Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Buresu Forecast.) Fair with mild temperature today; to- morrow cloudy, probably occasional rain in afternoon or night. Temperatures— Highest, 65, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-17. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to city and suburban homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier serve ice. Phone NAtional 5000 to start delivery. (P) Means Associated Press. p— No. BYRD DISCOVERS LONG-SOUGHT-FOR ANTARCTIC PASS Flight May Prove Continent Under Vast Ice Area in 2 Parts. 1,548—No. 33,073. INSULAR GROUPS SEEN ISOLATED BY PASSAGES Commander Accompanied by Crew of Four in Survey of 50,000 Square Miles. By the Associated Press. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, No- | vember 16 (by Mackay Radio, de- | layed) —Long-sought evidence con-| firming the existence of the theoreti- cal transcontinental passage dividing Antarctica, was found by Rear Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd in a flight of discovery yesterday. | In the opinion of the explorer, it | was probably the most important flight he has made. It meant to him the capture of a geographical prize on the first exploration attempt of the season. Two Land Areas Likely. ‘The discovery is likely to compel a radical revision of existing ideas of Antarctica’s structure if it does not actually break the continent into two parts. Byrd believes the discovery clearly | identifies the extensive land masses to the eastward as insular groups isolated by water passages. In the flight Byrd was accompanied by his crew of four, Chief Pilot Harold | 1. June, William Bowlin, Kenneth L. Rawson and Radio Operator Clay Bailey. The flight took the explorer well to the southeast and east of | Little America in 6 hours and 50| minutes. Byrd believes he surveyed close to 50,000 square miles of un- known areas. Bl The flight was designed strategic- | ally to strike at the supposed point where such a continental division was | likely to occur. The apex of the tri- | angular flight rested half way be- tween the Queen Maud Mountain range and the southernmost peaks of the Edsel Ford range, on the coast | of the Pacific quadrant | The explorer discovered that be- | tween the high land known to exist| to the north and south, the surface | of the barrier dipped substantially enough to convince him a long-sought strait lay beneath the water-borne | ice. In that vicinity he found the southern frontier of the high plateau. Swinging from this scene, he moved | northwest into the interior of Marie | Byrd Land. What he saw during the flight convinced him the high masses of land rising along the coast are at least insular groups welded together by the universal ice sheet, if not suffi- ciently extensive to comprise a con- | tinental passage. He believed they | ‘may be islands. Further Inquiry Planned. More extended investigations must b> made, the Admiral said, before his | findings are crystallized The flight probably was Byrd’s last, | 1t was said, for some time, because of | the physical exhaustion brought about by his isolation, at Bolling. He failed to make as rapid a recovery as was | expected at Little America. The medi- | cal officer did not believe it wise for | Byrd to make the trip, but the ship was ready and he decided to go. | On his return he was extremely | tired, but jubilant. He had taken the | controls during a part of the flight. From the navigational point of view, Byrd said the flight was a | notable demonstration of the value of the sun compass. SOCIETY LEADER SLAIN WITH AX| Denver Woman Victim of 0dd- Jobs Man, Who Confesses, According to Police. | By the Associated Press. November 17.—Mrs. | Lillian Sarkisian, 51, a Denver society | leader, was hacked to death today, | and police said Abraham L. Kloian, | an edd-jobs man, confessed to the slaying. | Mrs. Sarkisian, the wife of Dr. | Toros Sarkisian, physician and art| patron, was Killed in the family home | on Capitol Hill. Kloian, 58, taken | into custody a few hours later, was| quoted by Capt. Albert T. Clark as| confessing orally. Dr. Sarkisian, graduate of Rush Medical College at Chicago, told detec- | tives Kloian struck him from behind | when he entered his residence shortly | before 6 p.m. Dr. Sarkisian ran for help and re- | turned with officers who found his wife's body, battered, hacked and partly clad, under a rug in a basement room. Bloodstains and wild disorder told the story of her struggle with her assailant. | Clark reported Kloian said he had knifed and hacked Mrs. Sarkisian to death “because they (the Sarkisians) were trying to cheat me.” UNION ENDS CHARTER GREENVILLE, S. C., November 17 | ().