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A2 ECONOMY REPORT AWAITED IN SENATE Treasury-Post Office Bill May Be Taken Up Early Next Week. (Continued From Pirst Page) National Federation of Federal Em- | ployes, described the economy group’s | as a “disappointment to those | who had looked to this group for sub- stantially constructive leadership in the task of eliminating the rank injustices | and inequities of the so-called economy | act.” Steward declared that in recom- | mendng a further salary cut for Gov-, ernment workers the committee “is not traveling the road of sound national economy.” Earlier in the day Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, characterized the new pay cut as unjustifiable and announced the fed- eration would fight it “with all jts vigor.” g In the full committee meeting yes- terday afternoon Senator Bingham tried to have repealed the married per- sons clause of the present economy act, but failed. This clause provides that when a reduction in force is necessary | in a Government office married per- sons must go first if the husband or wife also is employed by the Govern- ment. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, made a fight in the full committee for amendments that would make a 50 per cent cut in ocean and air mail contracts, but these proposals also were voted down. Broader Merger Powers. The presidential reorganization pow- ers as they exist in the present econ- omy law enable the President to issue executive orders for the transfer and consolidation of bureaus, which or- ders become effective at the end of 60 days unless one branch of Congress passes a veto resolution within that time. He cannot under existing law issue orders to abolish agencles, but may only recommend abolitions to Con- gress. As agreed to if committee yesterday, the reorganization section would enable the President to issue orders either to consolidate or abolish any bureau or agency. except an entire executive de- rtment. These orders would still ve to be submitted to Congress, but| both houses would have to pass a veto resolution in order to stop them, in- stead of only one branch as at present. This new reorganization plan is sub- stantially the one submitted to the com- | mittee by Senator Byrnes, Democrat of | South Carolina. He sought to have de- partments as well as bureaus included in the abolition power, but was beaten in the full committee yesterday. When this question came up Senator Bingham pointed out that the only sug- gestion that has been made in recent years for doing away with an executive | ment has been the proposal to| -combine the War and Navy Depart-| “ments in a department of National de- fense. He argued against giving that much power to the Executive, pointed out how difficult it would be| to get a veto resolution through both branches of Congress, especially when a President had a majority in one brlnchl of Congress. | New Pay Cut Assailed. Discussing the new pay cut and.an- alyzing other recommendations of the Senate c Mr. Steward of the of Federal Employes, stated: pay ‘which is estimated to save s maximum ‘of $18,000,000, the subcommittee is rendering a ided example .of -radical deflation in pur- power. “It is interesting to note that the sub- committee proposes to eliminate the prohibition on automatic salary in- creases in the postal, custom and im- migration services, and for Army and | Navy officers and District of Columbia | police and firemen. In itself this is| Jaudatoryy yet it should be pointed out | that to lish this will mean a cost | of $4,000,000 which will be borne by the remainder of the Federal personnel. Another example of discrimination is found in the recommendation that em- loyes of Veterans' Administration homes and hospitals be required to work a full day on Saturdays without extra com- pensation. “Obviously it is unfair to single out a group for such utterly discriminatory action, more especially so since institu- tional employes as a general rule always are on duty for many more hours week than is provided under the law. “Still another example of indefensible discrimination is the subcommittee's recommendation that reduced travel | lowances be continued for civilian em- ployes while former travel allowances be restored for commissioned officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Perhaps the subcommittee members can justify this recommendation in their own minds, but it is inconceivable that | its manifest injustice will not be im- | mediately apperent on a very genera scale. Administrative Furlough. Figures in Triple Sla);ing Upper left, Silas O. Donaldson, 43, slain his nephew and niece. The alle at the upper right. DOAK 0 BE HEARD ON 3HOUR WEEK Women Voice Gratification Over Inclusion of Sex in Black Bill By the Associated Press. At hearings todey on the Black biil to provide for a 30-hour work week on goods moved in interstate commerce, Mise Maude Younger of the National V:omhln'.s Party and Miss Ruth Taunton of the Council of California expresced gratifi- caticn to the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee that the bill applies to women and men alike. Miss Mary G. Kilbreth of the ‘Woman Patriot Corporation said, “We are opposed to the bill on constitutional and practical grcunds.” Sepator Black, Democrat, of Ala- bama, author of the bill. presented a letter from the Full-Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America indorsing the bill and suggesting an amendment to limit the operation of manufacturing equipment to 12 hours a day. Chairman Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, announced he had invited numerous persons to