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WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and tomorrow, continued moderately warm; gentle southerly. ‘Temperatures—Highest, today; lowest, 66, at 5 a.m Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pag Forecast.) winds. mosily 83, at . today. noon es17,18&19 39099 Entered as se O, Jal. No. ENGLAND DEFENDS PLAGE AS LEADER INNAVAL AFFAIRS MacDonald Stresses ‘“Re- sponsibility” in Talk to Americans. FAR EAST PROBLEMS DISCUSSED AT PARLEY Davis and Admiral Leigh Look to British to Present Program for Arms Parley. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 20.—Prime Minis- ter J. Ramsey MacDonald today pre- sented a long outline of Great Brit- ain's naval problems to the Amer- ican delegation bere to discuss plans for next disarmament conference It was said in official quarters that MacDonald stressed Great Britain's “enormous responsibili position in world affairs. It was reported he discussed both European and Far Eastern problems at considerable length. It was un- derstood that for the second day of the preliminary conversations be- tween the nations, Great Britain did not offer a definite outline for the 1935 conference year's navai Date Still Uncertain. There was only a general discus- sion of an appropriate date for the conference, with the powers appar- ently unatle to agree on a month. There was no time at the morning session for anything but the recep- tion of MacDonald’s statement. The American delegates were invited to No. 10 Downing street for luncheon, and it was decided to continue the conversations later. Attempts to get Japanese plans for next year’s conference failed yes- terday. although Tokio was given as surances of fair treatment by rep- resentatives of America and Eng- land. British Take Lead. The Washington delegation is rep- resented as having no concrete plan, because Great Britain took the initia- tive in arranging the preliminary conversations now in progress. Norman H. Davis, United States Ambassador at Large, and his naval adviser, Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh, look to Premier MacDonald to present to program. Diplomatic circles believe France is awaiting the outcome of a review of continental problems before accepting an invitation to join this Summers naval talks. PRATT FAVORS PRI Admiral Says Larger Is Undesirable. NEW YORK, June 20 (®).—Rear Admiral Willlam V. Pratt peinted to Japar's claim for an increased naval ratio today as a factor that ~will not furiher the purposes of peace.” sserting that a desire for equality and security do not justify such an ancrease Admiral Pratt said, how Japan “has a just claim to equality 1. treatment in other respects, anc until that claim is recognized there wiil re- main a feeling of tension.” The naval expert, adviser to the Ameiican delegation at the 1931 Lon- | don Naval Conference, wrote in the Quarterly Review on the prospects of the 1935 Naval Conference. He advanced five reasons for Japan to remain at the bottom of the present b-5-3 ratio between the powers Because she does not have to cover the world as does England. she does not have two great ocean fronts as does the United States, as a neutral she would not have the responsibil- ities of the other two powers, she could not be blockaded, and her na- | tional income does not justify equality JAPAN FEARS COALITION. British-American Opposition to Larger Navy “Dangerous.” TOKIO. June 20 (#).—Continued anxiety lest Anglo-American conver- sations in London result in a common front against Japan at the 1935 Naval Conference was the dominant reac- tion of the government and news- papers to discussions held yesterday. The meeting there of Tsuneo Mat- | sudaira, Tokio’s Ambassador. with Norman H. Davis, American Ambas- sador at Large, and Premier MacDon- ald of Great Britain was reported prominently on front pages in news- papers. Pratt Article Answered. Sharing the headlines was a report from New York on the article of Rear Admiral William V. Pratt advancing reasons Japan should remain at the bottom of the present 5-5-3 ratio. London dispatches said Davis made a futile attempt to get Matsudaira to state Japan's naval purposes. Responsible spokesmen declined to comment but vernacular newspapers devoted columns credited to anonymous naval officers in reply. Arguments presented for an creased Japanese ratio included: 1. Japan is confident of a suffi- ciency of national resources and is not afraid of the prospects of competition in the event the 1935 conference fails. 2. “A tremendous advance by the Japanese Empire” since 1922 justifies & bigger navy. 3. The fact that in recent years the United States Fleet has been concen- trated in the Pacific menaces Jap- anese security. 4 The birth of the “independent” state of Manchukuo increased Japan's naval responsibilities. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics Features . Financial .... Lost and Found Radio .. Serial Story. Society ...... Sports . in- post office, Washington, and her ! * | ol I, | | ments @ cond class matte D. C |Hard Luck Farmer| ' Kills 3 Sleeping Children and Self | Bodies Recovered From | Burning Home South- west of Waterloo, N. Y. By the Associated Press WATERLOO, N. Y., June 20.