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'HOOVERTOREMAN -~ SILENT 9 MONTHS *Plans to Take Long Rest and Say Nothing for Rest of This Year. & (Continued From First Page.) nd part of them already are on their " way to his California home, but these Wwill not be consulted by Mr. Hoover _until his set period of inactivity has -expired. At the present time, the President 45 considering returning to his Cali- *fornia home by steamer, which would include a visit to the Panama Canal and a period of fishing in the waters of that section. Tentative plans for such a trip include a_schedule which would mean that Mr. Hoover would go «directly to Union Station aftgr his part 1p the inauguration ceremonies. He would then board a train for New York City and there take a_steamer ,-for the Canal Zone. It has been re- ported that if the President does carry --out this plan, he will take with him | ..on his pleasure trip, at least as far as the Panama Canal, a small party of ; his intimate friends. Would Include Mills. ‘This party would include Secretary of the Treasury Mills, Lawrence Richey, .personal secretary to the President, ‘who has been associated with him in a confidential capacity since Mr. Hoover ‘was food administrator, and possibly Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, whose | home at Stanford University is only a . short distance from the Hoover home -on_the campus. ‘There are rumors, too, that Secretary iof War Hurley, one of the President’s % close friends and confidants, may be in Panama Cana! fishing excursion. ‘There is an aiternative plan, how- " ever, by which Me. Hoover may return directly to California instead of going 7 to the Canal Zone. In this event, he ~would go to the stetion immediately ¢ after the inaugural ceremonies at the . Capitol and, with Mrs. Hoover, make T the long journey across the continent s in, % "8hould the President decide to make Zthe sea journey, Mrs. Hoover, it is be- “lleved, would leave Washington the same day and go by train to Palo Alto, Calif, and have the Hoover hcme in readiness when he arrives a few weeks ter. Party Activity Doubted. Intimate friends of Mr. Hoover, Wh* | ryptev bill passed by the House Monday. | have talked with him about his plant, Fere confident he will take no part in i public affairs either directly or indi- 5 rectly until after the nine-month { period set by him. Of course, as titu- ilar head cf the Republidan party, he i will be called upon for a certain 1 amount of counsel and leadership, but i those who know him Yell are satisfied i that he would be titular head of the i party in name cnly for time be'3g and * would leave the actual leadership to the chairman cf the Natlontl Com- | . mittee. Just the same, Mr. Hoover iatends to keep in touch at the Capital. It is * understood Lawrence Richey, his confi- . dential secretary, will continue to serve : Mr. Hoover in a confidential capacity after March 4, and that he already has : leased offices in one of the downtown office buildings. The task of packing the belongings of the Hoover household is virtually com- leted and much of the yoods is already | poraticns to put intc effect l.hn:u(hl en route to California. Mrs. Hoover has ' Federal courts a program giving them | LA FOLLETTE URGES SESSIONS AT NIGHT FOR GENERAL BILL (Continued From First Page.) sufficient to prevent the adoption of it. His proj beginning ‘Tues- day the Senate should meet on all week days, except Saturdays, from 11 a. to 10 pm. From 11 to 5 each day ‘would devoted to the general ap- propriation bills, ‘none of which has passed the Senate yet. From 5 to 10 pm. each day the other Ilegislation would come before the Senate in the order above mentioned. He further roposes that after any appropriation | bill has been up for one day, each | Senator. would be ted to 20 min- | utes’ debate on the bill or amendment thereafter. Only 2414 Days Left. “There aré only 24l working days | left of this session,” Senator La Fol- lette declared. “Without any criticism of the leadership on either side or of dividual Senators, I think it is gen- erally recognized that never in the re- cent "history, of this body has ufla tion heen in such a hopeless tang | . Senator La Follette asserted that the | country is facing “the gravest crisis in | all its” history,” and that unless some | such agreement is entered into by | unanimous consent, he fears this Con- | gress will adjourn on March 4 without having transacted essing business that is awaiting consideration. RAIL REORGANIZING REFORM IS URGED I. C. C. Committee Criticizes Pending Bankruptcy Re- lief Attempts. By the Associated Press. Criticizing the pending bankruptcy relief legisletion's attempts to expe- dite rallroad reorganization, the Legis- tative Committee of the Interstate Commerce Commission today recom- mended a ‘“thorough-going reform of reorganization procedure” by creating & special court cr a new department in +he_commission. The Legislative Committee, headed | \ expressed its views in a letter to Sena- tor Hastings Republican, of Delaware, +chairman of a judiciary subcommit- tee which is now considering the bank- | The commission group said the bill | reccgnizes the “evils in the present | system of recorganizing railroads, but | instead of dealing with these evils at | the source, it attemjpts to. correct them by means of co-ordinate regulation.” The report said, however, if the more fundamental legislation the commission deemed necessary could not be enacted | at the short session, it preferred the House bill to a companion one written by Hastings, but suggested a series of amendments. % Hastirgs said he would discuss the commission report with Attorney Gen- | eral Mitchell and Solicitor General Thacher before calling his subcommit- tee together tomorrow. He hoped to report the bill to the full committee by next Monday. More Time Allowed. ‘The Houce bill, beyond the railroad angle, would enable individuals end cor- | by Commissioner Joseph B. Eastman, | THE EVENING STAR. WASHI¥GTON, D. C. WED) HOUSE MAY WRECK TRADE EOMMISSION Proposal, if Adopted, Would Curtail Work Begun by Woodrow Wilson. HITLER TOBE GIVEN TEST IN ELECTION Von Hindenburg and Von Papen Decide to Let Him Dissolve Reichstag. (Continued From First Page.) commission appropriation may be, and 1t would eppear that in view of the against the adoption of the budget recommendation for this commission, it is expected that the Senate will take a firm stand against such a reduction. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, one of the ranking Democratic members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sald l&dlyfll&e‘ was enfinlylouthkh sympathy any proposal W wourd. make it impossible for the Fed- eral Trade Commission to carry out the purposes for which it had been set up. The Senator is strngly in favor of economy in government expemdi- ture, but sald he thought “the saving should be made elsewhere.” Senators Wheeler of Montana and Dill of Washington, both Democrats, also declared their opposition to the House proposal to reduce the appro- | | than half of the budget estimate. Includes O!d Bureau. The econcmic divisione of the Trade Coemmission is the successor of the oid Bureau of Corporations, first estab- lished during the administration of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. At the time of the establishment of the Trade Commission in 1914, on recom- ment lon of Woodrow Wilson, the wel duties and personnel of th2 ureau of Corporations were trans- ferred to and bacame part of the new commission. The old bureau, indeed, became the economic division of the new commission. When the transfer of the personnel was made on March 15, 1915, there was a stafl of 93 engaged on special busi- ness investigations. The commission’s estimate for the fiscal year 193¢ provide for a staff of 102 to handle such investigations—or only 9 more than were engaged in that | work nearly 20 years ago. In addition to striking from the ap- propriation bill all funds for the main- tenance of the economic staff of tnhe Trade Commisison, the committce bill has made a further slash of $300,000 in the funds estimated by the budget as necessary for the other or regulatory activities of the commission. Other Activities Hit. ‘These other activities include inves- tigations by the legal or examining staff of violations of the section of the act creating the commission covering un- ness, the taking of testimony and trial of such cases in which formal com- plaints have been issued by the trial | | v | and the United States Supreme Court. The annual report of the Trade Com- mission shows that on June 30, 1932, the close of the last fiscal year, 440 ap- | plications for complaint were docketed | and 208 complaints p2nding for trial or | in the course of trial. The proposed ‘ cut in appropriations will reduce by at least 50 per cent. it is said. the person- ‘ nel engaged in this work and seriously retard or altogether prevent its proper prosecution. The Trade Commission, in the inter- een personally supervi: ing the packing |more time to pay or cutting dzwn their | ests cf governmental economy, volun- i of the household effects. while the Presi- dent has attended to tl'e packing of the papers and corresponditgce. When this family moves out of the White House on . March 4, everything will be in perfect “order, and in readiness for the new presidential family to move in. Brought Own Furniture. The Hoovers brought with them to the White House an exceptionally large amount of their own personal house- hold goods, mostly furniture and rugs. While the White House is supposed to be completely furnished for the oc- | debts to proporticns they can meet. The railroad reorganization would be worked cut under sm of &: lon, Interstate Commerce the courts would have the power of ap- | | proval or dicapproval. | _The Eastman report said neither | House nor Senate bill does anything to correct the existing situation whereby bankers not only “seize the initiative in formulating” the reorganization plans | of railroads, “but due to their financial | power and the inertia of the numerous | ministration is to cut governmental ex- | | wicely scattered security holders, they | are usually able to select and dominate | tarily cut its own estimates for the | next” fiscal year from $1466,500, the | appropriation for the present fiscal year, to $1,300,000, a reduction of more than 11 per cent. When the Budget | Bureau finished up with the estimatss |1t had reduced them to $1,109,500, or | & cut of about 24 per cent frcm the | appropriations for this year. i Greater Cut Demanded. If the object of the incoming ad- | penditures 25 per cent, it looks as | though that had been acccmplished so cupancy, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover preferred | the committees which are formed to|f{ar as the Federal Trade Commission to use as much of their own personal | protect the interests of the various| Was concerned, when the Budget Bu- | property as was possible during their fours years of occupancy. Among the souvenirs and relics of his four years as the Chief Executive of the United States Government that Mr. Heover will carry back to his Cali- | classes of security holders.” | Reform Advocated. “A thorough-gcing reform of reorgani- zation procedure in the public interest,” it continued, “would go to the root of | | | reau completed its work. Now, it is proposed by the House Committee to make a cut of 65 per cent in the ap- | propriations for the commission. In | the opinion of many members of the | House and Senate, that is going much fornia home will be the chair used by | the matter, and would intrust the work- | too far. him