Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1933, Page 4

A—4 ®x¥ BANKERS REQUEST NEW LEGISLATION National Association Ex- presses Opposition to Fed- eral Guaranty of Deposits. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 6.—The Amer- jcan Bankers' Association expressed its opposition to the Federal guaranty cf bank deposits today in a resolution asking the national administration to create a commission to draft new bank- ing legislation immediately. Under the act of 1933 the Govern- ment has undertaken to insure deposits of $2,500 or less after January 1, 1934. The resolution, sponsored by the na- tional banking division of the associa- tion and adopted by the full conven- tion, pointed out that there still re- mained time for a commission to study the entire American banking system and prepare legislation to supersede the guaranty act before it became effec- t We recommend,” it read, “to the national administration at Washington that it seek means for postponing the initiation of deposit insurance which under provisions of the banking act of 1933 would be in operation at the be- ginning of 1934." Fresident Roosevelt told the bankers yesterday he expects them to unleash the flow of credit and enable industry and commerce to take the fullest ad- vantage of the national recovery act. “I am confident you will work with me to meet the credit needs of indus- try and trade,” he said in a speech read before the convention. Two of the administration’s spakes- men, Gov. Eugene R. Black of the Fed- eral Reserve Board and Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, stressed in even stronger tones a demand that banks loosen their credits. Co-operation Urged. Co-operation between State and Fed- eral authorities in the authorization of new banks and branches, the divorc- ing of bank supervision from politics, modification of eligibility provisions ot the Federal Reserve act and gradual extension of branch banking were urged today by George V. McLaughlin, president of the Brooklyn Trust Co. McLaughlin said a unified banking system under a single supervision should be attained, but temporarily he suggested legislation to remove the possibility of “competition in laxity” between the two sets of supervisory authorities—Federal and State. ‘The President said he understood the courage and judgment required after a period of drastic liquidation in apprais- ing security and extending credit. He declared the matter required immedi- ate attention from the bankers toward “putting savings to gainful use.” President Roosevelt said in his mes- sage that “splendid results” had come from the national banking act, which provides for a guaranty of bank de-| Pposits of less than $2.500. | A short time earlier, President Fran- cis H. Sisson of the Bankers’ Associa- tion had expressed an opposite view, terming it a law which “largely repeats the old mistakes on a bigger scale.” ! Sisson objected particularly to the bank guaranty provision of the law, declaring gueranty laws had failed on many previous trials in various States. | He expressed the opinion that bank- ing had brought about its own improve- ment and classed that improvement as “one of the more important factors of national recovery, as distinguished from ificial and highly debatable po- asures that have commanded the attention of the public.” Objects to Clause of Act. In addition fo the bank guaranty use, Sisson said he objected to pro- visions in the act which forced banks to give up investment activities and which gave to the “politically appoint- ed” Federal Reserve Board the power to control credit movements of member banks. “Soclety sought its scapegoat for the depression and landed with remarkable unanimity upon the banker as the demon responsible for all its troubles,” Sisson said in explaining what he termed the forces responsible for bring- )i)ug about the Federal regulations on aLKS. A high percentage of bank failures of the past, he said, have been caused by the policy of allowing charters for banks of small capital in communities 1ot needing them, such as many vil- lages of less than 300 population. Circulation to Be Increased. Black told the conventiod that cir- culation of new currency would be in- creased as soon as business provided work for it. He reviewed steps taken to decrease cotton, wheat and pork production by paying bounties to farmers as some of the ways in which new currency could be used. Among the resolutions expected to be indorsed by the bankers' convention was one pledging co-operation with President Roosevelt's program for easier credit to continue the upswing of bus- Jones asserted banks do not require more than 50 per cent liquidity and suggested that institutions tying up assets to a larger extent than that were hoarders. “Hoarders of available credit are lit- tle better than