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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cooler today; tomorrow, fair; gentle to moderate northwest and north winds today, becoming gentle variable. Temperatures—Highest, 94, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 71, at 6 a.m, yester- day. Full report on page 5. he Sundli WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION tay. —_— No. 1497—No. 32,29G. Entered as Entered as second class matt WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1932 _EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to city and suburban homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier serv- ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery. (#) Means oci; FIVE CENTS Pre ‘TEN - WAR DEBT REVISON URGED BY BORAH IN APPEAL FOR WORLD * TADE CONFERENE Follow Up of Lausanne Ac- cord Declared Necessary to Lift Nations Out of Pro- longed Depression. WOULD HAVE U. S. TAKE FULL PART IN PARLEY Senator Urges Barring of All “Ex-| perts” as Sterilizing Influence. Program to Embrace Any Ques- tion Relating to Restoration of Prosperity Here and Abroad. An immediate conference of world powers to consider revision or cancellation of war debts in connection with the settlement of | other international problems, was advocated last night by Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, chair- man of the powerful Senate For- eign Relations Committee. Senator Borah proposed the conference as a follow up to the Lausanne reparations agreement, and as a means of building a foundation for the economic re- covery of the world. Lausanne Results Acclaimed. ‘The Lausanne agreemcnt, Sen- ator Borah described as a greater “harbinger of peace and the hope of humanity” than the Versailles peace treaty. He painted it, too, as “the most important step taken since the war looking to the resto- ration of confidence in political and business affairs.” Senator Borah made known his views in a radio speech. The revision of war debts, he warned. should not be predicated on the rep- arations agreement alone, but consid- ered in connection with a broad pro: gram involving disarmament, re-estab- lishment of the gold standard, the stabilization of silver in the Orient and other unsettled questions. Broad Program Favored. The world conference, Senator Borah said, should be authorized to deal with any economic and financial question having a bearing upon the economic re- covery of the world. The United States, he declared, should not hesitate to take its place in such a conference and be willing to deal with all economic and financial problems associated with the present condition of affairs. Incidentally, Senator Borah leveled a shaft of criticism at so-called “ex- perts” on world problems, declaring they should be excluded from the pro- posed conference and not permitted to get any closer than “the other end of the long-distance telephone.” Thus far, he said, experts have been detrimental to every conference thev| dominated. “They would,” he declared. “sterilize the humanitarian impulses of angels. The problems have passed be- yond the refined theories of experts. They call for the breadth, the vision. :tl.}ze courage, the humanitarianism of usanne. Delay Called Perilous. Senator Borah declared that a delay in calling the conference would be haz- ardous. “Sixty davs of depression in the latter part of 1932,” he said. “wil! be more devastating than six months in | the latter part of 1930. If the upward trend does not start before the cold | winds of December, conditions will be | nothing less than appalling. We should | enter such a conference where there is | £0 much involved without any limita- | tion and with no other objective than; to aid in the preservation of modern | civilization.” Senator Borah made it clear he re- flected 1o one’s views but his own, and pointed out that no permanent solution of the farm question, the unemploy- ment problem, devastating taxes, un- balanced budgets; can be hoped for until some or all of the international | problems are cut of the wa “Not until then,” he said, “will trade | revive, commerce flow in its accustomed | channels, and the monetary systems of the world, which have been dicarranged | and broken up, again assume normal operations. Not until then will com- | modity prices begin to rise in a per- manent way and confidence in business | generally be restored.” Sees Turn for Better. In the Lausanne agreement, Senator Borah said he saw the beginning of the end of the long period of human suffering which began 18 years ago at the outbreak of the World War. During this long “torturing” period, he declar- ed, millions have been killed and ‘wounded, either upon the field of battle or in the tealm of finance and economics, billions of property values destroyed, proud nations driven to the verge of bankruptcy, 70,000,000 unem- ployed and their dependents forced to the edge of starvation, and thousands of hungry veterans have surged “in anger and despair against the bolted doors of capitols from Washington to Berlin.” “The Versailles treaty is no longer sacred,” Senator Borah declared. “It, (Continued on Page 3, Column 6) CHICAGO FACES TAX | SALES OF PROPERTY Delinquencies for 1930 to Bring Bids on 100,000 Parcels Monday. Bpecial Dispalch to The Star. CHICAGO, July 23—Sale of 100,000 parcels of Cook County real estate for 1930 tax delinquencies, starting Monday, was ordered today by County Judge Edmund Jarecki. ‘The order called for the sale of all delinquent property except where ob- Jections have been filed or property “Ma” Leads Race MRS. MIRIAM FERGUSON. “NIA” FERGUSON LEADING INTEKAS 4,382 Ahead of Sterling for Governor — Wets Hold Wide Margin. By the Assoctated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 23.