Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1931, Page 3

HOOVER TAX PLAN DEFENDEDBY MILLS Borrowingfor $4,400,000.000 Deficit Unthinkable, He Says in Forum. The administratior tax plan was de- fended last night as sound financing by Ogden L. Mills, ‘Treasury Bpeaking in the Forum, arranged by Star and broadca hook-up of the Bystem, Mr. Mills posal designed to cope with an esti- mated deficit of $4,400,000,000 for the three years ending with 1932, declar- ing it “unthinkable” that this ! be taken care of entirely by borrowing The Treasury official also answered those who have argued that “we are making a terrible mistake,” from a po- Mitieal standpoint, in reducing exemp- tions in the new tax set-up. “Aside from the fact that under ex- isting circumstances I cannot concede that politics has anything to do with the drafting of a revenue bill, I think those gentlemen underestimate the in- telligence and patriotism of American people he emphasized Threefold Aim. National The over a Nation-wide imbia Br-adcasting described the Radio The financing program contemplated has a threefold aim, Mr. Mills ex- plained—reduction in the prospective | deficit for the current fiscal year, no further increase in the public debt in the fiscal year 1933 and a balanced budget in 1934 “Existing conditions would not, in my opinion, justify a request for mere, and we should have failed in our duty had we recommended less,” the speaker as- serted He amplified. too, that “although the propoeal is made to cover the two com- ing fiscal years, it should not, of course be interpreted as implying an expected continuation of depression during that pericd.” Mr. Mills recalled that the suggested tax increases are in the main simply a reinstatement of the levies that pre- vailed under the act of 1924, which, he said. did not constitute an ‘“unbearable burden” or “prevent increased pros- perity.” In defense of taxation as compared to borrowing, he said “Confidence Fixes Credit,” “It must not be forgotten that the very ability of the Government to bor- row depends.not only upon the con- viction on the part of purchasers and holders of Government obligations that the Government will maintain itself in such a position. as to meet at all times and under any circumstances its own obligations, but that its finances will be conducted with such regard for sound - principles that Government securities will not suffer drastic depre- clation “If, in disregard of every dictate of financial and business judgment, we should attempt to raise all of the addi- tional sums required as a result of the depression through the sale of Govern- ment securities, we would, I am con- fident, encounter real resistance on the part of investors, not only because of the immense volume of new securities to be marketed, which would necessarily depreciate the value of existing securi- ties, but because of the apprehension such a temporizing policy would en- nder. “In the midst of our difficulties, let us not forget that there is nothing more important to the Nation than the main- tenance, unimpaired, of the credit of the United States Government.” (The text of Undersecretary Mills' l?eech is carried in the Editorial Sec- tion of today's Star.) WILL HELP CL(';TTE POOR | George D. Horning to Aid Mission With Bernard Harding. Two old friends of the Central Union | Mission have undertaken to play Santa Claus for 175 poor children this Christ- mas who are in need of new shoes and stockings. George D. Horning, who has been playing this role for years, has donated 125 pairs of shoes and 250 pairs of | warm stockings for the boys and girls | selected by the mission. Another old | friend, Bernard Harding, of 309 Seventh | street, will give 50 pairs of shoes and ! the same number of stockings The lucky children already have been Undersecretary of the | Washington | the | MISSI pro- | d | E Named «Clerk SSIPPIAN GIVEN HOUSE POSITION. UGENE FLY. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DEBT DELAY TERMS Nations Better Off Without Proposed Aid, Says Ten- nessee Senator. As Congress prepared to turn atten- tion this week to the one-year morato- rium on foreign debt payments, Senator | McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, is- {sued a statement last night, contending | that nearly all of the European nations | have better terms for postponement un- der existing debt settlement laws than they would have under the proposed resolut on. quoting from the several acts ess under which the debt set- were arranged, Senator Mc- summed up his argument as fol- | joint ‘It will be néted from the foregoing that the only possible advantage to France from the proposed moratorium ltport and Jack-|is that under existing law last July w:ufl ?go &rch‘;lzmed an author- | she would have had to pay $20,000,000 ity on tariff and financial matters, |on her debt; but after last July she has been appointed clerk of the im-|had a right to postpone principal and portant House Ways and Means Com- | interest for three years. ation measure Representative {and Eencte | peper_man DEMOC AIS “DIFFERENT” Joint Policy Committee to Begin Work on Bill Com- BY G During the mittee, which handies all tariff and tax- under Mississippi, | t { the committee "i,:";-,::'.