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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; minimum temperature tonight about 52 degrees. ‘Tem; lowest, 49, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 tures—Highest, 65, at 2 p.m. at 5:30 a.m. today. ch ‘WITH SUNDAY NORNING EDITION No. 32,136. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C: WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 25, ¢ Foening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service, Sunday’s Saturday's Circulation, 122,549 Circulation, 130,950 s 1932—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. #%% () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SEMATEWILLSEN IVESTATORS 10 STOC EXCAANGE Committee Votes to Widen Inquiry and Dispatch Corps. of Probers. “BULL POOL” OF 1929 WILL BE EXAMINED “Bear” Trading Since Collapse Also to Get Full Study—Dan- forth Appears. By the Associated Press. The Senate Banking Committee to- day ordered a full investigation of the Stock Exchange and determined to send investigators to New York. At a lengthly executive session, the tommittee agreed to appoint a subcom- mittee and to employ additional coun- sel and investigators necessary to make She study in New York. ‘The committee is determined to find but the inside operations of the gi- gantic pool in stocks which operated on the “bull” side in the 1929 boom and on the “bear” side since the price coliapse. Danforth Appears. Before today's meeting, William H. Danforth of Boston, a big trader on the Stock Exchange, appeared at the offce of the Senate Committee and offered to testify in the investigation when- ever he is wanted. A subpoena was issued for him last ‘week, but he was in Florida and could not be immediately located. He prob- ably won't be called for several days. The trail of testimony so far taken in the committee’s investigation of the stock market has been led to establish existence of combines formed to profit by rise or fall of a particular stock. However, all have stopped dead when it came to proving what the pool traders did to force ‘which they have been subpoenaed to appear before the committee, but they probably will not be heard for several days, as the hearings have been tem ly sus- pended. Others may be called, includ- ing Chairman Raskob of the Demo- cratic National Committee, who partici- pated in a pool described in Saturday's testimony. wo s &l g- portance ibed e committee and its agents say they had information concerning a score of such cummnm‘::s. Whfl‘l: affairs are ex-| pected to gone into. Conspicuous among the points the Senators wish to establish whether the pools have been working with mar- ket specialists—brokers who handle one stock and know the pending orders and holdings in that particular security. Saturday’s testimony brought into the record that M. J. Meehan, prominent broker, was the specialist in radio stocks and that his wife participated in a pool operating in that line. Meehan to Testify. For specialists to pass out their con- fidential information is =against the ‘Exchange rules, and Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, after hearing the radio pool testimony, said he favared legislation to make such a practice il- legal. No testimony had been adduced to establish that such an exchange of | information actually did take place in| that or other cases and Meehan, for ‘whom & subpoena has been issued, is expected to testify. As a result of deciding to send a corps of investigators to New York, the committee must ask the Senate for more funds. It was given only $50,000 for the inquiry. After today's meeting chairman Nor- beck said the question of subpoenaing| witnesses would be decided by the| Steering Subcommittee. Proposals for employing Samuel Un- termeyer, veteran New York attorney, for counsel were not discussed. Determined to Get Data. Asked concerning plans for secur- | ing information, Norbeck said: “It| doesn't make any difference whether it's in New York or San Francisco. If we want it we are going to get it, that's all there is to it.” He said the investigation would be pushed “as fast as possible” and would g0 into both the short and long sides of the market ‘The idea of a steering committee was first suggested by Senator Couzens, Re- publican, of Michigan. The proposal for sending investi- gators to New York was advanced by Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wiscon- sin, and the committee approved his suggestion that the agents should be selected from outside the Government service. The selection of committee counsel | was discussed in some detail, but the question was referred to the Steering | Committee. Committee