Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1933, Page 2

CAP-GOWN PARADE THS AFERNODN Unemployed College Alumni 10 Visit White House and Other Offices. Armed with a program of educational and social welfare betterment, cap and gown processions of unemployed col- lege graduates were preparing this aft- erhoa to vistt the offices of the Pres- ident of the United States, the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States and the Secretaries of Labor and the Interior. The “cap and gown” group, officially named the Association of Unemployed College Alumni, which has been meet- ing here for two days drafting an ap- peal for relief in educational and social welfare fields, spent this morning whip- ping their program into shape, and, while they would not make it public before their presentation, they called 1t “constructive criticism of the present order of things.” Start at 4 O'clock. delegations were ex- wcred to strs out o the Y W, C. A their meeting place, for the White House, the U. 5. C. of C. and the De- ts of Labor and the Interior, at ‘about 4 o'clock this afternoon, formally winding up their deliberations here. All members of the delegations will wear the mortarboard caps and somber, black gowns which they earnéd the right 10 wear in expensive years-of education in some of the lendin‘x colleges and versities of the country. ‘mélt:s‘;)r:gram was written by Mrs. Varian. Fry, wife of one of the leaders of the association. Mrs. Fry formerly was employed by the Atlantic Monthly, but, like her husband, a graduate of Harvard and & classmate of James G _STAR. Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, fell a victim of the depression and now no job. h"i‘hey j-.lso have & mass of data which they have gathered in the past year, which they will present to Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., in the hope that some of it might be read into the C onal Record. ‘The group yesterday openly an- nounced its opposition to the policies of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which also is meeting here now, and it was for this reason that the Chamber was included in the places to be visited by cap and gown delegations this afternoon. Secretary of Labor Perkins will be visited, be- cause she has the administration of a large amount of social legislation, and the Secretary of the Interior will be in- cluded, because it is under his depart- ment that the Office of Education oper- ates. Particular stress will be laid in the ‘program, it was announced, on the up- building, with Federal funds, of the educational facilities of the country. Officers Named. The association yesterday named Jo- seph P. Lash, Who is one of its founders, the chairman, and John J. Barnes, s graduate of Washington State, was named vice chairman. At the White House early this after- noon it was stated that the cap and gown delegation would be received, if not by the President himself, by one of his secretaries. At this morning’s session the “white collar unemployed,” drafted and agreed ‘upon & constitution for a permanent or- ganization and laid plans for building. up their organization with chapters in the principal cities of the country and to spread their organization into the undergraduate groups of all the colleges and uniyersities of tie country. “New Type of Marchers. Wi has had its share of marchers upon the Capital, the ragtag 4nd bobtail of the bonus army, the gaunt and unfed of the hunger army, and the red ranks of the Communists, Delayed several hours when his ship was fogbound in New York Harbor, | ©f, & restriction on expenditures. Guido Jung, Italian minister of finance, arrived here late last night for a con- ference with President Roosevelt on international economic conditions. He is|UP by Senator Thomas, seen above as he was greeted by Stephen T. Early, secretary to the President| Oklahoma, as soon as a final vote is (right), and Warren D. Robbins, ceremonial officer of the White House (left).) reached on the Muscle —Underwood & Underwood. COMMITTEE BACKS SECURITIES' CURB House Group Orders Report for Strict Regulation of U. S. Issues. The House Interstate Commerce Committee today ordered favorably re- ported & revised administration bill| to regulate securities. ‘The bill provides for registration with the Federal Trade Commission | of all issues of securities to be sold in_interstate commerce. It sets up rules and regulations to| provide full publicity to the issues for information of the public and pro- vides punishment for violations. In addition, the revised measure holds issuers liable to civil action by pur- chases up to the amount of the value of the stock sold. Chairman Rayburn plans to place the measure before the House for action this week to make way for President Roosevelt's legislative proposal for railroad rehabilitation. ‘The redrafted measure differs radi- cally from both