Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly cooler tonight; to- rain; moderate fair, Saturday morrow north winds, , shifting to northeast. mtum—nmhm. 72, at 3:30 p.m. y; lowest, 53, at 7:30 a.m. today. repprt on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as secol No. 32,510. BY ROOSEVELT FOR POWER 10 APPOINT RAIL CO-ORDINATOR President Also Requests Re- peal of Profits Recapture Clause in Interstate Com- merce Act. EXECUTIVE WILL SUBMIT PERMANENT PLAN LATER! New Official Would Be Charged “to Avoid Duplication of Service, Prevent Waste and Encourage Financial Reorgan izations.” Early Action Is Expected. By the Associated Press. “resident Roosevelt sent to Con- gress today his emergency proposal for appointment of “a Federal co- ordinator” to guide rallroads through a reorganization. Congressional advocates of the legislation had it ready at the Capitol, and planned to expedite it through committees to the Sen- ate and House for debate and passage. The President also asked for im- mediate repeal of the recapture of profits clause in the Interstate: Commerce Commission act and for | Federal regulation of railway, holding companies. Permanent Plan Later. He said he would submit later a “comprehensive plan for permanent | legislation.” - He outlined the duties of the co-! ordinator “to encourage, promoie or Tequire action on the part of carriers | in order to avoid duplication of service, prevent waste, and encourage financial I post office, Washington, CONGRESS IS ASKED) nd class matter D. C. Roosevelt to Talk On Radio Sunday, Outlining Program President to Discuss Re- cent Acts for Benefit of Public. President Roosevelt next Sunday night will tell the people throughout the country what he has done so far and what he is hoping to accomplish before adjournment of Congress in a Nation-wide radio hook-up. The message will be delivered from the the White House at 9:45 p.m. and will be broadcast by both of the large radio chains. The President’s talk will be in the form of a heart-to-heart conver- sation with the citizens of America. He will talk in something of the candid and enlightening fashion of his broad- cast the first week he was in office when he explained the bank *mora- torium. The Executive's purpose is to have every one understand just what is being done to meet the present-day situation to bring relief and to restore better times. The President expects to make his summary as brief and as plain in its composition as possible. Because of the importance the Presi- dent attaches to this summary of ac- complishments the speech he is to de- liver tonight at the banquet of the United States Chambper of Commerce will not be broadcast. AWAIT ROOSEVELT TRADE AID POLICY Business Leaders Expecting Expression on Regulation in Speech Tonight. Business leaders of the Nation, stand- ing on the principle of a new measure of self-regulation as a way out of the troubles which beset industry, today awaited a hoped-for expression from | President Roosevelt as to the extent to which the administration will go' to | meet them. An indication is expected to be given | tonight, when the President addresses the annual dinner of the Chamber of | Commerce of the United States, which Te-organizations.” Copies of the bill were not available | at the Capitol, a final draft having just been sent to the printing office. Text of Message. ‘The President’s text follows: “To the Congress— “The steam railways still constitute the main artéries of commerce in the United States: At this time, however, available traf- fic is not sufficient profitably to utilize existing railway facilities and the sup- plementary facilities provided by new forms of transportation. “Our broad problem is so to co-ordi- nate all agencies of transportation as to maintain adequate service. “I am not yet ready to submit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for permanent legislation. “I do believe, however, that three emergency steps can and should be has brought business men here from | throughout the United States. The President’s message was to have been broadcast by radio over both major chains, but this feature was called off late yesterday. Majority opinion in the chamber supports a plan for temporary relaxa- tion of the anti-trust laws so that trade associations within their particu- lar industry could act under Govern- ment supervision to end ruinous com- petitive methods and wage slashes. A committee of Senators, economists and Federal officials, headed by Senator ‘Wagner, Democrat, of New York, is at | work on a measure drawn along these lines and the President is considering a request to Congress for authority to‘ provide such action during the emer- . gency. The necessary legislation would | taken at this special session of the Congress. “First, I recommend the repeal of the recapture provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission act. “The commission has pointed out that existing provisions are