Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Fair today, warmer this afternoon and tonight; tomorrow mostly sibly light rain; colder noon or night. 81, at 5 p.m. ye yesterday. esterday; lowest, 31, at 7 ‘Temperatures—Highest, Full report on page 15. Forecast.) cloudy, pos- after- No. 31.680. CHEST RIVE OPENS TOMDRROW WITH 5101540 G0AL More Than $675,000 Already Raised by Special Gifts Committee. TABLEAU WILL MARK START OF CAMPAIGN $100,000 of Fund to Be Given Red | Cross for Emergency Drought Relief Work. 1,349—No. Accepting the challenge of unpre- cedented unemployment and widespread suffering caused by the drought, thou- sands of workers will seck aid of every ‘Washingtonian, beginning tomorrow, in an effort to complete the raising of $1,950,15440 for the Community Chest. More than $675,000 of this sum al- #eaay nas been obtained by the Spe- clal Gifts Committee, headed by New- bold Noyes. The major portion of the remainder, leaders announced, must be contributed by the masses if Washing- ton's unfortunate are to be cared for properly during the next 12 months. Flashing glimpses of the work of the numeroys Chest agencles will be pre- sented in a pageant procession culmin- ating in a tableau at the opening meet- ing of the campaign proper tomorrow ;lz;ln at 8:15 o'clock in Constitution a ‘The event will depict in dramatic fashion the protective spirit of the Chest for caring for helpless children im orphanages, homes and hospitals: administering to the sick and injured: providing food, sheltering and clothing 10 the unfortunate and the handicap- ped: maintaining comfortable homes for the aged, and the Chest's influence in laying the foundation for good eciti- | zenship in its character building agencies. $100,000 for Red Cross. Each of the 40 agencies represented in the Chest will hold the spotlight mo- mentarily &s the program progresses. Each will appear in a characteristic pose symbolizing some phase of its work with TR e ers will point excep! i demands made on the organization this year by the various charitable institu- tions holding membership. They will stress the acute conditions caused by unemployment and cite the fact that the Distrizt chapter of the Red Crass is to receive $100,000 from the Chest as Wi quota of the Red Cross campaign Bran- 3 Home hool, c{nm:en's Hospital, Co-! Jumbia Hespital, Columbia Polytech- mic Institute for the Blind, Congress of Parents and Teachers, Emergency Hospital, Episcopal Home for Chil- dron, Florence Crittenton Home, Fricndship House, Carfizld Memorial Ho<nital, George Washington University Hospital, Girl Scouts, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Instructive Visiting Nurse Bociety, Jewish Community Center, Jew- ish Foster Home, Junanita K. ye Council House, Mother-Child Center, National Homeopathic Hospital, Neigh- borhood House, Noel Community House. Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A., Salvation Army, Stoddard Baptist Old Folks Home, Travelers' Aid Society, Washington Animal Rescue League, Washington Welfare Association, Young Men's Chris- tian Association, and the Young ‘Women's Christian Association. “Community Chest Sunday” will be celcbrated 1n Washington churches to- day. Special programs have been pre- pared for various churches of Protestant denonminations throughout the city and in many instances the pastors wiil each special sermons on the work of e Chest. Lay speakers will appear in other pulpits. Rectors of the Catholic Churches will read a letter from Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, urging all members to support the Chest. Arch- bishop Curley has made numerous radio speeches and done other work in behalf of the Chest in recent years. He has been particularly active this year. A be made by Continued on Page 2, Column 5. | MRS. WILSON IN MISHAP Widow of War-Time President Escapes Injury in Collision. Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time President, was shaken up. but escaped injury, when an automobile in which she was riding was struck by a street car near the intersection of Con- necticut avenue and L street yesterday afternoon. The automobile only _slightly | By the Assoctated Press Entered_as second class matte v post orfice. Washinzton, D C. Payne to Testify At Relief Hearings Set for Tomorrow Existence of Red Cross Is Involved, Says Cramton. Public Sessions Asked. | While the House leisurely approached the relief fund loaded upon a supply bill by the Senate, the Red Cross drove ahead yesterday toward its $10,000,000 al. $ Chatrman Cramton of the Appropri- ations subcommittee which will conduct House hearings cn the $25,000,000 pro- posal conferred at the White House with President Hoover and said later that the hearings would be conducted as expeditiously as possible. He added that “the very existence” of the Red Cross was bound up in the matter. The Red Cross has insisted that it should be allowed to take care of the needy in the regular manner, throuzh privete subserintions. Chairmin Payne " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) S ALMOST 5000000 JOBLESS IN'U. . Count of Insurance Firm Shows 10 Per Cent of Usual Workers Idle. By the Astociated Press. Unemployment in the United States during the first week of December was estimated today by the President’s Com- mittee for Employment to have affected between 4,500,000 and 5,000,000 persons. or about 10 per cent of the population which usually is gainfully occupled. Special Census Made. Col. Arthur Woods, head of the com- mittze, said the estimate was based upon a special census taken by the Metropolitan ~ Life Insurance Co. through agencies In 46 selected cities, which was used as a basis for calcula- tions for the entire country. He for- warded the compilations to the Senate, which had called for the study. Woods e : that conditions materially in the pe- riod since the canvass was completed. F. H. Ecker, president of the Mc:.‘n: politan, explained that his men ha visited 213,787 families, comprising about 900,000 persons, including 355,759 wage or salary earaers. “ -aking, the lowest per- e wumwmm 12.5 “for 118 per cent 125 cities, including Pittsburgh, _certain York, and Los Angeles, rates ran from’ 20 to 25 per cent. m;:su; the percentages ranged from cent. Two cities—Detroit and Fall ver—had over 30 per cent of the in- dustrial wage earners canvassed unem- ployed. Philadelphia, of New Large Cities Most Affected. “Taken as a whole, this compilation confirms our conviction as to the ex- istence of a serious unemployment situ- ation among industrial workers, cspe- cially in the largest cities,” Woods sald. “Within a month we should have the results of the special Federal census of unemployment in 20 e cities now being conducted by the Government. The results will furnish an indication of changes in the situation which have occurred since the Metropolitan survey in December.” Analyzing the returns in more detail, the committee concluded that the “proportion of families entirely with- out wage income” was considerably smaller than the percentages might in- | dicate, due to the fact that most fami- lies were found to include more than on: person normaily occupied. 1t was calculated that in the cities investigated the number of lay-offs and discharges among the higher salaried was less, proportionately. than among those of smaller earning power. All of these calculations, it was said. represented “very rough approximations, being based upon & number of assump- | tions that unfortunately cannot be verified at the present time.” ‘The survey included: Akron—Familles visited, 1,152; per- sons in families, 4,636; wage or salary earners, 1,649; emplo;ed full time, 722; employed part time, 568; wholly unem- ployed, 359. Percentage emfi)\oyed full time, 43.8; percentage employed part time, 34.4! percentage wholly unem- ployed, 218; average family size, 4; wage or salary earners per famiily, 1.4 rsons. ptB?mmnre—anflles visited, 6,714; persons in familles, 29,576, wage or salary earners, 12,421; employed full time, 7,266; employed part time. 2,766; wholly unemployed, 2.389; percentage employed full time, 58.5. percentage employed part time. 3; percentage wholly unemployed, 19.2; average fam- ily size, 4.4; wage or salary earners per WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION The Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, BANDITFORGES WAY INTONETROPOLTAN CLUB 10 SEZE $TO Intruder Talks to Cashier Before Demanding Contents of Cash Drawer. FOUR BELLBOYS HELD OFF DURING ROBBERY One Suspect Picked Up, but Is Re- leased When Victim Fails to Identify Him. A lone bandit, armed with a small caliber gun, forced his way into the exclusive Metropolitan Club, at Seven- teenth and H streets, early this morning, held up John F. Miller, the cashier, and escaped with between $600 and $700 of the club’s receipts. Hiembers of the club, who were on the third floor, were oblivious of the hold-up until sometime after the ban- dit had made his escape. Attaches of the club said none of the members was on the ground floor at th: time of the robbery. Talked to