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A2 x» MILLIONS INVOLVED ‘BY BRITSH TARIF New Doubled Duties Will Af- feot Nearly All U. S. Exports. After a partial study of the new in- erease of from 10 to an average of 20 : per cent in the British tariff, ranking Government officials here today esti- . mated that the American export trade ' with that country would be affected { by between $150000,000 and $250,- * 000,000. The Commerce Department said the effect on American trade by the re-| vision, which becomes effective at mid- | ¥ night Monday, cannot be determined * until after the receipt and analysis of | the full tariff schedule. Based on fragmentary unofficial in- * formation received by vable yesterday : from Commercial Attache W. L. Cooper at London, the department’s tariff divi- | sion sald articles so far reported were - ghipped from the United States to Eng- I land in 193 in the amount of $98.- | 500,000. Dominions Fxempted. | ‘The department’s London represent- | . stive reported in his cable that the new | duties were not to apply on imports + from the dominions. Silk hosiery and Tubber tires were an exception, which | ; pay an ad valorem duty of 2223 per| + cent from British sources. L Copper's summarized report showed zboth increases and reductions in exist- +ing import duties. The prevailing 10 Iper cent on manufactured imports have 2been increased, it was said, “to a range i of rates varying from 15 to 333 per icent ad valorem, with 20 per cent as 2the principal new rate. + “Of the total net British imports ifrom the United States emounting in 1930 to $700,000,000,” the department said, “it had earlier been estimated ~that about 2 per cent had come under “the 50 per cent duties of the abnormal 1 importation act and about 45 per cent had been transferred from the free list ©to 10 per cent under the general tariff.” Rates Reported. The principal products of mterest to | the American exgg;t‘ trade *fus far re- merce Oepartment i "“To 10 per cent—Typeriters, now | 80 per cent. | “To 15 per cent—Furs, now free; wooden doors, dressed leather (except patent leather) and ag® ‘ultural ma- chines and implements, now 10 per cent. | _“To 20 per cent—Electrical appli- nces (except vacuum clesners), shoes, | canned vegetables (except tomatos), Tubber manufactures (except rubber tires, the duty on which remains un- changed at 33); per cent, and sheets, tubing and beifing understood still at © 10 per cent), stationery supplies, tubu- lar products and rolling stock, parts of : iron and steel, and machinery (except : agricultural machines and implements), now 10 per cent; cutlery, most tools, electric vacuum cleaners, most textiles (except silk), clothing (except silk . hoslery), metal furniture, linoleum and oilcloth, now 50 per cent. “To 25 per cént—Toys, now 10 per cent; artificially dried fruit (from vari- able specific rates); unexposed films (ex?pt cinematograph), now 50 per cent. “To 30 tent—Toilet preparations : and requisfies, Tow 50 per cent. ¥ “To 33 per cent—Silk hosiery, now 83%3 per cent; jron and steel products, : both finished and semi-manufactured and erude acetone, now 10 per cent. “It is stated that the duties on ircn and steel are subject to revision within | PO 90 days.” e STUDYING QUOTA REVISION. . French Seen Leaning to U. S. in Im- : port Problem. 1 By the Asseciated Press. PARIS, April 23.—La Journee Indus- trielle, ne: iper organ of French busi- | ness interests, said today France would | seriously study the possibility of revis- | ing the import quotas so American | * business interests would be given “that| importance in France's international commerce to which they are entitled.” | The study would be made, the paper | . Baid, to avoid all cause for friction and . misunderstandings with the United - Btates on the question of the quotas. H Last Thursday it was announced| . Ambassador Walter E. Edge had induc- | ed the Prench government to revise a | pumber of the quotas fixed for Amer- | lean commodities and that as soon as Premier Tardieu returned from Geneva the discussions would be resumed, cover- | ing the whole quota system. In an election campaign speech last | i might, however, Louis Rollin, minister of commerce, warmly defended the | quota scheme on the ground it served | to keep unwanted imports out of the i country and to prevent danger of dump- ing by foreign producers. At the same time he hinted there might be further developments in the economic policy of the Tardieu adminis- tration, should it be returned to power ix the coming elections. FARM BOARD FLOUR PASSES INSPECTION | ¥wo Carloads for Red Cross at Baltimore Meet Tests of Federal Agents. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 23.—United States Department of Agriculture inspectors yesterday passed two carloads of flour made from Farm Board wheat for the Red Cross, the quality of which had been questioned by local inspectors. The two cars were included in a ship- ment of 20 carloads of flour for distribu- tion to the needy of Baltimore through Wwelfare agencies. The purity of the flour was at no time questioned by local in- spectors, who challenged only its qual- ity, terming it low grade. The flour in the two cars was sent here from Springfield, Ili, while the flour in the other 18 cars was milled in_the State. Walter B. Brooks, sr. chafrman of the Red Cross chapter here, said the Federal inspectors found ‘nothing harmful” in the flour. | He emphasized the Red Cross never would permit the distribution of apy | commodity unless it had the indnrse-‘ ment of certified inspectors and pointed %o the insistence on Federal inspection | as an example of the precautions being | taken. { The Federal inspectors were from '.he“ food, drug and insecticide administra- tion of the Department of Agriculture. ' “ADS” IN PRESS LAUDED | Lehigh Official Says They Have gnor Brought Results to Road. SEATTLE, April 23 (#).