Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, with lowest temperature tonight about 37 degrees; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature. Temperatures The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news —Highest, 65, at 3 p.m. yester est, 44, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 y; low- P —— b No. 32,480. post _office, Entered as second class matte: Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY NORNING EDITION TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. e Foening Star. kKK service. (®) Means Associated Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,183 TWO CENTS. Press. — SURVIVOR OF AKRON DESCRIBES LOSS OF 73 Six are Missing as Navy Blimp J- SHIP DEMOLISHED, OFFICER SAYS; ADMIRAL MOFFETT AMONG MISSING; ONLY THREE ARE SAVED IN STORM Controls Lost as Ballast Is Dropped. PLUNGED TO SEA IN FEW MINUTES Wiley Lauds Disci- pline of Men on Craft. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 4—A mes- sage signed “Wiley,” and stating that the dirigible Akron, in the center of a storm, crashed about 12:33 am. today, was given out by the Coast Guard at Staten Island today. The message, which carried no addresses, was sent from the cut- ter Tucker to the cruiser Portland and intercepted by the Coast Guard cutter Champlain, moored | at the Coast Guard base at Staten Island. The Tucker is the vessel to which Lieut. Comdr. H. V. Wiley, second in command of the Akron; two other survivors and the body of a fourth member of the crew were transferred from the rescue’ tanker Phoebus. Willey’s Message. i The message, as given out by Coast Guard at Staten Island, follows: “Sighted thunderstorm about 30 miles south of Philadelphia about two zero four five (8:45 pm.) and proceeded on east and northeast course. Light night, mostly to south. Ground obscured by fog. Ship in good static condition. Approximately 5,000 pounds. Sea heavy. In vicinity of Jersey shore at 10 o'clock. “Surronded by lightning at light (pre- | sumably Barnegat light). Night atmos- phere not very turbulent. Ran east course until about 23:00 (11 p.m.), then | crossed to west at 24:00 (midnight) BSighted light on ground and changed | course to 130 degrees. Ship began to | gdescend rapidly from flying altitude, 1,600 feet. Dropped ballast. Became entirely surrounded by lightning. | “About 00:30 (12:03 a.m.) ship began | to descend rapidly from flying altitude 1,600 feet, dropped ballast forward and | yegained altitude. Craft Demolished. “Three minutes later, seemed to be | 4n center of storm. shift about violently. Called all hands. Ship commenced to descend. Stern fnclined downwerd. “Dropped ballast. ied away. {er. Ship demolished upon impact. “In lightning flash saw many men swimming. Wreckage drifted rapidly pway. Discipline in control car perfect. (Signed) “WILEY.” ‘The three survivors of the disaster Rrrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard early this afternoon, one having to be femoved to the Navy Hospital on a stretcher. The others walked ashore from the Coast Guard destroyer Tucker. Lieut. Comdr. Wiley and M. E. Er- vin, an enlisted man, walked from the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) REPORTED AKRON VICTIM Rudder control car- LATER FOUND RESCUED! By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4—Less lhfln‘ five minutes elapsed between the time Mrs. Bessie Erwin Call was notified that her brother. Moody Eugene Erwin, 26, was missing In the Akron tragedy, and notification that he was among the | lew reported rescueu. “It doesn't seem possible thet so much sorrow and joy could be crowded into those few minutes,” Mrs. Call said. Erwin was born in Hickman County, Tenn. He entered the Navy at 18. AKRON’S BATTLE IN TEXAS LAST MAY RECALLEDi | ment terming the accident a * shp besan 0| CLINGING TO HOPE Descent continued to wa- | All Washington Sho Coast Ear Stunned by the tragic loss of the Akron and apparently most of her crew, including Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, naval air chief, and other officers well known here, Washington's officialdom moved sadly but grimly to- day to find the cause of aviation’s worst catastrophe. President Roosevelt, shocked by the tragedy, expressed his grief in a state- ational disaster,” as demands came from con- gressional quarters for a thorough in- vestigation. The sorrowing Navy, still scanning the sea off Barnegat Light for possible survivors of the storm-wrecked dirigible, meanwhile made plans for the inevi- table court of inquiry. Secretary of the Navy Swanson dispatched Assistant Secretary Henry Latrobe Roosevelt to the scene of the disaster to supervise the search and preliminary investiga- tion. ‘The