Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Feir and warmer, with lowest tempera- ture about 42 degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy, probably light rain. tures—] est, 50, at noon est. 32, at 7 am. today. Full report on page A-5. Tempera- today; low- Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32 vost_office, Entered as second class ma Washington, tter D; C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, g Star he Fpenin 1933-—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Associated Press service. P UP) Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the news Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,336 — TWO CENTS. Press. ROOSEVELT PUSHES ON WITH DOLLAR DEVALUATION PLAN Ignores Monetary Critics as Morgenthau Calls for Conference. JOHNSON SUBMITS 25 CODES FOR APPROVAL President Looks to New Order in Cuba, Not Satisfied With Regime of Grau San Martin, By the Associated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., November 25 ~President Roosevelt checked up to- | day on his recovery and monetary pro- | grams with his chief lieutenants. Henry Morgenthau, the Acting Secre- tary of the Treasury; Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial administrator; William C. Bullitt, the new Ambassador to Russia, and others of the Govern- ment were here to talk with the Chief Executive. Outside attacks on the administra- tion policies brought a quick reply from the fleld marshals, but Mr. Roosevelt laughed and proceeded on his way. The severe attack of Alfred E. Smith on the commodity dollar plan failed to| Sioned as Herriot Declines | Pprovoke a presidential response. The President spoke over the air last night at the dedication of the new| Georgia Hall at the Warm Springs| Foundation, but his words were con- | fined solely to thanks and hopes for taking care of the children and grown- ups who are fighting back from the| attacks of infantile paralysis—and many of them are here. May Be Premier CHAUTEMPS GIVEN TASK TO FORM CABINET. MILLE CHAUTEMPS. CHAUTEMPS TRIES T0 FORM CABIET Radical-Socialist ~ Commis- Because of lliness. By the Associated Press PARIS, November 25 —Camille Chau- temps, Radical Socialist leader, today agreed to attempt the organization of a new French cabinet to succeed that of former Premier Albert Sarraut, over- Proceeds With Plan. | In a roadside interview with news-| paper men Mr. Roosevelt made it clear | last night that he was going along on | his dollar devaluation plan. As for a| reply to critics he had nothing to say.!| He stopped while driving about the | consultations with political leaders. and | foundation in his runabout to keep his ' regular engagement with the news- paper men for the semi-weekly inter- View. Incidentally, it became known that he was looking for a new order in Cuba and was not satisfied with the provisional government there of Presi- | dent Grau San Martin and hoped for | an administration there very shortly | which would meet his requirements for | stability | Early today. Cen. Johnson went out | to the “Little White House” on Pine | Mountain with 25 codes, including the new working egreements for the motion | picture” and cement industries, | Johnson Rides in Ford, 1 Riding into town last night in a borrowed Ford cer, the grim face of Johnson broke into a smile as he told newspaper men that he was satisfied that Henry Ford was meeting the con- | ditions of the automobile code. How- | ever, he warned that his legal depart- | ment_was of the opinion that Ford, in not “agreeing” to_the automobile code. | could not bid for Government contracts, | and was taking issue with Controiler General McCarl in a protest to the Department of Justice. Another visitor at the “Little White House” last night was John J. Raskob, the campaign manager for Alfred E.| Smith in his presidential campaign of 1928. This was understood to be en- tirely “social.” So, today the President went ahead with his plans. In the conference with Henry Morgenthau there was held out the expectation by some that a step into the silver business was in prospect but, again, the President kept careful silence as he surveyed his monetary program. NAZIS WILL PROTEST | KILLING OF TROOPER, | tempt to form a cabinet of the same | | Austria to Be Asked to Explai Shots Fired Across Border in Demonstration. By the Assoclated Press. | BERLIN, November 25—Konstantin von Neurath, Nazi foreign minister, in- | structed the German Minister to Vienna | to protest vigorously to the Austrian| government as the result of the death of a German Reichswehr soldier yes-| terday near Hindenburg Huette, Bavaria. | The