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P X MATSUOKA URGES REVISION OF TREATY Declares Nine-Power Pact Should Conturm to Real- ities, Not Fiction. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. “My personal opinfon is that the nine-power treaty signed in 1922 ought to be carefully studied and eventually Tevised 80 as to correspond to realities and not to fiction,” Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese statesman, who headed the Japanese delegation which withdrew from the League of Nations last month, said at a press conference last night. | Mr, Matsuoka, who arrived here last night, called this morning at the White House to pay his respects to President | Roosevelt, whom he has known since he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He also called later on Secretary of | State Hull. Both these visits were | purely a matter of courtesy and have | no pelitical significance. Besides the | fact that Mr. Matsucka is traveling| through the United States as a private individual, he spent less than 10 min- utes with the President and barely a quarter of an hour with the Secretary of State. It is natural that there| ‘was no material time for him to discuss with either statesman anything of real| consequence. | But the Japanese diplomat talkea frankly to the press and answered without hesitation all the questions put | to him. | In developing his thoughts in re- | gard to the nine-power pact, which the co-signatories maintain had been | violated by the Japanese military action | in Manchuria, Matsuoka said: “Japan | has ‘never had any illusion about the | real state of affairs in China, even at the time when the American Govern-| ment sponsored the nine-power pact. Yet, it decided to put its signature on that pact, sharing, to a certain extent, the opinion of the other nations that in the course of time, China, protected against any foreign inter- vention, might put her house in order and become again & unified nation. Hopes Unfuifilled. .“The hopes of Japan have never ma- terialized. Conditions in China have grown from bad to worse. What the League of Nations and the American people describe as a nation is really nothing else but a gigantic conglomer- ation of military dictatorships fighting each other. Could we go on like this” forever, when we had so many citizens | in Manchuria? Other nations, less vitally interested in the chaotic con- ditions of China, may have wished to continue with the illusion that that fiction which is called a nation could improve, but Japan is too much inter- ested in bringing order in Eastern Asia and had to act. What we did in Man- churia was not much different from what the British did in Shanghai in 1927 when they landed 20,000 men to protect their nationals, yet nobody pro- tested then.” Of course, Mr. Matsuoka overlooked the fact that the Britich at that time sent_troops only for the protection of the life and property of their nationals, an action permitted under international customs, and withdrew as soon as thev ‘were not needed any longer, while Japan | i Engaged NEW YORK BEAUTY TO WED FRENCH POLO STAR. ELEANOR POST HUTTON. NEW YORK. March 31 (#).—The engagement of Eleanor Post Hutton to Etienne Robert Gautier of Paris was announced yesterday by her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Edward F. Hutton of New York and Palm Beach. Reports of the engagement had been current for some time Miss Hutton, 8 debutante of the 1927-28 season, eloped with Preston Sturges, the playwright, in April, 1930. Their marriage was annulled here last November .and she has been living abroad. Gautier, who is studying for the French diplomatic service, is a polo star and member of an old and distinguished French family. OISO INTIMATES INVASION OF CHINA |Says Attacks Along Wall| 1 SIX POINTS BARED INMUSSOLIN PLAN | | { | { | | Co-operation of France, Italy, | Reich and Britain Urged to Assure Peace. o By the Associated Press. | PARIS. March 31—Premier Musso- lini's plan to assure peace in Europe was made public here today and was disclosed as a proposal for a six-point | pact. It provided: 1. Four-power collaboration for peace by Qreat Britain, Prance, Italy and Germany. 2. Acceptance of the principle of re- vision of treaties in accordance with the League of Nations’ covenant “in a spirit of mutual understanding and solidarity of reciprocal interests.” 3. Great Britain, France and Ttaly— in the event of the failure of full dis-| armament (by which Germany would | realize equality)—pledge gradual reali- | zation of equality for Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. 4. The following of a common line of action by the four powers in world affairs. 5. Effectiveness of the accord for 10 years, when it will be automatically renewable unless denounced. 6. Registration of the accord with the | League of Nations. “No Force” Pacts Cited. The text of the proposed pact follows: Article 1. The four Western powers, Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy, undertake to realize among them- selves an effective police co-operation with the view of maintaining peace in accordance with the spirit of the Kellogg and “no force” pacts. (The lat- ter was the agreement last December among the four nations to grant equal- ity in armaments to Germany.) They also undertake to act in the domain | of European relations in such a way that this peace policy can be adopted, in ‘ll‘ue of necessity, by ether states as well. Article 2. The four powers confirm the principle of revision of peace treaties, in accordance with the clauses | of the covenant of the League of Na- | tions, in cases where situations arise { which are likely to bring conflicts amcng States. (Article XIX of the | covenant contemplated revision