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STAR, W 100,000 FACE LOSS - OF FEDERAL JOBS High Official Says Cuts in Money Bills Will Mean Ruthless Discharges. (Continued From First Page.) at the Capitol today to throw enlight- enment on the disastrous effects of such a policy as the slashing of appropris- ton Mfla. it s assumed that he is at “the same time advocating as an alter- native President Hoover's proposal for five-day week staggering-furlough lan as a means to mect the retrench- nt needs so far as they relate to rsonnel. It is assumed, too, that the esident has been advised of the mwrecking possibilities in the efficiency nd in the mnorale of the Government f the 10 per cent slashing is carried Sthrough. Mf Mr. Hoover has already been advised mbout the estimate that 100,000 em- loyés would be driven out of the serv- as a result of this policy, he must greatly concerned. President Hoover's concern in this respect can easily be imagined when it is known for a fact that his aim throughout the movement for retrench- ment, has been to protect as far as possible the personnel of the Govern- ment, es] “the Httle fellows.” From the very start he has been oppo: ed to salary reductions. His aim has been to do nothing that wculd impair the service of the Gevernment or would be an injustice to the employe. Estimated Scientifically. Moreover, Mr. Hoover’s proposal for a five-day week staggering furlough, was figured out carefully and in a scientific manner. It would result in a saving of nearly $90,000,000 annually, besides maintaining the wage standard of the Government, and more important at this time, would mean that probably not one employe would have to be drop- ped, and more important, it would mean that possibility of 25,000 to 35,000 men &nd women being given employment in addition. These latter, however, would be part-time employes. The Interior Department appropriation bill, which was just passed after un- dergoing a severe slash, has not yet come to the President for his signature. Toeligs publicly regardine s particu: ee] publicly r g this particu- Jar departmental bill, there are some who feel that he will ponder a long time before he signs it. In arriving at the estimate that 200,000 employes would be discharged 31 the slashing of the appropriations was carried out it was not revealed just how many employes in the District of Columbia were included in this esti- mate. Figuring on a 10 per cent basis, 8t least 7,000 would feel the ax in Wash- Private Cuts Predicted. A prediction that if the Federal Gov- emment reduces salaries of its employes *every industry in the United States will do likewise,” was made in the Senate by Senatqr Ashurst (Democrat, Arizona). “I know of three institutions already employers of labor,” he said, “who have announced reductions and said that Mollowing the example of Congress in Teducing pay, we likewise reduce pay.’” __Ashurst said that “for the tenth or “eventh time,” he was appealing to “thé Senators “not to take counsel of In Letter Setting Forth Views on Appropriation Re- duction Policy of Senate President’s Furlough The letter of Ogden L. Mills, Secre- tary of the Treasury, to the chairman of the Senate Subcommittce in charge | of the Treasury Department appropria- tion bill for 1933. in which he set forth his views on the appropriation cutting | policy of the Senate, foilows: “April 20, 1932. “Hon. Tasker L. Oddie, “Chatrman of the Subcommittee in charge of the Treasury Department appropriation bill, United States Senate. | “My Dear Mr. Chairman: “I understeni that I am to appear before your sub:ommittee on Friday, next, in connectian with the p:ovisions | | of the resolution adopted by the Senate & 1 fiuither asinmen That | on April 18, directing a flat reduction in the amount of appropriations for the | | Treasury Department as at prcsent con- tained in the appropriation bill, exclu- | sive of the provisions for building construction. “It occurs to me that the subcommit- tee may desire to have the views of this | department for consideration and study prior to my appearance, and that it |may be advantageous, if you deem it | desirable. to insert this letter in the Congressional Record. | “I appreciate the opportunity afford- | ed me to be heard, not only as the head of the Treasury Department but as representing a great bdy of faith- | ful and efficient public servants who | have a vital interest in a sound solu- tion of this problem. “The flat 10 per cent cut would ef- | fect a saving of approximately $14. 000,000. I am prepared to Indicate how savings In excess of this amount can be effected without impairment of | the efficiency of the department and without necessitating the dismissal of thousands of necessary employes. Favors Furlough Plan. “I am informed that the Senate has | not considered as yet the effecting of the 10 per cent reduction by the use of a five-day week for per diem em- ployes and of a month's furlough with- out pay for employes on an annual basis, as suggested by the President. “I recommend, therefore, that such a provision be written into this appro- priaticn bill, whether or not the Sen- ate adopts the flat cut method. The furlough plan is of itself a sound meas- ure of economy. If the flat cut meth- od is to prevail. the furlough is essen- tial to mitigate the hardships incident to this program. Legislaticn is clearly | necessary if the furlough without pay is to apply, for I have grave doubts as to whether, without congressional sanc- tion, the Executive could legally and properly effect what would be a ‘modi- fication of the salaries provided for by the Congress in the classification act. “I recommend further that an amendment be adopted providing that not to exceed 15 per cent of any one apprepriation may, with the approval of the Director of the Budget be trans- ferred to any other appropriation or appropriations under the same partment. “I recommend that pending revenue bill the Internal Reve- nue Bureau be in any event exciuded from the 10 per 'cent cut provision, though it shv&\ixld be included in any rovision. '"l?