Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Hrnlll.ld th Fair and slightly cooler tonight and to- morrow; gentle west, shifting to north or northwest winds. Temperatures—Highest, 73, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 58, at midnight. Full report on page A-20. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,991 Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages 17,18&19 Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. No. 33,246. UGPLANE ARMADA BELIEVED DOWN ON ISLAND IN PACIFIC NAVYHEADSSILENT Great Air Fleet Reported Halted by Storm at Ocean Haven 500 Miles From Hawaii. RADIOS ARE SILENCED ON ALL BATTLESHIPS Planes, Participating in Gigantic ‘War Games, Roared Away From Pearl Harbor Yesterday and May Later Go to Aleutian Islands. By tha Associated Press. HONOLULU, May wartime fashion the Navy ¢lamped censorship on all communix cation sources to hide the whereabouts of 46 seaplanes—the greatest fleet of | 10—In grim | today | 2 a new trial for Beard and the 12 others Attorneys John J. Sirica and M jurors saw a newspaper headline whicl Justice Cox said he would take und conduct and would render his decision necticut avenue, one of the jurors {caught a glimpse of a newspaper headline. Discussions of the headline followed, the affidavits stated. | The votes stood eight to three for | conviction Monday afternoon when the case went to the jury, according to the three jurors making affidavits. They represented the three who were for acquittal They were Mrs. | Geraldine Q. Wilner, 27-year-old' housewife of 2729 Connecticut avenue; ETHIOPIAN TROOPS aircraft ever to make a long ocean | flight. | r The planes, participating in the & pigantic 1935 war games of the United | | < States Fleet, roared away from their Pearl Harbor base yesterday for Mid- | way Island, 1.323 miles west of Hono- | lulu. Then the Navy halted all commer- cial communication. It was believed the aircraft, to avoid a storm which swept over Midway, may have alighted at one of two bar- ren little islands this side of their destination. Their exact whereabouts was known only to the United States Navy. Ships of the fleet, which they might have Joined, silenced their radios. ‘With war-time precision the planes took off yesterday, starting at 7:18 am. (12:48 pm. Eastern slandard time), in the face of reports of a 24- mile wind and rain over Midway Islana. Whether they continued in the face of these conditions or sought shelter at French Frigate Shoals, 500 miles from Honolulu, or at Pearl and Hermes Reef, 100 miles from Midway, was the Navy's secret. Raining at Midway. | Rain was falling and a 24-mile wind | was blowing at Midway when the | airmen began taking off from Pearl Harbor at 7:18 am. (12:48 p.m.. East- ern standard time) yesterday, lending credence to the belief the planes might have stopped at some intermediate point. | There is no means of communica- tion between here and the Shoals or Pearl and Hermes Reef, and since radio silence is maintained ai Pearl Harbor, there is no immediate way of determining the air _fleet’s where- abouts. Ten to 12 hours had been estimated as the time necessary for the fiight to Midway Island. The take-off was without a hitch, | and despite the silence of officials in | revealing whereabouts of the n:mndn.} there was nothing to indicate any fears were felt for its safety. Fleet Believed Contacted. The changing positions of the 46 ships, as they sped over the trackless | Pacific where no other plane ever had | ventured, was believed known to forces | of the United States Navy, now ma- neuvering in a 5,000,000 square mile ! triangle of the North Pacific n their | 1935 war games. Somewhere in the triangle bounded | by Hawaii, the mainland and the Aleutian Islands, the 153 ships of the fleet are carrying out training prob- | lems, of which the flight was only one | phase. | Radios on the fighting cralt have been silent since this mighty force put to ses from Pacific ports a week ago, and the exact problems undertaken will remain official naval secrets. It was learned the planes will be away from here about one month, giv- ing rise to the belief some ot them may continue northward from Mid- | way to the Aleutian Islands. about | 1,700 miles farther. | TUNNEY TURNS REALIST | IN “FRIENDLY” BATTLE| Bon of Capitalist, Grid Star, Says| Sparring Bout Went “Too - | Many Rounds.” By the Associated Press. . SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.