—Newspaper advertising was described as an aid to better times Thursday by John Duffy, vice president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, here on a Western' tour. He sald his company recently had spent $2,400,000 for new locomotives in | licy of “facing the future with con- | fidence.” “The newspapers are the backbone of & community,” he added, “and we are their columns liberally with fine its to get our message across to the © wblie., o | cific figure with him. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, Woman Runs Away With Waving Irons In Hair; Fined $25 By the Assoclated Pres: WENATCHEE, Wash., April 23. —Mrs. Edith Gill said she just changed her mind, but it cost her $25 to do it. She had gone to a beauty par- lor for a permanent wave. After 12 waving irons had been at- tached to her hair she decided against it and rushed out, irons and all. She was convicted of petty larceny yesterday for running away with the irons and fined $25. RASKOB IS NAMED AS BEAR TRADER Speculator Says Democratic Chairman Dealt in Copper Stocks Pool. | | (Continued From First Page.) counsel for the inquiry, showed up to- day while Knight was testifying. They are Bernard E. Smith and Bragg, both of whom held substantial short inter- ests at the close of business April 8. “Betraying the Public.” Senator Brookhart, Republican, Towa, asked Knight whether the prin- cipal business of the exchange was not “in betraying the public” The wit- ness told him “in a way.” Although the committee has been unable to reach Meeham, who is said to be motoring in the South recuperat- ing from an accident, Gray expressed confidence he was not dodging the na. l“?(p:ieght, an expert accountant famil- jar with brokerage practices, was the first to take the stand today in the in- vestigation of short selling. He now | is an accountant for the Tariff Com- mission in New York, but previously was employed by brokerage houses for about 10 years. _ Knight said pools were organized for | various purposes, to stabilize or liqui- date a stock or to manipulate. ked “How does & pool operate to advange prices?” he explained: “It is necessary first to make & sur- vey of the stock. The aid of & special- ist on the floor is necessary. The stock is acquired slowly and easily as pos- sible. ~ Sometimes trouble develops. Dnload on Rise. “It is necessary occasionally to de- press the price to go down and catch the stop-loss sellers. Then the drive goes on. There is always a bid in for the stock. When they find there aren't many orders on the speclalist’s bock then the price is boosted. After a cer- tain rise they begin to unload, not wait- ing for the peak. “More skill_is needed on the upside than down. It is easier to depress a price than to raise it.” The aid of a specialist is not neces- sary in & “bear raid,” Knight said, be- cause the selling begins liquidation and makes, it easy for the manipulators to Fain their objective. Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan asked Knight if he knew the names of any specialists. He couldn’t recall any. Couzens said “I would like to question some of them.” “Who was the specialist in the Radlo pool of 1929?” asked Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky. “M. J. Meehan,” said Knight. Senator Brookhart asked if it was not a “betrayal of the public® for special- ists to turn their information over to a “Yes, because it is of a confidential nature,” Knight said. Never Bought a Share. Knight told the committee he had never bought a share of stock. “I think you know as much about it as Whitney,” said Brookhart, referring to Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange. Gray then inquired into the radio pool. The stock went over $500, was split 5 to 1 and is now selling for about $5. He said Meehan “was reputed to have been the operater in the radio peol which boosted the price from a “very low” figure to more than 500. Knight sald he knew Meehan was the floor specialist in radio, but he had no other knowledge of the deal. W. E. Hutton, one of the firms that has been subpoenaed by the commit- tee, did much of the clearing for Mee- han, Knight said. ‘The tness explained the work of a specialist, and the practice of listing 1! buying and sellin, Read He Was Wanted. While Knight testified, Bragg and Smith came into the room and took seats together in the front row waiting to be called. Smith said he had not heard that a subpoena was out for him until he read it in the papers yesterday, adding he had come without waiting to be served. Bragg would not answer questions whether he had known the committee wanted him. y Gray asked Knight of practices he had observed. “We have had several failures,” he aid, “and I think it is because some firms have not been putting up more capital to protect their positions and, instead, have been using resources of the customers. I don't think it is ethi- cal or good business.” Knight testified that brokerage houses frequently act in pools. Act Against Own Advice. “Do you know of any instance where they operate with pools and send out advice to their customers contrary to | their own operations?” Gray asked. “It has been done,” the witness re- plied, but he could not cite specific in- dividuals that had. Following Knight, Bragg was called and sworn by Chairman