soldier was_slain, according to| the report to Von Neurath, by a volley of bullets fired from the Austrian side | of the border and the Minister in| Vienna was ordered to ascertain what steps have been taken to apprehend and punish those responsible. y | The ministry issued a communique which said: ~The Austrians claimed their frontier guards feared they would be surrounded by scores of Nazis of the | Reichswehr who had _violated the | frontier and shouted ‘Heil Hitler! “The soldiers, in civil skilng outnts, re unarmed and on German soil Ein the'cry: “Een Hitler! is no excuse to slay a man ROOSEVELT AVERTS TRAINMEN’S STRIKE| Appoints Board to Hear Dispute of Employes of Southern Pacific. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., November 25.— “Trainmen of the Southern Pacific Sys- tem in Texas and Louisiana went about their duties as usual today. a strike ! scheduled to begin at noon having been | averted by intervention of President Roosevelt. A strike involving approximately 3,000 | men had been threatened by the big four brotherhoods and included, in the asserted 108 points of difference Wwith the railroad management were the al- leged extension of runs, longer hours and long "lay-overs” at the trainmen's expense. esident Roosevelt vesterday created | ® three-member board to hear evidence | snd report to him, within 30 days, thrown two days ago. The opportunity to organize the new ministry, in which Chautemps would serve as premier, was tendered him by President Lebrun, following a series of after the refusal of the same offer by Edcuard Herriot, veteran statesman and former premier. Complimentary Offer. The offer to Herriot, it was under- stood. was more or less of a gesture, as his friends previously had said he was still unable, because of his recent illness, to undergo the strain of an- DISTILLERS SPLIT AS FIGHT AGANST . CONTRDLFALS Br‘eak Comes on Ultimatum Plants Must Use Only American Grain. [PRICE FIXING, DIRECT SUPERVISION DECIDED Cfi Million Acres Affected by Dzcicion. Limit on Output to Capacity on December 5 Imposed. By the Associated Press. Grain and molasses alcohol beverage distillers, failing in their fight against | the administration’s determination for direct control of liquor, split today over | the Government-proposcd marketing | agrezment requiring whisky manufac- | turers to use only American grain. At this morning's meeting the dis- tillers appointed a committee of eight representing grain, molasses and other manufacturers of alcoholic beverages, | |and this group was to meet in e ‘ utive session later in the day with the President’s Inierdepartmental Alcohol | Committee in an effort to compose dif- | ferences on their code Meanwhile the distillers failed to heal | JiMm, MAYBE ITHE NEW DOLLAR WILL BE A THOMAS PROPOSES ARMY-NAVY BATTLE M their shaip disagreement with the President’s committee on_alcohol con- | trol, but hearings on the code and! marketing agreement were concluded | nevertheless. | f In selecting the committee, a num- | ber of distillers flatly refused to give the power of attorney to their repre- sentatives. They indicated the code and the ccmmittee both were unsatis- factory. The President’s committee frankly had informed distillers that it had de- I'cided definitely upon price fixing and production control under a Federal Alcohol Control Administration. Break Follows. WLL DRAM 00 Traditional G2me Season’s | Best as to Crowd—Cadets Are Favored. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. Discouraged in their efforts to obtain modification so an industry-established | authority would supervise them. the | distillers then split into two groups over | the domestic grain stipulation. | After a late session last night in which it was charged that this would establish a monopoly for grain alcohol | | distillers, the hearing was adjourned | | until today for a Government effort to_compase differences. | Under the Federal marketing agree- | ment, rectifiers and blenders would | have to use grain alcohol instead of | synthetic, or alcohol made from mo- lasses, largely imported from the West Indies and the Philippines. | Farm administration witnesses testi- | fied 40.000.000 to 6C,000.000 bushels of corn and much rye and barley would be needed if the grain clause were other premiership at this time. In undertaking the formation of a cabinet, Chautemps becomes the {o\mhi man this year to head a government in Frence | The three previous cabinets were | overthrown on the question of finances | —because of the lack of balance in the government budget and the flight of gold from the French treasury. By his