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Sfar, 18, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 44 de- grees; rising temperature tomorrow. Tem| tures—Highest, 57, at 4 p.m. yestt ; lowest, 48, at 10 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. enin ] * ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, Yesterday's Circulation, 120,678 UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 11,14&15 No. 32,404, FHF HOUSE LEADERS DROP Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. - HOOVER AND ROOSEVELT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY TO MEET AGAIN FRIDAY; DISREGARDS U. S. JAPAN Foreign Affairs to Be Subject of Parley. FAR EAST POLICY TO BE DISCUSSED Closer Accord Hope of White House Conference. President Hoover and Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt will confer again at the White House Friday morning on foreign affairs. Other than to announce that the meeting is scheduled for 11 am. and that the conference would be confined to questions of foreign affairs which the two ad- ministrations are anxious to see carried forward, the White House would make no further comment. The President intends to con- fine the conference to those topics alone, as the situation now stands. This was asserted in the high- est quarters this forenoon, soon after it developed that Mr. Hoo- ver had invited his successor-to- be to a second meeting in the Executive Mansion. Although the White House offi- clally remained silent, it was stated that the meeting would be a continuation of the present ad- ministration’s effort to gain an accord with the incoming admin- istration on international policies. Likely Program. This has been interpreted in official circles to mean not only the war debt, armement and world economic prob- 1ems, but probebly also talk of the Sino- ese tonflict. e opinion is that Presi- e Hoover is anxious to make clear poier r of the for- fects this country. The forthcol economic conference at London prob- ably will occupy the White House con- ferees v e R‘:ommt '“m?m tere_nc‘: the forth ecenomic con! makes it highly important that some accord between the President and Mr. Rooseve .t be reached. Matters of for- eign policies, principally in the Far East, which are becoming of a pressing nature, will be another phase of the discussions, it is believed. New Situation Possible. Whether some new situation has arisen to t that a solution of the war debt problem could be worked out satisfactorily or whether Mr. Hoover thinks a more serious situation is de- veloping in the Far East could not be learned. The President has been study- | ing the problem closely. Speculation | has it that he looks upon the debt issue | as perhaps the most acute cause of the | continued e';c’nomia depression in this | and abroad. w"uf'fi'%mm realizes moreover that the debt problem will present a new crisis | when the next semi-annual payments fall due June 15, unless some policy of meeting the issue is advanced in the meantime. The impression is that Secretary of State Stimson's_recent conference with the President-elect at his Hyde Park home paved the way for this second meeting of the President and President- elect. Whether the State Department head or Secretary of the Treasury Mills, or both, of them, will attend Friday's conference could not be'learned today. The first meeting between the Presi- dent and Mr. Roosevelt, held shortly after the election, was staged in the picturesque red parior on the main floor of the White House. The conferees sat informally in front of an open fire, with Secretary Mills and Raymond Moley, economic adviser of Mr. Roosevelt, close by. The fact the President and his successor could not concur in any debt action as a result of that talk and as a result of a second attempt several weeks | later, conducted through the medium of long distance telephone and correspond- | ence, has not discouraged President | Hoover in his desire to bring about an ‘understanding with the incoming ad- ministration. Refuses Joint Responsibility. [ Mr. Roosevelt’s explanation for his | {nability to fall in line with the Presi- | dent’s proposal for concurrence was to | the effect that he could not accept joint | responsibility without equal authority. | Moreover, he had made it plain that | he preferred handling the debt problem | by dealing separately with each individ- | ual debtor nation. When he was appealed to by Presi- dent Hoover (o join him in naming the personnel of the commission to the | London Economic Conference the| President-elect asked to be excused, in- | dicating that if the Economic Confer- ence was to concern itself with war debts as well as disarmament the debt problem would become the primary subject of the conference, and for that reason he objected. President-elect Roosevelt is_expected to arrive in Washington Thursday night on his way to Warm Springs, Ga., for & few weeks of rest and to obtain suffi- cient seclusion so as to devote his at- tention to working out the problem of (Continued on Page 4, Column 8. SOIL BOOSTS GERMANY Nation Nearly Able to Support Own, Says Warmbold. ‘BERLIN, January 18 (#).