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CHRISTIAN UNITY IS URGED BY POPE Protestants Are Invited Encyclical to Return to Roman Church. in By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 26 —Unification of the Protestant and Eastern Cath Churches with the Roma Catholic Church under the authority™ of the papacy was urged by Pope Pius XI in & 17,500-word encyclical issued today. The Pope called for unity in all Christendom that present-day immor- ality and unbelicf might be combatted. The encyclical, published in Latin end Italian, and broadcast in Latin from the Vatican City Radio Station, reasserted papal supremacy and infal- libility, exalted the Virgin Mary, and reaffirmed the doctrine of man and God in the one divine nature of Jesus Christ Exalting Mary, the Pope condemned and appealed to modern mothers who violate the duties imposed by children and by the bonds of matrimony. “It is necessary” the encyclical sald, “That all good men unite in Jesus Christ and in His mystical spouse, the church, with a single uniform and sin- cere profession of faith, because every- where so many men try to shake off the light yoke of Christ, reject the light of His doctrine, stamp on the sources of grace, and finally repudiate the divine authority of Him who has become, according to the gospel, ‘The sign of contradiction on earth. The encyclical, entitled. “Lux Verita- tis” (the light of truth), commemorated the 1500th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus, which condemned the Heretic Nestrorius, patriarch of Con- stantinople, who denied that Mary was the mother of God. Addressing himself to Protestants and Eastern Catholics alike, the Pontiff said “We are confident that they, becom- ing convinced by history, life's teacher, will be able to feel at least a longing for one fold under one shepherd and for a return to that true faith which is jealously conserved, ever secure, and inviolate in the Roman church. “We recall to those who govern flocks separated from us that the faith which their ancestors solemly professed at the Council of Ephesus, is conserved Mary as every one, especially mothers at present as in the past, by this su- preme cathedral of truth.” Consolation For Mothers. The Pope urges the veneration of Mary for everyone, especially mothers and most especially “those mother: modern times who, annoyed by children and the marriage bonds, have vilified and violated the duties which these im- pose.” Such mothers, he said. “will find it particularly useful to lift their eyes to Mary and seriously consider to what height of dignity she has elevated the very heavy task of mothers. “Then,” the Pontiff continued, “one can hope that through the grace of the queen of heaven they may be induced to blush at the ignominy inflicted on the great sacrament of matrimony, and that they may be inspired to follow with all their strength her admirable virtues. “Then if our desires are fulfilled, if domestic society—the principal founda- tion of all human society—is brought back to such a very worthy standard of probity, undoubtedly we will be able to confront and finally to erect a de- fense against that frightful mass of evil which weight us down.” To the Eastern churches the Pope said particularly: “‘Above everything we desire that one particular and most importgnt benefit be implored by every one through the intercession of the Queen of Heaven. That is that she who is so much loved by Eastern dissidents will not permit that these live visibly outside and ever farther away from the unity of the church and therefore from her son, to whom we are vicar on earth.” The Pope recommended to the world the words of Pope Leo XIII: Joseph Model for Father. “Fathers of families have in Joseph en excellent model of paternal and watchful providence. “In the most Holy Virgin, Mother of God, mothers have a worthy model of love, truth, of spontaneous submis- sion and of perfect fidelity. “In Jesus, who was submissive to them, children find a model of obedi- ence worthy of being admired, vene- rated and imitated.” Appealing to Protestants to venerate the Virgin, the Pope said: “Are they perhaps ignorant of, or don't they reflect attentively on, the fact that nothing can be more acceptable to Jesus Christ, who certainly burns with great love for His mother, than to venerate her according to her merits, to love her deeply and to study our- selves so that through imitating her most holy examples, we may gain her valuable protection?” The church, the Pontiff declared, relies on Mary to protect her in great emergencies. “If more difficult days are coming for the church. if faith is hit because charity grows cold, if private and pub- lic customs grow worse, if some dis- aster menaces the Catholic family and civil society, we teke refuge in her with prayers that she instantly beseech celestial aid,” the encyclical sald. “To her, therefore, let all have re- course with®love more ablaze in the present necessities which press upon us.” WASHINGTON WOMEN HURT IN AUTO WRECK Mrs. Ruth Acker in Serious Con- dition—Companion Injured. Man Under Bond. Special Dispatch to The St ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 26.— Two Washington women were injured, one seriously, when their car overturned twice on the Winchester pike one-half mile east of Fairfax, Va. after side- swiping a machine driven by Jesse S. Stephens, chauffeur for R. C. Winmill of Warrenton, Va., this afternoon. Mrs. Ruth Acker, 26, of 1915'; Penn- sylvania avenue, Washington, driver of one machine, is in a serious condition at Alexandria Hospital with a scalped skull, broken arm, -nd possible frac- tured hip.. Mrs. May Magee, her com- panion, of 936 Madison street, Washing- ton, received injuries to the back and cuts about the arms. Officer Louis Finks of the Fairfax County police, who investigated the ac- cident, stated that Mrs, Stephen’s machine in attempting to . _Stephens is being held by Fairfax County police under a $1,000 ersonal bond pending the outcome of juries to Mrs. Acker. BOY SHOT FOR RE;/ENGE YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 26 () —Harry Beshare, 13, lay critically wounded tonight with a small-calibre bullet lodged ar his heart as th aftermath of a “revenge shooting” by 15-year-old playmate. Police said the boys were plnyu:u 0 with a' rifie when Beshare fired “scare” his companions. The bullet ricocheted off the pavement and struck one of the lads in the hand. Angered, the boy borrowed a rifle, and after laying in wait for Beshare, _xl}':’at him as he came out of lis house. e investigal ! Acker's car | | Was arres ().