Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER (U 8 Weather Bureau Porecast.) Rain and slightly warmer, with low- est temperature about 48 degrees tonight; temorrow rain, colder in afternoon or at night, Temperatures—Highest. 51, at noon today: lowest, 43, at 5:45 a.m. today. Full report on page B-8. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. € FRANCE'S APPEAL oriing Pomsor Seeking Personal T0 LEAGUE FIRST| Tetks With Eacal PROBLEN STUDIED, ™ s s~ Stated Aim. circles said today that Reichsfeuhrer Hitler was reported seeking face-to- face talks with Pierre Laval, the French foreign minister, in Berlin in an effort to solve the joint problems of the two nations. The Reichsfeuhrer was said to be trying to get Laval to stop off at Berlin on his way home from his forthcoming trip to Moscow and ‘Warsaw. | French officials, however, said they \had no knowledge of such a report. MAYORS SUPPORT titude Toward Mutual Assist- e ance as Element of Security City Executives Meet Here { t and on Eastern Pact. g st , as President Seeks to No. 33,217. French to Demand Action on German Rearming as Peace Threat—Plea to Be | Backed by Memorandum. SIMON IS QUESTIONED ON RESULTS OF TALKS Mussolini, Flandin and Laval ah (Coprright, 11 by the Associated Press.) | STRESA. Italy. April 11.—Great Britan. France and Italy today de- cided to take up as their first concrete problem France's appeal to the League of Nations against epudia- tion of the military of the Versailles treaty endangering Europe’s peace. Shortly af Prime Minister Mac- Donald of Great Britain, Premier Flandin of France and their host, Premicr Mussolini of Italy, had met for their ial conference here. a French official indicated France would fnsist firmly upon the League's acting on the French appeal Memorandum Planned. The appeal. it was said. is to be fupported by a memorandum stating France's views concerning Reichs- fuehrer Hitler's violaticn of the treaty and suggesting this violation might lead to the danger of war The conference began at 10:30 a.m. with a preliminary exchange of views on the European situation and ad- journed for luncheon after the con- ferees voted to take up France's appeal to the League at 5 p.m. This ennnouncement. which was made to the press by British and French delegates. created considerable surprise as it nad been generally un- derstood the action to be taken at Geneva concerning Germany would hinge to a large extent upon what de- cision was made at Stresa regarding more secondary subjects After a brief greeting from Premier Mussolini, who acted as chairman. Sir John Simon, British foreign secre- tary. made lengthy statement de- seribing it to Reichsfuehrer Hit- Jer and the tour made by Capt. An- thony Eden, British lord privy seal, to Moscow, Warsaw and Praha. Sir John Quizzed. With Mussolini taking the iead. the Italian and French statesmen put a series of questions to Sir John which covered every aspect of the situation as revealed to Sir John and Capt. Eden on their trip. It was understood the queries by Mussolini. Premier Flandin and Pierre Speed Program. | By the Associated Press. Detailed methcds of speeding the $4.000,000.000 work drive were can- d by President Roosevelt today | of leading cities drafted s for co-operation in the jobless relief program. Mr. Roosevelt held his appointment list to a minimum to g "ntion to recommendatic ing the new work-relief law into full operation Not fag from the White House the Executive and Advisory Committees of the United States Conference of Mayors gathered in closed session. They said that since the relief load 1s centered primarily in the larger in- dustrial cities. they hope to develop A plan under which the cities might effectively co-operate with the Gov- ernment in shifting 3.500.000 emplo; ables from relief rolls to jobs on “usi ful projects” with a minimum of de- ay Mayors Back Jobs Plan. This objective was in apparent har- mony with administration desires to make work where the workers are and (o avoid large movements of jobless. Attending the mayor's meeting were: Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Mil- kee. president of the conference: Mayor Fiorella H. La Guardia, New York City; Mayor E. J. Kelly, Chi- vago; Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston. Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore, Mayor George D. Be- gole of Denver, Mayor M. C. Ellen- stein of Newark, Mayor R. E. L. Chancey of Tampa. Mayor J. W. Beach of Hartford. Commissioner R. E. Riley of Portland. Oreg.: Mayor John C. Mahoney of Worcester, Mass.; | Mayor J. Fulmer Bright of Richmond, Mavor W. H. Spear of Wilmington. and Paul V. Betters, executive direc- tor of the conference. S, far as possible, the President “(Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) U. S. TRADE FACING Laval, the French foreign minister, included especially MANCHOUKUO BA Japan's Reply to Protest on 0il Hints It Will Shut Open~Door. fement of a general security pact, the erman attitude toward negotiations her attitude toward the independence of Austria. her attitude on the Memel question and her attitudes toward the vesumption of membership in the League of Nations and the vital prob- lem of rearmament and disarmament. Musolini and MacDonald asked the French to inform them at 5 p.m. today of the contents of the French memo- randum which will be submitted to the League in support of the French protest against Germany. By the Associated Press. TOKIO. April 11.—Japan told the United States in effect todav that having ignored Manchoukuo’s proffers of diplomatic relations she cannot expect to benefit by Manchoukuo's declaration of willingness to maintain | the open-door policy. Dangers Exposed. Previously. the contents of the memorandum had not been disclosed other than the declaration that it “ex- poses the danzer in consequence of the repudiation of treaties.” An official said the document enunciated the military clauses of the Versailles treaty | rather than Germany's rearmament itzelf ! A French spokesman said the mem- orandum did not foresee the danger of war in the near future, but he recalled France’s appeal to the League under Article XI of the Covenant, |comment. which applies to “any circumstance | The American Government pro- which threatons to disturb interna- |tested against the oil monopoly in the tional peace.” interests of American oil companies The French expressed the opinion |engaged in business in the new Japa- there was no question of Great Brit- | nese-sponsored state on grounds that ain or Italy joining in France's appeal |it violated existing treaty obligations to the League. !and the “open door” policy in the Far The morning session lasted two | East. hours. A spokesman said the ques- | Japan and Manchoukuo both have tions asked by Mussolini. Flandin and | made pledges that the “open door” Laval were “informative rather than |policy would be maintained. rolitical.” This was understood to | The United States made its pro- mean Italy and France had not yet |tests to Japan since this country does made known their attitude on vital [not recognize the empire of Man- note which Foreign Minister Koki Hirota handed to United States Am- bassacor Joseph C. Grew in reply to the third American protest against the Manchoukuan oil monopoly. Note Awaited Here. By the Associated Press. The State Department early today had not received the Japanese note repiying to United States protests of the Manchoukuan oil monopoly pro- This attitude was expressed in a | test and officials here declined any | matters. Summary of Attitude. A canvass of the aelegations gave the tollowing picture of their atti- tudes on the issues confronting the tripartite meeting: 1. German rearmament: Great Britain is willing to accept Hitler's re- armament declaration and negotiate for further arms limitations; France will make a sitff protest before sanc- tioning German rearmament: Italy will accept it. but, like Great Britain, wants an agreement to prevent further expansion of military establishments. 2. The Eastern Locarno pact: Great Britain will give it her moral support without actual part tion: France “(Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) WEATHER BARS FLIGHT Midwest Reports Keep Post From Stratosphere Try. LOS ANGELES, April 11 (A)— Capricious weather conditions con- tinued to hold back Wiley Post’s pro- jected stratosphere flight to New York today. Weather observers at Union Afr Terminal, where Post's plane, the 5-year-old Winnie Mae, is tuned up for a take-off, reported early today that low-pressure area over the Middle West and unsettled conditions further east made flying conditions unfavor- 4ble. choukuo. Great Britain and the Netherlands | made similar representations to Japan on behalf of oil companies owned by | their nationals. WASHINGTON, D. FREE SILVER BILL IS GIVEN APPROVAL OF SENATE GROUP | Wheeler’s 16-to-1 Measure i Wins in Committee. | Future Doubtful. | PRICE RISE OF METAL SPURS CAPITOL BLOC | Increase to 71 Cents by President Declared Uninflationary in Itself. By the Associated Press. The Scnate Agriculture Committee today approved the Wheeler manda- tory 16-to-1 silver purchase bill de- signed to inflate the currency