Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain late tonight and fo- morrow; warmer tonight; lowest tem- perature about 52 degrees; colder tomor- row afternoon and night. Temperatures —Highest, 59, at noon today; lowest, 35, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 32,110, PFreerchens =%n Entered as second class matter shington. D. C WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, GARNER SUCCEEDS || v | GLASSSAYS BANKS N AGAN DOWN TAX OPPOSITION Speaker Takes Floor in De- fense of Levy on Con- solidated Returns. COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE AMENDMENTS $243,000,000 Reduction in Federal Expenses Is Believed by Ap- propriations Body. By the Assoclated Press Speaker Garner was successful again today in withering opposition to the House Ways and Means Committee's Tevised tax raising program. Taking the floor at the first sign of opposition the Speaker called for re- Jection of an amendment by Represen- tative Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri to strike out provisions which allow consolidated and affiliated corporate in- come tax returns. Cannon said they permitted chain stores to drive independents out of business by having the profits from a paying store take care of the losses on one competing with independents. Garner sald the committee proposal levying a 15 per cent rate on consoli- dated returns should be adopted to see ‘whether corporations with subsidiaries would continue to use consolidated re- turns. He said $18,000,000 would be returned by the Ways and Means Committee | amendment. Amendment Withdrawn. Cannon withdrew his amendment | after the Speaker’s opposition. Gearner previously has fought consolidated re- turns. | The House then resumed its course | of adopting the proposals of the Ways and Means Committee, accepting one Lty one amendments adding millions of dollars to the Government's revenue. ‘There was a marked absence of con- troversy as the House lowered exemp- tions on surtax rates to subject incomes of more than $6,000 to those levies. Above $10,000 these rates were gradu- ated upward. During this discussion, Speaker Garner remained on the floor behind Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and Means Committee, ready to take further part in the talk on some of | the sections of the committee program In all, five new revenue suggestions were brought in by the committee at the opening of the session. In addi- tion to corporate incomes, they affected oil pipe lines, airplanes and gift taxes. and were estimated to produce $45.-| 000,000 $45,000,000 Estimated. ‘The committeg estimaied the pro- - would bring in $45.000,000, as ollows : An increase to 13!, per cent in the corporate inccme tax and a similar 15 per cent tax on consolidated and affili- ated returns, the two boosts to yield $23,000,000; a 5 per cent tax on the manufacturers’ price of airplanes, $2,000,000; an increase ‘o 331; per cent in the maximum gift tax rate, ts,uoo,-l 000. | There were indications the House | would reach the dispute cver the 1-cent | raise in first-class postage rates during, the day and leaders expected the| measure to be passed before the week | ends. Shortly before the House met, Speaker Garner said in an interview he was hopeful of finishing the bill by | Friday night. | At the same time, Acting Chairman Crisp explained that the rate on candy. adopted as 10 per cent yesterday was | in reality 5 per cent, but that its yield would be $12,000,000 as originally es- timated. This correction was made. Expenditure Cut Promised. Earlier in the day assurances that the Ways and Means Committee could count on reductions in PFederal expen- ditures of almost a quarter of a billion dollars had been given by members of | the House Appropriations and Expen-| ditures committees. However, this was questioned by Representative Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska, in a call at the White House. Chairman Byrns of the Appropria- tions Committee told newspaper men a slash of $243,000,000 in governmental expenses Was not an extravagant esti- mate. At about the same time, Representa~ tive Williamson of South Dakota, ranking Republican on the Expendi- tures Committee, said in a statement that a program hed been outlined by that committee and the Special Econ- omy Committee which, if enacted, would result in a saving of about $240,000,000. ‘Williamson within the week bills would be reported by both committees which will result in substantial cuts. “Others will follow,” he said. “These bills will cover a wide range and re- 1t in either drastic reductions or total inations of certain activities con- d by the committee as unneces- Salary Cut Mot Abandoned. The proposed salary cut for Govern- ment as not been abandoned y y Committee, he “but has been laid aside for the time being to permit of more thorough study of what economies can be accomplished in other directions.” The new tax program calls for a sav- ing of $243.000.000 in Government ex- | penses. Already about $130,000.000 has been lopped off of six appropriation bills B ms based his estimate on a $150,- 000,000 saving in the annual supply bills and between $60,000,000 and $70.000.000 in salary reductions, with the remainder to be lopped off other expenses usually inciuded in the deficiency appropri- ations. “This is based wholly on what my committee will do on the appropriaticn bills,” he sald. “The Senate has indi- cated its determination to cut appro- priations 10 per cent below the House mark. This easily would account for 8 $243,000,000 saving without taking salaries into account.” Byrns said he believed $30,000,000 could be cut out of the Budget Bureau's estimate for the Army and Navy with- out injuring national defense. Ford Plant to Hire 1,500. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 30 (#).—Ac- tive production of the new V-8 Ford car was sald by Ernest Muehl, manager of the local Ford assembly plant today, to mean employment for 1,500 to 2,000 men here. He said they would be taken e 3t an early date, said he expected that| said, | JOSE A. RICH CUBAN'S SON MISSING FROM D.C. ARIAS. |Capital Boy of 15 Hunted. Parents Believe He Ran Away. Jose A. Arias, 15-year-old son of a millionaire Cuban sugar importer, has been missing since noon yesterday from his home at 2400 Sixteenth street, police were told today. Although members of the family be- lieve the youth ran away, the possibil- ity that he mav have been kidnape was being investizated. Jose left his home shortly after noon yesterday to spend the night with a friend, Billy Shultz, in Chevy Chase, 14d. He did not arrive and this morn- ing Billy's father, Frank H. Shultz called Mrs. Arias and informed her of that fact. Money Box Missing. When Jose left yesterday he took with him an overnight traveling bag containing clothing and a .22-caliber riffie with which he had planned to hunt birds with Billy. An older brother, Anthony, said a box in which Jose usually kept about $70 is missing from tbeir home. The older brother said he thought Jose may have taken the money with him, but that he could not understand why the box was miss- ing. Anthony said his brother had often expressed a desire to take an airplane ride. He said he thought Jose may have changed his plans yesterday, leav- ing the city from some airport instead of paying a visit to his friend. inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds. He was wearing a brown suit when last seen. His brother said he ran away once befcre. The boy’s father, Antonio Arias, is president of the Oriental Cuban Sugar Corporation at Guantanamo. He is said to be very wealthy. The father is now in Cuba Living With Mother. Jose had been living here with his mother, Antony, and sister, Margot, 19 years old Jose became acquainted with Billy Shultz at the Friends School, which they both attended. Policeman J. L. Pumphrey of the third precinct has been assigned to in- vestigate the case. No youth answering the description of the Arias boy was a passenger on any of the planes operating yesterday and todsy from local airports, inquiry disclosed. The youth sent a note to a compan- ion in which he stated he “wouldn't be back in a hurry sail for Ccpe M " eccording to his sister, Miss Margot Arias. The missing to Mrs. Arias Miss Arias alco said the boy’s mother wished to make a direct appeal to her son, asking his return, The mother is ill, her daughter said $150,000 LIQUOR SEIZED One of Two Boats in Coast Guard Custody Previously Captive. NEW LONDON, Conn., March 30 (%) —The Game Cock, described by officials as a British liquor supply boat, and the Yacht 247 of Boston were seized last night by Coast Guard patrol boats from the New London base. They car- ried liquor valued by authorities at $150,000. The Game Cock of Bridgetown, Bar- bados, Lbeled for forfeiture as a re- sult of a previous seizure, was captured three-quarters of & mile south of Cog- |geshall Ledge, near Newport, R. L, &s she came in from the high seas. Coast Guard officials expressed the opinion that she had intended to land her cargo of 1,650 cases of liquor on a beach. Jose was said to be about 5 feet 7| and he intended “to | boy's companion turned the note over USE PROPAGANDA TOFIGHT REFORNS |Senator Declares Present Opposition Similar to That | Against Reserve System. VIRGINIAN CHARGES FOES | HAVE ORGANIZED FORCES Pittsburgher Testifies Sweeping Changes Now Would Be In- advisable for Country. | By the Acsoctated Press A charge that opnosition to the Glass banking revision bill has been inspired | by “stimulated propaganda” was made | in a Senate Banking Committee hearing today by Senator Glass, Democrat, Vir- ginia. Glass shouted the accusation during testimony by James Francis Burke, general counsel of the Pittsburgh Clear- ing House, opposing the bill, which is intended to curb stock speculation. “Bankers from all over the country have come to protest,” said Burke. Stimulated Propaganda. “Yes,” cut in Glass sharply. “and they were brought here and organized to protest, and I think you were, too. “Didn't we have the same kind of protests before the Federal