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WEATHI 0. 8. Weather B ‘orecast.) Increasing cloudiness, followed by showers late tonight or tomorrow; not much change in_temperature Temperature—Highest, 81, at 2 pm vesterday: lowest, 62, at 5 a.m. today Full report on page 9 | ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Closing N. Y. Ml_rke!s. Pages 14 and 15 30,789. Fn ¥ nd class matter shington. . T WASHING Slar, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion 15 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the paper s are printed. Yesterday's Ci[cll!afion, 104,581 28, FIITY- TWO PAGES. 'ON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JUNE (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 18TH AMENDMENT IS INDORSED | BY PLATFORM SUBCOMMITTEE; | NAMING OF SMITH LOOMS TODAY Farmers Promise of Help. ROBINSON SEEN SECOND CHOICE * Dry Battle May Not Materialize on Floor. BY G. GOULD LINC . HOUSTON, June 28 —After hearing ominating spee for Senator “Jim" eed of ) Hitcheoc braska, the Democratic tional convention adjourned at 12:37 m. until 3 o'clock this afternoon amid | ud protests from the delegates. "Bxgotry Given HOUSTON FIGHTS LAID TO SPIRIT ;. 0. P. Prohibi- . OF COMBAT, ABETTED BY HEAT " Has Little to Do With Flying Fists—The Boys Just Love to Show Their ' BY BEN McKELWAY. { Staff Correspondent of The Star. HOUSTON, June 28.—This is the hird day of the Democratic national ention. Tomorrow will probably be the last. In this time the Demo- s have established undisputed claim supremacy in two fields. One is in ield of shouting, marching and onstrating enthusiasm. The secord is in the fleld of fighting over State markers—the markers being the signs | in convention hall bearing the names ot the States and designating the sec- tions occupied by the different dele- | gations. Fettle. In the first and second demonstra- tions there were fights over efforts to | carry the State markers of North Car- olina, Tennessee and Mississippi in the shouting processions around the hall The interesting thing to ask is, why should these fights have occurred. There have been efforts. natural, to be sure, to connect the fight yesterday morning over the North Carolina State marker and the Tennessee State mark- er with that ugly spirit which is known by the names of “bigotry” and “intol- erance.” There are, doubtlessly, efforts to connect the fine fight last night in | the Mississippi delegation with some deep-seated hatred of Gov. Smith. But | the fact of the matter is that the fights |over the North Carolina delegation While the demonstration over the |marker and the Tennessee marker and | 1 tion Regime ‘ Flayed. MOODY’S PLAN TURNED DOWN Drafters Fail to Ap-| ove Equali tion Fee. By the Associated Press | HOUSTON, June 28.—A prohibition | plank declaring for enforcement of the | cighteenth amendment was approved today by the Democratic convention's | resolutions sub-committee, in winding | up the drafting of the platform upon | nomination of Senator Reed today was the Mississippi marker have no more to | Which the party will seck a grant of HODVERPREPARNG TOREINUSHPLST ASCOMMERGE D Secretary Setting Office in Order Preparatory to Resigning. AIDES ARE MENTIONED FOR CABINET PLACES Brown, MacCracken or Klein May Succeed G. 0. P. Nominee—Fin- ney or Hodges, Work. Secretary Hoover plunged into his departmental business today, intent on setting his office in order before leav- ing the cabmet at an early date. Sudden announcement yesterday aft- ernoon of his decision to resign as Sec- retary of Commerce as soon as prac- ticable was unexpected in governmental circles, in view of his previous intima- tion that he would remain in his offi- | cial post until the election or later. Hoover now is expectéd to hand his resignation to President Coolidge at the Summer White House about the middle of July, following the example to be TEN-CENT TAXICAB SERVICE When Senator Robinson of Arkan-|a good demonstraticn, as such things|do with the question of intolerance or | power in November. set next week by Secretary Work of s. chairman, put the question of ad- Pournment there was a TOar of “noes.” | but he gaveled the convention into sub- muission, declaring it adjourned. The motion to adjourn came from ew York, and this is New York’s day. PMcCooey, Brooklyn Democratic leader, fmade the motion. L There were Still nominating speeches %o be made for Hull of