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REACTIONS TO TAX “PROPOSALS VARIED : ‘Radicals Are Skeptical, but Conservatives Certain of Sincerity. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Two curiously cpposite reactions Nave developed to Fresident Roose- velt's acceptance of the Huey Long ‘doctrine of redistribution of wealth. One which is held by “Progressives” and other radicals in Congress is “that Mr. Roosevelt doesn’t mean what he says and that he has no real inten- tion of pressing the legislation for e. 4 Tl:eg other is held by conservatives who believe that Mr. Roosevelt means what he says and that he has aligned himself definitely witk radical ele- .“ments in preparation for the 1936 . campaign. . Progressives Open Drive. Because the “Progressives,” led by Senator La Follette and Senator ‘Wheeler, haven't the slightest idea of Jetting Mr. Roosevelt get the headlines . for being “anti-rich” and then quietly permit the matter to be buffeted about . and perhaps defealed by the cia-line Democrats, they have begun an active campaign to put the legislation -..fhrough this Congress Senator La Follette's petition ssking fellow Senators to sign an understand- ing that they would stay in session to pass the President’s program on tax- ,.ation is significant of the skepticism which the Progressives have about the sincerity of the administration. Senator Long, of course, will push hard for action because Mr. Roosevelt has come over to his side and the Louisiana Senator is alert enough to detect a political gesture when he sees _one. He was the first to say pub- licly that the President’s tax message was just a smoke-screen intended by its sensational character and sweep- ing recommendations to divert atten- tion from the revelations of the Mitchell charges against the Depart- ment of Commerce and the Senate's investigation thereof. Wisdom Questionable. If the tax message was a political document, and there gre signs that it could not have been seriously in- tended for action at this session, then “ the question arises whether Mr. Roosevelt was wise in starting his 1936 crusade at this time. For, after all, the forces that have been alien- ated by the President have very little unity or comradeship. The “Grass Roots” convention at Sprinfield, Ill, showed how deeply the pride of party still courses in the veins of Repub- * licans. When the President siarts out, however, on a share-the-wealth agi- tation, he only drives together most of the opposition, irrespective of party. For instance, until recently stock- holders in companies that were out- side the utility field were inclined to regard the electric light and power companies as just the victims of spe- cial attack by the President. Today they know that bigness as such is under fire and that investments in common stock equities or even in preferred stocks or bonds in American industry must be regarded entirely in the light of direct injury to come from the legislative reforms spon- sored by the President. When Mr. Roosevelt talks about simplifying corporate structures by the coercive use of the taxing power or when he refers to “unnecessary” holding companies in all lines of busi- ness as being objectionable, he merely says that he wants the Federal Gov- ernment to assume control over all of them and decide which shall be permitted to live and which shall be sentenced to death. Once the princi- ple of Federal control of holding com- _panies is conceded in the utility field to be within the Federal power, it ~can quickly be extended to other lines of business. Indeed, it would not be surprising if the Federal Trade Com- mission were to be authorized to study all forms of holding companies with an idea of bringing in the de- .. .sired legislation to achieve their dis- solution. . Redsoning Is Superficial. p The superficiality of the reasoning of the New Dealers in this respect s tragic. They forget that millions 2of men and women have invested their savings in American industrial + concerns and that Federal regulation, rcontrol, and intrusion in their financial structure can only mean a # ‘painful period of deflation and de- ! ‘struction of values. ‘The country as & whole has perhaps assumed that the legislation with re- _«spect to utility holding companies and “other holding companies would be de- clared unconstitutional in the end, so there is no cause for concern. But ¢ 'while ultimately the Supreme Court will throw out many of the absurd laws now being passed by the New #7- Deal, economic recovery in the interim s:.s retarded by the passion for reform “and by what appears to be a deliber- ate effort on the part of many of the reformers to pile up so many legisla- tive restrictions as to produce chaos— and then their argument for a dicta- torial centralized government and a change in the Constitution will be Justified, they think, as a counsel of desperation. - BUDGET CUT HIT Ohio State’s Head Calls Govern- or’s Action Staggering Blow. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22 (#).— President George Rightmire of Ohio State University accused Gov. Martin L. Davey last night of dealing a “staggering blow” to the institution when the State executive a few. days ago slashed $1,266,500 from its bud- carrying on under the smallest ap- propriation made in 10 years. In pre- vious economy moves, the university suspendeéd 450 courses and once re- 9 full-time instructors, gk} . Davey EEQEE e 550 AR AEY Bt s DR BB § B d H5E g ¥ 4 RIRFEERE 5?55%}"5 e BURAE DU B BN £ wew What’s What Behind News In Capital Prof. Frankfutrter Seen Linked With Presi- dent’s Tax Plan. BY PAUL MALLON. HE SPARE figure of Prof. Felix Frankfurter, liberal lawyer- economist, darted in and out of the White House unnoticed on several occasions just before Pres- ident Roosevelt sent his wealth-shar- ing tax proposals to Congress, This same Harvard counselor paid several visits earlier to Hyde Park while the President was there, although none noted his presence except the sparrows in the trees, Also unrecorded were simultaneous calls at both places by Prof. Ray Mo- ley, the weekly Boswell of New Deal viewpoint. Both gentlemen carried fountain pens in their pockets and ideas in their heads about taxing. This is how the wealth-tax stroke was con- ceived. The original draft was composed in the seclusion of Hyde Park and edited upon the President’s return here. The President confounded some of his best friends by making his pro- posal now. They have known the idea has been in the back of his head for more than six months. That much has been published. But, until recently, he intended delaying presentation of it until next year. What changed his mind apparently was the existing political situation, the necessity of heading off Huey and the Republicans at the same time. Timed to the Minute. But he timed the presentation even down to the minute. The message was given to the White House messen- ger (Maurice Latta) as soon as the stock market closed Wednesday. Latta was sent to the Senate with it, but was instructed not to enter the cham- ber until the Senate had passed the security bill. Mr. Latta hid outside the Senate door nearly an hour, peeking in occasionally through the door. As soon as the security bill was out of the way he jumped in. Also confounded were the Demo- cratic leaders in Congress. A Sena- tor who is supposed to be ia charge of such legislation for the adminis- tration confided to friends that he did not know about the message until two hours before it was delivered. The reason Mr. Roossvel did not consult his party men on the hill was that he knew they would be against any such far-veaching proposal. They would have pulied wires to stop hrm. Now, ail thy can do is to fume and fret in silenca. Another reason why Mr. Roose- velt believed it was safe to strike now is that some of his conserva- tive friends have been telling him that recovery psychology is getting a little too far advanced. At least the New Deal’s best authority on the stock market thought that this particular barometer was moving up too fast, out of line with sub- stantial improvement. He informed the White House last Tuesday that if stocks continued to show such strength the New Deal might soon have @ market problem on its hands. A similarly striking new idea, which the President now has in the far corner of his mind, is one for new N. R. A, legislation. It is based on the novel theory that the Federal Government may legislate against the hours and wages of corporations in States other than the ones in which they are incorporated. For instance, many corporations are incorporated in Delaware but few operate there, Question of Jurisdiction. The idea is that it would be legal for the Government to institute the regulations of the N. R. A. against these corporations in all States except Delaware, either by use of taxing power or otherwise. This is- only one of several unex- pressed N. R. A. ideas of which you may or may not hear more of shortly. Only six Congress members were re- corded against two controverslal items in the Roosevelt reform program the other day—six out of 531. After wrangling for months the Senate passed the social security bill 76 to 6 on the same day that the House passed the Wagner-Connery labor bill without the formality of a record vote. The explanation behind this as- tounding shrinkage of opposition is that these are two measures which few politicians dare to oppose openly. Both were subjected to strong under- cover opposition. Repeated attempts were made to soften them by amend- ments. Efforts to delay them have been made secretly by some of the same