Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1934, Page 2

SQUARE DEAL PLAN SPEEDEDBYN.R.A. Manual for Complaints Issued as Roosevelt Moves to Aid Consumer. ¥ By the Assoclated Press. While President Roosevelt discussed with his recovery council the question of protecting the consuming public from excessive price increases, the Na- tional Recovery Administration yes- terday was issuing new rules to expe- dite randling of complaints and to try to assure a square deal for consumers and small business men. A manual for adjustment of com- plaints was issued by N. R. A. for the guidance of the newly appointed State directors_and_for the more than 200 code authorities ruling industries. At the same time, plans were under way for a merger of the two Government consumer units, the one attached to the N. R. A. with that of the farm administration, for the purpose of set- ting up consumer councils throughout the country, The new complaint-handling rules provide three different avenues to in- sure official review of charges and to expedite action. The manual declares that evan where a code authority or other industrial agency has been au- thorized to handle complaints, the party making them can insist on an independent N. R. A. review, either in Washington or by the State director. Appeal Moves Provided. 1f the complaint goes to officials and charges the code authority with being hostile or monopolistically dominated, the case will not be referred to the code authority. Whenever a code authority fails to gatisfy a complainant, he has full right to demand a personal hearing before it, and, failing satisfaction, to take the case up with N. R. A The new rules were required to meet the change being made in the country- wide compliance organization now being transferred to agencies under the Na- tional Emergency Council set-up. With their preparation, officials pressed their plans for the forthcom- ing general meeting of code author- ities, which are still to be the basic compliance units for N. R. A. The meeting may not take place on Febru- ary 15, the date originally indicated by Hugh S. Johnson, but possibly as late as March 1, so as to give further time for preparation. Prepares for Revision. Johnson told reporters yesterday he was having a full study made of all overlapping between codes, a list of code provisions found desirable or “model.” and another of provisions which have proved too unsatisfactory for continu- ance. These, with surveys of re-em- ployment needs and opportunities, will form the basis for the wholesale re- vision program. The administrator devoted a con- sgiderable portion of his day to a new attempt “to clear up misunderstanding” at the Capitol, conferring extensively with Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, on the N. R. A. situation. He did not indicate how much headway he had made and offered no comment on his recent exchanges with Senators Nye and Borah. » At his press conference he did not amplify the credit expansion study plans announced Monday beyond say- ing his assistant, Arthur D. Whiteside, believed restoration of commercial credit could be achieved nmow with a minimum of Federal assistance. He added the latest steps in monetary licy should do away with much of the ggsita!lon on the part both of lenders and borrowers which hitherto has stood in the way. Short Cuts Provided. An_important provision of the new eompliance regulations is that, in case where the party complained against has no intention of observing the code, a short-cut should be taken to the Federal Trade Commission or the De- partment of Justice for quick discipline. ‘Where this is not the case, the ma- fority of complaints will go either to code euthorities or their subordinate adjustment committees, which in many| . lines are being set up regionally and even locally. The 48 State directors, supplemented by additional officers in New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, will have at their disposal field adjusters to straighten out misunderstandings on the &pot. P The separate handling of labor com- plaints through regional and national labor boards will continue unchanged. Strict instructions were issued to all compliance officers that the names of complainants must be treated as confi- dential to protect both parties involved. PRESIDENT. TAKES STAND OPPOSING MONETARY, BOARD (Continued From First Page.) President’'s monetary program was predicted today by Senate leaders, both Republican and Democratic. _ As the dollar devaluation bill reached the floor, Democratic spokesmen ap- peared inclined to yield on the time- limit demand, written in by the re- belling Banking Committee. President Roosevelt received from Secretary Morgenthau this morning the amended copy of the monetary bill. but he withheld comment until he had a chance to read it. 5 Republicans were counting on almost solid party support for both modifica- tions. Five Democratic Senators voted for them in the committee, and they might be joined by a handful of others on the floor. A final vote on the bill by the end of the week was the Democratic goal, but leaders were far from sure it could be obtained. They expressed more fear of Republican oratory than of the minority votes. One cloud on the horizon for the administration leaders was the demand from_the silver bloc for legislation to aid the white metal. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana, announced today the terms of the amendment he will offer to the bill for the purchase of silver. He said it would call for buying the metal until silver reaches the approximate ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. No more than 1,000, 000,000 ounces could be bought. Wheeler contended the plan would cost the Government nothing, because it would issue silver certificates to off- set the cost. “The Government won't have to buy more than 200,000,000 or 250.000,000 ounces to establish that ratio,” Wheeler said, FIRST LADY TO ADDRESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be the guest of honor and principal speak- er at the next meeting of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce to be held in the Mayflower Hotel, February 5, it was announced today by Willlam C. Milier, president of the trade body. Mrs. Rbosevelt will discuss the sub- Ject of old-age pensions for Washington indigents, a subject to which the cham- ber has devoted considerable study. Re- cently, its Charities Committee, of which Col. Edward C. Bliss is chair- man, adopted a report indorsing legis~ lation introduced in the last session of Congress providing for this security. The First Lady also has taken an active part in discussions of this legis- lation. ‘The trade body will ask Senators and Representatives interested in this legis- lation to be guests at the meeting. 4 What’s What Behind News in Capital. Roosevelt Relieves Self of Strain by Routine. BY PAUL MALLON. R. ROOSEVELT was sitting a, the White House luncheon table the other day talking with a friend. The friend remarked: “I think one of the secrets about good judgment is never to make a decision When you are tired.” The President perked up immediately and asked that the statement be re- ted. “Never make a decision when you are tired.” Obviously the President was mark- ing that suggestion down in his mind among the items in his per- sonal design for living. He has plenty of similar items filed away. Most of them relate to health. In recent weeks he has decided to swim in his private pool every day at 6 pm. No matter whether the Senate is fuming, the French defaulting or the heavens falling, Mr. Roosevelt drops whatever he is doing and swims at 6 Coupled with a rub-down from a masseur in the morning, this is his only exercise. Takes Things Easily. No President has ever worked out his routine of private life more meticu- lously. His main motive is to relieve himself from the man-killing pressure of the job. He takes things as easily as he can. He has stated times for everything, including relaxation. There 15 no guestion but our Presi- dents have made many historic de- cisions when they were fatigued or rushed. If they let the job get them, they are tired all the time. Mr. Roosevelt's ideas on that subject are well illustrated by the fact he went off on a yachting cruise in the midst of the London Economic Conference and is even now planning a cruise half way around the world for the coming Spring. Confidante Cleans Up. There are strong indications certain monetary adviser at Mr. velt's last money conference ‘White House will not be there next. At least, the President has been in- formed by one of his New York friends that this certain adviser has cleaned up in Wall Street speculations during the last six months and can hardly be considered a suitable confi- dante on such & subject as silver, for instance. ‘The adviser is not connected with any of the normal Wall Street agencies and has no standing, except as a per- sonal speculator. Loy g that a Roose- in the at the Two highly successful business men were gossiping the other night about Roosevelt, Like every one else, they could not exactly make him out. That is, they could not classify him as a radical or a conservative, or place him in any specific_category, politically or economically. Finally one of them id: “I_belleve if you will look back in the Roosevelt heritage you will find all the men in that family were land- owners. Did you ever hear of a Roose- velt who did not pay his debts? Did you ever hear of one who was a fly- by-night? A shyster? I did not. “I think you will find, without ex- ception, that they are the kind who generally pull their chairs up to the fire at home in the evenings. I'm banking on that.” C. W. A. Likely to Remain. Despite all that is being said and done, the insiders do not believe the President is going to stop the C. W. A. expenditures any time soon. They believe the move recently made by the White House was a trial balloon sent up to learn how the wind is blowing. Fundamentally every one seems to realize this mode of relief cannot be stopped as long as there are any con- siderable "number of men who need Jobs. An_ attorney recently appeared at the State Department as a lobbyist for the Grau government of Cuba (before it fell). Our officials believed it was the first time a foreign gov- ernment ever employed an official lob- byist, although many of them employ such agents under cover. g ‘The official diplomatic grapevine has brought unofficial information to our highest officials that Premier Doll- fuss of Austria has a secret anti- Hitler understanding with Mussolini. ‘The understanding is supposed to promise Italian military aid if Hitler tr?es to engineer a Nazi coup in Aus- tria. That published liquor quoto of 70,000 gallons for Ireland is just a cover-up figure for the sake of diplomacy. = The "Irish _already have erported more whisky than that. Publication of the real fig- ures might make Britain angry at a time when currency stabiliza- tion negotiations are in the ‘making. Mr. Roosevelt’s idea about consult- ing our ‘“good neighbors” in Latin America before recognizing Cuba was merely & nice gesture to promote Latin American good feeling. (Coperight, 1034.) GRIFFIN FUNERAL RITES Prominent Virginia Woman to Be Buried Tomorrow. Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie F. Griffin, member of an old Virginia fam- ily, who died Monday, will be held to- morrow at noon at the residence, 126 Mount Vernon avenue, Arlington County. Rev. William Hibbitt will offi- ciate. Burial will take place at 2 p.m.,, in the Confederate Cemetery at Fred- ericksburg, Va. Mrs. Griffin, whose father Mason Garner, was & descendant of George Mason, was born in Predericksburg. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Beulah Warder, with whom she boi lived. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1934, HUNT FOR BREMER (PROPOSED AIRPORT TURNS T0 CHICAGO| SITES INSPECTED City and Federal Officers|Members of House Mili Seek Sankey—Family Objects to Search. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 24.—The search for the kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer. wealthy St. Paul banker, was believed to have turned to Chicago today when several detective squads were ordered to assist Federal Secret Service agents in guarding railroad stations. ‘They were on watch for two widely- known kidnapers, supposedly on their way here from St. Paul. The men sought were reported to be Verne Sankey, 42, and Gordon Alcorn. They were indicted by a Federal grand jury at Denver March 29, 1933, for the kidnaping of Charles Boettcher, 2d, wealthy Denver resident, but never were apprehended. Although police refused to discuss the case, it was learned squads under the command of Chief of Detectives Wil- liam Shoemaker were detailed to the La Salle Street, Union, Northwestern and Schiller Park stations, with instructions to assist Federal agents whom they would meet there. The detectives were ordered to “keep |out of the limelight,” and pay special attention to telephone booths. Sankey was described as 5 feet 7! inches tall, about 170 pounds in weight, and heavy set. Alcorn was said to be 6 feet tall and to weight about 170 pounds. ‘The Chicago police were said to have received information several weeks ago that the two men, accompanied by & woman, were seen riding in a small coupe here. A search was started and the men were reported to have fled to St. Paul. The Bremer kidnaping oc- curred there a week ago. Police also were watching bowling alleys here on the hunch that Sankey, an_expert bowler, might attempt to in- dulge in his favorite sport. CLUES PROVE FUTILE. Family Merely Knows That Bremer Still Is Missing. ST. PAUL, January 24 (#).—Edward G. Bremer was still & prisoner of an unidentified gang that held him captive today at an unlocated hideout, ‘That was the one salient fact gleam- ing through the murk of erroneous rumors that the 37-year-old son of Adolph Bremer had been slain and found dead, and that he had been freed, unharmed, after payment of $200,000 ransom. Out of the myriad of statements, con- tradictions and “guesses” were two per- sistent reports. One was the forecast of close friends of the family that the banker would be freed soon. The other was a report that the elder Bremer had received a second note from the gang conveying instructions for paying the ransom. But Bremer, the principal owner of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co. and & personal frienfl of President Roosevelt, insister no further contact with the gang had been made since Walter Magee had found a note on his office doorstep shortly after the 37-year-old president and owner of the Commercial State Bank was seized last Wednesday. Magee, wealthy contractor, added his denial to that of Bremer. An appeal to newspapers and police to “keep out of this” was voiced last night by Adolph Bremer. “If Eddie does not come back I will hold newspapers and police personally responsible,” he declared. Interviewed at his home, the elder Bremer said the newspapers “spoiled all chances of contact with the kid- napers so far.” “If the newspapers had not given publicity to the fact Magee received the note, he would have made the ne- gotiations and my son wouid have been free by now,” he continued. “I will tell nothing to the press or the police. All I want is for the police and press to keep out of this and give me a chance to contact the kidnapers to get my son back.” A possibility that he might have crossed the paths of some gang was ad- vanced in Duluth, Minn, tonight by Harry Bachman, salesman for & St. Paul wholesale grocery company. Two_automobiles, one preceding and one following him, refused to allow him to pass the first car for two miles north of Kinckley, Minn., as he was driving to Duluth, he told police. When he finally succeeded in passing the first car, he said, he espied what seemed to be a pile of blankets on the rear seat. A roughly dressed man, wearing a cap and glasses, was driving. ASSEMBLY FAVORS DISPENSARY PLAN Virginia House and Senate Com- mittees Subscribe to Quebec System. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 24.