Norbeck. “What is your business?” asked Gray. have no business. I am a specu- lator,” replied Bragg in a low voice. He was a member of the firm of W. E. Hutton & Co. from 1928 to 1930. He said he also operated in his own name during that time. He was with the American International Corporation 10 years before going with Hutton. Matthew C. Brush, who testified yes- terday, is president of that corporation. Bragg promised to submit a “com- plete picture” of his trading (g)eruuons. In his operations with W. E. Hutton, Bragg said he was chiefly on the “up side” when stocks were going up and on the “down side” when they were going down. Short on Market Now. He said he kept a long position until 1929, “When did you begin to establish a ort, position?” “In September, 1929." said Bragg. Senator Couzens told Bragg to answer questions audibly and not by nods of head, saying, “We can't get a nod of the head in the record.” Bragg said he had generally had a t position in the market since 1929, {but had held a few long interests in | specific stocks. | " Bragg testified he was now short on the market as a whole, but leng on & small number of stocks. Bragg said his largest short account was 50,000 shares. “How many now?"” “About 12,000 or 15,000.” How many shares were you short in uary “About 25,000 or 30,000.” Bragg said these records were of his own individual account. The present stage of the Senate Banking Committee's inquiry was de- sh | an item of $600,000 for unemployment g orders at a spe- | 1. HEADS TOASK 0 RELEF Will Request Senate to In- | clude Item Omitted in House Supply Bill. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) | The District Commissioners today | stated that they would ask the Senate | to include in the 1933 appropriation bill | relief in the District, which was omitted from the supply bill by the House al- | though requested by the Commissioners | and approved by President Hoover. | Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president | of the Beard of Commissioners, made | the = atement to a group of persons who | called on the Commissioners this morn- | ing in the interest of the appropriation. Statistics Presented. Dr. Frederick W. Perkins of the | National Universalist Church furnished | the Commissioners with additional | statistics on the need for unemploy- | ment rellef in the District. Newbold | Noyes, who led the delegation which | appeared before the Commissioners, also spoke briefly. | This was the first definite statement showing the intention of the Commis- | sioners to ask for the retention of the | item, although it had been unofficiall predicted previously that this action would be taken. Dr. Reichelderfer said after the meet- ing that a list of projects omitted from the appropriation bill by the House was put before the delegation and that they were told that the unemployment Telief item was one of the few which will be sought to be reinstated by the Commissioners. Will Support Senate Move. The committee pointed out to the Commissioners the seriousness of the | situation in view of continued unem- ployment and assured them that they would support any move they made to ask the Senate to insert the $600,- 000 item in the appropriation bill. In the P%mup. with others, were Robert V. Fleming, John Poole, Joshua Evans, jr.; Corcoran Thom, George Hewitt Myers, Mrs. Whitman Cross, | C. C. Glover, jr.; William Flather, jr.; Mrs, Charles A. Goldsmith, Mrs. John Jay_O'Connor and Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Perkins. M’FADDEN FACES DEFEAT TUESDAY BY MRS. PINCHOT ___(Continued From First Page.) The thousands of State employes, it i | maintained, were told they had to con- trilbute 2 per cent of their annual sal- aries to the campaign fund. This was expected to raise a fund of about $250,000. Gov. Pinchot has replied to the charge that State employes were free to contribute to the campaign fund: that their contributions were voluntary. Pennsylvania is used to practical poli- tics. It is nothing new for men on the pay roll to contribute to campaign funds. Assessments have been made by “the organization” in Philadelphia and in the State in the past. But the Pinchot plea has been strongly against the “machine” and all its works. Now the report that the Governor’s own or- ganization is making an assessment against the State employes is not sit- ting well on many of the voters, There are threats by some of the Republicans opposed to Pinchot to force an inquiry before a Senate committee to deter- mine just where the Pinchot funds have come from and how they were used. Gov. Pinchot has, his opponents insist, undertaken to build up a great political organization, largely through appoint- ments to office, and large expenditure of State funds for road building and other construction Instead of having a surplus in the State treasury, as at| the time Gov. Pinchot took office, it is| insisted there will be a deficit at the | close of the fiscal yea: The Governor, however, has appar- ently undertaken to fight fire with fire. The Republican State organization and the Philadelphia organization have been antagonistic to him for years. He has thrived out in the State by the at- tacks he has made on them. But it has been necessary, he has found, to build a strong organization of his own. One of his present objects is to gain control of the Republican State Com- | mittee. His supporters insist he will| gain control and his opponents scoff at the suggestion. veloping apparently into background preparation for better comprehension of disclosures the committee hopes to produce later on. It