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WEAT! HER. . 8. Weather Bureau Forscast.) t; Partly cloudy tonigh! ess, rain in the afternoon tures—Highest, 55, at 3 lowest, 45, at w’gfil: in- followed by or at night. Tem- .m. yes- 7:40 a.m. today. report on page 9. , Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,634, post office, Entered as second cla: ‘Washington, matter B, G, WASHINGTON, D. ening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = The Fp C., WEDNESDAY, Wit The every city block DECEMBER 10, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. FR¥ “From Press to Home hin the Hour” Star's carrier system covers d the regular edi- tion is delivered to Wuhinggon homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 115,142 ——— e TWO CENTS. HOOVER JOBLESS PROGRAM TAKEN UP AT ONCE BY SENATE Resentment Expected to Show in Debate on $110,- 000,000 House Bill. . WKELLAR LAUNCHES ATTACK ON PRESIDENT| Demands Apology for Criticism by Executive—La Follette Resolu- tion Would Widen Breach. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover's program for relief | of unemployment forged ahead in Con- @ress today, when the Senate gave im- mediate consideration to the bill ap- propriating $110,000,000 for emergency onstruction on public works. ‘This measure, which passed the\House Ppesterday, was considered by the Senate Wppropriations Committee this morning Bnd was reported to the Senate when & met at noon and was taken up for eonsideration. Evidences were at hand, however, | that resentment on the part of some of | the Senators because of President Hoo- Ver's charge that certain members of Congress were at this ‘time “playing Ppolitics with human misery” was only smouldering and would break into flame @uring the debate later today. McKellar Assails Hoover. Senator McKellar of Tenneee, zxg_oa.g éy mtempflwfiltm :ellnu of the ency appropriation bill to assail President Hoover because of- the state- ment which the Chief Executive gave out yesterday “in which he suggested that members of Congres are playing {politics at the expense of human misery. “The statement given out by the President,” Senator McKellar told the Benate, “assaulting and denouncing the Senate and its members, the Chief Magistrate of this Nation, or nation. If he is worthy of his f,mfi,' ‘? mvl/m 1:olg¢lmmto the Senate. worihy he will not a) to v'}tlfn Szxk," i le the T:nnessee Senator was making this demand, President Hoover's | ld\‘%r! were t;usulyln. his criticism of | Congress on the ground that he must :'ght his own b-mcu because none“:l supporters on Capitol Hill seemed willing to defend him or his relief pro- gram. It was even intimated that the President would return to the attack if future developments warrant-d it ‘The President and his program have been subjected to savage attacks in the Sen- ate during the last two days. ce_no one took up the cudg:ls for him, Mr. to try his own hand at .'Yesterday the President of the' Unii Btates gave out a statement to the m:’f ch and every mem- tl " sald Senator Mec- The cause of his assault was recommended to Congress an lvgmvrhucn of $25,000,000 to be used in lending to the farmers, and he learn- ed that a committee of the Senate had Tecommended a fund of $60,000,000 for this purpose. Declares Assault “Undignified.” “This assault was unprovoked, unjus- flfll( b)ilfld uncmuwtl%nll and um{rue act.” “Instead of sending a message to the Benate expressing his disapproval,” said Senator McKellar, “he takes the undig- Dified, unconstitutional and angry way of running to the newspapers with his | statement. Of course, I do not know | that the President ever read the Con- stitution, and if he is ignorant of its | terms, then he cannot be criticized so severely _ Senator McKellar objected to. the | suggestion* made by the President that | members of Congress were seeking to | Taid the Treasury at this” time. He| sdded: “The President denounces members | of the Senate for adding $35,000,000 to the appropriation recommended for the farmers of the United States in their | distressed condition. But he is more gentle and kind when it comes to the g;lu rich powerful classes in this coun- | who need no help. Last year he | ZFecommended $130,000,000 to be refund- | @d to the rich war profiteers who made their fortunes out of the war.” When Senator McKellar concluded Senator Bingham of Connecticut, Re- publican, made a brief reply: “It is easy to see that the campaign of 1932 is R{O\\' under way,” Senator Bingham declared, commenting on tne speech of Senator McKellar. The Con- | necticut Senator said the speakers on | the Democratic side of the aisle were | ling off campaign material as rapid- | as the stenographers could take it down. Senator Bingham said that if it werce mot for the fact that to do so would de- lay important pending business, - it would give him pleasure to reply at | length o the remarks of Senator Me- | Kellar. He said if he were to under- take such a reply, he would undoubtedly be accused of partisanship, while those who have spoken on the other side con. tend they are mefely defending the dig- nity of the Senate. | The resolution offered late yesterday | by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin “that it is the sense of the Senate of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) is unworthy of FACING CRASH FOR HOUR, SKILLFUL PILOT SAVES 18 Frank Jerdone Brings Transport, With Broken Gear, Down Safely. NOTABLES ABOARD News Writer Discovers Damaged Wheel and Quietly Informs Crew. BY JOSEPH_S. EDGERTON. Aviation Eaftor of The Star. ATLANTA, Ga. December 10.