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| Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Fnter post o " No. ‘81,927, second class ‘Washing By ton, The WASHINGTON, [:HIEAG“ GUNEERN Gas Corfipany Head Testifies FORCED HiM 0UT, W0OD TESTIFIES Dictation of Affairs of Gas Light Company Revealed by President at Hearing. i | i 1 CONTROLLER’S REMOVAL TERMED “LAST STRAW” ‘Witness Says Central Public Serv- ice Forced Reorganization « of Accounting. President George A. G. Wood of the ‘Washington Gas Light Co. testified to- day that it was dictation of the affairs of the loeal company by the Central Public Service Corporation of Chicago. which drove him to write a letter re- signing his post last August 5. On the stand in the Public Utilitles inquiry into the ownership of the eompany, Wood sald the “last straw” that brought his decision to a ‘was the now famous o) tion chart, later destroyed and now reported missing from the filles of the gas com- . This organization chart was pre- by R. H. Morrison, an account- ant sent by the Central Public Service Corporation to change the accounting system of the local company. Mr. Wood that Morrison showed him the chart of a proposed organization of the accounting department. Two Officials Dropped. was the last straw,” Mr. Wood ! concluded. ! Mr. Wood said he had asked the Cen- tral Public Service tion to send down Alfred Hurlburt, their chief en- gineer, to furnish the local company with expert advice and assistance, only to get rid of another emissary of the Central Public Service Corporation, a Mr. Battin, who tried to persuade the to buy more natural of his how the demned by the Government as part of the Rock Creek-Potomac ay. He sald at one time he bad recom- mended a management contract under which the Public Service neering Corporation would manage the local com) 3 g.\.lny tion is a léxohldhry of the the source of the authority of the per- sons who were ordering him around and felt he could accomplish his pur- pose in that way. Never Dealt With Trustees. He said all his dealings with Col. Albert E, Peirce had been with Peirce as president of the Central Public Serv- ice Corporation and not as owner of the Westfield Trust, and that he had never had any dealings with the trus- tees of the Westfleld Trust. It is this trust which, the company’s lawyers say, owng indirectly the l?‘fi;r"ncy interest in | 0. ‘The ques of Mr. Wood first | centered around the resignation of Rob- | ert D. Weaver, former president of the Georgetown Gas Light Co., as a member of tbe Board of Directors of the Wash- ington company. Mr, Wood sald Col.‘ Peirce sent him word through Wilton J. Lambert, counsel for the gas com- v, that Col. Peirce felt he ought to | ve a seat on the Board of Directors | of the local company. Mr. Wood then sent Vice President Fraser around to | see Mr. Weaver, and Mr. Fraser came back with Mr. Weaver's resignation. | Questioned at his home later in the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | STEAMER DISABLED | Liner to Tow Crippled Mail Ship to Safety. | NEW YORK, September 29 (#).—The | Munson Steamship Co. announced to- day its liner Munrio has been dis- |- tched from Kingston, Jamaica, to Eke the disabled Guif mall liner Contoy in tow. The Contoy has a broken crankshaft and is about 480 miles from the Bahamas and 900 rhiles from New ork. { Y'!'l'le Contoy, en route from the Wind- | ward Islands to New York, is carrying | eight passengers and a crew of 33. It| is in no immediate danger, the master | radioed his line office. i : DENMARK VOTES GEORGE A. G. WOOD. —Star Staff Photo. Photographed on the Stand Today. GOLD SUSPENSION Sterling Makes Further Gains in London Trading—Gilt- Edge Stocks Advance. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 29.—The Danish government suspended the gold 'standard today by rushing the | necessary legislation through both Hx of ‘Parliament. | BERLIN STICKS TO GOLD. Rumors of Action Depressing Bond Prices Are Ridiculed. BERLIN, September 29 (#).—Rumors that Germany had ded the gold standard, which ca -point &E in German bonds on the London Stoc Exchange, were ridiculed here today. Chancellor Heinrich Bruening.yester- | day said Germany could not risk an. other period of inflation and that the vernment is determined to resist all tendencies. Hans ther, president of the| Reichsbank, said it would be folly to| suggest that Germany emulate the ac- | tion of Great Britain in suspending the gold standard. STERLING ADVANCES. Forther Gain Giyes Steady Tone to Gift-Edge Stocks. LONDON, September 29 (#).—Further | improvement in sterling gave a_ steady tone to gllt-edged stocks on the London Btock Exchange today, with fractional advances. But the &olmul uncertainty uu‘:ted industrials be irregular and qui Transatlantic stocks were dull and | fractionally lower. Hydroelectric was quoted at 14, Brazillan Traction at| 13, International Nickel at 11'5, and | Radio at | On the ling rose York at the opening was $3.85, touched $3.92 and dropped to $3.89. The rate| on Paris started at 79.75 francs, went | to 100 francs and fell off to 99 francs. The rate on Amsterdam was steady of | 9.75 guilders. EGYPT BARS GOLD EXPORTS. 