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THER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair; gentle northwest winds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 91, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 am. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he Fnening No. 32,195. [oirohée Entered as second class matter Washington, > D, C &far. WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,528 ek kK (UP) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. HITCHOOCK NAMED RESOLUTIONS HEAD: CONFERENCES OPEN Roosevelt Forces Show Whip Hand in Organization of Convention Committees. McADOO AND SMITH BLSY WITH NEW YORKER’S FOES Former Nebraska Senator Hopes to Stress Economic Issues; Reed and Murray in Chicago. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Siaft Correcpondent of The Star. CHICACO, June 23.-—The forces went ahead today with the tem- porary organization of the Resolutions Committee of the Democratic National Committee, placing Gilbert N. Hitch- cock of Nebraska, former Senator, in ccmmand as chairman. No other candidate for the chairmanship was placed in nomination. Maj. E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, Roosevelt | Platform Chief U.S. TOREJECT ANY | SECURITY TREATY FRANCE PROPOSES American Government Will Not Change Policy Against Pacts. |PRESIDENT CONSIDERED FRENCH IN NEW PROPOSAL Advantage Seen for Paris in Plan for One-Third Cut n Armaments. GILBERT N. HITCHCOCK. (ONFEREES AGREE OND.C. LUMPSUM | | | Federal Contribution Reduced | By the Associated Press | Insistence by the French government | upon a security pact, reported in press | dispatches frem Geneva concerning | President Hoover's arms slash plen, | brought the assertion today in high | governmental quarters that the United States under no conditions would con- sider entering such an agreement. As word of French reiteration of the need of a security pact reached the Capital in newspaper reports, one high | official let it be known that the Amer- RAICHLE AND PITTS TRADE LIE IN COURT INPERJURY TRIAL Accused Lawyer Exchanges Charges With Former Client on Stand. ATTITUDE OF EACH IS OPENLY HOSTILE Convicted Head of F. H. Smith Co. Frequently Refuses to Answer in Cross-Examination. and his fcrmer client calling each other “liars” was staged in District Supreme Court today as Frank G. Raichle, young lawyer on trial on perjury charg sought to show G. Bryan Pitts had been | induced to testify against him after re- | cetving promises of special favors from | | the Department of Justice. | _Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith |Co. was convicted some time ago of conspiring to embezzle $5.000.000 from the company he contrclled. Raichle, a The unusual spectacle of an attorney | ADVANCE REFED STATESFOR SCOL ANDHOSPTAL 5t Senate, Nearing Relief Bill Vote, Imposes Drastic Debate Limit. $300,000,000 JOBLESS AID LOAN IS INSERTED Most Controversial Issues of Meas- ure Are Settled in 13-Hou~ Session Yesterday. Speeding toward a final vote on the vDenmcralil.‘ relief bill, the Senate to- | day rejected an amendment to make advances to States on their bonds for educational and hospitalization pur- poses. The vote against the proposal of Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Missis- ; Sippl to make available $200,000,000 for this purpose was 57 to 15 Working under a drastic limitation of debate rule, the Senate was rapidly Md., was unanimously elected secre- tary of the Resolutions Committee. The domination of the situation in the Resolutions Committee is indica- approaching a vote on the contro- versial $2,000,000,000 unemployment aid bill. law partner of former Assistant Attor- | | ney General Williem J. Donovan, was | | one of the defense attorneys in the trial ican Government had no intention of altering its policy of avoiding such pacts and agreements. THE \NIAL PICNIC. $1,725,000 to $7,775,000 | tive that the Roosevelt people will hold the whip hand ia the formation of the ! importani committees on credentials, rules and permanent organization, and in the convention itself. While the Roosevelt command was scoring first blood in the convention contest today, the leaders of the anti- Under Settlement. The 1933 District appropriaticn bill | Will come out of conference with the | Federal lump-sum contribution fixed at $7,750,000, it was revealed today by Sen- It was stated authoritatively that President Hoover and Secretary Stimson | had the French attitude toward such a pact in mind when the present arma- ment reduction plan was formulated. It was stated further that a majority of leading Government officials here consider the plan would give France | ator Bingham, Republican, of Connecti- | cut, chairman of the Conference Com- | any other proposal yet forwarded at more actual and practical security than SENATE CONTINUES T0 BALK FURLOUGH Fireman Punches Court’s Face and Faces Own Trial By the Associated Press. CALUMET CITY, Ind. June 23.