—A commer wuon. b ollapandion tll‘tll.ndcu!blc | g S e N poTee, the BOVerD: | Gapital, they gave him another $1 THE SUNDBAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DG, DECEBER 27 Text of Encyclical “Lux Veritatis” of Pope Pius XI Cites Historical and Dogmatic Arguments That Rome Is True Custodian of the Faith. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 26.—Fol- lowing is the text of an official sum- mary of the encyclical “Lux Veritatis,” issued by Pope Pius XI commemora‘ir~ the fifteenth ecumenical of the coun:. i of Ephesus: After referring to the two committees which were formed in Rome for the celebration of the happy event, and having extended congratulations on the work done during the commemorative year which i5 nearing its close, the pontiff says that he himself wishes to treat of this important subject as a conclusion and crowning of the cen- tenary celebration. He adds that he has firm confidence that should his words be diligently meditated they will bring not only comfort to Catholics of the entire world, but also will be a motive to the sepa- rated brethren to consider that the Roman Church always has been the faithful depository and custodian of the doctrine of Jesus Christ, and that also in the first ages of christianity all the other churches and religious communi- ties of the East and of the West had recourse to it as the infallible teacher of truth. Cites Historical Documents. The encyclical then treats very rull{. supported by historical and dogmatic arguments, the following points of doc- trine which find, in the orthodox re- action against the Nestorian heresy and in the development of the Ephesian council, the happiest and fullest con- firmation: Namely, that in Jesus Christ the true nature, divine and human, are united in one only divine person (hypostatic union); that the Virgin Mary is the true mother of God, and that to the Roman pontiff belongs by divine right a supreme and infallible authority over the whole church in matters of faith and morals. | In the first place, the encyclical de- velops the third point, which treats of the supreme and infallible teaching of | the Roman pontiff. After referring to the rise of the| Nestorian heresy, which fifteen cen- turies ago endeavored, as already the preceding heresies had done, to divide the concord and unity of the universal | church, he shows by the citation of | copious historical documents how in that most grave extremity the entire Christian hierarchy recognized the su- preme authority of the Bishop of Rome. Recognized Roman See. Indeed, Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria, that great master and defender of the f | Orthodox faith, even from the first ap- pearance of the Nestorian heresy, had recourse, according to the most ancient traditions, to Pope Celestine in order | to have from him a sure word and un- questionable ruling before condemning the error. And the Heresiarch Nestorius, himself Bishop of Constantinople, implicitly rec- ognized the supreme and infallible | Judgment of the Roman see, since he | also writes more than once to the Pope | to justify himself and to obtain his ap- | probation, And in the meantime the conduct of | holy Pope Celestine is such that it | shows at the same time his firmness and | his great prudence. | First, the patriarch of the Oriental Church, Saint Cyril, shows that by him- self he is unable to decide so great a dogmatic question; second, the Bishop of Rome, Nestario, appeals to the pon- tifical authority; Pope Celestine without delay convokes a synod in Rome to ex- amine the question deligently, and by an unappealable judgment defines and condemns it. “Custodian of the Faith.” At this point the encyclical mentions an objection which is wont to be made | in this respect by not a few ancient and modern writers which is that, although Pope Celestine had already defined the truth and condemned the heresy, yet the Council of Ephesus in discussing the | question of ex integro and pronouncing | upon it showed itself to have an author- ity superior to that of the Pope. Against this grave objection the Pope brings forward irrefutable historical ar- guments: The pontifical legates sent to Ephesus to preside at the council received from Pope Celestine a precise order not to put the question in discussion again, but to consider it as alrcady judged and de- fined by the apostolic see. Having arrived in Ephesus after the | spoken of, but one only person, as the | ished. suffers and dies: God, who works | peats his paternal invitation to all the | lacerated this mystical union, to return | tine 15 centuries ago, united with them | council had begun, they asked to see the preceding acts and to confirm them in the name of the Pope. They pronounced by the mouth of the priest Philip, pontifical legate, words in which is expressed solemnly the pri- macy of the Roman Pontiff and brought forward th ejudssent, already pro- claimed by St. Celestine, asking for the approbation of all the fathers, and all the fathers consent to and applaud the words of the Pope whom they call the “custodian of the faith.” Proof From Scripture. Coming then to the condemnation of Nestorius, the council fathers declare themselves “obliged” by the sacred canon and by the definition already given by the Bishop of Rome. ‘There is then not a new condemna- tion, but rather the execution of that already pronounced by Pope Celestine. Having shown in this manner by the most valid arguments that even at the time of the Nestorian heresy, recog- nition of the supreme and infallible authority of the Pope was common in the church, the