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WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably showers tonight and tomor- row, colder tomorrow; southwest winds tonight, changing to west and northwest tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 82, at noon today; lowest, 52, at 5 am. to- day. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. :33,233. NAT SUBHARIN PROGRAN ALARNS FIRDPEAN POVERS Memories of War Scourge by U-Boats Are Re- vived. FURTHER VIOLATION OF TREATY IS SEEN German Defense Ministry Admits Ships Constitute Part of Re- armament Program. Bv the Associated Press. Acknowledgement at the Berlin De- fense Ministry that submarines con- stitute a part of the Reich rearma- | ment program sent a shudder through : Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Job-Education Plan Given For 2,000,000 Idle Youths Commissioner Studebaker Proposes 42- Hour-a-Week Community Project to Save'Morale and Usefulness. A plan to give at least 2,000,000 un- employed young people a year's work was submitted to Secretary of the In- terior Ickes today by John W. Stude- baker, United States commissioner of education. His plan, he said, “might be 42 hours of work, education and recrea- | tion combined, or it might be educa- ! tion alone.” | The plan calls for an adaptation of the present college aid program and the C. C. C. camp program to assist in | their own communities the large num- | ber of unemployed youth unaided by other work relief projects. The committee developing Com- missioner Studebaker’s program of | community youth service was appoint- | ed as a result of a Nation-wide con- ference on youth problems held here last June. There are about 22,00 h ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1935—THIRTY PAGES. 1000 young people 15 to 25 years of ! age in this country by the latest cen- | | sus estimates. | | “The prolonged thwarting of the| | natural desires and abilities” of the | | nearly 3,000,000 unemployed youths outside the C. C. C. Studebaker | | pointed out, “may result either in a | | rebellious spirit or in a feeling of | | inferiority and despair from which {sume of them will never recover.” | The college student aid program | would be adopted, under the plan, to provide a Nation-wide community | service for youth designed to rebuild the morale and restore confidence through a program which combines | counseling and guidance, education, | recreation and remunerative work. or | scholarship grants. The main purpose | of the work or grants would be to| provide these young people with funds (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) world capitals today in memory of the U-boat scourge during the World SILVER IS PEGGED TRILE SHOOTING .. QU SPURED BY TAYCONVTION OF LONGS FREND More Louisiana Allies of Senator Under Scrutiny. Two Indicted. FEDERAL AGENTS HINT | FURTHER REVELATIONS New Evidence of Alleged Con- spiracy to Evade Income Levies Reported Uncovered. BY REX COLLIER. | Encouraged by a conviction in the | first of its series of prosecutions of alleged income tax evaders in Louisi- ana, the Federal Government today pressed forward in a State-wide inves- tigation that officials expect will re- “OUSE CommiTTEE ON THE DISTRICT oF CoLumMBIA OFFICE OF THE CrairMAN THaT'S A GREAT STEPIN THE RIGHT DIRECTION The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WE DO OUR PaRy Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,537 Some Returns Not Yet Rece (#) Means Associated Press. ived. TWO CENTS. P.W.A.PROJECTS INVITED BY ICKES, - LAUNCHING DRIVE ‘Call for Applicatians Starts $4,800,000,000 Program of Work-Relief. M. L. COOKE MENTIONED FOR RESPONSIBLE POST Philadelphian Rumored Slated to Head Rural Electrification in New Set-Up. e Associated Press. Taking the first step toward start- | ing actual expenditure of the $4,000.- {000,000 work fund, Secretary Ickes today telegraphed P. W. A. State en- | gineers to resume re g 8];]]1)({&- t. | tions for non-Federal projec Meanw] ile, informed sources linked Morris Llewellyn Cooke of Philadel- sult in further important indictments. | War which sent 5408 ships to the | bottom of the sea. | First disclosed in London, Ger- many's intention to build submarines was to be considered by the British cabinet, probably early next week. Spokesmen close to the government claimed Germany had again broken the Versailles treaty with a violation even more flagrant than the con- scription decree. | British reports said 12 submarines of 250 tons each were now under con- struction in German shipyards. but the Berlin Defense Ministry denied that any orders had been placed. H New Protest Seen. In Paris it was said the submarine disclosure opened up the possibility of a new joint protest on the part of France, England and Italy. United States officials declined to OVER WEEK-END Morgenthau Says No New Change Will Be Announced Immediately. By the Associated Press. Official notice that there would be no announcement over the week end of ' a change in the price of silver paid by this country was given today by Secre- tary Morgenthau. i He made this statement to news- paper men as the financial world won- dered what the reaction of the United WITNESS HUNTED Sailor Is Object of Search! in Bizarre Hollywood Tragedy. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, April 27.—A maze of bizarre circumstances Hollywood’s triple shooting m; Y was brushed aside by authorities to- day as they centered their efforts on an international search for a “tall blond” missing sailor. The man, sought in Southern Cali- fornia and Mexico, is N. C. McDermitt, “We are going right ahead with our investigations in Louisiana,” it was declared by Elmer L. Irey, chief of the Internal Revenue Bureau's In- telligence Unit, who is in general charge of the income tax “clean-up.” “Naturally, I am gratified over the outcome of our first case to reach the trial stage,” Irey said. “That is just a start. however. There are seven other cases yet to be tried, at the present | time, and there may be more before the inquiry is completed.” Friend of Long Convicted. Irey expressed commendation of the way in which Dan Moody, special assistant to the Attorney General and former Governor of Texas, handled presentation of the case which yester- | | EDUCATOR WARN - LYNCH BIL FOS Howard U. Vice Dean Sends i Protest to President, g I Asking Passage. i By the Associated Press. As Democratic leaders considered 2,000 New Dealers ‘ Will Hear Farley | On Jefferson Day Largest Gathering Since *32 Will Honor Foun- | der of Party. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 27.—The largest ' assemblage of Democrats since the 1932 Chicago convention gathered to- day for the 101st annual Jefferson day | NUNS AND MONKS ARRESTED BY NAZS Held for Exchange Viola- | tions in Anti-Christian Ger- ' aer man Faith Movement. By the Associated Press BERLIN, April 27.—Nuns and phia with the post of director of the $100.600,000 rural electrification pro=- gram in the new public works set-up. It was said that Cooke, vice chair- man of the National Power Policy Committee, has been called to ihe | White House for conference on *this | program. He also has been closely a= cretary Icke: s designated sociated with of the three le: President. No Applications Since 1931. No wor plications had been cepted since February 28, 1934, when there were $2.000000.000 in projects eady submitted for which no funds e available Ickes' action coincided with hur- ried preparations by Harry L. Hopkins, director of the Works Progress Divi- | sion. to prepare lists of employable persons on relief in different regions throughout the country P. W. A. will send 150 engineers, financial examiners to an monks, some of whom were described attorney | as aged and fecble, from 54 different States would be to the fast-moving sil- ver price race. 2lyear-old seaman, from the U. S. S.| Pennsylvania comment. having no official informa- s day resulted in conviction of State barliamentary maneuvers to sidetrack 5 fed tion that Germany was building or than X dinner tonight. More rceservations have been received. State engineers in intended to build submarines, even though it was pointed out German construction of U-boats would be in violation of the naval provisions of the separate German-American peace treaty. Americans recalled that the Ger- man U-boat brought the World War closer to the United States than any | other single factor. They recalled the fatal sinking of the Cunard liner | Lusitania off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915, at a cost of 1.198 lives Trip to U. S. Recalled. ‘They recalled also the startling ar- rival at Newport, R. I. on October 7. 1916, of the imperial German sub- marine U-53, which had crossed the Atlantic under her own power to en- able her commander, Capt. Rose, to mail a letter to Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador. Nonchalantly setting a world rec- ord. the U-53 upped anchor in three | hours after arrival and disappeared again beneath the waves just inside the 3-mile limit, without refueling. SENSATION IN LONDON. New Move Will Be Placed Before British Cabinet. LONDON, April 27 (#).—Reports that | Germany had started construction of u fleet of submarines in violation of the Versailles treaty—confirmed in well-informed circles here but denied in Berlin—caused another war sen- sation in European capitals today. (The German defense ministry ad- mitted submarines constituted a part of the Reich's rearmament program. although denied that orders had been placed for construction of new U- boats.) It was claimed in reliable sources in London that Hitler already has begun laying down the keels of 12 small U-boats of 250 tons apiece, de- signed for home defense, preparatory to launching a more extensive con- struction program. Offi Surprised. Although British officials were sur- prised at the admission in Berlin that U-Boat construction was a part of Hitler's plans, especially since the matter was not broached during the talk between Sir John Simon and Hitler, no British move was expected immediately. ‘The full story will be placed be- | whose next regu- | lar meeting is Wednesday. There was | fore the cabinet, no indication that the minister would be called together before that time. The government meanwhile was in communication with the