Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1932, Page 2

A2 %% THOISSUESHOLD | EUROPES INTEREST . ltalian- Parity With' Fran ! - and German Arms Plea Tatked Secretly. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘Two sets of questions at present are being quietly diseussed among the prin- cipal Buropean chancellors which- are] prevaring the ground for further dis- armament disoussions during the recess ©of the Geneva Conference. These questions are: (1) The nava problem among the five signatories o he Londcn naval treaty, especially the! problem of parity between Italy and, France: (2) the question of equality in arms between France amnd Germanmy. For the time being the American dele-. ates are holoing® themselves in. t! 5 ckground, the British*premier, RAm- say MacDonald, actiag- as a friendly) adviser to both groups of powers: According to reports received from| Flurcpe, it appears that- the-interested ! leaders are making streauous efforis! to reach some kind of an agreement: The conversations are being carried on in" secret: that is to- say, only those directly interested know what i going on, the press and the public being’ kept in ignorance. This system of secret. diplomaey is- deemed essential at this stage of the discussions, be- caue dsvelopment since 1930 have proved that when military snd naval roblems are df in public na- me pride and racial hatred prevent constructive agre J Gérmany: Seeks Change. The+ most important™ comversations 4 between the Cierman dip- mn:’m‘n‘!fl: w“meu of inmfl:polm«u: fct internal police-reasoms, Germeny acking France and.the other signatories of the Versaillés treaty tb aboMsh the prohibitions imposed upon the Reich, Whereby. Germany. is: not allowed have tanks, heavy. artillery, military aviation and a. conscript army, This problem of Germany’s sy i arme- mente has been one of the principal reason why the Geneva: conference: has not been able to achieve anything. con~ tructive this year. > ermany, unable to havethesame type offarms as France or any of the-other nations: whieh bave emerged victoriousy affer the World Was, demanded the strict’ enforcement of the' Versailles treaty, which provides for all nationsy to: reduce their armaments. Germany has asked’ the powers: at Geneva to reduce their armies: to the Gérman' level, aithough spokesmen Teglize the impracticabidity of such a: the restrictions’ jmposed 2 e aiames ' i Ve t ol - Vers 1o reats, and fogether with' Russia and some other ninor states, demanded the abolition of tanks, heavy guns, sub- marines, battleships over a:certain ton- nige; and military aviation. Stand. Is. Made Cléar. 1 rt?‘l’ Teasons - i'aun and Baj Konstan- Franz von 3 Ton tin von Neurath, discussed this probs lem with Premier: Herriot' of’ France and. his' aide, -Boneour. The Germans made what Germany. w-nlse?y - Ixh;un ' to have a vel of the ptoh\mmmz engines, such heavy. that' they needed satis! ot pride. ‘whea' they have-to-use all, to 1y Germany's i : ted ide. The Germans- feel humilia in several Germany, when' the hendicapped by the Dot have them: The Germans- explained that permitting Germany to build & small number of tanks would not in! Pranee’s 3 o :{:m ens the Germans important thing will be that Germany, no longer having an excuse o ask for conmplete abolition of all the weapons: e is prohibited’ from manufacturing by the Versailles treaty, will no longer clamor for complete abolition of these engines She would be able to join_the: other participants at the Gensva Con= ference in advocating: constructive re- ductions instead of a complete aboli- ticn of these war instruments she- does: net at present. This attitude of Germany, it was said. will undoubtedly be followed by other nations which s thize with Germany, and the path for substantial Teduction' next January will be Emoother than it was: during the last five months. Dissatisfied With Army. Germany also is dissatisfied with the present conditions of having a mer- cenary army, instead of having national conseription. The Germans: say that they are unable to enlist in ther Rejohs~ wehr the 100,000 men they are: entitled under the Versailles Treaty. Further- they say that permission for Germany to have a conseript army would do away with the irregular and secret German reserves, represented to- day by the Hitler forces, Stahlheim end other alleged athletic organizations. If Germany were to have a conscript army, limited as far as effec- tives are concerned by treaty along the lines of the Hoover proposal, these societies would immediately be dissolved ’2nd a number of men, as provided in a. vireaty, would be imcorporatec: in the Cerman reserves. | It is at the present time unknown. how far the French are williag to go in the acceptance of the German claims, but it is understood that. the present French government is not alto- gether opposed to permitting Ger- many a certain amount of armaments heretofore prohibited by the Versailles treaty. The Franco-Itallan naval problem has been worrying Great Britain and the United States for more than two. years. Italy maintains that she must have parity with France, if only on paper, while France refuses to accept this point of view. In May, 1931, the two countries almost reached an agree- | ment; this was upset at the eleventh | hour by France raising the question of | certain replacements of old ships which | Italy refused to acoept. Tariff Union Blamed. 