—A magnificent display of piloting skill and coolness in the face of probable dis- aster by Frank Jerdone, former Depart- ment of Commerce test pilot at College Park, Md., and later field aeronautical inspector for the department, saved 18 | passengers here late yesterday after- noon when he landed a giant transport plane on one wheel after a landing gear strut had snapped, leaving one wheel dangling. Due to his skill and courage not one FRANK JERDONE. |of his charges was injured or even | shaken up, though the plane “ground looped” on one wing tip and the crip- pled landing wheel was driven up into the engine nacelle above. __Though planes have been landed be- (Continued on Page FISCAL RELATIONS REPORT ATTACKED BY INQUIRY HEAD Mapes Thinks Efficiency Bu- reau Tried to Work Out De- fense for Lump Sum Plan. ‘The special committee of the House appointed to study the fiscal relation- ship between the United States and | District governments today gave its first | indication of disapproval to the recom- mendation of the Bureau of Efficiency that the Federal Government contribute $10,183,391 toward the expenses of the | District in the 1932 fiscal year and also | to the method adopted by the bureau in | reaching its eonclusions. Beveral .aictive members of the com- mittee registered particular objection to the bureau's plan of considering the United States in the light of a munici- pal taxpayer, while Chairman Mapes declared it appeared that the bureau had tried “to work out a defense of the $9,000,000 Federal lump sum contribu- ton.” | Murphy Upholds View. “I'm not criticizing the Bureau of Efficiency report,” said Mr. Mapes, “but it does appear that the bureau is an advocate of a particular way of adjust- ing this matter of fiscal relations.” Thomas F. Murphy, assistant chief of the Efficiency Bureau, who was com- pleting his explanation to the commit- tee of the bureau’s report, strongly de- fended his organization’s recommenda. tions and the formula proposed for arriving at the Federal contribution as fair and equitable, both to the Federal and District Governments._ Even under a batrage of questions, Murphy would not weaken in the bureau’s contention, Mapes Doubts Accuracy. Chairman Mapes, who throughout the discussion had strongly shown his o position to the bureau's plan of co; sidering the Unit-d States as a muni pal’ taxpayer for the purpose of arri (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) REAL ESTATE DEALER GIVEN MASONIC HONOR Louis J. Raebach Elected Master of Samuel Gompers Lodge. Memorial Services Held. Louis J. Raebach, real estate and in- surance man, was elected master of Samuel Gompers Masonic Lodge, No. 45, at a meeting last night in the Masonic Temple. Memorial services for departed members were conducted by Past Master Edward Burkholder of Na- tional Lodge, No. 12. The new officers were installed by Frank M. Roller, grand lecturer of the District of Columbia Grand Lodge. NETTEE_TON'QUITS SHIP Junior Aviator Unable to Save Wrecked Airplane. SAN DIEGO, Calif., Deccmber 10 (#). —Gerald Nettleton, youthful Toledo, Ohio, transcontinental flyer, who made new junior transcontinental flying rec- ord—today announced he had decided to abandon his wrecked machine and return to Toledo Thursday. The only things he was able to sal- vage are a few tools and the bank and turn indicator. MOTHER FINDS 2MONTH-OLD BABY SUFFOCATED IN BETHESDA Bedclothes Cause Death of Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. | A. F. Bergman. By & Btaft Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md, December 10.— ‘With his face covered with bedclothes, the 2-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bergman, 4804 Moorland lane, was found suffocated this morning. After Mrs. Bergman found the child he was rushed to Georgtown University Hospital In Washington and oxygen was administered for more than half an hour. No signs of returning life re- warded the efforts and Dr. J. D. Daiman pronounced the child dead. The child ‘was named A. F. Bergman, jr. Its father is the manager of A. G. Spalding & The child was all right at that time. about half an hour later, she found the baby’s head covered with the bedclothes. Mrs, Bergman summoned her husband, who ran to the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department station, which is fust around the corner from the Bergman home. The fire department rescue squad, composed of James E. Spiller, Martin F. Abbott, Albert Watkins and John L. Imirie, manned the emergency car and took the baby to the office of Dr. Ben- Jamin Perry. The physician was not in 80 they continued on to the hospital. The run from Bethesda to Georgetown was made in seven minutes, with Spiller driving and Montgomery County Police- man Windsor Poole clearing the way of Bros., Washington sporting goods store. Mrs. Bergman left the child in bed the second floor this morning, when . ‘went down stairs to cook breakfast. traffic. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bergman were overcome by the tragedy and required the medical assistance Dr. Emil Bauersseld. When she returned to the bedroom | TS DEPISTED ONLY N HONEY, DEFENSE CLANS Smith Co. Counsel Promises “to Annihilate” Charges of Embezzlement. | F. H. Smith Co. ccnspiracy case, now on trial in District Supreme Court, to- day promised “to eliminate and an- nihilate every vestige of criminality” suggested in the indictment against G. Bryan Pitts, John H. Edwards, jr., and C. Elbert Anadale. The three men, formerly officers of the Smith Co. are charged by the bezzle company funds and destroy its records. An outline of the facts which the defense expects to prove in substantia- tion of its claim that the defendants are innocent of the charge was given to the jury by Wilton J. Lambert, of defense counsel. Claims Money Was Pitis’ Own. After stating that the defense would rely in part on some of the Govern- ment's testimony, which claim tends to prove the innocence of the defendants, Mr. Lambert began an ex- planation of facts which he said would show conclusively that Pitts never em- bezzled any money from the Smith Co., and that he did not conspire with the other defendants to do so. He sald it would be admitted that Pitts had fre- |quently deposited money in various | banks as claimed by the Government, |but that it would be shown that thus { was his money and he had the right | to do with it as he pleased. “We will show that he had as much right to the use of this money as you gentlemen have to purchase a package of cigarettes,” Mr. Lambert declared. ‘We will further show there was never any thought on the part of the defend- ants to take that which did not belong to them. If they made any mistakes |in judgment, that is not enough to con- stitute the conspiracy charged by the Government.” | Mr. Lambert then went into an ex- planation sof the financing plan em- ployed by ths Smith Co., which, he said, | resulted in Pitts being entitled to con- | siderable sums of money from the com- | pany. Describes Surpluses. “The Smith Co. followed a system of | building operations which is in common use. They would acquire a plece of property and then plan to erect thereon | a building, let us say at a cost of $1,000,- 000. A corporation would be formed to finance this enterprise, and stock in the corporation would be sold to various in- | dividuals. There were occasions, -how- ever, when the building in question | would finally be completed for a sum | smaller than had been anticipated. | That would then leave a surplus of | money in the treasury of the corpora- | tion which rightfully belonged to the stockholders. “We will show that in some cases, Mr. | Pitts owned substantially all of the stock in these corporations and that | there was nothing criminal in his tak- ing this surplus money and depositing |it in cash to his credit in any bank he | might select. We will prove that the | money involved in all pf the 95 alleged | @ parachute 18ap from his plane Thanks- | embezzlements upon which the Govern- | Biving day in a storm near here when | ment relies actually belonged, in fact, | he was almost in sight of his goal—a |to Mr. Pitts. | ““Let us take, for example, the Bever- ly Building Corporation, which was or- ganized to bulld the Law and Pinance | Building in Pittsburgh. The stock in | this corporation was owned almost en- tirely by Emory Coblentz, financier of | Frederick, Md. 'The construction work | 7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) RAIL LEADERS WEIGH SIX-HOUR-DAY PLAN Unemployment Relief Proposal Discussed by Special Group Secretly. Labor leaders of the railroad indus- | try continued their conferences today |on the proposal for a six-hour day to | relieve unemployment. ‘The discussions were resumed this morning at headquarters of the railway brotherhoods, on B street near the Cap- itol. A meeting of the group was held last night, but Do announcement was forthcom! regarding progress made. All of u::‘ sessions are being held’:e- hind closed doors. The group convened here Monday, under authority of a resolution adopted at a recent meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, of a special committee assigned to pro- mote the plan for a shorter day in the railroad industry. Radio Programs on Page A-10 T Counsel for the defendants n thé | Government with a conspiracy to em- | ITYDINGS ATTEMPTS 0 LIMIT SCOPE OF REAL ESTATE QUIZ Maryland Senator Fails to Restrict Inquiry to Wash- ington Firms. EX-SALESMAN TELLS OF COUNTRY CLUB