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- @s Senator has and Y WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) t and ly Occasional rain tonight possibly tomorrow morning; um 7 ture t about 42 degrees. Tempera- at 4:30 pm. > tures—] est, 52, day; lowest, 37, Full report Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 he . No. 32,218, Bntered os o FEntered as second class matter shington, D. C. ENGLAND REJECTS “GREAT SWAPPING DEAL" WITH L. S. N REVISION OF DEBTS Chamberlain Also Declares Return to Gold Standard Possible Only on Four Con- ditions, Listed in Talk. INDICATES OBLIGATIONS AT OTTAWA IMMUTABLE Hands Are Tied as Far as Any| Agreement With U. S. May Be Affected by Empire Accord, He Declares in Address Before U. S. News Correspondents. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 1.—Great Britain does not look upon the ap- proaching debt conference at ‘Washington as a “great swapping deal,” Neville Chamberlain, chan- cellor of the exchequer, declared today at a luncheon of American newspaper correspondents. Neither can England “contem- plate with equanimity return to the gold standard until we are certain that it will work better than it did just before we left it,” he said. “Great Britain believes in a stable international standard of value, but there are many conditions to be fulfilled before she returns to gold.” Enumerates Conditions. He enumerates some of those condi- tions: First, settlement of the war debts problem: second, lowering of trade barriers; third, modification of the mal- distribution of gold, and fourth, settle- ment of disturbing world political prob- lems or progress toward their solution, Frankly and candidly the chancellor answered questions when he had fin- ished his speech. At no time did he place great emphasis upon the meeting to be held at Washington next month. Recovery of confidence by the nations and the peoples is the key to the solu- tion of most of the world’s problems, he declared, adding that the best thing yet done was Mr. Roosevelt's invitation to Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambas- sador, to visit him at Warm Springs for the personal exchange of views they had last week. Not British Conception. In connection with his declaration that the Washington meeting will not | be‘a “swapping deal,” Mr. Chamberlain il “The conception of concesions by Great Britain in return for the scaling down of war debts is not a British conception. “The British view is that these obli- gations are not those of an ordinary debtor and creditor, but that adjustment s as much in the interest of the credi- tor nation ag of the debtor.” The agreements achieved at the Im- rial Economic Conference in Ottawa last Summer “cannot be torn up,” he | said, and the British government's hands are tied by those agreements so | far as they affect any arrangements | with the United States at Washington. | As for a suggestion that the projected ‘World Econcmic Conference, tentatively scheculed for London, be shifted to ‘Washington, he pointed out that the meeting was called by the League of Nations, but that if responsible repre- sentatives were made he believed they | would be given consideration. His outspoken utterances on the debts and the gold standard were drawn from | him by the correspondents, who fired | questions at him as though he were | under attack in the House of Commons. The answers he gave were much more | (Continued on Psge Column 1) | A e A, WILL HUNT FAWCETT Cleveland Men, One Former Ma-| rine Captain, Reach Matto Grosso. | | AIDS ARKANSAS FARMERS HOOVER PLANS COMPLETE REST AFTER LEAVING OFFICE MARCH 4 Contemplates Nine Months of “Silence” on Public Matters to Prevent Possible Embarrassment to Successor. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Hoover, on retiring from the White House next month, will ob- | serve a nine-month period of public silence, confining his activities to nothing more than “watchful waiting,” it was learned today from an authorita- tive source. Of course, the ex-President will rest and indulge in little pleasure journeys, including fishing and camping trips into the redwood forest in California, and a possible cruice through the Panama Canal on his way back home from His purpose in remaining silent, it was sald, is to avold saying anything that might interfere with the success of his successor in the White House. His purpose in not making any business connections is to obtain a long-desired rest. Mr. Hoover is known to have re- ceived numbers of attractive offers to head all sorts of corporations and busi- ness_enterprises, as well as a number of offers of an engineering