Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1931, Page 3

Baldwin Declares Gravity of Situation in Britain Calls for Unity. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 25.—Stanley Bald- win, Conservative leader, issued a state- ment late last night giving the reasons why the Conservatives consented to en- ter the national government. “The formation of a national govern- ment, containing members of the three parties in the state” the statement i #ald, “is a guarantee to all concerned, | at home and abroad, that the gravity of *he situation is realized by those to Whom the facts have been made known | EXPenses by o and that they are resolved at once to! take the measures necessary to put the finances of the country in order. “We are face to face with a grave national crisis, which, if it were not taken in band with and firm- ness, would Bn fraught with serious consequences to every man, woman and child throughout the country. Has Confidence in Britons. “But our eountry always gives proof of its greatness in times of national emergency and I have sufficient confi- dence in our people to know that this occasion will be no exception to the rule. The erhtl with wl we are and immediate & afssolution of Parliament | this stage, followed by a general :J'ncfian would be disastrous. This fact dominates the situation at the moment. ich the na- 1 i Plays Golf in Crisis Sir George May, Whose Report Led to New. British Regime, Didn’t Know By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August’ George llly, m-nunu o-mv insurance p-flln brought Mm res s eco- | nomic crisis to a head, iyed golf a few miles from London the Labor ministry fell and & new one was bullt. He did not even learn of these events until he came home from the golf course. Last March Sir George, who is 60 years_old, retired as secretary of the Prudential Assurance Co., a post he had | held for many years, and became chair- | man of the government’s committee to investigate with a view | to-their reduction. Urged Siash in Dole. He scanned the w".h the eye {of a business man, t month his | committee neommcu-d cutting down | half & billion dol- | lars, the ‘flle. pre- dicting a deficit nl ,000,000 if these | economies were effected. ical mm lnd mmu‘mcnnnm B o a0 for -y culminated in his resig- Munn ¢ ex- | What Was Going On. But once the report was issued, Sir George retired to his country mw play 18 holes of golf a day by . He is a tall, slim man and once he was almost blind. Even now he is never | seen without & darkened ‘monacle, and there is a story that he even Wears it when he sleeps, Lent Government $40,000,000. During the war the chancellor of the | exchequer, looking for money to pay | for war supplies, asked Sir George how much muney he had in American securitie My million dollars,” Sir George ‘ TP Msy T have them?” the chancellor asked. “Certainly,” was the reply. | At the end of the war Bir George Was kn hted and some time later he was e a baronet. | Once, the story goes, he signed a check at his office for $75.000,000, then went out to a restaurant where he was not known. When the check came be found he had not a farthing in his | poeket and he had a hard time con- } vincing the waiter that he should not ‘work om. his bfll I THE WEATHER I District of Oolumbh-v!rfl.nll—hnly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much | change in temperature. Virginia-West Virginia—Partly eloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably show. ers in north and west portions; nm much change in temperature. Record for 24 Hours, 65; 4 am, 60; 8 am., 67; lllmflfl'—‘ pm., 3002; 8 3003; 4 am, iture ssme date last year— 8s; 58. ‘Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 12:04 am. and :39 pm.; high tide, 552 am. and 6:19 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Low_tide, lll’l am. lnd 1 lflm high tide, . and 7:06 The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:20 a.m.; sun sets 6:51 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:30 am.; sun - | sets 6:50 p.m. DEWEY HEADS RELIEF CAMPAIGN IN CHICAGO| Moon rises 5:58 p.m.; sets 2:38 a.m. utomobile lamps to be lighted one- 'naermumowr—l pam., 80; 8 pm, 72; | A munum. .m., i .00; CHANGE N BRITAI ‘HELD STABILITY AID Fa|| of Labor Rule Called Sec- ond Step in Ending For- eign Dilemma. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. For several months ti~ “forelgn sit- | uation” has been hanging over the | banking and credit elements of the United States, retarding what has con- | fidently been hoped would bring a nor- | mal condition to the domestic roney | market. With the fall of the Labor ministry of Great Britain, the sec:nd stage in the clearing up of the foreign dilemma has | been reached. The first, of course, Was | the crisis in Germany. Domastic poli- tics played a part in the situation both in Berlin and London. Reluctance to | use the taxing power on the one hand and a tendency to grow extravagant in | the usz of government funds on the other hand mav be re~ rded as the principle factors. Great Britain, through her Labor gov- ernment, has tenaciously hung to the “dole” as a means of handling the un- employment _problem. Governmental | economy and a balanced budget has | been put off so long that it has finally MACDONALD PICKS CABINET OF 10 MEN Four Conservatives, Four La- borites and Two Liberals Are Selected. —(Continued From First Page. urged