Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1933, Page 1

iy Stae WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER:- (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably local thundershowers and not quite so warm today, cooler tonight; to- morrow, showers; gentle tc moderate shi‘ting winds, becoraing northerly. Tem- peratures—Highest, 99, at 3:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 78, at 5 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 3. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to city and suburban homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier serv- ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery. he P Me No. 1,476—No. 32,569. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. VASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1933—EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. ROOSEVELT BARS TRUCE PROPOSED BY GOLD BLOC; REJECTION CHILLS PARIS Monetary Frowned On by President. HULL TO STATE VIEWS MONDAY Britain Scouts Talk of Breakdown in Conference. BY F. G. VOSBURGH. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 1.—President Roosevelt tonight rejected in its|ng present form the monetary pro- posal which was drawn up with a view to saving the World Economic Conference from collapse. The notice of the presidential Hisapproval for the plan which had been communicated to him by Raymond Moley, Assistant [Becretary of State, on behalf of Great Britain and members of the [European gold bloc was made pub- Jic by the American embassy, whose spokesman said: “The President has notified the Becretary of State that he has re- fected the proposal in its present form. “The Secretary of State will on Monday morning make a state- ment elaborating upon American policy as it applies to this sub- Ject.” France and other European countries still on the gold stan- dard had threatened to quit the conference unless some concerted measure should be taken to halt excited fluctuations of the dollar. The declaration, drawn up by lead- ers of the conference and Prof. Moley, included a proposed agreement that “stability in the international monetary field should be obtained as quickly as practicable.” P Meanwhile Dr. Hjaimar Schacht, head of the Reichbank in Berlin, urged by implication the formation of 8 united front by gold standard countries against the United States and Great Britain. At American headquarters it was of- ficially stated that although the Presi- dent rejected the project “in its present form,” the form would have to be very different for him to accept it. Exactly what portions are unaccept- fble to Mr. Roosevelt were not specified. The American President’s decision was immediately communicated to rep- resentatives here of all governments concerned, the British and those of the gold bloc, the latter having threatened to quit the conference unless the for- mula was subscribed to by the United Btates. Text of Proposal. The text of the propcsal cabled to the President and rejected by him was as follows: “Declaration, in which nations on the gold standard and those not on that standard join. “It is agreed that stability in the in- ternational monetary field should be ob- tained 2s quickly as practicable, and the common interest of all concerned is recognized; “That re-establishment of gold as a measure of international exchange value should be accomplished with recogni- tion that the time at which each of the countries off gold could undertake sta- bilization and the time at which parity 1s established must be determined by the respective governments. “It is reasserted by governments the currencies of which are on the gold standard that it is their intent to main- tain the free working of that standa: at current gold parities and in con- ormity to their respective monetary ws, belleving that maintenance of ex- isting gold parities is in the interest of world recovery. “Governments subscribing to this dec- laration whose currencies are not on the gold standard take note of the above declaration and recognize its importance without in any way prejudicing their own future ratios to gold, and reiterate that the ultimate objective of their cur- rency policy is to bring back an inter- pational standard based on gold under proper conditions. “Each government whose currency is not on the gold standard agrees to adopt such measures as it may deem most effective to limit exchange speculations, and other signatory governments un- dertake co-operation to the same end. “Each of the governments signatory hereto agrees to ask its central bank to work together with the central banks of other governments which sign this declaration in limiting speculation and, at the proper time, reinaugurating an international gold standard.” Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, went to the country for the week end, and it was sald on his behalf that he would answer no questions until Monday, when (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) On All Countries to | | Outlaw Speculation Chancellor Believes Stabi- lization of Currency Not Yet Possible. By the Assoclated Press. NORTHWICH, England, July 1— Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, expressed the bellef it was impossible “to obtain stabilization just yet” in touching upon the monetary %roblem in an address at a garden fete ere today. “But at least it would be possible for all countries concerned to stop specula- tion, which adds to our difficulties by increasing fluctuation either up or down,” he added. The chancellor said he was not try- to drive hard bargains, but rather to_introduce a spirit of good will. Scoring economic nationalism, he cited troubles in the United States, which “cannot expect to remain pros- perous if the rest of the world is de- He paid tribute to President Roose- velt for co-operation in avoiding a British war debt default, and found getting “around that awkward corner” a good augury for “a final settlement upon which we probably will be enter- ing next Autumn.” ROOSEVELT SETS SAIL FOR CAPITAL Boards Cruiser Indianapolis and Is Due at Annapolis on Monday. By the Associated Press. CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Bruns- wick, July 1.—President Roosevelt started back from his vacation cruise today aboard the trim fighting ship, the cruiser Indianapolis, with ‘his thoughts again turning to work and more par- ticularly to the London Economic Con- ference. Before boarding the new 10,000-ton cruiser of the American fleet late this afternoon, the President made it defi- nitely known that he has sanctioned no formal agreement at London on stabili- zation of currency. Very apparently Mr. Roosevelt is closely watching the troubled economic parley and just as apparently he is not ready to enter any compact on currency stabilization just now—the demand of the gold bloc headed by France. \ Advisers of the President are con- vinced he is ready to act in the next few days. He communicated last night with the London meeting. There was no statement, however, by him on the event. But it is his opinion that tem- porary stabilization to prevent wide- spread fluctuating must be accomplished by the central banks and not by the governments and that permanent sta- bilization is not in sight until the gold standard countries have shown that they can remain on that standard. President Well Rested. It was a well rested, bronze-faced President who stood on the deck of the destroyer Ellis at Welchpool Wharf at 4 oclock and waved farewell to the friends of this old playground of his, who gave him three cheers and many handshakes. Before going on the ship Mr. Roose- velt shook hands with the members of the United States customs patrol and the red-coated officers of the Canadian Mounted Police who helped guard him during his two-day stay at this island just across the boundary. The U. S. 8. Ellis quickly took the President out to midstream in the har- bor in front of Eastport, Me., to the heavier cruiser Indianapolis. There he boarded the Indianapolis and in a driv- ing rainstorm, which started just as he (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 2l il CROWD SEES DUELIST SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Fight With Rifles in Field at Dawn Followed by Arrest of Adversary. By the Associated Press. CANON CITY, Colo., July 1.—In a duel carried out before a large crowd of spectators, B. Hernandez received serious wounds today. The due] was staged at dawn in a field near Chandler as the climax to a liquor party, according to information some of the spectators gave sheriff’s officers, ‘Twenty-two caliber rifles were the weapons used. Joe Bergard of Rock- vale, was arrested by Sheriff Van Bus- ! kirk as the other alleged participant in {the duel. No charge was flled against him, pending the outcome of Her- nandez's wounds. DISTRICT LACKS OF HALF MILLION POPULATION Census Bureau Finds Washington Residents Have Increased by 8,131 Since April 1, 1930. The District of Columbia today lacks #2900 persons from being classified among the cities having 500,000 or more population. ‘The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau estimated yesterday that since the last census. April 1, 1930, the popu- lation of Washington has increased from 486,869 to 495,000. The bureau said the population of the United States has increased 2,917,- 954 since the enumerators made their rounds in 1930, to a new high of 135,- 693,000. Officials said the estimation Mas besed on ROUND 5,000 births, deaths, immigration and emi- gration. In determining the 8,131 increase in this city’s population since April 1, 1930, the bureau said Washington had a birth rate of 20.6 per 1,000 popula- tion, in comparison with a rate of 15.8 per 1,000 in 1931. | A total of 10,153 living births were | recorded here during the last year. This was an increase of 2,410 over the to records. preceding r, according . omw{sye:nd deaths here average 7,937 annually. On July 1, 1930, according to the bu- Teau, the total tion in Washing- ton stood at ,000._an_increase of available data regardingi _(codimw‘anmz.q-mun + . Plan“Chamberlain Cdlls 'News Comes as Surprise to French. CABINET VOTES TO PUSH FIGHT Approves Course of Delegation—Will Stay in Parley. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 1.—France and her defense of the gold standard got a cold chill tonight from the refusal of President Roosevelt to accept the London gold standard declara- tion. The news came as a shock, since it had been hoped that the declaration would help France strengthen her position as the chief country still on gold. The French cabinet, meeting to- day, approved the course of their delegation at the World Economic Conference and made it clear that France will remain at London and fight for the gold standard. Camille Chautemps, minister of interior, declared at the conclu- sion of the session “adjournment or the World Conference is not foreseen.” The cabinet indorsed the work at the world parley of Georges Bonnet, finance minister and chief of the French delegation, who has been active in the gold fight. Bonnet, who had ardently hoped the American President would accept the declaration, already was planning a campaign to help the countries still on gold remain there. He outlined the plan before the Chamber of Deputies Pinance Commit- tee. Two measures already are planned, forming part of & unified scheme to work with countries still on gold in order to strengthen their exchanges and enable them to resist pressure to abandon the gold standard. ‘These provide for reimbursement of half of the loan floated in Holland in PFebruary for French state railroads, and the opening of a credit of 300,000,000 francs (approximately $14,700,000) in Belgium. ‘These measures, as well as later ones to be employed if necessary, were ex- pected to help Holland and Belgium strengthen their gold position. Bonnet expected to return to London shortly, although speculation was wide- spread if the gold countries would re- main at the world conference, particu- larly’in view of the American position. BARUCH, AS CI]NTACT MAN, DOES WORK IN GOTHAM Roosevelt's Aide Has Spent Only Day and Half in Washington Since Designation. By the Associated Press. Bernard M. Baruch, who was desig- nated by President Roosevelt to serve as an unofficial contact man for the Chief ‘Executvi;re h‘;;me the latter was away from Wasl is d his work in New vm.m o Baruch was to keep in touch with the President, the delegation in Lon- don for the Economic Conference and with governmental officials here. So far Baruch has spend a day and & half in Washington since the Presi- dent left. During that time he made his head- quarters in a hotel suite, receiving vis- itors and conducting his business th'e‘re. n'lxx'hle umlce :éhich Assistant = retary Moley placed at his disposal at the State Department went unused, Baruch plans to sail for Europe on gz) CIQE and expects to go directly to TODAY’S STAR - ’PA:T ONE—llI PAGES. neral ews—] e ) Local, National and PART TWO—6 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Community Chest News—Page 4. Community Centers—Page 4. ‘The White Cockatoo”— ps—Page 5. Naval Reserves—Page 5. Marine Corps News—Page 5. PART THREE—S8 PAGES, Society Section. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Conclave of the States—Stage, Screen and Music. Music—Page 4. Theaters—Page 5. In the Motor World—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. D. A. R. Activities—Page 7. American War Mothers—Page 7. Y. W.C. A. News—Page 1. Italian War Veterans—Page 7. Yachting—Page 8. Aviation—Page 9. News of the Clubs—Page 9. ternities—Page 9. 9 ign Wars—Page 9. District National Guard—Page 9. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- ‘The Home Gardener—Page 11. Organized Reserves—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. Conquering Contract—Page 12. - PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. Magazine Section. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. & - WORLD-WIDE TRADE GAIN | ACCOMPANIES U. S. SPURT Wholesale Commodity Prices U grade Since Suspension of Gold 3 Payments Here. | Business conditions throughout the, world were reported yesterday by the | Department of Commerce to be on the | upgrade At home, current statistics | indicate, the department said, that the | forward movement in productive activ- ity was extended during the past week, and for the month of June the major | indices have recorded “considerable im- | provement over May.” Wholesale commodity prices in terms | of the American dollar equivalent have | advanced throughout the world since the United States suspended gold pay- | ments, according to a report compiled | by E. H. Omohundro of the depart- | ment’s economic research division. | ‘The department’s report said that after long declines in Belgium, Denmark, | Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, commodity prices in terms of their re- spective currencies turned upward in May and in the United Kingdom May | prices averaged 2.3 per cent higher than | April prices, the first advance this year. | Canadian and British Indian price rises G. 0. P. PREPARING FOR 1364 SSUES Tariff, Money, Nationalism and Treatment of Vet- erans Cited. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Republican leaders, looking forward to the congressional campaign a year hence, and more remotely to 1936 and the next presidential election, are tak- ing stock. They are seeking, first of all, issues, and second, candidates. | They insist that their sole attention to- day is concentrated on the elections to the House and Senate next year, and that no attention is being paid at all to presidential candidates. In defining their issues against the Democrats, however, the Republicans are likely to fix in large measure upon their next candiate for President, or at least to set up the type to which he must conform. For the presidential candidate must exemplify the issues. The G. O. P. will have, in the end, to determine whether it is to be pro- gressive—willing to go the “new deal” of the Roosevelt administration one better—or whether it is conserva- tive and attempt to hark to things as they were. As they decide this question, they will determine what kind of a candidate shall lead them, presumably, against Roosevelt three years hence. By this date, in 1936, the candidates of both parties and perhaps of a new third party, will have selected. Issues Now in Making. Here are the issues now in the mak- ing for the next campaign in the opin- ion of one of the most astute and wise of the Republican leaders, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, who leads the G. O. P. in the Senate. 1. The tariff. 2. Sound money. 3. Nationalism vs. Internationalism. 4. Treatment of the war veterans. Other issues are likely to grow out of the application of the laws passed by the Democratic Congress at the behest of the President, including the industrial recovery act and the farm relief act. But Senator McNary and other Republican leaders generally are to bide their time so far as these measures are concerned. They are not going to attempt to throw any monkey wrenches into the machinery, or permit themselves to harged (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) l WOMAN IS VICTIM OF MYSTERYATIAGK Miss Helen Mahan Describes Colored Man, in Story | at Hospital. Miss Helen V. Mahan, 33, fought| for life in Georgetown Hospital last | night while police conducted & city- | wide hunt for a light-skinned colored | man who, she said, struck her on the | head with a slab of concrete as she sat | on the bank of Rock Creek near the | Q Street Bridge yesterday afternoon. With many of the facts unearthed | during their investigation decidedly at variance with Miss Mahan’s account of the assault and the events preced- ing it, the police admittedly were mak- ing little progress in their efforts to clear up the mystery surrounding the | case. Miss Mahan, who lives at 2002 P street, collapsed on Q street, near the scene of the attack, after staggering up the embankment on the west side of the stream. Elkton Hawkins, 1240 Twenty-second street, a taxicab driver, saw her fall to the street. He took her to the hospital, where she was found to have a fractured skull, a dis- located shoulder and a broken finger. Physicians said she was likely to die. Accosted While Alone. Under questioning by detectives, Miss Mahan, a part-time employe of a down- town department store, told a rambling, incoherent story of the assault. She said she and Miss Alice Dugan, 31 M street, strolled along the bank of the creek in quest of relief from the heat. They seated themselves on the east side of the stream, she said, and stayed there for a while, talking. After a while, she continued, Miss Dugan left to make a telephone call, gr:mhlu to return in a few minutes. r friend had hardly disappeared over the top of the embankment, she said when a colored man accosted her. She ignored the man, she said, and he attacked her. When she screamed, she said, he picked up a piece of cement and struck her on the head. She re- called nothing that happened after that, she added. Miss Dugan denied, however, that she had been