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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Showers tonight, morrow morning; tomorrow; Tem| port on Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 probably clearing to- cooler late tonight and moderate southerly winds. peratures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 61, Full re Page , at 3:45 pm. n:ob am. today. No. 32,508. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, . D C. ROOSEVELT RENEWS ELONOMIC TALKS IN ARCENTINE PARLEY ltalian Representative, Fifth to Come, Is Expected Here This Afternoon. WHEAT AND TRADE TOPICS IN LE BRETON MEETING Debts and Treaty Revision Ques- tions Likely to Come to Fore in Later Conferences This Week. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt resumed his iniernational conversations today 1in conference with Tomas Le Breton, spe- cial representative from Argentina. ‘The President recelved Senor Le Breton in his office at the Executive Office Building. The Argentine and American economic experts gathered with them. Later Mr. Roosevelt will welcome the fifth distinguished visitor—Guido Jung of Italy—to come to Washington and participate in the series of international discussions preparatory to the June Fconnomic Conference in London. Jung arrives in New York today and will reach this city late this afternoon. Le Breton, former minister of agri- culture and now Argentine Ambassador to France, arrived late yesterday and was entertained at a dinner in the White House last night. Trade Relations Uppermost. ‘Wheat control and trade relation§ were uppermost in the first of the ne- gotiations between this country and the Argentine. Felipe Espil, the Argentine Ambassa- dor to Washington, was at the side of Le Breton. They expected to give close attention to President Roosevelt's plan before advancing any of the several pro- posals_contained in their instructions from Buenos Alres. With the President were Secretary of State Hull and Assistant Secretary Moley. Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture Tugwell and others of the Execu- tive’s board of economic strategy. Stabilization of monetary exchange is an important item on the program to be discussed in seeking a formula for improved Argentine-American commer- cial relations. Mr. Roosevelt was expected to deal at length with this subject, which he already has gone over with Ramsay MacDonald, British prime minister; Edouard Herriot of France and Prime Minister Bennett of Canada. Renew Talks Today. The Argentines will renew their tech- nical discussions at 3 o'clock this aft- ernoon with State Department officials. The remainder of their program still is to be announced. Other advisers who joined.the White House conference included William C. Bullitt, special assistant to the Secretary of State; Heroert Feis, economic ad- viser; Henry Morgenthau, jr., chairman of the Federal Farm Board, and James ‘Warburg, an economist. Senator Le Breton and Ambassador Fspil left the White House executive ces at 11:40 o'clock after a confer- ence which lasted almost an hour. They said the general outline of the confer- ences were discussed and details will be taken up later. President Roosevelt, as he did at the first meeting with other delegations, outlined the aims and subjects under consideration. Debts Come to Fore. The arrival of Jung today and the coming of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the German representative, later in the week, brings the question of war debts and revision of treaties to the fore. Jung is minister of finance and already has said he will bring up the debts problem. Mr. Roosevelt is known to believe the time is not opportune for consideration of treaty revision, but with both Ger- many and Italy insisting that peace in Europe can be established and main- tained only by remaking the map de- signed by the Versallles treaty, avold- ance of that subject may not be easy. The President’s conversations last week with Prime Minister MacDonald and former Premier Herriot, however, were notable, in so far as the joint com- muniques were concerned, for the absence of talk about treaty revision. The Argentine representatives had a long talk with Mr. Roosevelt last night at dinner at the White House, but it was described afterward as purely social. Le Breton had met the President briefly at a tea in the afternoon. Be- side the two delegates, members of the Argentine embassy staff and Le Breton's private secretary, Juan Lari- viere, were dinner guests. RUNCIMAN 1S SILENT ON JAPANESE TRADE Tells House of Commons Only That He Has Asked Suggestions From Tokio. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 2—Walter Runci- man, president of the Board of Trade, was noncommittal tcday when he was asked in the Heuse of Commons wheth- er the government would cancel the present Anglo-Japanese trade agree- ment so Great Britain could deal with *the dumping of Japanese in this country, the crown colon and the dominicns.” The cabinet minister indicated that conversations were proceeding Wwith Japan. PI‘ recently discussed with the Jap- anese Ambassador in London,” he said, “the question of Japanese competition with United Kingdom gocds in the va- rious markets of the world, and I ask him to put certain suggestions before his_government. 3 “I am not in position to give the House any details today, but hope to make a statement in the near future.” Insull Quits Cornell Board. ITHACA, N. Y., May 2 (#)—Resig- mtmx of Martin J. Insull of Chicago, formér public utilities magnate, as a trustee of Cornell University, has been accepted by the board, it became known today. The vacancies caused by this resignation and by the death of Roger B. Williams will be filled at the June meeting. » ! agreement, 285 to 33. 25-Cent Gold Piece Is Basel Bank’s Sole Metal in Its Vaults By the Associated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, May 2.— The gold supply of the Bank for International Settlements, the She G5-cent 5o ot mintod 1n e 25-cen in San mndn': in 1852. This coin was given to the bank by a friend when he learned that the bank’s vaults contained no precious metal. The bank’s gl:l:nhold]nu are stored in other BRTIH CONTRUE TAREF I HOVE Commons Approve New An- glo-German Trade Pact. Silent on Truce. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 2.—The British gov- ernment’s stand on the United States Government's proposal for a tariff truce was still undeclared today, but it car- ried forward its own program w free trade from tariffs. ‘The House of Commons last night approved the new Anglo-German trade High tariff ad- vocates in the Conservative party at- tacked the agreement as injurious to British industries. Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, said the German agree- ment_was obtained mainly to enlarge ‘woul ve emplo; Britian miners,. o 10 3800 Norman H. Davis, President Roose- velt's special envoy, was unable to carry on & discussion of the American tariff truce proposal with Foreign Sec- retary Sir John Simon because of the latter’s illness. It seemed likely Davis would remain here to see Prime Minister MacDonald, who returns tomorrow from his con- versations with President Roosevelt. WANTS TO STAY ON GOLD. France To Use All Its Resources To Keep Basis Despite Doubts, S. 8. ILE DE FRANCE, AT SEA, May 2 (#).—The French Government believes a monetary truce should be its compensation for the tariff truce pro- posed by the United States. This was learned from sources close to former Premier Herriot, returning to Prance after his conversations wif President Roosevelt. ‘The French Government has de- clared its determination to use all its resources in the effort to keep France on the gold standard despite doubts expressed by French experts and oth- ers that it can be done. ‘The jdea of a world truce on tariff measures restricting trade pending the outcome of the World Economic Con- ference beginning June 12 was dis- mmmé by President Roosevelt and t. Herriot will arrive at Le Havre Pri- day, where he Will be met by Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Bouncour. STATE POWER SALE OPPOSED IN SENATE Vandenberg Fights 5 Per Cent for Tennessee and Alabama From Shoals Plant. By the Associated Press. An effort to strike from the Norris Muscle Shoals-Tennessee Basin devel- opment bill the provision granting Ala- bama and Tennessee 5 per cent each of the gross proceeds from the sale of power was begun in the Senate today by Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, who declared there was “no rh{me nor reason for such an inno- vation.” Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne- braska, author of the measure embrac- ing President Roosevelt’s broad program for &owz , navigation and flood control on the Tennessee River, including Gov- ernment operation of the war-time power and nitrate project at Muscle Shoals, hoped for passage before ad- ent today, but several Repub- speeches were in the 3 Vandenberg said he voted for the Boulder Dam bill because the first $140,000,000 of the $160,000,000 project was self-liquidating before Arizona and Nevada “gets & penny from sale of sur- plus power.” Under the St. Lawrence treaty, he said, the Government “doesn’t put down a stone” until New York agrees to pay for power plant construction. Norris modified the section to make the grants to Alabama and Tennessee subject to periodic revision by the Gov- ernment corporation that will admin- ister the law, but while Vandenberg said that was an improvement he was still opposed to the ciause. Poison Food Kills Two. MILES CITY, Mont., May 2 (P —A mother and son are dead from the ef- fects of polson authorities attributed to home-preserved foods, and three other members of the family are in & hospital. Mrs. Barbara Rentz, 46, and son, Joseph, 7, died Sunday. Physicians said Nandor Rentz, the father, and Marga- ret, 25, and Rosle, 4, daughters, may recover. The family lives on a farm 25 miles north of Miles City. ch ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. %% HITLER WILL DRAFT ALL REICH YOUTH IN COMPULSORY WORK Rich and Poor Alike Will Be Enrolled—Aims to Abol- ish Classes. GERMAN TRADE UNIONS ARE SEIZED BY NAZIS Brown Shirts Occupy Headquarters, Jailing Socialist Leaders. Marxism Banned. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 2.—Chancellor Adolf Hitler proposes to draft every German youth, rich or poor, in a great army to be trained physically in service to the fatherland. ‘There will be no exceptions made in the enrolling of this huge disciplined force, he declared last night in further explanation of his long advocated com- pulsory labor program. As orginally disclosed by him two months ago, the plan fs aimed to wipe out all class dis- tinctions in Germany by what he termed the “ennobling and purifying” process of labor by hand. Elaborates on Plans. In his speech before 1,500,000 Berlin residents, bringing to a climax the government’s May day celebration, he elaborated on his plans for the future of German workers and farmers. Ger- many had waited nearly three months to hear the details of the two four- year plans he announced immediately after becoming chancellor—for the sal- vation of the farmer and the worker. In expounding his program he as- sailed foreign nations which he said sought to destroy Germany. “We will never bow our necks to a foreign yoke;, we want peace and, lo, other nations turn against us, but they will not succeed,” he shouted. He told his hearers they were “not second rate, even if the world wants you to be sc & thousand times.” The eight parts of the program he laid down were: 1. A fight by the government to keep the power it now holds. 2. Awakening of the self-confidence th | of the German people. 3. A campaign to convince the people that the government seeks only their welfare. 4. Compulsory labor service for youth of all classes. Freedom From Parliamentarism. 5. Preedom from parliamentarism and “majority votes” for all creative business and industry. 6. Rellef for agriculture, thereby aid- ing factory and white-collar workers. 7. Reduction of unemployment by private owners Te- pairs and by an elaborate pul ‘works program the government. 8. Reduction of interest rates and a trade policy to stabilize German pro- duction while protecting the farmers. Hitler's Brownshirts, surprise and storm, took the last hurdle today on the road to Nazi domination of the labor movement by occupying head- quarters of the free trade unions throughout Germany. Socialist leaders of the unions, which have 5,500,000 members, were arrested. The trade unions of the future are to be made national rather than inter- national in character, Nazi leaders said. Unions Still Marxistic. Having previously smashed the So- cial-Democratic party, the Nazis re- alized Socialism's backbone—the trade ‘unions—still moved mentally in ideol- ogy of Marxism, even though leaders tried outwardly to swing them into line with the new concept of Germany. (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) = MOHAMMEDAN REBELS SLAUGHTER 100 CHINESE All Foreigners, Including Swedish Missionaires, Believed Safe After Yarkand Clash. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, May 2—One hundred Chinese were slaughtered when Mo- hammedan rebels captured Yarkand, an anclent city of 60,000 population in the East Turkestan province of Sinkiang, foreign dispatches from Kashgar said today. All fcreigners in Yarkand, including Swedish missionaries, were believed to have escaped safely. The incident was one of many similar ones in the long-continuing civil war between Chinese and Mohammedans. According to reports reaching Peiping the Mohammedans have occupied the western portion of Sinkiang. Tmlat g . NAT-INDIAN GAME OFF Contest at Cleveland Postpomed Due to Wet Grounds. CLEVELAND, May 2 (#).—Wet grounds today caused the postpone- ment of the game scheduled between the Nationals and the Cleveland Indians. The contest was to have opened a four-game series between the ed | By the Associated Press. The breaking of . long-established House rules by some of the 160-odd new members, who are given to talking, laughing, smoking, eating and reading newspapers, is irritating old-timers. Representative Clarke, Republican, of to Speaker Rainey sion of a bill on the floor, turned to a group of members and said he wanted _lo apolgiee for interrupting tfl con- MEMBERS OF HOUSE COMPLAIN OF THEIR COLLEAGUES’ CHATTER | Veterans Object to Talking, Laughing, Smoking, Eating and Reading in Chamber. versation by his remlarks. He reminded them, however, that he had the floor. Another time Clarke suggested that “the Democratic political convention in the well of the House adjourn so we can consider legislation.” ‘The wife of a former member of Con- gress said yesterday that “they not only smoke on the floor now and read news- papers, but