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colder ton bout 30 degrees; tomorrow clondiness | - o=t " Tempera i ) Full report on page 9, i -~ Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. POWERS AT GENEVA SHOW REAL DESIRE FOR WORLD PEACE Delegates Make Unexpectedf Progress Toward Set- | ting Program. 30,529. Ent pOSt office PROPOSALS OF SOVIET SKILLFULLY OVERCOME League Evolves Plan Based on Se- | curity, Arbitration and Prac- tical Disarmament, { BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The St News € EVA. Decembef1.—-The League of Nations disarmament program 1s | making sudden and unexpected proz- | ress. In a single day. what looked | like insuperable difficulties huve been | skillfully overcome and the plan of | work has begun to take form. i While neither Great Britain nor Italy | thus far has expressed itself, thece seems to be no doubt of the general disposition of all states, including the United States and Russia, ta co-oper- ate to the common end of organizing aco Dails | | sion ight; minimum tem- Collutugy “cmphter ered ay second class matter Washington. D WASHINGTON," SOVIET WINS NATIONS' RESPECT WITH PLEA FOR DISARMAMENT Geneva Parley Finds a New Russia Sitting as Observcr—proposal SCCn Sincere. but Idealistic. By the Associated Press. 3VA, December 1.—The Rus sian challenge to the world to disarm and the Soviel willingness to have that challe; take basis, today were regarded as having enrolled Russia again in the family of nations, t is a new Russia that is sitting 1 as mittee of the Disarmament Commis of the League of Nations. Maxim Litvinoff, head of the delega- tion, and Amatole Lunacharsky, his chief aide, have shown a far Jess antagonistic spirit than the Russians displayed at the financial and eco- nomic conference in Genoa in 192 ind at other international meetings. Yield Gracefully. The & project for absolute and immediat» disarmament _throughout the world | with vigol. They yielded gracefully, however, when the representatives of the other powers insisted upon pro- | ceeding along the lines discussed at | previous sessions of the commission. | The Russians were temperate in the | criticism. There was less discussion of capitalism and capitalistic nations in | the Russian speeches than there has | been in the pa: Litvinoff and- his associates have won consideration from the other dele- se discussed on a give-and- | an observer in the security com-)| iet leaders advocated their | |the present idealistic dream. at least, an Method of Approach. Dr. J. Loudon of the Netherlands, | who presided, declared that it was clear that the difference between the Russian viewpoint and that of the {other nations was not in it$ aim, but | in its method of approach ta the prob- lem One delegate remarked that the scheme goes farther than any project | tor the outlawry of war, which Sen. ator Borah and other Americans have been advocating, because it entails the aboliticn of the means of making war, the disbanding of armies, navies, the dismantling of ammunition factories and the discontinuance of military service. Importance was also attached to |one of Litvinoff's subséquent an- | nouncements that, if the Soviet project was found too revolutionary, the Rus- sians would be ready to participate in |any more modest plan of disarma- ment, when anything practicable was proposed. The delegates in general commented on the poise and assurance which years of power and experience in in- ternational affairs have given the Rus- sians p Less of Curiosity. The Soviet representatives are far less of a curlosity than they were at other conferences. The attitude of the other delegates to | gates in their effort to lessen the dan- toward the Russians is less offish than D. C, DAWES REITERATES HE 15 NOT IN LIST - 0F 28 GANDIDATES Vice President Favors Low- | den for Nomination by His Party. R ! PRESIDENT DEFINITELY | OUT OF RACE, HE HOLDS | Makes Announcement After Visit ° to White House—Urges Ban on Filibusters. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Vice President Dawes fs not a can- didate for the Republican nomination for President in 1928, favors the nomi- nation of Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinois, and assumes that President Coolidge s in no wise a candidate. he announced at the White | House today. These declarations were made by | the Vice President as he talked to a | group of newspaper correspondents in the old cabinet room in the executive office, following a brief talk with the President. 