—Ap- | | parently deranged, Claude Reynolds, | sr., 44-year-old farmer, shot and killed his three older children as they slept. | set fire to his home and then killed | himself early today. The bodies of the victims and sui- cide were recovered from the blazing | building on the Yellow Tavern road 3 miles southwest of here. Reynolds, a son of Rev. Charles R. Reynolds of Weedsport, for years chaplain at Auburn Prison, had striven for two years with his family against drought. disease among his | cattle, poor crops and illness. ARMY PURCHASE PROBERESINED !Dern’s Decision on Foulois Awaited—Details to Be Made Public. BY REX COLLIER. Ths War Depar.ment’s $10.000,000 motorization program—recently the subject of a sensational grand jury { inquiry that ended with no indict- | , ments—today was being studied by a | | House Subcommittee intent on a War | Department “house cleaning.” | | While awaiting Secretary of War Dern’s answer to its demand for re- | moval of Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. | Foulois, chief of the Air Corps, be- | cause of his plane procurement meth- | ods, the House group met behind closed doors today to hear two “mys- tery” witnesses. At the same time Chairman Rogers ! announced plans for removing the committee hearings to New York and Boston where, he indicated, the cloak of secrecy will be pulled from the ex- tended proceedings. Objects to Secrecy. Today's session, however, | ecutive—like those held previously. | Gen. Foulois, in defending himseif | from the committee’s allegations of “dishonesty, gross misconduct and in- competency,” has criticized the group for conducting its hearings in secret. “I am opposed to star chamber ses- | sions as a general rule,” Rogers said, | “but there are certain data we can get in no other way. “However, I believe our meetings |in New York and Boston will be { thrown open to the public so every ne may know what is going on.” | The anonymous witnesses called | today were not Government officials, | the chairman said. They were to be | questioned about motor purchases by i the War Department. To guide it in {its investigation the committee has | the transcript of testimony given by | about 40 witnesses who appeared be- fore the District grand jury in the so- | called “Silverman case.” i was ex- Promises Thorough Probe. ! Chairman Rogers declared the com- | mittee intends to go to the bottom | of the Silverman dealings and “all | other matters” involved in Army pro- | curement activities | The grand jury | l]aunched | tice after Joseph Silverman, New | | York and Washington trader, had been barred from the War Depart- ment. The grand jury inquired into Silverman’s numerous dealings at the War Department in connection with | sale of surplus war supplies and pur- | chase of motor trucks. Rogers predicted important develop- in a few weeks, but refused to elaborate. Recently he told the }Hr]mse criminal proceedings may re- | sult. At the War Department it was said Secretary Dern had not completed his study of the demand for dismissal of Gen. Foulois and a “housecleaning” in the Army Air Corps. Chairman Rogers said he was “sat- isfled Dern will give proper aitention to the report.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chiet of | staff. testified before the committee vesterday. He also was an important | witness before the grand jury. inquiry was | | FAKES K_IDN;\PING STORY | Young Farmer Admits Hoax to Get Funds From Father, LANCASTER, Pa., June 20 (#).— Giles H. Brown, 22-year-old farmer, says he made up a story of being “kidnapped” so his father would re- spond to his appeal for money. by the Department of Jus- } Consolidated Engineering Co., and a ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING E. n DITION o Star The only evening paper in Washington with Associated Press service, N the ews Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,300 : WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1934—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #%* NEW PAY DISPUTE TIES UP PROJECTS UNDERPYLA HERE Carpenters Refuse to Ac- cept Rate of $1.10 on Federal Jobs. PROBE OF “KICK-BACK” TO START TOMORROW t Workers Demand $1.25, Agreed Upon at Conference With Allen. New complications in the construc- tion industry tied up work on many buildings here today despite yester- day's settlement of carpenters’ strike. This development came when con- tractors on some Public Woiks Ad- ministration jobs united in offering only the P. W. A rate of $1.10 an hour and the carpenters refused to work for less than $1.25. Under the agreement reached late vesterday in the office of District | Commissioner Allen carpenters would be paid $1.25 an hour for a 40-hour | week and many union men were at work today on that basis Probe Opens Tomorrow. Meanwhile it was announced hear- Ings in the Senate investigation into} labor conditions between contractors and their employes on Government construction projects will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow iu the caucus room of the Senate Office Building Senator Walsh, Democrat of Mas- sachusetts, chairman of the investi- gating subcommittee, said