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C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1933-—102 .PAGES. * HTLER 70 DEFEND REICH ARMS STAND AND SHIFT BLAME [French Fear Declaration for Military Revival Despite Treaty. OneY ear Compulsory Housework Is Urged For ‘All Reich Girls By the Associated Press. HILDESHEIM, Germany, May 13.—Introduction of one year's compulsory housework service for girls irrespective of social status was advocated today by execu- tives of the Federal Union of Hausfrauen Vereine. All of the organizations makirg up the union joined the Hitler movement. Under the recom- mendation the one year of com- pu'sory house work could b2 cerved at home. 'Federal-Ar-erican, District N tional, Fotomac Savings and ‘ | o G 4 Washington Savings Unite. ”5 R"}HI W|NGERS CHANCELLOR PREPARES s = : x NI , -f\ 'MOVE APPEOiVa)fiBY TREASURY: S ' e EDWIN C. GRAHAM PRESIDENT BILL LIKELY TO REACH CONGRESS EARLY.IN WEEK VIGOROUS CRITICISM GO T FORT HUNT |Bonus Leaders and Legisla- tors Persuade Al but 25 to Join Majority. Opposition at Capitol Foreseen, but Labor's Objections Are Believed Lessened. Reichstag Address Wednesday to < ; . ol | Flay Other Nations for Deadlock : = J % - ] | at Geneva Parley. 3 ; Million-Dollar Czpital Structure Sought From Stock Subscriptions Without By the Associated Py In the face of rumblings of opposi- tion at the Capitol, President Roose- velt's committee drafting the revolu- tionary public works-industrial regula- tion bill yesterday decided to recom- | mend a tax on the sales of industry to finance the $3,300,000,000 construction program. Termed a “re-employment” tax it was | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 13.—Chancellor Hitler, using the Relchstag as an international R | sounding board, will defend Germany's All but a handful of the “right Wing" | toreign policy in an address Wednesday veterans who have bivouacked in the | 2l B R . the parks and vacant lots finally joined the | gepevy pigarmament Conference where majority of the bonus seekers en-| ... nou government thinks it belongs. camped at Fort Hunt, Va, last night.| “'po0i00 the political isolation into A group of about 25 irreconcilables de-| o)) Germany has drifted, the Nazi headed by Edwin C. Graham, president of the National Electrical BY HAROLD B. ROGERS. Designed to solve the complex financial situation presented by Washington banks in the hands of conservators, plans were for- mally announced last night for organization of a new national bank here, with a capital structure of at least a million dollars, to be CONFEREES AGREE ON SHOALS BILL Norris to Ask Senate Ap-| proval of Development 1926, the parrot had been her only Measure Tomorrow. companion. Executors of Mrs. Prince's estate said she had feared _— | the bird would grieve itself to death Parrot to Be Killed And Buried in Same Coffin With Mistress Special Dispatch to The Star, LOS ANGELES, May 13.— The lifetime wish of Mrs Annie S. Prince, 70-year-old widow, that her pet parrot be buried with her is to be carried out in the funeral services for her next Monday. Since the deeth of her husband, Jack Prince, race track builder, in understood to have been fixed at just|fiantly refused to go, but the Others,| . ..., . . '‘ove s heroic effort to ivi above 1 per cent, subject to the ap-|numbering some 175, succumbed 0 81 oy o yi country's position clear to the — ;Supply Co., and well known civic leader. Al Lt proval of the Chief Executive. It is|afternoon of persuasion by veterans and | o .= o ceeon which his followers | S Four banks form the nucleus of the new institution. The Fed- designed to raise $220,000,000 a year | Congressmen. They were largely swayed | o 'y yo one of his supreme efforts. | eral-American National Bank & Trust Co. the District National to provide interest payments and an|by the resignations from the Veterans'| ", i o u¢ nrotest against the failure | Bank, the Potomac Savings Bank, and the Washington Savings Bank. amortization fund for the huge issue | National Liaison Committee of Emm““‘ of other countries to disarm will be! Headquarters are to be in the Federal-American Bank, at Fourteenth of securities designed to provide addi- Levin and Harold Hickerson, BOW | yyoreq by the German chief of state, i and G streets. tional jobs throughout the country on avowed Communists. Some l'ig‘n ":‘;" it was authoritatively disclosed today. | . Under the plan, 50 per cemt of all deposits in these institutions the most lavish construction program