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FEDERAL PUSHIG SEEN I “NARCH County Agents Suspected of Promoting—Political Re- percussion Seen. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although the bonus “march” on Washington was discouraged by the Roosevelt administration on the ground that it was a form of in- timidation with respect to legisla- tion, the powers that be here evi- dently believe that a “march” of farmers to maintain the A. A. A. laws and bounties is a proper form of pressure, There are suspicions that the Fed- eral Government itself engineered the farmers' march, which President Roosevelt referred to as a “sur- prise birthday party,” but it is doubt- ful whether the truth ever will be permitted to get out of the Govern- ment's files. Senator Hastings of Delaware, Re- publican, has introduced a resolu- tion calling on the Secretary of Agri- culture to produce -correspondence, but the Democrats are not likely to adopt it because they have the votes to suppress all investigations that might possibly reflect upon them. County Agents Hold Key. Clippings from newspapers in Texas would seem to indicate that counlyi agents, who, of course, are paid by the Federal Department of Agricul- ture, may have had a hand in engi- neering the “march” of farmers on ‘Washington, and whether or not there is any ground for this impression, certainly a simple inquiry to official sources for the records would quickly dispel -or prove the charges, One clipping from a newspaper in Mart, Tex, states that “our friends in Washington have held the line as long as they can without the un- stinted support of Southern pro- ducers,” and that a series of meet- ings, therefore, was called at Mart for May 1 in response to a call from J. C. Patterson of Waco, Tex., county agent. Another clipping says that the A. A. A. Advisory Committee of each county was asked by C. H. Day of Plainview, Tex., chairman of the Texas Cotton Advisory Committee and original sponsor of the trip to Wash- ington, to select farmers to go to ‘Washington. “March” Not Surprise. ‘That the “march” on Washington was no surprise to Chester Davis, head | of the A. A. A, may be inferred from the following remarks made at his press conference on April 24: Mr. Davis—I will say that I be- leve in a month you will hear a great deal less about lifting the processing tax from commodities than now. Reporter—Why? Mr. Davis—Because I think they will be in here from the country. Reporter—You think you have got to carry on a campaign to drive to the grass roots what the loss of this free money will mean to them? Mr. Davis—I don't think we will have to. I think these people know it. Reporter—You have a pretty nice organization out in the country. Mr. Davis—The farmers have. But anyway, I mean to say they have been studying this farm ques- tion for quite a while, and I think they are regarding the processing tax as their tariff. It is working for them, and this is an awfully good time to have it out and dis- cuss it. Spontaneous Idea Encouraged. The impression sought to be created by administration officials about the | farmers’ “march” on Washington this week is that the whole thing was spontaneous. It is interesting to note that between 3,000 and 5,000 farmers came to Washington from 25 different States, and that arrangements were made for them to be addressed by the ty have happened if the whole thing Was a surprise to the administration. | The probabilities are that the eounty agents and the Farm Commit- tees set up by the A. A. A. planned the “march” on Washington as a demonstration of how the farmers feel ebout the A. A. A, notwithstanding the criticism of restricted production. There is nothing wrong with a march on Washington by farmers or anybody else interested in pressing Congress to legislate, but there is supposed to be a lot wrong with the promoting of such movements with Government funds or through persons who are on the Gov- ernment pay roll, as are the agents of the Department of Agriculture in 3,000 or more counties. If Government officials use their positions to induce groups to come to ‘Washington to support legislation in- volving the expenditure of Federal funds there would be no limit to the opportunity of a political party to perpetuate itself in power. The Fed- eral Government may not, of course, have had the slightest thing to do | with encouraging or financing the | farmers’ “march” on Washington this week, but suppression of the Hastings resolution will not help to remove the suspicions created by the newspaper clippings telling of county agent ac- tivity in organizing the movement to lobby for A. A. A. legislation, (Copyright. 