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A2 % 13 SN LEENES * RE CHALERGED G | "_Sign' . Committee ‘Requifes" Companies to Furnish Permit Proof. (Continued From First Page.) blanket suthorizations for the erec- tion of signs for which the District; files have no record. The companies claim they have some of these ‘blanket’ authorizations and eventually, I think, it will be found that many of the loca- | tions will be retained on the list. The committee insists, however, that the! companies show authorizations and | records of the District. In the case| of those sites for which no records can be produced, they will be ordered abandoned. This is final and the com- nies have volunteered to do so and 2pey will do-it.” One of the chief reasons the billboard companies are supporting the new Dis- trict sign law is to get rid of the “boot- | legging” of signs by others, over which | District officials had no control. It was largely to control this situation, Maj. Davison said, that the Commissioners asked for the enactment of wider pow- ers to order the removal of hundreds of small “tack and hammer” signs and other unauthorized larger signs in the downtown sections of the city. Many Are Large Type. Centending thet careful examination of records would reveal the presence of | y unauthorized signs of the larger type, reprcsentatives of the civic cam- paign avainst the billboards considered the list being compiled by the Sign Com- mittee as bearint® most importantly on the Talilations. ‘The reason t.1doubtedly is due to the various conflicting ways in which per- mits were issued in the days before the World War. Sometimes they were issued by the Commissioners, at other times by the Engineer Department and again by the police or building inspector’s office, Due to the general non-enforcement of existing regulations then, the earch for bona-fide records was long and tedious. The Police Department first made a survey of all sign locations. Against their figures were checked the sites fur- nished by the billboard companies and against these two sets the existing rec- ords on file were checked. The result was as announced. ¥ To Ask Abandonment. At the meeting on July 15, when the companies will produce whatever rec- ords they can for the 543 signs in dis- pute, Maj. Davidson said the commit- tee would urge the companies voluntar- ily to abandon billboard sites in resi- dential districts or facing public parks or public buildings coming within the scope of the Shipstead act. In lieu of voluntary vacation, it was proposed that the companies would be given sites in business or industrial sections and the opportunity to recondition cer- tain of their boards which are not in a 50 per cent state of disrepair. In this way Maj. Davidson believes, many cobjectionable billboard sites for which permits have been issued in the past, can be abolished for the public good. Of the 543 signs, which are yet to be agreed upon, a great many are of the usual billboard size. Others are 10 by 10 feet, 10 by 15 feet or 10 by 20 feet, all of them, however, in excess of the new maximum limited proposed for ordinary signs. Most in Second Precinet. A majority of these signs are in the most populated precincts, the second precinct leading with 92. There are only 10 listed in the first precinct, of which eight are of the large type. Of the 92 in the second precinct, 31 are 100 square feet or more in area. The fourth precinet, with 86 of the questionable signs, ranks second in number on the list. Of these 35 are large ones. The fifth precinct follows with 65, of which only 18 are of the large type. Next come the ninth pre- cinct with 55, including 25 large ones; the eighth precinct with 54 signs on the list, 24 being large ones; the sixth pre- cinct with 47, including 27 large ones, and the third precinct with 46, of which 19 are of the larger type. The so-called “unauthorized” signs in other precincts are as follows: ‘Twenty-two in the tenth, 22 in the eleventh; 12 in the twelfth; 4 in the thirteenth and 1 small sign in the four- teenth. As in the case of these signs for ‘which the records are not available to District officials, the second precinct leads all in the total of all billboards, wall and fence signs. The number is 171. The fourth precinet i» second, with 154, and others included in the i00 class are the fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth precincts. Placed Indiscriminately. Nearly all the smaller signs in ques- tion are those of the 4 by 8 feet commonly seen advertising various - uylar commodities. They are “mp‘nfi gluced indiscriminately on stores and uildings. With the added delay caused by revelations in the so-called “authorized” sign list, it is doubtful if the proposed regulations will become effective before September 1. After their promulgation by the District Commissioners, the law requires 2 month to elapse after publi- cation, before enforcement of the law begins. This enforcement, it is under- ;com:, will be up to the Police Depart- ment. CRAZED MAN KILLED AFTER SHOOTING FIVE Wounded Policeman Advances Under Bullet Barrage to Slay Armed Maniac. By the Assoclated Press. i JACKSON, Mich., June 27.