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WATERWAY PACT RATIFICATION SEEN Likely, With President Anxious for Project. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The Roosevelt administration, elec- trically-minded, is intent on harness- ing the greater water powers of the St. Lawrence River for the benefit of the people of New York and other States to which transmission may be made. The President, it is confidently predicted, will seek to bring about early ratification of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada at the coming session of the Senate. The supporters of the treaty believe that this time they will be able to obtain the necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate for ratification. ‘The treaty which was defeated last March is being whipped into shape— with certain reservations attached— for transmission to the Senate. The representatives of the United States and Canada have been at work on the terms of the reservations. Two Schools of Thought. ‘There are two schools of thought on the proper time to send the St. Lawrence treaty to the Senate for consideration and action. One holds that the President should, and will, send the treaty to the Upper House again almost immediately after the session begins January 3. The other contends that there is more chance for trouble over the treaty in Canada this year than in the Senate, and that it would be better to wait until after the Canadian elections have been held. The latter group points out that the present Dominion government might easily be embarrassed by the imposi- tion of reservations providing for a much greater part of the work with American labor than was contemplat- ed in the original treaty, and provid- ing also that the United States re- tain complete sovereignty over Lake Superior. The opponents of the treaty are basing their hopes on the trend of sentiment which they say exists in Canada. Ontario is reported to be up in arms over the amount it must pay the Dominion government for the power development which it will have from carrying out the terms of the treaty. Quebec also is reported to have hammers out for the treaty. Chances Declared Excellent. In Washington, however, the chances for ratification of the treaty by the Senate are declared in some quarters to be excellent. In the first place, there is to be considerable shake-up in the membership of the upper house, as & result of the recent Eight of the Senators who < when the treaty was re- Jected by the Senate on March 14 last, will not be in the coming Congress. Seven of them are Republicans and one, @ Democrat. These seven Re- publican Senators will all be suc- ceeded by Democrats, while the Demo- crat, Senator Stephens of #Mississippi, will nep out while Senator-elect Bilbo steps It is beueved that a good many, if not all, of these new Senators will support the treaty. The Republican Senators who opposed the pact and who aere on the way out are Golds- boro, Maryland; Hatfleld, West Vir- ginia; Herbert, Rhode Island; Kean, New Jersey; Patterson, Missouri; Reed, Pennsylvania, and Walcott, Connecticut. Five Senators who supported the treaty will be “out” of the Senate. But there is no reason to believe that their successors will do other than favor the treaty. Fess of Ohio and Robinson of Indiana, who voted for the treaty are among them. Both will give way to Democratic Senators who may be expected to go along with the President in support of the treaty, G. O. P. Members Favor Plan, In addition, there are Republican Benators who voted against the treaty in ‘March who are now talking of sup- porting it, especially if there are reservations. Among these Senators who are reported to have changed their position are Senators Dickinson of Towa and McNary of Oregon, the latter, minority leader of the Senate. The vote stood 46 to 42 for ratifi- cation in March, less than the two- thirds necessary to approve and give effect to the treaty. Eight Senators failed to vote, some of them are known to be favorable to ratifica- tion. So far as New England is con- cerned, the adherents of the treaty believe that recent shifts in the Senate from that section will be fa- vorable to the treaty. ‘The opponents of the treaty must have a minimum of 33 votes ready to cast against the treaty at any time it comes up for action. Administration leaders are confident that the President will be able to get Present Debt Maximum Permits Five Billions for Public Works President Could Raise Fund Without Early Approval in Senate| Going Beyond Figures Set in Budget Message Last Spring. BY ERNEST K. LINDLEY. While the secrets of the forthcom- ing