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THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D O, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 19%0. CHICAGO FINDS WAY| T0 RAISE FINANGES Relief Committee Meets With Bankers and-Decides to Issue Tax Warrants. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 18 —Broke for quite some time, Chicago had that old money feeling today. Fresh from an accord with the citi- zens' relief committee, the city and| county governments anxiously awaited | the first of the millions which Silas | H. Strawn, head of the relief group, set out today to raisc | The meeting of the relief group and a committee representing Mayor Wil- liam Hale Thompson was held around | the desk of Melvin H. Travlor, president of the First National Bank. who was | one of the organizers of the Interna- tional Bank formed under the Young Teparations plan. g $74,000,000 Necessary. Traylor gave new hope to city and county als that Chicago _banks womu aid S to raise the $74,000.- 000 estimated as the necessary mini- mum to operate the city and county cols and sanitary dis- n of 1928 taxes be- | und July 1. ounty officials that THEIR TESTIMONY CONVICTS MAN | | | would soon begin | ¢ in that it was planned to v issuance of serip to pay some employes 15 days December mates of minimum operatirg ex- ! penses to July 1 were laid upon Tray- lor's desk by officials. The city asks $26,000.000; the county. $10,000.000; the school board, $28,000.000, and the sanitary district, '$10,000,000. “Herculean Task” Seen. However, Strawn said it would be a “Herculean task” to raise the whole $74,000,000 and indicated that if the amount fell short, it would be appor- tioned between the various govern- ments. The plan agreed upon was this: Large stores, manufacturing firms, railroads, utilities and banks will be asked to purchase 1930 tax warrants to be used in taking up their 1928 and 1929 taxes. The Building Managers' Association pledged $10,000.000 for such a plan and Tecently Samuel Insull, utility magnate, was said to head a group of million- aires willing to co-operate with such & plan. POINCARE CA.LLED IN FRENCH CRISIS; MAY FORM CABINET (Continued From First Page.) Jows, M. Tardieu dictated the resigna- tion of his government. Then toward midnight he conferred for 15 minutes with a special emissary from President Doumergue. Today M. Tardieu's voice is all but gone on account of his laryngitis, al- though his influenza is much better. His doctor insists that he stay as quiet as possible. He may be unable to jour- ney to the Elysee Palace when My Doumergue calls him | It is the opinion of Paris that unless ; President Doumergue can resolve the crisis within 48 hours, it may last as long as a week or even 10 d conservative circles it is expec hoped that he will call on M. Tardieu to succeed himself with a new minis- try, so that the work done at The Hague and being done at London may ot be imperiled. Hold Balance of Power. But this may be difficult in the ex- treme on account of the ruthless opgg— sition of the Radicals and Radical «cialists. They hold the balance of power in the Chamber, and if their new leader, Camille Chautemps, decides that he wants office as premier, President Doumergue may be forced to give it to him. Whatever government is formed it is expected to continue M. Tardieu's siand at the Naval Conference. Resentment is acute among news- papers supporting the Right at the terrific tactlessness of M. Chautemps and the Radicals in overthrowing the government at this juncture. In the first place, M. Tardieu was ill and not even in the Chamber. Secondly, the government was at a delicate stage in the naval negotiations, with the French point of view dominating the conference. Thirdly, the issue by which the government fell was so triviai— the question whether women in busi- ness with their husbands should have their income tax reduced. M. Tardieu paid the penalty, it 4s felt, first for having formed the most conservative cabinet since the World ‘War, and second. for the obstinacy of his minister of finance, Henri Cheron, who demanded a vote of confidence although all indications in the cham- ber showed a rising and dangerous op- position. No doubt one of the contrib- uting motives of the Socialists was to *get” M. Cheron. It also seems possible that if M. Tardieu forms a new govern- ment,, he may have to jettison M. Cheron and that the radicals will con- sent to a new Tardieu government— if they consent at all—only if M. Cheron and possibly ‘M. Maginot and one or two others are excluded. If M. Tardieu finds it impossible to form a new government, M. Chautemps will get a chance. No doubt M. Chautemps today is the happiest man in France.. By careful maneuvers he has ecome to dominate the radical Socialists, and if he can form a cohe- sive parliamentary group. he might easily dominate the chamber too. M. Chautemps wes due at the Elysee Palace 1o see President Doumergue early today. Poincare Recovered. It i= also important to remember that M. Poincarc is fully restored to health, quite capable of taking office | dgain and would take it disinterestedly. Aside from political jockeying, the | fundamental causes of the overthrow | ©f the cabinet are as follows 1. Resentment of the Left groups at their exclusion from the government end its consequently extremely conser- vative texture 2. Personal animosity of various Radical leaders, for instance, Louis Malvy, chairmen of the important finance committee of the Chamber, against M. Tardieu, M. Cheron and M. Maginot 3. Refusal of the government, de- spite a_considerable surplus, to agree to the Radical demands for tax reduc- tion. 4. The fundamental nature of the party system, in which an absolute minosity by any one group in the Chamber is impossible. No matter what new government is formed, it is fairly certain to continue the Tardieu-Briand policies at London. ‘The Radical groups have no alternative disarmament scheme of their own. Taft's Condition Unchanged. PlLysicians attending William Howard Taft said in a bulletin today that his condition remained unchanged. - Autp @roup to Discuss Oil, LEES vURG, Va., webruary 18 (Spe- cial).