Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1933, Page 2

" A2 s» CLOTURE DEFEATED | BY SINGLE VOTE Senate buster Ended, However, by Agreement to Limit Debate. (Continued From First Page) on their feet clamoring for recognition. JIgnoring Senatcr Long, Senator Robin- son yielded to the Idaho Senator, who immediately sent to the desk a request for unanimous concent to limit debate on_the Glass banking bill. Senator Long demanded to be heard in reply to Senator Robinson. “The Senator from Arkansas.” de- clared Senator Long. “is not speaking for the Democrats of this country, or of the Sen:tc. and he is not speaking |. for the D . crats of Arkansas. He does not express their sentiments.” ‘By_what authority,” demanded Sen- ator Robinson. in a voice of angel “does the Senator from Louisiana spec for the Democrats?” “By the election returns,” Senator Long. ‘There was a slight flutter of applause in the gallery, which was quickly hushed when the Vice President wrapped for order. Senator Robinson returmed to the charge, ridiculing the suggestion that Long and his supporters had any au- thority from the election returns to speak for the Democrats, or to conduct a filibuster in the Senate. “The election returns,” said Senator Robinson, “have thrown out the Sena- tor from Indiana, Mr. Watson and the Senator from New Hampshire, Mr. Moses, who joined the Senator from Louisiara in his effort to prevent the Senate from doing the business of the | country.” Senator Watson and Senator Moses both rose. demanding recognition. Sen- ator Borah intervened, declaring that if his request for an agreement to limit | debate was not to be acted on, he him- | #elf would make a speech. The Vice President put the questlon, asking if there were any celectlons to the agreement. Glass Questions Borah. “Reerving the right to object.” said | Senator Glass, “I would like to ask| | the Senator from Idaho by what au-| thority he offered the consent agree- | ment, and how it happens that he ex- pects it to be adopted.” shouted Bride Added THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1933, Briton’s Car Rebuilt for New Speed Attempt SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL WILL TRY FOR BETTER MARK AT DAYTONA. to Guest List SUMNICK'S WILL BRING 14 TO WHITE HOUSE. OHN SUMNICK, first of the 11 children of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sumnick of Waterioc. Nebr., to marry, is shown with his bride, former Dorothy Still of Grand Island, Nebr. 8o the Sumnick family, hosts to Franklin D. Roosevelt last Summer, will total 14 instead of 13 when they make their projected visit to the White House. —A. P. Photo. Canadian Minister | TermsImprovement Of Technique Curse| Sees Production Increase Damning Accusation of Scientists. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 19.—Improve- ments in technique might be classi- | fied as the great curse of the modem | world, said Maj. Walter Elliot minis- ter of agriculture, speaking today at a SWITZERLAND JOINS U. S. IN DEMANDING RIOT INVESTIGATION __(Continued From First Page.) | | Nineteen on Manchuria last night, the League today appeared to be willing to concur in the Japanese request that the United States should not be invited to partake in further conciliation, on the grounds that this is a mere matter of procedure. But the League has put it up to the Japanese Government to state whether | it rejects what is called the fundamental | principle of the Lytton report, namely. | modification of the Japanese-backed | Manchukuo regime. | Many well-informed observers bzlieve | the committee of nineteen is under the “I consulted Senators on both sides ! jyncheon in conncction with the forth- | influence of the small powers and of the chamber,” replied Senator Borah, “and was info'med that the agreement could be adupted.” Senator Glass wanted to know if a threat had *hot been made yesterday in the Senate that unless the cloture motion was withdrawn no unanimous consent agreement would be entered into during the rest of -the present session | of Congress. Senator Thomas denied that he had made such a threat yesterday, and said | that the Senator from Virginia had misunderstood_him. Debate on the banking bill was con- tinued after the heated exchanges be- tween Senator Robinson and Senator Long, with Senatol Blaine explaining an amendment which he proposed. Blockade & Week Old. The filibuster against the Glass bill began more than a week ago, Sen- ator Long insisting that he would not let the bill come to vote if he had to ference at Regina. Canada. “Some infernal scientist comes along and shows us how two blades of grass can be made to grow where one was before,” said he. “instead of that being the highest praise, it is one of the most damning accusations you can make against any man or any country just now. “We've got to see how to manage this flood of production which is being poured upon the markets of the world. If governments try to regulate produc- tion they are immediately Ted into the gravest difficulties. If the producers themselves can co it they will cer- tainly do it much better than any gov- ernment. government the hand-maiden of indus- try rather than to make it the police- man over industry.” Great Britain end thus is going ex- | coming world grain exhibition and con- | tremely slow in passing on to a grave | recommendation, which would go over | Japan’s head in order to place Japan in ;l‘he position of obstructing concilia- | tion. | A" definite stind by the League will thus be deleyed a considerable iime. END OF EMBARGO ASKED. | Japanese Merchants Appeal to Chinese | Chamber of Commerce. By Cable to The Star. | TIENTSIN, China, January 19.