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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sundey morning to city and suburban homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier serv- ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and not so warm, prob- ably showers today, cooler tonight; to- moiTow, fair with moderate temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 93, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 69, at 6 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. he Sunday Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION UP) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS U. S. RALLIES PARLEY TO RENEWED CAMPAIGN FOR WORLD RECOVERY Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. JOB DRIVE PLANS READY; ICKES TAKES CHARGE OF PUBLIC WORKS MACHINERY 0., BREAD PRICES No. 1,477—No. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1933—NINETY-TWO PAGES. * THAT GUY IS MAKIN' IT LooK WAGES- MUST BE RAISED! Z = < Hull, Receiving Amplified Plan of Action From Roosevelt, Selection Endsg’ Dispute Over Methods. BUSINESS CODES NEXT OBJECTIVE WholesalePricesUp. Securities at New Highs for Year. President Roosevelt put his pub- | lic .works machine in shape yes- | & terday with the appointment of his Secretary of Interior, Harold L. Ickes, as administrator of the $3,300,000,000 work revival pro- gram. In naming the Secretary of In- terior to this post, Mr. Roosevelt ended a dispute between factions as to the method of carrying out the program. Ickes as a member of the official family of the President, is ex- pected to have almost unlimited authority and he is understood to favor an immediate start on the campaign to make jobs. Early announcement of a num- ber of projects to be undertaken at ance was expected. Ickes and L. W. Robert, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of pub- lic works, conferred yesterday with the President. Roosevelt Turns to Codes. Last night Mr. Roosevelt gave his attention to another phase of the do- tion—the establishment of odes to govern production, competition, hours of work and mini- mum wages. vas described as disturbed by an f production in advance af the ment of these codes and with- a compsnsating increase in em- ployment. E-e took with him aboard the Sequoia for an overnight ride down the Poto- mac River Attorney General Cummings. In the original plans for setting up the public works administration, the President had in mind the appointment of Col. George Spalding to direct the activities. A change of plans, however, brough Col. Denald H. Sawyer into the post as tempora: administrator. Differ- ences of n over the method of carrying out the project arose and the designation of Ickes yesterday was re- garded as settling these. Originally, urged to sst up administrators in each State to direct the public works activi- ties in that State. Ickes leaned toward regional adminisrators with advisory boards in each State. His plan has been put before the President. Sawyer to Be Retained. Col. Sawyer is to be retained in an cxecutive capacity under the cabinet advisory board because of his long expe- rience with public construction. Vhat his new title will be was not made known Although Ickes has not stated his views formally on the suggestion by lewis Douglas, director of the budget, that the public works program be cur- tailed. his associates said he is an ad- vocate of going forward with the full program, at least for the present On the other hand, they said, Ickes supports Douglas’ contention that ad- vances should be made only to States and municipalities which have balanced their budgets or are working in that direction. This theory that Federal funds should be advanced only to local governmental units which are financially responsible is understood to have virtually unani- pport from the cabinet board in charge of the public construction program which Ickes heads. There is little support among board members at the present time, however, for suggestions that the program curtailed. The cabinet board in charge of the construction fund met during the day ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Ssi z WELLES MAKES MOVE FOR PEACE IN CUBA Political Parties to Name Commis- sions to Study Reform at Am- bassador's Invitation. By the Associated Press HAVANA, July 8—At the invita- tion of United States Ambassador Sumner Welles, all national political parties will name commissions of five members to study constitutional reform and revision of election laws as par of negotiations to restore political peace ir a. The Liberal party took steps today to prepare for selection of its committee with a parliamentary conference be- tween President Machado, Senate Speaker Alberto Barreras and Jose R. Barcelo, governor of Oriente Province and president of the Liberal party. The commission will be selected Mon- day. The Conservative and Popular par- ties will select their delegates during the coming week. Five political prisoners, Jose Grau Acuero, Jose Ilanos Reina, Juan Pagas Fernandez, Antonio de la Noval and Manuel Gonzalez Cepero, were released today from Principe Prison by order of