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TRAGTION MERGER - DEADLOCK BROKEN :All Disputed Points Ironed Out, Clearing Way for Its Passage. (Continued Prom First Page.) the existing 3-cent rate was written ato the merger terms. The effect of this is that If the merger is finally carried out through the approval of the majority of the stockholders, continuation of the three- cent_school fare is onc of the comdi- tions that must accOmpany Ierger. While members of the Senate Com- mittee wer~ getting in shape the last- minute che +es in verbiage agreed upon this morning. the Senate went ahead with the . canferemce report on the Philippine independence bill. When this 15 out of the way, either late this aft- ernoon or tomorrow, the Senate is ex- pected to act promptly on the compro- mise merger. Voluntary Contract. The merger resolution is in the form of a_voluntary contract, which the stockholders of the separate companies will have six months in which to accept or reject after the resolution has finally been approved at tie Capitol and signed by the President. 1f today’s agreement results ultimate- 1y in consolidation of the car lines, it will end an effort that has been going on for nearly 30 years to bring abouf a unified system. The question has been before Congress off and on for that length of time, and the present basis of merger has been under con- stant discussion for five years. The high points of the merger reso- are: mi‘:m authorizes consolidation of the Washington Railway & Electrie Co. and the Capital Traction Co. the unified system to be known as the Capital ansit Co. e new company is authorized to ecquire, at its fair value, the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co., operating inde- pendent bus lines. The new company is to issue free transfers between ail street cars. with the commission deciding what shall be done about transfers from a car to a bus, or from one bus to another. The question of a reduced fare for school children is written in as one of the terms of merg The new company is to be relieved of paying the salaries of policemen sta- tioned at street railway crossings, and there 15 also 3 modification in the as- sessments against the company for new street paving between tracks and bridge improvements. ‘The new company would be managed by 15 directors, 7 each to be appointed from the two companies and the fif- teenth to be chosen by the 14 directors first chosen, At least nine of the di- rectors must be bona fide residents of ‘Washington. Discuss Disputed Points. For nearly four hours yesterday aft- ernoon the groups seeking to bring about an agreement went over the puted features of the legislation In executive session. ‘When an adjournment was taken overnight, Senator Blaine indicated the | discussion was centering around the power clause and the indeterminate franchise proposal. Representatives of the raflway com- nies who took pari in the negotia- tions were: William F. Ham and Sam- uel R. Bowen of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co.; John H. Hanna, Gegge E. Hamilton and G. Thomas Duniop of the Capital Traction Co. angd- Harley P. Wilson, & director of | the North American Co., which owns stock in the local railway companies. President Calls, Au'enlion ‘The following are the texts of tele- grams exchanged between President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt on w@he war debt situation: n, B 17, 1932. My Dear Governor: As you have seen from the press the position of the debtor governments in respect to the December 15 payments is now largely determined. In accord with both your expressions and my own statements it is the duty of the United States to survey and exchange views on these questions individually with some of the debtor governments. It is necessary to consider the charac- ter of machinery to be erected for this purpose, = |~ These problems ean mot be disasso- ciated from the problems which will come before the World Economic Con- ference and to some degree those before the Conference on World Disarmament. As the economic situation in foreign countries. is one of the dominant de- pressants of prices and employment in the United Statas it is urgent that the World Economie _Conference _should assemble at as early a date as possible. The United States should be reptesented |by a stroiz and effective delegation. | This delegation should be chosen at | an early moment in order that it may | give nes eration and fa- | miliarize itself with the problems, and | secure that such investigation and | study is made as will be necessary for | its use at the conterence. Diplomatic Reutine Inadequate. | Beyond this such problems as the | excnange of views in respect to debts | cannot_be accomplished in satisfactory ‘minner through the ordinary routine of diplomatic contacts. Satisfactory | conclusions can only be reached by free {and direct Tound table discussion with |each government separately where agreemeit may be had upon fact and where conclusions can be reached. It has been an almost universal practice in our Government, where unusual and vital questions are involved, to appoint special delegations to undertake such discussions. The routine machinery of | diplomacy neither affords the type of men required nor can they give the time from other duties which such discus- sions require. While we must not change our estab- lished policy of dealing with each debtor | separately, and, indeed, no other course | could be entertained in view of the widely divergent conditions which ex- ist in_the different countries and the | very different situations in which they find themselves, and while the decision heretofore reached not to consider the | debt question at the coming World Eco- nomic Conference is a wise one, it