the original measure approved by the White House and the bill written by the Senate Banking Committee. Retroactive Clause Out. ‘The administration’s provision to make the measure retroactive, which ‘would affect all outstanding securities, was eliminated. Instead, a provision exempting any and now, to complete the picture, it has the process‘lon oli’l ;.he caps and gowns, all asking for relief. The caps and gowns adorn an im- pressive group of bachelors, masters and doctors’ degrees, with here and there a Ph. D. thrown in for good measure. A Trace of Bitterness. ‘There's a trace of bitterness among them all, and, though they laugh and talk among themselves over their hard- ships, their theories, which would have survived well in the capitalist scheme of things which flourished so verdantly back in the days when they were going o school, or when they were first start- ing out in the serious business of earn- ing a living, have taken on a distinct anti-capitalistic tinge. There are no Communists among them; that they affirm vigorously, but neither are there any capitalists. They are the products of Columbia, Harvard, Oxford, the University of Lon- don, Hunter, Cooper Union, Michigan University, New York University, West Virginia University, Boston Medical College, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanieal College, the University of Kentucky, Dartmouth, Loyola of Chi- cago, Ohio States, Johns Hopkins, Drexel, Washington College. Washing- ton State, College of the City of New York, University of Wisconsin, Syracuse and the University of Gottinger, Ger- many. Each of the more than 50 young men and women delegates to the two-day conference, which is in its second and last day today, had at least a year, some two and three years, of fruitless search- ing for jobs doing anything that would earn them a living. ‘There is, for instance, one of the leaders of the association, Varian Fry of New York, who is on the executive council of the association. Fry, a class- mate of James Roosevelt, son of the President, at Harvard, left Cambridge security which has been sold or offered for sale to the public 60 days prior to the enactment of the biil was included. ‘This exemption, however, does “not apply to any new offering of any such security by or through an underwriter subsequent to such 60 days.” A blue pencil of elimination was drawn also through another provision in the original bill compelling railroads to register securites issued under the direction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which already requires publicity. Instead of permitting registration of securities to take effect immediately upon receipt by the commission of re- quired information and copies of the prospectuses, the provision was changed to prohibit any issue from being registered until 30 days after the in- formation has been received by the commission. Checkup Provided. This is to give the commission time in which to check up on the informa- tion, which goes into the financial structure of the issuers, personnel, ownership, directorship and other im- portant details. If the registration is incomplete or inaccurate the commission may hold up the issue for a hearing of its pro- moters or issuers. Striking out the revocation provisions ascertain the correctness of the in- formation after the issues were sold to the public, the committee substituted a provision empowering the commission to issue “stop orders” against them. D. C. MEN RENAMED BY U. S. CHAMBER in 1931, prepared, according to the educational standards of the country, to cope with life and earn a living. The Ditches Ran Out. He got & job with Consumers' Re- search, in New York, doing just the sort of work he wanted to do, non- academic research work. But the work ran out, and he was let out after a there was no work for . That was last May. He hasn’t been able to find anything to do since. Once he dug ditches, but there was & limit to the number of ditches to be dug, and that work ran out, too. Last Winter he was forced to fall back on a friend, and he and the wife mm:lmizd t‘lhfin he w-‘a mt: living, went to live on & farm upsta in New York. There, on.the friend's Summer place, not equipped for Winter 4 rs, he and his wife lived all ter, he chopping wood and carrying water and his wife cool the meager ations. His friend wants the place jhis Summer, so he'll have to find some- vhere else to live. * Then there is the president of the organization, Joseph P. Lash, who says his work the past year has been organ- izing and fostering the association—and ot getting anything for it. He ob ready for him work at Colum- Harvard graduate and classmate of Zthe President’s son. He is Haven Hub- cbard of Indiana, who has made Bl | Charl d Fleming and Hanna Get Nomina- tions for Another Term on Board of Directors. Robert V. Fleming, presiderit of Riggs National Bank, and John