1t was velieved in well-informed- cir- cles at that wxe that Prance raised| the question of some 66,000 tons, not | because she wanted them, but- beeause-| she suspected Italy of being favorable to the Austro-German. tesiff union. which had been sprung on the world' as a sensational surprise only two weeks before the planned couvlusion of the PFranco-Italian naval agreement. At present it is believed’ tiiis ques- tion could be. taken up rom where it was left in May, 1931, with good chances. of both. countries. reachr ing an agreement. France's main objection to Italy's. naval parity was. her fear of Iialy's | proper physical develoy, to | posed some sens national al- | founded. | Ing over-the | Comet salo, * ! John £y GERMANY SOUNDS WARNIG N ARNS lease From- Liinitations of Treaties. - ;7 many’s level, or by reotganizing—not increasing—Germany's (¥¥n defenses. A foreign office spokesruan explained today what the general ineant by re- organization. “The provisions of tle Versailles treaty covering munition fdetaries,” he said, “make it oblij to operate those factories uneconomicplly, and that results in a waste of mrmy funds. Gen. Von Schleicher warts to achieve better results by more ecc homical oper- ation. That is what he means by re- orgenization. “In addkion to that Germany can increase: her seourity 'sy permitting ent of her youth, even without military training; by putting young men in & pesition to helr ward off the attack of a powerful oppoment. on ‘what has bsen u{a to now an almost defenseless peo- ple:” He' said the: government had no in. tention of abserbing Adolf Hitler's storm troops into ¢he army. The quali- fitations which degermine the selection of the storm troppers, he said. are quite ca*ferent from those of the army. Regarding the aiternative of reduc- tions of armaments of other powers to Germany's level, he said: “There aren't many who believe 'that miracle will happen.” “We shall take the gther course.” he added, “if seeurity and. equallty are de- nied us in the future? “Timid souls may oblject that it will ccost money we cenmot afford,” he went on, “but to~them I reply that a mod- ern, relatively adequate, defense force is not dearer than outr present one under the Versailles trergty. which im- less tions entail- ing useless and unproduttive expendi- tures. “Every sane German will agree that the best value must be got] out of every penny spent on the countty's defense.” Opposes Dictatorship. ‘The general 2l informed’ the nation he was opposed to a. military dictator- ship. Sucit a government is out of the question, he said, because the: only gov- ernment' possible is one' supmorted by the broadest: majority of the peaple. “I'any less a military man;” he said, “than many ministers who. essin, ‘aemocracy, still put their faith in bay- omets. To say that the Junkers (landed aristoerats) and the overthrew the previous cabinet is an arrant lie. “Nothing gells a soldier more than ‘being dragged Mtics. It has been said that I am trying to make the army 2 political instrument, but nething is farther from my mind.” French apprehension of German or- ganizations, he said. apparently refer- ring to such groups as Adolf Hitler's * socialist_storm troops, is un- Hitler w;a flxl;t.h!he sdd,mln declaring that' the reichswehr (the army) was respomsible for the defense of the nation. Persons: closely in touch with political devel ts: predicted today that Sun- day’s election would not result in a ma- jority in the Reichistag either for the Trightist supporters of Van Papen, in- cluding Hitler's Nagzis, or the coalition of socialists and.centrists which ran the under Dr. Henrich Bruen- m%reumr! w;.! exerted on the rightist leaders to inate this pos- sibility by, outlawing the commminist ‘party, thus preventing its support from o] government to the other side. But it was out’ that such action. probably would result only in an enormous in- crease in the vote of the socialist oppe- sition. Election Cost: $750,000. In the meantime most of the reioic- many this year at a cost of up to $750,000, Cllgt from the makers of flags end emblems who were doing a roaring ess. Tens of Lhounnd;:t m '3 bunttsnm[, of parties, in O coluflm Berlin: alone now that $F poweral orators, headed A score by Adoit Bitlz:w released a flood of speech-making throughout_the country for the Nazis, the Nationalists and' the Middle parties. Former Chancellor Heinrich. Bruen- ing, also far from yielding submissively to the rightist wave which swept him ou% of office, has been acolaimed by tens of thousands at his meetings in his bome state of Westphalia. Hjalmar Schacht, former president of the Reichsbank, has gone on the hus- tings with sharp oritioism of certain ob- servations Dr. Bruening made of his past. The old Socialist leader, Philipp Scheidemann, who proclaimed the Ger- man republic in 1918, also has taken a in the campaign. His picturesque silver gray mcustache and goatee have gone, however, He explained he was clean shaven for the firet time in his life beceuse he had to be s0 to escape insults from: “young rowdies.” BOY SAYS.HE WAS CHAINED PHILADELPHIA, July 27 () —Tes- timony by an 8-year-oid boy that he- had been tied in his home for the three days with a chain and a dog collar resulted todsy in his father, Stanley Wamnarski, 48, being heid in $1,000 assault e beil on charges of aggravated. and battery, The boy, Stanley, jr, was released by police yesterday afer neighbors re- ported he was being mistreated. The father. a widower, said he had chained the boy to keep him from staying out at night. The lad denied he had heen disobedient. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the United States Capi- tol at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Bransom, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. , “The Rotarian,”........ Stevens Waltz suite, Grand march, “University,” ..Gol ‘Trombone solo, “May Blossoms” R. E. Clark Robert B. Clark; soloist -Kryl King Carnival,” ... P. White, soloist March, “Chansen de- los Scidados.” (Brazil) Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zuma; “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band this mm‘ ap the Navy Yard heod stand at ‘clock. Charles Benter, leader; Alex Morris, assistant leader. | March, “The Washington Times” Benter y, “Southern” - Hosmer tween the two Mediterranean powers. | Since France and Great Britain ha unde rstan -Fillmore. led. Banner.” 8| used for ‘political purposes” to re- election, the fourth im Ger- | to (Schaeht’s) political activities in Lhtl ?hme t iberg | luncheon. - THE EVE R.F.C.Ch New Head of Relief Agency Says Partisanship Has No Part in Appointment. (Continued Prom First Page:) late yesterday, President Hoover issued a statement, : “It is a great pleasure to amnounce the appointment of former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio to the board of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo- ration. He will be elected as chairman of the board. He has had long service as a lawyer and business man and as a member of the United States Senate, where he was a member of the Bank- ing and Currency Committee. His struction Corporation’s work in the fourth reserve district.” ping further Democratic attacks, such 25 that by Senator Connally, Democrat of Texas, who charged recently that the Recenstruction Carparation was being j elect Mr. Hoover. Has Had Distinguished Career. M:. Pomerene, 68, has had a dis- tinguished career in legal and pelitical fields. Sent to the Senate in 1910 from the lieutenant governorship of Ohio, he became one of the leaders of that body during President Wilson’s first term. He represented Wilson at the St. Louis convention in 1916, which renominated the war-time leader. As a member of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee in 1913, he was active in framing the Federal Re- serve system. He likewise took a prom- inent part in drawing up the Federal Trade Commission act, and has had considerable banking experience. After returning to law practice, Pom-~ erene was chosen by President Coolidge to act as prosecutor with Owen J. Rob- erts in the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil lease cases. His work brought him once more into the national spotlight. President Hoover has been combing the coun! during recent weeks for the best available man to fill the re- maining vacancy. He needed to st/ quickly, since Congress directed that reo ization of €Ol tion must |ing"of the relief bill which added $1.- 800,000,000 to its capitalization. This | was done last Thursday. West May Get Vacandy. The President now probably will turn the Far West, South or Southwest for his last appointee. After the board is once more filled, its members must select a president. Charles G. Dawes occupied this post. Mr. Hoover has held that a president may be selected from outside the board, but that the members must do the se- lecting. Meanwhile. the corporation is push- ing ahcad with its gigantic relief task, seeking to facilitate the making of loans under its new funds. The ap- pointment was announced Monday of Fred C. Croxton, formerly assistant dirsctor of the President’s Unemploy- ment Committee, to assist in distribu- ,gon of the $307,000,000° relief fund ta | VETERAN, RELEASED, SOUGHT BY POLICE Suspected Fugitive, Cleared by Ohio State Officials, Wanted as Jail Breaker. Released several days ago after hav- ing been arrested on suspicion of escap- ing from an Ohio prison, Apollo de Belvedere Murphy. 48-year-old bonus marcher, again was being sought by police foday after receipt of a telegram from London, Ohio, to hold him as & jail bremier. S S s e when he aj = memlorlvfiivlwtlflhhm'm- charge papers. A notation was dis- covered on the papers that Murphy had escaped from an Ohio prison where he was serving a sentence on a kidnaping Chlm. Ohio officials, in reply to a query from police here, wired that Murphy had completed his term. Last night an- other communication was received ask- ing that he be re-arrested. \BABY [N BONUS ARMY DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Francis, 11-Month-0ld Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Smith of De- troit, Buried in Capital. Eleventh-month old Prancis Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs, Steuart Smith of Detroit, who came to Washington with the bonus army, died yesterday at Chil- dren’s Hospital. He was buried this morning at 11 o'clock in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The child, who was taken ill at Camp ‘Bartlett, was taken to the hospital by ‘workers from the Catholic Charities, but. was, there only a day before he died. Arran| Carol Expected to Name Premier. BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 27 (#). —Juliu Maniu, leader of the Nationa! Peasant: party, was summoned by, tele- oday to come from Sinaia to: with King Carol. Tt was expected he would be asked. w take over the post of premier in the new peasant. government. Huil Hits Alberta Crops: CALGARY, Alberta, July 27 (#).— Hail struck Gentral Mh-fl;n last ni‘?:l . cent damage section: !'causing. 