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WEATHER. (. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) MOTTOW: lowest temperat about 32 degrees; moderate northwest or west winds. Temperatures: y; lowest, Pull report on page 9. at 12 noon toda: am. 3 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 to- tonight Highest, 40, 21, nt 5:30 ) R s, SO SR A Entercd as secol post_office, Wa: 32,354. 0. nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI ¢ Foening St NG EDITION Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,253 D. C, TUESDAY, XNO VEMBER 29, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. FE¥ (P) Means Associated Press. BRITAIN IS READY TOPAYDECEMBERT UNLESS L. S. GRANTS DEBTS EXTENSION French, Also Arranging to Meet Instaliment, Credited With Taking Out Insurance on Gold Shipment. STERLING DROPS AGAIN, REACHING ALL-TIME LOW |Democrats to Ask !inally were given jobs outside the Civil Examinations for 10,000 U.S.Employes Those in Service by Trans- fer to Be Ordered to Qualify Under Plam | By the Associated Press. A move to enlarge Democratic em- ployment possibilities next March 4 when that party takes over the Na- tional Government, was revealed today by Representative McClintic, Democrat, of Oklahoma. He said he had conferred with several members of Congress and obtained “a promise from about every man I've talked with” to vote for a resolution which would require around 10,000 em- ployes now in the Civil Service to take examinations to qualify for the jobs they are holding. | These employes, McClintic said, orig- | Service, but were transferred to it by cxecutive order. “That means,” McClintic said. “that | they get the graduated pay increases Governor of Bank of England hopel Washington Will Permit | Goverment to Keep Gold at Home | Pending and During Discussions | of Problem. BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, England, November 29.—Great Britain is definitely paying its December debt install- ment of $95,500,000 to the United States if the American Congress does not grant a postponement, as the British recently requested. ‘That is the final decision result- ing from the tense discussions of the British cabinet during the last two nights, wherein the pro- French ministers were definitely argued down. The present position is that Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England, wants Great Britain to pay in gold, with hopes that the United States might be willing to permit the gold to re- main in England pending and during the Anglo-American debt discussion. “The French are l:owddmlk';w LF rangements to , too. The of anp:: ith hav- ed insurance with ters In | iar | the war debt question is concerned,” he | *| den, Pennsylvania Republican, often at ‘They sug ‘even carry- ing it to the point that, if the French did not pay, then the British should default. MacDonald, who has never, at any, time, :e.l:unfed to the school of de-, fault, y rallied Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the council, and other ministers of the cabinet who told Sir John and Chamberlain that the British were not going to follow in the wake of Prance, but that Prance must follow Great Britain's lead in this instance, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) SCHOLARSHIP SALE | LAID TO VARE AIDE Former Secretary Accused of Ped- | dling Documents to Highest Bidder. ! i By the Associated Press. PH HIA, November 29.—The Philadeiphia Evening Bulletin says to- | day a former secretary of Willlam 8. Vare, leader of the city Republican or- | ganization, is alleged to have used the | latter's office as a clearing house in| ghe sale of free scholarships. | Each State Senator has three free| scholarships every two years for dis- tribution to poor and worthy students, | in each of the four State-aided uni- versities—Pennsylvania, Temple, Pern Btate and Pittsburgh. These scholarships, the Bulletin says, are alleged to have been peddled about to the highest bidders. The State Sen- ators, often wishing to exchange schol- | airships, would swap them around, it is alleged, and in this way lost track of them. The scholarships, falling into the hands of the racketeers, the paper says, would then be sold for $500 or more, although they called for four years tuition at a total value of $1,200. State Senator William D. Mansfield, Pitts- burgh, is threatening a legislative in- wvestigation of the entire situation A Mansfield scholarship to the Uni- wersity of Pennsylvania was exchanged for one accredited to State Senator Max Aaron of this city. It fell into the hands of Henry S. Fitch, who was ar- yested last week for giving alleged worthless checks to Temple University snd the University of Pennsylvania. ‘The Bulletin says the student hold- ing the scholarship is now know this student personal if he obtained a scholarship from me it must have been through the office of William S. Vare. “The fact that the scholarship was ied by Senator Mansfield can be attributed to a system of exchange in scholarships beiween State Senators Under the system, an Eastern Senator and other benefits without qualifying for them. And they aren't as much in- volved by a change of administration as they otherwise would be.” The Oklahoma House delegation, Mc- Clintic said, will be asked to support the resolution. He added that Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, al- ready had promised to vote for it. McClintic is chairman of the Demo- cratic Patronage Committee in the OARTIAL PAYMENT DEBT PLAN DENIED Mills Terms Reports That Britain Will Pay Only In- terest Groundless. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Mills, commenting on re- Pports that Great Britain would pay only the $65,000,000 interest payment on its $95,000,000 war debt installment due December 18, today told newspaper men this' possibility had not been discussed officially. ‘The Treasury Secretary said there Was no basis for any report at this time that Great Britain would postpone its $30,000,000 principal payment due on December 15. HTLERTES EBLR SCHLECHER PAEN HAY BE RESTORE His Reappointment Believed Certain—Nazi Chief Sees General Tomorrow. MILITARY DICTATORSHIP HINTED AS LAST RESORT Three-Day Attempts to Gain Po- litical Truce and Support in Reichstag Fail. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, November 29.—The reap- pointment of Franz Von Papen as chancellor of the Reich, began to be re- garded as a certainty in political circles today, when word came from the Nazis that they would not support a cabinet formed by Gen. Kurt von Schleicher. Gregor Strasser, second in command of the forces of Adolf Hitler, declined to come to Berlin from his Munich headquarters at the request of Gen. von Schleicher, it became known. Dr. Wilhelm Frick, another Hitler lieuten- ant, came instead, but informed the defense Minister that he, like Von Papen, would encounter determined op- position from the Nazis. Hitler Dashes Truce Hopes. Gen. von Schleicher accepted the ten- tative task of trying to form a cabinet only on the condition that he could avoid a clash with the Reichstag, and his failure to win over the opposition was regarded as tantamount to his ylelding to Von Papen, who has been serving temporarily although he had resigned. Gen, von Schleicher has been work- ing three days to secure at least a political truce if not toleration and per- haps support from the majority of the Reichstag through the Winter. Even last night the general felt con- fident of success, until Hitler’s intransi- gence dashed his hopes, but this doesn't meax the end of his political career. It was generally understood Gen. von Schleicher was being held in_ reserve for the erection of a military dictator- ship in case of the direst necessity. Hindenburg May Insist. In some political quarters the belief even persisted that President von Hin- denburg wouid insist on Gen. von Schleicher forming a cabinet despite the rebuff from the Nazis. If Chancellor von Papen is reap- pointed he must find some way of rid- ding himself of the Reichstag, either by # third dissolution or possibly by‘ a forelble six months' adjournment as an emergency measure under article 48 in the constitution. The chaneellor, like von Schleicher, has said he would be willing to refrain from all political experiments, and center his efforts solely on getting the Miils yesterday conferred at length with 8ir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador, but reiterated today that any such postponement had not been mentioned. P Remaining closeted President Hoover todty nearly an noir afier ihe regular meeting had sdjourned, Mills Ceclined to say what had been dis- senior in | “Next Move From Abroad.” “We are as completely in the dark now as we were yesterday, as far as said. “The next move must come from abroad.” Meanwhile, Representative McFad- outs with the administration, at the Capitol expressed to reporters the view that England and Prance might cut down their debts to this country by turning over some of the possesSions they have in American waters. He would exclude Canada from the territorial transfer, but even so, he said, Britain still has a total area of 110,000 square miles, including nearby Ber- muda, Jamaica and many small islands. -France, he said, has islands and other territory of 33,000 square miles which she could turn over to be credited on the war-debt books. He has not changed his stand against cancellation or revision. Lindsay and Mills Confer. Meanwhile, importance was attached today to the latest conversations on the subject held by Sir Ronald Lindsay, Britsh Ambassador, and Secretary ills. Whether the Ambassador sought ad- | ditional information on the American position or discussed specifically the | $95,500,000 payment Great Britain | must make December 15 or default, | was not revealed. Under the debt-funding agreement, | the $30,000,000 principal of that in-| stallment may be waived upon proper | application, but the $65,500,000 in in- | terest is mot postponal Sir Ronald called at the Treasury | vesterday a short while after Mills and | Becretary Stimson had conferred with (Continued on Page 2, C olumn 7.) ‘ : | COAST TONG WAR FEARED | Special Police Ordered to China- | town in San Francisco. | SAN FRANCISCO, November 29 ().