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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle westerly winds, becoming variable. Temperatures—Highest, 86, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64, at 4 am. today. - Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages13,14&15 he No. 32,647, post_office, Entered as second class matter. Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT OF CUBA HINTS HE IS READY 70 RESIGN, SOLVING SERIOUS SITUATION All “Non-Political Sectors” of Island Collaborating With Government to End Crisis, Grau San Martin Declares. AMERICANS PERTURBED BY NEW STRIKE THREATS Boycotts Against U. S. Firms In- voked at Manzarillo and General Walkout Ordered—Communists Threaten to Seize Mills and Banks at Santiago. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, September 18.—Provi- sional President Ramon Grau San Martin predicted today that a solution of Cuba’s political crisis would be reached before the afternoon was over, and indi- cated he might surrender the presidency. Receiving the foreign press, Dr. Grau San Martin, appearing fa- tigued but smiling, declared: “The person who occupies the govern- ment is unimportant; fulfillment of the revolutionary program is the principal thing.” His prediction of a solution of the| is came as labor troubles were in-, cri creasing, and as Americans throughout the island were described as “nervous” under the threat of new strikes. “All non-political sectors are collab- orating with the Government in an effort to bring about a harmonious so- luticn, the prospects for which are bright,’ the President told the foreign correspondents. Predicts Agreement. “The Menocalistas, the Mendietistas and the A. B. C. are studying various propcsals and will present their solu- tion this afternocn, at which time I am most sure tnat an agreement will be reached.” Commenting on his interview with United States Ambassador Summer ‘Welles, Dr. Grau San rtin said the talk was “most it had re- sulted in reaffirmal the “good feeling between the two nations and their peoples.” He said he recognized Mr. Welless “high motives toward Cub: 3 The purnose of the present regime, Dr. Grau San Martin continued, is “to Jezd the country non-politically until the constitution assembly has been held, 1 which all political tendencies can s themselves.” H: voiced the belief that this task would be carried out in less than a year, possibly in six months. “The labor problem and the prob- lem of hunger will be resolved with th> help of the government and the army,” he continued. ‘The problem of strikes is bettering momentarily. Our econcmic difficulties will be less press- ing immediately after political stability returns.” Fire on Communists. At Manzanillo, soldiers broke up a Communist demonstration with rifle fire. Army officials announced they intended to act energetically against Communist leaders attempting to seize mills No casualties were reported in the Manzanillo brush. The American consul was_ informed that Communist agitation throughout the entire Province of Oriente centered in Manzanillo. The general strike called there by the Labor Federation began at 6 o'clock this morning. The telephone, light and other American companies were boy- cotted, and residents who disobeyed the boycott were threatened. U. S. de- stroyer No. 141 arrived there this morning. From Santiago additional troops were sent to Manzanillo. Dispatches from Bayamo said the army broke up a Communist demon- stration and arrested eight workmen " (Continued on Pag 4) DOLLAR DECLINES TO NEW LOW MARK Valued at About 65 Cents in Terms of Franc—Gold Price Soars to $31.44 an Ounce. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—The American dollar, in terms of leading Eurcpean gold currencies, today slumped to its lowest level in foreign exchange history As_méasured by the French franc, the United States monetary unit was valued at approximately 65 cents, com- pared with 67 cents Saturday. exchanges, particularly the British pound sterling, were strong. Dealers seid the growing belief abroad that cur- rency inflation was imminent in Amer- jca was responsible for the further weakness of the dollar. French francs, at 6.03 cents, were 17 of a cent above their Saturday’s closing - rate. The British ind sterling soared 9! cents to $4.8112 for cables, Dutcn guilders gained 1.70 cents at 61.10 cents, Swiss francs were up 85 of a cent at 29.85 cents, and Bel- gian belgas advanced ', cent to 21.50 cents German marks spurted more than a cent o 26.90 cents and the Scandinavians, Canadian dollars and Far Eastern funds were firm. By the Associated Press. The Treasury today announced the selling price of newly mined gold as $31.44 an ounce. . BLAST ENTOMBS 26 MUKDEN, Manchuria, September 18 (P).