Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1935, Page 4

ROOSEVELT Sl I SEERTY B D. C. Measure Is Approved Along With Moratorium on Farm Debts. Attempting to complete the task of making laws out of numerous pieces of important legislation approved by Congress in its closing stages, Presi- [ dent Roosevelt today signed & number of bills, including the one providing for an unemployment compensation system for the District, and prepared to give concentrated attention to others during the next day or two. Although the immediate future of the District ucemployment legislation is clouded by the financial tangle occasioned by death of the third deficiency bill, the newly signed act authorizes the appropriations. In addition the bill levies a pay-roll tax on all employers to establish a fund from which to pay benefits of not to exceed $15 a week to laid-off workers for 16 weeks a year. The pay-roll tax will be 1 per cent in 1936, 2 per cent in 1937 and 3 per cent thereafter, except that after four | years it may be raised to 4 per cent | or lowered to 112 per cent, according to the degree to which each employer stabilized employment. D. C. to Contribute $400,000. The District government will make lump-sum contributions totaling $400,- 000 during the first three years, after which Congress will decide whether further contributions from the city are necessary to augment the pay- roll tax. Most impottant, perhaps, of the na- tional legislation signed this morn- ing was the Frazier-Lemke three-year farm mortgage moratorium bill, de- signed to replace the law declared un- | constitutional by the Supreme Court last Spring. The measure permits debt-bur-| dened farmers to go into Federal court and obtain moratoriums of as| much as three years on their mort- | gages. During that time their prop- erty, in effect, would be under court | control. Farmers are allowed to remain in possession of their land during the moratorium, but must pay a “fair” rental, either every six months or | at the end of each year, as the court | may decide. May Clear Land After Time. At the end of the moratorium, property which has been protected by | it must be reappraised by the courts | or on court order. | The farmers then may clear their land by payment of the appraised | value. But if they fail to do So, secured creditors can obtain court | orders directing that the secured | property be sold at public euction. Among other bills signed by the| President were~the following: An act | authorizing the Virgin Islands Co. to settle valid claims of its creditors and | for other purposes; a measure amend- | ing the act to establish & uniform sys- | tem of bankruptcy throughout the United States, and a joint resolution authorizing the Federal Trade Com- mission to make an investigation with respect to agricultural income and the financial and economic conditions of agricultural producers generally. Until he has acted on other bills, Mr. Roosevelt must defer vacation | plans. He indicated yesterday some | all-night work would be necessary if he is to be able to leave for Hyde Park, N. Y., before Saturday night. Neutrality Bill Waits. Yesterday the White House an- nounced the President had signed more than 50 bills, including one pro- hibiting holders of Government gold- clause bonds from suing for damages after January 1; legislation ratifying interstate oil compacts, and & measure to accelerate railroad reorganizations. Among other measures still to be signed or vetoed are these: The neutrality bill providing for an embargo against shipments of arms to warring nations and designed to keep this Nation out of any Euro- pean hostilities. The “soak the rich” $250,000,000 revenue bill. The railroad pension bill, setting up a pension system for more than 1,000,000 railroad employes; signature pected late today. The railroad pension tax bill plac- ing taxes on employes and carriers to finance the pensions. The T. V. A. amendments giving the Tennessee Valley Authority, among other things, express authority to sell surplus electricity. The liquor control bill, creating a new agency to supervise the liquor industry. ———e FILIPINOS BATTLE TOKIO TRADE PACT Negotiations for Agreement on Textile Business Draw Fire. By the Associated Press. Disclosure of Japanese-American negotiations for a “gentleman’s agree- ment” on the Philippine textile trade brought strong intimation today of & protest from the insular govern- ment's representative in Washington. Concerned over the prerogatives of the commdnwealth government to be inaugurated this fall, Philippine Resi- dent Commissioner Francisco Delgado issued a carefully worded statement, in which he said: “I cannot imagine the Federal Gov- ernment doing anything which will tend to curtail or undermine the self-government and local autonomy granted by laws now in force and heretofore exercised by the Philippine govemnment.” His contention was that the Philip- pines must be consulted before the conclusion of any agreement between the United States and Japan seeking to restrict Japanese exports to the islands, which have caused political and economic friction by cutting into the American market. Laws “now in force” in the sslands include the Tydings-McDuffie act, which