Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1935, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ————————————————————— WEATHER. (U. & Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair tonight: tomorrow fair, slightly L warmer; gentle northeast winds. Tem- peratures—Highest, 81, at 3:30 p.m. yes- terday: lowest, 59, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 r a9 3 Kr.tered as secol No. 33,268. TRl “Wa nd class matter shington, D €. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, ¢ Foenin WI‘l'H‘ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JUNE 1, o Sfar 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. b ding WE B0 0UR parY Yesterday’s Circulation, 127,553 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved (#) Means Associated Pr: TWO CENTS. KIDNAPED BOY RETURNS ALIVE 250 Are Rep FREED AT 4 AM. NEAR FARM AFTER RANSOM 1S PAID Weyerhaeuser Child Walks Six Miles to Make Iden- tity Known. RETURNED TO FAMILY | BY REPORTER IN TAXI Abductors Known to Him as Al-| vin, Harry and Bill—Agents Spread Net. (Copsrisht 1235, by the Associated Press) | TACOMA, Wash.. June 1—| Little George Weyerhaeuser was | released safely by his kidnapers early today after he said $200.000 ransom_had been paid by his uncle, F. Rodman Titcomb. The child was found by a farmer, George Bonomi, on his place about four miles from | 3 [k wome ] TOWNS WIPED OUT P IHEN STORM ADDS GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER. —Wide World Photo. Box Score FIRST GAME. |Many Homeless, Wide Property | may reach 250 persons and confirmed 10 FLOOD'S HAVOG Parks and Max, Nebr., Are ‘ Swept Away—Plane Views | Wreckage. RELIEF WORKERS TRY TO REACH DISTRICT Damage Are Listed. (Copyricht 1935 by the Associated Press) | McCOOK, Nebr., June 1.—Relief workers in the flood and tornado devastated area of Southwestern Ne- braska today estimated the death toll reports that the villages of Max and Parks had been swept away by the flood waters. The casualties followed after a tornado had cut a half mile wide r3 I orted Dead in Western Storm I'vE goT A DOZEN NAMES ©OF CANDIDATES THAT CAN EASILY 7 BEAT ROOSEVELT OH- CHARLIE-- GIMME ONE RIGHT AwAY / STOPGAPS SPURNED, " ROOSEVELT LIMITS . ISSUE TO U. S. RULE Opposing Forces Clash as Old Cry of States’ Rights Rings Out Once More. 'HISTORIC BATTLE IMPENDS IF DIFFERENCE IS PRESSED iHint of Revising Organic Law Raises Opposition From G. O. P. and Some Democrats. (Copvricht. 1935. by the Associated Press.) High sources close to the White House indicated plainly today | that President Roosevelt is likely to reject all plans for stopgap | N. R. A. legislation for the present and await the country’s reaction | to the question which he posed as the most momentous peace-time issue_ever to confront the Nation. Opposing forces already were lining up on the issue. which {the President raised in the form of a call to the country to ! decide whether the Federal Government shall deal with major economic and social problems or whether they shall be relegated to the 48 States. | Clashing comments followed the President’s pronouncement |in his extraordinary press conference. His hint of an effort to revise the Constitution as a result of the Supreme Court decision smashing N. R. A.. aroused opposition among Republican critics of the New Deal, and among some Democrats, while others sup- WASHINGTON. Issaquah, 25 miles northeast of | | swath through Red Willow County late here, and returned to his anxious | parents after being in the hands of kidnapers eight days. | The little boy was released about | dawn near Issaquah. and said the! men who seized him called each other “Alvin. Harry and Bill." First reports of the release were telephoned to police headquarters here by a man who said he found the boy and was bringing him in, $200.000 Ransom Paid. Titcomb paid $200.000 for the boy's release. Bonomi reported the bov walked to his home about 4 a.m.. unharmed | and cheerful. He dried his clothing #1d started for Tacoma after daylight. | At Renton. Bonomi stopped at a gasoline station and attempted to telephone the Weyerhaeuser home. Failing after 10 minutes to rouse the household. he called Tacoma po- lice. Then Bonomi started for Tacoma in his decrepit automobile. Outside the city limits he was met by John H. Dreher, Seattle news- paper man, in a taxicab. Made Trip in Stocking Feet, Dreher gave Bonomi back a pair of shoes the farmer had loaned the boy. and brought the child to the Weyerhaeuser home in his taxi. The farmer said he needed the shoes for his daughter. so George made the