acceptance, Chautemps will undertake to rescue the French franc. Political circles estimated his minis- terial life at one month, and it was {reely predicted that he would be suc- | ceeded, in turn, by Herriot, who, with his illness further behind him. would 2lso be able to return to the leadership of the government without embarrass- | | ment after December 15, when France is expected to default on her war debt to the United States for the third time. That date will also mark the ann versary of the first French default, which transpired in 1932 despite Her- riot’s campaign in favor of payment of the debt. It was upon this campaign that his opponents fought Herrict and forced nim from power. Chautemps, who knows from pe sonal experience just how precarious the position is, was expected to accept | again today the office of premier of France. Sk President Albert Lebrun indicated he | would offer the Radical-Socialist party | leader the post after further confer- ences with political leaders. Same Political Inclination. Opinion in Chamber of Deputies lob- bies was that M. Chautemps would at- political hue as that of Albert Sarraut. n whose government—the third to tumble | this year—fell Friday. Support from about half the Social- ists, from Radical-Socialists and from Centrists was expected by M. Chau- temps, whose latest position in the gov- ernment was minister of the interior. A veteran of four cabinets even be- fore he was named premier by Presi- dent Doumergue in February, 1930, M. Chautemps is 48, of slightly under medium height, a good public speaker and conservative in manner and dress. He was admitted to the bar at 19, built up a successful law practice and then turned to politics. He is a native of Paris and was educated at Tours. M. Chautemps, former service as pre- | Five days| Yuen Su Wong, new diplomatic envoy | after his installation his ministry was | from China, arrived here today to suc- mier, in 1930, was brief. overthrown by the Chamber of Depu- ties. retained and that about a million acres of farm lands could remain in pro- duction, Processing Tax Required. Grain alcohol distillers would be re- | quired to pay the processing tax and (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) CUBAN MOB MASSACRES FIVE EX-ARMY OFFICERS | Victims Yanked From Hands of | Guards, Slain on Highway | | Near Colon. By the Associated Press MATANZAS. Cuba, November 25.— | Five former officers of the Cuban army were massacred on a highway near | for Rio de Janeiro next week. Colen today by a group of unicent:fied | men who forcibly removed rke officers | from guards conveying them from Matanzas to Santa Clara. 'SECOND HOME DYNAMITED Nine Persons Hurled From Beds by Blast in Scranton. SCRANTON, Pa., November 25 (#).— The second dynamiting within seven hours was reported to police today. | Nine persons were hurled from their | beds in the latest blast. but were un- | harmed. Last night Anna Lasky, 15, was cut j by flying glass and John Kawtnechi was | hurt by falling plaster in an explosion | at his home. Kawtnechi and the owner | of the other double dwelling bombed | are employed by the same mining | company. New Envoy in Mexico. MEXICO, D. F. November 25 (A).— ceed Samuel Sung Young, who will sail BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL PLAYERS MAY WORK UN By the Associated Press. Major league base ball players may | cago. find themselves swatting base hits and snagging flies next Spring under the Blue Eagle. It was disclosed today at the N. R. A. that an effort is already under way to bring the so-callsd national sport under a code of ethics and fair practices. William P. Farnsworth an N. R. A. assistant deputy administrator, said he had already-been approached by major league officials with questions about a possible base ball code and had prom- ised that either he would fly out him- self or send some one else to the major league meeting in Chicago next month. Base Ball, a “Business.” “Base ball is a business,” Farnsworth said. “It is an industry which I believe Gen, Johnson would like to see come under a code just like any other in- dustry.” And the. idea may not stop there. | The professional foot ball boys and players of some other professional sports that have grown into an organ- ized business may find themselves en- titled to wear Blue Eagles on their jer- se' Among other things, people will have a hearing on their | code next month, just about the time 1 too, the circus | cod DER CODE IN 1934 the major leagues are meeting in Chi- Brought Up at Conference. Farnsworth explained the matter first | came up when a man connected wjth | the Washington Nationals visited his |cfice on a personal matter, but re- | mained to ask questions abouit a base ball code. | “He £aid a lot of the boy: were ask- g questions” Farnsworth explained. | “He zdded a lot more would be asked at Chicago, and I told him we'd have some one there qualified to give the right answers.” 