nature, but he has answered all of these saying he will not be open to propositions until nire months after the 4th of March. This attitude has confronted many offers he gl” re:elv!e-d smcewNovelr;;ber to write his memoirs, or to write a e e | sertes, of articles dealing with his ad- | one. “Neither will he do any writing or | Ministration. ~The President has had | | any talking for publicetion during that 21 his private personal papets packed (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ROOSEVELT SLENT HOLSEMAY WRECK TRADECOMMISSON Proposal, if Adopted, Would Curtail Work Begun by Woodrow Wilson. ROOSEVELT SLENT " ONDEBT PROGRAN Laughs Away Reports of Consideration of Three- Year Moratorium. By the Associated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., February 1.— President-elect Roosevelt laid a heavy shield over his plans for dealing with BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The late President Wilson's pet | agency, the Federal Trade ‘Commission, war debts and world economics today | MV take a wallop from the Democratic | House today. vith rts in this | 3 g:ml.“ et | Wrapped up in the intricacies of the REDDr‘? from :bma: ‘ubol;:e various | pillion-dollar independent offices appro- proposals assumed to be in the Roose- | oiiation biil, which is now being con- e g O Lebts, weve | cldered by the House, fs a sovere thrust | year moratorium on war debts, were | laughed away by the President-elect. at the Trade Commission. The House | Appropriations Committee, controlled Some friends desctibed such accounts | by the Democrats, has lopped $599,550 | as “fairy tales.” | | off the budget estimate for the Trade Hull Heads List. nator Hull of Tennessee, authorit; % on Eai T avoate e pemperit) | Commission for the fiscal year 1934, :sreeml:r;tj é"h' };mer;nx of all w}‘xfl {leaving only $510,000 for the entire walls, headed the list of economic call- | % ers. ‘Prof. Raymond Moley and Walter |WOTk Of the commission. - : Lippman, journalist end economist,| If the House agrees to the proposal were at the “Little White House” also |of iis Appropriations Committee it during the day. | means elimination of the economic di- | Realizing that the World E‘Awnomlci\'uion of the commission, a division | Conference probably cannot be held | which has conducted investigations of before the last of May at the earliest, | tremendous value to the American peo- there are signs that Mr. Roosevelt m!ple_ It means further that the legal dealing with .the war debtors will re- | division of the commission will be seri- strict his bargaining to tariff m!e-lously hampered in its investigation of R T TG e R ‘;‘:‘éccmphints and its trial of cases. ly procedure were dis- cussed at the Sunday meeting between Hostile Interests Seen. Mr. Roosevelt and Ambassador Lindsay | While the -dsastie. zeduction proposed of Great Britain. for the mdl:x Cg;nmlssi::l i;} this bill No Response to Chamberlain, is advanced the named of economy, in some quarters that cer- The speech today of Sir Neville Cham- | it 1s declared berlain, chancellor of the British ex- |t2in influential interests, hostile always chequer, stating that his country did not consider concessions necessary in talking debt rellef with the United States, brought no response here. Robert Dunham. Chicago banker, ‘who has been mentioned as Ambassador to Germany, is on the Roosevelt call- ing list for tomorrow, So is Frederick Prince of Boston. The gossip concerning Senator Hull | as choice for Secretary of State went unanswered by the President-elect, who has also clamped down the lid on speculation by his political associates here. to the commission and its investiga- tions, will feel that they have won & real victory if the group is rendered largely impotent through the action of Congress this year. In the House itself, it is likely friends of the commission will attack the pro- posal to hamstring that agency. Rep- resentative La Guardia of New York, while he may not lead the fight, is ex- pected to take part. He is opposed to the proposal, which may halt tem- porarily, if not permanently, many of the operations of the commission. “I believe that it wouldthk ;! gel'l. Owen D. Young’s letter to Mr. Roose- | mistake to so hamper the eral velt regarding hgis availability for the | Trade Commission,” said Mr. La cabinet is not regarded by the Presi- | Guardia today, discussing the proposed dent-elect as precluding the selection | reduction in the appropriation. of Mr. Young. : R eeann The name of Felix Frankfurter, Har- b “““"' '; erm;v'u e vard law school professor, was promi- | _Representative hl\mlh % v wu o nently mentioned in the talk here to- |58id it looked Js ‘13“3. ;: e reatc on- day as the likely new solicitor general, | ary Democratic leaders of e ~(Continued on Pa = House has raised the iss ainst the (SontiohelonEs Trade Commission, and that this stand does not coincide with the supposed progressive policles of President-elect Rocsevelt. He said that he did not believe it was the duty of the “lame duck” Con- gress—he himself is a “lame duck” member—to take action which would Column 3) MORATORIUM OF JUDGE By the Associated Press. PINE BLUFF, Ark., February 1.