—The | Examiner says Gene Tunney put on | the gloves with Herbert Fleishhacker, Jr, son of the San Francisco capi- talist, for » “friendly little bout” that | turned into a real hitting match. | As a result, the paper states. Fleish- | hacker is nursing a bruised and swol- | len nose. But whether he succeeded | in hurting the ex-heavyweight cham- | pion was not learned. Tunney and his wife the former Polly Lauder, Carnegie steel heiress, are here on the last lap of a world cruise. Yesterday, the Examiner says, he was challenged by Fleishhacker to a sparring match. “How many rounds did you fight?” Fleishhacker was asked. A “Too many.” he is quoted as reply- | ng. — POLICEMEN AID STORK Doc, It's a Girl,” Physician Told on Belated Arrival. CHICAGO, May 10 (®.—Versatile, these Chicago policemen. When Policemer Ralph Miller and Gus Magnusson were sent out yes- terday to take Mrs. Elsie Hovorack to a hospital to have a baby, they learned it was too late for the trip, 80, with the help of her husband, they attended to the case themselves. “Doc,” they said to a physician who arrived some time later, “it's & girl” L] | | ' Rome Paper Says Army Mo- bilized Near Border of Italy’s Colonies. | By the Associated Press. ! ROME, May 10.—The authoritative | newspaper Gionale D'Italia, in an article reliably described as officially | inspired, said today Emperor Haile| | Selassie was rapidly mobilizing Ethio- | pian troops close to the frontier of | :Itnly's African colonies. | Tens of thousands of men are under arms near the frontier, the newspaper | says, and great quantities of war ma- | terials, much of it allegedly furnished | by Germany, have been supplied them. | fensive nature, the newspaper said, | because troops are concentrated at points most favorable for an invasion. | Deposits of arms, munition, anti-| gas materials, uniforms, foodstuffs, | fodder and gasoline and hangars for airplanes have been provided, it said. War ‘propaganda against Italy is being actively conducted, the paper | says. Prom January to mid-April 10,000 Mauser rifles, 2,000,000 cartridges and 200 machine guns arrived in Ethiopia, the newspaper declared. Germany, it continued, was the chief supplier of munitions, furnishing chemical materials, rifles, machine guns, anti-aircraft batteries, armored cars and Junkers airplanes. The Gionale D'Italia said th Italian government called the attention of certain European countries to the fact their factories are furnishing war ma- terials to Ethiopia and received from some of them promises to “control” the shipments. Another front page article in news- papers said 200,000 applications have been made by Italian workmen to be sent to Africa. The seriousness with which Italy now regards the Fthiopian situation was indicated by tbe fact that newspapers devoted three-fourths of their front pages to it. MOBILIZATION DENIED. Immediate Fight Is Forecast if Troops Concentrate. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 10 (#).—A government spokesman said today Emperor Haile Selassie will mobilize his troops when and if Italy’s East African forces advance—and not before. The mentality of the Ethiopian soldier is such, the official source said, tkat if mobilized he would not re- main inactive but insist upon fight- ing and war would be inevitable. DUKE IS SENTENGED ON FRAUD CHARGE Manchester Calmly Accepts Fate, Explaining Financial Mis- fortunes. By the Associated Press. LONDON. May 10.—The Duke of Manchester today was found guilty in the Old Bailey Court of obtaining money under false pretenses and sentenced to nine months’ imprison- ment. The 59-year-old peer, who earlier testified that his financial road had been rocky during recent years, show- ed no emotion as sentence was pro- nounced. His attorney indicated an appeal would be filed immediately. Nodding to the judge at the pro- nouncement of sentence, Manchester walked slowly across the room, picked up his overcoat and without looking back proceeded downstairs to a cell. Testifying today in the case which arose from his pawning of jewelry al- legedly not his property, the duke said “I have been bankrupt twice.” A total of 67 petitions had been filed against him, he said, while the number of judgment summonses “might run into three figures.” There are no judgment summonses outstand- ing now, however, he said. Three Admit Part in Slaying. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., May 10 (#).