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COMMITTEES SCAN| SHIPSUBSIDY DATA Documents Used as Basis of Roosevelt Request Are Being Studied. By the Assoctated Press. Two committees of Congress turned their attention today from the Capitol to the ship lanes of the high seas as they prepared to begin a study of | President Roosevelt's message on the merchant marine. They delved into a bulky pile of documents dispatched from the White House as evidence to support the presidential request that the merchant service be granted a direct subsidy from the Government. A congressional study of these re- ports, said Senator Copeland, Demo- crat, of New York, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, will be necessary before legislation can be drafted Documents Outline Problems. The documents, compiled by spe- clal departmental committees of the Government, outline problems of maintaining American mail and cargo services between this. country and the | principal sea cities of the world. H ‘The study is to be made by both | Senator Copeland's committee and | the House Merchant Marine Commit- tee, headed by Representative Bland, Democrat, of Virginia. Senator Copeland said the Presi- dent’s proposal was agreeable 1 The President’s message has recom- mended an end to the “subterfuge” of “disguised subsidies.” Text of Message. The full text of the President's message follows: To the Congress of the United Btates. I present to the Congress the question of whether or not the United States should have an ade- quate merchant marine. To me there are three reasons for answering this question in the affirmative. The first is that in time of peace subsidies granted by other nations, shipping combines, and other restrictive or rebating methods may well be used to the detriment of American shippers. The maintenance ot fair competi- tion alone calls for American flag- ships of sufficient tonnage to carry a reasonable portion of our foreign commerce. Second, in the event of a major war in which the United States is not involved, our commerce, in the absence of an adequate American merchant marine, might find itself seriously crippled because of its in- ability to secure bottoms for neu- tral peaceful foreign trade. Ships Needed in War. Third, in the event ot a war in which the United States itself might be engaged, American flag- ships are obviously needed not only for naval auxiliaries, but also for the maintenance of reasonable and necessary commercial intercourse with other nations. We should re- member lessons learned in the last war, In many instances in our history the Congress has provided for vari- ous kinds of disguised subsidies to American shipping. In recent years the Congress has provided this aid in the form of lending money at low rates of interest to American shipping companies for the pur- pose of building new ships for foreign trade. It has, in addition, appropriated large annual sums under the guise of payments for ocean mail contracts This lending of money for ship- building_has in practice been @ failure. Few ships have been built and many difficulties have arisen over the repayment of the loans. Similar difficulties have attended the granting of ocean mail con- tracts. The Government today is paying annually about $30,000,000 for the carrying of mails which would cost, under normal ocean rate, only $3.000,000. The differ- ence, $27,000,000, is a subsidy. and nothing but a subsidy. But given under this disguised form it is an unsatisfactory and not en honest way of providing the aid that Government ought to give to shipping. I propose that we end this sub- terfuge. If the Congress decides that it will maintain a reasonably adequate American merchant me- rine I believe that it can well afford honestly to call a subsidy by its right name. Approached in this way a sub- sidy amounts to a comparatively simple thing. It must be based upon providing for American shipping Government aid to make up the differential between Amer- ican and foreign shipping costs. It should cover first the difference in the cost of building ships; sec- ond, the difference in the cost of operating _ships, _and, finally, it SPECIAL NOTI( YOU NEED ELECTRI WORI 2 Call Electric Shop on Wheels. Inc e come prepared to do fobs. See Tel. Direct. for nearest branch. or call Wis- consin 4821 2ot K ‘WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM BALTI- more: also trips within 24 hours’ notice a0y, point in United States | & s TRANSFER & STORAGE No DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS art londs to and from Balto.. Phila_an ew York. Prequent trips to other East- ern _citles. _ “Dependable Service _Since 1896 DA N TRANSFER & ORAGE phone Decatur_2500. AT 7:30 1 WILL auction, Essex _sedan. 57 serial No. 1151671, for irs. Southern Auto Body n.w. . CO. WA 0 H. OR PART LOAD to or from New York. Richmond. Boston. Pittsburgh and all way points: special rat NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN. INC. 11 N.Y. ave Natl. 1460._Local moving als A _SPECIAL MEETING OF Polaen of the Progressive nc. will be held at the office of the corporation. 