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RTCHE PROPOSES FVEDAY WEEK Suggests 30-Hour Working Period as Means of Allevi- " ating Suffering. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 20.—Gov. Albert C. Ritchfe in a national radio address 1ast night proposed a 30-hour week of five days as 2 means of alleviating un- employment throughout the Nation. The four-time Maryland executive and presidential candidate suggested & six-hour day, five days a week as a means to afford more employment on the work outlined by American industry. “I am glad to-see” he said, “that there seems to be agreement in Con- gress with the proposal for shorter days and shorter work hours. A 30-hour fveek, say five days of six hours each, will spread the available work among the available workers in a way which | will make the most material contrlbu-‘ tion toward unemployment relief.” . The Federal budget and unemploy- ment relief were discussed by Gov. Ritchie as two of the momentous ques- tions now facing the Government, and he declared that “every day's delay in meeting these problems adds to the loss of confidence and the fear that throttles American business.” Gov. Ritchie declared that the Demo- eratic party “must rise above class section and proclaim its ability to fight ‘behind a national program to cure na- tional ills.” WHEELER DEMAND FOR LOBBY PROBE STIRS TAX DEBATE (Continued Prom First Page.) special privilege for special groups and sections of the country.” As the third day of debate wore on, it was apparent no early vote was in prospect and that each side was stub- bornly entrenched for a finish fight. Each -hopefully waited for the break it believed public opinion would force. Mindful of the firm stands of his own Republican leaders from the Northwest for the lumber duty, President Hoover was keeping hands off in the bitter and dramatic tariff dispute. He emphasized, however, that he ex- cted Congress to stay here, through political conventions if necessary, to get the budget-balancing legislation into law before the start of the new fiscal year, on July 1. “We will stay here,” said Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader. Senator, La Follette, Republican of ‘Wisconsin, resumed the on at- tack on the import duties at the out- set -of todsy’s session. “It is obvious now,” La Follette told the Senate, “that if these items remain in _the revenue bill, hundreds of other tariff amendments will be offered.” La Follette, resuming the debate where he left off last night, attacked the contention of oil tariff proponents that an_increase in the price of crude the levy would not on a Senate investigation of the oil in- dustry Yumxed under the chairmanship of his father a few years ago. “The assertion made in this 2 hé sald, “that the Standard Ofl Co. and its sul ‘dominate and con- trol the oil industry is more true, if possible, today that when this report ‘was written. * “It has ever been the history of opoly that it has never failed to ase the price to the consumer. Independents’ *Desperation.” La Follette eontended advocates of the tax “think relief will fall to the icer, who will obvious- 1y be absor] the monopoly,” which, he said, “so completely controls the in- dustry.” “The only plea of the independents is ‘that in their desperation, they seek some relief, although many in their hearts are btful if it will aid,” he added. Codl, copper, oil and lumber, he said, were urged to seek relief because of #general business conditions,” assert- ing “they seem like drowning men grasping at straws.” 1 “ Other industries, being protected, were in the same distress, he said. * MYSTERIOUS ELEMENT EVADES PURSUIT BY SCIENTISTS HERE (Continued From First Page.) ‘have been revealed by the method of spectrum analysis used at the Bureau of Standards. Because of the place of the missing element in the atomic table, Dr. Meggers says, it should show about the most pronounced spectrum lines of any of the elements. It has the lowest *ionization potential” of all the ele- | ments, so that, once anything contain- ing it was made luminous, its presence should be unmistakable on.the photo- phic plate. Dr. Allison claims to ave found it not only in the Pinnish scholar'’s material but in brine, sea water and various minerals, including tchblende, from which racium is ob- ined. The other findings are open to the same objection as to the validity of the method. Another claim to its discovery has been made by Dr. Jacob Papish of Cornell University, who as- serts he has detected it in a rare earth mineral by a method far less accurate than that used at the Bureau of Standards. Dr. Meggers has been obliged, un- | willingly, to write to Dr. Aartovaara that the quest on which he sacrificed his eyes apparently was in vain. The Pinnish scholar first submitted his ma- | terial to the Bureau of Standards more than g vear ago. It was found to be a | congomeration of alkalis and rare earth, the spectrum of which was so | complicated that it was practically un- intelligible. There was some evidence that the substance contained some ra- dio-active element. Product Is Purified. Dr. Meggers returned the material to | Pinland with the request that all the | rare earths be taken out. Because of the atomic' table position. he believed, there was no hope in looking for it in | ithis direction. Dr. Aartovaara did this laborious work and again sent the sam- ple, this time consisting only of alkalis. It was still too complicated. Dr. Meg- gers submitted it to the Bureau of Standards chemists with the request that they get out of it by chemical | | Browne Expects to Be Ready to Take means all the elements which were well known and which would complicate the spectrum. It was with the purified product that the final test was