‘ll‘)“l'g{:‘t.'lmfll° end that for the year 1933 the contracts covering certain building in view of the ir, gloom and defeat,” but to be and “believe in America.” He had the clerk read a telegram ttee ess and pro- against Federal pay cuts. He has received so many, he said, that he is unable to reply to them. Mills Against Flat Cut, ‘Meanwhile, a 10 per cent slash in 1 Treasury De- pa Mills on the ground such a proc is “not businesslike” and “may not even be_economy.” Mills made his views known in a letter to Chairman Oddie of the Senate Subcommittee in charge of the Treas- ury Department appropriation bill as the House Economy Committee renewed its efforts to complete a program by which $200,000,000 can be saved next year in Government expenditures. ‘Treasury head recommended enactment of President Hoover's pro- posal for a five-day week for per diem employes and of & month's furlough ‘without pay for employes on an annual ‘Without provision for the furloogh plan, Mills added, “the alternative is a shocking one.” He said it would mean “upwards of 6,000 employes,” nearly 80 per cent of whom are stationed | ouf of Washington, would ‘“be turned out cn the streets by the Gov- ernment of the United States.” | Estimating the 10 per cent cut would 8 saving of $14,000.000 for Department, Mills =aid ury 3 the Hoover program proinises a greater reduction “‘without impairment of gov- ernment effielency and without the in- tolerable hardship which diSmissal ‘would inflict on thousands of American families.” If the 10 per cent appropriation cut is adopted, the Treasury Secretary recommended that it not be applied to employes of the Internal Revenue Bureau. He said the salary and ex- of each agent averags $3,716 a year, while in the last fiscal year each one recommended additicnal taxes amounting to $105,000. Assuming that half of the tax recom- mended was collected, Mills said, “in order to save $3,716 in salary and ex- nses we would sacrifice $52,500 in ! projects be not let, as indicated in my letter of March 29. “No one i5 more vitally concerned in reducing the cost of Government than the head of the Treasury Depart- ment, responsible for conducting the fiscal affairs of the Nation in a time of great difficulty, when our every effort must be directed toward balancing the intaining the g}:’blfi the postpol essential to the public welfare and the promotion of greater efficiency. An arbitrary cut applying uniformly and without discretion to every bureau and activity alike, irrespective of its impor- tance and irrespective of its efficiency or ability to bear the cut, is not busi- nesslike, and 4s I shall show may not even be economy. How Cut Would Operate. “Our total appropriations aggregate $146,311,988, exclusive of the public building item. Of this amount $112- 306,402 is for personal service, repre- senting nearly T7 per cent of the total, and $34,005,586 is for supplies, equip- ment, and miscellaneous expenses, rep- resenting about 23 per cent of the total. Of this last mentioned amount, more than $11,000,000 is for construction, equipment and operation of public buildings; over, $7.000,000 for main- tenance and operation and repairs of Coast Guard vessels and stations, and upon the non-war-connected disability basis. To modify procedures in suits against | the Government by veterans to require review upon the basis of evidence be- fore the administration instead of de ngvo hearings. Mills Testifies Tomorrow. Oddie, after receiving Mills’ letter smilingly told newspaper men he would “trade jobs with any one.” He explained that although he had opposed the 10 per cent cut in the Treasury . Post Office appropriation around the idea of giving the job to the Chief Executive, an idea ed at in both House and Senate when Mr. Hoo- ver first proposed it. However, Chair- mean McDuffie and other Democrats on the committee want definite and short strings attached to prevent the Presi- | dent going behind a “yardstick” laid | down by Congress. The Republicans favored giving Mr. Hoover a free hand subject to approval of Congress later. axes.” He added additional taxes rec- ' 1f the congressional veto power were ommended reduced 95,000,000, Against New Post Offices. Another recommendation was that Jetting of contracts for a number of post offices be suspended. He said cities had been able to get along on the old struc- tures and could do so for a while longer and added: “What is sacred about a new post office in times like these?” Later, Chairman McDuffie announced the Economy Committee planned to submit an omnibus retrenchment bill to the House next Wednesday. McDuffie said he would seek a special rule to have the economy measure placed on the $20,000,000 legisiative supply bill that provides for salaries of members of Congress. Should the House fail to adopt a rule limiting consideration of the