—Dr. Her- mann Warmbold, minister of economics, addressing the Reichstag Budget Com- mittee today, said that Germany is nearing a point where it is able to sus- tain the population on its own agricul- tural products. m’;m-m. ‘however, of supplying Taw for industry unavailable here necessitated = ternstional ties. The minister - “It is clear that we cannot pay except through ~debts our debt i U.S. Firm’s Office ! i » nection with its labor difficulties, |Fourth Man in Serious Condition ’Japanese Attack In Labor Dispute i By the Associated Press. { YOKOHAMA, January 18.—Police Theld 138 Japanese tonight for partici- | pation in a midday raid upon the | Yokohama branch of the Singer Sewing i Machine Co. All movable property and i valuable records were destroyed in the {attack by a mob of more than 200 dis- gruntled employes. ! Richard McCleary, representative of tthe New York headquarters of the { Singer Co., who was in Japan in con- said the loss was “likely to reach several hundred thousand yen.” (The yen is equivalent to about 20 cents.) The greatest part of the loss was valuable records of installment sale contracts and other documents, which the rioters tore to bits and scattered over the place. Three of the Singer company's loyal (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) FAREAST CLAIMS MAJOR ATTENTION Hoover-Roosevelt Parley Is Called to Face Serious Situation. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The meeting between President Hoo- ver and President-elect Roosevelt Fri- | day morning has been arranged be- cause of the rapid changes in the in- | ternational situation, which require a careful national policy upen which the | outgoing and incoming Presidents must | be in full agreement. While the Far Eastern situation is mentioned as the most important topic of conversation, it is offiically stated that the question of the war debts is most unlikely to be discussed at all. The meeting between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hoover was prepared, it is re- ported, by Secretary of State Stimson on the occasion of his recent interview with the President-elect, and the dra- matic developments at Geneva and in the Far East make it necessary now for the present and the future leader of this country to sit together and survey carefully the whole situation with all | its potentialities. The Far Eastern situation appeared today as full of dynamite. ‘Word of Attack Awaited. The State Department has not re- ceived yet a report from the American | embassy in Tokio regarding the destruc- tion of the Singer Sewing Machine branch office at Yokohama. Pending the arrival of such a report, naturally the State Department can make no official statement. Unofficially, it is said, however, that the American Government always will protect the life and property of Ameri- can citizens abroad, whether they are in Japan, in Europe or in South| America. This is one of the fundamental | obligations of any government and the American Government will exercise this obligation under any circumstances. Ambassador Grew is reported to have taken the matter up with the Japanese foreign office, and it is hoped that this incident will be settled in a spirit of friendship and good will. It is natural, however, that such in- cidents should be extremely unpleasant | and full of dangerous weprecussions at | the present moment when the feelings | of the Japanese people are very tense.| Japan Feels Hostility. Although Mr. Stimson has done nothing but reply to the various ques- | tions put to him and to the American | representatives abroad as to whether | this Government had changed in any way its point of view on the Far East- ern situation, his statements that his note of January 7, 1932, was an expres- sion of a national policy and consé- quently nothing has been changed, has | created & very bad impression in Japan. | The fact that Mr. Roosevelt has indi- | cated that his administration would‘ follow the same policy has been de- scribed in high quarters in Japan as an cbvious sign of the hostile feelings of the American Government against the justifiable aims of the Japanese people. The change in the attitude of the " (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) — THREE DEATHS LAID ‘ TO POISON ALCOHOL at Harrisonburg, Va., as Probe of Drinking Starts. By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, Va., January 18. —Three men are dead here and a fourth is in a hospital receiving treat- ment for poisoning, which, authorities have expressed the opinion, resulted