with Miss Mahan, and some of the assault victim’s statements also were uted by two witnesses picked up by the police. Alex Deacon and Casper Slagle, both of 61 New York avenue northeast, told (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) GUNS BLAZE AS RIVAL KENTUCKY FACTIONS DISPUTE VOTING RIGHTS Three Men Are Killed, Three Are Near Death and Two Others Suffer Wounds. By the Associated Press. PRESTONSBURG, Ky, ‘Three men were lly wounded in @ gun battle across a table in a crowd- ed election booth on Prater Creek to- day. Five others were wounded and three of them may die. The dead are Wilburn Conn, 30, and Wayne Click, 35, who were killed in- stantly, and Mimms Conn, 45, who died tonight. “ “The shooting occurred when support- ers of Sol Sammons in & school trustee election, who was by two votes, claimed & was o end tha yoling, while supporters of Sammons’ opponent, Arnold Robinette, insisted two more minutes remained before closing time. Lawrence Conn, 23, and Millard Conn, 21, sons of Mimms Conn, and Green Conn, Wilburn's father, were critically wounded and may not survive. Hayden Howell, shot through the chest, and mca‘x:,nhothmelu.mu- PRESIDENT T0 FACE PUBLIG WORKS RIFT Douglas Wants Funds Curbed but “Brain Trust” Asks Full Speed Ahead. President Roosevelt is returning to Washington to find his official family involved in a controversy over proceed- ing with the $3,300,000,000 public works program, according to reports. At the bottom of it is the same American price upswing which indirectly has becalmed the World Mcnetary and Economic Con- ference. On the theory that the tide has been turned and the price trend is in favorable direction, Budget Director Lewis A. Douglas is for using only so much of the huge fund as may be necessary to maintain the trend. On the theory that the upswing is due as much as anything to the general expectation of extensive Government spending, the “brain trust” is insistent upon putting up the funds as rapidly as they can be absorbed, say at the rate of about $5600,000,000 a month, and without regard to balanced budgets, na- tionally or locally. Fought in Secrecy. I ‘The President is to be confronted with two sharply contradictory schools of thought within his administration. The point has been fought out behind closed doors in the last week, with indications that the “brain trust,” in this instance headed by Prof. Rexford G. Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, is taking the upper hand in the public works administration. Mr. Roosevelt will be called upon to decide between the two factions, which are being more sharply divided as the new administration goes more deeply into its struggle against the depression. Involved in the issue is the apparent inconsistency of Mr. las, on the one hand, carrying througn his drastic deflationary program to restore public confidence in the Governmert by Wwholesale dismissals of Government employes, and the “brain trust” on the other hand, proceeding with a huge ex- pansion program designed to provide new jobs by the carload. Also involved is the question whether the Government is to proceed on th t.he‘g;y offlkeeping u:l own lfiladget. bal- an and encouraging political sub- divisions to balance theirs. Since the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is making advances at the rate of $130,000,000 a month and the Government is committed to $900,000,- 000 to extraordinary expenditures over and above the $3,300,000,000 public works program, a decision in favor of the “brain trust” might imply a deter- mination to float bond issues of close to_$6,000,000,000 in the next year. _The “brain trust” idea is to finance (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) o Capital Swelters With Rest of U.S,, Seven Prostrated Three Drop at Alexandria and Little Relief Is Forecast. Scorching temperatures ushered in the month of July yesterday—in ‘Washington and over most of the Nation. Coming after a June which was a' record setter in many cities and towns, the month which was born on & night when the minimum temperature was higher than any before this year bade fair, in its opening day to equal at least its predecessor's marks. A maximum of 99 degrees in the Capital sent seven to hospitals pros- trated, and three cases of heat exhaus- tion were reported in Alexandria. Deaths and prostrations mounted throughout the land. 112 at Crisfield, Md. An Associated Press dispatch from * FLETCHER URGES TAXLAW REVISION 10 GURB EVASION sion” of Speculation and Pool Operations. ASKS STRINGENT LAWS ON SALE OF SECURITIES Floridian Cites Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb Revelations Statement. in By the Associated Press. Strengthening of the income and | other tax laws to banish the income tax reducing devices disclosed during the