Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1933, Page 2

k 0. SHREASKE INPUBLIC VRS Citizens’ Federation Backs Senate Amendment to Relief Measure. ~ ‘Amendment of the public works bill 80 as to include the District of Colum- bia with the States and territories in grant benefits for emergency construc- | tion of public highways and related jects was u upon Congress last Ei’n by the P!rxennm of Citizens’ As- sociations. As the bill passed the House the Dis- trict was excluded from the road- construction section of the mammoth industrial recovery bill, and the Senate | already has been asked to consider an | amendment to include the National | apital. . 121 other action taken last night at a special session at the District Building the federation went on record favoring reduction of the retail milk prices in the District to a.devel comparable to that of other large cities, and com- mended the Senate District Committee for the investigation it now is making of this subject. al Housing Bills Indorsed. /' Two measures designed to eliminate plley dwellings and slum conditions from Washington, and to improve its blighted sections, also were indorsed by unanimous vote. One is the Capper bill, which would provide the use of & sum of $500,000 remaining in an ap- propriation for the United States Hous- ing Corporation for alley dwelling elim- ination. The other, not held so ur- gently needed, is the Copeland bill to permit limited dividend corporations to reclaim blighted districts. The federation also urged Congress to amend the La Follette anti-merger Jegislation of 1913, so as to prevent & common-law trust or other trust, as well as corporation, from obtaining or holding more than 20 per cent of the stock in a local utility company. In the same.action the Public Utili- ties Commission was taken to task for its actions in regard to the ownership ©of the Washington Gas Light Co. by a common ]nv‘; smtx’sc b:noé; as the ashington and Suburban 3 wm thi‘zplcnon the federation also de- clared that Congress should not per- mit the merger of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. until the utility law is amended to include a com- mon law trust among outside associa- tions or corporations which are barred grom controlling local utilities. In a companion resolution the fed- eration declared its unalterable opposi- tion to passage of the gas company merger bill. D. C. Share Urged. In its action on the public works bill the citizens declared it is a nn‘!cer of “egsential fairness and justice” that Conj should include the District in the provision under which grants will be made frqm Federal funds for emergency construction of main high- way_projects. The resolution, offered by George E. Sullivan, chairman of the Law and Legislation Committee, point- ed out that residents of the District pay Federal taxes, exceeding the ag- gregate contributions of 11 States, and more those in any one of 27 States. It declared also that highway projects traversing the District are nec- Federal or national in charac- ter to a greater degree than highways in other parts of the United States, or Hawall, which is included. An hour's debate was provoked by | the resolution calling for & nducuanl in the retail price of milk in the Dis- trict, but the action finally was voted an overwhelming vote. ‘While the federation lacked a report nhow\n, specific reasons for the present Jevel of retail prices here, it went on record heartily favoring a reduction in prices, principally on the ground that mcnu here were declared to be higher in nearly any other large city of the United States. _ By unanimous action the federation approved a report by Olayton E. Emig, | Tecomm indorsement of both the | Capper and the Copeland bills. The committee took the position that in- | sanitary or otherwise unfit housing con- ditions and blighted areas require re- medial legislation, confined, however, to particular blocks or squares which are 80 affected. Safeguards Favored. Use of the power of eminent domain, or condemnation, was held to be neces- sary under both bills to provide effective operation, but it was urged that this be safeguarded for the public and that; . such power be not used until a pro- | dact is approved by the Zoning Commis- sion after a public hearing, and notice ;lven to affected property owners. The federation urged also that limited divi- dend housing corporations be not al- lowed to resell land to any interest other than other limited dividend cor- porations. ‘The Sullivan opposing passage of the gas merger bill until the | La Follette act can be amended to pro- «+hibit local or foreign holding corpora- tions from controlling local utilities, de- clared that when proper conditions for a°gas merger exist, it should be made .a condition that “franchise” value | ghould be excluded altogether as an ele- ment of value of the companies. It also was urged that going concern value be not considered as increasing the full rate base valuations. The federation took the position Voiced by Mr. Sullivan that the gas merger bills already considered by Con- | gress do not provide protection against control by foreign holding corporations. In criticising the Utilitles Commis- elon for numerous actions, the federa- | Jtion declared: “It is manifest that the | present membership of the Public Utili- | ties Commission ought not to have cen- | ferred upon it unsupervised power and authority to fix the conditions of a gas | merger aflecting interests already sig- | nally favored by & series of actions taken by the said commission.” Gas Merger Foes Praised. Representatives O'Brien, Weideman | and Werner were commended for their | {recent blocking of action on the gas | merger bill by the House District Com-. mittee “when the strenuous lobbying activities in behalf of this bill caused | them to sense & real public danger.” . ‘The commission was criticized for not | continuing efforts to force the con- | trolling interest in the gas companies | out of the hands of “a group of New York ecapitalists,” declaring that the continuing control of the New York | holding group is “undeniable.” In spite | of this, the resolution declared, “the! Public Utilities Commission has recent- | ly satisfied itself that the group of New York capitalists ought not be dis- turbed, there having been a change in the name of the investment trust from Seaboard Investment Trust to Wash- ington and Suburban Companies.” he federation elso adopted a reso- lution approving the principle of a smerger or mergers of Washington banks now in the hands of conservators, rather than the adoption of a proc- ess of liquidation. The action was proposed by L. A. Carruthers, chair- man of the Committee on Fiscal Re- lations. The body voiced opposition to & easure now before Congress to ex- id the powers of the District Com- missioners, declaring that it would grant legislative authority to three ap- ted officials who are not responsi- e in any way to the residents of the ct. resolutions | Hottest Day in New York. NEW YORK. May 27 (#).