from drinking denatured alcohol. Cusper Bryan, 42, was found dead and William Murph, 35, in & dying con- dition in a box car this :norning. Jack Nutter, who was with the other two last night, died at his home, and James Crabill, 32, was taken to a hospital, where his condition remains serious. Officers said tances of the men told them they had been drinking alcohol intended for use in automobile radiators. Coroner F. L. Byers is making an in- Tokio to Ignbre America in Far East. POLICY STANDS IN MANCHURIA |League to Attempt Conciliation One More Time. By the Associated Press. President-elect Roosevelt as- surance that his administration will adhere to the principle of the sanctity of treaties will not alter Japan’s fixed policies in Man- churia, a Government spokesman at Tokio has announced. China, however, received the Roosevelt statement with great satisfaction as an approval of the Hoover policy in the Far East. The military situation remains unchanged, both armies in Jehol and Northern China apparently awaiting better weather before renewing activity. A Japanese newspaper in Dairen published an assertion that the city of Shan- haikwan, captured by the Japa- nese two weeks ago, already is under the rule of Manchukuo as the result of a movement spon- sored bv the Peace and Order League organized by residents of the city. At Geneva the League of Na- tions Committee of 19 decided to make one more effort to conciliate the Sinn-Japanese dispute. They agreed to omit the United States and Russia from the deliberations. Some concern was manifested at Washington over the possi- bility that the fighting in Jehol might extend southward and in- volve large foreign interests. TOKIO TO KEEP POLICIES. Government Serves Notite - Roosevelt Attitude Can’t Affect Manchuria. TOKIO, January 18 (#).—The Japa- nese government served notice today that President-electi Roosevelt's views will not alter this country’s already fixed policies in Manchuria. Mr. Roosevelt's statement upholding the sanctity of international treaties and the final overriding of President Hoover's veto of the Philippine inde- pendence bill both stirred up consider- able comment here. Neither, however, caused surprise, officials declared. Foreign office sources told the Japa- nese press it would be “unreasonable” if the United States asked other pow- ers to participate in neutralization of the Philippines while America retained naval bases there. It was suggested that neutralization might involve revi- sion of the four-power Pacific pact. Insisting Japan has violated no tre- ties in Manchuria, a government spokes- man said it remained to be seen how the Roosevelt pronouncement would be applied to Manchuria. It also was stated officially, though guardedly, that Japan was willing to join a move look- lt;g toward neutralization of the Philip- pines. Ridicules Invasion Idea. A parallel was drawn between Ja- pan’s relations to Manchuria and the United States to the Philippines. - The Tokio newspaper Asahi ridiculed the suggestion emanating from Wash- ington that Japan might invade the Philippines, declaring “there is no greater mistake than to conclude from Japan's military actions in Manchuria that she harbors territorial gains.” “We are hopeful that under Mr. Roosevelt * * * jrritations growing out of Washington's ‘spur-of-the-moment’ judgments will be removed,” a foreign office spokesman said in commenting on the Roosevelt foreign policy statement. He assumed that the American policy in the Orient, however, would not be altered fundamentally. the first place, he said the Japanese foreign office “had evidence that Secretary of State Stimson was confident his policies would be continued.” Secondly, he recalled “two of the sharpest notes received in Tokio” were issued during the Wilson administration, in which Mr. Roosevelt participated as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He referred to notes of " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) NEW NATIONS LEAGU ALIGNMENT IS SEE BOTE 1 CAN'T BE RIGHT OR WRONG! SENATE FARM BILL HEARING REGESSED Committee Gives Two Hours to Explanation by Rep- resentative Jones. By the Assoclated Pre-s. The Senate Agriculture Committee ! devoted two hours today to an expla- nation of the House farm relief bill | by Representative Jones, Democrat, of | Texas, and then recessed without act- ing. In executive session the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee de- tailed provisions of the complex bill as approved on his side of the Capitol. Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon, head of the Senate Committee, said other members of the House Com- mittee would be heard in elucidation g( the bill tomorrow, also behind c! oors. Later, Chairman McNary said, public hearing undoubtedly will be held as the millers, packers and other “pro- cessors,” who would be taxed under the bill to provide a bounty for the farmer, have ‘asked to be heard. ‘With the much-discussed “domestic allotment” farm relief bill on the oper- ating table in the Senate Committee room, there were indications some of its principal provisions would be ampu- ta Hogs, tobacco, dairy products, peanuts and rice, all faced the pros- ;xct of being cut off as a result of word rom President-elect Roosevelt that he favored confining this Democratic meéas- ure to wheat and cotton. As reported by the House Agriculture Committee, it undertook to boost the prices of “the basic exportable agricul- tural products”—namely wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs. Peanuts, rice and butter-fat were added on the floor of the House before the emergency plan ‘was approved, 203 to 151. For Tryout on Wheat. That Mr. Roosevelt is not certain that the scheme would work to complete satisfaction was indicated when Senator Smith brought back word from a New York conference with the next Presi- dent that he feit its bounty provisions ought to be tried out on wheat alone. The question of wheat commodities should be included under the emer- gency price fixing plan stood out per- haps the most perplexing single aspect of the committee’s deliberations. Some were for closing the door to all but one or two basic commodities as Mr. Roosevelt desires. Others wanted to open the door only to agricultural commodities of which there is a sur- plus for export. Still others felt that if any prices were to be fixed by such a device logic and fairness called for including all farm products. REICH AIDS FARMERS Moratorium Declared on Mort- gages Until Harvest Time. BERLIN, January 18 (#).—A mora- torium on mortgaged estates and farms was declared in an emergency decree ts’lcmed today by President Von Hinden- urg. The decree provides that mortgages on landed estates and farms, most of which fall due in the Spring when the farmer has no cash, cannot be fore- closed before harvest time, but the mortgager has until October 31 to pay up. ‘The decree was interpreted as & government concession to landed in= terests. “Processors” Ask llm—w-—wj Women Burglars Burn Victim’s Feet In $10 Robbery By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 18.—Two women burglars who tortured their housewife victim by burn- ing the soles of her feet with lighted matches until she reveal- ed the hiding place of her money —$10— were reported to police. The victim, Mrs. Rose Schmal- zer, 22, said she recognized them as the same pair, attired as men, who seized her while she was do- ing her washing recently, and forced her to hand over an arm- ful of clothes. ‘The money, she said, was in her husband’s trousers hanging near the bed. SAM BEARD FOUND CASE losed | Capital Bookmaker Convicted _«.of Income Evasions by Federal Jury. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 18.—Samuel R. Beard, Washington bookmaker, was | found guilty of income tax evasion' by a jury in Federal Court here today. A sealed verdict, which had been | agreed upon after six hours of delibera- |tion last night, was handed to Judge | W. Calvin Chesnut by the jury as | court opened this morning. The jury had deliberated over two counts pre- sented to them, one charging Beard with evading income tax during 1928 and the other charging evasion from 1924 to 1928 and also during 1930. ‘The indictment also included charges of false and fraudulent returns. Bail Raised to $20,000. William Curran of defense counsel immediately asked Judge Chesnut for the release of his client on bail, pend- ing a motion for a new trial or the filing of an appeal. Mr. Curran said the defense lawyers would have to confer before deciding just which would be the case. __The judge assented to this, but said (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 300 DEATHS CONFIRMED Scores of Chinese Corpses Washed Up After Shipwreck. SHANGHAI, January 18 (#)—Chi- nese newspapers said today reports that 300 Chinese were lost when the coastal steamer Hsin Ning-Tai foundered Sun- day in Hangchow Bay were confirmed. Dispatches said the steamer sunk dur- ing a storm and that scores of corpses were washed ashore. Date for Vatican Rites Set. VATICAN CITY, January 18 (#)— Pope Pius today fixed the date for the opening of the holy door of St. Peter's as April 1, the day before the date set Holy year. He told Monsignor Respighi, prefect- of the congregation of rites, that the ceremony this year would be commemorated as ceremoniously as in regular Holy years occurring every quarter century. Mexican CMeves United ENTRY OF FOREIGN MOVIE STARS CHECKED BY U. S. AT HOLLYWOOD States, Canada and Mexico Will Form Pact. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 18.