budget remain the possession of President Roosevelt and not more than two or three advisers, examination of New Deal finances now reveals that if he wished to do so, the President could assemble a fund of more than $5,000,000,000 for public works ex- penditures next year without permit- ting the national debt to rise beyond the figures set in his fiscal messages last Spring. To accomplish that the President would have to use the excess unallo- cated profits from gold devaluation and the large balance of the exchange stabilization fund that has not been called into use. $31,824,000,000 Maximum Set. There have been many indications that the President intends to try to put to work all the people on the re- lief rolls who are able to work—or at least one able-bodied member of each family—and that he will ask Congress to appropriate betwegn $5,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 for that purpose. In his budget message of January 4 of this year the President estimated the public debt as of July 1, 1935, at $31,824,000,000 and proposed to make that maximum. He estimated a deficit of $71309,000,000 for the fiscal year 1934, ended June 30 of this year, and a deficit of $1,986,000,000 for the fiscal year 1935, ending June 30, 1935, or a total deficit for the two years of $9,205,200,000. He proposed to bal- ance the budget in the year 1936, end- ing June 30, 1936. All the net budgetary estimates of a year ago have gone awry. It has been taken for granted for months that no attempt will be made to bal- ance the budget for the fiscal year 1936, with which the forthcoming budget message will deal. However, the pace of New Deal expenditures has lagged far behind that predicted by the President in his message of last January. As a consequence the administration has reserves on which it can call for expenditures in the fiscal year 1936. Increased by $525,000,000. ‘The maximum debt figure given by the President last January was in- creased by $525,000,000 last June by the appropriation for drought relief. In recommending this appropriation, the President specifically stated that it arose from an unforeseen demand and that it was an addition to the budgetary plan of January. Thus the maximum debt figure was raised to $32,350,000,000, and the estimated combined deficit figure for the fiscal years 1934 and 1935 was increased to_$9,820,000,000. The actual deficit for the fiscal year 1934 was $3,989,000,000, as against the estimate of $7,309,000,000. The deficit for the year 1935 up to December 20 was, in round $1,645,000,000. If the present rate of expenditures were maintained until June 30, the deficit for the current fiscal year would be approximately $3.500,000,000 against the estimate of $2,000,000,000. The combined- deficit for the two years would be $7,489,- 000,000, against the estimate of $9.- 820,000,000. The difference, which would be available for expenditure in the fiscal year 1936 'without in- creasing the natipnal debt beyond $32,350,000,000, would be $2,331,- 000,000. The next reserve on which the President can call is the free gold in the Treasury. On December 20, this amounted to $980,000,000, of which $807,174,000 came from the balance of the increment resulting from re- valuation of the dollar, after the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund had been set aside. A small free gold item is customarily carried on the Treasury books. For the purposes of this cal- culation it is assumed that only the “profit” from devaluation, amounting to $807,174,000 is used. $1,800,000,000 in Gold Left. Of the total of $2,000,000,000 set aside for exchange stabilization only $200,000,000 has been put to use. The operations of the exchange stabiliza- tion fund are carefully shrouded in AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION IN CANADA UP 72 PCT. 1 114,188 Turned Out in 11 Months. 40,011 Machines Put Into Export Trade. By the Associated Press. ‘WINDSOR, Ontario, December 22.