seitled down for the night at the | Herr Hitler also will defend Ger- would be made available to depositors in the new bank, totaling ever undertaken by the Government. | ginia encampment. | many’s uniformed organizations, such about $10,000,000. This, it was predicted in business circles last nigh MDr;fiers olfl thenblilé l;%nfcvr{;d “ll;*;| Although the gathering at Fort Hunt | S0 S 0 o d Storm Troops and = ,000,000. P p! i ness circles last night, . Roosevelt upo re than two| . > L R = : ; i . R = hours last night and predicted upon | is ostensibly a convention, no' CONVED- | 1\ . Steel Helmets, against efforts at ould prove a great stimu™e to business in the District of Columbia. lea\mz‘ the White House at midnight | tion business was transacted )esu‘r:a{‘- Geneva to rate them as part of the Approved by Treasury. it would be submitted to Congress next, There was one mass meeting at which | . 15 = . e i . : : week. Those present said Mr. Rooe- | g S chkuson.smes armed forces which must be sub ] The plan has approva{ of fl‘reasury officials, who have been work- velt had reached no decision on the| 5 jected to treaty limitations. ing closely with the Organization Committees from the banks. Walter J. Cummings, executive assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, issued a formal statement expressing gratification at the progress | made. | The capital structure of the new bank would be at least $1,000,000 Promises Vigorous Efforts to Have Clause Taken Out ‘ of Bill. } tax question and that no specific mans. | Wwere accepted. The rest of the day the | " o conos in attempt to “cor- ner of raising the $3.300,000,000 Would | men lolied about. Visiors were allowed | rect erroneous views which he believes e included, the door being’ left open | . It was in-| are prevalent in foreign countries with lies Hoc one oo b Baveagior| L0 oS iCHCARE e Tegard to the Reich's uniformed men short-term borrowings as the Presi-|spected by Gov. John Garland Pollard | o iy " oo ernment's intenticns upon dent's financial advisers may deem | of Virginia, and by Col. Louis McHenry | armaments policy in general. feasible at the time. Opposition at Capitol Likely. | Should President Roosevelt send the | measure to the Capitol embox sales tax it will unguestionably Tun into | obstacles, althovgh the control which | President Roosevelt has held would be Howe and Stephen Early, secretaries to President Roosevelt. | ‘The “right wing” faction, led by Har- voted to spend the week end at Fort Hunt after listening to speeches by addis of Pennsylvania, Hopes to Clear Air. The chancellor’s address, which will be delivered before a specially sum- ng the| o1q B. Foulkrod and Mike Theomas, moned meeting of the Reichstag, will be designed to clear the air as a prep- aration for the opening of the World Economic Conference at London June The clause in the independent offices appropriation bill which seeks to base | dismissal of Government employes on | State quotas under the civil service | apportionment law met new opposition |last night. when Senator Millard E. snd wished it to be killed painlessly at_her death and placed in her coffin. Senate and House differences over the administration’s Tennesse Valley de- velopment-Muscle Shoals bill were fully composed in conference yesterday and Senatcr Norris, Republican, Nebraska, with the four original banks in the merger. if more banks join the movement It was understood that the total might be increased. Other banks believed to be considering joiming are the Northeast Savings, Seventh Street Savings, Woodridge-Langdon Savings & Commercial Bank, and United St. ates Savings Bank. TAX GAIN 1S FIRST counted upon to jam the measure Representative kak“ P e Tydings, Democrat, of whose 15-year ambition for Government Announcement Follows Meetings. through. | Representative He himself has stood in opposition to a sales tax and so has organized labor. However, it is understood the! preposal has been submitted to labor | leaders and thet since the entire re- | ceipts would be sezregated to finance new jobs a_greatly lessened opposition is_expected from that quarter. Donald Richberg, counsel of Associaticn of Railway Labor Exccu- has been one of those foremost| in the draiting of the legislation, with Scnator Wagner of New York. ! representatives of the tion of Manufacturers | cmmittze yesterday for four hours and gave approval in gen- | eral to the sweeping legislation which O. Max Gardner, former Governor of | North Carolina, described as the most | “far reaching of its kind ever pro-| posed in the history of the United States” He added that “it should succeed if the people follow the leader- ship of President Roosevelt.” | Doughten Withholds Comment. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee is on record as expressing doubt that a sales tax could be passed through Congress. Chairman Doughton of the House | Ways and Means Committee, who led | the successful fight in the last Con- gress against a general sales tax and | who will be in charge of the new leg-| islation, said that before expressing | an opinion on the committee’s deci- | fien he would “like to see what the nt ha: o T i called up: of the bill,” the North Carolinian said. “My understanding was that they were | to write only the industrial portion of the measure. Finances, I thought, were to be left to the Ways and Means Ccmmittee. “Of course, though, I know nothing definite about it.” Representative Ragon of Arkansas, ranking Democra; on the Ways and | Means Committee, took a similar atti- tude, saying that he had understood “an entirely different tax” was in con- templation. The taxation phases of the measure were the last to be settled upon by the group which has worked for more | than two weeks—often late into the | night—in framing the legislation. H As he left the cession yesterday, one | member said “there will be no money | spent unless there is money coming | into the Treasury to repay it.” In addi- | ticn to providing the greatest con- | struction program ever undertaken by | the Government, the epochal legisla- tion would permit industry to unite un- der co-operative agreements for fixing minimum _ wages, maximum working h and stabilizing production. relaxing the anti-trust laws, a proposal which also has been attacked | at the Capital, these agresments would | be countenanced by law with a new | agency of four cabinet members and | ohe executive created to pass upon them. In addition to making a show. ing that they would help stabilize Gustry, the agreements also would have | to show that additional employment was possivle, : Robert L. Lund, president of the Manufacturers’ Association, who headed tne delegation at the office of Lewds | W. Douglas, director of the budget. said millions of jobs probably would be created under the plan Speaker Rainey told newspaper men, that the bill would “freeze” the Connery and Black 30-hour work bills and the plan of Sccretary Frances Perkins for, accemplishing simi'ar regulations. Will Go to Ways and Mecans Body. “Bcth of these bills will be put on; fce,” Rainey said, adding that they would b2 supplanted by the administra- tion measue. “There is a dispute among House Committees over where the public works-industry bill should go,” he said. “I am going to send it to the Ways and Means Committee because it will pro- vide for revenue raising. “We can't split it up and let it go to all the com- mittees which claim jurisdiction to one section or enother.” The sales tax, which was voted down at the last session by the House and was generally accepted as doomed rhould the Senate have voted, proposed a tax upon the sales of manufacturers to retailers. First proposed with few exemptlions, the bill as finally defeated exempted nlmdfi medicines and much cheap clothing. ‘Whether the committee’s present pro- rosal would allow any exemptions has 12t been agmounced. former Ropresentative Albright of Okla- homa, and their leaders. Thomas Finally Persuaded. Thomas held out until the very last for remaining in Washington. After Representative Jenckes had addressed | the group, however, he announced he | jeaq to imposition of the penalties pro- the | favored going to the Virginia camp | yigeq by the Versailles treaty—such “‘over the week end, at least.” “Let's go down until Monday,” he said. “Then, if we don't like it, welll leave.” Representative Jenckes assured the 200 cr so men she was “in sympathy” with them and would help them in their fight for the bonus. “You men are all in,” she said. “You need rest, you need food. I beg of you, go down to Fort Hunt and try it out. Take my word for it, you'll be doing the right thing. And if you don't think so after you get there, you don't have to stay.” She wound up her talk by reading the camp menu for today and tomor- Tow. Previously the bonus marchers had heard Mr. Faddis, who also urged them to go to the Virginia camp, declaring “it would not be good policy” to put up | too strong a fight for the bonus now. Asked to Line