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A—2 xx U. . STATE POLIGE RATED AS SOLDIERS Geneva Committee Gives Them Military Value of 1,000 Men. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 6.—Despite the pro- test of Col. George Strong, American delegate, the Army Committee of the general Disarmament Conference voted today that the State police forces in the United States should be given & military value of 1,000 soldiers in com- puting the strength of the American Army. ‘The vote was 7 to 6. The delegates of France and the little entente — Czechoslovakia, Yugo- slavia and Rumania—were among those who voted affirmatively. They held that poscessicn of machine guns justified the decision to give them a perceniagel of mulitary character. 'S estimated the American State It olice total 80,000. B Peru will be asked to explain why she is sending a fleet through the Panama Canal and whether this action has a belligerent purpose against Colom- bia, the League of Nations Advisory Committee dealing with the Leticia dis- pute decided today. The rights of belligerents or alleged belligerents both inside and outside the Panama Canal Zone dominated the dis- cussions of the committee and gave the controversy a pronounced pan-Amer- ican aspect. According to the French member of the committee, the Peruvian squadron asked and was refused the right of revictualling in the Canal Zone. The American member, Hugh Wilson, said he had received no information of the affair. Expected to Ascend Amazon. JUNE ELLE! Granddaughter of Maj. and Mrs. L. E. unless they paid the writer of a note G_STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933. Scenes Preceding RgtuI;n of Kidnaped Child mNGRESSENflflYS N COLLIER, Collier, whose kidnaping was threatened $5,000. Leon Mason, colored waiter, is under arrest in the case and is said to have confessed. According to unconfirmed informa- tion from gv:ther sources, the Peruvian fleet intends to ascend the Amazon and Te-enforce the Peruvian land forces in the Leticia area. The Advisory Committee, which was presided over by Sean Lester, Irish Free State delegate, discussed the duties of countries members of the League in case it should be found that the Peruvian fleet was bent on a belligerent mission. Some delegates expressed the belief that League members should refuse the Tight of reprovisioning at all ports of call. These delegates remarked that re- victualing privileges should be refused because Peru has been called upon to evacuate Leticia by the League Council, which urged all members of the League to refrain from any act likely to preju- dice the execution of the Council’s rec- ommendation. Duties Discussed. ‘The duties of League members under the covenant itself were also discussed, several delegates pointing out that Peru | has virtually been hailed as the ag-| gressor nation by the Council. | The Peruvian fleet issue raises the interpretation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty concerning the rights of belliger- ents in the Panama Canal. The question of privileges requested pcpgemy. The jury also was told the | for Colombian seaplanes was over- shadowed by the problem of the Pe- ruvian squadron, y The Advisory Committee adjourned until Monday. AERONAUTIC GROUP HITS RACE EVENTS SET FOR TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) United States, on February 14 for a sanction to hold the College Park meet. “No final action on my request for sanction was taken until late yester- day,” Warrington said. “I then re- ceived a telephone communication from | a young woman clerk employed by the National Aeronautic Association that | the secretary, William Enyart was sick and informing me the association had decided that two of the events were not approved. I refused to accept such a telephone communication and have had no official word from the N. A. A. up to this time. “I bitter)y resent the treatment ac- corded by the National Acronautic Association. Our program has been public knowledge for weeks and it is gross injustice for them to attempt to dictate policies at the eleventh hour. “Our whole program is safe and our rules have been examined and ap- proved by officials of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Com- merce, several of whom are serving as race officials tomorrow. I for one con- sider that the safety of the air is vested in the Department of Commerce and I am willing to abide by the de- cision of its officials. . If the N. A. A. does not choose to sanction our air meet, the meet will go on without saction, as it has been planned.” 