rest of the trip in his stocking feet. “Did they - hurt you, George?” Dreher asked the boy. “No. they didn't hurt me—because they all kept saying. ‘He's too valu- #ble to hurt’” the boy replied. “They told me once we were in | Oregon. and I remember once we were | in Aberdeen.” the boy continued. He said his abductors ;ut him in a trunk while traveling, but said he was not uncomfortable because there were air holes. George said he had been kept in a house three nights and four days and was allowed to read newspaper Aac- counts of the search for him and his kidnapers. George said he believed the house he was confined in was about a mile and a half north of Issaquah. The boy told the newspaper man his uncle paid the ransom shortly be- fore his release. “Your pa will pick you up.” George said he was told as he was let out on the road about four miles from Issaquah. Walked in Darkness. For hours George walked in the darkness, he told Dreher. until hi: shoes were sodden apd “squishy.” George said he thought he walked about six miles before he saw a farm house. Plodding up to its door he knocked and the farmer. Bonomi. opened it. “I'm the little boy who was kid- naped,” George told the farmer. | Johnson, If AB. R. H. ‘0 + ol Myer. 2b Lary,ss Powell, cf Sington, If Schulte, rf .. Kress, 1b Bluege, 3b-. . Holbrook, ¢ .. Whitehill, p Coppola, p... 220099220 a> 29 m2=2322 3 mm 290 aNemik DK w ) o 0 0 0 o o 0 0 o L) |5333==3"3-3 0 Stone batted for Whitehill in 8th. PHILADELPHIA. AB. R. H. 4 .. 4 - ) - ® [5) 0. 1 3 2 Moses, rf. Cramer, cf Warstler, Berry, ¢. Wilshere, p moNmam200 32 5 92711 SCORE BY INNINGS. Washington 000 000 000~ 0 = Philadelphia 300 100 10 3x~ 5% SUMMAR! Runs batted in—Johnso: Cramer. ramer. Two-base hits—Foxx (2). Home ri ohnson. Stolen bases—Foxx, Warstler. Higgins. Double ys—Higgins to ‘Warstler' ta Foxx (2); Foxx to McNair: uary to Myer to Kress: Higgins to Foxx. Left_on bases—Washington. 3; Philadel- phia. 6. Base ea hali—ont Whitehill. 33 off Wil- sl re, 3. Struek out—By Whitehill, 4; by Wil- shire. 3: by Coppola. 1. Hits—OM Whitehill. ® in 7 i Hit by pitcher—By Wilshire rook). Losing pitcher—Whitehill. Umpires—Messrs. McGowan. Summers and Quinn. MACKMEN DEFEAT nnings. (Powell, Hol- NATIONALS, 5700 Johnson Gets Home Run and Foxx Collects Pair of Doubles. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. '33:333333!‘ E. yesterday and after all rivers and | today in Cheyenne County, Kans., as| 115 Marathon Runners Start ‘IWUS[}HUBLBUARD‘ U 1 250. No attempt was made to esti-| | than a score of creeks in the territory, swollen by heavy rains and cloudbursts, suddenly went out of their banks. Ten persons were reported mlssmg“ flood waters of the Republican River subsided. No bodies had been found. Some May Be Safe. None of the 10 missing persons lived | in St. Francis, through which the | river flows, but were farmers living in | lowlands along the stream. Names of the missing were not immediately available. It was possible some of them were safe on the north sid> of the river. Reports that 23 persons had drowned at St. Francis proved erroneous. St Francis had a flood last night, but there were no dead and no heavy damage occurred there. Pirst authentic word of the Nebras- ka disaster to reach the outside world after the toraado had severed all communications was received at Lin- | coln, Nebr., after an Associated Press staff man had surveyed the stricken | territory by airplane. Approximately 25 persons in the | McCook area were missing. but no deaths from the flood have been listed by rescue workers. A violent tornado struck this city. leaving three dead | lJmi nine injured. 12 Die at Benkelman. No word has been obtained from | Parks and Max to show what became of their inhabitants. but reports here | were to the effect that most citizens | of those communities were safe. Radio reports told of 12 deaths at Benkelman, six reported deaths at Alma and another Associated Press | staff writer listed 28 persons missing in_the Oxford area. | Dr. J. M. Willis, who was up all| night giving first aid to injured, said | he believed the death toll might reach mate the number of injured and no | reports had been received from more | small cities -ndl villages. 38 Marooned on Building. He said his estimate might be high. but it will be several days before the true conditions would be known due to the lack of communication | facilities. Rescue crews worked feverishly to “(Continued on Page 2, Column 7. POST TO GIV GIVE PLANE FINAL CHECK TODAY Prepares for Take-off on Second Transcontinental Hop in Sub-Stratosphere. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 1.—Wiley Post, | Race for A.A.U.Championship Weather Perfect for Star Event—Field Reduced When Ohio Sprinter Is Advised to Drop Out. One hundred and fifteen marathon | tions of all the entrants at the Y. runners began the 16-mile jog from | M. C. A. Mount Vemnon to the White House (ro?;v;ug)mmé:h:;n?ndm;: g:':: Ellipse this afternoon at 2 o'clock in | gis, Baltimore Welttman. were the the fourth annual Evening Star A.| joint favorites, but the field was sprin- A P. championship racg. kled liberally witn strong dark horses. Komonen, who nas won more mara- The weather outlook for the grind- | tpong than anv oiher man excepting ing race was perfect when Maj. Ernest | the venerable Clavence De Ma: was W. Brown, superintendent of police, | triving today i1 win the United fired the starting gun. Paul De Bruyn | States title for ihe .hira straight year. broke with the lead immediately. The | He scored decisive victories in The winner is expected to cross the fin- Star races of 1933 ana 1934. ish line at about 4:30 or 4:45 p.n. _ Dengis, whose rise in the world of The field of starters was reduced to = distance running has been sensational, 115 when Oliver Rankin, No. 57. of finished second in the Boston Patriots’ the Ohio All-Stars, Cambridge, Ohio, | day classic, a contest in which he ap- was advised to withdraw by Dr. John | Peared to be a winner until, several Preston, who made physical examina- | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4. CAILLAUX CHOSEN HORRORS INCREASE. MEMBERS RESIGN Dr. Hayden Johnson and Charles H. Houston to Quit Posts June 30. Dr. Hayden Johnson. president of the Board of Education for the past three years, has informed the District Supreme Court justices he wishes to retire from the board at the expiration of his present term. June 30. He men- tioned the burden of his personal du- ties as reason for his action. It also was learned today that Charles H. Houston, board member and dean of the Howard University Law School, will leave both posts June 30 to become special counsel for the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People. with offices in New York City. His work will be in connection with the legal aspect of ported him. % Strike Plans Issued to 50,000 Workers by ited Mine Heads By the Associated Press. Official instructions to approxi- mately 450000 soft coal miners to strike June 16 unless new wage con- tracts are signed in the meantime were | issued today by the United Mine | Workers of America. The strike plans. drafted as a re- sult of collapse of the Appalachian | eoal wage conference. were sent to be- | tween 5.000 and 6,000 union locals in all the coal-producing States. John L. Lewis, international presi- dent of the organization, already has arranged with the producers for re- tention of maintenance men in the mines in the event the strike is called. | | Although there still is a possibility of an agreement being reached before June 16, expiration date of the exist- ing wage contracts, no preparations for resumption of the parleys have been announced. In the meantime, a committee of leading bituminous coal producers is racing to complete revision of the Guffey coal stabilization bill which they hope will avert the walkout and provide a satisfactory substitute for their defunct N. R. A. code. A draft of the changes proposed & There are indications that the issue. if pressed to the ultimate conclusion, will mean an historic battle. with in- calculable effects on party lines, in the opinion of many observers, a tremendous influence on the course of American history. States’ Rights Cry Raised. Already the age-old cry of States' rights is being raised—with assertions and denials the Democratic party's traditional stand in favor of such rights was being violated. Though the President had said a constitutional amendment ‘was not necessarily the answer to the ques- tion he raised. those in favor of re- writing the fundamental law were encouraged. Some high advisers were known to favor strategy de- signed to make it plain to the coun- try that no effective legislation could be enacted without an amendment to the Constitution After his press conference Presi- dent Roosevelt conferred with Sen- ators La Follette, Progressive, of Wis- consin: Byrnes. Democrat, of South Carolina, and Wagner. Democrat, of New York. In this talk Mr. Roose- | velt was reported to have agreed that | Congress should proceed with the previously outlined legislative pro- gram, including social security, the Wagner labor relations bill and the A. A. A. amendments, and make no attempt to rush N. R. A. legislation. | Fifty Plans Suggested. More than 50 plans for laws to re- | equalizing educational opportunity for by the operators has been sent to the | place the Blue Eagle are reported to the colored race. He said he has ob- tained a year's leave of absence from Howard and will resign from the School Board. In response to Dr. Johnson's letter, Chief Justice Alfred A Wheat, who, T0 DEFEND FRANG N INDIA QUAKE Fed and clothed and his feet en-| puy ApEIPHIA, June 1.