—Twenty-six Chinese miners were entombed by an explosion at Peng- chihu coal min2, scutheast of Mukden. Three bodies were rzcovered. The re- ‘mainder were 2120 to have been Other | May Resign PRESIDENT GRAU SAN MARTIN. STRKERS I EAST CONTNUEHOLIAY Truck Drivers, Shoe Workers and Miners Still Out. Milk Strike Ends. By the Associated Press. Midwestern milk producers called off their strike today in favor of a tactical | i change, but in the East and in Penn- |sylvania’s coal fields striking workers added new notes of restlessness to the industrial scene. As a “change of tact'cs,” strike lead- ers withdrew pickets in the cmc.go; |milk shed and allowed shipments to | proceed unmolested while they sought | to achieve a price of $2.50 per hundred- | weight by selling to dairies not affiliated with the Pure Milk Association. A notz of conciliation encouraged | I miners in the Pennsylvania coal fields. | The president of the H. C. Frick | Coke Co. traditional union foe, inti- | mated it might recede from its non- | union stand and subscribe to the bituminous code. Mines remained closed, however, and | 30,000 miners continued their “holiday” !modprowsz against delay in signing the | e | | Some 17000 workers in Brockton, | Mass., shoe factories walked out after | rejecting a suggestion by the National | Labor Board to continue work pending | complete settlement of a labor dispute. Philadelphia’s labor situation was further ccmplicated and the city’s food supply threatened by a strike of 3,000 truck drivers for higher pay. { Owners cecided to suspend operation in the interest of safety. New Jersey silk mills, scheduled to reopen today, continued to stand idle in the face of an army of picke.ing silk workers. There was no dicorder, and | pickets drifted quietly away after open- | ing time passed. TRANSPORTATION TIED UP. Drivers From Other States Asked to Join Philadelphia Strike. | PHILADELPHIA, September 18 (®). —Truck transportation was at a vir- tual standstill in some parts of East- ern Pennsylvania today as the result {of a strike of drivers who demand | shorter hours, return to the 1929 wage | scale and union recognition. | With more than 3,000 drivers joining | WASHINGTON, D. ROOSEVELT ARMS MESSAGE 15 GIVEN RAMSAY MDONALD Davis Presents Statement Believed to Deal With - French Control Plan. THREE-POWER FRONT SOUGHT IN PARIS TALKS Nazi Border Demonstrations Cited . as French Argument Against Relaxing of Pacts. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 18.—A message | ‘lrom President Roosevelt was delivered | to Prime Minister MacDonald at break- | fast today by American Ambassador-at- large Norman H. Davis. Its nature was not divulged, but it was thought to concern Roosevelt’s de- | cision regarding support in principle for !a French armaments supervision plan as a preliminary to arms reductions | proposed in the project Mr. MacDonald placed before the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Mr. Davis went alone to the prime minister’s residence. They had a long conversation, in which they considered plans for reopening the arms conference a week from now. The Ambassador has been in London 13 days in order to see Mr. MacDonald, who returned from Scotland last night. Davis left shortly before noon for Paris—a half hour after the clase of the interview—to engage in conversa- tions with French and British repre- sentatives. “I cannot say anything about our interview,” he maintained. “I am going | to Paris and expect to remain there three or four days before going on to Geneva.” ARMS DISCUSSED IN PARIS. U. S. and British Representatives Join French Leaders. PARIS, September 18 (#).—The de- sire for a three-power front on dis- armament motivated French leaders today as American and British repre- sentatives joined them in conversations preliminary to the reopening of the Arms Conference in Geneva next Monday. | French newspapers and legislators have pointed to Nazi demonstrations at the border and what they call the possibility of the early completion of a German air fleet as requiring a firm stand against any loosening of pacts | governing armaments. From the French point of view. the current talks “will ‘have - thres " 6b| - To compare notes on charges that Germany is rearming; to discuss a course should Germany refuse to accept a control plan which French opinion considers prerequisite to the acceptance of any disarmament treaty, and to get backing for a French proposal for in- ternational arms control before arma- ments are reduced. Davis Represents U. S. Ambassador Norman H. Davis is rep- resenting the United States and Capt. Anthony Eden the British foreign office. Speaking for France are Prem! Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minis- ter Joseph Paul-Boncour. Reports that the United States will support the control scheme and a change in the British attitude since a demand was made to stop a “ - ganda bombardment of Austria” have heartened official France. " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) 15 NATIONS REPRESENTED | IN FIRST WHEAT PARLEY| | U. S. Envoy to England Heads Ad- visory Committee to Consider Recently Signed Agreement. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 18.—Fifteen countries were represented today at the first meeting of the Wheat Advisory Committee, of which Robert W. Bing- ham, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, was appointed chairman. The committee was established to take over the application of the re- cently-signed world wheat agreement. This agreement bound producers to re- strict output and.consumers to stimua- late the use of wheat. Exporting countries represented at the meeting were the United States, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Soviet Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Rumania. The importers were Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and one of the Scan- dinavian countries. RESCUED AT SEA Crew of Hungarian Ship Saved by British Hope Off Portugal. LISBON, Portugal, September 18 ! ().—After a dramatic race in response to repeated S O S calls, the London vessel British Hope reached the Hun- garian cargo steamer Magyar, today and rescued the entire crew as the But the feeling is general in France that the Disarmament Conference will enter a crucial period this Fall be- cause of the fear of Nazi Germany. The conference, which already has had as many lives as a cat, will early arrive at definite results or, informed quarters say, will be lost in war clouds. Last November France presented a control plan at Geneva. Since, Adolf Hitler has come into power in Germany, and ‘French willingness to disarm be- fore a control is established has changed to a willingness to disarm only after such a control is proved workable. Discussions Under Way. 3 The suggestion has been made that M. Daladier himself go to Geneva to reply to an exposition of foreign policy that Foreign Minister von Neurath is expected to make for Germany. The arms discussions got under way today at a meeting attended by Capt. Eden, Foreign Minister Paul-Boncour and experts. They laid the groundwork for conversations which will be con- tinued with Mr. Davis tomorrow. At this session M. Paul-Boncour re- viewed recent Nazi acts and urged that | there was a vital need for a firm stand toward Germany. It is necessary that Great Britain, the United States and ! France present a united front at Ge- neva, he said. After luncheon, which Premier Dala- dier attended, the conference was con- tinued, with the premier presiding. It was understood that Capt. Eden had received a full report by telephone of the meeting in London today between grauvx;‘e Minister MacDonald and Mr. Harvester President Dies. TORONTO, September 18 (#).— Joseph Newton Shenstone, 78, presi- dent of the Massey Harris Harvester! ship was sinking. 'lehe vessel went down 70 miles south- west of Oporto. Co. and one of Canada's leading indus- trialists, died today. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—The Ward liner Morro Castle arrived today, after a victorious battle with the North Atlantic hurricane, minus its wireless antennae and with a battered passen- ger list and an emergency orchestra. From Friday to Sunday noon, while the ship was hove to, helpless, off Cape Hatteras, in the terrific storm, rs, huddled in the lounge be- gl:::nl‘:m of their cabins were ankle- deep in water, were badly in need of cheering up. Gwendolyn Taylor, & pretty 22-year- old blond, returning to her home mmex%m; stepped into the breach. Seating herself at the piano, she played and sang for hours to the panic- stricken passengers. “I thought I ought to do something,” she_explained, “and the only thing I could do was piay, so I played. I sang, too, only cheerful %I think some PANIC-STRICKEN SHIP PASSENGERS QUIETED BY GIRL PIANIST IN GALE, in | ported severe conditions off Nantucket of the women wanted to hear hymns, but I thought they needed jazz more. Some of them joined in the singing and some of them continued to pray.” The Morro Castle, which left Ha- vana Wednesday, attempted to out- race the hurricane, but was prevented from doing so when the ship ran into a bad storm coming from the opposite direction. She was caught squarely between the two storms and was out of communication with the shore for| two days when the gale tore away the wireless antennae. Thirty passengers were treated for minor injuries re- ceived from falls and sliding furniture. Liners arriving in ports on the North Atlantic route from Europe also re- yesterday. Capt. Hein Hashagan of the Dresden reported & low barometer of 28.70 and gales of 100 miles an hcur. Capt. P. R. Vaughan of the Britannic recor a low of 28.90 off Nantucket with high seas. . Both liners came through with- out damages or injury to passengers.. hemn WITH SUNDAY MORNING E DITION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. o Star FEP Many Wait in Line All to Register—Laugh a By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 18.