Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1930, Page 2

- WORK IS RESUMED BYTIST CONGRESS 'Drought and Jobless Relief { Are Principal Problems (Continued From First Page.) eral that in’the end Mr. Davis will be = : ate The committee has been informed that the total expenditures of the Davis- Brown ticket in Pennsylvania passed the Ralf-million-dollar mark. The con- tention is made;, however, that the greater-.part of this money Was ex- 4 an effort to nominate Brown |~ iot’»aovemt of the State. Jersey Law Delays Morrow. Mr. Moprow did not put in an ap- pearance today because under the New Jersey law the results of the election could not be canvassed in time ¢or him to receive his certificate of election and, present it at the opening of the Con- gress. It is expected that he will be sworn in later this week, probably Wed- nesday. A resolution appointing a.committee of the Senate to wait upon the Presi- dent with a simflar committee from the House and inform him that Congress is in session and await any communica- tions he desired to send was offered by Senator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader, and promptly adopted. Vice President Curtis,immediately appointed Senator Watsor”and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, as the committee to wait upon the Presi- dent. Immediately thereafter, Senator Rob- inson of Arkansas offered a resolution that the House be notified that the Senate was iri session and it, too, was adopted. A third resolution, offered by Senator McNary of Oregon, assistant Republican leader, fixing the hour of meeting each day at noon, was adopt- ed, and the Senate then adjournsd on motion of Senator Watson. Longworth Presides in House. In the House Speaker Longworth pre- sided at the opening session and arter |, o, e the roll had been called to establish & quorum and resolutions similar to those adopted by the Senate had been passed that body also adjourned until tomor- row as a measure of respect to the ‘memory of those members of the House who died during the recess of Congress. Thirteen newly elected members of the House chosen on November 4 to fill vacancies caused by death and Tesignation were sworn in. Those sworn in were Mrs. Wingo of Arkansas, who succeeds her husband; Goss of the fifth Connecticut_district, Chiperfield of the fifteenth Illinois district; Parsons of the twenty-fourth Illinois distriet, Dor- sey of ghe second Kentucky district, Hancock of the fifth North Carolina district, James of the seventh North Carolina_district, Berk of the thirty- seventh Pennsylvania district, Rich of the sixteenth Pennsylvania district, Condon of the third Rhode Island dis- trict, Luffbfow of the second Utah dis- trict, Hogg of the fourth West Virginia district and Reilly of the sixth Wiscon- sin district. Agree in Part on Program. On the eve of the opening of Congress President Hoover and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the Upper House, agreed in part on a legisiative program, non-partisan in character, to aid jn bringing about bet- ter economic conditions in the country. Drought Bill Prepared. Senator Robinson of Arkansas has prepared a bill for the relief of the drought-stricken areas which he will introduce tomorrow. It is understood that it has the approval of the admin- istration. Senator Robinson plans to press for early consideration of the measure. He issued a statement today explaining the bill, in which he said: “The bill to relieve’and stabilize con- ditions in areas gravely affected by the drought of 1930 is presented on my per- sonal responsibility. Some of its pro- visions haye been recommended in gen- eral term# by committees, organizations and individuals who have made investi- gations and found necessity for relief legislation by the Congress. “Administration. of the proposed act is dissolved upon the President, whose skill in such tasks is generally known, It may be found desirable to deal with some of the features of the bill in separate measures, They have been grouped together because of the emer- gency character of the legislation, touching which it is believed prompt n is required. actiol $60,000,000 Fund Authorized. “Section 1 authorizes $60,000,000 to be used to furnish seed, food and other supplies to enable farmers in the drought regions to carry on during the year 1931. 1t is, of course, not possible to Mcertsinfi:\'ith certainty !'I'hl: need uired in these purposes. e sum m!