Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1933, Page 2

A2 ¥x» D.C. BILL REPORTED FOR SENATE ACTION Larger Lump Sum Provided. More Urgent Needs Considered. (Continued From Pirst Page.) to the school building program. The House bi'! did not contain any school building projects. The Senate bill allows the Municipal Center balance to be spent as follows: For beginning the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, at Forty-first and Chesapeake streets, $475,000, with au- thority to enter into contracts at a €ost not to exceed $1,150,000. For an eight-room building on a site already appropriated for in the vicinity of the Logan School, $95,000. For an addition to the Deal Junior High School, including 10 class rooms and one gymnasium, $153,000. For an addition to the Browne Junior High School, including 10 class rooms and a gymnasium, $153,000, Amendment Offered. Chairman Thomas was authorized by the committee to offer an amendment on the floor of the Senate to give the Commissioners general authority to transfer funds from one subhead to an- other within departments in order to avoid hardships and difficulties which might arise in meeting essential re- quirements due to the reductions below current operating expenses. The Senate committee granted a $5,000 increase in the item for personal services in the free public library sys- tem, making the amount $265,000. This puts back not quite half of the $11,272 ‘which was taken from library personnel in bringing the original estimates down to the new limit ordered by the Budget Bureau. The library officials also will be able to transfer funds from one sub- head to another under the general amendment to keep the various branches going next year. Other Increases. Other incrgases allowed by the Sen- #te Committee follow: For personnel services in the remsczr} ©f wills’ office, $3,509. Public playgrounds—Personnel serv- {oes for the Northeast plaground, $2,167; | bathing pools, $5,225. Public school items—Teachers for three sight-conservation classes, $5,400; «deaf, dumb and blind, $500; American- ization work, $2,000, and furniture for the Logan School, $6,000. This made & total of $13,900 added to the school | figures in addition to the $876,000 made | available from the Municipal Center | balances for the building program. For employment of a nurse at the Police clinic, $1,530. For repairs to apparatus in the Fire Department, $2,932. Public welfare—maintenance at the Tuberculosis Hospital, $4.000, and for operation of the War Veterans’ Service | Office, $5,100. These, together with the $250,000 added to the emergency relief item, make an increase of $259,100 for | Ppublic welfare purposes. Relief Fund Increases. The increase in the relief fund and these other miscellaneous increases ag- gregate $293,363. The cutting out of $1,000,000 of District reimbursement to the United States for park purchases resulted in the net decrease of the| bill as reported to the Senate of $706,- | 637. This made the bill as reported $29,585.805. As previously stated, how- ever, the surplus gasoline tax and water funds which the Commissioners are authorized to spend are not fig- ured in the total because they are classified as indefinite appropriations. In connection with the Calvert Street | Bridge project, the committee wrote in a proviso that no part of the money for this purpose shall be available until the Commissioners have made a restudy | and reinvestigation to determine which | particular type of bridge is most eco- | nomical and serviceable and best suited | to the proposed location. It is also re- | quired that the Fine Arts Commission must approve the type of bridge decided | upon. During the hearings a question | arose as to whether the bridge should | be of the masonry arch type, as called | for under a plan drawn in 1917 by | George Oakley Totten, jr., or a steel arch as contemplated by new plans re- cently drawn. Incinerator Approved. ‘The Senate Committee voted to per- mit the operation of the District high temperature incinerator in the South- ;asb section by striking out the House an. In order to enable school officials to meet conditions resulting from re- | duced appropriations for salaries the Senate Committee added the following | proviso to the bill: “Provided further, That teaching wacancies that occur during the fiscal ieflr 1534 wherever found may be filled y the assignment of teachers of spe- cial subjects and teachers not now | assigned to class room instruction, and such teachers are hereby made eligible for such assignment without further examination; provided further, that in the interests of economy the Board of Education may at its discretion during the fiscal year 1934 appoint qualified temporary teachers in the public schools of the District of Co- Jumbia notwithstanding the existence of an eligible list of applicants estab- Jished by examinations; provided further, that in filling all such va- cancies teachers now in the schools shall have the preference so far ns{ is practicable.” MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF 30-YEAR EMPLOYES DROPPED FROM MEASURE _(pnntlnupd From First Page.) | & great detriment to the Federal service. Chairman Buchanan, of the House Appropriations Committee, said today the committee has practically agreed on all of the legislative provisions that will be written into the bill. Mr. Buchanan and other members will appear before the Rules Committee asking for a special rule to make these legislative riders in order on this appropriation bill as essential features of the Presl- dent’s economy program. ‘The exact language of the retirement rovision has not yet been determined. t will provide that when any person, having 30 years service in the Govern- ment who comes within the provision of the civil service retirement law, is voluntarily seperated from the service in reducing personnel he can be placed on_the civil seryice retirement list. During tie perwc between their re- tirement and the date on which they would reach the age of retirement under the present law and be eligible for an- nuity, they are to receive that annuity with a deduction of 3% per cent, which is the rate Government empléyes pay 8s their contribution to the retirement fund. When such annuitants feach the regular retirement age, they will yeceive their full annuity. Prepares