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DOHERTY SECURITY PERMIT IS ORDERED Kansas Supreme Court Rules Approval Needed for Cities Service Stock. By the Associa‘ed Press. TOPEKA, Kans, March 11.—The Kansas Suprcme Court held today that Cities Scrvicz Co. and its fiscal agsncy, Henry L. Doherty & Co., must obtain a permit in order to sell securities of the former concern in Kansas. The court affirmed the decision of the Shavwnee County District Court granting | an injunction against the sale of Cities Service sccurities sought by Roland Boynton, State attorney general, acting on relation of H. W. Kozneke, State | bank commissioner. Proviso Is Upheld. It held 2 proviso in the State securi- ties law that securities of a holding company owning szcurities of public | service utilities shall not be sold with- out a permit did not contravene the due process and equal protection clauses of the_fourteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution nor the| guarantees of the Bill of Rights of the | Btate Conctitution. | In another suit decided by the court 4n the same opinion, it ruled unconsti- sion of the securities Carl Newcomer, spe- cial assistant bank commissioner, an order without hearing July designed to bar sale of Cities Serv eurities except fii preferred in Kan- sas. It held that Newcomer acted un- der a provision of the law which con- ferred “arbitrary power” upon the commissioner. 3 Must File Staiements. The ruling means, Newcomer said. Rhat Cities Service would be required to file financial statements, which, if found Psatisfactory,” would result in issuance Vote on Econom 92 House Democrats and 41 Republicans Cast Adverse Ballots. By the Associated Press. ‘The House roll call on passing the lRooseveu eccnomy bill, 266 to 138‘: fol- ows: % Democrats voting no: Beam, Beiter, Black, Browning, Brun- ner, Burke of California. Cannon of Missouri, Cannon of Wis- consin, Carley, Carpenter of Kansas; Chapman, Chavez, Clark of North Carolina, Collins of Mississippi, Condon, Coniiery, Cooper of Tennessee, Crosse: Crowe, Cullen, Dear, Delaney, Dockweiler, Douglass, Dunn, Durgan. Eagle. Faddis, Fitzgibbons, Fletcher, Ford. Gasque, Gavagan, Griswold. Hamilton, Healey, Hildebrandt, Knute Hill, Sam D. Hill, Hoeppel. Imhofl. Jeffers, Jenckes, Johnson of Texas. Keller, Kelly of Illinois, Kniffin, Kramer, Lanzetta, Lindsay, Lloyd, McCormack, McFarlane, McKeown, May, Mead, Mitchell, Murdock, Musselwhite. Nesbit. O’Brien, O'Malley. ;:lmmmg Pfi:fl;\i :olk. Prall. msay, Rankin, Richards, Roge: Okslztl‘mma, Rudd. i uetz, Schulte, Scrugham, Sec: Sirovich, Smith of Wumfiwn, o Stubbs, Studley, Swank, Sweeney. - Tarver, Taylor of South Carolina, Truax. Underwood. Vinson of Kentucky. ‘Waligren, Weideman, Werner, White. Zioncheck. Total 92. All five Minnesota Farmer-Labor members voted no. They were: Arens, Johnson, Kvale, Lundeen, Shoemaker. Representative Shannon, Democrat, of Missouri. voted present. Republicans voting no: Blanchard, Boileau, Brumm. Carter of Wyoming, Chase, Collins of California, Connolly. Dirksen, Dondero, Dowell. Englebright. Focht, Frear. ot a permit. Robert Stone. attorney for Cities Bervice, announced a petition for a re- Hhearing would be filed. BROAD COMMERCE UNIT REORGANIZING IS SEEN THIS WEEK First Page) coriducted by commerce egenis on & “dollar-a-year” salary basis. Cities in which the district cffice: are Jecated are Atlanta, Birmingham, Bos- gon, Buffalo, Charles Chicago, Dal- las, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, El Paso, Galveston, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kensas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minne- spolis, Mcbile, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Pitisburgh, Port- 3and, Ore.; St. Louis, Salt e City, Ben Francisco, Seattle and Wilmington. Functions Are Explained. A recent d:partmental publication explained the functions of the district | and co-operative cffices thus: “Near-at-hand service to American | business was the idea back of these branches. These cffices scrve to exps. dita the distribution cf commercial in- | formation. They cbtain, first-hand in. formation as to the needs of the busi: ness men of their locality and further generally the bureau’s policy of keeping in th: closest - po contact with | manufacturers, exp:rters and distribu- | ters. “In addition, the bureau has made! errangements