Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1935, Page 4

PRESS GLUB GIVES ROOSEVELT CAKE 500 Assemble for Birthday Banquet—Burlesque En- livens Program. The National Press Club celebrated its 27th birthday anniversary last night but the cake went to its most distinguished member and guest, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was the second anniversary of the President’s membership so the cake that Club President Mark Foote pre- sented him bore only two candles. The party, designated in more for- mal fashion as the annual founders’ day dinner, brought some 500 mem- bers of the club to fits auditorium. Liberally sprinkled with Cabinet offi- cers, Senators and Representatives, they feasted royally, drank of the best and enjoyed themselves as talent from the radio, stage and the club itself provided entertainment. For the cocktail of their entertain- ment, they enjoyed John J. Daly and Charles O. Gridley, active members, in a skit entitled “Why Signals Fail,” a burlesque of a famous incident where- in a newspaper man flashes a court decision scoop to the waiting world. Degrees Only Press Releases. ‘The soup, or perhaps it was the fish course, came with the presenta- tion of degrees to distinguished mem- bers of the Fourth Estate. The pres- entations were made by C. G. Hequen- bourg, but their acceptance was nipped in the bud when a recipient discovered they were only press re- leases. The main fare found five busy cor- respondents resting their feet on tables of the White House press room while “Marvin McIntyre,” presidential secretary, attempted to furnish some- thing that would make “a piece for the papers.” He succeeded only when the Supreme Court telephoned down asking for recommendations for a THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Camera Reveals President’s Moods President Roosevelt shown in Press Club last night. way mark of his four-year term. a gay Hill, A. Stedman Hills, Bynum E. Hin- ton, Paul Hodges, Herbert S. Hol- lander, L. Phillip Holt, J. C. Horne, jr., Rocky Mount, N. C.; Harold W. Hogsett, Henry M. Hyde, George M. Hyland, Sid Houston, Louis McHenry Howe, Holland Huntington and Emil publicity agent who could understand their decisions. Those taking part in this skit included Richard W. West- wood, Frank *. Hall, Harry E. Rad- cliffe, Thomas P. Dowd, H. R. Bauk- hage and Russell T. Edwards. “Blind” Bars in Spotlight. A question of interest to the Dis- trict was answered during the un- folding of this dramatic offering as an inquiring reporter asked when “the blinders are coming off the bars in the District.” The answer, accord- ing to one of the assembled experts, is “when George Allen goes back into the hotel business.” An after-dinner mint in the tasty form of Joe Cook, inventive comedian, topped off the entertainment menu. Joe amazed everybody, including Pres- ident Roosevelt, by his tale of how he went from Evansville, Ind., to the White House, and now he had been living for two weeks at the Executive Mansion. In fact, Joe confessed, it has not been the hum of airplanes which awakened Mr. Roosevelt, it has been Joe Cook snoring in the yellow room. Other entertainment features spread through the evening included solos by Armand Girard and Donald Novis, two songs by the Cavaliers’ Quartet, and two-piano selections by Gould and Shefter, duo-pianists. These en- tertainers were furnished the club by the National Broadcasting Co. The Navy Band, under direction of Lieut. Charles Benter, furnished music dur- ing the dinner. Given Gilded Lame Duck. William P. Murphy, former presi- dent of the club, who retired to be- come affiliated with the American Liberty League, was presented the emblem of the Past Presidents’ Club— & gilded lame duck, hung on a silk ribbon. The presentation was made by Raymond P. Brandt, predecessor to Murphy in the club presidency. As the concluding feature of the program, President Roosevelt ad- dressed the gathering, speaking off the record. Upon leaving the club an cvation was tendered him by crowds lined up at the Fourteenth street entrance. The committee in charge of the affair was headed by Bascom N. ‘Timmons, and included Raymund P. Brandt, George O. Gillingham, Earl Godwin, Charles O. Gridley, Oswald F. Schuette and Labert St. Clair. List of Guests. ‘The guest list follows: ‘The President of the United States. Winslow Abbey, Carl Ackerman, New York City; Phelphs Adams, Har- din B. Arledge, Robert B. Armstrong, J. C. Atchison, W. H. Atkins, George F. Authier, M. H. Aylesworth, New