Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1932, Page 1

~ WEATHER. (U. S Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler to- nlgr‘x’ts: gentle to moderate northwest winds. Temperatures: Highest, 89, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 66, at 3:30 p.m. yes- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. - terday. Full report on page 14. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 No. 32,169. post office, Entered as second class matte, Washington, DG @h WASHINGTON, D. C, RUSSO-IAPANESE SITUATION CAUSING CONCERNTOWORLD Subject Believed Discussed Between Secretary Stimson and MacDonald. TROOP CONCENTRATION ALARMS OTHER POWERS Retention of Gen, Araki in Cabinet Seen as Meaning Military Policy to Be Continued. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The Russo-Japanese tension in the) Far East and the advisability of holding a five-power conference in Tokio is be- lieved in well-informed quarters to have been the main topic of the telephone conversation between Secretary Henry L. Stimson and Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald last Friday. ‘The Sccretary of State and high offi- cials of the State Department insist in shrouding that conversation with the greatest secrecy, maintaining that such talks are frequent and as long as they do not lead to anything definite, it is not in the public interest to have them divulged to the press. It is admitted, however, in official quarters that the strained situation be- | tween Russia and Japan keeps the world | chancellories worried. The continual massing of Japanees forces in Manchu- ria, close to the Siberian border, cannot Le explained satisfactorily by the Jap-| anese. After the assassination of Premier| Inukai, Washington diplomatic circles were worried lest a purely military gov- ernment should be formed in Japan. ‘The news of the formation of the pres- ent colorless government was received with a sigh of relief because it was hoped that the new Japanese adminis- tration, while pledged to carry on the policy of the military in Manchuria, would hesitate to expand the Japanese| military adventure into Siberia. Araki Reappointed. ‘This rejoicing was, however, of short | duration, because on Wednesday night it was known that Gen. Araki, the mili- tant minister of war of the Inukai gov- ernment, who is chiefly responsible for Japan's aggressive policy in the Far East. had been re-appointed ..s minister of war, under the pressure of the mili- tary party in Tokio. This news caused renewed concern both in Washington and London. On ‘Thursday, a few hours after the news had reached Washington and London, Mr. MacDonald called Secretary Stim- son from Losstemouth, his residence in | Scotland, where the British premier is| spending a short holiday, to discuss, ac- cording to reliable reports, the new situation and what the United States and Great Britain could do to avert the ible oubreak of a conflict between | ussia and Japan. | With the arrival of the 15th Japanese | Division in Manchuria the number of Japanese troops in that province have reached about 112,000 men, ruIiy] equipped and provided with the neces- | sary artillery, air force, tanks and other | paraphernalia necessary to modern war- | fare. If the Japanese, it is said, in-' tended merely to pacify Manchuria and Teduce the roving binds of insurgents, they would not need either such a large | number of men nor their present equip- ment, which can be necessary only in an important military campaign. Other Purpose Feared. Consequently it is assumed that the i Japanese general staff has other plans in mind. Since the relaticns between Russia and Japan have bcen increas- ingly tense in the last few weeks, the assumption is that Japan may intend to settle her old scores with Russia at the present moment when Russia is weak and the rest of the world is com- fronted with other problems than stop a conflict between those two powers. Japan, it is said, has been preparing & number of alibis, which would give a satisfactory explanation to the public 2s to her reasons to attack Russia. The strongest reascn is that Chinese *“‘brig- ands” are equipped by the Soviet gov- crnment and after raiding Manchurian towns and harrassing the Japanese “Lo- | lice” they find refuge when pursued in Russian territory across the Amur River. The Russians deny this, stating that ot a single Chinese soldier has crossed into their territory; but nobody, the Japanese think, is expected to believe | any statement coming from Moscow. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SEARCH FOR VESSEL, REPORTED ON FIRE| Police Unable to Locate Burning: Ship on Lake Erie. By the Associated Press. WINDSOR, Ontario, May 28.—Search was in progress today for a ship re- ported afire last night in Lake Erie, about 2 miles off Colchester Point. A telephone message to provincial po- lice at Amhe:stburg said the caller saw flames leap high in the air as if there had been an explosion. ‘When officers went to investigate the flames were not visible. High seas and a heavy inshore gale made it impossible to launch a boat at that time. A check of shipping offices revealed no boats missing. FARO GAME SUIT FOUGHT CHICAGO, May 28 (#).—A demurrer to the $150,000 libel suit of Mrs. Myrtle Tanner_ Blacklidge, former collector of Internal Revenue here, was filed yes- terday by Edward R. Litsinger, lawyer and Republican leader, who declared she had failed to set up a good cause for action. ‘The woman's suit was an outgrowth of the now famous $50,000 faro game swindle in a Springfield hotel more than a year ago when Mrs. Blacklidge sald she lost ‘that amount, which she had borrowed from Litsinger so that she might collect a huge paper profit won on a previous game. Following the swindle, Litsinger, a friend for many years, issued a statement, which Mrs Blacklidge used as a basis for her suit. Litsinger asked that the libel charges &ad for be dismissed. | Reynolds. rf.. | Judge, 1b.... Box Score (FIRST GAME) NEW YORK. AB. 0. Dickey, c.. Lazzeri, 2b... Lary, ss. Allen, p. W. Brown, p.. Crosetti, 3b. Ruffing .. ooccocccamccooP coccooonomoounE QOO = b UmMORNONSO cmrmumumooomnOO? -0 R R RO W 32 Rufing baited for Sewell in eichth. WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. Myer, 2b. o o Manush, If. West, cf.. Cronin, ss.... vawwe SRR SRR ) ] L. Brown, p.. l:s:-:ueem’ |muo olsscccc0ce® 28 510271 SCORE BY INNINGS. 1234547898 New fork..00 0001000~ 1 Washington0 1 20002 0 x= 5 SUMMARY: Runs batted in—Bers, Manush, Ruth. West, ronin (2! Two-base hifs—Judge, Chapm: Th se hits—M: Cronin, Home run—Ruth. Sacrifices—Cronm, West, ro © Bers, n. plays—Cronin to J Larzeri to Gehrig. Myer Judge. Left on bases—New Yorl Base on balis—Off Alles Struck out—By Allen, 3 Hits—Off Allen. 8 in Brown, 1 in 13 inning. Hit by pitcher—By Brown (Sewel len (Myer). Wild pitch—Allen. Umplres—Messrs. Van Graflan, Guthrie and Geisel. Manush, { udge, Lary to | to Cronin to | i Washington. 9 by Brown, 1 innin w. by Al- NATONAL BEAT " YANGEES ST Manush, Cronin, Judge and West Produce Punch. Ruth Hits Homer. BY JOHN B. KELLER. The Natlonals defeated the New York | Yankees in the first game of a double- | header at Griffith Stadium this after-| noon. The score was 5 to 1. FIRST INNING. NEW YORK—3yrd beat out a ground- | er that Bluege got back of third. Sewell | | lined to Cronin and Byrd was doubled | off first, Cronin to Judge. Ruth ground- | ed to Myer. No runs. ‘WASHINGTON—Myer flied to Ruth. Manush walked. So did West. Cronin fanned. Reynolds popped to Lazzeri. No runs. SECOND INNING. | NEW YORK—Gehrig fouled to Judge. Chapman singled to left. Dickey forced Chapman, Myer to Cronin. Lazzeri fanned. No runs. WASHINGTON—Combs now playing center for New York. Byrd hurt his foot while on the base paths in the first inning and had to retire. Judge dou- bled to right center. Bluege singled to deep short, sending Judge to third. Berg drove into a double play, Lary to Lazzeri, Judge scoring. to Lazzeri. One run. THIRD INNING. NEW YORK—Myer threw out Lary. Myer went back of second for a good stop and threw out Allen. Combs singled to right. Sewell was hit by a pitched ball. Myer threw out Ruth. No runs. WASHINGTON-—Myer was hit by a pitched ball. Manush’s grounder bounced over Gehrig’s head into right for a triple, scoring Myer. West took a third strike. On a squeeze play Manush scored as Cronin bunted and was tagged out by Allen. It was a sacrifice for Cronin. Allen threw out Reynolds. Two runs. FOURTH INNING. NEW YORK—Gehrig fiied deep to West. Chapman popped to Judge. Dickey flied to Reynolds. No runs. WASHINGTON—J u d g e walked. Bluege's fly dropped safe between Combs and Lazzerl in short center, sendin Judge to second. Berg sacrificed, Allen to Gehrig. Lazzerl threw out Brown, the