Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1933, Page 2

BANKING BILL LAID GOV. PINCHOT OBTAINS APOLOGY AFTER SENATOR ATTACKS WIFE ASIDE IN SENATE eceuve Huey Long Expected to Re- sume Filibuster Against State-Wide Clause. The banking bill sponsored by Sen- ator Glass, Demociat, of Virginia. was tetiporarily laid aside in the Senate today as debate on the deficiency ap- propriaticn bill continued. Indications were that Huey Long. Benator from Louisiana, would coniinue his. filibuster when debate on the bill s ‘resumed. tong asserted yesterday that would do all he could to prevent the bill's passing. if necescary up until March 4. His oppostion is direitca against the provisions in the bill pro- viding for Statewide branch banking. Filibuster Blocks Vote. The Glass bill met with an organized filibuster late yesterday and a vote on thie measure’s most controversial fea- ture—that permittig State-wide branch bafiking—was blocked for the time being. Led by Senator Long, the opposition to the branch banking sec- tion held the floor for four and one- half hours. The Louisiana Senator was assited by other Democratic liberals. all of whom were reported to have several favorite projects of their own to press. Long yielded only to ellow the Senate to concider the $31.000,000 déficiency appropriaticn bill. This only tempo:arily laid aside the sweeping bank law revision proposal in’ between cvery parliementary delay- ing maneuver—such as forcing the reading of the Senate Journal at the outset, something almost unprecedented, and half a dozen quorum calls—the shotting Louisianan bucked the con- servatives in his party with every con- he ceivable argument. including quotations from the scriptures. Quotes Roosevelt Speech. He sald President-elect Roosevelt i grets He Lacks Right to Apply Horsewhip. i Remarks of George L. Reed| of Harrishurg Expunged Frgm Record. By the Assocliated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa; January 11. Business was momentarily paralyzed in | the Senate today as an irate Governor | demanded and obtained an apology for | what he termed “a dastardly attack” | upon his wife. When the session opened Gov. Gifford Pinchot requested an immediate hear- ing to answer remarks which Senat George L. Reed of Harrisburg directed at Mis. Pinchot in a speech Monday night told the Senators the laws of the State prevented him from taking the | punishment in his own hands. “I can- not properly horsewhip a Senator, how- | ever much I desire to, and however much the Senator may deserve it," he | sald The Reed remarks, expunged from | | the nate records immediately after they were made, are “unqualifiedly false.” the Governor asserted. “The honor of the Senate,” he added, | demands “acticn more direct and more | eficctive than the mere expunging of | the lie from its reccrds. | “I demand tha® you require the slan- | dercr to produce his proof or make pub- lic reparation.” As the Governor departed the legis- | lators suspended business to permit | Senate leaders to confcr. Reed joined the group and later took the floor on a question of personal privilege. “As_far as any remarks relating to Mrs. Pinchot in my address on Mon- day night are concerned,” he said, “I regret they were made and tender the | Senate my apologles. | “I further state that my remarks were | made upon my individual responsibility | | | SHORT WEEK HELD Cruiser Off on Maiden Voyage INDIANAPOLIS LEAVES PHILADELPHIA FOR “SHAKE-DOW CIVILIZATION'S HOPE Counsel for Engineers and Others Urge Passage of Senate Bills. By the Associated Press A Scnate committee was told today there is danger ahead for American civilization unless the Government shortens the hours of labor | The threat was pictured by Human | Aaron of New York, counsel for a group of national engineering societies, in | testimony on the Black bill for a 30- | hour work week, one of three proposais | under study by Senate committees to| help the jobless and the wage earner. | Aaron, before the Judiciary Subcom- | mittee, said the Government must | shorten working hours to solve the problem. “Shall we let our civilizstion t}'nsh through failure to invoke the law?” he asked. Fears Final Outcome. Calling attention to widespread un- employment, he said, “If it is not rem- edied, it does not take a prophet to see what will happen. On the other hand, he contended, if | the hours of labor are shortened, “there | will be a demand for labor. so that,| speaking generally, every man and woman can get a job.” ) Aaron also advocated a constitutional amendment to give the Government au- thority to regulate hours of all labor. The Black bill also wvas indorsed by Grover W Ayers, Washington advertis- ing man. Other committees heard testimony on bills to provide pensions for railrond employes and on the La Follette-Costi- gan $500,000,000 measure for direct Fed- eral grants to the States for unemploy- ment=relief. | Backs Wagner Measure. Donald Richberg, Chicago, counaex’ for the Railway Labor Executives Asso- | ciation, testified in favor of a measure | by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New uled Atiant! ise of the ne ¥ 0.CLAWYERFACE a proceed to Panama and co Bt n sailors co'l a * rei KREUGER CASE HIT AS SENATORS OPEN ’ PROBE OF MARKET HE heavy cruiser Indianapolis leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard yesterday for her malden voyage. The sched- 3% down,” to test the vessel's maci “amo Bay, Cuba, until Februery 22, th> west coast of South Americ | | ey, compass vhen the —A. P. Photo. RODSEVELT IS HELD WOUND IS FATAL ‘T0 MARYLAND BOY George Lusby, Jr., Believed to Have Been Shot by Companion at Play. Special Dispatch tc The Star. MARYLAND PARK, Md, January 11.