seems clear that the successful outcome of the World Economic Conference will be greatly furthered if the debt pro- blems can be satisfactorily advanced before that conference, although final | agreement in some cases may be con- | tingent upon the satisfactory solution of certain economic questions in which | our country has a direct interest and the final determination of which may well form a part of the matters coming | before the economic conference. It is desirable that such delegation should include members of the Con- gress in order that such intricate facts and circumstances can be effectively presented to the Congress. It is no derogation of executive authority to chose members from that quarter. It might be well to consider whethes this delegation should also embrace in its | membership some of the old or new members of the delegation to the Arms Conference in order that these three important questions should be given co- ordinate ccnsideration. ¥ | | | | 1 Telegrams on War Debts of Pré:idml-Elcct Roose- velt to Urgency of Situation—Reply Asks Free Hand. the final determination of the of the economic conference be in abeyance until after March 4. In the meantime, I can see no objection to further informal conferences with the Agenda Committee, or to the on of preliminary studies which would serve an use- ful purpose. I feel that it would be both improper for me and inadvisable for you, how- ever much I appreciate the courtesy of your suggestion for me to take part in naming Representatives. From the ne- cessity of the case, they could be re- msible only and to you as esident for the performance of their its, particularly Imatters calling for almost daily touch with and direction of the Exscutive. I would be in ne position prior to March 4 to have this constant contact. I think you will recognize Wwould be unwise for me to ective that it an tendant authority. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Second Heover Telegram. ‘The White House, December 20, 1932, 2:30 P.M. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, N. Y. My Dear Governor: I have your tele- gram expressing the difficuities which you find in co-operation at the present time. In the face of foreign conditions which are continually degenerating ag- ricultural prices, increasing unemploy- ment and creating economic difficulties for our people, I am unwilling to admit that co-operation cannot be. established between the and incoming ad- ministrations which will give earlier so- fixuon and recovery from these diffi- es. If you will review my previous com- munications and conversations, I think you will agree that, while outlining the nature of the problems, my proposals to you have been directed to the setting up not of solutions, but of the ma- chinery through which, by prepared- ness, the ultimate solution of these questions can be expedited and co-ordi- nated, to the end that many months of delay and increasing losses to our people may be avoided. I fully recognize that your solution of these questions of debt, the world economic problems and disarmament might vary from my own. These con- clusions obviously cannot be attained in my administration and will lie en- tirely within your administration. I wish especially to avoid any embarrass- ment to your work and thus have no intention of committing the incoming administration to any particular policy prior to March 4. Even the exploratory work you suggest should be partici- pated in by men in whom you have confidence and I wish to facilitate it. ‘What I deem of the utmost importance is that when you assume responsibility on March 4 machinery of your ap- proval will be here, fully informed and to function according to the policies you may determine. My frequent statements indicate agreement with you that debts, world economic problems and disarmament require selective treatment, but you will agree with me that they also re- | quire ~co-ordination and preparation either in the individual hands of the then President or in the hands of men selected to desl with them aild advise him. There is thus no thought | of submerging the world economic con- ference with other questions, but rather issue of the conference. With view to again making an effort to secure co-operation and that soli- | darity of national action which the situation needs. I would be glad if you premier in | about war debts. So far as lie is con- CABINET RETANS HERROT POLEY Paul-Boncour Cabinet Will Bend Efforts to Solve Debt Problem. (Continued From First Page.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1932. SENATE COMMITTEE| IS GIVEN BEER BILL Democrats in House Defer Tax Legislation Till Late January. (Continued Prom First Page.) applauded, particularly from the left and center. . Chic Parisian soclety invaded galleries and Nterally fought for places. Thousands unable to gain admittance waited patiently, hoping to get in later. M. the Communist leader, was Doriot, the first interpellator. He asked the just what he intended to do cerned, he sald, cellation of all The premier he is in favor of can- debts and all credits. did not reply. Discusses Seeurity. M. Paul-Boneour said the Herriot government had ‘worked ) successtully “to pull the disarmament conference out of uncertainty and the doldrums wherein it risked losing Mln’a;d. necessary ment, and security and not using of those two terms to thrust aside or adjourn the other, has been introduced. We shall defend it. “An important result has been ob- tained—the re-entry into the confer- ence of a great country whose presence |is necessary in order to give to the coming conventlon and to the safe- guards and control which should be the consequence thereof. their-full eflicacy. “We shall be an the alert to see that nobody derives from the