Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1935, Page 1

Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,271 Entered as second class matter po';t office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, The only evening in Wugngton wi Associated per the Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 128,798 Bome Returns Not Yet Received. UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BONUS ABANDONED BY CONGRESS BLOC FOR THIS SESSION Patman Forces Plan to Concentrate on 1936 Campaign. COMPROMISE REPORTED OPPOSED BY THOMAS Supporters of Cash Payment See | Good Strategy in Delay to Election Year. By the Associated Press. Bonus forces in Congress decided today to abandon their battle for cash payment at this session of Con- gress and to concentrate on a’ cam- paign with the people for enactment of the Patman inflationary bill next session. H That will put the contest just be- | fore the presidential election. Some | bonus supporters believe that would be good strategy. A joint conference between House | and Senate leaders of the Patman | bill forces agreed almost unanimously | that President Roosevelt’s opposition | would require “too serious a sacrifice” | to make a compromise possible at this session. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Ok- | lahoma, who presided, announced | that “we decided to refer the ques- tion of the Patman bill back to the people and start a campaign for adoption of the bill at the next ses- sion.” Compromise Turned Down. The conference turned down slmost | unanimously suggestions for compro= mising the issue at this session. One | compromise proposal worked out by | Senator Thomas would have provided for a cash payment of about 80 per | cent of the face value of the cer- tificates. Thomas was reported, however, to have voted with the majority in de- ciding not to compromise in the face of ,a poll of the Senate showing noth- ing could be passed over a veto except the Harrison bill, or something like it. Louis Ward, representative of Father Charles E. Coughlin of Deiroit, and officials of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars attended the session, in addition to Patman leaders in the House and Senate. | Senators attending, in addition to | Thomas, included: Borah, Repub- | lican, of Idaho; Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina; Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota; McCarran, Demo- crat, of Nevada; Bulow, Democrat, of South Dakota, and McGill, Democrat, of Kansas. The House group was led by Repre- sentative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, | . author of the inflationary Patman bill which President Roogevelt vetoed. Canvass Reveals Strength. “A canvass of the whole situation,” Thomas said, “discloses 75 per cent ©f Cougress is in favor of the Patman bill. A further canvass shows the zoldiers would have to make too seri- ous a sacrifice to secure enough votes to override & veto. “The new Congress convenes in January, only seven months hence. We decided to refer the question of the Patman bill to the people and start a campaign for adoption of the | bill next session.” | Senator Smith supplemented Thomas' statement by saying the conference decided not to com- promise in view of the 75 per cent g{] 1t:onzrec.u in favor of the Patman —_— R. C. A. PAY MAINTAINED Radio Corporation Head Says Code Hours Also Kept. NEW YORK, June 4 (#).—David Barnoff, president of the Radio Corp. of America, said today the corpora- tion and its wholly owned companies “are continuing the same hours and wage scales as were in effect under the N. R. A. codes.” Mme. Lebrun Busy Fulfilling Social Duties in Capital Wili Visit Mrs. Roosevelt and Be Guest at W hite House Dinner. Mme. Albert Lebrun, wife of the Duce’s Black Eye Blamed on Upset After Hitting Tree By the Associated Press. ROME, June 4.—Benito Mus- solini, Italy's black-shirted pre- who rushed to his side after the mishap, “It is nothing,” brushed the dust from his clothing and went to his office as usual. NEW GOVERNMENT FALLS IN FRANGE Bouisson Thrown OQut of Power by Chamber’s 254-252 Vote. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 4.—Fernand Bouisson, Prance’s premier of four days, was thrown out of power today by 8 |shipers 254-10-252 vote of the Chamber of Deputies when he staked his govern- ment's life on & demand for free powers at directing Prance’s measures toward overcoming the depression. The Deputies were guarded in their deliberations by a detachment of police outside, the Chamber. March Is Prevented. This guard was not heavy, but else- | where in Paris, strong police forces, | including mounted men and mobile guards armed with carbines, were seeing to it that a large group of “striking” shopkeepers did not march on the Chamber. Hundreds of Paris’ stores were closed by their owners in protest against high rents and high taxes and many of these strikers assembled at a hall to voice their 3 police took action to prevent an out- door demonstration. Prior to his overthrow Premier Bouisson pledged “brutal and decisive” action against those who “attack our gold” in & 10-minute ministerial declaration. Making his first appearance as premier before the Chamber, Bouisson asked the full powers already promised him so that the government could "ng:nnrd the franc from any Aas- sault.” These “broad but limited and tem- porary powers,” he said, “enable us immediately to crush speculation.” Courage Is Needed. ‘The premier told the