1935.) EMBASSY FOR U. S. IN CHINA IS STUDIED Elevation of American Legation- Is Under Consideration in State Department. ‘The raising of the American lega- tion in China to the rank of an em- bassy is now under consideration in the State Department and it is ex- pected to be approved soon. Since the Italian government changed the status of its mission in Peiping from a legation to an em- bassy, other powers interested in China have contemplated teking a similar step. Japan already has done 80 and Great Britain is reported ready to follow the same course. After & careful examination of the situation, the State Department has submitted to President Roosevelt the proposal to appoint an Ambassador to China. The President is reported to have responded favorably and the name of the new Ambassador—who is believed to be Nelson T. Johnson, at present American Minister to China—will be sent to the Senate for confirmation. In the meantime, the Congress will be asked to vote the necessary appro- priaticas for the change in the status of the Peiping mission. The salary of & minister is $12,000 & year while the ambassadoria: salary is $17,500. As soon as these steps are taken, the Chinese government will raise its ter seems to rest in the unspoken President, something that could hard- | attitude of the Progressive Republi- | | for a senatorial investigation of him | because they hoped it would uncover What’s What Behind News In Capital Morgenthau Uses Air to Deny Blame for Un- settled Currencies. | | urge to express himself about the American dollar. No one | has asked him about it lately. Here- tofore he has touched this subject only with a 10-foot pole. ‘The fact that he arranged radio time to unburden himself before the world has spawned & rumor that an international money agreement may be reached before the disintegration of what is left of the gold bloc. This does not appear to be true. What seems to have happened is that Mr. Morgenthau secretly and unofficially sounded out some of the nations on stabilization and found them in a very disagreeable mood. There are reasons for sus- pecting Britania flatly snubbed Mr. Morgenthau’s indirect feelers on more than one occasion, the last of which was recent, The failure of these maoves left Mr, Morgenthau standing in the middle of the car tracks of the world, alone with his dollar, a much misunderstood man, The simplest solution was to remove from himself the blame for continuing BY PAUL MALLON. ONEY men have been won- dering why Mr. Morgenthau suddenly developed a radio unsettled currencies by a public state- ment, This seems to be about all there was to it. The money seers with the best eyes can now detect the beginning of a | world clamor for stabilization. It will | eventually result in another interna- | tional economic conference—eventu- | ally, but probably not anytime soon. { In the end we will have to take the | initiative because we broke up the last | |one. Mr. Morgenthau already has | taken the first hesitant step by estab- | lishing his dollar alibi. | One Per Cent to Silver. | The gold-silver ratio in Mr. Mor- | | genthau's address seemed to be about | 99 to 1. At least 99 per cent of his | address relates to gold and 1 per cent | to silver. All he said about Father | Coughlin’s metal was: “We are also endeavoring to restore silver to greater | usefulness as a monetary metal.” Do not be fooled into suspecting 3 from this that the Treasury is getting ready to easc down on its silver policy. | The silver politicians know differently. | The warmth of life had not left the body of Marshal Pilsudski (Poland's George Washington) before the poli- ticians of Europe started grabbing at Poland. Herr Hitler moved first by sending condolences before any one else could. ‘That was not all. His diplomatic sor- row for Poland had to be spectacular, so his right-hand-holder, Goering, the man of many uniforms, was desig- nated, along with two Nazi generals, to attend the funeral. State Secre- tary Meissner was sent to the Polish | Legation to see that Hitler's name appeared first in the condolence book. Then came the climax, when Hitler announced he would enter a disap- proved church to attend memorial | services. The answer is that Hitler | is playing energetically against France and the Russians for Polish support. Old Pilsudski was very adept in | this situation. He played with Hitler one day and France the next. Now there is danger that his successors may mnot be as shrewd. That means trouble, The right key to the Farley mat- cans. They said privately that they | thought Huey Long had a very weak case against the Postmaster General. | But they all dislike Farley and voted | something better. Political pressure was strong on the other side of the aisle. In fact, it was 50 strong that Huey quietly re- leased a few of his own Democratic friends. His move was lost enyway. There was no need to cause them | embarrassment by requiring them to vote with him. Two absented them- selves, two others voted against him and one, who had publicly announced his support of Huey, also voted against him. This probably will save them from the wrath of the Farley regime in matters of patronage, etc. Cotton Tax Data Sought. President Roosevelt’s Special Cabi- net Committee is trying to find out how much the cotton processing tax costs consumers. A. A. A.