Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. . Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight; to- morrow mostly cloudy and slightly warm- er, probably showers at night. Tempera- tures—Highest, 77, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 49, .t 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page W-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,244 AMELIA TAKES OF FROM MEXICO ON 100 MILE FLIGHT Braves Perils of Lifting Ship in Rare Air for New York Hop. NON-STOP COURSE SET 700 MILES OVER GULF Intends to Land Either at New- ark or Floyd Bennett Airfield in Brooklyn. BULLETIN, NEW ORLEANS, May 8 (P)— The naval radio station here was in communication at 12:30 p.m. with Amelia Earhart and everything was “O. K.” on her non-stop flight from Mexico, D. F., to New York. “Southeast of New Orleans,” Amelia messaged, “flying at 10,000 feet. Everything O. K.” The naval station furnished her with the weather report it was clear here. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) MEXICO, D. F., May 8—Eager to blaze another new aerial trail, Amelia Earhart hopped off at 6 am. (7 am. Eastern standard time) here today on an attempted 2,100-mile non-stop flight to New York. ‘The famed woman flyer, conqueror of two oceans, lifted her heavily- loaded red monoplane into the air after taxiing two miles along the three-mile runway especially pre- pared for her and then circled to gain altitude. Once she was high enough in Mex- ico’s rarified atmosphere, she headed straight across the 10,000-foot moun- tains between the capital and Tam- pico. 700 Miles Across Gulf. Thence her course lay across 700 miles of the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans. After her Louisiana land- fall, she planned to fly straight for New York. Hardly had dawn broken over the fleld smoothed out for her by Mexican soldiers when Miss Earhart slipped into her parachute and climbed into the big red monoplane she flew from Honolulu to California. In the ship’s tanks were 472 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil. The total load weighed 3,000 pounds. A sandwich, boiled egg. bottle of water, bar of chocolate and container of grapefruit juice had been placed aboard to stave off hunger during the flight, which she estimated would re- quire from 14 to 16 hours. Few long distance flights have been started from Mexico because of the difficulty of getting off the ground with heavily loaded planes at this alititude. Realized Crash Danger. While recognizing the danger of crashing, Miss Earhart expressed de- termination to attempt the New York flight in order to “make up” for the failure of her attempted non-stop flight from Burbank, Calif., to Mexico. A bug got into her eye when she was only 60 miles short of her goal and forced her to land. ‘The fiyer planned to maintain con- tact with the ground by radio. As she took off, she waved her hand in farewell to the little group of news- paper men, camera men and Army fiyers gathered to witness the early morning take-off. Miss Earhart’s ship is equipped with radio sending and receiving apparatus, by means of which she maintained contact with land stations during her recent Pacific flight. Aviation experts here said the ‘woman fiyer's take-off was the most perilous ever attempted in Mexico. Miss Earhart had complete confidence in her ship, however, and apparently experienced no difficulty, rapidly re- gaining altitude and disappearing over the mountains. Landing Not Decided. She said she might land either at Newark or at the Floyd Bennett Air- field in Brooklyn. Reports from Tampico said Miss Earhart’s ship was not sighted at the hour she should have passed over that eity. but airport officials here said they believed she was flying too high to be seen. Successful completion of the 2,100- mile flight to New York would add another feather to Miss Earhart’s fly- ing cap, already well bedecked. The wife of George Palmer Put- nam, the publisher, she was the first woman to fly by plane across the At- lantic and also the first woman to fly solo across that ocean. She was the first person, man or ‘woman, to make two plane flights across the Atlantic and to fly solo from Honolulu to California. Among feminine records she holds is that for airline distance (national and international) for a flight, made August 24-25, 1932, when she flew from Los Angeles to Newark, N. J., and the women's national speed rec- ord, 174.897 miles an hour, set at De- troit in 1930. She also holds the first Federation Aeronautique Internationale license issued to an American woman, and the fourth transport license issued to & woman. 13-16 HOUR FLIGHT LIKELY. Husband Talks to Flyer Over Long- Distance. NEW YORK, May 8 (#).—George Palmer Putnam, Amelia Earhart's husband, said today he talked over long-distance telephone with his wife a few hours before she took off from Mexico, D. F., on an attempted non- stop flight to New York. He estimated that with a “decent break” in the winds she would fly non-stop to New York in 13 or 16 hours. - He said she intended taking off Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Friends Defend Lawrence’s Book On Desert Revolt Confession of “Fraud” by Arabian Leader Is Disputed. By the Associated Press. DORCHESTER, England, May 8.