for Later Employment. ‘The committee is also endeavoring to provide for any Government employe who may be thus retired during the present emergency and later re-employ- ed in the Government service. This will cover the precentage of deduction as his contribution to the retirement fund and will reckon his eventual an- nuity on his full length of service, in- cluding the period of his reinstatement # the Government service, ) | priations reductions were made man- (81,000,000, which was computed NG _STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, IDONOVAN JUSTIFIES INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDS TO DISTRICT Auditor, in Hearings Before Senfite Com- mittee, Shows Budget Bureau Did Not Make Equitable Comparisons. BY J. A. O’LEARY. ‘The action of the Senate Appropria- tions Committee in raising the Federal contribution in the 1934 District bill to $6,250,000 is justifiable even under the formula which prompted the Budg- et Bureau to recommend a lump sum of only $5700,000, District Auditor Donovan shows in the Senate hearings on the bill, made public today. In fact, the Senate t--‘imony is to the effect that $6,250,000 is only the Federal share which should have ac- companied the total cf the bill as it passed the House under a fair interpre- tation of the yardstick by which the Budge! Bureau ordered the estimates reduced. Comparisons Made. ‘The Budget Bureau ordered the orig- inal 1934 District bill reduced to a 1imit of $33,000,000. It then compared this figure with total appropriations for the current year of $45,122,622 (including gas tax, water fund, trust funds and a deficiency item of $625,- 000 for emergency relief). The com- arison showed that the limitation on he new estimates meant a cut of 26.86 per cent under current appropri- ations. The bureau then decided to apply that same percentage of reduc- tion to th% r‘edhelrgu“s‘hare, wh'l’cti u:n';) sulted in bring e curren sum of 57‘775.500 down to $5,700,000. While the Senate report on the bill shows a net reduction in the total of the bill from $30,292,442 to $29,585,805, these figures do not take into account the $2,135,000 of surplus gas tax and water funds which may be spent by the Commissioners for public improvements under the Senate bill, but which are not carried in the total because they are classed as indefinite appropriations. Counting these permissable expendi- tures, therefore, there could be $31,720,- 805 spent under the Senate bill. The Senate, in fact, increased the amount of gasoline tax money that may be spent. The House bill authorized $1,040,000 of gas tax surplus to be spent subject to the approval of the President and | $635,000 of water funds to be spent on the same basis, or a total of $1,675,000. but made no corresponding adjustment in the Federal share of $5,700,000. The Senate Committee added $460,000 to the gas tax lump sum and approved the House figure for water funds, makiug a total of $2,135,000 that may be spent from these two sources in a lump sum. | Another factor which produces the net | reduction figure in the Senate report is | the recommendation that the District be relieved in 1934 from paying back | another $1,000,000 to the United States | for park purchose advances, as Tre- quired by the House bill. Auditor Donovan demonstrated to the Senate committee that, considering the changes made by the House, the lump sum should be at least $6,000,000 in order to be consistent even with the formula of the Budget Bureau. Declared Not Equitable. The auditor went further, however, and demonstrated that the Budget Bureau, in comparing 1933 appropria- tions with the reduced estimates for 1934, in order to determine the per- centage by which the Federal contri- bution was to be cut, did not make an equitable comparison of expendi- tures for salaries in the two years. If this adjustment is made, as contended by the auditor, the Federal contribu- tion in the bill as it passed the Hollsel should have been $6,250,000. Explain- | ing his contention regarding the | Budget Bureau's method of comparing 1933 appropriations_with the 19 4 es- timates, Auditor Donovan told the te committee: se‘!"rn'hcere is another angle which, in my opinion, should be considered in fixing the Federal contribution to the District for the fiscal year 1934, and continuing to use the mathematical formula adopt- ed by the Budget Bureau. I have pre- viously stated that the total appropria- tions for 1933 amounted to $45,122,622. This amount included appropriations for salaries on a 100 per cent basis. The $33,000,000 budget submitted for 1934 included salary appropriations on an 85 per cent basis. Under the 1933 npm‘o—i datory by the provisions of the economy act of 814 per cent in all salary items. In other words, the effect of the ap- plication of the economy act require- ment was to reduce salary appropria- tions for 1933 by this 85 per cent, which amounts to $2,053,688. It is submitted, therefore, that an equitable and proper comparison of the total of the 1933 appropriations with the amount of the bill for 1934 as passed | by the House would be as follows: Calculates Reductions. “Total for 1933, $45,122,622, less a deduction of 8!5 per cent in salaries, $2,053,688, leaving the actual amount of expendable appropriations $43,068,- 934. The total of the bill as passed by | the House, including the two amend- | ments adopted on the floor of the House, is $34,664,942. On this basis, the total of the 1934 bill as passed by the House is $8,403,992 less than the 1933 appro- priations, or 19.51 per cent. Applying this percentage to the amount of the 1933~ Federal contribution, namely, $7,775,000, would represent a reduction in'the Federal contribution for 1934 of $1,516,900. Deducting this amount from the $7,775,000 would make the Federal contribution for 1934, figured on that basis, $6,258,000. “Any additions made by the Senate to the total of the bill as passed by the House would proportionately (still con- tinuing to use the mathematical for- mula of the Budget Bureau) increase the amount of the Federal contribution for next year.” Arguments of Commissioners. The hearings also contain the argu ments submitted by the Commissioners, through Donovan, as to why the Dis- trict should be allowed to spread over a longer period of time the reimburse- ments it must make to the Federal Treasury