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29, 1932—PART ONE IDELAY THREATENED ‘'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, TRADE BODY GOES | D. C, MAY T A2 «» U.S. FUNDS ASKED etires This Week NAVY YARD WORKERS TO Will Talk on Tax ICURTIS ON TRIAL FOR BONUS ARMY Glassford Says Congress Should Help Support March- ers Due Here Today. ontinued r and I shall ask for rations if an emergency arises. It amounts to a mat- ter of getting a Fcderal appropriation or putting these men out.” Outlines Position. The police chief said his position with respect to unemployed bonus ad- vorates fell in three categories: . “rne men have a right to come! here. 2. “District residents showa con-| tribute to their support to the same ex- tent that the people of the various States through which they pass. 3. “But there is a point beyond which the residents of the District should not be asked to contribute. From tha'.l point on, it is the duty of the Federal Government to contribute.” He explained that the position of the people here is vastly different since they have no representation in Con- ress. E Gen. Glassford devoted virtually the entire day to planning for the recep- tion and handling of the veterans, working late into the night arranging facilities to feed and house the men, many of whom have threatened to stay here if necessary ‘“until 1945"—the date the adjusted service certificates will be paid according to the bonus act With Capt. William G. Stott, police department property officer. as his aide, assisted by two other policemen, Glass- ford last night had obtained quarters for approximately 2.000 veterans in vacant buildings throughout the city. Approximately 150 of those now in town were housed in Wagner's ware- house, Twelfth and D streets south- west. Definite Number Unknown. How many veterans eventually are to “camp” in Washington is not definitely known by Glassford. It is this lack of knowledge which constitutes his biggest problem. for he cannot accurately make plans for caring for them. Aside from the 1,000 already here and the 300 from Cumberland, reports indicate 2,000 others assembled in Philadelphia and Camden trying to get transportation; an unnumbered group in Chicago now attending a Communist convention, but planning to come here after it adjourns, and several straggling groups from the South and elsewhere. These l‘!_g_ures contrast sharply with the *75,000 marchers” which were asked to come here in circulars said to have been dis- tributed throughout the country. Inspector O. T. Davis, chief of the new Police Department intelligence unit, announced early today he had received reports indicating the Phila- delphia outfit had disbanded, but that approximately 1,000 veterans from Cam- den would come here. Gen. Glassford's campaign of dis- couragement involved sending tele- grams to governors of States “as far away as Illinois,” he said. He also wired Philadelphia Pelice Chief L. B. Mills and President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to dissuade the veterans in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey cities from coming here. ‘The ex-service men had proposed catch- | ing rides on B. & O. freight trains. Food Is Solicited. Among the houses obtained by Gen. Glassford’s aides are the old Bieber & Kaufman store at Eighta and I streets and_the whole row cf business piaces on Pennsylvania avenue south- east, between Sixth and Seventh streets, owned by the Warner Brothers Co., which plans to erect a theater there. The veterans arriving today will be escorted by police guards to the Eighth and I stréets quarters. Food also is being solicited by men working uncer supervision of Gen. Glassford and rolling kitchens have been obtained from the District Na- tional Guard. One of these probably will be set up today near the southwest “camp site.” Whether the police chief carries out his plan to build temporary barracks near Bolling Field depends now on whether the number of men coming here exceeds the capacity of the quar- ters obtained. Seeks 1,000 Bed Sacks. One thousand bed sacks for the vet- erans were requested of Secretary of ‘War Hurley by Gen. Glassford, who called at the War Department yesterday afterncon. The veterans, in Cumberland last night, were reported by Gov. Ritchie to be “entirely orderly.” In his second telegram, received at abcut midnight, the Maryland executive stated: “The veterans are spending the night in Cumberland and are reported to be entirely ordarly. ey will leave in trucks tomorre—Sunday morning—at 7 o'clock, and scculd reach the District line on Wisconsin rvenue sometime be- | tween 1 and 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. They number about 300. *'Good luck and best wishes. (Signed) “ALBERT C. RITCHIE.” Dispatches from Cumberland stated the ex-service men arrived there about 9 o'clock and were taken to an aban- doned building which had housed the Communist marchers who came here last Winter. Mayor George Henderson, himself a war veteran and now a colonel in the Army Reserve Corps, made ar- rangements to house the men, while the Salvation Army planned to feed them. An advance guard, traveling in a tour- ing car placarded “Bonus Seekers En Route to Washington,” arrived ahead of the main body and slept in their ma- chine until the rest pulled in. Group Well Disciplined. ‘The group, although none too well dressed and travel-stained from the long trek from the West Coast, appeared to be well disciplined, according to press dispatches. Military police appointed from within the ranks maintain order and expulsion faces any one found to have liquor. The men had begun the day's march from Zainesville, Ohio, from where they were transported by Ohio State trucks to the West Virginia State line, thence to