made. §70/000 LIBRARY FUND REQUESTED Delegation Asks Senators to Restore Item for George- town Branch. Strong pleas were made today to the nmgm; %ubcomml!tee of the Senate considering the 1933 District appropria- tion bill to restore an item of $75,000 eliminated by the House for the erec- tion of a branch public library in Georgetown. Dolg'sey W. Hyde, ir., secretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, headed a large delegation which im- pressed on the committee the urgent need of free lbrary services in the Georgetown area. Others who urged the appropriation included J. B. Wyckoff, Dr. Irving W. Ketcham, Ar- thur D. Call, Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sulli- van, Isaac D. Nordlinger and J. S. Gorell of the Burleith Citizens’ Associa- tion. District Commissioner Crosby also said he believed the library should be provided at this time. Cites 25 Schools. Mr. Hyde pointed out that the George- town area has a large concentration of educational institutions that would be served by the proposed branch library. He named 25 schools having & com- bined enroliment of 12,000 students, which, he said, because of the lack of library facilities, must travel either to the Central Public Library or the Mount Pleasant branch for research work. He also declared that in cities of compar- able size with Washington there is an average of 20 branch librarjes, whereas there are only four in the District. “The need of the library from an ed- ucational standpoint,” said Mr. Hyde, “is so great we feel it should be pro- vided without further delay, even in the face of existing economic conditions.™ Mr. Call told the committee that the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce had indorsed the branch library program of the Public Library trustees and had made specific reference to the need of the Georgetown branch. Mr. Nordlinger explained that the residents of Georgetown had campaigned for years for the branch library and declared its need to be pressing, espe- clally for the underprivileged children in Georgetown who cannot get car fare to go to the central librery or the Mount Pleasant branch. Architects Submit Plea. A group of the 30 architects and en- gineers employed on plans for buildings in the Municipal Center area, who were dismissed May 1 when the Commis- sloners abandoned the project, urged the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of $130,000 for completion of the plans. H. C. Kleinstuber, spokesman for the group, pointed out that plans for the first unit of the center had been com- pleted and that the second unit plans could be finished for $85,000, with a resulting saving to the District under its program to abandon the plan until economic conditions permit the develop- ment of the Municipal Center. Restoration of $15,000 removed by the House from the appropriation sought for completion of the Children's ‘Tuberculosis Sanitarium was asked by Mrs. Emest Grant of the District Tu- berculosis Association. She said the District may have difficulty in obtain- ing bids to complete the project even under the original estimate. New School Requested. Erection of a new public school in the west end section was requested by a delegation headed by Mrs. Belle Parker of the Grant P.-T. A. Despite repeated efforts, she sald her organiza- tion had been unable to get the Board of Education to recommend itional school facilities for the west end sec- tion. She declared the schools in that area are not only congested, but are old and antiquated. After hearing Mrs. Parker’s testimony, the committee sent a special call for Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, for an expla- mnn of school conditions in the west He appeared within half an hour and told the committee the white school population in that section is declining and that school authorities had not found it possible because of the lack of appropriations to embark on any general program of Teplacement of old and antiquated buildings. Miss Selma Borchardt, representing the Teachers’ Union, urged the com- mittee to strike from the bill a legisla- tive provision which would deny auto- matic salary increases to teachers in the 1933 fiscal year. She pointed out that the provision would work a hard- ship especially on teachers who have not reached the maximum of their grade. The annual $100 increment, she said, is an integral part of a teacher’s salary as fixed by law. “We are not asking that promotions be made,” declared Miss Borchardt, “but we do want the injustice to the low salaried teachers removed.” MRS. PUTNAM FLIES TO NEWFOUNDLAND FOR SOLO SEA HOP (Continued From First Page.) curious that visitors would be wel- comed aboard the ship as soon as the task of taking aboard additional fuel. Asked if he was pleased with the progress of the flight, to date, Capt. Christiansen smiled and said: “I am always happy.” The weather here Temained perfect during the day and there appeared to be no occasion for changing plans that had been made to have the ship take off at daybreak tomorrow. RED LETTER DAY IN FLYING. | Today Is the 5th Anniversary of Lind- bergh's Atlantic Feat. NEW YORK, May 20 (#).—This is one of aviation's greatest feast days, the 5th anniversary of Charles Lind- bergh’s hop for Paris Never before nor since May 20-21, 1927, has man flown alone from New York to Paris as Lindbergh flew. But many followed the trail On this niversary today, by odd coincidence, a sizable foster of air ven- turers bobbed back into headlines. Amelia Earhart Putnam and the Dor- nier DO-X were preparing for another over-ocean flight. Charles Levine, stowaway on the plane Clarence Chamberlain piloted from New York to Germany, was in head- lines, denfendant in a separation suit. Lou Reichers, New Jersey flyer, was aggregating 600 gallons, was completed. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, HUGE FOODS DEAL HAWAI HAY ASK (The House Report Gives Only the Results of Such Comparisons Reduced to Averages) Per capita assessment. Realty tax lev: tax levy. Total tax levy. Total tax levy per capita. annual interest Per capita realty Total (census bulletin 1929.) tax 1929) of State ita interest, 11, less Col. Total per capita tax levy, less per less per capita State tax, | col. 1 Cleveland, Ohio. Boston, Mass. Pittsburgh, Pa, San Francisco, Calif. Milwaukee, Wis, Buffalo, N. Y... Washington, D. C. Minneapolis, Minn. Cincinnati, Ohio Newark, N. J. Kansas City, Seattle, Wash. . Rochester, N. Y Jersey City, N. J. Loutsville, Ky. Portland, Oreg. . Denver, Colo, Atlanta, Ga. . Dallas, Tex. . Memphis, Tenn. Providence, R. I. . 301,815 . 287,861 . 270,366 . 260475 . 253,143 . 252,981 5 $37,552,387 29,458,988 28,208,496 56,285,786 45,474,721 28,083,255 29,105,977 36,399,036 20,101,877 20,954,690 18,162,257 28,515,909 13,614,227 19,401.509 20.531,957 22,459,476 4 $1,536.10 1,322.50 1,460.75 2,321.26 1,738.78 1,095.74 1,528.54 1,859.34 2,428.71 600.37 1,821.57 1,636.21 1,059.68 687.44 1.915.91 1,869.60 1,031.83 1,022.54 1,116.33 1,140 .40 800.95 883.27 1.686.02 $1,383,145,000 1,087,047,540 1,175,718,021 1,827,460,600 1,164,663,760 695,129,095 883,874,190 1,065,545,550 1,182,463,345 279,023,834 821,821,580 723,754,038 423,601,160 251,314,884 628,671,279 592,129,598 317,541,000 308,619,000 321,346,700 308,325,052 208,627,775 223,593,655 426,530,808 10,023.474 6 *+1$41.70 135.84 135.05 7 $40,972,420 33,631,645 35,491,143 67,812,183 47,619,572 32,775,044 41,012,320 39,278,960 26,878,784 25,164,579 25,212,298 35,664,643 14,768,565 24,037,355 22,096,881 23,974,061 14,788,893 17,016,454 15,026,000 10,939,274 11,678,965 8,886,366 13,003,263 AuABIaN® wwouon® 24 P I T I T 5582 *45.09 140.26 *64.47 134.06 *53.07 *62.57 *70.91 e g, BRaga3s3y 2858282 SRRSe 328533 ° s 13 1$45.02 +36.24 +31.23 *74.30 *62.11 14482 *62.03 *59.52 55.21 14144 142.50 *59.64 +28.27 146.37 *57.63 153.25 140.27 141.03 139.84 +35.01 135.36 128.24 141.78 I FEEEH g- BR-13 314 TS §33238: EEEEHH 3 H Comparison with Washington of the number of cities with per capita more, less or same *More +Less Same *6 t16 J Using the population and actual assessment and tax levy figures given in the House comparison of city tax rates, this table reduces the comparisons to #Small difference. capitas of assessment, realty levy total levy, and then proceeds in columns 11 and 13, respectively, to show the per capita total assessment with interest and ‘the Senate Subcommittee on District | Appropriations, carries out the per capi- ta comparisons between the citles se- lected by the House Committee and in- dicates the resuits, city by city, instead of merely utilizing the averages, which are greatly increased by such tra- ditionally high per capitas as Boston and Newark. One of the significant showings of the table is found in column three, where Washingtcn's assessed valuation of real estate is shown to be exceeded by that of only two cities—Cleveland and Boston—both much larger than Washington. When it is considered that Washington's assessed realty val- uation is greater than that of such larger industrial cities as St. Louis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, the fact has an important bearing on the local tax burden. ‘Washington's assessed realty valu- ation per capita (column four) is the highest of the cities with which it is compared. Its per capita total tax levy is higher than half the cities com- pared, and when the comparison is re- duced to terms expressive of current city maintenance, by eliminating inter- est payments and State taxes, Wash- ington's total per capita tax levy ex- ceeds (column 13) that of 16 of the 22 cities. This showing can be contrasted with the statement made by the House re- port to the effect that “the total taxes levied in the District of Columbia amount to $26,878,784, a per capita of $55.21, or $2.92 less than the average per capita of $55.21, and $3.06 less per capita than the average for the other 22 cities.” State tax payments deducted. WHEI the House Select Com- mittee on Fiscal Relations— made references to results of comparisons of per capita tax burdens as between the cities, it in terms of averages. The effect w: to indicate that Washington's per capita | tax burden was below that of other The above table, presented last night by the Citizens’ Joint Committee on | Fiscal Relatiomy Between the United HIGH TAX BURDEN HERE CITED IN PLEA FOR FISCAL EQUITY the “Mapes Committee’— gave the results of its comparisons only cities. | States and the District of Columbia to (Continued From First Page.) to the amount of $56,316,913.22, and that the assessed value of this property was $47,023,000. “In other words,” he said, “the two governments are constantly reducing the taxable property, and that is due to the fact that this is the National ch‘p"::fi h::l‘:ilac one of t‘he reasons l;\; the ision of Congress 1878, establishing the half-and-half law.” Chairman Bingham asked Mr. Colla- day to comment on the contention of District Assessor Richards that the Dis- trict does not lose, in the end, from purchases of property by the Govern- ment, because the property owners who sell their property build other taxable improvements on other sites. Declared Erroneous. Mr. Colladay declared that is an er- roneous impression. There may be & few individual cases, he said, where ex- pensive improvements are erected else- where, but he emphasized that the value of the land acquired by the Gov- ernment is gone forever from tbe tax books. 