Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1933, Page 4

NATIONS FIND . ADVERSEON DEBTS No Hope of Renewed Conver-| sations Obtained by Diplomats. F BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. " The diplomatic representatives of the ‘uropean debtor nations, who have been calling frequently at the State Depart- ment to find out the date when they could resume conversations on the ques- tion of the reduction of the war debts, have been given to understand that these conversations are not likely to take place in the very near future. e torsign satesmen o Wi 5 nad 8! en 3 that the war d some been announced official debt conversations begin time in July. When the World Eco- nomic Conference began to show signs of weakness, it was stated unofficially in ‘Washington that the pourparlers with the British might begin in August. Now, Sir Ronald has left W on a vacation to England and the other Ambassadors and Minis- ters who have asked discreetly Acting Secretary William Phillips whether they S S SRR P negol course of the next month, have been told that the President will be away during most of August and that there is no hurty to resume conver- sations which are bound to be at present even more difficult than have been a few months ago. Solution More Remote. ‘The truth is that the solution of the war debt question is more remote than ever, because of the failure of the Lon- don_ conference. This does not mean, however, that and preparing to initiate dis- with a number of debtor nations. ‘The President has made it clear from the very beginning that if the United States can be induced to reduce the present debts there must be a quid- pro-quo on the part of the debtor na- tions and that quid-pro-quo must repre- sent certain trade concessions which ‘would make up for the losses America ‘would sustain by reducing the debts. It was hoped, at first, that the Lon- don Conference may be sufficiently fruitful and a number of trade agree- ments reached there s0 ‘as to pave the way for the beginning of discussions for the reduction of debts. This ha falled, the administra- tion contemplates starting negotiations | with countries- with which a satisfac- | rec tarlff could be reached. miprocynrl'm‘ has made it clear tll:)’t Tec! agreements are possible only with those countries which can sell goods to the United States with- out competing with the welfare of the American people and could in turn ab- sorb_some of the surplus production of | the United States. ‘So r?r,! rx;:(wmm u:' cg:cludz re- ciprocal e agreement ve begun with countries which are not in the war debtor class. Agreement Difficult. Tt is admitted that it will be difficult if not impossible to reach an agree- ment with the British and French gov- ernments. But there is a good pros- ?ecttoeomewmundermadmz with | taly and Csechoslovakia. For the time being the main reason which prevents Italy from initiating discussions for an eventual combined debt and tariff agreement is the po- litical question. with the idea of | Mussolini is toying being the leader of the pan-European | movement which msmy European statesmen consider possible now that the United States has withdrawn from any T active co-operation in Eu- Topean affairs. “Should this move, how- ever, fail to materialize, it is probable that the Itallan government will be will to discuss with President Roose- velt the question of s trade ‘which would also involve a substantial Teduction of the Italian war debt. Of all the major powers, question cussions States. Italy peeds wheat, coal, cotton, steel and ofl. At the present moment she imports most of these commodities from Russia, Hungary, Great Britain, Ger- many and Egypt. The United States could supply all| these needs of the Italian people at a | bettar price and with greater credit fa- | cilities than any of the countries which | are selling these commodities to the Italians today. Italy’s products which. could be im- f:'m into the United States without ! terfering with the American produc- | ers are wines, olive oil, silks and cheese. Of course, there is likely to be a se- | rious. oposition from the Clll!flmlli wine producers, as soon as the eight- eenth amendment f5 repealed, against | the free- importation of Italian wines, | but the experts say that California can- | not produce a sufficient quantity of wines at the present moment to satisfy | the needs of the population of the United States when prohibition is re- Ppealed. Unofficlally Discussed. ‘The question of such a tariff agree- | ment has been unofficially discussed, | and it is said that Italy would be will- | ing to give preference to the American | products, especially if the debt question could be in this manner satisfactorily lini s strongly opposed to a de- But on th:‘xnl?epr hand, he is any substantial war