Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1932, Page 5

HOUSE 15 AROUSED T0 ECONOMY NEED Reversal Already Under Way, but Garner Address Spurs Trend. BY MARK SULLIVA! Quite apart from Speaker Garner's dramatic expression of determination to balance the budget. there is clear evi- dence of a changed mocd and a trend in the direction of economy and sound ‘Government finance on the part of the House as a whole. It is likely that Speaker Garner’s action has increased and crystallized it, but the changed dis- position of the House was already under way. The change of mood is shown by the House's action on a bill appropriating $100.000,000 for drainage districts, chiefly in the West. The bill was in the Committee on Rules, which kept it off the floor, presumably, out of reluctance to add so large &n amount to the appropriations being made. In this condition, 213 members signed a petition to the effect that the commit- tee should facilitate acticn on the bill. ‘Thereafter, however, when the question came to roll call on the floor only 132 voted for it. This was clearly a reversal of position, taking the direction of economy on the part of a large number of members. The motion was defeated by 203 to 132. Garner Stresses Taxation. Speaker Garner's appeal was neces- sarily in general terms of “balancing the budget” Almcst at the very mo- ment when Speaker Garner was ex- pressing this intention for himself and making his appeal to the House to sup- port him, President Hoover, a mile away in the White House, was saying, in so many words, that if the budget is to be |looking at Government expenditures THE EVENING STAR, WASHING How Shall We Balance Budget? Past and Future Wars Absorb 70 Per Cent of Federal Revenues—Independent Bureaus Are Least Expensive of All Government Agencies. (In this, the second of a series of 12 articles on balancing the budget, | David_Lawrence tells how the Fed- | eral budget is spent, what are the big items in Federal erpenses and the various ways in which these are classified depending upon the point of view.) BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | Where does our money- go? There are various ways of answering that question. We might inguire how much of it goes for supplies and how much for salaries, how much for buildings and how much for upkeep, or we might be curious as to what sums go for print- ing and what we spend:for raw mate- rials. ‘Then again there is another way of How much of it goes for actual ad- ministration and how much of it to pay debts or the cost of the Euro- pean War? ‘The usual way of analyzing the Fed- | eral budget is to say that practically 70 per cent of the total goes for wars, | past and ‘This means national defense. interest on war debts, veterans' pensions and al- lowances and care of soldiers and| sailors, takes up mnearly $2,800.000.000 out of our $4,000.000,000 budget. Ob- Jection is made to this method of cl: sification by those who think that “na- tional defense” should be separated | David Lawrence. balanced it will be necessary to drop the notion of paying the two-billion- dollar bonus to the veterans. Speaker Garner was speaking mainly in terms of taxation. President Hoover spoke of the other part of balancing the budget, which is reducing expenditures. The bonus is the principal concrete detail in which the question of balancing the budget will come up. Up to the time of Speaker Garner's sppeal and President Hoover's an- nounccmem.c‘::e status of the ubon:x O] 1 in ess was generally un- Saf"“m It wugrw the effect that the bonus appropriation would have a ma- jority in both the House and the Sen- ate; that it would then go to the Pres- ident; that Mr. Hoover would veto it and that, in the final phase, there would not be enough votes in Congress to make up the two-thirds necessary to pass the bonus over the President’s veo. If this was the status of the bonus before Tuescay’s events, it is to be pre- sumed that its status now is certainly not any stronger. The net of the sit- uation is that the bonus is fairly cer- tain to be stopped either through fail- ure of a majority in one of the houses of Congress or else subsequent lack of the two-thirds necessary to overcome the President’s veto. Bonus Seems Doomed. In any event, the bonus seems likely to be stopped. With this many of the Representatives and Senators support- ing the bonus will be quite satisfied What an individual Congressman desires when thinking in terms of re-election and the veterans' vote is primarily the opportunity to go on record in favor of the bonus. If thereafter it fails through veto by the President or