—This was the hottest day of the year in New York City. I President’s L 'E SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. atest Picture CHIEF EXECUTIVE POSES AT HIS DESK. | motor boats, gon SKY YIELDS LIGHT Beam of Starlight Is Snatch- ed From Heavens to Turn on Show’s Lights. (Continued From First Page.) ment waited until a late hour to es- timate the day's attendance. Many thousands watched the fair from out- side the grounds also. Maj. Lenox R. Lohr, the Army maga- zine editor who became the zuldh:s genius of the exposition, acknowledge much was yet incomplete and said: had a right to expect.” Rufus Cutler Dawes asserted he was “greatly gratified at the pleasure evi- dent on the faces of visitors.” Transportation _facilities — busses, doliers picked for their OFFICES MEASURE Senate Will Consider Bill A fecting U. S. Workers Tomorrow. The independent offices appropria- tion bill, which contains several gen- eral provisions affecting Government employes, will have the right of way in the Senate tomorrow afternoon from 2 o'clock on and may be passed before evening. ‘When the bill passed the House “We are being treated better that We | several weeks ago, it had in it a sec-|terday from his home in Alabama to tion to require Government depart- ments to consider State quotas under MAY 28, 1933—PART ONE. WOUNDED WAR HERO ARRIVES E. Manning Wears Congressional Medal of Honor. Deeds at Chateau Thierry Won Tributes of Several Governments. Sidney E. Manning, one of the few American soldiers awarded the Congres- sional Medal of Honor “for valor above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States,” arrived here yes- | wage another fight—this time a blood- less one, but, he contends, fully as just. | Manning. erstwhile corporal of Com- TO BATTLE PAY CURTAILMENT FORCHICAGO FAIR| GIVEN PREFERENCE|soe the apportionment law in selecting em- | pany G, 167th Infantry, Rainbow Divi- loyes to be dropped when reductions in | Sion, now is & member of the almost o ity provision | {OTEOtten army of - combat—disabled T T SIDN] SALES TAX FIGHT WILL BE RENEWED Senate Republicans Plan to Press Levy When Recovery Bill Comes Up. By the Associated Press. Despite rejection by the House of the sales tax as a means of financing the $3,300,000,000 public works section of the industrial control bill, Senate Re- publican leaders plan to press this levy when the bill comes before the Senate, probably some time this week. Hearings on the bill passed Friday by the House will be resumed by the Senate Finance Committee tomorrow with witnesses being heard against ef- forts to incorporate the Capper-Mar- land oil regulation measure as an brawn and voices, wheel chairs and | force are necessary. World War veterans. He was brought —Star Staff Photo. jinrikshas pushed or pulled by col- lege athletes—were taxed by the load they had to carry. constituted a source of danger to em- ployes from the District of Columbia here by two of his former “buddies” on & mission of protest against what he | terms gross injustice done wounded war marking at the time that only seven others before him had been so deco- An interesting study of President Roosevelt, made at his desk in the White House executive offices a few days ago. Harris-Ewing Photo. RODSEVELT SIGNS BILL ON SECURITIES GREAT LAKES SHIP WRECKED ON REEF Tonight searchiights played about the | and from a number of States which sky, Aasuxht each %Lh!r out and spread [ hapj to have more than their quotas fanlike shafts against the ceiling of | in the service. The apportipnment law night. Pinpoints of red and white| was intended to apply, in so far as revealed bfi:npn floating overhead. | Possible, to appointments. The House Floods of multicolored light blazed | Provision sought to apply it to dis- into beauty along the miles of shore | missals. line. Garland of red and gold and green flickered a light about the festive la- goon whence came the lilt of Italian tenors crooning to the first cargoes. Section Is Rewritten. The Senate Appropriations Commit- tee has rewritten the section, however, to require departments to consider both As the crowd swung from the Hall of | ¢fficiency and apportionment in mak- Science along the boardwalk skisting | ing reductions in force. Some members the lagoon a barge of fireworks burst | of the Senate would prefer to strike out into play. The staccato of the fire- | the section entirely, but there are no works dying away, the throng left the | definite indications that such a move exposition halls, saw their pylons and | will be made on the floor. Unless there | towers etched in various coiors, their | should be a last-minute change in | facades glowing with geometric designs. | plans, the section probably will pass Then to Ballyhoo boulevard, avenue of | the Senate as reported from the Appro- fun, and home. priations Committee, While the com- § mittee amendment does not entirely GEMS TO BE SHOWN. remove the apportionment rule regard- ing dismissals, it requires efficiency to be considered along with the apportion- | he will be taken up Capitol Hill in the rated. Marshal Petain, in citing Manning for the Prench Military Medal with Palm, called him “a very brave and de- voted soldier.” Italy, Russia and other countries conferred honors upon him. Under persistent questioning by a reporter, Manning gave a few personal recollections