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DEMOGRATS OPEN CAPITAL SESSIONS Jefferson Day Dinner to Cli- max Program Tonight. Robinson Hits Hoover. (Continued From First Page.) cago, all of whom have been mentioned in connection with the presidential nomination. “Minute Men"” Report. The day began for with a “mobllization meeting” at the ‘Willard Hotel at 10:30 o'clock and last- ing until 1:30. The “Minute Men.” a Nationwide organization of Democrats, gave Chairman Raskob reports of the | situation in each State. This meeting was followed by a “pre- paredness luncheon,” also at the Wil- lard, where Senator Joseph T. Robinson | of Arkansas, vice presidential nominee in 1928, spoke, assailing the Hoover ad- ministration and outlining a program for relie? of depression in this country. The Democratic floor leader of the House, Representative Henry T.Rainey of Illinois; Gov. George White of Ohio, another candidate for the presidential nomination; Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Claude G. Bowers, keynote speaker at the 1928 convention, also spoke. Mr. Bowers confined his address largely to a discussion of Thomas Jefferson Arthur O'Brien of Washington, D.C., was elected as treasurer of the Demo- crats' “Victory Fund” Organization He succeeds James W. Gerard, who yesigned recently as treasurer of the Democratic National Committ This was virtually the only change in the money-raising organization dur- ing an executive session of the “Minute Men" in charge of the $1.500,000 drive. Shouse will continue to lead the drive. Contributions Reported. John W. Davis, chairman of the vic- tory drive, called on representatives of each State to report their contributions today. Col. O'Brien, reporting for the Dis- trict of Columbia, said there had been 585 contributions made in the District, totaling $7,694.93. He said the Men's Committee had collected from 77 con- tributors $6,073.93, and he added that *“over 50 per cent of this amount had come from known Republican con- tributors.” He said that $400 had been raised by the Women's through teas and $1,108 had been raised by the “Women's Army,"” recently organ- dzed with 160 workers. Other contributions reported were as follows: Alabama, $2,400; Arizona, $2459; Arkansas and California re- ported p! ; Colorado, $3,661; Co necticut, $1.195; Delaware, $4,02: Frorida, $3,177.43; Georgia, over $5,000; Idaho, $1,403; Illinois, forecast full quota; Indiana, $14,000; Jowa, $455; Kansas, $1,000; Kentucky, $593; Louisi- ana, $8,906; Maine, $349; Maryland $34,000, Massachusetts, $10,020; Mich! gan, $229; Minnesota, $3.625; Missis- sippi, $178.25; Missouri, $2,500; Mon- tana, $3,370.15: Nebraska, more than $2,000; Nevada, progress; New Hamp- | shire, $3.05 New Jersey, frcm the ‘women alone, $20.00; New Mexico, | $3,151.17; New York, $226244; North| Carolina, $12,733: North Dakota, prog- ress; Ohilo. $6,120: Oklahoma, a _little less than $500; Oregon, $3,000; Penn- sylvania, $10,867; Rhode Island, $4.047; South Carolina, progress; South Dakota, $241; Tennessee, $2.795: Texas, prog- yess; Utah, $1,005: Vermont, $369; Vir- ginia, $4,100; West Virginia, $5.293; ‘Wisconsin, progress; Wyoming, $711. Maryland, it was reported, had gone over the top, completing her quota and to raise stil more. Reports from all the States expfressed the hope that full quotas would be realized. Some of the States reported that they had been late getting started, but would soon be hard at work collecting the money. It is expected that at the dinner | tonight the announcement will be made | that a total of approximately $700.000 | has been raised, or a little less than one-half of the $1500000 which the Democrats set out to collect in their victory drive. Robinson Hits Tariff. Senator Robinson in his address at| the luncheon declared that the abandon- ment of prohibitive Republican tariff duties and a sharp reduction in the cost of Government are necessary to economic recovery. He urged the aban- donment, however, of the policies of the Hoover administration as a necessary first step. He said: “Democrats must not be content with merely exposing the blunders of their adversaries. Wise methods of correc- tion must be formulated and carried out. “To the extent that laws and partial- ity in administration have caused or permitted bad conditions, the reme are plain. There is no magic, | plan by which the clouds of adv may be dispelled and the sun of pro: perity made to shine. The lcgical practical course is to reverse the | cies and repeal the statutes which have been the instruments of our undoing “The creation of temporary and emergency agencies like the Recon- struction Finance Corporation, backed by national credit, can never remove the causes of our troubles. They are pal- latives, not cures. “Only fundamental changes in po- Ntical and economic policies can prove | permanently effective, and these mani- festly, can not be placea in operation _— SPECIAL NOTICES. ?ousvgs-m CAN. Pi Ll for folks who can't eat r Pn 0654 by 10 am._106 MEM P GRESSIONAL Club. finest golf club south New Address_Box_266-V. 