—A man who barricaded himself in his home | was killed by a policeman here late | last night after he had wounded his wife and three policemen, including the one who killed him. A bystander also was shot. The man, William Rightsell, was shot down by Patrolmen Claire Tallman, who advanced to the house under pro- tection of a barrage of machine-gun | bullets. As Tallman entered, howevzr,, Rightsell fired a shotgun, and the greater part of the charge entered the | vatrolman’s body below a bullet-proof Tallman’s condition was critical | today. The four other wounded perscns | ‘were expected to recover. | Rightsell fired 11 _charges from his shotgun, wounding Patrolman William | Spradlyn and Orval Latcliaw and Don | Castle, a neighbor. The patrolman found Mrs. Rightsell unconscicus from loss of blood from a shotgun wound in the leg. The Right- sells’ four terrified children were hiding ‘about the house. Neighbors told police that Rightsell, & machinist, had been drinking all day. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at the bandstand at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Back to Camp”.,.Blankenberg Overture, “Fra Diavalo”.,.......Auber &ymphonic poem, introducing “Nearer, My God, to Thee”......Zimmermann Grand selection, “Samson and i . .Saint-Saens Fox trot, “Last Night I Dreamt I Kissed you”.... .Lombardo | Justice Clerk Retires SERVED 49 YEARS UNDER 10 PRESIDENTS. . ETIRING after about 49 years of Government service, John Cherry, 4809 Forty-first street, clerk in the office of the Solicitor General, received today from Attorney General Mitchell a purse of $100 in gold as a gift from his associates. ‘The Attorney General, in making the presentation, praised Mr. Cherry's record. “Mr, Cl i herry,” he said, “entered the service of the department in 1882. was then 8 years old. Most of you had 1 not been born. “Mr. Cherry has served under 10 Presidents and 18 Attorneys General. He has been associated with and bas enjoyed the confidence and friendship of 18 Solicitors General. : “John, your friends here in the department regret to see you go. We shall miss you. You have our affectionate happiness and contentment and a ripe your knees.” regard. We wish you many years of old ags with your grandchildren around U... UNCOVERS RING ALLIED TO CAPONE Federal Indictments for 59 Gained in War Against Rum Syndicate. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—With the scalp of Alphonse Capone dangling on its belt, the Government has opened its offensive to wipe out another liquor syndicate reputedly allied with the “Scarface Al” interests. Fifty-nine men and two firms were indicted by a Federal grand jury yes- terday for violating the liquor laws in operating a syndicate, with headquarters at Aurora, Ill, that operated in Iilinois and Iowa. More than 2,000,000 gallons of alcohol have been produced and distributed by the syndicate since 1927, Government officials charge. The Federal operatives said the syndicate was allled with Capone and that many of those indicted ‘were one-time alcohol-cookers in “Scar- face Al's” mob. ‘This was the second of the Govern- ment’s recent Midwest blows. The first was against Capone, who is awaiting sentence on a plea of guilty to income tax evasion and conspiracy to violate | liquor laws, for which he was indicted with 68 of his henchmen. Capone is also under six months’ sentence for con- tempt of court. Chief of the alleged Aurora ring is Mike Blumberg of Clinton, Iowa. Named also were Robert W. Beese, Sterling, Ill,, former State's attorney of Whiteside County; Thomas J. Harrigan, jr., head of a Chicago and Oak Park automobile company; Sam Dolf, Aurora, president of the Sugar Supply Co.; Mike, Joe and David Meyers, Aurora, and Richard ¥u$511 and Frank Price of Waterloo, owa. Assistant United States District At- torney Daniel Anderson, who presented the evidence to the grand jury, said the organization, divided into three groups, had violated the prohibition law 10,000,000 times. Raids several weeks ago at Aurora, Clinton and other cities have already placed many of the defendants under arrest, Anderson said, They will not be arraigned, however, for several days. Wins $500 EDUCATORS STUDY U. . ILLITERACY 20,000 Hold Second Confer- ence on Problem—Dean Smith Speaks. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 27.—America’s | illiterate were under the inquisitive eyes of 20,000 educators today as the National Council of Education went into its second conference to hear its president, Henry Lester Smith, dean of | the School of Education, Indiana Uni- versity, trace the mental growth of mankind. g Smith, a leader in the annual con- vention of National Education Associa- | tion, which opens here Monday, dis- | cussed the veil of ignorance cloaking the causes of illiteracy, and in a series of nine theses outlined the economic reasons for lack of education. For comparative purposes Smith | classified human relationships in two major groups: Constructive relation- ships and destructive relationships. From the time of man's initial habi- tation on earth, human relationships have puzzled educators, he said, and have become more of a conundrum under complex situations. Smith suggested the perplexing situa- tion might be remedied through the evaluation of nineteenth century ma- terialism by twentieth century needs and ideals. The nineteenth century philosophy of life, he said, must be culled for the positive contributions to- ward human welfare and the remainder discarded. A symposium on the intergration of all education will close the councils sessions tonight. George D. Strayer, professor of sducational administration, Teachers College, Colurgbia University, will outline the contribution of public schools. Parochial schools will be dis- cussed by Rev. John Wolfe, superinten- dent of Catholic diocesan schools, Dubugque, Iowa. —_— Will Aid Surgeon General. ‘The Treasury Department has grant- ed permission for Dr. W. F. Draper, assistant surgeon general of the Public Health Service, to be ed as Vir- ginia health commissioner for a limited period. Essay Prize CALIFORNIA GIRL VICTOR IN CONTEST ‘The Charles R. Walgreen prize of $500 for the third annual Gorgas memorial essay contest was awarded today to Miss Helen Dafe, Point Loma High School, San Diego. In the Grayson, Miss Dale and Dr. Franklin T. 1SS HELEN DALE, a recent graduate of = Point Loma Junior-Senior High School, R. Wal- green prize of $500 for the w‘lnn:m essay in the third annual memo: essay contest sponsored by Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine. ‘The presentation was made on the esplanade of the Pan-American Union by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, president of the institute. Among the distinguished guests who were present at the ceremony were Charles R. Wal- green, Chicago, donor of the award; Dr. Leo 8. Roe, director general of the Pan- American Union; the committee of na- tional judges, Mrs. Aileen Wrightson, daughter of the late Gen. Gorgas, and officials of the institute. High school juniors and seniors from 43 States participated in year’s eoxnmtfi‘% n;%ect of which w: “Keep| 4 e Program Personal Health.” i &%uft to right: Am‘h o judges composed of Dr. Hugh 8. Cum- Lung, surgeon general, United States Public Health Service; . Willlam John Cooper, United States Commis- sloner of Education, and Dr. Franklin H. Martin, director American College of Surgeons. In addition to the five $100 bills handed her by Admiral Grayson, Miss Dale received $350 for travel allowance to Wasl mpfll winners were William Francis Bullock, Brandon, Miss., sec- ond prize, $250; Miss Margaret E. Beal, Hammonton, N. J., third, $100; Miss Helen Ann Anderson, Tracy, ot fourth, honorable mention, and Miss Marion . G. Mead, Danbury, Conn., i irensing the importarioe of the e ce an- nual health examination as the most effective way of keeping fit, Miss Dale said: “Serious troul in later years may often be avolded by careful reg- ular by the family doctor. The mechanism of our has right to consideration bodies to ‘that shown our cars, radios . whicl are given and at- general of the 5 for the presentation, | malif GERMAN LEADERS LOOK TO HOOVER Attitude on. French Reply Based on Reports From Washington and Paris. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 27.