encyclical develops two other points regarding tre doctrine de- fended and confirmed in the Council of Ephesus, and in the first place the union of two natures in one only di- vine person (hypostatic union). The proof and illustration of the dogma is taken from the sacred revela- tion contained in the scripture and in tradition. In it two persons in Christ is not same, only Savior is called both Man and God. Man, who is born, is nour- the greatest miracles by his own power. Repeats Paternal Invitation. This truth affords an occasion to the Pontiff to return to the subject of the unity of the true church, which is the mystical body of Jesus Christ, a sub- ject already treated more fully in a preceding encyclical, “Mort Alium Ani- mos Re.” And with this the august Pontiff re- dissident children who, by ancient and modern schisms and heresies, have to the one fold and the sole pastor. Finally the encyclical develops the last point, which regards the maternity of Mary. This truth is none other than a corollary of the dogma previously referred to. If, indeed. Jesus Christ is God she has borne Him and must be called | “Theotokos,” that is, mother of God.| And if she is the mother of God ghe | must be full of every grace and adorned | with every privilege; therefore, we ought | to venerate, love and imitate her. Protestant Objection Answered. The objection which the Protestants | bring forward against the veneration of Mary is very clearly answered. In- deed, the Pontiff addressed to them also a paternal exhortation to follow the example of Catholics by invoking the protection of the Virgin as media- trix and interceptor with the Divine Saviour, At this point the pontifical document addresses words of tender affection to the mother of the Redeemer, who is also our mother, given to us by himself at the point of death by hanging on the cross: and a final feeling exhorta- tion of the Pontiff to the separated|g3o brethren of the Eastern Church. ! They who also venerate Mary as we do, they who for so many centuries maintained themselves in unity with the apostolic cee and who, in the Coun- cil of Ephesus, saluted the Pope as the “custodian of the faith” are warmly invited to return to the ancient com- | mon father, who, in the person of Celes- | in an admirable harmony of mind and | heart, proclaimed the highest privilege | of the Virgin, the divine maternity. Establishes New Mass. The Pope wishes for the day in which they will return to the center of unity and prostrate themselves with him before the mosaics in the Liberian Basilica celebrating the triumph of Mary in the Ephesian Council. Lastly, his holiness, wishing to leave | a record of the present centenary cele- brations, establishes for the whole church the office and mass of the ma- ternity of Mary. The encyclical bears the date of | Christmas of this year, the 25th of December. JAPAN TO CONTINUE MANCHURIAN DRIVE, REPLY TO U. S. SAYS (Continued From First Page.) Manchuria Railway zone and only one battalion remained at Tienchuangtal and a smaller force was in the field cast of Liaochung. Unofficial Japanese reports, on the other hand, said that war-like prepara- tions were being made in Chinchow, Several trains had brought supplies and munitions and two airplanes had arnved from Peiping in recent days, they said. Hundreds of students be- longing to patriotic socleties were ar- riving at Chinchow and being organized in a special corps to fight Japan, they added. Japanese troops were reported hard- pressed by large Chinese forces at many points in the Kao Li-Men, Feng Huan-Cheng and Ssutaitzu region. The Japanese said that many Chinese reg- ular troops were seen in the enemy's ranks and that the Chinese were using trench mortars. The Chinese had cut telegraph and telephone lines between Kao Li-Men and Feng Huan-Cheng, destroyed tele- graph poles and wrecked a railroad bridge, the Japanese added. Minor raids by Chinese irregulars on villages northwest of Mukden and guerrilla _activities along the Cheng- chiatun-Tungliao Railway also were re- ported. FENG TO DEMAND WAR Christian General Wants 100,000 Men to Defend Chinchow. NANKING, China, December 26 (®)—Feng Yu-Hslang, the Christian general who once marched into Nan- king at the head of 100,000 men singing “Onward Christian Soldiers,” was re- ported today to be on. the way from | Taiyuanfu to urge preparations for war against Japan. On Christmas day he gave an inter- view to the newspapers, denouncing the government’s policy of non-resistance and advocating reoccupation of Man- churia by force. He conceded that China was in no osition to wage war, but asserted that he Japanese invasion must be resisted | ment to send 100,000 men to defend Chinchow. PARIS HONORS YOSHIZAWA. Grand Cross Awarded Japan's Delegate to League. PARIS, December 26 () —Kenkichi Yoshiza: who represented Japan at the League of Nations meetings on Manchuria, today received from the French government the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, the highest rank of the order created by Napoleon. He is leaving tomorrow for Tokio to be- come foreign minister in the new Japa- nese government. Portugal and Cuba Sign Pact. LISBON, Portugal, December 26 | the robbers covered Brandon with a| ial treaty between Por- Gem Thief Proves To Be Santa Claus To Two Jewelers By the Associated Pr COVINGTON, Ky, December 26.