Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) (U. s Mostly cloudy tonight little change in temperature; light va: able winds. Temperatures—Highest day; lowest, 63, at 2 am. today. Full report on page B. Closing N. Y. Markets, P: No. 33,378. POWERS STUDY BOYCOTT MOVES| and tomorrow; , 78, at noon to- -8. ages 17,18, 19 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ah WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D05 DESPITE THREAT AS PEACE FAILS; BRITISH MASS PLANES AT Il Duce Is Seen rBroadest Reforms in EthiopiafLon'd as Rejecting Envisagedin League Peace Plan LeaguePlan. f State Adm inistrative Functions Would | SHIP POSITIONS " FalltoF oreigners, Possibly Italians, AROUSE FEAR Pnstant Blockade | by Italy Feared if | Sanctions Win. BULLETIN. LONDON, September 19 (#)— Foreign military observers said to- night a situation was rapidly de- veloping in the Mediterranean, where an untoward incident might furnish the tinder for touching off a powder keg spreading far beyond the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 19.—An Ital- fan source said today that the fact Baron Pompeo Aloisi, chief Italian | Approved by By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 19.—The sug- gestions of the five-power committee of the League of Nations Council for | League high commissioner, would send | peaceful settlement of the Italo-Ethio- pian conflict reach out to reorgani- zation of Ethiopian government work. ‘The plan proposes rehabilitation of public services, financial and economic reorganization and new actjvities in the domain of Ethiopian public health. It also provides for concessions which Great Britain® and France might be disposed to make to hasten a satisfactory settlement of the dis- pute between Italy and Ethiopia. Foreign specialists would reorgan- ize the police and gendarmerie. They would supervise efforts to repress slav- ery and regulate carrying of arms by persons outside authorized armed forces, especially in districts where many foreigners dwell. This activity and conwol would be delegate to the League of Nations, was | in evidence in frontier districts to allay remaining in Geneva indicated that!Italy's fears of incursions by bands Premier Mussolini had found the League's Italo-Ethiopian compromise | plan unacceptable. The source, close to the Italian del- egation, added that the Baron's re- maining here suggested that II Duce saw no need for a conference in Rome | with Baron Aloisi. | Delegates discussed the statements | into Italian colonies. The' financial reorganization would | extend to postal, telegraphic and tele- phone systems and collection of taxes. Foreign advisers would be appointed to act as heads of various Ethiopian departments in the service of Em- Haile Selassie. | peror Haile Selassie and confirmed | by him. | A chief adviser, who would be virtual | regular reports to the League of Nations so that the Council could follow the rehabilitation movements and make suggestions for the future. One of the first questions put to Salvator de Madariaga, chairman of | |the Council Committee, by Baron | Pompeo Aloisi upon presentation of | the reconstruction project, was | whether Italians would be named as | foreign advisers. | The Spanish statesman was unable | to assure Mussolini’s representative | that Italians would be selected, the project giving Emperor Haile Selassie veto power on appointments. The naming of Italian wa- consid- | ered in Italian quarters a vital comple- I ment to any economic and financial | help for Ethiopia which would be expected to be assigned to Italy. In view of Great Britain's determi- nation not to permit Italian military or political domination of Ethiopia. League qaurters regarded it likely that British nfluence would be di- rected to opposing the noimination of Italians especially to such nosts as that of Zzeneral adviser and adviser to the Ethiopian police force. made yesterday by Italian spokesmen | here and in Rome that the compro-| mise plan was “absolutely unaccept- | able as a basis for negotiation.” Fleet Presence Feared. Many of the delegates expressed the opinion that the concentration of a powerful British fleet in the Mediter- ranean would result mn a more se- rious development in case of a col- lective economic boycott against Italy as a penalty for aggression Meanwhile reports were received that the Argentine General Federation of Labor today delivered a statement to the Buenos Aires foreign ministry declaring itself favoring application of sanctions by the League against| “the aggressor in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict.” Preliminary conversations between some great powers concerning the possibility of applying sanctions per- sisted as the League looked to Premier Mussolini for a final answer to the | question—war or peace? Some delegations believed Il Duce