Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER (U 8 Weather Bureau Fereeast) Occasional light rain and warmer with lowest temperature about 50 degrees to- The only evening in Washington wit aper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. night; tomorrow rain, with mild temper- t ature. Temperatures—Highest, 51, noon today; lowest, 35, at 1:30 a.m. today. Full report on page B-4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Page: s 17,18&19 ch Entered as sec vost office, W No. 33,194 ond class matter ashington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, FORTIFICATION OF RHINEIVINSONBONUS BILL NOW AIM, GERMANS HINT/BROUGHTUPUNDER AS NOTE SPLITS ALLIES|LIMITED DEBATE Reich’s Planes .Roosevelt Follows “Hands-Of f” Defy Pact in Policy on Rearming of Reich Flight, BRITISH STAND TERMED “WEAK” $18,000.000 More Sought for Air in Commons. BULLETIN. LONDON, March 19 (P.— France today suggested an emerg- ency conference of represergatives of Great Britain, France and Italy concerning the German rearma- ment situation and Italy agreed, it was learned authoritatively. France asked for the conference before next Sunday when Sir John Simon, British foreign min- ister. is scheduled to go to Berlin, but British officials expressed the belief all differences would be ironed out before the time for the conference with Reichsfuehrer Hitler. By the Associated Press Germany flew a big squadron of fighting airplanes over Berlin today In proof of the declaration that the arms clauses of the treaty of Ver- sailles no longer apply to Germany. and official German sources intimated the next portion of the treaty to go would be that preventing Germany from building fortifications along the Rhine. Both the French and the Russians referred to Great Britain's protest against German rearmament as “weak” and the Russians added to this criticism the claim that Great Britain had “capitulated” to Germany. France Votes Funds. In answer to Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's announcement on a conscript German Army the Finance Commit- tee of the French Chamber of Deputies approved an appropriation of 20.000.000 francs ($1,320,000) for | re-enlistment bonuses in the French Army. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain told the House of | Commons that his government would | appoint a special subcommittee to in- vestigate England’'s defenses against aerial attack. $18,000,000 More Asked. The British government asked the Commons for an appropriation of | nearly $18,000,000 this year more than last year for air defense. A ‘demand for the restoration of | Luncheon | BY J RUSSELL YOUNG. | President Roosevelt is following a “hands off and wait and see” policy regarding the developments ir Europe as a result of Germany's military con- scription movement and renunciation of the Versailles treaty. Mr. Roosevelt, in the meantime, is carefully studying the situation and developments in Germany. It was made very plain at the White House today that he has no intention of making any premature comment or any hasty decision regarding this Gov- ernment’s attitude. Not only is the President following a watchful waiting course, but he has | intimated to other officials of the Gov- { ernment that it would be best for | them to follow such a course. The | President is receiving at intervals the | from State Department officials. BELGIAN CIB QUITS OVER GLD Premier Theunis Resigns in Face of Heated Internal Controversy. | By the Associated Press BRUSSELS, March 19.—The cab- inet under Premier Georges Theunis resigned today. The resignation of the government came in the face of a heated internal controversy in Beigium over the ad- visability of the nation remaining on the gold standard, along with France, ' the Netherlands and Switzerland. Col. Theunis has been a strong ad- vocate of holding the Belga on gold. | Shortly before his resignation, the | premier categorically denied that Bel<“ gium had departed from gold. | latest advices concerning the situation | NET |LIMIT ON SALARIES President Studies Situation; but Denies With | Inspired by Cris Bullitt Was Printed reports to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt has been undergoing pressure from congressional leaders as well as State Department officials to “keep hands off” were described by administration associates of the Presi- | dent today as being entirely false. It was explained in the President's be- half that in the first place Mr. Roose- | velt has had no disposition to follow any other course. Reports that ad- vice to this effect had come to the White House from Senator Key Pitt- man of Nevada, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, were said at the White House today to be un- true. The White House took occasion also to give assurance that the President’s luncheon conference with William Bullitt, Ambassador to Russia and student of European affairs, was not “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6) INWAR ADVOCATED Proposal Would