and cpeed the attainment of a metallic currency reserve of one part silver | and three parts gold. | The committee action, taken with- {out ¢ record vote, spurred silverites |mto fresh activity. which began late | vesterday when President Roosevelt | raised the price of newly mined do- mestic silver trom 64'; to 71 cents an cunce. The bill, by Senator Wheeler, Dem- ocrat, of Montana, faces a doubtful future in the Senate, however. Democratic leaders expressed confi- cence it would not pass, but Senator Wheeler claimed to have gained votes nce the test on the issue last ses- sion. The bill would direct the Treasury to nurchase at least 50.000.000 ounces of silver a month until the propor- tion of the white metal reached one- fourth of the monetary stocks. Purchases would be suspended whenever 16 ounces of pure silver equaled in purchasing power one ounce of pure gold, but would remain suspended only so long as that ratio was not disturbed. Pittman Hails Action. Senator Pittman, Democrat. Nevada. later asserted in the Senate the Presi- dent’s proclamation was proof he was carrying out ‘“enthusiastically” the London agreement and the 1934 silver purchase act “It is not so much the increase in price that is significant.” he said. It is the fact that it conclusively proves the President intends to carry out the London pact and silver act fully and completely and in the spirit in which those steps were taken.” He said he knew of “no more suc- cessful handling of any question than the handling of the silver question by the President.” He added the Executive had exceed- ed the maximum purchase demands of silver State Senators by buying more than 50.000.000 ounces a month. and to date had acquired about 50 per cent of the amount that will be required to make silver one-fourth of the metallic reserve. Congressional silverites greeted the | President’s action in boosting the price o 71 cents with satisfaction. but ap- parently were not excited over it. They | went right ahead with more sweep- | ing plans. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa, addressed a letter to leading | economists and financiers in which he | foresaw early abandonment of e gold standard by those nations still on it, with the subsequent stabiliza- | tion of world currenices on a bi- metallic standard—silver and gold. A rapid rise in the world price of | silver preceded the President's procla- | mation. Officials held the belief that this rise could be attributed to United States buying under the policy laid down by Congress—to acquire the | white metal until it is 25 per cent of the metal behind the currency, the other 75 being gold. Inflation Fear Minimized. Most experts held that inflationary potentialities in the price boost were slight—if any. They said the amount | of newly-mined domestic silver plays 'a comparatively small part in the whole picture. Wall Street saw an international bull market in silver, with possibilities of many economic and political com- | plications. Some there thought the world price and the Treasury price | might rise together, with the latter remaining a jump ahead. Much depends, it was felt, on the | pace with which the Treasury goes | about the task of buying silver to ful- | fill the congressional policy. It had | “(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) 29 Rebels Sentenced. ATHENS, April 11 (#).—Courts- | martial here and in Salonika today | sentenced 29 officers and civilians to | prison terms for participation in the | Greek rebellion. | Five rebel officers were sentenced | to life at Salonika and 12 others to shorter terms. The Athens court- martial sentenced 8 officers and 4 civilians to prison terms ranging from 2 to 20 years. Approximately 250 more prisoners are to go on trial Monday. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, April 11.—Dr. John D. Brock. known locally as “the world’s most persistent aviator,” will | be the honored guest of the National | Aeronautical Association in Washing- ton May 7 when he completes his daily flight No. 2000. For more than five years Dr. Brock, head of ar optical goods manufac-| turing firm. has made his daily trips into the air. Subzero temperatures, sleet, rain, snow and dust have failed to stop him. His flights have been no mere joy hops over the city. They have aver- aged two hours a day, or a total of almost 4,000 hours. When Arctic weather kept the air- mail on the ground Dt Brock went aloft regardless, and when soft snow made slush of the runway, snow plows were used to clear it. During the long period Dr. Brock, now 45, has visited every State of the