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AID WORKER SLAIN N MINERS' BATTLE Two Others Wounded in Sup- posed Reprisal for Prose- oution of Imposters. By the Associated Press. | BENTON, Iil, March 27.—John Ward, & member of the West Frankfort Relief | Committee, was shot and killed and | two members of the United Mine Work- ers of America, Elmer Donaldson and | Clarence Cooper, both of Eldorado. I, | were wounded in a gun fight at West Frankfort today. Officers said there were no witnesses to the shooting and they were unable to learn the details. They said Ward was reputed to be a member of the Pro- gressive Miners’ faction. Cooper was critically wounded and was taken to & hospital for an imme- | diate operation. He was shot in the ‘ side. A revolver was found lying on | - the street at the sceéne of the shooting. | Sheriff Browning Robinson said he would start an investigation of the | shooting on the theory that it might | have been & Teprisal for Ward's ac- tivity in aiding in the prosecution of the charity frauds. Revolvers Confiscated. group. New Senator’s Family | FIRESIDE PICTURE OF MRS. ERICKSON AND CHILDREN. Sheriff Robinson and his deputies en- tered the headquarters of the Progres- I sive Miners’ Union at Zeigler today and confiscated six revolvers. They made ‘The sheriff then notified Mayor Murphy Smith of Zeigler, where a Pro- gressive Miners' meeting was held yes- A k terday, that no miners’ meeting -would | be allowed in Franklin Couaty until all Following the meeting of Progressives yesterday. Arthur Hughes, secretary to the president of the Progressives. said | . that any mine attempting to open todsy | would be picketed. i = Assistant Attorney General On the other hand., officials of all opersting mines in the county declared | the collieries would be open and in- spectors descended the shafts to prepare for the arrival of diggers. of last August, when his deputies re- pulsed a 15-mile motorcade of the Progressives. and said he expected the union to call strikes in all mines today and picket the tipples if necessary. permit “picketing of mines or demon- strations that officials consider detri- mental to peace.” 1In recent months clashes between the two unions have resulted in deaths of 9 others. $5 Contract Approved. Progressive miners voted by a large majority in referendum Saturday to accept a $5 daily basic wage contract sentatives of independent coal operators of Central Illinois. A similar wage scale last Summer was a factor that led to the Progressives breaking with the old United Miners’ tion Progressive leaders claimed to have enlisted the sympathy of 85 per cent of the working miners of Franklin County. Agreement of the new union no arrests. possibility of violence had passed. Determined to Open. | | Pratt Reaches Scene Sheriff Robinson recalled the affray Sheriff Robinson said he would not persons and injuries to more than 100 negotiated by their leaders and repre- Union and forming their own organiza- to the wage scale is thowght to have From Washington. LANSING, Mich., March 27 (#).— Conservators for 58 State banks were named today by Gov. Willlam A. Comstock and R. E. Reichert, State banking commissioner. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 27.—Detroit’s banking situation. subject of controversy during the six weeks since Gov. Wil- liam A. Comstock declared his original | holiday, was under investigation today by Federal and Wayne County authori- ties. | John S. Pratt. assistant United States Attorney General, accompanied by & staff of Investigators, arrived from Washington today to investigate the af- fairs of the First National Bank of De- troit and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce, now in charge of Federal conservators. Whatever he learns. he said, will be reported to Washington. | Coughlin Data Asked. At the same time Harry S. Toy. pros- Lecuting attorney of Wayne County. Tcalled upon Rev. Father Charles E. | Coughlin to turn over any information | hastened the attempt to gain control of he may have regarding unlawful prac- G HE family of John E. Erickson, newly appointed Senator from Montana to succeed the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh, is shown here in a fireside They are, left to right: Ellen Erickson and John Erickson. Mrs. Erickson, Vance Erickson, Miss —A. P. Photo. FACTORY OUTPUT U. S. Official Figures 24 Cents Out of Every Dol- lar Goes for Labor. By the Associated Press. Out of every dollar's worth of finished products menufactured in the United States. labor is computed to get about | 24 cents. | That average has been determined by Dr. Tracy E. Thompson, industrial ana- lyst of the Census Bureau, after inten- sive fact-finding in the last census. It is based on 1929 manufactures, but Dr. Thompson considers it applicable to other years. The variation of labor's share from one type of manufacture to another ap- Ppears to be in inverse ratio to the per- centage of the finished product’s value which has gone to raw materials, he explained. Trend to Conservation. - In the smeiting and refining of cop- per, for example, the raw product costs | ,about 92.5 per cent of the value of the finished product. That means a low “per dollar value” ratio for labor. In making cash registers, adding ma- COST APPORTIONED STAR, WASHINGTO D.C. IS INCLUDED IN JOB RELIEF BILL Unemployment Aid Measure Laid Before Senate by Three Members. The District of Columbis is speci- fically included