otherwise, the satisfaction of many members support- | ing the bonus is not materially reduced. | A third evidence of the change of mood in both House and Senate ex- presses itself In an altered attitude about reducing Government salaries and | ‘wages. ‘There has been real reluctance to do this, partly because Government wages are not high and partly because Government employes in many cases are the principal workers in local polit- ical machines throughout the country Two weeks ago it appeared that no cut | in Government wages would be made. It is not yet certain that one will be made. It is apparent, however, that Congress is becoming aware of a thoroughgoing determination throughout the country to reduce cost of Government at all places from the township up to the National Capital. It has been said that any elective officeholder coming up for re-election this Fall will have a difficult time if his opponent is able to say that the officeholder has not yet acted to cut his own salary. If in deference to this sentirient Congress cuts the salaries of its own members, that action is like- 1y to give rise to & momentum in which thereafter they will make some kind of cut in Government wages generally. (Copyright POLICE DEATH REVEALS | GUNMAN STILL ALIVE| Chicago Midget, Dead, Plans to Surrender as Chief Witness Is By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 30.—A policeman’s death has brought to light the fact that one of Chicago's original “public enc- mies,” long believed dead, is alive and well, prosecutors of the State's attor- ney’s office said today The “public enemy” is Leo Mongoven, midget gunman, who for more than a . year has been listed by the Chicago Crime Commission as dead. That Mongoven is alive was learned when his attorney notified police he de- sired to surrender on a charge of car- rying concealed weapons for which he was indicted largely on the testimony of Police Sergt. Frank Burke, who made the arrest. Long Believed Gone. But Burke died two weeks ®go, and | the prosecutors said the conviction of Mongoven on the pistol charge would be dificult now. And that's why, they in- timated, that Mongoven is willing to surrender. WHITE MAN IS LEADING IN ALASKA DOG FMCEi Native Driver Second in Cham- pionship Derby in 78-Mile Return Run. By the Assoclated Press. NOME, Alaska, March 30.—Native drivers matched their wits and speedy dogs against the white man’s “general- ship” today in the 79-mile return run from Golovin of the grueling all- Alaska championship dog race A white driver, Al Carey, howe: from the items of the past. They feel that the existence of an army and navy is an insurance just as vital to the country as & whole as the individua! life insurance policy may be to a family. ‘They argue that in other countries the relative cost of such insurance is even higher. Leaving aside public works and what would ordinarily be plant expenditures, we find that the civil services of the entire Government of the United States total only $540,000.000 out of a budget of $4,000,000,000. This includes all the costs of the legislative branch, the judi- cial branch and the executive branch. This form of classification does not | aid us much in understanding exactly what the Federal funds go for each year. The official method of classifica- tion by the Budget Bureau calls for four main divisions. They are 1. General functions .. $280.000.000 2. Military functions .. 1.697.000,000 3. Civil functions . 806.200,000 4. Non-functional . 1.158,000,000 $3,941,200,000 Not a True Picture. Yet the foregoing does not give a true picture because under general functions ! there is an item of $125,000.000 for public buildings, which is really addi- tions to plant and equipment. Under the civil functions we find an item of $155,000.000 which is the deficit ex- pected in the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June, 1933. Also in this same division is another item of $229,000,000 for public improve- ments, such’ as roads, rivers and har- | bors and flood control, etc. In the so- | called non-functional group are the fixed debt charges, namely public debt | retirement and interest payment. This again does not give us a clue as to exactly what the money goes for, but there is still another summary known as estimates classified by ‘character and object of expenditure” which tells | in somewhat more detzil how the money is expended. It is here we find that| the fixed charges of the Government, including interest and payment on war debts, pensions and allowances for vet- erans, amount to a total of $2.000.000.