Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Foregast.) Fair and continued cold, With lowest temperature about 18 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Tempenv.ure? —Highest, 58, at 3:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 24, at 8:15 am. today. Full report on page A-12. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 15,16 & 17 Entered as sec No. 33,120. ond class matter post office, Washington, D. C he Fy WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1935—FORTY-SIX PAGES. SN WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Sfar wkkk The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto services. Yesterday's Circulation, 127,589 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved. (®) Means Associated Pi ress. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT DEMANDS END OF DOLE LINDBERGH IDENTIFIES BRUNO AS DEFENSE HINTS AT PLOT BY “INSIDERS” < Defense Quiz Lindbergh Answers In Brief, Positive Sentences Centers on Household. REILLY SEEKS SERVANT DATA } Lindbergh Denies Carrying Gun Into Court. (Copvyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 4— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today identified the voice of Bruno Richard Hauptmann as that of the man who took ransom for his kidnaped child in a Bronx cemetery and then Was| .~ the pench. Flyer Tells Court | By the Assoctated Press.” FLEMINGTON, N. J.. January 4— The third day of Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s trial for life began at 10:01 am. today, with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh returning to the wit- ness stand to continue his direct tes- timony. The jury was in court early and posed for innumerable photographs, | blodming in bright spots of light all over the courtroom. The opposing legal staffs also were on hand before Supreme Court Jus- | tice Thomas W. Trenchard appeared ‘There were short, subjected to a cross-examination that | ypispered conferences at defense and sought to place the plot within the Lindbergh home. Lindbergh, speaking in a low. fifm voice, said he heard the man who took the vain ransom payment say, *“Hey, doctor.” He told the court and jury: “That was Hauptmann's voice.” Farlier in the day Defense Counsel | Edward J. Reilly had announced the defense would show that Hauptmann “had nothing to do with the crime and that it was conceived in the Lindbergh home itself, but not by any member of the family.” Further, that “the kidnaping was planned and executed,by a gang of five persons, whose names, naturally, we cannot disclose at this time.” Flyer Not Armed. From the onset, after asking if Lindbergh was armed and receiving an answer of “no,” Reilly directed his | cross-examination toward his an- nounced line, asking sharp questions about the background of the Lind- bergh servants. The flyer's direct identification of Hauptmann's voice brought a flush to the defendant's face. He sat rigid and swallowed. Reilly made the flyer show with a pointer and the State’s charts the layout of the nursery and home and | wanted to know from him how servants moved about the house. He was especially insistant upon the probability that no persons outside of the Lindbergh home would know that the Lindberghs were forced to stay in Hopewell overtime on the fateful week end in March, 1932, because the baby had a cold. Lindbergh had testified | they had usually returned to Engle- wood on Sunday afternoon. The baby was kidnaped on Tuesday night, March 1, 1932, As to whether a person or a “gang” on the outside would have knowledge as to his movements, Lindbergh said: “Well, that depends upon their organ- ization.” Speaking in Firm Tones. Lindbergh talked in low and firm tones and seemed at east. Once he grinned when he defended the police 2gainst the cross-examiner’s assertion that they were “not infallible.” Lindbergh testified there were no fingerprints on the ransom notes, only smudges. Court was recessed from 12:30 to 1:45 pm. Before the cross-examination was taken up, Lindbergh described all of his futile search for his son, his flights over land and sea—all of them in vain. He told of putting $%0,000 in a small wooden box and of removing $20,000 at the cemetery after Dr. Condon told him the ransoming could be done for $50,000. The box was slightly cracked, he said, because of the bulk of the $50,000. The doctor got out of the automo- bile at the cemetery, he related, and returned in from 10 to 15 minutes, ., Later, he went to Bridgeport, Conn., hoping to get his child. He went by car with Dr. Condon, Col. Henry Breckinridge and a Mr. Irey of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Questioned on Plane Trip. From Bridgeport the party took to the air in an amphibian plane. “How long were you in the air in your plane?” Wilentz asked. “I believe several hours. I haven't the exact time. but we flew up over the area described in the note. We landed up there and spent a consider- able time looking over the sea har- bors in that vicinity.” The note of which he spoke, he said, had been delivered to Dr. Condon at St. Raymond's Cemetery when the mioney was paid. “What was the purpose of your mission in the plane?” he was asked. “We were looking for the boat de- scribed in the note which you just showed me and to see if we could find any location of my son.” “And after approximately two ho " “We were gone, I believe, longer than that, because we landed there. As I recall now, we did not return until after noon.” Piloted Ship Himself. “Did you pilot the plane yourself?” o] did.” “And during those hours you searched the waters in that vicinity (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) Escaped Trusty Still Missing. BALTIMORE, January 4 (P).