Tennessee. of Ohio, Thompson of Colo- w’rhe convention still had several hours of nominating speeches for when 3. *Gov. Ritchie, who some days 2go + writhdrew from the presidential race and ideciared his support of Al Smith, led off with & seconding speech for the New Nork governor, which was roundly cheered. There remained to be placed $n nomination today Senator Reed of Missouri, former Senator Pome- Yene of Ohio, Jesse H. Jones of Texas, former Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and Representative Hull of Tennessee. Missiseippi's delegation will vote for Benator Harrison, but he does not plan %o have his name formally put before the convention. Huston Thompson may e put forward by Colorado. Roesevelt Offers Smith. The nominstion of the “happy war- ¥ior,” Gov. Al Smith, was made at the convention session last night by Prank- Iin D. Roosevell of New York, who @ramatically recalled the fact that this was the third time he had appeared $efore & Democratic national conven- %ion to urge the nomination of Smith. The demonstration which followed would have convinced any one of the ap- presching nomination of Smith, yet it Was “dignified” as compared with the demonstration staged in New York for Bmith four years ago. The Bmithites are herf on their “good behavior”— No rough stuff” has been thelr glogan from the start of the co yention Mrs ernor. was the T of attraction as 1 in a box looking on, surrounded by close friends and relatives. She bowed and smiled and waved her hand 1 the th cohorts as they dippe their State standards before her Thers wes one noticeable thing lack- $ng in the demonstration, however. The galleries stood apathetic. though inter- Tt Ly 2 cheering and cavorting was practica on the fioor of th vention. Even the hundreds of v 0TS placed on the floor of the convention Just looked without gdding thelr volces v handclapping w the demons The Democrats are out to win the armer vote and they have done thelr ‘mv in the farm plank of the platform 10 satisty the farm leaders. Called Satisfactory. The plank, as drafted by the subcom- mitwee, according to Chester Gray, a yepresentative of the American Farm Buresy, is reasonably satistactory. He says that it calls for . special session of Congress 1o take up farm legislation s soon as the Democratic President chall be inaugurated, if he is elected next November, That, hs nsists, 18 particularly satisfactory o the farmers. Jio also is authority for the statement ¢ the Democrats propose 1o conside P [annl‘lfll(— involved in the McNary- Jiaugen bill, though without committing tnemselves inciple The platfor s the Reptb 1 o P. of r bigotry or hatred of Gov. Smith than |go. the three demonstrations which | | " s Fhch | a college class fight over a cane or stand out so far in the order of their | ¢ | subject of bitter controversy for days, | importance are: | 1. The demonstration over the nom- | ination of Gov. Smith. | 2. The demonstration over the re- marks of Chairman Robinson that “Jefferson gloried in Virginia's statute guaranteeing religious liberty” and “in }tbat constitutional guarantee that no | religious test shall ever be required for office,” with emphasis on the “ever.” 3. The demonstration over Claude Bowers' assertion that the hand of spe- cial privilege will be taken out of the heckrmers' pockets and from around his neck. ball has to do with the soundness of the Einstein theory or the economic fallacies of the protective tariff. All the fights were mere reminders | that this is a Democratic national con- vention. All of the fights were mere reminders of that spontaneous spirit of combat which results from excessive | heat, excessive oratory, large gather- | ings of Democrats and pointless, if not witless, enthusiasm. Yesterday when Senator Robinson was | delivering an excellent address, but in 2 manner calculated to lull crying babes 'l’f\s he unexpectedly came out with (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) = CONVENTION NEAR FINISH BY TONIGHT |Little Trouble Expected in journment Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., June 28.