PLAN Woman Prospects Given Special Attention, He Says—Wardman Decision Deferred. A move by Senator Tydings of Mary- land, to definitely restrict the scope of | the investigation of the Blaine subcom- | mittee of the Senat: into conditions in | real estate business in Washington, | made after a two-hour hearing this morning, ended in an impasse, when Senator Blaine, of Wisconsin, chairman of the committes, strongly upheld the procedure of the body and indicated a determination to continue, without limiting the committee’s activities. A colloquy developed on this point when Sendtor Tydings voiced his oppo- sition to “going on fishing expeditions” to find if local real estate men had been guilty of any misconduct, and strongly held out that the committee should establish a prima facle case before any witnesses or real estate company records were placed under subpoena to be hailed before the committee. Proposal Is Dropped . Senator Blaine immediately met the issue by declaring that it would be im- possible to establish such a prima facle case unless the committee did exercise its power to subpoena witnesses and records. The matter was dropped when Senator Tydings declined to put his suggestion in the form of a motion, no decision therefore being called for from the committee as a whole. This development came after Senator Blaine announced that decision would be deferred as to what should be done in the case of Harry Wardman, prom- inent figure in the Washington realty and copstruction fleld for many years, who last week flatly refused to produce before the Senate Committee books and records of the Wardman Corpora- tion, contending that such would con- stitute “unreasonable seizure” of pri- vate documénts. Senator Blalne said that Wardman's action of last week was a clear indi- cation that that company would use every possible obstruction tactics in order to hamper the committee’s at- tempt to obtain subpoenaed records. Since the suit over receivership for the Wi Mortgage & Discount in a court in Alexandria is to be resumed tomorrow, Senator Blaine said, the committee ;tm;‘ld be bg:lk:yed zlfl tting possession of those unt 't.l"mt case was ended. He said, there- fore, that decision as t6 what would be done regarding Wardman's refusal to produce books and records would be de- ferred “until the decks have been cleared.” This announcement was made after the committee had spent nearly two hours delving deeply into the af- fairs of the Country Club Properties Co., Inc., a promotion concern engaged in selling suburban property in Mont- gomery County, under a system includ- /ing a free lunch and free lecture on psychology. Mrs. Clara Carr, 58 years old, widow of 212 Rittenhouse street, who had given extensive testimony regarding how she was led to buy a lot on promises and make a profit, was recalled by Sen- ator Blaine, to develop what the Senator sald was a “very important matter.” He had Mrs. Carr identify an envelope bearing postage stamps containing an announcement, published in a morning newspaper, that the company was im- mediately ‘going to build 25 houses on the undeveloped suburban tract, and stating that all needed transportation and utilities were available, Subsequent testimony brought out that only one house had been placed under construction, that certain com- munity facilities were not yet installed, and that lot buyers had made pur- chases on the basis that the announced developments would enable them to sell at a profit. Senmtor Blaine then announced that he propcsed to have the exhibits sent to_the United States attorney for his (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) |WOMAN IS BEATEN ON ROAD BY MEN | Says She Was Dragged From Car, Attacked and Clothes Soaked With Kerosene, 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 10.— Claiming that she was dragged from an automobile parked off the Washington- Baltimore boulevard, near Savage, se- verely beaten by three men and her clothes saturated with kerosene, Mrs. Rose Grimes, 33 years old, of Clarks- ville is in the St.- Agnes’ Hospital here bruises, According to the story told to Patrol- man William Stanton, Mrs, Grimes sald that she was parked on a side road with two men who work on a farm near Clarksville when another car drove alonfime, having in it three men, one of whom she said she knew. She dlleged that the three beat her into insensibility, and left her by the side of the road, and added that when she regained consciousness her clothes were saturated with kerosene. She further told the police, it was said, that a passing motorist took her to the home of her sister, Mrs. Anna Kaiser, in Laurel, who called a cab and sent her to the Baltimore hospital. She said that when she recovered her senses she was on the boulevard near the sub- station of the Maryland State police near Laurel. — MEYER 0.K.D BY SENATE ‘The Senate Banking and Currency Committee today approved the nomina- tion of Eugene Meyer to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board. The committee tment