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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Light rain tonight; tomorrow fair and colder; lowest temperature tonight about 35 degrees; fresh northwest winds. Tem- peratures— Highest, 44, at noon today; “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 lowest, 31, at 2 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 15,16 &17 @h o ——————————— WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1934—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. k%% No. 33,068. . - 'PATRONAGE RIDER' RULING OUSTS 300 | FRO TREASURY McCarl Decides Former Dry Agents Must Pass Civil Service. DECISION ENDS LONG DISPUTE OVER JOBS Employes Dubbed “Hoover Re- publicans” by Foes'in Con- gressional Fight. Controller General McCarl today up- held the “patronage rider” to the Treasury’'s appropriation measure re- quiring several hundred former Prohi- bition Bureau employes to take new examinations to hold their jobs. Con- currently, the Treasury Department announced that about 900 of these would be dropped December 1, having failed to pass tests given by the Civil Service Commission several weeks ago. The decimation, principally in in- vestigative posts, hits the Alcoholic Tax Unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau, to which the men had been shifted in the reorganization of the Government's liquor-enforcing activi- ties. Most of those affected are in the va- rious States, only a few being located in Washington. Large Group Exempt. At the same time, the McCarl de- cision held that the legislative rider, sponsored by Senator McKellar, Demo- crat, of Tennessee, did not apply to a large group of clerical and mechanical employes who, Attorney General Cum- mings had held, would be included in its terms. All of those to be dropped had com- petitive civil service status which was destroyed by the new legislation. Only about one in five out of a group of some 1,200 were able to qualify anew. Many of the most effective investi- gative agents lost out, it was said at the Treasury. The McKeller amendment was besed on the Senator’s allegation that some 700 former prohibition agents, reappointed when the Prohibition Bu- reau was abolished, were “Hoover Republicans” who had been hand- picked by a Republican hold-over “clique” in the Treasury after being dropped from service. It presumably was designed to reach only this group, but McCarl held it was so broad it Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Princess Bertha Cantacuzene Revealed Wed at Couple Are Married in Indiana, Rites Near Louisville. Bride and First Spouse Divorced Year Ago in Louisville. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 13.— Princess Bertha Cantacuzene of Wash- ington was married at 3 o'clock Sun- day morning to Willlam Durrell Siebern of Cincinnati, it was learned here today. Her engagement was re- cently announced to Donald Mackin- tosh, Sarasota (Fla.) bank clerk, but he said today the engagement had been broken 10 days ago. The"couple was married at Jeffer- sonville, Ind., across the Ohio River from here, which, due to its lenient (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) 3 A.M. Sunday PRINCESS BERTHA CANTACUZENE. —Harris-Ewing Photo. FRANGE T0 FIGHT ALL DIGTATORSHIP Political Trube Called by Flandin to Defend Nation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 13.— Premier Pierre - Etienne Flandin promised Parliament today that he and his cabinet, the new government of France, would defend the nation against dictatorship and revolution bred of hard times. His statement was read to Parlia- | ment shortly after the cabinet had ordered that no parades or assem- blages should be permitted during the day. Declaring “the republican state will not capitulate to factions,” Premier Flandin announced that his plans forbid demonstrations, suppress the carrying of arms and threaten to dis- solve Parliament if it fails to keep the political truce. Even as Flandin made his bid for Parliament’s support, Edouard Her- caught about 500 others whose em- ployment had been continuous. Decision Ends Dispute. This was another point on which the Attorney General was overruled by the controller general, who held that under the presidential reorgani- zation order of June, 1933, there could be no such thing as continuous em- ployment for those affected in a re- organization move; but that they were automatically dropped from service, even though they went from one} bureau to another between suns, so| to speak. This was the point on which the 500 were caught. The controller general's decision ends—for the present at least—a con- | troversy that had its inception nearly a year and a half ago, when President Roosevelt signed the famous reorgani- zation order abolishing some govern- mental groups, and consolidating the functions of others. In the list of the abalished groups