Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, slightly warmer tonight, fol- lowed by occasional rain beginning late tonight or tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 44 degrees. Temperatures— Highest, 55, at noon today; lowest, 38, at 3:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¢ Toening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ah Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,389 Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages No. 33,202, ht*Thmee. wa GERMANY INSISTS ARMY MUSTMATCH ON' GUN-FOR-GUN BASIS WITH ALLIES Parley Ends With Hitler Standing Pat on Arms De- mands and for Return of Territory. RUSSIAN FEAR SHOWN AS BASIS OF PROGRAM Berlin Treats Whole Discussion as if Treaty Revision Were Ac- complished Fact—Takes Long View That Colonies and Na- tionals Must Be Returned. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, March 27.—A high au- thority stated today that Reichs- fuehrer Hitler demands absolute military equality on a gun-for-gun basis—excepting the navy—with other European powers. This authority said Hitler told Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary | who returned to London this morning, | t Germany would be content with 'a small percentage of the British navy.” Hitler told Sir John, according to this source, he wanted army equality with France, gun for gun, man for man, and airplane for airplane, and Intimated he wanted superiority over Russia. The Reichsfuehrer, it was said, strongly indicated that “even though France were to reduce armaments | greatly, Germany would not follow suit until it was certain what Russia would do.” Corridor End Asked. Rei¢hsfuehrer Hitler was said to have told the British foreign secretary that he regards Germany's eastern frontier as elastic and subject to re- vision at any time and that one of his | first aims is the reunion of East Prus- | sia with the rest of Germany, elim- inating Pomorze. He said he was displeased that so many Germans have lived under| Czech rule and that he feels their ree | turn to the protection of the Fathe- | land must be accomplished in the not far distant future. ‘The economic union with Austria was not placed among Hitler's first demands, it was said. but it was also stated that he emphasized it as one of the most important necessities of Germany. Hitler informed the British mission, according to this high source, that | Germany needs an air force equal to | that of Great Britain or France on | account of the sudden increase of air | strength by all other powers in Eu- | Tope. He was said, however, not to fear any other force so much as that of Russia, and said that Germany may | at some time have to exceed the size of the forces of Great Britain or France in case Russia adds much more to its military air power. British Are Shocked. ‘These demands, except the naval point, were regarded by shocked | British officials as a new thunderbolt in the perplexing European situation. 8ir John and his fellow envoy, Capt. Eden, were believed to have been un- prepared for such sweeping demands, and officials said the whole tangled relation of continental nations would have to be examined at the tripar- tite conference at Stresa, next month, between Great Britain, France and Italy—a conference which was de- scribed as all-important. Unofficial but informed quarters in- terpreted the Berlin denouement as, in effect, a demand by Hitler for the removal of practically all treaty re- strictions. | Hitler told Sir John Germany would | return to the League f Nations for| a general settlement of all questions‘ after a free and equal status was Tecognized for her—and not before. Sir John made it clear the British | views on all demands except the naval | ones were unchanged. British Ready to Yield. The British ministers went to Ber- | lin prepared to hear a plea for a| larger navy and it was said they were | willing to accede to a substantial in- | crease, but they emphasized this was & secondary question and should be delayed until more pressing problems | were settled. . | 8ir John was said to have reiterated | Great Britain's firm support of the plan for an Eastern European mutual assistance pact, but Hitler was ada- mant against such co-operative as- | sistance. - Sir John was to arrive about 4 p.m. and go direct to the foreign office, | then to inform Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the council, what had hap- pened. Later a full report of the Ber- lin visit will be prepared and given to each member of the cabinet. Equality Is Demandex. It was said that at every turn Sir Join found Hitler standing firmly on the foundation stone of the Nazi foreign policy — gleichberechtigung, | meaning “equality.” | Germany’s return to the League, Hitler was stated to have said, de- pended Qpon whether he judged Ger- many war being treated as a great nation should be. Among the Reichsfuehrer’s objec- tions to the League were said to be (Continued on Page 3, Coluntn 5.) | | | | Guide for Readers Amusements Comics ... Features 13,14&15 Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jobless D. C. Man Wins $40,000 On Sweeps Ticket in Pup’s Name A lucky dog is Cracker, and his mal BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR. Tt takes more than a $40.000 sweep- stakes prize to rattle the world's rich- est Scottie, for Cracker is a very canny pup. He refused to share the excitement of his master, E. Wiley Gaffield, 25- year-old unemployed draftsman, when a cablegram from Dublin ar- rived this morning at 921 E street, southeast with the glad tidings. “Congratulations.” said the cable-' | gram, “Cracker wins 8.079 pounds re- sidual prize in Irish National Sweep- ter, E. Wiley Gaffield, is luckier still, —Star Staff Photo. |stakes.” That means Cracker takes £40,000, regardless of what the horses do at Aintree England, in Friday's Grand National. Out at the Gaffield home this morning, Cracker retired to his favo- | rite chair and looked on in silence | while young Gaffield and his mother | and father, Mr. and Mrs. Eli G. Gaf- | field, congratulated each other and made plans for the future. The elder Gaffield, a retired harbor precinct policeman and now a guard Ban on Corridor Is High on List Of Nazi Demands Asks Return of Ter- ritory Awarded to Czechoslovakia. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, March 27.—High London quarters declared today that Reichs- John Simon, foreign secretary, that | the powers grant Germany the follow- ing concessions: 1. An economic union with Austria. | yntil a full transcript of more than | Carroll Thomas, 2. The elimination of Pomorze—the a month »f hearings conducted by its Corlis Sims, Harold Johnson, Julia “Polish Corridor,” which, under the treaty of Versailles, gives Poland seacoast 3. The return of some Czechoslovak- | charged they had been “bulldozed” | man Wright. All of these are from | ian territory, with the repatriation of | by the newspapers and the people of | Washington. 3,500.000 Germans there. 4. Aviation strength equal to the air force of Great Britain or France, the | and have been subjected to insult by | level to be governed by the air strength Mmembers of local trade and business | Would be issued immediately for the of Soviet Russia. 5. A navy of about 400.000 tons. | PUT. SALES LEWY 'WINSIN MARYLAND Assembly Speeds Compro- mise Relief Revenue Bill to Governor. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, March 27.—The re- lief question, which has plagued the Maryland Legislature since it convened January 2, was settled at 2:02 a.m. to- day, when & 1 per cent gross sales tax measure was passed, estimated to re- turn from $4.100,000 to more than $5,000,000 in the year it will remain in effect. The measure, a compromise which broke a deadlock between the House and Senate, was rushed through both houses under suspended rules, and will be presented to Gov, Nice for his sig- nature as soon as it can be printed. Goes in Effect April 1. ‘The Federal Relief Administration has agreed to accept $5000,000, in- cluding $1,500,000 for old-age pen- sions, as the State’s contributior. The revenue from the 1 per cent sales tax is earmarked, $3,500,000 for direct un- employment relief, and $1,500,000 for old-age pensions, with any balance to remain in the relief funds until ap- propriated. i The gross sales tax will go into effect April 1 and will expire on March 31, 1936, unless renewed by a special session. Gas, electricity, water and steam will be exempt from the tax, which will apply to all other commodities. Collection of the tax would begin on June 10, with merchants required to file returns and pay taxes monthly. Drafted as Compromise. The 1 per cent gross sale’s tax was decided upon as a compromise and Attorney General Herbert O'Conor and his aides were called upon to draft the measure in the form of an amendment to the 2 per cent sales tax bill in the Senate Finance Com- mittee. Late last night the 2 per cent tax bill was reported out favorably and the report was adopted. The amend- ment was then offered and adopted 22 to 6. The Senate rules were sus- pended and the bill was rushed to the House. Here another short. fight followed, but the Senate amendment was con- curred in by a voice vote. The bill was finally passed by the House, the members dividing 91 to 16. " 1 | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) DISTRICT ARPORT QUESTION SHELVED ‘House