‘,’:?fi“sxm,,,: Pat Harrison | Czechoslovakia does not have a right to as secretary for 19 years in the House a news- He will Collier of s, e serve He formerly wa RATIC TAX ing Week. GOULD LINCOLN. coming week the Demo- crats, through their Joint Congressional | Policy Committee, are expected to begin work on the Democratic tax bill. In the end this bill will have to be drafted by the Democrats of the House Ways and Means Committee. The Joint Com- ! mittee. however, composed of leading | Democrats from both houses, is ex- pected to have considerable influence in framing the tax plan. The first meeting of the Joint Committee is to be held Tuesday morning. Democratic leaders predicted yester- day that their tax plan would differ vitally from the plan advanced by Presi- dent Hoover and Secretary Meilon. It undoubtedly will look to increases in the income tax rates on larger incomes, to increase estate taxes and to a gift tax as the principal means of increasing reve- nue. The Democrats are expected to resist the recommencations of Secretary Mel- lon to increase the normal tax rates on small incomes and to reduce the ex- emptness of individuals. They are op- | posed to such excise taxes as those pro- | posed by Secretary Mellon on radios, automobiles, deeds, checks, telephone and telegraph messages, and so forth. ‘They are particularly opposed to mak- ing the increases in taxes on incomes retroactive, so that they will apply to incomes in 1931, Government Securities. The Democrats believe that a large part of the deficit in-the Treasuryi should be cared for through the issue of Government securities. - They be- lieve particularly that a bond issue to cover the expenditures of the Govern- ment for large building projects of all kinds, designed to help reljeve the em- ployment situation, should be covered by the issue of bonds. Senstor Pat Harrison of Mississippi, ranking Democratic member of the Finance Committee, again atticked the administration tax plan yesterday, aying: “As soon ss it was hinted by the President and the Secretary of - the Treasury that retroactive features would apply in the collection of taxes under administration's program, all se- curity values were affected, and stock prices declined. It was a natural se- quence, when the public became ad- vised that income taxes would be col- | lected on 1931 operations, that the | investing public should throw its se- selected from the lists of the mission, it was announced, and they will bs | given tickets properly countersigned which Saks & Company wili honor Each child will be properly fitted by an experienced shoe salesma SPECIAL NOTIC | THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK GF | Washington, D. C.. 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As bad | as were other features of the adminis- | tration's tax program. feature was the worst.’ The Democratic tax take several weeks in was indicated yesterday | Little was done by either house of Congress during the first week of the session. The House elected s speaker, | Mr. Garner, and then gave itself over to debate of the President's message, with many political speeches. In the Sen- ate, a deadlock was reached, when ef- forts were made to elect a president pro_tempore. More than a dozen Re- | publican Senators voted for some other | Republican for this office than Senator George H. Moses of New Hampehire, | the candidate of the regular Repub- | lican organization | |, Lest night the matter still hung in the balance. with the Republicans | striving to work out a_compromise, pos- sibly with Senator Norbeck of South Dakota as & substitute for Moses. Sen- ator Moses continued 1o indicate, how- ever, that he had no intention of | Withdrawing from the race | There were reports that some of the | Progressive Republicans of the West, including Senator Brookhart of Iowa. ! were prepared to break the deadlock | by voting for Senator Pittman of Ne- vada, the Democratic candidate for this office. On the other hand, it was hinted that some of the regular Re- publicans might walk out, thereby | leaving the field to the Democrats un- | less an agreement could be reached. | Developments during last week | have made it impossible for Senator | to be re-cle-ted, and the pro s were for an election