along with the States ' and territories in the new emergency | unemployment relief bill laid before the Senate today by Senators Wagner of New York, Costigan of Colorado and | La Follette of Wisconsin. ‘The opening paragraph setting forth the policy of Congress that the Federal Government should co-operate more ! *fectively in meeting the unemployent | emergency mentions directly in the Dis- | trict of Columbia. as well as the States and Territories. In another sec- tion of the bill, it is provided that the term “State” in the various sections of | the measure shall include the District and that the term “Governor” shall in- clude the Commissioners of the Dis- trict. ‘The bill provides for a $500.000.000 fund to be distributed by a Federal rellef administrator in the form of grants to the States and territories.. Of the total fund, $200,000.000 would be ' allocated under & formula that would entitle each Sllr to receive grants equal to one-third of the amount ex- | pended by the State. or by civil subdi- visions, out Of public money of all sources for relief work. These Federal grants would be paid quarterly, begin- ning with the second quarter of this| calendar year. The remainder of the | fund would be distributed by the Fed- | eral administrator where most needed. In the last Congress there were two | separate relief plans, one sponsored Jointly by Costigan and La Follette. and | the other by Wagner. Both the old bills recognized the need of including the District along with the rest of the ' Nation, and the three Senators -have preserved this recognition in the new combined plan. | WHITE HOUSE POOL | RESOLUTION ADOPTED $13,000 to $15,000 Will Be Used ' of $22,000 Donated, Bays Byrns After House Action. | By the Associated Press The House today adopted a resolu- tion authorizing Federal acceptance of $22.000 for a swimming pool at the White House for President Roosevelt. Representative Byrns, Democrat, of Tennessee, told the House that between $13.000 and $15,000 of the money would be used and the remainder returned to the donors. The swimming pool, he said. would be of simple design and would be on the west terrace and wogld not mar the design of the architectare of the White House.” Punds for the construction of the pool are being raised by a group of newspapers. VOLPE WINS REVIEW OF DEPORTATION CASE Bupreme Court Grants Plea of Chi- cagoan Accused as Smuggling Leader—Linked With Capone. | By the Associated Press. | | v | fo | of & house one of them said was “some- | pulling away this county. R BOTH SIDES ALERT AT OIL "CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER CURB ___ (Continued From First Page.) sional sanction of interstate produc- tices in State institutions, such as hold- ing companies of banks, State banks and trust companies. Toy's action followed closely upon a renewed ontbreak of the banking con- troversy vesterday in_which Father Coughlin attacked the Detroit Bankers® | Co., holding company of the First Na- | tional; its directors and the motives of James K. Watkins, police commisstoner, {in his efforts to bring about the re- | opening of the First National Bank and | the Guardian National. chine and calculators, however, raw| The Supreme Court today granted tion proration and apportionment com- | materials represent only one-tenth of the finished product's value. “There has been a decided trend to- ward conservation of raw materials since the World War,” says the analyst. “Manufacturers have made greater use. of ‘scraps.’ They have developed cheap- . | er raw materials or synthetic substitutes. to save money.” Findings Being Compiled. Dr. Thompson's findings, npw being compiled in bulletin form, show that the net value of products manufactured in Anthony Volpe & review on his effort to ;obtain release from arfest in Chicago for deportation to Italy. 1. Volpe, allegedly s leader in a smug- gling ring, link h the Capone or- +ganization in Chicago, was arrested for deportation in 1931 under a drive by | Pederal agents to run criminal aliens tout of the country. He fought for release on habeas corpus and won. only to have the Sev- enth Circuit Court of Appeals reverse its decision. KIDNAPERS HUNTED AFTER FREEING BOY Father Tells of Rendezvous and $300 Ransom at Warren, Ohio. By the Associated Press WARREN, Ohio, March 27.—A des- perate band of kidnapers, rid of their 15-year-old captive, was hunted today by Pederal authorities after the father told of a rendezvous with the abduc- tors on a lonely road shrouded in dark- ness. ‘The boy, Peter~Meyers, jr., appeared in good health as he related hia experi- | ences during the eight days he was held in a semi-dark room following his capture by three men armed with re- | volvers and & submachine gun. “If you listen to us, youll be all right,” he quoted his captors as saying. “If you try to get away, we'll kill you.” Otherwise, he said, he was well i | treated by the men who showed them- | selves only when their faces were hid- | den behind masks. He belleved six or | seven were in the gang. His mother, showing the strain of worry and sleepless nights, accentuated by fear that her husband, too, had been abducted when he went on the long and mysterious trip that brought about the boy's return, beamed her joy at his return. She was starting in search of her husband when she met him re- turning with her son. Declares He Paid $300. ‘Three hundred dollars, & hundred more than he had offered for the cap- ture of the