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Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Cntered as second class matter 32,512, Foic"Gce, "Washington, D. C. No. DAVIS INSTRUCTED 10 STAY IN LONDON Geneva Trip Called Off in Move for British Tariff Declaration. M’DONALD MAKES REPOR ON CONVERSATIONS HERE Declares Roosevelt Agrees War Debt Fayments Must Be Settled Without Delay. TOKIO, May 6 () —The Japa- nese government decided today to agree to the American tariff truce proposal with reservations. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, May 6—Norman Davis, pectal Ambassador for President Roose- velt, received instructions today from Washington to remain in London and press the British government for ad- herence to an immediate tariff truce or at least for & declaration of the British position. Mr. Davis was preparing to depart for the Disarmament Conference at Geneva after a week's effort to per- suade Great Britain to accept the Amer- Scan proposal for a truce. Althcugh his presence was needed at Geneva, the American Government in- sisted the matter of the tariff truce e ironed out immediately if possible. It was understood that other nations pre prepared to follow Great Britain's fead and are awaiting for her decision. Cabinet Bloc Fights Platt. The difficulty is that the British government thus far has given no spe- cific reply regarding its attitude toward the truce, proposed for the duration of the World Economic Conference, ex- cepting that it cannot agree unless Great Britain's tariff position is pro- tected by safeguards. A powerful conservation bloc in the cabinet is said to be strongly opposed to the proposed armistice. Mr. Davis now has been assigned the difficult task of pushing matters until he discovers just what Great Britain roposes to do. D::m:u reliably reported that the United States is willing to go far in meeting any objections. Mr. Davis had his bags packed for his departure when he received the new instructions. He probably will remain here several days longer. If the Dis- armament Conference situation becomes critical, he may make a flying visit to M Guard cutter. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WOODS HOLE, Mass,, May 6.—Gen. Daniel C. Needham, head of the Mas- sachusetts State police, early today made public 10-year-old Margaret Mc- Math'’s own story of her kidnaping. ‘The child told a tale of being held in the cellar of a house by a man who told her she must “never look at his face.” His hands, she said, were white. the automobile, she said, when she was carried off. Her hands were bound to her sides and she was blindfolded. ‘J was & shack near a cran- bog,” Margaret told Gen. Need- “They carried me under the shack in a space set aside for tools and gave me & mattress to lie on. A man ordered me to keep quiet, and he visited me She was tossed in the back seat of | ARGARET McMATH, 10, who was released after being held three days by kidnapers, is shown with her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Neil C. McMath, after she was taken to Woods Hole, Mass., aboard a Coast |touselled and his face drawn and pale. —A. P. Photo. Peggy McMath’s Story Child Tells How Kidnaper Would Not Let Her See His Face and Visited Her in Shack Only at Night. only at night. He always used a flash- light when he came, and I could see that his hands were white.” Called From School Room. Needham sald Peggy told him that she went to school as usual on the day of the kidnaping. At about 10 minutes of 2 some one knocked on the door, the teacher answered it, came back and said: ‘Peggy, you're excused now. You may go home.” v As she left the class was singing “Rain.” Taking her wraps and lunch box, she went out and saw a sedan with a colored chauffeur waiting. She had never seen either before. It wasn't far from the door to the car, and she didn't notice the number plates. ‘The chauffeur said to her: “I'm going to take you home, because there are friends there that want to see you.” (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Geneva, returning to London to resume the slege of Whitehall. Mr. Davis had no formal conferences booked for today, but was proceeding to push matters by private conversations. MacDonald Reports on Talks, President Roosevelt and Premier Mac- PDonald are agreed that the matter of War debt payments must be settled without delay. The British premier told his coun- trymen last night that President Roose- | welt took the view settlement of the debts question was essential to the suc- cess of the World Economic Conference, opening here next month. In his conversations at Washington, MacDonald said, war debts were dis- gussed with “candid frankness.” “If the Intermt1onxals“lct(:_’nXexl"lem:se.l ;s achieve any fine re: ,” He , “that questlony(ol war debts) must be ; By the Associated Press. gettled one way or another as quickly | LONDON, May 6.