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# Ment should do. .mwfl{a SR Y- HOOVER FFORTS - RODSEVELTS GAN Pemocratic Explanation of | ~-Delay in Reorganizing An- ticipated by G. 0. P. BY MARK SULLIVAN. What the Repubiicans and Wash- “ington generally now anticipate from | ‘the Democrats 1s a statement of the reasons why the Democrats prefer to ‘wait and have President-elect Roose- velt put In effect a reorganization of Government departments when one has ‘alréady been worked out by President {m&. was lald before Congress by im o December 9, and would auto- matically go into effect 60 days later, ‘unless Congress, by afrmative action, sus) it. xfi‘;esumed. indeed it has already “been announced, that the Democrats ~controlling the House will suspend Mr. Hoaver's reorganization in order to give | Mr. Roosevelt the opportunity to do the “work. Surmise about the motives of the Democratic action cover, of course, a wide range. There could be at least “one perfectly legitimate reason, It may be that the Democrats think President ‘Hoover’s reorganigation does not go far enough and wish to make a more thor~ oughgoing one. Washington, habit- ually cynical, smiles with more than unusual broadness at the notion that » new party entering into power with | an enormous mass of its members| clamoring for jobs will actually lop| oft more offices from the Governfient bureaus than would be lopped off in the reorganization worked out by the Tetiring President. View of Development. | Washington, indeed, has always doubted whether It is & political possi- bility for either party at any time to Feally effect & genuine and material re- “duc in the number of politically yaluable Federal offices. Since Wash- {ington habituaily feels this way, it now | tends to regard the present development | merely the latest in a long series of | actions which have postponed and de- | feated Government reorganization for | 120_years, Notwithstandjng this skepticism, a Close examination of the long history of the movement shows that in its re- ‘cent stages it has made real progress | toward fulfillment. The proposal first | sttracted sensational attention during the Taft administration when Senator Aldrich said that if given a free hand to revamp the Government organization #s any private business would have it, he could reduce expenses by 25 per cent. The Talt administration made a gesture ‘toward it. The Wilson administration “promised to do it, but the war inter- Vened and necessarily brought about immense enlargement of Federal unctions. When President Harding en- tered office following the war, the prob- dem was more serious than ever. 7 Harding Efforts Futile, Harding as he took office hopefully reorganization® of the Government de- partments would ,be the out®anding ‘achievement of his administration by - which he would be kmown in history. Nothiug, however, was done. Nothing was done in the Coolidge administration. Althougk Hr. Hoover repeatedly urged ':‘.he action, nothing was done until last une. - ‘Througbout all this the picture was .one of all Presidents recomgending the | reorganization, but Congress at all times | Tefusing to act. It was clearly demon- | strated that it was politically impossible Tor, to enact such & za- tiofi. reason,was and is that each lder who would be removed or transferred, and each local community that would receive less Government money, “laid down” on its Congressman. The u'n'rh of this pressure made reorganization by Congress literally im- possible. The ‘thing could only be done it Congress would first bind itself not 10 interfere. ‘Then, on June 30 last, & real step forwa.u - .s taken. Congress, pressed by President Hoover and by public opin. fon, abdicated to & degree its power. It authorized President Hoover to make | #he needed reductions and transfers, #nd it decfeed in advance that the | ‘changes. should go into effect. This au- | thorization was subject only to the Jimitation that Congtess should have 60 days in which to veto whatever the President might do. This was a quite Yeal abdication by Congress. Congress gduced its own conitrol from a complete | e, which could only be exercised by firmative legislation, to a mere power veto, if it chose, whatever the Presi- S Changes by Hoover. + Mr, Hoover made the changes, among | Others consolidating 58 Government de- partments into nine, and reported his | wction to Congress on December 9. | Congress, or at least the Democratic House, now proposes to use its power 0 veto and at the same time announce | they will have Mr. Roosevelt do the work after he Is in office. Washington - tends skeptically _to $hink this is the same old story, that | the forces which have prevented re- | organization for 20 vears are now do- ing the same thing in a new way. | e suspicion is, in part, probably | unjust. President-elect Roosevelt may | ve the most earnest intention to do | e work and do it with great thorough- | He may, however, have the ex- &alstnce of five Presidents preceding in discovering that the forces op- Pored wil again find a way to save hat they regard as their vested in- terests. (Copyright. 