- | 000 and the “current expenses” are | given as $1.128,000,000. Out of the latter sum approximately $600.000,060 goes for “personal services,” while the maintenance of the fleet, repairs and alterations to buildings are all mixed in | with the general current expense. The | only items that throw any light in this | category are those relating to personal | services and those relating to printing. | It is generally believed the item of “printing, engraving, typewriting. etc.’ | is large. The entire bill for the Federal Government is approximately $11,500,- 000. Where the Money Actually Goes. How then to arrange the items in the Federal budget so that we can definitely tell the true object of the expense? Here is a classification which this correspondent has made from a study of the detailed items of the bulget. | 1. Debt payments and refunds, in-| terest. etc.—$1.372,000,000. | 2. Welfare, including care of citizens, veterans' bonuses, allowances, pensions, etc.—$1.000,000,000 3. National protection, Army and Navy—$701,625,000. 4. Economic development, including all business enterprises, public build- ings, public improvements. promotion of foreign trade, aid to shipping, aid to labor, immigration enforcement, etc.— $724,753.000 5. General administration—$229,715,- 000. 6. Cost of disobedience to law and civil litigation—8$56,544,000. Total—$3,987,000,000. Looking at the first item it will be | discovered, of course, that the commit- ment to pay interest on Government | bonds and to retire the principal grad- ually is fixed. There can be no cutting of that item without repudiating gov- ernment credit altogether. The seeond item relating to welfare | is made up almost entirely of grants given to veterans. Of this item of 80°% OF ALL START HERE Doctors are agreed that in- testinal stoppage, commonly known as constipation, is the cause of 80% of all human ailments. including | Sluggish liver, auto-intoxica- | tion, tired feeling, biliousness, coated tongue and lack of vigor and pep are signs of faulty elimination. These conditions had a 10-minute lead in eiapsed run ning time for the first half of the race over Kigatelluk, native driver. won the 1931 championship. Carey i must be overcome if you wish | bia expenses. nearly a billion dollars only $116,000,000 goes for medical and hospital service. Pensions run a quarter of a million dol- lars. Military and Navy compensation takes $356,000,000 and the adjusted service certificate funds approximately $150,000,000. The total of these items for the 1933 budget is about $1,000,000,- 000. In this is included about $65,000,- 000 which has no relationship to war or veterans. Thus $20,000,000 go for the care of Indians. $20,000,000 for pub- lic health, and $14,000,000 for voca- tional education. So veterans' expenses absorb all but $65,000,000 of this item of a billion dollars. Taking the item of general adminis- tration which amounts to about $229,- 000,000, nearly half of this sum is spent in public building service, public build- ing construction and District of Colum- Another $72,000,000 is spent in the collection of taxes and administration of the fiscal side of gov- ernment. Some Erroneous Impressions. Perhaps the least expenditures of the whole Federal Government are to be found in this general administration divisien. All the independent establish- ments, with the exception of the Vet- erans Bureau, do not cost the Govern- ment in excess of $50,000,000. And out of this $50,000,000, $10,000,000 goes for | vocational education and $9,000,000 to administer the Interstate Commerce Commisison. Most of the so-called lux- uries of the Government, the independ- ent bureaus and establishments are the least expensive of all. They may be superfluous but an entirely exaggerated idea has been spread to the amounts of money they spend. For instance, the Federal Trade Commission, about which there is a good deal of discussion from time to time, spends a little more than $1,000,000 a year. The Federal Reserve | Board, which is one of the most im- portant agencies of the country, costs only about $1,500,000 a year. The Fed- eral Farm Board, which in past years spent a good deal of money for sta- bilization purposes, is in the new budget for less than $1.000,000. The Shipping Board takes only $500,000 in the new budget. There are 33 incependent establish- ments in all. And if we cliiainate the three most expensive, namely, the Vet- erans’ Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and the temporary commissions having to do with construction, we find that the &em;néent commissions of the Govern- ent do not spend more tha $27,000,000. i R skt Nor is the item of