loyal recogni- tion of an of rights in the equality of duties and in a positive or- ganization of international, or at least of an, security, any consequences | which would tend toward a re-arming incompatible with the very goal of the conference or with the peace treaties.” Dorjot said the fall of the Herriot | cabinet “has not advanced the solution | of the debts problem. The tension re- mains the same between France and the United States. The ground chosen by the Chamber offers no hope of solu- tion. Besides, “England can always de- mand that we pay our debt to her.” Premier Sure of Majority. Paul-Boncour and former Premier | Joseph Calillaux held the center of the | stagé i today’s act of a political drama “the premier because he was plainly | assured of a great majority in Parlia- | ment, and M. Caillaux because of al sensationally worded article he wrote on | | debts, in which he said both Europe and America were suffering from illu- | | sions and that the time now has come to get down to stern realities. Another feature of the day was a visit which Ambassador Walter E. Edge paid to former Premier Edouard Herriot. | | _The thanked the former premier for | all he had done in “splendid cc-opera- tion” and voiced a hope that he would continue to exercise “his good influ- ence” in helm:‘\; to bring about a satis- | factory soluti of the debt question. M. | Herriot promised to do what he could. | | Edge Will See Premier. | | | ceived by Premier Paul-Boncour. The T time for the meeting was not set, but | | probably will be arranged for tomorrow. | The premier got a note from the Chamber with the plessing news that | the Socialist group, which is over 100 strong, had voted to support him. | Herriot's radical groun also an- nounced they would back Paul-Boncour | present a_resolution of confidence in the Chamber today. | The premier's friends predicted he | would get about 400 votes out of the | Chamber’s 615. | years. Onl Ambassador Edge also asked $0 be re- | Democrats and 43 Republicans; those voting against included 12 Democrats and 69 Republicans. The vote came after two days of up- roarious debate, in which anti-prohi- bitlonists asserted that 3.2 beer was not intoxicating and prohibitionists con< tended it would violate the Constitution. | Immediately after the vote was an- nounced, representatives of prohibition tions renewed their expressions as to its constitutionality, while wes leaders lauded the House action as representing the will of the majority. The size of the affirmative vote sur- prised. even the most active advocates of the measure, including Speaker Gar- ner, who : “It was bigger than I expected, and shows that a majority of the House wants to follow the will of a majority ol the people. Cengratulates Collier. There had been some. doubt in the minds of. Gamner and other" Demacratic Jeaders that enough votes Sould be | mustered to approve it. Majority Leader Rainey congratulated Chairman Collier of the Ways and Means Com- mittee for being the first to pilot through the House in the short session a major Democratic proposal. “It will give the people & malt bev- erage to drink and the Federal Treas- ury much needed revenue,” Collier said. “We got more than the number of votes we expected, but the opponents did not get as many as we thought would.” lhfu.’ was the most severe defeat suffered by the House prohibitionists in many ly last Spring they defeated the O'Connor-Hull beer bill, 228 to 169. The vote yesterday is almost & complete reversal of the representative strength of the two groups, but it fell far short of the 272-to-144 vote for th® outright repeal resolution defeated by six votes on the first day of the session. In addition to legalizing 3.2 per cent beer by weight and providing a tax of $5 a barrel, the measure provides Fed- eral protection to dry States, and leaves to the States the regulation of distri- bution, except that wholesale and retail | sellers must obtain Federal licenses. As described by Representative Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, who presided, “Its purpose is fundamentaily for rev- enue.” -~ ol FARM LEGISLATIO MAPPED AT PARLEY OF DEMOCRATS After t Speaker Garner and Representative House Vote 133 Democrats and 96 R BY the Associated Press. The roll call by which the Collier beer bill passed the House follows: Democrats voting for the bill: Arnold, Auf Der Heide. Beam, Black, Bloom, Boehne, Boland, gfl.\' Brunner, Buchanan, Bulwinkle, yrns. Canfield. Cannon, Carden. Carley r. Chapman, Chavez, Coch- Missourd, Cole of Maryland, Col- lier, Condon, Connery, Corning, Cross, Crosser, Crowe, Cullen. Davis of Tennessee. Delaney. Dick- inson. Dickstein, Dies, Dieterich, Doughton, Douglass of Massachusetts, Drewry. Evans of Montana. Fernandez. PFlesinger, Filood, Fulbright, Fulmer. Gambrill, Gasque, Gavagan, Gran- fleld, Griffin. Haines, Hancock of North Carolina. Fitzpatrick, ‘Washington, Howard. Igoe. Jacobsen, Jeffers, Missouri. Johnson of (Continued From First Page) | loans of borrowers, but all payments to | continue without deferment for the present where borrowers are able to, find the means of meeting their obli-| gations. Meanwhile, Senator Frazier, Repub- | lican. of North Dakota, today urged be. fore the Senate Banking Committee, his bill to refinance the farmer’s debts at| |to remove the barriers from successful|and that one of them would probably /1, per cent interest. Data From St. Paul. He presented data from the St. Paul, Minn, Land Bank, showing that be- [ | M Caillsay. whom Premier Paul |iween July 1, 1931, and December 1, Kelier, Kelly of Illinois, Kemp. Ken- nedy of Maryland, Kennedy of New York. Kerr, Kniffin, Kunz. Lamneck, Larrabze, Lea, Lewis, Light- enwalner, Lindsay, Lonergan, Lozier McCormack, McDuffie, McKeown. Me- Millan, McReynolds, McSwain, Major, Mal . Mansfleld, May, . Milli- g2n. Mitchell. Montague, Montet. Norton of New Jersey. O'Ccanor, Oliver of New York, Over- gill, Polk, Prall, Rainey, Reilly. Rogers of New Hamp- shire, Remjue, Rudd. Sabath, Schuetz, Shannon, Sirovich, Smith of Virginia, Smith of West Vir- Harlan, Hart, Hill of Alabama, Hill of | James W. Collier, author of the measure, as they pesed at the Capitol yesterday following passage by the House of the Collier beer bill to legalize the sale of 3. 