—With the prohibition tangle straightening itself out in committee, the Democratic na- tional convention neared its end to- day with scarcely a threat of troubie left on its horizon. By early afternoon tomorrow, at the Iatest, the convention managers fully expected to adjourn finally and go home, after having put before the coun- try a ticket composed of Smith of New York and Robinson of Arkansas, and a platform promising with other things, strict enforcement of the dry laws and a comprehensive program of farm relief. Nominating Speeches Continued. session was given to of the long \nl!:srtludf‘hn( ting speeches begun night. | It was the tentative plan to adopt the platform during the afternoon, and to cast tonight the one ballot now con- sidered certain to result in the nomi- | nation of Smfth. An overnight ad- | journment is expected before the se- | lection of Smith’s running mate, and | the final wind-up. The whole performance today had about it a distinct air of anti-climax. ‘There still was a lingering possibiilty of a fioor fight over the platform, but most of the leaders were confident none would develop. The m:wrlmlt pln[ u:‘l the day's program of pu | the nlmpol a half dozen favorite sons | formally in nomination, was a some- what tedious formality in the swelter- |ing heat of the big convention hall Everybody conceded that the men for whom the speeches were made had no remaining chance of nomination, but the delegates and convention officials were willing to let them have their hour | of glory and joined good-naturedly, for | the most part, in the applause that | greeted all of them. | Many Absent at Opening. 1 The session began at 10:35 a.m., five | minutes after the hour set. Senator | Robinson, the permanent chalrman, ;and leading candidate for the vice presidency, apparently was anxious to get on with the convention business. When he called for order only about | half the delegates had arrived and ! there still were great blank spaces in | the spectators’ bleachers along the sides {and rear of the hall. There was 50 | much confusion with late arrivals | struggling in by the hundreds that {even repeated orders by thé chair to the sergeant-at-arms failed for a time th, wife of the gov- | to get the delegates into their seats and | quiet. | The chatrman did not wait for order, " but while the hall still was rumbling with conversation he presented the Rev. 4, A Prank Smith of the First Methodist | Church of Houston, who pronounced | the invocation. The crowd stood and | grew more silent. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, his State's favorite son, who withdrew con- | just a few days ago In favor of Bmith, | | made the first speech of the day, sec- onding the nomination of the Yorker. He was glven a fine ovation |as he mounted the platform. Many of the delegates stood and cheered as wo convention bands joined In “Mary- land, My Maryland.” ’ he candidate whose cause he cspoused was described by Gov. Ritchie (Continued on Page 12, Column 4.) | VOLCANO ERUPTING. | MANILA, June 28 (#)—The Mayon volcano in Albay province, southeastern ) Luzon, erupted slightly again last night, | shooting flames into the sky and rolling fiaming rocks down the mountainside { The disturbance created & panic among the natives living near the base of the oleano snd they fled with their be- | longings, | orgrhization in charge imated that at ol dessrieg theit fiist eruption sast 5000 perso o5 ince the Remaining Hours—See Ad- | THREATS OF BOLT WILDLY CHEERED {Drys Go to Convention Hall Determined to Fight for Their Plank.. +/ A S AR o By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, June 28--Threats of a bolt of the party if Al Smith is nomi- nated were wildly cheered at a mass meeting of “dry” delegates to the Dem- ocratic convention, held in the Baptist Church here today, on the eve of the impending row over a dry plank in the party's platform. Mrs. Jesse Nicholson of Maryland, a leader in the National Woman's Com- mittee for Law Enforcement, told the meeting that the women “will never vote for a wet candidate and will bolt if Smith is nominated.” This and similar expressions by Sen- ator Harris of Georgia were cheered as the delegates turned to march on the convention hall. Fight on Floor Planned. Unaware of the exact text of the dry plank adopted by the subcommittee of the resolutions committee, the mass meeting was making plans for a deter- mined fight on the floor for a “bone = when the platform is re- | pot out by committee. How ac- ceptable the tentative draft will be to the drys is problematical. Former Gov. Sweet of Colorado pre- | sided over the meeting today, and with Daniel Roper of South Carolina led the march of the delegates to the conven- | tion hall. | _ The