while presiding at cabinet meet- ings. take the chair used by him at his desk in the executive office, but he is repre- sented as preferring to leave for successor the large maple desk in the President’s office, presented to him three years 2go by the National Furni- ture Association. This desk was pre- sented to the President, along with about 15 other handsome pieces of of- fice furniture to match, and is his pri- vate property, but Mr. Hoover is underg stood to prefer turning it over to the White House as property of the Gov- ernment. Of course, Mr. Roosevelt, when he becomes resident, does not have to use this desk. He can assign it to some other office and appropriate a desk of his own choosing. In the even: he should do the latter, he may prefer the huge mahogany desk which was used by his illustrous’ kinsman, Theodore Rooseveit, throughout his term as president and afterward by all the Presidents up to three years ago, which is now used “by one of the presidential secretaries. This desk was damaged during the executive office fire three years 2go, but was restored to perfect ccnditicn. Suite Csst $6,000. The maple desk now being used by Mr. Hoover is 84 inches long and dark brown in hue with an entique finish. ‘The wood was carefully selected for its beauty and grain, and the hand carving on the desk has been greatly admirea, as have the bronze trimmings and the | i3 to come the dirt\and ugliness and | bulging drawer fronts. The other pieces of office furniture included in. the present to President Hoover by the (urniture association are several tables, a pair of bookcases and chairs. The whole suite is re- ported to have cost about $6,000. Mrs. Hoover is said to have mads the selec- | tion of the design ard wood before the furniture was installed in the presiden- tial office. Some critics of this furniture have objected to the absence of patterns or motifs carried out in the furniture, which might be indicative of the United le, the golden simiiar purely recognized American types of furniture motifs, Not only wiil President Hoover take along with him his cabinet chair, but the members of his cabinet will do like- wise. This exodus of cabinet chairs from the White Housc began yesterday, when Secretary Wilbur had the chair he has cccupied in the past four years at the cabinet table removed to be acked for shipment to his Palo Alto me. The $aking of the cabinet chairs has been a custom followed for many years. The chairs, Lowever, are paid for by those who take them. OPTIMISTIC ON INDIA Viceroy, Earl of Willingdon, Terms Change Satisfactory. NEW DELHI, India, February 1 (#).— | A hopeful view of India’s situaticn was expressed by the viceroy, the Earl of ‘Willing¥lon, in a spsech before the Leg- islative Assembly today. He said there had been a satisfactory chl:fi: in the political outlook and a gro' of confidence in the government, ‘which.was stri to advance cohstitu- tional reforms whereby Indians would :uwolnulrownlflun. E ] L) ing cut of an cquitable and effective re- well-informed, well- terested branch of uipped and disin- just as has been done to some consider- surance companies. “This could be done through a special the United States Steel Corporation | gan loaning to | court ‘created for this simgle Purpose, | saved the farmers of the Middle West | assumed there would be early recovery | | or through a special department of the commission likewise created for the purpose.” The report recommended, that if the anti-trust act have grown out of in-| | the House bill were put through, it'be | vestigations conducted by the commis- | amended to eliminate the requirement that a roalroad obtain commission ap- | proval before filing its reorganization | petition with a court. Instead, the railroad would be required to file a du- plicate petition with the commission so it could advise the court. T |/GOOD TIMES NOW AND BRIGHT FUTURE ARE SEEN BY FORD | (Continued From First Page.) ! oligerchy, because life will not stand for it.” An almost boyish smile lighted Ford's face as he said: “The machine 2ge is barely started | now. In the real machine age which lcon{\ulon and noise and disregard of human rights which are all about us | today will be done away with. This is | only the ox cart stage of the machine age. I wish I might live to see the | real thing when it comes.” | “Prosperous Period Panic.” Although he decl just when industry will pick up, he said: “This period that we are going | through right now is the recovery. The bad times were back in 1929 and before. ‘That was the real panic—that so-called prosperous pericd. Business, at bottom, ncver was so bad as it was in what we | called Loom times. The managers were off the jod. People weren't really work- ing or really thinking. Now they are. We are szeing now the passing of an old era and the beginning of a new one better than anything the world has known bafore.” Ford talked enthusiastically about his program to restore prosperity to the farmer by teaching him to produce other commodities besides foodstuffs and of a system of decentralized in- dustry, in which small, self-contained | communities scattered over the country ; will be the units. Exploiters Are Blamed. Turning agein to present conditions, he caid it “was exploiters who brought on this whole thing” and that “the work- . ingmen have besn exploited all the way up and down the line by employers, landlords, everybody. “The exploitation went on clear up to | the bankers. That is where all this | bogus stock which ruined so many peo- | ple came from. They brought on the | depression by taking everybody’s money and putting it in one place where peo- ple couldn’t get at it. of cir- culation means death everywhere. * “People will have to learn how to handle their currency. Now the bank- ers, who have all the money, seem to be g:qumhmmmum- ed no one knows | | The Trade Commission, it was pointed It is likely, too, that he “will | prganization from the beginning to some | Out by its supporters, is the principal | | governmental agency to protect the | honest business. It has been testified | so-called Pittsburgh plus case against alone $30,000,000 a year. Some of the most important cases of the Depart- (ment of Justice under the Sherman | sion, which were referred to. the De- | partment of Justice. Among these were { the cases against the Cement Manufac- | Outdoor Advertising Co., Maine Co- | operative Sardine Co.. Southern Hard- | ware Jobbers® Association, Maple Floor- | ing Manufacturers’ Acsociation, Radio Cfrporaflan. and Bo!t and Nut Associa- tion. were obtained by the department. The House Appropriations Commit- tee, in its repcrt cn the appropriations bill, declared that it did not approve of having the commission engag: on | new investigations during the coming | year. Among the investigations pro- | Jected were thos> into the financial | practices of corporations, the effects of | anti-trust acts with relation to the petroleum, natural gas, coal and lum- | | ber industries, the effects on business | and the general public df quantity dis- | counts, selling bzlow cost, reciprecity in dealing, brand advertising, guarantee against decline and wholesale and re- | tail price stabilization. | Party Pledges Recalled. | In view of what has happened in conneztion with many corporations and their fihancial setting, the proposal of the commission -to inquire into the facts regarding the form, adequacy and accuracy of published financial reports made to stcckholders and cthers by corpaorations engaged in interstate com- merce might prove cf very great value. Furthermore, both the D:mocratic and Republican nationcl platfsrms premised their respective parties would advocate the protection of the investing public, the filing with the Government of all advertisements of foreign and dcmes- tic stocks and bonds, and a thorough study of the conditions which permitted the credit of the country to be made available for wholesale speculation in securities, resulting in ruin to millions of investors. 2 The late President Wilson delivered a special message to the Congress in Joint session in 1914 urging the estab- lishment of the Federal Trade mission for the benefit of the public. In a speech accepting renomination, delivered in September, 1916, President wi said: “We have created, in the Federal Trade Commission, a means of inquiry and of accommodation in_the field of commerce which ought both to co-ordinate the enterprises of our traders and manufacturers and to re- move the barriers of misunderstanding jand of a too technical int:rpretation of the law. * * ¢ e laws against trusts have been clarified by definition, with a view to making it plain that they were not directed against b busiress, but only against unfai ness and the pretense of competition where there was none; and a trade commission has been created with pow- ers of ‘guidance and commodal which have relieved business men of unfounded fears and aet upon the rud_ol bopeful and i committee's report the chances are; of | the priations for the commission by more ! kind ot | | fair methods of competition in busi- attorneys, and the review of cease and | desist orders of the commission in the | nited States Circuit Court of Appeals | | turers’ Protective Association, General | In nearly all of these cases de- | ig | or present, are officers or ir busi- | holders. as the One such loan, to the Dawes Bank of tion | shortly after Charles G. Dawes head of the Reconstruction (Continued From Pirst Page.) | economies and agriculture and leader | of the Nationalist party, which holds | the majority of posts in the Hitler cabinet, was less enthusiastic. The Nationalists lost heavily in the recent Lippe State election, in which National Soclalists shov-+ "~ To start the ball rolling, the Prus- slan Nazis presented a mn 10 solve the, Prussian Diet. This was cer- tain to pass, as both the Nazis and their foes, the Communists, favor dis- solution and command a majority of e votes. By having all the public instruments of propaganda, especially the radio broadcasting 'm, at its dispcsal the cabinet reportedly hopes the new elec- tions may bring a safe government majority through the campaign slogan: “With Hindenburg and Hitler for Germany.” Von Hindenburg reappointed Dr. Franz Guertner, minister of justice in the Von Papen and Schleicher cabi- nets, to the same office in the Hitler cabinet. This completed the Hitler ministry. The justice post was left open when the cabinet was formed with Nation- alists and National Socialists on Mon- day in the hope that the Centrists would join. The latter declined to patricipate, however. President Kerrl convened the Prus- sian Diet in plenary session Saturday to discuss the dissolution motion for that body. Apprehension among Germany's for- eign creditors that the cabinet change will complicate financial negotiations have been soothed by official assurances that there is no cause for alarm. Seeks Lower Interest. Dr. Hugenberg, it was recalled, in De- cember said that if Germany's creditors expected repayment they must accepta reduced interest on 4,250,000,000 frozen marks. Financial circles believe the reten- tion of Lutz Schwerin von Grosigk as | minister of finance will have a favorable effect on debts negotiations, particularly since he is known to be & firm believer | in a stable policy. Financial leaders have been quoted as hoping for another year's extension of payments in view of Germany's prompt- ness in meeting Interest payments and for more favorable interest terms. Dr. Hugenberg in December declared that governments as well as bankers lacked the courage to write off what has been irretrievably lost. “If the world frankly faced the