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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly warmer today; tomorrow cloudy and colder; moderate southwest winds. Temperatures—Highest, 39, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 31. at 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-5. (#) Means Associated Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 1,562—No. 33,171 SENATE LEADERS AW ATITNEW DEALERS MAP PRESSURE FROM TO SPUR WORK Rest Fight Until .. More Favor- ' able Time. ROBINSON HITS AT INSURGENTS ' “Prevailing Wage” Backers Draw Leader’s Fire. | | | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Roosevelt administration. he <> WASHINGTON, D. C, COURT BATTLET0 SAVE POWER ISSUE Entire Program Seen En- dangered by Decision inT. V. A, Case. VOTERS RELIEF Facing Threat to Congress Control. PENSION BILL IS BOOMERANG PRESIDENT MUST CHART COURSE, LEADERS SAY Federal Right to Sell Direct to Communities Must Be Defended i in U. S. Arguments. Democrats Join| Republicans in Opposition. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. (Copyright. 1935 ) Presidential advisers took counsel ’!ogelher yesterday on means to seek | By the Associated Press. | prompt removal of the shadow cast Administration leaders stood face 0 | on the President’s power program, a | face last night with the realization | major phase of the New Deal. by SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 24, checked in its plans for a $4.000,000- 000 work-relief program, with a se- curity wage attached by a recalcitrant | Senate, is now looking to the country to back it up in its fight with the | upper house. | The opponents of the President’s bill. | who voted into the measure the Mc- | NATE LEADER ROBINSON. ““ ... The time has arrived when patriotism should be placed above politics, both personal and partisan.” that for the first time since President Roosevelt took office their control of Congress is seriously threatened. | Jolted by the sudden Senate revolt | on the work-relief bill, the Democratic chieftains stopped to survey the situa- tion. They found Congress nearing the end of the second month of the Judge William I Grubb's decision in the Federal District Court of Alabama | holding it unconstitutional for the | Federal Government to make electrical energy for sale in competition with private utilities. It was agreed that this decision, if upheld finally by the Supreme Court | of the United States, would render | Sy Stae 1935—100 PAGES. 7/ WISH FRANKL WOULD HAVE THOSE News Note—The Department of Commerce takes steps to see that no more slumber- | disturbing airplanes fly over the vicinity of the White House. Subscriber or Newsstand Copy Not for Sale by Newsboys TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE FIVE CENTS IN_WASHINGTON AND SUBURES PARAGUAY LEAVES LEAGUE SHUNNING - EFFORTS AT PEACE Resignation From Geneva Follows Consideration by Cabinet. 'PLAN REJECTION LAID | TO VICTORY IN FIELD Resignation Cannot Become Ef- fective for Two Years—Action Was Expected. | February 23. the League of Na- | - A note cabled to Geneva at 5 pm., | Chancellor unced, no- | tified the the Asuncion | government's withdrawal. | That was Paraguay's answer to the League's demand tlat she accept its propesals to end the two-and-one- half-year war in the Chaco. or inct tions Luis Riart a League of | the Leagur's wrath and possibly pt tive measures as an aggressor nation waging an illegal war. Roosevelt Sees Son Initiated; Carran amendment to pay the “pre- | COURTS PROJECTED Period Expires Tomorrow. vailing wage” to workers on relief projects, are to be allowed for the present to stew in their own juice The administration leaders in the Senate have decreed that the Senate Appropriations Committee, to which the work-relief bill has been recom- mitted, is to let the bill rest for the time being. This means—in plain English—until the people back home. who wish relief appropriations and who wish money for public works. shall have been heard from. There is no meeting of the committee called for tomorrow or for any time in the future. “There will be no relief bill re- ported to the Senate until we are as- eured that a bill satisfactory to the Preeident can be passed.” said one of these leaders emphatical Robinson Appeals to Country. Tn the meantime, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, let loose a blast last night. It was at once an appeal to the country and to members of the Senate. Declaring that the payment of the prevailing wage would add $2.340.