Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1935, Page 2

RESTRAINTS BLOW T0 SOUND DOLLAR Morgenthau Seen Overlook- ing Need of Flow of Gold and Trade. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Few things illustrate more force- fully the complacency with which the New Deal faces its problems and dilemmas than the way Henry Mor- genthau, Secretary of the ‘Treasury, discusses before a radio audience the soundness of the American dollar without making the slightest rgrerence to inflation or Treasury deficits. The inflationists have almost & two- thirds vote in the House and the Sen- ate. And as for an unbalanced budget, which has been the principal reason for the failure of world cur- rencies to remain sound, the latest figures show that public spending is materially increasing the size of our public debt without any revenues be- ing provided to meet these extraor- dinary expenses. Mr. Morgenthau's speech is gen- erally regarded here, however, as & splendid defense of the administra- tion's monetary policy and as being useful in the sense that it emphasizes once more the importance of foreign trade and stabilization of world cur- rencies. What the Secretary says about the growth of industrial exports will re- open the controversy as to whether this came about through devaluation of the dollar or through the improve- ment in purchasing power in countries like Argentina and Australla, where Agricultural prices, especially wheat, have risen due to drought conditions in America. Export Problem Lingers. The total export trade of the United Btates has not improved as much as might be expected under a devaluation policy and the reason is that foreign countries have learned how to offset the effects of currency wars by im- Posing embargoes and_quotas. To the extent that Mr. Morgenthau indicates that America doesn’t want to engage in any currency war and wishes stabilization at the earllest practicable moment, his address is of world-wide significance. But stabilization has always been & matter of achieving a certain parity of prices in a given country is re- lated to other countries. The rise in commodity prices abroad recently, rhowing & recuperation in economic development, has been & most en- couraging sign. And when once the United States agrees that restrictions on the free flow of gold and com- modities must be lifted and that other countries also must Temove impedi- ments to the interchange of goods and services, real progress toward world recovery may be anticipated. The argument made by Secretary Morgenthau about the huge gold and silver reserves is not likely to be re- ceived as & convincing explanation of our Government’s ability to support the dollar. This is because the Treas- ury insists on locking up the gold and as for silver it has been found difficult to force it into circulation in America. In other countries as silver prices have risen, the silver coins have been withdrawn from circulation and in Austria there is even talk of sub- stituting nickel for small coins. Until the world decides to em- ploy silver as money, its use will be | limited and its value will never cor- respond to the arbitrary levels fixed by the American purchase poiicy. Meaningless Protection. The reason why Mr. Morgenthau felt it necessary to answer the critics who say the gold bullion we have is sterile is that the Treasury refuses to permit & policy of cenvertibility or redemption. Hence, as a protection sgainst inflation, the gold supply is meaningless. Once currency 1s issued in large amounts to pay the expenses of government or once notes or bonds without interest are issued, the ques- tion of what is really back of the money or the bonds will be whether the Government will allow the gold in its possession to come into cir- culation to back it up. Paper money is faith maney, and if there’s $8,000,000,000 of gold bul- lion in the Treasury that cannot be used to redeem paper money, it is as sterile, from & money viewpoint, as so much zinc or lead or copper. ‘To permit redemption today, how- ever, might lead to hoarding because there is no balanced budget in sight and no constructive program for re- employment on the horizon. Hence relief expenditures will continue in- definitely. So long as public spending of borrowed funds or inflated currency is used, no treasury anywhere, of course, would care to permit gold re- demption. The soundness of the American dol- lar, therefore, depends not, as Mr. Morgenthau told his radio audience, on the large amount of gold and silver available in the vaults of the Treas- ury, but upon the extent to which Patman bills and work relief projects with billions of dollars borrowed each year ultimately bring about a situa- tion of uneasiness and uncertainty. Stabilization of world currencies de- pends on balanced budgets and sound economic policies within each of the principal countries of the world. While psychologically it is excellent to preach the soundness of the American dollar, the fact is Mr. Morgenthau ought to be preaching it on Capitol Hill and