1933.) ATHLETIC ECONOMY SOUGHT AT HASKELL New Policy at Indian School Calls| for Less Emphasis on Sports. By the Associated Press 4 A mew policy calling for a ot the abnormal emphasis Jetics” at Haskell Institute, Governm Indian School at Lawrence, Kans., was dnnounced today by the Bureau of In- dian Affairs. The statement was issued & few days fter Senator Cutting, Republican of | ew Mexico, had announced he was in- quiring into the failure o renew the contract of Frank W. McDonald, ath- lJetic director at the institute, at the end of 1932 The Indian Bureau officials explained previously the principal reason wes economy. 1t was added today that the | reduced stress upon athletics also was & contributing_cause. “Those in charge of the educational #dministration of Indian affairs,” the statement said, “are strongly in favor of school and college athletics, They are determined, however, to make the em- phasis the physical and recreational education of the boys and girls of Has- kell rather than commercialize inter- institutional athletics.” | A report from the bureau stating | that the Haskell athletic staff is over-| a:n-qt.vu yeceived today by Senator | t 8 that his contract was not re- newed because of McDonald's activities | in connection with the Young Men's mocratic Leag'e of Kanses led ends of Cutting to su_ges: an inquiry. redu upon a “Drama Critic Dies. | BOSTON, January 4 (#).—Katherine | t.y:; 4. Lox the Boston u‘l;r;\:‘le: died t after an opera hos- M and » daughter sur- INGTON, Custom Agents Differ on Art WORK OF SPANISH ARTIST FINALLY WINS RECOGNITION. sent “El Picador” to Baltimore a “Hmmn,” he mused, “old pipe.” he produced a picture of his work. “‘Vi dnd pla on exhibition. IECES of stove pipe, battered tin dippers, old tin cans, shovels and old | inner tubes do nct—ia the opinion of New York customs officials—com- poce & work of art, so last vear “El Picador,” by Jose de Creeft, Spanish | artist, was barred unless $600 duty wes paid. Recently Senor de Creeft nd an agent looked ft over in its crate. It was an anxious moment for the artist, but | ery good,” said the agent. And so “El | Picador™ entered America as a work of art and was sent to New, York, assembled —A. P. Photo. PARLEY T0 DECIDE RODSEVELT'S PLANS l lems to Be Discussed in New York Tomorrow. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | | President-elect Roosevelt will have! his first taste of legislative complexitiey tomorrow when he meets with Demo- cratic congressional leaders, including | Until now Mr. Roosevelt has had | individual consultations, but he has never had presented to him the legis- Iative situation,as & whole. The con- ference, which is to be held at his home in New York, will mark the be- | winning of & program or policy for the Democrats st the shdrt session which ends on RMarch 4. Here are the essential points which | | will be considered at the conferences: 1. Shall an attempt be made at the P t session to balance the budget taxes? 2. Shall attempts be made to avold a special session with full”“realization fact that, if this is not practi- cable, & time shall be fixed for the extra session? 3. Shall reorganization proposals to| consolidate and transfer bureaus be | killed and & new plan formulated for | the extra session? 4. Shall farn relief be pushed ahead together with the beer bill irrespective of probable vetoes by Mr. Hoover? Budget Most Difficult. There are other collateral questions which must necessarily become inter- woven in any legislative discussion, but the basic and fundamental elements are contained in the foregoing outline. ‘The most perplexing itgm, of course, is the balancing of the budget. The | the chairmen of important committees, | BYRD MAKES OFFER TOGVEUP LS, PAY |Four Major Legislative Prob- | Will Quit Navy Status if Le-| gion Will Seek Repeal of Pension Law. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 4—Rear Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd has pledged him- | self to give up his status in the Navy | and “all that goes with it" if the Amer- | ican Legion will favor before Congress | Tepeal of the law “which grants pen- | sions to veterans of all our wars who | received no injury or disability from was | service.” } Admiral Byrd made the pledge in & | statement last night in answer to cflu-} URGES §85,000,000 CUT FOR VETERANS Woodrum Proposes Slash at Once to Achieve Economy in Benefits. By the Assoclated Pre An immediate $85,000,000 slash in the Veterans' Administration’s expenditures was proposed today by the chairman of the House Veterans' Appropriations subcommittee as a temporaty measure to achieve some economy in ex-soldiers’ benefits. Chairman Woodrum announced his purpose to newspaper men and said he would put it up to his committee and the House. His plan contemplates & 10 per cent cut, for the next fiscal year only, in World War compensation a: disability allowances, Army and Navy pensions, emergency officers’ retired pay and similar items. Grange Expresses View. He advanced this plan while the joint congressional Committee on Veteran: was hewring propocals from the Na- tional Grange for hig permansnt slashes in veterans’ funds. This organisation was khe latest of & lcng list appearing in opposition to continuance of benefits to former :oldiers whose claim is not based upon injury or