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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and probably tomorrow morning; slightly warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow; gentle to moderate winds. Temperatures—Highest, 71, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,245. 18-PLANE ARMADA HOPS FROM HAWAI ON TSZ3MILE TRI Wartime Secrecy Shrouding Flight to Midway Island. JOURNEY EXPECTED TO REQUIRE 10 HOURS 21/, Hours Necessary to Get All Ships in Air to Join Naval Maneuvers. By the Assoclated Press. HONOLULU, May 9.—The greatest mass ocean flight ever attempted be- gan today when the first of 48 naval patrol planes roared off from Pearl Harbor for Midway Island at 7:18 am. (12:08 p.m. Eastern standard time.) It was expected to take two hours for the entire flying armada to get into the air for the 1,323-mile flight over an unchartered route. A cloak of wartime secrecy was thrown about the movement of the planes as they slid down the ramp at Pearl Harbor for a sensational entrance into the greatest maneuvers the United States Navy has ever staged in the Pacific. Secrecy Surrounds Hop. So great was the secrecy surround- ing the unprecedented flight of the squadron, observers expected no fur- ther word of its movements after the take-off until the arrival at Midway | Island—relatively a mere pinpoint in the sea. In the maneuvers the armada from America’s mid-Pacific naval base at Pearl Harbor, 12 miles from Honolulu, will join 153 warships and the great- est aircraft force ever sent to sea in | mimic warfare over a vast area of the North Pacific. Exactly what part the planes will play in the maneuvers, or where they will go from Midway Island was clouded in the same cloak of silence that has covered every move the fleet has made since it put to sea last week. | There was sparkling weather, but practically no wind to help lift the heavy loads of gasoline for the flight as the first ship left the water. Circle Canefields. Planes of VP-10 Squadron, which flew here last year, skimmed at inter- vals of about three minutes across the glassy waters of Pearl Harbor and be- gan circling the surrounding cane- | fields to gain altitude while awaiting other planes in the air. | ‘There was no delay in the take-off. The entire operations were secret and the time for departure never was an- nouaced, although it was learned it would be around daybreak. Naval officers were uncommunicative and de- i e flight clined to discuss the flight or even to | and the President ahead of other pro- admit it would be made. Newspaper men Who applied for !P admission at the gates of the Pearl | Harbor Navy Yard were turned away, and cameramen likewise failed to gain entrance. Nobody was permitted inside with a camera. The planes, it was learned, are ex- pected to reach Midway Island by 7 o'clock tonight (12:30 a.m. Friday, Eastern standard time). Ten-Hour Flight. This would mean about a 10-hour | flight, since considerable time was | required for the start.” Allowing three minutes between take-offs, it would require approximately two and one- half hours for all planes to get into the air. Pearl Harbor guards halted every prospective entrant at the gates for close questioning, while a Navy offi- cial explained that Hawaii, a strate- gic point ir the Pacific naval maneu- vers, must observe secrecy as much as the sea forces. The official said secrecy was as important for the success of the ma- neuvers as any moves which would be undertaken in war time. Long Flight Seen. Preparations for the flight were be- gun suddenly yesterday as it was unofficially learned the big squadron, comprising about 200 men, would be absent for about a month. Observ- | ers took this to mean some of the planes might fly northward from Mid- way to the Aleutian Islands, 1,700 miles away. and the northern boun- dary of a 5,000,000-square-mile area in which the fleet is maneuvering. High naval officials in Washington insisted the flight would not proceed farther west than Midway Island. Japanese officialdom in Tokio, meanwhile, maintained tight-lipped silence on news of the scheduled flight. Reports in Washington that some Japanese disquiet existed over the flight, which would follow a leg of the proposed trans-Pacific commercial air service, werc denied in official Capital quarters. Storm on Ships’ Course. A storm center was reported gath- ering about 1,500 miles northwest of Midway Island, which may turn south rapidly enough to precipitate rough ‘weather in the path of the airmen. Officials of the United States ‘Weather Bureau here, however, con- sidered it likely that th. planes would outrun this threat and that “on the ‘whole weathef conditions will be good the next 24 hours,” with light vari- able winds and fair visibility. It seemed likely