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LOBBY QUIZ MAPS ITS FUTURE POLICY Hearings Early in Week May Keep Commitiee—New Evidence Sought. By the Associated Press. Temporarily abandoning the utility investigation, the Senate Lobby Com- mittee gathered in executive session today to chart its future course in gseeking to uncover all forms of lobby- ing in the Capital. Some members indicated that while no definite decision had been reached, the committee might hold hearings one or two days next week and then adjourn until late in the fall. In any event, a large staff of investigators will keep at work digging up evidence. Abruptly dismissing Howard C. Hopson, key figure in the investiga- tion into the activities of the Associ- ated Gas & Electric System in fight- ing the utilities bill, the committee yesterday turned to ship subsidy leg- islation and brought the name of Raymond Moley into the testimony. Tells of Lurcheon. Ira A. Campbell, shipping attorney, w 5 called to the stand and described 2 luncheon held in New York last week to discuss the ship subsidy bill and attended by John M. Franklin, Kermit Roosevelt and “Mr. Moley.” “What Mr. Moley?” asked Chair- man Black, “Mr. Raymond Moley. that's all I know about him,” Campbell repiied. In New York last night Moley—a close adviser of President Roosevelt at the beginning of the administration— said he had been present at the luncheon, but added: “I have spoken to no members of Congress nor the President about pending shipping legislation. “1 have never received a fee nor gratuity from shipping companies.* ¢ “I have not yet reached the stage of demagoguery where I believe all business men have horns and cloven hoofs. 1 shall continue to associate with such of them as are my friends as usual. “My only comment is, what of it?” Shipping Heads Confer. Campbell also told of a tecond meet- ing here this week at which, he said, Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, in charge of the subsidy bill, was present. Also attending were Stanley Dollar of the Dollar Line, W. K. Jackson of the United Fruit Co. and Robert Patchin of the Grace Line. The witness said they had discussed @ provision in the legisiation which would take away from courts juris- diction over fixing compensation for the cancellation of mail contracts. The subsidy bill hes been side- tracked for this session. Cotton (Continued From First Page) the administration’s new social secur- ity program. Farm officials, many of whom were present when Byrnes offered his amendment, sald they were confident the Senate would reject the South Carolinian's proposal. They had hurried to the Capitol last night after Senator Smith, Demo- crat, of South Carolina, issued a state- ment saying the A. A. A. plan was “not a loan at all” and that he believed it “ends any further co-| operation in the form of agreements | between the cotton growers and the | Government.” Broken Promise Charged. | Smith charged the Farm Adminis- | tration had broken a promise to con- | tinue last year's 12-cent losn if the| Bankhead cotton allotment act were extended. A. A. A officials made no direct acknowledgement of the congres- sional criticism directed at them since the loan-subsidy plan was announced Thursday night. Chester C. Davis, farm administrator, predicted a bil- lion-dollar cotton crop, and said farm- ers “will instantly appreciate the 1935 loan-subsidy plan.” The Senate was considering com- mittee amendments to the deficiency bill when Byrnes gained the floor to | introduce his amendment. Point of Order Raised. A point of order was raised by Senator Hale, Republican, of Maine. Byrnes said he had a motion to sus- pend the rules for consideration of his amendment. He demanded to know whether he would have a chance 1o call for a vote on the motion today. If not given that assurance, Byrnes said, he would “talk all night and have considerable assistance.” Senator Adams. Democrat, of Colo- rado, in charge of the appropriations measure, agreed to postpone considera- tion of Byrnes’ motion until today. In predicting a “billion-dollar cot- ton crop for 1935” Davis said the farm wvalue of cotton, with the loan-subsidy in effect, should be more than $700,- 000,000; rental and benefit payments under existing contracts should total $126,000,000, and the farm value of cotton seed should be from $150,000,- 000 to $175,000,000. Not since 1929 has the farm value of the cotton crop reached a billion dollars. LIGHT VOTE SEEN ON TEXAS REPEAL State Balloting Today on Pro- hibition, Enacted 16 Years Ago. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex, August 24.