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(U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair and continued cool tonight and tomorrow, lowest temperature tonight about 52 degrees; gentle to moderate northwest winds. Temperatures—High- est, 67, at 12:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 51, at 6 a.m, today. Full report on Page A-6. l Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 15, 16, 17 Entered as second class matter Washinzton, : No. 33257. pBuersdas TV A LAW LAX, W’CARL DECLARES AT HOUSE HEARING Clash Between May and Maverick Enlivens House Hearing. KENTUCKIAN ANGERED BY TEXAN’S QUESTIONS | Controller to Ask Amendment Re- quiring Power Agency to Take Competitive Bids. By the Associated Press. Controller General McCarl today criticized before the House Military Committee the Tennessee Valley Authority act as “haphazard legisla- tion” that does not stipulate whether & Government agency must make pur- chases through competitive bidding or D. C. ClashonT. V. A. REPRESENTATIVE MAY. under open contracts. The committee is holding hearings on a bill to expand T. V. A. activities. McCarl was called to testify on an | audit by his office which took ex- ception to many T. V. A. expenditures. Before the controller appeared, the hearing was enlivened by clashes and | threats of physical combat between Representatives May, Democrat, of Kentucky, a foe of T. V. A., and Rep- resentative Maverick, Democrat, of Texas, who is stanchly supporting the power development agency. McCarl Avoids Row. Declining to become involved in the eontroversy waging in committee over | the legislation, McCarl said the diffi- cuity with the T. V. A. act and similar legislation s that it does not specific- ally state whether competitive bids or open contracts are to be required. He said he would propose an amend- ment to the T. V. A. act to compel the agency to use competitive bids. “We have been going far enough in this haphazard way,” he asserted. The angry exchange between May end Maverick, during which May of- fered to settle the differences outside the committee room, resulted from Maverick's persistent questions about extracts May had had made from an sudit of the T. V. A's first year of cperations by the office of McOarl. May explained that since he was too busy he had asked James E. Cassidy to look over the audit in McCarl’s of- | fice and make memoranda on matters | pertinent to the committee's hearings on the T. V. A. legislation. ‘Then, May said, he called up a! friend in the National Coal Associa- | ion and asked him if he had a mime- | ograph machine that could run off copies of the extracts made by Cas- Eidy. | A Mr. Beasley, an attorney for lhe" Alabama Power Co. who was in his | office, May said, offered to have the | mimeographing done without cost to the Kentuckian. “I don't have utility and coal offi- cials sitting around my office,” | Maverick remarked, red faced. i “Is that intended as a personal re- mark?” May shot back, peering over the top of his glasses. “You can figure it out any way you | please,” said the short, stocky Texan, | “I'll figure it out outside if you want,” May retorted, removing his glasses, “I'm afraid of you” snapped sarcastically. “Please, please.” interceded Chair- man McSwain, pounding his gavel. *“Outside is the place.” Morgan Attacks Extracts. The audit stirred up a storm at yes- terday's session. Arthur E. Morgan T V. A, chairman, said it was filled with evidence of a lack of thorough examination of the facts. Today he | edded that Cassidy's extracts con- | tained many personal interpretations, | some of them erroneous. | After prying into Cassidy's connec- | tion with the mimeographed abstract | of the audit, Maverick shouted that (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Maverick — PARIS POLICE DISPERSE STRIKING MIDINETTES | 1,000 Attempt to Picket Fashion- able Dress House in Protest Against Wage Cuts. By the Associated Press PARIS, May 21.—One thousand | screaming and shouting midinettes, on strike in protest against wage re- ductions, jammed the street beside the ministry of marine today in an at- tempt to picket a fashionable dress | house. Police were given a busy half hour handling the demonstrators, but they | finally were dispersed. The host of pickets found little difficulty in persuading others to join | their ranks, since today was the flrsc; clear warm morning in many days | and the dressmakers' assistants were | quite willing to remain away from | REPRESENTATIVE MAVERICK. —Harris-Ewing Photos. 