situa- | tion as it is.” he said, “It would not brook fictitious values which are un- collectible. I therefore favor reducing the interest rate on Germany's private debt to 1'; per cent. “All credit granted naturaliy leads to dumping. for debts between peoples can be paid only by the export of goods. To sell goods {n another country you must fx a price so low that the other country is tempted to buy. That means | bearing down on the international mar- | | ket; ! ing." Army Increase Seen, | ‘There was an indication in a proc- | lamation to the army by Gem. von | Blomberg, new minister of defense, that | he intends to develop the army bsyond its present status. “In the not distant future I expect { to make the army the 100 per cent guarantor of the nationgl security,” the proclamation read. It included also a promise “to advance all efforts intended to make our people capable of defending themselves.” |~ The general expressed his intention of | keeping the army out of pagtisan politics. These things are in line with the policies of Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, whem Adolf Hitler succeeded as chancellor. B. & 0. REDUCTIONS TOLD SENATORS BY PRESIDENT WILLARD (Continued From First Page.) in other words, it leads to dump- | | belief that they will serve to bridge over public service, | Government from cxploitation by dis- |a comparatively brief period of strin- | gency, at the end of which time such | able extent in the case of banks and in- | 0ftcn that the commission action in the | loans will not be necessary.” | Eastman said phen the R. F. C. be- he railroads, it was | from ‘the depression. “At the present time,” he added, “the hope of comparatively early re- covery is less widely entertained. “There are, however, certain railroads in a better financial condition than others, which may need loans, which have not exhausted their collateral and which can probably be carried on by means of such loans for some consider- able time without need for financial re- organizaticn. May Escape Receivership. “There are others which will prob- ably need early financial reorganiza- ment loans be saved from receivership long encugh to take advantage of the new legislation providing for another method of railroad reorganization, if such legislation is enacted. “They might be saved from receiver- ship pending the enactment of the legislation wi the Government were empowered to make loans for purposes for which re- celvers certificates may be issued, upon condition that the Governmeni be given a lien prior to existing indebted- ness, or upon ccndition, in the case of large bend maturities, that the Govern- ment be subrogated to the lien of the maturing indebtedness. “Suraming up the matter, I believe that, unless Congress distrusts the judgment of those who administer the railroad loan provisicns of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation act, it would not be wise to suspend the mak- ing of all such loans.” Eastman testifiel 60 railroads had a in 1932, sidiaries of stronger roads, nine are in receivership, eight are controled by steel companies, and one by & copper company. ¥ “The others are the Chicago & East- ern Illinois, the Milwaukee, the Gulf, Mobile & Northern and the Texas Mexican.” Expressing some hope for the.future of the railroads, Eastman, a veteran member of the commission, said: “So far as the future of the railroads are concerned, the commis- sion has proceeied, in approving loans, on the theory that net earnings would eventually improve, as the country re- covered from depression, ably not to the level of past Couzens placed figures before eommittee yesterday to show that 125 or 130 cut of the 162 class one roads ar: ncw_losing money. The Investigating Commiitee also sought today to cbtiin & list of Icans by the Reconsiruciion Corporation to banks and other institutions in which directors of the eorpor-thn,““ either tion authorized ‘a loan of $90,000, Finance t enter- | the Atlee Pomerene, chairman of the Re- Hiiler's | ticn, but which might through Govern. | Hm ich I have mentioned if | geficit in net railway operating income | Wilso “Of these,” he adled, “25 are wb-‘ fl;m'wnmmcom ments. ek logy of the Young Girl.” No. 3; ESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933. Girl Scout Leaders Hold Annual Ban CANDLE-LIGHTING CEREMONY I8 SYMBOLIC OF FRIENDSHIP. Erk. quet HE Leaders Association of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia last night held its annual banquet at the Y. W C. A. Dr. Lucile Dooley, well known psychiatrist, was the principal speaker. Her topic was “The Psycho- Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of the Leaders Association, presided. Mrs. Edmund | Erk of district No. 3, is shown lighting the candle of her neighbor, Mrs. B. lend and District of Columbia Girl Scouts, to start a ceremony symbolic of friendship in the organization. example was followed around thé table. In the photograph, left to right, are Mrs. Campbell Waters, chairman of district | Dr. Dooley, Mrs. Kuhn, Mrs. Cheatham and Mrs. F. Cheatham, commissioner of Mary- —Star Staff Photo. LANHAM OPPOSES FEDERAL AIRPORT Wants Whole Cost to Be Borne by District—Arling- ton Objects to Purchase. | Opposition to any form of airport | legislation for the Capital which did not place the entire expens2 on the Di-trict of Columbia was voiced by Chajrman Lanham cf the H-use Committee on | Public Buildings and Grcunds at the | clese of hearings today cn the sirport situation here. | “I do not see why the Federal Gov-| | ernment shculd bz called upon to| | cperate an atrport here any mor= than in my own home town of Fort Worth,” | Lanham said. “Personally, I will not | vote for any bill that does not put the entire expense on the District of Co-| | lumbia.” | Representative McMillsn, sponsoring the pending bill for leasing