Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1933, Page 2

2 aws MONEY ADVISERS - MEET PRESIDENT President’s Conference With “Brain Trust” Revives Inflation Talk. By s Staft Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., August 8.— President Roosevelt’s scheduled con- ference at the Summer White House this afternoon with three members of his so-called “brain trust” Wwhbo have been making a special study of the monetary question especially as it re- lates to commodity prices, has given speculation to the probability of the adoption shortly of an inflationary pro- In this important conference with the President will be Prof. George Warren of Cornell University, Prof. James H. Rogers of Yale University and James Warburg of New York, who was one of the leading financial advisers to the American delegation to the recent Lon- don Economic Conference. They were due to arrive at the Sum- mer White House shortly after the noon hour and will remain for lunch- eon and will then confer for several hours during the afternoon. Reticent as to Topic. ~ Other than to say that the Presi- dent was anxious to talk with these as- sistants, and that he wanted to see Prof. Rogers before he sailed for Eu- within a few days. the Sw mer White House would give no inti- mation of the reason for calling this conference. There is a belief in some quarters -here, though, that the President ar- iranged this conference at this time because of the declines in commodity narkets. Whether or not the President merely wants a report on what these experts have found as a Tesult of their ‘monetary studies or whether he is now ready to listen to recommendations in the way of inflation is not known. Studying “Commodity Dollar.” P Profs. Warren and Rogers have for some weeks been engaged in ‘Washing- ton making studies. They do not hold positions with any special title or desig- Pation. However, it has been supposed generally that they have been ‘working on plans for giving the country a “commodity dollar.” In this work they have been assisted by Profs. iA. A. Berle, jr., financial adviser to the 'R, F. C, and Rexford G. Tugwell, As- isistant Secretary of Agriculture, orl inal members of the President’s so- -called “brain_trust.” ' President Roosevelt’s conference to- day with these monetary aides and ex- erts brought to mind the fact that he “has not yet taken any steps looking to the exercise of the authority of un-| | precedented_scope granted him by the} Congress. He was given authority in the inflation bill, incorporated as an amendment in the farm relief act, to| take three important inflationary steps, | such as expansion of the Federal Re- “serve credit by not more than $3,000,- 000,000, to inflate currency in circula- tion to the extent of $3.000,000,060 and | to devalue the gold content of the dollar by as much as 50 per cent. o FAIL TO FIND LIQUOR BUT HOLD SUSPECT| Policemen Smash Equipment on Strength of Mint Julep Sale a Week Ago. Two mint juleps, reported sold & week ago to two policemen, were held responsible today for the arrest of a man in the Mayflower Club, an alleged speakeasy. in the 1200 block Connecti- cut avenue, which was raided last night. The raiders, acting on statements by | two liquor squad members, William McEwen and George C. Deyoe, who said they had paid $1 apiece for the juleps, falled to find any whisky, but took Patrick James O'Malley in_custody. He was charged with sale of the juleps and maintaining a nuisance and re- leased on bond. The Mayflower Club was raided sev- eral weeks ago while occupying the second floor of a building in the 1100 block of Connetcicut avenue, but the case was thrown out of court because of an improperly drawn search war- rant. This time, however, officers said the warrant was correct, but there was no_liquor. et f a fire-escape, the What's What Behind News in Capital. Relief Administration Finds Use for Molasses as Well as Vinegar. BY PAUL MALLON. VEN some who are very close to the throne could not understand why President Roosevelt chose ‘Walter Teagle on the new N. R. A. Labor Mediation Board. Only a week ago administration bow men were shooting at the Standard Oil chief with pointed publicity arrows. Some shafts came from very near the White House. The Moffett resignation was the cause. hA lot has happened backstage since then. It is important because it discloses the general co-operative spirit which is taking hold_inside industry and the N. R. A. Industrialists are coming closer daily to the necessities of the sttuation. 'The Johnson crowd is find- ing it can use molasses as well as vine- gar. ‘Team play is the thing they are striv- ing. for—and getting. | ‘What happened in the Teagle case was this® Gen. Johnson received a note from Teagle after the publicity:of the Mof- fett resignation. No one ‘will say ex- actly what was in it. gist was that Teagle’s resignation from the ad- visory board was available. Apparently Teagle's advisers felt that he was being very poorly Fewarded for giving up his Summer salmon fishing and working along here in the N. R. A. It was costing his firm considerable money. All they were getting out of it was bad publicity. Also there seemed to be considerable doubt as to whether they were whole-heartedly in sympathy with what was being done. To stop that impression, they joined the blanket code without waliting for the specific oil code to be finished. Also they started an advertising campaign to prove their good faith. Teagle Aided Hoover. Johnson had no intention of letting an experienced man like Teagle get away from him. Teagle ran the share- the-work campaign for Hoover and knows what it is all about. So the general laughed off the pro- posed resignation. He sent word back to the Standard Oil crowd that no one questioned their good faith. He and Teagle became considerably closer friends. To prove the confidence of the Government in Teagle’s services along came the announcement a few