Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1935, Page 2

BULLION STANDARD PREVALLS IN'U. 3. Gold Shifts Permitted to ‘Keep All Money on Equal Buying Basis. L4 BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Are we on the gold standard? Is the Government willing to permit re- demption of currency in gold bullion and under what conditions? Is the Government maintaining all curren- cles at the same purchasing power? These questions are answered by the Treasury Department nowadays in this manner: First, America is on the gold bul- lion standard. which means the gold standard as Europe has always known it; »Gold cannot be coined, but bul- liba can be used to redeem unger cer- tain conditions. 'Second, the conditions under which the- Treasury will allow the Federal Reserve banks—which are, in turn, owned by the private banks of the country—to acquire gold are covered in ‘tegulations that permit such acqui- sition whenever it becomes necessary to‘ maintain “the equal purchasing power of every kind of curency in the United States.” ) .Third, the Treasury will use its gold at any time to maintain the equal parchasing power of all currency, whether issued by the Government or by the Federal Reserve banks. Lack of Suit Ban Cited. .The views of the Treasury become particularly interesting in connection with the apparent disinclination, for | the present at least, to ask for any | legislation withdrawing by statute the right of the citizen to sue in the Court of- Claims if he feels his dollar of to- | day is not bringing him uniform pur- | chasing power, as compared with that which existed just before the gold re- | serve act of January 30, 1934, was passed. | The Treasury takes the position that it is fulfilling its obligations and that, in the legal sense, it has not re- pudiated. Thus, when the Supreme Court of the United States said that Congress went beyond its power in abrogating the gold clause in Liberty bond contracts, the Treasury, of course, became obligated to see to it that no damage is suffered by any citizen. This is now accomplished by the fol- lowing regulation: “The Federal Reserve Banks may from time to time acquire from the United States by redemption of gold certificates, in accordance with sec- tion 6 of this act, such amounts of | gold bullion as, in the judgment of the | Secretary of the Treasury, are neces- | sary to settle international balances | or to maintain the equal purchasing power of every kind of currency of | the United States. Such banks may | acquire gold abroad or may acquire gold in the United States, etc.” Constitutes Answer to Court. The operation of the foregoing ex- cerpt is little understood, but it con- stitutes the Treasury's answer to the | gold clause decision of the Supreme Court as it affects Liberty bonds, and i# also in the Government's reply to those who argue that America today s an irredeemable currency, or flat mjoney or flat bonds. ¢First of all, the Federal Reserve banks have lay about $5,500,000,000 in gold certificates. This is to say that the Treasury is holding $5,500,- ,000 in gold bullion as security for the gold certificates. Actually, the leral Reserve banks have in circu- Idtion only sbout $3,500,000,000 in Federal Reserve currency, so that the amount of gold certificates more than covers the amount of currency. + Supposing, however, the price of gpld goes beyond $35 an ounce in London or Paris, so that it is $36. The Federal reserve banks would find that their notes or currency did not have the guaranteed pur- aulng power which was possible fore, namely when gold was sell- ing at $35 an ounce. In other words, tRelr purchasing power would have declined by one-thirty-fifth. Under these circumstances, the Treasury wopld promptly be willing to release epough gold for shipment, so that the Federal reserve banks could ob- tain gold in London at the higher ,fie consequence of these steps, plus th¢ selling operations of the Treas- ury's own stabilization fund, would be to bring the price of gold back te §35 an ounce. The amount of gold atfually used by the Federal reserve hanks—that is, the amount of gold permitted by the Treasury be redeemed 1in gold bullion—would ‘very small. - Like Settiement Operations. “The operation is very much like the gold settlement fund, which has been niaintained to clear balances as be- tWeen different regions of the United tes, or very much as the Bank for International Settlements has functioned in transferring gold bal- ances and credits. The Treasury makes the point that, while this is not redemption in gold coin in the popular sense, there is no need for gold coin and that transactions in gold bullion are all that is necessary nowadays. ‘ There is nothing, moreover, to pre- vént the Treasury from issuing gold coins in quarter size, for instance, af any time, just as Premier Flandin did recently when he