York City. Russell O. Beene, Ulric Bell, Mark Beman, Kenneth H. Berkeley, Leslie L. Biffle, H. O. Bishop, Ulysses E. Blair, W. W. Blake, John B. Blandford, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn.; R. M. Boeckel, Stephen Bonsal, J. R. Boyd, John Boyle, Willilam H. R. Brandenburg, Raymond P. Brandt, Harold Bray- man, Reuben Brigham, James Wil- liam Bryan, Walker S. Buel, Peter Q. Byce, Bruce Baird, James L. Baity, Joe L. Baker, E. W. Barrett, V. C. Barringer, jr.; George H. Barrows, John H. Bartlett, Walter M. Bastian, Norman W. Baxter. Toras Cajigas, Lawrence B. Camp- , Thomas H. Carens, Boston, Mass.; Vincent F. Callahan, George H. Carter, Paul Owens Carter, Walter Chamblin, jr.; Virgil Chapman, Fletcher Chenault, John F. Chester, C. C. Childs, Marquis W. Childs, Charles P. Clark, John J. Cochran, William Cogger, Robert F. Cogswell, William J. Collins, John B. Colpoys, George W. Combs, Samuel T, Con- kling, Tom Connally, Leland S. Con- ness, Joe Cook, Herbert Corey, Clay Coss, Ralph F. Couch, Robert G. Covel, Paul B. Cromelin, O. H. Cross, Homer S. Cummings, J. Harry Cun-| ningham. | Raymond Daley, William L. Daley, Harry R. Daniel, John J. Darby, Ro- land C. Davies, J. R. Defrees, Edwin B. DeGraw, Robert H. Denton, Cecil B. Dickson, Arthur J. Dodge, William J. Donaldson, jr; James M. Doran, Hurja. Elmer L. Irey, Fred A. Ironside, jr. Harvey D Jacob, George T. Jen- kins, John Wilber Jenkins, Richard Jervis. Henry A. Johns, Pyke John- son, Charles A. Jones, Jesse H. Jones, Chesley W. Jurney. D. J. Kaufman, F. G. Kayhoe, Ed- ward Keating, Thomas J. Keefe, John J. Kennedy, John W. Kelly, Grattan Kerans, McFall Kerbey, O. M. Kile, Theodore B. Kingsbury, Willard Kip- linger, Richard M. Kleberg, H. F. Knapp, J. Bruce Kremer, Paul John Kvale. Ben Hall Lambe, L. M. Lamm, W. H. Lander, Bolitha J. Laws, John J. Leary, jr.; Robert E. Lee, Francis B. Leech, Oliver B. Lerch, Sir Wil- mott Lewis, John A. Logan, Philip G. Loucks, Isador Lubin, Louis Ludlow. Camden R. McAtee, Pat McCarran, H. B. McCawley, John H. McEvers, John Linn McGrew, M. H. McIntyre, Tom D. McKeown, Ada, Okla.; W. Everett McLaine. Frank E. Mack, Basil Manley, Carl E. Mapes, Arthur Markel, Edgar Markham, Lorenzo Martin. Frank E. Mason, New York City: Guy Mason, Rudolf Mattfeldt, W. L. Mattocks, Shirley D. Mayers, Rice W. Means, E. A. Merkle, William L. Miller, Wat- son B. Miller, James S. Milloy. Min- neapolis, Minn.; Louis B. Montfort, W. M. Mooney, Cole E. Morgan, Frank P. Morse, Ralph Coolidge Mulligan, B. Frank Murphy. Marvin Murphy, Philadelphia, Pa.; William C. Murphy, jr.; Walter E. Myer. Avon M. Nevius, Alexei F. Ney- mann, Soterios Nicholson. Dan Q'Connell, John J. O’Connor, Emil Opffer, Leonard Ormerod, Phila- delphia; J. E. O'Toole. J. R. Palkin, Talbot Patrick, Gold- shore, N. C.; Richard C. Patterson, jr.. New York City; James Craig Pea- |cock, Frank L. Peckham, Frederick W. Perkins, Armstrong Perry, Thomas W. Phelps, Edward M. Powell, Phila- delphia; James D. Preston, Ord Pres- ton, Clifford A. Prevost. N. F. Rabner, M. L. Ramsay, George Bronson Rea, Sidney R. Reizenstein, John A. Remon, Samuel Richards, H. N. Rickey, O. W. Rieget, Lexington, Va.; Charles J. Rogers, George Wilc- ken Romney, Kenneth Romney. R. H. Rowe, John F. Royal, New York City, Frank M. Russell. Roy St. Lewis, David Sarnoff, New York City; George L. Schein, George F. Schlesinger, Oswald F. Schuette, Ellis Searles, Kurt G. Sell, Randolph C. Shaw, James McDonald Shea, Jouett Shouse, Kirke L. Simpson, Joseph J. Sinnott, Don Whittier Slau- son, Charles H. Small, William M. Smith, H. P. Somerville, Paul D. P. Spearman, Warren Spencer, E. W. Starling, Alfred D. Stedman, Francis M. Stephenson, Luthet C. Steward, George W. Stimpson, Frederick A. Storm, Michael W. Straus, Benton J. Stong, Charles P. Swindler. Seth Thomas, Bascom N. Timmons, John W. Townsend. J. J. Underwood, Frederick H. Un- tiedt, C. B. Upham. Ernest G. Walker, Stephen M. Wal- ter, Jesse L. Ward, John J. Walsh, Robert Watson, Frank H. Weir, Wil- liam W. Wheeler, William A. White, Frank J. Wideman, J. R. Wiggins, Gladstone Williams, John M. Wil- liams, John O. Williams, Lyle C. Wil- son, Richard L. Wilson, Robert H. Winn, G. Franklin Wisner, Lewis Wood, Eugene Robert Woodson, Robert W. Woolley, Paul Wooton, Walter Wyatt. — NEW CLUES HINT MURDER OR SUICIDE IN DAVIDSON DEATH (Continued From First Page.) Davidson slept in bed for any time or not, although the covers were dis- arranged,” Pruette said. For Tuesday's