Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1933, Page 2

% WCTORYDF HTLER SEENEAD OF REDS Both Democracy and Com- thunism Believed Doomed *k Sakilsy: of Notice Does Not Arc Unsound_M Within Next Few Months. | | Br.the Associated Press. | BERLIN, March 6.—That the Reich-, stag in all likelihood will adjourn for txo vears after a brief session is the in-government circles after the jng their deposits and hoarding the | Will be provided. National Socialist landslide in the hstag and Prussian Diet elections erday gave the National government & decisive majority. The cabinet will meet Tuesday to set the date for the Reichstag convoca- tion. The electoral indorsement of the Hit- ler’ government’s “nationalistic revolu- tion.” with its policy of suppressing Communists and Socialists, leaves no doubt that the next few months Wil be devoted to wiping out the last vestiges of both Democracy and Com- | munism. 4 i Hitler's Nazi will comprise the larg- est group ever sent to a German Parlia- ment. the final tabulation giving them 2¢8 seats in a Reichstag with 647. THeir 'Natiopalist allies got 52 seats. THey got 17,264.000 and 3.131.000 votes, reBpectively, of the 39,290,000 cast. = Clear Nazi Majorities. 3 the Communists are ruled out. as efpected. Chancellor Hitler will domi- nate the situation entirely. the Nazis thus obtaining clear maj-rities on both the Reichstag and the Prus-ien Diet. The Nazis and Nationalists won 43 and 9lper cent, respectively, of the Diet selits. In view of the sweeping Rightist vie- y, the trade unfons, with a total of 7000,000 workers and white-collar em- ployes under Socialist and Centrist jrfluence, face annihiiation. These have béen the backbone cf the resistance to Hitler and it remains to be seen whether Hitler, like Mussolini, will at- tempt to create a substitute Fascist labor organization Another question 1s what attitude the Catholic Centrists and their allies, the Bavarian Populists, will take toward the government and what atti- tude the government will adopt toward them. They were the only large op- position element not campaigning under severe repressive measures Vast changes in officialdom. carrying the spirit of Hitlerism into every home and vitally affecting the nation’s cultural, economic and social life, are most likely to be effected. If Hitler adheres to the program of the govern- ment, the foreign as well as domestic policy will be most militant. £ Want Full Recognition. A claim that the election victory egtitles the Nazis to take over the gov- emment was put forth in a statement issued by Hitle's press agency, which said: “The Natfonal Soctalists demand full recognition from young Germany. A wave of national awakening sweeping all: classes, and before which Marxism is ‘falling, s the achievement of the National Socialist movement. Thus, only National Socialism can complete the job.” It ‘announced drastic domestic meas- ures. “National Socialism has the power and will use it to execute the judgment of the people against Marxisu., proceeding in the best ine tesmsts of the nation.” rhe Nazi Swastika and old imperial fors were hoisted in the town halls oF: several cities today amid scclama+ 8 of the populstion. They were in Emdér, Mannbeim and Frei- wrg today following similar action in mr large citles yesterday. Seven dren front and Soviet flags were seized af Soclalists and Communists centers and publicity burned in the marketplace at_Osanbreueck. 3 Assume Police Powers. <A sign of the times was seen in Ham- byrg and Altons where the Nazis yes- tegday occupied the city halls. They ajgo assumed police powers throughout Thuringia, ousting the mayors. In Altona signs designating “the square of the Republic™ and various streets were Temoved with the object of renaming them. The The Nazi Swastika flags were hoisted in the city halls of Ham- bmg. Altona. Chemnitz and Essen, while huge crowds cheered. ne of the first acts of the new !é)chsng. Hermann Georing, minister Valthout portfolio, said, will be to de-| cThre the old imperial black, white and red flag the national colors instead of | the Republican black, red and gold. | “JAlmost 90 per cent of the electorate went to the polis as compared with 75 and 84 per cent in the November 6 agd July 31 Reichstag elections last yegr. This i believed to be & world's A record. e Reichotag sllotments snd_the fhrmer representations follow: National Socialists, 288, formerly 196; Social Democrats and State party. 125, former- 123; Communists, 81, formerly 100; §emns 73, formerly 69: Bavarian opulists. 19, formerly 19; Nationalists. 32, formerly 51; Peasants, 1; combined erman Populists-Christian Social par- y-Peasants party-Hanoverian party, 8. rmerly scattered, 24. Total, 647, for- merly 582 Figures on Diet. } The number of diet seats were ex- ted to run from 465 to 470, with the azis having 207. the Nationalists, 43; 67 the State party, 3: ,'and the Communists, “'The votes in the national election in the final tabulation showed: Nazis, 17.- 64,000, Nationalists, 3,131,000, So- Olalists, 7.176,000; Communists, 4.746.- @M0: Centrists, 4.289.000; Bavarian Populists, 1,206,000 People’s _party, £2000; Christian Socialists, 382.000; State party, 335000, and scattered, 329 000, . The Prussian Diet final vote showed: ‘Nazis, 10,233,000; Nationalists, 2,158.