Committee Delays Action Pending Study of Transcript. Hopelessly unable to agree on any | fuehrer Hitler demanded from Sir!phase of the local airport cortro- | Hawkins, Clarence Eugene Ross, An- versy, the House District Comunittee, ,after a long and bitter argument, | today laid tae whole matter aside | subcommittee on parks and play- & grounds has heen printed and studied. | Smith, Frank Newton. Henry Cor- | Members of the subcommittee | Washington 1n connection with their | consideration of the airport question organizations. Demands for reopening of the full | question to hearings by the full com- | mittee were made on behalf of rep- Iresentanves of local organizations | which had favored the Gravelly Point airport site. This site was rejected by the subcommittee in its report, | published vesterday. It finally was decided no action would be taken with regard to the hearings or con- sideration of the airport matter in any way until the printed hearings are made available, probably next ‘Wednesday. | Smith Opens Fight. A fight against the subcommit- tee's - report was opened by Repre- sentative Smith of Virginia, author of the Gravelly Point airport bill, which the subcommittee rejected Smith asked that the full committee hold hearings, declaring the subcom- mittee had been unfair in its report. “I take very great issue with the report the subcommittee has filed and the conclusions they have reached,” Representative Smith said. Smith said that although the sub- committee has worked diligently and has held exhaustive hearings. he was forced to disagree with their inter- pretation of the testimony presented before them and felt that the hearings should be printed “so we can judge them and see whether this is a good or a bad report.” Limit on Site Denied. By singling out Gravelly Point for condemnation, Smith said, the sub- committee virtually made certain the selection of Washington Airport by the members of the Airport Commis- sion which would be created to select a site. “Since it is generally agreed that there are but two desirable sites, Grav- | elly Point and Washington Airport,” | Smith said, “why not just pick Wash- ington Airport?” It was hotly denied by several sub- committee members that they had limited the selection to any site, and Representative Hull of Wisconsin, a member of the subcommittee, said he was just as much opposed to Wash- ington Airport as to Gravelly Point. “Only one site was submitted to us for consideration,” Hull said. “That was the Gravelly Point site authorized in the Smith bill. I am not interested in Washington Airport and wouldn't have it if 1 had my way. “It is inferred that because we ruled against Gravelly Point we are the hire- lings of the commercial interests be- hind Washington Airport. I resent that implication.” Representative Nichols of Oklahoma objected to the hearing of Clarence (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Socialite Again Robbed. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 27 (#). —Mrs. Nan Pierson Brooks Macy, New York socialite, voluntarily submitted b fingerprinting today to aid police in their search for burglars who twice entered her apartment, taking clothes and jewelry, Mrs. Macy is embarked on a film career, and said she would like to stay in Hollywood, “but two robberies in two days is enough te worrylwiody." A. Miller, chairman of the Aviation | WEBNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. .5, INDICTS 3 ACCLSEDOF AIDIG 0. . LOUOR RNG Conspiracy in Untaxed Liquor Alleged by Grand Jury. OPERATIONS’ NET SAID TO INCLUDE 3 STATES and Central Offices Purportedly Oper- ated in City. Ten Storeplaces ‘Thirty-four alleged bootleggers, said to have smuggled more than 180,000 gallons of untaxed liquor into Wash- ington last year at a loss to the Gov- ernment of approximately $400,000, were indicted on conspiracy charges today by the special District grand Jury. ‘The alleged conspirators, according to the testimony of the Government's witnesses, reached out into three nearby States for their supply of il- licit liquor and maintained an exten- sive fleet of trucks and automobiles for running it into Washington, where at least 10 storeplaces and two central | offices were conducted. It is charged approximately 500 gallons of liquor have been smuggled into the city each day and then ped- | dled through legitimate liquor stores | and a host of “hip pocket” bootleg- | gers. operating largely in the poorer | sections of Washington. The untaxed liquor consisted principally, it is al- | leged. of two grades of alcohol—good !and “high moon"—and “country,” a | | brand of green, moonshine rye. Surpasses Prohibition Era. Assistant United States Attorney | Henry Schweinhaut, who presented | the case to the grand jury, said the operations of this ring were on a more extensive scale than anything known here during the prohibition era. One of the principals indicted is Montgomery. who allegedly headed a | local organization, including 30 other men and women. Indictments also were returned against Arthur Bar- tolozzi, Trenton, N. J.; Basil E. | Johnson, Ellicott City. Md.. and John | Phillips, Petersburg, Va., all described | as “key men” in the alleged con- spiracy. Others indicted are: § Albert H. Smith, Joseph Samuel Bond, Earl G. Funk. John Mano, | George F. Tear, Belford R. Long- | | necker, Leonard Smith, Lawrence J.