for park lands purchased un- der the Capper-Cramton park develop- ment law. The theory of that law was that $16,000,000 would be appropriated from the Treasury within a few years in order to buy up contemplated park areas to the best advantage, the District government to reimburse the United States at the rate of $1,000,000 & §le! Although only $3,500,000 has n spent thus far, the District will have paid back $2,000,000 of it by the end of this fiscal year on June 80. The pend- ing bill, when it passed the House, re- quired that another $1,000,000 be paid back, but the Senate committee has recommended that the District be re- lieved from the necessity of making a reimbursement in 1934. Park Funds Dropped. ‘The auditor told the Senate com- mittee the rate of $1,000,000 a year re- payment for 16 years was predicated on the belief Congress would appropriate the full $16,000,000 within a few years. No appropriation was made by the Fed- eral Government for park purchases this fiscal year, however, and none is ::g:]r consideration for the coming year. “It would appear, therefore, that for the time. being at least Congress abandoned its intention to continue ap- propriations for the purchase of park lands in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Capper-Cramton act,” the auditor testified. “This being the case, the question arises whether has . Willlam McChesney Martin of the g'lflll !bznl m:n’rn Bank has| struction, 400,000,000 gold rubles (the the District of Columbia should be re- quired to continue a reimbursement to the United States at an annual rate of fixed by law on the basis of an ex- penditure of $16,000,000 from the Fed- eral Treasury.” The auditer and the Commissioners suggested the fixing of a new and much lower rate of reimbursement based on the facts as they exist. The Senate wmnlxllx;teethbn: reeo.mme;nded "—;l:t Dgo installment required from - trict in the coming year. Copeland Makes Inquiry. ‘While the Senate committee was dis- if the bill House total and the present $1.70 tax rate continued, Sena- tor Copeland, Democrat of New York, “‘What business do we have to raise a lot of money from the taxpayers that ‘we simply pile up in the Treasury? That 1s larceny,’ is it not? I think that is what Calvin Coolidge called it.” While Auditor Donovan was expl ing how a $6,000,000 us fund of District tax money w accumulate under the House bill and the present tax rate, Senator Copeland wanted to know if some money could be appro- priated from that fund and the tax rate reduced. In reply, Donovan testified as follows: “Yes, sir; a certain amount could be taken out. As I stated a moment ago, on the basis of the bill now before committee, we will have a balance of about $6,000,000 to the credit of the general revenue fund of the District at the end of 1934. If we were to reduce the tax rate, as has been suggested, from $1.70 to $1.50 in 1934, that would meang about $1,600,000 to come off the $6,000,~ 000, leaving about $3,400,000 still re- maining as a surplus belonging to the District of Columbia. Favors Reserve Fund. “It would seem to be the part of wisdom, under present economic condi- tions, to maintain a reserve, or emer- gency fund of a reasonable amount say about $2,000,000, to cover emergency re- lief and for other purposes. The bill now before the committee carries $1,- 250,000 for emergency relief and from the best information that we have at this time it seems evident that that amount of money will be inadequate | and that anywhere from $750,000 to $1,000,000 additional may be required before the close of the fiscal year 1934.” | “Senator Copeland. A total of about | $2,000,0002" | “Mr. Donovan. ‘That would bring the total to about $2,000,000. “In addition to that, we have also a | condition that is prevalent throughout | the country—a kage in revenue collections. Through the nine months ended March 31 of this year our| general revenues have dropped $1,300,- | 000. I mean by that, the actual reve- nue collections are $1,300,000 under the amount collected in the corresponding period of last year, $1,600,000 under the amount collected in the corresponding period of the fiscal year 1931, and a| similar amount under the collections in | the fiscal year 1930. “In other words, our revenues are fall- ing off. And on top of this the Federal contribution has been reduced from $9,500,000 in 1932, to $7,775,000 in 1933, and for 1934 the amount pro is | $5,700,000, a loss of $3,800,000 between 1932 and 1934. “Between the fiscal years 1932 and 1934 I figure that we will lose in reve- nue about $5,000,000; $3,800,000 in the Federal contribution, on the assumption that $5,700,000 will be appropriated, and around $1,500,000 in general revenue collections.” | The foregoing figures related to the | bill as it passed the House. Since that testimony was given the Senate sub- committee has voted to recommend an increase in the amount for emergency relief to $1,500,000, has recommended the Federal contribution to be raised from $5,700,000 to $6,250,000 and made | other alterations in the House bill. U. S. OFFICIALS HIT FOR POSTPONEMENT OF HARRIMAN CASE (Continued From First Page.) :l;;z bank’s funds from 1929 to April, He said the original report of the investigation was made by L. K. Rob- erts, chief national bank examiner at | New York, July 25, 1932, but prosecu- tion was delayed until March 14, 1933, “after the present administration was installed.” Ficst Report in 1932, ‘The Colorado Senator said it was “difficult to believe that irregularities that go back as far as 1929 should not have been known” even before July 25, 1932, when the first report was made. Ramsey said the Harriman case was reported to the department for the first time on December 27, 1932, in a letter | from the controller of the currency. The letter was accompanied by a bank examiner’s report dated July 9 of that year, Ramsey said. “On_December 30 three gentlemen from New York, Messrs. Cooper, Wright and Bisbee, came to Washington and asked delay in the case,” Ramsey said. Sought Reorganization. One of them was an officer of the bank and another a representative of the clearing house, the witness added. “They sald they held no brief for Harriman, but that they were under- taking to effect a reorganization and save the bank,” he testified. “They told us that Harriman was sick in