members gen- | erally approved the manner in which | William A. Gray, the present counsel, has conducted the inquiry The committee today received a letter | from Matthew C. Brush, veteran trader who was on the stand a few days ago, correcting certain of his testimony. In | answer to a que he had said he had never participatted in a pool In his letter he said he wanted to correct that, because he hed meant to say he had never been in a stock pool | since the market crash of 1929, NAT-YANKEE GAME OFF Cold Weather Causes Postpone- ment of Contest in New York. NEW YORK, April 25 (Special). — Cold weather today caused the post- | ganemem of the game between the New | ‘ork Yankees and the Washington Na- tionals, scheduled for Yankee Stadium The series will open tomorrow. 1,000 TO RESUME WORK Ford Plant at New Orleans to Add 500 Others Later. NEW ORLEANS, April 25 (#).—Eu- e N. Stolz, manager of the Ford Co. gze. announced yesterday that 1,000 men who have been idle for several months will resume work st the plant within the next 10 days. He said 500 others will be added later. Madrid-Manila Flyer Hops. MALAGA, Spain, April 25 (#).—F nando Rein, Spanish aviator who is fly from Madrid to Manila, Philippine took off from here at 6:25 a.m. for Algiers, Insane Rifleman Terrorizing Town Subdued by Troops By the Associated Press KANE, Pa., April 25—An in- sane man sat on a porch with a rifie and terrorized the town of Rasselas, Elk County, late yester- day. {'he man, Rudolph Feckeles, 36, of Rasselas, shot at every one within sight. He carried & 14- inch knife in his belt. After Feckeles had maintained his stand for hours State trocpers arrived and subd him. All of the officers were ered in the half-hcur scuffie Feckeles was admitted to the State Hospital for the Insane at Warren tocay. MASSIE DEFENSE ATTACKED AGAIN Prosecution Closes Case To- day With Testimony of Third Alienist. By the Associated Press HONOLULU, April 25—The insan- ity plea of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, on trial with three others for the slaying of a native, faced a final attack today by another expert in the workings of the human mind. To the testimony of two physicians that Massie was not insane when he slew Joseph Kahahawai, whom he was convinced criminally attacked Mrs. Massie, the prosecution was prepared to add the testimony of a third—Dr. | Joseph Catton, Stanford University psychiatrist Dr. Catton was to take the witness stand to stress again to the jury of mixed racial origin the prosecution’s | contention the Hawailan was slain by a sane man. killing with revenge in his heart. The defense contends the United States naval officer becaie temporarily insane while trying to ob- tain a confession that would restore his wife's good name. State’s Last Witness. Dr. Catton is the last witness by which Public Prosecutor John C. Kelley hcpes to send Massie, his society ma- tron mother-in-law, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and two Navy enlisted men, | Albert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, to P ‘The psychiatrist was brought here from the mainland last week and court was adjourned Saturday to permit him to complete his study of the case. Yesterday he submitted a long report to Kelley. Its contents were not re- vealed, but it was learned Dr. Catton agreed with Drs. Paul Bowers and Rob- ert Faus, the physicians who testified Friday, that Massle was sane when he fired the shot that killed Kahahawai. With the defense resting upon Mas- sie’s plea of temporary insanity, Kelley has concentrated upon trying to con- vince the jury that he was not insane, for under Hawallan law, if Massie is in- nocent by reason of insanity, then all of the defendants are innocent. The defense, headed by 75-year-old | Clarence Darrow, produced two expert | witnesses who testified was men- tally deranged. Jury to Get Case Soon. ‘The State hoped to complete its re- buttal with Dr. Catton’s testimony, and | attorneys believed the case would reach | the jury not later than tomorrow. Opposing counsel worked Sunday on | the instructions which they will ask the judge to give the jury. Prom these Judge Charles S. Davis will select the orders by which the jury is to be guided in reaching its verdict. ‘The psychiatrist testimony introduced at the trial is being informally criti- cized by physicians attending the an- nual meeting of the Hawali Medjcal Society. They look with disfavor upon the fact the opposing sides were able to obtain alienists from more than 2,000 miles away who viewed the case the same as those who employed them. BET AT HARVARD PROVES FATAL TO ELKINS HEIR Student Attempts to Leap Over Fence on Wager and