- 000: ~ Socialists, ~3.952,000; ~Centrists, 3,367,000, Communists, 3.131,000: Peo- ple’s party, 242,000; Christian Socialists, 215,000; State party, 164,000, and scat- tpred, 449,000 . The final returns reveal Berlin voted nen-Marxist for the first time since, the 1918 revolution, the Communists and Socalists garnering only 45 per cent of the ballots. The Nazis were the gwest &y far with 1,011,000. - The Com- ists had 718,000 Socialists, 626.000; trists, 142,000; Nationalists, 315,000, others, 68,000. Hitler Keeps Promi ~Hitler, keeping his promise to Presl- dent von Hindenburg, does not intend ‘t# try to rid himself of the Nationalist jembers of his cabinet. “It does not atter who heads the various minis- es, s0 long as we have the right to ctate policies.” said a Nazi spokesman. * Hitler was elected to a Reichstag seat Bk the first time. Prince August Wil- Yielm, fourth son of the Kaiser; former ‘Ghancellor Brenuing, the Centrist lead- ‘6r; Ernst Thaelmann, the Communist Teader; Vice Chancellor Franz von “Bapen and other members of the Hitler “@binet, and Otto Brawn, ousted premier -d§ Prussia, were among prominent per- #bns elected. :In Thuringia the state government dissolved the central organization of ~@erman citizens of Jewish belief in “what was described as a “peace” meas- | wge. . Sorip Used 100 Years Ago. TEDMONTON, Alberta, March 6 ¢ ~=Proving the “scrip” idea, now being | Ajped in many American citles, is an old | , an Edmonton man yesterday | wed a Hudson’s Bay Co. scrip no at London' May 4, 1820. EMERGENCY LAWS { | the The primary purpose of President | Roosevelt's four-day bank holiday is to prevent the export and hoarding of | gold and silver. ’ | The step was taken to protect all| bank depositors. It became necessary because & minority group of depositors, | fearful of the future, were withdraw- currency, or converting the currency into gold and hoarding the gold. If | this trend had not been checked by | the President. the banks in a short | while would have been forced to close | themselves or they would have been obliged to pay out all currency in ex- | istence in this country. In such a situation the great jority of bank customers, those who bad confidence in their bankers and thelr country and did not withdraw | their deposits, would be wiped out and | the banking system would collapse. The President’s action is designed to | vent such a calamity. 1 The fact that a bank, on short no- tice, cannot pay off its depositors in cash does not mean that the institu- tion is unsound. To be of any real service to the community. & bank must be something more than a mere re- pository for cash. On the basis of the cash entrusted to its care, it must | supply the credit which is the life blood | of our modern industrial system. With- no announcement from the Treasury on | 4s ' Out this credit the commercial world as this point, however. we know it today could not exist. | Credit Ratio 10 to 1. | Generally speaking, a bank extends to the community approximately $10 of credit for each $1 on deposit. This is the reason bank deposits, in normal times, aggregate approximately $50.- 000.000.000. although the actual amount of currency in the country is only about $5.060.000,000. The difference is repre- sented by the value of the land, indus- | tries and businesses to which the banks have extended credit in the form of loans. Assume for purposes of illustration that a bank deals conservatively in home mortgages only. Mr. A. comes to the bank and deposits $1.000. The next day Mr. B. comes in seeking a mort- + gage loan of $750 on his home. If the property is worth $1,500. the bank will advance him $750 of the $1.000 deposit- ed by Mr. A. and accept a mortgage as security. In other words, the bank has invested Mr. A's money. Out of the interest paid by Mr. B the bank will make its profit and pay Mr. A. his inter- est on the deposit 1If the bank dealt simijarly with 1,000 depositors, it would h€ve $250,000 in actual cash in its vaults. but it would be | obligated to pay the depositors $1,000.- 000. If all the depositors demanded | their money at the same time, it is ob- vious that the bank could not pay off, for it would be impossible to liquidate the mortgages it had accepted as se- curity for loaus at a8 moment's notice An institution operating along such narrow lines would be the safest kind of a benk, but even it would have to shut down if its depositors yielded to panic. | _Banks get into trouble in boom times when they invest their depositors’ money Unwise in unsound securities which shrink in value during a depression. Because some banks have done this, however. does not justify the people in | losing faith in all their banks. Need Exchange Medium. { With the banks closed, it is essential that some medium of exchange be pro- vided. To prevent great hardships, pay Tolls must be met and some substitute for money provided so the people can purchase food and the other necessi- es. To meet this requirement, it is ex- pected that the Secretary of the Treas- ury will autho ORDERED THURSDAY Roosevelt Has Monetary Pro- gram Ready for New Ses- sion of Congress. (Continued From First Page) | the man who occupies the White House | carried on serenely, placating the wor- | ries of those leaders in fnance and business whom he saw. Frowns which they wore as they entered the White House had faded largely as they left An almost. frank air of confidence shone from those who had been permitted to look beneath the covers of the “New Deal.” Rainey Calls Caucus. 1 House leaders prepared for the spe- clal session by calling & caucus of the new Democratic membership to meet at 3:30 pm. Wednesday to elect mem- bers to the controling Ways and Means Committee. Representative Rainey, the next Speaker, summoned the conference of lesders to plan for organizing the new House. | Representative Byrns of Tennessee, loor leader; Representative Lea of California, chairman of the caucus, and Representative Doughton of ~ North Carolina, prospective Ways and Means | chairman, attended. Doughton had hurried back from North Carolina for the purpose. It is customary to name the Demo- | cratic membership of the Ways and Means Committee first, for these mem- bers have the Job of assigning all cther | Representatives to the standing com- | mittees of the House. | Rainey said the Democratic majority “will follow President Roosevelt's rec- ommendations on all emergency meas- ures.” Speedy Action Promised. \ | Every effort, he said, will be made to | expedite the legislative program. He! said it was his information that the | form of emergency banking legislation | the President would propose had not been decided