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To indicate outstan features of some reforms that may be attempted by Democrats, and to review certain efforts already made, let it be said “First, the ‘Miracle-Man's’ theory, that the best method of stimulating business is to withdraw capital from home industries for loans to bankrupt foreign borrowers, must be repudiated. Loans to foreign governments, or to their nationals, of which repayment is promised only on the theory that the United States will in some mysterious way build up the ability of the bor- rowers to pay, should not be sought or accepted. It is better to use American capital at home and escape the risks of loss and of political entanglements and complications, which must result from such a stupid policy. Refers to Foreign Debts. “Second, this Government should announce a firm purpose not to cancel or readjust obligations due from foreign countries, except upon conditions man- ifestly to the interest of our own people. “Third. It must be made to appear | that the policy of isolation reflected in | prohibitive tariffs is to be abandoned and fair reciprocal tariff arrangements entered into with a view to breaking down and preventing retaliatory measures by other peoples. We should recognize our responsibility for the retaliations which the Smoot - Hawley tariff act has prompted and quickened |, “Democrats in Congress have initi- | ated and passed into conference a meas- ure withdrawing tariff-making power delegated in the flexible provisions to the Chief Executive and restoring it to the Congress as contemplated by the Constitution. “Our opponents say that an import- ant feature of the tariff measure, name- 1y, that looking to a World Conference on tariffs is designed to give forelgn governments control over our tariff laws. There is no truth in the declara- tion. We know that so long as no effort is made to reconcile the forces which make for unbridled rivalry and competition in tariff barriers. condi- tions will grow worse, and the return of prosperity will be deferred. “Fourth. Laws for the prevention and regulation of monopolies must be en- forced. The administrations of Presi- dents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover have been marked by such feebleness in the enforcement of the anti-trust laws as to justify the belief that the statutes are regarded as obsolete and unneces- sary. No monopoly or combination ex- ercising or attempting to exercise the power to fix domestic prices in the United States should be sheltered by tariff or other form of protection. “PFifth. Reduction of the high cost of Government is among the most difficult tesks which the Democratic party will inberit when the administration of President Hoover dies on the 4th of March. 1933. The current annual deficit is approximately two billion dollars. The total annual cost of Government, in- cluding national and State in all sub- sions, approaches fourteen billion s, of which four billion is allocated to the Federal budget. The marked divergence between revenues and ex- penditures threatens the national credit. That credit must be maintained! The people of the United States cannot afford and do not desire a $4,000,000,000 Government. “The Congress cannot go on recklessly appropriating, in response to the de- mands of groups in our population, and at the same time promise reduction in ta. There is no magic process by the Federal Treasury can ied with resources. “Sixth, the unparalleled decline in commodity prices, a, process which is accelerated by the ‘new economics’ if it | did not originate therein, is, perhaps, the most difficult cbstacle to surmount in | attempting to overcome depression. Re- adjustments must come in domestic production and in commerce before commodity prices will substantially ad- vance. Instead of piling up additional surpluses, existing surpluses must be dis- posed of in accordance with orderly processes. That is. new domestic mar- kets must be stimulated and foreign markets reached by receiving on more liberal terms those products of foreign countries which cannot be economically produced in our own territory.” Before Senator Robinson gave his proposed remedies he assailed President Hoover. After saying a “Nation-wide propa- ganda (in 1928) built up the myth that a letter mailed anywhere to the ‘miracle man’ would promptly de- livered to