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a..ai.n.v.u.‘:m.,r....u..ué second class matter ‘Washington, CURTIS PROTESTS KELLOGG] Entered a: post . office, STRONG . 5. BOARD FORFARM RELIEF S PROPOSED BY HYDE No.» 31,018, D, C. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929—FORTY PAGES. RULING RANKING MRS. GANN Vice President Requests Stimson to Reverse Decision. Tells Committee Such Group| HOLDS ACT I$ SLIGHT Is Pressing Need of Agriculture. DECLARES HE SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF ALONE Soes Passage of Bill Like McNary’s as Clear Mandate—Urges Crop Surplus Regulation. By the Associated Press. A strong Federal farm board with power to solve the diverse problems which, confront agriculiure was recom- mended to the Senate agriculture com- mittee today by.Secretary Hyde as the pressing need in bringing about im- proved conditions for agriculture. Emphasizing that he was speaking for himself alone, the Secretary as- serted that it would appear to be “the clear mandate” of the people for Con- gress to pass such a bill as was intro- duced last Fall by Senator McNary of Oregon and that while other legisla- tion affecting tariffs and waterways would be needed, it was necessary to set up immediately a board with power to regulate surpluses for crops through stabilization agencies. Questioned by members of the .com- mittee, the Secretary said he had no plan to take the place of the equaliza- tion fee proposal of the twice-vetoed McNary-Haugen bill defraying the cost of controlling surpluses. He said it would be the duty of the Farm Board “to blaze the trail,” and that conse- quently it should be empowered with sufficient authority to deal with all the problems that may arise. In reply to Senator Caraway, Demo- crat, of Arkansas, the Secretary said the stabilization corporations themselves | would share in any losses incurred in marketing the crops, but he later amended this to say that the Govern- ment should stand the loss and that at any rate, was 8-problem for Congress to work out. Appearing before the House commit- tee at the opening of the afternoon session, Secretary Hyde repeated the statement he had presented to the Senate earlier in the day. Declaring the Reflbuun tform clearly outlined to hxflm Secretary Hyde gave three obj to_strive for. “PFirst,” he sald, “the revision of the tariff for better and greater protection of American agriculture. That subject is being dealt with elsewhere. “Second, reduction of transportation costs by development of inland water- ways and highways. The advancement of this likewise lies in another quarter, “Third, the assistance of the Feder; Government in reorganization of mar- keting systems through which~the farmer may obtain a more ecopomical and more stable outlet to the consumer. There are some other fields of assist- ance toagriculture which-I shall men- tion, which also bear upon the problem. “In assisting rerganization marketing system, We have all of us & ental which we have cal th Board, with advisory h shall be given au- thority ‘and ces with which to fenl with this third category of prob- ems.” Speaks Only for Himself. The Secretary read his views from a prepared statement. Although he had had a long conference with President ‘Hoover last evening, he emphasized that he was “speaking for myself alone.” “1 wish to state,” he said, “that in discussing the subject I am speaking for myself alone. I have not within less than a month had the o] ity to consider the problem in detail and 1 shall :mt lt‘telmpt ut)l pm“;‘:u ‘::n g:— tailed piece of legislation. - men -l;e very much more fitted for that task “T have long been interested in the ends to be accomplished by relief rath- r than the legislative method. :m:ue I m:’i: being no pretense of an expert, 1 do claim the same earnest- nest of which His. Hostess Put Below < Wives of Envoys at Dinners. By the Associated Press. Vice President Curtis has asked Sec- retary Stimson of the State Department to reverse the ruling of former Secre- tary Kellogg that his hostess, Mrs. Ed- ward Everett Gann, a sister, should rank below the wives of ambassadors and ministers at official dinners. In a statement today Mr. Ourtis de- clared that he is “not bound by Mr. Kellogg's conclusions and has protested to Mr. Stimson.” Secretary Stimson said that the Vice President had communicated to him in- formally and verbally his dissatisfaction with the ruling and added that Mr. Curtis had told him there was no hurry about the matter. Mr. Stimson said he had not yet had time to study the matter, but suggested there were abundant precedents for the decision. He did not indicate what action he would take. ‘The Vice President, however, is de- termined to undo what he considers a slight’to his sister. On March 