—As hearings were concluded last night on the liquor bill it was indicated by mem- bers of the Housc and Senate Finance Committee that both stand for the dis- pensary plan as submitted. It was said, however, that the poll of the two committees was taken before last night's final hearing, when Dele- gate R. McMurran _ startled the Liquor Control Commission with the announcement that Quebec, after whose plan Virginia's bill was patterned, has recently legalized the sale of liquor by the drink in hotels and restaurants. The House Committee will remain in session until it can report a bill to the Heuse. The Senate Committee will await action by the House body. Delegates Vivian L. Page of Norfolk last night advocated favorable action on his license system bill. The people of Virginia, he declared, did not vote for a dispensary plan, “they voted to drink what they want, when they want it and in a clean place.” ‘The dispensary plan, he said, “is just another big addition to the State po- litical machine.” He declared the plan adopted for the District of Columbia, after which his bill was patterned, is the ideal way to handle the liquor-con- trol situation. Delegate H. M. Sutherland of Wise County asked the inclusion of a provi- sion which would permit the State to manufacture its own liquor in competi- tion with the “distillers’ trust,” The State, he declared, can manufacture liguor at a price as low as 34 cents a gallon, exclusive of the State tax. HEADS CONFERENCE W. H. Pitts Elected by Building Owners and Managers. ATLANTA, January 24 (#—W. H. Pitts of Birmingham yesterday was elected president of the Southern Con- ference of Building Owners and Man- agers at the close of their annual ses- slon here. M. A. Hodgin of Wilmington, N. C., was named secretary-treasurer. Direc tors included S. C. Wortham of Greens- ro, N. C.: S. S. Stoeuffer of Louisville end J. B. Beacham of Asheville. A\ Committee Silent After, 4 & Visit to Five Tracts. & Members of the House Military Af- {fairs Committee, which is considering the McSwain biil for establishment of & governmental airport for Washington, lay Ynspected five sites which have been proposed to the committee for air- Port purposes. The committee, during a trip of more than two hours, covering a distance of more than 50 miles, visited three sites in Maryland and two in the Dis- trict. A number of sites, including Washington Airport, Hybla Valley, near Alexandria. Va., and a tract northwest of Alexandria, ‘were not visited today due to the necessity for committee mem- bers to return to the Capitol for today’s session of Congress. “We will visit the other sites as soon as possible,” Chairman McSwain said. T do not know just when we will go, but it will be done as soon as we can fiu:x_e committee together for the pur- A caravan of 13 automobiles, includ- ing six provided by the Quartermaster General's Department of the Army for members of the committee, left the House Office Building at 10 o'clock on today’s inspection trip. The first site visited was that offered by Fulton R. Gordon, near Oxon Hill, Md. The committee then Inspected a tract of 500 acres offered by Dr., W. W. Stewart, between Meadows and Camp Springs, Md. Returning by way of Benning, the committee inspected a site suggested by Edward H. Young, on the Eastern Branch flats, south of Bennin road, extending to ‘the District jail. Traveling by way of Bladensburg, Md., the committee then visited the Capitol Airport site, recommended by Edward R. Stitt. operator of the flylng service there. This site is on the eastern side of Eastern Branch between Bladensburg and Kenilworth, D. C. The day's in- spection trip closed with a visit to the Chillum tract, of.ered by a group headed by former Representative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota. Committee members voiced no opin- fons ccncerning the merits of the va- rious sites today. After the inspection of the remaining possible sites is com- pleted the committee is expected to begin consideration of the entire local alrport situation in executive session. Although the McSwain bill provides for the closing of Military road and the establishment of an airport on the Washington Airport site, the committee is not bound by this bill, McSwain said, but is at liberty to select any site it may choose. D. C. LIQUOR BILL TO GET 0. K. TODAY, PRESIDENT SAYS (Continued From First Page) Control Board and the board is organized. Several hundred names are on the list of applicants for the positions of instructors, the secre- tary of the board, clerical assistants, as well as for the three new positions of assistants to the corporation counsel, whose office will be charged with pros- ecution of violators of the liquor law, except in cases of felonies. Ban on Moving Bars. The regulations have been drafted by Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride and his principal assistant, Vernon E. West, under supervision of Commis- sloner George E. Allen. According to reports at the District Building, the regulations will forbid the sale of hard liquor between the hours of 2 am. and 8 am. Under the law itself, sale of hard liquor is forbid- den on Sunday and this would mean that sales could not be made after mid- night on Saturdays. There is to be a provision against perambulating_bars, such as have been used in New York City, in a move to evade the restriction against fixed bars. Another regulation, it is reported, will forbid the mixing of various hard liquors in the presence of guests of restaurants, hotels and clubs, which may be licensed for consumption on the premises. It was sald this would not apply to the mere preparation of a drink consisting of a whisky and car- banated water, but would apply