— Special police were ordered for San | Francisco’s Chinatown today by Chief | William J. Quinn, who said he feared | an outbreak of a coast tong war. | Chief Quinn said he was informed negotiations between two powzrrul‘ tongs to settle peacefully a feud over a | killing November 1 had collapsed. Wong Woo Lip was shot and killed as he in- terceded in a gambling quarrel. Lew | Hong June has been indicted for the f’la_vll(ng and is under arrest in NQW; {07 nation through the economic and social dangers of the Winter, At any rate it appeared that no de- cision regarding the chancellorship could be expected today. Hitler, it was said, will come to Berlin tomorrow to talk to Gen. von Schleicher. “INDIAN CHIEF” DIES SOON AFTER ARREST Creek, Married in Shoshone, Was Held in Florida as Vagrant. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, November 20.—George Mitchell, 52, who claimed to be chief of the Shoshone Tribe of Indians in Utah, Nevada and Wyoming, was dead here ' today, a week after he was arrested as an allegedly vagrant gypsy. Mitchell, accompanied by seven fam- ilies of his “tribe,” came to Florida for his health several weeks ago from an Indian encampment near Salt Lake | City. He said he was on his way to visit a physician when he and his two | | sons were arrested. The sons, Frank and Lee Mitchell, de- clared they were not gypsies and that their father, although not a pure- blooded Shoshone, was elected chief of the tribe six years ago. The sons said their father was a Creek, who married their mother, a Shoshone, while he was a rancher in the West. TURFMAN IMPROVES Inventor of starting_Bnrrier In-| jured Near Laurel. BALTIMORE, November 29 (#).—The condition of Philip McGinnis, inventor of the starting barrier for race horses, who was injured when struck by an automobile near Laurel, Md., yesterday, was described at the South Baltimcre General Hospital today as “improved.” The accident occurred as McGinnis was attempting to cross the Washing- ton Boulevard. He was believed at first to have sustained a fractured skull. The driver of the automobile, J. W. Reed of Hamilton Square, N. J,, was released on $100 bond FREAK WAV ] Guards and Inflic By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 29.—The steamship Capulin was being repaired at a floating dry dock in the Baltimore Harbor today as its officers related that the damage was done by two freak waves which bore down on their ship in | mid-Atlantic, twisting steel plates and covering the vessel with water from | designates a student to a Western uni- vzrmy in return for a similar action a Western Senal ., signed the tor. “In this case 1 simply schola and tume‘glrt over to Vare, the name in. I probably poi-] & scholarship with Senator ‘Mansfield. It's the most natural thing in the world.” ' (Earlier story on Page C-8.) stem to stern. The waves, which bore down so fast | that the Capulin's crew could not es- cape their full force, damaged one of the lifeboats, tore away two ladders leading to the bridge, ripped up the ES IN MID-ATLANTIC FORCE STEAMER INTO DRY DOCK | Great Walls of Water Rip Up Quarter-Inch Steel Pipe t Other Damage. off the forward ventilators even with the deck. ‘The officers on duty on the bridge, as the ship was hove to before a gale late in in the afterncon of November 11, saw the first wave appear above the already high seas. It appeared to be about 70 feet high and as seen from the bridge towered above the crow's nest on the forward m-st Before anything could be done the wave engulfed the ship, and another wave, just as high and powerful, which had been screened by the first, fol- lowed. The water poured over the FIRST HOME BANK ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BoY RUT SISTER TTEL |'§em;.§lgm’mm L) mlsv!f\\x.\\\w I “ L You e TWO CENTS GARNER DISCLOSES SOME OPPOSITION - TOPROMPT REPEAL |Southern Democrats Against Vote on First Day May Delay Measure. | | | 100 REPUBLICANS SEEM READY TO SPEED ACTION Speaker to Survey Situation to Determine if Party Caucus Will Be Necessary. By the Associated Press. Some uncertainty over whether the House of Representatives will have its promised vote Monday on prohibition repeal emerged today at the Capitcd, in the wake of a prediction that—if taken —the vote would show 100 or more Republican members favoring the Gar- ner resolution. It was the Republican whip—Bach- mann of West Virginia—who made the forecast, as he dispatched summons | to his party members to be sure to be COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS URGED IN COMMITTEE REPORT| Group Studying Cost of Care ProposesH chkly or Monthly Fees, Supple- mented by Basic changes in the system of pro-, viding medical care for the American | people