—The Rauf Bros., forced out of business last Spring, when $8.000 worth of their uninsured jewelry stock was stolen, had a reason today to believe there is a Santa Claus. George Rauf found a Christ- mas package which contained with the notation, “Look in Your Automobile.” He called his brother Ray, and they ran to their garage. There they discovered a Christ- mas packaged which contained every piece of the stolen jewelry. “Thanks to the burglar-Santa Claus, we now can go back into business,” the brother said. BANDITS RETURN MONEY TO VICTIM Take Pity on Taxi Driver Worry- ing About Long Distance Back From Falls Church. Two bendits who held up a taxicab | driver after luring him to a lonely road | near Falls Church, Va., early today| permitted him to keep nearly half of | his money when he complained it was “a long walk” back to Washington. The taxi driver, Milton Brandon, 23, | of 1400 Massachusetts avenue, told police the robbers hailed him at Chevy | Chase Circle and asked to be taken to | Dupont Circle. Later they asked to be | driven to the point near Falls Church, Brandon said. | As they stepped from the cab, one of revolver, forcing him to hand over $9. After a hurried consultation, they de- cided to let him keep about $5 in | change. ‘When Brandon said he would need more than that to get back to the Leo Scheeverger, also a cab driver, was hailed by two men at Thirty-fourth and M streets and ordered to drive to| Rockville. Near that town, one of them produced & gun and made him hand over all the money he had—$l1. They drove away in his cab. Scheeverger, who lives at 3403 M| street, telephoned friends, having them | ick him up and bring him to Wash- | ton. His cab was found abandoned ' a short time later. In another hold up early thff morn- ing Roland Johnson, 35, of the 1300 | block of Shepherd street, lost $14 and his overcoat to two colored men in an alley near Sixth street and Maryland avenue southwest. The robbers used a gun, he told police. —r i Odovemment estimators say New Zea- jan was signed here today. tons posl deposits may total 810,000,000 ha STRIFE THREATENS 10 SWEEP INDIA Slaying of Eight “Red Shirt” Rioters Precedes General Demonstration Call. —— By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, December 26.—Fears that renewed strife will embroil India were increased over the Christmas holiday by several ominous events, including the arrest today of Pundit Jawaharlal ;';gu, president of the All-India Con- Nehru_ was taken in custody near Allahabad on his way to Bombay to participate in the reception for Ma- hatma Gandhi, who is due to arrive Mon- day. As a result of this action of the British authorities, the Congress Com- mittee canceled arrangements for an elaborate welcome for the Mahatma :{:}gmglrrtalhim'nernl strike and the S of shops) h Protert Ps) has been declared in Motor trucks loaded with Congress volunteers raced through the city spreading the hartal proclamation. Dispatches from the northwest fron- tier say that since yesterday 188 “Red Shirt” organizers have been arrested in five districts of Peshawar Province. The" official view is that the ‘Red Shirts” have been aiming to co-operate ?noc'-:t Wlthdthe ’lrl;dl!n Nationalist move- and with tri trontier border. o ine In addition to the formal arrests 200 “Red Zhlrhs"l }:\’cre detained toda’y in connection with the distu K(X\at Cantonement. o coaiay (e more hopeful side of the Indian picture was painted by 18 delegates to the London Round-table Conference who arrived at Bombay. They issued a manifesto asserting the conference had m})} fnlllrd but had “reached a stage Where it lies in our hands yleld the desired result.” Lol EIGHT RIOTERS ARE SLAIN. PESHAWAR, India, December 26 () —Soldiers fired on a crowd of 500 nmfilg' members of the anti-British -Req Shirt” organization today, killing 8 men and wounding 50. The crowd had assembled outside the Kohat Cantonment near Peshawar after an ordinance declaring the “Red Shirt” organization unlawful had been issued Andul Ghaffur Khan, known as the “frontier Gandhi,” and several other leaders of the Red Shirts were ar- rested yesterday. Before the soldiers fired on the crowd police armed with lathis (long sticks) charged them. The superintendent of | p(vlhjrn uls slightly wounded. Disturbances in other nearby placcs alio Were reported. At the village o | Tebkal police shot a man resisting ar- rest. At Baffa vesterday demonstrators | stoned police, but the auth - stored order. Sl D.C.TRUCK OWNERS TO FIGHT PROPOSAL FOR TAX INCREASE (Continued From First Page.) miles to a gallon, 1.500 gallons of gaso- line 15 required, of which the tax 1a Personal ‘property tax and the tag approximate $5 more, or a total of | $35 under present conditions. Cost Nearly Tripled. By the pending measure, the gas tax would jump to $60, which. with the license ‘fee of $£40, would make a total | | of $100. or nearly three times the pres- ent cost of operation In the case, certainly. of the vanning | industry. this additional cost is going | to be reflected in higher costs to the ! patrons, according to Fanciulli, who smd_(hfit “‘owing to the seasonal nature of the business” it would be necessary | virtually to double the rates for mov- ing houschold effects 0 far as concerns that equipment which would be driven from e!(;u‘phlzh-. ways, Mr. Fanciulli points out that the present maxium tonnage of a single ve- hicle is 28,000 pounds, but that the di- | rector of traffic is empowered to issue | special permits in _exceptional cases, under which he specifies the route over which the vehicle must move. The suggested change, Fanciulli points out, puts the maximum tonnage at 26,000 pounds, and vests no discre- tion with the director of trafic to make exceptions. Under such a law, Mr. Fanciulli says, many pieces of heavy equipment used by contractors could not traverse the streets, and even pieces of building ma- terial would be berred by their size. Discrimination Is Feared. There also is another problem raised in the trucking industry, he says, by the out-of-town operators who come in here right now and take business from local haulers by undercutting them, particularly on Government jobs, and who would be placed in even more ad- vantageous position unless Congress specifically provided that they should pay the same fees exacted of local operators. At present some pay no local levies whatever, according to Mr. Fanciulli, who says that this applies particularly to Maryland truck owners. Very little Government work is being done by locak concerns, he declares. In Virginia, - the reciprocity issue which was stirred a couple of years ago when Washington merchants’ carrying on trade across the Potomac were threatened with taxation there, again is flaring. A special commission appointed last Summer by Gov. Pollard to investigate and recommend to the next Legislature revision of