hoarders of currenc; he said. “By no stretch of the imagi- pation can a solvent bank need more than 50 per cent liquidity and 40 per cent should be aplenty. Declared Discouraging. “Calling loans and forcing liquidation, as some highly liquid banks have done, and are still doing. breaks men's hearts, destroys values, often the savings of & lifetime, and created unemployment. Certainly there is no reason why this policy should not now be reversed by the tightest of the tight. “With the return of confidence and all the credit faciilties available banks can adopt a fair and helpful lending] policy without the slightest risk to their own situations.” Jones also_told the bankers they need have no apprehension about the deposit insurance feature of the new bank law if the capital structure of the country is made invulnerable, adding: “And those of you who think you are i get rid of deposit insurance at ion of Congress simply do not know your Congress.” H. O. Edmonds of Chicago was elect- ed president of the trust division, suc- cecding R. M. Sims of San Francisco. Other officers elected were Leon M. Little of Boston, vice president; Lewis E. Pierson oi New York, Robert Gris- wold of Baltimore, C. Sumner James or Los Angeles, Leslie G. McDougell of Newark, N. J.; Gwilym A. Price of Pittsburgh and A. Holt Roudebush of St. Louis, all members of the Execu- tive Committee. Gov. Rolph Improved. SAN FRANCISCO, September 6 (), —Gov. James Rolph, jr., {ll with pneu- monia at St. Francis' Hospital here, was reported “somewhat improved” yes- terday. He was stricken last Saturday. Now, Have Beautiful Hair dry, dull or lifeless you need ing. This refreshing i well groomed, a natural lustre and stimu- Removes loose dan- Not sticky or greasy. Recommended for men, women and children. Praised by thousands of enthusiastic users. Ge generous 50c bottle for 42¢ te- day at Peoples Drug Stores. F | By the Associated Press. {ican Bankers’ Association, assembled in kA MODERNE Hair Drgssing — THE EVENING STAR, WA Elephant Killed After Murderous Charge F. TRUBEE DAVISON AND PARTY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. and Mrs. Davison are in center, wearing TRUBEE DAVISON, president of the American Museum of Natural History, and Mrs. Davison beside the dead elephant which, Davison said, gave him “the most exciting and dangerous two minutes I have ever been through.” The elephant charged upon him and Mrs. Daviton as he was standing guard while Mrs. Davison cranked a emovie camera. Davison fired one shot and trioped and feli over underbrush with the force of the recoil when the pachyderm was almost upcn them. Attendants shot the elephant, however, before it could do any harm. Mr. —A. P. photo, courtesy Museum of Natural History. helmets. WILL FLY EAGLE Pay Revision Interpreted as Move to Outdo N. R. A. Is in Progress. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 6.—A wage revision was in progress today at the Ford Motor Co. plant, interpreted as part of a plan by Henry Ford to “go the N. R. A. one better,” but from an- | P® other quarter came an indication that Ford and the Blue Eagle might event- Message to Bankers Roosevelt Lauds Co-operation During Emergency and Is Certain Financiers Will Continue to Aid Recovery With Free Flow of Credit. CHICAGO, September 6—The text of a message from President Roosevelt read yesterday at the American Bank- ers’ Association Convention follows: | “I welcome the opportunity to send a message to the members of the Amer- thelr 59th annual convention. I ex- press my sincere appreciation of the co-operation of many bankers in what | we have accomplished thus far toward national recovery. We are counting heavily on your assistance as we forge | ahead. I know that events of the| past half year have brought to all of | us a keen sense of the important part | which a banking system plays in our lives Six months ago the first of the great obstacles which faced this ad- ministration was ¢he lack of confidence in banks. The situation had become | so serious that no other step could | be taken until this difficulty had been | met. There had been such a rush to turn bank deposits into currency or | gold that even the soundest banks could not get enough currency to meet de- mands. Co-operated in Emergency. “The banks of the country co-operat- | ed immediately with the measures which we found necessary to take. The | banking holiday and the emergency | banking act brought splendid results. Both bankers and depositors were in | good spirit the hardships which these | measures entailed and by the end of March the major part of the banking facilities of the country were operating. Since that time steady progress has been made in liquidating banks which could not be reorganized or reopened and in rebuilding those which had not | been weakened beyond repair. At