Berlin em- bassy. “There is no doubt,” said one source close to the government, “that Germany has again broken a part of the Versailles treaty. “It is an exact repetition of what ‘happened with the land forces and an even more flagrant violation.” Fears were expressed many's new action may affect the naval talks with the Reich which have been virtually fixed in any case the action must receive “the most serious consideration.” Not Discussed by Simen. It was understood that submarines were not discussed during the recent conversations between Hitler and Sir John Simon, the foreign secretary. The fact that two leading, but en- tirely independent newspapers repre- senting different political factions car- ried the information as diplomatic news tended to strengthen the authen- ticity of the reports. HULL DECLINES COMMENT. Lack of Official Information Given As Reason. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull today declined com- ment on reports from London that Germany was constructing submarines in violation of the Versailles treaty. He said he had no official informa- tion on which he cared to make any statement. Construction of U-boats by Germany also would be in violation of the naval provisions of the separate German- American peace treaty and technically would place the United States in a position to protest against German naval expansion. The United States has, however, taken no official cognizance of Ger- many's military and aerial rearma- ment. Hans that Ger- | for the second | week in May. It was pointed out that | < Earlier in the day he conferred with Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Ne- vada. McCarran said the Treasury Secretary did not “evince any deter- mined attitude as to what he intends to do.” The Nevadan said he personally rec- ommended at the morning meeting that the domestic price be increased immediately to $1.29 an ounce from its present level of 77.57 cents. Three Courses Outlined. He added the conference, attended also by Herman Oliphant, general counsel of the Treasury, went over the | altenative steps open to the Govern- ment. which included: 1. Do nothing. 2. Move up the domestic price slowly as at first. 3. Jump it to $1.29 at once and end it there. McCarran said adoption of the third course would “practically re- monetize silver and that’s what we want.” He also recommended removing the |50 per cent silver profits tax as a step to minimize foreign speculation | in silver. He added the secretary ap- | peared to be softening in his attitude | on this point. i Foreign Dealers Profiit. | “Very few American dealers have | 1made anything out of silver, but | ! foreign dealers have,” he asserted. | | McCarran also discussed complaints || | from Western gold miners that they | | were getting only around $31 an | ounce from smelters as compared with | ! the legal price of $35. He indicated “some relief” might be forthcoming. | The world upswing in silver prices | was interrupted today by an abrupt decline in New York and London which virtually cancelled vesterday's gains. Foreign bar silver for commercial | | use in New York fell back 41, cents | to 763, cents an ounce. The price posted in London was | 354 pence, a decline of 1’z pence from Friday’s quotation. In Mexico, D. F.. all banks were | closed for the day and the govern- | | ment issued a decree forbidding the | export of all silver coins and ordered holders to submit their silver money to the central bank to be exchanged for paper currency in order to prevent its circulating medium from getting | out of hand as a result of the rapidly | mounting world price of the metal. | ICEBOUND VESSEL AND CREW SAVED Sealing Ship Reaches Side of Titanian, Held by Ice Since Thursday. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHN'S, New Foundland, April | 27.—A wireless message from the ice- studded North Atlantic brought word | today that the sealing vessel Imogene | | had reached the side of the crippled | | English freighter Titanian, and that | | the vessel’s crew of 32 was safe. The freighter had been caught and held fast by heavy field ice about 147 | miles off St. John's since Thursday | night. | The Imogene smashed her way | through ice floes to the ship's side and was expected to assist the Titan- | ian to this port. | Tvar, They said they were convinced he could furnish valuable information in connection with the slaying Thursday night of Paul Ivar, young Hollywood dress fashionist; the purported suicide of William M. Howard. former Wash- ingtcnian and secretary-chauffeur for Ivar, and the critical wounding of Henry E. Bolte, sociology instructor. | Personal Affairs Probed. It was the personal affairs of young the self-styled “nobody who wanted to become somebody,” that in- vestigators sought an explanation for the fantastic shooting. He was a designer for such movie stars as Constance Bennett and Jean Harlow. ! Capt. William Bright of the sherifl's office expressed belief that a money quarrel precipitated the affray. He reconstructed the case in this mmanner: Ivar was killed in his Hollywood apartment apparently by Howard, cli- maxing what had been a quiet sup- per gathering. t Howard