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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer; lowest temperature sbout 38 degrees tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness; rain tomorrow after- noon and night. Temperatures—Highest, 68, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 7:30 a.m, today. Full report on page 10. A Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32,406. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, 3 D. C. "ROOSEVELT AND HOOVER AGREE ON DEMOGRATBLLK -~ ALPROPSAS O ACTONTANES NOW Republican Efforts to Take Up Legislation Defeated by House Committee. STAND TODAY REAFFIRMS PLAN FOR EXTRA SESSION Aralysis of Ways and Means Ex- pert s Place Annual Per Capita Levy in U. S. at $77.53. ® e Associnted Press. Democrats overrode the Republicans|— on the House Ways and Means Com- mittee today and voted against all pro- posals for passing tax legislation at the short session. Representative Hawley of Oregon, ranking Republican on the committee, moved consideration of last year's ad- ministration tax bill, which included a general sales tax, but he was de- feated by a Democratic motion to table all tax matters. It carried, on a strictly party vote, 14 to 10. Lost on this same motion was a pro- posal by Representative Bacharach, New Jersey Republican, to continue the gasoline tax another year and boost it from one to two cents. Didn't Discuss Tax Plans. Chairman Collier said the committee did not discuss the merits of the tax plans, but simply reaffirmed the previ- ous decision of the Democratic mem- bers not to prepare a general tax bill at this session. The issue is thus left to the unavoid- able special session of the new Con- gress. Representative Treadway, Republican, of Massachusetts, criticized the Demo- cratic leadership for not immediately tackling the budget problem. “The Democrats showed again their partisan methods of procedure,” Tread- way said. “I was too glad to vote to take up the budget problem, even if only 45 days are left. That there are nly 45 days left is the fault of the emocrats for delaying action.” An analysis of the national tax pic- ture, revealing an average yearly burden on every citien of $77.53, was made pub- lic last night by Ways and Means Com- mittee experts in preparation for steps toward some of the 326 cases of overlapping State and Federal taxation. “Total Federal expenditures have in- creased nearly seven times in the last 20 years,” the experts said. Although tax legislation at this ses- sion has been abandoned. representa- tives of cigarette and gasoline interests have been assured by Democratic lead- ers their proposals for unifying taxes will be considered before any general revenue legislation is undertaken. Expect Revenue Gain. These call for levies to be collected by the Federal Government and & por- tion of them distributed equally among the States. By uniform rates the spon- sors believe that consumption and rev- enue will be increased. For months a group of experts headed by L. H. Parker, chief of staff of the Joint_Congressional Committee on In- ternal Reienue Taxation, has been as- sembling data on the present tax situ- ation. Totaling the tax collections of the Federal, State, county, city and other local governments,” Parker said, “we find taxes eollected in 1922 amounted to $7.418,000,000 and in 1931 to $9,519,- 000,000. In the same period the total per capita tax burden has increased from $68.27 to $77.53. ) “This increase amounts to $9.26 per capita, or nearly 14 per cent. Leaving out of account Federal taxes, the per capita tax burden of all other taxes amounted to $38.85 in 1922 and to $57.76 in 1931. This increase amounted to $1891 per capita, or about 48 per cent.” In making public the report, Rep- ‘resentative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, chairman of the subcom- mittee studying the question, said: “Inasmuch as the report submitted concerns itself almost entirely with presenting the facts, it was unneces- sary for the subcommittee on double taxation specifically to wpprove or disapprove of the report as prepared by the staff of the joint committee. However, we are in substantial agree- ment with the statements contained therein.” Expert’s Conclusions. These statements included a conclu- slon by Parker saying: “As far as this preliminary report is concerned, it is believed that sufficient has been shown to prove— “First, that our present system of taxation is complicated, cumbersome and in many respects inequitable. “Second, that there are many serious instances of double taxation or dupli- cation in taxation between the Federal Government and the States. “Third. That in view of the number of taxes impressed, the tax revenues are disappointing. “Fourth. That the tax burden, espe- \cially on certain specific objects, is reaching the breaking point. “Fifth. That the expenditures have increased to such a degree as to re- quire their investigation in order to determine whether the public is obtain- ing value received for the tax dollar.” The gasoline and tcbacco tax prob- Jems were laid before House leaders by the American Petroleum Institute and 3. Clay Williams of Winston-Salem, N. C., president