debt pa; would force Italy off the gold standard. ‘When Italian government made its debt settlement in 1924 the Itallan representatives made it quite clear that Chaslvey 6n e paymen of the German cl on yment of erman th these canceled, Italy agreemen result of this situation is that hs is inclined to tions with the American Government to obtain not s market for Italy’s products in the United States, but also to obtain | ye l_tha 90 per cent regucflon of di':zx:v;rey nation is seeking. - lm& such a reduction might be , if American mwn and wheat agree ica. Ttaly has to import about 75 per cent of the essential raw materials. She is | ury. eograpl in a vulnerable pcsition; 1'n case of trouble a few marines could close the Mediterranean to all shipping going to Italy. For mt this reason the Italian govern- | criminal syndicalism prosecutions. Atter | d established and developed the division | U. S. Crime War “Supreme Command” Filled . With Ap Rise Earned by Develop- ment of Investigation Bureau. WEB SPREAD PLAN New Director to Collabo- rate With Special As. sistant. Keenan, BY REX COLLIER. the selection of J. Edgar Hoover as directors of the soon-to-be-created United States Division of Investiga- eral Cum- tion, Al Gen mings yesterday completed organization of his “supreme command” for the Government's Nation-wide war on kid- napers and other racketeers. Hoover, 38-year-old Washingtonian, whose development of the Bureau of Investigation into a world-famous de- tective agency won him promotion to the important new anti-crime post, will collaborate with Joseph B. Keenan, special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, in'a relentless drive on gang ter- Plans for the crusade, the scope of which will exceed anything ever before attempted by Federal suthorities. have in view the spreading of a co-ordinated web of Federal, State and local detec- tive forces from which few crimin: may hope to escape. IThis _co-operative network of na- tional, State and municipal crime in- vestigators, requiring no legislation for its establishment, is expected to be or- ganized in leu of an “American Scot- land Yard” type of national police force advocated in some administra- tion quarters. Dry Bureau to Go. ‘The new Investigative Division of the Department of ‘Justice will be set up by | presidential order of June 10, providing for abolishment on August 10 of the Prohibition Bureau and transfer of its investigative functions to the new di- vision. Cummings announced the ap- pointment of John 8. Hurley, assistent | prohibition director, as assistant direc- tar of the Division of !nvuuglclon in | charge of dry activities. Hoover already has provided the basis for a Federal-interstate pooll of detective resources in his national division of identification, the astoynd- ing growth of which in the past sev- eral years has been made possible through the co-operation of 6,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad. The division pos- | aes:u the hfi?h’i“mxi of crim- | inal fingerprint world—a pow- erful aid to crime detection and a po- | tent deterrent to hardened criminals whose prints are among the 3,800,000 | on file. Although young in years, the keen- | eyed director of the Justice Depart- | ment’s new investigative arm is a| loneer in the modern school of scien- ic crime detection and a recognized | suthority on c al identification. His force of special ts—scattered over the country in 23 strategic field offices—are lawyers or accountants Who | pong have been graduated also from Hoo- ver’s novel training school here for in- vestigators—popularly called his “Crime Detection University.” Methods Once Ridiculed. Their methods, when first instituted by Hoover as he took over the bureau in 1924, were ridicluled by some old- timers in police work, but Hoover's answer to critics is the bureau's record last year of 95.51 per cent of convic- tions in all cases in which his agents secured Federal indictments. That is a record said to be unequaled in the realm of law enforcement—and was an- other reason for the decision of Attor- ney General Cummings to retain Hoo- ver and elevate him to head of the crime division. Since recelving authority under the | ratus f so-called “Lin law” to investi- gate kidnaj extortion cases, the buresu’s agents have had remarkable success in and extor- tionists to justice. Attorney 1 Cummings announced only two kidnapings the Urschel and O'Connell cases—and in the latter the family has refused to | co-operate with authorities. ~ Since enactment of the Federal kidnaping | siatute after the Lindbergh tragedy, Hoover's men have investigated 17 kld-} naping and extortion cases, in 15 of | which the perpetrators have been caught. Cdnvictions have been (’)b-’ tained in all 12 of the cases so far tried and three cases are awaiting