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A2 =* SPEAKEASY ORDER ASSAILED BY DRYS Upshaw “Mystified”—Deets Pickett Objects to Re- duction of Funds. ‘The action of the Prohibition Bureau in limiting Federal participation in dry enforcement today drew varied com- ment from prohibition leaders attend- ing the anti-repeal conference being held at Calvary Baptist Church. Former Representative Willlam D. Upshaw, Prohibition candidate for President in the last election, said the action “to me is a baffilng mystery.” “The eighteenth amendment is still in the Constitution,” said Upshaw. “Un- til it is removed, it is just as much a law as it ever was.” Deets Pickett of the Board of Tem- perance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church said: “It certainly is a shame that appro- priations have been cut to the point that they have.” Sees State Responsibility. James A. Crain, chairman of the Conference on Organized Support cf the Eighteenth Amendment and gen- S of the Board of Temper- nd Social Service of the Disciples ), said “The Federal Government ought not to be expected to do police work under the national prohibition law. responsibility rests on the States for enforcement of prohibition. In a num- ber of States enforcement laws have been sabotized, and when the Federal Government throws the police responsi- bility back on these States it puts the issue squarely up to the administrations in thesc States. This eventually will compel the States to act.” Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, said “The elghteenth amendment is still in the Constitution. The lawmakers and the executive charged with its en- forcement have their oath of office to | live up to’ - Assails Lawmakers, Mrs. D. I'mgh Colvin, president of the W. C. 1. U. of New York State, said “I have no complaint to make with the work Mr. Woodcock. It is the lawmakers of the country who hgve nullified prohibition enforcement.” Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, chairman of the conference of dry leaders, would not comment, nor would Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church Scuth, nor F. Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League of America, E. B. Dunford, general counsel for Equal | Armored Cll' Rushes With Pay Roll for Two Ditch Diggers By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 8.—Two “Wall Street men” thelr wages today, and paid with a flourish which momentarily placed them in the spotlight of general attention, although they are only ditch diggers. The two laborers were working in an excavation at Wall ane New streets, & short block from the Stock Exchange. An armored car drew up to the hole. Armed guards descended and as & police- man posted himself at the ex- cavation's edge, paid the laborers their hire. Wall Street pedestrians ghth- ered, watched, laughed at- the little drama, and dispersed. D. C. FAGES GURB ON ENFORCEMENT {Woodcock’s Ban on Funds for Buying Evidence Raises Problem. Because of the pecijiar situation of the District of Columbia with respect | to erforcement of prohibition laws, the | decision _of Prohibition Director Amos W. W. Woodcock not to allow the ap- propriations for his office to be used for buying evidence probably means an end to effective enforcement of the laws as far as the Capital speakeasies are concerned, it was said in police circles today. Supt. Ernest W. Brown declined to comment on the order, saying he would rather let Col. Woodcock speak. The | latter's statement, as far as the Dis- | trict is concerned, was confined to the | following paragraph: “In the District of Columbia the bureau has paid for informers for the Metropolitan Police, without having any control in their selection or over their operations. Some change in method must be found here.” Other Funds Sought. It was learned, however, that Brown and District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan | would confer tomorrow on the possi- bility of finding other funds—such as the fund earmarked “for the detection and prevention of crime” for use in buying evidence at speakeasies. in the past these purchases have all been paid for out of Federal funds, | except in the rare instance where a | citizen, intent on trapping a bootlegger, uys the evidence with his own per- | sonal funds. | Assuming no other appropriated funds | could be found for the purchases, it was said, speakeasies would be safe unless a disgruntled patron | | from raids the Anti-Saloon League. pointed out | geu that at the time the Tinkham amend. | Secided to ment went into the appropriation act, | swear out s warrant, based on_a purchase paid for by himself. It is belleved the order will not GRANTRADERS ASK EASIER BANK RULE Seek Reopening of Both Cash and Futqre Dealings at Parley Here. By the Assoclated Press. Representatives of the principal grain exchanges today asked for modification of the banking rules to permit imme- diate reopening of their markets to both cash and futures trading on the. grounds that the Nation's food supplies might otherwise be seriously disturbed. The representatives presented their problem to Henry Morgenthau, jr., new chairman of the Farm Board. He was expected to seek the opinion of Secre- tary of the Treasury Woodin regarding the prospects of modifying the rules. Morgenthau sald he would have no an- nouncement to make regarding the plans for reopening the exchange be- fore 4 p.m. today. Peter B. Carey, president of the Chi- cago Board of Trade, said limiting the trading to cash grain had the result of “disturbing the market and prevent- ing it from operating on & normal basis,” and that all trading now is suspended at the