the first witnesses would include officials of the District Government. He said these officials will be asked to outline the procedure followed in making contracts, the number of contracts and the provisions they contain. One of the main objects of the in- vestigation is to determine whether there exists a so-called “kick-back racket,” paying workmen a certain amount and then taking part of it back. Senator Walsh indicated the initial hearings will continue for two or three days. Investigators are expected to work throughout the Summer gather- ing information for later hearings. | The resolution covers Government construction work throughout the country as well as in Washington, and hearings may be held elsewhere. The resolution calling for the in- | vestigation was introduced by Senators i Walsh and Davis of Pennsylvania. Projects Scattered. | i | The P. W. A. projects over which the new fight is developing are scat- | tered widely throughout the city and | nearby Virginia and the funds are | provided through the Public Works Admiristration. The contractors | claim they figured on the basis of the $1.10 rate mentioned in a P. W. A. | bulletin, and if they must pay the ad- | ditional 15 cents an hour, they should | be_reimbursed by the Government. The P. W. A. contractors plan to | carry their appeal to the Board of Labor Review, which has authority | to review wage controversies involving | such projects. penters did not go to work this morn- | ing were the Congressional Library annex and Internal Revenue Bu- reau addition, being erected by John McShain, Inc.; the Federal Warehouse, by Walter Kidde; the Chemistry Build- ing at Howard University, by the | | | | | building at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, by the Herzog Co. The Charles H. Tompkins Co., which | has three P. W. A. jobs, had the! matter under consideration, but offi- cials said they had no statement to " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | WEYGAND TO VIEW “NEXT WAR” PLANS French General to Discuss Prob-| lems With London Region Commander. By the Associated Press PARIS, June 20.—Problems of the “next war” and how France wants Great Britain to come to her aid In the case of an invasion will be dis- | cussed by Gen. Maxime Weygand, in- spector general of the French army, and Maj. Gen. C. J. Grant, com- mander of the London region. Cen. Weygand, who left for England this morning, officially is going to see the racing at Ascot, although he is not known as a racing follower. The disarmament question also likely to be discussed. Brown disappeared Sunday. Monday he appeared in Fredericksburg, Va. and told police two strangers forced him to drive them to Virginia. Yes- ‘The British foreign office June 14 denied that Gen. Weygand would dis- cuss British and French co-operation in the case of a war. adding that his the protracted | Among the P. W. A. jobs where car- | | group—that their employe representa- on Admiral Pratt's views, | terday he told police the story was proposed visit vas for personal rea- a hoax. sons. N. R. A. PUTS LIMIT ON MATCHES GIVEN AWAY WITH YOUR CIGARS ! | By the Associated Press. | manufacturer for each of his products. !N, R. A. is putting a limit on the | It further prescribes maximum dis- | number of matches handed out with | counts. 2he :o G | The manufacturer posts his retail FOUE CIERTS. price and then may allow these dis- An elaborate merchandising plan counts: which allows cigar manufacturers to! To retailers other than chain stores {fix retail prices, despite the recent a discount of not more than 28 per policy banning price fixing. is about cent. to become effective. It includes the ‘To accredited cigar jobbers an ad- match limitation. ditional discount of not more than “The retailer may give not more | | Now THAT'S HOW 1 LIKE To SEETHE CHIEF RESSER UP | SRR STEEL DEADLOCK ACANTHREATENS President May Be Forced to Use Powers Under | Labor Act. ‘ Washington | By the Associated Press. A new deadlock threatened today in | the steel dispute. There appeared to 1\» a possibility that peace powers Congress has ‘just granted President | Roosevelt may have to be used " Secretary of Labor Perkins, to whom the President has given the task of | averting a strike, studied the latest ]pn)po:als of management and unions, | said to be in conflict on the vital | point of collective bargaining. Union leaders looked to Mr. Roose- | velt's authority to name a peace ! board as a possible means of settle- . ment if negotiations now in progress | fail. The President signed the bill | extending him this power late yester- | day. | “The developments mean we'll have | in the. industry, at least tem- | | porarily,” Michael F. Tighe. president | of the steel union, said after a long | | conference yesterday with Miss Per- kins. “How long it will last, I can't say.” Unions Desire Action, Some observers interpreted his re- . marks to mean local union leaders ! might chafe under prolonged nego- | tiations. | So-called “left-wingers” in the union already have shown indications that they don't like much talk with- | out definite decisions. Both the union and management | have placed their newest cards on Miss Perkins' table. The