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Towest, 25, st 4:30 Teport on page 5. b No. CONGRESS BALKS DTATOR CRAN FOR THSESSN Democrats Believe Senate Amendments Mark Limit to Be Gained Now. 1,456—No. 32,429, FURTHER STEPS HELD POSSIBLE AFTER MARCH [ Adoption of Garner-Buchanan Re- organization Program Is Pre- dicted by Leaders. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Democratic leaders of the Senate and use have reached the conclusion that the grant of authority to the President and the department heads to reorganize #he Government and reduce expendi- tures, contained in the Byres and Eratton amendments to the Treasury and Post Office appropriation bill, is as far as they can hope to go in the pres- ent Oongress along those lines. Notwithstanding the fact that Speaker Gamer and other Democrats of the House continued yesterday to talk of some kind of “compromice” between the they advanced recently and mu provisions of the bill dealing with Government reorganization and outs in expenditures, it is believed that the most these Democratic leaders can hope for is contained at present in the Benate amendments, “A Warming Up Gallop.” These grants of power to the incom- ing President, however, are only & “warming up gallop” to the race to give veto of the appropriation bill Hoover. U the dment the next President may abolish or transfer or combine bureaus of the Government d independent offices, such as the -'l:wtl Trade Commission, the Ship- i i i Comme . does not permit the Chief Executive to g0 a8 !A!p:l the abolishment of one of the ten major departments or to the pombination of two or more of the major departments. Five Per Cent Cut Ordered. By the Bratton amendment, depart- ment heads are instructed to.cut the sppropriations made for their depart- ments by 5 per cent, although these cuts are to be made without lowering salaries or wages. This may mean the dismissal of many Government em- ployes or_their indefinite furloughing, or both. Indeed, such action appears to be inevitable. The temper of the Democratic leaders Inhe Congress today i wile:shaex-‘ penditures, to fire employes of the Gov- ernment wherever they can be fired. Thy have found it utterly impossible in the present Congress to get anything done along these lines comparable to the extent they ssy they desire to make cuts. And apparently they fear that if they leave the matter to the new Con- , they will have little more success. Bo they plan to put the power to cut and discharge employes end >fficials at (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | PROPOSES NEW HOUS DEMOCRATS’ CAUCUS Milwaukee Representative - Elect Seeks to Avoid Being “Lost in Shuffle.” By the Associated Press MILWAUKEE, Wis., February 11— In hope of keeping them from being, as he describes it, “lost in the shuffie,” Thomas O'Malley, Representative-elect from the fifth district, Milwaukee, call- ‘ed upon the 124 new Democratic mem- bers of the House of Representatives today to hold a conference of their own prior to the regular Democratic caucus. In a letter to the eex;lew n'zeg‘bgs suggested a meeting af - the last week in February. He wrote that heretofore tradtion and prac- tice of Congress have been such that newcomers more or less have been lost ‘lcnmpc here at 2 pm. yes- ‘am. yesterday. Entered as second class matter post office, Leads Revolt Washington, D. C. GEN. MENOCAL. CALL IS SOUNDED FOR CBANREVOLT BY EXPRESDEN Time Is at Hand, Declares Menocal, but Details Kept Secret. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 11.—The time is at hand for a revolution in Cuba, Gen. Mario G. Menocal, former Presi- dent of the island nation, announced at his home here today. “THe fruit on the tree of revolt is Tpe—it 15 time for those who love Cubs | naoi.” to shake the tree,” declared the leader of forces opposing the administration of President Gerardo Machado. Menocal went on to say that his people, the people who have banded together in the United States, in Mex- Jco, Central America and , have seen what they' believed to be forecasts downfall of the Machado of the K “His time has come and there can no be any reason for delay,” he WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1933—EIGHTY-EIGHT PAGES. CLASIES DSRUPT SEAATE PROB OF OVERTONELEETO Howell Restores Order After Charges Against Long’s Machine. COMMITTEE WITNESS ALLEGES CROOKEDNESS Declares Booths Stacked With Commissioners to Defeat Broussard. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, February 11.