—Mrs. Miriam A. (“Ma”) Ferguson, former Governor of Texa took a comfortable lead to- night in her effort to win the Demo- cratic gubernatorial nomination from Ross S. Sterling, the incumbent. Incomplete votes from 123 of the State’s 254 counties gave Mrs. Ferguson 44315 and Sterling 39.933. Tom F. Hunter. Wichita Falls man and lawyer, was third, with votes. Five other candidates trails out of the race. Mrs. Ferguson is the wife of James E. Ferguson. who was impeached as chief executive of the State. She was elected Governor on a vindicaticn plat- form. ofl far Beaten Two Years Ago. Two years ago Mrs. Fersuson led Sterling in the first primary only to lose in the run-off which they went into as the two highest in the race With scme counties not voting on the subject of whether the eighteenth amendment should be repealed or re- tained. the wets ran up an early lead of 23,392 to 9.202. In one of the other outstanding con- tests, that for the nomination for State attorney general, James V. Alired, in- cumbent, had a comfortable margin over Clem Calhoun, his closest pursuer, in a three-cornered race. The Allred, 32,905; Calhoun, 19,113 Allred recently filed now pending ouster suils against a number of major oil companies he charged with violating the State anti-trust law. Garner Is Unopposed. In contests involving 38 candidates for the three Representatives at large | nominations, George B. Terrell, former State controller; Joe W. Bailey, jr., son of a former United States Senator, and Sterling P. Strong, {ormer Lieuten- ant Governor, had good leads. John N. Garner, Speaker of the House and Democratic vice presidential nom- inee, was one of seven Representatives unopposed for reromination. The oth- | ers were: cright Patman of Texarkana. first district: Martin Dies. jr., of Orange. second ~ distr] Morgan Sanders Canton, third district; Luther Johnson of Corsicana, sixth district; O. H. Cross of Waco, eleventh district and Martin Jones of Amarillo, eighteenth district Thomas L. Blanton, Representative in Congress from the seventeenth dis- trict, took a slight lead over Joe H. Jones of Eastland, Tex., in his race for renomination. BOUND BODY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF RUSSIAN Believed Executed as Plotter to Restore Romanoffs to Throne. Second Victim Near. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 23—One of two bodies found bound and taped on Long Island was identified today as that of Login Kovtoun, a Russian royalist sup- posed to have been plotting for the res- toration of the Romanoffs. Investigation into the execution of | the two men immediately veered from the haunts cf the underworld to the in- tricacies of Russian politics. Identifica- tion of the other body, dumped in the tall grass of an old farm early yester- day, remained in doubt. Kovtoun's body was identified by his wife and daughter. They said he dis- appearcd after leaving his home Thurs- day night to attend a meeting of a secret czarist organization. Mrs. Kov- toun said she did not know where the meeting was held because the organi- zation moved frequently to avoid Soviet agents. Kovtoun was cne of three partners in a small tailor shop. His family said he attended many mysterious meetings at night and frequently stayed out all night, of | AUSTRALIA ASKS BRITISH TARKF 0 BLOCK .. FOODS |Joing With New Zealand and Canada in Drastic Pro-' tection Move. ENGLISH FEAR INCREASE IN OWN LIVING COSTS Nearly Third of American Farm Exports Now Find Market in United Kingdom. By the Associated Press OTTAWA, July 23—The insistence of Australia upon effective assistance from Great Britain in marketing Aus- tralian products threw into bold relief tonight the differences of opinion on the manner of granting Empire prefer- ences. At the outset the British delegates declared themselves for the general principle of lowering tariff walls for Empire nations, as opposed to raising | such walls against foreign countries. | The demand voiced by Premier Stan- ley Bruce of Australia for preference on chilled beef in effect means that Great Britain would have to raise her tariff walls against foreign countries if she satisfied Australia on this point. At present chilled beef enters Great Britain free of duty. | Mrs. Walter Runciman, wife of the president of the British Board of | Trade, has stated in interviews here that the English people would not agree to any move for an Empire trade union which would result in higher costs of living. The Australian’s statement served to link the needs of Canada, Australia and New Zea'and in bargaining with the