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No. CONGRESS PASSES | §311,000,000 RELIEF | AND TAKES RECESS Session Ends After Midnight | as Senate Yields on Emergency Measures. 1,384—No. 31,645, $116,000,000 WORK BILL GETS QUICK APPROVAL $45,000,000 for Drought Loans; and $150,000,000 for Farm | Board Voted. By the Associated Press. Clocks were at 12:05 a.m. today as Congress quit for the holidays after voting $311,000,000 in emergency re- lef as its Christmas gift to the Nation. The recess will be over on January 5. It was a snarling, strife-torn Senate, however, that yielded long enough to permit enactment of the emergency legislation, and the anxious leadership looked ahead with misgivings last night to the prospect of finishing the regular business before March 4. ‘The Senate began its session at 11 o'clock in the morning, and at 11 o'clock at night debate on the Farm Board ap- propriation was at high pitch. House ‘members, their work long since finished, looked at the clock, told stories and yawned as thev waited. Co-operation All But Buried. ‘The heralded Republican-Democratic €0-0} tion movement to speed legisla- tion and : l':l&ld s-n h:xtn st:]x;mbo" Congress pring was ut buried under the dissension which flared into both rmea. None of the regular appropriation bills carrying the funds to meet the Government's expenses during the next year got through the Senate for final enactment—and these must be disposed of before March 4 if the extra session is to_be avoided. Beginning with apparent cordiality toward the President, the mood of many Senators changed quickly after he is- sued a statement that “the Senate was playing politics at the expense of hu- man misery.” ‘The Senate had passed a drought re- lef bill for $60,000,000, instead of the lower figure wanted by the administra- tion and amendment to the $116,000, 000 for immediate use on public im- provements had not been to Mr. Hoover’s liking. Work Accomplished. In addition, bills authoriza- :g‘flo!hmdndl of duced. ly a passed after the criticized -and assalled on the Senate floor, Western Joining Dgaocahlnm:t:ugé 5 e substance of accomplish- ments for the first three weeks of this session—and most of it was enacted to- mm'{uflmhflmnlm&mu— Passed _ $116,000,000 _appropriation for immegiate use in public improve- ments. Passed authorization of $45,000,000 for loans to drought-stricken farmers o put in next year's crops. | Passed additional appropriation of $150,000,000 for Farm Board, giving it 3 total of $400,000,000 of the $500,000,- 000 fund at its disposal. Confirmed nominations of five ap- pointees to the reorganized Power Com- | mission. Hoover Signs Bill. President Hoover late yesterday signed | the bill putting $116,000,000 immediately at his ‘disposal for new jobs on Fed- eral improvements throughout the| Nation. | ‘This emergency measure got through | Congress early in the afternoon and| together with the measure authorizing $45,000,000 for loans to drought-stricken farmers to put in next year’s crops was | promptly signed. ‘The $45.000,000 must still be l{:.pm- priated. This will be done immediately after the holidays and meanwhile ar- rangements will be perfected for get- the loans to the farmers. { e $116,000,000 is available at once and will be put into immediate use. In | his recommer.ziations and in his public | statements c: 'rning them, the Presi- dent has emvhasized that work can begin immediately. Technical Phases Complete. All the technical phases such as ob- | tfaining sites, architectural planning and | engineering have been completed on all the projects included under the recom- mendations. Mr. Hoover has said actual employment under the bill can start in most cases within from one to three | months. The bill, in addition to allowing actual labor to start on buildings and other projects, will provide labor in| various industries, such as steel, brick, | quarrying and in machinery manufac- turing, which will supply materials. | The legislation completed the emer- gency program recommended by Presi- dent Hoover, but as the Senate gave final approval to the $116,000,000 it heard a new appeal for additional relief. Senators La Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, and Walsh, Democrat, Mas- | sachusetts, assailed the appropriation | @s a “drop in the bucket.” They read | reports from an independent survey of | employment conditions in more theii | 200 cities conducted by themselves and | ed that Congress enact a direct | ) {and Claude L. Draper of Wyom‘ny, the jons beyond had been intro- | of ! ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Entered as second class matter vost office. Washington, D. C. Confirmed FRANK R. McNINCH. SENATE CONFIRMS POWER PERSONNEL Approval of Smith, Garsaud| and McNinch Puts End to Extended Debate. By the Associated Press. The personnel of the Power Com- mission was completed last night, when e Senate confirmed the last three of | ident Hoover’s nominations—Cha'r- | try. man George Otis Smith of Maine, Frank, R. McNinch of North Carolina and Marcel Garsaud of Louisiana. Ralph B. Williamson of Washington other members of the commission, were confirmed yesterday. McNinch and Garsaud were named as Democrats, the others as Republicans. Adjourn for Christmas. ‘The Senate debated the nominations late into the night in order %o con- firm them before adjourning for the Christmas recess. The new commission will be or- ganized immediately to replace the present commission. All three nominations considered to- n'ght developed opposition on the floor. Smith was confirmed by a vote of 38 t‘g 22; McNinch, 47 to 11, and Garsaud, to 14. The roll call on McNinch’s nomina- tion follows: Democrats_for confirma Bulkley, ‘Harris, Heflin, drick, McGill, Morrison, Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons, Thomas Oklahoms, Trammell and Wheeler —14. Republicans for: Blaine, Borah, Brcokhart, Ca b Carey, Couzens, Cutt , Davis, ), Gillett, Glenn, Goff, Gol ough, Hale, Hebert, Howell, Johnson, Jones, La Follette, McNary, Moses, Norbeck. Nor- Oddle, Shortridge, Sm , Thomas of Idaho, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott and Watson—33. Grand total for: 47. Democrats against: Ashurst, Broussard, Caraway, Dill, Hayden, King, McKellar, Pittman, ‘Wagner and Walsh of Montana—10. Revuhflfllnl against: Grand total against: 11. ~.McNinch Nomination Debated. The McNinch nomination resulted in the longest and most vigorous debate, developing into an intra-party row m the Democrats. He was con- by 33 Republicans and 14 Demo- cratic votes with 10 Democrats and 1 Republican against him. McNinch, a leader of the North Carolina revolt against Alfred E. Smith, in 1928, sat in the gallery, while he was praised and attacked. When he was confirmed, turned around and shook hands with every one near him, a smile on his face. Three Democrats, Hawes of Missouri, Glass of Virginia and Walsh of Mon- tana, led the attack on McNinch. The nominee was supported by the two North Carolina Senators, Simmons and Morrison, and Senators Barkley, Kentucky, and Wheeler, Democrat, Montana. Morrison, in his maiden speech to the Senate, vigorously defended the nominee though he admitted he was not a good Democrat. “The issue is not whether he is a Democrat, but whether he is a Republi- can,” Morrison said. “If he is not a Republican there is no violation of the statute.” Morrison said if the Democrats had contended McNinch, and others like | him, were Republicans in the last elec- tion, Senator-elect Bailey, Democrat, North Carolina, would not soon be a member of the Senate. (Called Progressive Liberal Democrat. “In 1928, Morrison said, “McNinch becam: profoundly and conscientiously troubled by the nomination of Smith. Ho forfeited a brilliant political career to oppose Smith’s election.” “In basic principle,” he continued, “McNinch is a progressive liberal Demo- who worshipped Bryan and and never will be. He’s an independent man and has no connection with the power interests.” “As for the so-called power trusts and their evil practices,” he continued, “I'stand ready to do battle against them in every possible way, but there are some power companies which are doing INTENDED VICTIMS FRUSTRATE TWO HOLD-UPS OF APARTMENTS Well Known Authoress Outwits Robber; Man Shot In Leg he WASHINGTON, D. NEGOTIATIONS OPEN FOR TRAIN UNIONS TOLINKTOA.F.OFL Trainmen President Names Committee to Meet With Federation Agents. CHANCE FOR AGREEMENT VIEWED OPTIMISTICALLY William Green Credited With Start- ing Conversations to Form “Solid Front.” By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, December 20.—A new campaign was in progress tonight to affiliate * the major railroad labor brotherhoods with the American Fed- eration of Labor to enable organized labor to meet its future problems with a “solid front” of 3,500,000 members. Negotiations to this end, instituted by Willlam Green, president of the federa- tion, were disclosed today by Alexander F. Whitney, president of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen, when he announced the appointment of a train- men's committee to confer with a com- ! mittee from the federation. In the belief of many labor leaders, the proposed affiliation of the brother- hoods and the federation is one of the most important undertakings in the history of organized labor in this coun- 500,000 Members. Thus far, the negotiations with the trainmen’s - brotherhood are the only‘ ones revealed, but labor leaders are con- | fident the plans will include similar pro- posals to the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Fire- men and Enginemen and the Brother- hood of Railway Conductors. Together with the trainmen, they have a mem- bership of approximately 500,000. Should an agreement be reached dur- ing the next several months, the pro- posed affiliation will be submitted to the federation convention probably in October next year. In the past the almost utter lack of connection between the Big Four broth- erhoods and the federation has kept them from enjoying the supporting strength of each other. A number of difficulties hitherto have prevented af- filiation. Fresident Whitney seemed optimistic over affiliation possibilities today, how- ever. “I don't think there are any in- surmountable obstacles in the way of agreement,” he said. “Time has brought about a better feeling and I think there are possibilities for an affiliation.” Problems to Be Solved. Among the old disputes between the federation and the major. brotherhoods has been the question of jurisdiction on electrified railroads. The Amalgamated Assoctation of Street Railway Employes. 