19. foreign exchange market ster- Decision on Increase in Customs Dutles Is Delayed. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, September 29 | (P)—] lan customs officials were | instructed today to permit no export of | gold, but the government has not yet| made any decision regarding increase: in the present customs duties. whether to make payment in gold on coupons of unified preference debt bonds, although the State Legal Com- mission is still considering this matter. BULGARIA RAISES RATE. National Bank Goes From 8! Per Cent to 94 Per Cent, SOPIA, Bulgaria, September 29 (#).— The Bulgarian National Bank rate was (Continut Page 2, Column 7.) MARTIAL LAW ORDERED SANTIAGO, Chile, September 29 (#). —Sporadic disorders growing out of the election campaign today caused the government to decrec s modified form of martial law restricting the right of assembly until the vote on October 4. | 1 ! WANDERLUST HITS GRANDMOTHER; | | TOURS 3 STATES HITCH-HIKING/ Relatives Object to Her Gallivanting Around at Age of 84, and She Is Taken Home. | By the Associsted Press. JEFFERS, Minn. September 29.—A grandma was back home her corncob pipe and ichildren about s tour lg::.dwmch lasted several Grandma” old, wanted to see some of mflm she started her trip. into Yowa “#Poiks were real nics s, ;bomwa me w | down into Tows, out to Yankton, S. Dak.,| and visited relatives at several other | laces, too.” | { lasted,” smiled as she 11t her pipe, < Grandma and two The | MACDONALD VISITS KING ON ELEGTION Views of Monarch Are Be- lieved to Favor Coalition Carrying On. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 29.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald called at Buckingham Palace early this afternoon to seek the views of the King as to whether Parliament should be dissolved and a general election called, 1t was believed that the King, who re- turned ‘to London only this morning, told him to carry on the national govs. ernment at any cost during the finan- clal crisis. This is Mr. MacDonald's own desire, but in the face of divided opinion in his cabinet on the election issue he faces & situation as delicate as any he has met in the recent troubled weeks. Conservatives Seek Vote. ‘The Conservatives are pressing for an immediate election; the Labor party does not want one and the Liberals also are uncompromisingly opposed to an elec- tion at this time. If Mr. MacDonald considers an im- mediate election necessary, political ob- servers ‘ee, he must be prepared for the withdrawal of the group of “official Liberals,” headed by Sir Herbert Sam- uel, with David Lloyd George directing, in the ound. His full political strategy at the mo- ment is designed to keep the Liberai group from swinging into opposition against . If the Samuel-Lloyd George group should desert he could still count on the support of Sir John Simon’s Liberals, but his hope is that he will lose neither. Will Plead for Unity. It is not thought likely that he will yield to the Conservative demand for an election on an out-and-out tariff platform, but will instead lead a cam- paign based on an appeal for national unity, with no mention of tariffs. To hold the Liberal support he must avold any campaign based on the tariff perceptibly. The rate on New | iss the King Mr. MacDonald prepared to meet his cabinet at the Iiouse of Com- mons. Despite the Conservative agitation for an election, it generally is believed that Mr. MacDonald can force the Conserva- tives to yleld. By themselves and with- out his leadership, political observers contend, they could not get a working majority in a general parliamentary election, Will Advise Commons. ‘The prime minister has said he will tell the House of Commons tomorrow % | what he 15 going to do. If there is to be an immediate election, Parliament |will be dissolved and the polling Will be announced for late next month. If there is not to be an election, Parlia- ment probably will be adjourned until el;ly g‘pnng. 1d n the meanwhile the cor woul have time to settle dow:,mgxd Mr. MacDonald, no doubt, would try to strengthen his government by shifting some of the cabinet portfolios. His third course would be to step aside, as he has threatened to do, to resign as prime minister and to retire, temporarily at least, from politics, leav ing the factional fight on the tariff is. sue to proceed unchecked. In that case, some persons belleve he might become viceroy of India or move into some other high govern- mental post. THREE DIE IN WRECK OF PASSENGER TRAIN Local Runs Through Open Switch and Engine and Three Coaches Turn Over, By the Associated Press. ASHKUM, Il September 29.