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WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat cooler, with lowest temperature about 46 degrees tonight; to- morrow fair and continued cool; gentle to moderate north winds. Temperatures— Highest, 75, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 54, at 7 a.m. today. Full report, page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,251 WILD INFLATION SEEN BY ALDRICH Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, - 0, World’s Largest In New Yor ch WASHINGTON, D. C, Diamond Sold k for $700,600 Jonkers Stone Weighing 726 Carats, INBANK MEASURE| 4bout Size of Hen Egg, Wit Be Chase Nationai Chairman Says Reserve Bill Is One of Insecurity. POLITICAL EXPANSION OF CREDIT FORESEEN New Yorker Says Plan Can Wipe Out “Practical Value of So- cial Security Program.” By the Associated Press. Opposing any further experiment- ing with currency and credit, Win- throp W. Aldrich, chairman of the Chase National Bank of New York, asserted today the omnibus banking bill was a measure “not of security, but of insecurity,” and held possibili- ties of an ‘“uncontrollable conflagra- tion” of inflation. ‘Testifying before a Senate banking subcommittee in opposition to pro- visions centralizing currency and credit control in the Federal Reserve Board, the quiet-spoken banker read a long prepared statement, in which he asserted the machinery provided in the bill “corresponds closely with the machinery which was utilized at the time of the German inflation and the French inflation, with most serious consequences to business life and the welfare of the people.” “Imperils Social Security.” “This bill,” he said as Senators and spectators crowded about him listen- ing intently, “is a measure not of se- | curity, but of insecurity, for the ex- By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15.—Harry Wins- ton, New York diamond merchant, to- day announced his purchase in Lon- don of the Jonkers diamond, the largest uncut diamond in the world, for a sum “in excess of $700,000.” The stone weighs 726 carats and is approximately the size of a hen'’s egg. It will be brought to America within a month or so and displayed to pro- spective purchasers. If a buyer cannot be found for it, the diamond will be cut into several smaller stones, according to Winston. The Jonkers was unearthed in the South African field on January 16. 1934, by a colored digger for Jacobus Jonkers, a 62-year-old poverty-stricken Boer prospector, who had worked the field for 18 years without any ap- | preciable success. Jonkers, according to Winston, sold his discovery to the Diamond Corp. at a reported price of £75,000. It was | taken to London, where it was viewed Offered to U. S. Purchasers. by King George and Queen Mary. A move to buy the diamond by public subscription for the British rulers for the King’s silver jubilee falled to ma- terialize. According to its new owner, the diamond is by far the largest ever to be brought to America. He estimates that if it is cut in one piece the fin- ished stone will weigh about 425 carats, The Star of Africa (cut from the | Cullinan diamond and now part. of | the British crown jewels) is the lari est cut diamond known. It wei}hs 425 carats. The second Cullinan stone ranks next, at 309 carats. The famous Kohinor diamcad weighs 106 carats, and the Hope diamond, celebrated for | the bad luck that is supposed to have } followed its owners, only 44 carats. The St. Paul Fire & Marine In- surance Co. of St. Paul, Minn, has insured the stone for $1,000,000, ac- cording to Mr. Winston. BATTLE REVIVED ON WAGNER BILL |Industrialists and Labor Forces Arrayed in Sen- ate Outbreak. | By the Associated Press Surprising everybody by its burst of speed, the Senate raced today straight | “MARCH” SUCCESS FLATES FARMERS /4,500 Here Hail President’s Pledge That Aid Will Continue. BY BLAIR BOLLES. Jubilant sons of the soil from 25 ercise of powers freely granted under | into one of the warmest of current States wandered about Washington's 1t can wipe out the practical value of | controversies—the one surrounding | downtown streets today, well pleased all social security legislation off the | slate and make benefits granted to the aged or the unemployed mathematical expressions only. “In saying this, I do not imply that any man or group of men would draw | plans intentionally to such ends. Nor | do I offer any criticism of planning as such, if by planning we mean the ex- ercise of national foresight and pru- dence. “But I am opposed to planning if we mean experimentation with one | powerful instrument after another | upon the credit and currency of the United States, or if we mean the rid- | ing of one superficial, simple theory | after another through the vast com- plex of American economic life.” Fears Despotic Control. Aldrich said the omnibus bill would convert the Federal Reserve System “into an instrument of despotic au- thority.” The financier said the three “ex- | periments” in the last few years to obtain & higher price level by “manip- ulating credit and currency have failed” and “further experimenting | might bring on a vicious and perhaps uncontrollable conflagration.” | The experiments he referred to were | the purchase of Government obliga- tions by the Federal Open Market Committee, devaluation of the dollar, coupled wth purchase of gold at prices above the old gold parity, and the | silver-buying policy. Would Permit Politics. After recommending a long series .of | changes in the bill's provisions cen- | tralizing control in the Reserve Board | over banking, credit and currency, Aldrich said the measure as it stands “impaired” the principle of local self- government in the reserve system, held possibility of danger and application of politics in permitting the board to | (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) FLORIDA ADdPTS BILL AGAINST CHAIN STORES House Amendment Provides for Referendum July 23—Plurality of Stores Barred. By the Associated Press. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 15.—The Florida House approved an anti-chain store bill which declares chain stores to be “evils” and says they are the “major cause” of the economic de- jpression. ‘The bill was adopted yvesterday, 73 to 14, after the Representatives had made several changes in the Senate- approved bill. One amendment pro- vides for a referendum on July 23. The measure goes back to the Senate for consideration of the amendments. ‘The bill provides that all retail mer- chandise business in this State would be on a license permit system and only one permit could be issued to a person, firm or corporation to allow for the | the Wagner labor relations bill. | Arrayed for the bill are labor lead- | ers, including the American Federa- | at having heard President Roosevelt | speak to them personally in severe tion of Labor; against it are many in- | condemnation of the “specious lies” dustrialists. Offered by Senator Wagner, Demo- crat, of New York, it is now the Sen- ate’s pending business. Wagner, & New Dealer who has been an adviser to the administration on social prob- lems, has hoped to get White House support for the bill. What success he | has met has not been announced. Claims of Backers. The bill's backers say it would bul- work the collective-bargaining pro- visions of the recovery act, and out- law_“company-dominated” unions. They hoped the speed signal raised in the Senate yesterday would mean quick passage. Hitting its fastest pace | of the session, the chamber rejected | the Long resolution for an investiga- tion of Postmaster General Farley, 62 to 20; passed the Norris bill to strengthen the Tennessee Valley Au- thority act, and passed the bill ex- tending the life of N. R. A. for 10/ months, with sharply curtailed au- thority. It was a highly gratifying accom- plishment in the eyes of Democratic leaders, who counted only three more major bills on the Roosevelt preferred Summer. These three are the utility holding company, social security and omnibus banking bil's. Senator Wagner was ready today to fire the opening salvo for his measure, which was side-iracked iast session. Provisions of Measure. Briefly the bill would: Establish a permanent National Labor Relations Board, a quasi- judicial body with powers to order elections to determine collective bar- gaining representatives. Any orders | promulgated by it after an election would be reviewable in court. Lay down five unfair labor practices making it illegal for employers to: 1. Interfere with, restrain, or coerce employes, in the exercise of collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. 2. Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute finan- cial aid or other support to it. 3. Encourage or discourage member- ship in any labor organization by dis- crimination. 4. Discriminate against an employe for filing charges or giving testimony under the proposed act. 5. Refuse to bargain collectively with representatives of their employes. * Bargaining representatives chosen by a majority of employes in a par- ticular unit would represent all em- ployes in such units. PR O Gold Shipped to U. S. CHERBOURG, Prance, May 15 (). —The Majestic sailed today with 125,- 000,000 francs ($8,300,000) in gold shipped to the United States by Amer- ican banks. The gold, in 217 cases, operation of only one store. weighed 23,290 pounds. Mrs. Rogers Absolved in Death Which Caused Her to Kill Self ‘When Mrs. Mattie E. Rogers is laid %o rest tomorrow she will have as & pathetic and paradoxical epitaph her exoneration by the grand jury in the fatal automobile accident which led | her to take her own life. . Monday afternoon a coroner’s panel of six men bound her over to the _grand jury. Two hours later she com- mitied suicide after writing that “the eoroner’s verdict makes it impossible for me to live” Yesterday the case ‘was presented on its merits to the grand jury at the request of her hus- band, Maj. Wilbur Rogers, U. 8. A, retired, and tomorrow, it is under- stood, the jurors will report they have ignored the homicide charge. “I'm giad,” said Maj. Rogers, “but it came too late—such a short while too late. She’s gone now.” And he repeated over and over again as if tie words were