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REBLSFROW CEL Imprisoned Leader Issues Second Proclamation to His Followers. BY WILLIAM H. FORTE. By Cable to The Star. HAVANA, Cuba, August 20.—Al- 1 though Gen. Mario G. Menocal, a lead- | ing rebel in the uprising against the government of President Gerardo | Machado, was captured by the Mera:: i priso: nas fortress %‘;‘m ourt":l ::\l::l:z:ith friends and | su] it has been learned that be| succeeded in communicating with his | ipporters. | .“m following proclamation is thz; second issued by Gen. Menocal. Only three coples of this bulletin are known to exist. Translated from the Spanish, it reads: . Menocal's Proclamation. “To the Cuban people. *“Revolutionary Bureau. ‘Bulletin No. 2. “Maj. Gen. Marlo Ge Ménocal and . Carlos Mendieta, together with a p of noble men, have been prisoners ce Sufday afternoon of the present de facto government. “This is neither t 1 battle nor of a strategical military move. It is simply, the result of a police | maneuver, in consequence of a base act of treason of a mercenary soul that forced the lan he outcome of a ds, the revolution fble to destroy lamy or mire, of mn"B“t' ‘I‘t ‘l‘l] mot poss] ds. ideals either with afts of Vil tacks of ‘The ew e pannor that we have unfolded fiies high above the mass of human ‘bein even after these have fallen it '515 ‘continue to fiy. On our side there are Interut; nor sentiments, reconquest of that which was by the worhn of 1895, with in | sult of | seizure of three Libre! “Havana, August 15, 1931." (Copyright, 1931.) CAPTURE OF GIBARA BY FEDERAL FORCE ‘ CONFIRMED HERE of insurgent losses. Three of the overnment’s tén airplanes’ were shot m, but large quantities of arms and mmwunmm were taken from the A to his account a veritable “foreign legion” of about 1,000 Ameri- cans, French, Japanese and Germans, amplified by native soidlers, landed at Gibara Saturday morning in the German va-’el &h Yolm‘nn;r )l‘:dmwok possession 0! city with hardly a struggle. An officer whom he identi- fled as an American was in charge and posted his men at vital points for de- Tense. A force of about 2,000 Cuban soldiers, hailing from Senta Clera and Cama- guey provinces, advanced on the town Monday afternoon. Their artillery lald down a heayy fire, airplanes raked the town from above, and a cruiser directed & bombardment from the harbor Withdrew in Good Order. ‘The battie raged for 72 hours with great bloodshed on both sides and military maneuvers worthy of organized warfare. The insurgents withdrew in good order about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and intrenched themselves firmly in a rallroad tunnel, the only approach to the town Repeated efforts to dislodge them were in vain. Fuller understood that the insurgents were Testing their men for a determined counter assault on Gibara and that further intensive fighting could be ex- pected shortiy, CONCENTRATE ON ORIENTE Cuban Government Troops Plan New Drive Today Against Insurgents. HAVANA, August 20 (# ous in the firs. important ba xevolution, government troop: and a gunboat joined force: drive the rebels from the Oriente Province The federals successtu & thres-day siege of Gibara, on the northern coast of Oriente yesterday, official sourcas said, and. surrounded their enemies on the oulskirts of the town. The number of casualties was not announced, but newspapers esti- mated that between 200 and 300 men were killed and wounded. Capture Ammunition. A million rounds of ammunition, 57 machine guns and 800 rifles were sald to have been captured by the govern- ment. The fleeing insurgents took refuge in a railway tunnel, and their : capture was reported to be imminent. A number of their leaders were be- leved to have been slain. Learning that an expeditionary force had landed at Gibara, the government tched & number Victori- of the rpianes today to Northern completed to the scene. The fiy- ve dropped between on rebel forces. | ding of & group bf men, | BIG ALCOHOL PLOT - | $400,000, offici: | paint solvent, candy glaze and insecti- | EDWIN L. WILSON. EDWINL. WILSON, ATTORNEY, DIES Native of Capital Served in World War and Was Prom- “inent in Profession. Edwin L. Wilson, Washington attor- ney, died today after an_iliness of sev- eral montks, at the home cf his sister, Mrs. Katie Wilson-Greene, 2101 Con- necticut avenue. sBorn ‘in Washington, Mr. Wilson studied Jaw @t Georgetown University. He was secretary-treasurer of the Dis- tyict Bar Assoclation for many years. Mr. Wilson served as & captain in the Army during the World War. In addi- uonyw hil. membership in the local bar association, he belonged to_the American Bar Assoclation and the Uni- versity Club. He is survived by Mrs. Wilson-Greene and @ brother, John M. Wilson. Fu- neral services will be held at Mrs. Wil- son-Greene's residence Saturday at 10 o'clock. CASE IS ATTACKED Attorneys in Baltimore Move to Quash Federal Indictments Naming 52. By the Associated Press. s i BALTIMORE, August 20.