Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1933, Page 4

BACK ROOSEVELT - ON STABILIZATION Democratic Leaders Hold Ac- [ tion Would Retard Rise in ¥ Commodity Prices. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Democratic leaders in Congress are strongly backing the attitude of Presi- dent Roosevelt and his administration that there shall be no immediate effort to “stabilize” the American dollar, op- posing a proposal that has been ad- vanced by the French at the London Economic Conference | In their opinion the stabilization of the dollar now ‘would make impossible the further advance in commodity prices in this country. Several of the Demo- cratic Senators have been called into conference with members of the cabinet | and other high officials in the last few days to discuss the question of dollar stabilization. They showed themselves emphatic today in opposition to the at- | titude of France that there must be stabilization of the dollar and the pound without further delay if the London Economic Conference is to make progress. Nor do they seem par- | ticularly alarmed over the threats of | the French to force a long recess of | the conference. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, thcl Democratic leader, made it clear that| he did not wish in any way to tie the | hands of America’s representatives in| London by what he might say. But his| position was that it is not yet time o come to the stabilization of the dollar. Dollar Not Yet Low Enough. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, the chairman of the Senate Finance Com- mittee, frankly expressed the opinion that the American dollar has not yet “gone low enough.” He pointed out that the British have been experiment- ing with the pound for & couple of years | and that the French have brought their | franc to about 4 cents, when in the past it was around 20 cents. The United States must have a longer period ln! which to bring about an adjustment of the dollar to the values of farm com- moditles and other values, in his opinion. The deflation of the dollar and the appreciation of values of com- modities have been underway only a few weeks, he pointed out. The congressional leaders say that to | bring about world recovery there must | be increased commodity prices all around. Thomas Also Opposed. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, author of the inflation amendment to the farm relief act, under which the President is authorized to take several inflationary courses to deflate the value of the dollar, was among those who have been in conference with adminis- tration officials over this proposal from abroad for the stabilization of the dol- lar. He strongly opposed any such course of action at this time. Mr. ‘Thomas' views were set forth in a let- ter he addressed to Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace, in which he dealt with the proposal at London to stabilize the dollar. In his letter Senator Thomas said: “Permit me to call attention to news- paper messages from the London con- ference to the effect that a proposal is Pending, if not a tentative agreement reached, whereunder the dollar is to be stabilized at from 82 to 85 cents, based upon the present relation of the dollar in currency to the dollar in gold. “If the dollar should be stabilized at such a value, it would result in less than a 50-cent reduction in the buying power of the farmers’ dollar, and in that event the farmers’ dollar would still be around 200 cents.” Senator Thomas explained that when the Roosevelt admlnistration came into office the farmers’ dollar was worth in his products, $2.4415, and the wholesale dollar was $1.80. He said that in order to develop the policy of the President the dollar should be reduced in purchas- ing power to the average value between 1920 and 1933, or to the value of 1926, which “was 100 cents.” g Makes Plea for Farmer. Senator Thomsas said to date the policy has been carried into effect to the extent of cheapening the dollar some 15 to 20 per cent, and the auto- matic increase in commodity prices has been in the same proportion The Oklahoma Senator insisted that the present reduction in the value of the dollar has not been sufficient to permit the farmer to get along. “Unless the farmer can become self- sustaining,” he continued, “neither tax, interest nor debt payments can be re- sumed. Towns, cities and States can- not continue as going concerns, and if these subdivisions cannot be returned to solvency, the larger unit, the Federal Government, must likewise suffer the same inevitable result.” Senator Thomas expressed the fol- lowing conclusions: “It is my opinion that there is no re- lef possible save through two things Pirst, the enforced and arbitrary reduc- tion of the value of the dollar, and sec- ond, the enforced and arbitrary placing in circulation among the masses of the people an adequate supply of real, not | deposit or credit money. With the | value of the dollar reduced to approxi- | mately 100 cents, based upon the past | 10-year average, and with real dollars | placed in circulation among the masses of the people, then the deposit money ‘\ tary standards. THE EVENING The Economic Conference BY