Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1932, Page 4

T A=A xa THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1932 DEFICIENCY BILL CUT 10 PER CENT $100,250 Asked for District Is Allowed Without Be- ing Reduced. Continued From First Page) nistration’s public building program 8 total of $18.206,000 was allowed. This is $3,000,000 less than was requested by James A. We e, acting supervising architect of the Treasury. 134 Projects Completed. The committee explained that of 816 projects authorized, 134 have been com- pleted, 286 sre under construction, 63 are ready for bids, 97 are being pre- pared, remainder, although » held up because of The authorized $580,000,000 in- to itract costs of to 10 per cent of the he funds were e bill or by Wet- gton’s public building program i set back in the bill. The | t in a stipulation that the 000,000 expenditure for re- he State, War and Navy layed until the Govern- es were better. It also t the old Post Office De- lding, the Farm Board District Building ished, be retained Treasury deficit is wiped out. Paving Project Items Approved. Among the District of Columbia is $154,400 for ng of Benning road fteenth street to the appropriation from , road and street fund in t appropriation act for the 1932. This is also made to co! ction of the pedestrian at Twenty-fourth street and ce of the appropriation of ded for sites and con- incinerators for refuse con- » first deficiency act for the 1930, is made_available for e purpose until June 30, 1933. items for which a direct new is made in the bill re- ported today are P jc schools, instruction for the de 1932, $250, and for furniture and equipment, 1932 and 1933, $81,000; for the Metropolitan Police, $12.000, for the House of Detention; for the courts, $1,500, for printing and binding for the fiscal year 1932: for the Public Wel- fare Department, $3,000, for the Hos- pital for the Insane, and $2,500 for re- lief of the poor. Important National Items. Some of the important national ftems the bill are fighting fires in national rests, $4,260030; judgments and au- thorized claims, $1,154,575; railway mail service, as & result of the shorter work week, $1,500,000; public buildings, for rent, architects, inspectors and so forth, $1.206,000; remodeling the old House Office Building, $760,000; furnishing the new House Office Building, $400.000, and for immigration service for deporta~ on of allens, $475.000, leaving $2,- 257,713 for all other items A paragraph was submitted by the Budget Buresu for inclusion in the bill, suthorizing & change in the loca- tion of the central heating plant in West Potomac Park in anticipation of the early location and authorization of new buildings for the War and Navy Departments. As the location of these buildings has not been determined by Congress or their construction author- ized, that provision has not been al- lowed in the bill reported today. The sum of $760,000, recommended for reconstruction and remodeling of the old House Office Building, is car- ried in order to provide 190 two-room ites, in lieu of the present single- room offices in that building. This nge will give to the members who are to occupy the old building approxi- mately the same office accommodations as will be available for those members who are to occupy the new House Office Building. The suites will contain prac- tically the same area, and have the e office accommodations as will be jed in the new building. Furnishings Fund Reduced. An estimate of $550.000 was submit- ted for furnishing the office suites, com- mittee rooms and other rooms in the new House Office Building. This esti- mate the committee reduced to $400,- 000 in the belief that under existing 1s of purchase, suitable furni- be obtained for that building this amount of money. Chairman s emphasized that there is no dis- on to equip the building with in- or or unsuitable material, but that amount allowed should provide dur- ractive furniture in keeping the character of the building. "he sum of $321,201.94 is included in the bill for the payment for land under condemnafion proceedings for the an- nex to the Library of Congress Build- ing. A previous sum of $600,000 was appropriated for this pury There was purchesed at private sale a total of $50,947.94 and the remainder was placed under condemnation. The court award i October 13, 1931, ag- gregated 254 and brings the total ount to $92 the ropriation sk by §: 01.94 is also included in the the $20,000 for removal of struc- this area and the preparation of the tract