Is Impaled. the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., By April 25—A wager, sportingly made on his youthful | d| prowess, brought death to ~Bayar Tuckerman Elkins of Philadelphia, 20- year-old Harvard sophomore and scion | of one of America’s wealthiest and socially prominent families His father, Willlam M. Elkins, finan- cier and philanthropist, came to Cam- bridge by a chartered special train, but arrived too late to see his son alive. The youth succumbed Saturday to septic poisoning from a comparatively slight leg injury received eight days ago when, attempting to leap over a fence “on a bet” with his companion, William Delano Robbins, jr., of Washington, D. C., he lost his balance and was impaled on an iron picket. MacDONALD EXAMINED | Prime Minister’s Eyes Declared to Be No Worse. GENEVA, April 25 (#).—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald of Great | Britain underwent an examination for his eyes last night and it showed that no further deterioration of his sight bas occurred since he left London, an official statement issued here today said The statement, signed by the prime minister's two physicians, who se- | companied him here from London, said his health was excellent. | bring out the contrast between con- | budgets.” | the United States and the American LS ASKS CREDIT AND CONFIDENCE A PROSPRTY HIPES Secretary Urges Controlled Expansion Guarded by Federal Reserve. EXPRESSES HIS FAITH IN AMERICAN PEOPLE and Additional Taxes Necessary He Declares at A. P. Luncheon. Drastic Federal Economies | By-the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 25.—A reinvigo- rated credit structure and a “restora- tion of national confidence” were called for today by Secretary Mills as “twin weapons which must be forged to turn back the forces of destruction.” The Treasury chief, addressing the annual luncheon of the Associated Press at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, said that “the wave of fear and the tide of de- flation has to be turned back.” “The only way that I know to bring adequate relief to the people of the United States,” he said, "is to set in motion forces that will make economic recovery possible.” Against Pure Inflation. As one of these forces, Mills outlined controlled credit expansion, amply safe- guarded by the Federal Reserve System. ““Controlled credit expansion is only | possible through the operation of that | system,” he said, “I emphasize this to trolled expansion of this kind and pure inflation, such as is involved in pro- posals now before Congress for printing flat currency, or such as would result ultimately from a series of unbalanced On the budget question Mills was em- phatic: “No greater blow could be dealt to national confidence and to the national credit,” he emphasized, “than the fail- ure of the Federal Government in times like these to follow a sound fiscal pol- icy and to balance its budget. “This means, for the Government, drastic economies; for the people, an additional burden of taxation. What is the alternative? Continued borrow- ing at constantly increasing interest rates, progressive depreciation in the value of all outstanding Government securities, loss of confidence and in- the end uncontrolled inflation and a sad day of reckoning.” Mills termed it & “most extraordinary and baffling paradox that this country, richer in actual and real wealth than anything ever dreamed of by any na- tien in the world, at the flml& has been and is undergoing the severe depression ever experienced.” Cites Causes and Effects. - He outlined the causes and effects of the latest and most serious phases of the world-wide economic derangement, last May with the insolvency of the great Austrian bank, Credit- anstalt, which, he said, in turn under- mined Germany, causing a collapse which shook confidence throughout the world, force Great Britain off the gold standard and swept down upon dollar, | “That battle was won, but the cost was heavy,” he continued. “When the | battle was over * * * the gold resources of the United States were over $700,- | 000,000 lower, hundreds of banks had failed, the banks were heavily in debt to the Federal Reserve System and cwrency was being hoarded on an im- mense scale.” But for these events, he said, recov- ery might have begun many months ago. Bven then, when “the economic forces working toward contraction and deflati had fairly well spent them- selves,” Mills said, the forces of recov- |ery were more than offset by the [‘"pnrnlyzmg fear which gripped our people, the loss of confidence, and the terrible force | level: | contraction of credit which usiness and prices to new low Successful Recovery