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HITLER HOODLUMS 10 60 UNPUNISHED Naziferrorists Granted Am- . nesty for Mistreating Foes of Party. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. Star. 'BERLIN, Germany, March 22—Nazt hoodlums, who during the last three weeks have insulted, abducted, beaten or blackmailed at the point of a revolver 10 American citizens and a vastly larger number of other foreigners, chiefly Jews, will apparently get off scott free. The German government announces an amnesty for all crimes which were | «committed during the struggle for national elevation” before March 21. This means that the promise of ful! satisfaction which was given American diplomatic authorities in the case of lOpoutraged American citizens will not be fulfilled unless the German authori- ties at the last moment decide to ex- empt from full pardon those who dared attack foreigners as a mere detail in the general wave of brutality and anti- Jewish and anti-Marxist terror. American diplomats freely express | surprise at this amnesty plan and it is | conceivable that the matter will be raised again. The amnesty plan, which will probably e realized in the form ot an emergency decree, once more proves the unwillingness of the present gov- ernment to dissociate itself from the terror of last week. Protect Nazi Uniforms. Another emergency decree will punish all Germans, even those living abroad, who, without being party members, posz sess Nazi uniforms or insignia, thereby authorizing the interpretation that all acts committed by men in storm battal- fon uniforms are government acts. Furthermore, paragraph 3 of the sec- ond decree, just as in Italy, makes i » punishable offense to utter or to dif- fuse untrue or grossly misrepresentative statements which are likely to damage Germany or the German national or state rulers or parties or associations Which support these rulers. Obviously, with the power in its hands, under this proviso to decide what or what is not true the government may still be more successful in preventing knowledge of the extent of the ba!'bur)l'y of its recent terror coming to the know!l- edge of a majority of Germans. These Germans, thanks to the suppression of all independent newspapers, simply can- not learn the facts. Parallel with the announcement of these decrees runs a fantastic campaign directed to discrediting foreign news- paper correspondents in Germany, who are accused of “infinitely exaggerating the abomination within the country. This correspondent can only answer that he has not used one-tenth of the duly verified information which he pos- sesses concerning the horrors practiced against scores of persons, notably Jews. Details Withheld. Details, such as compelling victims to lick up their own blood or that of fel- low sufferers from tables and floors, hitherto have been deliberately with- held. It can be said that in the town of Elbing a hospital of 31 beds had to be improvised in one police station for victims of previous Nazi disciplining, as it is called. Elbing is obviously no exception in this country. Several conservative German officials, who know the truth, have condemned the situation in most violent terms to this correspondent. Yet so late as Sat- urday another poor Jew, who happened to be a Polish citizen, was abducted and tortured in Berlin. The atmosphere surrounding yester- day's Reichstag session tells its own story. ‘Today's issue of the Boersen Zeitung, a_Nationalist newspaper, ex- ults over the failure of the hamstrung parliamentary Left against events. “The Catholic Center stood up with the parliamentary Right like a good child,” the newspaper writes. ‘Those members of the Social Demo- cratic party who, not having the mis- fortune to be in jail, managed to be present at the opening, according to this £ame newspaper, occasionally cast terri- fied glances at the doors, where aux- iliary police and ranks of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's storm battalion stalwarts stood ready to throw out the first dis- turbers, and so on for a whole para- graph. One only wonders why the German opposition cared to participate in this caricature of constitutional government. (Copyright, 1933.) HITLER, DICTATOR, 70 END DEMOCRACY RULE TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) Capt. Hermann Goering, who was re- named president. (The allied Nazis and Nationalists have a total of 340 votes, and with 81 | Communists barred, the Reichstag membership is reduced to 501. Thus the government parties have more than the necessary two-thirds to pass the enabling act.) The new act algo will give the Hitler Government_the ower to sign foreign treaties without sanction of the Reichstag or the Reichsrat, the State’s council, ~ Wide Celebrations. ‘The national holiday marking the for- mal opening of the Reichstag and the imperialistic ceremonies at Potsdam, the former seat of the Hohenzollern dynasty; torchlight parades and celebrations car- ried on late last night in Berlin and all other cities and towns in the country. Nazi youths marched through the | streets singing their militant campaign songs. The old imperial flag of the Kaisers, made official by the recent de- cree of President von Hindenburg, waved alongside swatiska banners of the Nazi arty along the streets and on public gufldflngs. Emergency Decrees Signed. This afternoon President von Hin- denburg signed two emergency decrees prepared by the government. They pro- vide for imprisonment at hard labor for malicious dissemination of reports damaging to the prestige of the nation, the government or the political parties supporting the government. Tmprisonment at hard labor, and in extreme cases death, is provided for the wearing or possession of unifornmis or insignia of the government partiss without proper qualification, or for the commission of illegal acts with the in- tention of terrorizing the people or of causing difficulties with foreign govern- ments. ©One of the decrees grants amnesty to persons imprisoned “for past excesses committed in the heat of the battle for national resurgence,” but warns that no further clemency will be extended. RESTRICTIONS RELAXED FOR UNLICENSED BANKS Secretary of the Treasury Woodin has further relaxed restrictions on un- licensed banks of the Federal Reserve System. In a new regulation, No. 29, under authority of the President’s bank holi- day lamations, the Secretary said: “Ahy banking institution which is a member of the Federal Reserve Systtm and is not licensed to perform usual banking functions may rediscount or pledge with another banking institution renewals of notes which were previously rediscounted or pledged with such other Maaking institution.” ] o \ - GENERAL MOTORS Rules Festival UEEN OF CO-ED ELECTED Q PARADISE VALLEY FROLIC. MARNY COLLINS, University of Washington' co-ed, was named queen of the annual snow festi- val to be held at Paradise Valley, in Ranier National Park, April 1 and 2. —A. P. Photo. FORMS NEW BANK {R. F. C. Puts Up Half of Cash for $25,000,000 Detroit Institution. By the Associated Press. DETRIOT, March 22—Relief for | Detroit’s financial ills, which have af- | fected most of Michigan as well, was | |in sight today through formation of & | new $25,000,000 national bank, backed | half and half by the Reconstruction | Finance Corporation and the General | | Motors Corporation. The new Naticnal Bank of Detroit, | | final plans for which were announced | | vesterday &t Washington, is taking| | over the “more liquid” assets of the | First National Bank-Detroit and the | | Guardian National Bank of Commerce, | | both in the hands of Federal con- | | servators. | Funds Ready by Monday. By Monday at the latest, an an- nouncemen, said, at least 40 per cent | | of accounts—more than $200,000,000— | will be released to the 800,000 de- | positors. Ten per cent already had | been made savailable under the re- | stricted withdrawal plan. | | ~‘The disbursement will bring relief | to major business centers all over the | State, for reserves of numerous out- | State’ banks have been held in the twe | banks, on the same basis as the small- est deposit. In announcing that General Motors | had agreed to subscribe to $12,500,000 of common stock. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., its president, explained that General | Motors had no desire to enter the bank- {ing business and hoped to withdraw as soon as possible, Ford’s Plans Unknown. Definite plans for the new bank left unsettled persistent reports that the | Ford interests might back another new | bank. ‘Those reports drew no comment | from_the Ford offices. _Several weeks ago Henry and Edsel Fprd agreed to 250,000 toward organization | of to take over liquid assets of Bank, but that plan An another step in the final untan- gling of the city's financial affairs, the Unlon Guardian Trust Co. petitioned State Bankigg Ccmmissioner Rudolph E. Reichert st night for a’conservator. | It was that trust company whose situa- | tion was cited by Gov. Willlam A. Com- stock last month as necessitating a State-wide bank holiday. 'STATE BANKING BILL VOTE SEEN TODAY Action on Measure Delayed When Printed Copies Are Not Available. Democratic leaders expected Senate passage some time today of a new State banking relief bill after the Senate Banking Committee yesterday tacked three amendments to the bill approved by the House. The amendments allow State non- member banks to borrow from the Federal Reserve system. Two of the Senate Banking Com- | mittee’s amendments are designed to| facilitate reorganization of closed banks, and the third to extend the bill's bene- fits to territories and the District of Columbia. Lack of printed copies of the bill deéflycd action when the Senate met today. Chairman Fletcher of the Banking Committee called up the measure at the outset of the session, but protests that copies were not available led to a request by Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas, the Democratic leader, for a three-hour recess, Upon reconvening late in the after- noon, the Senate will consider the legislation with a view to passing it | before