of a Dem- the retroactive | program may the making, it | With ¥ Senate lsac | ize the Senate tom | work on the mas fronting them. The vexing job of dividing committee assignments among the ‘various appli- cants .was completed yesterday at a| meeting of the Republican Committee on. Committees. Senators Cutting of New Mexico and Glenn of Illinois were assigned to the | Important Foreign Relations Committee and Senators Metcalf of Rhode Island | and Jones of Washington were given posts on the Finance Commiittee, which drafts tax and revenue legislation. The prospects are for speeches and more speeches in the House since that body will have nothing before it, unless Rep- “’P(“hlall\? Mapes should be ready to ¢ & Teport on the fiscal relations of m the District of Columbia and the Fed- { eral Government | committee assignments com- ned to organ- nd get to of legislation con- Bargeron to Give Address. Carlisle Bargeron will be the guest | speaker at a meeting of the Women's Democratic Educational Council tomor- Tow evening at the Hay-Adams House. Mrs. - William - Partridge, vice chairman of program, will present the speaker. Mrs. Clara Wright Smith will preside. A meeting of the Executive Board will precede the regular Tmnl at 7:30 o'clock, sl Varied Rights of Nation. “Jugoslavia does not have a right to {postpone for two years until 1937 postpone until Ju rest I e 15, 1943, All the ve a right to postpone principal and interest for three years. So that with the exception of ‘Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, neither of which has asked for any extension or postpone- ment, all the rest have better terms of postponement under existing law than are proposed in the Smoot joint reso- lution.” Further on in his statement Senator McKellar added “After reading the foregoing acts and the President's proposal as introduced by Senator Smoot, I doubt if any nation bas anything to gain by accepting the President'’s moratorium for one year. They have more to lose than they have to gain if the Smoot proposal works a repeal of the various acts now in exist- ence on that subject Doubts German Benefit. “Second, I do not believe that the ‘Hoover moratorium’ has benefited Ger- many in the slightest. The economic conditions that have arisen since show vhat she was not benefited. Prance did not, reduce her non-postponable annui- ties from Germany, and, of course, this was what Germany most needed.” Senator McKellar said the only ex- planation, to his mind, of the change in the moratorium “is that it will act as an entering wedge to the complete cancellation of these foreign debts. It is idle to suppose that a re-establish- ment by us of a debt-funding commis- sion could have any other purpose,” the Senator concluded. DETECTIVE BUREAU SHAKE-UP IS ASKED BY HEAD OF SQUAD ___(Continued From First Page.) precincts and the precincts to which Inspector Burke recommended assign- ment are H. K. Wilson, H. E. Brodie and Leo Murray, first precinct: Michael H. Ma- Haney, Thomas Sweeney and Van Hughes, second precinct; N. 8. Hod- kinson and A. T. PFihelly, third pre- cinet: J. W. Wise and Thomas Nally, fourth precinct; A. M. Tolson, fifth pre. cinct; L. M. Wilson, ninth precint; B C. Keunling and J. C. Collins, tenth precinct; Joseph F. Waldron, twelfth precinct: E. F. Lewis, thirteenth pre- cinet; and W. J. Dubusky, fourteenth precinct. Changes Wednesday. Mahaney is now attached to the sec- ond precinct. Inspector Burke urged his promition to detective sergeant to fill a vacancy created by the recent re- tirement of H. A Cole. Inspector Burke asked that the changes be put into effect, Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock Two new squads would be created under Inspector Burke's plan One, to be known as an out-of-town squad, would handle the ev of police work for other Jjurisdictions, such as the service of warrants. It will be composed of Detectives R. J. Cfi_lx_hmd A. D. Mansfield e other new squad would specialize In robberies and safe cracking m[c)elec- tive Sergt. Larry O'Dea will be placed in command of this squad. Serving with him will be Prank O. Brass. man, H. G. Wanamaker, Paul and H. M. Smith The only other cf is the transfer of general squad. Jones hange contemplated { Detective Dowd from assignments to the clothing Others Unchanged. The homicide, automobile and other special squads, ‘Inspector Burke said, will continue to function substantially as at present. Detective sergeants as. signed to precincts will devote their time and attention to crime within the particular precinct to which they are assigned. The reorganization plan also provides for abolition of the present morning roll call at the Detective Bureau. Under the new arrangement there will be only one roll call each day, at 