wished to em- phasize the readiness of the French ggvernment to redeem in gold. #It is further explained that the ‘Treasury is willing to release and sell d bullion anywhere in the world any purpose except hoarding. nce the recent sales of gold to cen- tfal banks in Mexico and other coun- thies. It is believed that, some day, if, popular psychology requires it, re- ption of $1,000 bullion bars, simi- 1Y to that which England and France &wve used in their gold standard, may bé in effect in this country. For the nt this is not deemed necessary ause the Federal Reserve banks, agting for the depositors of American banks, can obtain gold whenever nec- 9 that all currencies, whether silver cer- tificates, or Federal Reserve notes, or United States notes or the (Copyright, 1935 ORIC CORNER SOLD .‘dmw YORK, April 19 (P).—The le of one of the most historic cor- on Fifth avenue, the site of the oM Cornelius Vanderbilt mansion, 1& a price reported in the neighbor- of $3,000,000, was announced yasterday. ZThe property was sold by the Mu- tyad. Life Insurance Co. of New York thie newly created 754 Fifth Avenue 5 & subsidiary of Bergdorf Good- & deparianent store, }nsr & What’s What Behind News In Capital House Democrats Lack Enthusiasm for New Deal Program. BY PAUL MALLON. HE man who ran the wrong way on the foot ball field was l not half as embarrassed as were all the House Democrats the other day. Their whole team ran the wrong way. Coach Byrns, the Speaker, took tne usual step of going out on the fleld to give the boys a pep talk. He pointed out that their goal was work. This business of adjourning every day at 4:15 p.m. would have to stop. The team applauded en- thusiastically as Byrns retired to his ofice. And when 4:15 p.m. came—they adjourned. This much was reported, but what did not get out was the fact that, when Mr. Byrns heard about it, he galloped into action. Roping Chairman Dough- ton and a few members of the gove erning Ways and Means Committee where they stood, Mr. Byrns delivered an oration which was no pep talk. Even the ears of the bystanders burned. No Enthusiasm in Team. The incident would have been unim- portant were it not for the fact that Congress has been like that too often this session. The team has no en- thusiasm. Too many of the players do not like much of this pending New Deal legislation and have not been ex- erting themselves about it. The trouble has been accentuated in the House because the pep burden has fallen aimost entirely on Byrns. With his floor leader ill since the start, he has been busier than Speakers usually are, It was Byrns, in fact, who pried the social security bill out of a reluctant and uneager Ways and Means Com- mittee by appearing before the com- mittee in a session of which no record will ever be found. His unpublished argument on that occasion was that, if they were going to kill President Roosevelt's plan, let them do it in the open, on the floor of the House, and not in the secrecy of committee. This pulled the bill through. Every one knows Mr. Roosevelt is personally be- hind this activity. Since his return from Florida, he has been nudging his congressional leaders, and they, in turn, have been pushing the rank and file, with a moderate degree of success. 80 Per Cent Victory Likely. ‘This inside situation is such that Mr. Roosevelt can still have his general program, but not easily. Each item requires tedfous, painful pulling. His associates now reckon in general terms | that he will get 80 per cent of what he wanted. This is a fairly good average for Presidents. The pulling is becoming so difi- cult, however, that it has been Jound necessary for the White House to make a_show of giving up some things which it neet not have yielded. The most important one was the bonus. Unofficial Polls Taken. Nearly every one will deny it now, but it is nevertheless true, that no objectionable bonus bill could have been passed in the Senate over a presidential veto. This was shown by unofficial polls privately made. The best one seems to have indicated that Mr. Roosevelt's veto would have been smmed by a margin of at least six v There are several interesting reasons why that course was found objectionable. The main one is that certain influential Democratic Senators advised against it. They would stand with Mr. Roosevelt, if he insisted, but they would e lot rather vote for a bonus bill. After all, they are going to run for re-election next year as well as Mr. Roosevelt. They will be running n primaries where the President’s coat- tails may not be broad enough to pull them through. . Their opponents mainly will be per- sons of the Huey Long type, who are strongly pro-bonus, as well as pro- publico. A White House bonus compromise | would help save these boys. And, of course, it will make them more smenable to the remainder of the President’s program. Tax Reduction Bone. Another