Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast,) Partly cloudy and much colder tonight with a cold wave, minimum temperature about 10 degrees; tomorrow fair, colder. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 59, at noon today; lowest, 41, at 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 The No. 32,425, ¥ntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 7 v “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. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1933—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. far. Yesterday's Circulation, 118,492 FER () Means Associated Pre — TWO CENTS. BORAH JOINS FIGHT " ONLUMP PAYMENT OF ALL WAR DEBTS Idaho Senator Insists That Currency Adjustment Must Be Included. RAINEY CALLS PLAN TO SETTLE “NONSENSE” Cites Small Preportion of Indebtedness of Europe Is Due to U. S. Democratic Leader Two Dead as Five Drink Poison They Believed Brandy By the Associated Press. MORRISTOWN, N. J, Febru- ary 8—Two men are dead and a third is dying from the effects of drinking poison, which be- cause of its peculiarly sweet smell the men thought was peach brandy Five of them drank all but a pint from a gallon jug last night. The dead men were Michael Czouski and George Douglass. George Lindauk is in a_hospital. Physicians say he will prob- ably die. Another man who drank some of the liquid is missing. State police believe he may have wan- dered off into the woods and died. The fifth man apparently was unaffected. One of the men found the jug among rubbish consigned to a city dump. RODSEVELT CALLS By the Associated Press. \ Chairman Borah of the Senate For- | eign Relations Committee today threw his influence against a lump sum cash | settiement of the European war debts or eny other settlement that embraces no | trade concessions for this country. Commenting on dispatches from abroad that the British would propose in the coming negotiations with Presi-| dent-elect Roosevelt a cash settlement of between $1,250,000,000 and $2,000,- 000,000 in payment for the $11,000,- 000,000 of Europe’s war obligations, the Idaho Senator in a statement said: “I am not interested in any plan which deals with the debts that does not include the adjustment of the cur- rency question and certain other prob. lems which stand in the way of open- ing up world markets and restoring | trade and commerce. “A lump sum payment would not do us any good of a permanent nature unless we can find markets and restore the purchasing power of the people.” Called “Sheer Nonsense.” On the House side of the Capitol, the Democratic leader, Rainey of Illinois. | called the proposal to offer a lump sum | settlement of about 10 cents on a dollar “sheer nonsense.” “The American people won't stand for it,” he insisted. “It is too bad that England and France can’t understand that the United States borrowed the meney from its nationals to purchase their war bonds so they could continue to exist.” Asked his opirion whether England could float a bond issue in this country to raise money to pay on the lump sum, Rainey told interviewers: “The American investors won't buy the British bonds. They have been stung enough on foreign bonds here.” Of England’s outstanding bonded in- debtedness, he estimated only 2.65 per cent was owed the United States, and that of PFrance’s bonded indebtedness there was but 3.75 per cent owed the United States. “Why don't they try to get the holders of the other bonds to cancel their debts?” he asked. “You hear a lot of talk about the United States having borrowed some my from ngi‘;px_n!e volution- “ary T and wehaie not peid it back,” Rainey said. “It's not true. We 1plm every cent back, end besides a lot of money stolen by the French representative who was Sup- to deliver ths money to the |day as a move to map a program in | to separate fields, so far as possible. STATE EXECUTIVES Taxes, Jobless Relief, Mort-1 gages Among Subjects to Be Discussed Here. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—President- elect Roosevelt's invitation to the 48| Governors to meet him March 6 at the | White House in a conference extraor- | dinary was seen by his supporters to- which the governmental units would march in step in a drive to regain prosperity. The subjects Mr. Roosevelt outlined for discussion, in the invitation made public here last night, were: Taxes, Federal aid for unemployment relief, mortgage foreclosures, especially on farm lands; better land use by refores- tation, elimination of marginal agri- tural land, flood prevention and other steps, and the reorganization and con- solidation of local government to de- crease tax costs. Taxes Listed First. Tax reform has been chosen for a prominent place in the discussion. The President-elect listed the subject of taxes first in his invitation, under the title “conflicting taxation by Federal and State governments.” One aim of the conference is believed to be an attempt to draft a plan whereby State and Nation would confine their taxes Besides the subjects listed, the dis- | cussion will be open for other problems | in which the States and Nation have a common vital interest, Mr. Roosevelt indicated. “It is possible,” his invitation said, “that other subjects will occur to the Governors or to-me as being essential for discussion.” Mflmuge‘ it was not officially dis- closed whether the unemployment re- lief discussion would center around direct or indirect relief by the National Pposed United States. It was all paid back by about 1850.” Other Leaders Silent, Other leaders were non-committal for | the most part, preferring to give Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt a free range. | ‘The impression um)ni those who did | speak was that dispatches from Great | Covernment, it was believed likely di- rect relief would be talked of, as well as indirect. ° Called Splendid Start. Reorganization of local governments, like reforestation, is a subject in which Mr. Roosevelt has long been interested. The President-elect is expected to of & plan for & lump | €Xpiain in detail to the Governors his fl:l‘l:‘:;y:lgxswcre \npthe nature o(g program for reforestation ';hlch he fecier™ 3 “trial balloon” to test Amer- holds would add to the Nation's wealth, Ican sentiment. {2id in flood control and employ & large Meanwhile, Rumania was told that number of men. President-elect Roosevelt will grant its | The call for the conference brought | request for discussion of debts after the &N expression of enthusiasm from Gov. British discussion has bean completed. 'Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, who Minister Davila called on Secretary of State Stimson and was given t.his‘ reply to a recuest submitted by him a | week ago. The heering is under conditions simi- lar to those provided for the British— that is, debts and economic problems are both to be dicussed. Rumania has a million dollars due here in June, of almost $64,000,000 owed altogether. Rumania has made all of its pay- ments and consequently is in the class with Great Britian and other powers which have not defaulted. A rtepert by a special committee of the International Chamber of Com- merce published here, said that what was needed for success of the World Economic Conference was a debts settle- ment as “equally satisfactory” as the Lausanne reparations agreement which cut down German payments to about 10 cents on the dollar. In most quarters the opinion was held that Mr. Roosevelt's intention of dealing with each nation indivicually would give the British scant opportunity to bring forward a proposal on behalf | of all of them. Besides France failed | to pay its December 15 installment and is not in the favored class | The declaration of the International Chamber Committee was “At Lausanne, a solution of the reparation problem has been found. It needs to be completed by an equally satisfactory solution of the problem of inter-governmental debts.” The two for 11 billion settlement, im- plied by the London reports, would be on a scale similar to that agreed upon at Lausanne, where to all intents and (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DRAFT TO EMBODY LYTTON PRINCIPLES League Committee Hopes to Evolve Formula in Manchukuo Dispute. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, February 8—The League of Nations committee preparing a re- arrived here yesterday from a 10-day | cruise. | “It is a splendid start,” he said. | Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylva- nia was another who commented. At | Harrisburg he called the conference an | “admirable” idea and sald he would be “delighted to attend.” Governors Accept. | Gov. Pollard of Virginia immediately | accepted the invitation. As chairman | of the National Governors' Conference, | the Virginia executive has called a meeting of his own Executive Commit- tee, to be held in Washington on the | fame day. Other members of this| committee are Govs. White of Ohio, | Winant of New Hampshire, Connor of | Mississippi and Rolph of California. Gov. White of Ohio said he would | attend. “I am interested of course in the | problem of mortgages and practically everything he (Roosevelt) named. I will have no specific program to offer, however,” Gov. White