bed, seriously ill and might never recover.” The witness sald he conferred by telephone with Acting Controller of the Currency Awalt, who, while not asking for delay, indicated he would be glad if it were arranged to permit straighten- ing out the bank’s affairs. LEGAL ACTION IS STARTED. Committee Seeks Full Payment of De- posits in Closed Bank. - By the Associated Press. YNEW YORK, Apgl 28“—11:0 New ork Times says a depositors’ protec- tive committee has started legal action against the 20 member banks of the New York Clearing House to obtain full payment of deposits in the closed Harriman National Bank & Trust Co. ‘While the suit has not yet been filed, the paper says service of sum- mons and complaint already has start- ed, officials of the Chase National Bank and the New York Trust Co..having been served so far. The committee described as the plain- tiff is that headed by Jacques Braun- stein, which was formed immediately after the arrest of Joseph W. Harri- man, resigned chairman of the bank, on & charge of falsifying its accounts. —_— s MOST OF GOLD RETURNED Eighth District Governor Reports $17,900,000 Received. ST. LOUIS, April 28 (#).—A majority of the hoarded gold in the eighth Fed- oo “sorrendered to_ . ‘Goverpinent N surrent e since a recent request for such action, announced. 4 Gov. Martin asserted he has sent & list of known gold hoardérs in the trict to the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with " instructions. -He predicted that lzyhellanmy. the last day authorized for releasing of hoards, virtually all of the gold in the district ve been deposited, and {will ha {machines have been paid a dismissal THREAT OF BONUS (TRO0PS MOBILIZED MARCH RECEDING Decision Will Be Held Up at Least Two Weeks, Says Foulkrod. The threat of a second bonus march on Washington appeared to be reced- ing today as the Senate moved toward | & vote on the Robinson amendment to the farm relief-inflation bill to pay the soldiers’ bonus in cash to unemployed veterans. ‘The White House announced yester- day, after a visit of the bonus army’s legislative agent, Harcld B. Foulkrod, that there would be no march on Washington. Foulkrod, however, quali- fled the announcement by saying the decision whether to march or not would be held up at least two weeks, pending a seccnd conference at the White O Capitol p] HIN yesterday resent- ative Patman, Democrat, of mu sus- pended his drive for a Democratic caucus on the issue, and the fight on the House side immediately shifted to Representative Ernest Lundeen, Farm- er-Laborite, of Minnesota, who started a petition on the rounds to force a House vote on Patman’s cash-payment bill. If this gets 145 signatures it must be voted upon on the House floor. It was by this method that the cash bonus mmnm t bill got to a vote &t the past Patman and other leading Demo- cratic bonus advocates conferred with Speaker Rainey and Democratic Leader Byrns on the proposed bonus caucus Patman afterward explained that the caucus idea was dropped because: “The situation has changed since the caucus was considered. Because of the introduction of our - proposal in the Senate by Senator Robinson of Indiana, it has resulted in Senate con- sideration first. “It is our view that that body should consider it first, since the House passed the bonus last year, 211 to 176, and the Senate defeated it, 62 to 18. “We still believe that payment of the adjusted service certificates is the best vehicle to convey money into every section of the country immedi- ately, and we expect to urge the pro- posal in every proper way, but with the distinct understanding that we in- tend to co-operate with the adminis- | by tration and throw no monkey wrenches into the machinery.” Foulkrod, the B. E. F. legislative agent, conferred for about two hours with Col. Louis McHenry Howe, presi- dential secretary, at the White House | to yesterday. He emerged smiling from the conference and seemed satisfied with the results. PAYMENT OF DISMISSAL WAGE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES IS URGED (Continued From First Page) ceding the date of dismissal of the employe.” “A fair, just and equitable dismissal wage law would, in operation, soften the blow which employes dismissed from the service of the Federal Gov- ernment are bound to feel. It will help | tide the dismissed employes over the very difficult period between their dis- | missal from the employ of the Federal Government and the date when they may find new employment in other lines cr in other callings. | “The payment of a dismissal wage has been made by a limited number of em- ployes in private industry. There Arei instances where workers who have been | displaced through the introduction of wage. The wage thus paid has proved | to be a very great economic and social benefit. Would Set Example. “It would seem but fair and just that the Federal Government should set an example to private industry by providing for the payment of a dismissal wage, particularly at this time, when it is the announced purpose of the Government to reduce the number of workers em- ployed through censolidation of depart- | ments, the merging of others, and through a general dismissal of working men and women. “Many employes of the Federal Gov- ernment are being dismissed each day an deach week. As a result, they are forced to make immediate adjustments in Jiving standards. None of these em- ployes so dismissed is prepared for such an experience. It seems cruel, indeed, to dismiss workers abruptly, turning them loose to shift for themselves at a | time when the opportunity to secure new employment is very limited, indeed. “Let the Government be just in deal- ing with its employes, let it apply jus- tice to dismissed workers by paying them a sum of money classified as a dismissal wage, meager though it may be. but helpful to the distressed work- er at a time when such help is badly needed. “The representatives of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and of the American Federation of Government Employes are determined to appeal to Congress to deal fairly and generously with dismissed Government employes by enacting a dismissal wage measure into law.” SOVIET RAIL DEAL AT BARGAIN PRICE HELD TOKIO’S AIM (Continued From First Page.) Great Wall of China district. There were no signs pointing to thier early re- turn northward. No