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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Fair, light frost in exposed pl night; tomorrow nl.;.m slightly warmer; gentle to moderate ds, mostly west erly. Temperatures—Highest, 58, at 3:30 yesterday; lowest, 38, at 5:30 am. . Full report on page B-12. pm. today. Closing NI Markets, Pages 14 and 15 laces to- e No. 32,503. Entered as secol post office, nd class matter Washington, D. C. NATIONS MAY CALL TRUCE ON TARIFFS @b ¢ Fhenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1933—FORTY-FOUR. PAGES. FRANCE PREPARES TO PAY DEFAULTED DEBT TO U. S.i TOKIO TUPNS ARMY AWAY FROM CHINA AH HA' You FELLOWS CANT FOOL ME YOU'RE AGIN THE ADMINI ISTRATION! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. : Yesterday’s Circulation, 123,448 TWO CENTS. LUNDEEN T0 FORCE VOTE IN HOUSE ON (UP) Means Associated Press. Premier Considers Assfir;ince by Roose velt of Moratorium on Next Install- ment as Satisfactory. {T0° FACE RUSSIANS UNTIL CONFERENCE PAYMENT OF BONUS OPENS AT LONDON Hull Reveals That U. S. Looks With Favor on Halting Fur- ther Boost in Trade Bar- riers of World. ROOSEVELT POSTPGNES CONSIDERATION OF DEBTS Armament and Economic Parleys Awaited Before President Takes Up War. Obligations—Real Re-| sults Anticipated From Conver- sations With Foreign Leaders. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt's bold plan of attack on the world economic situation, as developed during his conversations with representatives of Great Britain, France and Canada during the last week, has given cause for optimism. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 27.—Premier !:dound‘ Daladier was sald by his friends today to be actively preparing to pay the de- faulted debt installment due the United States. He is known to consider assurances of a moratorium on the June 15 payment by President Roosevelt as satisfactory and may decide to pay the defaulted installment immediately after former Premier Herriot's return {i ‘Washing- tan. It is more likely, however, that he will ask the Chamber of Deputies to approve the $19,000,000 interest, which was due last December 15, when that body convenes May 16. Approval of the chamber mever was necessary for payments on the debt but such action has beeh preferred by the government, President Roosevelt's receptiveness to a consultative pact for the security of peace and general disposition to work with Europe has strongly impressed the ‘Government. An official spokesman said it was “distinct evolution in American policy” of the greatest importance. This et- ude, combined with friendliness over the debt matter, has created & new atmosphere, he said. \ ‘The premier has withheld his ap- proval in previous attempts to obtain | payment, recalling the fate that befell | former Premier Herriot's cabinet when | he demanded it. | _The moratorium, it was pointd out by | "(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) DAVIS HOLDS ARMS PARLEY IN SESSION Statement U. S. Is Ready to Act Squelches Incipient Move to Adjourn. While it is emphasized by the President and by the distinguished | visitors from Europe that no agreements have been entered | into, nevertheless there has been | a meeting of minds and a greater | understanding which, it is be- | lieved, will lead in the end to actual accomplishments. Apparently the willingness of | the United States to deal with the | nations of the world on tariffs, | disarmament and war debts is to have its effect. The administra- tion is counting on making a suc- By the Associated Press . GENEVA, April 27.—The United States is fully determined to contribute something to ' increase international security against war, Norman H. Davis told the Steering Committee of the Werld Disarmament Conference today. ‘The American Ambassador at large urged that the conference continue its sessions without adjournment and con- centrate its discussion on actual meas- ures of disarmament. “That is what the world is expecting and waiting for,” he said. Mr. Davis told the committee his Government was studying to determine just what it might do to help tighten | AIRS DOKERTY cOUP IN' CITIES' SERVICE Mitchell Says He Made Big Profit on Stock While Gain- ing Voting Power. | By the Associated Press. Thomas W. Mitchell, examiner- economist, told the Federal Trade Com- mission today that high market prices achieved by Cities Service Co. common stock in the early part of 1929 af- forded Henry L. Doherty, utilities mag- nate, an opportunity to “put his per- sonal affairs in order” and realize a| |large profit on a portion of his hold-| | ings in the company Mitchell made ment during | testimony in continued investigation by the commission of the Cities Service, Securities Co.,, wholly owned trading | | subsidiary of the Cities Service Co.,| Doherty concern. | Dcherty ownsd directly or indirectly, | Withdrawal in Lwan River Area Laid to Tension Over Railroad. BATTLE WITH CHINESE RAGES IN OTHER SECTOR Bloody Clash South of Kupeikow Under Way as Invaders Halt Before Stronghold. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, April 27.—The sudden withdrawal of Japanese troops from the coastal area of North China was attributed by Chinese leaders today to trouble brewing between Japan and Russia, in Manchuria. (An Associated Press dispatch from Moscow told of a Soviet report that the Japanese army in Manchuria had approved a plan to seize the Chinese Eastern Rallway from Soviet Russia. The report, received last night in Mos- cow, from Khabarovsk, Siberia, quoted “‘competent sources.”) The Chinese assert that the firm stand taken by Russia in protesting the severing of the railroad’s connections into Siberia and the seizure of trains by Manchukuan guards has forced Japan to send its army north. The -railroad, bullt by Russia, is jointly op- erated by Russia and Manchukuo. Linked With U. S. Parley. Other Chinese believed the fact that Japanese and Chinese officials are go- ing to Washirgton in the next few weeks to participate in President Roosevelt's discussions of world prob- lems was a factor in the sudden troop withdrawals from undisputable Chinese territory. Whatever the motives, the Japanese were beating a hasty retreat over ter- LIEUT. COMDR. SETTLE TO MAKE STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT IN WEST Navy Grants Permission for Trip Requested by Prof. Piccard. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, April 27.—The Good- year Zeppelin Ccrporation announced today that Lieut. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle, chief of the Navy's Inspection ritory they had seized in a series of costly battles in the last few weeks. The Chinese forces, which were driven advanced about 30 miles in the wake of the Japanese today. Bureau in Akron and international bal- loon race champion, will make a strato- | across the Lwan River a week ago. had Sphere flight from Chicago this Sum- mer. Farmer-Laborite Acts After Patman Agrees to Wait Senate Inflation Action. REED RESUMES DEBATE ON GOLD CONTENT CLAUSE Limitation Fixed in Upper House to Force Disposal of Bill at Today's Session. By the Associated Press. One bonus move was deferred in the House and another sprang up there today as the Senate talked its way toward a vote on the gold-content sec- tion of the inflation bill as a prelimi- nary to action on the veterans' pay- ment proposal. Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, author of the bonus measure in the House, agreed to withhold a pe- tition for a Democratic caucus pending a vote in the Senate on the amend- ment of Senator Robinson, Republican, ot Indiana, calling for payment of the i bonus out of the $3,000,000,000 of Treas- ury notes the inflation bill would au- | thorize the President to issue. Almost immediately Representative Lundeen, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, announced he was not concerned about whether the President would be em- barrassed by the issue and filed a peti- tion to force a vote in the House. Reed Resumes Debate. Debate on the section of the inflation measure which would bestow upon the President: authority to lower the gold content of the dollar was resumed today by Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, an opponent. To the gold content section also has been attached a proposal which would | give the Chief Executive authority to provide for free coinage of silver if he saw fit. A limitation on debate was to go in effect on the measure in midaftern: JHHOUR WEEK BILL OPPOSED BY WOLL Vice President of A. F. L.| Says Plan Would Make Serfs of Workers. By the Associated Press Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, told the House Labor Committee today that | propased changes in the 30-hour work | week bill, advocated by Secretary | 001 and leaders expected to hold the Sen| ate in session until the farm bill, t which the inflation measure has beer | attached, is put out of the way. Settle obtained Navy permission yes- terday while waiting to be called to cess of the World Economic Con- ference, which is to meet in Lon- | international security. He asked the Mitchell said, a bleck of 200,000 shares| Adva; B e vance detachments of the Chinese | Perkins, * | | of Cities Service common, the cost of | were reported back again in Changh SEkon, WG el sl Of S| ican industrial workers.” \ don in June. Defers Debt Consideration. At the White House today, it was Jearned that President Roosevelt is will- ing to consider revision of the war debts after the World Economic Conference. Apparently ‘this information was in- tended to reaffirm the attitude of the | American Government that this coun- try does mot intend to make conces- sions on the war debts until there has been definite assurance that concrete