Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly colder today: tomorrow mostly cloudy, colder In afternoon. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 51, at 10 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 28, terday. Full report on page 7. at 6 am. yes- (®) Means Associated Pre: Y ek he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sundhy Stare Subscriber or Newsstand Copy Not for Sale by Newsboys ! No. 1,495—No. 32,702. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, 9 NOVEMBER 12, 193 3—100 PAGES. = FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS |TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE TIEUP OF RESERV SYSTEM AND LATIN 1 Scte of Parer: PAGT T PREVENT BANKS BUNSIDEREDI Hull Said to Be Ready to Second Motion at Mon- tevideo Meeting. SOLUTION OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IS HELD AIM Other Proposals Include Invest- ment Code and Inter-American | statement. Court of Justice. (Copyright, 1033, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, November 11.—Through diplomatic channels came word today that a proposal to link the Federal Re- serve Bank of the United States with the national banks of Latin American nations is under consideration as Secre- tary of State Hull sails for Montevideo to the Pan-American Conference From these sousces it was learned the establishment of an inter-Ameri- can investment bureau to solve the eco- nomic problems of the Americas was undergoing an intense study in Latin America and that, apparently, the proj- ect had sympathetic support of the ad- ministration in Washington. | salesmen for Gov. | weekly | Parmer, Coercion Charged To Murray’s Aides Governor Gives Lie to Ac- cusation He Condoned Subscription Policy. By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, November 11.— United State's District Attorney Her- bert K. Hyde charged tonight that W. H. Murray's newspaper, the Blue Valiey have threatened Federal re- lief workers in the State with loss of their jobs unless they subsciibe to it. “It's an outrage of which 1 have absolute evidence,” Hyde said as he left for Washington with a file of infor- mation on administration of Federal relief funds in Oklahoma. The file will be placed in hands of relief officials and the Department of Justice, Hyde said. “You know that is a lie,” Gov. Mur- ray declared when advised of Hyde's “He knows that is a lie, and so does everybody else.” Hyde declared that “if the Governor of Oklahoma, who poses as a friend of the poor and downtrodden, is concerned | in a situation which permits agents of his newspaper to enrich themselves and the coffers of that newspaper at the expense of half-starved and half-clothed children, he will notify immediately every timekeeper on every Federal re- lief project in Oklahoma that all agents of the newspaper who attempt to se- cure subscriptions in this manner shall be prosecuted for fraud. “His silence condones the practice and is but one of the many abuses which have crept into the administra- tion of Federal relief funds under his direction.” WALLACE WARNS Secretary Hull was said to be fully aware of the proposal and it was indi- cated that he may, in fact, personally LITVINOFF SEEKING / JESS, WHATS M STAKE IN TH\S ALL AGGRESSIONS | Political and Economic Agree- | ment Reported Discussed With Roosevelt. MOQST FAR-REACHING TREATY IN EXISTENCE Would Apply to Trade Practices as| Well as Tending to Pre- vent War. | BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. A political and economic non-aggres- sion pact between the United States and the Soviet Republics, the first one of its kind to be agreed upon between | nations, is reliably reported to form the main topic of discussion between Prestdent Roosevelt and Maxim Litvin- off, the Soviet commissar for foreign affairs. The other questions, such as the | Communist propaganda in the United States, the pre-revolutionary debts and the confiscated American property m‘ Russia, which had heretofore formed the main obstacles to Russia’s recog- nition by the United States, are dealt with principally by the State Depart- ment experts. They are expected to LA GUARDIA SHAPE second a motion for the establishment of such an institution in a plenary ses- sion of the Pan-American Conference. Mexican Sponsors Proposal. Former Pan-American conferences have concerned themselves with ques- tions of territorial rights, non-aggres- sion and sovereignty in the main; the forthcoming conference will be mainly an economic affair and it will be aimed toward mutual co-operation for better- ment of economic conditions in North and South America. Much of the success of the confer- ence, and certainly the future of the plan for an international economic co- ive body, rests with J. M. Puig Casauranc, foreign minister of Mexico and head of his country’s delegation to the conference. . At present Dr. Puig Casauranc is up a tour of the west coast of | AGAINST STRIKE |Tells lowa Farmers Action | May Kill Sympathy of New- Won Friends. By the Assoctated Pres: DES MOINES, Iow: An audience 17,000 Towans, including delegations of | “dirt farmers” gave Secretary of Agri- | culture Wallace an ovation tonight as he began his address explaining the | November 11.