Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1933, Page 2

A2 ous kx __,. THE EVEN DCONNOR 0K, BY SENKTORS Californian Approved by Committee for Post as Controller of Currency. By the Asso The nomination of J. F. T.O'Contor of California to be controller of the cur- rency today was approved by the Sen- ate Fumance Committee and ordered xgported to the Senate. Some committee members said pri- vately there had been some opposition expressed to O'Connor in the commit- tee’s executive ord vote was taken on approving the nomination The opposition, they said. was based on the attitude of some members that the controller of the currency should be an expert on banking, while O'Connor is an attor nate Insular Affairs Committee postponed action on the nomination of Robert Hayes Gore of Florida as Governor of Puerto Rico, and called a public hearing for next Monday o consider protests Chairman Tydings said the protests “scemed to be from those who oppose him politically in Puerto Rico and want a native appointed.” Ending a long contest over the post v T. Helvering, former member of the House from Kansas, yesterday after- noon was nominated to be commissioner of internal revenue Helvering. chairman of the Kansas Democratic State Committee, bad been considered in informed quarters 1o be the leadiug candidate for the position, 1o understanding that his t awaited only an sgreement h Senator McGill, Democrat, of Kan- atronage in the State. It was ay that he would be | I and Postmaster d reached an under- Jator saviug he was to ed as the Staie’s patronage “referee Choice of Roosevelt. Mr. Helvering was understood to be » personal choice of President Roose- velt With position definitely settled, t is now ex ected that the naming of tors nternal revenue for the 64 tricts wiil be started. This will knock 2 jother log in the patronage jam, as the collectors, who are presidential appointecs, have the naming of 8,780 . Enos Ray, chalrman of the Demo- State Central Committee of has been put forward for the p in this district, its made yesterday Gibson of California, ¢ to Belgium, w be Am- v on is a career diplomat, with 25 ce He Las been active io urs at the dissrmament con- wiere the United States wus ed. Chapman Naming Looms Anothier appointment looming is that of Oscar Chapman of Denver to be Second Assistant Secretary of the In- This post was understood to at Falls, Mont.. who named yesterday to be t of the Civil Service OPrmus- the same ume Mrs. Lucille lin of To the commission Brooks Hays of Arkansus was said today to be er consideration for Assistant Secretasy of Labor. Repre- sentative Ragon of Arkansas is under consideration for Federal judge in the Western Arkansas district C. L. Shupping of North Carolina was £aid to have an excellent chance of ap- pointment as depuly commissioner of internal revenue FOUR BURNEE) TO DEATH IN MAINE CABIN FIRE he Acsociated Press. B ROCKWOOD, Me.. May 2.—A wom- an. her daughter-in-law and two of the latter’s children were burned to death today when fire destroyed a small on the banks of Moose bove this town. The dead Evelyn Burke, Mrs. Fred Burke, Stephen, aged 5, and another chil hird child was severely injured + was tossed from & window, and Joe Burke, & brother of Fred, was badly burned. INUTE ! YSTERY & hundreds of It takes but Every fact and ¥ 1o its solution are " and there is only How good & detective are The meessurrand the Children. BY H. A. RIPLEY. LEMENT WOOD, in charge of the public playground, had re- quested Prof. Fordney to talk to his youngsters about the f of crime. At the end they clamored for some tories that have endeared him en all over the world. guessing and more the story Two In- d. The Night Watchmans Dream,” * The Coin Dated 1500 B.C.” his famo: is leety of (he laughter should home- their v their wav ward, but eager faces, plead- ing for just one more, could not be denied. “This is going to be the last” he warned them. “I'm not going to tell vou the answer, and if any of you get vou must keep it to yourselves until next meeting. Promise—honor bright? Al right, but first it's only fair of me to warn you you've got to be pretty smart! Now listen “In the yard surrounding my cottage 1r ore particular time, I noticed that on these six irees were six branches, on ihe six branches were six twigs, on the six twigs were six leaves, and on tie six leaves were six acorns. What 1 want you to tell me when next we meet is this “How many acorns were there alto- gether?” Perhaps you have a story or prob- Yom von wonld like to sibmit to Prof. Vardney, 1f w0, send it tn him care of thi caper. He will be delighted to re- ceive It sion, but that no rec- / elnessce was appointed | re are six cedar trees. Last year, at | J0BS FOR HUNDREDS 'Plan to Stagger Federal " Work Put in Independent i Offices Bill. (Continued From First Page) | changes in existing law. tant: No new investigations shall be un- | dertaken by the Federal Trade Com- | mission as a result of legislative resolu- tions unless approved by both Senate | and House. Minimum aliotments to States in| 1934 frcm vocational rebabilitation | funds fixed at $8.840. | Highest salares for the Federal Farm | Board fixed at $10,000 for chairman and not over eight others at $8500. | Repeals the one-year sea pay for An- napolis graduates Dot receiving naval commissions. Cuts Retired Judges' Pay. Reduces reiired pav for Pederal judges 15 per cent during the fscal yeur | |~ Extends the 15 per cent pay reduc- tion to officers and employes of insular possessions and to pensions not hereto- fore reduced. Prohibits use of funds to pay wny sal- ary increases resulting from higher | classifications. | The contracts powers for the Presi- dent were vigorously assulied by three | Republicans