days later from Hyde Park that he was honored with the Labor Council appointment. Of course, Johnson arranged it. Now all is forgiven and forgotten. The arrows have been dropped by both sides. They are handing around the peace pipe. The secret of Machado's continued domination in Cuba is supposed to be | the Cuban lottery. Names Congress Members. At least, that is the explanation offered by certain confidential men who | recently investigated the _situation | there for our officials. They say | Machado appoints district representa- tives for the big cash prize sweepstakes. These representatives receive a sub- stantial allowance on each ticket sold. For these jobs, Machado invariably chooses members of the Cuban Con- | | _ Down underneath all the current jockeying about Cuba is the firm con- viction high in the Roosevelt adminis- tration that intervention must be THE EVENING' STAR, WASH SAVINGS REDUCED UNDER REGROUPING Originally Estimated. to - Be $25,000,000, Cut Now to About $5,000,000. By the Associated Press. Immediate savings from President Roosevelt's Government reorganization program, originally estimated by Demo- crats in Congress at upward of $25,- 000,000, today were said at the Budget Bureau to have been reduced to a rate of around $5,000,000 annually by execu- tive orders modifying the plans. Just what the final savings in the current fiscal year will be under the plan, which becomes effective Thurs- day, officials explained, depends upon how soon the proposed divisions of pro- curement and disbursement can be; set up. Counted on for Big Cut. Uniying Federal buying agencies into a procurement section of the Treasury, and spending agencies into a disbursing unit of that department, was counted on in the original esti- mates to slash Pederal expenditures from $18,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year. This phase of the reorganization has been postponed under an executive order giving Secretary Woodin until De- cember 31 to get the divisions func- tioning. Budget Bureau officials explained the delay was necessary because of the va- rious ramifications of the old system of buying supplies and disbursing funds, consisting of around 3,000 units and extending through all departments and bureaus, which required slow going in setting up unified successors. Costing $1,600,000 a Month. Each month that passes without the | unified agencies being set up, it was estimated, meant a failure to achieve a saving of about $1.600,000 a month. Postponing the proposed 25 per cent reduction in funds for agricultural ex- tension work, vocational education and the like took between $1.500,000 and $2,000,000 from the original savings estimates. Budget officials expect a savings of between $2,000.000 and _$3.000.000 through abolition of the Prohibition Bureau and transfer of its functions to Justice and Treasury Department agencies, and a similar amount from the numerous other phases of reorgani- zation. ARMOUR APPROVES PACT WITH HAT Agreement, if Ratified, Would | Provide Withdrawal of Marines From Island. By the Associated Press. A new agreement may remove mn-i rines from Hait! for the first time since | an angry mob on July 26, 1915, dragged | President Guillaume Sam from refuge in the French legation and killed him. This new agreement was signed in Port au Prince, Haitian capital. by | Norman Armour, American Minister. | It provides withdrawal of American | Marines from the Haitian constabulary | so only natives will officer the “garde” by October 1, 1934. Thirty davs later the Marine brigade of about 800 men would leave the island. Rejected Similar Proposal. Just last year, the Haitian Congress rejected a similar proposal on the ground it left withdrawal of Marines | in doubt and omitted necessary specifi- | cations as to the island republic’s financial affairs. Revolutions and bloodshed have characterized the island’s history. | From 1910 to 1915 it had seven presi- | dents. In the 1915 revolution the party led | development. Adyvisers on Code For Theater Hail From Broadway By the Associated Press. To assure that - both stage workers and mansgement get a square deal, the National Re- covery Administration will im- port its industrial advisers direct from Broadway for the hearing on a code of fair competition for the legitimate theater industry. Mrs. Mary Rumsey, chairman of the Consumers’ Advisory Board of the administration, today named Heywood Broun, news- paper columnist, and Joseph Wood Crutch, suthor, to repre- sent the theatergoers at the hearing. ROOSEVELT ORDERS ARBORETUM FUND $171,638 Allocated by Presi- dent for Acquisition of 200-Acre Traet. Byworder of President Roosevelt $171,- 638.75 has been allocated to the De- partment of Agriculture from National Industrial Recovery funds for the ac- quisition of lands for the National Ar- boretum between the Bladensburg road and the Anacostia River. About 200 acres are involved. The new lands to be purchased will fill in gaps between previously acquired | parcels, in order to make the arboretum | large enough to go forward with actual About 190 acres had been purchased before and about 400 acres of Govern- ment-owned land are being added by reclamation, from the Anacostia flats. Thus, when the new lands are added, the total arboretum would amount to nearly 800 acres. It includes a widely varied landscape with two hills—Mount Hamilton and Hickey Hill—together with lowlands and reclaimed water front, along the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. The first project planned in the ar- boretum, it was predicted by Dr. Fred- erick V. Coville, acting director of the | arboretum, will be the raising of rapid- growing timber trees, which it is hoped to produce there. ITALIAN PLANE LAND IN AZORES FROM NEWFOUNDLAND __ (Continued From First Page) | as the ships took the air in threes. He had studied weather reports from Horta. the Azores, just before leaving, and i | above the limitations