the same time we have been accomplishing the objective we set for ourselves that | losses of savings be kept at a minimum “I do not mean to suggest that the | task is finished. We have before us continuing tasks for bankers, depositors, and the Government in the develop- ment and maintenance of the highest stadards in bank organization and man- agement. The work of your association | will be important in supplementing | what is accomplished by Government | supervision. The need of your serv- ices is greater today than ever before. “We still have much to accomplish in making credit facilities adequate for the national recovery we are bringing about. The banks must play an im- portant part in making increased loans to industry and commerce. Declares Courage Demanded. “After a period of drastic liquidation such as we have experienced, it re- quires an unusual courage and judg- ment to appraise security and to extend credit. ing the wheels of industry to turn by | putting savings to gainful use must re- | | ceive increasing and immediate atten- | Government. the consuming public, the tion. “Loans can and will be made. I want you to know that we rely on your or- ganization for its co-operation in fur- thering the free flow of credit so essen- tial to business enterprises, whether they be large or small. Only if this |is done can employers do their full part | in the great recovery program now un- der way. “Never befcre in its history has this Nation had greater need of courageous bankers. I am relying on them for prompt realization of the changes now taking place in general conditions and of their part in the revival of economic activities and the increased employment of workers. I am confident that you will work with me to meet the credit needs of industry and trade.” PUBLISHER RAPS FATHER COUGHLIN Testifies at Bank Probe That | Priest Did Not Want to Learn Facts. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 6.—Declaring that charges made against him by Rev. | Father Charles E. Coughlin, bitter critic of Detroit banking methods, were “a pack of lies,” E. D. Stair, publisher of the Detroit Free Press and former president of the Detroit Bankers’ Co., today told the one-man grand jury in- vestigating bank holdings here that Father Coughlin “could have obtained the facts, but didn't want to.” The priest, in testimony recently be- | fore the jury, charged Stair with sign- ing false reports of the banking com- pany, and with publishing faked rec- ords in his newspaper purporting to show Father Coughlin engaged in stock market speculation. Could Have Obtained Facts. He named Stair as “one of three men doubtful of escaping Federal indict- ment” in connection with the investi- gation of the closing of two national banks here. Stair interruped his testimony re- garding his knowledge of affairs in the company only briefly to com- ment on the priest’s charges. “I don’t want to bandy words with a man so devoid of truth and honor as Father Coughlin,” he said. “He could have obtained the facts, but he didn’t choose to. What he sald about me was just a pack of lies.” ously in a statement outside the court room he had declared the priest’s 5% Savings Plan Shares 6% Full Participating Shares Money Deposited in the PRUDENTIAL. Building Association Loaned Only on First Mortgages on Homes Under Government Supervision WRITE FOR CIRCULAR 1331 G St. N.W. Suite 305, 2nd Nat'l Bank Bidg. charges “totally unfounded,” and an article in his newspaper had denied that the published records were faked. Says Bank Was Solvent. Father Coughlin, under questioning on the stand, admitted that he had purchased stock for an organization connected with his church. Stair'’s testimony mainly concerned his connections with the Bankers Co., holding company for the closed First National Bank. Detroit. He declared that had the First National continued in business subsequent to its closing at the time of the Michigan bank holiday, it would have earned between $7,000,- 000 and $8,000,000 this year. He said that no time prior to the bank holiday on February 14 was there any mention by First National officers or by Federal examiners that the bank was insolvent. MANIAC SLAYS BABY 13-Month-0ld Colored Child Is Stabbed to Death. NEW YORK, September 6 (#).—A slayer believed to be insane crept into an apartment at 2 am. today and stabbed to death a 13-month old colored baby, Dorothy Holder. The baby's perents awakened in time to hear the killer run down a flight of stairs to the street. On the crib they found a note saying: ~“This Is just a warning.” father, McAllister Holder, postal clerk, said he knew of no motive. ‘The vital importance of help- | BORAH STUDYING PRICE PROTECTON |Senator Believes Exorbitant | Increases Would Be Harm- ful to Public. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The great mass of American consum- ers must be protected against exorbitant increases in prices ot all the materials they have to buy, in the opinion of | Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. Senator Borah, who is ieaving Wash- ington this afternoon for Idaho, is not | willing in any way to throw a monkey | wrench into the recovery program, and it is known that he believes the Presi- dent is making an earnest effort to im- prove conditions. However, constantly mounting prices of commodities consti- tute a phase of the situation which the Government must take into considera- tion. Unless some steps are taken by the | ordinary citizen in America, is likely to take a severe drubbing. Senator Borah, | it is known, feels strongly on the sub- ject and may issue a formal statement Tegarding it. No Comment on Cuba. Senator Borah, who was formerly chairman of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee. would make no comment today on the latest revolution in Cuba. Some time ago, he issued a statement in which he declared that the so-called Platt amendment, under which the United States is obligated to maintain order in the island, should be repealed | or lived up to. His position also was that the Cubans should be allowed to settle their own problems. It is under- | stood that the Idaho Senator has not | changed his opinion in regard to deal- ing with Cuba. Former Secretary of War Hurley, call- ed upon Senator Borah today at his office and discussed with the Senator the present situation in this country, particularly with reference to the re- covery prcgram. Both denied that they | had discussed the matter from a politi- cal angle. Mr. Hurley is in Washing- ton for a short time and took this op- portunity to confer with Senator Borah | who has been a friend for many years. | Summer Spent in Maine. Soon after the close of the last ses- sion of Congress, Senator Borah under- went a serious surgical operation from which he has made a remarkable re- covery. During the Summer he rested | at Poland Spring, Me. He is going to | Idaho “to see the peaple” and gener- | ali~ to take stock of conditions as they exist in the West. He expects to remain in Idaho until November when he will return to the National Capital. Senator 3orah has lost none of his old fire and gor. Like many others in this country, Senator Borah has been exercised over the possible effect of the operation of the N. R. A. on the consuming public. | The danger from profiteering and great | advances in prices is becoming more and more evident. Cow’s Kick Kills Woman. WASHINGTON, Ga. September 6 (#) —Mrs. Vance Danner of Floral Hill is dead—the victim of a cow's kick. She was struck on the abdomen while milking yesterday and died before a | doctor could reach her. TAXES IS TAX PAYING MONTH SEPTEMBER Come in and have an interview with one of our loan officers and we may be able to make you a bank loan which may be repaid by monthly deposits. IR MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. Washington, D. € lly get together. Directors of the Dearborn N. R. A. unit decided that Ford, most prominert “hold-out” of the organized recovery movement, should remain as honorary chairman, and Caspar B. Hughes, the active chairman, sald he had been told that differe:ices betweeh the motor magnate and the recovery administra- tion finally would be ironed out. Ford accepted the honorary chairmanship four weeks ago. “We decided he should continue as before,” Hughes said, “since we are convinced that Mr. Ford and the N. R. A. organization will reach a com- promise within a few days.” He said company officials had told him Ford would indorse the movement. Pay Status Unannounced. No formal announcement of the wage revision, said by one official to be a “gradual process,” has been made and none is expected at least until Ford re- turns late this week from his retreat | near Big Bay, Mich. It was indicated, however, that some 10,000 of the es- timated 40,000 workers have received increases from $4 to $4.80 a day. SHINGTON. D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933. BEFORE PRESIDENT Johnson Advises Executive of No Change—Coal Rarley to Resume. (Continued From Pirst Page.) hearing stage was reached on a single code for nine of the construction in- dustry’s most important divisions. Awaiting Johnson's attention, and rhaps the President's, too, was the work of realigning the N. R. A, organ- ization for the administrative and en- forcement phases of its work. These duties assumed & new importance at the close of the intensive Blue Eagle drive on Labor day. Labor Problem Involved. Wrapped in the bituminous coal dif- ficulties and threading through more than a score of other recommended codes was the labor problem, whose ultimate solution apparently must come from the President—the question raised when a