Draft In- dustry by Constitutional Amendment. By the Associated Press. ! A drastic war-time industrial draft—backed by a constitutional amendment—was urged upon the Senate Munitions Committee today by John T. Flynn, writer and attor- ney retained by the investigators to shape a policy for taking profits out of war. Urging the necessity for anti-war orofit legislation. he declared the “up- | ward spiral” of munitions costs al- ready has begun. “We may have begun the next war inflation already,” he said. “without being in the war.” While labeling his proposal as the committee’s plan, he agreed with A | Chairman Nye that the committee had Premier Theunis made the follow- | not yet formally accepted his views as | ing announcement in the Chamber of | the ones to be sponsored by the com- Deputies: | mittee. conscription in Austria was made by Minister of the Interior Emil Fey i | his newspaper the Oesterreich Aber.ds- zeitung. He declared now is the time for conscription “to be taken up by | other states which have been restrict- ed in military establishments by the Ppeace treaty.” NOTE TERMED “WEAK.” British Plea to United States Hinges on Parley Outcome. (Copyright 1935 by the Associated Press) LONDON. March 19.—French dis- approval of the British note to Ger- many as “weak” was indicated in French quarters today as Ambassador Andre Charles Corbin of France in- terviewed Sir John Simon, British Tforeign secretary. At the same time authoritative quarters said that whether Great Britain will ask the United States to | take steps in connection with Ger- | many’s newly announced military | power might depend on the forth- | coming conversations between Sir John and Reichsfuehrer Hitler of Germany The French Ambassador had an extended conversation with Sir John and an unconfirmed report said the | British minister might go to Berlin by way of Paris as a result. | | More Arms Money Asked. | Meanwhile the government made a plea for more air armaments money one day after its protest to Reichsfuehrer } Hitler against Germany's re-estab- lishment of a conscript army with irplanes in violation of the Ver- sailles treaty. Sir Philip Sassoon, undersecretary of state for air, told the legislators that Great Britain’s defense weakness ‘was not only “a danger to ourselves, but to the cause of peace.’ He introduced the new air estimates, which contain an increase of £3,560,- 500 ($18,000.000) over 1934. Last year's air aviation budget was £17,561.000 — approximately $89,209,- 880. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the Hcuse the British government | ‘will appoint a special subcommittee to “The cabinet, in the presence of un- Would Limit Salaries. just and systematic attacks by the| He proposed a draft of industry oposition, which even suspected the| that would limit salaries to $10.000 a personality of the ministers and delib- | Year and take for the Government by | s ve 3 erately undermined the confidence in- | ;’,‘s::(;:: irtealiySall profts above | ness of its responsibility and in the dispensable for the work of national | restoration, has no other alternative | than to resign. “Previous to making this decision the government yesterday took imme- | diately indispensible measures for the safeguarding of the currency. The | government expects their successor will find in Parliament the conscious- | unanimous support of the nation the | necessary force to face danger.” | One of the decrees instituted by the Belgian government yestrday, to prevent the hoarding of gold or its use for speculation, read: | “The import or export of gold in | ingots or currency in gold is re- served to the national bank. Nego- tiations inside the territory of the Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union of gold ingots or currency is subjected to_the national bank’s authorization.” The government then expressed the | belief that through national bark | control of all exchanges and with no | transactions in foreign currency orl gold allowed except for normal trade purposes, subject to control, any hoarding or speculation could be ef- fectively curbed. VETERAN ECONOMY LAWS MODIFIED Roosevelt Liberalizes Allowances to Widows and Children in Executive Orders. By the Associated Press. | President Roosevelt, in four execu- | tive orders, today modified the two- | year-old veterans’ economy regula- | Members of the committee joined with Flynn in ecriticizing the Colt | | Arms Co. for alleged “flaunting viola- tion” of N. R. A.’s labor guarantees. Nye opened the attack. saying the | Colt company had “consistently vio- lated” section 7A of the recovery act. “If they should refuse in time of war to make arms at a price offered by the Government,” Nye said, “the Govern- ment should be able to take over the plant.” “That ought to be put beyond all reach of doubt,” Flynn added, “by a constitutional amendment.” Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash- ington, declared for more drastic en- forcement of regulations. “You are not going to do any- thing by spraying rose water on these men,” Bone said. “We should tell them if they chisel on the Govern- ment we would take over their busi- ness.” He declared all munitions indus- tries should be subject to Government commandeering during the war and even in peace times. “1 am not going to have my boy killed,” he said, “to enrich Eugene G. Grace or any one else.” It was the second reference to the head of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. The first was made by Flynn in point- ing out that Grace would likely be one of those whose earnings would be limited to $10,000 a year under the conscription plan now being studied by the committee. Grace’s bonuses during the last war were reported to the committee at nearly $3,000,000. Would Prevent War. “It is more important to prevent war,” Flynn said, gesturing with his hands, “than to take the profits out of war.” Flynn roughly outlined the plan as follows: “To take 50 per cent of the first 6 per cent profits of corporations, and 100 per cent on all over that in excess investigate England's defenses against tions. providing principally for in- | profits. aerial attacks. The committee to be chosen will serve under the Committee for Im- perial Defense. It will be especially concerned with bombing attacks. French Indignant. French quarters here expressed in- ‘dignation over what they termed a Jack of sufficient expansion of details of the Anglo-French communique of last month in the British note deliv- ered to Berlin yesterday. They said they particularly resented the British avoidance of reference to the League of Nations. The Prench said they thought the note of protest merely served the pur- pose of inquiry and did not bear down on Germany sufficiently. Rumors circulated in diplomatic circles that Germany will shortly an- nounce her return to the League, but government officials said they had not received any hint of this kind from Germany and they did not expect any action on the subject, at least until after Hitler had discussed the whole situation with Sir John. Sir John, accompanied by Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal, will go to Berlin Sunday and talk with the German leader -next Monday (Rontinued on Page 3, Column 4., creases in the rates of allowances to| widows and children. | The liberalized payments will cost | | the Government a total of $1,800,000 annually. Mr. Roosevelt transmitted the exec- utive orders to Congress on the final day upon which he could act to make any change in the economy regu's- tions established two years ago. He acted on the recommendati. of Frank T. Hines, the veterans' ad- ministrator, and after consultation with Daniel Bell, director of the budget. Under the new regulations widows of deceased members of war-time service-connected cases between the | ages of 50 and 65 will receive an in- crease from $30 a month to $35 and widows over 65 an increase to $40. | The new regulations also allow in- creases for children where there is no widow. Where there are twc children, $33 2 month would be equally divided nstead of the present $30. ‘Where there are three children, $46 is to be allowed instead of $40, with $8 for each additional child. For widows of deceased veteransof peace-time, service-connected cases, slight increases are provided for those sver 50, “To limit all individual incomes to $10,000, and to take all over that in income taxes. “To impose income taxes on every- body from $1,000 or less up in suffi- cient amount to cover war expenses. “To assess and collect income taxes quarterly out of income as it is made. “To check numerous known meth- =1s of defeating income tax levies. “Publicity of all salaries immediate- ! ;# npon declaration of war. Would Draft Executives. “Industrial management draft—all general officers of corporations to be registered in a draft of management and when deemed necessary inducted into military forces of the United States. “Close all commodity exchanges, forbid speculation in commodities, fix commodity prices at proper parities and allocate to essential processors. “Regulate all new private financing through a wer finance agency. “A war finance corporation to assist in finaneing of essential war indus- tries. “Commandeering of essential in- dustries and services. industries, Special Rule Limits Discus- sion of Measure to 10 Hours. PERMITS CONSIDERATION OF PATMAN PLAN ALSO Lehlbach Says Patman Proposal Would Free Printing Presses for Fiat Money. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The House adopted this afternoon a special rule for the consideration of the soldiers’ bonus bill. The rule, which provides for 10 héurs of general debate and then consideration under the five-minute rule, was adopted after brief debate | and practically without opposition. It | places before the House the Vinson | bill, favorably reported by the Ways |and Means Committee and supported | by the American Legion. At the same |time the rule makes it in order to | offer the Patman bill, the Andrews- | Tydings bill, the Andrew bill, the Mc- | Reynolds bill and other bonus meas- | ures as substitutes for the Vinson bill | in committee of the whole. | After Representative O'Connor of | New York, chairman of the Rules | Committee, had explained the rule, pointing out that two motions to re- | commit would be permitted when the bill is reported from the Committee of the Whole to the House itself, Rep- | | resentative Lehlbach, Republican, of | | New Jersey twitted the Democrats for | bringing in a rule which permitted the | consideration of the Patman bill. Two Purposes Cited. Under the Patman bill the cash payment of the bonus, amounting to about $2,300,000,000, would be made with Treasury notes — greenbacks printed by the Treasury, based only on the :redit of the Government. Lehlbach said that the Patman bill had two purposes. One was to pay the bonus and the other was to inflate | the currency. He said that the ad- | ministration was opposed to the Pat- man bill. “You are bringing in an inflation bill,” he said, “for which there is 1 | present public demand, upon which no committee of the House has re- | ported and against which the admin- istration has set its face.” | Representative Connery, Democrat, of Massachusetts, interrupted. “The first soldiers’ bonus bill was brought before the House in 1924, when the House was Republican and House,” he said. “That bill i passed over a presidential veto.” Comment Provokes Laugh. “Yes,” replied Lehlbach, “but we didn't make speeches about the coat- tails we had been elected on.” A laugh ran over the House at Lehlbach’s criticism of the Democrats |who are now opposing President Roosevelt on the soldiers’ bonus. Lehlbach declared that the passage of the Patman bill if it eventually be- came law, would be the opening wedge for the use of the printing | press to turn out great quantities of | paper. fiat money. When the House took up the bill in committee of the whole with Rep- resentative Cannon of Missouri pre- siding, the first speaker was Repre- | sentative Patman, Democrat of Texas, | author of the rival bill to be offered | as the first substitute. Thanks Steering Group. Patman thanked the Steering Com- mittee of 21 regional men, the chair- man and members of the Ways and Means Committee, the chairman and members of the Rules Committee, the Speaker of the House and others who had helped to get the bonus legislation was He produced a large chart graphi- cally showing the certificates issued to the veterans, already past due, special consideration or rights. but the same consideration and rights as were given to others in the payment of war claims and in repayment of income taxes during war days. The second point emphasized by Patman was that payments should be made in a way that would not be detrimental to the people of the coun- try. He insisted that by a cash pay- ment of the bonus now, by putting this large capital in circulation, the people of the country would be bene- fited generally. It was regarded as a foregone con- clusion that the ‘House would pass & bill for the present cash payment of the bonus. President Roosevelt has threatened a veto, but the sentiment in the House apparently is too strong to be checked. A compromise proposal, sponsored by Representative Andrews and Sen- ator Tydings has been offered. But it is not believed a compromise can win out in the House. Under the com- promise plan the veterans would be issued Government bonds in place of their bonus certificates. Three Die in Mexican Clash. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, March 19 (®). —Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded last night in an ex- change of shots between political partisans in the Assembly®of Cuajux- quihui, town of Parantla. Alimony Payers Organizing To Fight Mercenary Women < By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 19.—Cecil A. Arm- itage, who wants the world to look at the alimony problem “from the man’s side for a change,” today invited all hard-pressed ex-husbands to join his Men’s Protective League. Armitage, himself an alimony payer, explained his organization as one which would offer comfort to other ¥ MARCH 19, 1935—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. \ President Coolidge was in the White | up for fair consideration in the House. | arguing that they are not asking for | g Star R | NEVER DREAMED THERE WAS S0 MUCH SUNSHINE AV'DANCING IN THIS OLD WORLD! )/ 3 pectSTON g 7 The Secretary of the Interior is Engaged in a Liitle Work Relief in Florida. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,495 Some Returns Not Yet Recelv: ed UP) Meang Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 313,000,000 18 CUT FROM VALUE SET BY GAS COMPANY HAZEN S CALLED | - BY CRIME PROBERS Commissioner to Be Asked | Part He Played in Po- lice Promotion. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen was | summoned before the Special Crime | Committee of the House this after- | noon to relate the part he played in | the sensational “deal” to force the | | retirement of Police Inspector Thad- | deus R. Bean so Inspector Albert J. | Headley could be elevated to the rank lor an assistant superintendent. | Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- tendent of police, already has in- formed the committee he discussed the arrangement with Hazen® last | Fall and that the Commissioner had approved it | | While Maj. Brown has denied mak- in, a “gentleman’s agreement” with | Representative Blanton, Democrat, of | ‘Texas, he sald there was an under- | standing that Headley would be pro- | moted when Bean retired. Headley, | | the beneficiary in the arrangement, | also has admitted he had an under- | | standing with Blanton that when Bean did go to the retirement roll he would be made an assistant superin- | tendent with an increased compen- { sation of $500 a year. [ Headley Severely Grilled. Headley followed Maj. Brown on the witness stand yesterday afternoon and was subjected to a severe grilling | due primarily to his reluctance to | ciscuss the affair. In fact, the com- mittee was forced to draw from him | the admission that he had an under- standing with Blanton Smarting under the penetrating questions fired at him, Headley sev- eral times snapped back in resentment. | He objected to an implication that he | | was a “snooper.” Particularly did he | flare up at a charge, hurled at him by Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana, that he had “socked” Maj. | Brown “below the belt.” Headley placed himself on the de-| fensive the moment he took the wit- | ness stand. He was unable to remem- | | ber certain details or to recall certain | instances that occurred within the last | year. Ultimately, members of me‘ committee lost patience and accused him of “fencing” and with being evasive. Headley, of course, vehe- mently denied these allegations. | However, Headley did not hesitate to answer questions about his friendship | with Blanton. He said they had been friends for a number of years and had | often exchanged correspondence. | | Schulte's accusation that Headley “(Continued on Page 5, Column 4) 'BRITON EXONERATED OF KIDNAPING IN 1904 English Court Directs Jury to Free Man Accused of Ab- ducting Boy. By the Associated Press. LEEDS, England, March 19.—Henry | Ross, accused of kidnaping a boy in | England 31 years ago and taking him !to New Jersey, was acquitted by & | jury today at the court's direction. In a trembling voice, the white- haired Ross pleaded not guilty. The “pmsecuuon offered no evidence. | When Ross was committed to trial | | Pebruary 7 it was charged he had ob- | | tained permission to take John Wil- | lam Whitnear, 4. on a fishing trip. Instead. it was said, he boarded a ship for the United States and settled with the boy in Newark. Authorities quoted Ross as saying the boy's mother told him he was the father. = She denied saying this. A warrant for Ross’ arrest was issued in 1904, but was not served until last January., Ross returned to England in 1922, “Divorce has become a racket,” Armitage explained. “Just look at it from the man'’s side for a change. His beautiful romance is busted up by some woman and then he has to pay her for it. There must be 20,000 men in Michigan—there are 2,000 in Detroit alone each year—who are preyed upon by mercenary women—men who have to pay alimony unjustly.” Armitage said he hopes to arrange a meeting of the league next month and have an attorney address the ‘members on legal means of escape from alimony payments, ’ Sz Planting of First Shelter Belt Trees Is Due This Month Work to Commence in Texas, Oklahoma BYRD ASKS CUT - ONWORKS RELIEF: Slash to $1,880,000,000 and Kansas. Sought by Senator, Citing | By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., March 19—First | plantings of 2,000,000 trees in the plains shelter belt will be made before | April 1 in Texas, Oklahoma and Kan- | sas, and trees will be set out within a few weeks in Nebraska and the Da- kotas. Paul H. Roberts, acting director of the Federal project, revealed today the definite areas in which plantings will be made. After preliminary field studies this Winter the United States Forest Serv- ice selected 50 counties in the six States as the site of experimental work during the first year of the big tree-planting program Roberts emphasized that the shelter belt will not be a narrow forest ex- tending from Canada to the Texas Panhandle, but that this area is merely the zone in which thousands of East-West shelter belts will be planted, many of them on individual RCHBERE LASHES PUBLIC INFLAMERS Declares Vital Question Is Whether Emotion or Reason Govern. Donald R. Richberg, executive direc- tor of the National Emergency Coun- cil, fired a broadside last night at the | participants in a “national vaudeville show"” and warned against the dan- gers arising from “the well-meaning fanatic, the unscrupulous demagogue, the professional exhorter, the utopian promiser and the political charlatan.” Avoiding the use ofynames and de- nying any “personal