—The feeling in German government circles today was, “we must leave it to Hoover—he will come out on top in the end.” That attitude toward the French reply to President Hoover's war debt proposal was based on reports received from the German embassies in Wash- ington and Paris. use of this confidence llor Bruening refrained from even mentioning the French swer in his speech today before the German Federation of Bankers. Members of the cabinet directly con- cerned with reparations, especially Herr Bruening, Foreign Minister Curtius and Finance Minister Dietrich conferred throughout the morning at the chan- cellor's office. Foreign office experts were called in to assist them. Government ‘circles fully understand the difficulties of Premier Laval's cab- inet with Prench Nationalists and due allowance is made for a phrassclegy which on the face seems to the Ger- mans to be a dash of cold water on efforts to bring about a Franco-German understanding. For Home Consumption. In other words, the French govern- ment’s reply is interpreted as primarily intended for home consumption. It is believed here also that President Hoo- ver, Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Mellcn will interpret it that way. ‘While the chancellor avoided mention | of the French reply in his speech today before the Bankers' Federation, in political ecircles the address was seen as an attempt to strengthen President Hoover's hand. His solemn assurance that Germany was continuing a course of rigorous if not cruel economy was regarded as calculated to offset French fears that Germany might use her respite to increase her armaments. t was sald here such a charge came with particular ill grace from France, which has just voted billions to strengthen her belt of fortresses on the Franco-German frontier, although Ger- many has no fortifications whatever. ‘The chancellor pointed out there was hope for a new upward movement in the Hoover proposal so far as Ger- many’s economic life is concerned, and he warned against short-term credits, Germany, he declared, must settle down to the utmost thrift and economy. | “We are happy to note that in the | Hoover plan there is voiced confidence | that Germany will make judicious use of the relief afforded by the plan,” he said. “This relief must, however, lead | to the internal strengthening of Ger- many’s economie life. Such strengthen- | ing must be based upon a sane financia policy on the part of all public bodies.” Extreme Thrift, Guide. A sane social policy, Herr Bruening declared, was possible only on the safe basis of stablized economy and finance. “80 long as foreign countries can cause | disturbance by the withdrawal of monies all measures of social and po- | litical nature must lack the necessary | security. “Extreme thrift must remain the | guiding line for public and private | economy,” he added. this connection the chancellor | lauded the United States where, he said, leaders of private industry admitted the mistakes they had made and, together | r:lun the government, sought for reme- jes. | “We must refrain as much as possible t from negotiating short-term credits,” | Herr Bruening declared. “At leust they | must not swell beyond an amount which | |can be maintained by our own in-| dustries.” Industry Must Assist. ‘The state alone, he said, cannot solve Germany’s difficulties, but private in- dustries must use all their energies to | assist. He pleaded for co-operation be- tween the government and private business. and appealed for “an ethical (eeliln'g of responsibility for the common weal.” Hans Luther, Reichsbank president, who spoke after the chancellor, de- clared the Reichsbank proved its stabil- ity during the sensational withdrawal of foreign exchanges which started | June 12. “It was able under all circumstances to safeguard Tman exchange,” he said. “To talk about a new inflation is idle twaddle.” MRS. JOSEPHINE SCALCO DIES AT SON’S HOME Mother of National Fruit Co. President Succumbs to Brief Illness. Mrs. Josephine Scallo, 75, mother of Salvatore Scsllo, president of the Na- tional Pruit Co. died yesterday at the | home of her son, 705 Otis place, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 8:15 o'clock at the residence, with mass at the Holy Rosary Church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Born in Italy, Mrs. Scalla came to the United States about 30 years ago and has lived in Washington since 1911. Another son, V. P. Scallo, Cambridge, Mass., and five daughters, Mrs. Con- | stance Catalano, Mrs. Katherine Cicero | Mrs, , Balth | | Josephine Bellipanni, who lives in Italy, | |also survive. . Injured in Havana Riot. HAVANA, June 27 (A).