‘ud in the bill is based on the ten- tative conclusions and suggestions. of various societies who have been study- ing the situation in detail. “With respect to section 2, which authorizes a loan of $5,000,000 to States riously affected by the drought for :fie relief of what has been termed by a sum ‘farm to market roads,’ very broad powers are conferred on executive authorities, and it may that re- strictions similar to those carried in the bill may be found advisable. The suggestion has been made that a time limit for expenditures should be incor- porated, but it seems to be best to leave such details to be worked out by the administraticn. “Agricultural extension work is gen- erally regarded as of great advantsge. Without some authorization similar to that carried in section 3 of this bill, this work will be discontinued in many localities where it is most needed, be- cause a number of counties will be un- able to contribute the amounts required under the general law.” ‘Wheat Distribution Planned. Section 4 of the Robinson bill author- izes the President to take over the wheat, or any part thereof, which may have been acquired by the Federal Farm Board, and which may have remained ed of at the time of the pas- s proposed law, and to cause > be distributed and used for and food, necessary or help- - making of crops during the in areas affected by the drought. Another section of the bill authorizes the President to have the Secretary of the Treasury issue notes or bonds, if it becomes necessary because of insuffi- clent funds in the Treasury, to provide the sums authorized by the bill. Senator Robinson said he recognized the fact that the proposed distribution of wheat acquired by the Federal Farm Board calls for careful consideration. The idea underlying the plan, he said, | has been approved by many persons Who possess broad experience, among Ythem Willlam G. McAdoo, former Sec- retary of the Treasury, and representa- tives of various farm and market or- ganizations. “The bill Telates to subjects which should, in the opinion of the author,” said Senator Robinson, “be given pri- ormy over other general legislation. In | all probability, other proposals will be advanced which have been more care- o Lerne Jorwaca the ‘auestions’ dealt rwar uestions th in‘ h hope o(qlnvlu them | Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, | wil the speedily considered and acted upon.” | Entombed 72Hours, Miner Still Lives; Fed Through Tube By the Assoclated Press. DORTMUND, Germany, De- cember 1.—Deep underground in a cavity of a coal mine near Kastrop lies a miner buried 72 hours in a collapse of a gallery, but still alive and being fed through an air tube. ‘The gallery caved in Friday noon, engulfing two men who were given up for lost until after 36 hours, when one of them was able to communicate through an air tube that he was not hurt. Milk and beef tea are being administered to him by means of compressed air, he being able to catch the food in his shoe. It is believed he can be saved, but ll;ls d?ompunlon is thought to be lea DAVIS STAYS AWAY - PENDING INQUIRY i AS SENATE MEETS| (Continued From First Page.) presents himself to take the oath of | office at tomorrow’s session of the Sen- ate a fight may be precipitated im- mediately in that body. Senator Nye said that the investigating committee would be prepared to submit a prelim- inary report on the Pennsylvania pri- maries in order to have something be- fore the Senate if the Davis matter comes up tomorrow. Senator Nye, Republican, North | Dakota, head of the Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee, an- nounced last night he would seek to bar the retiring Labor Department Sec- retary for one or two days pending in- quiry into reports that expenditures in. behalf of the Davis-Brown ticket reach- ed over a half million dollars. Francis Shunk Brown was the unsuccessful Re- gual!cun gubernatorfal primary candi- ate. Special Meeting Called. A special meeting of the Nye Com- mittee was called today to inquire into the mnew reports. Davis disclaimed knowledge of excessive spending in his Senator Nye determined only yester- dey to ask that Davis be denied his seat temporarily. A preliminary report. he had expected to submit to the Senate now listed $368,962 as the cost of the Davis-Brown races, with only $10,747 coming from the Hoover cabinet officer’s own pocket. However, a report from special in- vestigators sent to Harrisburg yester- day indicated an additional expendi- ture of perhaps $150,000 over the orig- inal figure of $129,693 reported by Samuel Vauclain, head of the Davis- Brown Campaign Committee. Big Fight Over Governorship. Nye thought his committee could complete the study in two days at the most. Should the supplemental reports prove correct, the campaign investigator said he would let the Senate decide how much of the money went for Davis and what action should be taken. He was not prepared to say he would ask permenent rejection of Davis, He emphasized, however, that the testimony taken by his committee had indicated the biggest fight in the Penn- sylvania Republican primary was over the governorship. Gifford Pinchot de- feated Brown, while Davis won over Senator Grundy. ‘The latter was appointed to the Sen- ate by Gov. Pisher after