kidnapers, was the price the elder Meyers sald he paid for his son's return. A larger sum was demanded. father said. but through the “friend” who acted as intermediator he was able to scale the price on the plea that his money was “tied up in the bank.” W. E. Peters. agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, expressed the belief Meyers was withholding some de- | tails of the rescue in fear his family might be harmed if he talked too much. | Blindfolds apparently were an impor- tant part of the kidnapers’ stock in . They Moodwinked the boy be- re they took him to the second floor where near Pittsburgh” and insisted that he blindfold himself each time one of his captors entered his room. The father likewise was carefully blindfolded when he was driven for sev- eral hours to the spot between Akron and Youngstown, where, in the dark- ness of early yesterday morning, Peter was returned to him. ‘The blinding lights of two automo- biles hid the ki pers when a towel was removed from his eyes, Meyers said. and his “friend” told him. “Look straight ahead and you will see your son.” Boy Steps Into Light. Those same lights shown then on the boy for whose return Meyers earlier had made numerous futile trips from his | Gray Wolf Tavern at Masury. neas-the Pennsylvania border, to nearby towns in both Ohio and Pennsylvania. Similarly, the hoodwinkers hid from sight the automobile in which the kid- napers fled the scene, leaving father and son alone in the roadway. Stand- ing there, “we heard the kidnapers’ car " said Meyers. “We were told to stay quiet for a few minutes.” The long, happy trip back to Masury was almost ended when Meyers pulled his car alongside one in which rode ! Mrs. Meyers, her brother, Sheriff Hard- | man and Peters. At the mother's in- sistence, the officers had started with her to search for the father, who had then been gone many hours. Mrs. Meyers, recognizing her husband and her son, leaped from the car even as it rolled to a halt, shouting, half hysterically, “Oh, my boy.” Officers postponed any effort to learn from Meyers and Peter information that might in tracking the kid- napers until all three should recover C many. Anti-Hitler Demonstration COMMUNIST ATTACKS DICTATOR OF GERMANY. ARRYING their usual assortment of banners, thousends of Communists listen as one of their leaders denounces the Hitler regime in Germany | through after they had paraded down lower Broadwav. New York, vesterday in | Channels. a monster protest march against the discrimination of Jews in Ger- | RACE ABUSED HERE.” BLANTON DECLARES Sirovich Will Sponsor Reso- lution Asking Germany to End Violence. By the Associated Press. Interrupting a speech by Sirovich, Democrat, of New York. on the treat- | ment of Jews in Germany, Blanton, | Democrat, of Texas, told the House today there is “an unreasonable, fcolish persecution of Jews right here in the Nation’s Capital.” | Meanwhile the State Department to- day made public a telegram from officials | of the American Jewish Congres ex- pressing appreciation for Secretary Hull's assurance that he would con- tinue clesely to watch the reported anti-Jewish activities in Germany. The telegram expressed the belief that “Jews of Germany are in great an imminent jeopardy of life and property, of civil rights and religious libert The telegram was sent by Rabbi | Stephen 8. Wise, honorary president, and Bernard 8. Deutsch. president of the congress, both of New York. It was in acknowledgement of a message | from Secretary Hull vesterday which | said the Berlin Embessy had found | physical mistreatment of Jews was virtually ended. Sirovich to Sponsor Resolution. In the House, Blanton said some | apartment houses would not rent to | Jews and that in some sections of the | city. they could not buy residences. | Sirovich had said he will sponsor a | resolution “calling upon the govern- | ment of Germany to desist from this | inhuman_attitude.” [ Blanton said “we ought to get this | ridiculous persecution right here in | the Nation's Capital out of the way be- fore we go into the foreign question.” | The Texan emphasized. however, | that he was in sympathy with the pur- | port of Strovich's resolution. but be- lieved such matters should be handled the regular diplomatic In a telegram saddressed to Rabbi Special police guards maintained order and kept a close watch | Wise and other leading members of over the offices of the German consulate as well as the nearby offices of the American Jewry, Hull said last night North German Lloyd Line. —Wide World Photo. | EMBARGO PLAN HIT * ASBOOSTING Wi Result Possible in Adop- tion of House Resplution. By the Associated Press. On the eve of action tomorrow by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on President Robsevelt's arms embargo resolution, Representative: George Hol- den Tinkham, Republican. of Massa- | chusetts, a member of the committee has denounced the proposal as “a war move, not a peace move.” It was indicated by Chairman Mc- Reynolds that the committee will be asked to act on the resolution tomor- row. The resolution, put forward by i both the Hoover and Roosevelt admin- | istrations, was passed by the last | House, but was killed by the Senate in the closing hours of the last session Representative McReynolds expressed the inion that “we can get it through when the time comes.” Tinkham. in & formal statement, in- terpreted the proposal as meaning that “the present resolution apparently wishes war