- 000,000 to the cost of the work relief program, bringing the total appropria- | tion carried in the bill up to $7.220.- | Robinson insisted 000.000, Senator of the United that the Treasury States could not stand such & drain. | “The drain on the Treasury." said Senator Robinson. “to provide $4,830,- 000,000 (the amount carried in the President’s bill) would have been great enough. The drain is too great to authorize $7.220,000,000 when the au- thorization is caiculated to defeat the primary purpose which promoted the formation of the plan.” Scoring the Senators who voted for the prevailing wage amendment, Sen- ator Robinson said: “The time has arrived when patriot- ism should be placed above politics, both personal and partisan.” Aims Blow at Insurgents. The Democratic leader was hitting at the 21 members of his own party, the 21 Republicans and the single members, respectively, of the Progres- | sive party and the Farmer-Labor par- ty who voted to override the wishes of the President in this matter. The supporters of the prevailing wage amendment have so far showed no signs of weakening. Senator Mc- Carran of Nevada. Democrat, author of the amendment which has upset the administration apple cart, said yesterday that he proposed to offer his amendment again when the bill is reported out from the Appropria- tions Committee Senator McNary of Oregon Re- publican leader. did not indicate that either he or the other Republicans who followed him in support of the McCarran amendment had changed by one iota their opposition to a security | wage which would average $50 a month. He conferred yesterday with | Republican members of the Appro- priations Committee and later he said: “The Republicans are anxious that there shall be no delay ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 4) ' GRACE KIDNAPING DECLARED FOILED Plot Against Steel Magnate Re- ported Confessed by Four in Custody. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 23.— The Inquirer says four men, held at Bethlehem, Pa., in connection with two bank hold-ups up-State, made a statement to police concerning a reputed plot to kidnap Eugene Grace, president of the Bethlenem Steel Co. The plot, the Inquirer sald was foiled by the round-up of the four, who were captured in Detroit. The conspiracy involved holding Grace for $250,000 ransom, the In- quirer states, adding that one of the prisoners told authorities the gang also planned to abduct Mayor Robert Pfeifle of Bethlehem. Bethlehem police refused to com- ment, Guide for Readers . .Part One ..Part Two .Part Three Part Four .Part Four .Part Five : Pn%c 8, Part 4 . .Pages B-7 to B-11 Found....Page A-9 s General News. Editorial Society Amusements . Special Features. Finance . g.ldl& o rts . fil’?t and in passing | DEMANDS SHAPED Secret Organization of 100 House Democrats May { Get Into Action. By the Associated Press. New congressional demands for | | silver inflation legislation approached | crystallization yesterday, coupled with Capitol talk about the “revolt” po-l | of 100 Democratic House members. Reports of a direct connection be- tween the two movements were de- nied. But many agreed the effect of both would be to push through lpglslauon“not originally proposed by the administration. Representative Dies. Demacrat, of Texas, making clear he had no inten- tion of upsetting administration plans, said he would call a meeting of silver advocates this week “I'm going to propose.” he said, “that we compel the Treasury to accept silver from any source and pay for it with silver dollars or new currency at the rate of $129 an ounce instead of 53 cents. Price Increase Seen. “The result would be to increase the purchasing power of the rest of the world, stimulate our trade and | increase prices. | “I expect there’ll be 100 or more | members at the silver caucus, and {I'm sure we'll all go along together.” | Dies said he had not heard of the proposed organization already named in cloak room talk as the “secret 100.” Other members, however—who de- | clined to let their names be used— | said that its formation was continu- ng. | tentialities by a secret organization | | As to the purpose of the organiza- tion, they expressed varying views except that it should not include any of the regular House leaders or any committee chairmen. The lead- ers and committee chairmen, they contended, already had enough say about what Congress should or should not do. It was obvious that backers of the “secret 100" hoped to repeat what was accomplished toward the close | of the last Congress when a similar | unification pushed through the silver | purchase and railroad retirement acts, neither of which was on the administration’s program. “Rump” Caucus Plan, Some even went so far as to say that when the ‘“secret 100" was formed it would hold “rump” cau- | cuses to comsider bills sent to the Congress by the administration. “We would accept the suggestions of our own members who know .the "~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. IDAHO SENATE ASKS TOWNSEND PASSAGE Memorializes Congress on O0ld- Age Pension Plan—House Yet to Act. | By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, February 23.