of the R. J. Reynolds "fobacco Co. Incluced in the long list of duplicate - taxation, reported by Parker, were such (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) FIRST LADY TAKES TRIP Motors With Son to Baltimore and Returns Alone. ‘While President Hoover and Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt today discussed foreign affairs at_the White House, Mrs. Hoover and Herbert Hoover, jr., who had paid a brief visit to his parents, took an automobile ride together to Baltimore. The eldest son of the President boerded an airplane at Baltimore, bound for Boston, on a business trip, while =. Hoover motored back alone to the White House. ’ Montagu Norman, British Bank Head, To Marry Widow Financial Leader, 61, to Take Bride 28 Years Younger. By the Associated Press. 5 i LONDON, January 20.—Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of Eng- land, will marry Mrs. Priscilla Cecelia Maria Worsthorne, it was learned to- day. Now 61 years old, Mr. Norman gener- ally had been considered a confirmed bachelor. His bride-to-be is 33 years old. Disclosure of the plans in a notice filed in the Londoh register office gave the city (financial district) a surprise. Mrs. Worsthorne was formerly the wife of Alexander Louis Wynand-Koch ‘Worsthorne. Mr. Norman's commanding position in the financial world and his pictur- esque personality lent particular inter- est to the romance. Mrs. Worsthorne is a long-time friend Con n Page 2, Column 3.) ENGINEERS' STRIKE TAKES 600 OFF J0B Work on Post Office Depart- ment Building Halted at Noon Today. Construction work on virtudlly all of the new Post Office Department Build- ing, at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, was stopped today when the Hoisting Engineers' Union called a strike, withdrawing the 17 hoisting en- gineers operating lifts throughout the building. Six hundred men were forced to stop work by the strike. The strike was called, it was learned, because the engineers claimed they should operate motor generator ma- chines run by electricity which furnish- ed electric power to weld steam pipes, plumbing and air-conditioning pipes throughout the building. These machines formerly were run by gasoline engines, but recently were changed to electric-driven generators. They have been operated by the steam- fitters themselves. Negotiations between the steamfitters and hoisting engineers were understood to have failed to adjust the dispute, and the 17 hoisting engineers were pulled off the job at noon today. The trades which are affected first Ly failure cf the hoists to operate are the stone masons, bricklayers and con- crete men. It was estimated roughly 200 men may be able to continue work which dces not require material to be lifted by the hoists. MAIL FLYER DIES IN GEORGIA CRASH Glenn T. Fields Victim When Plane Bound for Atlanta Smashes Into Mountain. { BY the Associated Press. MARIETTA, Ga., January 20.—Glenn ‘T. Fields, flying the air mail from St. Louis and Chicago to Atlanta, was killed tcday when his plane crashed into Little Kennesaw Mountain near here. Identification of the plane and the pilot was made by American Airways officials, who came here from Atlanta. Fields was more than two hours over- plane crashed into the mountain during an early morning fog. ‘The scene of the crash is more than a mile and a half from the nearest road and it was necessary to walk a long distance up the side of the moun- tain to the scene of the crack-up. immediately, but postal authorities said three sacks were not damaged. Fields was burned so badly identifica- tion would have been impossible except that Airways officials knew him to be the pilot. ‘The plane crashed into a tree, up- rooting it, and then burst into flames. Fields was strapped in the cockpit, his belt around him when found. Che due at the Atlanta Airport when the | ‘The loss in mail was not uce'mnned‘ WASHINGTON ¥ H ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION I SLAIN, 1 WOUNDED IN 52000 PAY ROLL HOLD-UP ATTEMPT Paymaster on House Office Building Construction Killed Near Capitol. COLORED ASSAILANTS ESCAPE IN TAXICAB Make No Attempt to Get Money After Shooting Two on New Jersey Avenue. One man was killed and another was seriously wounded today by two colored bandits who made an unsucoessful at- tempt to seize a $2,000 pay roll of the Browning Painting Co., subccntractors on the new House Office Building. The dead man was Edward Ecklund, 50, resigned paymaster for the com- pany. He was pronounced dead in Providence Hospital, where he was rushed from the scene of the shooting, New Jersey avenue and C street south- east. The wounded man is Harry Stumm, 48, whom Ecklund was breaking in on the job. The bandits escaped in a taxicab. Bandits Shoot and Flee. ‘The shooting occurred a few doors from the rooming house in which the two men lived at 309 New Jersey ave- | nue southeast. With the money in envelopes in their pockets, they had Just left their room and were walking up New Jersey avenue when the two colored men, who had been loitering in the neighborhood for some time, ac- costed_them. Ed Roderick, 1300 block of Belmont street, who was standing nearby, told police the bandits suddenly opened fire, then