Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1934, Page 2

A2 s NEW DEAL TURNS SCRUTINY ON SELF Treasury Issues Report of " Viner-Hardy Survey of Credit Needs. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ¢ Becretary Morgenthau, who doesn’t pose as a financial genius or a mone- tary expert, but is, nevertheless, prov- ing to be about the best organizer and administrator the Treasury De- partment has had in many a year, called in the reporters the other day and gave them each a batch of 100 mimeographed pages. The reporters took the summary and the public today knows in a general . way what the experience of the Fed- eral Government has been in the mak- ing of direct loans to industry. But there's a significance far beyond the contents of the document. It is that the New Deal turned the searchlight on itself in most penetrating fashion, and, with a technique that might well be copied elsewhere, turned out just about the most valuable piece of in- formation that has come out of the perennial controversy as to whether the pump should be primed indefi- nitely with public funds or given a chance to get going with private funds. Survey by “Brain-Trusters.” It so happens that two men who presumably would be called “brain- trusters,” if that term is carelessly used to apply to all college men, made the survey—Dr. Jacob Viner of the University of Chicago gnd Charles O. Hardy of the Brookings Institution in Washington—but, if all the college professors who come here were to ap- ply the same searching technique and frankness and realism that these men and their corps of 60 assistants applied to their job, there would hardly be the same criticism of the brain trust as we have heard before. The survey, it is true, was made in the seventh Federal Reserve district, which includes the Middle West, but undoubtedly the findings would have been the same in other parts of the country. The purpose was to find out whether the commercial bankers were all the things the critics inside and outside the administration were saying they were, whether the Government itself was really helping by the extension of credit to clear away red tape and - get business going, and whether the small business man was being shoved to the wall by inability to get credit for working capital, for fixed capital and for general plant needs. Report to Be Printed. Anybody who reads the report through from beginning to end—and it will be printed as a public docu- ment soon—cannot but get the im- pression that there is a piece of con- structive work, free from the usual efforts to whitewash governmental agencies or from the usual approach which damns the private agency be- fore there's a chance to find out the facts. Summed up, one comes to the con- - clusion that banks and bankers have narrow-visioned and broad-wsioned i credit officers, but that Goverfiment + supervision by bank examinems, who follow rules of thumb, can raise more cain in a credit system than all the inhibitions imposed by bankers on themselves in the era following the § bank holiday. v . When we find in the reporf criti- cism of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. for being stricter in some re- spects than commercial banks and a pointed comment on the present law which makes the Federal Reserve Banks extend credit that commercial member banks would not extend or feel ought not be given, there is cer- tainly a beginning made toward an understanding of why recovery has been delayed through the clogging of the credit machinery. ‘The Treasury investigators were not content to talk to the bankers about the loans they didn't make, but ;sought out many business men who had beer denied credit and asked them to tell their stories. There can be no doubt that a need exists for an intermediate credit system—every bit of evidence points that way. It was revealed in 1932 by a study made by the National Industrial Conference Board, which examined the applica- tions for loans in several Federal Re- serve districts and came almost to the same conclusions as the Viner- Hardy survey, Attacks Present Laws. But the latest survey goes deeper Ahan merely a recommendation for «capital credit for the small business ‘man. It attacks the cumbersomeness -of present laws and the financial ma- «chinery and tells how business men ook one look at the complicated ap- ‘plication blank and gave up all hope ©of getting loans. Not only this, but the awkwardness of a procedure which required an epplicant to climb three different ‘hurdles of official boards, only to find “that Washington turned down appli- cations arbitrarily, is emphasized in ® picture of present credit conditions which is as fascinating as it is dis- ‘heartening. It all comes down to this: Banks are being asked to take risks with demand deposits. They did so before 1929, and the boom came to a sorry end. Today the pendulum has swung to the other extreme. The banks are conservative and cautious. But—and here’s the new angle—the Government has now stepped in with a system for insuring deposits. Also, the Government is spending billions for public works projects that will never pet the recovery machine properly started. Private capital hesitates. Can the