—Texas voters, with a background of 79 years’ practice in “settling” the ‘prohibition issue with ballots, undertook the job again today. Today’s question was repeal of the State’s constitutional provision against hard liquor, voted in May, 1919, and each faction issued the customary predictions of victory. The generally conceded prospect of a light vote worried each side. Texas has 800,000 eligiole to vote, but a total count of 400,000 to 600,000 was pre- dicted. Prohibitionists, headed by Bishop A. Boaz of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, conducted a vigor- ous speaking campaign against repeal. The repealists, working more quietly, argued that bootlegging was wide- spread and personal liberty a joke. The issue has been before some or all of the State at fairly regular intervals since 1854, when a law— subsequently declared invalid—was passed by popular vote, prohibiting sales of liquor in less than quart lots. The proposed amendment would prohibit the open saloon, but leave it to the Legislature to décide what an open saloon is, set up & sys- tem of local option, e What’s What Behind News In Capital Technique of Ultilities Bill CompromiseSpoiled by Nosey Newsmen. BY PAUL MALLON. NEAT solution of the holding company bill deadlock was worked out nearly a week ago, but nosey newsmen spoiled it. That is the complete explanation be- hind all the mysterious jockeying which you have been reading about since then. What happened was this: Congressional leaders finally per- suaded President Roosevelt at last Sunday night's conference that he would have to surrender on the mis- named “death sentence.” A plan was adopted to make the surrender painless, but it had to be kept quiet. It called for Sena- tor Barkley to reframe a compro- mise he had originally submitted privately to House and Senate conferees, which same compromise had been turned down by them. This time the House was to accept it and push it through. Thus the House would take the rap for the surrender. The White House would merely bow later in acqui- escence. But the newsmen, dad rat them, sent out stories about the President’s agreeing to surrender. These were i read by Senator Wheeler, who led the fight for Mr. Roosevelt's “death sen- | tence” but was not consulted in the | final deal. Senator Wheeler displayed great anguish. He is a fighter who frequently gets licked but never sur- renders, even when prudence dictates. | Adjournment of Congress was actu- {ally held up while every one worked to get around Wheeler. The maneuver was in charge of Mr. Roosevelt's official getter-around, Vice President Garner. Tongue Slip Blamed. A certain senatorial leader bela- bored newsmen en masse for print- ing the surrender story. He denied it ardently, adding something like this: “It would be all right if the House surrendered and the Presi- dent accepted the bill, but it would never do to say publicly that the President surrendered.” That was all the newsmen wanted to know. They laughed off denial, reprinted the surrender story. Tricky Compromise. | The final compromise on the hold- iing companies bill was the trickiest | plece of legislation of the session. On its face, it appeared to provide mod- | erate regulation, but lawyers found one little word, “and,” placed in a way to change the whole legal mean. ing of the legislation. Also a new phrase, “single integrated public util- ity system,” was coined and an am- biguous definition of it written into the bill. The result is that the severity of the new law will depend entirely on the personnel of the Securities Ex- change Commission which will inter- pret it. That means it looks bad for the holding companies. Back-Talk to President. Congressmen generally speak to the President in private as demurely as an office boy talks to the boss. It was an unusual scene therefore when nine Congressmen (six Democrats, two Republicans, one Progressive) romped all over Mr. Roosevelt the other day at a White House gab-fest on the neutrality bill. Democrat Sission of Whitesboro, N. Y., hotly informed the Dboss that if the neutrality bill failed the President alone, of all people in the Nation, would be respon- sible. Democrat Maverick of San Antonio, Tex., answered the President's re- quest for broader discretionary power by saying, in effect, “You ain't a-going to get it.” It isn't the heat, it's the humidity. Tax Estimate Low. The story is going around that the New Dealers purposely underesti- mated revenues expected from the new tax bill so Congress would not realize how drastic the bill is. 1t is true that the estimates are ultra-conservative, but not for the reason mentioned. Tax ezperts really held down their estimates because they do not believe that large corporations, large incomes and large estates will meekly sub- mit to the mew rates. They be- lieve the increased levies will be substantially avoided ome way or another, Therein you will find a secret de- fect of the whole existing income tax system. Rates on the rich have al- ‘ways been high, but the rich do not pay them. The rich have opportuni- ties for tax avoidance not available to men on salaries or to professional people like doctors and lawyers. The incomes of people who earn their money