1t was explained by Mr. Dawes, however, that his call upon henir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Q THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1927—-SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. # WILL THE BRAKES HOLD? Associated service. Press The only evening paper in Washington with the Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,974 | TWO CENTS. UNLIMITED T-MAN CARS ARE FAVORED INHANSEL MERGER Universal Transfers and Gen- eral Rerouting Also Are Recommended. ELECTRIC POWER FIRM NOT INCLUDED IN PLAN Tripartite Basis of Ownership Pro- vided—Stock Offered D. C. Government. Unlimited use of one-man street cars, universal transfers and a gen- eral rerouting of existing car lines are the cardinal features of the plan of the firm of Charles Hansel, con- sulting speclalists, for consolidating the transportation units of the Dis- trict which was made public today in complete form. The plan, which was drawn up for the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations, provides for the creation of a new cerporation to take over the operation of all transportation lines now running in and out of the District on a 50-year PRESIDENT'S 1928 PLANS STIR G. O.P.FORCES GATHERING HERE peace. ‘The atmosphere seems | have changed for the better since the | preparatory ~commission ~met six months ago. There are various rea- sons for this amelioration. Serlous Efforts Seen | franchise basis. The new corporation would not be a holding company, but would own ard operate the traction properties, buying them outright. Power Company Not Inchided. the President was merely for the pur- pose of paying his respects, and had no bearing upon the expression of his intentions. Views Filibusters, ger of war. There is a disposition everywhere to give the Soviet leaders full ctedit for their readiness to wipe out armaments. However, the general impression among the other delega- tions is that total disarmament is, for | previously, Litvinoff and Lunachar. sky and other members of the Russian mission are lunching and dining with representatives of other nations. They are meeting them on a social rather than a strictly official plane. MADDEN T0 URGE The failure of the 'Anglo-American nuval conference, the strong resolu tions voted hy the League Assembiy. the pressure brought on the British sovernment by political opposition, Russia's apparent Qesire for a rap- prochement with the other powers, and finally the shock of recent war scares. all seem to have contributed to the feeling that the time has come to re- new serious efforts toward. concrete | accomplishment. ¢ Certain viewpoints !IHIl are wld(‘l; opposed and there are still many tech- n‘i‘cnl difficulties: vet there is at least a nucleus of agreement and outline of method. Great diplomatic skill has been shown by both the French and Germans in overcoming the initial ob: stacle pr ted by the Russian pro- posal for edmplete and immediate gen- eral disarmament. This was impos- sible to accept. vet it was not desired to offend the Russians by rejecting . BRIAND SFES PEACE INTALIAN DISPUTE Countries Will Settle Issues Without Strife, He Says. Deputies Not So Optimistic. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Dacember 1.—France is in- <proposal, therefore, Journed after Czech: nsbvléh m!m:-n discussed Tejected as utterly impractical. was ad- Edouard Benes pointed :\nuufimt nln;t‘ prese ¥ Norway in met?.m weeks and clined toward -“any proposition of ac- cord and arbitration susceptible to bringing Italy and France to an under- standing.” Foreign Minister Briand de- clared in the Chamber of Deputies of tinued: 3 “Despite existing ‘frictions I have the firm conviction that an accord will come about. The two countries can- not do otherwise. The. consclences of their peoples would not permit them to s t., rigid enforcemient - “¥i4-non mxfif‘mmu o disarmament - before next Beptember. The League plan as thus far evolved is on the inseparability of se- curity, arbitration and disarmament, upported by numerous small- @k States. has maintaiped that secu- A —that is to say. lm%em:ma for ‘making common cause against a pos- aible a sor—must . precede dis- . mrmament, Germany. supported more by Great Britain and now by e holds that disarmament should come first. and will in itself give suf-| it security. % 'While the League as a