Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1930, Page 4

A4 = CHINA SEENNEARER EACEFUL PERIOD ed to Mean Military Phase Is Virtually Over. By the Associated Press. | NANKING, September 24 —National- §st government military headquarters | tonight claimed the capture of Kaifeng, capital of Honan Province, from North- ern rebel forces. This announcement followed Na- tionalist statements yesterday reporting | government advances against the rpbeli army of Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang, but the latter's forces were believed to be either | retreating or planning a retreat into| Shamsi Province as the result of Man- ehurian intervention in the civil w: between No n rebels and the Na- tionalists o Previcus advices from Peiping said Feng's army had routed the tionalists south of Chengchow, impor- { tant railway point west of Kaifeng, but this was taken to be temporary rebcl activity anticipating the withdrawal of Northern forces. ? ’ The Manchurian oceupation of Peip- ing and Tientsin has been looked upcn | #s virtually ending the military phase of the current trouble. Northern forces withdrew_from the Peiping area just prior to Manchurian occupation. MANCHUS PROMISE PEACE. Posters Tell People of Peiping What - Invaders Plan. PEIPING, China, September 24 (#).— Manchurian troops which took control ©of this city yesterday displayed not only bayonets but Rlso posters describing their invasion as being in the interests of peace. The posters said the country cannot afford a continuation of civil war and declare the aim of the soldiers is simply mediation. Lennox Simpson, eustoms commis~ sloner at Tientsin, continued to carry on his work and the Nanking nominee, Mr. Grierson, declared he would wait to take over the work as soon as trans- fer of control of the city had been com- pleted. Simpson declared.in an inter- view he would hand over the customs only to the official who can produce proper credentials. Gen. Feng: Yu-Hsiang-faces an uncer- tain fate. However, it appears certain that his soldiers have ahead of them & march of fefreat to the famine- stricken regions of Shansi and Kansu Proving . ces. CLAYTON CENSURED FOR STAND TAKEN AT-GAS HEARINGS (Continued From Pirst Page.) ‘Yaden, it was said. ‘then ‘moved that all the acts of ‘the Executive Committee be considered as confidential. There was also & suggestion offered from the { floor that all of the previous resolutions should be destroyed, so that no record would remain of the committee's delib- erations. Mr. Bowles refused to adopt the latter suggestion, stating that all of the resolutions were part of the rec- ord of the meeting, and that the action of the committee must be reported to the full body of the federation when it assembles on the first Saturday in Oc- tober. Mr. Yaden's secreey motion never came 10 a vote. . - e to Commisison. Ip opposition to “this "Mr. Gelbman moved that oopies of -the resolution be sent o each of the five Washington newspapers. This was opposed on the ground that the attitude of the new: Ppapers would be umfavorable. A com- promise was finally reached whereby it was agreed that a copy of the reso- | lution should be sent o the Public Utili- ties Commisison, and there was a tacit understanding, although not expressed in the way of a formal résolution, that nothing ‘should be said of the meeting until the resolution reached the com- mission. The resolution ¢ame in to the commission today with an sccompanying letter from President George C. Haven- ner, who had meantime returned to the city. The document reads: ‘We the Executive Committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations in meeting assembled this twentieth day of September, 1930, indorse the action ©f the Committee on Public Utilities of | the Federation of Citizens' Associations a5 adopted ab a special meeting thereof and submitted to the Public UtHities Commission of the District. of Colum- bia. which reads as, follows: “‘We indarse the proposed rates in principle, but favor readjustment more equitable to those consumers using 2,200 Zeet or less” " Following the text of the resolution Dr. Havenner added: The Executive Committee, acting for the federation, specifically Stated that it did not in- dorse the motion to dismiss without prejudice the new rate schedule filed Wwith the Public Utiities Commission by the Washington Gas Light Co.. nor does it indofse the motion to begin re- Yaluation of the properties of the Washington Gas Light Co. before ac- eepting the new rate schedule ‘It 1s the opinion of the Executive Commiiiee that the reduction in rates propased by the gos light company :gou}u ‘tt:e ncceple;i at once and that e matter of revoluation be conside: 8t some Jater date. re. “Yours very sincerel; (Signed.) “GEORGE C. HAVENNER, “President.” Three Not Voting. Ambong those who voted for the reso- Mution were everyho present except Mr. Clayton, Capt. G. L. Shorey, Piney