always get soaked, Buck-Passing Slip. ‘The Senate and House passed the buck to each other on rail pension legislation so fast that it slipped from their grasp and fell on the Presi- dent's corns. | | Hom It was agreed explicitly at the Sunday night conference that the pension legislation would not be passed. The legislation is divided into two bills, one setting up the pension system and the other levying & pay- roll tax to carry out the system. Rail brotherhoods want it badly, so the Senate decided to take up the mean- ingless authorization bill and pass it without the tax bill. The understand- ing was that the House would kill the bill and Senators would get the po- litical prestige of voting for it. But the House leaders heard about it and decided if any one was going to get any political prestige. out of this it would be House members. The result was that both Houses passed the bill very hurriedly and the buck up to the THE EVENING S FILIBUSTER BEATS FLOOD CURB BILL Tydings’ Action Recommits It, Although Copeland May Try Again. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The $500,000,000 flood-control bill was back In & Senate Committee to- day—sent there by a three-hour fili- buster conducted by Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland. Denouncing and ridiculing the meas- ure as a “graft” bill, Tydings threat- ened to talk all last night unless it were recommitted to stay at least until next session. His threat was effective. Close to midnight, the Senate quit, but Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, changed his vote at the last minute so he could move for reconsideration of the motion to recommit today. The bill, passed by the House Thurs- day and considered briefly yesterday by the Senate Commerce Committee, which added more than $100,000,000 to it, would authorize—but not appro- priate—$500,000,000 to be spent on flood-control work in all parts of the country, including $30,000,000 for the area recently swept by floods in New York State. Tydings wound up his fillbuster with the assertion that the votes for the bill would constitute a “roll call of shame” and would be so regarded by the country. Crowded galleries burst into fre- quent laughter as the Marylander, | sometimes humorous, sometimes se- | rious, poked gibes at some of the con- | trol projects contained in the meas- | ure. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of | Michigan, also fought against the| | measure with the assertion that “it is an outrage that the Senate should pass & $500,000,000 authorization to- night in 10 minutes without any more consideration than has been given it.” Unless engineer approval of the projects were required, the Michigan Senator said, the bill “becomes noth- ing more than the most gigantic pork | barrel legislation in this or any other session.” PSR ZIONIST CONGRESS IN BITTER DEBATE, Split Over Proposed Separation of Executive and Political Headquarters. By the Associated Press. LUCERNE, Switzerland, August 24 —Delegaies to the Zionist Congress | battled in debate yesterday over the | proposed separation of Zionist execu- | tive headquarters, by which the organ- | ization department would be moved to Jerusalem while the political depart- ment stays in London. | Opponents of the proposal con- tended that separation would weaken the whole organization without com- pensating benefits. A review of election figures in the congress showed labor to have 229 seats, eft-wing Zionists, 101: right- wing Zionists, 50: Mizrachi, 75, and right £xvremists, 13; making a total| of 463 de’egates. | Meer Grossman, leader of the Jewish | state party, the dissident revisionist group, aitacked the executives' policy. | He especially criticized the agreement for the transier of the property of Jewish immigrants from Germany, in a speech in which he was continually interrupted. DOWNPOUR ANSWERS HOPI RAIN PRAYERS! Snake Dance, With Hundreds of | Reptiles on Hand, to End Arizona Ceremonies. By the Associated Press. MISHONGNOVI, Ariz,, August 24.— The Hopi Indians felt they had pleased their gods yesterday with their nine-day prayer for rain. Hardly had the antelope dance, first public rites of the ancient ceremonies started, than rain fell and drenched the parched fields of the tribesmen. The ceremonies end tonight with the weird snake dance for which hun- dreds of reptiles have been gathered by the Indians. With a snake be- tween his teeth, each snake priest will circle the village plaza four times. The reptiles then are placed in a circle of holy meal and released to carry the prayers for rain to the un- derground gods. Hundreds of specta- tors are here. Moves toward final action on these bills: $250,000,000 tax revision, util- ity regulation, alcohol control, neu- trality, $100,000,000 deficiency appro- priation. House: Moves to final action on: Tax, utility, alcohol control and prohibi- tion of gold suits measures. ———————— found