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'“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. \WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon; tomorrow fair; colder tonight and tomorrow, lowest tem- perature tonight about 28 degrees; fresh winds. Temperatures—Highest, 61, at noon today; lowest, 40, at 5:30 a.m. to- day. Full report on page A-5. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13,14&15 he Fo No. 32,837. BIDS ON AIRMALL BY PRIVATE LINES PLANNED AT ONG Roosevelt to Turn Trans- portation Over as Soon as Possible. POSlT OFFICE OFFICIALS ASKED TO MAKE PLANS Methods of Restoring Service Withheld Pending Later Conference. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt intends to per- mit immediate bidding by private lines for airmail service and to turn airmail transportation over to them as soon as possible. He called in officials of the Post Office Department today to arrange for bids to serve during a temporary period before permanent legislation is enacted. Methods of restoring the airmail service to private lines were withheld pending a conference called for later today. Takes Action Before Trip. Mr. Roosevelt arranged for this ac- tion on the eve of his departure from the Capital for a 10-day vacation in southern waters. Meanwhile, opposition to the Shep- pard bill to subsidize civil aviation training and equipment development was expressed before the Senate Com- merce Committee by the War and Navy Departments, while the Com- merce Department countered with in- dorsement of its purpose. ‘The bill would authorize the appro- priation of $1,500,000 annually to pay 25 per cent of the cost of instruction at private fields and a total of $1,000,- 000 to be expended in encouraging new aircraft design. Aircraft produced would be of “practically no value” for national de- fense, the Navy Department said in & letter to the committee. Flight training of civilians would be of “some advantage to the Govern- ment in war, it continued, but more valuable results would be made pos- sible by training larger numbers of Naval Reserve aviators under existing law. Orders Not Sent Out. At the War Department it was said that no orders of any kind concern- ing the airmail have been sent aut. Mr. Roosevelt's plans for seeking temporary bids for airmail transpor- tation were known, it was said, but until definite contracts and arrange- ments have been made there will be no changes in the Army airmail set-up. Until the President has definitely announced new contracts, the Army Air Corps will continue carrying the mail over the present routes and on the present schedules. A letter from the department agreed that civilian flying would shorten the period of Army training necessary, but said it would offer an advantage to persons who could afford to pay for private instruction in speci- fying that holders of Department of | Commerce licenses should be given preference in entrance to the Army Air Corps. Appropriations Insufficient. ‘The War Department said at pres- ent the Army Air Corps could not obtain enough appropriation to satisfy its own requirements, and as long as this deficiency existed it saw no rea- son for spending money for secondary purposes. Eugene L. Vidal, director of aero- nautics of the Department of Com- merce, and Col. J. Carroll Cone, as- sistant director, indorsed the aims of the bill without approving its specific provisions. Cone, asserting that private flying training would die out without help, said such preparation had equipped the world's greatest fiyers. He men- tioned Wiley Post, Charles A. Lind- bergh and Jimmie Wedell. Hiram W. Bingham, former United States Senator and now president of the National Aeronautical Association, urged favorable action on the bill, saying his organization was in “hearty sympathy” with it. P. 0. Officials Silent. Post Office Department officials re- fused comment on the President’s an- nouncement, explaining that details probably would be made available after a White House conference scheduled for this afternoon. Postmaster General Farley and his aides assembled data concerning routes (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) GOVERNOR REORGANIZES FILIPINO CONSTABULARY Murphy Puts Native in Charge. ‘Will Be Nucleus for Army on Independence. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, March 27.—Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy today announced & reorganization of the insular con- stabulary, putting s Filipino, instead of an American, at the head of this scatt=red force of 6,000 men, ‘The Governor's action, coming within two days - after President Roosevelt signed the revised Philip- pine independence act, placed Col. Basilio Valdes, acting commissioner of public health. in charge. ‘The changes were interpreted as the first step toward developing the con- stabulary into a Filipino army to suc- ceed withdrawal of. American forces with complete independence. about 1945, Less than a score of Americans remain in the constabulary. l Guide for Readers Page. ...C-8 JA-T .C-4 B-10-11 .A-13-14-15 .A-9 Amusements Army and Navy Comics .. Features Financial .. Lost and Found . Radio .. E Serial S Society Sports . Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. I Mississi ppi Spring Gives Flood Threat To Valley Homes River Is Rising Rapidly, but U. S. Engineers See No Cause for Alarm. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 27.—It's Spring again in the Mississippi Valley and the steady rise of the great river jasain is the concern of those who know its treachery. The Mississippi is rising rapidly and the crest is not yet in sight, but United States engineers and metearologists agree that there is nothing about which to -be alarmed. Cairo, with a new flood stage of 40 feet, veported a rise of 3.1 feet this morning to a stage of 29.3 feet. Mem- phis, waiting below for the water to come down, had a stage of 18.3 feet today, a rise of but two-tenths of a foot in 24 hours. Flood stage here is 34 feet. “There is no doubt that we are going to have a considerable rise here,” Meteorologist F. W. Brist said this morning. “I would not venture to predict how many feet, but there will be a rise of several feet. Heavy rains are responsible in a great measure. Still, there is nothing in sight to cause undue concern.” Main Mississippi River levees are built to stand crests far above flood stages on the gauges, and engineers are not worried. WHITNEY RESUMES STOCK BILL FIGHT Testifies After President Demands Measure “With Teeth in It.” By the Associated Press. A series of proposed amendments to the Federal stock market regulation measure was offered today by Rich- ard Whitney, president of the New York Exchange, following indorse- ment of the bill by President Roose- velt, who made clear last night that he desired a strong measure. The President also struck out at } the “organized drive being made against effective legislation” in eon- nection with the much-revised bill. He pointed out the measure was designed to prevent a major factor in artificial and unwarranted “booms” which had 150 much to do with “terrible condi- tions of the years following 1929.” Whitney said his suggestions, sub- | mitted to the Senate Banking Com- mittee while testifying on the revised Fletcher-Rayburn meaguré, would “eliminate its most dangerous featurés while increasing its effectiveness in the promotion of those objects which are vital in the public interest.” Defends Stock Exchanges. Expressing agreement with the idea that “great speculative excesses are an economic evil and that they can and should be prevented.” the Stock Ex- change head denied that Wall Street excesses of 1929 were caused by or due to the stock exchanges. In a new attack on the legislation, Whitney said the bill in its present form *“would prevent excessive specu- lation, but only by seriously interfer- ing with that great system of industry, commerce and finance without which there can be neither speculation nor | prosperity.” | “I am not in accord with the pro- | visions of this bill which seem de- | signed to punish stock exchanges for | imaginary offenses,” he continued. “Nor am I in accord with those pro- visions which would throttle industry, contract credit, diminish the liquidity of securities and postpone the return of prosperity. “I believe the evils which this pro- | posed legislation seeks to remedy can be cured without risking the dangers inherent in this bill of delaying the return of prosperity.” Whitney then submitted amend- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SLEET AND SNOW GRIP NORTHWESTERN OHI0 Communications Paralyzed, Traf- fic Demoralized, Fruit Orchards Ruined. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Oio, MarcH 27— Northwestern Ohio was incased in a layer of frozen rain, sleet and snow today, demoralizing traffic and para- lyzing communications. At Kenton telephone and power lines snapped and all available line- men were musterel into duty. How- ever, they were hampered by a heavy snow which followed the sleet. Railroad, bus and interurban serv- ice into Toledo was delayed as much as nine hours and telephone and light service was interrupted because of fal- len wires. The same condition existed at Lima. Many farmers reported their fruit orchards ruined and estimated the loss would mount into thousands of dollars. Mayor Is Re-elected. SIOUX CITY, March 27 (#)—By & margin of about 2,600 votes, W, D. Hayes was re-elected mayor of Sioux City for his third successive term on the basis of complete unofficial re- turns for that office. Mayor Hayes polled 14,415 votes to 11,783 for Kayes C. Gayno, in an election last night.