-ers point to the fact that the tax is but 4.2 cents per pound of cotton and con- tend it is negligible as a price factor in a cotton shirt. Textile men have a different view. They say it is not 80 much the tax as the mark-ups as cloth passes through various processes. The only real data were dug up by the Federal Trade Commission some time ago. They indicate the process- ing tax adds about 10 per cent to the cost of cotton goods. In other words, a $1 shirt will cost $1.10, due to the tax. Auto production for this mionth has been ruined by the strike. The out- put of one low-priced car dropped two-thirds in one week. Prof. Tugwell has p-ivately sub- mitted to the White House a plan to build houses here for administrative assistants in the Government. A wealthy young business man decided to enter the New Deal and finally begged a job in Gen, Wood’s office. He wanted to quit the first day. He came to work at 8 a.m. and was kept until after midnight. Stabilization is like the weather. Every one talks about it, but no one ever does an; about it. (Copyright. 1935.) Boy Hernia Patient *Fair.” FALL RIVER, Mass., May 16 (#).— The condition of Wallace Bradley, 11- year-old Buffalo boy operated on yes- terday for diaphragmatic hernia, was described in a hospital bulletin as “fair.” » ‘Wallace's intestines were returned to their normal abdominal positions yesterday in an lasting nearly two hours, ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935. LONG DECLARES PRESIDENT ALLY Quotes Campaign Speech in Branding Critics of “Share Wealth” Plan. By the Associated Press. Claiming President Roosevelt as an ally in his “share-the-wealth” pro- gram, Senator Long of Louisiana yes- terday gave a new and more drastic outline of his platform as a part of a new attack on Postmaester General Farley. Mr. Roosevelt, Long said, first used the share-the-wealth slogan in his acceptance speech at Chicago. The Louisianan quoted the President as promising to seek for the “forgotten men and woman” a “more equitable opportunity to share in the distribu- tion of the national wealth.” On this grounds, Long called “dis- loyal” Senators Robinson of Arkansas, Bailey of North Carolina and Barkley of Kentucky, for their recent criticism of his “share-the-wealth” program. Sweeping Probe Asked. Undismayed by Tuesday’s 62-to-20 Senate refusal to investigate Farley's official conduct, Long yesterday de- manded in a new resolution an in- quiry into all Government building and construction contracts end the “acts of officers of the United States” relating to them. Long’s resolution would have the Senate Judiciary Committee inquire into such firms as James Stewart & Co. of New York, which, he has said repeatedly, has been the recipient of favored treatment in award of public works contracts. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee, which would be authorized under its terms to inquire into all awards. Long repeatedly has charged that Farley influenced award- ing of P. W. A. contracts to, com- panies with which he was “friendly” or formerly affiliated. ‘Would Limit Fortunes. ‘The new “share-the-wealth” plan, more drastic than proposals first ad- vanced In the Senate by the Louisi- anan, had three points: 1. Guarantee that no man may pos- sess more than 100 to 200 times the average family wealth. He estimated this would limit fortunes to from $1,500.000 to $3,000.000. 2. A guaranteed homestead to every family of not less than one-third the average family wealth. Long estimat- ed this would provide a homestead of from $5,000 to $6.000 for every family and provide them with “those things necessary for respectable comfort.” 3. Provide that the income of every family shall not be less than one-third the average family income for a given year, nor mere than 100 times the average. He estimated this would pro- vide a minimum of $2,000. THREE FOliND SLAIN IN LONELY SECTION Bones in Sacks Believed Those | of Two Women and Man, All Shot. By the Associated Press. MIDDLEBURY, Vt, May 16.—Au- thorities searched the records of miss- ing persons today for some clue to the identity of three persons shot to death | and left in sacks in a lonely woods near here. The bodies, each with two bullet holes in the head, were believed to be those of two women and a man. Only the bones remained, indicating they had lain for months in their canvas sacks. The bodies were found late yester- day by a Mrs. Dangue and her daugh- ter as they roamed through the woods picking flowers. One of the women, Sheriff Ralph Sweet said, kicked what she thought was a stone. It was a human _skull. The bodies lay at the side of the little-used Middlebury-Bristol road, which leads through the hills, at a spot about five miles from Middlebury Center. They were grouped in a space about 8 feet square and apparently no effort had been made to conceal them. The winds of many months had covered them with pine needles. Sheriff Sweet believed the victims had been shot elsewhere and their bodies brought to the secluded spot. Dr. L. 5. Walker, Middlebury phy- sician, plans a minute examination of the remains today. PORTUGUESE SALE T0 JAPAN SCOUTED Reports Involving Colony of Macao Draw Emphatic Com. ment of Colonies Minister. By the Assoclated Press. LISBON, May 16.