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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair with slowly rising tem- perature tonight and tomorrow; gentle to moderate northwest, shifting to west winds. Temperatures—Highest, 79, at noon yesterday; lowest, 65, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-4. Closing N. Y. Mafkets, Pages11,12&13 No. 32,609. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. e he Fp WASHINGTON, MACHADO READY TO QUIT; OFFERS HIS OWN PLAN; CUBA “NE ¥ Proposal Names Herrera as Successor. PLAN IS GIVEN TO U. S. ENVOY Calls for Cabinet of| All Political Factions. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 11.—Members of the Executive Committee of President Gerardo Machado’s own Liberal party said today that the government had submitted to United States Ambassador Sumner Welles a counter-proposal by which the President would sur- render his office to Gen. Alberto Herrera, the present secretary of war. | The popular and the conserva- tive parties already have de- manded that the President step down, and now his own political | organization has come forward ' with a plan accomplishing the same object. The action of the Liberals in part reversed their decision yes- terday when they held that Am- bassador Welles was guilty of “in- termeddling” and that his medi- ation activities were prejudicial to the sovereignty of Cuba. Proposal Confirmed. Ramon de Leon and a number of members of the Liberal Executive Com- mittee gave confirmation that the coun- ter-proposal had been submitted. | By this plan the present secretary 014 state, Orestes Ferrara, would resign and Gen. Herrera would be appointed by | President Machado to his post. Thereafter President Machado would ask Congress for a leave of absence, thus opening the way for Gen. Herrera to succeed to the presidency in con- | formity with the provisions of the Cu- ban constitution. Calis for National Cabinet. I Gen. Herrera’s occupancy of the pres- | jdency would be transitory, it was said. | The reason behind the proposal that | he take the position at all is that the | Liberals party, to which President Machado belongs, is unwilling to sur- | render power immediately without a period of readjustment. Gen. Herrera also is a Liberal. | Once he ascended to the presidency, | Gen. Herrera would form & national cabinet representing all the political factions, and the work of mediation in the nation’s political conflict would be continued. Similar to Welles' Plan. This counter-provosal was advanced after Ambassador Welles, who has been | in charge of the work of mediation for | several weeks. had advanced a plar similar in_outline. ) The Welles plan was that President Machado appoint a secretary of state acceptable to all parties and that the President then ask for a leave, turn- ing over power to this secretary of state, who would succeed him and set up a permanent administration. | The counter proposal, understood to have been advanced by the government, provides that after the accession of Gen. Herrera and the subsequent medi- ation negotiations the man ‘accepted | as satisfactory by all factions would be made secretary gf state. Thereupon | Gen. Herrera wduld surrender the "~ (Continued on e 3, Column 1) st e ol v HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE 17 Prostfations Recorded in Vienna. Beer Drinking at Record. VIENNA, August 11 (#).—The heat | wave in Central Europe caused 17 prostrations in Vienna yesterday and %0_in Budapest. Beer consumption in the Hungarian | capital reached a new record and jece; factories were unable to supply the de- mand, with the result that most ice cream parlors were closed tempo- | rarily. JARDINE RESIGNS POST ABILENE, Kans., August 11 (P)—A | cablegram received here yesterday from W. M. Jardine said the former Secretary of Agriculture has resigned as Minister to Egypt and would arrive in New York on the President Pierce September 18. . Nurses Stop Hospital Fire. LONDON. August 11 (P)—Fifty nurses at Brockley Hill Hospital, Dor- setshire, formed a bucket brigade to- day and saved the hospital from the advancing flames of a heath fire which has been burning four days. the arrival of a vessel bringing am air- May Rule Cuba | ALBERTO HERRERA. JOKER SEEN HERE IN CUBAN PROPOSAL Machado Aim to Regain| Office in Elections Held Likely. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Indications that President Machado +Wwould appoint Gen. Herrera as secretary do. of state with the ultimate object of | succeeding him to the presidency of Cuba was considered in well informed | quarters in Washington as a likely move | nor his aides would confirm such a pro- | | on the part of Machado, although the |POSaL | State Department had not yet received | the official confirmation of the fact. The attitude of the American Gov- ernment regarding this proposal is that | if the other parties in Cuba find this agreeable the United States will have nothing to say. Ambassador Welles, it was reaffirmed today by Secretary Hull, while having the full confidence of the | Government, is acting in the Cuban | trouble merely as a friendly mediator. | A considerable amount of doubt was expressed among the’ students of the situation as to the willingness of the | opponents of Machado to accept this | solution. Has Control Over Army. It was pointed out that Gen. Herrera is mot only an important member of | the Liberal party, but is at the present | moment minister of war in the Ma-| chado administration. As such he has complete control over the army and the police. The ob- | jection of the opposition, it is thought, | would be based on the fact that with | Herrera as temporary President there would be no guarantee for a free elec- tion and that he would'use the same | methods as his present chief to bring | (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) JOHNSON CRITICIZES | NEWSPAPERS’ CODE Says Proposals Are Not All Satis-| factory—Conference to Be Held Today. By the Assoclated Press. Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial ad- ministrator, today said theré were “pro- posals which are unsatisfactory” in the proposed code of hours and wages sub- mitted by the American Newspaper Pub- lishers’ Association. Johnson declined at a press confer- | ence to intimate what section he con- sidered cbjectionable, but said the pub- | lishers’ representatives were due at his office some time today to talk over the program. Informed of the acceptance by a num- ber of newspapers of the provisions of A.N.P. A. program, Johnson said “there | cannot be a code until it is approved after a hearing.” Those who sign the blanket re-em- | ployment agreement will be the only! ones immediately entitled to the Blue‘ Eagle signifying adherence to the re- covery program. It has been intimated in sources close to Johnson that he feels there are too many reservations in the newspaper code, and that he objects to its failure to specify short hours for reporters and copy editors. Ellsworth in New Zealand. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, August 11 (#)—Lincoln Ellsworth, American avia- tor and explorer, arrived today to await plane and equipment fo- an Antarctic exploratory flight expedition, of which Ellsworth, Sir Hubert Wilkins and Bernt Balchen are the leaders. The ex- pedition plans to leave New Zealand in November. BLUE EAGLE AERIAL ARMADA FLYS OVER CITY ON WAY SOUTH Six planes in the aerial armada of the Army -Air Corps, enlisted by the Government to_carry the National Re- covery Administration’s blue eagle em- blem over the country, over ‘Washington today en route to the South, just a short time before the flight of | the main body of ships was halted temporarily by bad flying weather along the Atlantic Coast. The six planes, which took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York about | 8 o'clock, stopped at Bolling Field to refuel several hours later, and then continued the flight to the South de- spite a low ceiling along a portion of the route. Three of the planes are | headed for Atlanta and the other three | for Jacksonville. Twenty-eight other Aymy planes, constituting the main body of the armada, scheduled to leave Floyd Ben- nett Pleld later in the day, were held to the ground as weather conditions | became more unfavorable toward noon. Each plane is loaded with N. R. A. stickers and posters. Postmaster General Farley, who went to New York to witness the start of the aerial armada, and Maj. Asa N. Duncan, in command of the flight, said they hoped to get the squadron away some time tomdrrow. The squadron, made up of bombers, observation and . pursuit ships, is to carry the recovery cargo to principal Eastern cities, where it will be broken up and distributed by postal authorities. Two of the planes, scheduled to de- liver N. R. A. bundles to Washington, were in the main body delayed by the weather. Other- cities to which the ph are W DEAL” to go are Philadelphis, ore, Buffalo, Columbia, S. C.; Richmond, Va.; Harrisburg, Pa, and MAPPED Actionon Sugr;lr, Tariff, Debts Included. OUTLINE MADE KNOWN BY U. S. Officials Work on It for Last Four . Months. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., August 11.