was the Prohibition Bureau of the Department of Justice, which, under the order, officially passed out of existence on August 10, 1933. Bureau’s Work Divided. In abolishing this bureau it was specified that the investigative® func- tions should go into the Justice De- partment’s Division of Investigation, and all work dealing with permits into the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Any other work left over was to be dis- tributed through Justice as the At- torney General might decide. Under this set-up several hundred Prohibition Bureau workers were dropped and about 500 transferred to the Division of Investigation. Later, as need for more help developed, a few more than 700 of those dismissed were brought back into service. Then the fight on these 700 opened at the Capitol. It was alleged that only Republicans had been brought back and when an effort was made to knock out the reappointments and the Attorney General held they were legit- imate, the appropriation rider, aiming at the same end, was put through. In the meantime the investigative or- ganization had been shifted into the riot, minister without portfolio, charged the resigned premier, Gaston Doumergue, with ‘“admiration” for coup d'etat methods. “Truce With Action.” The Flandin government ~&n- nounced that its slogan was “truce with action and unity.” The an- nouncement said the government was determined to keep France “strong in the face of those who would trouble peace without or within.” It declared alliances would be developed and “the national defense fortified.” Flandin announced his economic policy as freedom of commerce to spur business and to reduce unemployment. He promised to fight the depression, saying: “Hunger is the best promoter of revolution.” The fight will be slow, however, he said, because “there is no magic wand to end the depression.” The premier said international sta- bilization of moneys will be sought by continued negotiations abroad while lower interest rates will be sought at home. Praises Doumergue. Flandin praised Doumergue and ac- cepted some of his predecessor’s re- forms intended to strengthen the premiership/ control governmental employes and limit Parliament’s spending powers but no mention was made of constitutional revision. The measure to prevent Parliament add- ing expenditures to the budget after the Finance Committee reports it on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies already has been introduced by the government. The Chamber’s reaction to the statement was somewhat restrained but indications were that the cabinet would get & heavy majority, possibly as big as that gained by Doumergue when he first went before Parliament. When Flandin praised his predes- sor, all eyes turned to watch Herriot, who sat immobile during the com- mendation. The praise of Doumergue aroused wild applause through most of the Chamber, although the Com- munists and Socialists booed. The premier asked that he be given new Alcoholic Tax Unit of the Treas- ury. Upheld by Cummings. This rider prohibited payment of any funds after December 1 to any one of several classes of employes dropped from Justice between June 10 and December 31, 1933, and later reappointed in the Treausry, until they took new tests. Secretary Morgenthau, contending that an efficient force had been built vp, asked Attorney General Cummings for an opinion on the law. The At- torney General upheld it, and said that it was so broad that it would catch not only the investigative work- ers, who were the targets of the (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) BILL SEEKS TO BAN “SWEEPS” LOTTERY Foot Ball Pools Also Would Be Prohibited Under Measure Before Commons, By the Associated Press. LONDON,. November 13.—Sale of sweepstakes tickets of the Irish Free State hospitals would be banned in England under a betting and lotteries bill now before the House of Commons, Foot ball pools also would be pro- hibited. One speaker estimated 5,000,- 000 people contribute $1,250,000 week- ly to foot ball pools, or $45,000,000 during the season. Of this, he said, the promoters pocket nearly $15 000 in expenses and profits, a quick vote of confidence tonight. The French cabinet, seeking to pre- vent a repetition of the bloody riots of February 6, forbade parades or assemblages shortly before it was to make its first ministerial declara- tion before Parliament. When the Daladier cabinet went be- fore Parliament under similar circum- stances nine months ago rioting snd disorders broke out. Marshal Henrl Petain, former min- jster of war, who insistently has warned Prance against rearmament in Germany, was retained as adviser to the generals by an appointment to the Superior Council of National De- fense and to a high committee en- trusted with organizing defense, par- ticularly against sudden air attacks. Petain already was a member of the Superior War Council. Huey Rebuffed CONGRESS FAGING BATTLE ONPOWER Administration Is Massing Resources for Cheaper Electric Rates. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The Roosevelt administration is seeking to mass the resources of Gov- ernment behind a power offensive that may lead to an historic fight be- fore Congress. On the one side are those who de- mand cheaper electric power and more drastic regulation; on the other are those who warn against Govern- ment in business and declare that at- tacks on power companies are a dan- ger to private industry and investors high and low. While the White House made pub- lic a survey contending electricity users in Northeastern States could save $194,000,000 in their power bill, one phase of the opposition to the administration's hydroelectric pro- gram cropped out in Cincinnati. The “Vision Asinine.” Calling the Tennessee Valley Au- thority “the vision asinine,” Appa- lachian Coals, Inc., began what it de- scribed 4s a Nation-wide campaign of opposition to the hydro program. The organization, a marketing agency for nearly 80 per cent of the South- ern bituminous mine fleld, said coal furnishes cheaper electric power than water. It hit what it termed “T. V. A’s excursion into the power busi- ness.” “When T. V. A.” it said, “finds it- self with a huge investment in power facilities and an enormous supply of electric power, it must for its own salvation develop and organize a power market not now existent. “That means the promotion of Government-subsidized industries in direct competition with existing pri- vate industries. This program has started.” Report Summary Issued. A summary of a bulky report made after a three-year survey in connec- tion with the projected power devel- opment of the St. Lawrence by the New York State Power Authority was issued by the White House last night. The survey was made at the order of President Roosevelt when he was Governor of the Empire State. ‘The White House summary said the report, made under the chairmanship of Frank P. Walsh, established a yardstick whereby consumers in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New England would be saved $194,- 000,000 a year or 27 per cent. As for New York State proper, the summary said: “The cost of distributing electricity to homes and farms warrants a rate schedule which would charge not more than 3, cents a kilowatt hour for & use of 50 kilowatt hours a month instead of the average of 6 cents which these customers are now paying. The report estimated that by ap- plying the yardstick New York State's total electricity bill, for consumers large and small, would be cut $63,- 000,000 a year or 22 per cent. ‘Washington was pictured in the re- port as one of the cities served by pri- vate corporations at reasonable rates which do not jeopardize capital struc- tures. The report showed the Washington rate is 3.9 cents a kilowatt hour for the first 50 kilowatts, or 4 mills higher than the anticipated low rate which would accrue from the St. Lawrence project. Of the 28 other cities in six States which were used for ‘arriving at the conclusions, the report cited the fol- lowing rates: St. Louis, 4.75 for the first 32 kilowatts; Portland, Ore., 5.05 for the first 30 kilowatts; Buffalo, 5 cents for the first 60 kilowatts, and Montreal, .594 for the first 10 kilo- watts. These rates, the report explained, are much lower than the average pre- vailing in the United Sates, and show that the cost of private operation does not preclude reductions approach- ing those suggested in the distribution cost survey. by Gridster, "Who Scorns Seat in Senate By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., NA;:::IM 13. —Kingfish Huey Long, us one Senator of his entourage, tightened his dictatorial reins today for tpeedg' enactment of his “debt postponement’ lation. le‘,t;mm‘ the hurly-burly of Louisi- ana’s legisiative halls, Abe Mickal, State University foot ball star, tucked his books under his arm and went to classes, flaunting Senator Long’s order that he go through a ceremonial seating as a State Senator. Mickal failed to appear for the mock seating last night. had & ready explanation—that Mickal had to study. But authoritative word went around that the 22-year-old Syrian- born candidate for All-American half- back honors refused to have anything to do with the procedure. The Senate thereupon granted him a five-day “leave of absence”—the length of time that the Legislature will sit. After g the Legislature and filled galleries with his explanation of Mickal's absence, Long set both houses to work last night, the House pro- ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION (ITY OFFIGILS HIT SPEED LIMIT BANS ASKED BY GARNETT Hazen, Van Duzer, Bro'vn Oppose Abolition Talk by Attorney. HIS 3 TRAFFIC ARRESTS CRITICIZED BY BARRISTER ) “What if I Was?” Asked Garnett When Told He Traveled 40 Miles an Hour. A