—A move quash indictments against 52 individ- uals and corporations named last month by & Federal grand jury as participants in a Nation-wide alcohol diversion ring was started today. Attorneys for one group of those in- dicted contended in a motion that un- authorized ns were regularly per- the investigation, TogTess b vals nearly a year and a half, which preceded the indictments. Because all the indictments were drawn at"ome time, a favorable decision would memdfln quashing of all, the attorneys 4 ‘The d jury charges were the re- inquiry that started with the large alcohol cracking plants in Baltimore in 1929. Ramifi- cations of an alleged ring were traced to many cities and the investigation cost the Government approximately -Romm‘duldS individuals Nine ns A ‘were namzamg‘,l:m indictment at which attorneys aimed their move today. The corporations include the Glidden Co., Cleveland, paint manufacturers; Ama- zon Industrial Chemical Co., New York: American Ofl & Supply Co., New York; American Solvents & Chemical Co., Wilmington, Del.; Syrup Products Co., New York; Rossler & Haslacher Chem- ical Co., New York, and the Baltimore Paint & Color Works, Baltimore. The indictments alleged that legiti- mate products, such as lacquer thinner, cides were “cracked” and the alcohol tHus regained diverted into bootleg channels. It was not charged that the large corporations named had any part in the cracking process, but that they had sold thelr legitimate products to per- sons with no apparent legal use for them. U. S. READY TO SELL WHEAT FOR RELIEF IN CHINESE FLOOD (Continued From Pirst Page.) province was reported to have escaped the inundations of the Yangtze River and its tributaries, while in the central and southern areas thousands were re- ported to have perished In Chengtu, the provincial capital the streets were turned into rivers and several hundred were believed to have perished in Chung-King. Many vil- lages were reportsd obliterated over- night. The National Flocd Relief Commis- sion announced the American PFederal Farm Board was giving careful consid- eration to a proposal to sell & part of the boerd's wheat surplus on credit to the Nationalist government for the relief of flood victims The commission also said 1t had ac- cepted an offer from the League of Nations public health section to dis- batch several epidemic experts with sup- plies from India, Japzn, Java and Indc- to serve under the Chinese Pybiic Service in fighting disease in the flood areas. fieen small river craft previously andeered by military suthorities e in troop movements were re- to bave been released for ald in rescuing flood victims RELIEF FUND SENT. Hoover Expresses Sympathy as Red Cross Acts. By the Associated Press. A message of sympathy to the Chi- nese Nationalist government .was dis- patched lmte yesterday by Hooy ocated $100,000 to China's hordes of floodsufferers, The movey was sent to Walter A Adams, consul genera! at through the State Department. needy by & committee in the areas Chairman Jobn Barton Payne of the Red Cross said the committee was of planes and the| in a position to disburse the funds| | wisely and_emciently. Hoover said: THE * EVENING (MENOGAL DIRECTS || Aworney wics | GASTLE EXPLAINS ROOSEVELT LETTER False Premise in Query Blamed for Informal Answer. By the Assoclated Press. An explanation of why President letter from Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York, inquiring whether |any secret negotiations were under way with Canada on the St. Lawrence waterway, has been made by the ad- ministration. Acting Secretary of State Castle sald in a formal statement late yesterday that the New York executive had written his letter under a misappre- hension and President Hoover felt an informal communication to Mr. Roose- velt would clarify the matter. Tells Hoover Policy. ‘The President referred Gov. Roose- velt's letter to Castle, who said that in so doing, Mr. Hoover “thought that since letter was based on a false premise it would be better that I should informally communicate to the Governor the fact that he had been misinformed since it was on this mis- information that he had based letter.” Castle recalled that “all the foreign relations of the United States rest in the Pederal Government and that all international negotiations must take place by and with the authority of the he added, “where local interests are inwvolved, it has always been the custom to consult those interests in the course of the ne- gotiations and this course would natur- ally be followed in the future as it has been in the past.” Political Effects Watched. Roosevelt had written Mr. Hoover in order to protect the interests of his State in event negotiations were being carried on. Castle replied informaily and the administration did not make public the New York Executive's letter. Subsequently, Mr. Roosevell made it public at y, but after the White House declined his request to do so. The developments in the exchange ll“:"lcudo‘l:gnm in political umcll;ks view possibility that ew York Democrat and might be opponents in the next presi- dential camj L Castle sald Mr. Hoover was keenly terested In the development of St. Lawrence waterway and that Minister Herridge of Canada, had indicated the subject would be taken up upon his return to Washington from Canada. ROOSEVELT KEEPS SILENCE. Declines to Comment on Castle Answer Until He Studies It. TTHACA, N. Y., August 20 (#).