—Sam Sebastian, a city fire- WOMEN DENOUNGE STOCK EYCHANGE of that case. During that trial, a rumber of au- thorizations purporting to show Pitte was entitled to money he was accused of stealing were introduced by the de- fense. The Government now claims that these documents were spurious and Raichle is on trial for allegedly per- suading Pitts to testify falsely concern- ing them. Raichle Cross-Examines Pitts. When his trial was resumed this The galleries were well filled with war veterans, many of whom hopé: the bill would provide jobs for therw Adds $300,000,000 Measus The Senate then added to the Demo- cratic relief bill the $300,000,000 meas- ure it passed two weeks ago for emer- gency jobless aid loans to States. This brought the total of the Demo- Rocsevelt groups engaged in a series of conferences. Alfred E. Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo, old antagonists, Senators Toid by “Victim” Frauds of Prominent man, didn't like a_decision by City Judge Martin Finneran, so he punched the court’s face. The case did not even concern | mittee. the Geneva arms parley. e The conferees virtually ccmpleted | 3 Fresl ot H00N et e Abonition consideration of the bill late yesterday | of large mobile guns and tanks, and at | morning, Raichle personally undertook ! | cross-examination of Pitts, the man he | | defended a year and a half ago. cratic bill to $2,300,000,000. The $300.000,000 bill was originally a part of the measure, but was separated in {Again Delays Economy Bill in| but now animated with the primary de- sire to Roosevelt,” that some cther candidate may be the choice of the national convention, were active in these conferences. Smith is his own first choice for the presidential nomi- nation. If he had assumed this at- titude last February instead of merely announcing he would be glad to take | the leadership and nomination again if the Democratic convention should desire him, he might have ccme to Chicago with more delegates. McAdoo is here in the roll of President-maker. He is leading a fight for the nomination of Speaker John N. Garner of Texas. Curry Remains Silent. hn F. Curry, Tammany boss, has errived here, denying that he is engaged in a “stop-Rocsevelt” movement, but de- clining to say for which presidential candidate the Tammany votes will be cast in the national convention. He, tco, is bent on conferences. The Tammany leader made it clear that no decision in the matter cf cen- Jol and plan to submit the conference re- |mext few days. All differences were | ironed out at initial meeting, which | tasted ncarly seven hours. Reduction of $1,725,000. \ The compromise will result in a re- | duction cof $1,725,000 in the amount cf | Federal participation in the expenses | of the District in the coming fiscal ! year. The lump sum appropriated for this year amounted to $9,500,000. Senator Bingham pointed cut the | agreement on the lump sum can in no sense be taken as establishing a permanent fiscal policy. Instead, he said, it represents a temporary ex- pedient made necessary by demands for_economy. The whole matter, he explained, will | be threshed out next year after the Senate disposes of the four Mapes | tax bills. jport to the Senate and House within the | the same time suggesting that even the largest guns be allowed to remain in frontier fortresses. GERMANY OFFERS ALLIANCE. i | Von Papen Proposes Military Treaty to Assuage French Fears. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) LAUSANNE. Switzerland, June 23.— Chancellor Franz von Papen of Ger- many today proposed privately a mili-| tary alliance between France and Ger- | many as a means of meeting France’s | demand for security before disarmament. ! Such an alliance, which would represent the lion and the lamb lying| down together in the field of European | military affairs, would, he said, be the | best way of solving the problems which | face the Disarmament Conference as | | Order to Dispose of Jobless Relief Measure. The Senate delayed action again to- day on the conference report on the badly battered general economy bill carrying the compulsory payless fur- lough for Government employes. This was done because of anxiety to dispose of the pending Democratic unemploy- ment relief bill. | Sepator Jones of Washington, chair- man of the Senate economy conference, had planned to call up the report as soon as the Senate met, but agreed 1o a further delay in an effort to psrmit the Senate to act on the relief measure. Delays Report “Awhile.” Immediately after the Senate con- Sabastian personally, having to do_with his brother-in-law. Finneran issued a warrant charging Sebastian with attempt- ing to coerce and influence the court. He was arrested and will be tried Saturday. PATIENTS RESCUED IN HOSPITAL BLAZE All Believed Saved as Flames Sweep Through Vermont Brokers Are Condoned. By the Associated Press. In the role of “victims” of stock | market operations, two women today | hurled savage criticism at the New York | exchange and private dealers in testi- moeny before the Senate Banking Com- mittee. Testifying in the committee's stock | market investigation, Miss Grace Van | Braam Roberts, Highland, N. Y., said | the New York exchange “condones a fraud when committed by prominent | brokers.” | | Earlier. Miss Ann Gushee, a Chey- enne, Wyo, bank employe, said she had | been scld Continental shares at 83, al- | | though it had never brought more than | 78 on the exchange and now is selling for_littie or When you testified during your trial | an _effort to speed its enactment. however, | | offic | in December, 1930, you did so to escape jail,_didn't you?” Raichle asked. ‘Yes.” Pitts answered. “And you lied?” “Yes, under your direction.” “How many lies did you tell?” “You ought to know better than 1.” “What is your best recollection?” “I don't corsider that I was lying at all. T think you were doing the lying.” Raichle then began examining Pitts concerning visits he has made to the Justice Department since being con- victed of the conspiracy charge and sentenced to 14 years in the peniten- tiary. ave you at any time been given since you went to jail to prepare your defense in income tax proceedings brought egainst you by the Govern- ment?” “None of your business,” Pitts answered. Replies in Negative. space at the Justice Department | House leaders, Tefuses to consider the separate measure ané the Senate replaced it in the bill to get it into conference. Before approving it, however, the Senate amended the bill to provide for immediate advances to State Governors of one-third of the funds allocated to em. Adopts Norris Amendment. Without a record vote, the Senate quickly adopted &n amendment by Sen- ator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to report in detail monthly to Congress on his disposition of the $40,000,000 fund carried in the bill for financing agricultural export sales. An amendment by Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York to permit giv- ing $1,000,000 to the Secretary of Com- merce for loans for promoting and financing the sale of manufactured Pproducts in export markets was rejected. The agreement to limit-gebate and | | | | a result of the French fear of invasion | | | and their security plea. 3 | vened at noon Senator Jones announced R i P S-minute limitation had | Speaking English, with a pronounced | ‘hat since a | American accent—te was a German | been adopted for debate on the "“:: agent in the United States in the early | bill, early action on this measure years of the mfldmwflgflhe graying | jikely and he would withhold his re- | chancellor added that he was unable “awhile i port on the economy bill for “awl | to ur.derstand the Prench security pleas, ‘Senator Jones, however, hopes to pre- | but that he intended to do everything in | | his power to foster collaboration be- |sent the report to the Senate later in the day. tween the two countries. | He was frustrated in this attempt ‘The court then instructed Pitts to answer the question and he replied in the negative. “Are you lying now in an effort to get | cut of jail?” Raichle inquired. i After an argument as to whether | | Pitts should be required to answer, . Raichle withdrew the question. He then examined Pitts concerning | an alleged conversation early this year | with Robert 1. Miller, a local attorney. | “Did you tell Mr. Miller you were going to testify against me so you could | go to Lorton Reformatory and get a good job instead of being sent to Atlanta dec on two of the most contro- versial issues in the measure, were reached in a 13-hour session yesterday. By & vote of 57 to 19 the Senate y terday afternoon approved the $500.- 000,000 public works bond issue section of the bill despite a hint from Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, that it would bring a White House veto. La Follette Amendment Loses. Several hours later an amendment by Senator La Follette, Republican, of Wis- nothing. She told her story as the committee turned its attention to what were de- scribed as “victims” of market opera. tions. Miss Gurhee testified in answ By the Associated Press. ‘o questions from Senator Carey, Re-| BENNINGTON, Vt., June 23.—FPire, | Publican, of Wycming. following an explosion, swept the Put- Corrective Law Urged. nam Memorial, Hospital here this aft- Miss Roberts said she wanted to pro- | ernoon. | test “the utter dishonesty cf the New rty-fi et = York Stock Exchang: es dominated by fl“’ y- "'ldp' ent “r"' ':mf‘ bY | Mr. Richard Whitnoy” and urged en- remen ami scenes of confusion. Dol Museate Sust late yesterday when he called it up | actment of corrective legislation. , - : - | She said she complained to the head It was he who prepared the mem- | . e e e hroceedings,| Because of the location of the insti orandum on economic _collaboration | Guring 2 Iull In fhe L id | tution, on the tip of a high hill, it was tering on & candidate would be made | The remaining differences between Until after a caucus of the New York |the House and Senate were compro- The decision | Mised principally on a 50-50 basis, might be delayed until Monday or Tues- | E:;h. v?:‘w r;‘glrte iymg;;‘.gn‘itr{gt Lg&: B | day, he added. ‘The exact _‘allowed by the House. Chairman Hitcheock of the Resolu- .;\ount the bill will carry will not be | known for several days, until clerks | complete tabulation of the changed