3 There were reports about Washing- ton today that a base ball code might go so far as to suppiant High Com- missioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the czar of the majors, but Farnswerth put a stop to that. “To think of Gen. Johnson taking over the place of Landis is silly,” he said. Won't Touch Salaries, Belief. A base ball code probably wouldn't get into the question of salaries, Farns- worth said. But it well might cover matters relating to the much, reported negotiations between players and owners each Spring. Further. the players could be ac- corded coilective bargaining, and some saw the possibility that there might even be a base ball players’ union. “I think it would be a nice gesture if the major leagues came under & e.” Farnsworth said. “If the majors have a code, the minors probably will want to come in for cne t00.” . | no grounds for suspicion that the cur- | ortes nistoric @ MRrORIWOCTE PHILADELPHIA, November Amid all the glamour and enthusiasm | characteristic of the best and most prosperous days of this great gridiron; rivalry Army’'s undefeated team faced | the robust challenge of the Navy today. | hopeful of outfooting the jinx that has | been pursuing the Nation's foot ball leaders and favored to win by a mar- gin of at least two touchdowns. Despite some pessimism in their own camp, designed to suggest that | Man Upset was hot on their trail, the hard-charging Cadets ruled 3-to-1 favorites. Army hasn’'t lost a game to the Navy since 1921, and its remark- able record o far this year, one of the best in West Point history, furnished 25— | rent winning streak would be inter- rupted this afternoon. 79,000 Will See Game. | Pranklin Field. with its host of mem- | i Army-Navy - rivalry, was expected to be jammed to its capacity of 79,000, with Secretaries Dern and Swanson heading a delega- tion of notables and the cheers of the | cadets and midshipmen providing a| | reverberating background. There were less than 2.000 tickets left this morn- | ing and a quick sale of these was an- | ticipated. At $4.40 per head. the crowd | and the “gate” exceeding $300,000. topped anything in the East so far| this season | Good weather, fair and cool, favored | the most_colorful of all foot ball spec- tacles. The corps in gray from West Point and the brigade in blue from | Annapolis, due around 11 a.m. in spe- | cial trains, were scheduled to parade onto the fleld by noon. The kick-off | was set for 1:30 o'clock. | Although not underestimating the | Navy's strength and incentive to break a long spell of reverses, Army unques- tionably entered the service battle with a decided edge, both offensivly and de- fensively. Where the Midshipmen's chief reliance was placed in an aerial attack and the good kicking foot of Bill Clark, plus a share of the “breaks,” Army had every reason to have con- fidence in the combination of a rugged, well-drilled set of forwards and a sen- sational backfield featuring “Texas Jack” Buckler, the 159-pound triple threat, and Paul Johnson, versatile quarterback. If the Cadets feel the pressure of their drive to achieve an unbeaten sea- son, with Notre Dame still to be played next Saturday in New York, they have not manifest it. The team appears back at the peak after a let-down a week ago against Penn Military. It is at full strength in reserves, with Whitey Grove ready to move into the backfield and Travis Brown available for field goal kicking emergencies. Scored On But Once. The best testimonial to the defensive strength of the Cadets is the fact they have not been scored upon in their last seven games and yielded only one touchdown all season while rolling up eight victories and 203 points, Navy's chief casualty is Gordo Chung-Hoon. the speedy Hawaiian back. Chung-Hoon has a bad shoulder and may not be able o play, althoug worked out yesterday with the m ‘absence. ll:: burden will be put uj Fullback Clark and Fred (Buzz) Borries, the Louisville lad who has done some sen- sational broken fleld running this year. Whether or not Borries breaks loose, Navy seemed certain to put Army's air defense tc severe test. ble starting line-ups: ren— =] s Navy Murray (¢) LLELT Rl .. W. Clark Ump! - Linesman—E. Field Judge—E. E. ferge—E. J. O'Brien R Ecock *Sartmout W, Cairson (Penn Stete). Miller (Penn State). PANAMA ASKS U. S. POWER City Council Would Buy Current From Madden Dam. PANAMA, November 25 (#).