1.5, BANS IMPORT OF SLVER CONS Treasury Acts to Halt Drain on Nation and Then Orders Secrecy. | By the Associated Press. Treasury statistics disclosed today that silver coins of at least 10 coun- tries would be forbidden entry into the United States under the new import ban. The silver content of the coins of the following countries wefe described as more valuable as bullion than as money: Bolivia, Chile, China, Costa} Rica, Colombia, Hongkong, Mexico, Peru, Salvadore and Uruguay. This list was based on latest in- formation available % the depart- ment. Secrecy Ordered. After taking the step, designed to prevent a drainage of silver coins from other nations to the United States, the Treasury today clamped down the lid of secrecy on the next move in its silver program. A “spirit of co-operation” the ! Treasury said, prompted it to issue its embargo order last night prohibit- ing the importation of foreign silver | coins except under license. ‘The Treasury policy of silver buying, | which has led to a rise in world | prices, has caused difficulties in sev- eral countries. Coins of some of them became more valuable as bullion than as money, leading to wide movements to melt them down and sell them. Three Nations Take Steps. Among the nations that have ex- | perienced silver trouble are Italy, which declared an export embargo; China, which has an export tax, and Mexico, which called in silver coins. Treasury officials said Canadian money was not affected by the order,“ The only coinage involved was that where the silver content has become more valuable as bullion than in the | form of currency. Under the embargo order, which | was issued by Secretary Morgenthau with the approval of President Roose- velt, silver coins of a monetary value equal at the time of entry to 110 per cent of the market value of their silver content may be imported with- out license. “As the price of silver has risen,” the Treasury said, “the silver content (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) ENVOY TO CHILE HOME Hal Sevier Lands in New York on Santa Lucia. NEW YORK, May 21 (#).—Hal Se- vier, recently resigned as American Ambassador to Chile, returned today on the Grace liner Santa Lucia to take up permanent residence at Corpus Christi, Tex. “I liked Chile,” the resigned Am- bassador said, “but my health has never been good since I went there and finally I decided that a sick man has no right to represent his country abroad. I came back about four months ago and returned with the their tasks. The few who went to Work asked | police to conduct them through the : Jeering and kicking strikers. | hope that I could keep on, but I found it was impossible.” The diplomat was met at the pier by Mrs. Sevier, who arranged for his transfer to the Waldorf-Astoria. Griffith"Buys, Pitcher Newsom; Price to Browns Put at $50,000 (Picture on Page A-2.) Louis (Buck) Newsom, fast-ball right-handed pitcher of the St. Louis Browns, today was purchased by the Washington base ball club for a price which President Clark Griffith of the Nationals declared was $50,000. The deal, said Griffith, was strictly cash and involved no other players. The purchase of the 27-year-old hurler, whose windmill wind-up is one of the quajntest in the big leagues, came as ‘no great sirprise in local base ball circles, for frequent rumors this year have linked Newsom with the Griffmen. It was felt, however, that Griffith leaned more toward George Blaeholder, another right- hander, who today was traded by the Browns to Philadelphia for Qutfielder inches and weighs 195 pounds, comes to Washington with a pitching record showing no victories and six defeats for this season, but in 1934, his first year in the American League, he proved one of the mainstays of the Browns' staff by winning 16 games and losing 20 with a sixth-place club. His earned-run average was 4.02; his batting mark .183, The tall right-hander, who will make his debut in. a Washington uni- form Thursday when the league-lead- ing White Sox invade for the first time this season, today was. described as “just the pitcher we wanted” by Manager Bucky Harris. “In spite of his poor record so far this season,” declared Harris, “Buck i= one of the ah | President’s message at the door and | | that President Roosevelt's veto would WASHINGTON, D. VETO SESSION VOIE HALTED IN SENATE BY STEIWER, LONG Capitol Hears President Will Spurn Any Full-Pay- ment Bill. ROOSEVELT’S PERSONAL APPEARANCE IS HIT Robinson Compromise Hint Is Discussed as Veterans Marshal Forces for Measure. As the Capitol heard that President | Roosevelt would reject any proposal | for full and immediate payment of the bonus, plans for a joint congres- | sional session tomorrow to receive the | veto message on the Patman bill | were blocked temporarily at least by Senators Steiwer, Republican, of Ore- gon and Long, Oemocrat, of Louisiana. * Steiwer held up action on the reso- lution to authorize the joint session for almost an hour with a speech de- | rouncing it as unconstitutional and | merely a “stage setting.” He said the idea was “contrary to the spirit of our form of Government” in that it would give the Chief Execu- tive's view greater influence than it was designed to have. Senators Tydings, Democrat, of ‘Maryland, then launched into a long | discussion of foreign trade when Long refused to permit an immediate vote on the resolution for a joint session. Senator Robinson, Democratic lead- | er, who called up the resolution, con- tended there was no limitation in the Constitution against joint sessions wherever the two Houses chose to have them. Propesal Held “Improper.” ‘When the Senate met, Senator Rob- inson called up for the second time | the House resolution for a joint ses- | sion. Senator Steiwer, who blocked action | on the resolution yesterday., immedi- | ately contended the proposal was “im- | proper” and unconstitutional. | “What's the idea of going over there | to listen to a message when he has already sent you word what the mes- sage is going to be?” Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana interjected. Stetwer said “nothing is to be gained the Senate in taking up its time that purpose.” Claims Vielation.- Presiilent had @ right, if he chose, to | iver his message in person to the instead of sending it, but con- tended the joint session “is violation of the Constitution.” | “I can see no reason why the Senate should volunteer to do this extra legal thing just to provide a stage setting | for a more effective veto. We have no business there.” Senators Clark, Democrat, Missouri; Connally, Democrat, Texas, and Bark- ley, Democrat, of Kentucky, ques- tioned the Oregon member repeatedly, | each contending the President had a | right to read his message to a joint | meeting. Clark argued Wnder Steiwer's theory branch of Congress could “stop a | hold up a message until it was found | out what was in it.” - | Meanwhile conflicting claims of | strength came from Patman bill lead- ers after another strategy meeting to canvass votes. Some predicted flatly | be over-ridden. Others were still pes- simistic. The meeting was attended by Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, retired, for- mer Marine Corps commandant, who proposed that if the bill was defeated, the veterans should be organized into | a political machine, similar tc the Grand Army of the Republic follow- ing the Civil War. A positive claim of sufficient votes to override tomorrow’s veto came from Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada. Senator Thomas, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma was noncommital. “Preliminary Skirmish.” “This is a preliminary skirmish,” the Oklahoman told newspaper men. He denied that was a concession of defeat ‘Thomas said the bonus forces might be ready to vote in the Senate to- morrow, shortly after the House vote, but several Senators would devate the | veto message before the ballot. | “There will be no effort to ram the bill through or to delay it,” he said. “We are ready whenever the Senate is.” House Democratic leaders decided today to block any attempts to debate the bonus before a vote on whether to override the veto. An informed source said the Amer- ican Legion probably would press for & new bonus bill if the Patman bill veto is upheld. The new bill would seek to elimi- nate the currency inflation aspects of the Patman measure and meet ob- jections found in the President's message, as far as possible. Procedure on Vote. President Roosevelt will deliver his veto message to a joint session of House and Senate. Immediately after the Senators leave and the House resumes its session, Speaker Byrns sald he automatically would put this to the House: “The question is, Shall the (Patman bonus) bill pass, the President's veto to the contrary notwithstanding?” ‘That n‘-:rmnly hmn‘othedeumle. Byrns , adding that will - ognize no one to debate it. i Should unanimous consent be asked for time to debate, other leaders in- dicated objections would block any speech-making. +Bymns declined to discuss the sug- gestion by Senator Robinson that if the Patman bill veto is upheld, anoth- er compromise measure might be de- sirable. “That is a matter for Senate discus- sion,” Byrns said, “and I don’t feel I ought to express an opinion on it.” Legion Drives for Vietory. Legion spokesman An American sald the 12 Senators he had named for ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, NAZIS HEAR HITLER MAY ASK SOVIET PEACE PAGT TODAY Germany Primed for “Most Important” Speech of Der Fuehrer. ADDRESS IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO HOURS General World Situation Due to Be Summed Up in Foreign Relations Plea. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, May 21.—Reichsfuehrer Hitler today prepared the longest speech in his career as a statesman and informed circles said the oration, addressed to the Reichstag tonight, might include an invitation to Russia to conclude & non-aggression pact. The speech, to begin early in the afternoon (Eastern standard time), was expected to last two hours. It consists of 90 pages and runs between 25,000 and 30,000 words. Official secrecy was absolute, but one of Hitler's closest collaborators, after reading the prepared document, observed: “You will find at least three-quar- ters must be quoted verbatim because it is so full of meat. After a short historical introduction, the speech goes right into the heart of things.” It was widely supposed that, in ad- dition to the invitation to Russia, Der Fuehrer would take up the general situation as it relates to Germany. Change in Ministries. It also was generally believed Hitler will announce the