illness attributable to_active service. Weodrum's Committee is to report before long the annual veterans' appro- priations for the fiscal year, 1934. Fred Brenckman, Washington rep- resentutive of the Grange, expressed | opposition to cash payment of the sol- diers' bonus, contended this payment “cannot be justified and should not be granted,” and added: “While the demand for immediate payment of the bohus is more promi- nently in the public eye by reason of the spectacular campaign that has been waged in its behalf, more deadly and | demoralizing in the long run, if al- | lowed to go unchecked, is the present profiigate practice of paylng benefits from the public treasury to many thou- sands of veterans who have no service- connected disability whatever.” He sald the Grange recognized the obligation of the Government to care for veterans and their dependents “who have any just clalm,” but said there are “reasonable limits” beyond which the Nation cannot go. Debate Bonus Actien. Veterans' supporters on Capitol Hill will decide soon what to do about the bonus—whether to try to force its pas- sage this Winter in the face of ceriain presidential veto, or to wait until the new Congress meets. The decision depends upon & further study of congresisonal sentiment and & more definite impression as to when the extraordinary session of Congress, now considered inevitable, will begin. Representative Patman, Democrat, of ‘Texas, sald today he and others, who want to pay immediately the adjusted compensation certificates, hope to make their decision by next week. “We know,” Patman s “that we already have enough bonus advocates in the House to force action on a bill, and we feel sure that we have not lost any strength since the measure passed last session.” May File Peution. When the bill was defeated in the cism given yesterday both in the House | Senate last year, Patman immediately reducing expenditures and new | and Senate at Washington because he was receiving $4,200 annual retirement pay from the Government while acting | for the National Economy League of | | which he is chairman. Answers Rob e The statement specific puswered Senator Robinson of Indi m de- manded off the floor of the Senate that he return his “pension” to ‘the Gov- ernment. “First I want to make this clear,” the | admiral stated. “I do not now, nor have I at any other time, drawn & pension from the Government. I am of the regular na- val establishment, subject to the call to duty in an emergency. “Let me also make clear, the purpose of the National Economy League, which | the Senator attacks, is to cut all waste- ful governmental costs, local, State and Federal. “Now I want to submit a proposition | introduced an almost identical measure. If the survey and developments con- vince him that he should ahead, he said he would file a petition to bring the $2.400,000,000 measure up for con- sideration. He insisted there would be no difficulty in obtaining the needed 145 signatures on the ition. tman and other bonus advocates will not ease up their campaign for the veterans even though they decide to let the compensation certificates wait. He and Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, yesterday, for instance, in | speeches on the House and Senate | floors, assailed the National Economy | League, which proposes to reduce pres- | ent_expenditures for veterans’ benefits | by_$452,000,000 & year. The Texan and others will continue their speeches for currency expansion, | calling attention to bonus greenbacks as one way of achieving | that expansion. Meanwhile, they will | seek to defeat any reduction proposals | that might be recommended by the joint Democrats to date have no constructive | t0_Senator Robinson {n answer o his | congressional committee which is pur- plan to bring about needed to operate the Government with- out a deficit. In fact, they have re- vealed no plan at all. If, on the other hand, it is their purpose to balance the budget by increased revenues, they | BTess the repeal of that damgerous, | have not agreed among themselves on a form of taxation which will do the trick. Much of the indecision and uncer- tainty is due to unfamiliarity with what Mr, Roosevelt may hav In fact, tomorrow's conference is & Government. I will give up my status !in the Navy and all that goes with it | if the American Legion which the Sen- |ator represents will favor before Con- costly law which grants pensions to | veterans of all our wars who received ‘no injury or disability from war service. Urges Legion Support. “% ¢+ The immediate payment of the| | iy mind; | bonus 1s bf smel} imposyance copAred | TURLed 1h Galy 23:pet oint Tali o |to this civil life disability allowance direct outgrowth of the apparent con- | cost. This law measures war service in | fusion revealed last week when same |terms of dollars and cents. A nation | Democratic leaders intimated that they | cannot survive that so measures the would favor the sales tax, and the very | war service of its people. next day reports from President-elect “I am not opposed to the veterans. I Roosevelt office in Albany declared |am opposed to this un-American prin- | he did not favor any such tax. | ciple.” ‘ It \\‘lll take Mr. Roosevelt