trial. Hoover is a native of the District of Columbia and a product of the local | ublic schools and George Washlnxton‘ niversity. from_which he received de- | grees of LL. B. and LL. M. He was ad- mitted to District and United States Supreme Court bars and began the| practice of law. He entered the De- partment of Justice in 1917 under At- torney General Gregory and in 1919 was appointed by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer as a special assistant | to the Attorney General in charge of | = resignation of the late Willlam J. g‘urns as director of the Bureau of In- vestigation, Hoover was assigned as act- ! ing director, in which capacity he ef-| fected a drastic reorganization of the agency. In 1024 Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed him per- manent director of the bureau. Extent of Attivity. Since taking over the bureau Hocver of identification, the national crime| laboratory, the. crime statistics col- lection service, a natlonal clearing heuse for fugitives—wanted information and an international fingerprint ex- | change. 528; s major ll,l mmum-y .xmllle}; ligence Reserve of » member of the mumm Assocl- etion of Chiefs of Police, honorary member of the International 'Associ- ation for Identification and a member of other police and anti-crime organi- tiol 2 -Th:L investigative shake-up 1nnw:‘:‘e:jd ] ¥ ] e ais | Nation-wide Ring Seen by | tempted to win as much as possible. | information, which would be available 1 self, will co- JOSEPH B. KEENAN. RACE HORSE DOPING NET CATCHES SEVEN U. S. Agents in Arrests * at Chicago Track. (Continued From First Page. cold so he could race. In the races yes- terday, Timorous won his race as a slightly better than 3 to 2 favorite but Louie Dear, after leading -half way around the track, was beaten by Fiddler, a 16 to 1 shot in the betting. Rusty, a 6 to 1 shot, finished second with a nose advantage over Loule Dear. Offi- clials sald there was no doubt that both | Timorcus and Louie Dear had at-| received excellent rides from F. Springer and C. Corbett, respectively. | Denles Definite Proof. Christopher Fitzgerald, presiding | steward at Arlington Park, one of the richest race tracks in the world, sald | he and ather park officials had given full co-operation to the Federal agents, but that he had no definite proof that any of the horses at Arlington had | been doped. Beyond that he and other Arlington officials refused to comment except to say they always were out to| stop doping of race horses wherever possible. > ‘The seven men arrested last night all pleaded not guilty b2fore Commis- | sioner Edwin K. Walker, who set their bonds at $2,50) each and continued the cases without hearing. Each was charged with violation of the Har- rison. narcotic law, forbidding illegal possession and transportation of nar- cotics. Only Parke was able to furnish | d. The six others, all held, were| Dr. Nelson Edward Southard, a veter- inarian, who sald his home was Louis- ville, Ky., and Stable Grooms William Payne, Hinton “Georgie Boy” Parks, William “Bottoms Up” Cooney, Charles | Mitchell and William Jones. Parks, one of the most famous of American | {lockeyn ‘- t{er:l-de h-go, was denied a! icense to n horses at Park and scied in4n anofieial ca. | pacity, track stewards said tonight. Narcotic Supply Found. | Between 400 and 500 grains of nar- | cotics were found in possession of the seized men, Ralph Oyler, chief of the | Federal Narcotic Division in Chicago, said. Bottles of compound supposed to | be a mixture of narcotics, syring hypodermic needles ‘and other or . a were found in-their Commissic loner ernment, interested only in the enforce- ment of the narcotic laws and with the co-operation of prominent rac! officlals had been investigating American tracks for the last year in secrecy, the agents g as race track followers and gamblers out to spring a betting coup. “We uncovered conclusive evigence | that at least 200 horses, competing in | as many races, have been doped dur- | ing the last eight months” Commis- | sioner Anslinger said. “There is no evi- dence of a dope ring on the various tracks but illegal doping of horses has been going on and must be stopped. The | Federal Government is interested solely | in enforcing the Harrison narcotic act and the abuse of narcotics.” Commissioner Anslinger said he would greum all facts in each case reported y his agents to various State racing associations for whatever disciplinary action such assoclations deemed neces- sary. The racing associations in most cases have the power to permanently end the racing connections of those found guilty of illegal tactics. Names of those to be called before the grand jury were not made public. Track Officials Shocked. Otto W. Lehman, president of the! Arlington Park Jockey Club, and mem- | ber of a wealthy