said. Gov. Louis J. Brann of Maine also said he would be present. | “Maine should be represented in any | conference of the Governors, and I shall accept the invitation of the Pres- dent-elect, and remain in Washington for_the conference.” the Governor said. Gov. Henry H. Blood of Utah praised the conference as something out' of which much good may be expected to result. Unless the Utah Legislature should adjourn 10 days ahead of the usual time, however, the Governor said he would not be able to be present. He said he might send a message, suggest- | ing some matters for consideration. Tobacco Warehouse Burns. TARBORO, N. C., February 8 (&) — The Carolina-Virginia Tobacco Co.'s $80,000 drying plant and stemmery, with its contents of 100,000 pounds of tobacco and 7,000 bags of peanuts, was destroyed by fire last night. ROOSEVELT’S PRESIDENT FEARS FLOOD OF IMPORTS MENACE TONATION Sees Danger in Increase of Goods From Countries of Depreciated Currencies. |DEMOCRATS TO CAUCUS AGAINST TARIFF ACTION Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Body Disapproves Bills to Offset Lower Money. By the Associated Press President Hoover was represented in the highest administration circlcs teday as feeling that unless steps are taken by the United States to slow down im- ports from countries with depreciated currencies a ‘“continuous disturbance” will be noticed in American economic life. In quarters fully acquainted with his views, the President was described &s feeling the present volume of imports is considerably greater than can be shown by available statistics, because actual | imports have increased where this would not be shown by dollar figures. Report Is Asked. The President has asked Secretary of Commerce Chapin to prepare a report upon the effect of imports from coun- tries of depreciated currency, probably to be made public at the Commerce De- partment later in the day. It can be shown in actual figures, Mr. Hoover believes, that there has been an increase in imports in 150 lines of goods from countries judged by him to need monetary stabilization. The views attributed to the President apparently were in conflict with those laid before Congress by the Republican chairman’ of the Tariff Commissicn, Robert L. O'Brien, and some Treasury officials. They argued against any legislation to increase tariffs except bills to give the Tariff Commission mere liberty to scale up rates upon investigation. Further- more, several Republican witnesses con- tended the increase in imports was not as great as sometimes represented. Democrats to Caucus, Disclosure of the President's views today was timed just before the Demo- crats of the House were to meet in caucus to bind themselves against con- s}doenni any tariff legislation this ses- slon. ~ The Ways and Means Committee has concluded hearings on bills to offset depreciated currency effects and a sub- committee has disapproved them. Republican minority of the House has pledged itself to seek a vote and by petition, has compelled a vote February 13 on taking up the Crowther bill for automatic tariff increases. The Demo- «rats want to vote this down, to head Off the entire question this session. ‘The Crowther bill was especially crit- icized by Tariff Commission and Treas- ury witnesses. The House Ways and Means Com- mittee met at the call of Chairman | Collier late yesterday and adopted re- ports of a subcommittee that did not recommend passage of any of the sev- eral bills on depreciated currency.- Col ller said “the majority of the comm: tee decided to go along with the deci- sion of the caucus.” Senate Vote Assured. Meanwhile, a Senate vote on a simi- lar propesal was perhaps assured when Senator Hatfield, Republican of West Virginia, introduced an amendment to this énd es a rider on the bill to extend the Federal gasoline tax another year. The amendment, which leaders say probably will be defeated if it reaches a vote, would add to present tariffs a tax equal to the difference between the invoice value of the foreign article and its value on October 1, 1931. The proposal would not apply to im- ports of tea, coffee, tin, rubber and fruits and unmanufactured spices not produced in the United States. Led by Representative Snell of New York, minority chieftain, the Re- publicans had already pledged them- selves for the legislation at this session and the whole subject has been some- what of a political controversy for weeks Having secured 145 names to peti- tion the bill out of the Ways and Means Committee, the Republicans are in a position to force a vote on the issue Monday. With some Democrats in fa- vor of the legislation, Democratic chief- tains have been placed in a difficult position. Speaker Garner maintains the sub- Ject is “too important to be considered” during the remaining weeks of the short session and that in view of the testi- mony of administration representatives it should not be passed. _In a statement, Senator Hatfield said (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CORN CROP DAMAGED Drought and Locusts Curtail Ar- gentina's Production. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Febru- ary 8 (#)—Drought and locusts have destroyed more than 25 per cent of Argentina's 14,331,000-acre corn crop now maturing, the ministry of agriculture reported today. This leaves the harvest- able estimated crop at 10,625,000 acres, which is the smallest in years. Some of the remainder, it was said, had been damaged to an undetermined degree. The acreage originally sown was only slightly less than last year. 'WARM SPRING PATIENTS TO BE GUESTS MARCH 4 Special Arrangements Being Made for President-Elect’s THe TROUBLE 1S THAT THE REPUBLICAN- SENATE WONT Do A I NG! OK Joe, LET'S GET BUSY' ON SOME OF THose HOOVER APPOINTMENTS! for President and Pranklin D. Roosevelt of New York and John N. Garner of Texas today were formally declared President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States, following the canvassing of the electoral votes of the States in a joint session of the Senate and House in the House chamber. ‘The canvass of the voted showed—as every one knew it would show—that Roosevelt and Garner, the candidates a total of 472 electoral votes to 59 cast for President Hoover and Vice Presi- dent Curtis, Republicans. ROOSEVELT, GARNER FORMALLY DECLARED ELECTION WINNERS House and Senate Canvass Electoral Vote Joint Session. of the Democratic party, had received | Under the terms of the Constitution Vice President in | the electoral votes of the States had | been transmitted to the President of | the Senate, Vice President Curtis. To- | day “in the presence of the Senate |and House of Representatives” the | | President of the Senate opened all the | certificates, the votes were counted and | the President of the Senate declared | Roosevelt and Garner elected. | The ceremony of the counting of the | electoral votes in joint session of the | Congress was impressive, despite the | fact the results of the election have | been known since the night of Novem- ber 8. Vice President Curtis, the out- | going President of the Senate, presided, and beside him stood Speaker Garner, the Vice President-elect, who is soon to | take Mr. Curtis’ place as President of (Continued on Page 5, Column 1 COLDEST WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT Ten Degrees Predicted as Storms Sweep Country, Bringing Many Deaths. ‘The coldest weather of the year is due here tonight and early tomorrow. The balmy, Spring-like breezes of this morning and early afterncon are to be swept aside by icy winds out of the West before sunset today and then the Capital and its neighbors will be “in” for at least two days of bitter cold. That was the forecast of the United States Weather PBureau today and it was backed up by news of distress, cold, hardship and even death. from the West and Midwest States, where Winter is on a rampage. Snow is riding the crest of the storm in the upper and middle Mississippi River Valley, the Lake region and in many of the mountain States. Snow, S HULL SEEKS LEVY ONU.S. SECURITIES Offers Amendment to End Exemption of Tax-Free Incomes. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. All securities issued by the Federal, State or municipal governments in future would be subject to the Federal under the terms of an amendment to the Constitution introduced today in however, is not expected to reach Wash- ington because the mountains immedi- ately West are expected by the Weather u to act as a barrier. Slight Rain Possible. With the shift of wind later today, some rain may. fall here, but this is not expected to continue into the night. The mercury probably will be forced down to 10 some time tonight, 4 degrees below the AGTION ON BARRY FOR-LIBEL STUDIED Dismissed Sergeant at Arms and Magazine May Be Cited by Senate. and this will co!g’elu of tthetnu‘ 80 far. N e le rest of the country 1 worse than Washington in Winter's Jat- ect stampede. The Alleghenies are closed to air trensportation from Alabama to New York, according to reports received on By the Assoclated Press. the airways communications systems. income tax as well as the State taxes, | David 8. Barry today was on the out- side looking in, stripped of his