the secretary of war. WILL CONFER IN VIENNA Hungarian Premier to Talk With Chancellor Dollfuss. VIENNA, July 8 () —Interest was' aroused in political circles tonight by the announcement that Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary will arrive in Vienna Sunday night to confer with Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. The sub- Joct to be Wwas not revealed. ‘ SECRETARY ICKES. LABOR BACKS PLEA FOR FEDERAL JOBS Green to Plead Cause of Dis- | missed Employes at ‘ White House. The cause of the Government work- ers, who are being dropped from the | regular establishments and seek em- | ployment in the new agencies spring- ing up, will be laid before President Rocsevelt this week by William Green, increased bread prices had been re- | president of the American Federation of Labor. This move was decided upon yester- day afternoon, when approximately 200 | new recruits to the army of unemployed | from Federal service organized the | Civil Service Reinstatement League, at | & meeting at American Federation of | Labor headquarters, and received a pledge from Green to throw the sup- | port of organized labor behind their efforts to get jobs. |~ Sharply critical of the paradoxical ¢ |action of the Government in seeking | on the one hand to erasc unemploy- ment in private industry, while at the same time creating a new idle class, Green described existing conditions as constituting an “injustice.” Simpson Named Chairman. “Whatever policy you adopt, you can |call upon us to help you" he em- | phasized. “That is our policy and it will not be changed.” The new group elected as permanent chairman, John P. Simpson, an em- ploye of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission, who is president of the I. C. C. Lodge of the American Federation of Government Employes. He will accom- pany Mr. Green to the White House, as | will John Arthur Shaw, national presi- dent of the Government Emploves. | ~ Beyond the visit to the President, the Reinstatement League has no concrete plans, but these are intended to be ce- veloped later. Blank forms were filled | in by all those present yesterday, show- ing their former employed status, and giving any other information which it was thought might be of help in per- mitting an adequate picture of the sit- | uation here to be obtained. | Shaw said that until the full extent | of the problem confronting the league |is known, it will not be possible to fix |a program. | The membership blanks invited com- | ment particularly as “to irregularities in | dismissal” and “eflect thereof.” The | first was intended to cover charges in | some quarters that efficiency ratings | were slashed indiscriminately on May | 15 last, in preparation for the forth- | coming retrenchment; under the second the President had been | | to dependency. | Another Meeting Saturday. Another meeting will be held next Saturday when it is intended to com- | plete the organization, which is non- | ducs-paying. Other officers are to chosen, the only chairmanship being | settled yesterday. There, Simpson, who arranged the meeting, was elected over | Ralph N. Werner, a furloughed worker | |from the Civil Service Commission, after each had sought to withdraw in favor of the other. Werner, who has been active here in t™~ affairs cf the Disabled Am<rican Veterans, was drop- | ped from active service because his wife is an employe of the Veterans’ Admin- istration. In a general discussion from the | floor on the causzs which brought abcut seperation, several married women out- lined their cases. One of these, Mrs. Cleo Smith of 101 Sheppard street, Cherrvdale, told the meeting she was | cut off at Naval Communications, Navy | Department, June 1, under the marital | status restriction, despite the fact that |the Government employment of her (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) |SERVICE STATION LOOTED AND PATRONS HELD UP |Trio Near South Hill, Va., Take $41 From Cash Drawer and Seize Rings From Women. By the Associated Press. SOUTH HILL, Va., July 8—A com- bination cafe and service station south of here was held up tonight and three men, after robbing the cash drawer of 41 dollar bills, breaking open a | slot machine and stripping three rings ]{rcm the fingers of as many women escaped. The hcld-up was at the Steel Bridge Service Station on highway No. 1. South Hill and State police were noti- fied and started an investigation. Herbert Cleary, an employe of the place, was robbed of his automobile keys, but after the men fled he ob- | tained an extra set and gave them an_unsuccessful chase. The cafe is owned by Mrs. V. B. ¢ Hewett. A NIT 0 ADVANCE FOR PRESENT TIE |Federal Officials Move to Check Profiteering in General Rise. | As Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and other Federal officials moved last night to check unwarranted increases in | retail bread prices throughout the Na- | tion, assurance was given by officials of | local bakeries and chain stores that no | price increases are exprcted locally early | this week. | Secretary Wallace said that he had | been informed bakers in some instances | were using the processing tax on wheat | of 30 cents a bushels, which went into effect at midnight last night, unfairly jas an excuse for pyramiding the tax. The processing tax in no case, he said, should warrant an increase in bread prices of more than a half cent a loaf. ‘Warn of Profiteering. Backed by Secretary Wallace’s warn- |ing that bread proiteering will not be tolerated, Dr. Frederic C. Howe, newly appointed consumers’ counsel of the agricultural adjustment act organiza- | tion, announced that unwarranted bread | price increases here or elsewhere will be clesely scrutinized. Officials of the large baking concerns in the District last night said there | would be no increase in prices of bread | here early next week nor that any plans were being discussed for a concerted local increase in bread prices. Reports that retail bread prices would be in- creased here Monday were denied by managers of local branches of the large chain grocery stores. No orders for ceived by managers of any of a large number of local chain stores who were questioned last night. Secretary Wallace characterized as “unreasonable, unfair and unnecessary” increases in the cost of 1-pound loaves of bread of more than 1's cents to 1% | cents over the May price. He added that the advance in wheat prices since the middle of May should represent an additional cost per loaf of “less than one-half a cent” and the advance in the cost of other ingredients—Ilard, eggs and milk—one-eighth to one-fourth | cent per loaf. Declared Minor Facter. “In the era of declining prices the baking industry’s own argument was, that the wheat price is a minor factor in bread cost,” Secretary Wallace told | newspapermen. “If that argument was | true in 1931 it should also be true to- | day when wheat prices have turned up- | ward.” ‘Wallace has turned over to Attorney | General Cummings complaints about | increases in bread prices, announced by some associations of bakers, with | recommendations that if found true | prosecution should be taken under the | | anti-trust laws. He said an increase of 60 per cent in bread prices had been reported plan- ned by some baking groups and that if this were put into effect generally “it would bring the average price of | bread far above any figure warranted by the increase in tihe price of wheat.” Dr. Howe, when his attention was called to reports of boosted bread prices |in PBaitimore and Philadelphia, said yesterday that he has been making a | special study of all such increases un- | der authority of a section of the emer- gency farm act aimed at prevention of profiteering in foodstuffs. Other Foods to Be Watched. Milk, meat and other foods vital to the daily diet will be included in the investigations planned by the Govern- | ment, Dr. Howe declared. Milk prices, |he said, would be regulated through | trade agreements specilying prices that | should be paid the farmer and ultimate cost of a bottle of milk to the consumer. While no evidence has reached him {of any bread price increases in Wash- | ington, Dr. Howe has received reports be | heading, it is intended to get an idea as of plans by certain baking groups to {shoot prices up as high as 60 per cent. | “If put into effect generally, this | would bring the average price of bread | far above any figure warranted by the increase in the price of wheat.” it was announced yesterday by George N. Peek be |and Charles J. Brand, administrators | of the farm act. | “It is interesting to know what the baking industry had to say as to chang- ing bread prices when the price of wheat was falling.” Mr. Peek said. “In | | the Spring of 1931 a stbcommittee of the Senate Agriculture Committee in- vestigated the price of bread and re- ported that the price thrcugh 1930 had ,rot declined as rapidly as the price of the wheat included in the bread had | declined.” | Periodical Quoted. | Commenting on this report, Mr. Peek | pointed cut, the Bakers' Review, the or- gan of the baking industry, said in the April, 1931. issue: “Let us quote the following few sen- tences from newspaper editorials to show " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) |AIRPLANE LINE ADOPTS , | NEW PITCH PROPELLERS Transcontinental Ships Will Be Equipped With Device to In- crease Cruising Speed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 8.—After several weeks of test flights, United Airlines announced today that newly developed controllable pitch propellers will be in- stalled immediately on 30 of its high- speed transcontinental sh:r, Company officials said the propellers, whose “bite” in the air can be deepened by changing the angle of the blades during flight, had increased the cruis- ing speed several miles an hour and enhanced the rate of climb and the time and distance for take-off of the big planes by 22 per cent. On tests at the Chicago Airport, with the controllable propellers. United planes carrying 10 passengers and crew of three, and full burden of fuel, mail and express, took to the air in 740 feet and climbed 1,320 a minute and reached an altitude of 20.300 feet. SEENATS WINTWO {Widen Lead by 6-2 and 5-4 Victories to Run Up 22 Out of 25 Record. BY JOHN B. KELLER. On its own ground for the