Cashier. The bandit is said to have entered the building through a side entrance and talked for about a half an hour with Miller before he stuck a gun in his face and ordered him to empty the cash drawer. Miller told police that when tne bandit entered the building, he en- gaged him in conversation, discussing a former member of the club who died several years ago. When the conver- sation began to lag, the man asked Miller for a drink, and when he re- turned with a glass of water, the robber drew a gun from his pocket and com- manded him to turn over the contents of the cash drawer. The bandit also covered four bellboys with the gun while Miller complied with his demand, and after he was satis- fled that all the money had been removed from the cash arawer, he ran out of the building and north on Sev- enteenth street. Miller and the four bellboys chased him for nearly a block, but the bandit was too fleet-footed and disappeared in the darkness. Police of the third precinct and headquarters detectives literally combed the the club in search ares of the band: one sus- Miller Was unable to identify the min, how- ever, and he was released. dit was described as -being about 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches in height, and wzighing 130 pounds. He wore a gray soft bat end a disheveled blue overcoat and dark brown suit. He did not get into the foyer of the club, but remained in the office adjoining it,“where Miller was working on the club records. The bellboys were scated a few feet away facing a battery , Column 1.) WOMAN’S PARTY TO FIGHT ACCOUNTING OFFICE SITE Alva Belmont House Recently Dedicated as Organization's Headquarters. ‘n':he Nldtk)‘nll W‘:mln;: Party, it was ounced last night, preparing to offer vigorous opposition to the Efilntt bill providing for the condemnation of property between B and C and First and Second streets in order to provide a_site for the General Accounting Office. Condemnation of this propert, would resuit in the destruction of the historic old Alva Belmont House which the organization recently dedicated as its_headquarters. The Alva Belmont House, according to the organization, is the only building left on Capitol Hill associated with the early life of Washington, and it should be preserved as a historic monument Hearings on the bill will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock by the House Committee on Buildings and A number of officers of the Party are expected to testify. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools an Area Includes and | d Colleges—Pages B-4 and B-5 ! PART TWO—8 PAGES. | Editorials and Editorial Features PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section family, 1.9. Chicago — Families visited, 26.363; 106,957; wage or persons in families, salary earners, 44,110; employed full time, 23,394; employed part time, 9,130; damaged, it is said, and the chauffeur drove on following the accident. whoily unemployed, 11,586; percentage (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) THREE MISSOURI PENITENTIARY PRISONERS WOUNDED IN- RIOT Four Inmates in “Hardboiled Prison” Surrender Atter ! Capturing Guards. By the Assoclated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., January 24. —Offeials and guards of the Missouri Penitentiary tonight broke up an at- tempted riot in “I” hall, the “hard- boiled prison” inside the penitentiary, within a short time after the trouble broke out. A The trouble started about 6:30 p.m., @ few hours before the annual Gover- mor’s military ball was to begin at the State Capitol. At 7:45 p.m. penitentiary officers announced the outbreak was quelled, with three convicts slightly injured. "The rioting convicts in the cell build- ing. in which 473 of the worst inmates are quartered, overpowered three gu: Frank Wehmeyer, O. F. Douglas and D. C. Bailey, taking their Is. With these they at gual No details ‘mouncement towers on & were given with the an- that the trouble was ended, except .that four convicts, apparently the ringleaders, surrendered the guards’ pistols when captured. Later it was learned the four con- tly were the only ones in d Capt. Frank Weh- meyer walked by ‘the cell house en- trance where they were standing, one of them placed an improvised knife to his ribs, commanding him to sur- render his gun. ‘Wehmeyer complied, handing it through the bars. Guard Bailey, walking along the sec- ond tler of cells, rushed to investigate and was met by a knife and a gun. He surrender:d his weapon. The two guards were locked in a cell, and the four convicts rusheu out of "!h! cell bullding, heading tor the walls. As the men rushed from the hall arid around the corner they dodged into & basement and grabbed a 7-foot for the wall, they shouted Simmons, to_“stick victs apparent the plot. As Guar | PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. Aviation—Page 4. Serial Btory, “Jilted"—Page 4. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 4. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 4. Fraternities—Page 5. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 5. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. American Gold Star Mothers—Page 6. News of the Clubs—Page 6. Marine Corps Notes—Page 6. | Army and Navy News—Page 6. Radio—Pag: 17 District National Guard Spanish War Veter: Screen H PART FIVE—4 PAGES. | Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Advers tising. Dl.lfiictlli)( Columbia Naval Reserve— D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. At Community Centers—Page 11. Organized Reserves—Page 11. TV e American Legion—Page 11. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of the New Books—Page 18. News of the Muysic World—Page 19. Notes of Art and Artisis—Page 21, 5 d Puzzle—Page 22. PART EIGHT—22 PAGES. Auto Show Section. GRAPHIC SECTION~8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.. Mutt and Jeff; - Little Orphan 3 Brutus; the Smythes; ;- High- ; Regllar Pellers ) D. C, SUNDAY MOR NING, JANUARY 25, 193 —132 PAGES. = FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS IN WASHINGTON “From Press to Home Within the Hour” EN CENTS ELSEWHERE | p i L GO GET A REAL DECISION! (S \\§\ RN YACHT MAYFLOWER GOES DOWN AFTER BURNING TO WATER LINE Philadelphia Fire Boat and Apparatus) Rushed to Save Famous Craft Used by U. S. Presidents 9 the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, January 24.—The Mayflower. famous as the yacht of five American Presidents, sank _in 24 feet | Equipment was being transferred to the | of water at her pler at the Philadelphia Navy Yard tonight after fire had de- oved her. An hour before she sank es_had burned her to the water lLine. Then she listed and went to the bottom of the Delaware. Cause Undetermined, Fire from an undetermined cause burst from the Mayflower shortly before 10 o'clock, an explosion tearing hatches away and sending out clouds of smoke and flame. Al the firefighting apparatus in the Navy Yard was sent to the scene, and virtually every marine and sailor in the yards fought the fire with hose lines and extinguishers. The Philadelphia department sent several engines to the yard, and also rushed a fireboat down the Delaware River to fight the fire from the water side of the vessel. Five sailors were overcome by smoke Since Roosevelt. |and fumes from paint containers and | |acid tanks that exploded, and were | | treated at the Navy Yard Hospital. Mayflower from the Niagara, a second |line cruiser, but the vessels were cut apart and the Niagara escaped damage. Several Explosions Occur. Rear Admiral Bostwick, commandant of the yard, and Capt. Townsend, the yard officer, took up posts on the | Niagara. When several other explo- ' sions occurred and the Mayflower began to list they ordered every man off the burning craft. | .. The Mayflower, decommissioned more {than a year ago, has since been tied | up_at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. | The Mayflower, long famous as the | presidential yacht, was ordered decom- | missioned by President Hoover March 122, 1929, ‘and was decommissioned June 5 of the same year. Su she was reconditioned and pdnverted into & vessel suitable for flagship (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. CRISP SAYS HOLSE S RUBBER STAVP Gag Rule Prevails Against Majority of Members, Forum Audience Told. Denouncing the autocratic powers vested in the majority leaders of the House, by which, he said, votes have been withheld on prohibition, Muscle Shoals, railroad consolidation and other equally important legislation, Repre- sentative Charles R. Crisp, Democrat, Georgia, in a speech last night in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the ccast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting Co., outlined proposals which he intends to offer in the next Congress for liberalizing the rules in the House. The speech was broadcast locally over WMAL. Under the present archaic system, Mr. Crisp declared, the House is ‘“re- duced to a rubber stamp to approve the affirmative decrees of its masters, the autocratic triumvirate—the Speak- er, the majority leader