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D. (. COVERNMENT, CHANGES DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WINTER President Roosevelt Will Not Take Action at This Time. NEW COMMISSIONERS TO BE NAMED SOON One - Man - Controlled Administra- tion Expected to Replace Present Form. Whatever step President Roosevelt may be considering with a view to changing the form of government in the District will not materialize until next Winter, it was learned today. It is known that the matter of & drastic change in the District govern- ment has been put up to the President and that he has given it some consid- eraticn, but he has not made up his mind and has no intention of taking any steps in that direction during the present special session of Congress. Accordingly. Mr. Roosevelt will go ahcad and appoint two civilian Ccm- missioners and an engineer commis- sioner from the Army to administer District affairs and has no intention of Withholding these appointments until he has disposed of the proposal for the change in the District government. May Be Named This Week. Mr. Roosevelt made it clear today that he hopes to be in a position to appoint the two civilian members of he Board of Commissioners before the end of this wesk. The President had an engagement for this afternoon with Postmaster Gen- eral Farley, to whom he delegated the tack of going through the papers of the more than 40 Commissioner candi- dates, with a v}:ew tohmnkms a selected list from which to choose. If the President does determine upon 8 plan for changing the District form of government he will bring it before the next regular session of Congress, it has been learned from en official source. The proposal includes apolishment of the commission form of government and substituting in its piace a_one-man controlled administration. Since be- ecoming President, Mr. Roosevelt is Xnown to have discussed the subject with persons who have been studying the proposition. It is also known that the President's ideas on the matter are still indefinite. Advocates Change. Frederic A. Delano, for many years a resident of this city and who is head of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has for some time been advocating a change in gov- ernment which would do away with the commission form of administration and center: the authority in one head. Mr. Delano, who is an_uncle of the Pres- jdent, has discussed his ideas with the President on more than one occasion. Mr. Delano’s plan primarily would be for a form of government somewhat similar to a territorial government. The administrator responsible for the con- duct of the Capital City would be as- sisted by a body, such as a council, to advise him and to make certain laws and regulations. The plan also calls for a reorganization of the various units of the local government to promote efficiency and to lessen the cost of gov- ernment. This would mean certain con- solidations and eliminations of pres- ent activities. FIRST LADY STARTS SPRING AUTO TOUR Departs in Open Sports Car on Trip That Will Include New York. By the Associated Press. Behind the wheel of an open car Mrs, Pranklin D. Roosevelt left to- day on a Springtime holiday tour. The destination was unannounced, but she will arrive in New York in time for the farewell testimonial dinner to Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to Den- mark, next Tuesday night. Next Wednesday she will begin .er drive back from New York to Washing- ton with June Hamilton Rhodes, prominent in the Democratic campaign of 1928, as her traveling companion. Besides Mrs, Roosevelt in her car to- day sat her friend of many years’ stand- ing, Miss Nancy Cook, a guest at the ‘White Hcuse for several days. The rumble seat was filled with suit cases and hat boxes. A crowd ap- plauded the First Lady as she left and she blew them a kiss. She was dressed in a sports costume of gray, with a blue-gray hat trimmed with a dark- blue band. Miss Cook wore a blue traveling suit, with close-fitting black hat. ARMS EMBAR'GO ACTION DELAYED IN COMMITTEE Benate Group Expected to Give Favorable Report on Reso- lution Next Week. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate Foreign Relations Com- mitlee today postponed action on the House arms embargo resolution because Do quorum was present. Action went over until next week, ‘when the committee expects a favorable Feport. The resolution, favored by the ad- ministration, would autherize the President, in co-operation with other nations, to prohibit shipment of arms to warring nations or those threstening war. [TWO UNUSUAL FIRES " REPORTED AT FAIRFAX Motorman and Woman Unhmtl When Lightning Strikes Trolley. Carbide Blast Starts Blaze. ®pecial Dispatch to The St FAIRFAX, Va., May 3.