— Chancellor Harvey R. Lucas tempers justice with a little meratorium. More than 500 farmers and home owners faced with foreclosure know the joy of his familiar ruling: “The case against the debtor will be continued for the term. At the first court session at Star City tended to do by its sponsor, the late President Wilson. Mr. Amlie added that the commission has done in recent years a great amount of good work. He spoke par- ticularly of the need of holding on to the Division of Economics, particu- larly if the Roosevelt administration is intent upon dealing with the power TYDINGS RENEWS WARNING T0 PARTY 10 CUT EXPENSES Declares Roosevelt Will Be “Crusified” if Budget Is Not Reduced. ARGUES WITH BINGHAM ON AIRMAIL Treasury-Post Office Bill Expected te Move Quickly Under Limi- tation of Debate. l As the Senate continued work this afterncon on the Treacury-Post Office appropriaticn bill undcr a limitation on debate designed to hasten its passage, Senator Tydings, Democrat, Maryland, renewed his demand economy on all appropriation bills. Although speaking on an amendment seeking to reduce the Post Office fund for airmail contracts, Tydings discussed the general subject of budget balancing. Addressing his Democratic associates, Tydings said that if they continue ap- propriating more than the Government will take in they will “crucify Gov. Roosevelt on the cross of Government extravagance.” Bingham Defends Airmail. Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut, opened the debate in opposi- i tion to the McKellar amendment to re- duce the amount for the airmall service, pointing out that it would have a serious | effect on aviation in this country and that the Post Office Department already has authority to make reductions in the alnmu payments whenever it can be | done. - Senator Tydings said the arguments | against reducing this item could be | made against all proposed reductions in | any of the bills and wanted to know \7\‘her’:l the Government would end if it continues to appropriate more than its revenues with L‘:mepresun of lncreulnml“‘“' ? Nations program for concili- the national.debt. He asked Senator | Bingham where reductions could | made if not-in this item. Senator Bingham said that when the economy section of the bill is reached, | League. he will show a reduction of $50,000,000 | seriously consider withdrawal from the can be made in Government expenses. When Senator Bingham -also pointed out that the President had recom- | mended savings through reductions in offer the vetérans' am Bingham BilL Senator Bingham sald he would offer it if. he port "l Senat view tor Tydings reducing payments to disabled veterans, oy from of the balancing the budget. Denin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NN MONEY for drastic / wry / ,.//////, [ “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. Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,444 WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. [ KNow Thts IS GOING To HORRIFY MY OLDFRIEND FDR. BuT IT's | 7 i A 7 / % a [ i i i [ TP i A 4 ) AT < VI / 4 come b2 its new terms allowances, Senator s the tor who will 2% er it the League of Man Willing te oft i would an; - gfi“ he v:gl:t'gc nd would offer it in interest he has shown in mission. id he did not favor but had Teferences to other veterans' allowances. When Senator Tydings was inquiring who would offer an amend- ment for changes in_veterans' provi- sions, Sepator Smoot. Republican, Utah, replied that he would do it. Debate Is Limited. Chairman Hale of the Appropriations Committee had intended to ask the Senate to stay in session last night to speed up the measure, but late in the afternoon he obtained a unanimous consent agreement under which Sena- tors are limited to 15 minutes of debate said. on the bill or on any amendment thereto. off. With the limitation on dgbate, it may be possible for the Senfite to dispose of all amendments today, and then turn its attention to the economy features, which include a proposal to apply a new cut of 12; per cent to Government salaries, which, with the present 