law enforcement “costing billions” as is popularly sup- posed. Pifty-six million dollars covers all the prosecution and judicial costs of criminal and civil cases in the Federal Jurisdiction. Repeal of prohibition would save the Government only about | $11,000,000 in enforcement costs and it is estimated that about $7,000,000 are now received from fines and confisca- tion so the net cost is a relatively small item to offset the expected savings in abolishing prohibition bureaus. The really big items are these: First, debt payments and interest; second, the veterans’ expenses; third. the cost of economic development, which in- cludes business and agriculture and, fourth, the national defense. How to Teduce the last three items is a matter dependent on the influence of groups in the electorate (Copyright, 1932) (Tomorrow's article deals with ac- tivities of groups behind the big appro- priations including the so-called “un- touchables.”) Sogs W | SENATE OPPONENTS STARTLED BY UNITY Watson and Norris finexpectedly Find Common Ground in Mem- ories, but Jibes Follow. The Senate was treated to an un- usual spectacle yesterday afternoon when two of its veteran members, Sen- ators Watson of Indiana and Norris of Nebraska, whose paths have grown farther apart during the years, suddenly and most unexpectedly found them- selves in agreement on the Senate floor. They were arguing reciprocity on tar- iffl and Watson recalled that he fer- vently followed James G. Blaine in his stand for this in the years ago. “I thought when he was defeated for Pres t the end of the Republic was in sight” the Indianan observed “Well.” reflected Norris, “I thought much the same way." Watson turned and stretched out his hand to the grey-haired Norris, and the Nebraskan smilingly accepted the shake as the membership and galleries jolned in the laughter. “But I still believe with Blaine on that.” quickly countered Norris “The Senator is following a dead an,” replied Watson “Isn't the Senator from Indiana fol- lowing President Hoover?" interposed St‘n::tor Harrison, Democrat, Missis- sippi Court 0. K.'s Bathing Suit. TACOMA, Wash —Mrs. Frank Monia complained that her husband wore & bathing suit always, whether working at his trade of shingling roofs or sit- ting about the home hearth. The court said the habitual wearing of a bathing suit was not a cause for di HUMAN ILLS your system to work at top efficiency. Guard Against Intestinal Fatigue 'ON BUTLER CAMPAIGN OPENS WITH BANG Pinchot Introduces General in Pittsburgh—Rips “Phil- adelphia Crowd.” By the Associated Press. ; PITTSBURGH, March 30.—The bit- ter fight between Republican inde- pendents and ‘“regulars” for one of Pennsylvania’s seats in the United | States Senate broke with & Toar in | | Pittsburgh last might Gen. Smedley D. Butler, formerly of the Marines and choice of Gov. Gifford Pinchot and his inde- pendent group, thundered his pro-pro- hibition program to a cheering crowd in_ Carnegie Hall Meanwhile, in Washington, his “reg- ular” opponent, United States Senator James J. Davis, announced his plat- form, pleading for resubmission of the prohibition question for a vote of the people. | Introduced by Pinchot. | Gov. Pinchot. who came to Pitts- burgh from Harrisburg, to assist in opening Butler's campaign, stood be- side the bronzed ex-Marine as he pre- sented him to a packed hall as a soldier and citizen “who can't be bluffed, bought or bullied” and “far and away the best man in the field for { United States Senator.” And Butler, pounding his fist upon the speaker's fable, began with the as- sertion that “the paramount issue to- day is not whether Pennsylvania shall drink, but whether they shall eat.” Butler launched an attack on the “Philadelphia crowd.” “This plug-ugly crowd in Philadel- | phia hired me. @ trusting fool, and I put my hand on the Bible and swore to do the right thing.” he said. “And be- cause I did do the right thing, they dismissed me from office without a hearing, without a charge and without a trial. And the people of Philadelphia took it. Now, now, I am going into 66 counties of this State and say “I am a Pennsylvanian and I want you to help me lick heli out of that gang." Davis Presents Platform. Davis presented his platform in a letter sent to Joseph N. Mackrell of | Pittsburgh, his State campalgn man- ager. He announced he will support pro- motion of temperance through educa- tion and resubmission of the question of prohibition for a vote of the people in accordance with the constitutional provisions and “in accordance with my statement on this subject issued Feb- ruary 4, 19327 He pledged his support to