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WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably showers today and tomorrow; not much change in tempera- ture; moderate southwest winds. Tem- pe! res—Highest, 93, at 5 p.m. yester- day: lowest, 58, at 4 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 9. he i WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Y Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. 1,423—No. 32,198, Entered as second class ma tter post office, ingto! C. ROOSEVELT BOOM SOARS AS SENATOR LEWIS QUITS; REPEAL PLANK SUBMITTED| | 58 Illinois Votesl Are Released From Pledge. GOVERNOR SEES 20 IN COLUMN Favorite Son Threat Broken; Tammany Held Wavering. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, June 25.--Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois today “spilled the beans” for the Roosevelt opposition. His withdrawal from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is the first big breach in the favorite son wall erected against the nomination of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Whether the opposition can close ranks and make a successful fight against the New York Gov- | ernor is doubtful. The Lewis withdrawal was hailed here as a great boost for the Roosevelt candidacy. It is a staggering blow for the anti-Roosevelt group. 58 in Illinois Delegation. The immediate and practical effect is to turn over to Rcosevelt on the first ballot from 20 to 25 delegate votes from Illinois. The Illinois delegation numbers 58. The psychological effect of the Lewis withdrawal is of tremen- dous value to the Roosevelt candi- dacy. It may lead the way for withdrawal of other favorite sons. It may even bring about such a swing to Roosevelt as to make his nomination on the first ballot assured by more than a two-thirds vote of the convention. May End Two-thirds Rule Fight, | ‘The. to adopt a majority rule of candidates in the Demo- Tatie Natfonal Convention could, under Bu cire be abandoned ich umstances, without fear of Roosevelt’s defeat or & interests of the party. Upwtheprmtumemerehnbefll no shaking the determination of the Roosevelt forces to adopt a majority | le. | mefi A. Farley, Roosevelt leader, commenting on the Lewis withdrawal, | wwould suppo! away with the old two- edopt a majority rule. Substantiated by Committeeman. Michael Igoe, Democratic National Committeeman for Illinois, substanti- ated the Farley prediction, saying that 20 to 22 of the State delegation would jump immediately to Roosevelt. What the rest of the Illincis delega- tion would do, he did not say. It may be, however, that Mayor Cermak of Chicago, the Democratic boss in this part of the State will undertake to deliver the remainder of the delegation o Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, who is a favorite in this city, or the ‘delegates may split between Al Smith, Melvin A. Traylor and Ri Mayor Cermak insi it the Lewis withdrawal made no differ- ence in the situation so far as the delegation is concerned. et "gma that the Roosevelt Re) Yeaders were dickering with the Garner ontinued on Page 5, Column 1.) “"(Continued on : 5 SENATE CUTS DRY ALLOWANCE MILLION Only $10,250,000 for Bureau, as State, Justice, Labor, Commerce Get $112,000,000. By the Associated Press. House approval of the Senate's million-dollar _reduction in_prohibition »nforcement funds was disclosed yes- fercay as the Senate agreed to a par- tial conference report on the $112,000,- 009 supply bill for the State, Justice, Labor and Commerce Departments The Senate cut $12,000,000 from the 124,000,000 the bill carried as it passed the House, taking upward of & million of the reduction by slicing the Prohi- bition Bureau's funds from $11,369,000 10,250,000, The House conferees accepted the Benate's change. ' The Star’s Sunday Political Review will be found on Page 6, Part 2 | | 20 | tion in our history. Please tell your | | tchie. isted tonight thal Repeal Proposal Tentative Plank Calls for Conventions on 18th Amendnient. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 25.—The tenta- tive prohibition plank submitted to | the Democratic Platform Committee | tonight by a majority group pro- vides “We favor immediate submission to State conventions cf an amend- ment repealing the eighteenth amendment submitted to the people | in such manner as to assure a choice between the present system and the return to the States of the power and responsibilities to pro- hibit liquors by such means as will promote temperance, prevent the return of the saloon and sale to | minors, and protect the dry States in the enforcement of their laws and permit the taxing of liquor by Fed- eral or State Governments.” (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) B S SR | Plea for Faith Wins at Two Institutions.