in those precincts of the New Deal where restrictive legislation, actual and pro- What’s What Behind News In Capital Dawes Boom Prediction Not Backed—Bonus Talks Fumbled. BY PAUL MALLON. fact that a business figure like Gen. Dawes, a former Re- publican Vice President, keeps on predicting an early business boom has spurred economists here to ascertain how much there is in what he says. From what they have been able to learn, the general is playing a personal hunch. His facts are sub- stantial, but they leak a little in cer- tain corners. For instance, the general likens the existing situation to 1921. He points out that & depression then caused an accumulation of deferred demand for durable goods. It caused a after the brief depression. The de- ferred replacements of industry now are tremendous. A big boom would certainly result if these frozen mar- kets were suddenly opened. But there are several reasons why the best economists hesitate to agree that the time has yet arrived for repeating the history of 1921. Europe Is Not Buying. All business factors were favorable in 1921. Prices were right. The war waste had depleted most lines. Europe had to be rebuilt. There was no widespread unemployment. The political element was encouraging. Things are different now. The price factor is somewhat uncertain, or at| least not encouraging. Europe is not | buying. There are between 10,000,000 and 13,000,000 unemployed who have been out of work, not a few months but & few years. Business psychology is certainly not optimistic, if you be- lieve what you hear from the United States Chamber of Commerce. Experi- ments are under way in the New Deal, the conclusions of which are not yet definitely established. And we are entering upon a presidential campaign which may be as hot as any in recent years. These factors are not insurmount- | able. Some may be dissipated when | Congress adjourns. Others may await | the outcome of next year's elections. At any rate, they furnish the back- ground explanation of why the econo- mists have been notably silent regard- ing the Dawes prophecies. What they really believe is that we will continue to improve gradually until all factors | are favorable and then a boom will start. Publicity Broke Down. The New Deal publicity system is well oiled, as every one knows. It does not often break down, but it did the other day on the bonus. For a time newsmen here thought that| Governor Eccles of Federal Reserve and | Jesse Jones of the R. P. C. had joined with Father Coughlin, et al,, in turning the heat on the White House for the Patman bill. The Jones break hap- pened this : Jones arranged to make a speech down South, but had no time to pre- pare it in advance. He wrote it on | the train going down, wiring it back | to his office here to give to the press. By the time it arrived here, Jones was already making the speech, which con- tended there was not so much inflating in the bonus anyway. Governor Eccles is not supposed to be responsible to the White House for his remarks. He fell into the same hersey as Jones appar- ently because he lacked an eficient pudlic relations counsel to warn him against the wiles of speaking out of turn. That defect is being rectified. Shortly before his blunder, arrangements were made for the Federal Reserve Board to employ one of the most intelligent ‘Washington newsmen as an executive assistant. Much just and unjust eriticism has been leveled against the New Deal press agentry, but one overlooked angle of the situation appears to be that some of these officials should not be permitted to go out alone. ‘Wage Rate to Be Paid. ‘The most closely guarded secret at relief headquarters is what wage rate is going to be pald. You may recall that the Senate fought for weeks about it and then passed the buck. Since then the relief crowd thought several times it had the solution, but each time the solution was-torn up. A leak on one of these early tentative deci- sions has caused the outfit to be wary. The only thing certain now is that no flat wage scale will be paid for the Nation as a whole. The proposed $50 & month average will mean noth- ing because most workers will get either more or less. Scales will be adjusted generally so they will be slightly lower than prevailing wages in most localities. They will be ad- justed also as to different kinds of work. For instance, a plumber in New York will get more than a ditch digger in a rural town. Furthermore, relief employment will be staggered s0 as not to conflict with wages paid posed, is interfering with and retard- ing that larger velocity of transactions and expanded trade which is the true basis of economic recovery. (Copyright. 