— form the subject of protracted negotia- tions, even after an agreement in prin- ciple on these matters has been reached and official recognition has been ex- tended to the Soviet Republics. | The President naturally is keeping in close touch with the developments re: garding these questions discussed tween the State Department and Lit- vinoff, but the reason why no con- clusive announcement has been made yet is due to the fact the conversations | regarding the non-aggression pact must necessarily be slow and complicated. | By the Assoclated Press. ‘ May Delay Sailing Date. NEW YORK, November 11.—A far- 1t is expected in official quarters that | Feaching program of civic reform is REFORM PROGRAM Mayor-Elect to Start Picking Aides on Return From 10-Day Vacation. | | | . { | officially estimated at | Litvinoff will not be able to sail nexi being whipped into shape by Mayor-| Wednesday, as he had originally | elect Piorello H. La Guardia i rt | planned, but will have to remain in | o7 T e | Washington at least until toward the Of his pre-election pledges to stamp !end of the next week. The Russians|out the influence of Tammany Hall in | are particularly desirous of having some | the city’s complex government. 50| Pederal farm relief program. He was | definite compromise reg: which is considered arding in well-informed | Among La Guardia’s promises are: ts on his way in an | to determine what | his project. | he finds them favorable—and there | have been indications in the past that such a plan would be Latin America—he . pose creation of an nt bureau to the conference. | -when he makes this proposal, Secretary Hull was said to be ready to second it on behalf of the United Btates. i welcomed in | ministration’s program to aid Midwest + agriculture through its corn-hog meas- | ure cheered and applauded as he stepped on the platform. The audience listened attentively as he described the background of the ad- | J It interrupted with applause and laughter his assertion that: “One of the paths open to the farm- er is that of joining the ‘holiday move- Juasters as one of the most tangible| 1. Elimination of thousands of “un- ences of the recognition of the | necessary, extravagantly paid jobs.” Soviet Republics by the United States. | 2. A new chaster with the abolition The idea of & political and economic | ¢\ 1y oovernments within the city. -aggression pact was hefore the | ‘Wml b;mt.he m‘::t and it is| 3. Abolition of the Board of Alder- Ukely it will meet, in general lines, with | men as,_presently constituted. iz Mg g B - don | 4. Elimination of “incompetence and Ever since the failure of the Lon 1 ce Al Economic Conference, the President 2 graft in the letting of public contracts been endeavoring to bring about recip- | %, Breaking of alliances between ians and racketeers. rocal trade agreements with various g pehapilitation of the city's credit beB!réefly. it :vns s’nid the proposa" Hrould |ment and raise hell’” e creation of a non-political inter- | American Economic Commission to cre- | Appiund Roesovelt. ate an inter-American credit fund and . It applauded again his assertion “it to survey the inter-American credit was the inteiligence and courage of situation. Frapklin D. Roosevelt that saved us The fund would be subscribed by ' from chaos in March. We can con- the Pederal Reserve Bank of the United | tinue to draw strength from his leader- States and the various national banks ' ship in November.” of Latin American republics. The Secretary was interrupted once To avoid the question of sovereignty, , again by applause in his declaration | always a ticklish matter between the that the administration is not “par-| United States and the southern re- | ticularly disturbed by the personal publics, the bureau would be absolutely | abuse coming from men who have long non-political. | made discord the basis of a good live- Its survey would cover two points: | lihood.” 1. Loans already due and payable,| Declaring that since the war the most of which have been frozen in | country has been trying to produce moratoriums declared by the various | for a foreign market which really ex- nations concerned: isted only in war time, the Secretary 2. New credit needed by Latin was applauded when he said: countries. So far, his efforts have met with little success. Conversations are being carried on between the State De- partment and Portugal and Sweden, but no headway has been made even with those small countries. Another set of | negotiations has been inaugyrated with | some of the South American republics; these direct negotiations will be neces- | sarily suspended to wait for the out- come of the Montevideo Conference. The Russians have come to Washing- ton with & constructive idea, which, if | it materializes, will set an example to the world to avold future economic conflicts. The general idea seems to be that there will come a time when Russia, thanks to the support of the