Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not quite so cool tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; ortheast. , mostly ‘Temperatures—] am. today; today. Full -Highest, lowest, 52, report on gentle 70, at 10:30 at 4:30 sm. Page A-9. New York Stock Market Closed Today No. 32,571 post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. EXPECT PRESIDENT WL AT QLY ON TEXTLE CODE Await Roosevelt’s Return to Pass on First of Trade Agreements. SOFT COAL SCHEDULE IS BEING STUDIED Hours, Wages and Conditions of Employment Will Be Con- sidered at Conference. By the Assoclated Press. : A speedy White House decision on the cotton textile code, only one past the hearing stage, is expected by Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial recovery admin- istrator, when President Roosevelt re- turns to Washington. Johnson, however, pointed out that becsuse this is the first of the codes _the President wants time for a careful ‘mnalysis before promulgating it. Coal Industry Proposals. The administrator also let it be known that a single code is desired for the entire bituminous coal industry. This announcement was made after a sepa- rate code for Indiana mines had been submitted by operators in that State. ,Johnsan said he had not as yet seen ,the Indiana code. It was described, however, as calling for miners in that State to be paid 50 cents an hour with & maximum work week of four 8-hour days. That scale is between 5 and 10 cents higher than a scale Western Pennsyl- vania, Northern West Virginia and Eastern Ohio operators have consid- ered. It is nearly double that now used in some non-union fields. Further steps toward solution of the ‘complicated problems surrounding coal’s entry into the group of industries in the recovery program were expected in coal circles to result from two major fmeetings to be held here this week. Conference Thursday. Northern operators meet Thursday to discuss a code prepared for the entire industry by officials of Central Coals Associates, Inc., that group =~ or- ganized recently under the guidance of Frank E. Taplin of Cleveland, has Insisted that the spread between wages in the Nol!hcrnu&nd Southern fields be reduced materially. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and a group of Central and Western operators of unionized mines have invited operators in their region to send representatives here Friday “to consider hours, wages and conditions of employment.” Lewis issued a statement here today in which he said the union, after large membership gains during the past few weeks, now “Tepresents and speaks for the entire body of ccal miners in the United States” and was “prepared to enter collective bargaining.” Applicationof a _price-regulating principle similar to market quotations Which govern stock, bond and com- modity levels was suggested by the administrator yesterday as a probably desirable way of avoiding price fixing by agreement. in the industrial codes. The plan would involve creation of | sn open-price association to which all plants in an industry would report periodically, possibly weekly, their total sales and prices. Names of the custom- ers would not be given, but the data would be available to other plants, to retaflers and to the public. Average price levels, he believed, would be the result, leading to stability. Other Codes Awaited. Johnson expects the women's wearing apparel industry to submit a code to- morrow for a hearing. He says several major industries—steel, ofl and lum-| ber—are nearly ready. However, he pointed out, no industry should have to Wait for hearing, as his staff is equipped to hold a score at once. He expressed the wish that more in- dustries would send representatives to Washington to get a line on the way the initial wage-raising, ‘work-spreading | codes are being worked out. A number | of industries, he said, appear to bej Josing time by framing codes in consul- tation with their own lawyers. He sald these codes are not shaped so as to reach primarily the objectives sought by President Roosevelt. PONTIFF AND VON PAPEN DISCUSS TERMS OF PACT Guarantees Nazis Are Willing to| Offer for Effective Execution Taken Up During Talk. By the Assoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, July 4—Pope Pius recelved Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen of Germany in audience today, and discussed with him what guarantees the Nazis are willing to offer for the effective execution of a concordat be- tween the Vatican and the Reich. Prelates said the projected agreement would remove Vatican support from the German Catholic Center party, but the vice chancellor's secretary declared it was premature to say a concordat had been reached, although negotia- tions were continuing. EESE BOMBS PLACED IN CUT NEAR RAILWAY BRIDGE! Blast Stirs Countryside in Austria, but Does Little Damage to Track. By the Assoclated Press. LANDECK, Austria, July 4—A bomb explosion on the approach to one of the most important railway bridges on the main line of the Vienna-Innsbruck- Zurich Railroad startled the country- side between Piams and Strengen, west of here, at midnfght. Two_bombs had been placed in a t a few feet from a bridge over the risanna River, which is 400 feet wide. Only one exploded