Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1932, Page 1

b e WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not so cool tonight; tomor- row fair and warmer; gentle northwest winds becoming variable. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ‘ Temperatures—Highest, 63, at noon . yesterda today; lowest, 48, at Full report on page B. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 10 Y. @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION —_ No. 82,154 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D, FRIDAY, MAY 13, NEW KIDNAP HUNT SPURRED “JAFSIE” CLEARED OF SUSPICION, CURTIS NOT QUESTIONED AS YET; PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CABINET Body Identitied Definitely as Stolen Baby. PARLEY SEEKS UNITED ACTION Prosecutor Doubts ' Early Arrest; None Under Suspicion. B the Assoclated Press. TRENTON, N. J,, May 13.—Dis- %rict Attorney Erwin Marshall an- nounced this afternoon that noth- ing had been found to implicate Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jafsie” of the search for the Lindbergh baby. “He has been released and has gone back to New York,” Marshall said. The prosecutor of Mercer Coun- ty, where the baby’s body was found, said he had not yet seen John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk me- diator in the Lindbergh case, and did not know where he was. Formal Statements Made. Both Dr. Condon, who paid the unavailing $50,000 ransom, and Curtis, who was on another trip to meet the supposed kidnapers when the body was found, made formal statements to police last night, and were questioned further today. said, offered $1,000 re- first “Jafsie” advertise- unication ‘was really in touch with the kidnapers. Confers With Lindbergh. Marshall said he was ready to seek murder indictments in connection with the death of the baby just as soon as evidence warrants, but that there was no justification for such action yet. The prosecutor disclosed that he had been in conference with Col. Lindbergh until 3 o'clock this morning, going over all details of the case and mapping out a plan of campaign against the kid- naper-murderers. After a lengthy conference with offi- cials of Mercer and Hunterdon Coun- ties, in_both of which the Lindbergh | estate lies, Attorney General William A Stevens left the State House on a mission he indicated might provide de- velopments “When we come back,” he told re-| porters as he left with several other | cfficials, “we will have something for | President Hoover’s stateme the murderers of the Lindbergh kidnaping and murder of the Li “The Federal Government has been accomplished.” NORFOLK OFFICIALS CONDUCT INQUIRY Decline to Reveal Details or Indicate Clues in Kid- naping Case. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, May 13—An in- vestigation into the Norfolk angle of the Lindbergh kidnaping case was started today at the request of New Jersey authorities, it was announced by Director of Public Safety Charles B. Borland. ; Col. Borland, who conferred this morning with Chief of Police S. W. sald Col. H. Norman Ironmonger, Schwi f, New Jersey State police " ested the investigation. yesterday, was in New . Refuse to Give Details. Col. Borland and Chief Ironmonger to reveal any details, and would e no indication of whether or not hey had any definite clues. It is known, however, Gh::’ the twn“u have been closely case and presumably gathering !n{ormnflm since early in March, when the three Norfolk men entered the world-wide search as ‘ntermediaries. Agents of the Bureau of Investigation of the ent of Justice have also been wi quietly in Norfolk from time to time during the last few weeks. While the negotiations were under way the Norfolk Police Department adopted the policy of “hands off” in the less hampered in their work. Curtis communicated with his home here to say that he and Col. Lindbergh had learned of the discovery of the death of the child while they were near the New Jersey coast in connection with an effort to make contact with the sup- posed kidnapers. Curtis first became connected with the negotiations on March 9, when he said you.” BODY DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED. | | Parley of Probers Seeks United Action to Apprehend Slayers. HOPEWELL, N. Y., May 13 (P.— The search for the kidnaped Lind-| bergh baby was at arf end today—for | the baby was dead. | But the search for the slayers was intensified a thousand fold, and by or- der of President Hoover himself will never be relaxed until the criminals are implacably brought to justice. ‘The body was found by mere chance near the Lindbergh home yesterday afternoon, and, though little more than a skeleton, was definitely identified as that of the missing child. | There was a wound above the high forehead and the skull had been broken | " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) DEPORTATION ORDERED Finnish Editor Will Appeal Court | Ruling in Canada. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 13 (/&) —Arvo Vaara, editor of the Finnish Daily Vapaus, of Sudbury, Ontario, to- day was ordered depor‘cd on a convic- tion on a charge of “conspiring to overthrow the government of Canada by force.” L. A. Ryan, who defended Vaara at & hearing before a poard of immigra- tion suthorities, declared he would ap- peal the case Vaara is one of about 10 alleged he was approached by 2 man represent- ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) NINE HOURS TAKEN TO REACH LINDBERGH | Radio on Yacht Goes Wrong u} Operator Repeats Message Desperately. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 13.—Nine hours passed before Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, cruising on a yacht off the New Jersey coast and confident he was about to re- ceive his son back alive, knew the baby had been found dead, the New York Sun says today. | A radio code had been arranged so | that Col. Lindbergh on his trips to negotiate with the kidnapers could keep in touch with the police and his home, When word was flashed yesterday aft- ernoon that the baby's body had been found something went wrong with the radio receiving set on the yacht Marcon, however, Again’ and again, while Mrs, Lind- bergh waited, striving to keep from breaking down, a radio operator re- peated the message desperately. Not un- | til midnight did the Marcon pick it up. | The yacht immediately made for a landing place near Atlantic City. A car Communists who weie Tecently srrested in six Canadian cities and brought to Halifax for deportation proceedings. awaited Col. Lindbergh there. Shortly after 3 am., after a wild 250-mile drive, he arrived home. HOUSE CHAPLAIN OFFERS PRAYER FOR COMFORT OF LINDBERGHS ‘Asks Punishment of Slayers and Cleansing of “Filth and Crime of Our National Household.” By the Associated Press. Before the House went to work today it heard a prayer by its chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, asking com- fort for Col. and Mrs, Charles A. Lind- bergh. “O Thou Eternal our words tion; do Thou give them rest which the world can nevermore defile. “Consider and hear us, O Lord. Ours is national humiliation as we vision the depths of this infamy. “Arouse the public conscience, that {2 slight atonement may be made by smiting murderers and outlaws into the God, falter as the shadcws of the Nation's| dust. is & world shrine at whose footstool we tarry. The “Clesnse the arteries of our whole country where breed and swarm the filth and crime of our national house- ds of sorrow murmur as tears | hold. and sink on the matted and damp. “Merciful Father, may the §ad no longer with the curls of gold, of its be | sake. “Almighty God, 1ift us up: let us see, lead us on. Hear us for Thy mercy's - Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Text of Hoover Statement forcement agencies of the Federal Government to hunt down “I have directed the law enforcement agencies and the sev- eral secret services of the Federal Government to make the to-be-forgotten case, never to be-relaxed until these criminals are implacably brought to justice. in such crimes, but its agencies will be unceasingly alert to assist the New Jersey police in every possible way until this end hope that the intermediaries would be | nt today ordering the law en- baby follows: ndbergh baby a live and never- does not have police authority CONGRESS TO AL ONKINAPIG LAY 'Officials Fired by Lindbergh Crime—Washington Shock- ed by News. News of the finding of the body of | the Lindbergh baby yesterday loosed | Washington's sympathies for its be- reaved parents and fired official de- | ’;?mds for strict anti-kidnaping legisla- | on. While thousands of citizens, headed by the President himself, sought news- papers for detalls of the gruesome finale to the 72-day quest for the son | of Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, both houses of Congress resounded with forecasts of the pending Federal legislation designed to curb this kind of crime, and the Department of Justice pledged its aid in tracking the murderer of the baby. And this all within an hour or two layed safety of the child throughout the lorg period which followed the actual kid- naping, and when the first flach of the pas . Vice President Curtis, plainly show- ing his feelings, expressed deep sym- p‘ifi.flhy for Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh. He | said: “They have my deepest sympathy and my most heartfelt condolences gn out to the bereaved mother and Col. Lind- bergh and to their families in their sorrow. It is & most shocking thing." Congress Aroused. | In Coni , the recation was vigor- | ous. Chnmn Norris of the Senate | Judiciary Committee said the legisla- | tion pending before his group to make | kidnaping subject to Federal jurisdic- tion, would pass. “It is too awful to talk about.” the | | Nebraskan said with reference fo the | finding of the slain baby. i | Representative Cochran of Missouri, | author of a bill to make the transporta- | tion of abducted persons across State | lines a capital offense, said there was no doubt but that his bill would receive speedy approval. The House Judiciary | Committee, before which the measure is pending, he sald. had been reluctant to press the legislation as long as there remained a vestige of hope that little Charles Lindbergh could be recovered. It was feared, he explained, that such legislation would frighten the baby's | captors into the very murder which | wrote