umwork- able and impracticable. Asks for Co-ordinator. “Second. railway holding companies should be placed definitely under the regulation and control of the Interstate Commerce Commission in like manner as the rallways themselves. “Third, as a temporary emergency measure, T suggest the creation of a | Federal co-ordinator of transportation who, working with groups of railroads, will be able to encourage, promote or Tequire action on the part of carriers, in order to avoid duplication of service, prevent waste and encourage financial reorganizations. Such a co-ordinator should also, in carrying out this policy, render useful service in maintaining railroad employment at a fair wage. “The experience gained during the balance of this year will greatly assist the Government and the carriers in preparation for a more permanent and a more comprehensive national trans- portation policy at the regular session of the Congress in 1934.” Policy as Outlined. The administration’s policy outlined in the bill states: “In order to foster and protect inter- state commerce in relation to railroad transportation by preventing and re- lieving obstructions and burdens there- on resulting from the present acute economic emergency, and in order to safeguard and maintain an adequate natlonal system of transportation, there be included in the $2,000,000,000 public works bill which is now taking shape and upon which the administration is banking heavily to cut down unemploy- | ment. Bulkley Talks on Banking. ‘The subject was brought into discus- sion today when Silas H. Strawn, Chi- cago lawyer, at a lunchecn meeting, be- spcke amendgment of the Sherman anti-trust act to permit such trade agreements. Meanwhile today the busi- ness men heard another plan sponsored by Democratic leaders for bettering con- diticns when Senator Bulkley of Ohio discussed the provision in the pending Glass banking reform bill for guarantee of bank deposits. This bill would insure entirely accounts of $10,000 and under and give protection ranging up to | 50 per cent for deposits of $50,000 and over. Recalling the wave of bank closures, | the Ohio Senator declared that “we cannot afford to suffer a repetition of our recent experience.” ‘The same session heard John W. Ross, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, declare his belief the current conferences of the President with world 'statesmen would bring about a success- ful conclusion of the Economic Confer- ence at London. The delegates were hopeful of hearing some of the workings of the administraticn’s economy pro- gram at this meeting, but Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget, who was | to have spoken, was forced by press of business to cancel the engagement. At another session of the chamber delegates the proposal of President Rcosevelt for setting up machinery for operating the country’s rail systems under a co-ordinetor came in for sup- port from W. W. Atterbury, president of (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) S TR e U. S. TO GET BENEFIT OF BRITISH TARIFF CUT Will Be Extended to Countries Entitled to Favored Nation Treatment, Runciman Says. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 4.—Conutries entitled under existing treaties to most-favored- nation treatment will enjoy the benefit of any reductions now given under Britain’s new trade treaties, Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, announced today in the House of Commons. The United States has such a treaty with Great Britain. The British government, Mr. Runci- man said, proposes to undertake nego- tiations with other foreign countries, ! and the government certainly will not ! prepared to continue indefinitely to ! full _most-favored-nation treat- ment to countries which show them- unwilling to meet the “reason- requirements” of Britain with re- to United Kingdom goods. Amusements Comics .. Features . Finance Radio Serial Fiction . Soclety .... | SOCIAL AND (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) E}IVIC LEADER IN ALIENATION SUIT Mrs. Bessie Dobson Altemus East- man Charged With Preventing Marriage of Divorced Husband. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 4.—The Eve- ning Public Ledger in a copyrighted article today says that Mrs. Bessie Dobson Altemus Eastman has been sued for alienation of the affections.of a husband from whom she was divorced 22 years ago. Mrs. Eastman is the' mother of Mrs, John Hay Whitney of New York. The article says the suit was brought by Miss Estelle F. Maxwell, who alleges that she has been engaged for years to Lemuel C. Altemus, but that their mar- riage was prevented by Mrs. Eastman and her son, James Dobson Altemus. TIE latter is also defendant in the action. Both Mrs. Eastman and her son de- nied they knew of the engagement, or urged postponement of the e. Mrs. Eastman and Altemus were di- vorced in 1911, and in 1924 she was married to Maj. Medom A. Eastman of the United States Marine Corps. She has