Government, which is the creator of most of the uncertainty nowadays its attempts to regulate the eco- omic system, find a way to insure “the risks the banks would have to in making capital loans? * The Federal Housing Administra- %ion nas begun to insure mortgages, which is one form of capital loan as Qistinguished from loans for turn- over in business. If the Government would set up an insurance fund to take care of new loans, there would be more lending done. But above all, as the Viner-Hardy report shows, Junds must be available to clear up existing debt cr to permit c- - The Government can be of great ‘help in the readjustment and re- ~¥aluation of the assets of American esses and in stimulating the em- loyment of more persons, provided 1l banks, open and closed, have the ~&o0-operation of a revised examina- n system with a uniform policy, d provided the R. F. C. is used to 1 up channel: that are clogged by weport may not find 100 per cent 1 t among interested parties, ‘ut it is a significant approach to a fontroversial guestion and has been done not only without bias, but with fouch intelligence and understanding. ~ (Copyright. 1934.) ) 3 What’s What Behind News In Capital Huge Conservation Re- port Boils Down to 3 Main Steps. BY PAUL MALLON. HOSE busy New Deal planners, who dumped their umpty-ump- thousand-word report on Pres- ident Roosevelt’s desk two weeks ago, didn't bother to ex- plain it, but their program for imme- diate legislative purposes boils down to just three things. Congressmen who haven't the pa- tience to wade through the verblage can get at the gist of the board's report by a glance at its subjects, which are land, water, minerals, pub- lic works and planning. ‘What the board wants Congress to do this Winter is, first of all, to ap- prove establishment of a permanent national planning board to be co-or- dinated with the 42 State Planning Boards now in existence. Steps nmumbered two and three are to authorize a continuing public works program to spend as high as $5,000,000,000 a year for 10 years, and to authorize a land retirement program. What this latter means is that the Federal Government would buy submarginal lands and restore them to timber or grass. Would Plan for Crises. None of this is very radical and bears no more relation to the Russian five-year plan than the New Deal bears to Communism. The Roosevelt plan- ners do not, of course, seek to take over any private property (excepting those waste lands which nobody wants anyway). In the words of one of them, what they hope to do is to plan for depressions just as the Army plans for war. This planner explains a really rad- {cal approach would not even admit the possibility of recurrence of de- pressions, yet this admission is im- plicit in the board’s whole program. In a word, the report outlines a con- servation program. Much of the report was couched in such general terms as to be largely meaningless until clarified by publica- tion of the detailed reports on which its conclusions are based. For in- stance, in all its talk of public works, the board barely touched on the moot housing subject. Timing Again Perfect. New Deal publicists again displayed their talents for timing in releasing the Natural Resources Board report on the very day that the Nation's leading business men had gathered at that West Virginia spa to form their Oown recovery program. Those big public works figures in the headlines, plus the Labor Ad- visory Board’s report demanding ‘more say for labor in N. R. A., told the business men in very plain lan< guage that sentiment in Washing= showed the continuing pressure on the White House from that source. More Control Seen. Farming in the United States is probably going to be a lot different A. B. (after Bankhead) if high up A. A. A.-ers are right in their private forecasts of what the future holds. A. A. A-ers won't come right out and say so for fear they might be charged with trying to regiment farmers, but they have little inner doubt that more farmers are going to demand compulsory crop eontrol now that the cotton growers have okayed it. In fact, Eastern potato growers were in even before the official cot- ton poll was known. They asked a similar control program for that commodity. A. A. A.-ers listened and then told them Congress would have to decide. Outside of cotton, tobacco is the only crop mow having compulsory control. Results of a vote on con- tinuing the plan for tobacco will be released in @ few days. As one A. A. A.-er put it: per cent of growers of a crop want production control, it is only right that the few not wanting it should be required to come in. Why should they enjoy the higher prices brought about by majority action, although they do not contribute?” It is pointed out that, had it not been for the drought, the 1,000,000 extra acres of wheat planted by non- signers last year might have wrecked the market price and the adjustment program for that crop. Due to the drought, however, nature curbed pro- duction far beyond anybody’s esti- mates and thus prices were unaffected by the chiselling minority. Historic-minded A. A. A.