Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1933, Page 2

1. S. PLEDGE URGED T0 BAN AGGRESSOR Dr. Motta Tells Arms Parley r Support of Consultative Pact Is Vital. By the Associated Press.® GENEVA, May 20.—The question of what the United States will do when there is a threat of war or when there is war itself was put before the World Disarmament Conference today'by Dr. Giuseppe Motta, former President of Switgerland. “The truth is,” he declared, “that there must be solidarity of all conti- nents. “I wish, T hope and I expect that the United States will bring us the liber- ating word.” Dr. Motta, after paying tribute to President Roosevelt’s world message, as the delegates of Holland, Finland and Denmark had done, said the conference was anxiously awaiting to know to what extent the United States would partici- pate in a consuitative pact which would re-enforce the Kellogg pact. “We want to know,” he said, “if that great Nation is ready to take appropri- . ate measures if in the event of a con- flict it became necessary to define the aggressor nation and consider what measures would be suitable to put an end to aggression. “It is written in letters of fire across history that the solution of our diffi culties can only be found in solidarit: ‘The conference desire to know Ameri- can intentions, as voiced by Dr. Motta, was not satisfied. Arms Cut Hopes Rise, The American delegation postponed the presentation of its views, and Nor- man H. Davis, American Ambassador at Large, spent the day at his hotel preparing a speech to be delivered early next week. ‘The impression prevailed that the United States would advocate rigid in- ternational supervision of armaments and might announce readiness not to insist on the rights of neutrality in the event of war. Disarmament hopes sprang up afresh today, with an agreement appearing nearer a reality. The flow of optimism was attributed first to President Roosevelt's practical recommendations in his world message, then to the conciliatory speech of Chan- cellor Hitler before the Reichstag, and, finally, to the announcement that Ger- many accepts the British disarmament plan as the basis for an arms conven- on. Rudolf Nadolny, spokesman for the German delegation, declared, “I hope this will be regarded as new proof of German moderation,” when he an- nounced the German acceptance yes- terday. His government, Nadolny sald, will not contend for fundamental changes in the British plan, drafted by Premier Ramsay MacDonald, but “the German people maintain and demand that the conference produce two results—Afirst, security by disarmament of the heavily armed states, and, second, achievement of equality rights for Germany.” So swiftly did events move, however, that some delegates sald frankly they were fearful. , A spokesman for France and her al- lies announced they were waiting for Germany to put her assurances of col- laboration into practical effect. The French appeared to apprehend an Anglo-American-German union, an | action which might force France and her allies to cut down their armed forces and destroy war materials with- out the certainty of & watertight sys- tem of security which would guarantee France against invasion. French co-operation to conclusion of & disarmament pact has been pledged. Rene Massigli, French delegate, de- scribed Germany's acceptance of the British proposal as removing obstacles to an eventual agreement. Then, amid applause, he pledged Prance’s adher- ance to such an end. DAVIS GIVEN LEEWA¥X, By the Associated Press. A statement of the position of the United States on the MacDonald arms Seven hundred marchers, who want their bonus paid immediately but who do not want to work in the forests for $1 a day, filed past the White House on their way to present petitions to the Speaker and Vice President yeste: chanted their dislike for the forest jobs as they marched along. rday. They —A. P, Photo. ROOSEVELT 10 FILL SHOALS POSTS SOON l]§0 Prospects Considered for Two to Aid Morgan on Board. By the Associated Press. With Arthur E. Morgan, president of Antioch College in Ohio, selected as director of President Roosevelt's vast Tennessee Valley-Muscle Shoals proj- ect, the two other members of the three- man Government corporation will be appointed soon by Mr. Roosevelt from a list of 150 prospects so work may be started quickly. Morgan has wide engineering knowl- edge and experience, having been iden- tified with many major flood control projects, and has brought Adtioch Col- lege, operated on the work-study plan, to a rank of first prominence. Quick Probe Expected. The corporation is authorized to build dams, power houses, reservoirs, irrigation works, power plants, trans- mission lines and to manufacture ex- perimental fertilizer. Word was passed yesterday that quick action would be forthcoming in the Government's investigation of charges that Federal property at Muscle Shoals had been misused by private power companies. Planning for this investigation, the President is understood to have selected Huston Thompson, & special assistant to the Attprney General to head the inquiry. Both the Alabama Power Co. and