is the presen. plan of the com-| mittee to send a corps of investigators | into Wall Street and there dig up all | the pertinent data to which current testimony points Gray yesterday had directed ques- tioning of Percy Rockefeller to his re- lations with Bragg and Smith in syn- dicates or pools, and had thrown out the broad suggestion that Rockefeller had been “taken in” by the two. 8o far in the proceedings, members of the committee and Gray attached importance to the qualified admissions by Rockefeller and by Matthew C. Brush that short selling could drive prices down; to the statement by Rockefeller that after being on the “short” side of the market for quite some time he went “long” some five or six weeks ago; and to the suggestion of Willlam B Cravath of Phoenix, Ariz,, former mem- ber of the exchange, that short selling | should be abolished for a time. Can Depress Market. Cravath also testified that despite all | regulations it was possible to depress the market. This was in direct conflict with the earlier statement of Whitney. Rockefeller, a nephew of John D.| Rockefeller, sr., and Brush agreed, how- | ever, that the effect of bear operations decidely limited. | “I don't think short selling materially changes the market,” said Rockefeller. “T don’t think my short account has any more effect on the condition of the country than a raobit,” Brush testified Brush, long in 1929, testified he could have sold out in August of that year for $15,000,000. Brush agreed with Whitney, that bear raiding was impossible under the pres- ent rules of the exchange and could not have been undertaken successfully | since last November. Suggests Annual Statements. Cravath, who suggested that short selling be abolished, said when asked to give a picture of short selling. that| Whitney had already given it, but| added he didn't agree with the Stock Exchange head on the effects. The Arizona witness said breaks in the market were not necessarily caused | by short sellers, s many other tactors | contributed. | “In 1929, he said, “there never was a time when there was so much stupid money in the hands of stupid peopie, | Eoople ‘who had no business in the mar- ' et. We were bound to have a defla- n. | “I don't believe it was any worse to | sell short than long. The short seller is interested in smashing the market.” Asserting it was possible to depress the market, despite any regulations, Cravath |u1‘luud that each company on the Exchange be forced to publish an anpual statement and to submit to independent audits. |in its regime, a Rengo News Agency | GEN. MAH PRISONER OF HIS FOLLOWERS Chinese Leader Declares He| Joined Pu-Yi Regime Mere- ly as Spy. By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, April 23—The censorship on news of the movements of Gen. Mah | Chan-Shan was lifted today and local | newspapers published dispatches rrnmj their Manchurian correspondents ny-i ing the general was a prisoner by his| own lieutenants in Northern Man- churia. | Chinese reports recently quoted Gen. | Mah as saying he joined in the regime | of the new Federated State of Mm-‘ churia only as & spy and that he was| now dissociated from it and loyal to the Chinese central government &t Nanking. | Failed to Divide Funds. The Manchurian version of Gen. | Mah's recent adventures, as published | here, is this: He left_Tsitsihar on April 3 on the way to Taheiho, where he found his former subordinates enraged bezuse he failed to divide up the 1,000,000 Mexi- can dollars (about $250,000) which he recelved from popular_subscriptions in China_proper last Fall when he was defending Manchuria against the Jap- anese army at the Nonni River. These subordinates, the dispatches said, looted his home at Taheiho and imprisoned the whole family. They are | the leaders of the present revolt against the Pu-Yi government at Changchun and are believed to be still holding Gen. Mah prisoner in the Taheiho vicinity. | The Pu-Yi government announced to- day the appointment of four Japanese, who formerly served as officials of the | Japanese government, to key positions | dispatch ffom Changchun said. Part of Fixed Policy. ‘The appointments, the dispatch said, conformed to the Changchun policy of selecting officials of all races resident in Manchuria according to their talents and qualifications, | ‘Tokuzo Komal, formerly chief civilian adviser at the headquarters of Gen Shigeru Honjo, Japanese commander, | was named chief of the General Affairs | Bureau of the home ministry. Chuichi Ohasi, former Japanese consul general at Harbin, became chief of the General Aflairs Bureau of the foreign ministry. Kiichi Sakatani, an official of the Tokio ministry for overseas affairs, was ap- | pointed chief of the General Affairs Bu- | reau of the finance ministry, and Kyoshi Mitani, formerly major in command of | the Japanese gendarmerie at Mukden, | got the post of chief of the Fengtien | Police Bureau | O SR HIGH OFFICIAL SAYS LINDBERGH HAS MADE KIDNAPING CONTACT (Continued From First Page.) som was paid turned up in Havana, Tl dispatches from there said. The “Jafsie” advertisement, “What is wrong?” disappeared from news- papers for the first time since a few days after the money was paid on April 2. “Jafsie” is Dr. John F. Con- don, Bronx educator, who communi- cated with the supposed kidnapers by | a series of advertisements and then | turned over Col. Lindbergh's money to & man in a Bronx cemetery. SYRACUSE CLUE FAILS. Boy Proves Eight Months Older Than | Lindbergh’s Son. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 22 (#).