—The | cased in the shoes of the farmer's daughter, George was bundled up and | started for home in the farmer's auto- | mobile. | When Bonomi telephoned franti- cally to Tacoma and could not get | 8 connection with the John Phillip | Weyerhaeuser home. he finally had the call put through to the Tacoma police, to whom he told the startling news that George was safe. Agents Dash to Meet Boy. Feieral agents rushed from their headquu.'>rs to the police station, then dashe¢ away in an automobile | to meet George and his benefactor. | Outside Tacoma, the farmer and the boy were met,by Drehen, who spotted the boy and directed his ta; driver to overtake thé man emd the kidnaped youth. N Flagging Bonomi to a halt, Dreher thanked him and offered to rush the boy to his parents’ home in :his more &peedy vehicle. | ‘The farmer agreed readily, asked for | his daughter’s shoes, and baci home | (Continued on Page 3, éalum.'l 1) e WATER BALKS FIREMEN lood, Hay Barn, Surrounded by Burns as Force Watch KANSAS CITY, Kans. June L (P).— 1t was something dke getting the cart before the horse when a hay barn was .. Piremen, admitting they never had ced anyti helpless to fight the blaze because the bnmm.'u entirely eurrounded by flood waters. *dmon was not serious. Athletics defeated the Nationals here this afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader. The score was 5 to 0. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer was called out on strikes. Lary singled to left. | Powell hit into a double play, Higgins | to Warstler to Foxx. No runs. _ PHILADELPSIA—Muwes Magied to (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Carolinian Is Found Nuiled . To Cross on Road at 5 A.M. By the Associated Presa HIGH POINT. N, C, June 1— Nailed to a rough. hoard cross with 10-penny spikes through his hands and feet, J. R. Riggs. a middle-aged fillling station operator, was found beside the highway nes: his rural filling station today. The cross lay upon the ground, and besides the nails a wire passed around the boards and his neck bound him to the crude cross. P. A. Walls of High Point, passing along the road, came upon the scene about 5 am. and called police and an ambulance. Riggs was clad only in his under- Riggs was hospital. Attaches there said his con- 1 i noted flyer, planned a final check of his plane today after which he will be ready to take-off on another at- tempt to establish a new transconti- nental flight through the sub-strato- | sphere. He said he would make the fourth attempt as soon as weather conditions are favorable. His first stratosphere venture ended at Muroc Dry Lake, near here; the next one at Cleveland, and the last try, several weeks ago, at uhyem:,i‘ Ind. | The filling station operator told | police he was taken from his station, where he was sleeping, by three men and nailed' to the cross. Officers investigating the case said | their investigation had uncovered no | motive, | Riggs is married but has not been | living with his wife and she recently | filed charges of abandonment and described “religious fanatic.” He said the fill- ing station operator had been regu- larly attending s revival service by a “Holy Roller” group and his acquaint- | ances reported he talked constantly of religious matters, Officers said it would have been im- ble for Riggs to have fastened ‘possil himself to the cross. M -5 Last-Minute Shift Is Made Disease Feared as Burials | by Bouisson Before Seeing Lebrun, By the Associated Press PARIS, June 1.