— James Sudler, 26-year-old trusty, who escaped from the State Penitentiary late yesterday, was still missing today. While painting a fence outside the penitentiary, he asked to go inside. Given permission, Sudler turned a corner leading toward the main en- .!ruu:e and disappeared. ‘ prosecution tables. The ransom notes, in their trans- | parent cellophane envelopes. received | much attention by the State’s attor- | ney. | The buzz of conversation died down as Judge Trenchard mounted the bench and the jury roll was called. Then Hauptmann, looking paler and |more deep eyed than usual, was | brought into court with his State | trooper and deputy sheriff guards. He | did not pause tc talk to his counsel as he did yesterday. | Lindbergh Appears. | Lindbergh, who was on the stand at adjournment yesterday, entered court four minutes after Justice Trenchard. | He wore the same gray suit as yes- terday. a blue shirt and blue-and- | white-striped tie. He was accompanied by Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey Staté police. | Justice Trenchard issued stern | warning to photographers that no pic- | tures be taken in court. Judge Trenchard opened the trial with the remark, “If the counsel are | ready, Col. Lindbergh, you may take the stand.” ‘The aviator then took long strides to the stand. He crossed his legs, | threw one arm over the back of his | chair, and smiled slightly. Hauptmann fixed his pale blue eyes on the flying colonel as the testimony progressed. Lindbergh looked straight | at Attorney General David T. Wilentz, | who questioned him. Footprint Questions. Wilentz asked: “Now. colonel, you were telling us and, getting away from that moment and returning to the home again, you said you went into the room, I think, on two occasions, after which, or be- tween which, you went out with your rifie. Now will you tell us about the condition of the room with reference to whether or not there were any foot- prints of any kind at all in the room,” Lindbergh answered: “There were prints on the suit case | or on top of the suit case which was under the wipdow on the southeast side of the nursery. There was also | at least one print on the floor beneath that window and inside of the suit case, which was on a small check, and there was also, according to my best | recollection, a print on the window sill itself.” Continuing the examination: Q. What do you mean by a print, colonel? A. A deposit of yellow clay, I will call it. Q. Sort of mud? A. Well, mud carries more of the distinction of blackness to me; it was a yellowish, red clay, such as outside the house beneath that window. Q. I see. A. The length and approximately the breadth of a man’s foot the prints were not as distinct as to be able to see the complete outline of- & foot. But they were very definitely made by a man's foot. Q. So that, as I understand it then, there were these—we will call them prints from the window sill in the direction of the crib, toward the crib. A. There was at least one between the window sill and the crib, in addi- tion to the others. Identifies Chest. Q. When you talk about the chest, I show you exhibit S-11 and ask you whether or not the chest which ap- pears on that exhibit right immedi- ately adjoining the window is the chest that you refer'to? is. The name of Dr. John F. Condon, the Jafsie of the ransom negotiations, was mentioned in testimony for the first time when Wilentz produced ad- ditional ransom notes. “Eventually did you meet Dr. Con- don?" “Yes,” sald the father of the slain child. “It was the evening of March 2ogrmbhmmomh¢dmh “And through him did you receive these notes?” “Yes, Dr. Condon brought these with him to our home in Hopewell that evening,” he said. Wilentz then offered three more ransom notes and their envelope as evidence. They were accepted. Wilentz then took the ransom notes, passed them ‘to Defense Counsel Reilly for brief scrutiny, and offered them as evidence. “Did you authorize Dr. Condon to conduct ransom negotiations?” Wilentz resumed. “Yes, I did,” Lindbergh answered. One by one Wilentz presented the notes of that futile ransom eorre- spondence. Lindbergh examined them all carefully, even reading one or To | the_ flash bulbs of the photographers ! about the second note you received | Questions of Scene in Room W hen He Discovered Child Was Miss- ing and His Giving Police Alarm. of the letters to make positive identi- fication. ‘‘Yes, that is one of the notes,” was his invariable reply. “This was shown to me very shortly before the payment