Steps. There followed, as he sketched the! process. the various means taken by the Government to halt bank failures —864 per cent of those aided by the| | Reconstruction Financg Corporation | were in towns of less than 25,000, he said—aid the railroads, insurance com- | panies and other units “affected with the public interest.” On top of these came the anti-hoarding campaign and | the steps for credit expansion. The anti-hoarding campaign’s_results and other evidence, said Mills, indicate | clearly that there is a “definite, if gradual.” return to confidence. “I have tried to point out that credit and confidence are the magicians that Mills. “I have pointed out that progress | has been achieved. But it takes time to arrest and reverse these great move- | ments and while it seems almost cruel to urge patience after an already pro- tracted period of waiting, yet I can- not help but feel that we should give the forces which have been set in mo- tion an opportunity to exert themselves before yielding to doubt as to whether we are on the right path.” “I have seen nothing,” he concluded, “‘even in the darkest hours of doubt, to impair my faith in the promise of American life Strike of 2,500 Barbers Ordered. NEW YORK, April 25 (#).—Twenty- | five hundred barbers in Upper Man- hattan shops were ordered on strike today, protesting against wage cuts and | | working conditions. Leaders said the | | strike would be extended to the entire island by next month. WOOS SLEEP AT EDGE OF FALLS, SO WATER WILL Man Climbs Between Guard Railing and Niagara, but| ™™ WASH HIM AWAY Policeman Takes Him to Court. By the Associated Press NIAGARZA FALLS, N. Y., April 25,—’ Henry Brownley, 53, who gave a New York City address, hit upon a novel plan to end his life today, according to Patrolman Joseph Klein of the Niagara State Reservation police. Klein said he found the man asleep on the river bank a sb;zyrl;. di:::nce above the falls, .!ni; was ween a guard railing the water's edge. Klein sald when he '_‘. Brownley what he was doing, the man replied that he had picked out the dangerous | spot in the hope he would roll into the river during his sleep and be swept | over the falls. Klein arrested Brown- ley on an intoxication charge and ar- raigned him before a police justice. When Klein told the story of Brown- ley's rescue to the judge, Willlam J. Watts, Brownley made no denial. Judge Watts lecmredmmm mg:ly and sus- E:M sen! upon promise to ve the city. must solve our paradox for us,” said | gm, VETERAN HISSED FOR BONUS ATTACK Cry of “Throw Him Out!” Raised at Senate Com- mittee Hearing. By the Associated Press. A war veteran, Fred C. Reynolds of Baltimore, was loudly hissed by fellow veterans today when he opposed the cash bonus payment before the House Ways and Means Committee. One cry of “throw him out" heard. Reynolds said he represented a group of veterans opposed to full payment. “We feel this bill to be class legisla- tion which endangers the financial stability of the Government,” he sald, referring to the Patman bill to expand the currency by $2,000,000,000 to pay the remainder outstanding on the bonus certificates. Rainey Sounds Warning. “We want you to know that there are some veterans who consider this appeal unpatriotic.” Reynolds added that he had borrowed $400 on his own certificate. Representative Rainey of Illinois, the Democratic leader, who was presiding, warned, as the hisses rang out, that the demonstration was a violation of the rules. Earlier at today's hearing, the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, through James A. Emery, put before the committee an emphatic protest against full cash payment. Emery called the $2,000,000,000 new money plan an ‘“experiment” and warned the committee to “avold ex- riments, especially those condemned g; historical precedents.” “There is no evidence that our dif. ficulties arise from a lack of currency, Emery said. See Political Fog. “We believe the fundamental thing that cannot be overstressed is that con- fidence is required to restore the equi- librium. “The fundamental trouble is that we are moving in a fog of political un- certainty. We can't chart our course until the fog lifts.” “What would you have done to lift the fog?" asked Representative Eslick (Democrat of Tennessee). “Action,” Emery replied. “First pass the tax bill so industry may know what to_expect.” Eslick asked if the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were not an ex- periment. “Yes, but it has historical precedent and we approve of it,” Emery replied. was Representative Vinson, Democrat, of | Kentucky, said that during the last two weeks the Federal Reserve System has issued $200,000,000 