United States in the rebuilding of its economic_system, will be in a position | to compete with this country. In order Off on 10-Day Vacation. These are but a few of the more im- portant reforms promised. La Guardia, accompanied by his wife —his former secretary—who played an important part in his campaign, slipped away today for a J0-day vacation aboard the liner Pennsylvania. He tentatively plans to leave the ship in Panama and fly back to Washington, D. C. When he returns it will be to plunge deeply into the task of selecting the men who will surround him in his four-year administration. With the Board of Estimate controlling the city’s purse strings they will help him to rule the city. La Guardia believes his first and most | difficult task will be to rid the city of “bossism and machine control.” Hun- American nations in order to carry on their commercial and public works de- velopments. Hitherto foreign investments in Latin America have followed the economic theory of exploitation rather than de- velopment. Investment Code Projected Apparently, well-informed _sources say, the conference furthermore is to be asked to adopt an-inter-American code of investments with the idea that foreign capital must work for the ben- efit of the country to which it is sent as well as for the capitalists. ‘This idea already is being acted upon in South America. In Chile, for ex- ample, the new nitrate arrangement, in which United States capital is_heav- 1ly interested, will give Chile a 25 per cent share of the net profits. This code probably would be regarded as implying similar co-operation by United States oil companies in Colom- bia, Mexico and Peru: American fruit companies in Central and Upper South America; sugar companies in Cuba, and mining companies in Chile, Peru and Mexico. At present the Latin American na- tions have complained foreign com- “1 realize that many people dislike to face facts like these, and that the man who insists upon reiterating them is in danger of being considered ‘a very sour pessimist.’ He may even be | spanked in efgy.” e made a vigorous explanation of the administration’s farm policies. as- | serted “that they have accomplishea more in eight months than in the 12 years preceding. and described the new (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) |{WOLCOTT ESTATE GETS | PAYMENT OF $1,185,888 Litigation Ends Over Profits Real- ized Through Sale of Live Stock to Allies in War. KANSAS CITY, November 11.—Pay- ment of $1,185,888 was made here today to the estate of Josiah C. Wolcott, end- ing nearly seven years of litigation over profits realized by a firm selling horses and mules to the allied nations during the World War. | to avoid future frictions, especially to 'dreds of job-holders, prevent economic disputes from having | Hall affiliations, serious political consequences, the | the plank. Soviets desire an agreement with the | United States to be embodied in an economic non-aggression pact, It will be difficult to define precisely what constitutes economic aggression, | but 1t i belleved Some general defni- | tion can be agreed upon. A commercial | | treaty could be drafted afterward on | the basis of the agreement entered upon for economic non-aggression, The existing political non-aggression pact signed between France and the Soviet republics on November 22, 1932, | could be basis_for with Tammany are scheduled to walk is the office of police’ Commissioner. |James J, Belan, Who rose from the Curry. Tammany leader, is expected to be among the first to £0. 2 trenchment, La Guardia is expected to turn his attention to taxation. He has promised there will be no increase in real estate taxes and that he is op- Pposed to the recent jump in water rates. Transit Problem Difficult. A greater share for the city of taxes collected by the State and redistributed to localities is a major phase of La Guardia’s tax program. He is hopeful the proposal will receive favorable con- sideration by the Republican-controlled Legislature. La Guardia has asserted he can rid the city of racketeering in 60 days. He said that with a police commissioner co- operating with the district attorneys it | i | Commits Suicide as Police Advance on Barricade. LOS ANGELES, November 11 (#).—A sniper who, police said, stood in his Important among the jobs to be filled | ranks, and is a close friend of John F.| After attacking the problem of re- | back yard and took pot shots at human targets with a rifle, killed an 18-year- old colored youth today and then com- mitted suicide. can be accomplished. The transit problem is one of the most difficult he will face. La Guardia | Indicated the 5-cent subway fare could anies which operate in their terri- E)rles only leave behind a meager re- turn of the profits which they them- are making. This return ordi- is in the form of export taxes (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) i e | Cleveland. They were nieces of Wol- The Wolcott heirs benefiting from | the settlement are Mrs, Mary Wolcott | Ely, Miss Esther Wolcott and Miss Ruth | Woicott. all of Hutchinson. Kans.; Miss | The sniper was identified by police as | be saved through unification of the John Brown, 60, colored. His victim | was Albert McArthur. Brown barricad- ed himself in a garage when police ad- himself. Authorities said he apparently was insane. ATTEMPTING PRESS GAG | CHARGED TO PRESIDENT (; ALLOWS ERECT : s DEATH 11 Representative Fisk 3ays Admin- istration Is Only One in U. S. History to Dare Censorship. I VIENNA, November 11.