Branch, and A. H. Gregory, Stanton Park. Capt. Sho Yoted "“present” and Greégory and Claytdn did not vote, it was reported i At the meeting Clayton, if was said, ¥iggrously defended himself by pointing out’ that revaluation of public utilities has been the ‘backbone of the federa- tion’s public utility policy for 17 years, He said the federation chould not sit idly by and see the Public Utilities Com- mission accepting offers made to it by utility concerns without Investigating what they were offering. He pointed out that at the last inquiry into the | Yeturn earned by the gas company it was shown tbat the rate.was 10 per eent, and that if the company had made an offer it could most likely af- ford more than what it offered. a mat- ter which would be shown up by & Voluation proceeding, When the action of the committee is reported to the full federation at its first Winter meeting a week from next Sat- wrday, as under the constitution it must, the resultant battle is expected to be of far-reaching proportions. If the fed- eration accepts the idea of thg Execu- tive Committee that committee chair- men should be limited in their functions 0 those of “messenger boys,” a radical change must come over the working methpds of most of the committee chaidmen. - It is not believed that many of tHem will give up their prerogatives without a fight messenger boy theory is some- t.hm? entirely new to the federation As far back as its veteran members | can remember committee chairmen | have lobbied industriously whenever such work was necessary. What the final outcome will be is difficult to conjecture. Mr. Claytor has had his battles with the federation in the past and.has always managed to €ome out, on top. At any rate, the dele- tes in "the know have aiready begun form lines for the next election of in November, | | CHANG PLAYS SHREWD GAME IN PRESENT CHINESE CRISIS Marshal of Manchuria Has Gained Role of Mediator Between Northerners and Nationalists. BY GIDEON A. LYON. | Announcement in the dispatches from China that Marshal Chang Hsueh-| liang of Menchuria has entered Peking at the head of a large army to estab- lish himself there for & while—perhaps | for a long while—as “Rehabilitation Commissioner of the North,” a title be- stowed upon him by the Nanking go ernment, brings to mind the picture of | a slight, delicate-featured, quiet-voiced young man standing in a large dining Yoom at the head of a long banquet table and speaking a few words in Chi- nese to an assembly of American new: paper men and some Chinese and Man- churian guests. This was on the night of the 14th of June, 1929, just 10 days after the first anniversary of the bomb- ing of his father upon his entrance into Mukden, in virtual flight from Peking. As a member of that group of Americans, guests of China through the courtesy of the Carnegle Endowment for | International Peace, I have been greatly interested in the news about that soft-| spoken young Manchu, and now that| he has maneuvered himself into a posi- tion of importance and power at Pek-| ing—discarding the newer spelling, | Peiping—it is with something of the! feeling of & personal acquaintance that| the daily reports of his achievements are read. Chang Hsueh-liang—the middle part, of the name is pronounced much as if | it were spelled “Soo"—has been play-| ing a very shrewd game in the present Chinese crisis. As Marshal of Man- chiufia, a sort of governor general of the ree éastern provinces” constitut- | ing that country, he has maintained himself mloof from both the Nanking | government and the newly set-up reve lutionary government at Peking, headed by Yen Hsi-shan, the “model governor” of Shansl. It has been evident that| Chang Hsueh-liang has been seeking to establish the independence of Man-| churia. Nanking has not succeeded in getting him to acknowledge more than a friendly co-operative relationship to| what is geographically styled “China Proper. Hints of Secret Understanding. Now that he is ensconced at Peking ‘Rehabilitation Commissioner of the North,” there is much speculation re- garding his relations with Yen Hsi- shan, erstwhile leader of the coalition resisting Nanking and associate of Gen, Feng Yu-hsiang, commander of the largest and best organized and equipped of all the independent armies. | Hints are not lacking of & secret under- standing between Chang and Yen, whereby the former will hold on Peking while Yen retires for recupera- tion to his own province of Shansi, ad- jacent to Chili, in which Peking is located. Much depends upon whether Feng Yu-hsiang escapes from the pin- cers of President Chiang Kai-shek, Na- tionalist chief, with his army suffi- clently intact to enable him likewise to! retire for recuperation to make ready for a new campaign in the Spring. There is an intriguing element in the position of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang at Peking, in that Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang | is a bitter enemy of the scion of the late Chang Tso-lin. It was Feng whose forces, advancing upon Peking in June, 1928, drove the late dictator out of the old northern capital, drove him back ' to Mukden and to his death. Today| Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang has no love | for Feng, although he is evidently on excellent terms with Yen, Feng's com- rade in revolution, | All this is but an example of the ter- rible tangle that marks Chinese politics. | ‘There is no possibility of & clear under- | standing of the situation, The only| safe way for the Western observer to| estimate it is to discount every apparent fact and to interpret all obvious con- | clusions in reverse. Night of Vivid Impressions. The night T met Chang Hsueh-liang was one of many vivid impressions of a strange world. Just before nightfall we | had started out from our hotel in motor | cars to drive to the marshal's yamen | in the old Manchu city. That old city | is inclosed within a high masonry wall, | around which the modern Mukden | spreads. ‘The way into old Mukden was | like a labyrinthine puzzle. The motors | swung around corners, past towering | walls, into narrow passages, threading | through densely peopled streets, with a | hideous clamor of horns and shouts. | Then they turned into a courtyard through anather gate and halted. It was dark by that time, and we had gone back into ancient Asia. Queer shapes of structures loomed above us. Strange- ly garbed attendants guided us. ‘Then | suddenly we were aware of familiarly clothed ~ figures, khaki-uniformed and highly businesslike-looking soldiers with arms in readiness. An air of sus- | picion pervaded the place. We had| heard of the killing only a few months | before of two of the higher military | officers of the Manchurian army who | had come to this yamen to consult with | Chang Hsueh-liang, slain perhaps right on the spot where we stood as we alighted from our motor cars. Nobody knows to this day—or at least nobod tells—who slew them or why. Thel killing, however, is thought to have had to do with the drastic taking off of Chang Tso-lin, the young marshal's father and predecessor. The yamen of Chang Hsueh-liang furnished in the Western style. elegant in their fittings. leaves much to be desired. grouped in a smaller salon and asked to walt while the marshal made ready to receive us. We were told by “Tommy” Lee, the marshal's secretary— who speaks perfect English, due to his attendance at no less than three Amer: | marked | been death. The | of the young marshal—by the way, he reception rooms are not particularly |is not yet 30 years of age—there were Indeed, Chi-|no less than five squads of armed men nese taste in Western house equipment | at strategic points scattered about in | We were | groups, each with camping facilities. of a poisonous insect, and that there- fore we should not attempt to shake hands with him. Then we were ushered into his presence in a smaller room, the chief features of which were tw huge stuffed Siberian tigers, the last remaining items of. & large collection gathered by Chang Tso-lin, | Newspaper Men Meet Chang. | A slender, youthful figure was before us, clad in a dark-lued Chinese gown- | like ccstume. A rather wistful, smile| s olive countenance. His hands were enfolded within the flowing | siceves of his gown. He bowed cer monijously to each of us as we were presented in turn by Se etary Lee, who | pronounced our names and the tities of our newspapers in both English and | Chinese. There was then a very brief exchange of remar between the mar- shal and our chairman, Editor George | Johns of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Then in & few minutes the marshal tcok his leave, and we were asked to 80 to the dining room, where we were seated. As soon as we were all in place the marshal entered, and, standing at the end of the table, spoke very briefly, asking us to accept as his proxy as our host at table the Governor of the Pro ince of Fengtien, of which Mukden is capital. Then, pleading illness, he begged our forgiveness for withdrawing. The banquet was interesting, but not particularly lively. The food was re- markable for its variety, and to us i teresting for its verification of reports we had_heard about Chinese table sup- plies. We had, as I recall, bird’s nest soup, sharks’ fins and ancient eggs-—all | three of the greatest delicacies kiown to the Chinese, and which were later and privately voted by ourselves as to- | tal losses as food. Perhaps that was a reflection upon our taste, but we played | safe nevertheless and partook spar- ingly. | We had thought that we had seen | the last of our host. But in this we were agreeably surprised. For after | dinner we were assembled in the salon | we had first occupled and arranged for | a flashlight picture. A violent thunder- | storm arose at about the same time.