1 “The building may be duplicated” he said, “but the land is gone from the standpoint of taxation.” “And,” Senator Bingham observed, “there is just so much land area in the District which cannot be added to as in other cities.” “There never will be any extension here,” the witness agreed. “The idea of getting back the original area of the District from Virginia is a mere dream. Mr. Colladay then cited three com- paratively recent sales of large hotel and apartment properties, in which, he said, the sale prices were far below the valuations. “I don'’t say those properties will not turn over for more money in a resale some time, but it won’t be within the next three or four years.” i’ The spokesman for the Citizens’ Joint Committee next cited newspaper clip- pings and other forms of evidence that taxpayers all over the country are com- plaining against increased ~taxes for State and local purposes. City Economically Managed. Mr. Colladay reminded the committee that, in compering taxation here and elsewhere, it. must be remembered that Washington is one of the two most economically managed cities in the country, the other being Milwaukee. He stressed the fact that Washington has| no bonded debt, whereas other cities have large interest payments on bond- ed indebtedness. He also emphasized that other cities, enjoying the advan- tages of statehood, which is absent in Washington, have State taxes in their total tax burden. In some cities, he declared, waste and extravagance enter into the tax situation and that this factor does not exist in Washington. Mr. Colladay asserted that the fig- ures presented in the Mapes report are not accurate. He challenged several specific statements in the Mapes re- port, including the claim that a $10,000 property in Washington would pay less tax than the lowest tax rate of the | other cities used for purposes of com- parison by that committee. The witness declared that the per | capita basis furnishes the real test of comparative tax burdens, but that the Mapes Committee characterized this basis as not reliable. Leads in Assessed Valuation. He presented tables to show that on the per capita basis Washington is at the top of the list in assessed valua- tion of property. He demonstrated that, by taking the figures in the Mapes report and apply- ing the per capita test to them, Wash- ington has a total per capita tax levy of $55.21, which exceeds 11 of the cities —exactly half—of those with which it 1s compared. When interest payments, which do not represent a proper factor in the comparison of “current” city mainten- ance cost, were deducted from the other cities, Washington's per capita exceeded 15 of the 22 cities; when the State tax and the payments for interest on indebtedness were deducted, Washing- ton’s per capita exceeded 16 of the 22 | due home late today aboard the Presi- dent Roosevelt, the ship which rescued him from the sea. AWAITS TOKIO FLIGHT O. K. Off Sunday. SEATTLE, May 20 (#)—Official per- It has been possible, Dr. Meggers said, to identify every line in the photo. graph with some known element. There is no room left for “87," aside from the fact that if it were there it would be 30 obvious that it could almost be told at a glance. The search for “87" is being pushed intensively all over the world, not only because it is one of the Jast two missing elements but because of the extreme intrinsic interest due to its presumed radio-active properties. “While it undoubtedly exists, Dr. Meg- ers, holds, it may be so unstable that doesn’t remain itself long enough to ‘be discovered. When it is found, he be- Heves, element 85, the other ’ substan-e, will be found with the atomic 2 will be closed. mission for a landing in Japan was awaited today by Nathan C. Browne, New York fiyer, who hopes to fly to Toklo. He said he expected to invc zernhlnz in readiness to take off Sun- y. Representative Ralph Horr m from Washington, D. C., he ex the permission to land in Japan would be received within a few days. At Dallas, Tex., Harold Bromley and a crew of mechanics worked on a plane with which he may also attempt the long Pacific hop, but he declined to comment. Aviators attempting to win & $30,000 prize offered by Seattle aviation en- thusiests for the Sesttle-Tokio flight must be ‘Lh’ air by June 1. cities with which it was compared. Mr. Colladay quoted from another statement of the Mapes Committee that it did not desire to place any undue burden on the people of the District, but, on the contrary, pre- ferred to err on the side of liberality in view of the pecullar governmental set-up here. Pointing to the statistics presented by the citizens of Washington as to their present relatively high _tax burden, Mr. Colladay voiced the hope the Senate would ask the House to make good its expressed desire not to place an undue burden on the city. The witness next read the statement the expenses of, the Disf the Capital City of the Nation; that to do 50 is ps wise public rew.'y and in accordance with the publ of the country, but, with the constantly increasing values of vately owned property within the ict, it be- comes nrojressively more@ easy for the Dt to meet the exfignces of the 1 {report of the Bureau of Efficiency to | than the contribution actually made of District Government as the years go by, without undue burden or any in- crease in the general property tax. The time may come when the District should in all conscience meet the total normal budget of the District Government.” Special Committee's “Slogan.” “That paragraph,” said Mr. Colladay, “is the slogan of the special House com- mittee—the committee that said it ‘would be the court and that refused to have a joint committee with the Senate. Their ultimate aim is to make the pri- vate property in the District, depleted to the extent of $56,000,000 in three years through Government land pur- chases, carry the