—The Idaho Senate tonight approved a Sen- ate joint memorial to Congress ask- ing for approval of the Townsend old- age pension plan, yet acted. The House has not By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, February 23.—Convict moonshiners, talents long wasted be- hitd prison bars, may again make Georgia “cawn likker” for — not against—the State, There’s a bill, on which final action may come Monday, in the State House of Representatives. providing for a distillery at the new State prison farm in Eastern Georgia. The bone-dry law of 1907 still is on the statute books, but the bill for the prison “still” also provides a popu- Iar referendum on repeal. Thus, if the State goes wet and decides to make its own product and zell it in the State's stores, prisoners who are serving time because they 2 This situation was nothing less than startling by comparison with the first session under President Roosevelt, Pennsylvania avenue was crowded then with messengers bearing grants of power to the White House. An explanation of the change was quickly advanced by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which in its fortnightly review, said one of the chief causes was “‘growing resist- | ance to the sweeping character of pro- | posals advanced by the administration as well as to the determination of an important bloc to follow a more de- liberate and independent course.” Conclusions Are Varied. On Capitol Hill the conclusions va- ried. Democrats said there was little significance; that Congress got started late due to the lame duck amend- ment. and that the first issues pre- sented were more than normally con- troversial Republicans agreed in part | contended also it was a sign of grow ing opposition to the administration. President Roosevelt. They said their | mail indicated sentiment was turning against the Chief Executive, and that Senators were no longer compelled to follow the administration because of an overwhelming ‘“pro-Roosevelt” feeling. One Republican. who did not wish to be quoted, said the change in his correspondence had been one of the strangest political phenomena he had ever witnessed. He said the adminis- tration’s social security program had proved a boomerang, because the great masses of the poor had expected a more liberal plan. Another Republican, who has been friendly to the administration, said & year ago 90 per cent of his mail skies and told him to back the Chief Executive on everything. but today much of it is critical and 100 per cent indorsements of the President are few and far between. Democrats Optimistic. Democrats denied there had been any change in the character of their mail. They said the administration's defeats on the World Court and relief and strong convictions on these | particular questions and that the | situation would soon be smooth again Even the Democrats could not deny, however, that the surface record in the Senate so far is bad. The ad- | ministration had lost both of the two | major tests this session. In each case 20 or more Democrats were found op- posing the President. In the House the record was a little | better because of the machinelike disposition of the relief bill, but other major legislation was still bogged down in committees. And there were | growing indications even at thai end (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) MACCRACKEN UNDECIDED IN FIGHT TO AVOID JAIL Silent on Plans as Time Grows Short to Battle Sentence Imposed by Senate. By the Associated Press. With only six days left, William P. | MacCracken said last night he still is undecided whether to continue his fight against serving a 10-day jail sentence for contempt of the Senate. “The time is getting pretty short, but I'm not ready to announce my plans,” said the former Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce for Aeronautics. Unless MacCracken asks the Supreme Court by March 1 to reconsider its February 4 decision upholding the Senate, the court will send its man- date to District of Columbia courts