of the money in the cemetery,” he said crisply in identifying one of the last letters the kidnaper sent to Jafsie. ! Sees Sleeping Suit. | Wilentz showed Lindbergh & faded | scrap of paper, a section of & roto- | gravure section. *“That,” said Lindbergh, “is paft of a wrapping paper I saw at Dr. Condon's home. In it was wrapped the sleeping suit.” Wilentz showed the colonel & baby’s sleeping suit next. “Wasn't this wrapped | paper?” he demanded. The colonel looked at the small suit long and quizzically. After he had | answered “Yes, that is right,” he | continued to gaze at the garment in which his son slept his last sleep. Hauptmann stared intently at Lind- bergh as the suit was placed on ex- hibit. He blinked. | Finally, Lindbergh came to. the final note, which immediately pre- ceded the ransom payment. “I was in Dr. Condon's home in the Bronx. It was April 2, 1932," he related, describing the arrival of that last note. “I saw Dr. Condon walk to the table and from bensath it Ne got a note,” Lindbergh relgted. He said he did not see Dr. Condon get the note. “As a result of that note did you and Dr. Condon then depart in an auto?” ‘Tes, we did.” “Who was driving?” “T was.” Wilentz asked if they had money with them. “We had $70,000. It was wrapped in brown paper and packed in & wooden box.” “The time, Colonel?” “Approximately half past eight.” Relates Cemetery Scene. “You sat in the car while Dr. Con- don went into the cemetery?” Wilentz asked. “Yes® “How far was the car from the cemetery?” “About two or three hundred feet.” “Dr. Condon walked along the ceme- tery.” Lindbergh continued, “and went to e corner.” in that $70,0002" “Yes. Dr. Condon stood at the cor- ner a few moments and then turned back and started to walk back. “Then I heard clearly a voice seem- ing to come from within the ceme- tery.” “And what did that voice say?” “It said, ‘Hey, doctor!’ It was a foreign accent.” “How many times did you hear that voice?” “Only once.” Voice Was Hauptmann's, “Since that night in St. Raymond Cemetery did you hear that same voice?” Wilentz went on. “Whose was that voice?” “Mr. Hauptmann’s.” Hauptmann flushed slightly. A buzz went through the court room, and the court, busy with notes on the assertion, paid no heed to the com- motion. Mrs. Hauptmann paled and trembled slightly when the words were uttered. Dr. Condon went off to confer with (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Bruno’s Composure Breaks Down After First Day of Trial Appears Deeply Moved After Hearing State Name Him Murderer. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 4— Bruno Richard Hayptmann tried in vain today to cloak with his’ usual composure evidences of. nervousness aroused by the dramatic events of his trial. His guards said he appeared affected deeply after being called by the at- torney general “the man who mur- dered that baby,” and after hearing the testimony of Col. and Mrs. o mske it appear thal “And you sat in the car with| WE MAY HAVE LOST SOME WEIGHT BUT WE HAVE SOME STRONG LUNGS! \ .S VARDERTCUT B SOOI Treasury Statement Shows Gross Public Debt of $28,478,663,924. By the Associated Press. Twenty billion dollars’ worth of | America’s original World War debt has been liquidated. This fact was disclased today fn | the year end statement of the Treas- ury, which showed only $5,122,327,400 of the $25,300,000,000 borrowed in the prosecution of war had not been paid off by the end of 1934. Still out- standing were $1,392,226,250 of first Liberty 32 per cent bonds, $5,002,450 first Liberty converted 4s, $535981,- 250 of first Liberty converted 4!,s and $3,189,117,450 of uncalled fourth Liberty 4!s. Four years of depression, and at- tempts to combat it, however, had caused the gross public debt to in- crease $12,452,000.000 by the year's end to a total of $28,478,663,924. The war-time peak was $26,596.701,000. $1,282,044,000 Before War. When the United States threw in her lot with the allies, the debt was only $1.282,044,000. This was as of March 31, 1917. Twenty-nine months later it had reached the war-time high. The first reduction of any conse- quence occurred in 1919 when a huge cash balance of more than a billion dollars, accumulated in the Treasury for war purposes, was diverted to re- call outstanding obligations. Then came the prosperous era from 1924 to 1229 when huge Government sur- pluses were employed similarly, As a result, a low postwar level of $16,- 026,000,000 was established on Decem- ber 31, 1930. On the basis of daily Treasury statements, indications are that the deficit will acale the $30.000,000,000 mark by the end of the present fiscal year, On Weekly Basis Now. Lately, the Treasury financial oper- ations have been on a week-to-week scale, consisting of 182-day bills sold to the highest bidder on a discount basis. In other words, the interest is deducted by the bidder and the_ bills are paid at par. There are 26 of these issues outstanding at present. The year end Treasury statement disclosed that the Government took in only 52 cents for every dollar it paid out in the first half of the present fiscal year. The expenditures totaled $3,545,017,914 as against collections of $1,845,082,517, making a six-month deficit of $1,699,935,397. BLIZZARD TAKES LIVES OF EIGHT IN CANADA Gas Fumes and Explosion XKill Three Others, as Temperature Drops to 30 Below. By the Associated Pres! WINNIPEG, January 4—Western Canada counted 11 dead today after a three-day attack by blizzards, snow- slides and gas explosions. Blizzards left five dead, snowslides took three lives, while gas fumes took two and a gas explosion accounted for another. Chill winds still whipped snow in sharp sullles, but temperatures on the prairies were moderating from 30 below szero to around 5 and 10 below. The forecast was for milder weather in Manitobs, Saskatchewan and Al- berta. BULLETIN President Roosevelt to- day issued an Executive order continuing the 5 per cent pay cut for Federal employes until June 30 next. This was routine and it was believed would not interfere with efforts now underway to have the pay cut restored by legislation as of January 1. HENRY'S KIN SAY HARRIS INNOCENT Mother and Sister of Victim Join Move for Par- don, Laura Henry, sister of Milton W. “Milsie” Henry, and her mother have wired James A. Finch, pardon clerk of the Department of Justice, that | they are convinced Charles Harris is innocent of Henry's murder. Harris is at present in District Jail await- ing electrocution next Friday. Neil Burkinshaw and Nugent Dodd, former assigtants to the Attorney General, who are now engaged as counsel for Harris, are basing all their hopes on executive clemency. In the past two or three days they have dug up evidence they believe will prove Harris innocent in the eyes of the law, even though his case was turned down ¥y the United States Supreme Court. While President Roosevelt was ad- dressing Congress today letters arrived at the White House from all parts of the East petitioning executive clem- ency for Harris. A prominent New York lawyer wrote a six-page letter to Mr. Roosevelt, the letter arriving at the White House yesterday. In asking for a grant of commutation of sentence on behalf of Harris, this attorney says he made a minute stuc; of the case and that he found 40 glaring errors in the testi- mony. Mrs. Harris, wife of the convicted man, has come to the city with what is believed to be “an entirely new version of the case” one that will be presented tomorrow morning to the Department of Justice pardon clerk. Revolt Is. Growing In Long Bailiwick| Against Oil Tax Employes of Standard Oil Ov. Appeal to Roosevelt for Aid. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., January 4— A spirited revolt against Senator Huey P. Long's oil-refining tax was brew- ing in the Kingfish's bailiwick today. Oil-refinery workers were summoned to a mass meeting tomorrow night to protest the tax, and an appeal for aid has been dispatched by 27 Standard Oil Co. employes to Presi- dent Roosevelt. Employes of the Standard Oil Co. and eight others in the Su:fn"m invited to the protest meeting. The Standard Oil Co. plant here, one of the largest in the world, an- nounced yesterday that the tax of 5 cents & barrel on the refining of oil made it necessary for them to begin “laying off” employes and moving some of its plant equipment next week. The tax will become effec- tive January 9. The Louisians dictator, in New Or- leans, said he djdn't “know nothing” sbout the oil row. ' s l ROOSEVELT CALLS STRATEGY PARLEY Garner, Byrns and Other Leaders to Map Plan to Avoid Rifts. By the Associated Press. Vice President Garner, Speaker Byrns and other leaders in Congress were to gather at the White House tonight with President Roosevelt to discuss details of the legisiative pro- gram and & strategy for the new ses- sion, One point expected to receive at- tention is the problem of averting any tendency for the huge Demo- cratic majorities to split into factions. Action along this line was taken late yesterday when the House clamped down a stern rule to curb any blocs that might threaten to get out of hand. Brushing aside cries of “gag rule,” the leaders held the House in session until, by & vote of 242 to 167, it passed the new rule making it diffi- cult to force a.yote on proposals un- wanted by the high command. Henceforth 218 signatures will be re- quired on a petition to force a bill out of committee, instead of 145. Connery Protests. A protest that the effect would “hamstring” _progressive legislation came from Representative Connery, Democrat, of Magsachusetts, advocate of a 30-hour week bill frowned upon by administration leaders. “We're going to give the country a real laugh,” Representative O'Malley, Democrat, of Wisconsin, said. “when we tell 'em we had to pass this gag rule to protect ourselves from that little minority across the aisle.” ‘The program and criticisms of some New Deal measures offered by House Minority Leader Snell was still being discussed on the Hill today. Declaring | “we will meet each legislative proposal with open mind,” the statement at the same time attacked “this extravagant, bureaucratic government,” and declar- ed for a balanced budget, sound money, freedom of the press, a pro- tective tariff, veterans