inquest, Dr. C. Carpenter of the Wake Forest Medical School, who conducted the autopsy and has principal organs of Mrs. Davidson's body at the college laboratories for examination, is ex- pected to file a report. Emmet Dougherty, Fayette B. Dow, James F. Doyle and George E. Doying. Stephen T. Early, Max A. Egloff, Fred A. Emery and Edmund F. Erk. Herman Fakler, Belmont Farley, Joséph C. Fehr, F. V. Fitzgerald, Henry C. Flynn, Joseph Flynn, Michael W. Flynn, Mark Foote, Ken- dall Foss, Knoxville, Tenn.; Addison G. Foster, Israel M. Foster, Albert W. Fox, R. C. Fulbright and Claude A. Fuller. E. W. Gableman, Isaac Gans, Fred J. Gauntlett, Robert M. Gates, Gus Genewich, William G. Gifford, jr.; Armand Girard, Mellville Gillette, George O. Gillingham, John M. Gleiss- ner, C. J. Gockeler, William F. God- dard, Earl Godwin, Stuart Godwin, ©O. S. Granducci, Charles A. Grefe, James Benjamin Grice, Charles O. Gridley, Douglas Griesemer, Gilbert Grosvenor, Mellville B. Grosvenor and F. P. Guthrie. Arthur W. Hachten, Ernest Hackett, Theodore Hall, Edwin A. Halsey, Charles A. Hamilton, Lauriston H. Hannah, Gardner L. Harding, Robert George W. Harris, H. W. Harwood, C. 8. Hayden, Frank ly, Anxdn,um:es.m.mmr. Dr. Carpenter left here today for ‘Wake Forest, after conferring until a late hour last night with the solicitor, Sheriff Charles McDonald and Acting Coroner Hugh Kelly of Moore County and interested attorneys. “When I examined the body first I found a condition that probably could have resulted only from carbon mon- oxide poisoning,” Dr. Carpenter said. “However, there may be other con- tributing causes, and we are making efforts through chemical analysis to determine these facts.” Butler Found Body. Mrs. Davidson's body was discov- ered about 9:05 o'clock Wednesday morning by the Davidson butler. Davidson and the Campaignes were called immediately and Dr. M. W. Marr was summoned. When the doc- tor reached the scene Mrs. Davidson was lifeless, though her body was still warm, it was learned today. She was rushed to the Moore Coun- ty Hospital and attaches worked for two hours to revive her without suc- cess. There was never any indica- tion that she might recover, it was learned, ? c. | first |SENATE CONTINUES | TO BALK PRESIDENT ON WORK RELIEF BILL | (Continued From First Page.) | groups over the work-relief bill. Sena- | | tor Robinson, the Democratic leader, | talked with Senator Byrnes, Democrat, | of South Carolina, & strong supporter of the administration work-relief plan, | |in the Appropriations Committee. Faces Other Amendments. When the work-relief bill is laid | before the Senate again, it must run | the gantlet of other proposed amend- ! ments in addition to the prevailing wage. There is Senator Adams'| amendment to cut the total appropri- ation to $2,880,000.000 or even less. | | The Colorado Senator, a Democrat, is | strongly in favor of this proposal on | the ground of economy and the pres- | ervation of the credit of the Gov- ernment. Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, on the other hand, has of- fered an amendment to add a Title 2 to the bill for a still greater public | works program. His amendment adds | $5,200,000,000 to the bill, making a total appropriation of $10,000,000,000. Under his plan, the added sum would be used for certain classes of public works which are to be carried out under the P. W. A. as it now exists. Specific amounts are allocated for the various classifications of works. There are one or more proposed amendments for inflation, including | |a silver amendment offered by Sen- | | ator Thomas of Colorado. And Sen- | ator Bulow of South Dakota is under- | stood to be prepared to offer a sol- diers’ bonus amendment, although |in view of the fact the House Com- mittee is to begin work immediately jon a bonus bill, that amendment | might not be pressed. If it is offered, | however, it may be difficult to defeat. Passed Almost Unchanged. The work-relief bill passed the| House January 24 after brief con- sideration in the House Appropri- ations Committee and a couple of days’ debate in the House itself. It passed that body almost in the shape it came from administration sources. It is now going on six weeks since the bill began its stormy career in the Senate, and it is back again before the Senate Committee where it started. The work-relief bill is the first of the major proposals of the President to come before the Congress for con- sideration. That there would be so much delay in the disposition of a relief bill did