Up. Mr. Albright, who said he led a dele- gation here trom the West last year, also urgad the men to go to Fort Hunt. Then, while park police held back the crowd of spectators, the bonus seekers wishing to go to the camp were asked to fall in line. More than half Police Inspector Albert J. Headley, led Visible results must be achieved at the Disarmament Conference before the world can hope for success at the Economic Conference, the chancellor and his supporters are said to believe. | A reply to recent expressions in official | quarters at London and Paris, suggest- | ing that Germany's present course may | as reoccupation of the west bank of the. Rhine by allied armies—is cir- | tain to be found in the chancellor's, | address Wednesday. Germany is not to be intimidated | by any ultimatums on the arms ques- tion, and has no anxiety over the French government's secret record of alleged German treaty violations, an authority here declared in comment- ing upon remarks uttered by Lord Hailsham, British war minister, and Joseph Paul-Boncour, French foreign | minister. German withdrawal a from the disarmament parley—which | has been one of the chief anxieties | at Geneva—will not be announced in | Herr Hitler's speech but his pronounce- ments may prepare the world for any | such move, a Nazi spokesman said to- | day. | Prepared Carefully. The address to the Reichstag, now completely controlled by the Nazls, is | deemed by the government to be of such | importance that every effort is being | made to prepare for its successful de- | livery. As part of this preparation the chan- | at Munich today. Moreover, Dr. Alfred | second time | sa Maryland, an- nounced he will do all in his power to have it stricken from the bill. Adding his voice to that of other Senators who have called attention to | the injustice of considering State quotas | rather than merit, Senator Tydings said | he would oppose that section of the bill vigorously. | The latest attack on the nwcrmnn-i ment prcposal came as tHe Senate sub- | committec in charge of the bill was preparing to begin its study of the House bill at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon. The subcommittee is headed by Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia. Senator’s Statement. In making known his attitude toward the effort to apply the apportionment rule to dismissals, Senator Tydings id “I shall oppose vigorously the quota provision as now written in the inde- pendent appropriations bill, H. R. 5389, which passed the House of Representa- tives on yesterday and which is now pending before the Senate Appropria- tions Committee. “For example, the District of Co- lumbia would be entitled to 132 em- ploves. There are at present 10,778 civil service employes living in Wash- ington, working in the Government here, This means that 10,646 of them might be discharged. The same thing applies, in lesser degree, to my own State of Maryland, to Virginia and |lined up behind Foulkrod, who. With | cellor conferred with his party leaders ! several other States { “When it is considered that these them to the regisiration tent at Sixth | Rosenberg, special Nazi envoy at Lon- | men and women are trained employes street and Pennsylvania avenue. | don, and Count Rudolf Nadolny, Ger- | who in many cases have won advances After seeing the men to the tent,|many's chief delegate at Geneva, were | through experience and efficiency; that | Thomas returned to the park and made another speech, which resulted in more recruits. When the others had pulled out, the 25 who decided to remain, held a meeting and elected the following of- ficers: Joseph Salzman, Brooklyn, N. Y., commander; John M. Sullivan, Louis- ville, vice commander; Richard L. Lewis, Dallas, Tex.. rear captain, and R. W. | Tomlinson, El Centro, Calif, contact man. Immediately after the election, a col- lection_was taken up for food—it to- taled $5.25—and Edward W. Cambert, a member of the group, was dispatched to Baltimore for supplies. He promised to_“come back with 10000 men—and bring ’em here, fiot to Fort Hunt.” Afterwards. Saltzman led his men to " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Herridge Is Improved. OTTAWA, Ontario, May 12 (®).