rancor,” Rich- berg quoted Gen. Hugh S. Johnson and attributed his words to “a popular humorist.” Inferentially he likewise fired his blasts at Senator Huey Long and Father Charles E. Coughlin. Richberg’s address was delivered in the National Radio Forum.The forum, arranged by The Washington Star, was broadcast or a coast-to-coast network | of the National Broadcasting Co. Suggests Three Classifications. ‘The administration’s chief spokes- man declared there are “three classes of leaders who offer their programs for public support, who may be Fund “Diversion.” By the Associated Press. Asserting $486,000,000 of the orig- | inal public works appropriation o!; 1933 had been “diverted” to ordinary | departmental expenses, Senator Byrd Democrat, of Virginia, today asked the Senate to reduce the $4,880.000.- | 000 direct and work relief appropria- tion to $1.880,000,000. Byrd, former Virginia Governor, went Senator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado, one billion better in de- manding lash in the fund. A vote on Adams' proposal to cut it to $2.- 880.000.000 and the Byrd substitute was expected before the end of tne | day. Democratic leaders predicted both would be defeated. $1,500,000,000 Unexpended. Utilities Body Fixes Sum at $16,993,000 for Rate Purposes. FURTHER REDUCTION TO CONSUMERS SEEN District Officials Anticipate Case Will Be Appealed in Su- preme Court. ‘The Public Utilities Commission to- day fixed the valuation of the Wash- ington and Georgetown Gas Light companies, for rate-making purposes at $16,993,000, ending a two-year ex- amination into the proper rate base for the companies. ‘While the companies had not during the valuation proceedings totaled up their claims to fair value, officials of the concerns said at the outset they would submit evidence proving a total value of $30,000,000. This would show the commission has disallowed claims to value amounting to some $13,000,000 The decision sets up definite ex- pectations for a big permanent cut in gas rates. Since the valuation study was started, there has been in effect a temporary discount of 85 per cent, which was agreed to volun- tarily by the company. Some observ- ers believe the decision may mean possibly a doubling of this reduction. The present temporary cut was made without the benefit of a formal valuation or rate case and was agreed to by the commission and the com- pany partly because of economic con- ditions, including the 15 per cent cut in Government pay. The commission already has called | a public hearing to begin April 15 tor consideration of the future rates to be charged by the gas companies. District officials anticipate the com- pany will appeal the case to District Supreme Court. In the past this has been the normal proceeding in valua- | tion and rate cases. The commission found the fair value of the Washington Gas Light Co. to be $15,039,000. and that of the | Georgetown company, $1,954,000. The valuations are as of June 30, | 1932, when commission experts began studies of value. The Georgetown company is owned by the Washington Byrd said a recent Treasury report showed $1,500.000.000 of the original public works appropriation remained unexpended and in view of the slow- ness in prosecuting the works pro- gram, only one-quarter of the entire company, which in turn is owned by the Washington & Suburban Cos, a | Massachusetts common law trust, which represents Chase National Bank and associated financial interests. The Washington company claimed as the cost of reproduction, new, $19.- $4.000,000,000 now proposed for work 920,603, exclusive of going concern relief was needed at this time. value. The commission found the He charged that the $486,000.000 figures should be $15550,000 also ex- was an “unwarranted diversion” from | cluding going concern value. The com- an emergency appropriation to pay | pany claimed $16,998,678 to have been | for ordinary expenses in other de- |the original cost of the Washington | partments. company property, and the commis- “I do not charge that these diver- sion said it could not find the orig- sions were illegal or fraudulent.” he | inal cost “because of the character of | said, “but I do say Congress did not ‘ the estimates indulged in by witnesses know such diversions would be made. By reason of them. we are completely destroying the budget system of the United States.” Administration leaders surveyed opposition forces today and expressed the belief President Roosevelt's $4.880.000,000 work-relief bill would be out of the Senate by the end of the week. Another major skirmish impended. however. This was on the amendment proposed by Senator Adams to cut the fund down to $2.880,000,000. Democratic chieftains conceded the conservatives behind this move might marshal as many as 30 votes, but would not win. While the Senate chamber rang yesterday with talk of new taxes and | impairment of the Government's credit, Chairman Glass of the Ap- propriations Committee, in charge of the bill. warned that e night session