35 Pilots Are Entered. ‘Thirty-five pilots from the Capital and nearby States have been entered for the meet, which is to begin at noor. Thick weather this morning was hold- ing up the arrival of out-of-town con- testants, but with clearing skies fore- cast for this afternoon and clear weath- er for tomorrow, all contestants are expected to be able to fly here in time for the events. The “slow” race to which objection was made by the National Aeronautic Association, is scheduled as the sixth event on tomorrow's progrem and is one of the novel features of the meet. Rules for the race, which will be issued to competing pilots, are as follows: “1. Maximum altitude ailowable 1,000 feet (ship checking this will be fiy- ing the course at this altitude, con- testant exceeding 1,000 feet will bei disqualified). e Contestant at all times must maintain a straight course to the pylon and returning to the finish line. Landing must be made on a line at right angles to the finish line. “4 Maximum elapsed time shall de- termine the winner of this event.” Allowed to Kill Time. Contestants may climb and glide from ground level to 1,000 feet and back Tepeatedly in order to kill time, so long as they remain on the course, it was explained. The other race to which objection was voiced is a 20-mile race for planes powered with OX-5 engines. For the sake of safety in this and other races, Warrington explained, it was decided that ng “race horse starts” would be employed but that planes would be flagged over the starting line at 20- =econd intervals so as to avoid %ny pos- sible interference with each other. ‘The Langley day meet was planned for the promotion of sportipg competi- tion among private airplane owners and in no respect will be a “professional” meet, it was stated. It is being held under the spcnsorship of the Washing- ton Air Derby Association and the Greater National Capital Committee and is backed by some of the city's leading business, civic and aviation leaders. | TWO0 MARCHERS JAILED Two men who said they came here with the vanguard of the bonus army were arraigned in Police Court today on a charge of assaulting William J. Bailey near Four-and-a-Half street and Missouri avenue yesterday. Cornell Webster Means, 36, colored, was sentenced to 365 days’ by Judge Gus A. Schuldt when he pleaded guilty 1o the charge. Yancey Plerce, 39, was remanded to jail to await sentence after he had first demanded a jury trial and later changed . his plea to e SCHALL'S SON GETS $60.000 VERDICT Jury Awards Damages Against Standard 0il in Auto Accident. A verdict of $60,000, with interest, was returned lgst night in fav Douglas Schall, son of the Senator frcm Minnesota, by a District Supreme Court jury, which had been told that Schall was crippled for life by injuries re- ceived when his automobile was struck | by a truck of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey in September, 1930. The accident occurred near- East River- dale, Md. Senator Schall, who is blind, was present throughout the entire trial. The testimony showed Schall suf- fered injuries which forced him to withdraw from the United States Naval young man lost the use of his left arm inlmcst entirely and his right leg is 'permanently shorter than the left. | Mrs. Alice Ponce, who was with Schall at the time of the accidert, also | suffered serious injuries, and has a suit | pending against the oil company. Trial of the case, which was con- ducted by Justice Joseph W. CoX, occu- pied 10 days. During the proceedings, the jurors were permitted to examine witnesses and were taken to the scene of the accident so they might view the surrcundings first hand. Schall had filed suit for $90,000, and it is estimated the damages awarded him, with inter- est, will aggregate approximately $80,000. The case was given to the jury at 3 o'clock yesterday and the verdict brought in at 11:30 p.m. | Schall was represented by Attorneys Alvin Newmyer and Tom Davis, a friend of Senator Schall. JOBLESS RELIEF DEMANDS DROP, SURVEY REVEALS (Continued From First Page.) only 797 new appeals for relief, as against 2,343 week of March 13. Cleveland—Smallest increase in April of new applications since last November. New York—Slight decrease in appli- cations. Columbia, S. C.—A “considerable de- cline” recently in direct relief cases in city. Throughout State applications in- creased in large cities, but decreased in towns and rural districts, average de- crease of about 20 per cent. Atlanta—Every branch of relief work has felt some easing of pressure. April figures not yet available, but relief offi- cials expect decrease of applications to be “‘material.” Dallas—Slight decrease of applica- tions for first time in months. Tulsa—Some easing of situation in Oklahoma. Los Angeles—Increase of applications first two weeks of April, but decrease last two weeks, 3 iln new applications has slowed. i Boston Has Large List. Boston—Largest relief roll on record in April, but total April 30 was 200 fewer than peakc “Philadelphia—Steady increase through | Winter until April 1. Little change |since then, indicating demand has | “leveled off.” Charlotte—Decrease of 300 familles {on the relief rolls in April. Richmond, Va.