Congressmen who voted for them. But when it came time to vote, only a bare half dozen cared or dared to face the strong class appeal which these measures have. Some sponsors of the social secur- ity bill will confide for your own pri- vate ear alone that the bill is even now not efficiently drawn. ‘They know it will have to be changed many times before it becomes fully opera- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1935. NEW N. R. A MOVES|ICKES BOOK LISTS |"Sea Hero Hears Mitchel SHAPING RAPIDLY Wagner Helps in Drafting of Pians to License Inter- state Shippers. By the Associated Press. Moves to draft new N. R. A. legis- lation, possibly for action this ses- sion, took more definite shape today, both in recovery administration cir- cles and on Capitol Hill At the same time, N, R, A, and the Federal Trade Commission, burying long-standing differences, united in an effort to aid business in writing volun- tary codes containing labor, wage aad hour and fair practice provisions. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New ‘York, author of the original recovery act scrapped by the Supreme Court, was disclosed as one of those working on & plan to license all shippers in interstate commerce. Wages and hours would be regulated and child labor banned under the plan. Likely. Although congressional chieftains sald they knew of no administration proposals to push new N. R. A. legis- lation this session, some Senators said they believed action was likely. One N. R. A. official said he had been in- formed by members of Congress that the “right kind of a bill” could be passed now. In recovery circles also, disclosure was made that President Roosevelt was aware of efforts to write a meas- ure which would combine the Trade Commission and N. R. A, resulting in an enlarged commission. James L. O'Neill, acting N. R. A, administrator, and Ewin L. Davis, chairman of the Trade Commission, were among those who conferred yes- terday on methods of promoting vol- untary business codes, The use of & new N. R. A. insignia, with the possi- bility another President’s re-employ- ment agreement might be employed, were said to be under discussion. Eagle Born Two Years Ago. ‘The original Blue Eagle had its birth two years ago, with the institu- tion of the President's agreements under which employers agreed to shorten hours and fix minimum wages. ‘Wagner indicated he believed that his plan to license interstate com- merce shippers would be held consti- tutional as a means of reaching large manufacturers. Other proposals being considered on Capitol Hill would require mer- chants who received goods shipped in interstate commerce to take out licenses as well as the shippers, and employ use of Congress’ power to tax as a means to enforcing N. R. A. | principles. CHACO BELLIGERENTS RATIFY PEACE PACT Paraguayan and Bolivian Con- gresses Act, and 12-Day Truce Goes Into Effect. ASUNCION, Paraguay, June 22 (), —The Paraguayan government yes- terday promulgated a law ratifying the Paraguay-Bolivia peace protocol, following its approval by the Senate and House. LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 22 (#).—The Bolivian Congress yesterday unani- mously ratified the peace protocol signed at Buenos Aires last week, set- ting up machinery for settlement of the Chaco War. A formal 12-day truce now goes into effect on the Chaco front, where hostilities have been suspended since last Priday at noon, and neutral medi- ators at Buenos Aires will work out details of demobilization and demili- tarization. el o CLIPPER OVER PACIFIC, SPEEDING TO CALIFORNIA Huge Craft Flying at 11,000 Feet Deliberately Seeking Strong Winds as Test. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif., June 22.—Like the swift, sturdy sailing ship for which she was named, Pan-American’s fiy- ing clipper skimmed over a sea of clouds between Hawaii and California today, retracing for the fourth time the course of a pioneer trans-Pacific air service. Before dawn the slipper’s steadily droning motors had carried her past the half-way mark of the 2,410-mile overwater route. As the craft sped along at an alti- tive several years hence. But it is a mild initial effort, tude of 11,000 feet, a solid bank of clouds rolled 1,000 feet beneath her, shutting off sight of the tossing Pa- cific. ‘The craft was skirting about 300 miles north of the great circle route, deliberately seeking headwinds to test fuel consumption and navigation prob- lems on her fourth trip between Hawali and Californis, Senate. | Takes up revised Bankhead farm tenant bill. House. In recess. Interstate Commerce Committee considers holding company bill. Btirling, nearly & week ago and de- cided to tell no one about it. The P.W.A. PROBLEMS Interior Head Describes De- bate on Spending of $3,300,000,000. Study of P. W. A.” which will