—A number of inclu women, were injured in a riot on the North Side of Havana shortly after midnight. Two were re] badly hurt. Police interrupted a meeting of a students’ assoclation, which is opposed to the present government. “Old Mac,” who had catered to epicurean appetities of politicians and Presidents, is dead—and those who revered him at the National Press Club the ears. Retiring as a waiter some years {go.mmnmmmmuhu doorman. ‘When the body of the venerable col- ored man is borne Monday afternoon ing and Jackso; old | teacher. When Bathing Girls From 1868 to 1931 QUOTA CLUB MEMBERS DISPLAY COSTUMES. As the closing feature of the Quota Club conventign the members staged a bathing girl review at the Shoreham | Hotel pool yesterday, displaying costumes from 1870 to 1956. | clothed with much mystery and the photographers were informed that her ccstume was reserved only for the eyes of Left to right: Claire L. Hooton, Baltimore, Md., 1870; Frankie Overstreet, Williamson, the club members—all women. Above are the entrants up to 1931 The 1956 entry was W. Va., modern; Ruth Harrell, Norfolk, Va., 1900; Betty Shorey, Washington, 1931, and Elinore Kane, Worcester, Mass., 1868. —Star Staff Photo. HILLIG AND HOIRIS PLAN FEW VISITS Will Make Trips to Their Birthplaces Before Re- turn to U. S. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, June 27.—America’s immigrant fiyers, Otto Hillig and Holger Hoirlis, told the Associated Press today that they planned to revisit their birth- places’ as soon as they recuperated from their grueling transatlantic crossing. “My plans?” sald Hoirils. “Pirst T will go to Jutland, to my birthplace. The good people of Arrhus Braband must see the Liberty if they care to. After that I suppose we will go to Germany, Hillig’s fatherland. Fly back to Amer- ica? Well, no, I don't think we shall.” Hillig admitted the same desires, but | attested to his fondness for Denmark. “Yes, I should like to visit my native | place of Steinbrucke, Saxony,” he said. | “America has besn good to me, espe- | cially Liberty, N. Y., but, naturally, I| have not forgotten my German birth. | I am longing to pay a lengthy visit | there. But I will never forget Den- mark either. To arrive here in such bedutiful weather and to get such a wonderful reception in tiris lovely caj tal—sure, the Danes are the kindest people in the world.” e flyers arrived here yesterday after an interrupted journey from Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., via Harbor Grace, New- foundland, and Krefeld and Bremen, Germany. Both left their homelands a number of years ago—Hillig to make a fortune in photography and Hoirlis to earn his wings in the New World, COLORED MAN KILLED AFTER CIGARET JOKE Victim of His Humor Draws Knife for Slaying When Truth Is Discovered. A cigaret cost the life of Willie Turner, colored, 1207 Fourth street. Willie “bummed” the smoke from Richard Wise, 25, also colored, 1211 Fourth street, then laughingly displayed a full pack he had in his pocket. Enj at being the butt of the joke, Wise drew a knife, police said, and Turner also produced a blade. They fought in front of Wise’s home and ‘Turner was stabbed in the neck. He died en route to Emergency Hospital. Later Wise was found at his home by Sergt. J. L. Norris and Pvt. J. A. Hunt of the second precinct. He was washing blood from superficial wounds when found, and was arrested on a charge of murder. An inquest will be c-nduct- ed at the Morgue. HALDEMAN-JULIUS SETS HOPES FOR SENATE SEAT By the Assoclated Press. GIRARD, Kans., June 27.—E. Halde- man-Julius, Girard, ., book. pub- lisher, has announced he will be a can- didate for the United States Senate as an ind by one of ndent or seek nomination e regular parties. {“OLD MAC,” PRINCE OF WAITERS, FRIEND OF PRESIDENTS, DIES Weight of 88 Eventful Years Brings Death to Daniel H. McDowell, Press Club Servant. « Harry Ward and Mark L. Goodwin. The services will be held at 1:30 o'clock at the residence, 323 Tenth street northeast. [ Mac was born into slavery in Lexing- ton, Va. He studied his Bible under “Stonewall” Jackson, when both- were yous n was & Sunday school Jackson went to war {:fle, Fraveller, at the funeral of the Confederate leader. He was butler for Samuel J. and was always convinced that Tilden gudbcen“eounudm"olflnptui- lency. For years he was a waiter at Har- decades he CONCERT FOR CHILDREN Kiwanis Club Sponsors Program by Army Band. ‘The Army Band, under the direction of Capt. William J. Stannard, gave an open-air concert at the oak grove of the Children’s Health Camp, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, Thursday, under the auspices of the Institutional Enter- tainment Committee of the Kiwanis Club. Stephen Talkes is chairman of the committee. Mr. Talkes told the children that the concert was to be the first of a| series of five to be given by the band during the Summer season. Other con- certs will be on July 9, 23 and August 13 and 27. HURRICANE STIRS FEARS OF TEXANS | Warnings Issued as Tropical Storm Speeding North, Reported Near Brownsville. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., June 27.—A tropi- cal hurricane, criginating north of Pro- gresso, Yucatan, was reported at § a.m. today as moving about 100 miles east of Brownsville, Tex., on a west by northwest course. The barometer was falling rapidly in Brownsville and more slowly in Corpus Christi, Galveston and Houston. Apparently the storm is traveling at very high speed, though it seems to be of moderate intensity. Storm warnings have been posted for all ships from Brownsville to Corpus Christi and for small craft along the entire Texas Coast. Within the last 24 hours, L. H. Dain- gerfield, Weather Bureau chief, said, | the barometer had fallen .18 of an inch in Brownsville, .16 in Corpus Christi, .14 in Galveston and .11 in Houston. The normal barcmetric reading on the Texas Coast is 29.95. The course the storm now is taking would point it somewhere between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, though the history of tropical hurricanes is that they usually veer a great deal. IVTRUSTEES APPOINTED {TO FINISH APARTMENT | Building Suspended When Rheem | Company Failed to Be Completed. Justice Jesse C. Adkins yesterday ap- pointed Paul E. Lesh, Louis Ottenberg and C. Clinton James as trustees to carry out a stipulation in connection with the completion of the apartment house at 1417 N street which Prank Tomlinson was building when the Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. fafled last January. Holders of more than half of the $200,000 trust given by Tomlinson to the brokerage firm before its bankruptcy have agreed to the ar- rangement to complete the building and it is expected with the appointment of the trustees more of the noteholders will signify their assent. Tomlinson filed a suit against the noteholders setting forth that while he had given a trust for $200,000, the Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. had only advanced to him $104,000. He sought to have the noteholders com- plete the building. Conferences of | counsel brought about a meeting of | noteholders and the formation of the | stipulation by which the $200,000 trust | 1= to be released and a new trust of | $100,000 placed so that the builder will have enough to complete the building. | The apartment will then belong to the | noteholders subject to the new trust of $100,000. The trustees will hold the | property in trust for the noteholders and will manage and conduct the apart- | ment when completed until a sale of | the property may be made advan- tageously. WALTER DISNEY RESTING Creator of ‘“Mickey Mouse” Comic | on Screen Has Operation. LOS ANGELES, June 27 (#).—Wal- | ter Disney, screen and newspaper car- toonist, was reported resting today, fol- lowing’ an emergency operation at & hospital here yesterday. Dr. MacKenzie Brown said the creator of the “Mickey Mouse” comics was suffering from a serious throat ailment. Envoy of Spain Arrives FIRST TO HAIL FROM NEW REPUBLIC. CHAMBER FAVORS HOOVER PROPOSAL American Commerce Group Urges Business Mobilize Behind Plan. U ‘The American section of the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce, through Silas H. Strawn, Execuitve Committee of President Hoover for a debt-delay plan. Mr. Strawn yesterday cabled the Paris headquarters of the International Chamber that the committee is con- vinced that the President’s proposal “is a great and constructive step that should appeal to business throughout the world as most helpful in promot- ing recovery from the depression and will encourage good will among the natigns.” Sees Worst Slump Past. Meanwhile, the directors of the i United States Chamber of Commerce 1n session here yesterday issued a state- | ment assuring the business world that the worst phases of the depression were past. The directors, at the same time, advanced a six-point program of “help- ful emergency treatment” embracing recommendations