8 member of the federation, has claimed its scope should include employes of the electrified roads. To this the brother- hoods have refused to agree. Another problem remaining to be solved is the federation requirement that there shall be no duplication of organizaticn in its membership. A dozen rajiroad brotherhoods already be- longing to the federation would in some measure be in conflict with the Big Four brotherhoods on that principle. The committee appointed by Presi- dent Whitney to confer with the feder- ation's representatives consists of James A. Farquharson, legislative representa- tive; S. R. Harvey, assistant president, and Mr. Whitney. Firemen Not Included. D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, denied emphatically that his organization is a party to any movement toward affiliation of the brotherhoods with the federation. “There is absolutely no truth in any report concerning our organization and such a movement,” Robertson said. GREEN 1S HOPEFUL. Head of Federation Believes Affiliation May Be Accomplished. Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, last night said he was “very hopeful” that the negotiations now under way for af- filiation of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen with the A. F. of L. may be accomplished. Through informal conferences and correspondence, the negotiations, Mr. " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) SHARP RISE SHOWN IN U. S.-SOVIET TRADE| Total for Year Ending September 80 Put at $149,223,000, or 38.6 Per Cent Gain. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 20.—Soviet purchases in the United States in the year ended September 30 totaled $149,- 223,000 and increased 38.6 per cent over the preceding 12 months, according to a statistical analysis published today by the Amtorg Trading Corporation. This is the commercial representative of the Soviet government in the United States. { More than four-fifths of the year's| purchases consisted of industrial and agriculturai machinery, sald an article | in the current issue of the Economic Review of the Soviet Union. During the seven years sinc tion of regular ‘trade ctions Soviet-American trade turnover totaled | ump- Protecting Diamond Ring and $700. Audacious bandits forsook the dark streets last night and went into two well lighted apartment houses in the north- | west section in search of victims, but ‘were frustrated in two daring attempted robberies. | ‘Mrs. Valrie McMahan, well known fiction writer of the Greenbrier Apart- ments, at 1107 Sixteenth street, was one of those held up, but she outwitted the robber and saved several thousand dollars in cash and jewels. The other intended vicum, “Dutch” Kunoski of the 1100 bloek of Eleventh was fortunate, He was shot in the leg he refused to comply & demand for money, made . by three men who came to' his apart- ment and held him up at the point of 8 gun. Kunoski, however, held on {8700 in cash and a diamond ring | had in his pockets at the time. Mrs. McMahan was prepared to leave | her apartment for dinner at a nearby {hotel when an unidentified men pushed through a half-open door and demanded | her money. She said she asked who ha 1 sent him, and he replied, “A lady.” “You have enough diamonds on you to take care of me and a dozen others for a month,” he added. At this time Mrs, McMahan said she glanced about her and noticed a light in (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) L to he $750,777,000, of which four-fifths was listed as purchases of American prod | ucts and one-fifth as sales of Soviet products in this country. During the seven years “the balance of trade in favor of the United States BT‘J, led $448,000,000, which continues: f the payments made in this country to American firms and individuals furnis! technical as- sistance to Soviet industries, the pay- ments to American shippers for freight ehipped and from the U. 8. 8. R. in American bottoms, customs dutics, cost of rallway freight for American prod- ucts purchased for the Soviet Union, d | the overhead expenses of the organi- zation in this country ecarrying on Soviet-American trade and other addi- tional payments. are considered, the balance in favor of the United States since the heeg!‘kn of Soviet-American trade in 1923-24 will be 600,000,000, says the articles,| Y. W. C. A. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Stae. C. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1930-—-118 PAGES. = N HENRY SUES PITTS TO REGAN S120000 Sum Was Lcaned When Both| Were Smith Co. Officers, Former Says. As G Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the board of directors of the F. H. Smith Co., passed his first day in jail | yesterday, it was learned that his for- | mer business assoclate, Samuel J,i Henry, had filed a civil suit against him in Alexandria, Va. seeking damages in the sum of $120,000. Pitts and two other former officers of the F. H. Smith Co. were found guilty on conspiracy charges by a jury in District Supreme Court Friday night. Their conviction resulted in part from | testimony given in behalf of the prose- cution by Henry, former president of ' the Smith company. | Henry's civil action, filed through At- torney Harry S. Barger, alleges that| while the two men were associated in conducting the affairs of the Smilh' company, Henry, at Pitts’ request, bor- rowed $240.000 from the Central Trust Co. of Frederick, Md., and loaned one- | half of the sum to Pitts. He further | alleges that Pitts has refused and still | does refuse to repay any part of the $120,000. New Trial Sought. ‘While Pitts and his two fellow pris- | oners, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr., sat in the District Jail yes- terday their attorneys prepared for service a motion for a new trial. This motion, prepared by Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph Yeatman and PFrank G. Raichle, was left late yesterday at the|that the national prohibition act and | other laws enacted under the prohibi- | office of Nugent Dodds, special assistant | to the Attorney General, who acted as | chief prosecutor in the trial. | The motion requested that the case | be set for argument Tuesday morning, the day before court closes for the w.J. Howey—a waiver so that the ap- | ay be presented to the court | holidays. | Under the law the granting of bail to a convicted man lies within the dis- cretion of the trial judge. If bail is denied, the attorneys for the prisoner | can, under the law, take the question of bail before an appeal judge, but only after noting appeal of the case on trial. | Another Course Open. It is also possible that counsel for Pitts and his associates might apply for a writ of habeas corpus in an effort to secure their freedom. It was not believed, however, that this course would be pursued. Pitts, Edwards and Anadale spent their first day in jail lodged in the south wing, quarters of the most des- perate criminals in the institution. MaJ. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) — e TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National and) Foreign. | Educational News—Page B-6. D. A. R. Activities—Page C-7. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. Serial Story, “The Secret of Margaret Yorke"—Page 5. Fraternities—Page 6. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 6. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 6. Spanish War Veterans—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. American Gold Star Mothers—Page 8. PART FIVE— PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. At Community Centers—Page 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. Army and Navy News—Page 9. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 9. -Page 9. Screen PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. News of the Music World—Page 19. Reviews of the New Books—Page 20. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 21. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Annie; Mutt and Jeff: the a lar Fel e T bl 112, ‘| ary 19. Spool Swallowed By Child Becomes Wooden Larynx BOTTINEAU, N. Dak. (N.A. NA.).—Five-month-old baby Ryan found a new use f°r the hole in a spool of cotton. He breathed through it; not from choice, but necessity. ‘The child, playing near a sew- ing machine, found a spool, put it in his mouth and gulped it down. He would have choked to death lcng before he could be taken to a hospital if air had not been able to pass through the hole. He suffered no perma- nent ill from his novel experi- ment. (Copyright. 1930, by North American Newspaper Alliance.) CLARK DECISION CHALLENGE FILED Government Will Ask Su- preme Court to Uphold Dry Law Ratification. By the Associated Pre: The Governmen! challenge of the recent decision of Judge Clark in New Jersey, holding the prohibition amend- | | ment invalid, was filed yesterday in the | Supreme Court. Taking direct issue with the district | judge, the Government, through Solici- | tor General Thacher, will ask the Su- premz Court to hold that the eighteenth amendment was legally ratified, and tion amendment are valid. Attorney General Mitchell expects to obtain from counsel for the two men under indictment—W. H. Sprague and peal m: when it ends its present recess on January 5. The Government now plans to ask the court on that