—The Panama City Council wanis executive to negotiate with the United m to_obtain electric current from Madden Dam. In a resolution last night the council | asked the authority because. it was ex- | plained. “a private r-2cern takes pleas- ure in extorticntor the ¢ President Disagrees With Litvinoff in Spelling of Name By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 25— President Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinofl have failed to reach an agreement on one thing—how to spell the Russian foreign com- missar's name. Bidding the President good-by by letter yesterday. the Russian envoy signed himself “Litvinoff."” The President, replying, ad- dressed the commissar—as in pre- vious _correspondence—as “Lit- TRANSFER SYSTEM WL BECONTAUED PROBE F HAVERS CAARGE DEMADED | | Adams Asks Inquiry Into | | Statement That Federal | Records Were Changed. r By the Associated Press An investigation by the Senate Stock Market Committee of testimony that Louis B. Mayer, California movie pro- | ducer and Republican leader, claimed to have had Justice Department records “changed” was demanded today by Sen- ator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado. Mayer and officials of the department | during the Hoover administration should | | be subpoenaed by the committee, said | dams, a committee member, if they do | | | | o 1A Extension to Busses Delayed ot eppear voluntarily t the same time. another member of JONT STUDY 0F FSCAL RELTIONS Invites Views of Cannon on Inquiry Into Apportionment of D. C. Expenses. SUGGESTS COMMITTEE MIGHT CONDUCT QuIZ| Senator Believes in Percentage Basis—Hopes for Agreement to Iron Out Differences. A suggestion that members of the House and Senate unite in a study of | the fiscal relations protlem in an effort | to arrive at some equitable percentage basis of apporticting the cxpenses of the Naticnal Capitol between the Fed- eral and District governments was made | today by Senatcr Thomas, Democrat of Oklahomi, chairman of the Senate sub- | committ2e on District appropriations, in a letter to Chairman Cannon of the correspending subcommittee of the House. Senator Thomas said he would be | willing to have the inquiry conducted by the Legislative Committees of the House and Senzte on District affairs or that he would be willing to join in such an investigation himself, pointing out that the Appropriations Subcommittees have jurisdiction of the subject matter. The Okiahoma Senator invited the views of Mr. Cannon on the advisability of trying to arrarge a joint fiscal rela- Backs Percentage Basis. Although the Senator did not refer to any particular ratio that should be considered. he reiterated in the letter his belief that the apportionment should be on a percentage basis Congress for many vears followed the percentage method, first on 50-30 basis, and later 60 per cent from the District and 40 per cent from the United States. In recent years, however, the House has piaced in the District supply bill each year a lump sum figure as the Federal share. The letter of Senator Thomas to_Chairman Cannon follows “As you will Temember, the question | | of the contribution of the Federal Gov- ernment to the District of Columbia carried in the several appropriation bills has on former occasions come in for consideration. and in order that we may eliminate this particular feature of the appropriation bill. I respectfully | Mrs. h he dship- | dI o Pending Experience of Op- eration Under Merger. Present arrangements for transfer Dbetween street cars and bus systems of the Capital Transit Co. will be con- {tinued for at least two months by an order issued today by the Public Utili- iles Commission. When merger of the lines of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Capital Traction Co. becomes ef- fective next PFriday morning. univer- sal free transfers will be effective be- tween street car lines, in keeping with provisions of the joint resolution of Congress permitting transportation con- solidation The Utilities Comn <ion decided to- day not to extend ti:: universal free transfers to busses, at least until the experience of .operation of the merger company sets a guide as to what should | be done. Public Hearing Planned. The commission announced that a public hearing wouid be held February 5 to consider all facts relating to trans- fers. It announced also that a change in routing and schedule of the street cars and busses of the Capital Transit Co. will be required as socn as sufficient ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) AR A e