6:30 p.m. af which time all detective sergeants and precinct detectives on duty will be re- quirde to assemble in the Detective Bureau squad room In addition to the usual roll call. show-up of prisoners, etc., there will be a discussion of crime. criminals, suspected persons, etc.. and any other matter pertaining to crime conditions in the District The plan, Inspector Burke out. is predicated on a desire for a more thorough study and investigation of crime, crime conditions and eriminals Detectives in Precinets, “Detective sergeants on general signment,” he said, “will operate certain designated precincts and will assigned all . felonies witk cincts. Where two. or three detective sergeants are assigned to one precinct, then the assignments will be to eact; in rotation, for proper study, investi- gation and police action. “Investigation of crimes within each precinct will include those felony cases here crrests are made by members of het perlicular precinct or any : (hor precinct or bureau, to the end that the dete tive sTrgeant will k the crin a!, his method of operat his possible connection with other his place of residence his associates, etc “In cases where arrests for felonies (or when any thief is arrested) are made by precinct officers, the detective sergeant will discuss the case with the arresting officer and assist in every manner, to the end that the case by properly investigated. proper notations made, evidence safeguarded and magi. ed for identification, witnesses inter. viewed and subpenaed, alibis, it any checked, to the end that the case be In proper shape to present to the prosec cuting officer.” .GLEE CLUB as- in be hin those pre- n his ‘hang-outs,’ TO SING Phone Company Group to Enter. | tain Brightwood School Group, The Parent-Teacher Association of Brightwood School will be cntertained tomorrow evening by the Glee Club of he Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Comp-nyl at 5‘11‘2 o'clock. ‘The Glee Club, directed by Robert H. mdwn, Sis ycamposedwu e}l}m’ely of tele- employes. aret Mor- ®aAn Harry is the lccunm‘a‘ : €I increasing volume | E. P. Hart- | pointed | crimes, | D. C., DECEMBER 3. 1 SHORTSALE PROBE | | ‘Senate and House Members | Predict U. S. Inquiry on Markets, By the Associated Press Prom both ends of the Capitol came predictions yesterday that the search- light of congressional inquiry will be turned this session upon short-selling | operations in the stock and commodity exchanges. Senator Capper, Kansas Republican. | prophesied an investigation of the | | whole situation either in hearings on | bills or by a special inquiry. Details Still Uncertain. Representative Sumners of Texas, | prospective chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said an investi- gation by some congressional agency appeared inevitable Whether an inquiry by a special Sen- ate committee possessing power to sub- poena records and witnesses would be sought was not definitely indica‘ed. Senator Capper said he was consider- ing such a step, but would confer with other Senators before deciding. A special committee carries broader tnvestigating authority than the stand- ing committees of the Senate and prob- ably would be urged if it were desired to identify the leading individual bear operztors and show the extent to which | their activities have resulted in price | declines. Fess Calls Whitney. Senator Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Republican National Committee sought to “determine whether an in- vestigation is necessary” by inviting to his office President Richard Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange. Fess said he wanted to find out “what the atock exchange itself has done and can do to check the evils of short selling.” SCOUTS WILL MEET Fourth Division Will Gather at Memorial Baptist Church. A special meeting of the Fourth Divi- sion, District of Columbia Boy Scouts will be held at the National Memorial Baptist Church tomorow night at 8 o'clock. An elaborate program has been arranged for the evening Among the speakers will be Seth Gordon, president of the American Game Asscclation, who will describe the efforts of that organization to increase production and conservation of game and fish and prevent wanton destruc- tion of wild life resources of the coun- try. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and colder, followed by rain tonight; tomor- row cloudy and colder, possibly preceded | by rain: moderate east Winds. Maryland—Cloudy with rain, colder in east and central portions; tomorrow | cloudy, preceded by rain; moderate to | fresh east winds, Virginia-—Rain and slightly colder: | tomorrow cloudy, preceded by rain; | moderate east and southeast winds. West Virginia—Rain; tomorrow rain, changing to snow and colder. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature—Midnight. 57: 2 am. | 55: 4 am. 53: 6 am, 50; 8 am, 48; | 10 s.m, 56: 12 noon, 59; 2 pm. 62: 4 pm. 63; 6 pm, 61; 8 pm, 60; 10 48, pm., 59. Highest, 63, 10 am. 4 pm. Lowest, Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. 10:54am. 11:45am. | 5:19 a.m. 6:07am. | 11:16 pm ] 5:34 p.m 6:27pm. | The Sun and Moon. Rises. | Sun, today 7:18 | Sun, tomorrow 7:18 4:48 Moon, today.. 11:02a.m. 9:08 p.m Automobile lamps to be-lighted -one- half hour after sunset Rainfall, Monthly rainfall in inches in Capital (current month to date): Month. 1931, Average. Reco | January 355 .09 | February 327 684 March 375 884 April 321 913 May 370 1069 | June 413 1094 | July 471 1063 August 401 1441 September 324 1081 October 2.84 857 November 237 869 December .. 1.16 332 1756 Weather in Various Cities. Temoerature.- Precipi- Max. Min. tation:8 E1i- Fri Satpm to urday.night.8p.m.8p.m. 74 54 62 0.05 002 High Low High ; Low Sets. 4:46 the rd. | 82 | 84 91 ‘89 '89 | ol 86 | 28 | 16 '85 '89 01 1.28 1.01 Asheville. Ala. Bismarck, N. Dak Boston, 0.04 | Chevenne. | Cleveland. | Davenport | Denver. Golo Des Mot Dt roit Duluth, El Paso, Galveston, Helsna. Mont | Indianapolis. Jacksonville. Kanzas_City Little Rock. | Los Angeles, Louisville, Marquette, Calif.. Mobile. Ala New Orleans Omaha, Nebr. Philadelphia | Phoenix.” Ariz. or o5 | Salt_Lake City. Utah St Louis, 8. Paul. | 8an “Antonio, Tex San | €an Francicco Santa Fe. N favannah, | staftie. wach Soringfel? | Tampu, Fi Talnae. Oi. Vickshire. " Miss WASHINGTON. alt | D_C We Believe These Tables arked About One-Half AT N eir Reat Vatue Gerber Drug Co. 710 14th St. N.W. National Press Pharmacy 1336 F St. N.W. "+ Albany Pharmacy nAu. .:?d H Sts. N.W. | sald 1931—]”;\31’ ONE 'g—{“ MlKE”_AR AHM}KS BGNGRESS AWA"S New House Members on D, C. Committees NAMED TO HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTE ON DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. Upper, left to right: Howard W. Smith, Virginia; Lynn S. Horner, West Virginia; Loring M. Black, New York; Bayard J. Clark, North Carolina—all District appropriations. Lower, left to right: Ralph Gilbert, on_subcommittee on District appropria WOODRING SEES ROOSEVELT CHOICE Kansas Governor Denies He| Is Seeking Second Place on Democratic Ticket. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 12.—Although Gov. Harry H. Woodring of Kansas pre- | dicted today Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt, will be nominated on the first ballot. | at the Democratic national convention | next year and will be elected President, | he denied any aspiration of being the | New York executive’s running mate. “I already am a candidate for re-elec- tion as Goverror of Kaasas,' said the man who is the fourth Democrat in the history of Kansas to occupy the guber- natorial chair. “I already am making plans for thet campaign. I am interested, of course, in seeing the Democrats win in 1932, but I decidedly am not gbing to see Gov. Roosevelt tomorrow with the idea of talking about being his running mate. Kansas Prospect Strong, “Unless there is a material change in | the economic situation and in the price of farm products between now and the national election,” he said, “Kansas will | o strongly Democratic in 1832 o “The Emnomic situation is the issue in our State. Prohibition is not a ques- | tion in Kansas. We have settled it re- gardless of any action by any political party. Kansas is going to continue to remain dry. “We have no favorite son for 1932 in Kansas. Gov. Roosevelt is our choice. He has caught the public fancy.” He said he doubted if a movement conducted for Newton D. Baker on the part of any who wish to block Rogsevelt would amount fo much This is the way the Democratic Gov- ernor summed up the Hoover adminis- tration: “The Farm Board undertook to save the wheat farmers and at an exg:’n.se of nearly $200,000,000 managed to bring the price of wheat to the lowest level in the memory of all present, involving the utter collapse of the market for all farm products. “Then we had the moratorium, through which a gift of the taxpayers’ money to foreign nations was expected to return us to prosperity by making possible the construction of a few more battleships in Europe. Great Credit Plan. “Lastly we have the great credit plan, through which the taxpayers’. maney will be loaned upon security which good bankers or conservative private investors will not accept.” Today Senator Dickinson, Iowa, Re- Publican, replied by saying the tariff bill was not passed until nine months after the stock market collapse. To which the Governor said “A definite promise of increased tariffs was made by Congress in the special session preceding the collapse | and