Mr. Hoover,” the Arkansas Senator said every policy advanced by the President then “is now generally regarded as unsound, and by many re- garded as a direct cause of the depres- sion.” | “Everything that Mr. Hoover said would happen failed to occur,” he con- tinued. “Everything that he promised would not occur has taken place.” “When the Democrats cried out that | the Hoover plan to increase mass and automatic machine production threat- {and to diminish employment, the Re- publican_presidential nominee replied at Newark. ‘It is the road to abolition of poverty.'” Mrs. Norton Hits Dry Law. Mrs. Norton alone of the luncheon speakers touched on the subject of | prohibition. After demanding the abo- | lition of many of the pureaus of the Department of Commerce, which, she declared, had been built up in ex- | travagant fashion by President Hoover while he headed that department, ) rton urged the abolition of Prohibition Enforcement Bureau | | | ”‘:f She said | “When one attempts to list the of- | fenses committed in the name of this | bureau, words fail. From the passage of | the eighteenth amendment up to this year of 1932 the noble experiment has cost the American people in dollars 370,360,585. The sum is based upon official figures. consideration the revenue which could be had from a legalized tax on beer and wine, while the cost in murders suicides, corruption, crime, prison and insane asylum upkeep cannot be esti- mated While all of this is developing. the try 1s not sufficiently 7 attempt to discover on Capitol Hill with sed eyes ref to read the evident | handwriting on the wall." Representative Rainey said Congress bad passed a Democratic measure to lower tariff barriers “by resorting to in- ternational economic conventions.” | "It probably will be vetoed by the | ident,” he said, “but it is the only | way now accomplish a interested to e the remedy Me 1 confront us are " he continued. “They real. No restoration of confidence n compensate f orld trade we lost. We must g°t it bick in some We must again bring back Amer- | iean capital to shores and we must manufacture here in moss production and with trained American personnsl again for world markets. Mrs. Ross said the “electorate will be to evidence tk there is reliof Democratic administration = injustices of the Smoot-Haw- e Democratic ge, hon- the farm also promised would “attack w or purposs, and problem.” vigor, i Gov. White Speaks. e of Ohio took as nis luncheon addre: “Covernmental Ecor He vigo: ous'y criticized the Hoover administra- tion because it had not earlier demand- ed a curtailment of Government ex- penditures and brought it about. He said “At the end of the fiscal year July 1, of the United States of $903,000,000. Would that the President of the United States had then laid before Congress an ‘essay’ on the real condition of our | public finances calling to ths attention of the Congress and the country the urs necessity to cut Government urcs end ty increase the levies aircadv over-burdensd taxpay- oh where, was one of the s of the Harding adiministra. tion groatest Secrctary of the Treasury since Al=xander Hamilton? It }is not surprising that the country has lest faith in the acministration of the best minds we heard so much about in the campaign of IIN,". ened to create unmanageable surpluses ! This does not take into | 1931, there was a deficit in the Treasury | THE EVENING SHALL AND HORNER WIN N ILLINOIS Veteran Campaigner and Cermak Candidate Nomi- nated for Governor. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 13—Former Gov. {Len Small, nominated by the Repub- licans in yesterday's primary had a lead of more than 50,000 over his closest opponent, Omer N. Custer of | Galesburg when' 4,405 of the State’s 7.229 precincts had reported. The vote: | Small, 258,148 Custer, 204,790; Attor- ney General Oscar Carlstrom, 153,352, Probate Judge Henry Horner of Cook County won the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor on the basis of re- turns from 3.61 precincts, which gave | him a lead of 121,000 votes over his closest rival, State Representative Michael L. Igoe of Chicago. May Control Delegates. | William Hale Thompson, the Small chief of staff, is an avowed opponent of President Hoover ahd it was re- garded in some quarters as probable that the Small organization may at- tempt to name the 11 delegates-at- large to the national convention The 50 district delegates selected in yesterday's primary were, for the most part, pledged to Hoover. The Cermak-Horner slate apparently will be in complete control of the forth- coming Democratic State Convention. The delegates at large to be selected, however, are already pledged to Sena- tor James Hamilton Lewis, and no sec- ond choice has been