—Gov. Roosevelt withheld comment on the formal statement of Acting Secretary of State William Castle, Eflhmuq. the correspondence and Albany. The New York Governor said he had not seen the statement of Secretary Castle and when informed of its nature he added he “would not like to say” whether it was a satisfactory explana- tion of the incident until he had studied the statement. AIRMAIL CONTRACT MONOPOLY FEARED Representative Kelly Plans Legis- lation to “Break Up Con- centration.” By the Associated Press. Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania said todsy he would sponsor - legisla- tion in the next Congress to “break up the concentration” of airmail contracts. there has beenm “too much concentration, tending toward & mo- in the award of contracts for carTying the airmail, Kelly, Republican, member of the House Post Office Com- mittee, asserted he intends collecting data on companies holding contracts to determine the extent of awards to a few large opera companies. ‘The Post ice Committee, he added, circumstances after the convening of Congress. s to be studied tion, Kelly added, would be a clause to from bidding on new airmail lines. Predicting airmail could be made self- sustaining, Kelly advocated operation of numerous feeder lines into the pres- ent transcontinental and other through “There is an absolute necessity, ‘'of widening the airmail operal ystem and preventing a monopoly of the service. “Afrmall success dej istration and every effort should be made in administering a subsidy pro- erating line possible. With feeders, he said, the 7,000,000 pounds of mail carried in the air last year could be increased to 30,000,000 pounds. LEA DEFENSE RESTS Judge Tentatively Overrules Re- newed Non-Suit Motions in will be asked to further investigate the | prohibit the holder of any comrm.’ WITHOUT EVIDENCE, Kidnaped BUS DRIVER TELLS STRANGE . i i Hoover did not personally answer a | | 1 LOUIS H. MEALEY, ‘Bus operator, who reported to his em- ployers today that he was kidnaped by two armed bandits and forced to drive them to Philadelphia. NEW PLAN TOHELP | =1 BITUMINOUS FIELD Mayors and Business Men Pledge Aid in Molding Public Sentiment. . By the Associated Press WHEELING, W. Va., August 20.—A new plan designed to improve economic conditions in the bituminous cosl in- dustry y had the indorsement of ‘Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia city officials and business men, who pledged themselves to attempt to mold public sentiment in behalf of the proposal. not “infallible,” sponsors of the move- ment to form a new competitive fleld composed of bituminous operations in the three States last night asked and received the indorsement of civic leaders in behalf of the proposal. gave encouragement to the aims of the group in a telegram to Manager-Mayor T. Y. Beckett of Wheeling. Sees Momentum Gain. “Too much cold water has been thrown on operators’ and miners' sug- gestions for stabilization of the coal incustry,” the Governor said. “‘Your conferences express a growing momentum behind the public demard that the coal industry begin to solve its problem. Consequently you should not be dis- couraged at the size of the task.” Officials of Bellaire, Ohio; Steuben- ville, Ohio: Shadyside, Ohio; Bridgeport, Ohio; Burgettstown, Pa.; Toronto, Ohio, Yorkville, Ohio: Glandale, Waynesburg, | Pa. Moundsville, W. Va.; Bethany, W. Benwood, W. McMechen, W. Va.; Cadiz, Ohio; Adena, Ohio; Brilliant, Ohio, and Dillonvale, Ohio, attended the meetin; Sponsors of the plan told the as- | sembly that their first motiv®e was to “mold public sentiment” for betterment of the coal industry, beset by evils of over-production, competition and labor troubles. Mayors to Get Members. ‘The “Tri-State Civic Association” was every mayor act as an emissary for membership.” The stabilization was indorsed, as presented “subject to revisions accept- :E: to operators, miners and public e It would form @ new competitive field comprising Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, the panhandle of West Virginia and the Morgantown, Pair- mont and Kanawha districts in West Virginia, The plan set forth that State and governmental control was not advo- cated; that State guidance for legal rea. s0ns was necessary. It further proposed that a tribunal, “impartial and free of politics, formed