— Automobile production in Canada dur- ing 11 months of 1934 was approxi- mately 72 per cent higher than for the same period last year, figures re- secrecy, but the dajly Treasury state- ment shows that $1,800,000,000 of the fund still rests in the Treasury vaults in the form of gold. No official in- formation concerning the remaining $200,000,000 is available, but unofficial observers who have caught glimpses of the operation of the fund from time to time through the Federal Re- serve Banks are of the opinion that it has yielded a profit. Inasmuch as $1,800,000,000 of the stabilization fund has not been called upon, its use for current expenditures next year has been suggested by va- rious members of the administration— although there has been no indication as to the official judgment of the ‘Treasury on this point. Seignorage Available. Another reserve on which the President could draw is the seignor- age on silver coined under the silver act of 1934. Seignorage on silver bought under previous legisla- tion is entered under miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. The Treas- ury has already made a “profit” of $52,000,000 on this account since July 1. However, seignorage on “new” sil- ver—that is, silver bought or na- tionalized under the silver purchase act—is segregated. The profit from that source already amounts to $73,- 000,000. Estimates on the total for the year are not available, but $150,000,- 000 has been suggested as a con- servative figure. Another factor to be considered is the fact that current revenues are exceeding ordinary expenditures of the Government, yielding a balance available for such extraordinary pur- poses as public works. Current reve- nues are running 25 per cent ahead of a year ago, and for the fiscal year promise to come near the estimate of $3,974,665,000 made a year ago, al- though industrial production has averaged considerably below the rate which was used as a calculation for the latter figure. Up to December 20 of this year revenues were $1,794,766,- 986, while ordinary expenditures were $1,646,522,100. If this advan- tage on the side of revenues were maintained steadily for the balance of the fiscal year the net yield above ordinary expenditures would be about $300,000,000. This item has already been taken into consideration in the estimate given above of the deficit for the fiscal year 1935. But for the ensuing year the margin of revenues over ordinary expenditures would be available for emergency use. Assum- ing that it is no more than seems probable for the current year, an- other $300,000,000 would be added to the reserve funds on which the Presi- dent could withdraw. Funds Are Listed. According to this calculation, which is no more than the very rough type of calculation which can be made on the surface of the Treasury state- ments, the President would have avail- able the following extra funds for the year 1936—all of which could be spent for emergency purposes without taking the national debt beyond the max- imum figure which he has hitherto named: In_expenditures previousiy estimated but not made before June 30. 1935. . . .$2,331.000.000 807.000.000 1.800,000.000 150,000,000 Unobligated profit de-~ valuation . Unused part of smhmnhon Silver seignorage . Excess of revenues over o dinary exi ing 1936. 300.000.000 $5.388.000.000 In reserve would still lie $200,- 000,000 in the stabilization fund, plus whatever profit it has made. At the present rate of outflow of P. W. A. money which already has been allocated, about $1,000,000,000 will remain unspent at the end of the present fiscal year. This would have to be subtracted from the total above, leaving $4,388,000,000 available for ad- ditional public works and other emer- geicy expenditures. R. F. C. Shows Deficit. This calculation does not take into account the fact that income may exceed outgo for the R. F. C. during the coming year. During the current fiscal year, repayments and cellections have exceeded payments by $18,905,000. (Copyright. 1934.) Total . Rome’s Catacombs Will Be Scene of Priest of Catholic U. Plans Program for Christmas. the treaty ratified if he puts up a|leased by the Canadian Chamber of | By the Associated Press. strong fight for it at the coming ses- slon, and they believe that he has every intention of doing so. ‘Walsh Confers Here. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Power Authority of New York, has been in Washington working with the State Department to bring about an ad- justment of the treaty provisions which would be acceptable to the Senate and also to the Canadians. He was particularly designated by the President to undertake this task, in conjunction with the department. New York State has a tremendous interest in the development of the waterway, especially as it affects the power problem. Walsh was appointed chairman of the Power Authority in 1931, by the then Gov. Roosevelt of New York, and has made an extensive study of the cost of distributing elec- tricity in New York State, as a basis for marketing St. Lawrence power ‘When it becomes available. In his report of this study, made to the President, the Governor of New York and the chairman of the Federal Power Commission, Mr. Walsh holds that the people of the States within transmission distance of the 8t. Lawrence, might have their elec- tric