creation of separate ministries for the army and navy. Heretofore they have been combined as one defense ministry. As Der Fuehrer completed writing his address, it was reported his words were being translated into various languages for international broadcast. The importance with which he re- gards his forthcoming utterance was indicated by the fact that loudspeak- ers for its amplification were erected | in every city and hamlet in Germany. Placards in cafes, restaurants end | other public places directed the at- tention of citizens to the fact that they will be able to hear Der Fuehrer's entire address. For the last few days the press has been counseling every one who owns a radio to invite his neighbors have none to join in listening to Nazi chieftain. To Be Heard in Theaters, Motion picture houses will inter- rupt their shows to tune in on the Reichstag proceedings. Operas and theaters will start their evening performances with the broad- cast and proceed with their regularly scheduled shows aefterward. Sources from which Hitler sought counsel, however, were regarded as indicating he would analyze the arma- | ments of Germany's neighbors in the light of Nazi rearmament and de- mands for equality. He conferred at length with Joachim von RfBbentrop, his expert in arma- ment affairs; Gen. Werner von Blom- berg, Reichswehr chief of staff, and Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, minister of aviation. Diplomatic aspects of the address were discussed with Foreign Minister | Konstantin von Neurath arfd other | members of the foreign office staff. But the final document was Der Fuehrer's own, the result of many hours of work the Jast three days. Cabinet in Session. ‘The cabinet was called into session shortly before the hour set for the convening of the Reichstag. Hitler was expected to ask final approval for the conscription law he announced last March, to the consternation of the other powers of Europe. Formal declaration that conscrip- tion has been approved was consid- ered likely in the Reichstag speech. Tonight's session is the fifth of the current Reichstag. In the last session, August 6, 1934, the Reichsfuehrer in a eulogy of the late President Paul von Hindenburg prayed for “strength at all times to stake our lives for the freedom of our people and the honor of the German nation.” Since that time many international developments have closed Germany's diplomatic horizon. Issues Involved. Among the issues which observers believe Hitler might discuss were: 1. International alignments with emphasis on Germany's relations to Poland, Memel, the Rhineland and France. 2. Nazidom's world prestige in the light of the Danzig, Czechoslovak, Memel and Saar elections. 3. The proposed Western defemsive air accord and the Eastern mutual as- sistance project, coupled with an ex- pression of his viewpoint toward in- ternational agreements in general, 4. His recent conferences with Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, and Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal; the tripartite conversations at Stresa, the Anglo-French accord achieved at London and prospects for direct negotiations between Gen. Goe- ring and Foreign Minister Pierre La- val of France. Readers’ Guide 2 Page. ...B-20 B-17 B-17 ..A-8 A-15-16-17 ..A-9 ..A-2 Amuserhents ... Cross-word Editorials Finance . Lost and Found special consideration in its drive for the Patman bill were mainly men con- Ed Coleman and Pitcher Merritt *Sugar” Cain. . ihenwfllflnufl.flndlfil.fil% of | sidered veto votes. A-12-13-14 \B-10 AT Women's mu.l-l‘l-ll TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. AND 1 wAS o Star Lt L SURE | HAD LEFT IT WITH NOTHING! JOHNSON ENTERS FIGATFORN.RA. {Appeals to Little Business, | Wage Earners and House- wives for Support. By the Associated Press. | Plunging into the bitter congres- siqpal fight over continuing N. R. A., | Hugh 8. Johnson is seeking to muster | | support for President Rooseveit's two- year extension plan among little busi- ness men, wage earners and house- | | wives. | " The former recovery administrator | appealed to them last night to tell | heir Senators the Blue Eagle is not ‘a political hot poker.” He suggested t they send petitions “giving facts.” Laying aside for the moment his differences with Donald R. Richberg, IN. R. A's present chief, Johnson | turned his vocabulary on the organi- zation’s critics in & radio address last ? e charge of monopoly comes from monopolists, that of oppression from oppressors, that of regimenta- tion from industrial martinets,” he said. Sides With Richberg. Siding with House Democrats, Rich- berg and the President against the Senate-approved plan to extend the agency only 9!2 months, the man ! who helped create N. R. A. declared: “The effect of the Senate bill would | plunge all business into blank un- certainty. It would be far better to | kill N. R. A. now. Yet to kill it out- right might produce the worst busi- | ness setback since 1932.” i Johnson spoke as preparations were made for a rally of N. R. A. supporters in the Capital