and that did no damage to the track, but shattered all windows in the nearby Isberg Castle. No 5:30 Edition Because of the holiday there will be no :late edi- tions of The Star today. Jaw Dislocated As Hungry Man Gulps Sandwich By the Assoclated Press. MONROE, Wis., July 4—Hun- gry, Roy Tieman, who lives on & farm near here, opened wide his mouth to bite into a thick sand- opened it too wide, how- ever, and couldn't close it. Physic! worked three hours with an anesthetic before the dis- located jaw was adjusted. ROOSEVELT CHARTS RECOVERY PROGRAM ON CRUISER IN BAY Followers Hopeful He Will State What He Wants From Conference. By the Assoclated Press. ) While the rest of the Nation cele- brated the Independence holiday, Pres- ident Roogevelt secluded himself to- day aboard the cruiser Indianapolis o Chesapeake Bay and charted a course of economic recovery toward the ever-brightening horizon of industry. The country’s “skipper,” refreshed by his two-week vacation off New Eng- land, and encouraged by optimistic re- ports of cabinet members, who visited him aboard the warship yesterday, was ready to take personal charge of the helm of state on his return here to- night or tomorrow. Many of his followers were hopeful that when he got back at his desk they could determine exactly what he wants, now, from the London Economic Con- ference. Expected to Say Soon. But they could not see him a to an adjournment of the wni:l’a:lllxl‘:g Jjust because some nations were piqued at his refusal to stabilize now. He wants something out of the conference; what, his friends expected him to say soon. Meanwhile, though, he has pressing domestic questions to answer. Many of them were put before him yester- day in the meeting he had aboard the Indianapolis with his cabinet. For in- stance, Secretary of Interior Ickes told the President about the development of the $3,300,000,000 public works program, which he heads. Mr. Roosevelt must decide whether he will approve construction projects proposed by the War, Navy and Interior Departments, as well as independent bureaus. Postmaster General Farley has prepared for him a list of around 1,000 men recommended for appoint- |lan ment to Federal jobs. Ickes submitted what he called “a telephone directory” roster from which may be chosen 48 men to be State administrators of public works. Tells of Recovery Act. Secretary of Commerce Roper had told the President about progress of the industrial recovery act plans. They discussed the pay-fixing, work-spreading agreement - of cotton textile operators, which the Chief Executive will study in detail before he approves, and the pros- pects of getting quick action by other industries on simiiar trade codes. The Veterans’ Administration also was fixing up a long list from which will be selected members of the special boards to review benefits to veterapd whose ailments presumably originated from service. Secretary Wallace was ready to report the progress under the cotton and wheat acreage reduction programs and to see if the Chief had any instructions. The President continued to keep in- formed about international develop- ments in dispatches relayed through the State Department. Besides hoping for success at London, he wants the Geneva Arms Limitation Conference to get somewhere. But he is putting full strength behind the domestic program. { BODY OF 5 TO STUDY GRAN CHACO DISPUTE Spain, Britain, France, Italy and Mexico to Be Represented on Commission. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, July 4—The League of Nations commission of inquiry for the Gran Chaco dispute in South America will be composed of five members, one each from Spain, Great Britain, France, Ttaly and Mexico, a League Council committee decided today. Each of the five governments will be asked to submit three names, from ;whluc‘t’n list the commission will be se- ect 8 It is hoped that the commission, the third League body of its kind, will be able to leave at an early date for the scene of the conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia. The first task of the commission will be to endeavor to halt hostilities be- tween the two South American neigh- he WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1933—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. FIREWORKS SHOW 10 CLIMAX CITY'S OBSERVANGE OF 4TH Program Includes Community Celebrations, Athletic Meets and Pageantry. {PRESIDENT TO SPEND PART OF DAY ABOARD CRUISER Exodus of Administration Leaders Leaves Dern as Ranking U. 8. Official Here. Washington celebrated America’s 157th birthday anniversary today with a lively but safe-and-sane round of holiday festivities, to be climaxed to- night by a blaze of pyrotechnics, over the Monument. Favored by bright skies and cool zephyrs—welcome aftermath of an un- seasonal cold snap—many of the city’s residents emulated the President, Vice President and a host of other officials in seeking relaxation afield, awheel or afloat. ‘There was a steady stream of motor- ists headed for picnic groves, country clubs, fishing havens or bathing beaches, while thousands of stay-at-homes found plenty of interest in community cele- brations, athletic meets and pageantry. Ceremonies in Sylvan Theater. The gigantic, brilliant fireworls dis- play_tonight