Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1931. Mrs. Caraway Inducted DEMUERATS DRAFT o SESSON PROCRAM Joint Committee of House and Senate Prepares to Pre- sent United Front. HOOVER PROPOSES 2-YEAR TAX RAISE Message to Congress Also Lists Economy and Cut in Expenses. TARRF WAR SEEN FORGREAT BRITAN Conservatives Press for High Rates Despite Threats of Reprisal Acts. New Speaker Takes Oath of Office WIDOW OF LATE SENATOR TAKES OFFICE OATH AT CAPITOL. BY the Associated Press. Congressional Democratic leaders yes- terday named a Joint Committee of the Senate and House to draft the party’s legislative program. move was made in a determina- |tion to present a united front on the |eve of the 1932 presidential campaign | By the Aseociated Press. (Continued From First Page.) DU From Piwt Page) LONDON, December 8.—At least one newspaper predicted today that Great Britain is “on the verge of a tariff war.” | There were rumors, too, of a plan for & | Franco-Belgian economic union, similar tion Corperation” of the nature of the former War Pinance Corporation, “in | arder that the public may be abso- lutely assured and that the Govern- ment may be in position to meet any public necessity.” Other recommendations proposed that Congress authorize the subscription by the of further capital to the Federal land banks; that a method should be devised to make available Quickly to depositors some partion of their deposits in closed banks; that there be established a system of home loan discount banks; that steps be taken 1o extend, during emergencies, the eligi- bility provisions of the Federal Reserve &ct, and a revision of the banking laws. In this connection the President said: “Our people have a right to a banking system in which their deposits shall be safeguarded and the flow of credit less subject to storms. The need of & sounder system is plainly shown by the extent of bank failures. I recommend the proper improvement of the banking laws. The Congress should investigate the need for separation between differ- ent kinds of banking and enlargement of branch banking under proper restric- tions and the methods by which en- larged membership in the Feceral Re- serve system may be brought about.” Nothing About Prohibition. In his message the President stated thet he would send later dwf ‘pentnr} messages to Congress, one dealing wi foreign relations of the United States and the other with enforcement of the laws. His message said little about the Hoover moratorium for intergovern- mental debts and nothing about prohi- bition. These topics will be covered, it 15 understood, in the special messages. Without in any way attempting to minimize the extent of the depression and its effect on American life, the President pictured the cloud with a sii- lin He sald 'q;l‘! v‘-'::&Hfl our vision beyond these immediate emergencies we find funda- mental national gains even amid def- pression. In meeting the problems of this difficult period, we have witnessed & remarkable development of (’he sense of eo-operation in the community. the first time in the history of our ma- | Jor economic depressions there has been | & notable absence of public disorders | and industrial conflict.” has been an enlargement of social and spiritual responstbility among the people, the President said. Better methods of business have resulted from the stress and strain of the last two years. Public improvements have been carried out on a larger scale even than in normal times and the country is richer in physical property, newly dis- coveredl resources and in productive ca- pacity. E | Disorders in 19 Couniries. Turning his attention to foreign af- fairs, the President pointed out tml the egonomic depression has continued and deepened in every part of the world | the last year. Within two years, | he there have been revolutions or @cute social disorders in 10 countries, more than half the popula- tion of the world. He said that 10 countries have been unable to meet their externdl obligations and that in 14 countries having ome-fourth of the total world pngulnl on former monetary standards “been temporarily -aban- The President insisted that difficulties in this country have originated in a l:r degfee from this world situation that American recuperation “h-sl dietated the necessity of co-aperation z s with other nations in reasonable fort to restore world confidence and economic stability.” In regard to the Manchurian situa- tion, the President said: “The difficulties in China and Japan ve given us great concern, not