the Trades Union Congress and the Labor party to organize an imme paign for 1 A meeting of the wi parliamentary | Labor party has been called for Pridav afternoon, when it may disapprove of the national government. Mr. MacDonald was expected to re- | llxn his position as party leads statement which is being cent to | nll branches of the Independent chor party throughout the country says: “With the formation of a national government under the ]lld!nh!p nf Ramsay MacDonald, the attack cial services and on wages enun on a new intensified phase. “The declared intention of the new government ruthlessly to cut down, on the plea of financial stringency, unem- ployment allowances and other forms -ol essential social expenditure and the salaries and wages of civil servants and teachers while leaving the burden of war debts payments and the new war expenditure of £108,000,000 sterling un- touched, will be the signal for a re- newed onslaught on the es of work- | ers by employers in all ine tflu “MacDonald and members of the late | government who are assoctated with | him have surrendered to the dictates of financiers, who have skilfully ex. | ploited a financial crisis of their own creation for achievement of the political and economic ends they long have been pursuing. Trust Betrayal Charged. “The actions of these Labor ministers involve not only a violation of the con- stitution and the program of the Labor | nrty which brought them into power, | it & gross betrayal of the trust which has been placed in them by the masses | and which justifies their lmmeflllu repudiation by the Labor movemen! “The !nde dent Labor party con- mm thlrn.mefll council of the lon Congress on its steadfast refusal at a most critical moment to | accept the economy proposals placed before it by the late government, 'hich recalled & section of | their real aNegiance and gave effective | lead to the general resistance. “Th Independent Labor party, both | in Parliament and in the country, will | continue wholeheartedly to oppose all policies which seek to achieve econ- | | omies at the expense of social services and by reducing wages and will W erate in relentless opposition policies of the new government. Campaign Is Ilrl.l. “It urges the council of the Trades Union Congress and the hbot Plny immediately to organize through a nation-wide nn general resistance which will un! full strength of the working d.l. move- ment. both politically and industrially, lor .| Andy the ministers to | attend this -se- mester. _Ram- MacDonald is “on the dole.” When Uncle Mellon, the mi link | between ance and government, pulled up 1,000,000,000 lame, v.hn was a shock we knew our’ financial had failed to gias | knew our laws had crumbled; we knew the weather was against but to have Lindy keep a recepuon | committee wllfl.ng one month, that | was our last stra: tGopynant. 1931.) i 'FIVE MORE NAMED BY HOOVER TO AID GIFFORD IN RELIEF | 4conunued From First _Page) — | employes a percentue tions over the country interested in rais- ing money for relief in order that there may be a Nation-wide appeal. It is not | an ‘appeal for a national fund, but for maximum Jocal funds.’ | Mr. Gifford mide this announcement | yesterday afternoon as he took over the tesk assigned to him by President Hoo- ver of mobilizing unemp cyment relief | agencies. He expressed tompletz con- fidence in the success of the organiza- | tion, saying “The idealism and high purpose of the American people will not permit of faflure.” The new organization was set up wlt.h | offices on the seventh floor of the merce Department Building. | adjoins that of Secretary e formerly m;:::eqe by m;m Prlel :nl.'! Emergency Comm! or Employmen which has been merged with the new | “‘:'.n:"mn!nd All be ki agency w nown as the President's ization on Un- ;mphrment Rellef. The Pflddfll!u Emergency Committee | equipment was taken over by P'md C. | Croxton, who has been its acting chair- | man and who is now assistant director | ur.der Mr. Gifford. Relief State Responsibility. esident Hoover has directed Mr. Cifford to use his judgment both as to | organization and ~method, and has ledged him the full support of the administration. Mr. Gifford sald he would preceed under the policy. upon ,wmch and Mr. Hoover are in accord, that relief is es- unz Ily the responsibility of the States nd local communities. The appeal for funds will be made to | private sources, with no idea of a direct contribution by the PFederal Treasury. l At a press conference the nllebfl director said his agency was an ni- ‘utlon for action, to assist in building adequate rellef for distress over the GENTRAL STATES i PLAN JOBLESS AID Mississippi Valley Group Con- siders Overhauling Last Year’s Relief Measures. By the Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 25.—A | wneemdeflmwnmunm: of unem was initiated in the Mississi \'llley sm- today. at a vnlley-me ccnlamee here y- being made tion, with Representative mld lican, Iilinois, W. H. Murra; was expadition of public leral, State and local. |n name to create a fund to provide for the job- less. This suggestion came from Gov. Murray, who dominated the meeting. Complete co-operation was voted Lbe presidential Committee ol litical controvy by barr! L S f Congress and dealing with the un- derlyn-u economic causes of the ecrisis. PRt S el and eve: Btluklne ering, - r! from acute secretary, Miss E. K. Taylor, are him, - S e Marriage Licenses. '"HI!II J. Sullivan, fly t:’l:h-lflll C. Polley. 