bills cut $181,749,887 a year, if the proper costs for distribution should be made effective instead of present costs. It is the contention of the President .and Mr. Walsh that the development ©of the power plants along the St. Law- rence, with the sale of power at rea- sonable prices, will furnish a yard- stick for the prices of all power used in these States; that it will in the end force the prices down. In New York State alone the esti- mlted saving to domestic consumers ‘would ,be more than 333 000,000 & year, and to commercial consumers, $30,000,000. There would be a great saving in the cost of street luhflnx. too, it is said. ts' Power to Be Large. ‘The St. Lawrence power plants con- templated, Mr. Walsh says, will have d 1,100,000 'fll power. This vast vau' development Commerce today revealed. The production of trucks and chas- sis was approximately 263 per cent over that of last year. The figures cover manufacture for domestic and export markets. Until the end of November this year, 114,188 automobiles were turned out, of which 70,177 were for Canadian con- sumption, and 40,011 for export. —_— . John Lovett Wed in Reno. RENO, Nev., December 22 (#).— John Lovett of Detroit, manager of the Michigan Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, and Mrs. Ava Hardcastle Green, newly divorced from Fred C. Green of San Francisco, were mar- ried at Carson City today, Lovett an- nounced here tonight. B Former Envoy Elevated. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, December 22 (#).—Roberto secretary of state. would bring much cheaper power di- rectly to the consumer and at the same time force lower prices for other power which they obtain elsewhere. The St. Lawrence River waterway project goes far beyond the matter of furnishing power at low rates to the consumers in the United States and in Canada. It is expected to revolu- tionize transportation ln many l'e- spects. The prospects of power d velopment, however, fit in closely wlt.h the plans of the Roosevelt administra- tion to bring people. The St. Lawrence all of & part in these ‘Tennessee Valley with the recent muon to m'rnhh tu,ooo Federal funds New York City and the Federal agen- cies there with electricity. Senator Norris of Nebraska said yesterday mthehopdmdbeucm ty would when it next comes before it. ROME, December 22.—The ancient catacombs Christmas afternoon will be the scene of a ceremony the early Christian probably never imagined could happen—a radio broadeast, and to a country they did not know existed, America. Father Michael Ducey of the Catho- lic University at Washington, D. C., arranged the program. Bishop Joseph F. Busch of St. Cloud, Minn, will speak. Fifty Benedictine monks of the Col- lege of St. Anselm at Rome will chant Gregorian Christmas chants in the St. Domitilla catacomb, 50 feet under- ground. St. Gregory, father of this chant, once preached a famous sermon in the room where the broadcast will take place, and one of the chants will be a hymn believed to have been sung in the catacombs nearly 2,000 years ago, all]ul “Ubi Caritas Et Amor,” or “Where Clurny and Love Are There Is Christ.” (The broadcast will be received here beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.) TOBACCO CONTROL ACT ATTACKED IN COURT North Carolina Farmers’ Associa- tion Claims Tax on Nonsigners Is Unconstitutional. By the Associated Press. GREENSBORO, N. C, December The Plodmt 'n:buen Non-Tax Court mumm meolbmro(mmumnm mmnmmunu- Yule | SOVIET ADMITS [INOVIEFF ARREST Former Red Leader Among 15 Held in Assassination ~of Kiroff. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 23.—The Commissariat for Home Affairs an- concerning enough data was avallable for their immediate trial, it was announced. Earlier the foreign office had re- fused to confirm or deny reports that the two were in custody. Soviet news- papers bitterly assailed them as the instigators of Kirof's assassination. (A dispatch from Warsaw to the London Express said the two would be tried by five judges, among them Joset Stalin, whom Zinviefl had opposed, and added that the death penalty “appears to be a foregone conclusion.”) ‘With the military collegium of the supreme court prepared to give Leonid Nicolaieff, identified as Kirofl's slayer, and 13 others speedy trials, the news- paper Pravda charged Zinoviefl and Kamenefl, long leaders in the first op- position against the five-year plan and socialization of Russis, with plotting the crime. ‘The assassination of Kiroff, power- ful in Communist party ranks, at Leningrad December 1, “was not ac- cidental,” Pravda said editorially. “That shot sounded from the revolver of one of the