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A2 « . HOOVER BUSINESS PARLEY EFFECTIVE C. of C. Survey Shows Credit Flowing Back and Read- justments Being Made. Encouraging results have attended; the activities of the national business survey conference initiated by Presi- dent Hoover as part of his economic stabilization program. Chairman Julius H. Barnes an- nounced in a statement today that re- ports show the volume of production and distribution to be approaching a seasonable normal and that confidence in the future is unimpaired. The Chamber of Commerce of the United Statcs, of which Mr. Barnes is president, acting independently of the survey conference, has submitted a ref-} erendum to its membership, accompa- nied by a committee report advocating the removal of the ‘Secretary of the Treasury from the chairmanship of the Pederal Reserve Board in favor of the gayernor of the board. Readjustments Being Made. In the preamble of his survey state- me:-n". Mr.PBlrnes said, “Credit is flow- ing back to productive enterprise,” and, taking the business situation as a whole, readjustments are being made in an orderly manner. Wh{le recessions have been noted in textiles and in some food producing lines, and the rate of increase in,the use of gas and electricity has fallen off some- what, an upward turn has been seen in savings bank deposits and in life in- surance business and, in addition, there has been an expansion in the total number of stockholders of standard cor- itions. W_;; the task of “maintaining stability in our various fields of business,” Barnes said, the “energy of America’s trade and commercial organizations is being ear- nestly devoted,” and “confidence and mutual support grows naturally among the directors of industry.” Prudent business judgment, he de- clared, is being led by the “ever-exp-nd; ing requirements of 120,000,000 peoples to make now “the necessary extensions, replacements and betterments of plant and equipment in preparation for the future.” The questions upon Wwhich 1,700 business organizations were asked to vote also included recommendations that the flow of bank credit into specu- lative channels be restricted, but with- out prescription by Congress of pre- cise methods to be followed, and that & uniform rate of rediscount for all Re- serve banks is “unsuited to our regional system and to the diversity of business conditions.” Most Extensive Examination. Nineteen questions were presented in the referendum, which was compiled by 50 leaders in business, labor and agri- culture after a year's study, which the chamber said was “probably the most extensive examination of the country’s central banking system ever under- taken.” ‘The report id that the results, which are to be made public on Febru- ary 24, would, in effect, “determine the licies of organized business toward e Reserve system.” Relatively few of the recommenda- tions favor changes in the Federal Re- serve act itself, and in no instance was there insistence upon immediate d, there is emphasis,” the re- d, “upon the importance of a capable and politically independent management. and upon the wisdom of permitting the wsm to develop im- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930. sumitscrimeRepor || S{JGAR ROW KEEPS TEXT OF LAW REPORT Enforcement The following is the compleje text of the National Law Observance ‘and En- forcement Commission’s answer to the criticism of its activities and procedure: “The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, organ- ized some seven months ago, has held during the present week its ninth reg- ular meeting. The broad purposes of the commission being a searching ex- amination of criminal law enforcement, | including prohibition, the organization of its work naturally falls into the conduct of police, prosecution, courts and judicial procedure, the management of penal institutions and the causes of crime; the objective of all of which is to determine positive measures of re- form which will secure more prompt and effective justice. “The commission some months ago divided its work among 11 principal committees, dealing, respectively, with the subjects of police protection, courts, penal institutions, probation and pa- role, prohibition, cost of crime, causes of crime, juvenile delinquency, criminal Justice and the foreign-born, abuses in enforcement, and statistics. Machinery Inadequate. “A preliminary examination by the commission demonstrated unquestion- ably that the criminal-law-enforcement machinery of the country is entirely in- adequate: that prohibition, automobile theft, white-slave traffic, immigration and other criminal laws of the Federal Government have overtaxed the capac- ity and effectiveness of the national machinery for enforcement. The rela- tions of the State agencles of law en- forcement have also to be considered. “Under the direction of these vari- ous committees, exhaustive examina- tion of the situation has been initi- ated through wide correspondence, conferences by members of the commis. slon with scores of leading men and officials and by the appointment of qualified research experts of whom some 14 have been engaged to date; by co- operation with crime commissions and similar agencles throughout the coun- try, and several advisory committees have been set up for the pursuit of vari- ous phases of the problem. Resulls of Researches. ‘The following summary of the work o‘f the various subcommittees may be given: “Police—The first point of contact between the law and the offender is through the police, and no thorough study of conditions of law enforcement could be made which did not involve & very careful examination of