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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Closing No. 32,523. N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. INDUSTRIAL CONTROL |PRESID AND BUILDING PLANS ARE GIVEN CONGRESS| Roosevelt Urges $3,300,000,000 Public Works Program, Federal “Partnership” With Industries. DEMANDS NEW REVENUE LAW FOR RAISING $220,000,000 Executive Points Out That Early Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act Would Bring New Revenue. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt today called upon Congress to write into law a far-reaching measure intended to stimulate recovery through a huge public works program to cost $3,300,000,000. The same measure provides for the co-operation of the Govern- ment with private industry to regulate production, hours of labor and wages. An administration bill to carry out these purposes was ready for introduction in the Senate and House. In his message to Congress the President pointed out that early repeal of bring a new flow of revenue into t! the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act would he Treasury, and it would be pos- sible to eliminate new taxes necessary to finance the Government’s public works program. President Also Demands New Revenue Law. The President tied in with his recommendation for the public works program a definite demand law capable of raising $220,000,000, amortize the securities issued by public works program. Mr. Roosevelt asks broad powers to deal with the public works program and with the financing thereof. He also proposes a “partnership” be- tween the Government and private in- dustry to stimulate employment and business in this country. With industry and the Governmenut working together, plans for control of production, working hours and wages will be worked out, and, once worked out, the Government will stand ready to see they are made effeclive. The public works and industries bill is believed to be the last of the major measures of the Roosevelt reconstruc- tion program for the present special session of the Congress. It takes its lace beside the emergency banking aw, the economy act, the farm relief and inflation law, the reforestation act, the unemployment relief act and the Muscle Sheals bill, the securities bill, the railroad bill and the home-mortgage bill still to be written into law. Ne_ Specific Proposal. The President made no specific rec- ommendation for tax levies to finance the public works program. He left that to the Ways and Means Committee of the House, adding only that if within a week the committee has not produced a tax plan, he will send a special message making recom- mendations for the taxes. No mention was made by the Presi- dent of any kind of tax, although he said that many suggestions had under consideration. With regard to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead act, and the possibilities of large additional revenues as a consequence the Precident said: “The taxes to be imposed are for the purpose of providing re-employ- ment for our citizens. Provisions should be made for their reduction or elimination— ‘First—As fast as increasing revenues from improving business become avail- able to replace them; “Second—Whenever the repeal of the eighteenth amendment now pending be- fore the States shall have been ratified, and the repeal of the Volstead act ef- fected. The pre-prohibition revenue laws would then automatically go into effect and yield enough wholly to elimi- ante these temporary re-employment xes.” Stresses Co-operation Need. The President laid stress on the need for a great co-operative movement throughout all industry in this country in order to bring about re-employment, “to shorten the working week, to pay & decent wage for the shorter week, and to prevent unfair competition and dis- astrous overproduction.” He said: “Employers cannot do this singly, or even in organized groups, because such action increases costs and thus permits cutthroat underselling by selfish com- petitors unwilling to join in such a public spirited endeavor. There would be need, he said, for limitation on the operation of the anti- trust laws, although they should be re- tained as assurance against old unfair methods of compstition. In this con- nection he said in part: “One of the great restrictions upon such co-operative efforts up to this time has been our anti-trust laws. They (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) SHIP -FRAGM.ENT RAISED Salvage Tug Brings Piece of Steel From Merida to Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va, May 17 (®.—A 5- foot piece of steel hull on her deck, the salvage tug Salvor steamed into port early today after 10 days of sal- yage operations in an attempt to raise the treasure of the sunken Ward Line steamer Merida, down in 200 feet of ‘water 6 miles off the Virginia capes. The wreckage, Capt. H. L. Bowdoin, master of the Salvor expedition stated, is from the Merida. e REPORT 30 CASUALTIES Dispatch From Santa Clara Gives Details of Skirmish. HAVANA, May 17 ().