first time since making its sensational rise to the leadership of the American League, | Washington's base ball club yesterday | clearly reveaied its pennant possibilities to a vast throng of cheering followers out to welcome it home. More than | 26.000—the largest crowd to attend a | base ball game in Griffith Stadium in | several years—watched the “new deal” | Nationals back good pitching with | timely hitting and rally gallantly when crises came, to take both parts of a | double-header, put on with the Indians | of Cleveland and increase their margin over the runner-up Yankces of New | York, who were drubbed by the De- troits, to four and a half games. The scores were 6 to 2 and 5 to 4. | and in each of the engagements the Nationals had a real battle on their hands. Not until the seventh inning of the first game could they shake off a dogged Indian band and in the second set-to of the afternoon they had to go | to the final inning to score over the visitors who had surprisingly evened terms with a stirring uprising in their last batting turn. ‘The triumphs were the fifth and sixth | in succession for the Capital club, which now has won 22 of its last 25 games to vault from a poor second position, six games behind first place. to a com- manding league lead in just one month | of play i Honor Johnson, Then Themselves. It was Walter Jchnson day at Grif- fith Stadium, but the Nationals felt tnat so far as base oall was concerned charity began at home. They showed their friendship and afection for their old leader row. piloting the Indians, be- fore the bargain bill began by present- ing him with a huge basket of flowers. Once the batting was under way, how- ever, they considered only themselves. The Nationals outhit the Indians in| both engagements. In the first, they | combed Wesley Ferrell, one of the league’s right-hand stars, for 11 safeties while one less was gleaned off Alvin Crowder, who went the route for the home side to become the league’s lead- ing hurler, with 13 wins against 4 de- feats. They got 10 hits in the second | encounter, while the Indians had to be content with six. (Continued on First Sport Page.) OLDESTI. 0. 0. F.DIES Pittsburgh Steel Foreman Never Missed Work in 48 Years. BELLE VERNON, Pa., July 8 () — ‘William Nahar, termed by his fraternity brothers “the oddest of the Odd Fel. lows,” died today. Nahar, a foreman of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. plant at Allenport, had not missed a day’s work in 48 years until | | | | his recent illness. A banquet was arranged a year ago in Pittsburgh to commemorate his 80th birthday anniversary and the 60th anniversary of his initiation into the order of Odd Fellows. “Too busy to attend,” was the word Nahar sent, and he did not appear. BIODRBDFANS "yen S Robbers’ Capture Truck Crash Stops Pair Linked With $60,000 Postal Hold-Up. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 8 — Two robbers committed an $81 hold-up today and when the chase for them was ended a policeman lay dead, a truck was smashed and its driver injured slightly, both robbers had been captured, and police claimed solution of a dozen dar- ing robberies. Policeman Harry Redlich, 38, inter- rupted the robbery in an advertising agency. He captured one of the bandits and was standing guard when the other crept up a fire escape and shot him in the back. Both iobbers fled and separated, one of them commandeering a passing mo- tor truck. Menaced by a pistol, the chauffeur drove straight ahcad until ne saw an approaching police squad car. Then he deliberately crashed his truck into a building. Po'ice captured the robber in an alley | and identified him as Ross King. 29. The other robber barricaded himself in a nearby apartment and threatened to shoot, but police found him cower- ing in a corner. He was identified as John Borgiorna. Police taid both were former prison in- mates, and that they answered de- scriptions of bandits who stole $60.000 in registcred mail in a daring daylight robbery several months ago. . HURRICANE DAMAGE IN MEXICO SERIOUS Report From Gulf Coast Accounts for No Loss of Life, However. By the Associated Press. MEXICO, D. F. July 8—George Kraigher, pilot. who took Red Cross officials yesterday to Soto la Marina, re- turned here today with reports that the hurricane damage along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico between Tampico and Brownsville, Tex., was extensive, len that he had not learned of loss of e. He landed Friday at the Reeder Ranch at El Chamal, near Soto la Marina, and found that although a number of ranch buildings had been damaged, no one was injured. The owner of the ranch is an American. All the villages in the vicinity of Scto la Marina appeared to have been damaged, Kraigher added. Delayed reports reaching Tampico from Cuidad Victoria, capital of Tamau- livas. saild property damage was heavy. ‘The storm struck thepe Thursday night and continued until Friday morning. Light wires were blown down there Thursday night, numerous business places were destroyed and the civil hos- | pital was badly damaged. Fifteen thousand gallons of gasoline was lost at the supply depot of an oil company. Federal soldiers moved in and took charge of relief operations. Five Killed at Crossing. DAYTON, Ohio, July 8 (P —Five | persons were killed tonight, when an | | automobile was struck by a Cincinnati | | & Lake Erie Traction passenger car | 4 miles south of Miamisburg. The dead are Verna Bogan, 50, Al- fred Dickey, 18, Margaret Reed, 21, Mil- | dred Bogan, 10, Mrs. Corrinne Dickey, | | 16, all of Dayton. | By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, July 8.