United Kingdom, although there was no official indication of this. Scores Russian Dumping. But significant in the statement of | Premier Bruce was a demand that the British Isles consider the effect of the “marketing methods adopted by Rus- sia” In 1930. Although 'the Canadians made no comment, Canada heretofore has held to a policy of exclusion of Russian exports. Premier Bruce took note of this thus: “There is one phase of the wheat problem which I would wish to reserve for discussion later, because it is of great concern to the wheat producers of Australia, and, I believe, also to Canada. ~ The marketing ~methods | adopted by Russia in 1930 completely disorganized the market. There is no form of overseas competition which has | aroused such strong feeling amongst Australian wheat growers as the dump- ing of Russian wheat into Great Britain. “It may be that we shall be con- fronted with such abnormal producing |and trading conditions due to the de- | pression that we shall be forced to the conclusion that preferential ~duties | alone will not prove effective. | “This may lead us to the conclusion that the only way in which the Empire markets can be secured for certain im- | portant commodities such as, for ex- | ample, meat and butter, is by the | adoption of a scheme of restrictions upon imports from outside the Empire.” | New Zealand has not been brought into the Canadian-Australian viewpoint except in that she has warmly indorsed Canada’s preference stand. i Surprised by Tone. The British delegation today was studying Mr. Bruce's firm declaration, and evinced a good deal of surprise at the tone he had used. Apparently they were surprised, espe- cially at this statement: “I may add that the unanimous view | of the Australian people is that, while | for a quarter of a century they have | given preferences to Great Britain | freely and unconditionally, th.ey regard the British preferences granted under the import duties act as a somewhat { tardy response for the benefits long en- ! joyed by British industry.” The import duties act permitted Do- minion products to enter the United Kingdom free of duty until November to give the Ottawa conference a chance | to negotiate for reciprocal preferences. ‘This is the crux of Great Britain's bar- | gaining point. ‘The unofficial observer for Argen- ~(Continued on Page'z.'ciommn’x.) CITY SUSPENDS TAXES Municipal TUtility Earnings Pay | Expenses of Town. | BELOIT, Kans., July 23 (#).—Beloit was added today to the list of tax-free Kansas cities. The city council voted to suspend all city levies and place the entire cost of | 1ocal government upon earnings of the | city light and water department. Chanute, Colby and Augusta are other taxless municipalities in the | state. Robbers Kill Deaf Man. LOS ANGELES, July 23 ().—Deaf |and unable to hear a command of “stick 'em up” W. J. Kirkpatrick, 170, was shot and killed today by one of | five robbers who held up a jewelry | store near Vermont and Wilshire boule- | vards and escaped with gems valued 'at $5,000. He failed to heed the com- mand. WOOD SETTLES SUIT AGAINST U. S. ON ABANDONED WORK FOR $45,967 Architect Had Sought $90,000 for Delayed Remodeling of State, War and Navy Building. The suit for breach of contract filed by Waddy B. Wood, architect, against the Treasury Department in connection with abandonment of the remodeling project for the State, War and Navy Building has been settled out of court, it was learned last night, by issuance to Mr. Wood of a check for $45,967. In his suit filed in the United States Court of Claims, Mr. Wood, through attorneys, asked the Government to pay him $90,000 for architectural serv- ices which he had rendered, and for owners have agreed to pay on a quar- terly plan. Affidavits to make payments | in this manner have been signed by 15 000. Of the county’s 600,000 delinquent , Pleces of property, exceptions to the " sale order total approximately 500,000. “damages” through abandonment of the work. ‘The suit in court had proceeded through only one hearing before a com- missioner of the court, presenting the plaintiff’s case. Treasury officials and attorneys for Mr. Wood &x together and sagreed on a sum, which has been paid to Mr. Wood in settlement of his claim. The State, War and Navy Bullding {was to be remodeled to look like the | Treasury Department. But Congress | by recent economy legislation pro- ‘hibited the spending of any rurfher money on the project. In his petition to the court, Mr. Wood said he had been paid $90,000 so far by the Government, but had not received final_settlement. He claimed $90,000 was due him for services, and for dam- ages. He had completed all the archi- tectural work called for, he said, with the exception of superintendence of the actual construction, which he could not semm'n because the project was aban- | is likely to be fought in the big € JUST REG'LAR FELLERS! FARLEY WILL HOLD CONFERENCE HERE |26 to Be Carried in Ship on Minneapolis-to- Bergen Trip. Democratic Senators and House Members Remain for Powwow This Week. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Democratic leaders here are prepar- ing for a big powwow with James A. Farley, the new chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, who is ex- pected in Washington either tomorrow or Tuesday. Notwithstanding the fact Congress has been adjourned more than a week, a dozen or more Democratic Senators and a number of Democratic members of the House will be on hand to greet the Democratic national chairman. Among the Senators still here are Har- | rison of Mississippi, Hull and McKellar of Tennessee and Connally of Texas. Some of the Senators will return to | Washington to take part in the confer- ence. Senator Harrison has postponed | leaving Washington to be here for the Farley meeting. Plans for the cam- paign will be discussed and Mr. Farley will obtain from these Democratic | veterans suggestions on dealing Wwith situations and issues in their particular J parts of the country. | The Democrats here insist they vml{ carry every State of the “Solid South” | this year, and they say, also, that they will have the border States, including Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Senator Hull said last night he had received encouraging re- ports from Tennessee, Where Roosevelt is favorably regarded. Main Battle in Case. It is growing more and more evi-lent that' the main battle of the cam; ign tes of the East, with New York as the pivotal State. That is one reason for the recent great activity of Chairman | Farley in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts and his patent efforts to line-up the rank and file, as well 2s the | leaders, of the Al Smith faction in the Democratic party in support of Gov. Roosevelt. The Republicans, on the other hand, as admitted by Everett| Sanders, the new G. O. P. national | chairman, are giving considerable nt-} tention to_the selection of a man to| head the Eastern campaign headquar- ters in New York. The selection of this | Eastern manager is expected to be an- nounced within a few days. New York is the big plum. The Em- | pire State will have more electoral votes | to cast in the choice of President and | Vice President than ever, 47, to be ex- | act, or two more than in 1928, due to| the reapportionment of the House in| TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—16 PAGES. General News—Local, National Forelgn. PART TWO—S8 PAGES. Editorials and_Editorial Features. Radio News—Page 5. PART THREE—10 PAGES. Soclety Section. PART FOUR—6 PAGES. Amusement Section—Stage, Screen and Music. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 2. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 3. News of the Clubs—Page 3. Serial story, “Babes on Broadway'— Page 3 Aviation Activities—Page 3. Disabled Veterans—Page 3. Marine Corps News—Page 3. In the Motor World—Page 4. Fraternities—Page 5. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— and e 5. mf:r?u National Guard—Page 5. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Pinancial and Classified Advertising. The Home Gardener—Page 12. Organized Reserves—Page 12. erican . A brasy. News-—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. cmno 5= s’ hts of His! B ere e Gl IC SECTION—§ PAGES. ‘World Bvents in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With the Joneses; Mutt H g!eshr Pellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Tarzan; Lit- tle Orphan Moon 3 Balchen to Blaze Norway Mail Line In August Flight By the Associated Press. NEW 20 HOUR FACESBONUS ARMY | Officials Tomorrow to Fix Procedure if Veterans Re- sist Evacuation. MINNEAPOLIS, July 23.—Plans for | a mid-August transatlantic flight from Minneapolis, by way of Mcntreal, Green- land and Iceland, to Bergen, Norway, were announced tonight by L. S. Clark. Minneapolis business man, who said Bernt Balchen has been engaged as chief pilot. Twenty passengers, a crew of six, in addition to me.l, supplies and fuel, will be carried, M.. Clark seid. A flying boat is now being constructed and will be delivered here about August 1, he said. Safety Chief Consideration. Mr. Clark is secretary of a syndicate —Aerial World Tours, Inc.—organized to finance the flight. He said the ghief consideration will be safety and a’ test of the feasibility of establishing an air mail line operating on regular schedules over the northerly rcute. He said ar- rangements have been completed for underwriting the venture with an in (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) VON GRONAU COVERS 1,900 MILES OF HOP Reaches Capital of Iceland and Plans Take-Off for Labrador Tuesday. By the Associated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 23—The German intercontinental fiver, Capt. ‘Wolfgang von Gronau, reached here to- | day from Seydisfjoerdur, Iceland, with | 1.900 miles of his projected 5,100-mile flight from Germany to Canada behind Cant. von Gronau and two com- | panions took off in a seaplane from List, Island of Sylt, Germany, Priday and landed at Seydisfjoerdur. He ceeded here today. and announced he would take off for Ivigtut, Labrador, probably next Tuesday. The German flyer, who twice before has negotiated the northern route to America, announced he would fly from Ivigtut to Montreal and end the present venture in the Canadian city. Originally he had planned to go to Chicago. BERLIN, July 23 (#).