and the chair- man of the Rules Committee. These masters, he charged, exercise a veto power over legislation more effective than that of the President. “It is my conception of a democracy that a majority of the fully elected | Representatives should have the right to vote on any public legislation pending before the body,” Mr. Crisp said. “Whether they favor or oppose the legislation, they should be willing to express their views on it. The United State Constitution says that one-fifth of the members present in the House can demand a {El and nay or record vote on any bill acted upon. This is intended to let the voters know the views of the legislators. “Today the most discussed, the most controversial question before the Ameri- can people Is prohibition. I am con- strained to think that the electorate is entitled to know the position of Con- gress members on this vital issue. A record vote would settle all controversy as to how the House stands. I believe the knowledge would be helpful to the Nation. The amendment that I shall offer would permit a hundred members to force a record vote in the House on this question.” House is working under a gag rule, Mr. Crisp declared, that repre- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) _ MARGARET WIDDEMER'S Latest Romance “Jilted”’ The story of a girl who lost love and found it again BEGINS IN TODAY'S STAR ON PAGE 4—SECTION 4. TENNESSEE WRECK . TAKES FIVE LIVES Southern Special Crashes Into Ledge in Leaving Rails Near Helenwood. By the Associated Press. HELENWOOD, Tenn., January 24— The Buwanee River Special of the Southern Railway was derailed near here at 12:35 p.m. today, and late this afternoon five bodles had been taken from the wreckage. The names were given at Somerset, | Ky., division headquarters of the road, |as Harry Lindle, 50, engineer, Somer- | set, Ky.; Charles Sexton, 40, fireman, | Someérset; Mrs. Charles D. Rinheart, Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Logan Crowgill, Indianapolis, Ind, and Tampa, Fia. and Mrs. J. C. Markey, Cleveland, Ohio. TLe Somerset dispatcher’s office said six persons were reported seriously in- jured and 15 others slightly hurt. P. Rainey, Southern Railway road- master at Somerset, arrived here soon after the wreck and took charge of | clearing the right of way. He said the tracks could not be cleared before to- morrow_morning. The Suwanee River special, running 'TWO DECLARED HURT IN MYSTERIOUS CRASH |Man Identifying Himself as For- mer Catholic University Coach Is Arrested. Police sought early today to unravel mysterious circumstances surrounding an automobile collision late last night on Massachusetts avenue near Belmont street, in which two women were re- ported to have been injured. As an dftermath of the crash, Theo- dcre Mitchell, 32 years old, 3621 Newark street, was arrested on a charge of driving while drunk and held at the eighth precinct police station house in default of bond. Police quoted Mitchell as saying he was a former boxing coach at Catholic University. Police declared Mitchell told them his 23-year-old wife and a friend, Miss Margaret Harrin, 25 years old, of the Park Lane Apartments, were hurt. He said they had been removed to the Georgetown University Hospital. Willlam E. Duvall, 25 years old, of 2444 Thirty-seventh street, the 'driver of the other car figuring in the acci- dent, told police the operator of the automobile which had struck his ma- immediately after the collision. Mitchell returned alone a ‘short time later and informed police he- was the missing driver. Police said they arrested reported badly dama Studies in Guatemala. Wasl n, is making ethnol m;:. Guatemala. has visited ruins at toltons hi mm»«hu the way M“wllm-t,nnd ave & sea | e vessel GUATEMALA CITY, January 24 (). | February 21 at ~Dr. John Campbell Merriam, presi- |building Yards. dent of the Carnegie Institution of |ships to be MEN ARRESTED IN GAMBLING RAID Police Smash Reinforced Door to Get Into Elaborate Establishment. Breaking through two heavily-rein- forced doors with the aid of sledges and crowbars, first precinct police arrested more than 60 men, including a phy- sician, who claimed immunity, because he said he was attached to the Persian legation, in a warrantless rald on an alleged elaborate New York avenue gambling establishment yesterday. ‘The physician, Dr. Ardeshir B. Irani, of 1715 Irving street, an osteopath, was released by the raiding party after Lieut. Frank Varney was told at the Persian legation that he was entitled to immunity. Dr. Iranl has offices in the