principal markets, Millers Make Appeals. Numerous telegraphic appeals from millers were received today and yester- day by Morgenthati, who said these as- serted they would be unable to sell flour unless the exchanges are open, permitting them to hedge flour sales against purchases of wheat for future delivery. Carey said under Secretary Woodin's plan to permit banks to make funds available for keeping up & movement of foqdstuffs to market trading in cash wheat would be possible, but that the exchanges regard limiting trading to a cash delivery basis as “very nearly im- possible.” Oash sales represent only & small volume of the total trade at Chicago, but are heavier at Kansas City, Minne- apolis, Duluth and other points nearer wheat production. ‘With Carey, representing the Chicago exchange, were S. C. Harris, Fred H. Clutton and Leslie Perrin. P. B, Get- chell, president of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and JJ. F. Hart, president of the Kansas City Board of Trade, were others invited to attend. Officials Also Attend. Others who joined in the conference included Herbert E. Gaston, secretary of the Farm Board, and George 5. Mil- nor, vice president and general manager of the Farmers' National Grain Corpor- ation, Chicago, and president of the | Grain_ Stabilization Corporation, which | soon is to be dissalved under Morgen- | thau's plan to halt Farm Board stabili- zation activities. Morgenthau annopnced late yester- day that the Grain’ Stabilization Cor- | {Chief Executive Drops All President Roosevelt is shown with some of the 120 newspaper men attending his first White House conference this momning. Two well established customs were broken by the new President—he permitted direct questioning by members of the press and allowed photographs of the conference to be taken in the executive office. Fs ot ROOSEVELT MEETS PRESS FIRST TIME Formalities and Answers Oral Questions. Abandoning fixed custom and dis-| regarding advice of some close to him. President Roosevelt today cast aside restrictions covering the presidential re- | | 1ation with the press for more than 12| years, in his first conference with news- | papermen since he entered the White House. For half an hour he answered ques- tions of more than 120 reporters his organization pointed out the diffi- culties which would be placed upon the office of Mr. Woodcock. While the Woodcock order was freely discussed in the corridors of Calvary Baptist Church by approximately 1,000 dry leaders who are here to map out their campaign to fight the adoption of the prohibition repeal amendment, no mention of the order was made from the floor of the conference. U. S. TO DISREGARD ALL SPEAKEASIES « IN ENFQRCEMENT —_— (Continued_From First Page.) | of the present restrictions against the purchase of any liquor for evidence will make it virtually impossible for the bureau to be effective against speak- easies in most jurisdictions. “There is, of course, the manufac- turer and the transporter, which I have always thought to be the proper objec- tive for the Federal Bureau. The bureau under the new restrictions must confine itself almost entirely to this type of violator.” Complaints to Local Authorities, Director Woodcock said the great bulk of complaints which reach the bureau are in regard to speakeasies. In the future, he said, officials of the bureau must refer such complainants, “in the main,” to the local authorities. His statement was issued to make this fact clear, he emphasized. “Since the bureau will concentrate its attention upon the sources of supply in the future,” Woodcock said, “it should be much more effective against them. A very careful study will be made of the operation under the new plan and I have no doubt that the ®ureau should prove itself equal to meet this new situation. “While it will not operate very effectively against speakeasies them- selves, it sghould operate much more effectively in the future than in the past upon the sources of supply of such speakeasies. Sees Authority Distributed. “If the local authorities care to as- sume their share of responsibility, it would seem ‘that the restrictions Con- gress has, in its wisdom, placed in the law, will effect a fairer distribution of responsibility than has been possible under mere administrative action. “The new plan of operation will also enable us to reduce the force after July 1 to conform to the,smaller ap- propriation without so Wi enforcement. I confidently believe this bureau can be made to operate more efficiently under the new plan than the old.” BOY SLAYER CLAIMS FORT MYER IS HOME 27-Year-Old Sailor Directs San Diego Palice to Body of Strangled 14-Year-01d Victim.® By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 8.—Henry Francis Hoffman, 27-year-old sailor, who chose a 14-year-old boy to slay because “I suddenly decided to kill somebody and to be hanged for it.” was under observation today as to his mental con- dition. Hoffman called police, said he had killed & youth known as J. P. McDon- ald, jr., and told them where they would find the body. Police discov- ered it. “I got shore leave -and went to & beer garden,” Hoffman told police. “I met the boy there.” Hoffman said his home was in Fort Myer, Va. Henry Francls Hoffman, a . sailor, claiming to have murdered & boy in San Diego, Calif., and who gave his home address as Fort Myer, Va., is not known in Fort Myer Heights, according to residents of that district. Fort Myer is a military reservation and only Army people reside there. Flemish Radicals Held. ANTWERP, Belgium, March 8 (#).