with respect to gov- ernmental and industrial action. | The directors’ program indorses Pres- ident Hoover's proposal; urged an ade- ‘quate return for railroads; suggested a (halt_on retirement of the Federal pub- lic debt temporarily, in order to avoid tax increases, and seeks a curb on “de- pressive short selling or other manip- ulations” on the exchanges. The sta- bilization of employment is recom- mended. Oppose Tariff Change. ‘The directors also have taken a stand against tariff revision by Congress, urg- ing instead that full advantage be taken of the flexible provision of the tariff act. ‘The concluding paragraph of Mr. Strawn's cablegram stated: “The Amer- icam Committee recognizes that the pro- posal of President Hoover requires tem- porary financlal sacrifices by some of the governments, but it firmly believes that the proposed action will not only inspire confidence and strengthen in- ternational credit, but will give stim- ulus to trade and general business re- covery which will ultimately inure to the inestimable benefit of every creditor nation.” ‘The directors’ approval of the debt moratorium gives substantial indorse- ment from tke business world to Presi- dent Hoover. Backing him in his effort to win more complete co-operation from France for his plan, the directors ex- press the hope that “no national views will militate against the success of an action which has already inspired the whole world with hope.” The pronouncement of railroad earn- ings brings the chamber into the camps iof the railroads in their effort to obtain higher rates. Propose Debt Increase. The statement with regard to tax policies comes at a time when a pros- | pective Pederal deficit of $900.000,000 is in the offing. In a move to forestall a tax raise at the next session of Con- | gress, with its possible harm to busi- | ness,” the directors propose as an ac- ceptable alternative “a moderate in- crease in the public debt” during the depression. The statement of the directors follows part: “Public confidence in railroad and other securities should be strengthened by fair earnings on vast publicly regu- Jated investments. The chamber’s mem- bership has repeatedly declared that the rates charged for transportation should yield an adequate return on the fair value of the property used by the rail- roads for transportation. “Our Federal Government tax receipts in years of prosperity have proven to very largel” exceed the needs of the Government and have resulted in a larger retirement of the public debt than necessary. Need Rising Prices. “Values of credit resources, the buy- ing power of agriculture and other pro- ducers and business confidence gener- ally, would improve directly from soundly rising—instead of declining prices. “We welcome the declaration of the International Chamber of erce that world tariffs should be framed up- on definite principles and commend the energy with which the Tariff Com= mission is effecting adjustments of schedules to fall within the rightful principle of protecting America’s higher wage scales. CUNNINGHAM GAINS TIME BY DEMURRER Former Sheriff, Indicted in Vare Probe, Challenges Validity of Action. in Thomas W. Cunningham, former sheriff of Philadelphia, yesterday chal- lenged before the District of Columbia Supreme Court the validity of an indict- ment charging him with contempt of the Senate. At the same time he re- newed bond of $1,000 which he had given in Pennsylvania for appearance before the court here. Cunningham waa scheduled to have been arraigned this morning before Justice Peyton Gordon on an indict- { ment returned in 1928 after he refused to answer questions asked by a Senate Committee. However, through his counsel, the former sheriff inter- 1 posed a demurrer which had the effect ‘nf postponing arraignment until it has been argued and disposed of by the court. In the demurrer Cunningham con- tended the indictment does not allege any facts showing the questions asked by the Senate committee were relevant to its inquiry into the election of Wil- liam S. Vare. He further claimed the questions propounded were not in the exercise of a constitutional function, and that they unnecessarily impinged upon the personal affairs of - mm and invaded the privacies of his e. ROUGH GRADING FINISHED ON NEW YORK AVENUE Preliminary Paving Between Flor- ida Avenue and Bladensburg Road to Start About July 1. inary L T o et T 3 jurst, co- Dlml:'tm and engineer of the Capt. Whitehurst said he expected the project to be flnth about November