alone r the maintenance of the Kellog- Briand pact. but for the maintenance of the treaties to which we are a party securing the territorial integrity of Ohina. It is our purpose to assist in finding solutions sustaining the full Spirit of those treaties. I shall deal at T length with our foreign relations & later message.” Takes Up National Defense. One of the first subjects dealt with by the President in his message was the Dational defense. He insisted both the Army and the Navy have been main- tained in a high state of efficiency. Curtailments in expenditure for these :fln.aner&s he u:& will be made with- reducing existing personnel or im- pairing the morale of either establish- ment. He stated definitely, and in s | manner which may be considered an answer to the critics of his naval pol- icy, that he believed the Navy should be expanded to meet the strength au- For | the SENATOR BY GRETOHEN SMITH. Amid the shade trees and peace of her country place in Maryland, the gentle, blus-eyed little Senator from Arkansas, Hattie Oaraway, who took the oath of office today, "u’fl}?;dmmh‘l;}b‘;!yl from political responatb a dear to her heart—gardening and planting, and personally supervising the beautifying of her grounds. “‘Mrs. Benator Caraway,” as one is in- clined to say, after hearing that the first lady Senator to assume her seat is “first Mrs. Caraway, and then Senator Caraway,” is a true daughter of agri- so0il are dear to her, and she & fund of information on cotton raising, most important product of her State. But outside of the business angle of agriculture, she has consider- able knowledge concerning flowers and shrubs. “1 haven's started & rock garden at my Marylend place,” she said, “but I had some excellent results from sweet pees last year, 1 planted them in Feb- ruary very thickly, in sofl about a foot and & half deep and I have never seen more beautiful peas. They grew in greatest profusion to great heights, and lasted until August. I think they would have lasted longer had it not been for | the drought.” Kept From Gardening. “This Fall,” she continued, “I have rnt in a great many bulbs—iris, tu- ips and hyacinths, but unfortunately 1 haven't been able to give much time to their care. However, by Spring, if I am etill here, I hope to have more time for my garden.” Senator Caraway granted her first noon cefved her visitors in her office, where seated at the great, businesslike desk, she seemed more diminutive and fem- inine “than “ever. But on one point, Senator Caraway has proven hersell different from the majority of her sex. 8he knows how to keep silence. “I learned many years ago,” she ex- plained, “as the wife of a Senator, not to talk. Wil I continue to keep silent, like Senator Morrow?” she smiled, “or will I break the silence and spesk in the Senate, I do not yet know. That remains to be seen. Frequently, ome speaks in an impromptu manner when one is inspired to do s0.” * Interested in Farmers. The lady from Arkansas has taken very much to heart the situation among the cotton growers of her native Btate. “I don’t see much hope for a change cultural Arkansas. All things of the | interview to the press yesterday after- | Attired in mourning, she re- | | | | | CARAWAY. —Wide World Photo. | in the depression at present,” she con- tinued. “Although crops were fine in Arka this SBummer, and the farm- ers’ wives did a lot of canning, the cotton crop was so big that there was no money in it. Banks throughout the State are continuing to fail, and only last week the bank in which my hus- |band had placed his entire interests | | failed also.” | Senator Caraway announced she would make no request to serve on a | particular committee or to continue on | |the Lobby Investigating Committee, | | upon which her husband served. Her chief interests will concern the welfare | | of the people of Arkansas. Sees Need of Femimine Touch. | Looking about her office, on the walls | of which hangs a picture of Woodrow | | Wiison in & conspicuous place, Mrs Caraway agreed the feminine touch might cesily be put to good use. | “Yes,” she might add a few things {o | | make it less formal and bare, and she | was quite certain that curtains could be | placed to advantage at'the windows. | Although the Benator has never made | a public add: she has closely fol- ‘lowed those m; by the late Senator, her husband, and is thoroughly con- | versant with' all subjects in which he | was interested. She speaks slowly and | | softly, and when talking on subjects she ‘lovfl:. such as her home, her