2 per cent beer. —Wide World Photo. on Beer Bill epublicans Join in Passing Collier Measure—64 Democrats and 101 G. O. P. Cast Ballots Against Legislation. Leavitt of Montana, Lovett of Tennes- see, Luce. McClintock of Ohio. McPadden, Mc- Grady, Manlove. Mapes, Moore of Ohio, Mouser, Murphy. | consin. | Partridge, Purnell. Ramseyer, Reed of New York, Reid ;of Illinois, Rich. Robinson. Sanders of New York, Seiberling, Selvig, Shott, Simmons, Sinclair, Smith of Idaho, Snell, Snow. Sparks, Stalker, | Strong of Kansas, Strong of Pennsyl- | vania, Stull, Summers of Washington, Swanson, Swick, Swing. Teber, Taylor of Tennessee, Temple, Taatcher, Thurston, Timberlake. Tnderhill Wason, Weeks, Williamson, Wood of Indiana. Yates. | 18 States Gave 64. The 64 Democratic votes cast against the beer bill all came from 18 States, constituting the “solid Scuth,” border States and Indiana, Kansas and Ne- braska. | _Sixteen of. these States produced 65 | Democratic votes for the measure out |of the total of 133 mustered by the | party in its support. | kansas cast 4 against, none for; Georgia | was 7 to 2 against, Kansas' one Demo- cratic vote was against, Mississippi was 6 to 1 against, Nebraska, 3 to 1; Okla- {hema, 5 to 1, and Texas, 8 to 5. Of the remainder, more Democratic | votes were cast for the measure than | against it. Florida. 2 for, 1 against; {Indiana, 5 and 2; Kentucky. 6 and 2: Louisiana, 5 and 3; Maryland, 5 and Michener, | Nelson of Maine, Nelson of Wis- Alabsma divided 6 to 4 against, Ar-| SENATE APPROVES PHILIPPINE REPORT Conference Bill on Freedom " Sent to House for Final Action. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The Senate today adopted the confere ence report on the Philippine bill grante ing independence to the Islands in 10 years. The report now goes to the House. The report was agreed to without & | roll call and after only brief discussion. The House must now approve the compromise bill before it goes to the White House. President Hoover's attitude on the measure, which just emerged from a conference today between Senate and House groups, is not known, but there was some doubt among Republican lead- ers that he would sign it. Both Senate and House groups ree ceded on important points of difference under the proposed compromise. The higher House quotas of duty-free imports of sugar and coconut oil from the islands were accepted. House Plan Accepted. The House provision putting the ‘hhndx on an immigration quota basis | of 50 a year also was accepted in place {of the Senate amendment barring all immigration by placing the Filipinos in the same category as Japanese, Chinese 1and Hindus. | However, a new provision was inserted | to apply Asiatic exclusion to the islands i after the 10-year transition period pre= | ceding complete independence. | The 10-year period was a compromise | of the Senate bill granting freedom in 112 years and the House 8-year clause. The House group also accepted the | rtant Senate amendment denying | independence until the Philippine Leg« | islature approves the bill passed by the American Congress. Export Tax Favored. Another important Senate amend- ment approved was that allowing the islands to levy export taxes the last five years of the transition period to help pay off the islands’ bonded indebt- edness. Two other Senate amendments agreed upon would permit the United States to retain in perpetuity all military and naval reservations in the islands and request the President to negotiate ‘v.ruues with foreign governments for | the “perpetual neutralization” of the islands when independence is achieved. ‘The House import quotas accepted | include 850,000 long tons of sugar, in- cluding 800,000 tons of raw. Tne Sen- ate had lowered these to 615,000 tons, including 585,000 tons of raw. | Two hundred thousand long tons of cocoanut oil would be allowed to come in duty-free, against 150,000 in the Senate bill. Senators Hawes, Democrat, of Missouri, and Cutting, Republican, of New Mexico, co-authors of the Senate bill, were pleased with the conference agreement. Senator Pittman. Democrat, of Nevada, said it was the “best comprcmise that has ever been reached.” Severiano Concepcion, representative of the Philippine Civic League and Federation of Laber, objected that the 10-year transition perfod “runs beyond the longest normal period of a Demo- cratic_administration and any Repub- lican President with a strong Republican Congress may attempt to repeal or suspend the act.” 1: Missouri, 10 and 2; North Carolna, The eontroversial plebiscite provision 2 - Urgeney of Situation. 3 3 | = - The conference also was attended by could designate Mr. Owen D. Young. |, t% Calleuy Wiow CRemlel Feab. North Dakota had 439 farm forecloss | iy somers, Spenice, SteagallgStewart. |5” and 3: South Carolina, 4 and 3: | was not subject to negotiation, as it & delegation from the Citizens’ Joint ‘Transportation- Committee. headed Thomas P. Littlepage. It was this comgmittee which started the movement toward a compromise Tuesday. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech and Assistant Corporation Counsel Wil- liam A. Roberts, council to the Utili- ties Commission, alco attended the meeting and took an active part In drafting proposed amendments. NORRIS SUGGESTS PROBE OF-R. F. C.; $107,653,587 LOANED rations of Albany, N. Y., and Jackson, Miss. The subscription of capital to each of the regional agricultural credit cor- porations at Sijoux City, Iowa, and Spokane, Wash., wes increased from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. A new branch of the regional corpo- ration at Salt Lake City was created at Rend, Nevada. Crop Production Loans. During November the corporation’s allocation of $2,500,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for crop production loans brought the total authorized advances for this purpose to $120,000,000. The Teport said $15,000,030 of this amount had been returned. Norris told the Senate those favoring complete - publicity of the corporaticn activities had been “defeated” in that . He quoted from the article to purpose. the effect that “hundreds of millions | P had been passed around” without Con- gress knowing who received it. The article from which the Nebraskan Tead said of $264,000,000 loaned to rail- roads, $156,000,000 went to three groups —*“the Morgan, Van Sweringen and Pennsylvania Railroad interests.” Macedonia Damaged by Quake. ATHENS, Greece, Dxcember 22 (P).— Earthquake shocks were experienced yesterday in Macedonia. No loss of life was_reported, but considerable damage was done ‘o' houses on Chalcidice Pen- nsula. The population was panicky, remem- bering the sufferings resulting from the September earthquake. "WHO DID IT? That's’ the challenge of “Minute Mysteries,” the world's shortest detective stories, starting next Sun- day in The Sunday Star. “Minute Mystery” takes only 60 seconds to read. You get the full plot, clues and everything ex- cept the solution. You're the detective. 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Try to solve the first one Sunday in The SundayStar If it were not for the urgency of | by | the situation, both at homs and abroad, and the possible great helpfulness to employment and agricultural prices and general restoration cf confidence which could be brought about by successful issue of all these questions and the corresponding great dangers of inaction. it would be normal to allow the whole matter to rest until after the change of administration, but in the emergency such as exists at the moment I would be neglectful of my duty if I did not facil- itate in every way the earliest possible dealing with these questions. 1t is obvious that no conclusions would be reached from such discussion prior | to Mprch 4, but a great deal of time | could be saved if the machinery could | be created at once by the appointment | of the delegates as I have mentioned. | I shall be informing the Congress of | the economic situation and of the de- | sirability of the above-proposed ma- | chinery for dealing with these confer- | ence. I should be glad to know if you could join with me in the selection of such delegation at the present time, or if you feel that the whole matter should | be deferred until after March 4. I believe there would be no difficulty in | agreeing upon an adequate representa- | tion for the purpose. In such selection the first concern would be the sclection | of a chairman for the delegation. | HERBERT HOOVER. President-Elect Replies. ALBANY, N, Y., 8:50 pm. December 19, 1932. The President, The White House: Dear Mr. President: I have given | earnest consideration to your courteous | telegram of December 17th and I want | to assure you that I seek in every roper way to be of help. It is my view that the questions of disarmament, intergovernmental debts and permanent economic arrangements will be found to requiré selective treatment, even though tnis be with full recognition of the possibility that in the ultimate out- come a relationship of any two or of all three may become clear. (1) As to disarmament: Your pol- icy is clear and satisfactory. Some time, however, is required to bring 1t to fruition. Success in 8 practical pro- gram limiting armaments, abolishing certain instruments of warfare and de- creasing the offensive or attack power of all nations will, in my judgment, have a very positive and salutary in- fluence on - debt and - economic dis- Cussions. Says Authority Exists. (2) As to the debts: If any debior nation desircs to apj us, such nation should be given the earliest op- portunity so to do. Certaihly in the parliamentary conversations the Chief Executive -has full authority, either through the existing machinery of the diplomatic,_service or by supplementing it with specially appointed agents of the President himself, to conduct such preliminary investigations or inquiries without in .any way_seeking formal congressional action. I am impelled to suggest. however, that these surveys Sh?luld be limited wmlz‘euuumhl“l‘l: I:g'-!. and exploring possi Tather thar fixing policies bin¢ on the incoming administration. I wholly approve and would in no way hinder such surveys. (3) As to the Economic Conference: I am clear that a permanent economic program for the world should not be submerged in. conversations relating to disarmament -or debts. I recognize. of course, a-relationship, but not an iden- tity. Therefore, I cannot go along with the thought that the personnel con- ducting the conversations should. be identical. Lacks Power Before March 4. By reason of the fact that, under the Constitution, I am unable to assume the authority in the matter of the agenda of the economic conference until after March 4 next, and by reason of the fact that there appears to be a di- vergence of opinion between us in re- spect to the scope of the conference, and further by reason of the fact that time equired to conduct mnverutum:" re; must respectively pointing of the perman suggest that the ap-|the ent delegates and Col. House, or any other men of your | party possessed of your views and your | confidence and at the same time fa- the principal officers of this admini- stration in endeavor to see what steps | can be taken to avoid delays of precious |time and inevitable losses that will | ensue from such delays. HERBERT HOOVER. Roesevelt’s Secand Response. | AL3ANY, N. Y., 9:45 PM.. December 21, 1932, | The President. The White House. Dear Mr. President: I think perhaps the difficulties to which you refer are not in finding the means or the willingness for co-opera- tion, but, rather, in defining clearly those things concerning which co-oper- ation between us is possible. ‘We are agreed that commitments to any particular policy prior to March | 4 are not for many reasons inadvis- | able and. indeed, impossible, There Te- | mains, therefore, -before that date only | the possibility of exploratory work and preliminary surveys. Please let me reiterate not only that I am glad to avoid the loss of precious time through delay in starting these preliminaries, but also that I shall gladly receive such information and ex- pression ,of D?imon concerning all of those international questions which be- cause of existing economic and other conditions must and will be among the first concerns of my administration. However, for me to accept any joint responsibility in the work of exploration might well be construed by the debtor or other nations, collectively or indi- vidually, as a commitment—moral even though not legal, as to policies and courses of action. ‘The designation of a man or men of such eminence as your tclegram sug- gests would not imply mere fact-find- ings; it would suggest the presumption that such repfesentatives were em- powered to exchange views on matters of large binding policy. Current press dispatches from abroad already indicate that the joint action which you propose wouid most certainly be interpreted there as much more of a policy commitment than either you or I actually contemplate. May I re-pectfully suggest that you proceed with the selection of your rep- resentatives to conduct the preliminary exploraticn necescary with individual debtor nations and representatives to discuss the agenda of the World Eco- nemic Conference, making it clear thaf none of these representatives is author- ized to bind this Government as to any ultimate policy. If this be done, let me repeat that I shall be happy to receive their informa- ticn and their expressions of opinion. To that I add the thought that be- tween now and March 4 I shall be very glad if you will keep me advised as to the progress of the preliminary discus- slons, and I al<o shall be happy to con- sult with you freely during tflu period. FRANKLIN D. T. MEXICAN CONSUL SHIFTED Martinez Transferred From Laredo to Los Angeles. LAREDO, Tex, December 22 (#).— Alejandro V: Martines, Mexican consul here since June, 1930, has been trans- ferred to Los Angeles and will be suc- ceeded by Jose Torres Elizarraras, Mex- ican consul at St. Louis. Martinez will turn his over to his Late this month and will take charge of the Los Angeles consulate about January 2. PO oo S Influenza Halts Class Work. ENID, Okla, December 22 ). With approximately 1,000 students sent from classrooms because of in- day ordered class Christmas earlier than originally planned. | miliar with these problems, to sit with | inet as minister of finance. brought | | heavy guns to bear on the debt question. Favors Discussion. He said it was necessary to have a | discussion with America which “has| been spoiled by that weakness which | Eurcpe, disunited and full of illusions, | has ghown toward America.” | M. Caillaux continued: | | “Encouraged by this weakness, pos- | | sessed _themcelves by illusicns, our | transatlantic friends persuaded them- | selves they had received from on high | the mission of bringing back to ways | | of wisdom the old continent—whereof | they were ignorant. ““They began by having the Peace | | Conference make territorial attribu- | ions which have nol proved happy | ones. Then, having robly refused to approve the treaty which their Presi. dent helped to elaborate, they left their tent not to participate in Geneva eco- nomic and political discussions. but to | participate, in their grandeur, in inter- | national conferences, contenting them- | selves with observers.” M. Caillaux continued that the Amer- icans became interested in reparations when their own investments in Ger- | many were imperiled, but unfortunate- | ly, Americans had forgotten that if the | | vanquished are exonerated from pay- | ment there is difficulty for them to con- tinue to pay America. ROOSEVELT REJECTS HOOVER’S BID FOR ‘ AID IN DEBT MOVE| | | (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) | Congress had recetved the presldenual‘ | message that, “I cannot go along with | the thought that the personnel con- ducting the conversations (war debts | | and economic conference) should be | identical.” Delay Asked by Roosevelt. Because he had no constitutional au- | thority as to the economic conference until March, and becxrg of the diver- gence of opinions between himself and | Mr. Hoover, as to the scope of this éon- | ference, Roosevelt said: | “I must respectfully suggest that '.hek appointing of the permanent delegates | and the final determination of the pro- | gram of the economic conference be | In the meantime, I can see no objec- tion to further informal conferences with the Agenda Committee, or to carrying on of preliminary economic studies which would serve an undoubt- edly useful purpose.” On the afternoon of the twentieth, President Hoover replied he was “un- willing to.admit that co-operation can- not be established between the out- going and which will give earlier solution and re- covery from these difficulties.” “With