by the governors of the named common- wealths, composed preferably of the presidents of the three State Univer- sitics, be set up. This tribunal would form the operators into & unit and re- tain impartial enginee: te make a thorough and complete survey. NAVY TO TEACH DIVING The Navy wants applicants for its diving school at the Washington Navy Yard. The Bureau of Navigation an- | routes to increase the volume of airmail. | nounced today plans to order several| | chief gunners or gunners here for a | course of instruction in diving. | The bureau explained the course will start about January 1 and gentinue for pends on admin- |six months. Following completion of | the course, graduates will be assigned to duty on submarine rescue vessels, the U. 8. 8. Holland or to submarine bases. | Applications must be in by October 1 | = -~ While admitting that their plan was | Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania | CROVTONISNAVED TOASST GRFORD Most of Advisers for New Un- employment Chief Also Chosen by Hoover. (Continued From First Page.) distress and developing adequate meth- ods in the administration of relief.” ‘The statement, made in the name of William J. Ellis of New Jersey, presi- dent of the association, said: “In undertaking this task the asso- clation is fully aware of the heavy re- sponsibilitios Which rest upon public relief officials and appropriating authorities during this year of un- precedented demands on charitable and welfare agencies. The need next Win- ter may be greater than ever because of the exhaustion of individual re- in the families of the unem- ployed. “Available evidence indicates that last year approximately three-fourths of the reported 'nditures for family relief were made by public agencies. from both public and private sources. Although relief must come first because of the urgency of the situation, ex- tensive plans should be made and car- ried out for the rehabilitation and re- training of those who are unable to find employment in the work to which they have been accustomed. “American tradition has always placed the major responsibility for the relief of distress upon the local com- munity. The association believes this responsibility should be maintained. There are some communities, however, where financial conditions are so acute that it may be impossible to provide sufficient funds. They present in this field the same general conditions which have made State equalization funds for education necessary in many States. To determine where these communities are and the extent of the need is the pri- mary responsibility of the States. States Have Agencles. “Fortunately most States have State departments of public welfare or public charities whose aid can be enlisted in determining the extent of need and the ldfiulcy of local resources. In c- tically all States the State welfare department has no funds for general outdoor relief, though some departments provide State aid to localities for moth- ers’ pension laws or administer such | laws themselves. Many of the depart. | ments already have a large amount of information and are actively endeavor- ing to assist the local communities in the development of their resources and of adequate methods of administration. | To prevent the serious suffering of chil- dren during the coming Winter, some outside assistance for certaln com- munities may be necessary.” President’s new Relief Commit- tee will be given hundreds of relief by the White House and the Emergency Committee. Among them will be one by Carl Willlams, Farm Board member, who recommended that Community Chest organizations purchase from the board some of its surplus wheat and | distribute it to the needy in the form | of bread. | ‘The Community Chests,” Mr. Wil- | liam explained, “will raise their money | for relief purposes and they will spend | it. Here is a chance for them to take advantage of a low cost means of ac- complishing relief among the poor. “They can buy the wheat direct from | the Grain Stabilization Corporation at |a low cost. The wheat can be milled |at low cost, and the flour baked by local bakers at little expense. The ‘Communll)' Chests will be able to di tribute the bread among those in need. Chamber to Have Report. A committee from the United States Chamber of Commerce also will have a report on the subject of unemploy- ment relief ready for the President by September 1. It is under the chair- | manship of Henry Harriman of Boston, | and has been working for weeks. | Guaranteed employment for a given | number of workers for a specified time |is being considered by tl committee and a committee appointed | by the National Electric Light Associa- tion. A definite move for the adoption of | such a policy toward labor is gaining momentum among industrial leaders | throughout the country, especially in | the field of public utilities, which have been described as “dlg)renl-m-proof." Announcing