Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Cloudy and not quite so cold tonigh! minimum temperature about 38 degrees tomorrow occasional rain; moderate south and southwest winds. Temperatures— Highest, 50, at noon today; lowest, 26, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N.Y. Markets, No. 31,702 s post office, Intered as second class matter Washington, = , Pages13,14& 15 D C WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1931—THIRTY WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. -SIX PAGES. #%% T “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion 15 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Sunday's Cire Saturday's Circulation, 115408 ulation, 124, ) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. HIGHER GAS BILLS WITH “LOW" RATES MAY BRING PROBE People’s Counsel Stirred hy; Complaints of Increases | Despite New Schedule. VARIED BILLING PERIOD BEARS PART OF BLAME| Vehement Objections Raised by' Equipment Purchasers as Up- | keep Exceeds Estimates. Cabinet Head JOSE ANTONIO SANCHEZ GUERRA. Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel | before the Public Utilities Commission, announced today that he planned to re- quest the commission to direct its en- | gineering staff to make an investiga- tion to determine the cause of com- | plaints over mounting gas bills, which he said are coming into his office in ever-increasing numbers. “Gas consumers are writing to me | complaining that despite the lower | rates, which went into effect last Oc- tober, their bills are going up,” said Mr. Keech. “Others call me on the telephone to protest. I am told that gas bills are a favorite topic of discu: sion_at bridge parties. | “The consumers who have protested | to me insist that they are using no more gas than they did before the | rates were reduced. Yet, they say the bills are higher, | Typical Letter Cited. | “In view of this situation, I think it advisable and necessary that an in- vestigation be made to ascertain the | cause of these complaints. And in this connection I intend to ask the Public | Utilities Commission to have its en- | gineering department make a study to see if it can throw some light on con- ditions.” Mr. Keech cited as a typical example of the complaints, a copy of a letter written to the gas companies by Percy H. Marshall, prominent Washington lawyer, received at his office. . Marshall's letter contained a vigorous protest over the amount of his gas bill for the period between Decem- er 22, 1930, and January 26, 1931, for service at his home, at 3201 Thirty- sixth street. He pointed out that there are four members in his family and for | years his gas bill averaged $10 a month. Many and Varied Complaints, “It §s true that this amount was somewhat increased after the new rates were put into effect, which were expect- ed to be so beneficial to consumers,” Mr. Marshall wrote, “but my present bill is about 100 per cent in ‘excess of any previous charge. As there has been no change in the consum of gas which would account for amy increase whatsoever, it is manifestly impossible for my family to have consumed gas to the amount making my net bill $24.19. The complaints, Mr. Keech pointed out, are coming from persons in all sec- tions of the District, many of whom are prominent in various walks of life, who would not take the time or trouble to protest unless they thought there was a sound justification for guch action. Mr. Keech also declared that the complaints have not come entirely from persons who are using automatic gas- heat appliances, though they are well represented. The Public Utilities Commission also has received a number of protests ard its files bulge with reports on 40 inde- pendent investigations it made into individual complaints. Thcse com- plaints are scattered over a period dat- ing back to the effective date of the | Jower gas rates, although many of them | were received within the last two| months. | Period Change Blamed. It wes said at the commission, how- ever. that 75 per cent of the recent complaints were due to the fact that the gas companies changed the billing | period in January to cover a period of 34 and 35 days, whereas the bills lcri December were for a period of 28 days. | Thus. ity was_explained, the bills_for | ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 2) | GIRL SUES FOR $50,000 | ¥Fall Into Lime Said to Have Les- sened Marriage Chances. Jane Eicholtz, a minor, through her father, William W: Eicholtz, 4821 Colo- rado avenue, tells the District Supreme | Court that she has been disfigured for | life and has her chances of marriage| Jessened as the result of a fall into a pile of slacked lime October 28, 1929.