when | such situation arise.) They declare, | at the same time, that this principle of revision canot be applied except in the frame work of the League and in a spirit of mutual understznding and solidarity of reciprocal interests. Gradual Equality Urged. Article 3. France, Great Britain and Italy declare that, in case the Dis- armament Conference attains only par- tial results, the equality rights recog- nized as due to Germany should have an eflective significance and Germany will undertske to realize these equality rights by stages, which will be deter- mined by a successive accord to be con- cluded by the four powers through the usual diplomatic channels. The four powers will undertake to reach an un- derstanding in the same sense with re- | | | : (Continued From First Page.) | KL - | They are Frank Dufl: went to Manchuria to stay and, if pos- sible, to annex more Chinese territory. The Japanese statesman was uncer- tain as to whether the Japanese army would advance south of the Great Wall into China proper and eventually oc- cupy Tientsin and Peiping. “Neither the Japanese government nor the Japanese army in Manchuria desired to oceupy even Jehol,” he stated, “but the Chinese, desirous to place Japan in s difficult position with the western world, actually provoked the Manchukuo-Japanese invasion of that ovince. 15 not impossible that should repeat such provocations again, and massacre our nufim’ who h: live in Tientsin or Peiping. ould such 2 thing happen, it is quite pos- sible that the Japai e nese army will be foreed, agalnst its own will, to occupy those cities to protect the life and Pproperty of our citizens.” | Discusses Pacific Fleet. Mr. Matsuoka emphatically denied the statement attributed to hin’;l thi? fn order to reassure public opinion in Japan the American fleet should be | ‘Withdrawn from the Pacific. “I have been grossly misinterpreted,” he stated. “Under an avalanche of questions from reporters, here and abroad, to express an opinion about the presence of the whole American fleet on the West Coast, I stated that among certain Japanese people, there is a good deal of apprehension’ about the presence of the American naval forces in the Pa- cific, and that even among members of the cabinet there may be a certain feel- ing in connection with that concentra- | tion. But my personal point of view ! is that this is America’s own business and that nobody has anything to say about where your Government wants to maintain its naval forces:” The Japanese statesman was not less positive, but much more diplomatic than the Tokio government when discussing the question of the mandated islands in the Pacific. “I don’t understand,” he said, “why all this rumpus over these islands. In “%the first place there can be no question about the mandate sicce Japan is not actually out of the League for another | two years. But even if that did not | come into consideration, the decision that these islands should be given to Japan was taken by the allied and as- sociated powers at Versailles before the treaty of Versailles was signed. The | mandate over those islands was merely confirmed by the League of Nations and our position is similar with your posi- tion in regard to the Island of Yap. Fortification Story Denied. “I personally regret that this ques- tion was taken up so seriously by the American people because it is bound to raise the question in the minds of the Japanese people as to whether, by any | chance, you want the islands for your- | selves.” Mr. Matsuoka denied the stories pub- lished in newspapers here and in Eu- | rope, that Japan transformed some of | Jutely under Japanese control” said |in this country are in favor of & na- the mandated islands inte submarine May Bring Extension of Occupation. By the Assoeiated Press CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, March 31.—Lieut. Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, chief of staff of the Japanese armies in Manchuria and reputed “brains” of the Jehol campaign, told the Associated Press today that continuing sporadic Chinese attacks alcng the Great Wall of | China were omly resulting in wanton and wholesale sacrifice of Chinese lives and may bring on an extension of the Japanese occupation into North China proper. Asked whether the Japanese army could avoid occupation of Peiping if the attacks continued, Gen. Koiso said: “It is impossible to ignore such chal- lenges. But at the same time we must consider the international factors in- volved in the possible occupation of Pieping, as well as the risk to lives of Japanese, foreigners, and peaceful Chinese residents of the old capital” (There are 700 American civilians and 500 United States Marines in,Peiping.) Chinese Strength ‘Estimated. Gen. Kolso estimated 120,000 Chinese troops are immediately southward of the Great Wall, in addition to 60,000 west and south of Shanhaikwan, and 40,000 in Peiping and Tientsin, totaling abous five times the Japanese strength in Jehol. The general headquarters here on the Japanese forces was informed that Gen. Tang Yu-Lin, the ousted Chinese Governor of Jehol, escaped to a Mongolian city about 150 miles west of Jehol City. Ae abandoned 20,000 fol- lowers who were being pushed north- westward by the Japanese in the direc- tion of Tolun, Chahar. This is 110 miles northwest of Jehol City. Along the Jehol-Chahar border, the Japenese and Chinese forces are face to face but no major engagements have been reported. “If eventually we are compelled to occupy Peiping,” said Gen. Kois “the Chinese army will be responsible. Defenders Well Equipped. He said the professed Chinese hapes of retaking Jehol were futile and fan- tastic because the Japanese defenders at the Wall were so formidably em- planted and eguipped