Colorado Bullding, at Fourteenth and - | G streets. Two Face Charges. Charges of seiting up gaming tables were filed ‘against two men, Willlam Evergardt Larman, 43 years old, of 1309 I street, and Charles James Baker, 37, of 440 Emerson street, while six others who were unable to furnish police with satisfactory explanation of their presence in the place are being held for investigation. ‘The six are George Glorius, 28 years old, of 3940 Twenty-ninth street; Clyde E. Simmons, 39, of 1104 Vermont ave- nue; Willlam Thomas St. Clair, 28, of 2532 Fourteenth street; Hugh Francis Galligher, 30, of the Metropolitan Hotel; Charles Herman Gall, 22, of 1006 Penn- svlvania avenue, and Joseph Gordon Brocator, 32, 1829 A street northeast. The remainder of the crowd trapped in the building were released after they had been herded into five patrol wagons and carted away to the first precinct station, where they were ques- tioned at length regarding the nature of the business conducted in the estab- lishment. It is expected that they v:ill be called into court as Government witnesses when the defendants are arraigned for trial, probably tomorrow morning. Further Raids Slated. Capt. Frank Burke, commander of No. 1 station, said last night that the raided establishment, located at 1342 New York avenue, was one of the two dozen or more places which he plans to raid in a sweeping campaign against the vice dens reported operating in the downtown business district. Owners and agents of buildings housing gaming establishments are to be warned to rid their properties of such places or face arrest as principals with the operators. Explaining his failure to obtain a warrant, Lieut. Varney said the raid was staged on the basis of information of a felony and a warrant was not used. The police who smashed their way into the establishment were Lieut. Varney, Sergt. H. W. Lineburg and Precinct Detectives A. D. Mansficld and James A. Mostyn. Lookout Cries Warning. ‘The raiders ascended a staircase be- tween a cigar store and a valet shop shortly after 4 o'clock. The “lookout” on duty at the front door, a sturdy wooden affair about 4 inches thick, cried out a warning to those on t inside when he saw the policemen and then slammed home the bolts, locking the entrance. Sledges and crowbars were brought into play and the officers soon tore down the front door, but were further delayed by an firon inner door, also bolted and made fast by the “lookout.” By the time th'y had broken through the second door the occupants of the establishment had quleted down and were standing in a semi-circle facing the doorway when police burst into th: icom. Tae rooms took up the entire sec- ond floor of the building and were crowded with men. A blackboard on which horse-racing returns were posted was found on one wall with a tiny platform on which a clerk with a telephone headset 1s alleged to have been writing returns of races at New Orleans, Agua Caliente and Havana. BOAT’S NAME SELECTED. chine had disappeared with two women | New Dollar Liner to Be Christened | mented so that the Executive Commit- President Coolidge. SAN FRANCISCO, January 24 (#).— ‘The second of the new Dollar steam- him' because they detected an odor of |ship liners under construction will be | tion taken at the Boston convention last aicohol on his breath. Both cars Were | named President Coolidge. ‘The Dollar Steamship Co. officials made this nouncement today, saying the former President had given his consent. will be launched about the Ne News Ship- . Va. e first of four added to the Dollar fleet, the President Hoover, was launched 9. 3 feet long, of 33,800 Both ships are 65 ng, of o] NEW SCHOOL ISSUE RAISED BY CARUSI IN HOUSE HEARING Agreements Between Officers | and Congress Committees Held Not Binding. CRITICISM NOW SHIFTED TO BOARD OF EDUCATION Building Delays, Employment of Clerks and Non-Resident Stu- dents Considered. Contention by Dr. Charles F. Carusi that the Board of Education, which he heads, is not bound by agreements reached between school officers and committees of Congress in executive hearings on school estimates has intro- duced a brand-new issue into the Dis- trict school controversy, which will {g;el;benu on the floor of the House This is revealed in the report on ¢ hearings held by the Hnuzeo lubcomh‘- mittee on appropriations January 14 to 16 and made public by Representa- tive Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, chairman, last night. Ballou Agreement Cited. Debate over the refusal by the of Education to eliminate ythe u?)