Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1930, Page 4

HOOVER. ARRIVES - INOHIO METROPOLIS Throngs Lining Streets Cheer "' President on Long Ride to His Headquarters, BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 2. — President Hoover arrived here at noon today to deliver tonight the first of four important speeches he is scheduled to make in three different States within the brief space of 10 days. This is his first visit to Cleveland since becoming President, and he was ‘welcomed in a fashion which indicated that this bustling lake metropolis is quite conscious of the honor and dis- tinction of having the Nation's Chief Executive for its guest, even if for only & day. Mr. Hoover came here aboard a spe- cial train from Philadelphia, where he witnessed the opening. game of the world series ball game. Mrs. Hoover, who went to Indianapolis Monday to attend the annual meeting of the Na- tional Council of the Girl Scout, board- ed the President’s train at Bedford, about 30 miles from here. City Declares Holiday. At _the platform to formally welcome the President upon arrival here were Mayor John D. Marshall, Walter W. Head, president of the Foreman State National Bank of Chicago, repre- senting Col. John G. Lonsdale, president of the American Bank- ers' _Association, which organization the President made the journey to ad- dress tonight, and J. R. Nutt, treasurer of the Republican National Committee. ‘There were a dozen or so members of the President’s Reception Committee on hand also. After a few moments of handshak- ing and exchange of greetings and pic- ture taking the President and the mem- bers of his party and the official greet- ers took their places in the long line of automobiles and drove slowly over a route of several miles, principally on Euclid_avenue, before arriving at the Hotel Cleveland, which will be the Pres- ident's headquarters during his sta 8chools and many places of b ess had declttred a holiday for the occasion, and the sidewalks along the way were well lined. This motor procession must have reminded the President of his campaign days. He was kept busy re- ding to the friendly greetings along way. Color was added to this procession in the form of two troops of the 1st Cjeveland Cavalry in their brilliant uni- forms. Of course, the customary num- ber of motor cycle police was at the head of the line. Mrs. Hoover Honored. ‘The hotel was finally reached and ‘very soon afterward the President went to the luncheon given in his honor by the officers and committee members of the American Bankers' Association. Mrs. “Hoover was the honor guest at a lunch- eon in another part of the hotel given by the Women's City Club of Cleveland. It is understood that the President and Mrs. Hoover will spend the greater Er! of the remainder of the afternoon their suite, except for an automo- bile ride of an unofficial nature. They ‘will have dinner in private at the hotel, and at 8 o'clock tonight will go to the public auditorium, the scene of the Re- publican National Convention in 1924, * where he will enter upon his address Balf an hour later. It has been obvious, both in Phila- delphia for the ball game and here, that Mr. Hoover is being called upon to exert every bit of ‘art at his com- mand to avold political pitfalls. He has taken it to dodge any such entanglements. Mr. Hoover has made it plain that he does not believe 8 President should take any part in a biennisl jon, and there is every reason to believe he is not going to be swayed in this determination. Of course, he realizes that the speech he will make Wflif it and those which are closely to follow in Boston and Kings Mountain, N. C., will be of con- eiderable political significance, but, at the same time, his contention is that his purpose in making them at this time was not the result of any political g5, Dry Issue Is Pitfall Aside from Mr. Hoover's determina- tion to side-step injecting politics into this trip away from the White House, because he considers it beneath the dignity of the tidential office, he is very mindful of tht fact that the wet and dry issue, which is becoming so troublesome to his party in the East, is the outstanding pitfall in each of the States In which he has planned to! m‘ with the sole exception of Nerth » ina. One striking evidence of Mr. Hoover's wish to remove the taint of politics from his trip was the freeing himself of the company of the little grcup of y chieftains who were on hand in adelphia for the ball game. In this p were Secretaries Hurley, Wilbur, and Davis, Senator Fess, chair- man of the Republican National Com- mittee; Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the committee, and James Prancis Burke, general counsel of the committee. Postmaster General Brown and David Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy in Charge of Aeronautic: dent's base ball party, with the excep- tion Seoretary Akerscn and the ‘White House