that it would be Impossible to dislodge them. The heaviest sacrifice of Chinese lines, he sald, was along the eastern end of the Great Wall between Hsifen- kow and Chiehlingkow, one of the im- portant passes, and northwest of Shan- haikwan, “The Great Wall situation is abso- Gen Koiso. “Every important pass | and town on it is in our hands except Lowenku, westward of Hsifenkow, and we expect to reoccupy that town in two or three day: or_naval bases. He had also been too long absent from Japan to know the reasons wiwy the Japanese government had been OF ! v 3 recently purchasing in Europe some 15 Chinese cjaims u(‘ heavy large liners such as the Baltic, the | casualties are utterly baseless, Megantic and, according to recent re- clared. ports, one of the most important White { Star liners, the Olympic. Japanese he de- (Copyright, 1933.) gard to Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. Article 4. In all political and non- political European and extra-Eu questions, as also in the colonial sphere, the four powers will undertake to adopt as far as possible s common line of action. Article 5. This political agreement of | understanding and co-operation, which | will be submitted if necessary for the | approval of Parliaments within three months, will have a duration of 10 years and will be automatically ex- tended another 10-year period unless denounced by one of the contracting parties a year before expiration, Article 6. The present pact will be filed with the secretariat of the League of Nations. 'MAJ. LEONARD DENIES HE IS CANDIDATE | Retired Officer Announces He Is Not Eligible for District Commissionership. i TR | Maj. Henry Leonard, United States | Marine Corps, retired, is not a candi- date for the post of District Commis- sioner despite efforts of some of his friends to obtain his appointment, he has announced. He said: “I am badly tainted with | incurable Republicanism, am actively connected with the party in Colorado, am a legal resident and a voter in that State, and hence am ineligible for the position.” Maj. Leonard is a practicing attorney in Washington. Many years ago he achieved fame for heroism during the Boxer outbreak in China. It was there that he lost one arm. He was counsel for Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler two years ago when the general was in con- troversy with the Navy Department as |a result of charges he made against | Mussolini. [ = |FAIRNESS HELD AIM OF SECURITIES BILL BY HUSTON THOMPSON (Continued From First Page.) | | disclose the character of his wares. The investing public is tired of buying a pig in the poke.” In his testimony, Thompson gave & | nistory of legislation of this type in| | foreign countries and said “the States | tional securities act.” Though the States have blue-sky laws, he said, these had not proved ef- fective. Several previous attempts to enact similar legislation were defeated in Congress, Thompson said, by “in- vestment bankers.” Although 38 States favored the Deni- son bill in the Sixty-seventh Congress, | he said, it had died. This measure | would have regulated the sale of securi- | | { ishort hours as a means of further —% %% : HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, . Shaw Dines With Movie Stars VISITING WRITER GUEST EORGE BERNARD SHAW, Irish dramatist, a dinner guest of motion | picture celebrities at Culver Cit; around the world. Davies. He is seated between Cli..lie Chaplin and Marion V AT CULVER CITY PARTY. ETERANS AWAIT SWEEPING SLASHES | Action Believed Imminent By in to in by ga y when hc d California on his trip thy —A. P. Photo. BILLION RELIEF RECOMMENDED | BY GREEN AT LABOR PARLEY bonus charges to meet first mortgage or tax demands, inability to meet the sec- | ond home mortgage and the home is | lost. “This condition has _discouraged | home ownership and brought about al- | most complete prostration in the wide range of industries depending for their | W: prosperity upon residential building— industries which account in the aggre- gate for millions of the unemployed. “Legislative measures now under con- | sideration to prevent foreclosures on | urban homes will afford a respite of real value to home owners and should be used to build up the standards of fair mortgage practice in normal as well as| emergency periods. The home owners’ | equity in his home will be strengthened by building up voluntary agreements. his can only be done by getting the parties concerned in the contract together. “Essential to a successful achieve- ment of this task is clear recognition of the fact that the problem of home mortgage finance involves not alone the savings invested in the 10,500,000 urban homes occupied by their owners, but the savings of countless thousands who have invested in first mortgage bonds, who are drawing insurance and annuities derived from mortgage investments. This is a problem calling for collected action, not new in principle but new in objective.” Green asserted that labor urges the application of the 6-hour day and 5- day week in both public and private employment as a practical and con- structive remedy for unemployment. He said labor was convinced that the ob- servance of one day of rest in seven no longer neegs economic and social re- quirements. He declared it was obviously impos- sible to overcome unemployment with- out restoring to the masses a buying power corrésponding with the facilities of industrial production. He emphasized that buying power can only be estab- lished through increasing wages. Labor and Planning. He said labor recommended the de- velopment of national economic plan- ning, directly aimed at the raising of standards of living, and that the Fed- ergl Government set an example to other employers by providing reserves out of which