on the appropriations sub- comauttee, which drafted the bill. Rep- | resentitives Taber and Bacon of New Yoin und Thurston of Io Representative Woodrum of Virginia, in_reporting the measure. called spe- cific_attention to some of the items which necessitate an absolute discharge or furlough of large blocks of employes. and explains its relation to the general economic legislation as follows: | “The President, in transmiiting the | estimates of appropriation for this bill, | submitted also for inclusion s number of paragraphs of general legislation to | enable him more fully to conduct the | affairs of the executive branch with the | utmost economy. While some of these matters are Tecommended in revised | form, there has been no substantial | variance by the revision in the ultimate | savings to be effecied. Generally, these | several paragraphs of legisiation confer upon the President suthonity to take appropriate action to bring about econ- {omy. It is not possible ui this time 10 | estimate the amount that may be saved annually in cach particulur instance us | the result of executive action, but the aggregate will extend into the millions. “The balancing of the budget for | the next fiscal year is a tremendous problem. Toward this end authority | bas been granted to the President to majust velerans benefits snd he has | ulready exercised that muthonity. reflect- ing in this bill a reduction in the vet- eraus appropiiations under those in the bill that fuiled in the Seventy- second Cougress of $460,000.000. Other substantial _economies must und will be made. This general legislation will | ssist in accomplishing » part of the | economy program nd the Appropria- . tions Commitlee is of the opinion that the request for its inclusion in the bili shiould b complied with v help to- ward this_end’ Tllustrative of separstions from the Goverument service, poindug to the General Accounting Office, Representa- tive Woodrum says spproximately 95 per cent of the cost of this office con- sists of personal services and that the | bill will require the dismissal or fur- {lough of 150 10 175 of the present tutal force of 1960 | How the Civil Service Commission is | affected. Mr. Woodrum explained thus | “The new sppropriations will involve | | drastic cuts in the activities of the commission, including separation from | the service of approximately 150 of its | 818 _employes.” | The Federal Radio Commission will | have a total reduction of $93.000, which | willGe accomplished partly through the | nonYilling of existing vacancies and the dismissal of & number of employes. and partly through the closing of certain fleld offices und the reduction of forces in the others. Positions Eliminated. In the Office of Public Buildings wnd Public Parks, & considerable saving is provided through the elimination of 140 | or 150 positicns. Under the Intersiate | Commerce Commission, extensive cuts are 10 be made. In one item alone, for valuation of property of carriers testimony during the hearing showed that this would mean the discharge of approximately 600 persons. Representative Woodrum said that | this would necessitate “a drastic reor- | Banization of the work.” |” Summarizing the reductions in ap- | propriations for the Interstate Com- | | merce Commission, Representative | Woodrum said “the major portion of | the reduction will require administra- | tive furloughs, dismissals and a general | curtailment of all activities.” | " The Tarift Commission’s cut involved ! the separation from the service of 25 10 50 of its employes. | The Arlington Memorial Bridge Com- | mission is allowed $198.000, which is | $84.675 less than the amount carried in_the bill that failed The item of $100.000 carried in the original bill for renovating that por- tion of the Mall being vacated by the | Botanic Gardens has been eliminated. | The appropriation for the Mount | Vernon Highway police. heretofore car- | jried as & separale jtem. is merged in | the present bill with the general salary | paragraph. | Douglas’ | Most impor- | Draft Changed. ‘The legislation on retirement of 30- year employes as carried in the bill re- | ported today has materially changed | the recommendations of Budget Direc- | | tor Dougles, and this change is said | |to bave the approval of President | Roosevelt. It is as follows: 2 “Whenever at any time hereafter. | prior o July 1. 1935, any employe of | the United States or the District of | Columbia to whom the civil service | retirement act applies who has an aggregate period of service of at least | 30 vears computed as prescribed under | section 5 of the retirement act is in-| voluntarily separated from the service | for reasons other than his misconduct, such employe shall be entitied to an annuity computed as proyided in sec- | tion 5 of the retirement act, payable | from the civil service retirement and disability fund less a sum equal to 3% per cent of such annuity. | “Provided. that when an annuitant | hereunder attains the age which wou]di have been the retirement age prescribed for sutomatic separation from _the service, applicable to such annuitant had he continued in the service to such retirement age, such deduction from the annuity shail cease. 