-ers recall that compulsory crop control began back in Colonial Virginia when tobac- co planters got together on a plan of limiting output of the leaf. The Federal relief load is now run- ning about $140,000,000 monthly, or $10,000,000 more than it was two months ago. A report on the status of women in the depression is being prepared for Mrs. Roosevelt’s eyes. It charges much discrimination against women warkers, particularly wives. You may expect action shortly. All buying of foodstuffs by the F. E. R. A. is in charge of Lieut. Comdr. A. D. Clark, U. 8. N, who for years bought for the United "States Fleet. Word has been passed around that Louis Howe's illness is cramping New Deal style. Howe has been more or less fll for the last 10 years, but is still active enough to let Byrns be Speaker and several other minor things like that. (Copyright, 1934.) Car Victim’s Kin Sought. PORTERSVILLE, Calif., Decerfiber 19 (#)—Chief of Police Lee THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934 Italy’s Dictator in Characteristic Poses as HURTS ARE FATAL T0 MRS. RUMSEY N. R. A. Consumers’ Board Head Was Injured Novem- ber 17 While Riding. Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey, chair- man of the N. R. A. Consumers’ Board and socially prominent philanthropist, died last night in Emergency Hospital of pneumonia, which developed from injuries received November 17 when she was pinned beneath her horse during & fox hunt near Middleburg, Va. Death came after a courageous fight for life. The injuries received in the accident were serious, but blood trans- fusions seemed to have prevented com- plications and a week ago she ap- parently was recovering. Then there was & relapse and again she seemed to improve, but pneumonia developed and the end came quickly. Secretary of Labor Perkins and members of Mrs. Rumsey’s family were at the bedside when she died. First Lady Plans Tribute, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, when notified of the death of Mrs. Rumsey, an intimate friend since debutante days, canceled all plans for the day to pay her tribute. She had intended to be present at & musicale this morning, one of the outstanding social events of the year, at which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. William Howard Taft and Mrs. Dolly Gann were scheduled to appear. A trip to New York this afternoon for the First Lady's annual Christmas appearances at charity events also went by the board so she could attend the funeral services. The funeral will be held at 4:30 today at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Eighteenth and Church streets. Burial will be at Arden, N. ¥,, tomorrow at lam* A keen horsewoman throughout her active career, Mrs. Rumsey was hunting with the Piedmont hounds when her horse struck a fence and fell. She was mounted side-saddle, as was her custom, and the animal pinned her to the ground, fracturing her right leg and several ribs. Friends rushed her to the hospital. Dr. Archibald Cary Randolph, master of the Piedmont pack and a close friend of Mrs. Rumsey’s, had ridden over the fence just before her and galloped on in pursuit of the hounds. He was not aware of the accident until he returned home later in the day. Considered Good Rider. Nationally known as the founder of the Junior League, long before she came inté prominence in connection with the N. R. A, Mrs. Rumsey had found time to combine a love of sports and enthusiastic interest in varied philanthropies during her lifetime. On the day of her fatal accident, she remarked to Dr. Randolph that she had worked far past midnight in ‘Washington the previous evening in order to be free to attend the hunf meet on Saturday. She was con- sidered one of the best cross-country riders among the women of the fox- hunting set. Mrs. Rumsey was the daughter of Edward Henry and Mary Averell Har- riman of New York. Although born to wealth and social position, she was never content to pass her leisure time in social trivialities. Both through her philanthropic interest and her knowledge, she early established her- self as the patroness of the arts, and she married Charles Cary Rumsey, the noted American sculptor. He died in 1922, leaving her with three children. Founded League in 1901. Mrs. Rumsey founded the first chapter of the Junior League in New York in 1901. Since then the or- ganization has spread to virtually every large city in the United States. Recently she roundly criticized the Junior League members of the coun- try for their lack of real interest in social service, reminding them that such was the original purpose of the league. At one time or another Mrs. Rum- sey directed her energies to widely differentiated enterprises. She once owned a string of newspapers in the Southern States, she was an organ- izer of the Eastern Live Stock Co- operative Association, a developer of the Emergency Exchange Association and director of the American Farm Foundation. Once during her association with the N. R. A. Consumers’ Advisory Unit, Mrs. Rumsey was on the vic- torious side of a policy tilt with Prof. William F. Ogburn, nationally known economist. She opposed certain re- commendstions Ogburn made to the board and the controversy ended with Her ' home here was in and she also maintained large estate near Middleburg, Va., short of New York. Loses Fight MRS. MARY H. RUMSEY, U. 3. AGTS T0 CURB CHINESE OUTRAGES Gunboat Is Sent to Wuhu, Where American Mission- aries Were Slain. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 19— Aroused by a long list of crimes against its citizens in China, the United States Government had acted again today to insure the safety of its Oriental residents. Bandit. activity in the vicinity of Wuhu, culminating with the brutal slaying of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stam, American missionaries, prompted the American Legation at Nanking to dis- patch a gunboat to the terrorized province. A shocking record of pillage, kid- naping and murder preceded the Stam tragedy. Danger of death was ever present for those missionaries assigned to remote parts of China to carry the message of Christianity. Other Americans Slain. Two Americans met death this year at the hands of roving outlaw bands before the Stams were executed and unnumbered others were abducted, robbed or subjected: to indignities. The previous victims of bandit blood-lust were Dr. J. H. Ingram and the Rev. Father Urban O. Martin. Dr. Ingram, 75-year-old former Ohio resident, was a medical missionary who won the title “best friend of China.” Bandits shot him down in his Sum- mer home at Peiping. His wife and children escaped. Rev. Father Martin, who went to a China station from New Orleans, was reported slain near Forgan in South- ern Fukien Province about the same time. His murderers were never cap- tured. Five Chinese were executed for the killing of Dr. Ingram. Two Long in Captivity. Long periods of captivity were ex- perienced by two other American mis- sionaries. Dr. Neils Neilson, formerly of Minneapolis, was held for six months before he escaped. Rev. Howard Smith of Washington, Pa., spent more than two months in the hands of bandit captors. He es- caped while his guards were sleeping. Six American missionaries were iso- lated for several days in the midst of a battle between regular soldiers and rebels in West Hupeh Province. They finally made their way to safety as hope for their lives was waning. English residents of China have en- countered like perils. Six British sub- jects, kidnaped by Chinese river pirates, were released only after their captors were terrified by the appear- ance of British military aircraft sent to their aid. GIANNINI ANNOUNCES BANK’S PENSION PLAN Man Employes of Bank of Amer- ica Would Be Retired at 65 and Women at 60. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—Details of the retirement and pension plan’] for employes of Bank of America have been announced by A. P. Giannini, chairman of the board. ‘The plan, which becomes effective January 1, provides for retirement of man employes at the age of 65 and women at 60. It also provides for dis- ability benefits. Employes will make monthly 3ntrl- $450,000 anntally, Giannini said, Former Dancer a Suicide. LOS ANGELES, December 19 (£).— former yesterday by her husband, Charles D. Hall, in a gas filled room of their residence near a note in which she termed herself “a coward.” Hall said she had been worrying over financial matters. Cuba Sets U. §. Sugar Export. HAVANA, December 19 (P).—The set the production quota for the: sugar crop at 2,315,000 long tons, of which 1,456,540 is intended for export to the United States. ) He Addresses Wheat Growers at Rome BILLION 13 SOUGHT FOR HOME LOANS Wagner Will Introduce Bill to Provide More Funds. By the Assoclated Press. Provision for another billion dollars to be put in the hands of the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. appeared likely today as Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, announced he would introduce a bill at the next session of Congress to authorize issuance of such an amount in bonds to be ex- changed for mortgages on homes. Chairman John H. Fahey of the corporation recently inaugurated a survey to determine whether more Federal funds should be allotted or whether private capital would take over future financing. Existing funds are not sufficlent to meet applicaticns now on file with the H. O. L. C. Coincident with the Wagner an- nouncement, the White House made public a letter from President Roose- velt to Governors of all States, sug- gesting that laws be enacted to easec State restrictions on home loans. This, Mr. Roosevelt said, would allow home builders to take full advantage of the Federal housing act. ‘The corporation called a halt on ap- plications for loans several weeks ago when it was apparent its present $3,200,000,000 fund would be inade- quate to meet approximately 700,000 of the more than 1,000,000 applica- tions then awaiting action. Chairman Fletcher of the Senate Banking Committee said he would favor the new authorization. Chair- man Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee indicated approval. CONFESSION REPORTED IN SLAYING OF FARMER —_— Dover, Del., Police SBay Worker | Has Admitted Beating Em- ployer to Death. By the Associated Press. DOVER, Del, December 19.