—Heavy selling in Bs possible—certainly before the con-|pParis by speculators who were gambling ference ends. Upon that We are in o, amer A R e forced the dollar today to the new low Runciman Pushes Pacts. value of $4.05% to the pound at noon 1t was reported Sir Robert Van 8it- |4oday on the London Exchange market. == D omed” oagls That the| The dollar was carried: yesterdsy at British government is unable to agree one time to $4.01 to the pound, its pre- o any immediate tariff truce without | yious lowest value since Great Britain safeguards for Great Britaln's 8riff |oyorqoned the gold standard in Sep- PO Manchester Guardian attacked | tember, 1931, and closed at $3.97%. It the government for p\glsutng D;m‘; closed Thursday at $3.91%. tradictory policy” by sending Mac! to Washington as “an evangelist of co- Moratorium Report Spreads. operation,” while Walter Runciman.| While speculative selling was the rreslde;nt‘ of l;hn; Boarm( 'l‘rb?d;e‘, gy | main factor in pulling down the dollar, Toalned o Rt there was another startling develop- trade treaties “with one country after pnother and warning others they must ment which had its effect. A press re- gome to heel quickly or be penalized.” |port from Washington that there would —_— | probably be a moratorium on war debts 3 {quarters in the city into the belief a STATION INVESTIGATED ! moratorium actually had been offictally decided upon. This belief ened the pound against both the dollar and Prisoner Held on Drinking Charge Lapsed Into Unconsciousness the French franc. After Return to Cell. Drive Blamed on Ring. Paris_continued to be the center of Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- | Ponald today began an investigatyon HEAVY PARIS SALES SEND DOLLAR DOWN Speculators Gambling on In- flation Possibilities Force Drop to New Low. ARRESTED N PLOT TONDMPD.E GRL Colored Man Trapped in De- mand for $5,000 From Collier Family. Caught in a handwriting trap set by agents of the United States Bureau of Investigation, Leon U. Mason, col- ored, 21, of 1731 S street, was under arrest today on charges of threat-| ening to kidndp the 2%-year-old granddaughter of Maj. and Mrs. L. E. Collier, proprietors of Collier's Inn, 1807 Columbia road. Mason, who was held for the grand Jury under $5,000 bond by United States Commissioner Turnage today, is alleged to have made a complete confession to Federal agents. After Federal handwriting experts had identified handwriting of Mason as identical wita that in a note received April 22 by Mrs. Collier, demanding $5,000 on threat of kidnaping the baby, Masop is said to have admitted he wrote the note for “spite work.” First Case Under Act. ‘The Department of Justice said this was the first charge brought in the District of Columbia under the ex- tortion clause of the so-called Lind- bergh act of Congress. ‘The anonymous letter received by Mrs. Collier was written in ink on half a sheet of tablet paper and mailed in the onslaught on Uncle Sam’s currency. into the case of John G. Williams, 40, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) A powerful ring of exchange specu- lators has had its headquarters in Paris | prisoner at second precinct police sta- | tion, who died late yesterday after a (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) fall. Willlams had been arrested on a drunk charge and police are seeking his home address. i ‘Williams fell and struck his head on the floor while standing in front of the rail in the station. Subsequently, he was placed in a cell where he later lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead when taken to Freed- men’s Hospital. | He was arrested by Policeman C. H. tello, who said Willlams seemed un- urt after falling. & By the Associated Press. ROME, May 6.—The Italian corpora- DOUBLE BILL TOMORROW tions which floated dollar loans in New Griffmen and Tigers to Play Off|york totaling $235,800,000 have unani- DETROIT, May 6 ().—The Wash-|interest in depreciated dollars. ington Nationals and Detroit Tigers| This agreement became known only will play a double-header here tomor- | today, but it was made 10 days ago Fow. making up & game postponed Ves- | and vhus before the United States Gov- gerday because of rain and cold weather. | emment announcement of lbmg::iz: The first game will begin at 1:45 | of the gold clause in Government k pm,, Eastern standard time. When the agreement Was revealed b RS was first thought to bemn ‘remnm Frengh (Protest Reich Ben. lWfiu‘c’"fid tact, fhat 1t was PARIS, 6 (P)—The French concluded 10 days ago disclosed that :Ambsuduru:{ Berlin has been in-|it was made to take advantage of the structed to protest against prohibition | dollar situation. of the sale of certain French newspa- three pers in