with 49 chambers of commerce and other commercial bodies whereby these organizations, undsr the | title of co-operative offices, act as direct yepresentatives of the burecu in the Work cf foreign end domestic trade pro- | motion in areas not served by the dis- srict offices.” ] i A reorganization of the foreign serv-/ ee set-up of the bureau al:o is said to be in prospect, but the nature of the | change has not been divu'ged. The| bureau has 58 foreign offices in 47 countries, in chargs of commereial at- $:ches and trade commissioners. Amer- | can consu'ar cfficers of the Stale De- partment are required by law to supply data on econcmic and trade conditions | sbrcad and there is a pcscibility that | the consuls hereafter may bear most of | the burden of furnishing the Commerce | Depertment with trade infermation. ( Other savings will b2 effected through gonsolidations of many bureavs and di- visions within the big department. Combinations Predicted. Retiring officials of the department bave predicted that Secrctary Roper will combine into one bureau the pres- ent activities of the Bureau of Light- houses, Aeronautic Bureau, Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Navigation and Steamboat Inspection Service. Other reports have forecast an ulti- mate merger of thesc commerce units with the Shipping Board and the Inter- state Commerce Commission, to form » new department of transporiaticn. Such a drastic move would require spe- | cial legislation, however. H Appropriations for thc Commerce De- tment for the next fiscal year total $36,588,465. [Economies said to be con- semplatcd under the Roper regime would bring the appropriations down | to about $27,000,000. The department pow has more than 5,000 employes here snd 12,500 in the field. Secretary Roper has made an inten- sive study of reorganization proposals ot only for his own department, bui for the whole Federal machinery of departmental administration. President Roosevelt some weeks ago appointed him on a committee with Representa- tive Swager Sherley of Kentucky and | Budget Director Douglas to recommsnd a general plan of departmental reor- | ganization. SCHOOLS IN 35 ALABAMA COUNTIES SUSPERDED! | { 800,000 Pupils Affected by Closing | of Instituticns Due to Fund Shortage. By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 11.— Lack of finances to support schools has caused susp:nsion in 35 of the State’s 67 counties, affecting 300,000 school children, it was announced today by Dr. Dale S. of Rescarch of the State Dzpartment of Education. Dr. Young said this represented 51 per cent of the white children of school age in the State. School house doors were closed in &ix counties yesterday for an indefinite period, and Dr. Young said at least half of the remaining 32 counties would be| forced to suspend classes within a short | time unless funds not now in sight are fnade available. The figures announced by Dr..Young wrere based on reports of county super- ntendents of education. FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL Pelham, N. Y., Man Is Suicide by Slashing Wrists. . MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. March 11 () — ‘August Rattach, 76, of Pelham, N. Y. was found cead in a hotel room here| today with his wrists slashed. Police recorded the death as suicide and said no inquest would be held. They aaid they learned Rattach had been ill Jor several months, Rattach left three notes, one to the hotel manager, another to his children end another to a friend. Relatives in Pelham were notified. { uperintendent. Gibson, Gilchrist. Hooper. James, - Kelly of Pennsylvania, Kurtz. Lemke. McFadden, McLeod, Mapes, Mott. Ransley, Reece. Sinclair, Strong of Pennsylvania. ‘Taylor of Tennessee, Thurston, Trae- ger, Turpin. ‘Waldron. Watson. Welch, Whitley, Withrow, Wolcott, Wolfenden, Wolver- ten, Woodruff. ‘Total, 41. Grand total against, 138. Democrats voting aye: Adams, Allgood, Arncld, Auf Der Heide. Bailey, Bankhead, Berlin, Blermann, Bland, Bl!ntonfi Bloom, Boehne, Bo- land, Boylan, Bfiggs, Brooks, Brown of Kentucky, Brown of Michigan. Bu- chanan, Buck, Bulwinkle, Burch, Burke, Busby, Byrns. Cady, Caldwell, Carden, Carpenter of Nebraska, Cary, Castellow, Church, Cleiborne, Cochran of