— Hospital authorities here reported tocay that W. D. Herridge, Canadian Minister to the United States. was “much im- proved” in his recuperation from an appendicitis operation last Monday. | summoned to return to Berlin for im- mediate conferences with their leader. | | _The seizure of Socialist centers at | Hamburg by the government today ylelded a store of 3.790,682 marks in | cash. At Bielefeld 55,000 marks were | seized at the homes of Wilhelm Karl " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) s e W | FREIGHT TRAP FATAL Kentucky Youth Dies in Hospital | After Missouri Accident. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 13 | (#)—Trapped in a refrigerator car, | Clay Grace, 20, of Millstone, Ky., was injured fatally by the derailment of | Missouri Pacific freight train No. 19 at McKinney Switch, west of this city, last night. He died in a hospital here today. | " 'The youth was indentified by a com- | panion, Walter Mullins, 20, also of | | Millstone, who was injured slightly. | Mullins told authorities the two were | “bumming” their way to Washington tate. DOUBLE PENSION ASKED BY Vi’IDOWS OF AKRON AND J-3 AIRSHIP VICTIMS Petition Given Senate Cites Husbands’ Impossibility of | Carrying Adequate Insurance. By the Astociated Press. Widows of 24 officers and enlisted men who lost their lives in the Akron and J-3 airship disasters petitioned the Scnate yesterday to restore the double pension which widows of flight officers | and men were entitled to prior to pas- sage of the economy act. The petition, which was referred to the Naval Committee, declared: “That our husbands lost their lives in the line of duty. “That there are many cases of great distress among us, involving not only us but our children. “That because of the hazardous char- acter of their duty it was impossible for cur husbends to carry adequate insur- ance on account of the high premiums charged, and, therefore, they relied for our protection, in the event they lost their lives in the flying service, upon the provision of law awarding double pensions to their widows and depend- ents. “Thdt there was such provision of law until the passage of the economy law which, a few days before the Akron disaster, repealed the prior law on the subject, leaving no time for our hus- bands, even if they had been financially able, to procure a proportionate amount of insurance “That we are informed that under existing law the maximum pension any {of us may hope to receive is $22 a menth, with such additional allowances 2s may be provided in the case of minor children. “‘We, therefore, respectfully petition your honorable body that a law be enacted restoring in our case the double and men were entitled to receive pricr to the passage of the said economy act.” ‘The petition was signed by the fol- lowing: Charlotte Laidlaw Berry, Marga ret D, McCord, Mildred Champion Red- fleld, Dorothy Hasbrouck Cummins, Marion A. Cross, Lillian Collier Cainan, Sally Hunters Clendening, Frances Lathrcp Smith Dugan, Majorie Severyns, Dorothy Cooper, Frances G. Boelsen, Beatrice E. Quernheim, Laura Rader, Marie Emma Latham, Olive Minnette Liles, Mary Bettio, Evelyn Hawey Mor- len, Marie Alice Graves, Beatrice M. Arthur, Marion Prances Walsh, Naomi M. Zemkees, Mrs. M. Copeland. Marga- ret M. Stine and Marie K. Walck, pension which widows of flight officers |. many of them were originally appointed | from other States and since then have domiciled themselves in Washington | TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Veterans of Forelgn Wars—Page B-5. News of the Clubs—Page C-2. American_ Legion—Page C-3 District National Guard ge C-3. Organized Reserves—Page C-3. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page C-3. The Home Gardener—Page D. A. R. Activities—Page C- Schools and Colleges—Page Community Chest News—Page C-6. Disabled American Veterans—Page C-6. Army and Navy News—Page C-7. American Legion Auxiliary—Page C-T. PART TWO—S8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Yachting—Page 5. Stamps—Page 6. Serial Story, “Valiant Dust”—Page 6. Community Centers—Page 6. Marine Corps News—Page 6. District Naval Reserve—Page 6. Italisn War Veterans—Page 6. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 6. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 6. PART THREE—12 PAGES. * Society Section. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Stage, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 4. Public Library—Page 4. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 5. Spanish War Veterans—Page 5. Fraternities—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—14 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. and Magazine Section. Reviews of New Books—Page 11 Notes of Art and Afl.