—Slight pickup in | seasonal employment, but slight relef | decrease, if any. New Haven.—No appreciable change in relief situation yet, but some think cnlr‘:’dmons will be eased when beer is sold. Louisville—Very slight decrease. Portland, Me—No change from all Winter. St. Louis.—Number receiving relief increased about 1 per cent in April. Figures Stable. Cincinnati—Relief figures in city and county have been stable several months, Raleigh, N. C.—Improvement re- ported for all of North Carolina. Total daily requirements for March under those of February. Sioux Falls, S. D.—General de- crease in requests for emergency ald reported over the State, decrease in some instances being as much as 20 a_eir t;:ent. Most decrease in rural dis- cts. s WINS ENGINEERING PRIZE Chicago Student Submits Best De- sign for Highway Bridge. NEW YORK, May 6 (#).—George D. Recher, a student at the Atelier Adams- Nelson, Chicago, won first prize in the 1933 annual bridge design competition held by the American Institute of Steel Construction, the institute announced today. ‘W. A. Smith of the University of Al- berta, Canada, won second prize. First honorable mention went to W. M. Horo- witz of the University of Illinois, second honorable mention to Robert G. Ja- helka of Columbia University, and third honorable mention to Leonard E. Pa- ::‘ul‘?:o of the New York Architectural m;l;:lembl’g:m muflnxm dfifin e , CT a dee] e with precipitous rock walls, P Springfleld, Mass.—Rate of increase | SUSPECT ARRESTED IN PLOT TO KIDNAP WASHINGTON CHILD (Continued From First Page.) an envelope addressed to: “Mrs. | Collier, 1807 Columbia road.” ‘The letter read as follows: “Listen now—don't try any rough stuff by getting the cops or anything just do as I say. We nead $5,000 bucks and we'll get it or your little grandchild, see. Put the money in 5 & 10 bills in the corner of the alley in newspaper. Put the money there at 12 o'clock | April 27. If the police get hold of this B. | it'll be just too bad. Do you get this? Just do as we ask and everything will be all right. Remember we need the money and we must get it, see.” Hoover Assigns Experts, | Mrs. Collier turned the letter over |to J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Bureau of Investigation, who immediately assigned experts from his-organization to the case. The Col- lier home, around the corner from the inn, at 1807 Biltmore street, was placed | under guard and the little girl, June Ellen, pretty curly-haired daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Collier, son and daughter-in-law of Maj. and Mrs. Col- lier, was carefully protected indoors. In accordance with careful plans worked out under direction of John M. Keith, agent in charge of the Wash- ington field office of the bureau and an expert at investigating kidnaping and extortion cases, a money package was placed in a bend of an alley in the rear of the Collier Inn just before noon, April 27. A special truck, equipped with trans- | parent mirrors, was prepared and | parked in the alley near the spot desig- | nated and from the interior of this |truck Keith and another Federal officer, heavily armed, awaited the appearance of the extortionist. Coal Heaver Spoils Plan. The first trap failed, however, be- cause 2 coal truck arrived on the scene and dumped two tons of coal near the | spot where the decoy package, con- taining a note asking for better in- structions, Had been left. A colored coal heaver spied the package, picked it up and was arrested, but his inno- cence soon Wwas established. | ““Because the note did not make it clear whether 12 o'clock meant noon | or midnight, the decoy package again was placed in the alley at midnight by | Maj. and Mrs. Collier. Federal officers wers hidden in various points of van- | tage and two agents again were in | the truck with a commanding view of | the alley, where they could quickly pounce upon any one who called for the package. Two unfortunate inci- dents combined that night to frustrate | the well-laid plans, however. A nearby apartment dweller, hearing a suspicious noise at his door, called the police | about 1 o'clock and the whole neigh- | borhood soon swarmed with police cars | and policemen. The policemen scoured | the alley, but failed to see either the | package or the Department of Justice | agents. Not long afterward, an in- | cbriated colored man came through the alley, lnmsing the Federal officers, and mat unsuccessful efforts to drive the truck away. He was arrested and sent to the tenth precinct, but later was re- leased. Solved by Writing Expert. When no further extortion notes were | received, special agents of the bureau began an intensive investigation and procured specimens of handwriting of 70 persons who are, or had been, em- ployed in the cafe. These handwrit- ing specimens were submitted to Dr. ‘Wilmer Souder, handwriting expert of the Bureau of Standards, who unhesi- tatingly selected the handwriting of Mason as identical with that in the ex- tortion note. Mason was questioned yesterday and last night, but at first he denied all knowledge of the case. It was found he had been & waiter at the cafe for about five years and had no previous crim- | inal record. Note Tablet Traced. Investigators learned Mason had pur- chased a tablet containing paper sim- ilar to that on which the note had been written and that his movements on the evening before the receipt of the letter were “of 8 suspicious nature.” nder a thorough grilling early to- day at the Bureau of - Investigation, Mason, according to ent of Justice officials, finally confessed his guilt and gave full details of the writ- ing of the note. Mason is said to have insisted he had no real intention of kidnaping the child or obmnlng any money from Mrs. Collier, but had intended merely to cause his employer misery and suffer- ing. gl convicted, Mason will be subject to a penalty of $5,000 or less or up to 20 years imprisonment, or beth. The rosecution will be pressed without de- y by Federal officials. SLAYER GIVEN LIFE TERM San Francisco Gang Leader Killed Policeman in Robbery. SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 6 (#).—A life sentence and two five-year sen- tences to run concurrently were pro- nounced yesterday upon Andrew Mareck, esserted San Francisco ‘gang leader, convicted of murder and robbery. He blamed Tony Cardinale, one of the four others similarly accused, for his pre- dicament. Mareck was convicted of the Police Officer Carlos R. in a robbery the night of FPebruary 26. Cardinale, Frank Gi murder R. Car- was attracted to the truck c03;| BY FARM LEADERS Bureau Chief and Sections of Union Are Aloof as lowa Probes Riots. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 6. — Belief that America’s breadbasket will not be seri- ously ‘menaced by a national farm' strike, has been expressed by some farm leaders. . From Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, came the opinion that the proposed strike sponsored by the National Farm- ers’ Holiday Association would “not as- sume large proportions or materially influence prices.” The proposed strike, called for May 13 by the Holiday Association's con- vention at Des Moines providing its de- mands for farm relief are not granted, will not have the support of the Farm Bureau Federation, O'Neal said. He declared he was convinced that “the real solution of the farm prob- lem lies not in a temporary strike but in securing establishment of a sound, national agricultural policy.” “We are,” he added, ‘“carrying for- ward the establishment of such a policy in Washington.” Opposed to Radicals. A similar position was taken by O. G. Barrett, farm adviser for Cook County. He said the Cook County Farm Bureau was opposed to what he described as “radical” action, which, he said, would destroy the good will of the coumtry as a whole “toward a sensible movement for better farm prices.” At the same time H. G. Keéeney, president of the Nebraska Farmers’ Union, asserted at Omaha that there would be no united strike movement among the farmers of Nebraska. His organization, he said, would maintain a neutral ‘position because its member- ship is made up of both proponents and opponents of the Farmers' Holiday As- sociation. Meanwhile, authorities J;ushed for- ward plans to cope with developments that may come with strike and to pun- ish Towa farmers who rioted in two counties last *week in protest against mortgage foreclosures. Proposed legis- | 1ation designed to strengthen the hands of officers dealing with picket lines was | expedited in the Wisconsin Legislature, | While at Des Moines Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor of Iowa prepared for criminal prosecutions. |, Towa military authorities in the troubled areas continued a search for evidence to support the charges against | the rioters. Racketeering Charged. | Informations charging criminal syn- dicalism in some instances and con- | spiracy in others are to be filed