grants virtually complete au- tonomy and full tariff control to a 10-year commonwealth government preliminary to establishment of & Philippine republic. It was revealed Monday that Hirosi Saito, the Japanese Ambassador, and Secretary Hull initiated textile talks covering the general phases of the question, while other Japanese and Americans officials are now carrying on closely guarded proceedings looking to the drafting of a mutually satis- factory agreement. « American textile interests have be- come thoroughly aroused over the capture of American and Filipino markets by Japanese trade, and have protested vigorously. A to the Third avenue \ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO 7,000 Await Shift From Relief to Work Idle men wait for hours to substitute jobs for relief at W. P. A. Placement Bureau offices, New York City. Above view shows lines of men waiting admission to the Intake Bureau, at 307 Second avenue, stretching down and downtown to Fifteenth street. Ethiopia (Continued Fro Page.) documentation to prove Ethiopia is “retrograde and slave-holding.” 2. “Italy intends to defend er in- terests of life up to the very last.” 3. “Great Britain has nothing to fear from Italy's policy toward Ethiopia.” 4. “The Fascist government thinks the colonial question should not reflect upon the European situation unless some one wants to run that risk.” 5. Sanctions may lead to “the most serious complications,” but the Fascist government has already taken the necessary measures to face them. 6. The government has taken steps to guarantee economic resistance, in- cluding: 7. Obligatory conversion of foreign credits; 8. Limitations profits; 9. A 10 per cent tax upon dividends and interest: 10. Transformation of automobiles into charcoal gas-burners in order to save gasoline. The cabinet said a more extensive memorandum will be submitted to the League Councii. BRITAIN LEANS ON PEACE PACT. upon Hopes U. S. Will Invoke It and Enter European Situation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 29.—The Kellogg peace pact, signed in Paris amid many | enthusiastic declarations that it out- | lawed war, today stands as the final bulwark against Italo-Ethiopian war, | in the view of the British government. | Great Britain, should all other efforts fail and Mussolini invade | Ethiopia, hopes the United States and | France will jointly summon for con-| sultation all the signatories of this | instrument to bring the full moral | force of the world down upon Mus- solini’s head as an international out- law and destroyer of world peace. The British government has not yet formally approached the United States and France in the Kellogg pact mat- ter, but has been extremely interested | in the recent references of President | Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull | to it. The mounting tension, particularly in the Mediterranean, was demon- | strated today in Prime Minister Stan- | ley Baldwin’s sudden shift of plans | in cutting short by a fortnight his | already interrupted holiday in France | ish fleet in the Mediterranean steamed forth from Malta, presumable to mass in the vicinity of the Suez Canal. Coincident with reports that Il Duce had consulted his naval strategists in regard to posting forces directly oppo- site Malta, came word that British troop maneuvers near Malta were ex- tended to last a full month instead of the ordinary few days. The war office ordered all senior members of the Afmy Council to re- main in London until further notice. FRENCH SEE WAR SURE. Hope to Confine It to Ethiopia—Will- ing to Let Italy Alone. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 29.—French officials today despaired of preventing conflict between Italy and Ethiopis and hoped merely to lessen the violence and con- fine it to Africa. The cabinet yesterday authorized | Premier Plerre Laval to proceed with | a free hand at the League of Nations’ Council meeting at Geneva next Wed- | nesday and to place France's safety corporation to return next Wednesday. The Brit- | % | Manton W. Wyvel at One Time | foreign office in regard to trade re- —Wide World Photo. but possible.” clals agree, Europe, Laval's insistence upon a free hand at Geneva was made to allow him to | | oppose any suggestion of sanctions | | or threats of force. Officials explained | that France must subordinate her sympathies for Ethiopia's plight to her own concern for an endangered Europe. They made it clear they ap- | proved the British stand in principle, but they believed the Italian position must be considered and compromises | found. SELASSIE TURNS TO GOD. Success, French offi- means only peace in Loses Faith in Geneva—Equipment | for 80,000 Goes to Warriors. By the Associated Press. | ADDIS ABABA, August 29.