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< A2 FEPUBLCANS PN CAVPHCNFOR TS Party Leaders Will Meet in Chicago Tomorrow to Shape Policies. By the Assoclated Press. Preparations for a Nation-wide drive to regain in 1934 some of the lost Re- publican power in Congress are being made quietly here by leaders of the Republican_party. Part of their plans| will taxe shape this week in Chicago, where another of a series of confer-| ences of Republican sectional leaders| is to be held tomorrow. The Chicago conference, to be held under the leadership of Everett San- ders, ck- ‘man of the Republican Na- tional Committce. will find party spokesmen frem Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Wis- consin and Iowa reporting on the po- litical situation in their States and the prospects for success a year hence. Regional meetings have been held previously in Washington, New York and Boston, marking the only outward show of Republican activity in the “po- litical dog days.” Behind the scenes, however, there have been many other quiet discussions of party plans. Issues Being Drawn. Issues for the 1934 Congressional campaign and the 1936 Presidential election now are being drawn, based in large part upon the Roosevelt emergency legislation. Predictions have come frcm some of the leaders that the Republicans will make sizeable| geins in seats in the House of Repre- sentatives. At present the Republican National Committee is maintaining only a skele- ton force. Nevertheless, Chairman Sanders is spending most of his time in his office, and is keeping in close contact with State leaders. A few blocks away from the National Committee headquarters are located the offices of the Republican Federal associates, of which Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury under Presi- dent Hoover, a chief campaign speaker of 1932, is chairman. Associates Compiling Record. Unostentatiously the assoclates have been compiling the record of the Roose- velt administration and shaping the issues for the coming campaigns. Twice A a month the Executive Committee of this group, composed of Mills, WIX'.EII F. Brown, Postmaster General in the | administration; Walter E. Hope, | am R. Castle, jr. and John Rich- | ardson, meets either here or in New | York. Arch Coleman, general secretary, | and W. Irving Glover, director ol‘ organization, also have taken part m‘ these meetings. The associates say their present pur- i ose is to keep the party alive and to | present a national viewpoint for locali Jeaders. They intend to take part in | he 1934 congressional race. ¢ Representative Snell of New York, the minority leader of the House, al- ready has stepped to the firing line for the Republicans. He has had an ex- change with Postmaster General Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, as well as House and Senate Democratic leaders, and friends pre- dicted there would be others before the Summer ends. Expect Activity. Observers here look for considerable Republican activity to come into the open next January when Congress meets, with the party then offering more | opposition to Democratic proposals. Little is being said, meanwhile, about the Republican candidate for President in 1926. When the subject is mentioned the names of Herbert Hoover, Mills, Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, Repre- sentative Wadsworth of New York and Snell are brought into the discussion. But the discussions thus far have little more than touched the surface. oLD EHARGES REVIVED James “Fur” Sammons Held for| Assault Eight Years Ago. CHICAGO, July 10 (P).—Assault charges 8 years old were revived today against James “Fur” Sammons, gangster, held by Kansas City police. The charges of assault with intent to kill during the pay roll robbery of the International Harvester Co. in 192;5 were dropped a year later. The State's attorney ordered them reinstated today and announced he would try to ex- tradite Sammons and bring him to trial. BUSINESS OPENING UP Beer Legalization Reflected Charters Issued in New York. ALBANY, N. Y. July 10 (®)—The Jegalization of beer was reflected in the corporation charters granted by the Secretary of State during Jume. Twenty-six breweries were incorpor- ated, 29 beverage concerns, 48 restau ants, 15 hotels or taverns, 2 roof gal dens, 4 barrel manufacturing com- panies, 2 wine distributing firms, & yeast Company, a hops dealer, 8 bottling com- pany and 3 glassware concerns. FRENCH PREMIER HINTS SOLUTION OF DEBTS PROBLEMS IN SPEECH| (Continued Prom First Page.) P in premium over the $20.67 per ounce set by law in the United States. Many bankers believe the adminis- tration envisages the establishment here of & free market for gold in the near | future, in which case forelgn ear- | marked metal could be purchased ad- vantageously by the United States. Free U. S. Market Scouted. By the Associated Press. Belief held by some bankers in New | York that a free gold market might be established in the United States within a short time finds no substantiation in official quarters here. Efforts of mine