| She asks $50,000 damages from Francis D. Klimkiewicz, 132 Twelfth street northeast, and James B. Sparks, 1406 Ingraham stireet | Through Attorney Joseph A. Ashi,| the court is advised that Klimkiewicz was building several houses on Colorado avenue near Park avenue and Sparks| heontractor for bricklaying and plaste: Through their agents. it is| alleged. they neglig left the slacked | Jime unprotected and adjacent to a vacant lot where children of the| neighborhood played The child, then | about 7 years old, fell into the lime and | sustained severe injuries to her hands | and lower limbs, it is asserted | PEAGEHOPES R N TROUBLED INDA Gandhi on Way to Confer With Viceroy Over Brit- ish Proposals. By the Associated Press. ALLAHABAD, India, February 16.— Mahatma Gandhi, uncommunicative in | observance of his day of silence, left | here this evening for New Delhi in answer to an invitation of Viceroy Lord | Irwin for a conference on India’s prob- lems. : The invitation was looked upon as| offering a hope of agreement between the two which would result in cessation of the Nationalist campaign of civil { disobedience. INDIA’S PEACE AT STAKE. Feeling of Confidence Prevails Over Conference of Leaders. NEW DELH]I, India, February 16 (#). —The peace of India will be at stake either tomorrow or Wednesday when Mahatma Gandhi, Nationalist leader, reaches here from'Allahabad to confer with Viceroy Lord Irwin as “man to; man” on the problems facing the coun- try. If the conversation between the two men is satisfactory to Gandhi he, after conference with others of the Working Committee of All-India National Con- gress, is expected to call off the Naticn- alist civil disobedience campaign and proceed with working out a federation lominion status under the plans evolved at_the London conference. The viceroy's invitation was arranged by mutual friends, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and M. R. Jayakar, both of whom came here last week to confer with the viceroy with regard to the situation. The two men were members of the London round table conference and have been in conference with Gandhi also, striving to procure bis acceptance of the round table program fcr India. A feeling of confidence prevails here that the way will be found for co-j operation of the Nationalist leaders with the government in working out the details of a new Indian constitution. If the present peace conference fails it is belleved the government will ig- nore the Congress workers and rely upon the Indian liberals, ruling princes, moderate Nationalists and the “un- touchables” for support in working out the new constitution. Preliminary Talk Held. Sir Tej, Jayakar and Srimivasa Sastri had a long talk with the viceroy this afternoon, giving him their first hand | impressions of the political situation preliminary to Lord Irwin's interview | with Gandhi. ‘Whatever may be the outcome of that interview, it was belicved that the gov- ernment is determined to push on with the framing of a new constitution. It is understood that Capt. Wedgewood Benn, Secretary of State for India, and other parliamentary delegates are to| | arrive here early next month with a staff of constitutional experts with al view to appointing Indian committees | to work out the details of the propored constitution. China Mine Fire Hurts One. PEIPING, China, February 16 (#)—A telegram today from the Provincial | Mining Department at Mukden said only one man_had been injured in a fire at the Fushun Collleries last week. Original reports said 3,000 miners had been entombed. Bln;t Demolishes House. DENVER, February 16 (.—An ex- | plosion " demolished & two-story house | here last night, hurling bricks over | an erea of several blocks. Firemen sald apparently no one was injured The occupants, Harry Wost and his | family of six, left the home shortly before the blast. One wall of an ad- | joining house was crumpled. Author- | ities expressed the belief the explosion | was caused by gas. i?»URIAL COSTS OF CONGRESSMEN | INCLUDED 50-CENT CORKSCREW/| SRR e \ Representative Sumners, Attacking Custom of United States Paying Expense: By the Associated Press A movement has been started to abolish the custom of holding official | funerals for members of Congress at Government expensc. Representative Sumners of Texas, a | Democrat, called the practice “barbaric” | today in pointing to the type of item | lhltyhls crept at times into the ex- pense accounts of the funeral parties, “Corkscrew, 50 cents,” was on the bill for burying one.of the lamented mem- bers. “Pald setters up $3,” was another to which Sumners drew attention off the floor in discussing his resolution to stop paying the bills of funeral delega- tions out of contingent funds. It was not chiefly because of such items that Sumners introduced his res- olution, however. He did that, he said, because he could find