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EUROPE AGAIN HITS NEW TARIFF RATES Passage of Bill Evokes Crit- ical, Outburst ir Press Against U. S. Bs the Associated Press LONDON, June 16.—Although the British press, as a whole, has not yet reacted to passage of the tariff bill by both houses of congress, some of the principal organs have voiced their views on the effect the new rates will have on American foreign trade. Such ex- pressions as have appeared take the view the effect will be decidedly ad- verse. The Times. pointing out that over a #core of foreign countries already have protested against the provisions of the tariff, says that several of them “have made it plain that if the United States is resolved not to buy from them, they will have to reduce their buyings from the United States.” Expressing_the view that the chief interest in the new tariff for students of practical economics lies “in the ob- ject lesson it affords of the dangerous issue of a valuable principle.” the Tele- graph. like its contemporaries points to protests to America from foreign gov- ernments. Taking a similar line, the Manchester guardian says “Mr. Hoover is far too good an economist not to know that trade is a matter of exchange and that by refus- ing to take other people’s goods. America prevents them from buying from her.” FRENCH RESENT RATES TUnion of European Interests to Combat Tariff Urged. PARIS, June 16 (#).—Newspapers commented at length yesterday on the new American ta¥iff. “At the most important crossroads of thelr march onward to progress, the United States have chosen the wrong road,” savs Le Quotidien, organ of the radical Herriot party. Le Temps calls it “the most resolute- Iy protectionist in the history of the United States.” Opening the new chamber of com- merce at Cambrai, Pierre Etienne Flan- din, minister of commerce. made what was_interpreted as an official reference to the tariff bill. He reviewed the world economic crisis, admitting that France was suf- fering in her balance of trade. and re- marked: “The mere elevation of the tariff customs wall is too summary a remedy. We oppose it.” Then he referred to the scheme for a *United States of Eugope” as a possible Telief. Oeuvre, radical Socialist organ, de- clared: “In a word, America wishes to sell us everything and buy nothing from us.” Echo de Paris commiserated with America over the certainty of increased living costs; the paper saw a dark fu- ture with regard to payment of the war debts when they cannot be paid in mer- chandise. 2, L'Homme Libre took a similar “tack and said that the tariff would not re- lieve American economic distress. Spanish Paper Critical. MADRID, June 16 (#).—The news- paper El Debate yesterday discusses the passage of the new American tariff by Congress, declaring that “the entire world feels badly wounded by the ex- cessive protectionism which, North American legislators wish to establish.” ) Interest o By the Associated Press. ‘The text of President Hoover's state- ment on the tariff bill follows: “I shall approve the tariff bill. legislation has now besn under continuous consideration by Congress } for nearly 15 months. It was under- taken as the result of pledges given | by the.Republican party at Kansas City. | Its declarations embraced these obliga- tions: “‘The Republican party believes that the home market built up under the protective policy belongs to the Amer- ican farmer and it pledges its support | of legislation which will give this mar- ket to him to the full extent of his ability to supply it. * * * Promises Must Not Be Gestures. “ “There are certain industries which cannot now successfully compete with foreign producers because of lower for- eign wages and a lower cost of living abroad, and we pledge the next Re- publican Congress to an examination and where necessary a revision of these schedules, to the end that the American labor in these industries may again command the home market, may main- tain its standard of living and may count upon s ly employment in its accustomed field.’ “Platform promises must not be empty gestures. In my message of April 16, 1929, to the special session of the Congress I accordingly recom- mended an increase in agricultural pro- tection, a limited revision of other schedules to take care of the economic changes necessitating increascs or de- creases since the enactment of the 1922 law, and I further recommended a re- organization both of the Tariff Com- mission and of the method of executing the flexible provisions. Duties Are Compared. “A statistical estimate of the bill by | the Tariff Commission shows that the | average duties collected under the 1922 | law were about 13.8 per cent of the value of all imports, both free and duti- | able, while if the new law had been applied it would have increased this | percentage to about 16 per cent. “This compares with the average law of 23 per cent, the Wilson law of 20.9 per cent, the Dingley law of 25.8 per cent, the Payne-Aldrich law of 19.3 per cent and the Fordney-McCum- ber law of 13.83 per cent. “Under the Underwood law of 1913 the amounts were disturbed by war con- ditions, varying 6 per cent to 14.8 per cent. “The proportion of imports which will be free of duty under the new law is estimated at from 61 to 63 per cent. ‘This compares with averages under the McKinley law of 52.4 per cent, the Wil- son law of 49.4 per cent, the Dingley law of 45.2 per cent, the Payne-Aldrich w of 52.5 per cent and the Fordney- McCumber law of 63.8 per cent. Increases Favor Farmer. “Under the Underwood law of 1913, disturbed conditions varied the free list from 60 per cent to 73 per cent, averag- ing 66.3 per cent. “The 1increases in tariff are largely directed to the interest of the farmer. Of the incremses, it is stated by the Tariff Commission that 93.73 per cent are upon productS of agricultural origin measured in value as distin- guished from 6.25 per cent upon com- modities of strictly non-agricultural origin. The average rate upon agri- cultural raw materials shows an in- crease from 38.10 per cent to 48.92 per cent in contrast to dutiable articles of There has been considerable agita- tion in Spain for reprisals against American products if the tariff becomes law, but the government has taken no action so far. GROTTO SESSIONS OPEN strictly other than agricultural origin, which show an average increase of from 31.02 per cent to 34.31 per cent. *‘Compensatory duties have necessarily been given on products manufactured from agricultural raw materials and protective rates added to these in some instances. “The extent of rate revision as dicated by the Tariff Commission is in- Hoover’s View of Tariff President Indicates Party’. Citing Many Increases *'Largely Directed to level of the tariff under the McKinley | s Pledges Are Met in Bill, f Farmer.” plished without disturbance to business, as they concern but one item at a time, assure a protective basis. “The principle of a protective tariff | for the benefit of labor, industry, and the farmer is established in the bill by | the requirement that the commission | shall adjust the rates so as to cover the | differences in cost of production at | home and abroad—and it is authorized to increase or decrease the duties by 50 per cent to effect this end. The means and methods of ascertaining such differences by the commission are provided in such fashion as should expe- | dite prompt and effective action if | grievances develop. Used at Start With Caution. “When the flexible principle was first | written into law in 1922, by tradition | and force of habit the old ccnception of | legislative revision was so firmly fixed | that the innovation was bound to be used with caution and in a restricted | field, even had it not been largely in- operative for other reasons. Now, how- ever, and particularly after the record | of the last 15 months, there is a grow- |ing and widespread realization that in | this highly complicated and intricately organized and rapidly shifting modern | economic world, e time has come when a more scient¥ic and businesslike method of tariff revision must be de- vised. Toward this the new flexible pro- | vision takes a long step. | “These provisions meet the repeated | demands of statesmen and industrial and agricultural leaders over the past 25 years. with the proposals made 20 years ago | by President Roosevelt. It now covers proposals which I urged in 1922. | __“If, however, by any chance the flexi- ble provisions now made should prove insufficient for effective action, I shall ask for further authority for the com- mission, for I believe that public opinion will give whole-hearted support to the carrying out of such a program on ® generous scale to the end that we may develop a protective system free from the vices which have characterized every tariff revision in the past. Foreign Complaints Cited. “The complaints from some foreign countries that these duties have been placed unduly high can be remedied, if justified, by proper application to the Tariff Commission. “It is urgent that the uncertainties in | the business world which have been | added to by the long-extended debate of | the measure should be ended. They can be ended only by completion of this bill. Meritorious demands for further protec- tion to agriculture and labor, which have developed since the tariff of 1922, would not end if this bill fails of enact- ment. Agitation for legislative tariff