Reserve law_was enacted? “That shows exactly how much im- portance should be attached to stimu- lated propaganda.” Burke replied that the bankers “have a right to come here” and have done so voluntarily. Burke, general counsel of the Re- publican National Committee and a former Republican member of the House, presented a resolution of the Pittsburgh clearing house opposing the glass bill as “unwise and unnecessary.” | He asserted a sweeping revision of the country’s banking system is par- ticularly inadvisable under present eco- nomic conditions. Should Be at Home. As previous witnesses have done, he said the bill would nullify the benefits of recent Federal reconstruction meas- ures by contracting credit and would centralize too much authority in the Federal Reserve Board. Burke said it “ou~ht not to be neces- sary” for the bankers to have to come| here and said they should be at home seeking a solution of their banking| problems. Glass grimly agreed that is where they should be. Burke was asked directly by Senator Barkley. Democrat, of Kentucky, whether he appeared as attorney for the Republican National Committee. The witness replied in the negative, | saying he testified on behalf of the Pittsburgh Clearing House. Howard Bruce, chairman of the Bal- timore Trust Co., also testified against, the bill, saying “no legislation should | be proposed that is even open to the suspicion ot retarding our recovery from the present business stagnation.” Testified Two Hours, For two hours yesterday, Eugene Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, sat before the committee out- lining changes he thought should be made in the bill. “I begin to think the Federal Reserve Board and this committee are not &o | far apart,” said Chairman Norbeck, when Meyer had finished. “Who said we were, Senator?” asked Meyer, smiling. “I do,” replied Senator Glass amid laughter. The veteran Virginia Demo- | crat heads a subcommittee which drew up the measure after more than a year of study. | Sweeping changes proposed unani- mously by the Federal Reserve Board included elimination of a provision re- | stricting loans by member banks against | stock and bond security and of a sec- |tion _increasing _the reserves which member banks are required to main- | tain. i Meyer contended the collateral loan limitation would not hit speculation and would interfere with operation of the Federal Reserve System. The increased reserve requirement, he maintained, “would exert a tightening influence on | credit conditions at times when it would | be_contrary to the public interest.” |, On an important point not covered | in the bill—the desirability of a unified system of National banking under Na- tonal supervision—Glass and Meyer (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) \VIRGINIA LEADER URGES | U. S. TAX ON BILLBOARDS | Mrs. Janet Durham, Council Head, Writes Crisp Suggesting New i Source of Revenue. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, March 30.—Sug- gesting a Federal tax on billboards | along the highways, Mrs. Janet Stuart Durham of Richmond, chairman of the Virginia Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty, today addressed a let- ter to Representative Charles R, Crisp, acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, stating that such a levy would be one means of balancing |the budget. She declared that the | highways have created millions of dol- {lars in publicity value for billboard ad- | vertisers. The bill sponsored by the | council for a State tax was defeated by the Legislature. Others Failed to Account By the Associated Press. MANILA, March 30—Claim to 16 small islands in the Sea of Sulu near legal staff of the governor general of | British North Borneo has been filed with the American and British govern- ments, it was revealed today, by the Princess Dayang, sister of the Sultan of Sulu. The princess asserts title to the felands in question was not seitled by the Stimson treaty affecting Turtle Island and others nearby, signed sev- eral years ago, 116 ISLES IN SULU SEA CLAiMED BY TWO SISTERS OF THE SULTAN Britain and U. S. Told Stimson Turtle Island Treaty and and that, therefore, t for Lands Near Borneo. | The princess’ claim was filed last De- cember. It is being investigated by the the Philippines. There is no indication, | however, that the claim is taken se- riously in official circles, as the Stim- son treaty was carefully drawn to settle the ownership of the maze of islets dot- ting the Sulu Sea, A number of such claims have been filed in the past of different Moro lead- ers aflecting a large number of islands, | even Borneo itself, which the Moros ownership rests with her. The Sultan | ruled for some 600 years. The British himself signed away any claims he may | and American official attitude has have had in United States in the Bates treaty with the 1899, however, that the con o5 MARCH ¢ Foening Star. 3 0, 1932—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. *#% (®) Means Associated Press. w l JH D. C. WOMAN HELPS QUELL RIOT OVER LION AMUCK IN CANNES Mrs.. Harry Brown, Lady Asquith and Others in Midst of Restaurant Excite- ment-—Fire HOSE Checks Beast. CANNES, France, March 30 (P).