operators to have the Government relax restrictions against export of gold so that American-mined gold might be shipped to foreign mar- kets, where it commands higher prices, have not met official approval. The question has been under con- sideration at the Treasury for weeks and the department has been bom- barded by suggestions and offers of plans whereby American mining might be encouraged by being permitted to take advantage of higher prices abroad. After suggestions were received by the Treasury it drew up an amendment to President Roosevelt’s executive order of last April which would have permitted the desired export. The order was sub- mitted to the President before he de- parted for his vacation without recom- mendation, but he is understood to have taken the attitude at that time that he would not authorize any relaxation. Gold can now be exported only un- der Treasury permit for foreign gov- ernments, foreign central banks, to complete contracts entered into before | the President’s executive order was issued and for business transactions the President believes to be for the benefit of the Nation. The earmarked gold held by foreign governments and central banks in this country already has been credited to them and has never been included in the United States stock of gold, so that export of the amount would not sffect the Boldings of this country. - - ‘ THE EVENING STAR WASH GTO. What's What| BREAD SELLS HERE FERGUSON IS HERE Behind News in Capital. *“Schemers” Use Cotton Export Credits to Turn Dollars Into Gold. BY PAUL MALLON. SCHEME 1is being worked by certain rich men to get around President Roosevelt's gold em- bargo. It was devised by a smart one. °He whispered the idea to his closest friends. Now there are supposed to be dozens doing it. The wise one worked through a cot- ton exporter. He knew that when the exporter sold cotton in a gold country like France he received French credit in France. This credit is no good to an ‘exporter. He wants dollars to buy more cotton. A deal was worked eyt whereby the rich man assumed thage credits. He paid the exporter for in dollars. Then he converted his f-ancs into gold on_deposit in France. Presto, changeo—a dollar becomes gold and Mr. Roosevelt’s embargo is Federal sleuths know all about it.! They have the name of one man in- volved and suspect certain others. There seems to be mothing they can do about it. If any law is vio- lated, the snoopers have been un- able to find out what it is. On its face, the transaction seems to be perfectly legal. Mr. Roosevelt’s re- Striction is only against the e: of gold. Fortunately there is a limit to which the slippery patriot can go. The scheme can be worked on any exportable com- modity from wheat and cotton to screw threads. But only a certain amount of these are purchased in gold countries. And there are only a few gold countries left. France and Italy are the only large ones. Anti-French Feeling Grows. Most of our officials grasp their noses whenever you mention the defaulting Parisians. They feel that most of our international troubles for the last dec- ade were caused by tricky French diplomacy. That is the inside explanation for the unprecedentedly strong language Mr. Roosevelt employed in his lecture to | the London Conference. His friends had a feeling the French were doing every- thing they could to embarrass us. other explanation could be offered for the enthusiasm they displayed on the currency issue. We will nct forget that. You may see some even stronger words used in diplomacy the next time the French bring up the war- debt question. Hoover Showed Anger. Mr. Hoover also knew when the French were around. That is one thing he has in common with the present ad- ministration. A visitor to the Hoover Rapidan Camp was out walking one day. He re- turned to the recreation hall to find Mr. Hoover alone poring over the Sun- day papers scattered over the table. Mr. Hoover would read a little and then jump up and walk around the room. He would accompany his nerv- ous pacing with a beautiful free flow of invectives. They were all adjectives prefixed to the word “French.” He had some new ones the visitor had not heard before. He had pre- served them from the lexiccn of his mining camp days. The visitor tip-toed out The Army crowd is bitter under- | neath about what the new deal did to their men.