1935.) BISHOP WILL INSTALL PASTOR OF ST. LUKE'S Rev. Josiah E. Elliott Coming to Episcopal Church From Charleston, W. Va. Rev. Josiah E. Elliott, new pastor of St. Luke’s Church, Fifteenth and Church streets, will be installed in his new office Friday at 8 pm. by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. The Rev. Mr. Elliott comes to Wash- ington from Charleston, W. Va. Born in Virginia, he was educated at How- ard and Temple Universities. He re- by private industry. B N WHATS T4 86 mafi Sritugy ‘The Chamber of Commerce is sup- posed to be gaining more than the seasonal number of new members since it had the trouble with the White House. Precise figures will not be available until the end of the month, but chamber men swear their membership has been helped by the publicity. Against this gain, however, must De recorded “nine or ten” resigna- tions of individual firms (not local chambers of commerce), which celved the degree of bachelor of divinity at Bishop Payne Divinity 8chool. The choir of St. Luke’s is preparing a special program for the service. A large number of diocesan clergy is expected to be present. “Dead” Man Must Pay. CHICAGO, May 15 (#).—Carl Erboe of Elgin was given until May 21 to pay $20 or go to “alimony row” after . his former wife said in court that he'd been teliing everybody he didn't hnnuuyummymm‘b-l eause I'm dead.” A protested the chamber’s opposition. Incidentally, the California cham- Yer, which announced its resigna- tion after the convention, has not yet notifled headquarters. An N. R, A. scout has discovered 2 Southern factory with a new kind of .union. The factory" employs. girjs from s subsistence homestead project and has started a Greek letter soror- ity among them to promote college spirit. The employers explained they wanted to “take the stigma” out of factory work, giving it a girls’. achool stmosphere . by substituting “Sigms” for 5 “mwmfl.lt. 18358 THE EVENING*STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 1935 6,000 SCHOOLBOYS || Western High School Wins Cadet Drill WILL MARCH HERE Participate Saturday Fourth National Safety Parade. in BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. More than 6,000 schoolboys will par- ticipate in the fourth national safety parade, sponsored by the American Automobile Association, along Consti- tution avenue Saturday morning. In the reviewing stand, between Fif- teenth and Sixteenth streets, Secretary of Commerce Roper will be present as guest of honor, Mr. Roper is chair- man of the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety. It is un- der his direction that thg President is making an appeal for highway safety work throughout the various States and has resulted in the Com- missioners’ street life-guard campaign here to “live and let live.” Other officials to review the parade include Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Commissioner, marshal; members of the Senate and House District Com- mittees, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- intendent of police; police chiefs of Alexandria and Montgomery County, Ernest N. Smith, executive vice presi- dent of the American Automobile Association, and members of the Dis- trict advisory board of the A. A. A. 14 Divisions Represented. Of the 6,000 marchers, 3,000 will be from Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. The parade will start at 10:15 o'clock from Sixth street and Constitution avenue. Fourteen divisions will be represented. Out-of-town contingents will comprise the first division. Thirteen local divisions, based on precincts and headed by police officer co-ordinators, will follow. The United States Navy Band will head the procession and will provide continuous music at the reviewing stand, with 20 additional bands in the line of march. Colorful and in. genious juvenile floats entered by | many of the local schools will be an outstanding feature of the safety | pageant | Six highly trained teams will stage | competitive drills in front of the re- | viewing stand immediately following | the parade. The A. A. A. will award | three team trophies—first, second and | third—and individual ribons to mem- bers of winning teams. Well-known Army officers will act as judges. The awards will be made by George W. Offutt, chairman of the A. A. A. Ad- | visory Board. Fifteen years ago the school chil- dren of the Nation went daily to school with little or no protection from the numerous hazards that threatened them when crossing traf- | fic lanes and the number of juvenile | deaths and injuries reached dismay- ing proportions. 5,000,000 Guarded Daily. Today more than 5,000,000 pupils are carefully guarded on their way to | and from their classes by schoolboy | patrols in all sections of the country | and the decreased number of child | accidents is by far the brightest spot | in the traffic fatality record. The perade to be held here, ac-| cording to Mr. Smith, local head, is a tribute to the 14 years of humani- tarian service rendered by these patrols. Since the inception of the patrol plan, in Chicago in 1921, the growth and spread of this movement has been remarkable. In less them a decade and & half the movement has spread to such an extent that now some 250,000 children serve regularly on these patrols in 2,500 towns and cities throughout the Nation. The | activities of these safety units have had a very definite effect upon the fatality and accident records