— Police and sheriff’s deputies for mcre than two hours today believed they had the kidnaped son of Charles A. Lind- bergh, and then the case collapsed. The child, Arthur Vernon La Tullp, was | described in first reports from the offi- cers as “a dead ringer” of little Charles Augustus, who was kidnaped from his | home on March 1, but later informa- | tion proved the boy to be 8 months older than the aviator's son. ‘ SCOTLAND YARD HELPS. OTTAWA, April 22 (#)—A member of Scotland Yard, London's famous police agency, is reported to be in the United States aiding in the search for | the kidnaped. son of Col. Charles A.| Lindbergh. | Friends of Inspector T. Gallacher of Scotland Yard have recelved word that he has been in the United States for | two weeks. He is said to be there at the invitation of United States police | officials to assist in the search for the Lindbergh baby. CURTIS ON NEW MISSION NORFOLK, Va., April 23 (#).—John Hughes Curtis, intermediary in the | Lindbergh kidnaping case, was away | from the city today on another secret i mission undertaken a few hours after | he and the Very Rev. H. Dobson-Pea- cock returned from trips to further | | their efforts toward recovery of the stolen baby. { | The sailing of the yacht Marcon, pre- | | Viously mentioned in connection with | the negotiations, gave rise to the be- lief that Curtis may have left here aboard the vessel. Mrs. F. H. Lack- mann, wife of the captain of the boat, sald the Marcon left some time last night for Baltimore. The yacht is owned by Col. Charles H. Consolvo, hotel operator, who is a personal friend of Curtis. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers'’ Home and this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Sons of New Zealand,” Lithgow “Turandot”.... S Overture, . .Lachner Entr’ Acte “A Dream"” Bonincontro “Chanson Napolitaine,” Bonincontro Scenes from grand o) fope® 10 Chinese intermezzo, Episode” -......Zimmermann Waltz suite, Barcarolle,” Waldteufel Finale, “The Rookies” Drumm “The Star Spangled Banner.” Tanks in Review at Fort Meade CORPS ORDERED TRANSFERRED TO GEORGIA POST. P APRIL 23. 1932. HOTOGRAPH of a part of the 60 tanks, representing the peace-time strength of one battalion and one company, as they passed in review before Col. H. L. Cooper, post commander, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., Thursday. The ceremony was the first of its kind in 10 years and also the last, as the Tank School has been ordered transferred to Fort Benning, Ga. —A. P. Photo. FEDERAL WORKERS BATTLE PAY CUTS Steward’s Promise to “Fight All the Way”” Cheered by Employes. Organized Government workers, as represented in the National Federation of Federal Employes, “will fight every step of the way"” against pay cuts This declaration, which brought ap- plause from departmental workers thronging the hearing room at the In- terstate Commerce Commission yester- day, was made by Luther C. Steward, president of the federation, who joined with other high officers in the organiza- tion in urging members to combat the pressure being brought from “back home” on members of Congress to re- duce Government wages. With this, the federation leaders coupled an appeal to employes outside the organization to come inside and add their strength. Sees Loss of Jobs. Steward warned that any loss of pay | would be accompanied by a reduction of force. Steward, Miss Gertrude Mc- Nally, the secretary-treasurer, and Ul- rey J. Miller, vice president, were unan- | imous in declaring that private industry was pushing the wage-cutting move- ment in order that pay in the outside fields could be slashed. They declared that a false picture of the Government worker as a member of a “privileged class” was being spread throughout the country. “It hasn't been so many years ago since Federal employes were in bread line” because they could not make ends meet, Steward declared. Hitting the “insane and stupid course” of those urging pay cuts, Steward de- | clared that they were “more danger- ous” to the peace of the workers “than all the gangs rolled into one.” Must Convince People. Miss McNally said “we don't have to | tell Congress pay cuts are bad; know it. people in the corgressional districts that they are bad.” Vice President Miller said that “as long as the Government refrains from cutting wages private industry has an incentive to refrain from reductions.” they AUTO-TAXI CRASH KILLS PASSENGE Sedan Wrecked in Collision—Cab Suffers In- juries. Driver Ira George Payne, colored, 37, of 323 Fifteenth street southeast, was fatally injured today when an automobile in the | We have to convince the | |HOOVER ASSURED LIMITED AUTHORITY ‘ IN ECONOMY SHIFTS _— | { (Continued From First Page.) | e i L and women of employment would be | | tnhuman. | In Mr. Hoover's opinion, the man or woman who has been in the Govern- | ment service for any length of time has become more or less expert in his or her particular work, and to throw these workers out of jobs would be unfair. He stressed the point there would be no | work for them in their particular fields. Favors Furlough Plan. In this respect, the President was represcnted as belng1 convinced the Government in its handling of em- | ployes should not fall behind private in- | dustry, but should lead. He is of the opinion his plan for a five-day week and staggering furloughs would be the | better way to reduce the cost of Fed-| | eral employes. i The White House has been advised there is some confusion between the | President’s plan and the direct pay cut. | The latter would save $67,000,000, it is | estimated and would fail to take care of | certain administrative