Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and colder, with lowest tempera- ture about 36 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cold; moderate north- erly winds. at 5 p.m. yesterda 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 33212, FRARCERETANNG SOMDEONSERPTS DUE FOR RELEA Three-Month Extension Voted by Ministerial Council. Is| ACTIVE ARMY TO STAY AT 350,000 STRENGTH Paris Plans to Seek Pact at Stresa Spiked for Quick Action in Need. By thenssociated Press. PARIS, April 6—Sixty thousand | soldiers belonging to the class which | was due to leave the army April 13 will be kept under the colors until July 14, under a decision reached today by the Ministeriai Council. The class originally contained 120,- 000 men, but exemptions made in favor of those serving a postponed period of duty, and for other reasons. brought the total down to approximately half that number. | Rescrve Duty Cut. | The men kept under colors will be used to guard frontiers and defensive organizations. They will be exempted from part of their ordinary reserve duty. While July 14 was fixed as the | final date for their army service, they | may be liberated earlier if training of | the new conscript class is sufficiently | edvanced, it was announced Today's decision will keep the active! army stationed in France up to 350.000 ' trained men for the next three months. By that time it was expected that the 120.000 conscripts due to| enter the army immediately after | Easter will have been suffiriently, trained to take their place in the! ranks. The decision was reached at a council of ministers presided over by President Albert Lebrun. It follcwed | the advice of the Superior War Council yesterday. i Forts Being Completed. ! Meanwhile, military authorities pro- | ceeded methodically with completion of fortifications along the frontier and the occupation of those secticns al- ready completed. ! A battalion of the 146th Infantry, regiment at Metz was proceeding with | the occupation of a section of defense | works just completed. Their place will be taken by the 18th Infantry. During May a garrison composed of | a battalion of infantry will be in-| stalled at Boulay, 15 miles from the Saar frontier. | Foreign Minister Pierre Laval re-| ported today that a state of neflom-‘ tions was now in progress and the: cabinet had decided to hold a special | session April 9 to decide upon the | policy to be followed at the Stresa ! conference, April 11. It was learned. meanwhile, on good authority, that France will propose at the Stresa meeting a European mutual assistance pact spiked by a method of rapidly defining an aggressor to guaranty security in the face of Ger- | man military moves. The French plan involves the | building up of the pact within the framework of the League of Nations. | The main lines of the system already | have been drafted with some details which may be modified by the cabi- net which will pass judgment on it. Conforms With Accords. Its essential principle, it was held. conforms perfectly with both the; Rome and London accords with the ! Paris government, sinze the pact is universal and open to all nations. i Now that the Eastern Locarno' agreement, to which Germany and Poland objected, is definitely con- sidered scrapped, informed quarters ! indicated that the only alternative is an old system of alliances which are ! generally disfavored. France, it was said, seeks to have both Britain and Italy sign a resolu- tion at Stresa condemning German rearmament. Foreign Minister Pierre Laval hopes to_show Europe that the three powers are solidly united in the | face of what France describes as the ! German menace to peace. | BRITISH MOVE MONDAY. Expect Main Task Will Be to Pacify | France. Associated Press Foreign Staff LONDON, April 6 (#).—The first formal move to weigh the complete results of the European tours of Sir John Simon and Anthony Eden and to define more definitely the British program at the Stresa Conference will be made Moncay. © It was intimated that Britain's major job at Stresa will be to try to keep France's condemnation of Ger- man rearmament from wrecking the ' work of the two British statesmen on ' the continent. It was feared that too strong a protest would increase the tension which Simon and Eden have ! sought to relieve. Eden, who is taking a week end rest at his London home pending a | full cabinet meeting which will hear his report, already has sketched it out in general form to the foreign secre- tary and other officials. The British delegation to the Stresa conference will include Sir John, Eden and possibly Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. They will leave Wed- nesday, armed with a general outline ! for an attack opening up channels toward the future peace of Europe, but it was understood that neither the British nor other delegations will be prepared with formal agenda. The Stresa conference will begin with Britain presenting a report on the results of her diplomats’ tours of Europe, following which it was antici- pated that each country would pro- duce its own proposals in order to establish how the three powers are Jointly to proceed with efforts to in- sure continued peace in Europe. Aylesworth Rites Planned. FORT COLLINS, Colo, April 6 {#).