—Three men, including the engineer®and fire- man, were last night when an Tilinois Central %mm, bound from Ch B *Mattoon, IiL, was wrecked | Six.of the forty passengers ‘wer yred. -ri)"g’r.h, & locsl, ran through an open switch on & siding to clear the main line for the crack fiyer, the Creole, o bound from New Or- leans. " The e ‘.n..“- coaches overturned. Henry Fogarty, Chicago. Nolan, Chicago. , 33, eolm'«!.o , Miss., 8 casua! of Augul usl. ; ) all residents of' Tilinols he, Progsams. .op. l’.’ “klg:, flg&wa for e injures s WITH SENDAY MORNING EDITION D0, BRUENING WEIGHS PLANFORU.S. TRIP AS LAVAL LEAVES German Chancellor Reported Contemplating Visit in December. FRENCH LEADERS SEE HOPE IN JOINT ACTION Laval and Briand, on Way Home, Say Economic Commission Clears Way for New Era of Peace. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 29.—The news- paper Volks Zeitung this morning said that Chancellor Heinrich Bruening is coritemplating a trip to Washington in late December to confer with President Hoover, Arrangements already have been completed for Premier Lavgl of France to sail October 12 for a visit with the President. Laval and Briand Pleased. Laval returned to France with For- eign Minister Briand today, firmly of the opinion that the new Franco-Ger- man Economic Commission was the first step toward world collaboration to Testore prosperity. ‘The same precautions marked the de- parture of the guests as did their ar- rival, with heavy squads of armed police hovering in the background to guard against demonstrations. The streets leading from the hotel to the station were clogged with people shouting “Vive la Paix.” Chancellor Bruening and) Foreign Minister Curtius were on hand to wish them farewell. “The commission will work in har- mony with the universal efforts to com- bat the economic crisis,” M. Laval said in a statement. ‘“Co-operation with all other nations will be sought wherever necessary. “This ‘action will be the first step to co-operation which has become the need of the hour and in which all are called to participate.” He made it clear that the plan was not directed against the interests of any other nation and that “the solu- tion of problems put to the commission | in'no wise will be affected by the mutual raising of customs tariffs.” Two Leaders Indicated. ‘While the personnel of the commis- slon was not announced, it was re- i ported that Hans von Raumer, former minister of finance and commerce and an industrial leader, would be a Ger- man member and that Paul Bouisson, of - the Paris Commerce, would be on the French tion, u!m N French statesmen’s visit was of- ficlally ended with a dinner at the | Prench embassy last night, at which American Ambassador Frederic M. Sackett, Chancellor Bruening, Forei Minister Curtius and members of the diplomatic corps were guests. Some newspapers sald there was a { possibility that the French® money market would be enlisted to help stim- ulate German exports to Russia by discounting Russian bills, but responsi- ble spokesmen of both nations said such & plan had not been discussed so_far. ‘The commission, by means of which | the two nations undertake a joint effort to relieve the precarious economic sit- uation and to inaugurate between | themselves a period of better under- | standing, resulted from discussions held | during the last two days by the French leaders with the heads of the German government. Speedy Action Planned. Both employers and employes will be represented on the commission, which is set to work forthwith. It is.to attack {all manner of economic problems in | the hope that easier conditions of liv- ing, resulting from its labors, may in- duce the two nations on either side of the Rhine, long divided by thouble- gome controversies, to be better neigh- TS, The creation of the comynission was announced to the entire domestic and | forelgn press by French Ambassador i Andre Francois-Poncet, who read the announcement in the presence of MM. | | Laval and Briand. | The Ambassador said the commission | would deal with the whole range of | economic subjects, including mercan- tile, navigation, commercial and air transport problems, without prejudicing the interests of any third party. ‘The communique announcing the cre- ation of the commission declared that, while the establishment of friendly re- lations was the primary object of the ministers who took part in the nego- tiations, they felt that “the world eco- nomic crisis made it their first duty to united efforts in the economic fleld to ?rnd a way to alleviate prevailing dis- ki The creation of an economic com- mission, to consist of representatives of | both nations with a permanent general secretariat, “seems destined to bring concrete results,” the communique said. | The primary purpose of the com- mission, the announcement explained, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) 'LINDBERGH AND WIFE " EN ROUTE TO HANKOW ! —_— Flying Couple Are Accompanied by League Expert—Will Inspect Relief. | | | By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, September 29.— Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, accompanied by Dr. Borcic, health ex- pert of the League of Nations, were en route to Hankow today on their third aerial survey -of flooded regions in China. ‘The aerial investigators planned a stop at Wuhu, 75 miles southwest of Nanking, to inspect rellef work in progress there, Hankow is about 300 miles from Nanking as the crow flies, but it was believed the Lindberghs would follow the general course of the Ya River after leaving Wuhu, lengthening their journey somewhat. Between Wuhu and Hankow the river describes a h“’: elbow toward the south. Although no definite plans awaited the arrival of the Lindberghs at Han- kow, it was belleved here the cou wruld spend several days in the vicin- ity of the_tri-cities of Hankow, and D TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER iSeventh District Is Watchad ' Eoening - el — 29, WAITING TO MISSOURIANS VOTE TOFILL HOUSE SEAT by Nation’s Politicians for ’32 Indication. By the Associated Press. SEDALIA, Mo, September 29.—' Voters of the seventh Missouri congres- | sional district today were selecting from three candidates a successor to| the late Representative Sam C. Major, Democrat, of Fayette, whose death made the special election necessary. The candidates are Robert D, John- son, Democrat, of Marshall; John W.| Palmer, Republican, of Sedalia, and L. L. Collins, independent, of Springfield, who made the race on a platform call- for o1 Palmer and Jo have the ment of the Missouri Anti-Saloon e and the W. C. T. U. election has attracted consider- able interest outside the district, some observers hnldl.ns it might serve as a barometer for 1932. The entrance of Collins into the race, however, has complicated the situation, and lpolltl- clans were reserved in their predictions on_the ouf e. The district, normally 1,500 to 3,500 Democratic, is regarded as dry. Col- lins formerly was active in Democratic politics at Springfield. ELECTION SERIES STARTS. Control of Next House Rests in Seven | Special Votes. | By the Associated Press. Missouri ‘was the crystal ball into | which Republican and Democratic | chieftains looked today for an mdlfil-]‘ tion of which party will control the | next House of Congress. As ballots were cast in the seventh | district of that State for a successor | to the late Representative Samuel C. | Major, Democrat, both National Con- gressional Committees awaited the out- come avidly. It was expected to indi- 1 cate the trend of six other special elections to fill House vacancies, all of | which will have been held by the night of November 3. At present the Repuk’.cans have 214 seats, the Democrats 213 and the | Farmer-Labor party 1. The last No- mber_elections gave the Pay (Continued i s | FRATERNITY HOUSE BURNS Sigma Chi Building at Dartmouth Is Destroyed—Guest Hurt. HANOVER, N. H, September 29 (#). —Fire today virtually destroyed the Sigma Chi Fraternity House at Dart- mouth College, with a loss estimated at $40,000. Sixteen students escaped with- out’ injury, but Ralph Davis, & jewelry salesman, who was an overnight guest, suffered burns about the face while saving samples he valued at $7,000. Wilbur H. Ferry of Grosse Point, Mich., varsity foot bell player and member of the senior class, entered & | room of the burning building by a ]ld-‘ der and saved $280 for one of the stu- | dents who had fled. ‘The cause of the fire was unde- | termined. | Buyers’ Market People with steady positions or with money in the bank are Proflun by the big reduction n wholesale and commodity prices. Economists say that mer- chandise is selling at retail from 10% to 33% less than at } this time last year, depending | upon the kind or class of goods. ‘Washington stores are among the best in the country and at- tractive Fall merchandise Is being offered at prices lower than for years. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) es. The Evening Star. . . 30,510 2d Newspaper...... 6,779 3d Newspaper . . . 6,002 4th Newspaper . . 2,900 5th Newspaper...., 2,487 Total ~ LT, . 18,168 1t will pay you to ver the 5 sdver s 1 toda) | Marcum, special assistant to the at- | tent by other witnesses, and an urging President Will Go to Philadelphia 1931—FORTY PAGES. #%» s Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,464 () Means Associated ] TWO CENTS. Press. EACNING. > NAT. Com WHICH STATEMENT WILL FIT. O N V,hfl- Judge Wields Jimmy In Proving Burglar Suspects Guiltless By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Septem- | ber 29.—Judge Philip Troup of | | city court grunted, strained and sweated today as he found two men charged with burglary not guilty. 