testify, including Secretary Doak, representatives of farm organizations, the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers. GIRL FOUND DEAD WITH THROAT CUT shed From Home in Philadel- phia Last Night—Acquaintance Badly Beaten. “The committee’s recommendation that the administrative furlough section, stricken out by the House, be restored, | is a definitely backward stép. The ad- | ministrative furlough has proved im- practical and unworkable, and it was upon clear evidence to that effect that | the House took its remedial action ‘r There 15 absolutely no reason to believe | that it will be any more fair and any | more useful in the interest of sound from the Fortieth sireet entrance to | economy in the future than it was in e past u‘“L‘:pecsauy disappointing is the sub- committee’s failure to recommend adop- tion of the 30-year optional retirement | pian in lieu of the present unjust and uneconomic compulsory retirement pro- vision of the economy act: as well as its failure to recommend remedial changes in the leave regulations and in the oppressive married persons clause. Not to have recommended liberalization of sick leave provisions of the sumptuary economy act nor to have sought a change in the regulation which makes matrimony a bar to & career in the Federal service reflects no credit upon | the subcommittee’s insight inte sound personnel practice. “On the whole, the recommendations of the subcommittee fail to take into' account, first, vastly important funda- mental considerations affecting the long range welfare of all American wage- earners and, second, they fail to offer any solution to the questions of justice fair-play, and good administration to which the ill-advised economy act has given rise.” Shaw Attacks New Cut. | John Arthur Shaw, president of the American Federation of Government | Employes, declared the recommendation for a further pay cut can have no. effect that would outweigh its harmful results, and should be seriously consid- ered by Congress before it is adopted Mr. Shaw stated “Any apparent saving that can be effected by an additional pay cut of less than 2 per cent can have no effect that will outweigh the harmful results of such a_ proposal. It is telling the country that conditions are getting worse, or at least are not going to im- .prove in the near future; that salary ‘gutting should be intensified and ex- tended. Recently there have been in- “dications that the darkest clouds of the “egonomic_storm have passec. Should the ral Government recognize “the outlook Tor better times and ease public mind which looks to Wash- for solace which cannot be found at home? “The American Mflu‘fl of Gov- By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 6—Rose McCloskey, 19, who disappeared from with her throat slashed and her head crushed in Fairmount Park today. Her body was found about 300 yards the park near which she lived. An unexplained circumstance of the disappearance and death of the girl was the beating up of Dennis Boyle, 30, an acquaintance. He was found on the street about an hour after the girl had left the delicatessen store of her mother in West Philadelphia Boyle was removed to a hospital and no statement has yet been made pub- lic by the police as to how he received his injuries. Police said the attack on the girl ap- parently started near a park bench, a short distance from the spot where the body was found. Blood spots, the police said, bore evi- dence that Miss McCloskey and prob- | ably Boyle had been set upon while they were sitting on a bench At the morgue. an examination of the body indicated that one blow from a rock had fractured her skull at the forehead. D. C. FLAGS LOWERED Commissioners Order Tribute to Ex-President Coolidge. The District Commissioners today ordered the flags on all municipal buildings to be flown at half staff until further notice, and also called upon owners of places of business and private flags at half staff during the funeral of former President Coolidge. ernment Employes has taken the posi- tion, along with its associates in the labor movement, that salary cutting is not the solution for the Government's fiscal difficulties. of the country, in the recent conven- tion of the ‘American Federation of | Hospital in an ambulance, and their | grown son, Silas, has Labor, expressed their opposition to re- | father, shot through the head, suc- |since last August. ducing Federal salaries. Thus are the wage earners of America united in their efforts to protect {::.: now shrunken incomes. that actuates them, for they feel that theirs is the duty to preserve the Amer- ican standsrd of living.” Business Women's Legislative | Organized workers. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 16.0.P. CAMPAIGN [FIGHTING RENEWED | alleged to have been shot to death last night by his brother, Charles C. Donaldson, 48, after the latter had allegedly ged slayer is shown in the photograph ‘Two of his other nephews, Allen, 8 (left), and Luttrell, 11, who narrowly escaped similar fates—the younger boy by ducking beneath a bed as a bullet whizzed past his head and the older one by climbing from a second- story window—are shown in the lower photograph. —Star Staff Photos. SLAYER OF THREE ASKS EXECUTION C. C. Donaldson Is Accused of Killing Brother and Two Children. ___(Continued From Pirst Page) ran down the hall and into the boys' | room, locking the door behind her. | When their uncle broke open the door and lunged into the room, they said, George started toward him, but was shot down almost before he had | taken a step. As the uncle turned his gun toward Mary, Allen scrambled un- | | der the bed as a bullet