—Wounded in the abdomen last night by a bullet thought to have been fired from a .45-caliber revolver by another boy witn whom he was play- ing, 11-year-old George Lusby, jr., of Roosevelt street died this morning in Casualty Hospital in Washington. Before lapsing into unconsciousness the boy is said to have told his parents the Briscoe Lanham, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lanham, next-door neighbors to the Lusbys, fired the gun. The Lanham boy was in an extremely nervous state bordering on hysteria_this morning and was unable to give an account of the shooting The boy was shot while he and Bris- coe were playing in the Lanham home. Mr. Lanham was at work and Mrs, Lanham was attending a meeting at Seat Pleasant, Md, for the installati of the officers of the Order of Eastern Star there. From Delmer Ford, son of Mrs. Blanche Hogue, a neighbor, it was learned that he, his brother, Paul Ford, and Edward Monahan of Seat Pleasant were playing with the Lusby and Lan- ham boys in the Lanham home shortly before the shooting. Delmer said they were brandishing the gun at that time | as they played cowboys and Indians. The two brothers and the Monahan boy left the house with the other two still playing with the gun, Delmer said. Constable Earl Blackwell began an investigation this morning. MOTHER CLAIMS BODY OF “HIT-RUN” VICTIM Driver Who Struck John Curry, 11, TAX PROBE ACTION FAVORING FRANCE York, which provides for establishment (Continued From Mirst Page) Believed Found as Coroner’s disapproved of the branch bank clause| and without consuiting any member of and quoted from a campaign statement | the Senate or any one active in the to" the effect Mr. Roosevelt wanted | Republican party.” 2 stfong and stable banks, with each The Senate, after briefly applauding community controlling its own finances. | Reed’s statement, settled down to a Senator Glass informed the Senate | perfunctory session. | campaign which was being planned and | which has in fact been carried on. | “I am here so say that I am entirely of a pension fund by “fifty-fifty” con- tributions from employes and employers. | Conditions among the unemployed | were pictured at the hearing on the La Follette-Costigan bill by Mrs. Helen Republican candidate during the cam- paign, said Mr. Krueger had become | Federal Grand Jury Expected | novn as “a great swindier.” Was Great Gambler. Paris Paper Says President- | Jury Prepares Probe. The body of John C 11, who died Saturday night fr juries re- ceived when struck by a hit-and-run | ready to meet my enemies at any time | G. Tyson, Harrisburg, Pa. an assistant |and on any issue, but I insist they | commissioner of welfare for Pennsyl- |shall cease this cowardly aystem of | vania, and Clarence E. Pickett, Phila- | striking at me through a woman. It |delphin, secretary of the American | has gone too far. Friends Service Committee Mrs. Tyson said the “listlessness, Demands Reparation. | apathy and docility being driven into “The charge, it is well known, is un- | people” constitutes a_danger for the qualifiedly false. Because it is false. I|future in its soclal effect. | demand that you require the sianderer | Pickett described efforts made |to produce his proof or make public |alleviate conditions among children in driver at Pirst and G streets on Janu- ary 2, was claimed today by his mother, Mrs. Mary Curry of St. Louis, and an uncle of the boy, Hugh Morgan, who lives here. Police are said to have information which they expect to lead to the are rest shortly of the hit-and-run whose vehicle struck the boy, ; coroner’s jury has been sworn in ‘mz b’:y's body, but ;20 date of nquest was postponed _pending arrest of the driver of the vehicle, PARIS FINANCE PROGRAM GIVEN MINISTERS 0.K. Important Vietory for Cheron Who Has Yet to Win Chamber of Deputies Committee. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 11.—The Council of to Report Today in Baltimore. Monday that Mr. Roosevelt thought| Gov. Pinchot's speech follows: thé bill was doomed with the rxxsnn;; “An attack has recently been made branch bank provision, but wanted the | upon the floor of this chamber so legislation passed. He sald he regretted | falre, so insuiting, so inspired by malice 80 say this was his judgment also. and so entirely bevond the bounds of The galleries and the members en- | decency, that th= honor of the Senat: Joyed the show tremendously—except demands acticn more direct and effec- those who, like the diminutive Glass, tive than the mere expunging of the seck to put the banking bill through. lie from its records. Swaying from side to side, bouncing | Too Aingty, Ha Says to_produc | atteviate con on his feet, reading from books, utter- | ing occasional sarcastic flings and quips, | “Yesterday I was too angry to trust | “The laws of the State prevent me Long performed with much arm waving, | myself before you. But