8!3 per: cent payless furlough would make a total reduction of 10 per cent. grg;m.:tkma opposing further pay prevent the Federal Trade cammu-lza.ong' L e S sion from functioning as it was iN-iand the outcome is likely to be close. The sections which would confer broader power to reorganize Govern- ment bureaus on the incoming Presi- dent also are expected to lead to-con- siderable debate before being ected on. Senator Oddie, Republican, of Nevada, is in charge of the money items for the Treasury and and as soon as amendments to ‘When this ireached the night session was called agreement was occupation of commissicn, not legitimate Office Departments, that SAO PAULOQ, Brazil, February 1 (). | —Nathaniel R. Rogers, former Marine captain in Nicaragua, and Matthew Knapke, both of Cleveland, have ar- rived here en route to the Matto Grosso yesterday. the caancellor reiterated his | tand on foreclosure. “I am not going to foreclose on any farm or home where the people living there have any chance of pulling through,” he said. and other public utilities. Representative Summers of Washing- ton, another Republican, announced himself a firm friend of the Trade Commission. As a member of the Ap- region, where they will begin a search for Col. P. H. Fawcett, British explorer, | who did not return from an expedition t> that area. propriations subcommittee in charge of the appropriation bill, he acquiesced in the proposed cut in the appropria- The chancellor’s plan of helping debt- ors pull themselves through includes payment of a monthly rental by the mortgagor to cover interest and taxes. |able to be present at the hearings on SENATOR HULL VISITS ROOSEVELT ON BID TO TALK TARIFF AND TAXES | Not Aware of Selection for Yetserday—Not Eager for Appointment. Senator Cordall Hull of Tennessee, who has been widely mentioned as a prospective appointee to the office of Secretary of State in the Roosevelt Cabinet, and who is today visiting the President-elect at Warm Springs, was invited to confer with Mr. Roosevelt on the subject of taxation and tariffs, it was disclosed here today. If Senator Hull is to b2 offered a place in the Roosevelt cabinet he was not aware of it when he left Washing- ton yesterday, it was said. Several days ago he was visited by Prof. Raymond of Columbia University, one of the President-elect’s closest advisers, who discussed with him at length the problems arising out of the Federal deficit and also the situation with re- gard to foreign trade and the tariff. Prof. Moley apparently reported this conversation to Mr. Roosevelt, who later by telephone himself talked with Senator Hull and urged him to come to Warm Springs for a conference. Senator Hull, furthermore, it is de- clared by friends here today, is not anxious to become a member of the cabinet, but believes his best service can be rendered in the Senate in the days with the new Demo- tion facing problems ce. His term four years to run, it is generally conceded that Sen- stor Hull, who is widely popular in his that are to come, cratic of the greatest the Trade Commission item and took the verdict of the other members. Il Whatever the House action on_the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CHINESE DENY RUMOR | OF DEFEAT AT PASS Shanghai Hears Troops Still Hold South End of Opening in Great Wall. Cabinet Post on Departing | State, can continue to come to the Sen- ate as long £s he desires. The latest pre-view of the ever- | changing Roosevelt cabinet picture, as seen by some Democrats in Wi who ordinerily are‘well informed, pre- sents the situation as follows: State—Senator Cordell Hull of Ten- nessee, if he wants it; otherwise, Owen D. Young of New York, if he wants it. Treasury—Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, who has not yet accepted, but le%nlly is expected to. of Utah. Justice—Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Post Office—James A. Farley of New York. Na open. Senator Claude Swanson of Virginia, in case Senator Glass refuses Treasury. Interior—Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico, if he wants it. Other- wise, the plan is open, with John B. Elliott of California prominent among the possibilities. Agriculture—Probably Henry A. Wal- By the Associated Pres: SHANGHAI, February 1.