entire burden of the Capital of this Nation.” One table presented by the citizens showed that some cities work on a basis of high tax rates with low assessments in relation to true value. When these assessments are adjusted, Mr. Colladay sald, the table of adjusted tax rates shows them to be almost the same as the cities that start out with a high as- sessment. Recalling that some members of Con- gress look at Washington's tax rate of $1.70 and compare it with rates of $3.50 or $4.50 somewhere else, Mr. Colladay impressed on the committee that these nominal tax rates per $100 of assessed value mean nothing for purposes of comparison unless they are adjusted in relation to assessment levels. And when the “adjustment” is made on the basis of reported or guessed at ratios of as- sessed to full value, the methods fol- lowed by the Mapes Committee, the re- sults are wholly misleading. In the fairness of the per capita method of arrivi at compara- tive tax burdens, Mr. Colladay also told the committee that the Mapes Commit- | tee did not specify the sources of the | figures on which it based its tables. He said the Mapes Committee had the services of a tax expert, whom he described as a man of standing. but that the Mapes report cited no book refer- ences in connection with its data. The House Committee’s tax expert was George Lord of Detroit. ‘The Citizens’ Joint Committee, Mr. Colladay continued, gathered its figures from the United States census reports. | “T asked the Mapes Committee some- time ago for the confidential report of their tax expert and I was denied it,” Senator Bingham interposed. “I had the same experience a few months ago,” Senator Capper added, to which Bingham rejoined: “‘P;evl"hlm we ought to send for Mr. One of the tables presented by the citizens showed that of the entire group of 64 cities of more than 125,000 popu- lation, 55 are exceeded by Washington. Kendrick Urges Equity. Senator Kendrick, Democrat of Wy- oming, commenting on the thorough- ness of the tax study presented by the citizens, expressed the wish that the perennial discussion over fiscal rela- tions could be definitely settled on\ a basis of complete equity. He said what he had in mind was a basis of taxing equitably the Federal Government's property, with some allowance for the unusual park requirements in the Capi- tal City. Mr. Colladay pointed out that the | the House Committee more than a year | ago offered a solution on that basis, and found that it would result in a Federal contribution of $10,183,391 at that time. This would be substantially more $9,500,000 and far more than the House is now advocating. In. commenting further on the Dis- trict assessor’s claim that purchase of property by the Government is offset by new improvements erected on private VbR by JOHN A MMM 4 A ARG - 1 It is to this group that not only to take care of necessary to anticipate repairs that may be within a few months. . PETTY Former Executive Secretary Washington Real Estate Board Hundreds of home owners during the past year contributed their bit toward stimulating business conditions by making improvements and repairs to their homes in response to urgent appeals of welfare organizations. Yet, no doubt, there are hundreds of other homes in and around Wash- ington which could be improved and beautified. property elsewhere, Senator Bingham pointed out that a great deal of unim- proved land has been bought in recent years for park purposes, and as to that land it cannot be argued that replace- ment improvements go on the tax books as an offset. To illustrate his point, he cited Ana- lostan Island, which is to be given to the Government by the Roosevelt Memo- rial Association. The Senator observed that no one moved off that island and built a new taxable improvement else- where. State Payments Shown. An interesting table included in the data compiled by the Citizens’ Commit- tee was one showing what the contribu- tion of each State is toward the Federal contribution of $9,500,000 for the Na- tion's Capital, based on the percentage of State payments in Federal revenues. The table also showed what this pro- portion of the lump sum amounts to for each State on a per capita basis. Senator Copeland of New York said he noticed that his State pays $2,629,- 600 of the Federal contribution, which, the table showed, amounts to slightly less than 21 cents per capita. The Senator said he was not complaining and indicated he did not believe there would be any complaint when the facts are known. ‘The table showed that for the United States as a whole the per capita share of the Federal contribution toward the National Capital is only 7 cents and 7 mills. Mr. Colladay pointed out that the people of the District themselves con- tribute, through their Federal taxes, toward the Federal lump sum the amount of $57,950, which is equivalent to 11 cents and 9 mills per inhabitant of the District. “That is one place where the people | of the District have national represen- tation,” the witness observed, refer- ring to the fact that Washington con- tributes its per capita share of the lump sum, through its national taxes. Col. Grant told the, Senate committee late yesterday that the House clause prohibiting further obligations for pur- chases under the memorial parkway law would tie up an unobligated bal- ance now on hand of $790,000. He said the playground being asked for by the people of the northeast section is an illustration of what might be taken care of if this restriction is re- moved. Senator Bingham read a letter from former Representative Cramton, author of the memorial parkway law, stating that the House limitation in the pend- ing bill is more serious than it might seem. Senator Dickinson, Republican, of Towa, said he had opposed the parkway