tomorrow. The meet- ing already was under fire in the Senate, where Senator Nye, Republic- | an, of North Dakota., contended it | was a “well-financed drive upon the | part of N. R. A. office holders, code authority officials and code enforce- ment employes to impose their wil upon the Congress in the matter of the extension of N. R. A.” Borah Hits Rally. Turning down an invitation to at- | tend the rally, Senator Borah, Repub- lican, of Idaho, asserted those coming for the gathering “are here for their own selffish interests” and are “ask- ing for the power to inflate prices.” ‘Ward Cheney, chairman of the com- mittee arranging the conference, re- | plied in a statement to the press that these attacks had so incensed tax- paying business men that increased pledges of attendance had resulted and a larger hall been engaged. As to the activity of code authori- ties in connection with the rally.| Cheney said: “We are proud of the leaders who have been fairly and hon- estly elected to represent their groups on the 700 or more code authorities organized under the N. I. R. A. and strict Government supervision.” Democratic members of the House ‘Ways and Means Committee, mean- while, were in tentative agreement on & bill substantially following the form desired by Mr. Roosevelt and his Na- tional Industrial Recovery Board. Provisfons of Bill. This bill, which the committee mem- bers expected to report to the House by Saturday at the latest, would: 1. Extend the life of N. R. A. to June 16, 1937. 2. Authorize tpe President to ap- prove or prescribe codes for any in- dustry which is subject to the Federal power over interstate commerce. Small or local enterprises which do not “substantially affect” such commerce ‘would be excepted. 3. Permit price fixing. “when neces- sary and in the public interest,” under governmental control. 4. Require that every code shall in- clude provisions covering minimum wages, maximum hours of labor and a prohibition against child labor. 5. Give the Federal Trade Commis- sion the task of enforcement, with or- ders to issue cease and desist orders speedily against firms when com- plaints against them are supported by presidential findings of facts. 6. Provide for a fine of $500 for each day of violation against wage, hour, child labor or other major provisions of the codes. The nine-and-one-half-month ex- tension bill which the Senate already has approved would exempt from the codes all business which does not cross &late lines. Belgian Coal Miners Strike. BRUSSELS, May 21 (#).—Authori- tles hurried several hundred gendarmes today to Charlerol to reinforce the Jocal police because of a strike of miners in 15 collieries. Coal miners are protesting against lu:d suppression of family subsidies Ithf“l.mflflhhvdv-l lllmfl“lh--l'? | that Gored by Elephant During Rehearsal, Herd Trainer Dies By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 21.—At- tacked and gored by an enraged elephant during rehearsal of an act for a motion picture, Joe Reed, veteran circus trainer, died in a hospital early toda; Reed was putting a rd of 8 elephants and 12 tigers through the act at the Al G. Barnes Win- ter quarters when the elephants stampeded and Prince, leader of the herd, charged the trainer. | SENATETOSTUDY | ELECTION OF HOLT Committee Will Meet June 1| to Receive Response to Hatfield. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. 1 The Senate Committee on Privi- leges and Elections today planned to go thoroughly into the case of Sena- tor-elect Rush D. Holt of West Vir- ginia, who was elected last November, but who has not yet taken the oath | of office because he is not of sena- | torial age. The committee, of which Senator George of Georgia is chairman, at & meeting today decided to hold an | open meeting on June 1 at 10 am. m‘ receive Senator-elect Holt's response to the memorial and contest of former Senator Hatfield and citizens of the State. Senator George said that the committee would also receive briefs | submitted by both sides and then will decide whether to have oral argu- ments. Will Be 30 on June 19. Holt will not be 30 years old. the senatorial age specified in the Con- stitution, until June 19. Although he was elected to the Senate last No- vember and the term of office to which he was elected began last Jan- uary 3, he has never presented himself to be sworn in. He has been assigned an office whick he occupies; he re- ceives pay and he occasionally sits on the floor of the Senate, & privilege to which he is entitled as Senator- elect. He has. however, performed none of the functions of Senator: he neither takes part in the debates nor does he vote That Holt will be seated when he reaches the senatorial age on June 19 was confidently predicted today by both Democratic and Republican sen- atorial leaders. However, a study of all the precedents by the Senate Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections is likely to produce a strong case against the seating of Holt, which might change the attitude of a number of the Senators. It is known that an agreement was entered into by the Republican and Democratic leaders if Holt would stand aside and not present himself to take the oath of office until he became 30 years old he would then be seated. Such an agreement was made, it is said, just before the present session of Congress opened. It was made despite the warnings of some Senators who had looked into the precedents. The Sen- ate is the sole judge of the qualifica- tions of its members. It may by & majority vote do any- thing it desires regarding the seating of Holt. The main contention of the op- ponents of the seating of Holt is that (Continued on Page 3, Column 1. JANE ADDAMS NEAR DEATH, DOCTORS SAY Famous Social Worker Reported Sinking Rapidly—Conscious, but Much Weaker. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 31.—Jane Addams, operated on Saturday for abdominal adhesions, was sinking rapidly, her doctors reported at 6:10 a.m. (Central standard time) today. A report issued by Drs. James Brit- ton, Charles Elliott and A. H. Curtis said: “Miss Addams is losing ground rather rapidly. She is conscious at times, but much weaker.” Miss Addams tock & turn for the worse early today after apparently making satisfactory progress since her operation. Dr. Britton was sum- moned to her bedside and called in the other members of the stafl attending ber, ‘ | German payments on her army of oc- | The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press ‘News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 128,740 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. ICKES T0 MAINTAIN P.W.A.PAYDESPITE NEW RELIEF SCALE Declines to Enter Contro- versy as Green Assails Roosevelt Wages. (P) Means Associated Press. T STRIKES ARE FORESEEN BY A. F. L. PRESIDENT McCarran Also Hits Works Sched- ule of $19 to $94, as Ordered by President. By the Associsted Press Declining to enter any controversy over reduction of payments to labor and other phases of the $4,000.000,000 work program, Secretary Ickes said today the P. W. A. hourly wage rate would be maintained on P. W. A. projects. “Every man has a right to a per- sonal opinion,” was Ickes' only com- | ment on attacks at the new wage schedule by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada. The wage scale for the $4,000,000.- 000 program, announced last night, ranges from $19 to $94 a month. Ickes indicated there might be a change in hours worked on P. W. A, projects. “I think the P. W. A, wage will certainly be maintained on permanent WARDEBTS ASKED Tydings Urges Roosevelt to | bridges,” he said, “but hours will de- Call “Common-Sense” | pend upon whether we have to work on double shifts.” World Conference. May Change Hours. He added the existing 30-hour week on P. W. A. projects might be con- By the Assoclated Press. tinued, or “we might have to go to A resolution requesting President 40 hours (the basic number of hours Roosevelt to call an international con- fixed in the schedule announced yes- ference in Washington to consider a terday by President Roosevelt).” “common-sense” cure for "he, w?rld Ickes indicated he would favor in- depredon), (flr;glauvdt:gd . :’;p_s“el;r‘ | creasing the amounts donated by the settlement of the war debts, was in- | Lo m. 3‘?‘3{_"’;‘;‘};&‘:‘;2;’.’;,’,‘33; tDreo::;ccfi' ':‘{“lydu?;l us‘;nlwr Tydings, | by the United States Conference of v L Mayors. He also listed stabilization of cur- | T expect to prepare a recommenda- rencies by international agreement tion which will be general in char- t..n:fl re.‘dl;:!] u:gmworld '.5""2 t{hmuttt;‘kgx a‘gu u}\‘d submit it to the President as subjects for ay.” he said. proposed conference. In a speech he Foul Bettors. exscative secretary of said these four questions were “vital | the Mayors' Conference, asserted yes- for Tecovery and for the protection of | terday that the present P. W. A. basis civilization.” 3 {of 30 per cent donations and 70 per terAn‘i v..m‘:z.:iu ’ortglsnmmh“ the in- t‘ent loans was holding up applica- gathering, e recom- | tions mended the plan “liquidating world| Ickes was non-committal on Bet- depression” recently advocated by tors’ assertion, declaring he had not Salmon O. Levinson, Chicago lawyer | received a report from P. W. A. engi- and authority on world peace. neers on the number of applications. 80 Per Cent of Deb. the “Allotment "Commitiee o %o ‘This plan proposes a five-year world ‘ ahead” with other projects at its next :.rym‘lhmerg :na;l(sonum and acceptance !r;eelting ‘{Lhursdny nndoicroggencies :’: e Unites tates of 60 per cent stast getting $1,000,000, starts of the $10,000.000.000 war debt prin- | soon after they are formally ap- cipal. After credits are allowed for proved by the President payments already made, the debtors, P. W. A. wages, on a 30-hour week, would pay 12 equal annual install- | range from a low of 40 cents an hour etite. ;or unilltxxlll;d labor uz‘o a high of $120 A similar 60 per cent, 12-year settle- | for skilled, varying among thres ment would be made with respect to Principal regions. A 40-hour week was prescribed for the $4,000,000,008 scale. McCarran