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WEATHER. % (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, lowest temperature about 40 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer, Highest, 77, at 2 p.m. yes' 44, at 7 a.m. today. ‘Temperatures— umr:y; lowest, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 post office, Entered_as second class matts ‘Wasbington, er D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, nen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1 B MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * ar, “From Press to Home as fast as the papers (P) Means Associated Press Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 110,085 Circulation, 115,391 TWO CENTS. No. 31,037 DRASTIC NAVAL CUT PLEA [DEBENTURE PLAN MADE BY U. S. ON BASIS | KEPTINFARMBILL OF NATIONS’ FRIENDSHIP| BY SeNATE GROUP Hoover Is Seen in Bold Move at Geneva NEW PARLEY . HELD POSSIBLE America Is Declared Ready for Any Sane Offers. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 22—Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambassador to Belgium, presenting an eagerly awaited American thesis before the Preparatosy Disarmament Commission today, appealed for a fresh examination of the entire problem, based on the idea that all nations are going to be friends and settle their difficulties by peaceful methods. Through Mr. Gibson’s address, President Hoover is generally deemed in Geneva to have launched an important move to place the relations between the United States and Great Britain on a firm foundation of collabora- tion and friendliness. Mr. Gibson's declaration of ‘American policy, in brief, was a statement to the world that the United States was ready to make substantial reductions in naval strength and sought a common sense naval agreement, based on the idea that nations are going to be friends. The United States, Mr. Gibson ex- plained, had found no reason for modi- fying its view that the simplest, fairest and most practical method is that of limitation by tonnage of categories. At the same time he announced that in the hope of facilitating a general agree- ment as to naval armanents, the Amer- jcan Government was disposed to accept the French proposal whereby a total tonnage would be assigned to each na- tion afd this total divided among cate- gories of ships by specified tonnages as a basis of discussion. End of Rivalry Seen. By today's appeal President Hoover was felt here to have assured Great Britain, through Mr. Gibson, that the United States attaches more importance to friendships with Britain than to any possible American naval supremacy, and that it was no exaggeration to say that the American declaration pro- foundly affected international life, as reflected in- the preparatory ment conference. Lord Cushendun of Great Britain and the representatives of the three remaining big naval powers, Japan, France and Italy, all immediately hailed the spirit of Mr. Gibson's statement and expressed the conviction that it held out high hopes for settlement of the naval problem. Lord Cushendun declared that Great Britain, like the United States, was ready for reductions of naval forces in all categories of warships. He attached particular importance to a suggestion by. Mr. Gibson concerning equivalent naval values and to the possibility of considering other factors than tonnage alone. Cruisers Are Factor. Although nothing . was definitely known of the American attitude, the impression prevailed at the conference that the United States would be dis- posed to take into consideration Great Britain's proclaimed need for a large number of smaller sized cruisers and perhaps give a less percentage value of strength to cruisers than would be in- dicated by their individual tonnage. President Loudon summed up the im- pression of the commission by congrat- ulating Mr. Gibson on his most im- portant address and by expressing the conviction that it would give fresh en- ergy to the work of disarmament. “Let us not forget that it is primarily upon agreement among the great naval powers that the succes of disarmament depends,” he said. New Conference Possible. Mr. Gibson’s suggestions will be dis- cussed at a later session. There was considerable speculation as to whether | today's American initiative will lead eventually to a special naval conference of the five big powers. The best infor- mation available was that the United States was willing to consider any sug- gestions, as it merely sought results with the greatest possible speed. It was understood that the American policy, above all things, was not to ' seek to put the onus on any nation for | faflures of the past. The United States was said to be convinced that when the nations were assured that they needed fleets only for defense and not for ag- I gression, & naval pact would beachieved. |~ Mr. Gibson's speech was made in an atmosphere of intense expectation and interest. He had every ear as he began, | “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2) SHIPSTEAD IS ILL. { Minnesota Senator Confined to ! Home After Relapse. [ ., Weakened by an attack of influenza. Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of | Minnesota, confined to his home here under the care of a physician. | He left a sick bed ast week to | sittend the meetings of the agriculture ttee on the. farm bill, but suf- | fered a relapse and was forced to re- turn to bed. PRSI i GUARDSMEN ACCUSED. TEXT OF GIBSON SPEECH Following is the text of the speech by Hugh S. Gibson, American representa- tive at the mesting of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Con- ference, in Geneva today: Mr. chairman: I have sought your permission to make a general statement of the views of my Government in regard to the’| question of disarmament and have felt warranted in doing so at this stage of the proceedings because while we have not entered upon a second reading of the draft convention, we are bringing up for reconsideration various questions which have been previously discussed. 1t is felt, therefore, that in view of cer- tain changed conditions it may facilitate the approach to these questions if I am permitted to take this occasion for stating my Government’s views as to the means best calculated to promote an early agreement. During the first reading of the draft convention, it was the duty of each one of us to put forward the views of his government on the various problems before the commission and endeavor to persuade his colleagues that those views should be adopted. It was only in this way that we were abl to throw full light upon the complicated ques- tions, the solution of which we seek. ‘When we come to the second reading, however, a renewal of the old discus- sions is no longer in order. Our first duty is for each one of us to examine all phases of the problem before us with a view to discovering what meas- ures of concession can be offered by each delegation. Agreement upon a single text can be achieved only by a maximum of such concession. Problem Is Divided. For the purposes of my presenta- tion the disarmament problem may \be divided into two parts, land and nat armaments. As regards land arma- ments, the American delegation will be (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) . EXTRA DAY'S LIFE GIVEN DEBT PARLEY Session Adjourned Until To- morrow—German Offer May Yet Save It. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 22—The final show- down of the reparations conference was once more delayed this forenoon when the experts met in plenary session at the Hotel George V, but almost imme= diately adjourned until 11 a.m. tomor- Tow. Opening of the plenary session was delayed somewhat while the experts at- tended a memorial service at the Eng- lish church for Lord Revelstoke, who died Friday morning, after Thursday’s tempestuous session with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German spokesman. Postponement of the formal session of the conference until tomorrow was made necessary by the late arriyal in Paris of Dr. Schacht and Dr. Albert Voegler, from Berlin, where they went to inform the German cabinet of the status of the negotiations. \ Statement Must-Be Drawn. Nothing seemed today to be left the session tomorrow except meeting, prep- aration of the conference's death cer- tificate and adjournment with as few post-mortems as possible’ for the pres- ent. Two possible formé appeared fcr this death certificate, with many fa- voring a mere statement to the govern- ments concerned that the experts had failed in their mission because of im- possible conditions imposed by one ‘of the_principal parties. ; Others held that the Teport of the committee, while denoting failure, should not- give the idea that it was final, but should delineate the progress made in preparing a new framework for the reparations payments. This report would point out that the way was left open to resume negotia- tions whenever the governments paved the way by clearing the boards of po- litical problems and by giving the ex- perts new, clearer and more categorical instructions. This View May Prevail. It seemed the latter point of view probably would prevail in order not to seem to make any single delegation re- sponsible for breaking up of the con- ference. Dr. Schacht came back to Paris to- day intent, it was believed, upon con- vincing creditor nation delegates to the reparation