adjournment. PLAN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MAIL SUBSIDIES By the Assoclated Press. Public hearings will be started in about two or three weeks by the special Senate committee named to investigate air and ocean mail subsidies. The com- mittee met yesterday and decided to employ either counsel or a non-lawyer examiner. “We are going ahead with this in- | quiry and find out where all this money |is going,” said Chairman Black, Demo- crat, of Alabama, who introduced the resolution for the inquiry. Efficrts were made at the last session to reduce sharply appropriations for car- rying ocean and air mail, but these were only partially successful. The full amount requested by the Haover ad- ministration for ocean mail transporta- tion—$35,500,000—was a;:proved, while the proposed $19,000,000 for airmail was shaved down to $15,000,000, after the Senate had eliminated the fund entire! pending an investigation. = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO U..S. MAY PROTEST FOR GERMAN JEWS Prébe of Reportpd Suffering Under Hitler Ordered at Berlin. \ By the Assoclated Press. Ready to make a formal diplomatic protest if necessary, the American Gov- ernment today sought to learn officially if Jews in Germany are being mis- treated by the new Hitler government. On the heels of a protest from promi- nent American Jews headed by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the State Department immediately informed Ambassador Sack- ett, at Berlin, of the concern felt here on the basis of press reports and asked him to check officially on their accu- racy. ‘This move, preliminary to possible diplomatic representations, was taken on the very day of the opening of the Reichstag, which is expected to legalize a four-year dictatorship for the flery and powerful Chancellor Hitler. Germany's new leader at once moved to get his followers under iron control by proclaiming the most stringent of regulations, including prison sentences, and even the death penalty, for un- authorized wearing of the brown uni- form of his National Soctalist, or Nazi, party and for committing terroristic acts in his name. Results Awaited. ‘Whether this move by the German | Fascist will curb the anti-Jewish feel- ing which has reportedly swept over Germany since he arose to supreme power was a question to which Ameri- can statesmen and others awalted an answer. Several days ago the United States fcund it necessary to protest to the Hit- ler government against the mistreat- ment of several American Jews who were in Berlin when the brown-shirted Nazis launched their campaign. Prompt and full expressions of regret were given, the matter was called to the personal attention of Hitler and his cabinet and the State Department an- nounced shortly afterward that no new cases involving Americaps had been re- ported. A formal protest, lodged yesterda with Undersecretary Phillips at the State Department by Rabbi Wise and officials of the American Jewish Con- gress, asked that the American Gov- ernment officially learn the facts and take whatever diplomatic action may be justified on humane grounds, wholly apart from the matter of whether citi- zens of this country are involved. Many times in the past the American Government ‘has lodged strong protests against persecution of the Jews, sending notes to Rumania, Russia, Austria-Hun- gary ‘and the Mohammedan countries &t various times, Statement Issued. ‘The department issued the following | statement after yesterday’s discussion: “Following the visit of Rabbi Wise, the department has informed the American embassy in Berlin of the press reports of mistreatment of Jews in Ger- many. “The department also informed the embassy of the deep concern these re- ports are causing in this country. “The department has instructed the embassy to make, in collaboration with the ccnsuls, a complete report on the | situation.” ‘Those accompanying Rabbi Wise, who is honorary president of the congress, were Bernard Deutsch, New York, its president, and Max Rhoad, its Wash- ington representative. Earlier Rabbi Wise appeared before the House Immigration Committee to lodge a protest. “As American Jews we are profoundly disturbed at the attempt, if not by phy- sical violence, to annjhilate economi- cally the 600,000 Jews in Germany,” he told the committee. “The present chancellor of Germany has been a citizen of that country only one year. Seventeen years ago we cele- brated 1,000 years of written records of Jews in Germany. Jews have dwelt, fought and died for the German fath- erland for 10 centuries. We earnestly hope that something can be done to make life a little more tolerable for them there today. Protested in Congress. “Opening doors outside of Germany will not do it. The 600,000 Jews must find their place in the German sun.” A member of the House Foreign Af- fairs Committee, Representative Fish, Republican, of New York, also declared in & statement that “attacks on Amer- ican citizens of Jewish origin in Ger- many must cease immediately.” Representative Celler, Democrat, o® New York, proposed that the House enact a resolution expressing a belief that it is “fitting and proper for our State Department, provided it be com- patible with the public interest, to make known to the German government that it does not favor the Hooliganism and cunning cruelties now practiced against our nationals who are Jews now dom- iciled in Germany.” FACTS BEING GATHERED. American Embassy at Berlin' Prepares Thorough Report on Jews, BERLIN, March 22 (#).