regard economic sanctions as | acts of war and that a naval ockade probably would follow any mation of a boycott With the League five-power com- mittee’s proposal for collective as- sistance for Ethiopia in the hands of Italy, there were no' indications, however, that the talk of possible future sanctions had become gen- eralized. Sanctions can be discussed officially only by the League Council, when and | if Italy flaunts League recommenda- tions adopted unanimously by lhef Council, and resorts to an unprovoked | war. The crisis was still in the con- ciliation stage. Rejection First Factor. If Mussolini rejects outright the suggestions made by the committee of five, the Council must decide | whether to proceed under Article XV | of the League Covenant. A complete official report on the | conflict must then be made to the | council, together with a series of spe- | cific recommendations for settlement. | The committee would have even the | right to suggest measures of restraint against any nation which rejected its recommendations. | Momentarily, the situation was con- | sidered in League circles to be primar- 1ly one between Italy and Great Brit- ain, with Britain taking such obvious naval precautions that delegates tend- ed to regard the crisis more and more as developing Anglo-Italian tension. Ethiopia’s acceptance of the peace proposals was considered virtually cer- tain by League circles, although Em- peror Haile Selassie also had the theo- retical right to reject the program. British circles seemed to regard the | proposal for collective assistance for Ethiopia as decidedly pro-Ethiopian, and a far more bitter pill for Italy to swallow than the Paris proposals, which Mussolini rejected. Some described the plan as “con- temptuous” of Il Duce’s demands in East Africa and others said the text of the committee's report “ignored” Italy. Project Is Divided. The project was understood gen- erally to consist of tvo parts, the first confined to general considerations and saying the particular object was to find a basis for conciliation, the sec- ond outlining work in assistance for Ethiopia. The committee airanged to meet later today to receive a report from Chairman Salvador de Madariaga of Spain on his talks with Baron Aloisi of Italy and Tecle Hawariate of Ethi- opia after presenting the plan to them. .MELCHER IN FILMLAND AMONG THE STARS Turn to Page A-12 BRITISH ACCUSED OF PLOTTNG WAR {Italian Car Tracks Torn Up to Provide Steel for War Needs. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 19.—The Italian | press tonight charged England with deliberately wishing war in order to MUNTIONCONTROL LAUNCHED BY U. . Hull Calls National Board Organization Meeting for Tuesday. | By the Associated Press. The United States today took the SUEZ on Keeps Aerial Plan Secret. HOPE IN GENEVA | Statement of Mus- solini Regarded as Defiance. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 19.—An au- thoritative source asserted today that the British air ministry was building |up the royal air forces at strategic | Mediterranean statiqns for any eventu- ality which might arise from the | present dispute between Italy and | Ethiopia. At the same time the British ad- miraity list showed that the ad- miralty, having virtually depleted its home fleet to reinforce naval stations n the Mediterranean, now is calling on its American West Indies fleet for SCHEME FADES| £D. 1 CAN BILL REELECTED ¢ Foening Star THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. ##% R WiILL BE o TAKE FIVE ION DOLLARS AND ELECT A l/\ N \OLUNTARY PLAN FOR POTATO CURB additional support. In contrast with these naval ma- | CHINAMAN ! e only W Th in and Wire (P Means Associated Press. Police Department Personnel Joins Star’s Safety Campaign ashington wit Associated Press News evening paper the photo Services. Yesterday's Circulation, 126,974 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. FEDERAL WORKERS LAUNCH 1,500,000 HOUSING PROJECT Complete Plans to Finance Development Near P. W. A. Site in Anacostia. CHARGE P.W.A. PROGRAM NEARLY WRECKED PLANS Believed They Had Option on 23- Acre Tract Later Purchased by Secretary Ickes. (Pictures on Page B-1) BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. In the face of uncertainty threaten- ing the failure of Secretary Ickes' housing program here, it was learned today a group of Federal employes organizing as the Hollywood Parz Corp. has completed plans for financ- ing a rival $1,500,000 development in Anacostia to provide modern homes at low cost to Government workers. The site for this subdivision, first co-operative enterprise of its kind in Washington, is a 45-acre tract near Alabama and Pennsylvania avenues southeast, which almost adjoins the 23 acres acquired last month by Sec- retary Ickes for the proposed Anacostia terrace, one of the three P. W. A. hous- ing