union suggested a three-man | board to seitle disputes. Management also is believed to have proposed such a board. The principal difference was understood to be that the union in- sisted on majority rule after the board holds plant elections, while the em- ployers held out for proportional rep- resentation. Under the union plan, if an elec- tion showed most of the employes fa- vored the union as their representa- tive for collective bargaining, the union would represent all employes. Under the management plan. each faction would have representation of its own. Would Divide Workers. Thus, by management's proposal, if 60 per cent voted for the union af- filiated with the American Federation of Labor, the remaining 40 per cent still could be represented by a com- pany union if they desired. Company unions and charges of | discrimination against A. F. of L. men have been the chief grievances ot the union workers. * The steel operators at one time flatly said they would not deal with the American Federation tion plans gave the privileges of col- lective bargaining in accordance with the recovery act. The President expressed hope that “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2) . PRESIDENT SIGNS DEFICIENCY BILL| | Huge Relief Fund Is Provided. Communication Act Be- comes Law. | President Roosevelt today | the deficiency appropriation bill, | carrying a total of $2,629,000,000. It is the second largest peacetime ap- propriation bill in the history of the country, having been exceeded only i by the deficiency bill passed in the last Congress. The major feature of the bill is & direct appropriation of $1,879.500.000 for relief authorization. Of this, $525,000,000 is earmarked for relief efforts in the drought areas. The new public works appropriations and authorizations amount to approxi- mately $500,000,000. The President also signed the new | signed | Faris in a deécision today. | trustee for a $34.548,000 issue of Iron | | struction Finance Corporation and the | commissioner of internal revenue con- | Homestead Farm For District Aid Being Considered ! Street Ordered to Ex-, amine Feasibility of Project for Relief. Development of a subsistence homestead on & farm tract near | for a number of fami- | lies on the District relief roll is be- | ing considered by local relief offi- cials. it was revealed today Commissioner George E. Allen District_relief administrator, has as- signed Elwood Street, director of pub- lic welfare, to survey the feasibility of the plan here. and how many local relief subjects might be em- ployed. It was reported that officials are considering acquisition of a farm tract “somewhere in Maryland.” The project. if adopted and approved by Pederal authorities. would be financed out of Federal funds granted for Dis- trict relief purposes. The purpose would be to take a number of families off direct relief {and place them on a self-sustaining basis. Detalls were not announced GOLD ABROGATION FORBONOS UPHELD Federal Judge Rules Obliga- | tions May Be Paid in | Currency. By the Associated Press | | | | | ST. LOUIS. June 20.—Federal legis- lation abrogating the “gold clause about $100,000,000.000 of bonds, pay able in the United States. was upheld | by Pederal District Judge Charles B. Judge Faris ruled that all obligations containing the gold clause may be paid | at face value in currency. | The decision was given in a suit by the Bankers’ Trust Co. of New York, | Mountain Railroad bonds, which con- | tended Congress had no right to de- clare payment in gold against public | policy. Gold Would Increase Bonds. Payment of the Iron Mountain | bonds in present currency of the| equivalent of gold of the same stand- ard and weight as existed at the time the bonds were issued would have in- creased the amount due bondhoiders to about $58.500,000. Counsel for trustees of the Missouri Mountain now is a part: the Recon- Pacific Railroad. of which the Iron tended abrogation of the “gold clause” was imperative, in view of urgent eco- nomic conditions. | Clause “Unemforceable.” Concluding & 3l-page decision, Judge Faris said: “And so it follows, that public reso- lution 10 (by which Congress abro- gated the ‘gold clause’) is in my opinion valid; that the gold clause is, therefore, unenforceable in the ulti- mate letter thereof as urged by inter- venors, and is enforceable in equity only, to the extent that intervenors as trustees are entitled to recover, or to be paid on each $1,000 par value bond in controversy the sum of $1.000 in such money of the United States as is now current, or as shall be cur- rent when the final decree herein for payment is entered.” This is the first time a Federal | court has passed on the validity of the act of Congress abrogating the gold clause, which has been the sub- ject of much controversy in financial circles, since a large portion of the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) LONDON DIVORCE FIGHT THRONGED BY SOCIETY By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 20—With a prince NEW DEAL FIGHT FOLLOWS SESSION Garner Leads in Demo- cratic Drives by Lauding Roosevelt. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The fight over the Roosevelt new deal is on. Members of Congress have gone home, or will scon go, to roll up their sleeves and wade into the campaign which will precede the elections next November. Already statements for and against the Democratic admin- istration are emanating from party headquarters ani from individual members of the Senate and House. Vice President Garner yesterday broke a long silence to praise the President and defend the Democratic Congress. He threw some praise also to Senate Republicans aho hed gone along with the administration so far as voting for its recovery program. | The President, Garner asserted, has |report on the project either late today | the faith of the country with him to/or tomorrow. an even greater cegree than the day he was elected. Almost_at the same time Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, who (®) Means Asrociated Press. 1 | [CKES TO APPROVE DISTRICT SEWAGE LOAN THIS WEEK | Authorization Assured for | $8,000,000 Disposal | Plant. ! SMALL HOPE FOR REST | OF 10-MILLION PROGRAM EA:reement Follows Conference | of Commissioners and Secretary. A public works loan and grant of | $8.000.000 for a much-needed sewage ! disposal project for the District will ! be authorized this week as the result | of an understanding reached at a| conference today between Secretary of Interior Ickes and District Com- missioners Hazen and Allen. i Secretary Ickes did not close the! door on the remainder of the $10,750,- | 000 P. W. A. program for the Dis- | | trict, but he indicated there was little | hope of authorizing any more than! | the sewer project. due to the limita- | | tion on P. W. A. funds. ‘ The two Commissioners did not file a formal application, but after dis- cussing the whole program for 15 minutes the public works adminis- | trator told them he was very favor- ably disposed toward the sewer proj- ect. He instructed them to send him the detailed plans of the project. | which were drawn up under a $40.000 P. W. A. allotment made last year {to investigate the need for such a sewer system in the District. Bill Not Yet Signed. | The reason the Commissioners did not file an application was that Presi- | dent Roosevelt has not yet signed | the bill authorizing them to bormw} necessary P. W. A. funds. The Presi- dent. it was said. undoubtedly will! sign this measure while on his vaca- | tion trip. | This fact, however, was not ex- pected to interfere with the loan and grant being authorized by Ickes this week. | While Administrator Ickes did not | say outright he would immediately authorize the sewer project, officials said they expected the papers Lo g0 forward tomorrow or Friday. Seventy per cent of the $8,000.000 | for the sewer project would constitute a loan and 30 per cent an outright grant. It was expected the Commis- would forward the engineers Col. Waite Present. Col. Henry M. Waite, deputy ad- ministrator of public works, was pres- | group. has been one of the G. O. P. Senators | ent at the conference, which was de- | who traveled along with the Presi- | clared satisfactory to both sides. Com- | dent's recovery vrogrem, declared: | missioners Hazen and Allen agreed | < . the Republican | with Secretary Ickes that the sewer part. Government of | project should come first on the pro- | laws, not of men. And that means|gram. Ickes assured them that if he that in the long 1un the Republican made the allotment for the sewers, it | party must. if tne Nation is to be was the best he could do at this time. | preserved with a Government of laws | He gave them to understand, how- | and not merely of men. be returned | ever, that if he could possibly find a ! to power and most of the time be|way, other projects on the local pro-} retained in power. | gram would be given consideration. n the long run y stands for a Predicts Reaction. ! “The pendulum has started swing- ing. It will have swung a long way by 1936, you will find—even though | it may not look like it at the present time. “The complexion of the next Con- gress will be materially different from the present one. You will find more Republicans in the House, some changes in the Senate.” How far the Republicans go in criticism of the President and the new deal is likely to differ in indi- vidual cases. Many of the G. O. P. members of Congress voted for the new deal measures which Roosevelt demanded. Senator Capper is one of these. What he has to say may re- flect the attitude of a lot of other Republicans from the Middle West. Of the new deal he said, “We are ®oing to analyze. to dissect. to decide what parts of the so-called new deal we are going to keep. Certain parts {of it will stick and certain parts will be discarded. Less Control Seen. “If I were going to make a predic- tion, I would say that after the tumult and shouting of the next two years, we will emerge with considerably more Government control and regula- | tion of business and industry than we | had prior to 1933. “But we will have considerably less Government control and regulation than we have now, and a whole lot less than a group .n the present ad- ministration is working for.” The Republican party, Capper said, is going to advocate a minimum of Government regulation and control of | business, while