for construction work. HOUSE BILL ASKS FUNDS FOR WIDOWS First Appropriation Measure Re- quests $10,000 Each for Sur- vivors of Late Members. irst appropriation bill submit- H the widows of 10 for- tives and the mother of mbered the deficiency bill rec- the Appropriations Com- was $110,000 for these ),000 each. This gift has ma; women been cu Mrs Longworth, | widow Nicholas Longworth ¢ nd daughter of the late President Roosevelt, is a bene- ficiary The mc of the late Representative Matthew V. O'Malley of New York and the widows of the following members are provided for: Ernest R. Ackerman, New Jersey; James B. Aswell, Louisi- ana; Charles G. Bdwards, Georgia; ¢ S. Graham, Pennsylvania; Filetcher Hale, New Hampshire; Samuel 'C. Major, Missouri; Charles A. Mooney, ©Ohio; Bird J. Vincent, Michigan, and Harry M. Wurzbach, Texas. Widows of three members-elect who died were provided for by the last Con- gress. Rosenwald Slightly Better. CHICAGO, January 4 U®.—Julius Rosenwald, wealthy merchant and philanthropist, who has been suffer- ing from heart trouble and ha: ©of the anteries, continued to show & #light improvement today. He is serl- | e S 5 A P Seized as Midwest Kidnapers & EVEN men were seized in Chicago dreds of thousands of dollars in band’s capture. Left to right are ing—Guy Wykoff, Ward Swalwell who had become infatuated with her and January 2 ransoms Seated—John Pingeree, Ed Finnan, and Albert Russell WIFE OF ONE OF VICTIMS AIDS IN CAPTURE. as suspects in a series of kidnapings which netted the abductors hun- The wife of one of the victims was showered with gifis by a suspect ‘she lured him to a rendezvous attended by police, which resulted in the William Thomas and Oscar Martin Stand- —A. P. Photo. HOOVER, IN SUDDEN PLEA, ASKS SPEED Relief Necds Greater Than Apparent, He Tells Congress in Surprise Message. the buliding and loan associations as | to restore these institutions to normal | functioning. Under the proposal be- fore the congress, most of the capital of these discount banks would be sub- scribed by the institutions participat- ing in their use and such residue as might be necessary for the Federal Government to supply _temporarily would be repaid in time by such insti- | tutions as in the case of the farm loan | banks when they were first organized. Enterprise Stified. “4. The discount facilities of our Federal reserve banks are restricted by law more than that of the central banks in other countrses. This restriction in times such as these limits the liquidity | of the banks and tends to increase the forces of deflation, cripples the smaller | businesses, stifles new enterprise and thus limits employment, “I recommend an enlargement of | these discount privileges to take care of emergencies. | “To meet the needs of our situation it will not be mecessary to go even as far as the current practice of foreign institutions of similar character. Such a measure has the support of most of the governors of the Federal Reserve banks. X “5. The development of & plan to as- sure early distribution to depositors in closed banks is necessary to relieve dis- tress among millions of small deposi- tors and small businesses, and to re- lease vast sums of money now frozen. “6. Division of the laws relating to transportation in the direction recom- | mended by the Interstate Commerce | Commission wouid strengthen our prin- cipal transportation systems and re- store confidence in the bonds of our| railways. “These bonds are held largely by our | insurance companies, our savings banks and benevolent trusts, and are, there- | fore, the property of nearly every family in the United States. The railways are the largest employers of labor and pur- chasers of goods. Banking Law Provisions. “7. Revisions of banking laws in order to better safeguard depositors The country must have confidence that the credit and stability of the Federal Government will be maintained | by drastic economy in expenditure; by | adequate increase of taxes; and by re- | striction of issues of Federal securities. | ““The recent depreciation in prices of | Government securities is a seriou warning which reflects the fear of fur ther large and unnecessary issues of | such securities. Promptness in adopt- ing an adequate budget relief to tax payers by resolute economy and re- striction In security issues is essential to remove this uncertainty. “Combatting a depression is indeed like a great war in that it is not a battle upon a single front, but upon many fronts. These measures are all & necessary