herein set forth | UBLISHERS OFFER NEWSPAPER CODE Shorter Hours, Higher Wages Provided—Right of Free Press Reserved. By the Assoclated Press. The American Newspaper Publishers Association today proposed to the Re- covery Administration a code for news- paper operations, providing shortening of hours, minimum wages higher than provided in the blanket agreement, maintenance of existing contracts, and the reservation of the constitutional right of a free press. In the document, for which approval was requested, the pyblishers agreed: After August 81, or before then upon the approval by the President, not to employ any person under 16 years of age, except for the delivery or sale of newspapers where such work does not interfere with hours of day school and except persons between 14 and 16 years of age for other work between 7 a.m. and 7 pm, not to exceed theee hours per day. in employment in other than mec}::mcnl or manufacturing depart- menf Contracts Excepted. Not to' work any accounting. clesical. office, service or sales employes (except outside employes) in any office or de- partment for more than 40 hours in any one week, except as provided in existing contracts and agreements. Not to employ any factory or me- chanical worker or aftisan more than 40 hours per week, except as provided in existing contracts and agreements: but with the right to work a maximum week of 44 hours for any six weeks with any six months period during the term of this agreement. Professions Exempted, ‘That the maximum hours fixed above shall not apply to professional persons employed in their profession; nor to employes employed in a managerial, ex- ecutive or supervisory capacity who re- celved more than $35 per week: nor to speclal cases where restrictions of hours of highly skilled workers on continuous processes would unavold- ably reduce production; but, in any such special cases, at least time and cne-third shall be paid for hours worked in excess of the maximum, ex- cept as provided in existing contracts and agreements. However, when necessary, because of | an emergency, overtime and extra shifts | | | shall be permitted, provided that no | employe, other than one engaged on | emergency maintenance or repair work, | shall be permitted to work more than 48 hours in any one week. Under the code, it was also agreed: Not to any full time accounting. clericgl, of . service or sales employes, | excepfoutside employes in any office or department, less than $15 per week in any city of over 500,000 population or in | the immediate trade area of such city; nor less than $14.50 per week in any city of between 250.000 and 500,000 or in the Immediate trade area of such city: nor less than $14 a week in cities | of between 2,500 and 250,000 popula- pronounced everything ready. Before dawn mechanics inspected the glant ships. An hour before the de- | parture the pilots rowed out to the moored planes. The present jaunt is one of the long- est of the journey. the fleet would reach the destination well before nightfall. Fourth Leg of Journey. ‘The flight to the Azores is the fourth leg of the homeward journey from Chi- cago, the fleet having stopped at New York and Shediac, New Brunswick, before reaching Shoal Harbor. Pirst plans were for a flight by way of Ireland, but as nearly two weeks passed without favorable weather, Gen Balbo decided to play safe and fly by way of the Azores and Lisbon. A handful of excited New Found- landers cheered the leader as he waved good-by from the boat that carried him out to his machine. Before the take-off one of the pilots predicted that they would reach the Azores in about 11 hours. The entire squadron was on the wing at 3:10 am. The weather was fine and clear, with a light westerly wind, and reports from the Azores were con- sidered favorable. Plan Brief Stop at Azores. After a brief stop at the Azores. Gen. Balbo intends to press on to Lisbon and thence homeward to Italy to be honored with the title of air marshal by Premier Mussolini for his achieve- ment in bringing the squadron safely It was expected that | tion or less than $12 per week in towns of less than 2,500 population. | Organizations Represented. | The proposed code was submitted in | behalf of the daily newspapers of the United States—members of the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers’ Association, | the Inland Press Association, the South- ern Newspaper Publishers’ Association the New England Publishers’ Associa: tion and other organizations of pub- lishers. In a letter accompanying the code | signed by Howard Davis, president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, he stated the board of that association, its Federal Laws Com- mittee and representatives of the other The Newspaper Code Week of 40 Hours Fixed for Clerical and Mechanical Forces—Employes Given Collective Bargaining Right. By the Associated Press. HE K. R. A. code proposed today, under which daily newspapers would operate, follows, textual- ly: Code of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Associa- Preambie. The assoclation as referred to herein shall mean the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association and all daily and /or Sunday newspapers which sign this code. ‘The term “newspapers” as used here- in shall include daily and /or daily and Sunday newspapers. ‘The term “newspaper publishing” as used herein is defined to mean the pub- lishing of newspapers issued daily, and, when such is the case, on Sundays, in | the United States. The term “publishers” as used herein shall include individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations which are actually engaged in the publishing of dag)l' and /or Sunday newspapers. rpose : Being in sympathy with the spirit and purpose of the national industrial recovery act, but realizing the consti- tutional limitations upon the applica- tion of various provisions of the act to the press, this association, whose