ARTHUR CRAWFORD. While the gold standard has its im- perfections, the experience of the lead- ing nations of the world point to the conclusion that it is superior to all others which have been tried or pro- posed. ¥ | The United States. like other nations, | has experimented with different mone- | In the early Colonial/ days metallic money came from both England and Spain, with some gold and silver but no uniform standard. The Colonists found' it convenient to use | wampum, beaver skins, tobacco and even | | cows as legal tender. After this Government was estab- lished Alexander Hamilton, the firs({ Secretary of the Treasury, decided upon bimetallism at a ratio of 15 to 1, which was about the current market ratio of silver and gold. Increased production of silver resulted before long in the operation of Gresham's law that the baser metal drives out the good, which always has stood as the chief objection to a bimetallic standard in the absence of an international agreement. The gold | | cculd buy more silver as bullion than as coins. Gold began to disappear from circulation and the metallic money was largely silver between 1820 and 1834, when & new coinage act was passed There was & tendency at that time to adopt a single silver standard, but in- stead the bimetallic ratio was changed | to 16 to 1. The actual market ratio| at that time was 15.7 to 1. Silver thus | became worth more as bullion than as | coin and disappeared from circulation | while gold flowed to the mint. By 1840 an American silver dollar was seldom seen. The country was practically on | a single gold standard. An act of 1837 fixed the gold content of the dollar at | 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine, or 232/ grains of pure gold, which standard has remained unchanged in all the monetary laws passed since thal time. | Double Standard Dropped. | In the act of 1853 the United States abandoned the double standard in recognition of the fact that it was im- possible to keep a mint ratio in accord | with: a_fluctuating market ratio. Pro- | vision was made for a subsidiary coin- age of silver. The gold standard was | maintained until in the Civil War de- | preciated paper currency drove out all metallic money. | The act of 1873 codifying mint laws omitted from the list of silver coins sil- ver dollar pieces. This action, which | was unnoticed at the time, was later | described by silver partisans as “the crime of 1873” on the theory that it demonetized silver. | The Bland-Allison act of 1878, passed | over the veto of President Hayes, pro- | vided for the coinage into dollars of not | less than $2,000,000 nor more than $4.- | 000,000 worth of silver monthly, these | dollars to be a legal tender for all debts and dues, public and private. Issuance of silver certificates against the silver | dollar was authorized. Under this law | 291,272,018 fine ounces of silver were purchased at a cost of about $308,000,- 000. Declining prices of silver made it | difficult to maintain the silver at a par | with gold. Then followed the Sherman | act of 1890, which, according to author- ities adverse to the silver partisans, was | even more unsound than the act of 1878. It provided for the monthly pur- chase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver with Treasury notes. The amount of Trea: ury notes thus issued was about $15,- | 000,000. The act was repealed in 1895 | after the panic of that year had been | attributed to its effects. | The issue of free coinage of silver as | well as gold on & Tatio of 16 to 1 was fought in the Bryan-McKinley cam-| paign of 1896. The triumph of the gold | forces led to the enactment of the gold standard act of 1900. That act provid- ing for maintenance of all currency at a parity with gold remains on the stat- | ute books, although its operation has been in fact suspended under the steps taken during the present administta- tion to prevent actual redemption in gold. Britain Tied to Goid. QGreat Britain is tled to gold by long years of tradition. It was the first mod- ern country to adopt a full gold stand- ard, the action being taken in 1844. Dur- ing the World War the British govern- ment maintained an artificial exchange rate for the pound at $4.76 by a pegging process in New York. When the peg- ging was discontinued after the war the pound dropped to $:.20 in 1920. In- stability prevailed from 1919 to 1925, when the British stabilized its currency on a gold basis with the pound at the pre-war par of $4.86. The gold stand- ard was abandoned in September, 1931, when the reserves of the Bank of Eng- land were endangered in the financial | crisis of that period. Most of the other European countries passed through experiences with stand- | ards other than gold before the war. Bimetallism proved unsatisfactory. Prior to 1870 the German currency | was silver, supplemented by paper money issued by the German states. A unified system based on gold was adopted early in the 70s, silver coins remaining legal tender. It was known as a limping gold standard because of free cotnage of gold and a limited coin- age of silver. The government took over the Reichsbank, which had the note-issuing authority, during the war, and prohibited exports of