no excuse for so favoring a handful of legislators at the expense of the Treasury. The cxpense records of historical )\uvm c -, compiled by William s, Calls It “Barbaric.” Tyler Page, the clerk of the House, show a number of odd expenditures. Time was, they show, when those in charge selected not one, but two or three, sites for a vault for the deceased public servant. During the Thirty-first Congress they spent $30 for refresh- merts for those at the wake of a states- man, “lncludm{ those who were engaged one night in inclosing the body in a leaden coffin.” They spent $4 to adver- tise the obsequies—as distinct from death notices—of a member of the Forty-first Congress. Back in the Porty-sixth Congress one ! turned to the factories today, ending a CURTAILED POWERS FACED BY ALFONSD INNAMING PRENER Sanchez Guerra, Leader of Revolt in 1923, Chosen to Form Cabinet. CONFERENCES STARTED, WITH SUCCESS FORECAST Cabinet Head Favors Convention to Decide Whether Spain Shall Become Republic. By the Assoctated Press. MADRID, February 16.—King Alfonso, taking a bold step which may cost him much of his kingly power, today desig- nated Jose Antonio Sanchez Guerra, leader of the movement for a consti- tutional convention to determine whether Spain shall remain a monarchy or become a republic, to form a new cabinet. Sanchez Guerra, leader of a Left Wing Conservative group, which probably is the strongest party in Spain, called at the ‘palace before noon and after a two-hour conference with the King ! announced he would attempt to get | together a cabinet to replace that of | Premier Berenguer, which resigned Sat- | urday. He said he would begin conferences immediately with other politicians and return to the palace at 6 p.m. today to let the King know what success he ! had had. It was believed he would be | successful. ! While Sanchez Guerra, leaving the | palace, did not state upon what grounds ; he and the King had come to terms, | since Berenguer's resignation Saturday he has declared that the only solution for the present crisis is immediate con- vocation of a constitutional convention | to write a new Spanish constitution. Long in 2ublic Eye. ‘This convention would exercise power | above even that of the King. The King would have no power to adjourn it once it was convened, and in view of growing Left Wing and republican sentiment in | Spain a curtailment of his present | broad powers might be expected. The new premier-designate has been in the public eye in Spain since the early part of the century. He headed a Liberal cabinet as early as 1915. After | it fell he became minister of interior and later president of the Chamber of Deputies He was premier again in 1922, and in the following year was expelled from Spain for his enmity to the Primo de Rivera regime. In public writings and utterances thereafter he charged King Alfonso with having violated the Spanish con- stitution in permitting the Primo de! Rivera dictatorship, and therefore to be ruling illegally. He was arrested at Valencia on January 30, 1929, after an abortive revolutionary movement there against the dictatorship which failed when troops counted upon to back the revolt did not carry out their part. He was imprisoned aboard a warship in Valencia Harber, and in October, | 1930, was tried for sedition before a | court-martial. The trial was secret and the court’s findings were kept secret, but it was reported he was found not guilty. The dictatorship refused to ac- cept the findings and continued to hold Complete Amnesty Arranged. After the dictatorship fell, Gen. Da- ~ Boo Hoo! 1iL Look LIKE THE KING OF PIKERS BY THE: TiME HE GETS THROUGH! TREASURY CONGRESS, & | CAROLINA SENATOR ASSALS RASKOB Morrison Describes Chair- | man as “Monumental Mis- take” of Al Smith. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Jobn L. Raskob, chalrman of the Democratic National Committee, was | characterized as the “monumental mis- | take of our great candidate for Presx-i dent in 1928, the Honorable\Alfred E. | Smith,” during the Senate debate to. day by Senator Morrison of North Cal olina, dry Democrat. Senator Morrison, recently appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death | of the late Senator Overman, is the | Democratic national committeeman for | North Carolina, a member of the com- mittee over which Mr. Raskob presides. | Senator Morrison insisted that if Ras- | kob and other Democrats undertake to make the Democratic party wet they will “receive the worst drubbing” that | any set of men ever received in Ameri- | can politics. Attack Follows Talk by Tydings. Senator Morrison's attack on Chair- man Raskob came after Senator | Tydings of Maryland, wet Democrat, | | had talked for more than an hour of the “hypocricy” of the national prohi- bition