Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly colder tonight, possibly light frost in the suburbs, minimum tem- perature tonight about 38 degrees; tomor- row fair, Temperatures—Highest, 79, at 1:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 44, at 7 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Full report on page B-5. Pages 17,18, 19 — No. 33,413. PARIS AND LONDON C0OL AS IL DUCE PRESSES HIS PLAN 10 DIVIDE ETHIOPIA Selassie Firm Against Peace Proposal Delivering His Nation Into Hands of Italy and Other Powers. ROME WANTS ANSWER BEFORE BOYCOTT BEGINS Yaval Pledges France to Seek Compromise Acceptable to League as Warships Leave for Mediterranean and Mussolini Prepares to Cut Libya Army. (Copyright, 1935 by the Associated Press.) PARIS, October 24. — Negotiations ‘between Rome, Paris and London for settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian war and the European crisis arising from it came to a head today with Premier ‘Mussolini pressing for an answer to his "peace conditions. 11 Duce, after his conciliatory ges- ture to Great Britain to withdraw a division of troops from Libya, asked the central negotiator, Premier Pierre Laval, whether France would be will- ing to accept Italy's proposition for East African peace. Mussolini, making his request through Vittorio Cerrutti, Italian Am- bassador to France, also sought the French premiers’ opinion as to what Great Britain’s reply would be. Little Chance of Acceptance. Circles close to Laval expressed be- lief openly there was little chance that Great Britain—or even France— would accept Il Duce’s proposal. Laval received British Ambassador Sir George Clerk this morning, but there was no official announcement of what occurred. however, to have asked the Ambas- sador whether London intends to withdraw a few battleships from the Mediterranean in return for Musso- lini’s withdrawal of a division from Libya. Ttaly’s terms for final settlement of its conflict with Ethiopia have been | printed widely here as including dis- armament of the East African empire, an international protectorate over the central regions and an Italian pro- tectorate over the remainder. Rejected by Selassie. Emperor Haile Selassie has abruptly rejected any such solution. Authoritative French sources felt that Britain, insisting on a solution within the League of Nations accept- able to the King of Kings. would refuse to accept any terms short of Italian withdrawal from Ethiopia. Laval, in a talk before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, also France to seek only a compromise fully acceptable to the League. French officials believe Mussolini was anxious to know whether or not his conditions would be accepted be- fore sanctions against Italy become effective—when it “may be too late.” Laval informed Ambassador Cer- rutti that he had transmitted Mus- solini's suggestions to London had received no reply. Mussolini Seen Yielding. Informed sources interpreted Mus- #olini’s haste for an answer as in- spired partly by “respect” for Franco- British solidarity following France's conditional pledge of support for the British fleet if it were attacked in the Mediterranean while enforcing sanc- tions. These sources also believed Mussos lini had a “growing feeling that he had bitten off more than he could chew.” Laval, who disclosed that Mussolind had agreed to his request to with- draw some troops from Libya, con- fronting Egypt, as a gesture to Britain, &lso told the French Deputies he had warned Mussolini last April against &n invasion of Ethiopia. A member of the Chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee said the premier, who had been accused by his op- bonents of promising Italy a free hand in Ethiopia, told the Deputies he had “never hidden from Mussolini that France would have to associate itself with sanctions against an ag- gressor state.” Assured of British Backing. Deputies said Laval assured them France and Britain were “in complete accord.” This statement was interpreted gen- erally to mean that Britain told France she regarded the League cov- enant as requiring assistance to France in the event the latter was ever a victim of an unprovoked ag- gression. Laval told the committee France's battleships would steam immediately to the assistance of Britain if the latter's fleet was attacked by Italy, and that further assistance would be dispatched by land and air. The ministry of the navy announced, meanwhile, that certain French war- ships had left their bases for “train- ing maneuvers.” The cruisers Emile Bertin and Duguay-Trouin, 5 destroyers and 13 submarines left Brest. The cruisers Foch, Dupleix and Tourville and 7 submarines sailed from Toulon (See WAR, Page 5. Readers’ Guide | Laval was believed. | pledged | and | Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Great Battle Reported Raging On Southern Ethiopian Front SEHU“Z IS DYING’ Addis Ababa Startled by News, but Selassie Delays By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, October 24 —Re- ports of a great battle raging in the Webbe Shibeli River sector spread | throughout Addis Ababa today. They rose soon after news of a | mountain concentration of Ethiopian | troops, drawn up to resist the Italian invasion on the southern front. Harar Province and commander of from Diredawa that his warriors, al- though ridden with scurvy, were con- centrating to defy the troops of Gen. | Rudolfo Graziani. While there was no news from the northern front to indicate that the forces of Ras Seyoum and Gen Emilio | de Bono had escaped their stalemate, would make another thrust next week. | Emperor