—Funeral services will be held at Denver Sunday for Mrs. Georgia Bhores Aylesworth, mother of M. H. Aylesworth, leader in the radio and film worlds. She died here Thursday night. Aylesworth, the son, will come lane. &7 viane ’ !ngl'ms. were discharged. ntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. . Sellers of Secret Arms Devices to Germans Punished By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 6—A corporal in a machine gun company and a Brus- sels taxicab driver were sentenced to prison today for selling secretly de- veloped arms devices to German agents as the climax of a spy case which was quietly under investigation since last May. Corp. Verwee was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Maurice Bomal, the driver., to 10 years. In addition to the arms, the nature of which were undisclosed, the pair also were charged with disposing of cartridges of a special type which were stolen from the Brussels bar-| racks. Leo Pees, a German, and his wife Hannie, who were charged with putting Bomal in touch with German The sentences were handed down | after a secret session in the Brabant Assizes behind closely guarded doors. The Liege police also reported the arrest of a Polish-German woman whom they charged with trying to obtain plans of a new ring of forti- fications which were built in the Liege section since the close of the war. SIPSIN CHLD L0TTONOTHER Court Orders Patricia Into Custody of Her Grand- mother. By the Associated Press. | TOPEKA, Kans, April 6.—Mother lost to grandmother today in the legal battle for custody of 8-year-old Patri- cia Gaylord Simpson, daughter of Dr. G. G. Simpson, assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Judge Otis E. Hungate ordered the | child returncd to the home of Mrs. Mary Pedroja near Buffalo, Kans., holding Mrs. Lydia Simpson, the girl's | mother. had not made a proper show- | ing that she was able to give Patricia | the care she needed. Mrs. Pedroja is | Mrs. Simpson's mother. i Took Child From School. Mrs. Simpson took Patricia from | school at Buffalo last February 15 and brought her to Topeka. Mrs. ceedings to regain custody of the child, and Dr. Simpson intervened as Mrs. Pedroja’s friend. In ordering the girl returned to Mrs. Simpson apparently had begun an “endless war with her husband | in which she will seek custody of all four of her children.” “It is proposed to take the child from & home where she received good | care and plunge her into the midst of this warfare. For this reason the court believes she should remain with | her grandmother and it is so ordered.” Mother Not in Court. Mrs. Simpson was not in court.! Mrs. Pedroja sat expressionless during | the judge's hour-long recital of the evidence and the factors that led to his decision. | John Dean, jr., attorney for Mrs. | Simpson, said he did not know yet | whether he would appeal the case to | the Supreme Court. | Judge Hungate said no evidence | other than Mrs. Simpson's own testi- Ch WASHINGTON, D. C, FIGHT FOR TAXES INWAR PROFITS BILL DUE TODAY House Urged to Approve Drastic Levies #s Mc- Swain Vote Nears. BAN ON DRAFTED TROOPS ABROAD IS ADOPTED Would Forbid Forcing Soldiers to Foreign Countries Except in Invasion of U. S. By the Associated Press. One more major fight to insert potent tax provisions appeared to be ahead of the McSwain anti-war profits il today as the Mouse drove the measure toward a final vote. Representative Withrow, Progressive, of Wisconsin, was ready with a motion i send the bill to the Ways and Mesns Committee with instructions to add a tax section strong enough to snatch away any war-time profits. While members have, almost with- out exception, solidly indorsed sug- gestions to stop profiteering by drastic taxation, many have said they believe the McSwain bill is not the place to do it and that the measure should be sent along to the Senate and a sepa- rate tax bill brought out later. Draft Restrictions. A far-reaching provision to bar the use of drafted troops on foreign soil, except to prevent invasion of the United States, was