Germany. If the ban is main- L tzined France will consider wom Wfl average approximately $16,- C:rman newspapers being ,000. - Poancs, Bince jhe srerage quastesly Italian governmen! it | cipal dollar bonds ITALY WILL PAY DOLLAR LOANS IN DEPRECIATED U. S. CURRENCY Gold Clause to Be Abrogated in Meeting Interest on Bonds Sold in America. . . $4,000,000, the Italian , would save over a half mil- quarter. The average rate of interest is 7 per cent. ‘The ironic fact, however, is that Italian citizens are the chief sufferers from this decision, since a large pro- lon—in some cases a majority—of S st dnd 15 Bt Eova 2 lent, an own ot "erin will e taken decision In that matter t bonds and mtni- | run. WITH SUNDAY MORNI D. C, OFFICER PREDICTS 'SOMETHING BIG" IN KIDNAP CASE TODAY McMath, Lee and Two Oth- ers Taken to Homes After All-Night Quiz. LOCATION OF ABDUCTORS’ SHACK IS STILL SOUGHT Needham to Make Secret “Expedi- tion” Today to Continue Inquiry. HARWICHPORT, Mass., May 6— () —Kenneth and Cyril Buck, brothers, the latter one of those on the boat Bob when kidnaped Mar- garet McMath was recovered by po- lice yesterday, were arrested here to- day by State police. By the Associated Press. ‘WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 6.—Nelil C. McMath, whose 10-year-old daugh- ter Margaret was restored to him by kidnapers yesterday, and William Lee, his business assoclate, were taken to Harwich at 11 o'clock this morning after a night of virtually uninterrupted questioning. Lee. who had been representing the McMath family in the search for the child, appeared in a highly nervous condition. His eyes were red, his hai ‘The men were taken in the automo- bile of Daniel Needham, State commis- sioner of public safety, who, with Dis- trict Attorney William C. Crossley, had conducted the questioning since 6 o'clock last night. Harold Sawyer and Cyril Buck, Harwich residents, who also were questioned during the night, were in the automobile. Predicts “Something Big.” ‘The commissioner and the district attorney questioned the men in an effort to determine what they might know of the identity of the kidnapers who enticed Margaret from in front of her school house Tuesday and restored her to her parents yesterday upon pay- ment of approximately $60,000. They also sought to determine the exact location of the remote shack in which she had been held captive and the source of the ransom money that had been paid. A prediction that “something big” | may develop soon was made by Need- ham, Massachusetts commissioner of public safety, upon his arrival at Har- wichport. “Maybe something big will break this afternoon or tonight,” Needham said. ‘With good luck we’ll have it not later than tonight. With less luck it may be_a little later.” He madethis prediction after having left McMath and Lee at their homes. Examined Al Night. “We have been examining these men all night,” Needham said. “I don’t know who is the groggiest, they or the officers. We have taken them to their homes on their word that they would remain there available for questioning.” Asked whether he had obtained any information that would enable him to track down the kidnapers, Needham replied: “I'd rather not answer that.” ‘The commissioner said that later he would leave on an “‘expedition,” and he asked that no attempt be made to fol- low. He said he hoped to be back and lable to make a statement by 4 p.m. First intimation of the source of the ransom . money came today in a state- ment from Ralph Snow, head of the Cape Cod Five-Cent Savings Bank, who negotiated the transfer of the funds to Harwich and who said the money was_transferred from Detroit. The McMaths, formerly resided in father is Francis C. McMath, wealthy and socially promi- nent engineer, banker and industrialist. His father-in-law is Willlam R. Kales, structural steel —manufacturer, also wealthy and socially prominent. Snow revealed the source of the ran- som money in a statement in which e sought to make clear his connec- tion with the negotiations for the re- turn of the child. “I want to make it clear that my only connection with this case was in the transfer of money from Detroit to Har- wich through a Boston banking connec- tion,” he sald. Only $60,000 Paid. It was learned from an authoritative source today that the total sum pald in ransom was approximately $60,000. Last night the amount had been esti- mated at between $70,000 and $80,000. Trent McMath of Detroit, a relative of the girl's father, said today that NN SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES., Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,086 UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. 