—A dispatch from Santa Clara today reported ap- proximately 30 casualties in a battle on | the outskirts of Sancti Spiritus, 210 miles southeast of here, between rebel and Federal forces last night. bands Pifty -n.llkry:hn:n were sent from |® BSanta Clara to acene. l GUIDE FOR READERS ' Page. Amusements for enactment of a new revenue necessary to pay interest on and the Government to carry on the Roosevelt’s Text In Plea for Wide Industry Control President Roosevelt's public works industrial control message to Con- gress follows, in full: Ta the Congress: Before the special session of the Congress adjourns at the Capitol, I recommend two further steps in our national campaign to put people to work. My first request is that the Con- gress provide for the machinery necessary for a great co-operative movement throughout all industry in order to obtain wide re-employment, to shorten the working week. to pay & decent wage for the shorter week and to prevent unfair competitign and disastrous overproduction. Employers cannot do this singly, or even in organized groups, because such action increases costs and thus permits cut-throat underselling by selfish competitors unwilling to join in such a public-spirited endeavor. One of the great restrictions upon such co-operative efforts up to this time has been our anti-trust laws. ‘They were properly designed as the means to cure the great evils of ‘monopolistic price fixing. They should certainly be retained as a perma- nent assurance that the old evils of unfair competition shall never re- turn. But the public interests will be served if, with the authority and under the guidance of Government, private industries are permitted to ‘make agreements and codes insuring fair competition. However, it is nec- essary, if we thus limit the operation of anti-trust laws to their original purpose, to provide a rigorous licens- ing power in order to meet rare cases of non-co-operation and abuse. Such a safeguard is indispensable. ‘The other provision gives the Ex- ecutive full power to start a large program of direct employment. A careful survey convinces me that ap- proximately $3,300,000,000 can be invested in useful and necessary public construction, and at the same time put the largest possible num- ber of people to work. Provision should be made to per- mit states, counties and municipal- ities to undertake useful public ‘works, subject, however, to the most (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ——— HOUSE COMPLETES MUSCLE SHOALS BILL Approval of Conference Report Sends Long-Discussed Meas- are to President. ¢ i The House today approved the conference report on the Muscle Shoals-Tennessee Valley develop- ment bill, completing congressional action and sending the measure to the White House. The compromise bill swept through the Senate yesterday without a mur- decade’s determined battle. emn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #* ENTS PLAN ONREORGANIZATION Immediate Action Desired to Permit Wholesale Shift- ing by July 1. BUDGET CHIEF PRESENTS PROGRAM TO CUT COSTS Sawing of Hundreds of Millions Sought Under Wide Powers Provided by Measure. Budget Director Douglas said today message to Congress early next week in which he would outline his plans for a sweeping reorganization of Government departments. The director said virtually all the preliminaries have been completed, and the reports and recommendations of all cabinet officers were now on his desk. Douglas indicated the message probably would be one of the major notes the President contemplated send- ing to Congress before adjournment. The plans will affect virtually all the departments and many independent bu- reaus, it was said. Their design calls for abandonment, shifting and merging of functions to bring about both effi- clency and several hundred million dol- lars in economy during the next fiscal year. It is understocd the President will ask Congress to approve the plans im- mediately so that the reorganization could become effective July 1. The President is empowered by a provision in the new economy act to maks sweep- ing changes in the Government'’s exscu- tive structure, 60-Day Delay Possible. His plans, hcwever, must be submit- ted to Congress and unless given imme- diate approval would have to wait 60 calendar days before becoming effective. Both Secretary of Commerce Roper an Douglas have intimated that the plans could be sent to Congress on the day before adjcurnment and become effec- tive 60 calendar days thereafter. How- ever, both have emphasized that the administration would not resort to such tactics. Setting out to fulfill President Roose- velt’s campaign pledge of 25 per cent reduction in governmental expenditures. Douglas has combed through the huge Federal budget marking item after item for elimination. After the inas each cabinet , except Secretary of Labor Perkins, whose ent is and probahly will be ex- tended, was given a_new ture already a) . Ready for some time, but shoved aside as Douglas labored with the President on the pug:lc works fidunryl control