Vare was de- nied & seat on the ground that more than $700,000 was spent in his behalf in the 1926 primary. Except for the brief service of Grundy, Pennsylvania sumed name. Bryan spiracy to embezzle approximately $5,- employed by Piits as a personal servant from 1923 to 1929. Questioned by Nu- gent Dodds, special assistant to the At- torney General, Howard described in a colorful manner the part he played in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. I“KNEW T00 MUCH,| PITTS' GUARD SAYS Smith Co. Witness Testifies He Was Discharged After Removing Records. (Continued From First Page.) that in May, 1929, he was given $100 by Pitts and told to rent a truck. He said Pitts instructed him to drive the truck himself and to change its license plates. He said he took the license tags from, his own machine and substituted them for those on the truck. He de- clared he drove the truck to the Smith Co. offices here, aided in loading 29 trunks and 3 packages of the firm’s records aboard. The witness said he followed the au- fomobile of Edwards to a farm owned by Pitts, n ear Bradley Hills, Md., where the trunks were unloaded. Denles Theft Accusation. It was brought out on direct examina- tion that Senes had served a term of seven months in Sing Sing Prison in connection with a wire-tapping case. Raichle later sought to draw from Senes an admission that he had been con- victed on several other occasions. The witness denied the charges. The defense attorney also brought out that Senes had instituted suit against Pitts. The witness denied he ever had been accused by Smith Co. employes of stealing an adding machine. Defense counsel failed in an effort to draw a statement from Senes in con- firmation of the defense position that Pitts was in Florida when Senes signed his resignation in New York City. Colored Man Testifies. A quiet-mannered colored man, speak- ing in low tones, today gave to the jury a vivid description of how he spent an entire night in the Spring 01928 burn- ing two or three large boxes of books and papers in a furnace in the base- ment of the Smith Building. The witness was Joseph Howard, who was brought back to the District several weeks ago from the Florida Everglades, where he had been living under an as- Howard’s testimony was the most sensational yet given in the trial of G. Pitts, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr, charged with a con- 000,000 of the company’s funds and to destroy allegedly incriminating records. ‘Worked All Night. The colored man said he had been the burning of the books, which, the Government charges, were important records of the Smith Co. “One night in the Spring of 1928, he said, “I went to the Jeferson Apatt- ments, where Mr. Pitts lived, with John Farquahr, his private secretary. Down in the:basement we got two or three heavy boxes of books and papers and took them back to the basement of the Smith Building. There we opened them and started to work. “Mr. Farquahr and I worked for sev- eral hours, taking them out of the boxes and burning them in the furnace. Fi- nally. about 2 o'clock, he got tired and left, but I stayed there alone until 6 or 7 o'clock the next morning, until the last book was burned.” / Howard was unable to identify any has had only one Senator since that year. s BRI REMOVAL OF ARMY STABLES IS BLOW TO OFFICERS HERE (Continued From First Page.) for economy's sake. There were many objections when he first voiced the idea | last Spring, but on the day he was re- | tired, November 20, the order moving the horses to Fort Myer was issued over his name. | The 65 officers owning 83 horses in | the town stable knew something was brewing, but did not expect it to come | on them as suddenly as it did. Now | they are wondering what can be done | about it. ‘Their objections to the new order of things are numerous, though they are loth to voice them where their objec- tions may be construed as criticlsm of the high officer who issued the com- mand. For one thing, they pcint out, all Army men want a little spirit in their mounts for a canter through oneof the finest systems of bridle paths in the country. This, they declare emphatical- ly. they. do not get after their moutits have been trotted or cantered three or four miles from Fort Myer to their offices over hard pavements, Officer Claims Few Complaints. Capt. L. A. Schafer, in command oY the stables at Fort Myer, where the horses now are quartered, sald today only a few complaints have been heard at Fort Myer over the cha Another complaint heard over the move is that in the old town stable the officers had a well appointed dressing room in the loft. Now, they point out, they have to come to work booted and spurred or ride in mufti. It was pointed out today that Mrs. Hoover may have to ride a jaded steed | also as a result of the order. It is known | Mrs. Hoover recently ordered a new | riding habit and recently had a horse sent over to the White House to be used for a fitting of the habit. Mrs. Hoover has not ridden since she in- Jjured her back at the White House sev- eral months ago, but her secrefaries ly Bills to expand public bufidln{e‘lnd o d_also the have been using the mounts from the, | quartermester stable with considerable | enjoyment. Capt. Shafer said the order does not jaffect Gen Pershing much. The war- | | time leader, he says, does not ride much. | Jeff, the fine old charger, and Nidron, | the horse given him by the French gov- | ernment, are in fine box stalls and liv- | ing handsomely, STUDENT RIOTING ENDS | . HAVANA, December 1 (#).