e SIX IN CAR KILLED IN BUS COLLISION Driver of Latter Held After Mis- hap in Effort to Pass on Hill By the Associated Press. GOSHEN, N. Y., November 25—Six | persons were killed in a collision be- tween an automobile and a motor bus about 10 miles south of here on the highway between Goshen and Chester last night. All were occupants of the automobile. No one in the bus was in- Jured. The victims were: Jacob Kaiser and his wife. Gertrude. Rose, Marie and Katherine Dur, sis- ICIEE; and Kenneth Baird, all of Mide They were bound attend a party at which the engage- ment of fi:lrd and Rose Dur was to have been announced. for Brooklyn to The bus. driven by Roland Nelson of | Monticello and bound from New York for Liberty, was proceeding upgrade in tne early evening. It overtook a farm wagon and Nelson said he did not see the vehicle until he was almost upon it. He swung the bus to the left of the road past the wagon. but the rear rooks. iskle | of the heavy passenger vehicle struck the rear of the wagon. At the same Instant the automobile which was driven by Kaiser came over the brow of the | t | hill and crashed head-on into the bus. By order of District Attorney Frank- | lin Schriver, Nelson was held in jail here pending an investigation. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics the committee, Senator Gore, Democrat, | of Oklahoma, said he thought the in- | vestigators should follow up William | Fox's charges of a “conspiracy” to take his movie properties by caling the at- torney, identified only as “Berenson.” | who filed, recelvership action against Case May Be Rested. Despite these expressions, most com- mitte members seemed content to let the Fox story stand rather than extend the hearings. They announced any one wishing to challenge the theater man's | story should apply in writing. indicating the coramittee would not take the in- itiative. Some of the dozens of charges lef! behind by Fox may be studied, how ever, in the natural course of the in- quiry. One was the testimony, already de- nied. that Albert H. Wiggin sent word to President Hoover to “mind his own business” when an emissary suggested the Chase National Bank, which Wiggin then headed. should help Fox. Another was that $15,000,000 disap- peared from the treasury of Fex The- aters Corporation after Fox sold con- trol. Wiggin denied the mind-your- own-business story through a statement | to the press, but will be called to the stand again next week and given a charce to deny it in the record. Hoover Action Doubted. There was no indication that former President Hoover would enter the con- troversy, either on his own or the com- mittee’s initiative. ‘The testimony that Adams wanted to | clear up was a statement by Fox that Mayer told him he had procured a change in the Justice Department rec- ords relative to approval of Fox's pur- chase of stock in Loew's, Inc., another theater chain. Fox said he did not know whether the record actually was changed and believed Mayer's statement was a show of “ego.” “A charge of irregularity in the Gov- ernment service ought not to passed up,” Adams sald. “It is a serious charge. If such charges are made, they should be investigated.” Chairman Fletcher said he would dis- :cuss the proposal with the committee, but felt it would “be just a waste of time.” THREE DIE IN CRASH t young boys and a girl were killed to- day when a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck an au- tomobile at a crossing here. The victims were Chester Kidwell, 19; David Fisher, 17. and Anna Mary Penman, 15. The Fisher boy and Miss Penman were puplls at Brazil High School. BRAZIL, Ind., November 25 (#).—Two | | suggest that we undertake to arrive at some equitable division under which the Federal Government should pay a certain per cent of the expenses of | the District. Would Simplify Work. “It occurs to me that an investi- ‘uauon would enable us to arrive at | What would be a fair proportion to be charged against the Federal Treasury, and if such an agreement cculd be reached then our work in preparing the bill would be considerably simpli- fied. in that all items could be con- | sidered as to the needs of the respec- | | tive requests, and then when the bill |is completed the proportion assigned {to the Federal Government could be | made automatically. I do not wish |to place an unjust burden upon the public for the maintenance of the District of Columbia, yet I am con- | vinced that inasmuch as this is the Capital of the entire Nation and fur- ther inasmuch as the Congress is in fact the governing body of the Dis- trict, and further that while the citi- | zens of the