beating on his mind: “Too late, too late.” Mrs. Rogers drowned herself in the | bathtub of her apartment, at 1707 Columbia road, brooding and grief- stricken that her car had killed Mrs. Sarah Bowerman. A sensitive, 41- she heard the coroner’s jury bring in its verdict, which she said in a fare- well note was more than she could bear. Realizing her precarious state of mind, Dr. George F. Bowerman, pub- lic librarian, husband of the accident victim, and Mrs. Bowerman's brothers, had gone to Mrs. Rogers, expressed their sympathy and asked her not to let the tragic death of their wife and sister ruin her life. In usual procedure, the case would have gone to the grand jury from the coroner’s inquest and would have been closed without hearing because of Mrs. Rogers’ death. Maj. Rogers, however, through his attorney, James Kirkland, asked that it be presented on its merits, even though posthumously, and this, it is understood, was done. The grand Jury’s action will not become a matter of record until tomorrow, but Maj. Rogers made known its decision today. Funeral services for Mrs. Rogers will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Church of the Pilgrims, Twenty- second and P streets. Rev. Andrew R. Bird, pastor, will officiate. Burial ld woman, she was confined to immediately after the hospital ;?:mtmm its shock. husband had to support her as will be in Arlington Cemetery, in the plot of Maj. Otto M. Lawrence, her first husband, who died several years 280, A list before an adjournment for the | . told by “high and mighty” opponents of the A. A. A. The bronzed farmers, still excited and tense from the day full of speeches, cheers and demonstrations that ended only with the close of a dozen banquets at 2 a.m. today, made ready for sightseeing tours of the city most of them never saw before. “The President shore told them big fellas what's what,” a lanky Texan commented today on the White House address. While the 4,500 visitors late yester- day packed the green south lawn of the Executive Mansion, the President stood on the portico and. amid hand- claps and hurrahs, made a fighting talk in which he lashed at New Deal crities: “The crocodile tears shed by the professional mourners of an old and obsolete order over the slaughter of little pigs and other measures to re- duce surplus agricultural inventories | deceive very few thinking people and | least of all the farmers themselves.” Farmers Cheer Speech. In the shade of magnolias and maples, the pilgrims, many of them shirt-sleeved, set up a noisy outburst of enthusiasm at this unrestrained at- tack from on high against the group whose denunciations of the processing tax and the A. A. A. the farmers had come to answer. Despite a declaration by Senator Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa, that the “march” inspiration, the pilgrims to a man emphatically they themselves decided it was time to present their wishes to_the Government. But Agriculture Department county agents, paid by Federal, State and county governments, and members of the County Production Control Com- mittees aided the organization of the march, called meetings to choose county delegates to the show and helped arouse the farmers to finance the expedition by contributions, although the Government gave no anancm aid itself to the demonstra- on. The President, in a Teview of the course of farm legislation during re- cent years, cited three possible courses the New Deal might have taken to re- habilitate America’s agriculture, and dismissed price-fixing and dumping as unfeasible. Holds Policy Successful. Production control and adjustment answered the problem the President declared, and went on in the face of & bedlam of whoops and prairie yells: “I think that you and I are agreed in seeking a continuance of a na- tional policy which on the whole is proving successful. “The memory of old condtions un- der which the product of a whole year's work often would not bring you the cost of transporting it to market is too fresh in your minds to let you be led astray by the solemn admonitions and specious lies of those who in the past profited most when your distress was greatest.” He drew laughs from his audience when he poked jokes at the agricul- tural ignorance of the banker who thought Winter wheat was harvested in the midst of snowfalls and of the editor who mistook a field of cotton for a raspberry patch. His listeners, full believers in the equality of man, injected remarks of their own during the speech. The name of Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia, A. A. A. opponent, who was derided earlier in the day during the farmers’ Constitution Hall meeting, was shouted from the crowd when the President mentioned that among the A. A. A. critics were a “few leading citizens who have gone astray.” From Atlanta Talmadge commented (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) secm g g QUAKES CREATE PANIC Five 8hocks Damage Village Near Shikarpur, India. KARACHI, India, May 15 (#).