—Fists were shaken, arms swung and voices lifted to shouts at this afternoon’s ses- sion of the Senate Committee investi- gating charges of fraud in the election of Representative John H. Overton to the United States Senate as Senator Huey P. Long and Overton on one side clashed with Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, committee counsel, and Francis Wil- liams, the first committee witness, on the other. = Senator Robert B. Howell, committee chairman, finally brought & measure of calm to the proceedings and recessed until Monday. ‘The storm broke when Willlams testi- Allen “was on a par with it.” The witness charged that Senator Long's forces, which supported Overton, had stacked the polling booths with commissioners favorable to Overton by having 17 dummy candidates file for office. He declared the Overton faction roportion of § to 1 of election Willlams asserted that one Broussard poll watcher was arrested by a police- man for “not moving on” when it was the duty of the watcher to stand by and observe the election Men L ‘Hhfldm ‘what the cludes. assured interviewers that the “new government” would take immediate steps to retire the island na- tion’s bonded indebtedness. “When a new government office,” he predicted, “there can be nothing but assurance that the money loaned by the United States to the Machado government will be returned and that no debt of the nation will be repudiated.” Scores Conditions. When and if the “new government” succeeds to power in Cuba, he contin- ued, the first efforts will be devoted to a stabilizing of what he termed present “bad economic ditions.” In spite of nt _rumors that hovered about the five political refugee Menocal today held dosgediy so. s pre- 2 re- vious denials that his sons, mrlovc,. Jr. (Mayito) and Raoul are in Cuba at the head of rebel armies. The reports here recently have been (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) DUKE UTILITY MAN SLAIN IN HIS HOME Police Quote Wife as Admitting She Killed Charlotte Man After Fight. By the Associated Press. TTE, N. C., February 11.— Roy. L. Peterman, 47, vice president of the Southern Public Utilitles Co., was | shot to death in his home here to- night, and his wife was quoted by po- lice as admitting she killed him after & fight. Signs of a struggle were reported to | have been found all over the handsome | home in the exclusive Myers Park sec- | tion. Officials of the Duke Power Co., | of which the Southern Public Utilities is a subsidiary, said Mrs. Peterman frequently had been treated for a nerv- |ous condition since the death of their | only child several years ago. sy Y BURGLARS MISS SILVER IN VAN DUZER'S HOME Robbers Help Themselves to Ward- robe—Entrance Was Gained by Rear Window. Jewelry and silverware apparently didn't to burglars who ran- sacked the home of Trafic Director William A. Van Duzer last night. They themselves to Van Duzer's , however, taking a suit, a coat and & supply of shirts, underwear and jamas.. Van Duger discovered the burglary about 1 am. today when he and his wife returned to their home, 4436 , after spending the eve- Entrance was by ¥ be cortata nothing not be until he . WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION \buw%fi%svs GOING To DO? GO FISHING 2 WIDESPREAD L0SS 2 OF .. JOBS FEARED Dismissal of Thousands Held Sure Under Bratton-Cos- tigan Plans. ment employes throughout the country and in Washington would be unavoid- able under the Bratton-Costigan amefid- ments to the pending economy bill, ac- cording to letters sent to the Capitol - cles emphasized that thei P {tal after the Shouts Out Reply. “1 am not going to have my character assassinated and sit here silent,” said Overton. “I rise to resent it.” The Representative threw his glasses fo the floor and shouted: “I repeat that counsel (Continued on Page 2, Column 32.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—16 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Forelgn. * PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Beg:l s‘mry, “Night Club Daughter”— ge Navy News—Page 4. Stamps—Page 5. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 5. American Legion Auxiliary—Page 5. Commux;uy Chest Agencies News— Schools and Colleges—Page 6. PART THREE—10 PAGES. Society. PART FOUR—S8 PAGES. Ani‘u‘:;mem Section—Stage, Screen and e, In the Motor World—Page 3. Marine Corps Reserves—Page 4. D. C. Naval Reserve—Page 4. Aviation News—Page 5. Community Centers—Page 5. Spanish War Veterans—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. Public Library—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Fraternities—Page 6. Organized Reserves—Page 6. Y. W. C. A, News—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Bection. PART SIX—12 PAGES. H?mx::hl News and Classified Adver- g Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 4. News of the Clubs—Page 11. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 12. D. A R. News—Page 12. Disabled Veterans—Page 12. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. | Magazine Section. Reviews of New Books—Page 11. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 12. word Puszzle—Page 13. Hioh Lights of iasiey—Fuge 1 o —] 3 Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—é PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S PAGES. Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With the Joneses; Reg’lar Fellers; Mr. and ; Tarsan; Mutt and Jeffl; The Little Orphan Annie, for next year already have been reduced far below current ap) in passing h the B t Bureau and the Appropriation Committees of Con- gress. The economy bill calls for cut- ting 5 the cent from to- b bills have been enacted into law with these various specific re- ductions already applied. 