Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and continued cool tonight and tomorrow; probably light rain tonight; lowest temperature tonight about 50 de- . Temperatures—Highest, 66, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 5:30 am. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,252. PRESIDENT PLANS VIGOROUS STAND H VETONG BONLS Drafts Forceful Message in Hope His Action Will Be Sustained. END OF STALEMATE LOOMS IN SENATE White House Statement Designed to Check Rumors That Lead- ers Plan to Override. President Roosevelt will veto the Patman bonus bill and will send to Congress with his veto a message in which he will express himself forcibly in the hope his adverse action will be sustained. This was announced officially at the ‘White House today on behalf of the President by Stephen Early, Mr. Roosevelt's press relations secretary. While there has been no doubt as to the President’s attitude toward this legislation, this is the first time the definite statement has come from the ‘White House that he would not sign the bill. After the Senate met, supporters of the Patman bill expressed confidence that they had picked up some votes and decided to let the bill go to the White House. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa said he would withdraw his motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, which has kept it tied up in the Senate for more than a week., with an understanding that the crucial vote to override the President's veto will not come until next week. Notice on the veto, a departure from Mr. Roosevelt's usual policy on legislation -sent to him, was in re- sponse to published statements that some administration leaders might like to see the veto overridden for political purposes. % Quick Veto Promised. *I will say as definitely as I can,” said Early, “that the President is not interested in the bonus because of political reasons or political expe- diency. = “He will veto the bill and his mes- sage to the Congress will present a forcible argument as it is his earnest hope that Congress will support his veto.” Shortly after the White House an- mouncement, the Senate Finance Committee rejected a new proposal for cashing the veterans' certificates zunzl of the $4,880,000,000 work-relief | d. ‘The proposal, advanced by Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, as a | rider to the administration’s social security bill, was rejected, 11 to 5, but | the Oklahoman said he probably would offer it again in the Senate. Would Reopen Debt Issue. Gore proposed to pay the bonus out of the work relief fund and reimburse the Government as far as possible oy reopening the world war debt agree- ments and collecting as much on them as possible. Mr. Roosevelt is understood to have | virtually completed writing his mes- | sage and will have it ready when | the time comes to act. He has been | giving the subject considerable study | for a long time and during the past few weeks has made notes to be used by him in the final draft. He denied himself to callers and put aside all other business yester- day afternoon so as to give his un- interrupted attention to the dictat- ing of the final draft of the paper. As to the stand in Congress for or sgainst the veto the White House said all it knew was what was pub- lished in the newspapers. Latest pub- lished reports were said to indicate the veto would be upheld in the Senate. The White House move today ob- viously was undertaken to check any loss of administration strength through the published reports that Vice President Garner and some party leaders thought it might be well to have the bonus enacted over the veto and gotten out of the way at this time. Vinson Rider Hinted. Some supporters of the Vinson plan, which leaves the method of financing the bonus open, were reported to be considering offering this measure as a rider to an appropriation bill if the Patman proposal finally is defeated. Roosevelt leaders in the Senate still maintained they had votes to spare to uphold a veto on the inflationary Patman bill. Vice President Garner declined to comment on reports that he had ad- vised Senators to vote to override a veto. He said he never commented on matters before the Senate. Lead- ersin that chamber said, however, that he had told them he had not offered such advice. SHIFTS EXPECTED IN BRITISH CABINET Simon Reported in Disfavor, With Baldwin Slated to Succeed MacDonald. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 16.—Reports of con- fiict_ within the cabinet on Britain’s foreign policy today revived predic- tions that changes in the national gov- ernment were imminent. Political attacks centered on Sir John Slm;;n. hrfizufiln lecreuryd'cllma particular! eged pro-German sympathies and indications that he had antagonized Premier Mussolini of Italy, inspiring II Duce’s “hands off” speech concerning Ethiopia this week. On the other hand, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald'’s recent display of sternness toward Germany boomed his stock for the foreign office, with - Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. c Parachute Saves Chinese Girl Falling 2,000 Feet Into Bay By the Assoclated Press. OAKLAND, Calif, May 16.