in the bill as the Heuse chose the eighteenth anniver- sary of the declaration of war against Germany for a final vote on the meas- ure. It gave up its customary Satur- day afternoon off to go at the task The bill's backers considered passage assured. With little of the fervor and fury that characterized debate over some sther proposed amendments, the House | quietly inserted late yesterday the restriction on the use abroad of men brought into the armed services under a war-time draft. Some members privately asserted they believed the change somewhat drastic But whether sufficient strength could be mustered to persuade the | Pedroja instituted habeas corpus pro- | gouse to reverse itself was question- able. The amendment was the combined work of Representative Boileau, Pro- gressive, of Wisconsin and Trauax, | Mrs. Pedroja, Judge Hungate said pemocrat, of Ohio. Labor Conscription Barred. Other revisions made yesterday were to bar conscription of labor and to prevent application of the bill except after actual declaration of war Virtually intact otherwise were the sections that would put a “ceiling” on prices of all commoditioes at the outbreak of hostilities and allow men, industry and property to be com- | mandered for war use. From the rival bill backed by the Senate Munitions Committee, the House picked up and included in its own measure a section to allow the President to shut down commodity and securities exchanges in war time. The Senate measure carries a heavy tax schedule similar to that desired by many House members. In reversing itself on the labor con- mony had been presented to show she | gription issue, the House wrote into was fitted to care for the girl, either mentally or financially. He cited the findings of Dr. Moss, | Washington, D. C. psychiatrist, last Fall that Mrs. Simpson was mentally unbalanced. The hearing, terminating last Mon- day, lasted six days, with testimony reaching back prior to the marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Simpson. CODE AUTHORITIES CITED AS UNFAIR Federal Trade Charges Restraint by N. R. A. Groups. Commission By the Associated Press Two N. R. A. rubber code authorities were charged with unfair restraint of competition in a complaint issued to- | day by the Federal Trade Commission. | The commission’s action was the | first by a Government agency against | N. R. A. code authorities. It followed testimony before the Senate Finance | Committee alleging price-fixing and other illegal activities against mem- | bers of the rubber industry. | | the bill language making conscription | possible only for service with armed forces. The action followed numerous as- sertions that as the original language stood, labor could be drafted for non- military service. Upon the sugges- tion of Chairman Connery of the Labor Committee, the measure was changed to authorize drafting “into the armed forces of the United States rather than into “the service” of the United States. Earlier the House had beaten down a Connery amendment making price fixing applicable only to “any article” rather than to “any article or thing.” BOY UNDER KNIFE TODAY FOR BROKEN DIAPHRAGM Truesdale Hospital Seek to Correct Rupture- of Californian, 13. By the Associated Press. FALL RIVER, Mass., April 6.—The skillful fsigers of Truesdale Hospital surgeons will attempt today to cor- rect the ruptured diaphragm of Jim- my Neilson, 19-year-old San Jose, Calif., l]ad who crossed the continent in search of health. Surgeons The defendants are the Rubber The operation, surgeons said, will Manufacturers' Association, Inc, | be fully as delicate and serious as members of the mechanical goods divi- | that performed on Alyce Jane Mc- sion of that association, members and | Henry, 10-year-old Omaha girl con- administrative officers of the Master | valescing in the same hospital Code Authority for the rubber manu- | Jimmy's intestines and a portion of facturing industry and members and | his stomach now occupy his left chest administrative officers of the Code ‘ cavity, the left lung having collapsed, Authority for the mechanical rubber goods division of the rubber manu- | | facturing industry. | attending surgeons report. The medi- cal profession is intensely interested | i the prospective operation. Unprecedented Welcome Given Kang Teh by By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, April 6.