conference that Germany cannot pay their bill—or anywhere near it—until her earning capacity is in-} creased. The German spokesman, on leaving Berlin, where he conferred with, the cabinet on the status of the Paris nego- tiations, told interviewers: “I leave with the thought that inj (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) R SENATORS HOLD UP ACTION ON LENROOT Refer Nomination as Judge to Judiciary Committee—Gthers Are Confirmed. By the Associated Press. Immediate confirmation of the nomi- nation of Irving L. Lenroot of Wisconsin whenmdgeolthemnotcmm{ Appeals, which was re-submitted to the i i the Senate today by President Hoover, was blocked at an executive session a short time after it had been received. After a short discussion in-executive session the Senate referred Lenroot's nomination t'gml:l Judiciary committee EnglishBacking of Main Thesis Is Pledged. FRANCE JOINS IN APPROVAL Japan Welcomes It, and Soviet Sees Progress Made. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 22—Lord Cush- endun, British delegate, hardly awaited for the speech of Hugh 8. Gibson, American delegate to the arms parley to be translated into French before he took the floor to answer it. He said while he was unable to comment on its specific proposals and as far as any general principle was con- cerned there was nothing in it with which he could not express agreement. Lord Cushendun’s views ac- quired added significance and im- portance in the light of events of nearly two years ago, when, here at Geneva, basic opposition to the United States and England led tc collapse of the Tri-Partite Naval Disarmament Conference between England, Japan and the United States with Italy and France ob- servors. The Englishman said the speech was so important and had such a close bearing on the entire naval problem it would profoundly af- fect the entire work of the Pre- paratory Commission on Dis- armament. He said, indeed, it seemed so impor- tant he wanted to make one or two observations without delay. No one, he emphasized, could fail to be struck by th’er l;‘frlend]y, conciliatory and_helpful spirit.” e this was in the same spirit that Great Britain_desired to approach the com- sllcated and difficult question and en- leavor to arrange any naval points of dispute. Refers to Kellogg Pact. He referred to the Kellogg pact and said that he was certainly not disposed to belittle it since he believed it pro- foundly important to the world outlook. “It has done more to promote that security on which disarmament rests than any other event,” he said. Lord Cushendun then declared that both he and his government were in complete accord with Mr. Gibson and that not only limitation, but reduction i narmaments was desired. Alluding to the Franco-British accord limiting I -sized cruisers, he explained that if in past negotiations Great Britain had consented to a scheme of reduc- tion which left apy class outside, this was not because t Britain did not have for its ideal reduetion in all classes. Rather, he said, it was because she was merely willing to, forego some part of the ideal in ordér to gain an agree- ment. Great Britain, he said, wanted reduction to" apply to all' classes ‘of warships. Former Stand/ Recalled. He recalled that a year ago he had intimated ‘publicity that the British government would be glad to see a further reduction in the sizes of ships in those categories covered by the Washington_treaty, and also prolonga- He sald he wanted to say that | P& Agriculture Committee Over- rides Hoover Opposition by 8-to-6 Vote. DEFEAT ON FLOOR SEEN AS DEMOCRATS DIVIDE Three New Republicans Put on Body at Conference—All Be- lieved to Oppose Measure. ‘The Senate committee on agriculture slapped back today at President Hoover and a by a vote of 8 to 6 determined to retain in the farm bill the export de- benture plan, The committee met at the call of Chairman McNary to take action on the bill, with the President’s letter strongly opposing the debenture plan before it. ‘The voting of the committee in the debenture plan was as follows: For retaining the plan—Norris of Nebraska, Frazier of North Dakota and Norbeck of South Dakota, Republicans; Caraway of Arkansas, Heflin of Alabama, Wheeler of Montana and Thomas of Oklahoma, Democrats, and Shipstead of Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. Against retaining the plan—McNary of Oregon, Capper of Kansas, Gold of Maine and Thomas of Idaho, Republicans; Ransdell of Louis- iana'J and Kendrick of Wyoming, Demo- crats, Although & majority of the Senate committee refused to be guided by the President in this matter, the possi- bilities are that the debenture plan finally will be defeated in the Senate itself. The Democrats by no means present a united front iz favor of the debenture plan. King Considers Plan Foolish. Two Democratic members of the com- mittee voted against it today. Another Demiocratic member, Smith of South It is known Carolina, was not present. that a number of Democratic Senators cutside of the committee are also against the debenture plan. Senator King of Utah said today he considered the debenture plan foolish anc unsound and that he stood squarely with the President in his opposition. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts has expressed himself in opposition to the plan, too. Had the meeting of the agricultural committee been held tomorrow inste: of today, the vote on retaining the debenture plan would have been differ- ent. For the Senate today added three new Republican members to the com- mittee on agriculture, and all of them, it is believeg, would have voted with the administration against the debenture < . This might have resulted in a tie vote if Senator Smith of South Carolina, the absent Democratic member of the com- mittee at today’s meeting, had voted with the supporters of the debenture plan. Under such circumstances, the vote would have been 9 to 9. ‘The fight over the debenture proposi- tion, it was pointed out by Senator Me- Nary today, will have to be settled by the Senal The three new Republican members of the farm committee are Senators Townsend of Delaware, Walcott of C‘(;lrimec!lcut and Hatfield of West Vir- ginia. President’s Letter Is Read. Chairman McNary read to the com- mittee at its meeting today the letter which the President sent him giving his 10 points of opposition to the de- benture plan. There followed consider- able discussion of the whole matter, in which supporters of the debenture plan attacked the arguments of the President and declared their support of the plan. ‘The bill was ordered reported in ex- actly the same form as it was intro- duced last week by Senator McNary. In addition to carrying the debenture plan, it differs from the House bill in several other particulars, among them being the size of the proposed Federal Farm Board. The House bill calls for a board of 6 and the Senate bill for a board of 12. Both bills add the Secre- tary of Agriculture as an ex-officio member. Senator McNary announced on the (Continued on Page 3, Columm 3.) NAT-ATHLETIC GAME TOMORROW ON AIR Starts Out-of-Town Broadcasts by The Star—Today’s Contest Here Called Off by Cold. Starting tomorrow, when the Wash- ington club plays the Athletics in Phil- adelphia, The Star will broadcast every weekday out-of-town game of the Na- tionals through Station WMAL. Den- man Thompson, sports editor of The Star, will preside at the microphone, ‘When Walter Johnson leads his play- Paris I shall yet succeed in convincing ; ers onto the field at Shibe Park to help the . Mackmen inaugurate the 1929 championship season of the American League in Philadelphia, Thompson will g0 on the air and give an aceurate ac- count of every move made on the dia- mond. ~ With the' aid of a wire direct from the press box at the Philadelphia park Thompson will recount each ball and strike pitched, hit recorded and flelding play achieved in this contest, as well as the close to seventy others sched- uled for the Nationals on out-of-town fields, exclusive of Sundays, throughout m“mma B opening it Phila- ITOW'S game af - elphia is scheduled to start at 3 o'clock and shortly before that hour Thomy son’s voice will apprise followers of the of the ceremonies ! as well as the details of the in ‘Thompson's of base ball, The Star is confident it best_servi (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) . HENRY FORD AND SON ENTER RADIO FIELD Communications Company Asks Michigan Commission to 0.K. $100,000 Stock Issue. By the Assoclated Press. LANSING, Mich., April 22.—Forma- tion of a radio service corporation, con- trolled by Henry and Edsel Ford, was disclosed today in a request before the State Public Utilitles Commission for approval of a $100,000 stock issue by the Ford Communications Co., a Dela- ware Corporation. ‘The company is organized for the purpose of national and international radio communication. It asks for power to operate broadcasting stations, to acquire radio patents and to transmit radio news and communication by land, Great Lakes and sea. “ The stock issue is divided into 1,000 shares of $100 par value, The Ford at $71,473 for 714 of these shares. The remaining shares are to be sold for cash for operating capacity. 