whizzed past | | his head, while Luttrell ran to the | open v idow, climbed out and slid | down the cloping roof of a one-story | shed, dropping to the ground. Barefoot | and scantily clad, he ran to the home | of a neighbor. | _ The uncle, drunkenly mumbling to | himself, left the room and started down | the stairs. At this point his sister-in- law and brother appeared and the finale of the tragedy was enacted. Saw Husband Shot Down. | | Mrs, Doraldson described this scene | as_follows: | _“I was asleep in the middle room on the first floor and my husband was sit- | | ing beside the bed, preparing to turn | |in for the night. The children were in | | bed upstairs—Mary in the front room and George, Luttrell and Allen in the back room. | | “I was awakened by a crash, fol-| |lowed by a series of shots. I jumped | | out of bed and started up the stairs. | | About half way up I met my brother- | in-law coming down. He had a gun |in each hand | “Just then my husband, who had| | picked up & pocket knife from the table beside the bed, appeared at the foot of |me stairs. 1 was screaming, and this | seemed to infuriate my brother-in-law. | He asked me what all the yelling was about, then he noticed the knife in my | husband’s hand. He fired and my hus- | her home last night, was found dead |Pand, who had started up the stairs, | tumbled back down and lay still on the floor of the hall, apparently dead.” No Resistance Offered. | When Detective Sergt. Richard Cox reached the house in response to tele- | phone calls from frightened neighbors, he found the alleged slayer sitting | calmly in a first-floor room, his guns in | h He offered no resistance, | | but refused to discuss the shootings ' | until taken to headquarters, where he | was grilled by Dalglish. After hearing Mrs. Donaldson's ac- | count of the killings, which was ampli- | fled by Allen and Luttrell, Cox took the | prisoner to the fifth precinct. Booked | | for investigation, he was held there | until taken to headquarters for ques- | tioning this morning. Both Mrs. Donaldson and the children were unable to offer a motive for the yings. “The only thing I can think * Mrs. Donaldson said, “is that my brother-in-law may have been angry because I had told him we were going to_move.” When the alleged killer smashed the door of the boys' room, they said, he | shouted: “If you're moving, you'd better | do it now!” | According to Silas E. Donaldson, one | of his nephews, the alleged slayer, when under the influence of liquor. had threatened several times to shoot mem- | bers of the family. “Uncle Cherles was & fine man when | he was sober,” said the nephew, who is {23. “But when he got to drinking, he | was pretty mean. None of us ever {mougm he'd really do any shooting, | residences of the District to fly their | though.” i Boy Found Praying. | After the killings, Allen crawled out from under the bed, screaming for his mother. She found him kneeling on the bed. his hands clasped in prayer, she said. George, who was shot in the neck, was dead when Cox and other officers arrived: Mary died of an abdominal wound while being taker to Emergency cumbed shortly after being admitted to | the_institution. |~ The alleged slayer until several years | boat. It was after leaving that it that he went to work at hudqut.npmo':. A widower, he has & married son and ST 0662 Report Reveals Committee Ended Year With Deficit of $195,100. By the Assoclated Press The Republican National Committee reported to Congress today that it had spent $2,670,652 from June 1, 1932, to the end of the campaign year. This compared with $1,708,000 re- ported earlier in the week by the Dem- ocratic National ~Committee, and $6,256,111 the Republicans spent in the 1928 election. The G. O. P. report, filed with South Trimble, clerk of the House of Repre- | the Republican the year with a sentatives, showed Committee ended deficit of $195,100. ‘This, however, did not fnclude broad- casting charges of $19,000 not yet ap- proved, nor radio bils of $3,308 for talks by President Hoover and Secre- tary Stimson and paid for by Stimson. Only recently it became known that a group of President Hoover's friends had met here to seek ways and means of paying off the party deficit, but no definite plans have been announced. In the report, Henry Ford also was shown to have paid a radio bill of $25,000. It showed that the last-minute drive for campaign funds raised $492,291. Numerous big donors were enumer- ated, including Harvey S. Firestone of Akron, who gave $20,396; John D. Rockefeller of New York, $15,000; Sec- retary Stimson, $5,335; Secretary Mills, | $1,728; Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Wiggin of New York, $5,000; Herbert N. Straus of New York, $5000; Milton Brown, Antwerp, Belgium, $5,000; the Pennsyl- vania Republican Ways and Means Committee, $30,494; Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward F. Hutton, New York. §15,000; El- lery W. Mann, New York, $5,000; Thomas Durant, New York, $5,000; Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles, $2,000; Alexis and Alfred Ehrman, San Francisco, $6,000; Wallace M. Alex- ander, San Prancisco, $5,000; Willlam C. Proctor, Cincinnati, $5,000; Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid. New York, $5,000; Harold 8. Vanderbilt. New York, $1,000; Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Louisville, 2,500, PAY RAISE PROPOSAL WOULD BENEFIT FEW Automatic Increase Plan Cowld Not Apply to Mass of Classi- fied Employes. The Senate committee proposal to authorize automatic pay increases will not prove of any benefit to the great mass of departmental employes in the classified service, in the opinion of those familiar with Government personnel matters. 