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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) At!panyelurflay lowest, :2 ua-m today. Teport on page 1 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13,14&15 No. 32,700. post office, | @ ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING E! Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, DITION o Star “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 papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 118,081 1933—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. FHP (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HAVANA GOUNTS 150 DEAD, 300 WOUNDED IN QUELLED REVOLT City Resumes Normal Rou- tine Slowly as Rebels Wait Court-Martial Action. REBEL CHIEF HERNANDEZ AMONG DEAD IN STRIFE Snipers Continue Firing Today De- spite Federal Order to Kill Them on Sight. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November 10.—A bullet- riddled Havana counted her dead at 150 and her wounded at 300 today and strove to resume the quiet ways of commerce -after of rebellion. Government soldiers stood guard over the survivors of an A. B. C. radical secret society force, which fortified it- self yesterday in grim old Atares Fortress and fought until Federal ar- tillery fire forced their surrender. Secretary of War Guiteras estimated the dead at 150 and wounded at 300. Col. staff said he was unable to estimate the casualties. The defeated insurgents were lofiged in Principe and Cabanas Fortresses, ‘They were well cared for, apparently, but they faced court-martial. Transportation Resumed. Street cars, busses and taxis appeared again this morning on the streets, from which they were driven yester- day by heavy rifle, machine gun and artillery fire. Other forms of commerce hesitantly appeared as business men attempted to Tenew their methods of livelihood. The fighting men of Col. Fulgencio | Batista. by their work yesterday, smashed a rebellion that shook the| foundations of the regime of President ‘Grau San Martin. surviving two days Sporadic cutbursts of shooting oc- | Wiite House parley yesterday and was | curred as snipers continued firing, de- | spite ‘army orders to shoot - them on | sight. Confusion in hospitals still made im- | possible an accurate check of the| wounded and dead. Communieations Halted. The government forbade prlvste tele- | graph messages in order to clear the | wires for official communications. 4 Reports from Matanzas that that city was quiet, l.\t.lw tered shooting occurred Febel leaders there were in mdlnx Army headquarters announced sum- -martial would be con- ducud for tary leaders of the re- belllon today. ‘bel soldiers will be tried later in um:nary court-martial. Civilian | ]:rboncrl will be tried in civil courts. | 200 Civilians Arrested. It was revealed that more than 200 | civilian prisoners were taken at Camp Columbia during the first day of the mbverrlve movement. ‘The Mexican charge d‘affaires, Reyes Spindola, conferred with Col. Batista today regarding the treatment of prise{:en and, it was learned reliably, Tecommended 'leniency for them. In morgues. hospitals and elsewhere (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) ONE DIES IN CRASH AS HEIRESS ELOPES Brother-in-Law of Bride, Kin of Patent Medicine Millionaire, Killed in Speeding Car. —r night. By the Associated Press. AURORA, Ill, November 10.—MTrs. Merry Fahrney Parker-Pickering, Oak | Park heiress, eloped early today with Frank Eiszer of River Forest and o short time afterward their speeding au- tomoblle overshot a sharp turn nea Plainfield and was wrecked, killing Eiszner’s brother Donald, 25. The couple had called at the home ©of Miss Ruth Chamberlin, deputy clerk of Kane County, at 1:30 a.m. and ob- tained a marriage license. The bride s\e her name as “Miss Merry Picker- A few days ago she bade fare- v.en to Count George di Georgio of Chile at a New York dock and then came home to ask her parents if she might follow him to South Amer- lca and be married; She was refused. Miss Chamberlin ' admitted she had | promised not to reveal the issuance of @ license until Monday. A Plainfield pohcemnn, Who searched | the wrecked automobile, found a mar-| Tiage certificate signed by Justice of the Peace E. M. Enderson of Aurora. Five persons were in the car, which apparently was driven by Norman | Peterson, an automobile salesman of Chicago. John R. Finkle at Plainfield. Eiszner was bruised and his_bride was not seriously hurt. Noel Seeburg of Chi- cago suffered a possible skull fracture. An inquest was ordered. Mrs. Parker-Pickering, a 23-year-old divorcee, was the granddaughter of the late Dr. Peter Fahrney, patent medi- cine manufacturer. Manuel Velasco of the general| All were_attended by Dr.