—Jamming streets and halting pedestrian and street trafic over several blocks in downtown Detroit, a throng of unem- ployed war veterans, estimated by po- lice to number nearly 5,000, today began registering as applicants for 5,000 jobs promised to veterans by the Ford Mo- tor Co. Laughing and joking, all apparently in good humor, the veterans, several hundred of whom had waited all night in order to be first on call at the reg- as_the interviewin n. DONT W0! oL D The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Saturday’s Circulation, 112,369 Sunday’s Circulation, 121,828 (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. RRY, R. I'M DOING IT FOR MY COUNT! {WAR VETERANS BLOCK TRAFFIC IN SCRAMBLE FOR FORD JOBS ight in Order to Be First nd Joke and Maintain Order as They Await Turn. terview 800 men today. Out of the 800 | they said they expected to get 300 who |can qualify for the jobs. Humphrey | specified that the men, in addition to | passing the required physical examina- | tion, must present honorable discharges |and show evidence of a | record.” Three hundred men will be hired |each day, Humphrey said. until the 15,000 quota is filled. All the veterans | must live in Wayne County (Detroit). | Despite a strong effort to give priority to those who were first in line, Hum- phrey said that the jam around the doors of the Memorial Hall was so great when registration began that many late comers got through the doors. Police | said there was no serious disorder, how- “fine war RY! PRESIDENT PUSHES * CREDIT EXPANGION Makes $150,000,000 Avail- able to Federal Land Banks From R. F. C. | By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt put another $150,000,000 of Federal pressure behind the credit expansion program today as Southern congressional spokesmen ral- lied for straightout currency inflation. The new Federal funds were made available to the Federal land banks by the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion to assist in the immediate re- financirg of farm mortgages held by g began. Twenty-five members of the Ameri- | €veT, reporting that all the men were! banks whose operations have been re- can Legion, headed by Rex Humphrey, commander of the Wayne ty of the Legion, planned to in- |in good humor, although there was a | lively scramble for places in line when (Continued on Page 3, Column 7. ORAM BALEY Y AS GUARDS WATCH Court Bristles With Guns for Trial of 12 in Urschel Kidnaping. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 18.— In a Federal court room filled with armed guards, the first panel of 12 jurors was called today to be examined for service in the kidnaping trial of Harvey Bailey and 11 others accused of participating in the abduction of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil millionaire. The chief defendants, Bailey, Albert Bates, R..G. Shannon, his wife and his son. Armon, were kept under heavy guard in an iron-barred “bull pen” on the floor below the Federal Tower court room until the prospective jurors filled the box. Bailey and Bates, handcuffed togeth- er, were brought in as Judge Edgar S. Vaught asked the usual questions of all the jurors to determine their fit- ness, willingness and qualifications to serve. Lawyers Warned. As the trial opened, Joseph B. Kee- nan, Assistant United States Attorney General, sent as special prosecutor by Attorney General Cummings, warned that lawyers accepting any part of the | board Urschel ransom money as fees, or money obtained in transfer of the ran- som_currency, would be prosecuted. “We do not propose to permit attor- neys, bondsmen, fixers or any one else to get by with a wink, with any ma- nipulations in this kidnaping. We are here to prosecute every one whose hands are not cleaned,” he said. Even Keenan was searched as he en- tered the Federal building. “We are taking no chances that guns will get into the court reom,” a Federal agent explained. Handcuffs Removed. At a word from W. C. Geers, United States marshal, the handcuffs were re- moved from Bailey and Bates. Bates sat beside Ben Laska, his at- torney, and the two_ went imto deep (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PIRATES LOOT SHIP Nine Board Chinese Vessel Dis- guised as Passengers, Rob 100. * SHANGHALI, September 18 (#).