— Police arrested five Flemish extremists who threw pamphlets last night upon | Queen Elizabeth’s arrival at the Flem- ish opera to attend a performance. Four Socialist youths who hissed when she departed also were jailed. The Queen, Tece nthusiastic cheexs from Abe lopal popu change the present system of enforcing | the laws by means of policemen sworn | in as prohibition officers, except that | they will probably be forced to pay more attention to detecting rum run- ners and Jocating stills. ere are 22 of these officers, two each at the first, second, third and fourth precincts, one |each at the other precincts, and the rest in the special investigation squad headed by Lieut. George M. Little. Under the Volstead act, a warrant for the arrest of & violator of the law can be issued by & United States Commis- sioner only to & prohibition agent (which includes these officers). The practice has been for an informer, using Federal funds,, to buy liguor at a speakeasy and make an vit as to his purchase to & United States Com- | missioner. The latter then issues a| warrant to one of the special officers, who conducts & raid on the premises | and gerves the warrant. ‘This is the type of raid which will | practically disappear in the District unless some other money can be found with which to pay for the liquor, 1 Maj. Brown indicated he ?:obahly} would be able to outline his plans for coping with the situation after his con- | ference with Donovan. JAPAN EXPECTED T0 RESIGN FROM LEAGUE MARCH 20| (Continued From First Page.) day, I will be blamed still more. Even | if T die, my death would be of no ad- vantage to the government nor would it improve the situation. Therefore, I| ask the government to allow me to re- | sign as a sign of its dissatisfaction and | to appoint & capable successor.” PEIPING GATEWAY SEIZED. Japanese Complete Occupation of Great Wall. JEHOL CITY, Jehol, March 8 (#).—The Japanese Army completed today the seizure of 250 miles of the Great Wall of China, extending from the inner Mongolia border to the Yellow Sea. Gen. Tadashi Kawahara's 16th In- fantry Brigade, which climaxed the in- vasion of Jehol with the capture of this city Saturday, occupled Kupeikow, the Great Wall gateway to Peiping, at noon today. It engaged in @ six-hour final battle to oust the Chinese from the last pass they held in the wall on the Southern Jehol frontier. Chinese fled in the direction of Pei- ping, 65 miles southwest of Kupeikow. | Airplanes bombed the retreating col- umns. The Chinese commander of the desperate last stand was Wang Yiche. The Japanese halted at the pass. For the time being they are remaining there, having denied they intend to push on to Peiping unless reprisals against the Japanese population in that oity, the center of the international treaty area of North China, forced them to. The Japanese are establishing garri- sons in the Great Wall passes, which {heve been fortifications of the Chinese since their construction in the third | century B. C. as & defense against Tar- tar invasions. SOVIET STAYS “NEUTRAL.” Refuses to Subscribe to Report of League. GENEVA. March 8 (#).—Soviet Rus- sia cannot subscribe to the report of the Assembly of the League of Nations on the Sino-Japanese dispute nor at the present time accept an invitation to participate in the Assembly's Ad- visory Committee to Deal With the Far | Eastern Problem, Maxim. Litvinoff, So- ;flet delegate, notified the League to- | | ay. However, the nation, while maintain- | ing strict neutrality in the Sino-Japa- | nese conflict, M. Litvinoff said, “is al- | ways ready to take part in every action |ana every proposal from international organisms or from governments which | aim at the most rapid and the most equitable settlement of the conflict.” The Soviet representatjve justified the | unwillingness of his nation to partici- pate formally in the Assembly’s work by pointing out that 13 of the 21 mem- bers of the Advisory Committee do not recognize the Soviet government, “thus giving proof of their hostile attitudes teward it.” AUTO VICTIM DIES Sam Davs, 24, colored, first block of Logan court, djed yesterday in Casualty Hospital of injuries received Saturda in an automobile accident at Bowie, Md. Davis was hurt internally when the automoblle in which he was riding was overturneds | poration, through which the board at- tempted to “peg” the price of wheat, | had disposed of its last holdings of cash wheat during the last week. about 11,300,000 bushels. It still owns 30,- 1 391,000 bushels of futures, mostly con- tracts for May delivery. | “The board will get out of stabiliza- | tion—including the futures—as soon as | possible, but in disposing of the futures | we intend to do ncthing radical to | disturb the market,” Morgenthau said. | _When the futures are disposed of, the Stabilization Corporation will be permitted “to dle,” Morgenthau said. ‘The last of the cotton held by the| Farm Board when it sought to stabilize ctton prices is being transferred from | time to time to the Red Cross under an act of Congress. Morgenthau that he believed the board would out of cotton in a few weeks. Morgentbau, in announcing the exact holdings of wheat futures, long wrapped in mystery, said “part of the ‘new deal’ | massed about his desk in the executive | office. Mr. Roosevelt held the conference at 10 o'clock this morning. Before the meeting, however, the President re- quested the correspondents to form | line and file past him so he might learn | the name of each man snd shake hands with him. Many in the line he knew well from associations during his recent campaign and during the intervening time between the election and inaugura- tion, and some of them he recalled from ‘days when he was Assistant Secre- ry of the Navy. The President