—In the | gloomy courtyard of old Vienna's dis- trict jail today, carpenters built a gal- lows for offenders against Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss’ new martial law decree. The scaffold, standing where there has not been an execution for almost 20 years, emphasized the government's description of the new order of things as “a new martial law.” It was to prevent violence in con- nection with a celebration of the fif- teenth anniversary of the founding of the Austrian republic tomorrow. That martial law was decreed, with death as the penalty. By the Associated Press ’ President Roosevelt and his aides yes- terday were charged by Represenfative | Fish, Republican, of New York. with| 1o censor the national press P mete eriticism of administration clef pql‘lNo,ndmlfilstrn(mn in the History of the Republic has ever dared .until now to attémipt to censor the public: press in times of peace,” Fish said in a state- ment, adding: "%m.‘dul:lsmistrntmn. through licens- ing of the radio broadcasting com- panies, ‘has succeeded very largely in shutting out adverse criticism and at the same time enveloping the United States with a continuous sound of ballyhoo, hallelujah and propaganda in Yehalf of the Roosevelt experiments to- ward state soclalism.” JAPAN DENIES RUMOR Ridicules Story That Planes Were Shot Down on Border. By the Assoclated Press. e TOKIO, November 12 -(Sunday).—. here that a number tary airplanes had been on the Siberian border was descrived by the war office today as aheurd and groundiess, r) cree unidentified men killed a home guard auxiliary policeman in Lochau and wounded his companion, and a bomb wrecked the home of a member of the Vorarlberg provincial diet. At Vorarlberg, the Austro-German Almost simultaneously with the de-| ED FOR SWIFT AUSTRIA! VIOLENCE | fifteenth anniversary Victor Adler, Soctalism Battalions of police guarded roads in and to the cemetery, but allowed a deputation of 20 Socialists to place wreaths on Adler’s grave. e throngs that customarily pay their respects to | the memory of the leader were barred. Offenders against the anti-violence | | decree—which covers all Austria—will | | be tried by civilians and hanged by | civilians, but the procedure must be carried out with military speed ard the doomed must die within two hours after the sentences. Aside from drastic curfew laws, citi- Zens of the Tirol and Carinthia are free to move about unrestrictedly. | Vienna's streets today were practical- | ly empty of soldiers, but 2,000 addi- | tional home guards were ready for ac- |tion if needed: Weapons were kept out of sight. | | . In Klagenfurt, the Carinthian direc- | tor of public service, issued a “last warning” to the people of Carinthia, pointing out that henceforth no former | services of the nation and no family prominence will be B of the the father of death of Austrian | systems and municipal operation. There will be no decreases in the sal- afies of the classified civil service em- | Maud K. Bell and Miss Mabel Groll of | vanced and used his last bullet to kill | Ploves and pension funds will be reor- ganized, if another campaign pledge of the mayor-elect is carried out. He also said teachers’ salaries would be re- stored to the 1932 level as soon as the city’s finances permit. At a fusion victory dinner tonight Bernard S. Deutsch, the successful candidate for aldermanic president, said he had heard that offer him a Supreme Court nomination in the hope of recapturing the three votes he will have in the Board of Esti- mate. If he accepted the nomination the Board of Aldermen would choose his successor. Deutsch said he would re- fuse it. BODY OF AGED WOMAN DISCOVERED ON SHORE Autopsy Ordered to Determine Cause of Death Occurring on Rocks Near Atlantic. By the Associated Press. FAIRHAVEN, Mass, November 1 — ‘The body of a well dressed woman about 70 was fomnd on jagged rocks | near the ocean today under circum- stances which led avthorities to order an autopsy to determine the manner of death. The name and address of Mrs. Lizzie W. Gardner, 717 Eighth street, Coro- Tammany plans to | Big Sailfish Caught By Woman Angler Despite Lost Hook By the Associated Press. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, November 11.— Mrs. Whitney Curtis told one today about the fish that didn't get away. She hauled in a 7-foot 4-inch sailfish, weighing 41 pounds, only to find she had made the catch without a hook. The hook and leader were gone and the fish was held fast by 20 furns of line he had wrapped around himself in a 15-minute battle. CLASSIFYING TASK ISBEGUNBYPWA Four-Fifths of $3,300,000,- 000 Fund Allocated to U. S. and Other Projects. | | | | | By the Associated Press. With almost four-fifths of the $3.