Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow probably fair; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 35 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 43, at noon today; lowest, 35, at 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Cloudy tonight; ! No. 32,448, post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C e WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g"’. LA “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery. city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,779 (#) Means Associated GAY INAUGURAL VISITORS THRONG ROOSEVELT EXPECTED TO CHOOSE " NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY; CAPITAL READY FOR CEREM Bank Situation Studied on Eve of Oath. SEVERAL HINTED FOR JUSTICE JOB Courtesy Call Madé This Morning on Mrs. Walsh. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt faced two immediate problems on the eve of his inau- guration today as he received Democratic leaders at his suite in the Mayflower Hotel. One of these problems had to do with the banking situation and the other with the selection of an Attorney General to fill the vacancy in his cabinet caused by the tragic death of the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Moentana. Notwithstanding many rumors that Mr. Roosevelt would issue a statement dealing with the bank- ing situation sometime today or that he would join with President Hoover in a statement calculated to reassure the public, there was no indication at his headquarters that he would do so. Call on Mrs. Walsh, ‘The President-elect planned to ull[ at 4 pm. on President Hoover at the| White House. This, it was said by those close to Mr. Roosevelt, would Db merely a formal call, the courtesy call which the President-elect pays to the President. Shortly after noon today the Presi- dent-clect and Mrs, Roosevelt went to the apartment of the late Senator ‘Walsh to pay a call of condolence upon Mrs. Walsh, widow of the late Sen- etor, to whom Senator Walsh had been married only a week. The President-elect, who arrived in ‘Washington last night, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of his party, was apparently in good health and entirely ready to tackle the strenuous job which confronts him as soon as he shall have taken the oath of office tomorrow. That Mr. Roosevelt will appoint a successor to Senator Walsh as Attorney General in time to send a completed list of his cabinet to the Senate at its special session tomorrow was predicted by one of his closest advisors. May Be Temporary. This appointment, it was said, may be of a temporary character. The name most prominently used in this connec- tion was that of Homer Cummings of Connecticut, former Democratic na- tional chairman and a strong Roose- velt supporter. Mr. Cummings, it had been announced, would be appointed Governor General of the Philippines. He was, however, a candidate for the office of Attorney General before Sen- ator Walsh was finally selected. Others *who have been mentioned as possible selections for Attorney General are Arthur Mullen of Omaha, Democratic natonal committeeman for Nebraska; Felix Frankfurter of Boston, former Gov. Philip La Follette of Wisconsin, and Huston Thompson of Colorado. Progressive Republicans and Demo- crats who followed Mr. Roosevelt in the last campaign are intent upon having a progressive selected for the office of Attorney General. It was re- ported today that Senator Norris of Nebraska, who jumped his party ticket and supported Roosevelt for President, would call upon Mr. Roosevelt later today and discuss with him the selec- tion of an Attorney General. Senator Norris, it is understood, will suggest that Philip La Follette be the ap- pointee or that Frank P. Walsh of Missouri and New York or Donald Richberg of Chicago be placed in that Pposition. Garner Early Caller. Earlier in the Winter, it was learned today, Mr. Roosevelt had Gov. La Follette in mind for appointment as Attorney General, provided Senator Walsh did not accept the cabinet post offered him. That was before the cabinet had been completed, however, and the present make-up might cause Mr. Roosevelt not to fall back now upon La Follette. The former Gover- nor of Wisconsin is at present in Ttaly. Speaker John N. Garner of the House, Vice President-elect, was an early caller at_the Roosevelt suite today. He was followed soon afterward by Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who is to serve as Secretary of State in the Roosevelt cabinet, and Prof. Raymond Moley, who is to be an Assistant Sec- retary of State. Senator Swanson of Virginia, Secretary of Navy-designate, 2nd Senator Bulkley of Ohio also called upon Mr. Roosevelt. James