~ They are buttonholing friends to point out how a private soldier and a Roosevelt forester fare under the economy program. With the new 15 per cent cut, @ soldier gets exactly $17.85 per month for defending his country. The forest army fellows get $30 a month Jor planting trees. That would not be so bad, but the foresters also get Louis Howe Kits, which every one knows are the last word in primping utensils. This has had a somewhat serious effect on Army morale. Officials are not letting the privates go anywhere near the foresters. All Army men as- signed to forestry camps are cfficer: getting more salary than the foresters get. Most are sergeants. | The new dealers know about the sit- uation and regret it. There is not much they can do withcut revising their whole set-up. That Probe of Russia. ‘There was & mix-up in the announce- ment that the new Minister to Sweden | (Lawrence Steinhardt) is going over to | make a survey of Russia. Apparently his superiors told him to keep an eye on the Reds from Stockholm. That is what they have told every ome of our Minis- ters to a Russian border country since 1917. It is done because we have mo other official way of keep- ing track of what is going on there. Steinhardt thought it meant he was to make a special investigation. He knows differently now. They had a hard time backstag> finding a new agenda for the London Conference after the French and Mr. Roosevelt ruled out all the important things. Some of the President’s closest ad- visers have disapproved of the confer- ence from the start. They wanted him to bring our delegation home openly. They made no great secret of their belief that he made a mistake in de- manding that the conference .continue when there was nothing to talk about. They offered some facetious suggestions behind their hands. One was that the conference discuss a law to prevent Republicars from hav- ing children in the United States. Another was that they discuss the starving Armenians who have not even been hungry since the depression started. The suggestion has been made in- side that the’ President publish the names of those who are evading his gold embargo. That would arouse public seltiment. It may be done if the thing goes too far. Another thing annoying to the Army enlisted man is he will lose his special perquisites in a year. There will be no more extra pay for sharpshooting and marksmanship. Those who quali- fled before June 20. will receive their allowances until next June 20, but that is all. A private received a $30 monthly salary in war-time, but this was cut to $21 in 1922 No one could have missed the promi- nence of Bernard Baruch at that Whit= House conference on the new London Conference agenda. And yet modest Mr. Baruch’s friends would have you believe he just holds overcoats for the statesmen at these meetings. For some reason the tion publicity men also are trying to encourage that ew: (Copyrisht, 1038.) 4 within the District. | rectly, is about 85 per cent of the total Wheat Tax and Rising Mar- ket May Bring Boost Here in Near Future. Bread was retailing in Was! today at the usual price, although there were indications that the new tax on flour and a rising wheat market may boost the cost to the local consumer in the near future. The processing tax on wheat of 30 cents a bushel, which went into effect at midnight Saturday, should not raise the price of one-pound loaves more than 1% or 1} cents, however, ac- cording to the Department of Agricul- ture's figures. , Officials of local bakeries and chain groceries said today the price of breaa remains unchanged, and denied knowl- edge of any plans to increase the cost | to the consumer. Refer to Attorney. Several bakery officials referred in- quiries to Louls A. Spiess, attorney for i the Employing Bakers’ Association of Distri aise the price the ict. “I know of noMghn to r of bread here,” . Spless said. “Never- theless, you know that there is a proc- essing tax of 30 cents a bushel on wheat, don’t you?” “And you know further,” Mr. Spless continued, “that wheat has gone up 100 per cent since bread prices have changed here? “Well, why not figure it out and an- Swer your own question as to whether | the price of bread is going up.” The Department of Justice, mean- while, was formulating a policy for dealing with “‘unreasonable” increases in bread prices in other sections. Complaints Go to Cummings. Complaints of increases, which Sec- retary of Agriculture Wallace considers “too high,” are being turned over to Attorney General Cummings for inves- tigation and possible prosecution tinder the anti-trust laws, where the increases are being put into effect by groups of bakers and dealers. Wallace said he has obtained reports of increases up to 60 per cent. He takes the position that the tax, if re- flected in full to the consumer, should not increase the price of & pound loaf more than a half-cent. It the recent rise in wheat prices and of other bread ingredients are reck- ioned together with the tax, he believes an increase of from 1 1-8 cents to 1% cents a loaf is all that is warranted. Where prices are not raised beyond that point, it was made clear no prose- cution is to be attempted. Cummings said last week that in {some communities it appeared that “profiteering” was contemplated. ‘Wallace can require all bakers and No | dealers to obtain licenses to operate and | to abide by specific regulations govern- | ing prices under the farm act, but use of this drastic power is not contem- plated 1if the “industry acts within rea- son,” farm administrators sald. S T S LOANS FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO UNDERGO CAREFUL SCRUTINY (Continued From First Page.) benefit, especially in the gun factory and other shops at the Washington Navy Yard. The District Commissioners have