I can no | from taking into my own hands the| Attacks President Green. head shaking and hand lifting, longer postpone this demand for justice. | punishment of the offender. I cannot| A charge that President William Once, in his several hours of speak- | “This is not the first time that a |properly horsewhip a Senator, however | Green of the American Federation of | nched irg Long got o the subject of pas | like dastardly attack has been made by |much I may desire to and however |Labor is playing into the hands of the | under the direction of United States cuts, on which he expressed this|men high in the Republican organiza- | much the Senator may deserve it “bankers and owners of industry” by | pictrict Attorney Simon E. Sobeloff. opinion: tion. During my first term an organl-| “But the Senate has disciplinary | supporting the Black bill was ‘made | o i e e e e “Somewhere in mathematics, it may sation Senator Committed a similar | authority and power. The course which | yesterday by a member of his own | Numerous . g say to go in the opposite direction 0 |slander on this floor. At the begin- |is demanded of you by the good name | Organization | including several Capital lawyers. get where you want to. Cut & man's|ning of this term I was warned in|of the commonwealth should be clear | Louis Weinstock, secretary of the Dean Will Testity. advance of the abominable whispering 'before you. I bid you good day.” federation’s Trade Union Committee | ¥ e for Unemployment Insurance and Re- One of the principal witnesses sched- uled to be heard today is Edward B. Dean, sr., prominent retired realty oper- salary 50 per cent and he’ll spend more. lief, asserted his committee will have B Ss =al D [: BEER B"_I_ SEN'I' s e ety ' T B | e R + Us “We are beginning to realize that he was also a great gambler,” he added. “We are finding evidences of gambling that ought to have been manifest to some of the institutions invclved had | they been reasonably diligent. A Federal grand jury in Baltimore rQKesuonad by Mar{ran‘.“Duxslznat_?atald was expected to report its findings to- | Of the arrepgements for selling $26500.- | PARIS, January 11.—Le| ey tn connection with an tnvectgation | "0, KTCURer & Toll bonds In’ thi | peu Paristen, well-knowg newspaper of | of income tax returns of a Washington rThe bonds were part of 1‘ to;llhiss:e i the French capital, in a New York dis-| " - | cf $50,000,000, he said, of which the|patch published today, claims to re- | Attoreey; Sxhose ety iwas oot dl i ;S waE ol A oa | veal the present views of President-elect | vulged. Durant said he was a member of Lee | Roosevelt regarding the war debts con- The inquiry was launched yesterday Higginson, Kreuger & Toll and the In- ! troversy, as follows: | ternational Match Co. | 1. There shbuld be no discrimination Ascociated with Higginson in market- among the debtors of the United States, ing the bonds, Durant said, were the ' and Washington should hear all alike National City Co. and Guaranty Co. | when they present pleas for readjust- Brown Bros, Clark Dodge, Dillon-Reed | ment, even those who defaulted their | & Co., and Union Trust Co. of Pitts- | December 15 payment. In particular, | | burgh. President-elect ?oonvel; is ~described | as “well disposed” toward France. Three Members of Exchange. | 2. No final reconsideration of the Marrinan interjected that three of | War debts until after the forthcoming these, Higginson, Brown Bros. and | World Economic Conference and pos- | Clark Dodge, were members of sibly not until means have been found to raise wholesale prices and to per- Elect Opposes any Dis- crimination in Debts. | | By Cable to The Star. France, “*1 think the best way to get a man to| spend more money is to give him more | money. I know that don't sound right!” | As Senator Robinson' of Arkansas, That must be right—some pretty big meén are advocating it. none of the bill unless it provides cludes the establishment of & minimum | garded as highly important. Dean HIT IN REPORT OF Vage seate p the Democratic leader, whom Long has | repeatedly opposed, nodded agreement | with him on a point he raised, Long looked around, grinned at é.he galleries, me his brow and said: it makes it unanimous, then.” Quotes From Bible. Prom the Bible, he quoted the line about it being easier for a camel to go the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get to heaven. “You don’t hear that read from the | puipit, any more,” he said, rolling his eyes around. “If you do, the reader ain't in the pulpit much longer.” Another time, he remarked the bank- ers, whom he called “brothers,” ‘“are going to let us in the lodge.” adding “we are coming in on the ground floor— but they'll be in the basement.” Asked by Senator Fletcher, Democrat, of:Florida, if he would support the bill with the branch bank provision elim- inated, Long said he would, if another amendment were added permitting na- tional banks to sell Government, State and municipal securities. He said he did not want this businesg controlled solely by the investment houses. HOUSE COMMITTEE (Continued From Pirst Page.) the Bureau of Navigation and the chief | co-ordinator of the Government was to | the effect that the United States has | no force that could be used as the Marine Corps is used, that the:e should be some such force specially trained for the duties required of the Marine Corps, that the present strength of the corps does not enable it to fully perform all the functions for which it is needed, and that a further reduction would be disadvantageous to the corps, seriously | impairing its efficiency and thereby de- | stroy its best service to the country. “The committee has been forced.