1220 No. Capitol st. Wash- ington, D C.. on Tuesday. April . 1935, at 8 o'clock, p.m.. for the purpose of elect- ing e board of trustees and transacting such other business as might proverly come before the meeting. Dated at Wash- the fourth day of March. 19 EDGAR B. HEIMER. president. STATISTICAL CLERK—OPENING NEW class. Special course preparine for civil service ~xamination starts Tuesday evening. rch 5. The eourse includes only materiai essential for examination which was espe- clally prepared for exclusive use by this ‘There is practice material for each assignment. covering intelligence tests e.ementary computation. tabulation. and graphing which are presented mimeographed assignments. The class is personelly conducted by a university pro- Tesser of statistics Reister before 7:30 m. Tuesday. MOUNJ, PLEASANT SCHOOL SECRETARIES. Tivoll Theater Bulild- .. 14th st. and Park rd. Telephoge Co- Jumibis_3000. THE STOCK: Printing " Co., EDITORIAL —SATURDAY APTER- noon class. In response to numerous re- uests by applicants for Editorial Clerks® in ination. ial Satu ftern ss has been arranged. beginning h . at 3 o'clock. The course inclydes only faieria et B, Sisbigatin instructor was Exsminipe_ Division of the Civil Service Commission and is now a practical editor, The ‘"g“:”a""‘"'fi lkilulsnur bflgrnen% aturday. _Mare 5 ool FOR SECRETARIES. Tivoll Theater Buflding. 14th st. and Park “Yesephone_Columbia 3000. Fon fig, 0 ave ‘n. one Sedati_motor No. D, G F. 4178, serial No. W EICHBERG. 308840-W to be sold at GUS 1227 R st. n. rch_6t) S. Planograph process reproduces your orig- tns "cony by Dhotostabh, thereby saving you money on typesetting and engraving. Ask_us about planograph process of re- production. Col‘umbla Planograph Co. &0 L 8t NE. Metropolitan 4861 ~r » should take into consideration the liberal subsidies that many foreign governments provide for their shipping. Only by meeting this three-fold differential can we expect to maintain a reasonable place in ocean commerce for ships fiying the American flag, and at the same time maintain American standards In setting up adequate provi- sions for subsidies for American shipping the Congress should pro- vide for the termination of exist- ing ocean mail contracts as rapidly as possible, and it should termi- nate the practice of lending Gov- ernment money for shipbuilding. It should provide annual appro- priations for subsidies sufficiently large to cover the differentials that I have described. Two Repn'rts Submitted, I am submitting to you here- with two reports dealing with American shipping: A report of an interdepartmental committee known as the Committee on Ship- ping Policy, appointed June 18, 1934, by the Secretary of Com- merce, and a report to me from the Postmaster General on ocean mail contracts prepared pursuant to an executive order of July 11, 1934, Reports which have been made to me by appropriate authorities in the executive branch of the Government have shown that some American shipping companies have engaged in practices and abuses which should and must be ended. Some of these have to do with the improper operating of subsidiary companies, the payment of exces- sive salaries, the engaging in busi- nesses not directly a part of ship- ping and other abuses which have made for poor management, im- proper use of profits and scattered efforts. Legislation providing for ade- quate aid to the American mer- chant marine should include not only adequate appropriation for such purposes, and appropriate safeguards for its expenditure, but a reorganization of the machinery for its administration. The quasi- judicial and quasi-legislative duties of the present Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Com- merce should be transferred for the present to the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Purely ad- ministrative functions, however, such as information and planning, ship inspection and the mainte- nance of aids to navigation should, of course, remain in the Depart- ment of Commerce. Shipping Has Been Asset. An American merchant marine is one of our most firmly estab- lished traditions. It was, during the first half of our national ex- istence, a great and growing asset. Since then it has declined in value and importance. The time has come to square this traditional ideal with effective performance. Free competition among the nations in the building of modern shipping facilities is & manifesta- tion of wholly desirable and whole- some national ambition. In such free competition the American people want us to be properly rep- resented. The American people want to use American ships. Their Government owes it to them to make certain that such ships are in keeping with our national pride and national needs. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. ————— e GIRL ADMITS ROBBERY % | Nebraskan Held in Connection ‘With Raid on Bank. TULSA, Okla., March 5 (#).—Dis- trict Attorney Clarence Bailey said yesterday Gladys Parks, 16, of Gering, Nebr,, admitted she participated in the February 13 robbery of the Fair- land, Okla., National Bank. She was held for grand jury action by United States Commissioner W. Porter Smith, her bond set at $100,000. Three men are held. Rena Kimes was held on an auto- mobile theft charge, which, with the robbery, will be investigated by the - next Federal grand jury. i . WASHINGTON, Return of Monarchy Rg’;ported Aim of Greek Revolt 1$316,155 PAYMENT ON CLAIMS ASKED Defaulting Nations Among Those Roosevelt Would Re- imburse. By the Associated Press. Despite congressional op) paying out any money to défaulting foreign governments, President Roose- velt yesterday asked Congress, in a message, to authorize $316,155.23 to reimburse foreign governments and their nationals on claims dating back to 1914. Included in the list were the de- faulting war debt nations of Great Britain and France. Others were Germany, Austria, Mexico, China, Chile, Canada, Nicaragua, and the Netherlands. A House subcommittee last year re- fused to consider a similar presidential request. The principal items were $240,000 due Great Britain and Japan for ex- penses in the internment of enemy aliens during the World War and $30,967 due Austria, France, Great Britain, Germany and Mexico for losses sustained by their nationals when the United States Fleet oecu- pied Vera Cruz in April, 1914. ition w | Norway | {FARMERS REFUSE CENSUS ANSWERS Prosecuticn to Result From Stub- : Attitude on “Per- al Questions.” bor: BY thé Assoiated Press PEORIA; Ill, March 5—Three | Green Valley farmers told the Gov- ernment esterday it was nobody's business what their farms were worth nor how heavily mortgaged, but they | ran into Yederal prosecution for re- fusing to talk. The trio who defied the right of the regular Uftited States Farm Census | takers to.ask them questions, are John Pisher and Fred and Phil Fornof!. United #'tates Commissioner William | H. Moore held all three to the Federal grand jur} on the charge of violating the censu? act, punishable by 60 days in jail and $100 fine. Thirteen sympathetic farmers from | the neighorhood came to court with | them and: supplied the $500 bond re- | quired fo each. The questions to which thqy took exception were contained in cen- sus blank* used by the Department of Agricultu-e in its quintennial survey, prescribed by Congress years ago. Hastings, at 61, Sees Crucial Year for America During 1935 By the Associated Press. Senator Daniel O. Hastings, Re- publican, of Delaware observed his 81st birthday today with an assertion that “this is the most important year . in which I have lived. We are near the point of determining whether our form of government shall survive.” The Senator, & Marylander by birth and a resi- dent of Delaware for the past 46 years, has been one of the most active members of the Republic- an minority of Semator Hastings. 30 0 0Ly ce the beginning of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. The years have dealt lightly with him. Burnished, round-faced and CHRURCH ANNOUNCEME EPISCOPAL. 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The instructor was formerly employed in the Examining Division of the Civil Service Commission and is now & practice] editor. Register before 2:30 D.m. Siturday. March 9 MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL FOR SECRETARIES :Tivoll Theater Building 14th Street and Park Road “Telephone Columbia 3000 === P-LEAF TABLE [ = s —Choice of mahogany or walnut—accommodate six D. C. No. 1—Former King George of Greece, who, according to dispatches from Athens, is being backed by Greek monarchists for a return to the throne as revolt spreads throughout the country. He is shown at Epson Downs, England, with the Princess of No. 2—Parade of Evzon drummers in their national uniform. They are typical of.the troops participating in the revolt.—Wide World Photo. No. 3—Gen. Nicholas Plastiras, w. is reported at the head of the revolutionary forces.—Wide World Photo. No. 4—View of Canea, on the Island of Crete, into the port of which the insurgent fleet steamed after fight with airplanes at the outbreak of the revolt. |BELGRANO SPURNS BONUS COMPROMISE BEFORE COMMITTEE Sam Hill. Democrat, of Washington, “you either will have to issue bonds or levy taxes.” “It's not the point” Taylor re- plied. “If you attach this other thing to bonus payments, the bonus will | ! not be paid " | “It is just your opinion,” Hill re- | torted. “What assurance do you have | that the Vinson bill has a better | chance of becoming a law than the ' Patman bill has of becoming a law?” | “I have canvassed the Senate pretty | carefully,” Taylor replied. The Vinson bill, he testified, “is the only bill that carries