—The ministry of colonies, commenting today on reports that Japan was trying to buy the Portuguese colony of Macao, said “Not one yard of Portuguese territory is for sale.” “Neither is any Portuguese territory to be ceded under any circumstances,” the ministry added. The oldest European outpost in the trade with China, the colony of Macao, on the coast of South China opposite Hongkong, was established in 1557. It comprises the Peninsula of Macao and the smal lislands of Taipa and Coloane, about 11 square miles in all. Debates Wagner labor relations bill. House, Concludes debate on legislative ap- propriation bill. TOMORROW. Senate. May not meet if Wagner labor bill passes today. Finance Committee, to act on social security. Civil Service Committee, executive, on a variety of bills. Privileges and Elections Commit- tee, to consider Rush D. Holt case. House. Continues consideration of legisla- tion executive, Fire-Proof Suit Foils Plane Blaze At first glance the above might be taken for & remarkably good picture of a plane disaster. It’s not. The ship was fired in & derhonstration for the Royal Aeronautical Society at Hayes, England. The pilot, dressed from tip to toe in & new asbestos fiying suit and seen here standing calmly midst the flames, escaped and walked blithely away without so much as a fever blister. —A. P. Photo. WORK GOAL URGED FOR SECURITY BILL ;Business Advisory Council Wants Incentive Provided for Employers. A report expressing “every sym- | pathy” for the objectives of the Pres- | ident's social security program, but asking changes to stimulate employers | to provide steady work, was maae pub- illc today by the 50 major industrial executives comprising the administra- tion's Business Advisory Council. Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee modified the administra: tion social security bill to permit in- dividual company reserves for unem- | ployment insurance, as in the Wis- ; consin plan, but failed to reach a final vote on the big economic pro- tection program. The House bill required State-wide pools for unemployment insurance. Senator La Follette, Progresaive, of Wisconsin offered the smendment to permit company reserves, arguing that otherwise the Wisconsin laws an others now in effect would be invalid. Aid Provided for Blind. President Roosevelt’s Economic Se- curity Commission recommended the State-wide pooling system as afford- ing a greater protection to the worker. It argued that company reserves would not protect workers in industries where employment was irregular. The Finance Committee also ex- panded the social security program to include protection for the needy blind. An amendment was adopted | adding a new section, setting up a Federal aid system for the blind on the same basis as the plan for aiding the aged. The Federal Government would match State benefits up to $15 a month to each needy blind person. Chairman Harrison said he hoped to get a final vote on the bill to- morrow. Sees Incentive Lacking. The Advisory Council's attitude on unemployment insurance was sum- marized in the following paragraph: “We have every sympathy for the objectives expressed by the President concerning greater social security and removal of tear of unemployment from the worker’s mind and are in { hearty agreement with the statement | of the Advisory Council on Economic Security that ‘the plan should serve as an incentive to employers to pro- vide steady work and to prevent un- employment.” The bill before Con- gress offers no such incentive.” The plan under which individual industries would be permitted to work out their own plans for old-age bene- fits and unemployment insurance was placed before the Finance Committee by Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia. There are two separate old-age benefit plans in the House bill and Senator George emphasized his sub- stitute is intended to take the place only eof the old-age pension as applied to industries, without disturbing the other general old-age annuity pro- gram. Although industries would be al- lowed to build up their own social security plans under the George bill, such plans would have to meet stand- ards to be laid down by the Social Se- curity Board. SPANIARD TO FLY SEA FOR MEXICO Romance Spurs 21-Year-0ld Juan Pombo in Seville Take-0ff. By the Associated Press. SEVILLE, Spain, May 16.