runners holding their bases. Myer fanned. No runs. FIFTH INNING. NEW YORK—West came in for Laz- zerl’s high one. Lary flied to West. Allen flied to Reynolds. No runs. WASHINGTON—Manush singled to right. West sacrificed, Sewell to Genrig. Manush was caught stealing, | Dickey to Sewell. Cronin flied to Ruth. | No runs. SIXTH INNING. NEW YORK—Combs singled to left. Sewell drove into a double play, Myer to Cronin to Judge. Ruth got his twelfth homer of the season, lofting the ball over the fence in right center. Gehrig went out, Judge to Brown. One run. ‘WASHINGTON—Lazzeri went back for Reynolds’ high one. Judge was safe after Gehrig, picking up his grounder, threw wildly to Allen, covering first base. Bluege forced Judge, Sewell to Lazzerl. Berg singled to left, sending Bluege to second. A wild pitch allowed both runners to advance. Brown fouled to Sewell. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. NEW YORK—Chapman doubled down the left field line. Dickey fouled to Berg. Cronin threw out Lazzeri, Chapman going to third. Myer threw out Lary. No runs. ‘WASHINGTON—Myer walked. Ma- nush sacrificed, Allen to Lazzeri cover- ing first West singled to right, scoring Myer. Cronin tripled to the angle of right center, scoring West. Cronin was caught at the plate when Reynolds topped a ball to Allen, the pitcher run- ning up to make the putout. Allen hurt his left hand in making the play and the game was delayed while he re- ceived treatment. Allen was relieved by Walter Brown, & right-hander. Judge singled to right, sending Rey- Y Brown rolled ! da; CUT IN YOUNG PLAN ANNUITIES URGED BY PARIS LEADER Berenger, Who Negotiated Debt Agreement With U. S., Would Reduce Burden. SLASH WOULD EQUAL LOSSES IN BUSINESS Is Of- by Moratorium for Germany fered as Alternative Financial Expert. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 28—Victory Henry Berenger, negotiator of the 1925 Franco-American debt arrz:ugement, | suggested in an article published here today that the Young plan annuities be reduced one-third to meet a 30 per cent fall in business. If the payments then should still prove too heavy for Germany, M. Berenger recommended a moratorium on all payments except 440,000,000 reichsmarks (about $110,000,000). He said the debt agreements linked the amount the United States will re- ceive to the amount Germany pays France and that the success of the coming Lausanne Conference is sub- ordinate to a settlement between the United States and Europe. Negotiated 1925 Pact. M. Berenger negotiated the Berenger- Mellon war debt settlement with the United States in September, 1925, in which the total amount of French in- debtedness was declared to be $4,025.- 000,000. Payment of this amount with interest was spread over a period of 62 years. |U. §. AVIATOR SET FOR TOKIO FLIGHT Browne'’s Plane, Lone Star, Towed to Top of Ramp—Wind Favorable. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, May 28—The huge red monoplane, Lone Star, in which Nat C. Browne, New York flyer, will attempt tc fly to Tokio, sat on top of its elevated ramp today, ready to be raced down the field at daylight on the long trans- pacific flight. A long-awaited southerly wind was blowing up the ficld after midnight and ;Chark‘s O. Schick, meteorologist, said |1t was strong enough to insure a safe teke-cff. It had a velocity of upward of six miles an hour. The plane was towed to the top of | the 148-foot-long ramp last night after | Browne squcezed himself into the inghtly—mung cockpit and warmed the | motor up for 15 minutes. He then re- tired to 4 cot in a nearby hangar for a few hours’ sleep. The “Lone Star” had 884 gallons of gasoline in its tanks, but Browne said that if the south wind strengthened, facilitating the take-off, he planned |58 to add 50 or 60 gallons more. On the long air trail over the Pacific Schick said, “ideal” weather conditions prevailed, A prize of approximately $30,000 awaits the first aviator to make a successful Seattle-Tokio flight by next Wednes- Y. The wind began to die as the morn- ing wore on, but Browne, awakening for a short time. said he planned to try to get away at daylight regardless of the wind. CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR 4 U. S. BUILDINGS $16,488,000 Projects in Heart of Triangle to Be Completed in Two Years. Contracts for construction of four large connected Government buildings in the heart of