—The local union of the United ‘Textile Workers today surrendered its charter “in an effort to promote har- mony among employes and between employes and management.” L. V. Harden, president of the union, said the charter was being mailed back today, and said the step was taken after long consideration. Employes of the Santee Mills at Barnwell recently surrendered the charter of the local union there. e Japanese Buy Liner Adriatic. LONDON, November 17 (#).—The White Star liner Adriatic, formerly one of the big four plying between Liverpool and New York, was sold to- day to Japanese ship-breakers for I £65,000 (about $325.000). The 24,679~ Pon’ vessel now is at Liverpoool. : § Entered as second class matter post cffice, Washington, D C. 11 States Pledge Fight for Federal Child Labor Ban Northeastern Conference Agrees to Press for Amendment. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa. November 17. —Representatives of 11 Northeastern States attending a conference on uni- form labor laws decided today to press for ratification of the child labor amendment to the Federal Constitu- tion rather than to seek enactment at this time of State laws to abolish child labor. Delegates expressed the belief more satisfactory action will result from ratification of the child labor amend- ment. The meeting, one of a series held by representatives of Northeastern States, is designed to promote uniform labor standards, safeguard labor and eliminate cut - throat competitive methods. Attending the conference were dele- gates from New , Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Penn- sylvania. Three resolutions were adopted to- day designed to speed action on the minimum wage legislation. The dele- gates also held round-table discus- sion of unemployment insurance. TEXTILE LEADERS THREATEN STRIKE Board Hears of “Discrimi- nation” Against Unions - in 200 Mills. he By the Assoclated Press. Labor leaders representing all divi-‘ sions of the Textile Industry served | notice yesterday upon the Textile | Labor Relation Board that strikes would soon be ordered in 200 mills | unless satisfactory adjustments are made of cases involving alleged dis- crimination against union men. | The union officials, after delivering | their blunt ultimatum to the Labor Board, then sat in a six-hour session to determine whether requests for local strikes should be granted immediately. It was determined finally that no strike action should be taken within the next few days. but, in a statement the United Textile Workers announced: “We are hopeful that the orderly procedure of the board will remedy the situation, and it is our disposition to give the board every fair and proper chance. If that fails, then we shall have to rely upon our economic strength. Nobody wants that to come to pass, and it is admittedly the final remedy. Steel Board Works. Meanwhile the Steel Labor Board, which has the same membership as the Textile Board, was striving quietly to effect an agreement between the giant steel industry, long a foe of organized labor, and its A. F. of L.| union. With the industry reported on the verge of granting recognition to the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, these secret negotiations bogged down because the srrlmlgamlted demanded “majority rule.” As a concession to President Roose- velt's plea for an industrial truce, the steel magnates had agreed, it was learned, to recognize the union, but only to the extent to which it repre- sented the workers. Union leaders be- lieved this would mean retention of the “company unions” and rejected the offer. Since then the Steel Board has made no appreciable headway. The deadlock, incidentally, closely parallels the situation in the automo- bile industry where union leaders are chafing at the proportionate represen- tation basis upon which a threatened strike was settled several months ago. In this case, too, the union wanted majority rule. New Tie-Ups “Menace.” The textile union officials indicated to newspaper men there was grave danger of new tie-ups in their industry and declared that in addition to dis- crimination egainst union members in the re-employment of workers partici- pating in the general strike of last September, a number of employers were openly violating a recent presi- dential order restricting increases in machine load until February 1. They charged that the stretch-out system—the ‘ncrease of work load on individual ~orkers—was being em- ployed in mills in the cotton, wool and silk_industries. “We have attempted to be reason- able and fair,” said Francis J. Gorman, organization director of the United Textile Workers “But the time has (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) | | WASHINGTON, D. C. MUSSOLINI ALOOF 10°U. 5. PLAN FOR ARMS TRADE CURB Wilson Confers With |l Duce on Roosevelt Proposal for Control. U. S. ENVOY IS SILENT ON SESSION’S RESULT Italian Officials, However, Report No Change in Attitude Shown Earlier. BY the Associated Press. ROME, November 17.