19 the Vice President noti- fied the derrtmem that Mrs. Gann was his official hostess and asked for her full recognition as such. The day be- fore Mr. Kellogg left office, a week later, the Secretary replied that Mrs. Gann would take her position at official din- ners in rank below the wives of the Ambassadors and Ministers instead of place of the wife of the Vice President. Curtis Says He Was Not Asked. Mr. Curtls said today that he had “notified Secretary of State Stimson of my dissatisfaction with the action of former Secretary Kellogg and have asked for a reversal of it.” He said that Mr. Kellogg acted upon the ques- tion “without discussing the matter with me.” The Vice President sdid today that he would not have discussed the ques- tion publicly had not the ruling of Mr. Kellogg been given to the press last week. Mr. Curtis is a widower. Since his wife died in 1924 he has resided here with his sister, Mrs. Gann, and her husband. When elected Vice President, Mr. Curtis announced officially that Mrs. Gann would be his hostess. When he moved to the Mayflower Hotel to open a suite early this year, he was aécom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. Gann. Curtis’ Statement, This statement was given out at the o B Mrs. Edward at_official dinners has nbt been settled. He has notified ~thé Secretary of State, Mr. Stimsen, of his dissatisfaction with the action of the former Secretary, Mr. Kel- , and has asked for a reversal of it 7 “The Vice President .states further that at the suggestion of the State De- partment he notified the ent. March 19 that Mrs. Gann is official hostess and asked for her full recogni- tion as such. Without discussing the matter with him, Mr. Kellogg acted upbn it in the maner heretofore given to the press. 7 “The Vice President feels that he is not bound by Mr. Kellogg's conclusion and he has protested to Mr. Stimson.” Kellogg Notified Sir Esme. The letter of Secretary Kellogg re- garding the seating of Mrs. Gann a official dinners was dated March 22, al- though it was not received by those interested until just before the Secre- tary retired from office. It was trans- mitted to Sir Esme Howard, the.British Ambassador and the dean of the diplo- matic corps. Mrs. Gann's status at- official func- tions has been a lively subject for so- clety speculation since Mr. Curtis was hm&“% vieus iblings of a flare: pre ruml of & - up when the Vive President’s sister did not receive the precedence which her friends believed she should have been accorded. The Senate Ladies’ Lunch Club earlier (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BANKS LEND CHICAGO FUNDS FOR PAY ROLLS dominates your body in ibi,lqum for solution of this vexing_problem.” Mr. Hyde posed a broad relief pro- uH:{lud g governmental assistance (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) i MAN AND CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH r—— Father Rushes Into Flaming House | Forat in Vain Effort—Wife and @irl Hurt. By the Associated Press. , N. Y, April 3— Eugene Leonard, 39; Lavins, 15, and his son Eugene, jr., 4, were burned to death today when fire $40,000,000 Given to City and School Board on Tax Antici- pation Warrants. “By the Assoclated :r‘x & i [CAGO, Ap . —The icago Tribune said today that nine Chicago banks and three New York investment ageusu lent $40,000,000 ': fl-nn city and school board: on ticipation ts, limiting the use of the loans wl at the head of the list as is usually the | into office Mar¢h 4. There (Bl MRS. EDWARD EVERETT GANN. —Bachrach Pheto. MRS. MORGAN HAD RUM, TUTTLE TOLD Customs Agent Avers Repre- | sentative Said Liquor Was in Wife’s Baggage. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 3—United States Attornéy Charles' H. Tuttle said in & formal statement today that a customs \mg)ecmr asserted that when Represen- tative William Morgan of Ohio arrived from Panama he said Mrs. Morgan had four bottles of liquor and démanded free entry. Tuttle quoted Inspector Crawford as saying Mr. Morgan told him his wife had two bottles of whisky and two of champagne, which she had brought with her on the liner Cristobal from Panama for her father. The Federal attorney also said that Mr. Morgan obtained free entry by telephoning the customhouse and saying he was on a Government mis- 1s‘iv:n. but not saying anything about quor.. - * After preliminary investigation of the case yesterday, Tuttle announced that customs inspectors had neither “found, seen nor handled” any liguor in the Representative's baggage and that none of the baggage had been opened. customs officers made at my office on Monday afternoon. These . statements are substantially the same as those taken at the customshouse on Satur- day last. Says Morgan Made Threat. “It will be seen that, according the statement of Inspector Crawford, the same free entry as was béing. ac- t0| halted this morni ESCOBAR'S REBELS, BOTTLED UP, SEEK T0 FLEE JMENE Burning Bridges Bar 'Retreat, While Federals Close In .. Steadily. INSURGENTS LOSE 600 IN TWO DAYS’ FIGHTING Eight Bombs Dropped on Govern- ment Intrenchments at Naco as Part of Daily Campaign. By the Assoclated Press. SANTA ROSALIA, Chihuahua, April 2 (Delayed).