view to again to secure co-operation, solidarity of national action which the situation needs,” said Mr. Hoover, “I would be glad if you could designate| Mr. Owen D. Young, Col. House, or any other men of your party possessed of your views and your confidence and at the same time familiar with these problems, to sit with the principal cfficers of this administration in en- deavor to see what can be taken to avoid delays of precious time and inevitable losses that will ensue from such delays.” False Hopes Feared. Re) the next ni the Presi- Qo et atd that to Soetpt any. Jolnt responsibility in prel - tion of the questions involved it well be construed by the debtor or 5 nations, collectively or individually, as 2 commitment—moral even though not ies and courses of held in abeyance until after March 4 |beer incoming administrations | alcohol making an effort | prescript and that ures; Minnesota, 505; Wisconsin, 418, and ‘Michigan. 233. Frazier's bill, which he said was in- | dorsed by the National Farmers' Union ! and the Legislatures of North Dakota, | Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Wiscon- | sin, Illinois and Iowa, provides for _ls-‘ suing farm loan bonds. against which currency could be issued by the Fed-| eral Reserve System if the bonds did | not_sell. The bonds would bear interest at 11> per cent and be secured by first mort- | gages on farms. Loans to farmers would be limited to 80 per eent of the fair value of thq farm property and would be retireal at 1'% per cent an- nually on the principal, plus in- terest. ; I “The loans would be made only to take up existing indebtedness. High Spots Chronology of Liquor Leg- islation During Last 15 Years. By the Assoclated Press. High spots in_prohibition legislation | br the last 15 years are: du{‘;fi. ‘August 1—Senate votes eight- dment, 65 to 20. December 17—House votes the amend- ment, 287 to 100. 1919, January 16—Nebraska becomes 36th State to ratify the amendment. January 29—Eighteenth amendment to the Constitution proclaimed to be- come effective January 16, 1920. July 22—House national pro-| hibition act (Volstead law), establish-| ing one-half of 1 per cent alcoholic limit. September 4—Senate passes Valsm.d. act. Volstead Act Vetoed. October 27—President Wilson vetoes Volstead act. House overrides veto. October 28—Senate overrides veto. 1920, January 16—Prohibition amend- ment effective. i June 7—Supreme Cow’ upholds Vol- | stead act. ey 1921, June 27—House approves Willis- Campbell “anti-beer” bill No"ve:lbl\' 18—Senate passes “mu-; 1928, ‘February '15°— House defeats measure to prohibit poisoning of indus-) trial ‘alcohol. 1929—February 19. Senate approves | Jones “five-and-ten” - Jaw providing | stricter penalties, | February 28. House' approves “five- and-ten” law. 1930—Masy 14. Senate defeats meas- ure mLprdllblt polsoning of industrial clfll-—hbmry 2, Senate refuses to| remove restrictions on physicians’ liquor 1933—March 14. House defeats mo- tion to consider resolution to repeal eighteenth amendment, 238 to 169. Beer Bill Rejected. May 18, Senate defeats 4 per cent beer bill, 60 to 23. “May 18. Senate defepts 2.75 per cent beer bill, 61 to 24. July 16. Senatp by & vote of 37 to 21" takes up consideration of Glass amendment to_eighteenth, amendment, directed against return of the saloon and protecting dry States. % b 144, to e 1 Tesrtation. (two-thirds Yote ' mecestary for,_passage). b December 21. House passes 3.2 per beer bill, 230 to 165, Keller German League Envoy. BERLIN, December 22 (#)—FPried- flehvonifll:r. former minister to Ar- a tion to Sullivan of New York, Sutphin. Sweeney, Taylor of Cclorado, Thomason, Tier- y. Underwood. Vinscn cof Georgia, Vinsn of Ken- tucky. Warren, West, Willlams cf Missouri, ‘Woodrum. Yon. ‘Total Democrats for, 133. 64 Democrats Opposed. Democrzats veting against: Allgced, Almon, Ayre:. Bankh:ad, Barton, Bland, Blanton, T:iggs. Browning. Burch, Busby. Castellow, Clark of North Carolina, Col'ins, Cocper of Tennessce. Cox. DeRouen, Disney, Dcminick, Deoxey, Driver. Ellzey, Eslick. Fishburne, Flannsgan. Glover of Arkansas, Goldsborough, ' gan, Overton, Owen, Stewart, Tierney, | Green, Greenwood, Grgory. Hare, Hastings, Huddleston. Johnton of Oklahcma, Texas. Lambeth of North Carolina, Lanham, Lankford of Georgia, Ludlow. McClintock of Oklahoma, Miller of Arkansas, Mccre of Kentucky, More- hesd. Nelson of Missouri, aska. Jones of Norton of Ne- Oliver of Alabama Rankin, Rayburn. Sanders of Texas, Sandlin, Shallen- berger, Stevenson, Sumners of Texas, Swank. ‘Tarver. Weaver, Whittington, Wilson, Wo of Georgia, Wright. Total Democrats against, 64. Republicans voting for: Aldrich, Andresen, Andrew of Massa- chusetts, Andrews of New York, Arentz. Bacharach, Bachmann, Bacon, Bald- ridge, Barbour, Beck. Boileau, Bolton, Britten, Brumm, Buckbee, Burdick. od Campbell of Pennsylvania, Carter of i California, Carter of Wyoming, Cavic- chia, Chase, Chinblom. Clague, Clancy, Cooke, Coyle, Cur Eaton of New Jersey, Englebright, Erk, Estep. , Foss. Gibzon, Gifford, Golder, Goss. Hagley, Hancock of New York, Hart- iley. Hess, Hollister, Holmes, Hopkins, William E. Hull. Johnson of South Dakota, Johnson ‘Washington. Kading, Kahn, Kendall, Knutson. La Guardia, Lehlbach, Lootbourow. McLeod, Maas, Martin of Maseachu- tts, Millard. Niedringhaus, Nolan. Parker of New York, Perkins, Person, Pittenger, Harcourt J. Pratt, Ruth Pratt. Ransley, Rogers of Massachusetts. Schafer, Schneider, Seger, Shreve, Stafford, Stokes, Sullivan of Pennsyl- vania. Tinkham, Treadway, Turpin. Watson, Welch, White, Whlllt{. ‘Wolcott, Wol- Wigglesworth, Withrow, fenden, Wolverton, WoodrufT, 'yant. Total Republicans voting for, 96. Farmer-Labor voting for, Kvale. 