in new currency on the basis of Government bond pur- chases. “That has been done without any change in the gold reserve,” Vinson told ery “If they continue at that rate they will have put $2,400,000,000 in new cur- rency into circulation in 24 weeks—the same amount proposed in this bill.” Seeks Low Peace Cost. Gaylor Lee Clark, also of Baltimore, said he belonged to the Maryland branch of the Veterans’ Committee to Reduce the Cost of Peace. “I do not belleve the veterans are honestly and faithfully led,” Clark said. “I know soldiers and I think if the proposition had been put up to them squarely they would not be for it. “Soldiers will take what they can get; we all know that. They will holler for it, but when it comes to doing something to disrupt the Government if they do not get it, that is all bunk.” Rrepresentative Pettengill, Democrat, of Indiana, recommended legislation to give veterans the option of turning in their certificates for their present value to receive coupon bonds due in 1945. Previous loans would be deducted and interest lowered to 2 or 3 per cent under his proposal. He suggested that the Government maintain a par value for these bonds. Representative McKeown, Democrat, of Oklahoma, proposed a plan for cash- ing the certificates which would trans- fer the handling of the payment to Reserve member banks. RAIN HALTS FOREST FIRES Blazes in Pennsylvania Put Under Control by Volunteers. HARRISBURG, Pa. April 25 (P).— Aided by scattered rainfall, fire war- dens and volunteer fire fighters today had gained full control of ‘the forest- fire situation throughout Pennsylvania. The Department of Forests and out or well in the Northern part of the State were the last to be conquered, {f§ Teport stated, Daylight Saving Is Indirect Cause Of Woman’s Death By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 25.—Inaugu- ration of daylight saving was in- directly responsible for a death here yesterday. As Mrs. Anna Larson, 52, climbed a stepladder to set her clock ahead a rung gave away. She fell, breaking a verterbra in her neck and was dead when aid reached her. TDIE IN TORNADO SWEEPING SOUTH Heavy Damage Done in Ala- bama, Tennessee and Kentucky. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn,, April 25.—State highway patrol officers here reported thal at least seven persons were killed by a tornado that twisted through three towns in Shelby County about 11 o'clock (Central standard time) today. They could not give the names of those killed nor the communities in which the fatalities occurred. It was impossible at first to establish communication with Rosemark, Milling- | ton, Kerrville and other communities reported in the path of the storms. The tornado itself was not felt in Memphis, although the wind was high. | A high wind and rainstorm, accom- | panled by hail, struck here last night, | but little damage was done. STORM STRIKES KENTUCKY. | Damage Done in Counties in Southern Part of State. | BOWLING GREEN, Ky, April 25 |@.—A windstorm that approached | proportions of a tornado, accompanied by severe lightning, torrential rains | and hail. swept through a half dozen or more Southern Kentucky counties early today. One man was injured in War- lightning in Adair County and heavy damage was caused. Roofs and chimneys were blown off light lines were crippled and several towns, including Scottsville and Greens- burg, were in darkness for several hours. Industrial plants at Scoftsville were closed for lack of power. Many tobacco beds were ruined by the heavy rains and Green River and its tributaries rose rapidly. ALABAMA IS SWEPT. Heavy Windstorms Do Damage fo Buildings. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 25 (#)— | Windstorms of terrific force wrought havoc in several communities in North- em Alabama last night. At Portersville a church was wrecked, the front of a cotton warehouse was blown away and & number of buildings ‘were unroofed. Rural communities near Portersville had some damage, but not as much as that within the town. Heavy hail followed the wind and did further damage to crops. In many in- stances the deluge punctured tops of automobiles left in the open. TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. Several Persons Injured in Osceola Section. BLYTHEVILLE, Ark., April 25 (#).