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WASHINGTON, D. C, DOUGLAS PROBED | WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Temperatures—Highest, 82, at noon today; lowést, 54, at 5§ a.m. today. Full rcport on page 12, - Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING IDI‘HO‘l Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,004 TWO Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 9, 10 & 11 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. f No. 32 JATIERY SGATED SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. *okokok UP) Means Associated Press. CENTS. 540. HOUSE TO SUPPORT [LICENSING AND OI Weather Off Irish Coast Is Very Bad; IN' NEWFOUNDLAND ON RECORD FLIGHT ~ GIROLING WORLD Plane Seen at Lewisport, 150 Miles Northwest of Harbor Grace—Won't Stop Ship at Famoug Taking-Off Point. PLANS TO MAKE PARIS IN 27 HOURS OF FLYING Will Continue Past French Capital if Fuel Permits, He, Says—Has Apparatus in Ship to Awaken Him, if He Falls Asleep, With Squirt of Water. By the Associated Press. LEWISPORT, N. F., June 3.— James J. Mattern passed over Lewisport on Notre Dame Bay at 12:09 pm. (E. 8. T, in his first hop of 2 round-the-world flight. » Lewisport is approximately 150 miles northwest of Harbor Grace, the take-off point of many previous attempts to fly the Atlantic. By the Associated Press. % NEW YORK, June 3.—Jimmie Mattern of Texas set forth on his | solo flight around the world today and seven hours after His depart- ure nothing had been heard from him to permit a speed comparison with the time of the men he hopes to beat. Mattern, the youthful San An- gelo former trap drummer and jack of all trades who proved his mettle by flying to Siberia last year, took off from Floyd Bennett Field at 4:20 a.m., Eastern stand- ard time. At 11:20 he had not yet been sighted along the course to Newfoundland. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, whose record Mattern hopes to lower zingle handed, made the first leg of their journey to Har- bor Grace, N. F., in 6 hours and 52 minutes, and it had been hoped that Mattern would be sighted as he passed there so that it would be known how he was faring against his rivals up to that point. | In High Spirits. | Mattern was in high spirits as he| taxied his plane to the far end of the | Jong concrete runway this morning. “I'll be seeing you,” he called to friends. And then he added: “In a! week,” and grinned. i The Post-Gatty record is 8 days 15 bours and 51 minutes. Mattern said he would make no stop | t Harbor Grace, where Post and Gatty lay over for 3 hours and 40 minutes, but would pass over there and head ouf scross the open sea. | ‘I'm aiming for Paris,” he said, “and, §f T have enough juice left when I get| there 1 won't stop but will keep right on _to Moscow.” He expected to.make Paris in 27 hours and had no fear of falling asleep | on the way. There is a contrivance connected with his eltimeter to prevent | that, Should he drop eff to sleep the| plane would dive or glide downward and when the altitude reaches a certain low the altimeter turns on an appiiance| so arranged as to squirt cold water in the pilot's face, thus rousing him. Streaks Away Fast. After the red, white and blue mono- plane had soared to & height of 3.800 Teet, it streaked away, in a tremendous burst of speed, toward Harbor Grace, where Mattern planned to head out over the Atlantic. Six oranges were Mattern’s only food supply. : “All T need is them and a good tail wind to get over there in short order,” he sald with a smile as a_crowd which had stayed up all night cheered. After Moscow, he planned halts for; “winks” at Yakutsk, Sibera; Nome and Fairbanks, Alaska, and Edmonton, British Columbia, whence he hopes to fiy non-stop back to New York. This route follows closely the one which he and Bennett Griffin mapped Jast year for a world-circling attempt Which came to grief in a Russian peat ‘bog. Perfect Weather Predicted. Mattern received weather reports that his associates called “perfect.” A map prepared by Dr. James H. Kimball, weather man who has become known as unofficial starter of ocean flights, indi- cated strong tail winds to Harbor Grace and across the ocean. Bad weather had held him at the| field for several days. Meantime he whipped himself into shape for the ordeal, one of the most severe ever faced by a fiyer, by daily sessions with punching bag and rowing machine. He tumbled from bed in a Coney Island hotel about 3 am., and went to the field, where he rubbed sleep from | his eyes and watched mechanics pour- | ing 702 gallons of gasoline into the| plane. He is a native of Freeport, Ill, and for his flying exploits has been made a colonel on the staffs of Govs. Murray of Oklahoma and Ferguson of Texas.