—Capt. Wolf- gang von Gronau radioed friends here tonight that he had met dense fog and bad conditions on his flight to Reykjavik today. He indicated that weather forecasts might interfere with his plan to con- tinue the flight Sunday. PRESIDENT SHUNS WORK AT RAPIDAN Hoover to épend Week End at Mountain Camp After Clear- ing Desk of Bills. By the Associated Press. LURAY, Va., July 23.—Surrounded by a few personal friends, President Hoover settled down tonight at his Rapidan camp for a week end of rest. Aides reported that “no work” was to be the President’s slogan in contrast to his recent busy days. Although sev- eral major appointments must yet be made, he has cleared his desk of tasks placed there by Congress. Before Mr. Hoover left Washington in late afternoon, those close to him said that he had disposed of every bill passed by Congress except one, and that was not of national importance. He now is looking forward to his ac- ceptance address on August 11. Although his aides said he did not intend to work on it over the week end, they expected he would give it some thought. Mrs. Hoover awaited her husband’s arrival at the camp. She has rested there for nearly two weeks. Their guests included Secretary of Commerce Lamont, W. L. Honnold of Los Angeles, a personal friend; Mr. and Mrs, F. Louis Slade of New York, also friends of the Hoovers, and former Sen- ator Henry G. Allen. The time for the President’s return ww:;hlnfionhumnbeennxed.‘ He may remain until Monday night or Tuesday morning. Mrs. Heidelbach Dies. PARIS, July 23 ().—Mrs. Alfred 8. of Alfred Heidelbach, The crumbling bonus army today faced a new zero hour. With the lure of transportation al- ready having turned approximately 5.000 homeward, a blow to the security of the grim legion was struck by the Federal Government yesterday after- ncon, when an order came from the Treasury Department for the evacuation by tomorrow night of the rude billets occupied by the veterans cn Pennsyl- vania avenue and in Southwest Wash- ington. All but three or four of the settle- CENTS ELSEWHERE .. ORDER CLOSESTHOOVER LAUNCHES GRAIN EXCHANGE N NOVE N INDUSTRY CHICAGO 60 DAYS|TO AID RECOVERY Board of Trade Penalized for Ban on Farmers’ National Corporation. 15 DAYS IS ALLOWED TO CHANGE ITS STAND Expectation of Court Test Implied in Décision of Three Cabinet Officers. Official notice was given the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday to suspend for 60 days its operation of the princi- pal exchange center of the world for grain trading as a penalty for alleged violation of the grain futures act. However, a 15-day stay of application of the penalty was allowed to determine whether the trade board would with- draw from its threatened expulsion of the Farmers' National Grain Corpo- ration from membership, while the lan- guage of the decision further implied that an appeal to the courts against the execution of the order was anticipated. | Three cabinet members, Arthur M. | Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture; William |D. Mitchell, Attorney General, and Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Com- merce, acting as members of the com- mission empowered to enforce the act, signed the suspension order. Cause of Action Stated. ‘The Farmers’ National Grain Corpo- ration, an organization of co-operatives supported by the Federal Farm Board, the decision said, had been refused per- | mission to clear its transactions through a subsidiary corporation. which held a membership in the Board of Trade. and | had been refused likewise the right to | undertake direction transactions in its own behalf. Reviewing the contest between the Board of Trade and the grain corpo- ration prior to issuing the order, the commission decision remarked that its | members had taken the view that “where questions of law are debatable, doubts should be resolved in favor of the petitioner (the Grain Corporation) S0 that the case may reach the courts for judicial settlement of the contro- verted questions.” A large part of the controversy hinged around the threatened refusal of rights |to clear futures trades through the | board’s clearing corporation, which the commission held agency of the Grain Corporati ments in that general area were hit by | the loss of such privileges would cost it the new edict, and these, along with the principal eoncentration area at Camp Marks, Anacostia: Camp Sims an order of evacuation early this week, when certain legal questions have been | ironed cut. Demand for clearance of these areas has been made upon the District Com- missioners by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, officer in charge of public buildings and public parks. it developed yesterday afternoon, and Dr. Luther H. Reichel- derfer, president of the Board of Com- missioners, said that a study is procedure to comply with Col. Grant wishes. Private Housing Restricted, This housing problem of the veterans was further complicated yesterday when they were ted with a police order forbidding them to occupy private sent of the owner, and then only when the buildings to be tenanted meet the usual fire and sanitation requirements. deavors to which