— Miss Ya Ching Lee was believed today to be the first Chinese girl member of the Caterpillar Club, composed of aviators, who have “bailed out.” Plunged without warning from a stunting airplane, the aviation student parachuted 2,000 feet into San Francisco Bay yesterday with the only casualty the loss of one shoe. “I wasn't scared, but it was a thrill,” she said after a Navy amphibian plane had rescued her from the water. GEORGIA CLAIMED BY REPEAL FORCES iOfficiaI Count Needed to Confirm Outcome of Ref- erendum Vote. By the Associated Press. A TA, Ga., May 16.—Despite a |lead of 2910 votes for repeal of | Georgia’s 27-year-old prohibition law, | it appeared at 1 p.m. today an official tabulation would be necessary to de- | cide definitely the result of yesterday's | repeal referendum. Added rural re- turns cut the repeal lead and the vote stood 78,556 to 75,646. It was the first time since Georgia went dry in 1907 that the people had an opportunity to vote on the ques- tion. The surprising majority for repeal returned by Chatham County (Sa- vannah), approximately 10,000 votes, was the major factor in giving the wet forces their lead. Chatham is the home of Representative Spence Grayson, leader of the repeal forces. Beer and Wine Win. The Associated Press tabulation last night of unofficial returns from the referendum, which also included separate questions on legalization of beer and wines, follows: For repeal, 72,438. Against repeal, 64,308, For beer, 61,057. Against beer, 48,118. For wines, 59,270. Against wines, 46,143. This tabulation included returns from all but 2 of the State’s 159 counties. More than 380,000 Georgians were eligible to vote in the election, but the latest figures showed fewer than 150,000 had cast their ballots. The most intensive campaign, fol- lowing the legislative act providing for the referendum, was conducted by the prohibition forces, led by Mil- ton L. Fleetwood of Cartersville, presi- dent of the Georgia Press Association. Church Bells Ring. During the voting yesterday church bells rang in various parts of the State. At Augusta, which returned a large wet majority, ministers led prayer services at the voting places. Atlanta, the county seat of Ful- ton County, returned the second largest majority vote for repeal, 5,063 votes. The larger counties, which in- cluded heavy city votes, returned a majority for repeal. The home counties of both of Georgia's United States Senators and of Gov. Eugene Talmadge cast majorities for reten- tion of prohibition. If Georgia has repealed the dry law the legislative statute calling for the referendum provides that until each county has held its own local option election whisky cannot be sold in the county. Beer may be sold as Gov. Tal- madge has declared the results, Wines also become legalized when the Governor acts, but there is a pro- vision that counties wishing to pro- hibit its sale may do so by local option elections. S DIRIGIBLES BACKED Guggenheim Laboratory Head Sees Deficiencies Corrected. PASADENA, Calif, May 16 (#).— When structural deficiencies have been corrected, dirigibles will have a definite and lasting place in aviation, Dr. Theodor Van Karman, director of the Guggenheim Laboratory of Aeronautics, told the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers here. “We haven't built enough of them yet to have the right to feel discour- aged,” he said last night. Dr. Van Karman pointed out that the Graf Zeppelin can carry a pay load of 32,000 pounds for 10,000 miles, as against the 1,500-pound pay load and 8,000-mile cruising range of the world's largest seaplane. COLD WILL CONTINUE Low of 47, Reached Today, Fails to Break Record. The unseasonable weather in which Washington shivered today will con- tinue tonight and tomorrow, with the prospect of light rain tonight, the Weather Bureau says. While the cold, which drove the mercury down to 47 early this morn- ing, is “unusual” for this time of year, it broke no recent records at the bureau. Byrd Expe | | By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 16.—Admiral Rich- ard Evelyn Byrd came home today with his crew of 110 men, 67 dogs, 2 airplanes and other . equipment, and officially disbanded. his second Antarctic expedition. More than 2,000 persons gave him & tumultuous welcome as the ship Jacob Ruppert and the expedi- ah WASHINGTON, D. C, 380,822 SHORTAGE IN MONTGOMERY TAXES 1S CHARGED “Preferred” Group Seen in Report Showing Un- collected Levies. REALTY FIRMS NAMED IN UNADVERTISED LIST Walker Declines to Surrender Checks and Refuses to Ap- pear Before Board. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 16.—An auditor’s report alleging that the county treasurer’s office had failed to collect $88,822.78 in taxes during the levy years, 1932-33, and a number of other irregularities in county finances was referred to State’s Attorney James H. Pugh for “appropriate action” by the Montgomery County Commis- sioners today. ‘The Commissioners early this after- noon sent County Auditor Alexander | Hancock to the office of J. Forest Walker, county treasurer, with the request that the checks be turned.over to the board. Hancock brought back the message that Walker desired time to consider disposition of the checks. ‘The board then adopted e resolu- tion demanding that the treasurer immediately turn over the checks to Edward Peter, attorney for the board, for collection. A representative of a Baltimore auditing firm appeared before the board and told the Commissioners that the $883822.78 represenited levies on real estate that should have been ad- vertised for tax delinquencies. Among the properties on which taxes were in arrears, but which were not adver- tised, were lands owned by the county treasurer and members of his family, the auditor said. ‘Walker was scheduled to appear be- | fore the board today to explain the accounts, but he told newspaper men late yesterday that he had no inten- tion of appearing before the Com- missioners. Walker declared he had demanded copies of the auditor’s report on three | occasions so that he could study the findings of the Baltimore firm and ex- plain the various items which ap- pesred on the report. He said that none of his requests was granted. The auditing company’s represent- atives declared that other parcels on which taxes were delinquent, but | which were mot advertised for sale, were owned by the North Washington Realty Co., of which E. Brooke Lee, former head of the Democratic party in the county, is an official. He said | that two other real estate firms on | the “preferred list” were the Blair | Development Co. and Sligo Park Land Co., both of Silver Spring. Checks Return Charged. The auditor's report also alleges that checks aggregating $12,984.28 accepted in payment of taxes had ! beén returned because of insufficient | funds. Included on the list were checks from Thomas L. Dawson, Sec- retary of State, and Frank L. Hewitt, Silver Spring real estate operator, and well known Republican leader. The report states there were also two un- signed checks. Joseph C. Cissell, former attorney to the County Board, informed the Commissioners yesterday that the County Board had authorized Walker on June 22, 1933, to turn the checks over to the county attorney for col- lection. It was said by the auditing firm's representative that a tax bill of the North Washington Realty Co. in the amount of $30,000 had been receipted on February 4, 1934, but that the check in payment was not deposited in the bank until June 29, 1934. He declared he had questioned ‘Walker about the matter and was informed that the treasurer was €ot personally familiar with the account. Interest Loss Cited. An employe of the treasurer’s office, the auditor said, declared the check had been in his desk drawer the en- tire time but he had not had oppor- tunity to check the bills. The auditors sald the county had lost four and one-half months’ interest on the trans- action as a result. iy The auditor further declared that there was “insolvent” written on & number of items on the treasurer’s tax list where insolvencies had not been formally approved by the board. Among these, he said, were properties of the North Wi Realty Co. The auditor told the Commissioners that his reaction after his investiga- tion was that the attitude of every one was that the matter “wasn’t any of my business,” He expressed a willingness to co-operate with the State’s attorney in the latter's ex- amination of the report. ? Ex-Consul to Ga Free. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, May 16 (#).—A Dominican court yesterday ordered the release on bond of Amadeo Barletts, former Italian consul here, held on charges of plotting the assassination of President Rafael L. Trujillo. Bond was set at $50,000. dition Is Disbanded After Warm Welcome in Boston when he descended the gangplank, followed 'by his crew, all of whom wore white badges. Earlier the ad- ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LUSK IS ACCUSED OF TWISTING FACTS AT RENT HEARING Witness Rebuked as He Protests Subcommittee’s Stand on Figures. DISPUTES EXISTENCE OF HOUSING EMERGENCY Cites Federal Figures in Support of Point—Sees New Space for 18,000. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Rufus S. Lusk, representing a group of local real estate men, was charged with “deliberately misrepresenting facts” today as he sought to con- vince an unfriendly House subcom- mittee there is no housing emergency here. The witness, who said he was hired for $1,500 to present the case of the real estate men, accused the sub- committee of being unwilling to ac- cept Government figures relating to housing. . This remark brought down upon him the wrath of Representative Henry Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania, chairman of the subcommittee. “You will have to behave your- self,” the chairman shouted, “if you want to testify. You are not here to attack this committee. That was a gratutious, unfair, incorrect and improper statement, and you know it.” “All right, sir,” Lusk replied, as he began another line of testimony. Statement Disputed. Lusk also got in hot water when he said the city of Cleveland went bankrupt because real estate men couldn't pay their taxes. “That statement is not true,” one of the committee members shouted. Ellenbogen directed Lusk to desist from this line of testimony. “Although there is no member from Ohio here,” he said, “the committee resents the reference to Cleveland as a bankrupt city. It is one of our finest cities and housing there is better than in Wash- ington.” Lusk introduced a number of charts in his attack on the Ellenbogen bill, which would create a commission to fix and control rents here, The subcommittee apparently was skeptical of his data and attacked the authenticity of the charts at every point. Ellenbogen told Lusk the subcom- mittee is considering amending the bill to exempt new construction from control of the proposed rent commis- sion. He said he believed this would eliminate the objection that the com- mission would have a tendency to discourage new construction. Lusk was asked whether any mem- bers of the committee he represented owned any alley dwellings. He said he didn't know. Identifies Occupation. Representative Wood of Missouri asked Lusk what his business had been. The witness said he was a trade executive. He testified he was employed to compile data for his committe and has been paid about $1,500 since February for his services. He said he also is paid $200 a month by the Washington Taxpayers’ Protective Association. The committee, composed of real estate men, has raised and spent $2.860, he said. _Lusk said the question of whether (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) STOCKS ADVANCE IN BUYING WAVE Ticker Behind for Time as Prices Jump $1 to $2 or More a Share. Utility Issues Lag. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 16.—The stock market was swept up to the highest level since last July on one of the biggest buying waves in months today. Prices of leading issues rose $1 to $2 or more a share in trading so active that the ticker fell a few minutes in arrears for the first time in many weeks. Steels, coppers, oils, chemicals, miscellaneous industrials and rails were prominent in the rise, while utili- ties lagged. Brokers attributed the buying to a number of factors, including recogni- tion in, speculative quarters of im- proved business sentiment; inflation- ary psychology created by Washington discussions of the possibility of passing the $2,000,000,000 cash bonus bill over the President’s veto; the remarks of W. W. Aldrich, head of the Chase National Bank, on the inflationary as- pects of the banking bill, and to fur- ther pressure of idle funds seeking in- vestment. It was noted, however, that the markets as & whole failed to develop the distinct inflationary pattern fa- millar during the depression of the dollar in 1933. Bonds were mostly firm along with stocks. Commodities advanced but moderately, with-leading grains getting up a cent or so a bushel in the earlier dealings in Chicago. Cotton was narrowly changed. Readers’ Guide After Dark.. Amusements Comics Cross-word Puzzle Editorials Service Orders. Short Story . B-2-3-4-6-8 D-1-2-3-4 A3 n o Star THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. HAVE You LOOKED THROUGH THERE, CHIEF? THAT LOST HOUSE BILL. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,091 Some Returns Not Yet Recetve (P Means Associated Press. 15,70 CONTROL CITIES' PROJECTS Will Have Charge of Those Which Use Only Fed- eral Funds. By the Associated Press. The Federal Government plans to take charge of all municipal projects whose entire cost is borne by the $4,000,000,000 works program. This was made known today by Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration, at a press conference. Meanwhile Senator McCarran, Dem- ocrat, of Nevada served notice he would fight a wage rate schedule re- ported to have been drafted tentatively by high officials for a 30 per cent cut from the prevailing wage in pay- ing employes on the works projects. Executives of the 60 Government agencies which will supervise the works plan were summoned to the ‘White House this afternoon to go over projects. It was considered likely some of them would be ap- proved. Projects involving loans and grants, Hopkins said, will be administered by the Public Works Administration, but all applications will be checked by representatives of the progres di- vision in every community. Jobless Decline in Number. He also reported that the relief population in 145 cities had declined 1.4 per cent during April from March. ‘The decline was estimated to in- volve 75,007 families, or 300,000 per- sons. He added that he expected the final figures to show a similar de- crease throughout the country, say- ing the “figures usually hang pretty close.” He declined to say, however, to what extent the decrease was due to pruning relief rolls. Asserting that he saw no chance of a ‘“compromise,” Hopkins reiterated that Illinois must contribute $3,000.