law. The Maryland Senator gave statistics to show that in North | Carolina 61 stills had been seized for | every 10,000 population, about three | times the number of stills seized pe 10,000 population in Maryland. Afte being prodded by Senator Tydings, the North Carolina Senator burst into his deflance of the wet element in his party. “Oh, it is heralded all over the coun- try what a great leader of the Demo- cratic party Mr. Raskob, our chairman, is,” said Senator Morrison. “I submit that the only political significance Mr. || causing many Submarines Used In Fighting Fire at Arsenal in France By the Associated Press TOULON, France, February 16. —Submarines were used as fire- fighters last night and today to combat a blaze in the torpedo factory of th> Toulon arsenal. More than half submerged, four submariges were able to ap- proach the blaze closely and use their hose effectively. The fir: raged in a spectacular manner throughout the night, explosions and heavy damage, but as far as is known no loss of life. It wasex- tinguished at noon today. SSOMOMOPISTAL DEFCT FORESEEN Airmail Operators Advised to ‘ Note Prospect in Talk by Brown. By the Assoctated Press Postmester General Brown today predicted a postal deficit of more than | $150,000,000 for the next fiscal year. Speaking at a conference of airmail operators, he said they would have to emonstrate they are doing somethiug for business, for the rapid movement of mail, and for the flying art if they are to continue to receive governmental support. The Post Office Department has reached the maximum figure in appro- maso Berenguer becoming premier ar- | Raskob has or ever will have is that | priations from Congress for the do- ranged a complete amnesty from the | King. He was set free and immediately | promised a pronunciation of Spain’s | political situation. i Several thousand persons gathered at a Madrid theater to hear this pro-! nouncement February 27 of last year.' While he did not state that he wished a republic, there were broad hints that | this was the case, and he recognized the | right of the country to declare a re- | public if it wished The crowd cheered him, shouting, | “Long live the republic,” “Death to, the King” and “Death to the dictator- | ship.” Airplanes dropped leaflets with republican propaganda over the city at | the time. Mounted police finally use their swords to disperse the crowd, which became unruly, and the former premier thereafter was denied the right ' to_make a public address in the capital. | Recently has_headed _the " (Continued on Page 2, Column | 300,000 END STRIKE Lancashire Cotton Mill Workers Back on Jobs After Month. MANCHESTER, England, February 16 (#).—Between 250,000 and 300,000 Lancashire cotton mill workers re- strike of nearly a month's duration. Agreement was reached Friday be- tween the workers and the employers on_the employers’ demand to_institute a “more looms per weave” system. Al- though the system gave the workers scmewhat oetter pay, they attacked it as throwing other men out of work. Because of the depressed state of industry it was not expected that more than 50 to 60 per cent of the workers would find jobs today. but reports of revival of trade in India gave con- siderable hope. Warning! Word _comes from the Asso- ciated Press of embarrassment and annoyance inflicted by im- postors and petty grafters, who in many cities of the country, by posing as Associated Press rep- resentatives, have victimized mer- chants and others. For the protection of our citi- zens we can say authoritatively that the Associated Press does not issue badges or printed cre- dentials to its representatives. Its employes do not ask for spe- cial privileges, advances of money, credit at hotels and other public places of entertainment. They do not ask banks to cash checks without complete identification; they do not solicit the purchase funeral party’s expenses were $5469— not including, Sumners pointed out, re- funds on railroad tickets of 22 mourners who dropped out before they reached the destination. Even 10 years ago it cost Congress $7.120 to bury a Pacific Coast Represcn.ative. The House clerk said items have now been “standardized.” and “reduced to the minimum,” 50 the average congres- am funeral costs from $1,200 to $1,500. of ‘any article, or endeavor to sell_anything. We wish our business men and citizens to know that when any person comes to them secking favors or making any solicitation lnvolvxn‘, money or credit on the ground that he represents the As- sociated Press, it is safe to set that person down as an imposter regardless of the nature of his purported credentials. he is the monumental mistake of our | great candidate for President in 1928, the Honorable Alfred E. Smith. A Raskob came into cur public life like other