authority as Senate sergeant at arms. | The 73-year-old former newspaper | correspondent, who years ago served | the Senate as a page, wrote a magazine | article accusing some members of Con- | Freezing sleet and fog blocked flying along the eastern slopes of the moun- tains. Pennsylvania Airlines between Washington and Pittsburgh was blocked by dense fogs and freezing rain, which prohibited any flying. Ludington Air- lines reported heavy snow and impos- sible flying weather on the new Wash- ington-Nashville run. the Senate by Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who is expected to be a member of the Roosevelt cabinet in the coming administration. Senator Hull also proposes in his resolution that all salaries and fees paid by the United States Government or by any State government shall come taxes. however, that Congress in time of war may exempt for a period not exceeding five years securities issued by the Fed- eral, State or municipal governments. Senator Hull declared the policy of ernments, leading to the issuance of tax- travagant expenditures and “is driving the Nation into a condition wherein there is gradually arising a great idle class living on tax-exempt incomes.” Senator Hull, who recently went to Warm Springs, Ga, at the invitation of President-elect Rooseve't to talk over questions of taxation, said today cf his proposed constitutional amendment: “The constitutional amendment pro- posed would authorize a Federal cr State tax on incomes from Federal, State and municipal securities except to the extent that a contractual tax exemption was given prior to their issu- ance. The amendment would give the Congress control over all tax exemption in the future, limited to five years in time of war. “There can, of course, be no con- tractual exemption without a contract. Broadly speaking, there are three classes of cases to be considered; the first is where an act authorizing obligations de- clares that they shall be exempt from taxation. This is the practice used in authorizing certain of our Liberty bonds and Treasury certificates. The second is where at the time of the issuance of obligations there is a general act pro- viding that obligations of the kind is- sued shall be exempt from taxation. This class is frequent in State legisla- tion. The third class is where at the time of the issuance obligations of the kind issued are not in fact taxed, either because they are not expressly named or are even expressly excepted, without being_declared exempt. This class is " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) S The Northern Transcontinental Air- hereafter also be subject to the in- | ‘There is a proviso in the resolution, | the Federal, State and municipal gov- | exempt securities, has encouraged ex- | gress of bribe taking. He was pald $250 for it. | For three and & half bours last night | the Senate engaged in a shouted dis- | pute ‘over Barry’s case and then re- | moved him from his $8,000-a-year office by a vote of 53 to 17. | Action Is “Self-Defense.” At the height of the debate, Senator | Norris, Republican, Nebraska, said: “In self-defense, in defense of its ! honor and its integrity, the Senate can | do no less than remove such an un- | worthy employe.” Today a number of Senators moved to bring libel proceedings against Barry and the publishers of the magazine, the New Outlook, edited by Alfred E. Smith. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, sponsor of such a resolution, was deter- mined to press for action when the Judiciary Committee meets tomorrow to consider it. Several Senators took notice of a statement made in New York by Fran- cis Walton, managing editor of the New Outlook. Walton expressed regret that Barry had been dismissed, but added “it is gratifying” that his article “could (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) . STEAMER IS REPORTED DISABLED OFF FLORIDA Relief Ship Goes to Aid of Dutch Craft 350 Miles East of Jack- sonville, Radio Says. By the Associated Press. PALM BEACH, Fla., February 8 —A report that the Dutch steamer Flora is disabled about 350 miles east of Jacksonville and that the relief ship, a vessel of the Merritt, Chapmen & Scott Salvage Co. of Key West, is proceeding to her assistance, was received today by station WOE of the Radio Marine Cor- poration here. ‘The report did not state the nature of the Flora’s trouble but indicated the ship was in no immediate danger. Plans are for the relief ships to tow her into Jacksonville. Radio men said the Flora plies be- %;I;ffl New York and the Dutch West es. line pilots were “sitting on the ground, watching