or purchas- | ing the Washington-Hoover Alrport by | | the Government, declared he was not | | opposed t> any plan which would re- | quire the District Commissioners to set | | up and operate the airport. He declared | |an emergency exists and that some actlon must be taken at once to pre- serve the airport. Option Expires March 4. | In closing the testimony on behall | of supporters of the bill, Samuel Solo- ymon, vice president of Washington- | Hoover Airport, declared the option on Hoover Field, now held by Washington Alrport, will expire March 4. “If the mortgage on Hoover is fore- closed after our option expires,” Solo- | mon said, “we can't control the fate of | that land. 1t is possible that the land may be sold for industrial purposes and | the safety of the entire area for air- port purposes may be jeopardized.” Opposition to the purchase by the | Federal Government of Washington- | Hoover Airport was expressed by Harry Fellowes, chairman of the Arlington County Board, on the ground the loss ' | f | | | | unjust hardship. Loss of taxes in event | of purchase would amount to $9.692 ' 2 year on the basis of present valuation, he sald. This, added to the loss in | of land for the Mount Vernon Memorial | amount to $17,630 annually, Pellowes testified. Favors Gravelly Point, Fellowes said Arlington County au- | thorities would not cppecse the airport bill, if it provided merely for leasing of the land. Edwin S. Hege, of the Federation of Citizens Associations, declared he saw no reason for emergency legislation and advocated building up of the Gravelly Point area, rather than the leasing or purchasing of land at| ‘Washington-Hoover Airpert. | No date has been set for final com- mittee action on the bill. SENATOR HULL VISITS { ROOSEVELT ON BID TO TALK TARIFF AND TAXES | (Continued_From First Page.) | dent-elect. it is realized that several shifts and adjustments remain to be made. These probably will be completed | within a few days, although no public announcement is cxpected for some e. Much is believed in Washington to, depend on tocay’s conference between Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Hull at Warm Springs. Those who say Hull has been offered the secretaryship of State believe his | selection was based on the expectation | that economic problems will predominate during the next four years in American | diplomacy. Hull is considered one of | the outstanding economic authorities in | Congress, Predictions that former Gov. Dern will become Secretary of War have | caused some surprise in Washington. | Previously he had béen mentioned | prominently for Secretary of the| Interioz. Elliott Is McAdoo Ally. John B. Elliott, who may get the | Interfor secretaryship if Senator Cutting | does nct, is a political ally of William | iG' McAcoo. Formerly a Washington | newspaper man, he was collector of customs at Los Angeles under President| n. Those most dcfinitely in the cabinet, according to the reports reaching Wash- ington, are Farley, Miss Perkins, Dern, Walsh and Glass—although not all of them have accepted. AT FALL INJURES PUPIL Eight-year-old Richard Walter of 2626 Sixth street northeast was injured about the head when he fell against a seat while playing today in the Brook- land School. He was treated for a cut scalp at Casualty nml. skull. X-rays were to be to whe he had a fractured [ as Corporation to resume his position with | close bank. | roads. employes U “Too Many Laws,” Says Senator Who Will Propose None. By the Associated Pre Senator olds, Democrat, North Carolina—a newcomer to legislative halls—is out for a record for himself in his first six- year term. ‘The record, Reynolds told news- paper men, would be not to intro- duce a single bill while he is serv- ing the term. “I think there are too many laws and bills now,” he said. “I think it would be a good thing for me to serve six years and not in- troduce a single bill.” DRIVE PROGRESSES ONFORECLOSURES lowa Legislators Approve Plan for State-Wide Me- diation Boards. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, February 1— Further progress was reported today in | the American farmers’ anti-mortgage foreclosure drive. In two States the lawmakers had given impetus to the movement. Mem- | bers of the Iowa House of Representa- | tives deserted hotel rooms last night to approve by a vote of 97 to 3 a State- wide organization of boards to mediate between mortgagors and mortgagees with a view to prevention of farm foreclosures. Duty for Mortgage Holders. The Iowa plan which now goes to the State Senate wouldl Tequire mortgage holders to patronize notary publics for affidavits before beginning the fore- closure actions and would allow district of taxes to the county would work an | courts the benefit of the findings of | county arbirtation boards prior Judge’s decision. Meanwhile another to the life insurance company, the Metropolitan, added its taxes due to Government condemnation | name to the roster of insurers who say | they will, for the time being, forget Boulevard and other projects, would about the stacks of mortgages collect- | ing dust in their files. Gov. Herring of Iowa offered his of- | ficlal snd personal expression of ap- preciation for the action of the risk companies and banks in holding off ::Irsclosures and reducing interest. He “The large groups have taken the lead in enccursging individuals hold- ing mortgages to poctpone foreclosure actions. I appreciate their stand and want them to know it.” ¥ Editor Offers Views. A rural editor—Henry Wallace of Des Moines—set forth his views before the Iowa Legislature and recommended control of acreage, control of inflation, | writing down debts, manufacture of corn into industrial alchol. Ohio and Illinois saw farmers gather | for tax sales with 4-cent cows and 2- cent horses being bid in and mortgage holders jumping fences