—The Amer- ican embassy, which is following all phases of the German political up- heaval carefully and reporting upon it to the State Department, is making a detailed investigation of the question of' anti-Semitism. American consulates throughout Ger- many have been asked for reports. Campilation of them will not be com- pleted before Ambassador Sackett de- parts: from Germany; therefore the matter is intrusted to George Gordon, charge d'affaires at the embassy. SSSEE s ay VETERAN OF 103 BURIED Maj. 8. W. Saxton Paid Military Honors at Arlington. Maj. S, W. Saxton, 103-year-old Civil War veteran who died Sunday, was buried in Arlington Natidhal Ceme- tery this afternoon with full military honors, after funeral services at S. H. Hines funeral home. Honorary pallbearers, members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, were Col. H. C. Rizer, Capt. G. M. Husted, Dr. C. C. Clark, Capt. E. J. Dorn, U. 8’ N.; Capt. Sheridan Ferree and Percy Cranford. —_—— PROTEST SENT HITLER Women’s League Scores “Illegal- @ ity, Violence and Tortures.” PHILADELPHIA, March 22 (#)—A rotest against reports of “instances of llegality, violence and tortures” in Germany was sent yesterday to Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler by the Women's In- ternational League for Peace and Free- The league directed ¥s protest to the chancellor through the German embassy at Washington, iy Pl DR MRS. STEELE BETTER u% ‘Ten! 22 (A).— n., March Steele, J:lnuqt ‘;lzu who Wi T received & broken jaw R m Surrenders to Face Charge ORACE C. SYLVESTER, jr., vice indictment charging him with H president of the National City Co., when he surrendered to the district attorney, New York City, yesterday, on an forgery in the third degree. The indict- ment charges that Sylvester caused Samuel W. Baldwin, treasurer of the company, to take $10,020 out of a syndicate account as an expense of the syndicate when it was really used manager of the Port of New York Authority. GRAND- JURY GETS TAX EVASION CASE AGAINST MITCHELL 3 |___(Continued From First Page) the criticism which has been directed at me as the result of public misunder- standing of testimony given in ex parte hearings * * * shall react upon the in- stitution on my account.” He had testified, among other things, that in 1929 he sold 18,000 shares of bank stock to a member of his family “frankly for the purpose” of reducity his income tax. He said he sol§ the stock, for which he had paid $375 or $380 a share, for $212 a share, thus establishing his loss. He later bought the stock back for $2I2 a share, al- though the stock was then selling at $40. It is alleged that no money passed and that the purported sales were made by exchange of letters between the banker and his wife. Admitted Purpose. At the Senate commiitee hearing Senator Brookhart demanded: “That sale was just really a sale of convenience to reduce your income tax?” “Yes,” the banker replied. “It was a sale frankly for that purpose, where you hoped the buyer would be able to make a profit. And it was bought with the idea of meking a profit. But the accu- mulated loss was so great that I offered and did buy the stock back this year | at what had been paid for it. And I hold today that stock.” The complaint on which the warrant was based said that Mitchell had a gross income for 1329 totaling $3,006,- 705 and including. Salaries, wages, etc., $1,206.195. Interest on bank deposits and bonds, $140.105. Profits of sales of stock and bonds, $1,388,237. Dividends, $262,874. ‘Taxable interest on Liberty Bonds, ¥4,789. Director’s fees, $4,503. Mitchell's arrest followed by a few hours the indictment of Horace C. Syl- vester, jr., a vice president of the Na- tional City Co. He was accused of forgery in the third degree in ordering a false entry in the company’s books. ‘This case also grew out of testimony before the Senate Committee. The tes- timony was that Sylvester lent John E. Ramsey, general manager of the port of New York authority, $10,020 from the expense fund of a bond syndicate of the National City Co., which about six weeks before had disposed of a $66,000,- 000 issue of port authority bonds. ‘The indictment charges Sylvester broke the law in having the $10,020 withdrawal entered in the bond syndi- cate account. \ ‘The National City Co. announced that Sylvester's resignation had been re- ceived by its board of directors. The board; however, has taken no action on it and will conduct “its own investiga- | tion into the circumstances.” REGARDED AS BEGINNING. Mitchell Case Expected to Be Followed by Other Prosecutions. ‘The arrest of Charles E. Mitchell, New York banker, was regarded here today as the