day to advance the case for early oral argument. Expect Early Action. The Department of Justice will expect its appeal to get before the court for consideration not later than January It is confident that the appeal, taken directly from Judge Clark, stead of to the Circuit Court of A peals, is in me form for considera- tion by the highest court on its merits. The Supreme Court one weck after the appeal is submitted will announce whether the case will be heard on its merits. Efforts will be made to have the a peal argued during.the week of Janu- If these fail, it will be late in February before it be heard. In filing the appeal the Government submitted a brief statement of the grounds on which it contended the court had jurisdiction. After explaining that Judge Clark’s judgment had been entered on December 18 and that the appeal had been allowed on the same |y, day, the statement continued: “The indictment charged that the defendants had unlawfully transported certain quantities of intoxicating liquors * + * and with unlawfully possessing (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) MAITLAND, WHO FLEW PACIFIC, FACES TRIAL General Court-Martial to Hear Charge of Drunkenness in Texas Hospital. By the Assoclated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 20.— Headquarters of the 8th Corps Area announced today that First Lieut. Les- ter J. Maitland, famous Army aviator, who first flew the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawall, will face a general court-martial Monday on a clarge of being drunk while under treatment in station hospital, Fort Sam Houston. Lieut. Maitland, who is on duty as instructor in bombardment aviation at Kelly Field, is alleged to have taken some drinks while being held in the hospital for treatment of injuries re- ceived in a collision between his car and a San Antonia bus between Kelly Field and this city last August. The charges were preferred by offi- cials of the hospital, and trial was ordered by the corps area commander. ‘The charge is drawn under the ninety- sixth article of war. Col. Clerence R. Day is president of the court that will try Lieut. .Maitland, and Capt. J. P. R. Scott of the 8th Corps Area judge advocate general's office, is trial judge advocate in charge of the prosecution. Lieut. Maitland will be defended by ‘Wayne Davis, San Antonio attorney. JOHNSON WARNS - OF COURT “MYTH" "U. S. Entry Would Be Sub- mission to Old World Politics, | Says Senator in Forum. Branding the World Court as a | “misnomer” and a “myth” backed by ‘U 'd States drawn into the League iO‘ Nations, Senator Hiram W. John- attack on the proposal for American entry in the court during a radio ad- dress last night in the National Radio | Forum, arranged by The Washington | Star and broadcast over the coast to | coast network of the Columbia Broad- casting System. “Joining the court means ultimate membership in the League of Nations,” Senator Johnson declared. “And then, God help us, we'll be subject to Old World diplomacy and in the maelstrom of European politics. “Play our part in the world? Yes. But do it in our way, under our meth- , with American leadership and guidance, pursuing our own unhamper- ed course, always, with justice, fair- | ness, amity and generosity to all na- | tions, but preserving inviolate our own cherished policy.” i President Is Criticized. The outspoken Californian criticized | President Hoover for reviving the World | Court issue in the Senate “at a time of national depression and disaster, | When there are want and suffering in jour land, and the energies of those in | authority, high and low, are devoted to aiding and relieving our people.” The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, he pointed out, has seen fit to postpone consideration of the court until next December. “The time of consideration is one of relative importance,” he stated. “Is it more important for the Senate to devote itself to a highly contentious proposition of taking America into a European organism, or is it more im- portant immediately to direct our energies to our grave crisis, wherein is not only unemployment but dire dis- tress of our own people? “Some of us believe we should first remedy our own ills and relieve our own people before undertaking to become a part of an international machine whose ald to humanity thus far has been wholly illusory.” Sway of Propaganda. Senator Johnson charged that “highl financed international omnlxl:‘z‘mnz with florid and extravagant propa- ganda” are “again in full cry, bludgeon- ing the Senate and demanding the im- mediate ratification of the present protocols, which would make us & mem- ber of the court.” He said it is “an amazing intellectual stultification” to assert that the World Court is not a part of the League of Nations. He quoted League officials as declaring the court was a part of the ague. ‘The provision which gives the court the right to render advisory opinions at the request of member nations, he