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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, cooler tonight and tomorrow; gentle to moderate north winds. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 90, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as seco! nost office, No. 32,179. ‘Washington, nd class matter D. C. 8000 ARE EXPECTED IN ORDERLY PARADE FORBONUSTONIGHT: RED PERMIT DENIED Communist Round-up Begun by Veterans and Police at Anacostia Camp—Two Men Held. SENATOR THOMAS PAYS VISIT TO EX-SERVICE MEN Oklahoman to Present Their Re- quests to Committee—Bicenten- nial Pageant Planned for June 20 to Be Postponed — Plot Charges Are Denied. Police appointed within the ranks of the bonus marchers to keep order in the Anacostia camp today began a round-up of suspected Communists. They turned several over to the police and others were forced to leave the camp. A volunteer army o. former doughboys—eight or ten thousand strong—today was being marshaled into war-time formations for the big parade down Pennsylvania avenue tonight in quest of bonus legislation, as officials tabooed a radical-sponsored demonstration at the Capitol tomorrow night. Phalanxes of blue-coated offi- cers of the law, under personal direction of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, police superintend- ent. and himself a veteran of the A. E. F., will guard Pennsylvania | avenue while from 8,000 to 10,000 former doughboys go ‘“over the top” for full payment of the benus. | More than 240 patrolmen and a. squad of motor cycle officers will protect the marchers from sub- versive plotters, following disclos- ure of-an aileged plan of Red con- spirators for precipitating rioting | and bloodshed. Gen. Glassford told of the threats in a statement issued last night. Gen. Glassford said today he was “re- Juctant” to issue such a statement. ‘I already had laid plans, without specific crders, to handle the situation. The District Commissioners, however, urged that I give this publicity, and I did so. “I was very reluctant to issue the statement, feeling the situation did not warrant it, but did so at the request of the Commissioners.” Begin March at 7 P.M. The composite army, recruited from 1l sections of the country, will set out from Fifteenth street and Constitution avenue at o'clock, with American flags flying and drums and bugles sounding a military quick-step. ‘The vetcrans will march north on Fifteenth street to Pennsylvanla avenue and thence down the “Nation's parade ground” to the Peace Monument, where it will disband. A plead by the veterans for Federal e1c in obtaining shelter and food for the rapidly growing ‘“expeditionary force” will be laid before a Senate Com- mittee on Army Appropriations by Sen- ator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa, who visited the encampment o the marchers today. The Senator was urged to find transportation for tree 10d offered yesterday by the Farmers' Holiday Association of Des Moines, Jowa. Communist Arrested. ‘Herman Levin, New York Communist, was arrested at the Anacostia camp this afternoon by veteran police and turned over to tho eleventh precinct station, where he was booked for investigation. Levin, according to Morris Fishman, ‘Atlantic City veteran, who was booked as the complainant, was found distrib- uting Communist propeganda and so- liciting memberships in the Workers' Ex-Service Men's League, a Communist affiliation. Levin, 37, who saild he was a plumber, was a member of the Com- munist “hunger march” on Washington last December. Gen, Glassford stopped by the eleventh precinct station as Levin was being booked and ordered his release as it is not a violation of the law to distribute Communist propaganda. However, Po- liceman James Bennett, assigned to bonus march duty, advised the super- intendent the man was wanted by Im- migration and Justice Department agents and that a search has been con- ducted the past week for him. Glass- ford then rescinded his order and Levin was detained for the Federal agents. Complimented for his arrest of Levin, Fishman, attired in a soldier's fatigue uniform, then sent officers over to the Anacostia camp, where veteran police had picked up three other alleged Com- munists and brought them back to the station house. Another Arrested. The next Communist, Leor Odlen, & native of Russia, who had in his pos- session four honorable discharges from the United States Army, was turned over to the Crime Prevention Division by Capt. S. J. Marks of No, 11 precinct, after it was reported he had made threatening statements. Odlen was CROSBY TELLS HE MAY LOSE ACTIVITIES F Warning Given Police| Head After Complaints From Group in Congress. PLANS TO CARRY ON| Dismissal May Come From | WhiteHouse ;ActionsHeld | Invitation to Marchers. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, su- | perintendent of police, has been warned | by Police Commissioner Herbert B.| Crosby, it was learned today at the | District Building, that his continued | efforts to shelter and feed the ever-in- creasing bonus expeditionary forces might result in his “peremptory dismis- sal” by the White House. The warning, it was said, came as a sequel to criticism received by the Com- missioners from a group of members of | Congress and several Government of- ficials that Gen. Glassford's arrange- ments to bivouac the veterans had cerved as a nimpetus to increase greatly the number while the administration | was doing everything in its power to | discourage the trek of the men to Wash- | ington. There also has been some crit- | icism at the District Building. it was | reported, of Gen. Glassford's action last | week In going to the White House to solicit aid for the veterans without the | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C, GLASSFORD HIS JOB FOR OR VETERANS GLASSFORD. BRODKHART DEFEAT APPEARS CERTAIN ILead of Field, Rival in Iowa‘Lifelong Dry Comes Out for| Senate Race, Mounts Steadily. By the Assoctated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 7—The political career of Senator Smith W. Brookhart, foe of “big business,” ap- peared to be interrupted today by the tide of ballots cast for Henry Field in the Iowa Republican senatorial primary A balanced strength that indicated Field was in favor in every section of the State sent the Shenandoah seed | | man into gn early lead, which increased amendment, which Rockefeller and his | steadily as returns poured in. Field and Brookhart, both “dry,” sped so0 far out in front of the other four | aspirants for the nomination, however, | that there appeared to be little likeli- hood of the contest going to convention, ; for which Iowa law provides if none of | the candidates secures 35 per cent of the total vote cast. Field's share of the votes varied con- sistently between 40 and 45 per cent, while Brookhart, although usually | trailing by a 5-to-4 margin, was near | the necessary 35 per cent. i Brookhart Far Behind. | While Field and Brookhart were “farm candidates,” they took most votes in cities as well, and Field, who sells groceries, dry goods, seeds and plants over his own radio station, usually got the biggest urban vote. Returns from 1,561 precincts out of 2345 gave: Brookhart, 912352; Field, | 122,906. | Returns for Senator in the Demo- cratic primary gave Louis Murphy of Dubuque 32.970, and Dan Steck, for- mer United States Senator, 16.905. Gov. Dan Turner, Republican, was virtually assured of renomination ‘when he polled up 75,000 of 107,000 votes cast | in less than a third of the State's pre- | cincts. | The Democratic gubernatorial race was close, the lead alternating between | Clyde Herring, former Democratic na- tional _committeeman from Iowa, and L. E_Roddewig, former mavor of Dav- enport. In 493 precincts, Herring had | 206.1127, Roddewig 9,300 and L. W. Housel | Results in House Races. Scattered returns apparently had re- nominated four Representatives: B. M Jacobsen, Democrat, second district; C. C. Dowell, Republican, sixth; Charles E. Swanson, Republican, seventh, and Fred C. Gilchrist, Republican, eighth. | With the exception of the ninth dis- trict, in which Representative Ed H. Campbell, Republican, was unopposed, the fate of other incumbents still was in doubt. A nip-and-tuck battle developed in the fourth, where Representative Gil- bert N. gen and State Senator C. A. Benson were the contestants. scn stepped into the lead by a narrow margin with 129 of the 256 precincts in the district reporting. The vote was: ! Benson, 12,604, and Haugen, 11.582. A close race also developed in the fifth district between Representatives C. W. Ramseyer and Lloyd Thurston, who were thrown into the same district by the congressional reapportionment. Ninety-one of the 322 precincts gave Ramseyer 5,970, Thurston, 5471; Sim- mer, 2,142, and Stanley, 1,158. Representative W. F. Kopp of Mount Pleasant, Republican, had a three-to- one lead over C. A. Hahn of Muscatine in the first district. In the third, Representative T. J. B. Robinson, Re- plilbll]iun, had a 3tto-1 lead over two rivals. | he was in “complete sympathy” with a WETS HALL STAND. 0F ROVEFELER . Prohibition Repeal, Cit- ing Evils. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7.