they have turned for Would bring arrest. With his forces menaced, the only comment of Walter W. Waters, the commander, was that the evacuation would be carried out when better quar- ters were furnished. Beyond that, a spokesman reported, he had nothing to sult counsel for the B. E. F. and de- termine just what legal rights the or- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) sl s T R B. E. F. HERO SUCCUMBS HAMMOND, Ind., July 23 () —Tim- othy E. Piggitt of New Castle, Calif., taken ill en route to Washington as one of the bonus marchers, died today in Hines Hospital. ) Piggitt was said to have been cited for bravery at Soissons, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Woods and in the Meuse-Ar- gonne. He was shell-shocked in the war and was wounded 50 times. Piggitt formerly was a prize fighter, having broken his wrist nine times in the ring. He had been married five times. Sales Above Appraisals. the first time in three years both rural sherifi's sale for prices above the ap- praisals. and Camp Meigs, face the prospect of property, unless with the written con- | say. Later in the day Waters instructed | his chief of staff, Doak Carter, to con- | VAN WERT, Ohio, July 23 (#) —For and city properties were sold today at | $100,000 a year more in exnenses than | it now encounters on its average trad- ing. due to the necessity of paying com- mission to brokers who hold clearing | privilege. Believe in Their Power. | “We believe we have power to re- | serve jurisdiction to mitigate the pen- alty hereafter on a proper showing that | the board of trade has so modified its | action as to warrant mitigation,” the decision proceeded, and also stated: “The commission having duly consid- | ered all the evidence in this case and the arguments of counsel, and having made its findings and conclusions afore- no , it is hereby ordered and adjudged under way to develop the correct I it the designation of the Board of de of the City of Chicago, respon- dent herein, heretofore made by the Secretary of Agriculture in pursuance of the grain futures act of 1922, be and e same hereby is suspended for a pe- G not become effective until the expira- tion of 15 days from its date. The com- mission hereby reserves jurisdiction to entertain an application for mitigation of the penalty herein imposed, upon no- The same order also tightened up the | tice to all parties and after proper restrictions on the street-selling en- | hearing and upon a showing that the | board of trade has receded from its livelihood, and warned that violation position with respect to the petitioner.” | ‘Want Full Privileges. Ruling on details of the points in contest, the commission held it to be “essential that the Incorporated Co- | operative Association as such shall itself (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) TWO ARE INDICTED IN CYR ASSAULT CASE Louisianas Who Moved to Chicago After Governorship Episode Wanted on Warrants. By the Associated Press. NEW IBERIA, La., July 23—L. H. Courtney and E. Tucker, whose names figured in Louisiana’s comedy of gov- ernors last year when Lieut. Gov. Paul N. Cyr sought to oust Huey P. Long from the executive’s chair, today were indicted by the grand jury on a charge of assaulting Dr. Cyr. N Shortly after Dr. Cyr had taken the Governor's oath, he charged that Courtney and Tucker were shadowing him and that they bumped into him, stepped on his toes and otherwise an- noyed him on the streets of Jeanerette, his home town. Detained temporarily in Jeanerette, they were released on $200 bonds. They are now said to | be living in Chicago, and a bench war- ! rant was issued for their arrest. Seeks Concerted Action of Big Business to Boost Employment. ORDERS NEW SURVEY OF JOBS SITUATION Accepts Bid to Meet New England Council — Cites Experience in Spreading Available Work. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. President Hoover is sounding out business leaders of the Nation to see what can be done to increase industrial activity and employment with the aid of the machinery he put through Con- gress. The conversations have pro- ceeded far enough to assure some presi- dential move soon to encourage large unity of effort within industry itself, while the Federal Government is main- taining its greatest era of construction. A series of White House conferences like those which brought industrial and financial leaders to Washington for common counsel after the collapse of the security markets in 1929 is among the proposals mentioned, but the Presi- dent is represented to be approaching the business world with an open mind, offering to take the initiative, or merely to co-operate, in any way its leaders think wisest. The President’s acceptance yesterday of the suggestion of Gov. John G Winant of New Hampshire, that he dis- cuss with the New England Emrioy- ment Conference its plan for shorter work weeks as a means of distribuling available jobs, will give him an oppor- tunity this week to consider some of the problems he has leaders from that section. im. portance he attached to that mectin was demonstrated by his immediate in- struction of the Departments of Labor and Commerce to resurvey