— Plot by “Enemies” Charge | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 25.—Melvin A. Traylor, considered by many Demo- cratic presidential timber, stemmed an | incipient run on his $25,000,000 First | National Bank and $10,000,000 First Union Trust & Savings Bank today | by appearing on the banking floor and | pleading for faith. Traylor, who is president of ooth | banks—among the three largest in the | | city—declared a well-planned plot for | a demonstration against the banks had | | been laid by “enemies” and said the banks had taken steps to put them- | selves in a more liquid condition than | ever before. | Able to Pay Off, He Says. Both banking floors were crowded with customers, a large number of whom aparently intended withdrawing accounts because of fear engendered by | recent closings. Four closings today, one in the Loop, brought to 39 the number of banks here that have shut down this month. “The bank will be open during the usual business hours and will be upen Monday morning,” Traylor told patrons. “It will be willing and able to pay off { | any of the proposed planks. | emerged ;prohibitiun plank calling for sub- 'Boosand Cheers Mark Hearings on Platform. BISHOP CANNON STORM CENTER World ~ Conference | on Tariff Issue Is Favored. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 25.—A brisk prohibition argument developed late today among the nine mem- bers of a Resolution§'Subcommittee named to write a tentative party platform and it adjourned its first session without taking action on Gathering behind closed doors after the full Platform Committee concluded hearings, the subcom- mittee remained in session only about an hour. No Final Decision. “There was no final decision on anything,” Hitchcock said as he from the committee room. The majority of the subcom- mittee were believed to favor a mission or retention or repeal to the States. Favor Brief Platform. There was almost unanimous senti- ment for keeping the platform brief, 1,000 words or thereabouts being favored. It was agreed to meet tomorrow morn- ing to systematize the committee’s work and get going in earnest on the plat- form building. Some of the committee members felt a rough draft of the entire party declar- ation on principles would be completed ! by_tomciTow night. +e tentative tariff plank, brief as are all planks in the new Democratic platform, fayors: “A competitive tariff for revenue pur- , based on & consideration of all factors influencing trade between na- tions, with a fact-finding commission free from executive interference; re- ciprocal tariff agreements with other nations; enforcement of the anti-dump- ing law, and a permanent international economic conference designed to en- courage international trade and to fa- cilitate the exchange of goods.” Other Planks Considered. any depositor who wishes to withdraw his funds.” Referring to the alleged plot, Trey-| lor said: “This was promoted by those who| are not your friends or our fiends. Fortunately, we are in the best posi- neighbors that we will be open Mon- d.l}" ?omlng end every morning at 9 o'clock.” Crowds Disperse Quickly. | The crowds quickly thinned after he had spoken and within an hour, bank attaches sald, normalcy had been re- | stored. 1 The Loop bank to close was the| | Chicago Bank of Commerce with $5.- | national monetary conference for the Other planks to be included in the platform call for encouragement of un- emp'oyment insurance and old-age pensions under State supervision; re- ducticn of the hours of labor; refinanc- ing of agricultural mortgages; enfcree- ment of the anti-trust laws; an inter- aid of silver, and the protection of in- vestors in foreign bonds by regulated publicity of all detalls cf the transac- tions. A long, blistering session over prohi- bition, punctuated by cheers and boos for a score of wet and dry orators, was held. Roosevelt leaders dominated the sub- committee. They were confident of 1 200,000 deposits. It had absorbed the Union Bank of Chicago last September. Its assets are understood to cover deposits. Three other banks in outlying sec- tions closed. two of them in North Shore suburbs—the Birst National Bank | of Wilmette and the Northbrook Siate Bank.The fourth was the South Ash- | |land National Bank. These three to- | gether had about $1,000,000 deposits. | MINE WORK TO RESUME WITHOUT WAGE SCALE | Clinton District, Indiana, Union Officials