investigation by the Senate Banking Committee were advocated yesterday by Chairman Fletcher. The Florida Democrat also proposed “very definite supervision” of specula- tive practices and pool operations on the Stock Exchange and “more strin- gent laws” governing the issuance and sale of securities. “From the information gathered to date,” Fletcher said in a formal state- ment, “it seems certain that the in- come tax law rust be revised.” Testimony bet‘re the committee re- cently developed that Otto H. Kahn, senior partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., sold over 3,000 shzces of various stocks to his daughter, Mt3. Maud E. Marriott, on December 30, 1930, at a loss of $117,000. members of the family in other years, but could not recall the dates or details. Kahn said he paid no income tax for 1930, 1931 or 1932, but did pay a tax of more than $4,000 in England for 1930 on securities owned there. J. P. Morgan and other partners in | the banking house that bears his name also told the committee they paid no | income tax for the last two years and only $48,000 for 1930. | the law, repealed at the last session of Congress, that permitted members of partnerships to deduct from _income (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) : FAIR BREAD PRICE DEMANDED BY 1.5 Undue Raises in Wire to lowans. By the Associated Press. In a message calculated to warn all retailers against price advances the administration does not consider war- ranted, Secretary Wallace informed cuted. ‘The Secretary told the Iowa bakers the department was prepared to use the powers that had been lodged in it sonable increases to be borne by the consumers, “The recent advance of wheat prices plus the processing tax when it is levied, would increase cost approximately 1Y3 cents a pound loaf,” he telegraphed the bakers’ association. “Under these conditions what is the e | justification for your proposed advance of 3 cents?” The bakers’ association announced Friday it would increase the price of 1-pound loaves of bread from 5 to 8 cents on July 5. Processing Tax Blamed. ‘The 30-cent per bushel processing tax cn wheat goes into effect at mid- night, July 8, to provide revenue to make payments to farmers agreeing to reduce acreage and this tax was blamed in part by the association for their projected increase. Meanwhile, it was said that numer- ous reports of price lifts and contem- plated increases have come to the at- tention of farm administrators from many sections of the country. His message to the association in his own State was designed as a warn- ing to other retailers, not only of bread but of other food products manufac- tured from basic farm commodities on which processing taxes later are to be ordered into effect. Wallace was reported to be prepared to follow up his warning with an early prosecution under the anti-trust laws if considered necessary in order to provide “an example” and thus sup- ply a legal test of his newly created pawers, The farm act specifically confers on Wallace authority to invoke anti- trust laws in addition to power to legalize trade agreements with fixed Proposes “Definite Supervi- | Kahn said he had sold stocks to other | This came about principally through | Prosecution Threatened for| Towa bakers yesterday that any unrea- | sonable retail boosts would be prose- | and the President to prevent unrea- | ans Associated Press. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE LOAN TERMS' FIXED FOR PUBLIC WORKS BY CABINET BOARD Cities, Counties and States Required to Put Up Good Security for Aid. EMPLOYMENT SPEEDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES | Spurring of Big Industries to File Recovery Codes Indicated by Administration. | The Government moved into action yesterday to muster some of the vast jarmy of the Nation's unemployed on | public works projects, a part of its $3,300,000,000 national recovery pro- gram. Its special cabinet board ruled that outright grants to States, counties” and cities would be limited to 30 per cent of the cost of labor and material going into projects coming under the classi- fication of “fundamental necessities.” | At the same time Administrator Hugh is. Johnson of the industrial control | section sought ways to stir industry into | speedier action on minimum wage- | maximum hour codes to be presented under the recovery act. Interest Rate Fixed. | The special cabinet board also fixed |an interest rate of 4 per cent on all financing of projects. To this was added | the stipulation that loans must be amortized within “the reasonable life of the project,” but in no event not | more than 30 years. Mobilizing of qualified workers who may be requisitioned for the public | works program was started late yester- day by Director W. Frank Persons of the United States