the Federal triangle have been signed by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Heath, with prospects that they will be completed in about two years. The four buildings were divided up into two contracts. McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia was awarded the con- tract for constructicn of the Post Office Department Building between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets on Pennsylvania avenue, at a figure of $7,642,000. The specifications call for use of steel win- dow frames in place of bronze for out- side windows. The three other buildings in the group, Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, Government Auditorium and the Department of Labor, which will extend from Twelfth Fourteenth streets along Constitution avenue, were award- ed in one contract to the Great Lakes Construction Co. of Chicago, at a figure of $8,846,000. There were 14 bidders, of which Great Lakes was low. This makes a total of $16,488,000 for the group. nolds to third. W. Brown tossed out Bluege. Two runs. EIGHTH INNING. NEW YORK—Crosetti batted for W. Brown and flied to Reynolds. Combs singled to left for his third successive hit. Ruffing batted for Sewell and Myer threw him out, going to second. Ruth fanned. No runs. WASHINGTON—Wells now pitching third for New Judge. So did Dickey. Radio Programs on Page A-8 No runs. WITH SUNDAY NORNI! SATURDAY, ¢ Foening Star. NG’ EDITION MAY 28, 1932—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. *** Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,433 TWO CENTS. «{P) Means Associated Pr IGARNER ANSWERS BONUS MARCHERS BENEFIT PLANNED I Midnight Show Expected to Raise $1,000—Barracks Site Selected. A gala midnight show at the Gayety Theater will be staged to raise funds for the “bonus army” now marching on Washington to demand payment of ad- Justed service certificates, Police Chief Pel The show, which was suggested by Manager Jimmy Lake of the Ninth street burlesque house, is expected to raise $1,000 or more to be used for con- structing temporary barracks and for feeding the bonus mafchers. The exact date for the mammoth at- traction has not yet been sclected, but it is expected to be held some day next week. Gen. Glassford declined a suggestion he act as master of ceremonies, but said he would be glad to announce any box- ing or wrestling bouts which may be put on for the benefit of the jobless war veterans. At the same time, Glassford an- nounced selection of a Federal-owned site, northeast of Bolling Field, for the erection of temporary barracks to house Yacht Once Used EDWARD F. SWIFT | posed public works program in his relief | HOOVER ACCUSED OF “BROWBEATING" INSALES TAX FIGHT Harrison Demands Show- down, Shouting “You Haven’t the Votes.” HOOVER CRITICISM OF HIS RELIEF BILL Speaker Assails Opposition to $2,300,000,000 Program Offered in House. DECLARES CO-OPERATION WAS NOT EXPECTED POLL SHOWS 46 OF 96 MEMBERS FAVOR IT Texan Says Reconstruction Act' Just as Much “Pork Barrel” as New Proposal. Intimations Reach Capitol Hill That President Will Make Views Known Shortly. By the Associated Press. Speaker Garner today, in a formal statement, assailed President Hoover for | his criticism of the $2,300,000,000 relief ' program and denied that it was “pork- | barrel” legislation. | At his daily conference with news- | $56,000,000 more than it now pro- paper men, the Texan handed a single | yiges i order to balance the b copy of his statement to them. He said | e et that the President’s allusion to the pro- | BY the Associated Press. Advocates of the general sales tax plan as “pork barrel” comes “with poor | Were challenged in the Senate today by grace from one who demanded that|Senator Harrison of Mississippi, Demo- Congress co-operate with him in pass- | T3 tax leader, for an immediate ing the Reconstruction Finance Cor- | Showdown as he shouted “You haven't Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader. informed the Eenate today in the midst of an o't~ break over the impending sales tc controversy that Secretary Mills says the revenue bill must raise lham D. Glassford announced today. | By Cleveland Is Now Refuse Boat By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, May 28.