to the | mixing of cocktails or other drinks | where more than one kind of alcoholic | beverage is used. It was said the pur- pose of such a rule would be to prevent a return of bar-like conditions in public eating places. The explanation was that such a condition would not neces- sarily result by permitting the mere pouring of whisky and carbonated water, but that it might under a rule permitting mixing of the more elabo- rate types of drinks. It is understood the regulations will permit display of sealed bottles of liquor in places licensed to sell liquor in closed containers. Proper Quarters Sought. The new liquor control board will have charge of license matters for beer and wine dealers as well as hard liquor deal- ers, but the present Beverage Permits Board, which has handled the licensing of beer establishments, will remain in existence for a year, to deal with beer licenses which may remain in force for a year, under the terms of the liquor law. The Commissioners will be prepared to issue to the public application blanks for liquor licenses soon after the liquor measure becomes law. Bride and West already have prepared the draft of a questionnaire to be used for this pur- pose. While more than 100 establish- ments already have written informal applications to the Commissioners, these, as well as all others, will have to 1ill out the official application blanks. District officials, including Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditof, are considering se- lection of quarters for the Alcohol Bev- erage Control Board. They have con- sidered renting quarters in a downtown office building, since there is no avail- able space in the District Building, but it appeared some District department may be moved to outside quarters so the control board may be established in the District Building. The reason for this contemplated change is that it is recognized that at the start of the work considerable space will be required to accommodate the ex- pected large number of license appli- cants and others interested in the matter. - GOUNTY BODY ASKS it was expected | these would be announced soon after | House - Members Inspect Airport, Sites Members of the congressional committee studying the airport situation here shown leaving on & survey made this maming of proposed sites for airport development in andaround Washington. —Star Staff Photo. DISPENSARY DELAY Montgomery Resolution Urges Curb Until D. C. Has Liquor 60 Days. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., January 24.—The Montgomery County Civic Federation, at its special meeting here last night, adopted the resolution from its Public Finance and Budget Committee ap- pealing to county officials to delay con- struction of the proposed liquor ware- house and office building at Silver Spring until the effect legalization of whisky in the District of Columbia will | have upon the county’s liquor business | can be determined | It is recommended in the measure that the advertising for bids for the | construction of the building and the | performance of any other work or services which may involve additional | | expenditure of public funds be deferred | urtil the law regulating the sale of | liquor in Washington has been in' | operation for 60 days. | | Construction of the building is ap-| |proved in the resolution “if upon | further study the facts developed dem- | onstrate that the erection of such a| building is economically sound.” Lamar Measures Defeated. The resolution was contained in a | report compiled by the Committee ol | Public Finance and Budget after con- | | ferences _ with representatives of the | Liquor Control Board and Board of | County Commissioners and was adopted by an overwhelming majority on an eye and nay vote after two substitute | | measures proposed by George H. Lamar | of Rockville had been voted down. It had been brought out in the re- port of the Committee on Public Finance and Budget, read by Chairman H. S. Yohe of Chevy Chase, that Montgomery Ccunty officials hope to be able to sell whisky in bulk at such low prices that it would attract Washington wholesale | trade. County officials, defending their de- | cision to erect the warehouse, told mem- | bers of the committee, it was said, that | purchase of liquor in carload lots. as it | is planned, and the fact that the county 15 not required to purchase a license to operate, would eliminate seven items that would figure in the fixing of prices | in the District. Think Low Prices Would Follow. These items include profits to dis- tributors, jobbers, wholesalers and re- tailers, the cost of political, charitable or protection levies against the whole- sale and retail liquor trade and the high costs of licenses for all who retail liquor for private profit, the report as- serted. Unburdened by those charges, count; officials are confident they can fix suc! low prices that both retail and whole- sale trade of the Capital will be at- tracted, it was set forth in the report. Construction of the building is further warranted, officials told the committee, by the fact that an annual saving of $5200 will be realized by allocating space in the new building for the Silver Spring dispensary, the warehouse of the county system and the County Engi- neering Department, which now occupy rented quarters, and the offices of the Maryland-National Cspital Park and Planning Commission, which soon will 1eouire additional room. Prior to taking up the warehouse question, the federation indorsed the membership drive of the Interfederation Conference and President Robert E. Bondy was authorized to appoint a com- mittee to represent tne Montgomery or- ganization in the campaign. THREE BODIES FOUND |Men Believed to Have Through Thin Ice. JACKSON, Mich., January 24 (#).