projects he is trying to build here. Ready to break ground within a month, the Hollywood directors de- clared the first of the 190 dwellings neuvers, which now have been made more or less public, the heavy air | reinforcements — likewise officially characterized as precajtionary — will be kept secret. Details to Be Withheld. A concentration of fighting, bomb- ing and observation planes, hinted as having taken place in the vicinity of A. A. A., Beset by Criticism, | May Offer Benefit Pay- ments to Growers. By the Associated Press. The A. A. A, declaring it lacks Every Member Pledges Careful Driving Both On and Off Duty—Auto ‘ Club Backs Campaign. Every member of the Metropolitan Police Department, from the major officials and superintendent down to the newest rookie policeman on the forc2, today joined the street and highway safety campaign as individual members of the Safety Council of The Star. planned for the development probably will be completed next February. Plans Nearly Wrecked. Direct competition on the part of the P. W. A. housing division, which considered the site chosen for this private enterprise, the Government | employes charged today, nearly wreck- ed their initial plans for Hollywood the Suez Canal, Egypt, Gibraltar and | funds to enforce a compulsory potato the Sudan, is expected to be referred | control plan which is besef by criti- first definite action toward Federal | | i to in general terms in a forthcoming announcement by the air ministry. This announcement, however, is not expected to give specific details. British strategists explained the ele- ment of uncertainty is most important in the present situation and said there was no disposition to weaken the British position by premature dis- closures. One informed source said the present military policy of Great Britain is to keep the Italians guessing until it becomes perfectly clear what is going to happen in the Mediter- ranean’s potential powder keg. This source explained that ship | | | cism, may resort to a voluntary one involving benefit payments to growers. This was indicated yesterday by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, who also told reporters it was “quite pos- sible” the A. A. A. would ask the next Congress to modify the potato act contained in the recently enacted ag- ricultural adjustment amendments. The act provides for a tax of three- fourths of a cent a pound on all po- | tatoes produced in excess of a na- tional allotment and provides heavy penalties for both seller and buyer of potatoes sold in violation of the law. Only last Sunday the American supervision of the manufacture and | halt Italy’s course. One newspaper, | export of munitions when Secretary | the Giornale d'Italia, asserted “There | of State Hull called an organization movements cannot be kept a secret | Liberty League assailed the potato con- long because the very movement of j trol amendment as “of doubtful con- ships en masse cannot be disguised. | stitutionality, arbitrary, unreasonable is already an open menace.” | meeting of the National Munitions | The renewed press campaign came | Control Board for next Tuesday. after Naples dispatches had reported | Secretary Hull's action also set in the arrival there of submarines from | motion the first moves to make effec- | Trieste, which they said had been | tive recently enacted legislation de- | ordered from their home base because of the heavy British naval concen- tration in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile other preparations for war with Ethiopia went on. Steel Shortage Felt. Because of a shortage of steel, municipalities throughout Italy or- dered street car tracks not in use torn up and ‘tonight workmen were busy removing them and shipping them to foundries. Many Rome streets, including his- toric squares, like the Piazza Del Popolo, were torn up in consequence. Military circles estimated that 1,- 000,000 men were involved in a royal decree today calling up for new phys- ical examination men of the classes of 1901 to 1914, inclusive, who pre- | viously had been rejected for military service. The British fleet was the object of an editorial attack by the newspaper Il Tevere. Commenting on its activ- ities in the Mediterranean, the paper likened the present international sit- uation and mobilizations to those which preceded the World War. “When the atmosphere is sur- charged with electricity,” the paper said, “mobilization is sufficient to ignite a fire.” It was announced all members of the military classes from 1911 to 1914, inclusive, previously exempted from regular training because of physical defects or other disabilities, will be recalled on October 15 for a second examination. The same provision will also apply to members of classes prior to 1910 who are similarly affected. A Government spokesman today the League of Nations' compro- mise