chairmen. ber who an back. y of them were a few years Denies Leadership. “But it is said that he has become a great leader in our party since his sudden entrance mto our politics. I deny that he has any influence or that he is any leader in the Democratic party. He is chairman of our commit- tee because Gov. mental mistake of naming him for 4 chairman, and as soon as we nominate ancther candidate for President, if not before, Mr. Raskob will disappear from American politics as suddenly as he en- tered, in my opinion. “If Mr. Raskcb or those responsible - | for him undertake to use the Execu- | tive Committee of the Democratic par- ty insolently to fix the policies of the Democratic party and determine them, instead of leaving great questions of policy to our national convention and to representatives of the party in the | House and upon this floor; if they ad- | vocate carrying out the will of these nullifiers of the Constitution to deter- mine the policy of the Democratic par- ty, they will meet defeat before the com- mittee, in my opinion. If they carry the committee, the committee will Te- ceive the worst drubbing that any set of men ever received in American pol- ities in the next Democratic national convention. Senator Morrison supported the Dem- | ocratic tieket in 1928, although North Carolina went against Smith and for President Hoover in that election. He has made_several speeches in the Sen- ate since his appointment, denying that the Democratic party will be wet in the general election next year. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, co-author of the eighteenth amendment, earlier today challenged Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee to neme the States “he had in mind when he said that they had already taken such action as to indicate that the delegates to the next Democratic na- tional conventicn” would provide a wet majority in that convention. “I_think” said Senator Sheppard, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) PAPER THIEF GETS 45 DAYS Boy, 17, Also Held on $1,000 Bond on Housebreaking Charge. Lawrence Braxton, 17-year-old col- ored boy, living at Woodburn, was sentenced to 45 days in jail for stealing nagers from a newspaper rack by Judge John P. McMahon today. ‘The boy also was held under $1,000 bond for the action of the grand jury in connection with a housebreaking charge. He was first arrested last No- vember for the theft of the newspapers and taken to the Receiving Home, from where he escaped. Last month the youth is alleged to have broken in a shect metal shcp and taken a type- writer. He was arrested for the second time several days ago by Officer E. L. Dalsrom of No. 10 precinct. Radio Prognn; on Page C-3 : 4 Few men can remem- | Smith made the monu- | mestic airmail service. | “eThere are a number of disturbing | factors in the operation of the Afrmail Service,” saia Brown, “which will have be reckoned with by operators | throughout the country. The gross | deficit of the Government will no doubt reach a total of half billion dollars. | ““Congress. therefore, will be forced to ! do one -of two things—either increase taxes or reauce expenditures. Airmail | operators should inform themselves of | these conditions and of the problems that confront the Post Office Depart- ment.” | ernment, Brown said, were “not at all enthusiastic about the part civil aero- | nautics may play yn any preparedness | program _ being "devised by Army or | Navy.” He said, on the contrary, these | military branches spoke with some con- tempt about any aid which might be rendered by commercial aviation. (IMMIGRATION CHECK | AS AID TO IDLE 0. K.’D | 5 TR TR 190 Per Cent Reduction in Quota Approved by House | Committee. By the Assoclatea Press. The House Immigration Committee today approved the Jenkins bill to re- strict immigration for two years as an employment aid. ‘The measure would reduce quota im- migration 90 per cent and limit immi- gration from Western Hemisphere coun- tries to 10 per cent of the entrants in the fiscal year 1929. The committee also approved the Free resolution to limit Filipino immi- gration for two years to 500 entrants to the mainland. It also would authorize | Filipino immigration from the islands to Hawaii to be governed by existing Labor Department regulations. The Jenkins bill was substituted for the original Free bill, which carried the Pilipino provision along with the other restrictions. Failing to obtain privilege to bring the Free bill to the House for action, Representative Free, Republican, Call fornia, its author, introduced the sep- arate resolution. He said he would urge early action. ‘The House Republican leadership has indicated that immigration legislation may not receive consideration at this session because of the few