—Speak- ing at the International Club last night, J. A. Velenzuela, Mexican consul in Pittsburgh, predicted that the United States, Canada and Mexico will unite to form a new League of Nations. That action, he said, would “make the North American Continent inde- pendent of all the rest of the world.” “Together with Canada,” the consul asserted, “we have everything we all need, and increasing friendliness is going to bring about a league of the three nations.” Electricity Provided Free. BURLINGAME, Kans., January 18 (#).—At the suggestion of the maj and Town Council, the municipal light plant has remitted to users the cost of vestigation which may not be com- pleted for several days, he said. P ing payment for electrical current used dur- December, : Deportation Drive Follows Conviction of Renaldo and Move to Oust Him. By the Associated Press. Murray W. Garsson, Special Assistant Secretary of Labor, expects to leave to- morrow for Hollywood to check up on the entry of foreign movie stars to this country. Garsson disclosed today that a drive A deportation order also has been issued against Renaldo. Garsson would not go into detail, but it was \tmder;‘mmodn:}xu h,tv:“\;enmrg ports of irre les conne the names of some prominent foreign stars. In one instance, the reports said one star had said she paid a large sum obtain the entry of her against illegal entry of movie folk has = maid. been in progress two or three months, with a squad of investigators checking gznmdmatmuflbomm et i tried on immigration charges and tenced to for the official inauguration of the | FILIPINOS PREPARE 10 ACCEPT TERMS Insular Leaders Indicate Approval Likely for Ten-Year Term. By the Associated Press. The question of independence today was one for the 13,000,000 people of the Philippine Islands to decide and they probably will accept the conditions laid down by Congress. Despite some expressed opposition, there were indications that the 10-year transitional period would be taken by Filipino leaders as the best possible terms now obtainable, and that the In- sular Legislature would accept the in- dependence bill enacted yesterday by Congress. Members of the Philippine Independ- ence Mission here, composed of leaders of the island legislative body, said after the Seante had voted, 66 to 26, to over- ride President Hoover’s veto: “The full realization of the signifi- cance of this action will bring joy and happiness to the hearts of the Filipino people.” Objections from Manila have ema- nated from a faction that wants imme- diate and unrestricted freedom. Presi- dent Manuel Quezon of the Insular Sen- ate has sent word that he would come to Washington to satisfy himself that all had been done to obtain the best pos- sible bill. After that, he will decide what attitude he and his followers will take toward the 10-year measure. Have Year to Accept, The Senate passed the bill over the objections of Mr. Hoover by five more than the necessary two-thirds. The | House voted, 274 to 94, last week, to set aside the veto and make the bill law. Under the terms of the measure, the Island Legislature must accept it within one year and then fix a -date for the | election of delegates to a convention for | the purpose of drafting a constitution. The constitution must be acceptable to the President of the United States and also must be approved as a special island election, this vote to be the test of whether the Filipinos want freedom. Then 10 vears of economic and politi- cai trial would begin, during which time immigration and free imports from the island to the United States would be reduced. Complete withdrawal of American sovereignty would follow on the July 4 immediately after expiration of the 10-year transition period. The campaign for free government has been pressed by the Filipinos in one form or another for 35 years and was consummated yesterday afternoon in a burst of loud cheers and hand-clapping as Vice President Curtis announced th result of the Senate vote. Forty-five Democrats, twenty Repub- licans and one Farmer-Laborite voted to override the veto of President Hoo- ver. Twenty-five Republicans and one Democrat—Copeland of New York— voted to sustain the President. Law Is Compromise. The law is a compromise between those who wanted a longer transition period, with an island plebiscite on in- dependence at its termination, and those who urged a shorter period of re- adjustment and irrevocable freedom. Once the new government is estab- lished—estimated to require two years or more—a 10-year period of readjust- ment is provided, should the islands ac- cept the bill. Immigration from the islands to the United States would be restricted to a quota of 50 annually, but after the 10- year transition the Asiatic exclusion would apply, barring entry to all per- sons not _eligible to citizenship. Imports into the United States of sugar, coconut oil and cordage, free of duty, would be limited annually during the 10 years—sugar to 850,000 