sub- miited .their list of projects to the | board, which calls for hospitals, schools, branch libraries, two units of the new municipal center, a prison building, & | morgue and several new zoological build- |ings. The program also includes an extension in the water works system. The Army's program calls for a total | of $2,707,856 for a building program ‘This_will include several new quarters at Walter Reed Hospital, an extensive construction | scheme at Bolling Field, and complete | renovation of the store water drainage, | water and electric systems at the Army War College. { In addition, the program allots more |than $1.000,000 for various construc- “tion projects at nearby Maryland and ‘Vlrglml forts and other Army reserva- tions. The District Commissioners’ request for grants does not include highway im- provement programs, 'which may be carried forward at once under an allot- ment of $1,918,400 from the $400,000,000 appropriation in the national recovery | act for road work throughout the Na- ion. 2,430,000 Weeks of Work. The Navy Department informed the Public Works Bcard today that more | than 2,430,000 man-weeks of work will be created by its general program. Work on new ships will get under way soon, the board was told, should the program be approved. Every dol- lar spent by the Government on ships | will be more than trebled by indirect pay roll dollars generated in the ship- building and allled industries, accord- ing to the department. Recovery officials pointed out that in relieving unemployment and starting the wheels of industry the building of ships is far reaching. They estimated that at least 19,400 men will be directly employed in Government and private shipyards. The board will have before it an estimate submitted by construction ex- perts of the department, showing that| the amount spent for labor in the building of a ship, directly or indi- cost. Every State Benefitted. ‘The department said today ship con- struction draws upon virtually ever: State for material. More than 12 industries and mechanical trades are beneficially affected. It was pointed out that steel requirements alone are tremendous, and the Commerce De- partment has reported that steel mills are now operating 50 per cent of ca- pacity for the first time in two years. Other principal materials entering into ship construction * equipment are machinery, lumber, c®k and rub- ber, metal fixtures, fitting and valves, electrical equipment, brass, lead and zinc, paint insulation, deck covering and tiling, bedding and linen, hardware and tools, fire prevention and interior communication, life-saving equipment, blocks and rigging and navigating in- struments. The department sald bids on 17 of the 32 vessels authorized by President Roosevelt will be opened here on July 28. The board has bcen informed by the department that if satisfactory bids are received contracts will be awarded as soon as practicable after that date. The other 15 vessels, the department said, would be constructed in the Gov- ernment yards. — o BEER FORCES CONFIDENT | AT USUAL PRICES| O TALK POLITICS : Not After Patronage, Says Husband of Governor of Texas. By the Assoclated Press. As the representative of his wife, the Governor of Texas, James Ferguson is in Washington in an attempt to see President Roosevelt and consult with administration officials on the political situation in Texas. This was the outline of his visit ven to newspaper men today by the former Texas Governor, who was im- finchnd and then helped twice to elg: = b sentative. Not After Patronage. But with all his conferences, he em- phasized, he was not here to discuss patronage end was “not looking for jobs for any one.” However, he said l;e would discuss the political situation lur! range Wi | chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Gov. Jim sald he was going to talk about economic conditions in Texas to various of the administration lead- ers. To newspaper men he made it clear that he disagreed strongly with an editorial he had clipped from a newspaper, saying that prosperity ap- parently was returning. “Prosperity is not here, and nobody should be deceived into thinking it is,” he_said. The Texan had an instance of his own to illustrate his contention “that prosperity can come only by providing for raises in prices at the source on farm and ranch products.” “While we are talking about fixing codes and eliminating cut-throat com- petition,” he said, “I want to mention that just last week I sold some 3-year- old beef steers I have fed for five months at a cost of 10 cents each per day. They went to market weighing 1,185 pounds, fine and fat, and I re- ceived the fabulous price of 2% cents per pound.” “Gross Inequality.” “I was in a hotel yesterday, and they charged me $1.25 for a beefsteak weigh- ing one-third of & pound. I want to see the administration apply the code in due form to prevent this gross in- equality of prices which have produced this depression. “It would be the greatest disappoint- ment any people experienced if any qualification or modification of the in- dustrial recovery act were now allowed to be put in motion.” CULBERTSON'S TEAM DEFEATED BY FRENCH Pierre Bellanger Draws First Blood in International Plafond Bridge Duel. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 10—The French drew first blood today in the international plafond bridge duel between Ely Cul- bertson’s American team and the team captained by Plerre Bellanger. The French team finished the first isix hands with a net score of 856, | scoring 1,082 against 226 by the Ameri- cans. Culbertson went down on the first ElldndA He was set one on a four-spade The two teams will play 36 hands Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday aft- | ernoons for 5,000 francs, to be given w charity. DOLLAR’S FALL HIT BY CHAMBERLAIN IN | | COMMONS DEBATE at Mr. Lansbury’s demand that the government's policy regarding the gold standard be announced, the Labor leader retorted: “It's all very well for the chancellor te iaugh but the President of the United States, rightly or wrongly, has a policy and I would like to know | Whether the government has a policy, for Great Britain does not want to be crucified on a cross of gold.” Winston Churchill, Conservative, de- clared that the United States has been strangling itself as regards external and internal trade by rigid adherence to the gold standard. “Now they have abandoned leader- ship of the gold countries,” Mr. Church- ill said, “and President Roosevelt has courageotisly launched the country upon revaluation, the dangers of which are well known. I welcome this action. “The gold bloc has been made im- measurably weaker as a world force and it is’ extremely doubtful whether they will be able to adhere to the system now in use or change sides. “The geld countries have no grounds for reproaching the United States or Great Britain, more particularly such countries as France. which devalued to the extent of fovr fifths. or Germany. which destroved the rentier class and relieved herself of all fixed cherges and gbr':)‘_ paying her public and private ebts.” \ Rejoices at U. S. Action. Mr. Churchill said that everv one must hepe and p-av that th= United States. having escaned from gold, would not fall a victim to paper soeculators. “I reioice at the action of the United States” added the former chancellor of the exchequer. “as likelv to henefit the Londcn market and in due time to cause ster'ing to become the world’s most trustworthv currency.” Mr._ Churchill urged Great Britain to follow the general lines of American policy “at a prudent distanc:" under a plan of controlled revaluation and price raisine in relaticn to sterling as far as nossible without losing touch with the dominions and foreign countries of the sterling group. Sir Herbert Samuel, Liberal leader, #aid it wou'd be a disaster if the Eco- nomic Conference abandoned its task. As repards President Roosevelt’s pol- icy, Sir Herbert said, “It is undoubtedly the most sienificant experiment tried in the world, with the possible excep- tion of Soviet Russia.” “All will join,” he said, “in the hope that the heroic experiment will be a success, because if it falls the effect may be d & Sir Herbert pointed out that under this policy it was impossible for the OF VICTORY IN OKLAHOMA Head of Prohibition Backers In- tent on Getting Dry Voters Out to Poles Tomorrow. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 10.—Okla- homa votes tomorrow on whether 3.2 beer shall be legal in the State with beer forces confident and leaders of the opposition intent on getting out the dry vote. Rev. A. M. Jayne, head of the prohi- asserted: up and bition thousands, “Th ve everything in , from their way of thinking, but we still are to get all mm_m are for “ United States to stabilize\its currency. PR Sl i ¥ BLIND GET SCHOLARSHIPS List Receiving American Founda- tion Awards Announced. NEW YORK, July 10 (#x—The Amer- ican Foundation for the Blind, which awards 14 scholarships annually to de- serving blind young men and women, announced yesterday the awards for the 1933-34 school year. Among those given Howard McKinley of Dale C. scholarships are: t Fort Defiance, | to Columbus, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 10. 1933. Lindbergh and Wife Off on Northern Survey Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, after carefully checking insirumonts on his plane for several days, took off from North Bea Ame! into the plne. before getting in plane. ch, yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Lindbergh on their survey of a northern air route to Europe for the Pa rican Air Lines. Mrs. Lindbergh will act as radio operator and observer. Halifax is scheduled as their first stop. Col. Lindbergh is shown talking to mechanics (lower right) = Photo shows Mrs. Lindbergh getting —Wide World Photo. LINDBERGHS HLY 10 MORROW HOME Spend Night in Camp After| Interrupting Their Trip to Greenland. By the Assoclated Press. SOUTH WARREN, Me, July 10— After spending the night in a camp here on the shore of South Pond, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh flew today to the home of