Missouri, Coffin, Colden, Cole, Colmer, Corning, Cox, ‘ravens, Crosby, Cross, Crump, Cum- mings. Darden, De-n, Derouen, Dickinson, Dies, Dingell, Disney, Dobbins, Dough- tDnn, Doxey, Drewry, Driver, Duffey, an, Fernandez, Fiesinger, Fitz- patrick, Flennagan, Foulkes, Fuller, Fu'mer. Gambrill, Gillespie, Gillette, Glover, Goldsborough, Gray, Green, Green- wood. Gregory, Griffin. Haines. Hancock of North Carolina, Harlen. Hart. Harter, Hastings. Hen- ney. Hill of Alabama, Hoidale, Howard, Huddleston, Hughes. Jacobsen, ~Johnson of Oklahoma, Johnson of West Virginia, Jones. Kee, Kempo, Kennedy of Maryland, Kenney of New Jersev, Carr, Kleberg, Kloeb. Kocialkowski. Kopplemann. Lambeth. Lomneck, Lanhem. Larra- | bee, Lea of California, Lee of Missourd, Lehr. Lesinski, Lewis of Colorado, Lewis of Maryland, T.ozier. Lud'ow. McCarthv. fil'an, McRevnolds, McSwain. Major. faloney of Connecticut, Maloney of Lovisiana, Mansfield, Marland, Martin of Colorado, Martin of Oregon, Meeks, Miller of Arkancas, Milligan, Montet, Moren. -Moreheed. Nerton. O'Cennell, O’Connor, Oliver of Alabame. Oliver of New York, Owen. Pa ‘of Georgia, Parks. Parsons, Petzrson, Pettengill. Peyser. Pierce, Pou Ragon, Rainey. Ramspeck, Randolph. Ravburn, Reillv. Richardson, Robertson, Rebinsor, Remijue. Ruffin. Sabath, Sacdowski. Sanders. Sandlin, Shallenberger. Sisson. Smith of Virginia, Smith of West Virginia. Snyder. Spence, Steagall, Strorg of Texas, Sullivan, Sumners, Sutphin. Taylor of Colorado, Terrcl!, Thom, Thomson, Thomnson. TUmstead. Uttcrback. - Vinson of Georg ‘Walter. Warren, ‘West. Whittington, ‘Wearin, Wil~ox. Willferd, Williams. Wilson. Wood of Ceorgia, ! ‘Wood of Missouri, Woodrum. Young. Total. 197. * Republicans voting aye: Allen, Ardrew of Massachusetts, Andrews of New York. Bacharach. Bacon. Bakewell, Beedy, Bolton, Britten, Burnham. Carter of Californja. Cavicchia, Christianson. Cochran of Pennsylvania, | Coover of Ohio. Crowther, Culkin. Darrow. Doutrich Faton. Edmonds, Eltse, Evans. Fish, Foss. Gifford. Goodwin, Goss, Guver. Hancock of New York, Hartley, Hess, Hirgins. Hollister, Holmes, Hope. Jenkine. Kehn. Kinzer. Knutson. T smhertson. Lehlbach. Luce. M-Gugin, McLean, Marshall, Martin cf Massachusetts, Merritt, Millard, M-vnihen. Muldowney. Perker of New York, Perkins, Powers. Peed. Rich. Rogers of Massachusetts. Se-ef, Simpson, Snell, Stalker, Stokes, Swic'™. Taber. Tinkham, Tobey. Treadway. w~d-warth, Wigglesworth. Total. 69. Grand tof 266. THREE ARE ARRESTED Alleged to Have Cried “Extra Paper” Unlawfully. Three men were arrested by eighth precinct police yesterday for allegedly crying “Extra paper” unlawfully. The Young, director of the BUreau | tnree identified themselves as Julius E. | Sherr, 20, of Brentwood, Md.; Percy B. Ayerovitz, 20, of the 500 block of given address. They were released after depositing smell sum for collateral. HOSPITAL MAKES, REPORT Children’s Institution Patients Get 8,710 Days of Care in Month. McDuffie. McGrath. Mc-| Weaver, | | rem: ECONOMY MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE Roosevelt Granted Authority to Cut Veterans’ Funds and U. S. Pay. f (Continued Prom First ¥age) T. | Democrats voting for the bill was 68.2 and the percentage cof Republicans, 62.5. The Farmer-Laborites voted 100 per cent against the measure. The President’s economy bill still has to pass the Senate. It will be called up in that body for consideration tomorrow, Senator Harrison of Missis- sippi, chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, said last night. The bill was reported favorably from the ccmmittes yesterday and placed on the Senate calendar. The committee first made a few amendments which Senator Har- rison characterized as immaterial. ‘The Senate will pass the bill, it was predicted last night by the Republican leader, Senator McNary of Oregon, and by Senator Harrison. Senator Harrison said that he “hoped” to pass the bill in the Senate tomorrow. Under the rule of unlimited debate, however, this is exceedingly doubtful. Declared Non-Partisan Measure. Senator McNary said he would call the Republicans to meet in conference at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, not to seek to bind the Senators, but merely to dis- cuss the measure. He did not commit himself finally to the bili as it was re= ported, but indicated he was inclined to support it. Senator Harrison said that “the bill will be passed by Demo- cratic and Republican votes in the Sen- ate; it is a non-partisan measure.” At present he has no intention of