re- vision would necessarily continue before the country. Nothing would contribute to retard business recovery more than this continued agitation. “As T have said, I do not assume the rate structure in this or any other tariff bill is perfect, but I am convinced that the disposal of the whole question is ur- gent. I belleve that the flexible provi- sions can within reasonable time remedy inequalities; that this provision is a pro- gressive advance and gives great hope of taking the tariff away from politics. lobbying and log rolling; that the bill gives protection to agriculture for the market of its products and to several in- dustries in need of such protection for the wage of their labor; that with re- | turning normal conditions our foreign i trade will continue to expand.” 'HOOVER WILL SIGN_ TARIFF MEASURE TO END UNCERTAINTY (Continued From First Page.) | the activities of group interests are dis- Banguet Tonight to Honor Grand |that in value of the total imports the | tUrbing to public confidence.” Monarch Edward W. Libby. INDIANAPOLIS, June 16 (#).—Air- planes, special trains and automobile caravans were bringing delegations to Indianapolis today for forty-first an- nual meeting of the Supreme Cquncil, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, which opens tonight with a banquet. pd Approximately 10,000 members of the order were expected. Delegations com- ing from all parts of the United States and Canada filled the streets this morn- ing as they paraded to their hotels, headed by bands or drum corps. Registration and “get-acquainted” sessions during the day were to be fol- lowed by the first official meeting to- night, when visiting officers and mem- bers of Sahara Grotto of Indianapolis will give a banquet for Edward W. Libby, Washington, grand monarch. ‘The Sahara Grotto and other State Grottoes are hosts. ‘The business sessions will open to- morrow morning. . —_— 'ECIAL NOTICE o THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- hoiders of "the American Fire Insurance Company of D. C. and the election of nine (9) trustees of ihe ing vear will be 5 w., h st n. 11 o'clock Am." Polls open from pm GEORGE M. EM! ¥ WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FO! debts contracted by any other ‘han CARVILLE L. HEMP. Blue Plains. D. C. 16° BHOEMAKER'S MACHINERY FOR SALE— Electric stitcher and finishing machine, com- lete with motor, ready to use. Also Landis Buifter "ana Anicher; cost £1.300; sell tor $130 cash. UNITED STATES STORAGE CO., 420 th st._n.w T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts other than those geif. JOSEPH BLASIE. 218 13th CHAIRS FOR RENT—SU! uets, receptions, parties or meeting: $oc *to “To per_‘day each . New UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 41 st. n.w. _Metropolita 3 myself. C. 16% 150 From chairs 8 10th MOVING — WE _HAVE aith with the public since our country-wide service. DAVIDSON TRANSFER w. LL OR PART LOAD FOR THE v Tioted cities and points en route ‘0 or from NEW YORK.....JUNE 18.20.23 0 or from CHICAGO JUNE 18. 20. 23 9 or from BOSTO! . JUNE 18. 20; 23 MERICAN BTORAGE & TRANSFER CO. Adams_1450.__ J. H. Sengstack, Tinner, R 'éz."?c’:”r"'r‘i" W SAVE YOUR FURNACE! HAVE IT, CLEANED;nd PAINTED 3.50 KILLIAN E. KENDRICK 1361 Harvard 8t. N.W.__Phone Col. 6572, _ Wanted—IL oad York. Philadeiphia, o, 205 Fittsnaran. ¥ Richmond, and At- Cumberiand, Md.. s P Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co., and Hairist 1313 You St North 3343 THINK IT OVER The cheap man will “fx” your roof at less cost than we charge for thor- ough, dependable work: but when rain comes our job holds—keeps you dry. OONS Roofing 119 3rd 8t. S W ’—Pnnting Craftsmen . are at your service fot duties upon approximately 22.5 per cent have been increased, and 77.5 per cent were untouched or decreased. By num- ber of the dutiable items mentioned in the bill, out of the total of about 3,300 there were about 890 increased, 235 de: and compares with 83 per cent of the number of items which were increased in the 1922 revision. 