report for peace in Ethiopia gave no occasion “for Italy to change her | attitude of pessimism or skepticism.” Loan Plan Is Hailed. . Newspapers hailed the war loan. | bond conversion and budget balancing measures taken at yesterday's session | of the cabinet. Newspapers urged the citizenry to respond freely to the new taxes on business turnover, trucks and trans- port, designed to help set the national budget on an even keel by 1937. The departure of Adalbert, Duke of Bergamo and cousin of King Victor Emanuel, to take up a regimental com- mand in Eritrea was hailed as proof of perfect unity between the royal family and the Fascist regime in the East African venture. said | isxgned to essure American neutrality in the event of war. The Munitions Control Board, pro- | vided for in the neutrality act, is ] headed by Secretary Hull and includes | the Secretaries of War, Navy, Treas- ury and Commerce. MacArthur May Attend. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, acting 1 Secretary of War, was expected to represent the War Department be- cause Secretary Dern has left for the Philippines. Secretary Morgenthau is en route to Europe and Acting Secretary Coolidge is expected to represent the Treasury. Under provisions of the law,_ all manufacturers and exporters of m'-m.s. munitions and implements of war partment and obtain licenses for any shipments of munitions abroad. State Department experts have been at work since passage of the law gathering necessary data concerning American munitions firms and defin< ing “arms, munitions and implements of war,” and are expected to present their report. Functions Separate. and distinct from other features of the neutrality law which provides for a presidential proclamation placing an embargo on munitions whenever war breaks out and other efforts to assure Americans will not become entangled in any conflict. The President is required by the act, however, to designate the list of muni- tions which aré to be prohibited from export in the event of war and the mu- nitions designated- for licensing and control by the board are expected to form the basic list for any embargo. ‘The Munitions Board, after organi- zation, will call on all munitions man- ufacturers and exporters to register their firm names, place of business and | all products with the Secretary of State. Munitions manufacturers and ex- porters also are required to secure ping any arms, munitions or war im- plements to any foreign country. —_— Greece to Vote on Monarchy. LONDON, September 19 Reuters dispatch from Athens last night said the cabinet had fixed No- vember 3 as the date of a plebiscite to decide whether Greece will restore the monarchy. Troop Movement in War Games Would Cost U. By the Associated Press. FORT LEWIS, Wash, September 19 —Movement of 2,119 trains, with 1,201 on the tracks at one time, was one of the problems high-ranking officers of the 4th Army had before them today in the “paper” war game here under command of Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone. Every detail of this movement, based on existing railroad facilities, had to. be worked out just as it would be in time of war, to rush 514,000 troops of the 4th Army into Washington to meet an enemy invasion. Some of these trains came from as far as Greenville, S. C. Expense always is an mmr&nt S. $31,246,259 factor in Army activities and the ac- tual costs of every item in this move- ment had to be computed by the staff officers working on this concentration. They figured the train movement of these 514,000 troops to this area would cost $31,246,259. Movement of the troops theoreti- cally was compfleted today, but the transportation problem did not end here. Railroad transportation must be worked out for every hour of the campaign. For instance, 18,000 tons of supplies have to be brought into the area each day to take care of the needs of the 4th Army. These supplies must be distributed daily to every ele- ment of the army, whose positions change hourly in @me of rttlo. W must be registered with the State De- | The board’s functions are separate | licenses from the board before ship- | ) .