—A special meel of the motive Trade Assoclation will be called some time this month— date to be named later by the president —to discuss oil control, it was decided at the regular meeting held here. Rep- resentatives from the oil compan! will be present at this meeting. Other reneral business was disc the large attendance present sec~ i.ons of the county, % depressions of the hills. i Left to right: Naomi Aleshire and Clayton Franey in Police Court today resulted in his assault and practicing medicine without a license. whose testimony against conviction on charges of —Star Staff Photo. Zona Warner, pecte& to Atten Possible by BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Dark Hollow's new school house is to open Monday. This is the school established by Presidsnt Hoover in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the head- waters of the Rapidan, near his Sum- mer camp, for the ragged, illiterate children from the mud-chinked log cabins scattered through the wooded Approximately 30 children are ex- pected to respond to the opening bell, trooping in through the bushes from the tiny clearings where the snow still is drifted, and with the story of a hungry Winter written on their pinched faces. They will be like sad wraiths of children, resurrected from the sev- enteenth ,-and with the weight -up years on their minds, coming to a model twentieth century school house. ‘The very name Dark Hollow sug- gests medieval enchantments. That Just what has taken place. the gloomy valley, where arching hemlocks over wild mountain waters create an eternal dusk, time itself has gone to sleep for two centuries and the minds of men have been imprisoned in the sleep. Nothing has happened, until the coming of a more powerful magician in the person of the President of the United States, to break the spell and set time moving through the minds again. The educational problem which con- fronts Miss Christine Vest, teacher of the new school, is quite different than t faced by the ordinary country school teacher. The schooling must be more fundamental than the orthodox “three Rs.” It will be a problem of waking up the minds and fitting them into the pattern of the twentieth cen- tury mind. rPyrelldznt Hoover's interest in the Dark_Hollow children, it was reported last Summer, was aroused when Ray Buraker, a mountain boy, brought an opposum to his camp. The President’s conversation with the lad revealed that he was ignorant of many of the ordi- nary things which are supposed to be the heritage of the American boy, that he never had been to school in his life, and that his outlook was extraordinarily dull. This was President Hoover’s first con- tact with the strange people of the “hollows,” dwelling almost in the center of the world's greatest material civiliza- tion at the height of its prosperity and yet dragging out their lives on a plane of culture almost unparalleled in the civilized world. Little Ray Buraker was the messenger from an enchanted eople. o Jfln‘lhlle. scientific investigation in nearby hollows, whose people possibly were on a lower intellectual level than those of Dark Hollow, revealed almost unbelievable conditions. There was & seven-year mental age level for the “MAN IN THE GREEN HAT” FACES NEW RUM CHARGE Attorney Declares Defendant Is| Victim of “Frame-up”—Police Decline to Comment. George L. Cassidy, “the man in the green hat,” was arrested again todsy as an alleged Volstead act violator. He was charged with transporting and possessing liquor. Cassidy was taken into custody with Thomas Gately of Baltimore, 65 years old, at PFirst and C streets Mnuh:;‘l:, tside the Senate Office Bul ) L‘:{"P(A:‘l‘)c‘mnn Carroll and Wanamaker and R. R. Alken, a Federal prohibition agent. Six pints of alleged gin were seized. Both men later were released under bond of $2,000, nMyron E. Ehrlich, Cassidy's attorney, declared his client had no whisky his possession }:vhzn n‘u:.l‘nl: fi\rx:::'ldz He charged the arresf - up.” Police declined to discuss the case. nAYI'PSud in the House Office Building several years ago as an alleged boot- legger, Cassidy became known as “the man in the green hat.” Another case in which Cassidy was charged with transportation and g‘cm- session, still is pending against him. He was at liberty under bond of $2,000 in that case when arrested todsy. Tax Expert Admits Guilt. months in jail yesterdsy in Federal rt to two counts of aiding Raoul Walsh, motio picture director, make a fraudulent fi- DARK HOLLOW'S NEW SCHOOL TO BE OPENED NEXT MONDAY Approximately 30 Mountain Childrcr'l Ex- d Classes Made President. child