Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1933, Page 2

M A—2 1 THUUSANDS T0SEE ~ NARYLAND RACE [Thirty-Fourth Cross-Country | Event at Green Spring Val- ! [ ley Has Score Entries. America’s own Grand National will be run this afternoon on the grassy slopes of Green Spring Valley, Md., while thousands throng the vantage points of Brooklandwood, the estate of Mrs. Isaac Emerson, to watch almost & score of thoroughbreds meet a rigid test of speed, stamina and fencing skill. Virtually every timber-topper entered | &0 for the thirty-fourth running of one of Maryland’s most important cross- country fixtures is backed by & record of splendid performances Many have won already this Spring in earlier steeplechase meets, and others have ben held in reserve for this event and its even more famous counterpart, the Maryland Hunt Cup to be run in Worthington Walley next Saturday.; Astride the starters today will be some of the leading gentlemen jockeys of America. Start at 4 P.M. With these conditions to guarantee brilliant competition the horses wil break from the post at 4 o'clock for a 3-mile race over 15 post and rail barriers, 1 of them a water jump. Unless unexpected scratches are sub- mitted before the start, the field will in- clude the 1932 winner, Yeoman, owned by Miss Frances Lynch of Baltimore: Pennyweight, which won the Right Royal Cup last week by 10 lengths in a hand gallop; Mrs. Raymond Belmont's Grubstake, which ‘was cutting out the pace in the recemt Middleburg Hunt Cup, when he camke & cropper on the last round; Benjamin Leslie® Behr's Brose Hover, one of the outstanding performers of the 1932 season; Mrs. T. W. Durant’s Fugitive, another fre- quent winner last year; Slieve Lune, owned by Wallace Lanahan, which tri- umphed in the Neophyte handicap this Spring, and Baby Bunting, from the stable of G. Bemmard Fenwick, winner of the Junior Steplechase in Maryland. Howard Bruce, moted Maryland sports- man and financier, has designated Soleil d'Or to carry his colors in an_ effort to gain a third and final lap on the cup his famous Billy Barton captured in 1926 and 1927. Two Trophies Offered. Two trophies are posted in the Grand National each year. One is a gold cup, put up by Dr. and Mrs, Walter Wickes; the cther a silver cup, offered by the Race Committee. The entries, owners and riders are: Comea—R. K. Mellon, not named. Pink Tipped—R. K. Mellon, James D'Or—Howard Bruce, Ray- Preacher—W. W. Lanahan, not named. Slieve Lune—W. W. Lanahan, Fife Symington. Brose Hover—B. L. Behr, Frank A. Bonsal, jr. Sir John L—B. L. Behr, T. Pearson. Pennyweight—J. W. Y. Martin, not named. ¥ Vandergold—J. W. Y. Martin, Holmes Alexander. Peter Q Light—W. H. DeCourcy Wright, Albert Pocock. Mad Boy—Gary Black, owner. Captain Kettle—Charles S. Cheston, Charles R. White, Ready Wit—Charles 8. Cheston, Stuart Janney, ir. Baby Bunting—Q@. Bernard Fenwick, " Grubstake—Mrs, Reymond Belmont, Jack Sklnne'r. Professor- QGriswold, owner. Bill cu.n:——mvld K. E. Bruce, Albert G._Ober, jr. Yeoman—Miss Frances M. Lynch, J Bowes Bond. Fugitive—Mrs. T. W. Durant, not named. RADIO TO BE DEBATED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Membership, Holding Annual Meeting Monday, to Take Up Broadcasting. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 22 —Broadcast- ing of news will be one of the impor~ tant subjects before the annual meet- ing of the Assoclated Press Monday. President Frank B. Noyes has can- vassed the entire membership as to its views and at & meeting of the board of + directors this week he expressed grati- fication at the fine response. An ,analysis of the replies showed over- ‘whelming opposition to giving news by | the association itself to radio chains, but a much closer vote was registered on the subject of members being per- mitted to broadcast bulletins through their own or allied stations. A resolution was proposed that the |board of directors prohibit the giving of news to radio chains. Kent Cooper, general manager, reported that no news had been so given since the November election and with that as a preface the resolution was adopted. Members will be advised of the resolution at the annual meeting. In 1925 the memberi adopted a reso- lution calling for the broadcasting of news of transcendent importance and under this has occurred all of the broadcasting, including national elec- tions, authorized by the Press. It appears probable that resolu- tion will be rescl.nded by the members. HIGH MASS CELEBRATED FOR MRS. JOHN M. RYAN A solemn requiem high mass was celebrated this morning at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for Mrs. John M. Ryan mother of Right Rev. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University, who died Wednesday. Rllht Rev. David T. O'Dwyer, procurator of the university, was celebrant. All classes of the university were sus- pended and members of the faculty, their friends, families, students and members of the religious houses on the campus attended. Mrs. Ryan is to be buried at lnmlmpolu. “SIAMESE TWINS” BORN Boys, Grown Together, Lived Only | 500 About 15 Minutes. CLEVELAND, April 22 (®).—“Sia- mese Twins,” perfectly formed exter- nally except for the elastic band of cartilege, muscle and skin that bounut them together at the chest, were de- livered yesterday at St. Ann's Hos- ital. x’Dr. Gerald P. Tyler, physiclan, sald the boys died within 15 minutes. Had they lived, he sald, separated them by operation without causing death. He declined to divuige their mother’s name. Japanese Air Leader Dies. ml April 22 (#).