| from its study of the question, to reach | the same conciusion.” Would Lower Ratlo. The committee pointed out that since | the beginning of Marine Corps in 1797, | the corps has been maintained gener- ally with the proportion of one-fifth| of the number of enlisted men in the Navy. The proposal of the Budget Bureau would cut the strength of the| Thomas and Bratton Join. corps far below this ratio. The Bud- | Others who joined the opposition were | get Bureau made no recommendation Senators Thomas (Democrat, Okla- | for a reduction of the enlisted person-| homa), and Bratton (Democrat, New nel of the Navy, which is left at 79,- | Mexico). 700. The appropriated strength of the | Thomas pleaded for prompt attention Marine Corps for the fiscal year 1931 to hunger relief, saying this was far Was 18,000, and it was generally under- 10 SUBCOMMITTEE Chairman Norton Upheld in| Fight Before District Committee. The House District Committee today ended the fight over referring the Dis- trict beer bill to a subcommittee for hearings by upholding the action of Chairman Norton in sending it to the Judiciary rubcommittee. However, it vacated ce:tain parts of the proceed- ings at the last meeting so as to elimi- nate the fact that Representative Pat- man, Democrat, of Texas, voted under a misapprehensiop in favor of the bill | being sent to the judiclary committee, Chairman Palmisano of the Judiciary Subcommittee has called off the hear- ing scheduled for tomorrow on the beer bill, but promises hearings will start soon and that if an attempt is made to fiilibuster he intends to hold all-night sessions. Patman told the | | gained considerable notoriety in 1931 The split within the ranks of the|through a suit which he filed here, American Federation of Labor devel- | charging extortion to five persons. oped as Senate committees heard re- | William J. Dow, disbarred attorney, newed pleas for the bill to reduce was arrested here today for failure to the working week to five days of six | respond to @ summons to appear as & hours each, by barTing from interstate | witness before the grand jury. He ex- | movement all products not made under | plained he did not go to Itimore be- | this schedule and for & $500,000,000 | cause the subpoega Wwas “improperly pregram of direct Federal grants to the | dated,” but expressed willingness to ap- | States for unemployment relief. | glr ;vnhnul,nhirglner dg}-}y, xl!-le was to | g taken to Baltimore s afternoon . Sees Bankers® Support. Among witnesses wno appeared before Without the points which he enu-|the grand jury yesterday were Norman merated, the witness said, the bill |S. Bowles, disbarred attorney, Wwho | would be “nothing else but the legali- | served a prison term as a result of the zation of the Hoover stagger plan and | “Njcky” Arnstein $5,000,000 stolen bond the W. C. Teagle ‘share-the-work’|frauds, and Abner Siegal, another dis- plan, commonly known as the ‘share- | parred lawyer, who was convicted of the-poverty’ plan.” bribery some months ago. Bowles and His statement sald Green and the | Siegal, incidentally, were named among Executive Council of the American the defendants in Dean’s blackmail Federation of Labor have “supported | charges. every action of the bankers and owners of industry in their schemes to put the burden of the crisis upon the shoulders of the workers. Another witness before the same com- mittee, Arthur J. Lovell of Cleveland, vice president of the Brotherhood of | Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, in- dicated a possibility that railroad | Listed as Witnesses. Other witnesses were Robert H. Mc- | Neil, Herbert S. Ward and J. William | Tomlinson, well known Washington at- torneys; Christine Rock and her coun- sel, Albert Esher; R. L. Hooven, Morris H. 'Caro, George F. Bradley. Mrs. Cath- erine P. Offutt, William W. McDonald and Harry J. Donoghue, assistant cash- workers might strike to force shorter working periods to spread employment | if Congress does not act. | A minimum wage provision also was | advocated by Charles B. Rockwell, jr. | Bristol, R. I, vice president of Collins & Aikman Corporation, and Austin T.