whole adopts the French thesis, it has been decided in deference to the German thesis that preparations for the general confer- #nce shall be carried on simultaneously by two commissions. one dealing with the technical aspects of disarmament || a1A the other with questions of secu ity and arbitration. The latter com misston s how, being organized.. Rus- gia will be fepresented thereon by an | observer,“but the United States will | ot be represented. * Foreign to U. S. Stand. #The American yiewpoint, as officially xpounded by Hugh Wilson. head of “the “American tion. is that se- < curfty’ is a regio affair. and hence in the guestion of European security we are not interested. The United States believes. however. in regional security pacts and considers the four- power Pacific treaty negotiated 4t the Washington. arms conference as a model one; gpe the League's security elorts wiil succeed und we will con- “¥ider 1ts eventual recommendations and will continve to participate in the disarmament, disc There exists alr draft of a con dis armament.s It is incomplete and full | of -feservations, vet sufficiently ad- | ydnced that Ger v is eager to pro ceed 10 a second reading at the earli- | st possible date, not later than Feb- | ryary, The new security commissi is meeting for the first time today. shas been instructed fully by the ! © Assembly, Its mission is to encour- age arbitration agreements. whether | wpecial or genmeral: suggest local security pacts like Locarno: prepare for the carrying out of the security guarantees already afforded by the TLeague covenant; ask member states exactly ‘what help they are willing to | give against possible aggressors, and | study general financial aid to possible vietims of - ssion, The cosulnlon may declde ta ask the United $tates to promise not to give arms op'supplies 1o states desig: nated m‘mnmu by the League. Unless the United States will promise this there is a risk of conflict over hleckade and neutrality rules between the United States and any League “conlition engaged In resisting aggres sion. COMMITTEE zechoslovakia Delegate Named Head | of Body. GENEVA, December 1. (P).—The A el iy s t mament e e F\l head still buzzing with of yesterday for maments, STARTS WORK. mi 5 the Boviet prol the complete abolition of k’f";: g:ll‘l‘lbo" );e the relations n proposale, between France and Tialy with re. rd to the Balkans and the Polich- ithuanian controversy, although not ‘specifically hefore the commission. al _presented problems uppermost in the minds of the delegates. | One feature of today's session was | an_ironical attack on M. Politis_of ontinued on Page 4, Column 2) | think of war.” "“Says War Impossible. M. Briand added that he was sure in both Italy and France public opin- ion would make war impossible. Italy has nothing to worry about in the recently signed Franco-Jugoslav- fan treaty of amity and arbitration, which was criticized in Italy as in- imical to that country, he declared. France ond Jugoslavia, he asserted, had merely consecrated a situation that had existed for years by the treaty, and the recent visit of an Ital- ian warship to the disputed territory, ‘Tangier, in Morocco. did not bring the treaty about. As to the status of Tangier, in dis- pute between France and Spain, M. Briand said: “We are having a friend- y conversation with Spain with the ob- Ject of finally fixing the definite status of Tangier and assuring the security of the Spanish zone in Morocco.” Optimism Not Shared. Some Deputies refused to share M, | Briand’s optimistic outlook. A few of Premier Mussolini's ambitious ora- tions about Italy’s rights and her dreams of empire were repeated hy them. The Radical Socialist Montigny declared that Italy bad turned against France and that there was a systemat- ic effort in Italy to show the people that France was their mortal enemy. The gathering of war clouds every- where was seen by the Communist Deputy Cachin.. He - pictured. the United Stutes as gazing greedily at Centrai and South American countries. Deputies of the Left, however, ap- plauded M. Briand warmly, although the Moderates were rather cool. Pre. mier Poi e shook hands with his {oreign minister with fervor. MEXICAN_LEGISLATURES ADOPT NEW AMENDMENT By the Assaciated Press MEXICO CITY. Decembér 1.