members are engaged in newspaper publishing, desires to present this code to the President, the better to forward the program looking toward the eco- nomic and business recovery of the United States, the necessity for which 1s stated In title 1, section 1 of the act. The Association. The American Newspaper Publishers’ Association is a voluntary membership corporation, not for profit, organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. A copy of its by- laws is hereto attached, marked ex- hibit A, and asked to be read as a part hereof. Membership within the asso- ciation is open to any publisher who conforms to the requirements of mem- bership therein, but for the purposes of this code, any publisher, who finds it impracticable to become a member of the association, but who subscribes hereto, shall be considered as having accepted his share of responsibility and shall be entitled to the benefits of its provisicns. This code shall take effect upon ap- proval by the President and shall con- tinue i force until June 15, 1935, un: less prior thereto the President shall by proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution declare that the emer- gency recognized by section 1 of the act has ended. in either of which evend it shall terminate. Obligations of Members. Publishers agree: (1) After August 31. 1933, or prior thereto upon approval by the President, not to employ any person under 16 years of age (a) except for the delivery or sale of newspapers where such work does not interfere with hours of day school, and (b) except persons between 14 and 16 years of age for other work between 7 am. and 7 p.m., not to ex- ceed three hours per day, in employ- | ment in other than mechanical or man- ufacturing departments. (2) Not to work any accounting. cler- ical, office, service or sales employes (except outside employes) in any office or department for more than 40 hours |in any one week, except as provided in | existing contracts and agreements. (3) Except as provided in existing contracts and agreements, not to em- ploy any factory or mechanical worker or artisan more than 40 hours per week, but with the right to work a maximum {week of 44 hours for any six weeks within any six months’ period during the term of this agreement. | (4) That the maximum hours fixed |in_the foregoing paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to professional per- | organizations have been in almost con- | tinuous session on the problem for more than two weeks past |~ “During that period.” said Davis. | “they have been in constant contact | with publishers throughout the country and feel certain the code herewith sub- | mitted will receive almost unanimous support_from publishers of daily news- papers.” The code was signed for the Ameri- can_Newspaper Publishers’ Association by Davis, as president. | Davis said it provided “for minimum wages higher than in the blanket agreement.” Comparison between the schedule prozesed and that embraced in the blanket code showed the rates were | identical from a $15 a week minimum | in cities of over 500.000 population | down to $14 in communities of from sons employed in their profession: nor {to employes employed in & managerial, | executive or supervisory capacity who | receive more than $35 per week; nor to . . special cases where restrictions of hours | of highly skilled workers on continuous “ processes would unavoidably reduce pro- duction, but in eny such special case | at least time and one-third shall be paid | for hours worked in excess of the maxi- mum, except as provided in existing | contracts and agreements. However, when necessary, because of an emer- In the letter transmitting the code, | S¢OCY. overtime and extra shifts above the limitations herein set forth shall be permitted, provided that no employe, other than one engaged on emergency maintenance or repair work, shall be permitted to work more than 48 hours in any one week. (5) Not to pay any full-time employes of the classes mentioned in paragraph (2) less than $15 per week in any city it is not the purpose of this code to require the payment of punitive over- time rates and that in any city where there is a sufficiency of competent labor, publishers in the readjustment of their schedules of hours of employment, not subject to existing contracts and agree- ments, shall be free to readjust such schedules within the maximum hours hereinbefore provided, at rates of pay not less than the minimum so provided, and that no law, rule, regulation or order of any organization or group of employes shall require a publisher, as a part of this code, to pay punitive rates for services rendered within the maxi- mum hours of work hereinbefore speci- fied; further, that in any city where there is no surplus of labor of any par- ticular class or classes essential to the production of a daily newspaper, the maximum hours specified in paragraphs | (2) and (3) shall not apply, and upon due certification to the National Re- covery Administration of the fact that there is no surplus, publishers may em- ploy any employe not to exceed 48 hours in any one week at pro rata rates of pay, based on the maximum hours specified in paragraphs (2) and (3). Nothing in the adoption and accept- ance of this code shall be construed as waiving, abrogating or modifying any rights secured under the Constitution of the United States or of any State, or limiting the freedom of the press. It is mutually understood that be- cause of the limitations of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States nothing in this code shall be construed as authorizing the li- censing of publishers and,/or newspapers or as permitting injunction proceedings which would restrain the publication of newspapers. American Newspapers Association, By HOWARD DAVIS, President. Publishers’ EDGERTON, WITHT!, SETS PACE AT GOLF North Carolinian Tops Field | of 47 in First Round of U. S. Amateur Test. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLUB, Chevy Chase, Md., August 8.—Edward Edgerton, a short, middle-aged golfer from Raleigh, N. C., played the Colum- bia Country Club course in 71, one above par, to lead a field of 47 entrants today in the first round of the elimin- ation tests for the National Amateur Championship here. Bald-headed and rotund, Edgerton, | who has won many tournaments in the | Carolinas, picked up 5 Mirdies as he | paced the fast field over the first round. | He sank putts from all distantes and |all angles to play the course in 36 and 35. | Miller B. Stevinson. Columbia vet- eran, and J. W Harvey, jr., of Indian Spring were tied with Fred Savage of Baltimore for second place, all with cards of 75. Billy Howell, Richmond !star and Walker Cup team member, scored a disappointing 81. Others Are Close Up. At least a dozen Washington players were within reaching distance of quali- fication as the second round started this afternoon. Roger Peacock, Dis- trict and Maryland champion, scored 8 76 to tie with Luther Steward of Congressional. Chandler Harper of Nor- folk and Charles W. Kent of Richmond at that figure. Other scores were: Fred Newnham, Raleigh, N. C., 77; A. S. Gardiner, jr, Columbia, and W' D Waxter, jr. Baitimore. 78; Donald Woodward, Columbia; Billy Dettwiler, Manor; Franklin Parks, Congressional, and Ralph S. Fowler, Washington, 80. Richard Lunn, Chevy Chase: J. J Speer, Baltimore; Frank C. Goodwin and Billy Howell, Richmond, 81. Harry G. Pitt of Manor. former Dis- | trict champion, scored an 83 and needed | a fine score this afternoon to gualify. | Donald McPhail, Baltimore C. C., 7 Nelson MacRae. Wiimingtcn, N. C. 78: Harry A, Wisotzkey, York, Pa., 79; J. W. Gitt,” Hanover, Pa., 80; Martin F. McCarthy, Columbia, 80; E. J. Carver, RO3S! AND CODOS THANK AMERICANS French Flyers Grateful for Aid Given Before Start of Epochal Flight. BY the Associated Press. RAYAK, Syria, August 8.—When the French distance flyers, Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, arose today refreshed after a long sleep they expressed thanks to their own government first and next to Americans for the warm sympathy and ald given them before the start of their epochal New York- to-Rayak flight. “We are immensely happy the aviators said as officers and men of the little French military airfield crowded about them, renewing the congratula- tions given last night to the tired men who in about 56 hours flew one-fourth of the way around the globe. Make Fine Landing. Their plane, the Joseph Le Brix, came down to & beautifyl landing at 5:10 pm., G.M.T. (12:10 pm. E.S. T), yesterday, an hour after they had in- formed the military commandant by wireless that they were coming. The whole post was out to greet them. When the monoplane stopped rolling Rossi and Codos, stiff and tired, clam- bered out of the great ship and greeted their own countrymen with great joy. They said they wanted three things —to report their success to the air ministry, to send their greetings and love to their wives and to sleep. Take Bath First. But before sleeping they wanted a bath, and they got it. Then they stretched out on army beds in the desert barracks just as the sun was going down. The blistering heat subsided and the aviators were comfortable in the shel- tered room. They complained that even over the Atlantic the cabin of their plane became hot. GERMANS REBUKE FRENCH AND BRITISH | Tell Powers Interference in Reich- Austrian Impasse Is Not Welcome. By the Associated Press BERLIN, August 8—Germany has told France and Britain that their in- terest in the German-Austrian imp is not welcome. French and British Ambassadors handed the German foreign office ic tical notes saying German pro activities in Austrian politics v the spirit of four-power treaty, and w in the situation The Berlin_governm were told, fails to see applying provisions of three nations and Italy re in Rome and why they in the present situation. An official communique d tion the Italian stand, bu the Italian Ambascador w Wilhelmstrasse yesterda out that Germany had the ently ouid inie | provisions of the accord “Germany con the inciden: closed.” the statement as:erted The representations arose circulation of pamphlets tors attacking the Austrian govern- ment under Chanceilor Engiebert Do fuss and broadcast speeches in of a like character. These moves British and French gov ts hold. are not compatible w ermany’s obligations under the Versailles treaty, in wheih Germany agreed to respect Austria’s independence, nor with the four-power agreement for European peace. EXTORTION ATTEMPT CHARGED TO NURSE Accused of Demanding $50,000 on Threat of Killing Daughter {of over 500,000 population or in the n | immediate trade area of such city: nor {less than $14.50 per week in any city | of between 250.000 and 500,000 or in | Entering by way of raiders destroyed the mirror behind | the bar, broke glasses and confiscated avoided at all costs. We have the treaty right to send troops there, but we won't. Such a would make our Manchurian 2,500 to 250.000 population. Davis pointed out, however, that i communities of less than 2500, the press code provides a minimum of $12 Manor, 82; Frank C. Ford, Charleston. S. C. 82; Harry G. Pitt, Manor, 83 Gib §. Arthur, Raleigh, N. C., 85; B Warren Corkran, Baltimore C. C. 85: By the Associated Press over the North Atlantic to Chicago and of New Jersey Man. then returning. Honors are also in store other 95 aviators. | by President Sam was charged with having massacred 167 political prisoners in jail. Sam fled to the French lega- for the | other paraphernalia of the saloon. el ROOSEVELT KEEPS IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH SITUATION IN CUBA (Continued From First Page.) bassador Welles was instructed to| profier his good services simultaneously to the leaders of all factions in the Cuban political and national turmoil. This was taken as positive evidence of | the President’s eagen;ftss to avoid any appearances of partiality. | p’?