omnibus bill, which embodies much of ITresicent Hoover's economy program, the measure will be thrown wide open for amend- ments. McDuffie raid he would go before the Rules Committee as soon as his group completed the omnibus bill and ask for right of way to take it up Wednesday. He expressed the hope the Economy Committee could complete the bill to- day, but said in view of a suddenly developed division of opinion over whether to give President Hoover au- thority to reorganize ccrtain activities of the Government, he was doubtful whether it could be finished before fomorrow. Last Controversial Question. might be by | limited to 60 days, as Mr. Hoover sug- gested, many believed it would prove entirely ineffective. After a heated discussion today, the committee is said to have decided to include consolidation of the War and Navy Department in the omnibus econ- omy bill. Reject Shipping Board Plan. The President’s proposal to abolish the lines of the Shipping Board was rejected. The committee decided that the lines should be kept in operation, but is providing for abolition of certain lines of work under the Shipping Board such as the research division, which would effect a saving of $2,500,000. It is proposed to turn part of the Shipping Board organization into the Commerce Department, with three or four commissioners having regulatory powers. The legal work of the Shipping Board would be turned over to the Jus- tice Department and similar shifts made in other branches of the work now car- ried on as an independent bureau. The committee also tentatively de- cided against Mr. Hoover's proposal to suspend Pederal contribution to voca- tional education during 1933. have the Federal Government with- draw from participation in payments Federal education after 1933. pon the administration for the flat 10 per cent cuts bzing made on apprepriations bills in the Senate. ‘This is the last big controversial ques- tion over the President's program. The miscellaneous items to effect savings vtnunla are the same on both the committee's and the President’s economy sgmler Garner started it yesterday when he said such cuts were necessary best to reduce. It was on this que | reduction in personnel, , He Urges Adoption of Program for Saving. | bill, his committee now had to cut it | under instructions from the Senate. | Mills wiil testify tomorrow. Disagreement ~ with Mills’ proposal that the building fund be cut came from Oddie, who favored the majority | of the points in the Secretary's letter. “From the standpoint of the Amer- ican people, that building program can't be stopped,” Oddie said. “It would add to unemployment and be unwise and uneconomic. “The Government has held out hope and promise to the people and workers of the areas in which the structures would be built.” Quoting Mills’ question, “What is sa- cred about new post offices in times like these?" Oddie said “Therc'’s the sacredness of giving work, {ood and clothes to thousands.” travel, cte. “Over $1,000,000 of the $34,000,000 represents pensions to retired Coast Guard officers and men. It is apparent that there is no economy in curtailing the adequate maintenance of public buildings and public vessels, and the amount to be squeezed out of the $34,000,000, short of inefficiency and neglect, is smal The bulk of this reduction, then, must be made by a unless you adopt a five-day week and some such furlough plan as that suggested by the President. Provision for the furlough plan should be written into this bill. The alternative is & shocking one. “As nearly as we can estimate, with- out the furlough the 10 per cent cut in the appropriations for personnel service would mean the dismissal of upward of 6,000 employes—nearly 80 per cent of whom are stationed outside of Wash- ington. “I am not talking about placeholders. I am not talking about political ap- pointees, for practically all of the em- ployes of the Treasury Department are appointed from civil service lists. I am talking of 6,000 men and women whose services are needed; who have, generally speaking, decided to devote their lives to the public service, and who would, in times when it is impossible to find another job, be turned out on to the street by the Government of the United States. President’s Program. “The President, in conjunction with the Economy Committee of the House, has worked out a national economy program which, as it stands today with- out such further study as you gentle- men may care to give it, promises a saving in excess of that which it is pro- posed for all departments by the method of a flat cut without impairment of Government efficiency and without the intolerable hardship which dismissal would inflict on thousands of American families. “A flat cut applied to every bureau of the Treasury Department, without a furlough provision and without grant- ing any discretion to the executive as to where the savings can best be made, will not save money, but will cost more than the amount saved. It surely can- not have been overlooked that the pri- mary duty of the Treasury Depart- ment is the collection of the public revenues. The commissioner of internal revenue informs me that a 10 per cent flat reduction for this bureau would have to be effected largely by the re- duction of his field force. “To give somewhat extreme but nevertheless pertinent illustrations, the commissioner advises that if this re- duction were effected by reducing the number of deputy collectors throughout