1If and when any such annuitant shall be re-employed in the service of the District of Columbis or the United States (including sny corporation the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States). the right to the annuity provided by this section shall cease and the subse- quent _annuity right of such person shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of retirement law existing at the time of the subse- quent separation of such persons from | the service.” i Contract Abrogation. | | ‘The redraft on the authority to the | President to abrogate contracis says that “whenever it shall appear to the President in respect of any contract en- tered into by the Umited States prior to the date of enactment of this act for the transportation of persons and things, that the full performance of such contract does not Tequire the pub- iie interest, and that modification or tancellation of auch contract will ve- sult in cubetantial saving to the Urited States. the President is hereby author- | President Garner represented for 30 y | believe that the Postmaster General has SCVEN PROPOSAL SAVES' [ mesd of Gan RUTH 0. WHITE. Manager of the George Washington Univergity rifle team, who died at Emergéncy Hospital today, after being found unconscious in a gas-filled room at 2020 G street. —Star Staff Photo. ROBINSON ASSALS ECONOMY POLIGIES Indianan Attacks Douglas 1or! “Youthful Indiscretions and | Experimentations.” As the House Appropriations Com- | mittee was reporting today the indc- pendent offices appropriations bill, witn drastic application of the new economy act, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, Re- | publican, of Indiana today turned lose | & vigolous attack upon President | Roosevelt and Budget Director Lewis | W. Dougias | “Our natlouai security is threatened by the folly of false economy,” Robin- son told the Senate. “Faise economy for which the President is responsibie | and which is administered by a young and untried director of the Bureau of the Budget, who has had « grand total of two months' experience in handling the financial affairs of the Nation. “How amsaing that our destiny should be intrusted by the President to such youtbful snd inexperienced hands. It would be humorous were it not for the fact that he is sctually imperiling pub- lic safety.” fiiss Veteruug' Stashes. Senalor Robinson said that already hundreds of millions of dollars have been taken from the disabled veterans “by & cruel law demunded by the Chief Execulive and by him made even more cruel.” The lodiana Senator described the budget director as the President’s “chief executioner” He insisted that the vesied rights of the veteraus of the Spamish-American Wat have been vio- lated. He continued “The policy of short-sighted budget cutting §s actually jeopardizing vur na- tional existence. Our safely s & na- tion depends upen our national in- surance and our national insurance is our national defense. This is being de- stroved by, the inexperienced Mr. Douglas. ‘A nation which disregards its se- curity and safety to such an extent that she allows her reguiar army to be cut down in numbers to a figure less than that allowed Germany under the treaty of Versailles and permits the young budget director io weaken the Navy and Marine Corps 1o the point of futility is certainly on the road 1w ruin “Thanks to the super-economists, we have w third-rate Navy with hardly the facilities for an adequate showing should an emergency demand it. This may cowe in the twinkling of sn eve.” DISAPPROVES MOVE | OF BOTANIC GARDENS Independent Offices Bill Rider Not Reported by House Group. ‘The one direct and specific act of reorganization recommended by the Budget Bureau to be included as & leg- islative rider in the independent offices appropriations bill was not accepted and approved by the Appropriations Committee in reporting the bill today. It was for transfer of the Botanic Gurdens to the Department of Agricul- ture, No reference to it was made in the bill or report as made tw the House today. The recommendation of Budget Di- rector Douglas was as follows: “The Botanic Garden, together with all rec- | | ords, property and personnel pertain- ng thereto, is transferred to the De- | | partment of Agriculture, effective the first day of the second month follow- | ing the enactment of this act. and the appropriations for the support thereof | hereby made available to the De- partment of Agriculture.” Dr. William A. Taylor, chief, and Dr. Karl P. Kellerman, associate chief, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of Lhe‘ Department of Agriculture, were called | before the subcommittee handling the deficiency bill and questioned regard- ing the proposed transfer of the Bo- | tanic Garden to the Department of Agriculture. West Receives Oath of Office. | Milton H. West today received the oath of office as Representative of the fifteenth Texas district, which Vice | years, | ized in his discretion, on or before April 30, 1935, to modify or cancel such con- tract.” This rider also grants the con- | tracting Pny the right to sue for settiement. | ‘The minority report, signed by mm} Republican members, Representatives | John Taber, Robert M. Bacon and Lioyd | Thurston, disagreed with the majority ‘membership on the legislative sections relating to the contracts. It says: “We ample authority in an administrative | way to modify any contract for railway | mail, ocean mail, air mail or star route | service, the full performance of which | does not require the interest of the Gov- ernment. This modification can be made without cost to the Government in almost every case because the con- tracts themselves permit of modification or curtallment of services not required.” They also point out that ‘“‘there is ample authority for the cancellation of | any contracts which might be tainted with fraud or any improper contract “.'. connection with the making thereof.’ Pointing out that “business recovery depends largely on confidence and\good faith,” they expressed the belief “that the administrative powers to modify | these contracts should be fully explored | hefore Congress is asked to nh-ox-"‘ ite powers to give the President un- limited powers to ung contracts.” NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, TUESDA ROOSEVELT GOLD . BANISTIGHTENED {Metal Not to Be Used to Pay Interest on U. S. Debt to | Foreign Holders. | By the Associuted Press. | | No gold will be paid out as interesi | to foreign holders of United States ob- | ligations, under President Roosevelt's! Executive order ‘of March 20 on gold hoerding, which was remnforced yester- | day by regulations for its enforcement | and the issue of gold for industry. | Gold can be shipped abroad for only | three purposes, not including inderes | on American obligations, it was pointed | out. The thre¢ purposes includes goid that is ¢armarked or held m trust for | s foreign country or & foreign central | | bank for internatiorl settlement. The | export of (‘nld to meet interest pay- { ments on ‘the United States obligs- | tions is not included in the list. Only one section of the President’s ’old embargo order would permit the foreign holders of United States obliga- !tions to collect their Interest in gold. | This, declares the President, may su- thorize the export of gold for com- | mercial transactions if he deems It to be in public interest {o do so. It | is not considered likely, however, that the Preaident would approve such ship- ments, since the citizens of this coun- | try who hold United States ucuriuu; | cannot collect their interest in gold. | At least no licenses for export of ' | gold for such & purpose have been | issued, and it is not expected by Trea- | sury officials that any will be. No Treasury official would estimate how much of United States Government obligations was held by foreigners, say- ing it was virtually im) to trace all of the coupons back to the holders of the securities OPPOSES TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC TAX Official of Edison Institute Objects' to Companies Paying Levy. By the Associaled Press William J. Hagenah of Chicago, vice president of the Edison Electric Insti- tute, today opposed transferring the 3 per cent electricity tax to the producer from the consumer. He was the first witness 1o appear before the Senate Finance Commitiee in its hearings on a House-approved bill to extend the present Il-cent-a-gallon Federal gasoline tax & year from July 1 The bill also contains wuthority for President Roosevelt 10 proclaim a 2- | cent local postage rate or Lo extend it to the uational pestage rete if desir- sble, aud uransfeis the present elec- tricity tax from the consumer to the producer. Hagensh contended shifting the tax would “inflict & crushing burden on the electric business” and on the 1535000 stockholders of utility companies. Returns of 184 operating electric companies s0 I Hagenah ssid, showed 16 of these com- panies had not earned their fixed charges. that 25 had not earned the Kl‘e'znud dividends paid and would ave 10 reduce or entirely pass such dividends, and that 23 companies would have to suspend common dividends entirely. He characterized "the transfer as “vicious, since it will violate the first principie of taxation, this calling for laxes according to ability to pay.” He argued it was impossible for the electric industry to absorb the tax, even if State commissions were disposed to allow for their payment by increased rates, as competition was such that the development of the service would be greatly retarded. “An increase in rates in some in- stances will be disastrous. because it will destroy the existing business or drive it to seek substitute service,” he asserted. 54 DEAD, 1,000 HURT IN TORNADOES THAT HIT FOUR STATES (Continued From PFirst Page.) into the stricken area today. Many ! injured were brought here from Minden and other stricken communities. FIVE KILLED IN ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, May 3 (#)—Wind. rain and hail roared: over Illinois yesterday to bring death to at least five persons injury o nearly a acore ang heavy property loss. { One small farming community. Maples Mill, in Fulton County, was “practically wiped out.” Two persons were fatally injured there and 11 in- jured as buildings collapsed. ‘The dead: John Lilly and his mother. crushed in wreckage of their home at | Maples Mill; Kenneth Eilegs, 8. drown- ed when swept into a stream near Oak- ford; Charles P. Weeks, struck by a train during s blinding Tain storm a Morrison, 1Il, and Frank Recenda, 47. Chicago, killed by & splinter driven into his throat as wind shattered & window. From over the Sgate came reports of farm and city buildings damaged by wind and hail. Transportation was slowed down. Many portions of the State were without telephone, tele- graph and electric service. Lightning added hazard and several fires did small damage. The storms apparently were genera] throughout Western, Central and Northern Illinois. ‘Workers rushed from Canton to Maples Mill, digging in debris to deter- mine if others still were buried in wreckage. Worst hit of Illinois cities in addition to Maples Mill were Peoria, Joliet, Pay- | son and suburban areas of Chicago. RED CROSS SENDS AID. By the Associated Press. Representative Sandlin, Democrat. of Louisiana, today said that Red Cross headquarters had responded to his re- | quest for immediate relief to the tor- | | nado-striken region around Minden and Arcadia, La. “Red Cross officials informed me this morning they are sending to Minden and Arcadia all their representatives in Louisiana to render aid,” Sandlin said. “They are making efforts to contact Rev. W. P. O'Kelly, Red Cross representative at Minden, to authorize | him to expend sums sufficient to give immediate relief.” Sandlin’s home is m,‘fl'{?fl“ WALK OUT ON PAY CUT Danville Knitting Mill Workers Protest 10 Per Cent Slash. DANVILLE, Va., May 2 (#).