was es] lly cordial in his greetings and & burst of handclapping broke from the corps of correspondents at the close of the conference. will be to tell the facts about grain Saw Mrs. Roosevelt. stabilization.” The newspaper men had a brief While the board will continue making | glimpse of Mrs. Roosevelt, who came Icans to farin co-operatives “they will up to the President just before he be- not be charity loans,” the new chair- | gan talking to tell him their son Elliott man said. He said the exact basis on | was about to leave for Wyoming, where which future loans will be handled he plans to become a rancher, and Temains to be determined. wanted to tell his father good-by. The Recrganization of the board which | youth, a blonde 6-footer, came up to under President Roosevelt's plan is to | the President’s desk from the side door result in the merger of all Federal | just as soon as Mrs. Roosevelt had left farm credit agencies under the direc- | the room. He leaned over to his father | tion of Morgenthau, is proceeding |and talked for & moment or so, and | | then they clasped hands and said good- | by. As the young man walked away the President called “Good luck to you.” Before beginning the conference Mr. Roosevelt outlined his views regarding gresa conferences, making it plain that e wished to discuss frankly everything possible with the newspaper men, and that in conducting the conferences it | was his hope to develcp them into what | he described as “an enlarged edition of | the family conferences I have been holding with the press during my four | years in Albany and since.” | Mr, Roosevelt first made it plain that | he would not require the questions to be written out, but preferred to have the questions fired at him during the conference itself, and he would answer all questions he was capable of answer- ing and no reason for not answer- ing. He added, however, that there would be questions dealing with subjects with which he himself was not familiar enough to answer or which he preferred not to discuss. With emphasis stated that he would not snswer questions. 3 No Direct Quotations. Among conditions he laid down was that he was not to be tluoted directly without specific permission and then | with & written copy of his remarks to | Insure egainst error. Laughing, the President expressed the hope the other conditions he outlined would be adhered to, saying he did not want to revive the Ananias Club. Several times the President's remarks :aused a quick burst of laughter. He “Umself laughed repeatedly at quips ‘rom the men packed around him. ‘Twice du the conference he oblig- ingly turned his chair toward photo- graphers in one end of the room for pictures, a distinct innovation permit- ted by Mr. Roosevelt personally after his secretaries had vetoed cameras. | Stephen T. Early, the President's | contact secretary, stood close ta his el- | bow throughout the conference and several times was called into the con- versation by the President himself. Two stenographers of the executive office , took down a report of all that was said. | Meet Twice Weekly. Mr. Roosevelt on this occasion was sttired in a double-breasted blue serge suit, white shirt with soft collar at- tached, the collar points being held by a ‘!lold pin, and & light blue necktie without & scarf pin. | When the conference was over the President asked the correspondents to group themselves more to one side of the room so 8s to permit the taking of a group photograph. | - It was announced that the next press | conference will be Friday at 4 pm, and that until further notice the. pres- ent schedule of 10 am. on Wednesdays and ¢ pm. on Fridays will continue. S HOWELL UNCHANGED Abscess on Neck Complicates Con- dition of Senator. After a comfortable night, Senator Howell of Nebraska was said this morn- ing to be in “about the same” condition at Walter Reed Hospital, where he has | been seriously ill for almost two weeks with pneumonia. The condition of his lungs continues to improve, physicians said, but an abacess on the neck creates complica- tions which terday led doctors to deseribe “his state as “not so good' as it had been for several days previous. | steadily. Two professors, Dr. W. I. Myers of Cornell University, and Herman Oli- phant of Johns Hopkins, are whipping the plans into shape with part cf the reorganization expected to require spe- cial congressional sanction, Morgenthau sald Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee has delegated two experts in drafting legis- lation to assist the professors, Functicns of the Federal Farm Land Board, the intermediate credit banks, the crop production division of the Department of Agriculture and the farm loan agencies of the Reconstruc- tion Corporation will be merged with the Farm Board under the plan. HOOSEVELT‘S.TARTS ECONOMY DRIVE BY ABOLISHING UNIT (Continued From First Page.) there, completely abolishing some and curtailing others, all in the interest of greater efficiency and reduced oper- ating expenses. It is not thought likely that the subject of reorganization will be in- cluded in the message he will transmit to Congress when it assembles in ex- traordinary session tomorrow. The in- dication at the White House was that this message will be confined to the banking situation. It was said in the President’s ‘behalf that what he wants to say to Congress about reorganiza- tion and economy will very shortly fol- low tomorrow’s message, unless, at the last minute, he decides to devote part of tomorrow's message to this impor- tant subject. Other Important Steps. Other important steps understood to be.included in the reorganization pro- gram are: The liquidation