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WEAT (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) warm; tomorrow fair; slightly cooler. Temperatures—Highest, today; lowest, 71, at Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 HER. Thundershowers tonight: not quite so 91, at 6 am. today. noon @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, “From Press The every city block tion to Home Within the Hour” Star's carrier system covers and the regular edi- s delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,756 No. 31,467. post office, Was Fintered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, b © THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930—FIFTY PAGES. **» ed Press. TWO CENTS. SOUTHERN CROSS, RACING| TO GOTHAM, DUE TODAY; PILOT WRITES OWN STORY Leaves at Sun- rise for Dash Down Coast. | NEW YORK SET | FOR WELCOME Envoys of Britain and Ireland Invited to Be Present. GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 26 (#.—The Coast Guard radio station here reported that the Southern Cross was 100 miles east of Portland, Me, at 1:30 pm. (E.S. T.). By the Associated Press HARBOR GRACE, Newfound- land, June 26.—The sky trail to] New York was resumed today by Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and his three flight companions of the world-girdling airplane Southern Cross. The plane made ® perfect takeoff at daybreak. . Prevented by blinding fog and GIVES RA DIO CHIEF CREDIT i ] FOR SUCCESS OF FLIGHT Commander of Expedition Cites Saul’s Valuable Work in Keeping Perfect Course. Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith here tells briefly his own s'ory of the successjul flight of the Southern Cross over the Atlantic. He will twrite a full story of his erperiences for The Evening Star and the New York Times on his arrival in New York. BY CAPT. CHARLES KINGSFORD-SMITH, Commander and Chief Pilot of the Airplane Southern Cross. HARBOR GRACE. Newfoundland, Juke 25 difficulty in rising from Point Marncck Beach and lifted at once to 3,500 feet. Right from the start we had radio communication. The weather, reached the coast of Newfoundland, was bad, with rain and bumps. which is unpleasant with a heavily loaded machine. Rather strong headwinds prevaileu three-fourths of the flight and generally bore out the forecast. We held a perfect ccurse, thanks to Capt. Saul, our navigator, who never- | theless would have oeen helpless at times, on account of an overcast sky pro- | HOUSEGROUPVATES | FOR WARSHI FUND McClintic and Adams Debate hibiting taking observations, were it not for the wonderful radio assistan: given us by John Stannage practically throughout the whole trip. We wera | able to receive radio bearings from ships, which in all modesty I claim to be one of the first radio shows ever put up for air work. Scarcely Saw Sky or Sea. All went fairly well till we reached a point between 30 and 35 degrees longitude, When we ran into the “blind stuff,” and from then on we scarcely saw sky or sea. However, that is to show the rapid working out of the raain compass bearings given us by Mr. Stannage. We were informed of our positicn constantly. About 3 o'clock, Greenwich mean time (10 p.m. Eastern standard time:, we were in a position about 350 miles from Cape Race, and expected to reach that point in four hours, To our consternation, however, tne radio bearing showed we had made only 120 miles in four hours, which even for our reduced ground speed was a ridiculously low figure. We found that our inability to maintain ~The Southern Cross had no until we | Merits of Aircraft and Battleships. | Following a debate between Secretary of the Navy Adams and Reprosentative MecClintic, Democrat, Oxlahoma, on the relative merits of aircraft and battle- {ships in the “next war,” the House naval affairs committee today voted its approval of the bill 1o modernize three battleships at a cost of $30,000,900. | By agreement among the committee members, Chairman McClintic will not press the measure on the floor at this | time, but will seek its adoption by the | House in December. The bill would provide for elevating guns, adding “blis- ters” and renewing boilers on the bat- tleships New Mexico, Mississippl and Smoot Returning Home to Marry, D. C. Friends Hear Friends of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah heard reports to- day that he was on his way to his home in Salt Lake City to be married. The Utah Senator said yesfer- day in the Senate he planned to g0 to his home for a short vaca- tion, after long and arduous labor over the tariff bill. He left last night, and in his wake were rumors that he planned to wed shortly after reaching Salt Lake, and would take a honeymoon in Honolulu. Members of his office person- nel said they did not know of his plans, however, Smoot is a great-grandfather and an elder in the Mormon Church. His wife died last year, after a long fliness. AN 1 FORECAST TOEND HOT $PELL HOOVER DEDICATES BUCHANAN