Zinovieff opposition.” A preliminary police report previ- ously had linked the two old-time bol- shevists, both stanch followers of Leon Trotsky in advocating the world revo- lution, with the activities of an as- serted terroristic group accused of plotting the Leningrad crime. The plan, the police report said, was to “disorganize the leadership of the Soviet government through terroristic acts directed against the chief lead- ers of the Soviet regime and thus gain a change in the present policy in the spirit of the so-called Zinovieff- Trotsky platform.” Pravda, recalling Zinovieff's tion to the establishment of the prole- tarian dictatorship, and his espousal of the policy of co-operating with bourgeois groups in socializing Russia, named with the two men reported un- der arrest I. I. Kotolinoff who, police said, commissioned Nicolaieff to shoot Kiroff. Mentioning others it said belonged to the group, the newspaper said: “These names once more remind the Communist party and young Commu- nists of many years of double-dealing and anti-Soviet contra-revolutionary work on the part of the Zinoviefl opposition. “This opposition has its own history, full of black pages and full of treach- erous acts against the party * * *." Twice Zinovieff had been expelled from the ranks of the Communist party for his alleged obstructionist tactics, and since 1928 he has held no important Soviet office. Previously he served in several posts under the Soviet regime, having been Ambassa- dor to Rome in 1927. As Nicolaeff and his alleged asso- ciates awaited trial, the toll of lives taken by Soviet justice since the assas- sination stood at 103, only 17 of those known to have been arrested having escaped execution. SLAYING OF GIRL, 18 REPORTED SOLVED Suitor, 54, Admits Killing Bakery Employe Last Year, Police Announce. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 23.—Police an- nounced tonight that the slaying of Ethel Zuckerman, 18, slain with a bread knife in a South End bakery shop & year ago, had been solved. Deputy Supt. James R. Claflin said Miller Prank Clark, 54, had confessed. Claflin announced the police had ar- rested Clark after receiving a tip from one of his woman friends, who told authorities she had discovered blood on Clark’s clothing. The deputy superintendent quoted Clark as saying he had stabbed the Zuckerman girl in the throat because she refused to marry him. Police had received several anony- mous letters from a man who said he had killed her, but they were unsuc- cessful in their attempts to trace them. A second bread knife, also blood- stained and with the blade bent, was found beside the body. There was evidence she had put up a struggle. Banks to Merge January 1. CHARLESTON, 8. C., December 22 (P)—A merger of the South Carolina State Bank and the South Caro- lina National Bapk, which operate branches in several cities in the State, will become effective January 1. Maj. Gen. J. E. 8. Brind, commanding officer of the international army assigned to police the Saar during the January plebiscite, is shown here (center) with two of his aides just after a consultation in the war office, London. With him are Lieut, C. D, Packard (left), aide-de-camp, and Col. J. G. Des R. Swayne, staff officer. ~—Associated Press Photo. U, S-FRENCH TAX. |[ Forum Spesker LEAGUES TROORS TREATY RATIFIED Chamber of Deputies Acts With Final Approval Seen Before Yule. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 22—The Tar- dieu-Edge treaty abolishing double taxation was ratified today by the Chamber of Deputies after a delay of two and a half years. Ratification, which had been urged by Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, came without debate or a record.vote. It now goes to the Senate, with the government hoping for final ratifica- tion before Christmas. Action by the Chamber quickly fol- lowed upon the recommendation of the Chamber Finance Committee that the accord between the United States and Prance be carried out. Criticism that the treaty was less favorable to France than to the| United States was overcome by the committee’s decision to ask for sup- plementary provisions ‘“safeguarding the French interests.” Trade Receives Boost. Franco-American “trade relations receive a boost by the ratification, which brings to an end the contro- versial problem of many years' stand- ing and represents a saving estimated at $120,000,000 for American firms. Negotiated in 1932 by Ambassador Walter E. Edge and Premier Tardieu, it dropped out of sight for two years and finally was placed before the chamber of Premier Doumergue in an effort to smooth over the debt- ruffied Franco-American