and adolescent population, but curious relations found in the statis- tical analysis showed that this was not due to ent low mentality. It was due to a lack of that substrata of edu- cation which the average child carries with him to the kindergarten and which he cannot help absorb from the other folks around him. Children Learn Quickly. Such ordinary words as “field,” “ball,” “soldier” and ‘“post office” had no meaning. There were only the crudest conceptions of time and distance. His- tory had passed over the heads of the le without leaving a trace. Wash- m::, coln, Wilson were meaning- less words which did not even desig- nate human beings. Even the knowl- edge of the Nature which surrounded Kgch they depended ‘was quite crude, compared to that of city people, who seldom come in contact with it. The examinations also showed that the chil- dren learn very quickly. ‘To overcome this century-old of Dark Hollow and similar communities appears to be the chief task which con- fronts the model new school establish- :nent. l"h! chllflft‘n will enme‘ trooping n Monday morning, ?elkn: even & language that will !:e ifficult to com- prehend until one is accustomed to it— a language degenerated from the folk speech of Elizabethan England. They will come from barren, crowded one and two room cabins, where imitative and :‘umnuuve magic still is commonly prac- Dark Hollow has had a school before, a tiny log cabin, where a county teacher has appeared at rare intervals and where some effort has been made during the past few months to prepare them for the o&en\nl of the ident's school. But this contact with American edu- cation has been so spasmodic that it has left few traces. School is Guarded. Miss Vest knows mountain people. She is herself a Kentucky mountaineer, educated at Berea College and Columbia University. 8he arrived at the school house in a White House car last Thurs- day and has been busy ever since ar- ranging furniture and getting the build- ing spick and span for the opening. The opening was scheduled for yester- day, but was postponed on account of the weather. It will be a very quiet event. Mrs. Hoover expects to visit the school in about a month, when the roads are more passable, and then there will be a celebration. This week, it is reported, a Marine guard is stationed at the only approach to the school to arantee the teacher against interrup- n in hzl"greplrlllonl, Reports that Marines were guarding the ‘school house were denied at the ‘White House today, where, it was said, that the soldiers merely were alding th: teacher in getting bullding ready to open. ONE DEAD, TWO SHOT IN REVOLVER BATTLE Bandit Gang—Sheriff and Es- caped Convict May Die. By the Associated Press. BT. CLOUD, Fla, February 18.— Harry Barnes, belleved to have been a member of the notorious Ashley bandit gang, was killed, and Bheriff L. R. Farmer of Osceola County and Harry Terwilliger, sald to be an escaped con- vict from the State Prison Farm at Raiford, were probably fatally wounded in & gun battle near here early today. All three men were taken to a hos- pital at Orlando, where Barnes died. Physicians said recovery of Sheriff Farmer and Terwilliger was doubtful, ‘Terwlilliger was shot by Barnes dur- ing an argument between the two con- victs as they sat in a stolen automo- bile on the outskirts of 8t. Cloud dis- cussing & proposed hold-up plot, police declared. Barnes was sald to have shot Terwilliger when the latter refused to g0_through with the robbery plan. Barnes is said to have attempted to compel Terwilliger to say that his wound was caused in an attempt at suieide, police sald they had learned. Py SOMMERS GETS DIVORCE. ST. PETERSBURG, Boenriare s his romance with the former Rheba Crawford, one-time come tax return. den received a suspended 01 pentitentiary sentence. New York Salvation Army captal whom he met here in l”li G.0P.LEADERSPLAN 10 SPEED UP BILLS President Says Business Demands Action by Congress. (Continued From Pirst Page.) speeches supporting Mr. Hugh had remained silent in order to obtain an early vote on the nomination, which | was confirmed by a 2-to-1 vote. The opinion was expressed that the attack made %n Mr. Hughes and the Su-| preme irt during the Senate debate would have a reaction throughout the country which would not be helpful to the progressive Republicans and those Democrats who had made the attacks. Replies to Davis, Representative Joseph W. Burns, chairman of the Democratic congres- sional committee, delivered a speech in the House on the unemployment situa- tion, replyin{‘lo a recent speech of Becretary of Labor James J. Davis. He attacked the Republican administration, insisting that it had not been helpful in the present situation. Senator Harrison of Mississippl sent the ball rolling in the Senate imme- diately after that body met today. Speaking sarcastically, he said that he was sure the country responded sym- pathetically when President Hoover left " Washington to go to Florida and so re- move himself “from the snares and gl;‘keflnn of the Republicans in the ate “‘Some may think,” said Senator Har- rison, “that Mr. Hoover went because he read that former President Coolidge is down there. We don't know whether they met in Florida and we're not ad- vised whether the President was ag- gravated by the reception given Mr. Coolidge all th h the South. There is little wonder that the President