—Sherift A. H. Hoffman and half a dozen other officers today an- nounced three of four men under arrest here had admitted participat- ing in the robbery and fatal shooting of W. Tom Carlton, a railroad em- ploye, at his home 12 miles south of here Wednesday night. A Y Ch Coercion Laid to Beard Jury Foreman in New Trial Plea ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935—SIXTY PAGES. Three Affidavits Offered by Defense Counsel Say Jurors Who Sought Acquittal Feared to Hold Out. Evidence that three jurors were influenced to vote for conviction of Sam Beard, reputed gambling king of Washington, by a charge made by the jury foreman that there was a “plant” on the jury, was presented to District Supreme Court Justice Joseph W. Cox today by defense attorneys who sought found guilty with him Monday night. aurice McInerney told the court the 'h stated “gamblers bet 10-to-1 Beard will go free,” and that Charles W. Hauf, jury foreman, inferred from thiy there was a conspiracy by gambling interests to “fix” the jury. er advisement charges of the juryman’s Tuesday. Three Affidavits Filed. According to the story related in three affidavits by jurors, the jury was taken for a bus ride by court attendants Saturday afternoon. Returning from Rock Creek Park by way of Con-+" Mrs. Mildred Beyer, 32, housewife, 3731 Jenifer street, and F. J. Kraus, 29-year-old unemployed shoe sales- man of 933 L street. Mrs. Wilner said that after Hauf had seen the newspaper headline, ne said, “I will take some of that.” Hauf asked Mrs. Beyer directly whether she was “a plant on the jury.” and Mrs. Beyer replied, “don't be ri- diculous,” Mrs Wilner related. She said some of the jurors took of- “(Continued on Page 8. Column 4.) HAUPTMANN PLEA ASSAILS WILENTZ 193 Reasons for Reversal Claimed in Appeal to Save Bruno. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., May 10.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann's counsel, as- signing 193 reasons for reversal of his conviction of the Lindbergh baby kill- ing, stressed tocay the State’s “vary- ing theories” of how the child was killed and the State's “inflammatory summation” to the jury. Egbert Rosecrans, counsel Hauptmann, filed today with the clerk of the Court of Errors and Appeals | the defense arguments for reversal. Ethiopia's mobilization is of an of- | The court will Lear the appeal June 20. | The grouads parallel the charges of error in the trial, which were filed sev- eral weeks ago, and include the alle- gations that the trial was a “circus maximus.” that a “hysterical mob spirit” prevailed and that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s daily presence “unduly influenced” the jury. Wilentz’s Arguments Criticized. After citing 50 excerpts from the summation of Attorney General David T. Wilentz, in which he called Haupt- mann “public enemy No. 1 of this world” and said he was “the inspira- tion for the greatest series of the meanest crimes in the history of the world,” the defense said: “The attorney general * * * over- | stepped the bounds of propriety and fairness which should characterize the conduct of such an officer and be- cause said summation contained im- proper insinuaticns, assertions, expres- sions of personal opinion and com- ments upon facts not in evidence, all of which calculated to mislead the jury to the prejudice of the defendant and involved a question of public policy.” The Court of Errors and Appeals last week granted the defense permis- sion to include Wilentz’s opening re- marks to the jury and his summation in the trial record. Rosecrans said to- day his complaint against the sum- mation was in line with a recent de- cision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court reversed a conviction because of the district at- torney's closing address. “Varying Theories” Cited. Rosecrans said the complaints against the State’s summation, the “varying theories” of how the child died and the allegation that the jury was not properly guarded were ques- tions of public policy upon which the court may rule. The defense said the attorney gen- eral asserted in his summation that the child was killed in the nursery, but that the State tried the case upon the theory the child was killed by a fall from the ladder. This “ma- terial variance in theory,” the defense said, caused Hauptmann to suffer “manifest wrong and injury.” The reasons for reversal also con- tained the allegation that the jurors were not properly sequestered, “in- termingled with the general populace and were subjected to expressions of popular opinion detrimental to the defendant.” Belfast Riot Brings Curfew. BELFAST, Ireland, May 10 (#).—A curfew law was imposed on the York street area of Belfast today after rioting last night in which one man was shot and wounded and several bombs exploded. In an effort to pre- vent fresh outbreaks, the authorities ordered residents to stay indoors be- tween 10 pm. and 5 am. Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements ............C-4 COmIes: ... 000 ot saeine Crossword Puzzle . Editorials A .A-10 Finance .. .A-17-18-19 Lost and Found .. .A-11 Paul Mallon ..... Radio ........ Serial Story . Service Crders Short Story ... Society .. Sports Vital Statistics Washington Wayside Women'’s Features .. for | LAWYER CLASHES WITH ELLENBOGEN AT RENT HEARING Realtors’ Attorney Refuses to Testify if Limited to an Hour. {COMMITTEE ADJOURNS TO TUESDAY MORNING Real Estate Dealers Express De- sire to Appear in Opposi- tion to Bill. BY JOHN H. CLINE. A clash between a House subcom- mittee investigating rents in Washing- | ton and local real estate men was pre- | cipitated today when a representative of the latter refused to offer any testi- mony opposing the proposed rent bill | unless given ample time for his | purpose. | The witness, Roger J. Whiteford, | attorney for the Washington Real | Estate Board, said he did not care to offer any testimony if he was to be limited to an hour or so in time. *“You are not going to dictate to this committee,” Chairman Ellenbogen. author of the rent control bill, replied. “The committee will decide how much | time to give you after hearing the na- ture of your testimony. bill affects large holdings in real estate and said a sketchy presentation of his case would be futile. “All Right,” Says Whiteford. “The committee will give you such time as it deems necessary,” the chair- man stated. “If you don't want to take that it's all right with me.” “It's all right with me, too," the attorney replied. “I don't care whether vyou give me the time or not. This 1is like trying a man after you've shot him.” Whiteford told newspaper reporters | he was speaking for “a number of real estate men,” but did not specify their names. He said he would need at least three or four hours to pre- sent his testimony. The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday at 10 am. after other real estate dealers had expressed a desire to be heard in opposition to the bill. | Low-Cost Houses Urged. Creation of a Government housing authority to build low-price houses for Government workers and alley dwellers was urged at the public hear- ing The hearing was ordered despite the fact that the House District Com- | mittee has approved the bill, which | would establish a commission to fix and control rents. The committee was told many Gov- ernment workers, unable to pay the price for living quarters here, are moving to Baltimore and commuting. Two large apartments in the Mary- land city are bidding for Washing- ton tenants, a witness said. Chairman Ellenbogen said he has | heard reports of a proposal for a | rent strike among machinists at the | Washington Navy Yard. Ring Says Rents Too High. In recommending establishment of a Federal housing authority, James Ring. local rent expert, said rents here are too high and that an emer- gency exists. He said thousands of persons are living in squalid, insani- ‘d‘lsrey dwellings which breed crime and ase. Ring testified that in the second police precinct “disease. vice and crime engendered by the congested housing in that area was costing the District about $500,000 a year over and above its receipts in real estate taxes from the precinct.” ‘The witness said speculators should be eliminated from the Government housing project, and that a “limited dividend corporation” might be formed to handle the job if the Gov- ernment should decide not to go into it. Representative Wood of Missouri asked Ring why there isn't more building here now. 7 “I don’t know,” the witness answer- ed, “there’s plenty of money available and the demand is strong.” Avoids Conspiracy Charge. is a conspiracy among real estate men to maintain high rents by stifling building which would increase the supply of dwellings. Ring said he would not like to make such a charge, having no facts on which to base it. “Well,” Mr. Wood observed, “Con- gress wants to know. Personally, I think it is a most unusual situation.” William S. Kenney, vice president of the National Federation of Fed- eral employes, testified he has “some evidence” of & conspiracy to maintain rents here at a high level. He said he has been told real estate “(Continued on Page 6, Column 1) Whiteford pointed out the proposed | Mr. Wood asked if he thought there | Some Returns Not Yet Recelved () Means Associated Press. R AR N \ & i £2N N | BYRD NEARS CITY ANDU.S. WELCOM Roosevelt Will Greet Arctic Party at Navy Yard This Afternoon. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD BEAR OF OAKLAND, en route up Potomac, May 10.— Bringing scientific data which is ex- pected to alter many of man’s con- cepts of the earth in which he lives and which will make necessary revi- sion of existing maps. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and 121 members of the second Antarctic expedition aboard this vessel are nearing the scene of a nation’s welcome in Wash- ington. “We are bringing back four times | amount of scientific data yielded by the first expedition and have laid claim to some 250,000 square miles of ‘and in the name of the United States,” Byrd said. “More than 150,000 square miles of what is supposed to be part of the Antarctic Continent has been wiped out. Hitherto unknown life has been discovered on the Ant- arctic Continent formerly supposed to | be entirely dead. Many branches of science will be enriched by the data and specimens now aboard the Bear | and the Jacob Ruppert. left behind at | Quantico.” ' Ship Nears City. ‘The bluff wooden bows of this his- | torie vessel, which has bucked polar | ice floes for six decades, today are | shouldering aside Potomac waters as the second Byrd Antarctic expedition nears its close. Steaming at 1ts usual cruising speed of about four knots, the Bear is a Nation's welcome in Washington late this afternoon and tonight. Eager to be home after more than life on the eternal ice barrier of the Antarctic, looking forward with keen anticipa- tion to setting foot on American soil this afternoon at the Washington Navy Yard. where they expect to dock at about 5 p.m. They also are looking forward to the reception planned for them in Washington, beginning with the con- gratulations and welcome of President Roosevelt, members of the Senate and House, Federal leaders and members of the families from whom they have been separated for nearly two years. To Be President’s Guests. dition have been informed, also will include a reunion with relatives while Admiral Byrd and his officers go aboard the U. S. S. Sequoia as the guests of President Roosevelt for tea: a procession from the Navy Yard to the Willard Hotel; dinner at the Wil- lard as guests of the National Geo- graphic Society, and a great home- coming reception by the society at Constitution Hall. Admiral Byrd and his men left Wed 25 Years, Charges Cruelty. MORRISON, Ill. (#).—Mrs. Eliza- beth Simmons of Fulton, who is past 80, came into Divorce Court to com- plain that her husband, Matthew, also more than 80, was cruel. Judge L. E. Telleen granted her a divorce. They had been married 25 years. By the Associated Press. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 10.—Fred- erick Gross, 49, mild-mannered book- keeper for a Manhattan chemical company, was held for questioning by police today following five mysterious deaths in his family since March 29. Gross was picked up for questioning early today by Brooklyn detectives after an analysis of the vital organs of two of his daughters, who died April 26, showed traces of an obscure poison. Arthur Edge, the arresting detec- tive, said an analysis of a can of cocoa in the Gross home disclosed the same poison. Members of the family who have died since March 29 are Katherine Gross 38, wife and mother of five children; Frederick, jr., 9; Leo, 3; Bar- bara, 1, and Katherine, 7. Police, made suspicious by the last two deaths; ordered an autopsy, which failed to show the cause of the deaths of the two girls. Edge said the vital organs were then sent to Dr. Alex- _ander O. Goettler, city L ] [ Father Held After Five Deaths In Family Within Few Weeks and upon receipt of his report yester- day Gross was ordered detained. Gross was taken into custody by Edge and Assistant District Attorney Vincent Ferreri, acting under orders of District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan. Police pointed out that the five sud- den deaths in so short a time, coupled with the fact that Gross is employed by a firm of manufacturing chemists, gave them their first lead. According to police, the first death was that of Prederick, jr., on March 29 at the Kingston Avenue Hospital for Contagious Diseases. The cause of his death was given as bronchial pneumonia. A few days later 3-year-old Leo died in the same hospital, apparently from natural causes. On April 6 Mrs. Gross died in Bush- wick Hospital. The cause of her death was said to be encephalitis. On April 1 Barbara and Katherine died at the Kings County Hospital. Police said Frank, 5, is now in the Kingston Avenue Hospital suffering from an undetermined illness. ] River | carrying the admiral and his men to ! 