—Juan Ignacio Pombo, 21-year-old Spanish aviator, took off today for Villa de Cis- neros, Rio de Oro, on the first lap of & flight to Mexico, D. F., and reunion with his sweetheart. Pombo said he expected to complete the first leg, a distance of approxi- mately 1200 miles, in about eight hours. From Villa de Cisneros he plans to fly to Bathurst, Gambia, and there for his hop across the South Atlantic to Natal, Brazil. ‘The young flyer said the ocean hop of 1,800 miles, on which he expected to encounter his greatest difficulty, probably would take him 15 hours. Before he took off, Pombo sald he believed he would be aided in reach- ing his destination “by pills for wake- fulness and eagerness to see my girl friend, Elena Rivero, whose picture I carTy in my breast pocket.” “Knowing I will have to fly more than 1 kilometer high with an average speed of 250 kilometers an hour, my doctor prescribed that I take a luke- warm shower before taking off and drink nothing but alkalire water and dark coffee for headaches,” he said. Pombo's plane was equipped with American instruments’ for blind flight, but carried no radio. It was named the Santander, after Bullfighter Belmontes on the plane's fuselage and gave its pilot & picture Virgin of Guadalupe as farewell of the '] tokens, School’s Missing Safe and Records Are Found in Lake Ransom of $75 Sought in Robbers’ Notes After Theft. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, May 16.—Th School Board of Mound, a suburb at Lake Minnetonka, isn't going to | worry about its precious school records | any more and seniors at the school are going to know at last whether | they’ll graduate. | For yesterday the missing school | filing safe which contained the rec- ords and which was stolen early in March was rescued from a watery rave near a bridge in the lake. The | records were intact. In addition to taking $60 in cash along with the safe the robbers caused the school board no end of bother by sending several notes to | A. C. Tibbetts, school superintendent, hinting at dire results if $75 wasn't handed over. CURRENGY MOVES AWATTED BY 1., Hull Statement Believed Likely to Encourage Overtures. By the Associated Press. | Whether any overtures looking to- | ward world currency stabilization | would come through the door held | open by Secretaries Hull and Morgen- | thau was a question engaging the attention of Capital observers today. From Paris came unofficial word that authoritative French quarters considered negotiations likely in the near future because of what they called the growing desire of this coun- try and England to stabilize. Observers noted, however, a state- ment made at Stanford University by | Sir Josiah Stamp, director of the | Bank of England, He said Great Britain is “afraid to lead the way” until she knows definitely “the dol- lar is out of politics.” Statement by Hull. It was agreed generally that a statement issued last night by Sec- retary Hull tended to encourage over- tures for currency stabilization. Referring to an address in which Secretary Morgenthau said recently that “Washington will not be an ob- stacle” to stabilization, Hull declared the Treasury chief had “pointed in the direction toward which the world can look for further general improve- ment of its affairs.” ‘This development came shortly after President Roosevelt had asserted at his press conference that diplomatic dispatches had revealed no reaction to Morgenthau's remark, but were expected to do so soon. Secretary Hull's statement made no ing stabilization. Much of what he which might be expected from world trade expansion. “The fluctuations of exchanges have created a state of confusion in world markets,” the State Department chief sald, “but I believe this confusion to be only a transient condition inci- dental to the re-establishment of & new and better balanced stability.” “As trade grows and currencies ap- proach a condition of stability,” he added, “the right control over ex- changes which many governments now exercise can be lessened or abol- ished. These exchange controls were imposed in many instances with a tional currencies. “Experience while they may serve this purpose during critical periods, it is at the hindrance of trade interests.” PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SPITE OF STRIKE Photo-electric Process Used by Springfield Plants Deserted _ by Printers. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 16— All four Springfleld newspapers will ng journeyman printers, which started here yesterday. Early today six-page editions of both the Republican and the Union. appeared on the streets and were sent to suburban subscribers. These papers were produced by a photo-electric process while composing rooms of both Yapers remained in darkness and picket lines paraded in front of news- Ppaper offices Neither the publisher, Sherman H. mention of any foreign offers regard- | had to say concerned the benefits view of protecting the value of na- | seems to show that FIGHT ON WAGNER BILL NEAR CLIMAX Advocates of Labor Meas- ure Expect Senate to Pass It Today. | By the Assoctated Press. The long fight between industrial- ists and union leaders over the Wag- ner labor relations bill approached a !chmax in the Senate today. 5 Advocates of the measure, which | would set up a permanent National | Labor Relations Board and forbid cer- | tain practices by employers, hoped to | see it passed before nightfall. The bill bas the backing of the American Federation of Labor, whose leaders contend it is essential 10 pro- tect the collective bargaining rights | guaranteed workers by section 7-A | of the recovery act. Incustrial spokes- | men have contended it would foment labor troubles. Roosevelt Approval Expected. The legislation was shunted aside at the last session of Congress in favor of a temporary labor relations | plan. Its friends say now President | Roosevelt will approve it. They con- | tend administration leaders would not have let it come up in the Senate s0 easily if it was frowned upon at the White House. The Presideat said | read it. As a Senate vote neared, Chair- man Walsh of the Labor Committee said there appeared to be little op- position. studied the bill,” he said. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, author of the proposal, opened debate yesterday with the assertion that the measure was designed to pro- mote industrial peace. Costigan Also Speaks. He said it was “responsive to the | omnibus industrial disturbances of | last Summer when blood ran freely in the streets and martial law was in offing.” Wagner argued that N. R. A, is Senator Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado, also spoke in favor of the plan, declaring it embodies “the best | recommendations of the ablest indus- trial leaders of America as well as | leaders of organized labor.” The permanent Labor Board which | the bill would set up would be em- | | powered to order elections in which | employes would choose representatives, The representatives elected by a ma- jority of the workers-in a plant would do the bargaining for all its employes. ——— 'MAN -DOFFS COAT, DIVES TO DEATH George Hoffman, 50, Killed in Three-Story Plunge at Thirteenth and E. Leaving his coat and shoes on the roof of a three-story building at Thir- teenth and E streets, George Hoffman, | about 50, said to be a former stage | ! hand, plunged to his death on the | sidewalk below, at 10 o'clock last night | Apparently no one saw him as he | plunged off the roof, but several wit- | nesses saw him in midair. ‘The man, also known as Mike Mon- ohan, is said to have had no fixed ad- dress, but recently had been sleeping in a hallway of the building near the roof. He is said to have been wearing a coat given him by a local theater manager. Hoffman was unemployed, 1t was said. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald said he would issue a certificate in the death today. —— Congress Obliges With New Bill to Replace One Lost yesterday he had not had time to| “There could be none if Senators | totally unsuited to enforce Section 7A. | Mystery Closed With Ac- tion After Republi- cans Chide Foes. ‘The mystery of the missing bill was pigeon-holed yesterday as an obliging Congress passed a duplicate measure and rushed it down the Hill to the White House. The action was not taken without due notice of House Republicans, however, as they chided the Democrats for misplacing the Na- tion's laws. No comment was made in the Senate as the bill moved through for a second time. The measure in question was one authorizing the City’ of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue $1,000,000 in bonds for public works. It disappeared in the Interior Department, where it had been referred for review by the White House. The last and only other recorded instance of a bill disa) after passage was in 1921, when the Navy it CUMMINGS SCORES THEFTS OF ARMS National Guard Armories’ Accessibility to Gang- men Deplored. BY REX COLLIER SENATE T0 DEBATE INQUIRY OF MARCH Remaining A. A. A. Pilgrims Vehement in Insisting It Was Spontaneous. BY BLAIR BOLLES. Attorney General Cummings today described as ‘“extremely distressing” conditions which enable underworld gangs to arm themselves with mili- tary guns stolen from National Guard armories. “It is perfectly absurd,” he declared with emphasis, “that while our men are endeavoring to deprive the under- world of illegal firearms the gang- sters are getting more guns from mili- tary sources.” He referred to recent figures com- piled by the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, showing that 164 robberies of National Guard armories have oc- curred since January 1, 1933, and said