| Temperature of 26 Expected Tonight In Capital Area Sharp Rise Tomorrow Followed by Mild Sunday Forecast. Washington, the South and East and |parts of the Middle West shivered in subnormal temperatures today, and an even further drop was forecast for this area tonight. The temperature dipped to the freez- ing point, 32 degrees, last night, and Weather Bureau forecasters said it will probably go as low as 26 tonight unless the sky clouds over. The Bureau, how- ever, forecast a sharp rise in tempera- | ture tomorrow, followed by a mild Sun- |day with perhaps a little rain. | The Capital did not get as low tem- | peratures as points to the South. Ashc- | ville, N. C., reported a minimum of 20 degrees and Atlanta had a reading cf 28, as frost, accompanied in many sec- tions by subfreezing temperatures, cov- ered most of the South, after an un- usually Summery Autumn. Generally, temperatures were several degrees lower in Dixie today than yes- | | terday. when chilling winds brought | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ROOSEVELT PLANS LOW LIQUOR TAX Program Ban on Imports and Lib- eral Licensing Policy. Includes Easing| By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt wants firm Fed- eral control of liquor when prohibition ends December 5. He plans to keep taxes down to make | | bootlegging unprofitable and he intends | to bring the industry under the Gov-| ernment’s program of control of pro-' duction and distribution that applies to other industries. This plan developed from a lengthy being rushed into final form today by a specnl cabinet committee and a group of experts. To assure a supply and prevent profi- teering, the President will sanction a relaxation in the embargo against liquor imports before December 5. Licensing to Be Liberal. Hgnhculpptmn'lpou:y of lib- eral licensing of distillers so they may manufacture liguor to be held in bond until legal sales are permissible. General ngs, the Attorney Cummi; Gt?e{:men!'l law enforcement ‘:flflu, put the administration policy T P foe “nwupimhwhave orderly, decent ure under terms which will dis- and make unprofitable the ac- Uvmu of bootleggers and law breakers. “The thought is not to make the| vitation to boofleuu—s One cabinet officer who is a member | of the Special Liquor Control Commit- | tee stated that the administration would stand by the old tax of $1.10 a gallon on whisky. Other experts insisted this wflu.lfl be slightly raised. Treasury wit- nesses were to submit their recommen- dations to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee as soon as possible. Wants to Keep Prices Down. Anyway, no material boost above the ' $1.10 levy'is in immediate prospect, ad- ministration sources said. | The Attorney General made it plain the Government is going to exercise its authority under the national recov- | ery act and the Agriculture Adjustment | (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ekl ot i i |INSULL ACTION DEFENDED BY GREEK GOVERNMENT | Note Replying to U. S. Protest Is| Reported to Have Pointed to | | yesterday. | the dollar, is mand which would hold the price at a satisfactory level was added, it probably would be neces- ury for l!u Federal banks to Roosevelt belleves undesirable. | in yesterday’s weekly statement of the avoided. | and $5.14% Provisions of Treaty. | By the Assoclated Press. \ ATHENS, Greece, November 10. *The\ action of a Greek court in refusing to | permit the extradition of Samuel Insull, | r., to the United States, was defended, | | it was learned today, in a note from | the Greek government replying to the ltfl’nmwd States protest against the \er-‘ ict. The note pointed out that Greek jus- tice, according to the country's con- stitution, is entirely separate from the government. The communication maintained that law courts have the right to go into the substance of accusations and try cases, and also stated Greece was not to blame for the terms of the extra- dition treaty. saying the United States, | | when the treaty was being drafted. in- sisted on the same conditions as those of the treaty with Great Britain. The foreign minister did not discuss re- Bouncement of the treaty. | PINCHOT CALLS SESSION | | State quuox Control Chiet Topic| | for Legislature. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 10 () | —Gov. Pinchot today issued a call for | special session of the Legislature, | with State liquor control heading the | list of laws he wants enacted. The ymstm is to benn Monday. AVIATOR IS SENTENCED BY U. S. COURT FOR CHINESE ARMS FRAUD By Radio to The Star. SHANGHAI, China, November 10.— Lieut. Bert Hall, colorful soldier of for- tune and at one time a member of the famous Lafayette Esquadrille, today bowed his head before a sentence of two and a half years in the American | Court for China, meted out by Judge Milton D. Purdy in the international settlement here. Lieut, Hall had admitted obtaining $9,775 silver from a Chinese general, Ho Chu-Kuo, who surrendered at Shan- batkwan after the Japanese bombard- ment of that east coast town a year #go. This money, it was charged, he bad diverted from its intended war pur- Polieut. Hall—frequently called Gen. in China—who is 49 years old d hails from Bow! Green, Ky., X uuboune%t. to McNeil Island off the b he pleaded gullty, Lieut. Hall declared he could have proved his in- nocence had not a Japanese at Moji stolen papers indicating that Gen. Ho Chu-Kuo gave him money with which to purchase arms and munitions from | a German illicit arms dealer. This the anmese officially denied through the | American court. | Lieut. Hall eventually admitted that | he gave the money to a woman friend in order to enable her to make a jour- | ney to America. national government’s air lome, eventually losing out when an article crediting him with aviation feats China appeared in a New York news- o 5 leaning of this ‘smce the gold control program was st Iflolllr level at 62.32 per cent of its old IPI ty. ueut Hall !or two years advised the | GOLD 1S EASED OFF 0 GHECK DOLLAR DECLINE ABROAD Price Here Set at $33.20 to Halt Drop in Foreign Markets. TREND TURNED UPWARD BY ACTION OF R. F. C. Stock Market Dull—U. S. Govern- ment Issues Sag—Commodities Continue Advance. By the Associated Press. 1 The administration fixed its price for| newly mined gold at a point below the world dollar quotation for the first time today, an action interpreted in.some quarters as indicating an effort to check the rapid decline of the dollar, which Jjust previously had struck another new low level. With London dispatches telling of an exchange rate ranfing from $5.13 to $5.16% and a gold quotation there of $33.26 at the strongest exchange Tate, officials here set the price to be paid for newly mined domestic gold at! $33.20, an advance of only 5 cents since | ‘Whether the easing off of its policy. of almost daily increases in the domes- tic price would be accompanied by some contraction of gold purchases abroad, administration officials would not re- veal. They have consistently declined to divulge the extent of their activities on the foreign gold exchanges. Concerned Over Bond Decline. The heaviness of United States Gov- ernment bonds, which developed simul- tan with the severe decline in known to have caused officials some uneasiness, but they were reticent to say whether or what steps would be taken to counteract the trend. Economists said that aside from cuts right stabilization of the dollar and whatever benefit could be gamed from easing off the gold operations, the Gov- ernment had but one course open to it for direct action to sustain the Govern- ment bond market. This, it was said, would involve the Federal Reserve System expanding its open market operations to a point of practically unlimited buying of Govern- ment securities, thereby creating a de- To pay ‘for the bond purchases, it ltltlu‘?flgm it it is nut.hon-edtodo pomud out Lh]s would be mm‘khl inflation of a sort which officials have said President Porwver-lmunmuanl-rw buying Government bonds n a meotusoooooommmooomuy. Several weeks ago this was reduced to $10,000,000 & week, which was continued Reserve System. The United States gold po.l’.cy offi- cials say, 1s narrowing trade benefits other countries have had by reason of depreciated currencies, but there is still hope here that a monetary war will be Other Quotations. As the price of gold abroad was raised from $33.05 to $33.15 an ounce yesterday the new jssué of Treasury 4%-3%4's dropped more than 1.6 points | w close nearly a point under par.| Wheat rose 3% to 4 cents and stocks moved sharply upward in New York, as | the movement of funds into commodi- ties and equities gained impetus. The pound rose to $5.05% in London in New York, and ob-/ servers failed to discern evidences of retaliatory action by Great Britain. Especial interest continued in the action of the Prefich franc, which rose, too, as compared with the dollar. Although France has announced | firmly its intention of remaining on | gold, the withdrawal of an additional | quarter billion gold francs in the week ended November 3 drew attention sharply to the strain which is being placed on it. DOLLAR IS STEADIED. Shows Recovery by Slackening of Gald Price Pace. NEW YORK. November 10 (). —The | dollar _stiffened in foreign exchange dealings today, as the R. F. C. slack- ened the pace of its boosting the gold price, actually puting today's price a little under the London market. This was interpreted in several quar- ters in Wall Street as indicating a de- sire to reduce the value of the dollar in somewhat more orderly fashion than its abrupt drop yesterday, Some of the commodities continued to advance in early dealings in the specu- lative markets. Cotion rose 40 to 65 cents a bale at the start. The stock market turned dull, however, and prices were barely changed from yesterday's final levels. In bonds, U. S. Govern- | ment issues again sagged, however. | The R. F, C. pushed its gold price up only 5 cents to $33.20 an ounce. On the basis of the dollar rate in London | of $5.13 to the pound, the London price of gold was $33.26 an ounce, while on the basis of the sterling opening in New York at $5.16%, the London metal price was $33.47 an ounce. The sterling rate in New York quick- ly reacted, however, reaching $5.11%, which was 1, cent under yesterday's close. The gold currencies also slipped back a little in terms of dollars. The French franc at 6.29 cents was off .02%; of a cent. The dollar in relation to foreign cur- rencies appeared to be conforming mois accurately to the level indicated |RCF. C. gold price than at any time tarted. The gold price of $33.2) indicated a dollu of 62.26 per cent of its old parity, while the mid-morning rate of 6.29 cents to the franc indicated a REDS MASSACRE 20,000 IN CHINESE PROVINCES By the Assoclated Press. KIUKIANG, China, November 10.— Chinese reports today said Communists had massacred 20,000 persons in their recent seizure of Hsuiting, Hsuiduan, ‘Wanyuan and C] An orgy of plunder and terror, the reports added, followed the Communist victories — the 20,000 rifles and" 10,000,000 Tounds. of unition, PASSIN° THE BUCK! Girl and Co-Pilot Save Four As Flames Rend Fallen Plane Four Persons, Including Noted Surgeon; Killed as Air Liner Crashes Hillside in Fog—Rescue Is Long Delayed. By the Assoclated Press. PORT .AND, Oreg., November 10.— rask .~ into a hillside within five min- after it left the airport here, a tri- Mptored transport plane carried four persons, including Dr. Robert C. Coffey, famous Portland surgeon, to deatl: late | last night. Six persons were injured, none seriously. The plane, operated by United Air Lines and Western Air Express, fell on its side and caught fire. All passengers on that side were killed. The pilot was blinded by an unusually heavy fog as he circled for altitude. Dr. Coffey was recognized in medical circles as one of the greatest in his'field, surgery of the kidney. e other dead: A. A. Troftler, Chicago. Herman Cohn, Portland. Al Davis, Seattle, pilot. The injured: Robert E. Pelouze, Portland, frac- tured kneecap. | Dr. John Blnumjjord Portland, as- sistant to Dr. Coffey, cuts and bruises. i l"lgyd Hart, Medford, Oreg., injured a0 | H. B. Woodworth, Otk].lnd Calif., ,co—pflot hrot!n ribs, nose and burns. Powers, Glendale, Calif., TWO-STRIKE AREA BRIDGES BOMBED Railroad Ties Loosened by Blasts Blamed on lowa Farm Holiday Men. By the Associated Press. MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa, Novem- | ber 10.—Two railway bridges near | Woodbine, one on the Illinois Central | and one on the Chicago & WNorth- western, were slightly damaged by dynamite blasts at 3:30 a.m. today. The blasts knocked out a few rail- way tles at the south end of each bridge, but traffic was not delayed. A track walker for the Illinois Cen- | tral heard the blasts. He discovered | two fuses. Railway officials attributed the at-| tempt to wreck the bridge to farm strikers. POLL CALLED ON STRIKE. | Wisconsin Leaders Consider Abandon- ing Tactics Under Pressure. MADISON, Wis., November 10 (#)— Wisconsin farm strike leaders, facing vigorous opposition from authorities and anti-strike leagues, will submit to their followers Monday night the ques- | tion of whether the strike shall be con- tinued In this State. Strike activity apparently was sub- siding on all fronts in the Midwest. Picket Force Reduced. DES MOINES, November 10 (#)— Wintry blasts from the northwest e strikers to dampen the ardor of pnckeu wno, for the most part, deserted the highways. Live stock and milk trucks sped un- | molested to Siowx City markets, where for four days picket lines had effected sharply reduced receipts. Grain Elevators Closed. MORRIS, Ill, November 10 (#)— Fifteen grain companies in Grundy County closed their elevators yesterday at the request of the Farm Holiday Association. Local committees of the association asked the elevator companies to re- fuse to accept grain “until conditions | are changed for the farmer.” (Continued on Page 2, Column ) Flays Versailles Treaty in Nation-wide Pre-elec- tion Speech. By the Assoctated Press. | BERLIN, November 10.—Chancellor Hitler, addressing himself especially once more to German labor, hurled deflance at forelgn nations today in a pre-election campaign speech. The German populace gathered through the nation to hear their leader through loud speakers erected at van- tage points everywhere before they go to the polls Sunday to elect a straight Nazi ticket. | Hitler served notice that Germany would never again gather with other | naticns around the green table of | diplomacy unless her equality were vouchsafed. In a voice that often was at the verge | of breaking with emotion, he reiterated Germany’s desire for peace and de- clared the nation wanted nothing ex- cept to be left alone and work out its own salvation. | Radio Becomes Silent, After he had spoken 12 minutes the radio hookup which carried his voice to tvery part of the Reich suddenly ceased to function, The radio resumed, how- ever, after four minutes. “If any one has the right to address you, my workers,” Hitler declared in beginning his address, “it is I, for I came from your ranks and always con- sidered myself one of you. ““Through industry ‘and study, yes, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8,) EGGS HURLED AT GANDHI Incident Called First of Kind in Leader’s Public Life. BOMBAY, November 10 (#).—The| | Evening News of India said today that | eges were hurled at a platform on | which the Mahatma Gandhi. Indian leader, was seated during & public | meeting at Nagpur. The incident was remded as the first of its kind in Gandhi's public life. WHAT IS YOUR HOME STATE DOING TO SOLVE REPEAL PROBLEMS? Each State faces its own distinct problem in the regula- tion and control of alcoholic will remain dry. Others will handling of their own liquor t cult questions to solve. respondents next Sunday The plans of each State under the new order will be out- lined and explained by The Star’s special staff of 48 State cor- —IN THE— CONCLAVE OF STATES SECTION —OF— The Sunday beverages after repeal. Some adopt various systems for the raffic. All are faced with diffi- GERMAN EQUALITY 2,280,000 CHILDREN DENIED SCHOOLIN Rural and Many Other In- stitutions, Zook Says. George F. Zook, United States com- missioner of education, disclosed today that 2,280,000 American children of school age who, according to most com- pulsory education laws, should be uhacl are not getting schooling. He revealed also that nearly 2,000 rural schools in 24 States did not year and estimates indicate 1,500 com- mercial schools and colleges have without schooling. In some communities, he said, public schools have of necessity tuition schools, admitting only those lack of available funds one out of every four cities in the United States have shortened the school term and 715 rural schools are expected to run less than three months. Virginia Schools Suffer. He said that in Virginia the educa- tional organization faces a crisis with the prospect that many terms in public schools will be shortened unless pre- ventative measures are taken. In Michigan, he said, 90 per cent of the schools will shorten hours; in Ne- braska at least one month will be cut from the terms of 15 schools, and in Missouri 100 high schools and XSW rural schools face early closing due to lack of funds. Commissioner Zook also showed in his summary that this crisis has worked considerable hardship in teachers’ sal- aries. He estimated that one of every four teachers in the United States is now teaching at the rate of less than $750 a year, whereas an unskilled fac- tory worker, laboring under the mis mum blanket code rate of the N. R. A., would receive $728. Comparing school terms in the United States with those of other coun- tries, Mr. Zook showed the lvenge 200 Sweden, 210 days; Germany, 246 days: England, 210 days, and Denmark, 246 gbmg further into the subject, Mr. Zook revealed that 259 districts in 29 sum have had to default on their m- He also revealed tha e °5%0,000.000 % Lmpaia wamrants | has been issued by school districts to pay teachers. pl FOUR SURVIVORS BRING SHIP OF DEATH TO PORT Fourteen of Swedish Crew Fatally Stricken by Malaria Off Coast of West Africa. By the Associated Press. «death rode into the harbor today manned by only four men. Eighteen members of the crew of the 1400-ton Swedish steamer) Elsie had died off the coast of West Africa. They were stricken by malaria. A number of officers were among the victims. Soarstat Senate Opposed. DUBLIN, Irish Pree State, November 10 (#).—Delegates to the Fianna Fail Convention a resolution by th: LISBON, November 10—A ship of| - | By the Assoclated Press. WCARL MAY RLE N.R. A. COMPLIANCE INU.S. CONTRACTS Controller Expected to Ask That Code Provisions Be Upheld. DECIDES JOBS AND WAGES ARE PARAMOUNT ISSUES: Opinion Is Expected to Have Bear- ing in Settiing Controversy With Henry Ford. Indication that Controller General McCarl will uphold the legality of execu- tive orders requiring N. R. A. code com- pliance by any bidder on contracts entailing use of recovery act funds was seen today in Government circles on the basis of a decision rendered yester- day by the controller general, in which for the first time he was called upon to deal with a case in which this issue fgured. In the event McCarl 50 holds, it will bring to a head the N. R. A. controversy with Henry Ford over the Detroit manu- facturer's refusal to come under the automobile code. This already has caused a local automokile dealer to call for a ruling from McCarl on the legality of a presumed rejection by the Govern- ment of a low bid to supply Ford cars to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Decision Expected Soon. uccull decision in this particular is expected at my time now. {Basmuch as it has been for Y.'o weeks. If adverse to !ord. it ukely will bring court action. Yesterday's ruling by the controller general, which sanctioned an award to the George F. Driscoll Co. of a con- tract for more than $4,000,000 for con- atrucflmo(npatofleehuudm;in New York, came in response to a re- quest from the Treasury. The depart- ment took the nutude ‘that the code Pnddtnu em| ent agreement did ployment_agre coul At the same time, however, it was noted that the decision hasized wages and increased employment are salient points in the recovery program, and Ford is contending that in this re- spect he is exceeding the requirements of the automobile code. In this connection the decision said: “When there is considered the pur- pose and intent of the national indus- President’s prompt action thereunder with a single purpose to secure through patriotic co-operation with his program by employers increased wages and em- ployment for those out of work, it ‘would appear out of line with the recov- ery program and far afield from the high plane on which the President ap- pealed to employers for support of his plan to deny for other than an impell- ing reason a low bidder for public work who has in the vital things fully co- operated with the