not seem possible when the measure was started on its way. It was explaired, from administra- tion sources, that prompt action was necessary because early in February funds for continuing direct relief to the destitute would run out. Since then, however, it has been found pos- sible and necessary to obtain funds from the P. W. A. to carry on direct relief. Reports are spreading that P. W. A. projects will suffer, if they have not already suffered, because of this di- version of funds and that employ- ment on this class of projects will be delayed. Pressure has been exerted, 1t is said, on some of the Senators in whose States these projects are lo- ated in the hope they will see their way to early and satisfactory action on the work-relief bill. Next Move in Doubt. Senators who have supported the McCarran prevailing-wage amend- ment last night said they were at sea as to what the next move in the fight will be. They maintained that their lines were holding. When the bill is taken up again in the Senate, however. these claims will be tested, unless, indeed, some kind of & com- promise is reached in the meantime, With available direct-relief funds fast vanishing, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration yesterday al- lotted $56,576,574 for relief during the sun:‘. of Mare to the various This scarcity of available relief funds and money for the continua- tion of the Civilian Conservation Corps is a lever in the pressure the administration is applying to the 21 Democrats who voted for the McCar- ran wage amendment. Centered Upon Seven. In particular, these centered upon: Wagner of New York, Black of Ala- bama, Lonergan and Maloney, both of Connecticut; Reynolds of North Carolina, O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Truman of Missouri. Over in the House & group of Re- publicans discussed with Representa- tive Snell of New York, their leader, the possibility of getting action on his resolution to appropriate 000,000 for direct relief. After the conference, Snell asked, “You don’t think we Republicans have a chance of getting it up, do you?” He said Speaker Byrns would not permit the Republican proposal to be acted upon. Swedish Society to Observe. ‘The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Swedish Saciety, Drott Lodge, No. 168, Vasa Order of America, will be 168, Vasa Order of America, was cele- brated with & banquet and dance last evening in the Willard Hotel, " and serious mood as he attended the banquet of the National The photos offer an interesting study of the Executive as he approaches the half- —A. P. Photos. ROOSEVELT FACES BELLIGERENT LEFT AS HE LOOKS TO 36 (Continued From First Page.) that Senator George W. Norris, Re- publican insurgent, of Nebraska, though remaining personally loyal to the President, had nothing to do with the framing of the holding corpora- tion bill after all his years of agita- tion against the “power trust.” Senator Robert M. La Follette, Pro- gressive, of Wisconsin, and Senator Edward P. Costigan, Colorado Demo- cratic ultra-liberal, were not called in on the work relief measure, it is pointed out, although pioneers in the fight for a vast employment-creating spending program. The congressional radical agitators for monetary and banking reform complain that the ad- | ministration’s banking bill was framed without a request for their views. New Dealers concede a sharp politi- | cal shift since Mr. Roosevelt's victory at the polls in November. While the President’s re-election prospects doubt- less have suffered proportionately. in their judgment, they feel that Mr. Roosevelt is still so far ahead of all others in popular confidence that it is idle to talk of any one else for President in 1936. Personality Believed Lasting. This viewpoint is predicated on an assumption that the personality which has seized the popular imagination in these first two years of his term will remain constant and that the Presi- dent will continue to exercise his political skill to meet adverse de- velopments. No political observer is more nizant of the changed political look than are the President's own loyal advisers of the left wing, who are trying to influence his course “moderately” in that direction. It is felt in this quarter that such a course by the President should enable him to consolidate the support of mod- erate liberals and conservatives against the extreme radicals on the left and the orthodox Republicans on the right. These calculations presuppose that the course projected should