following resolution presented by | J. A. Hartness of North Carolina was imopud: 1| Demand Law Shall Stand. “At a mass meeting of more than one thousand people including dele- gates from many States attending the Oemocratic convention it is resolved that there shall be no change in the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- | stead act and that the platform com- mittee is instructed to indorse both and to_declare strict enforcement of both.” However, virtually all of the speakers | Smith would be the party's nominee | and their attention was centered on the fight for a “drv" plank. Senator Harrls declared that if Smith ran on a wet platform he would lose Georgia by 50,000. Willlam D. { Upshaw, dry crusader from Georgia, also declared that the “Tammany Tiger will never get in the White House.” | Other speakers included Cone John- son of Texas and Clifford Walker of | Georgla. | Floor Managers Named. W. W. Waybright of Jacksonville, Fla, and Thomas Ball of Texas have been placed in charge of the floor ht. Benator Reed of Missourl, who s keeping his promise 1o go “to the end of the road,” was heartened by the ac- tion of Oklahoma in sticking by him, (but in view of the mounting list of prepared to go before the convention with a harmony speech in the event Smith 15 nominated. The suggestion was reported to have come from Illinols | and New York for such a speech A last-minute attempt to unite the | drys behind a single candidate in the event 8mith did not go over on the first ballot fell through yesterday, as the {leaders of the prohibition troops dect {ed to concentrate entirely for the time being on the dry plank issue. Dry Candidates Proposed. Harry Harris of Kansas offered the | suggestion of a dry candidate, and he | mentioned the names of Senator George of Georgia and Benator Harrison of Mississippl. He predicated his proposal on the possibllity that Smith “might | not be nominated on the first ballot.” However, the suggestion fell on ba soll. It was put aside, and there werc indlcations that it would stay there The prohibition fight 1s the last hope of the anti-Smiths, and to that they were giving everything today =Lage 42 | . | 'Radio Programs tion regarding Jefferson's fine | seemed to take it for granted that| Smith delegates, he was reported as! | The declaration, which has been the |is exactly as was drafted by Senctor | Key Pittman of Nevada, chairman of | the committee, and is understood to have the full indorsement of Gov. Alfred | E. Smith. Besides declaring for enforcement of | the eighteenth amendment, the plank | | sharply assails the Republican admin- istration for what is described as a | failure to enforce the dry laws and also | | for placing “political hirelings” in en- forcement positions, thus making of | prohibition a political foot ball. The subcommittee adopted a farm | plank embodying the views of the farm | organizations, but with a definite in- | dorsement of the equalization fee and | the McNary-Haugeen bill omitted. Several plans for relief are suggested | |and the party would be pledged to| enact legislation to correct what are | declared to be the faults in distribution | | and the taking care of the surplus farm | | crops. It was explained that this might | | be done through the operation of the | equalization fee or by other means. Several wet and dry proposals were submitted to the subcommittee, but | they were eliminated one by one until ! there remained only the original plank | as drawn by Senator Pittman and other | leaders last week, and a similar one | offered by Senator Carter Glass of Vir- | ginia, & dry leader. After an agree- ment as to ise , the €om- mittee \pproved Pittman Gov. Dan Moody of Texas ited the prohibition declaration the Texas State convention and in- dorsing the eighteenth amendment, but this was rejected along with gropad- tions for the modification of the pro- hibition laws so as to permit the States to gglfle whether they would be wet or Moody Is Silent. ! ‘The Texas governor would make no statement after the subcommittec wound up its work at 6:30 a.m. today | after meeting continuously since 9 | o'clock last night, but he told his col- leagues on the committee that he might take the fight to the floor. However, | the consensus among the 12 platform | bullders appeared to be that there would be no prohibition fight in the convention. Josephus Daniels, North Carolina publisher and