3 Edsel Ford is president and treasurer director. Other officers are vice presi- dent Peter E. Martin, and secretary, B. J. Cralg. Three o} al directors are A. V. Lane, C. S. Peabbles and L. E. Gray of Wilmington, Del. and | Bank Statements ' Washington clearing house, $4,386,- | 5y"p. DR. LAMB LEAVES HIS BODY TO SCIENCE FOR DISSECTION Prominent Physiciar{ Wished to Aid Medicine Even After. His Death. Army Medical Museum Cura- tor for 54 Years Dies of Pneumonia. In accordance with his wish that his contributions to the science of medicine might not cease with death, the body of Dr. Daniel Smith Lamb, distinguished physician and teacher of this city, who died yesterday, will be dissected this afternoon and the vital organs placed in various medical centers for scientific ad | study. Dr. Lamb died yesterday in Soldiers’ Home Hospital, succumbing to his sixth attack of pneumonia. He was for 55 years curator of the Army Medical Mu- seum and had taught medicine at How- ard University since 1873. He was 86 years old. -Last July. realizing that he did not. have Jong to live, Dr. Lamb wrote in- structions for disposition of his body. Not only did he leave specific in- structions as to the manner in which the post-mortem should be performed, but he prescribed a formula for the most effective solution in which his brain was to be preserved. Realizing the value of complete in- formation in any scientific study, he even went so far as to review all of the many ailments from which he had DR. DANIEL SMITH LAMB. suffered and to discuss their probable effect upon his phystcal wellbeing. He expressed the wish that the post mortem be performed by his friend, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, noted anthropologist of the Smithsonian _Institution. Dr. Hrdlicka, however, declined, explaining that Dr. Lamb had been too dear a ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 32 DIE AS STORMS SWEEP WIDE AREA Tornadoes, Floods, Hail and SINCLAIRLOES SENTENCE APPEAL Supreme Court Rules He Must Rain Take Heavy Toll in Southwest. By the Assoclated Press, Outbursts of the elements—floods, tornadoes and wind, hail and rain storms —took 32 lives in the Midwest, South- west and South over the week end; in- Jjured twoscore persons or more and did hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. Arkansas tornadoes killed 13 persons, 11 of them colored workers on & plan- tatfon at Tillar. Property damage was reported from other sections of that State. Arkansas also was fighting against the rising waters of the Mis- sissippi River, 500 workmen reinforcing the levee at Knowltons Landing, near Snow, Lake. After many hours’ work, engineers believed that the danger of a break of that point had been averted. Brief Storm Kills Two. A 15-minute storm at Louisville &nd Motor Co. is to give property valued B at New Albany, Ind., across the Ohio river, cost two lives and did property damage of approximately $500,000. Wind and hail shattered windows in many buildings. At Walton, Ky., two boys were killed when lightning' struck a barn on which they had perched to watch a ball game. Five ns were killed and 25 in- Jjured when another of the series of tor- nadoes that caromed about the South and Southwest struck Dahomey, Miss. A twister also descended upon Wham, La., but no loss of life was reported |, Two persons were killed at there. i nd two near Shaw, Miss. of the company and Henry Ford is a)Reece Flood Cruml ‘There was renewed alarm along the Mississippi _iver near Quincy, I, v Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ARMY SURGEON ACCUSED. Serve Jail Term Unless Pardoned. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court ruled today that Harry F. Sinclair, unless pardoned, must serve three months in jail for re- fusal- to answer questions before the Senate Teapot Dome committee. Sinclair had appealed from a recent decision of the court which upheld the sentence of three months in jail im- posed upon him, but the highest court today refused to reconsider that opinion. Sinclair's sentence calls for him to serve the sentence in a “common jail.” It has been expected that he would be committed to the District of Columbia jail, although there has been some speculation as to whether he might e sent to the workhouse at Occoquan. ‘The appeal from the court’s ruling was made last week and was acted on with dispatch. Sinclair’s lawyers held that the law under which he was con- victed and sentenced was unconstitu- tional. He still has facing him a sen- tence of six months’ imprisonment for contempt of the Supreme Court of District of Columbia. This resulted from the jury shadowing in the cases against Sinclair and Albert B. Fall growing out of the Teapot Domé leases. ‘There has been no indication as to when Sinclair will be taken in custody to begin his sentence, the time allotted by the court having not yet expired. ‘Whether