—Last night's Btorm caused two unusual fires here. MISS MARGARET B. HARDY. —Star Staft Photo. WOMAN HECKLER STARTLES HOUSE Closer Watch to Be Kept Over Gallery Visitors as Result of Incident. Capitol police plan to keep a closer watch cn visitors in the House gallery as a result of the action yesterday cf Miss Betty Richmond of Chicago in interrupting debate on the adminis- tration’s reflation prcgram with shouts of disapproval of the proceedings. It was the second time in five menths that the House has been disturbed by visitors in the gallery. Last December Marlin_Kemmerer of Allentown, Pa.. threw the members into an uproar when he arose with a loaded pistol and de- manded to be heard. Miss Richmond interrupted the speech of Representative Steagall, Democrat, of Alabama, when she shouted frcm the gallery, “You will never end the depres- sion in a million years at the rate you are going.” Members burst into a roar of laugh- ter as Representative Cochran, Dem- ocrat, of Missouri, who was presiding, pounded the gavel and called for the sergeant-at-arms. In the meantime Miss Richmond quietly left the gallery. She told newspaper men she intended to stay in Washington until Congress cured the depression, but insisted that ‘would not happen without a moratorium on everything.” Later, after dining in the House restaurant, Miss Richmond sought to present her plan to Speaker Rainey, and demanded a hearing before the ‘Ways and Means Committee. Capt. Stephen J. Gnash of the Capitol police then escored her from the Capitol and requested her not to return. WOMAN IS SENTENCED ON TICKET SALE CHARGE Ethel Clawans Must Pay $250 Fine or BServe 30 Days, Given Rules. More than a year after her original arrest on & charge of acting as a ticket broker without a license, Ethel Clawans, 36, of Newark, N. J., was sentenced to pay $250 or serve 30 days, by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court yesterday. ‘The woman had been sentenced once sports | in 1932 on the charge, but the Court of Appeals sent the case back for a trial. At her first trial a jury in Judge Isaac R. Hitt’s court found her guilty. Judge Hitt at that time imposed the same sen- tence as she received yesterday. ‘The second trial was held last Jan- uary in Judge Given's Court, and a jury again brought in a verdict of guilty. An exception was noted, but no writ of error was filed in the time al- lowed by the court, and Miss Clawans, was ordered into court for sentence yes- terday. The woman was accused of selling re- turn parts of round-trip tickets be- tween New York and Washington after having purchased them for small amounts from passengers on the trains ‘who did not intend to use them for the return trip. ACCOKEEK P.-T. A. HEARS TALK ON MOTHERS’ DAY E. Wilson Addresses Associa- tion—Principal of School Commends 4-H Club. Special Dispatch to The Star. ACCOKEEK, Md., May 3.—“The Sig- nificance of Mother’s Day” was tite sub- ject of a talk by G. E. Wilson before the Accokeek Parent-Teacher Associa- tion Monday night. Miss Jennie De Wilde, principal, commended the work of the school 4-H Club. Miss De Wilde also stated that transportation would be provided for the &lllpfl.l to the Prince Georges County athletic meet for rural schools at College Park on May 11. Miss Maud Manning, chairman of Committee on Ways and Means, an- nounced that her committee had plan- ned to hold an ice cream and pie social e ogvam of ‘muslc and_readin *'A program of music and readings arranged by James Atkins, was ren- dered. Those who took part were James Atkins, Miss De Wilde, Kathleen Wil- Ictt and Susie Penn. NEWTON BAlEER TO TALK Former Secretary Will @ive Ad- dress Before Judicature Society. G. Newton D. Baker was scheduled to ington ! make the principal address this after- noon at the twentieth annual meeting cial selection were to be taken up woman, who was the lone passenger on | giscussion. Former Judge Clarence N. Goods the car, and the motorman escaped un- hurt, but the interior of the car was badly burned. About the same time, rain dripping on an old can of carbide causei an explosion which set fire to & shed ad- Jacent to the Catholic rectory at Fair- fax station. Both biazes were extin- Quished by the Fairfax Fire Department. win, chairman of the board, was to preside, Mr. Baker is president of the society. ‘The annual dinner is to be held in the Italian room at the hotel tonight, with Mr. Baker acting as toastmaster. ‘The Attorney General and Prof. Edson Sunderland of the University of Michi- gan also are slated to surgeon general f the American Judicature Society at | guest of honor tonight at the A bolt of lightning struck a one-man ‘ - i Rossiter Sralicy bar ot Little River Sfation. A | s Mayover Botel, Mstiicds of Jucb for ; af Represer ing in Boston. 