Mrs. Lindbergh’s mother, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow at North | Haven. The Lindberghs are on a flight | to Greenland where they plan to in- | vestigate the possibilities of establish- | ing a transatlantic air route contem- plated by the air transport company for which Col. Lindbergh is technical adviser. The Lindberghs were the guests last night of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Dor- man, who spend their Summers here. Dorman is a Rockland shoe merchant. Lands 12 Miles From Coast. Flying inland to avold the banks of fog which blanketed the Maine cosst, | Col. Lindbergh alighted on South Pond | shortly after 6 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). South Warren is approximately 12 miles from the coast. The aviator d his wife appeared at the Dorman's camp, were immedi- ately recognized and invited to make themselves at home. - Col. Lindbergh obtained blankets and | luggage from his plane and returned to the camp to accept the Dorman’s hospi- | tality. Meanwhile at Rockiand, 10 miles away, citizens appraised of the possi- | bility the Lindberghs might alight there, | eagerly scanned the sky for some sign of the plane. The colonel expressed surprise today when he was informed of efforts to Jocate him last night. He pointed out | his radio message, sent at 6 p.m. dis-| closed his intention to bring his plane down “near Rockland.” Pontoons Sunk in Mud. Originally the Lindberghs rlanned to | make Halifax, Nova Scotia, the terminus of their flight last night. The colonel sald, however, that he felt no disap- pointment at not having reached ms‘ destination, as he and Mrs. Lindbergh had no particular schedule for their | expedition and planned to make their stops wherever they found it most con- venient. | Although it was reported a cable on | the plane snapped on yesterday's flight | and Col. Lindbergh telephoned New York last night for a replacement part, the mishap apparently was not serious. The aviator made no mention of it to- day as he made ready to take his plane aloft. The pontoons of the ship were em- bedded in the mud on the bottom of the pond. Assisted by Dorman in & rowboat, Lindbergh went to work to move the ship into deeper water. The plane finally got away at 9:25 am. POLIC | E SEEK BODY OF MAN DROWNED IN PRACTICAL JOKE (Continued From First Page.) turning toward shore to summon po- i ice. Conway’s death was followed at 11 o'clock by the drowning of 10-year-old Charles Walter Owens, 920 G street southwest, who fell from a dock as he and a playmate, Billle Brew, 910 G street southwest, played “cowboy.” The bandzna handkerchief the youth had around his neck as he played the game was still on him when he was taken from the Hnbermnbouc 10 minutes after he had fallen in. The river always had lured the lad, his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Owens told police between hysterical sobs, al- though she almost dail\ warned him against playing near the water. He had left his bicycle in the yard of his home only a few minutes before the little Brew boy came up to tell his mother he had fallen in the water, she said. The body was taken from the river, | about 6 feet deep, by Fireman W. L. Hazlewood, 926 Sixth northeast, of No. 13 Engine Company, and Eddie Hard- ing, .907 G street southwest, who was at the fire station at Tenth and G streets southwest when they learned of | the accident. The rescue squad came | as the body was being taken from the | water, but after almost a half hour’s efforts to revive the lad proved futile, the body was taken to the morgue. chnlubg the son o(mymn &nd Owens, a carpenter, employed e - Marine Railways on Water street. He has two brothers, John, 15, and Raymond, 13, and two sisters, Bernetts, 8, and Shirley May, 5. e e HUNGARY UNION ASKED Blovak Emigres Appeal to League, Calling Conditions Catastrophic. GENEVA, Ji 10 .—Separation Cnehuw“vll’nku l‘:;’ union with group of Slovakian emigres tion to the League of N The petition declared conditions Slovakia are catastrophic, “that of the inhabitants B O AT Ny, % MAJ. WILLIAM S. HARRISON. CLEANING INDUSTRY BANS CHILD LABOR Action Will Be Taken by Repre- sentatives of “Associetion in Recovery Code. By the Associated Press. Banning of child labor in the clean- | widow, had gone to Boston to visit rela- | ing industry will be included in the code which representatives of the National Association of Dyers and Cleaners con- sidered here today for suZmission to the National Recovery Administration about Atgust 1. Association officials sald there were | too many varying proposals for maxi- | mum hours and other elements of the code to warrant announcement of the trend being taken in the discussions which began last Saturday. They said. however, the code would provide that no one under 17 years of age could be employed in the industry. Regional meetings were announced at which representatives in different parts of the country will go over the tentative code resulting from the pres- ent meeting and the study by leaders the past menth. The first will be at Chicago, July 