- WASHINGTON, D. C, PRESIDENT URGES NEW NAVAL CUTS IN SIGNING BILL Proposes Powers Should Consider Further Reduc- tions at Arms Parfey. ISSUES STATEMENT ON VINSON MEASURE Stresses That No Appropriation Fas Been Made to Build Ships. President Roosevelt today proposed further reductions in naval strength in the 1935 disarmament parley as he signed the bill authorizing con- | struction of the American Navy up | to existing treaty strength. “It has been and will be thé policy of the administration,” said Mr. Roosevelt in a memorandum, “to favor continued limitation of naval arma- ments. “It is my personal hope that the 1 Conference to be held in 1933 will extend all existing limitations and agree to further reductions.” The construction measure contem- plates expenditures estimated at $500.- 000,000 to $750,000.000 over a seven- year period for ships and airplanes. Warships Authorized. of 65 destroyers, 32 submarines, 4 | cruisers and more than 1,100 air- | planes. |~ However, a final decision for con- | structing most of the ships and planes | would be left with the Budget Bureau. It must approve the actual expendi- tures. Ship contracts would go alternately to Government and private shipyards. Private bidders could not make more than 10 per cent profit on contracis of $10,000 or more. Congress must appropriate funds belore any of the construction author- ized can be undertaken. |~ Mr. Roosevelt has not yet | how much immediate building will done. Text of Statement. ‘The President’s statement follows: “Because there is some public mis- apprehension of facts in relation to the Vinson bill, it is only right that its main provisions should be made wholly clear. “This is not a law for the construc- tion of a single additional United States warship. “The general purpose of the bill is solely a statement by the Congress that it approves the building of our Navy up to and not beycrd the strength in various types of ships su- thorized, first, by the Washington naval limitations treaty of 1922 and, secondly, by the Londor: naval limita- tion treaty of 1930. “As has been done on several pre- vious occasions in our history, the bill authorizes purchase and construction over & period of years. But the bill appropriates no money for such con- struction and the word ‘authorization’ is, therefore, merely a statement of the policy of the present Congress Whether it will be carried out de- pends on the action of future Con- gresses. “It has been and will be the policy of the administration to faver con- tinued limitation of naval armament. It is my personal hope that the Naval Conference to be held in 1935 will ex- tend all existing naval limitations and agree to further reductions.” It was a few minutes past noon when the President signed the bill. Standing near him were Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Commit- tee. Representative Britten, ranking | Republican member of the committee, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. The President used two pens in the signing, one of which was presented afterward to Representative Vinson and the other to Representa- tive Britten. BANKERS INDICTED IN TRUST FUND CASE Cleveland Men Charged With Misapplying $76,000—Pen- sion Fund Involved. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 27.—An ar- raignment in Federal Court on charges of misapplication of funds and false entry was in prospect today for three former officers of the Guardian Trust Co., which failed to open after the 1933 banking holiday. Joint true bills against the three men were returned by the Federal grand jury yesterday. The men in- dicted are: of the bank; Harry C. Robinson, former executive vice president; Wil- liam R. Green, former vice president and controller. The indictments charged misappli- cation of $76,122 belonging to the bank’s trust department and fgise en- tries. An employe pension d and its transactions are involved. Robinson, eager for a prompt trial, expressed belief “the whole thing must be a mistake.” Green said his sole connection with the pension fund was that-of secre- tary, that the fund was managed by a board of trustees. House declined to comment. NILA COOK, WHO QUIT GANDHI, WEDS MESS BOY, By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, March 27.