the sub- {:{r‘ of police organization and admin- ton, “The commission secured for the month of September last the services of Mr. August Vollmer, then chief of police of Berkeley, Calif., now a pro- fessor at the University of Chicago and admittedly one of the leaders in the fleld of police organization and admin- istration. Mr. Vollmer completed and furnished the commission with a pre- liminary report early in October, but has been prevented by his dutles at the University of Chicago from following it up with the larger work of application which the commission has desired him to complete, Further Staff Recruited. “A further staff is being recruited. The commission has made arrange- ments for the gathering of informa- tion in leading scientific police lab- oratories in foreign countries relating to the most modern developments in the methods for detecting crime. “Prosecutions—Immediately following the contact between the police and the offender comes the question of prosecu- tion. Early in its work the commission secured the services of Mr. Alfred Bett- man, who has had large experience in the preparation of the Cleveland crime survey of 1921, and also more recently with the Boston crime survey, to un- dertake a study and report on the meth- ods of prosecution, the offices of prose- vements in pra . p“!’]mnl renioval of the Treasury head from the dominant place on the board, the committee said the ition of governor should be enhanced, and add- ed that “the board cannot possibly pected to meet the anticipation of the framers of the Reserve act while it continues to include tne Secretary of the Treasury as its chairman, over- shadowing the governor.” = “Indeed,” the report continued, “we are convinced of the inadvisability of including the Secretary of the Treas- ury as & member of the board. “It is hardly going too far to say that since the establishment of the Reserve system the Treasury Depart- ment to & considerable extent has over- shadowed the board and has tended, consclously or unconsciously, to reduce the board to the status of a depart- mental bureau.” Propose Salary Increase. the committee proposed that the sal- aries of board members be increased from $12,000 to & minimum of $30,000 annually for the governor and $25,000 for other members, holding that the salaries must approach, at least, the salaries paid in the field of general banking, from which Federal Reserve management must be’ drawn. Recommendations also were made that the feasibility of divorcing the of- fice of the controller of the currency from the‘t T!enun"h Depurt‘m;n;l -unl: bringin under_the purvier Federal’ Reserve Board be considered. Entering into the widespread discus- slon of brokers' loans, which the Re- serve Board moved to curb last year when they were at their peak, the com- mittee urged that in determining the system's credit policles, Federal Re- serve authorities, with co-operation of the member banks, should endeavor to restrict the flow of bank credit into speculative channels when such flow is likely to produce an immediate or pros- ctive strain on the Reserve or mem- &l’ banks in their effort to provide credit accommodation to commerce and industry. ‘This )v'muld be accomplished, however, without prescription by Congress of the methods to be followed. “Widespread speculation in any of the markets—real estate, commodity or security—may make such demands upon the credit resources of the coun- try as to impair their liquidity or dis- locate the supply available for under- takings involving & normal bnfimell risk or unduly increase its cost,” the committee said, in support of its rec- ommendation. “Speculation in & local or general market may &rise from causes other than the immediate or prospec- tive volume of money or credit. % “When widespread speculation is at- tributable in an important part, how- ever, to an over-abundant supply of money or credit, it is clearly of con- cern to the system, since it possesses some power to influence the quantity and cost of that supply. On such oc- casions the system can not avoid seek- ing or urging such adjustments in the credit supply or in the directions of the use of credit as will assist in restoring the proper balance between the volume of credit used for speculative purposes and that used in accommodation to bus~ iness and industry.” SOUTH CAROLINA AREA FACES SERIOUS MALADY By the Assoclated Pre: COLUMBIA, 8. C. January 11. Twenty-nine cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis, 11 of them in Orangeburg County, where seven deaths caused by the disease have occurred, been reported to the State Board >f Health through the week ended Jan- uary 4, Dr. J. A. Hayne, State health cutors and other enforcement person- nel, and the general considerations in- cident to the prosecution of offenders. “Mr. Bettman has been continuously engaged in this work with a staff of as- sistants, and his report is expected within & reasonably short time. * Many Court Problems. “Courts—The question of courts has presented many difficult problems. Most important is the question of the gen- eral organization of the Federal judici- ary( the Jjurisdiction of the Federal courts and procedure therein. At the request of the commission Judge Fran- cis G. Gafley of the United States Dis- trict Court for the Southern Dis- trict of New York and Benjamin A. Matthews of the New York bar un- dertook the study of the courts of that district. “In addition to these reports, & spe- clal study of the Pederal district courts was undertaken for the commission by the honorable Joseph C. Hutcheson, jr., United States district judge of Houston, Tex., for the purpose chiefly of deter- mining the extent to which congestion exists in the Federal courts and the methods which might be adopted for relief. “The commission concluded from these preliminary studies that a far more thorough study of the whole mat- ter should be undertaken and that such an inquiry could be best carried on through the co-operative efforts of the law schools of the country. Experts on Committee. “This work has been assigned to a committee comprising Charles E. Clark, Esq., dean of the Law School of Yale University; Owen J. Roberts, Prof. E. M. Morgan of the Law School of Harvard University, Dr. O. K. McMur- ray, dean of the Law School of the University of California, and President Hutchins of the University of Chicago. “Penal institutions, probation and parole.