relations. It represented an important piece of work on the part of former Am- bassador Edge. He and Tardieu signed it April 27, 1932. Two months later the United States Senate rati- fled it. When Ambassador Strauss took over the embassy the question still was & problem. Stipulates Kinds of Revenue. ‘The treaty contains 10 articles establishing regulations for taxation of American and French businesses established in the two countries and defines the kinds of revenue for which double taxation is avoided. Under the old French law French branches of American business houses were subject to taxation not only on the profits they made in PFrance but on a part of the profit made by the parent company all over the world. The treaty specifically bases taxation only on the business actually done in France. HOPES FOR NEW DEAL Chicago Filling Station Man Has Been Robbed 21 Times. CHICAGO, December 22 (#)—Jack Layton, filing station attendant, hopes for a new deal next year. Bince January 1 his station has been the scene of 21 robbery at- tempts—the last today, when Police- man Robert Christian captured one colored bandit and fought a gun bat- tle with another. Two weeks ago Policeman Henry Lion wounded a robber at the place. An Open Letter Dear Friend: Christmas, 1934 They were just penny Christm: S-In. but they help men, women and lmlo children right here in Washington, D. C, to win their way back to health from the communicable disease— tuberculosis. ° During our Christmas Seal Sale we mailed Seals to you with the hope that you could see your way clear to pur- chasing them from our association, which is fighting to control tuberculosis. A number of our friends have made anonymous eutrih?- tions. A number of others, iunable to purchase Seals this year, have returned them without giving their names. If you are smong either group, or if this yesr you feel htyu-“-flrhhhmwfi.mllmh-‘lym us just a line so that we may - -accounts? close our 1934 Christmas Seal b'nnmdl.'hdyum'ih‘h sppreciated. Any contribution, -ll.wlllhvcty-n-tly -Mu-dnyundnnuuy—-y Thenking you muflulflur,ll-. Faithfully, W, Charles White, M. D, President. SENATOR J. HAMILTON LEWIS. The threat that hangs over the world from increased armaments will be the subject of an address by Sena- tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois in the National Radio Forum tomor- row at 10:30 pm. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Washing- ton Star and broadcast over the net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. Senator Lewis is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ‘The failure of the Nation's signatory to the naval limitation treaty to agree upon terms for extension of the treaty and the conditions which exist both in Europe and in the Orient make Senator Lewis' address of particular interest. The Illinois Senator will speak on Christmas eve, and it is ex- pected that he will strongly urge on the peoples of the world the need of peace. b.0.P.INSURGENTS INHOUSEMAYBOLT Demand Floor Leader of Party Be Progressive. Favor Lemke. By the Associated Press. A frank threat to bolt the party unless House Republicans back a Progressive candidate for the speak- ership was added yesterday to Sen- ator Borah's demands for a G. O. P. reorganization. Simultaneously, a call vn issued for the Republicans to meet January 2 to select their speakership nominee. Since there are only 102 Republicans in the House, he will be snowed under by the 322 Democrats. But he will remain Republican floor leader and titular party leader. The “bolt” threat was made by Representative-elect Burdick, Repub- lican, of North Dakota. To Support Lemke. The “insurgent” Republicans, he said, intend to back Representative Lemke, Republican, of North Dakota for the highest Republican post in the House. “Would you carry that so far as to bolt the party and vote for another speakership nominee?” he was asked. “Certainly,” Burdick answered. “But if the Democrats name (Repre- sentative) Byrns (of Tennessee), we won't go for him. He won't do.” Burdick said that so far there had been no general meeting of insurgents. ‘The minority leadership post now is held by Representative Bertrand H. Snell Claims Victory. Recently, in fact, his followers claimed that 90 per cent of the House FINI] SAAR PASSIVE Inhahltants Quiet but In- hospitable While Await- ing Plebescite. Copyright. 1034. by the Associated Press. SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter- rjwry. December 22.