turned and fled as the two men dropped to the sidewalk wounded. Taxi Driver Covered. Leaping into a taxicab and covering the driver with their guns, the hold-up men sped south on New Jersey avenue end disappeared in traffic a short dis- tence farther on. Meanwhile, Capitol Policeman Fol- mer M. Menne, on duty about half a hastened to the scene. He arrived as the bandits sped away in the com- mandeered taxicab. Unarmed, Menne commandeered a passing automobile and set out in pur- sult of the fleeing hold-up men. He lost them after a short chase, however, and after cruising around the neigh- borhood without finding any trace of them, returned to the scene of the shooting. There, the wounded men had, %een placed in a taxicab driven by Jatob Rodisky, 1129 Abbe place northeast, Who took them to the hospital. The shooting also was witnessed by Clarence Martin, who was polishing an automobile just across the street. He (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) RAILROADS HELD SAFE Credit Corporation Head Says Loans Will Be Approved. NEW YORK, January 20 (#)—E. G. Buckland, president of the Railroad Credit Corporation, said yesterday that £o far as he was aware, “no railroad is expected to be placed In receivership in the immediate future.” He added that the corporation would approve loans to all carriers which had applied for funds to meet February 1 interest payments. Mr. Buckland said the Missouri Pa- cific had not applied for a loan, ex- plaining that road was seeking assist- ance from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. MISSIONS GET $734,000 United Lutheran Church Approves Budget for Year. NEW YORK, Jaruary 20 (#).—The Board of American Missions of the United Lutheran Church yesterday ap- proved a budget for the present year of $734,000, of which $465,000 will be used for salaries of mission workers. Dr. Henry W. A. Hanson, president of Gettysburg College, presided at the meeting and announced that during 1932 Lutheran missions obtained 32,000 new members and established 42 new missions. | “Tax” in Kind Substituted By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, January 20.—Vyacheslaff M. Molotofl, president of the Union Council of People’s Commissars, and Joseph Stalin, leader of the Communist pariy, today issued a decree canceling the present grain collecting system and substituting a “tax” in kind. Under this plan the Kremlin expects to quell sluggishness of the peasantry which re- sulted in greatly reduced deliveries to the government in 1932 and a conse- quent serious food shortage for a large part of the population. The order gives the peasants the ad- vantage of knowing in advance their obligations to the government, con- trasted to the collection method, under which the amount they were called on to deliver to the state depended on the actual size of the crop, and the more they produced the more the government The decree fixes 1933 quotas from collectives and individuals in the form of a special tax, consisting of a per- centage of the crop from each hectare (2.47 acres) calculatéd on the plan for Spring sowing and the actual sown | the SOVIET SWITCHES GRAIN RULE TO PROD “SLUGGISH” FARMING ‘ — for Collecting System, With Obligations to Government Known in Advance.’ acreage of the previous Winter crop, for which the government will pay the usual fixed prices. The collectives were or- dered to make deliveries every month beginning in July and ending in De- cember, ranging in amount from 3.3 per cent per hectare to .5 per cent for the different republics, depending upon fertility and mechanical facilities available. Rural officials were ordered to fix the quotas for individual peasants, who probably will be called upon to sell a proportionately larger amount to the state, but who were given until Novem- ber 1 to complete deliveries. On the basis of unofficial estimates, the government formerly exacted ap- proximately 30 per cent of the actual production of grain from the peasants. The new quotas were expected to be considerably lower, thus guaranteeing the ts more for sale in the open market, which they can continue under the new decree after fulfilling all obli- ruons to the government and caring for their own needs. Collectives failing to fill their would be penalized by a fine open market price for the amount they failed to deliver, and individuals failing to meet their quota would be tried under quotas at the block away, had heard the shots andg: Foening Star. , D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933—THIRTY-SIX *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. LL 2 (®) Means Associated Press. 121,162 I'WO CENTS. TWOD. C. JUSTICES FIGHT SALARY CUTS 0’Donoghue and Hitz Claim McCarl Ruling Would Void Courts’ Work. The United States Court of Claims has been asked to set aside an economy bill ruling by Controller General McCarl, which, if upheld, might have the effect of nullifying every decision rendered by the District Supreme Court and the District Court of Ap- peals. 