—Chinese dispatches from North China today de- nied Japanese reports circulated yes- terday that Chinese forces had been repulsed in an attack at Chiumenkow %mfie there is a pass through the Great ‘all. % There was a brief engagement, to- day’s dispatches said, in which a Japa- nese attack was repulsed. The Japa- nese hold the North end of the Chiu- menkow Pass, but a Chinese force is in possession of the South end. Chinese dispatches denied that Chi- m "iroonu hm:t -tuc‘kgl at Chiumen- , declaring it was the Japanese who attacked and were repulsed. —— 15,000 LOOTING TOWNS Sweeping Chinese Ccommunists lace of Iowa. Across Shensi Province. Commerce—Uncertain. William H. LA Woodin of New York preferred, but m‘m’”‘m"" 1P, probably won’t accept. Labor—Miss Frances Perkins of New York. However reliable this si may be as to the present intentions of the Presi- (cmmm«umz.wms.) Lw | tion largely because he had been un-IARGE tween cection of the bill are completed, Sena- tor Bingham, Republican, of Connecti- cut, who was chairman of the special Economy Subcommittee, will present the economy recommendations to the Sen- NTINE AND CHILE OPEN ‘DIRECT POLICY’ Ministers Meet to Take Up Anti- War Pact and Bolivia-Paraguay late. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 1—A n;uflng aent‘wmd%fi ufurelrn m{nhten Argen an today at Men- - . Y step | sertion that Manchuria is an integral (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) COUPLE FOUND SLAIN IN MAN’S APARTMENT Bodies Discovered by Friend After Girl's Father Worries When She Fails to Return Home. doza, Argentina, marl in a new “direct diplomacy” policy in South America. Argentina’s proposed South American anti-war pact, Argentina and Chile and plans for the settlement of the warfare be- tween Bolivia and Paraguay were im- portant matters Saavedra Lamas and Miguel Cruchaga of Argentina and Chile, respectively. Chancellor bassador to the United States, his conviction that old ideas and forms changed to conform to the ternational methods Cabinet Defeat Fails. tee drafting a nese di Committee of of the Lord ommendations not yet been ntANm Trouble. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February ! withdrawn some of its objections to the | 31CR bills, was proposed in a unanimous Previous Action, Japan made several objections origi- ‘nally to the League plan for concilia- tion of its dispute with China over the request. the League withdraw proposed invitations to the United States and Soviet Russia to join with League members 1n a conciliation JAPAN SENDS NEW NOTE TO GENEVA Withdraws Part of Objections | to League Stand—Out- Still Doubtful. ation of the disputs with China, but the government is not too sanguine that will be acceptable to the If they are not, Japan will soclety of nations, a foreign office | give the right of way at these night spokesmen said. The new Japanese offer, evolved at a £pecial cabinet meeting, accepts partic- | ipatidn in the process of conciliation drops’its intention to de- appyaval of the new pro- and places limits upon the competence of the conciliation com- Declared Important. Minister Uchida cbtained He described the message as “very important” “We are not hopeful that the League will accept our terms,” his “If they are refused, publication of a report by the League Council as provided for in the covenant is inevi- table. The nature of that report will determine whether Japan shall with- draw from the League. “In view of the present atmosphere at Geneva it seems likely that we shall be compelled to withdraw.” rtan Manq ia. At Japan's nally agreed to Japan also objected to the concilia- tion formula, including the adoption of t | the resolutions declaring that Japan's military activities in Manchuria were self-defense and that the State of Manchukuo was not supported by the majority of the population in Manchuri a. Japan further contended that a small conciliation body of five or seven mem- ‘bers, instead of a larger one, should be created and have advisory and not di- rective functions in direct negotiations between Japan and China. JAPAN HELD AT BLAME. League Committee Completes Part of Report Draft. GENEVA, February 1 League of Nations nine-power commit- (#).—The report on the Sino-Japa- lispute completed today the part dealing with the facts which will be circulated immediately in the League Nineteen. This part was based on the report Lytton Commission and the reports of consular officials in the Far East to their governments. Rec- for League action have considered. meeting of the Committee was contemplated for Pri- day or Saturday, when the draft, so of ked the first far completed, juestion will be discussed. a commercial treaty be- before Chancellors recently Am- declared By the Adsociated Press. of direct contact. CAPE TOWN, Union of South February 1 (P).—By & vote of defea BALTIMORE, Fel 1—A il L Hopking 24-year- and a 1.