— Missing since they started on a hunting trip Monday, bodies of three men were found yesterday in Portage Lake, 16 miles from here. Apparently, they had broken through the ice which had been weakened by warm weather. ‘The men were Herman Tisch, 30; Raymond Hoffman, 30, and his brother, Berne, 24, all of Munith. Broken Auto Industry T HE spectacular story of next Sunday’s Star. struction and design. covery program will be told in all its vivid detail in Co-incidental with the opening of the Fourteenth An- nual Automobile Show at the Washington Auditorium, The Star will review the broad realm of motordom as it is to be found today on the threshold of a new era. The complete story of the brilliant 193¢ model automobiles will be related, together with a review of current progress in highway con- Eminent authorities in their fields will discuss the latest developments in fuels and lubricants, legislation and taxation and other subjects related to motors and motoring. Read the full and authoritative account in The Star's Automobile Show Edition next Sunday. Surges Ahead! the automobile industry’s re- Gout Disappears During Depression, Educator Declares By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. January 24—Gout, the disease that once was sym- bolic of a life of ease, has all but disappeared, Dr. H. A. McGuigan, head of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Tllinois Medical College, said yes- terday. And the depression can be thanked, he added “Depression.” he said. “is a great gout killer. You can't work and support a case of gout at the same time.” Dr. McGuigan cited an old prescription of an English doctor to a wealthly gout patient: “Live on 6 pence a day and earn it.” NORRIS WOULD PUT LOBBYISTS IN OPEN Nebraskan Considers Law to Force Registration, Affilia- tion and Salaries. By the Associated Press. Serious consideration was being given today by Senator Norris, Republican, of ’ Nebraska, to a proposal to require reg- | Roosevelt there was a considerable de- | PTOP2ganda notwithstandin | istration of all lobbyists, with a state- | mand for such funds. ment of what each is working for, the contracts with each client and the amount of pay involved. Norris disclosed his plans to news- paper men as_considerable skepticism prevailed in Congress over the out- come of the current reform movement. However, there was no halt in the progress toward legislation to separate politics and Government. Norris indicated he would have some- thing to say later today at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the Vandenberg bill, which, among other things. would bar mem- bers of any national political commit- tee from practicing law before any Government department. During the lobby investigation several years ago a suggestion similar to the Norris proposal was made. but faded out. Consequently, many observers doubt whether the present effort wiil reach the goal scme have outlined. It was admitted. however, that presi- dential support might make a differ- FUNDS FOR HOME Millions Expected to Be Turned Into Back-to- Land Movement. | By the Associated Press. | More millions for the administra- tion’s back-to-the-land movement ap- peared likely today as President Roose- | velt and others indicated homes and | housing problems were still in the fore- front of Federal plans. Some at the Capitol thought a size- | able added sum for such work might {be tucked away somewhere within the | Chief Executive’s new $1,116,000,000 re- quest to Congress for emergency spend- ing. | alreaqy have been suggested to the Fed- | eral Subsistence Homestead Corpora- | | tion, to which Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt has lent considerable time. Although $25.000.000 was appropriated by Congress for the corporation, $15,- | 000,000 remains unspent or unallocated. | _Along a somewhat different line the | President, at White House conference | late yesterday, developed plans requir- | ing legislation to turn finance into the Ifield of modernization of homes, | Funds Sought. |..John E. Fahey, chairman of the i He said the | Government was limited in the loans it could give, and he believed more than the co-operation generously of- fered by private institutions was neces- sary. Tne Treasury is co-operating on plans to extend greater authority to deal with this problem. | Both Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt feel a | back-to-the-land movement would aid | in keeping things stable when a normal | economic trend is resumed. One of the | aims of the Federal Subsistence Home- | stead Corporation is a decentralization | of industry, along with better housing | for the country generally. The First Lady already has made a | study of what is being done for mine workers in this regard in the Reeds- | ville, W. Va., coal region and favors the extension of such homestead propo- sitions. $100,000,000 Suggested. Senator Bankhead, Democrat of Ala- bama, author of the amendemnt to the PROCTS STUDIED 2. Projects costing above $4,000.000.000 | Home Loan Bank Board, informed Mr. | JAPAN PLANS NOTE T0U. . ON NAVIES Hirota Makes Gesture for Friendly Agreement on Armaments. (Continued From Pirst Page.) from