—A sub- stantial number of employes cf the Danville Knitting Mills walked out this morning in protest against & 10 per cent wage cut yesterday. About 100 workers formed an orderly gathering around the mill and said they would not live under terms of the new wage scale. L. C. Conway, head of the concern, said the mills have a large order, but on such s narrow profit tl the wage adjustment was necessary and that it | inj waz hoped conferences ioday would settle the dizpute. ¥ull-time work for severa) weeks will be provided be the order, he said. submitted for 1932 | END OF CONGRESS - EXPECTED IN JUNE Roosevelt Program for Extra Session Probably to Be Completed First Week. By the Associuted Press. President Roosevelt and congressional leaders are combining for a quick wind- up of the extra session of Congress, with the first week in June fixed as the goal. Already involved ip international ne- gotiations to further world recovery, Mr. Roosevelt will be giving attention al most exclusively after June 12 to the London Economic Conference, and it is | his desire to have the domestic program well rounded by then. . Within a short time, the last two of the President’s major emergency pro- posgls—railroad Teorganization and a public works program to aid employ- ment—will be sent to Capitol Hill. ®referred Calendar. Senator 1son of Arkansas, the Demccratic lgauer, pointed to the Jupe djournment last night after s confer- nce with the President and outlined a preferred calendar of business. This includes the Tennessee Valley- Muscle Shoals bill now before the ate, passed by the House, securities regula- tion, the rallioad snd public Works measures. 8 Robinson seid the 30-hour work week , ¢ mmed bebind opposition in the House, “is not in the picture at the moment.” Tt was emphasized later that this did not mean | that the White House had withdrawn upport for this legislation. Rather, the ministration is counting upon using it as & basis for legislation to extend | Federal supervision over industry and | wages. But if undue delqy is en- countered, it is believed the President will not force the issue at this session. Speaker Rainey at his press confer- ence today also said Congress could camplete the President’s emergency leg- islative program and adjourn by June 1. Rainey listed the securities, railroad public works and tariff bills as the major portion of the remaining part of the program to be enacted. “The 30-hour week bill is not a part of the administration program yet.' Rainey gaid, when ssked if the House would consider the legisiation. Committee 0 Go Abead. Representative Byrns of Tennessee the Democratic leader, told newsmen today that the 30-hour week bill would not be consicered by the House until all of Roosevell's emergency legislation program had been enacted at the spe- cial session. Earlier, however. Chaitman Connery said the House Labor Commiliee would “go ahead and take such action as it sees fit” on the bill, despite what he considered a discourteous statement by Senator Robinson, that the measure “is not in the picture at the moment.” “This committee will go ahead and finish hearings Friday nd then con- sider the bill in executive session,” he remarked at resumption of hearings. Representative Wood, Democrat, of Missouri, asked whether he had Je- ceived any word directly from the White House. “I have had no word whatsoever. Connery replied. “This is the first time since 1 bave been in Congress—about 10 years—tihat I have seen the leader of one branch of Congress try to speak for & commitiee in the other branch. I don’t consider that courteous, although that angle doesn’t bother me.” Inflation Vote Nea The big bill of the session—the farm-monetary control measure—was up in the House today with a rule limiting debate that will insure a vote on the currency inflation provision at least by tomorrow. ‘The Senate is expected to pass today or tomorrow the Norris measure for development of the Tennessee Valiey. including rehabilitaticn of the gigantic Muscle Shoals, Ala., power and nitrate Jant. It will have (o go to conference or adjustment of differences with the House. Differences smong the advisors of the President on the railroad reorganiza- tion bill have been virtually adjusted This measure will provide for appoint- ment of a Federal co-ordinator to guide the carriers through a readjustment o achieve economies. 34 D. C. SUPPLY BILL DUE IN SENATE TODAY Debate Awaits Vote of Chamber on Muscle Shoals Measure This Afternoon. ‘The 1934 District appropriation bi: | will be taken up by the Senate as 500! as the pending Muscle Shoals legisia- | tion is out of the way, Senator Robin- | son of Arkansas, said today. The Muscle Shoals bill is expected to pass this afternoon, but if the vote comes late debate on the District bill is not expected to start until tomorrow. | Senaor Thomas of Oklahoma, in charge of the District supply bill, ex- Democratic leader. pects to get it through the Senate with- | {out much debate, It will then go to conference for consideration of the | various changes made by the Senate Appropriations Committee to eliminate some of the difficulties that would con- front the District government under the reduced amounts provided by the ! House. {ROOSEVELT TO KEEP | PLEDGE TO CERMAK BY ATTENDING FAIR (Continued Prom Pirst Page) establish & Summer White House. ‘ A | force of stenographers, clerks and as- sistants will be transferred from the | White House and amid the besutiful | surroundings of the Roosevelt ancestral home, he Will keep in touch with na- tional and world affairs and dispose of routine business. Some_ provision also may be made for a visit to Warm Springs, Ga. It | 1s thought this will be put off, how- ever, until September. ‘The President is anxious to attend the graduation of