out from his advisers (Co- ordinator Eastman mainly) that the bill would need a 10 per cent supplementary tax on railroad pay rolls to support it, instead of 6 per cent as previously bdelieved, and the ultimate cost might reach a fantastic sum. The buck was too hot for Mr. Roosevelt to handle immediately. He set it aside to cool. Teaching Farmers to Play. The Agriculture Department has apparently decided the trouble with farmers is that they do not know how to play. At least the department has appointed Ella Gardner a “rural sociologist in recreation,” to develop a program “for training rural people recreational leadership.” It is un- derstood Miss Gardner uses both the Work and Culbertson systems of rec- reation. Novelty in Chiseling. A novel method of relief chiseling has been discovered in New York. - | Gen. Johnson’s agents have found out from banks that a large number of persons with small savings accounts have withdrawing their ac- them to other banks under TAR, WASHINGTON, COURT ROWS SEEN OVER UTILITY BILL Lawyers Declared Aimost Only Ones to Benefit From New Law. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. About the only people who can re- jolce over the passage of the utility holding company bill are the lawyers. Fat fees and plenty of litigation will be forthcoming, no doubt, for the com- promise agreed upon by the two houses js plainly unconstitutional. The proposed statute will fall on the ground that it is an invalid delegation of power. If Congress .does possess the right to say what are and what are not “unnecessary” holding com- panies—something that will be dis- Ruted—then it is much more doubtful whether Congress has properly dele- gated the job to a Federal commis- sion to do. Schechter Ruling Cited. Any layman reading the opinion of Chief Justice Hughes in the Schechter N. R. A anse, and the even more pen- etrating opinion on this point rendered by Justice Cardozo, will find difficulty | in forecasting that the Supreme Court could declare valid the new section of the utility bill agreed upon as & sub- stitute for the so-called “‘death sen- tence.” The commission, for instance, is given the duty of requiring “by or- der” that each registered holding com- pany and each subsidiary company thereof “shall take such steps as the commission shall ind necessary to in. sure that the corporate structure or continued existence of any company in the holding company system does not unduly or unnecessarily compli- cate the structure or unfairly or in- equitably distribute voting power among security holders of such hold- Ing company system.” But what legislative standard has Congress set up to guide the commis- sion as to what is meant by “unduly” or “unnecessarily complicating the corporate structure?” There is none to be found in the language of the act. Standard Left in Doubt. In another part of the proposed law is a paragraph which tells the | commission to require by order that each holding company or subsidiary company shall take such actlon “as the commission finds necessary to limit the operations of the holding company to a single integrated system and to such other businesses as are | reasonably incidental or economically necessary or appropriate to the oper- ation of such integrated public utility system.” Who is to decide what standard Is to be applied when the words “eco- nomically necessary” are to be weighed? Will they be standards set up by those members of a commis- sion who believe in public ownership or by those who believe that private ownership has a right to continucd existence? It was to prevent brc- cisely this type of bureaucracy that the Supreme Court unanimously took away on May 27 last from a Federal agency the right to make its own laws and regulations based upon its | own views and theories and not set forth explicitly by legislative insiruc- | tion from Congress. Ruling Not Expected Until '39. The adoption of the utility bill at this time, however, prevents the issue from being made a campaign football in 1936, though no doubt considerable aftermath of the power problem will be heard in the congressional and presidential fight. So far as & Su- preme Court decision is concerned, it is highly unlikely that it can come before 1939, because the compromnise just agreed upon says the commission must attempt to dissolve holding com- | panies only “as soon as practicable after January 1, 1938.” It may, of course, be possible to frame an issue for submission to the court prior to that date, but the Federal courts nave usually insisted that some actual step in pursuance of a statute must be taken and some actual injury shown before any restraining orders are granted. To sum up, the investors are not affected one way or the other by the new bill, except that the threat of dissolution may make the field for speculators somewhat easy, as they will have a lever with which to bre down values and buy up securities at low prices from innocent victims. As for the utility companies themselves, they will do their refinancing or build their extensions and buy raw materials only as the people who lend thefn the money become convinced that the new law would be unconstitutional anyway. So it's a battle of the lawyers, and thus comes to an end a spectacular fight which might, to use an old phrase, be characterized as “peace without victory.” (Copyright. 