- | 300,000,000 public works fund allocated, officials of this unit and the newly created Civil Works Division have begun | establishment of a line of demarcation | to separate the types of projects that | will be undertaken by the two agencies. The Civil Works Administration was established by President Roosevelt for the avowed purpose of taking 2,000,000 men off the relief rolls and puttin them on pay rolls by next Friday, wit the plan calling for another 32,000, 000 men to follow within another month. The unit already has been al- | MASTER FOOD CODE PLANIS ABANDONED | Each Branch of Industry Will Have Own Pact—Board Is Dissolved. By the Associated Press. The Farm Administration abandoned yesterday its plan for promulgation of a master food code, and at the same | time announced dissolution of the Food Industry’s Advisory Board, an unofficial | | group consisting of representatives of | distributing and processing industries. Instead of a single master code, the | administration now will direct its efforts | toward master codes for each branch | of the food industry with separate ones | for manufacturers, wholesalers and re- tailers. These are to be supplemented by codes covering various divisions of these general branches. Explanations Conflict. There were conflicts in the explana- tion for dissolutlon of the board. which was organized by Charles J. Brand, for- mer co-administrator of the farm act, who resigned in September after being subjected to criticism. Brand organized | the board last June. Farm Administrator George N. Peek ' explained through his aides that the | board “had served its purpose” and that its members desired to be released | of even an informal association with | the farm adminisiration so they would | be completely free to represent their industries during the formulation of codes and marketing agreements, | Reports persisted, however, that some members of the board were out of sympathy with the Farm Administra- lotted $400,000,000 by the Public Works | Administration. i This allotment, plus others during the week, has raised the total allocation of public works funds to $2,653,486,984 and leaves only $646,513,016. 10,700 Projects Approved. The money has gone to 700 non-Fed- eral projects and to 10,000 Federal | projects, Including Pederal ald high- | No final allotment has been made for | struct low-cost dwellings. It is expec- | ted this will require a considerable part | of the money that remains. Consideration is being given by the administration to a request of Congress | for_an additional ‘authorization of at | least $1,700,000,000 for public works, to bring the total up to $5,000,000,000. Secretary Ickes, the public works ad- ministrator, has said he felt further | money should be appropriated so con- sideration might be given to 1,300 ap- fihcsnom now on file from communi- es. Ickes said the character of projects contemplated under the civil works fund would be “minor.” “The civil works do not offer an op- | portunity to any municipality which is able to finance its work to crawl under | the civil works administrator’s tent,” he | said “Any municipality which sub- mits a public works project to any of | | the Public Works State Boards or to| | Washington may not submit it to Mr. Hopkins, because he will turn it down | and if any withdraws its profect, it will | not be permitted to remew the appli- | catlon, P. W. A. May Make Move. “However, public works may turn over | to Hopkins for consideration projects | which have come in to it."” ., | In response to a flood of inquiries from Senators and Representatives, and in preparation- for the meeting of may- ors, Governors, engineers and social workers here Wednesday, Hopkins is undertaking to decide on the projects | that may be undertaken under the Civil Works Administration. Officials said State relief administra- tions would be given authority to put necessary projects under way imme- diately: local boards to approve projects (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) — STORM KILLS SEVEN Five Inches of Snow Fall to Blan- ket Rochester, N. Y., District. ROCHESTER, N. Y. November 11 () —The first major snowstorm of the season swept over Western New York today, bringing death to seven persons, injuries to many others and tying up traffic on the highways and in the air, | when 5 inches of snow fell during the day and evening. Three fishermen rished in the waters of Blind lus Bay, as the | storm whipped up the waters. . Frances L. Wi the housing corporation that is to con- | ti | Tomlinson, New York, tion's plans for codes and agreements and were also irked by the delay in formulating codes. There are more than 500 such proposals awaiting action by the Farm Administration. 