—A patriotic society of local Japanese mer- | chants, acting supposedly in the inter- | ests of Chinese merchants, has written It is our desire to make | to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, | | asking that the embargo on Japanese | goods be lifted. They declare that | because of the restriction Chinese mer- chants are inconvenienced and will be | unable to make their annual financial | settlements due on January 25, first QUEZON TO GIVE LEGISLATORS SWAY Would Submit Independence Act to People if Body Declines Vote. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, January 19.—With its foes c.aiming a majority of the insular legislators are ready to reject the Phil- ippine independence act, Manuel Que- zon, president of the Senate, sald he was ready for the lawmakers to assume the responsibility without submitting the measure to a vote of the people. The act provides it may be accepted or réjected by a convention called spe- cifically for that purpose. “I do not know what opinion is held by the Legislature,” the veteran leader said, “or whether the members are dis- posed to act on the bill. If they are not and believe it should be submitted to the pepole, I have no objection.” Formal Transmittal Nceded. He said Gov. Gen. Theodore Roose- velt, jr., has received official notice and an official copy of the act with only formal transmittal needed to empower the Legislature to act. Quezon previously indicated, however, he did not plan to precipitate any action on the act which he has opposed. H is scheduled to sail March 11 for Wash- ington, D. C., to confer with the Inde- gle‘xlldenoe Mission, which advocted the Opponents of the act claim 60 of the | 96 members of the Insular House have signed a resolution ratifying opposition to the proposed form of independence, and thus far only 6 have refused to sign. Quezon previously claimed over- whelming opposition to the present act. Jose Clarin, dean of the Senate, flayed the terms of the act in a speech from the floor. “I fear the tragic scenes of Santo Domingo, Haiti and Nicaragua will be repeated,” he said. Fear of Disturbance. Clarin expressed fear any disturbance among the unruly Moros of the South- ern islands would be made an excuse for intervention. “In not informing Congress of the real sentiment that prevails in the | Legislature, which also represents that { of the people,” the veteran Senator said, “the mission "has converted itself into { a dictator of the fate of the Philippines.” | He sald the emotions of the Filipinos | | are mixed. While they are happy be- | cause the action of Congress has “proved that the American people have renounc- | ed all imperialistic intents toward the Philippines and recognized the right of | the Filipinos to take part in the concert of independent nations,” he said the act is unsatisfactory. Clarin said the high commissioner would be arbiter of the affairs of the | islands, and declared limitations on free imports are unfair because the Filipinos are not given commensurate rights. 'ABANDONS REVISION OF PHILIPPINES PLA !King Not to Revive Issue of Im- IR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S car, Blue Bird II, radically altered from the machine in which he sot the present Tecord of 253.96 miles an hour wt‘Deytona Beach, Fla., last year, was shipped to the United States for a new as- sault on the speed record. Campbell Ys shown standing beside the car at his home in Povey Cross, where it was put through its final tests before shipfent. The same Florida racing strip will be used. —A. P, Photo. DOAK AIDE T0 HUNT ALIENS ON COAST Secretary - Sends Garsson West With Instructions- Not to Talk. Murray Garssan, special assistant to Secretary Doak, today was en route to | the Pacific Coast with instructions from | Doak to conduct an alien investigation, but to refrain from any publicity until he reports back to Washington. Garsson told newspaper men yester- day that he was on his way to the West Coast to investigate the status of foreign members of Hollywood's | movie colony. | After the statement had gained cir- ! culation, Secretary Doak conferred with Garsscn and announced afterward that the inquiry would not be aimed speci- jcally at Hollywood. At the same time Garsson explained { that “our inquiry is directed at aliens {of all sorts and all nationalities. We ,are not aiming especially at the mov- |ing picture people, but are checking on all aliens. 