President, in whom the Navy always has had a fast friend, said: “The loss of the Akron with its crew cked by Heavy Loss of Life on Akron, Off New Jersey ly Today. of gallant officers and men is a na- tional disaster. I grieve with the Na- tion and especially with the wives and - families of the men who were lost. “Ships can be replaced, but the Na- tion can ill afford to lose such men as Rear Admiral William A. Moffett and his shipmates, who died with him up- holding to the end the finest traditions of the United States Navy.” As some of his colleagues called for immediate inquiry into origin of the crash, Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee announced that the loss of the Akron will block construc- tion of more ships of her type. “There won't be any more big air- ships built,” he sald. “We have built three and lost two.” Great Britain already has abandoned dirigibles as a recult of the wreck of the R-101. Mrs. Roosevelt went to the home of Mrs. Moffett to comfort her in her sorrow. Just a few moments before the First Lady arrived the courageous wife of the chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics had told newspaper men (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) Describes Disaste _d | LIEUT. COMDR. HERBERT V. WILEY. 'FAMILIES OF MEN Grief Stricken Relatives Await News of the Akron at Lakehurst. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, April 4— | Stunned, grief-stricken, but clinging des- | perately to hope, this home port of the proud Akron waited anxiously today for news from the wreck of the dirigible off Barnegat. | White-faced and tense-lipped, the wives and families of the ship’s officers and enlisted men stood by, eagerly de- vouring each new scrap of information where the Akron came to grief. But the news trickled in with agoniz- ing slowness and for those with loved ones on board the dirigible there was nothing to do but wait. The disaster cast a pall over the town | of ‘Lakehurst, nestled below the Naval Alr Station. Toms River, too, where the sallors played when on leave from their posts, felt‘the shock of the news. —_— | Hero to His Team. | SEATTLE, April 4 (A .—Willlam Kolb, 12, is a hero to his playmates. The youngster broke his right leg sliding for home plate in a playground game. But the run won the game. WITH STORMS that came to the Naval Air Station area | VIGIL KEPT HERE FOR FIVE OFFICERS Mrs. Moffett Shows Stoic Spirit, Encouraging Wives of Others Missing. Relatives and friends of five naval officers who were aboard the il fated the sea off Barnegat Light were main- taining a courageous vigil in their homes here today, ever hopeful their loved ones had been spared from tragic death. None was braver, none displayed bet- ter the stoic spirit traditional among wives of those who go down to the sea or who dare the skies in ships than Mrs. Willlam A. Moffett, wife of the chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Bearing up under the harrowing strain of passing hours which brought only heartbreaking news, she sent a brief wives of missing men. Other Akron officers well known here by reason of residence and with rela- tives and close friends in the city in- cluded: Comdr. Henry Barton Cecil of 2400 Sixteenth street, Comdr. Frank C. McCord, son-in-law of Horace A. Dodge, local attorney; Lieut. Howard Leyland Young, who spent most of his early life in Washington, and Lieut. (Junior of Mrs. A. E. Muehleisen of 5604 Six- | teenth street. | Comdr. Cecil's Record. Comdr. Cecil had been on duty in | partment. His wife, Mrs. Isa McBean Cecll, is at the Sixteenth street apart- | ment. Comdr. Cecil was under orders [to g0 to sea in June. He was slated | River, Tenn. The commander's perma- | nent address was 836 North Fifth ave- | nue, Knoxville, Tenn. Academy in 1910 and, after five years of general service in the fleet, volun- teered for aviation duty in 1915. Since that date he has been continuously connected with aviation. This has em- braced important duties at the training ge 4, Column 5.) Dirigible Hemmed in by Mountains and Lightning‘THREE MEN WOUNDED During Crui By the Assoclated Press. DALLAS, Tex., April 4—Hemmed in| by mountains and crashing thunder- storms, the dirigible Akron successfully yode out of danger in Southwest Texas last May on its cross-country trip from $he Atlantic to the Pacific. The Akron cruised over San Angelo, ex., for hours early in the morning of May 10. Through a misunderstanding in signals, it was believed at first the craft would make an emergency landing there and a ground crew was organized | quickly at the Municipal Airport. To- ward morning, however, the dirigible - eased off to the South, toward the Rio Grande and El