addition to the efficient and courageous efforts of our citizens throughout the Nation. Our people through _ voluntary measures and | through State and local action are pro- | viding for distress. | ‘Through the organized action of | employes they are securing distribution of employment and thus mitigating the | hardships of the depression. Through the mobilization of national credit as- sociations they are aiding the country greatly. Our duty is 50 to supplement these steps as to make their efforts more fruitful. Internal Economy First. “The United States has the resources | and resilience to make & large measure | of recovery independent of the rest of the world. Our internal economy is our primary concern and we must forti- fy our economic structure in order to meet any situation that may arise and | by 50 doing lay the foundations for re- | covery. “This does not mean that we are insensible to the welfare of other na- tions or that our own self-interest is not involved in economic rehablitation abroad which would restore the mar- kets for our agriculture and other com- modities. But it is our duty to devote ourselves to the problems of our own internal economy, not only as the first necessity to domestic welfare, but s our best contribution to the stability of | the world as a whole. “Action in these matters by the Con- gress will go far to re-establish con- fidence, to restore the functioning of our economic system, and to rebuiiding of prices and values and to quickening | employment., Our justified hope and confidence for the future rests upon unity of our ml;ttnddol the Gov- ernment prom| and courageous action.” BILL MEETS OPPOSITION, Glass and Bulkley Lead Fight Heover Plan. By the Associated Press. Differences of opinion over contro- versial features of the White House- sponsored $500,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill developed to- day at a Senate Finance Subcommittee meeting. PRESSURE IN BOND SALES IS REVEALED BY KAHN AT PROBE| | (Continued From First Page) | o (ContinubdsFrom Rish Tage) | this country, of which more than $800,- 000,000 are in default “All houses,” the banker replied. “I could give you a list of not less than 25 or 30 that did.” Johnson questioned the witness about the second French loan of $100,000,000 bought outright by J. P. Morgan & Co. | in 1924. | Kahn said his house did not partici- | pate in the original syndicate on those bonds, but that the 6 per cent differ- ence between the price Morgan & Co. | paid for the bonds and that for which it sold them was “‘unusual.” The bonds, Johnson said, were bought at 94, sold to a second group at 95, to a third at 96 and then to the public | at_100 | Defending the profits his firm has made from the sale of foreign bonds Kahn said it had made a gross profit slightly above one-half of 1 per cent and the distributing and underwriting | groups had made slightly more than 3 | per cent on the average. Fixes Average Profit. The average total profit, he said, was 33, per cent, from which must be de- ducted taxes and overhead. Kahn said in comparison to these profits the ordinary real estate broker | gets from 1 to 6 per cent “with no re- | sponsibility.” He said bankers in floating loans take responsibility and face the pos- sibility of being “stuck with them.” “Have you been stuck with any?” Johnson asked. | “There are some bonds that we still | have,” Kahn replied He agreed to furnish the committee | with & list of bonds that had not been | sold. but asked to withhold prices. Rahn was asked if many had not bought bonds without knowing their value through confidence in the issuing house. “I think you are right,” the banker replied, “and I have a strong conviction that the banker must consider himself as trustee toward those who have bought from him."” Questioned by Couzens. Senator Couzens, Republican, Mich- igan, asked if pressure was not used to make banks and retail dealers take bonds from the big issuing houses. Kahn said they were free to reject | the bonds if they wished “They are as free as the 7,000,000 unemployed,” Couzens replied. “In| theory they are free, but practically | they are subject to economic conditions. | They are afraid to turn the bonds down | for fear of missing something soft later.” | 1 can't differ with you,” said Kahn, | “and yet I cannot agree. I know of my own knowledge that offerS have been | declined, and that does not mean that we would not deal with them again.” Kahn testified his firm had declined to float loans for foreign governments | r military