the Gifford appointment, the President said the task of assisting the deserving “is one which will again ‘A?P!ll to the generosity and humanity | of our whole people. It is a task which {our Nation will perform, for in no peo- | ple is there developed a her sense of loca! responsibility and of responsi- bility of every man to his neighbor.” ‘The President has maintained a posi- tion throughout the discussion of un- employment that the primary responsi- bility for ‘relief lies with the State, county and community, and the Federal Government should act only in an ad- visory capacity. With policy in view he has re- | peatedly refused to convene Congress in extra session, although urged fre- g!nuy to do s0, by Gov. Pinchot of nnsylvania, groups and Congressmen. GIFFORD IS PAINS-TAKER. | New Head of Unemployment Reliet Has Capacity. for Hard Work. NEW YORK, August 20 (#).—The ad- vice of the late Theodore Roosevelt, ‘Do what you can, with what you have, | ' ANNUAL PLANTS President r as the American Red Cross d;'tlcb defendant, Hankow, 1t will be' made available tmmediately to the In his message to the president of the Nationalist government, President Tennesseeans’ Trial. By the Associated Press ITHACA, N. Y., August 20.—In ex- periments to learn more about effects of X-rays upon evolution,"an anpual | plant has been changed into & peren- nial at Cornell University. The annual has to be raised from seed yearly, while the perennial comes up each Spring from roots. Although no X-rays are known in the | process of evolution in nature, very | similar short wave radiation exists in rooks all over the earth's surface, so | that the X-rays both give a picture of what is happening in nature and also a mew tool for use of the sclentist. Later it may become useful for the horticulturist and gardtner. Relative of Corn. The plant which changed its nature at Cornell is the euchlaena, the closest By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 20.—The | defense in the trial of Col. Luke Lea, | | Nashville, fenn., publisher, and fhree | others charged with conspiring to de- | fraud the Central Bank & Trust Co. | | here of $1,300,000, today announced it | would not offer any evidence and rested | its case The defense’s decision was announced when court was convened shortly before 11:30 am. A conference of attorneys | and Judge M. V. Barnhill delayed the | opening of court. Judge Barnhill overruled renewed motions for non-suit with respect to but announced he | might change or modify his decision ! later, | LEGISLATORS WALK OUT SOFIA, . 20 ().— 3 A The 30 Commmmist mdmbers of ithe ma(wu:lcc-hlnbermh ting after interrupting King Boris s spoke |mmemwnm:wu “Down with the Fascist government!” then rose together and spec] Mexicana, perennis, the perennial. Some of the seed X- for & few minutes and then r‘glud The young stalk began fe as an annual, but later on, while peared, oped into a true 1. It has bzen customary to class! ::nnhlulflu find some error in. i Since last April 50, acres of rice Sacramento California, wild relative to corn. There are two |somes, the annual, andtendency was exposed ml ARE CHANGED TO PERENNIALS BY X-RAYS Important Findings on Cause of Evolution Forecast by Euchlaena Experiments . of Cornell University Scientists. | & single shot of X-rays may be credited | with creating a new species virtually overnight. The change also may serve to ex- plain nature’s processes in developing perennial plants. One of the altera- | tions caused in this wild corn plant by the X-rays has been identified by Dr. L. F. Randolph, research associate at Cornell and associate cytologist of the | United States ent of Agricul- | ture, who conducted the experiments. Chromosomes Changed. ‘This change is in the chromosomes, very minute, threadlike bodies in each | celi of the plant, governing all its characteristics, such as shape, size, | coloring, fertility and so on. The an- nual has 20 chromosomes in each -cell, while the perennial has 40. The par- | ticular annual plant which became perennial after X-ray treatment had 20 Ichnmnwmel at first, but later it | had 40. | A conspicuous thing about chromo- says Dr. Randolph, is their to break. fragments sometimes are lost when cells divide, E::;::.yoplmh} It ma h'u that | a J in | fatlure of mmwmmun to '-h‘ In eomm.x:r u;nmph. a vhlum local | Probal Additional relief funds will be required | ¥ suggestions received in recent weeks | P {gan his commercial life a year before ent of chromo- | of | | Hoover’s Relief Letter Puts Whole Force of Administration at Disposal of Walter S. Gifford to Aid Unemployed Through Coming Winter. ‘The full text of President Hoover's 'announcement of the t of ‘Walter 8. Oll'!.:l'd o organization mmif direct un- employment relief next Winter follows: “1 have .pdnol.nfied W:lhhr 8. Gli-flord to set up and direct such organization as may be desirable, with n Wi co-operate with the