for enforcement of the sentence. Georgia ‘Cawn Likker’ Measure May Enlist Moonshiners’ Aid made the stuff under prohibition can practice their art legally and continue to pay the piper. There are rumors about some of the State’s best mountaineer liquor makers being confined in prison and available for the distillery business. However, legislative observers are not so sure about this particular bill —the one providing for the prison booze factory—being passed. The repealists got their signals mixed up last week, just as it seemed a Tepeal Dill was going to pass the House. The differences were 30 great with the Chamber of Commerce. but | The latter view was advanced by | some Republicans who have supported | boosted President Roosevelt to the | issues were due to campaign pledges | session with hardly a singe plece of | useless mu(-‘h of t‘htl rlerérical( lf_r;-w | major legislation out of the way and :A:Ll?:r '%‘:‘5’3:?" pv‘.rl‘ll:: Afi?ho‘::: | not much on the way. C - Grand Coulee, Bon- | but also for the neybille, Fort Peck and Casper-Alcova Dam projects in the West and the | ultimate development of the St. Law- rence. Several of the projects in this pro- gram of $250,000,000 or more are al- | ready well under wa: Rather than risk construction delays, it was con- sidered advisable to take whatever steps might be necessary to obtain an early definitive decision from the Su- ‘prema Court. Responsible administra- | tion lawyers felt that it might take a | vear or more to get a final decision in | the normal course if the private power | interests should avail themselves of all the devices at hand for delaying | the case. May Ask Co-operation. ‘This brought up the question whether the Roosevelt administration should ask the private power interests to join in steps to expedite decision. High officials felt that this would not be inconsistent with the administra- | tion’s sharp rejection of a similar proposal less than two months ago. It was pointed out that the inter- vening decision of Judge Grubb had now put the New Deal definitely on the defensive on this issue, whereas previous participation by the admin- istration in sucly a move would have amounted to questioning the author- ity of Congress to enact legislation which the President himself had urged. Officials made it clear | course to be followed would have to | be charted by President Roosevelt on the basis of legal studies still in- complete. Among the many pro- posals under consideration was one to try to skip the Circuit Court of Appeals and carry the case direct to the Supreme Court. But even such a plan, if found feasible, would fail to bring a final decision before Fall. it was felt, if then, unless docketed before April 15. While New Dealers disagreed on the seriousness of the situation caused by Judge Grubb's decision, following his earlier decision holding the N. R. A. unconstitutional, Senator George W. }Narris‘ Republican insurgent, of Ne- braska, enthusiastic co-sponsor of the multi-million T. V. A. program, de- clared: | “The eflect of this injunction is | practically to nullify the entire T. V. | A. act. | preme Court. Otherwise the adminis- | tration will be deprived of the yard- stick it plans to use as a measuring |rod and as a level to force power rates down.” Powers Ruled Out. | While Judge Grubb did not hold the {T. V. A act itself was unconstitu- tional, he ruled that the directors of the authority had assumed powers not granted them in the act, and that the assumed powers were unconstitutional. In effect, he said that the Govern- ment_has not the privilege to enter (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) PARENTS TO CLAIM BODIES OF SUIGIDES Mr. and Mrs. Du Bois Arrive in London—Inquest to Be Held Monday. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 23.—Coert Du Bois, United States consul general at Naples, and Mrs. Du Bois arrived late tonight to claim the bodies of their two daughters, who leaped to death Thursday from a Paris-bound air liner. A large body of police escorted them from the station. Mrs. Du Bois, who was dressed in deep blick, has not yet been told the full facts of the tragedy, which she thinks was accidental. An inquest will be held at Romney Monday and two letters the girls left in the transport plane will be opened then. These are expected to disclose whether the girls, as friends say, chose death because their sweethearts in the Royal Air Force were killed last week in a crash in Sicily. A post-mortem indicated both were in excellent health before their 3,000~ foot leap. Local Munilg Features