the Maryland line in West Virginia-owned trucks, and into Cum-! berland by trucks placed at their dis- posal by Gov. Ritchie. To support them while they are here, | Gen. Glassford has arranged for & spectacular midnight show at the Gayety Theater on Thursday night. Manager Jimmy Lake of the Ninth street bur- lesque house has arranged for the whole Gayety show of next week to participate, along with the show at the Howard Theater, 10 special vaudeville acts ap- pearing in local theaters and & num- ber of sporting celebrities, he announced | last night, Admission prices will range from $2 for box seats to 50 cents in the balcony. Boxing Bouts Planned. In addition, the police superintendent is planning to stage a number of boxing i and wrestling bouts, the first of which may be put on at the War College Fri- day night by the jobless veterans them- selves. Also he is helieved to have in mind carding other exhibitions either in Alexandria, or ‘“somewhere in| Maryland.” i In connection with his campaign to discourage the veterans from coming here and burdening already depleted relief sources, the general sent the fol- Jowing telegram to Govs. Ritchie and Pollard: “Reference veterans en route Wash- ington—Situation here increasingly se- rious and request no transportation fa- cilities under your control be utilized to transport veterans toward the District of Columbia unless you provide trans- rtation to receive them at District ine 48 hours after their arrival here and veterans themselves agree not to l‘vimler.' o v SENATOR DAVID I. WALSH. SALES TAX PLAN 1S FORUM TOPIC Senator Walsh to Discuss| His Proposal on Radio | Tomorrow. | A general manufacturers’ sales tax, exempting from its operations foods and other necessities. as an effective means of balancing the Government budget, will be discussed by Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts in the National Radio Forum, tomorrow at 9 pm. Eastern standard time. The Radio Forum is arranged by The Star and broadcast over the netwcrk of the National Broadcasting Co. Senator Walsh, a member of Senate Finance Committee, is the author of the Walsh amendment to the pending revenue bill levying a tax of 175 per cent on manufacturers’ sales. The general manufacturers’ tax sponsored by Senator Walsh is a sub- stitute for many of the individual sales taxes and nuisance taxes carried in the revenue bill. It is the conten- tion of Senator Walsh and others who favor the general manufacturers’ tax that it is fairer to industry than the special levy which singles out indivi- dual manufacturers and is more effec- tive in 1aising the needed revenue. the FOSTER NOMINATED T0 HEAD RED SLATE Communist Candidate for Presi- dent Predicts Million Vote in November. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 28.—The Communist party of America tonight nominated William Z. Foster as its candidate for President of the United States and put forth James W. Ford, colored. of Ala- bama, as his running mate. A 20-minute demonstration greeted the nominating of Foster by B. D. Amos, colored. of Cleveland. Twelve hundred delegates marched about the Coliseum and spectators chanted the “Internationale.” Foster accepted the nomination with a pledge to better the working classes and an attack on the present adminis- tration. Predicting a vote of 1,000.000 in the November election, he said that events last year, including the march of 1.600 delegates to Washington to demand un- employment relief, indicate “the people at last are waking up.” A loud demonstration likewise greeted nomination of Ford as vice president Adoption of the platform, with un- employment and social insurance as the main points was deferred by the con- vention until tomorrow. The platform to be adopted includes the following six points: “Unemployment and social insurance at the expense of the State and em- ployers; opposition to President Hoover's wage-cutting policy: emergency relief for the impoverished farmers without restriction by the Government and banks, and exemption of impoverished farmers from taxes and forced collec- tion of rents or debts: o] ition to capitalistic terror; against all forms of suppression of political rights of | workers, and opposition to imperialistic | war; for the defense of the Chinese people and of the Soviet Union.” SEIZED IN KIDNAPING Two Men Held in Abduction of | Wilmington Girl. BEDFORD, Pa., May 28 (#).—State police today arrested two men in ccn- | nection with the kidnaping of 8-year- old Hilda Brodsky from her home in ‘Wilmington, Del., several weeks ago. ‘The men, one young and one old, | were apprehended as they drove west- ward. Wilmington authorities were notified and are on their way to Bedford. Pend- ing their arrival, State police declined to name their prisoners or say any more about the case. ‘The Brodsky girl was returned to her parents unharmed by a Catholic priest, who acted as intermediary. o STEEL ENGINEER DIES Julian Kennedy Suddenly Stricken by Heart Attack. PITTSBURGH, May 28 (#)—Julian Kennedy, 80, internationally known steel engineer and inventor, was strick- en with a heart attack at the dinner table in his home tonight and died a few minutes later. At the time of his death he was president of the Emerald Coal & Coke Co., Ontario Gas Coal Co., Orient Coke Co. and Poland Coal Co.; vice presi- dent of the Lowber Gas Coal Co. and 8 director of the Toledo Purnace Co. The funeral will be held in Pitts- | Ernest Leesni burgh Tuesdey, at 2 p.m. ON HOLIDAY TOUR Steamer Takes Eusinqsé Men and Families on Memo- rial Day Cruise. v With three days of cruising enter- tainment and seashore festivities ahead of them, more than 200 members of the Washington Board ‘of Trade, their familles and special guests departed yesterday aboard the €. S. District of Columbia, chartered by the trade body for the second annual cruise of the or- ganization. The voyage aboard the vessel will carry the touring party to Annapolis and Haimpton Roads ports and to the popular beach resorts along the Atlan- tic coast of Virginia. Today the itiner- ary called for & stop at and inspection of the United States Naval Academy at Anmgolt.s. followed by a day of cruising %x; Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent ver, The outing steamer will pass the capes of Virginia tonight for a short moonlight cruise on the Atlantic, re- !;mdu;x later to anchorage at Hampton oads. Trippers Listed. Special busses will transport the tour- | ists from Norfolk to Ocean View to- morrow morning, thence to Virginia Beach and Cape Henry. Luncheon will be served for the outing party at the Nansemond Hotel at Ocean View. The group will participate in the opening of the Cavalier Beach Club at Virginia Beach during the afternoon. The following members of the board and guests are making the trip: Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Akers, Miss Ophelia Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Allen, John T. Bardroff, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bell, Mrs. J. Berliner, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brady, Joseph P. Burke, Mrs. Grace T. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Brewood, Mr. and Mrs. Joscph Burkart, Miss Helen Bell, Joseph P. Bailey, Miss Sally Brawner, Herbert Burkart, Frank J. Burkart. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. H. B. Crosby, Maj. Malcolm A. Coles, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cottrell, Mr. and Mrs. W. Porter Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carr, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Case, Miss Helen A. Campbell, Lane Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Merrell A. Coe, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Corbett, Miss Ellen Corbett, Miss Katherine C. Corbett, Miss V. rcoran, Mrs. Olive Croghran, Clifford Day. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Driscoll, Miss Gertrude Driscoll, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Davis, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Dove, Miss Frances Davis, James Deto, Mrs. F. C. Duffy, and Mrs. George A. Ford, Mrs. an, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Frank Glenn, delaide Grant, Mr. and Mrs. es T. Gibbs, Dr. W. W. Georges, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. William 8. Hall, Mr. and Mrs A. W. Hines, Miss Grace Hess, Dr. and Mrs. William P. Herbst, Howard Hum- phries. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Jorss, Prank Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jacob- Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Johnson, and Mrs. J. Frank Kelly, Mr. and Franklin V. Killian. Miss Mary Leet, Grant Leet, Charles B. Leet, Miss Anna E. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. T, Miss Zelda La Porte, Mr. and Mrs. Joscph C. McGarraghy, Godfrey L. Munter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom McNamara, Miss Margaret Mey, Mr. end Mrs. George Miller, Miss Jean R. , Charles W. Morris, 8. H. artin, Mr. and Mrs. David Maxwell, and Mrs. John A. McCarthy, Mr. C. H. Oldham and son, Dr. S illiam J. B. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Owen. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Offutt, Miss Nancy Offutt, Miss Nora Offutt, Miss Mary Offutt. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Offutt, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Olde. Mr. Larry Ormiston Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Peeples, Mr. and Mrs. David Pressler, Miss Mildred Pressler, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Pres- cott, Edward S. Pardoe, Mrs. James T. Ry Mrs. William P. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ruppert, Miss Kathryn Rooney, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Rob- Ernest W. Robbins, jr.. Mr. and William P. Richards. Mrs. Mamie Reed, Miss Virginia Radcliffe, Mr. and Mrs. James Rundle, Mr. and Mrs. A. Shipe, Dr. and Mrs. R. Lee Spire, Clarence H. Small, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hawley Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Miiton F. Schwab, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Lyman Sexten. Mr. and Mrs Guy T. Steuart, Miss Mary Steuart. Miss Virginia Sellars, John Saul, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Simpson, W. H._Sardo. Vincent Tutching. Dr. and Mrs. Prenk E. Tappan, Charles Victor, Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Webster, W. C. Witts, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wheeler, Miss Lena K. Willige, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wiegand. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Willige, Miss Shirley Willige, Mr. and S. Henry A. Willard, 2d. BROWNE READY FOR HOP FROM SEATTLE TO TOKIO Favorable Weather Conditions Re- ported Over Pacific for New York Aviator's Flight. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE. May 28 —Nat C. Browne, | New York aviator, said he would go to Boeing Field near midnight tonight for a possible hop for Tokio at da break. He has been grounded several days awaiting a south wind to aid in lifting his heavily laden plane on the take-off. The plane, the Lone Star, sat on top of its elevated ramp all day with 884 gallons of gasoline in its tanks. Charles O. Schick, meteorologist, forecast favorable weather conditions over the Pacific would continue until | tomorrow afternoon, with gentle head- winds the only obstacle. Browne must be in the air by tomor- row night to arrive in Tokyo before June 1, the closing time limit on & $30,000 prize he is seeking. SUSPECT TRACED TO JAIL Prisoner Free June 2 Faces Confi- dence Game Charge. CHAMPAIGN, 1l1, May 28 (#).