*-Nine pirates, described in dispatches as “armed to the teeth,” looted the Chi- nese steamer Hsinping off Wenchow, Chekhn:’d Province, Tuesday, it was re- ay. Disguised as passengers, .the pirates overpowered the crew, robbed 100 pas- sengers and rifled the ship. They es- caped in small boats. GUIDE FOR READERS B-14 B-8 .A-13-14-15 B-11 “ CARMERGER PLAN EIVEN BY HANNA Shares of Stock Would Have $100 Par Value. President John H. Hanna of the | Capital Traction Co, today, at an open hearing, laid before the Public Utilities Commission details of the capitalization | of the Capital Transit Co., the street | car concern which is to arise out of the | merger of the traction company with Traction Head Says 240,000 | stricted by heavy portfolios of suck paper. Jesse H. Jones, chairman, announced the plan as the drive for currency in- flation picked up its strongest force Ialnee Congress empowered Mr. Roose- | velt to issue new currency or devaluate the dollar. The gathering here of cot- ton men and Southern political leaders again made the inflation issue one of Mr. Roosevelt's major problems. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa, who has telegraphed members of Congress asking their views on infla- tion, said the meeting will choose a committee to convey its inflation views to the President. Every cotton State was expected to be represented. Thomas said Representative Byrns of Tennessee, the House Democratic leader, with 52 other members of the Senate and House. Senator Thomas said he had received more than 100 telegrams in reply to his | message on inflation and that “only 5 | per cent have reported as opposed to inflation.” “At this rate,” Thomas told news | paper men, “indications are that the | members of Congress are overwhelm- ANGLOAMERIGAN DEBT CONFERENCE BEGINS OCTOBERS Sir Frederick Leith-Ross to Open Conversations With Treasury Officials. $9,658,695,000 IS SUM OF BRITISH OBLIGATION Final Agreement Must Be Ap- proved by Congress Frankly Hostile to Reduction. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 18.—Anglo- American debt conversations are ex- pected in London official quarters to begin in Washington October 5, it was learned today. The first interviews will be between Sir Prederick Leith-Ross of the British treasury and representatives of the United States Treasury. HUGE SUM TO WORK ON. Final Agreement Must Be Approved by Congress. By the Assoclated Press. When British and American fiscal experts gather to discuss revision of the London government's debt to the United States they will have the huge figure of $9,658,695,000 at which to whittle. Representing both principal and in- terest, payments were spread over the n;ngg; years by the funding agreement of 1923. Less than half this amount, $4.465,- 810,000, represents principal. The re- mainder is interest, paid at a rate which changes with the years, but averages 3.306 per cent. ‘Whatever the final agreement, it cannot become effective until approved by Congress, frankly hostile to any reduction in war debts. In approving the Hoover moratorium in December, 1931, & preponderant ma- jority attached a rider saying it was the sentiment of the national legis- lature that no further moratorium and no reduction in amounts due be granted. Payment of the debt to Amierica has become in the interim as great a sub- ject of public agitation abroad as col- lection of the debts has grown to be in America. Several Nations Defaulted. Attempting to formulate a compro- ment factions, the Brijish government last June offered the United States $10,000,000 on a total instalment of $75,000,000 pending a revision of funding agreement. Several other nations also made par- tial payments and seven, notably Prance, Poland and Belgium, defaulted entirely on the instalments then due. President Roosevelt received the par- tial payment, but only with the stipu- lation that it was accompanied by a clear acknowledgment of the validity of America’s claim to the unpaid balance and other sums due throughout the years. He held, however, that the plea of in- nations should be heeded and they be given an opportunity to present their | cases. |~ Under no circumstances would he | permit the debts of all the nations to be made the subject of one general | conference. Any discussion of debt re- was supporting the inflation move along | vision must be undertaken, he ruled, § with each nation separately and in | Washington. He foreclosed the defaulting nations (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) [FULL UNIONIZATION 'thc Washington Railway & Electric Co. | ingly in favor of inflation as a mnn.s; OF WORKERS SOUGHT | The new company will start business | with 240,000 shares of capital stock, ! having a par value of $100 each, and |also will assume $5,800,000 of the | prices of the things the farmer has to | | bonded indebtedness of the Capital Traction Co. and $8,600,000 of the $11,- 642,350 bonded indebtedness of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. The stock issue will be split evenly among stockholders of the two merging companies. When this is done, the Capital Traction Co. will liquidate and go out of business, but the Was! Railway & Electric Co. will continue its corporate existence, largely as a holding company for the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. Under District Laws. The new company is to be incorpor- | ated under laws of the District, with a of 15 directors, seven to be nom- inated by each merging company and one by the 14 men so nominated. The Capital Traction Co. is to turn over to the new company all its properties, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TRUNKS DISCLOSE $45,000 FUR LOOT Two Accused Robbers Refuse to Waive Extradition From Chicago to New York. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September _18.—Five trunks shipped here to two New York furriers were opened by police today and their contents identified as the loot of & $45,000 New York fur theft. d Grossman and Irving Beigel to waive emgr?ll‘tlian when -r; raigned today on a ive warrant and bfiek cage was :oé:oun%ed un%oap- tem! 29 to permi wv. Henry Horner to act on New York’s request for their return. . Beigel and Grossman have been re- leased under $50,000 bonds, with attempting to dispose of the stolen furs, receiving stolen property and rob- bery. When arrested they asserted they did’ not known the contents of the trunks, which were consigned to them as baggage. The trunks were checked on their tickets, they said, as a favor to another New York fur dealer. September | of raising the price of farm products. | { The recent advance in prices of the | things that farmers have to buy are |almost 32 per cent greater than the sell.” Mr. Roosevelt, to whom inflation re- quests have been carried by a number of party leaders in recent days, was | silent about any plans he might have {on_the subject. From every indication i‘ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) T hingtan. NEARBORN INN CLERK FOILS ARMED ROBBERS Ignores Threats With Guns to Rout Trio From Ford's Early American Hotel. | By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, September 18.—Three bandits, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, failed at 4 am. today in an American hotel in Dearborn, when a clerk broke away and ran for help. The three forced Frank Shaw, clerk, and Lawrence Mooney, night manager, to the hotel safe, where one of them struck Shaw when he said he did not know the combination of the safe, in which money and valuables of 100 ests were kept. Despite the fact that one bandit kept a pistol trained on him, Shaw broke away and fled up a stair- way, shouting for help. The bandits started after the clerk, but fled when they heard Shaw calling police from an upstairs’ telephone. attempt to hold up the night force of | N. the Dearborn Inn, Henry Ford's early | Michael Tighe Urges Steel Em- ployes of Mahoning Valley to Take Lead. By the Associated Press. | YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, September 18. —Speaking before one of the largest assemblies of workers ever held in Youngstown, Michael Tighe, president of the Amalgamted Association of Iron and Steel and Tin Workers, yesterday called on steel workers of the Mahon- ing Valley to take the lead in a move for complete unionization of workers throughout the United States. Tighe fired the opening gun of what labor leaders plan to be the most stren- uous union move yet made among steel workers here. He pleaded for cool action. “It will require the best brains of American workers to take advantage of the opportunity offered through the . R. A.” Tighe said. “Faith, will | and work will be required. . “Cool, conservative action is needed. ‘There should be no hot-headedness. ‘We should sit down with employers and discuss things with them, allowing them a profit and showing them clearly that workmen have an interest in the busi- ness and should have a profit also. We should talk to employers as free citizen to free citizén, without fear. “We should not be led into false pastures. We should know the busi- ness in which we are engaged, and we should show the public our fairness, so that they will know that any fric- tion resulting is not caused by unions.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—Post- master General James A.- Farley said today that the day-to-day power of ORDERED TO WASHINGTON porta 18 ().