1.5, CRIME AGENGY PARLEY T0 DISCUSS UNITY TO BE ASKED FORD ELIGIBILITY INMOLEY'S REPORT FORU.S. CONTRACTS Consolidation Under Depart-‘auestion Will Be Taken Up | ment of Justice to Be Urged \ by Roosevelt and Ad- | as Study Result. visers Tuesday. |PRESIDENT SAID TO LEAN GEN. JOHNSON DISAGREES TOWARD CO-ORDINATION WITH M’CARL'S RULING & | New Executive Order May Be Is- sued to Carry Out Presi. dent’s Intentions. Drastic Reorganization Contem- plated Would Unite Many Investigative Units. By the Assoclated Press. Although the controller general of the United States yesterday held Henry Ford eligible for Government contracts, all indications were that he would get none until the question is talked over | this week at President Roosevelt's coun~ cil table. The ruling was that the automobile code is law; that Ford therefore must comply with it; that no evidence shows he is not complying, and in the ab- sence of such evidence it must be BY REX COLLIER. Consolidatlon of Federal investigative activities under the Department of Justice and closer co-ordination of na- tional, State and local law enforcement agencies will be among important rec- ommendations in the special crime re- port to be submitted soon to Attorney General Cummings by Prof. Raymond Moley. This was the information reaching here yesterday from New York, where the former Assistant Secretary of State and several aides are comzm' the | “Thagh 8- ohason, the N. R. A ex- voluminous report requested several ' ecutive, from Fort Worth, Tex., ex- | agencies months ago by President Roosevelt. The proposal to merge a number of Federal detective umtsr‘\flm a view to elimination of overlapping functions is Dot & new one. Advancemer¥ of the idea in the past invariably has precip- itated a storm of opposition. The ar- gument has been raised that some of the agencies have become specialists on cer- tain lines of investigation and should not be dxlsturhed. Friends of these n Congress have fought against the plan each time it Igu're- vived and undoubtedly will continue their opposition. President’s View Differs. President Roosevelt, however, is said to lean toward the consolidation pro- posal on the grounds not only of econ- omy, but of investigative efficiency. He indicated his attitude recently when he ordered consolidation of all Federal kid- naping investigations under the Department’s Division of Inv ition. wal of | pressed disagreement with tne control- ler's ruling, voicing a belief that this | official, J. R. McCarl, had misinter- | preted the President's orders on the | subject of giving Government contracts jonly to N. R. A. co-operators. Other officials here kept silence. Council Meets Tuesday. Johnson will be back Tuesday, and the President’s Executive Council will meet the same day. Directors of the emergency units of the Government join cabinet members in the council. Other troubles will meet Johnson on return. A virtual tug-of-war be- tween labor and industry over the con- struction code must be settled and such is the importance of the business in- volved and the strength of the con- mflkgg Fnrtlu that the problem looms as a critical issue, Malcolm Muir, the in of constructi telds The order resulted in withdpa: the Internal Revenue Bureau's income tax agents from the Lindbergh case. While Moley does not favor the so- called_“American Scotland Yard” plan | of a Federal police force, here | are to the effect he will suggest a drastic unification of Uncle Sam’s varied detective agencies, such as Secret Sel , Division of Im part of the Postal Justics, The Division of Investigation, which is vuln‘:" ar. on racketeers and kid- napers spectacular success, primary furisdiction over all imvestipn: Department opehed transport Civil- ‘The Agriculture bids for 1,000 trucks to lan Conservation units South for tions involving violation of laws. except counterfeiting, narcotics, customs, postal and immigration cases. Secret Service Duties. The Secret Service, by legislative edict, handles counterfeiting offenses and, in addition, is cl with pro- | tecting the White. House and its occu- pants. It is under the Treasury De. partment. Orug violations are investigated by agents of the Narcotics Bureau, also a part of the Treasury Department. Customs and smuggling cases are under the supervision of the Customs Pureau of the Treasury. Mail frauds, post office embezzlements and similar crimes involving the mails arc under investigative jurisdiction of the chief postal inspector's office of the Post Office Department. Immigration violations ar allotted to Staff Already Disbanded. The Advisory Board's staff. recruited in June, was disbanded last month. but the Executive Committee had continued to function. The members of this com- mittee were C. M. Chester. New York president of the General Foods Corpora- tion: R. R. Deupree, Cincinnati, presi- dent of Procter & Gamble Co.; Arthur C. Dorrance. Camden. N. J., president of Campbell Soup Co., and Roy E. president of the . National Biscuit Co. Spokesmen for the Farm Administra- | tion asserted the disssolution of the board came through mutual agreement and that no important differences oli opinion had developed between members of the board and the Farm Administra- | tion. A portion of a letter by Peek was made public, in which he expressed “appreciation” for the aid given by members of the board and informed | them that if “the need arises” he would call upon them for assistance once more. | PARACHUTE LEAP FATAL 24-Year-0ld Chicagoan Falls 1,000 Feet Before It Opens. OTTAWA. IlL. November 11 (#).