first action in the an- nounced administration drive against banking officials suspected of law vio- lations. . Attorney General Cummings dis- cussed the order to arrest Mitchell, for- mer chairman of the National City B];l‘lllt( with President Roosevelt last night. A statement by Cummings said: “President Roosevelt has been ket advised of these developments and they have his approval.” Action against Mitchell on charges of violating the income tax law grew out of disclogures made before the Sen- ate Banking Committee in its stock market investigation. A week ago Mr. Roosevelt directed the Senate Committee to proceed with its investigation into banking operations. Cummings was instructed to maintain close contact and prosecute any viola- fnmgf of the banking law brought to ight. . Thus far no definite date has been set for the committee’s resumption of the inquiry. Other New York banking concerns are to be included within its scope. Before the Senate Committee, Mitch- ell said he had sold 18,000 shares of the bank’s stock to a relative in 1929, taking a loss of $2,800,000, which he de- ducted from his income tax return Later he bought the stock back. BANK HOLIDAY EXTENDED BY MICHIGAN GOVERNOR Comstock Issues Third Proclama- tion Governing State In- stitutions. By the Assoclated Press. LANSING, Mich., March 22.—A proc- the bank as & loan to John E. Ramsey, general —A. P. Photo. 'RAILWAY, BANKING PLANS TAKE FORM President Continues Study of Proposed New Leg- islation. By the Assoclated Press. Definite concrete measures by Presi- dent Roosevelt to reform the banking and railroad situations under his “new deal” are rapidly taking shape. ‘The major proposals he wants Con- gress to enact are: Banking—Requirement of sworn statements of bonuses and commisisons 10 buyers of securities; Federal regula- 1 tion of holding companies selling se- | curities in interstate commerce; Federal authority over security exchanges; more rigid supervision of national banks; dis- | couragement and prevention of specula- | tion in bank deposits; separation of | commercial and investment banking, and restriction of use of Federal Re- serve bank funds in speculative enter- prises, Raiiroad Program. Rallroads—Assurance to railroads of national support conditioned upon re- | organization, with due consideration to investors and workers; Federal regula- tion of competing motor car carriers; consolidations where competition is lacking; firm Federal regulation of “railroad holding companies.” On these principles, long nurtured by the President, advisers are busily at work. Several score authorities and ex- perts are engaged in the task. So also is the President conferring with congressional leaders on the prob- lems. Heads of the Banking and In- terstate Commerce Committees of the Senate and House are with him. Wants Action Now. He wants a basis laid before this | sessicn of Congress ends. All may not | be accomplished before adjournment, | but the fundamentals he deems néces- | sary to prevent any recurrence of the | recent troubles will and must be enact- | ed, he says. | _ It is the understanding between the | President and congressional leaders | that the essential details of this sweep- ing program will be enacted. If congressional temperment leads to prolonged debate and discussion, there is no' disposition to push the extra session into the heat of Summer. Some details may well wait until the regular session, but there is no doubt that Mr. Roosevelt wants the basic entities of this far-reaching’ program to be enact- ed as soon as passible. IDAHO GOVERNOR ACTS TO PREVENT EVICTIONS Executive Claims Authority Halt Foreclosures Under Emergency Act. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idahc, March 22—Gov. C. Ben Ross saild yesterday he was pre- pared to prevent evictions on mortgage forecloures in Idaho “for an indefi- nite period.” Making public & letter he wrote to county auditors requesting that he be advised of all fcreclosure cases filed in district courts, the Governer declared: “I am not issuing a blanket order preventing evictions on foreclosures, but I believe there is authority in Senate bill 132 (the bank and mortgage holi- day act) to prevept people being driven unjustly from their during these time to es.” He will ask Attorney General Bert Miller for an opinion on the scope of the holiday bill, but he expressed confi- fence it gave him authority to act in individual cases and “stop foreclosures right in the ccurts. CLAUDEL’S SON LANDS | Arrives to Marry Daughter of New York Jeweler. NEW YORK, March 22 (#)—Pierre Claudel, son of the French Ambassador to Washington, arrived today on the liner Paris to be married to Miss Marion Rumsey Cartier, daughter of Pierre Cartier, New York jeweler. Claudel, who is 24, was met at the gjx;r by his fiancee. He n;l‘d thAen;led; would take place here lnd'ml father, who has e would delay || Ambassador to - Belgium, - we delay until after the sailing to his new post m-rmrlin. Claudel, who is traini ;s: an the diplomatic corps, said he bride would make their home in Prance. PRESIDENT GETS BILL Earthquake Stricken. A bill for $5,000,000 in Federal funds to aid rebuilding hcmes and farms | bank Measure Provides $5,000,000 for {POTOMAC SAVINGS | MAY REOPEN SOON Institution to Be Reorganized as National Bank to Re- sume Business.