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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) today; tomorrow increasing cloud- hest, iness, ly ures—! lowest, 34, at Full BEe occasional rain, 42, st 1 pm. 7 am. yes “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ m-muau”mw mml’ul Sunday morning ashington homes The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. possib] R iy Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION he WASHINGTON, OP) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS | TEE"‘QMENTB IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS No. 31,652. ntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 1,345— No. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1930—106 PAGES. =* POWER T0 BE KEP AS ISSUE BY NORRIS INFIXING 32 STAND Nebraskan Lauds Roosevelt Attitude, But Declines to Commit Himself. SENATOR AGAIN TAKES RAP AT ROBERT LUCAS Declares Committee’s Funds Mis- used if $4,000 Loan Was Personal. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, about whose head has revolved a politi- eal battle of major proportions during the last week, yesterday indicated that he would continue to make the water power issue a principal issue in deciding whom he would support for President 100 RESCUED FROM ICE CAKE FLOATING TOWARD LAKE ERIE Men and Boys Were By the Associated Press. SANDUSKY, Ohio, December 27.— After facing for two hours the peril of being swept out to Lake Erie on a float- ing cake ot ice nearly 3 miles long, ap- proximately 100 men and boys were rescued here today. They were fishing in Sandusky Bay on the ice when suddenly there was a roaring sound and it cracked loose from the mainland. Before the 100 could scramble to shore the ice cake moved out into the bay in 20 feet of water. ‘The ice gained speed rapidly and was moving toward the lake, where destruc- tion was inevitable, when shouts from the endangered men and boys brought men in boats to the rescue. Break Sends Them ‘Out to _Deep Water. Rescue workers, slowed by the limited | Nolan. Fishing When Huge capacity of the boats sent a call for hefp to Coast Guardsmen. Fear was felt, that the ice cake might crumble before it reached the lake. It floated from 300 to 500 feet from the shore ice. After a majority of the marooned fishermen had been rescued in the boats the cake touched the shore near the Sandusky business section. Those remaining on the floe jumped to safety. Hundreds of persons went to the shore to watch with apprehension the rescue work after word of the stranded men spread. Police aided in organizing the, rescue, while firemen found small row-' boats and pressed them into service. Among those who reached the ice floe in the boats was Fire Capt. Thomas MARSHAL JOFFRE LYING NEAR DEATH in the election of 1832. In this connection Senator Norris said shat he believed that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York's Democratic Gov- ernor, was “nearest the right position on the greatest issue in America today, the power trust.” The Nebraska Senator did not, how- ever, commit himself w vote for Gov. Roosevelt should he be the Democratic nominee for President and President Herbert Hoover, with whose ideas on water power Senator Norris has dis- agreed, should be the Republican nomi- nee. In 1928 Senator Norris declined to support Mr. Hoover in the presidential election, and came out strongly for the election of Alfred E. Smith, with whose views on water power and farm rellef he found himself more in harmony than with those of Mr. Hoover. May Bolt Again in 1932 r Norris has recently been un: a:"fls;rrmm regulay Republicans be cause he abandoned the G. tional ticket in 1928 and supported the Democratic ticket. In an interview with the press, in which he made it clear he would decline the proposal of Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University to head & new liberay party, Senator Norris said that he was prepared to do again what he did in 1928 if he found the Demo- cratic candidate for President in 1932 more acceptable than the Republican on the issues which he considered of ex- treme importance. Gov. flzguevm‘l views om prohibition do not. jibe with those of Senator Norris, the latter said, admitting that was % Senator. Senator Norris left the mat- ter open to tuturemdméem‘l’g:u::m I‘z ‘himself, there en 5 ::zwilt if he were the Democrats against yenominated by the Republicans. was recalled that Al Smith's views on the hibition question were as wet !dno wetter than those of Gov. Roose- It and yet Norris cast in his lot with Bmith in the last presidential election. Too Far in Advance. ‘When Senator Norris was asked the firect question as to whether he would vote for Roosevelt against President Hoover in 1932 if they were the presi- dential nominees, he replied that it was too far in advance to make