7 [KTTENPT T0 PAINT SCHACHT INDORSES TRUCE ON TARIFFS Reich Spokesman Sees Pro- ‘ posal as Means to Help Ger- many Pay Her Debts. By the Associated Press. ‘The Hitler spokesman, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, entered the White House in- ternational conversations today with an the United States proposal for a world tariff truce. ‘This support for American efforts was coupled with a frank declaration to newspaper men that “there can’t be peace in Europe without post-war treaty revision.” Dr. Schacht, who arrived here yes- terday to join other distinguished for- stal who have discussed with President Roosevelt means for restoring YU g up e qutions would n up pol ques| unless asked to do so. Wants to Pay Debts. “Germany is anxious to join in an international movement to lower tariffs s0_that she may pay her debts,” Dr. Schacht said. “My government wants to pay its debts. Germany’s two great problems are how to live and how to pay its debts.” Guido Jung, the Italian finance min- ister, who -had planned to leave Wash- ington this morning, found his discus- sions of economic problems with Amer- ican officials so profitable that he post- poned his departure until late tonight so he may continue his talks with American experts. He discussed disar- mament with Mr. Roosevelt yesterday afternoon. The conversations with Dr. Tomas A. Le Breton, spokesman for Argentina, are also drawing to a close. T. V. Soong, China’s chief representative, will meet the President Monday at & White House luncheon and Alberto J. Pani, Mexican minister of finance, is ex- pected in Washington Wednesday. Soong and his party of experts were HM“H. d today by Secretary of State Declines to Talk. China’s youthful, American-educated Minister of Pinance declined to discuss either his economic on or the Manchukuo situation. “I am here at the request of the President and do not care to make any statements in advance of my discus- ;i‘md.;uhsm wh‘idch will begin on onday,” said. ‘The members of the party accom- the Chinese Minister of Finance were W. P. Wei, counselor; Tsu Yea Pel, manager of the Bank of China; Dr. Arthur Young, Y. C. Ching, coun- selor to the Minister of Finance; S. D. Wang and Z. S. Tsai, secretaries. The wife of Tsu Yea Pel accompanied the ‘German Rates Now Low. Margaret had spent a restless night and e that she had a slight temperature, al- h it was not sufficient to require the services of & ph“uph::fid AA ent of of Boston; Snow and Sergt. Delaney of ‘the State police were also called in for the ques- tioning. All remained aboard the ship through the night. Pirst news of Margaret’s safe return after being held captive three days | came 1ate yesterday as suddenly as her ]dluppnnnce had taken place Tues- day afternoon. A Coast Guard” boat crept slowly by a wharf in Wychmere Harbor, a short distance from the girl's Har- wichport home, as the craft turned seaward to make the run to the Woods Hole ucrnwfiulrd Base, Gen. N:‘dh:‘:l shou newspaper men wharf: “The child is aboard and so is her father.” At the Woods Hole base Mrs. Mc- Math greeted her daughter for a second SLOW DERBY TRACK, BUT NO RAIN, SEEN By the Asyoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 6—Partly cloudy, with ' strong breesé was the Um%hdf:s weather men’s forecast for y. ‘The bureau said rain was unlikely. However, last night’s showers left the track heavy, and lack of sun today may make it slow when the Derby is ‘Warren, jr., from the Calumet Farms stable, and Col. E. R. Bradley's mdmmm'mkh‘:& leaving 19 entries for the 3- classic with several others to be declared out before post time late today. Sarada developed a light cough and fever. that it appear cer- tain F. A. Griffith of Rochester, N. Y., the colt’s owner, would have to scratch emphatically he favors no moratorium on private debts in Germany, but urged that Germany be put into such a posi- tion by international agreement that it | The will be le to re-enter world mar- kets and meet its obligations. Dr. Schacht offered little hope for Dr. Schacht lost no time in asserting that the present world crisis is not based on economics, but on moral factors. This was construed as a forewarning of Ger- ’s insistence upon removal of the expression of unqualified approval of | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—The “slight but definite upturn” which President Roose- | velt told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States had been witnessed in mostyindustries during the past few weeks apparently has already been re- | flected in the unemployment relief sit- uation in many parts of the country. A survey of rellef agencies shows & slight but far-flung trend toward a slackening in relief needs, which had i.;::ldfly increased throughout the Win- Officials generally were hesitant to | raise false hopes through too optimistic | a viewpoint concerning such improve- | | JOBLESS RELIEF DEMANDS DROP, SURVEY OF LARGE CITIES SHOWS Reports Bear Out Roosevelt