| A husky and skilled youth, he has a ‘background of Army flying in Honolulu, of barnstorming and movie stunts. " Combination of Two Planes. His ship s a combination of two The engine, propeller, tanks | other parts a | Visibility Is Poor BY the Associated Press. CORK, Irish Free State, June | 3.—Weather conditions off the Irish coast, of more than usual interest today because of the projected transatlantic flight of James J. Mattern, were very bad. It was raining heavily and visibility was extremely poor. There was little wind. QUOTA DISMISSALS - UP-TO CONFEREES Issues Affecting Federal Workers tc Be Ironed Out Next Week. | | The final outcome of provisions af- { fecting Government employes in the | independent office bill, which passed | the Senate late yesterday, now rests | with conferees for the two branches Inf Congress, who will meet early next week to settle the points of difference. Of outstanding importance to Gov- ernment workers is the question of what rule should be followed in making dismissals. The House bill required department heads to consider State | quotas under the apportionment law in selecting those to be dropped when reductions in force become necessary. This would have worked a hardship on employes from the District of Colum- bia and a number of States that happen to be over their quotas. It was regarded also as a blow at the merit system. The Senate moved to make the rule more equitable by changing it to require due regard to be given to efficiency as well as quotas. Must Pass on Retirement. The conferees also must pass on the Senate amendment to the 30-year re- tirement clause, intended to allow workers with that length of service to retire voluntarily. As it came from the House the bill provided for E;y- ment of retirement annuities to with 30 years' of service who may be “involuntarily” ted from the service during the next two years. As passed by the Senate the bill car- ries approximately $713,000,000 for the various independent establishments of the Government, the greater part of which is to meet the requirements the Veterans’ Administration. As it came from committee the bill carried $543,000,000. The principal increase made on the floor was the Connally amendment, placing a 25 per cent limit on cuts in compensation of service- connected disabilities, which was esti- mated to increase the expenditure by $170,900,000. ‘This change climaxed a three-day debate over treatment of vet- erans under the economy act, and adop- tion of the amendment ! the way for final action on the bill. The bill also contains a provision allowing department heads to place the workers of an office on rotative fur- loughs as a means of Ing employ- ment. No changes were made by the Senate in this section, so it will not be at issue in conference. ‘Wheeler Fight. A last-minute effort by ‘Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, to add to the bill in the Senate the Sirovich plan of creating a liaison officer to hear complaints of Government employes on civil service matters, with the right of appeal to a Civil Service Board of Ap- peals, failed. The presiding officer sustained a point of order made against the amendment by Senator Byrnes, Democrat of South Carolina, which blocked its consideration. Another effort by Senator Ashurst. Democrat of Arizona, to allow District policemen and firemen 20 days of leave, as formerly, instead of the present 15- day limit, also went down under a point of order by Senator Byrnes. In the case of the Wheeler amend- ment Senator Byrnes said he had not been able to study the plan, and sug- gested that it be handled as a separate piece of legislation and considered by the Civil Service Committee. Senator Wheeler said the amendment was im- portant to employes facing possible dis- missal, because it would set up pro- cedure by which they could have a hearing if they felt they had a griev- ance, and that it would afford a means of correcting mistakes. Under the plan the Civil Service Commission would have appointed the liaison officer, with 2 requirement that it be some one with 15 years of Pederal service, The three members of the Civil Service Commis- sion would have made up the board of appeals to hear appeals from rulings of the liaison officer. The liaison officer would investigate all complaints and hold hearings. Senator Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota, tried without success to have the Senate reconsider its action earlier |'in the week in striking from the bill the House section which would have allowed the President to furlough mili- tary officers on half pay. This will be cne of the sections to be eettled in conference. TWO BOYS 'DIE IN FIRE Brothers Found Dead After Blaze Sweeps Tenement House. NEW YORK, June 3 (#).