called a conference of Republican lead- ers on his return here. But it is strange that the gentleman from Connecticut, Mr. Tilson, lfidflnl in the press, as soon as the President arrived, should say that the Senate is all clogged up and that the Republican leadership in this body has falled. I do not know whether he was aiming arrows at Sen- ator Watson or Senator McNary. “Can’t Be Defended.” Senator Harrison said that he be- lleved Mr. Tilson was right when he criticized the failure of the Republi- cans in the Senate to defend the nomi- nation of Chief Justice Hughes. He insf , however, that there was no reason for condemnation of the Sen- ate leaders because the tariff bill was still pending before the Senmate. “It was a bill that was condemned from one end of the country to the other when it passed the House,” said Senator Harrison. “It is peculllrlyi strange that this House leader should | criticize the leaders of the Senate for not defending what cannot be de- ded.” ended. The Mississipp! Senator defended the | action of the Senate on the tariff bill| and insisted that the debate had been | one of the finest discussions on the | tariff ever indulged in. “Yet the Senate leadership is chas- tised,” continued Senator Harrison. | “What are you going to do, sit idly by and say nothing? Evidently the Presi- dent was impressed by the statement made by Representative Tilson, and called you to the White House. Did he give you a spanking or a blessing? ‘Won't you please take the country into Victim Believed Member of Florida | your confidence? Did the President agree with Mr, Tilson or did he not?” ‘Watson Makes Reply. Senator Watson, replying to the jibes | of Senator Harrison, defended the | course of the Republican leadership in regard to the Hughes nomination and in regard to the tariff bill, He said that there were two courses possible in the consideration of nomination or measure which came before the Senate. One, he said, was to make speeches, and the other was to take action. Discussing the tariff bill Senator Watson said that he believed the Senate sometimes lost sight of the main purpose and argu- ment for the tariff bill. The object, he sald, was the maintenance of the Ameri- can wage scale. “That is all, and it is as national as the flag,” ssid Senator Watson, declar- ing that the tariff was not a local issue. He insisted that it was impossible to gredlc!- now the final shape the tariff il would take. He pointed out that when the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill, the last Democratic tariff bill, was under consideration in the Senate the Senate had placed 2,200 amendments in the bill before it went to conference. Senator Watson, in his speech, sald he could not concelve how the farmers could be helped by pulling down in- dustries. Referring to the talk of idle- ness in this country at the present time, Senator Watson pointed out that $3,- 500,000,000 worth of foreign products were brought into this country that could have been produced at home and could have given employment to more men in this country. He cited this in support of his contention that the main purpose of a protective tariff is to pro- tect American labor. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken- tucky asked Watson what would be- come of the billions of dollars’ worth of goods this country shipped abroad if America stops the large part of the amount imported. Should Do Own Work. Senator Watson sald that argument was as old as the tariff subject itself and added that the only way to estab- lish real prosperity is for a nation to do its own work, produce its own goods and thereby give employment to its people. Senator Barkley Interrupted with the statement that some Senators have been voting to retain the rates in the pres- ent tariff law, under which, he said, the contention has been made that the country has been prosperous. Senator Watson replied that as a general proposition the country has been prosperous during the last seven e Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, asked Watson it he was contending that agriculture has been prosperous for the last seven years. Senator Watson recalled that he had frequently stood in the Senate and tated that agriculture has not been on level with industries and pointed out that the tariff was a means of im- proving agriculture. Senator Borah argued that when agricultural rates are raised and in- creases also are made on articles the farmer buys, then the farmer is no better off than before. Borah in Exchange. During the exchange Senator Watson inted out that he voted for the equal- tion fee proposal for farm relief, which, he said, the Senator from Idaho had argued against. Senator Borah replied: “I was not willing to make the farmer pay for protection while the manufacturer was given his protection free.” Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico wanted to know whether Wat- son wanted limited or general tariff revision at the present time, “1 have explained in the past,” Wat- , “that I favor applying a yard stick to the tariff question and adjusting rates wherever it appeared necessary. He added that if there are rates they ought to be that nntaohlg) w'l! the raising of rates Senator Barkley wanted to know whether Senator Watson would insist on kurlu the debenture plan of farm relief in the tariff bill in conference if he is one of the conferees, | nating from the White Senator Watson replied that he was not in favor of the debenture effort. He sald that If the Senate placed on KITTY HAWK FLIGHT| CONTRACT AWARDED Contest Jurymen Praise Win- ning Design for Simplicity. The contract for the construction of the to the birth of human flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C., where the Wright brothers made their first flight, has been awarded to Robert P. Rodgers and Alfred E. Poor, on recommendation of a jury of award, which chose the design of these two men from an open competition in which 35 designs were entered, Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley announced today. The jury declared: “The design finally selected is one which stood out from all the rest by reason of its ex- treme simplicity. The power of imagi- nation manifested by the authors strikes one at first sight, and increases on ac- quaintance. It is not only most orig- inal and ‘impressive as seen from land, but also would be extremely effective as seen from the air. It strongly mani- fests the dominant motive suggested in the program, namely, a memorial to the birth of human flight. The form sug- gests a plastic material, and the aus- terity and restraint of the design is entirely in harmony with the elemental character of the surrounding country and of the event it commemorate: The Jury of award included Edward E. Dong, jr.; Frederick B. Murphy and William 'H. Lord, who were nominated by the American Institute of Architects. The jury’s recommendation has been approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and a joint committee composed of members of the Congressional Library committee. ‘The Wright Memorial was authorized by act of Congress March 7. A commit- tee, composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce, was named to carry out the provisions of the act. him the responsibility of carrying out its mandate, he would strive to keep it there or he would decline to serve as a conferee. ‘Toward the end of the discussion Senator Harrison, who had started the debate, again sought to question Sen- ator Watson as to whether the Presi- dent had made known to his callers his views regarding the rate schedules in the tariff bill. Senstor Watson again replied that the President wanted to see a tariff bill passed as expeditiously as possible. The Senator from Indiana said that, of course, members of the Senate did not go to the President with a copy of the tariff bill and ask him what she ghn}]‘ht of the many detailed rate items in it. Blames White House. Representative Garner of Texas, the House Democratic leader, declared that “lack of leadership In the White House has resulted in a chaotic condition in Republican ranks in the House and Senate.” Referring to the breakfast, the Texan asserted the “spirit of uncertainty ema- House has de- veloped chaos in party leadership.” “There has been no leadership of the Republican party since President Hoover entered the White House,” Garner as- serted. “There is not a leading public ques- tion on which the President is willing to make a suggestion or much less offer a solution. All of his statements are ambiguous, they can be taken in two RETIREMENT HEARING WITNESS WILLIAM H. McREYNOLDS, Assistant director of the Bureau of Efficlency, who explained the difference between the Dale-Lehlbach and new Lehlbach retirement bills at the hearing today. —Star_Staff Photo. FHLBACH REPLIES T0 CRITICS OF BLL Opponents Charge Him With' Being “Double-Crossing Liar,” He Asserts. | | I (Continued From First Page.) bills, the employe's contribution woul g0 up as the salary goes up, but unde: the Dale bill, the increase in the em- | ploye’s contribution would go to reduce | the cost to the Government, while un- ! der the new Lehlbach oill, it would go toward increasing the employe's an- nuity. ‘The witness went into a detatled m’ld‘ complicated explanation of the method of computing annuities in the two measures. Replying to a question by Representitive Ramispeck of Georgla, the witness said that an employe now recelving a salary of $1,200, if he re- tired today, would get a greater annuit; under the Lehibach bill than under the Dale bill. Several examples were cited | by members of the committee and the ways. Country Lost Confidence. “You hear people talk of the Presi- dent as either lacking in capacity or courage,” Garner saf “Either he lacks one or the other, or both, or he would not let such chaos develop in party leadership. “The country has lost confidence in the President, and that is what is caus- ing_the chaotic economic conditions. “The Republican members of both House and Senate have lost confidence in the President. Even old timers, standpatters and conservatives don't know what to do, and they want and try to be regular.” The Texan said that President Hoover had not prepared himself on_the. tariff, and does not make “his position un- equivocable on any matter of great importance.” “His statements teach either that the world is round or flat. And it has caused uneasiness in the business world that has resulted in a watchful wait- ing attitude toward the President,” he added. “Up to date, President Hoover has made no effort to show whether he has the capacity or courage to lead his part; Cites Granfield Election. ‘The election of a Democrat, Repre- sentative Granfleld, from the Republic- an