Art— Books— Music— Theaters— Radio and Organization Activities WILL BE FOUND IN PART 4 F ol Today’s Star that the | I have no doubt but that the | | decision will be reversed by the Su- | ‘President Attends Admiretflail Him_ for 1936 Harvard Club Fe: ASAIDTO N.R. A tivities While Cambridge Democrats New industrial Tribunals By the Associated Press CAMBRIDGE. Mass., February 23 —While President Franklin D. Roose- velt was attending the initiation of his son. Franklin D. jr. at the Fly Club tonight. Middlesex County Dem- ocrats met a fe. blocks away and launched a campaign for the return of Roosevelt to the White House in 1936. After an address by Representative Arthur D. Healey, the county Demo- cratic league adopted a resolution calling for Roosevelt's renomination and re-election Healey asked the members to “begin organization work and spare no effort to assure another great national victory in 1936." | | Meet Nearby to Urge Re-election. ‘ | Secret service men and police had an uneasy moment as the President’s car rolled down the street toward the Fly Club. A student in one of the nearby dormitories exploded a fire- cracker. During the time the President was inside the club. Boston and Cam- bridge Highway Department employes sanded the route which he would take | when returning to the railroad yards. They took no chance of & possible ac- cident on the slippery roads, coated with ice. The President left Boston early to- day for his estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. The Presideni gave himself over to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) AZUCAR TRIUMPHS INRACING ELASE Equipoise, Favorite, Runs Seventh at Santa Anita for $108,400 Prize. (Wirephotos—Page B-7.) BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. | SANTA ANITA PARK, LOS | ANGELES, February 23—Azucar. a | converted steeplechaser, cleared & | $108,400 hurdle in a great stretch drive today, winning the Santa Anita ! Handicap from a field of 20 of turf's ! bluebloods. On the wings of a chill North wind came this 7-vear-old gelded son of | Milesius out of Clarice, to fly home in front of Ladysman by two lengths. Time Supply was third, three lengths back of the victor, with Top Row fourth. Forty-five thousand persons who howled themselves hoarse as the 12- to-1 shot moved in to where Equipoise had been favored to eppear. The great C. V. Whitney thorough- bred, seeking the title of leading money winner of track history, an 8- to-5 choice, never was in a threaten- ing position and wound up seventh, deep in the ruck. Winner Tires at Finish. Azucar, finely rated by Jockey George Woolf, made his move at the rail off the last turn, going out from fourth to take the lead in the last furlong. He tired at the end, but it was too late for Ladysman and Time Supply to make the grade. The net earnings of the race for the stable of F. M. Alger, jr. of De- troit, set a new world record, shat- tering the mark of $105,730 set up in 1929 when Whichone captured the Belmont Futurity. The gross stakes of $127,000 here, however, fell short of the mark of $130,260 set up in that race. Azucar turned in the amazing time of 2 minutes 21-5 seconds, a new track record for the mile and a quar- ter. It was two and one-fifth seconds faster than the previous mark set up (Continued on Page B-7, Column 1.) The Middle West Revisited Nicholas Roosevelt, a newspaper correspondent, toured the Mid- dle West in the Autumn of 1933, and found “dark despair” on every hand. He has returned, after fifteen months, to find a marked change. Hé records his findings in a series of five articles, the first of which appears tomorrow in The Star had wagered $239,335 on the event,| ITALY SENDS 10,0 TROOPS T0 AFRIA Fleet of Seven Ships En Route—Ethiopia Still Hopes fer Peace. By the Assoclated Press. ROME. February 23.—Soldiers of Italy, more than 10.000 strong, moved tonight aboard a fleet of seven ships toward Africa and the theater of Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Aboard the Vulcania, which sailed | ftom Messina as huge crowds cheered, | were four generals, including Gen. Rudolf Graziani. who is expected to take supreme command. Five thousands soldiers are aboard the Vulvania, the seventh ship to sail with men and war materials. | Altogether thev are carrying more than 10.000 men, and the total will | be increased to 15,000 tomorrow when | the conte Biancamano sails from | Naples. Larger Movement Hinted. | _In addition, three ships will reach | Naples tomorrow from Northern | ardo da Vinci. They are carrying workmen and material. Also arriv- ing