'Holding these two branches of the stitutional courts, Mr. McCarl ruled the justices were subject to the salary cuts” ordered in the economy bill of June 30, 1932. It has been pointed out, however, that both branches have been sitting as con- stitutional courts and exercising the powers conferred by the Constitution upon such courts. Two Justices Sue. If it should now be held that they are legislative courts, local attorneys believe, a g-ave question would arise as to whetier any decision they ren- dered as constitutional courts could be permitted lo stand. It was also pointed out thal if they are legislative courts, Congress would have the power to abol- ish both branches or make any other changes it desires. In an effort to have the status of the courts established es promptly as possible, Justice O'Donoghue of the Dis- trict Supreme Court and Justice Hitz of the Court of Appeals filed suits yes- terday to recover from the Government i the portions of their salaries deducted under Mr. McCarl's ruling. They contend both branches are con- stitutional courts and that the Con- stitution protects the justices of each against any reduction in salary. Justice O'Donoghue asks for the re- turn of $500 and Justice Hitz for the return of $1,230 deducted from their salaries during the last six months of 1932. The other justices of these courts will be governed by the decisions in their cases. Reluctant to Bring Suit. “While reluctant to institute a_suit which may result in personal benefit to himself,” "both petitions state, ‘“the plaintiff feels it is his duty to the court, to the bar and to the people of the District of Columbia to have the status of the court defined and settled as soon as possible. “As it is necessary to all concerned that there should be a prompt determi- nation of the status of the courts of the District of Columbia, and as there can be no dispute about the facts, the plaintiff requests that this court certify the questions of law involved to the Supreme Court of the United States for consideration and decision.” Although both justices were sald to be desirous primarily of having tI (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ARMY RETIREMENT PAY AMENDMENT GIVEN 0. K. House Acts on Amendment Affect- ing Officers Whose Income Exceeds $3,000 a Year. BY the Associated Press. The House today approved an amend- ment to the War Department supply bill that would stop-retirement pay to all former Army officers whose incomes are more than $3,000 a year. The amendment, cffered by Repre- sentative Connery, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts, was approved by a vote of 72 to 50. He recalled that a limitation of the same kind was placed on retired officers working for the Government by | the econcmy act last session. The restriction now would extend to the Government service he | of the outstanding fiyers in the LIEUT. 1. A. WOORRING. ARMY ACE KILLED | BY BLAST IN PLANE Woodring, Last of Famous| Trio, Won Praise of Con- gress in 1930. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohid, January 20.—Lieut. I A. Woodring, 31, last of the Army's “three musketeers of aviation,” noted for their daring, was Killed instantly today when an experimental plane, which he was testing crashed near here. Lieut. Woodring had completed a test flight at 2,000 feet and was returning to Wright Field. when, without warn- ing, the engine exploded. The ship was torn to bits. Lieut. Woodring seemingly had no opportunity to take to his parachute. It was found unopened on his body. Fatal Crash Is Second. The death is the second fatal crash here in eight days. Last Friday Capt. Hugh Elmendorf, Washington, D. C., was killed and Capt. Frank O'D. Hunter, Rockwell Field, Calif., seriously injured, when an experimental plane went into a tail spin. Capt. Hunter is recovering in_a hospital. Lieut. Woodring was regarded as o:e r service. In 1928 at March Fleld, Calif., he was & member of the “three musketeers” of the Air Corps, so dubbed because of their daring in stunting planes and their ability to maneuver in any man- ner, flying solo or as a unit. Other members of the famous trio were Lieut. W. L. Cornelius and Lieut. J. J. Williams. Lieut. Cornelius was killed in a plane crash in 1928 and one month later, planes piloted by Lieut. Willlams and Woodring collided head on, the former being killed; but Wood- ring saved his life by using a parachute. A year prior, Lieut. Woodring won the Mitchel Speed Trophy race for (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) FARMERS GUARD SALE TO SIDESTEP MORTGAGE By the Associated Press. SHELBY, Nebr. January 20.—Five hundred farmers stood silent at the terday while James McGimpsey, ernment and, Connery said stood, $75,000 a year from the Radio Corporation of America. A L L B REPEAL VOTE BLOCKED Senate Declines to Make It Special Order of Business. move to make the prohibition gfin e Teition the special . order of iness for the Sepate next Monday was blocked today, but Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, said he would Tencw the request on st 0AL brother, bought for $49.50 the farm and equipment, which had been mortgaged to_a Rising City bank for $4,100. Farmers IUAYSHDASHED FOR FARM RELIEF Roosevelt Urges Action at This Session on Bill Now Pending. By the Associated Press. Senator McNary of Oregon today told newspaper men, after a conference with President-elect Roosevelt, that the