—Mexican revolu- tionary leaders today admitted that at 6 am. Monday the government forces . had obtained. possession of Jimenez. ~ A rebel counter attack late today, however, resulted in hundreds of federal soldiers being driven into the hills, the insurgents claimed. By the Associated Press. ‘Trapped within the city of Jimenesz, rebel troops under Gen. Escobar today | were reported desperately seeking a | way of retreat to the north, while powerful federal forces steadily closed in on them. . Bridges leading out of Jimenez were burned by the federals several days ago and a retreat by rail appeared almost impossible; federal planes bombed the Tebels incessantly. Definite and clear-cut victory in the two days of violent fighting for posses- sion of Jimenez was claimed by the government, which has hopes that the federal victory presages the collapse of the rebel movement in Chihuahua. Gen. Calles, reporting the victory, said that “extermination” of the rebels was only a question of hours. Rebel losses have been placed at about 600; the federal losses have not been announced, although Gen. Ortiz, commander of the federal cavalry, is known to have lost 25 dead in a battle with 1,300 rebel cavalrymen, who sought to cut a way through his ranks. The rebel version of the battle was lacking, as telegraph lines to the north of Jimenez were interrupted. The last rebel message yesterday afternoon re- the capture of 1,000 federals and destruction of a federal plane, 1 - reported g were nn—-w federal , Cruz, south of Culiacan, among the rebel com- a renewal of what has dev regular daily Mexican rebel al Seven of the bombs exploded; one was United States side of the line. BRIDGE AFIRE HALTS REBELS. Repair Span. tate rebel retreat from Jimenez after two days of bloody fighting there was at a burned rail- way bridge north of the city. fi Eight troop trains which left Jimenez late yesterday under cover of the heav- {est fighting of the revolt were stalled while soldiers attempted to ‘repair the corded certain other members of Con- | bridg: gress and threatened to raise trouble in ‘Washington unless he was accorded that vilege. “Mr. Morgan telephoned from the pler to H. C. Stuart, assistant collector of customs, and was informed that if the exal inspector found that he was on official business for the Govern- ment, he was entitled to free entry. Nothing was said to Mr. Stuart in that conversation about liquor. . 4 to the statement of Mr. Kleinbohl, the acting deputy col at the pier, Mr. then informed him that he was a member of the con- gressional mission to the Canal Zone. Mz. Kleinbohl so indorsed Mr. Morgan’s wril he words, by or examining it. These state- | ho opening ‘ments are from all the witnesses avail- able to the Government. Declines Further Comment. = "Und:rhthz tredenl 'Icuz 'z wl(:“ or a usban not_com n testify in a criminal prmeedpl.;x involving the other, and moreover, under the prohibi- tion law, Mr. Morgan quired to-testify without receiving im- munity,/ Unless, therefore, Mr. Morgan waives immunity, the information at t available comes down in sub- stance to, the foregoing, which ‘clearly would not be accepted by any our Toln Jury s ‘e tor s St A a or a of guilt -doubt. | Danghter of Wealthy. Brookline | T ot 11 Bl H ponite g, . MAHON RETIRES. llector | “I greatly fear, however, that could not be re- | Alf e. Between the trains and the tempo- rary safety of Chihuahua City there were seven cther burned bridges, and least so far as the rail lines were con- cerned, had been halted. Resort to highways would permit comparatively easy pursuit by federal troops under Gen. Almazan. “The extermination of the traitor's forces is now merely a question of hours,” Gen. Calles wired Chapultepec. Eponaibl. for. this, oegta) mbiiasy. e Jor up- rising are personally safe many kilome- ters from the battle.” An incoherent account of the last phase of the battle indicated that the rebels staicd everything on a desperate charge by the! entire cavalry force at 4 am. yesterday. Thirteen hundred rses rushed the sector of the federal lines held by Gen. Eulogio but were repulsed. Fighting continued in the sector for four hours, but the Federals were never afterward in ger. Ortiz lost 25 soldiers killed. Airplanes were busy througout the day. observ] the rebel movements and harrying them with bomb attacks. though the rebels the ‘rebel leaders escaped in the single lane, which went north, pursued by ral machines. g __The revolution _entered _its second (Continved on Page 5, Column 5.) *|SEARGH FAILS TO FIND GIRL, 17, MISSING Man Disappeared on January 4. + “Took Summer Clothing. home since Jahuary a dud. None of the missiles fell on the ; “OR Troop Trains Stop as Soldiers Try to | MEXICO CITY, April 3 (). —Precipi- | 2 it was believed the rebel retreat., at|the Ortiz then, | dan- | 1| do about the tariff. -~ 4 "WorDS KE“-LY .7 ¢ IREREALLY (e 2 VALUABLEY FARM TARFFSA HIGE ON DA Attitude Toward St. Law- rence Waterway. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN Increases in the tariff duties on cer- tain farm products may depend to a considerable extent on the attitude of the Canadian government toward the proposed waterway connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic, by way of the St. Lawrence River, it was intimated T through a tariff um betu‘.n‘w?‘ Ohe part of the program the American farmer. -9 Reports received here are to the effect i “t0° raise-the- has drawn the fice of the 8 ‘support: in Canada, the ernment of wflmfir raids. | of Lawrence waterway will go a-glim- 8. Long Negotiations Cited. The attitude of the American Govern- rates on these farm { not materially raised. - For nearly eight years, it is pointed out here, the Canadian government has held up, in one way or another, the negotiation of the treaty for the construction of the waterway from the Great Lakes to the 8ulf, which 1s a project which must be undertaken and carried out jointly by the United States and Canada. Since Mr. McKenzie King became himself }rmnur he has expressed riendly to the St. Lawrence project. | But whenever the matter has come to int of accomplishment he has some. excuse for balking. the last tion it was the of former Secretary of State Frank Kellogg that the treaty finally would be_negotiated. dence deal- There was long ing with the subject between.Mr. Kel- logg and the Canadian Minister, Vin- cent Massey. Agreement was reached on the terms of a treaty providing for the construction of the waterway “in ,” but the Canadian govern- said that it wished to post- 1 pone the actual drafting of a treaty until the Dominion go had an opportunity to confer with the - du:' governments of Quebec Can Treaty Tentatively Drawn. More reeeml{, the Canadian internal situation was ironed out and a treaty was tentatively drawn, At the last minute, however, it is said, the Cana- dians backed away on the ground that they could not act until it was known United States was going to It became apparent early last Summer that the tariff farm products was to be raised material- 1y as a part of the farm relief program, and the matter was emphasized by President Hoover ia his campaign ad- foun: inelu ularly the development of the means of aiding the farmer ma- terially. construction of the St. re- West 1t is urged by American aut it the construction of the St. Lawrence 50 ‘would not be necessary to increase the-tarift materally. To put 0’Connor Visits Honduras. (). —Represen g:w o:;mu. m’h' ttended today’s oy tonlo Madrid, president of the Congress, ing Mr. O'Conmor. th and which has been so friendly to them ‘tariff- on.| here .yesterday s | visits here so pleasant, dresses. L The development of the waterways,| of the St. roject, is regarded by the Amem‘ Ol::mmmt as one( Lindbergh-Morrow Romance Saddened By Mexico Strife Flyer Wears Parachute for Time in Mexico. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 3.—Mexico's internal strife has cast its shadow over the romance of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh and Miss Anne Morrow. It is a different Mexico which the colone] is visiting now and both he and his flancee seem aware of the change. Some profess even to discern a cer- tsin quiet sadness in the demeanor of both because of the travail which the country which gave them their romance is undergoing. tical outward manifestations. In fiying from OCalifornia Col. went many hundréds of nifles dut of his way to escape passing over war-torn Southern Chihuahus and possibly being mistaken and shot down for & rebel aviator. Instead of taking the short cut from El Paso to Mexico Oity he flew the length of the Rio Grande to Brownsviile, Tex. so as to traverse the comparatively peaceful area of Tamaulipas. ” Wears His Parachute. But even then he took precautions against mishap growing out of the dis- turbed condition of the country. When he arrived here he wore a parachute over his y.business suit, the first time he been seen with one in Mexico City. He quietly slipped it from his shoulders, -without comment, as he tepped from the plane, but there was in his action mute testimonial of his recognition of the national situation. Fifteen months ago