provision was written into the automobile code saying employers may hire, fire or promote on merit, regard- less of union affiliations. This language was assaulted vigor- ously by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. He promised to seek its elimination and fight its inclusion in any other agree- ment. Johnson, who approved the provision before the automobile code was signed by President Roosevelt, has said since he may seek an interpretation of the recovery law on this point from Attor- ney General Cummings. Gen. Johnson returned to the Cap- ital last night. flying here from Chi- cago. As he left the Illinols city. he gave no indication that the disincli- nation of Henry Ford so far to accept | the automobile code was to bring ac- tion from the administration. “It's Ford’s move,” he said, express- ROBERT V. FLEMING. upon which the N! R. A. program is based. i ‘These officials pointed out, however, that-in he remainder of the automobile manufacturers under a code the administration has made a distinct commitment not to give competitors an advantage. UNTERMYER HITS FORD, Accuses Manufacturer “Hitlerite Sensation: al Li NEW YORK, September 6 (#).— Henry Ford was described by Samuel Untermyer last night as a “carping spirit, who is, at the moment, blocking the progress” of the N. R. A. Ford, the noted attorney said in an of ies.” | address, “is & genius as a manufac- turer, and the greatest publicity man in the country.” “The latter is the quality that has developed his business for him,” Un- termyer asserted, speaking before the Jewish Community Center at Yonkers. “He has always had the faculty of building up his business by getting more FLEMING HONORED BY U. 5. BANKERS Local Financier Elected Sec- ond Vice President of Association. Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, was nominated by acclamation to be second vice presi- dent of the American Bankers' Asso- clation, at the national convention last night in Chicago. He was elected this afternoon. This assures the highest honors in the gift of the association to the Wash- ington banker. According to the or- ganization's custom of advancing its officers each year, Mr. Fleming will be Ppresident of the association in 1935, Record is Stressed. Mr. Fleming's name was placed be- fore the convention by Harry J. Haas of Philadelphia, who was president of the association last year. Mr. Haas stressed the work performed by the Capitol banker as chafrman of the as- scciation’s National Committee on Fed- eral Legislation during the past two vears, a period in which Co passed so much far-reaching legislation. The local financier has also held |many other important committee as- |signments in the A. B. A. For three years he was the District Bankers® | Association’s representative on the | Executive Committee of the national | association. He has held all the offices in the District Bankers' Association, | including the presidency, and it was | this organization which brought him to the front this year as a candidate for national nonors. | Varied Activities. | When the National Credit Association was crganized. Mr. Fleming formed | the Washington unit and served as a member of the local Loan Committee. | Later he served as chairman of the publicity and free advertisement than |local Advisory Loan Committee of the It was explained the basic minimum | ing sgain the intention to wait until wage still is $4 for an eight-hour day but, as one official put it, that is “not really 8 minimum, but the lowest wage we would consider paying to the most inexperienced and unskilled labor.” How many ‘men still draw the $4 rate could not even be conjectured. Should Ford stand pat on his refusal to sign the national automobile code, now in its second day of effectiveness, he might be expected to rely upon his policy of exceeding the wage provisions of the code to offset any adverse public opinion. Five 8-Hour Days. ‘The auto code specifies a 43-cents- an-hour minimum wage for the Detroit area. It also specifies a 35-hour-week, | while Ford_employes who are on full time work five eight-hour days a week. Ford's primary objections to the code focus on its provisions for collective bargaining by workers and inspection of at least some company records by representatives of the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce, adminis- trative body of the code. Ford is not a member of the N A. C. C. The question of whether Ford should be continued in the honorary chair- manship of the Dearborn N. R. A. Com- mittee arose, Hughes explained, when some members threatened to quit, be- lieving the automobile manufacturer was opposing the movement. It was then Hughes explained, that he conferred with company officials and received assurance that Ford eventually would indorse the united recovery cam- paign. Consumer Pledges Backed. Hughes quoted Harry L. Bennett, head of the Ford service department and an advisory member of the N. R. A. Committee, as saying that the com- pany was anxious to have all employes sign N. R. A. consumers’ pledges. Cleavage between Ford and the N. R. A. had not developed when the Dearborn committee was formed. and the motor magnate was represented as willing to lend his name to the move- | ing inf ment. The Ford Co. furthered the campaign by contributing office sup- plies and other equipment. The Dearborn campaign has made good progress. The committee last night reported that 753 of the 763 merchants and manufacturers in the city had se- cured Blue Eagles. | public opinion in support of the N. R. | A. program has been brought to bear |upon the manufacturer. | However. the code effective yester- | day for the automobile industry is bind- ing also upon Ford under the law and should he violate its provisions the ad- ministrator said, “I'll have to do some- | thing." i Ford Pay Exceeds Code. | The general impression in official cir- | cles was.that Ford would put his em- ployes upon wages and hours at least equal or better than those in the code. The compensation now in effect at the | Ford plants is higher than the mini- | mum prescribed in the code. It became | known yesterday that wages in the Ford | | plants were being pushed upward, many | from $4 to $4.80 a day. In the law's provisions guaranteeing to labor the right of coliective baigain- ing and the code’s stipulation that cer- tain records of each company must be | open for inspection was seen the prin- | cipal objection of Ford. | Johnson pointed out in Chicago that sheuld Ford’s employes organize and | send representatives to negotiate with the manufacturer and he refuse to meet ‘lhem, this would be a direct violation | subject to action by the administration. As for the opening of company's | books, Ford's production figures are known generally by the industry, the most recent ratings placing him second. | The latest monthly registration figures | show 49,000 units for the largest manu- | | facturer, 32,000 for Ford and 26,000 for | | the third largest producer. Family-Owned Company. But while the profits of other com- panies are made public in accounting to stockholders, since their stocks are listed on the market, this has been one of Ford’s most closely-guarded secrets. His is a family-owned company and is | not required to make a public showing of profits and loss. Discussing this, Johnson sald “the code msy require a certain amount of openness, but I wouldn't stand for prv- to any one's busivess secrets.” | Among high administration officials | the opinion was expressed that John- son and President Roosevelt hoped the | Detroit auto magnate would accept the code for the industry. for they do not | relish a give-and-take battle which thev feel might distract the public's at- | tention from the general co-operation wn ! seeds of anti-Semitism throughout the any man in the country. At the same time he lacks breadth of vision and s an uninformed man, with half-baked ideas, if any, on economic - questions outside of his business. By way of ex- cuse it should be said that he could not, if he tried, visualize the wide eco- | nomic effect on the country of the success of the national recovery act.” As regards the N. R. A, Untermyer said it is not a question with Ford | of the revival and ultimate prosperity of his country, but “it is solely a ques- tion of the best interests of Henry Ford, regardless of all other considerations.” | “I think Mr. Pord will find,” he add- ed, “that he is again sadly mistaken— | just as he was some years ago, when his great fortune and his world-wide business were actively enlisted in the | contemptible disservice of sowing the . world, with a purpose no more exalted than to put his losing publication ven- ture—the Dearborn Independent—since happily extinguished—on a payin; basis by springing upon the public a long series of Hitlerite sensational lies.” SEEKS TO END FIGHT OVER WILL OF RECLUSE Beneficiary of Mississippi Estate? Denies Contestant Is Daugh- ter of Deceased. By the Associated Press NATCHEZ, Miss.. September 6—Dun- | can G. Minor, planter, who was named sole beneficiary in the will of the slain Miss Jane Surget Merrill, wealthy re- cluse, yesterday filed answer to a court contest of the will asking that the peti- tion of contest be dismissed. | The will was contested by Mrs. Nellie Jane Grist of Greenfleld, Ind, who | claimed she was the daughter of Miss | Merrill and her sole heir-at-law. Two wills were filed, making Minor the executor of the estate. estimated in value at more than $100,000, and mak- ing him the sole beneficiary. Mrs. Grist, in her suit filed in Chan- cery Court, laid legal claim to the es- tate. 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