days remain- ing. PERSHING IS ILL Confined to Bed With Cold, He Is Unable to Attend Edwards Rites. Gen. John J. Pershing was confined today to his bed in the Metropolitan Club with a cold. The general's office announced the cold was so severe as to prevent his at- tending the funeral of Ma). Gen. Clar- ence R, Edwards. The military branches of the Gov- | ENTIRE PRECINCTS DECLARED STOLEN |Robsion Writes Nye Kentucky Probe Should Not Be Con- fined to G. 0. P. | By the Associated Press. Former Senator Robsion, Republican, Kentucky, charged today in a letter to Chairman Nye of the Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee that “whole precincts were stolen” in the election last Fall in which he was de- feated. Denying that he had injected the re- ligious issue into the campaign, Robsion said he félt if there was to be an in- vestigation of the 1930 Kentucky elec- tion it should not be confined to the Republican party. “The Kentucky State Highway Com- mission was in the hands of eight par- tisan Democrats,” Robsion said. had millions of dollars under their con- trol. Kentucky needed roads. Thou- sands of men and their families were destitute on account of unemployment and drought. Declares Ballots Defaced. “It was a matter spoken of tbrough- |out the State that persons interested in the Democratic candidates visited various communities in the State and stated bluntly to many officials and cit- izens that they would have to line up for the Democratic candidates to get this :71' that road bullt or to get employ- ment.” “It would also be shown,” said Rob- sion, “that whole precincts were stolen and in others the ballots were so de- faced they could not be counted for the Republican candidates.” “Many Republicans of Kentucky, as well as I, feel that if there is to be an investigation of the 1930 election in Kentucky, this investigation should not be confined to the Republican party, its candidates and managers.” Referring to testimony before the committee that he injected the religious |issue into the campalgn, Robsion said | “nothing could be further from the truth.” “In no speech of mine during that campaign was the religious issue raised, or even referred to. Nor was that issue raised in any speech made for me, nor in any literature distributed for me ‘w‘i!dh my knowledge and consent,” he | said. | Tells of Forum Publicity. | Robsicn said some of his friends had | arranged for publicity favorable to him in the Fellowship Forum, Ku Klux | Klan newspaper, because most of the papers of Kentucky were against him. | These articles were confined to his | record, he said, and did not attack any one ‘“politically or otherwise.” Referring to testimony before the | committee that Robert Estes, an official of the Internal Revenue Depart- ment had paid $2,000 to Charles Sten- gle of the Fellowghip Forum for pub- licity in that paper, Robsion said he had not suggested to Estes that he solicit the money. Robsion was succeeded for this term by Ben Williamson. M. M. Logan won the long-term race and will take his seat from Kentucky in the new Senate. Willlamson and Logan are Democrats. Robsion said Chairman Nye had made a remark which indicated Estes had collected this money from Federal employes, but that Estes’ denial of this “implied ' charge” had been given no publicity. MELBA HAS RELAPSE Prima Donna's Condition Grave, Say Physicians. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Febru- ary 16 ()—Dame Nellie Melba, famous prima donna, was said by physicians to be in a grave condition today. She suf- fered a relapse last night. She has been ill for several weeks and s thought to have improved. WILSON Embarrassed PERSHING Read Tomorrow's Installment of PERSHING'S MEMOIRS in The Evening Star AUTONATI SLARY NEREASESFORLS. ENPLOYES UAGED Personnel Board Program Provides Revised Ratings | on Basis of Merit. RAISES RECOMMENDED WITH NO REDUCTIONS Report Advising Sweeping Changes in Classification Act Would End Average Provision. Sweeping revision of the classification act, with abolition of the much disputed “average provision,” and establishment of a new promotion system for Govern- ment workers was recommended to | Congress today by the Personnel Classi- | fication Board. | In a 400-page report submitted to the | Vice President, as presiding officer of | the Senate, and to the Speaker of the House the board presented the text of a proposed bill which would entirely take the place of the old classification act and all its amendments. | Many increases in salary and no de- | creases are recommended. The in- creases would go principally to “ex- | perienced employes” in the lower grades | and to executives in the higher grades above $2,000 annual pay, who were | found by the survey to be underpaid | according to the salaries