that these robberies are still taking place. Not Under U. S. Control. The armories, he pointed out, are not under Federal control. They are under jurisdiction of the Governors of the States. tor of investigation, announced re- cently that many of the armories are of flimsy construction and otherwise unsuitable for storage of military weapons. Cummings said the Department of Just:ce has made strong representa- tions to responsible authorities in an effort to secure better protection for these guns, but .that little has been | done of a remedial nature. The War Department advised the Justice of- | ficials some time ago that it has no | supervision over National Guard arm- ories. The guns stored in the arm- ’onzs, however, are Federal property. Army Guns Faced. Special agents of the bureau from time to time have had to face guns which belong to the Army. The Bar- Southwest and obtained Browning automatic rifles which they used in their shooting affrays. Barker gang, which kidnaped Edward G. Bremer of St. Paul; the Mais-Le- genza tri-State gang, members of the | Dillinger. gang and other desperate J. Edgar Hoover, direc- | row brothers raided armories in the | The Karpis- | The farmers’ pilgrimage had turned |into a political holiday today with | the Benate prepared to debate & res- olution calling for investigation of the part allegedly played by Secretary | Wallace and the A. A. A. in the com- |ing to Washington of 4,500 planters |to sing the praises of the adjust- | ment program. | , The few remaining visitors, who | flocked here from 30 States for a mass demonstration last Tuesday, vehe- mently denied the insinuation of the resolution fathered by Senator Hast- ings, Republican, of Delaware, that the march was inspired and not 1 spontaneous. | Becretary Wallace, at a press confer- | ence yesterday, declared he would | “welcome an investigation of the ‘(armers' trip to Washington.” President Hurls Lie. ‘The meeting and a statement by | President Roosevelt in his speech to the farmers that “specious lies” were told by A. A. A. opponents precipitated Hastings’ action, and brought a flurry of charges and countércharges late yesterday on the floor of the House as well, Hastings accused the President of | aciing the part of a “small town | bully,” and Representative Fish, Re- publican, of New York restrained { himself with the comment that “the President lost his head—and that is the mildest term that can be applied.” Meanwhile, Edward E. Kennedy, secretary of the Farmers' Union, long- | time A. A. A. opponent, which claims | 200,000 members, charged in a state- | ment that A. A. A. heads “planned | and bought and paid for the march.” General protests, lacking any spe- cific_information, came to the offices of the National Grange here against injection of politics into the whole problem of farm relief in connection with the march. Correspondents from rural areas expressed their fear the demonstration might be looked on as a political move. bands have made a practice of break- | ing into armories and stealing guns and ammunition. The Department of Justice has ar- rested more than 200 persons in cor- nection with the theft of armory guns and has convicted 159 of these. More than 30 cases are pending in the de- | | partment. U. S. SLUM PROGRAM AT STAKE IN COURT | | Government Appeals From Rul- ing That It Has No Authority to Condemn Land. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, May 16.—The Gov- ernment’s vast slum elimination pro- gram, in which $160,000,000 has been allotted for 50 projects in as many cities, was at stake today before the | United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals. The question at issue is: Does the Government have authority to con- demn lands for public housing projects? United States District Judge Charles I. Dawson of Louisville held it does | not in a decision against a $1,500,000 project in the Kentucky city. The Government appealed first to the United States Supreme Court, but Solicitor General James C. Biggs had the appeal transferred to the court here. He asked an early hearing, he said, condition in the carrying out of the entire program of the Federal emer- gency administrator of public works.” CADETS REC.EIVE TROPHY Hearst Marksmanship Award Presented to Rifle Team. | Members of the Washington High | School Cadet Corps rifle team, which finished second in the annual matches | ceived the William Randolph Hearst Trophy. It was presented at the Franklin School Building by Mrs. | Eleanor Patterson. ‘The trophy was received by Cadet Maj. Willard Jensen, high score man | of the team, and will be placed in is a student. Other members of the team received medals. They are Col. Don L. Andrus, Western; Capt. Julian Griggs, Central; Second Lieut. Thomas McKinley. TRAFFIC TIPS by the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL BOOZE TAKES THE WHEEL. The Americain