— Willlam Hem, 24, of Chicago, was killed today when he made a parachute Jump from an airplane as part of the| celebration for the dedication of a new | bridge across the Illinois River. | Hem's neck and both legs were| broken when he landed on the roof of Ottawa High School. He left the plane at a height of 1400 feet, but his para- chute failed to open until he was only 400 feet from the ground. the immigration inspectors of the Labor Department. In giving the Division of Investiga- tion exclusive jurisdiction in kidnaping cases, administration officials are said to have been moved by the fact that at_one time half a dozen Federal in- Jestigative agencies were working on the Lindbergh case. with little co-oper- ation of their sundry activities. Early in the Hopewell mystery the following Government detective units had men assigned to the inquiry: The Bureau of " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) SPEAKER OF PHILIPPINE HOUSE OFFERS TO QUIT | Paredes Proffers Resignation After Adjourning Body Despite Much Criticism. By the Associated Press. MANILA. Philippine Islands. Novem- ber 11 —Quintin Paredes offered. his resignation as Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives today because of bitterness resulting from his unex- pected ending of the Legislature. The caucus to which he offered his resignation did not take immediate action. Paredes abruptly adjourned the House at midnight Thursday, the scheduled hour of adjournment, to fulfill his promise the House would quit business on time. This left the majority of measures introduced during the 100-day session failing of passage because the House and Senate had not sgreed on details. Will there be “local option” for resi- dents ‘of the District of Columbia under | new liquor control regulations after repeal? This element for consideration in connection with such regulations was injected last night by the Mount Pleas- ant Citizens' Association, meeting in the branch library at Sixteenth and Lamont streets, when a resolution was passed calling for establishment of wet and dry zones in Washington and maintenance of prohibition in the en- tire Mount Pleasant area after repeal The resclution, prepared by a spe. cial committee, headed by Maj. A. M. Holeomlu,prmnud &: boun;flt:rny otalhe tetrri as Har- Sixteen! \WET AND DRY /iREAglN CAPITAL ASKED BY MT. PLEASANT CITIZENS It was recalled last night, in connec- tion with the resolution, that under the Jones-Works act of 1914, the saloon .. was banned in large sections of the city. A proposed bill to provide old age pensions for the District was referred to a special committee for study and future recommendation. The Police Committee was instructed to study traffic congestion in the neigh- ' two-way traffic along the restricted parts of Newton street. President Prederick G. Hunt also was Federal Depart- ment was in the market for four cars and six trucks for its airways division. R. P. Sabine, head of the Northwest was too loosely drawn to carry out the m-nldmull intent, and that McCarl terpreted it soundly. If legally feasi- ble, a new and tighter executive order probably will be issued, but since it can+ | not be made retroactive Ford probably | will ?!L the pending contracts. Only two alternatives appeared open: | Rejection of all bids and issuance of | new specifications after a revised ex- | ecutive order is written or delay in | making the awards to allow more ex- tended study of whether Ford actually is keeping within the code In every re- spect. Vialation of Spirit Seen. Although, under the loose code re- | quirements of a 35-hour a. week aver- age, Ford's 40-hour work week fol- lowed by a seven-day lay-off appears | entirely legal, officials made no secret they regarded this method as a viola- | tion of the spirit of the whole recovery | enterprise. itself announced the seven-day lay-off as compliance with “the new prohibition against work in this country.” In connection with strikes of Ford employes at Edgewater, N. J. and Chester, Pa., the National Labor Board, |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2., 'SETTLE GALLS OFF STRATOSPHERE TRIP Flight May Be Made Later in Year From Akron, Home of Giant Balloon. | By the Assoctated Press. | . CHICAGO, November 11.—The ; Jected balloon ascension into stratosphere by Lieut. Comdr. T. G. Settle and his aide, Maj. Chester . Fordney, from the Century of Progre: grounds has been called off. Because of the fact that the fair closes tomorrow and weather conditions | prevent a take-off before that time, sponsors said a decision was reached not | to plan the start from the fair A | _ Orders were given to have lloon crated for shipment back . (> Akron, where it was constructed. While no definite announcement was made, it was understood an atf to reach the stratosphere might be made later in the year from that city. Last Summer | | the balloon