the success of the bill was apparent. before the crash. “Legislation resultant of promises made in the 1928 campaign led to the Smoot-Hawley bill and the Farm Board action which brought on the collapse of agricultural prices. That in turn led to Nation-wide economic troubles.” In predicting that 1932 would see Kansas giving the Democrats nearly as much of a victory as the State gave Hoover in 1928, when the Republicans rolled up a 320,000-vote lead, the Gov- ernor recalled his own victory. Distinctions Claimed. “My predecessor, Gov. Reed, a®Re- publican, had won by 800.000 votes,” ‘T_was made Governor by a margin of 300 votes. I also hold the distinction of having been named Gov- ernor 11 times in 10 days.” He referred to the fact that the elec- tion was so close it was uncertain for 10 days who had won The Governor was in a jovial mood. | He had just watched the Army beat the Navy at Yankee Stadium. = Along with Guy T. Helvering, chairman of the Kansas Democratic State Com- mittee and Carl V. Rice, State high- way commissioner, he had been & guest at the game of Maj. Willlam R. Smith of West Point, and his aide, Capt. F. L. Parks. During the war Woodring served in the Tank Corps with the captain Tonight the three Kansas Democrats were supper and theater guests of Maj. Gen. Smith. At 8:30 am. tomorrow he | Kentucky; Robert R tions. 1 on the District Legislative Committee—and Thomas L. Blanton, Texas, on subcommittee on | k, Georgla; Allard H. Gasque, Frederick M. Davenport, New York—all on the District Legislative Committee—and William J. Gra: | Bouth Carolina, and nfield, Massachusetts, D. C. COMMITTEES’ PERSONNEL ROSTER | DECIDED BY HOUSE (Continued Prom First Page.) learned last night that Senator Vanden- | berg's request to be released from the District Committee is virtually certain to be granted. Senator Vandenberg also revealed that he has written to Corporation Counsel Bride, offering to support leg- islation to give the Commissioners au- thority over some of the municipal functions which they must at present bring to Congress. Selection of his successor will be an- nounced tomorrow, making two new Republican members of the committee, the other being Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont. It is also expected there will be one or two new Demo- cratic members assigned to the com- mittee tomorrow. Senator Capper, Republican of Kan- | sas, who for the past decade has been | a leading advocate of legislation for | the improvement and welfare of the | Naticnal Capital, will continue as| chairman of the District Committee. | Senator Vandenberg took occasion yes- | terday to praise Senator Capper for the | manner in which he has handled Dis- | trict affairs. “I have requested release from the committee because c¢f my inability to find time in the midst of my other re- sponsibilities to give affairs of the Dis- trict the attention they deserve,” Sen- ator Vandenberg said. “The whole ex- isting system is wrong. Without going into the question of whether the Dis- trict ought to have complete autonomy, at least the Commissioners ought to have an autonomy that would take care cf all purely administrative functions. “I noticed that Corporation Counsel Bride made some limited suggestions along this line in his annual report. I immediately wrote him and not only | commended his idea, but offered to spunsor legislation to create this larger measure of home rule. I think the Government of the District is a highly important thing and deserves a degree |of intimate attention which it cannot and does not get from Congress under the ' existing system, which virtually | makes a common council out of the | House and Senate. My request for re- | lease does not in any degree belittle | the District of Columbia. On the con- |trary, it is a tangible expression of | my belief that the affairs of the District |are far too important to be a mere | by-product of the spare time of a Senator or Representative | “The District owes a great debt to Senator Capper for his devotion to it | as chairman of the Senate Committee, and for the fact that he neyer sub- ordinates it to any other responsibility.” The suggestion to broaden the powers of the Commissioners is somewhat in line with a bill introduced a few days ago by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, to give the city heads more lati- tude in making municipal regulations. Indications yesterday were that Sen- |ator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, sponsor. of bills to regulate sale of | securities, foreclosure of mortgages and a real estate licensing system, will re- main on the District Committee as the present session gets under way. SOUTH AMERICAN PACT | IS OBJECT OF PARLEY | Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to Join in Trade Conference Tues- day at Montevideo, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 12.