united protest against the pro- posal of District Attorney Leslie C. Garnett for abolition of the automo- bile speed laws went up today from three high District officials. Commissioner Hazen, who has su- pervision of the Police and Traffic De- partments, expressed himself freely this morning, and Trafic Director William A. Van Duzer and Police Chief Ernest W. Brown were polite but unimpressed listeners last night when Garnett delivered his address before the Board of Trade's Public Order Committee. Hazen, Engineer Commissioner Sul- tan and Commissioner Allen also ex- pressed strong disapproval of the statement by Garnett that when he was stopped by a policeman recently and informed he was speeding, he re- plied, “what if I was?” Garnett told the trade body mem- bers that he has been picked up for speeding three times since he was appointed District attorney about a year ago. He suggested that the city have no speed limits and that reck- less driving regulations be stringently enforced. So many laws breed dis- respect for all law, he declared. Hazen Urges Observance. “What we need in Washington.” Hazen said, “is better observance of all our traffic regulations. Wh.t good would be accomplished by increasing the speed limits? “Suppose we increase the speed limits; then what happens? Some of | the drivers simply will proceed to ex- ceed the new limits and cause more trouble than we now have. “So long as so many drivers fail to give right of way, to recognize the rights of pedestrians: to drive with due caution and care, the present lim- its are high enough. I am not in favor of raising the speed limits. Too many persons are being maimed or killed in traffic here under present speed limits," Garnett's version of his retort to the traffic officer caused considerable wonder on the part of District of- ficials, Allen Recalls Rebuke. Commissioner Allen recalled that recently, at a foot ball game, a police- man had ordered him and others in his party to “move along” when the officer decided a traffic jam should be broken. “The officer didn't know I was a Commissioner, but he certainly was correct, and I moved,” said Allen. In the same vein, Engineer Com- missioner Dan I. Sultan revealed that he had witnessed a fire here recently and firemen found he was in the line of action. “Why, that fireman not only told me to get out of the way, but he would have booted me out of the way if I hadn’t moved,” said Col. Sultan. And, he added, “If I hadnt moved, I should have been booted out of the way. The public must obey our police and firemen.” Hazen said he had given his chauf- feur strict instructions that he was not to break any traffic regulations no matter what the circumstances. Strong Opposition Expressed. Both Van Duzer and Maj. Brown expressed definite opposition to Gar- nett’s plan. Said Van Duzer: “The only com- ment I have is that everywhere they have tried it out fatalities immediately increased. Kansas City tried it for two weeks and there were so many ac- cidents that they went back to speed limits. “Los Angeles, which has no speed limit, has the highest fatality rate in the country. It is 31.4 per 100,000 of population. “Maybe our speed limit is too low, but until there is a reduction in the number of accidents, I wouldn’t want to sponsor an increase. Besides, it has been shown that traffic moves fastest at 22 or 23 miles an hour.” He said latest figures place the Dis- trict’s traffic fatality rate at 26.3 per 100,000. Norfolk, which Garnett cited as a city without a speed limit, has a traffic death rate of 20.5. “But nobody lives there,” Van Duzer facetiously remarked. Considered for Years. “This matter has been under con- sideration for years,” Brown declared, “put I never have been sold on it. 1In a metropolitan area such as Wash- ington, I don't think it would be & safe move to leave it to people’s judgment how fast they should go. That might be all right in open country, but not”here. “If we raised the limit to 30 miles an hour, you know people would go 35, Our men are reasonable and don’t check the fellow who is going 1 mile over the limit. “I can't concede that it would be safe to lift all speed limits, until I (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 400 Fishermen Missing. SEOUL, Korea, November 13 (#).