—Jubilation reigned in the wet camp today, for John | D. Rockefeller, jr, a lifelong dry, has decided that the eighteenth amend- ment ought to be repealed. ‘The oil magnate's change of opinion, disclosed in a letter to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, brought expressions of amazement and sharp disagreement from supporters of the prohibition father helped make the law of the land. In expressing hope that both major parties would adopt repeal pianks and Temove the question from partisan | strife, Rockefeller made it plain he had not altered his views on temperance. _He said he had been a teetotaler all his life. “Neither my father nor his father ever tasted a drop of intoxicating liquor, nor have I,” he said. He said he and his father had con- tributed $350,000 to the Anti-Saloon League to support prohibition legisla- on. Says Drinking Has Increased. “Slowly and reluctantly,” he said, he had come to believe that the amend- | ment had not been supported by public opinion sufficiently to hasten the day “when the value to society of men with minds and bodies free from the under- mining effects of alcohol would be gen- erally realized.” - Rather, he declared, he found that drinking generally has increased; the speakeasy has repiaced the saloon, not only unit for unit, but probably two- fold if not threefold; that a vast army of law breakers has been recruited and financed on a colossal scale; that many of our best citizens, piqued at what they regarded as an infringement of their private rights, have openly and unabashed disregarded the eighteenth amendment; that as an inevitable re- sult respect for all law has been great- ly lessened; that crime has increased to an unprecedented degree.” Rockefeller told Dr. Butler, president of Columbia University and prominent Republican foe of the amendment, that resolution Dr. Butler will seek to have the Republican National Convention in- corporate in its platform. The resolu- tion calls for repeal by submission to State conventions, pledging the party to fight the saloon and urging that the amendment be obeyed while in force. Mrs. Boole Comments. ‘The ol magnate said sufficient time ought to be given before repeal be- came effective to permit the States to insure control of the liquor traffic. He declared, however, that he did not favor " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) e WANTED GERMAN “VON” Attorney Says Woman Refused Fee to Genealogists. CHICAGO, June 7 (#).—The reason Mrs. Mary Alexander Dahlberg declined to pay $1,700 to a genealogical society that looked up her family tree was be- cause there wasn't any “Von” in the German branch, Baker Baldridge, an attorney, said yesterday. Baldridge represents the American Historical Soclety of Buffalo, N. Y., which has filed suit to collect the money from Mrs. Dahlberg, who is the former wife of the head of the Celotex Co. | By the Associated Press. taken into_custody. at_the Anacostia (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) LONG TELEGRAM SENT Senator Sheppard Gets Economy Appeal of 22,205 Words. ‘The longest telegram ever received in ‘Washington came today to Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas from citi- zens of Houston, asking the Texas dele- gation in Congress to support “drastic economies” and to adjourn Congress. ‘The telegram contained 22,205 words, including 7.770 signatures. The volu- e filled 142 pages. It ‘Em&femmmmumm “You can go to hell,” was the re- sponse a group of “bonus marchers” got from Senztor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, when they accosted him in the corridor of the Capitol. The pink-whiskered Senator is noted for his courtesy and courtly manner, but he is also a veteran of the Spanish- American War. He was accosted by a group of bonus marchers as he entered the Capito' yes- terday and they began to berate him for a speech he had made urging them to leave the city. They began to argue with him, and said they had voted for him, but still had votes. “If you are from Illinois, you are dis- honoring the State,” Lewis shot back at them. The Senator, as he told the story today, then warned ,mld do i"GO TO HELL,” BONUS “AGITATORS” ARE TOLD BY SENATOR LEWIS Accosted by Group in Capitol and Berated for Speech Urging Them to Leave. his best to stop all veterans’ legislation while they were in Washington. “We are here to see that you fellows get right, and we are going to stay here until you do what we want done,” the spokesman of the group said. By this time quite a group had gath- ered around, including several