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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder today; tomorrow fair, rising temperature in afternoon; fresh northwest winds, diminishing this after- noon. Temperatures—Highest, 67, at 1 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 50, at 5 a.m. yes- terday. Full report on page A-11. Subscriber or Newsstand Copy Not for Sale by Newsboys Star 24, 1935-106 PAGES. The WASHINGTON, PRECINGT CAPTAIN WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sty FIVE CENTS TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| ELSEWHERE WORK RELIEF PASSED Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH - HITLER T0 OFFER 1,566—No. 33,199. Clipper Sets Three Records in Test For Pacific Route| MEBBE You (an GET AWAY WITH SIMON BILATERAL PACTS 10 ASSURE PEACE 20 YEARS Fuehrer Prepared to Give Proof of Pacific Aims, Signing Non - Aggression Accords With Neighbors. MUSSOLINI HAS MILLION TROOPS POISED FOR WAR Tri-Power Parley in Paris Agrees on Caution Before Carrying Reich Arms Issue Before League — French Move 30,000 Men to Rhine Garrisons. B the Associated Press. Italy mobilized 200.000 more soldiers and France made ready to shift 30.000 men closer to the German border yesterday as French, Italian and British conferees at Paris achieved “unity of purpose” in handling the German rearmament erisis. ‘With any thought of asking penalties for Germany at the forthcoming League of Nations Council session “pushed into the background,” Sir John Simon, British foreign secre- tary, prepared to fly to Berlin to- day to start momentous security eonversations with Adolf Hitler. the German capital Hitler, who returned from Wiesbaden to take personal charge of the conversa- tions, was described as ready to sign bilateral non-aggression ac- cords guaranteeing peace on the continent for the next 20 years. League of Nation's circles heard yester- day Czechoslovakia had decided to begin fortification of her frontiers because she is apprehensive over a possible Nazi putsch. Seeks to Win Simon. BERLIN, March 23 () .—Adolph ‘Hitler, awaiting his momentous se- curity conversations with British statesmen tomorrow, was described tonight as ready to enter into concrete arrangements for guaranteeing the peace of Europe for the next 20 vears. Intimates said he would express his willingness to sign bi-lateral non- aggression pacts with other European nations to insure peace on the conti- nent during the next two decardes. Seeks to Win Sir John. Hitler was said to be determined to make every effort to win the confi- dence and good will of Sir John, Simon, British foreign secretary, | and Capt. Anthony Eden. lord privy zeal, during their two days of nego- tiations. Tomorrow's meeting with the Brit- | ish, who will arrive by plane at ‘Tempelhof airdrome, will be one of formal welcome only. ‘The visitors are expected to spend their first evening at the British Em- bassy to learn from Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassador, just what the situation is and what the Germans, so far as the Ambassador knows, ex- pect to talk about and offer, Visit “Exploratory.” While the British have emphasized | throughout that their visit is “purely | exploratory,” there is little doubt here that Sir John and Eden will have certain proposals to make, expecting in return that Hitler will offer con- crete suggestions. The German foreign office assumes that the chief aim of the British dele- gates will be to attempt to get Ger- many back into the League of Na- tions, working within that framework for European peace, but none in au- thority was willing to commit himself (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) LEOPOLD IS WINNER I CRISIS ON GOLD Youthful Belgian Monarch Per- suades Van Zeeland to Form Cabinet. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, March 23.—Youthful King Leopold II worked his deter- mined way out of a cabinet crisis to- day to emerge with the gold standard unimpaired. ‘The curly-haired monarch, after three days spent in sounding public opinion, induced Paul van Zeeland, former minister, financial expert and close adviser to Leopold’s father, the late King Albert, to take the premier- ship surrendered by George Theunis. Van Zeeland's first ancaouncement, after saying he had accepted the “difficult and ungrateful” task, was that his cabinet will be “one of na- tional union and my first call will be on Theunis.” ‘To financial circles. that indicated Leopold had triumphed in his determi- nation, based on evidence he received that most Belgians favored gold- backed currency, to form no cabinet that would not back the gold standard to the limit, as Theunis did. The premier-designate said he would ask Theunis, who resigned ‘n spectac- ular fashion after issuing currency regulations designed to protect the gold standard, to take an important Just before van Zeeland accepted the position Theunis was summoned to the royal palace and asked to resume the premiership. He refused, as had Louis Franck, goveraor of the Belgian National Bank, who said he felt he should remain at his present | Big Pan-Ameévrican Plane Exceeds Mileage of U. 8. to Hawaii. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, March 23.—Com- mercial aviation today demonstrated its technical readiness for the trans- | Pacific air service. The 19-ton Pan American Clipper, alighting on Biscayne Bay after a 2,504-mile “circle” flight to the Virgin Islands, was credited by airplane offi- clals with establishing three new records, including the world seaplane distance mark. ‘The trail-blazing plane covered several hundred miles in excess of the distance between California and Hono- lulu, the longest overwater hop of the proposed service to Asia's trade marts. Despite the long flight, the Sikorsky's tanks at journey's end contained 498 gallons of gasoline, sufficient for 550 additional miles. | The world seaplane distance record | was claimed after a computation of the plane’s latitude and longitude re- ports revealed it had exceeded by 105 miles the mark established by Lieut. Comdr. Knefler McGinnis in a 2,399 mile flight last year from California to Hawaii in a Navy patrol plane. The national records, to which the company laid claim, were the Ameri- | course for seaplanes. HOOVER'S LETTER |G. 0. P. Ranks Are Split by Former President’s New Deal Attack. | BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. | 1he kind of campaign the orthodox ‘Repubhcans will make to unseat President Roosevelt and undo the | New Deal was visualized last night on lines laid down by former Pres-| | 1dent Hoover in a letter to the Cali- | fornia Republican assembly. While | 4t left the Republican “Liberals” cold |or indifferent, and hence foreshad- | owed a preliminary struggle for con- trol of the Republican party, it caused the Democratic leadership to strike back for the first time at the leader the New Deal retired to private life | more than two years ago. | In this sense Mr. Hoover opened the preconvention Presidential cam- paign debate. and with the Demo- cratic response, roughly drew the issue for 1936 as between an econ- |omy of scarcity and an economy of | plenty. In answer to his charge that | the Roosevelt theories had not worked and his demand for “a restoration of economic common sense,” Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, ad- ministration spokesman in the Sen- ate, in effect challenged the former | President to state the specific meas- ures he would employ. Orthodox Spokesman. It became apparent that Mr. Hoo- ver had spoken had advance consultation with many of its leaders, including Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee. The reg- ular Republican leaders in the East put aside their reservations with re- spect to the presidential nomination to be made less than 15 months hence and showed a united front for the principles their titular leader had enunciated. The view taken in these quarters was that with the Republican party already facing division between its regulars and radicals, the regulars should not permit qualms about the presidential nomination to stand in the way of an otherwise clear unity of thought. The fact that the former President had struck out independently of other party leaders on the whole and was thus early exposing himself to the shafts of the opposition side was re- garded by many as indicating that Mr. Hoover is not a candidate to succeed himself at this time. THis deduction was considered the more warranted in view of his earlier known reluctance to speak out for fear of being misunderstood as a can- didate in everything he did or said from then on Seen Move for Renomination. While several of the Democrats in Washingtoa were quick to construe Mr. Hoovar's re-entry into the polit- ical debate as a sign of his own can- didacy for renomination no Repub- lican took this view. Much of the opposition to Mr. Hoover in his own (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Competitive Ore Found. PORT HENRY, N. Y., March 23 () —Adirondack ore may be shipped to the Great Lakes for steel manufac- ture in competition with ores from the Lake Superior region. Plans are being developed, it was reported today, to ship ore from Port Henry on Lake Champlain by rail to Oswego and there transfer it to lake vessels for Midwestern steel mills. can distance and the American closed | IVENSCAVPAGH for the orthodox | wing of his party without having | IMPLIES HIS AIDE GAVE RAID TIP-OFF Detective Shouts Denials of Accusations at Crime Hearing. BROWN ORDERS BEAN TO UNDERTAKE INQUIRY | Police Chief Intimates Fifth Pre- cinct Shake-Up Due, With- holding Details. BY JAMES E. CHINN. An effort to clear up the mystery |as to who “tipped off” a gambling house at 113 B street southeast to an impending raid provided another “ sensation yesterday before the Special | Crime Committee of the House. Capt. Joseph E. Morgan, in whose | precinct, No. 5. the gambling place | was located, indirectly accused one of his own