— Nearly 400 of more than 900 fisher- men who were missing after a severe storm struck Northeast Korea a week ago still were unreported today. Scores were feared drowned from the crews of the 53 fishing boats. Guide for Readers Features Finance ...... Lost and Found . Radio ..... Short Story Serial Story . Service Orders Society . Sports . o Star BUSTLE ON, BRONSE! THIS'LL MEAN'A LOT Tous! as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,750 Some Returns Not Yet Received. (P) Means Ascociatad Pre: TWO CENTS. (GHEST CAMPAIGN 3, “Ah That New Mexican Senatgrial Marathon on Its Seventh Day! Underworld Spotters Inform Racketeers Maj. Brown Uses Spies Off Tra of Police Moves Strategy to Throw il of Special Investigation Squad. Washington racketeers have their own corps of spotters to check move- ments of the Metropolitan Police D partment’s special investigation squad, Supt. Ernest W. Brown revealed today. Trying to outwit these spotters has become one of the most trying prob- lems in connection with the depart- ment’s crusade against various forms of gambling and vice. This baitle of wits usually plays an important part in nearly every move made by the squad. The spotters are known to loiter outside police headquarters in an effort to learn the identity of the men on the special squad. They have trailed Lieut. George M. Little, its HEAD WINDS MET BY RICKENBACKER Flyer Behind Schedule on Attempt for Speed Record. BULLETIN. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Novem- ber 13 (A).—Driving his record- breaking 14-passenger plane against whistling head winds, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker landed here today at noon, 1 hour and 20 minutes later than he had expected to reach the first Florida stop on his round-trip dawn to dusk flight from New York to Miami. Twenty-four minutes later he left for Miami. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., November 13.— Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, in com- mand of a twin-motored 14-passenger (Douglas) plane, took off from New- ark Airport at 6:08 am., Eastern standard time, today for a dawn-to- dusk return flight to Miami, Fla. The distance one way is 1,195 miles. The ship is the one which set a “(Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) Colder Weather This weather will bring out the buyers for Winter mer- chandise and the stores are prepared to take care of their wants. The best and most attrac- tive merchandise is invariably advertised in The Star, as recently conducted surveys show that many merchants know that The Star is used as a shopping guide by the buying public more exten- sively than all other Wash- ington newspapers combined. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star. 30,920 2nd Newspaper. ..., 3rd Newspaper. . 4th Newspaper ..., 5th Newspaper....s 9,988 7,600 5,450 4,610 Total ( néwipisers ) 27,648 Yesterday’s circulation of The Star of 125,750 shows an increase of 7,716 over the corresponding day last year. These , figures indicate that The Star is read more uni- versally now, in Washing- ton, than ever before. commander. Frequently, they have gone to the homes of new members | appointed to the force in order to be | able to recognize them if they ever | show up in a gambling establishment. Assigns New Members. Since it has been Maj. Brown's | policy to assign new members of the | force to the investigating squad be- cause their identity, at the outset of | their police career, is unknown to the | gambling fraternity, one of the first things the spotters do is to watch the newspapers for the names of all ap- pointees. Then they check telephone | and city directories for the address (Cantinued on Page 3, Column 5.) SILK STRIKE CALL 115,000 in Passaic Valley to Walk Out if Workers Approve. By the Associated Press. PATERSON, N. J, November 13.— A general strike of some 15,000 silk workers probably will be called for Monday in the Passaic Valley, Eli Keller, general manager of the As- sociated Silk Workers’ Union, an- nounced today. A strike call to silk weavers would have the effect of virtually paralyzing the entire silk industry in this area, for production has been badly crip- pled during the past three weeks because of the strike of between 20,000 and 25,000 silk and rayon dye workers. Keller said the union would call out the weavers unless the employers agreed to a revival of the 1933-34 contract they had with the workers and to a reinstatement of all other stipulations which were declared ab- rogated in September, when the local workers joined the general national textile strike. Authoritative quarters said it was doubtful that the manufacturers would meet the demands. Coincident with the threat of a new strike in the industry, George Baldanzi, president of the Federa- tion of Silk and Rayon Dyers-.and Finishers of America, announced the striking dyers would stand fast on their demands for $1 an hour mini- mum -wage, a 30-hour week and a closed shop. The dyers’ strike has several times been thought on the verge of a com- promise settlement, but Baldanzi's statement today indicated the work- ers were ready to settle down to a long siege. The dyers’ position prob- ably will be strengthened if the silk weavers walk out, for a united front committee will be formed and the strikers will work in unison. ISLIKELY MONDAY PRESS AID URGED 10 FIGHT RACKET Maj. Brown Says Gambling Is Aided by Publishing “Numbers” Totals. | Supt. of Police E. W. Brown, know- ing that Washington