in Asia with Japan. as its proposed policy leads only in that di- | rection.” “This resolution.” he continued, “is at this time aimed particularly at Ja- pan. and indicates that the present a ministration has adopted the whol from their exhausting experiences since | forelgn policy of the last administra- pacts. The measure also would limit imports to 5'> per cent of the American con- sumption. “*The pur of the so-called ‘inde- pendents,’ " Eiliott sald.” “obviously was to set the stage to advise the new ad- ministration that the independents favored governmental control and regu- . lation of production. “Such a policy would work to the advantage of the major companies and to the detriment of real independents and to the people.” J. Edward Jones of New York. repre- sentative of Kentucky. said a program sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute for a curtailment agreement, had been shouted down. The different States and their re- spective delegates who will participate in the meetings include: New York, David H. Newland, State geologist; Pennsylvania, H. J. Cra ford; Kentucky. Mr. Jones: Ohio. 1. C. Grimm: Illinols, R. M. Shaw. State Senator: Kansas. Gov. Alf M. Landon; Oklahoma, Col. Cicero 1. Murray: Colo- rado, Warwick M. Downing; New Mex- ico. J. D. Atwood, William J. Barker, | Albert T. Woods: Wyoming. Senator John B. Kendrick, Joseph Mahoney: Montana, Thomas S. Hogan: Texas. C. C. McDonald, T. L. Wynn, D. J. Ha rison: California. Willlam H. Cooley, Ralph B. Lloyd, Mr. Keck. Oil company executives who have an- | Heavy Withdrawals. | Father Coughlin in his address | charged that $63,000.000 had been taken from the First National on the basis | of “inside information” during the 35 days immediately preceding the holiday proclamation and ssserted that the bank was but 1217 per cent liquid threc days before the holiday, although de- positors were being told it was 80 per cent liquid. Another clergyman, the Rev. William | R. Kinder, rector of St. Joscph's Epis copal Church, read an open letter from | his pulpit to President Roosevelt. criti- cizing Father Coughlin in connection with his_attitude on the banking situ- ation. The letter urged the President to set aside the decision to close the two old banks and informed him that | “your advisers have apparently been bamboozled by a radio priest.” Denies Owing Banks. E. D. Stair, publisher of the Detroit Free Pre:s and president of the Detroit Bankers' Co., Wwho wa | Father Coughlin in his addrees yester- | day, sald today that his newspaper “owes none of the banks a nickel. On | the contrary, the Free Press and its | publisher were depcsitors in the two | groups to the extent of approximately - | $800,000.” . He gave out & copy of & telegram he said was being forwarded over his signa- | ture to President Roosevelt. The tele- criticized by | BEAUTY “RACKET” FATAL CHICAGO, March 27 (#).—A theory the United States in 1929 was approxi- | mately 47 billion dollars. The gross value was about 70 million. “The difference between the two—! about 23 million dollars—is taken up by trade within manufacturing ips.” that efforts of racketeers to organize he explained. “That is, materials which ' the beauty parior business may have were counted as raw materials several resulted in the death of Frank Inter- times as they passed from one stage of ' lande, 33, was investigated by police manufacture to another. In the last today. census we segregated that duplication by | Interlande. described by police as a ‘bnln! our net figure on raw materials well-to-do operator of beauty parlors in only. V1 0, was Tound in & Agriculture and animal husbandry ditch on the far-South Side. He had produced about two-thirds of the raw been shot to dea and, wells supplied about 27 per cent. U, S. HEARS BRITISH ‘pmduced in the United States. AND FHENCH V'Ews EDWARD 5. WHITING DiEs | O LONDON PARLEY used by American manufacturers was | SRR | answer & direct Formerly Was Engaged in Ship- war debts were . | “As ping and Freight Business | and remerece smpingns > o tUrned | S | ~“We all kept our ahirts on anyway.” | @pecial Dispatch to The star. | Five men engaged in the conference. | In addition to Sir Ronald and Secre- FAIRFAX, Va. March 27.—Edward ' tary Hull, those present were T. K. 8. Whiting. 65, died at his home near Bewley. the Ambassador's financial Oakton Saturday night after a short Counselor: Assistant Secretary Ray: question as to yhether discussed. nounced intentions of taking part in the meetings include James A. Moffett, vice president of the Standard Oil Co. | | gram read: “A slanderous radio attack has been iliness. Mr. Whiting is survived by his widow, Mrs Ida Hill White; three daughters. | mond Moley. and Dr. Herbert Feis. economic adviser of the State De- partment. of New Jersey; R. C. Holmes, president of the Texas Co.. C. B. Ames, presi dent of the American Petroleum Insi tute, and representatives of the Con solidated Oil and Shell Union com- panies. California oil interests are send- ing at least three delegates. Government experts have estimated that the oil needs of the Nation today are approximately 2,000,000 barrels a day, while the present procuction ranges from 2,250.000 to 2.500.000 barrels, most of the surplus being “bootleg” oil which avoids all taxation and is placed on the market at what the oil interests chac- acterize as “cut-throat” prices. TEXANS FACE SHUTDOWN. made against myself and other citizens of this city in connection with the banking _situation here by Father Charles E. Coughlin, who presents him- self from time to time as the spol an | for_your administration. “To clarify the situation and to save | our city from such inflammatory at- | tacks, to still all false rumors and to vindicate the dignity and decency of our community, I urgently request that you direct your Department of Justice to begin immediately a complete in- | vestigation “We stand unafraid and eager to co- operate in every way to save our city from slanderous wreckers.” Right Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese Detroit, in & formal statement today Eastern Field Ordered to Close Thursday | sai By Commissioners Here. LONGVIEW. Tex., March 27 (#).