H. Hanns, president of the Capital Traction Co., yesterday were renominated for the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the annusl meeting of the National Coun- cillors. Nomination is equivalent to In all, 17 directors—half of the were chosen. The selections will be ratified at the final session of the cham- ber Friday. Mr. Hanna is the representative of election. Other directors Fulton, New York; Harry Scherr, Hunt- ington, W. Va.; T. Guy Woolford, At- lanta; P. W. Litchfield, Akron; Lee J. | Dougherty, Davenport, Iowa; Edmond iC. Van Diest, Colorado Springs; C. D. | Sturtevant, Omaha; Eric A. Johnston, Spokane; A. P. Greensfelder, St. Louls; Henry Howard, Newport, R. I.; John C. | Harding, Chicago; William L. Sweet, | Rumford, R. I, and Wilbur A. Nelson, lottesville, Va. | West to the Capital to attend the meet- and his clothes and board— | Wo $1,747.290 OUTLAY GAS COMPANY PLAN President Sperry Tells Con- gress Work for 200 to 500 Depends on Merger. Marcy L. Sperry, president of the Washington Gas Light Co., today in- formed tive Black of New York, chairman of the Public Utilities Subcommittee of the House District Committee, that the company has planned a construction program for 1933 involving a total cost of $1,747.- 250, which would provide work for be- tween 200 and 500 men. The program cannot be carried out, however, Sperry said, unless Congress approves the pending bill to authorize a corporate merger of the Washington & Georgetown Gas companies. The bill is now in Black’s subcommittee and probably will be reported out favorably sometime next week. Sperry’s report shows $121,500 would be spent for additions and improve- ments in generating tanks; $783,700 for the installation of approximately 270,- 000 feet of new gas main and service pipes; $775,000 for a new gas holder; $57.050 for miscellaneous equipment, and $10,000 for building construction. Of the total estimated expenditures, ap- priximately $600,000 would be expended for labor. Black said Speaker Rainey had given assurance to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee that the gas merger bill would be considered by the House as soon as the emergency legis- lation is passed. The gas merger bill was passed by the House in the last session without de- bate, but died on the Senate unanimous consent calendar due to the objection of the late Senator Howell of Nebraska. HOUSE JAM DELAYS INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL (Continued From First Page.) of Education, where, in a reduction of three workers out of a group of 16, the fifth, twelfth and fifteenth in the ef- clency standings were eliminated. « This would be further complicated now, it was pointed out, by the pro- Vviso that where reductions of personnel are made “due regard shall be given to the apportionment of appointments as provided in the civil service act.” fall heaviest on those workers claiming residence in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Iowa and Vermont, which are above their quotas in the departmental service, based on popu- which would force the commission to | lation. This is particularly true in the Dis- trict and neighboring States. Here, with & quota of 132, there are 10,714 employed; Maryland's quota is 441, against an employed total of 2,094, and Virginia, with & quota of 655, has 2,254 residents in service. Problem of Annuities, To carry out the proposed principle, it was sald at the commission that it would be necessary to set up “separa- tion lists” for each of these States. Another adjustment viewed as neces- sary if injustices are to be avoided is that relating to the payment of an- e th proposed pl: nder the 3 plove with 30 years' service, before the age limit, gets the maximum annuity subject only to a 3% per cent reduction until he would have been retired for age. To the con- trary, an em- retired transportation on the board and Mr. (29 of governmental funds during Qe- = 80 without even an elemen- education.” WASHINGTO. LINKS 30:H0UR BiLL HOPE TO IDENTIFY } ANDDISTRICT FUNDS| FARM MOB HEADS| D. C, WEDNESDAY, ' ' MAY Black to Raise IndustriallEyewitnesses to Testify in Issue in Senate Today or Tomorrow. When the District appropriation bill comes up in the Senate today or to- morrow, Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, again will raise the issue of the 30-hour week for industry by trying to put through an amendment that would prevent any branch of the Ped- eral Government from buying any article or commodity unlss the factory from which it came is operated on the basis of not more than six hours a day nor more than five days a week. The amendment, however, would Te- quire suspension of the rules before it could be injected into the District sup- ply bill, and such a move would require & two-thirds vote. Senator Black served notice last night of his intention to move to suspend the rules. ‘The