—Low, rakish lines, which even cumber- some oil tanks forward cannot disguise, and teak deck rails be- tray the salvage boat Salvager as having a more glamourous back- ground than her present messy job would indicate. The Salvager, owned by a Brooklyn salvage firm, patrols the harbor, pumping refuse oil and bilge water from ocean liners. She was formerly the Oneida, seagoing yacht on which Presi- dent Grover Cleveland took many fishing trips. After pass- ing through many hands, the Oneida finally was bought by a rum runner. She was seized by the Coast Guard and sold to the Brooklyn concern, which changed her neme. WALKER'S BROTHER REPORTED MISSING |Gone Since Name Was Men- ticned in Probe of May- the bonus army. Construction of the berracks by the unemployed veterans will begin Tuesday, with lumber ob- or’s Activities. Glassford was to confer today with designers from the wrecking company and from the Veterans' Administration over plans for the barracks. He plans | to build simply a roof about 5 feet | above the ground, supported by “"'i rights and without side walls. The roof, in the shape of an inverted “V.” will overhang the upright posts so as to | afford protection from wind and rain. Until Tuesday, the thousand or more | veterags now in’ Washington and those who will arrive over the week end will ry, in a vacant building at 315 c| street, the police chief announced. Continuing his campaign to discour- age the marchers from coming to the i Capital, Gen. Glassford last night wired | Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Police Chief L. B. Mills and President Daniel Willard of the| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad asking that they do everything possible to keep the Jjobless veterans from coming here and draining the already depleted relief re- sources, To feed the ex-service men when they are encamped in barracks near Bolling Field, Gen. Glassford obtained from Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, Na- tional Guard commandant, two Army rolling kitchens located at Camp Sims. These will be held in readiness to day. Officials of the Volunteers of | for the veterans, according to Glassford. A survey of the city last night dis- closed only about 180 veterans sleeping In the city missions. The balance of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Salisbury Delegates Sail. NEW YORK, May 28 (#).—Miss Bertha Adkins and Miss Cornelia Wailes of Salisbury, Md., sailed yester- day with the purpose of inviting the lord mayor of Salisbury, England, to attend the bicentennial of the found- ing of the Maryland city, from August g"’r‘l" 13. They will visit London and aris. i tained from the Hechinger Wrecking Co. | be housed in the missions, and, if neces-| shift to the bonus encampment on Tues- | America have offered to do the cooking | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 28.—Irving Ben Cooper, associate counsel of the Legis- lative City Investigation Committee, said today he has been unable to reach Dr. William H. Walker, Mayor Walker's brother, since May 19, the day after William J. Scanlan testified he had paid Dr. Walker for medical services $2,800, a sum equal to about half of a commis- sion Scanlan received on a sale of equipment to the city. While Mayor Walker was on the stand Thursday, Samuel Seabury asked and Walker promised to try and locate him and have him get in touch with the committee. { Promised to Appear. | Scanlon, agent for a street cleaning | equipment company, gave his testi- | mony about the $2.800 on May 18. | Cooper said today Dr. Walker tele- phoned the committee May 19 and promised to appear for questioning May 20, but failed to show up. Since | then, he said, the committee has been | unabie to reach him, either at his heme or at his office. Cooper said he had also been unable | to locate Dr. Alfred B. Cassasa, who, he said, shares office with Dr. Walker. Mayor Walker testified he had not | seen his brother for five or six months | and did not know where he was. Probe Recessed. Seabury whetted his ax today and prepared to hack again at the props of Mayor Walker's explanation of events which™ Seabury calls “exceedingly sus- icious.