legislation, old age pensions and unemployment in- surance. Called Childish by Robinson. The statement, containing a 20- point program, was attacked as “childish” by the Senate's Democratie leader, Joseph T. Robinson. While Representative Fish, Republican, of New York, said the Snell statement “represents the sentiment of the leading House Republicans,” and Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, called it “very fine,” Sena- tor Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, said “I don't want to comment on that conglomeration” and Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon, Re- publican leader of his branch, said “it has never been submitted to our fellows.” The 145-name petition has been used in the past in behalf of such measures as 3.2 beer, bonus, Frazer- Lemke farm mortgage refinancing, 30-hour-week and the like. It was not, leaders said, directed at the bonus this time, since an early vote on that issue is expected. Bonus Bill in Hopper. ‘The bonus, in fact, will be one of the first major cgptroversies Oon- gress will run into after it starts real work next week. Representative Pat- man, Democrat, of Texas, yesterday offered “House bill No. 1,” a meas- ure for full and immediate payment of the $2,100,000,000 bonus, opposed by the administration. Patman and other bonus men ex- confidence of victory, even over & presidential veto. In the Sen- ate Chairman Harrison of the Finance Committee predicted s “hard fight,” but eventual defeat of the proposal. Miss Earhart Tests Radio. SAN FRANCISCO, January 4 (P).— Believed to mark the first voice com- munication between an airplane flying over Hawaii and stations on the main- land, the two-way phone radio tests from Amelia Earhart’s plane were pro- nounced Transpacific | _2nd reform becomes confused and (Continued ‘l’l“ 3 3) IIhd CONGRESS IS TOLD JOBS MUST BE FOUND - FOR MANY MILLIONS Roosevelt Outlines New Ameri- can Policy for Security of Livelihood and Homes. 'EMERGENCY PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITIES TO BE UNITED Chief Executive Warns Against Exces- sive Profits and Sounds Note of Optimism for Future. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt proposed to Congress today to take the unemployed off the dole and put them to work. “The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief,” the President said in addressing the Senate and House in joint session. “I am not willing that the vitality of our people be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market baskets, of a few hours of weekly work cutting grass, ral king leaves or picking up papers in the public parks,” he emphasized. New American Policy Outlined. In place of the dole, the President laid down a new American policy. This policy has two phases. The first and permanent phase deals entirely with social security. The second looks immediately to a huge public works program. All emergency public works are to be united into a single new and greatly enlarged plan. The establishment of this I Text gf_!_flissage I The President's message to Con- gress follows in full: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: The Constitution wisely pro- vides that the Chief Executive shall report to the Congress on the state of the Union, for through you, the chosen legisiative repre- sentatives, our citizens everywhere may fairly judge the progress of our governing. I am confident that today, in the light of the events of the past two years, you do not consider it merely a trite phrase when I tell you that I am truly glad to greet you and that I look forward to common counsel, to useful co-operation and to gen- uine friendships between us. Progress Is Reported Under New Order. We have undertaken a new or- der of things; yet we progress toward it under the framework and in the spirit and intent of the American Constitution. We have proceeded throughout the Nation a measurable distance on the road toward this new order. Materially, I can report to you substantial benefits to our agricultural popu- lation, increased industrial activity and profits to our merchants. Of equal moment, there is evident a restoration of that spirit of confl- dence and faith which marks the American character. Let him who, for speculative profit or partisan purpose, without just warrant would seek to disturb or dispel this assurance, take heed before he as- sumes responsibility for any act which slows our onward steps. Throughout the world change is the order of the day. In every nation economic problems, long in the making, have brought crises of many kinds for which the mas- ters of old practice and theory were unprepared. In most nations social justice, no longer a distant ideal, has become a definite goal, and ancient governments are be- ginning to heed the call Thus, the American people do not stand alone in the world in their desire for change. We seek it through tested liberal traditions, through processss which retain all of the deep essentials of that re- publican form of representative government first given to a troubled world by the United States. Unity of Program Is Revealed