—After a preliminary examina- tion of a large amount of material bearing on these subjects and confer- ences with officials and others engaged in these fields, the commission set up a committee under Dr. Hastings H. Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation, composed of the following named per- sons, to make an exhaustive inquiry into the subject: “Dr. Hastings H. Hart. “E. R. Cass, Prison Assoclation of New York, “Charles L. Chute, National Proba- tlon Association. “Edwin J. Cooley, chief probation offi- cer, Court of General Sessions of New ¢ Prison. Calvin Derrick, State Home for Boys, Jamesburg, N. C. “William J. Ellis, commissioner of institutions and agencies of New Jersey. “Dr. Ellen C. Potter, State Home for Girls, Trenton, N. J. Maryland Man Named. “Dr. Walter N. Thayer, State super- intendent of prisons of Maryland. “Judge C. W. Hoffman of the Juve- nile Court, Cincinnati, Ohio. “Dr, Amos W. Butler of Indianapolis, Ind. Oscar Lee, warden of State prison, ‘Waupun, Wis. “Sanford Bates, United States super- intendent of prisons. “Dr, Bernard Glueck, Bing Sing prison. “Dr, Louis N. Robinson of Swarth- more, Pa, - “Hon. Joseph M. Proskauer, justice of the Supreme Court of New York. “Dr. Herman J. Adler, State crimi- nologist of Illinois. “Herbert C. Parsons, commissioner of probation of Massachusetts. “0O, H. Close, Preston School of In- dustry, Waterman, Calif. ork. “Lewis E. Lawes, warden, S8ing Sing officer, sald Thursday. The disease was most prevalent in Dordova section of Orangeburg County, Dr. Hayne sald, and in the Saluda Dam area of Newberry, Lexington and Rich- land Counties. In one section of the Saluds Dam, known as the “Black Bottom,” occupied largely by Negroes, therif's deputies are patrolling the ter- vitory to see that quarantine orders are strictly obeyed. ' “Winthrop D. Lane of New York. “Prohibition—the work of the com- mittee on prohibition naturally divides itself into first, the consideration aé the violations of the present laws by im- portation and manufacture and by di- version of industrial alcohol; secondly, the machinery for the administration of the law, invol the ] of the enforcement .":e"ficm, m- Inadequate Machinery Found to Hamper Working of in United States. nation and supervision: the co-opera- tion of Federal and State governments and the co-ordination of administrative and prosecuting officials; and thirdly, the judicial machinery of enforcement, involving necessary changes in judicial organization and improvement in crim- inal procedure; codification of the existing statutes; recommendation of additional legislation and provisions for the relief of existing congestion in Fed- eral courts. Centralization Studied. “A considerable portion of the ac- tivities of the committee has been given to development of proposals for action on most urgent questions. The ques- tion of the better centralization of re- sponsibility and co-ordination of Fed- eral agencies has been given careful examination, together with measures for relief of congestion in the courts. “Aside from the co-operation of the various Government agencies, the com- mittee has had the benefit of the serv- ices of Mr, A. W. W. Woodcock, United States attorney for the district of Maryland, who has been given leave by the Department of Justice for this purpose; iicssrs. Albert E. Sawyer, E. E. Lindberg and other members of staff. “Special attention is being given to the administation of the law with re- spect to the manufacture and sale of ndustrial alcohol. Causes of Crime.—A preliminary re- port on the psychiatric aspects of crime has been prepared for the commission by Dr. Herman J. Adler, State crim- inologist of Illinois, and Miss Mary Van Kleeck, director of the department of industrial studies of the Russell Sage Foundation, has undertaken a study of the economic and industrial factors bearing on criminal conduct. Materfal Assembled. “A number of conferences also have been held with outstanding psychia- trists and psychologists and much ma- terial assembled for use upon this im- portant topic. “Juvenile Delinquency.—A prelimi- nary report has been prepared by Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor, and Miss Lenroot, her assistant. The commis- Miss Miriam Van Waters, referee of the Juvenile Court of Los Angeles, Calif, and president of the National Conference of Social Workers, to make an exhaustive inquiry, the expenses of which are borne from other sources thap the commission’s funds. “Criminal justice and foreign born— Dean Abbott of the University of Chi- cago has undertaken a study of this subject and is pursuing investigations in California, Texas, New Orleans, Chi- cago and New York, having at present working under her Prof. Handman of the University of Texas, Prof. Horak of Tiffin, Ohlo; Mr. Jaskson Chance of Los Angeles, Calif.; Prof. Taylor of Berkeley, Calif.; Prof. Steiner of Tulane University, New Orleans; Paul Warn- shuls and others of Chicago and C. W. King of New York. Cost to Taxpayers. “Cost of crime—One of the important factors in emphasizing the need of re- form is the cost of crime to the people of the United States,- the expense of maintaining police ' and _detection agencies, courts, prisons and all the personnel and paraphernalia of law en- forcement, as well as the indirect cost shown by the expense of extralegal pro- tection against crime. This inquiry is in &m';v‘,]{("gigmd(hw"u H. Door, ass r. Sidney P. Simpson, botk of lAhbe city ‘D( New Y(y)rk. e “Abuses in Enforcement.