considerable | Admiral Byrd said there was “every | time to becom: fairly acquainted with | reason whv the Legion should favor | all the legislative prcblems with which [ repeal of this law.” the economies demand that I return my pay to the | sulng its study of veterans' benefits. | _ Veterans' supporters conceded that | President Hoover would veto & bonus | payment now. They also hold that in strength to put payment through over presidential veto. % Patman said today that of the 176 in | the House who voted against the bonus last session, 47 per cent were defeated for re-election, while of the 211 who & ROOSEVELT WANTS BUDGET BALANCED AT THIS SESSION __(Continued From Pirst Page.) yment in | | the next Congress there will be enough | he is going to be confronted, but it is believed he has definitely in mind now | some of the principles upon which he | wishes his administration to begin. Extra Session. The question of an extra session, of course, depends on what co-operation | t ats can get from their oppo- te Mr. Hoove Roosevelt's c debt problem and surprising if the De: help from the Republi olding an extra session. It % happens that the conser; interests of the country are eager to | postpone for as long a time as possible | the convening of a new Congress and therefore whatever pressure these con- | servatives can_exert wiil be applied to bring about Republican co-operation. This would, on the other hand, how- | ever, not include such experimental | measures as the new domestic allotment | the war not be sought !plan for farm relfef which will b> bit- | s v _fought b the Republicans an will be vetoted by Presides {oove: the event that a coalitien ¢f Domor2's | end insurgent Republicans succeeds in putting it through | The conference batween Mr. Roosevelt and the congr onal leaders will really determine the fate of much legislation, | tired rear admiral, were condemned | for on the decisions reached will de- pend the extent to which Republican co-operation can be obtained, and also the importance of the items that will be left over to force an extra session. Mr. Roosevelt to all intents and pur- The Legion did not back the law, | Byrd said, nor “is it in accordance with that wonderful and patriotic preamble of the American Legion which declares the Legion to be for God and country and not for gain.” “I would recommend mercy and con- sideration,” the admiral said, “for broken-down and old and feeble pen- | sioners already on the pension list. 1 favor the p! iple that the utmost care should be exercised not to do any in- justie to anv veteran who may have gotten his cisability in any way con- nectcd with his war service.” Byrd, a Leglonnaire himself, said he stood for “even more liberal compensa- tion for the really war disabled who have been somewhat overlooked in the rush for pensions on the part of vet- er{zr,: who got their injuries in civil e M'DUFFIE UPHOLDS BYRD. Condemns Attacks Made on Admiral's Relirement Pay, By the Associated Press. Attacks on Ri“hard E. Byrd because he is advocating cuts in veterans' bene- fits while himself drawing pay as & today by Chairman McDuffie of the special Congressional Committee on Veterans, with the assertion that th~ do him “a great and serious injustic “Admiral Byrd,” he said, “does nc. need any defense at the hands of any poses will begin to function this week | American. His record speaks for itself.” | cabs and sutomebiles and beat Criv in his new role as leader of the Demo- cratic party inside as well as outside of Congress. (Copyright. 1033.) SEVERAL HURT IN R!OT . OF JAMAICAN SOLDIE no Disturbances Follow Death of Pri-| vate, During Fight—Clash With Police. By the Associated Press. KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 4.— Several civillans and soldiers were hurt yesterday when soldiers of the North- umberland Fusiliers rioted after one of their comrodes had been killed The soldiegs stopped street carz. taxi- ers and occupants of the vehicles. They also clashed with the police. Order was finally restored , dramatic editor and critic authorities said they were not inclined to take & serious view of the situation. Pvt, Macdougall was said have_been - during & day night. and | can loan of 1929 3 fight Mon- | _ With that he introduced a recital of | Byrd’s career into the record of his | | ccmmittee’s hearings on reducing vet- | erans’ expenditures, McDuffie spoke at the conclusion of a committee session | just before Senator Robinson, Repub- He of Indiana, cne of the most out- |-roken of Byrd critics, had left. Only yesierday on the Senate floor Robinson called on Byrd to return his reurement‘ pay. McDuffie said he regretted that Rob- |inscn was not present, but that he had told Robinson he intended t0 make the | statement. | GREECE TO PAY ON LOAN Settle 30 Per Cent of Interest Due. ATHENS, Joruary 4 () —The go cromenl ted v ordersd paymant o. | per cent of the inievesi on the Am Government Will | |and the Natiopal { York. Premier Tsaldares will uary 15 for Rome, to negotiate with bor ve on Jan- W :anr 0o. City of New | on the Tenn shown through the maze of rush-hour |traffic in New York by motor cycle police, who kept their sirens screaching to force a pathway. night he and Mrs. Roosevelt