17 and 18, followed by meetings at San Francisco about July 21 and 22. Spckane a week later, Kan- AUTO CRASH FATAL T0 MARINE OFFICER |Maj. William S. Harrison Killed Near Kings Mountain When Car Overturns. | Arrangements are being made for the | return to Washington of the body of | Maj. William Sloan Harrison, 51, United States Marine Corps, retired, who was | | killed last night when his automobile overturned on him about 3 miles from Kings Mountain, N C., according to Associated Press dispatches. Maj. Harrison, who was retired last January, and had returned several months ago from Nicaragua, was on his way back to Washing‘on after vis- |iting relatives in Greer, S. C., where he expected to establish a permanent home. | Attempted to Close Door. | The officer was alone in the machine |at the time of the accident and wit- nesses caid he attempted to close a rear door with one hand while stearing | with the other when he lost control of |the car He received a fractured skull |and other injuries. | The body was brought |home at Kings Mountaih and later |sent to Greer. It probably will be | brought here for burial in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow, although | funeral arrangements have not been | completed. Mrs. Blanche Harrison, the officer’s a funeral | tives. ' Notified of the accident last ! night, she is en route to Washington. tral America, had been visitinz Mrs. Harrison’s sister here at 1210 Twelfth | street until they could get settled in a | home at Greer. Came Up From Ranks. Maj. Harrison was an enlisted man and had seen 30 years of active service, in the Quartermaster Department in the Philippines, China, Nicaragua. Haiti, Santo Dcmingo, on shipboard and with the Marines who landed at | Vera Cruz, Mexico, during the disturb- ance there. In addition to his widow, Maj. Har- rison is survived by two brothers, Lloyd { Harrison of Chevy Chase, Md., and Dr. | John Harrison of Greer; his mother, Mrs. John Harrison, and a Sister, Miss Margaret Harrison, both of Greer. WILL TALK RECOVERY sas City about July 25 and at Washing- | ton for Eastern representatives around July 28 and 29. The code will be Tllinois Manufacturers’ Group Com- whipped into final shape at another | general meeting here thereafter. FAST PLAN'ES BOUGHT LOS ANGELES, July 10 (#).—Pur- chase of a fleet of new planes for American Airways capable of 226 miles an hour with a 2,000-pound load was announced today by E. L. Cord and L. B. Manning, president of the Cord- controlled aviation corporation, at the former’s Beverly Hills home. The first units will roll from a Bur- bank, Calif., factory i# about two weeks. Cord said that “a year from today” he expected to place in transport service 100 ships flying at 250 miles an hour. immediately ing Here to See Johnson. CHICAGO, July 10 () —A delega- tion of officers and members of the Illinols Manufacturers’ Association left yesterday for Washington to consult | with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, industrial | recovery administrator, about the wel- | fare of Illinois industries. The delegation included Thomas F. | Hammond, president; Ray Wantz of | Rockford, Ill., vice president; James L. Donnelley, executive vice president, and Edward N. Hurley. ‘Their purpose, it was announced, is | to_talk over the problems of their 185 | different industries represented in Iili- ! nois in connection with the administra tion of the national industry recov: ery act. Two Injured in Plane Crash WOMEN JUMP TO ESCAPE FLAMES CAUSED BY WIRES. The couple, on returning from Cen- | PARLEY MAY TAKE RECESS ONULY 2% Steering Group Fixes Tenta- tive Date—No Decision on Monetary Question. (Continued From First Page.) “things have gone as well as could be_expected.” It was understood that, contrary to expectations, no fireworks developed in the committee discussions. An important development of the morning was the announcement by Sen- ator Key Pittman of Nevada that he ex- pected his committee on silver to report favorably this weekZ on the American resolution for rehabilitation of the white metal. Mr. Pittman told the press his ex- pectation was based on the prospect India would agree to limit the sales of her huge stocks resulting from the { melting of silver coinage. The Nevada Senator added that pres- ent indications are the agreement will allow India to sell between 30,000,000 and 40,000,000 ounces of silver annually and that all that now remains is to determine a definite figure somewhere etween those limits. Senator Pittman expressed the opin- | fon that if the agreement was reached the price of silver would rise to 40 or 50 cents an ounce, and that after un- derstandings had been earried out by legislative action—which he estimated would take about six months—the price would rise to 50 or €0 cents, the level | at_which it stood for many years. | The Pittman resolution is intended also to halt the debasing of silver coin- age and dumping of the metal znd to | Increase its uses for coinage and cur- | rency reserves. Colijn Describes Proceedings. Mr. Colijn, the Dutch