—Slowly | losing faith in Geneva, Emperor Halle | | Selassie today prayed for victory on the field of battle. “If it is God's will that we must | try our souls against the Italians, let us pray in sadness for victory,” he said. “He shall not fail us.” | From his palace window he looked | down upon & caravan laden with cartridges and modern rifles setting out for Wollega Province to equip 80,000 Galla tsbesmen. The Gallas | are noted, along with Danakils, as | the fiercest warriors in Haile Selas- | sie’s empire. The caravan was headed | | by Gen. Makonnen Demis, the hus-| band of the Emperor's only niece—| a bond which seals a once deadly | feud Demis had with the Emperor. With the rainy season nearing its end the Emperor is wasting no time girding his half million warriors for conflict. He himself will signal the | start of the war. Two solid trainloads of Ethiopian | soldiers will leave" Addis Ababa Sun- | day for an undisclosed destination, presumably to reinforce the Em- peror's frontier in the vicinity that is expected to see the “second bat- | tle of Adua.” The desertion of several thousand Somali tribesmen from the Italian army in Ogaden was confirmed today | by an Austrian commander of | Ethiopian troops in Gerlogubi, Maj. Joseph Jonker. Maj. Jonker, now in this capital, said that when he left the front a fortnight ago at least 2,000 Somalis had . come fro mthe Usalual front line by night to join the Ethio-| pian forces. The deserters, he said, | included machine gunners who brought | Italian machine guns on mules and | horses under cover of darkness. They | are now teaching the Ethiopians how 0 use the machine guns. e WASHINGTON LAWYER DIES IN NEW YORK Was Secretary to William Jennings Bryan. Manton W. Wyvell, prominent Washington lawyer, who had served | for many years as a special counsel in the Department of State, died this morning at & hospital in Mount Vernon, N. Y., it was learned here. He had been in the New York hespi- | tal since a nervous breakdown eight months ago. s Engaged in private practice here for the last 17 years, Mr. Wyvell was sent to London in 1916 by Secretary of State Robert Lansing on a special commission to confer with the British striction imposed by the British Orders of Council of March 11, 1915. above the likelihood of Ethiopian war. Laval started the final week of his | ch with success “difficult, ' R Fresh ! Croakers Selected Butl’e_rs Halibut 5*29e Previously he had served as secre- tary to William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of 3 Freshly Picked CRAB MEAT G 39 Re 5e b M’LAGLEN WINS SUIT 108 ANGELES, August 29 (#)— Victor McLaglen of the movies won & court victory yesterday in legal ma- neuvers growing out of his Victor Mc- Laglen Lighthorse Troop. Superior Judge H. D, Burroughs | found for the actor in a suit for $6,250 | damages broght against him and his | troop by the San Gabrie] Drum and Bugle Corps. The corps charged Mc- | Laglen failed to keep a reputed| promise to send the corps to the Amer- | ican Legion convention in St. Louis. * x SOL HERZOG, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935 0000 WOMEN 150,000,000 Yards of Cot- ton Goods to Be Worked Into Relief Garments. Rivaling the sewing rircles of World War days, the Works Progress Admin- istration will eventually put 290,000 women to work making garments out | i of 150,000,000 yards of cotten textiles | i to be purchased over a period of six | J or eight months. President Roosevelt yesterday ap- proved $20,218,000 in relief funds for the initial employment of 54,199 wom- W, P. A WILL HIRE | en in needlework of various kinds, |\ secretarial duties and services. women will be distributed free to families in need. The program will be started in the | X community | )8 The garments made by the | K District of Columbia with & fund of | iy $99,216. An allotment of $557,726 was | § made for Virginia. Sewing circles will | § be established here under the local |J ‘Works Progress Administration. The first 10,000,000 yards of mate- rial will be delivered between October 1 and October 15. Mrs. Ellen 8. Woodward is director of the women's division of W. P. A, which is re- quiring local agencies to supply ad- ditional material as well as sewing machines. The program, incidently, will have a stimulating effect on the textile in- dustry, mitted to bid for the orders of ma- terials. The Federal allotment approved | yesterday takes in 613 projects, offer- ing a wide range of employment op- portunities to women on relief rolls. Braille transcriptions and library work of various kinds will be included in the scope of many local programs. Emergency home-making also will be a feature. Some towns are expecting to open canning factories for woman workers, while other communities will undertake surveys and investigations, all with & view to improving health conditions. INC. % % A Special Purchase! New 1935 Fall Suits . . added to goods remaining After-Inventory One & Two Trouser SU ITS TOPCOATS & O'COATS reduced to There is no doubt that the addition of NEW 1935 FALL SUITS to our special group of Suits remaining after inventory makes this $23.75 price our many a season. every model, size This Price Will Be Withdrawn Shortly FABRICS in This Sale Worsteds . . . Serges . .« Checks . . . Stripes . . . Shete lands . . . Herringbones . Tweeds . . . in fact, there Jjust about every kind of fab- ric . . . every type of model (single or double breasted) in the suits. TOPCOATS + « » Fleeces, Camel Hair, Knitted and Tweeds. OVER- COATS .. . Meltons, Fleeces, Herringbones and Heather Mixtures. greatest bargain offer in NOW . .. you will find and fabric imaginable. 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