gold. The cur- rency system broke down after the war, finally being stabilized in 1924 on a gold basis. Germany still remains on a gold standard. but maintains such ex- change restrictions that o at it is virtually or credit money will increase auto- | matically " | It is ‘quite clear that the program | outlined by Senator Thomas would be | in conflict with the attempt now being | made by the French to bring about & fixed value of the dollar through sta- bilization with the British pound But Senater Thomas is of the opinion that something more will have to be done in this country toward reduction of the value of the dallar. He ex- | pressed himself as in favor of making | use of the inflationary measures car- ried in the farm relief a $23,000,000 CONTRACT | IN BEER CONSUMMATED | Western Wholesale Grocery Firm | Will Distribute Brew From Alaska to Mexico. By the Associated Press. ! OAKLAND, Calif., June 21 —A con- tract sale of $23,000,000 wc beer was consummated yesterd Western States Grocery Co. of Oaklan and the Humboldt Malt & Brewing Co of Eureka, Calif The Western States will distribute the beer through its 52 wholesale branches, located in Pacific territory from Alaska o Mexico, said Joe Young, president The contract covers delivery of 75,000 barrels of bottled beer annually for three years 10 years. Should the options for 10 years be exercised the total purchase will amount to $23,025,000, brewery of- | ficials said It will turn $465.000 into State rev- enues and boost Federal receipts $3,750,- 000. Deliveries will begin August 1. SUES TAXI CONCERN Belle Rudman, 2100 F street, yester- day flled a suit in District Supreme Court asking $10,000 damages of the Independent Taxi Owners' Association. Through Attorney Edwin C. Dutton, she says she was seriously injured June 1932¢ as the result of & collision be- tween g Diamond taxicab and a parked car at iteenth and M streets. | nated The French monetary system origi- in_ bimetallism dating back to 1803 The French bimetallism was based on a coinage ratio of 153, to 1. In the 70s a single gold standard was introduced, but the stancard was one of a limping variety owing to the reten- , ton of legal tender silver coins, Between 1865 and the time of the World War France . participated with Belgium, Switzerland and Italy in what WAs known as the Latin Monetary Union. - These countries had a silver 5-franc plece of uniform value and maintained the same degree of fine- ss France Pegged in War. France left gold as did all the Eu- Topean countries during the war. The franc was pegged by the same process as the British pound In 1919 the { franc, which had a par value of a little more than 19 cents before the war, was allowed to seek its natural level and in 1924 it was below 2', cents. It rose 10 4 cents, where it was stabilized by a pegging process. This was the level at which a full gold standard was es- ablished in June, 1928 The Belgium the war was mc with g piece id stand i at about stem before r the French 5-france on the 1ue ltaly. lke other tin Monetary Unic llism to the limy then to a full es of the sted from bi- gold standard nd gold standard with options running as long as | SPECIAL ROOM LOTS OF WALL PAPER 10x14x8 Including Border and Ceiling *1.25 WALTER MORGAN CO. 421,10th St. N.W, Telgphone NAL. 7888 | Experience of the United States and Leading European Nations With the Gold Standard and Bimetallism Reviewed. Italy stabilized the liza on gold in 1927 at a rate higher than the French and considerably higher than the Belgian. Switzerland, a neutral country, main- tained exchange rates at a high level during the war, but dropped afterward. It stabilized in 1924, with its franc at the pre-war level Switzerland still remains on the gold standard. Nine European countries which had | units with the same gold value before the war—France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland. Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, the pre-war Yugo-Siavia and Rumania “now all have different currencies. Sweden, Norway -snd Denmark be- fore the war were members of the| Scandinavian Monetary Union. which was established in the 70s. All main- tained a gold standard with an inter- changeable crown. Redemption was suspended during the war, all three countries keeping their exchanges above par. but dropping afterward. Sweden ! stabilized its currency on gold in 1922, Denmark in 1927 and Norway in 1928. All followed Great Britain in going off gold in 1931. In the newly created countries of ustria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia entirely new currency systems were adopted after the war. | WHEAT DISCUSSIONS HALT TEMPORARILY Conference to Australian Delegates to Con- sult Government. Suspends Permit By the Associated Press LONDON, June 21.