around the tall shaft of the Monument was to be immediately preceded by the city's official cere- monies in the Sylvan Theater. The evacuation of Washington over Independence day by administration leaders, left Secretary of War George H. Dern as ranking official of the Gov- ernment here. He is expected to be among the guests at the celebration at the Monument Grounds tonight at 7:15 o'chl(ock, : r. Roosevelt expected to spend at least part of his day aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, anchored off ~Annapolis, Md., where Mrs. Roosevelt and her g?;xhkr, Mrs. Anna Dall, were to join Other members of the cabinet re- maining in Washington over the holi- day included Attorney General Cum- mings and Secretaries Swanson. Wal- lace and Roper, who, in matters of precedence rank in the order named. Secretary - Hull, top-ranking cabinet officer, is in London; Secretary Woodin is in New York, Postmaster General Farley on a yachting trip, Secretary Ickes preparing to speak at Morris- town, N. J, and Secretary Perkins vmduumn; with friends in New Eng- Promptly at 7:15 o'clock military, patriotic and veteran organizations will | converge on the Monument grounds for the processional and massing of the colors, which will be the opening fea- ture of the official celebration there. The patriotic exercises have been ar- ranged under the direction of the Citi- zens’ Committee of One Hundred, of which Claude W. Owen, president of | the Board of Trade, is chairman. Marine Band Will Play. ‘To the strains of martial music played by the United States Marine Band, | Capt. Taylor Branson conducting, color- | bearers and color guards will march | down the grassy slopes of the Monu-| ment grounds to the improvised stage north of the memorial. The band will | play national airs and a concert of | pllt;;lotlé fll;usicA | v, rles T. Warner, rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, will deliver the invocation at 7:55 o'clock, in place of Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, who is {ll. Senator William H. King, whese In- dependence day oration will be broad- cast over a coast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, will be introduced by Chairman Owen at 8 o’'clock. Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the District Municipal Court will read the Declaration of Independence, and Miss Grace Mary Colliflower, recent winner of second place in the National Ora- torical Contest™here, will deliver a brief oration on “Thomas Jefferson, Founder of Constitutional Democracy.” An impressive sight will be presented as the speechmaking is concluded, when, with all lights lowered, a hun- dred Scouts will surround the plat- form bearing gleaming torches of red, (@ontinued on Page 2, Column 7.) POST IS NEARLY READY - TO START WORLD FLIGHT Minor Adjustments on, Plane Only Remain Before Flyer Can. Take Off on Trip. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 4—Wiley Post of Oklahoma City landed at Floyd Bennett Fleld today, ready to start his solo flight around the world as soon as minor ad- Jjustments are made on his compass and th;o:enh:‘rn mmes favorable. t m: led - secrecy concerning Army equipment recently installed in his plane at Wright Fleld, Dayton, He sald his representative here had been sent a letter by the com- mandant of Wright Field informing hlmlt't;nldbt:lviohfigleorm esplonage laws to disclose nature of the equipment. ANCIENT “APARTMENT HOUSE” FOUND IN CANYON OF ARIZONA Announcement of Disc: Made With Prosaic Request for Beans and Coffee. By the Associated Press. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, July 4—In the same packet with a prosaic request for more beans and coffee, scientists an- nounced the discovery of an Indian clift house hidden for centuries. The ancient dwelling was really an spartment, as described by Jess Peter and Lloyd W. Lowrey, members of the Monument Valley - Rainbow Natural Bridge expedition in Southern Utah. They said the three-story structure contained hundreds of rooms and was cleverly hidden in a canyon which the rays of the sun did not penetrate. The prehistoric _settlement is in the San Juan River district, some 30 miles from Bluff, Utah The scientists told of thefr work with all the enthusiasm of smea’ boys Jum- ’ CLfT dwfll:n ‘m: said, “will be TS, , * made to £ ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4000 U. 5. WORKERS TOLOSE POSITIONS Department of Commerce Makes Additional Cut of 426 Employes. ‘The first slashes in the Government ranks in Washington is taking from about 3,800 to 4,000 jobs. This estimate was made today after the first definite figures on separations had come yesterday from the last two departments to report—Interior and Agriculture—and included also an addi- tional cut of 426 persons in the Depart- ment of Commerce, which went further into the Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce. used covers principally the lod between July 1-15, over which the partments and independent offices are spreading their major reductions, but incorporates also the 203 Navy Depart- ment workers who were dropped June 1. It is based on known separations ap- proximating 3.685, and is as nearly ac- curate as possible at this time in view of | the fact that a number of the estab- lishments have only given round figures on their reductions in some instances, and in others, have not made a “break- down” between local and field forces. 