—The stud: of this subject has been undertaken I); Mr. Walter H. Pollak of the New York bar, and Prof. Zachariah Chaffee of the Harvard Law School. The facts which are being collected in this branch of inquiry include those relating to the use of the third degree, intimidation and other improper actions by some police prosecutors and judicial officers as well &s of the administrative and enforcing officials. Lack of Statistics. “Statistics—Early in its work the commission was troubled with the fact that the statistics with respect to crime and criminal conditions were so inade- quate as to require study and recom- mendation of administrative or legisla- tive action. The services of Prof. Sam Bass Warner of Harvard University were secured to investigate this prob- lem with a view to the forfulation of recommendations for proper produc- tion and collection of statistics upon crime and criminal enforcement. “In addition to this fundamental ne- cessity, the commission is collecting current statistics with & view to the assistance of various divisions of the commission in their conclusions. “Inasmuch as the members of the commission are serving without com- pensation and as 11 out of the 14 experts in charge of different investiga- tions are also serving without compen- sation and are assisted by many others, some of whom are likewise giving their services in the national Interest, the expenditures of the commission up to the present time have amounted to about $70,000.” LAW ENFORCEMENT MEANS INADEQUATE, COMMISSION SAYS (Continued From First Page.) oppression and abuse of power on the part of those intrusted with the ad- ministration of the law. “If the campaign to discredit the commission is successful, the solution of the erime problem will be indefinite- ly postponed, and the great body of fair-minded citizens, who have no pre- conceived theories to uphold, but who are concerned as to the future, will despair of ever getting an impartial, Judicial answer to one of the most serfous questions with which we have ever been confronted. “When the commission has made a thorough-going mvestigation and teport without being influenced by coercion or premature condemnation, its conclu- sions will naturally be subject to dis- cussion and_constructive criticism.” President Hoover's request for a spe- cial joint committee of Congress to handle the prohibition question was withdrawn after Chairman Snell of the House rules committee had sald the Republican leadership of that branch of Congress thought the regular com- mittees sufficient to handle the question. Speaker Longworth and Representa- tive Tilson of Connecticut, the Repub- lican floor leader, promptly issued for- mal statements denying that there was friction between themselves and the White House. With Snell, they consti- tute the Republican leadership. A supplemental statement from the ‘White House said that Mr. Hoover was not interested in the question or pro- cedure and that expedition of legisla- tion was the prime consideration. Charge Pair Sold “Water.” NEW YORK, January 11—Folks probably will be more suspicious now of sudden delivery of “real stuff,” just off & ship. Edward Sonin and Albert Glas- ser are under arrest. Their game, say investigators, was to go to friends of some one who had just gone abroad, present a forged radiogram arranging for completion of & deal or something such, whisper that liquor was meant, collect in advance, then send a case of water, Alleged Strikers Jailed. EASTON, Pa., January 11 (#).—Eight alleged strikers and their sympathizers were arrested Thursday night at the gates of the Kraemer Hoslery Mills at Nazareth by Sheriff John J. Snyder and his dz&fiu and charged with unlawful assembly, sion also has secured the services of | P8 GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM. SHEARER’S SECRET PAPER DECLARED PROPABGANDA SKIT| s (Continued From First Page.) document to the committee. dramati- cally described it as “the amazing secret British document,” sat in the committee room today. Dr. Maloney sald he came to New York after he was discharged from the British Army for wounds received in the World War, The “British document” was ad- dressed to David Lloyd George, then premier of Great Britain, and was dated from the British consul's office in New York City. It purported to show the operations of a vast British spy system in America with a view to “the reconquest of America.” Dr. Maloney said that Irish societies were the main purchasers of this mphlet. “With the end of the fight on the League of Nations the purpose of the paper died,” he said. Regarded as Joke at Dinner. Dr. Maloney said the State Depart- ment investigated the pamphlet in 1929 and knew that he had written it. “It was read at a dinner of Senators here attended by Senator Borah of Idaho, among others,” the witness said. “It was regarded as a joke, as it was meant to be.” “How does it look to you now,” asked Senator Allen, Republican, of Kansas. “I don't know what ali the fuss is about. It's stupid,” replled the doctor. Dr. Maloney sald that Postmaster General