‘hat the Cuball?l situation had reached proportions resembling a crisis late yes- terday was reported to the President | about 8 o'clock last night. The news reached him with dramatic suddenness. He and Mrs. Roosevelt were giving a picnic to the correspondents and their wives who are with him on his vacation here. The President was just making ready to cut a huge watermelon, and had a long knife raised to operate. when | he received word that William Phillips, | Undersecretary of State, was on the phone with an important message. Picnic Held on Lawn. The picnic party was being held on! the iawn of the cottage on the Valkill Farm of the Roosevelt estate. The din- ner consisted of steak, frankfurters, sweet corn, which had been cooked in a large stone, outdoor fireplace under the personal supervision of Mrs. Roosevelt. and a baked ham, potato salad and ice cream and cake. The President, his mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt; his sis- ter-in-law, Mrs. James Roosevelt, ahd Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall assisted in serv- ing the score or more of guests seated informally about the lawn in a semi- circle facing the roaring fire. The President made joking remarks about “business before pleasure” as he Iaid aside the knife and hurried to the telephone. He returned 1n avout 15 minutes and waited until he had cut the melon be- fore he announced the nature of his re- | rt. po'l'he report was to effect that there had been serious rioting in Havana; that the hotels had been closed and tra tion and supplies cut off. The ‘was summed up as present- ing a critical situation. ~The Presi- dent made no sttemdt to hide this President Stays Up Late. Yhe picnic party later went to the Roosevelt home at Krum Elbow, where the company assembled on the south 1awn overlooking the Hudson, and for the next hour enjoyed a series of new: Teels and feature motion pictures. As the party was breaking up about 11 o'clock the President received an- other call from Washington. and ac- cording to information obtained this morning he remained up for some time st;? policy look ridiculous. Also it would arouse the Latin-Americans just at a time when we are trying to make them forget about our tariffs. That is why you wlll see Mr. Roose- | velt take the long way around in the | Cuban_situation. Henry Morgenthau's fear of the im- minence of a European conflict is ac- cepted higher up as a rather excited viewpoint. More Bark Than Bite. Those who have their feet on the ground inside are inclined to side with State Secretary Hull, who believes there is more bark than bite in Europe's | noise. Quarreling statesmen will have a harder time getting people to fight than they did in 1914. Those who are running the new truth-in-securities set-up have had to pull in their horns. It was found that under their original plans it would have required a full fleet of motor trucks to bring desired infor- mation on a large firm like A. T. & T. The new rule trims requirements * tectors and slain. tion, and on the day of the funerals for the 167 dead was torn from hjs pro- Two hours later United States Mu-‘. rines landed from a cruiser at anchor| in Port au Prince. Quiet was restored and a treaty drawn, Haitians charging that Gen. Smedley D. Butler, com- mander of the Marines, locked thelr Senate in its chamber until it ratified the pact. Obtained Loan on Agreement. In 1919 a new agreement between Haiti and the United States was drawn. | island natives asserting it gave America undue supervision over their financial affairs. But on the basis of that agree- ment Haiti cbtained a loan through a bond issue sold in the United States. About $15,000.000 of that bond issue still is outstanding. The existing| arrangement for American supervisicn of customs would be continued, under the new treaty, until these bonds have been amortized or refunded. Likewise, if the Haitian President de- sires, he may ask the United States to Jeave in the island a number of officers after October 1, 1934, to finish training s0 one truck could do it. Believe it or not, Machado was origi- nally elected as a great liberal and re- former. ‘The six times over-subscription of the last Treasury issue was heartening, but it was accompanied by the usual pad- ding of applications. Nearly all the banks asked for more than they wanted. /- WEAT (| AGAIN RAN.. - The N. R. A. has a number of ad- juncts which are cieating purchasing power faster than it is. One is the $50,- 000,000 refund to cotton farmers for acreage reduction. It stimulated buying strongly ir some sections of the South. Despite current agitation there will be no railroad code. The powers in N. R. A. believe Federal supervision of the roads and their labor is covered by existing legislation which is not amend- ed by the industrial recovery act. The supervision over power companies is dif- ferent. A power code will be expected, despite all you have heard to the con- trary. (Copyright, 1933.) Seeks Johnson as Speaker. C _Soderstrum, president of the fllinois Federation of Labor, and John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federaticn of Labor, arrived here today after midnight for further reports. ‘This morning he was up earlier than his custom 5o as. to resume his con- tions with Washington. < to extend an invitation to Recovery Ad- ministrator Hugh S. Johnson to lfl:fl at Labor day at 8ol 3 Field, Chicago. the native “Garde.” $25,000,000 IN WHOLESALE SALES SEEN IN CHICAGO By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August 8—Wholesale houses hummed with activity today as buyers from virtually every State in the Union converged upon them with apparently but a single purpose—to buy. The occasion was the annual meet- ing of the Interstate Merchants’ Coun- cil, and P. W. Kunning, trade promo- tion director of the Chicago Associa- tion of