—Lieut. Gen. Nagaoka, chief of Aeronautic and known as the father of “Say-So” Money Assailed Text of Republican Statement Opposing Administra- tion’s Inflation Program Says Key to Prosperity Is Cheap Long-Term Loans. By the Associated Press. The full text of the Republican state- ment o] the administration’s in- flation move, signed by Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Walcott of Con- necticut, and Representatives Snell of New York and Luce of Massachusetts, follows: The administration inflation bill vio- lates the most elementary principles of sound monetary, credit and financial policies. It is better designed to de- feat than to promote business recovery. It is said that the bill is necessary in order to avoid more radical legisla- tion. What could be more radical than authority to issue printing press money and to give one individ in direct violation of the Constitution, the power to alter at will the value of the medium through which all business transactions are conducted and the terms of all monetary obligations and the value of all property expressed? While there are grave objections to the domination of the Federal Reserve system by the Treasury and it is hard to defend the unsound practice of the Government’s borrowing directly from ! the central banks, yet in spite of these objections and the doubts which we en- tertain as to the efficacy of the remedy in view of the existing emergency and the recognized need for an advance in all commiodity prices, we would be will- ing to support some such provision as section 1 for the expansion of credit by means of open-market operations, even through direct purchases from the Treasury by Federal Reserve banks, pro- viding discretion as to the amounts to be purchased up to the maximum pro- vided were given the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve offi- cials, instead of the provision as it now stands which authorizes and &l’,;cflcl“’ compels the purchase of $3. of Government securities, irrespective of the credit or banking situation. Printing Press Money. ‘The second section suthorizes resort to the printing press and the issuance of flat currency. It is not simply an alternative proposal to section 1, but may be supplemental. That is, in addi- tion to the three billion of bond secured currency provided for by section 1, sec- tion 2 authorizes the issuance of three billion of notes with no reserve or se- curity of any kind back of them—un- disguised printing press or ‘“say-so” money. In other words, the two sections com- bined mean six billion of additional cur- rency, half secured by paper and half just paper. This would represent a doubling of our already swoilen circula- tion. It is inflation on a grand scale. If it does not produce the expected results the Government, having con- ceded the principle, will be forced to in- crease the dose. If it does take and prices rise because of loss of confidence in the value of the country's currency, then the Govern- ment may well find, as did those of Ger- many and France, that inflation once started feeds upon itself and soon gets completely out of control. This bill may well constitute the first step on the road to ruin which the German people took under compulsion, but upon which it is proposed we now voluntarily embark. Let there be no misgiving as to those who bear the loss. Not the well-to-do with funds invested in common stocks, who are in any event best able to take care of themselves, but the wage earner who sees the cost of living fast outpace a lagging wage, the salaried classes and those with fixed incomes, the aged NG STAR., WASHINGTON, == reciplents of pensions and annuities, savings bank depositors, the holders of 122,000,000 insurance policles, the small investors with their life savings invested in one or two sound honds, and last but not least, the farmer. today are heavily in debt and pay higher interest rates than. before the great inflation. Why Does He Ask kl' e It may be urged that the President German farmers .| will not exercise the authority granted. Then why does he ask for it? And surely those. who are powerful enough to force him to agree to this legisia- tion will be enough to compel him to make it effective. The third section would authorize the President in his discretion to fix the number of grains in the gold col- lar, but at not less than 50 per cent of the present standard. This is un- constitutional. Section 8 of the Con- stitution vests in the Congress the “power to coln money, regulate th: value thereof and of foreign coin ard fix the standard of weights and meas- ures.” But aside from the constitutional feature it is unthinkable that there should be vested in any individual the arbitrary power to alter at will the value of money which so directly and vitally affects all human relationships, oblizations, activities, rights and prop- erty. ‘To those who look upon the devalua- tion of the dollar as & means of rais- ing the domestic prig: level, this action 'will in our judgmes8 prove disappoint- ing. It will accelerate the world competi- tion in currency depreciation and fur- ther depress world prices and markets to the detriment of our agricultural producers. It will only indirectly and as a long time process result in an in- crease of domestic prices. The second and third sections of the bill destroy whatever chance of success the first may hold. The effect of the first proposal would be to create large excess reserves in the banks, which, seeking employment, would expand credit and foster a business and price increase, providing other conditions are favorable. oKey to Bausiness Revival. But the key to & business revival is cheap long-term money, which will en- courage the revival of heavy industries and the purckase of capital goods. But who can afford to lend on time with the threat of inflation, dilution of the currency and the arbitrary decrease of the value of money staring him in the face? | Who can afford to contract to build | or to make any long-term commitment | when the entire price, wage and mone- tary structure may be altered at will by :nc,md!vldull before the contract falls ue? ‘These threats, this uncertainty, mean not business stimulation, but stagnation and the complete elimination of a cap- ital market. Prices may rise, but they will rise as & result of fear, not of con- fidence, and no permanent prosperity | can be erected on any such base. It seems unnecessary to emphasirze that these proposals may involve the partial repudiation by the Government of its obligations and the impairment | of countless contracts affecting immense sums payable in gold, of the existing standard of value—contracts made by our States, our municipalities, innumer- able corporations and individuals and millions of purchasers in good faith of their securities and obligations. 