STATUE Tribute Is Paid Fifteenth | President in Brief Address at Ceremonies. | ! President Hoover this afternoon dedi- |cated the monument erected in Me- | ridian Hill Park to James Buchanan, |and in a brief address paid tribute to | the memory of the fifteenth President | of the United States as a great Ameri- can who had played his part in the orderly march of the nation “with a | dignity and courage that only now are | receiving the recognition they deserv | A few minutes before a cousin of the bachelor President, Mrs. Francis H. Denny, had unveiled the memorial to the gaze of a distinguished assembly of Government officials and Pennsylva- nians, who had gathered in the blazing T would like to pay a great tribute to all the boys, who worked magnificently | rano. | sunlight of a perfect June day to join in Spanking Strange ‘Women Not So Good, 0il Worker Finds By the Associated Press. HANFORD, Calif, June 26— Don't spank strange women, even those who drive automobiles, is the moral John Sorder, oil worker, gleaned from a 30-day jail sentence imposed upon him. Sorder's car brushed fenders recently with one driven by Mrs. Merle Fitting of San Francisco. Sorder chased her, dragged her from her automobile, turned her over his knee and spanked her, After his arrest he said he had been shell shocked. SIMMONS DELAYS ASKING CONTINUING With Senate. Chairman Simmons of the House subcommittee on District appropria- tions decided today to delay action in | the House after sleeping on his deter- | mination to call up the continuing res- |olution reported by him to the House | vesterday for making available funds | for the support of the District in the same amounts as for the current fiscal { vear and with all development projects liminated. While Chairman Simmons insisted | that his attitude had not changed, that |as far as he is concerned no further . steps will | with the Scnate, and that he does not ! contemplate any new proposal by him to save the District appropriation bill, | vet it became known today that very |earnest efforts are being made on the House side of the Capitol to find some way to save the bilr. Reprezentative 8'mmons today made it plain that he stands firm that any new move must be made by Senator | Bingham and the Senate conferees, and also that he still has no dispo- | siticn to yield anything on the lump- sum contribution of $9.000,000, which | is the principal barrier in the deadiock between the House and Senate. Because of the great ‘mpairment to the efficiency of the National Capital | through failure of the District appro- priation bill, and because such failure would remove much employment that it_provided, with consequent suffering {among thousands of poor families if !the continuing resolution is passed in- stead of the annual supply bill, with new projects. some of those who have been Some of Fund Bill Backers | Now Seek Real Compromise | be taken for a conference| PRESIDENT'S VETO OF VETERANS' BILL 13 UPHELD IN HOUSE BY VOTE OF 168-182 House Crowded With Mem- bers to Hear Strongly- Worded Message; Leaders | Foresaw the Decision. |COMPROMISE MEASURE IS EXPECTED TO PASS Rules Suspended to Expedite New Bill More to Execntive's Liking. Hope for Adjournment by Tues- day Held in Some Quarters, but Is Doubtful, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover's veto of the veterans’ bill was sustained by the House today. v The vote' came on a motion to pass the bill notwithstanding the disapproval of the President. The roll call showed 182 ayes and 188 | noes. | As a matter of fact, a majority of the House voted to sustain the President. It would have re- quired a two-thirds vote of the House to override the veto. Loud cheers from the Republican side | reeted the announcement of the vote by Speaker Longworth. The size of the | vote sustaining the President’s veto was larger than had been expected. Sev | eral Democrats joined with the Repub- | licans who voted to sustain the Presi- | dent’s veto, among them Representative | Cochoran of Missouri. | Compromise to Be Passed. | The action of the House on the veto clearly indicated that the compromise bill, which was immediately offered by Representative: Royal Johnson of South | Dakota, would be passed before adjourn= ment today and sent to the Senate, On the roll celi, 45 Republicans voted | to override the President's veto. Three | Democrats voied to sustain the veto, | The three Democrats who voted to sus- tain the President's veto were Cochoran of Missouri, Ayres of Kansas and Whit- tington of Misstssippi The President in his veto measure | | | supporting Mr. Simmons most strongly | 5aid: “One of the most repugnant tasks | Donoting . Pennsylvania’s only - Chief | S4PPOLL seeking some way to reach a | Which can befall this office is to dis- Secretary Adams told the committee Executive. | An hour and a half before Harbor Grace was reached we knew that the gas was running short and we were conserving it for emergencies. I