| Swann, Wendell Smith, Charles E.| | drew Jackson, Cornelius Carter, | ‘\Chlrles Richardson, William Theo- | dore Gilstrap, Robert Jones. Henry Landry, John Thomas, Frank Guy, Blanche Thomas, | Beck, Upton Dorsey, Frank Calvin | nellius, Raymond Hawkins and Gor- | Alleged Payments Cited. Schweinhaut said bench warrants | arrest of all the defendants. | The indictment sets forth two | | instances in which money allegedly | ]was sent Bartolozzi in payment for liquor. One payment was $1,006 and | the other $351. It is also alleged | Bartolozzi cashed a Western Union | money order for $1.910, which had | | been sent him in payment for liquor. Longnecker, it is alleged. obtained | & set of Maryland tags for Montgomery | | last August 3 in the namg of Ralph | | Jordan. | It is alleged the defendants main- tained offices for soliciting and selling liquor at 1421 P street and at 1429 P street. . Storeplaces set forth are 1443 Church street. 1306 Sixth street, 9 | Allens Court southwest, 1310 Sixth street, 48 Pierce street, 1909 M street, | 208 Seventh street, 2331 Sherman avenue, near Fourteenth and P streets, and at Beantown, Md. The indictment charged all of the defendants during the existence of the conspiracy. committed 2,000 addi- | tional overt acts in furtherance of it. | e {MORRO CASTLE BRINGS | $33,605 IN JUNK SALE | 5,000,000 Ward Liner Swept by Fire Last Year With Loss of 124 Lives. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 27.—The liner | Morro Castle, pride of the American coastwise fleet before fire swept through her last September, with the loss of 124 lives, was sold as junk today for $33,605. The Morro Castle, once queen of the Ward Line, was completed in | 1930 at a cost of approximately | $5,000,000. Lieut. Col. Edward A. Ardery of the Army Engineers announced that | he had accepted the offer of the highest bidder, the Union Shipbuild- ing Co. of Baltimore, Md. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., March 27.—March winds left a fresh deluge of sand and silt on the plains country today after rftluslnu their fury on this mile-high city. Usually protected from sweeping winds by the uearby mountains, the city was plunged into near darkness yesterday by a diststorm which the Weather Bureau described as the worst in 20 years. Airplane schedules were canceled and trafic was ham- pered by the dun-colored swirls of dust. At midnight, however, a trace of snow appeared and the temperature dropped from a maximum of 67 to 29 degrees. e The gales struck again at the un- protected soil of Southwestern Kansas and Southeastern Colorado, where a 24-hour respite from the prolonged winds had hope that the L Samuel S. Montgomery, alias Monty S Denver Lashed by Duststorm; Planes Grounded by Darkness ‘| their Spring housecleaning, swung 1844—GEN. A. W. GREELY—1935. Some Returns Not Yet Received. ¥H¥ (#) Means Associated P TWO CENTS. ROOGEVELT PLANS 10 DIRECT WORKS FUND PERSONALLY |$4,880,000,000 Set-up Not to Be Administered by Hopkins. GEN. WOODS WILL HEAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE TWO ARE INDICTED ON TAX CHARGES 'W. L. Heap of Internal Reve- » nue and G. S. Burtis Ac- cused of Plot. Warren L. Heap, a reviewer in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Guy Burtis, former Reconstruction | Finance Corp. employe, were indicted by the special District grand jury today, charged with conspiracy to de- fraud the Government in connection | with the adjustment of a $208,771 tax claim against the Amer Mining Co. of Denver, Colo. ‘The indictment charges the defend- ants communicated with Edward E.