—The Argentine Information Bureau an- nounces an important South American economic conference will be inau- gurated at Montevideo Tuesday. The countries represented at the meeting will be Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The principal object of the confer- | ence, the bureau states, is to organize a united front of the participating| countries for the defense of their trade | in common products on foreign mar- | kets, especially in connection with meat and live stock product prices | | At the same time efforts will be made | | to augment, the trade interchange be- | tween the three countries which is re-‘ | stricted. at present, to few products. | The elimination of existing tariff bar- riers will be discussed and a scheme for economic co-ordination is expected to be presented to the conference. they will go to West Point to attend | chapel and dinner at the Military | Academy. They will leave by automo- | bile for Hyde Park in the afternoon and | | spend - the night at Gov. Roosevelt's | | executive mansion, Monday noon they | | will start from Albany for Chicago. EVERY ONE OF OUR INTERESTS IS SUBORDINATED “"IVERY ACT OF LIVING Tt Greatesy « o Girrs PROPECT SLow RENEMATON Br }MV[AS{D'M@ALM ISM »‘\&\ \3 6¢‘ € o W THS WORLD 1S GOOD FOR NILLIONS.OF YEARS, CAN WE Tap ThaT REMENDOUS WIALTH or TIME I1.CaN BE Dowe YOU CAN LEARN AND T 15 POSSIBLE .TO INCREUSE HuMdly LFE LV Disgase fl(mflbflv HOW WOULD YOU LIKE EA YEAR YOUN i evgfr%rcnme AYEAR omfg " ALREADV-* RECOMENDED BY LEADING SCIENTIC MEN 8 ACCEPTED. DY | ALL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES = ** = Vs soox 15 NOW AAILBLL N BeauTiFuL KT roRM 5 Py AL oR_PriONE ~0UR ORDIR Now 7w 8eCARED or LY, " 2 | el Pl P07 Pione LTS {Rose sivons... Tit Pusinof Lt o o i -t los BYRNS NAMES MEN ONAPPROPRIATIONS Members of Subcommittees to Handle Supply Bills in House Announced. By the Associated Press. The men on the powerful House Ap- propriations Committee who will handle the big Government supply bills during this Congress were designated yesterday by Chairman Byrns. Ten sub-groups were announced. The line-up includes: Treasury-Post Office—Byrns of Ten- nessee, Arnold of Illinois, Ludlow of Indiana, Democrats; Wood of Indiana |and Thatcher of Kentucky, Repub- licans. Agriculture—Buchanan of Texas, Hart of Michigan, Democrats; Simmons of Nebraska and Summers of Washing- ton, Republicans. Interior—Taylor of Colorado, Hast- ings of Oklahoma, Granfleld of Massa- chusetts, Democrats; Murphy of Ohio, and French of Idaho, Republicans. Other Sub-Groups Named. State, Justice, Commerce, Labor— Oliver of Alabama, Griffin of New York, Cannon of Missouri, Blanton of Texas, Democrats; Shreve of Pennsylvania and Tinkham of Massachusetts, Republicans. Legislative—Sandlin of Louisiana, Douglas of Arizona, Ludlow of Indiana, Democrats; Hardy of Colorado and Hol- aday of Illinois, Republicans. Navy—Ayres of Kansas; Douglas of Arizona, Democrats; French of Idaho and Taber of New York, Republicans. ‘War_Department—Collins of Missis- sippi, Democrat; Barbour of California and Clague of Minnesota, Republicans, Hearings to Start Tomorrow. Independent offices, including the Veterans' Administration—Woodrum of Virginia, Boylan of New York, Hastings of Oklahoma, Democrats; Wason of New Hampshire and Summers of Wash- ington, Republicans. Deficiency bills—Byrns of Tennessee, Buchanan of Texas, Ayres of Kansas, Arnold of Illinois, Democrats; Wood of Indiana, Wason of New Hampshire, Murphy of Ohio and Hardy of Colorado, Republicans. Hearings on five of the supply bills will get under way tomorrow. A defi- clency bill will be reported for House action after the Christmas holidays. IR CAPT.-L. €. COVELL NAMED TO COAST GUARD POST Brother of Former D. C. Official Will Come Here as Assistant Commandant. Capt. Leon C. Covell, a brother of Maj. Willlam E. R. Covell, former As- sistant Engineer Commissioner of the District, has been appointed assistant commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard and will come to Washington for his new task about the first.of the year. Capt. Covell succeeds Capt. B. M. Chissell, who has been transferred to the command of the Norfolk division. The post of assistant commandant carries ‘heavy responsibilities, and its occupant acts as head of the Coast Guard during the absence of Rear Admiral F. C. Billard. Capt. Covell recently was commander of the Bering Sea patrol force of the Coast Guard, and is now located at San Francisco, where he is inspector for the Pacific Coast division. HOUSE WET BLOC MAY FACE SPLIT |Seven Republicans Discuss Advantage of Separation From Democrats. By the Associated