the Tennessee Electric Power Co.,| against which the charges were made | by an unnamed electrical engineer in & letter to Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, have denied the allega- tions and welcomed an inquiry. Two Months Required. ‘The investigation 1s expected to re- quire about two nronths™ A tentative inquiry already has been made by Louls R. Glavis, an investigator, for Secre- tary of the Interior Ickes at the di- rection of Mr. Roosevelt. His report has been turned over to the Justice Department. The engineer is understood to have been with the Roosevelt party when the Chief Executive visited Muscle Shoals before inauguration. The com- plaint, which was sent to President Roosevelt by Senator Norris, centers around the alleged action of the power companies in interchanging electricity by means of Federal property instead of purchasing it from the Government. | Asks League to Apply Penalties ROOSEVELT TO LEAVE TODAY ON RIVER CRUISE reduction plan by Norman H. Davis next week at Geneva was indicated today by Secretary of State Hull Davis has considerable discretionary authority to state this Government’s views on the plan presented by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. Hull declined to indicate what form the pronouncement might take. In un- official quarters, however, it appeared Davis would set forth & willingness to participate in consultations with other nations in event of a threatened war, while preserving complete American freedom of action. T possibilities were seen as a willingness to participate in a general embargo on arms and alter the tradi- tional definitions of neutrality under which & neutral protects its nationals in legitimate business dealings with a combatant. All _such eoncessions, designed to meet French and other European de- mands for “security” in return for sac- rificing arms, are expected to be made sirictly conditional on & genuine and subsumllal. reduction of armaments, PBRITISH PRAISE HITLER. LONDON, May 20 (#).—Editorial ex- Pressions of gratification that new hope has been infused in the Disarmament Conference by Germany's stand included today tributes to the statesmanship of ‘Chancellor Hitler in translating his dec- larations béfore the Reichstag into acts. Germany’s acceptance of the British disarmament plan, as announced yes- terday at Geneva by Rudolf Nadolny, German spokesmen, “offers the best t for an ultimate agreement yet seen,” said the Daily Times. Other sommentators agreed. Nevertheless, too much confidence was deprecated, and the consensus was that many difficulties were ahead. | The Times, referring to various in-| terpretations put on President Roose- velt’s world peace plea, said: “What the world most wants to know | is whether the present American ad- ministration accepts the doctrine that no signatory of the Kellogg pact can be neutral in the event the pact is vio- Jated. “The answer to that question is par- ticularly important to France, and ¥rance will need all encouragement pos- | sible in order that she may play & help- ful part in the next phase of the dis- ermament discussions.” ‘The Daily Telegraph declared: “Roosevelt’s noble message had the | exalting influence of a voice from the clouds, and it is hoped those clouds soon will part and reveal the President » * ¢ speaking all-important words of precision which will reassure France re- Bpecting her desire for security.” Meanwhile a report from New York that the United States desired a de facto currency stabilization before the convening of the World Economic Con- ference was variously regarded. ‘The financial News said that if the report were true, the prospects for ini- tial discord in the conference were in- creased. The newspaper opposed the 1dea of Great Britain participating in any _stabilization arrangement and added: “We cannot conceive of America as likely to press the point, since it ‘would necessitate the reappreciation of Overnight Trip Down Potomac Planned Aboard Yacht Bequoia. President Roosevelt will take his first overnight week end vacation since his | inauguration when he leaves this after- noon for a cruise on the Potomac aboard the Sequoia, the presidential | yacht. Prospects of fair weather lured him into plans to leave the White House early this afternoon and not to return until after dark tomorrow. He will be accompanied by & small party of friends and though rest and diversion are his principal aims, he is expected to study plans worked out by his associates for reorganization of the executive branch of the Govern- ment. To assist him in this study he will have with him Lewis Douglas, di- rector of the budget, who has been prominent in preliminary planning of the reorganization. Others in the week end party will| be Col. Henry Roosevelt, cousin of the President and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Col. Louis M. Howe, spe- cial secretary to the President, LOUDERBACK TRIAL DRAGS IN SIXTH DAY 5 Senators Usual Quorum Call Is Dispersed With. By the Associated Press. In an almost empty Senate chamber, the sixth day of the impeachment trial | of Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California got under way today, with H. B. Hunter of San Francisco on the stand for cross-examination by | the prosecution. Only five Senators were present as the trial was resumed and Democratic | leaders forewent the usual quorum call. | Under the rules, if & quorum falls to answer within a short while, the Senate has to adjourn. [ Hunter, whose appointment as re- ceiver for the Russell-Colvin Brokerage Co of San Francisco forms one of the five impeachment charges, told the court he had collected about a million of the company’s $3.000,000 in assets, with about $500,000 of it in cash. HARVEY W. WILEY, IR., SOUGHT IN MICHIGAN Mother of D. C. Technical Student at Genmeral Motors Institute Calls for Search. By the Associated Press. FLINT, Mich., May 20.