—President Machado this morning signed a decree nullifying the suspension of constitu~ | tional guarantees, which had been in jeffect the last two weeks because of | student disturbances. | Troops that had been on duty in Havana were ordered withdrawn, e s i Newark Church Burned. NEWARK, N. J., December 1 (#). Pire today destroyed the main struc- ture of the Second Presbyterian Church. The loss was estimated at $250,000. . BAND CONCEBT‘. By the United States Marine Band, this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at Marine Barracks audito:lum. Capl. Taylor| | {second leader: | March, “March of the Spanish Sol- | atery De Smetsky | Oyerture " the Lindens, Scenes Stella’ ‘Confidente,” Roban, ai . .Gottschalk - Tschalkowsky . M “The Halls of Montezuma.® “The Star Spangled Banner.” - resumed my work. | met by Mr. Raichle. 5. Glazoro™ |~ from | of the ‘books he burned, beyond saying that some of them resembied a Bible, which he picked up from ine witness stand and showed the jury. “Some of them were looseleaf ledgers,” he said, “and- others looked like this book here.” “That’s the Bible you're holding there,” Justice William Hitz interrupt- ed. “They weren't Bibles, were they?"” Mr. Dodds asked the witness ‘why it took him so long to burn the books. “Well, I reckon they just wouldn't burn any faster,” he answered. Howard's description of his visit to Florida just prior to his disappearance in the Everglades was so colorful that bailiffs frequently were obliged to in- terrupt the proceedings to stop the out- z:xma of laughter among the spec- tors. Stayed in Palm Beach. “Last January,” he said, “I went to Palm Beach, Fla, and stayed at Mr. Pitts’ home. One night, when I was feeling particularly tired, I went into the house after Mr. Pitts had gone to b%d Land the butler and I took a little ‘shot’” Efforts of Mr. Dodds to bring out just what the witness meant by “shot” elicited by degrees that it was a “drink” and finally a “slug of Bacardl rum.” “The next morning,” Howard é¢on- tinued, “I was out in the back yard ting a chair. I got tired and went in for another ‘shot’ Then I “Presently I heard the phone ring. Mr. Pitts came out and sald it was a long-distance call. He said somebody was after me and that I had better beat it. I was right much scared at that and went -back in the house for another ‘shot’. Then I climbed over the back wall and beat it. Met Sheriff on Way. “On the way down to Palm Beach I met the sheriff, and he asked me if I had seen Joe Howard. I told him that I had not. Meeting the sherif® like that made me feet pretty bad, so I got an- other ‘shot’ and went back over the wall to see Mr. Pitts. “1 wanted a hundred dollars, but he refused to give it to me. Finally, how- ever, he consented. I took the money and went back downtown. I was still feeling tired and nervous, 50 I bought a little liquor and stayed drunk for two days. Then I went to a town named Olympia on the edge of the swamps, where I lived under an assumed name. | 1 _stayed there until I learned that there was & bench warrant out for me, and then went back to Palm Beach.” Mr. Dodds questioned the witness- at | some length in an effort to find out whether any money had been sent him while he was away, and by whom it was sent. Howard admitted that he! had received money on several occa- | sions, but could not remember who signed the accompanying letters, or| whether the envelopes were addressed | to him under his real or assumed name. Conferred Last Night, A statement by the witness that he had conferred last night with Pitts and Associate Defense Counsel Frank G.