—Two broth- ers, 15 and 11 years old, perished today in a fire that swept a West Side tene- ment house. Firemen, smashing into the burning building, found Walter and Bobbie Hunt dead. Two youths and a 12-year-old girl suffered serious CONTRACT ON KITS AFTER ITS AWARD Denies He Was Called in Be- fore Equipment Was Ordered. BLACK DRAWS INFERENCE FROM HOWE TESTIMONY Started Investigation, He Said, at President’s Instance Follow- ing Army Report. By the Assoclated Press. Lewis Douglas, director of the budget, today told the Senate Military Com- mittee he was not asked to investigate the possible purchase of kits for the Re- forestation Corps until after the con- tract was let. Douglas made his statement after Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, had paraphrased testimony by Louis Howe, secretary to President Roosevelt, indicating Douglas was called in before the kits were ordered from Be Vier & Co. of New York at $1.40 each, with Army oficials contending they could duplicate them for from 75 to 85 cents. “So far as turning it (the investiga- tion) over to me before the contract was let, that is absolutely untrue, if that is the inference,” Douglas said. President Roosevelt telephoned him on May 18, Douglas said,,and “asked me tc investigate” the matter as a re- sult of a report of the quartermaster general of the Army advising against the purchase. “From there on our investigation be- gan,” Douglas said. Be Vier Is Called. R. B. Be Vier, president of the Be Vier Corporation of New York, was called before the committee today in the in¢ Robert, er, director of conserva- tion work, yesterday assumed full re- sponsibility for the purchase before the committee. A little later he said he felt the kits supplied by the Army were “inferior” to those he Bought. Fechner was questioned as to whether he knew how much the Be Vier Cor- of | poration was paying for the supplies used in the kits. He replied th;t he hl:: seen :ms‘u:- ment d by Be Vier, and it he had eepi‘;:ormutmn. but refused to give it to the committee, asserting it had been given him in confidence. 1 Just a short while before Fochner | appeared in the committee's inquiry into | e purchase of 200,000 of the kits from | the Be Vier Corporation, Maj. Gen. John | L. De Witt, quartermaster general, told members Fechner had said he had been ordered by President Roosevelt, and his secretary, Howe, to buy them. Howe told the committee Thursday his part in the purchase was to inform (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TWO TAXI RULINGS REVERSED BY HITZ Appellate Judge Assails Meth- ! ods of Operation of Cer- tain Concerns. | Severely condemning methods of operation of certain taxicab concerns! {in Washington, Justice William Hitz, ! (in the District Court of Appeals, today | | reversed two decisions in damage suits ! made by District Supreme Court. Jus- |tice Hitz suggested a system of com- | pulsory liability insurance to protect \persons injured by taxicabs. This { might be made a prerequisite to the | granting of licenses to operate cabs. He ialso suggested that drastic changes should be made in regulations govern- ing cab operations. New trials were ordered in the cases ! of James Callas against the Indepen- dent Taxi Owners' Association and | Harry J. Schoe and Elizabeth Rhone | against the Try-Me Cab Co. and Walter | Jackson, a driver. Decisions in the lower court were in favor of the cab! companies and drivers. In the original ‘lmla attorneys for the plaintiffs had | sought to inquire into the tie-up be- | tween the individual cab owners. and | drivers and the companies. The judges refused to permit this line of pro- | cedure, holding that the companies | were not owners of the cabs, did not | employ the drivers and were princi- pally engaged in providing telephone service, The Court of Appeals held that the lower court should have per- mitted a closer scrutiny of the rela- tions between drivers and companies. Stating re were hundreds of cabs | operating the District today, Justice Hitz said that “each cab constituted a potential danger to its passengers and to the public, yet having no financial responsibility to either beyond an equity of redemption in some used motor car.” AL iy Blast Kills 46 in Japan. | SASEBO, Japan, June 3 () —Forty- six persons were killed and 30 seriously injured in a coal mine explosion at Sakito, according to an official report. 