—In- habitants of the Village of Garhiya- sing, near Shikarpur, were thrown into 8 panic today as five severe earth shocks shook the vicinity. Several houses were but there were ne Immedhdr:m“d‘nwm of deaths or injuries. Crowds in the village bazaar flung themselves to the in terres, 4 WEDNESDAY, [TALY CONFIDENT WARNING WORLD Il Duce Claims 900,000 Men Can Defend Nation in Africa and Europe. BRITAIN TO CONTINUE MEDIATION EFFORTS Reassurances for Austria on In- dependence Are Seen by Vienna in Address. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 15.—Italy faced with confidence today a world which weighed Premier Mussolini's declara- tion that he would brook no interfer- ence in the Ethiopian situation. ‘The 900,000 modernly equipped men he has called to arms can assure Italy’s security not only in the colo- nies, but in Europe as well, II Duce announced in a surprise speech before the Senate yesterday. Every war industry in Italy, he said, has been working full time for months. “Gathering of Forces.” ‘There has been “a gathering of forces on land and sea and in the sky,” he informed the enthusiastically ap- plauding Senators. Mussolini’s address, al vigorous and at times ironic, was both a warn- ing against interference in Italy's pro- gram in East Africa and a defiance of implied criticism of his policy. “Let no one take upon himself the intolerable judgeship of cross-exam- ining us as to the character and vol- ume of our precautionary measures, he said. “No one except Italy can be ::m judge in such a most delicate mat- Diplomatic circles in Rome ex- pressed the private view that Il Duce, by his comments, had “beaten France and Great Britain to the punch” in | ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MAY 15, 1935—FIFTY "WISH | o Star PAGES. ##% COULD PUT THAT SIGN AROUND 4 NO >4 PARKING U e R GEORGETOWN GARDEN PILGRIMAGE. ALL MY The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services, Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,417 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved. TWO CENTS. N-R.A. EXTENSION DEADLOCK SEEN N HOUSE ATTITUDE | Lower Branch Reported Fa- vorable to Two-Year Plan of President. (®) Means Associated Press. FIGHT MAY CONTINUE PAST JUNE 16 LIMIT Miss Perkins and Swope Urge Roosevelt Program After Conference. By the As A deadlock threatened extension of the N. R. A, Senate administration leaders in- sisted they would hold out for the 10-month extension approved by the Senate. House Democratic chiefs gave no indication they would accept anything less than the two years de- sired by President Roosevelt. “I feel certain,” Speaker Byrns told sociated Press today over 0.5, INDIGTS 12 INKICKBACK PROBE |Grand Jury at Philadelphia Denounces P. W. A. In- spectors in Report. Send-a-Dime Letters Bring Cashto G.O.P., Treasurer Reports By the Associated Press From George F. Getz, treas- urer of the Republican National Committee, came the disclosure today that the Republican party is receiving financial contribu- tions as a result of the “send- a-dime” chain letter scheme. Meeting here with Chairman Henry P. Fletcher and Assistant Treasurer C. B. Goodspeed, Getz said: By the Associzted Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 15—A| regard to any formal move uflecnnz‘ Italy’s Ethiopian policy. | Mussolini indicated the foreign | powers had taken no definite step in connection with the East African situation, but it was understood that British officials here and in London have carried on informal conversa- sweeping beneficial effect for the en- tire country was seen today by Fed- eral Judge George A. Welsh in the indictment of 12 builders, contractors and supervisory employes for alleged “kickback” practices in paying work- ers on public works administration “I have received several send- a-dime letters and some send-a- quarter letters as well. For the life of me I don't know exactly how I am to report these con- | | tributions to the House of Repre- | | sentatives, but I certainly am | glad to get them.” | Getz, a Chicagoan, said the | | STRATEGY DELAYS NEXT BONUS MOVE Backers Await Senators’ Return—Garner Silent on Rumored Support. reporters, “that the House is disposed to insist upon a two-year extension. “The attitude as I see it is this: If the N. R. A. is worth extending at all, it is worth extending two years; if it isn't, it ought to be junked “We will take the bill up in the House as soon as the Ways and Means Committee finishes with it. I hope | the committee will report it in a prop- | erly-modified form in a few days. “There will be no necessity, I feel sure, to use a gag rule to get it | through the House.” | Support for a two-year extension and revision of N. R. A. was given today at the White House by Secre- tary Perkins and Gerard Swope of the Business Advisory Council after |2 talk with President Roosevelt. Will Press for Action. By the Associated Press. A delay of several days in sending the Patman cash bonus bill to the| White House for a veto appeared likely today as backers of the meas- ure awaited the return to Washing-| ton of absent colleagues favorng the legislation, Meanwhile, Vice President Garner| refused to comment on published re- was an administration | scoffed