1935.) JAPANESE CLEAR U. 5. CAMERA PAIR Spying Not Intended in Photo- graphing in Fortified Zone. By the Associated Press. TCKIO, August 24.—Japanese gen- darmes said today two young Ameri- cans had been cleared of suspicion in connection with the alleged photo- graphing of a fortified zone from the American freighter Golden Mountain. The two, identified as Phillip Maas, s Stanford University graduate, and William Felix, received official permis- sion to resume their journey to Kobe from Tokuyama, Rengo News Agency dispatches said. Following a second examination of the frelghter in Tokuyama harbor, where it has been held at anchor, gendarmerie officers said their sus- picions of willful lawbreaking through photography of the fortified Bungo Straits had been virtually removed. The freighter probably will be re- leased shortly, they added. The gendarmes said they found and confiscated aboard the ship a small camera and three rolls of exposed film belonging to a member of the crew. The pictures were amateurish, they said, indicating espionage was not intended. The Americans had been sought be- cause they left the freighter at Toku- yama. They were said to be return- ing to the United States from Lung- nan University, Canton, China. Suspicion of sutkorities was di- rected to the ship because it steamed directly toward Tokuyama through the fortified straits instead of using the more traveled route by way-of ‘Yokohama and Osaka. The freighter, out of San br J& L] S ought 3, tons of salt for & Toku. yama soda K | pher. D. C, Ready to Catch First Train Home home as soon as possible. Left to right: Representatives TAKES OV LF {Kills Self in Hollywood Hotel, Leaving Note for His Wife. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, August 24.—Dispo- | Work, 37, who ended his life in & fit of despondency over ill health, awaited word today from his father, Dr. Hu- bert Work, cabinet member in the Coolidge administration. Work was found dead in a Holly- | wood hotel yesterday, a bullet wound in the head and a farewell note to his wife Lucie nearby. | Mrs. Work, prostrated with grief,| told police her husband had been in| ill health for some time. In Denver Dr. Work was undecided what plans would be made for burial of his son. Divorced by First Wife. Work, who was engaged in the mov- ing and storage business, came here from Denver, Colo. His first wife, Mrs. Irma Work, won & divorce in the Los Angeles courts and custody of their' child. His second marriage took place . shortly afterward. Work's note, addressed to “My be- loved Lucy,” read: “Forgive me, but T love you so much I can't drag you through any mire of unhappiness. There is nothing wrong at the office. It is too much of a| burden to try to straighten out any of | my affairs. It just keeps coming and | coming. I had fought this for a long | time, as Dr. Thompson can tell you. “My adorable one, I love you more than anything. In fact, you are more than life itself and I would rather give that up than drag vou on and to clear things up. Forever and ever, my sweet darling, I am yours. BOB.” Father Directed Hoover Campaign. | Work's father, whose home is in Pueblo, Colo., resigned as Secretary | of the Interior to direct Herbert Hoo- | ver's campaign against Alfred E. Smith in 1928. The younger Work was a graduate of the University of Colorado. | He was first married in June, 1924, to Miss Irma Weicker, daughter of R. V. Weicker, Denver moving and storage company executive. For several years the ycunger Work | was vice president and general man- | ager of the moving and storage con- cern. After the divorce he came to Los Angeles. The second Mrs. Work formerly was a motion picture company stenogra- HOOVER HELD ALTERNATE | IN LINDBERGH KIDNAPING Hauptmann Attorney Asserts Laborer Told Him of Ex- Convict's Plot. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 24—C.| Lloyd FPisher, attorney for Bruno Richard® Hauptmann, said yesterday & Los Angeles laborer had informed him | of an ex-convict who had plotted to kidnap former President Hoover, but that Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was chosen later as the victim. The attorney said his informant was | John F. Raab. -He did not explain how Raab obtained his purported in- formation. The name of the former convict was not disclosed. “I have learned to dismiss impos- tors quickly,” said Fisher. Raab’s story fits in so well with certain known facts, however, that I am giving it & degree of credence.” IDLE TO BE DRAFTED Spokane Relief List to Supply Men for War on Rust. SPOKANE, Wash., August 24 (#).