public au and to mobilize the National, State and Territorial agencies of every kind which will have charge | of the activities arising wlloltheunem- to give assistance to the new or- thon. Heads New York Society. ! Charky Orgasiamtion” Seclety of New | y lon few | York and the war was director | of the United ites Council of Na- tional Defense. I am aj p?otnfin( a N-u:xh-nwldo advisory committee to as- ple is there developed a higher sense of local responsibility and of responsi. bility of every man to his neighbor.” Letter to Gifford. Accompanying the announcement was | a copy of the President's letter asking | Mr. Gifford to accept the leadership of his unemployment relief effort. Fol- lowing is the text of the letter. “The White House, “Wasl “August 17, 1931, r. Walter 8. Gifford, ‘American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City. Mr. Gifford t is clear that, irrespective of the improvement in employment, many localities in the United States will be | faced during the coming Winter with a | heavy relief load, due to unemployment. “In order that every preparation may | be made to meet in an effective way such needs as may arise, X am asking | you to set up and direct such organiza- tion as may be desirable, with head- | quarters in Washington, to co-operate | with the public authorities and reinforce the national, State and loéal cles | which will have responsibility for the relief activities arising out of unem- ployment in various parts of the Nation | is Winter, “I am asking you to do this because WALTER 8. GIFFORD. of my long acquaintance with work you desire timt you should use your own you set up, and its methods of work. ‘This care of misfortune is our first duty to the Nation. The whole force of the administration is at your . Basedl upon my experience of some years in such problems, I am sure we shall com- pass the task “Yours faithfully, "HERBERT HOOVER.” Gifford’s Statement. In a statement issued in New York, Mr., Gifford said “‘Unemployment relief activities neces- sitated last Winter by the unemploy-, ment situation were, on the whole, adequate to prevent . The experience of that period § available for mm_xg“ plans for this coming Winter. Teal cure for unemploy~ ment obviously is employment, but it is already clear that regardless of im- provement of conditions there will be need this Winter for sustained and strengthened community and industrial action in many parts of the coun in some sections the load will be lighter, but in many parts it may be even greater, “It is my belief that whatever these burdens may prove to be they will be whole-heartedly met. I shall try to be of fi&h&u lto ‘;‘“bl ends = e invaluable and experience of the Prsmmk‘td?:? sure :ae Nation will respond and succeed in where you are,” epitomizes the phi- losophy of Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co, appointed rday by Presi- dent Hoover to set up and direct an or- ganization to co-operate in unemploy- ment relief. At the age of 46 Mr. Gifford is ad- ministrative head of the largest corpo- rate enterprise the world has ever seen—the $5,000,000,000 Bell system. | He got there, friends say, because he had that infinite capacity for taking pains with whatever job 1c* hand, striving to do it just a 1if better than the other fellow and letting the future take care of itself. It so happened that the future did very well by Walter Sher- man Gifford. Speechmaking Rare. His public appearances in the role of speechmaker are rare, but whencver he does make an address he writes it him- self. For exercise he rides a horse, for diversion he reads. Week ends are nt at his country place, Thimble arm, near Bedford, N. Y. He neither plays golf nor fishes. Mr. Gifford is interested in what may be called scientific charity and devotes considerable time to the affairs of the Charity Organization Society of New York, serving as chairman of its execu- tive committee. His membership on the Board of Overseers of Harvard Uni- versity—he is a Harvard te— takes him to Cambridge for the month- ly meetings. He also is a trustee of the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Gifford is fond of figures, al- (hou.{xhu a statisticlan rl'.g;r than as a mathematician. During appren- ticeship with Western !lectflmo., | manufactaring subsidy of A, T. & T, it was his abllity to interpret compli- cated bundles of figures and facts that m& him to the attention of his su- | Anticipates Problems. Not content to let his company drift smoothly along, meeting problems as they come, he has insisted on antici- problems—those of research as those of administration. He he believes in widespread owner- ship of A, T. & T. securities. His poli- cy, as often expressed by himseif, w “furnish the best possible tclephone service at the lowest cost consistent with financial safety.” “This policy,” he has said, “is bound to succeed in the long run, and there is no justification for acting otherwise than for the long run.” Mr. Gifford maps out a genera] pro- gnm of action, explains his purposes o is executives and leaves Test %o them. Three years instead of four put Gif- ford through Harvard with san A. B. degree, and since his grauation in 1904 his achievement graph has shown a rqu‘lz:rha. Here is the way that chart eads: 1904—Clerk for the Western Electric Co. in Chicago though he actually be- | finishing college. 