—Two In- dianapolis women were injured and burned seriously this afternoon when i they leaped from their burning air- I plane, which had landed in high ten- sion wires northwest of the city. The plane remained lodged in the and when the women jumped ground. They are Mrs. Lenore Harper, owner and piiot, and Mrs. Hazel Frinke. The airplane barely missed a filling station nearby. The operator of the station said he heard the plane approaching from the east, flying low. He said Mrs. Harper apparently realized she was flying too low to clear the wires and “gunned” the ship, but it failed to rise. It burst lnto!lmuuuuruwmwhumd the women jumped. H N TWO MOTHERS INJURED IN LEAP | FROM THEIR BURNING AIRPLANE| {Flaming Craft Trapped in High Tension Wires—Women Land in Blazing Gasoline. they lit in burning gasoline on the | Sherill, 2 The ship was a small inclosed mono- plane. The women had taken off ‘only a few minutes before from the Munci- pal Airport for a “joy-ride.” Both the pilot and the Fnuenm were taken to the City Hospital. Both are mothers. Mrs. Harper was the first Indiana woman to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. She is the mother of children, Warren, 9; Richard, , Mrs. Frinke has one child. ‘The wires into which the plane fell carried 33,000 volts of electricity. Upon | striking the wires the ship immediately burst into flames. > ‘As the ship hung, flaming, 30 feet from the ground Charles H. Stann, filling station attendant, called to the women to jump. Both leaped, but were surrounded by l:umlm gasoline that e flowed down from &. Stann ana of L. H. Doll, tion, dragged women to safety. filling sta- | out making ARYLAND WOMAN 1S SLAIN WITH AX Challenges Nations. GOLD BLOC FORMS HUGE POOL FOR PROTECTION OF CURRENCY Central Banks Deny Movement Against Dollar or Pound—Attack on Speculators Planned. By the Associated Press. The amplified American plan tion at the London Conference. tion was prepared to press the nations. the group at London. It was emphasized, however, of action for world price recovery and economic rehabilitation was forwarded yesterday to the delega- Ignoring new threats of adjournment, the Roosevelt administra- campaign for better times in all Mr. Roosevelt appeared willing to accept the call for action to put new life into the Economic Conference. Details of the President’s message to the American delegation were withheld and will develop through the subsequent action of that no new instructions were for- warded, but rather that a clarification of the original American po- sition had been dispatched to Chairman Hull. Meanwhile six gold countries, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Holland and Switzerland, formed a huge gold pool for defense of their 'currencies. Gold bloc bankers, meeting in the Bank of France, “arm Hand Held in Murder worked out a secret agreement “for self-protection” of their monies. of Mother of Five Near Waldorf. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WALDORF, Md., July 8 —The mu- tilated body of Mrs. Eva'yn Moore Reif- schneider, 49-year-old mother of five children, was found in a wood skirting her husband's 10-acre truck farm near here this afternoon. Immediately following the discovery, Page Jupiter, a 47-year-old colored farm hand, was taken into custody. Al- though the clothing he had worn in the fleld during the morning was re- ported to have been covered with blood. Jupiter denied to Sheriff Robert V. Cooksey of Howard County that he had any knowledge of the crime. Sheriff Cooksey said the woman had been slain by an ax after she had been criminally assaulted. She had been scalped before her skull had been crushed. Her unclad body was found in a clump of underbrush near where che and Jupiter had been burning tree ~umps only a few hours before. Prisoner Taken to La Plata. Her husband. Harry Reifschneider. {and his two sons, David, 20, and | Crushion, 17, were not on the farm at the time of the slaying. Authorities reported they had left the place earlier {in the day to sell vegetables in nearby towns and did not return until a late hour tonight, when they learned for ‘r.he first time that Mrs. Reifschneider had been slamn. In the meantime Jupiter was taken by Sheriff Cooksey, Deputy Sheriff | Russell Howard and Sergt. Louis Bloom of the Maryiand State police to La Plata, where, before being lodged in a cell in the county jail, he was ques- tioned for hours. | The officers after a lengthy grilling | reporced that Jupiter maintained he was innocent, despite the fact they bad in their possession his blood- stained clothing, an ax found at the | scene which was identified as having been used by the man during the day