—Con- stable Mert Myers said today that Wil- liam B. Wright, alias C. W. Harris of Pittsburgh, wanted here on a charge of operating a confidence game, had been located in the House of Correction at Warrensville, Ohlo, where he is serv- ing a sentence, to expire on June 2, for passing fraudulent checks. Myers said he would be brought back here. 3 Each Dollar Invested in Your Home Now Have you become Remember, when i 4 -?' Will Save Many Later an employer? you put a man to work and pay him *direct, you become an employer, and you become liable for any accident which might befall him or the public. m.an's Compensation A DOLLAR SAVED IS It is safe to carry Work- Insurance. A DOLLAR EARNED Members of the Board of Trade with their guests shown leaving the wharf yesterday aboard the S. S. District of Columbia for a three-day cruise down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk, Va. —Star Staff Photo. GARNER HITS BACK AT HOOVER CHARGE Applies “Pork Barrel” Appel- lation to Reconstruction Corporation. (Continued From First Page.) already provided. Forest roads and trails receive $16,000,000. In his statement, Speaker Garner conceded that tne “public works pro- gram covered every section of the United States—and that is what we want to do.” Text of Garner Statement. The text of the Garner statement follows: President Hoover's opposition to the bill to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation and to create employment by authorizing and expe- diting a public works program was not unexpected. “The Democrats did not expect to receive real co-operation from the President in any matter benefiting the masses and those who might be termed the middle class of American people. “When he submitted his Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation plan it was hatled by the administration leaders as & panacea for all national {lls. “The Democrats, desirous of aiding a distressed people, adopted the recom- mendations of the administration at their face value and co-operated in passing the bill. If the Jeconstruc- tion Finance Corporation has alded materially in reducing unemployment |or relieving human distress resuiting from the prolcnged depression I have failed to observe it | “Banks, railroads, insurance com- panies and other financial institutions have received needed aid, but the bene- fits have not filtered down to the small business man or the smaller in- dustries. “This act was approved January 22, more than four months ago. Unem- ployment has increased steadily dur- ing those four months and it is now obvious that the relief to the masses, promised by administration leaders | through this act, has failed to mate- | rialize and will not materialize unless the restrictions are removed. | Declared “Poor Grace.” “The President’s allusion to the pro- posed public works program as a ‘pork barrel’ comes with poor grace from one who demanded that Congress co-op- erate with him in passing the Recon- struction Finance Corporation act. It would be just as logical to refer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act as a ‘pork barrel’ for the banks. in- surance companies, railroads and finan- cial institutions of the country. “It is not ‘pork barrel’ nor can any other program which will extend aid in k:hu period of distress be termed such. | “Ic is true that the public works pro- | gram covers every section of the United States—and that is what we want to do. | “There is no part of the country that has not felt the blight of the de- pression and this program is proposed with a view of extending unemploy- ment relief to every section as well as broadening the functions of the Re- construction Finance Corporation for the purpose of extending mid to small business men, the smaller industries and the States, counties and cities which have been unable to finance needed public works. “I realize as does the President that the necessity of balancing the budget is urgent and I have consistently urged this since before Congress convened; | but aid for the destitute, unemploy-i ment relief and also aid for the small | business men and small industries are | equally urgent. Declares Budget Not Affected. “This relief bill does not interfere with the balancing of the budget. It | provides the tax necessary to pay its| own way and will not add to the exist- ! g deficit. “The President appears to agree with that part of the program providing him with $100,000,000 for relief of destitu- | tion and the proposal to broaden the of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and centers his opposition upon the public works program. “Apparently this opposition arises from the fact that expenditures under this program will not be centered in a few localities and that the relief and benefits arising therefrom will be widely disseminated. “The President's opposition to public works was not manifested during his campaign in 1928, in fact. at that time he was an ardent advocate of public works to relieve unemployment. In his speech in Newark, N. J., on Sep- | tember 17, 1928, he said: “‘In my speech of acceptance I out- lined our national program of pro- spective public works, including the de- velopment of water resources, public roads and the construction of public buildings. In that speech I pointed out that these projects would require upward of $1,000,000,000 within the next four years. I therefore recom- mended that, so far as practicable, this work should be carried on in such s way as to take up the slack of oc- casional unemployment.” Inland Waterways Stand. i it e ‘wa; , he made [ filn{'lllfl acceptance speech on August 11, ‘Nature has endowed us with & it o and e of farm relief and to the development of 20. of our interior States. This mod- ernization includes not only the great Mississippl system with its joining of the Great Lakes and of the heart of Midwest agriculture to the Gulf, but also a shipway from the Great Lakes lo the Atlantic. These improvements would mean so large an increment in farmers’ prices as to warrant their con- struction many times over. There is | mental economies, worked out by a spe- | weeks of intensive study, will be report- | propriations Committee first. but the piloted | O'Brien, 'is to be deliv no more vital method of farm relief. .