the truck and bus laws has just made public an advance synopsis of its report. which recommends that trucks used by local business houses to make Virginia deliveries be required to register in that State and pay fees ranging from $15 for the smallest to $1,195 for the largest. Sees Enormous Expense. “The fees recommended by the com- mission are to be doubled for all ve- hicles operated for profit,” Fanciulli amplified, “and if this proposel to eliminate truck tag recoprocity is en- acted—and there are powerful influ- ences demanding this action by the Legislature—the cost to Washington | merchants and various lines of indus- | try for making deliveries in Virginia | will easily exceed $200,000 a year. “If the local concerns attempt to re- cover this expense by adding a charge for deliveries in Virginia, they might be forced to pay the double rate that the commission recommends for trucks operated for profit.” Under a bill passed in Virginia more than two years ago, outside contract trucks—that is, vehicles for hire—and private trucks, which are the delivery class, would have been forced to pay the same fee as those owned in Vir- ginia. Commercial interests here united their forces and obtained an amend- | ment to the law that permitted Gov. Byrd to issue a proclamation grant- ing reciprocity to the private carriers. AlL - however, that would now be| necessary to overturn this, according; to Fanciulli, would be for Gov. Pol- lard to revoke the proclamation of his predecessor. The contract carriers have been pa; ing the Virginia fees. They are al lowed to operate “30 consecutive day: without meeting the State levy, but this allowance, Mr. Fanciulli says, has been considerably curtailed by the decision of some courts which have ruled that the 30 days must date from the first trip. Milk Carriers Threatened. In addition to the added cost which iocal merchants and industries would ve pay for their operations, Fanciulli says an ircrease in the cost F EDERAL RESERVE | BLAMED IN CRASH Expert for Senate Group Says System Failed to Act Promptly in Crisis. By the Associated Press. The experience of the last decade was cited yesterday in a document pre- pared for a Senate banking subcom- mittee as “spectacular confirmation” of a belief that increased participation of banks tn the security markets is dan- gerous. The document, made public by the speclal banking investigating group headed by Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, was a report prepared by the committee’s expert, Dr. H. Parker Willis of New York, summarizing the testi- mony it has taken. The subcommittee made it public rxv‘i‘m&ut comment and without approv- Federal Reserve Blamed. ‘The lengthy document filled with the results of questionnaires sent out by the committee to banks and bankers in all parts of the country assailed Fed- eral Reserve authorities on the ground that they failed to take prompt action to end conditions which played an im- portant part in the 1929 stock market collapse. “Despite the very significant and mischievous role played by brokers’ loans for the account of others during the stock market inflation,” the report said, “no special steps were reported by the Federal Reserve authorities to investigate them for purposes of future control until the present investigation was_ordered by the Senate Committoe on Banking and Currency. “At about that time, the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York set on foot a thorough-going analys of the brokers’ loan situation, which has been | furnished to the committee.” While no specific recommendations for legislation were made in the report, it is expected to point the way for im- portant revisions in the banking laws. Hoover Urged Changes. Changes were urged, t0o, by President Hoover in his annual message in view o[r'(xh(' rxmlu of bank failures.” emedial legislation this session also will be sought by Senator Glass, ': for- mer Secretary of the Treasury and co- author of the Federal Reserve act. The report traced the eflects of in- creased participation of banks in the capital market, “During a period of widespread con- fidence and active buslnessp” it said “the stimulation of the capital market resulting from rapidly increasing bank loans on securities and bank purchases of bonds tends to stimulate capital in- vestment far more than would other- wise be the case. VAt the same time the overdevelop- | ment that ordinarily occurs in various | fields during such a period is corr0-| spondingly exaggerated, making the 1931—-PART ONE. HE dotted lines across the Potomac in the map above show where the ! National Capital Park and Planning Commission has suggested that the Pennsylvania Ratlroad construct a tunnel to replace the bridge which carries traffic to the South. HOOVER NEW YEAR RECEPTION PLANS ARE NEAR COMPLETION Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps, Judges‘ Con- gressmen, Govermental Officers, Organi- zations and Public to BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Pinal plans are beirg.made at the to throw wide the doors welcome all who care to resent themselves at the New Year re- L ©4F Y€ | Commission, Federal Oil Conservation ception next Friday. The President, with the assistance of | Mrs. Hoover and the members of the| cabinet and their wives, exchange greet- ings and good wishes with all of the ibsequent reaction and period of de- flation and liquidation all'the more se- ere “The almost universal response wa: that present restrictions were sufficient, it said. il From an unnamed New York bank came the suggestion that the banks | gutside New York and Chicago be | urther restricted in their s - hises, ecurity pur. Banks Hold Less Now. Most of the other banks ex; views similar to that of a New E%Xg?:xgg institution, which replied that “man- agement will be always the principal factor, but the controller should have any reasonable increase in his powers or appropriations that he desires " A detailed analysis by means of questionnaires disclosed banks today have a smaller percentage of their hold- + Xlnnflds 1n'\‘;ifi!ed ml Government railroad | public utility secu: e s ¥ rities than a The report observed that “practical- 1y half of the security nvestments of | the banks" were outside this fleld when ::e sn‘xawv was made, whereas ‘less an per cent was so invi }'C?