supports one of the rankest rackets in the Nation, claims his force to be utterly pow- | erless in confronting the numbers | game. |~ This, Maj. Brown says, is due in !part to the policy of some news- | papers and a radio station. They | make readily available to gamblers | the winning combinations of num- | bers in convenient form. Another | handicap is the absence of a law on | the statute books making the num- | bers racket illegal, as such. Only by the combined efforts of | the newspapers of Washington. and | radio stations broadcasting race re- sults, can the evil be curtailed, Maj. Brown states. Legislation Held Vital. “Unless the next session of Con- gress passes legislation designed to curb the numbers game,” Maj. Brown says, the “metropolitan police force will enter another year powerless to prevent the people of Washington from being made prey to predatory interests.” In the meantime, what Maj. Brown claims is the principal remedy re- mains in the hands of the press and the radio, chief distributers of in- formation available to racketeers. “If all the newspapers of Wash- ington were to follow the course of The Star,” Maj. Brown said, “the numbers game would disappeas The Star and the Washington Post replying to a recent letter ad- dressed by United States Attorney | Garnett to all Washington newspa- pers asking their co-operation in preventing the dissemination of cer- tain number combinations which give the winning number in the so- called numbers game have promised their co-operation to this end. In his letter to the newspapers, Garnett wrote: “The dissemination of these totals seems a direct aid to the racket, and if the press of this city will unite in refusing to publish the totals bet on the races, an item of news of interest, it would seem, only to those gambling on the winning numerals, it would go a long way to curtail the activity of the ‘numbers’ racketeers” Bill Failed to Pass. In full agreement with Garnett, Maj. Brown recalled that at the last session of Congress a bill was draft- ed—Senate bill No. 2925—for the purpose of enacting legislation to curb the numbers racket, now on the increase. Though Maj. Brown and other authorities pointed out that existing laws are deemed in- adaquate, this bill failed of passage before the adjournment of Congress. The police superintendent urgently recommends that this bill, or one similar, be reintroduced at the next session of Congress and that efforts be made to obtain its passage. “Until that law comes to pass” Maj. Brown states, “with police pow- ers futile, it remains the duty of the press and the radio, to help stamp out an evil.” Maj. Brown feels keenly about the (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, November 13.—Mere infants with the strength of a college fullback and the mentality of a col- lege professor were envisioned here last night. ‘The precocious children were con- jured up as the result of descriptions of phenomenal growth induced in off- spring of white rats treated with in- jections of thymus gland extract. Dr. Leonard G. Rowntree, director of the Philadelphia Institute for Med- ical Research, said offspring of rodents treated with the substance had, after several generations, teeth at birth, fur shortly afterward, and could swim and climb when 2 weeks old. indicated about a six-fold speeding up of growth. Dr. Rowntree declined to predict the results should humans be treated Babes With Adult’s Strength Envisioned With Gland Fluid his address, visualized, if the effects ‘were analagous: Children®being weaned when a few weeks old, walking at 6 months, be- ing expert at games at 5 years, and graduating from high school at 10 rs. yum thymus gland lies near the breastbone. Only in recent years has progress been made toward solving the mystery of its function, said Dr. Rowntree, whose experiments have lasted 20 months. The speeding up of growth and precocity over generations of rodents treated with the extract led to a pre- diction the substance would be ben- eficial in studying diseases afflicting certain races and localities for gen- s f the phenomenal growth In spite of Pl of the young rats, their tissues were not injured and the animals became normal adults, Dr. Rowntree said. “Most conditions producing over- .