} receive Government licenses at the time many others were permitted to end the Nation-wide holiday, on Tuesday, March 14, Other Banks Active. Activity also was underway in other banks here which have not yet received their licenses to reopen on an unre- stricted ' basis. Various possibilities presented them- selves to these institutions. Some, it was learned, were working on what is known as “quick correction of capital structure.” Institutions able so to cor- rect their situation as to meet the re- quirements of the Government would be able under this plan to reopen prob- ably within & short time. Other institutions were known to be setting up committees for reorganiza- tion of the banks, while in still others there was talk of merger or the sale of some banks to others. In all the institutions where hope was held out for reopening, the officers and committees concerned continued today | to study the situation and where pos- sible they were taking action. Some definite progress was under- stood to have been made in at least one of the larger closed banks, but details of this progress were not disclosed to the public, Dates Not Yet Fixed. In the meantime, a careful survey of all the institutions which have not yet received their licenses disclosed that no definite date has yet been fixed for the reopening of any of these institutions. Considerable hope was manifest among | one could say exactly when. | , William H. Clarke, prominent George- town business man, is given credit for | starting the Potomac Savings Bank re- | organization move. He is acting as town, Virginia and Maryland citizens who have been interested in the bank for many years.. He declared today | that the Potomac Savings Bank has Georgetown area that its continuance is a necessity, Mr. Clarke, the capitalization of the | new institution will be $500,000. Tt is proposed to issue 10,000 shares of this stock at $30 a share par value. The other $200,000 will be paid-in surplus, $20 on each share being used for this purpose. Each share of stock will be sold at $50 and the committee is mak- ing an effort to have the shares dis- tributed as widely as possible in the community which the bank serves, Mr. Clarke added. Other members of the Reorganization Committee, who are being especially active in getting the bank back to a “going _institution,” are E. H. Johansen, J. T. Gibbons, Frederick Stohiman and | Farley Veale, Georgetown business and | professional men. May Operate Soon. The new institution, to be known as the Potomac National Bank, would take over all the assets and liabilities of the old savings bank, which has been in op- eration for 30 vears. Many of the de- positors never had any other banking connections, the committee chairman added. Officials declare the license was with- held because the bank was not liquid. It has at all times been solvent, they state. During the past two days the directors have held almost continual conferences and are in fullest accord | with the Reorganization Committee’s efforts. Mr. Clarke, leader of the re: rectors. The present directorate of the bank is composed of William P. Ames, William W. Anderson, Alphonse M. Baer, Emory H. Bogley, B. Agee Bowles, William H. Clarke, Davenport B. Elgin, Harry K. Hobart, James C. Hoyle, Frank A. Kerr, Malcolm W. Morgan, Gegrge W. Offutt? Henry W. Offutt, C. Wendel Shoemaker, J. William Stohlman, Henry A. Storm, J. Clinton Tribby and Joseph M. Wise. Officers of Bank. The Potomac Savings Bank's officers | include George W. Offutt, president; Alphone M: Baer and B. Agee Bowles, vice presidents; C. Wencel Shoemaker, cashier; Emory H. Bogley, secretary, and Elmore T. Burdette, assistant cashjer. The question of officers for the re- organized bank was raised today. Com- mittee members announced that all the present officers “are available.” These | committeemen said none of the de-| positors had blamed the officers for the bank’s “frozen condition,” since thou- | sands of banks all over the country Under these circumstances, it is ex- ' pected that the present officers would | take charge of the ngw national bank.| On the controller’s last call, Decem- ' ber 31, 1932, the Potomac Savings Bank reported $2,783,264.77 in deposits. The has over 15,000 depositors. i The bank is located on the north- west corner of Wisconsin avenue and M street in Georgetown. — FIRST LADY TO ATTEND FETE FOR MISS PERKINS Both Mrs. ‘Roosevelt and First ‘Woman Cabinet Member Will | Speak at New York Dinner. | By the Associated Press. i NEW YORK, March 22—The Na- tion’s first woman cabinet members and the First Lady of the Land are going to be the chief speakers at a dinner in New York Priday night. The dinner, to be attended about 1,000, is to be given for Miss ces. Perkins, Secretary of Labor. Both she nndurl‘noo-evmmtobemonzuxel speakers, Under the chairmanship of Mrs. ;l‘enry ‘Goddard !