they are eating Apg!u One member then was observed g into a big red apple. Back cloak rooms some of the urging coll to ask ker Rainey to enforce rules. “We certainly are gettin| cratic,” one old-imer gaid, tainly not dignified.” g_ Demo- “It's eer- MR ATTORWEY-GeNERAL) MORE UNEMPLOYMENT? X Nyl \ R A\, \ b. W. SORORITY GIRL TAKES LIFE BY GAS Miss Ruth White of Spring- field, Va., Left Poem Behind Disclosing Her Grief. A scrap of poetry she left behind gave police a clue to the melancholy thoughts of Miss Ruth White as the 21-year-old George Washington Uni- versity student was dying of illum- inating gas this morning in a suite maintained by her sorority in the 2000 block of G street. A certificate of suicide was issued by Acting Coroner A, Magruder Mac- Donald in the belief that Miss White sought death as an escape from grief for her flance, Julian B. Peters, accl- dentally shot and killed April 4 near Rockville, Md. Miss White, manager of the univer- sity rifle team, died at Emergency Hos- pital about two hours after she had been found unconscious in the gas-filled Kkitchen of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority suite on the second floor of an apart- ment house at 2020 G street. Miss White was found sitting in & chair by Janice Hale, 4423 Hunt avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., another member of the sorority. In her lap, according to police, was the poem entitled “Some- where,” part of which indicated she had contemplated sulcide. Four jets of a small gas stove were turned on. Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald said he would issue a certificate of suicide. Lived in Springfield, Va. Miss White, & senior at the university, was carried to an open porch by Charlie Couser, janitor of the building, who was summoned by Miss Hale. Members of the fire rescue squad worked over Miss White for nearly two hours, but failed to revive her despite the fact they administered several tanks of oxygen. Dr. Danlel Bordon ordered her removed to the hospital, where she died a few minutes later. Miss White, whose home was in Springfield, Fairfax County, Va., had been & member of the rifle team since 1931, becoming manager the following year. In 1930 she served on the edi- torial board of the Hatchet, student publication. She also d been =& member of the Women's Athletic Asso- ciation for the last two years. She was taking a course in college library science. The bit of verse, written on a scratch pad sheet, was turned over to Mac- Donald by Detective Sergt. John Wise and Willlam Liverman, who were called into the case by Policeman R. Davis, third precinct. Poem Left Behind. 1t read: “How can I cease to pray for thee? Somewhere, in God's great universe, thou art today. Can He not reach thee with His ten- der care? Can He not hear me when for thee I 2 ray? X wmcpmm,en it to Him who holds within The hollow of His hand all worlds, all space That thou art done with earthly pain and sin. Somewhere within His ken thou hast a place, Somewhere thou livest and hast need of Him, Somewhere thy soul sees higher heights to climb; And somewhere still there may be valleys dim That thou must pass to reach the hills sublime. Then all the more because thou canst not hear Poor human words of blessing will I ray. ©Oh, lzruz brave heart! God bless thee In H'l:‘"m:v“l thou art today!” great universe ! A large crowd of students and resi- dents of the neighborhood gathered outside the building while the rescue squad worked over the young woman. Commuted to School. Miss White commuted between Springfield and the university, her father driving her back and forth eacl Last night, however, the police mmeeun: of the h | sentatives tcday. Married Woman Quits U. S. Job to Let Another Work A married woman, employed in the Navy Department, has vol- untarily resigned her job, in order to save a position for some one less fortunate, who would have to go, and has gotten a letter of commendation from the Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, for her unusual action. She is Mrs. Susan M. Cleary, 2115 Pennsylvania avenue. She was employed in the Bureau of Engineering at the department, as a senior stenographer, and was entitled to an annual income of $1,620. Moved by the neces- sity of reducing the force, offi- clals set about placi eligible names on a roster of who are to be discharged. Feeling she was better prepared to re- sign than many other married and single persons, Mrs. Cleary submitted her resignation, al- though officials said today that she was not likely to be dis- charged. B HODE SLAD OTE FOR REPEL Only One Small Community Favors Retaining 18th Amendment. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 2.—Rhode Island, third State to vote on repeal of the eighteenth amendment, today stood firmly in the anti-prohibition column. ‘Wisconsin and Michigan already have voted in favor of repeal. Only one Rhode Island community, the town of Hopkinton, voted to retain the amendment as the electorate—150,- 244 1o 20,874—named 31 repeal-pledged delegates to the State convention May 8. Hopkinton voted 310 to 293 against repeal. 