to Nation. As the various parts in the pro- gram begun in the extraordinary session of the Seventy-third Con- gress shape themselves in prac- tica! administration, the unity of our program reveals itself to the Nation. The outlines of the new economic order, rising from the disintegration of the old, are ap- parent. We test what we have done as our measures take root in the living texture of life, We see where we have built wisely and where we can do still better. ‘The attempt to make a distinc- tion between recovery and reform is a narrowly conceived effort to substitute the appearance of real- ity for reality itself. When a man is convalescing from illness wis- dom dictates not only cure of the symptoms, but also removal of their cause. It is important to recognize that while we seek to outlaw specific abuses, the American objective of today has an infinitely deeper, finer and more lasting purpose than mere repression. Thinking people in almost every country of the world have come to realize certain fundamental difficulties with which civilization must reckon. Rapid changes—the ma- chine age, the advent of universal and rapid communication and many other new factors have brought new problems. Succeeding generations have attempted to keep pace by reforming in piecemeal fashion this or that attendant abuse. As a result, evils overlap new system, the President said, | would make it possible to supersede | the Federal Emergency Relief Admin- | istration with a co-ordinated author- | ity. This new authority will liquidate present relief activities and substitute a national chart for giving work. Appearing in person in the House chamber to deliver his annual message to Congress on the “State of the | Unien,” the President was given a tremendous ovation. His message, the details of which had been closely guarded, was listened to with the keenest interest by the members of Congress and by guests of Con- gress, who crowded the galléries. His address was broadcast to the Nation. “New Economic Order” Seen, Declaring the “new economic order” is taking shape in this country—as well as abroad—the President insisted that America is progressing toward it within the spirit and intent of the Constitution. He issued a warning to these critics of the New Deal who undertake for speculative profit or partisan purpose to dispel the assurance which has been growing among the people, a spirit of confidence and faith The President declared against destroying the profit motive. At the same time, he declared against exces- sive profits, creating undue private power. By far the greater part of his mes- sage was dedicated to a discussion of his program for social security. This embodied really his plans for meeting the unemployment emergency—for taking care of the 5,000,000 workers whom he pictured as now on relief rolls of one kind or another. He promised that the new plans for public works will be within the sound credit of the Government. ‘The figures are to be submitted in his budget message, which probably will go to Congress on Monday. No other hint of what sums the Chief Executive would demand to carry out his plans was given toda: Note of Optimism. A strong note of optimism ran through the President’s message. He declared the program of emergency legislation, put through during the last Congress, had been a marked suc- cess. He saw in the operation of the N. R. A. a substantial increase in pri- vate employment. In the A. A. A. ke found that the farm population had been given great benefits and was on its way back to reasonable prosperity. The P. W. A. he said had provided great employment and was continuing to give employment. The President indicated a further legislative program which he will sub- mit in later messages. It will deal with the renewal and clarification of the general purpose of the N. R. A., the consolidation of Federal regula- tory administration over all forms of transportation, the strengthening of our facilities for detection and treat- ment of crime, the abolition of hold- ing companies for public utilities, gradual tapering off of emergency credit activities of the Government and the improvement of taxation forms and methods. The President told Congress reform and recovery must run along together, When a man is sick, he said, and con- valescing, the wise course to follow :s that which will not only cure but re- move the cause of the illness. This (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) BOY, 14, ADMITS KILLING CHUM AND HIDING BODY Youth Declares Playmate Was Shot Accidentally in Fame of “Cowboy.” By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va,, January 4 — Fourteen-year-old Elmo Walter Pfouts, held after the slaying of his chum, Richard Sinsel, 14, told police today it was all an accident during a boyish game of “cowboy.” Richard’s body was found yesterday under the porch of Elmo’s home. Sheriff Pitzhugh ' Reynolds said Richard had been killed New Year day and quoted young Pfouts as say- ing: “I shot him while we were playing cowboy. I never quarreled with Rich- ard in my life. I was scared and s¢ the bdy’uMer the porch steps.”