—The constitutional amendment extending the presidential term of office from four to six years, El Universal Grafico says, has been adopted by a majority of the state legislatures, and is there- fore effective now. The amendment passed by the fed- | eral Congress, the paper adds, has been approved by 15 state legislatures, constituting a majority of the stutes as required by law for the amendment of the constitution. Presumably the extension will not apply to Presidint Calles, but will apply to hls suec sor, who probably will be Geh. Obr gon. “DRY" PROPAGANDA BY U. 5. DUETO END Government to Replace “Education” With Action in Enforcement. The Government has decided on a policy of more enforcement and less “propaganda’ in the administration of the Volstead act. <% In other words, Uncle Sam.§s going to stop preaching prohibition’and in- Qulging in .othér . “educatiamal” tac- tics. confine all his aefivity to of the This wus made krown ‘in high ad- ministration circlés today in conn tion. with the digclosuré that t Treasury will not ask Congress f additional prohibition legislation out. side of regular appropriations. Previous Policies Discredited. Previous policies, which were ad- vanced mainly by ‘oriner Prohibition Commissioncr Roy A. Haynes, and which included A program of lectures and public education by un organiza- tion putting out statistics, I'terature and speakers, have been discredited by the admisintrs and ave frowned upon as being beyond the responsi- bility of the :nfarcement branch of the Governmenr. Not that the Government officials feel education should be neglected in prohibition miatters. It is considered by some officlals as aighly necessary. or as the main issue, but is not the function of the Treasury -Department to carry on an educational eampaign, 1ccording to the assurances made plain today. With the reorganization bill made law by the last session of Congress, and a Bureau of Prohibition and a Bureau of Customs now in effect, Treasury officials feel that they .T ready to move forward without ady further prohibition legislation outside of appropriations. Boatleggers Seem Active. ‘The admimstration realizes that the bootlegger seems to be active through- out the land, as apparent from the large number of seizures, apprehen- sions and prosecutions. but it is felt that a gain is heing made and that conditions are on the mend. The plan of operation, which calls for results, is known to have the ap- proval of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Improvement in conditions through- out the country. the administration (eels, will be the justification for the prohibition enforcement machine in the Treasury Department. s Bengal Swept by Cholera. CALCUTTA, India, December 1 (#).—Bengal, one of the three great divisions. of British India, is being swept by a cholera epidemle. [If the epidemic follows the ordinary course, it _is estimated that the number of cases will increase 50 per cent this month, i For the week ending’ November 19, 3,703 cases, with 2,139 deaths, were reported from the province, Calcutta excented. Railroad Ticket 11 Feet Long. NEW YORK, December 1 (P).~—A road ticket 11 feet 6 inches long. 41 to be the longest ever sold in this country, wa8 made out by agents of the New York Central Rallroad yes. terday to N. Chanin. a lécturer for a Jewish fraternal organization. The ticket contains 71 coupons to.the same number of points on 27 rallroads in 28 States and costs $545.08. British WS;.Corrcspondents in Chicago To "Cover” Gang Fight From ‘Front Line’ By Cable 1o The Stfr sud Chicaco Daily LONDON, Deécem! 1. — While waiting for more serious develop ments in Europe next Summer, Brit- sh war correspond-nt® are being dis- vatched to ChicaBc, whers, according to reports given !"ont page space in most London Jourtiale, a new gang war, more bitter and bloodier than ever seen before, i¥ about to break out. b Mayor “Big Bill" Thompson's anti British campaign s taken mostly as a joke here. The Chivago gang war. however, 18-taken 'serfously and two newspapers already. ha’o special cor- Irunnndenu in Chicago, whose cables are displayed = prominently f{n the morning papers. The correspondents describe with detail the Chicago gang wars and the open gambling dens, reminiscent of the outlaw days of the California ggld rush. Their stories have received sonfirmation from a prominent Chicagoan, Charles Crane, who'in a lecture before the Central Asla Soclety in London atated: “It -i¢-safer to travel through the Arablan Desert among the wild tribes of Tbn faud and Iman Yahis, than along Michigan boulevard. The