bill while in the House and is still opposed to it. Pointing out the park development bill originated in the House, Senator Bingham said he didn’t understand why the same group that originated this project always has been unwilling to admit that the extraordinary park re- quirements of the National Capital should be taken into consideration in determining the question of fiscal re- lations. Senator Copeland, referring to the House ban against further ex tures, pointed out that, as far as projects in the District are concerned, they are self-liquidating expenditures, since the District is required to y back the entire amount in annu Auditor Donovan said that simul taneously with passage of the Me- morial parkway law, the District bill for the fiscal year 1931 carried a $1,000,000 appropriation for direct pur- chase of park areas, which made it necessary to postpone the first reim- bursement under the Cramton park law until this year. The District, he said, therefore, is facing 16 reimburse- e A Stimulating Property Sales o the suggestion is made Tepairs, but inevitable ‘There is a distinct advantage to home owners in thus contributing to renewed business activity. Improvements long desired as well as needed repairs can be done at this time at a considerable saving in the cost of material and labor. Often- times a five or ten dollar job when undertaken promptly saves a much larger expense should neglect result in more serious depreciation. Owners of used homes who desire to sell | commissions assurance was given the ments of $1,00,000 , startin with 1932, & T T e Letters in opposition to the House|CoU restriction were read by Senator Bing- ham from the American Society of Landscape Architects, American Civic REVEALED IN PROBE Senators Told $23,500,000 Was Paid for $1,750,000 Investment. (Continued From First Page) had been issued for H. M. Warner, mo- tion picture magnate, to appear. Gray said Warner had been sub- poenaed for study of operations on the long side of his own stock. Gray also wants to inquire into newspaper pub- licity ~which accompanied Warner's operations. A. Newton Plummer, New York pub- licity man, has also been summoned. Representative La Guardia, Republi- can, of New York, testified before the committee & few weeks ago that Plum- mer had paid $286,000 to certain finan- cial writers to boost stocks in which brokers were “rigging the market.” Sachs on Stand. Bachs, the first witness this morning, took the stand with only a few of the Banking Committee on hand. Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, pre- ;ledcekd in the absence of Chairman Nor- Gray opened the session by telling gle l'ln'PC gl Kolster g;ldla stock while . Breen was disposing of it for Rudaph Spreckles, chairman of the board of the company. identified by himself as a “free lance trader,” was disclosed yes- PET | terday to have made—along with three mwlgwnm—‘wl,lfil.oogmmt&v; weeks on an sell radio s , although they did not put up a cent. o~ Breen testifled he and his colleagues sold the stock for Spreckles. Sachs said he was also & partner in Goldman-Sachs & Co., members of the exchange. Questioned by Couzens. Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan, fired several questions con- rning the connection between the Qoldman-Sachs Co., Inc, and the Goldman-Sachs Trading Corporation and the method of financing the latter in 1928. Sachs said 90 per cent of the stock in the latter was sold to the public at 104 and lg:it. “And what is that stock now?” asked Ti is. “ now approximately 13;,” e % PP ely 134" was Teply. Under further questioning, Sachs CONGRESS INQUIRY Joint Legislative Committee Aroused by Criticism by Some U. S. Officials. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, May 20.—Aroused by criticism of Hawaii's government by some Washington officials, a joint Legis- lative Committee may ask Congress to send a committee of investigation to Hawall. ‘The Legisiative Committee sought public opinion yesterday concerning proposals of Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Seth W. Richardson for changes in law enforcement and other ‘adminis- trafive affairs of the islands. Richard- son made his suggestions after an in- vestigation following the attacks upon Mrs. Thalia Massie and other women and cases connected with those crimes. Roy A. Vitousek, speaker of the House and chairman of the Legislative Com- mittee, saild he would make the sug- gestion to the committee to invite a congressional committee here and would specify that its membership include Representative Britten of Illinols, who yesterday & military govern- ment for Hawail. Besides holding hearings on the sub- ject, the legislative group has circulated 600 copies of a questionnaire asking opinions on_Richardson's proposals, under which Washington would exercise greater control of law enforcement here. s COMMON SENSE OF U. S. SEEN BRINGING RECOVERY THROUGH READJUSTMENT (Continued From Pirst Page.) many factories they haven't enough work even for a three-day week. Sixth, an underlying antagonism de- velops here and there against the bank- ers for enforced liquidation and a siowly crystallizing demand is coming for an intermediate credit system for business and industry, but particularly the small business, somewhat analogous to the in- termediate credit system for agricul- ture. This is based upon the belief that the bond market—the long-term money Association, American City Planning [2id the corporation’s capital now is | bank—will not be functioning normally Institute Arlington County Chamber of Commerce and from Frederic Delano. $40,269,000. “So the firm lost $40,000,000 at least for some time and that intermediate credit—three to five year capital—would Col. Grant said the Congressional |Of the money