that naval surface craft would be stationed along the route of the flight to lend any assist- ance needed. Midway Island is'a way station in the proposed trans-Pacific commercial airline which Pan-American Airways hopes to inaugurate this Summer. NAVY PLANS “LEAK.” War Game Information Is Broadcast on Radie. Wrath stirred the naval high com- mand here today after rival admirals playing hide-and-seek in the Pacific heard their “secret” positions broad- cast and then read them in the ship newspapers. Even a war game is “no fair,” in the opinion of experts, when the at- tacking fleet hears the location of the defending fleet described over the radio, or vice versa. It is worse than (Continued on Page 2, Column !,)' 4, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. Ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. Mellon Art in Corcoran Vault BRI"SH REP[]RIE[I ' Held Among Best in Existence Lord Duveen, Noted British Dealer; P Says He Was Shown Sketch ™ of Gallery Presumably for D. €. BY REX COLLIER. After a “careful inspection” of the Mellon art collection in a guarded vault at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Lord Duveen, noted British art dealer and connoisseur, testified at the Andrew W. Mellon income tax hearing here today that the pain ings in storage constitute one of the greatest collections of old masters in existence. The witty, middle-aged head of Duveen Bros., art dealers of New York and Europe, in the role of wit- ness for Mr. Mellon, told the Board of Tax Appeals—over objection of Government counsel—that Mr. Mel- lon several months ago showed him a sketch of the great-art gallery the former Treasury Secretary contends he plans to erect in Washington. Robert Jackson, general counsel for the Internal Revenue Bureau in its attempt to collect more than $3,000, 000 in additional taxes from the Pitts- burgh millionaire, previously had pro- tested vigorously that Mr. Mellon had sadmitted he had no definite plans for a gallery in which to place an art gift to the Nation. Lord Duveen and Dr. William R. Valentiner, director of the Detroit Art Institute, disclosed they visited the Corcoran Gallery yesterday and viewed the great masterpieces held in storage there for Mr. Mellon. The pictures have been shielded from the public at Mr. Mellon’s request. Referring particularly to a group of five pictures, outstanding of which is the Alba Madonna, by Raphael, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) RELIEF PROJECTS WILL START TODAY State and City Officials to Get Formal Blanks for Application. By the Assoclated Press. State and municipal officlals who have been trying for several weeks to start proposed projects through the Government's work-relief mill were promised an opportunity to do so today. Officials predicted that formal ap- ‘phcmon blanks would be available before nightfall at the offices of the | | National Emergency Council. Later, | they said, will be obtainable from | members of Congress and State di- rectors of Emergency Council. It was predicted in official circles | that issuance of these forms will touch off a $40,000,000,000 stream of appli- cations. That would be 10 times the amount appropriated for work-relief. Official Blanks Must Be Used. Frank C. Walker, head of the Emer- gency Council and one of the “big three” of the work-relief spending machine, ruled that all proposed projects—even $100,000,000 of public works already approved by P. W. A— must be submitted to him on the official application blanks. Assistants to Walker asserted, how- ever, that P. W. A. and Relief Admin- istration projects on which engineer- ing and estimates have been com- pleted probably will be passed on to the powerful Allotment Committee 0sals, Belief was expressed by one high official that fundamental decisions on administration of the works program still must be reached. Foremost of the questions remain- ing to be settled, this official said, is the extent to which workers not on relief rolls will be used. Limited to Relief Rolls. Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Re- lief Administration and director of the Progress Division created to push work relief, recently laid down the general rule that a person not on re- lief would not be given a job even though his resources might be ex- hausted. He said, however, that it might be necessary to go outside the ranks of those on relief to obtain some skilled workers. “If only relief labor can be used,” sald the official, commenting privately today, “it will be difficult to fit projects in the 320 different work re- lief areas to the exact supply of brick layers, carpenters and the other types of workmen available.” It was said that wages to be paid in the different areas have not yet been determined, but that the average will be