fig- | {ures. The conferees, however, believe ! they struck a balance midway between | the $39.913.810 appropriated by the House and the $43,789,728 approved by the Senate. Institution. delegation here Sunday. tions Committec sald tcday that in his opinion the Democrats should not at- tempt to make prohibition a party issue. He favored, he said, a plank for submis- sion of repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment, but nct a plank placing the Democratic party on record as itself supporting repeal. There is no good | | of the exchange with reference to Hay- reason why dry Democrats, Senator | Hitchcock said. should have such a partisan wet plank fastened on them. He himself voted against the eighteentn amendment when it came before th> Senate fcr submission to States in 1917. Favors Economic Issues. The Democrats, Mr. Hitchcock in- sisted, should make the paramount jssue of the campaign the economic problems of the day. said, a_strong Democratic plank deal- ing with the tariff, attacking the G. O. P. tariff laws. plank declaring for a reasonable meas- ure of inflation, and declared that the Republican plan for deflation, adopted early in the Harding administration, had’ been fatal to egriculture first and Jates to the manufacturing interests of the country. Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, the original choice of the Roosevelt Demo- crats for chairman of the Resolutions Committee, was unwilling to take the post on account of the evident desire of the Democrats to write an exceed- ingly wet plank into the platform. Mr. Hull has been a dry consistently, al- though he is willing to have the g tion of the eighteenth amendment re- submitted to the people. He believes, however, that the economic issues should be the real issues on which the cam- paign should be fought out by the Democrats. Chairman Hitchcock, before the Reso- lution Committee met, declared that his State was strong for the nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for president. The (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) RESUBMISSION GROUP WINS IN MINNESOTA All Democratic Primary Victors and Most on G. 0. P. Ticket Favor Reconsideration. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL. Minn, June 23.—Three| Minnesota Republican Representatives in Congress yesterday faced elimination | on the basis of incomplete returns from | Monday’s primaries, with six other in- cumbents, including Paul John Kvale, Farmer-Laborite, apparently assured of nomination. Meivin J. Mass of St. Paul, advocate of prohibition repeal, was almost defi- nitely eliminated because of heavy rural opposition. Two supporters of prohibi- &on, Victor Ckristgau and Godfrey G. Goodwin, also trailed. Seven of the nine leading the Repub- lican ticket in the at-large contest favor resubmission of prohibition. They are ‘Theodore Christianson and J. A. A. Burnquist former Governors; W. I. Nolan, Harold Knutson, William A. Pit- tenger and August Andresen, incumb- ents, and Ray P. Chase. N. J. Holm- berg, running sixth, and C. G. Selvig, incumbent, ninth, are prohibition sup- porters. Democratic winners, all in favor of resubmission or repeal, included Silas M. Bryan, son of Gov. Bryan of Nebraska. Magnus Johnson, former _United States Senator, was leading for Farmer- Tabor places on the election ballot in the Fall. He favors resubmission. A.l € Townley, once leader of the Non- Partisan League, a repealist, was in place, 5 He favored, he | He favored, too, a| | recently disappeared. Relief Item Compromised. | Aside from the amount of the lump | | sum contribution, the other major dif- | ference between the Senate and House, involving an emergency relief item, was i settled by a compromise, the conferees | |agreeing to an appropriation of | $350,000. The House refused to put the | item in the bill. The Senate voted| $600,000 for relief. The money would | be administered by the Board of Pub- lic Welfare. The conferees also struck from tke bill the Collins amendment, which would permit the National Czpital Park | and Planning Commission to proceed | with its land purchasing prcgram not “only for parks and playgrounds in the District but in nearby Maryland valleys |and the George Washington Memorial | Parkway. The concession also lifts the | {ban on incurring future obligations in | the purchase of land and will enable the commission to match, dcllar for dol- | lar, with Virginia and trus take ad- vantage of the $50,000 authorized by the Virginia Legislature for acquisition of land in the George Washington Me- morial Parkway. Help State Projects. The commission has approximately $800,000 in its treasury, from the $5.- 000,000 apprepriated by Congress. In the nearby Maryland valleys—Cabin John, Sligo and Rock Creek—the Fed- eral Covernment, under the Capper- Cramton act, is making a gift of one- third of the cost and loaning the bal- ance to the Maryland authorities. Im- provements already have been made in Sligo and Rock Creek valleys and plans are going forward for further develop- ments there, as well as in starting on Cabin John. In the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway, which runs southward from Great Falls on both sides of the Potomac River, to Fort (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND Believed to Be That of Sullivan and Kuenert, Recently Lost. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, June 23 (#).—Wreckage of an airplane found near Cape Norman was believed today to be that of the plane in which Ar- thur L. Sullivan and Dr. Karl Kuehnert The wreckage is | being brought here for examination. | | which was presented yesterday to Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain by Baron von Neurath, German foreign minister. The memorandum proposed | a five-year consultative economic pact. It summarized the reasons why Ger- | many insists she can make no more reparations payments and suggested that all the countries at the conference here agree for five years to take no steps likely to harm the trade of others without ~consulting all the other signatories to the pact. This suggestion, the chancellor said he believed, fits Premier Herriot's notions of continental business recon- struction. He said he had sounded the views of other statesmen on his suggestion of a | military alliance with France, but did | not reveal their reaction to the plan. Asked whether he had the plan| worked out in detail he answered: | “If T did I could not now reveal the details.” But, he said, if the pacts of Paris and Locarno and the Rhineland gua antee are not sufficient assurances of | security for the French, then the welding of the two armies, by a suitable formula, should allay France's fears and permit solutions of the now seem- ingly insoluable problems of disarma- ment as well as the riddles of Central Eurcpe. British Terms Conciliatory. Acceptance of such an alliance by France, he said, would have far-reach- ing results. The British memorandum on debts, prepared for presentation to the con- ference, is conciliatory and not dras- tically divergent from the PFrench view, a responsible member of the French delegation said today. Its principal points are a demand for final settlement of reparations; the | assertion that Germany cannot pay for the present, and a declaration that if it should be decided that Germany must pay something later on, the amount to be paid must not interfere with Ger- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Walker's Wife Recovers. NEW YORK, June 23 () —Mrs. James J. Walker, wife of the mayor, todey was reported in excellent condi- tion at Polyclinic Hospital where Tues- day she underwent an operation for the removal of a fibroid tumor and her ap- pendix. POPE’S VICAR GENERAL FORBIDS SALE OF CANDLES IN CHURCHES *“Mass Well Heard, Communion Well Received” Placed Ahead of Burning Tapers Before Altars. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 23.—The sale of can- dles in churches of the . Diocese of Rome, for the burning before altars, is forbidden by a decree issued today by the Pope's vicar general, Cardinal Mar- | said. chetti Selvaggiani. The decree, which abolishes a long- established practice in the church, is pari of a series of reforms to be put into effect by the vicar general. Since the Diocese of Rome is the mother dio- cese of the church, it was expected the r, reforms would be applied elsewhere also. “One mass well heard, one commun- fon well received, will obtain more heavenly graces than thousands of can- dles lighted every day,” the cardinal The use of candles before the altars is not cl by the decree, but they must be bought elsewhere. Other decrees by the cardinal forbade the use of artificial flowers and the photographing of sacred functions in the chyrches. % . | which undoubtedly woul l propriations. fore the reading of the report coul = Completed. Minority Leader Robin- son and Serator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, urged him to withdraw it The longer action Is delayed in the Senate, critics of the bill point out,| the more opportunity Senators will have to study some of the features of tre furlough plan and other provisions in the conference report which, they claim, are unjust and discriminatory. These items ma~ lead to warm discus- sions, but a majority on both sides of the chamber, it is believed, are anxious to put the bill through as speedily as| possible and prevent any changes in n‘ which would send it back again to the‘ Hcuse for reconsideration. | Jones said there are a number of | questions involved in the bill, particu- | larly those relating to annual leave, 1d have to be decided by the controller general. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Di.strk'!