his son John, at Groton School, Mass, in June and it | may be arranged that when he leaves Washington for the graduation exercises, arrangements may be made for him and his party to go directly from there jack. The President may arrange his schedule so as to go to Rutgers to ac- cept an honorary degree. stay in the Capital before leav- tunity to take a plunge in the new swimming pool which is nearing com- The White House tennis courts in of Commerce inspectis been turned over to the Navy and made available as the presidential yacht. He has enjoyed two Sunday cruises aboard this craft on the Potomac and expects to use it frequently while in Wash- e President hopes to sway semc wrek end soon to cruize along the fishing grounds ' the Chesapeaks the home mortguge refinancing bill | to Marblehead to board the Amber-| ing for the Summer will be made more | pleasant by being afforded an oppor- | ‘Tomas A. Le Breton, special ambassador from the Argentine, was welcomed | ar yesterday by President Roosevelt, with whom he will hold international | sations prep: ratory to the London Econ | right, are: Le Breton, the President an: i | HEARS RODSEVELT PLANS LONOON TRIP GALIBER FOR GUNS British Capital Stirred by Re- port Scouted by U. S. Officials. By the Associated Press . LONDON. May 2.—Special dispatches | received today by British newspapers from the United States, saying that President Roosevelt. may attend the | World Economic Conference, consider- ably surprised members of the mission of Norman H. Davis, American Ambassador at Large. (The Washington Government made no announcement that Mr. Roosevelt intended to go to London.) No American officials in London be- lieved the President was making any such pian, but the special dispatches provided & sensation for afternoon newspapers. It was said that one of the foreign statesmen who recently went to Wash- ingion to see Mr. Roosevelt urged him to come to London on the ground that it wouid add to the prestige of the con- ference. The two wuundln;rforelgn esident statesmen who have seen Roosevelt recently are Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain and Edouard Herriot, special French envoy. The inference was that Mr. Mac- Donald had invited Mr. Roosevelt to make the trip. but nothing was known about this In British government head- quarters in Downing street. | The Evening News pointed out that | there is almost an unwritten law against a President leaving the Unitea States during his term of office and that the last President to come to Europe was Woodrow Wilson. Today the American Ambassador at | Large conferred with Quo Tai-Chi. the Chinese Minister in London, and later with a French financial attache. COX MAY GO TO LONDON. Hull te Be Chief at Parley; Moley and | Pittman to Be in Party. ! By the Associated Press The name of James M. Cox. 1920 Democratic presidential nominee, to- day was tentatively put on the list for the American delegation to the London Eccnomic Canference by observers here President Rcosevelt is casting about for his delegation which will be called up to go into action on June 12. Secretary of State Hull is regarded as the most probable choice for chair- man. Raymond Moley, Assistant Sec- retary of State and chief economic ad- viser to the President, and Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee, are regarded as cer- tain_choices. There is some doubt in view of the complicated international situation that Secretary Hull will be able to remain in London very long. It is ex- pected he will be succeeded by either Cox or Moley as head of the delegation. Whether the President will seek a Republican member for the delegation is uncertain. The Democrats and Re- publicans are traditionally at odds on the tariff and this issue will be upper- most in the conference. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee and Representative McReynolds, Democrat, of Tennessee, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are others believed to be in mind by the President. Officials famuiar with President Roosevelt's plans scouted reports that | the Chief Executive planed to travel to London for the conference. ‘They manifested belief that while he would follow the developments of the conference closely and keep in touch with the American delegation, he would leave the actual participation in the | conference to the American delegation. U. S. PUBLIC DEBT UP THREE BILLION 'Deficit for Nine Months Cut to | $1,585,625.498 From | | Last Year. ! By the Associated Press | The Nation's public debt has increased | three billion dollars in the last year. | _An April 30, it stood at $21.441,209 - | 176, compared to $18.596,695.430 on the same date a year sgo. The debt in- creased $78,744,899 in April. The Government's deficit for nine months of the 1933 fiscal year totaled $1,585,625,498 at the end of April, as compared with $2,334,105,142 for the similar period of the previous year. The &vemment‘: receipts from in- come taxes and customs duties con- tinued to decline, the former amounting 10 $583,168,665 for the nine months as | compared with $873,303,905 for the sim- ilar period of the previous year. Cus- toms dutles brought in only $207,289,317 as compared with $292.375894. Miscellaneous internal revenue, which includes collections from levies made in the billion dollar tax bill and from beer taxes collected during April, g ¢ | amounted to $69,310,282 for the month and $657,873,435 for the nine months. Miscellaneous internal revenue brought in only $420,738,151 for the similar period of the 1932 fiscal year but none {of the new taxes had that time. ‘Treasury officials declined to esti- mate how much tax had been collected from heer during April and said the fira) Aguves E;:ba ly wolld not be avall- able until about the middle of May. been levied at! ¥ nver- eft to Walter Vernou. —A. P. Photo. SEEKS MAXIMUM omic Conference. In the photo, d his naval aide, Capt. Germany Proposes 105 Milli- meters and Abolishing of ‘ Tanks at Parley. | - By the Ascociated Press GENEVA, Switzerlad, Mav 2.