went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parish for dinner. Mrs. Parish is a cousin of Mrs. Roosevelt. Because of the congressional prob- lems on his doorstep, the President- elect has deferred until next month, at the earliest, announcement of his cabi- |net. There is & hint that these posts may be announced when Mr. Roosevelt is alone out at sea in the yacht trip | he proposes for February in southern waters. While making headquarters here, | Roosevelt still hopes to spend the week | ends before he departs for the §outh (on January 19 at his Hyde Park estate. WANT DEFINITE VIEWS. | & — | By the Associated Press. Congressicnal Democrats plan to ask President-elect Pnocevelt to give them whaeever views he has developed on low to balance the budget and make definite suggestions on the question of | new taxes. This became evident when Chairman | Collier of the House Ways and Means Committee postponed a long-planned meeting of the group today to survey the Government's fiscal relations and ccnsider tax proposals. Leaders of the Senate and House will meet Mr. Roosevelt in his New York home tomorrow night, report on the entire legislative field as they see it and then obtain the ideas of the in- coming Chief Executive. ‘Whatever conclusions are reached will go far in determining the course of legislation this cession, picbobly settle the question of new taxes and may de- | cide the issue of a spétial session. Eleven of the leaders who will tend the conference met yesterdhy and discussed the question u¥ making in- | come balance expenditures, indicating that economy in operating expenses and the passage of a measure to legalize and tax beer will be two of the princi- plllh:nelbodl they will offer tomorrow night. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Senate leader, s confererce that various budget-bal ancing methods were dwelt upon, but m)LcOn“ u;lom Vlfel'e re&fh!d, E es, figures from the Treasury wil . Roosevelt and will | discussions. Robinson said he and Senators Har- ricon of Missicsippl, ranking Democrat Finance W D. C, W FEDERAL DEFICIT NOW $1,159.86.502 Government Collects $1,022,- 885,840 in Six Months and Spends 32,182,172,342, | By the Associated Press. | The Government ended the first halt of its 1933 fiscal year on December 30 | with a deficit of $1,159.286,502. In the six months starting last July 1, the Government collected from all |sources $1,022885,840 and spent $2.- /182,172,342, While the new billion- | dollar tax measure increased miscel- |laneous internal revenue $117,000,000, d | Income taxes dropped $272,000,000, more | than neutralising the gain of the new | tax levies. In the six months, miscellaneous in- ternal revenue brought in $387,360,027, | compared with $270,571,381 in the first | half of the previous fiscal year. Income | $615,324,342 collected in the same pe- riod of the previous year. New Taxes Not Reflected. ‘The higher income tax levies in the | tax bill have not begun to be reflected in the Government's revenues, as they | were effective only on 1932 income and | the first payment of tax for last yi {will be received by the Treasury next March 15. | The total general fund receipts drop- |ped from $1,134,464092 last year to | $978,485,904 In the six months of the present year. Total ordinary expendi- tures also were 1 than last year, amounting to $2,138,446,097, compared with $2,489,415,470. General expenditures dro“ufi from 1 |$1,372,071,210 a_year ago to 71, 601 in the first half of the present year. Debt Interest Mounts. Interest on the public debt increased from $290,908,399 to $320,554,881 and money placed in the sinking fund in- creased from $355,209,200 to $418 000 in the first six months of this year. During the six months the Treasury has issued $4,735,995,244 of securities and has retired $3417.440,896. The deficit at the end of the first six months was $226,000,000 less than that for the first six months of last year. In addition to the sharp drop in in- come tax collections, the Government received approximately $60,000,000 less from customs dutles this six months than it did s year mgo. This income $137,651,439. National banks, taking advantage of the Glass-Borah amendment to the home loan banking law, have issued since last July approximately $175,- | 000,000 of additional currency based on | Qovernment bonds bearing not ‘more | than 3% per cent interest. ‘The gross public debt on December 31 amounted to $20,806,656,791, com- pared with $17,825,449,753 on December 31, 1931. The debt reached its peak on August 31, 1919, when it amounted to $26,596,701,648 and compared with the pre-war debt on March 31, 1917, of §1,- 282,044,346 DOAK ASSIGNS AIDE T0 ‘ROMANOFF SCION’ Murray Garsson Will Attempt to| Establish Birthplace of Gerguson. By the Assoclated Press Secretary of Labor Doak today desig- nated Murray Garsson as a special as- |sistant to attempt to establish the birthplace of Harry Gerguson, a_self- styled descendant of the manofts. | Gerguson, who posed as a member of the Russian royal family, has caused came to New York. He was declared to be a Russian citizen and was deported to France, where he was sentenced to jail. ; After his release he returned to this |country. A passenger on the steamer Europa claimed to have recognized him, but Gerguson said first he came from Canada and later declined to discuss the method by which he entered the country. Gerguson is now held at Ellis Island. Despite his claim to be a Russian, Ger- guson says he was born in the United States. tive through the series of inquiries which resulted in discovery of immigration frauds. DROP $1-A-YEAR JOBS Two Employment Agents Removed From U. 8. Pay Roll. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, January 4 (@) —"In the Interests of eccnomy™ two New Mexico Federal jobs that pay $1 a year will be eliminated. Mrs. E. A. Perrault, in _charge of the Federal Employmeni Office, was notified yes- terday from Washington that the $i-a- Vegas and Siiver City must be dropped from the pay roll. ‘They are Miss Mar- garet J. Long of Vas Vegas and R. T. Kellogg of Silver City. Filipinos Protest Tear Gas. pines, hay drafted President of the Gerglan Republic a resolution protesting the tear gas at. tack on Miss Jovita Fuentes while ap- pearing in a theater in Germany. The resolution also was sent to the mayor of Wuppertal, the German consul gen- eral and the German Club at Manila. GOOBER SPECIAL | taxes fell off to $343,227,856 from the T | peen forced to resort to other foods from July 1 to December amounted to | |in private practice, and had design:d the department considerable difficulty | in the last two years. A year ago he | stowed away on a French steamship and | Garsson has been Doak’s representa- | year special agents she has at Las| ‘The Council of Lucban, in the Philip- | and sent to the| PILOT CLAIMS RECORD FOR STOPS| Friendly Little Train of Georgia Railroad Pulled Up 100 | By the Associsted Press. disease germ that drifted up the coast | runted the balance of nature along the | Atlantic reaboard from Virginia to New Brunswick, Dr. John B. May, State recent changes in habits of various | forms of animal life. Dr. May traced these changes to the disappearance of eel grass along the coast line. Various possible causes have been mentioned for the disappearance of the long, ribbon-like grass, but all | have now virtuslly eliminated ex- | cept diseases, according to Dr. lllz | Little is known of the disease, but stud- | ies will be conducted next Summer in an effort to identify it. That it is of Southern origin is believed indicated by | visits in Northern waters of uncommon | tropical or semi-tropical fish. Motor boat enthusiasts who have had propeliers fouled by the marine vege- tation may have rejoiced in its van- ishment, but that joy plainly was not shared by water fowl and many varie- ties of fish that regarded eel grass as their natural feeding ground. Brant, | geese and some species of ducks, largely vegetarians, fed on the grass itself, and other birds fed on the marine life | dwelling in the grass. Now they have | and ferm lands have suffered. | Gulls, valuabie scavangers, had alwars NAVAL ARCAITECT |Ross Lauder Fryer Designed | Many Boats and Organized Yacht Club. | 51, ne engineer, | Ross Lauder Fryer, | vaval architect and m | died late yesterday at Wa: tarium, Takoma Park, Md, after an illness of six weeks. Mr. Fryer was one of the organisers and first commodore of the Corinthian j Yacht Club here. He was in the Gov- | ernment service for many years pre- | vious to 1915, and since then had been a number of boats for the Quarter- master Department of the Army and | for private_yachtsmen. His office, in | the Hill | headquarters for manufactur | ous kinds of ine | equipment, and he represented many companies in negotiations for Govern- | ment work. Attended School Here. Born in New York City in April, 1881, Mr. Fryer came to Washingion as a youth, and attended Business High School and George Washington Uni- versity here. Upon ccmpletion of his work at the latter institution, he be- came private secretary to Richard C. Kerens, financier and railroad man. Later he entered the Government senvice, and as assistanc marine eag. nefir; In the Office of the Quertermasier Qeneral collaborated in designing, oper- | poin ating and maintaining & large fleet of vessels of the Army Transport Service and the Army Harbor Boat Service. He also had served with the District Naval Militia, retiring with the rank of lieu- tenant. Member of Many Groups. He was a member of the Washington Trade and an associate member of the Natfonal Press Club. Other organizations of which he was a member include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American So- clety of Marine Designers, Society of Naval Architects and Mechanical Engi- neers, Washington Soclety of Engineer: Soclety of Naval Engineers, Amerk Geographic Society, Columbia Historical lution. His fraterpal _affiliations included membership in Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, F. A. A. M.; Almas Temple, Shrine, and many others. He was a member of the Racquet Club, Congres- | sional Country Club, Corinthian and Capital Yacht Clubs, the Lions Club and New York State Society. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Lear Pryer; two sons, Ross Lauder Pryer, jr., a student at Cornell, and Prederick Lear Fryer, and a sister, Mrs, Clarence Hurrey, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at 2 ingston street, followed by burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Hand Casts Revive Vogue. in the old type of plaster casts are be- ing_exhibited in London. An artist has such detalls can be reproduced even in bronze. The new casts are supposed to disclose character and occupation much more clearly than do the casts which were made of notables in the Victorian era. Among the exhibits are the gigan- tic hands of Carnera, the pugilist, as | well as those of artists, authors and stage stars. | Mail Bags Cause Puzzle. Police of New ‘Zealand and England | are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of three mail bags from the liner Remuera. On the voyage from New Zealand the vessel carried | 21 bags of mail. All were accounted for at Panama, but at Wellington, New Zealand, the three bags ‘were miss‘ng | and no trace of them has been found. DISCONTINUED; DISEASE BLIGHTS SEA GRASS: ' FOWL RAID INLAND FOR FOOD /Balance of Nature Disrupted Along At- lantic Seaboard as Animal Life ' Changes Its Habits. | BOSTON, January 4—A microscopic | 'on a Southern ocean current probably | | was the obscure agent which has dis- | | ornithologist, said today in discussing | DIES AT HOSPITAL prominent | ington Sani- | Building, was Washingto | of vari- | Chamber of Commerce the Board of | Society and Sons of the American Revo- | been satisfled with gleanings from Bos- ton Harbor. .Now they are invading the city itself and protests are being | received at the St: House against raids by gulls on s fisa bads and on the nesting places of the greceful tern. Dr. Mey sald that, while he was a| conservationist, he felt some measure might b2 necessary to halt the depre- dations of the gulir, once so decimated by feather hunters that the Audubon Bocieties obtained strict immunity to save the species from cb'ivion. Maine farmers complain that gulls conduct serious raids on blueberry pas- tures. Coast dwellers charge the gulls with taking tremendous \011 of clams, scallops, oysters, quahogs, crabs and small fish. Not only is life in the sea and air | | being seriously affected by disappewr- | ance of & vegetation which the thought- | | less regarded as a nuisa but the character of much of the coast 1s | | threatened with change. In many places | the fine white sand is being washed | | from bathing beaches which had | hitherto been protected from rough seas by an outer fringe of the grass. The soft mud and silt is washing away from flats on which shelifish ved, revealing them at low tide barren ex- .um"? of gravel incapable of support- ng life sepom have been recelved by Dr. May which indicate the eel grass dis- | ease has made its appearance in France, | but that other Evropean countries have thus far escaped the blight. | | Engineer Dies | ROSS LAUDER FRYER. CAPITAL LEADS IN NEWS | Washington Rates Third Among All Cities Originating Programs. | | _A review of the activities of the | Columbla Broadcasting System in Washingten during the year 1932 shows | | that more remote control news broad- casts originated in thé Capital in the 12-month period than in any other ¢ity in the United States.’ In addition, from a sustaining view- t, Washingfon takes its “place as | | the third most important point on the Columbia network, only New York City and Chicago out-rating it as a point of | broadeast origination during the year | just past. SENATOR TO SPEAK Costigan to Address Woman’s Dem- | ocratic Club Dinner. | Senator Costigan of Colorado will ispeak on “Rellef by Pro) da"” at a | dinner at the Woman’s National Dsmo- cratic Club Frigay night. o i and s Brig are Mr. an . Frank S. ht, Mr, and Mrs. Luke I. Wison, Judge and Mrs Samuel Jordan Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keating, Mr. and Mrs. Basii Manly and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel | Herrick, —Underwood, Photo. | players. “BATTLE OF MONEY” LOOMS IN-SENATE Borah:May Offer Plan to De- flate the Dollar—Opposi- tion Threatens. By the Assoclated Press. The “money question,” long simmer- ing in Congress, may come %0 a head in the Senate within a few days. In the face of a growing demand, particularly from Western States, for currency inflation to reduce debts, Sen- ator. Borah, Idaho Republican, is pre- paring & measure to deflate the dollar. He is sounding out the sentiment of the Benate to deterniine whether it is strong enough to warrant him offering such a bill a¢ an amendment to the Glass banking measure which comes up tomerrow. Senate leaders privately agree that sentiment for currency inflation of one kind or another is growing by leaps and bounds, not only in their chamber but in the House as well. ‘There is no agreement, however, they say, as to what form it should take, li‘ld Borah is withholding details of his plan. Among the methods which have been proj are the issuance of money on’ the basis of United States bonds, re- mnneuutgn of silver, and lowering of the gold lontent of the doliar. Some of the more conservative Sena~ tors are watching these demands for money legislaiion with something akin to anxiety, determined to forestall it if possible. One of them, privately agree- ing that the movement is gmwln,. eaid he would fight it as he had