when they tried to protest. addition, farmers’ friends made up purses to help the caus: along and return the auctioned property. It was penny day at the tax sales. ROSSLYN POST OFFICE WILL BE MADE BRANCH Postmaster to Be Superintendent of Classified Section Under Washington Office. The Post Office at Rosslyn, Va., & second-ciass 2, today was discon- tinued as an indepsndent station and made a classified branch he Wash- ington City Post office, it was announced at the Post Ofiice Department. The move will result in economy, it was said. The branch will continue to occupy the present quarters and the postmas- ter, James J. Mateer, becomes superin- tendent of the new branch. His salary as postmaster was $2,600 and under the new designation is $2,400. Mr. Mateer had just been nominated for another term as postmaster, but the nomination | wes withdrawn yesterday. WITNESSES DEFEND SILVER CURRENCY |Cheaper Money and Better ‘ Times Predicted if Inflation Is Approved. L By the Associated Press. | Currency inflationists, supporting a | plan they say would bring cheaper money and better times through re- monetization of silver, argued today vefore the House Coinage Committee that the new money would be sound. Earlier Representative Bankhead, . Democrat, of Alabama, had predicted the next Congress would approve some | sort of currency inflation. Representative Cross, Democrat, of Texas, explaining his bill to let the | Treasury purchase silver and pay for | it with silver certificates, told the com- mittee: “This is a sounder dollar than the present gold certiffeate dollar because | back of the gold dollar you have but a little gold. In back of this, you have a full dollar’s worth of silver.” ‘Would Not Limit Amount. Cross sald the bill would not limit | the amount of silver the Treasury could purchase, because there was in the world only about $11,000,000.000 of sil- ver that could be coined or used for money. If silver were remonetized in the United States, he testified. other nations | have. “This,” he continued, “would give us a chance to get the trade of the Far East, China and South America. Cer- tainly, we can't look to Europe for trade now, so why not get a monetary base on which we can deal with possible markets,” Mr. Roosevelt has said nothing about his attitude toward inflation, other than to support the Democratic plat- form pledge for sound mon:y. Explain Legislation. The two Alabama Bankheads in €on- gress—Senator and Representative—told the committee their advocacy of the silver bill they drew jointly “was based on the belief that there is not enough legalized money {n the world for busi- Dness to function satisfactorily.” Representative Bankhead said he thought the remonetization of silver would prove beneficial so far as Ameri- can trade relations with China are concerned, because under the present exchange ratio China’s purchases cost helr “four and & half times our purchase price.” “The question probably could be bet- ter handled if we could reach a concert with other nations,” he continued, “and that is a long and tedious process if it is ever done. “But I am so concerned about the | | | The | would want to keep the silver they now | INFLATION PLANS SCORED BY MILLS Collapse Is Ultimate End of Process, Says Treasury Head in Address. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1—Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury, last night said inflation, once started, “soon becomes completely out of control and pursues an irresistable course until it collapses.” Addressing the Columbia Institute of Arts and Sciences, the Treasury Secretary said: “While inflation at some stages in the process appears to correct some of | the evils arising during a period of de- flation, all experience teaches that what- ever the earlier appearance may be, all classes are ultimately adversely a: fected and eventually it results in ruin to the economic life of a nation and brings terrible disaster to all its people. Europe Fears Inflation. “Visit those countries of Europe, which, through force of circumstances rather than choice, experienced the panacea of inflation,” he added, “and you will find they fear inflation more than any other economic phenomena.” Declaring that “we have had a sound currency for o long that we take the soundness ¢f money for granted,” Mills ™ said it “is difficult for us to picture the {;1:9}15 effects of currency deprecia- He said there are two main classes proposals seeking a “short cut out of the depression” by means of Gov- ernment action. These . classes, he pointed out, are by no means distinct and separate, but tend to overlap. The first group would bring about inflation,” Mills said, “by the piling up of large governmental deficits that can- not be met through normal borrowing operations. of which proposals for a huge public works program is an ex- ample.” Mills said the sound group of pro- posals would bring about inflation “by partial or complete debasement of the S ades the fin “Under the first program,” he con- tinued, “the Government must inevita- bly resort to the central banks of iscue. They, not_ac on their cwn volition but by Government compulsion, are | driven"to provide the basis for a credit | Increase. Such a procedure vas re- sorted to during the war. In fact, many of our agricultural troubles today are | directly traceable to this war-time in- flation of prices of agricultural - ucts and land.” % e ‘Would Destroy Confidence. |,, Under the second method, he said | the Government “would issue a paper dollar which would have no value ex- cept for the say-so of the Goverrment. | It will be urged, of course, that the | promise of the United States Govern- ment is worth a great deal. It is, under ordinary circumstances and when the Government conducts its business with | prudence and in accordance with the dictates