stabiliza- tion of the bituminous coal industry by a program provided for in the bill he and Representative Clyde Kelly of Pitts- burgh have presented in Congress. i JUDGE WHO RESIGNED ON EVE OF PROBE DEAD | Francis A. Winslow Succumbs to Pneumonia in Yonkers at Age of 64. By the Assoclated Press YONKERS. N. Y., March 30—Fran- cis A. Winslow, who resigned as a Fed- eral judge three years ago as Congress prepared to investigate his office, died yesterday of pneumonia. He was 64 years old. Representative F. H. La Guardia, sup- | ported by Representative William Siro- vich, filed the charges of maladminis- tration of justice which forced Wins- low’s resignation in the Spring of 1929. He had been appointed judge of the United States District Court for South- ern New York by President Harding in 1923 and quit, a statement by his at- torney said, because he felt his useful- ness on the bench had been impaired by the charges filed against him Winslow once was one of the Repub- lican party leaders here. He served two terms as district attorney of West- chester County. ;i D. €, WEDNESDAY, TARIFF ACCEPTED AS CAMPAIGNISSUE Party Lines Hold Firm in Con- gress as Leaders Pre- pare for Election. By the Associated Press The tariff, ancient foot ball of politics, is acceptable once more both to Repub- licans and Democrats as & campaign issue, It is the one legislative question be- fore Congress which has drawn a sharp party cleavage and separated the closely-divided Senate and House on Republican and Democratic lines. The veteran political warriors of the Senate are having # magnificent week breaking lances once more on this familiar battleground. Democrats Confident. Democrats are confident that their bill transferring from the President to Congress the right to act upon rate changes recommended by the Tariff Commission will win on the roll call which is expected Friday. The measure has passed the House. The legislation faces a certain veto by President Hoover should it pass and for that reason it has become a vehicle for building up campaign ammunition. Republicans have accepted eagerly the Democratic challenge and have gone with a vim to the defense of the Smoot- Hawley tariff act as well as of the present Tariff Commission program. Just as earnestly have the Democrats renewed their assaults upon the high protection walls erected by the adminis- tration in this 1930 law. Veterans Keep Up Fight. Debate finds the veterans on each side of the aisle almost constantly on their feet—Harrison of Mississippi, George of Georgia, Hull of Tennessee and Robinson of Arkansas, for the Democrats; Smoot of Utah, Watson of Indiana and Reed of Pennsylvania, for the Republicans. Over and over they go, recalling statements made by each other back for 10 and 15 years; reading the votes of one nuol}]wr on various tariff items and proposals. Ye.&er%olsy Watson and Norris of Nebraska, the Republican insurgent leader, got back so far in history they found themselves together again. Each stated, and shook hands on it, that he had thought the end of the republic/ was at hand when James G. Blaine was defeated for President by Grover Cleve- land in 1884. ROOSEVELT \.NILL WIN EASILY, DILL PREDICTS Nomination on First Ballot Cer- tain, Declares Senator in Ad- dress at Portland, Me. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me, March 30—Sena- tor Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, of Washington, expressed conviction here last night that Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York would be chosen on the first ballot at the Democratic Na-{ tional Convention, in Chicago, as the party’s candidate for President. Senator Dill will deliver the keynote address tomorrow at the Democratic State Convention, now in session here. “Gov. Roosevelt,” he said, “is the one candidate that is showing he is more than a ‘favorite son.’ The other candidates have carried = their . own States, but have not been received favorably outside.” He expressed the belief the Democrats would sweep the country in the Novem- ber elections. English Pastors in Race. Seven English ministers have signi- fied their willingness to contest for Parliament seats when the next elec- tion is held. | | Ella Tyler, colored, was back home | in Baltimore today after & disastrous “sight-secing” trip here. | Poor, old bewildered Ella shuffled | through the doors of a Police Court | ! room with her freedom restored and \ the brand given her by police as being a | “leader” of the Young Communist Party of America removed by Judge Ralph | Given. Ella does not know her exact age. but she suspected “I'se in my 