tons, in- cluding 800,000 tons of raw and 50,000 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ROCK DERAILS TRAIN Engineer Killed and Others In- jured in Pennsylvania. Pa., Ji BALANCING OF BUDGET UNTIL EXTRA SESSION Compromise Plan Proposed to End Senate Filibuster By the Associated Press. Senate leaders were attempting today to break the deadlock over the Glass banking bill by compromise to limit de- bate voluntarily instead of applying the cloture rule and by modification of the branch banking provisions of the meas- ure. Negotiations for the compromise were undertaken as Senator Glass, Democrat, of Wirginia, sponsor of the bill, took the floor again to defend his measure against the attacks of those who have led a filibuster against it for a week. Reading from telegrams he had re- ceived urging enactment of that pro- vision of the bill to permit branch banking within State lines, Glass denied that branch banking would centralize credit, contending “it would mean a diffusion of credit.” While Glass, a former Secretary of the Treasury, held the floor, Senate leaders negotiated with Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, leader of the filibuster, on means of breaking the eadlock. The basis of their proposal was that instead of attempting to apply the clo- ture to limit debate, forcibly, as pro- posed yesterday by Democratic leaders, a voluntary agreement be made to limit debate to one hour and half for each Senator. Republicans Lead Move. ‘The compromise plan included modi- fication of the branch banking clause of the bill to permit branches only in States where local laws permit them. Republican leaders, opposed to cloture, but anxious to prevent further criticism of the Senate for wasting time, were conducting the negotiations. Meanwhile the little band of filibus- terers served notice that if cloture were applied they would tie up the Senate by refusing to permit the transaction of any business by unanimous consent, which is the Senate’s most effectice way of legislating. The challenge was hurled by Sen- ator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma when Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, arose at the outset of the session to ask unanimous con- sent to make a previously announced speech on disarmament without dis- placing Senator Glass from the floor. ‘The Vilginia Democrat, author of the banking reform measure, which has been delayed more than a week by the filibuster, haa the floor by prior right to continue his of Senator Long for statements made about the bank bill. Refuses Unanimous Consent. no Glass yielded for the disarmament speech, but Senator Thomas warned while he had no OD)W?:: to this in- the will be done in this body by consent.” over ences, Thomas said off the the cloture move was withhel propose a resolution that look so good for some of the peopl who are supposed # be leaders here.” He did not indicate the nature of the resolution, but said it would be em- barrassing to the leadership even if introduced. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana, who has been seel currency expansion, also protested the cloture motion on the floor. He said he and some other Senators wanted to discuss the branch ba feature of the Glass bill “on its merits” and it was “not fair” to impose cloture unmk they had had an opportunity to speak. Wheeler said he “appreciated the pressure of the press and the big bankers behind this bill,” but said thus far only two Senators, Glass and Long, had spoken on the bill. Long Ready to Carry On. Long was prepared to ask the floor when Glass concluded. His desk piled high with books, topped with a Bible, the Louisianan has given no hint that he would relent in his filibuster, al- though some efforts at compromise have been exerted. The latest compromise move on the branch banking feature was understood to revolve around an amendment by Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico, limiting State-wide branches to national banks having a capitaliza- tion of $500,000 or more and confining smaller banks to city-wide branches. The Glass bill as it stands now would permit branches in all States regardless of whether State laws prohibit branch banking, if the banks had a capitaliza- tlon of $50,000 or more, but the Vir- ginian has said he would offer on amendment to limit the provision to States now permitting branch banking ll;l;ug S}:a;e ’insuf-’!tugms. leanwhile, in the House, resenta- tive Goldsborough of Mxrylm Demo- cratic member of the Banking Com mittee, said “powerful interests” were attempting to “foist” the branch bank- ing feature of the Glass bill upon the American people. “The same influence is behind this branch banking provision that was be- hind the moratorium,” he said. Approved by Bankers. “It was those who sold something like $17,000,000,000 of worthless