been prominent in social, civic and political affairs in Philadelphia, serv- ing as chairman of the Republican Women of Philadelphia County. Bayonets Stop Communists. ‘WIENER-NEUSTADT, Austria, May darmerie resorted to the use of bayonets to disperse Communists demonstrations at Baden, Voeslau and other nearby communities last night. Since May 1 nearly 200 Communists bave been imprisoned, he #1 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING RDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933 FORTY-EIGHT PAGE JONALD TO B DEBTS AT PARLEY: BACKS TARRF PLAN Bares Conditional Approval for U. S. Trade Truce With “Safeguards.” U. S. OBSERVERS DOUBT THAT ACCORD IS NEAR Prime Minister Reveals Payments Will Not Be Discussed After Speech in Commons, By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 4.—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons today that war debts have been barred from the program of the World Economic Conference and that Britain is asking for special “safe- guards” in connection with the Amer- ican proposal for a tariff truce. The war debt issue was raised after the Prime Minister had reported to the House of his economic discussions in Washington with President Roosevelt. In the question period after the re- port had been made, the Prime Min- ister was asked whether the debts would be considered at the world parley, which opens June 12, he replied: “No.” An authorative American source as- serted that neither Britain nor Prance is in full accord with the American tariff truce proposal. Whatever happens, it was said in in- formed circles, there is no possibility of such a truce before the World Economic Conference convenes. Quick Action Falls. It was understood that Norman H. Davis, American Ambassador at large, was empowered to propose an immediate truce at last Saturday’s meeting of the Organizing Committee of the confer- ence, but in sounding out the opinion of delegates before the committee session he found the atmosphere unfavorable. Consequently the American drive in London has been centered on obtaining a truce during the period of the World Conference, and in the present situation it was said that the Washington Gov- ernment would have to overcome diffi- culties even to establish an effective iruce at that time. In addition to hearing Mr. MacDon- old's report, the House of Commons was asked by Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain to increase the ex- change equalization account from £150,- 000,000 to £350,000,000 ($585,000,000 to $1,365,000,000). Mr. Chamberlain emphatically denied that this increase was in ords that the fund might be used to depress the sterling rate and thus give British manufacturers an advantage over Amer- ican and other competitors. Covers Three Points. There were three main points in the prime minister's account of his jour- ney to Washington: 1. He revealed that his stipulation for ‘ safeguards” for Great Britain in effecting the tariff truce had been con- sidered “reasonable” by the United States. 2. He announced that the war debts er | man, clad in the uniform of a chauffeur. | | | | KIDNAPERS SOUGHT N INDIAN' VILLAGE Bay State Police Rushed to Mashpee in Search of Margaret McMath. By the Associated Press. HARWICHPORT, Mass, May 4.—| Daniel Needham, State commissioner of public safety, today issued hurried orders for 20 State troopers to go to| Mashpee, an Indian settiement, about | 20 miles distant, in the search for 10- | year-old Margaret McMath, who was kidnaped Tuesday. No intimation was given as to the| reason for the order, which was trans- | mitted to State police automobiles | cruising the remote reaches of Cape| Cod in the search for clews to the abductors of the little girl, who was| enticed from her school by a colored disappeared on some un- announced mission immediately after issuing the order, and it was not de- | termined whether he, personally, went to Mashpee to direct operations there. Home Still Unguarded. ‘Meanwhile the estate of Neil C. Mc- Math, father of the girl and member of a wealthy and socially prominent Detroit family, was vacant of all save members of the household, who offered open doors to any emissary the kid- napers might send to negotiate. McMath today still was eager to con- had been “frankly examined in all their vince the abductors that he would meet | aspects,” although no agreement was any demand within his power for reached. 