—Emperor Kang Teh of Manchoukuo, unseated from the dragon throne of the Manchus by the Chinese revolution, came to Japan today on a state visit to Emperor Hi- rohito to thank his Japanese foster parents for setting him up at the head of the new Asiatic kingdom. The 29-year-old ruler was greeted at the railway station by the Japan- ese Emperor, a welcome unprecedented in Japanese court history. Together with the Emperor were the highest potentates of Japan as well as all the princes of the blood—heads of the col- lateral branches of the imperial fam- jly—and all the high officers of the imperial court and cabinet ministers. However, none but Japanese and Manchoukuan _dignitaries were on hand to greet King Teh, the Ambassa- dors and Ministers of the United States and other foreign nations not having been invited to attend. Scores of thousands of curious Jap- Japanese Ruler anese, carefully shepherded by hun- dreds .of police, lined the streets through which the royal procession Windows in all office build- ings lining the route were closed. The blinds, too, were drawn in accordance with the law that nobody may look down upon_his majesty. Kang Teh is scheduled to remain in Tokio until April 15, during which time he will be the guest of honor at a number of state dinners, take part in a military review and visit the shrines and tombs of the Japa- nese imperial family. He plans to make a sightseeing tour of Japan for about a week previous to his de- parture for home April 23. The purpose of the gala spectacles, carefully arranged by the Japanese government, is to impress the people of the Orient, Japanese, Manchou- kuans and Chinese, with the success of the efforts of Nippon in Man- choukuo and the permanence and dignity of the new regime in that land. ’ ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY ’ TR W APRIL 6, 1935—" LAN'SAKES! WONDER IFITS LOSIN' ITS EFFECT! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. o Star 'WENTY-EIGHT PAGES. -~/ News Note—Asleep since 1932, Chicago girl slowly wakes—eyes wide and alert to catch events about her, doctor tells medics. “GAG" ONSECURTY BL SPLTS PARTY |House Democrats May Hold Caucus to Decide Best Procedure. | By the Associated Press. A special party caucus on Monday | to end the bristling dispute between | House Democratic leaders and Ways | and Means Committee members over | & “gag rule” for the social security ;bm was under consideration today. ! But there was even a split over that. | The official party leaders proposed | that the 319 Democrats be allowed to | settle the differences in a party cau- cus, voting for or against a “gag rule” that would forbid amendments when the bill reaches the floor next week. But Ways and Means Democrats in- sisted that such a rule could be adopt- {ed without a caucus and expressed | fears it might be defeated in a caucus. Decision Deferred. Formally, Ways and Means Com- mittee men deferred until Monday a final decision on whether to ask for a “gag.” They agreed privately. how- | ever, that they would ask for one. That brought contentions from some followers of Speaker Byrns, Chairman O'Connor of the Rules Committee anc the Democratic whip, Representative Boland of Pennsyl- vania, that a formal request for a “gag” would simply “pass the buck to the leadership and the Rules Com- mittee.” It is to the Rules Committee that the plea for “gag rule” must be taken. Chairman O'Connor today expressed | anew his doubt that the House would accept a “gag.” The situation was loaded with po- tential trouble. If there was no cau- cus and a resolution applying the “gag” was brought up on the floor and defeated Democratic leaders would suffer their first major defeat of the session. And the big security bill would be open to amendments. Changes Are Seen. If a “gag” was not proposed, then the bill again would be open to amendments and possibly changed in & number of particulars. The Ways and Means Committee gave approval to the security bill yes- terday after long consideration in which many changes were made. One | last-minute alteration extended the lcontribuwry old-age pension system | to workers making more than $3.000 a | year, in addition to those making less. The change obviously was made to win new support for the measure. As the bill was originally drafted by the President’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Security, it provided compulsory pensions financed by taxes | for those earning less than $3.000. Then it allowed those making over that amount to buy annuities, like life insurance policies. After weeks of wrangling. the com- mittee eliminated the voluntary an- nuities for those earning over $3,000. But additional debate brought the change applying the taxes—and the pensions—to all regularly employed workers, no matter how much they made. Under the new change. however, a worker who makes $3,000 or less would pay taxes on all his income. If his earnings are $5.000 or $10,000, for example, he would pay taxes only on the first $3,000. COURT ORDER MAY EVICT TEACHER FROM SCHOOL | Woman, Locked in Building. Re- fuses to Leave Desk Until Paid for Year. By the Associated Press. GLOREE, Ariz, April 6.