101 Republicans Opposed. Republicans voting no: 101— Adkins, Allen. Becdy, Biddle, Bowman, Brand of Ohio, Burtness. Cabie, Campbell of Tows, Chiperfield, Christgau, Christopherson, Clarke of New York, Cochran of Pennsylvania, Colton, Cooper of Ohio, of sel kota, , Haugen, B?)u of wmuyt Virginia, Holaday, Hooper, Hope, Houston of Delaware, Morton D. Hull of Illinois. Pennsylvania, Ketcham, | Justice Jenkins. xfifl’xgn.xm«m Lambertson, Lankford of e Py Parke Patman. Patterson, Ramspeck, | Tennessee, 4 and 3, and Virginia, 5 and 4. 81 Lame Ducks Opposed. Eighty-one members of the House who will not b2 in their seats next Congress voted against the beer bill yesterday. The Republican “lame ducks” voting | no were: Adkins, Allen, Biddle. Bowman, Brand of Ohio. Burtness, Cable, Campbell of | Iowa, Chiperfield, Christgau, Christo- ‘pherson. Cole of Iowa, Colton, Crail, | Davenport, Eaton of Cclorado, Finley, | French, Garber, North Dakota, Herdy, Haugen, Hawley, | Stevenson. Wrizht. | Sixty “lame ducks” voted for the bill. | | They were: Demcerats—Canfleld, Collier, Davis !of Tennessce, Dietrich, Evans of Mon- | tana, Flood. Fulbright. Igoe, Johnson of Missouri, Kunz, Lichtenwalner, Loner- Yon. | Republicans — Aldrich, Andresen, Arentz, Bachmann. Baldridge, Barbour, Burdick, Campbell of Pennsylvani ‘Chue, Chindblom, _Clague, | Cooke, Coyle, Curry, Davis of Pennsyl- | vania, Dyer, Erk, Estep, Golder, Hadley, Hopkins, William E. Hull. Johnson of Kading, Kendall, La Guardia, Loof- bourow, Maas, Neidringaus, Nolan, Person, Pittenger, Harco J. Pratt, Ruth Pratt, Schafer, Schneider, Shreve, Siafford, Sullivan of Pennsylvania, White, Wyant. While Dieterich, Lonergan and Over- ton will not serve in the next House— and are called “lame ducks” along with those who retired or were defeated in last Fall's elections—they will be in the next Congress, having been elected to the Senate. Beer Bill Digest Collier Measure Provides For 3.2 Per Cent Alcohol by Weight. | By the Associsted Press. The important provisions of the Col- lier 3.2 per cent beer bill passed by the House and sent to the Senate are: Legalizes beer, ale, Yorte! and lager beer .of 3.2 per cent aicohol by weight or 4 per cent by volume. Provides a tax of $5 on each 31-gal- lon barrel, as compared with the exist- ing war time tax of $6 a barrel. Provides Federal protection’ to dry States on _the basis of the Webb, Ken- yon and Reed “bone dry” laws. Becomes effective 30 days after en- actment. Increases existing occupational or li- cense tax on brewers from $100 to $1.- 000 annually. pay an annual Federal license fee of $50 and retailers $20. Allows sale in any licensed place where such sale is mot in conflict with State or local laws. rels, bottles, casks, kegs or other .con- tainers, sealed and labeled. Prohibits brewers from obtaining li- censes to operate in dry States. Provides penalties for violations. produce $300,000,000 annually in reve- nue on a 60,000,000 barrels, as contrasted with tion of 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 Kills Self With Shotgun, HOUSTON, Minor Stewart, pi Abstract Co. 1s. resident of the and the Houston his home, wounded by a shot A verdict of :ulcn?ey was ‘::t“:mod the shooting was accl. Hall of Illinois, Hall of | Clancy, | South Dakota, Johnson of Washington, | ‘Treasury estimates of $125,000,000 to $150,000,0000, on a probable consump- | = 2 Relatives was not in the House bill and it was stricken from the Senate measure be- | fore passage. However, the Senate substitute pro- vision making the island election on & constitution tantamount to an expres- sion for independence was accepted by the conferees. The language agreed upon on immi= gration after independence takes ef- Iect Teads as follows: “Upon the final and complete with= drawal of American sovereignty over the Philippine Islands, the immig tion laws of the United States tinclu ing all the provisions thereof relating to persons ineligible to citizenship) shall apply to persons who were vorn in the Philippine Islands to the same extent as in the case of other fereign ccuntries.” | FILIPINOS HIT BILL. MANILA, P. I, December 22 (P).— The Hawes-Cutting Philippine inde= pendence bill recently pessed by .the United States Senate was denounced as njust and insulting” by speakers at a mass meeting here tcday, attended by | more than 5,000 people. Isauro Gabaldon, former resident | commissioner of the Philippines in Washington, D. C.. Gonsalo Puyat, president of the Philippine Chamber of | Commerce, and others addressed the | meeting. | Manuel Quezon. veteran President of | the Insular Senate and an outspoken | critic of the bill as it stands, declined | to attend, saying he wished to hear | the Filipinos express their own views, iunlnfluenced by political leaders. | Speakers attacked immigration ex- | clusion, sugar importation limitations during the transition period and reten< ] tion of naval bases by the United States, [« CAR LINES TO CUT PAY | Interborough Reductions to Effect $3,500,000 Saving. NEW YORK. December 22 (#)—The | Interborough Rapid Transit Company, | which_operates one of the city's three subway systems as well as elevated lines, | announced salary reductions ranging | from 10 to 30 per cent today which the company said would effect an an- nual saving of $3,500,000. e announcement said the reduc- | tion would affect all employes except those receiving less than $22 a week. The announcement was issued through | the company’s receivers, Victor J. Dow- ling and Thomas E. Murray. jr. The | reductions beccme effective next month. Requires _ wholesale distributors to Permits distribution of beer in bar- | In addition, advocates claim it will possible consumption basis of | Tex., December 22 (#).— | ‘Houston | Title | Guaran ‘yesterdsy shortly after he was fol in a bed room at | Shoppinq Days ‘til Christmas