—Nila Cram Ccok, the “flaming serpent” who was deported from India as a vagrant after she had forsaken Mahatma Gandhi, was honeymooning today with Albert N. Hutchins, mess boy on the ship on which she returned to the United States. The couple appeared at the mar- riage bureau late yesterday with two witnesses and while Hutchins—“Call Mé Al"—rather shy and ill at ease, waited for the filling in of the neces- sary papers, his bride-to-be waxed poetical about him, “RUBY ON ROCK” “He is my Nirvana—my glorious night of compassion—my infinite ten- derness,” said the daughter of the ‘The bill would permit construction J. Arthur House, former president | Leagu enin ITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1934—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. “ENVIOUS CASSIUS.” {ongress Considers Showdown On Wirt’s Charges of Revolt| Indianan May Be Given Chance to “Brain Trusters”—Roosevelt | Advisers See Educator as.Joke Victim. Name By the Associated Press. Dr. Willlam A. Wirt, Gary, Ind, school superintendent, probably w get a chance to name the “brain trusters” he charges plotted a revolu- tion in the Roosevelt administration. An effort will be made in the House today to have a congressional commit- tee do the job. Although yesterday he talked of a Justice Department inquiry into the | Wirt allegations, Speaker Rainey told reporters this afternoon “I'm not going to dignify those wild assertions by submitting them to the Justice De- partment.” It “the pressure is strong enough,” he assumed the Bulwinkle resolution would be pressed for a House com- mittee to investigate the letter of Dr. William A. Wirt of Gary. Ind., that was brought forth in public hearings this week. i Several of President Roosevelt's professional advisers terms the matter |a “joke.” Most declined even to dis- | cuss it, Still others were reported re- | iably to have denied making such statements as Dr. Wirt listed in a let- | | ter read last week before the House | | Interstate Commerce Committee. | Prof. William F. Ogburn of the Uni- versity of Chicago said: | “Dr. Wirt states that the ‘new deal- ers’ hold out no hope for recovery, so ! that a revolution may take place. I | challenge him to name one man in | | the so-called ‘brain trust’ who is not | interested in the welfare and recov- | ery of the country.” |~ Meanwhile, the New York World | Telegram said it had received state- ments that they had not given in- | formation to Wirt from Rexford Guy | Tugwell, Assistant Sécretary of M_fl; (Continued on Page ¢, Column 4.) [EACUEVILLSE IS STATIS 00 Officials Despair of Obtain- ing Reductions as Wild Race Is Threatened. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 27.—The League of Nations, some of whose officials say they believe the reduction of arma- ments is a lost cause, intends to con- centrate on the next best thing: An agreement to limit the armaments of nations to their present level and pre- vent a wild armaments race. Arthur Henderson, president of the Disarmament Conference, expects to call the Steering Committee into ses- sion April 10. It was considered pos- sible that the committee will sum- mon either a general conference of interested followers or, at least, a general commission to study the dis- armament question. Will Consult Powers. M. A. Aghnides, chief of the dis- armament section, will leave for Paris Monday to consult the French, then will go to London to talk to Henderson. League circles have been given to believe that the British are contem- plating a separate treaty on aviation as an ace card in the disarmament poker game in the hope that even- tually a general arms convention may yet be arranged with Germany a participant in the pact. League circles, however, fear that PFrance may not even sign the limi- tation treaty, visualized as a last hope, unless she obtains the promise of sanctions—that is, the certainty that | pressure would be imposed upon any nation violating a convention of the e. Furthermore, certain authorities forecast that Germany will refuse to return to the conference until she is certain that she can get increased armaments. Situation Perilous. The situation, therefore, is ad- mittedly perilous. An_optimistic -official angle to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.), MISSING-SCHOOL GIRL IS FOUND IN CHICAGO By the Associated Press. ST.. JOSEPH, Mich., March 27.