enable the President to overcome the con- gressional rebellion, get through his cog- out- | $4,880,000,000 works relief bill and create in the next year the 3,500,000 jobs projected in his opening message to Congress. It is felt by these ad- visers that the filling of that many public jobs, plus the additional jobs that would result in private industry, should make a sufficient dent in the total of unemployment to bring about the President’s re-election in 1936, regardless of the radical third party possibility. Dopesters Estimate Idle. Most recent estimates from New Deal sources, though only semi- official, put the number of unem- ployed at present at 10,830,000, as compared with a peak of 13,597,000 in March, 1933. The latest estimate of the American Federation of Labor 15 11,329,000 unemployed. The offensive which organized labor has launched against the New Deal in Congress would be expected to cut small figure in the country in the event the President began mak- ing inroads in unemployment by the time the presidential campaign gets under way. In view of the present muddled legislative situation, administration quarters are inclined to regard the rumblings of strike in the automobile industry as an attempt by labor to force the President’s hand by force if it cannot succeed by the devices of headquarters diplomacy. (Copyright. 1935.) —_— HITLER MAY BRING CHURCH UNDER RULE Nazi Leader Reported Consider- ing Creating Office to Reign Over Protestants. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 2.—Adolf Hitler was reliably reported tonight to be considering creation of the post of “minister in evangelics” to put punch in his two-year-old effort to make the Protestant church toe the Nazi mark. Bernard Rust, now minister of cul- ture, was said to be under considera- tion for the position. Hitler in recent talks with Reichs- bishop Ludwig Mueller is reported to have discussed this plan. Should the plan for Rust’s appoint- ment materialize, the German Evan- gelical Church would become a State church, which is distasteful to the opposition, organized in the confes- sional synod. Church circles see grave trouble ahead, especially since Rust is an op- ponent of confessional schools. ‘The Roman Catholic Church, too, is watching the situation with anxiety. The appointment of a minister for Protestant affairs would give the Protestant church & preferred posi- ’ D. C, POURDCOHIEN S EFUSED HERE Officials Silent, but General Opinion Is Drop Not Alarming. The fall of the British pound is being observed by officials here with curiosity, but without perceptible alarm. So far as it could be learued, the administration has no information concerning the causes or motives be- hind the fall of the pound. Official | comment was therefore lacking, and persons connected with the Treasury and State Department were more than ordinarily guarded in their informal comment lest it be misconstrued as an intimation of authoritative or consid- ered evaluation of domestic and in- ternational potentialities. Not a hint was given of a thought of retaliatory action by the United States. A survey of informal and semi- official opinion revealed three major lines of theorizing concerning the rea- sons for the decline of the pound. Two were based on the supposition that the fall is a deliberate act of policy on the part of the British govern- ment. The third interprets the decline as the result of anticipation by hold- ers of foreign balances in London that Great Britain was planning or might be forced to cheapen the pound at some future date. According to one hyppthesis, the | cheapening of the pound is a con- | sidered effort by the national govern- | ment in Great Britain to stimulate British exports and strengthen its do- mestic political position. Many economists here have felt for several months that the British recovery which began in the Fall of 1931 had reached the end of its rise and that unless new influences were bright to bear the decline which already had | appeared would continue. British Trade Measures. The departure of the pound from gold, which gave British industries an advantage in the export markets, was followed by the series of measures | to canalize British trade with the do- minions and with certain specified nations through trade agreements and | to improve British agriculture. The | playing out of these stimulii and the fact that the protracted British| housing boom, which has kept her | construction industry in a state of | rather lively activity, appeared