particularly wish to thank the radio operators of all the radios and ships, especially on the | Transylvania, who were untiring in their efforts to assist us and to whose good | offices we are deeply indebted We are grateful to the New York Times for offering to send a plane, which, happily, was not necessary, and are grateful compass trouble from completing a perfect landing while flying blind, added to, I believe, by the rapidity in | changes of variation, caused our compass to swing unusually. with a conseguience an Ireland-New York hop and|inai'we were evidently fiying in a most erratic course. This 15 borne out by the landing here with barely enough | extraordinarily differing radio bearings we received from ships. petrol to wet her tanks, the vet-| Instruments Not Blamed. eran plane was in the air again| I would like to stress that this seems to be a condition likely to be met within 20 hours after completing in this locality in the air and no blame is attributable to the instruments. Had a hop from Ireland. It hopped off | this not occurred we could have probably made a point 700 miles nearer New at 3:05 am. (ES.T.) York, as we landed with three and a half to four hours’ supply of petrol. - et S 2 | Radio advices called our attention to the fact that ground conditions at Harbor Capt. Kingsford-Smith had 400 | Grace were free from fog, and, with the limited fiying range. it would. in my trol and 12 gallons of | opinion, have been most unwise to have proceeded any further. Naturally we EXios ol pe X . Sara | are disappointed by this, but the disappointment has been mitigated by the oil put into the tanks yesterday | amazing sources of our organization from the point of view of ragio. in preparation for today's hop. | The weather practically bore out the forecast, but we did not anticipate 1 taxied 100 yards be- | Meeting & heavy fog so far from our destination, and we actually flew blind The plane taxie yards Be- | practically half the trip. The ocean fog is apparently unlimited in height. fore going into the air. A light :}s e véerekutxlx flyin%d bllg}d up to 5‘0(:) rre-l. but lhl( fog actually on the | Grand Banks is considerably lower, and frequently there is clear air over westerly wind was blowing. the fog at 1000 fest, A flight of 1,100 miles faced the Throughout the trip we were in two-way communication with shipping, Southern Cross, with an estimate of and for a great part of the time in this way in connection with shore. Thi 12 to 14 hours flying time being neces- | MOTe than bears out my theories as rezards two-way radio being essential. sary. The direct course lay over Cabot | Pays Tribute to His Comrades. Strait, Cape Breton Island and Nova | Scotia, and by a slight deviation would | and untiringly throughout the flight. Each was perfect in his particular sphere. include New England. Capt. Kingsfdrd- Smith planned to land at Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Ship Aids Navigator. Dispatches from Boston said early weather forecasts were for poor flying weather as_far as Maine with clear |also to everybody who sent congratulatory messages. weather to New York. The trip occupied 31 hours from Dublin to Harbor Grace, We are now The steamship America, at sea, gave | putting on board 400 gallons of gasoline, which will give us plenty of radius the plane its compass bearings four | to reach Roosevelt Field tomorrow evening leaving here after daylight tomorrow. hours after the Southern Cross left | Copyright, 1930, Throughout the World by the New York Tim All Rights Reserved. Harbor Grace. | — P The Radio Corporation of America station at Chatham said the Southern Cross was sending private messages al- most continuously during the first part of her flight. | Flight Took 32 Hours. The second suceessful westward | crossing of the perilous Atlantic in the | | history of aviation was made in 32 hours’ flying time. The Southern Cross left the airport at T;P,or:i Marnock, Irish A te, T; iesday morning. H 2 i Frhe plane arived here at 551 am. Chicago Set Manufacturing|Four Hunters Stake All on (Eastern Standard Time), yesterday . | i o Eornu;mh;sre; fiying blindly for the last| Firm Charges Vast Com- thh(' Now Within Three veral s The crew, of Capt. Kingsfdrd-Smith, | Evart Van Dyk, co-pilot; J. Patrick| Saul, navigator, and John W. Stan-| nage, radio operator, were tired, but in| good condition. Within a few minutes the Australian leader of the expedition, announced his intention to take off within 24 hours for New York and San | for triple damages of $30,000,000 filed ing Hunter boys of Sparta, IIl., staked | Francisco. Two years ago the Southern Cross was flown from San Francisco to Aus- tralia by Capt. Kingsford-Smith in the | first transpacific crossing. Later it was flown to England by the Australian. | The ship is a veteran of five years' fiy- | ing. While the fliers rested here in prep- aration for the flight to New York messages of congratulations came from all over the world. ‘A message from Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd was one | of the first to arrive. Others were from Sir Cecil Hurst, the British em- | bassy; Henry Ford, and the prime min- | isters of Australia and Newfoundland. ! NEW YORK PREPARES. | City to Give Typical Welcome Ocean-Flying Crew. NEW YORK, June 26 ().