results are coming from the Disarma- ment Conference as well as from the Economic Conference. While it has been reported in a number of quarters that the President, was ready to ask Congress for authority to postpone the war debt payments due in June until after the Economic Con- ference has been held, it was said at the White House that the President continues to expect the June 15 pay- ments to be made. He has indicated however, that he will send to Congress | mesages before the present session closes requesting authority to deal with both war debts and tariff. The door was not shut, however, to the suggestion that some plan may be worked out with regard to the June 15 payments of war debts before the con- ferences of foreign visitors are concluded. It was asserted, however, that so far no un- derstanding has been regard to those Eflymenu. The belief exists, however, that the administration would not jeopardize the success of the London parley by insisting that these payments be made as scheduled. Weigh Tariff Truce. Secretary of State Hull in his oress eonference today told reporters chat a world truce on tariffs pending the cpen- ing of the London Conference is under consideration. He indicated that the United States was favorably inciined to such a truce, which would prevent the raising of higher trade barriers at this ime. “ The Secretary said that Norman H. Davis, now at Geneva, had not yet re- celved instructions to propose. a tariff truce. Mr. Davis'is a member of the commission which is making plans for the economic conference. That com- mission is to meet on Saturday. He might at that time suggest that a tariff truce be called. Formal invitations to the London Economic Conference, it is expected, will be issued after the com- mission meets on Saturday. Secretary ‘Hull expressed the belief that it ‘would e possible to arrange for a tariff truce before this week end. Much depends upon the attitude of some of the coun- tries which have still to be consulted. The administration is intent upou success at the Geneva Disarmament Conference as & preliminary to success at the London Economic Conference It has been strongly intimated in some uarters here that the way out of the a\un'mmem morass will be found through the adoption of a consultative pact, and Mr. Davis, who is also the special American delegate to the dis- srmament conference, has informe that body that the Amecrican Govern- ment has under considerati ues- ued on Page 3, 5) the President with his| gates and resulted in the squelching of | conference until the nations are ready to declare themselves on vital questions. Seek to Define Aggressor. Committees will immediately tackle the questicn of reduction of army nition of an aggressor nation, together with a system to collect information making it possible to identify an aggres- sor. The Russian delegate to the confer- ence, Valerian Dovgolevsky, protested that time was being wasted in [ruitless discussion. He especially attacked na- tions which are waiting for what the other fellow will do before introducing amendments to the disarmament plan presented by the British. | The Italian delegate interpreted this as criticism of his country and sald| Italy had accepted the British plan, but wished to reserve the right to make suggestions at the proper moment. A representative cf the Little Entente nations, speaking outside the meeting, | asserted Mr. Davis was quite right in recommending that questions concern- ing actual reduction in armaments be taken up, as it is useless to discuss security until the American position has | been defined. | | Pleased at U. S. Stand. | He registered satisfaction at indica- | effectives and will try to evolve a defi- | |a share. Doherty's These were only a part of | total holdings of Cities Serv- | an inciplent movement to adjourn the | jce voting stock during 1929, he said | The Japanese with as the total holdings consisted of 697.- | 057 shares of common and 5402 of | preferred, representing 144,813 votes, or 6.19 per cent of the total voting power Chance for Large Profit. “The high market prices achieved by | Cities Service Co. common stock of- | fered Mr. Doherty an opportunity to | put his personal affairs in order and |at the same time to realize a large profit by selling this (the 200.000 | shares) portion of his holdings ’ Mitchell explained. | The maximum range of the price of | the stock at the period was $121.50 | per share. | " PResnonding to questions bv Robert E. Healy, the commission’s chief coun- sel. Mitchell said the 200,000 shares represented 40,000 votes and their sale would have reduced Doherty’s voting power unless scme means could be de- vised whereby the voting power could be retained. “It is pertinent to point out in this connection that just 10 days prior to that on which the purchase of Mr. Doherty’s 200.000 shares for the account of the