3. He informed the House that on the problem of disarmament he and President Roosevelt achieved ‘“common | with views,” which already have had effect | frained from tapping telephone wires at the disarmament negotiations now ' or otherwise going forward at Geneva. e prime minister, looking vigorcus and healthy after his sea voyage from New York, was cheered by the members as he appeared in the House to render an account of his stewardship. Tariff Issues Paramount. The members craned their necks and sat cn the edges of their seats as, at the cutset of his report, he jumped into the question of the tariff truce, ‘With tariff issues paramount House, Mr. MacDonald made it clear that while President Roosevelt, Edouard Herriot of France and he had agreed cn plans for convening the Wcrld Eco- nomic Conference. the Washington | | in the ment, they also maintain some sort of | i talks had brought no definite agree-' ments in regard to policy, nor had there been any solutions of world prob- lems, he said, although the exchange of views was “mbst _encouraging.” i The prime minister announced that war debts had been “frankly examined in all their aspects,” but he said that no fuller statement was possible st the present time, as the problem “neces- sarily has not yet reached the stage of agreement.” The British position in regard to tariffs, he told the House, is different from that of nations which are already high tariff countries with policies of econcmic defense already fully worked out and in operation. Report Called Meager. ‘The opposition leader, George Lans- bury, head of the Labor party, charac- terized the prime minister's statement as “meager” and called upon him to take the Commons and the country into his confidence and to “give & fuil statement of the government’s policy generally as regards the World Economic Conference.” Mr, MacDonald agreed to_hold on Tuesday a full debate of the Washing- ton conversations and of the British policy at the world economic con- ference. e minister informed the House that Mr. Roosevelt, M. Herriot (Centinued on Page 3, Column 3.) FEDERAL JUDGE QUITS George ‘A. Carpenter of Chicago Sends Roosevelt Resignation. CHICAGO, May 4 (#).—United States District Judge George A. Carpenter re- was not allowed to depart. signed yesterday. Senior jurist of this district, tion to President Roosevelt, to become the Federal effective June 30. He will be 67 years jow thud, old next 3 Judge Carpenter was President Taft to [ 'CATHOLIC PARISHIONERS SEIZE CHURCH AND PREVENT FUNERAL | of he sent his resigna- mumbling their the | safe return of his daughter and that he would “deal honestly and squarely” | with them. State police co-operated | him to the extent that they re-| &:ovmm; for entrapment on or about McMath premises. ‘The town of Mashpee, where Need- ham diverted the search, is populated almost entirely by the remnants of Cape Cod’'s last red men, now inter- married with various other races. The settlement is well off the main thor- oughfares and few tourists see it with- out going out of their way. Although the natives of the town devote them- selves largely to agriculture and basket | weaving and maintain a town govern- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) D. C. SELECTIONS WAIT Farley to Make Kentucky Trip Before Commissioners Are Named. Postmaster General Farley, patronage dispenser for President Roosevelt, said after a_conference with the President today that the Commissioners will not be appointed for at least a week. Mr. Farley is leaving Washington to- day for the Kentucky Derby at Louis- ville and afterward will g> to Chicago and will not be back in Washington unlzll_ next Thursday. He said the com- Ips will not be disposed of until his return. |Weodin Fears Large Offering WHEN THINGS AREDULL! ASK THE e Hi ” !nn—r €S \\ o Plea Mrs. McMath Advises Kidnapers; Asks Girl to Be Good. By the Associated Press. HARWICH, Mass, May 4—A pathetic, appeal to the kidnapers of their daugh- ter Margaret was made today by Mr. and Mrs. Neil C. McMath. Supplementing suggestions as to the | child’s care, they asked their daughter to be “a good girl” and do just what| her captors told her. The appeal, which was in her moth- | er’s handwriting, follows: “If it is necessary to take the child| in an automobile, it would be wise to bhave a supply of chewing gum, as she becomes car sick. Margaret likes meat, is fond of milk, vegetables and fruit.| She does not like turnips or spinach. “Her mother and her father both ask her to be a good girl and do just what she is told to do.” FIRST BOND ISSUE 10 BF KEPT DOWN for Public Works Would Ruin Market. By the Assoclated Press. Strong indications were given today in administration circles that the initial bond issue for the projected public works program would be within cne bil- | lion dollars. It was said that the cabinet and Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget, have | ™2 been brought almost together on the | question of how much money shculd be sought at the outset. Secretary Perkins Yields. | Secretary of Labor Prances Perkins, | who has advocated a large figure to stimulate employment, was represented as perfectly willing to accept the judg- | ment of Secretary of the Treasury | Woodin and Mr. Douglas as to the| amount of bonds. The Treasury head has taken the position that an issue of three billion | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CHURCH LEADER DIES Right Rev. Dominic Reuter Was Former Head of Franciscans. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 4 (P —Right | Rev. Dominic Reuter, former general of | the Franciscan Order, died at Bt. Joseph's Hospital today after a _brief | iliness. He was stricken at the Fran- | ciscan College on Sunday night, Though blind, he celebrated mass daily and was in good health until his iliness on Sunday. Priest Also Held Captive When Philadelphia Archdiqcese Tries to Shift Clergymen. By the Associated Press. 'HILADELPHIA, May 4.—A priest was held captive and a funeral party refused admission to & Roman Catholic Church today as the parishioners seized the structure, determined that it should not be closed. Three, priests obeyed their superiors’ orders to leave last night, departing under a guard of 25 police, but one went back to get some belongings and hundred jammed the Fifteen church, hushed voices, head the church bell crack priests, even barring the funeral party which came today. Cheers rang out as the -pallbearers backed from the church gates and put the coffin on the sidewalk. Rev. Simpliciano Gatt, an assistant rector, called from an upper window of the rectory where he was held pris- oner, asking the crowd to permit the funeral to proceed. . The undertaker made a similar plea. FRANKLIN BANKS | OPENING PLANNED Proposal Is Near Completion for Submission to Depositors. Officials of the Franklin National Bank have practically completed a plan | for submission to the depositors which | be they hope will be accepted and bring | about the reopening of the bank at an early date it was learned today. The plan, of course, must also be accept- able to the Treasury Department and it is stated at the Treasury that sev- eral conferences have already been held and the details given consideration. According to the plan, the Franklin National's depositors will be asked to agree to walve not more than 33l3 g‘ cent of the deposits which they had the bank on March 14, 1933, the date on which the institution failed to receive a license to reopen. The balance will be made available for regular bank- ing transactions. the 331 per cent of deposits waived, all assets not accepted by_the reorganized bank will be trusteed. Par- ticipating certificates for the amount wajved will be issued to the depositors, these certificates to be paid off out of the realization of assets as fast as they become available. Stock Purchase Asked. ‘The depositors will also be asked to agree to purchase non-assessable pre- | ferred stock to be issued by the Prank- | lin Naticnal Bank in an amount equal to 6 per cent of each customer’s de- posits in the bank on March 14, the new stock to be issued in the name of | each individual holder. ’ After all the details of the plan have been approved by the Controller of the Currency, it is intended to reopen the nk as soon as the waivers have been to by 75 per cent of the depos- itors in the bank, public and fiduciary funds not entering into the contract. ‘To make the plan clearer, an example of a depositor who may have $1,000 in the bank may be taken. This de- positor is to be asked to waive $333.33, which will be used in covering such items as the Treasury may object to being carried in with the bank’s regu- lar assets, on account of their present depreciated values. e other $666.66 becomes available for 100 per cent use in fhe depositor’s checking account for the transaction of any kind of banking business, with the exception that $60 of this amount | would be used in the purchase of the new bank stock. The $60 is 6 per cent of the original amount on deposit, the intention being to make this stock non-assessable. How long a time the depositors will be given to decide on accepting the! Franklin National's offer has not been| decided. It is understood, however. that the stockholders of the bank have| agreed to do more than their full share | in making the new proposal operative. First to Draw Up Offer. The Franklin National is 1 of only| 4 of the 13 closed local banks to draw | up a definite offer for depositors to act upon in connection with reopening. The other 3 are the Potomac Savings Bank, the Northeast Savings Bank and Industrial Savings Bank. The main office of the Franklin is; at Tenth street and Pennsylvania ave-| nue, and bank had maintained a branch on Connecticut avenue for sev- eral years. From today's developments it is evident that the bank’s officials| are more anxious to reopen the insti- tution as a unit bank than to enter any le merger with other insti- tutions. John B. Cochran was president of the institution at the time that it was closed. conservator is Thomas P. Hickman. Total deposits on the! controller’s last call, December 31, 1932, were $4,026,258.25. ROOSEVELT TO OPEN WORLD’S FAIR MAY 27 Date Is Advanced to Allow Presi- dent to Visit Annapolis on June 1. President Roosevelt will go to Chicago | lonely country road near here at 7 a.m. {to the on May 27 to open formally the Cen- sleep | tury of Progress - Exposition, better P | known as the Chicago World's Fair, on