60s.” Ella's departure marked the end of the trial of a so-called radical group on charges of parading without a per- mit and disorderly conduct growing Out‘ | of a demonstration in front of the Jap- anese embassy last Saturday. | As the 21 defendants were lined up to receive their sentences yesterday Judge Given asked the name of the defendant at the end of the line. “Ella Tyler, your honor, and she is very deaf,” answered an attendant., WOMAN “RED” WHO PARADED JUST TO “SEE SIGHTS” FREED Convinces Court She Did Not Even Know Meaning of Banner She Carried When Arrested. “Why did you come to Washington?" the court asked her. “To sightsee, sir; for all my life I wanted to see the Capital,” she an- swered. “But you were carrying a banner in a | gommunl.st parade,” the court reminded er. | “Yes, sir, the gen'man that brought | me here says I could sightsee after the | parade, but all I'se seen is policemen,” the old woman said. She frankly told | the court she did not know what was | the purpose of the parade. Ella carried a red banner: “Defend the Soviet Union.” Asked what that meant, she shook her | head and chuckled: “I'se suspects I ain't read nothing in | all my life.” | | The court took her personal bond and told her to go straight back to her folks in Baltimore. | Use Our Free How much will it cost? These questions immedia sider remodeling or repairing vour home. such questions and other and honestly by our F TION SERVICE. Here who makes a note of th necessary. Then we submit an estimate of the job completely finished. No But by having the work advantage of present low prices and services of competent workmen. HOME OWNERS . . . this plan has been arranged to assist you | Home Inspection ‘Service in Planning Any Remodeling Who to get to do it? What materials to use? What about payment? tely arise when you con- Now answered promptly REE HOME INSPEC 's how: We send a man e remodeling or altering s ar obligation on your part. done NOW you get the MARCH 30, 1932 “Mayor of Southeast” FOUNDER OF ASSOCIATION HONORED BY CITIZENS, G. HERRMANN, organizer and for the past 25 years president of the Southeast Washington Citizens' Association, was offi- cially designated “Mayor of Southeast Wi n” last night at & testimonial meeting in his honor in the Buchanan School, Thirteenth and E streets, southeast. District officials and representatives of other citizens’ associations as well as residents of the southeast section of Washington all helped form the representation of over 300 persons who gathered to witness the event. Presented With Certificate, Mr. Herrmann was presented witn a certificate of civic distinction by Col. ‘W. J. Murphy. Mr. Murphy in his ad- dress of felicitation declared that the new school in which the meeting was taking place and the new streets and playgrounds and other improvements | in the southeast, stood as mounuments to Mr. Herrmann. He was lauded in a song by the Southeast Glee Club and in speech by Joseph Gammell, president of the Lin- coln Park Citizens’ Association, and D. A. Edwards, president of the Columbian Correspondence College. Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, who was scheduled as one of the principal speakers, was unable to attend the meeting because of a call to the White House. Other features of the program includ- | ed the Eastern High School Quartet, a solo by Charles H. Burton, an address by Allan Davis on the aims and accom- plishments of the association and saw playing by Rev. G. B. Faucett, pastor | of the East Washington Heights Baptist Church. 27 New Members. George W. Bell was chairman of the Committee on - Arrangements. Other | A. G. HERRMANN. ! —Star Sgaff Photo. | members were Col.. Murphy, J. C. L. Ritter, W. A. Maio, Mr. Davis, G. C.| Glick, G. W. Bruce and J. B. McGinley. Platform guests included Willilam P. Richards, District tax assessor; George S. Watson, chief of the District Fire Department, and Fred A. Emory of the | Society of Natives. | Announcement was made that 27 new members were taken into the associa- | tion last night, bringing the total mem- | bership to more than 600. The asso- ciation, under the leadership of Mr. Herrmann, was incorporated in 1906 with 12 members. | Russian Oil Leaks, Tying Up Trains in‘ New-Found Market Sand Used on Tracks When Abyssian Traffic Is| Stalled by Rail Condition. | | By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, March 30.