3 The defendants were charged with having forced the door of a gas station with a jimmy. Judge Troup examined the instru- ment, studied the photograph of marks on the door, and scoffed at_police contentions. To prove bis doubt, he had himself locked in a side room with the instrument, while court attendants waited outside. For several minutes the court officials, attorneys and defend- ants heard the judge's straining efforts to “pen the door with the Jimmy. Finally he rapped and banged for his realese, thorough. ly convinced he could not force the door. PREJUDICE CHARGED | | | | | | 10 JUSTICE ADKING v His Refusal to Grant a Delay in Divorce Case Draws Complaint. An affidavit accusing Justice Jesse C. Adkins of showing prejudice in a re- cent divorce case heard by him was filed today in District Supreme Court, where the divorce suit was tried. The, affidavit was filed by Philip H. torney General. Justice Adkins had granted Mrs. Marcum a decree of lim- ited divorce cn the ground of desertion, and ordered the husband to pay her $135 a month alimony. Behind in Alimony. Marcum had become in arrears of ali- mony, and Attorney D. E. Rorer and Cyril S. Lawrence asked the court for & rule to show cause why the husband should not be adjudged in contempt of court. Attorney Richard L. Merrick appeared for the husband and asked for a continuance, which the court de- | nied becausy of the pressing need of | the wife for maintenance. The lawyer thn submitted the affidavit of prejudice. In the afidavit Marcum said: Justice Adkins is prejudiced against this de- fendant and cannot and will not there- fore render an unbiased decision upon and In connection with the rule to show | cause, as is evideced by his conduct during the progress of the trial, which ‘was that of impatience and intolerance toward the defendant and an evident disbelief of his testimony, although the | same was corroborated to a large ex- | of more haste in the conclusion of the defense, although plaintiff had con- sumed three full days, while the defense had occupied only one and one-half days.” Sympathy for Wife. Marcum also claimed that Adkins displayed sympathy for the wife in an alleged remark that “poor Mrs. Marcum, her attitude changed as the case went along,” and although advised of dis- crepancies in the wife's testimony gave it full credence and disregarded the evidence of the defendant, particularly with reference to the wife’s claim of vesidence in the Distriet. Hearing on the rule will go over to the October term, when the motions court will be presided over by Chief Justice Wheat. Marcum, who is from Huntington, W. Va, has figured in alien property work for the Department of Justice. e HOOVER TO SEE CARDS AND A’S CLASH MONDAY | plied_on District building projects. PREVAILING WAGE FORD.C. APPROVED Modified Schedule Adopted by Commissioners for 17 Trades. A modified “prevailing wage sched- ule” governing contractors and subcon- tractors in the payment of labor on District projects was approved today by the District Commissioners. As worked out following investiga- tions conducted by the municipal archi- tect’s office and conferences with the Labor Department, the wage scale which will prevail was believed to be the union scale in some of the building trades or so0 near to the union scale as to be satis- factory to all concerned. Seventeen Trades Affected. r hour and the 17 trades hedule ‘The pe; which e affected by the sc! , $1.25; st: $1.50: steamfitters’ hel) bridge and structural iron workers, $1.65; ornamental iron workers, $1.65; sheet metal workers, $1.50; stone cut- masons, $1.50; tile lathers, $1.6215. “Under this condition,” said 8. B. ‘Walsh, assistant municipal architect, in recommending the new schedule, “it is believed that the Commissioners should require that the sbove rates of wages be paid to all laborers and mechanics emp! on District building projects ac set forth.” ‘The “prevailing scale” schedule as agreed upon was precipitated by the wage dispute recently settled by Secre- tary of Labor Doak, who ruled, under Davis sct, that the union scale of wages for painters was_the prevailing wage in the District of Columbia. Sec- retary Doak’s ruling affected painters then at work on the Internal Revenue Building. Officials in Conference. District officials have been in re- peated conference at the Labor De- projects in. which the contract is in Bacon-Davis act. Last week Secretary Doak wrote to District officials re- questing ihat the union scale be ap- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) G B 160,000 NEW YORKERS ARE REPORTED IN NEED Committee Seeking $12,000,000 Fund, Saying Jobless Have No Resources. By the Associated Press. stone 50; wood, wire and metal | 8TesS to the classification above | powers conferred on him in .the Bacon- | find partment on the determination of a | standard wage for workmen on District | excess of $5,000, as stipulated in the ATTACKS BY NAVY ONECONOMY DRIVE DISPLEASE HOOVER President Declared Angry at Department for Published Objections. FIGHT TO BE CARRIED TO PEOPLE IF NECESSARY