amendment would apply not only to goods bought directly by the Government, but also to any contrac- tor doing work for the Government. ‘The Alabaman is author of & sep- arate bill seeking to put industry on the 30-hour week. This has passed the Senate, but is awaiting action by a House committee. The amendment which he proses to advocate regarding Government purchases is in the form ‘The District bill is ready to be called Democrat, of ure. Semator Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, majority leader, night if the Senate had passed the Dis- trict supply bill by tomorrow evening, & recess would be taken for the rest of the week. FATHER IS WILLING TO RANSOM CHILD STOLEN YESTERDAY (Continued From First Page.) said last curring on the southwest cut-off of the Worcester !ur;l%l:e, about 10 miles from Northboro. Toute ultimately would lead to Hartford, Conn., and New York. The kidnapers had a lead of a little over an hour on the police. Ome of them called the Harwich Center Gram- mar School at 2:30 p.m., posed as Mr. McMath and told Miss Ruth Holmes, secretary to the principal, he was send- m a chauffeur for his daughter. He ed that she be dismissed immed. lately upon arrival of the car. Child Cried as She Left. At approximately the same time Mr, McMath received a telephone call from a man who said he was a telephane company lineman. He asked McMath to leave the telephone receiver off for 10_minutes. Within a few minutes a blue sedan pulled up before the school house. The colored man was at the wheel and he asked Jack Shaughnessy, a 10-year-old pupil who was ying in the yard, to tell Miss Esther Flinkman, et’s teacher, to send the girl out. Margaret, “Peggy” to her parents and chums, broke out crying as she ap- proached the machine, Shaughnessy said. The colored man grabbed her, told her to “shut up and get in” and pulled her into the car. He drove away immediately in the direction of Harwich Center. which lies between the school and the highway leading out of the cape. An hour and a quarter later McMath notified police that his daughter had disappeared. A check-up between school authorities and the McMath home re- vealed the kidnaping. Mr. McMath also denied he had ever received extortion letters. Reports that he had received a series of extortion letters in 1931 were “untrue,” he said. U. S. READY TO ACT. Will Join Search for Kidnaped Child I Help Is Requested. Department of Justice officials said today that while no application had been received from Massachusetts police in connection with the kidnaping of Margaret McMath at Harwichport, the department’s Bureau of Investigation was ready to render any assistance it could. Under the recently enacted kidnaping law, the government agency might take a hand in case the kidnapers have crossed the State lines with the child. DESCRIPTION OF CHILD. Massachusetis State Police Join Search For Margaret McMath. BOSTON, May 3 (). —Massachusetts State police today broadcast the fol- lowing description of 10-year-old Mar- garet McMath, kidnaped yesterday from the Harwich Center Grammar v 10; height, 4 feet dark “Age, 10; . 4 feet; eyes, bro:g': short, wavy hair, and a slightly tanned complexion. Her mouth is slightly large and ome of her right back teeth is slightly out of place. “When she was kidnaped she wore tan oxfords and low tan socks, and a brown, orange and white gingham dress with short sleeves. The dress has a white collar and white trimmings at the front. Over this she wore a blue ! = Abduction of lowa Judge. By the Associated Press. LE MARS, Towa, May 3.—Identifica- tion of a number of leaders of the mob which abducted Judge C. C. Brad- ley, 56, last Thursday seemed assured today when three eye-witnesses ex- pressed their willingness to testify at their trial, The three were among those ques- tioned by the Military Court comnduct- ing hearings under martial law. Detachments of Guardsmen were dispatched to points throughout the county this morning, but whether they pianned to invade Cherokee County was not learned. Yeeterday County of Cherokee County declared he would arrest the guardsmen if they entered his juris- Sheriff Ralph E. Rippey of Plymouth County, called a weak sister by Gov. Clyde Herring when he sent troops to Le Mars, was in Des Moines today to attend the National Farmers’ Holiday Canvention called to consider a na- tional farm strike May 13. Rippey said he hoped to arrest some of the leaders of the revolts while they were attending the convention. CONFLICT BELIEVED ENDED. Military Rule in Iowa Expected to Be Lifted. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 3.