were recommended today in the | final report of the Committee on the | Costs of Medical Care, of which Secrc-‘ tary of the Interior Wilbur is chairman. The report, made public at the Na- tional Conference on the Costs of Medi- | lationships between the physician and |the task of putting his views of what cal Care at the Academy of Medicine in | New York City, is the resuit of a five- | year study by committees of distin- | guished specialists of the vexing prob- lems of medical practice and public health. A minority report, dissenting sharply | from the “utopian” recommendations of | the committee, was presented by nine | medical members of the group. A sec- ond minority report also was presented by_two dentists on the committee. The ic recommendation is the de- velopment, in each city of one or more | hospitals ‘into a community ymedical | center. Such centers would provide complete meédical services in return for weekly or monthly fees. When neces- |is Taxation. sary there would be supplementary sup- port from taxation. Financial responsi- bility would rest with a board represent- ing the public, and professional pro- cedure would be under the control of | physicians, dentists and other practi- | tioners who would be relieved entirely from eny concern over financing. This it is held, will preserve the personal re- | patient. | The second recommendation of the | committee was for the extension of all | basic public health services so they will be avallable to the entire population ac- cording to its needs. This extznsion, it | stated, requires increased financial support for official health departments and for full-time, trained health officers and assistants whose jobs will be de- pendent on ce alone and freed from political uncertainties. The third recommendation is that the costs of medical care be placed on a group payment basis. This can be done, it is held, through insurance, taxation, or a combination of both. It is not in- tended, the report states, to preclude " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) LOAN S APPROVED Regional Institutions Ready! to Aid Small Owners in Distress. After approximately three months of preliminary preparation the Heme Loan Bank Board today announced it had approved its first loan and that re- | gional banks were ready now to come | to the aid of the small home owners in distress, The announcement was made by Chairman Franklin W. Fort, who, at| the same time, said that as a result of | a Nation-wide campaign “substan- | tially” more than $9,000,000 in stock subscriptions had been raised, and that all but two of the 12 regional institu- tions were now ready to loan money without drawing on the Treasury. The Home Loan Bank act calls for a minimum total capitalization of $134.- | 000,000, of which amount the Treas- ury is authorized to subscribe up to| $125,000,000. | Mr. Fort said the Treasury would be called upon at an early date for part of | the money. The entire sum, he said, | would be paid in installments. One Application Received. The first loan janplication was from a Pittsburgh institution, the L‘hlirmnn‘ sald, and it was approved after a short | investigation. He said this application | was the only one so far recrived by the board, although many are expected to | be filed chortly. Mr. Fort said the in-| terest rate for the country as a whole would average approx‘matcly 5 per | cent. | “Soon we expect the mcney to pour | out rapidly,” he said. | “We, the board,” he continued, “‘are money jobbers. We loan at wholesale to the retailers, the regional banks, who will loan direct to member institutions.” As for direct loans to the small home- owners who find themselves in distress because of mortgage difficulties, Mr. Fort said the regional banks arc per- cuading member institutions such as building and loan associations, life in- curance companies and savings banks in | various districts to take care of this problem. “While the regional banks have not yet made loans on their own money, loans have been made to homecwners by member institutions on reliance of the regional banks' funds,” the chair- man explained. Continuing, he said: “Th= board is making every effort to| see that funds loaned by it5 member | institutions are put immediately io work | for the hcme cwner. i Split on Policy Denied. ‘The story which appeared in some | spaners to the effect that there was split in the board cn the question of th> crder of applications for procceds of loans made by the Federal Home Loan Banks to building and loan as- sociations or other member institutions | | bridge and the officers and crew on duty there crouched behind the bridge rail, hoping it, too, would not be carried away as the green sea water covered them. The vessel rode out the gale and quarter-inch steel steam pipe guards, cracked the bulwark plates and sheared proceeded toward Baltimore, stopping ! st at' Boston, is absolutely without foundation. “The story in question alleges that the board has split, two to-two, with