Turn Down Agreement for $4 a Day. By the Associated Press CLINTON, Ind., June 25—Coal op- erators in the Clinton district said today they would resume work in the mines early next week, despite the fact that officials of District No. 11, Union Mine Workers of America, on a wage scale. District No. 11 turned down yesterday | an” agreement signed by a sub-scale committee of miners and operators call- ing for a $4 day. The coal operators today said they would reopen regardless | of turther action by the union. Nearly | 500 applications for work in the Clinton | Coal Co. mines have been received from Terre Haute alone, it was said. News of the rejection of the proposed $4 scale by the District No. 11 scale convention yesterday left miners of the Clinton district bewildered, it was said, because no alternative was offered and no additional meetings called FLOOD OF ‘WE WANT SMITH’ WIRES| 'REPORTED PLANNED BY BACKERS Roosevelt Men Warned to. Expect Barrage of Telegrams When Nominating Begins. By the Assoctated Press CHICAGO, June 25.—Roosevelt head- quarters have been notified that friends of Alfred E. Smith are planning a tele- gram barrage early next week demind- ing Smith's nomination. Several telegrams received today by | James A. Farley, the Roosevelt cam- | paign manager, indicated that Gov. | Ely of Massachusetts, who is to nomi- | nate Smith, is leading the campaign. One telegram from George E. Sta of Seattle read: “Reliably informed Gov. Ely request- ing Smith supporters wire permanent chairman demand for his nomination. Plan to have 100,000 messages over Postal telegrams handed over to chair- man for its effect on delegates. Might be well for you to anticipate this move.” Another from Charles E. Mulligan, Kewanee, Il read: e " | from the galleries when Bishop James no agreement has been reached with the | | Assistant Administrator in Rocky | beating down all moves to commit the party to repeal, although several such proposals were applauded vigorously at today's session of the full Provisional Committee. Hundreds cf spectators jammed into | a stifling hot Bishop Cannon Booed. Boos drowned out scattered applause Connon, jr., an anti-Smith leader in 1928, declared for a dry plank. He said the Southern States, which put “moral principle above party loyalty” in bolt- ing Smith four years ago, would do so this year if confronted by a “similar issue.” As the booing subsided, Bishop Can- non said: “Oh, you don't like facts?” “We don't like traitors, either,” shout- | ed a committeeman near the front. The Southern churchman was un- ““(Continued on Page 5, Columrn 5.) DRY POST ABOLISHED Mountain District Is Moved. DENVER, June 25 (#)—The office | of assistant prohibition administrator | of the Rocky Mountain district has | been abolished as an economy move, | Carl Jackson, administrator, was in- formed today in a communication from | Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, national prohibition director. Assistant Administrator E. E. Collins has been ordered transferred from Denver to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he will be deputy administrator. The change is effective July 1. “Western Union recelving telegrams | stating Gov. Ely and others want Dentocrats and clubs to wire permanent chairman of the convention that we want Smith for President to be used when Smith's name is presented.” One from James G. Frazer of Syra- cuse read: “Local men receiving messages from | telegraph companies claiming authority | of Gov. Ely and Broskauer asking them to flood convention with ‘We Want Smith’ telegrams when nominating be- gins. Think statement from you to press e: g propiganda and showing | that such appeals will represent noth- |ing but the energy of the telegraph | companies will nullify its effect. Syra- | cusans of all parties solidly behind the jovernor.” smoke-filled room in the ! Congress Hotel to see the wet-dry show. | DG, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1932—NINETY-FOUR PAGES. *** FIVE CENTS |TEN CENTS \ IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | ELSEWHERE | | CONGRESS LEADERS PRESIDENT DEFIED, REVIVE HOPES' FOR REVISION OF RELIEF ECONOMY MEAGURE MEAGURE UNLIKELY |McNary Moves to PreventiWagner and Garner Retort N X NN\ N\ W 2 W\ AW eook AT \\ \THEB!G \ BUNI W sl Conference Deadiock From Killing Bill. WILL AGAIN ASK SENATE TO CALL BACK REPORT Heatedly to “Pork Barrel” Charge by Hoover. NORBECK SEES NO HOPE | {OF REWRITING PROVISIONS | e e Rainey and Byras, Insisting on Pas-| Plans for Adjournment Next Week PRAMDHIO B0V TOPEOPLES PARTY King of Siam Accepts Estab- lishment