at this contention and said | tions with Italian representatives. peajects. . : | Any formal joint move now would | _ After a six-month investigation, a be little short of an unfriendly act in | Federal grand jury turned in the in- the wake of yesterday's speech, it was | dictments late yesterday with accusa- pointed out. i * W85 | tions of “inhuman exploitation of labor.” | “°"f Strength Not Reduced. Praising the jurors, Judge Welsh Mussolini assured the other nations | told them they had rendered “as| of Europe they need have no concern u great a public service as any grand Italy's military operations in the col- | jury in the history of the United | onies would diminish her strength at | States.” home. “It is in order that we may tran- quilly secure Europe that we intend | many cases workers on the high speed to have our back completely secured | Jine extension over the Deln::re in Africa.” he declared. “* * * I wish | River Bridge and the new Naval Hos- to add immediately, and in the most | pital in Philadelphia had to return explicit and formal manner, we will | part of their pay to contractors to send all the soldiers we believe nec- | keep their jobs, while other skilled essary. | workers were paid in lower classififica- The address was transmitted by | tions. radio throughout the kingdom. It| Of the 12 indicted six are con- | came soon after mobilization orders | nected with Builders, Inc. They are | had been sent to parts of the class | Mandes Golder, president; Samuel |of 1912. which Mussolini said would | Golder, vice president; James C. be held in reserve. The classes of | Golder, secretary, and three employed 1911, 1913 and 1914 already have been | in supervisory capacities, Perry J. called to the colors. Goldman, Joseph V. Collins and Carl E ORI Pearson. BRITAIN CONTINUES EFFORT. Others are Frederick Massiah, sub- | contracter for the cement work at Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia; John T Pay Return Charged. ‘The grand jury reported that in | Sir Eric Drummond Seeks Further Consultation. | ., | the new Naval Hospital here: Albert LONDON. May 15 UP).—Great Brit- | G, C. Chaney and John R. Wenrich, ain will continue her efforts to keep N . e | Italy and Ethiopia from drifting to- [ ?e’ls ?’%5L’35f?§5£3&§°fl?1"?{.f’(?:g ward war despite Premier Benito | contractor at the Naval Hospital, Mussolini’s “hands off* dictum yester- | and Leroy A. Hilsey, his superin- ‘gny. well-informed quarters said to- | tendent s v ay. S It was understood Sir Eric Drum-| P W- A. Inspectors Criticized. . | mond, the British Ambassador to| The reportsharply criticized P. W. A, | Rome, was seeking further consultas | supervisors and inspectors for laxity. The indictments were founded on tion with Italian authorities, although | his efforts thus far had not met with | the testimony of scores of mechanics and laborers, who told the jury they success. It was considered virtually certain | were chiseled out of a considerable part of their wages by “kickbacks.” discussion of the Italo-Ethiopian dis- pute would take place at the League | The indictments are based on al- leged violations of the Federal anti- Council session next week. 13, 1934. - VIENNA IS REASSURED. kickback law of June 13, 1934. If con $5,000 to $10,000 and imprisoned from two to five years. GEORGIANS BALLOT ON LIQUOR TODAY Counties Must Decide on Hard Drinks Later if Repeal Wins at Polls. Intention to Guard Austrian Inde- pendence Is Seen. VIENNA, May 15 (#).—Government quarters today said they took Premier Mussolini’s “preparedness” speech at Rome yesterday as evidence that Italy remains fully determined to protect Austria’s independence regardless of commitments elsewhere, DISCUSSIONS REPORTED. PARIS, May 15 (P).—Semi-official French sources today said France and England had been discussing the Ethiopian situation with Italy, but in- sisted the discussions were “just friendly conversations not constituting diplomatic action.” While Premier Benito Mussolini's By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, May 15.—Georgia, legally “bone dry” for 27 years, voted today on the prohibition issue. Even if prohibition of hard liquor, the major issue of today’s wet-dry ref- | McCarthy, electrical subcontractor on | ports that he was advising Sena- | tors it would be good politics to a\er-. There was every indication that the administration would press for the House to substitute the presidential two-year recommendation for the Senate resolution adopted yesterday merely extending N. R. A. in’its pres- ent form until next April Miss Perkins and Swope submitted | the report of the Business Advisory Council to President Roosevelt, rec- ommending the fundamental prin- | ciples of the social security program, but proposing some changes in the legislation passed by the House. The Secretary of Labor described Foes of Utilities Urge Roose- velt to Declare Govern- or’s Office Vacant. | By the Associated Press. Though they had | | the, council's report as “constructive” | and said she concurred in the recom- mendations of many of the changes proposed. Swope said the council would