never fought anything before. The Senate last session turned down the House proposal to pay the soldier bonus by inflating currency to the ex- tent of $2,400,000,000, but a few days lll‘;u" agreed to Borah's legisiation for ted 3 The monbc.y question nue‘d"rhp in the yesterday, Borah , Democrat, of Alabama; Logan, Democrat, of Kefe tucky, and Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana, urging action. Bankhead termed the money blem the “paramount question” be the Nation end the world. He demanded that the leadership recognize the question. ENGLISH PICK UP U. 8. British Listeners Praise Amorieafl Version of Cockney Accenty Powerful broadcasting stations in United Btates are being tuned in spondent got an “amusing he heard “Dr. Fu Manchu” from WCAU, Philadelphia, on of the Cockney accents used by “1 gathered the impression that they macde a better job of a Cockney accent than we usually do of an American one,” he commented. Other stations tuned in by the Eng- lish DX fan were WTAM, Cleveland; WIOD, ' Miami Beach, Fla.; WPG, Atlantic (;"lty.tl-ll:: :AAB. Boston. The correspondent eard programs from WEAQ, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and from several South American stations. RENEW CONTRACTS —_— Guy Lombardo and Burns and Allen to Be Heard Another Year. Guy Iombardo's Royal Canadians Orchestra and George Burns and Gracie Allen have renewed a contract with the Columbia Broadcasting System for an_additional year. This popular radio feature, whica now is heard on Wednesday at 9 p.m., will be broadcast instead at 9:30 the same night, beginning January 4. —_—ry Spain’s “Amos 'n’ Andy.” Spain’s “Amos ‘n’ Andy” are a highly opular ir of announcers at dio arcelona, who go'on the air regularly to discuss topics of the day and inters sperse these with dialogue of a com- mercial nature, for Spain permits radio advertising. Senores Toresky and Miret are the pair, but they often introduce a third announcer, Senor Miliu. Toresky, being a former stage ventriloquist, well known on the Contlinent, plays the part of Miliu. He is Spain's man of many | | With the greatest rice crops in China | iIn years prices in the grain have fallen to the lowest level in many seacons. voices, just as Freeman Gosden as “Amos” 1§ American radio’s premier impersonator. p.m. Friday at his late home, 3903 Liv- | The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and prac- tical—it is not necessary to have had an account at Hand casts that reveal the minute | lines and skin texture which were lost | evolved & method of his own by which | Times in 100-Mile Daily Run. By the Assoclated Press. keg of beer home without his father- | ATLANTA, January 4—The glory of | n-law knowinz about it. The engineer shgeen ~preed to slow the Goober Spécial an the Goober Special has been written In | |1, Yellow kick off the keg at an | time tables and now comes B. H. Mor- | coicted spot. The special wes slowed | ris, who pulled its throttle for 35 years, |all r!ghtbolnd lgledfellow klekedb !hkemkegt._ rted | but it bounce lown an embankment | WeDLs chgnin AoH A BOpRa | and tore across a zorn field. The beer about 4,000,000 times during its life. For each $60 bor- you agree to d $it a monthk in an ac- count, the pro- ceeds of which may be used fo ahv;ald Mik;:“ whendue. - its may be made onaweekly, semni- monthliy or monthly basis as you prefer. $1,200 $6,000 Bbe Foening Hiar this Bank to borrow. Loons are posc- ed within ¢ day or two after filing applicatrion— th escep- tbm‘m MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, thoug| $100 i peri $500 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” ADVERTISENEX M ot RECEIVED HERE ‘The two never would The Goober Special—so named be- cause its passengers just about ate their weight in peanuts—ran between Atlanta and Social Circle, Ga. It made almost 100- stops in 100 miles, or 200 stops per day a round trip. The Georgia Railroad has discontinued the fussy little train and retired Morris—its only pilot. It was one of those friendly little trains with a funny whistle that tooted for every farm. Morris kncw all the regular customers and often held the special If they were a bit late. When cOws Or mules strayed on the tracks, Morris would halt the train until his stock to safety by he the time wanted to get a ruined the corn. mix. Morris was nosing his train through a fog one day when a freight engine | loomed before him. He cut his steam and jumped. He says he heard the collision as he tumbled down an em- | bankment and looked up just in time to see & pair of pilot trucks start down |the Incline after him. The trucks | chased him for 50 yards. Back at the | | wreck he discovered the engineer of the | freight train was his brothe:-in-"aw rnd | the two firemen also were brothers-in- | aw. None was hurt. H Fealey’s Pharmacy—11th & Pa. Ave. S.E. - Is an Authorized Star Branch Office & QU can often gain time and save yourself a i:oumey downtown by leaving copy for your lassified Advertisements with the authorized tar Branch Office in your neighborhood. You can i ~¢edily locate these Branch Offices There is one near you. by the above sign. » Star Branch Office service is rend. withc only regular rates are charged. »m. without “~