadening of the Budget Bureau's jurisdiction would in- clude: (1) Abolition of the Bureau of Effi- clency and the transfer of its duties to the Budget Bureau. (2) Transfer of the general supply committee from the Treasury Depart- ment to the Budget Bureau. (3) Abolition. of the Public Buildings Commission and ‘the transfer of its duties to the Budget Bureau. (49) Transfer of certain executive powers of the joint committee on printing to the Bureau of the Budget, $0 as to restrict the jurisdiction of the committee to the operation of the Government Printing Office as a print- ing plant. (5) Relief of the director of the Bu- reau of the Budget from participation in the work of the Personnel Classifi- cation Board. Tnstitute Makes Study. Theso_recommendations are made by the Institute for Government Re- search, which helped probably more than any non-government 1 agency in establishing the budget system, and are based on a long, careful, detailed study by Dr. Willam F. Willoughby, director of the institute. As a_background it must be under- stood that the budget and accounting act of 1921 and the radical changes in the House and Senate rules of pro- cedure governing the handling of financial proposals so as to bring them into "harmony with the new budget system had these effects: They revolutionized the whole sys- tem of financial administration of the Federal Government, and, indeed, they have affected profoundly the political system itself. They have brought about the great- est change in the character of the of- fice of the President since the first or- ganization of the Government. Have Changed Relations. They have made radically different the relations between the President and the Congress on the one hand and the administrative departments and establishments on the other. In the purely administrative fleld they have changed a condition of af- fairs where the individual services to a large extent went their own way, considered only their own interests, and paid little regard to general needs, to one where they are sub- Jject to that measure of central direc- tion, supervision and control that is essential in order to insure a subor- dination of special to general inter- estd, a co-ordination of efforts and a uniformity in_procedure that is im- PARKWAY SYSTEN Banker and Civic Leader Do- nates Large Tract Ad- joining Fort Dupont. PROVIDES ANOTHER LINK IN SOUTHEAST PROJECT Deed to Beautifully Wooded Parcel of High Ground Delivered to Lieut. Col. Grant. Another gift of land to the Federal Government for park and playground purposes was made this afternoon by Charles C. Glover, I banker and civic leader, when he delivered te Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, directot of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital a deed to a large parcel of land along Massachusetts avenue, southeast, and adjoining the present Fort Dupont property. It is Mr. Glover’s third con: tribution of land for park purposes. “I am giving this property to the United States Government,” said Mr. Glover's letter to Col. Grant, trans mitting the deed, “in accordance with my long cherished desire to further the establishment of a park and park way connection from the vicinity of Bladensburg road to the District line, said parkway to be along the line of Massachusetts avenue, where possible, and to include Mount Hamilton (for. merly owned by W. W. Corcoran), the Ross tract, and the ground lying im- mediately east of the Ross tract, said tracts lying contiguous and forming one parkway connecting with the ex: isting Anacostia Park 2 “The land granted by the deed 1 hand you herewith s to be preserved and enjoyed as a park and playground by all the people for all the years to come."” Connecting Link in Parkway. The land given today by Mr. Glover is a conneeting link in the proposed parkway to" extend Fort Dupont ai the Anacostla park, on the banks of the Anacostia River, which the Na. tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission decided some time ago to ac: quire as funds would permit. Mr, Glover's dedication today is an im- portant addition to this program, as through it will pass the proposed Fort drive planned to connect by a beaut. ful boulevard all of the old Civil Wr.r 'Mr. Glover’s Maj. Carey H. Brown, engineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, ‘“was purchased in order that it might be made available as a park. It comprises 8 acres, which will be increased to about 12 acres by closing the’ streets within the dedi. cated area. These are streets on paper only, as they ve mever been opened to use. This tract forms a connection between the 31 acres previously given by Mr. Glover in this locality and the existing Fort Dupont Park. It also connects the previous gift with Mas. sachusetts avenue, which, though not yet open, will in the future be a fine street. Beautifully Wooded Ground. “The new addition is a beautifully wooded piece of high ground from which magnificent views toward the Capitol and the city are available. Alsa within the view toward the northwest is Mount Hamilton, the site of the proposed arboretum. “It is the purpose of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis. sion to secure a parkway connection between Anacostia Park and the tracts dedicated by Mr. Glover, and thereby to Fort Dupont. Thus the usefulness of all will be increased, as they will be made a part of the park circuit. “If the arboretum is extended to connect with Anacostia Park, as is to be hoped, then the latter will join the connection between Mount Hamilton and Fort Dupont. “The variation in topography be. tween the enlarged Fort Dupont area and Mount Hamilton, on the one hand, and Anacostia Park on the other is most interesting. Fort Dupont and Mount Hamilton are wooded and rugged, with occasional open spaces in the Fort Dupont tract, being quite comparable in general aspect to Rock Creek Park, while Anacostia Park, in its final development, will be of tha same general ‘character as Potomao Park, affording large flat areas for recreation facilities of all kinds. Will Afford Recreation. “Together, these areas properly ex- tended and developed will afford ex. cellent recreational facilities of all kinds for the surroundng area, both east and west of the Liastern Brauch, while at the same time because of their interconnection, forming a part of the general park system which all may enjoy.” The addition of the acreage today leaves only a small part of the pro- posed parkway between Fort Dupont and Anacostia Park to be acquired by the Government, and officials ex- pressed themselves as much pleased with the gift and the generosity dis- played by Mr. Glover, who has done 80 much to aid in increasing the city's park system for the use of all the people. The Glover gift now makes it pos- sible for the Government to provide a connection between its other hold- ings in that area, including the previ- ous gift of Mr. Glover, with Massachu- setts avenue, and eventually will lead directly into the Anacostia Park, which 1s being formed by the filling up of the flats from the dredging of the Anacostia project. As soon as this work gets above Benning Bridge the flats adjacent to the proposed aboretum will be filled in, and thisg will provide the connection with the aboretum, of course, by way of bridges across the Anacostia River. Long Interested in System. Mr. Glover for a long time has been greatly interested in the development of the city’s park system for the use of the people, his first dedication of land being that now known as the Glover Parkway in Georgetown. He has given material aid by these con- tributions, which have been wholly without cost to the Federal Govern. ment, at a time when the funds given the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission have not been enough at any time to acquire all the land upon which it was necessary te act_quickly in_order to preserve its {Continued .on Page 6, Column .2) | . inued on Fage 7, Golumn 6:) ? i %