—| Mrs. Elbert Soper of Ottawa, Worth- American and British society folk kept | ington Hine of New York, Sir Geoffrey | their heads and helped to stem a panic at a restaurant here last night when | a performing lion broke out of its cage. | Seven hundred guests began to stam- | pede when the beast leaped upon the dancing moor. Clothing was torn, tables were upset and there were screams of fright. Billy Arnold of Paterson, N. J., leader of the orchestra, set his men to playin; as loudly as they could for such of the guests as continued dancing. Mean- while others of the patrons calmed their more frightened companions. A fire hose was turned on the lion and it was herded back to the cage. Among those who assisted in restor- ing quiet were Lady Asquith, Count Salm, former husband .of Millicent Rogers; Mrs Harry Brown of Wash- ington, Lord and Lady Fermoy, Mme. Paul Dubonnet, the former Jean Nash; | Archer, the big game hunter, and Lord Mountbatten. Several Years Resident Here. Mrs. Brown, who has not been in Washington for several years, formerly | lived in an apartment at 1785 Massa- chusetts avenue. Her husband, who | died many years ago, was formerly assc- ! ciated with Andrew W. Mellon in Pitts- burgh financial circles. She came to | ! the Capital after the death of her | husband. She has spent most of her time abroad during the past few years. Be- fore her marriage she was Miss Mar- | garet Boyle. Her son, William Harry | Brown, also is abroad. Her New York address, given in the 1932 Sccial Regis- | ter, is the Plaza Hotel. ‘While in Washington Mrs. Brown was | prominent for her entertaining in the | social set. CUT OF 11 PER CENT MAY BF PROPOSED Economy Committee Expect- ed to Recommend Bill With $1,000 Exemption. The Special Economy Committee of the House has about decided to rec- ommend an 11 per cent cut in salary for the whole Federal service, with an exemption of $1,000, it was indicated this afternoon. Unless the committee changes its mind, this is the bill which probably will be reported in a week or two. Meanwhile leaders of the opposition claim that they have mustered a suffi- cient number of votes in the House to | defeat any pay cut bill. How to make substantial reduction in the $175,000,000 appropriation for the Department of Agriculture and in the $44,500,000 appropriation bill for the Department of Commerce is now engrossing the attention of the Econ- omy Committee. The legislative draft- ing service is preparing for the com- mittee various proposals to make these reductions. In charge of this work for the committee Is Representative Louls Douglas of Arizona. Must Be Amended. The Agriculture appropriation bill is the only one of the department supply bills which has been passed, and in order to abet reductions in expenditures of the departments it will be necessary to pass another bill amending the Ag- riculture act. The Department of Com- merce supply bill is now awaiting ac- tion in the Senate committee. The Economy Committee is consid- ering the proposal of Representative Coughlin, Democrat, of Missourl, chairman of the Expenditure Commit- | tee, who Is opposed to any salary re- duction and who has offered instead a program of permanent curtailment by prohibiting any promotion or increase for a limited perfod, giving the Person- nel Classification Board a year's vaca- tion: cutting the annual leave from 30 to 15 days; immediately retiring the 3,440 employes who have passed the retirement age, and glving preference in any curtallment of force to those " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) THE BUDGET" A TIMELY SERIES ON GOVERNMENT EX- PENSES AND REVENUES. By David Lawrence IS NOW APPEARING DAILY IN The Star READ TOMORROW ABOUT “GROUPS BEHIND BIG ITEMS™ ORY LEADER PINS FAITH IN HOOVER W. C. T. U. President Certain| He Will Not Moderate Dry Stand. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 30.—President | Ella A. Boole of the National Women's | Christian Temperance Union has re- | affirmed her conviction that President | | Hoover would continue to support pro- | hibition. “We have been told,” Mrs. Boole said yesterday, “that tremendous influence is being brought to bear on Mr. Hoover | to announce himself as a wet or in| favor/of a moist platform. I can say with considerable authority that no such proposals have even been con- sidered.” The temperance union, she said, has | & right to keep confidence in President | Hoover and to believe he wishes pro- | hibition to succeed. Enforcement Praised. The National W. C. T. U has been holding a conference here and the dele- gates today approved a report which declared prohibition was still the best method of dealing with liquor traffic and its enforcement was becoming “in- | creasingly efficlent.” t the same time, the delegates were urged by national officers to carry to their Chambers of Commerce at home & reply to the recent action