— D. M. Merrin, State welfare depart- ment administrator, announced yes- terday all single men receiving relief in Spokane will be drafted immediately for white pine blister rust control work in North Idaho forests. ‘Those refusing the call will be dropped from relief rolls. Merrin explained that officials had difficulty in.finding the 5,000 workers needed to fight the pest. Prince Demands W hite Bathtub, But Permits Dainty Decoration By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 34 —Pastel shades of pink and robin’s egg blué will soothe the Prince of Wales’ eyes in his bath hereafter. toillmnlnd," however, ‘he tub itself will be plain white. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1935. Members of the House are keeping the ticket office in the basement of the Capitol busy with their prepara- tions to leave Washington just as soon &s Congress adjourns. Here is a Maverick, Democrat, of Texas: Daly, B. Hill, Democrat, of Washington; Moritz, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, and Utterback, Democrat, of Iowa. OR, WORK'S SON | - Page) ' (Continued From Firs! that after a four-month period ending January 1, 1936, all persons will be barred from bringing damage suits against the Government as the result of its abrogation of the promise to ;belt, who is estranged from his wife, has been living. Acting Chief of Po- lice Pat Dygan said a man telephoned him from the house and said: I just shot a man. Send a car” Dugan | said Corbett handed him a .38-caliber revolver when he arrived. Mabry quoted Corbett as saying Thompson “broke up my home and made a fool of my wife.” Both Cor- | bett and his wife, the former Kathlyn Hughes of Albuquerque, have divorce suits pending here. Mabry said Corbett told him the shooting occurred after Thompson had telephoned Corbett he was on his way to “beat me up again.” The slain man was proprietor of a dude ranch in Jemez County. UNDER 2 INDICTMENTS. group making arrangements to get Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Samuel —A. P. Photo. DUDE RANCHMAN SHOT 70 DEATH Arizona Slayer Says Ed- ward G. Thompson Wreck- ed His Home. By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., August 24 —Edward G (Tex) Thompson, dude rancn operator, was shot and killed late yesterday and police ar- rested J. Bryson Corbett, insurance salesman. District Attorney Thomas J. Mabry said he expected to file & murder charge against Corbett. Thompson was shot yesterday on | the porch of the dwelling where Cor- SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD ORGANIZING Thompson Charged With Non-Support of Adopted Son. CLEVELAND, August 24 (#)—Ed- ward De Groot Thompson, former treasurer of the Thompson Products, Inc, Cleveland auto parts manufac- turring establishment, who was shot and killed in Albuquerque yesterday, was Indicted in Common Pleas Court | here May 31 for failure to support | pay off its bonds in goid. The House Skeleton Force Will Carry! nis adopted son and on a charge previously had voted an immediate prohibition against the suits, while the Senate wanted a& six-month grace period. | Legislation to set up a direct sys. | tem of subsidies for the merchant marine instead of the present ocean dropped for this session, ‘The subject produced a fight in the Senate last night, however. Charging that a “pernicious lobby” of shipping companies had blocked new ship legis- lation, Black fought for a resolution for mandatory cancellation of all ocean mall contrasts by April 1, 1936, Plan Turned Down. But the Senate turned this down and voted to give President Roose- velt until next March 31 to modify or cancel the contracts at his discretion. The vote on this was 37 to 27. Earlier, the Senate had approved a resolution by Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York extending | this discretionary period until April | 30. Then it changed its mind. | Sent along to the White House in yesterday's terrific drive was a bill | increasing ocean ship liability for losses at sea. The House voted for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the difference be- | tween what farmers receive for their products and what the consumer pays. ‘The high light of the utilities bill agreement was the compromise, pre- | viously announced, on the compulsory abolition section. As it now stands, | it permits the erection of two holding | companies on a single integrated sys- | tem of operating companies. The Guffey coal bill, as it went to | the White House for certain presi- | dential signature (and later a test in the courts), sets up a “little N. R. A.” for the bituminous industry, but a} section suspending the anti-trust laws | in the cases of operators who comply | with the new codes has been deleted. VOTE IMMINENT | ON D. C. PENSIONS Deficiency Bill Action Seen in! House Following Senate