next | week, "Attorney General O'Conner said, adding that there would be no delay beyond the present terms of court. His statement followed verbal charges by {him_that leaders of the Farm Holiday Association were responsible for the Towa disturbances, including the ab- duction and mistretament of District Judge C. C. Bradley at Lemars, dragged 1 from his bench when he refused to take an oath not to sign any more mortgage foreclosure decrees. The attorney general declared that “racketeering methods” were resorted to in forcing farmers to join th® holiday movement each being charged 75 cents for membership; that not more than 25 per cent joined willingly and that others were told their barns or hay- stacks might be burned. He also as- serted Communist agitators helped flame | the farmers’ “revolt.” All of his allegations were emphat- ically denied by Milo Reno, president of the holiday association, at Des Moines. While farm holiday leaders made |plans to carry out their strike threat, if they deem it necessary, word came from Aurora, IIl, that dairy farmers furnishing milk to the Chicago area, had decided to go on strike May 15. Their object is to get $1.85 per hundred pounds. They now are getting $1.45. 2,000 TO 3,000 MEN TO BE EMPLOYED ON LEVEES Contracts Expected to Be Resumed by May 15. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 6—Lieut. Richard Lee, executive officer of the Memphis district, United States Engi- neers, said yesterday that between 2,000 and 3,000 men will be called back to work on levee projects by May 15. ‘The workers, he said, have been idle several months because of high water and inclement weather. They are em- ployed by contractors awarded construc- tion projects by the engineers. The con- tracts, calling for an expenditure of about $3,000,000 were let last Fall. CARDINAL 1S GUARDED Home Policed as Parishioners Con- tinue Holding Church. PHILADELPHIA, May 6 (#).—Car- dinal Dougherty’s home was given sgfe- cial police protection today as ‘“de- fenders of the parish” continued to op- pose diocesan authority taking control of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Patrolmen in the neighborhood of the cardinal's home were ordered to double up on their beats. The measure was described .by police as purely pre- cautionary. of parishioners, protesting from the ‘Throngs the transfer of the church Augustinian order to the archdiocese of Philadelphia, have held the edifice since last Wednesday. FARMER, 71, DISAPPEARS FROM MARYLAND HOME John Huber of Silver Hill, Missing Since April 21, Sought by Police. Maryland and District police today were searching for John Huber, 71- year-old farmer of Silver Hill, Md., who has been miss- ing from his home since April 21. Huber, according to his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth , of 321 B street souf theast, left his farm on that day to come to Wi gton Work on Government , was dressed wearing a felt is long and was seen. His hair Peggy’s Story Child Tells of Experience in the Hands of the Kidnapers. (Continued From First Page.) They drove away in an easterly direc- tion. She noticed a black cloth was hung over the instrument board by court plaster. Pinally they turned into a small road through some woods and stopped near a cranberry bog. She had never seen the place before. “While we were riding the man sald to me “If you make any noise or try to get out, I'll chloroform you,’ " Peggy said. Promised to Be Quiet. “He told me to get in the back. I saw ropes and handcuffs on the floor. The man tied a black cloth about my face, so as to blindfold me, made me lie in the back seat, facing the back, tied my arms to my body, put hand- cuffs on me, and then made another tie around my hips. “He started to stuff clothes in my { mouth, but I asked him not to do that, and promised not to make any noise. { He didn’t stuff any more rags in, but {got in the front seat and backed the car up.” | She said_they rode & long time— | “about an hour”—over rough roads. | “Then,” she said, “we stopped and | janother man carried me into a little i shack. I could hear voices and he told | me to lie down on the floor. [ me his overcoat for a pillow. “By putting my knees up I could move my blindfold a little. There was | | no furniture in the room and the shack looked dilapidated. There was no ligh in the room, but streaks of light came | through cracks in the wall | “Late that (Tuesday) night a man | came and got me. He took the hand- | cuffs off, but left the blindfold on. He | tock me outdoors and we walked about | a mile across mud. Once he held me I in his arms while he jumped a ditch. Once a dog barked. Storage “We arrived at another shack and