definitely, but that he ex- pected a full program to be ready when Congress convenes Thursday. He said there was a possibility that after the emergency legislation is en- acted Congress may recess for a few weeks before undertaking the remainder of the program. | “All of that, however, depends upon | the situation and conditions that de- | velop,” he said. Rainey called to attention that there is a billion dollars in Government bonds and securities maturing on March 15 which will have to be met in some way. He sald he thought there would be “some inflation of some kind,” but| | pointed out that “the issue of clearing | house certificates is in itself inflation and may be adequate to meet the situ- | ation.” Has Backing of Country. Rainey said the President “has the | backing of the entire country.” He| | added that Mr. Roosevelt would decide | whether to address in person a joint | session of the new Congress on Thurs- | day either late today or tomorrow. | He said that whether a clearing house certificate of one city would be ac- cepted by merchants in another would depend upon the attitude of the person receiving payment, but that he believed xchange provisions would be effected. A caucus fer Wednesday evening has been called f#o set up the controlling night 'ROOSEVELT'S AIM TO PREVENT: | MONEY EXPORT AND HOARDING Banks to pay Off 6n Sh‘ort THE: EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1 Mean Institutions ust Invest Funds. house certificates, otherwise known as serip. This scfl? will be based on bank deposits and will serve as money for all practical purposes. The precise conditions under which it will be issued have not been dis- | closed, but is is expected that safe- | guards against an inflationary reaction | It is expected that the Federal Reserve system will ‘serve | as a superclearing house for the mew | scrip to eliminate the difficulties of | transactions between persons in differ- ent citles. The scrip probably will be issued in denominations ranging from $1 up. It Is expected that $1 of scrip will have | the same purchasing power as & dollar bill and that it will be accepted in pay- | ment of all debts. As soon as possible | after the banks are reopened. following the special session of Congress acts, the scrip will be taken up and replaced by currency. In all probability the banks will be permitted to convert limited amounts of scrip into small change so that the needs of the public In this respect can be served. In some quarters it was believed the | volume of scrip would be restricted to the total of the liquid assets under the | control of the clearing house issuing | the substitute money. There has been | Steps Taken Toward Scrip. | In New York and other States, ac- cording to Associated Press dispatches, steps already have been taken toward the issuing of scrip. In some cities it | has been used for months in meeting | pay rolls. } Scrip was widely circulated in this country during the panic of 1907. At that time. however, it was issued inde- pendently by the different clearing houses and its value varied in different communities. With the Federal Re- serve system in charge at this time, it is not believed such conditions will de- velop now. e It 1s expected that the Secretary of | the Treasury will authorize banks to| cash checks in scrip and accept de- posits in scrip. giving this temporary medium of exchange virtually all the characteristics of the currency it re- places. The important difference is that it will not be redeemable in gold and cannot be used to destroy the country’s gold reserves. Another interesting phase of the proclamation is the clause empowering the Secretary of the Treasury to permit banks to open special trust accounts for receipt of new deposits, which shall be subject to withdrawal on demand dur- ing the holiday. This is essentially the plan advanced by William S. More- head, Pittsburgh banker, and printed in The Star yesterday. The proclamation provides that such new deposits must be kept separately in cash or on deposit in Federal Reserve banks. or invested in United States bonds. Forbids Credit Transfer. Another section of the proclamation specifically forbids the transter of credits from here to any place abroad and is designed to prevent the export of gold and speculation in the dollar on_the foreign exchange. The banking holiday and the pro- posed issuance of scrip are nothing more than temporary expedients. They are designed to keep the business of the country functioning until President Roosevelt and the new Congress can overhaul the entire banking structure. It is of utmost importance that the public maintain its confidence in the President, for without the confidence and support of the people as a whole any action that he and Congress may take can have but little effect. Ways and Means Committee of the House. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, sald he understood the legislation to be acted on imme- diately will be designed to carry out the President’s proclamation. Recess May Be Taken. “This will be looking toward the use of clearing house certificates by banks ) their liquidity.” he explained, “and au- | thorization of a segregation of new de- Dposits. permitting the banks to use such deposits under the proper regulations ! and restraints for the purchase of Gov- | ernment obligations. “I am not advised that it is expected | & reorganization of the general bank- | ing system will be attempted in con- nection with the emergency measures referred 1o. | “It may be possible that following dis- | position of the emergency banking situ- | ation, a recess of the Congress may be | taken to provide a brief time for the | preparation of measures to effect a more general program for the extraor- dinary session.” Robinson told newspaper men the other day that a general program now was being worked on by the Democrats | and would be expedited all possible. Tmportant Problems Remain, | Once the banking situation is out of | the way, the problems of Congress will | still be far from solved, however. A | final pocket veto by President Hoover of the independent offices bill, carrying funds for the Veterans' Bureau among other establishments; will bring up early | the question of cutting allowances for | the former soldiers who have non-serv- ice-connected disabilities. | The farm relief question. left almost as it was six months ago by the expir- ing Congress, must be taken up again. Unemployment, foreclosures on farms and moderate priced homes, relief of distress, debts, tariffs, the st.