— A tornado struck in the vicinity of Osceola, 18 miles north of here, today, injuring several colored persons and demolishing two cotton gins. The tornado followed a severe hall, wind and electrical storm last night that uprooted trees and broke windows in houses. Thus far, no deaths have been reported in this community. SWEETWATER DAMAGED. SWEETWATER, Tenn., April 25 (&), —Considerable damage was done by & tornado that struck here early today, but no one was injured. It blew into town through the resi- dential section, destroying a garage and unroofing three residences. It then swept into the business dis- trict and damaged a garage, wrecked two chimneys on a hotel and unroofed a warehouse, a flour mill and a textile mill. Electric wires and trees were felled and scattered over streets and a high- way leading to Madisonville. Radio ren County, ancther was shocked by | buildings in a wide area and power and | HITLERITES SWEEP iWin in Four of Five States. | Three Deaths Reported. Hundreds Arrested. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, April 25—Adolf Hitler's National Socialists are the strongest political party today in four of the five German states which participated in iyts'.e'rdly'! Diet elections, but they still lack a clear road to control of any of them. Wilhelm Kube, leader of the National Socialist faction in the Prussian Diet, demanded today, however, that the Prussian Diet resign immediately. “Dr. Braun's successor must be a National Socialist,” he said, “and Adolf Hitler will choose him!" The election, which followed two presidential elections in which Hitler's Fascist legions !oufht futilely to place him at the head of the Reich, resul in three deaths, many other casualties | and hundreds arrests. Only at Bavaria did the Hitlerites | run slightly behind. In Prussia, where the fight was most | bitter because of the theory that | “whoever controls Prussia controls the | in 162 seats, against. the 9 they held heretofore. Braun Likely to Resign. The coalition which makes up the | present _government also secured 162 GERMAN ELECTION HOUSE RECEIVES OMNIBUS MEASURE Senate Finance Committee Drafts Companion Bill to Raise $1,000,000,000. WORKING WIVES ARE HIT UNDER DISMISSAL PLAN Hoover Given Right to Raise Fed- eral Pay When Commodity Prices Recover. With the pay cut and eeonomy pro- gram framed by the special House Committee before it, Congress started today on decisive steps to balance the budget. While the House was receiving the bill designed to lop off $200,000,000 to $225,000,000, the Senate Finance Com- mittee was undertaking to draft a re- vised revenue bill to raise approxi- mately $1,000,000,000. The House expects to take up the bill Wednesday. Its most important feature is am 11 per cent cut in the pay of every Government employe Who receives more than $1,000 a year. A provision giving the President author- ity to restore salaries to the present figure by proclamation, whenever wholesale commodity prices shall reach |and maintain for 120 days a figure within 10 points of the prices in 1926, caused considerable speculation today. It was presumed the framers of the bill expected funds to carry out its provisions to be obtained from savings impounded in the Treasury from econ- omies in the measure, for it provides that “such impounding of funds may be waived by the President in connec- tion with any appropriation when, in his judgment, such action is necessary and in the public interest.” Even before the bill could be formally presented at the opening of today's ses- sion, Chairman McDuffie of the Special Economy Committee appeared before the House Rules Committee asking a special rule to make consideration of this measure in order as an amendment to the $20.000,000 appropriation bill which carries salaries for the legislative establishment. The rule undoubtedly will be granted. Storm Breaks Early. Rumblings of the storm to break in the House Wednesday were heard when | the Economy Committee divided before (Continued on Page 4, Column = 4093 01,5, CLERKS Interior Department Slash Imminent as Wilbur Pro- seats. The consensus today was that| | Premier Otto Braun of Prussia and | his government would probably resign, | but that he would be likely to con- | tinue to hold office, while a struggle took place over the formation of a new workable layout. The National Socialists, with four minor opposition parties, command only 203 of the 450 seats in the Prus- sion Diet. They could form a govern- | ment only if the 67 members of the Centrist party, which is that of Chan- port them. The rule is that the present govern- ment holds over, in any event, until a new one is formed with the support of 51 per cent of the Diet. Communists Gain Nine Seats. make a gain was the Communist, which (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) e S 'WINE RATIONS HALTED IN POISONING PROBE | Action Taken in Havre, France, After 300 Sailors Become Ill | in Three Months. | By the Associated Press. HAVRE, France, April 25.