more than $50 a month. That was the figure mentioned By officials while the relief bill was in Congress. Bonds 0. K. as Collateral. Secretary Ickes, meanwhile, was said to be considering .a possibility that bonds secured only by project revenues—which would make possible loans to many cities which have ex- hausted their tax-secured borrowing capacity—could be used as P. W. A. collateral, CRIMINAL CODE REVISION URGED Roosevelt Appeals to Law Institute to Continue Efforts. Continuation of efforts to revise the criminal law as an aid to solving the crime problem was advocated today by President Roosevelt. He made this suggestion in a mes- sage sent to the American Law Insti- tute, after Chief Justice Hughes had urged simplified procedure in Federal Courts to speed a final decision of cases and eliminate technicalities. George W. Wiekersham, former At- torney General and president of the organization, called for a study of “conditions growing out of the recent unprecedented increase of bureaucracy in our Government.” Explaining that Congress had em- powered the court to change the meth- od of procedure, Mr. Hughes said: “The goal we seek is a simplified practice which will strip procedure of unnecessary forms, technicalities and distinctions and permit the advance of causes to the decision of their merits with a minimum of procedural incum- brances.” The Chief Justice declared “there is no excuse for any inordinate delay in the prosecution of criminal appeals.” Text of Letter. “To the members of the American Law Institute: “Last year I had the pleasure of sending a word of greeting to the twelfth annual meeting of the Amer- ican Law Institute. On that occa- sion I took the liberty of making a suggestion—the suggestion that while you continue to carry forward the clarification and simplification of the “(Continued on Page 3, Column 4) JAPANESE SHIP FIRE BELIEVED EXTINGUISHED Freighter Reaches New York After Three-Day Battle With Flames in Hold. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9.—With flames in her No. 4 hold apparently subdued after a three-day battle, the Japanese {reighter Kinai Maru reached quar- antine today. A representative of the Osaka Sho- shen Kaisha, owners of the 8,365- ton motor vessel, boarded her in the harbor with instructions to send for fireboats if necessary. The captain, however, believed the flames had been extinguished. He re- ported he was unable to examine the hatch, filled with fire-fighting carbon dioxide fumes, without gas mask equipment. With a general cargo including cot- ton, rugs and canned goods, the ship reached here from Hong Kong via Los Angeles and the Panama Canal. JAPAN HEARS REPORT Officials said most of the present activities will be retained until the new program gets into full swing, while the relief administration planned to continue to supply work for those not included in the main activity. A posibilty was seen in some quar- ters that State relief administrations would be completely federalized on July 1, although Hopkins said no exact plans had been made. Trio Rob Bank of $12,000. ‘WORCESTER, Mass., May 9 (P).— Three armed men held up the branch bank of the Worcester County In- stitute for savings at 9:30 a.m. today and escaped in an automobile with about $12,000 in cash. The bank is about three miles north of the city proper. Readers’ Guide Page. ...B-8 .C-6-7 After Dark.... Amusements Comics .. C-11 C-11 A-10 17-18-19 vee. A-11 .A-2 .C-5 Crossword Editorials .. Finance. . Lost and Found. Paul Mallon. Serial Story... Service Orders Short Story. Sports Women’s Features.. .é-a«o-}o OF SOVIET NAVAL BASE Tokio Learns of New Port at Pos- siet Bay, Near Manchurian Border. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 9.—Dispatches from Hsinking to the Rengo (Japanese) News Agency today said Japanese military authorities in Manchukuo had received unconfirmed reports that the Soviet is establishing a naval port at Possiet Bay near the Manchukuan border southwest of Vladivistok The reports said surveys have been completed for the construction and materials gathered at Possiet, a fine natural harbor capable of strong de- fense. ‘The navy office in Tokio said it had received no confirmation of the re- ports. The Rengo dispatches said t.l;f ‘here ‘PROTOCOLS’ DENOUNCED Swiss Prosecutor Denies Link to Zjonist Congress of ’97. BERN, Switzerland, May 9 (P)— C. A. Loosli, author and prosecution expert at the trial here of Swiss Nazis, charged with slandering Jewry, testi- taken seriously, since quently contradictor, FAVORNG ETURN OF RECH EOLONY Union of South Africa Is Ru- mored Ready to Yield Mandate. HERTZOG IS BELIEVED PREPARED TO 0. K. STEP Official Declaration of Policy Awaits Raising of Question by Germany. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 9.