— Close friends of T. E. Shaw, famed as Lawrence of Arabia, today waxed in- dignant over publication of an alleged confession that his book, “Revolt in the Desert,” was “a dishonest thing.” If Shaw wrote the letter made pub- lic by the Hoover Memorial Library of Stanford University, these friends said, it means merely that “Revolt in the Desert” is incomplete and hence dishonest, as compared with his com- plete story; “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.” Shaw’s “honest work,” it was stated, was the privately printed “Seven Pil- lars of Wisdom,” in which he set down fully and without reservation his in- dignation resulting from the feeling that British policy after the World War was contrary to promises he made the Arabs for their action in the war, “Revolt in the Desert,” Shaw's friends recalled, was a drastic abridge- ment of the bigger work produced solely to earn money and recoup finan- cial losses he had suffered. D. C. WORK- RELIEF PROGRAM READY Allen Reveals Plans to Pro- vide Jobs for 18,000 on Rolls. A complete program for District work-relief under the Federal $4,000,- 000,000 appropriation, providing for steady employment for the 18,000 em- ployable persons now on the District relief roster, will be flled with Frank C. Walker, director of the National Emergency Council, probably next week, by Commissioner Allen. Abandoning reticence self-imposed several weeks ago, Allen today re- vealed his whole scheme for the works program here would be based on the theory that projects musi be fitted to the employment needs. This 1s radically different from proposals ot many State executives in urging grants for construction of buildings and other improvements, where careful studies have not always been made as to how many of the unemployed would be absorbed. 11 Classifications Anneunced. made over several weeks as” employment abilities of persons on the District relief list, Allen announced he had 11 classifications for projects. These he made public, but the de- tailed list is to be withheld until filed with Walker, who is in charge of in- formation on the Federal works pro- gram. The 11 classifications are: Low cost housing, sewer system ex- tension and improvement, highway improvement, repair or enlargement of school buildings, school ground im- provements and probably building of stadiums and other school recrea- tional facilities, repairs and other im- provements for District welfare in- stitutions, projects for clerical per- sons on the relief list, projects for professional persons, production proj- ects, such as hand manufacture of mattresses, bedding and other things which may be made in relief work sewing rooms; improverfents to Fed- eral department facilitifs here where common labor may be employed, mis- cellaneous labor projects and miscel- laneous building projects. 11,000 Are Unskilled. Allen’s concept of how the program should work is based on his finding that on the Washington relief list there now are 1,000 skilled workers, 2,500 clerical and professional per- sons, 3,500 domestics and approxi- mately 11,000 in the unskilled labor class. Of the 18,000 cases there are approximately 4,000 women. Commenting on the many sugges- tions for building new schools and other structures, Allen cited the fact that there are comparatively few on relief here who are skilled mechanics. His proposal for a large low-cost housing project, to be used as hous- ing for persons on relief or those having small incomes, is designed to provide the necessary work for at least most of the mechanics he has on relief. This proposal recalled that some months ago Allen had plans ready for low-cost housing and had a check in hand for nearly $400,000 when the plan was summarily blocked by a rul- ing of Controller General McCarl that the money could not be so spent. He believes low-cost housing can be done under the new work appropria- tion act. Mosquito Control Trio Drown. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May'8 (#)— Three of six men working on a mos- quito - control project drowned in Bayview Lake, near here, yesterday when their craft capsized. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 1935—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. M Ve WORKAD LOAK TO GTIES FRE OF STRIGENT ULES President Says Policy to Depend on Projects and Finances. END OF STATE CONTROL OF RELIEF BY JULY SEEN TIllinois Continues to Go Without Funds as Hopkins Insists on Contribution. By the Associated Press. 