of the Fed- eral Farm Board stabilization corpora- tions; broad curtailment of the activities of the Department of Commerce; gen- eral reorganization of the Department of Agrigulture, which will result in the ax falling on several bureaus which are not considered essential, or at least which are not ‘believed to be of suf- ficlent importance and usefulness to warrant the money being spent on them. Just what plans the President will have for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in effecting these sweep- ing changes are not now known, but those who- have discussed the subject with the President believe that some curtailment of the corporation’s activi- may be made in the event the ing situation improves. Those who have talked with Presi- dent Roosevelt since he has taken over the office of Chief Executive are con- vinced that he intends more than ever, it possible, to reorganize. In the meantime, he is leaving to former Representative Lewis Douglas of Arizona, whom he drafted from the House to be director of the bu task of working out the detal whipping into shape a definite plan of action in the exercise of the virtually dictatorshij gawen conferred upon him by the last Congress, e . German statisticlans credit the de- crease in diverces in that country to the economic d which has forced would-be wanderingfihusbands to stay at home, et, the | and | —A. P, Photo. | SECRETARY IS NAMED “G0OD EAGLE” BY SIOUX Appellation Who Call on Harold L. Ickes. Harold L. Ickes, new Becretary of the Inierlor, now is “Good Eagle” to the Sioux Indians. . He was given the name yesterday when 26 Indian braves in native cos- tume called at the Indian Affairs Bu- reau, Interior Department, and initiated Secretary Ickes into their tribe. Chiet Basil Two Bear. who brought the party here by truck from Standing Rock, N. Dak, to participate in the inaugupation parsde, officiated at the ceremonies, presenting Ickes with a Stoux war bonnet of eagle feathers The Indians left today for Standing Rock, which was the home of Sitting Bull of Custer's fame. JAMES P. HUBBELL DIES AT AGE OF 73 Retired -Manufacturer Had Made His Home Here Since 1919. James P. Hubbell, 73, retired manu- | facturer, died today at his home in' the Argonne Apartments, after & long illness. Mr. Hubbell came here in 1919 from | Colorado Springs, Coio., following his retirement from active business. He was well known as a golf enthusiast and almost every day up to his last illness could be found on the East Poto- mac Park golf course. He was born in Seneca Falls, N. and was educated at Williams College, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Fraternity. While in college he played on his class base ball team and rowed on its crew. Following graduation he entered busi- ness in Seneca Falls, leaving there in 1887 for Chicago, where he engaged in the manufacture of oil well supplies. He moved to Colorado Springs in 1905. He married Miss Adelaide Guion in Seneca Falls. She died in 1907. Surviving him are two sons, James P. | Hubbell. jr., of Cincinnati, and Murray G. Hubbell of Los Angeles, and two daughters, Miss Elizabeth d Miss Mary L. Hubbell, both of t body will be sent to Denver tomorrow afternoon for burial. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HOPE TO DRIVE OVER CONSERVATIVE WING —(Continued Prom First Page) from retaining his ranking seat on the Banking Committee because of his im- peachment of former President Hoover in the last Congress. ¥ Representative Snell of New York, minority leader, has called the Republi- | can Committee on C ttees to meet tomorrow to fill six vacancies on the Ways and Means Committee. Both the Ways and Means Democrats and the Republican committee will pre- pare slates for the Rules, Appropria- tions, Aoccounts, and Banking Commit- tees, in addition. These are the only committees to be organized at present for the extra ses- sion, beginning tomorrow at noon. ‘There are to be at least three new members cut of the five on the sub- committee which handles the District appropriation bill. th of the Republican members, Representatives Simmons of Nebraska and Holiday of Illinois; were defeated for re-election. Granfield Plans Shift. Representative Granfleld, Democrat of Massachusetts, also will retire from the subci ttee to accept membership on another subcommittee,r whose work is in closer contact with the interest of Granfleld’s district. This will be either Treasury-Post Office, Naval Af- 1airs of Army Appropriations. Chairman Cannon of the subcommit- tee and Representative Blanton, Demo- crat, Texas, are expected to retain their membership on the District sub- committee. ‘The make-up of this committee is particularly important in view of the failure of the District appropriation bill in the session just closed. Before the membership of the subcommittee can be known, the Republican Com- mittee on Committees and the Demo- cratic members of the Ways and Means. Committee must make known their se- Kopropration lons are now 12 Republican vacancies and T the. ehany e tage of wi change percent membership on the committee as be- tween parties, there will be several additional Democratic places to be filled. After the Appropriations Com- mittee has been lprolnud. tHe various subcommittees, including the subcom- mittee on the District bill, will be se- le tain ‘More than per. t of the now i ‘neursbls emp) ent in are vomen, { Given by Indians| his city. The | GREEN LAYS CRISIS A. F. L. President Hits “Mar- | ket-Destroying Policies” of Business. NEW YORK, March 8—William | Green, president of the American Fed- | eration of Labor, in an address before | the New York Board of Trade, Inc., | asserted