he | put me in 2 tool-storage place under | the shack. The storage place had ce- | He gave | Space. fold off. I stayed there the rest of Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thurs- day night. During the day I was left | alone, but couldn't get out, as the man had locked the door. “After dark he entered with a flash- light and brought me a ham sandwich, some cocoa and some milk. I asked for something else, but he said that was all the food he 5 “It was then I saw his white hands by the light of the flashlight. “He told me not to make a noise, that a kidnap gang was trying to get me. He said that he would arrange to get me back to my mother and father. That was Thursday. “Thursday night he put me in the { automobile again. He told me my | father was in the back seat. After we | had driven for a while he took the blindfold off. “I got in the back seat with my father. Cyril Buck was driving and a man with a hood over his head was sitting in the front seat beside him. I | think the hooded man was the one who fed me. His hood had two points on it. | He looked like a bunny. Left on Boat With Father. “After a long drive we reached a pond (Wychmere Harbor) and we went aboard the Bob. “They left daddy and I aboard and all we could find to eat was soup. “Daddy said we'd have to stay there 48 hours, that the men had made him promise on threats he would stay that long without telling any one where we ‘were. “This afterndon (Priday) a Coast Guard boat came alongside and daddy said there’s no use in hiding any longer. We got off the boat and I was awfully relieved.” Gen. Needham, after giving out the girl's story, said she was a “brick” and that she answered all questions clearly and “smartly.” Associated Press Lauded for ‘Scoop’ On McMath Story Boston Post Declares A. P, Beat All Others in Re- vealing Facts. By the Associated Press. , May 6—The Boston Post today commented editorially on the part the Associated Press played in be- ing first to announce the safe return home of Margaret (Peggy) McMath, kidnaped Harwichport school girl. ‘The Post’s editorial headed “A Great Scoop,” follows: “Congratulations to the Boston office of the Associated Press for as clean cut a news beat as this district has in the Lindbergh and Ralph Thatcher ‘are .to be tried s shave at the time he left home. He ":ulf’." and_its men are right on the lhmmmchm" & cane, napers, when she was returned 9] at the dock. PPER: Crowd gathered on the dock of Woods Hole, Mass., Coast Guard | station to greet Margaret McMath, held captive for three days by kid- aboard a Coast Guard cutter. She was accompanied by her father, Neil C. McMath, and her mother met them Lower: William Lee (left), on whose small boat the girl was taken by her { | father after ner release by the kidnapers. Lee acted as spokesman for the McMath family while investigation of the abduction was in progress. Assistant United Stdtes District Attorney Trent McMath of Detroit, cousin of the girl's | | father, is shown at right. This picture was made shortly before the hunt for the girl terminated. A. P. Photes. OFFICER PREDICTS BREAK INKIDNAPING QMcMath, Lee and Two Oth- | ers Taken to Homes After All-Night Quiz. ment walls and the man took the blind- | (Continued From First Page.) ATTEMPT T0 PAINT BEF. RED' GHARGED ;Foulkrod Claims Approval Paves Way to Discredit, All Groups. (Continued From First Page.) | time. It was learned that she had visited the Bob in Wychmere Harbor | before dawn yesterday, spent a few hap- | py moments with her child and then | returned to her home. It was from the | Bob that Margaret and her father were | taken. The McMath family had agreed to keep all negotiations secret and were | fore letting any one know of their whereabouts. In some manner news |that the child was aboard the Bob leaked out and Coast Guards and Gsn. Needham investigated. “The boat appeared deserted,” Need- ham said, “as we pulled alongside. Mc- ‘M%t‘h and his daughter were in the | cabin.” Needham questioned the girl aboard {the Coast Guard boat while en route | from the Bob to the Coast Guard base. Child Télls Her Story. “She was a brick,” he commented | later, “and she answered every question clearly and smartly.” She remained at the Woods Hole | have a bowl of soup and some milk | with her mother. Then she was driven | home to Harwichport and put to bed. Needham made public the girl's story of her kidnaping today. She told of being blindfolded and tied and taken to a shack “near a cranberry bog.” Of being taken Tuesday night to another shack and being locked in a tool- storage room beneath the structure. Thursday night, she told Needham, she to her father and they Coast Guards found them yesterday. Crossley described the case as “very unusual” and Needham left the greater part of the questég_mnc to g&lné. since, S bae that mmight be held n connection with the case. The unknown factors in the case, which State police sought to solve, were: The identity of the girl's kldx:lpers. The exact location of the “shack near the cranberry bog.” And the source cf the ransom money. The details of the contracts made by the kidnapers and the manner in which the ransom money was paid out were not wholly known. 