purposes and would do so | gai Have you any way to follow the loans | after they are made?” Couzens asked It is an impossibility,” Kahn re- plied “Then, as a matter of fact,” Couzens said, “when it gets into a general fund you are unable to follow it." Johnson asked Kahn if he belleved there should be some “legal curb” on the sale of foreign securities here “I do not see how it is possible to deal with that,” Kahn said, “in a way | that is effective and not do more harm than good.” Kahn said the gold standard “can be and should be maintained by the United States.” “There 15 no shortage of goM,” he said DEPOSITORS ROB BANK Two Take Funds From Vault of Closed Imstitution. MONCKS CORNER, 8. C., January 4 (#)—Two depositors in the branch of the People's State Bank of South Caro- lina, which closed Saturday, held up the | assistant cashicr here todsy, opened the vault and escaped with an undeter- | mined amount of money. sion “all day and all night, too,” before | it reaches an agreement. Democratic committee members have served notice they would vigorously op- pose the bill's provision that the cor- poration’s debentures should be eligible for rediscount through the Federal Re- serve System. ‘Leading the fight against this pro- vision are Senators Glass, Democrat, Virginia, former Secretary of the Treas- ury and co-author of the Federal Re- serve act, and Bulkley, Democrat, Ohio. Another controversial feature is Its tailure to provide for loans to closed | banks. A provision to this effect was | urged before the committee recently by a prominent Democrat—Melvin~ A. Traylor, Chicago banker. To another proposed change—provi- sion for having the Interstate Oom- merce Commission pass on loans to be made by the corporation to railroads— the administration, Mellon, has expressed agreement. It was first proposed by Senator Couzens, Republican, Michigan. The measure, providing for a huge corporation, with power to pump $2- 000,000,000 into the President’s credit structure, is the first and foremost item in the President’s economic rehabilita- tion program. Quick action is expected. The full committee, headed by Sen- ator Norbeck, Republican, South Da- kota, has called a meeting for.tomorrow | Child, 7, Chalrman Walcott of suthor of the bill, seid the might have ‘committee sontinue In executive wes- | mitten, to eonsider the measure in expectation of & favorable report by o Ds CASTLE URGES U. 3. T0FOLLOW HOOVER Praises President’s Policies in Address to Women’s Republican Club. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 4—Praising President Hoover's policies in interna- tional affairs, Undersecretary of State William R. Castle, jr., declared today, in a speech before the Women's Na- tional Republican Club, that “we must | all grasp the broader vision of world co-operation in economic matters.” “We must follow the lead of the President,” he said, “in striving for the friendly international understanding which will bring reduction of arma- ment, the free flow of trade in goods and securities, the amelioration of suf- fering everywhere, which means pros- perity and world peace.” He applauded the "vison and sense of stern realities” which, he s d, prompted President Hoover's mora- tortum proposal. “Needs No Defense.” “I am not defending his action,” he said, “bgcause it needs no defense.” “The danger was that the entire | post-war settlements would have gone into the discard,” he declared “The President acted quickly and couageous- 1y to save those settlements: to prevent an imminent German collapse Wwhich would have carried with it many of the great markets of the world; to assist the workers and the farmers of this country and to make possible the eventual payments owed by foreign na tions to the people of the Unit States.” e denounced “loose talk” about “the desire of the administration to safe- guard so far as possible the private credits which the bankers have ad- vanced to foreign countries. “I¢ is the loans, not the bankers about which the Government is thin| ing,” he said, pointing out that the loans “represent the savings of thou- sands of American citizens.” Praises League View. He praised the policy of “a limited | | co-operation” with the League of Na- tions, declaring that the result of co- operation with the League in the Man- | churian situation has been that “war has not developed and that an in natioral commission of inquiry, ap- proved by both Japan and China, has been appointed to study the entire sit- | uation on the spot “We have high hopes,” he said, “that through the recommendations of this | commission a solution of this difficult and complicated question may be found.” He said that at the Geneva Arms Conference next month the whole in- fluence of the Government will be thrown to real reduction. 