1 HOUSE SET T0 OPEN DEBATE ON SHOALS Democratic Leaders Predict Approval of Roosevelt Project Monday. Debate on development of the Ten- nessee Valley was to begin in the House today, with Democratic leaders predict- ing passage Monday of this Roosevelt project. Under a plan approved yesterday by the Rules Committee, debate was limit- ed to six hours, and any amendments not offered by the Military Committee, which considered the bill, were barred. Even Republicans on the Military Committee were agreeable to this. Rep- Tesentative Goss of Connecticut, one of the plan’s strongest opponents, frankly said he had suggested blocking amend- ments. “But Chairman McSwain has been 50 eminently fair in considering this bm the in committee,” Goss told the Rules Committee, “and its scope is so broad, that, while opposed to the measure, I for one would be willing to have it go through in the best form possible. We of the minority felt the best interests of all would be considered by handling such an involved bill in this way.” The entire development project, in- cluding Muscle Shoals, was assailed vigorously by Goss and five fellow Re- publicans in the Military Committee in & minority report, however. Their chief reasons were: “Because, in our opinion, it falls adequately to carry out the purposes of | o section 124 of the national ddenu act, under whose provisions ‘Wilson Dam and the nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals were constructed; because n compel.u the Government to engage roduction and sale of &ofler lnd umf in competition with its clt- izens, and because it commits United States to a program so Mly sweeping, yet so vague in its extent, that it threatens dangerously to in- crease the bonded indebtedness of the Nmu to & point of impairing its credit.” - — WIDOW ADMITS KILLING BOY TO GET INSURANCE Tells Police, After Long Ordeal of Questioning, She Poisoned Foster Son, 13 Years Old. By the Assoclated Press. HAMMOND, Ind., April 22—Mrs. Daisy Harmon admitted to the Ham- mond police today after a long ordeal of quumnlnl that she slew her foster 13-year-old Anthony Brabender, to collect $4,240 insurance. The officers said the 52-year-old widow had confessed she gave the boy . He died Sunday uter & violent illness. Vital organs were sent to the State University laboratory and quanti- ties of poison were found. Two Get Life Terms. KALAMAZOO, Mich.,, April 22 (A).— Convicted of charges of administering 80 severe & beating to 8-year-old Knh L. .| intendent, is " under GENEROUS RELIEF FUNDS ARE ASKED Glover Park Citizens Vote for Appeal to Congress—Wil- lett Speaks. ‘The Glover Park Citizens' Association last night voted to urge upon Con- gress the more liberal appropriation of funds for the Board of Public Welfare here, to meet emergency relief needs. It took this action, after listening to an address by Herbert L. Willett, jr., as- sisting director of the Community Chest, who advised impressing upon Congress the necessity for a greater share of pub- lic funds here for relief; that such funds be spent adequately and intelli- gently ‘ard those who are able were kekd to give volunteer service in relief work, Mr. Willett emphasized that the Na- tional Capital is now facing 16 times need for purely physical relief that existed in 1929. The Community Chest, he said, is able to do less this year, be- cause it did not reach its quota, al- though the need is greater. People of the District, Mr. Wfllett said, are giving three times as much out of their own pockets for relief here, as are people throughout the country in their own communities. Public funds for reilef will run out, at the present rate, about June 8, the as- sistant director said, while Community Chest funds will be depleted the umr part of June or early in July. The association voted to arrange for local traffic count of their own at , traffic director, placed stop signs on Calvert street— the main entrance to Glover Park— making Tunlaw road an arterial high- way, because he lives in Wesley Heights and wants an unimpeded thoroughfare to get downtown. Mr. Van Duzer de- nied this and explained a traffic count showed Tunlaw road is the more trav- eled highway. The dates for the asso- ciation’s traffic count were not set. MAY BE R. F. C. DIRECTOR L. A. Andrews of Iowa Considered for Post. A. Andrews, Towa super- hnun{’mp:‘; appointment as a director of the Recon- struction ance Corporation. léls. uahe ;w;l]d lncceedbo ‘Gardiner also of Iowa, who was aj ted by President Hoover. CWI‘:-I resigned. No decision has yet been reached. = SEEKS DEATH CAUSE Acting Coroner to Probe Case of Mrs. Emma 'l‘. XKennedy. . Magruder Mac- erine Britton that she died several weeks | )y, KIEL, German; thousand books seized i , died today after a |the Nazis on the ground that they were Saved From Effect of Inflation, Says A. F. L. Organized labor today launched plans| for en immediate fight for wage in- creases to offset what the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor considers the “deleterious effect of currency