| Lawrence waterway—all of these and manifold other problems await the| touch of the new administration. | And, almost before it gets its bear- | ings, the Congress may have thrown be- | fore it a demand from the Chief Execu- | tive—as he indicated in his inaugural | address—a_demand for sweeping war- time executive powers to carry on the fight against the depression. TAX AIDESV AVAILABLE Because of the banking holiday, In- | ternal Revenue agents, stationed at va- rious banks to assist persons in prepar- ing their income tax statements, have been withdrawn. ! They have been assigned to room 1002, | Internal Revenue Building, Twelfth street and Constitution avenue, where | they are available to the public. PARKING SIGNS STOLEN Souvenir hunters made off with 600 of the 4500 special inaugural parking | signs, police discovered this morning when they began the work of taking them down. The signs, which read, “Emergency. | no parking from midnight March 3 to midnight March 4,” had been placed in | the downtown section to restrict park- | ing in the congested area. Laytonsville P.-T. A. to Meet. LAYTONSVILLE, Md., March 6 (Spe- cial). —Mrs. Douglas Riggs, president of the Parent-Teacher Association of Lay- tonsville, has announced a meeting for this evening at 7:45 o'clock in the | school. Following the business session pupils of the school will have a playlet. | Lanham P.T. A. to Meet. LANHAM, Md,, March 6 (Special).— A meeting of Lanham Parent- Teacher Association is scheduled to- | ences to ROOSEVELT IS FIT AFTER HARD DAY Declares He Feels Splendid. Up After Midnight, He Arises Before 8 A.M. Despite the ordeal of the last few days, accentuated by the swift-moving events developed by the banking sit- uation, President Roosevelt arose this morning showing no 11l effects. | It was past midnight this morning when the President retired after a long, | trying day, the greater part of which | was devoted to important conferences | on the banking situation. He seemed | greatly refreshed when he rose shortly after 8 o'clock, and quickly assured those who greeted him soon afterward | that he felt “splendid.” Moreover, the Executive displayed confidence and hopefulness and gave every indication of a genuine determination to use every | power within his high office and his own ability to meet the present dis- turbed conditions of the country. | i Eats Breakfast in Sitting Room. Mr. Rooseyelt's breakfast was served to him in the oval sitting room on the second floor of the White House con- veniently adjoining his own sleeping quarters. This room. which heretofore 'n merely the place for the fam- | ily of Presidents to assemble and to receive informally, has been made fa- mous during Roosevelt's hours in office as the scene for the swearing in of his cabinet late Saturday afternoon and the important dramatic cabinet session yes- terday and the meeting immediately afterward with congressional leaders. Mr. Roosevelt's day of activity yes- terday was launched soon after his re- turn from services in the morning at St. Thomas' Church, and but for brief | respite tor dinner at 2 o'clock, and sup- per at 8 o'clock, he was constantly en- gaged. Besides working on matters regarding the bafMing difficulties and his confer- ress immediate action, the Executive was compelled to take time off to dash off a radio address in the interests of the American Legion which ' was broadcast throughout the Nation from & hook-up in the oval sitting room During the forencon Mrs. Roosevelt was busy superintending and sorting out personal belongings of the house- hold and other articles of furniture and personal eflects. However, she took oc- casion to walk from the White House to the executive office to look over the President’s office and the offices and work rooms of his various assistants, During this tour of inspection she was accompanied by Miss Marguerite Lehand, Mr. Roosevelt's personal stenog- rapher, who will serve in that capacity at the White House. Four large motor truckloads of the Roosevelt household effects arrived at the White House yesterday afternoon and piacing of these articles was in progress throughout the morning. Two more truckloads of effects are expected 10 arrive during the day. Flood of Good Wishes. Telegrams and other messages of congratulation and good wishes from all parts of the country have poured into the White House during the last two days, but the President has been 30 busy he has found scant time to give these even a glance. These mes- sages include congratulations upon his inaugural address and over-night com- mendation of the two proclamations issued yesterday. the one calling extra session of Congress on Thursday and the other invoking virtually war- time powers in the form of a bank i throughout the United States, ‘and his emergency action to halt gold withdrawals Mr. Roosevelt did not get an oppor- tunity to go to his executive office in the forenoon because he had to go to! the Capitol at 1 o'clock where he at- | tended the memorial service for the | late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- | tana, Mr. Roosevelt's spirits were saddened by receipt of word soon after arising that his personal friend “Tony” Cer- mak, Mayor of Chicago, had died in | Miaml. The President'’s household break- fasted about 9 o'clock in the breakfast | that are in moratoria to the extent of | T°°M on the main floor. PRIVATE SCHOOL AID ASKED OF CONGRESS Many Institutions Will Be Closed Unless Government Acts, Says Association Head. ‘ By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 6—Joseph G.