—Foreign troops occupied German soil once again to- night, bringing back memories of the post-war occupation of the Rhineland. The battle flags of four nations flew over this rich basin as Britain, Italy, Holland and Sweden sent soldiers to back up the League of Nations’ deter- minatior that the plebiscite January 13—at which Saarlanders vote to re- main under the League, rejoin Ger- many or join France—must be peace- ful. , Simultaneously with their arrival began the four-day political truce called by the League of Nations’ Gov- erning Commission in an effort to keep the territory quiet over Christ- mas. Press Pokes Sly Gibes. ‘The soldiers, almost 3.000 of them this time, crossed the German border with the German government's per- mission, but Nazis in the Saar, not consulted in the matter, were with- holding old-fashioned German hos- pitality while their press poked sly gibes at the League's first interna- tional army. ‘The troops, pouring into the Saar from before dawn until after dusk, were reminiscent, Saarlanders said, of the American, French, British and Belgian occupation of the Rhine after the World War. There were no French troops this time. Pierre Laval, anxious for peace, had told the League France would stay out. The last detachments of the Rhine occupation forces left the Saar De- cember 12, 1930, and since there had been no foreign soldiers in this region until the vanguard of Britain's con- tritmtion arrived December 18. Thousands of Nazi flags were flaunt- ing their swastika above the heads of the marching Tommies, apparently in defiance of the League order forbid- ding display of any insignia after today. Shortly after dawn 15 Italian light tanks rumbled through the streets, followed by Queen Wilhelmina's Ma- rine Regiment in trucks. Great Brit- ain’s big batch of troops came next in trains, from Calais, and after them Benito Mussolini’s crack grenadiers and caribineri, one battalion of each. Sweden's soldiers also came by tryck. FRANCE EXPECTS TO LOSE. Loss of Saar Will Present Many Eco- momic Problems. PARIS, December 22 (#).—With France's worries over a possible explo- sion in the Saar vastly eased by the arrival today of most of the League of Nations' international army in the disputed territory, French engineers already were reported ready to pack up and leave in anticipation of the territory’s return to Germany. In addition to losing the Saar, Prance expects to have to feed from 15,000 to 20,000 anti-Hitler refugees from the region. What is to be done with these thousands of political refu- gees who have campaigned openly against Hitler was only one problem France must face. There is the problem of collecting the 900,000,000 francs cash for the Saar mines from Germany. This pay- ment is provided for in the Franco- German agreement reached at Rome recently under the League’s influence. There remains also the problem of assuring French citizens who have loaned money or sold goods on time in the territory that they will get their money back. And, finally, how is France to salvage a part of the fruit- ful Saar business developed over a period of 15 years? The tiny Saar now buys more from France than does the United States. MAN, 30, IS ARRESTED IN DIVORCEE’S SLAYING -| Waives Extradition and Returns to Columbus, but Denies e 3 f gl L COUNTY POLLUTION OF CREEK STUDIED U. S. Commission to Secure Regional Board’s Help. Apartments Opposed. Acting in the interest of the beauty of nearby Montgomery County, Md., the National Park and Planning Com. mission yesterday took steps designed to eliminate pollution from Rock Creek and to prevent erection of apartment houses in adjacent Maryland, east of Georgia avenue. ‘The organization voted to assemble its Regional Sanitary Committee, rep- resentative of District, Maryland and Virginia authorities concerned with health and sewage disposal, to cone sider the Rock Creek pollution prob=- lem. The exact date of this meet- ing has not yet been fixed. The com- mission moved along another front in the war on pollution when it named its member, Col. Damel I. Sul- tan, Engineer Commissioner of the District, to serve with nominees of the Maryland National Capital Park jand Planning Commission and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission. Time for Sewers Studied. Under the Capper-Cramton parke purchase act, when funds were ad- vanced to Maryland for the develop- ment of the nearby Rock Creek, Sligo and Cabin John valleys, the national commission entered into an agree- ment with the Washington Suburban Sanity Commission, under which pol- lution would be eliminated when it became a menace and when park property became polluted. Col. Sultan and his colleagues will seek to de- termine if the time is now ripe for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to carry