Commerce, said he expected ap- proximately 20,000 buyers to arrive by tonight prepared to spend a grand tytal of close to $25,000,000. In addition to Fall buying, Kunning sald wholesalers were reporting sales in many instances for Christmas stocks. Both attendance and sales rec- ords were threatened by the enthusi- astic response of the buyers, he said. GIRL IS CRASH VICTIM Seriously Hurt as Motor Cycle and Auto Collide. Flora Kurz, 17, of 716 B street south- west, is in a serious condition in Casualty Hospital from injuries received late yesterday when she was knocked from the rear of a motor cycle on which she was riding at Ninth and F strcets northeast, in a collision with an auto- mobile. X-rays were to be taken to de- termine whether she has a skuil fracture. e Eymard Schuck, 20, of the 600 block of F street southwest, was driver of the motor cycle and David Cohen, 30, of Takoma Park, Md, operator of the automobile. It was still dark when Gen. Balbo was rowed out to his plane for the take-off. As the sun broke through a patch of dark clouds the general's plane roared down the calmy, waters of the harbor and took off ifito the gentle wind. Three minutes later Gen. Aldo Pellegrini led three more flying boats into the air. In quick succession the other members of the armada went aloft. When all the 24 planes were in the air Gen. Balbo led the formaticn up for altitude and then, at his signal | the ships swung about and started across the coast just south of St. Johns in a bee-line course for the Azores. ‘When the armada soared away for the Azores today it carried several thousand pleces of mail for delivery in_Euro] uttcrgepmted in Newfoundland had | 75-cent orange airmail stamps sur- | charged to $4.50, making them the most expensive airmail stamps in the world and just 90 cents higher than the stamps issued in the United States for mail from New York to Rome on the same flight. HARBOR IS CLEARED. Ponta Delgada Prepares to Greet Italian Air Armada. PONTA DELGADA, Azores, August 8 (#)—Everything was prepared this afternoon for the arrival of Gen. Italo Balbo and his Italian air armada. The harbor was cleared for an easy landing. COTTON DROPS $1.50 AFTER CROP REPORT Estimate of 12,314,000-Bale Yield Far Exceeds Trade Expectations and Brings Selling. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 8 —Cotton drop- ped about $1.50 a bale today, following | publication of the first official crop es- timate for the season. All featurés of the Government re- port, which placed the condition of the crop at 74.2, acreage for harvest at 29.- 704,000 acres and indicated yield at 12,- 314,000 bales, were interpreted as bear- ish, traders said, against expectations based on the private reports issued dur- ing theé last few weeks. Prior to the report, which was re- leased at noon, the market remained in 2 narrow range, with trading in small volume. With the publication of the figures, heavy selling came into the mar- ket, forcing all the active contracts well below the previous closing levels. July slumped to 10.46 cents a pound, off $1.55 a bale; May, 10.35, off $1.15, and March, 10.14, $1.35. | home, who refused to reveal her name, per week. In the blanket code, it is stipulated that wages in such towns shall be increased 20 per cent, “pro- | vided that this shall not require wages | in excess of $12 per week.” | WHILE TAKING FRUIT Prince Georges Man Held, Al- though Neighbors Say Woman | Fired Weapon. Two colored children—one 7 and the | other 5—were shot today in the orchard | of the home of Thomas Hutchinson, | 5013 Quarles street, just beyond the District line at Kenilworth, where they were said to have been taking apples. Despite the fact that other residents of the neighborhood asserted a woman did the shooting, Prince Georges Coun- ty police arrested Hutchinson and took him to Upper Marlboro, Md., for ques- tioning > The children—Mildred and Sebrina Green, aged 7 and 5, respectively—were taken to Casualty Hospital, where the older child was found to be shot through the cheek and the younger one through the chest. Later they were re- turned hcme. A woman occupant of the Hutchinson said the youngsters were stealing apples at the time of the shooting. Colored residents of the section have been steal- ing fruit from the Hutchinsons for some time, despite frequent warnings, the woman declared. ‘The children’s rents were present when they were shot, the woman said, adding: “They accused me of doing the shooting, but I didn't even see it.” Mrs. Hutchinson, a Government em- ploye, was at work at the time. A shotgun, found in Hutchinson's possessicn after the shooting, was seized by the police, and Hutchinson was taken to the office of Justice of the Peace Thomas H. Griffith at Forest- ville, Md. Later he was released on $500 bond pending a hearing Thursday. SEEKS STRIKE PEACE . ANDERSON, 8. C., August 8 (#).—A Department of Labor investigator is due here this week to attempt negotiation of a settlement cf the strike of 850 Avpleton Mill workers. The operatives struck some time ago during a disegreem<nt over conditions at_the mill. ‘Washington authorities said E. H. Dunnigan, commissioner of conciliation, would come here to attempt to iron out the trouble. F the immediate trade area of such city; | nor less than $14 per week in any city of between 2500 and 250,000 population or in the immediate trade area of such city; nor less than $12 per week in towns of less than 2,500 population. A full-time employe mentioned in para- graph (2) will receive as much for the shorter day. week, or month, in the event full time is worked, as hereto- fore. A full-time employe mentioned in paragraph (3). in the absence of con- | tracts or agreements obligating work in excess of 40 hours per week, and whose hours of work are reduced in accordance with this code, will be entitled to recelve an hourly rate of pay not less than the hourly rate which prevailed in his com- munity on July 15, 1929, for the same work. Population for the purposes of this code shall be determined by ref- erence to the 1930 Federal census. Further Agreement. 