?i‘t‘l’s age kindergarten in the Webster Amer- icanization School in accordance with an agreement made by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, and his staff during hearings on the 1931 bill a year ago, led to the major question of whether the School Board is to be bound only by formal legislation or whether agreements reached in confer- ence are to have any bearing on the conduct of the school system. Mr. Simmons told The Star last night that he will open this whole question on the floor of the House when he makes his formal report to that body. The Board of Education, he said, is the only department of the Govern- ment he knows which sends its respon- sible agents to defend its budget es- timates and then claims not to be bound by the testimony which such e st o e effect of this move in blic school circles of the District ?‘ll to transfer the brunt of the criticlsm which has been directed by members of Congress at school officers, headed by Dr. Balloy, to the Board of Educa- tion {tself. Mr. Simmons said last night, with reference to what he called an outright violation of agreements made with House and Senate conferees, that he was convinced Dr. Ballou had made re- peated efforts to carry out the terms of he agreement with respect to all the under-age He cited Dr. Ballou's specific recommendations to the school board that the Webster under-age kindergarten be closed along with the other four and referred to the school superintendent’s second effort to have the Board of Education eliminate that class. Other highlights of the recent school luded discussions budget hearings inc! centering about delays in school build- ing construction in’ the District, the employment of six additional clerks in various departments of the system, and the status of non-resident pupi tending local schools, with particular reference to their responsibility for ex- isting congestion. 4 Simmons Questions Haycock. The issue of the school board’s re- sponsibility to agreements arrived at by school officers with the House ap- propriations subcommittee was brml(flt to the front when Dr. Carusi thrust himself into testimony being presented by Robert L. Haycock, assistant super- intendent of schools in charge of ele- mentary buildings. Mr. Haycock was being questioned by Representative Simmons about the school board’s fail- ure to eliminate the so-called “under- age kindergarten” at the Americaniza- tion School. Addressing Mr. Haycock, Mr. Sim- mons said he had been told that “you still had some of the under-age kin- dergartens in the District schools.” Mr. Haycock admitted that there was one left in the Americanization School | which was not closed “because the | Board of Education, after considering all the factors involved, voted that that kindergarten remain open.” . May I ask,” Mr. Simmons queried, “did the Board of Education consider the factor that there was an agreement between the school officials and the Continued on Page 12, Column 1.) o MUSSOLINI CUTS BUDGET Duce Trims $500,000 From “Politi- cal Investigation” Fund. ROME, January 24 (#).—Premier Mussolini, in his_ economy campaign, today trimmed more than $500,000 from the budgetary provision for his fund for “rolitical investigation.” The item occurred in the budget for national police expenses and the econ- omy effected reduced that budget to he | Just over $1,000,000. ‘The campaign for economy has re- sulted so far in a general budgetary ORY LAW ATITUDE OFHOOVERDRACGED NTD SENATE TALK Shouse Statement Believed to Favor Modification or Repeal. DIVERGENCE IN VIEWS IMPUTED TO PRESIDENT War-Time Approval of Beer Re- called as Prohibition Sup- port Is Claimed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover's position with re- gard to national prohibition and the eighteenth amendment, which is held in some quarters to be one of “open mind” with regard to the matter of revision and in others to be frankly “dry,” was dragged into the Senate de- bate yesterday afternoon on the Howell prohibition enforcement bill for the District of Columbia. At the same time a statement by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Execu~ tive Committee of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, which was interpreted as placing him on record as favoring some modification or rejeal of the pro- hibitior: laws, was made public by the National Committee. 