— The huge Easi Texas oil fleld faces a * shutdown Thursday of its 10.000 wells . unless operators repeat their frequently- used method of obtaining a Federal : court injunction restraining the Texas Railroad Commission from carrying out such a plan. C. V. Terrell and E. O. Thompson. members of the commission, State oil + regulatory body, were quoted from Washington &s saying their previous order for a shutdown in the field still stood, although postponed from 9 a.m. today until 9 a.m. Thursday. ‘Thompson and Terrell said their order would prevail over the one issued Satur- day by Commissioner Lon A. Smith at Houston, rescinding the Friday order for a shutdown today, inasmuch as together they constituted a majority on the three-member commission. Smith; at Austin, refused to comment saying he would confer with Attorney General J. V. Allred. Sam Ross of Kilgore, president of the East Texas Landowners' Association, has prepared a petition for presentation to Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, requesting im- mediate executive action to prevent “vio- lence and bloodshed” in the fleld. ‘The Longview and Kilgore Chambers of Commerce likewise had requested Sec- - serting that non-observance of the pro -+ i ration rules was &mmiu s lapse -into “chaotic conditions.” d: {* “Pather Coughlin made serious charges against some of the Detroit bankers. As this address was written Saturday night after 10 o'clock. I was not aware of its contents. He has acted the part of a prosecuting attorney and made his charges vigorously. * * * Father Coughlin discusses the banking situation, he is not speaking for the Catholic church, and his opinions are {only as good as his arguments.” WEIDEMAN FAVORS PROBE. Representative Fears Attempt to Destroy Structure in State. Representative Weideman, Democrat. Michigan, said in the House today that it might be advisable for Ccngress to | investigate the Michigan banking situ- ation, o Asserting that he had been denied permission to sit in the Treasury con- ference Saturday at which conditions in his State were discussed, Weideman said he wandered whether “there is anything hére that won't bear the light of day.” Weideman asked why some of the “soundest banks in the State,” naming the Pirst National of Detroit, had not Al ub”glyw there 15 ttempt “Apparen e an & ring made to destroy the banking tructure of the State of Michigan,” he sald. “There have been sitempts 80 get control over it.” Mrs. John C. Ruman, Amsterdam, A little later, arrangements were N. Y.; Mrs. William H. Gross, Detroit, made for President Roosevelt to talk Mich.. and Mrs. Walter A. Alger of With Yosuke Matsuoks, the Japanese Washington: three sons, Bdward S. diplomat. next Priday. Fairfax; William 8. and R. Harry, both | _Immediately after his talk with the | of Washington, and. his mother, Mrs. President, Matsuoka will visit the State W. 8. Whiting. Department to meet Secretary Hull. Mr. Whiting had lived near Oskton Matsuoka headed the Japanese dele- only seven months, going there from ;gation to the League of Nations, from ;annmn. where he had lived for Which his country has just announced | many years. He had been engaged in | Its withdrawal. the shipping and freignt businéss on| While Matsuoks has expressed the | the Potomac River. view that the Japanese activities in Funeral services will be hel tomor- | Manchuria are ot understood by Amer- row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Zion | icans and that the United States scout- | Protestant Episcopal Church, Fairfax, |ing fleet should be withdrawn from the | with Rev. H. A. Donovan, rector, ofi- A Pacific to the Atlantic, his meeting with of Cemetery. “It must be understood that when | | |ciating. Burial will be in Fairfax PRESIDENT TO GET REPORT URGING PAY CUT OF 15 PER CENT __ (Continued From Pir sald he was in conference with the ad- visers, but refused to discuss any phase. Statistics ofi Reductions. ‘The latest survey made by the bureau | was in December, 1932. Statistics made | Available by the bureau today showed | that food prices throughout the coun- | try had decreased 37 per cent since 1928, clothing was reported down 27 per cent, rents, 24 per cent: fuel and lights, 13 per cent: house furnishings. 