—Authoritative quarters said today the Union of South Africa is ready and willing to have Southwest Africa, formerly Ger- many’s, returned to the Reich. That revelation came as repre- sentatives of the dominions and colo- nies resumed their conversations with members of the British cabinet on questions of Britain’s foreign policy. Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, has already given the empire states- men full accounts of his recent visit to Berlin, during which Adolf Hitler, among other things, insisted that Germany’s right to colonies must be recognized. Hertzog Views Awaited. It was confidently expected the views of J. B. M. Hertzog, prime min- ister of the Union of South Africa, would be sought in the matter of giving back to Germany some of the territory she lost in the World War because the Reich’s greatest losses were in Africa. Hertzog, it was understood, Was prepared to tell Simon and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald that his government would approve the step. Observers here recalled that O. Pirow, South African minister of de- fense, recently told visiting German naval officers he was looking forward to the day when Germany would be coming back to South Africa as a colonial power. The authoritative quarters, however, emphasized there could be no official declaration of policy as to South Africa, which was made an integral part of the Union of South Africa in the post-war settlement, until Ger- many specifically raised the question regarding Southwest Africa. The imperial conference of 1930 pre- cluded South Africa’s taking any pub- lic stand on this question without | offering Britain an ity to ex~ | press its views, it was pointed out. | Published reports that Hertzog brought to London the suggestion that independent Liberia be mandated to Germany caused surprise in South Af- rican quarters, which pointed out that | South Africans felt this would be un- | just to the Liberians. Aside from the fact that the white population of Southwest Africa is still | mainly German, informed quarters cited these reasons why the union would favor its return to Germany: 1. The heavy expense of its admin- istration, running into several million pounds sterling annually. Fear for White Domination. 2. Fears caused by the French post- war policy of arming African natives for use in Europe in the event of the outbreak of another war, South Af- ricans expressing the view that the million natives reported under arms in North Africa menaced white dom- ination of the continent. 3. The belief that Germany, ir view of the stress she is now placing on Aryan and racial superiority, would not allow such arming of the na- tives, her return to Southwest Africa thus providing a buffer state against French territories to the north. 4. The fact that South Africans do not want the job of - keeping Southwest Africa’s natives under con- trol, since they feel that they have their hands full with about four times as many natives in the union as whites. By the treaty of Versailles Ger- many gave over all her overseas pro- tectorates to the principal alliec and associated powers. These territories in Africa included some 18,000 Ger- mans and 13,000,000 natives. Southwest Africa was mandated to the Union of South Africa, the Came- roons were divided between France and the British Empire as manda- tories, Britain teok the mandate over Togoland and Great Britain and Bel- gium divided the mandate over East Africa. —_— 8 KILLED IN WRECK 21 Hurt as Passenger Train Plows Into Freight. TOKIO, May 9 (.—A Rengo (Japanese) News Agency dispatch from Harbin today said eight per- sons were killed and 21 injured when two trains of the Chinese Eastern Railway collided near Shihtouhotzu, 120 miles southeast of Harbin. The dispatch said confused sig- nals apparently caused the wreck. A passenger train plowed into a stand- ing freight, the Rengo report said. i . -~ ¥ COMMITTEEQ.K'S NAVY SUPPLY BILL Senate Group Previously Had Granted $23,380,- 000 for New Ships. BY J. A. O'LEARY. After making available the full amount recommended by the Budget Bureau, $23,380,000 for beginning con- | struction of 24 new ships, the Senate Appropriations Committee today re- ported out the 1936 naval appropria- tion bill with a number of other in- creases. Although the additional amount ap- proved for the new ships is $11,690,- 000, the committee recommended that this work be done by using unobli- gated balances of prior appropriations, that this change does not actually Pm the total of ‘the House bill. Fund Use Switched.. I¢ means the Senate committee de- | cided these balances should be used for going ahead with the new ships, | instead of being used for the mining of certain ores to be used as naval stores. | The net increase made by the Sen- | ate Committee