of that day along the Ourcq River. veterans by the economy act. Fifteen years ago Corpl. Manning stormed up Hill 212 at Chateau Thierry in the cause of democracy. Tomorrow cause of fellow heroes whose compensa- tion 18 now threatened. Medals By Boxful. He brought with him to Washington | a box full of medals and citations and “Lieut. Deese had been temporarily a body obviously racked with pain and assigned to our company, and he was containing, even yet, eight fragments | killed just as we were about to start of shrapnel and machine gun bullets. | for the little village of Sercy. A ma- He also brought & terse notification |chine gun got him. Sergt. Nelson from the Veterans' Administration that | dropped about the same time, and was his compensation on July 1 would be |carried to the rear. That left me in reduced from $39 to $20 a month. | charge of the 35 men. We went through Those who came with him—one &|a wheat patch. There were some holes State representative and the other a ahead, with machine gunners firing at newspaper man, and both wounded in|us. Our orders were to take the vil- the war—testify to the fact that Man- |lage, ning is incapacjtated for work of any kind and that he must support a wife and child back in Flomaton, Ala. Men Loyal to Him. “Well, we got to within 250 yards of the town, I reckon, when I saw they Measure Calls for Closer Scrutiny of Issues Of- fered Public. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt put the protec- tive arm of the Government about se- curity investors yesterday to guard against fraudulent issues that have to- taled the estimated sum of $25,000,000,- | 000 in the last 10 years. | The legislation requiring full public- | ity of new security issues to show the public all pertinent data relating to the paper, was signed by the President with & statement that it was aimed “to | correct some of the evils which have| been so glaringly revealed in the pri- vate exploitation of the public's| money.” - | Members of the Federal Trade Com- | mission who will administer the new | act were at the White House signing| and immediately set to work to prepare regulations to put the law into effect. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader; Representative Ray- burn, Democrat, of Texas, and Senator | Fletcher, Democrat, of Florida, who| guided the legislation through Con- | gress, also were beside the President when he signed the bill. Roosevelt Makes Statement. “If the country is to flourish,” said Mr. Roosevelt, “capital must be in-| vested in enterprise. But those who seek to draw upon other people’s money must be wholly candid regarding the facts on which the investor’s judgment is asked. “To that end, this bill requires the publicity necessary for sound invest- ment. It is, of course, no insurance against errors of judgment. That is the function of no government. It does give assurance, however, that, within the limit of its powers, the Fed- eral Government will insist upon know edge of the facts on which alone judg- ment can be based. “The new law also will safeguard | against the abuses of high - pressure | salesmanship in security flotations. It will require full disclosure of all the private interests on the part of those | n‘ho seek to sell securities to the pub- o The law requires that both domestic and foreign issues be registered with the | Federal Trade Commission for 20 days | before they are advertised or sold. The | commission can issue a stop order against any security if it found fraud or misrepresentation was involved. The legislation also carries the pro- | posal of Senator Johnson, Republk'nn,i of California, setting up a corporation of foreign security holders to help American investors in defaulted foreign bonds recover as much as possible of their money. Federal Trade Statement. The Federal Trade Commission is- sued a statement asserting: “It will be the aim and purpose of | the Federal Trade Commission under | the authority of the act to prevent| | Grounded Passenger Boat Sinks—Two Women Hurt. All Believed Rescued. By the Associated Press. HOUGHTON, Mich, May 27.—Two women were injured, one of them seriously, when the passenger steamer | George M. Cox sunk after being grounded and wrecked on Rock of Ages Reef in Lake Superior tonight. The names of the two women. one of whom was reported to have suffered a broken back, were not reported to officials of the line here. The women, with George M. Cox of Milwaukee, president of the Isle Royale Transit Co., owners of the vessel, were being taken to Port Arthur, Ontario, on the freighter M. S. Tremainex which came to the steamer's aid. The George M. Cox carried about 125 passengers and crew. The M. S. Tremainex cleared Duluth Harbor at 2:30 am. and Wwas near the scene of the grounding when wire- less messages asking for help were sent out. All Are Believed Safe. Capt. M. L. Gilbert, manager of the Isle Royale Transit Co., said he had only fragementary reports by wire- less but believed all passengers and crew were safe on Rock of Ages Reef. Capt. Gilbert said the George M. Cox apparently had grounded in a fog. 'He said the vessel was reported to have rolled over on her side and sunk, but not until all persons aboard had been put ashore. ‘Three Coast Guard boats, each capa- | ble of carrying about 40 persons, were | at the scene. Capt. Gilbert said he | had dispatched a tugboat from Port ! Arthur to assist in taking the crew and passengers off the reef. Crew Includes 30 Women. Capt. Gilbert said there were about 30 women included in the crew of the George M. Cox, serving as chamber- maids and waitresses. Whether the two injured women were members of the crew or passengers was not known here. The steamer was en route from Chicago to Port Arthur on the first trip of the season. She was com- manded by Capt. George Johnson of Traverse City, Mich. The steamer formerly was known as the Puritan and had cruised the Great Lakes for nearly 30 years. TWO STATES GIVE DRY LAW REPEAL HUGE MAJORITIES (Continued From First Page) sides to bring out the electors, lighter than expected. Returns from the dry territory down- was further exploitation of the public by |state were slow, but figures received the sale of fraudulent and worthless se- | from scattered sections were generally | District line. Famous Monte Alban Jewels to Be Exhibited at Fair. MEXICO CITY, May 27 (#)—The famous Monte Alban jewels, relics of an ancient Mixtecan civilization found in a tomb in Oaxaca, will be taken to Chicago June 15 for exhibition at the World's Fair. The exhibit will be in charge of Prof. Alfonso Caso, who discovered the articles two years ago, and Dr. Daniel de la Borbolla, anthropologist and a graduate of Northwestern University. In August the jewels will be taken to New York, and later they may be shown in other Eastern cities. 