finis to the famous hunt. But | now, he said, every legislative move will be taken to crush kidnaping “The mothers of this country,” he | | declared, “will never be satisfied until | they know the United States Govern- | ment is soldily behind the protection | of their children!” | A econd kidnaping-control bill, | sponsored by Representative Cochran, which would outlaw the sending of | threatening letters through the mails | was pumsedz by the House and is before | the Senate Judiciary Committee. Justice Department Stands Ready. | J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of | Justice, was quick in promising his | | agency’s facilities. “It is quite possible,” Mr. Hoover said, “that now the police may have | definite clues as to the kidnapers. It |is quite certain that they will go after them hard, and we, of course, will help in any way we can.” While these pronouncements were be- ing made in official Washington, the | news spread like wildfire throughout | the city’s homes. Extra editions of | newspapers carried word through the streets and radio receiving sets mouthed stark bulletins. me;ul’i‘:mlng Star broke | out three special ns &S more com- plete news of the tragedy tapped into Wash! over the wires. | Unwilling to accept the truth of the | early bare announcements of the find- | ing of the dead baby, uncounted thou- | sands of men and women seized their telephones to besiege newspaper offices for additional word. So heavy was this traffic that the telephone company an- nounced & half hour after the news broke that the congestion in its ex- changes was *“ d control” In order to pull the communication sys- tem out of its jam, the regular day staffs of operators, already augmented by additional personnel because of the Masonic visitors, were held overtime through the evening. Gradually, as the city accepted the truth of the tragedy, the calls lessened. Capt. Dollar “Restless.” Robert 3 magnate, home “‘restless day,” and it last night, his | expressed sorrow here, a m:minmu_-sl Mitchell Puts All Agents on - Case. 'HOUSE MOVES TO PUSH BILLS Full Co-operationon Probe Promised by U. S. Units. Spurred by a vigorous order kv President Hoover, Federal law en- forcement and investigative forces laid plans today to throw every available resource into the man- hunt for the murderers of the Lindbergh baby. It was to be a hunt “never to be relaxed,” in the President’s words, “until those criminals are implacably brought to justice.” Although, as President Hoover explained to the press at the White House, the Government has |no direct police jurisdiction in the case, the abhorrent nature of the crime is such that the Govern- ment will do all in its power “to make the kidnaping and murder of the Lindbergh baby a live and never-to-be-forgotten case.” Bars Are Let Down. Federal investigative agencies previously had co-operated with New Jersey authorities and Col. Lindbergh, but have never made an intensive, co-ordinated effort to solve the case because of Lind- bergh’s desire to “play fair” with the kidnapers of his son. The bars to active investigation now are down. Shortly after the White House pronouncement, Attorney General Mitchell sald the order had been relayed to all agencies of the De- partment of Justice. The brunt of the work in this department will be borne by the United States | Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation, was des- ignated by the President to at- tend a conference at Trenton early in the case. During recent weeks, however, the bureau had not been active, but stood ready to assist if requested by the New Jersey police. The bureau has never been requested to make a t;llo;ough Investigation, it was said. Irey Acts as “Observer.” Only one Government agency has maintained definite contact with the case. That is the In- ternal Revenue Bureau’s special intelligence unit, of which er Irey is chief. Irey was active as an “observer” in the arrange- ments for payment of a ransom of $50,000 through Dr. John F. Condon, and also flew with Lind- bergh to Cuttyhunk, Mass., in a futile trip to recover the baby from a yacht, the Nellie. Irey was in New York yesterday, sup- posedly in consultation with his agents Who have been keeping in contact with Col. Henry Breckenridge. One other Government agency, the special immigration agents under Mur- ray Garson, special assistant fo Secre- tary Doak, conducted a brief inquiry at Hopewell some weeks ago in connection with the Henry “Red” Johnson-Betty Gow phases of the case. Hoover Sends Condolences. Before President Hoover issued his orders and his press statement he dis- patched to Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh the condolences of himself and Mrs, Hoover. The tragedy was discussed in the cabinet meeting that followed, and one after another of the cabinet members and shock as the; the White House. g The President’s announcement to the press was read by one of the White House secretaries, slowly and with em- ghum President Hoover remained at is desk in a nearby room. Mitchell Acts Quickly. Attorney General Mitchell lost no time in transmitting the White House instructions to officials of his depart- ment. He explained in conversation With newspaper men that while the de- partment has no specific jurisdiction in such crimes, he has notified law en- he st i mieg Hew Sy o8 a ew Ji - “?.h‘:z" ) i ersey authori. torney General made it evident he heartily approved of the President's action in calu.n} Government agencies into the search for the slayers. Congress Starts Action. Meantime the wheels of legislative machinery were beginning to turn in a movement to make kidnaping a Federal « . Earlier steps along this line were held in abeyance in fear that such action wwmmrmm.gnm negotiating with the Lindberghs for the return of the child. “Every one desired to aid Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh regain their little hb? )’ of leash every restraint and get the guilty m.