was in store today unless debate was shortened. Slice Defeats Predicted. A short time later Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, pre- | dicted defeat for those seeking to slice almost in half the money the Presi- ldem wants for his announced plan to put 3,500,000 relief recipients to roughly classified as the old gunrd,|"0rk. the progressives and the destroyers.” | Senator Hayden, Democrat, of /Ari- “Just as the indjvidual may suffer | 20na, asserted the Government would & nervous breakdown,” he said, “just | have to levy new taxes to meet re- 'SECURITY BILL P as,a single mind may give way under persistent overstrain, so a whole people may find that public opinion is losing its sobriety and common sense. The suffering, the worry and fears of millions of unhappy indi- viduals gradually develop a worried, nervous, emotional public mind. * “To those who are heavily bur- dened now come the honeyed words “(Continued on Page 12, Column 1.)~ ON SHELF IN HOUSE Committee to Wait Until Bonus Issue Is Out of the Way. By the Associated Press. Further consideration of the admin- istration’s social security bill was definitely postponed today by the House Ways and Means Committee until the House finally disposes of the cash bonus issue. That means the social security plan cannot be ready for presentation to the House before the latter part of next week. Chairman Doughton, however, ap- pointed a subcommittee to work on some minor changes suggested by the | Secretaries of the Treasury and In- terior. An attempt to lift the old-age pen- sion proposal out of the security bill and pass it promptly in a separate measure was made in ourl; ?};“!;m- terday, despite fresh we t - dent Roosevelt hoped nothing of that sort woulq be done. covery expenditures, At the same | time, he denied a cohtention by Adams | that the $4,880,000,000 appropriation would destroy the Government’s credit. Raising his voice to a high pitch, Adams called the administration’s measure “unsound,” one that would lead inevitably to “repudiation of | Gebts or inflation.” | _ Senators Tydings, Democrat, of | Maryland, and Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, joined with the Coloradoan in demanding a $2,000,000,000 reduc- | tion, but Democratic leaders appar- | ently were convinced they had enough votes to push the bill through in its present form. | Howe Fails to Improve. Louis M. Howe, secretary to Presi- dent Roosevelt, showed no improve- ment today in his serious illness. The White House, where he is con- fined with a cardiac ailment, issued the following statement: “Secretary Howe passed a comfort- able night, but no improvement in his condition has been noted by attend- ing physicians.” Guide for Readers Amusements Comics . Features Short Story . Society .. Sports | of both sides.” | Set Up Separate Claim. | The Washington company set up a separate claim for $2.500,000 for the intangible element of going concern value. The commission rejected this claim, saying: “Similar claims for going concern value, estimated in like | manner as the claims here presented, were rejected by the Supreme Court” and listed many citations of recent decision of the high court. As cus- tomary, the cemmission did not make a definite finding as to going concern value, but said it had taken that ele- ment into consideration. | The Washington company claimed | $3,044,084 as the value of its land, but | the commission found the figures | should be $1,654,846, and announced | it had applied a rule followed by the Supreme Court in the Minnesota rate | cases. The commission disallowed any | value for certain street and alley | areas and wharf lands used under agreement with the United States Government which the company | claimed it owned and placed the value at $452,399. The companies set up a claim of $1,984,149 as working capital, includ- ing materials and supplies on hand as of the date of valuation. The com- mission found $689,000 for the Wash- ington company and $133,000 for the Georgetown, In doing so, it rejected the companies’ claim amounting to $1,038470 for the investment in the ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) CONGO PLANE FOUND WITH ALL SEVEN DEAD ‘Brussels Receives Report of Death of French Official, Wife and Five Others. | By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, March 19.—A message to the colonial ministry today reported the finding of the plane in which Edouard Renard, governor of French equatorial Africa, and his party had been missing, with all its occupants dead. With Renard were his wife, promi- nent socially in Paris, and five colonial army officers. The plane was forced down in the Congo jungles Thursday. HARKNESS IN SHANGHAI, SAYS AMERICAN OFFICER U. 8. Marshal's Report Belies Story Chinese Bandits Cap- tured Expiorer. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 19.—United States Marshal Edward Faupel of Los Angeles said today that William Harkness, New York explorer, ape parently was well and was staying in & Shanghal