—John C. Morgan, 53, was charged today with the slaying of D. J. Pierre, 61- year-old farmer, whose bludgeoned body was found in a shallow hen house grave. Deputy Attorney General W. J. Storey said Morgan made a statement that he beat Pierre to death Satur- day, in the hope of obtaining pos- session of the 10-acre farm located between: Felton and Viola, Kent County. Morgan had worked and lived with Pierre in his little shack on the farm for nine days. He denied the killing when taken into custody yesterday, police said, but after more than eight hours of grill- ing gave them the details of Pierre’s death. MAN ILL FROM CAT BITE Animal Killed to Release Its Hold on Fingers. PITTSBURGH, December 19 (£).— Erwin Hershman, 49, is critically ill in a hospital after being bitten by a cat. Members of the family said the cat attacked Hershman four weeks ago while he was feeding it milk. Its jaws locked on his fingers and the hold was not loosed until the feline was killed. Earlier, two other members of Hershman's family had been bitten by the cat but they did not develop the illness with which he was stricken. Girl Who Joined Gang to Get Secrets for Law By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, December 19.— | Genevieve Roth, attractive 24-year- | old investigator who worked her way into the confidence of Chicago under- world characters and aided in the ar- rest of John Burns, Dillinger mobster, was not concerned about the danger that attended her mission. “I wasn't scared at any time,” she said today, but added she was worried about any anxiety she may have caused her mother who lives at Boon- ville, Ind. The mother, Miss Roth indicated, did not know she had been assisting J. Edward Barce, Indiana deputy attorney general, in the work. Barce and Gov. Paul V. McNutt were high in praise of the girl who is employed as a clerk in the attorney general's office. g Barce said that when he was out touring Chicago night redezvous with members of the Burns' gang, Miss ‘Wasn’t Afraid’ Indiana Attorney General’s Assistant Went Out With Mobsters, but Feared Only for Mother’s Anxiety. | Roth trailed him as a lookout, acting with Chicago police. “The next night she would go out | with members of the gang and I'd trail them,” he continued. Miss Roth refused to talk of her ex- periences. Some of the results of the probe into inner gang circles were summarized by authorities as: Approach to a final solution of the spectacular escape of 10 long-term convicts from Indiana State prison in September, 1933. Definite assurance that John Hamil- ton, Dillinger gangster wanted for murder of a Chicago detective, is still alive, Knowledge that Burns was a par- ticipant in a bank robbery at South Bend, Ind. last June when a police- man was killed. First indication that Joseph Fox, with Hamilton the last of the escaped | felons to evade capture, still is in the | Chicago district. Roosevelt’s Health Held Best Since His Inauguration FrequentVacations Help Him to Keep Fit, Doctor Says. By the Assoclated Press. The doctor says President Roosevelt is in better physical shape than at any time since entering the White House and is ready for the copgres- sional session dhead. © That wag ‘the repart given today by Dr. Ross T. McIntire, naval physi- cian in constant attendance on Mr. Roosevelt since he took office. Almost daily swims in the White House pool, frequent vacations and planned routine have kept the Presi- dent fit, Dr. McIntire said. “I don't suppose there is any man in the country who follows a routine more closely than does Mr. Roosevelt,” he added. “Only very special occasions interrupt his schedule. “We don’t have to worry much about him. About twice a year we check him over. No, we don’t worry much because he is so good about coming to us when he is feeling a little off. “The cruises he took this year and his excursions to Hyde Park and to Warm Springs have been a grand | thing. They serve to change his oc- | cupation entirely, get him away from the constant grind and out into the open. They have had a great deal to do with his present excellent con- dition.” The President will be 53 next Janu- ary 30. He now weighs in the 180’s and Dr. McIntire said this doesn’t vary more than four pounds a year. ARRESTED IN THEFT SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 19. (#)—A man who identified himself as Robert 8. Ambler, 50, wanted in Phil- adelphia in connection with embezzle- ment of $45,000, was arrested here yesterday. The arrest was made on information given by Joseph A. Lestrange, Phila- delphia superintendent of police. The man said he had been away from Philadelphia about a year. Life’s Like That “YOU C. OFFICE, MADAMI!!” S ANNOT BARGAIN WITH THE UNITED STATES POST (Copyright, 19343 . . D. C. ASKS ADVICE ONTRANGIENT AID 31 Civic Leaders Invited to Recommend Methods of Procedure. of 31 civic leaders, including of Government officials, was today by Commissioner George to advise the Commissioners | best methods of administration to transients. The Advisory Committee is not to hear individual complaints, but is to recommend improved methods of pro- cedure. The action was an outgrowth of the recent demand of a body of transients that Arthur S. Rosichan be | removed as director of the Transient Bureau and that numerous changes be made in housing, feeding, clothing and other care of transients. Those invited to constitute the Ad- visory