collected from the pub- | enable business to readjust gradually Record indicated a misapprehension ex- isted in the House as to certain features of the Park Commission’s plan for de- veloping parkways along the Potomac and Rock Creek, and he made expla- nations of them. Correets Misunderstandings. Col. Grant said that one erroneous impression in connection with the House amendment restricting expenditures from funds already available under the parkway development law was that the Park Commission was planning to build a road along the Potomac that would parallel the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. The colonel said the law pro- vided for a highway on the Maryland side of the river, but it was specifically stipulated that this road would be built by the State of Maryland as part of its regular Federal ald highway program and not under this law. He also said there was a misappre- hension to the effect that the Park Commission intended to have a road paralleling Conduit road. A third mis- understanding he said he wanted to correct was that the memorial archways were being built at the entrances to the ict {0r the Bicentennial celebration. response to questions from com- mittee members, Col. Grant said the nia Legislature already has author- 1 $50,000 toward that State’s part of the cost of the memorial parkway proj- ect, half of which is from the State funds and the rest from county funds. He also outlined what Maryland has done toward ‘co-operating in carrying out that glrt of the Cramton parkway law which contemplates extensions of Rock Creek and other parks to the north of Washington into Maryland. The plea being made to the Senate Committee is to remove the House amendment which would tie the hands of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission in utilizing approxi- mately $790,000 already available in carrying out the co-operative park pro- gram in both adjoining States and in the District. Maryland's Action. ‘The steps that have been taken by Maryland were explained in detail to the committee by J. Bond Smith, gen- eral counsel of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. After setting forth the terms of the agreement existing between the Mary- land and the national commissions, Mr. Smith summarized the situation as follows: “On compliance with the basic agree- ment and its enabling act, the Mary- land commission has issued bonds in the full amount of the advances made by the national commission from ex- isting appropriations.” Arrangements Explained. Mr. Smith then explained detailed arrangements that have been made cov- ering portions of the Rock and Sligo Creeks projects. Mr. Smith said that when the basic agreement was made between the two Maryland authorities that approximate- ly $1,000,000 would be made available for advancement to the Maryland com- mission from existing appropriations, and that “there remains outstandis more than $300,000 which the national commission, while not legally obligated to pay, would seem to represent a moral obligation and commitment. On the of the total sum in the mind of the contracting parties on the date of the execution of the basic agreement, the Maryland commission has proceeded to make certain expenditures from the State appropriation and the 7-cent tax.” Mr. Smith further pointed out that as further units of park land are ac- quired under the basic agreement the result will be to release money already expended or included in the existing| commitment by the Maryland commis- sion and that this money, thus re- leased, will be immediately available for development and maintenance, in- cluding the building of roads and other works which will tend greatly to relieve the present unemployment problem in greater Washington. Other witnesses who appeared be- fore the committee today urgingsthe removal of the House limitations which would prevent expenditure of the parks lic,” said . Sachs conceded that “a large sum of money was lost by the stockholders.” Couzens then asked at what valua- tion assets of the company were put into the trading corporation at its ore ganization. Sachs replied that they were put in at what he regarded as a fair valua- “:1“' in some cases below the market price. “Then you were 30 self-sacrificing,” WJQ cent of the stockholders to profit at the expense of 10 per cent.” ARMY FIGHTS LOSS OF 2,000 OFFICERS Assured Support in Senate, Offi- cials Hope to Get House Action Killed. Assured of liberal support in the Sen- ate, the War Department today faced with a degree of confidence the prospect of a final fight to reverse the action of the House, which yesterday voted to force the retirement of 2,000 officers in passing the Army appropriation bill. Except for this one drastic curtail- ment, the Army fared a good deal better in the House than officials had reason to believe it would. While the author- ized cuts are still approximately $18,- 000,000 below the budget , the House added $5,791,785 more than its Appropriation Committee had recom- mended. Department officials point out, however, that the Army submis- sions to the budget were actually $38,- 600,000 below last year's. Army officlals were optimistic over the refusal of the House to eliminate the Reserve Officers’ Training Camps and Citizens’ Mlitary Training Camps next year. Secretary of War Hurley and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff, are mittee and renew their fight for the retention of 2,000 senior officers in every grade, the loss of which, they have con- tended, would strike a vital blow at Army efficiency. If necessary, they will be prepared to show how further reductions can be made elsewhere in Army expenses with- out impairing its man power or train- ing power. Reductions thus far made in the Army bill have been met through curtail- ment of rations, clothing, transportation and other activities. Prevailing sentiment in ti Senate is far stronger for maintenantes of the efficiency of the Army than it is in the House. The Army is counting on this sentiment to keep its reduction in ex- penses at an absolute minimum. DANCE TO AID JOBLESS Community Center Sponsors Benefit in Buchanan School. A dance for the benefit of the unem- ployed is to be held tomorrow evening by the Southeast Community Center in the auditorium of the Buchanan School, Thirteenth and D streets southeast. ‘The admission fee will be donations of food, which will be distributed to the needy. Mrs. H. J. Cournyn, assistant secretary of the center, has charge of arrangements. WOMEN GET MEN'S PAY Brazil Decrees Same Wages for Same Class of Jobs. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 20 (#)~~Women holding the same class of jobs as men will get the same pay under a decree of the ministry of labor made public today. ‘The decree forbade women to work of nurses and telephone ope: money were: Charles F. Consaul of the Washington Board of Trade; Horace Peaslee, vice president of the American Institute of Architects, and Miss Har- lean James, secretary of the American Civic Association. Peaslee and Miss James said they also were authorized to oppose the House restriction on be- half of a group of 11 national organi- zations, including the Garden Club of America. More Funds Needed for Parks. In response to questions by Senator Bingham, Col. Grant concurred in the belief there is need for more adequate allowance for maintenance of park m areas, particularly for the care of trees and shrubs. This need was brought to the attention of the committee several days ago by Mrs. Prank B. Noyes. gw Children’s Tuberculosis Sana- During the testimony of Health Offi- cer Willlam C. Fowler Senator Copeland brought out the need for an increase in the House item for the fitting up of a new tuberculosis clinic in one of the t called attention to several items remarked Couzens, “that you wanted | T prepared to go before the Senate Com- | and find a way to open up markets now abandoned because of shortage of work- ing capital. Many businesses that have balanced their budget and are making a profit are finding it difficult to refinance the overhanging debts of the last two years which arose either out of depleted re- serves or inability to forecast the depth of deficits before reorgan- heuc?:d on a profitable basis could be Resentment Against Officials. Seventh, a deep-seated T against officialdom which covers both the President and Congress, though lately the former has been strength because of his ent L ey is fiddling. They believe politicians inter- ested in their own re-election are too abundant for the public good, and they have become comvinced that Govern: ment has developed a wastefulness and inefficiency which could be eliminated if bureaucracy could ever see the light. There s no general undenunfl“ol the breakdown of the revenue-| po ing side and the inequitable tax in Merhdh:no State and ments Wi has con! to the deficits. In fact, tention is given to . Oo::m equitable tax system that sence an might have been built years ago to stand the strain is hardly noted as a subject for ition. govern: so largely . others are ‘while others, e seem to have gone tions here and Eeu. it already through a majer and appear none the worse for the ex- perience Indeed, the people in the last category reveal a cheerfulness plus a restraint against future speculation that is hearte: Stirred by Prohibition Issue. Ninth, prohibition has become an ! added irritant in many cities, and while the wets exhibit the weakness of fail- | ing to present a clear-cut alternative, nevertheless the ‘“repeal-the-amend- ment” signs and tags are springing up everywhere, and women seem to have e Doeuger 2 the partcuins” objec T ular of their wrath. There is an often- | expressed feeling, too, that repeal of prohibition will bring the Government revenues now filling the pockets of the underworld; but when one seeks to find out what method of distribution is fa- vored, whether beer alone is desired or whether all restrictions on the distribu- tion are to be removed so that any drug store can sell whisky at its soda foun- tain, there is a pause. The answer usually given is “let’s repeal the amepdment first, and talk | about that af{térwards.” In the rural sections, however, the insistence on knowing what the substitute is to be before agreeing to a repeal of the eight- eenth amendment constitutes a barrier of no uncertain strength. Difference in Morale. Taken as a whole the States west of the Alleghenies seem to have better morale in facing the economic troubles of the hour than the Eastern sea- board. Maybe it is because agriculture has through its worst period |and is meeting the dawn. Maybe it 15 because people in the Middle Western States have never had any illusions about the readjustment and know what a crop fallure means, whereas, Man- hattan Island rarely suffers so much from a business tornado. Anyway, there is something inspiring in the way the West is facing its crisis, for it refuses to believe in cataclysms and smilingly bears the pain of slow but fundamental readjustment as it ruggedly prepares to meet whatever may come to test individual as well as social responsibility. (Copyright. 1932 ‘The last of a series of stories by Mr. Lawrence on economic conditions in various sections of the country appears on page C-4. FARM RELIEF PROGRAM REPORTED FAVORABLY Only Minor Changes Made Wording of Bill by Senate Committee. By the Associated Press. The threefold, farm relief plan of eliminated from the water service by the House. asked how ! ibuting, was today by the Senate mittee.