seeking a Democratic caucus to bind the Sen- ators to support the measure. It is believed that the bill will be supported by about two-thirds of the Republican members of the Senate and by as large if not larger percentage of the Demo- crats in that body. In the House Democratic caucus, called to take action on the economy bill before the session yesterday, a re- volt against the provisions dealing with the veterans and their pensions and compensations sprang up in threaten- ing fashion. Representative Browning of Tennessee offered an amendment | IS which would have limited all cuts in pension and compensation to 25 per cent and would have prohibited the President from removing any of the veterans or beneficiaries from the rolls. Original Bill Maintained. By a vote of 158 to 112 the Brown- ing amendment prevailed in the caucus. wasthe high-water mark, however, of the revolt against the Presidents bill and the Democratic leadership of the House, which backed the President 100 per cent. After the Browning amendment had been approved by the caucus, that body declined to bind the Democrats on the bill, the vote standing 174 to 108, less than the necessary two-thirds vote to bind the members in the Democratic caucus. So the bill went before the House as it originally came from the White House, and with no caucus action by the Democrats. At a meeting of Republican leaders in the office of Representative Snell, the minority leader, it was decided to sup- port the bill. The Democratic leaders, in the party caucus, worked like beavers to prevent the adoption of a binding rule on the ecogomy bill after the caucus had ap- proved the Browning amendment. The bill was laid before the House for consideration under a resolution calling for two hours of debate and which gave no opportunity to offer amendments. The Speaker ruled, however, that a mokion to recommit could be made be- fore the bill was finally passed. Motion to Recommit. ‘When the time came for a motion to recommit, Representative Connery of Massachusetts, Democrat, and Repre- sentative Browning were both on their feet demanding recognition. Connery was recognized by Speaker Rainey, however, and made a simple motion to recommit the bill to the Economy Committee. This motion cut off all chance of Representa- tive Browning’s proposed motion to recommit with instructions to report back the bill containing his amendment. Only one motion to recommit a bill is possible under the House rules. Browning asked the Speaker if the fact his amendment had been adopted in the House Democratic caucus did not give him the right to make the motion to recommit. “The House has no knowledge of what happened in the caucus,” was the reply of the Speaker, greeted with laughter. On a division the Connery motion to recommit was defeated to 272 to 90. Despite the groans and protests which went up from the membership, Repre- sentative McDuffie of Alabama, in charge cf the bill, demanded a roll vote on its paceage. The vote was ordered and the inembers put “on the spot.” The result was far more satisfactory to the Demo: cratic leaders than had been feared im mediately after the party caucus had broken up. Two Hours Debate. The two hours of debate was con- troled on the Democratic side by Repre- | sentative McDuffie and on the Republic- an side, by Representative Taber of New York, both members of the Spe- ciai Economy Committee. Representative Rankin of Mississippi, who opposed the bill, demanded that half the time be turned over to the opponents of the bill. ‘Taber said they would give time to the opposition, but declined to make any definite allotment. Majority Leader Byrns and Minority Leader Snell, both took the floor dur- ing the debate and called upon the members to support the President in the great emergency which confronts the country. “The President,” said Mr. Byrns, “will not do any injusticc to any class of American citizens. T want to appeal to my Democratic friends particularly. Are you going to deny to your Presi- dent the responsibility he is seeking to assume in this emergency? The situa- tion is serious. It is more critical than war time. The people are looking to the President to restore confidence and to bring about relief. * This is his bill. It is an administration measure. If you vote against this bill you vote to, the bill was handicap the President.” Praises G. 0. P. Support. Referring