which occasion he will deliver an ad- dress. necessary for the exposition representatives, however, to advance the scheduled opening date from June 1 The only evening paper in Washington with the Auc'heinud service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,026 UP) Means Associated Press. U. 5. SPEEDS AGTION 10 BREAK UP HUGE HOARDINGS OF GOLD Most Flagrant Violation Case to Be Acted on First by Woodin’s Aides. JUSTICE UNIT EXPERTS TO JOIN TREASURY MEN Government Plats Course Cautious- ly to Win Test Suit and Force Other Holdings to Cease. By the Associated Press. The Government intends to move swiftly and surely against hoarders of large sums of gold. Attorney General Cummings and Sec- retary Woodin have decided to act first against the most flagrant violator shown on the Treasury's records just as soon as the case can be prepared. Experts now at work in the Treas- ury are to be joined at once by trained Department of Justice men, who will g0 into the field also to prepare the first test case. Cummings and Woodin studied the situation yesterday and then drafted a definite plan of action to be taken under President Roosevelt's proclama- tion, which has been challenged by some, including Senator Borah of Idaho, as unconstitutional. Woodin is ex- pected to issue a statement soon. Correlate Mass of Figures. It was said that several weeks might elapse before Woodin's assistants could correlate the mass of figures that have come in during recent weeks from Fed- eral Reserve Banks showing large gold holders. The Justice Department ex- pects to move with the utmost care and be s‘t‘u of its case before taking it into court. A staff of experts has been at work for weeks at the Treasury studying the reports so far received, and they are to joined at once by trained Depart- ment of Justice men, who will be directed into the field, also, in prepar- ing the Government's first test case. It is accepted generally that this case will be carried to the Supreme Court. ‘The original proclamation issued by President Roosevelt is understood to have received the most thorough-going legal study before issuance of any order yet put out by the administration, and not only did Attorney General Cum- mings uphold its constitutionality but|pe opinions were sought from other recog- nized experts in constitutional aw. President’s Power Debated. Despite this there has been a_wide difference of opinion as to the Presi- dent's authority to act to the extent of limiting gold holdings to $100 by an_individual. In aiming at first at the major hoarders, it was said the administration was determined to prove its case at the beginning in such a manner as to force others who are still holding their gold to come forward. ‘The same source said the challenge of Charles S. Thomas, former Senator and Governor of Colorado. for the Gov- ernment to arrest him for having 120 in gold would be ignored. The well known Westerner and long time bimetallist wrote to the district attorney yesterday asking that he be placed in the penitentiary for not com- plying with the President’s order. “He will have to raise his ante, $20 is not much risk,” it. was said, indicat- ing the drive would be made against the larger hoarders. LAMONT OPPOSES 30-HOUR WEEK BILL Former Cabinet Member Says Measure Would Close Some Steel Mills. By the Associated Press. Robert P. Lamont, president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, told the House Labor Committee today that application of the proposed 30-hour- work week to the steel industry would TWO CENTS. ILLINOISAN LIKELY CHOCE T0 DIRECT FARM AID AGENCY {George Peek of Moline Is Believed Decided Upon for Administrator, PLANS FOR OPERATION PROCEEDING RAPIDLY 80 Amendments to Bill Are Being Studied by Senate and House Committee. By the Assoclated Press. George Peek of Moline, Ill, has virtually been decided upon as chief administrator of the sweeping farm | measure now near final passage by Congress. Peek, a farm equipment manufac- turer and long a student of agricultural problems, was one of those who par- ticipated in the White House confer- ence last night on the application of the bill designed to raise the price of farm commodities. As chief administrator, tremendous responsibility would devolve upon Peek | in executing the policies decided upon in an attempt to lift farm prices. _In addition, his position, if he is named, as now seems certain, will put upon him the burden of handling such details as the calling of commodity councils and other steps preliminary to application of the measure’s - sive discretions, e Plans Proceed Rapidly. Plans for putting the measure into operation were proceeding rapidly to- day while a committee of Senators and Representatives bent over a table in a conference room at the Capitol seeking to reconcile differences between the arm bills passed by the Senate and 1 HTh he ey hoped to reach an ‘eement by the end of the week, but L‘!ferte were more than 80 amendments in