inflation upon the social and economlc life of working people.” In recess y because of m oh- servance of the flve—dly week, the coun- cil made public a statement through Federation President William Green that its membership was det termined to safeguard wage earners’ interests by !feeds upon itself and soon gets ralses In wage plmly out of control. insisting upon immediate rates. D. C., SATURDAY. LABOR LAUNCHES |DEMOCRATS MOVE | WAGE RAISE FIGHT! TO RUSH INFLATION| Consuming Power Must Be:Bill Driven Toward Senate Passage in Face of G. 0. P. Resistance. : (Continued From Pirst Page.) Republican leaders sald, “does not pro- duce the expected resuits, the Govern- ment, having conceded the nm:lpl!, will be forced to increase the “If it does take and prices me be- cause of loss of confidence in the value of the country's currency,” they asserted, “then the Government may well find, as did those of Germany and Prance, that inflation once started com- “The bill may well constitute the first “As a matter of sound public policy Istep on the road to ruin which the Ger- as well as of justice,” Green said, “an | man peoj increase in wages should pnude an (upon Wi increase in commodity prices. Lower Consuming rwnr. “Unless this is done,” the labor exec- utive added, “the consuming power of the people will be lowered rather than increased through the adoption of a policy of currency inflation.” Green said the councll, which con- vened its quarterly session here Thurs- day principally to consider the admini- stration’s amendments to the Black nve-dny work week bill, side-tracked all discussion on its agenda to study the effects of currency inflation. “Obviously,” he asserted, “labor will be at a decided disadvantage if com- modity prices increase and wages re- main stationary at depressed levels to which they have been forced through the pursuit of a wage deflation policy. “The buying power of the masses of the people has been greatly reduced through the imposition of reductions in wages. mfl. where the workers are unable io either in quantity or in frequency. Further Curtails Buying. “M prices are to be driven upward through currency inflation the very limited buying power of the masses will be further curtailed. “When there is added to this plan the further pi to increase the price of agriculture products through the imposition of a tax to be collected by processors of farm products, which will add very greatly to an increasc in the cost of living of the masses, we have a full realization of the plight of labor under the operation of currency inflation and the enactment of the agricultural bill.” Green said the changes will have an injurios effect on part-time workers and on the unemployed unless direct relief allowances are increased. REVISION IS FACED IN ORDER OF TOPICS FOR ECONOMIC TALKS ___(Continued From First Page) of the gold standard, the question of tariffs has become of a minor impor- tance, as far as Europe is concerned. Moreover, the French believe the political question is the burning ques- tion of the hour, while the British maintain that debts are at least equally important. Naturally both guests of the Presi- dent are prepared to talk on any topic thelr host wishes, but their role, it was stated, will be confined mainly to that of good listeners when the question of tariffs comes up. On the question of an eventual re- turn to the gold standard of all nations there is liklihood of some sort of an understanding. especially if the conver- sation turns to the organization of an international bank to control or regu- late the gold covering of the paper money throughout the world. Both MacDonald and Herriot are keenly interested to find out what will happen to the war debts. They both assume that the installment due on |argument June 15 will not have to be paid and that President Roosevelt will induce the Senate to grant the creditor nations a respite, for the duration of the World Economic Conference, at least. Points of View Differ. But since for their own reasons, the European statemen consider it would be better to discuss the economic prob- lems at the coming international con- ference without reaching even a tenta- tive agreement of principle, in Wash- ington, they hope to facilitate that conference by discussing the world po- litical situation in Washington. In France as well as in Great Britain it is felt that if some understanding in prin- ciple on this matter were possible, it would help materially the atmosphere at the economic conference. On this point there is a strong di- vergence between the American point of view as expressed repeatedly by Sec- retary Cordell Hull and the point of view of the European diplomats. The American Government believes firmly the present strained situation in the world is due principally to the clogging of all the trade channels. Mr. Hull has admitted frankly that Amer- ica has led the world in high tariffs and 111 wnuln" ’;o‘ lwnsx é:r }hfls mistake Inaugurat a Tal licy of u-m ulf“ction But he lbopobe'l:lyeves‘ and since he is the Secretary of State of President Roosevelt, there is no reason to think he is not expressing the views of the President as well as his own, that all the other matters are subordinate to the economie problem. French Stress Political Problem. ‘The French, and the British to a minor degree, are convinced the short- est road to recovery is the solution of Lhe pom roblem in Eurupz and lent Roosevelt give urlous attention to this point ol View. ‘Their hope that the President might consider saying something in connec- tion with this matter is based on the fact that in the electoral platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties the question of the implimentation of the Kellogg-Briand pact was included. , 38y the Prench leaders, is & bad shape because the