- 000 a month in order to receive its May relief allotment. He declined to reply to the ques- tion whether money would be released if the State Legislature made the money available on July 1, Outlines Set-up. up, Hopkins said there will be “agents in all communities when the program is under operation, and every State is going to be broken up into work areas and there will be a man in charge of each area.” The Works Administration, he add- ed, “will be a line organization from me down to the States to the people.” He added that he was “considering a plan to deal directly with large cities whose relief population was larger than that of the remainder of their States.” Hopkins declared Progress Division offices would be headquarters for all work agencies’ local representatives’, offering a “convenient place” for local officials to submit applications. Progress administrators, he added, “will receive applications locally on behalf of Walker’s outfit (Frank C. Walker, head of the Applications Di- vision) and work them up.” 2 He said Secretary Ickes, Walker and himself would decide which cities would receive grants and which both loans and grants, adding that “ob- viously” there must be precautions to see that cities able to supply funds did so. Grants are outright gifts, while the loans are expected to be repaid. Hopkins also said 10 work relief factories in Ohio had been closed down because it seemed to him that this was undersirable competition with private industry. Established by the Ohio Relief Ad- ministration before Hopkins took over the handling of Federal relief in the State, the factories had been making such articles as stockings, stoves and pottery. LAWRENCE WEAKENS IN BATTLE FOR LIFE Leader of Arabian Bevalt Still Unconscious 72 Hours After Cycling Accident. By the Associated Press. ‘WOOL, Dorsetshire, England, May 16.—Grave anxiety was felt today for Marriage Offers Swamp Veteran, 98, Hunting Wife New Yorker Hastens to| Wed Before Reaching | Century Mark. By the Associated Press. OLD FORGE, N. Y, May 16— Charles Jeannette, 98-year-old Civil ‘War veteran who believes that after 100 years “a man is too old for mar- riage,” today shuffied through pro- posals mailed to him by spinsters and widows from three States The veteran, who recently cele- | brated his birthday anniversary b declaring he plans to be married for | the third time before he is 100, has been swamped with proposals from women ranging in age from 42 to 72 years. “If a man is going to get married he should do it before he is 100, be- cause after that age he is too old for marriage,” Jeannette said. TOMLINSON SETS NEW AR MARKS Transport Plane Is Clocked at Fast Time Passing Over D. C. Airport. With three world and six national | airplane records already behind him | since he took off from New York Describing the Work Division set- | shortly before 7 a.m. today, D. W. “Tommy” Tomlinson, former Navy | acrobatic star, passed over Washington |at 11:26 a.m. on his way toward three more world records and three na- | tional records. | Bolling Field is one of the corners |of the | which Tomlinson is flying. The other corners of the course, which measures about 621 miles around, are at New York and Langley Field, Va. Tomlin- son is making five laps of this course. When Tomlinson passed over Wash- ington for the second time at 11:26, | he established the following records | for speed, load and distance: World speed record for 1,000 kilo- meters, or 621.3 miles, with 1,000 kilo- gram, or 4,400-pound pay load—epeed about 191 miles per hour. World speed record for 2,000 kilo- meters, or 1242.6 miles, with 1,000 kilogram pay load—speed about 190 miles per hour. World speed record for 2,000 kilo- meters with 500 kilogram payload, speed about 190 miles per hour. Records Without Loads. United States speed records with- out load for 1,000 and 2,000 kilometers of about 191 and 190 miles per hour, respectively. United States speed records with 1,000 kilogram load for 1,000 and 2,000 kilometers. United States speed records with 500 kilogram load for 1,000 and 2,000 kilo- meters. ‘Tomlinson over Washington flying at very high altitude, and the flight was the first in the history of international speed trials to be record- ed by the new theodolyte method of (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) —y Briton Is Jailed as Nazi. GRAZ, Austria, May 16 () —Victor Adams, English lecturer at Graz Uni- versity, was arrested today on charges of being & Nazi agent. Police said he was a British subject. Austrian offi- cials, asserting Adams transmitted communications between secret groups of Nazis in Austria and German Nazis 1,000-kilometer course over | TANCAB LABLITY BT PROFOSED Patman Urges Amendment of Quinn Bill to Require Higher Insurance. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Compulsory liability insurance for taxicabs and other public vehicles in the District, ranging as high as $10,000 for permanent injury or death, was proposed today by Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas duirng hearings on the Quinn public vehicle responsibility bill. The Quinn bill, in one form or an- other, has been languishing -in the District Committee for several years. The sudden revival of interest in the measure, which led the Streets and ‘Traffic Subcommittee of the District Committee to take it out of the pigeon-hole for a series of public hear- | ings, followed the criticism of Justice | Hits of the District Court of Appeals over the failure of public vehicles to carry liability insurance. Roberts Only Witness, ‘The initial hearing, however, was | brief. Only one witness was heard —Wwilliam A. Roberts, people’s coun- | sel. Roberts, who had something to| do with the drafting of the on;unli | taxicab liability bill, naturally in- dorsed the Quinn measure, and agreed | to Patman’'s proposed amendments to raise the scale of liability on condi- tion that the higher rates would be supported by members of Congress. The bill, in its present form, wouldi require public vehicle operators to carry liability insurance in the amount of $2,500 for bodily injuries or death, | and $500 for damage to or destruc- tion to property on any one judg- | ment. Rates Urged by Patman. Patman suggested the amount of insurance for injuries be raised to $5,000, for permanent disability or| death to $10,000, and for property | damage to $1,000. | A dozen or more representatives of | taxicab companies and a number of | District officials and civic leaders, were | ready to testify when the hearing was | adjourned. Patman will give them an | opportunity to be heard later. Those who announced their inten- tion of testifying included Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman, Ring- gold Hart, counsel for the Independent Taxi Owmners’ Association; Edward C. Ostrow of the City Cab Association; (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) . 'WALLACE TO SPEAK IN FORUM TONIGHT | Proposed Amendments to A. A. A. | and Effects of Changes to Be Discussed. Amendments proposed by the ad- ministration to the controversial agri- cultural adjustment act will be dis- cussed by Secretary Wallace at 10:30 o'clock tonight in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- casting Co. With the A. A. A. under fire from several directions, Secretary Wallace will discuss the hoped-for changes and the operation of the act itself. The amendments which Wallace in- sists are clarifying have been at- tacked by some members of Congress as giving dictatorial powers to the Secretary of Agriculture. The speaker is expected to come to the defense of the administration’s in Munich, said he made frequent trips to Germany. , To Take Virgin Islands Back By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 16.— Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, chairman of the senatorial subcommittee named to in- vestigate administration of the Virgin Islands, said in an interview here today he thought “Denmark should be paid to take the 1slands back.” Sumi impressions gained during his visit, Reynolds said he be- lieved purchase of the islands “one of the greatest mistakes the United States ever made.” policies and outline the benefits the farmer is recelving under the program. Reynolds Favors Paying Danes ever, saying he would not “trade one acre of Puerto Rico for all the Virgin Islands.” The North Carolina Senator refused to comment on Gov. Paul M. Pearson’s administration of the islands, which some residents have bitterly assailed during recent months, or upon other phases of the senatorial inquiry. ‘While there were strong indications at attacks that Reynolds, madéon him by Virgin Islands leaders, ed. TWO CENTS. ROSEVELT BAGS RCHBERG 21ER LR ABXTENSN Seven-Point Revised Set-Up to Be Pushed in House to Forestall Senate. CLARK LAUNCHES ATTACK ON BLUE EAGLE KEEPER Senator Says Richberg Talk Is Dictatorial—Calls Him Would- Be “Mussolini.” By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and the N. R. A. Board agreed today on a revised N. R. A. program calling for a two-year extension, as contrasted with the Senate vote to continue the recovery organization only until next April 1. A seven-point revised N. R. A. plan which will be proposed by the admin- istration to the House was announced at the White House by Donald Rich- berg, head of the N. R. A. Board, after it had met with the President. The plan provides: 1. Two-year extension. 