—Ger- many proposed to the World Disarma- ment Conference today that the British arms plan be amended to provide a maximum caliber of 105 millimeters for mobile guns and to abolish all tanks. Explaining this proposal. Count Ru- | dolf Nadolny. German delegate. in a | statement to the Associated Press, said that if the German proposals are re- Jected Germany should be entitied in principle to possess all land. naval and air armaments which other countries | assert are necessary for their national defense. If military aviation is not abolished, he said, Germany will naturally want | military airplanes, which are now for- bidden by the treaty of Versailles. Denies Crisis in Parley . If submarines are mnot eventually abolished, the German representative said, Germany must consider whether _submarines likewise forbidden to her. are not necessary to assure her own na- tional safety. Count Nadolny denied his policy at Geneva had been altered by the advent of Chancellor Hitler, saying that it represents the will of the German peo- ple and successive governments Although admitting that outstanding problems remain vet unsettled. Count Nadolny refused to admit there is a crisis in the conference, saying. real crisis will come if we do not suc- ceed in signing a convention.” Germany won a victory in the Dis- armament Conference yesterday when the Committee on Armies voted not to regard Chancellor Adolf Hitler's storm | trocpers. now a part of the auxiliary police, as a military organization. The British arms plan. presented by | Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald March 16, provided for an army of 200.- 000 men for Germany. This doubled the maximum set by the Treaty of Ver- sailles. The MacDonald proposal also pro- vided for a homeland army of 200.000 for France, plus an overseas force of 200.000. Several Changes Propesed. Since the British plan was presented the Disarmament Conference has been much occupied with discussion aimed at determining the proper method of comput:ng the armed strength of & nation. § | In this connection Germany has subi- mitted several amendments to the Mac- Donald scheme. In yesterday's vote on the storm troop Guestion the United Staies up- held the German view. In the opposi- tion were France. Poland, Czechoslo- vakia, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Spain. HOUSE IN SPIRITED INFLATION BATTLE TO COMPEL VOTE (Continued Fram First Page.) to force the inflation amendment to & | vote yesterday. He objected to a re- Quest for unanimous consent to suspend | the rules, and told the Democrais to | “80 out and get your rule and Jam it down our throats.” The House leadership then had the powerful Rules Committee bring in a special rule, requiring only a majority for approval, which would allow for six hours of debate and a single vote on the | Inflation section. After that, the entire bill—some 70 pages—would be sent to |conference for composition of differences |over farm relief provisions. Adminis- | tration chieftains hope the entire bill ! will be in President Roosevelt's hands by the week end. After the Rules Committee had re- | ported the special rule, Chairman Pou ,cald it had been agreed to complete de- bate today and vote tomorrow. But | Byrns spoke up and said: “It is my intention to keep the House here to vote tomorrow (Tuesday) in order to dispase of the matter. We have other things to do Wednesday.” | Provisions of Measure. | _The inflation section is designed to | expand the Nation's credit and currency 1 by $6,000,000,000, and empowers the President to reduce the gold eontent of the dollar and accept up to $200.000,000 |1n silver on war debls payments | The Senate inserted more than 80 amendments in the farm sections. The most important of these is the so-called | Norris-Simpson production cost guar- | antee provisions to which the adminis- | tration objects. | " Secretary Wallace, preparing to ad- minister the farm relief as soon as congressional approval is given, is un- derstood to have instructed Frederic P. Lee, Washington attorney, to represent | him before "the conferees and urge | elimination of the Norris-Simpson plan, | designed to insure the farmer cost oi | production plus & “reasonable profit.” Three Objectives. | Wallace vesterday set three objec- tives in administering the farm pro- gram—speed, local control and a “thoroughly non-partisan attitude.” He has asked the Governors of each State to set up Advisory Administration Committees of five members, each to include & farmer and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and intends to have State directors of the extension service serve as administrators in most cases. ‘Wallace bas not .vet, decided which of | the ophional planz in the farm bill he w1 use 10 contre! production and in-| b - A WARINFAREAST DECLARED CERTAN ! Russo-Japanese Conflict Over Railway Control Predicted by Peiping Papers. By the Assoctated Press PEIPING, May 2.