Employment Service, | which earlier in the day officially | opened its office in the Labor Depart- | ment. | ..The special cabinet board allocated $500,000 to the service to start this work. Persons said he expected to spend $100,000 to spread a network of re- | employment agencies where needed to | be_ready to operate immediately. Later, Secretary of Interior Ickes, chairman of the special cabinet board, made a similar ~announcement and added that his committee would have ready for President Rocsevelt on his re- turn here Tuesday a list of nominees be State administrators through | whom all applications for works other than Federal projects must come. Long List of Candidates. Asked if the board would recommend | only one for each State or send aiong several nominees, Ickes smilingly said, “the list probably will be about as big as a telephone directory” and that the | next step was up to the White House. “Re-employment agencies equipped to help supply workers on projects author- ized by the public works administration can now be definitely organized with de- sirable standards,” Persons said. “The United States Employment Service will proceed to organize re-employment agencies in many of the counties of the | United States so that there will be places | at which lists of qualified workers may | be available to employers. “The local agencies will be responsive to the needs of their own communities and will be under the management of local committees. “In order to organize and supervise such re-employment agencies in a sub- | stantial number of counties in each of | the States it will be necessary to set ! up a State organization in each of the | States. Uniformly this will consist of a State director of re-employment and | one .or more field representatives, the | latter supervising the local re-employ- | ment agencies. The United States Em- ployment Service will provide a direc- tion of this re-employment service at headquarters here in Washington.” Labor Policy Adopted. ‘The labor policy adopted by the spe- cial cabinet board provides that “local labor appropriately to be secured through employment services should, 50 far as possible, be selected from lists of qualified workers sutmitted by local agencies designated by the United Employment Service.” This means, ac- cording to Mr. Persons, that the inter- ests of organized labor as well as of unskilled labor are to be recognized, and that the preferences guaranteed by law are to be safeguarded. The re-employment service to be set up, Persons pointed out, will in no way duplicate the work to be done by the United States Employment Service, created by the Wagner-Peyser law, passed at the recent session of Con- gress. The work of that agency, which is to provide a permanent employment service, will also be expanded as rapidly as possible. The re-employment service is to be supplementary. In laying down a yardstick on grants to States, the public works board set up an opinion that the various political subdivisions might borrow from the big fund up to 70 per cent of the total cost of such construction jobs. Donald H. Sawyer, public works ad- ministrator, and other board officials declared, however, there would be very few instances in which the Govern- ment would supply 100 per cent of the funds. As an example, if the total cost of & project was $1,100,000 and the labor and material costs amounted to $1,000,- 00) of that sum, the outright grant (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) TYPICAL CITY | TWO-FIFTHS OF HOMES GET AID, SURVEY REVEALS Women Found Contributing Full Share to Family Incomes in there and found, among other things, that two-fifths of the householders had received aid Y | from outside sources. showed the mercury had climbed to 112 degrees, topping all other Maryland re- ‘Today’s outlook was for tempera- tures not quite so_high, but scientists at the Weather Bureau add this did not And not only was this true of South Bend, the Women’s Bureau said, but i “strikingly parallel” conditions prob- ably could be “more or less duplicated in about 50 other cities in the same 101100,000 to 200,000 population group.” Depression. tories” of 1,486 women and 1,399 men were obtained. Many questions were asked. Of what aid the family con- ‘Who were the wage earners? How seriously had the depression un- dme;guned the family standard of liv- ‘Two-fifths of the households had received aid from outside sources. Two- fifths of the women, and a little more than two-fifths of the men, were cut of work. In two-fifths of the house- holds, some of the normally employed had not had work for at least a year. Of all interviewed, more than one- fifth had been unemployed for a whole year, In the same industrial section & sur- vey taken two vears previously had (Conthiued on Prge 2 Coummaiid