—The ‘“golden franc” cabinet of Fernand Bouisson went into action today after a last- minute shift which gave Joseph Cail- laux, with a reputation as money wizard. the portfolio of finance Caillaux, now faced with a task of great responsibility in the present monetary crisis, replaced Maurice Palmade, who withdrew from the government line-up. Paul Jacquier. minister of labor in the fallen government of Pierre- Etienne Flandin, was given the agri- culture portfolio in place of Henri Roy. whom Bouisson was unable to reach last night. Caillaux earlier had been designated a minister without portfolio. Assemble in Bouisson's Office. ‘The last-minute changes were an- nounced when the ministers assembled at Bouisson's office preparatory to & visit to President Albert Lebrun at Elysee Palace. ‘The formation of the cabinet greatly relieved the gold tension. The big withdrawals of the metal lessened considerably yesterday and almost ceased today. Small purchasers of one or two bars, who have been lined up at the Bank of France courtyard, were fewer yesterday and almost negligible today. A quieter feeling was shown by the active shorts’ demand for francs in the banking market this morning, causing the franc to rise at noon to 115.14 to the United States dollar after opening at 15.18. likewise was lower. The British pound { | Are Rushed—Jackals Shot in Streets. By the Associated Press. QUETTA, India, June 1.—The num- ber of dead in this earthquake-strick- en area was unofficially estimated at 30,000 today as relief work went for- | together with the other District Su- reme Court justices. appoints the | Board of Education, wrote that Dr. although the court regretted his de- cision and deeply appreciated his serv- ices. On Bar Committee. Besides heading the School Board. Dr. Johnson is chancellor of Na- tional University and was a member of the Admissions Committee of the Dis- | trict Bar Association which is to be | merged with the Grievance Committee. He will continue as National Univer- sity chancellor. He has long been recognized as one of the city's outstanding legal author- ities, and his three-year service on | the board has been marked with pro- ward under martial law, proclaimed coqura) reform aimed at stricter com- to facilitate rescue of the injured and burial of the victims. The bodies of thos¢ who died in ; the catastropne were burned or huried | as soon | avoid the risk of an outbreak of they were recovered to disease. One of the disaster’s most tragic incidents was the razing of the gen- eral hospital, killing 200 to 300 pa- tients. Floods outside the city added to the horror within Water gushing from fissures caused by the quake in some places flooded to a depth of several feet. Fragmentary reports were received of the destruction of nearby towns. An estimated 200 Europeans, includ- | ing 44 members of the garrison of the British Royal Air Force, among the victims. The moans of the injured could (Continued on Page 9, Column 6. Readers’ Guide Page. .B-16 A-12-13 .B-11 B-11 were Amusements Church News Comics .. Cross-word Puzzle pliance with the spirit and letter of the laws affecting the school system. | Committee activities of the board have been brought out from behind closed doors and school business re- routed so that all matters come be- fore the board in open meeting be- fore being referred to committee, a | | Johnson's wishes would be respected | United Mine Workers for their con- sideration and concurrence. 'GRAINS GO DOWN IN SELLING FLURRY have been submitted to the i resident by various persons, but none has been | selected. so far as is known. “So far as I know. said Senator Byrnes, “there is no program to draft { anything tc take the place of N. R. A. at this time.” | One of the first results of the Presi- | dent’s proncuncements yesterday was |a clash between the American Lib- President’s Reference to Possible erty League and Senator Robinson, Tumble Is Big Factor. Democratic leader. over States' rights. Jouett Shouse, president of the league, said the Presiden: “renounced New Lows Set. States’ rights entirely” and sought to “abolish our dual form of govern- | ment and the system of checks and By the Associated Press. balances.” He said the decision the CHICAGO., June 1.—Tumbling Into| Prostdent called for chouts o watt new low levels of the season. grain | .. pa made at the earliest oppor- prices dropped sharply early today in| tynip Attacking the President's | a wave of liquidation that swept &|gand’ no caid afr. Roosevelt cor- nervous and unsettled market. | demns & Supreme Court decision Pit observers said President Roose- | “which upset cne of his pet pians to It's reference to possible severe | assume unwarranted power” | tumbles of wheat and cotton prices W & had a notable bearish influence on the | Robinson Sees Theory Firm. trade. | _Robinson's statement declared. “the All deliveries of wheat. rye and oats. | President has not renounced the Dem- with December corn as well, established | ocratic theory of State rights at all | a new low price record for the seasrn | If mining and manufacturing, and Numerous stop loss selling orders were | even farming. are to be classified 2s forced into execution by the rapid |intrastate enterprises merely because descent of values. Pressure of selling. | the point of production is in one I vel Powers Virtually Assured. The new premier completed his government formation .at 1:15 am.