—War clouds are again gathering in the Far East. mak- | ing another Russo-Japanese conflict inevitable, Chinese newspapers here de- clare fn discussing the dispute between Japan and the Sqviet authorities over the administration of the Chinese Eastern Rallway. (A recent Associated Press djspatch from Tokio asserted a survey conducted by ‘the Associated Press in Tokip,™ Changchun and Harbin disclosed that reports of Japanese troop concentfa- tions on the Manchurian frontier were beseless. The war office at Tokio also said it knew nothing of any hostile Soviet disposition on the Siberian side of the border.) According 1o the World Daily News, | three divisions of the Japanese Army beitg concentrated in North Man- | ctéiria, while large bodies of Russian | troops in Siberia are moving eastward | to_the maritime provinces. Foreign advices confirm reports that the Japanese in Jehol are withdrawing | toward Harbin, while Harbin foreign advices have stated that the Russlan :nuthorlues have ordered their nationals to hold themselves in readicess for any eventualities, and thai reserve troops between the ages of 28 and 33 have been ardered to congentrate st Chita and Irkutsk. The Chinese newspapers accuse Japan seeking 1o consolidate her hoid over e Manchurian railways, to drive So- viet interests from North Manchuria and pose as the bulwark sgainst bol- shevism in the Far East; thus, say the Chinese jourrals, Japan would hope t0 divert attention of the great powers from the Sino-Japanese controversy and assist the White Russians 1o estab- lish a new empire on the plains of Siberia. of th TOKIO, S€OFFS AT FORECA! War Office Declares Chinese Sources Are “Sadly Mistaken.” TOKIO. May 2 (#) —The war office stated today that Chinese sources were “sadly mistaken” in their efforts te | explain the Japanese retirement from ihe North China coastal area on the grounds that trouble threatened be- tween Japan and Russia on the Man- churian border The Japanese Army is maintaining a full force along the Great Wall of Ghina, it was stated ‘The Japanese are prepargd “to draw a punitive sword as often as necessary” to keep the triangular area beiween the Great Wall and the Lwan Riv extending 60 miles along the coast and 1100 miles inland, clear. It was stated that if reports that Chinese troops were recrossing the Lwan River are correct, the Japanese will again atiack. The war office was amused by re- ports thet Japanese forces had bombed the Chinese Eastern Rallway at Pogranichnaya, on the Manchurian- Soviet border. “Japanese and Manchukuan troops hold Pogranichnava: why should we bomb jt?” a spokesman said. The Japanese have announced their determination to establish a neutral zone between the Great Wall and the Lwan. HITLER WILL DRAFT | ALL REICH YOUTH IN COMPULSORY WORK (Continued From First Page.) | . | In Berlin. the Nazi storm troops oc- cupied the national headquarters of the unions and the gigantic building of the metal workers' union. Prominent federation leaders arrested were President Thedor Leipart. Vice | President Peter Grassman and Rudolf Wissell, former minister of labor. | Grassman figured prominently as labor's 1epresentative during negotiations Jead- ing to adoption of the Dawes plan. | As Leipart and Grassman sre both | ill. they were held in a hospital. | Stripped of Influence. | The Social Democratic party's few | remaining Reichstag and Prussian Dict | members have been leading & shadow- like existence, totally devoid of the in- fluence which was theirs when they pelonged to the dominant party in Germany. Their vest propaganda appa- ratus, including hundreds of newspapers, already has been outlawed A Nazi communique said that Ger- many “today entered upon the second epoch of the National Sccialist revo- lution by freeing the worker from the last fetters of Marxism." The Naxis seized not only all trade union headquarters, but also labor banks and Marxist economic organizations, especially consumers' co- operatives, whose vast network of stores and factories extends throughout the nation. Furthermore. all periodicals of the’ Marxist trade unions were suspended. | “We knocked the chief weapon out of the hands of the Marxist riffraff,” the Nazi communique said. “Tt is bet- ter that men like Leipart and Grass- man should be taken into custody. “Three months of Nazi government proves to you. worker, that Hitler is your friend, that Hitler wrestles with the problem of your freedom, that Hit- ler_supplies you with bread.” The Metal Workers' Union in Berlin has a membership of 827.000 and is claimed to constitute the largest single union in the world. € All minor officials and employes of the unions, it was said, will be admon- ished to continue work in accordance with the needs of the national revolu- tion in order that social democracy might definitely be crushed. Sworn to Secrecy. For days there had been rumors in Berlin of a major event scheduled for the morning after May day, but Nazi leaders were so effectively sworn to secrecy that nothing leaked out. Nazi Commissar Hans Engel, ad- dressing the Metal Workers' Union em- ployes, stated that the unions here- after must refrain from issuing pam- phlets “banefully critical” of the present regime. He said the unfons’ tasks in the fu- ture consisted of seeing that workers get just wages and that old people are provided for properly. Even school children hereafter will be innoculated with the idea that manual labor is hon- orable. NEPHEW OF WARTHUR DIES AT NAVAL ACADEMY Special Dispaich 10 The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 2.—Midship- man Malcolm MacArthur, 19, nephew of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff. died today at the Academy afler an operation for appendicitis. Young MacArthur, who is the son of a Navy captain, had been operated upon last Friday at the Naval Hospital here. He was & native of Washington and a member of the class of 1935. . Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 3:15 p.m.. at the Chapel algthe Academy, with Chaplain Prank H. presiding. The services will be attended by the voung mean's classmates and members of hiz battalion of the regi- ment. Buria] will N military hanors Wil follow in the Nava! Academy Ceme etery. free | | l | |