—Hugh R. Wilson, American disarmaments ex- pert, tonight laid before Premier Mussolini the plan of President Roosevelt for an international pact to control manufacture of and com- merce in arms. He talked to the Premier, in Eng- lish, for three-quarters of an hour, but afterward said he could not dis- cuss their conversation or Mussolini’s reaction to the American project. Opposition Is Seen. Italian semi-official circles. how- ever, were frank in saying Italy still | remained opposed to such a pact. They said both Mussolini and Undersecretary of State Fulvio Su- | vich, with whom Wilson talked yes- terday, refused to give a final answer, but contented themselves with ask- ing for more detailed explanations and stating Italian objections. Italians felt that the Roosevelt proposal would have the effect of in- citing states which do not have their own arms-manufacturing plants to start such plants. 11 Duce Is Cordial. The plan involves publication of information concerning the manu- facture and sale of fighting equip- ment. Mussolini, it was said in Italian circles, was most cordial to the Ameri- | can emissary, but gave him no grounds to hope for favorable reac- | tion. Wilson departed late tonight for Geneva to attend a meeting of the Disarmament Conference bureau, at which it was hoped a subcommittee would be given instructions to draft the American plan into its protocol. His interview this evening came after Wilson had almost given up hope of seeing Il Duce during his stay in Rome. POISONER’S ATTORNEYS BEGIN NEW LEGAL SUIT Sanity Hearing Denied by Prison Warden, Charged With Abusing Privilege. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 17. —Another court fight to save Mark H. Shank from the electric chair for a picnic poison slaying was mapped today by his attorneys after Prison Supt. 8. L. Todhunter for a second time refused a sanity hearing. W. T. Pate, jr., and Robert Brown, | Littlc Rock attorneys for the con- | demned Akron, Ohio, lawyer, said they would appeal to the Jefferson Circuit Court next week in an effort to show Todhunter abused the discretionary power vested in him by an old statute heretofore little used. Todhunter said he had examined Shank daily and that the accused slayer of Alvin Colley, his wife and two children had done nothing to in- dicate that he was insane. Shank’s attorneys claim he has become insane since he was convicted of Colley's death last December. 40,000 EELS IN CARGO FOR CHRISTMAS EVE New York Italian Colony Pre- paring for Age-0ld “Anguilla a la Marinara.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—The eel barges from Canada were back to- night with 40,000 slippery, squirming silver eels worth $20,000 for Christmas eve consumption by Manhattan's Southern Italian colony. “They are dee-licious,” said Mother Bertoltti of a Greenwich Village res- taurant. She explained that after Christmas eve church services, South- ern Italians return to their homes to enjoy the age-old dish—“Anguilla a la Marinara.” WITH DAILY EVENING ED: ) SUNDAY MORNING, ITION N VEMBER 18, 1934—106 PAGES. Sunday Star » THE PIONEERS OF 1934, IN. R. A. Official Hurt Near Upperville Is Rushed Here. Two Other Riders Are Thrown From Mounts During Event. Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey, chair- man of the N. R. A. Consumers’ Ad- visory Board, and prominent society woman, was rushed to Emergency Hospital here yesterday afternoon suf- fering from a broken right leg and THREE ARE KILLED INMOTOR CRASHES { Mother, Passing By, Identi- fies Luray Victim as Daughter, BULLETIN. An unidentified woman about 26 years old was killed and nine other persons were injured in a head-on collision between two automobiles early today at Min- nesota and Pennsylvania avenues southeast. The dead woman and Kather- ine Linquist, 3922 Thirteenth street northeast, said to be driver of one of the machines were taken to Casualty Hospital along with Richard Redford, 22 of 1248 Eighth street. The other seven, whose identity could not be learned immediately, were taken to Gallinger Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., November 18 (Sunday). —Only a short while after a Wash- ington woman and her male com- panion were killed instantly near here early today when their automobile struck a telephone pole, another Wash- ington woman, passing the scene, iden- tified one of the victims as her daugh- ter. The dead woman is Miss Evelyn Breeden and the man was identified by a driver’s license as Ronald Wibble, 29, of Allentown, Md., a small town just outside Anacostia, D. C. The car occupied by the two was speeding toward