—The discussions of representatives of the big four wheat growing countries on methods of con- trolling marketing and lifting prices were discontinued today when Austra- lian delegates asked more time to con- sult their home governments. ‘The conferees, representing the United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia, appeared blocked temporarily by the inability of representatives of Australia to adhere to crop restriction plans advocated chiefly by the North Americans. Henry Morgenthau, sr., head of the American group, held informal talks, meanwhile, with Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff of Russia. While the Soviet Union has not been brought formally into the discussions vet, important American quarters were inclined to the view that no enduring solution to the wheat problem is possi- ble without that country, despite its short crop this year. It was understood that discussions of the big four may be resumed before the end of the week. Attacks were launched yesterday against the wheat restriction idea. The French delegate, Albert Sarraut, pre- sented a program aimed primarily at approving efforts of the smaller pro- ducers to protect the price of their home crop. . e O, TIGHTER IMMIGRATION DISCUSSED BY J. 0. U. A. M. Gov. Pollard Speaks at Opening Bession of National Council of Order at Richmond. By the Assoclated Press. b, RICHMOND, Va. June 21.—Legisla- tion further restricting alien immigra- tion in America and restricting alien labor on public works was discussed at the opening session of the ffty-first biennial convention of the Junior Order United American Mechanics’ National Council here yesterday. The opening session included ad- dresses by Gov. Pollard, Mayor J. Pul- mer Bright and Judge George H. Eth- eridge of the Supreme Court of Mis- sissippl. Four hundred delegates, representing 43 States, are attending the sessions. Proposed changes in the present sys- tem of furnishing bonds to subordinate and State counclls, and proposals that the Orphans’ Home and National Coun- cil per capita taxes remain as at pres- ent were among the recommendations | made before the body by Dr. Charles E. Brewer of Raleigh, N. C., retiring ni tional councilor. LAMSON TO MAKE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY AT TRIAL Criminologist Joins Defense Staff | of University Press Sales Manager. By the Associated Press. SAN JOSE, Calif, June 21 *Ed\vln‘ ) M. Rea, attorneye, has announced a not- guilty plea will be entered at, or soon after, the arraignment of David A. Lamson, Stanford University Press STAR, PARLEY HAY DROP MONETARYTOPS France Yields in Demand of Gold Bloc for Quick Stabilizing. (Continued From First Page) i national moneys and economic struc- tures, but also threaten modern so- clety, which is founded entirsly on credit.” Speech Called Temperate. Despite official denal, it was report- ed in the conference lobby that ‘at the private Steering Committee meeting earlier in the morning M. Bonnet raised the question of the conference’s future if stabilization is not achieved imme- diately. James M. Cox represented the Ameri- cans at this session. M. Bonnet indi- cated last night that he intended to bring up the matter. Senator James Couzens, who listened attentively to the Bonnet speech at the conference, characterized it as “very temperate.” “He emphasized stabilization, but did not give any way to bring it about,” Mr. Couzens said. Persistent pressure was applied ear- lier in the day by the gold bloc for ad- { journment pending stabilization of the American dollar. Seekers after information were in- formed that officially there was nothing to say, but unofficially numerous conti- nental delegations made no effort to conceal what was on foot. Quarters close to the American dele- gation expressed the opinion that the gold bloc move is & “poker bluff” to try to force President Roosevelt’s hand on the stabilization issue. The fact remained, however, that in other conference circles this move was described as a highly disturbing- factor of the opposition to America's apparent stand against immediate stabitzation seemed to be passing. Premier MacDonald of Great Britain, as president of the conference, and one of the main movers for calling this his- toric assemblage. was understood to prepared to resist all efforts at adjourn- ment. : He was using all possible means to try to sidetrack the continental campaign, the Assoclated Press learned. It was authoritatively stated, mean- while, that what the British fear is not | s0 much adjournment, which they con- sider unlikely, as that the conference may become deadlocked over efforts to control currency fluctuations and drag on without accomplishment, perhaps, until Prof. Raymond Moley, Assistant | Secretary of State, arrives | America. generally ignore these back-stage activi- ties of the gold bloc. Americans are on record as favoring stabilization at the proper time. it was pointed out, and in the interim much | constructive work could be done in lay- ing the groundwork for & permanent return to a fixed and workable mone- | tary standard along the lines laid down in Senator Key Pittman’'s resolution. This resolution, asserting that gold should be re-established as the inter- national measure of exchange values, called for action to Iift the price of silver and to utilize silver in the cover- age of central bank issues. Much Seen Possible. The British, too, expressed the view that much can be accomplished pend- ing fulfiliment of stabilization pians. They maintained that stabilization is —for supreme satisfac oint—style, comfort, Here—because they Now black Caring for feet is them. Burt’s