to be | heading downward, had led to con- siderable speculation here as to whether the national government had any | other positive policy of recovery in i reserve, That the British cabinet was slip- | ping steadily in popular confidence | and that the general election which, junder the British practice would| { have to come before the end of next | year, might well result in a labor | victory, have been borne home here by many incidents. It was thought altogether conceivable that if the na- tional government could produce a pick-up in industrial activity for a few months by further depreciation of the pound it would select such a comparatively favorable situation to call for another election, rather than wait until the constitutional expira- | tion of its term, when conditiogs! might be much worse. | A second hypothesis, informally ad- | vanced here today, also relates the | fall in the pound to a deliberate de- | the $2,000,000,000 bonus bill. MARCH 3, 1935—PART ONE. Heat Thwarts Campbell Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. . ¥ AGTION HELD NEAR | ON SECURITY BILL Witte Tells Interstate As- sembly Delay Has Not Doomed Program. Indications that the administration's economic security bill will be acted upon in Congress within the next few days were given last night by Edwin E. Witte, executive director of the President’s committee on economic ". | security, to the second interstate as- Upper: Spectators viewing the damage to Sir Malcolm Campbell’s powerful Bluebird racer yesterday in the trials at Daytona Beach, Fla. Intense heat from the exhaust pipes melted the cowling and caused it to be torn loose by the wind. Campbell narrowly escaped being overcome by motor fumes. Lower: A view of the racer as it was tearing along the beach at a speed of 233 miles an hour. SILENT ON BONUS Bills This Week—Early Vote Seen. By the Assoclated Press. | The Treasury indicated yesterday that for the present it would keep | out of the congressional fight over| Although hearings on some 30 bonus termination of British policy. But | according to this, stabilization of the | principal currencies is the ulterior aim of the depreciation of the pound. the British may be doing one or both of two things: Trying to encourage an invitation | to the United States to stabilize the pound and trying to force the long- impending crisis in the gold bloc countries. By depreciating the pound now, it was pointed out, the British would be in a position in the event of a stabilization conference to bar- {gain for a favorable level for the pound. . DECLINE IN POUND CLOSELY WATCHED FOR EFFECT ON U.S. (Continued From Pirst Page.) in Paris and New York, would eventu- ally force devaluation of the French franc and related currencies. But what Paris worried about most was that the decline in the pound might prompt a further devaluation of the dollar. Substantially lower positions for both the pound and the dollar would make the present level of the European gold currencies untenable, it was widely agreed. LONDON BLAMES “BEARS.” Uneasiness Over Political Situation Seen. LONDON, March 2 (#).—A report that the British government had stepped in with its equalization fund to check a sensational slump in the pound sterling was heard in financial circles tonight after the pound had touched 4.77% in United States dol- lars, a low record since October, 1928, Continental bear speculators were blamed for the drive against the pound. Dealers attributed its weak- ness to uneasiness on the continent concerning the financial and political situation in this country. allegedly arising from exaggerated rumors. The dollar closed at 4.79% to the pound, representing a loss of about 8 cents in two days. In terms of French gold francs the pound sank from 72.30 to 71.64. Spot silver spurted to 27 pence, the highest price since October, 1928. The “city” was taking the continued ster- ling drop calmly, generally blaming the weakness on “talking the pound down” on the continent. { It was suggested in one quarter that | bills will start tomorrow before the | | House Ways and Means Committee, | | Treasury officials informed Demo- | | cratic leaders they would not testify unless asked to do so. The reasons, said some Democratic | leaders, were these: It is generally understood that the | Treasury and the President oppose bonus payment in any form. If a | Treasury witness should appear be- | fore the Ways and Means Committee, | | he might be asked, point blank. which of two major bills he thought “the lesser of two evils"—the Patman bill, under which new currency would be issued, or the American Legion-Vin- son bill, which simply authorizes an appropriation .without saying how the money should be raised. Vote This Week Seen. A House vote is in sight later this | week. There were renewed indica- |tions yesterday that neither admin- istration nor bonus spokesmen would propose a compromise at this time. The President, it was generally un- | derstood, intended to sit tight to see how the House and Senate vote. Speaker Byrns predicted indirectly that the House would vote for bonus payment, for he told newspaper men “We ought to give the bonus bill right of way and send it to the Sen- ate.” Other leaders agreed. Differences between the Patman and Vinson bill advocates have not been settled. It was generally agreed the full House should be allowed to vote on both, sending one or the other to the Senate. The Ways and Means Committee’s calendar of witnesses for the hear- ings has not been completed. Chair- | man Doughton said he still intended to make the hearings “very brief.” Among those who had indicated they wished to testify were Repre- sentative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, and James E. Van Zandt, commander of the Veterans of For- eign Wars, both of whom favor the Patman bill; Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Frank N. Belgrano, jr. commander of the American Legion, who support the Vinson plan. Artist to Open Lecture Series. Aurial Bessemer, local artist, will inaugurate a series of lectures in the art schools of Washington tomorrow dents of the Critcher School of Art, 1726 Connecticut avenue, his subject being “A Philosophic Introduction to the Study of Organic Design.” Get an Automobile NO W! 1t is made easy by the Automobile deal- ers of Washington, who feature in The Star a selected list of excellent used cars at prices and terms within the reach of every one. Turn to the Classified Section of today’s Star and read this list carefully. When you have selected the car most adapted to your needs, visit the showroom, where detailed information will be given and terms arranged. at 2 p.m., when he addresses stu-| TREASURY KEEPS. |P.W.A. RELIEF WHIP NATE DENIED ON SE |Congress to Get Soldiers’ |Ickes Says Withholding of $238,000,000 Not Factor in Bill Deadlock. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Ickes said yesterday that President Roosevelt's order impound- coerce Senators into voting for the $4,880,000,000 works relief bill. Ickes said the sequestration could not have been intended to exert pres- sure for the public works measure, now tied up in committee because of a wage dispute. The Secretary added that the President’s action was taken on December 29—before the works row arose and before Congress met. He said the reason the funds were im- pounded was Decause the President saw they would be needed for relief. Some Senators have complained that pressure was being exerted on them because some of their States’ projects were being held up. No Exceptions Allowed. Ickes explained that all P. W. A projects for which no contracts hax been signed were held up without ex: ception. In addition, he said, the President’s executive order “impound- | ed” unobligated and unexpended bal- ances of every Government agency. The Public Works Administration has supplied the Relief Administra- tion with $175,000,000 since February 1, including $80,000,000 for March relief. “The order was not issued to ‘crack down,’” said Ickes, who last week reiterated his prediction that the work bill would be passed without the wage®, amendment in controversy. ‘“Those funds were impounded before Con- gress met because it was seen Harry L. Hopkins wouldn't have enough to carry him over. Action Held Starvation Guard. “It was a perfectly legitimate trans- action. The President couldn’t let people starye and the only way he could get the money was by impound- ing unexpended balances, with the full expectation that the money would be_returned.”