of school-age children, as may be seen | by a quick glance at the reports | on the traffic toll of the past several years. Since 1922 while all other age groups were showing increases in auto death rates—ranging from 38 rer cent for those under 5 years of | age to 186 per cent for the ages from | 20 to 24—the school-age group showed | a combined increase of less than 1 per cent, while the death rate for children in the lower grades actually declined about 10 per cent. 169 Patrols on Duty Here. ‘Within a few years after the school patrols had proved their worth in Chicago the plan was adopted for Washington schools and the Nation's Capital is. recognized as one of the foremost leaders in this movement. Seldon M. Ely, chairman of the Street Safety Committee, aided in the organ- jzation of the first patrols and since then has supervised the development of the safety units into the impor- tant organizations they are today. There are at the present time 169 patrols with over 3,106 patrolmen ac- tively on duty in the District of Co- lumbia. A number of policemen are assigned to aid the patrois, and through this joint co-operatioa child accidents in the Nation’s Capital have been reduced by 13 per cent at a time when traffic fatalities as a whole were rising rapidly. Schoolboy patrols have been highly praised by President Roosevelt, who in a letter to Thomas P. Henry of De- troit, Mich., president of the national motoring body, declared: “In addition to the day-to-day pro- tection against accidents to school children afforded by the patrois, the movement is unquestionably a fine builder of morale. It also develops a sense of responsibility which can- not but make for good citizenship. It is my sincere hope that it will con- tinue to expand and remain as a per- |* manent feature of our national effort in the interest of traffic safety.” Debates Wagner labor relations bill. Banking Committee hears Winthrop ‘W. Aldrich on omnibus banking bill. House. ‘Takes up miscellaneous measures. On floor: Continués debate on legis- lative appropriation bill. Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of Dis- trict Committee resumes hearings on Ellenbogen rent-control bill at 10 a.m. Streets and Traffic Subcommittee of District Committee begins hearings on Quinn taxicab liability insurance bill. TOMORROW. Senate. On the floor: Wagner labor disputes bill or Navy appropriation bill. Finance Committee, executive, working on social security bill. Banking and Currency Subcommite tee, continuing hearings on new bank- - A | Rinzal, Filipino hero. > ed '.“_L ey LI ] FILPINOS RATIFY NEW CONSTITUTION Quick Inauguration of Na- tive Government Seen in Manila. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, May 15—Speedy inaugu- ration of the 10-year commonwealth | government was planned today by Filipino leaders on the heels of yes- terday's plebiscite which overwhelm- ingly ratified a proposed constitution. Under the new government & Fili- | pino President will succeed the Amer- | fcan Governor General, probably be-' fore the end of the year, as the first actual governmental transition toward complete independence from the United States. While complete returns of the ple- | biscite were not available, there were indications 1.000.000 of the 1,700.000 Filipinos eligible to vote exercised that right and thet the charter would be approved by 25 to 1. The count this afterncon showed 834,906 had voted for the constitution and only 33,576 against it. Ten-Year Transition. Under the Tydings-McDuffie act the process of transition to the new | government, designed to be & 10-year period of preparation for complete independence, might require an indefi- | nite number of years. But indications are that the new regime will be func- tioning within 18 montns after the act was accepted unanimously by the Leg- islature on May 1, 1934. “We will be ready to inaugurate the commonwealth by the end of Septem- ber,” asserted Quintin Paredes, Speaker | of the House. Other leaders predicted the date | would be on or about November 15, or even as late as December 30, this being the birthday anniversary of Jose The method of transition is set forth in detail by the independence act, which Congress approved in March, 1934. Legislature to Meet. Within 30 days the Legislature is to | be convened to canvass the result of | the election and certify it to the Gov- ernor General. He is to call an elec- | tion of Congress, probably in Septem- | ber, and then everything will be ready for the formal inauguration. The commonwealth will put the Filipinos in absolute charge of the government, but foreign affairs and defense will remain in the hands of the United States and an American | high commissioner will remain on the scene. Secretary of War George H. Dern has been designated by President Roosevelt to be the official represent- ative of the administration at the launching of an experiment in native control, which all the Orient and pos- | sibly world chancelleries generally are watching. CHURCH PLANS PARTY The annual Spring card party of | Immaculate Conception Parish will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Parish | Hall, Eighth and N streets. Rev. John K. Cartwright, pastor of | the church, is cheirman of the com- mittee in charge and is assisted by Rev. Francis P, Harrity and Rev. Paul Bussard. Miss Helen M. Vincent is chairman of the Committee of Patrons and Patronesses and is assisted by Mrs. Bridget Vincent, Mrs. Catherine Bir-| mingham, Mrs, Mary Schweitzer, Miss Dorothy Nesline and Miss Mary Ma- haney. Girls of the academy will be hostesses. The winner of a trip to Lisieux, Lourdes and Paris will be announced. | | Upper: Company H. Western High School, high school cadet drill, shown as it marched back on the field to receive the prize-winning awards. Lower: Secretary of Commerce Roper is shown pinning the coveted Allison Nailor Medal on the blouse of Capt. Joseph Hanley, commanding officer of Company H. IN'SCHOOL DRILLS Company H Held Best of Cadet Units—Roper | Makes Awards. i | Company E, Roosevelt High School, Continuing a record that has almost | become tradition at Western High School, Company H of the Western regiment yesterday was judged the best drilled company in the High School Cadet Corps. Last company to be graded before| the ceremonial part of the two-day program, Company H, commanded by Capt. Joseph Hanley, was given a score of 893, and kept unbroken Western's record of having one of the prize-winning units every year since 1921 Company A, Eastern High School, with a point score of 85.7, was sec- ond. It was commanded by Capt. John Apergis. Company C, Central High School, scored 833 and won third place. Capt. Marvin Fahren- | bach was the commanding officer. | Company G, Eastern High School, | led by Capt. G. Bowen Shaw, was selected as the best “rookie” com- pany, being composed of students who entered the corps last February. Most of the members were little fellows, | Jjust about the 4-foot mark in height. Medal Is Awarded. | Capt. Hanley was awarded the dia- | mond-studded Allison Nailor Medal by Secretary of Commerce Roper im- mediately after the corps had been reveiwed by the cabinet officer, Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, professor of military science and tactics; Supt. of | School Frank W. Ballou, Mrs. Henry | Grattan Doyle, vice president of \hel Board of Education, and Assistant| WESTERN WINNER dged first in the annual —Star Staft Photos. Supt. Stephen E. Kramer. Commis- sioner Melvin C. Hazen also was pres- ent, but he did not join the group officially watching the parade. Sergt. Harold Leroy of Company A, | Eastern High School, won the gold medal for the best drilled sergeant in the manuel of arms. A silver medal, symbolic of second place, was awarded Sergt. Calvin C. Davis of Central. The McKinley High School Band received a trophy for winning the band | competition held some time ago. The drill was attended with the usual pomp and ceremony, after the program had been forced ahead: of schedule by the rain. There was a brief heavy downpour during which was soaked, but continued through its tests. A steady drizzle followed for more than an hour, but when the entire corps assembled, the rainfall | stopped long enough for the présenta- tion of the awards. Roper Arrives Early. Secretary Roper, expected to be present at about 5 p.m., arrived 45 minutes earlier, accompanied by Mrs. | Roper and their daughter, Miss Grace | Roper. Within a few minutes the | massed cadet band struck up the march that started the climaxing events. ‘When the brigade was in formation, Cadet Col. Don L. Andrus presented the corps to Col. Craigie. Immediately he ordered the adjutant, Maj. John Rait, to report to Col. Craigie and re- ceive the announcement of the winner. Both Andrus and Rait are Western High School students. Maj. Rait marched to the middle of the field, halted long enough to count up to 15, then turned and marched directly to the winning company. Meanwhile, the 10,000 or more stu- dents and rooters had held their breaths—until the Western section realized their school had won. The three Regular Army officers | who judged the competition were lib- eral in their praise of the corps, rank- ing it among the best in the country. The judges were Capt. Carleton Smith, First Lieut. Harold E. Smyser and First Lieut. John G. Hill, all Infantry officers on duty at the War Depart- | amended so that there will be a possi- TWO ARE HUNTED IN BANK ROBBERY Police Admit Lacking Clues to Identity of Pair in River- dale Hold-up. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Bta: RIVERDALE, Md., May 15.