‘;.: e 50 invested 10 e smaller institutions particularly, It mias noted, have increased the per- lage of their holdin these groups. @ e Figures for all commercial S showed that Government bonds b:‘:!"l: prised 35 per cent of their total hold- ings in 1921 and 26 per cent in 1930. Railroad and public utility bonds had declined from 17 per cent in 1921 to 15 per cent, Holdings of State, county and munic- ipal bonds showed a slight increase, going from 9 per cent to 10. Other bonds and stocks outside of these three groups, however, climbed from 39 per cent of the total to 49. Curbed Brokers’ Loans. In connection with the 1920 Wall Street panic, the report cited figures to show that “restrictive credit policies 1 of the Federal Reserve authorities dur- ing this period were really effective only in curtailing loans by banks to brokers and dealers.” Bank security loans to other cus- tomers and loans to brokers and dealers in securities by others went up sharply. Another important conclusion drawn from the committee’s questionnaires was that “much the larger part of security loans were not made for commercial, industrial or agricultural uses. but rather for the purpose of carrying securities.” The report added: “The expansion of security loans during the decade 1921-1930 was a Nation-wide phe- | nomenon. “The San Francisco reporting mem- ber banks show the sharpest increase during this period with a rise of 133 per cent. The Kansas City and Rich- mond districts show the smallest, with 22 and 40 per cent, respectively. “The decade witnessed a further con- centration of security loans in the Boston, New York and Chicago dis- tricts, the reporting member banks of which together accounted for 63 per cent of the total in 1921 and 67 per cent_in 193( of milk from Virginia also is loom- ing, because truckers in that State hauling milk, will, if the motor recom- mendations are carried out, have to pay an additional levy of about 10 per cent, as an effort is being made to have thefr vehicles classed as com- mon carriers. So far as Maryland is concerns Fanciulli explains, the commissioner of motor vehicles is attempting to bring within the scope of the State com- mon carrier law contract trucks which regularly go into Maryland from the District to bring in supplies for vari- ous eéstablishments here. For two or three months no arrests have been made, and one concern of which he knows, he says—the Tri-State diplomatic corps, ourts, Senators and Representatives, ranking officers of the Army, Navy, Ma- rine Corps, the Public Health Service and Coast Guard and the principal of- ficers of the Government, as well as members of the various patriotic and civic organizations and the public. The public reception, to which any citizen, regardiess of nationality, race D or color or position in life, is invited, is looked on as the main feature of this interesting White House affair. The public reception will begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and will not be con- cluded until the last person in the long line has been received. At last New Year day's reception more than 5,000 men. women and children passed along the recelving line and received a hand- shake and greeting from Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. This was about an average, although at times in the past more than 7,000 persons have been in the public line alone. At one of President Roose- velt's New Year day affairs the number exceeded 9,000. However, the number depends to a large extent upon the weather. Many Attend Annually. New Year day receptions at the ‘White House bave bétome a real insti- tution and a tradition that mean more to the older citizens of the Capi- tal City than probably any other White House affair. There are many citizens of Washington who never attend any other White House celebration, but who Mve not missed going to pay respects to the Chief Executive and his First Lady on January 1 in as many years as they can remember. bent, silver-haired man and woman who will be in next Friday's public line have been doing that same thing each January 1 since they were little children. ‘The more formal part of the New Year reception is held during the fore- noon. Of course, the brilliance and color of the uniforms of the foreign diplomats and the Army and Navy and Marine Corps officers adds much to the spectacle during the morning reception. According to the program, the Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover will start receiv- ing at 11 o'clock, following an informal reception on the second floor to the cabinet. At the stroke of 11 the Presi- dent, with Mrs. Hoover walking at his side and the members of the cabinet and their wives in line behind them, will appear at the head of the long stairway. They will pause at the foot of the stairs as the United States Ma- rine Band, which will furnish the music throughout the reception, gives the re- quired_number of flourishes and fan- fare of trumpets and then plays “Hail to the Chief,” before walking to the historic blue room to take their posi- tions in the receiving line. Immediately the receptions will start. The diplomatic corps will come first, then the director general of the Pal American Union. Following this will come the chief justice of the United States, the assoclate justices of the highest tribunal, the presiding judge and associate judges of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the chief justice and associate justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, the chief iustice and asso- clate justices of the Court of Claims, the chief justice and associate justices | i of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. < About half an hour will have been consumed in receiving this number of callers, Then will follow Senators, Representatives, delegates in Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the director of the budget, the controller of the Treasury, the treasurer of the United States, the public printer, the librarian of Congress. By this time the military unit of the morning’s affair will have been reached. In this line will be the com- Trucking Co.