“'-mch‘ a hr(; x’mn;’ber tions ! In giv- ing'the.ditner. which i 1o be attercied RAIL FOREMAN DIES years foreman umemnh%ummmn North Platte, Nebr. Funeral services Cotton Queen WILL REIGN AT BALL AND STYLE SHOW. BNGHAN BAKED FOR LONDON ST ' [ : Senate Committee Indorses i . Him, but Confirmation Is Delayed. By the Assoclated Press. The nominaticn of Robert Worth { Bingham of Louisville to be Ambassa- dor to England was unanimously ap- proved today by the Senate Relations Committee, which had he up Elflcotll:'n 'X:r a week. obtain immediate Senate confirmation of Bingham failed, how- ever, due to objections from Senator %:l::ry x:ua()regon, the Republican T, D was t] | tomorrow. BoShoed ot ! Ccnsideration of the nomination had been delayed by the committee to Jook {into some speeches made in 1927 in | Ecotland by Bingham, which Senator | Robinson, " Republican, of Indiana, | brought to the attention of members, 2lcng with the observation they might indicate an undesirable pro-British M MATEOCK. e entiors Barkley and, Loga 3 ors Barl an , Ken- gcTexaa A, and A gflv}:l:o‘;‘gm:;l: tucky Democrats, appearing befors ine | Arts, at Denton, Tex. to pick their | committee today in behalf of Bingham, arts Tty £ the | told committee members the newspaper P st co-ed to rule as queen o | dispatches relating the speeches were former schools cotton ball and style! gy hied and fnvolved & Kemtucky show—and their choice was Phyllis | Jigica) fight o Matlock. —A. P. Photo. 1 SECRET WITNESES (56 i Robinson, the Indianan said, and he felt Bingham qualified for the place. +Barkley and Logan read to the com- mittee excerpts from a 1927 cablegram lGencvn Arms Conference. flg‘:xt l(ent‘uck{ sub};arnkl]wrm political . . vas involved, Prosecution Will Not Reveal!ineicrsomoyed, Barkiey said. as the Identity of Those at Offi- cer’s Court-Martial. from Bingham to the Louisville Courier- Journal, his own newspaper, which de- nied the accounts, published in an op- inee, while the opposition T Sup- po;!rd another. i P n additicn, Barkley and Logan showed the committee dispatches print- ed in Scottish papers which diffe; from the accounts cabled to America. Scottish Accounts Given. The Scottish papers reported expres- Of witnesss testiying In secret hear. | Beriss pongrn s (isndlines for the ings in the court-martial of Lieut. Nor- ! by him that “If there is any Dmudue‘. man Baillie-Stewart, who is charged, Of course it will be in favor of my own with betraying army secrets to & for- | " g oo A Al Etgha alio/sas eign agent, will never be disclosed | resented as opposed to cancellation of officially, {war debts, adding, “This pleased me By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 22—The identity some of them that they would soon be | open for unrestricted operation, but no | chairman of a committee of George- | grown to such importance in the greater | Under the new plan. as outlined by | organization forces, is one of the di- ! 2 i Public curiosity is unlikely to be grat- | ified convincingly by other sources. It| was reported that 10 secret witnesses | were examined late yesterday at the Chelsea army court “and that more | are yet to be heard from. | It was believed secret proceedings ! would be completed today, after which public sessions will be resumed. The prosecution, which charges the young officer of the aristocratic Seaforth Highlanders communicated army se- crets to & man named Otto Waldemar Obst in Berlin, contended its wit- nesses’ lives might be placed in jeopardy by _publicity. Curicsity has been especially keen concerning the identity of a young woman who left the court weeping yes- | terday, evidently in great distress. An-! otner woman accompanied her as she | left the hall of the Duke of York's military school, where the case is being heard.” But they were hurried away quickly in a taxicab, The main point in the defense thus far disclosed is the young officer's declaration that £90 ($311), which he received from Berlin was from a young | womah with whom he had a love af- fair. The prosecuticn brought out tes- | timony, in the opening public hearing, | that a German officer was in the lieu- | tenant’s hotel room in Berlin and that this money was payment for informa- ' tion about British army armored cars, : tanks and other equipment. The prisoner still was being held in | the historic Tower of London, being | transported daily to the court room. ECONOMY SCRAPS 12 COAST GUARD BASES| {475 Men Affected by Curtailment. | 35 Patrol Beats Already Laid Up. By the Associated Press. A curtailment of Coast Guard activ- ities brought about by a decrease in | appropriations already has laid up 35 | Patrol boats and caused 12 Coast Guard bases to be decommissioned. The reduction will affect 475 men. The decommissioned bases are al Rye Beach, N. H.; Green Hill, R. I; Hither Plain and Necox, L. I; Spring | Lake, very much.” In raising the question of the news- raper accounts last week, Robinson said he felt that in view of the approaching debt negotiations, America should be representcd by some one in England “who favors America’s views,” rather than any one overfriendly to Britain. 