military and naval aides | and Dr, Joel T Boone, White House hysician, who came to Cleveland with he President. At the ball game in Philadelphia the President was the guest of Mayor Mackey of that city. The President had hardly become settled in his seat when Gifford Pinchot, the Republican | nominee for Governor, another of Mayor | Mackey's guests, presented himself and the President shook hands warml: but there was no conversation between them. | Tuttle is Presented. Mr. Pinchot, because of his intensely | dry platform, is being bitterly opposed | by many Republican leaders in Phila- | delphia. The President had hardly dis- | d of him with a nicety before ‘harles G. Hilles, Republican national | committeeman from New York came to his box to present Charles H. Tuttle, the Republican nominee for Governor in New York and an avowed wet. Only the words of greeting, such as go with a handshake, was all there was to the ident's meeting with Candidate Tuttle, i Keeps Neutral Attitude. 1 After disposing of these situations to his own satisfaction the President then gave his attention to the ball game | and, although, he indulged in no yelling ! or waving of his hat, it is known that | he enjoyed himself as much as did any | of the many thousands of others on| hand for the game. He succeeded well, | too, in maintaining a neutral attitude The only two members of the Presi- | dent's party, who did not follow his at- | titude of neutrality were Secretary of | Agriculture Hyde of Missouri, who Tooted for the St. Louis team, and Sec- retary of Labor Davis, who was just outspoken in his rooting for the Phil delphia Athletics. Although Mr. Hoover | remained neutral he could not resist joining with the others of his party in their razzing of Secretary Hyde when his home team went down to defeat. Immediately after his address tonight the President and his party will go to the special train to take them back to Washington which will be reached to- morrow mornng. Rather than remain in Philadciphia for any length of time after the ball game yesterday the President’s train pulled cut for Cleveland just as soon 83 | Cleveland Trust Co., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Mrs, Herbert Hoover as she arrived in Indianapolis, Ind., for the National Convention of Girl Scouts, of which movement she is honorary president. Left to right: Mrs. Blake E. Francis, Scout commissioner of Indiana; Mrs. Harry Leslie, hostess to Mrs. Hoover in Indianapolis; Mrs. Hoover and Gov. Leslie of Indiana. Rear row: Mrs. F. Edey and Mrs. Nicholas Brady, chairman of the board of Girl Scouts of America. & GOVERNMENT RAIL POLICY ATTACKED Sargent Tells Bankers’ Con- vention Future of Transpor- tation Lines Is in Danger. By the Associated Press. VELAND, Ohio, October 2.—Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co., told members of the American Bankers' Association at their closing business session today that the Government's transportation policy threatens the future welfare of the rail- roads, He said profits of the railroads have been constantly nibbled away by rate re- ductions, beginning with 1921 and cul- minating in reductions in rates on grain. At the same time, he said, consider- able quantities of freight have been lost by the railroads in the diversion of traf- fic from them to inland waterways and highways. The competitors of the rail- roads have been subsidized, he charged, by taxpayers’ money. Expenses Held Greater. “While these processes of rate reduc- tions and the diversion of traffic by sub- sidized transportetion have been taking place, the chrriers’ expenses have been increased largely through agencles oper- ating under Government law,” Sargent said, “until today the rates of compen- sation ere greater than the highest point of war wages, and our taxes are at the highest level in the history of the Amer- ican railrggd administration and are in. 2reasiag by leaps and bounds each yeas Sargent said railroads are one of our largest contributors toward prosperity, The public is their creditor to the extent of between 12 and 13 billions of dol- lars, in bonds, he added. The subject of Government confisca- tion of the railroads through these practices, he said, demands “the hon- est, fair and clear thinking of the busi- ness men of America.” Lawmakers and politicians were at- tacked by Fred I. Kent, director of the Bankers' Trust Co. of New York, who told the convention he deplored the “existing world-wide tendency of the masses people to follow unbalanced and unscrupulous politicians in finding remedies for economic conditions by methods in direct violation of knowl- edge gained by experienced men.” “Government in many quarters has fallen into incompetent hands, and, in consequence, respect for law hes been dissipated,” Kent said. He blamed political agitation over our agricultural situation for the stoppage of the normal flow of grain from this country, resulting in a surplus in