3y Trent McMath said contact was made with the kidnapers late Wednesday night. It was known that an envelope, unstamped and delivered by hand, was involved in the contact. Thursday arrangements were made to raise the ransom money and that to stay aboard the Bob for 48 hours be- | | coast Guard base just long enough to | boarded the “Bob,” where police and | Committee in charge will broadcast di- recticns over the radio to the assem- bling host tonight. News that the bonus march had been approved first came from a statement issued by the Veterans' National Liaison | Committee, on White House stationery and with White House approval, iate yesterday, after the committee had conferred with Col. Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to the President. | The agreement provides that those | coming to stress veierans’ demands will | be limited in number to 8,700, on the basis of 20 delegates elected at mass meetings in each congressional district, and coming with proper credentials at- | testing the election. | 'The Federal authorities will provide for this group housing and cooking | equipment on Federal property outside | of the limits of the District, but ‘con- venient to Washington. The commit- tee guaranteed that the delegates would be bona fide ex-service men, honorably discharged, who would conduct them- | selves in an orderly manner and de- part May 18. | The police problems expected by the | department are chiefly those connected with men who try to “crash the gate” at the gathering without being properly accredited delegates. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, said today he had conferred with Col. Howe accordingly, but he would not say what | the plans were. He would not say whether police leaves will be cancelled or whether any one officer had been designated to make the police arrange- ments. “Since the White House has made a statement on this matter,” he said, “I feel that any statement from me weuld not be proper.” All Represented. ‘The committee which conferred with Col. Howe yesterday included members of all schools of thought in the old B. E. F. of last Summer, especially the left wing, and was made up of George D. Brady, national legislative repre- sentative, B. E. F.; Harold Hickerson, Central Rank and File Veterans; Eman- uel Levin, Workers’ Ex-Service Men's League; Edward J. Willlams of the Khaki Shirts of America, and Albert G. Seilers of the B. E. F. Rank andFile of America, Inc. Recently Col. Howe had conferred with a committee of bonus army alumni headed by Foulkrod, after which Foulk- rod announced that the bonus march this year would be held up at least two weeks pending further conferences with Col. Howe. addressed the mass meetings of veterans last night, at which Repre- sentatives Lundeen and Shoemaker of Minnesota also spoke. ‘The demands to be by the comin | yesterday and was preparing his plans: REST AFTER RUSH House Plans Vote \Monday on Farm Guarantee. Relief Speeded. (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) House came after five hours’ debate and under procedure which prohibited any but committee amendments. Senate virtually is assured. Under the measure, drafted by Chair- man Rayburn of the Interstate Com- merce Committee, issuers of new se- curities wil! be required to lay beforc the Trade Commission complete infor- mation on their corporate structure, finances, personal, tangible and intan- gible property. Violators and promoters of fraudulent issues would be held both :‘Muy and criminally liable for viola- ons Opening debate on the measure, Ray- burn said billions in worthless securities had been sold in this country since the World War period. He said there were 18,000,060 security investors in this country and the bill was designed to protect them. “This bill is drawn to enable a would- be purchaser of a bond or of a share of stock to require some information from the officials of the issuing com- pany,” the Texas Democrat said. “The purpose of this legislation is to place the purchaser of securities on a parity with the issuer. Points to Huge Losses. “We demand of the seller that he give full and complete information with reference to the security offered, under penalty of both civil and crim- inal liability if he evades or canceals material facts. If the buyer is a wise man he will also beware, “In this bill we demand not only a new deal, we also demand a square deal.” Rayburn said the loss to investors amounted to nearly a third of the total national wealth of $360,000,000.