M. Farley, Democratic national chairman and Postmaster General in the new cabinet, was at the hotel with Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Farley had an office of his own on an upper floor, where he was in conference with many prom:i- nent Democratic leaders in the city to- day for the inaugural celebration. Completes His Address. ‘The Prmldex;;;elect 1h::d vlrtul&y completed his ugural ress. He lanned to give it final revision today. gt will be comparatively brief unless he changes his present plans. The sug- gestion was made that he may announce during his inaugural address the date of his call of the new session of Con- gress. Because of conditions in the country. the new Congress may be as- sembled within a short time, although Mr. Roosevelt had originally planned to allow a month to elapse before he sum- moned Congress to Washington. The President-elect arrived at Union Station at 9:30 o'clock last night. A crowd of about 1,500 persons (Continued on Page 4, Column 4). mlpmchmmm Mrs. Roosevelt Visits “Grief,” Rock Creek Cemetery Statue Work of St. Gaudens One of Most Beauti- ful in Capital, She Says—Purely Social Engagements By the Assoclated Press. To the Saint-Gaudens statue popu- larly known as “Grief,” which she has sald she considers the most beautiful thing in Washington, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today paid an early morning visit on her first trip away from the Mayflower Hotel, where she and her family will stay until they move to the ‘White House tomorrow afternoon. She made the trip in a taxicab to Rock Creek Cemetery and under a gray sky tramped through a cold wind up a hill to the family lot of the late Henry Adams, who had the statue erected there in an inclosure of evergreen trees in_memory of his wife. For a long time she sat on a bench Are Canceled. in front of the statue—the bronze figure of a woman with the head slightly bowed and an expression of peace and composure on the strong, worn face. “I used to come here very often,” she ?llfl, “when I lived in Washington be- ore.” Mrs. Roosevelt knew Henry Adams, author and diplomat, when she lived here during the Wilson administration, in which her husband was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. “He used to come to see us” she sald, “and after he had paid his call he would go out and sit in his car- riage and ask that all the children and the dogs be sent out to visit with him.” Mrs. Roosevelt left the hotel before 9 o'clock after an early breakfast in (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) HOOVER WONT GIVE BANK STATEMENT |Sees Mills and Meyer and Will Confer With Press This Afternoon. After a conference with his admin- istration’s financial leaders, President Hoover today authorized a contradic- tion of reports that he intended to is- sue before nightfall a statement rela- tive to banking and business condi- tions. Almost simultaneously ~statements came indirectly from the President through three sources. Secretary Mills and Gov. Eugene Meyer, leaving the White House a few minutes apart, told newspaper men sep- arately that neither they nor Mr. Hoo- ver, so far as could be seen, could be looked to for a statement today. Persistent reports that President Hoover would have something to say emanated from unofficial sources yes- terday and were echoed in Democratic quarters after a round of conferences between President-elect Roosevelt and his party leaders. President Hoover arranged a press conference for midafternoon, but whether he wculd have anything to sa~ at that time could not be ascertained. At the Treasury the Federal Reserve Board was in session until nearly 2 am. and in the office of Secretary Mills the Secretary, Undersecretary Ballan- tine and Assistant Secretary Douglas conferred until about the same hour. No statement was forthcoming from this conference, but it was generally believed that various solutions for un- winding the banking situation were being considered. F. G. Awalt, acting controller of the currency, also attended the conferences and his office was open until after 1 am. A variety of bills designed to deal with the banking situation were put forth in both branches of Congress today, climaxed by a summons for members of the House Banking Com- mittee to hold themselves in readiness to consider important, but unspecified banking legislation. . Measures in the Senate to deal with the problem would allow postal savings checking accounts, and empower the incoming President and the controller of the currency to take such steps as they considered necessary to secure bank deposits, Chairman Steagall called the Bank- ing Committee to be ready to assemble, shortly after both President Hoover and Presidént-elect Roosevelt had disc! that they had no intention of issuing statements, dealing with the situation. The first Senate measure was pro- posed by Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington. Under it, checking ac- counts would be limited to $5,000 per person or corporation and no interest would be paid. A tax of 2 cents would be levied on each check to help cover administrative costs. Regulations would be under the Post- master General, with the assistance of the Federal Reserve Board, and, in gen- eral effect, the bill would set up a govemmmt bank with those restric- ons. Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, made the proposal to secure bank de- posits in a bill providing that the con- troller of the currency and the Presi- dent should enforce suitable rules and regulations to maintain or strengthen the security of deposits. It authorized the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any other Government agencies to (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CONDITION OF HOWELL TAKES TURN FOR WORSE Extension of Pneumonia Brings Statement at Hospital Senator Is Acutely Il The condition of Senator Robert H. Howell of Nebraska, who has been ill at Walter Reed Hospital nearly a week, took another turn for the worse today, due to extension of the pneumonia from which he has been suffering. Hospital officials said the Senator is “acutely il.” He had been sick at his home for several days before bcing re- moved to the hospital last Saturday. Extension of the pneumonia symp- toms from the Tight to the left side last night, regarded as “a bad sign,” was - followed early today by a slight improvement. The later development cated Senator Howell might be ap- in his illness, it was seld, . . ~ PRESIDENT BUSY ON CLOSING DAY Routine Forces Change in Plan to Sail From New York Tomorrow. On the eve of turning over the man- agement of the Government to Frank- lin D. Roosevelt and his own retire- ment to private life, President Hoover today is busily engaged as at any time throughout his four years as Chief Executive. He was at his office at the customary early hour and throughout the fore- noon hardly had a breathing spell. Although all of his household effects have been carefully packed and are on their way to the Hoover Palo Alto home in Californis, the President has not been sitting quietly watching the hands of the clock turn around while he twiddles his thumbs awalting the time for him to leave. On the contrary, he is absorbed in the Nation's business and is disposing of all routine matters and everything possible so as to leave a clean desk for his successor. Pressure of official business, especially regarding the business and financial situation, has been such as to occupy considerable of the President’s time during the past few days and to keep him close to his desk. This also has prevented him from turning his last day in office into a sort of holiday and handshaking period. Change Not Explained. So extraordinary has been the pres- sure of business that Mr. Hoover de- cided to abondon his plans to sail from New York tomorrow night en route to his California_home. In announcing this at the White House, it was not fully explained just why he considered it expedient to make this iast-minute alteration, but it is understood that Mr. Hoover, besides having many per- sonal matters to straighten out, is de- sirous cf remaining within dis- tance of Washington for the next week. It has not been stated at what hotel Mr. Hoover will put up during his so- journ in New York City. Mrs. Hoover will go ahead with her original plans and continue her trip across the con- tinent. The President arose shortly after 6 o'clock and went through the Josed | Customary medicine ball workout in the rear grounds with his so-called medicine ball cabinet and was at his office by 8:30. One of the features of the President’s last day at his office was the final cab- inet session. Every member of the (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) HOLY PRAYER HOUR DESIGNATED BY POPE Calls Upon World to Observe Gethsethane Anniversary April 8. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, March 3—Pope Pius today called upon the world to observe a holy hour April 6 of expiatory prayer cn the nifieteen hundredth anni- versary of Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, “so all zouls may be lifted in union toward God, thus in- ducing pacification of the peoples and alleviation of the evils created by the crisis.” 