“These statements illustrate the utter SENATE AWAITING ECONOMY PROGRAM Proposals, as Yet Unknown, Due After Final Vote on Tax Bill. The detailed program of govern- cial Senate subcommittee during three ed to the Senate as soon as a final vote is reached on the tax bill. The economy plan, the contents of which probably will not be disclosed until it is ready to go to the Senate, must be passed on by the Senate Ap- day on which it will be submitted to that committee had not been fixed last night. Proposals Withheld. Although there has been considerable speculation as to what the subcommit- tee will recommend regarding reorgan- | fzation of Government agencies, and whether it will provide for salary cuts or a furlough system, members of the subcommittee have consistently re- frained from revealing any of their proposals. { The Appropriations Committee will not meet tomorrow. but it is believed | that as soon as a final vote on the ta: bill is in sight in the Senate, that com mittee will be called into session to act | on the economy program. so that it can be taken up in the Senate promptly | following the revenue measure. As was | the case in the House, the general pol- icles on economy, affecting all govern- mental agencies, will be acted on as a part of the legislative appropriation bill. | Executive Session Held. The Senate subcommittee in charge | of appropriations for the legislative branch of the Government met in ex- ecutive session yesterday and went over that portion of the bill carrying the legislative funds for next year. | There are five other appropriation | bills, including that for the District of Columbia, awaiting action of the Sen- | ate Appropriations Committee. Once | the general economy plan has been brought out and acted on, ho\\'u'.'tr.; these other supply bills are expected | to follow quickly. HOOVER RECEIVES FARM AID APPEAL Senators Steiwer and Carey Sayi Something Should Be Done Be- fore Congress Quits. By the Associated Press ‘Two Western Senators yesterday told | President Hoover they thought some sort of relief measure for agriculture should be passed before Congress quits. After the conversation with the Pres- ident, Senator Steiwer, Republican, of | ably would have a soon for farm relie! A He added, however, that he expressed | the opinion because he knew the Presi- Fmgram of his own | dent wanted something done to aid the of farmer. He said the Chief Executive | had not told him he was drafting such a program. Senator Carey, Republican, of Wyo- ming also sald he was convinced Mr. Hoover was anxious to see something done for agriculture this session. | Both Senators took up specifically with the President a joint bill they have introduced for the creation of re- gional agricultural credit corporations. These would be empowered to make loans to farmers and stockmen for crop production and also for raising live stock. —— SCHOONER MADE READY FOR TWO-YEAR CRUISE New Vessel Fitted Out at Boston for Combination Voyage. By the Associated Press. = " BOSTON, May 28. e schooner vacht Pilgrim arrived here from Booth Bay Harbor, Me,, today to be fitted for a' combination pleasure-scientific cruise that will take her to the ends of the earth. Donald C. Starr, a former assistant attorney neral, and Harold Peters, brother of former Mayor Andrew J. Peters of Boston, will be among those who will journey for two years aboard the craft which was launched three weeks ago. The cruise is expected to start in about three wecks. The first stop will be made at Jamaica.- The Pilgrim then will through the Panama Canal to the Pa- cific, where it will visit many of the islands of romantic lore. FLYER HOPS FOR ALBERTA ‘TORONTO, Ontario, May 28 (A.—A tiny Canadian plane headed MI& for Edmonton, Alberta, in s record flight. ‘The plane, Geoffrey to George Robb, rancher and sheep farmer. The route will carry O'Brien over Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, Minot, N. Dak.; Regina and Saskatoon. If sul O'Brien will be the first man ever to eat breakfast in Toronto one day and dine in Edmonton the fol- lowing day. inconsistency of the President’s present attitude. There can be no question that the of public works he co ardently advocated in 1928 is as neces- sary today as it was then and that !hel expenditures at this time will have a3 far-reaching influence in the restora- tion of normal itiona,” e FOR REVENUE BILL Sales Tax Foes Circulate Round Robin, Harrison Predicting Defeat. ___(Continued From First Page.) and adjourn by June 11. The desire to get away before the national political conventions open in Chicago June 14 and not to return to Washington after the conventions is still strong in the bosoms of many of the Senaters. In view of the great amount of work still | to be done, however, including the economy and relicf bills, before &n ad- journment is taken, the bait which i now being dangled before the eyes o some of the proponents of the manu. }:;.:\u’crs' tax his little substance in Harrison Predicts Defeat. If 34 Democratic Senators are com- mitted to vote against the manufac- turers’ excise tax, 14 Republican Sen- ators plus the one Firmer-Labor