—State officials expressed the belief today that the farmers’ anti-mortgage foreclosure “war” is over, and ‘gave consideration to plans to lift the military rule that has been in effect since the recent ab- duction and manhandling of District Judge C. C. Bradley of Le Mars. Both civil and military authorities said they were inclined to discount statements attributed to County Attor- ney James Smith of Cherokee, threat- ening to arrest National Guardsmen if they are sent into his jurisdiction from Le Mars, where Judge Bradley was abused by a crowd of farmers when he refused to take an oath he would not sign any more mortgage foreclosure decrees. Militiamen Threatened. Smith said he had been told that troops st Le Mars were to be sent into his county in search of alleged rioting | farmers. He asserted there had been | no trouble in Cherokee County and that he would retaliate with arrests of militiamen. Gov. Clyde Herring, however, was firm and declared that “if any arrests are to be made by troops in Cherokee | County they will go in and get them. He added he would confer with other State officials today on the Hfting of martial law in Plymouth and Crawfard Counties. Plan for Trial As predictions for lifting martial law “within & few days” came from the governor's office, plans for trial of suspects in the farm riots were being discussed in the attorney general’s office and it was indicated that charges of contempt of court would probably wl.ge basis of prosecution of arrested. Seven persons were taken into custody at Le Mars, where 56 are now held, and 10 others were jailed at Deniscn, bring- ing the total there to 40. With nine others transferred from Le Mars to Sioux City jails, the total is 105. REICH TO LAUNCH Church Wrecked by Tornado SEVEN KILLED BY WEST MISSISSIPPI STORM. West. early gether were killed by the storm. house, which was undamaged. T on North Main At left is shown a portion of the parish —A. P. Photo. LEADERS DISCUSS|Z BUSINESS REFORMS U. S. Chamber of Commerce Hears Views on Federal Control of Trade. (Continued Prom First Page.) finsuring greater safety for investors and laws to stimulate import and ex- Port business “all have their place in the great enterprise of reconstruction upon which we are now engaged.” “Never in the history of the Nation,” he said in discussing the plans of Presi- dent Roosevelt's administration, “has an | administration more courageously and | fairly attempiea to deal with so many | and far-reaching problems.” Some mistakes undoubtedly will be made, he said, but “we shall learn by | experiment” and “what we do is not | irrevocable. * ¢ * We cannot afford not | to try, for fear that we shall make a misstep and not to strike out because | the road to recovery is not clearly| marked.” Swope said the public attitude and | all evidences of legislation indicated 1f | industry could move toward seM-im- posed regulation, it would be permitted to demonstrate what it could do. Says Action Is Imevitable. “If industry does not see its oppor- | tunity and embrace it, it will be done | from without,” he said. “The alternative is not shall it be done. but by whom shall it be done. “Shall it be done by the Government, | with its necessarily more rigid proce- | dure and, therefore, less efficiency, or shall it be done by industry itself, which knows its problems intimately, taking the initiative and leadership, with the co-operation of the Government to see that the public interest is e He proposed that each trade associa- tion or Chamber of Commerce require that its membership subscribe to a code of ethics governing “fair competi- tion,” that they adopt & uniform sys- tem of cost accounting and uniform periodical reports to the Pederal Gov- ernment and their stockholders, that the members of each association adopt co-operative plans for the protection of their employes, that each association endeavor to stabilize employment by requiring that each member either give @ssurance of employment or build up Teserves for periods of unemployment, to be contributed to by both employe and LABOR ARMY SOON employer. Favors Federal Approval. ‘This done, Swope said, the associa- must be observed by all in the indus- Rev. Z. B. Phillips, Tector of the Church of the Epiphany and chaplain of the Senate, gave the invocation at the general session. It was followed by luncheon meetings at the Mayflower and Willard at 1 o'clock, and at 3 o'clock there was a series of group meetings at these hotels and in the chamber. McKee Is Speaker. At the Willard, Joseph V. McKee, president of the Board of Aldermen of New York and acting mayor aft- er the resignation of Mayor Walker, was the principal speaker listed, his top- ic being “The Task of Municipal and State Governments.” Chairman Rayburn of the House In- terstate Commerce Committee was the principal sj at a meeting at the chamber at 3 o'clock, with transporta- tion legislative needs his topic. At the Willard there was & group meeting on maintenance and improvement. ‘Tonight at 7 o'clock the American Trade Association executives will hold their dinner at the Mayflower. Secre- tary of Commerce Roper will be a guest and Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wi , will speak. At the general session at 9:45 tomor- Tow morning Lewis W. Douglas, direc- tor of the budget, will speak on “The Federal Budget”; Senator Bulkley, Dem- ocrat, of Ohio, on “Monetary Policy and Banl " and Dr. John W. Ross of Montreal, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, on “Trade Rela- tions With Canada.” Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock the din- ner will be held at the Auditorium, when the business men will hear President Roosevelt. It is understood that in his address he will speak not only of his mon- etary and inflation plans, but probably also of his ideas on employment, relief and industrial matters. There has been some intimation that his speech might be 1;1 the nature of a new pronounce- ment. Stirs Wide Interest. Coming at a time when the Presi- dent is about to seek broad tariff pow- ers from Congress, and is taking the leadership in an international recon- truction program _through conversa- tions here preparatory to the London Economic Conference, Secretary Hull's speech last night was followed with a Bf-!nl dflel! of interest. a reference to the foreign obliga- tions due this country, including the war debts, the Secretary said: “The obsolete pre-war economic theory that prevailed here and else- \RINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH street, Yazoo City, Miss., as it appeared after a tomado, which jumped from Southeast Arkansas into | on the morning of April 30. Seven persons alto- e s s ——— 150000000 LOAN AGENCY PROPOSED “Rehabilitation Finance Cor- poration” Suggested to U. S. Trade Body. Formation of a $50,000,000 “Rehabili- tation Pinance Corporation,” financed by the Government and private sources, to modernize business Tty, was ad- vocated this afternoon by Charles P. Prlmer of Atlanta at a group meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the Willard Hotel. Mr. Palmer, the president of Palmer, Incorporated, ‘and former president of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, spoke to a round- table conference on “Property Mainte- nance and improvement.” e that the Reconstruction | Finance Corporation furnish 80 per cent of the fund; the owner, ~. and the manufacturer, 15. This & e said, would “test” the market. 1 believe this test, with $50,000,000,” he continued. “will prove that more than $200,000,000 can be safely and profitably started to work within the next four months, re-employing 150,000 men. What the grand total should be can be judged only as this movement Progresses.” Commend Renovizing. Mr. Palmer was one of four speakers \'h? emphasized the vatue of “renoviz- ing” campaigns such as mow are in | progress in Washington and elsewhere. The others were Walter J. Kohler, | Wisconsin industrialist and former Governor of that State; Dr. Frank Parker of Philadelphia, president of the Philadelphia Pederation of the Con- struction Industry, and professor of finance, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsyl- vania, and William H. Meese of Balti- ‘mm, president of the Point Breeze works, Western Electric Co,, and chair- man Committee on Industrial Rehabili- tation, fifth Federal Reserve district. Declaring that business properties cannot be modernized on a national scale until the problem of financing is solved, Mr. Palmer stressed that some effort in this district is necessary, Im- provements are demanded, he continued, |to stabilize rentals, to lessen foreclo- |sures, to forestall a disastrous recur- rence of overproduction, to balance the lead of the construction industry and to increase employment. Offering his plan, which he proposed should be laid before the Reconstruc- tion Pinance Corporation, the speaker said the organization he visualizes would be non-profit-making, and be composed of representatives from na- tional trade associations interested in the ownership of business properties. On the board would be one represent- ative of the manufacturer. Self-Liquidating Project. “This corporation,” he amplified, “would make loans for self-liquidating rehabilitation of business properties. They would be secured by income as are the farmer’s seed loans. The mini- mum loan might be $1,000. Each ap- plication would be analyzed by some body, such as the Building Planning Service Council of the National Asso- ciation of Building Owners and Man- agers.” Explaining then the financing. Pal- mer said that loans would be liquidate over periods of from 1 to 20 years, “governed by the magnitude of the jobs, ability to pay, and the useful life of the improvement. ~The Reconstruction Finance Corporation money would be the first repaid and the last to go into the work. As a measure to curb over-building, and provide safeguards for real estate where, ignored our transformation from | improvement loans, Mr. Palmer advo- 2 debtor and young undeveloped coun- | cated legislation