indicated. In yesterday's Republican senatorial contest Senator Otis F. Glenn, incum- bent, apparently was renominated over Newton Jenkins and William Dieterich, Congressman at large, chosen as the Democratic standard bearer. John A. Swanson was renominated overwhelmingly for State's attorney of Cook County (Chicago) over Municipal Judge John H. Lyle and Michael Fein- berg. Thomas J. Courtney, a State Senator, was the Democratic choice. Despite elaborate protective measures, little trouble accompanied the voting. One ward worker was shot and wound- ed and a few minor disturbances were reported. KENTUCKY LINES UP FOR GOV. ROOSEVELT Senator Barkley Praised and Men- tioned as Possible Vice Presi- dential Candidate. By the Asscciated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 13 —Ken- tucky's 26 votes are pledged to Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt as long as the New York Governor's name shall be before the Democratic National Con- vention at Chicago in June. This action and the decision that the State’s delegation shall vote as a unit | on Roosevelt’s nomination and on all questions that may come before the na- tional convention came shortly before the State Democratic convention ad- journed here last night. Praise for United States Senator Alben W. Barkley, who is to be tem- porary chairman and “keynoter” of the national convention. June 27. and mention of his name by Gov. Ruby Laf- foon and others as a possible Vice Presidential candidate also were sound- ed before the convention. Coupled with it were denunciation by Barkley and other speakers of the Hoo- ver administration and blaming of the Republican chieftain and his policies for the business depression. Barkley made no mention of the ref- erences to himself as running mate for Roosevelt. but he formally announced his candidacy for re-election to the Senate and added that he wanted to be_nominated in a primary. Prohibition was not mentioned dur- ing the convention. The only public discussion of the subject was the action during the morning at the meeting of |the Louisville delegates, who voted to request Kentucky's delegation in Con- gress to support any move to bring | the liquor question before a vote of the people. SMITH HOLDS OLDER VOTE DEFEAT MARGIN | Franchise at 18 Would Have Meant | Victory, New York Dem- ocrat Declares. [ | By the Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA, April 13—"If the voting age in 1928 had been 18 instead of 21, T would have taken Hoover to the laundry.” said former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, to a group of | Pennsylvania Democrats yesterday, | while passing through Philadelphia The former New York Governor was on his way to Washington and was | greeted at North Philadelphia by Smith | | supporters, who rode wtith him on a | Pennsylvania. train to West Philadel- { s telling the group of his | 1928 campaign experiences on the | short trip between the two stations | When he made the reference to Hoover. | | . The 1928 Democratic candidate said | | he stood on his original declnrnuon} that he was not an active candidate for the presidency, but added he did | {not want this statement interpretated | as meaning he did not desire the sup-| | port of his friends. | Perso in the crowded dining car | asked why Gov. Roosevelt of New York | had not consulted him, as head of the | i party. about running for President. | _“Nobody." raid Smith, “can answer that but Gov. Roosevelt himself. All | 1 can say is that he did not do so.” 'ROOSEVELT MAY 60 ' TO CONVENTION CITY | New York Governor Undecided About Attending as Delegate at Large From State. | By the Associated Press | ALBANY. N Y. April 13.—Gov. Franklin D. Roocevelt todsy mulled over the question of departing from custom and attending the Democratic National Convention in the dual roles of delegate at large and candidate for the presidential nomination There was, he found, nothing to pre- vent it except the habit of candidates \for the presidential nomination, of | staying home and directing their cam- paigns by remots control. His friends said that should former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, himself a candidate for & | | second nomination, decided to go to| Chicago as a delegal |New York, Mr. Roos ! would att<nd Triday’s meeting of the State Com- mittee, presis R 0 ¥, Roosevell paign manager, will clect the delegates at large. Should Gov. Roosevelt decide against going to Chicago as a delegate, he has majuc::d hed ?ght g0 to the ot n city and do his campsigning & hotel room. STAR, WASHINGTON District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. S recorded in the official citation, Alexander Rogers, jr., first lieutenant, 319th Infantry, 80th