1 WITE SUNDAY MORNING €EDITION being Sfap WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933. AT AN, RETUR PORTION OF LOT Man-Admits Snatching Money Bag From Miss Margaret B. Hardy, Teacher. DEPOSITS FROM SCHOOL ACCOUNTS ARE SEIZED Eastern High Tutor Believes Plans Were Carefully Laid for Robbery. After obtaining a confession and part of the loot from one suspect, police today were seeking an accomplice who helped rob an Eastern High School teacher of $760 in cash and checks as she alighted from her automobile at the Ninth and East Capitol street branch of the Washington Mechanics’ Savings Bank yesterday. Police say the suspect, Thomas Andrew Conley, 26, admitted he snatched the bag of cash and checks which Miss Margaret B. Hardy was taking from the school bank to deposit in the savings bank branch. Conley was arrested last night by headquarters detectives working under Capt. B. W. ‘Thompson. Denies Bandit's Story. Detective Sergt. Howard E. Ogle quoted Conley as having said he “saw bills sticking frcm the bag” which Miss Hardy carried, and this prompted him to rob her. Miss Hardy, however, ex- plained she carried the money inclosed carefully within a canvas bag. Both Miss Hardy and police believe she was robbed by persons who had her move- ments under scrutiny for some time, as she makes trips to the bank daily and yesterday went alcne for the first time in three months. Conley, police say, refused to talk about his accomplice. The latter re- mained in a sedan parked just in front of where Miss Hardy stepped from her automobile. The teacher struggled with the bandit, who held a pistol in his right hand while he grasped the money bag in his left. The man's superior strength, rather than Miss Hardy's fear of his gun, forced her to give up the bag, she said. The bandit ran to the waiting sedan, which sped off as soon as he got on the running board. Quizzed in Other Cases. Conley, who had no stated address, was being held for investigation, while police checked the possibility that he is implicated in other hold-ups, Ogle said. Other detectives assigned to the investigation were H. D. Johnson, T. M. McVeary and Tom Sullivan. Police traced the license number of the bandit car furnished by Miss Hardy. The man to whom it was listed said he had loaned the machine to an ac- quaintance known only as “Bill,” and it had not been returned. Police also arrested a young man and a girl for questioning, but ex- pected to release them. ‘When arrested, Conley had $175.81 on his person, which police say, he admitted was part of the loot. The money stolen consisted of $475 in cash, at least $100 of which was in copper and silver coins, and the remainder in checks and notes. GAS SUICIDE NOTE SAYS NO ONE CARES Woman Found Dead Near Kitchen Stove of New York Ave- nue Apartment. A note which explained she was with- out money or friends was found late yesterday beside the body of Mrs. May Cecil Manson, 30, in the gas-filled kitchen of her apartment at 1112 New York avenue. The note said: “To whom it may con- cern. Nobody cares for me. I have no friends and no money and am going by the gas route.” ‘The body was found by A. M. Cooper, manager of the building, when he de- tected the odor of escaping gas and let himself into the apartment with a dupli- cate key. Mrs, Manson apparently had sat on a chair and leaned her head upon 8 pillow on a kitchen stove in which the gas jets had been opened, slumping to the floor when she lost consciousness. Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide and the body was removed to the Morgue. Dr. MacDonald was informed that the woman’s husband, J. E. Manson, left about a week ago and had not been seen by other occupants of the build- ing since that time. Police were seek- ing to communicate the news to the husband today. Another case which came to the at- tention of police yesterday was that of Cornelius Manley, 43, of Philadelphia, who was found on the sidewalk near the House Office Building . after he swallowed poison. Manley was removed to Providence Hospital,- where he was reported recovering this morning. In Manley's pocket was a note com- plaining of repeated misfortunes and mentioning the name of Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. At the Representative’s office, it was explained this morning that Mr. Mc- Cormack had helped Manley obtain award, however, was understood been refused by Manley, although the ntative was assured it was all the law allowed. Manley, it was sald, was a relative of a friend of the Representative’s liv- ROSSITER TO BE GUEST OF THE OLD LINE CLUB New Surgeon General of Navy Graduated From Maryland in Medical School in 1895. The Old Line Club—composed of Uni- versity of Maryland alumni of Wash- and vicinity—will have Rear Admiral Perceval S. Rossiter, the new of the Navy, as Uni“ Admiral from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1895. Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, president of the university, and other college offi- cials will be present. The Commi on Arrangements comprises: Dr. A. ‘W. Valentire, chairman; Dr. Noble P. Barnes, president of the medical branch, and Col. Wellstood 3 the dinner Following club will elect versity Club. ted | ee | Prettiest Girl MOVIE STARS PICK BEST- LOOKING G. W. STUDENTS. MISS CHERIE SEAMAN. —Star Staff Photo. Pretty little Miss Cherie Seaman is happy to be George Washington Uni- versity’s most beautiful girl, but “it's all so embarrassing.” She was chosen Tree, university year book, with Ronald Colman as the judge. Miss Seaman lives at the Potomac Park Apartments, Twenty-first and C streets. She is a sophomore in the George Washington Junior College, and a Pi Beta Phi Sorority pledge. E. Pendleton Hogan was chosen the university’s most handsome man in the sngAe contest, with Janet Gaynor as | Judge. CITY DAIRY HEAD RTE BY Embezzling $1,051 From Company. An indictment charging Milton J. Hine, president and treasurer of the National City Dairy Co., 500 block of Twelfth street, with the embezzlement of $1,051, was returned today by the District grand jury. According to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, a total shortage of ap- proximately $60,000 has been found in Hine's accounts. ‘The indictment charges him in 14 counts with convert- ing checks and money in the total sum of $1,051 to his own use from June 15, 1931, to October 1, 1932, Hine is said to have had full author- ity to sign checks for the company. The checks he is charged with embezzling were drawn on the Bank of Washington and signed by him as president of the €| company. Murder Indictments. The grand jury returned two first- degree murder indictments, one charg- ing Ella Holman, colored, of the 1200 block of Delaware avenue southwest, with killing her 5-year-old daught while the other alleges that William S. Harris, also colored, fatally stabbed Leroy Veney, colored, on April 2. Carl W. Hansend and Charles E. O'Neil were charged with the hold-up and robbery of two local grocery stores Jast month. They are alleged to have taken $48 from a store at 2145 G street on April 22, and $30 frcm a store at 1400 Twelfth street on April 17. Others Indicted. Others indicted, with the charges against them, are: Jacob Le Roy Crawford, John P. Davison and Anthony Petrello, non-sup- port; Eugene O. Epps and Henry Graham, joyriding; George Jones and Harry T. Johnson, joyriding, grand larceny and illegal use of smoke screen; Arthur Harvey, William Jones, George Brown and Harry Lincoln Minor, grand larceny; -Marie Ransome, Milton Perry and Odell Ansley, robbery; Richard An- derson, Lawrence Tinsman, Joshua Brown and Mary Ellis, housebreaking; William _Cheeks, William H. Brown, Frank L. Allen, Paul Hill, Robert Newell, James Newell, Samuel Corsby and Oscar R. Neal, housebreaking and larceny; John G. Gunning, violation of the national prohibition act, and Walter Stith, assault with a dangerous weapon. The grand jury exonerated the fol- lowing of the charges indicated: Law- rence Ormsby and William C. Greene, joyriding; Walter A. Smith, robbery, and Oscar Holt and Raymond Branson, homicide. e HELD FOR GRAND JURY ‘Two men who were arrested Satur- day charged with breaking into a Wool- worth store in the 1100 block of H street northeast were held for the grand jury under a $10,000 bond each when ar- raigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court this morning. They are Edwin M. Van Meter, 61, of the 1900 block of Seventeenth street, and James O’Connor, 31, of the 1300 block of Thirteenth street. Policemen J. J. Cullinane and R. R. Kilotz of No. 9 precinct said they found the men inside the store attempting to open the safe. Both men pleaded not guilty to the chrage of housebreaking. {in a contest sponsored by the Cherry | Milton J. Hine Charged With | BEER