'FOUR ARE INJURED AS CAR HITS TREE Two Women and Man Hurt Seri- ously in Accident in Soldiers’ Home Grounds. Two women and a man were seri- ously injured and another man was re- i ported to have been slightly hurt early today, when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into a tree near the duck pond in the Soldiers’ Home grounds. The second man, named | as the driver by some members of the | group, was not found by police, and | it was thought he had wandered off i while dazed as a result of the accident. | . The names of the injured, as obtained by police, were: Marguerite Parker, 28, 1825 New Hampshire avenue; her mother, Mrs. Etta Rickenbacker, same | address, and Harry 1. Voorhees, 58, of 1014 Kearney place northeast. All the injured were unconscious when taken to Garfield Hospital. There Miss Parker was found to have a pos- sible skull fracture and cuts about the face and head; her mother, cuts about the face, head and body, and Voor- hees cuts about the face and body. Although Miss Parker insisted she was the driver of the car, police re- ported, witnesses declared the machine was operated by a man, who walked away after the accident. It was thought he might have gone in quest of aid and the police instituted a search for him immediately. Two women and a man also were seriously injured in automobile acci- | dents last night. Miss Louise Kline, 30, of the 1200 block of Thirtieth street, received a fractured skull, a fractured nose and other injuries, and Miss Kathleen Co- hen, 1200 block of Holbrook street, was cut about the body and her teeth were knocked out when their car, driven by Miss Cohen, crashed into a street car at Massachusetts avenue and G street. Both women were taken to Casualty Hospital. Joseph F. King. 45, Capitol Heights, | Md., suffered a fractured skull when| the machine in which he was riding, | crashed into an electric pole on Central | avenue, about half a mile from the He, too, was treated at The State representative, Edward B. Parker, was with Manning at Chateau Tmerrycnnd hpldéuu(m‘hal Au:;f lme- The independent offices measure was | burne County Post o e erican made the 'f::nnuhed business before | Legion. The newspaper man, %gm the Senate late yesterday, following pas- | Thomas, also was with the Rainbow sage of the administration roilzcad bill, | Division and had been drawing $50 a but actual consideration of the bill was | month for service-connected disability put off_until ‘omorrow. Senator Rob- | until the economy move, when his en- inson, Democratic leader, asked for an | tire pension was cut off. adjournment irstead of a recess, which | Manning was extremely reluctant last means the first 2 hours of tomorrow's | night at his room near the Capitol, to session will be devoted to routine busi-| discuss his war record. Here is the ness before the appropriation measure | official citation given him in connection ment quota. To Be Taken Up Tomorrow. curities through misrepresentation, to place adequate and true information before investors, and to protect honest | enterprise seeking capital by hones! representations against the competition | afforded by securities offered through crooked promotion and misrepresenta- ion. U tatistics indicate that the sale of worthless securities through misrepre- sentation and fraud has amounted to | the colossal sum of $25,000,000,000 dur- | ing the last 10 years. This means $250 for every man, woman and child in the Jnited States.” U ommission also_belleves _the | deta to be made available under the| new law will permit a more accurate| study of economic trends. It warned that “the fact that a description of the security and of the concern issuing the | security is filed with the commission is| in no sense and must not be regarded as an indorsement ‘or approval of the| security or the concern by the com- mission.” Puts Seller on Guard. Other features of the securities bill are: ! It places the seller as well as the buyer on guard and imposes heavy enalties for willful misrepresentation nd fraud Detailed data are required as to the financial condition of the company, past issues and other facts concerning the soundness of the security. Such information filed with the reg- istration statement “shall be made available to the public under such regulations as the commission may pre- scribe and copics thereof, photostatic or otherwite, shail be furnished to every applicant at such reasonable charge as the commission may prescribe.” The Trade Commission could issue a stop order against any security if it favorable to the repeal candidates. Georgetown, the home of former Rep- resentative Robert G. Houston, a dry leader, went wet. Lewes and the In- dian River district also cast wet ma- jorities. Selbyville, the home of United States Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., cast its majority vote for the dry candidates. Dover, the State capital, gave a wet | majority, unofficial figures indicated. The delegates elected today will meet in Dover June 24 to act on repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “LANDSLIDE” IN NEVADA. Returns From 12 of 17 Counties Show All for Repeal. RENO, Nev. May 27 (#).