of Constitutional Monarchy. By the Associated Press. BANGKOK, Siam, June 26 (Sunday) —King Prajadhipok cordially ac- cepted today the end of his absolute power and the establishment of a con- stitutional monarchy by leaders of the Peoples party. In a telegram from Huahin, on his way to the capital, he said he was in entire agreement with the requirements of the new form of government set up by an almost bloodless revolt of the army and navy Friday. The King, who was on a royal holiday wita his consort when his absolute monarchy was overturned, said he had recognized the desirability of a govern- mental change for some time. The revolution was attributed by the Siamese legation at Paris to the eco- nomic crisis, which in Siam was largely caused by inability of the peasants to sell rice and rubber. The salaries of government employes were cut six months ago, causing further dissatisfac- tion. Concerned About Health. King Prajadhipok was willing, he said, to act as head of the new ad- ministration, although the period of his service might not be long because of the state of his health. (He under- went an operation on one of his eyes in New York last year). “This _message is from my heart,” (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WITHDRAWAL EXPECTED Troubled Japan to Quit Manchuria, Chinese Leader Predicts. SHANGHAI China, June 25 (#).— T. V. Soong, the finance minister, said itoday the domestic situation in Japan is getting worse all the time and within a year will force the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—22 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign and PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Gold Star Mothers—Page 5. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 5. PART THREE—8 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—S PAGES. Amusement_ Section—Stage, Screen, Music and Radio. D. A. R. Activities—Page 2. District National Guard—Page 2. District Naval Reserves—Page 2. Disabled American Veterans—Page 3. i ot 5 CERUAN NTEREST sage, Say Legislative Section Could Be Voted Separately. Despite the precarious legislative situation in which the Federal economy bill has been caught, th: House and Senate leaders refused last night to concede that the measure is on its death bed. Quite to the contrary, optimism pre- valls over the final outcome. On the House side, Majority Leader Rainey confidently predicts the measure will go through Congress before ad- journment. In the Senate, Assistant Republican Leader McNary has taken a rare par- liamentary step to prevent the bill from veing killed by deadlock in conference, where it has been sent as a result of a sudden revolt against the admitted inequities in the compulsory furlough plan and other provisions. Hinge Largely on Outcome | | of Controversy. E | By the Associated Press. The possibility of revising the huge $2,300,000,000 unemployment relief bill to meet President Hoover's wishes al- most vanished yesterday as its sponsors shot back hot retorts to the Chief Ex- ecutive’s charge of “pork barrel” legis- lation. The bill was vigorously defended by Speaker Garner of the House and Sen- ator Wagner, Democrs of New York, as the House and Senate conferees be- gan negotiations which President Hooe ver hopes will result in .a rewritten measure. ‘Wagner rose in the Senate to reply to the President and advised the public tg reject the criticism of “one who has throughout the depression been wrong, late and futile.” iScientisls Believe Trees 'Had Been Driven South | Like Animals. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Discovery in the Venezuelan high- lands of a temperate rain forest, most and Oregon millions of years ago, was | announced yesterday by the Carnegle | Institution of Washington. These trees vanished from the Pacific Coast States countless generations since, | but prints of leaves have been left | where they fell on the sand and mud | which bordered the anclent streams | and lakes and which hardened into solid rock. These fossil leaves differ in ap- pearance from any now found in the United States. Generally _they are larger and thicker than the leaves of the present-day fores! have more (Oontinued on P olumn 3.) POLICE RAID “CLUB" - ATTHOMAS GIRGLE Axes Fly as Squad Descends on Alleged Gambling Re- sort—0ne Man Held. of whose trees can be identified with species which flourished in California | Found iLVenezuelai Wi |S_|]|S_[;USSE|] Plan Proposed at Lausanne | for Private Obligations | Would Hit U. S. Creditors. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 25.