—A | With airplanes, however, it is another story. Movements Significant. Certain diplomats said they re- | garded the airplane movements as of the greatest significance, not as a threat to Italy, but as a most distinct | evidence that Great Britain is pre- pared to protect her interests “Any one minimizing the possibilities of the present situation” said one | authority, “is simply blinding himself ! to the real facts.” The foreign office, meanwhile, kept in close contact with Geneva, awaiting official indication as to how Premier Mussolini would regard the League compromise plan. There was no im- mediate indication of optimism in Geneva, although in some quarters a faint hope that the situation would shortly ease was expressed. In an interview by G. Ward Price in the London Daily Mail, Premier Mussolini was quoted as saying: “It looks as if the,committee of the League of Nations thinks I am a collector of deserts.” The reference came as an the committee report which was under- stood to include an offer to Italy of the Ethiopian provinces of Danakil and Ogaden. Il Duce was quoted as saying: “It would be far better if the com- mittee had addressed itself to the central fact of the Ethiopian situation which is that there is no such thing | as an Ethiopian nation. Sees Benefit in Conquest. “What makes up the nation called Ethiopia is a dominant race of Am- haras ruling over the tribes which they have conquered and reduced to slavery, almost exterminating them in the process. “These 'depressed subject races of Ethiopia would be far better off under Italian rule.” 11 Duce told his interviewer: “The suggestion apparently is made that all the 200,000 Italian troops in East Africa should be brought home and told they were sent out there for an excursion trip. That certainly will not be done in any case.” 'WHEAT PRICES RISE AFTER SETBACKS Fears of War and Ar- gentine Damage. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 19.—World wheat prices soared higher today, erasing yesterday's setbacks, as traders displayed more concern over gossip of an impending East African war and reports of Argentina crop damage. ‘Wheat futures in Chicago were gen- erally 3 cents higher shortly after the opening. May wheat , jumped to $1.02%, a new high for the season and the highest price for any future here since last April 16. The Liverpool market was about 3 cents higher and Winnipeg wheat shot up the 3-cent limit, the May delivery coming within % cent of the dollar mark. o Traders paid close attention to war- like preparations in connection with the Italo-Ethiopian situation and crop reports from the drought-stricken wheatlands of Argentina were increas- ingly bullish. Chicago wheat futures closed 2%~ 2% above yesterday's finish. The below the day's high, ‘ - indication of Mussolini's rejection of | May Futures Hit $1.02% on| closing quotations were about s cent | and uneconomic.” Defeated by Long Filibuster. The late Senator Long's filibuster | on the last night of Congress buried | a $5,000,000 appropriation contained | in the third deficiency bill to enforce | the potato law and collect the taxes. | ‘Wallace said yesterday application | | had been made to the Treasury for | | funds to administer the law until Congress meets. Whether a new system of voluntary | agreements on the part of growers to | reduce their crop in return for benefit | payments will be undertaken in the place of the tax control plan may de- | pend, it was indicated, on whether | the Treasury grants the requested | money. | A meeting of growers is to be held | | here October 2 to discuss potat> con- | trol. The possibilities of using & mar- | | keting agreement to control produc- | tion will be among the subjects dis- | cussed. Wallace said the potato act had two sections. The first classifies po- tatoes as a basic commodity along with wheat, corn, cotton and other major crops. The second sets forth regulations for potato control and fixes the three-fourths-of-a-cent-a- pound tax. Penalties Bring Opposition. The opposition to the law, it was said, has resulted from the provisions in Title 2, which include the severs | penalties for violation of the act. But with Title 1 classing potatoes | as a basic commodity Wallace said it | weuld be possible to handle the com- modity through voluntary contracts. benefit payments or marketing agree- ments. However, officials emphasized that | no definite decision had been reached and that none probably would be reached until it is learned whether funds will be available. . Wallace said he thought the potato tax was mandatdty under the law, but that there was no way to collect il without funds. He and other officials insisted that the Farm Administration will proceed with plans for some form of potato control and would “do our best to carry out the law.” 4 Safety Broadcasts Today. 4 pm., WJSV—Dramatization of a traffic court, with Judge Robert E. Mattingly playing the role of judge; Otto Haus- child, member of the Metro- politan police force detailed in the corporation counsel’s office at Police Court, playing the role of court clerk; Henry C. Negtor playing the role of traf- fic officer. 6:45 pm, WMAL—Interview with Engineer Commissioner Dan I Sultan on traffic con- ditions and how to improve them. Tomorrow. 5:45 p.m., WJSV—Interview with Policeman Nestor on the men- ace of horn-blowing and how the horn should be used. This will be broadcast from the cor- ner of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. 