—An over- whelming State convention majority {n favor of repeal of the eighteenth amendment in Nevada appeared certain tonight as returns from precinct mass meetings ran the wet tide high. Returns from 12 of 17 counties showed them all on the repeal side. The 12 counties will send 31 of the 40 delegates {o the State convention Sep- tember 5. On the basis of the returns, the only questicn appeared to be whether the prohibition forces would have even one voice in the State meeting. The | counties reporting failed to show a| single dry delegate to county conven-| tions June 10 at which the State con- vention delegates will be elected. Washoe County, in which Reno is located and which holds a fifth of the State’s population. went solidly for re- peal in the unofficial returns. Counties yet to be heard from were Elko, Lyon and Pershing, in which live stock raising and farming are the prin- cipal industries, and Eureka and Storey, in which mining predominates. Col. W. Scott Prospey, director and found fraud or misrepresentation was| €O 0 d involved and signers could be relieved President of the Nevada division of the v e O e ld show | National Association Against the Pro- o Y exevaioed In prepa. | hibition Amendment, declared the Re- ration of prospectuses and that they Pealists’ victory was “a landslide.” had no knowledge of any false of €T0-| yoTE ON BEER LAW ASKED. AR L TR | BISMARCK. N. Dak, May 27 (@) — SEEKS LICENSE TO WED | Petitions asking that the law under SAN DIEGO, Calif, May 27 (#.— which beer becomes legal in North Milton K. Wells, until recently United California, applied at the marriage 1i- cense bureau here today for a license of a prominent Mexican family. Wells, whose home is in Bristow, Okla., said he and Miss Linares would At 2 pm. Eastern standard time, the mn):’o:; gu degrees, beating yes- terday’s one degree. ‘The record for May 27, established in 2880, 1s 92, + \ be married at Ensenada, according to Mexican laws, and re-married here. They will live in Wi D. where he has been for duty. States vice consul at Ensenada, Lower | to wed Miss Soledad Linares, daughter | Dakota July 1 be referred to a State- wide vote, were filed today with the Secretary of State. law wil be suspended until voted on at the next State election in 1934. M. C. Fredericks, Jamestown attorney, | sald the group of petitioning citizens | was dissatisfied with a provision for sale of the beer at municipal stores. He asserted this would put municipali- ties in the beer busines, encourage boot- legging and “cause. confusion snd dis- ordery* : . If he finds the petitions sufficient, the | Casualty. ‘Thomas Green, 5, of 37 Quincy place northeast, was the victim of another mishap, having his leg broken, when | he was struck by an automobile op- erated by Frank M. Cullen, 59, of 1534 East Capitol street. He was taken to Sibley Hospital. SHOTGUN STOPS THEFT BUT KILLS CHICKENS Valued Hen and Rooster Lost When Arthur Boan, Fancier, Sends Man to Hospital. Arthur Boan, who is something of a game-cock fancier, won't stand for | anybody fooling with his chickens— even if he has to kill the fow! in order | to_protect them. | _Boan, who is associated with Bertis D. Thomas, 1913 C street northeast, | owner of the chickens, pumped some- thing like 100 slugs into a colored man |who is alleged to have attempted to steal two of the fowl last night— but, in so doing, he killed the chickens. ' About 10 pm. Boan saw the man making off with a cock valued at $25 and a hen worth $20. He opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun, stopping | the chicken thief in his tracks. The wounded man, who identified himself as Percy Francis West, 42, | 1 Fitzhugh court southeast, was treated | at” Casualty Hospital. 'ARMY FLYER BAILS OUT | AS PLANE CATCHES FIRE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 27.—Lieut. Norman | Burnett of Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich., floated safely to earth beneath his parachute today while his Army airplane, which had caught fire, plunged to the ground. Lieut. Burnett was one of the 54 Army pilots who had flown in forma- | tion over Chlcn? while the World's | Fair received its first guests. He was leaving for Michigan when the plane caught fire at an altitude of less than 2,000 feet. Lieut. Burnett, who was alone, jumped at about 700 feet, and the plane buried itself in the | ground. | His home is in Graham, Tex. “When I noticed my motor had gone | dead and the gasoline pressure had dropped, I tried to use the hand gas pump. but the motor caught fire.” he extphlned. “It was my first bailing out.” Lieut. Burnett is & graduate of West point, is taken up. The bill is in charge of Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, chairman of ihe Appropriat.ons Com- mittee, and also of the subcommittee which drafted tl:e measure. Another geneial provision in the in- dcpendent offices bill of far-reaching interest to Fedcral and Distric: workers is the section providing tha* whenever an employe who has worked 20 years, but has no> reached the reti~~ment nge limits, is separated from the service, he or she would b2 entitled to go on the retirement annuity roll. Such em- ployes, nowever, would have to con- tinue to make their 312 per cent of salary payments into t"le retirement fund uniil th:; reach the ~ompulsory retirement age limit. 5 section would be in effect for two years. Language Is Broadened. As by the House, this plan ap- plied only to those 30-year employes {who are iuntarily separated from the service. ‘The Senate Coinmittee broadened this language to apply to all who are ‘“voluntarlly or involun- arily” separated. and, in so coing, rec- ngnized a principle for which Govern- ment workers nave been con‘ending for many years, ramely, the right of op- ional retirement after 30 years of | service. ‘The )ill gives Federal and District officials authority to furlough the em- ployes of an office in rotation, without pay, as a means of distributing work as far as poseible, where dismissals might otherwise occur. e changes made in the bill by the Senate committee, such as the rewriting of the apportionment rule, will still be subject to final settlement in conference ;lth lLhe House, after the bill passes the enate. Flight Pay at Issue. ‘The question of flight pay for the air forces in the military establishments is another matter that will be at issue, the Senate committee having modified the House language on this subject. Among other questions the Senate will have to pass on tomorrow is the action of the Appropriations Commit- tee in striking out the House provision giving the President power to modify or cancel mail-carrying contracts by fxing romgensa"on and allowing an appeal to the courts for any additional claims. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo- cratic leader, has introduced an amend- ment, to be offered while the bill is being considered in the Senate, provid- ing for the transfer of the Botanic Gar- den to the Department of Agriculture as a step toward co-ordination of the greenhouse facilities of the Government. The Botanic Garden at present is un- der the Joint Committee on Library of the House and Senate. The change was recommended by the Budget Bureau. The independent offices bill carries approximately $543,000,000 for all of the independent commissions and establish- ments of the Government, including the various requirements of the Veterans’ Administration. SENATE VOTES RAIL CO-ORDINATOR BILL; HOUSE FIGHT SEEN ___(Continued From First Page) _ Interstate Commerce Commission's ex- isting power to authorize consolidations. Dill added. however, the bill was in- tended to give the commission control over consolidations effected through holding company operations which the commission could not reach now. Joseph B. Eastman, a member of the Commerce Commission, has been prom- inently mentioned as the President's choice for Federal ro-ordinator. East- man helped draft the bill and sat in on all committee hearings during its revision. Under the bill the co-ordinator could be selected either from within or with- out the commission. The regional committees to be set up by the co-ordinator would be com- prised of five members each from the eastern, southern and western rail- road groups, with special members rep- resenting short lines and electric lines when their interests were affected. Could Use Compulsion. These committees would be author- ized voluntarily to effect economies, but the Federal co-ordinator could bring about such economies by compulsion with the Medal of Honor decoration, however: “For conspicuous gallantry and in- trepidity above and beyond the call of duty with the enemy near Breuvannes, France, July 28, 1918. When Cor Manning's platoon commander and pla- toon sergeant had both become casual- ties soon after the beginning of an as- sault on strongly fortified heights overlooking the Ourcq River, Corpl. Manning took command of his platoon, which was near the center of the at- tacking line, Great Display Under Fire. “Though himself severely wounded, he | led forward the 35 men remaining in the platoon, and finally “succeeded in gaining a foothold on enemy position, | during which time he had received more | wounds and all but seven of his men had fallen. Directing the consolida- | tion of the position, he held off a large body of the enemy, only 50 yards away, by fire from his automatic rifle. He declined to take cover until the line had been entirely consolidated with the line of the platoon on the flank, when he dragged himself to shelter, suffering from nine wounds, in all parts of the For that achievement Gen. Pershing pinned the Congressional Medal of Honor on Corp. Manning’s breast, re- | were t00 many for us. By that time there was only about 15 of us left and it looked like thousands of Germans were swarming out of the village toward us. I ordered the men to go back, but they refused to leave me. I couldn't g0 as fast as they because of my foot. A machine gunner had hit my right leg. There wasn't much time for argument with my men and finally they turned back, with me bringing up the rear. I kept firing at the Germans with my automatic rifie and when I got back safely to the machine gun holes I got one of their own guns to working and stopped ‘em for a while. ‘Something funny happened about this time. Two German bombing planes swooped down over me and let g0 with several bombs and with ma- chine guns. I heard several of the bullets clink off the front tip of my hel- met, and a plece of one of the bombs ruck my back. I aimed my automatic at one of the planes as he dove toward me, and somehow or other hit his pro- peller. He cracked up a few hundred yards away.” Manning was asked if the pilot was killed. “Hell, man, T didn't stop to see,” he re- plied. “I got back O. K., spent 30 days in the hospital and went back to the l{{g_nt. That's about all there was to Manning paused and then leaned for- ward and said: “Now get this straight. If you write anything about me in a paper, be sure and make it plain that we're not criticizing Mr. Roosevelt. We're all for him down in Alabama 1,000 per cent. We just think he didn't un- derstand the real effect of this veterans’ economy on men who were wounded in action. That's why we came up here— to get him and Congress straightened out. They'll do us justice when they see the wrongs that have been done.” HOUSE DEMOCRATS MOVE FOR INCREASE IN VETERAN FUNDS (Continued_From_First Page.) would be funds available for only 225.- 000 disabled men. This will mean & cut, accqrding to Veterans' Administra- tion records, of 103,658 from the rolls, effective July 1. The average veteran is now drawing $44 a month pension. After July 1, it is estimated he will receive approximately $21. ! Following the meeting, Chairman Crosser informed a representative of The Star that the veteran article pub- lished Friday was read to the commit- tee and that the statements contained therein “were in accordance with the facts presented by others.” Reports Relayed to Capital. Soon after the Veterans’ Administra- tion began sending out notices to dis- abled World War men that their com- pensation would be cut, the reports were relayed back by the latter to Capitol Hill. As these reports piled up Democratic House members became in- | dignant and forced the calling of a secret caucus on Thursday night. At | this meeting they assailed the admin- | istration of the national economy act | as it affects veterans. The members voted_for a committee to be appointed by theé party's Steering | Committee to protest to President Roose- velt. In a statement iseued yesterday by Representative Lea it was explained that the action taken was not due to distrust of President Roosevelt or his motives. “We have faith that the President will favor a