'BOY CYCLIST HURT WHEN HIT BY AUTO Struck by Policeman's Cycle—Couple Hurt in Collision. Motor Robert Gates, 16 years old, of 1458 Ogden street, was reported badly in- jured yesterday when & bicycle he was Tiding was struck by &n automobile at Fourteenth street and Columbis road. The youth was riding on Columbia road, police were told, when & machine operated by Willlsm Sulivan, 30 years oid, of Landover. Md, made a left- hand turn off Fourteenth street and hit the bicycle, sending the rider sprawling into the roadway. Sullivan was not_held Inez Castra, T-year-old Filipino of 2005 New York avenue, was taken to Emergency Hospital after being struck by a motor cycle yesterday afternoon operated by Park Policeman John T. Connelly. A collision between two machines at Bladensburg road and L street north east sent Willlam J. Lee, 30 years old, and his wite, Jewell T . of 1701 L street northeast to Casualiy Hospital with slight cuts and_bruises Herman L. Evans, 29, of 637 Florence street northeast, driver of the machine which struck the car operated by Jewell. was arrested by police of the ninth pre- cinet for failing to give the right-of- way. He was released on collateral, Burglars Break Into Prison to Steal Automobile By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 4. —Robbers broke open a gate of the South Carolina Penitentiary wall early yesterday, entered and stole the automobile of C. A. Sullivan, assistant captain of the prison. They also took the keys of the n trucks which Were stored the jot. They left no clues, ARREST OF GANDHI | LEAVES INDIA CALM Mahatma’s Chief Aide Also Jailed—Native Leaders Wait Developments. (Continued From First Page.) turned without hesitation to his old quarters, which had been nurriedly pre- pared to receive him Gandhi's prison baggage included his portable spinning wheel, a pail of goat’s milk, a basket of fruit, a rusty penknife, an American fountain pen, a spare loin cloth, a pair of sandals, a copy of an essay of Thoreaws, which includes a dissertation on civil diso- bedience; a straw mattress and a Bible. “Is that all?” exclaimed the police commissioner at Bombay in surprise as the faithful Miss Slade placed the simple effects in the prison automobile. As the police commissioner arrested the Mahxtma Mrs. Gandhi exclaimed tearfully, ¢@an’t you take me also?” But the offieial replied that his war- Tant called omiy for her husband. So she stepped sadiy aside and commis- erated with Miss Slade while Gandhi entered the prison ar. Finish Fight Wredicted. “It will be a bitter fight to tke finish,” was Patel’s message to the nation when, five minutes after the arrest of Gandhi, he also was taken into custedy. ‘‘But it must be a non-viloence struggle,” he added Little groups of Gandhi's White- capped followers gathered and shouted, “Long live the mahatma,” as the Ivader entered the prison car, barcheaded, and took his seat beside the prison pirpsi- cian, Dr. Besai He seemed pleased at being taken to Yerawda Prison, for it was there last vear that he said the British had made him a “pampered prisoner,” giving him a number of comfortable rooms instead of an ordinary cell. It was considered doubtful, however, whether he would be permitted to have his own flock of goats brought to the prison this time, as he did last year, for the belief prevailed in Bombay that Lord Willingdon would prove a more strict custodian than was Lord Irwin, his predecessor. Deportation Rumored. Besides, the mahatma had no assur- ance he would be kept at Yerawda. Reports were in_circulation that the government might eventually deport him to Burma or elsewhere. “I am grateful to you,” he said in a note to the Associated Press corre- spondent just before he left Bombay, for keeping the public informed of our activities and our aims. “Tell the people that even as America won its independence through suffering, valor and sarifice, so shall India, in God's good time, hieve her freedom by suffering, sacrifice and non-violence Let America not forget us in our travail.” MacDONALD IN TOUCH. Calls Early for News From India After Mahatma's Arrest. LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland, January 4 (#)—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- ald called his office in Downing street immediately after early breakfast | this morning to learn the latest infor- mation from India, following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi During the week end the prime min- ister has transacted much business in his study here. PRESS APPROVES ARREST. an Seizure of Gandhi Held Necessary to Protect British Rule. LONDON, January 4 (#).