Committee are Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, head of the Veterans' Ad- ministration; Miss Katherine Lenroot, director of the United States Chil- dren’s Bureau; Dr. Frederick W. Per- kins, Dr. Worth B. Daniels, Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, members of the Board of Public Welfare; Judge Ralph | Given of Police Court, United States Marshal John B. Colpoys, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; | Nels Anderson of the Federal Emer- gency Relief Administration; Albert W. Atwood, Travelers’ Aid Society; Dr. A. C. Christie of the Board of ‘Trade, Dr. Walker H. Colston, Walter Davidson, Washington Council of So- cial Agencies; Adjt. Gilbert Decker, Salvation Army; Dr. J. H. Hollister, Washington Federation of Churches; Maj. Campbell C. Johnson, Y. M. C. A.; Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing edi- tor of The Star; Eugene MacLean, general manager, Washington Post; George Marshall, publisher, Washing- ton Times; Lowell Mellett, editor, Daily News; Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, editor, Washington Herald; W. M. Kochenderfer, Robert T. Lansdale, Arch Mandel, Tracy W. McGregor, Capt. Rhoda Milliken, Women’s Bu- reau, Police Department; Dr. John O'Grady, director, Catholic Charities; Willlam J. Plunkert, John O'Connor Roberts and Miss Elizabeth Wickenden. CHICAGO IS REVEALED A CITY OF NOMADS Census Sponsored by C. W. A. Bhows 27.7% of Population Moved During 1933. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—A city of Nomads, this! Remember the C. W. A.? It spon- sored a census of Chicago last Jan- uary. The census found: That 230,041 families, 27.7 per cent :L the population, had moved within year. That the population had dropped 117,920 since the 1930 census, and of this loss most of the departing were males, for 79,482 men left town. Average rentals dropped from $51.30 in 1930 to $32.10 in 1934, TWO SHIP CAPTAINS SUSPENDED FOR CRASH Steamboat Inspectors Act on Case Involving Two Boats in Craig Hill Channel. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 19.—Steam- —Wide World Photo. BATSTA IFORNED OF EVDLT LA Commander of Cuban Arm Not Alarmed, However, by Preparations. | By the Associated Press. | HAVANA, December 19.—Puige) Batista, former sergeant who | commands the Cuban Army, said i |an exclusive pre-dawn interview to- |day: “I know preparations are being made for an armed action against the government, but so far they are not of |an alarming extent.” “As painful as it would be for us to have to use force against our people,” Batista said, “the army is ready to use every effort to prevent a new disturb- | ance.” Wish for Tranquility. Surrounded by a small group of aides at his headquarters, Batista, tar- get for much anti-government opposi- tion, said his supreme wish for Christ- mas is “tranquility for all Cuba, even if it means my own submergence and my conversion into & handful of ashes.” Batista expressed the hope that “no one will mislead Cubans into an effort to take arms against the government.” Batista replied to statements made public in Miami, Fla, last night by two of his political enemies, former President Ramon Grau San Martin and Dr. Joaquin Martinez Saenz, former secretary of the treasury. Grau, he said, “misinterprets the at- titude of the army and myself by look- ing upon us as opposing the rights of the people to self-government when we are only anxious to bring about a con- dition of peace which will make it pos- sible for the people to express their will in the only possible way—in elec- tions. He can be no more anxious than we are to avoid bloodshed.” Denies Saenz’ Charge. Of Saenz' charge that Batista Is try- ing ‘by sheer abuse” to provoke an up- rising so that he could mow them (in- surgents) down with his military ma- chine, Batista said. “Far from wanting to provoke unpre- pared outbreaks in which men poorly armed would be pitted against a highly | trained and well equipped army, our whole desire is to keep peace and make it possible to return to the nor- mal processes of civil life.” (Copyright. 1934) OPERATING RECEIVERS RULED FOR TIRE FIRM Kelly-Springfield Hearings Re- veal Shrinkage Since 1928 of More Than $20,000,000. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J, December 19.—Vice Chancellor Charles M. Egan yesterday ruled that the Kelly- Springfield Tire Co. shoyld be placed in the hands of operating receivers. Hudson County Prosecutor Daniel T. O'Regan, Edmund Burke, president of the company, and John T. Mac- Guire, representing the Textile Bank- ing Corporation of New York, will be the receivers, the court indicated. The ruling concluded a series of hearings. Vice Chancellor Egan said the firm, while not insolvent, is operating at a loss and that its as- sets have shrunk from about $30,000,- 000 in 1928 to about $9,000,000. “Army” Secretary Named. NEW YORK, December 19 (#).— The Salvation Army yesterday an- nounced the promotion of Col. Fletcher Agnew of New York, to be chief secretary of the Chicago office. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS /] S'S DV 4 i Children of Athens entertain with music fB ond song in the streels on Christmos eve. shopping days to Christmas