3 President Roosevelt sald today there would be no hard and fast rule on loans to cities under the $4,000,000,000 work relief program. He said the policy would depend upon the various projects and the financial situation of cities. Meanwhile, high officials asserted that the Government is planning to take command of relief administra- tions in the States by July 1. May relief funds were still withheld from Illinois as Harry L. Hopkins, the relief administrator, allotted money to four additional States—New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Vermont. This left only Illinols and California, which has not yet submitted an ap- plication, without grants for the month. Hopkins Firm on Illinois. Hopkins said he still insisted that Illinois, where exhaustion of relief funds has brought threat of hunger marches on the State Capitol, must contribute $3,000,000 a month before receiving further grants. .Most of the present State relief di- rectors probably will be retained, it was said, but they will be responsible to Washington instead of to the Gov- ‘ernors. Declining to be quoted by name, the officials who forecast this change in policy said that recent controversies with several of the States were “partly” the reason for its adoption. Another explanation given was that the centralization of relief forces would provide a more responsive organiaztion to speed the $4,000,000,000 work-relief drive just now getting underway. “It will be a change in form rather than substance,” one official said. He recalled that control of the billion- dollar Civil Works Administration campaign slightly more than a year ago was centralized in the Capital. The relief reins in several States already have been taken into the hands of Federal authorities. ‘When Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana moved recently to give his State administration control over Fed- eral expenditures, Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, placed a man of his own in charge of Louisiana re- lef activities. Hopkins also took relief matters out of the hands of Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia, bitter Roosevelt critic, who only last night denounced the work- relief program in a radio address. Adequate Taxes Sought. More recently the relief administra- tor has been engaged in an intensive effort to make various States levy “adequate” taxes for the benefit of the destitute unemployed. A report compiled by Hopkins at the request of the Senate provided insight today into the difficulties he has encountered in trying to force States to raise certain sums for relief. “It is not the function of F. E. R. A. to dictate within States to what stand- ards of living they shall adhere,” the report said. “Nevertheless, when in the estimation of the administrator the State is making inadequate efforts to meet its responsibilities he may withdraw Federal funds. “Threat Not Easy.” “This is a threat neither easy to make nor easy to carry out. “There are States where the stop- page of Federal funds as a means of forcing officials to do their duty would have no other result than to reduce the people on relief rolls to starva- tion.” Hopkins advised the Senate that the States in 1934 contributed $409,- 435,735—27.7 per cent—of the $1.478,- 406,447 spent for relief. He indicated a belief the figure would have been nearer $500,000,000 or $600,000,000 if all States had contributed in accord- ance with their ability. His report said the cost of admin- istering relief had been about 10 cents on_the dollar. Elsewhere in the capital it was dis- closed that aeronautics experts of the Commerce Department were endeav- oring—so far without success—to have the work-relief drive begun with an outlay of $70,000,000 for airport con- struction. After conferences at the new Di- vision of Applications and Informa- tion, headed by Frank C. Walker of the Emergency Council, it was said t.h_e Commerce Department represent- atives had been unable to convince the D A. I that the airport projects were “quite ready.” Arlington Farm to Be Site For New Dealers’ Overflow With Government office space at a premium in Washington, the Arling- ton experimental station, directly across the river in Virginia, has been selected as the site for a temporary building to house one of the new re- lief agencies. ‘Whether this is to be the first of & mushroom growth of temporary Gov- ernment structures, recalling war days in Washington, officials are unable to say. No one is in a position to state by how many hundreds or thousands the Government personnel is to be increased under the relief program during coming months. The building planned for the Arling- ton farm is expected to house the and G streets, in rented office space. The Arlington farm belongs to the Department of Agriculture and is not under the jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior Ickes, who has charge of all Government buildings and parks, with the exception of the White House and Capitol grounds and build- ings. The site is close enough to Washington by bus service to be easily accessible. It is also of ample size to build as many temporary struc- tures as the Government might re- quire. Plans for the building have not yet been prepared, but it was said it would