2s we have done in other sections of the country.” H then told newspaper men that he | bad not intended to convey. in the | original announcement of his trip West, that his duties would be confined to aliens in the motion picture capital Garsson came here yesterday to re- | port to Doak on the progress he has made on his ihvestigation of the case of Harry F. Gerguson, who once passed | himself off as Prince Michael Roman- off. Gerguson recently entered a plea of guilty to an indictment in New York City. The indictment was returned after Garsson appeared before a grand Jury. Garsson has been conducting invesu- | gations for Secretary Doak for two years, He says he has broken up sev- Lfiil‘;g Cost Drop 229 Pet. in U. S Sixice 1929 Crash /Labor Department Sta-| tistics Shw Variances | in Chief Cities. ‘The cost of living' in the United States has slumped 22.9 per cent sinc: | the break in the stock market in 1929, { the Labor Department's Bureau of Sta- | tistics announced today. During 1932, the bureau’s report said, | living costs dropped 9.4 per cent, and | on December 31, , was 17. 8 per cent | ‘Iovl;ra lmm on the corresponding date | in 1931, | Between June and December of last | year there was a reduction in living | cost of 2.7 per cent, the bureau reported | | as the result of a survey made in prin- | cipal cities. | Por December, the costs were 7.2 per | cent less than in 1917. but were higher than in 1913 by 32.1 per cent. For food, however, the December 1922, prices were 13 cent lower than in 1913 | e bureau said that between Decem- | ber, 1929, and the same month last year | food decreased, 37.5 per cent; clothing decreased 24.3 per cent; rents, 22.3 per cent; fuel and light, 12.2 per cent; house furnishings goods, 254 per cent, and miscellancous items, 4.1 per cent. POMERENE FAVORS SCHOOL FUND PLAN | | Suggests Forming of Local Corporations to Borrow | BAN ON NO-UNION G00DS 1S PROPOSED Outlawing of “Yellow Dog” Contracts Asked With Five-Day Week. By the Asscciated Press. Legislation to prevent shipment in interstate commerce of goods produced under “yellow dog” contracts was pro- posed by the United Mine Workers of America today in inYorsing the Black five-day week, six-hour day bill. Philip Murray, vice president, told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee considering the Black bill that with 310,000 coal miners jobless, the shorter work week was “a necessity,” but he urged amendment of it to outlaw the “yellow-dog contract” . under which labor is employed with the understand- ing it will not organize for collective bargaining. - Murray testified before a subcommit- tee headed by Senator N Repub- lican, of Nebraska. who sponsored the bill to prevent enforcement of thess | | contracts in Feceral courts. Legislation Defied. Despite that legislaticn, Murr: “the_yellow-dog_contracts go “They are still enforced in the State courts and they still impress their trade mark on goods shipped in interstate commerce,” he added. Murray suggested the yellog-dog con- tract amendment as a substitute for a minimum wage law, which has be:n proposed by some labor spokesmen to prevent wages from going down with working hours id, Murray estimated 310,000 coal miners | are jobless, in throwing support of the United Mine Workers of America be- hind the Black bill. 1 FRENCH PLANES | SEEKLOST FLYER Lady Bailey in, Sahara and Hinkler in Alps, Objects of Intensive Search. - By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 19.—More than s dozen Prench airplanes were enlisted today in searches over French territory in Africa and the Alps region for Lady Mary Bailey and Bert Hinkler, two of the British Empire’s foremost flyers. Planes were starting from various points in Algeria and Morocco to search for Lady Bailey, wife of a South African millionaire 2nd mother of five chil- dren, who has been missing four days on an England-South Africa speed fiight. At least a dozen planes, mostly military, were engaged. French authorities said other planes would explore forest regions in the vicinity of Dijon and the French Alps for Bert Hitkler, missing 12 days since he began an attempt to recapture the England-Australia speed record. (Capt. C. D. Barnard, Lady Bailey's instructor, left England for Northern Africa yesterday to join in the search for his pupil. Capi. J. A. Mollison, transatlantic fiyer, was reported in Lon- don as ready to join the search in Africa too but it was understod this woula be deferred pending the result of French operations.) New Clue Reported. ‘The Paris newspaper Le Journal said the British flyer, Capt. W. L. “Wally” Hope, who has been in Switzerland gev- eral days looking for his friend, Hinkler, had discovered a mnew clue. He be- lieved the Australian flyer may have fallen in mountains south of Wetter- horn, one of the most imposing of the Bernese Alps having three peaks, each more than 12,000 feet high. He plan- ned to explore there today. The Paris paper also said Amy Johnson Mollison, the noted British aviatrix and wife of Capt. Mollison, had offered to help in the searches. Lady Bailey was attempting to beat Mrs. Mollison's record of four days, six hours and 55 minutes for the London-Cape town flight. Hinkler, the first pilot to make the South Atlanic eastward alone, was out to beat C. W. A. record of eight days 20 hours 49 utes from England to Australia. Hinkler was expected to make his first stop at Brindisi, Italy, but it was feared he never got beyond the Alps. Believed in Othe Forest. French authorities believed he may have been forced down in ihe Othe | Forest, failing to reach Simplon Pass in | the Alps where Capt. Hope was