be pub- lished Tuesday. Secretary Ickes describes the de- bates which took place among mem- bers of the special board for public works over the method of spend- ing the $3,300,000,000 appropriation. Lewis Douglas, then director of the budget, argued, for example that the appropriation should not be spent at all, Ickes recalls, and Secretary Per- kins and Dr. Rexford Tugwell squab- bled over the relative importance of slum clearance and new barracks for Army posts. Tribute to Roosevelt. Paying tribute to President Roose- velt, to whom the book is dedicated, Secretary Ickes that “Prank- lin D. Roosevelt will be written down in history not only as the world’s greatest builder; he will likewise be known for all time to come as the greatest planner.” Author Ickes also reveals some amusing incidents. He tells of the proposal that 10,000 men be paid $1,000 a year to rid the United States of snakes; of a $100,000 request to finance a round-trip passenger rocket to the moon; of one to supply every person in the country with a Bible: and finally of a proposal to build a moving road from New York to San Prancisco. Future of P. W. A. Turning to the future of P. W. A., Secretary Ickes writes: “Its future will depend on the vol- ume of private business; but it is im- portant that we always be prepared to pick up the slack of idle labor and unused raw materials whenever the volume of private business decreases to an alarming degree.” He continued: “I agree that our budget cannot remain permanently unbalanced without disastrous results, but those who would balance it at once without regard to consequences seem to._forget that if our national debt is particularly large at the pres- ent time, it is because the administra- tions during the prosperous years fol- lowing the war adopted a policy of tax reductions rather than one of vig- orous debt reduction.” District of Columbia—Fair, slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature; moderate west winds. land—Partly cloudy, slightly er in central and east portions to- night; tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature. Virginia—Partly cloudy, slightly cooler tonight, preceded by showers in extreme southeast portion this after- noon and possibly early tonight;. to- morrow fair, slowly rising temperature. West Virginia—Fair tonight; tomor- row fair, slowly rising temperature. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. 29.76 29.68 29.68 Yesterday— 4 am. 8 am. 29.71 Noon . . 80 290.70 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 90, at 5 p.m. yesterday; year ago, 93. Lowest, 67, at 5 a.m. today; year 29.68 2go, 66. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 95, on June 18. Lowest, —2, on January 28. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 89 per cent, at 5 a.m. today. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. Tomorrow. . 12:26am. 1:03am. 6:50am. 7:50am. . 12:26pm. 1:28pm. 7:14pm. 8:07pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets, Sun, today ... 4:42 7:37 Sun, tomorrow 4:42 7:37 Moon, today .. 11:3¢pm. 11:13am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1935. Average. Record. January ... 5.27 3.55 709 '82 327 375 3.27 3.70 2 sasoe £ S¥nzeeREiEe SRR IRIIZEEINE2R3E2BIRTIRAR BRBERE SO RRBRERER S A R M 2323333838233 Capt. George Pried (left), hero of many sea rescues and at present inspector in the New York territory for the Steamboat Inspection Service, shown yesterday at the Senate-Commerce Committee hearing on charges of neglect and impropriety in the service in connection with the Morro Castle tragedy made by Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Secretary of Commerce. spection Service. Mitchell (Continued From First Page.) “big Navy” man of 1929, entered the Mitchell controversy in off-stage fash- lon with an assertion that “Wall Street interests,” representing Great Britain, “will not allow us to build big high- | speed superliners” like the Leviathan. Raps “Morgan Interests.” Shearer charged that the Interna- tional Merchant Marine Co., which controlled the Leviathan, is “a Morgan company,” adding that “everybody knows that Morgan is Great Britain's fiscal agent here.” Calling newspaper men to his apartment here, Shearer, who has been but little in the public eye since the airing of charges that he “broke” the Geneva Disarmament Conference, as- serted that “while foreign countries that owe us billions of dollars are turning out ships like the Normandie, we can't have them.” “All we can have,” he added, “is a bunch of tubs, because they won't let us have high-speed superliners that would be of some use in case of war.” Asked who he meant by “they,” Shearer declared: “Why, the Wall Street crowd—the Morgan interests.” “Do you mean to imply that Great Britain is back of all this?” he was asked. “I charge it.” he replied. “A deliberate plan?” “Absolutely, absolutely.” STRIKE AREA QUIET AFTER FATAL RIOT One Killed, Two Near Death and 25 Hurt in Outbreak in Lum- ber Mill Walkout. By the Associated Press. EUREKA, Calif., June 22.