BOARD 10 GET INCREASE IN STAFF 10 GHECK PERMITS Commissioners Approve Plan for Four to Six More Assistants. GREATER SPEED NEEDED FOR PERMANENT BASIS More Than 1,600 Temporary Hold- ers Must Be Examined Before Final 0. K. Is Granted. The District Commissioners decided today to provide additional personnel for the Beverage Permits Board so the work of examining applications for permanent licenses might be expedited. The decision followed a lengthy con- ference today among the Commis- sioners, members of the Beverage Board, Corporation Counsel Bride and District Auditor Donovan. The board now has but one part- time assistant who has been attending | to its clerical duties as well as to his other work. It was planned today to | find from four to six additional Dis- | trict employes who might be pressed into service to speed the checking which must be done before annual li- | censes can be issued to replace the | present temporary permits, now num- bering more than 1,600. | "Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the Board of Commissioners, explained that the demand for tem- porary permits had continued at an unexpected rate. 50 More File Reports. Fifty more retailers tcday submitted |to the District tax assessor reports of | the amount of beverage they had sold here during April. Up to noon, 166 holders of licenses had complied with the provisions of the beer law requiring filing of sale reports before the tenth day of each month. Those reportin; said they had sold last month a t« of 1,560 barrels and 4! cases of the beverage, representing a tax collection of $1,562.57, at the rate of §1 a barrel. District officials pointed out again today that unless beer retailers make their sales reports and pay due taxes on the beverage on or before May 10 their licenses will be revoked. ‘The commissioners directed that the police department make personal in- spection of each place licensed to sell beer under the present temporary per- mits. Maj. Ernest W, Brown. chief of police, will call upon the captains at each precinct to designate the neces- sary number of officers and they will be given instructions as to details of the beer regulations by members of | the Beverage Board. | 'The Beverage Board consists of Ver- non E. West, chairman, assistant Cor- poration Counsel; Inspector L. I H. Edwards of the police department; Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, and Capt. Hugh P. Oram, di- rector of inspection. Check Is Ordered. The police are directed to check on distance of beer establishments from schools and churches and other legal requirements. They also will examine particularly drug stores and delicates- sens which now have “on sale” licenses. Such places are not eligible to such permits unless they have private rooms used primarily for the service of food, it was explained. In connection with plans to enlarg the staff of the beer board District official characterized as “ridiculous” a report published this morning that they had planned to set up a ‘“secret six” group of investigators SUE FEDERAL-AMERICAN TO COLLECT ON CHECK Zenier Estate Money Acquired on Sale of Stock. Jo V. Morgan and Lucian Vandoren, administrators of the John Zenier estate, filed suit in the District Supreme Court today against the Federal Amer- ican National Bank & Trust Co. and John Poole, the bank’s conservator, in connection with the failure of the bank to honor one of its cashier’s checks for $1,072. The plaintiffs say they placed several shares of stock belonging to the Zenier estate with the bank for sale. The stock was sold and the cashier’'s check given in payment. After the banking holiday the check was presented for payment, but, according to the suit, payment was refused. Through Attor- ney Joseph A. Rafferty the plaintiffs ask that a prior lien be impressed upon the bank's assets for the full amount of the check. 67 MILLIONS LOANED Railroad Credit Corporation Makes Financial Report. ‘The Railroad Credit Corporation, or- ganized by the railroads to handle pooled money received from freight rate increases authorized by the Inter- state Commerce Commission 18 months ago, has loaned $67,308,868 to needy railroads since its organization in Jan- uary, 1932. The corporation has taken in $69,- 326,142 and loans outstanding April 30 totaled $61,518,207, tive ex- penses have been $183,784. Trustees Demand New Newspaper men make slow jurors. At least, more than 100 members of the Capitol Press Gallery and Press Club were unable to reach a verdict as to what beer was the best in ‘a contest staged last night in the auditorium