Press. Unity of purpose and party differences were side by side in the opening stages of the House wet bloc'’s move for & prohibition vote this session. While in virtual agreement that beer and re-submission of the eighteenth amendment should be supported by ail nnu-gmmbitmmm. signs appeared of a political split in this group. Its past efforts have been nonpartisan, After a week of hurried and informal conferences, the threatened rupture came into the open yesterday with a meeting of seven Republicans to dis- cuss the advantages of a wet group composed of their party members only. A final decision was tponed until uh'nother ::ne;tlnt. ’blul t was learned those attending felt greater strength could be mustered to their cause if Republicans met in one and the Democrats in another. The nonpartisan House wet bloe has been headed by Representative Linthi- cum of Maryland, a Democrat. Some Republicans believe more of their party would join if they served under Republi- can leadership. This group included Representatives Britten, Illinols: La Guardia, New York; Beck, Pennsylvania: Bolton and Hess, Ohio: Stafford of Wisconsin, and Dyer of Missour. Linthicum has been planning another nonpartisan organization this session. Letters have been addressed to all mem- bers inviting them to join. PRESTON RITES SET Funeral Services for Retired G. P. 0. Guard Are Tomorrow, Funeral services for John H. Prestom, 8T, 74, retired guard of the Government Printing Office, who died in a local hos~ pital Thursday, will be held at his resi- dence, 145 Quincy place northeast, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Prederick J. Wenchel of Christ Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Preston was employed at the Government Printing ce for a num- ber of years, until retired two years ago. His death came after a long ill- ess. ness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary L. Preston; a son, John H. Pres- ton, jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Kirck ©. Sipher. SOCIETY WILL MEET 8t. Vincent de Paul Group Will Receive Holy Communion, The St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet at Holy Trinity Church this morm- ing, when its members will receive holy communion at the 8 o'clock mass. Rev. John Dowling, pastor of the church, "will k. Tollowing the mass breakfast will be served in the school hall. At the meet- ing which will follow the delegates from the various parishes will present reports for the last quarter. Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest,. will be the speaker at the business meeting, ey MONEY CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON -16th and P Streets Invites the Public to VIEW RESULTS OF RESEARCH WORK Lectures and Exhibits Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Dec. 12, 13, 14 v 2.5:30 p.m.; 7:3( Police Exam. (Salary, $1,900) Ceaching Course, printed lessons. on law words and phrases, mental tests based on recent exam.; letter writing, various styles, model letters. (No mathematics on former exam.). Exam. likely in January. Lessons alone, $5; with class- work, $10. Cheap at ten times the price. No similar course of- fered elsewhere. Examine them at office—no obligation, Boyd School Civil Service Coaching Specialists 1333 F St. Nat. 2338 to Loan on First Mortgage | Inbest Pour Christmas Sabvings Check Iu a Bome Detached Houses Big Price Reductions 20th and Bunker Hill Road-N.E. Just fnished, erators. Big porches. Ave. N. to 22nd 8t. square or drive o Detached, 38950 't attractive h 0 39,150 ¥a 2 . and thence morth to Bunker Hill Rd., then west 1 ut Michigan Ave. to Bunker Hill Rd. to 20th §t. omes. s CRCIM! Electric Refrig- 't miss. these. 1324 Potomac Ave. S.E. Just ccmpleted rage. Large porches One sold Just Beautiful new homes. €;ft. parking. Built-in ga- ve. south Pa 1737 Upshur Street N.W. 112 squares west 16th Street 8 General Electric Refrigerator, Reduced reoms, double brick garage, 2 baths, 52,000 1212 Hemlock Street N.W. ms. built-in 2_stories. 8 roo Ave. 'N.W. “Drive out 8t. and then right 100 s arage: ust east . m feet to house. Redic of right on Al ed $4,000. S t. and_Alasks Ave. sth aska to Hemlock 3400 15th Street N.E. (Corner) Semi-detactied besutiful new ' home.: just north just south of Monroe Street; busses. of Lawrence Street: and Snin’sna Wibied” KOG $2,000. 6411 Third Street N.W. detached. Lots 41 by 110 New. Rittenhouse St. and’ thence east to Thi & slley. Drive out Geors St., or cars pass door. 4710 Chevy Chase Boulevard N.W. Just, these” Drive out Wisconsin Ave. and west 1% squares. st Chevy Chase Olub grounds No reasonable offer re! Special bargain. Only one of jst this side of Bradley Lane turn J Tuse Inspect Any Time—Open Till 9 P.M. H.R. N W STREET INCORPORATED * -