| today. The new line-up of ministers is vir- tually assured of the powers denied Flandin The cabinet differs little from Flandin’s in the principal posts, al- though it is slightly more to the Left because of the inclusion of the for- mer Communist Louis. Prossard as minister of labor. It also has four ministers of state without portfolio n place of Flandin’s two. The coalition cabinet is pledged to (Continued on Page 9, co&unn 6.) > Editorials Finance o Lost and Found Paul Mallon . .A-2 Radio .B-12 Real Estate . B-1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Serial Story . ..A-8 -14-15 .A-9 Society . Sports .. Vital Statistics ‘Washington Wayside. Women's Features .. | reversal of former procedure. Wants Plan to Continue. In making kaown his intention to retire, Dr. Johnson expressed the the earnest hope these changes would be continued in force by the remain- | ing board members. “I think it is essential for best ad- ministration of school affairs that we do not drift back to the old system,” he declared. “The conduct of the pub- lic schools is public business and should be treated as such.” Dr. Johnson also was largely in- strumental in shelving the so-called “Prettymen bill,” which would placed the Board of Education and other semi-independent under the direct control of the Dis- trict Commissioners, creating the possibility that the schools might be opened to political spoilage. Under his administration, the board “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) FATHER KILLS BABY Dashes Heads of Bungry Children Against Stone Floor. /CHALONS - SUR - MARNE, Prance, June 1 (A).—An unemployed tather killed his 2-year-old child and prob- ably fatally injured lus 4-year-uld son when they cried with hunger by dash- ing them against the stone finor of the railroad station where he had taken them with their mother 1o sleep last night. The father, a Russian named Phile- mon Golubenke, said he had pianned | | | | to drown them “to end their misery” | Miss and then to eemnu* sujcide. agencies | however, soon became exhausted and a recovery of about a cent a bushel ensued from the early oot‘om level. | Wheat broke more than 3 cents tc below 82 cents a bushel for July. All | wheat, rye and oats deliveries as well as December corn established new | record lows, but recovered fracticnaliy at the end of the first half hour of | trading. ROOSEVELT LEAVES FOR CRUISE ON BAY Hampton Robb of Boston Is Among Week End Guests Aboard Sequoia. President Roosevelt will spend the locality, though the products radiate all over the country. the ability of | the Government to legislate as' to purity of food. etc., is hampered if not destroyed.” | To many observers, it appeared that |the administration. in seeking tc | broaden the issue in the aftermath of | the Supreme Court’s decision killing N. R. A, was appealing, among others, (Continued on Page 3, Column 7. . HOOVER RECIPIENT OF ANOTHER DEGREE | Addresses Graduating Class, Says Public Thought Is Confused. By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, Colo. June 1.—Former | President Herbert Hoover packed an- week end with a small party of friends | other honorary college degree among aboard the yacht Sequoia cruising | his baggage today as he prepared to about the Chesapeake Bay and the | leave for Des Moines, Iowa, where he Potomac River. ‘The President left the White House about 11 a.m. to motor to Annapolis, shortly With the President on the are Hampton Robb of Boston, presi- dent of the Young Men's Democratic Club, who is an intimate friend of the President’s son, James; Capt. Wil- son Brown. White House naval aide: Dr. Ross T. McIntire, White House physician, snd Mrs. McIntire, and ite Le Hand, the Presi- ry. dent’s private | will speak at the Drake University commencement exercises. He received an honorary degree of doctor of engineering from the Colorado State School of Mines at Golden yes- terday. In an address to the graduat- ing class he made but one indirect reference to public affairs, saying, “This is a time of great confusion in public thought.” Asked if he had any comment to make on nationa) affairs, he replied: “Nope, not a word.” From Des Moines, he said, he prob- ably will drive to New York, passing up the Republican “an roots” con- ference at er)ul Y