—The end | of Mrs. L. Madge Woodley’s deflance of efforts to evict her from a school house in the isolated Green Valley | district appeared near today as a sheriff’s deputy took a court order to the place. The deputy left here late last night by bus, but was not expected to reach Green Valley until some time today. Mrs. Woodley locked herself in the | school, where she has been teaching | since last October, and told Sam Haught, chairman of the school board, | 1*I will not come out until I collect my pay.” She contended she was engaged to teach the entire year. but ' Haught said her term expired Feb- ruary 1. When Mrs. Opal Wills Lee, the new teacher arrived, Haught said, Mrs. Woodley pulled her hair and threw her belongings mw’m yard, Cleveland Boy, 9, Reporseidmaping TAMILTON MEEKLY | Esca By the Assoclated Press TOLEDO, Ohio, April 6.—A 9-year- old boy, who gave his name as Paul Briemer, told police this morning he |and two companions had been kid- naped in Cleveland and brought to | Toledo. The boy said he escaped from the automobile this morning when the driver stopped for gasoline. He said his companions were Ken- neth and Bobby Townsley, 7 and 9 vears old, respectively. Police held the boy in the detention home and then took him to Juvenile Ccurt to relate details of the kid- Daping. P RATING SINPLIFIED - BY CIVIL SERVICE New Efficiency System to Be | Used in May i | “Tests.” | The often-criticized efficiency rating system by which Government em- ployes have been graded for promo- tions and dismissals in the past de- cade, was abandoned today by the Civil Service Commission, which di- nounced a new method had been di- vised after long study and would be employed when the annual ratings are made May 15. The new plan, broadly. does away with the fine mathematical distinction going down to hundredths of a point, and arrived at by complicated calcu- lation and instead evaluates the serv- ice eof the employe in such terms as | “excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair"” and “unsatisfactory.” | In this connection. it is intended, | too, that hereafter supervisory officers | will lay more emphasis on correcting | shortcomings of members of their | staffs in a general effort to raise the j quality of their work. “Weight” Tab.e Out. | _Another beneficial ispect of the new plan is that rating officers now actu- | ally will control ratings—subject, of | course, to action by the reviewing offi ‘ cer—as it does away with the “weight' | mined efficiency marks. | old scheme, a rating officer was pro- | ceeding in the dark as he did not | know what weight would be given to | the service factors on which he had marked the employe. | ploye is safeguarded against discrim- | ination, it is declared, because on each rating sheet the rating officer is required to support the rating given | by analyzing the character of the work which led to the evaluation set | down. In arriving at the rating, the offi- cer considers three major factors— quality of performance, productive- ness and qualification shown on the | job. Under each of these headings are a number of subdivisions which | permit of more detailed analysis of | the character of the service performed. | In this connection, a simple point i scoring system is used which permits | a further differentiation between two | employes who have the same general rating. Point-Scoring System. This point-scoring system is in- verse ratio: 1 to 2 for excellent: 3 to 4, very good; 5 to 6, good; 7 to 8, fair; 9 to 10, unsatisfactory. The highest mark possible for an em- ploye, therefore, on the three major factors is 3, and anywhere to 7 is excellent, from 8 to 13 is very good, 14 to 19 good, 20 to 24 fair, and 25 to 30 _unsatisfactory. Employes rated excellent or very' good are promotable in grade if below top salary, for the “good” they are not available for salary change if re- ceiving the middle sala; “(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | Guide for Readers I Page. Amusements ... Church News gfnmics ance ..... Lost‘ and Found 0t al Estate . Serial Story .... Service Orders Short Story Society ... Sports e ‘omen’s Feal | At the same time, however, the em- | l pe in Toledoi YIELDS TO POLICE Desperado Captured Texas and Faces Death for Murder. in Bv the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex.. April 6.