bone tossed out casually was the sly remark which Mr. Byrns made about the possibility of tax re- duction. What he had reference to, apparently, was the talk that the Treasury might permit some legisla- tion to abolish taxes on incomes of less than $3,000. Since the British tax system was announced, this idea has become extraordinarily popular in ‘Washington. If there is one thing which a Congressman prefers to vote for more than a bonus bill it is @ taz reduction bill. A Congressman’s idea of Heaven is a place where he can vote to give all Government money away and then reduce tazes at the same time. There is a little matter of a $2,800,- 000,000 deficit this year and a $29,- 000,000,000 public debt to be straight- ened out, ethereally or otherwise. But this may not stand in the way in & re-election year. At least there is selves They believe a ser ments will have to be proposed Congress within a year after pecomes a law. pect it to be islation from There will cessantly for changes bickering about the raising of rates. of taxation, may require as congressional attention hereafter, | .G, SESLESSN N PATRDTS DAY Unrepresented City Still Lis- tens for Shot Heard Around the World. BY JESSE C. SUTER. ‘The 19th of April, observed i Mese- achusetts and some other States as “Patriots’ day,” is one of the out- standing dates on the historical cal- endar of the United States, but has never had special recognition in the National Capital. The ride of Paul Revere and the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, marked the beginning of the American Revo- lution, and it was on April 19, 1783, that George Washington proclaimed that peace had been re-established. ‘Two other interesting historic events of that period are credited to April 19; the famous speech in the British Parliament by Edmund Burke in 1774 against taxing the colonists, and the confirmation in 1794 of John Jay as special envoy to England. The real significance of the day is centered in the thrilling epoch mak- ing events of 1775, when the well- trained and picturesquely uniformed British troops were routed by the Middlesex farmers in their working clothes and with their primitive weapons. Here was the beginning of & contest which was to give the world & new Nation, where the ideals of Anglo-Saxon civilization were to at- tain a fuller and a richer develop- ment and the individual citizen and his community would have both & new deal and a square deal, No Representation Here, Sometimes surprise is expressed that there is no official observance of Pa- triots’ day in the District, and par- ticularly in our public schools. Others explain that “the shot heard around the world,” of which Emerson speaks, has never been heard in the District of Columbia, where citizens are still taxed without representation. The presence in Washington at this time each year of a great gathering of patriotic women supplies a fine background for such a local observ- ance. What better atmosphere could be found for the celebration of the day of the beginning and the ending | of the American Revolution than | while there are present in the National Capital the thousands of delegates to the annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution? Their meetings here are timed to include this day, which marks the memorable conflict in which their ancestors par- ticipated. Organized civic Washington con- tinues to tell the country that it is deprived of all participation in the councils of the Nation: that it is subjected to taxation without repre- sentation and that it is required to obey laws in whose making District citizens have no part. It continues to tell that the permanent residents of the National Capital are dissatisfied with this condition and have definite plans for correction of the anomalous situation, and that real progress is being made toward that end. Capper Resolution Offers Cure. Cure for the District’s political im- potency is to be found in the pending Senate joint resolution No. 22, in- troduced in the present Congress by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. This resolution proposes an amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States empowering the Congress to grant to the residents of the District of Columbia voting representation in the Senate and House of Representa- tives, the right to vote in presidential elections and the same right of access to the courts of the Untled States as are possessed by the citizens of a State. Backing this movement are to be | found the combined civic, trade, labor | and other organizations with greater | unanimity than upon any other pro- posal affecting the District of Colum- bia. And in addition to some of the | great national organizations, many | State and regional bodies throughout the country have promised the move- ment their support. A number of congressional hearings have been held on the question of granting national citizenship rights to the residents of the District and twice there has been a favorable re- port from the Senate Committee on | the District of Columbia. The first of these was in 1922, which followed & very full and comprehensive hear- ing. This report went thoroughly into the question, reviewing the history of the underlying reasons for the exist- ence of so anomalous & situation at the very heart of the Republic. The committee found that the residents | of the District were justly entitled to » participation in the councils of the Nation and recommended to the Sen- ste that the resolution be passed. This report of the Senate Committee, because of its thoroughness, as well as its conciseness and logic, has since been accepted as a sort of text-book on the subject. Unfortunately the matter got no further than the Senate calendar where it died with the ex- piration of the Congress. The next time the Senate Committee acted it was to reaffirm the former report, but to couple with it a recommendation that the resolution be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, where most proposals of amendments to the Constitution are considered. The matter has since been before the Judiciary Committee but no hearings have been held. ‘The House Committee on the Judi- ciary has held several extended hear- ings, but has never reached any con- clusion on the matter. Headquarters in Star Building. The Citizens' Joint Committee has maintained headquarters in The Eve- ning Star Building since 1928, from which place many thousand pages of informative printed matter and ex- tensive correspondence have gone out. In recent years there has been pro- nounced activity among the women's ‘This is particularly true of the National League of Women Voters and its affili- memorialize Congress to pass the joint resolution and submit the proposed amendment to the States for ratifi- catlon, The District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs has recently put Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. “Get ready to meet the Almighty,” Executioner G. Phil Hanna (in hat and coat) told Willlam De Boe a short time before De Boe went to the gallows at Smithland, Ky., early today, shouting denunciations at the woman who accused him of criminal assault. He was the first white man hanged in the State in a nnrrnunn’: POLITIGS CHARGED INBANK MEASURE G. 0. P. Warns of Danger. Crowley Asks Insurance Act Extension. _; By the Assoclated Press. Republican opposition to “political- ization” of the Federal Reserve under the administration’s omnibus banking bill came rapidly to & head today as the House Banking Committee for- mally introduced its revised measure. Designed to liberalize the Federal Reserve Board's operations and give the board full control in setting open market policies, the contro- versial measure was approved late yesterday without a roll call. Re- publican committee members planned a separate conference today to de- termine finally whether to fille a minority report. Meanwhile, the bill started a long and uncertain journey toward the Senate floor, with Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Federal Deposit In- surance Corp., urging at the opening of hearing by the Glass Banking Subcommittee approval of the section which would make permanent the temporary law insuring deposits up to $5,000. Disclaims Other Section. Crowley told Senator Glass, Demo- crat, of Virginia, before he began reading a long prepared statement that he had nothing to do with draft- ing the other section of the measure which would give.the Reserve Board greater powers over credit’ and cur- rency and revise the national bank laws. Glass, an opponent of the Reserve Board section, said & majority of his subcommittee favored separating the sections and passing the non-contro- versial ones first. President Roosevelt is said to favor keeping the measure intact. The House committee adhered to this yes- terday in approving the bill. Political Power Seen. As expressed privately by one House Republican, the minority’s opposition centers on two main features: “1. The politicalization of the Fed- eral Reserve, giving the President broad powers to depose the governor at will if he does not agree with his (the President’s) policies—making the poard subject to political control. 