Japanese troops are stationed at present at Manchuli, the western ex- tremity of the Chinese Eastern Railway on the Soviet border. One cavalry squadron recently was dithdrawn from there to Hilar, leaving Manchukuo’s Mongol levies to patrol the border. ‘The Japanese command is admitted- ly anxious for the return of the brigades under Maj. Gens, Kaoru Nakamura and Heijiro Hattorl shortly to the C. E. R. zone not because of a Soviet menace, but because they are needed to cope with a revival of banditry. Japanese officiais informally admit- ted Soviet Russia’s half share in the C. E. R. in the presence of thousands of Soviet citizens in North Manchuria. ‘This action now presents an unwel- come obstacle to Japanese plans for the development and exploitation of Manchuria. Japanese are confident, however, that the elimination of this o:tacle will be accomplished peace- ably. The Soviet government admitttedly is willing to sell and, although Tokio officials publicly declared Japan is not interested in purchasing the railroad, they privately admitted it will be ready to buy when the price is right. Japan is willing to wait, confident it holds the upper hand and is able to direct velopments calculated to steadily de- press the seller’s quotations. Far Apart on Price. Thus far the ive seller and en apart in price. “Russla’s reported offers range from the original cost of con- gold ruble .was worth about 50 cents), to 100,000,000 yen (the yen equivalent to 23 cents). cials call both ‘fantastic A raflroad whose strategic value to Rus- sia already is destroyed as a result of Japan’s conquest of North Manchuria and whose economic worth is steadily dwindling. | brought $6,500. | Cincinnati IN LYNCH THREAT Mob of 100 Abducts lowa Judge in Farm Fore- closure Fight. (Continued From First Page.) him by the throat and dragged him out of the court room, shouting: “Promise you won’t sign any more foreclosure actions.” Judge Bradley refused, despite re- peated blows from the men, saying that he had not studied the 15 foreclosure cases now .before him. ‘The farmers rose in reply to his de- mands, dragged him off the bench and carried him through the lobby of the court house, and onto the lawn. Judge Bradley defied the crowd and was roughly handled some more, ‘When he persisted in refusing to give $he oath, the farmers loaded the blind- folded judge into a truck, climbed in behind him and carried him away. At a cross roads about 1 mile southeast of Le Mars, they put a rope around his neck, the witness related and re- peated their demands. The judge still refused and one of the farmers tugged on the inch rope. Judge Bradley fell, only partly con- scious, but still refusing to comply with the demands, the witness said. The farmers dragged the judge to his feet, carried him to the side of the road and t‘hrew the loose end of the rope over a sign. “Make him get down on his knees and pray,” one of the farmers shouted. The judge was pushed to his knees and declared: _ “I will do the fair thing to all men to the best of my knowledge.” One of the farmers removed a hub cap from a nearby truck, partly filled with ol and placed it on the judge’s head. The oil and grease ran down his face as farmers threw dirt which stuck to the oil. . Jurist Left in Road. ‘The farmers removed the judge’s trousers and filled them with dirt, then drove off, leaving the begrimed jurist standing in the middle of the Troad. Several offered him a ride, which he refused. His neck was chafed and his lps were bloody, in addition to the dirt and grease on his face and hair. He was taken back to town in a car Wilbur De Pree. son of Rev. J. J. De Pree. Arriving at the.court house, he asked to be left alone. “I'd rather not say,” he replied in answer tb queries as to whether he would seek prosecution for his abduc- TS, Sheriff Rippey appeared on the scene shortly after the judge regained his chambers. The judge had set yesterday as the g::;(flbr hel;lrtlng on the first of several rougl y mortgage holders to test the validity of ne‘g gown statutes Ppostponing mortgage foreclosure sales, Earlier in the day a group of farmers was held off by deputies at Primghar while Sheriff Ed Leemkuil directed the sale of the John Shaffer farm. Forced to Kiss Flag. The farmers stormed the O'Brien County Court House, but the efforts of the deputies held them to the two lower floors while the sale was completed. The farm, 160 acres near Calumet, O.t R. Mt:)r}lzheim mortgage holders, w: z2d as he ] the court house and forced to keig the American flag and to promise not to bring further foreclosure actions, After returning from Primghar, the delegation of Plymouth County farm- ers seized Becker, carried him to the ball park grounds and threatened him with a rope. Sheriff Rippey persuaded isperse and they proceeded to_Judge Bradley’s chambers, Insurance companies involved in the suits which Judge Bradley was to hear include the Metropolitan Life, John Hancock Life, Equitable of New York, Mutval Benefit Life and the Franklin Life. Other mortgage holders involved are the Collins Mortgage Co. Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank, Federal Land | Bank, Fremont Joint Stock Land Bank, Des Moines Joint Stock Land Bank and the First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank. The mortgage holders question the constitutionality of the law suspend- ing foreclosure proceedings and the law extending the redemption period ?;lssforec!osed property until March PAY DISPU'I:E SETTLED CINCINNATI, April 28 (#).— The! Typographical Union yes- | terday announced the reaching of an| agreement with publishers of Cincin- | nati newspapers after almost a year of negotiations. The publishers asked a 15 per cent reduction in wage scales and the print- ers a weekly increase of $5. An arbitra- tion board decisicn continued the scales | now in effect, but for an 8-hour day | rather than the 7!;-hour day previously | in force. Husband Charges Cruelty. RENO, Nev., April 28 (#).