officers, Detective Watson Salkeld. of doing the “tipping.” But Salkeld shouted his denial at that accusation, and declared he had told Capt. Morgan the name of the person responsible, but nothing had been done about it | Several hours after the expose of the gambling house “tip-off,” Police | Supt. Ernest W. Brown ordered a ! special investigation to determine | whether any disciplinary action should be taken. The inquiry will be made by In- spector Thaddeus R. Bean instead of | Inspector Albert J. Headley, who has | administrative supervision over the | fifth precinct. Maj. Brown said he directed Bean to make the investiga- tion because he is an assistant super- intendent. Shake-up Imminent. As soon as Maj. Brown heard the story of the “tip-off,” he issued the following statement: g “I have directed Inspector Bean to make a thorough inquiry into Capt. | Morgan's charges, with a view to as- | certaining whether disciplinary action | is warranted. He will undertake this | investigation Monday morning.” | | Irrespective of whether any action ! is taken against Salkeld, Maj. Brown | | intimated a shake-up in the person- | nel of the fifth precinct is imminent. | | He declined to Indicate, however, the | changes he has in mind. Morgan and Salkeld were two of the six witnesses who faced the com- | mittee during a continuous three-and- | a-half hour session, which was devoted | principally to incidents in the fifth precinct. The other witnesses were Capts. William E. Holmes of the first | | precinct and Ira Sheetz of the tenth | precinct, Sergt. Alvin S. Bohrer and | Pvt. John O'Connell, both of the fifth precinct. Raid Follows Complaint. | The B street gambling place was | raided several weeks ago after Rep- | resentative Blanton, Democrat, of | Texas complained to the committee | that a “joint” was operating within the very shadow of the room in which it was conducting the investigation. There was no “tip-off” in connection with that raid. which was made by Lieut. George M. Little and members of his vice squad. | The “tip-off.” according to devel- opments before the committee, in- volved another raid on the same place | about a week before Lieut. Little and his men surprised the proprietor and a crowd of customers. That partic- | ular raid was led by Detective Salkeld, who cut his way into the place with an ax and found a lot of dust, boards and other things that bore no evi- dence of having been used for gambling. Capt. Morgan said he was sure a “tip-off” was responsible for Salkeld not finding anything. He was not quite certain who did the “tipping.” but explained that he and Salkeld were the only ones who knew of the plans to make the raid. Schulte Puts Question. When Salkeld took the witness stand immediately after Capt. Mor- gan, Representative Schulte, Demo- crat, of Indiana, bluntly asked him: “Did you tip-off the owner of 113 B street that it was to be raided?” “On my mother’s soul I didn't” shouted Salkeld. “I didn't have time. It was only a few minutes after the captain told me about that place be- fore I went there without a warrant and made the raid.” “You have been accused by your captain _of being & ‘tip-off.’” said " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) CONSTITUTION CHANGED New Draft Due for Poland in Legislative Reforms. WARSAW, Poland, March 23 (#).— A new constitution for Poland was assured tonight when the Sejm (lower house) approved a reform measure, including Senate amend- ments. The vote was 260 to 139. Although Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Polish dic- tator, vetoed cemfi; dcmlgnxf:ds' the ram as inal es| con- lc,:g%nm po'}'fl" in the hands of the President. A field survey of living costs in 59 cities will be undertaken this month under joint auspices of the Federal Relief Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine the minimum amount of money required to supply a worker's family with all necessities of life for a year. F. E. R. A, has drawn up a budget showing the annual requirements of a family of four, consisting of two adults and two children. The stand- ard is based upon the best scientific knowledge as to food, clothing and health requirements of a manual worker's family. The budget covers clothing, household furnishings, rent, light and fuel, . Sum Family Actually Needs To Be Determined in Survey The prices of all commodities, ex- cept food, will be checked in the 59 principal cities and towns, including Washington, during the last week in March and the month of April. Food prices already have been assembled by the Labor Department. Some 7,000 stores will be visited by 29 - special field agents, who are now leaving ‘Washington to undertake the survey. The project is designed to provide information needed in planning relief requirements. On the basis of the data collected, Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins will be able to esti- mate the cost of adequate relief in the coming months and to determine whether or not the relief now given mmmumumr 