when he landed at Valbuena Field after flight here from Wllhfl:m Mexicans, cheering and in their enthusiasm, greeted him. Yes- when he brought his Curtiss- biplane down on the same level stretch he found only a score or so.of field attendants. e Gone were the Mexican aviators and army officers who made his “former engaged in the life and death struggle of Chihuahua and on the west coast. Those left were not smiling—news of the victory at (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHAKE-UP UNLIKELY Hoover Not to Make Sweeping | ‘o Changes, Contrary to Reports, Contrary to reports, President Hoover' is\ not going te make any sweeping changes in the personnel of the foreign | service of the United States. doubtfulif he makes more than one or 'dlplomnuc: two changes. in the major posts.. White House,_ today. : i The . impression also was given that resident ‘ot yet has given a great | deal' of thought to the diplomatic ap- | pointments. - It is likely that he will; wait for' another week or two before | doing so, It was his intention to post- | pone uonddfl'nfin of the appointments | at the! duties ‘of Secretafy of State, but since the latter's arrival in Washington & week ago, the President has found other matiers more pressing and has not had not :,‘,Wi“ fl&m.m‘ resignation, and the. Nyron %, The Star's' carrier’ system covers every cit: block and the regular edi- . tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers gre printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 111,375 UP) Means Associsted Press. TWO CENTS. | IMITCHELL REFUSES News Note: New York bank pays $100,000 for exclusive use of the word “city.” WISCONSIN VOTES ACAIST DRY ACT Some Increases Depend on| What Is Believed First ;Enforéement Act and Home{ jboard any power to grant to any per- Brey/ Penalty Opposed ' by Electorate. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, April 3.—Anti-prohi- bitionists scored a victory in the ref- erendum election yesterday when an overwhelming sentiment in favor of re- pealing the Severson State prohibition enforcement act was. registered. Returns from 1,504 of the State’s 2,759 precincts, representing every sec- tion of the State, showed.211,375 in favor of repealing the enforcement act and 110,256 opposed to repeal. On the other guestion of removipg the home brew penaity the vote in 1,808 precinf was: . Yes, 158,250; No, 96,710, As returns continued to add majority in favor of eliminaf prohibition enforcement act from the statute books through legislative action, wets claimed that the margin of victory would exceed 125,000. Wait on Legisiature. ‘This claim was made by State Sen- | i | agreement would violate the anti-trust ! give an opinion. 10 SANCTION CURB ONOIL PRODUGTION Attorney General Holds No Government Agency Can Approve Law Evasion. WILBUR READS LETTER TO PETROLEUM INSTITUTE Proposed Curtailment fnder Exist. ing Law Would Require Author- ity Which Is Non-Existant. By the Associated Press. Secretary Wilbur today informed rep- Tesentatives of the American Petroleum Institute that Attorney General Mitchell had ruled that the Federal Oil Conm- servation Board had no power to grant approval of the institute’s Pproposed pro- duction curtailment. Secretary Wilbur read to the repre- sentatives of the institute a letter from Attorney General Mitchell which an- swered the question whether the Fed- eral Oil Conservation Board could ap- prove the proposed curtailment, but which declared that the Attorney Gen- eral is not authorized by law to give an opinion on the actual legality of the proposed program. The institute has asked the conservation board for ap- proval of its proposal to curtail oil production in 1929 to the 1928 level, Holds Authority Limited. Mr. Mitchell’s letter declared that “it Is clear that Congress has not given the sons immunity from the operations of the acts of Congress prohibiting agree- { ments in restraint of interstate com- merce, and that the botrd has no au- thority to approve any action which is contrary to an act of Congress or to the anti-trust acts of any State, and that no -action taken by the board would have the effect of relieving such parties fo such an agreement from the opera- Uo_lz_u& exA ;x;u-tmxt laws.” rney General in referr: to the actual legality of the pmpouéngux- tailment of production said that “as the powers of the board are limited in this way, the question whether the d Iaws of the United States is apparen not a question arising in one of z‘fii executive department on which the At- torney Genneral is authorized by law to the practice of Attorney Gen '}“'ém gmfi : &4 yv eral to give ivate persons would laws of the United States.” ety roceed ings of the Petroleum Institute make i clear that its members already realize that under existing laws such an agree- ment could not safely he made without the sanction of some official of the United States au to give it, and, -“as I have pointed out, no such . | authority exists.” Tegarded as a ma.n.' d.l‘:n mmthe mt‘?!:zn' at its present, session, carry ou expres- sion of the voters. Yesterday's vote will have no . effect upon the State enforcement laws until the iture acts; and the vote is not binding upon the lawmakers. The purpose of the referendum was to ob- tain by a “yes” and “no” vote the senti- ment of voters. There appeared no doubt, however, but that the Legisla- ture would shape its action by the re- sult of the voting. 