na- '.hns defeated in me ‘World War, sup- ported by the nations dissatisfied with the Verumu treaty, have adopted the aggressive attitude mainly because they lr;ll America will never get entangled Europe again. It President Roosevelt, in & state- ment in which he might combine the elements of economic recovery with those of the security of the world on the basis of the e: pzm evuld lndlu(e that Ameflu ter- in peace and would not m to né it dl.uturbed. such s state- ment would have a dampening effect on restless Europe. D nt would then be made pou!ble and with dis- armament and security restored, it will be only a matter of comparatively short time bef usiness picks up fore by again. Naturally this is purely a French point of view and how far Ramsay Mac- Donald has been: authorized by his | government to lugpon the representa- 1 tive of the Prent vernment will be ::m in the course nf the next three ys. BOLIVIANS LOSE 250 .| Paraguay Communique Claims Vie- tory in Chaco Battle. It has already reached the Se ! v l hrln took under compulsion, but h it 1s proposed we now volun- tarily embark.” Disavows Filibuster. Reed told the Senate the Republicans would discuss the measure at length, but he disavowed any intention of fili- bustering. He told Senator Hoblnwn of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, he saw no reason why the legislation could not be voted on by next Wednesday. This pleased Robinson, but he is ready to clamp down she cloture rule if neces- sary to choke off a filibuster. It was stated emphatically that Mr. Roosevelt interprets the inflationary amendment as providing him with dis- cretionary power to be used only if needed, with the chief aim to expand credit through open market operations of the Federal Reserve System. Similar legislation was introduced in the House vmmny at sbout the same time as Robirson, referring to the visit of Pfime l(lnlsmr MAchnlld. told the Tbc President feels that it would be of great value to him ‘to have this amendment considered and disposed of as soon as practicdble so that he may know the extent of authority he will have and may be assisted in making ar- rangements of the first importance to the commerce of the United States and the business of the world.” Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana and King, Democrat, of Utah late yesterday proposed an amendment to the silver section authorizing the Presi- dent to remonetize silver at a fixed ratio with gold to be determined by him and providing for free coinage of both gold and silver. Wheeler indicated ad- ministration support for the plan. A. F. of L. Begins Pay Fight. ‘Willlam Green, president of the Amer- jcan Federation of Labor, issued a state- ment last night urging workers to begin an immediate fight for increased wages to offset the rising prices through cur- rency !nflation and the abandonment of the international gold standard. From Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, came a statement praising the Presi- dent’s action in taking the Nation off the gold standard and favoring adopting of the Goldsborough bill providing for 29 APRIL 1933. Court Costs Under Lincoln Case in °65 Found Partly Unpaid By the Assoclated Press. Bird thumbed through the rec- ords of. hflmtlndtmw the year 1 o Uhal'lh! Uhh of Lincoln, court costs were listed either as $30.45 or $39.45, hut only $25 had ‘There also was a §9 been entry for printer's fee. ‘The discovery was made in & campaign h\lnchefl by Bird to collect costs on deficient estates of long standing. MACDONALD BARS REPRISAL IN TALKS AT WHITE HOUSE|; (Continued From First Page.) frankly said since his arrival in Wash- ington that the discussion of the in- ternational debts growing out of the World War is a subject which the President and he would have to survey. Bu'. Mr. MacDonald has not given jon that the subject of the debts h On the contrary, he amount issue. stressed the lm»ennve need for correcting the ever- shrinking tide of international trade. The first of the series of conferences hetween the President and Mr. Mac- Donald was held last night after an informal dinner at the White House, where Mr. MacDonald and his daugh- ter, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, are guests for a “long week end,” from Friday to Tuesday. At the dinner there were two Roosevelts present and two Mac- Donalds. _That's all. The lent any means the | and Mrs. Roosevelt and the prime min- ister and his daughter. After dinner the President and Mr. MacDonald talked alone together. None of their advisors were present. It was largely an explorative talk, in whleh the executive heads of the two govern- ments were able to exchange their views in uninterrupted conversation, which lasted almost until midnight. Mr. MacDonald was given the bed room at the White House whlc.h Abra- ham Lincoln used as a stud: M. Herriot will live dufln[ his stay in Washington at the Mayflower Hotel. What will be the attitude of the rep- resentative of France toward the aban- donment of the gold standard by order of President Roosevelt is a matter of [ G conjecture here. There has been severe criticism of the United States in France since the President’s order, placing an embargo on all shipments of gold from this country. When the British Prime Minister left Britain and M. Herriot sailed from France, the United sum and France were both still clinging to the gold standard, while the British had been off that standard for nearly two years. In order to conserve as much time as possible for the conferences at the White House between the President and Mr. MacDonald, the formal calls which had been planned for the prime minister on the Vice President, Chief Justice, Speak- er of the House and Secretary of State Hull will not he made today. Thus the a revaluation of gold. Opening debate in the Senate yester- day, Reed asserted inflation "ls the process by which governments throw oft mponstbmty and go on a jam- boree.” - pursue & picturesque course for a while,” he added, “but they wake up with a heacache. This is the thing for the sober men and women of America to remember when inflation is proposed. There may be a temporary exhiliration, but there is always a morning after.” Reed said woooooo households in the Nation would “suffer immediately imr the rise in the cost of living” and warned of what inflation did for Ger- many and other European countries. “The Same Old Issue.” Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne- vada, who helped frame the legisla- tion, replied hotly that the plan was limited and safeguarded and the Re- publican opposition was the sdme old “It's the same old issue” Pittman sald. “We are thinking of the man who hasn’t and the Senator can't get nut of his mind the man who has. “This has been an issue now for four years and thank God the. people woke up at the last election.” Explaining his estimate of inflation, ! fixing expansion at $20,000,000,000 Reed said the proposal would permit issuance | of $3,000,000,000 through open market | operations of the Federal Reserve System; & similar amount through “printing press money”; $6,000,000,000 through inflation of outstanding cur- rency by lowering the gold content of the dollar, and $8,000,000,000 through use of surplus gold stocks. He said the gold reserves of the country under present law would pennit | expansion of the currency b 000,000 and that could be doubled by lowering the gold content. Although the Senate Banking Com- mittee had adopted a resolution by Senator Walcott urging the currency legislation be considered apart from the pending farm bill, Robinson announced to the Senate, after a poll of his party, that the original plan to tack it on the farm measure would be followed. Senator McNary of Oregon, the Re- publican leader, urged “in all fairness” that the plan be considered separately, but Robinson insisted the original plan wouid have to be followed because of tha President’s desire to obtain quick action. VETERAN WAR HORSE DIES AT AGE OF 41 Served as Personal Mount of Col. Huntington in Two Battles in Cuba. By the Assoclated Press. PORTSMOUTH, N. H, April 22—No more will Tom, veteran of the battle- flelds of Cubs, stamp his approval of the Marine guard mount or muzzle sugar from the hand of the colonel's daughter. The beloved old war horse died in his stall in the Navy Yard yesterday at the age of 41. ‘Tom’s enlistment record showed he was born on New Year day, 1892, was enlisted in the Marine Corps in served in Cuba as the personal mount of Col. Wililam H. Huntington in the battles of Canagary and San Juan Hul was wounded in the latter engagement ln%h:u t o “"'u roposed n, tWo years ago, it was that the aged war horse be do:e away with in the interests of economy, Tom’s buddies, the Marines, vigorously pro- tested and offered to pay for his keep themselves. He will be buried with military honors. 30 COLOMBIANS KILLED IN FIGHT, PERU REPORTS Lima Announcement Says Foes ‘Were Put to Rout in Battle at Calderon. usual formalitfes of visits of such dis- | tinguished guests to this country are being shattered. ‘The President and Mr. MacDonald are doing all they can to make the latter's visit here of great value, and appar- ently their idea is that the more they can discuss the economic problems and exchange ideas and information, the betur they can accomplish their pur- The prime minister rose early this morning and was whisked away to the British embassy for breakfast. Miss MacDonald remained at the White br:lk!:? with Mrs. Roosevelt. to the White House with the President. At 1 o'clock the prime minister was the guest of honor at a luncheon at the National Press Club, where he made an address to the newspaper cor- respondents. After the luncheon at the National Press Club, Mr. MacDonald will return to the White House, and it is then that he and the President will get together for another talk, perhaps lasting a couple of hours. From 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. the prime minister will a guest at a garden party at the British embassy, and tonight he will be a guest at a formal dinner party at the White House. ‘The President and the distinguished British visitor will spend tomorrow to- gether on board the Sequoia, the De- partment of Commerce yacht, cruising down the Potomac River. Here again, the President and the prime minister will be to all intents and purposes by themselves, to continue their discus- sions of the world problems. Roosevelt and Miss MacDonald will go on the cruise, and probably Col. Louis Howe, the President’s secretary. It is not expected they will return to the ‘White House until tomorrow night. Cheered At White House. ‘The arrival of the prime minister and his daughter at the White House late yesterday was also & most informal affair. The President and Mrs. Roose- velt and members of the family greeted their guests on the portico of the White House. A large crowd gathered in front of the Executive Mansion and cheered the prime minister when he arrived. Within an hour after his arrival at the Executive Mansion, Mr. MacDonald was standing at the President’s desk talking with a large group of newspaper correspondents, his first conference with the press after his arrival in Washing- ton. The President had particularly re- quested Mr. MacDonald to make use of h‘i: office for the purpose of the inter- view. Mr. MacDonald expressed to the cor- respondents his pleasure at being again in the United sules and in Washing- ton, His last visit to Washington was for the purpose of di with former President Hoover how to deal with the question of disarmament. He was here again, he expmned deal with problems of greatest im) ln':‘; to the wh:le‘h:org‘ e p o conferences, mmmu{tro“mnde it clear, was to find some solution for the most extraor- dinary and tragic breakdown of the economic mechanism. He insisted that it was not a national problem, but in- ternational; that no one nation could solve it, but that it‘ uired a laying 1894, | oo war debts. 