| The wind howled and slammed things around in the courtyard outside. The windows were all closed by the attend- | ants, Then we were seated and posed | in two lines, and the cameras were | placed and focused, and when all was | ready the door was opened and in came | the young marshal, evidently refreshed by the medical treatment he had been recelving. He took his place in the center of the front row, several of his| entourage seated themseives on the floor at his feet, and then the flashlight | powder was ignited, Young Marshal Jumps. I hope never to have such another shock. The powder detonated with & crash like that of a 6-inch gun explod- ing. The closing of the windows had| the effect of confining the pulsation entirely within the room. I am told by | one of my associates who stood imme- | diately behind the yourig marshal that| Chang Hsueh-liang jumped & foot off his chair. Probabiy every man in the room instantly thought of the bomb | that had exploded on the roof of the ttain of the old marshal just 10 days more than & year before. When it was all over the young mar- shal was Jaughing at his scare and everybody was calm again. And the photograph turned out to be one of the best I have ever seen—quite the best of the many that were taken of our news- paper group in the course of our voy- aging through Japan, Korea, Manchuria and China. It presents a living likeness of his excellency Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, now Rehabilitation Commissioner for the North of China, perhaps dictator of Peking. This pho- tography, by the way, was the work of & “White” Russian refugee, a young man of exceptional talents, even as a musician. He was with us for the greater part of our Chinese journey as official photographer. | ‘This was not our final contact with the young marshal. After several days in Mukden we went on to Chang Chung, the “end of steel” of the Japan-owned South Manchuria Railway; then on a side trip out to Tunhua, far to the east, also end of steel of a branch line on which Japan is relying for an eventual bridgehead around Korea. Next we moved on to Harbin, and after three or four days we turned on our tracks and went all the way down the line to Dairen, at the tip of the Laio Tung Peninsula, which Japan holds by con- cession. ‘Then back again up the line to Mukden on the way to Peking. By good chance Marshal Chang| Ilsueh-liang was in his capital the day we reched there from Dairen, and a: rangement was made for a second meet ing. In the morning we drove out to & western suburb over an atrociously bad oud to visit the tombs of the kings. ‘Then back to our hotel for a needed bath to rid ourselves of the dust of one of the dirtiest rides I have ever taken. After Juncheon back we went over the same road, almost to the same point, to visit the marshal at his Summer We were a dusty, uncomfortable when we drove past a sinister- looking wire fence, the components of which we were given to understand ighly charged electric conduc- 0 touch that fence would have And to insure the safety Marshal Provides Gift. ‘The villa is a rather plain structure, arsely but neatly furnished. We were gathered for the usual tea drinking. jcan universities—that the marshal #ight arm bad been lamed by K- bite Our host had not appeared. We next went to the tennis court, d there drinking. | & swirl of wheels through the gates, and FARM FEDERATION T0 PROBE SOVIET Activities Detrimental to U. S. Producers Ordered—Grain Registers Early Rise. (Continued From First Page.) values in particular. Some pit experts went so far as to suggest that, despite a gloomy outlook produced by Russia's | extraordinary selling campaign, a radical reversal of market action would not be surprising. ‘Wheat, corn and every other grain yes- terday smashed down to record low prices that in many cases have been hereto- fore unequaled for 24 years. Forged messages, purporting to show that the Canadian growers' pool was insolvent and that its affairs would be taken over by Canadian government officials, were largely responsible. In spite of quick authoritative denials that there was any truth in such reports, trade conditions remained demoralized, with Russia un- derselling North American wheat in Eu- rope and announced as having negoti- ated vessel charters to carry additional out-shipments of 55,000,000 bushels of Russian grain, mostly wheat. There was no dispute, but that wheat tc lay was selling greatly below the cost of domestic production, but the fact that for the first time ever known the Unied States visible supply total had piled up to more than 200,000,000 bushels did much to deter buyers from entering the market. Purchases for previous sellers who were in a positicn to collect a profit steadied values at times, but the support was too thin o be of a lasting nature as a rule. Acting as a further bearish influence was word that the world's stock of wheat is sight showed 27,322,000 bushels increase for