other Senators. “You know where you'll go don’t you?” one of the group said, finally. “I don’t know what you mean,” Lewis shot back, “but you can ge to hell and I'll go back into the Senate to my duties.” Lewis sald today he was sorry he “Jost” his temper, but he did not be- lieve any of the men who accosted him were veterans or Legionnaires. He called them troublemakers who had or- the march to take advantage of former service men, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, AL SHTH T0 SEEK PARTY NOMNATION FOR PRESIDENEY Republican Leaders Split on Wording of Resubmission Plank. SHOUSE WILL BATTLE OUSTING AS CHAIRMAN Statement of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for Repeal Brings Wide Speculation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7.—The name of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith will be placed before the Democratic National Convention at Chicago as & candidate for the presidential nomination by Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts. 8 This was announced today by Thomas F. Spellacy, Smith leader in Connecticut, after a closed meeting of the so-called board of strategy of the “Stop-Roosevelt” faction. Spellacy said the motion to nomi- nate Smith would be seconded by several persons, among them Mrs. Mary E. Norton, Democratic Rep- resentative from New Jersey. By the Assoclated Press Political clashes in the high com- mand of both parties today had thrust convention battles upon both Republi- cans and Democrats. Republican leaders at the Capitol, agreed in principle on a declaration for resubmitting _prohibition, split wide apart yesterday on wording of the plank. The issue was pointed for Chi- cago and settlement in the party as- sembly next week. James R. Garfield of Ohio, kho will direct drafting of the platform, planned a final talk today with President Hoover before departing for the convention city. In the Democratic party. a serious factional fight for control of the con- ! Jouett | vention was made certain Shouse, National Executive Committee chairman, asserted his name would be put before the convention for the post of permanent chairman, regardless of announcement by Gov. Rosevelt’s aides | that they would seek to place Senator ‘Walsh of Montana in the chairmanship Shouse said the delegates would have a chance “to vote me up or down, form- ing their own opinion—with the public —as to the good faith of Gov. Roosevelt in assenting to the April 4 agreement (that Shouse would hold the post) and as to the propriety of the change of plans ascribed to him by James A. Far- ley.” Shouse returned the Roosevelt chal- | lenge in a lengthy formal statement. He | pan. said he had a statement dictated by the Governor consenting without qualifica- tion to the Arrangements Committee agreement to commend his selection. He said the proposition was put to him at that committee’s meeting without his previous knowledge of the plan, but that he withheld assent until Roose- velt's agreement had been obtained. Shouse has been considered an op- ponent by the Roosevelt forces. The attempt at displacing him from the convention post led to speculation that a friendly chairman was sought to make possible abolishing the two-thirds rule " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) ORDER PERMANENT GAMING SUPPRESSION Prince Georges Commissioners Call on Police to Keep Bladensburg Road Place Closed. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. June 7.— The Prince Georges County police force was called upon to keep closed the gambling establishment. at Bladensburg road and the District line, in an order of the county commissioners today. The commissioners acted after spokesmen from eight organizations heading a combined delegation of 75 persons protested the recent reopening of the establishment. For the second time in three nights police last night staged an unsuccess- ful raid on the gambling establishment. Bladensburg road, at the District line. The place was found even more de- serted than Saturday. When the first raid was made three men. de- scribed as caretakers, were found in the house. Last night only one was on the premises. Saturday night several attendants stood at the open gate to the estab- lishment directing patrons to “a game™ in Washington. Last night the big wooden entrance gates were closed and a “no trespass- ing” sign hung on them. Chief of Police J. J. Crowley and Sergt. H. G. Machen led both raids. ‘The latest police visit came on the eve of an unofficial meeting of the grand jury, on the request of A H. Seidenspinner, foreman, to urge the county commissioners to order an in- v’&st(gntlnn of the reopening of the place. Bank Robbers Get $2,000. TOWN CREEK, Ala., June 7 (#) — ‘Three robbers bound and gagged the night watchman, burned a hole in_the vault of the Tennessee Valley Bank here and took $2,000 early today. Convention Seats Bring $3.4010$8; Help Meet Costs By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 7.