\m—fim Crossword Page 13. Boys’ and Girls’ Page—Page 14. Highlights of History—Page 15. Those Were thé Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—§ PAGES. World Events in Pletures. COLORED SECTION—S PAGES. Heolly of Hollywood; Up With the Joneses; ‘Smatter i l:r and Mrs.; Tarzan; Little n Annie; Moon Mullins, The Timid Reg’ 12. + 'lar | could not be tried in a civil court ecclestasti WITHIN 10MONTHS Federal Revenues Surpas Those of Same Period Last Year. s! By the Associated Press. For the first time in more than 10 months of the 1933 fiscal year the Gov- ernment’s collscticn from all sources has surpassed those for the same period of the previcus year. At the close of business on May 11, the Government had taken in from general and special funds-a total of $1,716,238 281 as compared with $1,716,- 078,739, for the same period of the 1932 fiical yesr. The slight increase, how- ever, had no effect on the Government's huge deficit ard it amounted to $1.- 648.070,347. The amount, nevertheless, was much less than in the same number of days last year, when the deficit had reached $2,547,030 344. Special Fund Receipts Rise. ‘The enlarged receipts for the prescnt year were due to differences in the special fund receipts. amounting to $58,- 066,324 for the present fiscal year as compared with $24.283044 last year. Expenditures in this class of items reached $49.374,145 while the expend- itures in the same items last year amounted to $63,579,946. The general fund receipts, which in- cludes money from income taxes, mis- cellaneous _interval revenue, customs duty, miscellaneous receipts, Panama | Canal tolls, etc.. however, were below those for the same period of last year,! despite the new taxes in the billion- dollar tax bill. | These receipts on May 11 totaled | $1.658.171,957, as compared with $1,691.- | 795,694 a year ago. Income tax receipts| were off sharply, returning only $588.- 499,563, as compared with $879,450,738 the year before. Shows Effect of Economies. Miscellaneous internal revenue, which includes the new taxes and new tax and license fees on beer, were up sharp- ly, amounting to $705.615,874, as com- pared with $435204,034 in the 1932 year. Customs duties were off. For the ~resent fiscal year since last July 1 this | class of income has brought in $215.- 146,176, as compared with $299,211,201. The expenditures of the Government ;l’mned the effects of the economy move amounted to $2,000,428.833, as compated with $2,227,996,667, while ordinary ex- penditures, including all of the Govern- ment spending, except that from special | funds, amounted tq $3314.434483, as compared with $4,199,529,137 in ' the same time a year ago. YUGOSLAVIA BISHOP JAILED FOR CRITICISM Reading of Pastoral Letter De- nouncing Sokol Organization Brings Sentence and Fine. By the Associated Press. SUBOTICA, Yugoslavia, May 13— Bishop Budanovic of the Catholic Church was seritenced to 10 days in prison and fined about $80 today for reading from his pulpit a pastoral let- ter issued by the Yugoslav episcopate denouncing the Sokol organization as godless. ‘The manifesto, issued in January, de- manded that all Catholics withdraw from the Sokols, which have a political and sports program, since they must be regarded as godless. . In case he does not pay the fine, Bishop Budanovic's prison term will be increased to 90 days. He was not present when the sentence was pro- nounced. His defense counsel argued that, ac- cording to & concordat, the bishop qll matters of ical law, Re| Mich! operation of the war-time Alabama project is about to be realized, said he would seek Senate approval tomorrow. “This is the best Muscle Shoals bill we have ever passed,” the veteran Ne- braskan smiled as all the conferees save one ly;«n. their signatures to the agree- ment. presentative James, Republican, igan, refused to sign because of objections to a provision for a $50,000.