District receive a vast bene- |fit from Federal expenditures, yet it | occurs to me that the Government like- | wise receives benefits from the taxes paid by the citizens of the District; ’hence‘ the suggestions herein submitted for your consideration. | “Personally, I would be willing to | have the two District legislative com- mittees make the investigation and embody the results of such investiga- tion in a bill for consideration of the Congress. I am fully aware that our respective committees have jurisdic- tion of the subject matter and am wil- |ling to join in such an investigation myself. anything to simplify our work and at | the same time do exact justice to both | the taxpayers of the country as well as | the property owners of the District of | Columbia. ‘I should be glad to have | you(; reaction to the suggestions herein | made.” Fight on Lump Sum. Since the House inaugurated the | lump-sum policy of fixing the Federal | share, there has been a constant contro- versy between the two branches of Con- gress over the amount of the lump sum, the Senate having consistently endeav- ored to arrive at what it regarded as a more equitable figure. The lump sum practice has always been opposed by the civic and other organizations of | the - District because the lump-sum method had a tendency to increase the | District's burden whenever the total of the supply was increased. For a num- | ber of vears the lump sum remained stationary at $9,060.000 a year, although the total of the District bill was in- creasing annually. For a brief period the Senate obtained a slight increase to $9.500.000 in the Federal share, but in the past two years the figure has been drastically reduced to the present figure of $5.700.000. | | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 25.—James A. Farley is going places and seeing things for the next 30 days—and not a political job hunter on the horizon. The Postmaster General, accompanied only by Mrs. Farley, loaded his trunk aboard the liner Conte Di Savoia today for a month’s vacation abroad. He will Teturn December 24. Hearty, and beaming more than usual in anticipation of his temporary respite from the patronage grind which has oc- cupled his time virtually without inter- ruption since inauguration, he bade good-by to_friends who thronged his offices at Democratic national head- quarters and saw him to the boat. “Gosh, I'm going to be busy doing things—and this is supposed to be a rest,” he grumbled good-naturedly in farewell. “Doing_things” includes a lock-in at Bruges, Belgium—that was Secretary Perkins' idea—saying “hello” to Jimmy Walker in Paris, paying his respects to the Pope at the Vatican. talking shop Tith whot passes for postmaster gener- ‘FARLEY, ON YACATION, EXPECTS TO HAVE BUSY TIME IN EUROPE |als in European countries, and—if it can be arranged—paying a call on Pre- mier Mussolini in Rome. “I brought a few books along, too.” he added hopefully. “Say,” he said before boarding the boat, “I hear Maxim Litvinoff (Soviet commissar of foreign affairs) is going }aoube aboard. That's fine. He's a good ellow.” He revealed that Litvinoff had told him, when in Washington, that on his arrival in the United States he had “discovered he had more relatives than he ever knew he had.” Litvinoft will be a fellow passenger on the trip over. “But I do intend to go to Bruges. Miss visit there because it's one of the most interesting spots in Europe. A regular deserted city, she says—once a seaport town, but the sands have washed up untt:l now it's 10 miles away from the water.” The Postmaster General only grinned widely when the subject of Al Smith's “baloney dollars” article was brought up. In fact. I am willing to do| Perkins (Secretary of Labor) told me to | ide CHEST ARMY FACES DRIVE FOR MILLION BY NEXT THURSDAY Solicitors Renew Efforts as Contributions Lag Far Behind Last Year. $836,363 IS SUBSCRIBED BEFORE TODAY’S COUNT Ic™-5 Addresses Luncheon Meeting—Boy Gives Sketch to Chairman Hogan. The Community Chest campaign forces today faced the gigantic task of raising more than a million dollarg before Thanksgiving day—next Thurse day—if this year's drive for Washinge ton's needy is to go over the top. Campaign Chairman Frank J. Hogan and his staff refuse to be awed by the magnitude of the job, however, The looming difficulties have served to spur the campajgners to even greater efforts, The whole soliciting organization has taken up the cry: “More and larger pledges.” The canvassers today entered the second half of the drive with subscrip- tions lagging $215,451 behind last year's total of §1,045,769 at this stage. Prior to today's