tie point of view of America not becoming involved in a conflict, but he also desires to see a better understand- ing between Japan and Russia. In order to give the Japanese a chance to adopt a more conciliatory | policy toward the Soviets, the President 1s not hastening the conversations for a non-aggression pact with the latter country. The American and the Rus- sian governments realize that such a pact, if made at this moment, might Ibe interpreted as a challenge to the Japanese and might precipitate a crisis. Both the American and the Russian governments are quite willing to enter into a three-cornered non-aggiession pact to include Japan, if the latter country is willing to piay fafr. United States Wants Proof. ‘The indications from Tokio would tend to show that Japan, or at least the civilians at the head of the Japa- nese government, are making the necessary advances toward such a pact, but the American Government must have more tangible proofs than speeches before it is willing to discuss the possibility of such a pact with the Japanese government. The Russians are equally willing to enter into such a pact, but they also want to see the Japanese troops actually moved from their Siberian frontiers before they commence to talk non-aggression with the Japanese. ‘The next few months will show con- clusively, it was stated today, how the wind blows in Japan. If the superficial signs that the civilian and liberal ele- ments in Japan are getting the upper hand are confirmed and the military | chique which has been ruling the em- pire for the last two and a half years is relegated to a second place, then Japan can be certain to find the Amer- ican Government ready to accept the olive branch and willing to co-operate with that Far Eastern power to the full extent of its ability for the preserva- tion of peace. MOSCOW IGNORES REGRET. Soviet Press Plays Up Hirota's Speech Asking Peaceful Relations. MOSCOW, January 24 (#)—Prin- cipal newspapers published ~without | comment today a digest of the speech | of Foreign Minister Koki Hirota before the Japanese Diet. The version which appeared here contained no reference to the Japanes: minister’s expression of regret at Soviet criticism of Japan nor of his denial that new Japanese military establishments have been placed on the Soviet-Man- churian frontier. | It emphasized instead Hirota's dec- iaration that Japan wants peaceful re- iations with the Soviet Union. The resignation of Gen. Sadao Araki as Japanese war minister also was given | prominent display, but comment also | was withheld on this subject. | It was the semi-official opinion, how- | ever, that Araki's policies will be con- tinued under the new minister, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi. In his speech yesterday, Hirota bit- terly criticized what he called Russia’s “unwarranted criticisms” of Japan's ac- tivities in East Asia. ““Japan certainly is setting up no new military establishments along the Man- chukuo and Soviet frontiers, Moscow he sald. 'HOUSING CONFERENGE \TO HEAR FIRST LADY | Secretary Ickes Also Will Be Among Speakers to Address Session Here. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sec- retary of Interior. Ickes are scheduled to be among the speakers who will ad- dress the National Public Housing Con- ference at the Willard Hotel Saturday. | Others to speak include Robert D. Kohn, director of housing under the | Public Works Administration; Dr. Isa- | dor Lubin, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; Langdon Post and Mrs. Marv K. Simkhovitch, president of the con- ence this time and it was recalled that | National Industrial Recovery act which | ference. already several national committeemen |set up the Housing Corporation, said | have turned in resignations. Besides the bill of Senator Vanden- berg, Republican. of Michigan, Sen- ators Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, have proposed measures to prevent Senators or Representatives from ap- pearing before any Government agency in behalf of a claim, contract or loan. “No claimant really wants the Sen- ator or Representative to present the facts or the law to the departments,” Byrnes said. “He generally has a lawyer to do that. What he desires is the political influence of the Senator or_ Representative.” Norris also is considering an amend- ment to the Vandenberg bill to prevent cabinet members, Senators and Repre- sentatives from serving on a national party committee. ‘This would be aimed particularly at Farley, who, however, has expressed a willingness to give up his committee chairmanship to devote all his time to the Post Office Department. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, chairman of the subcommittee to meet on Vandenberg's measure, said he had asked President Roosevelt for his views on the proposal and found him favor- able to the general proposition. KIDNAP CLUE SEEN Kansas Prisoner Suspected of Part in Wolf Case. ‘TOPEKA, Kans, January 24 (#).— Shawnee County officers said today August Kahn, under arrest in White Cloud, Mich., was suspected of having a part in the attempted kidnaping of Harry D. Wolf, bank cashier, here last December 14. Sheriff Dean Rogers said, however, the charge on which Kahn was sought at present was the passing of bogus checks. Wolf, cashier of the National Bank of Topeka, fought off two men who en- tered his automobile the night of De- cember 14 and told him he was going for a “ride.” e FOUR KILLED IN WRECK Spanish Train Jumps Track Made Slippery by Snow—15 Injured. SANTANDER, Spain, January 24 (). —Four persons were killed and 15 in- jured today when a train, sliding on rails made slippery by snow, jumped the track on a curve 44 miles from here. ‘Those who died were the engineer and firemen, a member of the civil guard, and an unidentified passenger. PR A College Girls Fear Unpopularity. ROCKFORD, Ill. (#).