—Prince Georges County police admitted they were without clues today to the identity of the two bandits who held up the Citizens’ Bank of Riverdale and escaped with about $3,500 yesterday. “Business as usual” was the slogan at the bank today, where officials an- nounced the loss was entirely covered by insurance. Remaining calm despite the excite- ment they experienced during the hold-up, G. Sherman James, cashier, and Joseph B. Waters, r., his assistant, who constitute the staff of the bank, were prepared to handle the usual Government pay day rush. Can Identify Men. Both told police they would be able to identify the hold-up mén, and a lookout was broadcast on the basis of description furnished by them. ‘This description and fingerprints on deposit slips were the slim clues on which police were attempting to trail the robbers. Sergt. Ralph Brown said the fingerprints were of practically no value, however, because they were difficult to distinguish and the de- posit slip also had been handled by bank attendants. The slip had been made by one of account Monday in a fictitious name and deposited $2. Just before closing time yesterday the same man and a confederate en- tered the bank. They closed the self- locking door behind them, covered James and Waters with revolvers, forced them to lie on the floor and tied them with rope and tape. The pair then emptied the contents of the cash drawer into a bag they had brought, and escaped before any one in the community knew what had happened. Two Free Selves. Shortly after they left the cashier and his assistant freed themselves and called police. Sergt. Brown, Police- man Claude Reese and Deputy Sheriff William E. Clifton responded. Both men visited Washington police headquarters last night to view pic- tures of known criminals on file there, but were unable to select any as re- sembling the bandits. After a check-up of accounts, Max Vollberg, president of the bank, said the bandits escaped with about $3,500 or $4,000. Police said a time lock on the safe prevented the robbers from entering the bank's vaults and getting a larger sum. Prince Georges County's last bank hold-up occurred in April, 1931, when several men entered the Pirst National Bank of Southern Maryland at Marl- boro. They fled without loot, however, when Claude Owens, assistant cashier, £hot one of them to death, i e THIRD PARTY TALK TO BE UNOFFICIAL Wisconsin Progressives Not to| Consider Proposal in For- mal Decisions. By the Associated Press. FOND DU LAC, Wis., May 15.—A national third party may be discussed when Wisconsin Progressives hold their anniversary celebration Sunday, but party leaders said today it will figure in nothing more than hotel room conversation. “It is a State meeting and has no reference to any party organizations, present or prospective, in other States or in the United States as a whole,” said Thomas P. Hayden, general chairman of the celebration. It is conceivable, he added, that some visitors may speculate on the possibility of a new party, particularly in view of the recent statement of Representative Thomas R. Amlie, Progressive, of Wisconsin, who said 100 “left wing” Representatives fa- vored such a movement and planned ference in Chicago, probably in June or July. Amlie had a leading part in or- ganizing the Progressive party. “The time is not ripe for the for- mation of a new party on a national | bility that the new party can have a place on the ticket,” Hayden as- serted. Fiorello La Guardia of New York will speak after a reception and pa- rade in the afternoon. FRANCO-RUSSIAN ment. Latest Fashion in Destroyers t . ~ &L ] S s Here's the last word in destroyers, the U. S. S. Worden, which is now at the ‘Washington Navy Yard so high-ranking naval officials may look her over. Inset is Comdr. Raymond E. Kerr of Portland, Ore., command- ing officer of the new destroyer. The Worden moored at the Navy trip through the Panama Canal from the West Navy Yard, the first of her type to be built on Norfolk, Vs., to prepare for her.trials off Rockland, Me, Yard here yesterday, after a shakedown cruise in Mexican waters and & Coast. She was commissioned in January at the Puget Sound the Pacific Seaboard. She will leave here tomorrow morning for ~—Star Staff Photos. » ACCORD REVEALED Laval Says Nations Will Support Mutilateral Non-Aggression Pact. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May 15.—Foreign Min- ister Pierre Laval of France, in an in- terview here tonight, revealed that he and Russian leaders had agreed on a plan for a multilateral non-aggression and consultative pact to be bolstered by mutual assistance agreements among those nations wishing them. It would be “premature and even imprudent,” Laval said, to suggest what countries might join the pro- posed pact, although it would be open to all. The agreement will operate “within the framework of the League of Na- tions,” he added. SAILMAKER f.:OR BYRD SAYS VOYAGE ‘BALLYHOO* Lynwood T. Miller Claims Lead- er’s Ignorance of Engine Fumes Caused His Illness. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 15— Lynwood T. Miller, sailmaker on the second Byrd expedition to the Antarc. tic, has no notions of romance about life at Little America. “It was nothing but a voyage of ballyhoo,” he said in an interview at his Grafton, Va., home last night. ‘The sailmaker attributed Admiral Byrd's illness when rescued from his lonely poiar hut to ignorance as to engine fumes. The expedition leader did not protect himself from these fumes while living. his isolated life, Miller sald, [ the bandits when he opened a saving | to discuss it at a Middle West Con- | scale and in many States it would be | folly to organize until State laws are PACIFIC MANEUVER OF NAVYPRAISED Command Pleased With Precision Shown by Battle Fleet. By the Associated Press. ABOARD BATTLESHIP PENN- SYLVANIA, Pearl Harbor, Hawa May 15.