— Outlines of the State Depart- ment’s program for a new order in Cuba became known today. It was learned that a program providing for a sugar production quota, a complete reorganization of the external and internal debt of the country on a lower basis, a new deal for land development and reciprocal tariff is nearing | completion. The State Department and | friends of Cuba in the United States have been negotiating the plans for the past four months. While Mr. Roosevelt is maintaining the strictest silence awaiting develop- ments in the Cuban crisis, very obviously the Cuban new deal program is what he wants to establish in behalf of the island as soon as the disorders end. There was no amplification today at the Summer White House on the mes- sage given by the President to Ambassa- dor Cintas to relay to President Macha- Some reports express a belief the President has invited Machado to this | country. It would be a way to assure the Cuban head of safety in return for withdrawal, but neither the President The proposed sugar quota has reached | stage of fixing the figure. A limit of 1,750,000 tons of sugar which could be shipped to the United States has been mentioned, but the State Depart- ment is looking favorably upon a higher allotment. Financial Factor Discounted. ‘The sugar-restriction plan is to ap- | plw to the whole region, including other | producing countries, such as Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. It would apply the same system of controlled production and consumption as the President is seeking in country on wheat and cotton ‘The financial situation as a factor in | the island disturbance is discounted by | officials. There is not much sign of interference by the big creditors who have invested heavily in Cuba. Sweeping Revision Planned. However, the State Department pro- | gram does contemplate a sweeping re- vision of the Cuban debt in the interest of reducing taxes. Another factor is a decentralization of land owning. Ap- parently in recent years there has been | a tendency in the island for the small plantation owners to sell out and go to the villages. It is understood that Mexico, anoth- er of the sugar-consuming countries, is co-operating fully in the regional sugar plan, which has as its big purpose the stabilization of this great money crop of the neighboring islands. 924 U. S. WORKERS ON 30-DAY STATUS Shipping Board Group May Either Be Dismissed or Retained on September 10. President Roosevelt has signed an executive order placing the jobs of the 924 employes of the United States Ship- ping Board Bureau of the Commerce De- partment on a 30-day status, it was offi- cially announced today. On September 10, 461 workers in Washington and 463 in the field wiil either be dismissed from the service or pl?ged on a permanent job status, it was sal ‘The executive order came on the heels of the abolition of the old Shipping Boarg and Merchant Fleet Corporation | and the creation of the new agency un- | der Commerce Department supervision as part of the general departmental re- v{rg;nmno., which went into effect yes- erdsy. In order to keep within its reduced appropriation a number of Shipping Board jobs will be vacated. Whether this would take place in the field, or whether it would affect the Washing- ton staff, officials said today they were unable to determine, pending a study by a special committee. The committee is composed of the three members of the old Shipping Board, Admiral Hutch I. Lone, Capt. David W. Todd and Capt. Edward S. Lincoln. The members have started on their examination of clerical records and expect to have their report ready for submission to Secretary of Com- merce Roper through E. Y. Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of marine activities, prior to September 10 . It is understood that each member of the staff will be re-rated according to their present efficiency. WEDDING GIFT FATAL Bridegroom-to-Be Killed in Car Given by Father. By the Assoctated Press. SHARON, Pa., August 11.—In an au- tomobile given them as a wedding present, Charles F. Collins, 28, of Sharon and Miss Rillle Hollabaugh of Middlesex, Pa., crashed into another machine last night on the road to Youngstown, Ohio. Collins was killed and Miss Holla- baugh ‘received a fractured skull. She may not live. They were to have been married to- cday and planned tg start on & honey- moon trip to San Antonio, Tex., where Miss Hollabaugh formerly lived. Edward Collins, father of the young man and owner of the Sharon Pattern Works, gave them the automobile. Another in the injury. eI WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ¥ “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the pap ers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,836 FF (P) Means Associated Press. e TWO CENTS. HuGH JOHNSON'S Hour-A-WEER CODE WOULD AFFORD RESTFUL HER IN CUBA! SOME RELIEF E Famous Scientists, Retired, Lose Pay But Continue Jobs Many Go to Offices Here Daily for Only Retirement Pay, or Work at Home Paying Expenses for Research. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Loss of their jobs through retirement | under the Government’s economy pro- gram has made little difference, so far as work is concerned, to some of the most distinguished scientists of the De- partment of Agriculture. Some of them still go to their offices every day and carry on the same work they were doing before June 15. Re- tirement simply meant a reduction in pay. Others are conducting their ac- tivities for the Government at their own homes and at their own expense tvi,r‘ such incidentals as laboratory sup- Pplies. These men have refused to be “fired.” The retirement order caught them in the midst of their life work. Although all were elderly men, some felt that they barely had made a start on their real work aft- er almost a life- time of prepara- tion. Retirement pay left them with- out funds to enjoy leisure, even if they had looked forward to it. They are convinced their work is of vital im- portance and each man is aware that Dr. Atbert Hassen. he is the only per- son on earth com- petent to carry on his particular job. So there is nothing left to do but keep on working at the same old re- searches. Have No. Office Hours. | _Of course, they no londer are held down to “office hours.” They never were. They worked most of their wak- ing hours. Their jobs were the kind | that could not be “coded.” And they | no longer are subject to orders from a boss” But for years past the “boss” | has left these men strictly alone. An outstanding case is that of Dr. | Albert Hassell of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who was retired nearly a year ago, but has put in nearly full time at his office ever since, com- | muting from his | home _ in Bowie, | Md. Dr. Hassell is one of the world's foremost e x p erts | on animal parasites. | He had mapped | out for himself the preparation of a eomplete catalogue | of ‘medical and | veterinary zoology. of which only the first volume has | been published. It | is recognized as a standard work all |over the world, indispensable to medi- cal research workers. He is determined to finish it. Dr. Hassell has been in the Government service since 1887, (Continued on_ Dr. Vernon Bailey. BOSTON LEADING NATS, 32, INFIFTH Find Thomas in First, Sec- ond and Fifth Innings for Tallies. LINE-UP. WASHINGTON My Goslin. rf. Umpires—Messrs McGowan, Ormsby and Summers. | BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, Augudt 11.—The Boston Red Sox were leading the Nationals | here this afternoon in the second game of a series in the fifth inning. ‘The score was 3 to 2. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON — Myer singled to | right. Goslin flied to Oliver. Manush grounded out to Judge, Myer takingi second. Cronin's high fly in left fell for a hit when Werber barely touched it. Myer scoring. Schulte popped to Wer- ber. One run. BOSTON—Werber flied to Manush. | Waiters sent a long fly to Schulte.| | Cooke grounded to Myer. No runs. SECOND INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Kuhel grounded to Walters. McManus threw out Bluege. Iwnlteu threw out Sewell. No runs. TWO WEEKS GIVEN 10 SETTLE WAGES D. C. Commissioners Allow Catalano Co. Time for Back Pay Adjustment. The District Commissioners today PRISON ENPLOYES MUST TAKE PAY CUT Controller Gives Ruling on Proposed 5-Day Week for Civilian Workers. ‘The blue eagle is just so much syn- gave the Catalano Comstruction Co. of | thetic ornithology to Controller Gen- Baltimore two weeks in which to settle claims by bricklayers for back Wages for working on the Phelps Vocational School Building, Twenty-fourth and H streets northeast. At the same time the Commissioners overruled a protest filed by the company against a_scale of 35 cents an hour for eral McCarl and in ccnsequence a pro- posal to put civilian prison labor on a five-day week basis can only be ac- complished by a corresponding pay cut. Mr. McCarl made his position clear eral, who asked for advice cn pro- cedure to be followed in making de- (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) COL. FREDERICK PALMER Famous Correspondent IN CUBA FOR THE STAR C UBA’S flaming crisis, with the possibility of United States armed intervention and the unpredictable com- plications this may bring, has plunged