‘ auditor, announced yesterday that po- licemen and firemen would not be de- prived of their annuzl leave and at the same time be subjected to an 8!3 | per cent cut in pay. Although classed | with school teachers as “indispensable” workers, Donovan pointed to a clause in the bill by which their leave status | is unchanged. | Senator Jones said, however, that this | is one of the matters Controller Gen- | eral McCarl undoubtedly would have | to pass on. Plan Lengthy Discussion. Senator La Follette, Republican, of | ‘Wisconsin, and others, however, intend to discuss at length some of the points | in the bill. It is their opinion they may work injustices on certain of the Government workers as well as handi- cap the efficient conduct of Govern- ment business. Some of these injus- tices, they believe, could be remedied later in administration of the formula laid down in the bill. Protest also is expected to bé made against the action of the House in| changing the impounding clause in the bill turning money saved by operation of the furlough or pay reduction back into the Federal Treasury. Under the impounding clause, before it was re- vised, money thus saved from the fur- lough plan would be used, in part.-to retain workers in the service or hire substitutes. This change, it was be- lieved, might result in many dismissals and additional payless furloughs on top of the genera! furlough in view of the drastic reductions being made in ap- Married couples in the Government service have bPen promised a hc-fllrfi in the Senate by La Follette, who s! he has had many complaints against the provision in the bill affecting them. ‘Whenever it is necessary to reduce the personncl in the various departments, the bill provides for the dismissal of either a man or his wife when both aré in_ the Government service. No con- sideration is given, it is claimed, to the individual records or length of servee, Los Angeles Leaves Lakehurst. LAKEHURST, N. J, June 23 (®— The Navy dirigible Los Angeles left the air station at 6 a.m., Eastern standard time, today on a training cruise along the coast expected to take her as far south as Norfolk, Va. The ship will re- turn to the station tonight should the weather prove unfavorable for an all- night cruise. Radio Programs on Page C2. ) difficult to get streams of water on the burning structure. It was believed all of the patients had been removed without injury. Doctors, nurses and orderlies worked heroically to carry out their terrified charges, wrapped in blankets, and most of them on stretchers. The rooms and hallways were filled with smoke, add- ing to the confusion. The fire was discovered in the X-ray room cn the second floor by Miss Ethel Sibley, office employe. Although nearly | overcome by the fumes, of burning film, | she gave the alarm. The building appeared doomed as the flames swept rapidly through the wards and corridors. e GARDNER COWLES PUT ON FINANCE BOARD Iowa Publisher Fills Dawes’ Va- cancy, But Is Not Appointed President. President Hoover today appointed Gardner Cowles, sr., of Des Moines, Iowa, as a member of the board of di- rectors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In sending the nomination to the Senate, it was explained Mr. Cowles | is being appointed to the vacancy caused by the recent retirement of Charles G. Dawes, but that he is not | being named president of the corpora- | tion, the position Dawes held. It was explained further the President will nominate later a president of the cor- poration, and that it is not necessary for him to be a member of the board of directors. Mr. Cowles is 71 years old and a na- tive of Jowa. He is publisher of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, and is listed as an independent Republican. He has been prominent in banking cir- cles for years, and in 1929 was ap- pointed by President Hoover as a mem- ber of the Commission on Conservation and Administration of the Public Domain. Earlier in the day, after a call at the White House, Silas Strawn of Chicago, retiring president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, had put at rest reports that he was to be selected as the successor of Gen. Dawes as president of the Finance Corporation. e e e DESTROYER BUILDING PLANT IS FIRE-SWEPT By the Assoclated Press. QUINCY, Mass., June 23.—The great Victory Plant, once the de- stroyer-building plant in the world, and recently used as a yacht storage basin, today, lay in ruins—swept by & $2,000,000 fire. firemen were injured during den-Stone & Co. and failed to receive satisfactory action although she con- | tended the facts justified barring the! brokerage firm from the exchange. | _Her ccmplain, she said, was that| | Hayden-Stone & Co.. sold her Atlantic | Gulf and West Indies stock in 1920, with assurance that it was a good in- | vestment and that the investment re- | [sulted in a heavy loss. | In a court actich, she said. she re- | ccvered $16,000, but in spite of this the | Exchange tock no action. { Purchases Are Told. In her testimony Miss Gushee said| | she bought 12 shares of stock in Con- | tinental Shares, a Cleveland investment company, from the Denver office of Otis & Co. at 70 in 1929 and 23 shares at 83 in April and June, 1929. She said she still owned the stock. but that it has “a very small value, if |any.” Chairman Norbeck said he was | informed _recent sales have been at 25 | cents a share. } Miss Roberts testified that Richard | Hoyt, customers’ man for Hayden & | Stone, himself selling the stock at (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) MONUMENT APPROVED Joint