in other features of | the House bill amount to $1,801,585, and bring the total for all expenses of | the Navy for the coming fiscal year up to $459,606,846. Of this actual increase, $748,807 is for pay of enlisted men, so that men who will have to be promoted during the coming year will receive the pay of their new rank. Under the House bill, some would have been promoted without the accompanying change in compensation. Another large item of increase was $530,600 for operation of aircraft, be- cause the Navy will have more planes in service next year. Air Provision Changed. Another change which, like the ship construction amendment, does not increase the total of the bill is a recommendation that the Bureau of Aeronautics be allowed to enter into contracts for new planes up to an authorized limit of $8,180,000 instead of $5,000,000. This will permit the bureau to purchase 25 per cent spare parts instead of 10 per cent, as pro- posed by the House. Although the amount to be made available for beginning the 24 new ships is $23,380,000, the total in the bill under the heading of “Increase in the Navy” is about $100,000,000, including funds for continuing con- struction work on ships previously started. The total in the House bill for ship construction was $88,310,000, the dif- ference of $11,690,000 having been (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) —_—— ROBBERS SEIZE PAY ROLL Five Men, Three in Police Garb, Admitted by Guards. CHICAGO, May 9 (®).—Five rob- bers, three of them in police uniforms, marched briskly into the West Taylor street plant of the Edison General Electric Appliance Co. today and seized $3,800 just delivered for the pay roll. Witnesses said the five arrived in an [ tors officials in a new attempt to N N AN Youth Hits Woman With Golf Ball, but She Lauds Prowess By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, May 9.— Mrs. John Marter was nursing a painfully bruised eye today, but she took time out to say: “I have an idea he will be pretty good some day.” The “he” was a neighbor boy, an amateur golfer with a wallop. While practicing with his driver the lad accidentally caught the ball on the nose and sent it toward the Marter home. The ball crashed through the front door glass, bounded into a hall, through the living room and into the kitchen, striking Mrs. Marter as she was preparing a meal. “That boy should be encouraged to play more golf,” she said. MEDIATORS STRIVE 10 SETTLE STRIKE Conferences Sought After Auto Workers Reject Company Offer. | By the Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio, May 9.—Federal mediators renewed their efforts to| settle the strike at the Chevrolet | Motor Co. plant here today following rejection of a company peace proposal | by the workers yesterday. The auto workers voted 1,251 to 605 | to refuse the company's offer and continue the strike. The company employed about 2,300 workers when the strike was called. Edward F. McGrady, assistant to Secretary of Labor Perkins, said he intended to confer with General Mo- smooth out differences which have made 33,000 auto workers idle. ‘The strike here was called a little more than two weeks ago. The com- pany immediately shut down its plant, cutting off the supply of Chevrolet transmisisons to General Motors as- sembly plants. Since then nearly a score of auto plants in different cities have been shut down by the manage- ment or closed by strikes. Union Anxious to Confer. Fred Schwake, business agent of the United Automobile Workers' Federal Union here, said the strikers were “eager to open negotiations as soon as possible.” “We have called General Motors’ bluff and proved to the public that thied men expressed their wishes,” he said. An unorganized group in the Toledo plant had asked for yesterday's vote, claiming that a majority of workers wanted to return to work. All day yesterday production work- ers at the plant cast ballots at the Federal Building. Fred Seiger, president of the Inde- pendent Workers’ Society, which asked for the vote, and nine other members of the group were stoned last night as they were leaving the polling place. automobile bearing the word “Police” on the sides. Guards were on duty outside the plant offices, at 5601 West Taylor street, but the gang was when their leader announced they were on hand to investigate a robbery. Camp Men Build “Boom Town” For Farm Fa By the Associated Press. PALMER, Alaska, May 9~Working “hoom town” style for the arrival to- morrow of 67 Minnesota farm families milies in Alaska living last Monday night. Five cases of measles, four of them children, were well along toward re- covery at the Seward hospital. The Police ended the outbreak, but no arrests were made. No one was hurt. Francis J. Dillon, American Fed- eration of Labor organizer for