2 2 The Pope himself will descend to St. l;em‘s to venerate the sacrament of the /hour. The appeal was made in an open letter addressed to Cardinal Marchetti- Selvaggiani, - the vicar of the . Rome diocese, in which he regested the clergy and the faithful to observe the hour. The pontiff expressed the desire that “everybody follow this example, nét cnly in Rcme, but in all centers,” so “the holy year may begin with men of al races and tongues reunited in the heart of Jesus.” Referring to Mexico, Spain and Rus- sia, the Pope said he “this prayer wil be 5 emcasious Tor those countries, where the Redeemer is most :uthqvmmmhthl ONIES eiGuests Arriving on All Lines of Travel. STATE LEADERS GIVEN WELCOME Fair Weather for Rites Tomorrow Forecast. All America. turned its eyes to Washington today where tomor- row a new President from the tried and trusted stock of the old Dutch settlers of the Hudson will be acclaimed. The Capital, turned into a vast parade ground for pageantry and dignified ceremony, was in the full focus of the Nation’s spot- light, and throngs were pouring through every portal of the city to witness the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the thirty-second President. In‘the bustle of the downtown streets, jammed with visitors—in the bustle of traffic bringing thousands through the highway entrances—amid the roar of more than 200 crowded trains pouring their thousands through the railroad station—there grew in the city the gay carnival spirit which even the worst depression the country ever has known could not deny. More Than 100,000 Expected. It was estimated that when the peak of today’s arrivals had been passed this afternoon, there would be in the city more than 100,000 visitors to add their gce of welcome to the new adminis- tion. The weather man gave hope that the sun would continue to shine as the new administration takes office tomorrow, with the prediction that tomorrow prob- ably would be fair. He also predicted that the temperature would continue to be cool—good parade weather. All day long the transportation fa- cilities into the city were taxed to the utmost as the visitors crowded into the city. Early this morn! the Union Station was packed and jammed with trechl and regular trains, and the sta- tion masters found it necessary to stop some trains at the outskirts of the city, at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania allow visitors to make their way into the city. Governor's Welcomed. At the station itself aides in cuta- ways and silk hats awaited the arrival of ‘more than a score of Governors of the States, comirg with their staffs to pay their tribute to the highest Execu- tive of them all. Met with all the traditional pomp and ceremony of the occasion, they were whisked off with police escorts to their hotels, there to join in the formal and informal cele- bration that will keep them busy until the trumpeter at the Capitol Plaza bids (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) GAS SHIPMENT DENIED BY ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY Sending in Supplies to Hungary, as Rumored in French Papers, Held Untrue. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 3—The semi-official Stefani News Agency issued a categori- cal denial last night of reports said to have been published in France that supplies of asphyxiating gas have been shipped to Hungary from Italy. The reports are said to have appeared in French newspapers after protests had been made against a shipment of 40,000 rifles to Austria from Italy, which, it was_suggested, were bound indirectly for Hungary. The French and British governments recently insisted to Austria that these arms be reshipped to Italy or destroyed. avenue southeast and at Bennings, to | [} TWO CENTS. CITY Press. it e, il S Q. Sogh e 155 KNWNDERD | INHPANESEQUAKE 17,930 Homes Are Destroyed.‘ Tremor Followed by Tidal Wave and Fires. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 3.—More than 1500 persons are known to have been killed in the earthquake, tidal wave and fire which devastated a section of the northeastern seaboard of Honshu Is- land, largest of the Japanese archi- pelago, early this morning. not been determined at 11 o'clock to- night, but the governor of the Province of Iwate, which suffered most heavily, reported that 1,119 lives had been lost in Iwate alone, mostly north of Miyako, a seacoast town 300 miles northeast of Tokio. The total number of dead rose to 1,535 with reports from the Provinces of Miyagi, Aomori and Hokkaido. Miyagi is on the east coast, south of Iwate province. Aomori is the province at the northern end of Honshu Island. | Hokkaldo is a smaller island north of Honshu. 