Fredenick Palmer into swift action again. * ok kK Col. Palmer, internationally known writer and war corre- spondent, has been rushed to Havana to report and inter- pret for The Star the dramatic developments now Cuba first-page news. * k % % making His daily dispatches will pre- sent an expert, vivid narrative of a dangerous situation the whole world is following. * % % % ‘You know Frederick Palmer. Famous as a COrrespon dent in the World War! With the first Japanese Army in the field against Russia! With the ex- Edmon for the relief of Peiping in 1900! e Decorated with D.S.M.! A veteran of many fighting fronts! * % X x R WATCH FOR HIS DISPATCHES IN THE STAR. today in a letter to the Attorney Gen- | | BOSTON—Roy Johnson doubled to | center. Ferrell singled to right, scor- {ing Roy Johnson. Judge sacrificed, Thomas to Kuhel. McManus flied to| | Goslin, Ferrell taking third after the | catch. Oliver flied to Schulte. One run. | ‘THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Thomas flied Oliver. Myer struck out. Goslin popped | | to Walters. No runs. BOSTON—Henry Johnson doubled against the left field fence Werber sacrificed, Bluege to Myer, who covered first. Walters flied to Goslin and Henry | Johnson scored after the catch, barely | beating Goslin’s fine throw. Cooke | walked. Cooke stole second, Sewell's | throw went to center and Cooke con- tinued to third when Cronin failed to cover. The shortstop was charged with an error. Roy Johnson flied to Goslin. One run. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Manush singled to center. Cronin hit a long fly to Oliver. | Schulte fanned. Manush stole second. | Kuhel walked. Bluege took a third | strike. No runs. | BOSTON—Thomas tossed out Ferrell. | He also tossed out Judge. McMarus lined to Manush. No runs. FIFTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Sewell singled to left. Thomas, attempting to sacrifice, popped to Judge. Myer singled to cen- ter, sending Sewell to third. Goslin forced Myer, Walters to Werber, Sewell scoring the tieing run. Manush flied to Roy Johnson. One run. BOSTON—Oliver singled to right. Henry Johnson sacrificed, Kuhel to! Myer, who covered first. Bluege got Werber's foul. Walters singled to left, scoring Oliver and Walters was out try- ing to take second, Manush to Thomas to Myer. One run. TWO FATALLY INJURED IN BUS-CAR ACCIDENT By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Ind, August 11.—A man and a woman were fatally injured and a number of other persons were cut and bruised when a bus collided with an automobile near here early to- day. William Motter of Lima, Ohio, driver of the automobile, and Mrs. ‘Thomas Poland of Sidney, Ind., were the persons killed. ‘The bus was carrying 24 residents of Sidney to the Century of = position at Chicago. Mrs. Poland was the wife of the bus driver. A man tra in Motter’s car was so badly injured he was unable to give his name. The accident occurred on'a curve 2 miles east of Sidney. * Amusements Comics Features Finance . OPEN SHOP CLAUSE INN.R.A. COAL CODE BLOCKS ADCPTION Producers Said to Be Still Determined to Keep Union From Encompassing Labor. FLATLY REJECT REQUEST TO REMOVE PROVISION Gen. Johnson Indicates Adminis- tration Will Act if Operators Fail to Agree. By the Assoclated Press. Coal men themselves today were un- | able to find any indication that two | days of hearings before the National | Recovery Administration had brought bituminous mine operators nearer a settlement of their major differences over fair practice agreements for the industry. Nearly ‘all producers from the great Appalachian fields, reaching from Cen- tral Bennsylvania to Tennessee, were said t0 be still determined to keep the United Mine Workers of America from encompassing their miine labor. | They said that if the open-shop clause in their code went out, the re- moval would be the work of the N. R. A. Indications were today that the admin- istration would do this if necessary. The coal men flatly turned down a request by Donald Richberg, general counsel for the N. R. A, to follow the steel industry and remove the clause themselves. The second major difference—mini- mum wages—was even farther from set- tlement. The administration with one word could wipe out the open-shop | clause, but adjustment of all the dif- ferentials in the various wage scales would be a complicated task. Complicated, that is, unless the plan advocated by Frank E. Taplin, Cleve- land operator, were adopted. Taplin said the $5 basic minimum wage for underground labor, advocated by the United Mine Workers. should be blan- keted over the industry, without differ- entials. . Administration