the stuff go over,” it was re- ported at the local airport. The area of fog and freezing rain shortly before noon was within less than 100 miles of Washington, Buckstown, Pa., being closed in, the airways weather reports showing “zero ceiling.” From the far Northwest to the Great Lakes regions, whence the icy blast ap- parently was heading eastward, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) |STOCK MARKET INQUIRY TO BE REOPENED FRIDAY Chairman Norbeck Declines to Re- veal Plans of Committee at Next Session. By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Norbeck said today the Senate Banking Committee would re- sume its stock market investigation Friday, but he declined to say what would be taken up. The committee has been investigat- ing the Insull utilities collapse and the marketing of securities in the National City Bank of New York by officials of that institution. Norbeck would not say whether the inquiry Priday would be in connection with either of these cases, or would involve some of the other investiga- tions. Officials of the National City Bank, including Charles E. Mitchell, have been subpoenaed to appear before the com- mittee February 21. Subsoenaes also have been issued in connection with the Insull inquiry, and Norbeck has indicated the case would be taken up Pebruary 15. ECONOMY PLANS in Measure as Adopted by Senate Vote. [FIVE PER?ENT SAVING ON FUNDS ORDERED Rainey Says House Leadership Favors Most of Changes Made by Upper Chamber. The Senate and House will name con- ferees today or tomorrow to settle the fate of the many changes the Senate made in the general economy program during the past two weeks, including the mandate to department heads to save 5 per cent of next year's appropria- tions without reducing salaries, and the sweeping powers to enable the incoming President to reorganize the Govern- ment service. Although the Senate voted in adopt- the head of each department or inde- pendent establishment to cut his ex- bill & prohibition against making fur- ther wage cuts or ordering furloughs to later the Senate also voted down the specific new pay cut of 125 per cent the committee had recommended. Present lough Continued. Thus, the”Senate, on two roll call votes, declared itself against any further cut in the pay of Government workers, leaving in the bill as it goes to confer- ence only the continuation for another year of the present 8'; per cent cut in the form of a furlough. The measure was said by Repre- sentative Rainey, the Democratic lead- er, to have approval of the powers in the House save in a few instances. He said consideration would have to be given the Bratton amendment and predicted it would be difficult to apply the 5 per cent cut on many items pro- vided for under legislation. ‘The only danger which confronts Government employes as a Tesult of yes- terday’s action is the prediction made by some Senators during the debate that department heads would have to dismiss some employes in order to ac- complish the 5§ per cent saving, since by_wage cuts or furloughs. ‘There is in the bill a continuation of the “administrative furlough clause,” which was enacted last year to enable department heads to make temporary layoffs x'lthel'k thu‘x" mmwmwmn necessary to keep ap- propriations. The restriction attached to the 5 per cent saving amendment, however, says that in any re- ductions in expenditures pro for in this section no wage cuts or furloughs shall be ordered. New Economies Included. ‘When the bill passed the Senate shortly before 10 o'clock last night, it called for new economies aggregating about $165,000,000 for the next fiscal year. As the bill came from commit- tee several weeks ago, the entire pro- gram of new economies amounted to about $45,000,000. On the Senate floor, however, more than half of this sum was eliminated, principally through defeat of the 134 per cent pay cut, estimated to save $17,000,000, and rejection of a 10 per cent cut on pensions and compensation payments of certain veterans, estimated to save about $8,570,000. Then came the Bratton amendment directing each department or agency to save 5 per cent of whatever Congress allows it, estimated to be $145,000,000 for the entire service. This, together (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) |PERU AND COLOMBIA CLASH IS IMPENDING Information in Hands of League of Nations Shows Situa- tion Serious. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 8.