of the Press Club. So after nearly 130 cases of various kinds were consumed, Ra) P. Brandt, president of the club, an- nounced a draw. Immediately, various members made motions for a new trial and more evidence—free. evidence. The contest had its inception in a recent argument on the floor of the House in which two Representatives claimed special merit for beer made in their_districts. Willlam C. Murphy, a member of the Standing Press Com- mittee; then drew up & petition, asking that “interested m”btl ‘of “Congress SCRIBES’ BEER JURY STILL OUT; NO VERDICT REACHED IN HOURS Press Club Contestants Think All 3.2 Good, but Ask for Trial. Io:nlm test. ‘was agreed to, and the following Representatives supplied beer and food for last nights festivities: Ray J. Can- non of Milwaukee, John J. Cochran of St. Louls, James W. Mead of Buffalo, John J. O’Connor of New York and Henry W. Watson of Pennsylvania. Interested spectators included Speak- jer Rainey and Representatives Byrns |and Snell, Mmty and minority lead- | ers, respectively. | A German band from New York fur- | pished the music. Laughable side- lights included an impromptu dance |s'ared by William Flythe with Gen. { Jacob Coxey as his partner. There was considerable discussion over the fact that a piece of limberger cheese in some way or another found its way into the large German horn, to the consterna- tion of the musician, ¢ | has achieved a contribute samples of the 3.2 beverage | Society and General Mrs. Ross Takes Oath WOMAN BECOMES DIRECTOR OF THE MINT. RS. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS,| vice chairman of the Demo-| cratic National C:mmittee, today was sworn in as di- rector of the mint, succeed- ing R. J. Grant. | The ceremony took place in the office of Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, who presented Mrs. Ross with her com- | missicn. The cath was administered by F. A.| Birgfeld, chief clerk of the department, | before a gathering of officials of the | Treasury and friends of Mrs. Ross. | In presenting the commission Secre- tary Woodin said: “It is a_very great | pleasure to welcome a member of your | sex to our Treasury family and I ho you will regard us with as much admi raticn and respect as we have for you.” Left to right: Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, Mrs. Ross and F. A. ; Birgfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury Department. i b e s —Star Staff Photo. Mrs. Ross declared she accepted the post as a “grateful privilege.” “I am altogether in harmony with the spirit of the administration,” she said. “I consider myself honored with the privilege to fill a niche in it.” After the ceremony Mrs. Ross went to her office, the windows of which overlook the White House grounds. She conferred there with the assistant di- rector of the mint, Miss Mary O'Reilly, who for many years has carried for- ward the technical knowledge and ex- perience in handling the three mints and the three assay offices of the Gov- ernment. Mr. Grant, the former director, has accepted a_position with the Govern- ment of China and will be in charge of the new mint recently completed by American engineers at Shanghal. SYMPHONY'S FATE WILL BE DECIDED Shortage Must Be Raised Before Committee Meets | Tomorrow. Whether the National Symphony | Orchestra will continue to entertain Capital music loverg will be decided tomorrow. The orchestra, which in two years _promirent place in the music world will be disbanded unless the shortage of nearly $9,000 is made up before the meeting of the Women's Committee tomorrow. The committee will receive a report of subscriptions received during this last week of the drive at tomorrow's meeting. $8,950 Still Needed. The governing board requires $92,000 per scason to operate—figuring on a series of 24 concerts; eight on Sun- days, eight on Thursdays and eight for children. A ticket sale of $34,000 is estimated, based on the season just completed, and the remainder, except for a subscription holdover of $11,000 from last season, must be raised by the subscriptions. The exact amount still needed this morning to make up the $92,000 is $8,950. “I know that I only echo the senti- ments of thousands of Washington music lovers when I say that I hope from the bottom of my heart that this | orchestra, after weathering so success- fully two such stressful years, will not be forced to admit defeat just as con- ditions generally are obviously improv- ing,” Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor of the orchestra, said today. Stresses Smallness of Size. “I am sure that if