Morton Bodfish and | E.:Best | ZINOVIEFF, EXPELLED RED, J. G. MLAUGHLIN DIES IN MARION, VA, Dean of Michigan House Delegation Was Making Tour of State. By the Assoclated Press. Representative James C. McLaughlin of Michigan is dead at Marion, Va. Word of the sudden death today | reached his colleague, Representative Ketcham. McLaughlin was dean of his State" delegaticn in the House, where he had served 26 years as a Republican Rep- resentative from the ninth district. Ketcham said he had been taking a motor trip through Virginia with friends and had recently complained | of not feeling well. Called tc Breakfast. “Mr. McLaughlin was called at his hotel in Marion at 8 o'clock this morn- ing,” Ketcham said, “and said he wculd be down to breakfast immediately. “When he did not appear for some | time, hotel attendants again knocked | on his door. | “Receiving no answer, they entered and found Mr. McLaughiin dead in the | shower. The water had been turned | off, when, apparently, he died of heart | failure.” Arrangements for the funeral were being made this afternoon between members of the Michigan delegation in Congress and the sergeant at arms, Kenneth Romney. Defeated by Democrat. McLaughlin was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He was_defeated for re-election by Harry ‘W. Musselwhite, Democrat. McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, 1L, on January 26, 1858, and moved to | Muskegon, Mich.,, when 6 years old. He | was a graduate of the University of | Michigan. | The death will bring the party line- | up in the present House of Representa- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL Former Communist Leader Treated for Heart Attack—Death Rumors Denied. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 29.—Gregory S. | Zinovieff, once one of the powers in the Soviet government, but now exiled from the inner councils of the Com- munist , was seriously il today. Aboutp:rrl:onth ago zmoziefl. charged with conspiring against Joseph Stalin, the head of the Communist party, was favoring loans to advance the:lquidity of lI’:uflmm and loan associations and «mmmmr;n.m lon hand. Such a showing of Repub- | lican strength for repeal would about | assure adoption by the two-thirds vote | | required, if the Democrats remained unified. | - But a number of Southern Democrats | already have served notice privately | that they will not vote for repeal, moves | which have given rise to hints that caucus might be resorted to so the party members would be held in line. Will Reveal Plans Saturday. Aware of the situation, Speaker John N. Garner told newspaper men this aft- erncon that, although he is convinced the House thould vote Monday cn out- right repeal, he intends to canvass the situation and make known Saturday whether he will go ahead with his plans for a showdown then. “It is our duty to keep good faith,” Garner said. “The Democratic party elected a President and more than 300 members of Congress on an immediate repeal platform. “I am not afraid to back up my plans. If the opposition desires to delay the action, we'll have to turn the question | over to the Judiciary Committee. “I am not going to foreclose myself. Il probably have an announcement House Agriculture Committee to Meet President-elect at Warm Springs. By the Associated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., November | 29.—With material he has gleaned from several days of conferences at hand, Franklin D. Roosevelt came today to is necessary to help the farmer before the House Agriculture Committee that will act upon them. | ences he has held, the President-elect | lows extensive study and discussion of | In the opinion of some of those who are familiar with the series of confer- is leaning toward some form of domestic allotment plan to be used in dealing with agricultural surpluses. ‘The outline he gave in his Topeka speech on farm rel methods was con- strued as an tndicl::‘wn that some such advisers that he calle with him are men who have made a long study of the plan. Assured Production Cost. One’of those summoned, but unable to come, was M. L. Wilson of the Mon- tana State Agricultural College, who played a large part in working out the so-called domestic allotment plan. Under this method, a board would work out an estimate of the amount of agricultural products needed for domestic consumption. For this portion of his crop the I:dnnéf would be assured the cost of production. The z:nern details of the system to be employed probably would have to be worked out by either the Agricultural Committees of the House and Senate or possibly by the Farm Board. The dele- gation that came to Warm Springs | several days ago from the National Grange lavored giving the Farm Board the power to select the method that| would be used in dealing with agri- cultural surpluses. Follows Long Discussions. [ The conference with members of the | House Agriculture Committee today fol- the agricultural problem, which took | Mr. Roosevelt far into