— Information received today by the League of Nations | indicates that an armed clash is ap- proaching between Peru and Colombia as & result of their dispute over the Leticia territory, it was sald today. Peru was described as showing no sign of moderating its attitude, con- cerning which the League Council has cabled two warnings. This afternoon the League secretariat published the note which Secretary of State Stimson sent to Lima last month, | - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, February 8 (P).—It was learned today that a new proposal for settlement of the Leticia situation, not of Brazilian origin, has revived hopes of conciliation of the question. The source of the new proposal was | not revealed but it was known that it contemplates a joint proposition by | Colombia and Peru to Brazl involving | a revision of the Brazilian formula. GOVERNMENT DECIDES LEAPING ABILITIES OF FLEA VS. FROG 1. S. COMPETTTION GOTOCONFERENGE WITH BUSINESS HIT FOR FINAL ACTION IN SHANNON REPORT [Further Pay Cuts Are Barredt 27 Specific Reforms Urged to End “Pernicious” Effect on Private Trade. PROBERS WOULD CLOSE FEDERAL RESTAURANTS Army Exchanges, Navy Stores, Barge Lines and Paint Plants Assailed by Investigators. Depicting Uncle Sam as a jack-of- all-trades whose varied manufacturing, merchandising and prefessional activi- ties are having a ‘“pernicious” effect on private enterprisc, a special House investigation committee today made sweeping recommendations for taking the Government out of business. penses mnext year by 5 per cent below | of his total appropriation, it wrote into the | barge lines, paint plants and military Scientists Find One Greatly Outjumps Other in Easing Perplexed Mind of Citizen. A report submitted by Representative Joseph B. Shannon, chairman of the Commitiee on Investigation of Governe ment Competition With Private Entere ing the Bratton amendment, to require | prise, suggested 27 specific reforms, from abolishment of most Army exe changes and Navy stores to elimination Government-operated restaurants, clothing factories. Representative Cox, Democrat, of accomplish this saving. A few minutes | Georgia, did not concur with other members of the committee in & proposal to restrict Farm Board operations or to ban barge lines, Centralization of architectural and engineering activities of the Treasury, Veterans’ Bureau, War, Navy and other departments so as to eliminate as far as possible competition with private architects and engineers; creation of a cost-finding system to compare Fed- eral manufacturing costs with those of private ind ; merger of all military and civilian procurement services under & new civilian control, and formation of a standing committee of the House to look for further reforms were among other major recommendations. Postal Reforms Asked. ‘The committee urged that the Office Department “ they are forbidden to make the saving | cians, closer supervision of co-operatives and parity of interest rates for loans to tives and private middlemen were ded. “The establishment of restaurants in Government buildings and at Govern- ment expense,” the committee said, “as a rule constitute an unwarranted en- croachment upon private business with- out hen:flme Government. Gov= ernmen space without com- Dezl::lon shauldonoot be devoted to such undertakings. vernment personnel during Government hours should not be used" mcsuch en . ongress should at a time decide that space should be mu’:‘l avail- able for restaurants in Government buildings, the authorization should be limited to the space itself, and should not extend to the purchase of equip~ ment with Government funds. Co-operative Enterprises. “Should Government employes, Whether civilian or military, desire to establish co-operative stores, cafeterias, restaurants or other enterprises, they have the right, of course, to do so, but in no case should space in Government buildings or on Government reserva=~ tions be assigned to such co-operatives unless other space is unavailable, in which event space should be made available to such co-operatives under comé)euuve conditions, or, in other words, at rentals which would be paid by any other private rental enterprise. Under no conditions should civilian employes or those of the military es< tablishments be used in the service or (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) 24 OF 36 MEN ENTER GUILTY RUM PLEAS 80-Called Liquor-Smuggling Syndi- cate Likened to “Nickel Thriller.” By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 8.