7,000 Jobs Threatened. now stands at $698,033,378. The 5 per cent amendment means an _indicated reduction of $34,901,668.90. Of the to- tal for the department $500,000,000 is for salaries. He figured that the maxi- mum saving ible outside of the pay roll is $20,000,000, leaving $15,000,000 that would have to be saved on per- sonnel. “Based on the present average salaries of all the groups that would be affected the number to be dismissed would be in the neighborhood of 7,000,” the Post- master General wrote. Referring to the situdtion in the War Department, the letter from Secretary of War Hurley rzad, in part, as follows: “A further arbitrary cut of 5 per cent is now after everything loose in the military establishment has been thrown overboard. Only a few items are left to which shuch a cut could applied without creating deficiencies and these are of such vital importance to the military structure on which our system of national defense rests that successive reviewings have preserved them despite admitted necessity for cutting public expenditures to the bone.” ‘The letter of Secretary of the Treas- ury Ogden Mills dwells in detail on the situation confronting the Bu- reau and the Bureau of Internal Reve- nue because of the fact that the Sen- ate made sharp cuts below the House in these two services before ordering the general additional saving of § per cent. The Customs Bureau was cut in the Senate from $19,900,000 to $17,- 500,000 and the Internal Revenue Bu- reau from $30,800,000 to $29,800,000. The Secretary predicted the result would be a loss in revenue collected greater than the amount of the re-|W. ductions, Dismissals Predicted. For the Treasury Department as & whole, services amount to $102,007,206. Deducting this from the department’s total of $191,008,219 to (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BILLY SUNDAY STRICKEN Seized With Acute Indigestion ‘While Holding Revival. DES MOINES, Iowa, February 11 (). —Rev. Billy S8unday, the evangelist, was seized with acute indigestion while con- and to hotel, His condition was said to be serious. One Dead in Czecho Job Riot. BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia, Feb- person is dead and Gendarmes were “LAST BIG FLIGHT” LURES ELLSWORTH TO ANTARCTIC |5t s oo 1o Explorer Calls Dash From Ross to Wed- dell Seas Only Great Pioneer Air Adventure Remaining, BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. Leader of Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Flight Expedition. (Copyright, 1933, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) NEW YORK, February 11.—The last great abode of mystery left on earth is Antarctica, a continent, or an ice-bound archi; million square miles larger than Europe. Relatively little lago, a known about it, though brave men have sailed and trudged and flown along its edges and have penetrated, two parties by land and one by air, to the South Pole in its Vi rozen waste remiains Rl::nln; a hm-mm- flight In from the lored. Sea across the entire land mass continent to We of the flight to be m: Sum: It we would' 0 Van Dyk ik source. should we expect to find more ered facts of ital in o terest to mankind? Lineoln Ellsworth. all-told—is ft to be the great truths, e, W must seek them at the ere else than in Antarctica is known to be the source of weather and mlgzeuc disturbances that concern the welfare of the whole Southern Hemisphere. Then, too, ther: of importance to be learned; for the rocks ol’ = geological truths Antarctica tell a story that helps us to comprehend the earth’s prehistoric life, — R (Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) JAILED IN $100,000 THEFT FROM STATE Former Tennessee Insurance Head Is Arrested Here as Fugitive. Joseph I. Reece, former Tennessee State commissioner of insurance and banking and a brother of Representa- tive-elect B. Carroll Reece, Republican, of Tennessee, was arrested here yes- terday as & fugitive from Tennessee, where he is charged with larceny of $100,000 in bonds from the Blue Sky Division of the State Insurance De- be | partment, Reece, 49-year-old former dean of Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., was arrested in his room in a downtown hotel shortly after 2 pm. by Detective Sergts. Walter S.. Beck and Michael Mahaney. The arrest was made at the request of the Tennessee attorney general office, tatives of which swore out two warrants against Reece earlier in the day. Lacceny and Fraud Charged. One of the warrants,. according to Associated Press tches from Nash- ville, charged with larceny of the bonds and fraudulent breach of trust, while the other charged him and his brother, Lem Reece, an Elizabeth- ton, Tenn, attorney, with conspiring to_commit an indictable offense. Questioned briefly by Capt. Bernard tives, the former insurance and bank- ing commissioner denied having done " On s person, Capt, Th person, . Thompson Te- W&’x?