'SURVEY OF LIVING COSTS HERE SINCE APRIL 1 IS ASKED BY BAR Figures Desired to Ascertain if Increase in Federal Salaries Is The Federal Bar Association today asked Secretary of Labor Perkins to de- termine the extent of increase in cost of living in Washington since April 1, to discover if there is warrant to in- crease Federal salaries here in com- pliance with the flexible provision of the economy law. The request was forwarded by Wil- liam A. Roberts, association president, Warranted. | keeping With a boost in the cost of | living as determined by the Secretary | of Labor, it was explatned. |~ Mr. Roberts sald his organization had been informed there had been an in- | crease in living cost here since April 1 | and asked the Labor Secretary for | official study of the matter at an early date. The Federal Bar Association offered to co-operate in supplying data ! which might be of assistance in determ- lnn'x:t.heenmto! the increase in living cos! At the same time Mr. Roberts an- ROOSFVELT REPEAL PLEA IS EXPECTED Demdcratic Leaders Look for Direct Appeal to States Urging Ratification. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt is expected by Democratic leaders to make a direct appeal to the States to ratify repeal of the eighteenth amendment. | Members of Congress from doubtful |and dry States have urged the Chief Executive to make a personal call for | action, and they have gained the im- | pression that he will do so shortly. His appeal, these members said, would be based upon the pledges of President and party during the campaign and would stress the importance, already mentioned by the President in a mes- sage to Congress, of obtaining additional Federal revenue from liquor taxes. Mr. Roosevelt had obtained a provi- sion in the tax program of the indus- trial recovery bill permitting him to re- move the increased levies in the event of the repeal of the eighteénth amend- ment. Furthermore, Postmaster General Farley, who is chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, already has launched a party drive to speed repeal. But all this is not regarded as enough by many of the Congressmen who have shifted their votes from dry to wet in the past three years. They are insist- ing that more persuasion is needed to win the necessary 36 States. Voters in eight States now are on rec- ord for repeal. Eight more States vote this month, and on July 18 Alabama votes, the first Southern State to be heard from. Speed has been urged on the Presi- dent because on Monday Illinois voters cast their ballots, and Indiana, until last year a dry State, votes Tuesday. Rainey Sees Tariff Revenues. Midwestern Democrats are anxious for Indiana to vote for repeal and feel that a word from Mr. Roosevelt would be all that is necessary. Southern Dem- ocratic wets are as equally anxious for | him to speak before Alabama leacs: the way in Dixie. Speaker Rainey said experts siready had figured that in the event of repeal $100,000,000 in tariff revenues would be obtained annually for three years above the anticipated $450,000,000 from inter- nal revenue liquor taxes. “There is not enough aged whisky on hand in this country to last three months ” he said. “So our importationg would be large. The experts figure that from the $5 import tax, additional reve- nue of $100,000,000 will be received. “This ought to appeal to the tax- payers and should expedite ratification of repeal.” AUSTRALIAN ACCEPTANCE OF WHEAT PLAN EXPECTED Four-Power Conference Foresees Consideration for Crop Re- striction Suggestions. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 3.—Hope was felt among members of the Four-Power Wheat Conference today that when their conversations about wheat acreage lim- itations are resumed Wednesday the Australian delegation will be more ready to listen to American suggestions for crop restrictions. Stanley Bruce, Australian high com- mission in London, expressed interest yesterday in methods of making the proposed restrictions practicable. He previously said his government could not curtail wheat acreage because Aus- tralla depended on wheat exports to meet the service of its foreign loans. CYRUS CURTIS REPORTED AS “HOLDING HIS OWN” Member "of Household Says Pub- lisher Spent a “Fairly Good” Night. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 3.—Cyrus Y. K. Custis, Philadelphia newspaper <nd magazine publisher, who is seriourly ill at his home in suburban Wyncote, was revorted teday to be “holding his own.” A member of the Curtis said the Art Critic Claims | Painting at Fair Is | Original of Da Vinci $1,000,000 Value Placed on Work Bought for $3,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 3.—If claims made by Dr. Maurice H. Goldblatt, Chicago art critic, are accepted by others, Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Edwards, Cincinnati, may see the painting for which they paid $3,000 rise in value to more than $1,000,000. The painting, “Madonna of the Yarn ‘Winder,” was identified yesterday by Dr. Goldblatt as a Leonardo Da Vinci masterplece for which historians and biographers of the artist. have been searehing four centuries. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards bought it in Paris from a Russian nobleman, and since then said critics had expressed opinions that it was either a Luini or a Sodoma. . But, Dr. Goldblatt said he had dis- the technique of Da Vinci in 1t and that it was the ‘The painf ,18% inches wide and shows a Madon- na supporting the Christ child, with the four spokes of a yarn winder form- ing & cross. OFFICIALS OF SPAIN OUSTED BY CHURCH Government Automatically Excommunicated for Signing New Religious Law. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, June 3.—The entire government of Spain has been auto- matically excommunicated from the | Catholic Church for signing anti-Catho- lic decrees, the Vatican state depart- ment announced today after Pope Pius had issued a surprise encyclical declar- ing that new Spanish religious laws con- stituted a grievous attack on the church. The department explained that no decree of excommunication will be pro- claimed because the acts committed by the Spanish government come auto- Estlcauy under the provision of canon w. Expresses Love for Nation. In his encyclical the Pope expressed his deep love for that nation, but pro- found sorrow for the wrong and injuries he said were done the church. No advance notice was given of the Pope’ clical until the secretary of state's office announced it was ready this morning. The pontiff said he had made repre- sentations to the Spanish Government because of “the error of its course in wounding the dearest and most deep- seated sentiments of the people in dis- turbing mutual union and harmony, while assuring his beloved children of the clergy and laity how near his heart they were in the course of persecution.” After approval had been given the (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) INSULL EXTRADITION EFFORTS RENEWED New Indictments Considered Fight for Return of Utility Man to U. 8. in By the Associated Press. original. tihg is 24 inches high and | 's intention to publish the ency-| PECORA PRESSES TAX EXAMINATION Returns of Lamont’s Son, Stanley and Ewing Now Special Objective. | | | | By the Associated Press. | The income tax returns of three ! | members of J. P. Morgan & Co. now are | the special objective of Senate investi- gators of the banking firm. If the Investigating Committee per- | mits, when the inquiry is resumed Mon- day, Ferdinand Pecora will question | Thomas S. Lamont, William Ewing and | Harold Stanley about their personal | stock transactions in connection with their income tax returns. Pecora, the committee’s counsel, had | started - questioning Lamont at yester- | day’s session, but a quick challenge by John W. Davis, Morgan counsel and for- mer Democratic presidential candidate, blocked him. & S Chairman Fletcher ruled Pecora’s questioning pertinent, but young La- mont, son of Thomas W. Lamont, Mor- gan partner, pleaded uncertain memory and was given the week end to refresh it. Then Davis ap to Fletcher for an executive mee of the committee | to consider the propriety of the ques- tioning. Consider Appeal Monday. Though this was in effect an appeal for reversal of Fletcher’s decision, the | chairman acquiesced and set the meet- ing for Monday morning before the pub- lic investigatiun is resumed. But today Fletcher disclosed the com- mittee actually had passed on the point last Weeddnm“ when it reviewed and 2pprove program mapped out by | Pecora, who then told committee mem- | | bers he planned to inquire into the per- sonal transactions of the three part- ners. Since then, however, one of Pecora's strongest supporters in the committee, Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michi- i gan, has left for the London Economic | Conference, opening some doubt about | the committee’s decision. is only one of several tax ques- | tlons about the Morgan firm, since it ! was testified in the first week of the investigation that the 20 partners paid only $48,000 income tax in 1930 and | none since. Department of Justice and Bureau of Internal Revenue studies have resulted, though there has been (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) MRS. MITCHELL TO TAKE STAND FOR HUSBAND Counsel Will Ask Dismissal of Charge and if Denied Will Call Banker and Wife to Testify. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 3.