securities company was recorded, the Doherty management took the first official step toward increasing Mr. Doherty's voting power by 1,000.000 votes at an investment of $1 per vote,” Mitchell said. reached with | tions that the United States will par- | ticipate in a pact of consultation and | that the American Government accepts the 1dea of supervision of armament. | recommendation of the board of di- “The strength of the consultative rectcrs to the stockho'ders that a pact,” this spokesman asserted, ‘‘will| chang> be made in the classification of naturally affect what strength we de- | Cities Service Co. stock. One important sire to give the proposed European pact change was alteration of the common | for military aid to a state which is a stock from par value to non-par, | victim of aggression " ‘ Mitchell said, and another was creation Supporters of the League of Nations of a new ciass of non-cumulative stock Satisfied by Stockholders. The action was taken through a expressed fear that United States ad- | |herence to an enlarged _directorate | (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) |BRITAIN AND ARGENTINA iREACH TRADE AGREEMENT |Runciman Tells House of Com- mons Treaty Will Be Signed in Few Days. +~ Vssoclated Press LONDON, April 27.—Walter Runci- man, president of the Board of Trade, announced In the House of Commons today that a trade agreement “on all | points of principle” has been reached | with Argentina. A treaty is being drafted, Mr. Runciman said, and will be signed | within a few days. He gave no details except to reply affirmatively to a ques- tion about whether the “cotton textile industry has been considered in this case.” It was understood the treaty does not deal with tariffs, which will be left to subsequent negotiations in Buenos Aires Reliable reports were that the understanding involved a loan by British financial houses aggregatin, $38,000,000 to run for a period of 2 years. | had been several distinct attempts by : 5. | of 1,000,000 shares of par value of $1 each, each share to confer upon its holder a full vote. The action recom- mended the sale of these latter shares to Henry L. Doherty & Co. at par. “The stockholders ratified the recom- mended action and 1.000,000 votes were sold to Henry L. Doherty & Co. $1 per vote,” Mitchell continued. “Mr. Doherty was sole proprietor of Henry L. Doherty & Co. so that in that capacity he obtained 1,000,000 votes in place of the 40,000 he sold.” Connection Denied. Coincident with the introduction of the Mitchell testimony, Robert Burns, counsel for the Cities Service Co., in & statement said there was “no connec- tion” between the sale of the 200,000 shares and the acquisition of the 1,- 000,000 shares of non-cumulative stock. | “For some time,” Burns said, “there investment trusts and other banking in- terests to acquire a large block of Citles Service common stock for the purpose of securing control of the company. | thus changing the control from the management which had founded and built it up over a long period of years. It was deemed highly expedient to de- feat any such attempts * * * in order to continue the management.” More than 80 per cent of the stock- holders of the Cities Service Co. were (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GIRL, 8, PASSES FEDERAL TESTS FOR RADIO OPERATOR’S LICENSE Laurel, Del., Child Earns Rating of 80 Per Cent in| Technical Examination. tated Press. .’::L‘T“!;‘(Ou. April 27.—An 8-year- eld girl who sat on a thick dictionary so she could comfortably reach the table top, today passed the Federal examinations and was licensed a wire- less operator. o The girl, Jean Hudson of urel, Del., 'sl.: given a rating of 80 lfi: cent by Examiner George E. Ster! st Pederal radio headquarters at Fort McHenry. She is believed to be the youngest licensed operator in the United Btates. Sterling started the tests by sending 10 words & minute, but Jean was far ahead of him, although that is all re- uired of sn amateur. ‘Then he ste] up his sending to 15 words a minute, and then to 20, the requirement for a commercial license, but the little blond girl was with him all the way. Next came the technical tests, in which the youthful applicant was re- quired to explain e fundamental workings of the short-wave radio, de- scribe the make-up of a sending and receiving set and spell the names of all the component parts. : She needed but 75 as a passing grade, but when it was all over a che showed her to have 80. Jean lheu her radio ability naturally. Her father, Elmer L. Hu , s licensed amateur operator, and her 14 year-old brother, Roland, received his license a year 8g0. el TWO KILLED, NINE HURT AS BLAST WRECKS HOME Ravenna, Ohio, Barber Returns to, Find' Wife and 70-Year-0ld Man Are Explosion Victims. By the Associated Press. RAVENNA, Ohio, April 27.