Division, American Expedition- ary Force, received the Distin- guished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in_action with the enemy near Gercourt, France, September 26 and 27, 1918, On the night of September 26 and during the fol- lowing day, Lieut. Rogers repeatedly led his detachment in the face of heavy artillery and machine gun fire in repairing telephone lines between the regimental head- quarters and front- line battalions After re-establis! ing these lines in- numerable times, and after they were broken beyond re- pair, with materials at hand, he, with one of his runners, under intense machine gun and shell fire, carried messages to the front-line elements of his regiment. Later, in the action near Cunel, in the Bois-de- Ogons, October 4 to 12. severely gassed he refused to be evacuated, working con- tinuously without sleep for four days, keeping lines of communication open to the front and contracted pneumona, which caused his death, on October 23. Residence at appointment, D. C. Posthumously awarded. Medal presented to father, Col. Alexander Rogers. (Copyright, 1932.) KUNZ IS DEFEATED: HULL RACE CLOSE Dirksen Leads Latter by Few Votes in Primary in lllinois. —— . By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 13.—Almost with- out exception, Illinois' veteran and best known Representatives in Congress were renominated in Tuesday's election, returns showed today. The closest contest attracting major attention in the congressional race was between Representative William E. Hull and Everett M. Dirksen, Republicans, in the sixteenth district. With 134 of 252 precincts in, Dirksen had 13,271 votes and Hull 12447, Rainey Was Unopposed. Henry T. Rainey, majority House leader, was unopposed for the Demo- cratic nomination. Among the few losers was Stanley H. Kunz, Democrat of the eighth (Chi- cago) district. Kunz, whose seat in the House was confirmed only a week ago after a lengthy investigation, was de- feated by Leo Kocialkowski. Peter C. Granata, with whom Kunz contested for the House seat, was nom- inated by the Republicans. Congressmen-at-Large. For the two Congressmen-at-large. Richard Yates of Springfield, incumbent, and either Julius Kiein of Chicago or Stephen A. Day of Evanston, seemed to be the Republican nominees, and Wal- ter Nesbit of Belleville and Martin A | Brennan of Chicago, the Democrats. Oscar De Priest, Republican, Negro Representative, was renominated in the first district by almost four to one over his closest opponent. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Meeting, Virginia Date Council, 808 T street, 8 pm. Meeting, Washington Philatelic So- clety, 1518 K street, 8 p.m. Meeting, American_University Park Citizens' Association, Hurst Hall, Amer- ican University, 8 p.m. Meeting, Geological Society of Wash- ingtqn, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. Dinner, _Educational _Committee, Knights of Columbus, Mayflower Hotel, 6 pm. Meeting, Izaak Walton League, Raleigh Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting. Park View Citizens’ Asso- ciation, Park View Platoon School, 8 pm. Dance. St Francis de Sales Girls Club, 2029 Rhode Island avenue north- east, 9 pm. FUTURE. * Benefit bingo and card party, Patri- otic Order of Americans, 2301 Georgia avenue, tomorrow, 12:45 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Advertising Club, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. - National Capital Raleigh Raleigh Lunchecn, Great Committee, Board of Trade, Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cornell Club, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Dartmouth Alumni, Uni- tomorrow, 12:30 p.m . Department of State, Uni- tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. District Md., Luncheon, versity Club, Lunchecn versity Club. Benefit card_ party School, Seat Pleasant, night, 8 p.m Line Friday Damaged Boat to Be Target. SAN PEDRO, Calif,, April 13 (#).— The United States Navy's eagle boat 34, badly damaged April 3 in a collision with the English freighter, Javanese Prince, will end her days as a target for naval gunners. Orders were re- ceived from Washington today to strip the hull of all valuable materials pre- | paratory to sinking the craft by gun- fire. ESTABL Buy Rinaldi's Screened” Reading now offered at PRICES in YEARS. Winter's supply now at Real Bar- gain Prices! Rinaldi Coal * | tull delegate votes, with 770, or two- voluntarily and | COAL Now— Prices Advance May Ist D. C, WEDNESDAY, HOOVER DELEGATE | - STRENGTH NOW 335 Roosevelt Line-up Is Placed| at 216 by Yesterday's Primaries. | By the Associated Press. Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt's victory over Speaker Garner and Gov. Willlam H. Murray in Nebraska and his win- ning of Kentucky's delegation ran his delegate lead for the Democratic presi- dential nomination today to 216 In pledged and claimed convention votes. With Illinois’ 50 Republican delegates in doubt, President Hoover, by gaining 33 instructed delegates votes from Mis- souri and 16 in Florida, and 17 from Nebraska by claim, jumped his total | strength to 336 for renomination. Each national convention has 1,154 thirds, required to nominate at the Democratic meeting, and 578, or & ma- Jority, at the Republican. All told, 92 Democratic delegates were named yesterday—Kentucky, 26; Ne- braska, 16, and Illinois, 50—running the total to date to 430. Lewis Runs Second. Next to Roosevelt in delegate strength now is Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of | Ilinois with that State’s 50 district ‘dflleglfies pledged to him and 8 at large still to be named in State convention. Former Senator James A. Reed of | Missouri has 36; Gov. Murray, 23; Al- fred E. Smith, 1, and 104 are in doubt. The Republicans named 116 yesterday —Missouri, 33 (full delegate votes | Florida, 16; Illinois, 50, and Nebraska, 17—bringing the total to 408. Tllinois’ 50 remain to be divided as to preference, although most of them are regarded pro-Hoover. Eleven at large are yet to be named. Expect Nebraska Delegation. Former Senator France of Maryland, wis the only candidate for the Repub- lican preference vote in Illinois and Nebraska, but this is not definitely | binding on the delegates and Mr. Hoo- ver's managers expect Nebraska's 17 will vote for him as well as most if not all of those from Illinois. Next to the Hoover total of 336 today was the 11 from Wisconsin pledged to Senator Norris of Nebraska. The re- maining 61 dedegates named are in doubt and include Illinois 50, 2 from | North Dakota and 9 from New Mexico. MURRAY CUTS TOUR " AND HASTENS HOME Faced by Dissension Among Subor- | dinates, Governor Leaves Speak- | ing Dates Unfulfilled. By the Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho, April 13 ov. William H. Murray sped homeward o | day leaving a campaign tour of Oregon | incomplete, trailing in a Nebraska presi- dential preference test and faced by dissension among his Oklahoma sub- | ordinates. | _"Urgent matters at home," said the | Democratic candidate for President, caused him to abandon his scheduled itinerary. He declined to elaborate when his train paused here. In Oklahoma, official actions of Lieut Gov. Robert Burns aroused speculation. State officers, however, would not com- ment for publication on possible rea- | sons for the Governor's return. Burns has called for an Attorney General's opinion on the legality of | State expenditures for a subprison; has | demanded to know why certain com- panies allegedly were allowed to over- produce Oklahoma City field oil wells ! and has threatened to “shake up” Mu ray’s office force because some employ “'pay no attention to me as acting Gov- ernor.” Replying to the request for an oil re- ort, Lieut. Col. Cicero L. Murray, who as charge of enforcement of proration rules, said last night military forces do not keep production records, but only assist corporation commission agents. He is a cousin of the Governor. Early returns from the Nebraska pri- mary placed Murray third. By the Associated Press. N PORTLAND, Oreg., April 14 —Plead- ing for a chance to “lick the specul: tors,” Gov. William H. “Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma was stumping Oregon yesterday of his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. | He blamed speculators for much of the country’s economic ills in his sec- ond Oregon speech here last night. “Andrew Jackson whipped the spec- ulators once,” he said. “And I would like to lick 'em again Kills Mother, Wife and Self. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 13 ().— Despondent because of unemployement, Emil J. Huebner, 42, yesterday killed his aged mother and his wife, and then committed suicide by chooting. Huebner was discharged recently as 2 street car motorman and had brooded over inability to cbtain a new friends said. S Are you positive your eyes are in good condition? Don't delay in having amined and properly with glasses ETZ Optometrist them ex- fitted 1217 G St. NW. ISHED 1906 “Silo-Stored and Re- Anthracite the LOWEST ® Phone North 1600 ompan Order next “SILO STORED and RE-SCREENE 649 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. APRIL 13, 1932. Offers $5.000 MRS. DILLMAN TO AID LOCAL SYMPHONY. MRS. HUGH DILLMAN, Vice president of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, has offered to contribute $5,000 to the National Symphony Or- chestra concert fund provided two other persons will match the sum, it was an- nounced today