today that industry itself is| responsible for the Nation's economic predicament, and that industrial man- agement must lead the way out. Industry, said Green, who announced vesterday in Washington that labor | would demand higher wages if prices | €0 up as a Tesult of the present bank- | ing situation, “launched & destructive attack upon their own consuming mar- ket through the enforcement of lower | wages and reduced buying power.” Declares Labor Restless. | | dition to three District Commission- | dent, and Mrs. Louisa S. Roberts, execu- CAUSE TOINDUSTRY 2 | the CHEST HEAD HAILS CO-ORDINATED PLAN Street Weloomes Proposed Merger for Economy and Efficiency. Commenting today on the move by‘ major welfare groups to have the Dis- trict Commissioners set up a co- ordinating committee for public and private relief agencies, Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest, de- clared the Chest weélcomes the pro- posed consolidation in the interest of efficlency and economy. A tentative plan for the creation of such a committee was submitted to the Comm| ers Monday by represent- atives of the larger welfare agencies in the city. The suggestion will be studied by the city heads, pending sub- mission of a specific plan later by the | various private agencies. Would Not Involve Funds. While there now is co-operation be- tween public and private rellet agen- cies, the new plan would call for even more definite and detailed forms of co-operation, it was explained. plan now being studied, however, it was said, would not involve the pooling of financial resources of the various | public and private relief groups. Attending the conference, in ad- ers, were Frederick W. Perkins, presi- tive secretary of the Washington Coun- cil of Soclal Agencies; George S. Wil- son, director of the District Board of Public Welfare; Walter 5. Ufford of the Associated Charitles; Mr. Street, Maj. Danfel J. Donovan, District audi- | tor, and Daniel E. Garges, secretary | to the Commissioners. | The 1 is based on a desire of | private relief officials to prevent, as far as possible, unnecessary suffering | by the needy familiés of the District, fll%l 10 l:ncuu the lule(fl. fu.ndz“e i‘lfl efficiency in expendifure o avail- able for relief vurg&l from both pub- lic and private agencies, Reciprocal Proposals. The plan involves proposals for the fullest reciprocal use of the facilities of public and private agaencies in the ad- ministration of unemployment relief One of the tentative suggestions, ad- vanced by Mr. Street, would be for the establishment of branches of the Dis- trict Committee on Employment in the various oftices of the private reiief agencies, for consideration and report on applications for aid. Methods for development of pro- grams for self-help among the unem- ployed, such as have been tried with success in other cities, also may be considered by the proposed Co-ordinat- ing Committee, it was indicated. The suggestion also was advanced that morc work might be planned here for sub- sistence the benefit of the unemployed. The increasing burden of public re- lief, with its threat of impaired service in many welfare fields, Mr. Strest said, demands that “public and private ex- penditures be held to the lowest figures consistent with effectively caring for destitute and unemployed.” He urged as the best means of cbtaining this end, the co-oramnation of all relie: activities. | farming programs for He expressed the opinion that “it| would be a fatal mistake for the busi- | ness and professicnal interests of the Nation to assume that labor will con- tinue to exercise disciplinary control and self-restraint if they are foreed to | suffer indescriable inpoverishment and unspeakable |, distrzss indefinitely.” “For more than three years,” he said, | they (labor) have exhibited & courage and loyalty which has challenged na- | ionel and community admiration “At the present moment they are im- patient. They are the real victims of | unemployment and eccnomic distress. They are fumly convinced that indus trial management and thoss who ac- tually control the financial and indus- trial affairs of the Nation have Te- | fused to accept the remedies which labor proposed and have failed to deal n a construc- tive and practical wi |~ Green expressed the opinion that “the bchavior of much of industrial management and of the representatives of many financial institutions” during | the last three years “has been most | | unwise and injuricus.” Challenges Contention. “While these in control of industry | may contend,” he said. “that lowered wages reduce costs of production, they fail to consider that any alleged benefit resulting from such lowered cost is off- set by the further limitations placed upon the consuming market and the further reduction imposed #pon the purchasing power of the people. “It has been a very costly lesson. Many industrial managers are publicly that industry has gone too far in its market-destroying policies.” 