—Japan has 'La Follette Urges 1‘ Sessions at Night } For General Bills | | Unanimous Consent Agreement Is Offered In Senate. I l Night sessions of the Senate from | next Tuesday until March 4, to be de- voted to general legislation, with the day session being devoted to appropri- | consent agreement offered in the Sen- ate today by S:nator La Follette, Re- publican, of Wisconsin, to clear up what ! he described as a hopeless legislative | tangle. The proposed agreement, on which he | did not seek immediate action, would gessicns to the La Follctte-Costigan- | the | Cutting_relief bill, designed to extend | direct Federal aid to the States and ge Dln.r!talo of Columbia in mesting e unémployment emergency.. | . Follot disposition of that meas- |ure, La s cment would give the of way night | sessicns to the.joint resolutiom for re- mhfuah& of m' amend- ment to the Legislatures, and follo that the beer bill. The wbmnnnm Senator said he was submitting the plan today to give other Senators an [ogponunny to consider it and suggest changes if they desire before it is pre- sented for approval. One objection is tinued Page 2, Column 2) GO0 TIMES W, ACCORDING TO FORD Sees Industry on Threshold of Inconceivably Bright Future. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—The New | York Times published today under a Detroit date line a copyrighted inter- | view with Henry Ford in which the | famous automobile manufacturer de- | clared that these are not bad times, but good ones, and that we are on the ‘threshcld of an inconceivably - bright | future. While the Ford plants still lay idle because of the strike in the Briggs Co.’s factories, Ford gave a leisurely inter- view at Detroit to the Times repre- sentative, Harold N. Denny. He said that it is the development of machines which will bring the bright new era and he smilingly dismissed technocracy. “Technocracy seems to me mis- named,” he . “I see little evidence of technical evidence in it. Its diag- nosis of present conditions is partiy correct, but when it assumes that pres- ent conditions are permanent, when it forgets the fluid and progressive ele- fii’f‘ in life, it simply goes on the “Breaks of Diagrams.” “Life_has a funny way of pus] out where we least expeclylt. It breu.hhm' up all our diagrams. All that has hap- ‘The | pened now, as I see it, is that life has broken out. We had thought it nicely Qusirial patterns. People sy omme- pat 3 8a) = thing has broken down. 2 % will never be a technocracy in the sense of a ruling mechanical (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) e s DRY GOODS RETAILERS PROTEST TARIFF CHANGE —_— Hold Present Basis for Levying Duties Enables Them to Deter- mine Full Cost When Buying. . | ders on ¥R TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. \ ) HITLER CHANCE 10 7 NG REICHSTAG Agrees to Sign Dissolution Decree After One More Ef- fort to Win Support of Cen- trist Party. , | s X1 741 Wiy s, ) v iz NEW ELECTION LIKELY TO BE SET FOR MARCH 5 . |Nazis Welcome Campaign Because of Recent Gains at Polls—Dis. orders Continue, With Five More Persons Slain .in Various Parts of Country. g BERLIN, February 1 (#.— Chancellor Adolf Hitler ob- tained from President von Hin- denburg today a decree for dissolution of the Reichstag, scheduled to meet next Tuesday. This means a new election, the sixth in 11 months. The new chancellor is confident of victory. In reaching this decision to go to the people, Hitler forgot his differences with his former political opponents and joined forces with Alfred Hugenberg, the Natienalist leader; Franz von Papen, the former chan- cellor, both ef whom are mem- bers of his cabinet, and with the President himself. In the past 11 months there have been two Reichstag elec- tions, two presidential elections, one of them a run-off, and one Prussian election. There also have been many Diet elections in the smaller states. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 1.—One of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's closest advisers said today that President von Hindenburg] sign a decree for dissolution of the Reichstag after one more effort is made to obtain co-operation of the Centrist party. The President is particularly anxious to have his new govern- ment supported in the Reichstag, but Hitler's national Socialist party, although it is numerically the largest in Parliament, must have the support of the Centrists for a majority. The government, since Hitler became its head, has been angling for that support to insure the passage of an enabling act which will guarantee the cabinet six months in office without fear of being overthrown. Appears to Be Certainty, Prospects for success were not bright and dissolution seemed a certainty. In that event a new election, which the constitution stipulates must be held within 60 days after dissolution, prob- ably will be held on March 5. Hitler called a meeting of his cabi- met for tonight, presumably to decide upon dissolution. ‘The meeting was set for 7 p.m., after Hitler and Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen jointly visited Von Hindenburg. Hitler strongly favored dissolution of both the Reichstag and the Prussian Diet as his followers, in their jubilance over his accession to power, may be counted upon to make a spirited cam- paign in a new election. Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, minister of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) s — TWO INJURED IN CRASH ON BLADENSBURG ROAD Hitch-Hiker and Driver Hut ‘When Auto Smashes Into Truck. 8. 0. REDUCTIONS TOLD BY WILLARD ‘Senators Hear Road Does | Not Need R. F. C. Loan i Thi*Year. | | By the Associated Press. Delving into the affairs of the Balti- | | more & Ohio, one of the biggest railroad | | borrowers from, the Reconstruction | Finance Corporation, a Senate Com- mittee learned from Daniel Willard |.today that the road had cut is list of | employes by half during the last three years. Reduction of force still is going on, B. & O. president said, and he ex- |'pects the line to earn its interest | charges during the year without borrow- Corporation. ing from the Reconsruction Indebtedness in Bonds. - ‘Willard said a good portion of B, & O. indebtedness was in bonds maturing in 1995, and, in response to guestions, 2dded there was no sinking fund to care for them at maturity. | “Any one who contemplates that \ property will be here in 1995 is taking an insane risk,” observed Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan. “I wouldn't want my children to invest that way.” Willard testified after the viewpoint of the Interstate Commerce Commission had been presented by Commissioner Eastman. He opposed the Couzens measure to forbid the Reconstruction Corporation from making further loans to railroads. He expressed confidence in the future of the railroads. | _Joseph B. Eastman, Interstate Com- | merce Commissioner, advised a Senate Banking Subcommiitee today not to | block all further loans to the railroads, saying Advances can be made safely to some of the carriers. - Eastman explained his views were personal and that Commissioner Ma- haffle might disagree with him. Answering a question propounded yesterday by Senator Wagner, Demo- crat, New York, Eastman told the sub- committee considering the Couzens | resoluticn to suspend all further loans to the road that its enactment would be unwise. Loauns Declared Justified. “Government loans to railroads are Jjustified, in my opinion,” he said. “If funds can not be obtained on reason- able terms from private sources, if it appears that the security offered will be adequate and if it further appears that the results will promote or pro- tect the public interest. “It is possible to be certain only of the first of these conditions. The ade- quacy of the security and the effect upon the public interest are, in the last analysis, matters of judgment in- volving a forecast of the future. Broad- ly speaking, justification for Govern- ment loans involves an assumption or (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) IRISH TRAIN WRECKED One Killed in Derailment Laid to Rail Strikers. ‘Two men were injured, one seriously, " BELFAST, | when the attomobile in which they e LA b | were riding crashed Into a truck at three were Injured today when a Dub- | Bladensburg road and Eastern avenue lin-to-Belfast mail i this afterroon. train was deralled | i ) Cherry, 18, of Philadelphia, by | & hitchhiker, is” in Casualty Hospital | with lacerations and a possible skull | fracture. He is believed to have been | thrown through the windshield of the car by the impact. James M. Hamilton, 68, Chester, Pa., lumber dealer, driver of the car, who had picked up Cherry a short distance from the , riding the train out of Philadelphia, also is in the hos guard. There 1 isor- Prital with minor injuries. ders nthe Midland e mear hors |- The truck into which Hamilton's ma- Jater in , and eral trains | chine crashed was opcreted by Jesse ‘were lto!:rd‘. d‘l{mum'vnnoflnmm“unu, colored, of Riverdals, Md. He appeared to have made no progress. was uninjured. WHOLESALE THEFT OF DYNAMITE STARTS HUNT FOR TERRORISTS ‘Workers walked out yesterday in pro- mcufi, but u‘:: opera- with volunteers drawn from other de- partments. The man who was killed was a cler:: Federal Agents Suspect Wide Plot on Prominent Italians Following Philadelphia Bombing. HINDENBURG GIVES TEST STRENGTH BY