™ 2 After a fiery duel in which the mayor turned yesterday to an analysis of bank and brokerage accounts. When the Hofstadter Legislative Committee re- sumes next Tuesday its investigation (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. HOW PO WINDS politics are closely watched. ing. be on, every the ouf will be repeated this year. every State in the Union have NATIONAL Throughout the Nation trends in National and State The great national conventions are approach- Presidential candidates are to be nominated, and then the race will being interested in The Star's forecasts have become nationally known and paign, and each week their dispatches will appear in The Sunday Star, with convenient digests. IF YOU WOULD KEEP INFORMED ON Read The Star Watch for These Special Political Articles . . . NON-PARTISAN . . . INTERESTING . . . ACCURATE LTI AL BLOW! good citizen tcome. Correspondents of note in e been engaged for this cam- POLITICS him if he knew where his brother was, | defended his political honor, Seabury | mel into charges of corruption in New York, | PLUNGES T0 DEATH ; Veteran Packer Falls From 6-Story Window—In il Health Several Weeks. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 28—Edward F.; Swift, sr., 64, chairman of Swift & Co., plunged to death today from the win- dow of his sixth-story apartment at 1550 North State street. | He had been in ill health for several weeks. | Charles H. Swift, his brother, and | vice chairman of the packing company, | | said that on his physicians advice Mr. | Swift had planned to leave Tuesday for a vacation and rest in Europe. The veteran packer had fallen from his window to the alley at the rear of |the North State street apartment. Death was instant. He was the son of the pioneer pack- e, Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of the firm that became the world's At his death, Edward F. Swift was chairman of the Chicago house and president of Compania Swift Interna- cional, which does an extensive business in South America. Although all the big packers had been | disappointed in the refusal of the United | States Supreme Court recently to mod- ify the famous “packers’ consent” de- cree to allow them to venture into re- tail marketing, officials of Swift & Co. | have since stated that their company was prepared fully for such a decision | and its business was not adversely af- | fected. Yesterday the company’s divi- | dend was placed on a $1 annual divi- | dend basis. It had been $2 theretofore. | Members of the family and servants | informed the policc Mr. Swift had | arisen as usual at 6:30 am. Breakfast | was served, and he then took his news- | paper into the living room to read. | _The family chauffeur, sitting in the | Swift automobile in a driveway, saw the | fatal fall of his employer. | Mr. Swift marricd Hortense New- | { comer of Shannon, 1IL. and they had | | three children, Anmie May, now Mrs. | | Huntington B. Henry; ThecAore Philip and Edward Foster, jr. Like many another leading family, | the Swifts occupied their town home on | State street—the Gold Coast fringing the lake just north of the “Loop”— during the Winter months and main- tained aiso a residence in Lake Forest, the fashionable North Shore suburb. His position as head of the great packing firm brought him numerous | | collateral posts—president of Swift Re- | frigerator Transportation Co., vice presi- dent of Libby, McNeill and Libby, direc- tor of the Fort Worth Stockvards Co., | of the Continental-Illinois Bank and | | other institutions. | | His was the third tragic death among Chicago's foremost packers. J. Ogden Armour died in Londcn after struggling vainly to stem the loss of his vast fortune in the post-war collapse. F. Edson White, who was president of Armour & Co., feil from his apartment window and was killed more than a year 2go. Cl:lr]el Swift issued the brief state- nt: “Edward F. Swift had been in his usual good health and spirits. He had been attending to business as usual. His affairs are in excellent condition.” HOOVER TO LEAVE FOR RAPIDAN CAMP! First Lady Precedes President’s Party, Accompanied by Woman Friends. ‘With a small party of friends, dent Hoover will leave Wash! afternoon to spend the week end at his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia. Mrs. Hoover did not wait for the President, but with two of her intimate : woman friends left the White House be- fore 10 o'clock. Mrs. Hoover was at , Presi- this poration act.” “It would be” Garner added, “just as logical to refer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act as a ‘pork barrel’ for the banks, insurance com- | panies, railroads and financial institu- | tions of the country. “It is not ‘pork barrel,’ nor can any| other program which will extend aid in | this period of distress be termed as such.” Didn't Expect Co-operation. Garner smiled as he handed his statement to the newspaper men. He! laughirgly said that President Hoover's opposition to the bill to relieve destitu- | tion, to broaden the lending powers of | the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- | ticn and to create employment by au- thorizing and expediting a public works program was not unexpected.” “The Democrats did not expect to receive real co-operation from the Pres- ident in any matter benefiting the masses and those who might be termed | the middle class of American people,” | ! Garner said. An aid to removal of the surplus farm | products bought in the stabilization cperations of the Farm Board has been il:}lrlorpvrned in the already broad The bill carries a total of $2.309.- 084,337 Of this, $100.000.000 would go to the President for use in direct relief tion Corporation for loans for virtually all sorts of enterprises that could fur- nish adequate security. Representative Rainey of Illinois, the | and $1,000,000.000 to the Reconstruc- | posi | got the votes.” He accused President Hoover and the sales tax advocates of attempting to “browbeat” the Senate into supporting the controversial sales levy after the Senate had already voted enough levies to balance the budget. As the Mississippian opened the first debate on the 1.75 per cent sales tax advanced by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, leaders hurriedly checked over their polls. Both sides claimed victory, but the most accurate poll available showed 46 of the 96 Sen- ators for it—less than the required ma- Jority. As Harrison questioned the position of the President on the disputed levy, intimations reached Capitol Hill that Mr. Hoover was prepared to make clear his position at an early date on this contest. Many Rumors of Hoover’s Stand. Senator Harrison pointed out the bill now lacks only some $70,000,000 of balancing the budget and said if addi- tional taxes were needed when the job is concluded he was willing to vote higher income rates such as proposed by Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas. “Now, after we have voted an almost complete bill we read that the President has called in the publishers of the country and discussed the sales tax,” he sald. “We hear many rumors of his ition. “But the President has not come out for the sales tax. The Treasury has been against it, agreeing only to accept it as a necessary means of balancing the budget. “We see that every effort and in- majority leader, issued a statement | sy disclesing that the public works | construction, which would make up the | remainder, would cover a wide variety cf projects and would total $1,209,084,- | 3317 The bill would authorize the Recon- | struction Corporation to finance the | sale in foreign markets of surplus farm | products so that their existence would | “not have a depressing effect upon cur- | rent prices.” An engry denunciation by President Hoover of Speaker Garner's program, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) DUCE CALLS CONFERENCE FOR RELIEF OF AUSTRIA Asks Meeting of British, French and German Finan- cial Experts. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 23 —Premier Musso- lini considers the economic situation in Austria so grave that today he steps to bring about an immediate meeting of British, French and Ger- man financial experts with the finan- for | cial commission of the League of Na- tions so something may be done. The premier instructed Foreign Min- ister Dino Grandi to have the Italian ambassadors at London, Paris and Ber- lin urge the three governments to hold the meetings without further delay. 16 LOST AS BOAT SINKS SHANGHAI, May 28 (#).