—A typicgl New York welcome, including a landi ¢ | at the Battery, a parade up Broadway | and an official grgeting at the City Hall, | was planned today for Capt. Charles | Kingsford-Smith and #he crew of the | Southern Cross. In fact the fivers will be accorded two welcomes, one today at Roosevelt Field, Long Isiand, upon their arrival from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. and_the other tomorrow when the city’s official | welcome will take place Grover A. Whalen, chairman. called members of the mayor's commiitee for the reception of distinguished visitors to accompany him to the fiying field. ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) to bine of Patents. Days of Old Mark. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 26.—The four fly- By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, June 26.—In a suit here today the Grigsby-Grunow Co. of |virtually all their money on an airplane Chicago, radio set manufacturers, al-|endurance flight which, if it is con- leges the existence of a vast fllegal pool | tinued, will surpass the record at 6:01 of patents created in violation of the o'clock next Sunday morning. At 3:40 Sherman anti-trust law. |am. today the plane had been in the The defendants named are the Radio | 8ir 347 hours. Corporation of America, the General Walter, the eldest, said they had Electric Co., the Westir.ghouse Electric | Pooled their funds, expecting to realize & Manufacturing Co. and others. | at least $200,000 if the flight was suc- James A. Reed, Kansas City, former | cessful. United States Senator from Missouri,| The smooth sailing that had marked and Emest R. Reichman of Chicago the flight for two grueling weeks turned ate attorneys for the complaining com- |FOUgh last evening when the first se- pany rious threat to the success of the The petition charges that the de-|flighi—a leaky gasoline tank—devel- fendant companies illegally created the OPed. The tank under the left wing patent pool, and thus illegally com- |¥as the faulty one. And the circum- pelled payment of royalties in the sum |Stance necessitated night of almost $6,000,000 by the Grigsby- | With its hazards and difficulties. Gt Co. | The fiyers, in notes dropped to the e field, said efforts were being made to Compelled to Buy Tubes. | repair the tank, and they also spoke of It sets forth that under the “tube :lr:t' "Iided caution needed in handling clause” contained in the license agree- mfifc‘;’;;'wg“'by‘Oml:e”;"r;g;\z?(_fl! bal- ment which the Chicago company re- | tank. wing celved from the defendants, it is com- pelled to buy radio tubes and was pre- | vented from engaging in the vacuum | tube manufacturing business until the clause was declared illegal by the United States District Court of Delaware. On this account. the petition alleges, the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) | Revenues Looked For. ‘The Hunters are confi checks from the makers of the various mechanical devices being used. They hope to write stories of the effort and they anticipate financial assistance from the milk_and other food concerns and (Continued on Page 2, Column RO(;SEVELT MEMORIAL BODY ASKS ANALOSTAN ISLA Wood Confirms Reports National Association. ND FOR STADIUM How Is That Site Is Sought by 0 general business and the The Star will carry refueling, | dent of ample | Reports that the Roosevelt Memorial learned, is facing competition in the Commission is negotiating for the pur- chase of Analostan Island were con- firmed today by George A. G. Wood. president of the Washington Gas Light Company. which owns the property. For a number of years the Roosevelt commission has agitated a movement to erect in Washington a great stadium to | honor the former President and ex- ponent of the strenuous life, and Ana- Jostan Island, located south of Key bridge, is desired for the site. it is un- derstood, owing to its proximity to the Arlington Memorial Bridge ment. Wi Privmnra® develop- | | bidding for the island. While Mr. | Wood would not divulge the name or | names of the “private interests” which | | are secking its purchase, he indicated | | that the proposition involves a project | | that would be of much interest to the | | Pedera) Government. | He said, however, that the offer of | the Roosevelt commission would be | | given tie fullest possible consideration | | since the Chase National Bank of New | | York, a part owner of the Gas Light | | Company, is interested in the memorial. — | 7 Preerams on Prve D7 Y |'the alterations were imperative in ordr |to establish parity with Great Britain | under the terms of the London naval | treaty. He