foreign se- curities to the American people that fa- vored the moratorium. They were in favor not only of the moratorium but of canTc%gathn. iy “They wanted the debt to the peoj to‘ge canceled and the debt k)mt.h?ln: paid.” Representative McFadden, Repub- lican, of Pennsylvania, a critic of the President Hoover and his foreign debt policies, interrupted to say that the program given congressional leaders at a White House meeting “previously had " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SNELL SAYS ROOSEVELT OPPOSES FARM AID BILL By the Assoclated Press. Representative Snell, the Republican leader, expressed to newspaper men to- day the view that it was definitely in- dicated by Senator Democra South Carolina, t, that President-elect President’s Message Provokes Wrath of Members. TE FOR SUMMONS IS NOT REVEALED Garner Says He Knows, but Declines to Give Out Information. By the Associated Press. Congressional Democrats today abandoned hope for enactment of budget-balancing legislation at this session and acknowledged plans are set for a special session of the new Congress to tackle the task. Twelve strategically situated House members, belonging to the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdic- tion over revenue legislation, agrced to drop all tax proposals between now and March 4. Asked by newspaper men when & special session will be summoned, Speaker Garner said, “I could tell ycu, but I won't.” The plain implication was rangements are under way, and tiat those in charge of party afla re looking to such a session to do what they feel is impossible of accompli-h- rgfi;}t as things now stand cn Capitol hat ar- “Legislation Congested.” An explanation of the de given by Chairman Collier of mittee, said the “congested I situation in Congress will p :Flctment" of budget balancing log jon. Only yesterday, President Hoover had addressed a speclal message to Congress on the urgency for budget balancing— asking again that sales taxes be im- posed and economies effected. Opposie tion to the sales tax has evidenced ft- self so firmly, however, along with the objections registered by President-elect Roosevelt, that it has long been accept- ed on Capitol Hill that such levies were wto(tthemm.n)untorme 2= session.” 2| e e e Collier said that he was “distressed”™ over President Hoover's message to Congress yesterday. “We went on the theory that his figures of a $492,000,000 deficit for the which he submitted at first, was correct,” he said. “Now he estimates that in addition to economies, between $500,000,000 and ::00,000,000 additional is needed in new xes.” Collier said that he made his state- ments “with the reservation” that the full committee, composed of 14 Demo- crats and 10 Republicans, would con- cur in the sense of the unofficial meet- ing of Democrats in his office. Indications are that the special ses- sion will be called by the President- elect either for April 10 or 17. President Hoover’s plea for a balanced budget by the enactment of a low gen- eral sales tax, which, he declared in a message to Congress, would be “the es- Dad talle o Geat cors in” Congrens allen on ears In it, he said: M “One of the most helpful contribu- tions which the Congress and this ad- ministration could give to the next ad- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) FRENCH REDUCTION OF ARMY PROTESTED Cut of $25,520,000 Meets Opposi- tion in Chamber Finance Committee. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 18—A reduction of 638,000,000 francs ($25,520,000) in military expenditures proposed in the budget which the government sube mitted yesterday has met with opposi= tion in the Chamber Finance Com- mittee. Supporters of the navy, n;ul;:img the respective ministers ex- plain. An official report by the customs administration published today, showed French foreign trade declined nearly gx;%-ztsh!ln:: Mm ‘1932 Imports totaled ,825,844,000 francs and e: - 693,236,000 francs. BL The budget does not mention the “political debt” which France owes the United States and Great Britain. It is understood these debts were omitted because they are dependent upon international developments. It was stated in political circles this does not necessarily mean the French government is ignoring them, as ex- rm say Itili nlw;lys ptlmngle o fn~ roduce special enal lation the basis of later dz‘!:i;p:g > The Budget totals francs ($2,081,520,000). tion emphasized the precarious - tion of the government resulting g:n hostility toward new taxes and s economies. The estimated deficit 10,541,000,000 francs ($421,640,000) and the government demands 5,300,000,000 francs in economies, including tem- porary uhrxseuu in the civil service list, and 5,453,000,000 francs in new Civil service groups have threatened to slow down or go on strike in protest against salary cuts. Radio Programs on Page B-7°