—The disap- pearance from his rooming house here started a search yesterday for Harvey W. Wiley, jr., a son of the late Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and a third-year tec Only Present and the dollar.” ‘The Daily Mail's mmancfal commen- nical student in the General Motors Institute. Young Wiley disappeared last Sunday HARRY L. HOPKINS Of New York, whose nomination as Federal emergency relief administrator probably wil acted upon by the| Senate today. CHACO ARBITRATION REJECTED BY BOLIVIA to Paraguay for Issuing Declaration of War. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 20.—Bolivia today re- jected recommendations by the Council of the League of Nations for the set- tlement of the dispute with Paraguay over the Chaco territory. The Bolivian delegate declared Para- | guay had violated the covenant of the League by its recent declaration that a state of war existed and asked the Council to apply the penalties pro- vided in article 16 of the covenant against Paraguay. (Article 16 provides for financial and economic sanctions as well as possible military sanctions by members of the League against a nation declaring war | in violation of the covenant.) FIREMEN SEEK HIVE; THEY HAVE THE BEES. Swarm Captured by Cutting Off Tree Limb Housed in Back Yard of Engine House. No. 23 Engine Company, of the Fire Department, has sent out s hurry call | for one bee-hive, minus the bees. The company will supply the bees, including the queen, which &t present are buzzing angrily about & make-shift hive in the back yard of the engine house. ‘The company became richer by one swarm of bees when it was called out this morning to dislodge the bees from | & tree on Nineteenth street, between I and K streets, just back of the Medical Building. . ‘The dislodging was simple. All the firemen did was cut off one small branch of the tree upon which the bees had swarmed and then went their way, after squirting a few strays with water. The swarm that drew out No. 28| Engine Company, to 2722 Woodley place about the same time, did not fare the same fortunate fate. That swarm Iit| on & fence post in the rear of that address, and, barring taking down the fence, could not be safely moved. So the firemen killed the entire swarm with wet cloths and & stream of water WHOLESALE PRICES AND NEW BUILDINGS SHOW SHARP RISE (Continued From First Page) number, and 43.4 per cent in indicated expenditures.” Comparing 352 identical cities, the report sald there was a decrease of 41.2 per cent in the number of new residential bulldings, and & decrease of 322 per cent in the number of non- residential comstruction during the | Yyear. T | basis of $1 for each $3 the State and | Ohio to be treasurer of the United | | the Bureau of Fisheries. | Former Cellmate, Held in New Jer-| COMMITTEEQ.K'S HOPKINS FOR POST Senate Vote on Nomination of Relief Head Likely Later Today. By the Associated Press. ‘The nomination of Harry L. Hopkins of New York to be Federal relief ad- ministrator under the recently-enacted $500,000,000 unemployment aid program | was approved today by the Senate Banking Committee. Hopkins, now New York State relief administrator, will have supervision over the $500,000,000 fund for direct grants to the States. No opposition was expressed to him in the committee. Senate leaders planned to seek confirmation Iater today so the program may go into operation at once. Meanwhile, it was learned that John Hogan, New York engineer, has been recommended to President Roosevelt to be public works administrator in charge of the proposed $3,300,000,000 construc- tion program now pending in Congress. Distribution of Fund. ‘The first $250,000,000 of the jobless ellef fund will be allocated on the its political subdivisions has spent for relief during the preceding three- month period, probably from about March 1 to June 1, and the balance on the basis of needs. Mr. Hopkin's nomination was sent to the Senate yesterday along with the name of Stephen B. Gibbons of New York for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of customs and Coast Guard. In addition, Herbert J. Drane, & for- | mer Represeniative from Florida, was appointed & member of the Power Com- mission. Yesterday the Senate confirmed the nominations of William A. Julian of | States and Charles E. Jackson of Scuth Carolina to be deputy commissioner of | Two new officials