— First-year students at Rockford Women's College are afraid of unpopularity. This was disclosed by & psychological examination. Other “chief fears™ were suspicious- looking men, dark streets, mice, snakes, spiders. living tco long and what hap- pens after death. ¢ | yesterday he thought it should be given an additional $100,000,000. The funds probably would come from the more than $1,100,000,000 request by Mr. Rose- velt for additional funds to carry out emergency activities. ‘The subsistence corporation is under Secretary Ickes, Ickes has delegated supervision of corporation detail to M. L. Wilson, for- mer Montana professor and one of the authors of the domestic allotment plan of farm production control. Although the 20 projects already de- | central theme in the corporation’s ac- i tivities is the placing of groups— whether farm or city—in a setting that means better living conditions at a lower cost. 'DE PAUW URGES U. S. TO DROPR.0.T.C. UNIT Methodist College, Opposed to Mili- tary Training, Petitions War Department. By the Associated Press. GREENCASTLE, Ind., January 24— | Trustees of De Pauw University, said to be the only Methodist College in the United States offering a military train- ing course, yesterday voted to request the United States War Department to withdraw Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit from the university. The military training course at De | Pauw was placed on an optional basis soon after Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam be- came president of the university in 1928. Enrollment in the department has fallen off, and the board of trus- tees expressed doubt that the required 100 students would register for the mil- itary work next September. Slightly more than 100 now are en- rolled in the R. O. T. C. unit. A statement issued by the trustees after their annual meeting yesterday said the action was taken “in ‘the light of the resolutions adopted at the gen- eral conference of the Methodist Epis- fapd Cvrc'uxch in 1928 and 1932, as fol- lows: ‘We are opposed to all military training in high schools and to com- pulsory military training in colleges and universities. We earnestly petition the Government l’t.t‘):l thil Un{{ed States to cease supporting all military trais in civilian_educational mszfiumgm Roy O. West of Chicago is president of the board of trustees. There were only two dissenting votes, among ap- proximately 35 present, when the mo- tion to request withdrawal of the R. O.T.C. was passed. Squatters Ask Aid. ©One hundred and ninety squatters at Bara, Scotland, have asked the city for loans to build houses. i cided upon embrace several types, & | The purpose of the conference, as outlined today by Rev. John O'Grady, one of its vice presidents, is to promote interest in public housing as part of a national program and in the programs of the various local committees through- out the country. He pointed out that there is an un- usual opportunity at present for de- veloping a comprehensive sium clear- ance and low-cost housing plan under the leadership of the Federal Govern- ment. The National Housing Conference was said to believe that the time is ripe for a great national campaign to in- terest tne American people in the poor and unsanitary housing of the lowest income groups. ‘OPPONENTé OF MOTOR {BUS MEASURE HEARD . Dairy and Butter Men Say Ray- burn Bill Would Increase Rates. First opposition to the Rayburn bill for Federal regulation of motor busses and trucks in interstate commerce de- veloped yesterday at hearings before the | House Interstate Commerce Committee. The National Dairy Union, the Amer- ican Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers and the National League of Commission Merchants registered varying degrees of opposition. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States indorsed its principle. A. M. Loomis of Washington, repre- senting the dairy union and the butter manutacturers, said the bill would in- crease all interstate truck rates “up to the present level of railroad rates for traffic between the same peints.” His viewpoint was supported by Charles W. Holman, secretary of the National Co- operative Milk Producers’ Federation. Agriculture producers, Loomis said. already had suffered sufficiently from high_railroad rates. J. R. Van Arnum of Washington, rep- resenting the League of Commission Merchants, recommended numerous changes in the legislation. Eric A. Johnston of Spokane, Wash.. represent- ing the National Chamber of Commerce, said a referendum showed the organiza- tion supported the measure. VIRGINIA BEJY SOUGHT Police aid was asked today in find- ing Harold Tuel, 11, missing since yes- terday from 3142 O street, where he was visiting. ‘The boy, from Culpeper, Va, was visiting a cousin, Mrs. Frances Murray of the O street address. He is said to have last been seen at Wisconsin ave- nue and O street. The boy is described as having dark hair and brown eyes. When he disappeared he was wearing a khaki shirt, dark blue knickers, a brown slip-over jacket, a black leather cap and a coat.