pioneer Chicago fam- | ily, was stunned by the news today thai | Government agents had arrested seven | men at the track on a charge of pos- | sessing narcotics and at reports of “doped” horses in races at various tracks. “While I am sorry that such a thing had to lugpen at Arlington, during our meeting, want to state that every official of this race track including my- rate with the Govern- ment to the lest extent in running down, and prosecuting people Wwho would horses in order to make per- sonal gain, or for any other s John D. Hertz, millionsire meml of the board of directors and himse! an owner of a string of thoroughbreds racing in =the colors of Mrs. John D. Hertz, said he was shocked and that he would co: with"any Government investigation. So did Chflsmu J. ‘stimulaf not permitted at Arlingtcn Park and | . that the stewards were always alert all crime, particularl; i ly Hdnnr tha pointment of Hoover Division Head DETEGIVES TO A WARFAR ON R cies to Help Drive Against Racketeers. ey By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 29.—Indorsement of l?rnldcnt Roosevelt’s “unrelenting war on all crime, particularly kidnaping and racketeering,” was pledged today by the World Association of Detectives, an association of private investigators in convention here. Harry Lewis of Sioux City, Iows, newly elected president, said special racket' and kidnap divisions would be formed in the four territorial depart- ments of the organization to compile to Federal and State authorities. A telegram tched to President Roosevelt from convention “We in_ convention assembled do in- dorse wholeheartedly your entire pro- gram for an unrelen against and racketeering. We realize 8- tounding increase in crime in addition to causing great fear and unrest to our citizens has an important effect on the economic conditions of the Nation. We | offer you the enthusiastic support and nce of our entire assista, m composed of 150 of the e embership, detective | agencies throughout the weorld.” e [POLLARD AND FIANCEE can WILL MEET IN CANADA Friends Disclose Plans of Governor to Visit Winnipeg—Bride-to-Be on Way With Mother. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, .- Plans for a meeting here the next few days of Gov. John G. Pollard of Virginia and Miss Violet E. Mc- Dougall, his secref disclosed by fri Their enzlgemenf was announced last Wednesday. Accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Ellen McDougall, who has a perma- nent home here, Miss McDougall will She bl:rmgh Wi numl of years, going to from Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1918. A hypodermic of cocaine, heroin injected in the of the neck or withers is effective method. " While the narcotics will “superiority compléx” in fl'?zm horse's mind, the T make a horse very unruly and and at the‘gnt. while heroin, “wm other two, has & milder effy N Many instances have been known where horses became .* and uired small doses of narcotics to for -any- irregularities made quick i@ good procedure to be followed in | America. 8uch a move, however, he said, would have to be a concerted on all tracks. 1 . Keeping an alert watch for any stim- f horses is the duty of % , track veterinarian for | offers VIDUAL SEZ z o L1 ] B g § i 3 8 HH | 14 ; IR i Association of Private Agen-! The bride-to-be was born in Ontario. | ‘estern NEW PLANS SPEED | IS NHGWA Leaders Studying 4 Projects : Involving Expenditures of $233,500,000. —_— By the Associated Press. New plans for accelerating work-giv- ing . highway expenditures were de- veloped yesterday by the administra- tion as public works chieftains began the study of the Upper Missiasippi River Channel, the, Grand Coulee Dam, the Casper-Alcova reclamation plan and the All-American Canal projects. . The first three of these big develop- aggregating n of Interior , pul & administrator. Funds Are Ready. Public roads officials said national re- | B1i y would not be dt covery highway pro, delayed because of any lack of funds on the part of State highway depart- ments to make surveys or initial pay- ments to contractors. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the bureau, sald: “A has been developed un- a State may receive an ad- s part of its apportionment a revolving fund in con- th the financing of road proj- This decision will speed up work assure pay, rolls for unemployed . to be t because of limi- “To meet this situation the district engineers of the bureau have been di- rected to make immediate arrangements for the handling of trust funds in all States where they will be needed. Gen- erally, the custodian of the funds will be the State treasurer, who will keep ac- counts and make reports.” Ickes said that in of the Il'pg:': Mississippl channel, the Columbia in project and the Casper Alcove reclamation development, the consideration Tead: | Public Wopks Board probably would set aside funds for a year's work and not immediately allot full amounts to cover tire cost. Latest Army estimates the cost of the 9-foot chan- the Mississi) the Illinois 124,000,000. the Columbia is figured at $63,000,- a&ummumphnnuz.