—Remarkable precision and intricate navigation displayed by the main battle fleet of the United States Navy in strategic deployment on its recent dash across the Pacific from California to Hawaii was reported to- day to be highly gratifying to the high command, This first phase of the sixteenth annual fleet maneuvers proved a val- uable test of the operation of a high seas battle force between far distant bases, high officers indicated. It also demonstrated the abilities of the world's most powerful submarine di- vision. High success was attained both by the battleships and the undersea craft, officers said, and the fact that | each division checkmated operations of the other at some stage of the westward dash proved the effective- ness of both. The world-cruising submarines demonstrated their scouting and tracking ability, refusing day after day to be shaken off by the main | fleet, though the latter used some of its most intricate stratagems in at- tempting to lose the diving craft. On the other hand, navigators of the high seas battle fleet won their victories just as decisively, using com- plicated night deployments to thwart absolutely the submarine division's attempt at & dawn attack. What was perhaps the most irreg- ular course toward Hawail ever fol- lowed by power craft was laid out and adhered to by the fleet. At the end of the 2,400 miles, the Pennsylvania, Admiral Joseph M. Reeves' flagship, | 1ed the fleet into sight of Oahu Island | within the hour which had been scheduled for its arrival before the start of the cruise. The “White Fleet,” main battic | force of the Navy, was concentrated | here in Pearl Harbor today, ready to dash to sea at any moment to repel an advance by the “Black Fleet,” rep- | resenting a mythical enemy, from its | unknown concentration point. CRITICIZED IN JAPAN. | e T Admiral Says Maneuvers Draw Sword | Before Neighbor. | By the Associated Press. SHIMONOSEKI, Japan, May 15 Japanese naval maneuvers as close to | American shores as the United States | war games in the Northeast Pacific |are to Japan, said Admiral Kanji Kato today, “would greatly agitate American opinion.” The former naval chief of staff. who is making an inspection tour through Kyushu, compared the activities of the American combined fleets to “drawing a sword before a neighbor's house.” “The United States Navy's ma- neuvers approach within 2,000 kilome- ters or 10 hours' airplane flight of Japanese territory,” he said. “If Japan maneuvered that close to American shores it would greatly agi- tate American opinion. We Japanese, however, are remaining calm.” —_— WORKERS TO DISCUSS JOB ASSURANCE PLAN F. E R. A. Employes’ Transfer to New Agencies to Come Before Meeting Tonight. Representatives from 12 lodges of the American Federation of Govern- ment Employes will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the Powhatan Hotel to de- cide on some sort of program to in- sure F. E. R. A. employes jobs when the Relief Administration staff is re- | duced because of the operation of the work-relief set-up. | F. E. R. A. Lodge was assured in a letter from Administrator Harry L. | Hopkins yesterday that employes of the agency would be absorbed in the Works Progress Division of the new organization. The employes, however, are anxious to establish some sort of clearing sys= tem to facilitate the transfer. . China Creates Embassy. NANKING, May 15 (#).—The Na- tional government's central political council today approved elevating the Chinese Legation at Tokio to the status of an embassy. The present Minister to Japan, Hsopin Chiang, will become the first Ambassador. TRAFFIC TIPS by the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Take Your Time! In our national cross-road puzzle there is a little five-letter word mean- ing “disaster” and it is spelled s-p-e-e-d. ~ Many traffic authorities claim that speed was the leading cause of our toll of 35,500 traffic deaths and more than a million injuries during 1934. Others agree that it is, one of two or three of the most important causes. The energy of a moving body is in proportion to the square of the speed. When speed is increased from 20 to 40 miles per hour the energy is multi- plied not by 2, but by 4. A jump from 20 to 60 miles means the energy is muitiplied by 9. Which means that your automobile will go that much farther before it can be stopped safely. Of course, it can be stopped much quicker than that if it happens to crash into a solid object! Highway haste stumbles over its own heels and causes inexcusable waste of life and property. Speed may be highly desirable at times, but safety is absolutely necessary always. Just remember that death rides the running board when you drive tqo fast!® 2 | L3