26 per bcent, and miscellaneous articles, four- tenths of 1 per cent. The last item takes in the cost of physicians, medicine, street car fare, | motion pictures, newspapers, telephones, | laundry, toilet articles and tobacco, the bureau said. i ‘The cost of living, according to the bureau, in Washington since 1928 was }dnwn 21 per cent. | This percentage, statisticians said, was arrived at by the reduction in fopds, 38 per cemt; clothing, 27 per it; rents, 6 per cent: fuel and lights, per cent; household furnishings, 21 Er cent. No changes, the bureau wve occurred in the items in Washington, the President probably will give little | | opportunity for taking up matters in- volving Japanese and American rela- tions. Revision Discuseed. Last week the matter of revision of the war debts was formally broached for the first time in the Roosevelt ad- { ministration. The British have a payment of more and have indicated that they would make no future payments under the | old_settlements. { France defaulted on its December 15 | payment, but M. Stern was among those who voted in favor of paving when | the subject was before the Chamber | of Deputies. ‘The Roosevelt administration has { shown a willingness to discuss war debts | with Great Britain, which has met all its payments to date, although on Sat- urday Secretary Hull said he could not at that time state that the same op- | portunity would be accorded to France | and the other nations in defauit. Secretary Hull in his conversations with Lindsay is emphasizing the impor- tance of .world co-operation toward !lower tariffs and removal of -exchange restrictions in order to start world trade moving again. While officially preparation for the World Economic Conference by assur- ing co-operation of the great nations is separate from the matter of debts, it has been indicated that the attitude of debtor nation to co-operate in paving the way for success at the conference, than $75,000,000 falling due June 15/ the boy was snatched away a week ago last Saturday night. SOCIALISTS ASSAIL " LABOR CAMP PROJECT Executive Committee Resolution Declares Proposal Is “Vicious Anti-Labor Measure.” tion, which was completely dominated | by the British foreign office and alien | interests. “Impartiality is the keynote of neu- | trality. An arms embargo violates neu- ! trality, and in international law the country against which the embargo is placed can regard it as an unfriendly and hostile act, and as a cause of war. | “If an embargo were placed against | Japan, Japan would have the right in international law to take measures of | reprisals. which might involve the seiz- | ure of American ships, the occupation | of the Philippines, and ultimately even the engagement of the American Fleet |if it came within any region which | Japan desired to conques et protect; | in fact, the making of wa Tinkham declared that the United TARIFF BARGAINING * HELD INEQUATE Tinkham Declares Only Worst Foreign Policy Association' { Urges More Drastic U. S. Action. “ More fundamental revision of the tariff policy of the United States than | has been proposed by reciprocal agree- | ment is essential if the world economic ciisis is to be overcome out in a report made public today by the Foreign Policy Association It is asserted that the principle upon which tariff bargaining is expansion of the export market, would be of doubtful benefit to the United States in the absence of definite steps | to allow outstanding foreign obligations | to this country to be met by an even greater expansion ef our import trade. The report. which was prepared by Maxwell S. Stewart, of the association’s research staff, contains the following | four suggestions for affecting tariff re- ductions “1. Unilateral reduction of the Amer- ican tariff by a percentage to be de termined by Congress—as a gesture of good will to facilitate international ne- gotiations. “2. @eneral review of the entire tariff schedule by an impartial non- partisan body with a view to further re- | ductions where practicable. 3. Negotiation of bilateral recipro- cal agreements, with provision for ex- | tending the reductions granted by means of the unconditional most-favored-na- tion clause. “4. Negotiation of an international agreement at the World Esonomic Con ference for the cessation of tariff in- creases and for an additional horizontal reduction in duties.” | BACKERS OF REICH ‘ ATROCITY STORIES ‘ TO BE PUNISHED (Continued From First Page) | NEW YORK, March 27.—Socislists ' States refused to join the League of today against what they termed the | ! | By the Associated Press. | !made a double attack yesterday on | Nations particularly because of articles | Hitler government's persecution of their President Roosevelt's labor camp pro- posal, the Socialist and Labor Confer- | ence on Unemployment making public & denunciatory resolution and the na- tional party headquarters criticizing the plan as inadequate. The party’s view was expressed in a | statement by Morris Hillquit, national chairman, announcing Socialist sup- . port for a “Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction” which farm and labor leaders have called for May 6 and 7 in Washington. Hillquit made public a resolution of he National Executive Committee call- {ing on all locals of the party to “take | steps leading to a greater revolution.” | It was sent to President Roosevelt, Sen- ators Wagner and, Copeland and a score | of Representatives, The resolution recites that “s so- | proposes the creation of a civilian con- | servation corps, which is to concentrat |in camps about 250.000 unemployed.’ provides that “even the miserable rate |of $1 a day is not guaranteed.” The resolution then declares “that the pro- posal of the President, as em| in the bill, is one of the most vicious, anti-labor measures ever conceived.” 