—Lebaron R. Barker, jr., son of the wealthy Bos- ton publisher, filed suit yesterday to' divorce Mary Bell Baker on grounds of cruelty. They were married June 30, 1926. They have two children. threatening trouble between the Jap- ancse and Russians in Manchuria as a result of their dispute over operations of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Now it appears the Japanese are con- centrating their attack in the western war zone in order to break up a stub- born Chinese resistance which has stood fast during a week of the heaviest Sino-Japanese fighting this year. Seaport Cities Re-occupied. On the eastern front the Chinese claimed today to have completed the re- occupation of the 55-mile stretch of the Pelping-Mukden _ railroad from the Lwan River to Chinwangtao. The sea- port cities of Chinwangtao and Peitaiho, the latter on a small branch road to the coast, were reported taken over to- day. ;'he Chinese were advancing swiftly on the heels of the Japanese as the lat- ter voluntarily gave up mile after mile of territory which it had taken them the past two weeks to capture. There were no contacts reported be- tween the forces, as the Japanese and Manchukuan armies were carried back toward and Shihmenchal, their bases along the Great Wall of China, by railroad. About 200 miles to the westward, on the road leading from Kupeikow to Peiping, the Chinese were said to have dug in and halted the Japanese infan- try, weathering an saerial bombing and artillery attack by the Japanese. The Japanese infantry was reported at- tempting to advance behind a smoke screen. Fall of Nantienmen Reported. Their immediate objective was Nan- tienmen. The Japanese reports said thdr‘ troops were within about 50 miles of Chinese and Japanese reports R ‘week’s n. e Japanese that nearly 3,000 Chinese muem slain and itted loss of at least 200 Japanese. A Peiping dispatch said the Japanese legation announced the occupation of Nantienmen by the Japanese after a day of hard figh lous was in progress throughout -the day for the possession of Nantienmen. The Japanese used eight bombing airplanes and the Chi- nese defenders admitted losing 500 men. Most of the Chinese fortifications e ¢ FRIDAY, APRIL torney for the | 11 |mentioned in the draft, while France 28, 1933. for France. Talking on Disarmament Deep in talk on the momentous economic and disarmament gquestions, | Edouard Herriot, former premier of France, and President Roosevelt appear oblivious as the camera snaps an informal shot just before Herriot's departure —A. P. Photo. 1.5, BACKS BRITISH |Davis Reveals Support Afier Germany Demands Fur- ther Equality. %By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 28—The United States dramatically allied herself with Britain today at the World Disarma- ment Conference when Norman H. | Davis announced that the American delegation would oppose any attempt to | weaken the draft arms convention pre- pared by the British. The American ambassador at large ,said he regarded the British draft | treaty as a very valuable contribution and a definite step toward limitation of armaments. | He added that the United States looked upon it merely as the first step in disarmament, indic:ting that others must follow until armaments are brought down to their proper level. Against Any Weakening. “The plan does not go so far in lim- |iting armed forces as we would like,” !Mr. Davis said. “Nevertheless, we feel that our efforts should be concentrated on adopting the plan as a whole with- | out modification which would jeopard- ize it.” After making an carnest appeal to all delegations to consider the prob- lem in a spirit of conciliation, lAmerlcan spokesman continued: l “We will join all delegations in op- posing any ~amendments which will | weaken the British plan and endanger i the success of the conference.” Capt. Robert Eden, spezking for Great | Britain, expressed deep appreciation of | the generous terms with which Amer- {ica welcomed the British project. He added that Britain would cordially | co-operate with those who. destra to gy further in the reduction of armaments | than is provided for in the convention. Mr. Davis’ declaration of support for | the British project was interpreted as tacit notice to Germany that the United | States would oppose German amend- ‘m(‘nu offered earlier in the day if | weakened or jeopardized the British | draft. ! Reich Opposes Limits. }demnnd for equality in armaments | when she filed a series of amendments | to the draft convention. | These indicated dissatisfaction with the size of the army accorded to Ger- many. Germany insisted it must get all the weipons of defense allocated to other nations. Germany said that German military organizations must be adapted to insure safety of Germany ag2inst attack and | that this German security must be pro- | portionately as strong as that of other nations. | This amendment was generally in- | terpreted to mean that Germany re- fuses to accept an army of 200,000, as gets 400,000, including 200,000 colonial {)&Bx&ce‘s, and Poland gets a total of 200,- Making an allusion to the French troops stationed in Morocco and Al- giers, Germany said any calculation on available arms strength should take into account the nearness of colonial troops to the mother country. Reichswehr Meets Needs. Simultaneously Germany threw cold water on the French proposal for a uniform system of short term service in armies on the European continent by declaring the time was not ripe to discuss uniformity. Germany sug- gested that a permanent disarmament commission discuss this problem in the future. The German spokesman said the Reichswehr which was imposed on his country by the allies, at present answers Germany's purpose just as the per- manent American and British armies | answer American and British needs. The Versailles treaty limits the Reichswehr to 100,000 troops. Germany asked the strengthening of the draft disarmament convention by more extensive prohibition of offensive weapons and by provision for their destruction. STATION WISV GETS LICENSE EXTENSION Transmitter Must Be Moved if Interference Is Not Ended After 90 Days. ‘The Federal Radio Commission to- day granted Station WJSV, Alexandria, a 90-day extension of its operating license at its present location on an experimental basis. A fortnight ago the commission had ordered the station to cease operating from that location, effective May 1. ‘The ental extension was granted after Columbia Broadcasting engineers had installed a new type of directional antennae for the station. This device apparently re- duced the serious interference previous- ly caused the Naval Research Labora- tory at Bellevue, D. C., which had re- sulted in the commission’s earlier