Union, ] ~ Flyer U p Daily for Five Y ears To Be Honored in Capital He had little idea of how long his hobby would last when he started it November 15, 1929. He doesn't know | how long he will keep it up. | “Il quit when I get tired of it,” he said. “I get a kick out of it.” It all began as a result of a “hangar | flying” session at a Kansas City air- port. There, where flyers stand around and “grouse” when the weather gets soupy, some one commented, “It’s an- other one of those days when you can’t get out.” Dr. Brock took the other side just to start an argument, and he wound out to prove there are few days when :;::her conditions will interfere with g. His “toughest and shertest” flight was in the midst of & howling snow- storm. On & blustery day in 1930 Dr. Brock stayed aloft just 10 sec- onds, but added enough time later the same day to round out 30 min- utes of flying. F: WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar C., THURSDAY, .APRIL 11, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. ¥ TEXTILE MEN HIT ROOSEVELT INTENT 10 CONTINUE TAX | !Processing Levy Declared Crucifying Mills and Re- lief Cash Asked. Mg MEBBE IT was ALL RIGHT, MLLARD, To ° DISSEMBLE YOUR LOVE BUT WHY KICK ME DoWN THE STAIRS) AR, S —— \ 1::\‘\\\.\\\. —_— DN \ {HIGHER BARRIER SOUGHT ON JAPANESE MATERIAL | | Congress Bloc Backs Plan to Pay Farmers Out of Fund—Bitter Fight Looms. | By the Associated Press. A new and bitter conflict over the | cciton processing tax was in the mak- | ng today. After President Roosevelt nai made plain that he bad no in- | teation of removing the tax by pay- | ing farmers out of the $4.880.000. | 000 relief fund, the cotton textile in- | dustry and its congressional supporters The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WE 00 0uR parr Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,988 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FOES OF SECURITY ‘BILL DEFEATED IN IRST HOUSE TEST Special Rule Voted, 289 to 103, After Bitter Debate on Issue. 'ADOPTION OF “GAG” | CHARGED BY LIBERALS Friends of Lundeen and Town- | send Measures Score Proce- dure Decreed in Vote. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. By a vote of 289 to 103 the House this afternoon adopted a special rule | for the consideration of the adminis- | tration’s economic security bill. | The vote was a victory for the ad- | ministration forces. The special rule | had been attacked by supporters of the | Townsend old-age pension plan and up with his present record. He set | rallied for the fight against what one spokesman termed “this crucifying |levy ™ The cotton manufacturers, backed by a sizable bloc in Congress. have vuged a campaign toward two major objectives—removal of the processing | tax and imposition of quotas or an | embargo to shut out increasing im- ports of low-cost Japanese cloth. The manufacturers had hopes that {he processing tax might be lifted hrcugh the George antendment to the work-relief bill. This empowered the President. if he wished, to use relief mocey 1o pay farmers for cutting | acreage. At present the processing | :ax. which critics contend places Amer- | ican cotton goods at a disadvantage 9y raising prices, is used for this pur- | pose. | Fight “Only Begun.” The President’s stand spurred the cotton textile group—at least the northern section—to belligerency. Lincoln Baylies, spokesman for the Policr Committee of the Northern mills, asserted that “the industry has only begun to fight.” | Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts, commented that “We'll havi to carry on and continue our figh while Representative Martin, Repub- lican. of Massachusetts, remarked that “we're not discouraged at losing the opening skirmish,” and Representa- ' | tive Rogers, Republican, of Massachu- | setts, said grimly that “we still have a few tricks up our sleeves.” The President’s statement brought to fever heat an already controversial situation. The cotton industry, sup- ported vigorously by members of Con- gress from mill communities, has con- tended that the tax. plus increased | labor costs under the N. R. A imports from Japan, was threatening destruction of the industry. | : Wage Fight Is Complication, Complicating the situation was the North-South controversy over present wage differentials now favoring the South. After some hesitation on the | question of whether to proceed at once | | with the wage equalization program, | the Northern group apparently had de- | cided today to press firmly along this | front, also, with Southern opposition | assuced. ! | Asserting yesterday that the Presi- | dent’s