7:15 p.m., WMAL—Interview with Star reporter who covered the story of the death of 2-year old Albert McKenney, the sev- enty-seventh traffic victim this year. / In compliance with official orders issued by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- Park. | The 23 acres purchased by Ickes intendent of police, every officer, policeman and employe of the department took the safe-driving pledge. every police official, through his oath to uphold the laws, already is pledged to safe driving, the order pledging the. individual members of the force in The Star campaign was issued as fur- ther evidence of the interest of the Police Department in curbing the traffic-accident toll. The order was issued following & conference between Maj. Brown and Although & his aides and the commanding officers of all police precincts, at which The Star safety drive was approved. It was agreed that every member of the department should join the drive and display the windshield sticker issued by The Star Council as a tangible evi- dence of the faith of the department in the campaign and as an incentive (See SAFETY, Page 4) COTTON SUBSIDY FUN McCarl Approves Use of Gross Customs Receipts for Payment. By the Associated Press. A. A A officials today disclosed that Controller General McCarl has approved use of gross customs re- ceipts for payment of a subsidy to farmers on cotton grown this year under Bankhead production control allotments. Former approval of the plan for use of this money, provided by the | A. A. A. amendments, removes the last principal obstacle for making the sub- sidy payments of not more than 2 cents a pound. In asking the money, the A. A. A. estimated that not more than $50,- 000,000 would be required. The sub- sidy to contract signers will equal the difference between 12 cents and the average price of cotton at the 10 spot markets the day the producer sells his cotton. The A. A. A. amendments provided that 30 per cent of the gross customs receipts might be set aside for the o Farm Administration to encourage ex- | ports and for other purposes. It was said that McCarl held that it was within the discretion of the }Secremry of Agriculture to find use | of this money, for a cotton subsidy would encourage exports. TROOPS HUNT FUGITIVE Alleged Connecticut Killer Be- lieved Near Hadley, Mass. HADLEY, Mass,, September 19 (&) —One hundred man-hunting- troop- ers sought John Bey, allegedly Con- necticut killer, today. Capt. Francis J. Reardon, chief of police of Hadley, and deputy sheriff of Hampshire County, was in charge of the searchers. There have been rumors, State police said, that Bey has been lying in wait to settle his score with Reardon, whom he blames for his recent prison confinement. Bey, who has a price of $1,000 on his head, was believed by State troopers to be desperately in need of food and vol- unteer guards were placed at grocery stores in the vicinity. World “Eat More” Drive Urged TWO CANDIDACIES in Anacostia, it was revealed for the | first time, was the original area of | undeveloped land on which the Gov- ernment employes thought they had | an option, but which proved, accord- | ing to George L. Lockhart, their su- pervising architect, “only a real estate dealer’s proposal to sell property.” But for the fact that Ickes took over this property, he claimed, Hollywood Park would be considerably ynder way by now This hitherto concealed record of P. W. A. competition with a private | buiiding enterprise was explained on behalf of the Hollywood group by Mr, Lockhart, who is also one of the lat- ter group’s directors. Composed for the most part of union employes of the Navy Yard, the Bureau of Engrav- DS PROVIDED SPLIT LONG CAMP ing and Printing and the Government Printing Office, seeking to improve their living conditions, the *corpora- tion represents Washington’s first low- |Noe for Governor and-Mar- tin for Senate Bomb- shells to Allen. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Séptembr 19— The political machine left by the late Senator Huey P. Long was &plit wide open today by announcements | of Lieut. Gov. James A. Noe for Governor and Wade O. Martin, public service commissioner, for the United | States Senate, in the January pri- mary. | | bombshells in the ranks over the | State and threw the State House into a panic. Gov. O. K. Allen, who had said the State ticket would be chosen at a caucus to be called by him, would not believe they were genuine announcements. The Governor closeted himself in his office with a group of his associates and discussed the announcements fe- verishly. Noe and Martin taking such steps | without his sanction. Candidates Join Conference. Later Noe and Martin joined the Governor's conference. They had driven from New Orleans to Baton Rouge this morning. Allen J. Ellender, confined to his bed at Houma with a cold, said he had not hea 7 of the announcements but had nothing to say. Ellender had been prominently mentioned