action. ‘The temporary extension was granted with the understanding that if the in- terference is not entirely cleared up at the end of the 90-day period WISV will -peek a new location for its transmittss, - ARMS LIMITATION it was found that those amendments | | Davis’ announcement came after Ger- | many gave concrete expression to her | Europe is not alone in danger. jnow I recall Walt Whitman’s famous |lines in his ‘Leaves of Grass': Pranktin his L©ctober 16, 4S: ‘What Herriot’s Text Frenchman Praises Mr. Roosevelt in Farewell to United States. (Continued From First Page.) happily blended, a man able at the| same time to diseuss on the most intri- | cate matters in A genial atmosphere, deeply versed in technical and human knowledge, and worthy. of his great pre- decessors. . “I fully understand today the proud confidence of a people who cthose such a leader and who, under his guidance, will see its authority in the world affairs rise still higher. “I found the same kind support, the | same enlightening competence in my | intercourse with ~ Secretary of State | Cordell Hull and all the members of the Cabinet and Under-Secretary of | State William_Phillips, who attended ocur parleys. I extend the thanks I| offer them to all their aides. | ‘Would Live to Return. | “I will strictly avoid intruding, ever | so little, upon the United States poli- tics which concern no one but them- | selves. | “Moreover, I gct in touch with most | interesting and charming men belong- ing to all political parties. I shall take away with me the most pleasant recol- lections of my interviews with the | members of the Foreign Affairs Com- | mittees of the Senate and House; I shall not forget either the kindness | shown to me by Senator J. T. Robin- | son, Democratic floor leader, or my in- teresting talks with Senatcr Borah and Senator Reed, as well as the hearty | welcome of the Vice President and of | the Speaker, Henry T. Rainey. | “Were I able to do so, I should be | delighted to come back and work hers in all freedom of mind, merely to in crease my kncwledge of and informa- the | tion about a people to whom as a| Frenchman and a devotee to liberal | instituticns, I feel so deeply attached. | “I rejoice at what we have been able to achieve in such limited time. A week 2go we might very well have wondered | whether the World Economic Confer- | ence would meet at all and, in the event | of its mecting, at what date it would | meet. Now we know for certain that it is to_begin its work on the 12th of | June. Within a few hours the invita- ticns will be issued, and on certain | points we have already brought ou | views much nearer to each other—an | excellent way of proceeding which President Roosevelt has rightly advo- | cated, while he launched new notions concerning the world disarmament and security. Have Learned Lesson. “Recent events have taught us | dreadful lesson, namely that the world cannot without great risks, be divided spontaneously or under the pressure of come into being, and find guarantees, if the Universe is to be kept from utter surrender to the evil spirit of war. And “‘Years of the Modern! the unperformed! Your horizon rises; I see it parting away for more august dramas. I see not America only, not only Liberty's nation, but other nations preparing; I see tremendous entrances and ex- its, new combinations, the solidarity of races; I see that force advancing with irre- sistible power on the world’s stage; I see Freedom, completely arm'd and victorious and very haughty, with Law on one side and Peace on the other.’ “The time has come for all statesmen to work jointly and bring to life that great man's dreams, which are also those of the peoples of the earth. “To that end we have worked in Washington. in one week map out a complete scheme for the world recovery, but we have at least fixed up the first landmarks. “As to_me, my embition would be to bring France and the United States to & better knowledge of each other. The word ‘propaganda’ is scmetimes spoken; the word, to me, appears as a stupid and almost loathsome word. The only justified propaganda I can con- ceive is that which consists in the spreading of truth, through fair and undisturbed information. “I came over to this_country to bring you a message from France, from France as she truly is, from France who suffered so dreadfully during the Great War, that France who works in offices, warehouses, workshops or fields. ‘‘/Citizens of the United States, trust a man who had to fight for his ideas. France has no hatred against any people, she longs for peace; she only wants never to be invaded again. She is only a mother who wishes to shelter from death on the battlefieids the chil- dren that are left her. Do not trust those who show you another picture of our country. Not For Selfish Ends. “But, on the other hand, I shall en- deavor, as I have already done many times, to interpret the United States to my countrymen; I shall tell them what they really are and why I feel s0 deeply attached to them. - “I_shall explain that this land is the land of liberty and that in the hour when brute force ang- persecutions seem to drive us back to barbary, there Years of into water-tight compartments. Either | events, the solidarity of Nations must | Of course, we could no: | CONSULTATIVE PACT BELIEVED ASSURED Herriot and Roosevelt Issue Joint Statement as Talks End. (Continued Prom First Page.) tion that our two governments are looking with like purpose at the main problems of the world and the objec- tl;ea of the World Economic Confer- ence. “The Government of the United States and the French government have been able already to anneunce their {ull agreement in’regard to the neces- | sity of a prompt meeting of this con- ference, the object of which must be to bring about a rapid revival of world activity and the raising of world prices by diminishing zll sorts of impediments to international commerce such as tar- iffs, quotas and exchange restrictions, and by the re-establishment of a nor- mal financial and monetary situation. Problems Bound Together. “We have examined in particular the manner in which commercial policies should develop for the purpose of pro- moting rather than restricting inter- national trade. “We have studied monetary probiems and the different methods possible for a co-ordination of central bank policy, the