250 More May Go. ‘With the “wringing out” process, as one official termed it yesterday, due to continue for a while, and with the De- partment of Commerce proposing to oust—if possible—250 more Workers from the Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce who were “blanketed in” by executive order in the Hoover administration, the ultimate separations seem likely to approximate the 4,500 mark. The Agriculture Department figures were given ogt late yesterday and placed the number of those here at 167, and in the fleld, 489. In this connection it was said that 24 workers will find places in the new Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion. In addition to the separations there will also be extensive use of furloughs, particularly in the market news service, where about 300 furloughs of 60 days have been applied. These furloughs, in effect, are dismissals, inasmuch as they were only put into effect to give the de- partment time to see just what was to be done with the employes, the market news service having been cut in half. There are about 100 employes of the news service in Washington. ' The Bureau of Plant Industry, which is dropping 50 workers here and 110 in the field, reported that there would be a large. number of furloughs, running from 15 days to two months, but that the most would be ‘\:nmt‘lger ‘; lnl:on!:.: Biological Survey, cul of = ployes here and 96 elsewhere, reported that 93 workers would beg[mrloniched‘. As these figures were given out a the department it was emphasized they represent only a start. Bureau Hard Hit. The retrenchment ax made its deepest cut in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce. Of a total of 1,231 employes scattered throughout the world during the last fiscal year, there will be ap- proximately 210 left to carry on this (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) WIMBLEDON DOUBLES PLAY IN SPOTLIGHT Mrs. Dorothy Burke, U. 8., and Muriel Thomas, England, Win in Third Round. By the Associated Press. “ N, England, July 4— Competition was cancentrated in the doubles of the British tennis cham- plonships . this afternoon except for & quarter-final singles match in which Dorothy Round, England, defeated INBEPENDENCE DAY, 1933! bening Star. * Trouser Fad Costs Jobs of Two Nurses At English Hospital By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 4—Two nurses at the Royal Infirmary at Leices- ter have been asked to resign because they appeared on the streets in flannel trousers. ‘They were off duty, but per- sisted "after being warned such a practice was not in harmony with the dignity of their pro- fession. The infirmary employs 225 nurses and apparently none of the others is in sympathy with the trouser fad. DUGE TELLS BALBO 10 TAKE NO RISKS Telephone Call From Italy Delays Armada’s Hop for Iceland. By the Associated Press. LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland, July 4—A telephone call from Premier Mussolini, advising prudence, caused Gen. Italo Balbo today to postpone de- parture of the Itallan fleet for Reyk- | javik, Iceland, on the next stage for Chicago. ‘The Duce called up his air minister and leader of the expedition and ad- vised him not to take any risks with the great armada, pointing out that it would be folly to push ahead in the face of doubtful weather. ‘To lose any of the machines by tak- ing unnecessary chances, the Italian premier said, would not be to the credit of his country. He wished that all 24 of the seaplanes should successfully complete the flight to the Century of Progress Exposition. The venture is being carried out for the benefit of aviation generally by testing efficiency of the engines, the head of the government said. As a consequence of the telephone call Gen. Balbo decided that the re- mm&unn of the flight should be post- poned. FIVE DEAD, MANY HURT IN CUBAN HURRICANE Heavy Property Damage by Trop- ical Storm—Tobacco and Fruit Crops Ruined. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, July 4—The path of & tropical storm over Western Cuba was marked today by property damage through Pinar Del Rio Province, with five known dead and scores injured. President Machado ordered civil and military authorities to ald the homeless and prevent looting. ‘Warnings issued before the disturb- ance moved over Cuba from Trinidad, where 13 persons were killed, were cal T for the relatively slight hurricane FLOOD TOLL 5% 80,000 Homeless In Rakuto Valley of Korea, Japanese Report. IRISH PRO SCORES b7 AT 5T. ANDREWS Americans Show Well Qualifying Rounds on Ancient Course. in| By the Associated Press. | ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 4—| | Shooting a record-breaking 67 for the | cld course, Willlam Patrick Nolan of | | Portmarncck, Ireland, swept into the | lead today in the second day’s play of the British Open Golf championship with a 36-hole qualifying total of 138. | | The Irish professional scored a 71| yesterday over the new course to finish the first round in s three-way tle for the lead with George Dunlap, jr., New York amateur, and Horton Smith, American Ryder Cup