to!!:“;‘od-gprlhrfl 1t . son o u!lo::nz-nlmm b that she would be able to sell quickly | recelving treatment for severe cuts and | oved the re- | THEY CANT FOOL ME.! THEY DONT Civie forces in the Greater Washing- ton area were called upon today to unite in & campaign to clear the highway ap- proaches to the National Capital of commercialized ugliness before the migration of thousands of visitors to the George Washington Bicentennial celebration degins in 1932, Sponsored by the American Civic As- soclation, the campaign is being di- rected against the array of advertising billboards that litter the roadsides in the hope that motorists may drive into ‘Washington without being offended by unnecessary ugliness and also to lay the foundation for the preservation of rural CIVIC WASHINGTON OPENS WAR ON DUMPS AND BILLBOARDS| Highways Entering Capital Shown Clut- tered With Ugliness—Plea Made for Unified Action. scenery and the promotion of good roadside planting. Photos Show Sore Spots. “With millions of dollars being spent to make Washington the most beautiful | capital city in the world, it is incon- ceivable that the ugliness and disorder of the approaches to the Natlon's Capital are a matter of unfavorable comment all over the country,” Mrs. W. L. Lawton, chairman of the National Council for Promotion of de Beauty, declared at the initial meeting which yesterday afternoon launched the campalgn. Then Mrs. Lawton proceeded to illustrate her arguments with lantern' slides, showing the devastating effect of billboards, dumps and unsightly " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) FAUST CONSIDERED FOR JUDGE'S 0B May Succeed Justice Hitz When Latter Takes Place on Court of Appeals. The name of Frederick de C. Faust, who has been practicing law in this jcity for a number of years, has been peals. Mr. Faust is by no means a candi- |and his qualifications friends without his knowledge. further inquiry was made into his rec- \’seriuu! contender, it is understood. . May Get Higher Post. There is some possibility of his being considered for the Court of Appeals, where the:e will still be a vacancy even after the promotion of Justice Hitz. However, there is some feeling that the remaining vacancy on this higher local court may go to some one outside of the District of Columbia. H. Prescott Gatley, a local attorney, also is being considered for this high court. James N. Proctor, local attorney and former assistant United States attorney for the District, is known to be among ose being seriously considered for appointment to succeed Justice Hitz. He was proposed by the District Bar “Association and by the Republican State Committee in and for the District of Columbia. Among others known to have been suggested are Paul Sleman of Chevy Chase, Md., who was proposed by Sena- tor Goldsborough of that State; E. A. Harriman, Robert McNeil and H. Win- ship Wheatley. All Are Investigated. All of these names have been sent by the White House to the Department of Justice for inquiry and for report as to individual qualifications. To a large degree it will be upon the recom- mendations of the Attorsey General that President Hoover will make his selections for these local bench places. With the exception of Mr. Faust these other names have been previ- ously made public. Mr. Faust is a native of this city, having been born here 56 years ago. For a number of years he was trust officer of the Metro- politan National Bank. , He started his career as a page in the United States Supreme Court and later became a deputy marshal in that court. During that period he studied law at the old Columbian Law School, gradu- ating in 1893. He became a special at- torney at the Department of Justice in 1904, where he remained until 1913. At that time he entered upon the practice of law here. At the White House it was indicated that the President’s appointment of Justice Hitz to the Court of Appeals would probably be made within the next two weeks. It is not known now whether he will be in a pesition to fll the remaining vacancy on this court at that time. It 1s thought, however, that the President will wait until Justice Hitz’s confirmed by the Senate be- fore announcing his Supreme Court. {added to those known to be under Plan production and control marketing, | serfous consideration by President Hoo- | coupled with adequate tariff protection, ver for appointment to the Supreme | are the hope of agriculture, Arthur M. Court of the District of Columbia to | Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, told the succeed Justice Willlam Hitz when the |American Farm Bureau Federation to- |latter is elevated to the Court of Ap- 9ay. date for this bench appointment. His | name was presented at the White House | tWofold; to stop uneconomic expansion outlined by | to new lands; to get unprofitable sub- ‘When | marginal land out of.crop production, | ord, Mr. Faust soon loomed up as a | PAart of farmers themselves, to regulate mum‘ BOARD OF CONTROL - HELD FARM HOPE Hyde Tells Conference Or- ganization Would Supervise | Crops and Marketing. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 10.—An organ- ization of farmers brcad enough to “The root of our troubles is over- production,” he asserted. “The job immediately ahead of us is and by direct positive action on the| the acreage in crops.”* In the balancing of American crops against market demands, he said, “tariff protection is of fundamental| importance.” Curtailment Is Solution. He ridiculed the theories of those who argue that the whole answer to the problem of farm distress is the reduction of production cqsts, and who assert that it is the inability of the world to buy foods and fibers that causes surpluses. “I merely want to inquire,” he said, “whether any member of the Farm Bureau Federation want to live out of any price that India and China can afford to’pay for wheat, or such price (Continued on Page 4, Colum n 2.) RESIGNATION DEMAND MADE ON MACHADO Former Supporter of Cuban Presi- | dent Fears Anarchy Unless Change Is Made. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 10.—Dr. Carlos Manuel de la Cruz, Conservative' party Representative from Havana Province and formerly a strong supporter of President Machado, today sent a letter to the President demanding that he resign “to save Cuba from a state of anarchy.” ¥ A copy of the letter was given to the newspaper El Mundo. It recommended that the resignation become effective the first Monday of April, and that a provisional government be established at that time to direct Cuban affairs until May 20, 1932, elections to be held meanwhile. “Changes in the cabinet and at- tempted compromise with students are mer?ecuva antidotes for Cuba's present {lls,” Dr. de la wrote. “I believe constitutional steps necessary at once if Cuba is to escape anarchy.” Dr. de la Oruz recently threw the Chamber of Deputies into an uproar when, in voting against President Machado's request for er to st d throughout a man Who was carrying cigs early today. SENATE COMMITTEE CLEARS WAY FOR SALARY INCREASES House Amendment to Treas- ury-Post Office Fiscal Bill Stricken Out. MEASURE LIKELY TO BE REPORTED TODAY Leaders for Settling Question at Once to Avoid Delaying Short Session. The Senate Appropriations Commit- BILL WOULD END TRAFFIC DIRECTOR District Commissioners Seek Consolidation in Measure Sent to Congress. The draft of a bill abolishing the of- fice of the director of traffic and trans- ferring all of its powers to the District Commissioners was sent to Congress by the District Commissioners today with & request for its passage at this session. This bill was a redraft of the first bill on the subject, introduced by the Com- missioners December 1. It had been expected that the only changes to be Introduced would be to define more closely the respective juris- tee today decided to strike from the Treasury-Postoffiee appropriation bill the House amendment which would have prevented any increases in salaries of Government employes within grades of the classification law during the next fiscal year. In taking this step the Senate Com- mittee supported the subcommitted headed by Senator Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, in charge of the details of this bill. The subcommittee is un- derstood to have recommended elimi- nation of the House provision. ‘The bill probably will be rted to the Senate this afternoon and may be taken up tomorrow on the floor. It is expected that the Senate will support the action of its committee on the sal- ary question. The budget submitted to Congress Wwhen it convened contained 30 per cent of the amount requifed to raise the salaries of those Government positions throughout the service which have been found to be below the average. In recommending this amount the idea was to spread over two or three years the cost of bringing up these under average salaries. The proposal s in- tended to carry out the intent of the original classification law of 1923, Adoption of Amendment. ‘The Hou‘:flroprhuml Committee, however, su led last week in has the house adopt an amendment whic} would have prohibited such increases during the next fiscal year. this amendment which™ the Senate committee has decided to cut out. Senate leaders feel that unless this question is fought out and settled on this first appropriation bill it will recur dictions of the Publie Utilities Commis- | in _the sion and the District Commissioners, but when the bill was given out for publication this morning it ered that its terms seek to office of the director of trai out of existence. The Commissioners’ first. bill had simply given them power to ap- point a director of traffic in accordance with the personnel classification A” and to remove him for cause, and lei them the power to keep the traffic di- rector's office an independent niza. the orgal - | is tion or to make it a part of the Police Department or any other department they saw fit. Complete Power Granted. When questioned on this difference today, Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, who