| Branch, head of the National Asso- ciation of Schools, in a bulletin to association members, warned yester- | day that unless Federal aid were forth- | coming that most of the Nation's 15.- | 000 privately-owned schools would be forced to close. “If the privately-owned schools close” he said. “a half-million in- structors will join the jobless army which burdened taxpayers are strug- gling to feed and house.” | “Not only will the schools lose their investment in buildings and equipment, but the Government will loge millions | of dollars a year, now paid by these institutions in taxes.” Branch said Federal aid would enable the schools to continue their | work as a part of the educational sys- | tem and to work their way out of their diffiucities. A national cam- paign. he said, was being carried on to enlist the aid of Congress. MINNESOTA BANKS CAN BE REOPENED | rocee By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 6.—Ste] for reopening on Tuesday any bani in Minnesota desiring to do so, with permission of the Federal Government, wvere announced last night by Gov. Flpyd B. Olson. Gov. Olson said the plan “is con- sistent with the plan of President Roosevelt and banks can be opened ‘Tuesday morning.” The details of the plan were being worked out by John Peyton, State commissioner of banking, and Minnesota bankers. ‘The program drafted by Peyton and the bankers virtually would take Min- nesota ff the gold standard and place it on a temporary securities or “credit money” standard for the conduct of business. One or possibly two kinds of scrip, secured by bonds, stocks and actual currency, would form the basis for transactions under the proposed system of exchange, which would be in effect until the Nation has worked its way out of its financial difficulties. REDS BATTLE POLICE Stage Anti-Hitler Move in Spain. BARCELONA, Spain, March 6 (#).— Communists shouting “Down Hitler” became embroiled with the police at the docks yesterday when members of the German colony were taken in small ho-uwlea-gl?hllx&rlorml;ap:: pose of voting e German el z The police quelled the disturbance. A similar demo occurred Vigo. Communists POLIGEROUT 200 IN STREET BATTLE Officers Use Clubs to Break Up Demonstration. Order Is Defied. Police and demonstrators staged a battle at Twelfth and P streets today when an attempted parade was broken up by police clubs. A few minutes earlier the demon- strators had set out from a hall at 1609 Eleventh street intending to march to the District Building to de- mand more unemployment relief and equality between white and colored persons. The demonstrators carried four ban- ners with printed demands for $& weekly relief and for equal treatment for colored and whites. The banners were the first targets for the police rush. carriers put up a struggle. ‘The demonstrators were met imme- | diately outside of the hall by Inspector Albert J. Headley, who warned the marchers that they would not be allowed to march in formation through the streets. of them colored. persisted in going south on Eleventh street to P street, where a police cordon turned the pro- | cession west to Twelfth street. At Twelith street the demonstration | walked into a wall of blue. In front were police with clubs and behind them were drawn up others with tear-gas grcnades. Further to the rear & line of patrolmen solidly blocked the street. As the demonstrators marched on the foremost policemen leaped upon the head of the column and rained blows upon the heads of those in the front rank. Those in the rear of the column broke and fled. One of the marchers in the first rank, who gave his name as Leslie Ferguson, carried two sma} children in his arms in the parade. As the fight started he was proclaiming loudly that he insisted on his rights to go where he pleased. ‘The children were taken from him by Lieut. Rhoda Milliken of the Womal Bureau and two members of her force. Lieut. Milliken lost her pocketbook in the struggle. but got the children and took them to the bureau All who were not able to make their escape were loaded into police wagons and carried to the second precinct station house. At first those who had heads cracked were booked and hurried in patrol wagons to Freedmen's Hos- pital. Thirty-eight persons, three of them women, in all were booked. All were charged with parading without a per- mit and $25 was set as the amount of collateral for such as could post it. Among those who were injured were Harold Spencer, white, 28, of 525 Twen- ty-third street, who had his head cut; Thomas Elroad. white. 23. 1620 Church street, also with head §ujury. Three Others Treated. ‘The hospital reported treating three man besides Spencer and Elsroad They identified themselves as Lester Gurley, 18, & laborer, of 525 Twent third street. suffering from cuts about the head which required three stitches to close; Eddie Euell, colored. 24, me- chanic, 2500 block of I street, cuts about the scalp, and Maj. L. Jones, colored, 40, of the 4100 block of N street, cuts about the head. Jones declared he was a messenger in the Treasury Department and “an innocent bystander” who had no part in the parade. He insisted he was a rested by police mistakl him for a demonstrator, but officers at No. 2 pre- cinct sald he would be charged along with the others. Among those arrested, but not in- jured were Dorsey Dean. who said he had no local address but was going through the city from Georgia to New York when he found himself in the crowd. He claimed he had no part in the demonstration. Israel Bull, 24, 2502 I street; Largow Rose. colored, 20, of 14 Daniels Court; William Miiton, col- ored, 515 Q street. 