| Wheeler, president of the Colorado Public Service Corp., at Denver, and | offered to show how the tax claim could be abated in return for a per- centage of the money refunded. The indictment sets forth the fol- lowing letter, allegedly written by Bur- tis to Wheeler last October 24: “Dear Ed: Received your letter this morning. Obviously, I do not want to dictate to a Government stenogra- pher, so you will have to bear with my longhand. | Urges Discretion. | “As to kick-back out there, all I| can say is that our position to actually | deliver couldn't be better. If this party | goes direct to the Income Tax De- partment he won't get anywhere, of course, you can't tell him that you have inside information. Your attor- | ney out there should be able to let him know discretely that you can do him more good than any one else can. | “It might be best to let him try out , the department out there with the | the understanding that if he doesn't | get anywhere, he will let you do it. | I don't want to go into the details in writing, but can say as positively as you can anything that we can get half voided with a good chance of getting it practically all canceled. “The party I am dealing with is an old friend of mine. The whole thing came about in a rather unusual way and I may get other cases in Colo- rado somewhat similar. Secretary Mentioned. “I am told Helen Morgan, the sec- retary, has a lot to say and up to the time I called you, they had no consul in this matter, a contact with the secretary might do the trick. “Twenty per cent of the emount saved should be a fair fee. The' amount saved would be a percentage | of the assessment, plus interest. The interest will be quite an item in ad- dition to the levy. “The contract for the services| should be made by your attorney out there and the money for services collected by him. “Your division would be a third or a fourth, depending on how it is to be handled. “It is possible the hearing can be held in Denver, although it is likely some one would have to come here to get the set-up before the hearing. | Cage “Clear Cut.” | “This is an opportunity we shouldn't | miss, as it is not likely we can get another case as clear cut as this one. I would say have your man go to it hard. “I don't know how long I will be here, perhaps for another two or three weeks, after that stationed in Chicago for the Government. “Let me know if you are coming down the 10th. Am going to hear the President address the bankers tonight. “Sincerely, “QuYy.” “plack blizzards” were over. Some of the side roads in Prowers and Baca Counties in Colorado were blocked by drifts of dus§. Housewives, delayed in starting their dusters and brooms again in the two States as well as in the Dakotas, Wyoming and Nebraska. The clouds even carried their dusty load into parts of Iowa, Oklahoma and Minnesota. The death of J. H. Burnmeier, Hanna, Wyo. trainmaster, was at- tributed to the storm. He was killed when he stepped in front of a train. ‘While the storm was in progress here, a delegation of farmers met with the registrar of the State Public Lands Boerd and mapped an appeal for P. W. A. funds to plant a supple- mental sheleter belt of trees in Eastern Seriously 111 SLEEPING SICKNESS FEARED. FREDERICK N. ZIHLMAN. —Underwood Photo. | By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND, Md. March 27.— Former Representative Frederick N. Zihlman was said today to be in a serious condition from encephalitis, or “sleeping sickness,” in Memorial Hos- | pital here. His physician, Dr. L. B. Mathews, said Zihlman sleeps profoundly at night and only awakens for short in- tervals during the day. He is the first person to be treated here for the dis- ease, Dr. Mathews said. MADOD ATTACKS PUBLICITY ONTAX Asks Pink Slip Repeal. Says Hundreds Getting “Sucker” Lists. By the Associated Press. A former Secretary of the Treas- ury—Senator McAdoo, Democrat. of California—today urged the Senate to repeal the “pink slip” income tax publicity clause on the ground that, if retained, it would result in “‘grave in- justices” and not make for more hon- est returns as claimed. “It will accomphsh no useful or beneficial purpose whatever,” said the tall Californian. He added that ad- vocates of publicity were proceeding on the ‘“erroneous assumption” it would reduce tax frauds and avoid- ance, “Sucker” Lists Compiled. McAdoo said a tax collector had informed him hundreds of persons al- ready were trying to pry into March 15 returns for “sucker” lists. A vote on repeal was expected today and Democratic leaders had predicted the House bill to do away with the little “pink slips” requiring the listing of gross and net income, credits and tax paid, would be passed and sent to | the White House. Chairman Harrison of the Finance Committee predicted the Senate wculd pass the measure without any of the tax riders which opponents have threatened to tack on it. The Senate opposition lined up, however, in & last-minute fight to retain the law requiring that portions of income tax returns be made public. Senator Iong was much in evidence, charging yes- terday that administration leaders want the publicity requirement re- pealed because “last year fewer men made $5,000 and more made $1,000,000 than the year before.” Long Is Quiszed. Asked by Senator Tydings, Demo- crat, of Maryland, what his own in- come was last year, Long said it totaled $25,000, which he spent on “brass bands, foot ball games and drinks for my friends.” Long and Senator McKellar, Demo- crat, of Tennessee contended the threat of publicity had been responsi- ble for this year's 33 per cent increase in income tax receipts, but Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York and Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia attributed the gain to better business and the of rates. BARUCH PROPOSES PAYASYOU FIGHT' War Plan of Taxation and Price Fixing Urged at Arms Hearing. Ickes or Relief Head Expected to Be Placed in Charge of Housing Plan. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt himself is going to direct the spending of the $4.880,- 000,000 included in the work relief bill. Reports that Harry L. Hopkins, Fed- eral relief administrator, is to be given this job were said today by a high Government authority to be incorrect. This same authority stated that the President has mapped out this gi- gantic program with the view of taking full responsibility himself for allotting the money. The President will be chairman of what is to be known as the Allotment Committee of this new works relief set-up and, as such, will be the final arbiter as well as the directing head. Administrator Hopkins, Secretary Ickes and Admiral Christian J. Peoples, head of the procurement division of the Treasury Department. and others holding key positions in the emergency set-up will serve as field marshals and members of the Allotment Committee. The routine work as well as in- vestigations and technical surveys will be carried out by these assistants. Program Long in View. Mr. Roosevelt has had this plan in By the Associated Press. A program for “paying as you fight” in the event the United States becomes involved in another war was | advocated today before the Senate | Munitions Committee by Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the World War Industries Board. ¥ Such a plan—to be executed by tax- ation and price-fixing—would “save | generations unborn, as well ‘as our- selves, untold misery,” the tall, white- | haired witness asserted to an attentive | committee. Previously, replying to what he termed “insinuations and inuendoes” against him, he asserted that when ment service he sold “at a heavy cost to my fortune” all “holdings that even remotely touched upon my official du- ties.” Flynn Plan Indorsed. ‘The New York financier. recently named by President Roosevelt as head of a committee to devise ways of tak- ing excess profits out of war, asked the committee to “put an end” to the in- sinuations or to “find me guilty of | violation of the trust and confidence | | imposed upon me during that period.” Baruch Indorsed in principle the committee war-time plan drawn by John T. Flynn, economist and writer, oy which virtually all individual profits above $10,000 a year would be taken by taxation and industrial profits would be held at a low figure. “Briefly,” the financier said, “my proposal is that Congress, after it de- clares an emergency exists. shall au- thorize the President to clamp a ceil- ing down over the whole price struc- ture in effect on or about the date of | declaration of war, when there is a fair relationship among human ac- it unlawful thereafter to charge a higher price for any service or things. Urges Control of Money. “But. coincident with that, a fair price commission shall be set up to ward as necessity may require. Money. like other things, would be controlled and directed. and told for what pur- pose it could be used and the charge for such use.” “By heavily increasing the present peace taxes and placing an excess war traffic tax on all earnings above peace- time earnings, any war profits which might strain through the price stabili- zation sieve would be captured and thus war would be prevented from be- ing a profitable industry. * * * “Man power would be mobilized as it was under the selective draft act, "(Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) TOWNSEND REJECTS PRESIDENTIAL RACE Third Party Talk Scouted by Author of 0ld-Age Pen- sion Plan. By the Associated Press. Dr. F. E. Townsend, author of the Townsend old-age pension plan, said today he would not run for President “under any circumstances,” as “I am not fitted for it, mentally or physic- ally.” He made this assertion in com- menting on a statement in Boston yes- terday by Capt. Charles M. Hawks, his representative, that he planned to lead a third party in 1936, with Sen- ator Borah, Idaho Republican, as