paid in similar | non-Government establishments. | Commended by Employes. ‘The report was generally commended by the National Federation of Federal Employes, whose officers, after careful | study, said they could find little fault| with the whole program. They reserved | the right to make a few constructive suggestions. Congress requested this report in the Welch act of 1928, which asked the Classification Board to review the field service of the Government and report recommendations. The work was done under direction of Willlam H. McRey- nolds, who then held title of “director of survey,” and who last July became director of classification. Under the old system, Mr. McReynolds represented the Bureau of Efficiency as one of the three memz:ra of the former Classification T ‘The new promotion system included as a part of the recommendations was characterized by McReynolds as the one thing which would “do more to bolster morale in Government ranks than any- thing I can think of.” Briefly explained this promotion system is outlined in a summary of the report as follows: “The ird recommends semi-auto- matic increases in salary. Revision of Ratings Proposed. “It is proposed that a revised system of efficiency ratings be adopted that will permit department heads rate their zmlnlwu as being ‘good,’ ‘fair’ or ‘un- satisfactory.’” An employe who is rated ‘good’ will be automatically advanced once each year to the next higher sal- ary rate within the range for the class and grade of position he occuples, pro- vided Congress has appropriated funds for such increases, until he reaches the maximum rate for such class and grade as specified in the salary schedule.” At the present time, McReynolds ex- plained informally today, there is ab- solutely no definite system for promo- tion in the Government service. This has proved to be, he said, one of the main causes for difficulty and dissatis- faction. Under the new system the law would authorize one step a year if funds are available, but not more than one step. In order to make this pos- sible a vitally important and closely related recommendation is abolition of the much-criticized “average provision.” ‘The board’s report points out that the average provision, “which is in- cluded 1n appropriation acts as a means of regulating salary advancements by keeping the average of the salaries of all employes in any one grade in each Government organization at or below the average rate specified in the sched- ule for that grade, has resulted in unfairness to certain groups of em- ployes and that unless it is abandoned, the semi-automatic salary increases will be impossible.” System Target of Attacks. In this connection McReynolds ex- plained informally the board's recom- mendation would allow department heads to do away entircly with the efficiency rating system now in effect. This system has been the cause of a great amount of criticism and charges of favoritism. The means of rating employes under the new system of good, fair or unsatisfactory, would be left to the discretion of Government heads and perhaps the assistance of the Bureau of Efficlency. _The_abolition of the average pro-| (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TITLE BOUT RUMORED Schmeling-Stribling Match Report- ed Planned for Chicago in June. CHICAGO, February 15 (#).— The Deily News today said it had learned from a ‘“reliable source” that the world's heavyweight boxing match be- tween Max Schmeling and Young| Stribling would be held at Soldier Field, Chicago, June 19. PASSAGE OF BONUS MEASURE IN HOUSE TODAY PREDICTED Longworth Facilitates Bill Despite Opposition of Administration. BACKERS HOPE TO AVOID HOOVER “POCKET VET0Q” Speedy Action in Senate Indicated. Would Make Extra Session Less Likely. By the Assoctated Press. Deaf to the administration’s disap- proval, an apparently overwhelming majority of the House was determined to pass today without change the Bacharach veterans' loan bill. Supporters of the plan had an eye to the possibility of a presidential veto, and so sought to assure the Senate a chance to act in time to prevent the measure’s death on President Hoover's desk after the March 4 adjournment. The Chief Executive has 10 days in which to consider a bill before signing or rejecting it. The Bacharach bill advocates had with th-m bpeaker Longworth, who an- | nounced today he would permit the vet- erans’ loan legislation to be brought u in the House at 3:30 p.m. with lu\g'lcw lz final action about 4:30. G. 0. P. Leaders Split. The Republican leader, Tilson of Con- necticut, was on the other side. It was the first split in ages in_the ruling Re- publican group of the Housc. But so few were Tilson's recorded supporters that.during early consideration of the plans no name was advanced to repre- sent