1t will apply to automatic promotions in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, certain groups in the Postal Service and some employes in the Customs and Im- migration Service. The classification act, establishing salary schedules for the classified civil service, contemplated periodical salary step-ups within classi- fication grades, but it was pointed out yesterday that these increases are not mandatory or automatic, but are de- pendent on a number of things. first_place, appropriations for personal services must be large enough to allow | for these step-ups before they can be made in the departmental service, a sit- uation not likely to exist under the present economy program. SHOOTING IS PROBED IN PRINCE GEORGES Colored )hn‘. Believed Dying, Wounded as Officers Stage Raid on Still Near Forestville. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Star. FORESTVILLE, Md., January 6.— Prince Georges County authorities today were investigating the mysterious shoot- ing of a colored man in a raid on a 100-gallon still in a wood near here yesterday afternoon. The victim, Thomas Pinkney, is reported in a dying condi- tion at Casualty Hospital, Washington, where he was taken by the Bladens- urg Rescue Squad. Hospital records contained no de- tails as to how the man was wounded. County Policeman Wiliam E. Clifton and Claude Reese, together with Con- stables Howard Slater and Jack Wil- son and three special deputies, par- ticipated in the raid. Chief of Police J. J. Crowley said today he had not been able to learn who fired the shot that hit Pinkney and he is awaiting a | report from the two members of his force that took part in the raid. Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins revealed that he had asked the hospital for a report on the shooting. He said he was told several shots were fired when Pinkney attempted to escape as police surrounded the still. A white man, Forest Smith of Forestville, who, police say also was at the still when they arrived, was ar- ;sted on ch(al‘fif: of manufacture and ssession of liquor and rele $100 bond. o gl UNDULY HEAV ON SALARY PROTESTED A protest against what it described as “unduly heavy inroads” on some salary appropriations in the Interior Depart- ment appropriation bill was made yes- terday by the Interior Department branch of the Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2, of the National Federation of Federal Employes, at its regular_monthly meeting. The group adopted a resolu- tion authorizing John F. Deeds, presi- dent of the branch, to appoint a com- mittee to contest the proposed slashes. The meeting was addressed by John D. Cloud, national organizer, who pre- sented a review of the 15 years of serv- ice of the federation. The Veterans' Administration branch of the same union held a meeting at the federation headquarters, at 710 Fourteenth street, yesterday afternoon at which it indorsed a recently intro- duced bill to allow all employes of Veterans' Administration hospitals to desig: whether they desire to receive “allowances for quarters, etc.,” or not. Dog Adopts Kittens. J. H. Hill of Tulare, Calif., has a pet dog which adopted two kittens. One of the kittens belonged to Hill's ranch and the other “just wandered in” from somewhere. daughter, Charles C. Donaldson, jr., and Mrs. Audrey Talburt, but other members of the family said he has not seen them for some time. The dead man’s oldest son, Charles, 26, has had only part time work during the past several months, and the other been unemployed Their father was a Water Department employe. ‘I don’t know what we'll do,” young Silas said, “but we’ll have to do some- It is not a selfish motive | ago was fireman on the harbor police thing—anything—to take care of our mother and the kids.” Funeral arrangements have not been completed. In the | Posed D. C., FRIDAY, AT SHANHATKWAN 1Japanese and Chinese Troops Exchange Rifle Fire Across River. By the Assoclated Press. Hostilitles were reported renewed to- | | day between Chinese and Japanese | troops drawn upon opposite shores of a river between the Northwestern Chi- nese cities of Shanhalkwan and Chin- wangtao. Foreign observers in the area, how- ever, said the Japanese gave no indi- cation of starting an advance farther | | along the railroad which leads to Tlent- {'sin and Peiping. A Shanghal dispatch said an ex-| change of rifle fire began between the | opposing lines and from Peiping came | word that Japanese planes were bom- | | barding villages north of Shanhaikwan. | Claim “Smoke Sreen.” This is the direction the Japanes: | would take for a campaisn into Jehol, | which has long been predicted by Chi- | i nese end threatened by Japanese mili- | tary leaders. They came into Shan- | haikwan this week along the Manchu- rian coast from the northwest. The | easlest course into Jehol, however, is, up the Lwan River, 60 miles south- | | west of Shanhaikwan by the raiiroad. | Chinese officials at Nanking said | | peace negotiations were off and that. | Japanese_claims they would “localize” | the conflict at Shanhaikwan were a “smoke screen” for further movements. Gen. Ho, ousted CHinese commander | of Shanhaikwan, blamed the 1901 Boxer | treaty, permitting troops of Japan and | other world powers in North China, | for his defeat. Chinese_newspapers criticized “luke- | warm” Chinese military leaders and | lauded the “Shanhaikwan heroes.” FURTHER OPERATIONS FEARED. Arrival of More Japanese Troops and Ammunition Reported. SHANGHAI, January 6 (#)—S8ino- Japanese hostilities were renewed, re- ports from Chingwangtao said, when Chinese and