A rulers have su in stamping out murder and robbery. The rulers of my home town have not.” Gen. Dawes prefaced his announce- ment with the explanation ‘that any- thing he might say at this time would not have any bearing upon political issues, but only would afford a basis for possible interpretation of his polit- ical or personal motives. During a frank discussion of some of the issues Gen. Dawes sald he felt that the filibusters in the last Coh- gress had resulted in a feeling among the Senators that a change in the rules of that body was not only ad- visable but necessary. everal resolutions were introduced by Senators in the last session to rem- edy the evils of a filibuster in a short sessfon,” Gen. Dawes polnted out, ‘and the one which seemed to have the most general support, provided tor applying a cloture upon revenue and appropriation bills during the short session. This would take’ out of the hands of minorities and at times, individuals, the power to threat- en the blocking of governmental busi- ness and compelling the calling of an extra session, unless concessions in general legislation ‘to the minority or to the individual.” Backs Majority Cloture. Continuing his dise) Of position was for majority clotire, ing that it was necessary to the majority to exercise. its coi tional duties. He added that he fa. vored any improvemeit of the Tul ssening the power of the filibuster and favored the resolution already in- troduced in the Senate. ‘This, he sald, would take away the power to compel an extra session and the.chances of choking the supply .of revenue to the Government, unless an extra session is called. The Vice President stated also that he favored the Norris amendment to the Constitution, abolishing the short session of Congress. . which would eliminate the “lame duck” system. He stated that if this amendment was a’opted, evils of the filibuster would be left, but he doubted if they would be entirely destroyed. .He feels that the power of obstructing legislation under the present rules of hte Senate enables individuals to ‘enforce per- ::mnl concessions in general legisla- on. nate Reiterates His Stand. The announcement of Gen. Dawes that he is not a candidate is not the first time that he has expressed him- self to this extent. This is only a reiteration of a public statement made by nim immediately following the announcement by President Cool- fdge last August, that he did not choose to be a candidate to succeed himself. Since then, the Vice President per sistently has declined to permit his triends to start any boom in his be- haif or'to use his name in connection ‘with the nomination, Regardless of this attitude, his name has been prominently mentioned and it has been generally uccepted that his name would come before . the ' convention. The- belief hus been -strong aniong many party. leaderd that he would be the real contender, regardiess of his ban on preliminary campaigning. ‘The .general also has been repre- sented favoring ‘the ecandidacy of personal friend, former Gov. Lowden. hut since the Lowden hoom has gained such little headway, it has heen assumed among Republican lead- ers that the Lowden strength eventu ally would to Gen. Dawes. Mem- bers of the Republican national®com- mittee who ‘met informall§ in Wash- ington - in September. and some of whom are here now. have thrown out the hint that Gen. Dawes would be iv preference as standard bearer, it it- wan decided definitely that Presi. ?n'imd Coolidge would not change his In Although Gen. Dawes has announced several times that he was not a candidate, his declaration at the White House today was made not only with considerable emphasis but in a manner to carry the impression of deepest sincerity. PSSR Sy SEEKS SOVIET AMITY. Japanese Leader to Visit Moscow to Strengthen Ties. TOKIO, December 1 (#).