'GARDINER DISPUTE REVIEW IS REFUSED 1Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in | Case Growing Out of Hay- Adams House Deals. | By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court today refused to review the ite between John U. Gardiner, on the one hand, and the | Washington Loan & Trust Co. and the | Unlon_ Trust Co. on the other. arising |out of the sale by Alice Hay Wads- | worth of the site at Sixteenth and H | streets to Harry Wardman and others, and the erection thereon of the Hay- Adams House. Gardiner, as the owner of $1,400 of promisory notes which the trust com- panies asserted was secured solely on | the lease hold which Mrs. Wadsworth had conveyed, brought suit in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court aimed to obtain a | priority status for the notes. ‘The trial court dismissed the suit, !and its action was .T"d by the District Court of Appeals. i Montreal Church Burns. MONTREAL, Quebec, March 27 (#).— | Fire, believed to be of incendiary origin, m‘fq the Best. Ove St 3. the United States toward revision would | Jacques’ Roman Catholic Church, at St. | rtl(!.lbr influen-~d by the willingness of the | Denis and 8t. Catherine streets. Fif- i teen wr-;gmclndm fll. called unemploynient relief bill, which | 10 and 16 of the Covenant, the former | guaranteeing the territory of members and the latter providing for the use of armed forces to protect members. The League, he said, is contemplating the | use of either or both of these articles against Japan. | “For the United States now to take part in the enforcement of article 10 or article 16 would be national de- mentia,” he said. |FORD PLANT IN ENGLAND TIED UP BY STRIKE‘ 2,000 Employes Quit Over Pay, Cut as Pickets Block Operations by Rimaining 5,000. By the Associated Press. Work ceased entirely today at the Ford factory as the result of a strike of 2,000 | employes over the question of wages. The dispute started among members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and efforts of pickets were so effective as day gangs reported that the entire works were at a standstill. ‘The plant is reputed to be the largest motor car factory in Europe and em- ploys 7,000 persons. | ‘The majority of the night shift went on strike last night when picketers in- formed them the strike had been de- cided upon as a grotest against wage reductions said to have been made dur- ing the past week. The reductions were said to range from 3 to 17 pence an hour. (About 413 to 25'; cents) M. J. Tanner, izing delegate of | the Amalgamated “Engineering Union, | said “there had been & number of cuts |and on Saturday the men in the tool room thought they would call a meet- ing.” It was held yesterday and the picketing plan was decided upon. FILM DIRECTOR SUED Wife Asks Separate Maintenance of Victor Halperin. LOS ANGELES, March 27 (#) —Suit for separate maintenance has been filed by Mrs. Lena Halperin against Victor Halperin, motion picture director and producer. ‘The two were married in Chicago. August 20, 1923. Upon moving to New York, the wife asserts in her complaint, Halperin insisted his mother and brother live with them, despite her protests. She 'said she was forced to serve her motlier-in-law's breakfast to her in bed and that she gave her hus- band $35.000 ..he had borrowed from » friend in ai‘ T that hf might finance s platuge. y_s small portion Josn has been repaid, ahie charged. DAGENHAM, England, March 27.—| of the I {race. Capt. Herman Goering. a Nazi | member of the Hitler cabinet, said: “Every German smiles” at reports of | these demonstrations. | Baron Von Neurath, in a private in- terview with the Associated Press, said Jewish “propagandists” abroad are giv- ing “the impression that they actually halt at nothing, not even' lies and, |calumny, to fight the present German | | government.” | The man who has conducted Ger- many’s foreign affairs in three cabinets lpl;lrt‘: l“t‘h‘"(’;: :é‘sli:id the terrorist re- wi e Belgian atrocity of the World War. Asis He admitted it was regrettable if certain excesses were committed by “isolated individuals” at the beginning |of the national revolution which ac- | companied the rise of Hitler early this gei He nlg t}r‘xere were only a few | such cases and then “only in com - tively mild form.” 4 ol Strict Censorship Denied. “You will yourself have noticed,” the | baron went on, “that the energetic ap- | peals by the Reich's chancellor d | Minister Goering, who decreed severest ' | penalties for such arbitrary acts, were | | thoroughly and unqualifiedly successful | and that no more cases of unauthorized | procedure became known. Concerning Jewish demonstrations in | foreign countries, he quoted a prominent | | Jewish banker as saying: “We reject all | foreign interference. German Jews are he-men enough to help ourselve: | __The baron also denied foreign cor- | | al | which has caused such widespread con- | respondents must submit their reports | to & censor. but added that a few re- | ports were held up because they “were | either so untrue or so distorted that | their publication indubitably had to be | considered dangerous to the state.” He |said this was done under provisions of an international treaty. | _“I have spoken sharply against this | sort of propaganda not only because I must defend the honor of my le, but use, a5 a responsible states- man I also have the duty to warn the :p.mil o‘l’nhlm per:nlnlu the baneful calumny in vogue du war to flare up nnln."o. Y Special Courts Greated. Meanwhile, creation of 15 courts to handle political cases mlq;:u‘:-l sla was announced. There