200 Crowd Inte Hall ‘The demonstration had its origin at & meeting called by the Washington Unemployed Council and other groups organized into the United Front Com- mittee for Unemployment Insurance and Immediate Rellef. A group of about 200 persons, most of them colored, crowded into the small hall at 1609 P street and heard Paul Cline and others exhort the unemployed to de- mand more relief that hag been forth- coming. so far, particularlt in view of the fact that President Roosevelt has just taken office with promises for a new deal for the “forgotten man.” Cline said a Committee of 10 'ollld‘ g0 to the District Commissioners to demand $5 a week for each unem- ployed family head, together with $1 & week for each dependent or two days work for each single unemployed person He said the committee would demand for the next year no unemployed person be evicted for non-payment of rent and that colored persons should not be discriminated against in relief pay- ments. Spencer and Robert Marshall also addressed the gathering and presented the same demands. Not Opposed to Parading. While the Communists and police were battling, President Roosevelt was making known to District authorities | that he personally has no objection to | the Communists parading so long as they do not interfere with normal traffic and do not make their demon- strations the occasion for activities that might incite disorder. He also made it plain that he ex- pected the police to act with discretion in dealing with parades and other demonstrations of Communists. Herbert Benjamin, head of the Un- employed Councils of America, who called at the executive office this morn- ing, to request an audience with Mr. velt, was recelved by M. H. Mc- Intyre, the President’s public contact secretary. Mr. Benjamin was reported to have requested an audience for a group to get the necessary permission to parade, and was assured that qder the conditions outlined to the Disirict officials the necessary permission might be obtained. As to an audience on any specific matter, Benjamin was ad- vised that an audience with the Presi- dent would be arranged later. Policy to Receive Leaders. At the White House it was explained that it has been Mr. Roosevelt's policy, both as Governor of New York and since his election in November, to re- ceive personally representatives of Com- munist and other radical organizations, and to hear what they have to say, and it is expected he will continue that pol- fey. The President’s policy was outlined to Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer and Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby of the Board of District Commissioners, this morning. Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of police, was at the White House at the time, but none of them conferred with the President personally. Later a delegation representing the marchers was received by the three Commissioners, who had with them Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, his assistant, Vernon West: Daniel E. Garges, to the Commissioners; Sidney F. Taliaferro, a former Com- missioner, who now is & member of the Board of Public Welfare, and George S. Wilson, director of board. ‘The hearing was granted immedi- ately following the return of the Com- missioners from the White House. Dr. Reichelderfer said the various at| demands of the unemployed delegation ‘would be given ration and study. Al were seized, although mm! In spite of the warnings. | epproximately 200 demonstrators, most | the welfare | Glyndon, Notified of Extra Session riot gun squads and | Congressional leaders leaving White House after being told by President Roosevelt he would call a special session Thursday to deal with emergency legis- lation. Left to right: Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader of the House, and Representative Rainey of Illinois, the new Speaker. —A. P. Photo. CHURCHES TOHOLD ‘SENATE CONFIRMS ANTI-WET PARLEY Two-Day Session of Many Denominations Opens Here Tomorrow. Efforts to rally the mass of church- going Americans behind a fight to pre- vent ratification by the States of the repeal amendment will be made at a two-day conference of interdenomina- tional leaders which will open at 10:30 am. tomorrow in Calvary Baptist Church Eighth and H streets. More than 500 church leaders, representing 25 States and 26 denominations, have been registered for the conference. Plans for the “repel repeal” canfer- ence were discussed today at a pre- liminary conference of leaders arranged by a local committee headed by W. W. Millan, chairman. and including lead- ers of various church denominations in the District. Program Outlined. The program for consideration of the conference. it was announced by the committee here today. will include plans for defeating ratification of the repeal amendment in 30 or more States: meth- ods for uniting all church denomina- tions in the fight against repeal and plans for political organizations to sup- port dry candidates for election to the special State conventions to be called 1o vote on the repeal amendment The discussion also will cover the duty and limit of action by the churches in the coming campaign, problems of enforcement of existing dry laws in local communities. the duty of the church In furthering temperance edu- cation, organization of women in op- | position to repeal, organization of young people for the same purpose. and | the possibility of employing the press, movies and radio in the fight for pro- hibition. Bishop Hughes to Speak. ‘Tomorrow's conference is expected to bring together educators, publishers of | church magazines and periodicals, edu- cational secretaries. young people’s | workers, lay and business leaders and heads of women's organizations. Bishop E. H. Hughes is to deliver the opening address at tomorrow morning’s conferernce. An afternoon session will be held at 2:30 o'clock. ‘Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. there will be a mass meeting, opes to the public, in Calvary Baptist Ch®fch. at which con- ference leaders will speak. Two con- ference sessions will be held Wednes- day. 