by Conductor Hans Kin- dler. If pledges bringing the total to $10,000 are obtained, the 1932-33 season is practically assured, as half of the re- quired $75,000 fund already has been paid or pledged. It is expected further contributions will come in to make pos- sible the orchestra which last season introduced fine music to thousands of Washington children and entertained Capital music lovers. Last year a $5,000 challenge offer from William J. Turner, Philadelphia lawyer, gave impetus to the collection of funds. Hans Kindler has appealed for contributions, however small, from all who are able to assist in giving Washington good music. ROOSEVELT LEADS NEBRASKA PRIMIARY Incomplete Returns Show Governor Far Ahead of Garner and Murray. By the Associated Pre LINCOLN, Nebr., April 13.—Returns from 1,494 of 2,049 precincts in Ne- braska for Democratic presidential | preference gave Roosevelt 70,393, Garner 20,686, Murray, 21,784. Returns from 1,222 of 2,049 precincts for presidential preference gave France | 25,351, Hoover 6,241. | Bryan Leads Ritchie. | Gov. Charles W. Bryan, brother of | the Commoner and Democratic vics | presidential candidate in 1924, was well 1 in the lead of William Ritchie, jr., of Omaha, for the Democratic guber- | natorial nomination. Ritchie is a cousin ‘ of the Maryland Governor. The Governor in 878 precincts had | 35,753 to 21,917 for Ritchie. | In the Republican gubernatorial con- | test, State Senator Kenneth S. Wherry | and Dwight Griswold, former State ; American ion commander, were the center of ul;:g most closely contested race on either ticket. | For the nomination in 860 precincts, | Wherry was given 16,422, and Griswold | 15,820, Former Lieut. Gov. George Wil- | liams was trailing with 6,360. ] | Shallenberger Ahead. In the congressional races, Repre- sentative Ashton C. Shallenberger was safely ahead of Representative John N. Norton for the fourth district demo- cratic nomination. | Reapportionment of the congressional | districts, eliminating one, placed these‘ two colleagues in the primary as op- | ponents. | The colorful veteran of many con- gressional sessions, Edgar Howard of the third district, alse was safely ahead | of his two Democratic opponents, S. Toledo Sherry and Joseph E. Daly. DEMOGRATS HALT- FUND PROBE TALK | Robinson of Indiana Asks In- quiry of Expenditures in Present Campaign. By the Associated Press. | A demand in the Senate today by Senator Robinson, Republican, of In-| diana, for investigation of presidential campaign expenditures, particularly of those in behalf of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, stirred & sharp debate. | The Indiana Senator read a news- | paper story quoting Gov. William H. | Murray of Oklahoma as charging that 850,000 was sent into Nebraska for yes- terday’s primary in behalf of the Roose- velt_ticket. “This is & very serious charge and unquestionably should be investigated,” | he said. As he launched into & review of the recent court action filed in New York by a signer of a Democratic campaign fund note of 1928, Robinson was halted by a roar of Democratic voices. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, finally obtained rec- ognition and insisted that Senator Trammell. Democrat, of Florida, who had yielded the floor to Robinson of | Xndu:n: decline to permit “a political speec ‘Trammell then insisted upon claim- ing recognition in his own right, and | Robinson of Indiana said he would speak later. | Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla-i homa, broke in to state that Gov. Mur- ray had denied the accuracy of the | newspaper story quoted by Robinson in reference to the Nebraska Roosevelt campaign fund charge. Robinson of Indiana asked Senator Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa, before the Democrats broke up the speech, whether he hoped for early action on his resolution directing a Senate in-| vestigation of presidential and sena- | torial campaign funds. Dickinson said the resolition was be- fore the Elections Committee and had been delayed because of the Heflin- Bankhead senatorial election contest before the committee. He added he hoped for early authorization of the inquiry. When the Democrats broke in, Rob- inson of Indiana had just begun a recital of the court action filed by P. F. Kenny in New York. In this Kenny alleged that notes aggregating | $70,000 were signed by him in 1928 | upon the assurance of Democratic | Chairman Raskob that the signers would never be held responsible, Will Rogers BEVERLY HIILS, Calif—The Senate grand jury which is in ses- sion now couldn't get much nourish- ment Monday out of this fellow Whitney that's head of the “Wall Street Gang." 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