40 to 80 crops in the sou the Innisfail district. J0B 1S POLITIGAL =. rganiza the corpora s be completed within 10 days after sign- » of North 400; STAR, WASHINGTON PEAK REACHED BY U. 5. BUILDING July Awards Reflest Gains. Upturn in Auto Sales Also Shown. Building contract awards throughout the United States during the first half of July had a daily average of $5375,- 080, the highest figure recorded this year, according to reports received from private statistical sources by the Commerce Department. The daily average for the last two weeks in June, according to the reports, was $4,251,000. ‘The dgx‘fment also was advised that pre! inary estimates indicate = gein in sutemobile sales during June, which is reported to be contrary to the | usual movement for this period of the year. Tnsalvencies Decline. Based on registration figures for 23 States, R. L. Polk & Co. estimate the incresse at 10 per cent and total registration at 142,000 The department said s private report received cited some improvement in tal for May, and the June level was 22 per cent below the seasonally high point reached in January. Orders for hardwoods received by the lumber industry during the week ended July 16 were 17 per cent above production. Softwood orders also were cent above production, but output had been curtailed by the July Fourth haliday. Coal Exports Increase. Exports of coke and bituminous coal for June amounted to 53,000 and 567,- 000 long tons, respectively. This is a gain for both classes over May, accord- ing to reports received by the depart- ment. In May the total foreign ship- ments were 25,000 long tons of coke and 562,000 long tons of bituminous firm has been counsel for the Recon- | coal. ‘Wholesale commodity prices were re- ported to have registered successive gains following the cteadiness which set in about s month ago. Fisher's whole- sale index has risen in the last five ~ks from 59.3 to 60.8. This index rise is similar to that reported by the gll!(ld States Bureau of Labor Statis- cs. STOCKS REACH NEW HIGHS FOR SUMMER IN CLOSING RALLY (Continued Prom First Page.) i:npfllflyfi next Monday after a month’s yofl. An extra 200 workers will be put on shortly at the Continental Can Co. in anticipation of & late Summer rush. JOBS FOR 250,000, $120,000,000 Highway Program to Af- ford Rellef. (Copyright. 1922. by the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 27.—A quarter of a million men working 30 hours a week for I1 months—that will be the result, a Nation-wide survey indicates, of the $120,000,000 Federal appropriation to aid tates in highway construction. In practically every State, the con- struction program, designed to make the jobless self sustaining, was hailed as a vigorous step in the right direc- tion. Relief workers generally were en- thusiastic over the provision for a 30- hour week, thus providing jobs for more workers over a longer period. Highway constuction will be doubled or tripled in many States by the Fed- eral appropriation, which must be matched dallar for dollar by the States themselves. Governors of several States indicated as many as 40,000 men would be_employed at road work. In addition to the thousands working directly at road conmstruction, others will be employed at manufacturing ma- terials and machinery. Work for the unemployed also was expected to better business conditions in countless com- munities throughout the Nation. Highway officials of 18 States gave definite estimates of the additional num- ber of men to be employed in their territory and the total was 118.740. Practically every other State reported substantial employment increases would result, but estimates were unavailable pending a check on the amounts to be expended for materials and for labor. California reported 16,000 men would be put to wo;k emnu:msxm 5!:!:1: improved ; Kansas - maked 20,000 and. Mississippl, 9,000, Contractors Jubitant. Contraeting companies everywhere were jubilant over expectations of new jobs. Employes who have been laid off for months were told to “come back in a week or 50 and we'll probably have something.” Practically every State announced plans for setting & minimum wage scale “staggering” employment to provide as many jobs as possible, and limiting em- ployment wkzhu- with families an n 3 Florida’ oposed wage scale was lorida’s pr announced at 20 cents an hour, but many States planned to pay union wr, orth Dakota’s highway Department canceled vacations, began drawing plans for 508 miles of road building, and announced the force of about 3,000 men now employed would be doubled. Georgia and Obio announced all would be given to the needy. unsbie to m! probable em; ment, but intending to use Federal fi: lotments: Georgia—Maximum number skilled and unskilled laborers to be employed in expending $5,123,928 State and Fed- eral funds. Illinois—Nine thousand men already working on State highways and num- ber expected to be substantially in- creased with Federal funds. Towa—Nearly $5,250,000, including more than $3,000,000 Federal aid, to be spent on highways in 1933 Maryland—Gov. Albert C. Ritchie said State would withhold decision on acceptance of $1,019,570 until report on relief survey now in progress was completed. Michigan—Eight and one-Balf mil- Hons available, including Federal aid. ¥ ls said “sev- extra men” would be em- 3 thousand ployed if Missouri’s allotment of $3,- 753,000 were granted. $5,000,000 avsilable, of which $3,750,000 was expected to go to Inbor, directly or indirectly. Oregon—State’s share of Federal fund to be $2,000,000, with a large por- tion going toward employment. South_Dakota—Highway ofiicials de- clared 30-hour week impractical for South Dakota. and wished to consider other technical points. New York—State to spend $35000.000 on_highways, including $6,000,000 Fed- "Probable Employment. Definite forecists of probable em- included: ployment “ Arizona, 3,000; Arkansas, 5,000; Cali- fornia, 16;000; Colorado, 7,500; Plorida, 10,340; Kansas, 20,000; Louisiana, 8,000. Nebracca, 8090; Norsir Dbtk 30003 Caroling, 5/000; Rhode Island, ‘Tenmessee, 5,000; Texas, 4,500; the | ) ‘The lq"sAll:x! D. C, WEDNESDAY. S FLUNK LAID 10 CONGRESSMEN |Election Considerations Seen Responsible for Men Com- ing Here. ’ BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘The “Bonus Expeditionary Force” seems, though it is not yet sure, to be coming to what is perhaps its best pos- sible end, namely, dissolution by a kind of evaporatiom, with absolutely accomplished and therefore no incentive to repeating this kind of performance. An incident so potentially dangerous ought not to end without public en- lightment as to its cause. The cause and the blame is not fair- 1y to be found among the eight or ten | thousand e=-soldiers who composed the | expedition. Nine out of ten were good- natured, deluded men engaged in what appealed to them as an innocent com- bination of adventure, picnic and as- sertion of rights. To go among them was to recognize instantly their com- iplete harmlessness. A child or a lost packetbook would be safer among them than among any average cross-section of & city population. Mot of them were an easy-going. dreamy type of men not very resourceful in self-help, and pecu- liarly helpless in hard times. ‘When hard times came. they remem- bered that the happiest period of their lives kad been when they were in the | Army, when they had no need to give thought to food, and when the initiative i they lacked was supplied by the officers and the system. Vaguely and rather pathetically they dreamed of re-creating Army conditions. That gave rise to the organization of groups all over the country which converged on Washing- ton. What has been said applies to et least nine out of ten of the men. A | small fraction wes frankly Communist, frankly out to make trouble. These as a rule herded aloue, and were kept at arm’s length by the main body. Well Intentioned Leaders. The leaders who brought the expe- dition together, of course of a different type from the men, were, as a rule, equally harmless and well in- tentioned. What the leaders wanted was the fun of being leaders and they exulted in that like a drum major at an Armistice day parade. The leader of the radical group was, of course, The harm and the danger, and the expedition itself began less with veter- ans than with members of Congress. m is noheevide;xce available that 5) c_members of Congress about the march to Wa.shlxg‘wmh There is abundantly justifiable inference that the idea of the march was originally planted in the minds of the men by violent and provocative speeches made in Congress. In such es the vete were told, in effect, that they were entitled to the bonus and were advised to organize and demand it. During two years there has been much organization for the purpose of circulat- ing petitions. The idea of a physical demonstration in Washington was the outgrowth of this. There is some fallacy in the practi- | cally universal assumption that veterans to elect or reject Congressmen. That bas not been the whole picture, It is, as a rule, the Congressman or the can- didate for Congress who takes the Initiative. It is a disagreeable fact of present-day politics that some scores of Congressmen are in the business of making a living by getting themselves re-elected and that their technique for re-election is to line up the veterans in their districts by offering more and more money from the Federal Treasury. “Soak the Rich” Basis, 1t is difficult to find exact Hnes of sectional or division — Con- gressmen who do this. Prevailingly, however, the demand for more money ta veterans in its more demagogic form comes from Congressmen representing States or districts that pay Iittle taxes to the Pederal Government. The most vociferous of the bonus movement within Congress put the de- mand frankly on the basis of “soaking the rich” to give to the veterans. The two most conspicuous leaders of the movement in Congress came, one from Mississippi and one from Texas. The Mississippi member said he would “put lion's purse e seen from W n The Texas author of the bonus bill put in a form which would have re- sulted in some two billlon dollars of flat currency. Both these Congressmen frankly and publicly approved the pres- w-m:nncu'“?n: hmw ember n. ‘meml deelared he would “oppose any adjourn- ment of Congress until the bonus bill law.” While these individuals were the most outspoken, a full ma- jority of the House is on record as hav- ing voted for the bill at a time when Congress was under what amounted to physical intimidation. The Senate, more courageous, cast a large majority against the bill. Some of the Senate’s courage may be explained by the fact that only a third of that body is up for re-election, while the whole of the more supine House is up. The scene for four days when thousands of vet- erans were on the lawn and steps of the building in which Congress was veting, was onme of the least agreeabie in recent history. The danger in the :}Ifuatg)jn has not rwmmy passed with e adjournment of . and the Tetirement of abet haaf The. bomss cx. pedition to their homes. Some 5.000 jalready here contain inevitahly the menace of explosion. NHELEN JACOBS WINS IN SEABRIGHT TENNIS By the Assoctated Press. SEABRIGHT, N. J, July 27.—Three upsets were vegistered as play pro- gressed through the quarter-final round of women singles in the Seabright ten- f b:o ‘olmme.nft h;:ly‘ only Helen cobs, ' vor , winning her match. D . Miss Jacobs easily defeated Mae of Wichita, Kans., 6—3, 6—1, but Mrs. L. A. Harper of Los Angeles fell before Virginia Hilleary of Philadel- phia, 3—6, 6—3, 6—1; Sarah Palfrey of Brookline, Mass., bowed to Josephine Cruickshank of Santa Ana, Calif., 6—2, 4—6, 6—1, and Mary Greef of Kan- sas City was eliminated by the sensa- tional California youngster, Caroline Babcock, 6—1, 6—4. Utah, 2,000; West Virginia, 1,0 consin, 4,000. Total, 118,740. Ribben Works Reopens. HAZLETON, Pa., July 27 () —Idle for several months the ribbon works at Preeland, near here, resumed opera- tions soday with part of the force back. Bettenment_of business in the silk Wis- Sheet Mills at Work. YQUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 27 (®).