statement would “in no way affect the efforts of the industry to eliminate this crucifying tax.” Bay- lies amplified his position today with the statement that: “Since the publication of the Presi- dent’s statement in regard to the processing tax. many mills from all parts of New England have communi- cated with me expressing absolute bewilderment at this sudden turn. ‘A meeting of the Policy Committee, ,representing all Northern mills, has | been called in Boston on Monday to consider what immediate action | should be recommended to mills of | that section in view of this latest and most unexpected blow.” | So aroused were the Northern mill | men that they were reported con- | sidering a strike against the tax, and this was expected to be one of the | | chief questions to be discussed at | Monday's parley. 'WHEAT PRICES SOAR | IN CHICAGO FLURRY | Maintain Advance of 21/, Cents More Due to Low Federal Crop Estimates. | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, April 11.—Wheat prices ljumped 3), cents a bushel as the | Board of Trade opened today. May wheat opened 98Y,a99%;. Other grains and hogs were also higher. Factors which combined to force | wheat prices included the Govern- | ment estimate, published late yester- day, that the Nation’s Winter wheat crop would be only 435,000,000 bushels, which was considered extremely bull- ish. Reports of continuing duststorms in the Southwest wheat territory, | sharp upturn in foreign markets also | influenced prices here. | Some profit taking appeared, but after losing about a cent of the 3!~ | cent rise wheat held-most of the ad- | vance. Today's advance came on top of a 2'5-cent rise yesterday. i At the peak of today September | wheat was at a new high for the sea- son at 98% and July at its best since | December 7, with 98', Both deliv- eries sagg 1 to 97%. Guide for Readers After Dark . Amusements PRESIDENT T0LD OF POWER CRISIS Entire Nation Declared Men- aced by Shortage of Electricity. BY J. A FOX. Emphasizing that the United States will face “critical shortages” of power in almost every section upon resump- tion of normal industrial activity, the Federal Power Commission today told President Roosevelt that capital ex- penditures of at least $300,000,000 for early construction of steam and hydro- electric plants is “imperative.” The declaration was made in the first interim report of the vast survey ordered by the President in August, two years ago. to determine national power resources and requirements— the first study of its kind ever made. At present, the report amplified, the power shortage is growing, and in this connection, it incorporates a state- ment of potential hyroelectric re- sources, which shows 1,883 sites, which, it fully developed, could have an esti- mated installed capacity of 52.628.900 kilowatts, capable of an estimated output of 275.683.000.000 kilowatt hours of electrical enerzy. This is about 50 per cent more than the total | installed generating capacity of all pri- vate and municipal plans, both hydro and steam. in the country today. Indian Band Ruled By Squaw May Get Federal Land Soon By the Associsted Press. PRESCOTT, Ariz, April 11.— A woman-ruled, homeless band of Yavapai Indians soon may De given part of the land their an- cestors ruled as tigir own. With the Senate’s passage of a bill transferring 75 acres from the Veterans Administration to the Department of Interior, the 200 remaining members of the tribe came & step nearer owning a home. The Indians already are “squatters” on the land which would be given to them under the bill. Fifty-year-old Viola Jimula took over rule of the tribe a few years ago when the braves could not find work and the Indians faced death from starvation. With Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration funds a shop was erected for the manufacture of Indian wares. There the braves and their squaws go to work daily, and under her supervision the families have constructed modern homes on the land they hope soon to own. HART CASE APPEAL DROPPEDBYN.R A Special Counsel Finds Him- self Displaced by Justice 215 Systems Surveyed. “Much has been said during the past five vears about the supposed surplus of electric generating capacity in the United States,” the report says. “Until quite recently this has been true enough, if the situation was viewed from the short-range stand- point of the relation between existing capacity and the immediate demand during a period of depression. In re- cent months, however, the use of power has been rapidly increasing until in many districts the demand is nearing the limit of available effi- cient generating capacity.” The report is based on analysis of data obtained from 215 electric utility systems. The installed generating | capacity of these 215 systems is 91 per cent of the total instalied generat- United States, while their output rep- resents 93 per cent of the electrical output of the publicly and privatel: owned utilities of the entire country. 