Japanese troops exchanged rifie fire today from opposite banks of the Tashih River, between that city and Shanhaikwan. Dispatches said additional Japanese {troops and ammunition arrived at { Shanhaikwan, with the resulting wide- | | spread belief that further op!rl!lcmu| were destined to eventuate. Chinese officials at Nanking said no | negotiations seeking a settlement of | hostilities in the Northwest Chinese ter- | ritory were under way. Chinese officlals at Nanking professed | to believe the Japanese government's announced policy to “localize” the | Shanhaikwan incident' was a ‘“smoke- | screen” and they feared the Japanese would push along the railroad leading to Tientsin and Peiping or else begin their long predicted drive northwest- ward into Jehol in a campaign to add that province to Manchukuo, the Japa- nese-sponsored Manchurian state. No Negotiations Under Way. ‘The Chinese Nationalist government officials stated no negotiations were under way at the present time seeking a settlement of the conflict. Restrictions that world powers im- upon China in the Peking pro- tocol of 1901, an outgrowth of the Boxer siege of Peking, forces China to share her strategic positions “with the ‘enemy." and it can only result “in tragedies like Shanhaikwan,” Gen. Ho Chu-Kuo, commander of the ousted Shanhaikwan garrison, said today in a statement explaining his defeat. There was widespread condemnation of Marshal Chang Hsiao-Lieng. mili- tary ruler of Northern China, for not providing adequate defense for Shan- haikwan. In contrast, Gen. Ho has been praised for his “magnificent battle” and his statement was receiving nation- wide circulation. The statement referred to the agree- ment by which other powers, including Japan, are permitted to station troops in North China to keep open trafic from the coast to Peiping. Gen. Ho stated the Chinese position has been even more anomalous since September, 1931 (when the Japanese invasion of Manchuria began). “It has been neither peace nor war. My troops were at Shanhaikwan, but could not take action against one clearly our enemy,” he said. “Despite these handicaps and fighting against an enemy possessing superior arms and equipment, the fact that we held the city through three days and nights of fighting must bs considered a redeeming feature of the sftuation. * There may be criticism among those unacquainted with the situation, but as far as I am concerned, my con- sclence is clear.” he concluded. ‘The chorus of Chinese condemnation of Marshal Chang's alleged failure to meet the emergency at Shanhaikwan continued with newspapers throughout the country branding the young mar- shal as “an enemy within our own camp.” Canton patriots urged severest action against the Northern leader in a resolu- tion calling for “a court-martial and extreme penalty for the loss of Shan- | haikwan ™ | 'There were rumors here that the | Nationalist government was removing Marshal Chang and that Gen. Ho Yin- Ching, the Nationalist government’s minister of war, was proceeding to | Peiping to take over the duties of the defense of North China. Act to Halt Exodus. Local Chinese authorities have taken a firm hand to halt the exodus of Chinese from Chapei and other Chinese areas in this vicinity, who feared a renewal of last February’s Sino- Japanese fighting in those districts. Chapei residents, who since the Shan- haikwan incident have been bringing their possessions into the International Settlement of Shanghai, today were forced to return to their homes. Chinese authorities threatened to arrest any one evacuating hereafter. A considerable exodus also occurred in Kiangwan and Woosung, scenes of the heaviest Sino-Japanese fighting in February. The Woosung exodus began when a Japanese warship appeared on the river en route to Shanghai. Chinese authorities stated that re- pressive measures were necessary to prevent the circulation of “damaging and groundless” reports hereabouts. Claim 600 Japanese Killed. Before the Japanese occupied Shan- haikwan they lost 600 killed at the hands of the Chinese defenders, Chinese military advices from Chin- wangtao stated. The dispatches sald that during the first Japanese onslaught outside the walls of Shanhaikwan they lost 100, | while during the street fighting inside | after the South gate had been levelled 500 more fell. | Neutral observers here said these' figures probably were sharp exaggera- tions and that Japanese reports of their own losses probably were ultra-con- servative. (A Nanking dispatch said the Jap- anese put their losses in the Shan- n“x'.e? fighting at 18 killed and 98 wounded.) . | | British Cruiser Visits Texas. GALVESTON, Tex., January 6 (#).— | The British cruiser Danae arrived here | today for a four-day good will visit. A flotilla of yachts escorted the warship to a pier while planes of the 3d Attack Group at Fort Crockett soared over- head. The Coast Guard cutter Saranac fired a salute of 21 guns, JANUARY 6, 1933. The Philippine Bill Measure Now Before the President Contains Economic and Political Matters of Grave Importance. Some of the Pros and Cons. CONOMIC and political questions of grave import ere involved in the decision which dent Hoover must make rega the Philippine independence bill, now before him for signature or veto. In severing political sovereignty over the picturesque islands acquired from Spain, Uncle Sam also would end an era of free trade, necessitating eco- nomic readjustments for the islands as well as the United States. Under provisions of the bill as passed | by Congress—a combination of the so- | | called Hare and Hawes-Cutting meas- ures—the pathway toward independence is not a short cut. Time