—Raymond Hamilton, Southwestern desperado and one of a trio labeled by the De- partment of Justice as No. 1 public enemies, was behind bars today for the first time since he escaped from the Texas Penitentiary death row. The slippery 22-year-old bandit. an | understudy of the slain Clyde Barrow and ranked in the criminal world with Alvin Karpis and Thomas H. Robinson. was captured last night without a shot being fired. Although he had sworn never to be taken alive, Hamilton submitted meekly when Sheriff Smoot Schmid, his deputies and Fort Worth officers encountered the bandit in the railroad yards at Fort Worth. Obeys “Hoist "em” Order. Deputy Sheriff Bill Decker of Dallas County poked & gun into his ribs and told him “hoist ‘em, Ray,” and Ham- ilton obeyed. Hamilton was rushed to the Dallas County jail, where plans were made to take him to the prison at Huntsville for electrocution as the murderer of Maj. Crowson, prison guard slain in a penitentiary delivery engineered by Barrow. Manager Lee Simmons of the Texas prison system and Warden W. W. Waid left Huntsville immediately for Dallas to arrange to have Hamilton returned to the prison. The desperado maintained his air of bravado. U. S. Wants Hamilton. In sharp contrast to the fate of John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Barrow and others trailed relentlessly | by Department of Justice agents and other officers, Hamilton had to face a wait behind bars before being put completely out of the way. The Department of Justice wanted Hamilton for robbery of two National | | Guard armories and for bank robbery. United States District Attorney Clyde O. Eastus said the Government was | ready for trial in the cases. He said the Government was ready to seek the death penalty on a bank | | robbery charge should any hitch come table which in the past has deter- |in the State's death sentence against Uader the | the bandit. Clad in Overalls. Ranked with Hamilton on the list of the Department of Justice's trio of “most sought” criminals were Karpis, leader of the notorious Barker-Karpis gang, who is charged with kidnaping Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) NETHERLANDS ASSURED GOLD WILL BE KEPT By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, April 6.—The inter- national currency turmoil moved swiftly toward a climax today with the Netherlands authorities fighting to keep the guilder golden. Repeated assurances of officials that the Netherlands is able to remain on the gold standard and has no intention of following the course of Belgium, it wes hoped, would relieve | | heavy essure against the guilder on the @kchanges. In vi of the fact that emphatic declarations did not have the desired effect yesterday, there were uncon- firmed reports that the current bank discount rate again would be raised. Bank officials insisted the fears were without foundation. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,758 Some Returns Not Yet Received *¥ ARMY DAY PARADE MUSTERS 20,000 | | INDERISTY S | 18th Anniversary of U. S.| Entrance in World War Commemorated. HONORS PAID FOES OF GREAT CONFLICT Wreaths Placed in Tribute to Leaders Who Voted for Neutrality. Fifty thousand men mustered under lowering skies this afternoon and marched in a giant Army day parade | | down newly developed Consmulmn‘ avenue in commemoration of the eighteenth anniversary of American entry into the World War. The threatening clouds ! which prevented the participation of 68 military airplanes from Langley Field, did not promise more than a | trace of rain this afternoon, the | Weather Bureau said as the parade got under way. | Officials at Langley Field canceled | plans to dispatch the 44 pursuit plane: and 24 bombers fueled and wait ing for the flight to Washington. Fly- ing conditions were bad and a low ceiling prevailed all along the route. i Colder Weather Forecast. | The current forecast is for cloudy | and colder weather this aftemoon and tonight, with a minimum of about | 36 degrees tonight. While there was | no indication that the fog will lift | this afternoon, weather men reas- sured parade spectators that “only a trace” of rain would fall—possibly | none at all While memorial wreaths were de- | posited this morning by the National Council for the Prevention of War in Statuary Hall in honor of congres- sional leaders who opposed the entry of the United States into the World War. Army leaders emphasized that today’s observance was not to glorify war. “It is not my conception of Army day that it proposes to glorify war,” said Secretary of War Dern. “Rather, it is my view that the intent of Army day is to focus attention on the constitutional mandate that one of | the primary duties of Government is to provide for the common defense. Defense Mandate Recalled. “The Army, as one of the branches of Government devoted to common | defense, utilizes Army day to place on public inspection throughout the country the various services it in cludes. and to reflect as nearly as may be the extent to which our Govern- ment is observing the constitutional mandate relating to common defense.