this Intry. He said that while the direct cause of world depression is overproduction, some acceleration was given to it “by the long delay in tariff legislation in the United States, which caused great uncertainty in business in many foreign countries as well as in America.” Sees Increased Prosperity, The convention yesterday heard Col. Leonard P. Ayres, Vice president of the and nationally known husiness statistician, predict that 1931 will be a year of progressive busi- ness recovery, and that by the end of next year conditions will have reached the mark halfway between the bottom of depression and the peak of prosperity, Another optimistic view was voiced by Alexander D. Noyes, financial editor of the New York Times, who said Amer- ica has always started a climb to new business pinnacles from serious depres- sions. “The average of the business cycle is about {wo years on the upgrade and one and cne-third on the down.” Col. Ayres said. “We have now been 14 months on the downgrade and this is another in- dication that the tide is turning.” “Savings deposits in banks run in cycles along_with the business cycles,” he said. “When a depression arrives we draw out our savings to pay our bills, As we reach prosperity there is a grad- ual decline in savings. In prosperity we do not save as much as we do in de- pression.” Support was given yesterday to the | section of the House resolution pending in Congress providing that taxes on shares of national banks be measured by taxes on competing moneyed capital. oo T he got aboard. Inasmuch as his sched- ule did not call for his arrival here be- fore noon today and the ordinary run- ning schedule is only 11 hours, the presidential train was diverted from the main line & short distance this side of Altoona and brought to e stop for the night in a remote spot on a little used | branch line. The President wanted a nice, quiet place where he could sleep without the ennoyance of train whistles | and the other noises so common on the siding of a main line. by raiircad men to be the loneliest part of the Alleghahy Mountains, with no signs of human habitation within miles, | The section is said to abound in deer and frequently bears and wildcats are seen, but the President’s sleep was un- disturbed. ‘The branch line running through this wild region of the Allc- thany Mountains was the scene of the Xll {uny Portage Rallroad, the fore runner of the Pennsylvania Railroad, There is no | disputing the fact that he got his wish. | The spot selected for his rest was said | | Crying Girl Ends LifeWith GunWhen Ordered to School By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, 11, October 2.— School was irksome to 1l-year- old Marjorie Mitchell. She cried in her class room Tuesday morn- ing, cried so lustily and long that the teacher asked her mother to come for her. At noon Marjorie's parents told her she must go back to her afternoon classes. Rebellious, Marjorie- sneaked away to her father’s room, found his pistol, and killed herself. HARRIS T0 PRESS MEXICAN QUOTA Declares Enforcement Lax Until Senate Approved His Measure. By the Associated Press. Asserting the Hoover administration made little effort to enforce the immi- gration laws on the Mexican border until his measure to put Mexican im- migration on a quota basls passed the Senate, BSenator Harris, Democrat, Georgla, today said he would renew, efforts to obtain final legislative action on the measure at the December session. Harris said the State Department recently announced a sharp decrease in immigration from Mexico, indicating & more_active interest in enforcing the law. He added, however, he feared that if his measure failed of passage in the House the administration would “be- come lax in enforcement.” There was no doubt, he said, that administration leaders in the House prevented placing the bill before the House for a vote at the last session. He said he was confident it would have been approved by that legislative branch although he coubted whether President Hoover would have signed it. “We need to exclude the cheap Mexi- can labor,” Harris said. He asserted: Mexican labor in Texas was responsible for a 2,000,000 bale cotton surplus this year, which had made it impossible for the cotton farmers of the South to re- ceive a suitable price for their product. PREPARE DISCUSSIONS Imperial Council Expected to Re- new Activities Monday. LONDON, October 2 ().