2 Like Other Tariff Legislation. “This tariff law is like all other tariff legislation, whether framed pri- marily upon a protective or a revenue basis. It contains many compromises between sectional interests and between ever been enacted or ever will be en- acted under the present system that will be perfect. items are always adjusted with good some inequalities and inequitable com- promises. There are items upon which duties will prove too high and others low. “Certainly no President, with his other duties, can pretend to make that exhaustive determination of the com- plex facts which surround each of these 3300 items, and which has required the attention of hundreds of men in That responsibility must rest upon the Congress in a legislative rate revision. “On the administrative side I have insisted, however, that there should be created a new basis for the flexible tariff, and it has been incorporated in this law. Thereby the means are estab- lished for objective and judicial review of those rates upon principles laid down by the Congress, free from pressures inherent in legislative action. Thus, the outstanding stop of this tariff legisla- tion has been the reorganization of the largely inoperative flexible provision of 1922 into a form which should render it possible to secure prompt and scien- tific adjustment of serious' inequities and inequalities which may prove to have been incorporated in the bill, Importance Is Greater, “This new provision has even a larger importance. " If a perfect tariff \gflll were enacted today, the increased rapldity of economic change and the constant shifting of our relations to industries abroad, will create a con- tinuous stream of items which would work hardship upon some segment of the American people except for the ! provision of this relief. Without a workable flexible provision we would require even more frequent congres- sional tariff revision than during the past. With it the. country should be freed from further general revision for many years to come. “‘Congressional revisions are not only distyrbing to business, but with ail their necessary collateral surroundings in lobbies, log rolling and the activities of group interests, are disturbing to public confidence, “Under the old flexible provisione the task of adjustment was imposed direct- ly upon the President, and the limita- tions in the law which circumscribed it were such that action was long de- layed and it was largely inoperative, al- though important benefits were brought to the dairying, flax, glass and other industries through it. Concern One Item at Time. “The new flexible provisions estab- upon a reorganized Tariff Commission, composed of members equally of both parties, as a definite rate-making body acting through semi-judicial methods of open hearings and investigation, by which items can be taken up one by one upon direction or upon application result-getting publicity The National Capital Press 32104212 D St N.W, . Phone National 0880 s ot aggrieved parties. Recommendations different industries. No tariff bill has | A large portion of the | judgment, but it is bound to contain | upon which duties will prove to be too | Congress for nearly a year and a third. | lished the responsibility for revisions | _'This tariff law, the President pointed |out, is like all other tariff legislation, | whether framed primarily upon a pro- ective or a revenue basis. He admitted | that it contains many compromises be- different industries, but, he stated, no tariff bill has ever been enacted, or ;, | ever will be under the present system, | that will be perfect. ‘The President stated that the prin- ciple of a protective tariff for the bene- established in this bill by the require- ment that the tariff commission, which is given wider powers, shall adjust rates 80 as to cover the differences in cost of production at home and abroad, and tl’led duties by 50 per cent to effect this end. If the flexible provisions now extend- ed should prove insufficient, the Presi- thority for the tariff commission, be- | will give whole-hearted support a pro- tective system free from the vices which, he said, have characterized every tariff Tevision in the past. Becomes Campaign Point. With the President’s attitude defined the tarifl took on the aspect of a | major issue in the coming congressional | elections, with the Democrats and the | independent Republicans from the West arrayed against the administration. It was learned the latter group, which failed in its effort to keep the export debenture plan in the bill, is preparing for an intensive campaign in the farm- | ing States and is counting upon Senator Borah as its principal speaker. Two years ago Borah:campaigned for Mr. Hoover's_election. The President himself will journey acrogs the Western tariff battleground this Summer. In addition, such vet- eran_champions of the protective policy as Vice President Curtis and Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, are considering speak'ng tours to meet the challenge of the inde- pendents. | Sergt. Evans Albert, 47 years old, of the Dental Corps, United States Army, died at Hot Springs, Ark., yesterday. where he had been sent for treatment, according to advices received by, the family today. Sergt. Evans lived in Washington at 3025 Fifteenth street and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Faith White Evans, The body will be returned to Washing- ton and funeral services held here later, Will Rogers Says: BOSTON, Mass, June 15, 1930, —Been looking at the pictures in the papers today of some woman that killed a lot of big game in India. I wish the Humane Society would take up one thirg. After killing a poor dumb animal you are not allowed to sit on it to have your pic- ture made. That's awful humiliatin, to a wild animal. 