nmaw . ure, the regrou ans are given almost umgvigef attention by the budget director from now on, he in- timated. Secretary Roper told news- paper men this afternoon that the President had informed him he would devote the rest of this week studying the plans. The most drastic regrouping will take place within the Commerce Depart- ment. The creation of a huge trans- portation agency from bureaus now part of the Agriculture, Commerce, Navy and Interior Departments and the In- terstate Commerce Commission and other independent agencies will be the major item of the President's program. Shifting bureau’s from the Com: merce, Agriculture and Treasury De< partments to the Interior ent is reported the second largest con- templated chai Roper has @stimated that, although at least 14 bureaus will make up the this regrouping will save approximately $15,000,000 by its creation. bu- reau will have charge of regulating the Nation’s commerce on land and sea and in _the air. Meantime the major departments must meet their economy plans calling for drastic retrenchments, especially in personnel, both in this city and in the field. While some retrenchment has al- ready taken place, the major part of the economy program is expected to become effective June 1. The economy recommendation by the cabinet officers are reported to have been submitted already to the bu director. Commerce Department offi- cials said today that only their Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce re- mains to be completed. A committee composed of E. A. Tupper, Griffith Evans, E. G. Holt and C. W. Palmer, division chief of this bureau, are now reported studying the efficiency rating of each employe. Officials said the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) STOCKS IN RALLY ON ACTIVE TRADING Gains of $1 to $5 Scattered Through List—Commod- ities Gain. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 17.—Stocks rallied in active trading today, many leading issues showing gains of $1 to more | than $5 by early afternoon. Commodity markets were also generally higher. Wall Street apparently took a favor- | able view of Chancellor Hitler's speech. ‘The market was higher before excerpts from the address appeared on financial took other that President Roosevelt would send a|. d | $1,000,000 to $1,250,000 and the addi- structure of the transportation agency, W | READY NEXT WEEK \! W \ \ \\\\§\\ \ RN WMWY et \\\\\\\\\\\:\\\‘\\\“v\\‘ NN AR \ IR Y ‘\*\\‘\\}\\\{\\\\fir\q‘!\fiv&‘;&. AT \", AN LML R \ W) N RN A NS THAT CAPITOL HILL SHELL GAME. NORTHEAS BAN T0 I MERCE Clearing House Approves| Plan—Capital Increased to $1,250,000. Increase of the capital structure of the pew central national bank from tion of the Northeast Savings Bank to the merged institution were an- nounced today at a meeting of directors of the participating banks at the Wil- lard Hotel. Meantime the Washington Clearing House Asociation officially approved the plan and recommended its support to | both stockholders and depositors of any bank joining the movement. ‘The name of the new bank was to be chosen at the meeting this afternoon. | in :l.l probability from these three n‘&ntfll Nations] Bank in Washing- ton, Hamilton National Bank in Wash- ington, or United National Bank of ‘Washington. Bank Names Checked. | ‘These three names, it was understood, | are available for the new bank, accord- | to the Treasury Department, which made a careful investigation of the| names of Washington financial insti-| tutions both present and past. | Stock in the new consolidated bank, it is understood, will sell for $25 & share, par value standing at $20, with the $5 representing a premium. is understood depositors probably will be asked to subscribe for stock up to 10 per cent of the total value of their deposits. & Men who will serve as vice presidents | of the merged institution, representing | the three banks whose vice presidents | for the combination had not before been de:letn-ud. were disclosed at today's meeting. They are: George W. Offutt, jr., president and zx:kemwr of the Potomac Savings E. Jarrell, president of the Bank. ashington 3 Leonard P. Stuart, president, or George F. Hoover, vice president and | gmmwr of the Northeast Savings Formal Action Taken. ‘The Northeast Savings Bank took for- mal action at a meeting just before the session _this afternoon at the Willard Hotel. President Steuart and Vice Pres- ident Hoover of the bank were in brief | conference with Edwin C. Graham, head | of the merger, and went from there to | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) FOREST FIRES CHECKED AFTER MENACING TOWNS 500 Men Struggle to Turn Back Flames From Communities in Maine. By the Assoclated Press. TREMONT, Me., May 17.