returns the grand total was $836,363 Kate Smith Offers Aid. Kate Smith, Washington girl. who has sung her way to the front rank of radio stardom, offered to do her bit | today toward heartening the army of workers. In the city for an engagee ment at the Fox Theater, the took time off to make an appearance at the report meeting this afternoon at the Willard Hotel. She promised to sing at least one song at the luncheon, accompanied by her manager, Ted Collins Banners were to be awarded today to Lansburgh & Bros. Department Store for the best Community Chest window display. The store’s show win- dow at Eighth and E streets is “deco- rated” by babies of the Florence Crit- tenton Home The Fox Theater was adjudged to have the best theater lobby display and Carter Barron. representative of the Loew interests here, will receive a banner from the Chest. Judges of the store window and theater lobby dis- plays were H. L. Rust, jr. vice chair- man of the General Campaign Com- mittee; Lawrence E. Rubel chairman of the publicity unit, and Elwood Street, director of the Chest. Larger Pledges Needed. Chairman Hogan attributes the falling off in the amount pledged to failure of the solicitors to get sufficiently large individual pledges. He pointed out that the average pledge for this year is far below that of last year and urged each solicitor to take miore time with each prospect, explaining in detail the *ter- rific” need that confronts the city this year and urge larger pledges. Government workers took on added hope yesterday after Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the Governmental Unit. read a quotation from a speech made in Boston by Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget. in which Mr. Lewis stated that the budget for the next fiscal year was based on an esti- mate that “assumed full restoration of pay to Federal employes.” The knowl- edge that the director of the budget appears to take for granted that the recent pay cuts will be restored, these workers held. will induce more and | larger gifts from Government empl | A surprise feature of yesterda: meeting was the presentation of a por- | trait of Frank J. Hogan, drawn by James Triantafillos, a member of the Boys’ Club of Washington, to Mr. Ho- |gan. The presentation was made by William (Billy) Bray. also a member | of the club. The portrait, drawn from | 8 photograph. was a splendid likeness jof the campaign chairman. The boys were introduced by H. L. Rust. jr. vica | chairman of the Campaign Committee. Honor Guests at Luncheon. Guests of honor introduced by the | chairman _yesterday included Mrs, | Daniel C. Roper. wife of the Secretary of Commerce; Mrs. Owen J. Robert:, wife of Justice Roberts of the United States Supreme Court; Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr, member of the Spa= cial Gifts Unit; Mrs. Cloyd Heck Mar- vin, wife of the president of George Washington University. who is alo chairman of the Speakers' Unit; Mrs, Edward W. Heidingsfeld, president of the Council of Jewish Women; Mrs, Luke I. Wilson, member of the board of the Y. W. C. A; Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, pioneer philanthropist and founder of the Educational Foundation (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) SCOTTSBORO JURY FRAUD IS CHARGED Counsel for Seven Negroes Scents Forgery in Rolls From Which Indicters Were Drawn. By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ala., November 25.—Pre= liminaries to the scheduled retrial of seven colored defendants in the “Scotts= boro case” were enlivened today by a defense charge of fraud in the selection of the grand jury which indicted them in 1931. The charge was entered by Samuel S. Leibowitz, chief defense counsel, who is seeking to quash indictments against the seven accused of attacking Mr. Vic- toria Price and Ruby Bates, Huntsville, Ala, cotton mill workers, aboard a freight train in Jackson County on March' 25, 1931. The Leibowitz motion to quash al- leged that Negroes were systematically excluded from Jackson County juries, depriving them of their constitutional rights. He supplemented this allegation yesterday with the additional charge of fraud following the discovery of names entified as those of Negroes on the A handwriting expert was oday to examine the roll and determine if possible whether the names were forged and if they were entered after the others had been placed on the list. Meanwhile, Judge W. W. Callahan, presiding, hoped to compleis the hear- ing today on Leibowitz's mo:ion, clearing “I don't anything about the ! gold ctandard,” he raid. the way for the beginning of the new trials Mor: