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BL AY HNORR NEW DEAL PLAS Rural Rehabilitation Scheme Especially Jeopardized in View of Leaders. (Continued From First Page.) t5 a number of the F. E. R. A. inter- pretations. Mr. Elliott held that the purchase of submarginal land could not be included under either of the two headings under which F. E. R. A. had placed it. He also ruled out the use of funds for providing supple- mentary income for rehabilitated farmers, and eliminated the building of rural industrial centers and sub- tence homesteads entirely under the heédgding of housing, holding that housing was not their primary pur- pose. After the opinion was received from the controller genreal's office, the House conferees tried to insert an amendment specifying that money could be used for rural industrial com- munities subsistence homesteads, ac- quisition of marginal land, and sup- plementary unemployed for rehabili- tated farmers. But the Senate con- ferees rejected the amendment. A later amendment to the bill con- tinuing the Public Works Administra- tion for two years and, preserving so many of its powers as the President desired, appeared to offer an oppor- tunity for the continuation of the building of subsistence homesteads, until the original $50,000,000 specified for that purpose has been used. Law- yers consulted today were uncertain as to whether additional funds might be allotted for subsistence homesteads via the P. W. A. route. Confusion Prevalent. The confusion which surrounded the land and rural rehabilitation pro- | grams was also prevalent among the various people who have been men- tioned as administrators of parts of the fund. Until the President re- turns no clarification of the adminis- trative set-up is expected. Harry L. Hopkins, F. E. R. A. ad- ministrator, is expected to be in charge of the largest share of the funds. But how much of the pro- gram will be left in the hands of Harold L. Ickes, P. W. A. adminis- trator, has not been disclosed. It is thought in administration circles that | he will continue to handle loans and grants to States and municipalities and perhaps urban housing. Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, | procurement officer for the Treasury and an old associate of Mr. Roosevelt’s in the Navy Department, is expected to have an important place—perhaps as a general purchasing officer, per- haps as supervisor of certain parts of the construction. Dr. Tugwell will be in charge of the land program and rural indus- trial communities—or whatever is left of this part of the works program. Whether he will take over rural rehabilitation as a While or whéther that will be carried on in collabora- tion with Mr. Hopkins has not been clarified, apparently. 3,500,000 Jobs Possible. Mr. Hopkins recently asserted that the $4,000,000,000 for the next fiscal year can be spent in giving the 3,500,000 jobs which the President promised. Out of the $880,000,000 for the balance of this year, F. E. R. A. will get a little more than $500,000,- 000, while the rest will go to pay back P. W. A. money which it had to borrow while Congress debated the works-relief bill Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, predicted today that heavy industries will benefit substantially from the bill. “A sound objective and one really needed is to provide every working man’s family with a comfortable, well- planned home and to eliminate slum districts,” she sald. “The building trades will benefit greatly in such a| program.” The Civilian Conservation Corps is | prepared to increase its enrollment to | 600,000 persons if the President so orders. A considerable enlargement of the corps within the next few months is expected. The bill also will give| members of the corps their pay since | March 31, when the emergency con- servation work legally lapsed. | PRESIDENT HEADS FOR SHORE. Destination on Mainland Not Revealed | to Secretary. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla, April 6—President Roosevelt headed toward the main- | land tonight to return to the Capital and put into operation a $4.000,000,. 000 work relief program finally ap-| proved by Congress. Cruising northward in the Bahama group, Mr. Roosevelt did not reveal the point where he will land late to- morrow or Monday morning from his fishing cruise. He was ready to board the U. S. S. destroyer Farragut for the final dash @shore from his leisurely 10-day fish- ing expedition. Marvin H. MclIntyre, a secretary to the President, established at the Miami Biltmore, said the work relief bill was expected by airplane tomor- row from Washington and will be ready for Mr. Roosevelt to read over upon his return trip to the Capital on_Monday. | The presidential party in Miami probably will leave tomorrow night and pick up the President whenever he lands along the coast. Mr. Roosevelt reached Great Stirrup Bay at noon today and was cruising slowly northward. The naval seaplane, which has been S SPEAKER BYRNS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, mail, was released from her tonight and returned to its base at Pensacola. The destroyer Claxton left this port tonight to pick up the destroyer Far- ragut, upon which Mr. Roosevelt will ride to port somewhere along the Eastern Shore. Word was sent to the President to- night that the condition of Warren Delano Robbins, Minister to Canada, who is ill with pneumonia in New York, is grave and the crisis is ex- pected shortly. had arranged the set-up to administer the unprecedented Federal relief ap- propriation and is prepared to put it into quick operation. He will personally ellocate the funds but is expected to have a group of technical experts advise with him. In addition, there will be an Ad- | visory Committee, headed by Robert Wood, Chicago business man, serving on a voluntary basis. Hopkins Seen as Key Man. administrator, is expected to be a key man in the huge work-relief un- dertaking, He accompanied President to Florida and is now in Washington ready to carry out the administration’s efforts so far as he is concerned. Mr. Roosevelt has studiously kept to | himself the details of the adminis- | tration machinery he has in mind | pending the which came yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt headed for | with | shore, there was some doubt whether | ! ne would sign the bill until his re- turn to the White House early next | week, but word this was still awaited tonight. The President returns to Washing- ton with a deep coat of sunburn and | 10 days of complete relaxation behind | him, ready to take over | tasks again at the White House. ‘The work-relief measure is the first of the major administration legisla- tive pieces to come through the slow- moving Congress, and Mr. Roosevelt is expected to devote principal at- tention to the attempt to provide jobs for 3.500,000 workers. 'W'SWAIN INSERTS WAR PROFITS TAX PROVISION IN BILL (Continued From First Page.) on | | under the measure, succeeded yester- day in inserting an amendment guar- anteeing to soldiers wages equal to those prevailing in industry. Earlier, the House Military Com- mittee heard Brig. Gen. Oscar West- over, assistant chief of the Army Air Corps, express doubt as to the value of a unified department of air with supervision over both military and civilian aviation. Bill Would Freeze Prices. “We have not yet completed the definite program we have on hand or trained and organized combat forces to the point of efficiency necessary to carry out that program,” he said. The McSwain bill would provide that immediately upon a declaration of war: Prices would be frozen at their pre- war level, the President would be au- thorized to muster all male citizens between 21 and 45 into the armed forces, to license industry and to de- termine the order in which articles would be manufactured or trans- | ported. The short amendment, which would throw all of the monetary resources of the Nation at the disposal of the Government for national defense, was one of a series of changes written in the bill by the House. Many other proposals were voted down, however. Representative Lee, Democrat, of Oklahoma, tried to attach an amend- ment providing almost immediate peace-time licensing of munitions manufacturers, but this was ruled not germane to the bill “This amendment,” he told the House, “would provide for the licens- ing of the munitions industry 90 days after passage, which control seems to be necessary in order to make ef- fective the Government's embargo on shipments of munitions. “We should give the Government power to end the pernicious propa- ganda, which has originated with the manufacturers of munitions. The mu- nitions industry cannot make money until there is a war, and it is highly desirable to have control over it in eontacting the yacht Nourmahal with time of peace.” A Bank for the ‘The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDIVIDUAL | the facilities of a SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical basis, which enables the borrower to liquidate his obli- gation by means || of weekly, semi- monthly or monthly deposits. - $1,200 $100 $6,000 $500 INDIVIDUAL It is wot meces- sary to have had an account at this Bank in order to borrow. Loans are passed within a day or two after filing application—with | few exceptions. MORRIS PLAN | motes are wsually made for 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N.W., Washington, D. C. “Chatacter and Earming Power Are the Basis of Credis” The President for some time has | Harry L. Hopkins, present relief | the | final action of Congress, the heavy | DISTRICT SHAPES PROJECTS PROGRAM UNDER WORKS BILL (Continued From First Page.) cate any amount up to $800,000,000 for highways and railroad grade cross- ing work. Under the Hayden amend- ment, however, whatever amount he | allocates for highways must be ap- | portioned in accordance with popu- lation, mileage of Federal-aid high- | ways and mileage of rural mail routes in each jurisdiction. This formula was embodied in the industrial re- covery act and followed in distributing emergency highway grants during the past two years. Crossing Formula Provided. The Hayden amendment prescribes a somewhat similar formula for dis- tributing railroad grade crossing funds, namely, porulation, mileage of high- ways ancd mileage of railroad tracks ’\ in each jurisdiction. | A table placed in the Congres- | sional Record by Senator Hayden of Arizona shows how much each jurisdiction would receive under these formulas on the basis of an alloca- | tion of $100,000,000 for highways and | the same amount for grade crossings. | This table showed the District of Columbia would receive $478,000 for each $100,000,000 allotment for high- ways, and $201,000 for each similar amount for grade crossings. It is | expected that considerably more than | $200,000,000 will be used for these two purposes. The bill in its final form also makes the District, along with other juris- dictions, eligible to receive loans or | grants, or both, for public projects of States and municipalities, for which | & $900,000,000 maximum is allocated. The District can receive grants with- | out further action by Congress, but if | any new projects are proposed on a |loan basis. specific authority would have to be obtained from Congress, since the District government is for- bidden by law from incurring in- debtedness except by direction of Congress. Bill Now Pending. There is now pending on the Senate calendar, for example, Senator King's bill to authorize the Commissioners to borrow from the Public Works Ad- ministration to construct new build- ings in Judiciary Square for the Police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts, and for the recorder of deeds office. This bill is in the form of an amendment to the law passed in the last Congress, authorizing the District to borrow for the sewage disposai plant, the Tuberculosis Mospital and other specified purpdses. That law authorized the city to borrow up to $10,750,000, but since that total has not been reached by the loans already obtained, the pending bill for the Judiciary Square building program does not increase the total authoriza- tion. It merely specifies this new pur- pose for which a loan could be | obtained. ‘HANDCUFFEli AT ALTAR, PAIR FOILS JOKESTERS | By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, April 6.— George Hartwig and his bride started their married life today in handcuffs. The idea was to foil some of their young friends, who were intent upon a practical joke, and it ended with the bridegroom’s brother Robert hold- mg the key to the manacles. Before the ceremony there was some murmuring about & plan to kidnap the couple and separate them. Robert took care of that. As the minister pronounced George Hart- wig and Doris Schweier man and wife the groom kissed the bride and | both turned to Robert, who stepped up before the altar with the hand- cuffs. He ceremoniously locked them, slipped the key into his pocket and resumed his seat. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION Signing Huge Federal Relief Bill VICE PRESIDENT GARNER. SCHOOL REPAIR FUNDS SOUGHT Citizens’ Federation Would Use $1,000,000 of Work- Relief Sum. Use of a liberal amount of funds under the new work-relief appropria- tion for improvement and extension of facilities of the school system was | urged last night by the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations. The action was taken on the recom- mendation of Harry N. Stull, chair- | man of the Committee on Education, | who called attention to suggestion of school officials for these purposes. Attention was called to reports that the District repair shop, which has charge of the maintenance of school properties, had listed projects for re- pairs to schools having an estimated cost of more than $1,000,000. Co-operation Held Merited. “Your committee believes that this effort to obtain P. W. A. funds for these much-needed improvements in the school system is a worthy one, demanding the co-operation of organ- ized citizen groups, to the end that the intolerable conditions under which many of our schools at present are | laboring may be eliminated by the im- mediate use of Federal funds,” the Committee on Education stated. “Attention is called to the fact that the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions on a previous occasion gave ap- proval to a similar grant for erec- tion of a sewage disposal plant, aid to the public school system and the erec- tion of the first unit of the Municipal Center. The latter two items were eliminated by Congress. Needs Are Described. “Your committee appreciates the fact that all matters needing atten- tion in the school system are not covered by the suggestions of the superintendent of schools, but believes that such a program successfully car- ried out would materially improve the system, the deficiencies of which have been allowed to accumulate over a period of years.” The program suggested by school officials included repairs to roofs, girders, laying new floors and electrical apparatus, improvement of radiation, heating and plumbing, construction of new schools and additions to existing buildings and minor work such as im- pro:‘emem of grounds and retaining walls. process! Spring. D. C, APRIU 7, 1935—PART ONE. TIRE PLANTS VOT ON STRIKE TODAY Union Workmen to Decide Course With Green Back- ing Action. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, April 6—Two formalities remain to be completed before a strike of union rubber work- ers in Akron’s three major tire plants can be called. The first is a strike vote to be taken by union workers of the B. F. Goodrich Co., and the Firestone Tire & Rubber , beginning tomorrow. Goodrich members of the United Rubber Workers' Union vote on the question: “Will you strike to force recogni- tion of the union?” Pirestone members will vote on: “Will you strike to enforce true collective bargaining?” Green Backs Action. The second formality, is the actual declaration of a strike by Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Today on the eve of the Goodrich and Firestone votes, E. E. White, financial secretary of the Goodyear local of the union, announced that a strike vote taken by union workers of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. “was nearly 100 per cent in favor of a strike.” He said also that a “senti- ment vote” taken among non-union workers was 90 per cent in favor of a strike. Evidence that county authorities and company officials anticipate a strike is seen in the precautionary measures which have been taken re- cently. 1,000 Special Deputies. Sheriff James Flower has a corps of 1,000 special deputies ready for action and equipped with clubs, tear gas bombs and helmets. Cots, food and other supplies have been shipped into the factories. The points of controversy are the union demands for recognition, a 30- hour week and an agreement as a basis for future negotiations. Thirty- five thousand men are employed in the three factories. LR SPLITS IN HOUSE POINT TO BITTER FIGHT ON SECURITY (Continued From First Page.) pension plan. Their report, sub- mitted in the name of Chairman Daughton, Democrat, of North Caro- lina, made no direct mention of the Townsend plan. But it did emphasize, however, that even a continuation of the $15-a- month pension would require $2.000,- 000,000 in 1960 and $2,600,000,000 by 1980. So, it explained, it was unecessary to include in the bill a provision for the compulsory contributory pensions &mnced by the pay roll and earnings xes. | To support the taxes for both old- age pensions and job insurance, the Democratic report said this: “It must not be forgotten that em- ployers and consumers must ultimate- ly foot a large part of the bill for the relief of destitution. “Federal, State and local taxes and public indebtedness have been greatly increased by the tremendous problem of relief. This program necessarily will reduce this great load of public uxes"mzw required for relief pur- poses.” The Democrats conceded, too, that even if States immediately enacted job-insurance laws that would not “take care of the present problem of unemployment.” But, they said, the State plans “will be designed to afford security against the large bulk of unemployment in the future.” ‘When you pay GOOD MONEY for paint, see that you get GOOD PAINT for your money! *“MURCO" wears down slowly through the years called ‘‘cheap” paint cracks and peels overnight d has to be burnt off! A good painter and “MURCO" will prove an econmomical combination for you this . 80= That is a costly NOT MANY MORE DAYS REMAIN Kimball’s Factory Profit-Sharing Industrial Drive Records Largest National Piano Dis- tribution in Years Backed by Nation-Wide Response. Hundreds of Highly Skilled Men are Being Returned to their Former Positions. 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