—After an all-night struggle, 500 fire fighters, re- enforced by a timely east wind, today had turned a menacing forest fire back from the communities of Tremont, West Tremont, Bernard, Southwest Harbor and Bass' Harbor. Although still burning furiously on & front four ‘miles wide, the course of the fire was in the direction of marshy land. Fire fighters were working to confine the blaze within its present ares, with the hope it would eventually township, which 1,000 population, yesterday saw the possibility that their communities would become companions in misfortune with Auburn and Els- worth, both recently devastated by fire. Flames swept into Bernard late yes- led house, terday, destroyed an ] ignited the the community roof of church several times and then reversed its direction as the wind shifted. l Your Car Hit T Garner Declines To Attend Fair in President’s Place Vice President Garner declined an invitation to attend the open- ing of the Century of Exposition in Chicago, May 27, in a telegram today to Rufus C. Dawes, head of the exposition. President Roosevelt, on decid- ing yesterday that he would be unable to make the trip, asked the Vice President to go. Garner explained to newspaper men, however, that his presence in Washington was imperative while the impeachment trial of Judge Harold Louderback is in progress. In his telegram to Dawes, he said: “I regret that the situation is such that it is impossible for me to visit your city and join in the opening of the exposition. “Permit me to express my ap- preciation of the invitation and the hope that every one in the United States as well as many in foreign countries may have the opportunity to benefit by the wonderful information which will be available t! h this Century of Progress Exposition.” OPINION DIFFERS ON AKRON DISASTER Board of Inquiry Reports “Error in Judgment” by Commander. By the Assoclated Press. Differences between a Naval Board of Inquiry and high Navy officials over responsibility for the Akron disaster de- veloped today after the board reported that “an error in judgment” by Comdr. Frank C. McCord was a contributary cause.” ‘The board held, however, that McCord should not be “condemned” because the knowledge available to him the night of the disaster might have “pointed ‘¢ his plan of action being justifiable.” In a separate statement, concurred in by Secretary of the Navy Swanson, Admiral Wiliam V. Pratt, chief of Naval Operations, held that “no re- flection should attach” to the com- manding officer. Declared Inconsistent. Pratt contended the report was not “consistent in that it placed a degree of blame on McCord in one place and in another section said that his actions at the time might have been justified.” The report was made public by the Navy Department as & joint congres- sional committee selected Henry Breck- enridge of New York as its counsel for an investigation of the airship disaster on April 4, in which 73 persons lost their lives. The congressional investigation will start Monday and approximately 50 wit- nesses will be heard. ‘The court’s opinion was that the vessel was justified in taking off from Lakehurst, N. J., on the evening of April 3, because at that time she was in excellent structural condition and weather forecasts furnished the com- mandj officer, r to the last flight, dicate dangerous weather con- ditions nor predict thunderstorms. The report set forth some 24 findings of fact and likewise 11 mlom, recommended that “no her ceedings be had in the matter.” Flight Declared Justified. The court held the commanding offi- cer was justified in starting the flight at the time chosen. The report con- ues: “The court is of the opinion that at about 10 p.m.. when the commanding (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) pro- hat Pedestrian? Maybe . . . or did he do a quick somer- sault as your fender touched him? That's @ racket recently discovered by anm insurance company. The story will appear in The Evening Star soom, along with exposures of other swindles which have been worked on the wnsuspecting public, and | ing REFORESTING J0BS SPURNED BY “ARMY to Roosevelt Offer Is Overwhelming. immediate cash payment of the bonus }todly voted down by an overwhelming | majority President Roosevelt's offer of | reforestation jobs to veterans. There | were only a few scattered dissenting | votes, so few as to be almost inaudible. | One speaker, who tried to say he was in | favor of the plan, was booed down. ‘The text of the resolution adopted is: “That we, delegates at this conven- tion, will not ucert any form of com- promise as to reforestation camps or any other places that postpone the im- mediate cash payment of the compensation certificates or so-called ——— | _President Roosevelt's order to the | | Forest Service to arrange for 25,000 re- forestation jobs for veterans has proved ]‘nncumly unpopular with the bonus | delegates. At the convention yesterday, | when it was being discussed, there were shouts of “forced labor,” and loud booes and catcalls whenever the forest project was mentioned. Oppose Quitting Camp. Sentiment against quitting their Fort Hunt, Va., encampment on Monday un- less the bonus is paid. was expressed by a majority at a camp meeting this morning before the convention was re- sumed at the Washington Auditorium. H. L Castner, Portland, Oreg., drew ing when he said that unless the bonus is paid, not