—Viscount Goto, former foreign minister, who is planning to leave for Moscow De- cember 5. declared today that the ob- ject of his visit is to work-for the closest rapproachement and friend. ship between Russia and Japan. Co-operation, es) ly - economic co-operation, between" two ¢oun- tries he considers essential for safe- guarding the of PFar East, owing 1o Russia’s large ferritoriai ieasions. and_economic interests n the Orient. em that he is going in a private capacity. —eg e Alaskan Plane Hops Off. NOME, . er 17°0P). Noel Wein, “a, Stinson-De Alnska, Defember troiter plane, “fl! oft. from ‘:& Tuesday ?or ’ inks with two pas- sengers and tmas- malil consigned to the States. ~The temperature was 22 below zero, AUDIT COMMITTEE House Reform Is Expected to Draw Vote of G. 0. P. Caucus Saturday. BY WILLIAM P. KENNEDY. The important House organization reform of substituting for 11 small committees, charged with investigat- ing expenditures in the 10 executive departments of the Government, and expenditures on account of public buildings, a single committee to be in- trusted with the supervisory audit, is expected to be voted upon in the caucys of the Republican majority membership of the House Saturday M;hl. 2 his question was discussed at the las ion of Congress and was con- favorably the <om:, of the House, h:: e sup- leatlers, ™ g It is admitted that the existing 11 rarely function, and opin- | fon is ‘héld by many- that the change. Would round out the budget system by Ins g a proper supervision of expenditures and Would aid the controller general, Madden Asks Reform. The first advocate of the change was Representative Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee, who, In an article in the Saturday Evening Post, in 1923, said the proposed committee “functioning with the general accounting office. would, in my opinion, be a factor for an incalculable amount of good. * * * The creation of a centralized commit- tee on expenditures would relieve the appropriations committee and provide an agency whose investigations would be of inestimable value to the appro- priating committees,” g In the Sixty-ninth Congress, the proposition was brought forward in a resolution by Repr¢sentative Moore. Democrat, of Virginia, which was dis- cussed on the floor of the House by Representatives Madden, Moore and others, and Mr. Madden then empha- sized the views In his article. Within the last few days. there has appeared a book by Dr. W. F. Willoughby. director of the Institute for Government Research. treating of the General Accounting Office, In which he advocates such a committee. by It has been understood that the Con- | troller General is in thorough sym- pathy with the idea of a committee given such furisdiction to enable it to keep in the same close touch with expenditures as the committees on appropriations of the Senate and House keep In touch with appropria- tions. Importance Stressed. In the course of his argument. Dr. Willoughby said: ‘The important thing is that the new committee shall be recognized as one of the most important commit- tees of Congress and .that it shall be under the definite obligation. each vear, of receiving the report of the Controller General, of making investi- gations with the aid of that officer and also possibly of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, of points raized in the Controller General's re port or otherwise coming to the Attention. of the. committee, and of roporting ‘the results of its work to Congress,*” 5 Speaking on. the floor of the House, December 10, 1926, during a discussion of the pro reform. Representa. tive Madden sajd: I have felt that this is the one mising link in our fiscal organizatiori. 1If we had such a com: mittes it would be a wonderful a sistance to'the committee on appropri ations. I'think we could, and 1 feel sure we would, so organize the ex- penditures:after the money 1§ appro- priated. for them as te keep all thé expending officers of the Government within the law.' 1t. is expected that Representative Madden will lead the effort in the cau. cus Saturday night for adoption of this reform. FOUR IN AUTO KILLED AT RAILROAD CROSSING eat Train and Sedan Collide in Indiana and Ohio Residents _ Die in Crash. . By th: Assdeiated Press. DECATUR, Ind., - December Il.— were killed here this F‘o\lrr‘qm mornd when an east-bound Erie Raflroad meat train struck a sedan automobile - at Mercer crossing. The dead are: Alfred Stuttler, $6: Miss Lumonton; 24; Mrs: Ken neth Hoblet, 23: Robert Strickler, All of the victims were from Will- shire, Ohio, Radie Progfum—Poges S2 453 . b \ Members of the Republican national committee who have arrived in Wash- | ington in advance of the called meet- ing of that body next Tuesday are | showing far more interest in learning | something definite about President Coolidge’s attitude for the 1928 nomi- nation than they are in the business which has actually caused them to gather here, namely, the selection of | the time fln? nl};ce for the next Re: publican national copventian. . \s'might