Luray from Wash- ington, according to police, when it crashed into the pole after rounding a dangerous curve two miles east of here. While the bodies were still in the wreckage, another car drew up to the scene. A woman, identified only as a Mrs. Tapponier of Washington, got out of the car and said it was her daughter who had been killed, accord- ing to police. Arctic Home of Santa Claus Is Found Star Airplane Expedition to Far North Is Successful. Movmg Pictures of En- tire Journey chg Filmed. HE home of Santa Claus T has been discovered. The Star’s secret air- plane expedition to the Far North has been successful. Word of this historic event, which will be received with great joy by the girls and boys of Washington, has just been flashed to The Star in mspecial wireless dispatch from Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt, noted Arctic explorer and leader of the ex- pedition. His message reads: “By wireless to The Evening Star. “SANTA CLAUS LAND, Novem- ber 18.—Have found the home of Santa Claus, and have just been received in his castle. sendi.n‘ ALL D. C. POOR CHILDREN TO GET NEW TOYS FROM CHRISTMAS MATINEES. On December 15 The Star and Warner Bros.' theaters will hoid their fourth annual Christmas toy matinees, to make sure that every needy child in Washington will receive a new Christmas gift. Last year 30,000 new toys ano gifts for Washington’s poor chil- dren were brought to the 12 theaters where the toy matinees were held. These were dis- tributed to the needy by the Christmas Planning Committee of the Council of Social Agencies. This year it is The Stars hope that the number of new toy con- tributions will be greatly in- creased and that all children in the District of Columbia will be made happy in the knowledge that Santa Claus will not pass them by. this message from Santa’s big wire- less station. Details following latey. “P.E. KLEINSCHMIDT.” The Star sent Capt. Kleinschmidt Views of Toy Kingdom to Be Sent to Star by Wireless. of New York City to the Far North to ind the home of Santa Claus. He is & well known explorer of wide ex- perience, and has led four expedi- tions into the Arctic and brought back specimens of animals such as polar bears, walrus, seals, kodiak bears and others for the Natioral Museum in Washington. He lived with the Eski- mos for years and his motion pictures of the Arctic are well known. Accompanying Capt. Kleinschmidt on the perilous journey are his wife, Mrs. Kleinschmidt; “Red” Garland, noted aviator. who is piloting the plane; a skilled wireless operator, and an experienced motion-picture cam- era man from H The giant mnom by the expedition is specially equipped with (Continued on page 10, cglumn 1.) Mrs. Rumsey Fractures Leg In Fall From Horse at Hunt YALEWHPS TIGER, 10, INCRD UPSET | Gets Touchdown Early, Then Checks Princeion, Once & N FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS tTEN CENTS ELSEWHERE JEEB.000 OF, CHEST, BUDGET REMAINS Workers Must Raise Aver-| age of $139,000 Daily to Realize Goal. $1,118,320 IS COLLECTED IN SIX DAYS OF DRIVE Government Unit Sets Pace in | Drive With $475,251 From 66,794 Contributors. The Critical Period Has Arrived ! Too many people believe that the Chest campaign is already a success. Too few people realize that we need $557,000 MORE. No gift that represents sincere interest or sacrifice is too small. Ninety thousand people TOBE CONTRIBUTED BUSINESS IS SEEN CHAMPING BIT IN REGOVERY MARCK “Rarin’ to Go,” Says Harri- man, Predicting End of Unemployment. LABOR IS SKEPTICAL OF NEW ALIGNMENT C. of C. Welcomes Co-operation, but Green Cites Antagonism to Section 7-A. By the Associated Press. Business and the administration | were definitely united today in mighty joint effort to produce rc- | covery, while labor looked on skep- tically and wondered. After consulting Donald Richberg, the Roosevelt recovery co-ordinator and James A. Moffett, head of the | Housing Administration, Henry I Harriman, president of the Chamber | of Commerce of the United States. | asserted that “ for the first time since the depression began business is really ready to go ahead.” have given. HAVE YOU? H. L. RUST, JR., Campaign Chairman. One-third of the Community Chest quota of $1,675.000, needed to carry on the work of 64 member organiza- | tions during the coming year, remains | to be raised as the annual campaign | goes into its final phase today. | During the four days remaining of the 10 allocated for the drive, the 6,000 volunteer Chest workers must raise $556,000, or an average of on 1-Yard Line. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. MRS. C. C. RUMSEY, PRETTYMAN ASKS Believes Press and Radio Suppression of Numbers Important Weapon. J. Barrett Prettyman. corporation counsel, is open to any suggestion that will strengthen his proposed amendment to the law destined to | suppress the numbers game. In the | meantime, however, with no law on the statute books aimed specifically at the numbers racket, Mr. Pretty- man believes the best way to combat the evil is through a combination of | press and radio, withholding neces- sary information from the gamblers. (Note: The Star, the Washing- ton Post, the Washington Herald and the Washington Times have notified United States Attorney Garnett that they will follow al- ready established policy in not printing the numbers totals used in the numbers game, or will cease such publication immediately. All local radio stations have promised co-operation in not broadcasting the numbers totals.) “I think it should be tried,” Mr. Prettyman said, recounting the plan suggested by Mr. Garnett. The Law to Have Teeth. The newspapers can do more than any other medium, Mr. Prettyman believes, by bridging the gap from this time until the new Congress " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Foot Ball Results Only two major foot ball elevens —Minnesota and Alabama—re- mained undefeated and untied yesterday as the smoke cleared over the national foot ball battle- field. The Gophers easily de- feated Chicago, 35 to 7, while the Crimson Wave rolled over Georgia Tech, 40 to 0. ‘The heretofore unmarred records of Princeton, Navy and Syracuse were ruined as Yale, using only 11 players, scored a surprising up- set over the Tigers, 7 to 0; Pitts- burgh overpowered the Middies, 31 to 7, and Colgate overcame the Orange, 13 to 2. The impressive victories by Pitt and Colgate kept them in the unofficial running for a possible Rose Bowl assignment. Illinois became the fourth pre- viously undefeated -and untied eleven to bow in a series of star- tling upsets and scores. Wis- consin eked out a 7-to-3 victory over Bob Zuppke's crew. Southern California stole the Pacific Coast Conference show with an amazing 33-to-0 con- quest of Oregon, while Stanford, odds-on choice to win the oon- ference title and represent the est in the Rose Bowl, downed the Olympic Club of San Fran- cisco, 40 to 0. Catholic University and George Wi were the only local teams to triumph. The Cards routed South Dakota at Griffith Stadium, 57 to 0, while the Colo- nials outpointed West Virginia, 10 to 7. Maryland bowed to Indiana, 17 to 14; Gallaudet lost to Ran- dolph-Macon, 18 to 6, and Howard dropped a 7-to-6 decision to the North Carolina Colored A. and T. * IDEAS ON RACKET | PRINCETON, N. J., November 17.— | Eleven stalwarts in blue, eleven “iron | men” of Yale, who laughed at the odds and the opposition against them, | rose to magnificent heights of grid- iron achievement today and swept Princeton from the ranks of the Na- ton's unbeaten teams in the most | spectacular upset of the 1934 foot ball | season. The final score was 7 to 0. | An astounded and electrified crowd | of 52,000, jamming Palmer Stadium'’s concrete horseshoe to capacity, saw the gallant Elis seize the opportunity for a first-period touchdown, stanchly defend their lead against two crushing counter-attacks and crown their daz- | zling triumph by playing throughout the game without making a single sub- | stitution. The Bulldogs entered the game as underdogs, on the short end of 3-to-1 odds, and conceded no more than an | outside chance to topple one of the most formidable squads of gridiron talent in the country, but they sprang upon the unsuspecting and bulging Bengals with such ferocity from the outset, that all thought of a Prince- | ton walkover was speedily dispelled. H First Tiger Loss Since "32. | The Elis not only accomplished the most stunning form of the season. but ended the Tiger winning streak after it had reached 15 consecutive games. It was Prince- ton’s first cefeat since the Ben- gals were trampled at the end of the | 1932 season by Yale, 51 to 14, and | promptly established the Blues as | favorite to capture its first “Big Three” | championship in a decade. Yale plays | | Harvard at New Haven next week in | the closing game of the season. Yale's decisive touchdown was scored tional 41-yard passing play after a succession of Princeton fumbles en- abled the Elis to keep striking through the air. From a fake punt formation, Quarterback Jerry Roscoe faded back on fourth down and threw a high pass down the “center alley.” It looked like a wild pitch until Larry Kelley, rangy right end, leaped high, stopped the ball with one hand, grabbed it | Princeton’s 25-yard line. Kelley Dashes to Score. Aided at first by some fine block- ing, Kelley seemed to be bottled up along the sideline, with 8 yards to go, only to twist free and finally slip through three Tiger tacklers Capt. Clare Curtin place-kicked the extra point, into a tumultuous demonstration, and | the Elis then proceeded to “cash in” on their touchdown by fighting the heavier Tigers to a standstill through- out the rest of the game. Princeton rolled up 185 yards to Yale’'s 74 at rushing. The Tigers twice marched more than 60 yards. halted again, in the third quarter, only 8 yards from the Blue goal. Princeton’s burly juggernaut simply could not crack the gallant resource- reversal | midway in the first period on a sensa- | and started off on a tangent from | in his mad dash for the goal lme.