only should the veterans | stay. but they should send out a call | to the Nation for all unemployed to converge on Washington. This has rot yet passed upon by the con- vention, but Castner is trying to get T:Dd.’rumumm to that effect through 500 Applicants Turned Down. He said at the convention hall today | that the Portland, Oreg., contingent at | the bonus camp was forced to turn down 500 applicants when it left for the convention. Harold Foulkrod, erstwhile leader of the “right wing” forces, announced that Representative Ermest Lundeen. | Farmer-Laborite of Minnesota, would | demand an investigation of the arrest in Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky and Vir- ginia, of delegates en route to the con- vention. The second day of the convention was again slow in getting under way. On the agends are arrangements for a parade in Washington tomorrow and se- lection of committees to petition the President and both Houses of Congress for immediate cash payment of the bonus and other relief demanded by the convention. Committee at White House. The convention session moved along slowly yesterday afternoon, interrupted for more than an hour by the visit of the Convention Committee to the White House. There the committee was told the bonus delegates would be enter- tained at Fort Hunt through Sunday if the convention would sdopt a resolu- tion to go home Monday. The original plans were for the delegates to close the convention tomorrow and go home Friday. The faction showing most strength has many demands to make in addirion to immediate cash payment of the val- ance due on the adjusted compensation certificates. Resolutions were accepted demanding socks, shoes and underwrar for the veterans at Fort Hunt; demand- preference for veterans in Federal, State, municipal and county publc (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BANDITS SHOOT CASHIER North Dakota Official Wounded Trying to Free Tear Gas. BUXTON, N. D, May 17.—The cash- fer was wounded, probably fatally, by three men who robbed the First Na- tional Bank of between $700 and $800 The Star’s Carrier. cff the regular edition is d‘ti'hbc!‘lnd ered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,964 " U Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HITLER GRATEFULLY | ACCEPTS ROOSEVELT ARM§ CUT PROPOSAL Chancellor Promises Co-opera- tion and Asks Only “Right to Live” for Germany. NATION ALREADY IS DISARMED, HE SAYS IN REICHSTAG SPEECH Denies Aggressive Policy, Fights Com- ‘munistic Chaos, Demands Equality and Is Ready to Abide by Treaties. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 17.—The moderation of Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s speech before the Reichstag today stunned French offi- claldom. A government spokesman ‘said there appeared to be a complete about face in the German policy. “It is the first time since the war that the chief of the Ger- man government has spoken in such conciliatory terms,” the spokesman said. Official quarters expressed the opinion, however, that acts were more valuable than words, and they indicated that France would wait to see what Germany does at the Disarmament Con- ference at Geneva. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 17.—Chancellor Adolf Hitler, in an impassioned speech before the Reichstag, today gratefully indorsed President Roosevelt’s plan for relieving the international crisis and promised co-operation with Mr. Roosevelt’s efforts. The chancellor agreed that without solution of the disarmament problem, lasting economic reconstruction is unthinkable. In behalf of the entiie nation, and especially the young Nazl {Bonus Marchers’ Opposition ! movement, he pledged that Germany would go as far as any nation in disarming, even to the extent of scrapping her whole military equipment, provided other powers did the same, Denies Policy of Aggression. He particularly offered to refrain from any claims for instruments The convention of delegates seeking | ©f 388ression, so long as other nations scrapped theirs. “There is but one great task before the world—namely, to secure the of his listeners. He denied that Germany contemplated an invasion Poland, emphasizing that his nation is devoid of all aggression. President Hopeful; Hears Hitler Plea And Rushes Plans By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt was described to- day at the White House as heartened by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's indorsement | of his move for peace in the speech to the Reichstag, to which he had listened. Optimism for success of his suggestion for & werld ban on aggression was felt, in view of the German leader's asser- tions, as well as the international reaction to the message that went forth yesterday to 54 nations. Official dispatches from abroad were | said by Secretary of State Hull to indi- | cate the general impression made by an enthusiastic response at the meet- ; the message on statesmen and the rank and file of populations everywhere has been favorable. With the President in the White House proper