Massachusetts congressional district where Calvin Coolidge makes his home was cited in the House today by Repre- sentative Byrns, Democrat, Tennessee, as evidence of “distress and dissatis- (:cuon" under the Hoover administra- tion. The Tennessean, who is chairman of the Democratic’ congressional cam- paigns committee, also told the Repub- licans they might as well “get used to defeat” of their candidates in former Republican ~ strongholds, saying no amount of “sophistry or propaganda would save the situation.” He sald the Hoover administration had done nothing to relleve unem loy= ment, and challenged the uumneJ’un- employment figure of 3,000,000, recently given by Secretary Davis of the Labor Department in a radio address. Refer- ring to the demonstration recently in Cleveland and what he said was a Wall witness was asked to explain them. In one case reference was made to a letter carrier who retired some years ago when he was recelving a salary of oniy $720. The witness said that under the present law his retirement pay was $270 a year and under the new Lehlbach blll 1t would be $450 a year. Questioned by Representative Mac- Cormack of Massachusetts, the witness | admitted that the percentages of benefit | under the proposed new bill would be greater for the higher-salaried em- ployes. “Isn't that the primary purpose of the bill?" asked Mr. MacCormick. The witness replied in the negative and explained how it also would benefit low-salaried employes. “WIill not the Government pay $30 a year up to a maximum of $600 a year, depending upon length of service, no matter whether an employe's salary is high or low?” asked Mr. Lehlbach. “Yes,” replied the witness. nd the employe can buy an addi- tional annuity from his own contribu- tion, can't he?” asked Mr. Lehlbach. Lehlbach Pictures Other Benefits. “That is correct,” replied Mr. Mc- Reynolds. In answer to other questions the wit- ness said that a letter carrier now re- celving $720 a year would get $900 a year under the new Lehlbach bill, pro- vided he had served 30 years. Mr. Lehlbach asked if it were not true that “for those who are retired, the smaller their present annuity the greater will be their benefit under this new bill>" “That is correct,” said the witness. Answering further questions by Rep- resentative McCormack, the witness sald that if an employe dies under the present law before he has received in retired pay sufficient money to use up his contributions to the Government, his estate would get the difference. “Under the new bill, would not this amount to a loss both to the employe and his estate?” asked Mr. McCor- mack. The witness said that this appeared to be true, but that it would be easy to change the bill to correct it in that respect. Members of the committee and the Street news dispatch telling t) ‘Toledo Industries had ‘pay rolls much smaller than a year ago, Byrns sald: Byrns’ Statement. “Claiming as it does the entire credit for the prosperity of the country, even for the number of telephones in use, as the President did in his last campaign, the Republican party, which is in con- trol of every branch of our Government, cannot now disclaim responsibility for present conditions, “The circumstances under which President Hoover called the conferences he ?ld call, Ioll(z:lng the stock market panic, suggests the possibility that he and probably his most trusted and con- fidential adviser, Secretary Mellon, were more concerned about the situation on the stock market than about the effect on the wage-earning masses, “Thete 15 a rising tide of resentment against the present national adminis- tration, due in a large degree to the serious economic situation.” Murphy Makes Reply. Representative Murphy, Republican, Ohlo, in replying to the 'l‘enpnuueln. charged him with “criticizing President Hoover for calling a conference of ine dustrial leaders to relieve unemploy- ment and to et some assurance that labor would continue to receive a living wage.” Present unsatisfactory economic con- ditions, Murphy said, were the result of the failure of .he Senate to pass the tariff bill. Several Democrats interrupt- ed to ask “what good” the President's conference had done, and the Ohioan replied: “They have done much good.” He assailed “those in Congress who in their effort to get a little lower costs are willing to cut down the American working man."” “Don't talk to me about buying thing cheap!” Murphy shouted. “The peo) haven't any money to buy them wi paay Residence Burned. LEONARDTOWN, Md., February 18 (Special) —The e of Joseph Ro- brecht, in Mechanfgsville, 16 miles from here, was comple destroyed by fire, entalling & loss of §12,500, witness engaged in & technical discus- sion of the method of computing the ;m’mlly under the Dale and Lehlbach s. “As a matter of fact,” remarked Representative Dallinger of Massachu- setts, “is it not true that what the re- tired employes will receive will depend entirely upon what the Government actuaries say?" My, McReynolds said that was true, but the actuarlies would be guided by experience. Ramspeck Comments on Figures. “Suppose we are not satisfied with the figures of the actuaries?” ques- tioned Representative Ramspeck. ‘I suppose the only way we can change their figures is by enacting a new bill? b ," replied McReynolds, Several times the witnesses referred to what retired employes with varying salariex would receive “ultimately.” " He and pembers of the committee then engaged in & passage in an effort to make clear what “ultimately” meant in connection with the Lehibach bill. The witness said that “ultimately” meant “after 30 years' service.” Questioned by several members, the witness sald that a man receiving a $2,100 salary would begin to benefit un- der the new Lehlbach bill in 1945, & $3,000 salaried man in 1940 and a $6,000 salaried ..an in 1935. There was a point in the salary grade, the witness sald. where there would be no differ- ence in the benefits derived from the two bills. He sald the lower salared employes—those receiving less than $1,200 a year—would benefit by the new bill more quickly than those receiving After a lengthy discussion delegates of the several Government employes’ unions affiliated with the Central Labor Union last night voted to support both the Dale-Lehlbach retirement, bill, ready passed by the Senate, and the 1| duce the Huty in fluorspar, which was al- | Fo) HOUSE BODY SPLIT ON DRY DEFINITIONS Bills to Define Misdemeanors, Urged by Crime Body, Stump Committee. y the Assoclated Press. ‘The House judiciary subcommittee *o- ay falled to reach an agreement on recommendations of the National Law Enforcement Commission and referred to the full committee proposals to change the Volstead and Jones laws to define misdemeanor liquor law violations. The subcommittee also referred to the full committee without recommenda- tion, a bill by Representative Christo- pherson, Republican, South Dakota, to amend the Volstead law, and a bill by epresentative Stobbs, Republican, Massachusetts, to amend the Jones law to define misdemeanor liquor cases. At an executive session, the subcom- mittee spent its entire meeting on meas- ures designed to meet the objections that the Wickersham legislation would give too much power to district attor neys. The other measures were not reported at the meeting. LOBBYIST EXPECTS $12.000 IN FEES Former Representative Says He Obtained Desired Rates in Number of Cases. By the Associated Pr Describing his activities in connec- tion with the epnding tariff bill, Marion De Vries, a former Representative from California, testified today before the Senate lobby committee he had received $45,000 or $50,000 as attorney for sev- eral companies and organizations, and that his fees might total as much as $75.000 before the bill was passed. He emphasized, however, that his ex- penses had been heavy, averaging about $2,000 a month, and that the tariff had been under consideration more than a year. The witness, also a former member of the Court of Customs Appeals, said he had represented a number of clients in connection with tariff legislation, in- cluding the California Deciduous Fruit Association, United States Smelting & Refining Co., the Illinols Glass Manu- facturing Co. of San Francisco, the California_Vineyard Interests Associa- tion, Du Pont Rayon Corporation and a large number of leather producers. ‘Worked Mainly as Adviser. For most of his clients he asserted he advocated higher duties and had been Successful in obtaining the desired rates, in a large number of cases. For others he urged decreases or maintenance of existing duties. ‘The witness said he had appeared a few times before conlrmlom? commit- tees, but principally his work had been in an advisory capacity, such as the presentation of briefs. De Vries sald he had sted to Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, that he introduce an amendment to re- done. Chairman Caraway asked how muc! R B g n s Smel i ; “Between 8250 and $500," he s, " Asked About Correspondence. “I just wanted to l“’x‘hr:'uofi'" Ocr-"du e witness said he was employed b the Dupont Rayon Onrnenuonoyn u’; annual retainer of $10,000, and by the California Vineyard Interests’ - tion at $1,000° a month, Questioned concerning some of the correspondence which referred to confidential informa- tion obtained from the Treasury De- partment, the witness said it was confl- dential in the sense that it was not for publication generally, “I assume all interested parties could Teplied. the Christopherson bills to carry out | know the price of | Bollin; LABOR HEADS FIGHT BROWN N D. . POST Union Opposes Appointment of Either Crosby or Effi- ciency Byreau Director. ‘The Central Labor Union last night vociferously registered its opposition to the appointment of either Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby or Herbert D. Brown, director of the Federal Bureau of EM- ciency, as members of the Board of District Commissioners, Objection to Gen. Crosby's appoint- ment was forecast, but the opposition to Brown came as a surprise. Gen. Crosby was opposed on the ground that his ap- pointment would nullity the District's organic act of 1878, which provides that two of the three members of the Board of Commissioners shall be civilians. The objection to Brown was person: Discussion of the appointments de- veloped over a resolution introduced by John B. Colpoys, editor of the Trades Unionist, official organ of the Central Labor Union, which has already made several editorial attacks on Gen. Crosby. The resolution was adopted by an over- whelming vote, Colpoys declared there is “absolute unanimity among the civic, commer- cial and labor bodies of Washington that any Army man should not be ap- pointed. “This is the first time there has been such general agreement among all classes.” James J. Noonan, former president of the union, said he was opposed to the usurping of civilian positions by military men. The action of the union, as well as va- rious citizens' associations, in o Gen. Crosby Pve impetus to the plans of commercial and civic leaders for a united city-wide protest against his ap- pointment. 