Paso. There was no doubt the ship had been serlously menaced and in the fre- Quent appeals to flying fields for ise to Coast. commander, Charles E. Rosendahl, a native of Texas, who, in passing, had flown over the home of his mother at Cleburne and had waved to her. Crops beaten down by hailstones and broken glass in many homes bore wit- ness to the severity of the storm which handicapped the ship. ‘Toward noon that day the Akron ap- proached the “Big Bend” country, in far Southwest Texas, zig-zagging along the course of the Rio Grande and making slow progress. Late in the afternoon, forced to retrace her course temporarily, the airship hovered for a while over the little plains village of Toya, her motors idling. Finally breaking through the Davis Mountains and a narrow pass, the Akron reached El Paso just after dark weather Teports observers saw at least » measure of concern on the part of her and headed toward San Diego and Los t Angeles, her motors running almos! wide open. | IN ROBBERY OF BANK| Masked Bandits Make Off With Undetermined Sum of Money. By the Associated Press. FAIRBURY, Neb., April 4.—Three men were wounded today in an ex- change of shots with three masked rob- bers who held up the PFirst National Bank of Fairbury and escaped with an undetermined amount of money. Deputy Sheriff W. S. Davidson was wounded three times by the trio as they fled from the bank. The court- house is just across the street from the | bank. Keith Sexton, a clerk in the bank, and & man from Des Moines, Iowa, | named Johnson who was in the sherif’s office with Davidson also were wounded. dirigible Akron when she plunged into | message of encouragement to other | Grade) Cyrus Turner Clendening, son | the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy De- | | to become head of the Air Department, | aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S.| Lexington. The commander’s father is | Beaty Cecil, whose home is at New | He was graduated from the Naval | U. S‘: Launches Inquiry to Learn?eCrew of Eleven Cause of Catastrophe at Sea on Board as Ship Falls. GONDOLA HELD. UNDER WATER Plane Picks Up 4; Two Rushed to Hospital. By the Associated Press. BEACH HAVEN, N. J,, April 4— The naval non-rigid balloon J-3 of the Naval Air Station at Lake- hurst crashed into the sea a short distance off shore at 1:45 pm. The fate of its crews was not immediately determined. Two members of the crew, be- lieved to have been still alive, were taken from the water by rescue workers in surf boats and in a waiting ambulance were rushed to Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood, 20 miles away. Comdr. Simon R. Sands, com- mandant of the 5th Coast Guard district, at Asbury Park, said 11 men were on board. Planes Were Standing By. ‘He said he had received word the crash of the ship was 400 yards off shore and directly opposite the Bond Coast Guard station. Three seaplanes were standing by the Coast Guard prepared at once to deflate the bag, Sands said. To the 500 or more persons on the beach who were watching the search for the Akron wreckage, it seemed im- possible, one said, that the members of the crew could have survived the crash. Hundreds of persons had been watch- ing the maneuvers of the ships for more than two hours. Spectators said the waves were high and the easterly winds becoming stronger, as the ship suddenly crashed into the ocean with a terrific impact. ‘The gondola sank into the waves, with the bag closing in upon it Surf boats immediately were put out and the two unindentified men hauled from the water, Other bodies or sur- vivors were not seen immediately. Four Taken Out. A few minutes after the crash a seaplane, the pilot of which was not identified, taxied to the vicinity of the wreckage. Four men were hauled aboard, and were taken to the office |of Dr. W. E. Dodd for treatment for submersion. Whether or not they were in serious condition was not determined. It was not known if these four in- cluded the two reported to have been started to a Lakewood hospital. The latest reports indicated the gondola and the bow of the ship were far under water, with the shining stern still above the surface. Ready rescuers for the men aboard the J-3 was vouchsafed because doc- tors, plancs, boats and ambulances were in the immediate vicinity to take care of any survivors of the Akron who might have been seen by the crew of the J-3, which had embarked early today on its mission of rescue. The names of the men rescued are: Lieut. W. A. Cockell, commander; Lieut. Thornton; enlisted men, Harry Manley, Walter Meyers and Jensel Sprague. Your Opportunity Opportunities for securing the most exceptional values in years abound on every hand. To mention only a few: Furniture is lower priced than it has been at any time during the past generation; silk and silk hosiery prices are less than half of the prevailing market of a year or so ago; even 1{uxuries, such as dia- monds, jewelry, silverware and furs, are at the lowest price in years. ! Yesterday’s Advertising. (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star. . . 