a dismissal wage should be paid to those dropped from the service. He further recommended that a Federal agency be created for the express purpose of collecting data as to man hours’ work available, as to wage earners’ income, and provide standards for determined economic poli- cies. “The collapse of our public schools throughout the country is one of the| most alarming manifestations of the depression,” Green said in conclusion. | “Thousands of schools have already | closed for the year; major curtailments | have occurred in school work in 30 States. In a number of places schools are being kept open by unpaid teachers and by tuition fees. During this emer- gency when, due to tax delinguencies, | States and municipalities cannot meet | their vitally essential programs, the| credit of the United States should be | extended to enable them to maintain| their public schools, as that credit is now extended to private industry.” | | sai pa today. changes in the program, which it was | After Session With Budget Chief. the Associated Press. Asks Divorce SOCIETY MATRON AT RENO CHARGES CRUELTY. Announcement of the Roosevelt ad- | ministration’s plan for sweeping slashes veteran expenditures wzs considerec today by veteran organization officials be imminent. The administration's program for cuts veterans' expenditures, authorized Congress under the economy act. nizations by Lewis W. Douglas, di- rector of the budget. Five Groups Called. The five organizations called Into conference at the Treasury Department | were the American Legion, the Disabled American canish War Veterans, £mergency War _Veterans, the United the Disabled Officers’ Association, and e Veterans of Foreign Wars, At another conference with Douglas the organizations discussed id would “go the entire limit” in ring down veteran expenditures. No definite figure of the total cuts contemplated in the plan has been ar- rived at out of the more than 40 pages | of the plan. Veteran organization officials described as “conservative” the unofficial estimates that the cuts might | LABOR WILL FIGHT | accompanied Green to the conference. Indianapolis: T. A. Rickert, Chicago: Maithew Woll, New York; James Wilson, Cincinnati; John Coefield, Washington: Arthur O. Whar- | ton, Washington: Joseph N. Weber, New York, and G. N. Bugniazet, Washington. Martin F. Ryan, treasurer, of Kansas City, and Prank Morrison, secretary, ‘ashington, also were present, Other leaders in attendance were A. F. Whitney, chairman, Association of Railway Labor Executives, Cleveland: E. J. Manion, secretary-treasurer, Asso- ciation of Railway Labor Executives, St. Louis; B. M. Jewel, president Railway Emploves Department, American Fed- eration of Labor; Chicago; J. A. Prank- lin, president, International Brother- hcad of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers, Kansas City, and G. M. Harrison, president. Brotherhood Rail- way & Steamship Clerks, Cincinnati, F. H. Fljozdal, president Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, De- troit; John Frey, secretary-treasurer Metal Trades Department, A. F. of L.. Washington: H. H. Broach, president International Brotherhood of Electrical ‘Workers, Washington; Daniel J. Tobin, president Teamsters, Chauffers, Stable- men and Helpers of America, India- napolis; Andrew Myrup, president Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Interna- tional Union, Chicago; Emil Riede, president Full-Fashioned Hoslery Work- ers’ Union, Philadelphia. George L. Berry, president Interna- tional Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, Pressmen’s Home, Tennessee; na [ total $400,000,000 or $425,000,000. Disability Cuts Due. While details of the plan have not been made public there have been sug- gestions that disability benefits granted for non-service connected disabilities except those of a total and permanent ture would be entirely eliminated. To add to the cuts it has been sug- gested that even allowances for service- connected disability would have to take 10 or 15 per cent cut. IVE DEAD; 3 HURT IN PLANE TRAGEDY Athletes Aboard, Falls in Kansas. By the Associated Press. NEODESHA, Kans, March 31.—A tri-motored airplane plunged from the Workers of tional Typo John L. Lewis, president United Mine Indianapolis; Charles P. Howard, president Interna- India- America, graphical Union, sky to a sodden Kansas meadow today, | killing five members of a party of championship Canadian basket ball players and bringing critical injury to napolis; Thomas J. McMahon, president United Textile Workers of America, New York; David Dubrinsky, president International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, New York; John P. Ryau, presi- dent International Longshoremen's As- sociation, New York; Rose Schneider- man, president, and Mary E. Dreier, vice president, of the Women's Trade Union League of America. ROOSEVELT START LAUDED BY SMITH New Yeorker Says President Is Leading Nation Back to Economic Health. the of an a pri Dis ch Epecial Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, March 31.—Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, writing in the April issue of the New Outlook, out to- morrow, declares the “new administra- tion, led by the President, has made a good beginning.” Continuing, he says: “As we go to press, it has provided prompt and constructive leadership. It has guided public cpinion by clear un- | derstandable pronouncements and has | thus far restored morale and confidence. an the currency problem, with reorganiza- | tion of the Federal Government, with Call by Miss Perkins. The call for the series of conferences was issued by Miss Perkins after Presi- | dent Roosevelt last week summoned Secretaries Dern, Ickes, Wellace and Perkins to the White House for an un- | employment relief discus:ion with mem- bers of the Senate and House Commit- tees on Education and Labor. The White House pariey wad¥held at | the request of Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts because of complications aris- | ing on Capitcl Hill over the reforestation mea:ure, The four cabinet members | will be responsible for carrying out the | provisions of the measure, the heavier | task falling on Miss Perkins, who will | be directly responsible for employment | of the 250,000 workers fcr reforestation | work. | Immediately following the White | House conference Miss Perkins sent out | her call for a series of executive meet- ings to discuss unemployment relief. The conferences’ agenda calls for dis- cussicn of a program of public works; employment, which will include such discussions as one day of rest in seven; short hours or short week, or both, and the best methods cf achievement. In| the latter connection Pederal legislation, State legislation, contracts and com- | pacts between the States will be con- sidered. The question of wages, to be brought about by legislation or by joint action of employers and employes, by some governmental machinery such as boards to regulate wages, or by fixing of wages in governmental purchase contracts also will be discussed. Miss Perkins said discussion of a pro- | gram of permanent improvement of la- the drastic reduction of veterans’ bene-J fits in the face of the bitter opposition | of a strongly organized minority, -with the problem of authorizing and taxing | beer and with the farm problem. “It is wise for the new administration to take full advantage of its large ma- jorities in the new Congress and of the popular approval at the very beginning | of the special session, to drive through | emergency legislation. A great many things can be done now which cannot | be done later. Public opinion is aroused and will fully support the Ex- ecutive in these and similar measures of an emergency character. I said last) month that the Democratic party was at | the crossroads. I will say now that it | has taken the right turn and that ever; one in the country, irrespective of part or other affiliations,should support the new administration loyally and patriot- ically in the path on which it is now moving—because I am satisfied that it | is the path back to economic health and happinesss.” po an Mz cra of | hui wal Col. A. C. Sam| sentative of the mayor of Winnipeg, believed dying. Gex bel line e remaining nine passengers. The dead: A. H. Hakes, Minneapolis, pilot. H. E. Eggens, Minneapolis, co-pilot. Jack H. O'Brien, Minneapolis, owner | the plane. Mike Shea, basket ball player. R. H. Bonynge, Minneapolis, business representative of the team. The party had left Tulsa, Okla. at 7:35 am. Eight members of the Winni- peg Toilers team, their managers, and official representative of Winnipeg's mayor had gone to play the first two of five-game -international series. The Jjourney was being made in O'Brien’s ivately chértered plane. Both games were lost to the Tulsa amond Oilers, United States A, A. U. | iampions. Two Believed Dying. Other persons on the plane: pson, personal repre- e Wilson, manager of the team, Org lieved dying. Lauder Phillips, player, cut. Al Silverthorne, player, broken arms | internal in- | d legs. Bruce Dodds. player, juries and broken bones. Joe Dodds, player. bruised. Hugh Penwarden, player, critical. lan Wooley, player, badly injured. Andy Brown, player, injuries unde- termined. | All accounts indicated that motor | trouble caused the crash, rectly or indirectly. | It has helped in a forthright way with | circled a tank farm of the Sinclair Ol | Co., about five miles north of Neodesha, wabbled, then fell. Striking the ground the shi) end over end, the engines separated | from the plane, and the twisted mass | of metal came to rest with the nose | either di- ‘The big plane inted downward. The wreckage did not catch fire. M. A. Norlin, Independence, Kans d F. E. Harvey, Neodesha, telephone emen, and Harry Wilson and Robert well, both of Tulsa, witnessed the h. Start Rescuing Victims. ‘They propped up the right wing of the ship and hurriedly began extracting the victims from the cabin. Telephone calls started a procession | ambulances, and private motor cars Private Craft, With Canadian rrying toward the scene over muddy | oads from Neodeshs. As soon 2s they could be loaded into cars the injured were brought to a hos- pital here. Emergency calls were made ns from nearby towns. Silverthorne said the pilot shouted a rning before the crash. “I'm having trouble with the motor. ROOSEVELT CALLS PARLEY WITH FOES OF FARM AID BILL! I'm going to have to land. Everybody watch out,” he quoted the pilot as say- ing. Phillips, another occupant of the plene, attributed the disaster to an at- tempt of the pilot to make a sharp landing on a small field because of mo- | ing agriculture and business, except BANK ROBBED BY TRIO WHO ATTACK CLERK Baltimore Branch Tnstitution Had Just Received Delivery of $15,000. | \ By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. March 31, — Three men, brandishing pistols entered the Dundalk branch of the Provident Sav- ings Bank shortly before noon today, | knocked a clerk down and escaped with | $2,000. | A short time before the hold-up oc- | curred an armored car had delivered | $15,000 to the bank. | William E. Mullinix, the clerk, said one of the men had entered through a Tear entrance and another from the front when the third approached him and asked whether the money had been delivered. Before he could answer, Mullinix said, the man pointed a pistol at him, reached for a bag of nickels ne had in his hand and struck him on the head. The three men then left the bank. . 