to the support pledged the President by many of the Republican :x‘)le‘;kers during the debate, Mr. Byrns McDuffle and | PROBE GROUP NAMED —— Garner Picks Sehstors for Inquiry Into Mail Contracts. Vice President Garner set up a com- mittee of five Senators to in- vestigate the policy of awarding ocean committee, appointed in - | ance with s resolution adopted at last session, is headed by ‘Benator Black, Democrat, Alabama, and includes Senators King, Democrat, of Utah; Mc- Carran, Democrat, of Nevada; Austin, Republican, of Vermont, and White, e. TSN LS. LEAE OROSPECTIN CUT Pending Bill Would Restore Half of Ann.ual Benefit With Pay. If the pending bill abolishing the 81-3 per cent pay) furlough and establishing a straight pay cut of not to exceed 15 per cent, based on changes in the cost of living since 1928, Government employes would be entitled to 15 days of annual leave with pay, & study of the bill shows. Prior to pass:ge of the first economy { act, in July, 1932, Government workers received 30 days’ annual leave. That economy law changed the nent lnvenrrnvlslnn from 30 to 15 days. But, ‘Hn order to apply the original pay cut beginning last July in the form of a payless' furlough another section was carried in the economy law suspending all annual leave for the current year. The pending bill, which passed the House yesterday, repeals the 81-3 per cent payless furlough, repeals the sec- tion suspending all annual leave, but retains section 215 of the present economy law, which fixed 15 days as the amount of annual leave with pay for Government workers. Enactment of the bill, therefore, would put into oper- Ahnon for the first time the 15-day leave W, While lbolhhlnf the general legisla- tive furlough, which now accomplishes the 81-3 per cent pay cut, the bill re- tains the so-called “administrative fur- lough™ clause of the present law, which lesigned to enable department heads to lay off employes instead of dismissing them when funds for the payment of salaries are found inadequate. ‘The bill retains the restriction which the last session of Congress spplied to the administrative furlough clause, namely, that whenever a person is to be placed on this kind of furlough for more than 90 days the department must comply with all civil service rules re- lating to dismissals. This means they would have to consider seniority and efficiency ratings. when he sald: “When the Congres- sional Record is laid on the desk of President Roosevelt tomorrow, he will look over the roll call and I cl you Democrats to be careful today. ‘Woodrum was interrupted with shouts to know whether he had intended his remark as a threat from the White House. Representative Sirovich of New York said: “Does the gentleman speak for the President?” “Of course not,” replied Mr. Wood- rum. “What I must back up the President. deal sympathetically with all classes of veterans and Federal employes. If ever a man has occupied the White House whose heart has gone out to the dis- | abled and the distressed, that man is in the White House today.” Prompt Action Demanded. ‘The debate was opened by Repre- | sentative McDuffie, who sponsored the economy bill in the House. Declaring the emergency was great and demanded prompt_action, Mr. McDuffie told the interest the Government was compelled to pay on short terms had jumped from 1-10 of 1 per cent to 4! per cent. “This is no time to talk about group legislation and selfish interests,” said Mr. McDuffie. “It is time to think of the Nation.” He said that the President’s message demanding that the Government budget be balanced by drastic economies was one of the boldest ever sent to a Con- gress by a President. After pointing out that accumulated deficits over a four- year period would amount to $5,000,~ 000,000, he continued: “You can't tell me that the men who were willing to lay down their lives in time of war to preserve the Nation will | not now make some sacrifice to save it.” Representative Rankin of Mississippi was the first opponent of the measure recognized. He deplored haste in con- sidering the bill, and declared himself a better friend of President Roosevelt than those advisers who had urged him | to send in the economy bill. “What this bill means,” said Mr. Ran- kin, taking bread from the mouths of the disabled veterans and their de- pendents.” He said that $2,000,000,000 had been poured into the