22 ng James £ Y. ary: E ol 1y R Schulte. 39 and Alma ay asd Liltan Alston, haries .Yttkun 1. i ams, John B Bra 31, and Nane rad, n. Joth "ot Fichinsad, Va: Rev. JoRn E bl Daniel H Thos N ot 27 Rev. 'f«;' 5 1"‘ i T nd -Anna_M. Md.; Rev. 26, Lée Hall, Va. " Deabeinn, va-: Rev. 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Eoion. canal zove " WORK ON ILLINOIS HIGHWAYS HALTED Taxpayers Proten Proponl to Pay 971/, Cents Per Hour for | Common Labor. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, August 25— Tilinols’ $25,000,000 road-building ac- "tivities were practic2lly paralvzed last night, with prospects that only a frac- ticn of the Summer’s program would cent-an-hour rate proposed for com- mon highway labor in the | eastern part of the State. lulun( work totaling $3,194.93° ' by wrangles over prevalling wage rates in the various sreas of Ilinois ;and by & new State law, which took afled. July 1. e law stipulates that all contracts lfur D\lbfle construction let after July 1 must provide for payment of wage | rates considered stindard in the various sections. The attornsy general ruled that eu:tncu on 010 000 of work. for ‘h bids had been asked prior ‘m & 1. could not bz Je! because did not provide for prevailing ' M another $10.000.000 in up by ::edu":n ‘::-- SWiNE & rate sched England abroad. Ramsay MacDonald would have liked to have some plan to tax the wealthy and keep up | the payments to the unemployed, but \tlme lnd the critical developments of the last 10 days defeated him. It was a condition so acute that immediate action was essential. Published reports from abroad state - | that American bankers in effect dictated | the fall of the MacDonald ministry be- | cause, it was said, the Federal Reserte their New York spokes- to extend any moze credit | (unh. the British huafi were, h)‘lwed or ‘measures taken balance between expcndlmm nnd n- | ceipts. The American CGovernment. of course, has no connection with the considered doubtful that the | Pederal Reserve Bank of New York | made any stipulation mneermu nm- ish internal policy, but there | dent for arguing that credit anm | extended where world confidence i shaken. Thus American and Bfl'-fih :nd French bankers told the German Reich only this Summer that economy | | measures would have to be put in effect if foreign credits were to pe renewed. | It is & thin line of demarkation nowa- ‘dlyl between intrusion in domestic policies and advice as to how a gov- | ernment can obtain credit and con- | idence outside its borders, where Horeln investors insist upon knowing | the character of the government that |18 to repay the loans. ‘There is no doubt that British bank- ‘m themselves are in accord with the | Ptel'mfly would not suggestions of foreign bankers and it be surprismg if the true British situation were exaggerated in order to bring about the fall of the Labor ministry No matter, however, what the events | were that led up to the formation cf a | coalition government in “reat Britain, | the belief prevails that a forward step has been taken and that the Britis pound sterling now will be stabilized in had flatly refused to grant further| | its foreign exchange because of the re- | turn of confidence on the part | be said to have been | decisive step taken to rid England of & north- | worker class, dumu its m l-h-l its problems | new coalition of the world generally in the ability of the | new British government to put its finan- | mem.u of the unemployment insurance | cial structure in order It has been disconcerting. of course. | to see the Bank of England struggling | with a decline in pound sterling, but | the banking worid his never lost con- fidence in the British nor in the ability | of a new cabinet 1o straighten out xhe? domestic difficulties. Some new eco- nomic experiments may be tried, such as the imposition of a new tariff for revenue only. but the British crisis may | passed, with a policy of continued expenditure without adequate revenues raised by taxation or import duties (Copyrignt, 1931) REDS PREDICT CLASS STRUGGLE IN BRITAIN. Soviet Press Considers Character Of: Government Unchanged by New Coalition. By the Associated Press | MOSCOW., August 25-Moscow news- | papers today devoted their leading articles to the resignation of the Brit- ish Labor government, gemerally con- sidering the “class character” of v.m' | British government unchanged by the Izvestia says the uu-nufld !ment was not a governmen are forced to receive American Prench loans to maintain the sterling Tate. “The British bou is col its forces to gmamat the [ ead of the coalition ment leader of a ‘worker Wpflm Isvestia | says. Pravda takes a similar view. wages which will follow. “The Independent Labor Party be- lieves that resistance to attack is not enough. Attempts of the servants of | lflnlnetll interests in the new govern- | | ment to stabilize the tottering structure | {of capitalism by further attacks on the standard of life of our neonle must be a signal for renewed effort to capture the power for Socialist purposes. “The working classes can and must be | rallied unitedly in the great struggle for the Soctalist program. which alone holds | the solution of problems which confron ® lus In_that struggle the Independen Labor Party. es al 1l co-operate | with renewed vigor and strength.” | new