| growth usually slow down sexual de- velopment, but in our work we have not found this 3o, which is contrary to the usual law§of genetics,” he said. TALLIES $30476 ON SECOND REPORT Nearly Quarter of Goal of $1,675,000 Raised by Workers. GOVERNMENT GROUP TURNS IN $201,153 Average U. S. Employe’s Gift to Date Is $8.39—Pledges Clog Auditors. One of the fastest-moving eam- paigns in the history of the Com- munity Chest found the organization with nearly a quarter of its 1934 quota of $1,675,000 in hand today, according to reports from campaign units at the second “report” luncheon at the Wil- lard Hotel. Although the campaign opened offi- cially only yesterday, campaign work- ers today reported a total of $380,476.54 }‘:)u been pledged by 28,464 contribu~ Ts. The Governmental Unit poured in progress reports so fast auditors were forced to work until 4 o'clock this morning clearing the unit’s accounts, As a result, it was revealed this after~ noon that the unit now has raised a total of $201,153.57 or 35.25 per cent of its quota. The average contribution of the Gao;;mment employes to date has been $8.39. Early Reports Encouraging. Officials of the Chest were stimu- lated to high hopes for early attain- ment of the 1934 quota as the first day's returns from all units mounted to $214,973. The total last year on the first day amounted to only $192.- 000, although the &otel quota was $250,000 greater than that of this year. Yesterday's meeting was the largest opening meeting ever held by the Community Chest, but the session was completed in five minutes less than an hour, an exceptionally fast schedule for a report meeting. Dur- ing the remainder of the compaign speakers at the daily report meetings will be limited to five minutes, While sidewalks, billboards, news- papers, motion pictures and radio carry word of the Community Chest campaign, no one in Washington will be given an opportunity during the 10 days of the drive to forget that the campaign is on, Chest leaders prom- ised today. The Chest motion picture is on display in every one of the 49 theaters in Washington and its vicin- ity and, through the efforts of Herluf Provensen, more than a dozen daily radio broadcasts are being made in behalf of the Chest by the four local broadcasting stations. Held Constructive Force, ‘The Community Chest was extolled by William Montgomery, president of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co., in an address yesterday to all em- ployes of the company, as “one of the greatest constructive forces in the life of Washington.” Mr. Montgomery, who has been identified with the work of the Chest for several years, urged that Acacia employes maintain their record of 100 per cent participation. The Group Solicitation Unit yester- day had two 100 per cent reports to make; one by the D. J. Kaufman Stores, which reported that 100 per cent of its employes have contributed, with an increase of 35 per cent over their gifts of last year. The Com- munity Chest organization itself was the other 100 per cent unit, also with & substantial increase over last year. 63 Divisions Over Top. Sixty-three Government divisions had reported 100 per cent or more of their quota, some of them reaching as much as 300 per cent, before the as- tonishing first day activity of this unit was over. These divisions were listed as follows: American Battle Monuments Com- mission, James E. Mangum, keyman; Bureau of Lighthouses, C. J. Ludwig, jr., keyman; Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey, C. H. Dieck, keyman; Shipping Board Bureau, M. J. Pierce, keyman; Commodity Credit Corp., Guy G. Chase, keyman; D. C. Repair Shop, W. A. Draper, keyman; D. C. Municipal Garage, C. E. Emmons, keyman; D. C. Engine Co. No. 4, Capt. J. G. B. Key, keyman; Metropolitan Police Depart- ment, First Precinct, Capt. W. E. Holmes, keyman; Metropolitan Police Department, Fourth Precinct, Capt. J. Sullivan, keyman; Metropolitan Police Department, Fifth Precinct, Capt. J. R. Bobo, keyman; Metropolitan Po- lice, Seventh Precinct, Capt. Maurice Collins, keyman; D. C. Board of Pub- lic Welfare, Emergency Relief Divi- sion 7, Mrs. Isabelle Carter, keyman; Federal Aviation Commission, Col. J. Carroll Cone, keyman; Federal Emer- gency P. W. A, Accounting Division, Dean McGune, keyman; Federal Emergency P. W. A, Finance Division, Miss J. L. Paul, keyman; Federal Emergency P. W. A,, Inspection Divi- sion, Malcolm Horn, keyman; Labor Board of Review, Transporation Loans, F. Q. Brown, jr., keyman; F. E. R. A,, Robert Lansdale, keyman; F. E. R. A, Research, Statistics, Pinance, Library, Corrington Gill, keyman; E. R. A, Field Men, Administration and Policy, Aubrey Williams, keyman; F. E.R. A, Rural Rehabilitation and Legal Divi- sion, Lawrence Westbrook, keyman; F.E. R. A, Chief Clerk’s, Adjustment, Correspondence, Personnel Division, Bruce McClure, keyman; _Inland " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ASSEMBLY TO DISSOLVE Turkish Parliament to End and New Elections Called. ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 13 (P).—Reports from Ankara, the na- tional capital, said today that the National Assembly will be dissolved at the end of November, preparatory to holding new legislative elections. Normally the Turkish National As- sembly would not be dissolved until June, 1935, but it was understood that an earlier dissolution was decided upon because the government of Mus- tapha Kemal Pasha wishes a new national assembly to vote upon the lnw ;mch comes up for discussion the