—An Amer- scene of the sinking of the river boat Iling in the Upper Yangtze, yesterday, reported that 16 Chinese passengers on the Iling were drowned and probably part of the crew. Members of an American naval armed guard aboard the boat were saved, the report said. Quake Hits Rumania. BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 28 (#). —A sharp earthquake knocked off a church steeple and cracked walls at Tzintea in the Rumanian oil field dis- trict yesterday. The populace was terrified, but no casualties were re- ported. ican gunboat which today reached the | fluence is being employed to browbeat us and have the Senate undo the work it has done and force a sales tax. “You know you haven't got the votes. Yet you go out and tell the newspaper men you have. The big papers of the country are exploiting it and propa- gandizing the country. “If you have the votes I challenge you now to a roll call without further argu- ment. No, you want to put it off to browbeat us. If there is any further delay in enactment of this bill it will Test on those very ones who have been crying here for us to balance the budget at once.” Cites Newspaper Story. Harrison called attention to s news- paper story quoting Senator Fess, Re- | publican, of Ohio, on leaving the White | House iast night as caying President Hoover favored the sales tax. Fess, who was presiding, left the chair to_reply. He said he did not know the Presi- | dent’s position on the proposal, but was | of the opinion Mr. Hoover would favor a sales tax over the excise taxes now in the bill. “I said the sales tax was not dis- cussed,” Fess said. “I was asked the position of the President. I frankly | stated the opinion that as between the |excise and sales tax, the President | would be in favor of the sales tax. | _ “I did not quote the President. Maybe I should not have said what I did. I gave the opinion as my own. Wouldn't Quote President. “Now I am quoted as stating the | President is behind the sales tax. There |is no truth in that. I wouldn't quote | the President and he didn't say any- thing about that. “I don't know the position of the President on the sales tax.” Fess, who is chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee, told the Sen- ate he had called at the White House to discuss arrangements for the Repub- lican national convention with the President. “It now aj that Congress is not going to get through,” he said, and he and Senator Dickinson of Iowa, the keynoter, would have to go to the con- vention anyway. ‘The Ohio Senator said he had denied talking about a referendum plank with the President, but that he was quoted in_the same newspaper story as dis- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BAN NAVAL ACADEMY MARRIAGES FOR 2 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION Re-establishing of Old Rule Not to Apply Until Next Year’s Canaan, Conn., who with Mr. Rickard was a guest last week end at the camp, and Mrs. Stark McMullin, who has made her home at the White House through- cut the Hoover administration. The other guests will be Mr. Ri 8 business associate of the President for many years; Mark Sullivan, author and newspaper writer, and Mrs. Sullivan; Alan Foxm Nedw York ;}mg'e’y. an old personal friend; Henry M. inson, Angeles banker, and recognized as one of the President's closest financial ad- visers; Capt. C. R. Train, chief naval aide at the White House, and Mrs. Phyician, and Lawrenes Rioer oo ot , and Lawrence , one the President’s secretaries. " It was said at the White Houce that, while the President is looking forward to this brief vacation, it is not at all certain be will remain at the camp over Memorial day, as he originally contem- ; : ‘The Navy proposes to knock the romance and wedding bells out of graduations at the Naval Academy at Annapolis by reinstating the rule that ickard, | young graduates must not marry for two years after they receive their com- missions as ensigns. The restriction will not apply to this year's graduating class, it was learned Los| today, but, beginning with the class of 1933, the young naval B s S s con! . - g this June's col nuptials at the javal Academy Chapel, with all the oply of crossed swords, proud new- made ensigns and blushing brides, e eantry of congratulations and rice will be the last. Naval Academy officials said today that the K:pmed two-year on %mmuon not only has t of the Navy Depart- Class. ment, but it also has the backing of the White House and the naval com- mittees of Congress. Although the rule will not affect the class uating next week, officials as- serted that Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the academy, and the cha In applying the two-year ban, officials at the academy said that the Navy was menly’:du to s ;ule that pre- vailed for many years. Josephus Ban- iels, war-time Secretary, is credited with hat lifted the ban. High naval officers are quoted es holding the view that the young cfficers d their first training have quite to do learning the practical as- (curmmmnpa.comm'nu '\ -