player, who also had 71s. Scoring birdies an the first, third and seventh holes, Nolan played the out- ward nine in 33 strokes, three under par, and gct a like number of birdies on the incoming holes for a sub-par 34. Nolan's sensational score, an all- low for St. Andrews, clipped a stroke off the record made on this famous course by Bcbby Jones in 1927. The Irishman’s total for the qualify- ing test, however, was four strokes, short of the mark of 68-66—134, also | made by Jones, in the qualifying round | of the 1926 British Open at Sunning- | dale. Made Course Look Easy. Nolan got down a nine-foot putt on the hcme hole for a birdie, as a big gallery cheered him. It was the climax | of his remarkable work around the| greens. The 38-year-old Irish pro, who | has never even won the championship | or Erin, combined a fine iron game with | his putting touch and made the old course look easy. A five on the “road hole,” the seven- teenth, cost Nolan a 66. He was short of this well-guarded green in two and then chipped six yards past the cup. However, he holed putts of two to six yards on the first, third and eighteenth. On the short eleventh he nearly holed his tee shot. Horton Smith, Chicago professional and one of the co-leaders on the first round, came back today with another 71 for a total of 142. Smith set the pace for his fellow members of the Ryder Cup team, but (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —_— RUSSIAN SHIPS SEIZED BY JAPANESE POLICE More Than 30 Arrested on Sus- picion of Spying in Kuriles, Tokio-Owned Islands. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 4—Rengo (Japanese) News Agency reported today that Japa- nese police seized a 4,000-ton Russian steamer and a 100-ton Russian fishing boat off Makkanro, an uninhabited is- land among the Northern Kuriles. This development came at & time when the slaying of three Japanese fishermen, allegedly by Russian secret w, on Kamchatka Peninsuls, had scarcely settled. The police were sent out to investigate reports that 'Russians were spying in the Kuriles, & group belonging to Japan, Rengo said. More. than 30 Russians were arrested. The Japanese were quoted by Rengo as saying the actions of the Russians were suspicious and tantamount to in- vading Japanese territorial waters. Associated service. UP) Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,537 TWO CENTS. PARLEY ADJOURNMENT HELD CERTAIN OVER NOTE FROM PRESIDENT Steering Committee Expected to Ask End of Conference at Session Today. GOLD STANDARD COUNTRIES PREPARED TO FORCE ISSUE Pittman Reports Real Progress Toward Silver Agreement Despite Pessimistic Atmosphere. LONDON, July 4 ®.—A strong effort was being made late today by a section of the American delegation head- quarters to obtain postponement of the meeting of the World Economic Conference Steering Committee this evening, when the question of adjournment of the parley was to be decided. It was understood that some of the Americans wished to delay the vital session until tomorrow in the hope that in the meantime fresh instructions might arrive from President Roose- velt, making it possible to save the conference. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 4—The prediction that the Steering Commitiee of the World Economic Conference would recommend adjournment of the parley immediately was made in a high conference quarter today. If the Steering Committee at a meeting this evening agrees on adjournment or recess, this recommendation will be placed before a conference plenary session on Thursday. It was understood the British prefer recess to adjournment, leaving a few economic committees working, but dismissing monetary discussions. 1. . SEEN READY 10 LEAVE EUROPE Prediction Made That Inter- est of Nation-Abroad Will Become Platonic. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘There can be no agreement on & gen- eral tariff reduction nor on any of the other subjects provided in the agenda of the London Economic Conference without stabilization of currencies, it was stated this morning in Washington diplomatic circles, which were still stunned by the President’s emphatic “no” to the demands of the European gold bloc to bring about a facticious stabilization of the dollar. The Washington representatives of the “gold powers” who forsook their usual Summer vacation in order to re- | main in town and inform their govern- ments about the American official reac- tion to the London discussions were disturbed. They had stayed in the Na- tional Capital and yet the only informa- tion they were able to cable their gov- ernments were extracts from editorials printed in the lei American papers. Diplomats Learned Little. Since the President’s departure on his_holiday they had not been able to gather even as much information re- garding the American point of view on international affairs as the Washington reporters. From reading the press they had gained the impression that the communication of the President to the London Conference would be a very conciliatory one and framed in such a language as to permit the conference to proceed in the manner the European nations wanted it to continue. They complain now that they are somewhat embarrassed and at a loss to explain to their respective governments why