of sound financial policy. But if the Government should undertake to | print and pass out ‘say-so’ more: | would at once destroy confidencs all United States currency.” = dhal would happen?” the Secretary lof | | aske “* * * so-long as our currency redeemable in gold, every holde: currency, every one with a bank hcl- ance, every foreigner with balances in this country, or American securi‘ics, | would at once convert them int> gold.” he said. “In a very short while cur gold stock would approach exhaus We would be obliged to suspend gold payment. We would then find our- selves on an irredeemable paper cur- rency basis, with currency that, es the vicious spiral of irflation circled up- ward. would constantly decrease in value.” MISSING YOUTH SOUGHT Washington police were asked last night by Representative Thomason of Texas to aid in a search for Lawrence Vermillion, 20, missing for three months from his home, Jamaica, N. Y. The last heard from Vermillior, Mr. Thomason said in a letter to police, was when friends and relatives in Ei Paso, Tex., received word from the youth that he was leaving Washington for Charlotte, N. C. i Your Income Tax No. 3 Who Must File Returns necessity of increasing the volume of | money in the United States that I am willing to go ahead and experiment | along these lines by ourselves.” Prevents Price Fixing. Senator Bankhead told how their bill | would let the Treasury buy all silver | presented, with three exceptions—that which had been used in coinage of | other nations, that from countries which | do not by law recognize silver binations had been created to estab- lish fictitious prices. “With those three safeguards,” the | Senator testified, “we are amply and fully protected against being made a | dumping ground ior silver. My {ear is that we will not get enough.” | He read a letter from the director of the mint saying that at present there is virtually no free, non-ronetary stock of silver in the United States that could be presented to the Treasury if | silver were remonetized. | “Why should other countries want ! te ship their silver here when they would get no more than the market Kflbe"" the Senator asked. “The price | here would be substantially the world | price, so there would be no profit in | sending it to the United States.” Two Hurt in Prison Riot. SANTIAGO, Cuba,, February 1 (#)— Two prisoners were seriously injured when the inmates of the Municipal Prison rieted today. One was slightly injured. Guards cuelled the disorder. PKEEP OF CURTIS’ CAR COST $2,949 INSTEAD $6,672 LISTE Larger Sum Was Appropriated, ! Back to Treasury—Figure Less Than for Predecessors. The upkeep of the automobile of Vice President Charles Curtis during the fiscal year ending June 30, last, did not cost the Federal Government $6,672, showing. | attention to the had actually been expended, while $2,672.85 had been covered into the Treasury again, and $1,050.26 remained on hand at the end of the fiscal year to continue payments leter. It is said that, as a matter of fact, the upkeep of the autcm-bile for the Vice it has been less during previous administraticn-. ‘The Vice President hes also called fact that ths same article in which he was rated as having nearly $7,000 a year for the upksep of | his automobile showed that the Senate had appr ted end expended a total of 16,/ for its running expenres during the fiscal year 1932 and for other periods, athough the article stated that the sum spent was $128,227 less than this total. The largest items, of course, were for salaries of the Sena- tors and the Senste employes. The the Secretary shows, however, ditures really were more dollars less than article, since into the Returns are required of every single person who for the year 1932 had & | gross income of $5,000 or more or a net “lncome of $1,000 or more and of every husband and wife living tcgether who for the year 1932 had an aggregate gross income of $5,000 or more or an aggregate net income of $2,500 or more. Widowers, widows, divorcees and mar- ried persons separated by mutual con- sent are classed as single persons. The personal _exemptions are $1,000 for single persons and $2,500 for married ersons living together and for heads of families. Husbard and living _together each may make a arate retun of the ‘income of each, or their income | may be included in a single joint re- turn. 1If separate returns are filed, one may not report income which belongs to the other, but must report only the income which actually belongs to him. If a joint return is filed, such return is treated as a taxable unit, and the income disclosed is subfect to both the normal tax and the surtax. Husband and wife may elect each year whether to file a joint return or | separate returns. ~ Where, however, |Joint or separate returns have been filed for a particular year, neither hus- band nor wife may after the due date of the return file an amended return Or returns on a different basis for that year. | | BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Nevy Band th's evening in the Sail Loft of tae Novy Yard 2t 8 o'clock. Charles Benter, lead Al assistant leader, M: illiam H. Wocd:n ‘Tell” .Rossini , “In a Bird Store’ .. Lake piel from the opera “Lohengrin,” ‘Wagner March from the third movement of: “The Pathetique Symphony,” Tschatkowsky “Dance of the Clowns,” from “The Snow Maidens”. . Rimsky-Korsakow Rimsky-Korsakow Rhapsody, “Slavonic”. Priedmann “Anchors Aweigh.’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band this evening at 8 o'clock at the Audito- rium, Marine Barracks. Taylor Bran- son, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader. Overture, “Tannhauser” | Piano solo. “Concerto in Piln:flt])rte and orchestra. legro. Andante. Final, Presto. Musician Luiz Guzman. & ymphony Minor, Opus 67".... ....Beethoven Allegro Con Brio. Andante Con Moto.