banks thrpugh the Re- construction Finance Co tion. Attack Bill Representative Patman of Texas and Representative Browning of Tennessee | poured hot shot into the bill and its sup- porters, charging that it was an effort to make the veterans pay the cost of balancing the Government budget. Browning said that in his opinion “the sheep are going to be sheared and then gutted.” He insisted that compensation for tubercular and other * sumptive” cases would be elimina under the proposed law. “Do you think your President is going to do that?” demanded Representative McGugin of Kansas, Republican, a sup- porter of the bill. “I think he will use all the power he has asked for in this bill,” shot back Browning. “Have you no faith in your Presi- dent?” asked Mrs. Norton of New Jer- sey, who was seated in the front row of the House benches. “I have,” replied Browning, “but what would be the sense of his asking for this authority if he were not going to use it?” Declared “Too Drastic.” Representative Lundeen of Minne- sota, Farmer-Labor, told the House that “too drastic.” He said that the big bankers and the rich were ranged on one side in this fight and the veterans and the Federal employes on_the other. Reg::;enntlve McGugin said there a lot of talk about the Re- i “I be | an Fifth street, and Henry Levy, 19, 0f 10 | 1oeq 1onmr 1o the Bresident joday than are these gentlemen on the other side of the aisle, who have spoken in his sup- port. What will the country say if it goes out that Congress is not standing behind the President?” Representative Snell of New York, the jublican leader, pr . Byrns in tihe debate. tHe slldfiep i v “I speak not as a ublican or & Democrat, but as a loyal American citi- 2el As a member of the minority n. Children’s Hospital last month gave i party, I am not willing to throw any 3,710 days of hospital care to iis hwu{monny wrenches into the machinery patients, according to statissics made gsel up by the majority. The President ‘The report | public last night by Miss Mattie Gibson, | says this measure is necessary to save showed | the country. Several months ago I took 3.110 visits were made to the dicpensary, | the floor ot the House and urged the where treatments corresponding to doc- tors’ treatments were administered. The hospital has admitted 10 students for post-graduate training in pediatrical nursing. The new course will replace, at least for the next few years, the regular Children's Hospital School of Nursing. Protect Penguin: During the recent bronchi in London, throats of peng London zoo were wrapped in mi epidemic in the members to give the then President of the United States wide powers. You did not agree with me then. However, I have not changed my position. We must set an example here. We must put the Federal house in order first. We must give the President the opportunity to do anything he says is necessary.” ‘Woodrum Causes Furore. Representative Woodrum of Virginia, Democrat, who supported the economy bill, caused an uproar in.the House been paid out of money borrowed from the banks.” Foresees Inflation. He said that unless steps were taken | plenty of inflation of the currency. | “If we go on and don't reduce ex- | penses of the Government, the dollars you pay the veterans may not be worth dimes. They may be the same do“::d' veterans in my support him.” House that within 60 days the rate of | WALLACEFAVRE FORCROPCONTRO, Agricultural ‘Leaders Urge Granting of Strong Power for Purpose. (Continued From Pirst Page.) which the Government has made loans or advances, upcn such terms as may seem fair and just, and to exchang such cotton or other products with| growers for acreage reduction. “3. To -regulate and supervise the marketis and processing of agricul- tural competing products in do- mestic and foreign commerce. “%. To levy such charges on agricul- tural products or products manufac- out these recommendations all powers| necessary to the successful carrying out of the purpose to be achieved shall be included.” Drafting Started. Drafting of a bill was begun ct once by members of the staff of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The leaders spe- cifically recommended that “the powers granted to the President under act shall continue for such a period as in the judgment of the President the T2 Shall be the porpose “It sl pul of this legis- lation,” a statement by the