former Navy Secretary, Who also has been demanding a vigor- ous enforcement plank, was not a mem- ber of the subcommittee. He will have opportunity to restate his views when the subcommittee reports to the full committee, which still has to indorse the party declaration. Chairman Pittman was of the opinion that it would not require more than an hour for the entire committee to ) iss upon the platform and the expected the | convention to hold a special session in | midafternoon to receive and approve the committee report. Senator Caraway of Arkansas, one of | | the subcommittee members, said he | |did not think the prohibition discus- | (slon would be raised on the floor, but | | emphasized that this was his personal opinion only. He is one of the stanch- | |est drys in the Senate. Walsh Praises Plank, Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, an- | other subcommittee member, said he re- | garded the prohibition plank “as the best possible, after llkh’\r into consid- eration the differences of opinion.” He ndded that he personally would have preferred a different plank. Other members of the subcommittee appeared to be satisfied with the pro- hibition pronouncement, which went | through by practically a unanimous vote, but Senator Glass declined to make any statement after leaving the committee room, Some of his colleagues, | however, were of the opinion that he would not force the issue in the con- vention, Asked later if he entirely approved the prohibition plank as adopted by the subcommittee, Senator Glass said: “It is not exactly the kind of plnnk‘ that I would have written.” i | The Virginia dry leader declined to | amplify this statement. 1 Farm leaders generally expressed satisfaction with the agricultural rellef declaration, and particularly with the | section which leaves the door open | | for Congress to enact legislation which would bring an even greater measure of rellef than proponents of the McNary- Haugen bill had claimed for that measure Floor Debale Looms. It was regarded as certain that there would be floor discussion of she farm | plank, but whether the prohibition | declaration would go through without | the presentation of a minority report to | the convention was uncertain, although the general opinjon in the committee wag that It would, During the hearings before the full committee this forencon on the labor plank, Gov. Moody conferred frequently with Josephus Daniels concerning the work of the subcommittee. The gov- ernor sald afterward he could not tell yet whether a minority report would be presented. It was disclosed that the subcommit- tee had adopted a ringing declaration against what was characterized as cor- ruption In Government and fraud in polities, and pledging the Democratic party to clean administration If given a grant of power, The foreign relations plank as approved Indorses the principal for treaties outlawing war and assails the Republican administration on its forelgn policy. There were intlmatlons In some “Contlnued on peke, b4 column b / | stoj | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) NATS BEAT RED SOK Solve Settlemire, While Jones Holds Boston Batters Helpless. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, June 28.—Washington de- feated the Red Sox in the first game of today’s double-header. The score was 4 to 3. Sam Jones and Settlemire. the latter a left-hander, were starting pitchers in the first game of the double-header, be- tween the Nationals and Red Sox. | Fine weather again prevailed and more than 5000 fans were present at the beginning of the double-header. Ray Stevens, an inflelder, who played | with the Rhole Island State College | nine and who graduated from that in- | stitution last week, has been practicing here with the Nationals and will ac- company them to Washington. Joe Judge's left leg, hurt when Myer ran mwmn&mmmmnm he was forced to remain on the bench. Muddy Ruel took Joe's place at first| and in the batting order. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON — Rice was safe on Gerber's fumble. Harris flied to Flag- | stead. Barnes singled to center, Rice | s at second. Goslin flied to| Wi . Reeves walked, filling the bases. Ruel walked, forcing Rice over. | With the count three and two, Bluege | took a third strike. One run. BOSTON—Flagstead walked. Myer vopped to Bluege. Jones tossed out Todt, Flagstead going to second. K. Willlams singled to short right, Flag- stead scoring. Williams took second on | the throw to the plate. Reeves threw | out Regan. One run. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON — Kenna walked. Jones sacrificed, Settlemire to Regan, | who covered first. Rice flled to Wil- | . Harrls lined to Regan. No runs. BOSTON—Taitt walked. Gerber bunted, forcing Taitt, Jones to Reeves. Ruel took Hofmann's grounder and | made a wild throw to Jones who was covering first, Gerber reaching third and Hofmann second. Settlemire sent a sacrifice fly to Rice, scoring Gerber. | Reeves threw out Flagstead. One run. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON - Barnes walked. Myer went behind the box for Goslin's | pop fly. Reeves slashed a hit to left, sending Barnes to third. Ruel forced Reeves, Gerber to Regan, Ba SCor= OFFERED FOR U. S. EMPLOYES IN HRSI GAME’ 4'3§Independent Owners Propose “Flat Rate” for All Workers Between 8 and 9 in Morning. An offer to establish a cheap “flat rate” taxicab service for the public, and particularly the Government workers during the morning rush hours, will be made to the Public Utilities Commis- sion by the Independent Taxi Owners Association, it was announced today by Harry C. Davis, general manager. The service at the outset would be over ten definite routes which, in most instances, would be in direct compe- tition with existing street car and motor | bus lines. The rate of fare propesed is 10 cents cash, the same as now charged on the bus lines of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. The service, how- ever, would be given only between 8 |and 9 am. which, Davis points out, is the nr Ho are at their busiest poini Davis said there are 320 independent taxicab dperators in Washington, avail- able to give the special service if the demand ustifies. The number of cabs to be used with the inauguration of the service, he said, has not yet been de- tel ed. The association’s plan is outlined in ite, for the con- venience of the public and Government ' "(Continued on Page 12, Column 6.) = MRS. GLOTH FACES JURY AT ARLINGTON Self-Defense Plea Intimated | by Counsel in Trial for Shooting. Mrs. Marjorie Gloth sat in the | prisoner’s dock in the crowded court- room at the Arlington County Court- house today and placidly heard the prosecuting attorney for the Common- wealth of Virginia tell a jury that when she shot and wounded her husband, William C. Gloth, commonwealth at- torney of the county, at her home the night of March 7, she deliberately shot to kill. Arraigned before Ju Howard W. Smith of the Alexans Corporation Court, sittipg in the Arlington Circuit Court on a%tharge of felonious assault. Mrs. Gloth pleaded not guilty and the trial immediately got under way. With- in 50 minutes after court convened,at 10 o'clock, & jury of 12 men, all resi- dents of Prince William County, had been selected and the prosecuting and " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. [ BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME | WASHINGTON AB. Rice, rf. Harris, 2b. Barnes, cf Gioslin. If, West, If.. Reeve: Ruel, 1b ... Bluege, 3b.. Kenna, c. Jones, p. Totals...ccconniuiinn.s R. 1 1 2 [ 0 0 [ o0 0 (U 4 o 1 1 1 2 0 1 o0 [ 0 BOSTON AB Flagstead, cf.. 3 Myer, 3b Todt, tb ... K. Williams, If Regan. 2b Taitt, of ... Gerber, ss .. Rollins Hofmann, | Settlemire, p. .. Simmons, p ... Rothrock .. ROBME Vs vvveoun Totals,..ooivuniirinaies R. 1 0 1 0 0 Rollins batted for Gerber in the ninth b 3 batted for SCORE BY LI | 0 1 Rothrock Hofmann in the ninth Rogel batted for Simmons in the ninth inning. ing. INNINGS L ) 30 1 0 R | 0o o0 0o 0 0 2 0 L 0 0 L3 + a3 SUMMARY Rothrock. Toill ton, 4. | ot~ I ..I';. fi;fl'l‘!‘m 31 off Settlomire. ll;:l JJonen, 45 by Settlemive, 1 " ST A W | WCARL RULES PAY 3 gress Meant to Start Welch [ Scales at Once. and chairman of the Personnel Classi- fication Board, Controller General Mc- Carl today handed down an ultimatum denying all contentions of Gen. Lord and holding that the original McCarl decision of June 2 for placing in effect the Welch act salary increases should be carried out. Gen. Lord, whose representative, Capt. Carlos Van Leer is the head of the classification board, contended in a let- ter to McCarl that the classification Samibistcring the Wekh ack. particu: er} e - larly that part which con.cg;ns known as P-4, P-5, CAF-11 Ofccart, in his categorieal de rl, cal reply, de- clared that nothing