is allowed for the political and economic adjustments | that must be made before the Filipino steps out as a separate member of the family of nations. If the bill should receive Executive ap- proval, and thereby become law, or if Congress should enact the over a presidential veto, the earliest date upon which a Philippine declara- tion of independence could become ef- fective probably would be about July 4, 1945, This is due to a provision in the legislation for a 10-year transition period, in which the islands are to adjust themselves to the prospect of complete freedom, coupled with a time allowance for preparation of a new | constitution and for a vote on its adoption. This vote, if favorable, will be the final expression of the Philippine people on the long-disputed question of independence. The processes to be involved in the | formulation of a new constitution and, as provided thereunder, a new ins government, are somewhat devious. Constitution Is Provided. The independence bill as sent to the White House provides for the election and convening of a constitutional con- vention at Manila within one year after the bill is made law. This con- vention must draft a constitution for a republican form of government, with a long list of mandatory provisions, de- signed to protect the interests of the United States during the period of transition and after. The completed constitution must be submitted to the President of the United States for perusal within two years from the date of enactment of the independence legislation. If the Presi- dent finds that the proposed constitu- tion is not in strict accordance with provisions of the act, he must return it with a message cailing attention to the discrepancies. This process of amending or altering the constitutional ‘draft must continue until its authors and the President are in complete har- mony. It seems that at least a few weeks will be consumed in these nego- tiations. When the President is satisfied that the proposed instrument is in agree- ment with the law he is directed to certify this fact, whereupon the docu- ment is ready for submission to the will of the Philippine people &s ex- pressed at the polls. Election Must Be Called. If a majority of the qualified voters of the islands favor adoption of the constitution, the governor general with- in 30 days must call for an election of officers of the new government, pro- vided for in the constitution. This election must be held within half a | year after the proclamation of the governor general. The results of such an election then must be certified to the President of the United States, who is then directed to issue a proclamation declaring an end to the old government and the birth of the new one. But this does not yet mean inde- dence. For 10 more years the United States would éxercise sovereignty over the new insular government, and during this “Jast stand” by Uncle Sam the islands gradually would be casting off the economic bands which now connect her with “the States.” The process of gradual economic severance would be effected through a system of tariff steps to be graduated upward sharply during the last five years of the transitory period. Pro- ceeds from these export duties are to be used to reduce the bonded indebted- ness of the islands. When indepen- dence is complete Philippine goods will be subject tc the same American duties as other imports from foreign coun- tries, pending a trade conference be- tween representatives of the two na- tions. ‘While there appears to be no diversity of opinion as to the right of the Pili- pino to eventual independence, lengthy hearings in committee rooms and dis- cussions on the floor of Congress dis- closed a sharp and wide cleavage as | to the time needed to achieve this free- dom without menacing either the in- terests of the islands or the United tates. In the Hare bill as passed by the House last April by a vote of 306 to 47, a margin which gives encouragement to | . | Two Past Presidents Conduct Cere- those who propose to override the anticipated presidential veto, the pe- riod of transition or of preparation for self-government was fixed at eight years. The bill as approved by the Senate called for a 12-year period of grace. In conference a compromise of 10 years was agreed to. Time Provision Hit. It is the time provision that has drawn most of the criticism from op- ponents of the measure. outstanding objector is Seeretary ‘War Hurley, who holds to the conten- tion that it is impracticable to set a definite time in which the Philippines must complete, preparations for eco- nomic and political independence. The economic problems involved in effecting independence have been the subject of acrimonious debate. The policy of free trade has resulted in a close economic alliance that is not readily susceptible to sudden amputa- tion, it has been pointed out. In this connectjon Senator Pittman (Democrat) of Nevada, & friend of this legislation, comments: “This policy of free trade was im- posed upon the Philippine Islands by the United States despite the fact that the Philippine Assembly by unanimous vote protested against this action as likely to so tie up the islands with the American economic system as to cause disruption at some time in the future, and thus be an obstacle to the achieve- ment of national independence. handling of this problem is one that rests clearly at the doors of the Amer- | ican people.” Senator Pittman illustrates this tie- up by citing trade figures. In 1899, he points out, the total trade of the islands amounted to $34,039,568, of which 16 per cent was trade with the United States. In 1930 the total