1t was brought out that Great Bfluln has long anxious to discuss also means of stabilizing foreign exchange and '.he money systems of the world. Here in long before the arrival ol me prl minister, it was ed President Roosevelt mig] 1 wruml effort to bring about an 1numntlml agreement, ing to remonetization®of silver. ‘The prime minister is seeking the friendly Ill!nt of nations to working out reconstruction. the problems of Accom] the prime minister on his visit to this country were some of the most able financiers and economists itish Emplre, including | GIFTS FOR STATES $500,000,000 Relief Bill Passed, 331 to 42, After Turbulent Session. By the Associated Press. Assurance of an outright Federal grant of $500,000,000 to the States and possessions for relief was given yester- day in the passage of the Wagner- Lewis bill by an unruly House after a turbulent session. The bill, passed by a vote of 331 to 42, now goes to the Senate, which al- l'eldy has approved nearly identical lefllhuon ‘Tremendous votes defeated ted Republican efforts to alter the r. to permit the money to be lent in- stead of given to the States. Before passage, the Democrats forced over their leaders an amendment by Representative Fuller, Democrat, _of Arkansas (o permit the Federal reliet administration created by the bill to k| emplo) rsons not qualified under the cm :ye'r:u. A separate vote on this the | amendment, demanded by Representa- tive Luce, Republican, of Massachusetts, leading opponent of the legislation, sustained it, 215 to 161. Salary Limit Fixed. After an amendment by Representa- tive Hollister, Republican, of Ohio, to make advances as loans instead of gifts was defeated, 180 to 61, Luce sought to have the bill sent back to the Banking Committee for inclusion of this provi- sion, but lost, 263 to 109. A limitation of $8,500 was placed on the salary for the Federal relief ad- ministrator, to be named by President Roosevelt to distribute the funds, under an amendment by Representative Beedy, Republican, of Maine. Efforts of Democrats, led by Repre- sentative Hastings of Oklahoma, to have | g4 the funds dispensed on the basis of ?uh'.lon in the States instead of with a limitation of not more than 15 per cent of the total to any one State were unsuccessful Steagall Amendment Wins. A banking committee amendment of- fered by Chairman Steagall to make $250,000,000 available to October 1 on the basis of one Federal dollar to three expended for relief locally was sus- tained, 208 to 53, after a bitter attack by Representative Tarver, Democrat, of eorgia. The other $250,000,000 is to be an outright gift to States after Oc- tober 1, along with any undistributed balance from the first half. ‘Twelve Democrats voted against the bill on final passage. They were Bailey, Jones, Lanham and Sumners of Texas; Boxley Elizey and Whittington of Mis- sissippi; Cox and Parker of Georgia; Morehead and Shallenberger of Ne- braska. BLACK REAPPOINTED T0 PUBLIC UTILITIES Renamed Chairman of Subcommit- tee by Representative Nor- ton of D. C. Group. Chairman Norton of the House Dis- | trict Committee has reappointed Rep- resentative Black, Democrat, of New York as chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Utilitles. Mr. Black expects wmnheumaonthehmlorl merger of the Washington and George- town Gas Light Cos. early next week. He is awaiting only the naming of his subcommittee by Mrs. Norton. Mrs. Norton is now working on her subcommittee list, which she expects to have ready next Tuesday. Although she has been informed by the House leader- ship that no general legislation from her committee will be considered at this session of Congress, she feels that it is roper for subcommittees to consider the bills that have been introduced, so they may be able to report some of these measures as soon as the next ses- sion opens. o RUSSIAN EMBARGO PLACED ON BRITISH AS REPRISAL MOVE (Continued From First Page.) Thornton, are released, England will call off its embargo, thus ending the trade controversy. It was lurmd “that Russia’s retalia- tory measures, made public today, were agreed upon last Thursday by the Coun- cil of Peoples’ Commissars and the slommluarhu ‘of Foreign Trade and ater | Provisions of Embargo. ‘The decrees prohibit any purchases in England or the chartering of cargo vessels flying the British flag. They also impose restrictions en British goods in transport through Russia, reduce to & minimum the use of English ports and levy increased duties on British ships entering Soviet ports. ‘The government’s action was heralded by a statement in the Commissariat of Heavy Industry organ that Russia has progressed toward economic freedom and knows how to make use of its in- dependence. ‘This newspaper, for industrialization, said: “Our progress toward liberaliza- tion from technical and economic de- pendence on the capitalistic West gives our economic and importing organiza- tions wide maneuvering possib!mles and ‘we know how to use them.” ‘The orders were offic} described as mflfl‘lgll “Mtwnh omk:l’ tions wlth countries which apply restrictions trade with the Soviet Union.” Measures Adopted. foreign trade commissariat The Mr. radopted four of the measures: 1. Forelgn trade organizations of So- viet Russia are prohibited from giving any orders to England or effecting any P Fhe ‘Sovict Shibe Ohariéring Asso- ciation is prohibited from chl.rrb‘e-fi‘n any the nations. | vessels sail under the . ling e British m Transit and re-exporting organi- i and hu ehipotts t ordued l.hat “all chiefs of ports charge vessels under the British flag higher Tates as port duties instead of the pref- dflmflll tdh:uu theu’!rlfllh ships paid Tecen = M s exvlnd Soviet ENGLAND TO O'nlm FIRM, !DNDON April 22 7) —Runhllud- fona"n mmm'x“ the 80 1 t for British embargo per et will not affect the London government'’s stated to- OUSE VOTES FUND [OFFICALS PLEASED BY MAGON'S TESTS New Dirigible May Make Sec- ond Flight Tomorrow After 13 Hours Aloft. By the Assoclated Press. AKRON, Ohio, April 22.