1906—Transferred to the New York secretary cern. 1908—Became statistician for the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston. At 46, he now heads it, one of the largest corporations in the world. 1916—Appointed director of the Coun- O oo Trins s s the ‘o France p e | g ey S 1919—Vice president, A. T. & T; thres years later a director; two years affer that, executive vice president, and, in 1925, president. Excellent Exeocutive. A clcse associate of Mr. Gifford to- day gave this word portrait of the man who will mobilize the country’s forces for meeting problems of the working man_this Winter. “Mr. Gifford is the executive, and foremost. He hires a man in his own organization, then lets him go ahead, full speed. by suggestion rather than by statement. ' He believes in giving & man er: big executives of thrusting mass of detail to the heart of & . “He never suffers from a stumbling control of this through words. "somnmmd!wwdwflfi #0 to him with large matters. such a visitor finds himself all tired out in an hour. Worked For Hull House. “Modesty is one of Mr. Gifford's out~ | REED HITS PINCHOT’S APPEAL TO HOOVER FOR SPECIAL SESSION _(Continued From PFirst Page.) than Washington can handle them for “We do not ask subsidles from the Federal Treasury, if for no other reason than that we have discovered by sad e ice that whenever that sort of begins, Pennsylvania has to pay more in new taxation than it gets back from Washington in subsidies. “We are convinced that at the present moment the National Government is d!otn(u;ho\lb -ukmg R“un in new eon; struction worl ve employmen! throughout the country. Even if new national a now, were situation would not begin to effect until long after next Winter has “The whole country knows the sever- Ity of this depression. It is our great- it crisis since the World War. Each owes a clear duty to do his best ite and end it. work for people who need it a local problem. Our neighbors who want work are entitled to our help, not as a charity, but in common Justice. We cannot shove off the re- Seems to me that the very self-respect of the individual States is at stake. We must face our own problem, tackle our own task, care for our own le, and leave Washington to cope with the work that properly belongs to it. Would Encourage Quackery. “There is no cure-all for the ills which afflict the United States and the rest of the world. We are passing through a difiicult period of readjust- ment, out of wiich will come strength and wisdom to meet the problems of the future. To call Congress into ses- sion now would only encourage ihe sort its appearance inv times like the we;:nlt; t by this process, but by th: nof v q workin, collective good sense of the American people that we shall recover our eco- nomic equilibrium. I am quite sure that the country as a whole will condemn any attempt to force the it to the course which would be as as it is unwise.” VANDENBERG ASSAILS Opposes McKellar's Suggestion for 25 Per Cent Reduction in Tariff Rates. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, yesterday assailed the pro- posal of Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, for an extra session of Congress to repeal the present tariff law. He also rejected the Tennesseean's suggestion that the tariff rates be re- duced 25 per cent below their level be- fore passage of the Hawley-Smoot law and another whereby any in- flflfllh purchases by 50 per cent .mwwld“m ve the duties reduced in that ount. . In a le::er to u«xdhrn, Ml lpubllc through e Republican National Com- mittee, Vi said first | posal standing traits. “He reads economics and have done in similar flelds, and it i my judgment as to the type of organization' CATHOLIC DECREE Details Kept Secret, Buf “Drastic Measures” Against Church Expected. the decree would be minister of interlor told & re- rter for the Catholic newspaper El Bevate: " “We are preparing _drastic measures against Cat jes.™ which are considered to be anti-c ‘There were persistent rumors that some of the ‘members wished to break relations with the church abruptly, causing Papal Nuncio Tedes- chini to leave Spain. Nuncio Won't Talk. The nuncio has refused to discuss thé matter, 2 ‘ | pa | TO QUASH WRITS SERVED AT TUXEDG (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) ction to prevent interf with its movemen back to mhb:;.;.u g i i ! i §é§ it H sponsibility onto President Hoover. 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