urged that the work start | ai once, because of the “industrial sit- uations” at the navy yards. Wanted Plane Provisions. The discussion between the Okla- | homan and the Navy Secretary pre- | ceded an unsuccessful attempt by the | former to amend the bill so as to pro- | vide skeleton decks or other facilities | for launching bombing planes from the | battleships. | _Secretary Adams took issue with Me- Clintic’s ciaim that the World War had | shown the superiority of submarines subsequent _development of bombing airplanes and dirigibles has renderea battleships ineffective in. war. The committee heard controversy which has continued since the hectic days of disturbance featured by the court-martial of Gen. William | Mitchell for “insubordination.” Gen. | Mitchell has led the group which con- tends battleships have become the prey of aerial craft. “No responsible naval authorit | Secretary Adams declared. “except pos- | sibly some of the aircraft men, believe | that the bombing plane is a serious menace to the battleship. “IL is extremely difficult to hit a | battleship with a bomb, and if a hit | were made, it is doubtful that the ship | would sink.” | Cites Tests Off Capes. | _“But didn't the tests off the Virginia Capes some years ago prove that a | bomb_dropped in the water alongside | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) |POUGHKEEPSIE THRONGED FOR COLLEGE REGATTA Hudson River Is as Smooth as Mill Pond—23 Crews to Race in Annual Event. | | By the Associated Press. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., sune 26.— Brilliant sunshine and scorching heat today greeted the thousands asscmbled here from all parts of the country fou the thirty-third annual intercollegiate rowing regatta over the historic ¥udson River. | __The broad expanse of water on which 23 crews were to row it out in varsily, unjor varsity and freshman events as smooth as a mill pond. There as practically no breeze to st its sur- | face or to provide relief from the cp- pressive heat. A light haze hung cver | the river, reducing the visibility some- | what, but otherwise ronditions were | ideal” and indications pointed 1o the | largest crowd in regatta history. Business? N smurday and Sunday the financial sections of comprehensive reviews of securities markets during the first six months of this year. These reviews, written by experts, give clear pictures of recent developments, with glimpses into the immediate future of finance and industry. The business man and investor will find them interesting and instructive. e ————————— ¢ — $ ' Washingtonians Crowd Into| President Hoover accepted the mon- and destroyers over battleships and that | revival of a | ument on behalf of the Nation from Roland S. Morris of Pennsylvania, for- mer Ambassador to Japan, who re- | Parks Seeking Relief 1 viewed Buchanan's career, | From Weather. Cabinet Members Attend. ' Two members of the cabindt, Andrew ‘Thundershowers tonight will bring‘x-mM'gon :’11? James J. Davis, both relief from the present heat wave, the | Jiciinguiched represemcs ver ot (LR | Weather Bureau prognosticator an- | State attending the ceremonles, The nounced today. The temperature will [number included the Pennsylvania dele. climb to 96 degrees by 2 o'clock this |BAOn In Congress and several hu dred citizen: | atternoon to equal the record set Tu!s-fiwhere Buchanan Bad reded Coope day. The mercury stood at 90 degrees and after assuming the presidency. at noon, Mr. Buchanan occupied the presidency Tomorrow will be fair and siightly | At & Moment “when no human power 1 could have stayed the advance of & cooler, with moderate southwest winds, | great national 'conflict,” Mr. Hoover the forecaster promised. |said and in referring to his career as Oné death resulted from the intense | Cabinet officer, diplomat and President, | characterized ‘Mr. Buchanan as “the heat this morning. George Stitts, col- | Jagt outstanding figure surviving of one | ored, 60 years old, of 1218 Twenty-third | of the most remarkable groups of men | strect, was pronounced dead by Emer- | in our history.” gency Hospital physiclans after he col- | But it was not alone to the states- nan had ‘resided before | | lapsed while working on the Washing- ton Railway & Electric tracks at Eighl- ! eenth and U streets. The rescue squad worked over the man for an hour with- out success. Nearly 1,000 Government employ most of them housed in temporary buildings, were released this afternoon as_the mercury climbed to 94 degrees. Five hundred employes of the De- partment of Commerce, working in tem- porary building 4, at Twentieth and C streets, were released at 1:30 o'clock. Temporary buildings C and F of the Treasury Department, at Ninth and B streets southwes', closed a short time later. Two hundred employes were re- leased. | Labor Offices Close. The women and children’s division of the Department of Labor closed at 1 o'clock, and the employment depart- ment also quit early. None of the