— Four sheet mills of the Republic Steel Carporation began rating at Warren, Ohio, today, affol least days” work for more than 100 men. &hm has been operat 13 tin mills since Saturday, making tin plate for the Autumn ca: season. General operations in_ this district remain at & low ebb, with the average ozn::ll plants not higher than 15 per o 100 ORDERED TO WORK. PORT, Ind., July 27 (P.— Radiator t Co. ‘which_ has been shut down ‘months, todn.{‘m'dmd 100 men to report for worl L s \ JULY 27, 193 | | | UNDREDS of muttering veterans surrounded this powerful wrecking crane when it lumbered into the Pennsylvania avenue encampment of the bonus marchers this morning. There was no, disorder. —Star Staff Photo. DISTRICT HEADS HEE SEpe ke st st s i IN BONUS EVICTION | men, who had embarked on the ques- | tionably profitable mission of picking veterans' pockets, were jailed. Three leaders of the radical wing also faced stays in jail. John Pace of ried out by the United States marshal. | Detroit, Beckworth ~Johnson of Cali- Should the job of evicting the veterans |fornia and Walter Eicker of Detroit be too great for the marshal's office, and Washington were fined $40 each the metropoliton police force eould be | or 40 days in jail for parading without wagon, their sirens screaming, rushed to the Pennsylvania avenue camp. ir congressional districts band together | in|and the police superintendent was un- | t some orders and of- | Cross will few | tents and a number of Army deputized ar 1a. ‘hals to give them au- | thority to remove the men. | W. J. Donahue and Edward R. Wit- | man represented ‘he Treasury Depart- ment at today's eonference. They re- | turned to their offices to advise Assistant | Secretary Heath that the Commission- | ers were without authority to carry out the evacuation. missed when the awaited orders failed | to arrive. In the conference with Glassford and the Commissioners was George W. Rhine, the contractor engaged to raze | the veterans' “shanty town.” e, who had a crew of workmen ready to begin operations this morning, canceled his plans when the Commissioners failed | to transmit arders to Glassford to re- | move the former service men. | Has No Orders. Before he went to the District Build- ing, at the request of Police Commis- | sioner Herbert B. Crosby, Gen. Glass- | ford said: ! “I have no orders to vacate this | property and Comdr. Waters says he will not do o voluntarily. The last I| heard was not to go ahead until further legal steps had been taken. That was last night and .I bave heard nothing since. Under original plans of the Commis- sloners, the veterans quartered in the lower Pennsylvania avenue block were ordered to evacuste at midnight Mon- | day. This was extended until midnight Tuesday and the failure of the Com- | missioners to order the removal today | apparently means an indefinite post- Pponement. Wants New Quarters. Waters, explaining why he did not | desire to order the men to leave the property, said: I cannot ask the men to vacate until | other quarters have been supplied.” Glassford sald he had bsen advised last night by Acting Ccrporation Coun- sel Vernon West that orders relative to evicting the veterans would be forth- coming by 7:30 am. today. No orders | were received at that hour, howsver, successful in an attempt to communi- | cate with the Commissioners. | At the hcur scheduled for eviction of | the veterans Rhine and his men were awaiting their removal to begin work. Also on the scene was Maj. Edward Keyes, construction engineer senting the Treasury Department, who said it was his understanding that necessary evacuation orders were trans- mitted_yesterday afternoon to the Dis- trict Commissioners. To enfcrce the Giasetord had & Jaree datas of polies ce- men on hand. R Special Squad on Hand. Comdr. Waters and his sta ved | | at the Pennsylvania avenue n'fia;'.’élfi | | 7 _o'clock to witmess the evacuation, scheduled for 7:30. After a tour of the “shanty town” he met Gen. Glassford. | jand was advised that no orders had | been issued by the Commissioners to em;u the men, Rhine, who contracted to tear down the old buildings for what he caulg make out of salvaging the material, placed in an odd position thro: occupation of the territary by the vet- erans. 'The Treasury has advised him | to “proceed” with the wrecking, but the company which underwrate his lability and workmen's col tion insurance | has threatened to cancel his policies if he begins work before the area is clear- | ed of all occupants. Would Face Prosecution. If Rhine's insurance were canceled he would be liable to prosecution under the Distriet workmen's compensation act, it was said. Another problem confronted the con- tractor through issuance of an order by Secretary of Treasury Mills that hovels housing women and children be left alone. The insurance company has warned that all persons must be re- moved from the area—not just the vet- erans themselves. After a series of conferences with offi- clals of the Treasury and War Depart- | ments and American Red Cross over obtaining suitable quarters for the men evacuating ‘the lower Avenue sectar, Waters issued Instructions to his men late yesterday to “offer absolutely no resistance” to efforts of police to move | Tent Loan Extended. The leader was refused Army tents by Secretary of War Hurley, and R officials told him they could not supply equipment without the permis- sion co-operation of the Govern- ment. However, Gen. Glasstord