— Health authorities here today ordered all ships |on which they suspected there might have been responsible for the illness of about 300 sailors during the last three months, to abondon the use of the wine. An_investigation into the poisoning was begun last Saturday by Havre po- lice. They advanced the theory it was | caused either by poison used to treat the vineyards or to reduce the acidity | in the wine. | Large quantities of the wine already | but some, without radios, were feared to be still issuing the wine rations. | . As far as was known no transatlantic | liners had any of the poisoned wine aboard, but it was confined to coast- ;Ioi:z.s cross Channel and local fishing | cellor Heinrich Bruening, were to sup-| The only other party in Prussia to| | be poisoned wine, such as is believed to | | had been landed from coast-wise ships, | | tests to Garner. | 'With a weather eye toward the House on its omnibus bill progress, Interior Department officials today were pre- paring themselves for what looked to be the inevitable—the discharging of 4,093 | of its 14,983 employes in Washington and in the fleid as the result of Con- gress approving the department’s 1933 supply measure calling for appropria- tions of 40 per cent under the current fiscal year's operation costs. ©Only the substitution of the plan call- ing for furloughing workers and the adoption of President Hoover's pro- posal to permit the interchange of ap- propriations within a department or agency up to 15 per cent in place of the straight salary reduction of 11 per cent_ will spare the ax cutting job in | the Interior Department. Wilbur Again Attacks Action. On the eve of the House taking up the omnibus measure, Secretary Wilbur again gave voice against what he termed the act of practically “dismantling of of the ship” when the House approved the Senate’s straight, 10 per cent cut in the Interior Department's supply bill “regardless of the wish of a head of a department, without calling for confer- ence, or without considering any of the details.” The Interior Department bill re- ceived the approval of Congress last week. This vast agehcy must get along | the best it can after July 1, with $45.- | 398,672 less than its appropriations of | $75,680,598 for the present fiscal year. | Its treasury has been hacked to the | very bone, causing Secretary Wilbur to | shout out in a letter to Speaker John | N. Garner today “this is bad budgeting | and bad legislative practice.” ‘ In event Congress fails to approve | the two major revisions in the omnibus bill, department officials said there was nothing left for them to do but to make a_wholesale reduction in their person- " (Continued on Page 5, Column 6. Fianna Fail May Have to $4,000,000 By the Assoclated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, April 25.— The Planna Fall government is taking steps to repay investors in the £500,000 republican bond issue of 1921, held principally in the United States. Records relaf to the loan were de- g:s"-ed with American courts, but they ve been returned to the Free State authorities, who now are investigating to ascertain whether it will be necessary to enact legislation to make repayment. It may be that the government will have to borrow to meet prlnc:g:l and ent Tate ot xchange Brobably Wil ap- ra ap- proximate £1,000,000. raised by Eamon de ‘e United States, IRELAND TAKES 7STEPS TO REPAY U. S. INVESTORS IN 1921 LOAN Borrow Funds to Liquidate Bond Debt. two sections. The first was issued in January, 1921, for $5,250,000, and the second in November of the same year for $625,000. About $2,000,000 was tied up by the American courts in 1923 before it reached the Free State and later was returned to the investors. } Thus there remains nearly $4.000,000, plus interest, still to be paid. The rate of interest has not been determined, but | probably will be 8 shillings to the is the rate on internal The Cosgrave government recognized the validity of the loan and it was in- cluded among the Free State obliga- tions in 1924 The American court action, er, Tepay- menty pound, which loans. SAVING $2m,fll],flll| SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES TARIFF ON OIL AND COAL Levy on Copper Added fo House Tax Bill—Lumber Products Exempted. ALL VOTES ARE CLOSE; PARTY LINES BROKEN Reed Says He Hopes Manufactur. ers’ Sales Plan Will Be Revived. By the Associated Press. In a series of rapid-fire ballots the Senate Finance Committee today dis- posed of the tariff issue in the revenue bill by voting import taxes on oil, coal and copper and rejecting levies on for- est products. The provisions in the House bill for an import tax of 1 cent a gallon on joll and $2 a ton on coal were retained. An import levy on copper, the rate to be decided later, was added. All votes were close. The attempt to remove the oil tax from the bill lost on a tle vote, 9 to 9. The lumber duties welrte re)fcte&l\. 