2 Amendment Never Ratified. Rhode Island, which never ratified the eighteenth amendment and was com- monly known as “wettest of the States,” had State prohibition for three years. Repeal was voted in 1889. Repeal votes piled up rapidly as yes- terday's election progressed, with the heaviest polling coming during the eve- ning hours just before closing time. All of the State's six cities showed large repeal majorities, with the prohibition M. group drawing its slight strength from the rural communities. Providence cast 60.662 repeal votes to 6,758 retention ballots. The four- teenth voting district went anti-prohi- bition by a majority of 1,545 to 11, and in the seventeenth district the repeal- ists ran amuck, 1,563 to 4. Rhode 1Island’s other five cities ::wwed repeal majorities as high as 9 10 Prohibitionists Active. An unususlly active campaign had been carried on by the prohibition leaders, who attacked the recently en- acted beer and liquor control law which permits saloons for the sale of beer. The prohibition vote had been fore- cast as unusually heavy because of the saloon fssue, and on election eve the repeal supporters were a bit reticent to predict too great a victory. ©--=--fson of yesterday's voie and ..;3 in the 1930 referendum on retenticn of the eighteenth amend- ment, however, showed there was little if any increase in prohibition senti- ment.” Three years ago Island voted 171,960 to 47,652 against retain- ing the amendment. REPEAL RESOLUTION FAILS. Texas Mouse Defeais Move {o Submit Tssue. AUSTIN, Tex., May 2 (#).—A reso- lution proposing to submit repeal of the prohibition section of the State con- stitution falled to receive the required 100 votes in the Texas House of Repre. The vote was 85 ayes 0 ropenthts of the resolutian said th uf mummmmmn.nfi Gen. Bullard Convalescing. NEW YORK, May 2 (P).—Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, who com- manded the Second Army of the Amer- ican u:\n‘cmm during Worl ar, was reported: today. be eonvalescing at the Army tten, where he has the last five weeks. able $o return to week. S4DEAD O Y WNDSTORNS Red Cross Check Reduces Toll Previously Reported to Have Reached 89. i By the Associated Press. e | SHREVEPORT, la., May 2—Fifty- four dead from the tcrnadoes in three Southern and one Midwestern States | late yesterday had been counted today | by rescue workers, who estimated that more bodies may be found as the storm wreckage is cleared. | Earlier estimates had placed the dead |at 89 and the injured at more than 11,000 frcm spasmodic tornadoes that |lashed the Mississippi Valley Sunday |and Monday. Minden, La, parish seat of Webster, | which felt tne fuli force of yesterday's | storm, thus far has counted 35 dead and more than 200 injured, many se- riously. At Arcadia, in Bienville Parish, there were 6 known dead, 10 seriously hurt and 50 others sMghtly injured. Magnolia, Ark., counted six dead and four seriously injured. Relief Work Under Way. Salem, Ark., reporied two dead in the neighborhood between there and the Missouri State line. Five were killed in a series of storms | in_Illinois. | The Rea Cross and agencies of the State went. to the relief cf the stricken communities in the South. The May day storms struck first along the Arkansas-Missouri line. Farm houses were leveled, barns bowled over and trees whipped down. Torrential rains blew in horizontal sheets in sec- tions and many roads were rendered virtually impassable. |- The storm at Minden broke about 4 p.m. yesterday. Witnesses said it struck the city in a funnel-shaped cloud that roared like a freight train, enveloping the community in darkness. Buildings shook and quivered and loose objects whirled through the streets with the speed of bullets. Houses were leveled and unroofed. The colored quarters were laid flat and fire broke out. Winds damaged the business section and ripped up com- munication and power lines. Parts of the residential section were leveled. An automobile was blown through a store window near the court house. Relief Work Begun. Sam Life, a hardware merchant, re- ported the winds lifted him off his feet as he walked near Webster Parish Court House and dropped him on the next hill uninjured after giving him a bird’'s-eye view of the destruction. ‘Two filling stations at Arcadia were blown into a railroad cut in the path of an Illinois Central train. Witnesses flagged it, averting a possible wreck. A company of National Guardsmen ‘was mobilized at Minden to open the highways and prevent looting. Available relief forces were hurried " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) Party Funds Seize;l. MUNICH, Bavaria, May 2 (#).