said, “transmutes this so-called court from the category of judicial tribunals into a diplomatic pawn of European politics.” The proposed American reservation in connection with these “advisory opin- lons” would be ineffective, the Senator | “Internationalists” who wish to see the | son of California delivered a caustic| ‘s AGTION BY SENATE RENEWS HOPE FOR SALARY INCREASES Vote of 43 to 24 Paves Way for Later Discussion on Treasury-P. 0. Bill. LEASES AND GARAGE ITEMS DEFEAT REPORT Jones Holds House Should Be Given Vote on Budget Bureau Increases. The action of the Senate late yester- day in rejecting the conference report on the Treasury-Post Office appropria- tion bill by a vote of 43 to 24 puts off until after the Christmas recess of Con- gress a final decision on salary increases for Government employes in under- average grades, and gives these em- ployes renewed hope that the amount recommended by the budget may yet be approved. The conferees on Priday had dropped from this bill the $1,190,000 inserted by the Senate to cover 30 per cent of the increases needed in under-average grades of the classification law, and it ! the Senate had accepted the conference |report it probably would have meant the death knell for this part of the salary program for another fiscal year. The rejection of the report, however, sends this, the first of the appropriation bills, back to confarence and gives a new {lease on life to the Senate salary amend- ments, which had appeared doomed | early yesterday. Two Issues Contested. The fight waged Senator Brook- hart, Republican, of Iowa, against elimination of the salary increases was not alone responsible for defeat of the conferee’s report. Senator Blaine, Re- | publican, of Wisconsin, also fought the Teport because the conferees had cut out his amendment, placing certain re- strictions on leases made by the Gov- ernment for garage space. The two issues served to defeat adoption of the was a victory for those who favored firlnunu the salary increases, because tiation before the bill is enacted. While thi lowed in one department will prevail on all subsequent departmental supply bills for next year. Before the vote was taken, Senator Jones, Repubican, of W chair- man of the Senate Ap) mittee, joined in the by Budge that thus far they have only had a chance to express themselves on the Wood amendment. Senator Jones pre- dicted that, if given a chance to vote, the House wouid allow the salary money to take care of the 30 per cent of un- der-average grades. Democrats Join Discussion. Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton, and Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, joined in the discussion of the salary amendments. During the debate, Scnator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, in charge of the conference report, urged Senator Brookhart to make his fight for the salary increases on the agricultural supply bill which will come up later, and Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, argued for adoption of the con- ference report because this appropria- tion contains money for improvements that would be immediately available. The Iowan, however, insisted that the Senate should defeat the report and require further deliberation on the bill after the Christmas holidays. When some one suggested that this bill could be enacted now and the eliminated salary money placed in a defiiciency bill later in the session, Chairman Jones of the )A;Epmmhm Committee made known views. He of allowing this money in a deficiency bill, it might as well be settled now, in connection with the regular annual supply bills, Urges House Action. “Let us send this back to conference, and let the House have an opportunity to get th> expression of its members on this one-third, or one out of three years p:?oeltwn." Senator Jones said. He had reference to the budget recom- mendation that 30 per c:int of the promotions be provided for next year and the remainder in the succeeding two_years. “They have had it on one other bill,” sald Senator Smoot. “No, they have not had it, as I w derstand, on this particular phase, Senator Jones continued. “They have had it on the Wood section so Iu,,{n they voted it out; and, in my judgmént, if they get an opportunity on this claimed. The reservation would give the United States authority to protest against a proposed advisory opinion af- fecting American interests, and to with- draw entirely from the court, if thought advisable. Johnson argued that, once in the court, it would be almost impossible to withdraw. “Joining the court would not con- tribute to world peace or better under- standing among nations of the world,” Senator Johnson asserted. “On the co trary, misunderstanding would be cer- tain to result and strained relations would follow.” ‘The complete text of Senator John- son's address will be found in the edi- torial section of today’s Star. ROBBER GETS $3,200 Cash and Indorsed Checks Taken From Woman Cashier. NEWCASTLE, Pa. December 