2 o Wheeler Cites Letter. Senator Wheeler of Montana, Demo- crat, called attention of the Senate to Published reports that President Hoover and his secretary, Walter F. Newton, had been at pains to spread the report to certain newspaper correspondents that Mr. Hoover had not declared against any and all revision of the e. hhehnul Tdmln dl:::l;t or the laws en_he sal letter transmittin the Wickersham report to Con; . that he was against the revision of the eighteenth amendment suggested in lh_llfhedocuml‘ ent. ontana Senator demanded of Senator am of Connecticut, au- thor of a substitute for the Howeil bill itting manufacture and sale of verages with an alcoholic content of : per cent nleu!n;l menurfld by weight, hether President Hoover a ved the_substitute. i v I did that” said Senator Wheeler, for the reason that my attention has been called to several articles in the g:q recently stating that after the ident sent his message to Cong stating in tional chajrman, e L TS Iry, Te) Senator Wheeler. . “I think,” said Senator Brookhart, “the Senator (Mr. Wheeler) is entirely mistaken about that ition. I am a modificationist myself, but I want to modify the law and make it stronger and better to enforce.” “Does the Senator think that the President is of the same opinion?” de- manded Senator Wheeler. & ing has said indicates that he wants better enforcement,” re- plied Brookhart. “His message is plain and to the point on that feature. This is one time I am going to sustain the President of the United Statgs,” con- tinued the insurgent Iowa Senator, amid laughter. “Of course,” said Senator Wheeler, “I realize that the Senator from Iowa wants to think the President is as dry as he himself is; just the same as he wanted during the last campaign to think that the President was just as gromulve as he was. But I am sure e will find that he will be just as much disappointed in the President’s dryness as he was in the President's progressiveness.” Shouse Statement Issued. While the Senate was debating the extent of President Hoover's feeling for the eighteenth amendment, the Demo- cratic National Committee was sending broadcast a statement by Jouett Shouse, chairman of its Executive Committee, which placed this executive head of the Democratic organization on record as favoring revision, if not re- peal, of the national prohibition laws. Mr. Shouse’s statement in regard to prohibition appears in a survey which he wrote for the February issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Handed to the press by the Bureau of Publicity of the Democratic National Committee, it was interpreted as reflecting the views of the national organization, although Mr. Shouse makes the statement that he is speaking for himself alone. Upon_prohibition, Mr. Shouse said: “The Democratic party has thus far taken no national stand. I am not I"&mpfin‘ to_speak for any one ex- cept myself. But I do not hesitate to decrease of about 4 per cent. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Marchers Reach Chester, By the Associated Press. ‘The demand for cash payments on veterans' compensation certificates has become so insistent that some oppo- nents are wondering if a compromise would not be the best way out. Sentiment among the veterans for cashing the certificates has been aug- tee of the American Legion is meeting in Indianapolis Sunday to settle the dispute over the organization's posi- Fall. Republican leaders in both branches are opposing the measures, largely sponsored by Democrats, on the basis of the Boston action, ter was _tabled. Hnwa:er. with the Senate Committee to begin he:- Monday, per 4 where the mat- | 0! FOES OF VETERANS CASH PLAN MAY YIELD TO COMPROMISE Increase of Sentiment Results in Meeting Plan—>4 Pa., on Way to Capita’. loans at 6 per cent already authorized. Under it a veteran holding a $1,000 c:rt:flmu wu‘ld %o.r:gw $250 additional at 4 per cent. payment propo- nents hold, however, that with existing loans, the added one and the interest would consume the entire amount by 1945, when the certificate comes due. Secre! Mellon has opposed the Garner bill to authorize payment of m:m present cash value of the certifi- caf Director Hines of the Veterans' Ad- ministration, Treasury and = White House officials have discussed the mat- ter in detail, during the past few days, with opponents and proponents. The proposition of financing whatever cash payment was au was gone into. With the cash value of the certificates at _approximately $3,500,000,000, Federal is are concerned as to whether it would be »ossible to float a bond issue of that size now. Their t:3\|||m|: is instability that to take that sum oul would economic and unemj it. More than 135 House members have on Page 9,