Deputies: “The cabinet knows the task requires all its courage and all its strength. It has a single thought—to act every- where and act quickly. ‘It tock only a few days for specu- | lators to make their assault, attack our gold vainly, ana to try to slarm investors and demoralize workers. The Government's 1eply will be brutal and ‘decisive.” . He said that swirt action was im- perative because “the country threat- ened by an obscure menace is no longer a free ccountry—a wave of | panic destroys civic spirit.” Bouisson said the cabinet was the broadest national union which has been achieved in France since the World War. “Men who opposed each other yes- terday,” he declarcd, “are grouped today in close association to support the franc, rehaoilitate finance and revive business. “An unusual situation requires un- usual measures.” . The premier said he would ask Parliament to delegate part of its legislative powsrs in order “to safe- guard and better serve democratic institutions.” “Nothing will be neglected,” said the premier, “to revive business at home and abroad.” He said new efforts must be made to balance Prance’s budget, declaring: “Our finances and our business have suffered and been upset by the five- year-long crisis.” ‘The premier made a special plea to “give work to youth, which sees noth- ing ahead but a blank wall, and finally to awaken the country’s spirit of en- terprise in faith in the future.” PILOT ESCAPES-AS PLANE CRASHES INTO POTOMAC Lieut. H. D. South, Marine Re- serve, Slightly Hurt, When Engine Fails in Take-Off. Lieut. H. D. South, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, escaped with slight in- Juries shortly after noon today when his plane crashed and sank just off the runway as he attempted to % £g President of France, was spending a | costia. busy day in the Capital today follow- ing her arrival here with the official party from the record-breaking liner i 4 § §. ok T tFL00D DEAD REACH o0 IN MIDWEST, VALLEY OF MEXICO Worshipers in Church Are Drowned by Wall of Water. TOLL IS PUT AT 140 IN PLAINS COUNTRY $17,000,000 in Property Loss ‘Counted While Rivers Rise. By the Associated Press. Death estimates in three Midwest- ern States and in Mexico mounted to the 500 mark “oday as ramiaging floods continued their widespread destruction. More than 350 persons were offi- cially estimated to have lost their lives when a wall of water swept down on the fertile velley of Mexico. Only seven of the throng of wor- in a San Pedro church escaped. Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas still were lashed by raging streams An | estimate based on reports fiom re- lief workers placed the number of dead in Nebraska at 140. An unoffi- cial list compiled by the Assnciated | Press included 94 persons. Kansas had eight Geaths and Mis- souri, three. Property damage in the three States was estimated at $17,000,000. with the greatest loss in Nebraska. Lowlands Are Flooded. JUNCTION CITY, Kans, June 4 (#).—Like the tentacles of a strug- gling octopus, water burdened streams of Kansas, Nebraska and lashed into new lowland areas today to continue their widespread destruc- ‘The | tion. As the meandering Republican River returned to its banks along its 200-mile course in Nebraska, the junction of the North and South Platte Rivers was viewed as a danger gomt in the western -part of that tate. " In Northern Kansas the Republican River was receding, but the Kaw was forcing families to flee. The Missouri River—“The Big '—covered thousands of acres of farm land, and crews of laborers struggled to main- tain strategic levees along its 400- mile course between Kansas City and St. Louis. In addition, numercus smaller streams were out of their banks in all three States. 140 Estimated Dead. The death toll was not known. An Associated Press survey showed 94 unofficially listed as dead in Ne- braska, but State Senator W. C. Bul- lard of that State estimated the total at 140. Scores still are missing. Eight deaths have been recorded in Kansas and three ip Missouri. Extent of the property damage like- wise is unknown. The property loss in | Nebraska has been placed at $11,000,- 000, in addition to $2,000,000 in dam- age to highways bridges. The total loss in was placed at $2,000,000, half of which was to high- ways. Missouri’s estimate was upward of $2,000,000. An incomplete survey by the Red Cross showed 1,400 families had been left homeless by floods in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, the States held in the grip of high waters last week. The rise in the South Platte River came to a standstill at North Platte, Nebr., last night and hope was ex- pressed that the crest of the North Fork’s flood would not reach the junc- tion until the waters in the other stream had receded. The only high- way connecting flood-stricken Mc- Qook with the outside world still was passable. 100 Families Flee. ‘The flood-gorged Kaw caused a gen- eral exodus “bottom” farmers. Approximately 100 families in Man- hattan, Kans., left their homes, and all available relief workers were put to work to help move others to safety. Only one highway into the city was open, and both the Union Pacific and Rock Island Railroad stations were surrounded by water. A sudden rush of water late last night swept into Ogden, 7 miles west of Manhattan. The city is located about a mile from the river. lights, water and a dependable supply of gas. The 3,000 soldiers and mem- bers of their families were cut off from normal sources of supplies. 