24,457 2d Newspaper. . ... 10,976 3d Newspaper..... 3,866 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper Total (Other four newspapers) 21,114 People in the most modest circumstances cannot afford to be without The Star, as they save many times the subscrip- tion price by carefully reading the advertisements, L ] R wreckage of the non-rigid | 3 Crashes on Rescue Flight THE BURDEN OF OFFICE. {c";"\\ DINNERS MICHIGAN VOTES DRY LAW REPEAL Wets Elect at Least 86| Out of 100 Delegates to Convention. | | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 4—At least 86 out of a possible 100 votes in Michigan's special State convention next Monday will be cast for repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution, This became certain today as additional re- turns from Monday's referendum | showed the tremendous strength of the | anti-prohibition forces. The total vote in 2,488 of the State's 13,417 precincts gave: For repeal, 706,~ | 843; against, 194,504. | The election of delegates, however, | |was by State representative districts, | totaling 100 members. | Only One Dry Certain. Up until 10:30 a.m. today. only one | delegate pledged to vote for retention |of the national prohibition law ap- peared to have been definitely named. This was in Barry County, which voted dry in the referendum on elimination | of Michigan’s bone-dry law in the elec- tion last November. Repeal delegates were leading in the 13 other districts, but the figures were not far enough advanced to definitly assure their election. It was the first opportunity the elec- tors of any State have had to vote on repeal of the national prohibition law and the convention next week will be the first assembly of its kind ever held. Appearing on the ballots as pledged | to vote either for or against repeal, the | delegates meeting in Lansing April 10 will function much as an electoral col- lege, carrying out the will of the voters as expressed in yesterday’s referendum. Cities Vote Repeal. Among the centers that voted for re- | peal delegates were such cities as De- | troit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Marquette, Muskegon, Sagi- naw, Port Huron, Battle Creek and Lansing. On _incomplete returns the only districts showing dry strength were in Barry County (Hastings) and Ing- ham County’s second district, lying out- side the city of Lansing. In Detroit, 17 delegates pledged to repeal were named by a margin of near- ly 10 to 1. When figures had been tabu- lated from 700 city precincts the vote was: For repeal, 189,008; against repeal, 22, Although repeal forces had claimed they would carry Wayne Coun- ty easily, the wet majority surprised even them. The election of delegates was entire- ly by legislative districts and the total vote was significant only in so far as it revealed little change from the vote of last November when the proposal to eliminate the bone dry law from the (Continued Page 2, Column 2.) o HALT TRAIN TRAVEL FOR WORLD TOURISTS Authorities, Believing ‘Way Unsafe Because of Hos- tilities, Urge Boat. By the Assoclated Press. TIENTSIN, China, April 4—Chinese authorities today refused to allow 189 tourists, making a world cruise on the steamer Resolute, to proceed by train to Chinwangtao, where the Resolute is docked. They said recent hostilities be- tween Japanese and Chinese north of C:flnwmzun made travel by train un- safe. The Resolute arrived at Chinwangtao | April 1 from Shanghai and the tourists then proceeded to Peiping and Tientsin. Cruise officials ordered the Resolute | to proceed to Taku, where they planned Chinese to pick up the touris hom 3 mpm p the s, most of wi th Mt. Everest Plane Crashes in Second Flight Near Peak Shortage of Fuel Re- ported to Have Forced Landing. By the Assoclated Press. CALCUTTA, April 4—One of the two airplanes which yesterday flew above Mount Everest, crashed today in a flight over Kanchanjunga, a nearby peak nearly as high as Everest. It was believed that the pilot was P. F. M. Fellowes, technical ad- viser to the expedition. R. C. W. Ellison was believed to be with him. The Marquis of Clydesdale, head of the expedition, who piloted one of the planes across Everest yester- day, started from Bihar as soon as he had word of the accident. He was in a light Moth plane from which he hoped to locate the fallen ship and drop food to the crew. Details could not be learned im- mediately, but it was reported that 2 fuel shortage necessitated a forced landing at Jalalgarh, 16 miles from Purneah, the expedition’s base. BY E. C. SHEPHERD. Special Cable to The Star. PURNEA, India, April 4 (NA. N.A).