Pledges Fight. Meanwhile, Senator McCarran safel the schedule of wages to be paid was. a “complete abandonment” of Presi dent Roosevelt's promises. He an nounced he would do “everything 1 my power” to fight the proposal an nounced by the Chief Executive. “It looks to me" McCarran saiq “like a complete breakdown in th¢ wage structure. The Government i the biggest employer and when th: Government strikes at the wage struc ture private industry will follow. Wheu' private industry starts to cut wages you can't tell where it will go.” Asserting that he feared “great so- cial unrest” would spring from the | work-relief wage rates Green said he had called federation leaders to a | session today to decide on & course of action. “Inequitable” and “unsound” were | some of the adjectives Green flung | at the wages which will apply on much | of the $4,000,000.000 works program. “I am very much afraid,” Green | said, “that great social unrest will result from these widely varying rates. There is certain to be discontent and I would not be surprised if it led even to widespread strikes among relief | workers.” Earlier, Senator McCarran had di- rected hotly worded criticism at the schedule. McCarran, leader of the defeated drive to force the payment of wages prevailing in private indus- try asserted that President Roose- velt's executive order would “com- pletely wreck the country's wage scale.” He indicated that he was pre- paring to attack the wages on the | floor of the Senate. Administration officials denied the new rates, representing a slash as com- PARLEY 70 SLASH cupation and mixed claims awards to the United States, and the plan also would call for cancellation of the $10,000,000,000 of debts owing by the European allies among themselves. “Let the United States,” Tydings said, “propose to the nations to be assembled at Washington a new world policy—a live and let live policy—and | dedicate it to the plain people of | both hemispheres.” Cites Saving on Arms. Declaring no one expected the war debts to be paid on the present basis, Tydings said it was time to make a “‘common sense” settlement and get what we could. He asserted a five- year armament holiday would be the “greatest single short cut out of the depression for all the nations” and “the first de facto world declaration of peace in history.” He said the United States alone would save about $300,000,000 a year in regular construction appropriations and the world at large from five to six billion. He said the “four horsemen” of the World War—war debts, depreciated currency, armaments and embargoes— were “still riding throughout Christen- dom” and the only leader who could down them was “General Common Sense.” e 3 HURT IN WRECK Landslide Reported to Have De- railed Train. MONTGOMERY, W. Va, May 21 (®)—Three trainmen were reported scalded today in the wreck of an eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio freight train near South Payette, about 20 pared with the P. W. A. scales, would miles from Montgomery. | “wreck” the pay structure. Although Reports received here were that a | issuing no immediate formal state- landslide fell on the tracks and |ment over their signatures, they con- caused the locomotive and eight of the | tended the schedule is higher than 12 cars to plunge over an embank- | it may seem at first glance because ment. (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) 400 Ohio Miners to Instruct Mrs. Roosevelt in Coal Digging By the Associated Press. BELLAIRE, Ohio, May 21.—Four hundred miners, stained with coal dust, became instructors today for Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt. Down in the Willow Grove Mine at nearby Neffs cutters and drillers, trackmen and loaders went about their difficult tasks and waited for their famous student. Mrs. Roosevelt intends to visit the mine, suitably attired for the occasion, early this afternoon. She is expected to arrive here late this morning from ‘Washington. The Pirst Lady expressed a wish ‘o see a coal mine in operation when she accepted an invitation to speak at the closing exercises of the “People’s Uni- versity” here. The mine workers have been in- structed to go right ahead with their work when Mrs. Roosevelt appears 50 that she may observe the actual s ‘The “People’s University” was estab- lished here by Stabley Hamilton, field worker for the American Friends' Service Committee. The committee asked Mrs. Roosevelt to make a study of conditions here and speak to the students. The school, led six months ago, provides courses for adults in the com= munity who wish to improve their education, Mrs. Roosevelt's great in- terest in adult education and her de- sire to see how coal miners actually live and work caused her to accept the invitation to speak. Courses in speaking, music apprecia-~ tion, citizenship, dramatics, English, ‘woodworking, home economics, knit- ting, sewing, contract bridge, parlia- mentary law, municipal government and other subjects are offered. Preparations to accommodate 1,500 persons at the exercises tonight have been made. { A