'ROOSEVELT DELAYS ALL JOB FILLING DURING EMERGENCY ___ (Continued From First Paze.) in charge of patronage, had declared that relief of the eccnomic situation, | not jobs, was the fir:t task of the new tions would be carefully sifted before any changes were made. Mr, Farley, who had just assumed office. declared “the country is in trouble now and the people are more concerned with getting it back on an even keel than in filling jobe.” “Extreme care is to be used in Alling positions in this administration,” he said. “The matter will be handled slowly, so efficient men and women can be named to the main positions that must be filled in this administration.” For the time being, the Postmaster General sald his time is “being con- sumed by familiarizing myself with the duties of this department. Farley todsy announced the names of the four men who will be his assist- ants. The list, as anticipated, was headed by Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Dem- ocratic national committeeman for Postmaster General. The second assistant will be William | Washington Howes, Huron, S. Dak, Democratic national committeeman for that State; the third will be Clinton B. | Eilenberger, Straudsburg, Pa.. treasurer of the Democratic State Committee for Pennsylvania and a banker, and the fourth will be Silliman Evans, Fort Worth, Tex., 8 newspaper man. | Mr. Eilenberger was the only sur- | prise appointee, the names of the others having been previously mentioned. Their nominations are ex) to go g;mm from the White House Thurs- y. Glyndon Pastor to Preach. HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, March 6 (Spe- cial).—Rev. Dr. Robert S. Flockhart of n at Pinkney Memorial Church in the Fall of 1831 | administration. He said the applica- | ‘Wyoming, who will be First Assistant SIK APPOINTMENTS Phillips, Carr, Moley and Others Approved at Special Session. By the Ass The Senate in special session today confirmed six Roosevelt appointments, including that of William Phillips of Massachusetts, to be Undersecretary of State. Other nominations approved were Wilbur J. Carr of Ohio and Raymond ley of New York, Assistant Secre- taries of State. Henry Morgenthau, jr.. of New York, chairman of the Farm Board. Former Representative William P. Stevenson @f South Carolina and T. D. Webb of nnessee. for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The Senate adjourned after acting on the nominations. ‘The decision to send the nominations up today was made by President Roose- velt while he sat in the President’s room off the Senate chamber after he at- tended the funeral services for Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Democratic and Republican leaders grouped about him and agreed to con- firm the appointments right away. The Senate was reconvened immedi- ately, and the Democratic leader, Rob- inson, urged confirmation because of the emergency character of the nomi- nations S Senator McNary of Oregon, slated for Republican Jeader, assented, Vice Pres- ident Garner put the question and the names were approved en bloc. Urges Need for Action. Stevenson's appointment is for the unexpired portion of the 6-year term that began July 22, 1932, while Webb's is for the remainder of a 5-year term that began on the same date. Morgenthau's term is for the remain- der of the 5-year term dating from June 15, 1929. In urging immediate confirmations. Robinson said: “It is essential for the Senate to dispose of these nominations as quickly as possible because of the urgency of present conditions.” It was of vital importance, he said, to confirm the Home Loan Bank mem- bers, adding he had been informed this agency could not function at the present time. Senator McNary Argues. Senator McNary. Republican, of Ore- | gon, technically the assistant leader, | but expected to succeed James E. Wat- | son of Indiana as leader, concurred in { Robinson’s request for unanimous con- | sent that the names be confirmed, but said that nominations hereafter would have to go to the proper committees. 'MARINE DESERTER IS NEAR DEATH Benneville A. High, Found at 1 Hyattsville Home, Wounded and With Gas Jet Turned On. ed Press | | e By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md,, March 6 —Ben- neville A. High, a Marine Corps pri- vate, was found by his mother in a barricaded gas-filled room in her home, 5 Littlefield avenue, with a bullet wound in his chest. Police said his condition was critical as he s being taken to the Naval Hospital in Washington. According to the Prince Georges County police, High is listed in Marine Corps records as a deserter since March | 2. Police said they were notified last week of this fact and had had the home of hisumother, Mrs. C. W. Fisher, under surveillance. | Mrs. Pisher returned from visiting in | the neighborhood and said she noted a strong odor of gas in her home. She sald she went upstairs and attempted to get into her son's room, which was locked. A groan, was the only answer she sald she received from frantic knocks on the door. Neighbors answered her cries and | finally succeeded in breaking down the | door. High was found on the floor with a bullet wound in the chest. The room was filled with gas escaping from a gas light jet. . High was given first aid treatment by members of the Bladensburg rescue squad and then taken to the hospital. His condition was reported critical. Records show that he enlisted in the | a service December 1, 1932. Edmonston Heads to Meet. EDwONSTON, Md, March 6 (Spe- cial). —A meeting of the Edmonston mayor nnd_wlncfl 1s acheduled tomor- row night. "X’ FIGHTING IN JEHOL RAGES ON3 FRONTS {Japanese Plan to Garrison Fortifications in Wall—U. S. Missionary Is Missing. By the Associated Press. A Japanese campaign to seize China's | fortifications in the Great Wall and | garrison them for the purpose of the | Japanese-sponsored state of Manchukuo | was stubbornly resisted on three fronts. Marshal Chang-Liang sent two more regular divisions from Peiping to Kupiekow. only 50 miles northwest of the old Chinese capital, to aid in de- fense against a