dispute. Doubt whether the bill can become a law before next week was expressed to- day by Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee. The Senate inflation amendment, accepted by the House by more than a 3 to 1 majority, was not in dispute but more than 80 amendments relating to the farm relief and farm mortgage lecnnmmot the measure remained to settled. “I think we shall be doing well it we can conclude the conference this week,” Jones said. action on the next week.” Jones said a majority of Senate amendments s character but rtant. po Wi strongly to the Norris-Simpson amend- ment designed to assure m‘e’“{’-mu— the cost '-o( production plus a reasonable = Sugar Difficulty Seem. other amendment exped to |cause dificulty was that which added ‘::g‘{)fll'p the cor'nénndmeu covered In . Also, cattle were stricke: by Tflfihensennle i e first steps to be taken after the | bill becomes law have yet to be decided. Differences of opinion on adminis- tration remain to be threshed out. The President apparently told those who will have the administration of the bill to agree among themselves before they presented spectfic plans for his ap- proval. Peek was a Republican until 1928, In that year he supported Alfred E. Smith and worked in the Middle Western farm belt. He also supported Presi- dent Roosevelt last year. A prime fac- tor in his break with the Republican party was the attitude of Presidents g&:or?d}g{; and ?fl?ov" toward the Mc- -Haugen , which Peek w: ld;ocsted. Wi or weeks the prospective appointee has been working with Setl‘elar;‘mwnl- lace and other Agriculture Department officials to get things in shape for quick a[g)g{lc;flon ofl the massive bill. Fresi- oosevelt is ready to sign soon as it reaches mm.y e Heads Executive Committee. Peek, who is 50 years old. was chair- man of the Executive Comimttee of 22 farm leaders which sought to unite farm organizations in support of a com- n;o: legislative program from 1924 to “in many cases lead to the closing of | 192! plants and consequent unemployment.” Lamont was Secretary of Commerce under President Hoover. “The iron and steel industry is anxious to co-operate with the Govern- ment in any sound plan to increase em- ployment and purchasing power,” he said, “and I believe in this emergency it can be effectively done by a Govern- ment board or council appointed by the President supported by a small group of industrial leaders—also appointed by the President—and working through in- dustry as now organized.” Further, Lamont asserted, the 30-hour bills proposed would not noticeably in- crease employment or buying power in the steel industry, but would in- crease costs and selling prices to an ex- tent that would dry up markets, en- courage imports of iron and steel and the use of substitute materials, L 0 R BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN DISCOVERED ON ROAD Farm Hand Finds Unidentified Brunette, Shot Five Times, Near Ann Arbor. By the Assoclated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 4.—Shot five times, the body of & young woman, an attractive, well dressed brunette, was found lying in the middle of a today by a farm hand en route to work. ‘The 'woman, about 25, had been shot three times in the head, once in the neck and once in the shoulder. The body, lying face up on the road, borc no signs of a struggle, and police said there was scant clue to the slayer. Philo Forshee, the farm hand who discovered® the body, said his employer, Mrs. Effiie Kingsley, reported hearing a. disturbance on the highway early n During the war he served on the War Industries Board and it is on experience gained during that period that Secre- tary Wallace believes he can draw heav- ily in handling the farm assignment. Peek has consistently advocated that markets abroad for America; n farm products have not been exhausted and that the Government should make s determined drive particularly in the | Orient for expansion of its ki &wheat. cotton, pork and been?.s i ARMS PARLEY PLANS FACTS COMMISSIONS Group in Each Capital to Estab- lish Aggression Data Pro- posed at Genevh. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 4—The creation in each world capital of a commission which shall be empowered to establish the facts in the event of aggression or threat of aggression in violation of peace treaties was agreed upon by the Security Committee of the General Disarmament Conference today. The proposed commissions will con- sist of diplomatic agents and military, naval and air attaches and will report League of Nations. SHOE WORKER WOUNDED Substitute in Strike Region Is Shot in Face. TYNGSBORO, Mass., May 4 (#).—An automobile carrying men described as substitute workers in sirike-affected Lowell shoe factories was fired upon from ambush today and George A. Forrence, 22, of Hudson, N. H, was ‘wounded. Forrence was struck in the face, head and one eye by small shot aj itly from a shotgun W] the mhlhd-t;unm&c of his eye was endangered, 3