search- |ing. Lady Bailey showed symptoms of in- cipient influenza when she left Oran, Algeria, Sunday on the second leg of | her flignit. She was forced to turn back to Oran the day before, when she started over the Sahara Desert, because | of slight illness. It was feared she met | disaster in the Atlas Mountains or the | desert. French authorities said nothing was learned of her pessible whereabouts at Gao, Niamey or Timbukto, on the Upper Niger, or at Colomb Bechar, Morocco. She was expected to stop at | THIEVES USE ROPE LADDER iitetis e on siniar TO LOOT SPEEDING TRAIN‘ A similar letter has been sent to the He said a reduction in working hours | is “a necessity in view of the increased | use of machinery in the mines.” | He pres:nted statistics showing the | average tons mined per man a day was | keep talking until March 4. His oppo- sition ran particularly to the provisions extending branch banking. Late yesterday three strenuous efforts Niamey or Gao. OBJECT SEEN FROM TRAIN. mediate Freedom at Extra ‘ Session. eral smuggling rings. | T | ESLAYING OF PATIENT | on Tax Liens. Governor of Chihli, province in which Tientsin is located, who, however, is | It is understood By the Associated Press. ‘were made to bring about an agreement limiting debate on the banking bill, Senator Long himself joining in the last ! of these. Had this agreement been en- tered into, the cloture motion would have been withdrawn. Senator Couz- ens of Michigan, Republican, objected, however, charging that a conspiracy had existed with the “lame duck lead- ership” on the Republican side acting in . conjunction with Senator Long to carry on the filibuster. The Michigan Senator insisted there should be a showdown and that the country should know just what the situation was. Couzens said: “I resent the conduct of the lame duck leadership over here in a con- spiracy to continue this sort of fili- buster, and therefore I am desirous of having all Senators on record as to whether or hot they are willing to put | cloture on that kind of a filibuster.” His charge of “conspiracy” against the leadership of his party upset all efforts to avoid the cloture vote, a thing which many wanted to do because of the implications of cloture and the few instances it has been employed. The last time the Senate imposed the | cloture Tule was on February 28, 1927, when there was before that body a pro- posal to establish prohibiticn and cus- toms bureaus. When the Senate met today, sznatur‘ Blaine of Wisconsin, Republican pro- gressive, had the floor. | Blaine Denles Plot. Opening the debate and oppuslngf M. Adelaide Dougherty, 647 I strect | adoption of the cloture rule, Senator |scutheast, has filed suit in District Su- | Blaine declared an examination of the preme Ccurt, claiming to be the widow | record shows those in favor of the bank | bill have consumed as much time as its opponents. “An attempt has been made to lead the country to beclieve by imputation that there has been a conspiracy among certain Senators to engage in a fili- buster and deiay a vote on the Glass bill,” Blaine began. “In going over the record, I tind that those who favor branch banking, and who no doubt will vote for cloture, have occupied about the same amount of time as those op- posed to it.” The Wisconsin Senator said the Senate has recessed almost every day | since the banking bill has been under consideration not later than 5 o'clock, with a few exceptions. He asserted that those Senators who are 2bout to vote for cloture failed to insist that de- bate continue each day until it was brought to a close. “They had it in their power to pre- vent a recess,” Blaine declared. “In ! fact, it is well known that some of them were anxious for the recess in order that they could meet their dinner engagements.” Blaine contended there is a_ parlia- mentary method by which a filibuster can be broken and said he wanted the country to know that Senators “‘who have been caliing the kettle black” did not insist on there parliamentary rules. “I do not favor cloture and I want to remind Senators that when cloture is established in this body the minority group or party will find that it cannot operly debate measures that will come fore them in the future.” Senator Long interrupted Blaine with this question: “In view of the many lobbies that are here trying to put this chain banking bill through, does not the Senator think scme of those dinner eggagements may be important?” - X Senator Blaine answered that he was not ciscussing the motive of members, but merely citing the- record regarding the time devoted to the banking bill. Glass Messages Ridiculed. Senator Blaine sought to ,ridicule declarations by Senator Glass, Demo- crat, of Virginia, the sponsor of the bill, that he had been flooded with tele- grams from every part of the country urging the passage of the bill. The Wisconsin Senator said telegraph com- panies nad addressed messages to busi- ness men in Wisconsin saying Senator Glass would appreciate greatly tele- grams recommending the passage of the bill. “Of course, these telegraph com- ‘panies were trying to drum up busi- ness,” said Senator Blaine, “but un- doubtedly they have been responsible for some of the telegrams sent to Sena- a more serious | to