35,000 miles of weary travel in the | sluggish old Bear and 14 months of | Byrd and his nien are! ‘The program, members of the expe- | “(Continued on Page 9, Column 2.) | |Jackson Revealed As Author of New Gold Clause Test l | Former Democratic Sec- | retary Conceived Offer { of Bond for Tax. | By the Associated Press. | Robert Jackson of New Hampshire. | a former secretary of the Democratic | National Committee. was disclosed to- | day to be the author of the latest i plan to test the legality of abroga- { tion of the gold clause in Government | securities. The plan, made public recently, contemplates submitting Treasury gold clause notes falling due on June 15 in payment of income taxes at the rate of $1.69 per $1 of face value, the difference is due to dollar devaluation. Jackson said he had conceived the plan some months ago and had sub- | mitted it to leading attorneys, who had declared on the whole it was sound. He added that he expected the col- lector of internal revenue would refuse to receive the notes, whereupon his clients would pay the remaining, and disputed, 69 cents on each dollar un- | Jackson resigned his committee post to practice law in the Capital. That was before President Roosevelt spoke | cut against committee members prac- | ticing law here. PRESIDENT BLAMED IN SUICIDE NOTE Son of Ex-Governor White of West Virginia Leaps From Hotel Window. | By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 10.—Leaving a note ir which he described President Roose- velt as “my murderer,” Albert B. | White, jr., 45, son of former Gov. A. | B. White of West Virginia, leaped to | his death from a hotel window here today. | In a note White identified himself | as a disabled emergency officer of the United States Army and said he had | been dropped from compensation be- | cause of legislation affecting veterans. | “Roosevelt, the arch-enemy of th | veterans, by order of Bernard Baruch, is my murderer,” he wrote in a note | dreds of other veterans not able to struggle on. May God forgive him, for I cannot—not for my own case, but for hundreds of my buddies.” ICKES SAYS 40,000 SLUM UNITS PLANNED Writes for University Journal That Legitimate Investments Be Protected. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 10.—Forty thou- will be built in the Government’s slum clearance program, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes wrote in an article for Northwestern University's Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics. The total. Secretary Ickes said. was greater than the total of residential units built by private industry in the country's 364 principal towns and cities during either 1932 or 1933. But only tenants from the slum areas need apply, Ickes said. To pro- tect “ligitimate investments in good commercial housing.” tenancy in the public low rent housing projects must be restricted, “to those who seriously need it—namely, the present occu- pants of slums who are able to pay modest but steady rent.” WOMAN REPUBLICANS BAR MEN AT “SMOKER” By the Associated Press. MILFORD, Conn, May 10.—Men are going to be scarce when the Young Women's Republican Club holds its ladies’ smoker tonight. The club women have arranged with four of Milford’s finest to guard the en- trances to the building and woe be to the gate crashers. This is to be a smoker in every sense of the word. With women equal rights with men these days, there is nothing remarkable in that, the Republican women say. Chiet on the events list is a box- ing bout between two club members, “Battling Smith” and “Fire Eating Foland.” The club announced today that these two caulifiower experts have been training for weeks. left in his room. “as well as of hun- | sand new “living units” or dwellings | HOCLES SEES VI INBONUS PASSAGE [ Declares Issuance of New! Currency Would Create [ “Fear Psychology.” | By the Associated Press. The opinion that issuance of $2.