__mmwfll(eel right until this anr on Page. O-I is done. Radio 1932—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Foening Star. Yesterday’s Circulation, 127,476 ¥R (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BY HOOVER NATIONAL ¢ RAIN THREATENING REICHERS OVER SEA Dublin Expects Jersey Flyer| at 9 P.M. on Flight to Paris. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, May 13.— The weather outlook for Lou Reichers, | flying from Newfoundland, is uncer- tain. Tralee reported threatened rain, but no wind. Visibility was fair. Galway, which is in direct line between New- foundland and Dublin, reported showers, with slight wind and falr visibility. Takes Off for Dublin. .. ... HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, May 13 (#).—Lou Reichers, American aviator speeding eastward from Newark, N. J, for Paris on a two-stop flight in which he to better the time of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh reached Har- bor Grace this morning and took off again for Dubln, Ireland. Relchers headed his plane out over the Atlantic, the most dangerqus leg of his flight, at 5:51 a.m., Eastern standard time. Observers at Harbor Grace said the weather was favorable. The Arlington, N. J,, speed fiyer, who started from Newark 10:02 o'clock last night, Eastern standard time, landed | thro at Harbor Grace at 4:25 a.m. Eastern standard time, less than six and one- half hours later. He was somewhat be- hind the schedule he had set for him- self, for he had hoped to cover the dis- tance in five hours. He suffered fur- ther delay when, in landing, the stabi~ lizer of his plane was broken. Carries 550 Gallons. He effected repairs quickly, however, than filled the fuel tanks of the plane until they held 550 gallons of gasoline and headed out toward the open sea. It was broad daylight, for the take-off was at 8:20 a.m, Newfoundland day- light time. By evening Reichers hoped to have cleared the nearly 2,000-mile stretch of tumbling water to land safely in Ireland. There he planned to re- plentish his fuel supply and speed onward for Paris. The aviator estimated his gasoline supply was adequate for 12 hours of flying and that his plane, capable of 225 miles an hour, would average 200 miles an hour on the trip. He esti- mated that it should actually take him only eight or nine hours to reach the Irish capital and then, in about two hours more, he expected to be in Paris. After a wireless talk with Harbor Grace, authorities of the Baldonnel Aviation Fleld said they expected the aviator to arrive at 2 a.m. Saturday QGreenwich meridian time (9 p.m. East- ern standard time tonight). Plans were made for keeping the expected crowds in control and for lighting the fleld to enable a safe landing. ! GIRL RIDER KILLED; HORSE THROWS HER Body Found on Road Half Mile From Avenue Bridge After Mount Returns Home. Shortly after the horse which she had borrowed to go for a ride came home riderless, Miss Marie Myers, 24, of 1118 Pirst street southeast, was found fatally injured this afternoon on a gravel road about a half-mile from the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. The girl, who apparently had been thrown from the horse and then kicked, was taken to Casualty Hospital by the Pire Rescue Squad. She was pronounced dead upon arrival. Police were told that Miss Myers had borrowed the horse frcm a friend this morning to go for a ride in the Mount Dome section. When the horse returned l:hngme “gmruy after r.mox:i -hlelrch for was begun and her bruised body was found shortly afterward. THREE HURT IN CRASH Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13.—When two automobiles collided on the Rich- mond-Washington Highway, one mile south of here today, J. P. H. Mason, 83, of Accotink. Va.. driver of one of the ically | tin, former society editor of the Post, Landis, t. | detective. |{Alfonso Attacked | By Assailant on | Pier at Marseilles |Former Monarch Struck | in Face as He Lands From Ship. MARSEILLES. Prance, May 13 (#).