8. D. Flora, Federal meteorologist at Topeka, Kans., estimated the Kaw might reach a stage of 26 feet—S5 feet above flood level—at ital this afternoon. The greatest flood damage in Mis- souri centered around Pattonsburg, the Xanses cap- | Their THE SUPREME COURT ENTERS MORE U. . AGENT TAKE KIDNAP TRAIL “G-Men” Silent on Clues in $200,000 Weyerhaeuser Abduction. (Copyr eht. 1935. by the Associated Press.) 0 their Tacoms field the arrival of a dozen new men, Fed- eral Department of Justice agents were unusually active again - today, hoping to clear up the George Weyer- haeuser kidnaping within the week. Otherwise they face the possibil: ity of a long wait until the abductors, who extorted $200,000 from Mr and Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, jr. for the return of their 0-year-old son come out of hiding and attempt to fiee. More than 20 Federal men were at work in Seattle in addition w the State patrol, which yesterday was reported to have used. an aiplane and sutomobiles {o search the Issa- was looking for a nideout, but found it, they and the “G-men” were able to kesp the secret. Silent on “Hot Clues.” Two Federal agents were reported today to have made a hurried trip into Eastern Washington ay to run down one of the flood of “hot clues.” It also was believed that sev- | eral Department of Justice men were in British Columbia on a similar ‘mission. Despite the activity, the designated spokesman for the investigators con- fined his comment to a succinct, “We are investigating along routine lines. We expect nothing to turn up within the next few hours.” ‘The Federal men on the job scoffed at reports that the Barker-Karpis gang was involved. They repeated it yesterday when Volney Davis pleaded guilty in St. Paul to com- plicity in the Bremer kidnaping. There were notable coincidences in names similar to those of the Karpis gang members. Serial Numbers Revealed. But there was a feeling that if George's abductors were the brainy type described by Federal men, they would use Karpis gang names in con- versations in front of the boy in an effort to divert suspicion. perishable food | jeveq “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6) i e it ITS PERMANENT HOME. $200,000 Gems Go Begging Due to Protection Costs By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 4—A police guard to protect it would cost too much, so the Fairmont UTILITIES T0 FIGHT NEW DEAL ATTACK Administration Is Warned in Speech by Head of Edi- son Institute. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, June 4— The administration was warned today that the Nation’s utility intqrests would fight to the finish what was called a “devastating and destructive attack” ffom the New Deal. The warning came from Thomas McOCarter, president of the Edison Electric Institute, in & speech to mare than 1,200 members of the institute here for their annual convention. His hearers included virtually all the util- ity leaders of the country. Seems to Have Obsession. McCarter, head of the Public Serv- 4ce Corp. of New Jersey, in speaking of President Roosevelt’s power pro- gram, said: “I do not think I go too far when say he seems to have an this subject. “Since the present national ad- ministration was inducted into office there has been launched by it against this industry the most devastating and destructive attack, having for its object the end of private operation of the electric industry and its na- Frazier, Farm Bill Co-Author, Buys Property at Foreclosure Sports “.i.veeie. o A10-11412 Wfl”i;n Wayside,....A-T | (¢ vhen i Bamon farm Hills, Md., '8t gage foreclosure Saturday. for HOOVER, LOWDEN AGREE ON ISSUE Propased Changes in Gov- ernment Seen as Question in 1936 Campaign. pud' changes in the form of govern- ment.” Hoover, who motored here with his friend, Arch W. S8haw of Chicago, an investment banker, spent the night as former Gov. Lowden's guest at Sin- nissippi Farm. Hoover Is sllell. Hoover made no statement about their discussions before he left the pa- latial farm estate to return to Chicago. But Lowden said: “Mr. Hoover and I discussed the proposed changes in the form of the American Government that are ema- nating, principally, from Washington.” “Do you expect it to be a major issue?” he was asked. - “Yes,” replied Lowden. Hoover drove to Lowden's estate | after making a commencement ad- dress at Drake University in Des Moines. Prom Chicago he plans to go to New York, Shaw said, to attend a meeting of insurance company directors. Not to Attend Rally. young Republicans from nine Mid- western States at Springfield next week failed to attract Mr. Hoover. It wes stated merely that he did not plan to attend the meeting, but would continue to New York. At the Kansas City convention Lowden was & leading pre-convention candidate. His principal strength came from the agricultural States, but after the party platform failed to include :he p!;mk which met his approval on arm problem he withdrew as a candidate. Mr. Hoover was nominated on the first ballot and despite Lowden's an- nounced withdrawal: he received 74 votes, more than any other candidate except Mr. Hoover. BIG CLIPPER READY FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT Pan-American Plane Awaits Or-| paq ders to Start 4,000-Mile Trip 4 to Midway Island. REILLY LOSES SUIT Impounding of Appeal Fund for Hauptmenn Refused. BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 4 (#)— . Reilly his suit EMERGENCY PROGRAM TO INCLUDE BROADER POWER FOR NEW DEAL President and Cabinet Agree on €S8 Bills Congr Will Be Asked to Pass to Protect Principles. IMMEDIATE PROPOSALS SEEN AFTER LEADERS ARE CALLED IN Social Security Bill Is Held on “Sound Constitutional Ground” by White House Conferees. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and his cabinet agreed today to submit an emergency legislative program N.R. A. on a restricted basis. to Congress for restoration of The President and cabinet met in extraordinary session for more than an hour and a half. It was decided that Mr. Roosevelt will propose action to Con- gress probably immediately. e N. R. A. legislative program was described to newsmen as likely to be a “piece-meal” proposition. Details were withheld. The President and his cabinet also agreed that the social security bill now before the Senate is on “sound constitutional grounds.” The social security bill was re-examined especially along with the Wagner labor disputes bill and the Guffey coal stabilization bill. No immediate announcements were made on these. Speaking to reporters as she left the White House, Secretary Perkins said: “The social security measure is not based on the interstate commerce clause, but rather on the Federal Govern- ment’s taxing clause.” Meanwhile, at a luncheon at the National Press Club, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A. chief, said no constitutional amendment was necessary to protect N. R. A. principles. He criticized Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and Donald R. Richberg, present N. R. A. leader, and called on “ordinary American co-operation and common sense” to save the Blue Eagle. When word of the President’s cabinet session reached the Capitol, where various legislators were arranging for a talk with Mr. Roosevelt later i the day, it was assumed the emergency action will restrict the N. R. A. dprlnciples of minimum hours and maximum wages and fair tra e practices to strictly interstate commerce business, One possibility was that Congress would be asked to define sgreed. | yniorstate business.” ; The plans were to be made public at a special press con- ference late’in the day. Indications were that the immediate legislation would not necessarily be considered final, but that Mr. Roosevelt would gmbly seek a broadening of constitutional powers by the people support the New Deal economic and social plans. S0 s b S SRR G Code Hours Stay, Wage Scale Kept In Most of Nation (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 4—The 40-hour week and minimum wages live on. Eight days after the United States Supreme Court threw out the hour and wage provisions of the national recovery act, a survey by the Associ- ated Press today showed that while in some instances code hours and pay were discarded, for the most part em- ployers have not only continued the former requirements, but considered methods to restore their legality. In several States employers and em- ployers’ associations gave assurance to employes and to President Roose- velt that they intended to continue on the Blue Eagle basis. Some went further and announced immediate in- creases in wages. From the labor side, came, how- ever, charges that increasing num- bers of firms were abandoning ‘t:‘e 40-hour week and minimum wages. In several cities workmen in the first week outside the protective wings of the industrial eagle had struck, or threatened to, in protest against & return to the old scale. Small Industries Attacked. i It was labor, also, that asser through State and city Jeaders that the wage changes, both up and down, bad been made principally by “small fellows.” m& C. Lewis, president l%’ huji‘e ;:.wt: of Labor, sai g “six or eight firms con- As the White House conference pro- ceeded, it was said by some New Deal symphathizers at the Capitol that the President had added the Wagner labor disputes bill and the Guffey-Snyder coal bill to his program for Congress. | N. R. A. Workers Kept. Emphasis also was laid on the fact that the President last night told Richberg not to arrange for dismissal of all of the 5400 N. R. A. employes on June 16, when funds expire. The word “all” was emphasized, in- | dicating a sharply restricted N. R. A. #m come within the limited definition laid down by the Supreme Court of what constitutes interstate commerce and the right of the Federal Govern- ment to regulate it. It was learned that a transfer of the N. R. A activities to the Federal Trade Commission was not contem- plated. Instead of the legislative list being shortened because of the N. R. A. situation, one congressional leader said in an interview that today's White House conferences had been decided on to “show the country that we're not quitting.” As this leader and other party chiefs summarized the new legislative pro- gram, it still includes the N. R. A~ replacement legislation, the utilities holding company, social security, om- nibus banking, motor bus transporta- tion, Tennessee Valley Authority ex- pansion, “nuisance” tax extension and ship subsidy bills. Of these, the House has passed social security and banking; the Senate has approved transportation and the T. V. A, and is debating the utilities ! holding company bill. Amendment Seen. It was predicted that the Wagner labor measure would be amended be- fore passage to set up a National Labor Relations Board with powers of | voluntary arbitration for strike settle- " | ment, and that the section guaran- MRS. WCLELLAN DIES Wife of Arkansas Representative Victim of Meningitis.