in- coming President urged him t> expedite the domestic allotment farm relief bill now before his committee. McNary is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, before which lh:d;:u parsed by the House is now g. “I told him,” McNary sald. “that the Senate ccmmittee was making & cupreme effort to simplify the measure and in remcving all complexities in administration and language, and that if this were done it wes likely the com- mittee would report the bill. I also told him I had no opinion on the Senate action or the action that would ccme on the bill at the White House.” The Oregon Senator said Mr. Roose- velt stated he hoped “the Senate Com- mittee would report the bill in some form and send it to the White House, whatever might be its fate.” Hearings Helpful. “Mr. Roosevelt said that he felt that the hearings before the committees and the discussions on the floor would be extremely helpful at the supposed spe- cial session of Congress,” McNary added. “Mr. Roosevelt said that during the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FRANCE READY TO RENEW WAR DEBT NEGOTIATIONS Officials and Press Watch Hoover- Roosevelt Conference With Close Attention. By the Associated Press PARIS. January 20.—France was zeady today to negotiate relative to the debt owed the United States should President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt choose to reopen the question before March 4. A foreign office spokesman said the government was amply occupled with internal financial problems, but also would be willing to discuss the debt. Officials and French newspapers were watching the Hoover-Roosevelt inter- view in Washington with closest at- tention. » STAB WOUND FATAL FORT WORTH, Tex., January 20 (®). —William Turpin, 18, student at the North Texas Agricultural College, stabbed during ‘an altercation with an- other youth at Arlington, Tex., Monday, died here yesterday. The district _attorney’s office in- structed Justice E. C. King at Arlington to file a murder charge against Orren W. Sisco, 18, of Waco. Sisco was ex- pelled from the college last Saturday. ] Stimson TO CONFERENCE change of administration. ’ Messrs. Norman Davis and Molcy. followed was agreed upon: world situation.’ | In diplomatic _?uu'ten. | statement referred to Great 15 debt installment to this country Senator Robinson, Republican, a favorable reaction here. On France and Other Defaulters in Senate | By the Associated Press. A concentrated attack on France's default on her war debt to Amencnl was loosed in the Senate today after | Senator Robinson, Republican, of In- diana, had termed that country a “thorough ingrate” and urged prompt passage of the Johnson bill to bar financial dealings with nations failing Yo pay. Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio. expressed- resentment at statements “by the great metropolitan newspapers that this was be a gift and not a loan to _be rebaid.” “childish” attitude toward America, who helped her in time of need with “money and men.” Senators Smoot, Republican, of Utah: Copeland, Democrat, of New York, and Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, joined in the criticism of France and other defaulting countries. Smoot, a member of the now defunct Debt Punding Commission, said the nations’ debt representatives knew when they negotiated the settlements that the loans were “just as sacred as any obligation that could be made between man and man or nation and nation.” Copeland Cites Resentment. He told of an unnamed American Le- glon of Honor man—an ‘“outstanding Jjournalist” of New York City—who had (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. THIS WILL BE INAUGURAL DAY WHEN LAME DUCK ACT IS RATIFIED Roosevelt Missed Fair Weather Ceremony by Failure of Congress to Act Earlier on Amendment. Had there been speedier action by Congress on the long-discussed Norris “lame duck” amendment, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been inaugurated today, amid the most favorable of weather conditions, instead of waiting until March 4. As it is, however, January 20 is cer- tain to be the inaugural day of the future, for the ratification of only four more States is necessary to make the amendment law. Ratification by 'm according {0 r mhch‘e'll of the United States Weather E}mwm,uum - though March 4 has been notoriously rough on Presidents and Presidents- elect alike in a weather way, January 20 is likely in the years He said France has assumed a |Pe DEBT PARLEY CLEARS WAY TO REOPEN QUESTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN Instructed tb Act at Once—Official Talks to Include World Economic Preblems. REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED EARLY IN MARCH President-Elect Leaves With Party of Legislators and Others for Inspec- tion of Muscle Shoals. President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt, in today's White House conference, agreed upon a discussion of war debts with rep- resentatives of Great Britain to take place early in March after the The plan apparently originated with the President-elect. It was recalled today that it was on his invitation that Secretary of State | Stimson conferred with him in New York. 1 In a statement