Sen- ator, Shipstéad of Minnesota, would be sufficlent to give the signers of the round robin a mafority of the Upper House. The so-called progressive group ©of Republican Senators are expected to line up solidly against the manufac- turers’ tax. Senator Harrison predicted last night that when the showdown comes the manufacturers’ tax will be defeated by at least a margin of five votes and that the vote against the tax might be still larger. Senator Walsh of Massachusotts, on the other hand, insisted that the vote would be “extremely close,” and other supporters of the sales tax expressed a hope it would win In the meantime steps are being taken by the Republican leaders in the Senate to sound out the actual situa- tion in the House and to learn what would happen if the Senate tacked the mlm;{lnlc!ur;rs' excise tax onto the Tevenue bill and sent it to conference. There have been many reports circu- lated in the cloak rooms of the Capi- tol, some to the effect that the House would accept the manufacturers’ tax in place of a lot of the special excise taxes and nuisance taxes, and some to the effect that the opposition in the House was as strong as ever. The urge in the Senate is to “take the bill a5 it now stands” and send it to conference and get through. If additional revenue is needed to balance the budget, then Scnator Harrison and others are in r of accepting the to the income tax, which wculd raise the normal in- come tax rates to 4 and 8 per cent and increase the surtax brackets to 55 per cent. As the bill n , the nor- 3,6 and 9 per cent, and the surtaxes run to 45 per cent. Senator Con of Texas ¥s his amendment would bring in an ditional $113.000.000 or more than n with the taxes " impoeed in the revenue bill to bal- © the budget. Bill to Fall Short, Watson Says. _Senator Walsh's amendment for 175 per cent general manufecturers | excise tax would make it possibie to avoid these increased normal income tax rates and at the same time to strike from the bill many of the levies of spe- cial taxes on sales of manufactured products and to reduce the increased postage rates proposed and to eliminate n(l%; nuisance taxes. en Senator Watson, Republican leader of the Senatc, during ?Hmbale yesterday pointed out the. the pending bill would fall short oi bal ing the budget by $56.000.000, even if the econ. omies contemplated in governmental ex- penditures were made, and asked where the needed money was to be found, both Senator Harrlson and Senator Couzens declared they would support the Con- rally income tax amendment A compromise between the Connally | amendment and the Walsh amendment was suggested by Senator Pittman of Nevada. Democrat. as a way out of the dilemma, and Senator Carter Glass of Virginia said perhaps the Government would find In the end that it needed both the manufacturers’ excise tax and the special taxes to meet the deficit Senators Connally and Lewis, Demo- crat. of Illinolos during the debate sharply criticized the President’s con- |ference with newspaper publishers a few days ago. “The White House is secretly and covertly urging the sales tax,” Connally said, “while it hasn't the courage to come out openly in favor of it." Chairman Smoot of the Finance Committee protested that Connally was doing the President “an injustice " Connally said Secretary Mills before the Finance Committee virtually op- posed the sales tax. Protests Against Method. “If the President wants the sales tax," he asked, “why doesn't he come out in @ message and say so? Why send the | Oregon said he felt the President prob- | Secretary up to oppose it and then sur- Teptitiously and covertly seek to force the tax through a conference with the press at the White House? I am protesting against this method double dealing.” Lewis said it was the President's privilege to invite any one he chose to | Tu: the White House. But, he added, when those invited are molders of public opinion, known to oppose the adminis- tration’s views, “we can come to but one conclusion—that the President has brought these envoys of public opinion to the White House that he might use the power of his great office to influ- ence their thought or to so intimidate them as to obstruct opposition.” “Two Presidents—Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson—were solicited to use this form of respectable bribery over the opinion of the press,” Lewis said, “and both refused.” will not assume these men are so weak they can be moved by this form of specious bribery,” Lewis added. “When the time comes that the Presi- dent, to carry his personal opinion, shall call for the press in secret confer- ences and then command silence and confidential relations, we have lost the theory of the independence of citizens.” Le stood in the middle of the Senate aisle and demanded silence from his colleagues as he delivered his attack on the President. Connally Defends Press Rights. “I demand,” said Lewis, “that the President treat us as he will treat any other man if he be a courageous man and a gentleman—as he is both—and that he will speak to us openly that Wwhich he says in private conversations.” Conpally, saying that he spoke not in criticism of the press, but in defense of its right to ‘freedom, asserted that if the press is to “allow itself to be muz- = zled, become the agent of secret propa- ganda and participate in conferences about which it can't talk.” it will be- come “the agent of influences that will stifle free government.” Both Senator Couzens and Senator La Follette assajled the Walsh amend- ment during the debate as a tax on the poor, and Senator Walsh replied briefly to them. The Massachusetts Senator made light of the criticisms of his amendment by Senator Couzens. He said that the Michigan Senator had found only