—Soviet oil made an inauspicious | entrance into the Abyssinian market | yesterday. A large order from Addis Ababa was filled by Russian producers with a shipment of 1,700 bidons, or tins, each containing 90 kilograms (198 pounds), but when it reached Djibouti many of the tins were defective and there was considerable leakage on the wharf. Nevertheless 381 bidons were sent on by train to Addis Abeba. Soon, however, the leakage of oil was so great that the rails were covered with it and the locomotive was unable to obtain traction, whereupon a conductor walked in front of the train and sprink- led sand on the rails. The train finally crawled into Addis Ababa, but it was estimated that 50 per cent of its cargo had been lost by leakage. Ferment Exports Grow. Denmark’s annual exports of rennet, aferment from the dried stomachs of | cattle and sheep and an accelerator in cheese production, are valued at about $550,000. c Injured Man Ends 332 Days in Oven To Grow New Skin Doctors’ Predictions Up- set When Vietim Sur- vives Severe Bur By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 30.—Game Jack Doty, who lived in an electric oven at a temperature of 103 degrees for 332 days and upser predictions of doctors that he couldn't survive burns suffered in a motorcar accident, has gone to the hospital to get some new skin. He was injured early last May. His back was seared to the bone and his right leg parched. Physicians were almost. sure he could not live but placed him | in the oven, heated by a battery of electric lights, as a last resort. Only his head and shoulders were free. ‘The treatment of lights and heat has drawn the impurities from his burns 2nd aided the growth or new underskin 50 grafting can be started. He was moved from his home to the hospital yesterday in heated blankets. He will be there four or five weeks while the new skin covers his burns. ** A—S ROOSEVELT GAINING WITH 111 DELEGATES Governor Adds lowa Sup- port in Race for Presi- dential Nomination. By the Associated Press. Making great strides toward the Democratic presidential nomination, Franklin D. Roosevelt today had & total of 111 delegate votes and immediate prospects of more, while his supporters moved to grasp the important post of keynoter at the national convention. ITowa's 26 votes were flled in the Roosevelt column last night along with those of Georgia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wash- ington State. Maine Democrats today choose 12 delegates in an atmosphere so friendly to the New York Governor that the delegation is expected to be his even though uninstructed. Senator Barkley Favored. ‘The post of keynoter, or temporary chairman of the convention, is to be filled next Monday in Chicago by the Arrangements Committee for the con- vention. Roosevelt men have settled upon Senator Barkley of Kentucky, who recently asked his State to vote for the New Yorker. Roosevelt's opponents are centering on Jouett Shouse, chairman of the party’s Executive Committee and ex- ponent of the theory that delegations to the convention should come there without instructions. Roosevelt supporters, despite Shouse’s denials, have regarded the proposal as hostile. Rooseveil himself said its realization would disfranchise the party’s rank and file an? throw the nomination to the “f*ade -nd barter” of the leaders. A study of che its Com- mittee membership would seem to in- dicate the Roosevelt forces are in the majority, but there is a possibility John J. Raskob, national chairman, wiil push Shouse and a fight may result. Smith Campaign Strong. Back of these immediate develop- ments there is shaping up Roosevelt's critical struggle for votes in the East, where the supporters of Alfred E. Smith are waging a tremendous campaign. The unusual suggestion was advanced yesterday by Gov. Wilbur L. Cross of Connecticut that, to prevent strife, the State’s convention votes be divided be- tween Smith and Roosevelt. Whatever happens there, a contest appears certain for the big 36-vote delegation of Massa~ chusetts. All suggestions of Roosevelt men for Smith's withdrawal, direct or veiled, have gone for naught. JEWISH FORUM MEETING Problems in Palessine Will Be Dis- cussed. ‘The present status &nd problems of Jewish life in Palestine will be discussed at the forum meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Jewish Studies tomorrow night by Dr. Mordecal Gross- man, who recently returned from Pales- tine after two years of teaching and lecturing for the Cultural Committee During his oven sojourn, Doty played bridge with his wife and friends, just talked or watched two-year-old Jack jr. for amusement. He 1s cheerful and confident of recovery. Last year Greece exported more goods to the United States than to any other try. of the Palestine Labor Party. 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