Gen. ln:;y sald “justifies or uires any modification or change in decision of June 2, 1928, and, accordingly, sald decision is affirmed.” grades and Pay July 15. McCarl added, however, that “there Was no purpose or intent in the amend- ed act, or In the construction thereof original classification act of 1923." In brief, the McCarl answer today means that the increased salaries pro- vided by the Welch act must be pais by Government paymasters in the July 15 pay day under the regulations vided by McCarl in his decision, the classification board will not be per- mitted to take up these disputed and allocate them according to board’s interpretation of the law. McCarl holds that the Weich act was meant to be automatic, and that ad- ministrative officers by mandatory act ou action of the Classification Board. i “Intent of Congress.” “The Congress,” said McCarl, “evi- dently recognized that the board would not be able to reallocate all individual tions under the new description of grade ak xed. 16 tho bih as ‘orichsaly n the as originall: ?mmmmflmu;’t:odm;eda n.\d also Derl-' lorm e logal duties imposed upon it in connection with the re- quirement for a survey of the fleld service and report to the Congress at its next session, and, for that reason, on%l“ by inserting the two adminis- trative p-nm?m in question to re- lieve the situation and insure peosise it of the increases in compensa- lon authorized by the amended act effective July 1, 10938, without any curtailment of the powers or functiors which the board might lawfully exer- olse after July 1, 1 under the pru~ visions of the original classification act of 1923." t over the matter was uestions o by QGen. Lord and in detall by Controller Gieneral MoOa: “The specific questions asked m'mmhbn are found in the quoted paragraphs, which for reference purposes are by the numbers 1, 2 and 3: “'1, _According to the decision of your office, all positions now in CAF-11 and P-4 will on July | next advance (Continued on Page 3, Column 3) ‘when mwx?dan facilities | I a letter which Mr. Davis said he in- 1l Sharply disagreeing with Gen.| | Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget | d: the Interior Department. The Repub- lican campaign thus will create two vacancies in the Coolidge cabinet and cause the President to add some un- scheduled official worries to his vaca- tion routine in Wisconsin. Mentioned as Successors. . The President’s policy heretofore of promoting department assist cabinet posts has given rise to_reports that Walter P. Bxuwnm illiam statement, given out at his ofice: ‘Mr. Hoover is ting himself en- RASE DUE LY 5 === Ultimatum to Lord Says Con- in Mr. Hoover’s behalf, but it is ed as certain he will probe Mr. - idge's reaction to suggestions that he |take an active role in support of the Hoover-Curtis_ticket. Chairman Work probably will return here in time to report the results of his presidential interview to Secretary Hoover before the latter's departure to see the President. From Wisconsin Hoover will go direct to his home at Stanford University to receive the of- ficial committee of notification, of which Senator Moses of New Hamp- shire is the chairman ex officio. It appears unlikely that Senator Moses' suggestion that the notification cere- mony take place on Hoover's birthday, August 10, will be adopted. Hoover, it seems. will cut short his usual vacation perfod in California in order to return East and take charge of his campaign. He probably .will make 8 few addresses on the way back, one of these at West Branch, Iowa, his birthplace. Hoover interrupted his office work to- day to hold brief interviews with sev- eral callers, including Willlam Doak the Brotherhood of Railroad and John R. Mott, international secre- of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation. He also halted now and then to listen in on the radio to accounts of the proceedings at Houston. BRITISH FLYER NEAR AZORES ON WAY TO U. S. “Going Strong,” Says Courtney, in Wireless to Lisbon After Take- Off on First Leg of Trip. By the Associated Press. HORTA, Island of Fayal Asores, June 28 — Capt. Frank T. Courtney, British aviator, who hopped off Lisbon this morning for this place, en route to the United States, sent a wire- less ted Press Dies as He Neared 100th Year. il in the | Tuesday. e oot French Stunt Pilot Killed. PARIS, June 28 (P).—Alfred Fronval, France's most famous stunt Was BT e when e was burneds