| Raichle in the latter’s office came as a surprise. Howard said that he re-| ceived a telephone call at his home Saturday. “I didn’t recognize the voice,” he sald, “but the party talking asked me to come to room 876 at the Mayflower | Hotel. When I got there I found out that this room was occupled by Mr. Raichie, but he was not in. Later in! th: day, I phoned his offce and the | party answering asked me to come | there. When I arrived I found three; men, one of them being Edmund Toland, cne of the defense attorneys. I wait:d two or three houts for Mr. Raichle, but when he did not come I| went home. He telephoned me that evening and asked me to come back. I went back to the office, wher: I was A few minutes Pitts came in with a d that plained to him that bhad as much right to question the Department of Justice. Helped Load Truck. Mr. Dodds brought his direct exam- ination to a close at this point without ascertaining the nature of the conver- sation in Mr. Raichle's office. Earlier in his testimony Howard told of helping to remove f truck load of Mr. Raichle ex- defense attorneys him as Woman’sBag, Taken In Demonstration, Contains Only Tea “Mme. Annie,” colored, became involved with police during the demonstration at the Capitol today and as a result languished in the sixth precinct station until policemen could investigate a little black bag she carried. It was found to contain ' nothing n';ore revolutionary than tea sam- ples. Two Capitol policemen brought “Mme. Annie” to the station and the little woman, who gave her age as 32 and a Seventeenth street address, was much embar- rassed. “I was taking down an ‘order,” she explained to an unsympa- thetic desk sergeant. “All of a sudden I said to my- self. ‘My goodness, what a big crowd.’ Then 1 waved this little United States badge. That's all I was doing, honest.” “Mme. Annie” is Julia Whit- fleld when she is not selling tea. Police released her. POLICE FIGHT REDS IN CAPITOL PLAZA Several Arrested, Tear Gas Used on Crowd of Alien Sympathizers. (Continued From First Page.) request of Capitol authorities for co- operation, Shelby conferred with Capt. lstephnu G. Nash of the Capitol police orce. ‘The law, incorporated in the District code, under which police were clothed with authority to act, states that it is “forbidden to parade, stand or move in procession in the grounds of the Capi- tol or display any banner, device or sign . . . adapted to bring into public no- tice any party, organization or move- ment.” ‘The Communists, of varied races and colors, gathered here Saturday night and yesterday. A meeting was held in the National Préss auditorium yester- day afternoon, during which vigorously worded speeches were made against “capitalism,” the PFish committee and discriminatory laws. Last night an- other meeting, with more speeches, was held at the Whitelaw Hotel, a colored establishment at Thirteenth and T streets, Last night a number of the deelgates caused a disturbance in a restaurant at 1345 E street when the manager of the place sought to exclude a colored mem- ber of the group. Although many of the delegates had ordered or completed meals, all walked out in protest against the manager's action. About $40 worth of checks were left unpaid, it was stated. Leaders in today's demonstration in- cluded L. Lewis Engdahl, national sec- retary of the International Labor De- fense of New York City; Ella Reeves (Mother) Bloor, labor organizer of North Dakota; Emery Ballint, Hun- garian novelist, and M. T. Nastas, edi- tor of the Ukrainian Daily News. R Dies While at Work. STERLING, Va., December 1 (Spe- cial).—Maurice H. Crosen of St:rling, aged 50 years, died suddenly Friday while working near Falls Church. He is survived by his wife and one daugh- ter, Mrs. Mabel Testerman of Falls Church. trunks last sgr\ng from the Smith Co.’s offices. e said that he helped load the frunks on the truck under the direction of Senes. He said he did not know what was in the trunks, but that “it took a mighty good man” to lift one. Howard said that after the trunks were loaded the truck was driven to Mr. Pitts’ farm at Bradley HI]L!, Md. Edwards and Gerald R. Trimble, a for- mer Smith Co. officer, went along. The next morning, he said, a colored boy came out to the farm. He identifled this boy as being chauffeur for Samuel J. Henry, former Smith Co. president, who was indicted with the other de- fendants, but granted a separate trial. “I went along the Senes, while he drove the truck to another farm fur- ther out in Maryland,” the witness con- tinued. *“About 10 days later, I went back and took the trunks to Arthur Chapman’s farm, near Falls Church, Va. They were left there until last Last September, I went out to Chapman’s place, got the trunks and ibnmu‘m thém back to the Smith Build- g Howard said that Edwards gave him the money with which he paid Ch:;; man $25 a month for storing the tru on his place. . He was unablé to say definitely that he ever saw the trunks again, but said he saw several that looked like them in_Palm Beach. He also told of one trip when Ed- wards and Anadale went to Chapman’s farm with him and selected a dozen or so books from the trunks and took them back to the.Smith Co. offices. TRAFFIC CHANGES . SENTT0 CONGRESS {Proposal Gives District Heads Power to Initiate Regulations. ‘The District Commissioners today sent | to Congress the draft of an act radically changing the present traffic act and de~ signed to carry into