—The disappearance of Miss Ruth Strunk, 17-year-old _high school junior at Buchanan, Mich.,, was solved today. Berrien County authorities said, with the disclosure that she had gone to Chicago, intending to elope with Vin- cent De Nardo, & freshman at Notre Dame University. De- Nardo, 18, whose home is in said | Buchanan, was detained by authori- nothing as she continued: “He's my angel child, my starlight on the waters, my ruby on the rock.” The couple was married by s deputy city clerk with Leslie Pulenwider and George S. O'Neal as witnesses. Miss Cook gave her age as 25; Hutchins, who rn ‘his occupation as ‘He was 28. The. bride to Topolo Proestoes, by which she s 6-year-old son, ended in divorce in 19332, ) ties, along with his uncle, August Roti, 27, of Three Oaks, Mich. Miss Strunk had been missing since SIM&J night, when she left the home friends, ostensibly to drive home in -her father’s automobile. Her father, Prank Strunk, notified au- thorities Sunday when she had not reached home, - The officers said they had not yet lesrned where -the girl was staying in HEMSOeES = A d MISSOURIAN SLAIN INELECTION RIOTS | Disorders Mark Voting on Hotly Contested Munici- pal Issues. | By the Associated Press. | KANSAS CITY, March 27.—One Ekflung, numerous sluggings and other disorders marked the hotly contested | municipal election here today between | the powerful Democratic organization and the Citizens-Fusionis_ ticket. William Findley, a colored Demo- cratic election worker, was shot and killed in a polling place at 1901 West ‘Twenty-fourth street. He was re- ported to have been struck by a | bullet intended for a Republican election judge. Douglas Gregg, another Democratic worker, was reported to have been badly beaten. Reporter Is Slugged. Justin Bowersock, reporter for the Kansas "City Star assigned to cover the election, said he was slugged and six or eight shots were fired at him and two Citizens-Fusion workers near a polling place in the first district, which borders the Missouri River waterfront on the North Side. Big Boss Tom Pendergast, Demo- cratic boss of one of the Nation's most powerful municipal organizations, was the one big issue as voters moved on | the ballot boxes. ‘The question before 240000 voters was whether to retain Pendergast's officials at the City Hall or turn them out in favor of a fusionist slate. The answer is expected a few hours after the polis close, possibly by 10 p.m., Centrsl standard time, Pendergast, in politics because he regards is as “a. good business,” sent out & call for “s vote of confidence.” His ticket, headed by Mayor Bryce C. Smith, said it stood on its rec- ord of civic improvements and finan- cial management. ‘The opposition, led by Dr. A. Ross Hill, .former University ‘of Missouri president, who aspires to be mayor, hurled charges of graft and said “ex-convicts” were on the police force. Polls Are Guarded. One hundred and seventy-one ex- tra patrolmen were stationed at the voting places to quell violence. Fist fights and sluggings marked the re- cent primary, in which the same forces met and eliminated a third ticket put in the field by the Re- publicans. ‘Tken Smith polled 103,- 000 votes to 65,000 votes for Hill. The most bitter challenge to be flung at Pendergast in many years brought ‘out of political retirement the white-haired Jim Reed, former United States Senator. ‘The ‘flery Reed characterized the fusionists as “just the same old Re- publican gang” utilising the term “non-partisan” as a camoufiage to | & controversy.» He said the only dis- o Star WOLMAN UMPRE |N MUIUR D|SPU‘|’E;NOHS for the various independent agencies. | noon, and an immediate vote was in prospect in the House, This Kelly and Byrd Will Serve With N. R. A. Labor Official. By the Associated Press. Leo Wolman, Columbia Unlvemty! professor, today was named neutral | member of the Automobile Labor | Board, which is to sit in Detroit to carry out terms of the industry's set- tlement obtained by President Roose- Yesterday’s Circulation, 123,198 () Means Associated Pri CONGRESS 088, TWO CENTS. EXPECTED TO PASS COMPROMISE ONPAY MEASURE VETO House Is Slated to Act Today on Roosevelt’s Rejection of Appropriation Bill. OBJECTION SAID TO CENTER ON PRESUMPTIVE CASE TERMS Rainey Says Temper of Representatives to Be Determined by Text of " Mess age. BULLETIN. President Roosevelt today vetoed the independent offices appropriation bill because it cal war veterans and Government, by $228,000,000. rried increased allowances for workers exceeding his budget He expressed flat opposition to the 5-5 pay plan it em- bodied, but opened the way to in actual practice the pay wi new pay legislation “so that 11 keep ahead of the cost of living increases, instead of lagging behind.” President Roosevelt has rejected the independent offices bill carrying the pay raise for Government employes and liberalized veterans’ allowances. Unless the veto is overriden all economy legislation also is illed, as this was embodied in the bill along with the appropria- The President’s message was going to Congress in midafter- was in conformity with the wishes of the President, who urged | that the test be made immediately. Before the White House atti tude was made known, Speaker | Rainey had intended deferring the vote to