a definite statement about what he would do. “I could go a lot farther and do a ot worse,” Senator Norris added, how- ever, in discussing the possibility of the Roosevelt candidacy. *“I don't make a secret of the fact that I am 8 great admirer of Gov. Roosevelt. ‘The only thing I disagree with him on is prohibition. I think he is the mearest right on what is becoming, if it has not already become, the great- est issue, namely power, of any man in public life.” Senator Norris' attention was called to the fact that Joseph R. Nutt, treas- urer of the Republican National Cot mittee, had denied that a special ac: count of $50,000, placed in the Com- mercial National Bank of Washington last October, was a “slush fund” to be used against progressive Republican Senators, as Senator Nye, chairman of the Senate Campaign Investigating Committee, had charged. Mr. Nutt in his statement issued yesterday by the National Committee demanding an spology from Nye, declared that $32,- 000 of this fund had been expended and that a report of all the expendi- tures from it had already been made to the clerk of the House and was on file in the Capitol at the time Nye was making his charge. Slaps at Lucas. Senator Norris said that the special fund might have been a “slush fund as well as a political fund.” The Nebraska Senator also again sharply ecriticised Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, who pledged part of this special account #s guarantee for a personal loan to ‘Bimself of $4,000, part of which he used (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) TWO POISONED SONS BURIED NEAR MOTHER 61-Year-0ld Woman Takes Own Life After Preparing Cloth- ing for Funeral. By the Associated Press. TAYLOR, Tex., December 27.—Clad in the shiny shoes and freshly laun- dered clothes their mother prepared before g;honil\l them, the two sons of Mrs. tz Relse, 61-year-old farm woman, were buried today near ve of the mother, lald to rest but a n, still rational, said she into glasses of water to her sons. Then she laid out in_clothes, shined their shoes and picked two bouquets of roses, one for -chm..h llowed poison herself. Swal . of living in & life Hete | ing Wife Withholds Seriousness! of lliness—Latest Bul- letins Gloomy. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 27.—Marshal Joffre, the gallant old soldier who turned back the Germans in the first battle of the Marne, lay between life and death to- night in the hospital where his left leg was amputated last Saturday. Gangrene developing in the advanced stages of arteritis made the amputation imperative, his doctors said. But the operation was no so successful as they | hoped and the latest bulletins on the patient's condition were gloomy. It looked as though the general were going to lose his greatest battle. Wife Withheld News. It was Mme. Joffre, adhering to her | husband’s policy since his illness began, who withheld news of the marshal's graye illness since last Friday, when he was taken to the hospital of St. Jean- de-Dieu. He went there on December 19 and the amputation was performed next day. The leg was taken off ve the knee to arrest the progress of the infection. But there was danger of infection tn | the other leg also and the doctors said they had tentatively decided to b2 form a second operation today. In & n , however, it became obvious that the old gentleman—he is nearly 79—could not possibly stand it. Immediately after it became known that the marshal was gravely ill, rumors flew about the city, which loves this man, whose soldiers called him “Papa” Joffre. He was believed for a time to be at his chateau in Louveciennes, near Versailles. Then there was a re- that his right leg had been amputated. His doctors set these things right in a definite announcement de- scribing the patient’s condition as “grave,” with & pulse of 75 and a temperature of 102.2 degrees. Arteritis is an inflammation of the arteries which often develops gangrene. It first struck the marshal last Summer bat he always denied reports of his ill- ness, on one occasion going so far as to appear at a public function in his honor when he was far too sick to be abroad. Americans Call Early. Among the first persons to call today to inquire for “Papa” Joffre was Nor- man Armour, American charge d’affaires. Throughout the afternoon and evening there was a steady flow of distinguished visitors who, however, were not permitted to enter the build- ing, but received information at the carctaker's lodge, | Although retired, the “victor of the | Marne” never has lost his popularity | with the people of Paris, who waited tonight for word from his physicians. MAYAN TREASURE HUNT IS PLANNED BY FLYER | Capt. W. ¥. Long Will Take Off From Dallas, Tex., Today for Yucatan. By the Assoctated Press. DALLAS, Tex., December 27.