—The | leadership. chancellor have had a u“ml.”l. whdl:l up & di- troller th | organization FARLEY DECLARES CONTROLLER REFORMS SAVE U. S. $500,000,000 said. “It is hardly necessary, however, to note that these officials are com- pletely independent of each other to realize that in the Federal system as | originally planned there was no ade- ley recent executive order dealing with the re- of Government depart. the director of the budget mise between payment and non-pay-| the | against ability to pay advanced by the debtor| “BUY NOW" DRIVE T0BE PRESSED AS EMPLOYMENT AID Senator Wagner to Discuss Movement in Address to Na- tional Audience Tonight. JOHNSON TO TAKE COAL CCDE TO WHITE HOUSE Administrator Turns to Pressing Questions, Including Price Control Issue. By the Associated Press. An early start was ted | the Nation-wide “Buyul%gw" ct:g:.y o projected by Hugh S. Johnson, N. R. A. chief, to mass public support behind business co-operation in the re-employ- ment movement. While he still had the bituminous coal code on his hands for completion of final details, he was expected to take it to the White House before the end of the day and turn to other pressing questions, including the price-control is- suc presented in the codes for retail trade, source of considerable contro« "“The buyin e buying movement was to cussed tonight in an address fiob: :’:‘- tional audience by Senator Robert F. :Zme{ Otrh Ng’w g{ork. Wwho has been n the N. R. A. irman the National Labor Banr.li o o Weeks ago Johnson promised to launch the drive around September 20. Since that time extensive preparation :,z;d study of methods has been under y. Faces Threat from Labor. Meanwhile the bituminous cod aced a new threat from orgmizic!l labor which held possibilities of re- |;;;1e‘x;ing lhel cz:;nrovemy and delaying promulgation of the charter Pr:sldent mRooseVe]!. o o meeting of the Labor ?ozf; :vf N1 R., A. was called Afgr‘“lfiz o give formal the'n;::de. [:2 consideration to re were strong indications would register opposition not only m‘; the interpretation of the collective bar- gaining provision, but also to a number ;otJtr;l; wage scales. ol J. Lewis, president of | United Mine Workerr of Amerigu. ‘t:: William Green, president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, have ed such a stand from the board, whic} headed by Dr. Leo Wolman, and in- cludes selected spokesmen for labor. wh’l;hfi !ndustr;al Advisory Board ich speaks for busi | the code today. e amrored Board Has Stood Firm. | . The Labor Board has stood firml throughout the entire life of the N. R. A\ any statement in codes attempt- ing to clarify the guarantee of collecti: bargaining without coerck;; for labor o g oul g0 on record f against the explanation in the wm]ey which was inserted to meet s last- lmungdgm:oan.bn by non-union operators, 2 : .nlt;{mltlvesm. velt would have two e might impose the code industry either with or without g: clause to which labor objects or he might call the operators back to sign 2 new code with this section deleted. E_g&uéd‘gle ng the latter course it throw charte; for new d.!scusto;s..n“u e Still Several Stumbling Blocks. The code bore signature of - men for all the country’s bitummw:s coal operators except those from Ala- bama, West Kentucky and the “captive” mines owned by stee! or other concerns, which consume the entire output. Sig- natures and compliance with its terms were expected by officials from the Ala- mbamt mg:eougé‘:s well “;sl :he captives, no_es Kentucky situation. Meimio There still was no solution in the conferences for negotiati f union contract between United Mir®e Workers’ officials and Appalachian field oper- ators. Lack of uniformity in rates of gge r:l:‘z meuurx;mtegn of coal between mines ese ch‘i‘!lx &umblmg block. friiwete portant series of hearings o printing, engraving, publishing ln'; IXE lied lines opened this morning under Deputy Administrator Lindsay Rogers, Who took up first codes for the com- mercial printing group and planned to | climax the chain of sessions of Septem- ber 22 with the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association compact. - Study Legal Arguments. fore Johnson and his counsel, Daniel Richberg, were a host of le:li arguments on the proposed retail trade |;::‘:1e pr&v,’f‘“fl for maintaining mini- m ref ces at 1 wrgleule lptlecsi 0 per cent above oth regarded this charte: reaches hundreds of thousande’ of ena: ployes and touches the consumer rectly, as of major importance. In- volved with prices, too, was the need of getting the many retail stores now unorganized into trade associations or al;xlu agencies for code administra- Johnson sought a “crackerjack trade association man” to do this job. Standard of Friendly Aid. In regulations issued to local com- pliance boards, Johnson set a standard of “friendly aid rather than the iron fist” for their guidance in enforcing Blue Eagle agreements. But he added: “If an employer wilfully persists in non-compliance with the agreement after being fully informed of his obli- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. DEADLOCK EIGD SOUGHT BY KENTUCKY ASSEMBLY Compromise Committee to Present Proposals to Aid in Putting I Through Revenue Program. By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 18- Seeking a revenue program to break the deadlock that has tied up the spe- cial session of the General Assembly, a compromise committee of six mem- bers and the speaker of the House of Representatives expected today to sent some concrete proposals posing factions in the House might