at Naples tomorrow is the Arabia, coming from Spezia with soldiers and materials of war. Both the Vulcania and the Conte | atlantic liners, have been especially | refitted. This indicates they will be | used until both the 29th and 19th | Divisions. comprising around 35.000 | men, have been transported to East Africa. | A government ban against printing | "(Continued on Page 2, Column 8. A. A. A. AIDS CHURCH Institution Owns a Farm, So It Gets Government Check. KANSAS CITY, February 23 (#)— Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church produces neither corn nor hogs at its stately building here, but today it received an A. A. A. benefit payment check for $19.20. The church owns a farm near Paris, Mo. Italy—the Nazario, Sauro and Leon- | Would Speed Govern- ment Hearings. (Coprright, 1955, by the Associated Press) A plan for creating a new s of industrial courts for the g enforcement of the Nation's anti- trust laws was said vesterday in au- thoritative quarters to be under s ous consideration by a group of nign | administration officials. | At least one definite plan for a judicial system has been dr Already it is known to have the su port of several influential presiden- tial advisers. The proposal grew out of broad suggestions made by President Roose- i velt in his N. R. A. message. As yct | however, the program has no formal administration status, but officials who have shaped it asserted Mr. Roosevelt was at least sympathetic with the end in view In brief, the proposal is: To set up tribunals with the power to gite a ruling within a few days on vital economic matters instead of Zouing through the uncertainty and deiay which attends the ordinary court procedure. Only One Appeal. A court both of appellate and ong- inal jurisdiction is within the scope of the present program and the onlv appeal would be to the Supreme Court. The need for additional methods of enforcing industrial legislation, offi- cials said, was pointed out by tne President in advocating continuaticn of N. R. A two more years. He said: “We need other and more effective means (than jail sentences) for the | immediate stopping of practices by an | individual or by any corporation which are contrary to these priuci- | ples (of fair competition).” { It was said the jurisdiction of the projected new tribunals would extenc beyond anti-trust laws and wouid embrace industrial legislation gen- erally—for example, the enforcement of fair trade practices in N. R. A codes. Whether bills for a new system would be brought forward at s session was said to depend in part on the progress of and final form | of N. R. A. iegislation in C:ngress. A | prolonged tussle over the new N. R. A might cause the temporary abancon- in-.em of the court plan. A Congress in anti-adininistration mood would lead alse to the side- tracking of the plan, even if it 1e- ich n | judicial | ! The three-month period for a ceptance of League's propo expires tomorrow. Bolivia. Paragua adversary in the Chaco, has alrea accepted them without reservations Decision to quit the League came after the cabinet met to consider the matter, and after Chancellor R with President Euce! - the League covenant, Para- vesignation cannot become flective. She remains subject to the League’s juris- diction ior two years Because Paraguayan armies have been victorious in the Chaco of late marching through the wastes of the disputed 2rea to the Bolivian borders and menacing Bolivia's rich oil fields this goverament's refusal to accept the League's conditions for peace had been expected. ] Indignation Aroused. Intense public indignation aroused by the League's action urging its members to lift the ar embargo posed at the League's be- hest aga Bolivia, while maintain- g it against Paraguay The decision to withdraw from | Geneva reflected Paraguay's wrath at { the League's action lifting the arms embargo from Bolivia and its ruling that Paraguay, on the expiration of the time limit for acceptance of the League’s peace plan tomorrow, will be f:ghting an illegal war. In two prev notes Paraguav stated her objections to the Leagu proposal for a neutral zone, a neu: police arbitration of was in was unworkable what tration Objects to League Action. Paraguay also objected strongly to the League’s action in branding ner | as culpable in the conflict, citing the League's belated entry into the ques- tion of the war which has been going on since June, 1932 The League made its first effort at peace late in 1932 after a vear or | more of fighting. Prior to the firs League attempt, numerous cfforts on | the part of the South American neu- trals had failed. In all, 17 futile efforts to bring peace to the Chac) had becn made before the League's latest proposal PROBLEM FOR GENEVA. and did not territory was subject to arbi- New Punitive Measures by Possible. By the Associated Press GENEVA. February 23.