the Democratic party | has reached a position where it| stands for a maximum of such con- | trol, reaching almost to the regi- Included in the $10,750,000 program for the District is $1.500.000 for the Tuberculosis Hospital. $500,000 for im- provements at the Lorton Reforma tory and $750,000 for improvements at Gallinger Municipal Hospital. The Commissioners told Secretary | Ickes that since the original P. W. A | estimates for the District had called | for a $20.000.000 program, they felt | justified in seeking the smaller pro- gram at this time. Schools in Program. | Included in the earlier program | were large amounts for school build- | ings, roads and sufficient money to| | start the long-desired Municipal Cen- | ter. Secretary Ickes has consistently | | opposed the Municipal Center project, | | regarding the sewage disposal system ; as much more necessa | The results of today's conference| | were forecast in The Star Monday, | when Public Works officials in the | Secretary's absence were reported as | saying the sewage disposal project and none other could be auihorized from | new P. W. A. funds. FARLEY STAYS AS HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY | | Postmaster General to Remain as | | Chairman at Least Until Fall, It Was Confirmed Today. By the Associated Press. James A. Farley will remain chairman of the Democratic National Committee at least until late Fall. This was confirmed today as the| Postmaster General prepared to make a swing around the country to com- | Said to Agree | he did not want the people to think | San Prancisco. Seattle and Portland mentation of all business and indus- bine business with politics. try. | He will leave in July, making stops Vice President Garner's statement | At Detroit and Indianapolis, where was issued through the Democratic| he will dedicate post offices. ~At] National Committee—an official party | Springfield, Ill.; Kansas City, Chey- document—although he insisted that | enne, Salt Lake City, Reno, San Jose, | he probably will make speeches, many he was making a political speech. S | of them political. e | Word that Farley would remain in “There is really no occasion to make | high command of the party came a political speech,” Garner said. How- | after a last-minute conference with ever, his remarks had plenty of refer- | President Roosevelt, who has the final ences to politics and they will be| decision as to who shall hold the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) chairmanship. POLICEMEN; HUGGING PILLOWS, TRAP LOVERS’ LANE BANDITS 14 per cent. than one pad of matches for each unit sold, or five pads per box of 25 cigars. or 10 pads per.box of 50 cigars sold.” the requirement reads. This plan was part of the wholesale tobacco trade code approved June but its application was delayed pend- ing approval of codes for the cigar manufacturing industry and the re- tail tobacco trade. These latter were approved by President Roosevelt last night. This merchandising plan provides for the retail sale of cigars at prices not less than those declared by the | To cigar service jobbers a discount of not more than 662 per cent of the established discount to accred” | ited jobbers To chain stores, discounts not ex- ceeding those established for ac- credited jobbers. Retailers cannot cut the price, except that in the case of cigars selling for less than 5 cents each a 5 per cent discount may be allowed on sales of not less than 10 units; and in the case of retail sales of boxes of 25 or more an 8 per cent discount may be allowed. communications bill, which directs | as co-respondent, an aristocratic him to appoint a commission to ad- | throng today crowded a court room to minister the regulation of interstate | hear the proceedings in a divorce suit and foreign communication by wire | brought by Edward James, brother of fixed | or radio and for other purposes. -~ Lottery Bill Is Favored. BATON ROUGE, La., June 20 (#). —A bill to re-estabiish the old Lou- isiana lottery, outlawed 38 years ago in a fight that made Louisiana his- tory, was unanimously favorably re- ported today by the Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Marshali Field, against his beau- tiful Viennese dancer wife, Tilly Losch James. The causé celebre, which started in hearing last week. was resumed be- fore Sir Boyd Merriman, president of the court. Society is intensely interested in the case, especially so since Prince Serge Obolensky has been named as co-re- spondent. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 20—Two men with overstuffed pillows are making & “Lovers’ Lane” on the Northwest Side safe for moonlight parking. In their parked squad car for the | past four nights have sat Detective Thomas Mackey with his pillow in the front seat, and Detective James Sullivan, similarly equipped but wear- ing a floppy hat and fur neckpiece, in the rear. The strong arms of the law were clasped in an affectionate embrace Y & about the non-responsive objects— Ixut their motive kept them at fit, night after night. Late last night three youths jerked open the door of their car and leveled revolvers. 