- 000 b-nd issue to pay for further power plant and dam construction after the proposed Cove Creek Dam on the Clinch River in Tennessee is built with Federal appropriation. Norris himself was not particularly strong for this provision, but said after the Cove Creek flo-d con- trol, navigation and power dam is con- structed & bond issue might not be needed. Favors Appropriation, “We ought to appropriate for the dam.” Norris said. “When that is com- pleted there will be sufficient revenue to take care of every one of the next steps in the far-reaching navigation, Acod control and reforestation program as far es power is concerned. “There will be no need for bonds or appropriations because every time we increase power facilities we increase the revenue.” The conferees accepted in the main the Norris provisions for Government <cnstruction of power transmissicn lines and for experiment production of fertilizer. Although the Nebraskan made scme concessions on the latter to permit the Government corporation to sell fertilizer as well as manufacture it for experimental work among farmers. The board, however, will not be re- quired to go into commercial produc- tion of fertilizer as was required under the House bill. Notris was so pleased with the final (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 16 HELD AS AGITATORS Accused of Inciting Workers to Strike in Lettuce Fields. WATSONVILLE, Calif, May 13 (®).] —Sixteen men were arrested here today in what Sheriff A. T. Dresser described as a general round-up of agitators, who, he said, have incited foreign workers in the lettuce fields to go on strike. The men were held on vagrancy | charges and their bail set at $500 each. Two others were arrested yesterday. | The strike of some 200 workers, mem- bers of the Canners and Field Work- ers Industrial Union, began Monday. The formal announcement last night came after a scries of meet- ings of conservators of the four banks, boards of directors, and finally with other leaders in the banking community, who heartily indorsed the plan. The statement was issued f rom the meeting in the Federal- American National Bank and was signed by Mr. Graham, John Poole, president and conservator of the Federal-American Bank, and Joshua Evans, jr., president and conservator of the District Nationzl Bank, who are members of the Poole and Mr. Evans will be mem institution. termined. Joint Organizing Committee. Mr, bers of the official staff of the new The final personmel of the new bank remains to be de- Statement Is Issued. The formal statement read as follows: “The intensive work of the conservators and Organization Com- mittees of four banks culminated today in the formulation of a plan for the organization of a new national bank. These banks are Fed- eral-American National Bank & Potomac Savings Bank and Washi Trust Co., District National Bank, ington Savings Bank. The general | plan has bcen approved by the boards of directors of these banks. and | will make available 50 per cent of all deposits, or a sum of approxi- mately $10,000,000. sdwin C. Graham, president of the National Electrical Supply Co., will head the new bank, his selection being suggested by the rep- resentatives of the banks and una: nimously approved by the boards cf directors and by the Treasury Department. No R. F. C. Aid to Be Asked. “The new bank will have a m: inimum capital structure of $1.000,- 000, to be subscribed by present stockholders and depositors of the respective institutions and the Washingten public. templated to request the Reconstr scribe to any of the capital funds Acting under direction of Mr, It is not con- uction Finance Corporation to sub- of this new bank.” . Cummings, executive assistant to the Secretary, and of W. R. Milford, chief of the reorganization di- vision of the office of the controll er of the currency. the official who has spent most of his time on the local situation is W. Irving Shuman of the reorganization division. Mr. Shuman has been in conference with all officials concerned in the Cummings Gratified. statement issued by Mr. Cum- on the local situation said he was “pleased with the progress being | made in the organization of a mnew national bank in Washington through which would be made free the largest possible amount of, unsecured d:posits at least four of the Washingion banks, including the two largest unli- censed banks in the District. This The mings | would make available to depositors of | is headed by George W. | the four banks concerned approximately $10,000,000 of unsecured and secured deposits. It is understood that three or four additional banks are seriously considering joining the new institution, | in which event the amount of deposits | released would be materially increased.” “The Treasury department,” contin- ued the statement, “is working closely with the organization committées of the banks concerned and will facilitate their work #o far as is possible.” Capt. Chester Wells, chairman of the FORESTRY POSITIONS SAVE JOBS OF 169 NAVY MEDICAL OFFICERS President Roosevelt Orders Men Transferred to Civilian Conservation Corps. i Rather than throw 169 Navy Medical Corps officers