WASHINGTON in the conference at & time whe# some | from | The inclination in American quarters ! Banister Shoes here just isn’t another shoe quite so good. Black, tan, white and white, trimmed with With our X-Ray Machine you can “see” how perfect the fit. Park at the Capital Garake at our Expense. D. C, WEDNESDAY, essential and is the next 1 problem to be tackled, but said that if the United States is not ready. then other lines of attack on the world depression must be made at points where an agreement is possible. | Neville Chamberlain, British chancel- | lor of the exchequer, opened a vast | field for conference work in outlining his country’s program for raising price levels and for easy money at the con- | | ference yesterday, these sources said. | His outline included four major points which British circles said do not con- flict with the American domestic pro- gram of recovery, but rather are in bharmony with this project. Chamberlain's points were: 1. High price levels. 2. No more deflation. 3. Cheap, plentiful and active credit. 4. Co-operation with central banks. Upon the resumption of committee sessions this morning, opposition quickly developed in the meeting of the sub- committee on temporary monetary measures to Chancellor Chamberlain’s | resolution. | M. Backmann, president of the Swiss | National Bank. and Alberto Beneduce, | head of the Itallan Institute for In- | dustrial Reconstruction, urged con- servative monetary and credit policies, thus tending to support the French | thesis. M. Backmann asserted that interna- | tional debt problems should be settled as soon as possible and a general return to the gold standard should be accom- plished to restore confidence and pro- | mote sound recovery. | Signor Beneduce supported s llb!l'lli | credit program, but only when the basic demand for it is “sound.” | He sald he fully supported the Swiss stand and viewed open market opera- tions with extreme caution. Temporary | inflation, he asserted, will not give the purchasing power necessary to Carry an upward movement very far and might be followed by a crisis more difficult than the present one. Other delegates interpreted these re- marks as directed toward the United States. o The Japanese delegate agreed “in principle” with the British proposal, but | said it was necessary to remind the various nations that the policy must be pursued with caution. | M. Bonnet rose next to say that “we are unanimous in thanking Mr. Cham- berlain for starting the exchange of views on financial matters at the outset of the deliberations. Then he asserted that American ef- forts to raise prices last year failed be- cause confidence had been destroyed, resulting in hoarding. Continuing his indirect criticism of the present American policy, the French financier sald it was possible to end | hoarding by forcing the people to buy through depreciating the currency, but this causes only another form of hoard- | ing. 1 gle maintained that confidence is es- sential for any return. “We agree on the necessity of raising world prices,” M. Bonnet added, “and I give the acceptance of France to any such policy. | “We agree on this, but divergencies crop out on applications.” Food Committee Formed. M. Bonnet's forceful address, which drew frequent applause, reached a cli- max in his declaration that restoration of confidence is a prime need for worl recovery. ‘ In the meeting of the Economic Com- | mission, 23 countries, including the | United States, were named by the chairman to form a subcommittee of the commission to deal with co-ordina- tion of production and marketing of | wheat and other foodstuffs, such as sugar and wine; of raw material, such as coal, cotton, wool, timber and the like,-and all industri: ind agricultural agreements or cartels. i Countries to be represented are Ar- gentina, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Cuba, Denmark. Egypt. Spain, the Irish Free State, the United States, Prance, Greece, Italy, Japan, | tion from every view- character, shoemaking. are the best—and or tan. better than curing 1343 F Street sales manager, charged with the mur- | der of his wife, Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lamson. Rea is chief of defense counsel, to! which was added yesterday E. O. Hein- | rich, Berkeley, Calif., criminologist. He | began gathering evidence and was at | the Lamson campus with two assistant and an au- tomobile Mrs. Lamson cottage Memorial day John P. Fitzgerald, deputy district at- torney, has indicated he will ask the court to clear its calendar so the trial may be held early in August raignment probably will be held next week FRANCE TO TILT DUTIES PARIS, June 21 (/).—One of the tar- iff bills now before Parliament increases duties on about 100 products, including chemicals, glass, paint and cotton by- products While directed primarily at Germany, which recently increased duties on cer- tain French products, the bill affects all countries exporting the same products to France. ST.LOUIS $14£.00 § 8.80 16 ONE 2 ROUND WAY TRIP Cool, Breezy Travel by Modern Parlor Coach Hil‘v's ® brand of service you Y. 