be a stucco structure, The Government is paying a $1,~ 500,000 annual rent bill in Washing- ton. Some time ago Secretary Ickes rent bill to about $800,000, now to about its usual Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION [%Bfl@ oUPEE w\"‘f”%'//!z//’ Y [ RENTANDLQ BLLS APPROVED House District Body Also Acts on Four Minor Measures. Bills designed to tighten the Dis- trict liquor control act and providing for the establishment of a special commission to fix and control rents were favorably reported to the House today by the District Committee. The committee also reported favor- ably four other bills, two of them euthorizing the construction of two new bridges and an underpass across New York avenue northeast, in the area between Florida and West Vir- gmnia avenues. The other two meas- ures, minor in character, would change the name of the German Or- phan Asylum Association to the Ger- man Orphan Home, and provide a sal- ary not to exceed $1,800 for the in- structor of military science and tac- tics in the Washington high schools. Action was taken by the committee in executive session. The doors were closed at the request of Representa- tive Patman, Democrat, of Texas. Broader Powers Sought. ‘The liquor control bill, sponsored by the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, is intended primarily to prevent the consumption of liquor in establish- ments having on sale licenses after the legal dead line on the sale. It also would give the Control Board authority to suspend as well as revoke licenses of liquor dealers. The committee, however, made sev- eral amendments in the bill, one of which would reduce the local tax on light wines from 35 cents to 10 cents a gallon. Another would limit the value of advertising material given to retailers by manufacturers or distribu- tors to $10. The bill creating a rent commission was introduced by Tepresentative Ellenbogen, Democrat, of Pennsyl- vania, and it was reported without public hearing. It declares an em- ergency exists in housing conditions in the District and sets up a commission similar to that which existed during the war period to regulate rentals. The commission would be composed of three members appointed by the President. The salary of each com- missioner would be $5,000 a year. The District tax assessor would serve ex- officio and as an advisory assistant to the commission. Action Came as Surprise. The action of the committee in re- porting this bill came somewhat as a surprise and in the face of a request by Roger J. Whiteford, counsel for the Real Estate Legislative Commit- tee for public hearings. One of the two bridges to be con- structed across Florida avenue will carry the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad into a commercial area, Where a number of warehouses are to be constructed. The other bridge and the underpass are intended for the use of pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Two of the bills favorably reported already have been passed by the Senate. These are the ones providing a salary for the instructor of military science and tactics in the high schools and the other changing the name of the German Orphan Asylum. The committee in acting on the A. B. C. liquor control bill did not amend it to provide for abolition of the so- called “hidden bars.” It decided to let the House vote on this question when the Dirksen bill, designed for that purpose, is called up for consid- eration. This measure has been on the House calendar for nearly a month, but has not been called up due to numerous protests. Denies Emergency Exists. Whiteford's appeal for hearings on any proposed rent-control legislation was sent to all members of the Dis- trict Committee. He declared no housing emergency exists, that general rent increases have been small and that returns on real estate invest- ments also are small. Whiteford’s let- ter said some statements made at the Central Labor Union's mass meeting last week had no foundation in fact. In addition Whiteford said his com- mittee had made a thorough study of affects tens of thousands of property owners who should have the right to be heard. Two Killed in Election Riot. GRAZ, Austria, May 8 (P).—Travel- ‘Yugosla: Dog Team Rushes Aid to Influenza Stricken Village Medicine and Instruc- tions Carriedto 200V ic- tims in Wainwright. By the Assoclated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 8.