5ing capacity of electric utilities in the Use of Power Growing. Summarizing its findings, the com- ission says: “The use of electricity for domestic purposes as well as in certain branches of industry has grown at such a rate mi | during the depression that. upon a resumption of normal industrial ac- tivity, the demand for power will be at least 4,000,000 kilowatts in excess of that which existed in 1929. “Very little new generating capacity has been constructed by the privately owned utilities since 1930. As a re- sult, the capacity of existing plants is 2,325,000 kilowatts less than the de- mand that will exist for power upon a resumption of pre-depression in- dustrial activity, assuming mainte- nance of normal reserve capacity. “This shortage is being rapidly ac- centuated by the obsolescence of plants, which would have been re- placed under normal conditions. As of January 1, 1935, £6 per cent of the Attorney. Interbureau rows over governmental appeal in the Hart Coal Co. suit. a leading piece of N. R. A. litigation involving the wage-and-hour provision of the recovery act. today led the N. R. A. lawyer who handled the cas for_three months to drop out of it. Gregory Hankins, N. R. A. special counsel, forwarded to the Supreme Court formal notification of his with- drawal from the matter. appeal on which is opened today by a Depart- ment of Justice attorney before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Fire Flared Earlier, This widened breach between N R. A. legal division and the Justice unit adds fuel to the fire stoked early in the week when the recovery organ- | ization announced its determination to ! put more of its compliance cases in the hands of the Federal Trade Com- mission. The N. R. A. litigation docket is packed with more than 1,500 cases. To date 206 have been completed in some courts, with a record of 186 de- cisions favoring the Government and 20 against it. Hankins says he worked alone three | months on the brief in the Hart coal case appeal. The suit arises from an | injunction sought by the Kentucky | Coal Co. to restrain the United States | from enforcing N. R. A. wage and hour schedules against the firm. Edgerton Directs Case. | The N. R. A. legal division argued the case every step of the way until today. Chief of counsel now is Henry | Edgerton, attorney in the anti-trust | division of the Department of Justice, jheeded by Special Assistant Attorney total installed steam-electric capacity | General Harold Stephens, of the United States was at least 10 | Edgerton Is using the brief statedly years old, 11 per cent was 20 years | drawn up by Hankins alone, with two old or older and about 1 per cent at |arguments on the jurisdictional right least 30 years old. Inefficient and |of N. R. A. in the wage-and-hour en- obsolete plants, with a capacity of at forcement and the delegation of least 2,000,000 kilowatts. should be 'power from Congress deleted. The | replaced within the near future. | justice lawyer had not previously | handled the case. . ., Al Regiens Affected | According to Hankins' office the Analysis by districts of the rela-| N, R. A. attorney knew nothing of the | tion between the capacity of existing | yransfer of prosecution to the Justice DAy and the g::l:"f;;’"ml;l Wil be { Department until the brief returned | o TOI Ve | industrial activity shows that critical . e Geveriinent, Fruking Ofkcs shortages will exist in almost every|ins as chief of Government counsel section of the United States. The |ang th {only regions in which substantial sur- | 0o ‘h® tWo arguments stricken out. DUSTDRFTSGROW ASSTORMRENEWS Federal Meteorologist Sees No Relief as Plague Routs Farmers. By the Associaied Pr KANSAS CITY, April 11.