Throw Merchandise Along Right of Way, but Flee Without It When Discovered. ‘Thieves climbed down a rope ladder from the top of a speeding Baltimore | & Ohio freight train near Muirkirk, Md., early today in an attempt to rob a freight car, but were frustrated by railroad police. They succeeded in throwing about $420 worth of cigarettes from the car, but alert police noticed the booty lying along the right of way as the train sped past and recovered it. The thieves escaped, however. It was explained that the train was traveling at too great a speed to per- mit the officers to walk along the top of the long line of cars and reach the marauders before the train reached Baltimore. There the thieves jumped off and eluded the officers. The train was bound from Potomac Yards, Va. to Baltimore. SUES FOR MAN'S ESTATE, | CLAIMING TO BE WIDOW | Woman Seeks to Prevent Her Re- | moval From Home by Sister of Deceased. of Maurice T. Dougherty, wealthy plumber, who was burned to death at | North Beach, Md.. October 16 last. She names as defendant Miss Mary A. Dougherty, 725 Virginia avenue south- east, sister and only heir cf the plumber. tercfit in Dougherty’s estate be assigned er. The court js also acked to enjoin the prosecution of a suit brought by Miss Dougherty in the Municipal Court to eject the plaintiff frcm premises 647 1 street southeast, where, she declares, she and Dougherty had lived for three years prior to his death. Attorneys Albert A. Stern and Albert Lyman appear for the plaintiff. ists outside the doors of the Senate | chamber, ready to seize every Senator as he goes out to urge him to vote for this bill.” Blaine said the lobby urging the passage of the bill included organized. banking interests of the countgy, which wished to “put over the branch banking or chain systém and to destroy the independent unit system of banking.” He charged that merchants who were “under the thumb” of bankers had been forced to write to members of the Senate urging the passage of the bank bill. . The Wisconsin Senator named J. C. ‘Thompson of the Northwest Bank Cor- poration 25 5 lobbyist who buttonholed Senators and urged them to vote for the Glass bill. Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, yesterday indicated the possible outcome of the cloture motion when he. said it involved a fundamental question ‘“be- yond any particular controversy” and 'H‘e many Senators opposed it on prin- ciple. “Therefore,” he said, “in voting upon cloture, there will be many Senators who will feel disposed to vote against cloture, under Any circumstances, who have no sympathy with any filibuster that is going on.” ; Long -then interjected- that he had devoted the day “to getting a consent agreement from those who have op- posed ‘this bill, and after having la- bored _the entire day, and having se- cured that consent, one of the pro- ponénts of this bank bill has objected to unanimous consent.” Replying, Couzens said “has spent four hours of the Senate’s time in trying to get an agreement and at 4:35, perhaps two hours (counting out the over-night recess) before the time of voting on cloture, he desires now a unanimous consent agreemerx,” “So far as the two hours’ delay is wngm:gfi; Oot\‘x’zem ndgeg&“x am en- tirel g to accep Tespansi- bility for that.” B She asks that a dower in-| ignoring the request. the governor attaches considerable im- | portance to this move on the part of | the Japanese, since he feels that they are likely to adopt the same prelim- inary tactics as they employed in; Shanghai almost a year ago, when!| first they demanded that the local boy- cott be lifted and then, upon Chinese refusal, took action or created an “in- cident.” Large quantities of Japanese goods are stored in Tientsin warehouses, Chinese refusing to accept delivery under fear of reprisals from their own patriotic or- | canizations, though the boycott is ex- tensive in North China. That last night passed without event | is significai . to Chinese here, who had | been led to believe, owing to a whole- sale crop of alarmist rumors, that the evening was to usher in a series of armed incidents. Chinese now feel that Chinese New Year eve, as well as New Year day, may now be the appointed time for the long-awaited pyrotechnics. Chinese connected with the Chihli governor's headquarters have assured this correspondent that the Japanese Col. Doihara, Japan's “Lawrence of Arabia,” has arrived in Tientsin for the | purpose of stirring up trouble. Japa- nese deny Col. Doihara’s presence here. It was Col. Doihara who, it is said, sowed all the seeds of trouble in Man- | churia prior to the advance of the Japa- | nese armies | | “(Copyright, 1933.) RIOT RINGLEADERS SEIZED. Adequate Protection Assured Branch Office of Singer Co. By the Associated Press. | Ambassador Grew at Tokio informed | the State Department toliay that ade- | quate protection has been provided for | the Singer Sewing Machine' offices at | Yokohama by the Japanese police and ! that they were seeking the lcaders of the riot of yesterday. | Immediately after the disturbance, | Grew put before the Japanese foreign ! minister a report of the riot in which | the plant of the company had been | ransacked. | There was no immediate official com- | ment at the State