they had not foreseen the powerful " message of the President. In well informed quarters it is be- lleved that this plain speaking of Mr. Roosevelt is the forerunner of a move whereby America will cease its effective co-operation with Europe. For the last six weeks it had been said in quarters close to the White House that if Europe refuses to accept the President’s offer for a conditional consultative agreement and disarm, and if the European powers continue to play at the London Con- ference their own game, without taking into consideration the immediate needs of the United States, it won’t be long before the President will withdraw his offer for active co-operation with the nations across the ocean. In spite of the re-assuring official about the possibility of an agreement at Geneva “some time in the Fall” and that public opinion in Europe is “craving for peace” there is little hope in official quarters that anything can be achieved at the Disarmament Conference. Conversations are still carried on be- tween the various heads of governments, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) COLDEST JULY 4 IN 26 YEARS RECORDED IN NATIONAL CAPITAL Mercury Drops to 52 Degrees, Equallmg Temperatures of 1907 and July 31, 1895. Only once before in Weather Bureau history has such s chilly Fourth of July dawned on Washington. And that was 26 years ago, When citi- zens celebrating the holiday took along an extra carriage robe, or donned |¢o due to a movement of cold- Canada, and prevails Eastern States. An all-time low of 52 was established at Richmond this another at Charlotte, N. minimum there was tic and Chesa) , 18 s ot md, e Dy & over the turtle-necked sweaters before mounting | higher. their bicycles. This morning, as on that of 1907, the | T mercury got down to 52 degrees—an |of 42 degrees. all-time record in this locality for July, ed on & third occasion, July 31, 1895. ‘The mercury began a gradual rise under & sun and the forecast is slowly rising tem- tomotTow. bright for fair and peratures and beels of & ‘which , which came on the lashed the At- Adjournment Oppesed. T Representatives of RBuropean gold bloc nations in a small Steering Com- mittee meeting of six proposed that the conference adjourn in view of Presi- dent Roosevelt’s refusal to consider stabilization demands, but American and British opposition to the motion resulted in a deadlock. The question was referred to the complete Steering Committee, composed of all presidents, vice presidents and re- porters of committees. The seven gold-bloc members were prepared to try to force a positive de- cision on the journment France and Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium supported measure. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain, conference chairman; Cox of the United Stated opposed Pittman Sees Progress. Senator Key Pittman's Silver Com- | mittee met, and the Senator expressed the view that real progress was being made in reaching & joint agreement between holding companies and pro- ducers to control silver exports thus stabilize the price in order to per- mit a larger use of the metal for mone- tary purposes. The American Senator smilingly commented on the suggestion of some important American delegates that the entire Pittman resolution—which en- visages a return to a modified gold standard, with the optional use of part silver—would have to be withdrawn in \:i‘:w of the President’s message yester- Y. “1 guess some people got excited,” Pittman said. ‘The American delegation decided to oppose adjournment, insisting that questions not allied with currency prob- lems should be threshed out and use- ful results reached. ‘The highest British quarters last eve- ning stated that there could be no ques- tion of a conference breakdown, but almost in the same breath disclosed the conviction that efforts to solve the world depression had suffered a very serious setback in President Roosevelt's rebuff to the gold states. Virtually no indication has appeared that the conference will pass through the door the President left open to what is considered here as “managed” cur- rency. One statement from high British and (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) RELEASED BY SOVIET, BRITONS REACH BERLIN Thornton, Reunited With Wife, and MacDonald Plan to Leave for London Shortly. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 4—Looking fit and well, two British electricians recently freed from prison sentences in Boviet Russia, arrived here today on the ‘Warsaw express from Moscow. ‘The pair, Willlam L. MacDonald and L. C. Thornton, were met by their for- mer chief in Russia, Allan Monkhouse, who was banished with two other col- Imua:“llvlytyt ’seavl;it court wginh found them of onage and sabotage. There followed a moving reunion be- tween Thornton and his wife. all planned to leave almost imm ly for London. MacDonald’s and Thornton's sen- tences were commuted following the abrogation of trade embargoes invoked by Great Britain and Russia as a re- ;uéto(f.hnnrrenmdmuum Resigns Reichstag Mandate. BAMBERG, , July 4 (B)— Johann Leicht, papal prelate and presi- dent of the Bavarian Volkspartei (Peo- ples’ party), today resigned the Reichs- tag mandate he had held for 20 years. | GUIDE FOR READERS I