which would provide try to the greatest creditor and sur-|for issuance of a “certificate of neces- Pplus-| nation in history. sity” by some constituted body, before “It ignored the fact that today our |any commercial building is erected. public and private foreign indebtedness | “There is no more justification,” he of $28,000,000,000, with annual pay-|added, “for the addition of an office ments of interest and installments ag- | building or hotel to a eity now glutted gregating $1,250,000.000, is due this coun- | with adequate facilities than for con- try, and that nations and individuals | struction of llel railroads.” can only pay external indebtedness in| Gov. Koehler, presiding at the meet- gold or services, or by the establish-|ing, voiced the opinion that renovizing ment of favorable trade balances, | ¢ , particularly for dwelling with the creditor country ar|houses, should be organized in every with other countries with whom trade | city, adding that undivided support was Youths Who Will Have Completed | tion would ask the Government for jacket with brass buttons. She had no hat.” DRIVER KILLS WOMAN WHO SPURNS ADVANCES Son and Two Friends See Stranger Shoot Down Mother After Giving Them Lift. e, By the Associated Press. LEBANON TOWNSHIPS, N. J., May 3.—Mrs. Georgiana Heights, 40, of High- bridge, was shot and killed in the pres- ? | ence of her son and two friends shortly after midnight by an unidentified auto- ‘mobilist. and the party drove along for some distance, until the car had & blow- PRISONERS FROM U. S announced last night that Franc Castlllo Culveaux and his wife, arrested Monday while allegedly trying to plant bomb_at entrance of Toledano, labor leader, was speaking, recently came to Mexico City from Los “They professed to be 1 the police said. 19th Year January 1 Will Be First Recruits Drafted., By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, May 3.—Youths who will have completed their nineteenth year by January 1, 1934, will constitute the first recruits for the compulsory labor army in which all young Germans, rich and poor alike, will have to serve. ‘The first period of service, it was learned today, will be for six months. After the scheme has been in ‘The government feels that organiza- tion of the plan must proceed care- fully and therefore it is the outset to draft only half those sub- regulation, it will begin to operate has not been definitely announced, but the government intimates it will be soon. A special office has been created for izing labor camps, purchasing clothes, tools and other equipment, and arranging for provisions. This effice UPPeT | wil] spread its orders over the reich, thereby stimulating everywhere. ‘The question of compulsory labor for women will be the subject of a special regulation later. INFLATION PASSED QUICKLY IN HOUSE OVER OPPOSITION (Continued From First Page.) first portion of the farm mortgage bill administered when congressional 'y for giving quick ald under . It is separate from the to up to farm mortgage 1 Land Bank bonds | gor be guaranteed by provision sutho- funds by the Re- ‘The advance pi EE u:fiunpe recognition of its organization and that the members might agree on the co- ordination of production and consump: tion with an opportunity for the Gov. ernment to review the acts and agree- ments of association members. “Trade associations developed such lines, under constructive leader- ship, would be a real force in industry to the service of the public, b'e"mmi‘dv;noe of the t:zkmmt ds of public o , if necessary for legislation on recalcitrant minorities .and consumption on fair and reasonable lines,” he said. “If, in these various national trade associations the public interest is recog- nized, then by grouping them together we might some day look forward to a national economic “council, which can interpret developments and trends and lay out policies along the lines of exper- | ience and with some imagination and the proposal of Secre- Labor Perkins for regulation of industry by means of governmental boards, Harriman asserted it “savors of autocracy and bureaucracy.” Harriman, chairman of the board of o |the New England Power Association, sympathetic” with the objectives of Miss Perkins, and Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, author of the pending hour work-week bill, who, he said, were STt Wi S et T ari ployment af lor various classes of workers, falr prices for the _lmmthh of life and fair hours W e~ Favors Self-Regulation. however, his belief that these aims could be realized with- out the steps they advocate, re- peating argument he advanced re- cently before the House Labor Commit- tee, which provides, in effect, for self- regulation for industry, acting in con- cert with labor, under Government su- 30- the problems of Jndustry Are those Wi of are those who are engaged in it, achieving their col- lective purposes