Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 6

CHALTENPSFACE FGHTFORBACKING Navy Parley and Arms Policy! Likely to Determine Gov- | ernment’s Fate. BY CAMILLE LEMERCIER. By Wireless to Tne Star and chicaso Daily PARIS, France, February 22.—The new Prench cabinet headed by the | leader of the Radical Socialist ptrty,} Camille Chautemps, will have to fight hard next Tuesday to obtain the right to live and it is likely that the vital issue will be the London Naval Con- ference and the government's disarma- ment policy. The Chautemps cabinet is pure Left, combining all the ministers belonging 1o those Left and Left Cénter groups | which were represented in the famous Cartel - cabinet of 1924 headed by | Edouard Herriot. Nearly Equally Divided. ‘As the Chamber of Deputies is nearly { equally divided between the Right and | the Left parties. with a small advantage for the Right, M. Chautemps must win the -full support of all the Left groups, r:muhrly of the Socialists, headed by | n Blum and Paul Boncour, and also obtatn the abstention of at least 20 or -30 members of those Center groups ‘which are under Andre Tardieu's direct influence. £s long as only home affairs are con- cerped, the Socialigts will fully support | Chautemps, -and, on the other hand, M. Tardieu has decided to play fair and give the new cabinet its chance. The situation may grow worse for Chautemps if, as I am informed, the Socialists to obtain from Chautemps assurance that the French delegation to the London Conference will not only foliow the general lines of Tardieu's naval policy, but will take the initiative for & “real disarmament policy.” Tardieu Would Fight Change. ‘M. Tardieu would immediately oppose such & change. He would give full ex- planations on the London negotiations and ask the Chamber clearly to state that the French policy cannot be re- versed. Thus Chautemps would be in an ex- tremely difficult position.. If he gives some assurance to the Socialists he will lose the necessary support of the center. If unaltered, he will lose the necessary support of the Socialists. In . any case, the cabinet will be greatly endangered. The fact is that except for the Socialists the Chamber is nearly unanimeus in backing the attitude of the French delegation at London. e LEVIA'I:HAN SELECTED FOR NEW LINERS’ NAMES Two Veseels of United States Lines to Be Christened for War- Time Craft. By the Associated Press. and the ' Navy named Leviathan II and Leviathan III, respectively, Paul C. Chapman, presi- dent of the line, announced today. ‘This_will ‘make three Leviathans in . ap¥_one will leave weekly for Cherbourg and Southampton from New York. The reason for adhering to the same name, Mr. Chapman, explained, is that it is “as Invested with war-time :M' litions as the old frigate Constitu- The present Leviathan, which is being redecorated and renovated, will make her first sailing on April 12 with a o of new features, among them a night club and facilities for the showing of talking motion pictures. “WORD PASSED ALONG,” GAMBLING HOUSES CLOSE Detroit Story Says Notorious Places Shut as Result of Article in Magazine. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 22.—The Detroit Pree Press today said notorious - bling houses in the suburbs have closed quietly, “because the word was passed along* ‘The newspaper said operators and employes of the gambling places assert that word was passed because of the recent article by Walter Liggett which lpgnred in a magazine, Plain Talk. e Detroit News said yesterday re- Wwere current among gamblers t the closing order had come direct from gv. Green. In magazine article, Liggett stat- ed that Gov. Green and other high offi- cials attended a “wild party” at a road- house on Grand River avenue last Fall. The. and others have deneld that party was “wild.” “FARM-TO-CITY” MOVE SHOWS DECLINE IN 1929 Population Movement During Year Is Placed at 1,876,000, Against 1,823,000 in 1928. By the Associated Press. A decline in the “farm-to-city” popu- lation movement during 1929 “?o gm- closed yesterday in a report made by the Department of Agriculture. Department economists estimate that 1,876,000 persons moved from farms to cities Inst year, as compared with 1,923, 000 in 1928, 1,978,000 in 1927, and a peak of 2,155,000 in 1926 The city-to-farm movement was also smaller, being placed at 1,257,000 per- | sons last year, compared with 1,347,000 | 1n"1928 and 1,374,000 in 1927. . oy | - d d s L etter Not Put Off—This Sale Will Soon Be History To Be Presidents of Large Corporations| “ “ - Samuel Insull Announces ; i ; Promeotions of Two " Younger Executives. M q ] ? I I :R & CO By the Associated Press. 5 #CHICAGO, February 22.—Two men ‘who started out as office boys, will next . wgek assume the presidencles of $100,- m.jdm‘)’n“d J. Dr:;;:n:ho went to work as : § s use el Seventh Street Between D and E dent of the Commonwealth Edison Co. George F. Mitchell, who became an office boy about the same time, will be- come gluldent q_( the People’s Gas N Light & Coke Co. Announcement of the contemplated promotions ' was made Wednesday by Samuel Insull. Mr. Insull, in announcing the changes, said he would not cease to be_an. active executive officer himself, but would give the younger men their chance. Both Doyle and Mitcheli for f-,' ‘were secretaries to Insull, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FEBRUARY 23, 1930—PART ONE. Everybody Is Hurrying Now to participate in - JFEBRUARY SALE/LIFETIME FURNITURE = | N, Suites and Pieces of Noble Qualities Greatly Reduced IT’S time to make a decision, if you desire to share in the substantial savings this Sale affords. Every suite and piece of our regular, carefully selected stock of artistic Lifetime Furniture is marked now at wholehearted reductions. Savings are in every section of the store. Variety is almost unending! Every good type of furniture is here and marked at exceptionally low February Sale prices. You can save now and save a-plenty. But please do not put off longer, lest the Sale and Savings slip away, May we suggest that you put everything else aside and get here first thing in the morning for some of the best values in Lifetime Furniture that you have ever seen. Savings now up to 50 per cent. Remember, though, this is the final week.: Parking Service Enter Cars at 621 D Street N.W.