| fer of the Federal-American National Bank. Mrs. Leither Lowe of this city refused to testify yesterday on the ground that she might incriminate herself. accord- ing to District Attorney Sobeloff. She was ordered held in custody of the | Stock Exchange. Directors of these fizms, he said, in- cluded Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of National City; Percy Rockefeller “and others scarcely as distinguished.” The issue was bought at “98, less 315 much did Lee Higginson Marrinan_ asked. m: “We made $130,000 gross on the underwriting and about $220,000 in | compensation for sales made a total| of $365,000,” Durant replied. ‘The investigator asked the total of Kreuger & Toll securities sold in this country by the Higginson Co. Durant said the first were in 1938, and filed a statement showing total securities sold in this tountry by syndi- cates headed by Lee Higginson amount- ed to $113,000,000. “What are the estimated American losses based on the current position of the market?” Marrinan asked. “I don’t think any one can answer until the reorganizations are com- pleted,” the witness replied. Worth 14 Per Cent. Marrinan brought out that the bonds | cost. He questioned Durant about the debenture agreement on the $26,000,000 issue and the substitution clause, ask- ing “was there any requirement as to the value of the collateral?” “Not as to its market value, but as to | its income value,” the witness replied. Durant said payments on the bonds | | Germany i are now selling at 14 per cent of their | binds suade Great Britain and the other powers to stabilize their currencies. 3. Temporary reductions, meanwhile, of the current war debt payments in proportion to such factors as fall in for- eign trade, decline in commodity prices and depreciation of currencies. Agreement Seen Hopeless. Both the Paris and London press an- nounce briefly that no agreement be- tween President Hoover and President- elect Roosevelt on war debts is now to be_hoped for. Former Premier Laval's statement re- garding the real sense of his conversa- tions, as premier, with President Hoover, has aroused much interest here. He says, in brief, that reduction either of war debts or of reparations was never considered, bui inat President Hocver <continued, be necessary to prolong the one-year moratorium for both and that France should take the lead in urging this extension. Laval claims that inclusion of a | three-year complete moratorium for n the Lausanne agreements | President Hoover to grant Prance & similar moratorfum. Frepch Learn U. S. Views. ‘What W news to the French people is that the United States not only | never urged cancellation of German reparations, but actually advised against it. An editorial in Le Journal, an- Ministers today gave its unanimous ap- proval to_the financial spon- Sored by Finance Minister Cheron, thus bringing to an end the possibility of dise nm - 1 mertfi:ltmnerlit victory for was an_impo: M. Cheron, but he still must hurdle the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, which will consider his pro= posals next week. an_estimated He proposes to cover budget deficit of 10,541,000,000 francs by economies and new taxes which would transform the deficit into an es~ timated surplus of 238,000,000 francs. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band this evening at the Band Auditortum. Navy Yard, at 8 o'clock; Charles Benter, lea:er; Alexander Morris, assistant leader. March, “Capt. John Down, U. 8. N.” | Arrolado Overture, “Maximilian Robespierre,” | Litaloff | Solo for cornet, “Bride of the Wa | ves," Clarke Earl Miller, soloist. | Melody, “Bits of Hits of Other Days,” “Nocturne” Valse, “Morning Journals”.....St: Ballet music from “Prince Igor,” “Prelude and Pugue in B Flat Minor,” Bach March, “Submarine Force”......Benter other Paris newspaper, bears this out committee | 5 1 | Levy, Marrisville. R. president of plainly in these words: he will not filibuster, but he made an- | the Still Mills, other effort today to bind the commit- | s prsi s miore important than an effort to per- |stood this was about the size at which niit & “few men sitting in New York to | the corps was to be permanently. |now amounted to about one-third of DL Al e ettt Juey o, | Inferest, bius i aciedthe: furiher A (Dedicated to Rear Admiral W. | but later was released on $500 bail for L Upham, U. 8. N.) cgntrol the financial policy of America the world.” =T have information that a capital of ofle of the far Western States is today srounded by 1000 hungry. homeless ald ragged people,” he asserted. “Other citizens from that State are migrating toward the Naticnal Capital.” Bratton argued the branch bank clause would accentuate concentration of wealth, which he described as one of the “principal causes” of hard times. ““The extent of the ill consequences of the bill,” he said, “cannot be overstated and the effect upon the country cannot be exaggerated.” HUGH BLAIR-SMITH DEAD; TREASURER OF A. T. & T. Telephone Official Succumbs at In the next fiscal year the corps was cut 500 men, and for the present fiscal | year, 1933, a further reduction of 2,157 | men was made s0 as to leave the en- listed personnel at 15,343. If the pro- posed cut for the fiscal year 1934 goes into effect it means a net reduction of 4,400 enlisted men below the strength | of the corps in 1931, or a reduction o!i 24.4 per cent in less than three years. | Members of Congress who are o] to cutting the Marine Corps point out that there has been no effort made to reduce the personnel of the Navy or Army. They are at loss to understand why the Marine Corps should be at-| tacked and its efficiency jeopardized, | particularly at this time when condi- | tions in the Far East indicate that expeditionary forces of the United States might have to be increased at/ any time. Would Hamper Training. During the hearings before the Naval | Afrairs Subcommittee, it was pointed tee not to take any action on the beer bill until after the Collier measure has passed the Senate, Against “Any Stalling.” ‘ Representative Black, Democrat, of New York, sponso: of the District beer bill, assured the committee he would not stand for “any stalling” during the hearings. ‘There was the largest attendance that the District Committee has had at this sesslon as word had been passed about that a bitter fight was to be made over the beer bill. Among those present was Rufus S Lusk, executive officer of the Crusaders: Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, the presidents of several citizens associa- tlons and many others particularly in- terested in this subject Chairman Norton read a brief which held that she had properly referred this bill to the judiciary subcommittee Representative Bowman, Republican, of "|[FRAUD ORDER ISSUED | | | | approved the bill in principle. | sppearance as a Government witness. 