4 | POSTMASTERS MUST DISCHARGE WORKERS IN OWN FAMILIES (Continued From First Page.) they branch out and become heads of W establishments, they cease to be a part of the postmaster ily. “Married children who no longer live | under the family roof, but who have set up separate establishments, are not considered fmmediate members of & postmaster's family. “While it is appreciated that instructions will, in_some herdships upon postm families, nevertheless we possible, ald deserving unemployed.” these cases, work Employes in first and second class| questions to the banking house regard- post offices are under civil service, Third-class postmasters, however, are | 1o answer only 15~ Through John W. given a lump sum allotment for clerk | Davis, its counsel, the banking house hire of $240 a year or more. They have questioned the committee’s authority on been permitted heretofore to employ | seven of the questions and flatly refused whom they pleased Third-clasy post offices are whose annual receipts range $1,500 and $8.000. There are 10,486 between third-class is employed. immediate fam- | ters and their perdinand Peccra, committee counsel in must, wherever charge of the Stock Market inquiry, re. those | the committee counsel, said. | ties through the mails. i | Meanwhile, a Senate investigating | group neaded toward the inmost files | of one of the world's great banking | houses, J. P. Morgan and Co., deter- | | mined 'to bring to Yght anything that | has a bearing on the central task of correcting stock and bond sale prac- tices. | Authority Is Requested. Authority to inspect the Morgan records was sought of the Senate by its Banking Committee, which disclosed it had been rebuffed so far in its efforts to bring the big private banking con- cern into the light of its stock market investigation. There appeared to be no doubt that the Senate would grant this power. : ‘The Morgan situation developed when i | ported he had submitted & list of 23 ing its operations and the bankers agreed | to answer the other, Ferdinand Pecora, ‘The committee instructed him to draft a resolytion to give it unquestioned au- post | thority to go fully into the field of pri- offices in most of which cnly one clerk ! vate banking. This is to be placed be- fore the Senate quickly. v j bor and industrial standards was neces sary because “there is a grave danger lest the depression and unemployment may have caused a lowering of indu: trial standards which will be felt for vears to come.” She said she would urge the con- ferees to discuss at length formulation of industrial standards to assure wage | earners who are still employed a con- structive standard of living and work- ing conditions. Miss Perkins also asked the con- ferees to make a study of labor's rela- tion to industrial reconstruction such as rallroad organization; extent of shrinkage of capitalization in basic industries; provisions for old age and preventicn of child labor, and arrange- ments for employment exchanges. One of the first labor leaders to arrive at the Labor Department Building to- day for the conference was President ‘William Green of the American Federa- tion of Labor. It marked the first meet- ing of Green and Miss Perkins since the | latter entered President Roosevelt’s | cabinet over the protest of the Pk‘derl-‘ tion chief | Green entered the conference room | with recommendations of all questions to be submitted at the parley. The recommendations were drafted yesterday at a conference held by labor chieftains with Green in the American Federation of Labor Building. The Pederation’s eight- vice. presidents ___ (Continued From First Page.) for made of cotton cloth,” s buyers’ strike will follow. “It (the plan) smeils strongly of Russia and the Soviet plan of nationaliz- and that a; |it that in applying this Russion plan to our American instituticns, the titles to the land and the ownership of business are left in the hands of the present owners for them to take whatever lcss is incurred in the experiment,” the statement said. Nevertheless leaders of farm organ-, izations who have b sily counting | the bill's supporters, predicted passage in its original form or without material change. They did not believer final action will be completed, however, in the next 10 days. Meanwhile. Chairman Wagner of the Banking Subcommittee appointed {0 consider farm mortgage refinancing ex- ssed hope that the administration e for relief in this direction will be_presented soon. Its_completion has been delayed bw the President while Treasury experts studied propcsals for interest rates and sale of bonds. but prospects indicate it will go to Congress in the next few days. ‘The President late yesterday talked over both the farm relief and refinanc- ing measures with Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace and Senators Robinson of Arkansas, the party leader, and Har rison of Mississippi, chairman of th2 Finance Committee. To speed the farm program. Rcbin- son and Harrison favored adding the prospective refinancing bill as aa amendment to the farm commodity measure, which already has passed the House. . trouble. He said the motor in the left wing d, and the pilot announced his in- tention of landing. explaining he be- lieved he could continue, but thought best to set the ship down. | p turned | [LAST RITES T has been laid before five veterans’ or- | CARLINE H. DU PONT. RENO, Nev., March 31 (#).