2. Placing the entire monetary cir- culation privilege in the Federal Re- serve banks, coupled with the fact that the open market policy adopted by the board is made mandatory on the part of the banks.” “This,” the Republican explained, “brings the national debt and the money issuing power into such close relation that money might fluctuate as the debt does. Any nation that had done this has gone broke, as did, for example, Austria and Germany.” D. C. APPROPRIATION PARLEY DEFERRED Conferees to Meet Tomorrow Morning to Iron Out Differences. ‘The meeting of conferees on the 1936 District appropriation bill which was scheduled for this afternoon has been postponed until 10:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. This will be the| first session of the Senate and House groups appointed to work out the differences between the two branches, including the amount of the Federal payment and of the various increases made by the Senate for needed achool buildings, additional police protection, health activities and other municipal Ppurposes. On the question of the Federal payment the House voted to continue the $5,700,000, the Senate later in- creasing it to $8,317,500. SPEECH ON GALLOWS DENOUNCES WOMAN WHO BROUGHT DEATH (Continued From First Page.) crowd: “If there's any of you night adjusters out there like horse-whipped that 62-year-old woman (an outrage of a few years ago) and you night riders have guts enough to shoot a man off the scaffold, then go ahead and shoot. De Boe’s 19-year-old sister and his father walked just behind him when he was led, already handcuffed, into the stockade. They stopped at the foot of the stairs while he was led on up. Margaret was worn with three sleep- less nights, while she has been plead- ing with Gov. Laffoon to spare her brother’s life. Her eyes were swollen from weeping. But she smiled sev- eral times when her brother shook his manacled hands at Mrs. Johnson and once laughed hysterically at one of his remarks. After about 40 minutes of public address, much unfit for repetition, De Boe spoke 8 minutes more in a quiet voice to the officials grouped about him on the scaffold. Then raising his voice again he told the crowd that he was about to go to his doom. In less than a minute the officers had masked him and adjusted the noose. He was about to say some- thing else when the trap was sprung. Deboe declared he had not had = fair trial, that the jury was “fingered” to give him the death penalty. He shouted out the name of Shelly Wil- son, s relative of the Johnsons, charging him with trying to get on the jury. “I didn’t try to get on that jury,” ‘Wilson shouted back. “No, you didn't!" retorted Deboe, his voice dripping with sarcasm. | “There’s & lot of people in un-, crowd who ought to be here instead | of me. That woman there,” and was | off into another attack on Mrs.| Johnson. Deboe frankly admitted the three robberies again and again. “Yes, I TEXTILE PARLEY PLAN UNDER WA Congress Bloc Meeting President Next Week to Ask Immediate Action. By the Associated Press. The congressional textile bloc mar- shaled its arguments today for its mass interview with President Roose- velt next week, when efforts will be made for immediate action in behalf of the cotton textile industry. Developments yesterday were called encouraging by these legislators. Out- standing was the decision of the House Ways and Means Committee to take up soon the question of nam- ing a sabcommittee for a study of the entire question of foreign imports. ‘This decision was taken on the mo- tion of Representative McCormack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, who said conditions in the industry warranted an immediate study. Four cabinet members and the chairman of the Tariff Commission also are serving as a special commit- tee to study the textile situation. The Becretaries are Hull of the State De- partment, Wallace of Agriculture, Roper of Commerce and Perkins of Labor. Wallace’s Stand Same. There was no indication that Wal- lace’s stand for the cotton pi tax had been changed. Abolition of this tax—which is levied on manu- facture to pay farmers for cutting production—is a leading aim of cot- ton manufacturers, along with higher tarriffs against Japanese imports. * Speaking of the A. A. A. fight in general, and not referring to cotton in particular, Wallace faid in a radio address last night that processors and distributors of farm products were try- ing to destroy the A. A. A. so they might “handle farmers and consumers in their own way.” He said proces- sors were “trying to pit the farmer against the consumer.” Meanwhile, Russell T. Fisher, secre- tary of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, in a state- ment from Boston, accused the Secre- tary of giving “a gratuitous insult” to New England by his reference in a speech in Maine Wednesday to “whin- ing” by the cotton manufacturers. “More and more, it becomes evi- dent,” Fisher said, “that the Secre- tary believes in the processing tax, right or wrong. and has no desire or ;nw tion of even listening to the Accused by Rogers. Wallace was accused last night by Representative Rogers, Republican, of Massachusetts, of attempting to pro- mote sectional strife by seeking to align the South and West against the industrial East. Replying to a statement of Wallace to the effect that foes of the processing | tax were “in many cases deliberately misleading” the public, Mrs. Rogers said in a broadcast: “There are many members of Con-! gress from the South as well as the North who have been very active and are at this very moment strongly urging, if not demanding, that the processing tax be removed from the cotton textile industry. As one of this group. I cannot permit- the state- ment made by Secretary Wallace to | pass by unchallenged.” CAPITOL PLUMBING “PERILS” DESCRIBED robbed those stores,” he said. “But I didn't do those other things.” MODERN JOAN OF ARC TOLD TO STAY HOME Chairman McSwain Advises Woman Seeking Air Service Men Can Do Fighting. By the Asso-iated Press. CHICAGO, April 19.