—Tickets to a major political convention went on sale for the first time in his- tory today as the Chicago Citi- zens’ Guarantee Fund Commit- tee offered seats at the Republic- an National Convention to the general public at a price. ‘The prices for single days of two sessions each were $3.40 for second balcony, $4.40 for first balcony and $8 for mezzanine. Tickets for the Democratic Na- tional Convention, beginning June 27, will go on sale June 20. The local committee decided to sell tickets to antee funds. In past years con- tributors to such funds received one ticket for each $100 donated and their numbers were enough to fill convention halls. ening Star. POSTMASTER GE JUNE 7, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES.**%% Associated service. (#) Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,282 TWO CENTS. \ERAL BROWN'S PRIZE PACKAGE. FURLOUGH BEATEN INSENATE IN FAVOR OF U. S. PAY GUTS BYVOTEQF41T0 %6 Ten Per Cent Reduction for Salaries of $1,000 or More a Year of Federal Employes Is Sustained. | ANNUAL LEAVE REDUCTION NEXT TO BE CONSIDERED Propose Taking 15 Days From Va- cation—Reorganization of Gov- ernment Bureaus in Interests of Economy and Veterans’ Benefits Also to Be Acted Upon. The Senate today voted to cut the annual leave of Federal employes, with pay. from 30 to 15 days, to save $22,000,000. By a vote of 41 to 36 the Senate City Council Votes Against Post Office Congress Proposes GARNER PROGRAM SHONDOWN NEAR House Debates Acceptance | of $2,300,000,000 Bill | | Pushed by Democrats. | By the Associated Press. EVANSTON. Ill, June Evanston, as represented by its City Council and mayor, Charles H. Bartlett, doesn't wish to have a new post office costing $600,000. The Council, under the urging of Mayor Bartlett, last night unanimously passed a resolution opposing _the proposal before Congress for a $5,000,000,000 bond issue for building post offices, in- cluding one for Evanston. The mavor said the city’s rented post office building was good enough. NEW REVENUE LAW EFFECTIVE JUNE 21 Higher Rates Expected to Yield $1,118,500,000 for Year. i By the Associated Press Congress progressed today in its handling of relief legislation. with tte House verging on a showdown on the Garner program That section of the Senate Demo- | eratic bill allowing $300,000.000 for loans i to States to meet dectitution was a proved by the Senate Banking Com- mittee. Whether to accept the drastic proce- dure sought by the House Democrats to jam through the $2.300.000.000 Garner | plan was the question debated in thc ! House. i Passage Dooms Hoover Plan. 1f this fails, the bill may be laid wide open for amendment: but if it succeeds | the administration will lack any chance | { there to seek to substitute the Hoover A committee of mayors. headed by Mayor Prank Murphy of Detroit, brought a petiticn for a $5,000,000.000 bond issue to help employment and stricken cities. Speaker Garner had it read to the House. while the mayors watched from | the gallery ‘The House Agriculture Committee ap- proved the distribution of 40.000.000 more bushels of Farm Board wheat and 500.000 bales of its cotton for the needy. The Senate committee was due to con- sider this proposition later in the day | The Senate Banking Committee de- | cided to report on the loan section of the Democratic bill ahead of the con- troversial construction features, as pro- posed bv Senator Robinson. Democratic leader, in order to expedite considera- tion. $500,000,000 Bonds Provided. | Another provision of the bill calls for A public construction bond issue of $500,000,000, to which President Hoover is opposed By the Associated Press. The new revenue bill is law today. bolstering the credit of the Government with the greatest range of taxes ever imposed by this country except dur- ing war. With Spartan absence of ceremony, President Hoover transformed this giant legisiation into statute by affixing his signature yesterday evening in the presence only of a secretary, less than two hours after the final legislative step had been taken by the Senate. The majority of the new rates, ex- cises, tariffs and stamp taxes will go into effect in 15 days, or on June 21. | The Treasury will immediately prepare mecbinson planned to Aok ToF A ke up | foF their collection. The new high in- the $300,000,000 relief bill as soon as come rates are applicable to the earn- the Senate has acted on the pending |ings of the current calendar year and Pcc_igxhomy bnl.