took office yester- day st the Treasury Department with the swearing in of Eugene R Black of ! Georgla s governor of the Federal Re- | serve Board and Dean Acheson of | Maryland &s Undersecretary of the | Treasury. Looking toward the diplomatic fleld, the administration is considering nam- ing W. W. McDowell, State Democratic | chairman for Montans, as Minister to the Irish Free State. The induction into office of Gov. Black and Undersecretary Acheson took place in the reception room of Secretary Woodin's office. Woodin Presents Commission. The oath was administered by Prank A. Birgfeld, chief clerk. The commis- sions were presented by Secretary Woodin in_the presence of friends of the two_officlals. The Secretary told the governor he welcomed him to the office and felt his appointment would take a great burden off_his shoulders. Black replied that he would do his utmost to fill the position and serve his country to the best of his ability He expressed the hope that the Federal Reserve Board would continue to be & very “instructive influence in behalf of industry, commerce and agriculture.” The Secretary told Acheson that he felt he was the man to fill the position. INSPIRED BY MEANS T0 TRY EXTORTION sey Plot, Declares He Received Idea From Capital Man. By the Associated Press. SOUTH ORANGE, N. J, May 20— William G. Carlson, ex-convict and former butler, who allegedly tried to extort 85,000 from Orville G. Drake on the threat of kidnaping one of his children, today, police said, named Gas- ton B. Means as the inspiration of his unsuccessful plot against Drake. Means, former secret service agent and recently convicted of fraud in the Lindbergh kidnaping ransom negotia- tions, was Carlson’s cellmate in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., the former butler told police. He said conversations with Means “inspired” his extortion plot. Carlson was arrested yesterday when he appeared at & ren- dezvous to receive the $5000 from Drake. Retrial Motions Filed. Gaston B. Means and Norman T.! rmmer. convicted in District Supreme Court Tuesday of couspiring to defraud pared with March, but more than $7,- | Mrs. Evalyn Walsh MCLQAII‘I of $35,000 000,000 less than in April, 1932. |in the Lindbergh baby kidnaping case, Decreases in the retail prices of food | today filed motions for a new trial. from March through April were re- | Joseph Turco, representing Whitaker, corded as tollows: Strictly fresh eggs,|cited 12 alleged errors on the part of T per cent; pork chops, 6 per cent:|the court, while J. Willlam Tomlinson, evaporated milk, 2 per cent; sirloin| attorney for Means, claimed 14 errors. steak, rib roast, sliced ham, leg of | The motions contended Justice Dan- lamb, canned red salmon, margerine, | iel W. O'Donoghue, who presided at the vegetable lard substitute, macaroni, | trial, erred, among other things, n re- canned corn, tea and raisins, 1 per| fusing to grant a directed verdict of not cent; round steak, sliced bacon and|guilty, in holding that a conspiracy coffee, less than five-tenths of 1 per | had been entered into, and in admitting oent, the testimony of several witnesses over Increases were shown in average |the objections of counsel for the de- prices of the following: Onions and fendants. ‘The various agencies of the Federal Government awarded contracts during | April for bulldings to cost $4,729,642, | an increase of nearly $1,500,000 com- cabbage, 14 per cent; navy beans, 7 per cent; flour and bananas, 3 per cent; butter, rolled oats, canned peas and sugar, 2 per cent; hens, 1 per cent, and ENGLISH OUSTS FRENCH cheese and wheat cereal, less than 5-10 of 1 per cent. The following articles showed no changes during the month: Chuck roast, plate beef, fresh milk, lard, bread, corn | meal, corn flakes, rice potatoes, pork | and beans, canned tomatoes, prunes aud orang: PROMOTIONS GRANTED | IN NAZI SCHOOL SCHEME | Government Prescribes More Time for Study of Language of U. 8. and Britain. BERLIN (#)—English has supplanted French as first !arelfl'n language in all Prussian grade schools. An order of the Nazi minister of edu- COMMITTEE BACKS HIGHER INCOME TAX Dividend and Gasoline Levies Also Urged to Pay for Public Works. (Continued From First Page.) classes from normal income and in- heritance. “We have been depending upon sky- scraper taxation. The middle classes, of which I am a member, have bene- fited through this income tax racket. “The middle classes—or man and wife with a net $3,000 income now en- joy more luxuries than George Wash- ington ever knew.” As House hearings neared their close, Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee announced his com- mittee would begin hearings on the in- dustrial control-public works bill Mon- day. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Henry I ¥ riman, president of the Chamber oi commerce of the United States, yesterday approved the sales tax plan of financing the bond issue, but important committee members, includ- ing Chalrman Doughton and Repre- sentatives Ragon, Democrat, of Ar- kansas: Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Cullen, Democrat, of New York, sald “program Number 1 is preferable. ‘They said there might be some slight change, but that when the committee goes into executive session late today, they expected an agreement to reached on & program based on “num- ber 1.” Four revenue programs were submit- ted to the committee by Douglas with- out recommendation President Roosevelt, although asking for far-reaching authority to deal with industry and labor, made no recom- | mendation as to taxes, saying, however, he would submit his own program next | week unless the committee had agreed | upon one. Opposition was voiced by both Green and Harriman to the so-called “bresk- fast tax” in Number 2 program sub- mitted by Douglas, after these leaders had indorsed the measure and its pu pose. They were only lukewarm toward program Number 3, levying a tax on cheap long-distance telephone calls and lowering the base of admission levies. Green Qualifies Stand. Green yesterday qualified his ap- proval of the sales tax with the pro- vision that this levy be imposed during the present emergency for the public works bond issue only and with the stipulation that it be automatically ended when the revenue is not needed. ‘Asserting he favored repeal of the eighteenth amendment, Harriman said if that was brought about revenue on liquor would amount to between $400,- 000,000 and $500,000,000. “I think the American people have enough common sense te bring about repeal within two years” Harriman said. He referred to President Roosevelt's message to Congress on the legislation, asking for a tax levy until either the eighteenth amendment is repealed or until the Treasury can bear the interest burden on the public works bond issue. “I think the manufacturers sales tax is the fairest item on the program and the most unfair is that tax on dividends, because that is double taxa- tion, Harriman said in discussing the four programs submitted by Douglas. In hailing the measure as a forward step bringing about economic recovery, revival of industry, increases in em- ployment and raises in wages, both Green and Harriman advocated removal of the limit of 3¢ per cent outright grants by the Federal Government to States, citles and towns for projects. The Federal Government, they said. should give the whole amount in order that small communities, where there is no emplovment, may be given work. Opposes Gasoline Tax. In opposing the proposed increase | in the gasoline tax, Harriman said, “This should be left to the States.” He said he would prefer the launching of a $2,000,000,000 public works program, and opposed the recommendation by QGreen that the bill be amended to pro- vide for & $5,000,000,000 public con- struction program. He added, however, he did not think the $400,000,000 allot- ment for highway construction was large enough. Harriman suggested that a provision be inserted to continue the life of the act for the life of the emergency, in- stead of limiting it to two years. “If wisely administered,” he said, “so that production can be properly co- ordinated, I am convinced the full use of trade practice agreements will raise wages and purchasing power, stabilize production and increase employment.” Harriman sald the President’s pro- posal to bring about national industrial co-operation, increasing purchasing power and stabilized prices are con- structive and are of the “utmost im- portance.” “The Nation-wide cut-throat compe- tition brought on by the depression has brought destruction of profits, successive wage cuts and industrial chaos,” Harri- | man said. “If wisely administered, this | bill will raise wages and purchasing power, stabilize production and increase employment.” | The National Automobile Chamber of | Commerce, represented by Pyke John- | son, vice president, vrotested against | boosting the gasoline tax, claiming that | to impose a general sales tax on pres- ent excise levies on the automobile in- dustry would constitute & “new super tax.” Charles A. Collins, representing the American Automobile Association, sald his organization “has consistently fa- vored & general sales tax in preference to a serles of excise taxes' and de- scribed the proposal for an increase in asoline rates as “another raid on gaso- ine taxes.” Dr. Irving Fisher, economist of Yale University, advocated the issuance of “stamp money” to pay for the public works program. ‘The measure was described as “pass- ing the buck to President Roosevelt” by Benjamin C. Marsh, executive secre- tary of the People’s Lobby. “Make it mandatory and get some- thing_done,” he said. “The bill makes the President a dictator over every- thing except the banks, which helped bring on our disaster, and land specu- lators, who will wreck the scheme.” Baruch Sounds Warning. Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the old War Industries Board, last night' warned the Nation “not to oppose, but to examine carefully recent and pending legislation placing out entire industry u‘nde more or less careful regimenta- tion “In todsy's desperate struggle for the scant remaining business,” Baruch said in an address before the Brookings In- stitution, “cost and price have become such factors that, in the unstable fringes which surround each industry a few operators have taken the last dan- gerous step in economic retrogression— the attainment of low costs by the deg- redation of labor standards. “Low costs secured in this way create an unbearable competitive disadvantage to companies of larger vision and sense of social obligation. These com- panies have no defense save to follow suit—thus & whole industrial and labor group is forced to drop to & lower step, from which new level there seems no escape from repetition of downward scaling. * * * It is & process of rapid dissolution, and it is no wonder that the whole of Industry seems to have risen en masse to find some way to check it as a matter of stark self-pres- ervation. It had to do so because of Government restrictions on self defense through co-operation.” SAMUEL KING. DILL WILL PRESS ‘Predicts Senate Fight on Personnel and Wage- Cut Restriction. By the Associated Press. The Senate will be asked by Chair- man Dill of the Interstate Commerce Committee to give early consideration to the administration’s railroad reor- ganization-economy bill, which was ap- proved in committee late yesterday with an amendment to insure workers their jobs at present wage levels. For the time being, however, the Senate is working on the Glass bank bill. Dill predicted a fight in the Senate missal of employes or the cutting of wages in carrying out orders of the railroad regional committees and the Federal co-ordinator, but said Presi- dent Roosevelt had no objection to it. The amendment was approved in committee after a bitter controversy. committees should be permitted to cut forces if rigid economy orders were to be complied with. Dill, "however, said that under ‘the quired to fill normal vacancies up to 5 per cent a year through deaths, retire- ments and resignations, and in this way the carriers could reduce their forces by 50,000. ‘The Washington Senator also pointed out that business is picking up and the roads could save in another way by not calling back men who have been laid off in recent months. RAIL BILL ACTION on the amendment prohibiting dis- | £ | JOHN MILTON PHILLIPS. CONTROLLER LAUDS BANK MERGER PLAN | __ (Continued From First Page.) Some members contended the rallroad ! National, will be the Northeast Savings | Bank, at H and Eighth streets north- east. | “The general merger proposal has been | indorsed by the Fiscal Relations Com- amendment the roads would not be re- | mittee of the Federation cof Citizens' | | Associations, it was announced today by | L. A. Carruthers, chairman. | A resolution on this subject, adopted at a meeling of the committee last| night, is expected to be brought up for consideraticn of the federation at a special session next Saturday night. | James G. Yaden. federation president, | today voiced his personal approval of | the action taken by the Fiscal Rela- tions Committee. AFTER SIXTH JOINS | The committee today made the fol- | lowing report to Mr. Yaden: % “Your Committee on Fiscal Relations, having been designated to inquire into the report upon the situation occasioned | NATIONAL ORATORY CHAMPION WILL BE UPHAN OPPOSES NAVAL SLASHES Admiral Testifies Before House Committee as De- partment Considers Cuts. While the Navy Department’s Econ- omy Committee headed by Assistant Secretary Henry L. Roosevelt, is con- sidering plans for eliminating between 500 and 800 officers from the active list, Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, testifying yesterday before the House Naval Committee, vigorously opposed a slash and protested against the pro- gram laying up one-third of the fleet and of aircraft. He was testifying on the Vinson bill to permit the President to retire some 500 naval officers. The Roosevelt Economy Committee has made 1o report touching officer personnel, -as yet, but has the®whole matter under consideration. It will make a report to Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, when it has made up its mind. Mr. Roosevelt said yes- terday: “All matters connected with the personnel and the reorganization of the Navy Department are still under consideration, and the date of a definite report has not yet been determined upon.” The Assistant Secretary made no official comment on the exact num- ber of officers to be placed on the in- active list of the Navy, under the economy program. Of the “rotating reserve” plan—as the program is called, under which one-third of the fleet would be placed in reserve and aircraft likewise laid up —Admiral Upham said: “With a third of the, fleet in reserve, in reduced status, and avowedly unready to oper- ate; a second third newly joining the fleet with crews out of training for the past six months, and 40 per cent new or gnéme}:}re: merxx,1 and the last and trained third anticipating going into reserve, it should be obvious that the United States Fleet will be farther and farther from readiness to take efficient part in a naval campaign, and with muc‘h reduced chance of success in battle. “From s fleet in training for fleet operations, we became a much reduced group of ships for training; and we be- come, in 1934, an