— Former King Alfonso of Spain stepped | off a steamer from Malta today into a | rain of blows from a roughly-dressed man on the pier. | | The incident was so unexpected that ithe man punched the former monarch several times sbout the head and body | before anybody could stop him. He was rrested immediately and identified as | 8 ek e | “Police discovered, is the King and, without saying a word, struck him in the face. A policeman was not far off, but the | man got in several other blows before | he was dragged off. Alfonso stood for a moment in as- tonishment, then walked quickly to his car and was driven away. Last March when Alfonso passed here on the way to Paris from San 0 & young Spaniard at the curb shouted insults at him until the police hustled him off. Alfonso ignored that incident and the offender was sub- | sequently released. | NEANS SOMMONED. IN LEAN SUT Named With Wife Among 25 Witnesses for Ouster Trial Next Monday. Gaston B. Means and his wife are named in a list of 25 witnesses pre- sented to United States Marshal Edgar | C. Snyder for service to attend the trial of the ouster suit of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean against her hustand, Edward Beale McLean, publisher of tne Wash- ington Post, which is scheduled to start next Monday in the District Supreme Court. The witnesses were summoned at request of Attcrney Julius I. Peyser, who today' entered his appearance as counsel for the publisher, who is report- ed to be ill in Paris. Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue, be- fore whom the case would crdinarily fall for hearing, today declined to hear the ouster proceeding hecause le had been approached before his elevation to the bench to act as attorney for the publisher. Justice Bailey will hear the case. Some of the other justices con- sidered themselves disqualified because of acquaintance with the publisher or with hearing other proceedings egainst him. The other names on the Peyser list of witnesses include Mrs. Eleanor Pat- | terson, editor of the Washington Herald: maids and nurses at the home of Mrs. McLean, 2020 Massachusetts avenue; a number of newspaper men and others formerly connected with the Post, in- cluding Albert W. Fox, former political writer and now one of the attorneys for Mrs. McLean. ms;‘nmm; Poe, l‘;llrllel' on the Post, asked bring cabl radiograms and letters in her svession from both Mr. and Mrs. McLean, and the cashier of the Bethesda Bank is directed to bring to the hearing the contents of a safe deposit box in the name of Edward Beale McLean. Other Witnesses Called. Other witnesses called are Peter Reynolds, superintendent of “Friend- ship,” McLean's Wisconsin avenue as formerly Bertha Mar- home, who is of Scotland Yard; Mrs. and “Mr. " former Pinkerton Attorneys Prank J. Hogan, Nelson T. Hartson and Albert W. Fox, repre- se! Mrs. McLean, have 37 witnesses and the case is likely to m'mmhmm-m SHOOT DEMANDS TAX BILL SPEED Delay Costing $2,000,000 a| Day, Senator Says—*“No Time for Party Lines.” By the Associated Press. Speedy enactment of the billlon dollar revenue bill on a non-partisan basis was asked of the Senate today by Chairman Smoot of the Finance Com- mittee. “It is a measure for the protection and preservation of your Government and my Government,” he said in open- ing debate on the bill. Let us | “It is above White House, party lines and distinctions. | remal Senate Democrats Fail to Express Approval of Hoover Compromise Plan. REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT OF AGREEMENT IN RANKS | $1,500,000 Is Asked for Federal .Aid of Unemployment Conditions in Form of Loans. By the Associated Press. Senate Democrats today turned the Hooter compromise $1,500,000,000 relief plan over to a special committee for study. A second conference of the Demo- crats failed to develop an absolute ap- proval of the compromise. The special committee was determined upon to go over the plan. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, whose conference with President Hoover opened the way for a- compromise, will serve as a member. Other members are Wagner of New York, Walsh of Montana, Pittman of Nevada and Bulkley of Ohio. Confident of Agreement. As a result of last night's conference at the White House between the Pres- ident and Republicans of the Senate Banking Committee, Republican leaders were confident of a general agreement in their ranks on the proposal to extend Federal aid to the States for unemploy- ment relief and to finance public and private construction—by means of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Meanwhile House banking leaders were waiting to see President Hoover's plan in legislative form before taking any position on the huge financing m‘(’:gg:{:mm Steagall of of the Banking Committee said he was waiting to “see In"adtal what'Is Fromocecs peicie.pan wi O ore - ing judgment on Y Under the compromise relief plan the $1500,000,000 would be distributed by the Reconstruction Corporation, the being raised as needed through sale of corporation debentures, with no issue of Government bonds. Even with the backing of the Presi- dent. the %fl'outgcu\ must have great support in !g‘rtla if it is to be within the brief four before After was “harmonious,” Mr. Hoover gave take the all-important step toward Siatement outlining the compromise economic recovery.” The bill was taken up in hope of getting it passed and sent to confer- ence with the House by the end of next week. Drastic amendments have been made in the Senate Finance Committee, | and more are in prospect on the Senate | floor, though there is no likelihood that the rumpus staged by the House on this measure will be repeated. The | general sales tax, which caused that fracas, has not been restored and though attempts to write it in are in prospect, the proposal apparently has not enough sentiment behind it to win. Four Tariffs Face Fight. The four tariffs, on oil, coal, copper and lumber, will be fought strenuously. | Notice of this was given yesterday by four Democratic members of the com- mittee that reshaped the bill. Smoot emphasized that it was vitally necessary to broaden the base of in- come taxes to include 1,700,000 more individuals in order to meet the short- age in the Nation's revenue, a shrink- age which he set at 50 per cent since 1930. But with incomes dropping, he declared it was necessary to go even further for tax refunds. He reluctantly shunted aside the sales tax because of its decisive defeat in the House and called u business to share $560,000,000 of the budget-bal- ancing burden in selected excise and miscellaneous taxes. Opposition Is Expected. “I concede frankly,” said Smoot, “that each proposed tax will be opposed vig- orously by the groups directly affected. Each group admits necessity of imme- diate increases in revenue. But we are constantly confronted with the cry ‘Don't tax us.' Just as, in curtailing appropriations, we hear the cry ‘Reduce Government expenditures, but don’t cut our approptiation.’” Smoot made no mention of the merits of the four tariff items, He sup- ported these import duties in committee and advocated the copper tax. “I cannot estimate,” he concluded, “the unfortunate effects upon the country resulting from the delays and | uncertainties accompanying enactment of the legislation now before you. Busi- ness activities have slackened; unem- ployment, with inescapable suffering of | the innocent and helpless, is not im- | proved; commodity prices have con- | tinued to fall; values have depreciated; | liquidation has not stopped; credits re- main frozen and credit facilities refuse or fail to function; the recuperative | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) _ Would Double Borrowing Power. By legislation, the present borro-m power of the reconstruction unit wo! be doubled, to a total of $3,000,000,000. The President made it plain he was in no wise abandoning the policy that re- liet of distress rests primarily on local effort, but said “since fear has arisen that existing relief measures and re- sources may prove inadequate,” it was deemed wise to empower the Recon- struction Corporation to make relief loans to States if necessary. He ad- vised limiting these loans to between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000. ‘The remaining monies would be loaned for both private and public con- struction projects, provided they be “economically sound and self-supporting projects of a constructive replacement character.” “In order to safeguard the program beyond all question,” the President said, “it is proposed that there must be proper security for the loans, that as said projects must be income-groducing, that borrowers must have sufficiznt con- fidence to furnish part of the capital, and that the project must contribute to early and substantial employment.” Several Proposals Hit. ‘The Chief Executive’s statement struck sharply at various proposals to | issue bonds for what he called unpro- ductive public works. He asserted an examination had disclosed that to in- crease Federal Government construction work during the next year beyond that already provided for would “represent a wasteful use of capital and public SThe program worked out 'yesterd e pro worl out yesterday betweenp the President and Robinson contained concessions upon both sides. The Arkansas Senitor originally had proposed bond issues to provide a $300,- 000,000 relief fund and a $2,000,000,000 construction fund. GANDHI LEARNS TO SEW Deserts Ancient Spinning Wheel for Modern Sewing Machine. BOMBAY, May 13 (#).—Mahatma Gandhi has deserted his spinning wheel and is learning to sew on a sewing machine. A recent visitor to Yerovda Jail, where the Mahatma is interned as & result of his civil disobedience cam- paign against the British government, sald he has been devoting far less time to his spinning, but is spending hours every day working with a new sewing machine of well known make. |WOOD SAYS PRESIDENT INSISTS ON §24,000,000 ARMY FUND CUT ;Indiana_ Leader Declares Military Men Have Misrepre- sented Conditions and Views of Executive. President Hoover was represented to- day by Representative Wood, Repub- lican, of Indians, ranking Republican member of the House lAl{e fons Committee, as being insistent upon & $24,000,000 reduction in the Army ap- ropriation X p?x?nn' was the amount of the reduc- tion in the Army's supply bill, outside of the original reduction in the bu estimates and after the bills had under- knife of the House. He charged that these have dget | ations, I o and |States and has only _ 47 (Continyed on Page 2, Column 33, “I thought they were not giving the true facts, but now that I've talked with the President I know the truth,” Rep- President. representing tion of the President in the matter of a $24,000,000 cut in the Army appropri- have his authority to this public statement. It for the Army to try to officers, \ '3