‘me o i will be payable on next year's returns. e commj approve le section o{1 mel bill pronnsrfl;p for allocation of | $1,118,500,000 Expected. the relief advances to States upon the 5 118,500.00 {{Beals; of population aed agreed that the | » oo (AX 18W ls (o poux $118.500,000 word of the State Governors should be accepted as to whether the need is great | Which begins July 1 and thus restore enough to warrant a loan. | the national finances to a cash basis— The money was to be refunded to the | pay as you go and no more borrowing— Reconstruction Corporation, through | aiding to restore the country's eco- which the advances would be made, out nomic life to its normal great vigor. of future Federal aid appropriations. There was a stern fight before this Representative Bankhead, Democrat, | last legislative step was completed, cen- Alabama, opening the House debate,|tered almost entirely on one tax, that |today defeated the furiough plan {which was offered as a substitute { into the Treasury during the fiscal year | said. “If there was ever a time when relief was needed, it is now.” “The real purpose lying behind this legislation is the emergency,” Bank- head said. adding that the “Democratic organization has undertaken this legis- l(an;l{\_' and accepts full responsibility or it. Representative Purnell of Indiana, leading the Republican opposition, said: “Congress In Disrepute.” “We have learned from our press relations that Congress is in disrepute, like it has not been for a long time. The performance you will see tday is what has brought that disrepute. “We have presented to us under this unprecedented gag rule a bill that will unbalance indefinitely the budget that was balanced at 5 o'clock last night when the President signed the tax bill. “It is only consistent that you hog- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) FRANCE LOSES DECISION IN FREE ZONE FIGHT Houses on Swiss Border, Hague Court Rules. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 7.— The Permanent Court for International Justice decided by a vote of 6 to 5 in Switzerland's favor today in that country's long-standing dispute with France over the free zone at the frontier. The court ruled that under existing treaties France had no right in 1923 to suppress the free zone and place customs houses at the frontier. It was directed that the zone, established in 1825, must be maintained and that France must re-establish the old fron- tier before January 1, 1934. NAMED BY ADVENTISTS New England Church Leader Called by North Pacific Union. WALLA WALLA, Wash,, June 7 (#). —E. K. Slade of South Lancaster, Mass., yesterday was announced as the new president of the North Pacific Union Conference of the Seventh-day Ad- ventists Church, su the late P. E. Broderson. Slade is expected here July 1. He has been in charge of Ad: ventist work in New England, Had No Right to Put Customs | on electric power. More than 30 Senators sought to have the whole bili sent out to the conferees again because these had laid | the electric tax on the consumer’s monthly bill and extended it to include ! municipal power systems. But an un- yielding majority would not be balked of the major objective, to get the bill | done ;mmediately ana put to an end | the long-drawn-out battling and alter- | ing of rates, and the resuiting fears and hesitation of the business and industry affected by the new tax burden. The bill went through 46 to 35. The | opponents were 11 Republicans, mostly from the independent wing; 23 Demo- crats and the 1 Farmer-Labor member. Five Classes of Taxes. Of the new law’s total expected yield, the excise taxes ranging from electric power to cosmetics, from automobiles to candy. are to bring in_$450,500,000. ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DAWES 10 FINSH DUTIES NEXT WEEK Retiring Reconstruction Head to Center Energies in Chicago Bank. for the flat 10 per cent pay cut on all Federal and District employes who receive $1,000 or more a year. The effect of this vote is to sus- jtain the Senate's action of Satur- iday in approving the 10 per cent pay cut. The furlough substitute, which was offered by Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, would have been equivalent to a pay reduction of only 8.3 per cent, and would have exempted all em- ployes under $1,200. Charles G. Dawes will quit the Gov- | ernment’s Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration next week, to return to Ch cago and his bank - He submitted his resignation to Presi- | dent Hoover vesterday and it was an- nounced to coincide with enactment of | the budget-balancing tax bill. He said he felt the turning point | toward eventual prosperity had been reached, and asked to be released. The | President accepted with regrets, but| with high praise and acknowledgment of “great obligation to you for your co- operation and great accomplishments in many of our most important govern- mental problems of the past years.” | The news was unexpected outside of | ilh: closest administration circle, caused int | intense surprise and a degree of specu- | 1ation. | Successor Uncertain. But his letter of resignation pointed out that when he gave up the London Ambassadorship last Winter it was be-‘ cause he wished to return to private interests and association with the Cen- | tral Trust Co. of Chicago. When the | President soon thereafter virtually draft- ed him to get the reconstruction unit | running. Dawes agreed to devote his conspicuous financial abilities to the Government again, but with the under- standing. he said, “that I would be re- Jeased when its work was properly es- | ‘ablished.” It was known that to Dawes | this task proved a heavy personal sacri- fice. Word was awaited from the White House as to who would be chosen to take his place as president of the corporation. Gen. Dawes, Eugene Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board, and the other officials of the reconstruction unit, | spent the week end with the President at the Rapidan camp. They went over their work exhaustively, dealing partic- ularly with the contemplated expansion of the task to take in relief and in- come-producing construction loans. Results Outlined. Out of the meeting came announce- ment of President Hoover's complete | program in these directions, accom- | panied by an analysis of the corpora- tion’s achievements to cate. It showed how bank failures have been cut since its establishment in February from an alarming rate of about 100 a week to the casualty rate of ordinary times. | It analyzed where the $700.000,000 of loans made and authorized have gone " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Sl e e i |SWIFT WORTH $4,500,G00 | cHICAGO, June 7 (). —Attorneys re- | vealed yesterday prevaratory to filing | the will of Edward F. Swift for probate | that the Chicago meat packer left an | estate of about $4,500,000. | swift plunged to his death a week ago from a high window of his apartment home. Associates said the will con- | firmed a statement made at the time of | his death—that he had no financial worries. | In addition to the widow and three ;ch\ldren. about 40 beneficiaries, most | of them Chicago charities, were reported named. He had maintained a keen interest in charities throughout his life. By the Associated Press. Plans of two well known flyers, Lieut. Alford J. Williams and Capt. Ashely McKinley, to scale the lofty Himalayas by airplane became known today at the State Department, where - application was filed for permission to fy over for- eign territory. ‘Williams. noted stunt pilot and racer, was formerly with the Navy and single- handed promoted the building of the Mercury racer in 1929 in an attempt to keep Great Britain from winning per- manent possession of the Schneider Cup tropsy. The seaplane was never entered because, in tests on the Severn River it was unable to rise from the water. Capt. McKinley, aerial surveyor of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and one of the crew who flew over the South Pole. is an authority on aerial photog- raphy and nt‘l: understood he e lmm flight while will make | from AL WILLIAMS PLANNING ATTEMPT TO SCALE HIMALAYAS BY PLANE | McKinley, Byrd’s Aerial Surveyor, Will Accompany For- mer Navy Pilot and Make Pictures. Williams, who was born in Bronx County, N. Y., in 1894, is a graduate of Fordnam University and played base ball with the New York Giants for two seasons. He entered the naval service in 1917 and resigned in 1930 to or- ganize “a program for building a plane which will recover the world aviation speed record for the United States.” For the Navy, he conducted numerous high-speed flight researches and invert- ed flight tests. Capt. McKinley, who was born in Marshall, Tex., in 1896, was a private in the Missouri National Guard when forces were concentrated on the Mexi- can border and joined the Signal Corps Aviation Section when America enter- ed