ob- tained permission from Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commandant of the District National Guard, for the vet- erans to continue to use some 200 g | kitchens. | A private camp site on the outskirts | of the District has been obtained for veterans evicted from their present | quarters, Waters revealed last night. | He refused to say where the site is lo- | cated, however. the only pri- vate property now by the vet- erans is a site on Alabama avenue southeast and the old Bieber & Kauf- man store at Eighth and I streets south- east. Just before midnight last night, the scare. Tepre- | P! the | out his political career. ed |1n i a permit. They were sentenced late yesterday by Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt for their part in a demonstra- tion a week ago. Offered a suspended sentence if they would agree not to repeat the offense, they declined, insisting they had done nothing wrong. Pace and Eicker face similar charges along with seven others —on which they will be tried next week—for an attempt to picket the ‘White House Monday. 1,225 Get Checks. Meanwhile, the Veterans' Administra- tion announced that last night the re- gional officz here had distributed 1,225 checks for a total of $512,294 since President Hoover signed the measure removing the two-year restriction on adjusted compensation certificates. Most of the checks were given members of the bonus army, it was said. ‘The new law allows World War vet- erans to borrow up to 50 per cent of the amount of their certificates without walting two veers from the time they filed their application with the vet- erans’ administration. DEMOCRATIC PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN DRIVE ARE TAKING SHAPE (Continued From First Page) replied. Mr. Farley was asked what part both Smith znd William Gibbs Mec- Adoo would take in the campaign. “Al Smith is a good Democrat,” sald the chairman say. Mr. McAdoo is engaged in a sen- atorial primary right now. and later I have no doubt he will get into the national campaign.” discussion of the part which Speaker | Garner, the vice presidential nominee, should play in the campaign. Some of the ocrats, however, have been inclined to demand that Mr. Garner should apply the soft pedal and let Gov. Roosevelt lead the attack on the Republicans. It is expected that Speaker Garner will visit Gov. Roosevelt within the next w’:enk! or two and talk over campaign Curtis Notification. While the Democrats ‘were talking over their campaign plans yesterday, the Republican National Committee was announcing that the formal notification of Vice President Curtis of his renom- ination would take place on August 18 in Topeka, Kans, on the steps of the State House, where Mr. Curtis was ?:zlgned of a similar nomination in Robert V. Fleming is the District of Columbia's representative on the com- mittee which is to notify Mr. Curtis. Senator Dickinson of Iowa will head the committee and make the speech announcing to Mr. Curtis his renom- ination. Vice President Curtis hails from a dry State and has been a dry through- It is well un- derstood, however, that he wil wait for President Hoover to sound the Re- publican keynote on the prohibition question and that what he has to say on the subject in his speech of accept- ance will not conflict with the Presi- dent’s views. They are likely to stand squarely on the Republican platform calling for submission of an amend- ment to the Constitution revising the present dry laws. Appointment of a District of Colum- with the notification of President Hoo- ver an August 11 was announced. Ed- ward F. Colladay, national committee- man' for the District of Columbia, is chairman of this committee and the other members are Virginia White Speel, Republican national committeewoman for the District of Columbia, and Sam- uel J. Prescott, James B. Reynolds, Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, Robert V. Fleming, Joshua Evans, Mrs. Gilbert H. Gros- venor, Miss M. Pearl McCall, Mrs. James F. Curtis and Frank M. Mondell, Macy at White House. W. Kingsland Macy, Republican Stats chairman of New York, conferred with two of President Hoover's secre- taries yesterday and said afterward the Republican eutlook was ‘“progressin satisfactorily and encouragingly’ e pivotal Empire State. ‘The Anti-Saloon League issued & statement saying this week's referen- dum in Texas was only a “straw vote” and that claims Texas had “gone wet are misleading.” “It was taken in a Democratic pri- mary in which only Democrats could participate,” the league said. “The primary law of the State is so framed as to require a pledge to support party nominees, a rule designed to discour- age voting by thousands of dry citizens who refused to support the wet Dem- ocratic presidential nominee in 1928 and who did not care to commit them- selves to vote for a wet presidential | candidate in 1932, “The vote was of & nan-binding er straw-ballot character, mezely request- the people to express themselves solidly for Roosevelt for President,” he | “That's all I have to| paign. i Mr. Farley denied there had been any bia reception committee in connsction | PLOTTO DESTROY DANKS REVEALED Radicals Sought to Stir Up Revolution by Wrecking Big Institutions. (Continued From First Page.) and the white collar stiffs of his faith in banks the sooner we will bring about :i:e unrest that will lead to the revolu- jon. “All of the other activities, Campaign. Unemployment Councils, Workers Ex- service Men's League, etc., are going for- ward satisfactorily. “We will all hope to see you in the near future as we know you are in a hot spot. Yours for the revolution.” Reports Detroit Progress. A letter written to “Dear Comrade