government is reasonably certain of a majority of 100 In the House or Common: Mr. MacDonald will broadeast his first detailed statement in a country- wlde hook- unh ight. public evidently bas Ll.km at full value the prime minister’s statement that “the crisis is over,” for | in contrast to yesterday Downing street | was almost deserted today. Arthur Henderson, retiring foreign minister, was at work early to clear {up final tasks before turning over the | post to his successor. It was revealed that Parliament can | be convened in 48 hours, under special emergency arrangement made before | the Summer recess started. Instead of | seven-days’ notice in the official London Gazette being necessary, constitutional | machinery has been set up to enable | the Commons to be called by procla- mation. It is expected that organization of the “The President,” he sald, “has set its | foundation in ail national groups and I have undertaken to direct it. Our task is to fight distress arising from unem- | ployment.” ‘When President Hoover appointed | Mr. Gifford, who is presiGent of the American Telephon: & Telegraph Co. last week he named an Advisory Com of 60 representative men | throughout the country to .co-operate with the relief director. ‘The director explained that further | members of the Advimry Committee will be appointed, so as to edver each State, and will be made up in three | groups Committee to Consult. “The first.” he explained, “has mem- bers representative of national welfare bodies and industrial organizations. These members will be called in to consult from time to time and co- ordinated action will be worked out. “The second group of members are 1 Rend o her, and I.len w. o mitimire Me TR iy 40, and Josephine Kiug, 43 . and Josepbine Kius, 42; Debuth - nse . oihis cits, and Anna Chevy Chase, Md.: Rev. ith, 3¢ and Acne 8. Dubrat. Brentwood, Md.. B omwulu, 16, thia oy Rev. s0n. L hop. 21, and Sue W. Dabney. 18, poth Gt Riehmond, Va0 Rev. Toomerk 8N 32, - ey miunr 128 Aurelia Wein ms, Fort Mrer, Va. and . Newport, James Vidi, 31, this, city, Prances Va.i Rev. M. De- Burgess, 18, Leesbury, Carlo, those who will represent this ornm-- tion in each State. Such representa- | tives will be appointed shortly. These | men will represent our orga.ization in | gu':"um with activities within each | “The third group of members in the Am Committe are, in a sense, members at large, who will be called | upon for advice, individually and | through subcommittees, which we shall ‘ozt up to examine programs and plans for emy ‘El:yment and relief. Somewhat later views attention of the ‘whole advisory body will be required.” | “Parallel with !tfln‘ up our organi- zation.” he continued, “it will be neces- l.mmm-.em and drafting of ecomomy |sary to determine the load which will | iegislation will require at least a week, | have to' be met during the forthcoming | however, and that Parliament will not Winter. Much has aiready been done | o into session until the second week | toward determining facts and also in | in September. | Finance Dictatorship Charged. The Daily Herald, taking a strong stand against the government, said the Pederal Reserve Bank of New York credit to the Bank of England unless drastic economices were made either in | the administration or in actual pay- Slvm‘ this knowledg: contributed to the. breach in the cabinet, the paper remarked | This isn't patriotism, but acceptance | "5 of a dictatorship; not even of & Brit- ish bank, but of international finance. It is a blow to British prestige equaled {only by the terms of the Versaliles best-way to do it is through those treaty. Officials of the Bank of England re- | fused to comment today on the Herald story beyond & brief statement to the leffect that “the chief cashier regrets | this time. has no information to give on this subject.” In other authoritative quarters, al- h official knowledge of any d by the Federal lnerve WAS de- | entirely ‘appropriate crm if Amérfean | because * bankers wished to prescribe certain con- ditions for a loan or credit it was their right to do sc. ‘“Heads I win, tails YOU Lose” That’s the kind of ‘“Square Deal” you get from paint. . .poorly made BE ON THE WINNING SIDE promoting the organization of local re- sources.” | Mr. Gifford explained that so far there were no plans for a national fund, but that “anything may happen” in time. Asked what would happen if lo- cal communities falled to raise the nec- essary relief funds, he said he would | “cross that bridge when we come to it." Avoids Controversy. Mr. Gifford was then asked if he | would refuse a congressional appropri- i ation for unemployment relief, as in the of the Red Cross last Fall. He lzd “You are asking too far in advance. | This is not a controversial organization. | | We are trying to do a very important \job the best way we know how, and the ;g:ncm which worked ' last Winter. | main problem is to fight unem- ployment distress. We do not want to get into controversy or arguments at The relief director said his organiza- tion vould be concerned with finding jobs for the unemployed, as well as for relief, but its primary ob- Jective would be to see that communi- nued the necessary relief funds, “certainly we will not be able to wave a magic wand and put several million men to work at once.” “We want to make sure that every cheap paint. 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