May Act. Indication that the Recovery Ad- ministration would remove the ‘“open shop” labor provision if the operators themselves do not agree to withdraw the propotal was given today by Hugh 3. Johnson, industrial administrator. In response to questions of reporters, | the administrator repeated a previous | declaration {hBt the industrial act's | guarantee of collective bargaining for labor could not be modified. In presenting the code the bituminous operators r section 7 providing for collective bar- gaining, but added a paragraph assert- | ing that collective bargaining with the company’s own employes and not a national union was intended. Johnson pointed out that there had never yet been a code presented to President Roosevelt for promulgation upon which an agreement had not been reached within the industry, but he added that “we may be arriving at a different situaticn.” Meanwhile, the Recovery Administra- tion was told that conditions in the Arkansas-Oklahoma bituminous indus- try were so much worse than in the rest of the country that this territory was entitled to special treatment in the industry’s code of fair competiticn. Earl Cobb, representing the Arkansas- Oklahoma Smokeless Coal Bureau, at the third day of hearings on proposed codes, said his group favored the code offered by union operators and sup- ported by United Mine Workers, provided the present wage scales in the Arkansas- | Oklahoma territory were permitted to remain as they are. He said the miners realized the con- | ditions there made the lower wage | scale necessary and were agrecable to the exemption. Telling of the inroads made into the coal industry by natural gas and fuel oil in this territory, Cobb painted a| bleak picture of the Arkansas-Oklahoma | coal fields. | “We will not profit by any general | increase in business,” he said. “The operators and miners of our territory | are anxious only to hold the small part | of business which they have. Unless oil and natural gas prices are raised at the same time as coal prices it will have a disastrous effect upon us.” Union Code Is Defended. He said the operators he represented. who at present have contracts with the United Mine Workers, believed, however, | that adoption of a code would tend to eliminate unfair competition within the industry. He said the wage scales be- ing paid in the region now ranged from 47 cents to 53 cents an hour for under- ground work. While this is lower than the rate proposed by the union code, it is higher than the rates proposed in the code submitted by the non-union op- erators. The second witness was Howard Sho- walter, president of the Continental Coal Corporation of Fairmont, W. Va., who made a general defense of the Union code, saying that every operator in the United States, either personally or by group representation, had been invited to participate in its framing, and that | “there were no self-appointed commit. tees that wrote any feature of this cod He said the wage differentials con- tained in the code, which include a 5 per cent lower basic scale for the South- ern districts, “are presumed to be fair.” “Living conditions are pretty much the same in most districts, therefore | differentials can only be properly based | up&n working conditions,” Showalter | i | He was followed by two other opera- tors urging adoption of the union code, George K. Smith of Columbus, Ohio, representing the Sunday Creek Coal Co., included the controversial | » | ensuing panic. JOHNSON" PREDICTS "ECONOMIC DEATH’ TONRA. VIOLATORS “Blu_e Eagle” Will Come Out of Windows if Offended, Press Informed. RECOVERY CAMPAIGN TO GAIN INTENSITY Intrastate Utilities and Similar Business Not to Escape Regulative Power, Says Administrator. By the Associated Press. A flat prediction that a case of revo- cation of the “Blue Eagle,” emblematic of compliance with the National Re- covery Administration, will arise and that it will mean “economic death” to S. Johnson, the N. R. A. administrator. At his press fpnference Johnson prome ised that violators of modified presie dential re - employment agreements would be disciplined if it were found that they were not complying with their pledge to raise wages and increase em= ployment by shortening work hours. He added, however, that he intended to let the situation rest for a brief pe- riod in the hands of local committ “But the time is coming,” Johnson said, “when somebody is going to take ope of these Blue Eagles off of some one's window in a clear-cut case.” “And that is going to be a sentence of economic death,” the administrator added sternly, leveling his finger at the newspaper