other departments closed, it was said. Sweltering Washingtonians are seek- ing relief from the heat in the various parks about the city. Nearly 300 per- sons brought bedding to Potomac Park and spent last night there, Capt. R. C. | Montgomery, chief of park police, said. | Hains Point is the favorite spot for the out-of-docrs sleepers, the police head declared. “The point has water on two sides,” caid Capt. Montgomery, “and the sleepers are afforded a good viver breeze. However, the entire park sys- tem down here is scattered with sleep- ers, A crowd of nearly 200 persons spent the night in Judiciary Square and park police reported that various neigh- borhood parks also received their quota of over-night visitors. The number of out-of-doors sleepers will increase with hotter days to come, Capt. Montgomery |sald. He expects the number to climb ;’i,nl]n the thousands by the middle of uly. Capt. Montgomery said the sleepers in the parks are afforded polic. pro- tection. He welcomes all those who desire a cool sleep to spend the nights at the parks. Although police have been ordered to bar waders from the Lincoln Me- morial Poo! because of the rough bot- tom, the District Park Office has given permission to the waders to make use of Rock Creek. Swimming in the creek, however, is not allowed, because the water is not pure Tabulations at the Water Depart- ment today showed that Washington S, | affection.” | manship of the man that the Presi- | dent paid tribute. He pointed out that | the memorial, provided for in the will {of Mr. Buchanan's orphaned niece, | Harriet Lane, testifies to The President’s speech follows: “My Fellow Countrymen: | “It'is my pleasant duty today to take | part in the formal dedication of this | statue of the fifteenth President of the United States. These memorials of the past not only pay honor to the virtues | of the men who have held the high- | est office which our citizens can oestow, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. WOMA N GETS 20 YEARS | - | der in Husband's Death. | TALLADEGA, Ala, June 26 (@) — | Mrs. Maude Gunn, 37, was convicted by a jury in Circuit Court here today of second degree murder for the slaying of | her husband, W. C. Gun , and she was | sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. | Gunn was shot to death on a highway |to a school commencement at which | their daughter was to be graduated. | KeepiEasitled Have The Star follow you by mail this Summer. | There are 5,000 more fami- lies reading The Star this year than last and 10,000 more than two years ago. There are many reasons. | Yesterday’s Advertising | (Local Display) | Lines. The Evening Star. .25,278 8,677 7,009 | 2d Newspaper. . 3d Newspaper. . |Convicted of Second Degree Mur-| ear Oxford, Ala., the night of May 26 | as he and his wife were on their way | consumed 91,000,000 galions in the 24-| real compromise with the Senate. New Study Plan Offered. A new plan for a study of the fiscal relations ~question by a commission after Congress adjourns, the report to be transmitted as part of the budget estimates in December, was introduced in the Senate late yesterday by Sena- tor Bingham, Republican, of Connec- | ticut. Tt was referred to the District | committee and may be considered be- ! fore the present session ends. Senator Bingham proposes a commis- ston of seven members, as follows: One Senator, officer of the Senate; one House mem- ber, appointed by the Speaker; the director of the Budget Bureau; cne District Commissioner, appointed by the Board of Commissioners; an economist, versed in matters of taxation and as- sessment, who would be neither a resi- dent nor taxpayer of the District, ap- pointed by the President; two bona fide residents of the District, appointed by the President, one to represent the commercial interests of the city and the other to represent the civic interests. With an authorization of $25.000 10 conduct its work, this commission would be instructed to “work out a pian for | tne equitable apportionment of the “a real fillal [ fiscal obligation between ihe Federal| | Government, and the government of the District of Columbia &nd to rubmit its report to the President for trans- mission to the Congress as a part of | the District of Coiumbia budge: for jthe fiscal year ending June 30, 1932 jand upon the filing of i's comple‘e re {port said commission shall cease to | exist.” | Other Resolutions Pending. Two other resolutions sre ).enaing in Congress on this subject, cne by Representative Moore of ~Virginia, to create a commission for a general study of fiscal relations, and one by Sena- tor Jones of Washington. | The Jones commission would not un- | dertake to say what the apportionment | should be, but would report annually | to_Congress the value of Federal and | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | BABY DEATH TOLL IS 44 | Inoculation in Berlin Hospital Fol- lowed by Negligence Charges. LUEBECK, Germany, June 26 (#).