be ex; b ¥ paélitical leaders are tly. in i the <peech. the ident . is % : make to them in the east room of*the White House next ‘Tuesday afternoon, and are looking forward with expectaney to this occasion. They are wondering if Mr. Coolidge will” select this, ‘to_mak e 4 E Butler Is Quizzed. [Advance Guard of Committeemen More Interested in Learning Coolidge Attitude Than in Convention Details. -vanguard of committeemen in an en- | deavor to learn something of what the President has -in mind. The chairman. who is an intimate friend of the President and who was a din- ner guest at the White Housc last evening, and afterward indulged in a long chat with him, was today rep- resented as endeavoring -to impress upon the inquiring committeemen the fact that Mr. Coolidge evidently thinks that he was explicit enough in his Black Hills pronouncement and that ihe "has repeatedly inferred that he the subjeet. Chairman Butler has given the im- pression that he personally" does not look for anything further from the President in connection with the atti- toward another term. a ndn Butler's explanations. As little ‘groups informally gather at the head- rincipal of con- Former Senator William M. Buthe'| qarters, the of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee, is' being besieged by the U. 3. OIL CONTROL OPPOSED BY ODDIE Senator Attacks Budget Bu- reau Policy—Hoover Ad- dresses Mining Congress. | A sharp attack on the constitution- ality of Federal control of oil pro- duction, Ly Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada, and a plea for conserva- tion of natural resources voiced by Secretary of Commerce Hoover mark: ed the opening seéssions of the Ameri- can Mining Congress at the Mayflow- er Hotel today. Senator Oddie, who is chairman ot the Senate committee on mines and mining. also attacked the Bureau of the Budget for cutting dowm dppro- priations for the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey. taking the po- sition that present allotments for these scientific services are “pnr.l‘lmo» nious” and “pitifully inadequate. Two hours before delegates to the congress heard Senator Oddle attack Federal control of oil output. Secre- tary Hoover 'reiterated his previous declaration that Government interfer- ence in private business is undesira- ble, and was alluded to by H. Foster Bain, presiding at the convention, as “the mining engineer who may sit at the head of the eabinet table,” Question of Exhaustion. i “Qur - petroleum supplies must { handled in a businesslike and effic manner in order that ample produc | tion be matntained as long as the i supply from oil ‘wells [asts. and our !vast o)l shale and lignite deposiis ! must be eveloped and, processes for 1 their reduction perfected in order that {the country may not lack. its neces: {sary supply of -oil ‘and gasoline in ‘n possible interim that may exist be: 'tween the time of exhaustion from present wells and the bringing /in of i the ' new 'supply from oil shale and lignite depesits,” Senator Qddie said ‘Predictions of exhaustion of our Supply from wells in the near { future are unsafe becauwe of the dis- i covery of new flelds,” he added. ‘“As { “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3J oil Struck by a stone which was hurl ed through an open vestibule windo of the; street ear he was operating gt n:]roued Fifth nr«t“on Rh:g;' " a avenue mnortheast, at al l'o’clock this mévoing, Motorman Huarry | E. Mitchell, 31 ‘years old,’ felk platform, unconselous and da: 1y wounded, The car which on_ its eourse; running wild, was brought to.a stop by Conductor Alien ‘Wilkins, whe rushed forward througl the aisle to'the controls. 4 Motorman Mitchell, who resides at us- kutl, § the force'of the blow, according t9 Conductor Wilkins, that versation _re! (Continuéd en 30 BROADCASTERS * TOBEELIMINA Federal Commission Declares " Nearly Half of-U:'S. Sta- - tions Will Close. Elimination of possibly 300 of the present 634 broadcasting stations now operating in the United States during the coming year has been decided upon in the interests of the publie, it was formally announced today by the Federal Radio Commission. Commissioner Sam Pickard, speak- ing for his associates on the sion. declared today that the whole- sale reduction in the operating broad- casting stations had been led upon as the only means of enabling fu; publi¢ utilization’of radio sibilitie Members of the Radio Commission, he