are esti- mated to be 5,000 to 6,000 Communists under arrest in-various parts of the country. There are also hundreds of imprisoned Socialists. The government | Jeaders have stated many of these are it protect them from pos- | The Saxony division urged the Na- | tional Gymnastic Association today to | Introduce sports of a militery character | and to exclude “Marxists and non- Aryans.” It also urged barring the 1936 Olympics from Berlin if Germany is not granted “political equali: " ‘The Gymnastic Association, with 1,500,000 | members, has always been a non-i partisan organization in the past. that the Berlin embassy and the con- sulates in various parts of Germany reported that “whereas there was it is pointed | based, the | | had : | for a short time considerable physical mistreatment of Jews. this phase may be considered virtually terminated.” | _“There was also some picketing of | Jewish merchandizing stores and in- stances of professional discrimination.” Hull reported. “These manifestations were viewed with serious concern by the | German government.” | Situation Seems Improving. The anti-Semitic manifestations mark- ed the rise of Adolf Hitler to the dic- tatorship. 'Numerous protest meetings | were held throughout the United States | against the acts of violence attributed to Hitler's brown-shirted storm troopers | "“The feeling has been widespread in | Germany.” said Hull. “that following so far-reaching a political readjustment as has recently taken place, some time must elapse before a state of equilibrium could be re-established. “In the opinion of the embassy, such stabilization appears to have been eached in the field of personal mis- treatment. and there are indications | that in other phases the situation is improving." At the same time the secretary’s lglegrlm was being sent. 2.200 Jews in New York were cheering Rabbi Wise as he announced that the American Jew- ish Congress will transmit to the Ger- man government through its Ambas- sador here “demands” for cessation of all anti-Semitic activity. | with a Report Made to Hull. Following is the secretary’s telegram “You will remember that at the time of your recent call at the department I informed you that in view of numer- Ous press statements indicating - wide- spread mistreatment of the Jews in Germany. 1 would request the Amer- ican embassy at Berlin in consultation | with the principal consulates in Ger- many to investigate the situation and submit a report “A reply has now been received in- dicating that, whereas, there was for a short time considerable physical mis- treatment of Jews, this phase may be considered virtually terminated. There was also some picketing of Jewish merchandising stores apd instances of professional discrimina®on. “These manifestations were viewed | with_serious concern by the German government. | “Hitler in his capacity as leader of the Nazi party issued an order caliing upon his followers to maintain law and order, to avoid molesting foreigners, isrupting trade. and to avoid the are- tion of possibly embarrassing interna- tional incidents. Appeal Issued by Von Papen. “Later. (Vice Chancellor) von Papen delivered a speech at Breslau in which he not only reiterated Hitler's appeals for discipline but abjured the victors of the last election not to spoil their triumph by unworthy acts of revenge and violence which could only bring discredit upon the new regime in foreign countries. “As a result, the embassy reports that the authority of the regular police has been reinforced. “The feeling has been widespread in Germany that following so far-reaching a political readjustment as has recently taken place. some time must elapse be- fore a state of equilibrium could be re-establiched “In the opinion of the embassy such a stabilization appears to have been reached in the fleld of personal mis- treatment. and there are indications that in other phases the situation is amproving. “I feel hopeful in view of the re- ported attitude of high German offi- cials and the evidences of amelioration ready indicated, that the situation, cern throughout this country. will soon revert to normal. Meanwhile I shall continue to watch the situation closely, ympathetic interest and with & desire to be helpful in whatever way possible.” 'NAMED TO CONSIDER RELIEF AND SILVER Senate Subcommittees Headed by Byrnes and Adams Will Tackle Jobless and Monetary Issues. By the Associated Press. Subcommittees to deal with emergency relief and construction and silver legis- lation were assigned today by Chairman Fletcher of the Senate Banking Com- mittee. It was expected that the administra- tion's $500,000,000 unemployment relief bill to be introduced today would be re- ferred to that subcommittee, of which Senator Byrnes. Democrat of South Carolina, is chairman. 2 Members are Reynolds, Democrat of North Carolina: Adams, Democrat of Colorado; Costigan, Democrat of -Colo~ rado; Steiwer, Republican of Ore.: Kean, Republican of New Jersey, and Golds- borough, Republican of M <+ The silver subcommittee, of which Adams was designated chalrman. will consider the various Emmh of West- ern Senators to aid the white metal, in- cluding the 16 to 1 remonetization plan of Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Mon= tana, and suggestions for buying silver in the open market. Members are Reynolds, Costigan, Kean, Steiwer, Bankhead, Democrat of Alabama: Gore. Democrat of Oklahoma, and Walcott, Republican of Connecticut,