the World War. After training in lighter-than-air craft, was sent to France, where he saw action during American offen- sives as commander of the 12th Bal- loon Company. As an serial photog- rapher he mapped the Mississippi River Cairo to St. Louis and also 3,000 ‘miles of Tennessee in connection of power, Having spent several days de- bating what form the pay cut should take, the Senate will now move on to other features of the general economy bill, including the proposal to rmanently re- duce the annual leave of Govern- ment employes from 30 to 15 days, reorganization of Government bu- reaus in the interest of economy and curtailment of the benefits of war veterans in several directions. The change in the length of the annual leave is estimated to save $22,000,000, while the veterans’ benefits would be cut down by $48,000,000 2 year in various ways. The savings from reorganization of bureaus have not been definite- ly computed. Vote on Furlough. The roll call vote on the fur- lo;{szh i“bfimm follows: or the furlough plan: ubliy —Austin, Barbour. Blaine. c’zfy‘ otz ens, Cutting, Dale, Davis, Frazier, Goldsborough, Hebert, Johnson, Kean, Moses, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Reed, Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, White—25, Democrats—Coolidge, Costigan, Lo- gan, Hawes, Pittman, Thomas of Okla- homa, P:Vn‘gnrr Walsh of Massachu- setts, Neelt of West Vi setts, Neels est Virginia and Farmer Labor—Shipstead—1. Against the furlough plan: crats—Ashurst, Benkhead, Barkley, Bratton, Broussard, Bulkley, Bulow, Byrnes, Mrs. Caraway, Cohen, Connal- Iy, Dill, Fletcher. George, Glass, Har- rison, Hayden, Hull, Kendrick, King, Lewis, McGill, McKeller, Robinson of Arkansas. Sheppard, Trammell, Tyd- ings, Walsh of Montana—28. Republicans—Bingham, Borah, Cap- per, Dickinson, Hale, Hastings, Howell, Jones, Keyes, Metcali, Norbeck, Nor- ris, Thomas of Idaho—13. Demo- Amendment Rejected. Before voting direct!y on the issue of whether the iurlough plan should be substituted for the flat 10 per cent pay cut, the Senate, in a preliminary vote, rejected the Vandenberg amendment to the furlough plan. This amendment Was intenced to make a distinction be- tween the amount to be cut from the high and low salaried groups. It pro- vided that from $3,000 up there should have been a graduated percentage re- duction in salary in aadition to the furlough. The turning down of this ameng- ment means that the vote will come directly on the proposal of Senator Moses.” Republican, of New Hampshire, to substitute the furlough for all em- | ployes above $1.200 a year in place of i the flat 10 per cont pay cut for all | employes receiving $1,00 or more a | year. | Four members ¢. the Economy Sub- committee. Senators Bratton of Mexico, McKellar of Tennessee, Byrnes of South | Carolina and Bingham of Connecticut. i made speeches today in support of the 10 per cent cut recommended by the committee as being preferable to the furlough plan. Senator Moses. leading the fight for substitution of the furlough. contends that the employes generally would rather have that than a flat 10 per cent cut. The furlough plan would be equivalent of a cut of 8.3 per cent. La Folletite Takes Issue. When Senator Byrnes argued that the furlough plan cannot save more than $83,000,000 and that this would be a substantial loss in economy from the committee pay cut., with no prospect of making it up in another direction, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin took issue with him. “To say that the only place that you can make savings out of a $4,000,000,000 budget is by sweating it out of under- paid Government employes is a state- ment I, as one member of the Senate, resent,” Senator La Follette said. ‘The Wisconsin Senator then pointed out that earlier in the day it had been brought out in debate that the Appro- priations Committee planned to recom- mend an increase in the War Depart- ment appropriations bill. Senator Bratton urged the Senate to remember that the House decided not to follow the furlough method before it sent the economy bill to the Senate. Senator Costigan of Colorado re- minded Bratton that the Senate com- mittee has a furlough clause in the pending bill along with the flat pay cut and that this clause is producing alarm among many Government work- ers. Senator Bratton replied, however, that the furlough section in the committee bill is intended only to make furloughs possible instead of outright dismissal in " (Continued on Page 2. Column §.) Radio Programs on Page B-9

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