override until tomorrow. Debate 6f an hour precedes the vote, with Democratic leaders confident the opposition will not two-thirds majority. be able to muster the required Should the House break away from the President, the Senate | vote would follow immediately. $228,000,000 Over. ‘The White House opposition was understood to center on the veterans' benefits, which exceed by some $103,000,000 the budget figures. The pay feature also carries nearly $125,000,000 more than originally contemplated by the administration, providing as it does for a 5 per cent restoration tional 5 on July 1. velt. With Wolman will serve Nicholas Kelly, representing the industrial side, and Richard Byrd of Pontiac, Mich., for labar. Appointment of the three was an- nounced by N. R. A, together with word that the board wi meet in ‘Dth'o". at the call of the neutral member not later than 7 p.m. tomor- | Tow. | N. R. A. Labor Head. ‘Wolman since the start of N. R. A. has been chairman of its Labor Ad- visory Board, a post which he has not surrendered as yet despite fre- quent criticism of his policies by union leaders. ‘Wolmln himself has no direct labor ties. Kelly is connected with the Chrys- ler Co. and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Byrd is the president of one of the American Federation of Labor locals in Pontiac. The board was instructed to be guided in its actions by the principles of settlement set forth by Presidens Roosevelt last Sunday night, when he obtained agreement between labor and | management to call off the threat-| ened strike. Headquarters in Detroit. Headquarters of the board will be set up in the State N. R. A. compli- | ance office at Detroit. 1 A proposal for a non-partisan trib- | unal to decide labor disputes in lieu of strengthening the National Labor Board for that purpose was placed be- fore the Senate Labor Committee to- day as Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York expressed a willingness to make further concessions to opponents of his labor board bill. 1 James A. Emery, counsel for the National Association of Manufactur- | ers, told the committee fair decisions were not possible by a board which represents employers and employes in interested person is the member se- lected by these two groups and both bring influence to bear on the impar- tial member. “We ought to have a non-partisan tribunal,” Emery said, adding: “Boards with arbitrary powers talk in terms of conflict and bitterness in which some party is to be forced to do something against his will.”" Walsh Fears Prejudice. Chairman Walsh said he was in accord with Emery’s proposal, but too often such regulatory bodies as he proposed when created by States and (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CHINESE AIR OFFICIALS TO STUDY U. S. METHODS Four High Ranking Flyers Dug to Arrive Here April 11 ‘ From Shanghai. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 27.—Gen. Chi- ang Kai-Shek shipped four of his high-ranking air officers to the United States today to study th¢ 1atest American seronautical advanceg and bring new ideas back to China. The Chinese fiyers are due in San Prancisco April 11 on'the President | blanket boost in wages. WAGE BOOST SEEN INSTEEL INDUSTRY General 10% Increase Pre- | dicted Totaling $100,- | | act, , as of February 1, with an addi- Previously, the first 5 per cent was not to be | returned until July, but it was understood later that President | Roosevelt would stand for the liberalization. This veto is the Presi- | dent’s first refusal of a piece of.major legislation. Two Courses Open. House leaders pondered on two methods of approach should the veto be sustained: 1. Revision of the independent offices bill to place in it less drastic departures from the economy act. 2. Enactment of a continuing res- olution which would make the same appropriationis available for the next fiscal year as prevailed during the past 12 months. Because of the President’s previous liberalization in the veterans’ economy it was generally expected that the former course would be pursued | on a compromise basis. 000,000 Annually. i By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March 27.