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff, declared “the Army 1s happy to note a distinct effort to in- sure, through the public press and otherwise. a universal understanding of the true significance of the day. “April 6 came first by its designa- tion of Army day through its selection by patriotic societies as a significant date on which annually to focus pop- ular attention upon the essentials of our Nation's security problem. Since then the day has come also to be offi- cially and popularly recognized as the Army's anniversary date. and fog, | Army Proud of Position. “The Army f{eels, therefore, that it | takes part in the day's exercises In' the capacity of a guest. Justifiably proud of its position as a possession and trusted servant of our Government and our people. the Army looks upon | the day as one on which the public should be offered special opportunity | to inspect, examine and become more | closely acquainted with its soldiers, | both professional and civilian. To! this end, it ceases fu: the day its cus- ! tomary routine of duties and places | itself both locally and nationally at | | the complete disposal of the American citizenry. For the Army itself the day is one of self-rededication to the service | of the country it is sworn to defend. The wreaths were laid at the foot | of statues of the late Senator Robert | M. La Follette, sr., late Speaker of | the House Champ Clark and the late | Representative Claude Kitchin of | North Carolina, three leaders in the! fight to prevent American entry into the war. | Six Senators and 50 Representatives | voted against war in 1917. Of these 29 are still living and 3 still are in | Congress, Senator George W. Norris, | Representative Ernest Lundeen and Representative Harold Knutson. Sons of the three men honored by memorial services were invited as special guests, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Senator Bennett Champ Clark and Mills Kitchin. Letters of tribute were sent to all 29 peace advocates still living. Miss Rankin in Group. Miss Jeannette Rankin, who as Rep- resentative from Montana, was the only woman to vote agains! the war declaration, was in the group bearing wreaths this morning. “I'd vote the same as I did before,” said Senator Norris prior to the me- | morial exercise. “I've made lots of mistakes since I've been in Congress, " (Continued e Roosevelt Will " Page 2, Qalu‘fi 8) End Cruise Probdbly Sunday or Mondqy By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 6.—President Roosevelt tomorrow or Monday will start back to his desk after a refresh- ing fishing cruise in Southern waters. | He decided last night to conclude his outdoor trip by the week end. Reporting a fine cruise and excel- lent fishing, he informed Marvin H. McIntyre, @& secretary established here, that he would land late tomor- row night or Monday somewhere along the coast. While he has said nothing about the slow-moving development in Con- gress of the administration program, Mr. Roosevelt has kept close contact with affairs u:m.. If he is going to take a personal hand in the situation he has not in- dicated it. Mr. Roosevelt was off Little San Salvador Island, just north of Cat Island, this morning and his route continues northward. The destroyer Farragut trailed the yacht Nourmahal, from which Mr. Roosevelt is fishing. He will transfer from the Nourmahal to the Farragut for the return jour- ney. and there is still speculation as to where h. will land. ‘There is no indication of any worry by the President about the ultimate result on Capitol Hill. He has been content so far to let Congress do its Job in its own I‘!. (#) Means Associated Pres TWO CENTS. NEW DEAL AP PLAS T0 PEHD VAT RELEFFU Senate Acts Quickly in Passing $4,880,000,000 Measure. DELAY IN PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE EXPECTED Thomas and Glass Raise Issue of “Where Is the Money Coming From?” BULLETTI: Speaker Byrns this afternoon signed the work-relief bill, leaving only Vice President Garner's sig- nature necessary before the meas- ure goes to the White House. The Mew Deal today staked $4.