Burleson barred the pamphlet from the mails and he said two secret service men told him the writing of the | document meant “20 years,” but that was all he ever heard of it. Did Not Sign Pamphlet. Dr. Maloney explained that he did not sign the pamphlet when it was dis- tributed in 1919 for the reason that it would have destroyed its purpose. ‘To give the pamphlet an air of “guthenticity” there was an editor’s note published on the fly leaf. It read: “A carbon copy of the following in- complete and unsigned document was sent to us with an anonymous note stat- ing that it had been found near 500 Madison avenue. At that address there is an apartment house. Inquiry re- vealed that Sir Willlam Wiseman, chief u‘Il the British secret service, had resided there.” ‘The editor's note went on to say that the publishers felt it was their “patriotic duty to make known the document to the American public.” Dr. Maloney said the Canadian papers “treated it as a jest and published it as an amusing serial.” The pamphlet was entitled “The Re- conquest of America,” and it purported to be a secret British report from the British consulate in New York to Lloyd George. Following is Dr. Maloney's story: “Lord Northcliffe, a British publisher, was over here then in charge of British propaganda for the League 8f Nations. I watched his work very interestedly. He was telling his papers and countiy that he had & club over here of 100,000 members and that he had 8000 pur- chasing agents. I thought if I pre- pared a skit of all he was doing or claiming to be doing, his_account of stewardship to be made on July 4 would not have the effect he hoped for. “So I incorporated in & skit or plece of satire all I knew of British activities in this country, addressing the paper to Lloyd George. When Northcliffe pub- lished his report on July 4 he had much of what is in here and much that isn't. I feel this pamphlet brought his cam- paign to an anti-climax.” Asked by Chairman Shortridge what was the purpose of writing the pam- phlet, Dr. Maloney said, “I wanted to shcw the ramifications of British propa- ganda in this country. Senator Allen wanted to know why he did not sign the pamphlet. “Merely to put 6ut a document such as this under my signature wouldn't help and wouldn't serve the purpose,” said Dr. Maloney. “We had to give it a little air of authenticity.” The committee members joined fre- quently in the laughter as the story of Shearer's “amazing secret British doucuments” was unfolded. ‘They seemed to accept Dr. Maloney's account and when he had concluded the Shearer investigation was ended indefinitely, Ask Steel Firm Debt Inquiry. Representative McClintic, Democrat, of Oklahoma, dispatched letters yester- day to the three members of the Sen- ate subcommittee which investigated Shearer, expressing the hope that the committee would make a further inves- tigation of the Government's slleged $15,000,000 claim against the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The Oklahoman announced also he had been advised that Representative Oliver, Democrat, of Alabama, as & member of the House appropriations committee, had formally requested at- torneys of the Shipping Board to com- pile all records in the case, so that they could be incorporated into the record. ‘The charge that the Bethlehem com- pany owes the Government $15,000,000 has not been refuted from any source, McClintic said in his letter to the three Senators, adding: “In order that you may have a proper lead, I desire to advise you that Representative Ewin Davis of Ten- nessee can furnish very interesting in- formation concerning this subject and in addition Mr. Perly Morris, 165 Broadway, New York City, & public ac- countant, should be given opportunity to testify, for the reason that I am ad- vised by a member of Congress that he has detalled information in this connection.” Beyond stating that “I know some facts that are not included in the rec- ord of the committee hearing,” Davis declined to discuss the specific nature of the $15,000,000 claim. LIFE INSURANCE TOPIC. A lecture on correct procedure in life- insurance underwriting was delivered Friday by Dr. J. Rozler Biggs before a at George Washington University occupied with & study of insurance. Dr. Biggs is medical director of sev- eral life insurance companies. 10-Cent Fare for Del;ver. DENVER, January 11 (#).—Increase in street car fares from 8 to 10 cents. and tokens from 2 for 15 cents to 3 for 25 cents, is provided by an ordi- nance signed by Mayor Ben Stapelton. Officlals of the Denver Tramway Co. said the increase would not be into effect for several days. SENATE IN SESSION Usual Saturday Holiday Is Abandoned in Effort to Reach Early Vote. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate today abandoned its usual Saturday holiday to devote itself to a settlement of the highly controversial question of how great a tariff rate is to be imposed upon sugar imported from Cuba. This issue has involyed the Senate in one of the most heated disputes to arise from the tariff bfll and threatens to obliterate party lines when it comes lo a vote, expected about the middle of next week. ‘Two members of the Western Ind pendent Republican group have ex- pressed themselves as opposed to an in- crease in the present rate of 1.76 cents a pound, Senator La Follette adding his objection to that of Borah in a vigor- ous address. La Folleite Sees Menace. asserted that to raise the levy to the 2.20 cents figure proposed by’ the Senate finance committee would im- pose an_unnecessary burden on con- sumers, benefit American growers but little and fail to increase American production. In addition, he declared that to increase the duty would “in- evitably jeopardize the existence of friendly political and trade relations with all of the other nations of Latin | America.” | The Senate’s consideration of this, subject, he said, should not be :flecveq by the activities of “tariff lobbies, which he condemned as “pernicious, adding that he was ready to support preventive legislation. He severely criticized labor conditions in the ‘beet sugar industry, terming them debased and asserting that that industry “might well be ashamed to come before us asking for an increase in the duty levied for its benefit. Smoot Attacks Bank. Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee is leading & campaign for the adoption of the rate approved by his group. In a speech, preceding that of La Follette, wm:{\ ‘:.ame l.l:u yes:fi:- day, he opposed a higher rate, asserting thifi the National City Bank of New York had acquired large sugar holdings in Cuba and “would like to see the domestic sugar industry destroyed so that larger profits from its foreign in- vestments might accrue.” Senators Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana, the home of domestic cane sugar production, are demanding a rate of 2.40 cents & pound, & figure approved by the House. ysenntur Borah is understood to be developing & sugar bounty proposal. under which domestic producers would be given Government funds in propor- tion to their own production and im- ports from the Philippine Islands. He takes the position that with sugar from the Philippines coming in duty free, an Increased tariff would be useless. WEST GRANTED NEW G. 0. P. RECOGNITION BY SENATE GROUP (Continued From First Page.) finance committee and Thomas, too, is such a concession. Nye Tells Pleasure. Senator Nye of North Dakets, & member of the insurgent group and also a member of the Republican committee on committees, after the action of the conference today, expressed his satls- faction, saying: “The action of the committee on com- mittees and of the Republican confer- ence is an indication of a desire on the part of & majority of the Republicans in the Senate to deal fairly with the Northwestern section of the country, which feels that it has been deprived of that measure of representation to which it has been entitled. There ought to be, and is on my part, appreciation of that more ready response of the party to_the needs of the Northwest.” The changes in the standing com- mittees of the Senate approved today by the Republican conference include the following: Senator Jones of Wash- ington becomes chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations in place of ths late Senator Warren of Wyoming. Senator Steiwer of Oregon becomes & member of the appropriations commit- tee. Grundy and Robsion. Senators Blaine of Wisconsin, Baird of New Jersey, Grundy of Pennsylvania and Robsion of Kentucky become mem- bers of the banking and currency com- mittee. Senators Steiwar, Thomas of Colorado and Hebert go off that com- mittee. Senators Grundy and Robsion become members of the civil service commit- tee and Senator Blaine retires from that committee. Senator Hiram Johnson of California is made chairman of the committee on commerce, in place of Senator Jones, and Senators Howell of Nebraska and Allen of Kansas become members of that committee and Senator La Fol- lette retires from it. Senator Baird of New Jersey is ap- pointed a member of the committee on education and labor. Senator Goff of West Virginia be- comes chairman of the committee on expenditures in the executive depart- ments, in place of Ambassadcr Sackett, formerly Senator from Kentucky. Sen- ators Steiwer and Hastings become mem- bers of that committee and Senator Hale of Maine retires from it. Senator Robinson of Indiana is ap- pointed to the committee on forelgn relations. Gould Named Chairman. Senator Gould of Maine becomes chairman of the immigration committee in place of Senator Johnson of Cali- fornia. Senator Schall of Minnesota becomes chairman of the committee on inter- oceanic canals and Senator McCulloch of Ohio becomes a member of that com- mittee. Senator Hastings of Delaware be- comes a member of the interstate com- merce committee. Senator Sullivan of Wyoming is a signed to the committee on irrigation and reclamation. Senator Hebert of Rhode Island be- comes a member of the committee on judiclary. Senator Grundy becomes a member of the committee on manufactures and Senator Hale retires from that com- mittee, Military Affairs. Senators McCulloch, Baird, Sullivan and Robsion become members of the committee on military affairs, from which Senatcrs Robinson of Indiana and Blaine retire, Senators Sulll and Grundy _be- come members of the naval affairs committee, from which Senators Howell and Allen retire. Senator McCulloch becomes a mem- ber of the committee on post offices and post roads, from which Senator astings retires. Senators Blaine and McCulloch be- come members of the commmittee on privileges and elections, from which Senator Steiwer retires. Senator Sulllvan becomes a member of the committee on public buildings and grounds. ——— During the recent busy season 39,000 f_coffee ‘were shi] from Bao e Braa evers aay. e rinvolves rallway receipts. The Germans . SCENE AT BR Above: Leroy Brady (seated) as he appeared I Standing (left to right): Sheriff Ch: yesterday. ADY HEARING court at Upper Marlboro S. Early of Prince Georges County and Police Sergt. Charles Schalter of Baltimore, assigned to the bombing case. Below: Herman Brady in the custody of County Policeman Frank P. Prince. BOMB RELIEF FUND PASSES $1.000MARK Additions to Contribution Started by The Star Con- tinue to Pour In. ‘The fund sponsored by The Star for the relief of the family of John Hall of Seat Pleasant, Md., three of whose members were killed New Year day when a “gi{t package” bomb exploded among them, had passed the $1,000 mark today. Subscriptions received by the cashier of The Star to augment the initial con- tribution of $250 made by the paper ;:l.l be accredited in the columns of The r. John Hall is trying to re-establish his family, but has not been able to return to his work since the explosion and the only source of income for the family is the $15 earned each week by Norman Hall, the eldest son, who works for a Washington is outside the area served by the Com- munity Chest. Subscriptions received by the cashier of The Star up to 11 o'clock today are as follows: Previously acknowledged. 