—The arrest of Mahatma Gandhi for the third time in his public career had been so strongly indicated as certain to come that its realization today caused no surprise here. ‘The belief was expressed that popular opinfon here would undoubtedly indorse the government’s action, not because of any personal antipathy to Gandhi, but because most British people regard | his campaign as dangerous to British rule in India The fact that Prime Minister Mac- Donald, as head of the government, concurred in Lord Willingdon's action also was regarded in many quarters as justifying the step, since the prime minister’s attitude toward India's self- government is known to be kindly. Morning papers_here, with the ex- ception of the Daily Herald, labor organ, approved the arrest as neces- sary, some of them arguing that it was long overdue. Action Called Logical. | The Morning Post congratulated the | Indian government on “an act of logic, | justice and * The Telegraph aid the movement cannot | be bought off by and timid concession and the chance of keeping it within bounds | is to show there is still a steel hand in the velvet glove and that the govern- ment still knows how to rule.” The Daily Mail said the greater part of the trouble in India “could have been prevented had we realized that a firm hand is the most effective argument and .the one most quickly understood in the East.” The Liberal News Chronicle, approv- ing the arrest, said there was scarcely any other course left for the govern- ment in view of Gandhi’s attitude. The Daily Express said it thought Gandhi was fortunate to be put “into & nice safe prison.” The Daily Herald, however, asks “Isn’t this the bad old way, against the follies and dangers of which the prime minister himself warned the Round Table Conference delegates?” Parallel Rule. Charged. The Indian Congress party, in the view of the British government, has set itself up as a parallel government in India, is fighting law and order and is stand- ing in the way of carrying forward the work of the Indian Round Table Con- ference. g The objective of Gandhi and his as- I sociates, it was said, is to bring the government in India {o a standstill, “on the assumption by the Congress party that an ignorant peasantry can be taught to defy the law without depart- ing from the ideal of non-violence. The history of previous movements of the kind, this spokesman said, “shows that outbursts of violence, which spare neither class nor creed, are an inevite able consequence of such teaching Prompt and decisive action will be taken against the leaders of the sub- versive movement, but at the same time the government is determined not to be diverted from the policy of political alli- ance for India as outlined by Prime Minister MacDonald_at the conclusion of the Round Table Conference. Three committees will sail for India on uary 15, ready to negotiate with any and all Indian leaders who will co- oper: p';‘lfi.fig includes Gandhi himself, it at this late hour he can be induced to lend his influence to the work which the Round Table Conference began. MORE TROOPS EMBARE. Detachment Ordered to India—Others to Sail on January 23. /ONPORT, England, January 4 (P?PVAO m,&hmm of 100 men from the 2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade, left to- day for Southampton to embark tomor- row for India. Preparations also were made here for the departure of 140 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment for India on Jamn uary 23, - 5t COND REPORTER BARRED AT TRIAL ‘Mt. Sterling Judge Excludes Representative of Paper He Considers Unfair. By the Associated Press. | MOUNT STERLING, Ky, January 4. | —Jack Bryan, reporter for the Knox-| ville News-Sentinel, was barred from the court room here today by Circuit Judge Henry R. Prewitt, who is presid- ing in the murder conspiracy trial of William Hightower, Harlan County mine unjon leader. Bryan came here to report the High- tower trial after Judge Prewitt had barred John T. Moutoux, News-Senti- nel reporter, on the grounds stories Moutoux wrote after the W. B. Jones trial were unfair to the court. Moutoux reported the trial of Jones, first of a number of men charged with the murder of