aggregation of ships in conservation. Progress is arrested; retrogression sets in.” Admiral Upham is slated to become commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet in the Fall. Regarding personnel, Admiral Upham told the House Naval Committee: “The number of flag officers of the line on the active list of the Navy to- day is, in my opinion, none too large for the present peace-time needs, to say nothing of the war requirements. We have today a total of 59 officers of flag rank in the United States Navy, as compared with 85 British, 94 Japa- nese, 57 French and 34 Italian officers of flag rank. “In my opinion there is not one offi- cer on the active list of the line of the Navy whose services are not re- quired and whom the country would not be infinitely thankful to have if war should unfortunately descend upon us. “To fully man the ships which we is proposed to retain in the 1934 oper- ating force plan, there are required 4,229 line officers. We actually have ashore 2,086 officers, dnnkmx a total of 6,315 officers which We' require for our present-day Navy. If we consider the ships which we now have actually built in commission and out of commission, and the number which we are actually building, we find that we would re- quire, to fully man those ships at sea, 5,963 line officers, and to fully man the ships of the treaty navy, 6,12¢ line offi- cers, the Jast two figures being in ad- dition to the officers who are required ashore. “It must be apparent, therefore, that time is not in excess' of " reasonable naval needs, and it must further be borne in mind that line officers can not be obtained from civil life. There is no civil profession corresponding to that of the line officer.” RIOTING IN HAVANA | IS FEARED ON CUBA | i = | { | { om_Pirst Page.) SELECTED TONIGHT (Continued From First Page) entire program, however. While the contest is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock, the doors to Censtitution Hall will be opened at 7:15 o'clock. Music {will fill the interim. The Tech Sym- | phony Orchestra of 70 young musicians under the direction of Dore Walten, its leader since 1912, will present a con- cert. The orchestra, which will be augmented tenight by selected members of other high school orchestras, will| play at intervals during the meeting also. The music program will include songs by the Inter-High School Male Chorus under direction of Dr. E. N. C. Barnes, director of music in the public schools and founder of the chorus. Cadets of the Western High School regiment will act as ushers at the meet- ing. At 10:45 o'clock, -after the national champion is definitely determined, the National Broadcasting Co., through Station WRC will broadcast the win- ning speaker in the presentation of his prepared oration over a netwerk of statiohs. Mr, Leigh will introduce the winner over the air, BOOK LIST PREPARED Public Library and Branches to Is- sue “Poetry Cure” Free. Dr. George F. Bowerman announces that for Poetry week, May 21-27, the Public Library is issuing a book list, “Poetry Cure,” prepared by Miss Vir- ginia Boon of the advisory staff. Copies of this list may be obtained free of cost by the failure of 13 banks in the Dis- | trict of Columbia to reopen at the ter- mination of the recent banking holiday, these developments, denied that a na- tion-wide revolutionary outbreak had | been ordered for today. Despite the assurance, public demon- or &t any time thereafter up to 'heislrstwns on the independence anniver- present date, submits this report. “It has made numerous and careful | of the resolution, and has cbtained much informstion of an suthentic na- ture. o give such a degree of strength to banking structures as will restore public confidence, several of these banks are engaged in the process of a merger. Prefer Merger Plan. “In the interest of the depositor, favor the principle of a merger in pref- erence to a process of liquidation through receivership. But we do not, however, wish to be understood as feel- ing that banks outside of this particu- lar merger might not be sble to partici- pate in & second merger unit or to be- come going concerns under their old identities.” In addition to Mr. Carruthers, mem- bers of the Fiscal Relations Committee are E. S. Hege, D. 1. Blose, A. F. Davidson, C. R. Hardy, H. N. Rober and W. L Swanton. HUM OF LOCUSTS DIMS SOUND OF COWBELLS Georgia Farmers Unable to Lo- cate Stock Because of Noise of Insects. By the Associated Press. DALTON, Ga., May 20.—The hum of hordes of locusts in brought complaints from farmers that they are unable to hear cowbells. Farmers locate their cows in the pas- inquiries bearing on the subject matter | ] this section has at the central building or branches of | the Public Library. A special collection | tures by means of the tinkle from the of books of poetry has been placed in |bell that hangs about the animal’s neck, the first floor lobby of the central and they say that when the locusts building. tune up the bells are drowned out. STRATOSPHERE HAS NO TERRORS FOR FLYER SEEKING PICCARD MARK Settle Considers Dash to Roof of Sky Far Less Hazardous Than National Balloon Race. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, May 20—Lieut. Comdr. T. G. W. “Tex” Settle, who stratosphere flight in which he ex- | pects to break the record of more than 1¢_miles set by Prof. Auguste Piccard. With him will be an assistant, as yet plans to fly a balloon into the strato- sphere next July from Chicago’s Cen- tury of Progress Exposition, believes he has & comparatively tame adventure ahead of him. Flying above such earthly phenomena as clouds, mists and air thick enough to breath may sound dangerous, the commander said today, but in reality a race upward is less hazardous than a national or international balloon race with the pilots trying all the tricks of | | unnamed, who will take cosmic ray | measurements and make other observa- | tions with instruments now being pre- | pared. Sealed in an air-tight ball seven feet in diameter, they will take off near midnight, will rise gradually until the sun is up, make a dash into the strato- sphere for their observations, and then Legin the descent with the plan of landing early the next morning. ‘With them will be a short wave wire- | sary were banned. Groups of not more than three persons could gather in Havana Province. Reports from Camaguey told of the dynamiting of small bridges on the North Cuba Railroad. causing a suspen- sion of traffic. The bridges were at | Jiqui, Donato and Tarafa.. A meager dispatch told of a bomb explosion at Esmeralda, in Santa Clars Province. Another report from Santa Clara said telegraph facilities had been disrupted throughout the area in which the rebels | were active Rpresentative Manuel Campestany, understood to have been sent to Santa Clara Province in an attempt to nego- tiate peace with Blas Hernandez, :om- manding tae rebel forces, returned last night. He was said to have falled .n an atiempt to mezt the rebel leader. Pascengers on the Trepresentative's train brought reports that Hernandez's forces had defeated Ortiz's troops in an engagement near Jatibonico. Meanwhile, J. Munroe, vice_president of the Cuban Sugar Co., arrived from Santa Clara to protest to authorities | against the execution of three guirds at a mill of the company in Jatibonizo. | The men were executed, he said, by | Ortiz. He declined to give other details, MAPES OFFERS MEASURE TO PROTECT CREDITORS Bill Would Require Bond to Pay Costs of Labor and Building Materials. A bill to protect firms furnishing labor and materials for buildings con- structed in the District was introduced yesterday by Representative Mapes, Re- publican, of Michigan. The measure would require contract= ors to post a bond to cover the full amount of the contract. Funds re- ceived by the contractor in payment | would be set up as a trust fund and applied first to the payment of claims of subcontractors, architects, engineers, | laborers and other employes. Any contractor who failed to pay the claims under the provisions of the bill | would be liable to punishment on & charge of larceny. | BICYCLIST INJURED |Jack Brucken Rzceives Fractured | Skull in Collisicn. Jack Brucken, 9, of 2009 Perry street northeast. s in a_ serious condition today in Sibley Hospital suffering from injuries recelved late yesterday when knocked from his bicycle by an auto- mobile while riding from an alley near his home. The automobile was operated by Johanna Sasko, 2200 block of Wyo- ming avenue, police raid The boy, who had failed to regein now have in commission, and which it - the strength of the lfne at the present * FETE DAY TODAY tator, on the other hand, favored the suggestion and thought it could be achieved without insurmountable diffi- . sceptical, ex- p:.»mebody is kite less set for recelving weather reports | consciousness this morning, w-'s re- and communicating with the world be- | ported 9 have a f-actured skull apd low. balloonist’s instruments, oxygen |numerous cuts ani bruls-s about the tanks, a supply of metallic dust for|arms and .legs. He also was suficr-ng ballast, and emergency rations for pos- | from concussion of the brain, 1. was, I sibly five or six days. sald. i e Turning to the “teeth” in the new bill, Baruch said that “while we agree fully that industry must fully accept and ask for co-ordination, and that any appearance of dictation must be avold- the trade for distance. The commander, who has won two national and one international balloon races and who is licensed to fly every- thing from a glider to & Zeppelin, is cation, Bernhard Rust, prescribed that | “more hours must be devoted to teach- ing English in order to obtain best pos- sible results.” Rust emphasized “English is ‘the from the home of William J. Quilter, | with whom he had been rooming. ‘The investigation into his disappear- ance was begun at the request of young A promotion system which will carry | pay increases as rewards for meritorious service in- the Civilian Conservation | Corps, has been worked out at head- e Daily Telegraj the opinion es in Wash- | quarters and will \ ‘Wiley's mother, who ington. become effective on June & . \ \tongue most preferred at present.” ed, the power of discipline must exist.” completing arrangements here for the