GH" read: “I am very much encouraged be- cause we have had plenty of runs against the big banks, particularly the big five in Chicago, me: the First National, Continental Illinois, etc., and the Union Trust and Cleveland Trust in Cleveland and others. My work here in breaking down the outpost of the banking structure in Detroit by breaking the First National here is bearing fruie. I have talked to a lot of the tellers and others in the bank and they sure are discouraged. which means good news for us. Our tele- phone propaganda is working wonder- ful. I have considered this program for a simultaneous run against all of these institutions through the coun- try and can sce that it would be almost the final blow against the banks, but | I cannot see how we can get them all | going at the same time. Believe me, | comrade, I sure have the president of the bank here on the verge of a nerv- ous breakdown or something worse.’ The reference in thlu:z mg tto “:'n - t of the banking structure Dee":m was the affliation of First National Bank in Pontiac with the Detroit Bankers' Co. of Detroit. Police and Federal authorities at Grand Rapids, Mich.,, revealed that they have obtained copies of an unsigned letter purporting to werkers to Carry on & campaign against banks. This letter said that “early Sep- tember, when vacationists have re- turned, should prove ideal” for & concentrated attack. TRAYLOR CONFIRMS DATA. Holds Information From Many Oities Backs Facts Uncevered in Pontiac. CHICAGO, July 27 (®).—Melvin A. Traylor, president of the Pirst National Bank of Chicago, said today he had reports from practically every large city in the Nation con g & plot to wreck banks by circulating unfounded rumcrs against them. Informed of an investigation at Pontiac, Mich., into such a plot, to have been directed by a radical group interested in fomenting a social revolu- tion, Traylor said the same tactics had been used in Chicago. | “There is no doubt,” Traylor said, “but | that runs on Chicago banks were caused by circulation of rumors by radicalty interested persons. Anonymous _tele- {phone calls were used in attempts to cause panic among depositors of even the largest and strongest banks. . “Rep:rts were received in Chicago from many other cities where the same system was used. I am of the belief lh:t the plot against banks was Nation- wice.” U. S. AGENTS TRACE RUMORS. Secret Service Finds Bank in Every Scare Case to be Sound. B the Associated Press. Radical rumors circulated banks of the country are being ¢! followed by the United States Becret | Service, which already has investigated reports of a dozen or more such in- stances in a number of States’ The Secret Service agents called into | the cases by the office of the controller | of the currency, who has charge of na- tional banks, have promptly traced in several cities the circulation of rumors | intended to cause runs on banks. In a nuirber of instances the agents { have found that the reports were cir- | culated by disgruntied or | persons ‘and s prosecationt, Zas fol- { lowed. | In others, State authorities have | taken over the prosecution of persons | circulating the rumors. W. H. Moran, chief of the Secret | Service, said his staff was intensely in- terested in such activities and would | promptly co-operate with State or themselves investigate any reports |of persons circulating untrue stories | concerning condition of banks. The chief said that in every case where the Secret Service had investi- | gated the rumors it had been found the banks were in good condition and th2 stories were untrue. S LS SWEEPING VICTORY GIVEN ROGERS IN OKLAHOMA CONTEST inued From Pirst Page.) (Co renomination. He defeated Gomer Smith, Oklahoma City lawyer, who had waged a vigorous campaign. ‘Wirt Franklin, Ardmore ofl man and generalissimo of the oil-tariff move- ment, had a comfortable lead for the Republican _ nomination _to oppose Thomas in the November election. Additional vote counting, however, appeared necessary to establish defl- nitely the outcome of Franklin's contest with James A. (Big Jim) Harris of Wagoner and Tulsa, State Republican chieftain of a few years ago. J. C. (Jack) Walton, deposed Gove ernor. spurted in front of A. 8. J. Shaw, former State auditor, for the Demo- cratic nomination for a seat on the im- portant State Corporation Commission. vote in 2,757 precincts out af 3311 in the State gave: Walton, 195,- 326; A. S. J. Bhaw, former State auditer, 189.390. Gov. Murray's selections were victori« ous in three State Senate races. Nat | Taylor, Sam Carmack and Louis Fischl, |fer whom the Governor campaigned | personally, won out over anti-Murray | candidates. | _ Returns from contests for the State in whica House of Representatives, Murray did no active campaigning, ir- dicated his “sheep” had broken about even with candidates he labeled as “geats.” Three Democratic ccngressional races remained in doubt. Representative W. | W. Bestings had forged ahead of Alex Johnston for the second district nom:- | nation and Representative Tom D. Mec- Keown held a slight edge over Bart | Aldridge in the fourth district. The fifth district incumbent, P. B. Swank, was trailing his cpponent, O. B. ! Mothershead, former State com- _‘Pml.kc‘h-mz. Oklshoma's lnst ter- ritorial Governor, was . Bell for the Mnbummmnwm nomination in the first district. ) i i HEAT SEEKS HIGH MARK Thundershowers and Temperature Drop Forecast Tonight. ly will mark the height of this ¥ k's heat week's heat wave, Weat! - reau officials announced this - P, |‘|I;‘cn whether they favored petitioning te whmit the quextion of the of the eighteenth Capital & minor . Half & m‘::.mgcmmm-mm Congress retentior. A amerdiiant.”.