8. T, Boys and girls. | Ruth Kobbe Employes of Erlebacher, Inc M. B. P. LTS B. V. McK.. i George D. Horning. @ uooo0002 coocooboounonanas: £3388838 2888838333%333%2 $1,067.20 TIRED OF BICKERING, | ALLIES NAME LIMIT | FOR GERMAN REPLY (Continued From First Page.) | he told the Germans in measured lan- guage there had been no visible progress to date, that nothing had been definitely accepted by the Germans, and no serious counter proposals offered. There seem to be four matters still open. The first is the date of trans- fer, and the second is the moratorium question. ‘The other two matters are not revealed, but they are thought to concern the making of positive pledges out of negative ones, and the mobiliza- tion of reparations. One phase of the transfer question Propose paying in marks from rallway recelpt pledges at the end of the month, not on the first, claiming that paying at the beginning of the month would mean that the Reich would have to advance the amount to the rallroad company. 4 Denying that the little entente— Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugo- slavia—can demand reparations from Hungary after’1943, even if Hungary is able to pay them, Count Stephen Beth- len, Hungarian foreign minister and chief delegate to the conference, has put another spoke into the wheel of —Star Staff Photos. PARRAN WILL FIGHT BRADY’S RELEASE ON HABEAS CORPUS (Continued From Pirst Page.) other thoroughly,” Parran countered. -1 told Herman our investigation showed he had no part in the bombing and we had no evidence to try him on.” “Dlge yn;] ;\:::!qlll:nfly make him a promise of unity with no strings tied to it.” i 5 “Herman knows my position. We have nothing against him at present, but we don't know what may develop.” Magruder then demanded to know whether the “understanding” between P:rr‘a‘.;l and };erm-n ‘would hold good should a grand jury later return - dictment agalmi' l'riyemln. o Insists Herman Be Sworn. Evading the question, Parran insisted that Herman be sworn as a witness. Herman then took the oath, whereupon the State's attorney handed him a sheet of paper and asked i the signature on it was his. Herman made an affirmative reply in & low tone of voice. Shouting at the top of his voice as he interrupted, Magruder instructed Herman to refuse to testify “if in your Jjudgment anything you might say may incriminate you.” This development created great con- fusion in the crowded court room. Meanwhile, Leroy sat at the defense table beside his attractive young wife and looked on in detached manner. He displayed no signs of worry, Lansdale G. Sasscer, another” defense attorney, broke in at this point. Point- ing in the direction of Herman, the lawyer insisted: “You must tell him, and tell him no whether you intend to prosecute him. Parran retorted that there was no charge against Herman and no pros- pects of a charge. “Why, he hasn't even any right to counsel as & witness,” Par- | ran contended. Ctaims Right to Advise Him. Magruder retort:d he had been re- tained to represent both Herman and Lerqy and was within his rights in ad- vising Herman to refuse to testify. Parran insisted Magruder was af | t"e‘r;p";lng to “tamper with a State’s wi Sasscer then read extracts from a de- cision of the United States Supreme Court, which he argued supported his contention that the State could not force Herman to testify. Parran denied the decision had any bearing on the case. J. Wilson Ryon, a former State's at- torney, came to Parran’s assistance with the statement that he had been asked to aid Parran. He added: “I have listened with some attention to the efforts of counsel for either one man or the other to delay the orderly preliminary hearing before you and my understanding of the duties of counsel is that if they represent young Brady there (pointing to Herman), they had plenty of time to advise him while he was in jail, and further they had plenty of opportunity to discuss this matter him and not wait until they came here when he is brought here as & wit- ness, by advising him of something, of any right he may have, that he has not shown any desire as yet to say that he wants to exercise.” Agree on Postponement. The attorneys continued to wrangle. Every attempt of Parran to quest}un Herman failed. The opposing counsel then conferred for some 30 minutes and agreed on a postponement. The only witness, Mrs. John Buckley, told of finding the “Christmas gift” for Herman's wife on her front porch December 29. She testified the parcel was wrapped in brown paper. It was EDITORS T0 FIGHT ‘GAG' IN MINNESOTA Col. McCormick to Lead Legal Battle Before U. S. Supreme Court. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 11.