10 to 8. was the second time a coj tarifT had been written into the pn?'r billion-dollar revenue bill. The vote was 10 to 8. The House Ways and Means Committee voted once to put a copper tariff in the revenue bill, but later reconsidered. Two Republicans Against. The amount of the copper duty voted by the Finance Commm%gewu go! oim- mediately disclosed. Two Republicans ;\’IE:{& o; %lve:m Hampshire and La of in— au&lmfl el nsin—voted against nator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, voted with the Republican majority to add the copper duty. Connally and Gore, Democrats, of Oklahoma, salso voted with the Republicans to retain the import taxes on oil and coal, The vote on copper follows: For: Republicans—Smoot, Reed, Shortridge, Ccuzens, Bingham, Thomas of Idaho, Jones and Metcalf, Democrat—Connally. Against: Repub- licans—Keyes and La Follette. Demo- crats—Harrison, George, Walsh of Mas- sachusetts, Barkley, Costigan and Hull. The vote on oil, which was 9 to 9, m“: a Pwt— Rsc}]’):rl;licnm, ‘Watson, 3 moof ridge, Couzer Bingham and Thomas of Idaho. mfi crats, Connally and Gore. ;flm‘iubllt‘nm,uxeyge. La l'alletu. Jones etcal ‘mocrats, H: George, Walsh of e Goae fla& mduxun vote on coal was 9 to 8, as follows: For — Republicans, Smoot, Watson, Reed, Shortridge, Bingham, Thomas and Jones. Democrats, Con- nally and Gore. Against—Repulicans, Deimoirate: Harrioon. Geormn, Waciot i , Ha , , Walsh of Massachusetts, Costigan and Hull, Vote on Lumber Shown, ‘Watson, Massachusetts, Cos- - FAGING DISMISSAL , -3 simiete o | Reich,” the Hitlerite forces garnered | Watson, Thomas, crats, none. Keyes and La Reed, Shortridge, Bingham, Jones . Demo- Against—Republicans, Follette. Democrats, igan The votes against igles was 10 to 7 and showed the same line-up as against lumber, except Senator Watson did not vote on tLis. The committee’s action dis, the tariff controversy for the mdb:f ing, but Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington gave notice that the battle { for import taxes on forest products would be carried to the floor of the Senate. Votes will be had in the Sen- ate on all of the tariff items. The tariff row was opened when Senator La Follette moved v exclude all tariff jtems. This motion lost, 10 to 9. Senators Connally and Gore joined the Republican majority to defeat this move. Senators Keyes and Metcalf left *he Republican fold to join La Follette an,” the Democrats in opposition to all tariff duties. Wanted to Speed Bill. “Democrats voted without respect to the merits of the various tariff ,;wms." explained Senator Harrison of Missis- sippi_after the meeting, “in order to expedite ccnsideration of the bill.” After disposing of the tariff contro- versy, the committee began considera- tion of non-controversial administra- tive provisions of the bill. Another dmeeung was called for later in the ay. No effort was made in the commit- tee to add an import duty on manga- nese. Senator Oddie, Republican, Ne- vada, will offer this proposal, however, when the bill reaches the foor. After the committee’s action, Sena- tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, served notice he would demand a tariff on lumber if duties on copper and coal are_approved. “I have doubted the wisdom of legis- lating on the tariff question in a tax bill,” Borah said in an informal state- ment, “but I can see no possible reason for including copper and coal that does | not apply to lumber.” Borah added that he had not decided how he would vote on & motion in the Senate to excluds all tariffs, but was certain that if tariffs were approved they should include lumber, Both Republican and Demoeratic Committee members had favored tack- ling the tariff issue at today's session, Notice was served several days ago by Senator Hull, Democrat, of Tennessee, that he intended to move elimination of the tariffs now carried in the bill and seek to bind the committee not to add ks the committee comm! sat down to its big job, members had at their elbow a fat, 1440-page volume of testimony given in the recent hearings. Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, said he hoped a manufacture ers’ sales tax, rejected by the House, might be adopted by the Senate in lieu of some of the excise taxes on selected products. . Technical experts from the Treasury joined the committee as it began its work behind closed doors. BEATING AIR RECORD Ahead of Record in England-Aus- tralia Flight. \NGOON, Burma, April 25 (#) — . A. Scott, British fiyer, attempt-