—A modern Joan of Arc who pleaded for the establishment of a Women's Air Re- serve Corps has been told by a Gov- ernment official that the wartime place for her sex is back home with the children. But her enthusiasm re- mains undampened. ‘Twenty-year-old Joan Sighs of Chi- cago in a recent letter to Chairman J. J. McSwain of the House Military Affairs Committee asked his sponsor- ship of such a corps with the asser- tion she and others like her were not going to “sit back in the next war.” In reply, Chairman McSwain said in part: “Evidently the modern Joan of Arc sighs for an opportunity to fight. To be perfectly frank, I think the men can do all the fighting necessary and House Committee Told Comnec- tions Let Gas in Senate Kitchens. ‘That there are dangerous plumbing conditions in the Capitol which are likely to contaminate the water and that some 13 old cross connections permit sewer gas to be pumped into the Senate kitchens and other places in the building was explained today to the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee by Ernest Flenzje, representing the Master Plumbers’ As- sociation. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol. immediately promised that a careful study of the situation would be made, and anything possible would be done to correct it. ‘The witness was not making a criti- cism of those in charge of the Capitol, pointing out that the situation was due to the fact that it is an old build- ing, and that considerable progress has been made in plumbing since the old sewer and water system was put into the building. The witness argued that the dangerous plumbing should be eliminated, and that in the pro- posed extension of the east front care should be taken that such conditions 85 & menace to health should not be continued. It was pointed out that we can leave the ladies back home to attend to the old folks and the chil- dren and our business. S NAZI HOLIDAY SET Annual Tribute to Be Paid Avia- tion on April 21. BERLIN, April 19 (#).—Gen. Her- mann Wilhelm Goering, minister of aviation, added one more national holiday to the German calendar to- da; y. He ordered an “annual day of honor for German aviation” on April 21. The date is the anniversary of the death of Baron Manfred von Richtofen, wartime ace. Brass bands and guards of honor this year will commemorate the re- construction of Germany’s military air fleet on the holiday. 2 Needed in Every Home Library The Euvening Htar Offfers Its Readers ‘The only complete and authoritative description of the Federal Govern. ment now available. “I have found it fascin- ing reading American citizen . . Cary T. Grayson, Chair- mon, the American Red Cress. l,___—;o.‘. .fi"-——--.' Price §1 i jat The Evening Star Business Office, or by mail, postpaid e e e e e e e e e e e e e e NEME oovvavsasscactonnrncicnnnne State similar conditions exist in other large buildings in Washington and in other large citles. BRIDE OF 85 REFUSES TO KISS “HIM,” 88 0ld-Fashioned Charivari Follows Ceremony in Iowa—TFirst Wife Her Sister. By the Associated Press. NEWTON, Iowa, April 19.—An 85- year-old Irish lady who preferred “not to kiss” the bridegroom an 88-year-old Civil War veteran were married ijn & simple ceremony here last night. The bride was Miss Elida Kissinger, who for many years had been the housekeeper of the bridegroom, John F. Baker. Before the ceremony, when Dr. Leslie Logan, pastor of the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church, gave the cou- ::ekedthflr instructions, “Aunt Lide” “Do I have to kiss him?” ‘When Dr. Logan told her it was a matter of her choice, she replied: “T'll not kiss John, Dr. Logan, or you !‘lfit leave that out.” And Dr. Logan An old-fashioned charivari followed the ceremony. ? The bride is a sister of Mr. Baker'’s first wife, who died in 1918. —_— ONLY VOTE HIS OWN Tennessean Loses Impeachment Fight on Governor. NASHVILE, Tenn., April 19 (P)— While two members passed the lie and had to be restrained from coming to blows, the Tennessee House of Repre- sentatives yesterday snuffed out a one- mmnmmhmpe-chmv.mnlu- ter. resolution Representative R. &fl.