— By fast dog team, medicine and in- structions for its use were rushed to the influenza - stricken village of Wainwright today even as this Arctic community was shaking off the rav- ages of the disease which claimed 13 lives here. With 200 cases reported and medi- cal aid lacking, the situation at ‘Wainwright was regarded as serious. ?hne death already had occurred ere. (Wirephoto on Page B-14.) TWO BYRD SHIPS LOAF N POTOMAG !Vessels to Spend Tomorrow Night at Quantico and Arrive Friday. Far ahead of schedule, the two historic ships of the second Byrd Antarctic expedition today were loaf- ing in the broad lower Potomac River while members of the expedi- tion awaited the Nation's tribute for their achievements, to be paid them here Friday evening. The men of the expedition gazed wistfully at the green shores of Mary- land and Virginia, hungry for the feel of home soil after two years in the far frozen wastes where for a vear and a half they saw no green 4 thing nor even any earth. Sledge dogs, despite the slow trip across the tropical seas and the hot equatorial sun, lolled around the decks, panting under a warm May sun. Penguins, formal in their quaint fulldress, stuck close to their re- frigerated brine baths. The two ex- pedition cows and a bull, born at the edge'of the Antarctic ice bar- rier, lowed plaintively over their hay diet as scents of growing things came to them on the Spring breeze. The Bear of Oakland, 60-year-old wooden icebreaker, which rescued members of the Greely Arctic Expedi- tion decades ago. and the high, steel- sided Jacob Ruppert—strange spec- tacles amid the curious fishing boats of the lower Potomac which went out to circle them—weighed anchor to- day after a night at Piney Point, Md., and resumed a very leisurely course up the Potomac The two ships, according to in- formation received by officials of the local Byrd Expedition headquarters, may anchor again tonight somewhere in the lower river. They are due to reach the great Marine Corps base at Quantico some time tomorrow after- noon and to spend tomorrow night there. At Quantico all the members of the expedition will board the Bear, with its bow of 8-foot-thick timbers, and will continue to Washington, leaving the Ruppert at Quantico. The Bear is due off Mount Vernon at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow and is to tie up at the ‘Washington Navy Yard wharf at about 5 p.m. Friday, where the President, members of his cabinet, officials of the National Geographic Society and other dignitaries will be assembled to wel- come Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the long-wandering members of his expedition back to American soil. Readers’ Guide Amusements ... Crossword Puzzle. Editorials ........ A-10 Finance ........ ...A-17-18-19 Lost and Found. .A-11 Paul Mallon... .A-2 B-10 .C-7 .B-2 This Changing World....A-3 Vital Statistics ‘Washington Wayside..... Women'’s mtum.', .B-12-13 n Star ¥ % yoLL% L >~ Gl s o T “W.‘-, ) PRESDENTVOULD BN SHPS HERE Plan of Mooring Historic| Vessels Along Sea Wall Meets Strong Favor. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. ‘Washington was virtually assured today of a collection in the near fu-| ture of a number of naval vessels of great historical interest, to be moored along the Potomac sea wall for perma- nent preservation, when President Roosevelt let it be known he is strongly | in favor of this idea. Mr. Roosevelt, who is a lover of all ships, especially those which have fig- ured in the history of this Republic, while speaking on the subject at his press conference today said, “It would be a wonderful thing to have & num- ber of those fine old historic ships here in the National Capital. I hope the idea will develop in definite form and | that this hope will be realized in the near future, but I doubt if it can be done this year because of & lack of money.” The President, speaking in advocacy of this idea, said that among the ships that he had in mind were the Con- stellation, one of the earliest and most formidable warships of the American Navy, now at Newport, R. 1., Navy sta- tion; the cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey'’s flagship at the Battle of Ma- nila Bay, now at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and the Hartford, which served as Admiral Farragut’s flagship during the battle of Mobile Bay and when he steamed up the Mississippi during the Civil War, which is now at the Charleston Navy Yard. Frigate Not Mentioned. The President purposely did not include the famous old frigate Con- stitution, which has been mentioned in connection with this movement. This historic vessel, which was virtually rebuilt and put in its original form with money raised by popular sub- scription, mostly by school children, is now at Boston, and the President inti- mated that for the present, he would not care to stir up any ill feeling on the part of Boston citizens by taking this naval relic from them and bring- ing it to the Capital City. ‘The President made it plain he had given considerable thought to this idea. He stated today the idea came to him 16 years ago when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He thought so well of it that he put it in writing and submitted it to the naval com- mittees of the two houses of Congress, but nothing happened then. The President appeared pleased today that the idea has been revived by others, and he spoke a certain amount of assurance when he said he hoped something would be done some time in the near future. In his original plan Mr. Roosevelt suggested mooring these naval relics along an embankment in