Sinclair must serve his 30- day sentence for conf of the Sen- ate at the District jail, or at Occoquan, is a which the Board of Pub- elfare and the Board of Commis- sioners will decide, it was learned today. At one time there were indications that the matter might be presented to it of Justice, but it was within the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Wel- fare and the ‘When the At all events, Sinclair must start his senténce at the jail, it was decision is serving said, and the question for where he will spend most of his h no definite date has beginning of his sentence, time the | 1aboratory, Dr. Cannon said, the ani- l SIS I 2 L | GRIME CONDITIONS PRESENT PROBLEM OF FIRST DEGREE, HOOVER TELLSA.P. President Sounds Earnest Plea to Citizens to Observe Law in First Address Since He Took Oath of Office. “LIQUOR ISSUE IS ONLY ONE PART OF TROUBLE” Chief Executive Says He Is “Wone EXPERIMENTS SHED LIGHT ONNERVES Scientist Tells of Results of Disconnecting Sympathetic System of Animals. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Two remarkable biological experi- ments were described at the opening meeting of the National Academy of Sciences this morning. Wesley R. Coe of Yale University told of cutting the bodies of certain worm- like creatures into minute pieces, each of which became & new. living worm with all its organs intact. ‘Walter B. Cannon of Harvard Univer- sity told of disconnecting entirely the sympathetic nervous system, of cats, dogs and monkeys, the animals remain- ing in perfect health and apparently capable of nearly all normal functions. result 15 Tikely to have far-résching effects in both neurology and psy- chology. Process Is Described. Dr. Cannon’s work involved an ex- tremely delicate surgical operation by which all the sympathetic nerve con- nections extending from both sides of the spinal cord were severed. The sym- pathetic mervous system is one of the two divisions of the nervous system of animals. The central nervous system consists of nerve fibers from the brain and spinal cord running to the skeletal muscles, and is the mechanism of all man’s exterior adaptations to his en- vironment. ‘The sympathetic system has its center in a ganglion which extends along the spinal cord from which nerve fibers extend to all the visceral nerve endings in practically every organ of the body. This system works automatically and apparently is designed to regulate the work of the central nervous system. As an example of its functions, Dr. Cannon mentioned the release of in- creased adrenal gland secretions in time of danger, thus increasing the amount ‘of blood sugar, making the heart beat faster, speeding up the whole metabolism of the body, and putting the animal in fighting con- dition. It has been held in the past that higher animal life would be im- possible without this sympathetic system, since the body mechanism would not function. A cat with the sympathetic fibers severed, he showed, has no erection of hair, the amount of blood sugar which in a normal animal would increase about 30 per cent increases very slightly and there is no increase in the heart beat. Ordinarily when an animal is exposed to cold there are three lines of defense. First the haid is. erected to enmesh pockets of warm air, then certain mechanisms in the circulatory system come into operation to prevent supplies of warm blood leaving the in- terior of the body and losing its heat on the surface and.finally shivering to increase the body temperature. This is all done automatically. In the cats which had been operated on there was only very violent shivering, resulting from the action of the central nervous system. ‘Under the protected conditions of the decision ‘will be reached was not known today in official circles. e. been unofficially today by that it ml({lt be about mals seem to be perfectly normal, as if (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PRSP LONG IMPEACHMENT PROBE IS RENEWED dering Whether Time Has Not Come to Realize We Are Not Suffering From Ephemeral Crime Wave, but a Subsidence of Our Foundations.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 22.