—A ter- rific explosion wrecked the home of Ed- ward Rock, a barber, shortly before mid- night last night, killed Mrs. Rock and a 70-year-old man, injured nine persons, and shattered windows for blocks around. The bodies of Mrs. Rock, 30, and Silas Eldridge, watchman for the State High- way Department, were recovered early this morning in the debris-filled base- ment. Three of the Rock children, Mrs. Rock's father, Sylvester Barnes, 80, and two guests at the home were taken to the hospital. None was believed criti- cally injured. Phres " other , less _seriously {the Senators and Ben Chapman, the His declaration reassured the dele-| Which had been approximately $13.76 seat of an American Methodist mis- sion, which had been seized by the Jap- | anese and Marchukuan troops April 18 | drawal was reported | continuing in the direction of the sea- | port of Chinwangtao and its garrizons along the Great Wall of China in the Shanhaikwan district. The Japenese were expected to quit the whole stretch of about 55 miles along the Peiping-Sharhalkwan Rail- | way between the Lwan River and the | Shih River between Chinwangtao and Shanhaikwan. The Shih River was | the original limit of the Japanese ad- vance early last January after Shln-‘ haikwan was captured. Separatists Disappointed. The mystifying action has disap- pointed Chinese politicians who were seeking to set up a separate govern- ment in the Tientsin-Peiping area with the aid of the Japanese and Man- | chukuans. Chinese reports said a few | days ago that a provisional independent | government had been organized by the | Japanese and Manchukuans east of | the Lwan River. This spurred separ- atist activity to have it extended into | Tientsin and Peiping. The consolidation of Chinese military "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. | HARRIDGE DECISION IS DUE TOMORROW League President Hears Umpires’ Version of Riot at Ball Game Here. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 27.—Will Harridge, president of the American| League, today opened an investigation | of the fisticuffs at Washington Tues- day between the New York Yankees and the Senators. Harridge first conferred with George Moriarty and Harry Geisel, umpires, to learn their side of the story. He said | he would not have any statement to make until after he interviewed today | the Yankees involved in the mix-up and the Senators at New York to- morrow. He indicated his decision on possible suspensions and fines would be made in New York tomorrow night. “We can't help fights between play- ers. They lose their heads, but when the fans are incited to riot then the situation becomes perplexing,” he said. “The fact that spectators joined in the melee and made it a free-for-all brings me here for a complete investi- gation. I want to leatn who is to blame for the uprising.” Harridge added: “I thought the heavy fine and suspension given Bill Dickey last year would discourage fighting be- tween Washington and New York, but I guess bad blood exists.” Buddy Myer and Earl Whitehill of players involved in the fight, are now ably the general public will a8 the result of her writings. ! Stillman, testify in the U. 8. S. Akron crash in- quiry. The announcement said the ba!- loonist was asked to make the fligh’ by Prof. Auguste Piccard, famed Swis- stratosphere flyer, after the latter's visi here last March. The proposed flight may be mad some time between July 1 and 20, ac cording to Goodyear cfficials. The ba' loon to be used will be of 600,000-cub foot capacity. about 100,000 cubic fee larger than Piccard used last Summer A contract has been let to a Detroi: company for an inclosed gondola. Prof. Piccard is to act as technical adviser of the flight, the main object of LIEUT. COMDR. T. G. W. SETTLE. jch will be the gathering of addi- onal cosmic ray data. ‘Who will accompany Lieut. Comdr. ‘ettle has not been determincd defi- permit criminal prosecution of those | aitely, but it is understood a student | iratned by Prof. Arthur H. Compton of | the University of Chicago may be chasen. STLLMAN CALLED IN MITCHELL CASE Ex-President of National City to Be Questioned on In- comes From Bank. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 27.—James A. former president of the National City Bank, was subpoenaed today to appear this afterncon before the Federal grand jury Wwhich has indicted Charies E. Mitchell, former chaiiman of the bank, for alleged evasion of income tax. At the Federal Building it was indi- cated that Stillman was to be ques- tioned about data bearing on incomes | derived from the National City Bank and National City Co. The Stillman angle of the case was said to be con- sidered of the utmost importance by officials of the United States attorney's office. The grand jury before which Still- man was ordered to appear, first in- dicted Mitchell for allegedly evading tax on his 1929 income. A second in- dictment followed dealing with the 1930 income Then the two were combined in a superseding indictment and Tues- day still another superseding indictment was retumed, increasing the amount of tax Mitchell is accused of evading. Trial on this last indictment has been set for May 8. o QUAKES STOP CLOCKS Southern Alaska Without Reports of Any Serious Damage. SEWARD, Alaska, April 27 (®).