—Paraguay’s decision to resign from the League of Nations raised a big problem for Ge- neva tonight. which may result in ad- | ditional punitive measures against | that country. By raising its arms embargo from Bolivia the League virtually con- League ceived final White “Iouse ¢pproval. | demned Paraguay as a peace breaker Co-ordination Urged. |in the Chaco, war—a condemnation which becomes official tomorrow. with Proponents of the plan asserted that in addition to the prime motive Biancamano, which are large trans- | of speed in disposing of economic | 1AN'S problems which are made acute by delay, other arguments in its favor included: The need for co-ordinating “(Continued on Page 3, Column | the 3) MARY ASTOR STRICKEN Actress Suffers Appendicitis At- tack at Studio. | HOLLYWOOD, February 23 «P).— Stricken with appendicitis while at work today, Mary Astor, film actress, was rushed to her home and given emergency treatment. Her husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe, attended the star. He said he was unable to determine yet whether her condition is sufficiently serious to war- rant sending her to a hospital. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, February 23.—A source close to Andrew W. Mellon disclosed tonight that most of the financier's $19.000,000 ‘collection of paintings are in a sealed room at the famous Corcoran Art Gallery in ‘Washington. The extent of the former Secretary’s art collection was made known this week at his income tax case hearing by Attorney Frank J. Hogan, his chief counsel. Hogan said Mellon plans to build a gallery in Washington that will make America’s Capital superior to London and Paris as an art center, and to donate the building and pictures to the Nation. Guards keep watch over the sealed L) Mellon Art Treasures Here, Sealed in Corcoran Gallery | room day and night, the informant said. He added that Lord Duveen of | England, an internationally known art critic, is expected to testify later | in Mellon’s case about the value of the paintings. (Persons familiar with Mr. Mellon's | plans last night confirmeda the report | that & number of his paintings were in a private room at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and others in a private storage warehouse,) In seeking a redetermination of his 1931 income tax, in which the Govern- ment is claiming $3,089,000, including a 50 per cent penalty, Mellon asked a rebate of $139,000 on the $647,000 he already has paid. His attorney argued that Mellon was (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) L | expiration of the time limit for Asun- acceptance of Geneva's peace plan, already approved by Bolivia. Japan Raised Problem. A like problem was raised by Japan’s resignation. Japan quit be- }rmls«' the League condemned her oce ‘(‘uparmn of Manchuria. But the oniy punishment meted out was a refusal to recognize the independence of | Manchoukuo. | Bolivia can now purchase arma- | ments from all the great countries of 1Eump(h but Paraguay can buy none. It was believed that Bolivia may | ask the League to impose other penal- ties on Paraguay. for example. a financial blockade, but the prevailing view is that in this matter Geneva would be guided by the attitude of Latin-American countries and per- haps that of the United States. Paraguay's decision may cause the League to convoke a meeting of the Chaco Committee soon to discuss the situation, it was said here tonight. News that the South American country had withdrawn came after | the League secretariat had closed and it was impossible to determine if an officiai message from Asuncion, an- nouncing the resignation had been received. As in the case of Japan and Ger- meny, Paraguay’s resignation cannot become effective for two years. The covenant also provides that no nation can resign from the League until she has fulfilled all her international obli- gations, It could be argued here that since Paragnay, beginning tomorrow. has refused the League plan to settle the conflict, she is waging an illegal war against Bolivia, and she cannot quit the League. | 1 Efe e Protest Mass Home Building. TACOMA, Wash., February 23 (#). —Western retail lumbermen, in con- | vention here today, went on record as protesting any Federal plan of mass production of homes. )