- 000,000,000 in new currency to pay off | the soldiers’ bonus would constitute | | inflation to the extent that it created | | a “fear psychology that would cause ! !a rapid velocity of funds” was ex- | pressed today by Marriner S. Eccles, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. | f such means were used over and ' | over again to pay Government debts, | | the value of currency would depreciate | in proportion to the fear created, he| added. | He testified to a Senate banking subcommittee on the omnibus bank- | ing bill while a deluge of telegrams | arrived at the White House urging either approval or veto of the Patman | der protest and bring suit for recovery. | bill for paying the bonus by isSuing | ynemcelves | amending | new currency. ‘Would Not Increase Money. | | Questioned by Senator Couzens, Re- | | publican, of Michigan, the former | Utah banker said the $2,000,000,000 | new currency that would be issued | | under the Patman bill would “not in- | crease the amount of money outstand- | ing” because it would displace existing currency. In itself, he said, the bill would pro- | vide no more inflation “than if you | put out that much of Government bonds.” i Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- | ginia, who opposes the Patman meas- | ure, said it. if enacted, would ‘make | it s0 easy” to pay Government indebt- | edness with new money that the Gov- | j ernment printing presses would be running indefinitely. | Earlier Eccles said that public con- | { trol of national credit and monetary | policy was essential to promote re- | covery. He denied the measure would make the reserve system a “foot ball of party politics or an engine of in- | flation.” | “The proposals made in this bill are | definite and limited in scope and arise out of the experience of the past 20 | vears. They are not revolutionary: | they do not alter the fundamental | character of the Federal Reserve Sys- | tem, or the regional nature of its organization,” he said. No Increase of Powers. “There is nothing in this bill that would increase the powers of a politi- cal administration over the reserve board.” he added. Reading from a long. prepared state- ment, the youthful-looking former Utah banker asserted the “need for public control of the function of sup- | plying the medium of exchange to the people of the United States, both by issuing currency and by regulating the volume of banks' deposits, seems to me to be almost a non-controversial | matter. | “It is in direct recognition of the| constitutional requirement that Con- | gress shall coin money and regulate | the value thereof.” Declaring “apprehensoin can only be expressed against the dominance in the Reserve System of political. and particularly of partisan, control as distinguished from public control,” Eccles said: “On this point I wish to emphasize that the bill, far from proposing an increase in the powers of a political administration over the Reserve Sys- tem, contains provisions intended to increase the dignity and independence of the Reserve Board.” Opposing House elimination of a provision requiring all deposit-insured banks to be members of the reserve system by July 1, 1937, Eccles pro- posed restoring this, but modified to require all banks with deposits of $500,000 or more to join the system within a year after entering the de- posit insurance fund. This, he said, would bring about as | rapidly as possible a unification of the | banking system, and at the same time | relieve small banks from joining the | Federal reserve. | The House passed the bill yester- day, 271 to 110. Senate leaders pre- dicted there would be no action on the bill on the Senate floor for several weeks, but they foresaw a bitter con- troversy immediately before the Glass subcommittee. Glass and his colleagues planned to hear Winthrop W. Aldrich. president of the Chase National Bank, and Francis M. Law, former president of the American Bankers' Association, next Tuesday. Aldrich was among the signers of a statement issued by the bankers’ as- sociation recently, approving sections of the bill dealing with deposit in- surance and some technical changes in the banking laws, but suggesting ithr early part of July. nection he made a plea for speeding TWO CENTS. DEMOCRATS UNITE ONN.R A PLANTO SPEED ADJOURNING Compromise Extension to April 1 Favored at Sen- ate Conference. ROBINSON DECLARES CHANGES UNLIKELY Shorter Work Week for Industry and Two-Year Continuance Amendments Rejected. BY J. A. O'LEARY. In an effort to wind up the con- gressional session some time in July Senate Democrats. in party confer- ence today, decided to push for early action on the resolution to continue N. R. A until next April. with intra- state business excluded from the codes, rather than attempt to broaden the scope of the resolution. Majority Leader Robinson of Ar- kansas, chairman of the conference, said a number of proposed amend- ments were discussed, but that the general view was that changes prob- ably would not be practical in view of the short time remaining