—Capt. william F. Long, Dallas fiyer and soldier of fortune, will take off hers tomorrow morning for Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, bound upon a modern treasure hunt| among ancient Mayan temples and palaces in the Yucatan peninsula. He plans to reach Tampico tomorrow night, leaving Monday morning for Merida, capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. He will be accompanied by a Mexican archeologist in a quest for hitherto unexplored ruins, ‘They will attempt to locate ruins of the ancient Mayan cities by airplane, later going overland to the scene. Capt. Long spent some time exploring this portion of Central America five years ago with three companions. The natives, however, proved hostile and after two members of the party had bren shot, Capt. Long and Al Hargrave | of Hobbs, N. Mex., abandoned their project. The explorers also may go into Gua- temala, where some of the Mayan ruins were discovered by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. They plan a rapid trip, ex- LAV ENFORGENENT ND. TS PEAK Hart Makes Claim After Con- viction of 27 Bootleggers in Police Court. The conviction of 27 bootleggers, with sentences totaling more than $6,000 in fines or 2,015 days in jail, brought the statement yesterday from David A. Harz, assistant district attorney, that the enforcement of the prohibition law in the District had reached its highest point in 10 years and that there is a possibility that the dockets of the courts will be cleared of liquor cases by January 1. Most of those convicted yesterday were arrested during December, the im- position of sentence culminating a week's effort on the part of Hart and Police Court judges to clear the court schedule for the new year. Approxi- mately 20 other bootleggers pleaded HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALLED T CAUCUS ON NEXT CONGRESS Garner Summons New Mem- bers to Meet Here Febru- ary 28 on Organization. MINORITY PARTY PLANS FIGHT TO GAIN CONTROL Candidates for Speaker and Leader Expected to Be Chosen at Session, By the Associated Press. Democratic Representatives are laying plans to capture control of the next House, but the Republicans are rearing a defensive bulwark which they expect to withstand all assaults, The 216 Democrats elected to the next House have been called to caucus in Washington, February 28, by Rep- resentative Garner, the party floor leader. On the other hand, Speaker Long- worth expects the present Republican organization to hold over until next De- cember, if an extra session is not called. With a bare majority, 218 seats, Re- publican leaders hope to keep control. Several, however, are inclined to feel their party would be in a better politi- cal situation in 1932 if the Democrats were permitted to assume responsibility of legislating under a Republican Presi- dent. Purpose of Caucus. ‘While Garner’s purpose in calling the early caucus is to line up new Repre- sentatives in the 51 seats gained in the November election, the selection of a leader will be deferred until the new Congress convenes either in regular or special session. However, the candidate for Speaker probably will be selected. In the event guilty in court yesterday and will be sentenced next Saturday. By this lat- ter date, Hart sald, practically all liquor cases made during 1930, and sev- eral years before, will have been dis- posed of. Court officials declared the day’s ef- forts the most decisive blow ever given bootlegging in Washington in a similar period of time. Many of those sen- tenced were committed to jail late yes- terday when they were unable to pay their fines. Only five of the persons who were sentenced yesterday were tried by juries. n}fv.y" g cg:m;:d‘: s guilty pleas, after they ha requested jury trials from I.E G’U‘z Hart announced that so many pleas were received because of the * penalties” given those convicted by the Juries. The court is iriclined to be more lenient with those who admit guilt, he explained. Mason Gets 900 Days. Arthur (Honey-boy) Mason, colored, 1000 block of Twenty-first street, de- scribed by Judge John P. McMahon as one of the most “persistent lawbreakers in the city,” was committed to jail to serve a term of 900 days. Mason may escape a year and a half of jail by pay- ing $1,500 in fines. He was convicted on five counts of second-offense possession of failure of Democrats to capture con- %m{i he automatically becomes minority eader. Most of Garner's colleagues expect virtually no opposition to his candidacy for_the party selection as Speaker. Considerable maneuvering already has taken place in Democratic ranks over eligibles for the leadership, should Democrats organize. But the cnmnl‘!'fn- ing has been conducted gingerly in view of the uncertainty. One group supports Representative McDuffie of Alabama, the minority leader. Another faction sponsors