1T-ADOLF: | DIDNT, 74774 Y ”g/t/;,,,’f ;,’ffi/” ;,/,"" i CORCORAN EXHIBIT WILL OPEN TODAY Dignitaries Attend Private | Showing of Art Gallery’s Largest Display. The Corcoran Art Gallery's largest art show is to be thrown open to the public today, following & notable pri- vate preview last night attended by dignitaries of the world of art and of public and private life in the National Capital. In a brilliant setting provided by the green-festooned halls of the colonnaded gallery, vited guests inspected—with obvious interest and approval—an impressive collection of 428 pictures chosen as worthy of the gallery's Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American O1l Paintings. Attention was focused on four colorful canvases selected by a jury | of noted artists as the prize-winning pictures of the show. These paintings won for their creators the famed W. A. Clark cash awards totaling $5.000 and accompanying medals of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Speicher at Preview. Eugene Speicher’s interesting study of a stalwart blacksmith seated beside his anvil in surcease from his labors and entitl>d *‘Red’ Moore.” winner of first Clark prize of $2.000 and the Corcoran gold medal, proved to have wide popular appeal—a fact pleasing both to the artist and to several mem- bers of the jury who were present last night. Mr. Speicher came from New York for the show. Jonas Lie of New York, chairman of the jury, and two other judges—Victor Higgins of New Mexico and George Harding of Phila- | delphia—were among thc guests. Two jurors unable to attend were Henry Lee McFee of New York and Richard E. Miller of Massachusetts George E. Hamilton, president of the Board of Trustees of the gallery, presented to Speicher the first prize check and the Corcoran Gold Medal. The other prize-winning pictures sharing the limelight of interest were Frederick Carl Frieseke's “Girl at Piano,” which was awarded second Clark prize of $1,500 and the Corcoran silver medal; Henry E. Mattson’s ma- rine painting, “The Beacon,” which took third Clark prize of $1.000 2nd | " (Contihued on Page 4, Column 8.) . JUSTICE OFFICIALS SPURN HOLLYW00D Reports of Approval for Film on Agents’ Work Are Denjed. By the Associated Press. A request by Hollywood to make motion pictures presenting special agents of the Department of Justice appeared likely yesterday to be re- Jjected. Word to that effect was given out in authoritative quarters simultan- eously with issuance of a statement by the department that it “has approved no motion picture scenario or produc- tion purporting to deal with its work.” “Any statement appearing in mo- tion picture publications or elsewhere to the effect that the department has authorized any person to furnish technical advice or assistance is un- true,” it added. This denial, the department said, resulted from reports published on the Pacific Coast “that the Depart- ment of Justice had designated a for- mer agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to act as technical ad- viser in connection with various mo- tion picture productions said to be in course of preparation on the Pacific Coast which purport to deal with the department’s activities.” DUST STORMS HALT HOP Laura Ingalls Postpones Flight Across Continent. LOS ANGELES, March 23 (®).— Dust storms in the Middle West forced Laura Ingalls, daring woman fiyer, to postpone today her proposed record-seeking flight across the con- tinent. She said she was ready, but had received reports of storms and had been advised not to hop off until they have abated. Miss Ingalls, piloting a new $40,000 Lockheed Orion, hopes to establish a transcontinental non-stop record for women, ‘ hundreds of in- | Relief Head Held } | ‘Public Enemy’ by 1 Insul ar Resolution ‘ | Roosevelt Asked to Act| Puerto Rican Controversy in By Radio to The Star. SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico. | 23.—A resolution adopted today by the majority of the insular Legislature describes James R. Bourne, Federal relief administrator, as “a public enemy of the Puerto Rican people” and invites him to leave the island immediately. The resolution asks “our beloved President” to remove the ad- ministrator, whose appointment was popularly credited to Roosevelt's per- sonal friendship. The majority’s hostility to Bourne is based on the conviction that the acministrator has favored the Liberal party in the distribution of jobs. Coalition leaders say that Federal re- lief has become a Liberal department (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) RODSEVELT ATS N SECURTY ROW ‘Tells House Leaders to Draft Own Measure, Despite Miss Perkins. March | | By the Associated Press. | President Roosevelt yesterday passed | | over protests of one of his own cabi- net members—Secretary Perkins—and |told House Democratic Ways and | Means Commitiee leaders to go ahead | and perfect their own social security | bill. ‘The committeemen, who talked with | the President for more than an hour about the tentative draft of the re-| written bill, were Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of North Carolina, and Representatives Samuel B. Hill, Dem- ocrat, Washington; Vinson, Democr: Kentucky; Lewis, Democrat, Mary land, and Cooper, Democrat, Ten- nessee. They declined to quote the Presi- dent directly, but sturdy. 