fled from the scene as offi- | cers launched a city-wide search for the slayer. Several hours later, Howard shot and wounded Bolte just outside the instructor’s apartment door, and then killed himself. Capt. Bright said he believed the sailor, McDermitt, may have been one | of Ivar’s two—or possibly three—din- ner guests, or more probably was the | “tall, blond man,” who appeared just after the stylist was shot. Boite, whose friendship with Howard and Ivar was at first denied, but later disclosed by mutual associates of the three, remained near death in a hos- pital today. igators dug deeply into the pri- vate lives of the principals in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SCHULTZ JURY HUNG; IS SENT BACK AGAIN| Foreman Thinks Agreement May | Be Reached in Income Tax Evasion Case. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 27.—The | Federal jury deliberating the income | tax evasion case of Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer disagreed today. At 11:42 am. the jury filed in the court room of Judge Frederick H. Bryant. Michael A. Shea, foreman, announced: ‘“Your honor, we have not been able to agree.” Judge Bryant asked: “Are there further particulars you desire to help you in your deliberations?” “No,” replied Shea. “Do you think you might come to an | agreement?” | “Yes, I think we may agree,” replied | Shea. _ Judge Bryant then instructed the | Jurors to return to their consideration. | o Towa Liquor Head Quits. | DES MOINES, Iowa, April 27 (#). -—Harold M. Cooper yesterday resigned as chairman of the Iowa Liquor Com- mission. He recently was convicted of permitting the illegal possession of liquor by a Cedar Rapids resident. Gov. Clyde Gerring accepted his resig- | nation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 27.—American banks were understood today to have been large buyers of silver in a boom here which assumed such proportions that conservative market quarters de- scribe it es “wild speculation,” since President Roosevelt’s announcement of a price increase. A further sensational jump in the price of the white metal was ex- pected in a number of quarters, which' believe speculators will push up the| | London price in the belief that the | United States Treasury will follow | suit, L] ion;lon Sees ‘Wild S pecu'lation’; In Silver by American Banks The Financial Times sees no imme- diate prospects of a halt in the up- ward trend, commenting that those who think a reaction is imminent “little realize the strength of the sil- verites in the United States or the obstinacy of Roosevelt when he has lashed his helm on a set course.” Roosevelt’s “tinkering” with the world’s monetary mechanism and its resultant silver gamble on the London market, was criticized by the Daily Mail’s financial editor, who said: “In certain London financial circles the view is expressed that this silver program is acting as a menace to| | world economic zesevery.” | “persecution.” Representative Joseph Fisher, intimate {riend of Senator Huey P. Long. Evidence of an alleged conspiracy by a ring of prominent Louisiana politicians to defeat the Federal income tax law is said to have been uncovered by a corps of more than 25 agents of Irey’s unit. working under d:rection of A. D. Burford, agent in charge at New Orleans. The Federal investigators are scru- tinizing financial operations of the so- called “Long machine.” Seymour Weiss, treasurer of the Long organiza- tion, already is under indictment, and 50 is Abe Shushan, one of Senator Long's closest political allies. Shu- shan, for whom New Orleans’ huge airport is named, was to have been tried on May 6, but he is understood to have asked for a postponement be- cause of “ill health.” This will be the second trial of the series. Long Charged “Persecution.” Senator Long has taken cognizance of the activities of Irey’s agents on several occasions and has charged The inquiry in Louisi- ana was launched during the Hoover regime, was allowed to mark time pending the change in administration and was renewed intensively last year. Frenk Wilson, one of Irey’s “ace” agents, was called out of order as a prosecution witness in the Hauptmann trial at Flemington so that he could hurry to New Orleans to aid in the investigations there. Wilson was ac- tive in the inquiry which sent Al Ca- pone to Alcatraz Penitentiary for in- come tax evasion. Moody, recently named by Attorney General Cummings as special prose- | cutor, at the request of the Treasury Department, will serve as chiet of | the anti-lynching issue now before | the Senate, a protest was sent to the ' White House today by Charles H. Houston, vice dean of the Howard . University School of Law, asking if the Democratic party was “determined to ! make it impossible for self-respecting Negroes to support it in 1936." Houston said in a letter to Presi- | | dent Roosevelt: “Negroes have been looking toward | the White House in vain for some official encouragement on the Costi- gan-Wagner anti-lynching bill. Now that the Democratic floor leader (Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas) is openly | organizing the fight against the bill in the Senate and leading tactical