three sons | |or her flowers, her face lightens ex- | | pressively, lending charm and appeal to her blue eyes Senstor Osraway has been ill at her | Maryland home for several weeks, and | | her ‘appearance at the Capitol yester- | day was her first since her arrival from | Arkansas this Fall. VISITS MRS. CARAWAY fmmy .'Woma:n'l Party Members | Pledge Aid to New Senator, | Forty members of the National | Woman's party called on Mrs. Hattie | Caraway, United States Senator from | Arkansas, yesterday afternoon, at her office, to pledge the co-operation and loyalty of their organization. The dele- gation made its call shortly after the close of the three-day biennial con- | vention of the Woman's party at the Mayflower Hotel. | Mrs. Elizabeth T. Kent of California and Miss Gail Laughlin of Maine each addressed a few remarks to Mrs. Cara- way. Miss Maude Younger of Califor- | nia, congressional chairman of the party, presented the members of the | group to the woman Senator, sponse to public appesal and by action of the local governments.” The President declared himself in fa- vor of effective regulation of interstate electrical power. He proposed a reor- ganization of the Federal departments of the Government to eliminate over- lapping and waste, and promised to lay a detailed report of this subject before Congress in the future. He made definite proposals, however, for two im- portant changes in the structure of the executive department. One of these s to create an additional assistant secretary in the Department of Com- merce to whom could be transferred the administrative functions mow carried on by the Bhipping Board, thorized under the naval limitation treates. He said | “The agreement between the leading | naval powers for a limitation of navai armaments and establishment of their | Telative strength and thus elimination | of competitive butlding also implies for | ourselves the gradual expansion of the | deficient categories in our Navy to the ities provided in those treaties. lowever, none of the nations. parties to these agreements, is today maintain- ing the full rate of construction which the treaty size of fieets would imply.” The President expressed & hope that in the future it would be possible to! reach internationz) agreements still further limiting the naval strength and other military strength. | Anti-Trust Inquiry Advised. Declaring that the rallways present sn immediate and pressing problem the President said “they sh-uld have more effective opportunity to reduce operating costs by proper consolidation As their rates must be regulated in public interest, so aiso approximate regulation should be applied to com- peting services by some authority” | The Presient recommended a Con- | gressional inquiry dealing with the anti-trust Jaws with 8 view to making some change in these laws. He added, | however: “I do not favor their repeal. | Such action would open wide the door to price fixing, monop-ly and destruc- | tion of hesithy competition” He said, | however, that attention should be given to the industries founded up'n na- tional reso where destructive petition produces great waste ¢ resources and great I the bituminous coal, oil dustries The Federal Government, the dent told the Congress, ss an aid to em- ployment is engaged in the greatest pro. | gram of public building, harbor, flood contrel, highway, waterway, aviation, | merchant and navel ship construction | in all history. He said that expendi- tures on these works during the calen- dar year will reach about $780,000,000 compared with $260,000,000 in 1928 "’n:ug this increased construction, through masintenance of a full com- | {:hmm of Federal employes, and| hr&lfx services to veterans it is esti- | ma that the Federal & now | directly contributing to lvelthood | of 10,000,000 of our citivens. these and | Presi- | lic works latory body, in keeping with its origi- nal_conception. The President proposed, 100, that all building and construction activities of the Government be consolidated into an independent establishment the President to be known as the public works administration, headed by a pub- atministrator. Disfavors Tariff Revision. Calling attention to the fact thit the revised Tarfl ‘Commission during the last year has reviewed the rates upon over 254 items subject to tariff, end that this procedure presents n orderly method of correcting inegualities in the tariff, the President said: “I am op- posed to any general comgressional re- vision of the tariff. Such action would