2 Declaring that the Nation's consum- ing market in 1932 was $25,020,000.000 less than it was in 1929, Green added “These figures represent facts which can not be controverted. They show that, if the Nation is compelled to buy less of manufactured goods, there must be a proportional decline in the sale of manufactured products. Sees Answer. “Here is the answer to why markets were destroyed, why there is a contrac- tion of the Nation’s consuming power, and why there are silent mills, factories and workshops thrcughout the land. v e ‘x‘hnrnent situation calls for direct, immediate action. The clear call of the moment is to industrial management to make such adjustments and to initiate such policies as may be necessary to provide employment for idle people and to return them to the wage-earning class where they may ex- ercise their maximum buying power and thus create a demand for marketable goods. “The question is, will industrial man- agement face these facts and is it re- sourceful and courageous enough to work out & plan and apply the meth- ods necessary to achieve results? we in the United States owners of industry who will boldly chart a course which industrial management may be required to follow in order to overcome unemployment?” Predicts Government Ownership. Commenting on the loans by the Re- o Pinance Corporation to the railroads, Green said: “There are many people who believe these loans will never be repeid and that ultimately the railroads of the country will be Government-owned and Government-operated. They regard these loans as the initial step in Gov- ernment ownership of railroads.” PLAN DEBT MORATORIUM Bills in Alabama Would Bet Six Months’ Period. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 8 (#).— The Alabama ure moved yes- terday to protect the rights of creditors and debtors through a bill virtually de- claring a six-months’ moratorium on private debts, Twin bills were introduced in the Senate and House. The plan provides that State courts may postpone for six months the rendition of j its and foreclosure of ‘;rmnlu and llens if ‘r:hedeimru bkmuydm.;ag banking holiday.” _Sponsors of the Blll in the Senate admitting. the mistake made, stating | |lin_on the Germantown road. Have | Stresses Limitations. Pointing out that “limitations placed by Congress on administrative services for the rellet funds recently appro- priated or now pending for the District mean inadequate service,” Mr. Street declared that relief money “‘can be most effectively expended only if a sufficient amount of it is spent for services of skilled workers.” The result of this limitation. Mr. Street said, “is that the staff of the | emergency relief division of the De- partment of Public Welfare, while doing an excellent piece of work within the limits of its small siz~ numerically, is entirely too small in number to do the kind of selective and constructive work necessary in making the funds render the utmost service.” ! Mr. Strect said “it is clear that pres- ent appropriations for public relief are inadequate and should be augmented.” RETIRED ARMY OFFICER | GETS $12,500 VERDICT | ]COI. Joseph F. Randall Given Con- sent Judgment for Injuries | in Auto Crash. A consent verdict for $12,500 was re- turned in District Supreme Court to- day in favor of Col. Joseph F. Randall U. 8. A, retired, for injuries received 11% an automoblle accident October 28, | 28. Col. Randall. who lives at 3146 Nine- | teenth street. had filed suit for $50.000 damages against David Maughlin, Boyds, Md. alleging he was injured | during & collision between his #utomu- bile and a machine operated by Maugh- | Col. Randall was represented by At- orneys Austin Canfield. Wilton J, Lambert and Henry 1. Quinn. HUGE SOVIET ARMY GUARDS FRONTIER AGAINST JAPANESE | (Continued From Pirst Page) | nature of the Russian climate for hard fighting under strenuous conditions, In case of mobilization of all classes | of reserves, it would yield a total of some 3,000,000 men, all of whom have had two years of training in the Red Army. There are conflicting reports as | the probable efficiency of the Soviet| air force in war time, but it is safe to say that in case of war on the| frontier, it would be a source of econ-| siderable strength, particularly on the offensive. ‘The Soviets are astonishingly secre-| tive about their military matters, but/ it is known that one airplane factory | at Lipetsk, some 200 miles south of | Moscow, has been producing a large| number of good planes with the assist- ance of German technicians and a cer- tain amount of German steel. It is understood that these planes do, not compare in speed and general effl- | clency with the most modern Amer- ican, Prench and British fighting craft, but bombing planes at least would probably prove effective in operating against northern Jng.nse ports, which lie only 300 miles by air from Viadl-| vostok. | Hundreds of Germans Aid, The Russians, it is important to note, | have had access since the treaty of Rapallo to the services of hundreds of highly trained German technicians, | who were ummfluyed in Germany owing to the treaty of Versailles. As a result, it is unwise to estimate Soviet progress in military technique solely on the basis of what Russian| technicians have accomplizhed in other | flelds. I Ttis erally agreed that the Soviets’ two n!:”m difficulties in c: of ac- tive trouble would lie in its lack of | adequate transportation facilities and ! in its present perplexities in agriculture. Despite these difficulties, it is gen- erally agreed that the Red Army would give an excellent account of itself were there to be trouble. Fortunately for tHe cause of peace, the Soviet is deter- mined to remain peaceful almost at any price and Japanese, whatever their ~2'4 tha m-271> would net be opposed {by the Alabama Bankers' Association. | colored; Lester Gurl: | March, “With Swo COURT RESUMES PARADERS' TRIAL Petition Presented to Roose- " velt Asking Dismissal of Inspgctor Headley. The trial of 34 persons, charged with staging a parade Monday without a permit, was resumed before Judge Gus Schuldt in Police Court this afternoon with the prosecution’s case still uncom- pleted. Although 38 persons were ar- rested, only 35 were arraigned yester- day, and the case against one man was dismissed. Before resumption of today’s session, 10 men and women who figured in