— Southern Alaska was shaken last night by an earthquake, sufficiently strong to o stop clocks here. No injuries or severe damage had been reported today. The motion was from North to South, and the first tremors at 6:30 p.m. (P. S.T.) were followed by nearly 5 minutes of shocks with subsequent lighter tre- mors for a half hour afterward. Life of a President’s Wife Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has agreed to write one article each month for The Sunday Star and other members of the North American Newspsper Alliance. Mrs. Roosevelt, who already has won renown for her literary efforts, will discuss her life in the White House. Unquestion- have better understanding of the inner workings of the President’s home and family life An asticle by Mrs. Roosevelt will appear in the next issue of THE SUNDAY STAR, APRIL 30 LINKS KIDNAPING WITH KIRK DEATH U. S. Attorney Probes Threat, | Citing Leonardtown Case, Sent to Baltimorean. Investigation of the automobile ex- plosion in which Miss Ida Kirk, 73- year-old “angel of St. Marys County,” was killed early this year, was reopened | today by Federal authorities starting an inquiry into the kidnaping of Albert Hendler, son of a wealthy Baltimore ice cream manufacturer. According to Associated Press dis- patches from New York, the abduction | was linked with the Kirk case in a let- ter received from the kidnapers by the missing youth's father, L. Manuel Hendler. Note Demanded $7,500. The note, mailed in New York two | | weeks ago, demanded payment of | $7,500 to the abductors, under threat of violence to both Hendler and his son. The letter warned Hendler not to re- port the threat to either Federal or State authorities, indicating such action had led to the murder of Miss Kirk. 8o far as investigation of the Kirk case revealed, however, the wealthy spinster’s only complaint to authorities, either Federal or State, concerned the activities of bootleggers in Southern Maryland. The dispatches from New York, quoted Assistant United States Attorney ' Alvin McK. Sylvester as having said he would question Lucian Pesco of Johns- wn, Pa., regarding the Kirk case. Pesco was held in $15,000 bond yester- day on a charge of attempting to ex-| tort money by means of a threat thi h the mails, in violation of the led “Lindbergh law.” Killed Near Chaptico. Miss Kirk, a relative of the socially prominent Corcoran family of Washing- | | | sutomobile near Captico, Md. Accom- jed by Mrs. Elva Gibson, wife of v. Joseph P. Gibson, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico, she was son escaped with minor injuries, but the blast wrecked the car. Several persons were arrested during the investigation made by county au- thorities, working. in co-operation with Baltimore detectives, but no evidence connecting them with the explosion was uncovered. Amusements Comics Features ton, was killed in an explosion of her | on her way to Washington. Mrs. Gib- | Analyzing the Perkins proposals, Woll approved the general idea of es- tablishing a 30-hour week, but stren- uously opposed plans to fix minimum wages and permit importation of goods made by foreign workers not on the 30-hour schedule. “Purther,” Woll said, “the proposals submitted by Secretary Perkins would who refused to abide by the findings of the Secretary of Labor, without any opportunity provided for a review by any tribunal, thus denying to the workers the right to strike. Fears Foreign Products. “They would penalize domestic pro- ducers for domestic and export trade while favoring products of countries, thus stimulating production in branch factories in foreign countries. “They would abolish the right of col- lective to set tions existing between organized work- ers and employers of labor.” The minimum wage plan, Woll as- serted, would make the low wages of unorganized labor a maximum which organized workers might be forced to accept and would place in the hands of the Secretary of Labor authority to socialize all American industries. Cites Lack of Restrictions. Because the bill places no restriction on imports as to hours of labor, Woll said it “unjustly and unwarrantably dis- criminates against American industries and favors foreign industries.” leges to foreign branch factories,” he tion and manufacture. “It is difficult to understand how such legislation could be kept from endan- gering, hampering and even destroying freedom of trade. It will further freeze and demoralize industry and commerce. Opposes Fixed Standards. “There can be and is no question that organized labor has