Passage. ‘The BSenate last night approved funds in the third deficiency bill to | begin paying District pensions to the | aged and the blind, and several other local items, but final passage of the measure was delayed until today by the fight over the Byrnes cotton-loan amendment. For payment of old age and blind pensions from now until January, the bill contains $125,000; for enforcing the new smoke control law, $15,000; for additional personnel in the Court of Appeals, $9,375, and for public order arrangements during the colored Shrine and Elk conventions, $10,000. The bill is expected to pass as soon as the cotton amendment is voted on today. It goes back to the House, but no difficulty is anticipated over the District items. MOLYBDENUM IN MINE LEFT BY BUFFALO BILL By the Associated Press. DENVER, August 24.—A rich molyb- denum “strike” in Southwestern Wyo- ming was announced here yesterday by Charles C. Coulter, Denver mining engineer and geologist. Coulter said & “mountain” of the metal, used to harden steel, was found on Crater Mountain, 65 miles south- west of Cody. He declared ore in the newly dis- covered property is richer than that of the Climax mine near Leadville, Colo., which produces between $5,000,- 000 and $10,000,000 worth of the metal yearly. This is about 75 per cent of the world output. William P. (Buffalo Bill) Cody and other ploneers prospected the Cody region for gold more than a quarter century ago and then abandoned their claims. Coulter said Cody and his associates threw away tons of molyb- denum bearing rock. or words to that effect, “but nothing fancy on the tub—just plain white.” Decorators made the most of their opportunities, the Prince's white tub on a dais of pink and white marble, the mirror is framed in blue, and the towels and bath mats are pink or blue. The same color scheme has been worked out on the walls. The Duke of Kent, the Prince’s brother, has had his bath at youngest No. 3 r’lfl. square decorated In i it and blue—put no pink. on Until Winant Returns to U. S. By the Associated Press. Handicapped by absence of fits sition of the body of Robert V. H. mail payments definitely has been | ehairman, the newly-created Social | Security Board prepared a skeleton organization today to administer the social security act The three members of the board | were nominated by President Roose- | velt yesterday and confirmed by the| Senate last night without debate. But Chairman John G. Winant, for- mer Republican Governor of New Hampshire, is in Geneva, Switzerland, | | and ‘will not reach Washington until | about September 11. | In his absence, Arthur J. Altmeyer | of Wisconsin, former Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, is “carrying on.” Winant was chosen for a six-year term, Altmeyver for four years and Vincent Morgan Miles of Arkansas, who has been Democratic national committeeman, for one year. Quarters Sought. The burden of launching the new board fell squarely on the shoulders of Altmeyer today. No quarters have vet been found for the organization | that Budget Bureau officials predict | will eventually provide employment | for 10,000 persons, but tentative plans | have been drawn up which provide | for immediate employment of 500 per- | sons. About two-thirds of the 500 employes will be located here | “Our first task,” Altmeyer said to- day, “will be to set up a staff to an- swer the flood of inquiries pouring in {rom all over the United States.” Funds for launching the new agency were placed at $76.000,000 in the third deficiency appropriations bill taken up by the Senate today. One change in the measure was predicted for next session by Senator ‘Wagner, Democrat, of New York. He told the Senate protection should be given against sickness and industrial accidents. The present act provides for con- tributory and non-contributory old- age pensions, unemployment insur- ance, as well as aid to the blind and dependent and crippled children. The board will be free to allot to eligible States on a matching basis the amouat to which they are entitled to take care of their needy who are over 65. Taxes Start in 1937, ‘While Government aid to the aged in States with qualifying laws can go forward in October if their plans have been approved by the board, the taxes for contributory old-age pensions do not start until January 1, 1937. No benefits can be paid out of this sec- tion until January 1, 1942. They are computed on the basis of the first $3,000 of salary, the money for the pensions to be raised by a 3 per cent tax on the wages, borne by both the employe and the employer. Officials said yesterday it was likely that the Insurance Board would have ready for certification to the Treasury late in September a list of States and the amounts that should be provided them for matching State pension pay- ments, up to $15 a month, during the months of October, November and December. A mnew list will be com- piled for the first three months of next year and another one for the third quarter. Provision for Payment. ‘The law provides that on each quar- ter the Treasury shall pay to each qualified State the amount to which its pension payments entitle it on a matching basis. plus an additional § per cent for administrative costs. The taxes for unemployment in- surance do not begin until January 1, 1936, but $4,000,000 was provided for helping the States to administer laws of this type during the present fiscal year. This amount would be increased for the next fiscal year to $49,000,000. CEMETERY CREW HELD IN EXTORTION PLOT | Arrests Follow Attempt to Col- lect $1,000 for Return of Stolen Body in Cuba. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Cuba, August 24 —Gil- berto Torres was under arrest yester- day, having been seized by army intel- ligence agents when he went with a companion to a vacant house to re- ceive money demanded as ransom for the stolen body of & Spaniard, Jose Arada Santos. Torres' companion escaped, but 28 other persons were held by police. Members of the family of Arada re- ported recelpt of a letter demanding $1,000 for the return of Arada's body and found his tomb had been violated. Police, taking over the cemetery, arrested the administrator and 27 employes. Police said they believed the same group was responsible for the tl.n[.'d the Bacard! mausoleum it assaulting his wife, Paula A. | Thompson. 'FARM BILL SENT TO WHITE HOUSE President Expected to Sign Fra- zier-Lemke Substitute Plan. By the Associated Press Legislation giving farmers a chance to obtain a three-year mortgage mora- torium was but a step away from the statute books today. Without a single objection, the House yesterday approved and sent to the White House the new Frazer- Lemke bill designed to replace the moratorium law declared unconstitu- tional by the Supreme Court last Spriag Leaders predicted President Roose- velt would sign the measure. Under its terms, farmers could go into Federal Court and obtain a mora- torium of as much as three years on their morigages. During that time, their property, in effect, would be under court control. At the end of the moratorium, a secured creditor could request the court to order the mortgaged property to be sold at pub- lic auction. Representative Lemke, Republican, {of North Dakota, in explaining the bill, said: “This gives the farmers, in legal | language, what they are entitled to | Tt gives them a breathing spell after | going into bankruptey “No farmer can, under the bill, take advantage of the men to whom he owes money. The mortgagee yields | no rights. And the moratorium is | not necessarily three years—that is the maximum.” REUNION OF TUTHILLS ATTENDED BY 1,000 | Founder of Clan Honored on 300th Anniversary by Gather- ing at Mattituck, N. Y. By the Associated Press. MATTITUCK, N. Y. August 24— The Tuthills, a thousand of them from Towa, California, Florida and many | other regions, moved in on Mattituck yesterday for a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Tuthill, founder of the clan John Sherman Tuthill of Waterloo, | Towa, was chief speaker. He is a son | of Judge William H. Tuthill of Tipton, Towa, who, in 1867, sponsored the last reunion at New Suffolk, N. Y., one that broke records for family frater- nizing on & large scale. Mrs, Lotta Tuthill Vail of Detroit, the historian and corresponding sec- retary of the Tuthill Association, as- serted records of the 1867 reunion showed that no Tuthill ever had been arrested for a crime. “Then I'm the black sheep of the family,” said Marshall Tuthill of Mat- tituck. was arrested last week for speeding.” Many of those present are bankers and farmers. Some were named Tut- Jle, although the Tuthills said the Tut- tles were “just too lazy to spell it the right way. —— Price Commissar Named. BERLIN, August 23 (#)—Richard- Walther Darre, minister of agricul- ture, was appointed commissar for control of prices last night, succeeding Dr. Karl Goerdeler. Roosevelt - (Continued From First Page) Nation develop still further, this na; row construction of the powers of the Federal Government over business will become an ever-increasing obstacle to progress. “I have too much respect for the framers of the Constitution to believe that they ever intended the words they wrote to become predominant over the national need. “Did they intend the Constitution to become the instrument of injus- tice, of oppression, of national futil- ity in the face of disintegration? I do not belleve it. “We've changed the Constitution with 21 amendments and regretted only one of them. “Now if it appgars that the Nation cannot be rescued without another amendment, then amend we must.” As Gov. Earle finished speaking, John Roosevelt made an unexpected entrance after flying from the East. Delegates crowded forward to meet the President's son, and the conven- tion hall became & bedlam for & few utes, »