maneuvers to prevent its consideration, Negroes can reach no other conclu- | sion except that the filibuster against the bill either has White House ap- proval or else has frightened the White House into silence.” Dixie Senators See Victory. Southern Senators sensed victory meanwhile in their fight against | enactment of the law which is ad- vocated by Senators Costigan, Demo- crat. of Colorado, and Wagner, Demo- | crat, of New York. I | Not discouraged by a one-vote set- | back in a preliminary skirmish which | failed to provide a clear cut test they | | moved to continue their three-day | 1‘ filibuster against consideration of the | bill. An attempt by Senator Robinson to | have the Senate adjourn over the week end was defeated by a 34 to 33 vote yesterday. Had adjournment been voted the anti-lynching legislation might have lost its place at the top of the Senate calendar. Government counsel in all cascs to be | tried in New Orleans. present additional evidence to the special grand jury sitting in the cases. Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy Helvering has ordered that the investigation continue without Ilet- up and without regard to politics. Political adversaries as well as hen~h- men of Senator Long are to be checked on, “as a matter of routine.” FISHER GIVEN 18 MONTHS. Long Ally Found Guilty of Evading In- come Tax. NEW ORLEANS, April 27 (#).—State | Representative Joseph Fisher, a close political friend of Senator Huey P. Long, was in Federal jail here today under conviction of income tax law violations, and other men high in the Long administration faced trials on similar charges. Fisher was sentenced yesterday to serve 18 months in the Atlanta Peni- tentiary, and Marshal Sidney Freuden- stein said he would be taken there without delay unless an appeal is filed. | The State Representative, who, under the Constitution, will lose his seat in the Legislature, was a leader of Long’s forces in Jefferson Parish, where almost unanimous votes have been rolled up for Long’s candidates in elections. Others of Long's friends under in- dictment are Seymour Weiss, treas- urer of the Senator’s State political organization; Abe Shushan and State | Senator Jules Fisher of Jefferson Par- ish, uncle of Representative Fisher. JAPANESE CONFISCATE SHIP ON SPY CHARGE Dutch Tanker Taken and Skipper Is Fined—Yacht Now Held at Formosa. By the Associated Press. TAKO, Formosa, April 27.—A court today ordered the confiscation of the Dutch tanker Juno and fined its skipper 2,000 yen following the tanker’s detention earlier this month by Japanese authorities on suspicion of espionage on the Island of For- mosa. Another foreign vessel, a small yacht manned by Frenchmen and Germans, was detained today on similar charges at Talanko on the coast of Taichu Province. Officials were especially suspicious since the yacht previously had been under in- vestigation after entering a fortified zone near Keelung. & He also will | Foes Are Confident. Senators agreed, however, that sentiment regarding the proposed ! lynching curb was not the only factor | which influenced voting on the Robin- | son motion. Foes expressed confidence | they would be able to block consid- | eration in a direct test. Even Sen-| | ator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, | an advocate, in a statement yesterday expressed regret that “apparently the Senate is not to be given an oppor- tunity to vote” on the bill. | “Lynching,” said’ Capper, “is a| menace to law and order. It holds | | up to scorn our protestations of de- | | mocracy and justice.” | Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North | carolina, denounced the Costigan- | ‘Wagner bill as an effort to “restrain the Constitution and write into it powers not contemplated” by its framers. “What power has Congress over a sheriff of North Carolina?” he de- manded. “He is not responsible to | Congress, but to the people of his community. When that responsi- bility is destroyed you destroy free government in this country.” Would Punish Officers. The bill would provide punishment for local officers if they conspire to | turn prisoners over to lynch mobs or fail to protect prisoners properly. Under the bill counties would be liable for damages to the dependents of persons lynched. In the vote on the adjournment motion, which failed to sidetrack the lynching question yesterday, North- ern and Western Senators lined up against Robinson, and all but two Southerners stood with him. Logan of Kentucky and Bachmann of Ten- nessee voted against adjourning. The Senate faced a choice today or Monday at the latest between con- tinuing debate on the lynching bill or taking up tk: bonus payment ques- tion. A victory for the latter course was widely predicted. Guide for Readers Amusements Church News Serial Story .... Service Orders Short Story Society . rts Sports , i Washington Wayside .... ‘Women’s Features . ‘ ve..B-8 ! plained her contemplated visit to the The traditional tribute of the Na- ! Catholic orders, were held today for preliminary examination of proje Officials said it remained to be tional Democratic Club to the founder ' foreign exchange violations as the cries termined whether the new applications of the party celebrates the 192d anni- versary of Jefferson’s birth. The birth- | day came last April 13, but the dinner was postponed to avoid conflict with | Lent. Postmaster General James A. Farley will be the principal speaker. Others will be United States Sena- tor Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky Gov. James M. Curley of Massa chusetts and Josephine Roche, first, woman to hold the rank of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. | REVSED REPRT ON CRIME PUSHED | | | and stamping feet greeted last night's | © Rumors Arise as Silence Cloaks Committee’s Recommendations. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The Special Crime Committee of | the House today rushed the revision of its 120-page report on the result of its | 60-day investigation of vice and law enforcement machinery in the Dis- trict. being prepared for submission to the full House District Committee. The original tentative report, pre- pared by John R. Fitzpatrick, com- mittee counsel, is being revised to overcome objections made to certain recommendations by several members. In the meantime, committee mem- bers maintained silence as to the find- | ings and recommendations, and. as a Tesult, numerous rumors circulated. | Adhering to a pledge not to discuss | the report until it has been acted on | by the District Committee, the mem- | bers would neither deny nor confirm | the reports. | Support for Garnett Rumored. | In the crop of rumors was one that | the Crime Committee had ordered the deletion from the original draft of | Fitzpatrick’s report a recommendation for the immediate removal of United | States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and the retirement of Police Supt. Ernest | W. Brown and several other police of- ficials, including Inspectors Thaddeus R. Bean and Albert J. Headley. Gar- nett and Maj. Brown are known to have several staunch supporters on the Crime Committee. Another report was that Chairman Norton of the Hcuse District Commit- | tee and Representative Randolph. Democrat. of West Virginia, who heads the Crime Committee, had arranged for a conference Monday with Attor- ney General Cummings. Mrs. Norton said she had an appointment with Cummings Monday at 12:30 o'clock, but had cance.ed it. She also ex- | | Department of Justice did not concern the activities of the Crime Committee. Committee Meets Wednesday. The full District Committee will consider the crime report at its regu- lar meeting Wednesday. If ratified at that time it will be transmitted (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Whole Congress By the Associated Press. The legislative program, as well as the new work-relief undertaking, will be discussed by President Roosevelt tomorrow night in his radio address to the Nation. The President worked on the ad- dress today. It will be delivered at 10 pm. It was authoritatively learned that social security, holding company reg- ulation, the new banking bill and ex- | tension of N. R. A. will be included in the talk. This will be the first time the | of speakers in a great anti-Christian Wwould be German faith movement echoed through the Reich. The members of the religious or- ders were arrested during a wholesale purging of Catholic institutions for 1lleged violations of the exchange law. Many of the nuns who were arrested, Catholic sources said, have been in solitary retreat for more than five years. They scarcely know who Hitler is, it was said, and “most certainly never heard of the devisen (foreign exchange) law.” Elderly and sickly mothers superior were among those arrested. Some were brought to Ber- lin and put in the women’s prison. Catecalls Greet Speaker. This action was disclosed as catcalls anti-Christian meeting in the great Berlin sports palast when Jacob Wil- helm Hauer declared that Christianity is not the true religion of Germans. At the same time, the possibility arose that the Vatican would protest against the new press law banning religious and other publications held inimical to the Third Reich. While a report was being sent to the Vatican maintaining that Article IV of the concordat was broken by the new law, the church situation be- came further involved when the Nazis struck nearer to the heart of the Protestant opposition to the Nazi church by arresting three more rebel pastors. All were closely connected with the inner functioning of the non- conformist, underground organization. Arrested After Session. ‘The pastors, Rev. Wilhelm Harnisch, Berlin organization of confessional clergymen, were arrested at the close of an executive council meeting of the confessional synod. The arrests apparently were made with the in- tention of creating a salutary effect. Other members of the synod, how- ever, said later that the executive council would sit again Hauer, addressing a huge crowd at the Naz-sanctioned rally. said that God had “revealed himself to us” through Adolf Hitler. “Christianity says there is only one way to God and whoever does not be- lieve in it is lost,” Hauer said. “Such a claim leads to confessionalism, from which sprung all evils that af- flicted the