—Carline H. du Pont filed suit late yesterday to divorce Lammont du Pont on grounds of crueity. They were married at Wil- mington, Del,, September 5, 1930. Du Pont is chairman of the board of General Motors and head of the E. I du Pont de Nemours Co. RALWAY MERGERS Roosevelt Program Opposed| if 1t Entails Added Unemployment. With the administration formulating | a railroad rehabilitation program un- derstood to provide for large-scale con- solidations under centralized operation, ail labor today stood in announced op- position to the plan if it entails addi- | tional unemployment. ‘The workers’ attitude was announced | yesterday afternoon after a conference at the Hamilton Hotel of the Rail Labor Executives’ Association, includ- ing the heads of the 21 rail unions. It | is expected to be conveyed to the Presi- dent. “The organized railway workers an- nounce their unyielding opposition to| every program for increasing unemploy- | ment and destroying purchasing power by either reducing work or cutting wages,” the statement said. “This is no time for the Government, or the railroads or private industries, to add more thousands of men to the bread lines and to deprive dependent women and children of their sole support. Fearful of Result. “Every measure of so-called ‘econ- cmy' which reduces the total income of the wage earners brings nearer the day when millions of dispossessed, des- titute and desperate people will be goaded into seizing the food, clothing ond shelter to which they have a right by the supreme law of self-preserva- tion.” The statement further described the | predicament of the railroads as “an ex- | ample of the failure and incapacity of private ownership of an essential indus- try.” and continued: ‘Railroad owners are now proposing to deprive thcusands of communities of service, to deprive several thousand workers of work and wages, to destroy billions of dollars in property values in order that they may make unjust profits out cf a consolidated | | people of the United States will not toerate a private monopoly of railrcad transportation under zny dictatorship | the days of competiticn are ended, then the cnly monop:ly control which the people will tolerate is actual and direct control by the Government.” Point to 750,000 Jobless. In the ranks of rail workers there are now 750,000 idle and betwesn 300,000 end 400,000 on part time. ning to crystallize egainst any move to regulate motor truck traffic—legislation that is favored by both rail management and employes. A recommendation that “no attempt be made at this time to regulate rates of contract cr private motor carriers” was delivered at the White House yes- terday by Edward A. O'Neal of the | American Farm Bureau Federation. Union and Fred National Grange. A statement isued by Roy F. Brit- ton, director cf the National Highway Users' Conference, also forécast “wide- spread oppesition” to a model bill for gulation of highway traffic drafted by railroad executives, State public utility commissicners and representatives of some motor truck operators. OMORROW FOR JOHN W. COLSTON Business Man and Resident Here 40 Years to Be Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. John W. Colston, 68, president of | Beitzell & Co., Inc., who died Wednes- | day at his home, 1318 Floral street, will be buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery tomorrow following services at 11 a.m Rev. Franklin Johns Bohanen, rector of the Rock Creek Episcopal Church, | Brenckman of the | will conduct the services at Mr. Col- | ston's home. Mr. Colston was ill only a short tim before he died. He was born in Clarks County, Va., and had lived here 4 years, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret N. Colston, and two sons, | Walker H. Colston of Washington and ‘i;loz:’rm W. Colston of Clarksburg, . Va. hundred | menopoly of main line railroads. The | | subservient to Wall Street bankers. ll’ In the meantime opposition is begin- | John Simpson of the National Farmers' | | escaped similar fat The Business Situation By the Associated Press. Secretary Woodin of the Treasury reported that 265 national banks with deposits of $350,000,000 have been restored to 100 per cent banking function through reorganization in the 10-day period ended March 25. The weekly statement cf the Federal Reserve system showed a gain of $44,444,000 in gold reserves during the week ending last Wedncsday, a drop of $125,759,000 in member bank borrowings and & decrease of $225,~ 000,000 in the volume of money in circulation. The Department of Commerce estimated that millions of dollars are peuring into many industries through the preparations of brewers to han- dle legalized 3.2 per cent beer after April 6. ‘This huge sum of money, the department said, was being expended for automobiles, trucks, bottles, barrels, glasses, rubber goods, cereals, malt and various other articles. ‘The National Cash Register Co. announced that all the company's manufacturing units in Dayton, Ohio, would resume full-time operation next Monday. The order effects 3,500 employes who have been working half time. Orders also are being made for substantial quantities of raw materials. Improvement was reported in the market for raw and finished leather. Dun & Bradstreet's, Inc., in its weekly report said that “the curve of retail trade has jumped up a little more sharply this week,” and pointed out that this was reflected particularly in “the heavier demand for wom- en’s apparel lines, dress accessories, shoes, home furnishings, leather goods and boys' and men’s clothing, sales of which reached large totals during the week. | preme Court. # PRESIDENT SIENS FOREST JOBS BILL Labor Department Directed to Supervise Enlisting From Idle Ranks. By the Associated Press President Roosevelt today made his forest conservation-employment pro- gram law by signing the bill, while his aides rushed to make ready for enlist- ing thousands from the cities’ jobless for the work He directed the Labor Department to Supervise enrollment of 1 ing plain that he ;nd‘ xl:Qm‘g-n‘;' ‘mrx‘:k tion of men who went to the metro= politan centers during