Statement of “Slight but Definite Upturn” Most Industries. imn ment as there is, several of them point- ing out that there is customarily a seasonal increase in employment in the Spring and attributing present gains, at least in part, to this fact. Reports From Cities. Reports from various cities follow: San_Francisco—A “considerable de- crease” in applications for relief. Detroit—A “definite decrease” in ap- plications in the past few days for the first time since last Summer. Indianapolis—Relief expenditures " in Marion County (Indianapolis) decreased 15 per cent in April. Pittsburgh—Increase in relief applica- tions checked for first time in several years. Week of April 17 there were (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CONGRESS ENJOYS REST AFTER RUSH House Plans Vote Monday| on Farm Guarantee. Relief Speeded. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate and House took a holiday | today after a week of swift action in | advancing President Roosevelt's domes- tic recovery program. Without even a record vote. the House yesterday approved and sent to the Senate a bill embodying the President’s recommendations for protecting the buying public from fraudulent issues of stock securities. There was little oppo- sition and Senate approval is virtually certain. The terms of the measure require issyers of new securities to file with the Federal Trade Commission complete information about their financial and personal set-up. Provision is made for prosecution of violators and of promot- ers of fraudulent issues. On Monday the House will vote on whether to accept the Norris-Simpson cost of production guaranty plan which was inserted in the Roosevelt farm bill by the Senate, or insist that it be eliminated, as asked by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. Disagreement over this is all that is keeping the farm bill from going to the White House. All other provisions have been agreed upon. Glass Prepares Bill. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, was preparing today to seek early Senate action on his legislation for re- yesterday on the $500,000,000 relief bill, final congressional action next making week a certainty. Passage of the securities bill by the d | are seeking ;| dent AERONAUTIC GROUP!< HITS RACE EVENTS Derby Association, However, Refuses to Change Plans for Meet Tomorrow. A last-minute truce between the National Aeronautic Association and the Washington Air Derby Associa- tion which will eliminate allegedly dangerous features of two of the races scheduled for the Langley day air meet at College Park tomorrow and enable the meet to obtain of- ficial N. A. A. sanction, was reached at a hurriedly called conference early this afternoon. The feud between the National Aero- nautic Association and the Washington Air Derby Association over the Langley day air meet scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at College Park Airport flared up afresh today when the aeronautic body branded as “unne dan- gerous and contrary to the best in- terests of aviation,” two of the 12 fly- ing events on the air meet program. The National Aeronautic Association announced last night it would sanction tomorrow’s meet only on condition that these two events—a “slow race” and a race for low-powered airplanes—-be eliminated from the program. Won’t Change Program. The Derby Committee, however, an- nounced it would not change its pro- gram at the last moment and if any fere"with he program, they would be lere e program, 'y would put off the fleld. Referring to the N. A. A. officials who to have the program changed as “swivel-chair, broomstick pilots,” Chester H. Warrington, presi- of the Washington Air Derby Association and chairman of the contest committee for the air meet, denied that the races were dangerous and that “no other course could be taken but to hold the program as planned.” “I have had no co-operation from the National Aeronautic Association and agreed | nave had nothing but destructive criti- " Wi said. cism and mq the National Aeronautic Association, sport_aviation governing body (Continved on Page 2, Column 8.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) JIM REED OFFERS THOMAS IN to Find Whether We TO DEFEND GOLD TEST CASE Former Missouri Senator Tells Colorado Man “It’s Time Have Constitution.” States District Attorney Ralph Carr Denver he had Suid—420 more (haq an Indivibual may rehln‘ under President Roosevelt's re- Thomas last week notified United at the thought the Government %fi&omflludflm added. 