5 : believe they got the same old stuffed lion and elephant and tiger over there that they all have their pic- tures taken on. If anybody hasn't had offer to deliver one of these i are to be made to the President, he being given authority to promulgate.| or veto the conclusions of the com- mission. Such revision cgn be accom- ! baccalaureate addresses to some college nliio\llégll cll;g they must * be pretty lowdown. Yours, > WILL ROG! tween sectional interests and between | fit of labor, industry and the farmer, is | it is authorized to increase or decrease | cause he is satisfied that public opinion | and the principles laid down | It complies in full degree | | Bancker, HOOVER STATEMENT SEEN AS DEFENSE New Attitude Toward Tariff| Held as Reflection of Pub- lic Disapproval. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although President Hoover's an-| nouncement that he would sign the tariff bill was no surprise to official Washington, there was extraordinary interest in just what he would say in his statement accompanying approval. ‘The President’s reasons are of a de- fensive nature, which is very unusual in the long history of tariff making, though, to be sure, President Harding did somewhat the same thing when he signed the Fordney-McCumber bill in 1922. ‘The fact that Presidents have become | apologetic in tariff bills is much more | |a reflection of the public's disapproval of the tariff process itself than an as- sault on the protective principle. President Cites Benefits Achieved. | The issue has no longer become one | of protection as against free trade, but the defense of protection and the hon- esty of the claims of those who request the ald. Nevertheless, Mr. Hoover points | with pride to the fact that even under | the new tariff bill the proportion of imports which will be free of duty may be estimated at from 61 to,63 per cent as compared with an average of' 66.3 per cent under the Underwood law, passed by 8 Democratic administration, | whereas the McKinley-Wilson, Ding- | ley and Payne-Aldridge laws had a | free list of 50 per cent or less. In other words, the President thinks it is significant that the number of items {on the free list is increasing. Mr. Hoover did not denounce any particular schedule, but contented him. gelf with a statement that no tariff law is perfect and that it contains | many compromises “between sectional interests and between different indu: tries.” He takes the position that the | complexities of the legislative task re- quiring an examination of more than | 3,300 items makes it inevitable that | the “responsibility must rest upon th Congress in a legislative rate revisio Flexible Provision a Safeguard. ‘The President assumes that duty of the Executive is on the administrative side and that the flexible provisions of the new law will have to correct in- equalities and may be the means of preventing a general revision of the tariff “with all their necessary coll eral surroundings in lobbies, log-rolling and the activities of group interests,” which he says are disturbing to public confidence. The President felt that any delay on his part in making known his intention to sign the bill would be the subject of misunderstanding. He declared that “it is urgent that the uncertainties in the business world, which have been added to by the long extended debate of the measure, should be ended.” Mr. Hoover further pointed out that even if he had vetoed the present bill or if it had failed in conierence, there tariff legislation and would continue. Effect of Agitation Cited. In this connection he declared that nothing would contribute to retard busi- ness recovery more than continued agi- tation for revision. Mr. Hoover's whole idea has been to dispose of the question as quickly as possible, leaving it to the future to take care of the adjustments necessary in an already disturbed economic world. After more than 15 months of dis- cussion the tariff is finally out of the way. the agitation (Copyright, . CHEMICAL PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST AWARDS MADE Six Four-Year Fellowships Provid- ed by New York Couple Are Announced by Wilbur. Secretary of the Interior Wilbur an- nounced vesterday the award of six four-year fellowships to winners of the American Chemical Society prize essay contest. ‘The