disturb_industry, business and agricul- ture. It would prolong the depression.” In some detail the President dercribed the steps taken by the administration to help meet conditions in the country due to the depression, calling attention to the President’s Organization for Un- | employment. Relief “The evidence of the Public Health Service shows an actual decrease in sickness and infant and general mor- tality below normal years” said the President. “No greater proof could be adduced that our people have been pro- tected from hunger and oold and that the sense of social responsibility in the Nation has responded to the need of the unfortunate.” BORGLUM TELLS COURT OF HAHATONKA'S BEAUTY Testifies in $1,000,000 Suit That Power Project Ruined Scenic Spot in Ozarks. | By the Associated Press CITY, Mo, December 8.—Gutzon Borglum, famous sculptor, told a Pederal court jury yesterday that he had never seen “anything more besutiful” than Hahatonka, a beauty spol in the Missourl Ozarks, which was partly submerged by the building of a $30.060,000 hydro-electric project en the Osage River. Borglum was called to the stand by former Senator James A. Roed of than | Kensas City, to testily for th> Synder “I am opposed to any direct or in- direct Government dole. The bresk- and ont in! 1 due in part to such practices. | egainat gis- dis- estate, which i suing the Union ! Electric Light & Power Oo., St. Louts, | dent | for $1.000,000. This sum, it alleges Fec was the damage inflicted by the rising waters of the new “Lake of the Ozarks.” Borgium tol scenic places Shipping Board to act merely s a regu- INSULL $44 100 GFT MYSTIFIES PROBERS, |Federal Trade Commissionj '1 Fails to Learn Use of Util- | ‘ ity Firm’s Money. By the Associated Press The Federal Trade Commission failed today to learn from Martin J. Insull of Chicago for what purpose $44,100 was | used which he recefved from the Mid- dle West Utilities Co. i Insull is an official of the Utilities Co The Utllities magnate was questioned closely by R. E. Healy, commission counsel, on this item Failed to Find Purpose, | Examiner Asel Colbert of the com- missicn testified 1ast week he had been unable to find for what purpose the money, recorded on the company's sub- scriptions and donations account for nd been used. Insull when asked if he could say on his onth that the $44.100 was not used In connsction with political contribu- tions of Samuel Insull said: “All I can say on my oath is to my knowledge it was not.” | Samuel Insull eontributed heavily to | the senatorial campaign of Frank L. | Smith in Illinois in 1926. Smith was | elected, but was denied a seat because of excessive expenditures. | | Testimony before a Senate committee Investigating Smith's campa‘gn showed Samuel Insull contributed mor> than $227,000 to the Lilinois Rcpublican pri- mary in 1826, | Martin Insull told Healy thet he did not know the dispesition of the $44,100 1226 Senatorial Etection. Healy asked if there was any political cempaign in IMlinois in the early p of 1926. Insull said ho thought th was a scnatoriel campa‘gn. A 44 - 100 want to S2mue! Insull for nolitical contributions, Martin said “Not to my knowiodge.” Healy called attention to contribu- tions from Samuel Insull and pressed the witness repeatedly as to whether $44.100 was involved. | “I can't say Martin insisted, “be- cause T dom't know whet it was used for. If T knew what it was used for I ould tell you. I honestly say I do not know. “I want to do anything you want me to, but not anything I can't.” | MUSICIANS ASK REFGRM ICAGO, Iiecomber 8 (#)—Presi- cmes C. Petillo of the Chicego tion of Musicians notife! seven ratio stotions yesterday that |starting January 41 each station muct ! }CH major d of his experiences in |increase its staff of musicians, in-rease | Associa in various parts of the | scales, replace technical men with Lo submit to restrictions in of the musicians and in the of electrical | nized Democrati | 280, for a throughgoing, comprehensive Democratic legislative plan. Speaker Garner and Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, the floor leader, will head the joint committee. Each named | nine others of their branch to work witn them. Members of Committee. The House members follow: Tllinois, floor leader; Byrns, Tennessee; Cullen, New York, Crisp, Georgla: Bankhead, Alabama: ‘Taylor, Colorado; Drewry, Virginia; Sandlin, Louisiana, and Greenwood, Indiana. The Senate 'members are: Walsh, Montana, assistant leader Harrison, Pittman, Nevad: ‘Walsh, Mississippi; Massachusetts; Glass, Virginia; Bulkley, ; Wagner, New