the sit tion and the experience of in using such plans in preparation for the discussions with the New Englanders. President’s Statement. In announcing the survey, the Presi- dent issued the following statement “I have been requested by Gov. Winant of New Hampshire to reccive the representatives of the recent con- ference in New England to discuss theit conclusions upon the five-day week ot shorter work hours as a means of widet distribution of employment. I welcomg the opportunity to do so. In the mea: time I have instructed the Departments of Labor and Commerce to immediately resurvey the present situation and ex- perience of the industries now using such plans. “At the White House conferences with employers and labor over two years ago the general policy of spreading available work over the largest number was adopted and has been consistently followed by a great many industries. ‘The same action was further spread by the President’s Employment Committee conferences held last Fall. We have, therefore, a large amount of actual e: perience, “There are many different methods in different industries to spread work through shorter hours. Some of them have adopted the five-day, the four-day or three-day week; some have adopted six-hour shifts: some are staggering employment; some are using the fur- er | lough plan for salaried employes: some of them have suspended night shifts; some are using the flexible week, de- pending on the volume of business. In fact, many varieties of attaining the same end have now been developed, and I welcome the opportunity to revier he situation and see what further : _ ; can be taken, “The New England Conference made constructive suggestions and v our accumulated experience we shou . be in position for a new stage for action by further conference between em- ployers and labor representatives.” Would Bolster Confidence. Busines men who have been inter- viewed on behalf of the President have concluded that his primary objective is to bolster confidence, through mutual exchanges or otherwise, on the theory that lack of confidence is the back log retarding business improvement. The underlying thought is that the Federal Government now has done its utmost in this direction and that it is i itself into the vi pansion of the cridt *facilities of the. Federal reserve system, the paving of the way for resi- dential construction through the home loan discount system and the easing of funds through the expanded program of the Rconstruction Finance Corpora- tion are among the instrumentalities cited as being put at the disposal of business by the Federal Government. The President is represented as ad- hering to his fundamental philosophy that the Government should go no far- ther than to help existing institutions and the people they represent. Whiie willing to have the Federal Government help business regain its feet, he is against anything tantamount to putting the Government into business. While it is recognized that there is no use expecting the banks to lend so (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) IS INSTINCTIVE BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ¢ uwar instincts” in human beings. war between nations inevitable?” mnmnr-dmmw—flnu By an overwhelming majority, Amer- | ¢ jcan psychologists have put themselves on record as denying that there are This was in response to a question- naire sent to the entire membership of the American Psychological Association, the returns from which have just been announced in the Scientific Monthly. Each of the 528 members was asked, “Do you as & psychologist hold that there are present in human nature in- eradicable, instinctive factors that make U. S. PSYCHOLOGISTS DENY WAR URGE IN HUMANS 346 of 378 Members of ‘American Association in An- swering Questionnaire Hold Popular Opinion Wrong. the members, or lp'gmthuly 70 per cent, replied. Of these, 346 voted in e negative, 10 in the affirmative and 22 were doubtful. The only local man Whose Teply is included in the published fessor of psychology at the Am University Graduate School. Prof. hinson's SREWEr, S . Jol 3 This verdict of professional experts on human nature, it is pointed out by Dr. John M. Fletcher of Tulane Uni- versity, who condiicted the experimen is almost the direct opposite of popular opinion, which holds that there always will be wars because of some deep- BOOS DECIDE BATTLE OF CLEVELAND REDS Socialists and Communists Settle Possession of Park by Mak- ing Loud Noise. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, July 23.—Socialist songs defeated Communist boos in the battle of public square tocav As the result, the groups conducted separate meetings as closely as by- standers would permit. The Socialists, delegates to the Sixth National Convention of the Young Peo- ple's Socialist League of America, ar- rived at the square three hours ahead of time to assure themselves possession of the speaker's block. “First come, first served” is the rule at the square. But when his Socialist Leonard Kimball startet address some of his hearers junist banne ists in & song whose theme waq “Thomas Is Behind Us, We Shall Not Be Moved.” The Communists moved, lfit not far,