— The death toll of infants at a baby hospital here inoculated some months ago with an anti-tuberculosis prepara- tion, increased to 44 today. Eighty-two others are fll. The magistrate yesterday instituted legal examination of two professors, one physician and a laboratory nurse in- volved in the charge of having negli- gently caused the deaths of the babies. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, June 26.—In a letter to friends of prohibition Rev. appointed by the preslding} “*MORROW TYPE IS TYPE TOiFEAR, SAYS ANTI-SALOON EXECUTIVE | approve of measures intended to bene- | it our sick or disabled men who have | served our counfry in the war.” | _The President sald he had a full | realization of the dangers to which the [Nation had ordered its sons in the World War. He said that he could have no greater satisfaction than to support just measures proposed for their | benefit | _“But I want a square deal between veterans—not unjust discrimination be- tween special groups and I do not want | wasteful or unnecessary expenditures,” said the President. Previous Help Cited. “The country already generously pro- | vides for the 280,000 men whose health or earning power is shown to have been impaired by their service in the war and for 91,000 dependents of the men who | suffered or died. That is and should be a great charge upon the Nation.” “This measure except for a small | part adds nothing to aid veterans wounded or disabled in the war.” The House chamber was crowded | with members as the message of the some 1,800 words in length, | President, | was read. | * Before the President’s veto message | was read. the House adopted a resolu- tion offered by Chairman Snell of the | rules committee making it in order to suspend the rules and pass legislation at any time until the close of the :)_;;snnl session. The vote was 227 to | This resolution was adopted so as to make it possible to deal promptly with the compromise veterans' bill which | Representative Johnson, chairman of | veterans' legislation, offered as soon | as the President's veto has been acte d_on. House leaders were encouraged to be- lieve today that it might be possible | to adjourn Congress by next Tuesday, Much will depend, however, upon the | attitude of the Senate toward the com- promise veterans' bill when it is sent to that body. It is possible that the Senate may undertake to amend the veterans' bill in a way that would meet | the disapproval of the President and bring about a long fight between the | House and the Senate. Text of Message. quihe President's message follows In ull: “To the House of Representatives: “I am returning herewith House bill 10381, without approy “One of the most (epugnant (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) tasks Jones Welcome to Be Broadcast. | NEW YORK. June 26 (#).—Bobby Jones' welcome by New York o'ty on | July 2, upon his return from golf vie- tories in England. will be broadcast by WEAF and WJZ and stations, the | tlonal Broadcasting System announced | today. The broadcast is to be made | between 11:30 a.m. and 1 pm. (E. 8. T. ” Militant Wets Like Smith and Ritchie Held Less Danger- ous Than Quiet, Dignified Man. Smith, Gov. man can_be President.” Ritchie or such type of nominated and elected hour period ending at 8 oclock this| 4th Newspaper. morning, with indications that this | figure would be greatly exceeded in the current 24-hour period. CLEVELAND, June 26 (#).—Three former Canton City officials pleaded not guilty when arraigned today before Federal Judge West on a charge of conspiracy to violate the prohibition |1aw. The three were indicted late yes- | terday in secret indictments by a Unit- ~d States Federal grand jury. 3292 3,178 | 5th Newspaper. Total other 4 news- papers. .. ..22,156 Today’s Star is full of advertisements of attrac- tive merchandise that ‘will be on sale tomoirow. Do not miss reading them. 4 James K. Shields, State Anti-Saloon . ihey are not the dangerous type to | accomplish the repeal of the eighteenth League superintendent, warned today | amendment. The Morrow type is much that the coming f a man of Dwight W. | more to be feared—the quiet, dignified, Morrow's type to the United States |Scholarly churchman of Evangelical Senate would mean “more than just | PETSUSSIOn. who never rants * * * but : | Who stands for the action that will be another wet Senator from New Jersey.” | fatal o the eighteenth amenamer- “The Morrow type is the type to be | _When Morrow won the Republican feared,” Shields’ letter said, although it | Sfl':llr nomination on a platform advo- | cating repeal of the prohibition amend- deubted that after he was elected Mor- | ment Dr. P, Scott McBride general row would be “the militant man the wets would like to have him be, " superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, was quoted as saying he. would “It is_probably true,” said Shields, “that ne militant wet like Alfred K. be “just another wet Senator from New Jersey.