the parade fight called at the White House to present a petition demanding the immediate dismissal of Police Inspector Albert Headley, whom they charged with being responsible for the fight. ‘They also asked the immediate rejease of their companions, whom they de- clared were “brutally attacked by the police.” ‘The delegation was received by Col. M. H. Mclntyre, President Roosevelt's public contact secretary, who after lis- The | tening to their demands received the petition on behalf of the President and sald the matter would be given con- sideration. ‘Those arrested took part in a march from 1609 Eleventh street destined for the District Building, where the par- ticipants intended to meet a commit- tee of 10 selected to petition the Com- missioners for increased unemployment relief and equality of treatment be- tween white and colored persons. Stopped by Clubs. They were stopped at TweHth and P streets by policemen with drawn clubs, who arrested 38, 6 of whom required hospital treatment for cut and bruised heads. The prosecution occupied four and & half hours yesterday in ‘presenting its case. Judge Schuldt let all of the de- fendants out on personal bonds to re- turn today, holding that they had sl- ready suffered a day and a half's con- finement and some of them bore evi- dence of rough handling. Meanwhile, the Washington Commit- tee of the American Civil Liberties Union filed with the Commissioners a written protest against “the brutal clubbing. as witnessed by representa- tives of this organization, of the unem- ploved men and women who were pa- rading.” The group also demanded the dismissal of Inspector Headley, who. the protest claims, “was directly responsible for this brutality.” The communication urged the Com- missioners hereafter to enforce strict compliance with the views expressed by President Roosevelt, approving of pa. rades which do not interfere with traf- fic, so that in future there will be no repetition of “police violence which pro- duces disorder rather than guarding against it.” Jury Trial Denied. At the trial yesterday Judge Schuldt ruled the persons arrested were not en- titled to a jury trial. The court strove to confine the issues sharply to whether the persons ar- raigned actually hed paraded and whether they actually had a written permit to do so from the director of wraffic, William A. Van Duzer and M. O. Eldridge, director and assistant director of traffic, testified no permit had been When it came to testing out which of the men and women had paraded, however, great confusion arose. A parade of policemen filed on to the stand. Some of them failed to identity anybody as their prisoner. Several of them identified the same man, each claiming to have been the only one to arrest him One man, Joseph MacDonald. colored. was found by Pvt. E. C. Rue lying in the street with his head cut. Judge Schuldt ruled this was not parading, and as there was no evidence affered to connect him with the parade, the Case against MacDonald was dismissed. The evidence against several others also was vague, but Judge Schuldt re- served his ruling until the end of the trial, saying that he let MacDonald go because of his battered condition. Oliver Green, colored, was seen by Pvt. G. H. Tucker in custody of a second policeman, according to Tucker's te Tucker said he did not know who the other policeman was, and did not know whether his prisoner had taken part in the parade, Among those identified by police were Robert E. Guyton; Charlie Edmonds, . Willlam Harris, colored; Frank Douglas, colored; Noble Williams, colored; Leslie Ferguson; Jokn DeBarno; Mrs. Doro Short; Mrs. Clara Speer and Mrs. Edith Bloom. Commissioners Subpoenaed. David Levinson, defense attorney, subpoenaed Commissioners Luther H. Reicheldefer and John C. Gotwals in an effort to show President Roosevelt had told them before the parade that he had no objection to it. Gotwals said he had not talked to the Presi- dent, and Reicheldefer was not allowed to answer questions on this paint, Judge Schuldt holding that he could make no difference what the President had said. The judge likewise ruled out all at- tempts to question the policemen as to the beating of those arrested. Half dozen of the defendants had bandaged heads, black eyes, and other evidences of being beaten, but Judge Schuldt stopped all questions on this point, ruling that how the men were arrested had nothing to do with the case. In spite of the objection of Edward testimony. | M. Welliver, who was prosccuting, In- qpector Albert J. Headley, who led the attack on the marchers, shouted loud- ly that he did not know anybody had been beaten, WOUNDS SELF William Jones, 26, colored. 600 block of Third street, tried to release the safety on a revolver yesterday. He succeeded. Jones was given hospital treatment for a bullet wound in the hand. = 3 ey BAND CONCERT. By the United Stat:s Marine Band, this evening, at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Tuylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader. “Les Preludes”. Intermezzo, “Broken Melod Grand scenes from “La “Polichinelle” “Serenade” Rhapsody, * Opus 62. “Entrance of from “Rhine Gold”. Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band thiy evening, at the band auditorium, Navy Yard, at 8 o'clock; Charles Benter, leader; Alex. Morris, asistant leader. and Lance,” Starke Overture, re’ Solo for cornet, “Carnival of ‘Venice” (Earl Miller, soloist.) Prelude, “Afternoon of a Fawn” De Busscy 1dyl, “Whispering Flowers”.. .Von Blon Excerpts from “The Cat and Fiddle” Kern “Romance of the P“g’f Lilles” oleridge. Ta; Farewell and “mld(g! oy dreams of uest, are fully ne:umalkh elzewhere,