to hear the speech were Postmaster General Farley, Assistant Secretary cf State Moley and members of the President’s personal staff. President Roosevelt attended school in Germany, and his familiarity with the language made it possible for him to understand the declarations of the German chancellor. He also interpreted the speech to those about him. Arrangements were made for the President and his diplomatic advisers to get & text of the speech as quickly as possible for close study. A statement may be made later. Disarmament experts at the State De- partment noted particularly that Hitler xpressed his approval of Mr. Roose- velt's dramatic appeal for abolition of offensive weapons, declared his willing- ness to accept international control of armaments and stated that Germany was willing to count its national police force and storm trcops in figuring its armed forces. Held Hopeful Sign. Hitler's announced approval of the MacDonald arms reduction plan in }:flnciple Was seen as & h? sign for progress at the Geneva Conference scheduled to reopen tomorrow. Espe- cial <importance was attached to the statement that Germany was not think- of a war of aggression and did not want to re-arm, but rather wanted : other nations to disarm. A willingness to obtain modification of the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty by peaceful methods rather than armed force was the interpretation officials placed upon Hitler's words. Official Washington noted that on the other hand Hitler's address con- tained & warning that pressure ug:uut Germany would never succeed its was given to subjection. Especial attention his statement that coercion applied to his (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) e BULLETS RAKE HOME IN LABOR UNION RIFT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 17.—Bullets whizzed through the home of a leader of the insurgent group within the ranks of Chicag 0 Coal Teamsters’ Union to- day, but as in a similar attack at the beginning of /week, no one was in- | f | social order as it is known today. ace of the world,” the chancellor exclaimed, amid the plaudits France or ents of any? not g%r;nmy any right to security for here His government, he pledged, would proceed on no other path except that prescribed in the international treaties, asserted der continued her disqualification. Should such effort nevertheless be made, he warned that Germany would withdraw from international confer- ences and from the League of Nations. No new European war could mend matters, the chancellor declared, but, on the contrary, even if a resort to force succeeded, the result would only be a greater disturbance of balance, and the germ would be laid for more trouble, migerj;l and gtres& uch madness would end, he pre- dicted, in the complete collapse o!p:he He declared that a Europe sunk in com- munistic choas would mean a crisis of tremendous extent and duration. Loud laughter greeted the chancellor's scathing references to ideas prevailing abroad about German sports clubs being the equivalent of military formations. When the chancellor finished his ;Ipee('h, which lasted an hour, the whole ouse arose spontaneously and sang “D_;l’:t.schlmd !lJlebtr Alles,"y ereupon all of the parties, includ- ing the Socialists, voted for a resolution agreeng with the Hitler statement and re-emphasizing the nation’s claims to arms equality. Appeals for Right to Live. “It is not wise to rob peoples of the economic possibilities of existence with- out taking into account that human beings, depencing thereon, now as be- fore, exist as a factor demanding the right to live,” the chancellor told the hushed Reichstag. “The idea of rendering service to other peoples by destroying economically a ple of 65,000,000 is so absurd that Eo y can dare today openly to expose “Even more absurd was it to to effect this destruction by mgl{m which, according to the law of cause and effect, sooner or later had to lead thgn“vicgu into );:nmnophe,"r ning to the subject of reparae tions, the chancellor declared: “Germany fulfilled the imposed ob- ligations despite the lack of sense in- herent therein and the consequences which could be foreseen, with a fidelity that was truly suicidal. “The international economic crisis is unimpeachable proof of the correctness of this assertion. * * * Europe, going under in Communistic chaos, would con- jure up a crisis in the world's develop- ment of unmeasurable proportions and indeterminate duration. “It is the most solemn wish of the (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) A. T. & T. DIVIDEND VOTED Quarterly Disbursement of $2.25 Ordered by Directors. NEW YORK, May 17 (#).—The Amer- ican Telephone & Telegraph Co. declared the usual quarterly of $2.25 a share on the capital stock. The paymert, which maintained the $9 annual rate, in effect since 1921, in- volves distribution of about $42,000,000 g more than 700,00 Oowners of the ares. The dividend is pavable 18t stock of record J\mr 20 - Ban on U. 8. Fruits to End. , New Healand May nst (he it WELLINOTON. 17 (). —An emba