| the Yale stands broke | but they were stopped with only a | yard to go in the second period and 15139000 a day, if they are to realize their goal. When the sixth daily report meet- | ing closed at the Willard Hotel yester- | day afternoon, the drive had just | passed the two-thirds mark, with a total of $1,118,320.11 in hand in con- tributions and pledges. or 66.76 per | cent of the quota. Although Satur- | day always has been a poor day in Chest campaign history, the teams | vesterday turned in a total of $101,340. Chest volunteers composing the great Governmental Unit, to which has been entrusted the largest of all the unit | quotas—8§570,5 but it is expected | to be one of the busiest days of the | campaign for volunteers in the other units, many of whom are expected to take advantage of their release from offices and places of employment to put in a large part of the day solicit- | ing prospective contributors to the | Chest. Reports Due Tomorrow. There will be no report meeting to- | day and the results of two days of | work by many of the teams will be | reflected in the reports which they ; will turn in at the seventh report | luncheon in the Willard Hotel ball | room at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow. | The enforced idleness of the Gov- ernmental Unit today will give the lolher major units an opportunity to | overhaul this unit which has main- tained a lead since the opening of the campaign in the percentage of its quota raised. Last night the Chest Au- diting Unit, headed by James A. Coun- cilor, reported that the Governmental Unit has completed the raising of 83.3 per cent of its quota. The unit division leaders, under Maj. Gen. Frederick W. Coleman, chief of finance of the Army, yesterday added to its total $35,541.29, from 5,883 contributors in the District and Federal Government offices in Washington. This brought their totals for the campaign to date to $475,251.45, from 66.794 con- rtibutors. The Special Gifts Unit, led by Charles Carroll Morgan, whieh on Friday smashed all-time Community Chest unit records by turning in | | | relative position with the leading Governmental Unit, by turning in $33,919 of its quota of $501,000. This increased its quota standing to 75.4 per cent. Capital Unit Spurts. The Capital Unit, cieated to solicit colored residents of Washington who are not reached by any of the regular units, hauled up abreast ot the Spe- cial Gifts Unit in standing, reporting 4 total of $3,249.97 raised, or 75.59 per cent of its quota of $4,209.24. Contributions from 663 new givers, for a total of $14,535.45, were brought in yesterday by the Metropolitan Unit, Chairman Joseph D. Kaufman re- ported. This brought the unit total to $115,297.94, or 44.84 per cent of fis quota. The Group Solicitation Unit. under the leadership of Walter B. Clark- son, went up to 429 per cent in its | | | | | tions of $17.344.26 raised its total to $146,628.07 . The results of yesterday's returns, bfl»nglng the campaign up to 66.76 per (Continued on Page B-6, Column 1.) " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) By the Assoclated Press. There’ll soon be a new spot of color on the official scene, a more brightly reddened Red Room in the White House,, Too dull and dead-looking for New Deal days, the Red Room is due for an immediate “doing over” as a final move in the current Roosevelt renovi- zation. Thus, in the coming social season, it will make a gayer and cheerier background for evening gowns and the black and white of dress suits. This historic room, along with the Blue and Green Rooms, has been just so much office space these last three months, . presidential official business having moved into the mansion while the office wing was rebuilt. Now that’s over, and painters are putting on finishing touches. When the President and Mrs. Roosevelt get back from Warm Springs after Thanksgiving, they’ll find the revised White House in running order. The President xn g0 to work in & ¥ Red Room of White House Will Be Given New Finish his new oval office, hard by the hedges of the formal gardens, which allow a lacy view of the Washington Monu- ment through Winter-stripped tree branches. The new wing looks but slightly larger than the old; contains about three