the last week, and now amounted to 413,343,000 bushels against 393,493,000 bushels a year ago. Involves British Politics. Political observers in London believe that wheat will play possibly & dominant part in the coming imperial conference discussions. The dumping of Russlan wheat has raised an outcry not only in rural | England but across the Agrarian states of Europe, and has given the movement for wider empire preferences impetus such as no mere academic. discussions could possibly have done. Nevertheless there are strong doubts as to whether the present Labor gov- ernment would be prepared to impose a duty on foreign wheat since the free traders and the “free fooders,” such as Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, and Willlam Graham, president of the Board of Trade, are | much at the economic helm at Downing Upper: Marshal Chang Hiaeh-liang (in the middle row, center) receiving | the American newspaper men who visit- | ed China and Japan last year under the | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The flashlight caused the m shal to jump as if shot, as described in | the accompanying article. | Lower: A portrait of the marshal and i three motor cars swung in, the first| and the third in line bearing biue- | gowned men, the middle one occupied | by the young marshal and his eldest' son, a lad of about 10. The marshal came over to us, the blue-gowned men scattering around in fan-shape with interesting bulges in their vestments at| about the hip line. As they walked the | skirts of their gown robes flapped in a way to disclose the putteed legs of | soldiers. | This time the marshal shook hands with us cordially, his face lightened by & most gracious smile as he greeted each of us. TFhere were some exchanges of pleasantries, with-Tommy Lee acting as a most capable interpreter. Then the marshal asked to be excused and departed, with the explanation that he was going to change his costume for | tennis clothes for a game with his son.| As soon as he had gone—we having| been asked to remain—several of the | bluecoats came across the lawn bear- ing arms full of silk in bolts—the tailors call them “shawls.” These were placed | upon tables and we were asked to make| our selections, each to take a bolt. This was the marshal's parting gift to his guests in accordance with an ancient custom that has not altogether passed in China. Each man selected a “shawl” | of silk. and as we were considering| whether it should be donated or sur- | rendered to the women folks at home | or kept for shirtings, Chang Hsueh-liang came back, transformed into a young athlete, with his bright-faced boy tro ting to' keep pace with him. There was the man whose quick wit and political finesse and shrewdness | have kept China guessing ever since his father’s death. This was the real Chang| Hsueh-liang, not the sad-faced sufferer of the Mukden yamen, who leaped from his chair_at the bang of a flashlight charge. There was another round of handshaking and we went to our motor ars, and as we drove out by the wind- ing road we caught a final glimpse of | the young marshal dancing over the| tennis court, while the younger mar-| shal-to-be, perhaps, gave him a good match. Street. J. H. Thomas, secretary of state for the dominions, has a counter scheme which would accord preferences by way of bulk state purchases. Although Mr. Thomas has not yet divulged the details of his plan it is meeting strenuous criti- cism on the ground that it will increase the price of food. ‘The Dally Herald, Laber organ, today described the outcry against the dump- ing '.o( Russian wheat as a political stunt. Add New Trade Troubles. The American grain transactions of the Russian government have added just one more item to a considerable list of Soviet commercial activities which have disturbed Treasury officials for the past year. Nearly 12 months ago the attention of the Treasury was directed toward plans of the Soviets to import several products into the United States. It ‘mmediately set a close watch on the shipment, but found itself baffled by inadequacy of existing American laws ‘o deal with the situation in general. Lack of diplomatic relations made virtualiy impossible the task of ascertaining the ecost of produc- tion of the various articles in Russia. Under present law the tariff on any article imported could be raised if it were found Russia was selling it here below its cost of production or below the selling price in Russia.' This was established only on one article, safety matches, and the anti-dumping act was applied, raising the tariff to bring their American price into competition with the domestic produc Lumber Embargo Rescinded. Proof of the selling price of matches in Russia was comparatively easy to secure, because match production there is a government monopoly and the sell- ing price high. In other articles, how- ever, neither sale prices nor costs of production could be