sald, had fully realized the neces- sity of such an action, but had deemed it necessary to delay the application of the Federal authority to the end desired until the new law creating the body had been tested and until they had been able t0 make full! observa- tion of conditions in the radio field. He added that there had been suffi- cient court action upon the law's pro- vision to insure the commissicn’s au- thority, while.the continuous conges- tiom in the radio field had demon strated the necessity of the step. Explaining the method cf eliminat- ing stations that the commission in tended to adopt. Mr. Pickard said that all outstanding broadeasting licenses expiring December 31 would be con- tinved to February 1. = Thereafter the commission would consider elimina- tion recommendations from ite radio inspectors in the fleld. In determining what stations may survive, the commission expects to use’ the standards set up by the radio law and to grant license to those en- terprises which it considers to be most led by public convenience, interest and necessity. A secondary consider- ation will be the priority of the sta- tion in its fleld. In this connection it was pointed out chat about 250 new operating stations have begun service :lnee 1926, while the balance were in leld before that date. ‘Trolley Runs Wild as Motorman Is Hurt | By Stone Hurled Through Open Window tife stone, alter striking Mitchell in the head. glanced off and crashed through a window pane. Wilkins told police that he was in {herear of the car making out his re: port. when he noticed the motorman fall. He had not seen any near the tracks, he sald. and Mitchell's eon- dition, was so serious that it was fm possible to learn anything (rom him. The car was without passengers at the time and continued running to- wards the business section of town until brought to a stop. 3 - Detectives B. C. Kuehling and - jat the twelfth ‘precinct. who conduct. n ins on. were unable find any one - had been in the viclnity of Rh Island avenue and ifth street at the time the stone was hurled through the window. All_interdrban trolley lines, as well as motorbus lines and taxicabs, would " be included in the merger. The bidiary of the wmm'n:fi" v sul ry n Wi & Eleetric Co..wmlflhfltmtdl.ho “The Haneel plan, the'third tha an: 5 has been produced since the r-u-wmlon has said all he is golig to say on | M2 ! satisfied with Chalr-| patrons. 4 “'nu firm, “-u ufil- that &n‘r-# ler. would” Droflmw*zm “of 32,3 a year, This sa - ver, ‘would not result en Public Support Urged, ‘The report . containing th plan stresses the duty of the co-operate in" evi way transit utilities through regulation, and to extend to utilities” its' moral and financial sup- Tt port. Ih a proper merger, the Han holds, the publie In its own terests. should givé its sup curing the following -conce the consolidated company: of existing franchise taxes, of cost of street paving (unless is destroyed by the transit abolition of. the cost of traffic-police- men at crossings; demand. nce be given street cars at i ions over automobiles arid trucks and urce the elimination of the right of pri- vate automebile parking n areas, where such privilege prevents l“?‘l!:‘-l'usd to.cars ard increases ‘co-operation d support, the Hansel firm claims &t the public is entitled to safe: and ef- ficient service at the lowest possible tare consonant with such service: rep- resentation on the board of directors of the néw unified company; the right to participate directly in .revenue gains of the unified company and to acquire ownership in the unified com- pany after a period of years by us: ing this participation in revenue gaing through payments to a sinking fund, the accumulated proceeds of 'h‘lm are |u1|- rufl :ohr' this wrmh, an option from. company pur- chase a substantial interest In the transit properties in W at a arlee or according to.a agreed upon at the time of the merger. " Rights of Employes. Certain fundamental rights al should be guaranteed to employes the col ny. a to g{mfl‘::!’::u.mm should ":'5'3‘ righ elect one representative on the hoard of difectors of the have ucquired eapital stock and as ucrul take' u Tt In the election of directors: the. to collective burgaining as to wages and atives of . their & through their unions,. through reusonable wages ac best standards of the industry: the. right to an of working hours so as to far_as practicahle in .t (Continued on Page 5, Col