Resolution on Bryan Memo- rial Sent to Hoover by House. ‘The House late yesterday sent to President Hoover a Senate joint reso- | Jution providing for erection of a me- morial to William Jennings Bryan | here. The measure provides that the monument may be erected in Potomac Park, but-“not in any part of the Mall, nor on ground within one-half mile of the Capitol.” The Fine Arts Commission has ex- amined a design of the proposed me- morial, which is being executed by the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, expressing its approval with the progress made. The exact location of the monument will be determined by the commission and Lieut. . U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of public buildings and public parks. or Leavenworth Penitentiary?” “Did you tell Mr. Miller the Govern- ment had promised to recommend you for a parole after one-third of your sentence had been served if you would testify?” “No.” Dozier De Vane, now representing Pitts in other matters, appealed to the court at this point, saying Pitts was being examined about matters which came under the head of confidential relations between attorney and client. After some argument as to whether Miller was actually Pitts' attorney at (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) MRS. CALLES UNDER KNIFE IN BOSTON Wife of Former Mexican President Operated Upon by Dr. Har- vey Cushing. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 23.—Senora Leonor Florente Calles of Mexico City, today underwent a brain operation at Peter Brent Brigham Hospital. Senora Calles is the wife of Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, former President of Mexico. She made a six-day trip from Mexico to be operated upon here by Dr. Har- vey Cushing, internationally known sur- Mrs. Calles arrived in Boston Tues- day night and went immediately to the hospital. Dr. Cushing and Dr. Francis Miranda, who came from Mexico City with Mrs. Calles, conferred this morn- ing, and it was decided to operate im- mediately. Members of the Calles family, includ- ing the former President, remained at Ll;‘,elfl hotel suite awaiting word from the Large Companies Warned By the Associated Press. U. S. GUARDS POSTAL MONOPOLY AGAINST RATE EVASION PLANS Competitive Deliveries Will Bring Stiff Penalties. is i L i g} o8 g i ; E i consin, to increase the bond issue to $5,500,000,000 was rejected by a vote of 56 to 12. An amendment to provide for loans to permit Chicago to pay its teachers and other employes was rejected despite a warning from Senator Glenn, Re- publican, of Illinois that it would leave the city without policemen to ‘“cope with the rising spirit of riot ard revo- lution that is about to come upen us there.” The limitation of debate was proposed at midnight by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, to fore- stall a motion by Senator Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho for a recess. It was agreed to, but was followed immediately by angry debate that led to the de- cision to quit. Senator Norris kicked over the traces as new amendments were offered “Now we see the foolish predicament that we are in?" Norris said. “That agreement was obtained under false pretenses. Norris Sees “Combination.” “This efficiency, this is the kind of combination of the Senator from Oregon (McNary) and his allies on the other side of the aisle to keep us here forever at the orders of the White House after we've been here 13 hours.” Senator La Follette warned he would vote against the measure if “a lot of amendments are added without any one knowing what thev are.” The recess was finally ordered shortly after midnight. Despite the virtual certainty of an early vote on this bill, congressional leaders had abandoned all plans for adjourning this week, acting on a tentative agreement between House and Senate leaders to end the session by a week from Saturday. Green Issues Statement. ‘While the Senate continued its debate on relief, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, issued a statement urging action and protesting against what he termed a “concentrated crive which is being made by special interest to force Congress to adjourn quickly.” Such action, he sa2id, has aroused labor and intensified the feeling of dis- appointment which prevails among workers “because of the failure of Con- gress to deal with the unemployment situation in a practical and construc- tive way.” “Under no circumstances should Con- gress adjourn until it has dealt with the problem of employment relief in a way that will meet the requirements of the Situation,” he warned, adding: “Helpless people who have been suf- fering for years must not be forced to undergo another Winter of suffering and depression. If for no other con- sideration, the dictates of humanity re- quire that Congress meet this extraordi- nary situation.” DEMOCRATS.MAY PROFIT Pickpockets Caught at G. 0. P. Convention Ordered From Chicago. CHICAGO, June 23 (P).—Possibly Democrats will profit in one way at blicans preceded | G. O. P. meeting, were ordered Green to leave Chicago dur- Democratic Convention next