the country it would mean dispensing with some 1,300 deputy collectors. The average amount of additional tax rec- ommended by each of these employes for the last fiscal year was $40,812. As- suming that the full amount of the tax recommended could be collected, on the face of it the reduction in the force of deputy collectors might result in a loss of over $50,000,000. * “The commissioner of Internal Reve- nue further informs me that if a 10 per cent reduction in the appropriation for his bureau is to be effected through reducing the force of internal revenue agents an even greater loss of revenue might result. The average salary and expenses of revenue agents as of March 31, 1932, was $3716. The average amount of additional tax recommended by each revenue2agent for the last fiscal year was $105,000. Assuming that only 50 per cent of this tax was assessed and collected, in order to save $3,716 in sal- ary and expenses, we would sacrifice $52,500 in taxes. Assuming that 806 of these productive officers were dis- missed, the amount of additional taxes recommended on the basis of the last fiscal year might be reduced by $95,- 000,000 Work Facing Treasury. “On July 1, 1932, the Treasury De- partment, in all probability, is fo under- take the collection of over & biilion dol- lars of additional taxes, some of them new taxes, others at rates high enough to invite evasion. We cannot enforce the new law and collect these taxes without increasing our force. Yet, if this resolution is carried out without modification, we are to attempt this new and difficult task with a reduced and demoralized force. “In my letter of March 29 to Sen- ator Jones I pointed out that if an arbitrary reduction were to be made in the amount of the Treasury appropria- tions, a businesslike and effective way of making the saving would be to sus- pend the letting contracts for a number of post office buildings through- out the country. At that time the five- day week and furlough plan had not been worked out. The Senate resolu- tion specifically excludes any savings along this line. It is pertinent to ob- serve that if towns and cities through- out the country have got along with their existing post office facilities up to the present time they surely can during these trying days wait a year or two longer for a new building of a monu- mental character. What is sacred about & new post office in times like these? “1 know that it is urged that the building of $14,000,000 worth of post offices will give employment. It will give some employment, but surely this employment should not be secured through throwing out of employment more than 6000 men and women. These dismissals will have to be made in spite of the valuable services per- formed in the past; in spite of reason- able expectation of continuance in service because of fidelity and efficiency, and in spite of the difficuity, if not the impossibility, of finding other empioy- ment the Government to continue to live and to take care of their families. “You can save these people from misery, maintain the efficiency of this department, protect the collection of the revenues, and still effect the sav- ings which you have in mind by fol- lowing the President’s program and the lines indicated in my letter of March 29, foregoing for a year or two the construction of some post offices. “Sincerely yours, . “OGDEN L. MILLS, “Secretary of the Treasury.” T RECEIVERS APPOINTED Jersey City Utilities Concern Ac- cused of Default. JERSEY CITY, N. J, April 21 (#)— John Milton of Jersey City and Hurst | P. Broom of Montclair were appointed | co-receivers of the United Public Serv- iee Co., a utilities holding concern af- fillated wi by approximately $5,500,000 is for rent, | enabling those who have served | SECRECY ENVELOPS | Mills Fights Flat Pay Cut LINDBERGH SEARCH {51st Day Finds Success of Hunt for Baby Not Notice- ably Any Nearer. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J., April 21.—The fifty-first day of the Lindbergh kid- naping mystery today saw Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, his emissaries and the police still working behind a screen of secrecy from which there caine no in- dication that the return of Charles A Lindbergh, jr. is any nearer. re scanty. Dr. John ) " who made the futile $50,00 of Spuyten Duyvil, New York, yester- day. He was driven by Al Reich, for- mer prizefighter, who is acting as his guard, but the purpose of the drive was not disclosed. Optimism still was felt at Norfolk, where Dean B. Dobson-Peacock and two other intermediaries are still hoping to get the baby back. John H. Curtis, one of the dean's colleagues, departed Monday from his home, perhaps to visit Col. Lindbergh and try to make contact with the kidnapers. He has not returned. CALLED “CURIOSITY HOP.” Woman's Flight to Hopewell, N. Explained. KANSAS CITY, April 21 (®)—The flight of a woman in a red monoplane trom the municipal airport here to Hopewell, N. J., is termed a “curiosity hop” by the Kansas City Star. Identifying the passenger as Mrs. Elizabeth Faubion, wife of a machinist, the Star states she told Walter C. Taber, owner of the plane: “I just wanted to see the Lindbergh home.” The woman refused to comment on the kidnaping of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., upon her return here yesterday. At her home Mrs. Faubion denied she made the flight. Otto Ferguson, the pilot, talked read- ily. He said he had paid all personal expenses of the