of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce indorsing 2.75 per cent beer. The officers called particular atten- tion to the fact that the beer industry was always a parasite economically and A source of social and political corrup- tion. The Chicago association’s resolu- tlon had urged legalization of beer as a step toward economic recovery. Beer Plan Opposed. The conference also took a stand against 4 per cent beer as an attempt to nullify the eighteenth amendment and against putting a State liquor con- | trol up to State conventions as a pro- | posal to open the way for repeal, and not a resubmission of the question to the States. Expressing opposition to any Govern- ment liquor control, the conference stated, “this country cannot substitute liquor control for civic consclousness and expect good government.” The corruption charges against pro- hibition, the report of findings said, is the product of those who buy liquor from the bootlegger and the smuggler and “this is promoted by wet propa- ganda.” WOMAN FALL'S 11 STORIES “Dora J. Smith, Madison, Wis.,” Dies in Cleveland Hotel Plunge. CLEVELAND, March 30 (P).—A Wwoman who registered as “Dora J. Smith, Madison, Wis.” plunged 11 storles to her death early today from the Hollen- den Hotel here. She was about 40 years old. Hotel employes could give no reason for the woman's fall. A search of her room revealed she left no btacl&e or any clues as to relatives or frien L Radio Programs on Page B-10 OFFRERDISARNS THE TAKES OV Detective Sergt. Ogle Arrests Suspect—Fires at An- other on Street. Temporarily disarmed and forced to save himself by gripping the cylinder of | his own gun, which an assailant had seized, a lone headguarters detective took revolvers from three robber sus- pects at Eleventh and P streets early today, subduing one man and shooting at a fugitive when the other two fled. The detective, Sergt. Howard Ogle, later led police to an apartment in the 1100 block of Ninth street, where three | additional suspects were taken into custody. One of them was identified by Ogle as a member of the original trio. The man captured by Ogle after a hand-to-hand struggle in Eleventh strest, during which the detective’s gun was knocked from his hand, gave his name as Ray Holt, 26-year-old laborer, | of the 1000 block of B street southeast. Two Others Questioned. Holt's alleged companion, Oscar E. Loving, 22, a hacker, of the 1100 block cf Eleventh street, was arrested in the Ninth street apartment. Two other persons, Miss Fern Gardiner, 26-year- old telephone operator, of the 600 block of Morris street northeast and Roland | M. Golden, 45, were arrested for ques- tioning, police said, because they were in the apartment with Loving. The third member of the trio, de- | scribed as the driver of an automobile which Ogle crowded to the curb at Elev- enth and P streets, was being sought to- day. The four under arrest, police said, will be held for questioning and pos- sible identification in recent hold-ups. Ogle, on duty, but driving his own | automobile, was proceeding west on R | street near Eighth street shortly after 5 o'clock this morning, when his sus- biclons were aroused by three men who passed him in a sedan. On All-Night Party. The detective followed in his ma- chine and reported that the other car put on speed when the driver saw he was being followed. The fugitive au- | tomobile turned south into Eleventh | street at a speed of 45 to 50 miles an hour, Ogle said. The officer brought his car alongside and forced the other machine to the curb. Ogle reported he alighted from his car, opened the door of the other ma- ch.lne to ask, “Where have you been?” ‘On an all-night party,” one of the men replied. Ogle said he was trying to get a look at a man on the back seat, who had pulled his hat low over his eyes, when the driver produced a gun. The officer_reported that he knocked this (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) U. S. FINANCIAL STATUS HOLDS LONDON FAITH Cannot Imagine Dollar's Collapse, Says One in High Banking Authority. | By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, March 30.—Complete con- fidence in the financial situation in the United States was expressed today from one of the highest financial quarters in Great Britain, but without authority to disclose the source. Commenting on press reports of the last two days discussing “a flight from the dollar,” this source said: “There are all sorts of risks in Amer- | ica, but there are no currency risks. I can conceive of bank robberies, kidnap- Ings and gang murders, but not a col- lapse of the dollar. It is inconceivable that the dollar should go off gold.” CONTACTWITHBABY MONAPERS LIKELY N NEXT 24 HOURS Norfolk Investigators Con- tinue Efforts on Request of Lindbergh. BURRAGE REAFFIRMS BELIEF IN SUCCESS Appointed Mouthpiece for Inter- mediaries; Yacht Ready to Keep Rendezvous. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. NORFOLK, Va., March 30.