2 Returns compiled by the Associated Press indicated the majority in favor of repeal would be considerably less than was recorded in 1926, when the refer- endum memorializing Congress to mod- ify the Volstead act to permit the man- ufacture and sale of 2.75 beer carried by a margin of 172,000 Most counties ran true to form, but five - which favored modification two years ago switched to oppose repeal of the State enforcement act. These were Bayfield, Eau Claire, Juneau, Monroe and Trempealeau. Milwaukee County vindicated claim of the wets that it was their stronghold by favoring repeal by a 5-1 vote, which far offset the majority in support of the prohibition law rolled up in dry rural territory. The margin was 80 large for repeal in Milwaukee and other large cities of the State that the later returns expectec from dry terri- ‘were not expected to cut into the wet_majority appreciably. The wet majority used their x:m 0 assure a In{,fin majority for both estions on n—repeal of the State Dfohlblg;:m enforcement act and removal of penalties in the act agains! mu(uture. sale and possession of 2.75 Repeal Is Issue. ‘The vote in favor of removing the “home brew” Dpenaities making | was almost as large as for repeal of the entire law. In the in cam| that preceded the election, both I:{‘l; in the eo:!mrly concentrated on the | Te) “The way to national repeal is through. State repeal,” was the battle (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FRANCIS K. MURRAY IS DEAD AT ANDOVER benefit the farm- | until Henry L. Stimson assumed the goy of Pregident Hoover's Pastor lfuul Away—Parents at.Bed- side as End Comes. Francis King Murray, son of Augustus the | Board Asked for O. K. The Petroleum Institute asked the Federal Oil Conservation Board today for approval of its proposal to curtail logu lm’oductkm in 1929 to the 1928 vel. E. B. Reeser, president of Petro- leum Institute, who vreunu‘:e the re- quest, told the conservation board that represented at least 90 per cent of all the petroleum industry in America and about the same percentage of the total production in the entire Western Hemisphere. Mr. Reeser declared that the develop- ment of petroleum engineering had en- abled producing companies to bring oil to the surface at a pace undreamed of a few years ago. This scientific de- velopment, he said, coupled with a keenly competitive practice between many well organized companies had ‘brought about a deplorable condition in the industry.” Exhaustion Date Speeded. “It should be remembered,” Mr. Reeser said, “that nothing has been or can be developed to create new sup- plies—petroleum is an irreplaceable re- source—and the use of modern meth- ods in bringing it to the surface has only the effect of hurrying the date of exhaustion.” Mr. Reeser said that in accordance with a resolution agopted by the board of directors of the Petroleum Institute he had appointed committees to study .conditions and to recommend what should be done to correct the situation. ‘The reports of these committees, he sald, had led the Petroleum Institute to follow the advice which he said the Pederal Oil Conservation Board had t| given, to draw up plans which they submitted to the board today, which call for the curtailment of this year's pro- duction to last year's level. Suggestion Held Shock. C. B. Ames, generai counsel of the Texas Co., said that the ruling of the Attorney General appeared to preau; am of ti pose that the proposed progri institute would be in violation of the anti-trust laws. He declared that it never. occurred to any member of the institute that the proposal was not well within the law and that “The sugges- tlon of the Attomey General comes as & distinct shock.” Secretary Good, a member of the board, l;::d Mr. ‘:.:les 1:1 d"'bedw not appear that legislation woi neces= sary before there could be any general oil conservation, Mr. Ames replied that he did not think so and that he saw no reason why the present plan should classed as a violation of the anti- trust laws. Mr. Reeser said that in the face of At General the THEVENOW TO RECOVER. 'Operation Necessary, on Ball Player. However,