20 () —A robber took $3,200 in cash and indorsed checks rfom Miss Regina Mor- ris, 23, cashier of the State Capital Savings and Loan Association, as she stepped from the organization’s head: uarters to bank the money tonight. ‘he robbery took place in a crowded strest in the business section, a few feet from the savings and loan door.. Miss Morrls, who had the money and checks in a bag which was hidden under her coat, was covered by a revolver, with the bandit standing clos: to her so | that his movement would not be noticed. He quietly advised the girl he “wanted that money” and grabbed the bag as she drew it from folds of her ment. down an alley. money proposition they will take care of the one-third belonging to the clerks. If we will send this bill back to con- ference, in my ju ent, the matter will be taken care of properly, and the House will have to yleld on that, as they had to yield on the Wood section.” Senator Moses opened the debate by telling the Senate that its conferees did not vleld “plastically” to the House group, hut were met by an adamant at- titude on the part of the House con- report. The effect of the vote, however, | Ct “From Press to Home National 5000 to start immediate delivery. P) Means Associated FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE SENATOR HOWELL DEMANDS POLITICAL SCALPING OF LUCAS G. 0. P. Executive Director Attacked for Working Against Norris. COMMITTEE IS URGED TO ASK RESIGNATION Official Says He Preferred Hitch- cock Between Two Men He Considered Democrats. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The political scalp of Robert H. Lu- cas, executive director of the Repub- lican National Committee, was de- manded in the Senate late yesterday by Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska. Senator Howell attacked the second in command at Republican national headquarters because he had sent into Nebraska during the last campaign “anonymous” literature of a scurrilous character to be used against the Repub- lican senatorial nominee, Senstor George W. Norris. Transaction Called Shadowy. “I have not before me at this time,” said Senator Howell, “‘coples of the lit- erature that was sent to Nebraska, but I am sure there is not a Senator here Want o ‘father any such_anonymmous wan! ather any such anonymous literature. Mr. Lucas as an individual did not want to father it. But he testi- fied he spent money of his own to send Who " could. mot. be Joeated. thesgh &t who could nof finally reached the hands of the called Democratic-Republican Commit~ tee, and that committee, after it had ;"lewe'd the literature, refused to send out. “Yet this man, who is the head of the Republican National Com- mittee, would send out that kind of literature, and he does not see any im- g}':pflety in it. He heroically defends atitude as worthy of a titular head of the Republican party. I served on the Republican National Committee for 12 years, and a member of the Executive mmittee for left the door open to further nego- |Rep respect for its it will ask Mr. Lucas’ of Washington. D. C. Mr. Lucas defended his action, claring that Senator Norris was reality a Democrat and not entitled to Re;;u liunmflpzrt. 1;1‘: ;m 80 lz as to say 12 ‘woul 'flnfl‘ with the Democrats in of | o “I desire to call the attention of the Senate to the evid:nce submitted to the declared that if there is any thought|to Senator running doubt if any an: exists in the entire history of American politics. <1 see sitting before me the dis- tinguished Senator from Ohio, the Chairman of the iblican National Committee. And I 1d like to ask the Senator whether there is any foundation to the rumor that Mr. Lucas has handed in his resignation.” “Is the Senator serious in that in- quiry?” returned Senator Fess. “I am,” sald Cutting. T have no information whatever in that matter,” said Senator Fess. “Does the Senator intend to take stand in the matter of Mr. Lucas?” Sen- ator Cuiting asked. “The Senator does not,” was Mr. Fess’ reply. The Ohio Senator was invited to ap- pear before the Nye Investigating Com- mittee, but declined, it he no information in regard to the activity of Mr. Lucas in the Nebraska senatorial election. Senator Glenn Defends Lucas. gton was agog what would be the upshot of the whole affair. It had been asserted frequently that before long Senator Fess would step_down out of the chairmanship of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PONZI TOLD MORAL TURPITUDE COVERS CRIMES HE COMMITTED Woman Immigration Official Explains Why Deportation Order Exists for Him. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 20.—Charles Ponzi, whose financial “bubble” cost the g&xbuc millions oludolhrl, wu.ltbe arrest- on a deportation warrant charging him with moral turpitude when he is released from State prison, he was told officially today. In answer to his protest that moral turpitude was crime against chastity, . . M. Tillinghast, United tion commissioner for the §ar- base