the neigh- borhood of the Naval Hospital. He said this custom has been followed by England, and he suggested it might be a good idea to charge a small fee of admission merely to pay for the upkeep of these ships. Sentiment Here Strong. There is a strong sentiment in ‘Washington to bring old ships of the Navy of historical value here for permanent preservation, and the feel- ing is that when the movement gets well started, now that it is known (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 29,489 Some Returns Not Yet Received. * (#) Means Associated P TWO CENTS. ress. PROMPT BONUS VETO CERTAIN,ENDING HOPE FOR EARLY PAYMENT Roosevelt Make s Position Clear at Press Conference as He Awaits Receipt of Measure. LEADERS CONFIDENT SENATE WILL SUSTAIN PRESIDENT Speaker Byrns Believes House Will Override, but Predicts Doom for Legislation in Upper Chamber. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt will veto the Patman soldiers’ bonus bill when it reaches him, it was indicated definitely at the White House today, thereby ending all to veterans for the present year. hope of payment of the bonus The President’s position was made clear at his conference with the press today. A veto message is expected to be forwarded to Congress promptly. A presidential veto of the Pat: man bill will be sustained beyond the shadow of a doubt, it was insisted by administration leaders in the Senate today. Even tho ugh the House pass the bill by the necessary two-thirds vote over the veto, the attitude of the Senate promises to doom the bill Thirty-three Senators voted man bill in the Senate yesterday, and one Maryland, was paired against it. to the waste basket. against the gassage of the Pat- enator, Tydings of The present membership of the Senate is 94, due to the vacancies caused by the fact that Rush D. Holt of West Virginia has not yet reached senatorial age— 30 years—and has not been seated, and to the death on Monday of Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico. If the entire present membership of the Senate voted on the bonus veto it would require 63 votes to override, Could Muster Only 60 Votes. Unless some of the Senators recorded against the measure yesterday changed their votes, it be mustered for the motion to override, is clear that only 60 votes could There seems no likeli- hood at all that any of these Senators will shift their position. On the other hand, it is expected that some of the Democratic Senators who voted for the Patman bill yesterday will not vote | to override the President’s veto. —_— % [TALY IS MASSING 100,000 AT PORTS Departures for Colonies Will Be Accelerated After May 15. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 8.—Approximately 100,- 000 troops moved toward concentra- tion points and ports of embarkation today as Italy prepared to double the forces it has sent to East Africa since relations with Ethiopia became strained. One regular army division, the Sabauda, was massing at Cagliari, Sardinia. It will embark as soon as it reaches war-time strength. Two divisions of Blackshirts, the “March 23rd” and “October 28th,” were being mobilized on the mainland. Troop departures for the East African colonies will be accelerated after May 15, when concentrations are expected to be complete. African “Anarchy” Scored. Newspapers reported the latest mobilization order under banner head- lines today. Their editorials con- demned the “anarchy,” which they said exists on the Ethiopian border, and asserted Italy is compelled to place in her East African colonies “a powerful instrument of war.” The decision to send strong re- inforcements to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland was announced in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by Allessandro Lessona, undersecretary for colonial affairs. Premier Benito Mussolini looked on and the deputies cheered wildly as Lessona asserted that measures must be taken against recurrence of the border incidents which have em- bittered the relations between Italy and Ethiopia. “Aggressions” Are Cited. “Italy has the right to see that ag- gressions such as that at Ualual and Afdub are not repeated and that obligations contained in the treaty of friendship are respected,” he said. Lessona described the Ethiopian situation as “a problem of vast im- portance, embracing the whole European civilizing mission, not merely security for our own lands.” A government communique described the mobilization as Italy’s answer to “the steps of mobilization taken by ‘the Ethiopian government.” Chain Letter Scheme Collapse Seen as Officials Push Probe By the Associated Press. Expressing the belief the chain let- ter scheme would collapse soon under its own weight, postal authorities today nevertheless sought to combat the latest get-rich-quick plan on sev- eral fronts. In Colorado, Post Office Inspector who pleaded not guilty late yester- day to his charges of using the mails to defraud. The three, Nelson con- tends, were involved in a dollar chain letter