'ECONOMY EXEMPTION AGAINST DRAKE MA".‘ FOR D. C. FORCES URGED Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Council Point to Extra Hours of Po- lice and Firemen. Post Office Bars Soliciting From Victims Who Sought Share in Estate. | Exemption of police and firemen of | the District from provisions of the | economy act is urged by the Council of Administration, Department No. 1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, who have asked that such a provision he in- serted in the District appropriation act. Resolutions adopted by the council point to the extra hours imposed on ‘The “Drake estate” bubble burst to- ay. The chase for a phantom $5,000,000 000, supposed to have been left by i. Francis Drake, which has been carried | on in this country for more than a | decade, was brought to an end when | the Post Office Department issued a Englewood, N. J., After Ap- West Virginia, pointed out that Mr. Pat- | fraud order, which bars the mails to | | both of these branches in the past year, by reason of the visit of marching grou| the Bonus -Army, and Bicen- pendicitis Operation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Hugh Blair-Smith, treasurer of the American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Co. since 1921, died today at the Englewood, N. J, Hospital following an operation for ap- pendicitis. He was born in Nashville, Tenn., in August, 1876. out that the proposed reduction in the | Marine Corps would make it impossible | to give the necessary training and in- | struction to maintain the corps at its| present state of efficiency. All training and instruction in the Marine COrps, ex- cept such as could be given by small scattered detachments and forces on forelgn service, would cease, it was pointed out, with the inevitable result that the corps as an efficient military He joined the Bell Telephone sys- tem in 1894 as a clerk with the Cum- berland Telephone Co. at Nashville orgarization would cease to exist | The Naval Affairs Committee in its | report called attention to the fact the After several promotions he was brought 1o New York in 1912 as general auditor of the American Telephone Co. training station ot Parris Island, 8. C.. established for the training of recruits | enlisted east of the Mississippi River; He was a director of the Bell Tele- phone Securities Co. and president and director of the 205 Broadway Corpora- tion, subsidiaries of American Tele- phone. His directorships also included the Chase National Bank, National Shawmut Bank of Boston and the Bor- den Co. His home was in Englewood. He is survived by a widow and two sons. i GARNER FOR IMMEDIATE PHILIPPINE VETO TEST Mot Informed, That President Will Kill Independence Measure, He Declares. However, @ the Associated Press. Speaker Garner told newspaper men today that in the event Preeident Hoo- ver vetoed the Philippine independence bill, he would favor having the House vote at once on whether to override the to. Ve Phe Vice President-clect said, how ever, that he had no official informa tion that Mr. Hoover would veto the measure. As the measure originated in the House, that branch would be first to act on a veto. ‘The bill passed the House by more than the two-thirds majority necessary o override a veto. the training station at San Diego, Calif.. | for the West Coast, and the general | Marine barracks at Quantico, Va., rep- Tesent a very large governmental ex- penditure. It pointed out that if the propoced cut is made in_the Marine | | Corps it is likely that the Parris Island Training Station would have to be closed. “Due to the reduction in strength of the Marine Corps to the present strength,” the report continued, “there are practically no combat troops avail- | able or ready as a nucleus for expedi- tionary dutles, or for other strictly m! itary duties, with the exception of avia- | tion at Quantico. If the strength be further reduced as recommended, the reduction at Quantico will mean that | it will be impossible to employ the force | stationed there, other than for main- | tenance, fire protection and guard duty to safeguard the personnel and ade- quately protect Government property. Efficlency Already Impaired. | “The conclusion of this committee is | | that the efficiency of this organization | has already been impaired by the re- | duction of its present strength and from a full investigation of the subject the committee feels that the Marine Corps should have a force of at least 17,000 men.” Although approximiat:ly 500 