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It took on special interest because | of the existing embargo measures adopt- ed Britain against Russia and | Russia against Britain as a result of the | recent conviction of British engineers in Moscow on sabotage and espionage charges. | “The parties will consider as incon- sistent with the principles of this pro- tocol the adoption and application in their countries of a special system di- rected against any one country, and putting this country in a worse posi- tion as regards its foreign trade than all other countries,” the draft says. “The contracting parties solemnly undertake to refrain in the future from the application on any grounds what- soever as a mMeans of their economic policy, of special discriminatory cus- tons duties established for one country only, general prohibitions of exports and imports established for one country only, special conditions for such imports and exports, special railway tariffs, spe- cial charges on merchant vessels, special conditions for admission to their ter- ritory of economic organizations. and, ! finally, any kind of boycott established in relation to the trade of any one country by legal or administrative measures. | “All measures of discrimination in force in the country signing this proto- col are to be withdrawn from the mo- ment of the protocol coming into force in the respective countries.” 1933. TIRE BLOW-OUT CAUSES FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT Memphis Merchant Fatally Hurt as Car Turns Over Twice in | burgh Steamship Co. Illinois. By the Associated Press. WATSEKA, IIl, June 21.—David M Alperin, 40, merchant from Memphis, was fatally Injured today when the ex- plosion of a tire threw the automobile his brother was driving off the Dixie Highway near here at 2:30 am. Alperin, his brother, Dr. Jacob Al- perin, and two friends were motoring to a convention of shoe buyers at Chi- cago. The car rolled over twice. Dr. Alperin, only slightly hurt, was able to give first aid treatment to his brother, but a basal skull fracture resulted in death a half hour later in Iroquois Hos- pital. EXPLOSION .KILLS TWO Gasoline Tank Destroyed—Several Men Burned. HATTIESBURG, Miss., June 31 (). —An explosion and fire which de- stroyed a gasoline storage tank at Wig- gins yesterday had claimed two lives toda; v L. L. Stewart, 28, died from burns received in an attempt to close a gas line. His death followed that of Joe Lewis, 30) colored, who was killed when struck by metal fragments. Half a dozen other men received minor burns. LIP COVERS Made as you want them and at moderate cost GEORGE PLITT, Sr. 33" %55 N.W. Col. 8705 ‘BONUS' FORESTER GET MOVE ORDERS | Veterans Will Leave to Work in Woods of New England Next Sunday. Long awaited orders for dispatching bonus army veterans, enrolied in the Civilian Conservation Corps, to their thieir work camps in the woods of New England, were received yesterday from 3d Corps Area headquarters in Baltimore. A total of 2,463 of these men, con- stituting the remnants of the bonus | army which marched to Washington | about six weeks ago, will entrain next Sunday Langley Field, Va., for seven camps in Massachusetts, three in Maine and one in Vermont. For weeks the men have been an- ticipating these orders while under- going the routine in the two Virginia conditioning camps. Capt. Robert E. Shannon, who has charge of all such details in the rail transportation branch of the Army Quartermaster Corps, has given instructions that five | red with two special trains be pre| baggage cars and a each train. The movement next Sunday leaves only 117 bonus veterans at both Fort Humphreys and Langley Feld. Some of these will be sent to camps later and others probably will drop out. Of the men going to the New Eng- itchen car for |land camps, 311 are colored 'veterans. The men will be divided into nine white and two colored companies. Ships Ordered Fitted Out. ASHTABULA, Ohio, June 21 (#) The steamers H. C. Prick of the Pitts- and the Peter White of the Cleveland Cliffs Fleet, laid | up here last season, yesterday were ordered fitted out. They are expected to sail about July 1. INDIVIDUAL the facilities of s SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a monthly or monthlydeposits. Itis r;;( no;:d- to have :‘::cwnnnhll Bank in order to borrow. from Fort Humphreys and | |GARNER LEAVES UVALDE | FOR UNANNOUNCED PLACE Vice President Refuses AL Ap- pointments and Engagements By the Assoctated Press. UVALDE, Tex, June 21.-— Vice President John N. Garner prepared to leave today for an unannounced des- | tination. | He said he did not know how long | he would remain away. | “Politically,” he said, "I am deaf, dumb and blind. I expect to be gone from Uvalde a great deal and therefore will make or accept no appointments or engagements for at least 60 days.” Mr. and Mrs. Garner arrived at their home town late Sunday night from | Washington. gl SR Seeks Education Aid. MADRID, June 21 (#).—The Span- ish government will ask Corgress for a special credit of 28,000,000 pesetas (about $2,800,000), it was announced | yesterday, to carry out the transfer of primary and secondary education | from the church to the state as pro- ;’ldefl in a recently enacted religious aw. 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