—Reaffirm- ing his faith in the ultimate success of his and his associates’ negotiations to bring about the return of the Lind- bergh baby, Rear Admiral Guy H. Bur- rage, retired, tuday told newspaper men that “it is essential that communica- tion with the kidnapers be maintained.” Meanwhile, John Hughes Curtis, contact man of the Norfolk group, was believed to be preparing to get in touch with the kidnapers or their agent within the next 24 hours, Admiral Burrage today was appointed mouthplece for the group, which con- sists of himself, Curtis and Dean H. Dobson-Peacock. His first statement was a cryptic message answering one published by Will Rogers yesterday. Returns From Hopewell. “Your published message of optimism on March 29 received. If there is failure, the kidnapers, and they alone, will know why " Last night Dean Dobson-Peacock, following a conference between the trio, ounced that Col. Lindbergh has au- | thorized the Norfolk men to continue | their negotiations. This statement was | made in tie face of statements by Col. . Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of New Jersey State Police, that the activities of the Norfolk men are of no especial significance in connection with, the Lindbergh case. Admiral Burrage this moming, when asked by newspaper men if he believed that he was dealing actually with the kidnapers and not extortionists or other persons using the Lindbergh case to extract money, said that he had the utmost faith in negotiations which are | now going on. Contact Difficult. Both Admiral Burrage and Curtis this morning refused to put any time limit on their negotiations. Previously it had bzen stated that Priday would see a happy ending. Today, however, they pointed out that communication be- tween Col. Lindbergh and the kidnapers, | which they are endeavoring to effect, is | exceedingly difficult. That the assurance Col. Lindbergh is | anxious that these men continue their efforts to return the baby will result in another mysterious rendezvous be- | tween Curtis and the agent of the kid- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) N 55 MINES REOPEN FOLLOWING STRIKE | Insurgent Movement Broken in Lower Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania. By the Associated Press. SHENANDOAH, Pa, March 30—A check by newspapers today showed all 55 mines scheduled by owners to operate in the lower anthracite region were in production, the largest number since | insurgent leaders called the unsanc- | tioned strike. Few pickets were active and miners went to their work unmolested. Threats by strikers yesterday to close the big Maple Hill Colliery of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. failed to materialize. The mine | worked with its 1,100 men at their posts. Maple Hill workers were warned yes- terday by the coal company that their places would be filled if they failed to report by Thursday. Martin F. Brennan, president of dis- trict 9, United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, today issucd a new statement to | the idle men, in which he said in part: “The insurgent movement has broken up and those who were fooled by so- called leaders have realized the futility of getting jobs for the unemployed by Xrcing those employed out of work. “I advise all men to return to work as soon as possible. The strike move- ment is not only a violation of our con- tract with the operators, but also a violation of our own constitution and is injurious to the United Mine Workers of America.” CARRIER CON.TROL URGED | Atterbury Approves Regulation of Trucks and Busses. NEW YORK, March 30 (#).—Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsy vania Railroad, says regulation of trucks, busses and waterways is essential to the prosperity of the railroads. He told the Economic Club last night that failure to regulate commercial high- way competition leads to overproduction of transportation facilities “just as seri- ous as that in agriculture or industry.” BOY, 8, QUALIFIES AS WITNESS; KNOWS WHERE BAD CHILDREN GO! Judge Permits Him to Testify for Brother in Assault Case, Despite Defense Protests. ‘They couldn't keep 8-year-old Arthur Bronnell from testifying in Police Court today. No, sir, not when a man was being tried on a charge of beating his older brother, Harry. Counsel for Frank Cornwell, 1239 C street southeast, the defendant, com- plained that Arthur was not old enough to know the difference between right and wrong, when the boy trudged into court. e lad scarcely came up to the top of the witness box when on tip- the prosecutor seemed Judge Isaac R. Hitt Arthur be Queripd as a test. ? “Do you know,” be the defense counse!, “what happens to little boys | when they tell a story?” “Sure I do,” Arthur answered quickly. “They go to hell.” | So Arthur was allowed to testify, but he became somewhat bewildered by the quick questions of the opposing attor- neys. When the prosecutor asked if his brother, who is 13, struck Cornwell’s 6-year-old son he replied, “No, sir.” “You saw your brother hit this other little boy, didn't you?” asked the other lawyer quickly. “Yes, sir,” Arthur said. Judge Hitt decided to dismiss the case, Yesterday's Circulation, 124,444 TWO CENTS. D. C. JOBLESS PLEA PRESSED IN HOUSE; §600,000 REQUESTED Welfare Leaders Petition Subcommittee to Pass Bill Promptly. 