the opposition in the brief debate proposed. ‘Two-thirds of the House must approve the stringent rules suspension. The i:ge number is sufficient to override a Should the measure be started on its way to the Senate before nightfall, it will find there a substantial group deter- mined to enact it in sufficient time to prevent a pocket veto. Already onc member has served notice he will object to bringing up any matters not on the calendar until the veterans’ bill is con- sidered. The measure provides for increasing the loan value of the World War vet- erans’ adjusted compensation certifi- cates to 50 per cent of théir face value. Estimates of its cost have run from $325,000,000 or so to as much as $1,- 700,000,000. Secretary Mellon expressed the administration disapproval, based on a possibility he saw that it would Teeasary siusstion, and sies Afteer the situal and al bond market unfavorably. e Opposes Hasty Vote. ‘Tilson, who had been silent on the plan, last night definitely vroke away from Longworth, who had recorded his approval. Tilson termed the apparent determination to jam it through “most Tregrettable,” because with insufficient consideration it was being ‘“recklessly rushed to a vote over the protest of the ‘Treasury.” He said he would favor a measure of :215 wln if ltt ]lllnlfoe% the ben to ose in actual need, but Congress has been cold to that idea. In the Senate the bill faced p of hearings by the Finance Committee, whose chairman, Smoot of Utah, is op- posed to it, but the general belief there was it would be acted upon with a speed H;c,mpanble to that planned by the Now One Big Issue. Since enactment Saturday of the drought relief $20,000,000 loan appro- priation, contained in the Interior De- partment bill, the veterans’ measure has become the one big issue. In its con- sideration still is involved the possibility of an extra session being forced, but the leaders say the situation now offers “‘easier sailing.” Agreement on the Interior bill re- moved the key log in the jam holding the whole stack of supply bills. The Senate receded from its insistence on & pay raise provision for Federal em ployes. The same provision came up l‘? each of the departmental appropria- ons. WORLD WAR PENSIONS 0. K.'D. House Committee Approves Payments After Veterans' Deaths. By the Associated Press. The House Veterans' Committee today approved a bill to provide pensions for dependents of World War veterans, from the date of death of the veterans. Representative Perkins, Republica: New Jersey, chairman of a subcommit tee which revised the bill, said an effort would be made to bring it to a vote without any delay. He estimated it would cost $12,000,000 to $14,000,000 for the first year, and $2,- 000,000 additional each successive year. The bill would provide $26 a month for a widow and one orphan of World War veterans, regardless of whether there was any service connection with the cause of death. It would provide $6 for each additional orphan and would exclude widows without children. Pilsudski Foes Sentenced. WARSAW, Poland, February 16 (#). —Three of five Socialsts charged with hatching a bomb plot against Marshal Pilsudski last October, today were sen- tenced to one year in prison. others are acquitted. AVERAGE MAN IS HELD WORTH ONE CENT AS ENERGY SOURCE | Professor Designs Dynomometer to Test Horsepower of Humans and Relative Cost of Labor. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, February 16.—The average man as a source of energy is worth about 1 cent an hour. Prof. William Boss of the University of Minnesota has arrived at that con- clusion, after a series of tests on a man dynomometer, he said today. Using standard engineering tests, the instrument makes it possible to com- re man’s power directly with that of orses, motors, windmills, waterwheels and other sources of energy. Crank Is Turned. Prof. chief of vision of agricultu; engineerin, ed the dynomometer for instruction value of power, and the relative cost of man power a8 compared with other fotp The instrument is about the si kitchen cabinet. It is equipped 4 crank connected with a mechanism working on a brake. The brake, in turn, connects with a . pound registered on a dial indicates one manpower of energy exerted on the crank, usually one-eighth horsepower. Drives Dynamo. There is a second crank for driving a dynamo to generate electricity, which may be used to light one or more bulbs on an instrument board, If a man turns the crank at 60 revo- lutions a minute, which is about the average speed for an hour, the volt- meter will indicate 110 volts. “That amount of electricity would be worth about 1 cent.” Prof Boss said. “As compared with the horsepower hour furnished by men, an equal amount of power could be from wind or water for 1 cent.” Y