2 This group will go into conference for the second time tomorrow afternoon to consider the plans. The meeting will be held at 4 o'clock at the offices of the ‘Wash! Chamber of Commerce in the Homer Building. 10-STORY BUILDING PLANNED BY BANK AT 728 15TH STREET ontinued From First Page.) 1s one of the largest local banking in- stitutions and under the plans for the 10-story building, would be provided with ample space for future expansion. Plans for the building provide ample space for departments of the bank and rented office space on the upper foors. ‘Would Be 130 Feet High. The bullding would have a fronf of 79 feet 6 inches and a depth of 1 feet. It would be 130 feet high, with a | setback in the top story. Plans call for a safe deposit vault in the basement, where there also would be space for a printing department and storage rooms. In the subbasement would be a security vault, in addition to the heating plant and other modern equipment. On the first floor, which would have a central corridor, would be adminis- trative offices, tax and title department, rental and insurance department, real estate department, conference and re- ception rooms and statements section, On the second floor would be the trust department, conference and offi- cers’ rooms, working and office space. On the third floor would be bookkeep- ing and auditing department mail room and book vault. On the fourth floor would be a large library, public relations room and rentable space. A speclal feature of the new build- ing would be that a large board room employes’ and officers’ dining rooms and kitchen would be on the tenth floor. ‘The remaining floors would be for rent- ed purposes. Construction of the addition would provide for rearrangemen' of the de- paftments in the nt building and the remodeling of building, putting the two structures together. SURVEY IS B.EING MADE OF DRY FIELD SERVICE Committee of Officers Check Space and Facilities to Prepare for Transi A committee of officers from the De- partment of Justice and Treasury De- partment is making a survey of the space and facilities in fleld serviee of the Prohibition Bureau, with a view to having facts at hand when and if the bills transferring prohibition en- forcement from Treasury to Justice be- comes law, Among the officers working on this committee, assigned temporarily from their regular posts of duty is Col. John F. J. Herbert, who recently was exon- erated of a series of chargss made against him bt; Capt. Prank S, Flynn, discharged prohibition clerk. Col. Her- bert still remains as prohibition admin- istrator for Idaho and Montana, Dr. Doran said, but is temporarily on this committee work, making the survey of space and facllities requirements, PILOT COMRADES HONOR CAPT. C. H. REYNOLDS Full Military Honors and “Blank File” Flight Formation Aceorded at Burial in Arlington. With tribute paid from the air by gl:nu flying over Arlington National metery, Capt. Clearton H. Regflfln. Air Corps, formerly stationed at ling Fleld, who was killed in an automobile accident in Michi ., was buried today with full military honors. ‘The funeral cortege, with casket borne on a caisson, left the vault near Arling- 'nnflcu“lfil:l()lndfi led to the grave below the Amphitheater, where mlllv.u-{ services were conducted. The traditional Air Corps “blank file” formation took off at 1 o'clock from g Fleld, and was flown over the cemete: were piloted by Lieuts. Louls M. Mer- rick, Leland 8. Stranathan, J. A, Willis d R. Robertson, all of Bolling MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP ASKS POLICY SUPPORT obtain the information,” he said. o HONDURAN LINE URGED. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, February }:.' M‘).—P‘;ealdfil'tl « Mejhm Ooundl': repared & for an interocean! l’ll.lvlpl] with its Pacific terminal mfl’o Bay and will submit it to Con- new Lehlbach substitute, recently in- troduced by Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service commitiee. Central Union had previously indorsed the Dale-Lehlbach ~hill, but when the question arose last night of indorsing the new Lehlbach bill instead a debate started that ended in a com- promise to indorse both measures, Ty is intensely interested in gress o the project. The building is to be done under -mnrm-nu made with French, British _and American italists— lanned to n seven An lo railway has heen a Honduran dream for years. Mgr. Ruiz y Flores Calls on Cath- olics to Shun Seditious Move- ment, Protesting Books. By the Assoclated Press. days newsp jabtianed & siatemmant ay’s newspapers pul a statement by “Archbisho upon Roman Catholics not to gnl: te in seditious movements, but lend their s 't to the epliscopate, which seeks tolerance and rapproche- ment with Mexico. . Ruis protested against books ed ahrol:d which criticized the publ! settlement of the religious controversy last June. He said that the settlement had been a ved by the Pope, and that Roman Gatholics' shoul - tholics d not heed p_Leopoldo Ruis y Flores . Ca during the burial. The planes ’ ’.