—Uncle Sam's new Goliath of the air, the U. S. 8. Macon, her performance pronounced by her builders “better than we could have hoped for,” rested again today in the airdock where she and her predecessor, the wrecked Akron, were built. Now & veteran of 13 hours in north- ern Ohio skies, the silvery airship that almost duplicates her lost sister ship, probably will receive her second test tomorrow if weather conditions are favorable. Her cruising radius, held to within 50 miles of Akron on the “shakedown” flight yesterday, probably will be en- larged, although Capt. Alger H. Dresel declined as usual to outline an itinerary. Unofficially, however, it was said the Macon might head toward Detroit. Ship Handled Well. Capt. Dresel gave in four words his impression of the newest world's largest dirigible. “The ship handled well,” he said. Dr. Karl Arnstein, chief designer of both the Akron and the Macon, and F. M. Harpham, vice president of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, that built both craft, were less restrained. “The maiden flight of the Macon was & complete success,” said Dr. Arnstein. “The ship performed better than we could have hoped for.” Harpham almost echoed the state- ment. “The day's tests were even more successful than had been hoped,” he Tests Are Successful. Rear Admiral George Day, chief of the Naval Board of Inspection that must approve the Macon before she will be accepted by the Navy, said “Speed trials indicate the ship probably should meet her contract speed,”—84 miles an hour. “The ship made a very successtul undocking and take-off in spite of a cross-dock wind of about 12 knots,” he “The ship handled well under way. Various tests of the day's pro- gram were successfully conducted.” Immediately after Sunday's flight, if conducted, Capt. Dresel is expected to leave for Washington to testify Mon- day before the hearing into the Akron disaster that cost 73 lives. DOUBLE BLOSSOM DISPLAY NEXT WEEK Cherry Blooms, Retarded by Cold, Due to Be Out “75 Per Cent” Tomorrow. Prank T. Gartside, chief of the park division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, today announced that the double blossom cherry trees in East Potomac Park will be out “75 per cent” tomorrow. The park chief said that but for the cold weather, which retarded the ma- turing of the blooms, they would be out in full now. ‘The high water of the past few dlyl around Hains Point is expected to leave debris around the park, detracting from its appearance, which the park authori- ties had cleaned up in anticipation of cherry blossom time. The single blooms that edge the Tidal Basin in their prime have passed away, Mr. Gartside said, and with favorable weather the double blooms should pre- sent a good showing next week. O FRAZIER EXPANSION DEFEAT EXPECTED IN SENATE TODAY (Continued From First Page.) if not readily sold, would be converted into currency. ‘When money in circulation reached $75 per capita, retirement of the notes would begin, with the retirement rate limited to 2 per cent yearly. Frazier estimated the Government would make a “substantial profit” through the refinancing plan. Supporters of the proposal were hope- ful of getting 20 or 25 votes. President Roosevelt, it was learned yesterday, wants no time lost in ap- proving the farm bill and has no in- tention of abandoning it even though a rise in commodity prices results from inflationary moves. He desires the farm leglslnnon to control surpluses which, he -believes, would continue under higher prices and destroy the effects of expanded credit or currency. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is ready to throw the entire administrative machinery of the farm relief bill in full operation within six weeks after its passage. it was learned today. He was represented as convinced that the production control features of the relief bill must be put into operation to bring about this adjustment and to raise farm purchumz power to its pre- war standard, For his chief administrative officer Wallace is considering the appointment of George N. Peek of Moline, Ill., a farm equipment manufacturing executive and long active in Midwest agricultural re- lief discussions, but he does not intend to make his final selection until the measure has been signed by the Presi- dent. M. L. Wilson of Montana, 3e Prof. of the advocates of the domestic ment plan, will have an important in the administrative set-up, in an advisory capacity. MISS MACDONALD PLANS TO BROADCAST SPEECH Premier’s Daughter Guest at Wom- en’s National Press Club at Luncheon. An address by Miss Ishbel MacDon- ald before a luncheon of the Women's National Press Club was to be broadcast this afternoon over a Columbia coast- to-coast system between 1:45 and 2 o’clock. Miss MacDonald was to be introduced by Genevieve Forbes Herrick, president ‘!’{lo the club, at a meeting in the Willard uur in the afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, Miss MacDonald’s father, Prime Min- ister MacDonald of England, was to ad- dress the National Press Club and a Co- lumbia radio audience, following his in- troduction by Secretary of State Hull. MRS. IDA GRIFFIN DEAD Mrs. Ida Griffin, widow of William ace ably 0 wm-r. w. F. Oly ), Va. Funeral services