—Heavily armed police patroled the streets here today to prevent another outbreak of lumber strike rioting which resulted in the death of one man and the probable fatal shooting of two others. George Littlefleld, chief of police, declared the situation “well in hand” today. Sixty-six persons were held under charges of rioting as a result of the pitched battle yesterday between 250 strike pickets and 300 workers at the Holmes-Eureka Lumber Mill. W. H. Kaarte, 42, Eureka, was fa- tally injured. Little hope was helf for the recovery of Harold Delund, 35, shot in the abdomen, and Paul Lam- pells, 21, shot in the head. Ten per- sons were wounded by police gunfire, and five policemen and 10 other civ- ilians also were injured. No picketing occurred at the Ham- mond Lumber Co. wharves last night, and it was reported longshoremen, who have been on a sympathetic strike, would return to work Monday. —_— BARKER LOSES CIVIL SUIT Bremer Kidnaper’s Lawyer Given $6,000 Judgment for Fees. S8T. PAUL, June 22 (®—J. G. DeCourcy, attorney who defended Arthur (Doc) Barker in his recent trial for conspiracy in the $200,000 Edward G. Bremer kidnaping, yester- day was granted & $6,000 deficiency judgment against Barker in District Court. Barker now is in the Leavenworth Penitentiary under life sentence. De- Courcy brought suit for fees. The judgment makes it possible to seize Barker's property, if any is located. British Steamer Sinks. CHERBOURG, France, June 22 (#). —The 917-ton British steamer Sain Brandan was grounded off Cosque- ville in & dense fog today and sank as a tug tried to pull it into port. The crew was saved. < With Fried is Joseph Weaver, head of the Steamboat In- —Harris-Ewing Photo. WLEAN FUNERAL RITES HERE TODAY Former Governor of North Carolina to Be Buried in Native Town. Funeral services for Angus W. Mc- Lean, 65-year-old former Governor of North Carolina, who died yesterday in Emergency Hospital, were to be held at noon today at the Central Presby- terian Church, Sixteenth and Irving streets, with Dr. James H. Taylor offi- clating. Burial will be held tomorrow in Lumberton, N. C., Mr. McLean’s na- tive home, Mr. McLean was stricken several weeks ago while en route from Wash- ington, where he practiced law, to At~ iantic City. A blood clot on the right lung brought death, physicians said. Born in Lumberton April 20, 1870, the former Governor and nationally prominent Democrat was a son of Archibald and Carolina Purcell Mc- Lean. He was educated for the law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where in 1892 he received his degree. Mr. “McLean became Governor of North Carolina in 1925 and served in that capacity until 1929. During the World War he served as a director of the War Finance Corp., and in 1920- 21, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Carter Glass. Surviving Mr. McLean are his widow, the former Miss Margaret French of Lumberton, and three chil- dren, Angus Wilton McLean, ir., of ‘Washington; Hector McLean of Lum- berton, and Miss Margaret French McLean of Lumberton. Cabinet officers and high Govern- ment officials were to attend the fu- neral services today, after which the body will be shipped to Lumberton for burial. were to in- Honorary pallbearers cldue Secretary of State Hull, Secre- tary of Commerce Roper, Attorney General Cummings, Senators Robin- son of Arkansas, McAdoo of Cali- fornia, Bailey of North Carolina, Rey- nolds of North Carolina, former Gov. O. Max Gardner of North Carolina, J. F. T. O’Connor, controller of the currency; Eugene Meyer, J. Crawford Biggs, Maj. Gen. Rupert Blue, U.S.A.; Everett Sanders, Representative Doughton of North Carolina, Marvin H. MclIntrye, secretary to the Presi- dent; Marriner 8. Eccles, Federal Re- serve Board governor; Kingman Brew- ster and Garland Ferguson. Active pallbearers were to include Representative Warren of North Carolina, Joseph P. Tumulty, James M. Butler, Brice Glagett, Charles E. ‘Wainwright and J. Fred McClerkin. _— ESSENTIAL NUTRITIVE ACID IS DISCOVERED Illinois U. Professor Reveals Con- centrated Substance May Sustain Life. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 22—The hungry man of the future may eat an order of “alpha-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid” and be well nourished. Dr. Willlam C. Rose, professor of physiological chemistry at the Univer- sity of Illinois, last night told the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society that the substance contained just the right proportion of acids required in the diet. In the near future, he said, it may be possible to sustain life on the con- centrated substance. He said his ex- periments in nutritional chemistry led to the discovery of the acid as an essential to life in the proteins. New Mexican Governor Leads Hunt for 4 Missing in Desert By the Assoclated Press. SOCORRO, N. Mex, June 22.