fellowships, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan of New York, involve tuition and $500 annually for courses at any college or university in the United States. The six winning high school students, 1930.) | selected from a total of nearly 500,000 <ontestants, are Philander Powers of Portland, Ore Patricia S. Moroney, South Manchester, Conn.; John Stanley Tilton, N. H.: Alex Scheer, Kenosha, Wis.; Doris Elizabeth Dierkes, dent said he will ask for further au- Philadelphia, and Ruth Scribins, Win- netka, Il FRANCE ASKS PROBE Student Demonstration Held Belittling to Nation. PARIS, June 16 (#)—The French Ambassador at Rome has been asked to make an official inquiry at the Ttalian foreign office concerning alleged manifestations of Italian students be- fore the office of the French consular agent at Bari, Italy, which were re- ported here ta be of & nature belittling o France. Officials at Paris were disposed to regard the incidents as not serious and quite local in character. Importers Rush In Stocks Before Tariff Operates By the Associated Press. The usual race of importers to bring in huge shipments before a new tariff act takes effect is on. Customs officials announced to- lected on that day. Frank Dow, assistant commis- sioner of customs, said shippers were quick to take goods out of bond to take advantage of the old rates. ‘The new duties, more than 1,000 of them, will take effect at midnight of the day the bill is signed by President Hoover. Owing to t MR. HUG | Shouse Calls Measure “Dis- would be a renewal of the demand for | in Ttaly | BROKEN The new $750,000 structure of English Lutheran Church, FOR CHURCH , at Connecticut avenue and Ellicott street, gets under way with ground-breaking exercises. Left to right: Miss Esther Rittenhouse Linking, Dr. Henry W. Snyder, the pastor, and Albert F. Fox. TARIFF SEEN ISSUE IN'FALL CAMPAIGN | | honest Raid on the Con- suming Public.” Characterizing the tariff legislation a5 “the Grundy bill” and describing it as & “dishonest raid on the consuming Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic national executive com- mittee, declared in a statement made public today that the bill will be made “the issue of the coming congressional | campaign.” | " “The people will render their verdict next November.” Shouse said, “and the Democratic party feels no concern over the result.” The action of Senators Reed and Grundy of Pennsylvania, who an- nounced their support of the bill in the closing hours of debate after a period of uncertainty as to their posi- | public,” chairman as “the last act of the long tragedy of inflicting the Grundy tariff on the people of the United States, as oblique and scaly as the earlier scenes in the progress of this dishonest raid on the consuming public.” He added: Sees Political Trick. “For days the Republican press agents have been dwelling on the uncertainty of these two votes. There was an un- certainty to this extent: The admin garded the bill as exorbitant and ex- tortionate and enacted entirely in the interests of the high contributors to the Republican campaign fund. Somebody conceived the idea that it would be a great achievement of psychology to have these two Senators from the State most favored seem to be dissatisfied with what had been done for Pennsyl- vania ‘'The administration further realized {hat the label of the Grundy bill was a deadly thing in all parts of the country. It was'a brilliant thought that to have Grundy himself vote against the bill might wash off this label. For a time the leaders believed they could spare these two votes, and had they been able to do so it seems quite probable that Lh: strategy would have been carried Mr. Shouse emphasized that Presi- dent Hoover called Congress into extra session ‘“‘ostensibly to effect farm relief and a few limited changes in the tariff bill in the farmers' interest and that of such industries, if any, as were in such distress as to result in unemploy- ment.” He said that at the time manu- facturers, with but few exceptions, were at the peak of prosperity. Gag Rule Charged. The “ghastly Hawley bill” was formu- lated by administration leaders in the | House and steamrolled through that body under gag rules, Shouse said, and | ate finance committee considered it in secret sessions. “When the finance committee got through with it,” he said in his statement, “the bill was even worse in some respects than the Haw- ley bill.” “Then the Democrats for the first time were able to get into action and make thei* gallant fight against the enormities which proposed to inflict an year on the cost of i living of the le of this country. T 5 Lgad 'he Democrats wel- pendent Republicans afraid to show the! the