Department on the | incident. Grew's message said the Japanese police have afforded protection to the residences of all the foreign employes of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. at ‘Yokohama. More than 100 arrests were made after the wrecking of the company’s offices and Grew’s message says the Japanese officials believed they had all the ringleaders of the riot in custody. Anibassador Debuchi of Japan had & short conference with Undersecretary of State Castle yesterday, but said when he left the State Department that he had no official advices or instructions concerning the Yokohama raid apd had not discussed the matter with the un- dersecretary. ,Debuchi expressed his regret that such an incident had taken place and, said. C;pan would provide ample police p;:yumon for Amerlcnn. life and prop- e NOTED SURGEON MAKES 23D. VISIT ‘TO U. S. Dr. Adolph Lorenz of Vienna Re- grets He Can’t Straighten Out Brains of Man. By the Associated Press. NEW _YORK, January 19.—Dr. Adolph Lorenz, Viennese practiticner of bloodless surgery, arrived on the Saturnia today bemoaning the fact he cannot do for the human brain what he can do for the bady. “All my life,” said the famous 77- year-old doctor, “it has been a matter of limb straightening. How unfortu- nate there is not also a method for As_ he the city for his {wenty-third visit to American patfents, Dr. Loren. voiced his opinicns concern- ing the value of pacifism. “If man should he u!nd“frl.h:e should be He wot worthy God's earthw” By the Associated Press. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, long an advocate of immedate inde- pendence for the Philippines, said to- day he had no intention of reviving the issue in the hope of gaining this end at the next sesslon. Although opposed to the 10-year bill enacted over President Hoover's veto because he believes it will provoke sharp controversy in the isiands, King said “further consideration by the Fili- pinos might soften the existing opposi- tion to it.” King was absent and unpaired when the Senate vote was taken Tuesday. He said he had received a cablegram from Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine Senate, t before the vote. which was rather “cryptic,” but from whick he deduced” Quezon preferred to postpone decision on the 10-year meas- ure until he could size u in the new Congress. Quezon will come to Washington in April to confer with Philippine Mission members before determining whether to try for immediate independence or ac- cept the act passed Tuesday. PHILIPPINE FREEDOM IS HAILED IN JAPAN Tokio Newspaper Sees Removal of Potential Base for At- tack by U. S. By the Associated Press. TOK10, January 19.—The Tokio newspaper Jiji Shimpo editoriaily wel- | ted comed today the action of the Unil States Congress in offering freedom to the Philippines. “Their independence means the ul- | timate removal of a potential base of attack against Japan. It will improve the prospects of peace in the Orient. Congress's vigorous action in defiance of Secretary of State Stimson’s recom- mendations indicates a majority of Americans reject Stimson's suspicions | of Japan. UNITED LUTHERANS GAIN 32,000 Increase in Congregations of Missions Is Reported. NEW YORK, January 19 (#)—Mis- | sion congregations of the United Lu- theran Church gained 32,000 members during the past year, it was reported yesterday to the denomination's Board of American Missions. Dr. Franklin R. Fry, executive secre- tary, said the board would approve a budget of $734,000 at its closing session today. Of this amount, $465,000 would go for the saiaries of the church's 535 | missionaries. United Lutheran Missions congregations in this country, Alasaka, Canada, Nova Scotia and the West In- tr]l‘%: now number 675, the board was old. p the situation | { SEEN BEHIND MURDER | Sheriff Believes Texas Hospital Of- | ficial Was Killed to Cover | Up Death. By the Associated Press | SAN ANTONIO, Tex. January 19.— Sheriff Albert Hausser said today he had information which led him to be- lieve B. O. Simpson, superintendent of male patients at the State Hospital here, was slain to cover up the officially un- reported killing of a patient at the hospital last March. | The sheriff made his announcement | after the grrest of two men who. he sald, made sworn statements implicat- ing each other in the slaying of J. O'Neal, the patient. The men, against whom no charges have yet been filed, were listed at the sherifi’s office James Donnell. 19, a former hospital guard discharged by Simpson, and James McCreary, 22, a guard still attached to the hospital. Deputy sheriffs are seeking a ¢hird man whose apprehension, said Sheriff Hausser, will clear up the Simpson slaying of last January 5. The superin- tendent was stabbed 16 times, beaten and choked on the roof of the main dining hall of the hospital. The statements of Donnell and Me- Creary, as reported by officers, said Donnell killed the patient after an altercaticn: McCreary saw the beating which caused the death: each swore the other to secrecy. McCreary allegedly told Simpson of the slaying later and Donnell was discharged. DOCK BIDS STUDIED Baltimore Firm Is Low Bidder on Navy Work at Norfolk, Va. ‘The Bureau of Yards and Docks, Na Department, today was studying bids | opened yesterday for constructing a steel sheet pile cofferdam at the en- trance to dry dock No. 2 at the Nor- folk, Va., Navy Yard. Of the six bids received, the low bidder was Merritt, Chapman & McLean Corporation of Baltimore, Md., with a figure of $37.400 for constructing the bidder's design, while the Temple Construction Corpo- ration of New York was the low bidder under the bureau's design, with $54.429. The Arundel Corporation of Balti- more was the second lew bidder on both | design and $49,923 for its own. School Fee Paid in Gold Dust. BUTTE, Mont., January 19 (P).