- Gets Special Canal Report. § 8 developed. engineering and - fications to the ;o p'uhn;! mwmcu NAVY PAY DEDUCTIONS ARE TO BE CONTINUED Paymasters Given Instructions Under lecqt Executive Order. Under a recent executive order, the Navy yesterday isssued Instructions to all paymasters that the 15 per cent deduction in the pay of officers and the reduced rental allowances fixed = under the economy act will continue in effect for the first six months of gruml t fiscal year, or to Decem- “same order’ 1s_applied to the 'y and Cocaine and morphine are likely to |- handle in the paddock before the race | Was gez f t H it MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W; Washington, D. C.. i Industry Played Big Part Politics at Random m Mustering N. R. A. ‘Seed Sown by Roosevelt Soon After His Election. BY BYRON PRICE (Chiet g‘“flw fin” . ted NE thing about the “N. R. A.” rally understood, even He was aware that in all serious de- preasions in the past it was the financial world itself which took the lead in ap- , while throughout this the Government had been Emm out by the those former years of trial they had had & much hand to deal with economic crises. There was no stringent anti-trust law then, providing jail sentences for those their heads practices. ‘What the industrialists did, in effect, was to challenge Mr. Roosevelt to re- move the barriers. What Mr. Roosevelt did was to accept the challenge, insert- ing a few stipulations of his own into the contract. So the idea of chartering industry to solve his own problems was Diffigpities Are Cited. of se the child did not attain full ture over night. There were repeated conferences at industrialists, to ment, cited what had textile industry. ced with ruinous overproduction, int their argu- ppened in the Fa 'the vast majority of textile operators hours will be essors, who for years | greater regimentation But as to the ultimate origin of the now famous “N. R. A.” there can be PAPERS ACCEPT CODES 35 and 40 Hour Week to Become Effective August 1. | SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 29 (A).— | Arthur K. Whyte, publisher of the San Diego Union and the Evening Tribune, announced today that effective August 1, the mechanical department of the papers would be placed on a 35-hour week and other departments on a 40 hour week without a reduction in sal- ary scales. Additional workmen will be em- ployed, Whyte said, under the N. R. A. policy in all departments except the SUGAR MARKET CODE HEARING,AUGUST 10 Tentative Allotnient for sdu Pré- tested by Domestic and Foreign Growers. By the Associated Press. Augn 10 has been fixed Secre- tary fllueuthednw!orh’.wme hearing on the proposed sugar market- ing iog: ;‘hich makes a tentative allot- ment e amounts growers in the domestic muke.ur.o e | special committee after a general sugar ‘the | conference at which representatives of the domestic growers, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Rico, the Philippine Islands and Hawali were present. The quotas arrived at, however, have been protested by both the domestic of | 8nd foreign growers and they probably - will be simply the basis for at_the August hearing. In addition to the quotas for the various producing areas, the tentative agreement provides for the setting up of a Sugar Stabilization Board with power to determine, in effect, the daily quoted price for raw cane sugar. CODES FLOOD OHI0 ‘Oficials to Keep Office Open to Expedite Handling of Pledges. CLEVELAND, July 29 (/) —Signed’ pledges of co-operation from. more than 5,000 Ohio firms streamed into the Ohio headquarters of the National made | Recovery Administration today, and bundles of others were arriving to- night on every incoming mail train. So grea officials of the administration sald the offices would be open to hasten the classifying. Largest of the Ohio employers o . sign a pledge tcday was the B. F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, which, with subsidiaries, employes 17,861. of other industries, big and little, have been announced previously. ‘INCORPORATED" LY | editorial department where working rearranged. 'OUR PLUMBER' | —the same plan which has placed radio, victrolas and JORDAN’S—13th & G Sts. N.W. Only One Month More Can You Obtain a LEONARD ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR of easy payments pianos in thousands of Washington homes, makes it unnecessary for you todelay m enjoying the convenience of " LEONARD Electric Refrigeration . . 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