- 000, and was brought about “through leadership that the average investor had a right to believe he could trust.” ““These securities were peddled among the people by firms like Halsey Stuart & Co. of Chicago, and by great finan- cial houses like the National City Bank of New York,” he asserted. Assailing promoters of the securities, Rayburn said a few men, “proud, arro- gant and blind drove the country to financial ruin,” and added: “Some of them are fugitives from justice in foreign lands; some of them have committed suicide; some of them are under indictment; some of them are in prison; all of them are in terror of the consequences of their own deeds.” Representative Beck, Republican, of Pennsylvania, said the “whole corporate life of this country is Totten to the core.” He opposed, however, giving regulatory power to the Federal Trade Commission, which he said was “the most pretentious humbug of all the bureaucratic agencies in Washington.” Representative Cannon, Democrat, of Wisconsin, said ke understood bankers were exempt from the provisions of the act. “I am sorry they have been taken out of the bill” he said. “The most colossal, gigantic crooks ever in this Nation have been the big_bankers.” Rayburn told Cannon he was mis- taken. Denies Exemptions. “Nobody is exempt,” Rayburn said. “The securities issued by the banks themselves are exempt because we leave that to the Federal and State bank examiners. But when the banker sells any other securities, he's just as re- sponsible as anybody else.” Senator Glass' talk with Secretary Wecodin on his bank reform bill resulted from a conference Thursday between President Roosevelt and his advisers and the Senate subcommittee, at which the Treasury head is reported to have urged ay. President Rocsevelt is authoritatively said, however, to have renewed pre- vious assurance to the Virginia Sen- atcr that he would push for acticn on the bill at this session of Congress. Despite this assurance friends of the legislation fully realize that with the President and leaders anxious to bring the special sessicn to a close early in June the bank bill hardly could sur- vive a prolonged filibuster such as greeted it in the Senate last Winter. Glass is understood to have resisted stcutly in his conference with Woodin any changes which he considered went to the heart of his bill, designed to curb the use of Federal reserve credit for speculative purposes and divorce in- vestment from commercial banking. No material alteration has been made in the controversial deposit insurance | proposal beyond postponing its effective | date for a year. The fund would insure deposits up fo $10,000 completely, 75 per cent of | deposits from $10,000 to $50,000 and | 50 per cent of deposits over that amount. To capitalize the fund, the Treasury ifl’culd subscribe $150,000,000, Reserve | Banks about the same and member banks cne-half of 1 per cent of their |;1ep<d>sn lf:b):lm:s, bgn addition, the und would have a borrow. twice its capitalization. ke HEAVY PARIS SALES SEND DOLLAR DOWN TO NEW LOW LEVEL (Continued From First Page.) e and though this group carries out operations with great secrecy, it is gen- erally assumed the ring is at the bot- tom of the present drive. It is credited with having untold millions at its disposal. Dollars also are being offered rather freely in London. The weakness of the dollar is having the effect of stimulating commodity markets. ~Since the dollar began its | downward movement, commodity prices improved here considerably. Unofficial estimates placed the general improve- iment at 115 to 2 per cent and operators predict a continued upward trend. DOLLAR WEAK IN BERLIN. Quoted at 3.50 Marks Compared With Yesterday’s Close of 3.54. BERLIN, May 6 (#).—The dollar was weak on the Berlin Boerse today, being quoted at 3:50 marks, as compared with yesterday's clofe of 3.54. TRADING HEAVY IN PARIS. . Dollar Is Sent Down to 21 Francs, New Low Figure. PARIS, May 6 (#).—The struggle of the American dollar and the British pound sent the former down today to 21 francs, a new low. The pound bounced up to 84.25 francs. Yesterday’s dollar close of 21.20 francs marked a 17 per cent loss in the dollar value since it went off gold. Hea continued today. Al i h Bourse m its Sum- mer “‘l'd.y closing , transac- tions were undiminished in dollar trad-