the friends of the | orchestra realized the extremely critical position that we are in, that the fund would be quickly completed. It is not| large. If every member of the audi-| ences that we played to last season | would subscribe just a modest amount, the sustaining fund would be quickly ipleted. “If we fail, Washington will again become the only great capital of the civilized world without an orchestra. And if we fail, I am afraid that it will be a considerable time before any other person, or group of persons, will have the courage to attempt to organize an- other symphony orchestra in Washing- ton.” FARLEY PRAISES PARTY IN FINANCIAL DRIVE Democrats Responding Nobly to Meet Campaign Deficit, Post- master General Declares. 3 ay, ting out that one county in Texas, ;lmomllly Republican, already has filled e heinted to Guadalupe County, e - Tex., as a good example (a?‘ouxer po- ll‘nlul?vlr subdivisions of the country to The party deficit. at one time $750,- 000, now is about $500,000. Of the total deficit, $420,000 was a carry over from the 1928 campaign. FOUR TULIPS ON PLANT Virginia Amateur Gardener Brings Botanical Curiosity Here. B. H. Bellard, amateur gardener of | 60 years Franklin , Va., todsy t to the city a tulip plant bearirg four blos- soms. Even two blocsoms on a stalk are culturists. LINDBERGH CALLED FOR MEANS TRIAL Colonel Will Testify Against Two in Conspiracy Case Monday. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will come to Washington Monday to testify in District Supreme Court as a Govern- ment witness against Gaston B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker, according to word received yesterday by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. Means and Whitaker are charged with conspiring to steal $35,000 from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean by falsely telling her they were in a position to ransom the kidnaped son of Col. Lind- bergh. Mr. Rover was reluctant to subject | Col. Lindbergh to the ordeal of testify- | ing in the case, but the necessity of proving that the kidnaped child prob- ably was dead at the time Mrs. McLean was approached by the alleged cons- pirators was believed to make his ap- pearance imperative. Means already has been convicted of the larceny of $104,000 from Mrs. McLean in connection with the same fictitious ransom proposal, He and Whitaker are said to have conspired to induce Mrs. McLean to give them the additional $35,000 to replace part of the $50,000 of marked money which Lindbergh paid the kidnapers through Dr. John F. Condon. Col. Lindbergh is now on the Pacific Coast with his wife, but is expected to return here by plane for the trial. NAVY LEAGUE RAPS ECONOMY ARGUMENT Not to Build to Treaty Strength Except on Self-Liquidating Basis Held Senseless. By the Associated Press. The Navy League of the United States said today in a formal statement that the argument that the American fleet chould not be built to treaty strength because such work was not self-liquidat- ing was “devoid of common sense.” “It is now generally known that the United States fleet is inferior not only. his to that of the British empire, but also to that of the Japanese empire, except- ng in capital ships,” the statement Against the proposal to build the fleet to treaty terms in conjunction with unemployment rellef works, the league said there had been advanced “the typically academic sophism that only works of a ‘self-liquidating’ nature should be undertaken” to aid recovery. “Such a professorial point of view,” the statement continued, “overlooks the purpose of a navy is to assure foreign respect for our trade and treaties and so to preserve peace. “Not to maintain our Navy in the present tense state of affairs in Europe and in Asia because it is not ‘self- liquidating’ is as devold of common sense as it would be for a municipality not to maintain its police force in times of public unrest because the police are not self-supporting.” EDDIE SAVOY HONORED Retired Colored Messenger Cele- brates 78th Birthday. Eddle Savoy, veteran colored mess- enger of the State Department, who was ted by President Roose- velt on retirement in March after in Government employ, cele- brated his 78th birthday Angrvm last night at a dinner party attended by & dozen friends and relatives at his houl:e, 503 Twenty-fourth street north- east. A musical program was renderd by the harmonious colored quartet, which MANY U.5. WORKERS MEETING PAY GUT OF 23 1-3 PER GENT Reduction Exists Despite As- surances of 15 Per Cent Limitation. SITUATION BROUGHT ON BY M’CARL RULING