19,000 OUT OF WORK, HELD IN URGENT NEED House Members Reminded That Measure Is Not Connected With Federal Relief Plans. A group of persons interested in un- employment relief today petitioned the | District Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee for “prompt action and approval” of the measure which would set aside $600,000 for Dis- trict unemployment relief as part of the 1933 appropriation bill. Those petitioning for prompt action were Mrs. Walter S. Ufford, Mrs. Wil- liam G. Steuart, Oscar W. Leonard, Miss Katherine F. Lenroot, Miss Fay Bentley, Paul Benjamin, Miss Dorothy F. Willlamson, Mrs. Charles A. Gold- | smith, A. J. Driscoll, W. L. Darby, Miss Sibyl Baker and Leifur Magnusson. “The facts of the unemployment situ- ation in the District,” their memo- randum stated, “are such as to justify the immediate application of these funds for relief of unemployed District residents. The active live register of the Federal Employment Agency in the District of Columbia indicates that there are over 19,000 unemployed persons, of whom, according to Mrs. Ward, the director of the Federal Employment Agency, over two-thirds are bona fide residents of the District of Columbla. “Present indices of employment show that there has not been the customary Spring pick-up in activity. paign of work creation in the District after six weeks has thus far netted only 162 jobs. Come From Outside. “Besides, at a time such as this there ment. are let to outside bidders, who bring in their own labor force and thus make the unemployment situation of the res- idents more difficult. like size. m:h:“::! h that the princi- pal industry, that, m tion, happens to be the present time. And the of the lack of industrial diversity District itself makes it less any recovery will take B industrialism, or rather in its industrial character, making the situation better in Washing- ton, makes it relatively worse in & sit- uation such as the present. “It has, furthermore, become quite apparent that private giving cannot take care of the unemployment relief situation any longer. Nor does any city of any considerable size pretend to do 50. Was] is, in fact, the only city of its size thus far that has at- tempted to meet the situation by private giving alone ahd without public assist- ance. What has happened as a conse- quence in the city is that the existing relief agencies have actually heavy deficits with which to contend. Support Is Widespread. “The following organizations in the District have indicated their support of this emergency relief appropriation and would all have done so publicly before Congress had they been given oppor- tunity for public hearing: Federation of Citizens’ Associations, Associated Charities, Catholic Charitles, Citizens' Relief Association, United Hebrew Relief Society, Salvation Army, District of Columbia Employment Com- mittee, Council of Social Agencies, Re- lief Committee, Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church, Washington Chap- ter, American Association of Social Workers; Monday Evening Club. “May we remind you of the fact that asking this appropriation of Congress does not involve the issue of Pederal relief for unemployment. For Congress, when it sits on District affairs, legis~ lates as a local state legislature or the municipal aldermanic body for the City of Washington, and not as the Federal Congress. Washington pays taxes like | other municipalities and naturally ex- pects them to be used for local pur- poses.” CATALAN AUTONOMY MAY BE REQUESTED Spanish Cabinet Indicates As- sembly Action Would Strengthen Azana Ministry. By Cable to The Star. MADRID, March 30.—Indications were forthcoming today, especially from Socialist circles, that the Spanish cabi« net will ask the national assembly to adopt the statute making Catalonia an autonomous state at an early date. This move is calculated to strengthen jthe ministry under Premier Azana by rallying to it Catalan support which might otherwise go to Alejandro Ler- roux, leader of the radical party. In view of the radical party's active ity favoring the dissolution of the na= tional assembly, Premier Azana and So- cialist Minister of Labor Caballero to- day reiterated that the cabinet takes the stand that elections should not be called before the present assembly has finished the task of consolidating the republic by passing fundamental laws. . i Fcowefim. 1932.) GREECE SEEKING WHEAT Negotiations ‘Without Definite Results as Yet. ATHENS, March 30 (#).—Negotia- tions which are under way at Wash- ington for the purchase of American wheat for Greece remained without definite result today, it was announced. The government ilso has been ne- gotiating with Canada and Argentina for wheat purchases, but the Argentine negotiations have broken down. Can- ada has no commercial treaty with Greece, 50 any wheat from there would be subject to & 10 per cent impory duty. + ) Here 7