—Dust drifts; and human misery increased today in the piains area as new silt- laden winds blew from the northwest. A. M. Hamrick, Federal meteorclo- gist here, could see little hope for ces- sation of the dust plague to the West and Southwest, but there were reports of beneficial rains north and north- east of here. The northerr: border of Kansas and the approximate center of the State apparently formed the dividing line for the dust, with Western Kan: Eastern Colorado and Wyoming. west- ern parts of Oklahoma, virtually all of Texas and parts of New Mexico bearing the brunt of the storm. § Seventh Consecutive Day. | Lamar, Colo., reported the seventh consecutive day of dust, and virtually all activities were halted there and in scores of other large and small towns of the stricken region At Great Bend. Kans. the blinding dust was blamed for an automobile- truck collision that killed Lee Cooper, 23. Dust that crossed the Missouri- Kansas border last night swirled over St. Louis this morning and on east- ward across the Mississippi ‘Where in other years at this season. ! wheat and other crops have spread their checkerboard pattern of green shades over the landscape. there are barren fields without a blade of green. drifts of soil along roads, fences and farm buildings, and deserted high- ways. For a month dun-colored clouds have swirled and billowed over what once was known as the Nation's bread basket. Hopes for relief. raised earlier this week by promising weather fore- casts, were shattered yesterday by a dust blizzard labeled as the “worst” of the series. Crop Condition Put at Zero. As the latest storm roared over Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma. Texas and New Mexico. the Government's monthly crop report was released. “A large proportion of the acreage.” in this important Winter wheat area was being abandoned, it said. The condition of the wheat crop in six Kansas counties—Graham. Gove. Greeley Wichita. Hamilton and Kearney—was listed as zero. From other sources came reports that bordered on the pitiful. “The only hope now, if they get rain instead of dust, is in sorghums and corn,” declared Prof. R. I Throckmorton of Kansas State Col- lege. in referring to the Western third of Kansas. Kenneth Welch, relief administrator in Baca County, Colo., said no crops whatever can be expected in South- eastern Colorado unless heavy Spring rains come. “I do not see how anyone can con- tinue to live here if tnese storms con- tinue.” Welch added. ust pneumonia “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) POLICE GUARD SHOPS Extra Details Called Out in Los Angeles “Meat Strike.” is _increasing | LOS ANGELES, April 11 (#).—Po- | | licemen greeted pickets today along the Hollenbeck Heights “meat strike” front as 40 butcher shops reopened for business. Chief of Police James E. Davis de- |, tailed extra officers to the scene to |guard against possible trouble. He |asserted the United Conference | | with Edgerton substituted for Hank- | Against the High Cost of Living, one | | of the meat price-protesting groups. was controlled by Communist leaders. | pluses of capacity now exist to meet | | normal demand are Florida. part 0!} U. S. to Pay Michigan, an area along the lower | Mississippi, North Dakota. Idaho, Utah | and New Mexico, and parts of Texas, | Minnesota, Montana, Washington and | Oregon. : “Government plants provided for or ‘ under construction will meet these shortages in certain limited areas. “The critical shortage of existing| The A. A. A. today agreed to make generating capacity most seriously | full benefit payments to farmers in Farmers for Wheat Unplanted Because of Drought | By the Associated Press. base acreage and a maximum of 90 per cent. { The ruling today by Secretary Wal- affects the great industrial districts | drought areas who plant no wheat |Jace waives the minimum require- of the East and Middle West. It | because of adverse weather conditions. | ments where there is evidence that would, therefore, be disastrous in case | In a previous step to meet drought | planting of wheat would be a waste the United States should become in- | conditions, the administretion an-|of seed because of drought conditions. volved in war.” nounced that Spring wheat farmers| This action will be taken only in In the study of hydro ruourw.iml;ht plant up to 165 per cent of countles officially designated by the the commission divided the country | their base acreage instead of the A. A. A. wheat seciion as drought- into seven zones—Northeast, Middle | maximum of 90 per cent. | stricken areas, and then only by Coun- ‘West, Southeast. Mountain and Plain, Wheat adjustment contracts contain | ty Wheat Production Control Com- Southwest, Pacific North and Pa- | a provision requiring farmers to plant ! mittees after individyal producers cific Southwest, & minimum of M.per cent of their 'have made uppll.lflofl for exemption. of the Lundeen workers’ insurance bill, who urged that the special rule be voted down Notwithstanding the fact that the special rule for consideration of the economic security bill has been called a “wide-open” rule, it