revision of the regulations,” he added. “consistent with that just economy that the country has a right | to expect and yet not put the govern- ment in the position of shirking its just responsibility to our disabled service men and their dependents.” ‘The Californian asserted that the ac- | tion of the Steering Committee and the caucus “was not unfriendly to the President.” “On the contrary,” he explained, “this movement originated with those entirely friendly with the President. Decided opposition was asserted in the caucus | to some of the regulations, but the ! President was not criticized therefor. | The economy program must harmonize | with reasonable liberality and jusi treatment to our disabled service men and their dependents. Regulations ‘Too Drastic’. “I think it accurate to say that the | average member of the caucus is firmly | convinced the regulations heretofore declared are too drastic and create un- warranted difficulties in establishing | meritorious claims. It is undoubtedly the purpose of Congress to be just and reasonable, if not liberal, with those | whose disabilities justly place an ob- | ligation on the Federal Government. “We confidently expect that the Pres- ident will concur in the viewpoint of our ‘members and our committee is taking the subject matter up with the | if need be. The co-ordinator would see to it that | President in the spirit of confidence labor committees were set up for each|and co-operation.” Tegional group of carriers. These com-| Explaining the reason for the caucus, mittees would be selected from the reg- | he, said: ular railway labor organizations and| ‘Congress passed the economy act in be consulted before any order affect-|March which gave the President sweep- ing_employes was handed down, ing powers to make regulations as to “yellow dog” contracts and company | Pensions and benefits for ex-service men unions would not be recognized. and their dependents. Subsequently The co-ordinator would be required | Tegultions were provided for _the to notify State commissions or Gov- ernors before issuing any order reliev- ing a carrier from operation under any State law or State commission order. reduction and curtailment of many benefits and including requirements for the establishment of claims. “Recently, the lPresldehnl Lssued‘ a His orders could be appealed to the | Statement —recognizing that excessive | Commerce Commission. where all in- | cuts had been made and declaring his| terested parties would have 20 days to| Purpose to reconsider and liberalize th> ay their complaints before an order | regulations. took effect. Caucus Approves Action. In the meantime, much informa- tion has been presented to members of Congress as to the effects of these regulations are to-go into e w“ Siam's air line has had or f sinoe 1x:o accidents in August, 1931, ts ine effect on July 1. The members in the House are so generally interested that it was deemed desirable for a represent- ative committee of the Democratic membership to confer and co-operate with the President prior to his con- templated position. With this purpose in mind, the matter was brought be- fore the Steering Committee, which unanimously agreed in the appointment of & committee of seven for the purpose of taking the matter up with the Presi- dent. The caucus in session Thursday night approved this action.” 'he following statement was issued yesterday by William Conley of Los An- geles, national commander of the Dis- abled American Veterans, relative to the action taken by the House Demo- crats: “As soon as the regulations were issued on the act of March 20 the Dis- abled American Veterans publicly stat- ed that the orders were among the most indefensible actions ever taken by the Federal Government. At no time have we opposed a survey of the old laws in a search for reasonable economies, but we insisted upon a deli cate operation instead of the use of a hacksaw. ~ While others have been pleading for ‘patriotism’ and ‘stand be- hind the President’ we have felt there was a greater indication of patriotism and loyalty to the President by contin- uing to insist the President was being grossly mislead and have continued confident of a public revulsion of senti- ment. “With open revolt among the over- whelming majority of the Democratic members of the House it is manifest that public opinion has crystallized even sooner than we had expected and we now stand ready to co-operate with the President and the Congress in delib- erate and calm consideration of rea- sonable justice to the men whose dis- abilities " are traceable to their war service.” Meantime, the Joint Congressional Committee, which for several months listened to many witnesses and pondered what economies could be made in the way of cutting veterans' formally reported yesterday that the job had been placed in the hands of the President. “The question of a definite policy with reference to pensions and emolu- ments of all kinds for veterans and their dependents is now an executive function,” its report said. Evidence taken by the committee filled four volumes before the law was enacted under which the administration is saving $400,000,000 in veterans’ ex- penditures. . RECOGNIZED FOR EFFORT IN ESTABLISHING PARK Mountain Awarded Medal for Preservation of Site Near Morrilton, Ark. MORRILTON, Ark., May 27.—Na- tional recognition has come to a moun- tain physician here for 25 years of ef- fort in preserving a natural beauty spot for Arkansas. For his work in the establishment and preservation of Petit Jean Park, near here, Dr. Thomas W. Hardison, | called “the sky doctor” by those in the | | mountain community where he lives, has been awarded the bronze Pugsley medal by the American Science and | Historic Preservation Society of New York. | _Dr. Hardison came to the Petit Jean ! section 27 years ago as a physician. In traveling over the mountainous area he | was attracted by its scenic beauty and | conceived the idea of preserving it. Physician Flooring Plant to Reopen. ALEXANDRIA. La., May 27 (®).— Officials of the Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. today announced that it would re- sume operations in its Alexandria it June 1, employing between 100 and 125 men on a five-and-a-half-day week penditures, | amendment. Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, will lead the drive for the sales levy as a substitute for the raises in income and gasoline taves voted by the House. Will Seek Party Support. He told newspaper men he would seek to obtain party support for his plan at a caucus, but would push it on the floor regardless and expressed the hope some Democrats would assist him in his campaign to prevent fur- ther income tax boosts. Since the Morgan investigation had disclosed the non-payment of income taxes by J. P. Morgan and his 19 part- ners for the last two years, consider- | able opposition has arisen on the Senate side against increasing taxes on small incomes. Chairman Harrison of the Pinance Committee has expressed the belief the House rates are fair. Will Offer Bank Amendment. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa, said yesterday he would offer an amendment to the industrial re- covery bill to revise what he termed the “hard-boiled” policy of national bank examiners in “undervaluing” as- sets of banks. The amendment will provide that $100,000,000 be allowed the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation with which |to purchase preferred stock in closed | State and national banks which were deemed safely solvent, but not suffi- clently liquid to remain open. Thomas said it would direct ex- aminers and the corporation to value banks’ assets at the “normal value in- stead of this depressed value of last ;19ek or last nionth, but not boom ces.” CHANGES CONSIDERED. Congress Held Likely to Drop Capital Gains and Losses Section. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, May 27 (CP.A.).—It has finally been borne in on the conscious- ness of Congress, and of the Treasury officials who have strongly advocated it, that the capital gains and losses feature &fm'.he income tax ‘l’lw is beneficial when es are an ury surplus is large, but that it fails to yleldulrfg pro- portion of Government revenues when times are bad and the Treasury is most in need of funds. ‘The disclosures in connection with the Mitchell and Morgan income tax state- ments have sufficiently verified this fact to bring Congress to the point where it is now considering the elimination of an uneconomic portion of the tax law. In his report for the fiscal year 1930 the then Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, noted in some de- tail the effect on income of the loss of revenue due to the decline in securities and other investments. In 1930 this income, on returns of net income of $5,000 and over, showed a decrease, compared with 1928, of $4,230,000,000. In 1928, profits reported from sales of real estate, stocks and other invest- ments, including those reported for tax as capital net gains, were about $4,500,- 000,000 and losses $170,000,000. In 1930 profits reported were nearly covered by | losses, the profits having been $1,070,- 000,000 and the losses $980,000,000. Losses Ahead in 1931. In the fiscal year 1931, according to | the report of Ogden L. Mills, then Secre- tary, losses exceeded profits by about $634,000,000. The returns for the fiscal year 1932 covering this item are not yet available. There is no doubt that they were of about the same relative char- acter as in 1931, with the losses ex- ceeding profits. This is one of the factors throwing the entire income tax situation out of balance and causing & wide difference between preliminary estimates of reve- nues and actual receipts. Every pos- sible means of showing losses has been used by individuals and corporations compelled to make tax returns. scheming has been reduced to a science by tax experts, who have come to feel a certain amount of professional hu- miliation if the statements of their clients indicate they are in debt to the Government when their returns are filed. ‘The liquidation that has accompanied the process of establishing losses has been one of unfavorable influence in the security markets for the last three years, especially in November and December, when the time for establishing losses is expiring. Bulk From Moderate Incomes. ‘The social effect of evidence that wealthy individuals have been able to avoid payment of income taxes by tak- ing advantage of the quite legal pr: tice of selling securities on which there were losses and making these offsets to income from investments or profits from business, steadily becomes more hermful.” The great bulk of the tax return is derived from individuals of | moderate means, whose income is in the form of wages and salaries. They are the class who feel they are preju- diced by the provisions of the law and that they are carrying too heavy a por- tion of the tax burden. In 1931 two- thirds of the decline of about $897,000,- 000 in individual income taxes occurred in the net income classes of $100.000 and over. This was undoubtedly due to the drop in profits on real estate and securities and the losses established on the sales of such investments. In the first quarter of the present calendar year there was additional liquidation of securities to establish losses for 1933, as it was apparent there would be some increase both in the normal tax and surtax schedules in | order to meet Treasury requirements. During this period the condition of the stock and bond markets was such that sales then made would show heavy losses on investments that have been held for more than two years. The re- cent sharp advance in all securities has checked this type of selling. (Copyright. 1933.) BETK RITES TOMORROW Engraving Bureau Employe to Rest in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for Jacob J. Beck, who died yesterday, will be held at 9 am. tomorrow at Holy Comforter Church, Fourteenth and East Capitol streets, following brief rites at his home, 1210 D street northeast. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. He was 71 years old Mr. Beck, who had served 42 years at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was retired in 1925. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine L. Beck; two A Mangum and daughters, Mrs. A. J. Mrs. Edward A. Tripp; Henry and Jack grandchildren,