York; Hull, Ten- nessee, and Barkley, Kentucky. President Hoover immediately recog- Raliney, Alabama, prospective chairman of the Banking Committee to discuss expan- sion of the Federal farm loan banks. Steagall introduced a bill in the last Congress to raise the capitalization of the banks by $60,000,000. In his recent bipartisan conference with legislators, Mr. Hoover recommended the measure for enactment to relieve farmers who are in danger of losing their property. The Alabaman said it had been de- cided at the White House conference to seek quick actions on a measure to ef- fect the increased capitalization, 5,000 Bilis Before House, Five thousand prospective laws were dumped into the legislative mill of the House. The Senate will not be ready to re- ceive bills until late today at the earliest. Despite these restrictions, however, some members talked of their proposals A few of those on outstanding subjects in both branches were: Prohibition—Nearly 100 suggested changes, including ‘the legalizing of beer, ale, stout and light wines, and referenda on the eighteenth amend- ment; repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment, tightening up of enforcement. Parm board—Its abolition, with the transfer of its activities to the Agricul- ture Department; a further investiga- tion. Banks—To broaden the eligibility of acceptable paper, extend for two years loans made by Federal Land Banks. Bonus Bills Ready. Veterans—Pay World War veterans’ compensation certificates in full; in- crease disability benefits; construct new hospitals; allow pensions to widows, orphans and dependents of World War veterans, Public lands—To authorize the Secre- tary of the Interior to collect fees for grazing on public lands in Montana. Cotton—To compel the Post Office Department to use cotton insteag of jute twine; provide that the Govern- ment use cotton wherever possible; place the New York Cotton Exchange under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural De- partment, * Unemployment—To establish a Fed- eral board with $100,000,000 capital to function in times of depression; give insurance to unemployed. Bills on taxes were few, both Demo- crats and Republicans waiting to see what President Hoover would recom- mend in his annual and budget mes- sages, GOV. RITCHIE HITS REPUBLICAN RULE Holds Depression Has Revealed | | “Hollowness and Falsity of Stock Political Beliefs.” By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 8.—One re- deeming thing about the depression, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland said today, was that “It has enabled the American people to see the hollowness and falsity of & good many stock po- litical beliefs.” “Nobody belleves any longer that American prosperity depends upon & Republican President and a Republican | Congress,” said the Governor, who has been treated on his Chicago visit as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination ‘ o woman believes any longer that man's' job is assured if the Re- rty is in power. Mr. Hoover Iin 1928 at Palo Alto said that was so, | but what can he say to the woman who asks where her man’s job is now? “No wheat farmer can believe any longer that the Republican party can do much for his wheat. The Farm Board tried to stabilize the price of wheat by purchasing millions of bushels Now they dare nct sell it for fear the market will break up altogether. “No Southern coiton plenter can be- ny longer that the Republican can help him much about his There seems to be a surplus of cotton and a ceficit of clothes, and all the Government has been able to tell the c-tton planter, who has stood the rost of plantingeand growing his cotton, is to stand now the cost of plowing upf and destroying every third row of it.” Gov. Ritchie spoke at attended by leadin The engagement that brought him to the city, a speech at the annual ban- quet of the Illinofs Mznufacturers As- sociation, was scheduled for tonight, LEGATION SECRETARY OF U. S. FACES OUSTING State Department Considering Dis- of a luncheon missal Christian Gross, Absent Longer Than Leave. By the Assoclated Press The State Denartment the dismissel of Chs ond secretery of the American log at Ottawa He was allowed to be off to attend a case in Chicego, where. he lives, in ch he wes judged the father of the voungest child of his former wife, She wes formerly Virginia Harrison, daugh- Governor General of ter of the former the Philippines. The foreizn service officer had sought a Chicago court ruling as to whether hlsu}v'm:ngdrt*t ('hi'lii born after he se- oured a divorce, should rticipate in 2 81,000,000 trust fund of l;?hich‘phe‘ewls exezutor and which had come from his former wife’s family, The jeave which Gross was granted v the court case.expired five weeks Ee hes not reported back to his That is why diemis Th al is being is considering ristian Gros fo Will Give Ce:d Party. TOT, HEIGHTS, Md., December ciel).