7,930 Homes Destroyed. It was estimated that the epicenter of the earthquake was 125 miles soutk- east of Kinkwazan Island, which would place it at a spot in the sea about 190 miles northeast of Tokio. vinces most | Reports from the pro | serfously affected said that 7,930 homes had been destroyed by the earthquake and the tidal wave and fire which fol- lowed. The tidal wave carried to sea or destroyed 1,570 small boats. As the night wore on and reporis continued to arrive, the number of in- jured rose to 3,038 and the number of missing to 948. Scores of Villages Leveled. Scores of villages and hamlets were entirely leveled. The greater portions of the thriving ports of Kamaishi, with a population of 23,000; of Miyako, with 16,000, and Yamato and Omoto were de- red. The liner Heian Maru, from Seattle, 400 miles off Yokohama, shivered be- ug of a submarine disturbance. mage was to total mil- lions of dollars, Thousands of fisher folk lost their boats and nets—their means of livelihood. The _earthquake drove _terrorized (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NOBILE SERIOUSLY ILL MOSCOW, March 3 (#).—The con- dition of Umberto Nobile, Italian dirig- ible pilot, was unchanged today. He was taken to a hospitdl Wednes- day with appendicities, but before an operation could be performed the ap- pendix burst and peritonitis developed. He was in serious condition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March markets quickly surged upward in sur- prising fashion today. Starting in st flurry which sent shorts retreat, stocks rose $1 to nearly $5 a share. After the movement had slackened in stocks, it continued in commodities. Wheat rose some 3 cents a bushel. Cotton jumped about $1 a bale. Sugar, Spot -silver was quoted % of a cent ‘higher. sur%mmmt took wrt'fra Street h{ , and many qual ‘were a a loss -to acount for it, although it was suggested that sharts anxious to cover their commitments, in the be- ef that the week end would bring con- structive action from the new admin- 3.—Financial | has sliver and some of the smaller com- | modity merkets joined the movement. | The full extent of the casualties had | STOCKS AND COMMODITIES RISE IN SUDDEN FLURRY OF BUYING Some Issues Advance Nearly $5 in Move- ment Surprising Wall Street—Wheat Gains 3 Cents a Bushel. and break the banking lgxg-‘:e which The buying flurry in stocks, while at its peak, taxed the quotation facili- ties and the ticker fell a few minutes in arrears. It was soon over and the market then turned very dull, but most of the advance was retained. eferred shot $28, then slid Case rose $3.75, to above $37, and re- acted but slightly from the _best. American Telephone, after drcpping | more than $2 at the start, not only re- covered its loss, but advanced more | than $3 above the previous close, get- above $101. It then slid back bl under $100. 'WHEAT UP 3 CENTS. Commit Hara-Kiri Protesting Japanese Tax-Evasion Scandal By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 3.—Two men, members of a reactionary society, committed suicide by the tradi- tional hara-kiri method today, one outside the premier's residence and the other outside the war minister's, as a protest to what they regarded as the govern- ment's failure to deal adequately with the scandal of tax evasions by industrialists. Several members of the same society recently went on a pro- tracted fast in protesting the affair. RAINEY WILL SHARE SPEAKER'S POWERS New House Chief Plans ta Work With Steering Committee. By the Associated Press. The next Speaker of the House—Rep- resentative Rainey of Illinois—today made plans for divesting that high of- fice of much of its power and giving it to the Democratic majority. A Steering Committee is to be formed, Rainey announced last night soon after his nomination in caucus, which hence- forth will shape the policies of the House. “Our failures in the Seventy-second Congress, what few there have been, have been due entirely to tte fact that the direction of policies has come en- tirely from the Speaker's chair,” he said. “From now on it will come from the Democratic party.” Rainey, white-haired, 73-year-old vet- eran of 28 years in Congress, will suc- ceed John N. Garner, the Vice Presi- dent-elect. He was chosen over Repre- sentatives McDuffie of Alabama, Rankin of Mississippi, Jones of Texas and Bankhead of Alabama. Nomination is tantamount to electipn, since there will be 313 Democrats in the next House. Representative Byrns of Tennessee was selected as floor leader—the post held by Rainey. Greenwood Made Whip. Byrns anncunced today the appoint- ment of Representative Greenwood of Indiana as party whip. He also said Representative Cullen of New York, leader of the Tammany delegation. would be his assistant leader. Greenwood voted against the Demo- cratic-sponsored repeal resolution and against the beer bill. In his position of whip, it will be one of his duties to