leaders ::ld, “to establish the principle of parity of prices between agricultural and indus- trial commodities on the basis of their pre-war relationship and to approach this parity of prices by stages at as rapid a rate as seems feasible in the nlr“c_mumluld\:es."b!n eaglers n their sessions Pri- day. One after another, relief propdtals 'were paraded before the group of 50 at- tending. Objections were raised to many on the grounds they would fur- nish no assistance for the current crop The leaders were reported to have adopted the program unanimously. Members of the committee who signed its report besides Ronald, included e National Live Mark iation; U. B. Blaylock, Federation; L. National Grange; C. Edward A. O'Neal. president, American Farm Bureau Federation; Ralph Sny- der, Manhattan, Kan., chairman, Com- mittee of National Farm Organizations; Representative Lambertson, Kansas, lu!)m:‘na r‘!‘plegmwdn‘ the Farmers’ ni , AN L 3 inder, secretary, American Bureau. - Faver Wide Powers. b Most of the conferees took the posi- tion that & detailed plan would require a long period for congressional and this contributed to the decision to the Secretary to determine the specific course of action and to shift his policy if greatly changed business conditions warrants, Ronald, who was chairman of a sub- committee which drew up the proposal as well as of the group which met with the President, said that during the dis- cussions “it was fully understood that under the Constitution of the United States such & thing as a dictatorship is impossible.” ‘‘Moreover,” he said, have been interested in legislation in behalf of the farmer have always under- stood, it is not possible under the Constitution to fix prices at which farm products will be sold. “It was therefore recognized that any recommendations that Congress jaight | entertain under the Constitution would ress would be to leave it to the admin- istration to determine the provisions; that would be operative. “What the recommendations of the farm conference really mean is that instead of the farm organizations work- ing out any plan or method by which agriculture might be helped, they are ding that this task be assigned to the administration. “It was recognized that it would be particularly difficult for any group or even for Congress at this time to de- | velop any specific agricultural plan with foreknowledge of conditions that might develop under the present state of busi- ness and finance. Deemed More Practical. “It was therefore deemed more prac- tical to propose that Congress delegate to the administration sufficient power to deal with the situation under specific grants of authority. In this way the administration could be made flexible and thus be adapted to shifting con- ditions. “Within .such grant of authority as Congress might make, the administra- tion would have its choice of ar plan that may have been pi in the past or may be suggested in the future, or any portion of any such plan. Spe- cific grants of -authority as named in the report by the farm conference weve rather by way of suggestion than in the nature of any attempt to outline in de- tail the required legislation.” Announces New Comedy. NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Arch Selwyn announced yesterday he will present Lenore Ulric in a new comedy, as yet untitled, in Scranton, Pa., April 17. 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How it was sold to the contractors who built the Stands; how an entire lumber yard in Balti- more was purchased to help supply it; how fifty carloads were brought from Virginia, the Caro- linas and Georgia; how the Railroads were called in to rush it here, and how they responded with express instead of freight service; and how a fleet of trucks and trailers swarmed the Avenue to deliver it on time—these tell the epic of the lumber which built all the Inaugural Stands on Pennsylvania Avenue. And now trucks and trailers again swarm the Avenue. The Stands are being dismantled, the nails removed and the lumber carefully sorted and neatly arranged for resale at four _yards here in Washington; A tremendous sale and a tremendous re- purchase—all as one transaction. Two million feet of lumber loaned only for a day; an original idea in that we offered a rental proposition as against an outright sale. This was the two-edged sword of the Hechinger Company. '