effect the recom- Council, which they received recently. The proposed bill places with the Dis- trict Commissioners instead of the traf- jflc director the power to initiate traffic | regulations. They are given authority | to appoint a traffic director, but no limits | are placed on the set-up of his office, The hill gives the Commissioners power not only to adopt the ordinary traffic { regulations, but also regulations refer- ring to registering and titling of auto- mobiles, and to set the limits of pen- alties and fines for violations of the various regulations, within the limits of their general powers. Some Provisions Specific. Although the traffic act amendment deals mostly with general powers, there are some specific provisions relating to traffic rules. The speed limit is abol- ished and the Commissioners are given the power to fix proper speed limits, The mandatory jail sentence for second offenses of reckless driving is abolished and instead the court is given discretion to fine the accused between $100 and $1,000 or imprison him for not more {than one year, or both. A second offense, however, in order to involve such penalties, must have been com- mitted within two years of the date of the first offense, The rule as to reporting after a col- lision is changed so that the driver of an automobile involved in a crash is Trequired to report at a police station within 24 hours instead of repcrting on the scene as now. Mandatory Jail Sentence Lifted. ‘The provision as to driving while drunk is that on the first conviction the individual shall be fined $100 to $500 or be imprisoned from 60 days to 6 months, or both, instead of the present mandatory jail sentence. For the secona offense the penalty is a fine of $200 to $1,000 and imprisonment from 6 months to 1 year, The text of the bill as it is sent up would give the Commissioners power to carry out all of the recommenda- tions made by the Traffic Advisory Councll, except for the one relating to insurance against accidents. A bill pro- viding for this has already passed the House and is pending in the Senate, according to Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride, who drafted the bill. o PLANS SPECIAL SERVICE AT BETHLEHEM CHAPEL Woman’s Auxiliary of Washington Diocese Outlines Program for Memorial Meeting Tomorrow. ‘The annual memorial service for the Woman’s Auxiliary, Diocese of Wash- ington, will be held in Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes will present the work of the Woman’s Committee of the National Cathedral at 11:45 a.J of the Andrew, will tell about the * ‘and Youth” movement for older boys. Miss Grace y, executive secre- tary of the Woman's Auxiliary to the National Ou% will be a 'guest at luncheon and speak. The monthly will _convene at 2 mendations of the Traffic Advisory | 1% 2 OChoate, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1930. —=Star Staff Photos. WOMAN DIES OF BURNS AS RESULT OF CANDLE-LIGHT SEARCH OF ROOM Retired Housekeeper for Late Gen. Wood, Expires in Consequence of Habit of Years. For many years Mrs. Mary Fisher, 72 years old, wealthy retired hous keeper for the late Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, carried a lighted candle to her room and made an inspection tour as a precaution against intruders. ‘That habit, friends and police be: lieve, fisulfi h’é hedr. death at Emerg- - ency Hospi unday morning from Toapend e b | burns. It is believed that Mrs. Fisher found ( Mrs. Fisher, who came from Dublim, turday night | Ireland, came when Mrs. Pisher ran screaming to the head of the stairway at her room!nfrhmue, 3414 Warder street, with her hair and nightgown ablaze. It was 14-year-old Joan Ryan, daugh- ter of John Ryan, landlord at the room- ing house, who first ran to her aid. Joan quickly obtained a wet towel and rla&ud it about Mrs. Fisher, extin- ‘under no lars were and the candle flame ignited the bed cloth- Du# & long residence’ in W e vollie: o erissice natlrs vt | e s o) g’ua not notice the blaze and got into lflzvul be Md;l:(gnl’ urch 'The frst knowlédgs"or the accidedt! ment Wil be tn Mount, Over Cem MANY SEATS S0LD FOR BENEFIT GAME Marines and Coast Guard tor . Play Foot Ball in Aid > " of Unemployed. An active seat sale today was reporte ed by police and firemen and by the general committee in charge of the are rangements for the foot ball game to be played at Griffith Stadium Saturday afternoon between teams representing the United States Marines and the Coast Guard for the benefit of the une employed of the District of Columbia. Police, who-are selling tickets, both reserved and general admission, on the - streets and at the precincts reported the pasteboards moving well, and the en. who are conducting a house- to-house canvass of the entire Dis- trict in an effort to place the tickets, say they are having big success. Isaac Gans, chairman