determined. Complaints from American firms were received that Russia was dumping coal, Jumber, pulpwood and manganese into the United States. The Treasury ordered lumber and pulpwood barred, on the ground it was produced with the use of convict labor—a tariff law clause permits exclusion of anything into the production of which convict or forced labor has entered—but at hear- ings held on both products the evidence was held insufficient, and the embargoes were rescinded. While the pulpwood did not compete with American productiou it replaced supplies obtained from Canada and was considered indirectly d to Character Security for Loans The Morris Plan has made it possible for a person of good character, nudily employed, to obtain money through endorse- ment, that is, the signing of a promissory note, by two of his friends. No p‘lysical property is required. We loan on the reputation nnJ c}\aracler sm‘l carnins ILil- ity of the borrower and his two comal(ers. Morris Pl an Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury JOHN G. WINANT Of Concord is the Republican candidate | for Governor of New Hampshire. —Associated Press Photo. some American interests. The lumber | was said to come into direct competition with American production, but evidence was adduced that the Russians made | careful effort to separate convict-made lumber for sale in European markets. Coal Threat Minimized, At the Treasury hearings it was tes: tified the Russians had chartered about | 90 ships to carry pulpwood to this coun- | try, a tonnage exceeded only by that re- | ported chartered for varrying Russian | grain to England and Europe. The Russian threat to invade the American coal markets, while bringing a protest from anthracite dealers, was not | reflmed as serious. ‘Treasury officials held that little Russian coal could be de- livered to the American seaboard, but pointed out that it might be used to take from producers in this country their immense Canadian market Coal prices and production costs in | Russia so far have not been ascertained | nor has any success been indicated in ' the other lines under investigation, JUGOSLAVIAN MADE FIDAC PRESIDENT Col. Radossavljevitch Paid Tribute of Interallied Veterans at Meet- | ing in Culver, Ind. By the Associated Press. CULVER, Ind, September 24.—The Congress of Fidac, Interallied Veterans’ Federation, held its annual business meeting here yesterday and elected Col. Milan D. J. Radossavljevitch of Jugo- | slavia president for the ensuing year. | The newly elected president is munic- | ipal counselor of Belgrade, president of | reserve officers and ex-service men and grand chief of the Boy Scouts of Jugo- | slavia, Mrs. Julia Mazaraki of Poland was | elected president of the Fidac Auxiliary. The United States delegation chose | 8s its vice president Lamar Jeffers, Rep- Tesentative from Alabama. The Fidac delegates, arriving here on | a good-will tour, were guests of the | cadets and faculfy of the Culver Mili- tary Academy. M. Hobart recently caught a 6-foot frog fish in Pwliheli Bay, Wales. i gllll [ ] I i RENEWAL OF FIGHT | AMERICAN LABOR ONSOVIET IS SEEN PREFERENCE URGED. Efforts to Get Embargo on Employment of Citizens Russian Products Expect- | Rather Than Aliens on U. S. ed to Be Resumed. Work Asked of President. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Preference to American citizens and The Russian problem has taken a|®X-SfVice man on jobs in connec- new turn. Members of Congress who tion with the Federal building program, were thwarted in their attempts to have 85 &1 administration policy, was strongly an embargo placed on Russian exports | Fecommended to President Hoover to during the last session of Congress|d8y by Representative Robert L. Bacon, are renewing their proposals that legis- | Republican, of New York, who delivered lation be adopted at the December ses- |8t the White House a memorandum on (/s sion which would keep out certain Rus- sion products, including manganese, ccal, lumber, wood pulp, gelatin, wheat and glue. The United States has always looked with disfavor on dumping and has en- acted anti-dumping laws. The Tréas- ury Department recently was asked to place embargoes on Russian goods | that were supposed to be made by con- vict labor, but it is generally suppgsed that the administration did not tRink it had sufficient basis for jeopardizing certain Russian purchases in this coun- try. Indeed, this will be the main obstacle toward the adoption of new legislation aimed at Russia impair trade opportunities. Can Underbid Others. Unloading by Russia of her products | is taking place not only in the United | States but in various countries of Eu- rope. Indeed, with the ernment controlling _produciion Russian gov- and wage scales it is possible for the Com- | munist regime to underbid the workmen of other countries. ‘The short selling of wheat is an ex- ample of what can be accomplished by Government