President’s plan.” Court Action. ‘The controller general’s decision came on the eve of argument in District Su- preme Court on the motion of the Driscoll Co. for an injunction to pre- vent award by the Treasury to the second low bidder. As a result, the fi:fitloner went into court this morn- dropped action, subject how- ever, to reinstitution should later de- velopments warrant, Counsel told the court that the de- sired relief had been obtained through McCarls Tuling. the absence of a construction code, the Driscoll Co. signed the Presi- dent’s employment agreement, but there was delay in receipt of the executed document, which was responsible for raising the issue. At the Treasury it was said action on the Driscoll bid would await return wmemplmmw F. Robert, as- sistant Secretary of the Treasury, who is due back Monday. Ecuador Votes Recognition. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, November 10 (#).—Congress by a majority of 17 votes yesterday approved a recommendation of the foreign office to recognize the Soviet government of Russia. ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN DETAILS OF HULL RECOGNITION TALKS U. S.-Soviet Questions Are| Renewed in Conference With Litvinoff, LOT OF WORK REMAINS BEFORE FINAL ACTION State Secretary Leaves Tomorrow for Pan-American Meeting in Montevideo. By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt and Maxim Lit- vinoff announced jointly today that had reviewed questions between this coune try and the Soviet, and that conversa- tions “will continue in normal course.” The statement said: “The President and Mr. Litvinoff re~ viewed the questions between the two countries which had previously been discussed between the Secretary of State and Mr, Litvinoff,” "“These conversations with the Presi- dent and with the State Department will continue in normal course.” It had been asserted in official quar- ters earlier that there were many prob- lems that needed to be gone over, and 50 no necessarily quick and final action on recognition was to be expected. No arrangements have yet been made for another State Department meeting. Hull Leaves Tomorrow. Secretary Hull, who has been con- ducting negotiations, leaves tomorrow morning for the Pan-American Eco- nomic Conference at Montevideo. Litvinofl had nothing to say when he left the White House beyond a chuckling reply to newspaper men that all would be_covered ln the joint mtement commissar had reach in of relations between the countries, He is leaving his State Depart- mm'&uuummkuxnmummm two At his Washington residence, the Commissar conferred with members of his party, which includes Peter danov, chairman of the Amtorg Trad- ing Corporation; Boris Skvirsky, head of the Soviet Information Bureau and Konstantin Umansky and Ivan Divilkovsky, ul’ mew's Commis- sariat of Foreign Afl: Secretary Hull, in hls “state Depart- ment office early, talked with uLher of- ficials who have attended the six hours of conferences with Litvinoff. Detaills Given President. Hull already has acquainted the Pres- ident with the progress made in his own office, where the Soviet Commis- sar three times has faced a committee o! six United States officials. The Sec- retary saw the Chief Executive last (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FRANCE SEES REICH AS THREAT TO PEACE Deputy Charges Germany Is Re- arming Secretly to Develop \ an “Invisible Army.” By the Associated Press, PARIS, November 10.—Opposition deputies in the chamber, debating on the eve of Armistice day, today pictured a war menace from a Germany they declared to be secretly rearming. Deputy Alfred Margaine referred to the American international policy, which is understood here as adverse to entrance into any future foreign war and reproached the government for “alienating America by emphasizing the gold standard in opposition to President Roosevelt’s financia! policy.” Pierre Taittinger likened Norman Davis, American assador-at-Large, to Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the disarmament problem. He lrmf," which could “settle the fate of England in three weeks.” ‘The foreign office said it had no thought of asking for a League of Na- tions investigation unless the Disarma- ment Conference finally fails. ESTRANGED HUSBAND IS SOUGHT AS MOTHER VIEWS DEAD BOY; 6