—A G._Clark é)roduced & vial of glittering yellow gold dust to pay his registration fee for the miners’ short course of the Montana School of Mines here yestér- day. Clark, & Butte carpenter, explained the gold was sluiced from sands near Butte. He was entered as a student. Mr. Sims has been the championships and was the gontract bridge’ player. | Begins Monda CONTRACT BRIDGE A DAILY LESSON Phil Hal SIMS IN THE EVENING STAR récent bridge experts poll to choose America’s greatest winner of 24 national bridge overwhelming victor in the y, January 23d VY | tasks an items, offering $54,810 for the bureau's | Creation of local corperations to bor- row on tax liens for financing schocl | operations was suggested before a Sen- |ate Banking Subcommittee today by Atlee Pomerene, chairman of the Re- | construetion Finance Corporatizn. | He advanced this plan as zn alter- native to the bill of Scnator George. Democrat, of Georgia, which would havé the corperation make lcans for school maintenance. Pomerene had been called to give his views on this measure. If local corporaztions were created. Pomerene said, county authorities could turn tax liens over to them, upon which they could go out and borrcw money. | If the money was not forthcoming from the banks, he raid, Ccngress might authorize loans from the Reconstructicn | Corporation. | | Police, Firemen Question. | Senator Couzens, Republican. of | Michigan, pointing out that mo:t of | the mcney loaned to schools would go | for salaries, asked Pomerenc: | “If this should be dcne, would it not be reasonable to expect these munici- palities to come in here for loans for | policemsn and firemen?” | |~ Pomerene replied: | “Senatcr, ycu have given expre:sion | to the fear that is in my heart.” | [ Indorsed by Ludlow. [ The George bill. however, was in- | | dorsed by Representatives Ludlow, Dem- | | ocrat, of Indiana; Busby and Ellzey, | Mississippi Democrats; Joe Elmer Mor- | gan of the National Education Associa- | tion. and, in principle, by Dr. Willlam | John Cooper, Federal commissioner of | education. | | ““Cooper suggested modifications to de- | fine the districts to be eligible for loans. | | Morgan told the committee that the | present situation “is not & matter of | crdinary policy, but a crucial emer- | gency.” in which Congress should make | available to the States funds to safe- guard educational institutions in finan | cial crisis. Chicago Situation. “Where would Chicago be if the/ teachers there had laid down on their d turned the children out into the streets” Morgan asked. Senator George told the committee the bill's purpose was not to inject the | Pederal Government “into the contro- | versial field of supporting _public schools,” but solely to authorize Recon- !atmction Corporation loans during the emergency. |OREGON GOVERNOR ASKS PHONE MONOPOLY CURB | Company So Powerful It Defies U. 8. and State, Legislature Is Told by Meier. By the \ssoclated Press. SALEM, Oreg., January 19.—Charg- liing the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co. has become so powerful that it has succeededin avoiding Federal regulation and in defying State con- trol,” Gov. Julius L. Meier yesterday recommended to the Legislature it me- morialize Congress “to pass legislation conferring on the Interstate Commerce jon or some other agency the adequate authority to investigate and regulate interstate telephone rates and gervices.” “It is in the interest. of the rate payers,” he declared, “that the State utilities commisisoner be provided with financial resources comparable to those of the utility.” He had previously referred to the in- vestigation of the Pacific Telephone & ‘Telegraph Co., now under way by the State utilities commissioner, “with lim- ited funds.” —_—— Small Tornado Damages Town. SALEM, small tornado pari of Salem last night, t« down about a dozen barns and smaller buildings, damaging two residences and t- ing nearly 50 trees. No onc dg ih- t was the first Slawtater ever reported in tnis Mo, Jani 19 (P.