— ‘The possibility of reducing interest on Germany’s private debts, a large part of which are owed in the United States, has been discussed by the German and British delegates to the reparations con- ferences here, it was learned today from German sources. | The suggested reduction would be |part of a general agreement to be | reached at the conference. A general pool to support public credit by guaranteeing the debts of na- tions now on the verge of financial bankruptcy was suggested today for study by delegates to the conference, in recess over the week end. French Prime Movers. ‘The French, who believe the failing countries of the Danube need credit more than they do cash, were the prime movers in this plan. Experts of sev- eral governments collaborated in formu- lating the proposal. These experts held that if the nations now in financial difficulties could pay their debts and maintain their credit there would be a revival of private | business. Under their plan the pool would be wholly non-political and would be di- rected by some such Institution as the Bank for International Settlements. In informed quarters the belief was expressed that the attempt to bring about cancellation of all reparations at | | | Insists on Enactment. Garner Answers Criticism. Two dozen men were captured by | the Lausanne Conference was losing police yesterday in a raid on an alleged | and perhaps already had lost. “The economy bill has gat to g0 shrough Congress before adjournment Representative Rainey insisted. “If necessary Congress will remain oa the job until an agreement is reached if it takes all Summer.” Representative Bryns of Tennessee, ~hairman of the House Appropriations Sommittee, shares Rainey's opinion. “It should not be too difficult a task for the conferees to agree between themselves and eliminate some of the controversial issues in the report,” he | declared. “It's up to Representative McDuffie, chairman of the House con- ferees, to aid in getting the bill in shape for approval.” ‘Both Rainey and Byrns agreed that in the event of another impasse over the economy features of the bill, the House could divorce the legislative section and save that. That section | contains the appropriations for the up- keep of Congress, so its fate is dear to the interest of all members. Byrns, however, thinks an agreement could be reached on the viciously con- demned impounding clause, the pro- vision affecting married workers, and the other major matters in dispute in a few hours around the conference ta- ble. There also is a growing o tion on the part of some House mem- bers to accept the Senate furlough plan with its exemption of employes receiving under $1,200. The House voted to exempt only those workers re- ceiving less than $1,000. Points to Inconsistency. Another member of the House even | went so far as to say he could not un- | derstand how those opponents of the | practice of employing both husband {and wife in the Government service could conscientiously vote against the married provision in the bill while re- taining their own wives, sons and daughters on their own clerical pay- roll. Senator McNary's parliamentary move was & motion to have the Senate reconsider its unexpected action Fri- day in recommitting the economy bill conference report. He withdrew the motion, however, at the insistence of Senator La Folette, Republican, of Wisconsin, but served notice he would renew it tomorrow when the Senate | | | | | gambiing establishment, operating in | | the guise of a “finance company,” on the first floor of No. 1 Thomas circle, the bullding in which the fashicnable Club Michel is located Though members of the raiding party guarded every visible means of exit while Detective Sergt. Howard E. Ogle and First Precinct Detective J. K. | Baker chopped their way through two| | sets of doors, one of the proprietors cf |the place is believed to have escaped through a secret tunnel leading into the basement. ‘The tunnel was not discovered until after the raiders had made a thorough inspection of the establishment—which, despite the “Circle Finance Co.” in- scription on its front door, was known | as the “Olympic Social Club.” | Questioned by Police. | The 24 men found in the place were | taken to police headquarters and ques- | tioned at length. but all except cne sub- | sequently were released. The man held | gave his name as Edwin Arthur White, | 54, of the 900 block of K street. He charged with setting up a gaming le and bond was cet at $2.500. A crowd of approximately 200 watch- | ed the police Chop thelr way into the | TooLc salesman. Setablishment, in which signs bearing | Automobiles driven by Dr. Wilson and such anscripguns c;u “Gambling Not | Welch collided on a Portland street last Allowed,” “Office Closes 1:P.M. Satur- | February 24 and Welch signed a - | day” and “No Vulgar Language Allowed | rant for Dr. Wilson’s mfln a ch::;e Reserves Share in Reparations. In 2 memorandum prepared for Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain, Italy’s foreign minister, Dino Grandi, said the Rome government would prefer to clean the slate, but, if that proved impossible, it reserved the right to its share of reparations. _From_authoritative sources it w. (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) J—— DRY LEADER ACCUSED IN $45,000 LIBEL SUIT Clarence Dr. True Wilson Is Charged With Defaming Other | Driver In Auto Crash. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg, June 25— Dr. ‘Clarence ‘True Wilson, secretary of the Methodist Board of Prohibition, Tem- | perance and Public Morals, was named | defendant in a $45,000 libel suit filed | today by L. F. Welch, Portland auto- | Spanish War Veterans—Page 3. | Marine Corps News —Page 3 | American Legion Auxiliaries—Page 3. | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 3. | News of the Clubs—Page 3. | W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 3. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 3 | Public Library—Page 4. i In the Motor World—Page 4 Aviation—Page 4. American Legion—Page 4. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 5. Serial Story, “Murder in Hazelmoor”"— Page 5. Radio News—Page 6. PFraternities—Page 7 Organized Reserves—Page 7. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. Magazine Section, Review of New Books—Page 12. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 13. Boys' and Girls' Page—Page 14. High Lights of History—Page 15. ‘Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Holly of Hollywood; Keeping ‘Wwith the Joneses; The Timid Soul‘.’%@"bl’ G { Severa] other telegrams of & similar nature were received. Fellers; Mr. and ; Tarzan; Little Orphan Annie; M - ] Mumm:‘gonuumm.m » | [ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. |the complaint alleges, Or. Wilson told | believer in prohibition as I am, the ac- | | | Dr. Wilson is scheduled for trial next EOTRETLER a newspaper reporter that “if the driver CONTROL RESTORED |gicrer m promiter 3,0 was published in Portland, was false | Davila Socialist Government Makes | week. | wright Deutsch, daughter of Ellis Wain- ccnvenes. y_explained the purpose of his mn 2.) “(Continued on Page 2, Colu PAUL S. CLAPP SUED FOR $500,000 BALM Hoover's Wartime Aide Named in Action Brought by Beauty Operator. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, June 25.—Paul S. Clapp, aide to Herbert Hoovt ican Relief Administration, was sued for $500,000 damages in a breach of promise action today, interrupting his plans to marry Mrs. Rosalind Wain- wright of Louisville, Ky Katherine Leary Bond, beauly cp- erator, brought the suit. She said Clapp promised to marry her April 6, and she had been a “loving and de- voted fiancee.” Three weeks before the wedding day, she said, he withdrew his offer. Clapg sald Miss Bond offered to marry , and he had not accepted. Vice president of the Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation and a close friend of President Hoover, Clapp was | affiliated with the Peace Commission and the relief administration. He was knighted by the Rumanian govern- ment. Paul Clapp, an engineer, was in the Department of Commerce for two years, 1924-26, carrying on research work for the office of the Secretary, during Mr. Hoover's incumbency. | Here” were freely displayed. of reckless driving. The raiders said a loud speaker was| February 24 at Sacramento, Calif.. of the other car had been as strong a TO CH".EAN BANKS Welch alleges this statement, which | | and_ malicious. | | _The reckless driving charge against | Gesture for Foreign Approval. Disorders Decrease. By the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 25.