3 “Get out and give us your money. ‘The girls don’t need to be afraid. This is just a stick-up.” Pillows were flung from the officers and strong hands gripped automatics as two of the three surrendered and the third fled with bullets whistling around his ears. TWG CENTS. BRAIN TRUST MUST STAY, ROOSEVELT ASSERTS AT YALE President Says He Will Continue to Depend on Trained People. CALLED BRAVE LEADER AS HE BECEIVES DEGREE Harvard Graduate Adopted by Eli—Twelve Noted Men Honored. By the Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 20— President Roosevelt told Yale alumni today the “brain trust” is in the Gov- ernment to stay. “Ability rather than politics enters into most choices made in Washing- ton,” said Mr. Roosevelt, who ad- dressed the annual alumni luncheon after Yale had conferred on him the honorary degree of doctor of laws. “I can't tell today the party affilia- tions of most of the responsible people in government and it is a mighty good thing I can't. _ Will Use Trained People. “While there has been a certain amount of laughter about the use of brains in government, it seems to me a good practice. It will be continued. We are going to call on trained peo- The President added a strong sup- port of Congress which he declared represented a cross-section of opinion more representative than any single Yale received the President, a Harvard graduate. into her femily of adopted sons today, conferring on him the honorary degree of doctor of laws. In Woolsey Hall. scene of the 233d commencement, Mr. Roosevelt heard himself called a “brave leader of your people in a time of peril” by President James Rowland Angell, who conferred the highest honor the university can bestow on an adopted son. Fourth President Honored. Mr. Roosevelt was the fourth Pres- ident to receive an honorary degree from Yale while in offce and the sec- ond ever to come to New Haven to receive the honor Presidents Washington and McKin- ley were awarded degrees in absentia. while Theodore Roosevelt came to New Haven in the Fall of 1901 to accept the honor. President Roosevelt, who planned to remain in Connecticut to watch his son Franklin row in the Harvard freshman crew against the Elis Fri- day, headed = list of 12 distinguished men who received honorary degrees. In addition, the university conferred 1,100 degrees in courses to students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional schools Others awarded honorary degrees are James Bryant Conent, president of Harvard, and William Lyon Phelps of Yale, doctor of laws; Prederick George Keyes of Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, and Dr. Adolf Meyer, psychiatrist in chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, doctor of science: John Baillie of Union Theology Sem- inary, doctor of dwinity. Robert Bartholow Harshe, director of the Chicago Art Institute, doctor of humane letters; Claude Moore | Fuess. historian, author and principal " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HITLER DECLINES TO LET PAPEN 60 in Part With Criticism, in Refusing Resignation. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 20.—Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen, it was revealed to- day, offered his resignation from the German government to Chancellor Hitler following his Sunday speech, in which he attacked certain phases of the Nazi regime. Hitler flatly declined to permit his critic to quit his trusted position. The resignation, it was said on high- est authority, was tendered in order that the chancellor might not be em- barrassed. Hitler, in fact, is reported to have agreed with the vice chancellor in many of the criticisms, but to have disagreed on the propriety of making them at this particular time and in the sharp manner in which they were offered. He is understood, however, to have promised Von Papen to remedy such { complaints as were justified Now that the smoke caused by the speech has cleared away, both the vice { chancellery and the propaganda min- istry,—the branch of government most criticized by Von Papen—feel confident that their respective chiefs’ courses were the only right ones. The vice chancellery thinks the vice chancellor was correct in speaking as he did and the propaganda min- istry thinks Joseph Goebbels, its min- ister, was right ir. prohibiting a radio broadcast of the speech and the pub- lication of what Von Papen said in newspapers. A spokesman for the ministry stated: “We were deluged Sunday night with protests by Nazi editors, who offered to open a heavy ean- nonade upon Herr von Papen. To forestall this there was only one thing to do—prohibit all mention of the speech and all quotes from it. “Herr von ™sgen’s speech contained formulations which might be properly understood by a small group of in- tellectuals who knew. as we do, that Herr von Papen did not mean to undermine the present regime, but, rather, to help stabilize it, but which, when reaching the broad masses, would only lead to unrest. “We believe the whole storm will soon blow over. “There can be no talk of a rift within the cabinel.” Steel Official Seriously IlL CHICAGO, June 20 () .—L. E. Block, chairman of the Board of the Inland Steel Co., was seriously ill with pneumonia, having undergone treatments under an oxvgen tend today.