the automobile industry, had urged union men to turn down the company pro- posals, which included a 5 per cent wage increase and wage readjustments up to 10 per cent. Plan Immediate Action. McGrady and Thomas J. Williams, Federal conciliator, who supervised the voting, announced before the vote that they would reopen negotiations immediately if the proposals were re- Dillop said today that in his judg- ment, “the result of this poll makes it obligatory upon the management of General Motors to adjust themselves immediately to & changed order by The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 Some Returns Not Yet Receive . (P Means Associated P W\ LR AR BYRD AND PARTY REST AT QUANTICO All Members of Expedition Transferred to Bear to Come Here. Members of the second Byrd Ant- arctic expedition, with nearly 35,000 miles of journeyirg and 14 months of isolation on the Antarctic ice barrier behind them, today were resting quietly aboard the two expedition | ships off the Marine Corps base at| Quantico, Va., awaiting the national | tributes which will welcome them | back to American soil here tomorrow. | The Bear of Oakland and the Jacob | Ruppert, after two days of leisurely | steaming up the Potomac, arrived off | Quantico during the night and| dropped anchor off the Marine base | early today. Rear Admiral Richard | E. Byrd, leader of the expedition, re- mained aboard, and the first United | States soil he will touch will be at the Washington Navy Yard, at about | 5 p.m. tomorrow. All members of the expedition, in- cluding the crew of the Jacob Rup- pert, were being transferred today to the Bear of Oakland, which will make the final leg of the long cruise back home tomorrow, the deep-draft Rup- | pert remaining at Quantico. Resolutions Signed. | President Roosevelt, who will lead | the Reception Committee in the wel- | come to the expedition tomorrow aft- | ernoon at the Navy Yard, today signed | two joint congressional resolutions ex- | pressing the welcome of the Nation to Byrd and his men. One of these reso- lutions creates a joint congressional | committee to participate in the wel- coming ceremonies, and the other is a formal expression of the gratitude | of the Nation to Byrd and his men | for their achievements. President Roosevelt and Gov. George C. Peery of Virginia will deliver ad- dresses of greeting to Byrd on the Navy Yard dock tomorrow and Byrd will reply. This ceremony will be broadcast to the Nation. Except for these brief extempo- raneous remarks at the dock, Admiral Byrd will preserve public silence un- til tomorrow night, when he will make his first public address since his re- turn from Antarctica at a reception to be given him and his companions by the National Geographic Society at 9 pm. in Constitution Hall. Offi- cial Washingtor. will join with the so- ciety in tribute to the air conqueror of both poles and the Atlantic Ocean on his return from the Antarctic after his absence of two years. Will Be Dinner Guests. Prior to th. reception Admiral Byrd and the entire personnel of the expe- dition, comprising the ice party and the crews of the two ships, will be guests of the Geographic Society at dinner in the crystal room of the Wil- lard. The admiral’s brothers, Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and Thomas Byrd of Winchester, Va. will be among the guests. Members of the Board of Trustees and staff of the | society will be hosts. Among the first to greet Admiral Byrd at the Navy Yard will be his mother, Mrs. Richard E. Byrd, sr., of Winchester, who has not seen her son since a day prior to his sailing from Norfolk, Va., in October, 1933. With her will be ner daughter-in-law, the explorer’s wife, who met him in New Zealand, preceding him home. After the official welcome at the dock, President Roosevelt will enter- tain Byrd and his officers at tea aboard (Continued on Page 3, Col 2) HOPKINS TO SPEAK IN FORUM TONIGHT Plans of Spending Huge Fund for Social and Economic Wel- fare Radio Topic. How the administration plans to spend its huge appropriation for social and economic welfare will be discussed in detail tonight by Harry L. Hopkins, speaking in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. In his talk, to be broadcast locally over WRC from 10:30 to 11 o’clock, Hopkins will reveal for the first time plans to expend the $4,880,000,000 re- lief fund with as little delay as pos- sible through 67 Government agencies to the work. It will be the task of Federal Relief Director Hopkins to co-ordinate the program and keep the various agencies 29,105 ed. ress. TW9O CENTS. PATHAN BACAERS TURN DOWN PLA FOR COMPRONIE Active in Hope of Overriding Veto as President Calls Parley. FINANCIAL ADVISERS TO SEE ROOSEVELT Morgenthau and Hines Visit ‘White House This Afternoon. Thomas Wants Delay. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. While President Roosevelt arranged a bonus conference with his financial advisors, Senate supporters of the Patman “greenback” soldiers’ bonus bill turned thumbs down today on the movement for a compromise. They plan, they said, to go through with the Patman bill and hope to override a veto of that measure if President Roosevelt disapproves it. The President had arranged to con- fer with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Veterans’ Adminis- trator Frank T. Hines on the Patman bill in midafternoon, preparatory to a veto Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Senator Long of Louisiana, Senator McCarran of Nevada and Senator Borah of Idaho were all declared by Senator Long to be against any com- promise along the line advanced by Senator Clark of Missouri. ‘Thomas Plans Delay. In the meantime Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, who held up the Pat- man bill yesterday by entering a mo- tion to reconsider the vote by which | it was passed Tuesday, plans to pre- vent any further action on the bonus bill until next week. He said he would take this course so as to prevent a return of the Patman bill! with a presidential veto to Congress until after a new Senator could be ap- pointed by the Governor of New Mexico to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator Cutting. “The new Senator from New Mex- ico,” said Senator Thomas, “will stand with us in favor of the Patman bill. Furthermore, there are several Sena- tors away from Washington who would vote to override a veto and I want them all to be aere before such a vote is taken.” When the Senate met today Sena- tor Thomas of Oklahoma made two more motions for reconsideration of votes on the soldiers’ bonus. One of these was to reconsider the vote by which the Patman bill was ordered ingrossed. The second was to open up the Patman bill again to amend- ments. He explained he took this course merely to be in position to do anything he wished. “I believe the Patman bill is stronger today than at any time in the past,” said Senator Thomas. “When the proper time comes I expect to withdraw the motion to reconsider by which the bill was passed. If there is objection to my withdrawing it we can vote down the motion or lay it n the table.” Supporters Active. Desperate efforts are being made by the supporters of the Patman bill to win over Senators who voted against | the passage on Tuesday, so that they will vote to override a veto of the Patman bill. Telegrams were sent yesterday by National Comdr. Frank N. Belgrano, of the American Legion, | to Legion officials in all the States, |urging them to get busy and have messages sent to the President urging him not to veto the Patman bill and to members of Congress asking them to vote to override a veto if there be one | Father Charles E. Coughlin of | Detroit, has begun to come forward in support of the Patman bill and has threatened to build a backfire under Senators who voted against the bill, | among them Senator Bulkley of Ohio. | Because of the parliamentary situ- ation which has developed in the Senate there seems no way to dis- pose of the bonus bill for several days unless Senator Thomas and his group are willing to let the bill proceed on its way to the White House. Notwithstanding the plans made by Senate supporters of the Patman bill, there are no irdications as yet of any break in the lines against the Pat- man bill and in favor of overriding a veto. On the other hand there is | the chance that some of the Senators | who voted for the Patman bill will be unwilling to go to the length of voting to override a veto. There are at least three or four of these Sen- ators who are not yet ready to vote against the President on such an issue. e ABANDONING GROUNDED FREIGHTER IS PLANNED Efforts to Float British Ship Fail. Little Hope of Salvage Held. By the Associated Press. GABARUS. Nova Scotia, May 9.— Efforts to float the stranded British freighter Langleeridge from Bull Rock failed again today and preparations were made to abandon the coal- laden ship. Her bottom ripped and leaking in two holds, the 2,341-ton collier con- tinued to grind badly in a heavy swell. Little hope of salvage was held. The Canadian government ice- breaker, N. B. McLean, standing by, was ready to take aboard Capt. J. R. Davies and his crew of 26. NEW DEAL HELD LOSING Roosevelt Defeat Talk in U. S. Related in London. LONDON, May 9 (#).—Sir Stafford Cripps, Laborite member of Parlia- ment, said today after returning from a tour of the United States and Cane ada that “there is talk of Roosevelt being defeated in the next election.” Sir Stafford said he found opposi- working together for the greatest FMM' tion to the New Deal growing in the United States. *