-—~The Home and Schoo! tion will give 2 card party in the auditorium of the school tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock Mrs. Stella Hamilton and Mrs. Irene A. Conner are in the affair, CAPL 3 B c control of the House | by inviting Representative Steagall of | Chicago Democrats, | | Above is pictured the scene in the House of Representatives yesterday as John N. Garner of Texas was sworn in as the first Democratic Speaker since Champ Clark. - —Associated Press Photo. | BROWN URGES CENT MAL RATE BOOST Increase on Non-Local Let- ters Asked to Mecet $150,- 000,000 Deficit. With his department facing a deficit of $150,000,000 for the current year on { postal _operations alone, Postmaster | General Brown today called on Congress | 110 fix a 3-cent rate on non-local letter ymail to provide increased revenue Outlining the financial condition of | the department in his annual report, | the Postmaster General announced the |gross deficit for the fiscal year tnded last June 30 was $146,066,189.66, as compared to that of $98,215,987.43 for the previous 12 months, Allowing for “expenditures for non- postal objects, chiefly the air and ocean mail subventions and the free mail service provided for Congress and the executive departments,” which aggre- gated $48,047,308,28, the net or actual postal deficit was $98,018,881.38. This | | was an increase of $39,472,612.34 over | the net for the preceding fiscal year. Deficit is Shown. Receipts for the year were $656,463, 383.29 and expenditures, $802,529,572.95. The increase in the deficiency, Mr. | Brown said, is attributable entirely to shrinkage in the volume of the mails. Mr. Brown recalled in his last report he had pointed to the advisability of making the department self-sustaining 50 far as strictly postal operations were concerned; bad held it was Impractica- ble to increase horizontally the rates on second, third and fourth class mail and that he had further urged a boost in the non-local letter mail charges, Letter Mail Boost Urged. department,” he added, “that letter mafl offers the only field within which | an amount which in normal times would | suffice to meet the present scale of | postal expendityres. A 21;-cent rate,| as recommended last year, would pro- | duce additional funds amounting on volume to about $50, y. Under ordinary condi- tions this would probably be sufficient to balance the budget and keep it bal anced against the existing scale of sala- ries and transportation charges. “A 2%j-cent rate, would, however, abviously fall far short of producing adequate revenues at the present time. The deficit for 1931 attributable to | strictly postal operations was more than $98,000.000, and if present trends are maintained, the net deficit for the cur- rent year will be in the neighborhood of $150,000,000. This raises the ques- tion whether, in view of the already overtaxed condition of the general Treasury, it would not be advisable, pending the return of normal con | tions. to fix a 3-cent rate for letter mail. | “Such a rate would have balance: | the budget for 1931 and would have reduced the probable operating deficit | and the correspondihg drain upon the | Treasury from $150,000,000 to about $50,000,000 for the fiscal year 1982." | Parcel Post to Help. | Brown reperted some help for rev- enues in parcel post regulation changes | expected to net about $5.000,000 an- nually, and said additional revenue of about $7,500,000 annually would be ob- tained if the Interstate Commerce Com- mission granted pending rate adjust- ments, He also referred to changes urged on Congress last year in the rates and fees | for registered, insured and C. O. | mail and for dorestic money orders, yand said if these wers acted upoa favorably, about $10,000,000 more an- nually would be realized. Mr. Brown repeated his recommon- | dations also for legislation to permit | the department to acquire #s own pos- tal quarters in large cities to cut down the rent bill, and to increase the limit on individual postel savings from $2,500 to $5,000. Alaska Airmail Aslted. Legislation for airmail Alaska also was advocated. The