—has been paying the tax which is one-fifth of a cent per ton mile. In some other cases, he said, trucking companies have paid nothing, but agreed to make a retroactive set- tlement, if the applicability of the law is upheld. There have been no test cases brought into court, Fanciulli explains, | because of a difference of opinion be- tween Maryland authorities as to whether th‘;y statute can be stretched to cover the operations in question. It is feared, too, that the present agita- tion may be a forerunner of an at- tempt to tax the private trucks. A test case may be made, Fanciulli says. 1,000 Concerns Invited. The virginia, Maryland and Dl?trict levies, Fanciulli adds, would easily bring the added levies to truck operators here to $2,000,000 an- nually. There are about 26,000 trucks In Washington, according to advices that Fanciulli has received. Nearly 1,000 local concerns have been asked to join in Tuesday night's ;nflnl \ manding general and staff of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, District militia, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and all officers of these services down to the rank of lieutenant colonel and com- mander. Governmental Officers. The governmental officers’ section will be formed in the following order: Chiet executive assistants of members of cabinet, the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Civil Service Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, members of the Reserve Board, the Federal ‘Trade commissioners, the United States tariff commissioners, commissioners of the United States Shipping Board, trus- tees of the United States smpg:s Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, = eral Farm , members of the United States Board of Mediation, United States Employers’ Compensa- tion commissioners, members of the Federal Board for Vocational Educa- tlon, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Federal Radio Commlulu:‘ director of the United States Veterans the justices of the iL‘mted States Supreme Court, the local general | More than one | Participate. Administration. chairman of the Ameri- can National Red Cross, chief of the | United States Bureau of Efficiency. Alien Property Custodian, United States Railroad Administration, Federal Power Board, commissioners of Fine Arts, the heads of the bureaus in the several departments, the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Next in line, who will start down the reciving line at about 11:50, will members of the Society of the Cincinnati, Aztec Club of 1847, Associated Veterans of the War of 1846-7, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Grand Army of the Repubiic, | I Union Veterans' Legion, Union Veterans Union, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Soclety of the Army of Santiago. Span. ar Veterans, American Legion Army and Navy Union, the Minute | Men, Soctety of Colonial Wars, Sons | of the American Revolution, Sons of the Reveloution, members of the As- sociation of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Oolumbia. By this time the noon hour will have | been reached and then there will be a recess during which time the President and Mrs. Hoover and those assisting them will have time for a light lunch- eon and rest At 1 o'clock the President and Nrs Hoover will return to the blue room ‘nnd then the long public line will start 'RAILWAY TUNNEL IS URGED TO LINK CAPITAL WITH SOUTH (Oontinued From First Page) within the bounds of possibility, the | future connection between this point and Potomac Yards in Virginia might be arranged by a tunnel instead of by the present bridge and tracks along | Maryland and Virginia avenues. With the electrificaticn of the railroad now |in process, involving new equipment: | With the inadequacy and deterioration of the bridge over the river demanding attention, and with the possibility of combining the approaches to a tunnel with development of new yards and facilities, the time seems opportune for discussion of studies which the com- mission has submitted to the railroad | authorities and concerning which it has asked their earnest consideration. Interferes With Avenues. “The scheme for rearrangement of the railroad facilities south of the Mall, contemplates use of the bed of the abandoned James Creek Canal as the location for the railroad tracks ap- proaching a river tunnel beginning at the northwest corner of the War Col- lege. A spur from this track could be provided to serve a new industrial rail and water terminal at Buzzards Point.” ‘The commission contends that the prasent arrangement of railroad tracks “is distinctly detrimental to the monu- mental development of public build- ings in adjoining areas either for the section north of Maryland avenue or for that lying between Virginia avenue and Maryland avenue. “In addition to its effect upon pub- lic buildings,” the report continues, “the railroad now interferes with two of the principal avenues and vistas in the city of Washington. Maryland avenue, which was laid out originally as a di- rect connection between the Capitol and Virginia, corresponding with Penn- sylvania avenue between the Capitol and the White House, is interrupted by the railroad tracks at Seventh street. Virginia avenue is the only principal artery pointing directly to the Wash- gton Monument and that vista is now broken into by the railroad tracks.” Turning its attention to the present freight railroad terminal area in the Southwest, near Fourteenth and Water streets, the commission said that “the area is s0 located that all teaming and trucking from the existing yards must pass through the areas devoted to Gov- ernment buildings as well as through the heart of the central business dis- trict in order to serve the residential areas of the District and outlying towns in Maryland.” ‘The commission’s report said that “finally, the present location of the railroad is deterimental to the develop- ment of the public buildings and monu- mental treatment planned for the cen- tral area of the city.” ‘The report recalled that south of Maryland avenue, & group of buildings, corresponding to the muncipal center, north of nnsylvania avenue, is projected, housing such Government of- fices as the Veterans' Administration the (or the General Accounting Office. LATIN AMERICAS AGREE Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay Find Trade Solution. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 26 (P).—An agreement on commercial relations between Uruguay and Brazil has been reached by a commission of the three-party economic conference here, which includes Argentina. ‘The_Argentine delegation will return from Buenos Alres Monday to resume work on & plan to protect agricultural products countries concerned, be | |WoMAN J 10BS FORMILLIONS SEEN INHUGE LOAN iLa Follette Tells Radio Forum $5,500,000,000 issue Would Put 4,500,000 to Work. The $5,500,000.000 “prosperity bond | 1ssue” advocated by Senator La Follette, in a Senate bill just introduced, would put 4,500,000 persons to work, it was declared last night by the Wisconsin Republican in a speech in the National Radin Forum, arranged by The Wash- |ington Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting Co. Senator La Follette described his lan, which contemplates a compre- nsive scheme of Federal, State and pal public works, and answered nts set up by opponents “The program which I have outlined | will stimulate recovery of business, pre- | vent the reduction of living standards of our people to world levels and avert the catastrophic consequences of a pro- longed continuance of tne depression,” he asserted. Reviews Nation's Plight. Reviewing the plight in which this country finds itself, La Follette esti- mated” that idleness has “reduced or completely wiped out purchasing power of 50,000.000 t upon was 3,000 dependent their per iculture power ipon purchasing e cxpenditure of $5,500.000.000, he would stimulate production all ne from raw materials to sduc and e in commod securit; Discuss osed f 000.000 v eral proje ticn “an ation ings; $1,000.000,0( State public wor clud: €xpansion i program, b an £ of the Federal-aid and $3,750.000,000 » State mu- push i | wou and for loans to various d Scnator lette described as “a most L feature” of the bond issue the “control device,” by w of bonds would be h: emerge 2 Per Cent Surtax Provided. The bonds years by im d in 10 additional per cent, “To those who are a bond not be readi Government,” that 3 Federal answer is 000.000,000 he war for pur- seems utterly hat we could not ue of Government uctive purposes (The address appea of The Star toda La Follette's in the editorial section ) UROR GETS PERJURY SENTENCE AFTER FOSHAY TRIAL (Oontinued From First Page.) indicates to our domination of a w own,” it said. Was Employed by Foshay. Mrs. Clark was employed two weeks as a stenographer by a Foshay com- pany in July, 1929. She had informed the court when examined that she had not been employed since her mar- riage in 1921 who investigated precedents tempt action said they were ance in the his- minds the probable il stronger than her unable to Am a woman was similarly They found few men jurors where as sev | sulted, contempt s being rarities, sentence re- s involving is is the first uror in Min- nesota since their emp! ent as jurors became general 10 years ago. Foshay Will Be Retried More than six weeks were required for trial of the Foshay case, which is to be retried starting January 11. The seven defendants were accused of hav- ing conspired to defraud investors by representing the $20,000,000 enterprises as sound and profitable when the Go ernment contends they were being op- erated at a deficit. “Doctoring” of financial statements was alleged. When the jury was given the case. it adopted, at Mrs. Clarks' insistence, the unusual program of meeting eight hours or less daily, with no night sessions. Much of the time in the jury room was spent in silence, the male members, most of them farmers, deciding that it was useless to attempt to persuade Mrs. Clarke to change her mind. They de- cided that time might be the only fac- tor which would change her mind, and so several of them refused to give up hope of reaching an agreement. U. S. Marshal Under Fire. Weary from the monotony of the deadlock, and tired out from the long custody in a local hotel, Mrs. Clark declared when the panel was discharged that she was “through with court rooms for life. During the trial she was visited fre- {quently by her husband at her hotel and several times spoke alone with him out of hearing of a bailiff attending her. This, the court held, was in viola- tion of instructions, and investigation of a deputy United States marshal who permitted it has been asked. This case is still pending. New Slaying Trial Denied. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., December 26 () —The motion of V. Don Carlis for a new trial on a charge of murder for the death of Alfred Steinbach of Cincinnati, was overruled in District Court here today. He had been con- victed and sentenced to life imprison- ment. "BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, tomorrow evening, at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 3 o'clock. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader. Overture, “Carneval”. March, “Rajah”.. oo Selection, “‘Christmas Memories”. Pinck Cornet solo, “Cantique de Noel,” Adam Second Leader Arthur 8. Witcomb. “Hallelujah Chorus,” from “The Messiah" Handel Harp Tyler En- s0los: “Silent Night.” Arranged by “Belleve Me If All Those dearing Young Charms.” Arranged by Tyler Musiclan, Joshua Tyler. “Benediction,” from “St. Cecilia’s “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” : o0 Ji “The Bells of St. Mary's”. . Chimes obbligato by M Wilbur Kieffer. “March of the Toys,” from *“Babes in Toyland”. «+....Herbert March, “Religioso’ .Chambers “The Flight of the Bumble Bee” Rimsky-Korsakow Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.”