71-year-old Chairman Doughton, obviously pleased at the results of the conference, told newspaper men who surrounded him upon his return to Capitol Hill: “We are in agreement. I don't look for any substantial changes in the bill as it now stands.” To Be Ready April 1. He said his committee would re- sume consideration of the bill Mon- day “to make sure it is absolutely all right” and have it ready for presentation to the House by April 1—a week from tomorrow. Secretary Perkins had made fre- quent protests at a number of changes in the bill. One, made on the recommendation of Secretary Morgenthau without her direct ap- proval, stepped up the tax rate pro- posed for compulsory, contributory old-age annuities—which the com- mittee now has classified as “old-age bengfits.” ‘The Labor Secretary, however, was particularly worried by changes the committee made when it decided that the Social Insurance Board, which will handle much of the machinery set up under the broad plan, should be an independent agency and not under the Labor Department. Miss Perkins had wanted to have some control over the board, but the com- mittee decided against her. Exemption Plan Opposed, Likewise, she had made a special trip to the Capitol to express her opposition to another committee amendment—that exempting from un- employment insurance taxes the em- ployers of less than 10 en. As the (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) —_— LONG SOLO HOP STARTS Brook Tries for Record From Australia to England. PORT DARWIN, Australia, March 23 (/) —H. L. Brook, British fiyer, took off today on a solo flight to Eng- land in an attempt to better the record of 81 hours 2 minutes for the hop set by Capt. James A. Mollinson. Brook participated in last Fall'’s England-to-Melboume derby, | Congress Also Will Consider | the money for use by the Army. | tor { with permission for use of part of the | | vations and posts. DEFENSE FUND BATILE INPENDS Measures to Take Profit From War, By the Associated Press An agreement by the Sennm-House; Conference Committee to authorize an immediate 40 per cent increase in the standing Army opened the way yes- terday for a two-fronted legislative battle, one to garner more money for | military preparedness, and another to | make war and preparation for war un- | profitable. The Conference Committee agreed on an appropriation bill carrying slightly more than $400,000,000 for the War Department, a near record peace- time total, and carrying a special pro- vision for boosting the Army enlisted strength from 118,750 to 165,000, Navy Fund Considered. Shaping in the House was legisla- tion for a similar sum to finance the Navy during the coming year. In ad- dition, some observers expected a move | in the conference on the $4.880,000.- 000 relief bill which might make avail- able still more money for the two branches of the national defense. While the big relief bill was under | debate in the Senate, a subcommittee | of the House Military Committee was drafting a plan to ask $405,000,000 of An amendment launched by Sena- ! Borah, Republican, of Idaho, to prevent any of the money going to military purposes temporarily stopped | the House Subcommitiee drive in that direction, but the bill went through | money for non-military purposes on} Government naval and military reser- War Bills Take Form. Meantime, two rival plans for tak- | ing the profits out of war headed a | possible open challenge for supremacy. The McSwain bill, embodying the price-fixing proposals of Bernard M. Baruch as a measure of choking off ar profits, was scheduled for action by the House possibly next Thursday. Its competitor, the plan shaped by | John T. Flynn, economist-writer, at | the request of the Senate Munitions | Committee. may take legislative form | Tuesday. Far more drastic in its pro- visions than the McSwain bill, it pro- poses a system of taxation by which it was intended all war profits except the most meager would be stripped from industry to finance the conflict, and earnings of individuals over $10,- 000 would be seized by taxation. The Munitions Committee, headed | by Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, will question Baruch Wednes- day both on his price fixing or “price ceiling” proposals embodied in the McSwain bill, and as to his activities as chairman of the War Industries Board. RESIGNATION DEMANDED| BISMARCK, N. Dak., March 23 (P). —Acting Gov. Walter Welford today demanded the resignation of State Highway Commissioner Ole H. Olson by “not later than 5 p.m.” Monday. Welford asked the resignation be- cause the United States Bureau of Public Roads reported highways in North Dakota were “unsatisfactory.” Olson, a Republican, promptly re- fused to resign, terming the move against him “a political attack to remove me from office, so that a po- litical follower may be put in my place.” Olson was formerly acting Governor, taking the place of William Langer, who was ousted after a con- viction in Federal courts last Summer. 