shame-: tion was born. And through its efforts the worst of the exactions were modified or removed. Then Grundy took charge, and by flagrant swapping and log-rojl- who were not ing replaced duties which the Senate, voting on individual rates, had refused to stand for.” | ders who were guiding its destinies—was when it appeared that he might be shorn of his power to vary rates.” ‘The Democratic chairman said that during the long struggle the minority party was not content merely to oppose the Republican tariff, but presented “a “consistent and complete program of their own.” He charged that the Re- e eolactod ot the pomk of4eie® | | publican majority disregarded this op- York on Saturday, which is a half portunity “as completely as it disre- day for the collectors, Ordinari farded President Hoover's stipulation only about & million dollars is col | |for, & closely limited revision of = the | it bill, | Noted Biologist Dies. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 16 (#).—Prof. Chriestien Lundsgaard, 47, former associate member of the Rocke- feller Institute of Medical Research and a member of the American Soclety for Experimental Biology and Medicine, died toda he death of H REILLYs this store will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday HUGH REILLY CO. PAINTS & GLASS 1334 New York Ave. N.W. tions, was described by the Democratic | tration realized that the country re-| then sent to the Senate, where the Sen- | additional burden of a billion dollars a | comed the co-operation of all inde- | ir revulsion against | faced robbery. So the coali- | —Star Staff Photo. LUTHERANS BEGIN §750.000 EDIFICE Church on Connecticut Ave- nue to Be of Gothic Type of Architecture. | Ground was broken late yesterday | afternoon for the new $750,000 English | Lutheran Church at Connecticut avenue | and Ellicott street under the direction | of Rev. Dr. Henry W. Snyder, pastor of | the _church. | The first earth actually was turned | by Dr. Snyder and Albert F. Fox, a | prominent * layman_ of the church, | assisted by Miss Esther Rittenhouse | Linkin, oldest member of the church, and the ceremony was witnessed by Lutheran clergymen and by members of the &St. Paul's congregation, which | was created through a merger of old | St. Paul's at Eleventh and H streets | and the Epiphany Lutheran Church at | Sixteenth and U streets. Yesterday's ground breaking marked | the beginning of construction of the be Norman in design. church service in the Metropolitan Theater in the morning, at which time the Church.” The | service was eliminated. Ceremonies will be continued tomor- |Tow and Wednesday, when at 6:30 | o’'clock on the first evening a get-to- | gether dinner will be served by the women to the man members and | friends of the congregation in the din- ing hall of Foundry Methodist Episco- pal Church, at Sixteenth and-Church |'streets. At the same hour Wednesday | evening the men will serve dinner to the woman members of the congre- gation. Dr. A. C. Hageman of Rippey, Iowa, will speak at both dinners, dis- cussing tomorrow “Bags With Holes” and Wednesday “The Alabaster Box.” While Epiphany crypt is the first unit of the new church 'to be undertaken, the congregation hopes to carry on the construction to an uninterrupted com- pletion of the edifice. A “loyalty cru- sade” is under way now, by which the congregation hopes to raise $100,000 to defray the cost of the initial unit. Ef- forts will be made to complete the crypt | by Christmas. Meanwhile the old church regular evening |and the property at Sixteenth and U | streets will be will be used to finance the erection | of the new church, U. S. PAIR WED IN LONDON | Mrs. Gertru‘;: Fair Becomes Bride of John W. Garrett. LONDON, June 16 (#).—The register office in Prince’s Row was the scene of | an all-American wedding today when | Mrs. Gertrude M. Fair of 17 East | Eighty-ninth street, New York, was | married to John W. Garrett of 44 Pine street, New York, son of Thomas H. Y. Garrett, St. Louis. ‘The bride wore a navy blue satin cos- tume and a blue straw hat. The quiet ceremony was attended by Dr. Bisschop, Col. and Mrs. Galbraith Horn and Capt. and Mrs. Hastings. The couple went to Gleneagles for a golfing honeymoo! | | Don't forget the address 11. Du Pont TONTIN Have them mac d_w e troubles once and for all, —FADELESS—WASHABLE qualities, 1 " Fischer & 608 Edmonds Bldg. Epiphany Crypt, first unit of the Gothic | edifice to be erected. This crypt will The ceremony was' preceded by a| | Dr. snyder preached on “The Worth of | building, at Eleventh and H streets, | sold and the proceeds | to order at factory prices by o I elimi HOOVER T0 PRESS COURT ISSUE NEXT i’F_ioot Formula to Come Up in | December After