‘imsn 1, Little alone voting Gandhi Declines “World’s Richest Girl” Interview Doris Duke Cromwell Writes Repeatedly for Facts on Philosophy. By the Associated Press. . Duke Cromwell, sometimes called “the richest girl in the world,” with an sudience. “The holy one” recently refused to grant Mrs. Cromwell’s request for an interview at Wada. Since that time, it was learned today, she has been writing him repeatedly in an attempt to learn something of his simple philosophy of life. Her correspondence has been fruit- less, however, forcing the tobacco for- tune heiress to turn to lesser known mystics in Northern India for knowl- edge of their teachings. Although once headed down the Ganges toward Calcutta, the honey- mooning Cromwells turned north again to visit famous Kashmere, whose beauties are fabled in song and story. They turned back on this occasion, 1t was believed, in the hope of finding relief from the sultry heat near the region of everlasting snow. ‘The change in their route was the fifth the Cromwells have made since they landed in India. MUSSOLINIMEETS VONSTARHEMBERG Restoration of Hapsbhurgs and Austria’s Rearma- ment Discussed. By the Associated Press. ROME, April 19—Two of the world’s leading Fascists, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy and Vice Chancellor Ernst von Starhemberg of Austria, talked more than an hour todey in Venezia Palace and well- informed sources said they discussed the restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria. | Other subjects discussed by the| two leaders were sald to be the Danublan conference scheduled in| May, and Austria’s rearmament. i Restoration of the Hapsburgs to the non-existent throne of Austria | hes gained growing favor in Italy lately as the only permanent means of maintaining Austria’s independence and preventing & union with Ger- many which would bring the regime | of Reichsfuehrer Hitler to Italy's northern border. At the Danubian conference the | nations of Europe will consider two | of the danger spots to world peace— | Austria and the Balkans. Diplomats said they hoped that a means of guaranteeing Austrian inde- pendence would be found at that | time through, perhaps, a series of non-aggression pacts. - Italy bas indicated thet: she favors the rearmament of Austria, -Hungary | and Bulgaria—which along with Ger- | many were disarmed by the peace treaties ending the World War—but oniy by agreement, not by unilateral action. ‘ Observers said they believed Prince von Starhemberg’s visit would prepare the ground for closer understanding and co-operation between Austria and Italy. Von Starhemberg arrived last night by plane from Vienna. Conversa- tions with Il Duce will command a | portion of his attention while he is | e | re. 1 The prince, a self-acknowledged | royalist, has just written an im-| portant article for the Italian Revue, “Nuova Antologia” (new anthology), | in which he deals with the Haps- | burgs and an independent Austria. b 'MRS. ROOSEVELT GIVES PUP TO BOY Pet Killed by White House Auto- mobile Is Replaced by @ift. By the Associated Press. BRAINARDSVILLE, N. Y., April| 19.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has made good her promise and Harvey Smith of Brainardsville now owns a beautiful white collie puppy. Last Summer when Mrs. Roosevelt was visiting at nearby Chazy Lake she was driving her roadster through Brainardsville and struck a white col- lie dog owned by Smith. The dog had to be killed. Mrs. Roosevelt promised Smith she would replace the pet and left the matter in the hands of Capt. C. J. Broadfield, State Police Troop B com- mandant at Malone. Yesterday, Smith was presented a beautiful white collie puppy from Capt. Broadfield to, replace the one killed by the Roosevelt roadster. TWO ARE HANGED IN HOLD-UP SLAYING “Black Dillingers” Pay Penalty for Murder in Prince Georges. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 19.—Maryland’s two “black Dillingers” are dead. James A. Gross, 35, and Gordon Dent, 30, who gave thenmiselves that appellation during their depredations in Prince Georges County, were hanged at the State Penitentiary early today for murder. The extreme penalty was exacted for the slaying of John T. Geary, jr., in the hold-up of his barbeque stand ‘at Priests Bridge last June. It was one of a series of Prince Georges County robberies laid to the “black Dillingers.” Gross, going to the gallows first, was pronounced dead within 14 minutes. He uttered not a word. Dent mumbled a single word as the trap was sprung. He said “good-by.” Gross and Dent had been in the penitentiary since July, when they were sentenced to death. They had been scheduled to die January 16, but Gov. Nice granted them a 60-day reprieve while he investigated - the case. He signed the death warrants in March. Donsld Parker, 24, had been sen- tenced to die with them, but Gov. et 0, S 2 le left office. He had aided the prose- cution after his arrest, TEXAS DUST AREA RELIEVED BY RAIN Oklahoma, Kansas, Colo- rado and New Mexico, How- ever, Report Only Clouds. By the Associated Press. AMARILLO, Tex., April 19.