'WITH SILVER RIDER, . SENATE VOTING 68-16 But Inflation Amendment May Die in Conference—Pink Slip and 30-Hour Week Next. {LOG JAM OF BILLS CLEARED, FEW ARE READY FOR DEBATE Hearings on Bonu s May Begin This Week, but No Action Is Expected Until After President’s Trip. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The President’s huge work-relief bill, with a modified silver inflation amendment, was passed by the Senate yesterday, almost two months to a day after it reached the Senate from the House. The vote in favor of the bill was 68 to 16. Voting for the bill were 57 Democrats, 9 Republicans, 1 Progressive and 1 Farmer- Laborite: Voting against it were 6 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Senator Long of Louisiana, who attacked many provisions of the measure, was not present to vote. Washington from the South by time to vote. : He was rushing back to airplane, but failed to arrive in Although amended by the Senate in many particulars, the bill as passed still carries undiminished the $4.880,000,000 asked by the President for relief and work relief. It still carries authority for the President to pay the workers on relief projects the “se- curity wage”—except on permanent public buildings for the Gov= New Taxes Threaten Administration as Bonus Issue Nears By the Associated Press. A drive for new and huge taxes. in- volving in some degree the thorny bonus issue, hung threateningly over administration *leaders in Congress yesterday. Looking ahead, they gathered their forces to repel an attempt in the Senate this week at upward revision of the income tax rates schedule that will accompany debate on repealing the “pink slip” publicity feature of the present law. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States warned that a Senate “drive” is forming to force consideration of drastic income tax increases, particularly cor;?rue. It also held up the possibilily that new taxes will be needed to finance payment of the bonus, if that is passed over President Roosevelt's veto. Denied by Supporters. Supporters of the Patman plan to pay the bonus in newly issued cur- rency. epproved Friday by the House. denied that it called for any such action. . Meanwhile. James E. Van Zandt, commander of the Veterans of For- eign Wars. who backed the Patman amendment, invited Frank N. Bel- grano, jr., commender of the Ameri- | can Legion. who backed the Vinson appropriation-method bonus bill, to a confernece of veterans' leaders. He proposed that ment through the Senate with the least possible delay.” Belgrano made no immediate answer. In the matter of new taxes, ad- ministration leaders had planned to postpone such legislation until late in the session, when estimated outgo and income can be more definitely com- pared. The Senate’s liberal bloc, how- ever, has taken steps to bring the question up almost at once. La Follette Proposal. ‘The chamber warned that Senator La Follette's tax revision proposal calis for an increase from 4 to 6 per cent in normal income tax rates, a reduc- tion in a married man's exemption from $2,500 to $2,000, and a decrease in a single person's exemption from $1,000 to $800. Although encouraged by the fact the income tax receipts are running more than 33 per cent above last year, administration leaders said that could hardly be taken as promising no new taxation. Congress is on notice from the President—he repeated it only Friday —that for money appropriated in ex- cess of budget estimates it must find new revenues. In some instances the estimates have already been exceeded. TRAIN WRECK AVERTED Concrete Blocks Are Found on Missouri Pacific Tracks. HUTCHINSON, Kans, March 23 (#)—What police said may have been an attempt to wreck a special train bearing John Cannon, vice president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was averted early today. Checking lights in the eastern part of Hutchinson, J. W. McMullen, light company service man, found concrete blocks on the railroad tracks. Police halted the train and removed the obstructions. Glass Pilots Bill to Success, But Refuses By the Associated Press. The man who successfully piloted the $4,880,000,000 work-relief bill to Senate passage was one of the little handful of Democrats who voted against it. Carter Glass of Virginia, who has 2 long-time reputation for doing his dutfes in good soldierly fashion and for voting his convictions, registered “no” on the measure he has worked two months to push through the sena- torial mill. No similar paradox is recalled by Congress veterans. It happened like this. ‘The administration-backed measure | was referred to the Appropriations Commitice of Glass is chais® A to Vote for It man in the course of legislative rou- tine. The Virginian was opposed to the gigantic appropriation—the largest in history—because he feared it threat- ened the national credit. He sought to cut it down in com- mittee and failing brought it forth largely in the form first proposed by administration leaders. Then it became his duty to man- age it on the Senate floor. He as- sumed that duty with characteristic energy. Throughout the many weeks the measure stood as the Senate’s bugaboo, Glass fought off those who sought to_curtail any of the powers that 1[!..