2. A period of three to six months to revise existing codes. 3. Jurisdiction to be limited to businesses engaged in interstate com- merce and those substantially affecting interstate commerce. Voluntary Codes Provided. 4. Provision for voluntary codes, with adequate authority to impose limited codes covering minimum ‘wages, maximum hours, prohibition of child labor and continuation of sec- tion 7-A, the collective bargaining clause. 5. Definite authority and standards to prevent unfair competition and practices, especially those tending tc monopoly and the destruction of smal enterprises. 6. Methods of code making and en- forcement to be further defined. with enforcement primarily through in- junctions and cease and desist orders 7. Provision to protect individua) rights and small enterprises through opportunity for hearings, judicial re- view and public control of all compul- sory processes, Richberg said this program was unanimously recommended by the National Industrial Recovery Board and approved by the President. To Be Pressed in House. It will be pressed in the House as a substitute for the extension voted by the Senate. Richberg indicated he had been consuiting with House leaders on this program and said it would be pre- sented forthwith. House committee hearings will be- gin next Monday. Meanwhile, Senator Clark, Demo- crat, of Missouri, assailed Richberg as a would-be “Mussolini.” Angered by criticism of his measure to extend the agency only 10 months more, Clark said he would make a speech in the Senate on “Donald R. Richberg and his ambition to be a Mussolini in the United States.” In a conference with Democratic members of the House Ways and | Means Committee last night, Rxchbe_rx argued that the new N. R. A. legis- lation should apply to businesses “sub- stantially affecting interstate com- merce.” The bill which the Senate passed overwhelmingly would place all intrastate business outside the code structure. ‘The House members tentatively turned down Richberg’s request on this point, contending such a provi- sion as he suggested would amount to the same thing as the present law. But they gave support to his conten- tion that N. R. A. should be continued two years instead of 10 months, Talk Held Brazen. Ripping into Richberg for his fight against the Senate measure, Clark held that a talk with the N. R. A. chieftain made to his staff recently was “the most brazen exhibition of impudence on the part of a bureau- crat” he had ever seen. Richberg had referred to the 10-month extension as “complete folly.” This controversy emphasized the possibility of a bitter dispute between the House and Senate over N. R. A Speaker Byrns and other leaders have predicted the House will abide by President Roosevelt's request for a two-year extension. One Democratic Representative, who would not permit his name to be used, said today he had been informed that a poll of the Senate showed 56 of its members would vote to extend the Blue Eagle's life considerably more than 10 months rather than delay legislation and let N. R. A. die June 16. But Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, a critic of the Recovery Admin- istration, has threatened that the bill will be delayed “indefinitely if the House tries to change it or sends it back with a Richberg tag.” Hoover View Given Attention. There was some speculation in the Capital as to the possible effect on Congress of the stand taken yesterday by Former President Hoover. In an interview at Palo Alto, Calif.,, he said the “one right answer” to the N. R. A, problem was complete abolition of the agency. Some Democratic leaders in- terpreted his words as a move to build up a 1936 campaign issue. Repub- licans who commented limited their remarks to N. R. A. and said nothing about the former President. “Anything Mr. Hoover might have to say was answered most effectively in 1932, asserted Speaker Byrns. A typical statement from the other side of the House was this from Rep- resentative Taber, Republican, of New York: “I have always believed that the N. R. A. was destructive, that it re- tarded recovery, and that it reduced the earnings of the workers.” Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee which handles N. R. A. legislation in the House, said: would resign from the Senate com- mittee and not return for hearings scheduled this Fall, he refused to con- firm this, “If there is one man whose silence in public affairs is becoming it is Mr. Hoover. He had his time and left the country.in & of ruin.”