—A | b Yirutk the southetn 5.30 in 1931, as compared with 2.56 in 189C. “The existing misery and distress and unempl ent make the pres:nt the logical time for granting this neediul relief,” he said. Declared Inevitable. “The six-hour d: inventions. new increasing amcunt of tec employment. Hours of labor must b: reduced as productivity increases. “But, -although inevitable, the six- hour day may not be universally adoot- ed for many years unless some man- datory legislation is enacted into law, for the simple reason that no indi- vidual employer will voluntarily take action that hampers competition in the | complex business world.” At similar hearings by the House Labor Committes cn the Connery flve- ¢ | Gay week. companion to the Black | measure, Thomas F. McMahon, head of the United Texti'e Workers of Amer- ica, expressed his full indorsement of the plan. “It is the greatest step vet proposed | to bring our indusiry to a more normal condition,” he said. “We feel it will Lring akout stabilization. Manufacturer Opposed. “Without shorter working time there | is nothing to look forward to in the! textile industry further chaos.” Representative Rich. Republican. of Pennsylvania, a_woolen manufacturer, but chaos and still opposed the bill, contending that no: blanket rule could be written for all industry “I believe it is necessary to reduce the hours of labor, but I believe it ! would be wrong to go under eight hours.” Rich said. “I believe it would be better t8 have four eight-hour days than six siz-hour days.” Rich said his mill had tried to give all its workers continued employment, “to the extent of going into the red by thousands and thousands of dollars.” e i) AGAINST OFFICIALS Hold-up in U. 8. District Attorney's Home in Los Angeles Linked With Other Robbery. By the Aszociated Picss. LOS ANGELES, January 19.—A pos: sibility gangland has started a concerted plan to intimidate law enforcing dgen- cles of Los Angeles was investigated to- day following the hold-up of Gwynn PRedwine, assistant United States dis- trict attorney, and a party of friencs in his home last night. In another recent and markedly sim- ilar robbery the home of District At- torney Burton Fitts of Los Angeles County was invaded while he was en- tertaining guests. Police expressed the opinion there might be some connec- tion betwesn the two hold-ups. Redwine was dining with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Redwine, and five others, when two men entered through the kitchen, forcing a servant to pre- cede them into the dining room. Brand- ishi ‘!‘:utn , they made the diners place their hands on the table while they took $600 in :jewelry and $34 in While members the party were searched for valuables, the robbers overlooked :;so by failing to take the rm. Both Fitts and Redwine have been active in the prosecution of criminal cases, - Pitts employs a bodyguard. ——iy. ‘Translation of the Belgian Civil Code completed wi decree. {Oran Rail Conductor Reports Sight | Resembling Plane. | ORAN, Algeria, January 19 (#).—The conductor of a train on’ the Southern | Oran Railroad reported today that he saw an object Tesembling an airplane lon a sandy plein south of here, which might have been the machine flown by Mary Bailey, missing South African aviatrix. | A plane from the Saida Air Club was to investigate the report today. JAPAN IS DISPLEASED " BY ACTION OF SOVIET Explanation of Publicity Regard- ing Pact Without Tokio's Consent Demanded. By the Associated TOKIO, January 19.—Confirming in- dications that publication in Moscow January 17 of Russo-Japanese corre= spondence concerning a proposed non- aggression pact has gravely displeased the Japanese government, Hachiro Ari- | ta, vice minister of foreign affairs today summoned Soviet Ambassador Trovan= ovsky to the foreign office and asked an explanation. Arita asked why the correspondence was published without Japan's consent and it was understood that Trovan- ovsky replied he would ask the Moscow government Despite this friction, foreign office | quarters intimated Soviet Russia and | Japan already have agreed “in prin- ciple” to form a tripartite Russo-Japa= Manchukuan Commission to de%l ! w questions arising on Manchukuo's Nerthern frontier. The Soviet government published & ¢-claration by the Japanese govern- roent that it did not believe “the time | * for a non-aggression pact. HOUSE DEMOCRATS SEEK TO ELIMINATE DOUBLE TAXATION (Continued From First Page) | program about mid-April, six weeks or | £o after he takes over the administra- tion. Earlier in the day, the party’s repre- centation on the House Ways and Means Committee, which initiates all revenue-raising legisiation, had agreed at a closeZ conference ¥, defer action on the cuadget-balancing program. The legislative jam in the Senate, the short life rer ing for the present session and wha® he termed the “un- reliability” of President Hoover’s budget estimates were given by Coilier as the reasons for the postponement. The decision means flat rejection of President Hoover's estimates of budget needs, submitted Tuesday to Congress in a special message, which also réecom= mended enactment of the manufac- turers’ sales levy. The move also means the wrecking of the gencral Democratic legislative program for the short session by which they had hoped to avoid the necessitv of a special ses- sicn. Without discussing the conference of the Ways and Means groups, Represent- ative Rainey said “there will be no general tax bill at this session and there will be an extra session of the new Con- He expressed his “personal opinion” that Mr. Roosevelt would call the new Congress to meet either April 10 or 17, pointing out that the new administra- tion would time to get acquainted with t functions and conditions. Both Collier and Rainey criticized g.e : estimates o!hl:xrgidn& Hoho.v;r and cretary Mills, cl :s g, made from m.og 't: .W.m“h the