has charge of traffic matters, said that the Commissioners have not changed their minds between the dis- patching of the two bills. He said that | this bill must not be taken to mean | that the present traffic organization would be abolished if the bill is passed or that it would not. He said his view was that the bill gave the Commission- ers power to abolish the office if they saw fit, or to keep it, or. to change the title of traffic director to traffic engi- neer, or to make any similar adjust- ments. The language of the act reads: “In section 6 (a), the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to make, modify and enforce usual and reason- able laws and regulations relating to the regulation of vehicles, the control of traffic. the registration of motor vehicles and the issuance and revoca- tion of operators permits and to ex- ercise any power or perform any duty imposed on the director of traffic, which office is hereby abolished, and in the administration of the above powers BRITAIN'S POLICIES FLAYED BY INCHCAPE Ship Magnate Attributes Unprece- dented Slump in Part to Lavish Doles. By the Assoclated Press. . LONDON, December 10.—In what amounted to a slashing attack on Britain’s internal financial policies, Lord Inchcape, shipping magnate, today de- clared he never had known trade to be s0 bad as in the past few months, and he predicted that “the prospects for | shipping are far from bright.” He spoke at an annual meeting of the Peninsular & Orient Shipping Co. and attributed the gloomy situation to “too lavish a hand in the payment of doles to the unemployed.” “The man who earns a good income by means of his own brains and in- dustry,” he said, “is now called upon to contribute 60 per cent of his earnings for income tax and super tax while he is alive, and in many cases death duties absorb half his estate when he dies.” Such taxes he characterized as ‘i on the fruits of industry,” and declared that a large part of such revenue for was discov- | is te te this afternoon carries : total of u,oubslon,som This ne Senate Committee made the decreases: Under the heading of com- Penntlon to postmasters, $500,000; vil- age dellvfi service, $100,000, and car fare and yele, $50,000. Meanwhile today Representative La- Guardia, Republican, of New York, served notice he intends to continue his fight against the Wood amendment, Representative LaGuardia claims he, and not Chairman Wood of the Appro- priation Committee, is spokesman for the President and the administration in this fight and defles Chairman Wood to prove the contrary. “The fight is on and no one can say that I ever quit in a fight,” said Repre- sentative LaGuardia in announcing his determination to carry the salary fight through to a finish on behalf of the Government employes. “I am prepared to refute every one of Chairman Wood's ‘wild’ statements and I believe that' my case in behalf of the Government workers is in better shape today than it was when we knocked out the general blanket prohi- bition against increases which Chair- man Wood endeavored to have a proved in the Treasury, Post Office ap- propriation bill. “I challenge Chairman Wood to prove his statement that the cost of iving has gone down 30 per cent. The cost of rent, of fuel, food and clothing has not gone down. If Chairman Wood predicates his case against the Govern- ment workers on that ground he is easily refuted. “Chairman Wood has always boasted that he stood by the President. Here we find him running out on the Presi- dent, who has in his message and through the budget recommended these iIncreases and the carrying for- ward of the three-year plan of the ad- ministration to bring up under-average salaries. Mr. Wood cannot persuade the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) LIQUOR AND SHIP BURN Coast Guard Rescues Crew as Run- ner Is Destroyed. SAN FRANCISCO, December 10 (#). —Capt. Eugene Blake of the Coast Guard announced. today he had been informed that the rum runner, Chapel Point, and its cargo of liquor, had been destroyed by fire in Mexican waters off Point Colnett. No lives were lost and none was seri- ously injured, Capt. Blake said he had been advised, adding that possibly spon- taneous combusion had caused the fire. Although the vessel was being watched by the Coast Guard, there was no battle, Blake said. The vessel burned to the waters® edge and the crew was rescued the government constitutes ‘reckless plunder.” by the Coast Guard cutter Montgome ery, he asserted. POLICEMAN CHATS WITH BUSY MAN LOADING TRUCK, LEARNS TOO LATE Worker Carrying Away Supplies From Cafe Turns Out to Be Burglar. By the Assoclated Prem.., WATSEKA, Ill, Decél 10.—Night Foliceman Nels Wagner upon & a3 , punch boards and jewelry out of the txig cafe “Hello,” sald the visitor. yourself,” W: con- thought he tinued I merchandise into an automobile. / Finally the man cleaned out the cash register and drove away. When the place was opened for busi- the robbery was reported. ‘What!" exclaimed w‘fi; know he was robbing worked there,"”