&”!!“ “we now unite | our forces” and “drive this legisla- | | tion (the Patman bill) for this pay: ernment departments, where the “prevailing wage” must be paid. The bill now goes to conference with the House, and out of conference it is expected to emerge in a form that will be satisfactory to the Presi- dent and then become law. The passage of the work relief bill breaks the log jam in the Senate. However. none of the other major bills in the President’s program are ready for submission to the Senate. Economic security, the N. R. A., bank- ing and other measures have still to be put into final form ‘Two measures of general impor- tance on the Senate calendar are the House bill for the repeal of the “pink slip” publicity clause of the income tax law and the Black 30-hour work week bill ilibuster Prevented. In order to expedite the passage of the work relief bill, threatened yes- terday by a filibuster, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. chairman of the Appropriations Committee, accepted & | “silver amendment” offered by Sena- |tor Thomas of Oklahoma. This | amendment was, in modified form, | similar to the amendment which the | Oklahoma Senator offered to the Sen- ate Friday, and on which he talked for six hours. | When Senator Thomas sought | again to discuss his original amend- | ment yesterday, Senator Robinson of Arkansas. Democratic leader, cut off debate by moving to lay the Thomas amendment on the table. The mo- tion to lay on the table prevailed by a vote of 40 to 33. This roused re- sentment, however, and for a time it looked as though the passage of the bill might be delayed until tomorrow or later. Senator Thomas and his friends were appeased, however, when his amendment, with some changes, was accepted The Thomas silver rider is expected to be stricken from the bill xr?ecnn- ference. When it was adopted, hows | ever, Senator Thomas gave up his in- tention of presenting the Patman soldiers’ bonus bill as an amendment to the work relief bill Administration leaders heaved ‘slxh of relief when the work relief bill | Ainally passed the Senate. It has been 8 storm center for weeks. At one time the Senate by a vote of 44 to 43 wrote into the measure the McCarran prevailing wage amendment, backed by organized labor and strenuousiy opposed by the President, who said ne | would veto the bill if it came to him | with that amendment. The bill was | recommitted and kept before the Ap- :propnnuons Committee until the ad- | ministration had lined up enough | Senators to be sure the McCarran | amendment would be beaten. A sub- | stitute offered by Senator Russell of Georgia for the McCarran amendment | finally prevailed. Paring Effort Fails. Strenuous efforts were made also to lop $2.000.000,000 or more from the total appropriation, Senator Adams of Colorado sponsoring an amendment for that purpose. In the end, how= ever, this paring amendment was de- feated. With the work relief bill out of the way, the Senate is expected to turn its attention first to the House bill for the repeal of the “pink slip” publicity feature of the income tax law, after it | has acted on the Treasury and Post | Office appropriation bill, the unfin- ished business. This measure has | been reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Finance. It is likely to lead to debate, but is expected to be passed. Senator Couzens of Michigan and other Senators threaten to offer tax-levying amendments. They wiil be resisted by Senator Harrison of Mississippi, in charge of the bill as chairman of the Finance Committee, Administration leaders are ponder- ing the question whether it would be better to have the Senate pass the Patman soldiers’ bonus bill, on the theory that a presidential veto of that measure would be easier to sustain than a veto of a “compromise” bonus bill, or even the so-called Vinson bill, which was backed by the American Legion. If it is decided to go ahead with the Patman bill, the administra- tion forces doubtless could get the bill through, send it to the President and then sustain the veto in the (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) Guide for Readers PART ONE—General News, Sports. PART TWO—Editorial, Civic Activi- ties, Autos, Aviation, Organizations, Stamps, Schools, Short Story, Cross- word Puzzle. PART THREE—Society. | PART FOUR—Special Features, Stage, Screen, Music, Radio, Books, Art Notes, Travel, Boys’ and Girls' Page. 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