Naval Pact Disposal. | By the Associated Press. Disposing of the London naval treaty at the special session, as it is expected to do, the Senate will return in Decem- ber to face another controversy over | forelgn affairs. For more than a year the Root | formula for American adherence to the | World Court intended to reconcile the | opposing views of the Senate and the nations already members, has lain in | the vault of the State Department. IPMMQH'. Hoover plans to submit it for ratification early in the Winter ses- | sion. i Geneva Protocol Held Up. First delayed to prevent its Inter- ference with the tariff and agriculture rellef programs before Congress, the Geneva protocol is now being held up | by the Chief Executive to prevent it | becoming linked with the naval pact. Unyielding opposition awaits the protocol from the group of Senators who have consistently opposed Ameri- can participation in European affairs. Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign | relations committee, who is supporting the naval treaty, will lead a determined attack against it, and at his back he will have Senators Moses of New Hamp- shire and Johnson of California, rank- ing Republicans of his committee. This group unsuccessfully opposed American adherence when it was voted four years ago by 76 to 16, with five reservations, four of which were ac- ceptable to the nations already ad- hering. Fifth Reservation Opposed. The fifth was not acceptable. It stipulated the court should not., with- out the consent of the United States, entertain a request for an advisory opinion on a question in which America might have or claim an interest. After the rejection of American entry on these terms, the ' revised protocol, which is to be submitted to the Senate. | was worked out at Geneva by Elihu | Root, with the other nations approving. Senator Swanson of Virginia, ranking | Democrat on the foreign relations com- | mittee, and Senator Walsh of Montana, | assistant Democratic leader, who origi- nally sponsored the reservation, have agreed to accept the Root plan on the ground that it does not weaken the | reservation. — . LEGGE IS APPROVED AS FARM BOARD HEAD Senate Committee Reports Renom- | ination Favorably—Teague In- | dorsed as Member of Organization. By the Associated Press. The Senate agriculture committee to- day approved the renominations of Alexander Legge as chairman of the | Farm Board and C. C. Teague as the ig;ember representing fruit and vegeta- | bles. Since committee action was unani- mous, early Senate confirmation is ex- pected. Senator McNary, the committee | chairman, said he would seek Senate | consideration late today or tomorrow. Legge and Teague have been serving since the board was named by President Hoover. Neither was called before the committee. Both nominations were confirmed by the Senate last year after extended in- quiry by the agriculture committee. THREE RIVALS COMPETE FOR MAINE SENATORSHIP | Primary to Select G. 0. P. Succes- sor to Arthur R. Gould—Demo- | eratic Candidate Unopposed. | By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, June 16.—The Maine primary elections today found three Re- publicans seeking to succeed United States Senator Arthur R. Gould. Representative Wallace H. White of Lewiston, former Gav. Ralph O. | Brewster and Dugald Dewar of Portland | are the candidates. Dewar, a new- comer to politics, based his appeal on a wet platform, with White and | Brewster reaffirming their dry views. Frank H. Haskell of Portland was | unopposed as Democratic candidate for the office. Gov. William Tudor Gardiner and former Mayor John Wilson, Bangor, opposed each other in the Republican gubernatorial race. Edward C. Moran, jr., faced no opposition as Democratic | candidate, nominees from the second district. 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An interpreter lent his services to the parley. Allan Hoover, younger son -6f the President, and George Akerson, presi- dential secretary, accompanied Mr. Hoover. Allan conversed with Fernando Prestes, son of the South American dig= nitary. Both are about the same ago. Dr. Prestes thanked President Hoover for the cordiality of the reception ac- corded him here and asked the latter to convey his appreciation to the American people. Later, Dr. Prestes expressed n desire to take a final look at some of the Gov- ernment, buildings before going to Union Station, and he was driven again to the downtown section on a second sight= seeing tour. Secretary of State Stimson headed the American officials at the station to see Dr. Prestes off. The exchange of | 8ood-bys was brief. Dr. Prestes returned to New York by special train. 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