round up votes for the party to fulfill l::);‘llfdlu to. modify the Volstead act lize beer. The Indianan has been assistant whip under Rainey. - Other Officers Chosen. ‘' The Democrats elected the rest of their slate of House offictals at yester- day's caucus. South Trimble, former Representative from Kentucky, was re- elected clerk of the House over Repre- sentative William L. Nelson of Missouri, who lost. out in the reapportionment of representation in Missouri. Joseph Sinnott of Virginia was re- named doorkeeper, Kenneth Romney of g&xz{.mtn'rmelm at arms and Finis of Tennessee E:mmmr In announcing to form a Steering Committee mm:; added: “The House is organized on an en- tirely new basis for the first time in (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) —_— MINERS STRIKE IN POLAND 80,000 Leave Job Two Days in Pay Cut Protest. WARSAW, Poland, March 3 (P)— Eighty thousand coal miners in the Stlesia, Dazbrowa and Cracow coal basins started a two-day strike in pro- test against a 15 per cent wage cut The t, which belleves the cut nn]mmfln. expects to about erators and miners D.C. SUPPLY BILL - UPTO CONFEREES Enactment Depends on Ad- justing Differences Follow- ing Passage by Senate. | After deciding to let the taxicab | meter fight go over for consideration | by the new Congress, the Senate passed | the District appropriation bill in less than half an hour this morning and sent it immediately to conference. ‘With less than 24 hcurs of the session remaining, the chances of emacting the | measure into law still hinge upon the ability of the conferees to adjust their differences quickly in conference, but the speed with which the Senate acted today made the prospect of completing action much better than yesterday. $36,900,000 Carried. As passed by the Senate the bill car- ries a total of approximately $36,900,000 in regular annual appropriations, with the FPederal contribution raised to $9,500,000. As approved by the House several weeks ago, the total of the bill was $34,963,565, with the Federal contribu- tion fixed at $6,500,000. In order to have as much time as possible to work on the measure in conference, Senator Bingham, Republi- can, Connecticut, obtained the appoint- ment of Senate conferees by Vice Presi- dent Curtis the moment the bill had pasced. They are: Senators Bingham, Capper, Kansas; Nye, North Dakota; Steiwer, Oregon; Glass, Virginia; Kendrick, Wyoming, and Copeland, New York. The conferees agreed to begin con- sideration of the bill at 2 o'clock, with indications of a report in time for ac- tion tomorrow morning. Conference at 5 P.M. ‘The entire House subcommittee on the District bill were appointed as House conferees. They are: Representatives Cannon, _Missouri; Granfleld, Massachusetts, and Blanton, ‘Texas, all Democrats; Holaday, Illi- nois, and Simmons, Nebraska, both Republicans. The Senate’s action was_ communi- cated immediately to the House and the conference will begin as soon as House conferees are named. Taxi Fight Continued. ‘When the Senate met at 9:30 this morning the District bill was endan- gered by a continuation of debate be- tween Senators for and against estab- lishment of a meter system on taxicabs. | Senator Bingham, in charge of Dis- trict appropriations, reminded his col- leagues that only a few hours remained to complete the District bill and made a plea for speedy action. Senator Copeland, advocate of the meter system, then cleared the way for immediate passage of the bill by suggesting an amendment, which was promptly agreed to, to prevent the commission from taking any steps with regard to meters until its proposed regulations have been approved by Con- gress. Since the carrying out of the meter order is prohibited at the present time by a restriction in the current appropriation law, a final agreement on the Copeland amendment will leave the taxicab situation just as it is until the new Congress has a chance to act. The change made by the Senate in the taxicab section of the bill was a victory for the time being for those who favor the present flat-rate zone system, because the original Senate amendment would have enabled the commission to carry out its order for the imstallation of meters. As modified and passed by the Senate, the section reads: “No part of the appropriations con- tained in this act shall be used for or in connection with the 3 issuance, publication or enforcement of (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) Flood of Gasoline. HANOVER, Germany, March 3 (#).— More than 200 tons of gasoline flooded the premises of the Deurag Oil Co. to- day when some one intentionally opened all the valves of three tanks which contained aimost 400,000 gallons. ‘Twenty-five persons were arrested. Brazil Checks on Flour Imports. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 3 (#).— With the end of the 18-month ban on flour imports decreed in_August, 1931, in connection with the and United States coffee and wheat the chan has instruct- :eunce.w. cellory ments to Brasil, i i n | MacDonald an GARNER DECLARES SPECIAL SESSION WILL BE CALLED EARLY THIS MONTH Confers With President-Elect Roosevelt and Announces Plans Are Made to Hasten Meeting of Congress. LEADERS DISCUSSING BANKING SITUATION Issue May Be First One Taken Up. New Democratic Floor Leader Proposes Consideration Only of New Administration’s Legisla- tive Program. Representative Rainey of Illinois, the Speaker of the next House, to- day told newspaper men that Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt “probably will call a special session of the new Con- gress to meet March 13, but it may come before that.” By the Associated Press. The special session of the new Congress apparently will be called early this month. Returning to the Capitol today after conferring with President- elect Roosevelt, Vice President- elect Garner indicated plans were in the making for getting Con- gress together much earlier than had first been expected. Leaders were conferring today on the banking situation, and in- dications were that it would be dealt with in the special session, but just how was unrevealed. Referred to Roosevelt. “Mr. Roosevelt has the information and he can give it to you,” Garner said n answer to a question as to whether the special session would be called about March 15, Garner had advocated holding the special session as quickly as possible. He said, however, today that he thought Mr. Roosevelt “will give the members- el!;z time to get here.” presentative Byrns of Tennessee, the Democratic floor leader in the next House, today said he favored the spe- cial session being called “as soon as possible.” Favors Administration Program. “The Roosevelt legislative program should be rushed through as q\gcm as possible,” he sald. “Anything that is not pressing can go over to the regular session. 1 favor the special session taking up only legislation proposed by Mr.mmvelz}y *; count is looking to Roosevelt for leadership and I think it would be rank injustice to consider anything other than his program. He should have a chance to submit his program and place it into effect.” DEFICIENCY MEASURE PASSED BY SENATE Includes $300,000 Item Enabling District to Continue Program of Relief. The Senate this afternoon passed the second deficiency appropriation bill, carrying the emergency item of $300,000 to make sure the District Board of Pub- lic Welfare will be able to continue its program of relief to needy Washing- tonians for the balance of this fiscal year. This fund, which still must be agreed to by the House in conference, is to supplement the $625,000 appropriated in the first deficiency bill in January. ‘The Senate Appropriations Commit- tee added this additional amount to the pending deficiency bill at the suggestion of Senators on the Bingham subcom- mittee handling District ap riations, who were deeply impressed by the testi- mony of Director of Public Welfare George S. Wilson, when he described the heavy demands being made upon the existing appropriation in order to give some aid to families in distress. Mr. Wison demorstrated that, with the number of needy persons seeking relief on the increase, the welfare board would have to make a sharp re- duction in the amount of its weekly :&otmmu without this deficiency m. M’DONALD AND SIMON WILL RUSH TO GENEVA By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 3.—In an effort to end the continued deadlock of the world disarmament conference and to prevent what is regarded in some Brit- ish quarters as its threatened break- down, Prime Minister MacDonald and Sir John Simon, his foreign secretary, decided today to go to Geneva as soon as possible. ‘The British government, it was sald, believes that the next few weeks will be a critical period for the conference. The MacDonald mission is intended to prevent possible failure of the whole gs which have been going on or more than a year. Last night the Cabinet Committee on Disarmament met at the House of Commons, and this morning they gathered again at No. 10 Downing street. At this meeting they decided to ask the prime minister and the foreign secretary to go to Geneva. Capt. Anthony Eden, undersecretary in the foreign office and British spokes- man at Geneva, brought word from there which created anxiety concerning the fate of the conference. He is going back to Geneva on Sunday night. Mr. d Sir John Simon will follow next week. Radio Programs on Page A-12 {