of the Dis- abled Veterans Subcommittee for the game, today asked all who buy tickets to help the unemployed, but who do not intend to use them, to send the tickets to him so that they may be used to seat disabled veterans from Walter Reed, Mount Alto and Navy Hospitals and any other disabled veterans who care to attend. The public is urged to send in the tickets as soon as possible %0 that the committee will know how many to provide for the veterans. of boxes for the game also was reported progressing rapidly today. Ad- ditional boxes sold by the committee, headed by Newbold Noyes, were taken by Count Laszlo Schenyl, Minister of Hungary; Justice J. C. McReynolds of the Supreme Court of the United States; Jefferson Myers of the Shipping Board and Mme. Louis O. Abelli, who will have Senor Don Eduardo Diez de Medina, Minister of Bolivio, as her guest. GIBSON IS BELIEVED MISUNDERSTOOD ON WAR TREATY STAND (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) have been misinterpreted, but it does not indicate any departure from Amers ica’s policy of non-interference in Eu- mm nfla!rx.b! . a number of responsible in Washington believe that it 9:331’3 have been wiser for Mr. Gibson to ab- stain from voting, the official sentiment is that the head of the American dele- gation is at Geneva to talk disarma- ment. He must defend the naval pacts, since, in the opinion of the administra- tion, they are the only real steps made toward disarmament. Under the circumstances, it is serted, he had no option but to. vote with the other signatories of the naval treaties, while he endeavored to make it clear that his vote did not imply that this country was interested in any- thing else but the naval pacts. The State Department was quite emphatic on this subject. We are at Geneva, it was authoritatively stated, to talk armament; we are not willing to discuss them at the present time. Neither are we will- ing to be dragged into such a dijcus- Misgivings Believed Ended. It is unfortunate that in certain countries our policy should have heen misunderstood, but the explanations given should make our position under- s and our action should cause no further misgivings. Europe, that with ‘The news reported from the. United States has Prance to form a financial bloc and cease giving loans to European coune tries which might use them for arma- ment purposes, is also scoffed at by the State Department. The policy of Presi- dent Hoover on this subject is well known. He has repeatedly announced that the United States does not favor any loans to foreign countries unless t‘ég;y, o;i?p:o be used for r:;‘mst{’ucnu, rposes. This policy has not changed and is unlikely tgocthge. It is known here that Count Giuseppe Volpi, former Italian minister of finance, is in this country to obtain a loan for his various companies in Europe, which have already received American finan- cial support. It is also stated that Count Volpi is discreetly .talking with certain bankers about a loan of from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 for the Italian government. So far no banker or group of bankers has approached the State Department on this matter. Con- sequently nobody can say what the re- acticn of the administration will be. Some Obstacles Met. For the time being Count Volpl is experiencing certain difficulties in ob- taining financial support for his private enterprises. It is likely, that on ac- count of Italy’s economic situation, he will experience greater difficulties if he approaches New York bankers for a state loan. Banks, which have large interests in Italy, very likely would be willing to give Italy a loan, but the terms would be so onerous that it would be un- dignified for Italy to accept them. The reluctance of American bankers to float foreign loans is not due, it is stated, to any Machiavelic scheme devised by George L. Harrison, governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and Clement Moret, president of the Bank of France, but simply to the fact that the foreign credit position on the New York money market is such that only Aan extremely solvent country can obtain money today. The public is shy about investing money abroad under the present uncertain political and economic conditions in Europe. (Copyright, 1930.) - BIG POST OFFICE LEASES “GROSSLY EXCESSIVE” Chairman Blaine of Senate Com- mittee Says Annual Rental Is 23 to 40 Per Cent of Property Value. > By the Associated Press. Chairman Blaie of the, Senate Com- mittee Investigating Post Office Leases, said today that virtually every big lease into which the committee has inquired is “grossly excessive.” ‘The annual rental, he said, ranges from 23 to 40 per cent of the value of the prm!r‘tiy. He added Congress should direct the Post Office Department to institute condemnation proceedings in all cages where there are excessive leases. PR Ao s Vi