was vigorously attacked when presented in the House today by supportcrs of the Townsend old-age pension plan and of the Lun- deen workers' biil It was charged by Representative Lundeen. Farmer-Labor. of Minnesota Representative Marcantonio of New York and others that the special rule uld prevent the offering of the Townsend old-age pension bill or the Lundren bill as amendments for the measure reported by the Ways and Means Commitiee. Instead of being the liberal rule claimed by adminis- tration leaders. these speakers in- sisted it blocked all possibility of a vote on the Tcwnsend or the Lundeen plans. ©O'Connor States Position. Representative O'Connor of New York, chairman of the Rules Commit- tee, replied that he hoped both the Townsend and Luideen plans would be ruled in order as amendments to the social security bill. I think the Townsend plan is ger- mane,” said O'Connor, “and I hope that the House will have an opportu- i nity to vote on it and also on the Lun- deen bill. The parliamentarian of the House has a number of proposed amendments before him for investiga- tion in regard to points of order which may be made against them.” The debate over the rule on the economic security bill got under way with considerable bitterness. and the prospect of a hard battle before the bill is finally passed was manifest. The special rule was defended by the administration leaders. who insisted that it was the only way to get the bill considered by the House. since it had no privileged status and other- wise would have to be taken up on a calendar Wednesday with only one hour of debate allowed Representative Knutsen. Republican, of Minnesota was one of those who claimed that the bill should have been considered without the special rule. Sees “Gag" Imposed. “There are three times as Democrats in the House as licans, Progressives and Laborites.” said Knutsen, “and yet the Democrats could not be trusted to pass this important measure with- out a gag rule being imposed.” Representative Marcantonio insisted that the special rule should be voted down if there was to be any oppor- | tunity to vote on the Townsend plan |or the Lundeen bill ‘We are precluding the House from voting on these two plans which have been widely agitated throughout the country. The House should have an opportunity to vote these bills up or down. The supporters of the ad- ministration’s bill. if this amendment is adopted, have got this thing in a bag.” Marcantonio said Representative Connery of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the Labor Com- mittee. and a Democrat, pointed out that his committee had reported fa- vorably the Lundeen bill to the House and had asked the Rules Committee for a special rule and had never re- ceived any satisfaction Marcantonio insisted that: “This is the same old stack of cards It is not a New Deal; it is a new de- lusion.” Lundeen Opposes Rule. Represcntative Lundeen took up the argument against the adoption of the rule, agreeing with Marcantonio that his bill could not be voted on as an amendment to the pending bill. | When Representative Connery called attention to the fact that the Rules Committee had not done the Labor | Committee the courtesy of granting a | special rule to consider the Lundeen bill, O'Connor said that in the Labor Committee a motion had been made to table the Lundeen bill and it failed only on a tie vote, 7 to 7. “Then one of the members who had | voted to table the Lundeen bill left the committee room,” said O'Connor, “and then the bill was reported to the House by a vote of 7 to 6.” O'Connor said that he had been under the impression that Representa~ tive McGroarty of California, who in- troduced the Townsend plan in bill form, had charge of that measure, Monaghan in Charge. “But I see that the admiral from Montana. Mr. Monaghan, has become the leader.” said O'Connor, referring |to Monaghan’s activity in favor of !a vote on the Townsend plan and against the adoption of the special | rule. “We are told that 22,000,000 persons have signed petitions for this Town- send plan,” said O’Connor. “There | are only about 6,000,000 persons who would receive pensions. The great mass of the signers are children who do not want to take care of their parents any longer, but want the Government to take over this burden.” The President has warned Congress that it must not exceed the estimates of cost of the social security program for the coming year. The amount to be appropriated for the year 1is $49,000,000. Thereafter the Govern- ment’s contribution is expected to be (Continued olme 4, Column 1) many Repub- Farmer-