four items in his amend- ment to attack. The first was the lan- guage of the amendment, which ex- empui“rogd for human or animal con- on. sumj . “What language could be broader?” sald Senator Walsh. “What lan, e could be used that would include all food and feeds better than the words in the amendment?” Upholds Levy on Medicines. Senator Walsh defended the tax pro- to be levied on manufacturers of patent medicines. He said that un- der this proposal a bottle of medicine costing $1 would pay a tax of only 134 cents, whereas many of the medi- cines sell for 25 cents or less. Senator HONOR COMRADE. C. M. SMITHSON. Fellow employes at the navy yard will pay tribute to Charles M. Smith- on, 69, on his retirement Tuesday after 52 years’ service in the Navy's gun fac- to Mr. Smithson was one of the master mechanics in this division, | being named to that capacity 39 years 2go. Mr. Smithson's superiors have been particularly pleased with his work in Vview of the veteran master mechanic's habit of reporting from an hour to an | hour and a half early for duty to ac- | quaint himself with the problems of the outgoing shift. His retirement was postponed for two years on two occasions. Mr. Smithscn. who lives at 1320 Longfellow street, is the father of two sons and three daughters ROOSEVELT'S CHANCES IN RACE IF HE OUSTS WALKER ARE WEIGHED (Continued From First Page) six months. and did not know where ;\n was, although he would try to locate | im. Questions Being Asked. Predicating their discussions on likelihood of a demand for Walker moval, political observers are ak these questions: Would removal of Walker ha enhance Roosevelt’s chances nominated? vhat would be the effect of fusal? i What would be the effect of removal | on the voting of the 94 unwistructed New York State delegates, 40 to 50 of | { whom Tammany clairs to control? H If Roosevelt were to win the nomina- . after having removed e mayor. . t would he be 1 State in N | Without New York State's 45 elec- | toral votes. could he up a big ough y in other sections to ‘What would ber if he shot mayor? Tammanyites' Prediction. he effects be in Novem- | refuse to oust the many leader, are loud in thi tion that any action agair | would “kill” Roosevelt politic ] A close friend of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith said removal of Walker might | clinch the nomination for the Governor, but result in his defeat at the polls. | | Others think Walker's removal woula | demonstrate beyond all question that Roorevelt entirely independent Tammany nd thereb; the suppert of ma “favorite son” delegations in the con- vention. predic- | Walker | | to have more than 690 convention votes when the first roll call begins. That | would mean only 80 short of the 770 needed for nomination. —e 'SPECIAL COURT CALLED IN 3 EVARTS SLAYINGS 27 Murder Cases Set for Tomor- row to Be Reset by Judge. By the Associated Press. HARLAN, KY. Ma the ¥ | men were known to have been ki twill be heard Monday when special 10-week term of Harlan Circuit | Court opens to hear 27 men charged | with murder in connection with the { Evarts shooting i Each of the defendants faces three | counts of murder as a result of the' | slaying of Deputy Sheriffs Jim Daniels | and Otto Lee. and Howard Jones, a | commissary clerk, May 5, 1931. All cases, set for the opening day, will be Teset by Special Judge Thomas B.| McGregor. 28.—Echoes of ; Among the defendants are William | nblazer of Jellico, Tenn., district organizer for the United Mine Workers of America: Joe Cawood, Evarts School trustee, and former Police Chief Asa Cusick ot Evarts. —_— Walsh said, was to the exemption of newspapers, magazines and other pe- riodicals. He said. as a matter of fact. the newspaper and magazine publisher would find that he had to pay a tax on the paper and ink which he uses. Senator Glass, interrupting Senator | Walsh, said: “What I cannot under- stand is why the Senator should be so solicitious about the wash basin that is 16 go into a house that will cost $8,000, and yet stand here and vote to| put a tax on lumber. out of which the| is to be built.” Senator Walsh replied that not only would lumber be taxed under the pend- ing bill, but that it would be taxed at the rate of 33'3 per cent on the cheap lum- ber that goes into the home of the work- | ing man. and only 1 per cent upon the | | lumber that goes into the mansion. Senator Walsh defended his vote against levying the highest rates of taxes on incomes. He said he had sup- | ported the committee on the income tax rates included in the bill and that he had supported the committee gen- erally, except that he had taken the position “we should substitute a general excise tax for a special limited excise tax.” No Inducement to Spend. Senator Walsh said that when the country was prosperous and corpora- tions making large profits and incomes were large, heavy surtaxes and normal taxes should be levied. “With business depressed,” continued Senator Walsh, “with profits gone, with incomes wiped out, I say there is no inducement—and that is one of the troubles with the country—for the man or woman of wealth to put their money in the business. An entirely different situation exists. They are putting their money today into tax-exempt securi- ties. I will go further. If they want to preserve their money and be sure it is safe, they have got to do that. What we are doing when we propose these high surtaxes is further to push them into tax-exempt securities. “I make a clear distinction between conditions when the country is pros- perous and when the country is pros- trate. One of the advantages of the proposal made by me is that people with tax-exempt securities will be taxed. No other proposal in the bill, or any | but |, His campaign managers expect him other bill, will reach the people by the tens of ‘thousands and hundreds of | | thousands in this country who have| enormous incomes without paying a cent | of fluntlgn. Bntm;hey ds?