trip, since it developed at an overnight stop in Pittsburgh she had “only a nickel” left after paying her savings of $325 for use of the plane. He said his passenger identified her- self to him only by a nickname, — ADMR. M’CORMICK'S FUNERAL TOMORROW Services to Be Held at St. Thomas’ With Burial in Ar- lington. I, Is Funeral services for Rear Admiral Al- bert M. D. McCormick, Medical Corps, U. §. N, who died at his home, 1805 Phelps place, yesterday morning, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Thomas' Church, followed by inter- ment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Admiral Mc- Cormick was a vestryman at St Thomas’ Church. A native of Virginia, Admiral McCor- mick was appointed assistant surgeon in the Navy in 1888, after receiving a med- ical degree from the University of Maryland. He served through the Spanish-American and World Wars and was retired in 1930. He is survived by a son, Lieut. Comdr. L. D. McCormick, aide to the superin- tendent of the Naval Academy at An- napolis, and three daughters, Mrs. Cora Clark, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. Edith Beardall, wife of Comdr. John R. Bear- dall, U. S. N., Newport, R. I, and Miss Nellie Jett McCormick of Washington. The Navy Department announced the honorary pallbearers as follows: Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, jr.; Rear Admiral George H. Rock, Construction Corps, chief of the Bureau of Construc- tion and Repair, Navy Department; Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, surgeon general of the Navy and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Rear Admiral Fobert M. Kennedy, Medical Corps, U. S N, retired; Leigh Palmer, Capt. Edgar L. Woods, Medical Corps, U. S. N.; Capt. Willlam H. Bell, M cal Corps, U. 8. N, and Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen. U. S. ASKS NATIONS TO FORWARD THEIR DEBT AGREEMENTS (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) maintained sending the request to Europe was a routine step, which had been delayed much longer than normal. Partly at least, this was because the moratorium, beginning last July, was| not ratified by Congress until Mid- winter. Whether administration hopes of success for President Hoover's pro- posal that the War Debt Funding Commission be revived, were a factor in the long delay, was a matter in speculation. Congress put a quietus on that right after the suggestion was advanced, and at every opportunity leading members have reasserted their unalterable op- position to anything that bordered on cancellation moves by this country. There has been every indication that :-he ldn;llkillsérnllcn accepted the situa- ion and had no intention of further. L In some quarters the suggestion was advanced that the State Department was pressing the question now to pre- vent any attempt by European debtor nations to merge last year's unpaid bal- coming due after the moratorium ex- the forthcoming Lausanne Conference which is to take up the question of Ger- many’s inability to pay reparations. 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George Cranmer—500 DD, 500 K, 500 GM, 1,500 BS. E. A. Crawford & Co.—16,801 A, 300 NA, 200 GM. Crescent Operating Co.—200 SAF, 200 T, 400 T, 200 ACD, 1,700 XS, 200 WX, 500 SOV, 400 PO, 600 UP, 200 VA, 100 AAC, 300 BEX, 500 BS, 300 NSS, 600 CN, 400 V, 300 MOP pfd. 3900 MOP, 1,500 RKO, 200 RJR b, 100 OT, 4,600 PX, 1,000 PA, 1300 PU, 217 MJ, 800 PUB, 600 SAF, 1,304 NA, 1,700 X, 200 CTM, 2,000 AR, 1,000 A, 200 ISS, 200 BO pfd., 200 GI pfd., 200 CPS ctf,, 500 C, 1,500 GM, 200 AWW, 1400 CP, 307 CHK. 900 CO. 2.300 RI, 200 EK, 600 G, 800 K, 100 KO, 500 AC, 600 CR. A. W. Cutten—2,000 DD, 2,000 ATTA, 2,000 X. F. B. Davis—3,100 DD. John A. Davis—300 AC, 900 X, 1,000 KRT, 300 WX, 100 PUB, 200'NA, 50 UP. PRESBYTERIANS TO GIVE LESSONS IN PROHIBITION 19,000 New York Sunday School Students to Make Study Be- However, the step was necessary to complete the moratorium transaction. Tke agreements entered into last Sum- mer, while binding, were merely initialed by ambassadors and ministers of the various nations. The interest rate was left unsettled. This has been fixed now at 4 per cent, and the several govern- ments are to place their seals and signa- tures on the documents. Cutwardly, the administration is giv- ing no sign of any expectation that payments might be defaulted. In the Pennsylvania, who is close to the Pres- ident on such matters, voiced a definite expectation that provision for payment would be made after Lausanne. Yet, proposed by Mr. Hoover last Fall, tuere were many administration references to the uniikelihood that some of the nations would be able to pay. No factors that might improve tha ability of such countries to meet the debt have been observed here since that time. e BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Sabers and Spurs” 9 Overturs, “The Two Hussars Entracte— “Reverie Under the Tent” “An Arabian Fantasy”. Selection letto” Sellenick from grand opers, “Rigo- .| Patrol, “4 case of Great Britain, Senator Reed of | when readjustm:ent of the debts was | I fore Fall Election. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21 —Nearly 19,- 000 Presbyterian Sunday school stu- dents, from 18 to 23 years old, will study a course of six lessons on prohibi- tion in the weeks preceding the presi- dential election, it was announced here yesterday by Dr. Joseph A. Stevenson. He is general director of the Depar ;mem of Moral Welfare of the Presby- terian Board of Christian Education. ‘The announcement was contained in | the ninth annual report of the board, which is to be presented at the 144th yterian General Assembly in Den- | ver, Colo., May 30. The lessons aim to shape the opinion of the students on the subject of the liquor problem, it was stated. The two final lessons are on “Prohibition or Con- trol?” and “The Challenge.” In the past year 70,000 leaflets deal- ing with temperance and prohibition have been distributed by ment, Dr. Stevenson stated. FORM CRIBBING INDUSTRY NEW YORK, April 21 (#).—The Princeton Alumni Weekly says that an tion has been formed which will “raise college cribbing to the posi- | tion of & major industry” by supplyini undergraduates with a four-year set o? essays for $100 cash. A representative of the group has visited the Princeton um“gun as well as C.; | i BiAkD GRA it Two Carloads Condemned in Baltimore—Other of “Low Grade.” B the Associated Press BALTIMORE, April 21.—Two of 20 car loads of flour made from Federa! Farm Board wheat were condemned today when they arrived in Baltimore for distribution to the poor through the | Red Cross. ‘The report on the examination of the flour, made by Milton Smeak, flour in- spector for the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, condemned the two car leads as unfit for human consumption, and the remainder of the consignment was declared of such low grade that it could not be used for bread, but might be utilized in other forms. Smeak made the inspection for Wal- |ter B. Brooks, chairman of the Balti- {more chapter of the Red Cross. He was jreticent on results of the examination “Only two car loads out of 20 were condemned as unfit for human food,” | Brooks sald, and declined to comment on how-the other 18 car loads were graded. Officials of the Chamber of Com- merce declared Smeak was their flour inspector, and made examinations on request. but declined to make public | i ‘| his full report on the ground that it was_confidential. The Red Cross made its requisition for flour to be distributed to the poor in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Howard Counties, which adjoin the city. Other county organizations made their requisitions direct. e SENATE’S INQUIRY DISCLOSES NAMES OF SHORT SELLERS (Continued Prom First Page.) had taken such action, but that it was not the primary reason for their ex- pulsion. E. W. Wagner was expelled for a practice of that kind, he said. Gray questioned at length to de- termine how the exchange checked upon its members to prevent them from ]V)lgml stock they have no right to end. Whitney said the exchange checked up closely on the questionnaires sent to its members, but Gray contended proper check could not be made withou physical examination of the securities. “They make spot checks, as bank examiners do,” Whitney said. “That is not the fact,” asserted Chair- man Norbeck. “What is not the fact?” demanded Whitney. “Bank examiners inspect all the secu- rities,” insisted Norbeck. Kreuger & Toll Effect. ‘Turning to another subject. Gra: asked if the short interest in Kreuge- & Toll did not “become quite large’ after the suicide of Ivar Kreuger, th Swedish capitalist. “I belleve so.” ‘Did you investigate?” portions,” Whitney replied. Whitney said the short interest in- creased from 64,000 shares on March 18 to 268,000 shares on March 21. “We found that 211,000 of the 268,000 shares were sold as a hedge to protect | &n account carried by a firm for Mr. | Kreuger,” Whitney said. On March 23, Gray said, the short jnterest jumped to 407,000 shares. LEADERS ARE SUMMONED. Calling of Percy Rockefeller and Brush Adds Interest to Inquiry. NEW YORK, April 21 (#) —Calling of Percy Avery Rockefeller and Matthew C. Brush, who together are on the directorates of some 100 corporations, today gave added interest, so far as | Wall Street was concerned, to the Sen- ate Banking Committee's stock market inquiry. Percy Rockefeller, son of the late William G. Rockefeller.and a cousin of John D. Rockefeller, jr., is a director of some 50 corporations, this wide list including his membership on the board of the National City Bank of New York. Brush on 60 Boards. Matthew C. Brush, who in the boom market was engaged in a sort of friendly competition with Charles Hayden, banker, to see which name would be on the widest list of directorates, is a mem- ber of approximately 60 boards. Brush is chairman of the board of the American International Corporation, a leading investment trust, and Rocke- feller is chairman of the trust's Execu- tive Committee. Both are directors of the Air Reduction Corporation. Brush is a director of United States Industrial Alcohol, in which Rockefeller is a large investor. Both men are described in Wall Street as members of the new school of market operators—composed of men who prefer to be bullish, but turn bear- ish when they find changed conditions no longer warrant continued faith in rising prices. In the nineteenth cen- tury, market operators appeared to be born one-way speculators, temperamen- tally either bulls or bears. Took Severe Losses. ‘There was E. H. Harriman, who was known as a leading bull on railroads and who held his position through rising markets and declining markets. On the bear side there was James R. Keene, who was always known as a bear and frequently found himself op- posed to financial powers like the late J. Pierpont Morgan, dean of Wall Street bulls in _America. Both Percy Rockefeller and “Matt” Brush were reputed in Wall Street to be long of stocks when the market collapse came in 1929. Both were said to have taken severe losses. They like- wise were said to have reversed their pgsiltlonsrlndlflomwhe: they decided that a fundamntal change had developed. S Rted —_— MOTHER TO LECTURE Parent of Two Condemned Boys to Go Abroad. NEW YORK, April 21 (#).—Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of Roy and Andy ‘Wright, two of the seven colored boys sentenced to death at Scottsboro, Ala., sailed for Europe last night to lecture about the case. She will be gone about three months and will speak in the principal cities of Germany, England, Austria, Czecho- slovakia, and other countries. Her trip is being sponsored by the International Red Aid, a German organization affli- ated with the International Labor de- fense, which has been seeking to arouse public sentiment against the convic- tions. SUGAR CHARGE REFUTED Javanese Deny Holding Supply for Higher Prices. BATAVIA, Java, April 21 (#).—Java’'s sugar experts sald today they consid- ered a fear expressed by Cuban inter- jests that they were holding Javanese exports for & price rise “absolutely un- | founded.” They referred to the Chadbourne agreement and said that if their ex- ports had not reached the allot amount it was due to diminishing purchasing power of Java's customers. “Java’s continuous offers of sugar abroad have been fruitless,” they sald, "lnd‘.w- do not expect a price improve- ment.” 1S BRANDED UNFIT | “We did when it assumed large pro- Bank Changes | ! Claude H Woodward (top), who re- -itned today as president of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank. Center: Prank Lee, elected new president of the Lank. Below: Robert T. Highfield, the new vice president, succeeding Mr. Lee. F. W LEE NEW HEAD Claude H. Woodward Re- signs as President of Mount Vernon. Claude H. Woodward has resigned as president of the Mount Vernon Sav- ings Bank: Frank W. Lee, vice presi- dent, has been advanced to the presi- dency, and Robert T. Highfi cashier, has been promoted to be vice president and cashier, it was announced 8y. ‘These changes, which will take effect next June 1, were made at a regular meeting of the board of directors of the bank yesterday afternoon, and an- nouncement was made in a formal statement shortly after noon toda; Mr. Woodward informed the board, according to the official that “it was with deep and sincere | regret he found it necessary, for purely personal reasons to tender his resigna- | tion as president.” President Five Years. Mr. Woodward joined the bank as executive vice president May 15, 1927, :;‘Zd! was made president in January, The retiring president expressed sat- isfaction, said the official statement, “that during the five years he was president of the bank kis relations with its officers and the board of directors had been most cordial and pleasant.” Mr. Woodward said he sincerely appre- ciated the whole-hearted and loyal sup- port he had received at their hands and that he would always cherish the friend- ships growing out of these assoclations. He assured th>m that his relinquish- ment of the presidency would in no wise lessen his interest in the welfare of the bank, and said he wanted them to feel free to call on him at any time | for such advice or assistance he might be able to give or render. Wishing his successors the utmost success, Mr. Woodward said it was a matter of gratification to him to know that the affairs of the bank would be left in the hands of capable officers, fully qualified to safeguard its inter- ests and to render to its depositors the same satisfactory service on which the reputation of the bank had been built. Work Is Praised. In accepting Mr. Woodward's resig- nation, the board adopted a resclution expressing the appreciation of its mem- | bers for the service rendered the bank | by its retiring president and said that | progress during the past five Svars had been largely due to his efforts and to the efficient conduct of its affairs. The new president entered the bank as manager of new business in Sep- tember, 1923. He was made assistant cashier in 1925 and elected vice presi- dent in 1928, in which capacity he has since served. Mr. Highfield came to the Mount Ver- non Savings Bank in 1920 as assistant statement, OF SAVINGS BANK SENATORS CLOSE TAX BILL HEARING Smoot Sets Monday to Begin Revision of House Measure. | By the Assoctated P After taking testimony against the Treasury-proposed 2-cent tax on checks, the Senate Finance Committee today :“x\;(‘d hearings on the billlon-doliar tax Chairman Smoot set Monday to begin | committee revision of the House bill in A d the tax would yield about $95,000.000, but its opponents as- it would business, the be unfair to those issuing small and would yield less revenue. L. King, Pennsylvania secre- of reve b otested against the bactive provisions for revaluation of estates to allow for shrinkage, which he said would cost the States $150,- 000,000 de witnesses objected to stock axes, and provi- mine depletion aliow- Would Reduce Hardships. King estimated the section providing for revaluation of estates would cost the 5 $150,000.000 and the Federal ¥y about $40,000,000. The shared between the Federal and the States in which is located. The principle of the proposed revalu- ation clause, King said, was to reduce the hardship on the heirs of wealthy persons who died while securities were