out the mandate of the American Legion's convention | at Miami with no entangling alli- | ances.” | | _Besides denying the contention of | Representative Patman that the Pat- | man bill would be approved by two. thirds of the House and Senate— | enough to override a veto—Taylor said | “we believe the Vinson bill can pass | the Senate and will be enacted into law.” | The Treasury and Veterans’ Admin- | istration had advised the committee they did not wish to testify on the bonus unless the committee specifically desired. Today, however, Representative Treadway, Republican of Massachu- setts, moved that the Secretary of the Treasury and the veterans’ admin- istrator be called. “In a matter involving $2,000,000,- | 000,” Treadway argued, “we ought to have the right to hear from the Treas- ury.” Argues Postponement. Representative Cooper, Democrat. of | Tennessee, contended, however, that a | call for testimony by the administra- | tion officials “should be postponed un- til we see what situation develops.” | On Cooper’s motion the commit- | tee Democrats — with Representative | Lewis, Democrat, of Maryland break- | ing away—tabled the Treadway mo- | tion, 14 to 6. | Belgrano followed Taylor, indorsing | his arguments and refusing to sug- | gest the method of raising the money to pay the bonus. | Representative Cooper, who had been noncommittal on whether he fa- vored the Patman or Vinson bill, in- terrupted Belgrano to remark that the Patman bill twice had passed the House, but each time had failed to | get through the Senate. He added |that it seemed the question was whether bonus advocates should con- tinue to run “up a blind alley” or try a new method. Would Take Money, “Assuming that the Patman bill | should beccme a law, would you be | | willing for the veterans to accept the | money?” Hill asked Belgrano, “I think your question answers itself,” Belgrano replied. “I believe Were $50 to $60. Mode standard. TUESDAY, MARCH 35, 1935. A Connaught. —A. P. Photo. ho, along with Eleutherios Venizelos, —Wide World Photo. the veterans want the money and I don’t believe they care much how they get it.” Earlier, a poll of committee mem- RUSSELL DEBATE -POSTPONES VOTE Haitian Barricade Wrangle, Centering About King, Delays Senate. '| By the Associsted Press. Verbal warfare over a Haitian bar- ricade took up so much of the Sen-| ate’s time yesterday that a vote was| put over until today on the nomina-| tion of John H. Russell, commandant | of Marines, as a permanent major| general, and the nomination of Rich- ard P. Williams as a brigadier general. | Both sides of the sniping forces | seemed to be in agreement yeaurdnyi that the barricade actually was erected | for the purpose of barring Senator ! King, Democrat, of Utah from the, island. The matter of responsibility. however, was not settled, as foes of | Gen. Russell, then high commissioner | of Haiti, insisted he acted on his own, responsibility, while friends declared he was acting upon orders of the State | Department. Exclusion of Senators Debated. While the advisability of keeping | Senators out of Haiti was debated hotly by a dozen Senators, there arose the question again about the fabled | “Battle of Russells Run” during the | seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by | Marines in 1914. | Did one Mexican with a white flag ! nearly route a battalion of Marines?— | or did the Marines stand fast under command of Russell and defend the pump works supplying Vera Cruz with water? bers showed 12 preferring the Vinson bill; 11 looking with more favor on | the Patman bill, and 2 non-committal. | The Patman support in this com- | mittee was surprising even to some | advocates of his measure. The ex- | planation by Representative Patman. | that his bill contains brakes against unchecked inflation had swung at | least three members, temporarily if not permanently, to his way of think- ing. Of the two members who declined to express themselves, one represents a large city; the other is from a coun- try district. WORK BILL OFFERED Copeland Sponsors Measure Set- ting Hours for Women. The 40-hour-week proposal for woman workers in the District, intro- duced some time ago in the House, was sponsored in the Senate yester- day by Senator Copeland, Democrat. of New York. His bill is identical with the House measure introduced by Representative Norton. Another bill ate late yesterday by Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, to move ‘he statue of Gen. Pulaski from Thir- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue to the parkway in front of the Commerce Building. A. Kahn Inc. DIAMOND Baguette Wrist Watch $47.50 18 diamonds set in 14-kt solid white gold. 17-jeweled guaranteed movement . . . small baguette shape. Open a Charge Account ® Jewelers ( @ Stationers @ Platinumsmiths Art Every Remaining In Two Groups— Richard Prince— Were $30, $35, $40.... 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