Marines | were withdrawn the first of the year | from Nica it was ted out, | those men will be needed 08t imme- | diately for other service, It is expected | [ man’s principal cbjection to considera- | those who reputedly have been soliciting | tion of this legislation because it in- volved & constitutional question was the Teal reason why it should properly be referred to the judiciary subcommittee. Called Revenue Measure, Representative Patman made a lengthy statement regarding his oppo- sition to referring the bill to the Ju- diciary Subcommittee, emphasizing that it is a revenue measure and therefore should be referred to the Fiscal Af- | His only support in the committee came from Repre- tative McClintock of Ohio. During the discussion Black said “the | wets have the votes and the drys make the speeches, that is reversing the old order so we will let the drys have a bit of thelr own medicine.” He protested | that any effort to stifle this legislation is in defiance of the will of the people, e fairs Committee. Lieut. Mathewson Improves. SHANGHAL January 11 (#).—Christy Mathewson, jr., who was seriously in- | Jured on Sunday in an airplane accident in which his bride was killed, was re- ported today to have improved slightly. tenng:l observances, add that District | taxpayers contribute about 80 pbr cent | of the pay of police and firemen and | emphasize that saving on their wage is “a very small matter in connection | with the balancing of the Federal funds in this country from victims who thought they were to share in the estate. The Post Office Department order does not entail criminal prosecution, Six men in the Middle West, where | pygget,” the scheme has centered, were named | It is emphasized also that there has in the order, while the address of & been no demand by local taxpayers for seventh is given as in Texas. retrenchment in this direction. The scheme is said to have netted | | those behind it more than $1,300,000. | The Post Office Department had pr viously been unable to take action be- cause of the unwillingness of those who had invested their money to testify. \BUSINESS ‘MEN ELECT ASSOCIATION OFFICERS | = W. McCullough Chosen to TATIV ’ fnobert E POU'S Head Northeast Group Dur- ing Year. REPRESEN ‘ WIFE STRUCK BY AUTO| Severe Bruises Treated at Home After Accident at Calvert Street and Cliffbourne. Mrs. Edward W. Pou, 69, wife of Officers of the Northeast Business | Men’s Association for 1933 were elected | | last night at a meeting in the North- | | east Motor Co. Building. | _ Robert W. McCullough will be presi- | dent durirg the next year; Curtis E. | McCalip, vice president; James P. Representative Pou of North Carolina, was at her Wardman Park Hotel home today suffering from severe bruises re- ceived when she was struck by an that during the present year five new | automobile yesterday at Calvert street naval vessels, the new cruisers, will be commissioned and each will need a complement of Marines. If the United States Navy were built up to the strength allotted this coun- try under the naval treaties of Wash- ington and London, the strength of the and Cliffbourne place. Representative Pou said she was not seriously hurt and would not go to a hospital for treatment. “She had a narrow escape, however,” he said. “Only the fact that she was wearing heavy clothing saved her from Marine Corps would be 24,406 men. If | serious injury. the proposed cut in the corps is made, the strength will be more than 10,000 below treaty strength, and, furthermore, the proposed cut would reduce the strength of the Marine Corps below that which it had when the United States went into the World War. In the act of August 29, 1916, it was pro- vided that the corps should have an enlisted strength of 14,981 During the World War the maximum fir:l"’th the Marine was J | | | | | Dinowitz, Police were told that the car which struck Mrs. Pou was driven by Louis 42, of 3100 Connecticut avenue. ' Mrs. Pou was attempting tc cross the street when she was hit. e Road Contract Let. A contract for grading Piney Branch road from Blair road to the Distict line was awarded to "the Warren F. Brenizer Co., who pui in the low bid of $6,300 for the | Farmer, secretary, and A. A. Thompson, | | treasurer. Committee chairmen named include John M. Beane, Executive Committee; James P. Farmer, legislative; John M. Beane, membership; publicity; H. R. King, : Delegates to the Federation of Business Men's Associations will be Mr. Beane, Mr. King and Mr. McCullough. Alter- nates will be Mr. Farmer, Mr, son and I. Narcissenfeld. {DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL | A certificate of accidental death was issued by Deputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald in the case of Mrs. Rosa Lests, 69, who died Monday night from burns received Priday in her home, 333 1 street southwest, when her night- dress caught fire from a heater. Mrs. Lests was treated & private physician for the burns. A3 payments were barred by exchange difficulties. French Bonds Withdrawn. He said the most valuable collateral | but_they were later withdrawn. | _“There has been an impression those | French bonds were put in for window dressing,” Marrinan said “Is there any- thing to it?” “I don't think 50, the witness re- plied, while saying the French bonds amounted to $13,000,000, but Hungarian bonds were substituted. “Weren't several kinds of bonds sub- stituted, all of which are now worth- less?" Norbeck asked. “I don’t know, but I don't think they | are worthless,” the witness rejoined. 