—There was every indication today that steel will be the next big industry to step out in the recovery parade with a In Cleveland the Corrigan-McKin- ney Steel Co. announced a 10 per cent | increase, effective April 1. The news was interpreted as forecasting a gen- eral pay rise in steel plants through- out the land. Plans Are Outlined. A leading steel master disclosed in Pittsburgh that he had sent telegrams to members of the ‘Iron and Steel | Institute outlining plans for a 10 per | cent raise the first of the month with- | out any reduction in the present 40-| hour week. . ‘The industriaiist declined to be quoted “for the present,” but added that he looked for other steel-makers to take similar action. He said ap- proximately 8,000 men would be af- fected in his own plants. Other leading steel companies re- fused to discuss the proposal, but they indicated that such action by one company would probably result in a general upward revision. One official said that a general raise probably would amount to a $100,- 000,000 addition to the pay envelopes of the workers annually, provided present production continues. Shorter Week Opposed. There has been opposition in the industry to the administration’s sug- gestion for a shorter work week, but the wage boost would be in keeping with President Roosevelt's recent ap- peal for salary increases. Ernest T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corporation, of which the Weirton Steel Co. is a subsidiary, has contended that decreased working time would be costly without cutting unemployment materially. The outcome of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the United States Steel Corporation in New York today was viewed with keen interest by leaders of the industry. Some pre- dicted that “Big Steel,” No. 1 pro- ducer in the field, would approve the wage boost. Car Forgotten by Owners. ‘WESTERLY, R. I. (®).—For two days an automobile stood in front of a restaurant here, accumulating po- lice tags. Then investigation dis- closed that the owner, whose name was withheld, played bridge one night Coolidge. - They are Gen. K. Y. Wong and Cols. T. 8. Chang, C. S. Ding and L. O. Moy. SR ROREE D | Lt o e SR FORGER IS SENTENCED TO LEARN TO WRITE WHILE SERVING TIME| By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla.,, March 27.—Jailed for forgery, James Moore, also known a§ James Lazenbury, of Baltimore, today and walked home with friends, for- getting his car. to & $200 postal savings certificate the clerk became suspicious. Arrested at the Fort Lluderd.ll;:td- ‘The item of veterans’ benefits to which ther President is represented to have principal objection is that lightening restrictions on presumptive cases, and he was known to be prepared to speak plainly. He talked this matter over last night with Budget Director Douglas. Today he saw Senator Byrnes of South Carolina, who has acted as the spokesman for the White House in the Senate while this legislation has been under considera- tion; Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, and Chairman Woodrum of the House subcommittee, which handled the bill. As the bill left the Capitol last night, it contained the following pro- visions of interest to Government em- ployes here and throughout the coun- try: Restoration of 5 per cent of the present 15 per cent pay cut as of Feb~ ruary 1, and another 5 per cent on July 1, leaving the remaining one- third to be continued or eliminated by the President in accordance with commodity price levels after July 1. Authority to resume automatic pro= motions in the Army, Navy and Ma- rine Corps, except as to certain long- evity increases authorized by a 1922 law. Re-establishment of automatic pro- motions for District of Columbia po- licemen, firemen and school teachers; certain groups of postal workers; in the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic | Survey, Public Health Service, foreign service of the State Department, im- migration inspectors, clerks in the ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.), HULL-HIROTA NOTES DEPLORED IN CHINA International Relations Institute Sees Threat to Sino-U. S. Friendship. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 27.—The China Institute of International Relations sees a threat to “the traditional Chinese-American friendship” in the recent exchange of good will notes between the United States and Japan. This was the position the institute, comprised of government officials and professors, took in a telegram ad- dressed to President Roosevelt today. By the exchange, it was charged, the United States gave tacit consent “to Japanese violation of the nine-power and Kellogg pacts and the Japanese invasion of Northeastern Jehol.” —— WIFE SUES RAFT Calls Screen Star “Inhuman” in Separation Suit. NEW YORK, March 27 (®).— George Raft, screen star, was called 'k, | “cruel and inhuman” by his wife today in a separation suit, in which she asked $25,000 counsel fees and $1,200 a week alimony. Raft's cruelty, she said, consisted of “constantly associating in public with other women.” She married Raft in 1923, the aMdavit states, when he was a comfuratively obscure vaudeville performer. His present income is re- puted to be in the neighborhood of $300,000 & year. ]