manipulation. Until the farm sentiment is aroused, however, it is not likely that an embargo against wheat or other products would be looked upon with favor by Congress. ‘The question now is whether the re- cent short selling will wreate such a sentiment as will guide a bill through Congress levying an embargo on Soviet commodities. The existing dumping laws are not considered broad enough to cover the operations of the Russian government Senator Oddie of Nevada has announced his intention of sponsoring a bill which | would_prohibit the Soviet government | from trading on the .wheat exchanges and would also exclude the importa- tion of Russian products, Forced to Experiment. “Due to the complete collapse of the | Soviet economic system within Russi says Mr. Oddie, “and the dire distress ] that failure has brought to the people of that country, Russia has been forced to experiment in an effort to create paper profits in foreign trade to off- set heavy losses in the domestic trade, all at the expense of industry in America and other countries.” Mr. Oddie declares that Russia is now trying to impose on some of the principal industries of the United States “by dumping exports regardless of price, and absorbing production losses through the enslavement of the Russian peasantry and the inflation of its currency.” ‘There is no doubt that members of Congress will take advantage of the controversy over Russian short sale operations on the Chicago grain ex- change and that from now on the anti- Russian speeches will multiply, as the clash between the Communistic regime and the American economic system is revealed. (Copyright, 1930.) ‘Wild strawberries ‘e vogue as table decorations in Euro -~ LA re's the gas range Interests | labor, doing business with Russia today would | naturally oppose anything that would | “(hls subject which he had prepared at | President, Hoover's request. | This action by Representative Bacon grew ‘out of a conference he had with | President Hoover on July 29, at which | he vigorously urged the adoption of such |2 policy and cited “the demoralizin {and unjust results that have followes | from the employment of cheap alien workers to the exclusion of idle, but | capable, American citizens.” | Earlier, Representative Bacon had | also appealed to Secretary of the | Treasury Mellon for assistance in hav- | ing the administration work out a | scheme for preference for American Basis for Plea. Representative Bacon, in his confer~ ence with President Hoover and in the memorandum he submitted to the White House, among other things, based | his plea far'ths adoption of a prefer- ence policy for American citizens and the vetarans of our wars on the follow- ing_considerations “That the pactice of employing cheap alien labor, willing to work for | greatly refluced wages and unattached to any of the principles which the American workman has stood for in the way of high standards of working and living conditions, has resulted in direct crimination against the American citizen workman, his family and the community in which he lives and con~ stitutes a serious threat to stable labor ™ conditions in this country; “That the pitch of resentment against present practice which permits the em- ployment of eliens on national con- struction works when there is an ample supply of idle and capable American labor runs highest when it is realized that in the construction of a veterans' hospital many veterans have been de- nied jobs because the construction rolls were filled with the names of aliens; “That the United States, by its lack of policy of preference for American citizen labor on national construction rks, I8 injecting a serious factor of sturbance in those States that have Lpreference policies for the American citizen; Objections Have Been Made. | . “That wide resentment and objection | has been voiced against the present | conditions, not only by labor and vet- | eran orgenizations, but by municipali- ties.” “The policy of preference for the | citiz en and "ex-service man in the | State where the work is performed | would operate fully to quiet the discon- tent which increases to a dangerous | point during perfods of economic de- | pression, when such citizens and ex- service men see aliens pre-empting jobs | they feel belong to them simply on the | score_that the alien’s labor is cheap,’ | Mr. Bacon said, adding that “such | policy would be as much in the interest | of the efficient contractor as the worker, | as it will remove for many contractors the element of unfair competition now suffered by them through the employ- ment by others of cheap alien labor.” The President has ample authority to direct the promulgation of such a pref- erence policy in the form of a stipulas tion in the Government construction | contract form, Bacon holds. youVve been wolting for, a hand- some new Magic Chef, the Tiffin Model. 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