their trade gate fair rules for in limitation of hours of operation, mini mum p-z. fro; employes, minimum :Ri age—the serious which confront us would soon vanish. Under our p’fiene constitutional limita- % Tules and regula- tions cannot apply to all our workers, but Congress has control of interstate commerce :d it fair is more profitable.” At the outset of his address, Secre- tary Hull said: “The leadership and statesmanship of no other generation were ever sub- jected to a more serious challenge than is ours by the exist domestic and world difficulties. e o Sees Grave Threat. ‘Humanity simply cannot continue indefinitely to endure existing chaotic de conditions. Civilization itself wil cdum.my be seriously under- Assailing the “blind forces of short- sighted isolation,” Hull said “The Hmi- utioanl of huwlmln suff cann much longer tolerate this suicidal lead- ership in ln)& country.” “Every nation must supplement its domestic program with a gub: inter- national economic program of remedies for_business recovery,” he continued. ““These would embrace the reduction of trade barriers, the stablization of ex- changes and currencies, and monetary standardization, all of which would per- mit a healthy increase of prices of primary commodities bought and sold in world markets. * * * “The innocent myth that high tariff and other obstructions to finance and trade between nations insures full em- gl&ymcnt of labor and high wages, with h living standards, is utterly de- stroyed when we recall that the three of | wage e “The trade of the world, according to the pre-war rate of gain, would have been $52,000,000,000 for 1932, compared with the actual and shamefull amount of $16,500,000,000. * * * . ’s share of these trade losses $6,000,000,000, and who ‘well overestimate the effects of this amount of exports of our immense Seplases of foodetufls, Tew mtariels and manufactures?” Points to U. §. Surpluses. Hull said that from 20 to 50 per cent of the production of “great staple in- dustries such as cotton, tobacco, wheat, hog products, copper, oil, coal, autv- mobiles, m: , tools” and other products “must be exported and sold abroad unless stagnation and price slumps are to_result at home from the up surpluses.” “Probably 75 to 80 per cent of the 2,000,000,000 population of the world are living ‘This “below PO means a lack either of adequate food or e 2 or 5 was the act&ll living standards even when the broke in 1929.” Eliot Wadsworth, Assistant Secretary the the last admanistra- of in tion, was another speaker. CLEARED N DEATH necessary for their success. Urges Co-ordinated Effort. “While organizations representing single trades or industries will help the movement along, working alcne they cannot hope to reach the desired goal,™ he said. “The maximum of accom- plishment can be effected only through the co-ordinated and energetic effort of all the building irades and suppliers of material, with the support of civic- minded citizens and public officials. The project is one of immense magnitude. It is no job to be assigned to the office boy or general utility man, but calls for the whole-hearted personal interest of the chief executives of the various in- dustries involved. “A central co-ordinating organization should be established, operated and financed by business. The cost of a central office would be negligible com- pared to the benefits or in relation to the collective sums, running into the hundreds of millions of dollars, an- nually expended for sales and sales pro- motion in normal times by the constit- uent units of the construction industry. The work cannot be subordinated to other activities or be lost in office de- tail, but there must be a specific de- partment continuously officiating in this 1 movement of primary importance.” Koehler also pointed to the financial obstacles in the way of this moyement, and advocated the principle of Federal ald. Dr. Parker stressed the low costs at which property rehabilitation can be He went into details on the “reno- vizing” campaign in Philadelphia, em- i phasizing that it had boost business and aided employment. “If. soundly conceived and properly co-ordinaled under the aegis of the Federal Government,” Dr. Parker said, “the ambit of a national ‘renovize campaign’ were extended to include communities of 5,000 tion or over, undoubtedly two dollars of ad- ditional purchasing power could be turned into the channels of national business serving as a convenient and effective stimulant to our lethargic business machinery.” | MACHINE GUN DEFINITION SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE Uniform Law Commissioners to Discuss Modification of Bill. Modification of the definition of the term “machine gun” in the proposed uniform machine gun sact will be dis- cussed at a meeting of the Committee of the National Conference Woman and Daughters Acquitted by the of Slaying Planter.