trade had amounted to $256,260,081, of which 72 per cent was with the United States. Prior to American occupation American shipping carried between 2 and 3 per cent of the Philippine trade, whereas in 1929 it carried 48.12 per cent. . ‘From the point of view of its effect on the Philippine Islands,” Senator Pittman _explained in a memorandum on the Hawes-Cutting bill when it was before the Senate, “the result of this policy has been to incorporate the Philippine Islands in the economic structure and tariff wall of the United States to substantially the same effect as any State in the Union.” U. S. Investment $257,000,000. From the American point of view, Senator Pittman said, acquisition of the islands has meant, first, an Ameri- can investment of $257,000,000, most of which is in boNds, sugar centrals, railroads, and power plants; second, a sure market for between 80 and 90 millions of dollars worth of American products in a free trade channel; third, & vast mgpm( business, vital to main- tenance of our merchant marine in the measure | Perhaps the | of | The | IMRS. COOLIDGE HOLDS Pacific; fourth, s strategic site for a naval base. The philosophy of this independence legislation, he stated, is based on the | belief that a moral obligation exists on the part of the American people to extend local self-government to'the people of the Philippines and upon completion of the experiment and proof of their capacity to govern, the granting of the right to determine their own destiny. The bill recognizes, he added, that to earry out such a moral obliga- tion without unnecessary injustice or hardship to the islands or to the United States requires “a substantial aeflod of readjustment and prepara- ion.” Calling attention to the fact that the economic dependence of the Philippines on the United States as a | result of the free trade relationship | | centers largely around the sugar in- dustry, the Nevada Senator pointed out such limitation on the amount of sugar imported from the Philippines as will allow the existing industry there to continue, and at the same time prevent any further expansion of the industry in reliance on free trade. = A limitation of 50,000 long tons of refined sugar and 800,000 long tons of unrefined sugar that may be im- d into this country free of duty would be effective during the first haif of the 10-year period. Similarly, free coconut oil importations would be re- stricted to 200,000 long tons, and all yarn, cordage, manila fibers and the like would be restricted to 3,000,000 pounds. During the sixth year after | inauguration of the new government per cent of the regular foreign tariff, during the seventh year the duty would be increased another 5 per cent and so on until, at the end of the ninth year, the duty would be 25 per cent of the tariff regularly imposed on foreign Hurley Severest Critic. Undoubtedly the severest critic of this legislation has been Secretary | Hurley. He summarizes his objections as | follows: “The political chaos in the Orient | today is such that in my opinion this is no time to deal with Philippine inde- pendence. The present legislation di- Tected to that end would serve the in- terests of neither the Pilipino people nor the United States. Until the Fili- pino people shall have made greater progress toward economic independence, political independence would merely invite revolution and anarchy. All the measures necessary for the attainment of economic independence cannot be determined in advance. The political and social institutions of the PFilipino | people are not yet developed to a point where the stabllity of an in ndent government would be reasonably as- sured. With specific reference to the eur- rent legislation, Secretary Hurley stated during the hearings his opinion that the plan, among other things, would: 1—Inaugurate & period of hasty and premature liquidation of investments; 2—Result in a disastrous economic col- lapse, 3—Subject the United States to the risk of being involved in disorders resulting from such a collapse, 4—Dis- rupt the governmental system built up in 30 years of .effort in order to permit an “experiment” with a new type of government, 5—Weaken the power and prestige of the United States in the islands, 6—Be generally destructive, e T oo ma ical as ds the P and vefire of the people of the Philippine Islands. Some Objections Met. | bill have been eliminated during , ry Hurley conceded recently. He strongly inti- mates however, that his principal ob- jections have not been met, in which vetoed. The President undoubtedly will follow the advice of his Secretary of bill could be over a presidential veto is a matter of speculation. While the vote in the House showed a preponderance .of senitiment in favor of the measure, there was no recorded vote in the Senate on which to base prediction as to the strength that could be mustered behind a move to override a veto. legislation meanwhile are marshal /INSTALLATION HELD BY KIWANIS CLUB monies—Dewey Zirkin New President. With two past presidents in charge ‘ol inducting new officers and directors into office, installation ceremonies were ! held at yesterday's meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club. Dewey Zirkin is the new president, succeeding Edwin F. Hill, now governor of the Capital Kiawinis district. Mr. Hill was presented by the club with a watch, engraved “For Service,” and a traveling bag. A travel ?:te‘u;&ed Charles R. H?fl,hf&l:‘:::‘ ry. | Other officers installed were Lewis T. Breuninger, first vice esident; Harold N. Marsh, second vice presi- dent; Edward D. Shaw, secretary; H. Winslow, secretary-emeritus, and James H. Baden, treasurer. John