out its agree- ment to install appropriate sewers to care for sewage now being dumped into Rock Creek. Associated with Col. Sultan, in pre- serving the interests of the District and Federal governments, will be J. B. Gordon, District sanitary engineer, and John Nolen, jr., director of plan- ning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The Pub- lic Works Administration recently ad- vanced funds for the study of pollue tion in Rock Creek. ‘The National Commission recom- mended to the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion that it disapprove plans for erec- tion of apartment houses in the area between Eastern avenue and Blair road, in Maryland, east of Georgia avenue. The national group declared that it is opposed to erecting apart- ments in this single-family house zone. D. C. Zoning Change Feared, The question assumes particular importance to the District, said Thomas 8. Settle, the National Com- mission’s = secretary, because if the Maryland authorities permit the erec- tion of apartment houses in that sec- tion, this would probably mean a change of zoning also on the District side. Arno B. Cammerer, executive officer of the National Planning Com- mission, is a member of the District Zoning Commission. Widening of G street an additional 71 feet between Seventh and Ninth streets to permit two lanes of traffic south of the street car tracks was considered by the commission and referred to its Co-ordinating Com- mittee, on which are representatives of the District, the general public, the commission and the United States Engineer's Office. That group will give the matter detailed study and report back to the commission with recommendations. This work will not affect the old Patent Office Building, as will the widening of F street, to the south. The: commission took final action on the plan for the Twelfth street plaza, between the old and new Post Office Department Buildings. This is designed to improve traffic conditions and looks to the time when the old Post Office structure is torn down and the circular treatment is'com- pleted, with the Interstate Commerce Commission Building, the new Post Office Department Building, the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue Building and another new building forming its segments. William A. Delano, archi- tect member of the commission, gave particular study to these plans. To Spend on 17 Projects. By formal vote, the commission re- affirmed its previous action in decid- ing that the $507,000 of its hitherto- impounded funds, recently released by the Bureau of the Budget, would be spent solely upor the 17 projects it had designated. The commission de- clined to make public a list of these 17 projects, but it is known that they include the Banneker and Takoma Recreation Centers and development of the Fort Drive, near the Alice Deal Junior High School in the Fort Reno section. Each of the 17 projects, officials as- serted, represents a program where 65 to 95 per cent of the land has been acquired for purk, playground or rec- reation center purposes. The commis- sion declared that no further tracts would be acquired until additional appropriations are made by Congress. Norman C. Brown, new assistant land purchasing officer, was introduced to the commission for the first time. Donation’of land for a new park was brought to the attention of the commission, when it learned the Chevy Chase Lend Co. has dedicated four acres to the National Capital Parks in a valley carrying a stream tributary to Rock Creek and located in the region bounded by Ellicott and Thirtieth streets and Linnean ave- nue. A subdivision is going forward in that area. Reports on Transfers. ‘T. C. Jeffers of the commission's staff reported on land transfers, in- cluding final action on transfer of land from the District Government to the National Park Service for the work on the Artemas Ward Circle a¢ Massachusetts and Nebrasks avenues, Preliminary results of the recent traffic survey were laid before the commission by Charles E. Herrick, its city planner. This represents an in- complete tabulation of some 90,000 cards, seeking information on the methods whereby Washington comes to work and goes home. Mr. Herrick expects to have a final report by next montk and to transmit de- ductions to ihe Public Utilities Com- mission and the transportation com- Ppanies. College Dean Near Death. , 8. C., December 22 the University of Florida, suffered se- vere head injuries when the tongue of s wrecked wagon penetrated the windshield of his car on the Augusta Carolina City Restores Pay. PAYETTEVILLE, N. C., December 22 (#).—Fayetteville aldermen today