religious history of the German people in the past. God has not revealed himself in the so-called chosen people alone, but also to us through our Fuehrer, to enable us to accomplish our great mission in the world.” Students Answer Hauer. Theological students attempted to treak up the pantheistic gathering but after several interruptions they were dragged to the door by Nazi Brownshirts. Several were struck on the head. The students had answered Hauer’s statement that the church would give way to the German faith movement, with cries of “Never, never.” Count Ernst Reventlow, clared churches were losing ground every year. Reventlow described the faith move- ment as “religious and non-christian,” and born of the Germanic longing for | something apart from Christianity. Program Topic Of Roosevelt “Chat” Tomorrow President has spoken to the people in the four months of this session of Con- gress. So far it has passed only one of the major administration pieces of legislation — the $4,000,000,000 work- relief bill Recently Mr. Roosevelt suggested to some congressional leaders that the public was looking to Congress to act on important bills and close- its busi- ness at an early date. The primary purpose of the fireside chat to the Nation is to inform the blic as to the administration plans for work-relief, 5 an old | Nazi fighter, preceded Hauer and de- | forwarded to Frank C. Walker. head of the clearing house for all projects, or direct to P. W. A. headquarters. “The P. W. A. field force, manned by persons who have had nearly two vears’ practical experience in examin- ing public works projects, is ready swing inte action immediatel said Public Works officials said applic tions for non-Federal public work projects would be received in the Dis- trict of Columbia under the same terms as outlined for the States and territories. While the District was not included in the list of State engineers where applications for projects will be re- ceived, it was said the projects here would be cleared through the District Commissioners or Engineer Commis- sioner Dan I. Suitan. The President today added a repre- sentative of the National Resources Board—Frederic A. Delano—to the Works-Relief Allotment Board. He is the President's uncie. As they left a 4-hour discussion at the White House last night, neither Hopkins nor other officials would re- veal much that had occurred at the conference. They said the President merely had gone over general plans with them and that no decisions had been reached. Those who attended the confer- ence. in addition to the newly ap- peinted “three musketeers” of work- relief, were Secretary Morgenthau, who will disburse the huge fund; Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the Securities Commission; Rear Admiral | Christian J. Peoples. in charge of | procurement: Rexford G. Tugwell, named to direct the movement of stranded city and farm families to new homes. and Charles West. the | Rev. Mr. Prastorius and Supt. Gott- President’s liaison officer with Con- | hold Bronisch, office manager of the gress. Elsewhere in the Capital today, it was disclosed that Tugwell had re- linguished his duties as administrae tive officer of the Agriculture De- partment in order to direct rural settlement under the work-relief pro- gram Tugwell, the Undersecretary of Agri- culture who has been the special target of critics of the administration, was said to be selecting at least one aide from each of the agencies which will take part in his share of the drive. These agencies include the rural re- habilitation sections of the A. A. and F. E. R. A., the Soil Erosion Ser ice, the Bureau of Agricultural Engi- neering, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Home Economics and the Bureau of Plant Industry. C. C. C. Being Enlarged. i Friends of Tugwell evidenced con- siderable satisfaction at his assign- ment, recalling reports of a few | months ago that his influence in the ! Agriculture Department was waning. Meanwhile, officials of the Civilian | Conservation Corps announced State | quotas for bringing that organization up to a strength of 600,000 men. En- | rollment will begin June 15 and is ex= pected to be completed by August 31. | President Roosevelt said at his press conference yesterday that construction of adidtional camps for the C. C. C. | probably would start May 15. The President said work on projects | requiring extensive engineering study might be delayed until August. He reiterated that he expected to pro- vide jobs for 3,500,000 by the middle of November and that his goal was to spend the $4,000,000,000 by the Sum- mer of 1936. CURB MOVE BEATEN Dissolution of Chicago Mart Is Rejected by Three Votes. CHICAGO, April 27.—A motion to dissolve the Chicago Curb Exchange and liquidate its assets failed by three votes today at a stormy meeting of the members. Leaders in the move were able to muster 87 votes for dissolution, and 68 were cast against. Under the Tlinois corporete liquidation law. 90 affirmative votes were required. The group favoring liquidation put <hrough a motion recessing the meet- ing to May 17 after proxies for six votes which they held were dis- qualified. -