as a guber- natorial candidate and until 1.0e made his statement he was regarded as standing about equally strong in the organization. Martin had been just about elected to run for the unexpired term of the late Senator Long but the statements accompanying his annougcement indi- cated that he would offer for the reg- ular six-year term beginning in Jan- uary, 1937 _The announcements came after an all night conference in the Roosevelt Hotel, attended by Judge John B. Pournet of the State Supreme Court, Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, “Share-Our- Wealth” organizer; Martin, Noe and others. Same Platform for Both. Both Noe and Martin announced they would run «n the track left by the slgying of Huey Long, including the “share-our-wealth” progra: Noe (See CANDIDACY, Page At Geneva to Spur Recovery By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 19.—A pro- posal for a world-wide “eat more food” campaign was urged upon the League of Nations Technical Commit- tee today as means of contributing to the solution of the world’s problems. The campaign was sponsored by Lord de la Warr, British parliamen- tary secretary of agriculture, and in- dorsed by Stanley M. Bruce, Austra- lian delegate. “We hear on all hands the paradox of the glutted market and the hungry man,” said Lord de la Warr, “and what might be done for the greater prosperity of the farmer and the greater health of the people. Here, surely, is a challenge to our states- p, & challenge none of us can afford to ne[lec"" He deprecated such measures as restricted import quotas, which some- times results in the destruction of ac- cumulated agricultural produce, add- ing, “we consume foo little, not pro- duce too much.” “It is surely worthwhile for all of us who are spending millions in sub- sidies and export bounties to produc- ers to consider how far this principle of consumption, rather than subsidiz- ing production, might be extended,” continued De la Warr. Bruce expressed favor for an in- ternational inquiry into the possi- bility of increasing food consumption, pointing out that agricultural coun- tries contain 80 per cent of the world’s population, but depend almost wholly on export of agricultural prod- ucts for their Autcbulnc power, The announcements dropped like | He could not conceive of | cost housing project individually pro- moted by group effort. Individuals Made Payments. Regarding their supposed option on the original site their agreement with the owners was on a tentative basis, Lockhart said, but individual members of the corporation had made down | payments of approximately $16,500 .n | cash and notes on a total of 103 lots. Ickes’ housing officials stole a march | on them, however, by making a gi- rect offer to the property owners. It | was believed he paid very little more than the price the Government em- | ployes were willing to pay. Despite the fact the deal would set back their own efforts several months, represent- atives of the Hollywood corporauon explained their reluctance to oppose the Government’s own plans to pro- vide homes and employment for lew wage workers. Since then President Rooseveit has reduced Federal housing allotmenis to $100,000,000, jeopardizing at least one- third of the P. W. A. program. The | Hollywood directors have found that | the tables have been turned and to | their own advantage. Their own | project now promises the only im- | mediate prospect ior speedy erection of a low cost housing project in Wash- | ington. Secretary Ickes does not | know today which, if any of the | three projects he so hopefully plan- | ned for Washington eventually will be | carried out this year. Acquire Another Tract. ’ During the weeks following the loss | of their original tract, the Hollywood Corp. has applied $36,000 in down payments on lots in another area of undeveloped land to the south- | ward. They revealed they have two | additional areas under consideration | for possible future expansion. | The new site, while more difficult to ide\'elop properly, was declared to be | preferable to the former location now | owned by the Government. Space ! fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, | overlooking a ravine, has beén re- served for the tentative erection of an | apartment building of approximately 60 living units. | That the location is destined for considerable public improvement is in- dicated by the fact that Fort Dupont lies to the northeast and the Fort Da- vis drive is in close proximity to the southward. It is also in the line of the proposed street extensions. The entire project will be privately financed, Mr. Lockhart revealed, on the basis of Federal Housing Admin- istration insurance on loans and also (See HOUSING, Page 3.) Readers’ Guidg Amusements - Comics Cross-word Puzzle _ Serial Story Short Story Washington Wayside __ Women's fucureu..._c-b-s-'l