S. Bennett, Herman F. Carl, Robert F. Fleming, Alvin W, Hall, Ris- ley G. Hunt, Edmund F. Jewell, George P. Mangan, Frank L. Peckham and George C. Shaffer are the new directors. ‘The club adopted a budget for the year, which included an item of $3,000 fl;gzlmdervrlvueled child work during 1 John J. Boobar and Mark Lansburgh were the past presidegts in charge. COURAGE AND POISE IN SPITE OF DISTRESS (Continued From First Page.) be the wife of a great and illustrious man and yet maintain her own in- dividuality. I The tragic business of making the necessary funeral arrangements was| carried on with the same remarkatle poise and cou E i Today, while all the world mournc with her, the same spirit which graced the Beeches, which the Coolidge home for the years. nothing to indicate any giving way to emotions on her part. “Oh, her time will come later,” said the caretaker. “Now there is too much for tears,” Y that the theory of the bill was to put | the export duty would be fixed at 5, Bome of his original objections o the event it is expected he will recommend | to President Hoover that the bill be | Opponents and proponents of thel their forces in readiness f event- uality. el i EARLY SENATE VOTE FOR REPEAL SEEN Leaders Believe Sharp Divk sion of Opinion !s Favor- able Sign. By the Associated Press. Forecasts of early Senate approval of s resolution to repeal the eighteenth amendment came from leaders today as a sharp division of opinion toward it developed among friends of prohibl- tion. Senator McNary, assistant Republice an leader, predicted that the measurs, which was approved by the Senate Judi- clary Subcommittee yesterday, would pass the Senate at this session of Cone gress, and his views were echoed by others. The full committee will con- sider the proposal Monday and must approve it before it reaches the Senate. The split among former leading pro= hibition supporters in that branch was emphasized by a statement from Sen- ator Fess, Ohio Republican, indicating | he would vote for the resolution. “Thaj does not differ in the main from the Republican position which I shall support,” Fess said. Others Favoring Repeal. Others who have indicated they would vote for the resolution in its present form include Senators Hastings, | Republican, of Delaware, and Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona. On the other hand. two prominent defenders of prohibition — Senators Sheppard, Dcmocrat, of Texas, and Borah, Republican, of Idaho—are with- i holding judgment. The only outright declaration of _opposition has come from Senator Robinson, Indiana Re- publican. The House a month ago defeated by six votes a resolution for outright re- peal. Speaker Garner is reported to be wil judgment on the meas~ ure approved yesterday. The proposal as it came from the subcommittee calls for repeal through submission to State Legislatures of & ey staten and pevunts Conoias To ey it Congress - islate against mma | _ The saloon clause stirred up the most controversy with Chairman Blaine of | the subcommittee and Senator Bing= | ham, Connecticut Republican, long an * opponent of prohibition, announcing they would vote against that provision. Norris Expresses View. Chairman Norris of the Judiclary Committee said today he probably would oppose the entire amendment. “I'll be against it, I guess, but I'm ready to vote on it in two minutes,” Norris said. “But it's not a bad amend- ment. I would like to try beer, how- ever, before we repeal the amendment.” Norris said early action, th ably would be “a lot of discussion. With repeal out of the way, the sub= committee will turn its attention to- tutional and those who say it is not. Blaine hopes the subcommittee will complete action on the beer bill early next week. and for raf tion by State Legislatures instead of conventions. - Saying Supreme Court decisions have held the Webb-Kenyon law had not S e b e curity He opposed fiatly, however, “the ste Congress tempt to give = |ly by the same. unfortunate situation which has prevalled since ratification of the dry laws?" INUTE YSTERY Can Vou, SolV;VIt 7 Dr. at ous university. sought by the police of wl confronted with particularly baffing cases. This problem has been taken from his case k covering hundreds of criminal investi- | | gations. It takes but ONE Try vour wits on it! MINUTE to read! Every fact and every clue necessary to its solution are in the story 1tsel only %00d & detective are Yogr o Sover: How [ ingly class, “but I want to see how you're deducing today.’ “Deduce you say, professor?” ex- claimed Jim Barry. “Tll overlook that pun, Jim, if you @et this. Now. Kelley learned Swan~ Class Day. BY H. A. RIPLEY. 'T'S hardly fair to tell this one on Inspector Kelley's sta: laughe remarked Fordney to his and her crew and left Kilary dock at daybreak. Part of the loot was on board. He also knew that the boat could not haye gone more than 15 miles up the river or 15 miles down the river and that ~ Swanson_was plan- ning on picking up the rest of the loot that night so he must have the boat quickly available for a hurried getaway. “There were no natural hiding places along the banks of the Cheepokee and no boat houses large er to con- ceal the MOONBEAM. It's no use, Joe’ he remarked. ‘.Ihm fiflve :::'s‘nm b:‘en sunk_but e’s on river. men have searched all day.’ . “Anyway I persuaded him to let me have it and at mxdn‘g:t 1 called him id him that the I were now! The above problem was sent to the Suzanne B. Waters, Kansas Pérhaps you have one you would like to lunm?slo the class. eI’t"’m send it to the professor in care of this . He will be uflc:‘u‘tlo see what stu- dents Fage Asll for solutiong