'BANDITS GET $155 IN TWO HOLD-UPS | Motorman Victim of One, and Mo- torist Is Robbed by Two Colored Men. A street car motorman and motorist | were robbed of a total of $155 in two | hold-ups last night and early today. | The motorist was forced to drive into nearby Maryland. . The motorman, Anthony Sezezan; 316 Fourteenth street northeast. wa: robbed of $40 in cash and car tokens | by a lone bandit, who held him up on Eleventh street between E and P streets southwest. L. M. Lewis, 829 Quincy street, was held up by two colored men, who boarded his automobile when he stopped for a traffic light at Logan Circle. The men then forced him to drive north on ‘Thirteenth street and thence to Chevy Chase Lake, where they robbed him of $115. They then escaped. SENATORS UNCERTAIN ON PAY CUTS DEBATE Leaders Unable to Predict When Treasury-Post Office Bill Will Be Taken Up. Senate leaders were not certain this afternoon when the Treasury-Post Of- fice appropriation bill, inciuding the Government employes pay cut and other economies, would be taken up for debate. There appeared to be little chance of the economy program being taken up before tomorrow. Meanwhile, various organizations rep- resenting Federal workers are urging members of the Senate not to gpg::e a further pay cut. The Economy = mittee recommended & new reduction of 11,{{/‘;::: cent, in addition to the ent 8)5 per cent furlough. | back of the securities was French bonds, | would not entail war debt cancellation.” | .“The Americans not only never asked the cancellation of German reparations, but they advised this in the Washington talks and even at Lausanne they formally warned the British and French that cancellation of reparations Le Journal admits that the United States accordingly is not bound to r-- duce war debts, but insists, on i.e other hand, that President Hoover is clearly bound to extend the war debt moratorium over the period of the depression and that France, therefore, was justified in its suspension of the December 15 payment. Meanwhile it is learned that both France and Spain have suspended their far-advanced negotiations for new com- mercial treaties with the United States. They have done this apparently on the strength of views obtained from Jesse L Straus of New York, who s believed | to be privately representing President- | elect Roosevelt and who, after a month of quiet study of Franco-American commercial relations here, is now re- ported to be making a similar study in | Madrid. “Wait for Roosevelt,” seems to have become the watchword throughout (Copyright, 1933.) | Burope. DR. BRUSH, NOTED PSYCHIATRIST, DIES| y. Beginning of Career in 1878 at s Utiea, N. Y., Recalled by Death at Baltimore. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 11.—Follow- ing an illness of six days of bronchitis which developed into pneumonia, Dr.| Edward Nathaniel Brush, 80-year-old | dean of American psychiatrists, died |13 last night at his home at Mount Wash- | ington, a residential section of Balti- | more. | A real estate deal at Utica, N. Y. | started him in his work in psychiatry. Finding his office sold out soon after he began his practice of medicine, Dr. Brush was given a temporary position ai | the State lunatic asylum av Utica in| He was a member of the American and Chirurgical faculty of Maryland, the Medico-Psychological As- sociation of Great Britain and Ireland, the Societe de Medicine de Belgique and | s forelgn associate member of the So- 2iete Medico-Psychologique of Paris be- sides local organizations. A Born in Glenwood, Erie County, N. Y., L. he was educated in the g{ubllc and pri- | vate schools of Buffalo, N. Y., and the | University of Buffalo. He is survived by his widow, two daughters, & son and | several grandchildren, Pres- ° Dr. Brush is survived daughter, M. Lioyd o 001 " Shippen ) “Anchors Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band this evening at the Auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock; Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witccmb, second leader. “Marche Joyeuse" Chab: | Overture, “Le Carnaval de Venice,” Thomas Trio for violin, flute and cello with orchestra_accompaniment—*“Noc- turne,” Opus 19.............Doppler Musician Herman Hoffman, violin. Musician Clayton Lindsay, flute. Musician John Auer, cello. “Valse Celebre” “Reverie” “Polonaise,” from “Scen let,” Op. 52, No. 8..." Intermezzo, “Love’s Dream’ Grand scenes from “Hansel and Gretel” .. Humperdinck Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- es de e Star Spangled Banner.” Decembgr Circulation. Daily...1 15,083 Sunday, 123, 755 District of Columbia, ss: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR, does solemnly swear that the actual number of coples of the paper named sold and dise the month of December, ollows: Less adjustments Total net dally eirculation..... 5,107.24F Arepase dally net paid elrculation 114, ily average number of copies for service, etc Rt Dally average net circulation. SUNDAY. Coples. 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