— The Davila Socialist government made a gesture for foreign approval today by restoring all its former functions to the Central Bank of Chile, which had | been placed under government control as a State bank by the short-lived junta headed by Col. Marmaduke Grove. Considerable doubt has existed abroad concerning the status of the bank, and the opinion was expressed this action would have a solidifying effect. The government appeared pleased on the whole with the internal situation. By the Associated Press. ‘The problem of keeping & quorum in the Senate next week during the Dem- ocratic National Convention began yes- midnigh . Street. traffic will be permitted until 12:30 amn. PROBLEM OF QUORUM IN SENATE NEXT WEEK WORRYING LEADERS 25 Democratic Senators Will Be Absent at Conventiouf in Chicago—Pairs Prevent G. O. P. Field Day. Democratic leader. convention or will leave by tomorrow. the | Two more are undecided. In addition, the t 3 ‘This will leave only 20 or 22 Demo- crats on guard in Washington, at the latter those who have left for Chi- euo% the 24 hours is Sen- ator Csraway of abandoned their plans because of the failure of Congress to adjourn. The| list includes Semator Robinson, the But 22 Senators have left for the in the Amer-| Speaker Garner, at his dally confer- ence with newspaper men, said: “We loan the shipping Interests many millions of dollars at a very low rate of interest and it's all right. When we try to do something for all the people it's ‘pork barrel’ To serve special in- terests is staf p; to serve the people is pork.” The conferees, f: the tremendous task of ironing out differences between the Garner House bill and the Wagner Senate measure, made little progress ;l:g agreed to resume their work Mon- Chairman Norbeck of the Senate group, however, said it would be vir- tually impossible to write the bill as the President has asked. | To do this, he added, “would be very .mudl? resented by the authors of the bills” and “would be difficult to the point of impossible.” Meanwhile, plans for the adjourn- ment of Congress next week hung largely on the outcome of the relief sontroversy. The Senate worked on the remaining appropriation bills which must be ap- proved by June 30, while the House, with nothing to do, was in adjournment over the week end. ‘Wagner charged that President Hoo- ver, in his attack Friday on the relief bill, had not been “candid” and was “defying the light and the truth,” but he also assailed the President’s record |on relief. “Continuously Wrong.” “Mr. Hoover has been continuously and invariably wrong on unemploy- ment,” he said. “He was wrong when he resisted the effort during times of | prosperity to prepare for the possible day of depression. “He was wrong when he announced on March 7, 1930, that within 60 days the depression would be over. “He was wrong more recently when he declared that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would contribute to the resumption of employment and the stabilization of prices and that no more direct me Were necessary. “In view of this record I declare that the public will do well to reject the criticism cf one who has throughout the depression been wrong, late and futile.” ‘Wagner contended his bill wouid help balance the budget and said there was po warrant for the President’s state- ment that the money would be spent where it was not nesded. He charged Mr. Hoover with being “not quite candid” when he estimated the public works provisions would give employment directly to only 100,000. The New Yorker estimated 500,000 would find employment from the public works program and that 2,000,000 jobs would be created by the entire bill | | *| without taking into consideration the jobs ‘rrevlded by the money they would spend. H-use leaders, meanwhile, expressed concern over the slow progress on sup- ply bills. Only 2 of the il annual ap- propriation measures have become law and the fiscal year ends Thursday night. “We are not going to pass any con- tinuing resolutions,” Representative Snell, the Republican leader, t-1d news- paper men. “That would nuliify all the economy efforts made by the House this session because it would mesn re- appropriating the same amounts the Government is spending this year. “This would unbalance the budget. It is up to the Senate to get these bills on the statute books by Thursday night. If it doesn't, then it's the Senate’s re- sponsibility.” {CAPITAL MAN KILLED IN FAIRFAX CRASH E. Weems Petherbridge, 23, Dies Instantly, Three Others Hurt as Car Hits Flagpole. E. Weems Petherbridge, 23-year-old weatherstrip salesman of 5014 Iowa avenue, was instantly killed and three other persons injured, one seriously, last night when Petherbridge lost control of his automobile on the Lee-Jackson Highway, near Fairfax, Va., and it hurtled a ditch and careened into 8 flagpole. Miss Mary G. Layman, Frostburg Md, suffered severe injuries to the back and was kept at the Alexandria Hospital. Two other passengers, Charles Norris, 23, Leonardtown, Md., and Dor- othy Howard, 814 K street northeast, siight cuts and bruises. Sports News (Part Five.) Will Be Found To- day in Part Two of The Sunday Star Arkansas, ths only