Representative Byrns of Ten- nessee, the ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Committee. Many Democrats are of the opinion the final contest will be between them. ‘Two other outstanding possibilities— Bankhead of Alabama and Crisp of Georgla—are being considered by their friends. Although Bankhead, a mem- ber of the Rules Committee, has not actively campaigned, there are many ‘who favor him. Because Garner is from Texas, an- other potential leader—Rayburn of Texas, ranking minority member of the Interstate Commerce Committee—is eliminated. . Rankin of Mississippi has solicited support from incoming mem- Generous committee assignments for and one charge of *maintaining a nuisance. o Hart said that this was one of the best examples of his plan to present all charges at a single trial. He ex- plained that had there been separate trials given each of the charges Mason would probably not have been found guilty on more than two counts. When Mason was arrested on a charge which Hart believed would make a strong case, he revived some of the previous accusations which had been made against the man. In addition to these, a charge of maintaining a public nui- sance, namely, a speakeasy, from July 1, 1928, to August, 1930, was filed. While police in raiding the home of Isaac Chichester, colored, 29, 1300 block of Cedar court, seized only a pint of liquor, it will cost the arrested man $1.000 if he decides to avoid a 90-day Jail term. This sentence was imposed by Judge Isaac R. Hitt, with Hart as prosecuting attorney. Irving C. Ware, 2400 block of Ontario road, convicted of second offense pos- session, received a sentence of $500 fine or 60 days in jail from Judge Ralph Given. Assistant District Attorney Wil- bur Baughman represented the Govern- ment in the case, which required two trials because a jury was unable to agree when it was first presented. Eight Women Defendants. Women, whom Police Court records indicate carry on about half of the bootlegging in the city, were listed as defendants in eight of the cases, the majority of them receiving light sen- tences of $50 fine or 30 days in jail. Among the women who pleaded guilty was Mrs. Margaret Price, 47 years old, who lives directly across Sixth street (Cbntinued on Page 4, Column 1.) POPULACE TO DISARM. San Salvador to Collect Firearms and Enives Before Next Elections. SAN SALVADOR. December 27 (#). —The Regubllc of El Salvador is going to start the New Year by disarming in a big way. Firearms and knives will be taken up systenmtically by the police as a pre- pecting to be back in Dallas within a few weeks. “PROSPERITY ORDERS” ARE PLACED BY KANSAS CITY MANUFACTURER Firm Contracts for Materials for Future Use, Sending Blanks Urging Beneficiary to Do Same. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 27.—The rity order” has been devised and in motion by J. C. Hall, presi- dent of a Kansas City manufacturing , in the it ht help lure business back to its familiar haunts. Mr. Hall sald his plan for the pace of trade was predicated the belief that “hand to mouth” order- was doing its share to obstruct re- from depressio; covery n. “S80 we decided to do some ordering not only of materials needed imme- diately, but others for delivery from time to time in the future” Mr. Hall sald. “At the same time jwe tried to uickening | termed on caution for the presidential elections, which are scheduled for January 11. induce others to follow this example.” ‘The “prosperity " were ex- letter. It prot “‘prosperity order blanks.” These Y | Reviews of New Books—Page new Representatives from Northern States virtually have been assured by the Democrats The minority members of the Ways and Means Committee, con- stituting the Democratic Committee on Committees, have adopted a policy to- ward that end. This will be discussed at the caucus. At the same time, Northwestern Re- publican Progressives who have failed o agree with their party leaders, have made overtures to Democrats on or- ganization matters. Garner indicated they would be welcomed on a Demo- cratic basis, but apparently feels they should come to his side of the fence. Plan Real Battle. The lone Farmer-Laborite—Kvale of Minnesota—may figure prominently in determining which party will be suc- cessful. Should the Democrats organize, the present triumvirate of Republicans— Longworth, Tilson of Connecticut, floor leader; Snell of New York, chairman of the Rules Committee—would be broken. This group and other administration followers are stoutly opposed to surren- dering control to the Democrats, with- out a terrific struggle. The Republicans have steered the House gince the Sixty- fifth Congress. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-5. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—S8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 5. Army and Navy News—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. Marine Corps Notes—Page 5. Fraternities—Page 6. Serial Story, “Goldén Dawn’- Spanish War Veterans—Page News of the Clubs—Page 6. and Screen ‘Page 6. ERUPTIONS OF MOLTEN LAVA FROM QUAKE FISSURES FEARED Volcano Is Believed t o Be Beneath Argen- tine Village—Death Total Mounts to 39. By the Associated Press. SALTA, Argentina, December 27.— Huddled in tents in a public square, in- habitants of the little town of La Poma tonight listened with increasing dread to reports that volcanic energy is being released under the village that an earthquake laid in ruins Christmas eve. Thirty-nine are known to have been killed, the death total reaching that figure with the recovery of six more bodies today. Thirty-five are seriously injured, and others are missing and feared to be dead. More Shocks Are Felt. Scantily clad, most of their clothing -having been lost in the disaster, the inhabitants obtained what shelter they could with tents from the storms th: have raged since soon after the first violent shock Wednesday. Ten more shocks, three of them sharp and intense, have been felt since yesterday at noon. Meanwhile the appearance of the whole countryside has changed, giving rise to fears that La Poma may be di- rectly over an intense volcanic disturb- | ance. Gaping cracks show in the sides of hills which began emitting sulphur- ous smoke on Christmas day. Another spot. presents an altered, wavelike ap- pearance with great splits of unknown depth said to be increasing in size. Emergency Appeals Made. Destitution is so complete in the village of La Poma that emergency ap- peals have been sent out for ald to in- clude even cooking utensils, these ha }zeen lost with other household belong- ngs. A peculiar feature of the disaster in comparison with other destructive earthquakes is the small property loss, figures so far available giving an esti mate of about 180,000 pesos, or approxi at | mately $60,000, representing the sions of the poor mountain commuhity. La Poma is.in the Andes in North- western Argentina. Another relief Fincer and ‘geologist Acuns, who wii eer and geol una, wl study the question of rebuilding La Poma on another site. tion set out RANGE NOW FEELS ECONOMIC SLUMP Exports Decline as Other Na- tions Cut Purchases—Aids Are Outlined. By the Associated Press. | PARIS, December 27.—France, long| immune to serious economic trouble, | has begun to feel the pinch, Louis| Germain-Martin, minister of finance, emphasized at a reception to the press tonight. “Thanks to the happy division of ac- tive elements of the population between industry and argiculture,” he sald, “France appeared until recently safe from_the consequences of the world crisis. During the last few weeks, how- ever, we have seemed to be feeling the effects of the general disturbange. The nations of different continents are limit- ing their purchases, Our exporting in- dustries are being hit. “The firm resolution of every citizen (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) pric b sty i HUNTER KILLS COMPANION IN MISTAKE FOR LION gightless Rifle Used in Mountain Tragedy—Victim’s Wife Wit- ness to Fatal Shooting. By the Assoclated Press. BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., December 27.—Thomas Bowman, 31, who said he had mistaken Robert H. Hunter, his hunting companion, for a mountain lion. today was held for investigation in connection with the latter'’s death. The victim, a University of Colorado law student, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was shot and killed yesterday. Mrs. Hunter, ac- companying the two men, witnessed tragedy. "heom:llllyuid Bowman will be held until after & coroner’s inquest Monday afternoon. Bowman was carrying an old rifie which had no sights. Officers said Bowman told them he had no jdea he could hit his target because of the sightless rifle and his distance from the moving object. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 6. Organized Reserves—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8. At Community Centers—Page 8. Y. W. C. Page 8. W.C.T.U. News—] 3 Notes—Page 8. | PART FIVE—4 PAGES. | Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Pinancial News and Classified tising. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. News of the Music WMM—MNX . Notes of Art and Artists—Page 21. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. Advy %o e ‘pasacd siing. with ordern” DA™ orders, “Our orders provided 4,500 days of I learned today tha p- for materials deliveries to us. informed, he men in New to complete By #0 doing, I was GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; Little n Annie; Mutt R eviews LABOR RESTRAINTS Senator in Radio Talk Urges Law to Curb Power of U. S. Courts. Vigorously criticizing Federal Courts for laying inhibitions upon labor in in- dustrial disputes, Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Towa last night voiced a radio plea for enactment of legislation now pending in Congress to curb this power. Speaking through station WMAL in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the Coast-to-Coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Brook- hart outlined the provisions of the pro- posed legislation which he declared necessary for “economic equality” in this country. Our method of organization of cor- porations recognizes no human rights,” the Towan declared. “Labor has asked the right to organ- ize for itself as capital always has been organized,” he said, continuing: “This demand has been resisted. The most powerful instrument against labor in this demand for equal rights is the so- called labor injunction, and this in. junction is largely the result of cour made law.” Court Protection Developed. Amplifying his argument on “court made law,” Brookhart declared it “amazing to realize that in the last 40 years there has developed . in the American courts the practice of writ- ing a special law to fit the individual case by judges in issuing labor in- Jjunctions and that thereupon the judge who himself wrote the law has under- taken to prescribe the penalty for its violation and to punish the violator without permitting the accused to en- joy a trial by jury or even to insist upon a trial before another judge.” Going into the matter of the pend- ing legislation, Senator Brookhart de- clared that it strikes directly at the so- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Of the Year ‘Topical reviews of the year appear in today’s Star, The financial review, local and national, will be found on pages 1 and 3, Part Six. ) review in the Sports mmm 2 and 3. Reviews of international. tmlgen and domestic affairs gl found on page 12, Part . Review' of District of Co- lumbia affairs on page 13, Part * HITBY BRODKHART U.S. FARM BOARD DEFENDS ACTION Holds Operations in Cotton and Wheat Futures Neces- sary to Prevent Losses. By the Associated Press. Defending its operations in the cot- ton and grain futures markets, the Farm Board yesterday wrote Chairman McNary of the Senate Agriculture Com- mittee that they were necessary to prevent large financial losses and to aveld “seriously disturbing” market conditions. ‘The letter was & reply to congressional criticism of the board for allowing its agents to deal in futures and laid the groundwork for defending the board’s policles against attacks which may come after Congress reconvenes. Meanwhile Senator Steiwer, Oregon, Republican, advocated a higher tariff on wheat, rather than imposition of & temporary embargo as suggested by Chairman Legge of the board. “It is absolutely essential that ade- quate steps be taken at once to exclude imports of wheat,” Steiwer said, ‘be- cause the Farm Board has the price and if the foreign market goes down to a point where they can im- port over the duty we would be buying Cmdhn wheat at the pegged pri:e Fears Foreign Objection. Steiwer said he feared an embargo on wheat would disturb our foreis relations and he saw no reason why the Tariff Commission should require much time to investigate the adequacy of the present 42-cent tariff. The Farm Board letter to McNary sald the wheat and cotton marketing associations had been forced to use the futures markets because of the sys- tem which had been set up by private operators. “The co-operative marketing asso- SCHOOL BUILDING DELAY 1S BLAMED ONFAULTY SYSTEM Educational Heads Believe Long Procedure “Victim- izes” the District. RELIEF FOR CONGESTION SEEN IN MINOR CHANGES Three to Six Years Now Elapse Between Requests for Sites and Occupation. BY CHARLES B. DEGGES. Concerned over the fact that from three to six years elapsed between re- quest for new school sites and actual occupation of buildings, school officials have launched a study of the land purchase and building procedure of the District, determined to uncover its re- tarding features. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, and Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, believe that the present long procedure actually vic- timizes the school system. They de- clared also that acceleration of new construction is impossible without sub- stantial changes in present methods. Simmons’ Generosity Acknowledged. The two school officers at the same time acknowledged that Mr. Simmons® committee had been “generous” in its appropriation recommendations and incere” in its efforts to cope with the Infiroeo:‘ln( congestion in Washington 8C! “The subcommittee under Mr. Sim- mons,” Dr. Ballou declared, “has been actually generous with our schools, considering the liabilities which our system of obtaining sites and construct- buildings upon us all, and it is