before the N. R. A. law expires June 16. Among amendments considered and rejected were inclusion of the shorter work week for industry and continua- tion of N. R. A. for two years instead of one. Senator Robinson predicted the Sen- ate might be able to finish its work In this con- up legislative wheels in the Senate, suggesting that otherwise longer dailv sessions and sessions on Saturday soon will be necessary. It is not expected that the N. R. A | debate will begin in the Senate. how- ever. before Monday. “The conference considered the ne- cessity of speeding up the work of the Senate,” Robinson stated. “There was unanimous concurrence in the pro- posal of the chairman that all mem- bers of the conference co-operate to that end in so far as they are able At best, it is believed the Senate can- not finish its labors prior to some time between the st and the 15th of July. All Senators would like to see an earlier conclusion, but it does not appear that that is probable. Specific Consideration. “The extension of the N. R. A. was the subject matter of specific con- sideration, Some Senators expressed personally in favor of the resolution in certain particulars. All, however, agreed that in view of the limited time between now and the date of expiration, June 16, it is probably impracticable to do Specific amendments were sug- gested as follows: “Extension for two yvears instead of till April 1. A large majority took the view this would be calculated to pro- long debate and might endanger final action on the subject before June 16. “Another amendment was sug- gested relating to the provision that no code of fair competition shall be applicable to any person whose busi- ness is wholly intrastate. While a number of members of the confer- ence thought the incorporation of | this provision may result in confusion, | it was decided not to press an amend- ment to the same in the Senate. Six-Hour-Day Bill. “A third proposal. to amend by in- corporating the six-hour-day bill. It was recognized generally that it is impracticable to determine the issues in that bill in connection with the N. R. A. joint resolution.” There was no discussion of the ad- visability of attaching the Wagner labor relations bill to the N. R. A. resolution. nor did the conference take up the other major problems of the session, including social security and the banking bill. Plans for drastic revision of N.R. A to conform with expected congres- sional clipping of the Blue Eagle's wings were disclosed meanwhile by Donald R. Richberg to the Associated Press. Only those industries indisputedly in or directly effecting interstate commerce would be coded in the new program. Complaints against trouble- some fair trade practices in many codes would be referred to the Federal Trade Commission. Powers of some code authorities were due for a slashing. Enforce- ment methods were listed for change. The recovery chieftain said public hearings likely would be necessary for revision of the major codes, that pre- liminary work now under way would make for speed in completing the new set-up. Siege of Law Suits Seen. Richberg predicted a long siege of law suits over determination of what industries were in or affected interstate commerce, and over fair trade practices which were not gen- erally accepted. He maintained that reference of disputed trade practices to the Trade Commission and from there at times to the courts would create & body of trade law that would be invaluable. These fair practices, Richberg said, had caused 75 per cent of N. R. A.’ trouble. He contended N. R. A. wanted itself limited to industries affecting interstate commerce and would confine 1itself to that in the future even if Congress did not so direct. Regarding code administration, he said that anything smacking of com- pulsion should be left to the Govern- ment—that “no private individuals should have the authority of a pub- lic official.” “When it comes to exercising penalties,” he said, “authority must stay with the Government.” The fate of the Blue Eagle, Rich- berg said, still was undetermined. The board was considering how it could be preserved as a symbol of general compliance without being “jerked” for each minor code violation. —_— E. W. Howe Facing Knife. ATCHISON, Kans., May 10 (&) —E. W. Howe, noted editor and writer, will leave here next Tuesday for Baltimore, Md., where he will enter Johns Hop- changes to minimize the possibility (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) 1 kins Hospital for an operation which he hopes will restore his eyesight. !