Japanese army ap- proaching from Jehol City. Farther eastward a Japanese farce seized Fanchiakow, another important pass. and a third Japanese unit was ad- vancing on Chiehlinkow Both met desperate resistance. The capture of Weichang, between Jehol City and Chihfeng, in the province of Jehol. by Japanese followed another hard battle, Chinese turned' against Tang Yu-Lin, the, fleeing governor of Jehol. demand- ing his death. Japanese reports said he | was about 40 miles northwest of Jehol City. his capital. which fell Saturday Inquiries were made concerning safetv of an American missiopary, Har- riet F. Minns, who refused to leave the Jehol war zone. CHINESE RESIST STRONGLY. | Japanese Take Important Pass in Wall | South of Capital. TOKIO, March 6 () —Three Jap- | anese armie: were turned upon Chinese forces today in a campaign to scize the whole eastern section of the Great Wall lof China. The great pile which has been garrisoned by Chinese for more than 2,000 years is to be transformed into a fortification for the Japanese- sponsored State of Manchukuo. The Chinese were reported making & desperate fight to hold the wall. resist- ing much more strongly than they did in feeble attempts to halt the victorious sweep of the Japanese over Jehol Province. Fanchiskow. one of the three im- portant passe: in the wall south cf Jehol City, was occupled by the 14th Infantry Brigade, under Maj. Gen. Heijiro Hattori, after bitter fightini ‘The Hattori brigade took Lengkow another pass, previously after pushini outhward from Lingyuan, Central Jehol city. Nakamura's Advance Resisted. Farther vestward the 16th Infantry, under Maj. Gen. Tadashi Kawahara, which seized Jehol City Saturday. was fighting its way to Koupeikow. the pass leading to Peiping. On the east side the 33d Infantry, under Maj. Gen. Kacru Nzkamura, met :tiff resistance in its march on Chiehlingkow. Meanwhile fighting preceded the cap- ture of Weichang, center of the Jehol | opium region. by the 4th cavalry gade under Maj. Gen. Kennosuke Mogl. The Mogi mounted troops led the Japa- nese 200-mile advance from the north into Jehol while other offensives worked westward toward the capital, Jehol City. Communication Center Taken. The Mogi Brigade took Chihfeng, communication center of Jehol, last week and since then it was reported meeting with considerable fighting in attempting to tontinue southward to Jehol City. Weichang is 55 miles south- west of Chihfeng, more than half way to _Jehol City. The drive on Koupeikow was de- veloping flerce fighting. It is only 50 miles northeast of Peiping. the ancient imperial capital of China and now headquarters for M Chang Hsiao- Liang. the arch ene of the Japanese who directed the Jehol defense. Japa- nese reports said remnants of the troops of Gov. Tang Yu-Lin of Jehol were opposing the Japanese. (Peiping reports said the Chinese force totaled 20.000.) U. S. WOMAN IS MISSING. Had Refused to Leave Lingvuan, City Taken by Japanese. PEIPING, March 6 (#).— Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang. North China mili- tary ruler, has dispatched two more regular army divisions to the north to aid in defense against the seizure of the Great Wall of China by Japanese troope. Thousands of rickshaws were com- mandeered to transport supplies over the old imperial highway between here and Koupiekow, the Great Wall pass leading to Jehol City. Inquiries were made here regarding Miss Harriet F. Minns, an American woman missionary who refused to | leave Lingyuan, central Jehol city which was captured last week by the Jap- anese. No reports have been received concerning her since then. From the south comes reports that China is aroused by the reported fail- ure of the army of Gen. Tang Yu-Lin, governor of Jehol, #o resist the Jap- | anese entry into Jehol City, which was | his capital. Cries of “Death for Tang | Yu-Yin!" were reported shouted by ! mobs in Nanking. Instructions were sent to Marshal Chang to defend the Great Wall of China against the Japanese attack. Headquarters here announced two of Marshal Chang's brigades were vir- | tually wiped out west of Jehol last | week with the loss of 12.000 in killed, wounded and missing. They were re- ported to have made the only real stand against the Japanese advance. A communique said there was fight- | ing at Hsifengkow Pass, 45 miles south- | east of Jehol City. and also in the northern sector near Chifeng. |FIRE MENACES HANGAR | AND $20,000 IN PLANES | Prompt Action of Mechanics Pre- vents Spread of Flames at ‘Washington-Hoover Airport. Destruction of & sheet metal hangar and $20,000 worth of airplanes was nar- | rowly averted at Washington-Hoover | Airport early today when a tool shed |adjoining the hangar caught fire, with a resulting loss of between $2500 and $3.000 in tools, spare parts and para- | chutes. ‘The fire, cause of which is unknown, | was discovered by a night watchman and was kept under control by mechan- |ies of the night crew of the Ludington division of Eastern Air Transport until three companies of apparatus from Ar- lington County arrived and extinguished the blaze. Only the prompt action of the -me- chanics, it is said, kept the fire from spreading to the hangar. The watch- man and mechanics rolled several of the planes out of the building before the fire apparatus arrived. s BUTLER TRANSFERRED Col. Grant's Aide Ordered to Duty at West Point. | Fyst Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant | diréctor of public buildings and public parks, was under orders today to take up duties immediately at the Military | Academy at West Point. ‘Today's orders from the War Depart- ment confirmed Lieut. Butler's transfer, as anticipated by The Star last Jan- uary. Lieut, Butler, an engineer of- ficer, has been executive officer with Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, since April 30, 1930, and has had charge of the maintenance of the White House. At West Point, he will be concerned with athletics and also serve as aide to the ' commandant.