high “But this principle has not been recog- nized by the Federal Government in taxing either the incomes of individuals or corporations, many of whom are still struggling to pay delinquent taxes on incomes earned in 1928, 1929 and 1930,” he said. Since the Federal estate tax is im- posed Government, King con- unquestionably amend adding 3 there is a serious question whether the Federal Govern- ment can, or ought to, compel States h such retroactive legislation to revenues which have already paid.” 1 attempts to revive the contro- sales tax was waved aside to- n the interest of speed by Chair- n Smoot Two weeks of hearings have brought severe protests from the industries se- | lected By the House for taxation and | counter proposals for a general sales tax. Encouraged by this, Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, announced t he would press it for a favorable on by the committee and that he believed he would win But Smoot, though long a proponent of the :x, decided it would be “& the propert Fre “It is important to business above all else and to cur people to get this tax legislation on the statute books at the earliest moment, id Smoot. “Just as soon as the hearings are printed we will go to work. We will meet not later than Monday. Maybe we can do some | work before then.” Democrats in their party conferences so far have ignored the sales tax. Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, has stated the decisive vote of the House zgainst the tax has appa- | rently eliminated it from consideration by Senate Democrats. 'MARY JANE SIMPSON ELOPES WITH ARTIST Baltimore Girl and Moreland W. Schneider Are Married at Rockville. Moreland W. Schneider, 23-year-old Washington artist, and Miss Mary Jane Simpson, 19, of Baltitnore, eloped to Rockville, Md., yesterday and were married by Rev. Arthur B. Rudd, canon of the Washington Cathedral, who makes his home in the Maryland town, Canon Rudd said the couple left last night for California, where they expect to make their home. The two met about six months ago in Baltimore while Mr. Schneider was a member of the art staff of the Baltimore Sun. A short time later Mr. Schneider returned to Washington and conducted an art studio here for several months. Miss Simpson frequently visited here at the home of Mr. Schneider’s brother, Edwin M. Schneider, 1436 Meridian place. Yesterday she made one of thes2 visits and the pair decided to elope. After hurried preparations they went to Rockville and the ceremony was per- formed. They returned to the home of the bridegroom at 1483 Newton street. Miss Simpson is the daughter of Mrs. H. W. Simpson of Baltimore. SHOTGUNS END CAREER OF SPEAKEASY OWNER Chicagoan Slain Before He Can Send Appeal for Help He Has in Pocket. By the Associated Press p CHICAGO, April 21—Sam Mule, owner of a chain of speakeasies, was ambushed yesterday before he could dispatch the appeal for help he had written. Two men watched for him in a nar- row areaway beside Mule's North Clark street beer flat. At a wave of the hand from a confederate in & parked coupe, they let loose shotgun blasts. Mule, just turning in toward his flat, fell mortally wounded. The trio es- caped. In his pocket was & note: “Pete: I'm in trouble. Hope you won't fail me. You're the only one who can help me. Call me at Lincoln —." Police withheld the number. Mule, alias Morley, was _preparing to open another speakeasy. This, the po- lice believe, was the reason for his killing. ‘Twe men and a woman rented rooms overlooking the areaway Tuesday night. From the window of those rooms the shotguns belched lead. Then the men ran irom the building. HOSPITAL GROUP ELECTS B. B. Sandidge, superintendent of Emergercy Hospital, has been elected president of the District of Columbia Hospital Association, and R. Campbell cashier. Previously he had been em- ployed by the Security Savings and Commercial Bank of this city. He is a native of Washington, attended Cen- tral High School and Georgetown Uni- versity and graduated from the Amer- nstitute of Banking. A. O. Wharton, president of the In- ternational Association of Machinists and vice president of the bank, speak- 1 for 1f and assoclates said, “While I regret it has become neces- sary for Mr. Woodward to resign the presidency of the Mount Vernon Sav- ings Bank, we are indeed most for- tunate in having in our iustitution twot men of long training, wide experience and social and business contact, to ted | whom the conduct of the affairs of the bank may be safely intrusted. They both have the absolute confidence of the board of directors, our stockholders and our @mfiron and we are confi- dent that promotion will meet with general approval.” Starr, business manager of George Washington University Hospital, secre- tary. By the elections held yesterday at a meeting of the association at George- town University Hospital, Sandidge suc- ceeds Dr. W. W, Eldridge, superintend- ent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, and Starr succeeds Mrs. Elizabeth Dempsey Cole- man superintendent of the National Homeopathic Hospital. Underwriters Elect Head. ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 21 (P).— W. D. Willilams of Rockford, Ill., was elected president of the Underwriters’ Association at the closing session of its annual convention here yesterday. Other officers elected are J A Campbell, New. York, vice president; E. A Henne, second vice president, and Charles F. Thomas, Chi- €ago, secretary.