—Mrs. Charles E. Mitchell, wife of the former inter- national banker, plans to take the stand to defend her husband against a charge of evading $850,000 in income taxes in 1929 and 1930. ‘The prosecution rested yesterday after presenting evidence for three weeks. The trial resumes Monday. Max D. Steuer announced that he will move to have the charges dismissed, and if this is refused both Mitchell and his wife will take the stand. SENATE IN RAISING | VETERANS FUNDSI Rainey Finds !ust as Much! Revolt in Lower Branch Over Slashes. LEADERS TO CONFER WITH WHITE HOUSE If President Opposes Action, Ef- . forts Will Be Made to Com- promise, They Say. The Connally amendment to the in- dependent offices bill, increasing vet- erans’ appropriations by $170,000,000, will be acceptable in the House, admin- istration leaders forecast today on the eve of the measure being resubmitted for appointment of conferees. Both Speaker Rainey and Filoor Leader Byrnes admitted “the House was ji 5t as much in revolt as the Sen- ate” in regard to veterans’ legislation. “We will, of course. confer with | President Roosevelt as to his wishes in the matter,” Speaker Rainey said. “If the President will not stand for the SECTINS KLLED INDLSTRY MEASURE Authority for Embargo on Imports Written Into Bill by Committee. HARRISON PLANS FIGHT TO RESTORE PROVISIONS Mississippi Senator to Propose Tax" on Stock Dividends and Capital to Ban Income Levies. By the Associated Press. The administration’s public works- industrial control bill today appeared shot so full of holes by Finance Com- mittee amending that a struggle on the Senate floor will be necessary to get it back in shape. Hurrying to get it reported, late last night, the committee struck out the licensing provision drawn to compel objecting industries to co-operate; voted authority for the President to embargo imports and rejected the administra- tion’s plan for regulation of the oil industry. increase in this appropriation, we will then attempt to reach a compromise.” Hints Presjdent Knows. Chairman Harrison declared he would campaign in the Senate to defeat these changes, asserting the licensing pro- Both leaders said they had not com- | V15100 defeated by a 12-7 vote, was the municated with the President since|‘Only effective weapon” in the bill to the passage of the amendment yester- | prevent ~throa Gag Honever, Bymes. mamated Mr.|pon et ndustrial compett- Roosevelt was well aware of the revolt i For Use as Reminder. I elther By Ral 1d either Byrnes nor iney woul . forecas, just what would happen if the [ = ¥as designed as a sott of “birch President decided to veto the indepen- in the cupboard,” ostensibly not %nmwhfllbmflu:euo{themm to be used, but to remain as a con- rans’ appropriations. stant reminder to any business thaf Rainey sald thére “might be some: t modification” of the Senate amend- | P Government was ready to act if it ment, reducing cuts in veterans’ bene- | éfused to join in voluntary trade fits to a maximum of 25 per cent, and | agreements to control competition and he presumed “an effort will be made to get I touch with the President to learn | Production, boost employment and his views on it.” 3 Amendment Adopted. Under it the Government would re- Following a bitter attack upon the | Guire non-co-operators to obtain licenses national economy act, giving President | {0 engage in interstate commerce, and | Roosevelt sweeping powers to reduce licenses would be issued only upon com- veterans’ pensions, the Senate late yes- | Pliance with Federal wage and produc- | terday adopted a compromised amend- iment to the independent offices bill limiting the President’s powers to cut combat wounded pensions of the World cent. After Senate | measure back to ment offered by Democrat, Texas, was approved. vote was 43 to 42. A val came the administration suffered its first two major defeats in the Senate. An amendment by Floor Leader Joe Robinson to limit the cuts to 25 per the World War L vote followed Senate approval of a motion by Senator Trammell, Democrat, of Florida, to suspend the rules to per- consideration of an amendment limiting World War cuts to 15 per cent. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, in charge of the independent offices bill, estimated the Connelly amendment, which was substituted &v the administration for the Trammell amendment, preventing a vote on the latter, would require another $6%,000,000 for Spanich-American veierans and $105,000,000 more for World war vet- erans. ‘The bill as it passed the House car- ried an appropriation for pensions and compensations for veterans of all wars ot $231,730,000, a reduction of $360,- 000,000 under the 1934 bill vetoed by President Hoover. Veterans of the World War were allotted $103,786,000 of the total sum, and Spanish-American veterans were granted $41,659,000. Figures Revealed. One week ago The Star revealed the. secret official breakdown fieures of the The the combat-wounded veterans of the World War were slated for cuts averag- ing 50 per cent. The Hoover bill would have allowed the Veterans’ Administration to carry on its rolls 380,000 combat wounded and service-connected by presumption cases, requiring an expenditure of $221,728,000 or $48.54 a month per veteran. The cases to 225,800, requiring only an