—The flight over Mount Everest yesterday was carried out with no more fuss than if it had been an ordinary service flight at home in England, and it was completed in exactly three hours. The only mishap was a fracture of the oxygen pipe of S. R. Bonnett, aerial photographer who went as observer in the Westland-Wallace plane piloted by Lieut. McIntyre. This mishap occurred over the sum- mit of Mount Everest. Bonnett became faint from violent pains of the stomach. He had to sit down in the cockpit and eventually he discovered the reason for his illness—the broken oxygen tank. Bonnett tied his handkerchief around the break and soon had recovered suf- flcie{ltly to resume his photographic work. Apart from this and a blister caused by heat from one of Mclntyre's elec- trically-heated gloves, the crews of both planes were entirely comfortable. Aerial Survey Partly Successful. So far as the aerial survey is con- cerned the flight probably was not very satisfactory, because t] cameras failed to operate over part of the flight. But the still cameras produced magnifi- cent photographs of the crest of Mount Everest and of the surrounding peaks, including one fine close-up of Mount Everest showing the main southern slopes and the final ridge where George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine, climbers, lost their lives in 1924. This close-up showed the great peak, Ever- est, itself. The morning was still, with the sun climbing late above the haze. Air Com- modore Fellows, leader of the expedi- tion, at 5:30 went up into the haze in plane for reconnaisance. He climbed | 17,000 feet over the Nepal frontier, but | failed to clear the haze. | Nevertheless, the strength of the wind was reported as reasonably satisfactory (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Foreclosures Postponed. AUSTN, Tex., April 4 (#).—Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson yesterday signed a bill postponing for 30 days the sale in Texas of real estate under mortgage foreclosure proceedings that had been scheduled for tomorrow. —_ Quake Shakes San Salvador. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, April 4 (P). quake shock caused panic in San Sal- NORTHEAST BANK T0 BE REOPENE Conservator Says Treasury Has Approved Plan. of Directors. Plans are under way to reopen the Northeast Savings Bank, Eighth and H | streets northeast, it was announced today. An official statement issued by G. F. Hoover, executive vice president and conservator of the bank, said: “The directors of the Northeast Sav- ings Bank are pleased to announce that plans which they have submitted to the Treasury Department for the bank have been approved by the con- troller of the currency. “These plans will be submitted to the depositors in a few days.” Plans Not Disclosed. ‘The nature of the plan was not dis- closed, but from the statement it was apparent that it was one which con- cerns the bank in its relations to the depositors. The omcial statement made no mention of the plans being submit- ted to stockholders, so it was inferred the plan will directly concern the de- positors first. L. P. Steuart, president of the bank, said he had no comment to amplify the brief official statement agreed upon by the directors and issued this morning by the conservator. Mr. Hoover also declined to explain the plan further. Judging from the last sentence, how- ever, it was evident that action may be expected shortly. Follows Conference. ‘The developments today came quickly after conferences yesterday at the ry Department, between Presi- dent Steuart, Conservator Hoover, and officials of the Treasury. It was understood the directors of the bank met yesterday to hear the results of the conferences at the Treas- ury, and evidently decided to go for- ward with the plan. The bank was closed by the Presi- dent’s bank proclamation, and has not yet been given a license to reopen on an unrestricted basis. Its doors have been open, however, for making cl e, handling accounts,”. and re ing payments on notes. no pronouncement was forth- coming from the Treasury, it is known to be the policy of the Treasury, as reiterated last night by Secretary Wil- liam H. Woodin, in an address over the National Radio Forum, to “reopen’ and “restore” banks. “The work of restoring banks is going rapicly,” he said. forward D. C. SUPPLY BILL REPORTED, BUDGET FIGURES REMAINING House Appropriations Group Says Tax Rate Could Be Reduced to $1.50. $30,292,442 IS PROVIDED FOR 1934 FISCAL YEAR Sum Is $11,901,505 Less Than in Current Period—Federal Con- tribution to Be $5,700,000. Representative Taber of New York, ranking Republican member of the Appropriations Committee, told the House today that the committee is authorized to offer amendments to the District appropriation bill allow- ing a further expenditure of $1,040,- 000 from the gasoline funds in the discretion of the President and an additional $635,000 out of water rev- enues for repairs. A recommendation for a cut from $1.70 to $1.50 in the tax rate on real and personal property was made by the House Appropriations Committee today in reporting to the House a District appropriations bill for the 1924 fiscal year carrying $30,202,442. The only change made by the committee was to reduce further the Budget Bureau's figures. The figure is $11,901,505 less than Bill Called Up at 1:55 P.M. The revised bill was called up in the House today at 1:55 p.m., less than two hours after it was reported from the Appropriations Committee. General debate limited by agreement to ariginal bill were in accordance with the Democratic campaign pledge to re- duce the cost of government. He em- zhaslwd,umhnwever. that the 1934 bill - Yor rornry emes and woul not, despi slashes in the estimates, reduce the efficiency of the municipal government. Mr. Cannon also declared that the increase in the cost of the District Gov- ermnment in the last 10 years has been greater than in any other city in the United States. “Spent $11,000,000 in 1914." . “In 1914, before the beginning of the war,” he said, “the District spent $11,000,000. But for 1932, in the fiscal year just closed, the District spent s total of about $49,000,000, although the cost of the operation of the Municipal Government during the period of the war increased about $6,000,000 over the period before the war.” Mr. Cannon also declared that there hes been an increase in the cost of construction in the District, “This bill,” he declared, “has the harmonious and the unanimous appro- val of the Budget Bureau, the House Subcommittee on Deficiencies and the Appropriations Committee. This is the first appropriation bill reported out since the change in the administration, and it is up to the House to support the President of the United States.” U. S. Share Is $5,700,000. ‘The Federal contribution, as sug- g‘fiud by the Budget Bureau, is placed the report at $5700,000, a drop of $2,075,000 under this year's figure. The total budget, including permanent and indefinite appropriations which recur (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.1 |[ESTIMATES FOR DISTRICT SLASHEI’-) AT $1,000,000 AN HOUR RATE |Donovan Reveals Commissioners Used Best Judgment in Limited Time on Items Cut. A million dollars an hour was the record established by the District Com- missioners in_trimming the estimates for the 1934 fiscal year, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget vealed during the recent hearings on the budget before the House Subcom- mittee on deficiencies. Maj. Donovan told the committee it was 2 o'clock on the afternoon of March 25 when the Budget Bureau notified the Commis- sloners that more than $6,000,000 would have to be cut from the appropriations contained in the conference Mllfremgnt on the 1934 appropriations and by 8 o'clock that night the Commissioners had compiled with that order. In explanation of the order of the Budget Bureau, Maj. Donovan said: “ We were called before the Budget Bureau last Saturday afternoon and vador yesterday, but it resulted in no damage. . Programs f oa Page C5 told, ‘Gentlemen, you have $33,000,000 all of items, which is the outside figure to be sub- mitted in the new bill for the District of It1 Columbia. That is to include general fund items, gas fund. water trust items ef “Now,” continued Maj. Donovan, “the cuts that were necessary, of about $6,800,000 (which includes an addi- tional $625,000 for emergency rellef) to bring the amount of the conference bill, or rather the District bill that was agreea ™ o conference, down to the figure, Were J3ade in the Budget Bu- reau, with Mr. Bailey and other repre- sentatives of the Bureau present, and the loners and myself were also present, Therefore, T consider the result to be a joint result. In other words, our action was subjecy 20 the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. Even though we had submitted recom- mendations to the Budget Bureau, in- dependently of participation on the part of representatives of that bureau at the conference, our action would still have been subject to the approval the Budget Bureau.” ve_Cannon, Democrat of £ on, Page 2, ¢ N K] revenue items, fund te.