his potential running mate for the vice presidency. “I deplore anything of that sort (referring to Hawks’ statement), out I am not going to bother my head about it,” he said. “We hear these bursts of local enthusiasm from mauy parts of the country and I can't keep people from talking. “Our organization desires to leave partisan politics alone. We want fundamental changes in some opera- tions of the Government, but two major parties are enough, and we do not despair of obtaining those | changes through one of the two par- ties we have.” Under the Townsend plan, every one in the United States over 60 would receive $200 a month, provided it was spent within the ‘n 30 days. he was called to war-time Govern- | tivities and their rewards, and make | make adjustments upward or down- | view from the inception of this broad- ened relief program. and had not changed his mind when he left Wash- ington Monday night. In addition to the allotment com- mittee, there will be an advisory com- mittee, to be headed by Gen. Robert E. Woods, head of Sears, Roebuck Co., the members of which will be drafted from industrial and other meters as well as from some of the emergency agencies. The President purposelv has avoided discussing his plans publicly because he preferred to wait until Congress has completed its task of enacting the relief bill. In the meantime, the President's assistants have gone ahead perfecting the organization snd the program is virtually ready to be put in motion as soon as the wcrks-relief oill be- comes a law. There are some details vet to be | worked out. The President still has | to decide which onc of his field mar- shals will head the group to handle housing projects one of the major features nf the program. It is ‘hought that the President will appoint either Ickes or Hopkins to this post. Tugwell to Handle Lands. Undersecretary of Agriculture Tug- well also will nave an important role, handling land problems, soil erosion, | dust storms and similar matters | The report that Hopkins would | handle the gigantic relief fund sprang up yesterday after Hopkins con- ferred at length with the President en route by train to Florida. Certain | so-called “informed sources” said the | emphasis in the coming works drive would be speed. and that was be- | lieved to be a reason why Hopkins would get precedence over Ickes in | getting the job. | Ickes is noted for his caution. and | his handling of the $3,300.000,000 | public works appropriation led some adherents of the “pump-priming” theory to contend the money was not spent fast enough. | CONFEREES DEBATE BILL. Thomas Silver Inflation Rider Ex- pected to Be Eliminated. By the Associated Press. The $4,880,000,000 work-relief bill today was in the hands of Senate and | House conferees, who are expected | to knock out the Thomas silver infla- | tion rider attached by the Senate. ‘The House, acting at the request | of the President, yesterday moved for | either deletion or complete revision of Roosevelt-opposed amendments. By a crushing 263-to-108 vote it sub- dued a silver-bloc attempt to force | acceptance of all amendments by the other branch. Thus the bill was sent to confer- ence, with the Senate in the embar- assing position of having its conferees dominated by outright opponents of the work-relief bill. Of the five Senate conferees. Glass, | Democrat, of Virginia; Keyes, Repub- | lican, of New Hampshire, and Hale | Republican, of Maine, voted against the bill. The two others. McKeliar, Democrat, of Tennessee and Copeland, Democrat, of New York, supported it. The perplexing situation came about by the Senate custom that rank- ing members of the committee waich | handled a bill shall serve as conferees. Glass is chairman of the Appropria- tions committee, and the four others rank next in order. House conferees are Buchanan, Democrat, of Texas, Appropriations Committee chairman of that body; Oliver, Democrat, of Alabama; Taylor, Democrat, of Colorado; Arnold, Dem- ocrat, of Illinois; Taber, Republican, of New York, and Bacon, Republican, | of New York. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, author of the silver amendment, said in a statement late yesterday if Congress was “unwilling to accept” his proposal the silver bloc “will have no alternative other than to organize and continue our fight for a proper use of silver in our monetary system.” Faiths in Plain Figures. NEW YORK (#).— The Columbia University Press estimates that if the world's population of 2,000.000.000 was reduced proportionately. according to religious faiths, to 100 persons, there would be 38 Christians, 19 Confucian- ists and Taoists, 12 Hindus, 11 Mo~ hammedans, 10 Animists, 8 Buddhists, 1 Shintoist lnd' Jew.