{end money, and spend it lavishly, and if they spend money, this plan of mine will tax them.” WEEK OF JUNE 27 Grand Jury Believed to Have Indicted Shipbuilder in Lindbergh Hoax. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., May 28.—Jol Hughes Curtis of Norfolk will go g trial the week of June 27 for the Lind- bergh hoax. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck made this announcement. after closed indictments Wwere presented to Justice Th Trenchard by the grand jury. . Because only three cases were con- sidered and because of Hauck's state- ment as to the trial date and a fur- ther announcement by him that Cur- tis would be arraigned for pleading next Saturday in Quarter Sessions, it was taken for granted that one of the indictments named Curtis Hauck had planned to begin the Cur- tis trial on June 13, but he postponed it on receipt of a telegram from W. C. Pender, who will defend Curtis saying he could not be ready to proceed so early. Als‘d; from the action on the Curtis angle here there were no developmen in the Lindbergh case today. Dr? Jahfi F. Condon, the Jafsie who paid a fu- tile $50.000 ransom for Col. Lindbergh, continued his vacation in Massachu~ setts, and from the Lindbergh home at Hopewell. Col. H. Norman Schwarz- kopf, superintendent of te police, said there was nothing to r ' HOOVER'S SYMPATHY WON BY CHILDREN’S APPEAL FOR FATHER (Continued From First Page.) Younger sister, Irene, 11, like Bernice, an uni akable blonde, and a brother, tow-headed Clifford, 10, nodded vigor= ously as Bernice begged the President to Relp her father go free. Mr. Hoover I d Intently. Then e d His manner and words owed brought smiles to the he children He told us we could go tul,” Bernice said confiden hi me cheer- ; r dren, ren also imp: d Mr. He let it be known th: a man whose children were so well be- haved and showed such loyalty must have a lot of good him The papers in not in Washington. TI tive directed the Depa to look into the matter and that he would use his good o Bernice certain her fathe; be free. “I'm going to be a criminal lawyer " Bernice averred as she rose to leave the White Hou: he felt that o identical. solemniy. were almost Clifford said imidly. nice man.” v. “He shook we went in. I ent was very stern. but He gave us all a Bi- said Irene t a very centennial pin. He— lifford broke in. d me cn the head,” he said. Nobody app heard him “1 said he patted me on the head” Clifford repeated in a voice that car- ried over the reception rcom of the executive offices. FREED ON PERSONAL BOND. He C: ““He patte Feagan Released on Instructions Tele- graphed From Washington. personal appeal to President Hoover in behalf. Cha R. Feagan. held in the cour e. was released on his personal bond pending further in- vestigation of a charge of unlawfully automs from Missouri to Feag was_granted by J. Stanley ited St2tes commise sioner, upon the r of Gregory H. Frederick, dis v, on tele- graphed inst General at W CHICA(E BOARD ORDERED TO TELL COMMISSION OF RULE ON FARMERS (Continued From First Page.) ers' National is denied membership in the clearing association on the ground that the Farmers' nal is a corpo- ration, under the laws of ers of the exchange id of the clearing association have inted out that because of the lim- ited liability of a corporation, only partnerships are admitted to the clear= ing association. It is contended that the Farmers' National demands special privileges which the rules of the clearing associa= tion do not provide for. REPLY TO STONE. Chicagoans Rap Policies of the Federal Farm Board CHICAGO, May 28 statement from the Chicago Board of Trade has been issued replying to as- sertions by Chairman Sione of the Federal Farm Board that liquidation of the Farm Board surplus had “pro- ceeded in such a manner that American wheat prices have been maintained at substantially 5 to 15 cents a bushel higher than the world parity.” The statement also replies to asser~ tions of Representative Strong of Kan- sas that for the first time in history Chicago wheat prices were over Liver- pool and that the Farm Board should be credited for such a result. The Board of Trade statement says “Every gain merchant knows how and why this has happened and the dis- astrous result it has had in curtailing ex- port trade, backing up the surplus, and lowering prices. It is a fair question to ask whether practices of the Farm Board in selling wheat on long-term credit on Chinese promissory notes, trading it for coffee or selling at sea- board prices lower than those at inte- rior markets has not made the so-called world parity 5 to 15 cents lower than it otherwise would have been “Many believe world prices would have been 10 to 30 cents higher had not other competing surplus nations been frightened into sacrifice sales be- cause of the Farm Board's ‘fire sale’ ad- vertisement to the world. “The Farm Board can hardly claim to have elevated domestic wheat prices which are lower today than last year, than two years ago, and than three years ago. By selling wheat at 5 cents under at the seaboard, the Farm Board further depresses the Liverpool price. 1t gives importing nations the benefit of low prices and harms American farm- ers.” TWO LOST IN SHIP FIRE One Saves Life by Clinging to Hatch Cover. WALKERVILLE, Ontario, May 28 (P)—One of a crew of three aboard a lugger that caught fire off Colchester Point last night, Norman Dufour of Lasalle, Ontario, was picked up near Oxley today and bruuggl to a hospital here. Wearing a life belt, he had clung all night to a hatch cover. His com- panions are missing.