—President Hoover, in an earnest appeal to his fel- low citizens to observe the law, de= clared here today that the life and property in the United States “are rela- tively more unsafe than in any other civilized country in the world.” In his first address since his inaugu= ration, delivered at the annual lunch- eon of the Associated Press, the Chief Executive said he was wondering whether the time had not come “to re- alize that we are confronted with a National necessity or the first degree, that we are not suffering from an ephemeral crime wave, but from & sub- sidence of our foundations.” “In’ order to dispel certain {llusions in the public mind on this subject,” Mr, Hoover said, “let me say at once that while violations of law have been increased by inclusion of crimes under the eighteenth amendment, and by the vast sums that are poured into the hands of criminal classes, by the pa- tronage of illicit liquor by otherwise re- sponsible citizens, yet this is but one segment of our problem.” Loss of Respect for Law Faced. He explained that he cited the extent of murder, burglary, robbery, forgery and embezzlement because only a smail percentage of these could be attributed to the eighteenth amendment, and he asserted that of the total number of convictions for felony last year less than 8 per cent came from the source of the dry law. “What we are facing today is some- thing far Jarger and more fundamental —the possibility that respect for law as law is fading from the sensibilities of our people,” he continued. s “No individual has a right to de« termine what law shall be obeyed and what law shall not be enforced. If a law is wrong, its rigid enforcement is the surest guaranty of its repeal. If it is right, its enforcement is the quick- e:! method of compelling respect for Mr. Hoover said there were two im- mediate problems before the Govern- ment: To investigale the existing [agencles of enforcement and to reor- ganize the system of enforcement in such manner as to eliminate its weak- nesses. Steady Pressure Is Urged. “It is the purpose of the Federal administration,” ~ he added, “to strengthen its law enforcement agencies week by week, month by month, year by year, not by dramatic displays and violent attacks in order to e head- lines, not by violating the law itself through misuses of the law in its en- forcement, but by steady pressure, steady weeding out of ail incapahle and negligent officials no matter what their status; by enforcement, production and recognition for those who do their duty; and by the most rigid scrutiny of the records and attitudes of all persons suggested for appointment to official posts in our law enforcement ma= chinery. “Every student of our law enforces ment mechanism knows full well that it is in need of vigorous reorganization; that its procedure unduly favors the criminal; that our judiclary needs to be strengthened; that the method of assembling our juries needs revision: that justice must be more swift and sure.” “Press Can Play Large Part.” Addressing himself directly to the publishers and editors whom he faced, the President said the press could play a dominant part in resolving the basic question of the understanding, the ideals, the relationship of the individual citizen to ‘the law itself. “It (the press) is almost final in its potency to arouse the interest and cone science of our people,” he declared. “It can destroy their finer sensibilities or it can invigorate them. I am well aware that the great majority of our important journals day by day give support to these high ideals. o “I wonder sometimes, however, -if perhaps a little more support to our laws could not be given in one direc+ tion. 1If, instead of the glamour of romance and heroism. which our Amer- jcan imaginative minds too frequently throw around those who break the law, we would invest with a little ro- manece and heroism those thousands of our officers who are endeavoring to Governor Continues Stumping Cam- paign as House Takes Up ‘Charges. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, la, April 22— While Gov. Huey P. Long held to his stumping tour today, seeking to hold the support of the rural districts, the enforce the law it would itself decrease crime. Perhaps a little better propor- tioned balance of news concerning those criminals who are convicted and pun- jished would serve to install the fear of the law. “Pinally, I wish to again reiterate that the problem of law enforcement is not alone the function of business or Government. _If law_can_be upheld (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) PSS Louisiana House of Representatives re- DAWES AND PARTY END . DOMINICAN MISSION By the Assoclated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re< public, April 22.—His mission com+ gl‘:ud. Gen. Charles G. Dawes and advisory financial commission, will sail for the United States tomorrow aboard 004.11. t Treasury balance, $268,122,012.82. New York clearing house exchange, $565,000,000. New York $112,000,000. governor recomendations prepared by the com< 3 % % mission for the conduct of the Do« minican ernment’s finances. A for Gen. Dawes and meme bers of the mission was held at the presiden tial residence this officials, diplomats, consuls lio Progr: >