1. That employes shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the in- terference, restraint, or coercion of em- ployers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or | in_self-organization or in other con-| certed activities for the purpose of col- | lective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 2. That no employe and no one seek- ing employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from Joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organigation of his own choosing: 3. That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved or prescribed by the President; and (4) That no employe shall be re- quired to joig, any organization to secure or retain emfployment or to secure the benefits of this code, and the right of every individual to refrain from joining any organization, and the right of em- ploye and employer to bargain together free from Iinterference by any third party, is hereby recognized. Mutual Agreements. It is mutually agreed that during the term of this code nothing herein con- tained shall require publishers to ad- just, abrogate, violate or in any way to deviate from the terms and condi- tions of any contract or agreement now in effect with any employe or group of employes, and where, by the specific terms of such contract or agreement provision is made for the renewal thereof by agreement or by arbitration, nothing herein contained shall serve to abregate such a provision. It is also mutually that nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving any emplcye or group of employes the right to abrogate or violate any con- tract or agreement now in effect with an employer or require an adjustment of the conditions therein provided in any way other than as such adjust- ment is provided for in such contract or_agreement. 1t is further mutuslly agreed: That | Maury Fitzgerald. Kenwcod, 85: Robe! | Shriver, Eldridge, Baltimore, 90; Der- | mott Nee, Cclumbia, 91. MAY REDUCE POWER | OF AIRWAY BEACONS Officials Will Make Flight Tonight i to Test Lights Under Econ- | omy Plan. | | | | _ Beacon lights on the country’s air- | Ways are now destined to feel the pinch of Democratic_economy. If the candlepower in the 2.000 or | more beacons that guide the night ! | dvers across the continent can be re- | duced without, at the same time, de- | creasing their effectiveness, the De- g;:f.gl%r:lt "f;i( Commerc; plans to cut | e expense of | wel]“l as the bulhg. e e or experimental purposes. the 10 | beacon lights on the g"ushingl(m-fil(‘h- mond airway have been reduced in can- | dlepower, and tonight a group of aero- | nautical authorities of the Commerce | Department, in two planes, will fiy to | the Virginia_capital and return to ob- | serve the effect of the change. The fate of the other beacon lights all ever the country depends on the outcome | of this observation trip. The planes will take off promptly at 8 o'clock, one from the Washington Airport, and the other from the field at College Park, Md. In them will be | Ewing Y. Mitchell, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce in charge of aero- nautics; Rex Martin, director of .air- | ways; Charles I. Stanton, chief engi- neer of airways; James C. Edgerton, executive assistant of the aeronautics branch; W. T. Miller, superintendent | of airways; George E. Gardner, chief airline inspector, and Miss B. L. Nolan, secretary to Mr. Mitchell, i 'NIRA, 10WA, IS S SECOND TO OFFER N. R. A. STAMPS By the Assoclated Press. To Nira, a tiny town in Iows, | the honor of being the second lh‘?l:: Nation to offer for sale special postal stamps issued as part of lndunrh: Tecovery program. The post office here will be first, with :“ufi‘."‘& Rt fih cther piaces 1> ust 17, wi follow thereafter. e Nira is the only town in the country with the same name as the initials of the National Industrial Recovery Ad- ministration. It has a fourth-class post office. Four hundred million of the N. R. A. ;t:c:zpa"ne hel;‘gn printed wu’keegd the very camj constan ore the people, ~ ! |8 week ago when she took NEWARK, N. J., August 8—Flora Carol Ravens, a 42-year-old nurse of Bloomfield, was held in Hudson County Jail today charged with sending a let- ter to Alfred B. Square of West Orange, demanding $50.000 on threat of kill- ing Square’s daughter. The letter, received by Square August 1, read: “Leave $50.000 in sllver at main gate, midnight, August 2, or your daughter’s head will pe cut off -+ The woman was taken into custody to the Squares, by whom she was at one time employed, another letter similar in character to the first. She said, police stated, that she had found the letter, addressed to Square. on a street car, and merely delivered it. The hand- Writing on both letters, police said, was similar and the stationery the same She was arraigned yesterday United States Commissioner Joseph F. Holland and remanded to jail when she was unable to supply $3.000 bail She is said by Federal authorities to be the first person to be held in this State under the Federal criminal statute enacted after the kidnaping and slaying of the Lindbergh beby. Safe Driving Hint Keep calm. Get the facts down on paper at once. These should include names of partici pants and witnesses, license num- bers, extent of injuries and so forth. Make a pencil sketch i showing as much detail as pos- . sible. All this information may be of great value to you gr to your insurance company. Do not hesitate to give your name and address to any one who may ask. Never leave the scene until you are justified in doing so. Running away after a se- rious accident is against the law As soon as possible get the in- jured person, if any, to the nearest doctor’s office or hos- pital. Then report to a police- man or at the police station. National SBafety Council.