chief delegate, described the proceedings of the Steer- ing Committee’s meeting to the press in this manner: “The bureau (Steering Committee) adopted without discussion or vote the report of the Eccnomic Commission of which I am chairman. There are four subcommittees. “The subcommittecs on Indirect Pro- | tectionism and on Adaptation of Pro- | duction and Marketing found that they | could useful'y continue their discus- sions. and will do so. “The subcom: ees on Commercial Policy and Subsidics reported to me that there was great divergence of { opinion_as to what cou'd be proceeded {with. T told them to appoint drafting { committees to determine what they could continue to talk about, and until those drafting committees rep-rt the bureau decided to let the subcommittees stand in adjournment without further work. “I do not know how long it will take them to report back—maybe 10 days | maybe more. Monetary Commission Meets. The Monetary Cem jon met lat> in the afternoon to hear reports of its subcomittees and try to prepare a definite recommendation regarding the agenda for submission to the Steerinz Committee tcmorrow. James M Cox of Ohio. chairman of the group, was in -the chair. It was his first appearance in the conference | for several days owing to ilness The commission appointed a Drafting | Committee to prepare the agenda. Ten i countries were represented. five from | the gold group and five from the ncn- gold, including Mr Co: The members are Coliin, Guido Jung of Italy, Victor Kienboe cof Austri~ Finance Minister Bonnct of Fronce, | Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamber- |lin of Great Britain, Dr. Halmar | Schacht. president cf the R: bank ; | Ernst Wigforss, minister of finance of | Sweden; Prime Minister R. B. Bennett |of Canada. Thomas Le Breton of Ar- gentina, and Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox said that as he could not both preside and voice the national | viewpoint he would like for Senator | Pittman to act as his alternate on the | committee if necessary for America to be represented in the voting. The com= mission agreed to this. | 1t again was brought out in the dis- | cussions that both gold bloc representa- |tives and non-gold delegates were agreed that Senator Pittman’s silver | resolution should be considered. MATTERN REQUESTS PLANE TO CONTINUE HOP AROUND WORLD (Continued From First Page.) there without assistance is not yet known, but today’s advices said that he was found beside the damaged Century of Progress by a frontier guard boat which began patroling the river as soon as the ice broke up. Pravada's Khabarovsk correspondent expressed the opinion that the rifle and ammunition given Mattern by Soviet authorities just before he left Khab- arovsk stood the American in good stead during the time before he was rescued. With a rifle Mattern would have been able to kill small game and there- by keep himself alive with food. The Texan carried virtually no food with him from Khabaravosk. The frontier guard found the strand- ed American in good health and uninjured and taking him to Anadyr lodged him in the guard's, barracks where he has resided since that time. ‘The guards also organized an expedi- tion to pull Mattern's damaged plane into Anadyr, but dispatches did not make it clear whether this had been | accomplished. The region where Mattern was forced down in the river valley is rough tundra with many small hills and swamps. There were no human beings nearer him than Anadyr except small nomadic tribes of reindeer breeders, some of whom he may have encountered. - Meanwhile a Soviet rescue plane was scheduled to leave Khabarovsk early today for Anadyr. Purther advices received here today said Mattern telegraphed his New York Tepresentatives Jul 8 from Anadyr asking that a seaplane be sent from Alaska to take him to American terri- tory. This would indicate that the fiyer felt that it was impossible to re- pair the Century of Progress. But the American emphasized that he had not given up his attempt to encircle the globe by air. Praises Russian Aid. “Russia provided me with all possible assistance,” Mattern was quoted as hav- | ing said to his American representative by telegraph. “Desiring to achieve my round-the-world flight I request that a seaplane be sent from Alaska on which I could fly from Anadyr.” The Moscow foreign office, asked whether an American plane would be permitted to go for Mattern, replied that the question had not been con- sidered. Meanwhile both the Northern Sea route here and the Far Eastern Execu- tive Committee at Khabarovsk were pressing the Anadyr station for full details of Mattern’s mishap. including exactly what damage the plane suffered and whether it can be repaired for a further flight. Meanwhile, a crack Russian pilot was ordered by Soviet officials to take off today in a tri-motored, 12-pacsenger | plane to give all possible assistance to | Mattern. Agthtgrlgnlmtmmd Pilot Levan- ovsl attern anything he ma; m or take him to American mr‘! Levanovsky's fiight to Anadyr from Khabarovak s expeced o take two o |