boom days, carry out the task of putting the m'a:; watersheds of the Nation again dition to produce timbe ) L ; mber and guari i Signing Deferred. s first point of his emergy - el program. was ‘authorized Jete yre: terday by Congress, At the request oi f:g]:norllihrl\!sg( Who sponsored the legise : ef 1 il ta Jeferred signing of the bill It is the hope of Mr. some men to work within tw ks. (1}3% ;\:ledsumm;en he belicye q_[.v?y-r“ggn - n can be ‘wield ing spades in the forests s "4 Push- The President will go ahe: plan he had in mind to give the “Civil~ lan Conservation Corps” a pay of $30 a month with food and subsisiance Maj. R. Y. Stuart, United States for- ester, called a conference of representa- tives of State forestry depariments to plan for State projects. Before that can be held, however, he will confer wih regional foresters of the United States Forest Service on Monday. Later conferences with representatives of pri- vate holders of forest lands will be held in an effort to work out co-operative Pprojects, Only about 46 per cent of the forest area in this country is now protected against forest fires and the project. Which Stuart aims to bring about would chAre-se tthe Jpmu-cnon. meeting late today of resenta- ves of the War, Lapor, T:ncmtt‘:e and Interior Departments will labor to perfect plans for getting the Roosevelt Program under way quickly. One of the big elements still insettled is de- ;e_xrll"nll)r;nwn old:i:e number of men whe assigned to work tyPes of Pederal land. O ¢ YATIOUS : Number Not Decided, t has not been determin many 'if'm‘?, assigned to the ::u::; Sts, D have ox‘)&fil.noo,noo aoes e 0st of the national forest area lies in Western States, and one of the preb- lems remaining to be solved i3 the de~ termination of the mileage men will be transported frem their homes to camps. The shorter the distance the greater :it:llzgx;y in the Bpx;rn(icn h2s been ad- as one principle on whi plans shculd bEppredl;("itch s As a result, the Forest seeking to bring about AgrY Increase the number of co-operative Projects in the East. There are only | zbout 6,000,000 acres of national forests | east of the Mississippl, and it is in this irea that on a basis of population the largest group of recruits will come from. Projects which can be carried on in national forests have been divided into two classes. The first would include construction of telephone lines, roads, | trails, landing fields, fire breaks, look- | out towers, structures for fire protec- | tion and housing forest forces, range fences and range water developments and a limited amount of planting. Erosion Control Projects. Projects in class B incjude erosion ‘cm&lml, pl‘)’hmtxhpllnt and &odenfi_erw- cation and other types range and forest cultural lctl\ymfl. . The forest strvice has potential sites r several thcusend work camps, but the number which will be needed de- pends on determination of the number of men to be made availeble for i projects. Its plans for camps would limit the number of men in most caces in each to about 100. Larger numbers would be used in camps where projects requiring considerable labor were concentrated in a small area. The War Department is prepared te transport men long distances, rcjuding from_Eastern cities to forests fn Wre ern States, if necessary, but this pro- gram is not likely to be adopted if it can be avoided, because of the expense | which would be involved. The departments working out the pro- gram are seeking to limit expenses, in* cluding capital outlays, so that as larg:* an amount of the money available possible can be used for wages. TORNADOES KILL 22 IN THREE STATES LATE YESTERDAY (Continued From First Page.) Roosevelt to get ad with the Service is ‘eements to | for | yesterday tock three lives and caused much damage to property. Families were forced to flee from their homes, motor end rail trafic was disruptsd and merchants hurriedly moved stocks off ground floors as sev- eral streams went on rempage. The dead were: Henry Concklin, 58, Platteville undertaker; his assistant, Frank Kramer, 38, and Mrs. Mayme Steiner MacRobsrts, 28, of Monroe "rhe men were drowned in the flood waters of the Piatts River after they tried vainly to save their lives by lash- Ing themselves to a telephone pole with straps used to lower coffins. Thsy were driving a hearse to Lancast: when it Was swept from the highway. Mrs. MacRoberts was drowned when she stepped from a stalled automobile and was swept away by the swift cur- rent of water which covered the road near Paoli. Two women companions e. \MRS. DORA E. SKEEN DEAD Native of Washington, 65, Expires Suddenly in Florida. MIAMA, Fla., March 31 (#) Dora Everson Skeen, 6! liam D. Skeen, retirell pi ager of the Government Pr fice in Woshington, died sud last night The body Washington today for burial, . Mrs. Skeen was a_native - ington. Her husband was li‘tslfcdwfi'i'lln the Government Printing Offi October and they *had spent the four months in Flcrida. They ed ;!..thhel Ciifton Terrace Apar.ments eral arrangements have m completed. ¢ % denly here will be sent to DENIES EXTORTION Luther C. Sykes, chargad with bleske mailing Representative Walter G. drews of New York, pleaded not guilty When arraigned today in District Su- Sykes was not repxcsent- ed by counsel, but said he expected to engage an attorney bafore his case is "ilcneud ffir trial. e is alleged to have obtained several hundred dollars during the past year from Mr. Andrews by means of threats, R W e p Templar Orders to Be Confarred. A special conclave of Brightwood Commandery, No. 6, Kuights Templar, will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight. in Brightwood Masonic Temple . to co-fer orders of the fraternity, it wes an- nounced by Fred E. Blood, recorder.