issued at the White House following the hour and a half meeting in the red room, it was said the official talks with | Great Britain would include also the economic problems of the world and “ways and means for improving the world situation.” Secretary Stimson was instructed immediately to initiate nego- | tiations with Great Britain arranging for the projected conference. Mr. Roosevelt made no statement when the White House session | was over, but let it be known that he planned to do so soon after he left the city at 2:20 p.m. for the trip to Muscle Shoals, Ala. White House Statement. The White House-statement follows in full: “The corference between the President and the President-elect this morning was attended by Secretaries Stimson and Mills and “The discussions were devoted mainly to a canvass of the foreign situation and the following statement covering the procedure to be “The British government has asked for a discussion of the debts. “The incoming administration will be glad to receive thelir representative early in March for this purpose. . “It is, of course, necessary to discuss at the same time the world economic problems in which the United States and Great Britain are mutually interested, and therefore that representatives should also be sent to discuss ways and means for improving the | “It was settled that these arrangements will be taken up by the | Secretary of State with the British government.” Refers to Britain Alone. note was taken immediately Britain alone. At the very time it was | issued, blasts against the French default on payment of s December that the were being sounded. of Indiana, had set it off with & |scathing speech, in which he termed France a “thorough ingrate.” He was joined by Senators prominent in both parties. The White House statement was reviewed in detail by the Presi- dent, Stimson and Mills in the executive offices before it was given | out by one of the Chief Executive's secretaries. Great Britain met its December 15 installment, thereby causing Prior to doing so, however, the British ’emphasized in strong language that the payment was considered there-the last to be made under existing arrangements. | Attack Is Launched Roosevelt Returns to Hotel. The White House statement, while it dealt only with the British proposal for a discussion of the debts, may be regarded as the statement of a method of approach to debt discussions which may be followed by other debtor nations also. ‘The conference between President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt began shortly before 11 o'clock and was concluded at 12:25. After the conference the President- elect returned to the Mayflower Hotel for conferences with Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon; Harvey Couch, a member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board, and Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana, who has been men- tioned for Attorney General in the next cabinet. As Mr. Roosevelt rode out of the White House grounds at the southwest entrance, he was cheered by about 300 rsons. He waved his hat. The President, who had left the red room just ahead of the President-elect, in accordance with official custom, went directly to his desk in the executive offices. Stimson and Mills talked briefly to- gether outside the door of the red room before joining the Chief Executive. The President and President-elect did not skip entirely over the Sino-Jap- anese situation in their discussion, al- though talk of this problem was said to have been incidental. Seek to Aid Parley Plans. Mr. Roosevelt was represented as feeling that an accord between the out- going and incoming administrations on the sustaining of American treaties had produced a healthy effect in that part of the world theater where the Sino- Japanese situation is paramount. t was disclosed in authoritative quar- ters after the Hoover-Roosevelt con- ference that the discussion' of world economic problems indjvidually with Great Britain was desigued not to cut under, but rather to sirengthen plans for the projected Werld.Economic Con- ference. ‘The two administrations, it was said, were in complete harmony in believing that the debts problem was one to be discussed between the United States and individual debtor nations. Although both Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt were represented as feeling that the problem of debts could not be divorced entirely from the World Eco- nomic Conference, it was said that an agreement was reached that no direct debt discussions should take place at the projected world parley. Legislators Accompany Roosevelt. When Mr. Roosevelt left he was accompanied by six Senators and four Representatives, along with Frank R. McNinch, vice chairman of the Power ‘s | Commission. The Senators were Bankhead and Black of Alabama, Dill of Washington, the | Hull and McKellar of Tennessee, all i is h Democrats, and Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, advocate of Govern- of the Muscle Shoals MeAllister of Tennessee and Miller of Alabama will board the Roose- velt train at Sheffield. Others in the party included Norman H. Davis, former Undersecretary of | ~(Contiznued o Pags 4 Columa 1),