—Rain brought joy and renewed hope to the southern edge of the dust belt today. Downpours and heavy showers visited a wide area in the dust-torn ‘Texas Panhandle yesterday and last night, benefiting the wheat crop and grazing lands, in addition to bringing relief from the blowing sand and silt. The Oklahoma Panhandle, where the residents have prayed for rain, reporteC. only clouds, however, and the dust-stricken sections of Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico still waited for moisture. Rain Brings Relief. The precipitation near Childress, Tex., amounted to about two inches and at Quanah two inches of rain fell in less than 30 minutes. A cloud- burst flooded cellars at Prederick. Till- man County, in Southwestern Okla- homa, and there were soaking rains at other points in the State. While the dust storms abated some- what over the rest of the stricken sector, emergency hospitals were opened in Baca County, Colo., to care for patients. ‘The school building at Walsh, Colo., will be used to care for pneumonia patients and the basement of a mortu- ary at Springfield will be made avail- able chiefly for children suffering from pneumonia and measles. An outbreak of the latter disease was reported in the eastern part of Baca County. Appeals for Aid Increase. Heretofore patients have been taken to Lamar, Colo., but increased appeals for ald made necessary the establish- ment of hospital facilities nearer the dust district. Pneumonia, aggravated by dust, was held responsible for the death of Charles Williams, 68, at Springfield. Driven from their Sheridan County, N. Dak, homes by dust storms, 125 persons passed through Livingston, Mont., yesterday. Traveling in bat- mergihmcwr cars, some loaded down with home furnishings, the emigrants hoped to find work and new homes in Montana and Idaho. They said they had decided to leave after the wind had blown a steady gale for three days and nights. YOUTH CONFESSES RANSOM DEMANDS Chicago Student, However, De- nies Knowledge of Where- abouts of Missing Child. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 19.—Leo Magnus, 17-year-old high school student, to- day was in custody of authorities, who said the youth confessed sending two ransom notes to Max Perrot, whose small son has been missing more than two weeks. “I just wrote the letters for a thrill,” Chief of Detectives John L. Sullivan quoted the youth as saying, after his arrest last night by officers, who saw him pick up a dummy package se- creted at the spot the notes demanded $150 be placed. Magnus saild he knew nothing of the whereabouts of the child. The child, Richard Perrot, 4, was last seen with a thin man, shabbily dressed, on a street car. Police turned to an orange peel today, hoping that a chemical analy- sis would reveal clues that would re- veal possible connection of Joseph Bothe, Elgin, Ill, State Hospital in- mate, with the child’s disappearance. Bothe's name was brought back into the case when his landlady told police she saw him with the child on a street car. The man was questioned for hours yesterday. but maintained he knew nothing of the case. WILL FIGFI' RENEWED Nathan Frank Nephew Files Mo- tion for Another Trial. ST. LOUIS, April 19 (#).—Motion for a new trial in & suit to break the will of the late Nathan Frank, eccen- tric mililonaire bachelor lawyer, was filed in Circuit Court here yesterday. The court last week ordered a di- rected verdict against Mark Frank, New York, nephew of the capitalist, who sought & share of his uncle’s for- tune, once valued at $4,000,000. The former Representative’s will, upheld by the court, left the bulk of the estate to another nephew and two nieces, STRIKE POSTPONED Mexican Union Delays General Walkout Until April 26. MEXICO, D. F., April 19 () —A “revolutionary” general strike sched- uled to begin. tomorrow has been postponed by the General Confedera- tion of Workers until April 26. On that date a general strike has been called in Tampico and employes of the Mexican Railway have threat- ened to walk out. Officials of the union said the pur- pose was to protest the failure to settle long standing disputes in Tam- pico, Mata Redonda end other places. lCongress in Briefl TODAY. Senate. Debates Bmkhud'u:um tenant bill. on banking act of 1935. House. Considers amendments to social se- curity bill. YESTERDAY. Senate. Debated $1,000,000,000 farm tenant bill. Finance Committee heard Hugh Johnson defend N. R. A. House. Discussed amendments to soclal se- curity bill. Agriculture Committee approved Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage re- financing bill. TOMORROW. Senate. Senate probably will be in recess until Monday. PFinance Commitbee, executive ses- to act on N. B. A. legislation,