— Long-striding, heavily-built Gov. Clyde led a small army over more than 100 miles of the central New Mexico cactus-studded desert yester- men, some of them members of the New Mexico National Guard. Not & trace of the four missing per- sons was discovered, but during the day a new clue came to light, a report that the MRS. WALEY FACES CHOICE OF PLEAS Woman in Weyerhaeuser Case May Be Acquitted if She Chooses to Be Tried. (« ht. 1035. by the Associated Press.) T MA, Wash,, June 22.—With- out the air of her self- confident husband, 19-year-old Margaret Thulin ‘Waley faced a choice today between a fight for possible freedom or again pleading guilty to complicity in the $200,000 kidnaping of little George ‘Weyerhaeuser. Her answer will be given in Fed- eral court today. She thought it over through lonely hours last night and early today in the fortress-like county jail at Olym- pia while her 24-year-old ex-convict husband Harmon began serving a 45- year sentence in nearby McNeil Island Federal penitentiary. It was the first of what may be a lifetime of nights apart. They bad been held in separate cells, but under the same roofs, ever since their arrest June 8 and 9 in Salt Lake City, where Margaret's spending spree with ran- som money led to their capture. Will Miss Husband’s Signals. She faced all the unfamiliar mat- ters of court procedure today, with all strange faces around her and no grinning, sneering, self-confident bravo of a husband nearby to signal her what to say and what not to say. Waley was immediately sentenced and taken to prison after he pleaded guilty under the Lindbergh kidnap law .yesterday. He also received a two-year concurrent sentence for plot- ting the abduction with the fugitive William Dainard, alias William Mahan. Margaret pleaded guilty, too, yes- terday, but Judge E. E. Cushman refused to acoept the plea after her attorney, Stephen J. O’'Brien, asked leniency on the ground she had known nothing of the kidnaping umtil after the little scion of the wealthy lumber and logging dynasty had been stolen. Given Copy of Indictment. Judge Cushman asked her if she could read English. When she said “yes” in a colorless but clear voice, a clerk handed her a copy of the indict- ment and Judge Cushman admonished her to take it to jail with her, read it, and come back today and decide whether she was guilty or mnot, as charged. In exchange for yesterday's guilty pleas, the United States Government dismissed an indictment charging Mrs. Waley with mailing the second of the ransom mnotes to George's father, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, jr, and postponed until the first motion day [in October an indictment charging Waley and Dainard with mailing ex- tortion letters to Weyerhaeuser. If Mrs. Waley follows her orgiinal plan and pleads guilty again today, Judge Cushman may sentence her to anything up to life imprisonment. It she decides to plead not guilty and stand trial, she may be acquitted. FEARS OF REVENGE LEAD TO SUICIDE Mother of 1928 Kidnap Victim Dreaded Retaliation for Aid in Convictions. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—The terror which dogged members of the family of Billy Ranieri continually after his sensational kidnaping seven years ago, claimed a suicide victim in his mother yesterday. Mrs. Theresa Raniera, 49, who broke under a deadly fear of retaliation for her part in sending the abductors of her son to prison, ended her iife by taking a poisonous insecticide, in her home. Billy, now 16 years old, was with his mother when she died several hours later in a hospital. “She would often become hysterical and stay that way for two or three days,” he told Cragin police. In 1928 Billy, one of seven chil- dren of Alex Ranieri, then a mil- lionaire contractor, was seized by kid- napers and held 13 days. Notes de- manding $60,000 ransom under threat of death were sent the family. But Alex always claimed he paid nothing for his son’s freedom. SOVIET WORK “NOBLE” WEDS AMID ACCLAIM 800 Join in Fete, First in Drive to Make Marriage Occa- sion of Festivity. By the Assoclated Press. PERVOMASKAYA, Caucasus, U. 8. S. R, June 22—To the accompani- ment of aerial acrobatics, parachute jumps, rough riding and native dances, Grigori Velichko, Soviet “noble” of work, and Nina Belavskaya, first farm woman to jump from an airplane, were married here yesterday. Eight hundred guests participated in the wedding feast and celebration, the first big affair since the start of the nation-wide campaign to make marriage an occasion for festivity. After the wedding the bride and bridegroom went for an airplane ride. Among the guests were representatives of the national goverament. NEW YORK CURB Keeping you informed . . . sales in Wall Street . . . accurate and up to the minute: Section A, Page 15 ITALY PREPARING FOR EDEN'S VISIT Englishman to Attempt to Settle Differences in Mussolini Parley. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, June 22—Attempts to ase suage unprecedented bitterness be- tween two World War allies—Great Britain and Italy —over the latter's moves in Ethiopia depended largely today upon a forthcoming visit of Britain’s Anthony Eden. Official circles today said conversa- tions with Eden would be limited to a discussion of Britain’s naval accord with Germany and an air pact and that the Ethiopian question is not on the program. Moreover, a soft pedal on Italian press attacks on the nation’s erst- while war ally has been put into effect. Preparations were being completed for the arrival of the young British statesman, secretary for League of Nations’ affairs, who probably will sit in conference with Benito Mussolini Monday in a further attempt at quieting the discord. Pariey in Rome. Although Brioni, a small island 1 the Adriatic, has been mentioned a possible setting for the conversad tions, it is believed the meeting will be here, Britain’s openly voiced oppositio to the possible Ethiopian conflict An} her efforts to settle the differences have aroused the sharpest resentment in Italy. Until this week Italian newspapers openly accused England of jealousy and of trying to obstruct Italy’s ex- pansion in Africa under the guise of attempting to avert a possible war. The Giornale d'Italia of Rome, fre- quently chosen to echo government viewpoints, accused England of con- centrating troops on the Sudan- Ethiopian frontier. The article was a thinly-veiled insinuation that Eng- land would march into Ethiopia to get part of it for herself if Italy went in. Attacks in Press. The Tevere newspaper of Rome re« cently came out with blasting front- page articles on England and Africa. An elderly Englishman who has lived in Rome for 30 years remarked: “In all the time I have been hers I have never seen such articles. They are more bitter than those printed against the enemy during the World ‘War.” The Tevere articles were accom- panied by large caricatures. The first two cartoons showed British troops beating down women and taking away their children during the Boer ‘War. The second two ridiculed the British general staff in the Transvaal. Latest Incident Settled. Italian quarters announced, mean- while, the latest incident with Ethi- opia, involving the tearing of an Ital- ian flag from an automobile of this country’s legation in Addis Abeba, had apparently been settled through an Ethiopian apology. The foreign minister of Ethiopia, Blattengueta Herui, said a dispatch to the foreign office here, went to the Italian Legation at Addis Ababa and formally presented his apologies for the insult to the flag. Italy continued to send soldiers te her East African colonies bordering on Ethiopia. The steamship Praga ‘suled today from Naples with 51§ | troops aboard and the steamshiy i Gange left with 2,000. —e ' SENSATIONS SEEN IN REALTY PROBE Paper Quotes Sabath as Claiming Gigantic Racket in New York to Be Disclosed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 22—The New York American said yesterday that “sensational disclosures” will be made | when the special House committee in- | vestigating real estate reorganizations holds hearings in New York next week. Representative Adolph J. Sabath, Tllinois Democrat, head of the com- mittee, is quoted by the newspaper as saying ‘& racket involving billions of dollars will be revealed, The newspaper quotes Sabath: “In the 28 years I've been in Wash« ington, I've never encountered suck a racket as the one the committe has uncovered in this investigation.” SILENCES CRITICISM OF MRS. ROOSEVELT Ohio Synod of Reformed Church Deletes Name From Attack on Cigarette Habit. By the Associated Press. TIFFIN, Ohio., June 22.—An at- tempt to criticize Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a report of a special committee of the Ohio Synod of the Reformed Church yesterday met with a quick rebuke from delegates on the floor of the convention. The report “lamented the growth of the cigarette habit,” and “deplored the precept set for young people by the First Lady of the Land.” The report was challenged imme- diately from the floor and its approval was held up until the clause referring to Mrs. Roosevelt was deleted. Other resolutions condemning the liquor habit and urging temperance movements were adopted. MAN, 24, PAYS WITH LIFE FOR KILLING RANCHER Is Fourth Person to Die in Colo- rado Lethal Gas Cham- ber. By the Associated Press. CANON CITY, Colo, June 22.—