—The Brit- ish Imperial Conference engaged today i in routine preparatory to actual discus- | sion in committee of matters on the agenda. ‘There was no plenary ses- sion, the chairman, Ramsay Donald, being called to a cabinet meet- ing in the afternoon. . In conference circles it was antici- pated that delegates’ views on Britain's economic condition, perhaps, the out- stacding topic of discussion facing the conference, would be heard at the next plenary session, possibly Monday. * Mac- | A. Photo. DOLL HOUSE GIFT OF MRS, HOOVER Reproduction of Girl Scout Headquarters Shown at National Convention. BY SUE McNAMARA, Assoclated Press Staft Writer. An unique doll house, the gift of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, preceded the President’s wife to Indiamapolis for the sixteenth annual convention of the National Girl Scouts, which opened there yesterday. It is an exact reproduction of the Girl Scouts’ little house here at Eight- | centh street and New York avenue, and | will be exhibited throughout the week. Mrs. Hoover is spending two days at the convention, which lasts until Sat- urday. She probably will give an infor- | mal talk, although she is not on the | program. The First Lady will wear the cotton stockings, gray-green uniform and green felt hat of the Girl Scouts. s House 24 Inches High. ‘The doll house, about 24 inches high, {faithfully reproduces the little house, even to the paper on the walls. It was made at National Girl Scout headquar- ters in New York after a craftsman had | visited the little house here. The dolls |in it are dressed in Scout uniform. After the Indianapolis convention the house will be sent over the country to various Girl Scout camps. Patterned After Payne House. - 'The little house is patterned after the old home of John Howard Payne, author of “Home, Sweet Home,” with its green shutters, white woodwork, shining brass knocker and harmonious furnishings. It has become nationally known. ‘The President’s wife often drops in for a cup of tea in the restful Colonial rock garden which she helped plan, by PROBE FAILS TO SHOW SOVIET WINNIPEG SALES No Trace of Red Grain Activity Found, Acting Premier Quoted Baying. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, October 2.— The Winnipeg Tribune quotes Sir George Perley, acting prime minister, as saying there had been no selling of grain' fu- tures on the Winnipeg Exchange by the Soviet government. “Sir George Perley, acting prime min- ister, eaid in Ottawa yesterday that grain exchange officials had made a thorough investigation, but found no trace of Russian activity in the grain market,” the paper said. “This was confirmed here by officials of the ex- | change.” The information will be conveyed by Hanford MacNider, United States Min- | ister, to Representative Hamilton Pish, jr., of New York, who heads a congres- sional committee investigating Commu- nist activity in the United States, the Tribune said. Denmark has not had an execution for murder in 38 years. Before the Rush Begins . rder YOUR winter's supply of Famous Reading Anthracite —the long-burning hard coal that re- quires so little attention and leaves so little ash. Then you'll be SURE of hav- ng heating health and happiness, no matter how cold the weather gets. Chevy Chase Lake, Maryland |living room with its outlook on the | ISAY PEAK REACHED IN'WHEAT DUMPING Scare Continues Despite| Report That Soviet Export Will Decrease. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 2.—Usually cred- ible wheat market commentators said today that they believed the peak of Russian dumping on the European markets has been reached, but the scare caused by the Russian exports continues to have a devastating effect on the markets, British market observers believed that the Soviet government can keep up its shipments for three months and contra¢ts are being made in Liverpool for January and February. Nevertheless, the position is regarded as highly un- certain, as the Soviet government may declare at any moment that sufficient grain has been shipped. ‘This decision might be prompted both by domestic demand for foodstuffs and by the Soviet's need for funds to meet foreign bills falling due. Liverpool sources today confirmed the figure of 150,000 tons of Russian wheat received at British ports this year. It was stated that most of 450,000 tons exported by the Soviet Union has been to the continent. ‘The British consensus is that Russia's need for immedlate funds led her to smash the grain markets, and that much better prices might have been obtained. The current issue of Broom- hall's Corn Trade News says: “Russian grain certainly'is considered to have been ‘dumped,’ and this view is held in countries as far apart as Fin- land and the United States, We our- selves think Russia is forcing exports in order t¢ obtain machinery, metal and other foreign gobds which the Soviets need for development plans. “The scarcity and dearness of food in the towns convince us that Russia has no real surplus of wheat, but grain al- ways has been a great export staple, In pre-war times Russia exported grain freely to produce foreign necessities and she is doing the same now although it inflicts great hardships on her people.” Chartering of tonnage by the Soviet government authorities for the export of grain is on the decrease, while a check of grain cargoes through the Black Sea shows a decreasing tonnage. 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