times as much work space :hl::u(h a sunken court, pent-house On the main floor, the President, his three secretaries, and official callers have handier, more spacious arrangements than before. The press room is doubled in size, and its large windows command a grand view of approaching notables. The “pent house” floor about, and the floor below with its “sunken court” centered by a fountain, provide ample added office space for stenographers and clerks. telegraphers and telephone awitchboard and “social bureau”—the great White House invitation mill. The room for the past month or so has been used for an office for one of the pruuent:l secretaries. | Today will be an idle day for the | $115,864.18, yesterday maintained its | quota standing when new conrtibu- | | “And business is rarin’ to go,” he | added. | Complete About-face Seen. | | Meanwhile, at the headquarters of | the American Federation of Labor | William Green, president of that oi- | ganization, pondered the meaning of | the new alignment; termed it a “com- plete about-face on the part of biz ';busmess." and reserved his opinion as to what it pointed to While chamber officials had said that labor was welcome to co-operate, Green asserted that “there hasn't been an opportunity for co-operation because the Chamber of Commerce assumes such an antagonistic atti- tude toward labor, and especially to- ward section 7-A." Meanwhile, it became apparent that, while the business leaders are reluctant to exclude labor definitely from the partnership, they see littlc possibility for effective co-operation by reason of the fact that the ob- jectives to the two groups are in al- most direct opposition. 30-Hour Week Main Issue. Foremost among the issues in- volved is labor’s insistence upon a 30- hour week made mandatory by | statute. The Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations are ready to fight such legislation to the | end. | The chamber during the day ap- | pointed a special committee to take |charge of its co-operative move, headed by Silas H. Strawn, consistent foe of Roosevelt policies, and the heads of a Balf dozen firms ranging from agriculture through industry to | banking. | Harriman, exuding confidence that buslness was now entering a new era | of “realism.” and leaving behind one | of “re-adjustment,” said there was | “no difference of opinion” between himself and Richberg. “Both of us think that the one all- | important thing is to get men to work and stop calling names.” { Moffett Addressed Board. MofTett, in addition to a private | conference with Harriman, addressec |a meeting of the chamber’s Board o Directors. He strongly urged thai | business take the initiative in gettinz the program he is directing int effective operation as a means of in- creasing employment and industria! activity. | “If the fullest use is made of the possibilities of modernizing and | building homes within the next year | there should be no reason why at least one and a half billion dollars | could not be put into each of thes: efforts, with the employment of thre: million men, since men at work on | building jobs put others to work sup- | plying materials.” At the chamber’s offices, it was saic that the appointment of committec. | by similar ~organizations—the Na- | tional Association of American Man- | ufacturers, the National Industric Conference Board, the Durable Gooc ued on Page 4, Column 4.) . "TRUCK AND SILVER " CARGO DISAPPEAR }$10‘000 to $20,000 in Drums Was En Route to Smelter. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—Scrap | silver and sludge with an estimated | value of $10,000 to $20,000, being transported from Rochester, N. Y., to Irvington, N. J., in a 10-ton truck, was sought tonight by police of seven States. The truck started from Rochester Tuesday and no trace of it has been found since. Another truck, similarly loaded, arrived at Trvington safely. The silver and sludge—19,000 pounds in 28 drums—was being sent by the Eastman Kodak Co. to the Irvington Smelting & Refining Co. Eastman officials said it was impos- sible to estimate definitely the value of the load because waste sludge varies widely in silver content. Disappearance of the truck was re- vealed through a police alarm. Offi- cers in New Jersey, New York, Penn- sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Con- necticut and Massachusetts were asked to aid in the search. Officers sald the truck might have been hijacked or might have met with an accident on some isolated stretch of highway and rolled intc a gully. Guide for Readers General News ......Part One Editorial . ...Part Two Society Part Three Amusemen .Part Four Finance .Part Five Radio . ...Page 3, Part 4 Books . .. Page 4, Part 2 Lost and Found ... Page A-9 Sports........Pages B-6 to 10 B