report pointed out that despite the fall in the volume of mail gen- erally, there was an increased use of | the airmail, and that the total route {leage increased from 14,907 miles the end of June, 1930, to 23488 last | June. The growth of passenger traffic also was noied, and it was added “the de- partment ' believes * confideatly = that | ext few years a stable pas- | saruer and sepress Wasiness will e do- veloped to si portions 2s to justify | the "eventual reduction and the even- | tual el'mination of the aviation subsidy as a factor | “'The report caid also that “satisfac- | tory progress is being made in the de~ | velopment of our ocean mall service under the merchant marine act of 1928.” service In FOLLOWERS OF HITLER GAIN IN CITY ELECTIONS STUTTGART, Germany, December 8 (#).—Adolph Hitler's National So- | cialists scored all along the line in Sun- || day's communal e'ections in Wuerttem- be:z, be'atad resu'ts showed today. At Ulm they caplured seven ceats, at Luv: g-burg, five; at Hellbronn, three; | Heidenbheim, three; Schwenningen, | | three; Goeppingen, two, and Tuttlingen, | two. They were not represented before | on any of those city c]ouncmi LAt Communists also captur iy Social Democrats. The Deld theisy pwn. seats from the Cenwrists about PHYSICIST AND OTHER “It is the careful judgment of the |||l additional revenues can be secured in!|| airmail pay.” i FEDERAL POSTS OPEN Civil Bervice Commission Is Ready | ™ission, 1724 F street, it is announced. to Receive Applications for Examination. Examinations for the following po- today: Associate physicist, assistant phy\icist, $2,600 a year; vari- | has gus services; $2,600 a year, dwelling, Coast and Geodet | closing ~ date, January 5,.1932. | grosser, $1,800 a yea | the 1932. Principal |$2,300 draftsman, $2,000 & year; | draftsman, branches, al, engineering draftsman, $1,620 a year junior engineering draftsman, $1,440 a year and mechanical) sitions are to be given at the Civil| Se , 1t was announced | ice Commission, $3,200 a year; closing date, February Assistant latitude observer, less $400 a year for Survey; En. Department of Interior; closing date, January 7, 1932, engineering year; senior draftsman, engineering engineering $1,800 a year (optional architectural, civil, electric- mechanical, structural); assistant (optlonal branches, electrical departmental Gifts Worth Giving | feld services; closing date, January 12, 1932, | | Complete information regarding the examinations and positions may be had | by applying at the Civil Service Com- 13-MONTH RESPIRATOR FIGHT BEATS PARALYSIS By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 8.—Violet Ved- der, 19-year-old Derry, N. H,, girl, wm.v1 spent the best part of the past 13 ,months incased in a rspireator at the | Massachusetts General Hospital, today appeared to have won her battle with | | Infantile paralysis. | | . Authorities at the hospital said she | had been taken from the machine and now was breathing normally. | She was admitied to the hospital | Eeptember 11, 1930, and she was kept in the machine day and night except | for brief intervals. 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In the meantime Prime Minister Mac- Donald was believed by some high Pro= tectionist Conservatives to have stolen a march in the maneuvering. Although the Conservatives vigorously pressed for separate debates on tariffs in the House of Commons, apart from a gen- eral discussion on a formal vote of censure of the government, the prime minister promised the debate, but only :fin A censure proposal, claiming lack of e. Attended Luncheon Today, The Conservatives said.they wished a separate debate unassociated with a vote of censure against their own chiefs Who are members of the government, The Belgian foreign minister talked with Prime Minister MacDonald today at a luncheon attended also by Sir John Simon, Sir Austen Chamberlain and the Belgian Ambassador. Since he reached London M. Hymans has discussed next year’s disarmament conference and other international is- sues with Simon. This afternoon ne was to talk tariffs with Walter Runci- man, president of the Board of Trade. Sees $200,000,000 to Meet Loans. Immediate appropriation of $200,- 000,000 to meet demands for payment on veterans' loan certificates was fore~ cast today by Representative Byrns, new chairman of the House Appropris= tions Committee. personal eomfort choice is from a in value and im- e Three Specials effects, as illus- $9.85 corereiee e §9.95 in smart and made by com- g wool; with two