Appears Only Act of Congress Can Straighten the Matter Out. Many employes of the Federal Gov- ernment, under a ruling of Controller General McCarl, are today meeting what amounts to a 23%; per cent cut in pay it;x;’the last quarter of the fiscal year They are meeting this cut despite the fact that leaders in Congress, including Senator Harrison of Mississippi, gave assurance during the consideration of the new economy act, that no Govern- ment salary was to be cut more than 15 per cent. Budget Director Douglas gave the same assurance. The situa=- tion has been brought about through a decision of the controller general, and it appears that only an act of Congress can straighten out the matter. Furloughed Last Year. Under the economy act of last year Government employes were furloughed without pay to a total of 24 days. This was done 8o as to cut salaries a total of 83 per cent for the year., Whether the employes- took leave or not, their pay was cut under this law two days a month. A considerable number of Govern- ment employes took the full 24 days furlough without pay during last Sum- mer, when work was slack. They were compelled to take a deduction from their pay at that time of the full 24 days’ pay, or that part of it which had not been deducted in earlier months. They had, therefore, met the entire re- duction for the fiscal year ending next June 30 of 8 1-3 per cent. When the new economy act went into effect April 1, as it relates to the pay of the Government employes, under a ruling of the Comptroller General, those Government employes who had had deducted from their pay the full 24 days, or 8 1-3 per cent, for the months April, May and June, were compelled also to take the full 15 per cent new cut in pay. Either in the earlier months these employes had taken a cut in excess of the provision in the economy act of 1932, or they are taking a cut of 23 1-3 per cent during the last quarter of the present fiscal year. There is no other answer to the question if wages and pay are the real consideration. Reply of McCarl. The controller general, replying under date of April 12, 1933, to a letter from the Federal Trade Commission raising the question, said, in part: “The alleged injustice to employes who have taken all of their legislative furlough prior to April 1, 1933, is not real, such employes having had the ad- vantage of the time off while other em« ployes have worked. To make any such adjustment as is now contended for would be tantamount to paying the employe for a period between June 30, 1932, and April 1, 1933, during which he was abse..t from duty and rendering no service to the Government. Clearly, that is not authorized under the law. “The act” of March 20, 1933; discon=- tinued the legislative furlough and pro- vided for a percentage reduction ef- fective April 1, 1933, applicable aiike to all without reference to the time absent on legislative furlough or otherwise prior thereto.” Employes who are suffering the cut of 815 per cent due to the legislative furlough and have added to it the 15 per cent cut under the new economy act during the present quarter of the fiscal year contend that Mr. McCarl's argument relating to absence from work is entirely beyond the mark—since the Iu{louch was intended strictly as a pay cut. Furthermore, Mr. McCarl has by his rulings permitted to those Government employes who had had deducted from thelr pay in excess of 18 days, although they had not actually taken the addi- tional days of furlough, refunds so that th:y are not to meet the 23!; per cent cut. Confusion Arises. Attention is called to the fact that when the economy act of 1932 went into effect last July 1 a situation of considerable confusion arose. Under the theretofore existing law employes had been allowed 30 days' annual leave with pay, ::d "uenddet:' uniform rules of procedure adop! y all departments they had been allowed to take it in any way that would suit the convenience of their department and of themselves. | Many of such employes had taken 30 days’ annual leave without pay during the six months of the calendar year :zgfl en June 3)2. 1932. Others had en ve whatever and others had taken part of their 30 days' annual The controller general ruled as to those employes that it made no dif- ference whether they had taken all or part of their 30 days and, in view of the procedure and uniform practice of the several departments, it is held that decision was correct. His present decision, on the other hand, is held en- tirely at variance with that decision. 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