- 880.000.000—vastest peace-time ap- progrdation in history—on fts plan to swing from relief to public works while the Nation watched to see Who would be chosen to direct the task and just how the job would be tackled Showing a bit of last-minute speed after 75 days of struggle and delay Congress completed action on the mammoth measure yesterday when the Senate passed a conference re- port on it 66 to 13, after the House had done so. 317 to 70. Vice President Garner and Speaker Byrns planned to affix their signatures today, winding up the congressional formalities. Signature May Be Delayed. Likelihood that the measure wil! undergo careful scrutiny by the ce- partment heads directlv involved in the spending program before the bill is signed by President Roosevelt was voiced this morn by Secretary Early. Mr. Early. in charge of the | White House executive offices in the absencs of the President, that this intention, plu: conditions for flying. had made it inadvisable to forward the measure to the Chief Executive in Florida by explained poor weather | plane. Mr. Roosevelt is expected back in Washington early next week, when the bill will be ready for his approval | At that time. he is expected also to make public the personnel of the ad- ministrative set-up for the work-rei program Glass Predicts “Biz Howl” The question, “Where is the money coming from?" was raised in last- minute Senate debate yesterday. Senator Thomas. Democrat, of Okla- homa. asserted there had been little | talk about that phase. of the matter and protested that the bill should contain his plan for issuing more silver-backed currency. Senator Glass. Democrat, of Vir- ginia, retorted the $4,880,000,000 would come from the taxpayers and that “when it comes. there will be the biggest howl ever heard.” July 1 was circled on the adminis- tration’s calendar today as the date for putting the main part of the pro- gram into effect. On that date, offi- cials said, the Government will move to provide $50-a-month jobs for able- bodied men and women now on the dole. An effort will be made to in- crease the number on work relief quickly from the present total of 2,500,000 to 3.500,000. Relief Transfer to Continue. The Relief Administration has said it would go ahead at that time also with its plan to remove “unemploy- ables” from relief rolls and return them to the care of States and com- munities. This transfer has been de- layed in the hope Congress would pass pending social security legisla- tion to aid the States as they re- shoulder this task Leaders of New Deal agencies which have dealt with the destitute and the unemployed thus far, looked to the Presicent for an early announcement of detailed arrangements for the new job-making effort. Harry L. Hopkins, the relief admin- istrator: Rexford G. Tugwell. Under- secretary of Agriculture: Secretary Ickes and Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples of the Treasury Precurement Office have been mentioned as likely appointees to the board which the White House intends to set up to handle the huge fund. Hopkins Ts Ace Spender. Hopkins has been the administra- tion's ace spender to date. His relief organization distributed $2,105,075.882 from the time it was established on May 23, 1933, until March 31 this year. In addition, he directed the | tmending of $800,000,000 of Federal funds on civil works. | Ickes, the present public works ad- ministrator, has given the relief chief a close race. P. W. A. officials said a | few days ago that $2,000,000,000 worth . of projects had been contracted for | under the $3.300,000,000 appropriated for public works two ycars ago, and ‘ that $1.300.000,000 actually had been | paid out. With P. W. A. promised the | return of millions which it '.as loaned to F. E. R. A, Ickes said recently he | expected his administration to ex- | perience greater activity this year than | last. | Post for Ickes Expected. Many observers have predicted Ickes , will spend the $900,000,000 of work- relief money earmarked for loans and grants to States and communities. Some have asserted also that he will be in charge of the $100,000,000 pro- vided for rural electrification and the $450.000,000 housing fund. Hopkins, however, has won the President's praise for speedy housing work done in the past. When the vote came in the Senate | last evening, 55 Democrats, 10 Re- Ipubllcnm and Senator La Follette, | Wisconsin Progressive, voted for the conference agreement, while four Democrats and nine Republicans voted against the measure. Senator Glass, who had voted against the bill on passage and in committee to slash it to $2,880,000,000, and Senator Donahey, Democrat, of Ohio voted for the report. “The bill was given me as the head of the committee,” Glass said, “and I have striven days and days to main- tain the position of the Senate and the conferees as to what I considered the (Oonumnd“hul.cdum 1)