- Included in impounded P. W. A. al- lotments are: Subsistence homestead, $35,000,000; soll erosion control, $6,000,000; Bu- reau of Reclamation, $13,000,000; Na- tional Park Service, $6,000,000; Indian Service, $2,500,000; Howard University (building .allotment), $500,000. | sembly in its final session at the May- flower Hotel. Witte denied reports to the ef- fect that delayed consideration of the bill by Congress has doomed the en- tire program. He sald reports had been current in many sestions of the country that a delayed action of Con- gress had precluded action of the vari- ous State legislatures. He said these stories have little foundation in fact. Of the 43 legisiatures which con- vened in January, only one, Wyoming, * has already adjourned, he said, and this legislature passed en act prior to adjournment authorizing the Gov- | ernor to accept any Federal legisla- lnon which may develop out of the | economic security bill. Three other | States have sessions limited to 40 or 50 days, which will expire in the near future. Fifteen have 60-day ses- siomns which will end by the middle of this month, he said. A substantial majority of the State legislatures would have sufficient time to act upon | the security act before adjournment, he asserted. New Policies Involved. “The economic security bill is a measure of great importance involv- ing entirely new policies,” he said. “The administration has not expected the congressional committee or the Congress to merely rubber stamp this bill, but has sought their co-operation |in perfecting the legislation recom- mended. And carefully considering every section of this bill, the House | Ways and Means Committee has only performed its constitutional duty. “With the bill about ready for action inthe House, and the Senate com- mittee’s vote to take up this bill as soon as it is reported to the House, there is every reason to expect the Federal bill will become law in sufficient time to enable a substantial majority of State | legislatures to act upon this legislation | before adjournment of their regular sessions.” In the afternoon session of the In- terstate Assembly yesterday, several | resolutions affecting widely varying subjects were adopted. Chief among these, in the opinion of officials of the assembly, were the two relating to gasoline taxes. One provided that the Federal Gov- | ernment should relinquish all taxes on gasoline effective June 30 of this year, thereby making available a more extensive taxation by the States, mak- ing possible a greater revenue for their treasuries. Ask Restrictions Removal. A related resolution was one calling upon Congress to remove the restric- tions against diversion of gasoline taxes from highway construction. Under the present set-up, the Fed- | eral Government, in effect dictates | ing $238,000,000 in public works fund | the manner in which gasoline taxes | was not “intended in any way” to | collected by the States shall be expended. Unless the States devote their gasoline tax to highway con- struction they cannot benefit from | the Federal highway aid. Another resolution called upon the State Legislatures to enact legislation | which would provide for the tabula- |tion and publication of complete | statistics of State and local taxation, | expenditures and debt. The States | would be barred from benefits of additional taxes on tobacco, this reve- nue being confined to the Federal Government, under the terms of a resolution on that subject passed by the assembly. They also passed a resolution call- ing upon State and local Govern- ments to refrain from imposing heavy taxes on beer, unless they im- Jost such taxes for regulatory purposes, In other resolutions they condemned he policy of conflicting and multiple taxation and called upon the State Legislatures to pass laws which will make possible the co-operation and co-ordination between the States and the Federal Government, so that the tax burden can be more equitably distributed. FALL FRACTURES SKULL Roomer at Twenty-Third Street Address Found Unconscious. Conrad Welfley, 35, a roomer at 934 Twenty-third street, was in Emergency Hospital yesterday with a skull frac- ture recelved when he fell down a flight of steps at the Twenty-third street address. The man was found unconscious at the foot of the steps by another man living in the house, who told police of Welfley falling. s Bingo Party Slated. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., March 2 (Special) —A bingo party will be given next Saturday night in the fire house under auspices of the Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire Department, with its Ladies’ Auxiliary assisting. Mrs. Magdalene M. Schmidt, president of the auxiliary, announced. TAXES Marech Is Tax Paying- Month Come in and have an interview with one of our loan be able to make yo officers and we may u a bank loan which may be repaid by monthly deposits. " THE MORRIS PLAN Under Supervision 1408 H Street N.W., BANK U. 8. Treasury » Washington, D. G