decid fair to claim that responsibility for the length of time required of money given us for schools, and until that procedure is changed, it appears to me that we will continue to require feel the commodate 2! school students w] be provided for at We - high :c’;h"hlm:h:d'nnl together year 00] ts, graduation of at least some of the ?gn-nddenc students at ‘wmm. e accompanying recent order e inating further new State children from enroliment there, would afford gen relief for the present and the immedi- ate future. The Alice Deal Junior High School, one of the schools offering examples of the widely varied difficulties which may be encountered in efforts under the ciations in wheat and cotton are | tem agencies set up by farmers to their products in competi private merchants,” it said. to compete for business on even terms these co-operatives must be in posi- tion to give the same services and en- Joy the same advantages as a private merchant. “To do this they have found it nec- e to make use of existing market- ing facilities, of which, under existing conditions, futures trading operations are an integral part. “Resort to hedging operations, in so far as they find it possible and desir- abel to do so, greatly reduces their problem of financing their operations. . Hedging Prevented Losses. “In the past six months, when wheat prices have been almost constantly de- clining, the Farmers' Natlonal Grain Corporation would have suffered dis- astrously heavy lcsses if it had not hedged its wheat supplies. “The board has not deemed it wise to insist that tives should abandon these practices; on the con- , the board is of the opinion that, under present conditions, appropriate use of the futures market by the co- operatives is essential to their success- ful operation and is even a means of minimizing speculation.” ‘The letter said the only alternative to operating in the futures market would be for the stabilization oo?)o- ration to “assume the burden of a much greater portion of the market supply.” It pointed out, however, “this might easily result in tying up, in grain operations alone, an amount exceeding the entire revolving fund authorized by the agricultural market- ing act.” ik “While position with respect to cotton is somewhat different,” trl)\eec let- ter continued, “the same general prin- ciples apply. S “Please do not consider this as a recommendation on our r{t ln"mrt uture & of the present system of EX-WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL AIDE NOW MRS. MORROW’S SECRETARY Mary Randolph, Who Resigned Position With Mrs. Hoover, Takes Post With Senator’s Wife. i H e from the posi at the White House, ’s intention to re-'| after i ’ | the late Wi the wife of the junior Senator from New Jersey. Miss Randolph, as the daughter of Gen. Randolph, U. 8. A., knows o where the h{nfly lived ter, Miss A S, and Miss Helen Greene$n a8 yet been ted as secretary at the tails of the progress made on this and other new school buildings in recent years, tracing the steps taken to provide them for school children from the in- itial request for their respective sites to their actual or now scheduled occupa- tion, will be presented in The Star in subsequent articles dealing with this in- tensely important question. The procedure now followed in bufld- ing school structures traces a winding course leading from one year's calendar on through three, four, five and even six subsequent year's calendars. In M eral, it runs on the following leha:fi? H School Building Steps Traced. ‘The Board of .Education makes its first request for a specific site in May when it transmits its estimates for the following fiscal year to Commissioners. In a theoretical stance, the request goes to the Commis sioners in May, 1930. The Commissioners then review the whole District budget to determine what items shall be sent forward by them to the Bureau of the Budget. Similarly, the Budget Bureau considers the site re~ quest, along with all other petitions, to decide whether it shall remain’in the estimated budget for the coming fiscal year. The budget then is presented to Congress. ‘The House conducts ‘Wl for the third time, the school au tles are required to defend their re- quest for the school site. If the ftem for the land remains in when the House sends the budget, by that time (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) sl BURNS MAY BE FATAL TO COMMUNITY SANTA Commissioner of Public Safety in Burlington Trapped by Flames—Many Hurt. By the Associated Press. BURLINGTON, Iowa, December 27. —Harvey C. Ji M safety, ed and scores of men, women children injured tonight in a s caused by a blaze of unknown origin at Eagles’ Hall, where more than 1,200 had gathered for an annual Christmas party. c‘;ium'uphmmmflm A small imitation brick house had been erected in one corner of the hall.