men gathered before him, Intrastate Application. Questioned concerning the status of intrastate utilities and similar busi- nesses, Johnson said that while they might not be within the regulative power of the national recovery act, the blue eagle would reach them. He pointed out that the possibility of strictly intrastate operations being be= yond Federal control is one of the reas sons “for this blue eagle business.” “This blue eagle doesn’t know anye- Llhing about intrastate and interstate commerce,” the administrator said, "arfid I think it's working cut pretty well.” Commenting on his visit to Baltimore for an address last night, he said un- employment figures and the number of blue eagles on the windows there did not appear to be in conformity, but that the Recovery Administration's ad- visors there had expressed satisfaction li’ll;ltb the problem was working out all right. The administrator repeated that it was not intended to set up a police or- ganization within the Recovery Admin- istration. He said one of the reasons the Federal Trade Commission had failed to accomplish the objectives set for it by its proponents was that it had become a “‘policeman.” Good Faith Assumed. Violations of permanent codes, where they are not cleared up after concilia- tory action by the administration, will be Teferred to the Federal Trade Com- mission and then to the Departmen of Justice if necessary, the adminis- trator explained, but said “We are going to assume good faith untii we see something different.” Meanwhile, a presidential order and governmental example pushed along the Recovery Administration’s campaign to “buy under the Blue Eagle emblem.” Closely following the remark by Gen. Johnson that “it would be curious” if the Government dealt with firms not coming in under the recovery program, President Roosevelt last night backed the administrator’s words with a presi- dential order virtually fulfilling John- son’s prediction. Mr. Roosevelt, at the Summer White House, issued an executive order that al® Government contracts would be can- celed if the contractor did not comply with the recovery code. Government contracts eventually will include a big | part of the $3,300,000,000 public works und. At almost the hour the presidential order was issued, Johnson, in his ad- dress at Baltimore, sa¥d “thé public must buy now, it must buy under the Blue Eagle and it must buy to the full of its reasonable and prudent needs.” This, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) LIGHTNING KILLS TWO Bolt Strikes in Midst of 150 Chil- dren at Calisthenics. COUTANCES, France, August 11 (P —Lightning striking in the midst of 150 children, who were performing set- ting-up exercises today at a vacation camp at Gouville-Sur-Mer, hurled all of them to the ground, fatally burned a 12-year-old boy and instantly killed the 19-year-old instructor Seventeen of the children were se- verely bruised by being rushed in the A sudden violent clap of thunder accompanied the bolt. HOPE TO MAKE FLIGHT JULIANEHAAB, Greenland, August 11 (#).—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Linde bergh hoped weather conditions wouid favor a flight today to Angmagsalik, whence they planned to continue to Reykjavik, Iceland, on their northern air-mapping tour. - Otherwise, it was said, they may re- and Herbert E. Howard of Chicago, rep- resenting the Binkley Coal Co. turn to the United States aboard their supply ship. Although two months old today, the national industrial recovery adminis- tration’s headquarters is still in a state of confusion. . ‘The extent of the confusion was brought out vividly hy:lterdly when a Sarchof her rst pay envelope, onl to Searc! ler envel ), Ol find after umn:p:ty: several officials that she had not been officially em- 1t ha this way, according to all versions— Radio . Serial Fiction Society woman had just com- her application for ith the administration. HARD-WORKING N. R. A. TYPIST FINDS SHE IS NOT ON PAY ROLL She used a typewriter in the office of one of the officials. While she was writing the executive assigned to that particular office turned to her suddenly. “Take this letter,” he commanded. ‘The applicant grabbed a stenographic note book and obeyed. For one month g [she continued to take dictation from this executive, while others have sent her on various errands. She said she worked hard each day and thus thought, it was time for the paymaster to be making his call. After several hours of waiting in line in front of the door of the nnel officer, she was told by that official that the administration could find no record that she was hired. It is un- memmom »