problems. The President’s plan would result in | & saving of $82,000,000 and would pro- vide sufficient efficiency for the proper | functioning of the Government, Mr. Hoover holds. | In emphasizing the moral and social responsibilities of the Government, it | was pointed out at the White House | | that private business has shown a great sense of responsibility to its em- ployes. Private industry has endeavored | to distribute employment so as to give | at least part-time employment to all its workers rather than slash the size of the force, it was said. | The President is impressed by the| fact staggering employment has be- come almost universal in business and | his viewpoint is that the Government has a responsibility even greater than that of private industry. First Bill Passes. | The first of the appropriation bills | to pass with the 10 per cent slash was | the Interior Department measure. The | bill, the President has been advised, | will result in the dismissal of between | 800 and 1,000 employes throughout the | country. At the same time it provides | for continuance of the construction Earlier, Speaker Garner told Secre- | tary of the Interfor Wilbur in a letter | that if the President had directed cab- inet members last Fall to reduce Gov- | ernment expenses 10 per cent, more | | than $400,000,000 could have been saved in 1933. | The Speaker's letter was in answer to one from Wilbur assailing Congress | for the reduction from $56,000,000 to | $45,000,000 in the Interior Depart- | | ment's supply bill. | “When I spoke to the newspaper | | men about you and other cabinet mem- | bers as well as the President failing | to co-operate with the Congress, I re- | ferred particularly to your declining to | give information as to where a real cut could be made in the cost of Govern- ment,” Garner wrote. In other words, my dear Mr. Secre- tary, it is clearly demonstrated that if you and your co-laborers in the cabinet had been as anxious to reduce the cost | | of Government as Congress has demon- strated its disposition to be, you would | have reduced your estimates at least $250,000,000 and our labors here would | have been reduced to that extent.” | | | Committee Marks Time. | | Meanwhile, the subcommittee charged by the Senate with the task of cutting {10 per cent from the $1,059,000,000 | Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill has decided to mark time for a few | dictment filed against him of the na- which he was a passenger overturned | days to see what may develop in the |in a coliision at Thirteenth and | House in the direction of economy | 9 B without the dropping of workers. | streets southeast. Payne was pinned . subcommittee, headed by Senator | | beneath the wreckage of the automobile, | Oddie, Republican, of Nevada, sat in | | which rolled over the curb and brought | executive session yesterday with Post- | la lemp post toppling down. | following the accident lifted the wrecked | sedan and extricated Payne. He was | taken to Casualty Hospital in a taxicab | and pronounced dead at 11 o'clock of | a crushed chest and fractured skull. | Another colored man, who was driving the automobile, escaped uninjured, police reported. The other machine was a taxicab operated by Aubrey Raymond Powell, 23, of 411}, Fifth street northeast. Powell was acmitted to Casualty Hos- pital for treatment of a lacerated chin and cuts on the left leg. His condition is not serious. - Police were told that the automobile in which Payne was riding was going west on C street and the taxicab was | coming south on Thirteenth street. i) (Gt And still allow yourself to Why not give that old sui out of a job and get a new Clothes were not as HAVE YOU A JOB look shabby in spite of it? t you are wearing to a man suit for yourself? cheap as they are now for many a year. Your purchases will help start the wheels of industry going and HELP YOU KEEP YOUR JOB! | Persons who collected at the scene| | master General Brown and Secretary of the Treasury Mills and heard both officials elaborate on letters they had | previously submitted, outlining the ef- | fects of the proposed 10 per cent cut, | on top of cuts which had already been | made by the House. Secretary Mills has recommended postponement of some of the Federal | post office building projects and adop- | tion of the President’s one-month fur- lough plan as a means of avoiding dismissal of employes. The difficulty | is, however, that the building program is the one feature of the bill which | lhe; Senate told the committee not to cul The Postmaster General also has em- phasized that a cut in the funds for personal services, which represent a | large part of the total outlay of the Post Office Department, would result | |in_serious impairment of the postal | service. | McKellar Favors Cut. | | Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- | nessee, who originated the idea of cut- | ting all appropriation bills 10 per cent | | below the House amounts as a means of meeting part of the sum necessary to | balance the budget, indicated following | yesterday’s meeting that he still is| convinced the cut can be made. Senator Oddie is emphatic in his op- | position to making the 10 per cent cut | in any part of the bill, believing it is | bound to have a serious effect on these | two important branches of the Govern- | ment, and he has declared his intention | |of urging the Senate to reconsider its ;{d" when the bill is taken back to the oor. Sharp issue with the statement made by Postmaster General Brown to the | Senate Appropriations Committee that | the rank and file of postal employes