Navy League Asserts World Arms Truce Would Be Against Interests of U. 8. President Hoover was represented to- day as being incensed at the Navy Department'’s conducting a backfire in | the press against the administration's | program to effect governmental ecom- | omy. | The President was said to have ex- | pressed his determination to carry his fight for economy to the American people if necessary. It was explained | the President is carefully considering | estimates of appropriaticns for the next | year with a view to reducing expenses and that he has caused several depart- | ments to reconsider their proposals for | next year's estimates so that the finan- | cial condition of the Treasury might be | properly met. | In the case of the Navy, the esti- mates for that department for 1933, as prepared for the budget, total $401,~ 000,000, compared with $360,000,000 for 1932, an increase of $41,000,~ | 000. President Hoover was represented as approving increasing the $50,000,- 000 allotted in the 1933 naval appro- priation estimates for naval construec- tion work to $65,000,000, but at the same time to trim the remainder of the estimates s0 as to make the total for 1933 amount to $340,000,000, virtually a decrease of a little more than $20,- 000,000, compared with the budget for 1932, Task Proves Difficult. In his endeavor to trim down gov- ernmental expenses, the President is | known to have found the task & most difficult one. Many personal feelings are involved and objections. are sented from various objections frequently take the form of gln: in the‘ public ’;:'b t‘elr individual 2 *ppro- | i ther than to partment of the as to the matter of its and he is determined to such tempts at gimum u;nfl m‘ all ef- forts to influence Con- ition w“- administra- out program. ¥ Navy League Opposes Truce, | Opposition by the Navy League of the | | t}g: cur;:nt for & world naval holiday. The league charged yesterday the proposals would widen the ratio between the American fieet and that of other nations signatory to the London naval treaty. It said the rican people. if «they are not “deceived,” also would the holiday A holiday which would bring the United States nearer the treaty ratios would find api';mll with the - however, an expressed hope President Hoover would be able to de~ mev?m')u cogent_reasons for “We ve very believing that & naval holiday that would tend to set the United States back from attaining these treaty ratios with the British and Japanese would be counter to the interests of the country and unacceptable to the American ple if the latter be informed than deceived,” the league said in its | statement. } Fears for Parley Results “If it would really tend to close the existing gap between our fleet and thy treaty ratios, it would be beneficial; by if it were to widen that gap, it shoul be unacceptable. “Indeed, any holiday move by Amer jcan officials tending to widen that gap would not only be to serve the inter- ests of other countries rather than those of the United States, but would be to g0 back on and to stultify the vaunted accomplishments of the Hoover admin- istration at the London Naval Confer- ence; for the prospect of our virtually catching up to the treaty ratios by NEW YORK, September 20.—Of an ‘estimated 750,000 unemployed persons | in Greater New York at least 160,000 | have reached the limit of their re- sources and need help, the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee an- | nounced today. . | The committee, 'which will soon open | a campaign to raise a $12,000,000 fund for emergency relief, said that of the 160,000 in distress about 80,000 are heads of families. | ‘Unemployment among the so-called “white-collar” workers appears to have | been increasing faster than any other class, the statement adds. Not only of- fice and sales people, but professional persons, such as architects, engineers, teachers, druggists and others have | been seriously affected. about the end of the London treaty was the very bait held out to the country by those officials who led it into that treaty.” The league, which described itself as “an organization of civillans that, for over a quarter of a century, has spe- cialized on accurate information as to naval matters,” contended this counduy was far below its maximum fleet ratio. Although the London treaty allows ratios of 10, 10.2 and 6.8 for American, British and Japanese fleets, of aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and sub- marines, the league said the ratio of under-age completed vessels in these categories is 10, 14.8 and 11.2. It added a complete yeer's would give the other powers an advan- tage of 19.6 over the United States. and’ Return to Washington in the Evening. . BY the Associated Press. GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER WORLD HELD FAILURES BY HITCHCOCK Former Senator From Nebraska Declares People Are Being Taxed to Death in Europe.