last night. Henry | Wallace, Jowa farm editor, and Henry | Morganthau of New York, accompanied by Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Neva- da, and Mrs. Pittman, dined with him | and there was a long talk about the | question after dinner—the third con- | ference Wallace and Morganthau had | with the President-elect during yester- day. X little earlier he had gone over the legislative program for the short session with Senators Robinson, Democrat, of | Arkansas, and Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, the former the Democratic | leader. | Robinson said later that the Senate would not be disposed in the short | session to confirm any presidengial ap- pointments other.than a few exceptions in cases that were considered absolute- ly necessary. BIRD DOG FINDS DEER AIKEN, S. C., November 29 (#).— Harry S. Taintor of Dairen, Conn, Winter resident here, came back from a quail hunt today with a six-point buck. Taintor was hunting in Colleton County when his bird dog suddenly | ceme to a point. Instead of a whirring | covey, Taintor flushed the deer. He fired both barrels, each loaded | with bird shot, and the buck dropped Cead. Saturday night.. The truth is that those who are opposing a vote on the resolution Monday in reality don't want to vote against the eighteenth amend- ment.” Representative Rainey of Iilinois, the Democratic fioor leader, meanwhile said he had “surveyed the situation” and found there was “no need for a party caucus” to hold the Democrats. McNary Expects Early Action. Senator McNary (Republican) of Oregon carried to President Hoover to- day an opinion that the repeal question could be “disposed” of on Capitol Hill before the Christmas Holidays. He told newspapermen of his White House con- ference, but would not state whether he expected the disposition to be adoption or defeat of a repeal resolution. In Rainey’s opinion, there is a “good chance of repeal being adopted” in the House. On Monday, the party line-up will be 220 Democrats, 208 Repub- licans, one Farmer Labor and six va- cancies. It will require two-thirds of those voting to approve repeal there, after which the problem goes to the Senate, where a similar vote will be necessary for adoption. Rmngy said there were certain to be “some defections” among the Southern Democrats in the House, but with 100 or more Republicans supporting it, in- dications are the resolution has fair prospects of getting the required mar- in. Picked Up Some Votes. Bachmann told reporters “the Re- publicans_have lost no advocates for ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3) CHURCH IN BALTIMORE DESTROYED BY FLAMES Paul's Protestant Episcopal Chapel and Recreaticn Center Burned Yesterday. St. By the Assoctated Press. BALTIMORE, November 29.—St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Chapel and adjoining three-story Recreaticn Cen- ter were destroyed by fire yesterday as freezing weather hampered the work of firemen. Originating near the altar, the fire spread through the church within a short time. As firemen brought the flames in the church under control, the blaze broke through into the gymasium building and destroyed it, leaving only the masonry walls standing. With the temperature below freezing, the water on the structure and in the streets turned to ice quickly, causing the firemen considerable difficulty. Erected as the Henshaw Memorial Church, the chapel, located at Washing- ton Boulevard and Callander street, was_turned over to the vestry of Old St. Paul's Church in 1908. The Recre- ation Center was built recently. WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYES GET ANOTHER REDUCTION IN PAY | Payless Furloughs Required by $6,180 Appropriation Cut. Hoover Secretaries Affected. Employes_on the White House and executive office payroll today were given formal notice that begining tomorrow they are to receive another pay cut in the form of a forced administrative payless furlough of three and one-half days a menth, throughout the remain- der of the present fiscal year. This additional into the pay en- additional furlough to meet the loss of the $6,180 from the White House funds, = furlough which is in addition to the heavy one caused by the general 8.3 per cent - legislative furlough to all Government employes, was caused by an effort of White House authorities to see if there was not some other way out of the predicament. After studying the matter, no way was found and commencing tomorrow and on each pay day until the end of next June the pay envelopes of these employes will be reduced sufficiently and proportionately to meet the $6,180 Of course, the President and the Vice President, who also are on the White ‘House pay roll, are not affected, but the members of the President’s secretaries They will be hit the are, hardest. (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. Y TURNS DOWN FORMAL DEMIANDS OF HUNGER MARCH Commissioners Refuse Three Requests Presented by Official Spokesmen. FOOD, LODGING AND HALL FOR ASSEMBLY ASKED Denial of Plea Brings Charge “Vio- lent Attack” on Visitors Is Being Contemplated. The District Commissioners today re- ceived three representatives of the na- tional hunger march and courteously but firmly declined their demands for free food, lodging and an assembly hall for the marchers who are due to con- verge here on Sunday. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, chair- man of the Board of District Commise Sioners, sald after the conference: “We didn’'t show them the door: we let them talk and talk and talk. When they were all talked out, I asked them if they had anything more to say, and they left.” The committee William Reynolds, the Unempleyed which are backin, Benjamin, March Com: of three, consisting of Detroit, chairman of Councils of America, g the march; Herbert chairman of the Hunger mittee, and Amelia Shelton, 19-year-old Washington girl, who gave as her address 639 Lamont street, was received by the full Board of Commis- sioners, including in addition to Dr. Reichelderfer, Maj. Gen. Herbert B, Crosby and Maj. John C. Gotwals. Cor- poration Counsel William W. Bride also participated in the conference, Present Formal Demands, Reynolds, who acted as s the “conference, prescmedpo:es\:‘ll:?t;& statement of the ‘“demands” of the hunger marchers, which included food, lodging, an assembly hall and “freedom from police molestation.” Commission- er Reichelderfer said the Commission- ers merely “reiterated the statements contained in the telegram dispatched to Governors and mayors three weeks 880 that the District has no funds to grant ests and citing the difficulties unemployed citizens.” Dr. Reichelderfer said the hunger g;:m I“ld?:z accused the Commis- 2 en i ding to provoke vio- “We disclaimed and made it pl; syllable,” the Benjamin, group, charg the any such intent, ain in words of u: issioner explained, the as ‘esman ed after t;Ihe ‘meeting ners that the heads had “indicated that it is &l" E‘%m 50,50, Interpret the laws a5 to a i lolent attack upon the hunger H> said the committee had upon the Commissioners not m?;u!ig demand the food, lodging and freedom from police interference, but to “reit- erate our intention to conduct an ore derly march in suj for the unemploygg.?'n A Submit Three Requests. In a formal statement submitted to the loners, the h committes asked three lhl::g-" b “1. Shelter : of D;cember “(gr‘g.éwg SR 3 for 3,000 ar ning of the 4th, all L.eals on the 5th and 6th, and breakfast on the 7th, ‘3. Meeting hall for mass meeting and conference the evening of the 4th and all day and evening the 5th nxgle 6th.” njamin said the Commissioners’ re- fusal to Co-operate would result onlyr;n increased activity by the marchers themselves to provide their own food here. He said that al- and lodging ready additional quantities of foodstuffs ed and now are en were being collect foute here with the marchers. A food he said, has depot, “for emergency use,” been established in Baltimore. Food g stored in Washington, he also is being 1d?ed. n the statement submitted Commissicners, however, the C(mf tee pointed cui, “the very conditions that make the national hunger march necessary, make the financing of this action next to impossible.” “The delegation in the hunger march represents men and women who are either entirely destitute or whose in- come, if they are still employed, has betn reduced to a starvation level by Jjob sharing and repeated drastic wage cuts,” it was explained. 2o Sees Forcible Restraint. Continuing his explanation of the | conference with the Commissioners, Benjamin declared “the actions thus far of District authorities are interpreted as representing a policy for forcibly de- { nying us the right to petition Congress.” | Benjamin’s estimates that between 2,000 and 3,000 marchers would be here when Congress convenes on Monday. were not supported by figures received from police chiefs throughout the coun- try by the Metropolitan Police Depart- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) BODY OF JANITOR FOUND IN FIRE RUINS William M. Scott, Sought by Po- lice, Lost Life in Fire Last Sunday. The badly burned body of William M. Scott, 30-year-cld colored janitor, was found today at the bottom of a dumbwaliter shaft in the Alzarado Apartment, 70 Rhode Island avenue, scene of a costly fire Sunday. The body was discovered by firemen clearing away debris in the basement. The discovery ended a city-wide search for the janifor by police, who at first gg'\;bzed that he had met death in the Firemen were unable to explain how the man got into the waiter shaft, pointing out the opening in the base- ment was so small it would have been extremely difficult for him to crawl through. They believed the blaze started somewhere near the shaft. Members of the headquarters homi- cide squad and the coroner were re- quested to investigate. The , discovered early Sunday morning, left 40 persons homeless. The interior of the building was completely destroyed. l,flo'l’mul’q’:gl A ‘¥