prefer the President's furlough pian | to a straight pay cut was taken wdnyl by Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary-treas- urer of the Nationa} Federation of Post | Office Clerks. CAPONE APPEALS 0 SUPREME COURT Attacks Indictment Under Which He Was Convicted in Review Plea. By the Associated Press. Al Capone yesterday filed in the Tupreme Court a petition asking a review of the action of the Seventh Circuit Court | of Appeals affirming his conviction and | penitentiary sentence on the charge of | evading Federal taxes. In his petition Capone asserted that | he had not been informed by the in- ture and cause of certain accusations because the indictment had been drawn | in general terms, which, he said, was| contrary to a rule of the Supreme Court. Capone cited as a second ground for asking the review that certain counts in the indictment had been held by the lower courts to set up an offense against the United States when they did not allege that he had failed to pay taxes. This, he asserted, h: failed to bring him within the statute he was charged with violating. Sentenced to 11 Years. Capone was sentenced to 10 years at, the Leavenworth Penitentiary and an additional term of one year in the county jail. The grounds for the prosecution were based on the charge that he had evaded the Federal taxes by failing to report income received from various under- ‘world sources. uit Court of Appeals ‘The Seventh Circ stayed his commitment to the peniten- tiary and permitted him to remain in the jail at Chicago, where he has been since his conviction in the Federal Dis- trict Court. It provided, however, that the stay should be limited to 30 days, which was considered sufficient to permit him to prepare and file in the Supreme Court here a petition for review. Seeks Early Action. The fact that the petition was filed today will be used as the basis for ask- ing that the mandate be further held up and that Capone be permitted to remain in the Chicago jail until the Supreme Court can have an opportunity to pass on his petition and decide whether it will grant a review. It is understood that every possible effort will be made to get the petition before the Supreme Court at the earliest date. Should it be possible to submit the etition next Monday the court would Pave opportunity to examine it and de- cide by the following Monday what ac- tion it would take. The Supreme Court will end oral ar- guments for the term during the com- ing week, and should it grant a review the case could not be heard until next October unless the court fixed & spectal date to hear it some time in May. SR G YOUTH SEEKS $10,000 FOR TRUCK INJURIES Washington Boy, 18, Sues Motor Transport Company as Result of Accident. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 23.— | Damages of $10,000 for personal in-| juries alleged to have been received when struck by the swinging door of a truck are asked in a sult filed in Circuit Court Thursday by G. G Barr, 18 years old, 1100 block of E street, Washington, against the Welss Motor Lines. Young Barr claims the door of the truck became loose and struck him as he was standing beside a parked car at Bladensburg road and L street northeast September 3, 1931. The youth says he suffered scalp lacera- tions, knee injuries and nervous shock He brought the suit through Frank J. Barr, his next friend. Attorneys S. Marvin Peach, Charles J. Dean and Herbert P. Leeman appear for the plaintiff. CURLEY CLUB GUESTS Director to Give Breakfast for Members Tomorrow. Members of the Curley Club will be guests at breakfast tomorrow morning of Rev. Francis X. Cavanaugh, spiritual director, following mass at St. Patrick’s Church. The club will assemble at Tenth and G streets at 7:45, attend the regular mass at 8 o'clock, and go to the Continental Hotel for breakfast fol- lowing the mass. MISS TUCKERMAN BETTER! Victim of Fall From Horse Believ- ed Regaining Consciousness. After almost two full days of un- consciousness, Miss Ruth Tuckerman, injured when she fell from a horse Wednesday ~ afternoon at _ Bradley Farms, was believed to be regaining consciousness at Emergency Hospital MUSICIAN DEVAND 10 GLOSE THEATER National Stock Season to End Abruptly—Many Thrown Out of Employment. The National Theater Players. who iopened a promising season of Summer stock at the National Theater last Mon- day evening. have been forced to close | their engagement after the last per- formance of “On the Spot” Saturday evening of next week because of de- mands of union musicians, Manager S. E. Cochran made the defi- nite znncuncement last night, stating that the closing of the stock season was made imperative by the demands of the local musicians that at each per- formance he must employ an orchestra, with a leader, of seven pieces. This, he stated !d only be done with the f loss to the promoters of They feel that, with the admission prices charged, the se of a better company than has heretofore been employed and the in- creased royalties for the presentation of five plays new to Washington, which have had successful runs in New York during the regular season, as a feature of the proposed stock repertory, they are already financially burdened to the limit of safety. Mr. Cochran stated that he was perfectly willing to employ four Mmusicians, whether they were utilized in the performances or not, but that seven were insisted upon, and that, he said, is simply out of the question Last yedr, by an arrangsment with | the musicians, the company was per- mitted to continue its engagement with four musicians, “and barely got by.” To add to this