3 < 2, “I _have and am B.EF.RED'ISLAID 10 ADMINISTRATION Foulkrod - Claims Approval Paves Way to Discredit All Groups. B. E. F., INC., HELD ALOOF FROM SECOND MARCH Camp Being Selected for 8,700 Ex- pected for Week Starting Next Saturday. Charges that the Roosevelt adminis- tration is trying to “paint the bonus march red” by approving a march spon- sored by the Communist elements in last Summer’s veterans' invasion were made by Harold Foulkrod today, speak- ing as senior national vice commander of the B. E. F., Inc. Foulkrod said that at an executive meeling of the B. E. F. last night it was decided that that organization would have nothing whatsoever to do with the Veterans’ National Liaison Committee, of which Emanuel Levin of the Workers’ Ex-servicemen'’s League is a member. Levin's committee yester- day made arrangements at the White House by which a march of 8,700 vet- erans to Washington, May 13 to 18, will be_approved. Foulkrod zaid that the purpose be- hind this was to alienate sympathy from the cause of cash gaymmt of the bonus by holding up the Commu- nists to public gaze as the ones in- terested in its payment. Denies Membership. He denied that any of the of the Liaison Committee are members in good standing of the B. E. F., Inc., or the Khaki Shirts of America. He said that Albert G. Sellers, who signed as representing the B. E. F. Rank and File of America, Inc.,, has no connec- tion with the B. E. F. When it was pointed out to Foulkrod that Sellers was carried on the letterhead of the B. E. F. stationery as national treasurer, Foulkrod said he had repudiated that office and that the office now was va- cant. He said that the present officers of the B. E. F, Inc,, are: John Kennedy, national commander., , senior national vice com- mander and legislative representative. Michael Thomas of Camden, N. chief of staff. John Newlin of Pittsburgh, national adjutant. . He exhibited a copy of “B. E. F. General Orders No. 1,” dated April 29, 1933, calling for a general march on n. members ‘ashington. This says, in part: “The armistice ends May 9, 1933. If an agreement is not reached at that time, the géneral S m M SR P e order ew] and Foulkrod. n He sald that he expected the march would be under way May 9 and that at least 75,000 ex-service men would ap- in Wi n to demand cash payment of the bonus. He said, how- ever, that the B. E. F. was willing t¢ compromise and was prepared to call the march off if it could be assured of cash payment at least to those veterans out of work. Expects More After June. He also said that if these demands ‘were not met considerably more than 75,000 ex-service men would descend on Washington after June 30, when payments of compensation to ex-service men will be reduced under the terms of President Roosevelt’s executive or- T “Why,” he exclaimed, “there are hundreds of us in town now. We had a mass meeting last night at Third and Maine avenue southwest, and I was surprised to see that there were men there from all over the country, from Portland to Portland.” He said that many of the members of the B. E. F. were being forced to stay out of town by the police, but that in Baltimore they received better treatment and that there is a large contingent of B. E. F. members in that city ready to march here on a moment’s notice. He sald there was another large contingent in Philadelphia and others in other cities. Emanuel Levin, one of the members of the Veterans’ National Liaison Com- mitte, which made the arrangements at the White House yesterday, de- clined to comment on any phase of the situation today.. The committee has headgquarters in a suite of offices at the Maryland Building, 1410 H street. There workers are busy preparing the text of speeches over the Columbia Broad- casting System on a national hook-up at 10:30 o'clock tonight to veterans rep- resented by the committee, giving them instructions for the march to Washing- ton May 13. Mr. Levin said that the. Executive Committee had decided that no state- ment would be made as to any phase of its work until after the broadcast to- night. Asked if this decision was made on the reqyest of the White House, he said it was not. May Revisit White House. Foulkrod said that he had not de- cided whether to go back to the White ‘House in another effort to secure presi- dential approval of cash payment of the bonus, but he rather thought he would. He said the two-weeks’ truce which he had arranged with Col. Howe, secretary to President Roosevelt, would expire next Thursday. He said that there would be another mass meeting of the B. E. P. at Third street and Maine avenue southwest to- night, followed by an Executive Com- mittee meeting and that a degision might be reached at that time. A camp site on Federal property, outside the District now is being selected by the War Department, where 8700 veterans will remain fo a week next Saturday. The Government will house the army and supply the cooking utensils for & ‘week. The Poueufiemme;: is M‘::llt ready to W] e problems - dent to meggej march. The Veterans’ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)