“rb‘:nr; depod:.hu fizl and recelpts for deposits rangi $75 to $3,000 were found. The depm Capt. Thompson said, were made banks in various sections of the country. After being booked at police head- quarters, Reece was taken to the fifth precinct, where he was held incom- municado pending action of Tennessee FARM BILL LIMITED TOMHEAT, OTIN 225 Senate Agriculture Group Acts Over Farm Bureau Federation Protest. By the Associated Press. Over the protest of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Sen- ate Agriculture Committee yesterday stripped from the domestic allotment bill all products but wheat and cotton. Also against the objections of Pres- ident Edward A. O'Neal of the Farm Bureau, a banking subcommittee favor- ably reported the Hull bill for & two- year moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures, extending it to take in city homes of $8,000 value or less. Plans were made for reporting this bill ‘to the full committee early next week and pushing it through the pres- ent session as an emergency measure in time to apply to Spring mortgage payments. Other Commodities Stricken Out. By a vote of 12 to 2, the Agriculture Committee struck from the domestic allotment bill all provision for -apply- ing its benefits to hogs, tobacco, rice, peanuts or dairy products, - Shortly before it unanimously report- ed the Smith cotton bill, designed to ucers to cotton output. e elimination of five of the seven commodities included in the allotment bill by the House was pna»nd by gmmn McNary, Republican, of e roll call was not made publie, but Senator Nmorheck, Republican, : Bouth newspaper men the elimination of cNazy's proposal that the acreage pate in a Government (Continued on Fage 3, Column 5, 57 AUTOMOBILES BURN Damage $40,000 In Fire Razing Garage—Gas Tank Explodes. (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. PERSHING IS UNCHANGED Tells Visitor at Bedside He Was “Well Run Down.” aps nine-tenths of that cut 1933 produs bling o Thompson, assistant chief of detec- | d e o . et | 12 in return for cutting their %?Del‘ cent. i Not for * Minority Report Filed by Simmons on D. C. Supply Bill it s in the report. not join in it. I am not in accord with only two, “The report shows a probable sur- plus of several millions of dollars, un- obligated in the District treasury. As- suming that the bill makes adequate provision for the fiscal needs of the District l,“thc:thullhbgh‘ ':n‘rlli:r becomes a D ly m‘h taxed in excess amount to operate the city gov- ernment. If that is true, the com- mittee should recommend a reduction of 1 and real estate taxes. But, the face of the surplus of several millions of dollars, the com- mittee recommends an increase of in- tangible y taxes of 20 per cent. I cannot -Il'fl“wll “‘un- with an e treasury. “The increased taxes are to pay the cost of unemployment relief. e com- mittee, however, recommends the elim- ination of approximately I ot St OND. C. FUND BILL Foes of Proposed Increase in Intangibles Tax Plan Con- test Tomorrow. § : EEE : § i A i -1 g¥saee ‘member it on the fioor B o X annual tions for the fiscal year be- % 1 next. Permanent and year automatically, by Congress, are $2947.300 without ac fpet 108 L he personally would prefer to have war-time excess profits taxes imposed, but his study had shown that the collection would bersome up under general de- bate, Representative Holaday made a spirited speech against reduction in street repair work, which would give employment, and increasing taxes to care (nJ‘ '.?e une:lnplayod. He also (th‘ e legislative proposal to author- the District to borrow (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) —_— SUSPECT FOUND SLAIN IN COUNTERFEITING CASE San Francisco Man, Out Under Bond, Recently Implicated As- serted Underworld Character. By the Associated Press. BAN FRANCISCO, February 11.—Joe Sole, 33, unde‘;mb::d on coun FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS BUDGET PUTS UNJUST HARDSHIP ON CITIZEN CITY HEADS CONTEND 1 regret that I can- a number of its proposals. I mention | Subscriber or Newsstand Copy Sale by Newsboys | TEN CENTB ELSEWHERE 9 Declare D. C. Must Skimp as Unusable | Surplus Piles Up. | e gy |NO AID PROVISIONS BEFORE OCTOBER |House Bill Bans Projects | With Funds on' Hand. | Job Cut Feared. Drastic curtailment in Capital | improvements, an inevitable re- | duction in personnel, and many | evidences of false economy were seen by District officials yesterday in the wreckage of the carefully | planned 1934 municipal budget as it was placed before the House by the Appropriations Committee. The bill carries a total of regu- lar annual appropriations of $34451,565—a cut of $6,794,067 under the appropriation for the v | current fiscal year, and $2,950,208 less than than the amount recom- mended by the Budget Bureau. Permanent and indefinite appro- priations, which occur each year automatically without aection ef Congress, are estimated at $2,947,- 500, raising the grand total for 1934 to $37,399,065. As viewed by District the bill in its present llh;,.dm'u with inegities, since it would place the municipal government - on a compulsory and unni starvation budget while millions of dollars of unobligated tax reve enues pile up to the credit of the District in the Federal Treasury, there to lie idle, drawing no in- gEgE gugg tax spent water fund, and shavings g:wed capital improvement mingled in this District mi Highway Department, which mmmmm&d