and a blood-stained tobacco pouch which they said he admitted was his own. He claimed, at first, they said, that his clotning nad become bloody from swating “horse flies,” Later, they said he asserted he was unablc to tell how the blood got on his clothing. | Will Be Held for Jury. | Sheriif Ccc.cey said, however, he | had sufficient evidence to place a murder charge against Jupiter and that he would be held for tne coming session of the Howard County grand Jury. ‘The officers said Mrs. Reifschneider’s three daughters, Mrs. Edward Berry, 22; Gertrude Moore, 16, and Marian Moore, 12, informed them the colored man returned to the farm house shortly after noon. They said he went to a cabin in which he was staying and changed his clothes. They said they saw him wash out a shirt and hang it out to dry. Tne girls said they became suspicious and went to the cabin and asked Jupi- ter where their mother was. They said she usually returned from the field during the noon hour. ‘The girls said he volunteered to make a searcn with them for her. Mrs. Berry, in testifying before a cor- onui o ydiy sater, said that Jupiter led (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) MISTAKE BLAMED AS TWO FRIENDS KILL EACH OTHER Tragedy Follows as Man Takes Refuge From Robbers Home of Neighbor. By the Associated Press. SPRING VALLEY, T, July 8— Friends and neighbors for years, Joseph Stermer and Sylvester Prusiatis killed each other today as a result of what friends and relatives said was “all a terrible mistake.” Prusiatis, a_bachelor, sought refuge in Stermer's home after two men he believed to be robbers had demanded entrance to his home. Stermer was glad to give shelter to, and protect, his friend. Peering out a window of the Stermer home, Prusiatis heard a noise behind him. He turned quickly and fired two shots. Both bullets struck his friend Stermer in the head. Stermer dashed into another room, snatched up a shotgun, pursued Pru- siatis to the porch and beat him over the head with the weapon. Mrs. Prusiatis said she believed the pain of the bullet wounds had driven her hus- band insane. Police took both men to a hospital. ‘They died within a half hour, and with- explanations of the weird in 4 It was denied the movement was | pound. PRESIDENT BACKS FIHT FOR REPEAL Says He Subscribes to Demo- cratic Platform in Reply to Inquiries. With three Southern States approach- ing votes on prohibition repeal, Presi- dent Roosevelt yesterday put his force behind the Democratic campaign pledge to expel the eighteenth amendment from the Constitution. Pointing out that he had had in- quiries from Tennessee, Arkansas and : Kentucky as well as Alabama, Mr. Roosevelt sent a telegram to Leon McCord, the Democratic national com- mitteeman for Alabama, rep2ating again his stand on repeal: “I have made it clear ever since my nomination a year ago that I subscribe . to the Democratic platform 100 per cent.” Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee vote this month cn repeal. Text of Message. The text of the President’s message follows: I have received your telegram of July 3 in reference to the repeal of the cighteen'h amendment. “I think I have made it abundantly | clear that the platform of the Demo- | craidc party acopted last year should | be carried out in so far as it lies in our power. The special session of the Con- gress has already translated into law a great majority of the pledges made. “Cne of the pledges, of the platform reads as follows: ‘We advocate the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. To cffect such repeal we demand that the Congress immed:ately propose a consti- tut.onal amendment to truly representa- tive conventions in the States called to act solely on tha proposal.’ “The Congress has acted on this and many of the States are now engaged in holding elections for the conventions proposed “Finaily. I have made it clear ever since my nomination a year ago that I 100 per cent. “In view of the fact that I have had so great a number of telegrams similar to yours not only from your State, but from Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and others, I am taking the liberty of giving th's message to you to the press. | “Sincerely, “FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.” One of First Utterances. This is one of the first utterances of Mr. Roosevelt on prohibition repeal since he tock the oath of office. How- ever, in proposing the new taxes to un- derwrite the national recovery program he recommended that these new levies become inoperative if and when pro- hibition is repealed and revenue is avail- able from the sale of liquor. a year ago, he said he was whole- | heartedly in favor of the Democratic platform. Postmaster General Farley has been leading the administration's drive for campaign in the South. He will ad- jon July 15, five days before that State sas, which b#!ot on July 18. ‘The 16 States which so far have voted have favored repeal and, with the fight swinging into the South, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee are regarded as the real battleground. Farley and anti-prohibitionists believe that if these States vote wet the eighteenth amend- ment will be removed from the Consti- tution by January 1. Farley has twice urged Gov. Laffoon of Kentucky to include provision for a repeal convention in the latter's proj- ected call for a special session the State Legislature. | Mrs. Hutton May Return to U. 8. PARIS, July 8 (#).