'PASSAGE OF FARM AID BILL IN HOUSE PREDICTED TODAY (Centinued From First Page.) analyzing provisions of the intricate Roosevelt plan for boosting farm buy- ing power. But in a continuous proces- sion, member aftr member arose to tell why ne was voting for or against he measure, Mostly it was a case of “follow he President.” Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, sounced the keynot> when he called up a rule to prohibit shifting even a comma in the 19-page measure. He frankly announced the rule “drastic” 2nd the bill “pioneering.” Then he declared, turning to the big Democratic majority “This is a part of the Democratic program under the leadership at the other end of the Avenue. Let us pass it here in the House.” Snell, the minority leader, labelled the plan “a pure Democratic patronage bill” while Clarke, his Republican colleagug from New -York and ranking party member of the Agriculture Com- mittee, declared: “Filled with horrors and hellishness as it is, I'm going to support the President.” Attacks “Soviet Ideas.” Clarke, who opened opposition debate on the bill iiself, termed it “a child of the jig-saw puzzle age” He credited Assistant Secretery Tugwell of the Agriculture Department with putting into the bill “Soviet ideas that came from Russia.” “If you read that book by Tugwell, you will find where these Soviet ideas and Socialism tendencies of this bill come from,” Clarke said President Roosevelt today was given assurance of the support of Senators Wheeler and Erickson of Montana for the bill when it reaches the Senat>. Ac- cording to S:nator Wheeler, the only way ‘0 get any relief for the American agricul- turists through legislation is to give to the President or the Secretary oi Agricul- 8 | ture the necessary power to work out Lovel Peiadiel Ik D | plans for the various farm products. d L Beach, N. J.; Isle of Wight, Md.: Dam Notth T e et R and Berry Harbor, Wis. . g cut Trom: $53.000 g0 " SDRAion s starting July 1 I GLASS ENCOUNTERS LONG ! IN ROOM AT WHITE HOUSE | but Say Nothing as They Call on McIntyre. By the Associated Press. Senator Carter Glass yesterday walked into the presence of his arch enemy, | Senator Huey P. Long, in the ante room ' to President Rooseveit's office. The ten- sion for a moment was electric. Several other Senators, knowing of the antag- | onism between the two, wa 11- | ot tched spell- | room he saw Long and turned his back momentarily. He then took a seat op- posite the desk of Secretary McIntyre. Long was using the telephone on the opposite side of the desk. The two| lwvise: at Leoach other.ed"xl‘lh‘:t was all. en Long finish call he de- parted. JAPANESE DELEGATION TO HAVE POLICE GUARD State Department Asks Protection ! for Matsuoka Party at New York. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22.—A lice guard for Yosuke Matsuoka .ml” five League of Rations, when they atsive on of W arrive on the Leviathan Priday, has .| arand scenes from “Andrea Ché?m the | Cornet is'here to The Japancse will have mo official status, other than that of foreign of- educated at the University of Oregon. As Glass walked to the center of the St He said the plan proposed by the Pres- icent would be of great benefit and he felt sure the Senats would pass the bill without any substantial changes. In his opinion, the people on the farms are for the bill and are behind the Presi- dent 100 per cent Mail Pilot Jumps to Safety. CLEVELAND, March 22 (®).—Pilot E. E. Basham, flying the mail from Cleveland to Buffalo early today, “bailed out” unharmed when his plane fell scuth of Conneaut, Ohio, the Amer- were unable to avoid the same situation.' TWo Senators Look at Each Other | ican Airways office here was advised. The mail was saved. - BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band this evening in the sail loft of the Navy Yard at 8 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant er. March, “Pomp and Circumstance,” Elgar Third movement from the “Moonlight Sonata” ... Solo for clarinet, “Fantasia”. . Boccalari Charles Brendler, soloist uite— “Serenade-Badine” ....Gabriel-Mazie “Taj Mahal” (Indian march)..Lotter “Moto Perpetuo™ .Bing Grand scenes from the opera “Jewels of the Madonna” ‘Wolf-Ferrari Danz Mexicana, “La Borrachita. Espcron Valse, “El Basler” (The Kiss)...A:diti Intermezzo frcm the Spanish opera “El Gato Montes” ..Panella “Anchor’s Aweigh” “The Star Spangled Banner” By the United States Marine Band this evening at the auditorium, Marine Berracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Whitcomb, second leader. Overture, mwmn ‘mr' e “Spring” arole from - sgm“‘ .. . Tschaikowsky “The Four Voices” ( flute, oboe, clarinet and horn, with orchestra Clayton _Lindsay,; flute; .Gomes Silvio Onofry, oboe; Karl E. Schaefer, clarinet; Thaddeus Hess. horn. lordano solos— “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” Lieurance “Spring Is in Heart Again,” . b William H. Woodin Second “Slavonic Rhapsody” . Marines’ hymn, “The “The Star Spangled Bannas™