—Freedom of ! speech and freedom of the press, for which Socrates fought 22 centuries ago and Milton 3 centuries ago, will be de- fended before the Supreme Court of the United States. The newspaper publishers of America, under the leadership of Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, will ask the Supreme Court to | nullify the Minnesota newspaper “gag’ |law, under which the Saturday Press of iMlnnupoHs was silenced in 1927 by court injunction. The injunction has recently been held valid by the Minne- sota Supreme Court. Head of Committee. Col. McCormick is leading the fight as head of a committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. On Col. McCormick’s side is aligned the power and tradition of the Amer- ican press, the weight of Milton's fight in “Areopagitica,” his defense of free- dom of utterance in the seventeenth century, the dignity of Socrates’ famous speech to the jury in Athens before it condemned him to death, and the free speech and free press guaranty which is contained in the first article of the Bill of Rights of the American Consti- tution. On the other side is an act of the Legislature of Minnesota, four decisions of its minor and major courts, a county attorney who obtained an injunction against the paper which criticized him, and the idea of a legislator who, five years ago, sought to silence & now de- ceased editor who was attacking him. Paper Is Suspended. ‘The Saturday Press, the paper which ‘was suspended under the law, was :pub- lished in Minneapolis in 1927 by J. M. Tacked what It Ailegéd vas gambling tacked wi ged was & gam! and general “racket” business in Minne- apolis, and declared that this situation ‘was being tolerated by the city adminis~ tration and law enforcement heads. Floyd Olson, county attorney, whom the paper included in its attack, went before a county judge in 1927 and ob- tained & writ of injunction under what opponents described as the “gag” stat- ute, silencing the paper. The writ was later upheld by the District Court and recently by the Minnesota Supreme Court. The Saturday Press, which sus- pended publication immediately after the first injunction, has not been pub- lished since. ‘The “gag” law was introduced by & legislator from the fron range country in Northern Minnesota in 1925 to si- lence an editor in his constituency who had attacked him, but the editor died before action could be taken. County Attorney Olson found it ready made. “We have no wish to foster libelous publications,” sald Col. McCormick. “The general libel laws can be invoked against those if the charges are proven. Our fight is against allowing the truth to be suppressed and newspapers ruled out of existence by a single judge with- out & jury trial.” The Minnesota law is said to be unique in the United States. IHOOVER WILL ASK DAVIS TO REMAIN Labor Secretary Understood to Have Contemplated Re- signing March 4. It is understood from good authority that James J. Davis will be asked by President Hoover to remain in his.cab- inet as Secretary of Labor, which post he has held for nearly nine years under three Presidents, but which he is under- stood to have been contemplating re- signing on March 4. While no definite announcement has been made at the White House to this effect, there are indications that this speculation of Mr. Davis’ remaining in the cabinet is very logical. The im- pression is that Mr. Hoover has not yet definitely asked the head of the Labor Department to remain in his official family, but will do so very shortly. Secretary Davis is known to have ac- cepted appointment to Mr. Hoover's cab- inet with the understanding that be would like to retire from that office at the end of a year, which would le March 4 next. In the past several weeks Mr. Davis has indicated that he would retire on March 4 to become an active candidate for either governor or Senator in Pennsylvania. Recently this is known to have resulted in friction among factions of organized labor as to the selection of a labor man to succeed Mr. Davis. This development is under- ‘awod etomhn;{: lrlx)nufi:c'zd the President n wanting Mr. Davi remain beyond the time agreed between them. % CRUISER QUESTION HELD UNSOLVED BY BRITISH STATEMENT (Continued From First Page.) there was a distinct note of warning and fear lest the Kellogg pact as a guarantee of peace was being over- rated, and Great Britain’s security be compromised. The Times, independent, moderately conservative, but supporting any gov- ernment as far as possible, called for a more detatled -xplanation as to how the reduction wus justified, and a that the peaceful ‘outlook of the mo- ment was due rather to universal war we-r'!:eu than to international agree- ents. “The Kell pact—all honor to it— registered and confirmed an existing statz of affairs, but did not creats a new situation,” the Times said. “For lm‘?x ‘:lenozn !'l:)ere is no case merely ni g signatory to the t a ;:uhaumm Cm¥1 of vlg:c." b ven assuming the ibility of tended, “It is being at the wrong end to cut down our cruisers, which are needed for peace as well as war, instead of dealing first with huge battleships, which exist for war, and war only.” BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ H Band, this evening In Staniey Hail ¢ 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant addressed to “Miss Naomi Hall.” The witness said she was a neighbor or Miss Hall, but never had heard of her at_that time. Mrs. Buckley explained she learned who the package should be deliverea to three days after she received it, and gave it to Leslie Hall to take to his sister. Before concluding she sald there was “both light and dark clay” near her home. Counsel for the State indicated they intended to attempt to rove Leroy's shoes hore non-German rations, Gosrriani. 1530 that near Mrs. Buckley’ the time of his arrest. . leader. March, Overts En ! ¢