—Mrs. Aimee Sem- ple McPherson Hutton, who on Thurs- day umexpectedly left the American ! Hospital, where she was recuperating from an operation, was believd acquaintances today to be resting some- where on the Riviera. They were of the opinion she would return to Lo: Avrgeles to rejoin her husband, David Hutton, and her congregation at An. gelus Temple. | E3 subscribe to the Democratic platform In his acceptance speech at Chicago | repeal and he is concentrating on the ! |dress a gathering in Memphis, Tenn., | votes, and his speech will be transmitted pal to gatherings in Alabama and Arkan- | directed against the dollar or the Mr. Roosevelt has in mind for the in- ternational conference a program which will co-ordinate with his own domestic | recovery plans now going into opera- tion. His objectives for the conference have been settled from the start. As new situations develop, new plans are called for and he is working with his delega- tion in formulating these plans with an eye on the ultimate objectives. There is no intention to bar a [ cussion of the vexing monetary situation | by those nations that desire to discuss this problem. However, Mr. Roosevelt was said to ‘ have no intention of deviating from his stand against stabilization of currencies | in international exchanze until he thinks the time is right for it. He has said that time would be when the true do=- me-tic purchasing power of the curren- cies of all nations has been established. HULL ISSUES CHALLENGE. Calls for Foremost Effort to Lift Price Levels. LONDON, July 8 (#).—Cordell Hull, American Secretary of State, sought to- night to rally the forces of the World Economic Conference, sorely divided over the monetary issue, by issuing & challenge to statesmanship and point- ing to various major problems which he said the nations might yet attack. In an appeal which was interpreted as aimed primarily at regaining the co- operation of France and other members of the gold bloc, the leader of the American delegation urged the sum- moning of “fresh resolution to sur- mount immediate obstacles” and called for better understanding of opposing viewpoints. Armed with fresh amplifications of President Roosevelt’s policies, received by cable during the day. Secretary Hull endeavored to enlist as many nations as possible in a price-raising program on an international scale similar to that under way in the United States. Playing his cards carefully, Mr. Hull also ergaged in quiet conversations with spokesmen for various countries friend- ly to American policy, with a view to drawing up a program in which many delegations will have a hand and which will not bear the specific Ameri- can labels. The toremost goal would be raising of the world price level. In this con- nection it was noted that Secretary Hull mentioned the price level at the head of the list of topics which he said could be discussed despite refusal of the French and their continental allies to talk monetary matters. “I gather from comments in the news- papers that what is desired is a recital of some of the questions which are ca- pable of consideration under existing | conditions,” the statement issued in his capacity as chief of the American delegation said. “I would list, for example, price lev- els, credit policy, innumerable bitions and restrictions strangling mu- tually profitable trade transactions, re- taliation and countless other war- breeding trade practices and methods. “We cannot pretend we have ex- hausted the resources of statesmanship when we have not yet even superficial- ly examined these problems, all of which are listed on the agenda. “All those who believe in interna- tional amity must rejoice in the de- cision of the bureau, which is also the Steering Committee, to have the Eco- nomic_Conference go forward. “I have conferred with leaders of many delegations and I am confident that the majority of the delegates of 66 nations represented at the confer- ence will heartily support that de- cision. “We have assembled here from every corner of the earth to deal with funda- mental problems contained in the agenda. We would betray the respon- | sibility laid upon us were we to adjourn the conference in the face of the first troublesome issues which our ths. “We all know that the difficulties are (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BALBO ARMADA WAITS FAVORABLE WEATHER Conditions Over Greenland Post- pone Take-Off of 24 Italian Planes for Labrador. | BY the Assoclated Press. | REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 8.—QGen. |Italo Balbo said late today that | weather conditions over Greenland and | the Western Atlantic were so bad & | start on the next leg of the journey of the 24 Italian seaplanes en route to | Chicago was unlikely during the next 24 _hours. The planes are in readiness for the ;I&ot 1,500 miles tp Lab-