—Reves lation of & story authorities said sound= ed like “an old nickel thriller,” was begun today as the trial of 12 of 36 men, indicted in connection with the operations of a so-called $5,000,000 liquor smuggling syndicate, was cone tinued. ‘Two-thirds of the Government's task was virtually complete yesterday, as 24 of the defendants had entered pleas of guilty before the trial was well started on its second day. Francis V. Willis, special agent for the Department of Justice, the first wite ness called, took the stand again today and continued his recital of the alleged liquor ring’s activities prior to its break- ing up by Federal agents in December, i Willis told of the group's elabs | Friends From Health Resort. { Pport on the Manchurian dispute worked today on a draft in which it hopes to ! evclve a formula embodying the prin- eiple of non-reccgnition of Manchukuo and other principles of the Lytton re- port. Considerable interest has been aroused by conversations between committeemen and Yosuke Matsucka, Japan's repre- sentative, in an effort to keep the way to conciliation open. ‘Tomorrow the Conciliation Ccmmittee ©of 19 meets to consider his proposals, which, it is understood, assert the Lytton conclusicns will not solve the problem of Manchukuo, but that a sat- isfactory solution can be evolved with- out violence. ! Friends and fellow patients of the| Warm Springs, Ga., colony will be the |personal guests of President-elec | Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the in augural, it was announced today by | Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chair- |man of the Roosevelt Inaugural Com- mittee. Admiral special preparations are being made for {the entertainment of the visitors from Werr Springs, and these will be an- . =1 ps room as it is knewn how Grayson announced that many of these guests will be on hand for the celebration that is to follow the | swearing-in of the new President. As one of the founders of the Warm Springs Foundation, Mr. Roosevelt has always had a warm personal interest in its development as a center for the treatment of infantile paralysis pa- lents, and in the pecple he has met there in the course of the treatments he has taken. He knows scores of | them and they have been slmost as | close as members of his family through vears in whi~h the President-elect has mada fo: + +tits tn the resort. His ~7c 4, Column 5.) ' HOOVER TO STAY IN U.S. | Answers Reports That He Plans Trip Around World. President Hoover said today he did not expect to leave the United States after March 4, except possibly to pass through the Panama Canal Zone on his way home. The President made the statement in response to questions by newspaper men regarding reports he would make a trip around the world or visit the ?Ilth Sea islands after inauguration ay. HERRIOT GETS POST Named Chairman of Foreign Af- fairs After Refusing to Accept. | PARIS, February 8 (#).—Former Pre- | mier Edouard Herriot, who advocated | payment of the debt to the United States last December, was elected chair- man of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies today, by acclamation, He had declined the nomination, but all other candidates withdrew, PR ! Radio Programs on Page B-8 ‘Two Government departments hand- ed down rulings today on the distance a flea and a frog can cover in leaping from dog to dog and from lily pad to lily pad. The opinions were rendered at the request of Secretary of the Interior Wilbur in behalf of an interested Cali- e lture Departm, B lculture ent’s Bu- reau “Agmg]m sald an ordinary flea can leap 13 inches horizontally and 7% inches vertically. The Commerce Department's Bureau can jump, under normal conditions, 3 feet; under deep emotion, 5 feet, and undc: tdeep emotion and firmer foot- eet. The departments co-operated in these Tesearches upon receipt of a letter from Secretary Wiibur, who explained a na- tive of his own State had requested his aid to relieve him from anxiety over these two rroblema. which he said had been troubling him for about four years. The Californian’s letter to Wilbur emphasized that he was 2 “citizen and taxpayer,” and while he did not de- | mand the information, he would greatly | appreciate the cabinet officer’s efforts | to_ease his state of m! ind. | of Picheries said an ordinary leap frog| The identity of the Californian was ! not revealed. orate equipment, its short-wave radio i:;'-r‘:n' fleets of trucks and swift motor R A OPERATIONS RESUMED E. W. Bliss Co. Open Again After Long Suspension. SALEM, Ohio, February 8 (#).—The plant of the E. W. Bliss Co. here, which normally employs between 75 and 100 men, resumed operations today after a long suspension. Sufficient business is in sight, Manager Lloyd Jones said, to ine sure operations for at least six months. 'I;:x- company builds roling mill ma- chinery. f