make public the report in a day or so. He added that he knew of no ¢ jcism within the councfl of delay in making public the report On Capitol Hill a deadlock threat- ened over N. R. A. extension. Harrison Stands Pat. Chairman Harrison of the Benate Finance Committee had warned that if the House changed the Senate’s 10- month extension to two years, and the measure went to conference, he would refuse to accept the change and let the Senate vote on the issue. Indications were that the House would not pass the bill for a week or 10 days. That would leave three weeks or less for final action before the June 16 dead line, the day the N. I R. A expires. | The Senate measure, exempting | wholly intrastate business from the | codes, was discussed at a conference of Democratic members of the | House Ways and Means Committee and Charles H. West, former Ohio | House member, who is now a “con- tact man” for the President. | Donald R. Richberg, chairman of the governing board of N. R. A, was reported w be drafting a defini- | tion of interstate business, for sub- victed the men could be fined from | speech on the issue yesterday was re- garded here as largely for internal consumption. Informed observers as- serted their belief I1 Duce would carry through whatever plan he has regard- ing Ethiopia. e erendum, is repealed, the voting will not of itself bring State-wide change. Before whisky can be legal in the counties, each county must decide. Defeat of repeal, however, would not affect the lighter beverages, beer and wine, since they are separate issues. Beer and wine will be legal imme- diately if accepted by the voters. P.W.A.HAS BLACKLIST NEW YORKER ADMITS State Engineer Says Some Firms Are Prohibited From Get- ting Contracts. There were 382,650 voters eligible for the referendum. Readers’ Guide Amusements . Comics Cross-word Puzzle.. Editorials Finance Lost and Found. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15—The New York Herald Tribune says Arthur 8. Tuttle, State engineer for publi¢ works in New York State, “admitted” yes- terday the existence of a Government blacklist of contractors who were pro- hibited from receiving P. W. A. con- tracts. The Herald Tribune says Tuttle was loath to discuss the list, to which they quoted him saying names were added from time to time. The list is “a highly confidential matter between the public works ad- ministrator in Wi and various State offices,” Tuttle was quoted. Sports .. é This Changing World. Vital Statistics. ... Washington Wayside. Women'’s Features....B-18-19 conference was discussing whether run on a centralized or decen- | |ride the President’s veto. tralized basis. | Earlier this week, it had been re- Asked whether the party could | | ported that the Vice President, at the produce a candidate of sufficient | | week end conference between Pres- Roosevelt, Getz said, “We're hop- | | leaders, had advised that it would be ing with our fingers crossed.” | & wise course to settle the bonus ques- tion by letting the Senate over-ride the veto. Jahoma, who had been quoted as sa; ing Garner was for the bill, told | newspaper men he bad heard only | rumors. | Party Leaders Confident. | Administration leaders were per- | fectly willing to let the bonus issue the power to call up the Thomas mo- tion to reconsider the vote oy which the Senate passed the Patman bill, they were satisfied with-the strategy they were confident they could keep enough votes to sustain the veto. Also, the Democratic leadership took the view that the longer the Patman would be after the veto was sustained BOSTON, May 15.—Removal from in which to organize a new drive for | office of Gov. James M. Curley by the | bonus legislation at this session. | armed forces of the United States | Reynolds Returning. constitutional grounds were asked to- | North Carolina is returning from the 8 ities | Virgin Islands. where he went to con- | day by two foes of the public utilities. | 4,0 g investigation of the admin- Frank H. Sullivan of Waban, who | istration of Gov. Paul Pearson. Other | cases, asked President Roosevelt to|Out of the city, and the measure was | R C f th . | nOt expected to go to the White House remove Curley by use of the country’s| yntj] the last of this week or early armed forces. next week. | of the State to receive $600,000,000 in Federal funds to the belief of the | President that Gov. Curley was not| properly sworn into office. | attorney, on the other hand, took| Attorney General Paul A. Dever to task for alleged failure to answer letters complaining that Curley was Marshall argued Curley’s inaugural was unconstitutional because the State Senate was not present when he was sworn in. He, too, termed the present ernment. e 850 Miles at Sea, He Wins Fight efforts to raise money should be strength to defeat Franklin D. | |ident Roosevelt and congressional Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Ok- ride indefinitely. of the cash bonus leaders, because bill was delayed, the less time there and the vacating of that office on| Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of has fought the utilities in several rate | Senators backing the Patman bill were He attributed the continued failure | Wycliffe C. Marshall, Boston rate not properly sworn in as governor. State administration a defacto gov- to Save Plane After En- gine Falls. By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, Australia, May 15.—Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, hero of aeronautical adventures over both the | Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, brought his veteran tri-motored plane, the Southern Cross, to a safe landing to- day after a desperate struggle to man -Sea. Misfortune overtook the Southern Cross when it was 850 miles out to sea en route to Wellington, New Zea- land, with a cargo of special jubilee mail. ‘The propeller and part of one of the three motors tore loose from their fastenings and hurtled into the water. The remaining two motors sputtered and coughed under their added load. As the fiyer sent out an S O S the freight was dropped in an effort to keep the faltering craft aloft. Then the jubilee mail was tossed into the Tasman in a final effort to avert disaster. The plane finally was maneuvered to a safer altitude and nursed back to the mainland. With Sir Charles and his cargo of 34,000 pieces of mail and other freight were Capt. P. C. Taylor, navi= gator, and Stannard, wireless Bonus leaders also were waiting for | mission to the committee, which would Dennis Chavez, newly appointed Sen- | permit application of codes to busi- ator from New Mexico, to arrive and be sworn in. They were informed that | he had not yet left his home State, | indicating that the bill would be held up probably until next week. nesses competing across State lines. There was no indication, however, that the House members would try to make the new N. R. A. applicable to the thousands of small establishments CAMDEN VOTE TIED Fifth Place Undecided—2 G. O. | P. and 2 New Dealers Win. | CAMDEN, N. J.. May 15 (#)—The | ballot battle for control of Camden’s | City Commission ended in a stalemate today on the face of complete unoffi- cial returns, with two Republicans and two New Deal Non-Partisan Fusion- ists in office and the fifth place dead- locked in a tie vote. Demands for a recount were heard on both sides as Judge Frank Neutze ordered ballot boxes impounded under police guard. | “(Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) HITLER SPEECH AWAITED Reichstag to Hear Foreign Policy Address Next Tuesday. BERLIN, May 15 (#).—An official communique today revealed that the Reichstag would meet at 8 o'clock (2 p.n., Eastern standard time) Tues- day evening to hear Chancellor Adolf Hitler's address on foreign policy. The sole business before the legis- lators, according to the agenda, is “to receive a statement from the Reich’s government.” President Reports Loss of Bill, Asking Congress for Duplicate President Roosevelt has had all |bond issue for Ketchikan, Alaska, sorts of annoyances since becoming | which was delivered to my office on President, but today he was forced to | May 3 by a messenger from the White avoid plunging into the stormy Tas- | notify Congress that a bill sent to | him for his signature had been lost, |and he wants Congress to send & | duplicate. While the President sent the mes- sage under his name, it was the In- | terior Department which lost the bill. In a brief message to Congress on the subject, Mr. Roosevelt made known this fact by quoting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior advising him of the loss. Fortunately, the bill was not highly important. But, according to some of the oldest authorities of the White House, this is only the second time in the memory of any one that such a thing has happened. No one re- called what President was responsible for the first offense. The President’s message follow: .“To the House of Representatives: “I am in receipt of the following letter from the Secretary of the Inte- rior advising me of the loss of en- rolled bill H R. 6084, authorizing a bond issue for the town of Ketchikan, Alasks ““T regret to report the loss of en- rolled bill H. R. 6084, authorizing a ) * | House. The bill was receipted for by | a messenger at my door, who has no | recollection,. however, of this particu- | 1ar document. The practice is for the | messenger to deliver enrolled bills to | the man in charge of the incoming mail for my office, who sends them to the file room for recording. There is no record of the receipt of this bill by the recording clerk. In fact, a thorough search of the entire de- partment, including Public Works, has failed to discover the bill, and no one has any recoliection of having handled it. I have caused every one to search all papers jn and on their desks, but without result. “I am chagrined to have to re- port the loss of this bill, in spite of the care with which enrolled bills are handled within the department. I recommend that you ask the Con- gress to authorize the preparation of a duplicate. The last approval day is tomorrow, May 15. “In the circumstances, I recommend that & duplicate bill be author:zed by concurrent resolution. D. ROOSEVELT.” f