game, Chief Post Office Inspector K. P. Aldrich was said here to be plan- p and in parting with his money he has no guarantee that he will receive anything in return. “It is a violation of the postal fraud statute because the scheme is economically unsound and it cannot possibly work out as contemplated because there are neither people nor money enough in the country to assure all the participants receiving what they are promised.” ‘The Post Office Department thus far has indicated it will bend its efforts chiefly to discovering and prosecuting only originators of chains. No threat has been leveled yet at mere participants. The department indicated it was especially anxious to detect and prosecute persons work- ing the schemes as a racket. So has interest become in the scheme of circulating wealth that the legal staff of the postal de- partment has been sadly handicapped by having to answer hundreds of in- quiries mailed and telephoned in from all sections of the country. Regular has been virtually halted by The President declined to comment on the bonus bill, saying that it had not yet reached him. He did say, however, with a broad smile that his message in reply to the bonus bill would be made in a comparatively i short time. He said he would not take | advantage of the 10 days allowed him in which to act upon bills in this (case. He left a strong impression that he will veto the measure without delay, once it reaches him. No Need for Conference. The Patman bonus bill, which passed the Senate late yesterday by a vote of 55 to 33, will be ready to send to the White House as soon as it has been signed by the Speaker of the House and the Vice President. Since the Senate passed the bill in the same form in which it came from the House, there is no need of a con- ference on the measure between the houses. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- thoma, an ardent supporter of bonus !legislauon. and particularly a sup- | porter of the Patman bill, entered a ! motion as soon as the Senate met to- day to reconsider the vote by which the Patman bill passed the Senate yesterday. The Thomas motion was left with- out action. He explained later in an interview that he had submitted the | motion in order to delay sending the { Patman bill to the White House. “A number of friends of the Patman bill are out of the city,” said Senator Thomas. “After learning that Presi- dent Roosevelt had indicated at his press conference today he intended to veto the bill promptly, I deter- mined that the bill should not be rushed to the White House, vetoed there and then sent back immediately to the House and Senate for action on the veto.” Intends to Delay Bill Senator Thomas said he did not propose to hold up the Patman bill indefinitely, but that he did intend to delay the bill until its friends in the Senate can be here, Senator Thomas expressed the hope | that in the end the Patman bill would | become law. He said an effort would be made to obtain a sufficient vote in the Senate to override a veto. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader of the Senate, and Senator Harrison, chairman of the Finance Committee, both said they did not know how soon the motion to recon- sider would be disposed of. They indi~ cated, however, that if it ever came 0 a vote, they would support the mo- tion. It is not Senator Thomas' inten- tion, however, to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed. He made it clear that he had entered the motion only to prevent a too- speedy veto of the bill by the Presi- dent. Just when the motion to reccn- sider will be disposed of is uncer- tain. While it is pending the bill cannot be sent to the President, House May Override Veto. Speaker Byrns of the House said today he believed the House would override the veto of the Patman bill, The measure originally passed the House by a vote of 318 to 90 on March 22. At the same time the Speaker predicted the Senate would sustain the veto. Strenuous efforts will be made by the supporters of the bill to persuade the President to approve the measure when it actually reaches him. And equally strenuous efforts will be made to prevail upon some of the Senasors who voted against the bill yesterday tp vote for the measure if it is vetoed. That these efforts will be successful does not appear in the cards. The vote by which the Patman bill passed the Senate was short of two-thirds and there is no reason to believe that any of the 21 Democrats or 12 Re- publicans who voted against the measure will shift their position, or that Senator Tydings, who was paired against it, will do so, Payment in “Greenbacks.” The Patman bill calls for the pay- ment of the soldiers’ bonus with United States Treasury notes—‘green= backs.” It is estimated that it would require $2,201,934,000 of this new money to pay off all the veterans. ‘The Vinson, bill, sponsored by the American Legion, which would have appropriated money from the Treas- ury without the issuance of new - (Continued : Page 4, Column 3.)