ex- penditure of $64,902,000 or $23.95 a month per veteran. ‘The 40 per cent reduction in the number of cases was brought about by eliminating fgom the rolls all veterans (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Banker Sails for Europe. NEW YORK, June 3 (&) Harrison, governor of the New York Pederal Reserve Bank, was a passen- ger aboard the Olympic, sailing last night. While London was his destina- tion, it was said that he .would not have any relations with the World Eco- nomic Conference. KING GEORGE, 68 Y MISSES PAGEANT, Military Display By the Assoclated Press. | LONDON, June 3—King George V| observed his sixty-eighth birthday an- niversary today, but rheumatism in a shoulder prevented. him from attend- ing a glittering military pageant in his honor. Rather, the Prince of Wales was leputized to represent his majesty at EARS OLD TODAY, DUE TO AILMENT Rheumatic Shoulder Keeps English Monarch From in His Honor. ‘They were George I and George 1V, both belng 67 vears old at death. Ed- | ward VII, father of the present ruler, was 68 when he died. ‘The reign of George V—whose official title is “His Most Excellent Majesty George the Fifth, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and of thg British minions beyond the seas, king, defpnder of the faith, Emperor of India”—is also nearing length of rulership since 1714, is now in his twenty- {'and Spanish-American Wars to 25 per the veterans’ cuts, the|the tax sections of the bill, the independent offices | Harrison proposes and today it was on its way |stock dividends and the House for the appointment by Vice Presi- | mained to be dealt with- "4 tie, the amend- Senator C Veterans' Administration, showing that | Roosevelt bill limited the number of | tion regulations. A similar rmwxmmm%g The constitutionality of the plan has been g Trepeatedly. contro over these changes, the committee not get o ‘Where Stock tax Tor the. oom to substitute a tax on the capital income tax increases now in the bill. This re- ‘today. Last night’s changes aj after | in line with some of the by Robert L. National ing here this ‘morning. The eml clai o h;(rto hl:e.v«todtnlbto. of Missouri, to strike out the entire industrial control section was defeated, 10 to 8, at the three-hour executive Clark, however, won approval of an- other amendment subjecting all em- ployes in the new set-up, paid over “m‘bht:r gonnmld “otn by the Senate. mendment aj for a board of three mm":‘f{%m E‘)‘ l:uminlstar zthe public works pros instead of one administrat originally planned. : ik How Committee Voted. The vote on the x o ol oil amendment fol- Democrats, against: , Waisi, Ccnnally, Bailey, Cla) 'lng.elfl;:lergan. ., rk, McAdoo, Byrd publicans, against: Keyes, tealf mld)e ‘Walcott. K 5 'mocrats, for: George, Gore, Costigan and Harrison. b letl::puhucuu, for: Reed and La Fol- |, Those voting to strike ¢ licens- ‘LngDe feature were: e | mocrats: King, Connally, | Batley. clark, McAdgo, Byrd and Walds: ublicans: Reed, etealf {aad Hastings. ot iose voting to retain licensing were: Democrats: George, Walsh, l;ukley Costigan, Lonergan and Harrison. : mb}lfltx‘:fi: L{n Follette. e Vol for the Reed bargo provision: 2 ¥ = ocrats: Wi mmmgfirzm ‘alsh, Bailey, McAdoo ublicans: Reed, Keyes, bt lette, Metcalf, Hastings :g?wil‘wt:d Against were: Democrats: King, Barkles, Connally, Gore. Gostigan, rk, Byrd and Harrison. George voted present. 5 = Expected Sales Tax. | committee had held several brief meetings during the day to go over the | Satte o ;nx':; thlpeede e o ‘Shrough | el il to enactment. - Several Republican members had been expected to advance the general sales | tax an an alternative to the House taxa- | tlon m, but Harrison said his g};x: wr;:lld e'l-i‘z;nnnf‘e the. “controversy” a sales and make unnecessary any raises in income tax rates. i A FLIES 440 M. P. H. Italian Claims Unofficial Air Speed Record. ROME, June 3 (#.—An unofficial air ‘spe;duccrdlkme;nmeolmmm { an_hour was ci today by Warrant | Officer Francesco Agello, b’whu flew 426, miles in an hour April 10, and | who is preparing for an official attempt soor In his famous “Red Bullet.” the average ! acting for the Exscutive Councll of the | gnbmhzr had spent a “fairly body. Under the new econom: provided authority for the 15 per cent | would be reduction in salary for Government| moonlight ride on the workers, salaries may be increased in|this month. nounced his organization had estab- | good” night and that his condition lished headquarters on the ninth floor of ) about the same. y law, which |the Earle Building and the next meeting | ~Stricken with a heart attack in held In conjunction with a|last year, he has been ail since i AT A Alres Attendants at Floyd poessed the opinion Mattern would be . (Continued on Fage 2, Column 2.) i