—Nazis today seized the bank account of Paul Loebe, former president of the Reischs- bank, amounting to 3,000,000 marks ($750,000) and presumably ' consisting of funds of the Socialist party. ‘These funds, it was reported, were brought to Munich when it seemed that Bavaria would not be touched by the Nazi revolution. Associated service. (P) Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,067 TWO CENTS. Press. HOUSE IN SPRITED INFLATION BATTLE 10 COMPEL VOTE Blocked by Snell in Effort to Obtain Unanimous Consent. BALLOT MAY BE FORCED *OVER UNTIL TOMORROW Democrats Seek to Avoid Throwing Measure Open to Amend- ment From Floor. By more than two to one, the House today in a vote significant of the approval it probably will place upon the inflation question, decided to consider whether it would accept the Senate currency expansion measure. It adopted a rule setting aside five hours of debate for the inflation proposed by a vote of 261 to 113. By the Associated Press. ‘The House dived into the middle of inflation debate today with a vigor that stirred up gag rule charges and counter- charges dating back to the days when Nicholas Longworth was Speaker. Blocked by Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader, in an effort to obtain unanimous consent to debate inflation with a view of voting to remove that dispute from the many differences between the Senate and House form bill, Democrats brought in 8 rule designed to force a vote on the question without throwing the inflation measure open to amendment from the floor. Five More Hours Allowed. The rule, subject to an hour’s debate, would allow five more hours on infla- tion, thus probably forcing over until tomorrow a vote on agreement by the House to the inflation amendment. The other amendments by the Senate to the farm bill will be straightened out in conference by a committee @ Sena- tors and Representatives. Chairman Pou of the Rules Commit- tee presented the rule. “Have you ever seen such drastic pro- cedure as invoked in this rule?” Snell asked. “Yes,” Pou replied, “when Repub- licans were in control of the House.” “Cit> one “ime.” “shere were plenty of times when the Speaker was chairman of & Rules Committee of three,” Pou retorted, re- ferring to the rigid control maintained by the late er Longworth when Snell and former Representative Tilson of Connecticut were his close advisers. House approval would complete con- gressional action on the controlled in- |4y flation program, which has been at- tached as sn amendment to the ad- ministration’s farm relief bill. YThe Senate voted it last Priday. The farm relief sections, however, must go to conference between the Senate and House to compose differences over amendments. Snell, who demanded time for de- bate, blocked the Democratic_attempt (Continued on P: lumn 7.) A. F. OF L. OFFER JOB RELIEF PLAN Seven-Point Program Presented to President by Labor Dele- gation. President Roosevelt today received from the executive council of the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor, headed by William Green, the president, a seven- point program adopted by the council for the relief of unemployment and in the interest of the economic situation. This program requested the President to initiate legislation providing for the application of the five-day work week to Government employes without re- duction in pay; the adoption of a large and comprehensive public works pro- gram to embrace within it all forms of public construction for which an appropriation of not less than $5.- 000,000 should be made; enactment of the six-hour day and the five-day work week bill by Congress for workers all over the United States; avoldance of legislation resulting in railroad con- solidation; enactment of legislation de- signed to stabilize the coal mining in- dustry and to guarantee decent wages to miners as well as decent conditions of employment through the exercise of collective bargaining; that steps taken immediately to stop wage reduc- tions and that there should be instead wage increases inaugurated in order to avoid a further decline in buying power LAST-MINUTE PLAN 10 SAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS APPROVED Proposal to Stagger Federal Work Put in Independent Offices Bill. PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO AMENDMENT Measure Reported to House Ex- tends Power to Retire Army Officers to Other Services. A new administration fur] to stagger work in Govemmu'?:.m? <nts and thereby eliminate the neces- sity for outright discharge of hundreds of employes under the reorganization program during the next two years was approved today by the House Appro- priations Committee. The provision, a last-minute rider on the independent offices bill, reported to- day, came to the committee as it went into session under the President’s own | signature, Text of Provision. Tt follows: “Until July 1, 1934, in cases in which the number of offices and employes in any particular service is in excess of the number necessary for the require- ment of such service, the heads of sev- eral executive