two deputy sheriffs and a commissary clerk at Evarts, Harlan | County, last May. Judge Acts Promptly. ‘When court opened today William H. Townsend, Lexington attorney, pre- | sented Bryan as a reporter for the News-Sentinel and said Bryan had not familiarized himself with labor disor- ders in Harlan County and had never attended any trials in Judge Prewitt’s court. Judge Prewitt promptly barred Bryan and decreed: “Until the News-Sentinel retracts their false and slanderous statements about my court and the courts of Ken- | tucky none of its representatives can sit in my court.” Townsend took exception to ¢ court’s ruling and indicated the action would be carried to higher courts. Moutoux Faces Quiz Tonight. He said the contention of the News- Sentinel was that if the court wished recourse against the News-Sentinel or | its reporter, the libel and contempt laws could be resorted to, but that the court should not bar the newspaper from ac- cess to any trial in Judge Prewitt’s court. The Jones and Hightower trials are the result of conflict between union coal miners and peace officers during strikes in the Harlan coal fields. Moutoux is to come before Judge Prewitt tonight for a hearing on an affidavit of J. B. Snyder, special prose- cutor, who charged Moutoux made re- marks derogatory to the court during the Jones trial. BANDITS GET $100,0 GEMS IN LONDON HOLD-UP | Attack Jewelry Store Manager on Way From Bank and Escape in Auto. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 4.—In one of the | most daring hold-ups which has oc- curred in London in many years, sev- eral men in an automobile today robbed the manager of a jewelry store in the heart of Mayfair of $100,000 worth of gems, They drew up to the curb in Regent streets as the manager was walking to his shop from a bank not more than 50 yards away, carrying his firm’'s most valuable jewels, which had been stored in the vaults over the week end. They yanked his hat down over his face, threw him to the sidewalk, seized the gems, dashed back into the car and sped away. The hold-up took only about 20 sec- onds and none of the passersby could provide a good description of either the car or the robbers. The traveling distance from Albany. N. Y, to Los Angeles is computed to be 3,063 miles. COAL FIELD “EDS SHIED BY RADERS | Confiscated In | Pineville, Ky., Headquarters | of National Miners” Union. | By the Associated Press. PINEVILLE, Ky. January 4.—Local headquarters of the National Miners’ Union, which called a strike in the | Southeastern Kentucky coal flelds, were raided today, several men taken in cus- tody and a quantity of literature seized, Deputy sheriffs made the rald on [orders of County Attorney Walter B. Smith, who ordered them to seize any seditious literature found He sald quantities of Communist party pam- phlets had been distributed here and i» the coal mine camps in the last two days. Smith said he would investigate every headquarters or room occupled by the National Miners’ Union or other Communist organization” and bring their representatives into court. The coal strike, which appeared to have had little effect in Harlan County, was reported here to have extended to several other Bell County mines toda> Pickets were on duty at a number of mines. No disorder was reported Smith said he intended to break up the activities of eny Communist or- ganization in Bell County. One of the things that most struck | Tbsen_about the English-speaking race was the capacity for strenuous work at an advanced age. FINAL DAYS of P-B’s Closing-Out Sale Prior to Reorganization P-B’'S NAME IS YOUR SURETY OF SATISFACTION e MORE THAN 41 YEARS IN WASHINGTON e Special Purchase Men’s and Young Men’s P-B SUITS AND OVERCOATS $1 8.75 Suits of handsome worsteds in the smart plain shades and patterned effects. some Overcoats trousers. or oxford woolens, or velvet collars. in double- $2 1.75 Suits in the finer worsteds, many with two pairs of Overcoats in blue collars. Big, hand- navy blues. e trousers. with cloth Chesterfield breasted styles, velvet or cloth The most popular colors—dark oxford grays and 4.75 Splendid quality worsteds, mostly with two pairs of Overcoats in hand. some fleeces, also satin-lined models. All Sizes—Regular, Short, Long and Stout—All Models Because of the Extremely Low Prices, a Nominal Charge Will be Made for Necessary Alterations All Sales Final and for Cash Free Parking at the Capital Garage While Shopping Here Lskor Buitp o New York Avenué at Fifteenth NATTONALLY Branch Store: 3113 Fourteenth N.W.