number this season, therefore, would mean a dead loss at the outset. Loss of Employment. The disbandment of the National Theater Players next Saturday eve- ning, it was stated, will mean not only the loss of eight weeks' engagement to the players, some of whom have come long distances to fill their contract, but it will result in the loss of employ- ment to between 50 and 60 persons, in- cluding house and stage employes. Under the contract of the theater, for its regular dramatic season, an or- chestra of seven musicians, with leader, is required. But, says Mr. Cochran, the admission prices for the regular season are at least three times as great and in some instances run much higher. With 75 cents as the top price for the best seats during the sub- scription stock season, however, a seven-piece orchestra is prohibitive. Many conferences were held with the musicians’ organization, during which the difficulties were discussed, but with- | out reaching a satisfactory agreement, and yesterday the management reached the decision to disband the company and close the season. This was made possible under the rules of the Actors’ Equity Association affecting the players by the posting in the theater, on the | evening of the first performance by the company last Monday evening, of & two weeks' notice to the players, as & mat- ter of safe precaution against an un- favorable turn of events. Entering Eighth Season. The National Theater Players were just entering their eighth successive season. They have proved in career to be not only widely popular in Washington, but have been. rated throughout the country as one of the best stock organizations in Many of their former players have ad | achieved even higher success in the big metropolitan productions. Wash- ington is likely to feel their loss, for their brief seasons annually have pro- vided many with the pleasures of the theater who could ill afford the higher prices of the regular theatrical season. ‘There is consternation among the players, the greater number of whom will be without eullfflflem during a season when unemployment has hit the theater as hard as elsewhere. Be- sides some of the players actually de- clined other engagements—not open to them now—in order to accept the coveted opportunity to _appear in Washington during the Bicentennial year. Mr. Cochran added that the success of his little company from year to ear had rather en in an artistic ine. The stock venture has never proved remarkable, as a financial in- vestment, and Mr. Cochran believes after this experiénce, it is unlikely that any manager will have the temerity to undertake the almost impossible, in view of the present attitude of the mu- sicians, who have not hesitated to throw more than half a hundred em- ployes, including some of their own members, out of employment at a time of such stress as now. W.H L OPENING DUE TODAY AT FOLGER LIBRARY; HOOVER TO ATTEND (Continued From First Page.) speare's plays. Inside, it is pure Tudor in design, even to an Elizabethan thea- ter which presents the stark simplicity of the stage of that ds In one corner is a study which Mr. Folger had de- signed for his own use. He died In June, 1930, just two weeks after the corner stone was laid. Represents Long Work. 4 The collection represents not only a great financial outlay, but 50 years of patient work by Mr. Folger and his wife. There are 20,000 volumes of Shakespeare's works alone, most of them reputed first editions or volumes with special associations and value. The outstanding object in the col- lection probably is the book designated by Mr. Folger himself as the most precious in the world—the Vincent first folio of 1623, presented by the printer to Vincent, the royal herald. Among others in the collection is an edition of the ms, including “Venus and Adonis,” valued at $75,- 000; the “Titus and Adronicus” of 1594, the only known copy of the first edition of the first printed work of Shakespeare, valued at $45,000, and the Gwynn col- lection of quarto plays bound in 1619, the first collected edition of Shake- speare’s plays, valued at $75,000. The collection is b{sm means entirely devoted to the works of Shakespeare. It includes a liberal representation of other Elizabethian and Jacobean au- thors, especially those supposedly inti- mately associated with the dramatist or from whose works he is believed to have borrowed plots and material. Vaults Guard Treasures. The entire collection includes more than 100,000 pieces, including a great quantity of manuscript material; more than 8,000 paintings, drawings, engrav- ings and etchings, playbills, programs, costumes, and objects assoctated with celebrated Shakespearean actors. Vaults maintained at a constant temperature and with specially conditioned air are provided to house these treasures. In order to give the gemeral public an opportunity to see some of the more cutstanding objects, a great exhibition hall, vaulted as at the time of Shake- speare, is filled with treasures for the inspection of the casual visitor. The library is a gift of Mr. Folger to the Nation, but he purposely kept it separate from the Government, turn- ing to his own coll for its care. For its maintenance he left a $10,000,000 en- dowment fund. The building and the site cost $2,000,000. . 85 Felt in Mexico. today. The girl's condition was said to be “about the same” as yesterday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Tuckerman, Edgemoor, Md. A Earthquake MEXICO CITY, April 23 (#)~—The town of San Geronimo in Oaxaca was shaken by an earthquake at 8:15 pam. yesterday, ‘alarming inhabitants.