out of jobs, President Roosevelt yesterday ordered them trans- ferred to the Civillan Conservation Corps, which is improving the Nation's forest areas. Tt was found that Veterans' Adminis- | tration funds would be insufficient to pay these officers, under the recent economy cuts. Arrangements for the transfer were made by Perceval S. Rossiter and the White House. Included in the group are 12 men on duty at the Naval Hospital here, 1 at the Naval Dispensary, 1 at the Navy Yard, 2 at the Naval Medical School and 2 at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. In addition to the medical officers, who will now be lost to the Navy, there will be some 1,200 Hospital Corps men of the Navy and some 55 women nurses who will hold their present jobs only a short while longer. The 1,200 Hospital ey T line avy, lea r it branch of the service and becoming seamen. will save the recruiting of new men, en unacquainted with. the Navy, officials asserted. of Gicposing of the morses semmaine 3 B¢ nurses to of the Buresu of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Depart- ment. said yesterday. They probably will be curtailed by revoking proba- tionary appointments in the Navy Nurse Corps. ’K’%‘E 169 medical officers will report for duty to Secretary of War Dern, to be assigned to the various corps areas in which the camps of the Civilian Con- servation Corps are located. Officials said that officers who have been on duty in this region likely will be assigned to forest camps in this area, to save the Government transpor- tation costs. The names of officers in corps ang their present posts of naval duty follow: Naval Dispensary, Lieut. Emmett D. Hightower. Naval Hospital, Lieuts. PFrancis A. Brunson, Weston T. Buddington, Paul K. Perkins, Adrian J. Delaney, Law- rence E Bach, Malcolm W. Arnold, Ed- ward T. Gary, Keitt H. Smith, Clif- ford P. Powell, Alva C. Surber, Emory E Walter, Claude R. Ball. Navy Yard, Lieut. James E. Wil- son, jr. Naval Medical School, Lieut. Robert P iarine Berracks, Quaniico, e Lieut cl lantico, Va.; 3 Clarence P. Morrison, Lieut. Thomas M. Arnett, | areas in and near Washington | proposed new financial set-up. organization committee of the District -National Bank, after conferring with Tepresentatives _of the Federal-Ameri- can National Bank & Trust Co.. ex- pressed gratification at the action taken by the board of directors of Federal- "American in joining in the movement to create a new national tank. ‘The Potomac Savings Bank. which ‘recently had started on a plan of its OWn to reorganize into a national bank offutt, j president and conservator. The conservator of the Washington | Savings Bank. which officially has joined the merger movement, is Robert A. Sisscn, vice president. Both Mr, | Offutt and Mr. Sisson have attended meetings with representatives of the | other two banks in setting up the heart of the new national banking in- | stitution. Conference Held. | _ Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, and H. H. Me- | Kee, president of the National Capital | Bank and chairman of the Washington | Clearing House Association, were in | conference at the Federal-American bank late yesterday discussing plans | for the future of the new institution, and both issued formal statements heartily indorsing the movement. | Mr. Fleming said: “I have had the opportunity of conferring with Mr. | Graham, Mr. Evans Mr. Poole and | Capt. Wells with respect to the organ- | ization of the new national bank and | consider their plan most constructive | and one that deserves the support of | the stockholders and depositors of the | " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) 'ALCOHOL AVERAGE 2.73 IN 16 BRANDS OF BEER | Detroit Police Laboratory Tests Samples Produced Over Wide Area. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, May 13.—Tests made in | the local police laboratory of 16 differ- | ent brands of beer on sale in Detroit show that the 3.2 beverage averages only 2.73 per cent of alcohol by weight. tests included beer made in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Boston, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Canada. Only one of the beers tested ran as high as 2.89 per cent. There were six of 2.83 per cent, one of 2.78, three of 2.72, three of 2.67, one of 2.61 and one of 2.28. There was one ale in the list which tested .75 per ceat. A Detroit brewer, asked the reason for the low alcoholic content, said: “I can't explain it; I'm not a chemlst; I'm only a brewer.”