people have okeh'd liquor, saying in effect: “Drink if you want to.” But the trouble is many drivers take it as a command instead of an optional privilege. Police reports show that in Amer- ican cities during the first year fol- lowing repeal drunken driving ac- cidents increased quite generally throughout the country and that liquor is involved in from 7 to 10 per cent of all traffic accidents today. Now that's an indictment which can’t be laughed off as just another quaint outlet for the exuberance of the drinking gent. Alcohol inspires a false sense of confidence and security. After a few shots the drinking driver becomes, in his befuddled estimation, the perfect pilot. So away he goes, hell-bent on wheels! Unbiased medical authorities tell us | that a man is not sober just because he can walk and talk. Alcohol starts of the mind and hits judg- And certainly if ever a needs judgment it is when he becaus: delay would “create a chaotic | for the 3d Corps Area, yesterday re- | Riley, Central, and Sergt. Jack Dove, Galleries Are Crowded. The tanned farmers crowded the galleries of both House and Senate while the legislators worked themselves into a fury over the political sig- nificance of the demonstration. The visitors were almost as demonstrative in the Capitol chambers as they were when the President spoke to them and during their own Cons’itution Hall meeting. They called loud "y pees” when Senator Connally Representative Blanton, both Texas Democrats, took on the burden of the defense. With dozens of his plow-following constituents looking on approvingly, | Connally charged the Hastings reso- lution was an “insult to farmers.” But among the pilgrim onlookers were many county agents who had joined the march after arousing the farmers to move on the Capitol to insure continuation of their benefit ! payments. Chester Davis, A. A. A. head, yes- terday lamented that these county agents. whose salary comes from Fed- eral, State and county funds, came with the pilgrims, and said: “We expected something like this would happen if they did,” referring to the resolution. Wallace said the first thing he knew “abou* the pilgrimage was in the press from Texas.” l Immediate Vote Averted. Immediate vote on the resolution yesterday was narrowly averted by Senator McNary, minority leader, who bounded from the cloak room to fore- | stall the action when Senator Con- | nally sought the test Hastings expressed himself in a statement before he took the floor in a denunciation of the White House | talk. The statement drew an imme- | diate reply on the floor from Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, majority | whip, who demanded proof of “inti- | mations the President was in con- spiracy to bring the farmers here.” | "“I have no knowledge.” Hastings re- ‘\wr(ed. “except the general attitude of the administration upon that and like subjects. “I am satisfled the administration in the past has used money appropriated for public purposes to produce an ef- fect on the country that the adminis- tration was doing greater things than it actually was doing.” | “That confesses the resolution’s weakness,” Lewis said, and demanded its withdrawal as “an affront” to the President and Wallace. HOODLUM AND GIRL SLAIN FROM AMBUSH | McKinley High School where Jensen | Bar Room Rowdy and Attractive Young Woman Shot Down on Long Island. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 16.—A petty hoodlum and his companion, & slim | and attractive young blond woman, were shot to death from ambush early today in Sunnyside, Long Island. ‘The couple had left their automo- | bile to enter an apartment. at day- break, ‘'when shot down. The man died instantly with five bullets in his chest. The woman died some time later. A bullet pierced her head. Police did not know the hoodlum's | real name. A bar room rowdy, he was known to them as Timothy Gal- lagher and Thomas Porter. Under the latter name, they said. he was once sentenced to Elmira Prison for robbery. The woman was unidenti- fled. Inasmuch as the man was of 1o importance in the underworld, police said no immediate motive for the crime was apparent. Residents of the apartment were awakened by the shots. Some who hastened to the windows saw several persons leaving in an automobile. MISS JEPSON SCORES Soprano Thrills 5,000 Spectators at Ann Arbor Festival. | | ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 16 (#).— | Helen Jepson, Metropolitan Opera | soprano, added new laurels to her con- | cert stage triumphs last night as the | featured singer in the opening of the | forty-second annual Ann Arbor May festival. Five thousand spectators in -Hill Auditorium called for a dozen en- coroes on her program of arias and | folk songs. | Prederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra appeared with Miss Jepson. It was their thirty-first appearance in the May festival ha‘