consistently and persistently disapproved and opposed the fixing of wage Standards for adult male workers in private industry by law, either by States or by the Nation. “If this right of the wage earners is willingly surrendered, the wage earners may well understand that they have again oecome serfs, not undér domina- tion of employers as such, but to the Nation, and that, therefore, their sole means of redress is to attempt to gain the power of government.” foreign | :mlmn'; they could be used | present contractual rela- “While it restricts the parent corpora- | tion in America, it grants special privi- | testified. “It likewise encourages Amer- | ican corporations to seek foreign sources of manufacture and production to avoid | the restrictions placed on home produc- | | _As debate began on the gold section of the inflation measure, some oppo- | nents of the clause expressed belief it would be retained since Reed’s motion | to strike, if adopted, also would elimi- |nate the Wheeler-King bi-metalism :er;xéndm:;n which was approved yes- lay, to 26, as of the section. Rt 45 Will Appeal to Veterans. | _Almost simultaneously with the Pat- man bonus statement, Speaker Rainey said he understood that veterans were being organized throughout the country for a march on the Capital to demand g:im'zm otk the bonus. He said Patman v make an appeal for make the march, ¥ Henmow Democratic leaders looked for defeat of both the Reed and Robinson pro- posals, although they conceded the | vote on the gold clause might be close. The vote on the bimetallism proposal yesterday came after a turbulent ses- sion during which Senator Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho made a strong tack on the provision giving the Presi- dent power to reduce the gold in the dellar, and Senator Robinson, Repub- lican, of Indiana, injected the bonus issue. Robinson offered an amendment ::1[:::‘1; vrcituldr lzliqrecl the payment of the out of e proposed issue o 000,000,000 °in new currency, - - * Glass Denounces Inflation. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, an _ultra-conservative on money legis- lation, broke with the administration yesterday and announced he would vote against the inflation bill. During Borah's speech, Glass interrupted to say that the Federal Reserve System al- readdy had iflclll,l!ies to expand credit and currency by more ths ,000,- . an $4,000, Glass' remark came after Borah had said: “As one who believes controlled in- flation is a very important element in recovery. I was rather discouraged that (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TEN COMMUNISTS HELD Editor Among Vienna Group Threatening Demonstration. VIENNA, April 27 (#).—Ten leaders of the Communist party, including the chief editor of the party newspaper, were arrested today. The government received informa- | tion that the Communists were plan- | ning to oppose police orders forbidding | demonstrations May 1, the traditional | day for Communist manifestations, and |nlsu were urging their followers to forcible resistance police actions. against possible Former Vice President Charles Curtis has given up his right to vote to be- come a bona fide resident of the Dis- trict of Columbia, he announced today in commenting on a report from Topeka that he had abandoned Kansas as his legal residence. Before becoming Vice President in the Hoover administration Mr. Curtis served for years as a Rep- resentative and Senator from Kansas On his retirement to private life on March 4 Mr. Curtis rented a law office in the Shoreham Building and hung out his shingle. with the announce- ment- he proposed to remain in this city to make a living. ‘The former Vice President and vet- eran Republican leader said he didn’t CURTIS GIVES UP RIGHT TO VOTE TO BECOME CITIZEN OF CAPITAL Former Vice President Surrenders Kansas Residence to Make Permanent Home Here. ber of the House and while he was a Senator. “I was a strong advocate of the 50-50 plan of fiscal relations between the Federal and District Governments,” Mr. Curtis said. Mr. Curtis will make his home with his brother-in-law and sister, Edward E. Gann and Dolly Gann, cn Macomb street, in Cleveland Park. Notice of his abandonment of Kan- sas as his legal residence was served by Mr. Curtis a few days ago, when he wrote to D. H. Huntington, county assessor of Shawnee County, Kans, saying that, in view of his change of residence, his tax returns henceforth would be made in Wi and not in_Shawnee County. Mr. Curtis was a citizen of Topeka, where he was born 73 years ago and in which city he was educated and entered upon his professional and po- litical career. His first step up the ladder of political prominence was in 1886, when he was elected county at- torney in Topeka. This was followed soon afterward by -his elevation to a seat in the House, which he held for 12 years, after which he was elected