departments and inde- pendent establishments of the United States Governmert and the munici government of the District of columb’}:f Tespectively. are hereby authorized to furlough without pay any officers and emlEloyu carried on their respective rolls for such period as in their judg- ment may be necessary to distribute, as far as practicable, employment on the :Yl“:;bh nv‘vork in such service among e officers and employes ul:v{rl‘ce ’fl suu:‘lnn: S “'Prcvided, that no employe unde classified civil service psh);“ beut:l): loughed under ‘the provisions of this section for a total of more than 90 days during the fiscal year 1934, except after full and ccmplete compliance with all the provisions of the civil serv- ice laws and regulations, relating to re- ductions in personnel. Repeals Economy Section. “Rules and regulations shall be pro- mulgated by the President with a view to securing uniform action by the heads of the various executive departments and independent Government estab- lishments in the application of the pro- visions of this section. The | i, e, T shall not apply to carriers of the rural mail delivery service, but the President authotised to suspend. or to reduce, for the duration of the fiscal year 1934 the allowance made to such carriers for eq;;mnt 'Ezmwnmu." e re recommendation also stipulates that “the economy section of the legislative appropriation act for the fiscal year 1933 and such sections as continued and amended for the fiscal year 1934 be repealed.” The new furlough provision in no way affects the provision for retirement of employes after 30 years' service at the discretion of the President. The subcommittee altered the langusge of this provision which, as submitted by the Budget Bureau, provided for com- &\:Mry retirements after 30 years’ serv- Drastic cuts in the Federal el by absolute discharges as well as au- thority for the President to make a selective retirement of ~Government workers on annuity who have been 30 Uependent” omces i veperted i -the H?I\I‘}: tl;‘udly. reported in ‘the 1 carries appropriations total- ing $535,573,936, as compared with the revised estimates by the Budget Bu- reau of $535,568,883. It is a decrease of $467,741,045 from the bill that was given a pocket veto on March 4, due to the fact that the Government estab- lishment was to be reorganized. The bill reported today is to be con- sidered in the House tomorrow under a special rule making in order legislative recommendations to assist in carrying out the President's economy program. Figures Compared. Figures in the bill compared with current appropriations for the same offices of $1,024286.041, of which $948,799,000 went to the Veterans' Ad- ministration. In addition to operating expenses, the bill would appropriate also $79,591,043 for permanent fixed allotments which compares with $81,070,850 this year. The bill contains broad legislative powers to be exercised by the Presi- dent. They include authority: To modify or cancel any Govern- ment transporation contracts. To increase existing charges for Government services or articles. To furlough on half pay at his dis- cretion any officers of the Army, Ma- rine Corps, Public Health Service, Coast which might result from currency in- Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey. As flation, and the appointment by the President of a representative of organ- ized labor to serve upon the commis- sion to repreggnt this country at the forthcoming world economic conference. In order to keep & promise made to Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, be- fore the latter’s assassination in Miami, President Roosevelt expects to go to Chicago to open the World's Fair early in June. The President's Summer schedule part of the hot ROOSEVELT TO KEEP PROMISE TO CERMAK BY OPENING FAIR Expected to Go to Chicago Early in June Before Leaving for North to Spend Summer. weather weeks at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on the Hudson River. and during his stay at Campo Bello. ‘When he goes to Hyde Park for the remaincer of the Summer he will (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) originally proposed by the Budget Bu- ;gu. this provision only affected Army cers. ‘To suspend or reduce the extra flight pay in the military services with a proviso that no flight pay shall exceed $1,440 annually. Fiect Gorporation funds i the Post lon tfunds to Office Department for meeting foreign mail contract costs. These powers were ested the , Tequ by Three Imporiant Changes. ‘Three important modifications were made by the committee: ‘The power over contracts was limited to_transportation contracts. ‘The retirement of 30-year civil serv- ice employes was made ve in- stead of automatic. The maximum flight pay was fixed at $1,440 annually. It now is 50 per cent of base pay. The committee also made several (Continued on- Page 2, Column 32.) .B-9-10-11 .A-14-15 ..C-3 .A-12 Radio .. Serial Fiction . Society .. Sports