remedies which may be brought forward to attack the menacing prob- lem of unemployment and the stagna- tion of business by the execution of programs of public works to be carried out by the different governments by such methods as are within their means, the effects of the depression on silver and the different methods proposed to improve its status. “The questions which are before the world today are, for the most part, in our opinion, intimately bound up with one another. “They constitute the separate ele- ments of a single problem, the sound and permanent solution of whizh should be sought in an international collabora- tion supplementing the indispensable domestic effort of each country. “The world-wide suffering of millions of unemployed demands, without delay, that this collaboration, which has been so happily begun here, should be con- tinued. In conclusion, our free and cordial exchange of views has led us together to record the will of our two countries to continue this collaboration and to seek to exiend it to all other nations in order to assure to the peoples of the world the opportunity to labor under conditicns of real peace.” First Joint Statement. The earleir joint statement of the President and M. Herriot relating to the war debts follows: “The President has discussed with M. Herriot the problem of intergovern- mental debts. The President has set forth the entire situation from the American point of view and M. Herriot has explained how the problem ap- pears to the French government and Parliament. This long excharge of views, which was of the most frank {and friendly character, was for the pur- pose of reaching a clear understanding of the realities of the situation and will undoubtedly help in determining the steps to be taken hereafter. “It is the hope of the President and {of M. Herriot that these conversations, | which have proved to be of value. may be continued in Paris and in Washing- ton after M. Herriot has had 2n op- portunity to report to the French gov- ernment.” Notwithstanding the rumors of pos- sible postponement of the June debt | payments owed this_country, pending conclusion of the London Economic Conference, it was reiterated today that President Rocsevelt expects the pay- ments to be made in June and that no | deal regarding such a postponement | has been entered into. Increase Silver Clause. ‘The administration has given its ap- | proval to an amendment to the infla- | tion rider on the farm bill increasing | from $100,000.000 to $200.000,000 the amount which the President may ac- cept in silver from foreign nations on the war debt payments. In some quar- ters the hope has been expressed that this arrangement will make certain the June war debt payments to this country. Under the terms of the amend- ment, the President may receive silver and value it up to 50 cents an ounce. This might mean an actual reduction to the foreign debtors of 30 per cent | or more. France and a number of the other | countries did not pay the debt install- ment due last December. The French installment due at that time was $19.- 000,000. The hope is expressed that France and the other nations, by the use of silver, will be able not only to make the June payments but also those due in December. Speculation regarding the make-up of the American delegation to the world conference on monetary and economic problems, which is to start June 12 in London, today placed Secretary of State Hull at the head of the delegation. Others mentioned for places in the delegation were Senater Key Pittman of | Nevada, chairman of the Senate Foreign | Relations Committee, and Assistant Sec- retary of State Raymond Moley. Among | others who are being considered for | places on_the delegation are Repre- | sentative Daughton of North Caroiina, chairman of the Housz Ways and Means Committee, and Representative Mc- Reynolds of Tennessee, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Others Here Next Week. M. Herrict and his advisers held their last conference with President Roosevelt at the White House this morning. It ended at 11:15 o'clock. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt said good-by to the distinguished French visitor on the front portico cf the White House. Be- fore M. Herriot entered his automobile the President handed him an auto- graphed picture of himself. Both the President and the former prime minister of Fronce appeared to be in the best of spirits. M. Herriot later took a train for New York. He sails for France tomorrow. The White - House conferences on world affairs and the approaching economic conference will be continued next week with representatives cf Italy, Germany, Mexico and Argentina. Guido Jung, minister of finance of 1taly, is expected to arrive in New York on Tuesday. He will dine at the White House Tuesday night and he and Am- bassador Rosso of Italy will mest with the President and the Secretary of State, Mr. Hull, durirg the following day. Suwanee River on Rampage. VALDOSTA, Ga., April 28 (®).—The old Suwanee River is on a rampage. The stream that a song made famous is more than a mile wide. The Suwanea is, on this continent, a great Nation who means to obey nothing but the dictates of reason and justice. tromt ‘of Siory: the Declaration of your 5 lon of In enmt elder sister of our ition of the rights of man— is deeply engraved. “That your old motto has lost noth- ing of its strength in those times of ety i e, purett o happlisa e G inge A the City of Washington has witnessed these last few days, the meeting of the representatives from three liberty loving Nations: the Unitd f~tes, Great Britain and France. =2 rises to my memory the following fragment ‘of a letter writen in France by Benjamin to friend Hartley, on woud begins in the Okefinokee Swamps and usually is a mild-mannered little river. be py as the Sabine girls if she cnul.d. :e‘p'.be means of uniting, in per- ual peace, her father and her hus- d? What repeated follies are those repeated wars? You do not want to conquer and govern one another. Why then should you .continually be em- ployed in injuring and destroying each other?™ R e “It seems to me. that in these words lies the best plan of action. We gath- ered here not to seek any selfish ends, not to combine paltry schemes, but in order to work jointly for this double aim: the maintenance of freedem and |