Haile Selassie still intended | to respect his soothsayer’s warning not | to go to the front before the fifth an- niversary of his coronation November 2, but it was believed a big Italian ‘KD&«,\'e, major troop concentration | point. | The Crown Prince, now at Dessye, | northeast of here on the central | plateau, was expected to command the Addis Ababa garrison during his | father's absence. | It was rumored that the strength | of the capital garrison would be in- | creased soon to 15,000, chiefly for pro- tection of the railroad from Addis Dedjazmatch Nasibu, Governor of | Ethiopia’s southern forces, reported | | military observers believed the Italians | {push might send him hurrying to| ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, Joining Army, Heeding Soothsayer’s Warning. Ethiopian Monkeys Stone Italians and Wreck Signal Lines By the Associated Press. ENTISCIO, Ethiopia, October 23 (Wednesday) — (Delayed in transmission) —Monkey business is delaying work on telephone lines being strung by Italian sol- diers into occupied territory in Ethiopia. In one instance a pitched battle occurred between the Signal Corps Fascists and a gang of monkeys. Scores of the soldiers suffered bumps on the head. When the simians appeared the soldiers greeted them with stones. That was a tactical error. The monkeys got the idea and threw the stones back. The soldiers report that de- tachments of enemy monkeys are engaged in sabotage. The ani- mals climb the poles and try to detach the wires after they are strung. Ababa to Djibouti, French Somali- | land, Ethiopia’s only modern outlet to | the outside world. . | Members of the Italian Legation who left Addis Ababa October 12 sent “(See BATTLE, Page 3.) 5 NATIONS RECENE NAVY PARLEY BIDS | British-Japanese Exchange . of Views Inspires Hope for Agreement. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, October 24.—The British | government sent out invitations today for a conference of the great naval powers on naval limitation, to be held | at London December 2. Thus the government set in motion ! a new move for naval restrictfon di- rectly on the heels of Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin’s announcement that | he wants the country to give him a mandate for rearmament in the elec- tions to the House of Commons No- vember 14. The naval conference, British government expects will be headed by the i United Siates, Japan, France and | Italy and representatives of Great | Britain, will meet 24 hours before | the new Parliament is called in after | Parliament. i Dominions Invited. ‘The British dominions will be in- cluded in the parley, which otherwise will be restricted to signatories of the Washington naval treaty of 1922, which expires at the end of 1936. In announcing that formal invita- tions to the conference had been de- livered to the various Ambassadors to day, the Britisn government let it be known it is optimistic that beneficial results may accrue from the parley, either for an agreement on construc- limitation. Japan Demands Parity. The conference will meet, however, | under the shadow of Japan's demand | for parity with the United States and | | Great Britain, to which neither has i agreed. It was understood here that, | in indicating its willingness to attend | the conference, Japan made specific | reservations on this point. | Informed sources believe Japan's | | position has not changed from last | | year, when preliminary bilateral talks | | were held here between Great Britain | | and Japan. Since then, however, there | have been various exchanges of views | between British and Japanese experts, | which, it was understood, have pro- ivided some hope of definite results from the forthcoming meeting. The dispatching of the invitations followed an informal agreement on the date by the five signatory powers at the Washington Naval Conference in 1922. Great Britain’s dominion | governments are included in the in- vitation by implication. It is expected the ambassadors will head their respective delegations to the conference, assisted by naval ex- perts. The conference is mandatory under the naval treaty of 1922. Allows for By the Associated Press. Religious and moral scruples of tobacco growers which, perhaps, pre- vented some of them from signing ad- Jjustment contracts, were taken into ac- count today by the A. A. A. in an- neuncing plans for distribution of tax payment warrants. The Kerr tobacco act leyies on the sale of tobacco a tax of 33Y; per cent of the price for which the tobacco is sold. Tax payment warrants are is- sued to producers to be used in paying the tax. Under plans announced today, tax payment warrants will be issued for cigar tobacco types 41, 42, 43, 44, 51, 52, 53. 54 and 55. These types are produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio, In- diana, Connecticut, -Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York. Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, * Producers entitled to tax payment warrants for the 1935 crop are: Contracting producers who comply with terms of the contract; Non-contracting producers who show they could-not get an equitable base acreage under a contract in 1935; Non-contracting producers, who, be- cause of religious or moral scruples, did not sign a contract but who have which the | Ambassadors of the | | tomorrow’s dissolution of the present | tion programs of the various powers | or on a maximum degree of naval | FIRE AGAIN PERILS FILW PLAYEROUND $6,000,000 Damage in Cali- fornia as Earthquake Adds to Difficulties. By the Associated Press. 000,000 brush fire, fanned by a treach- erous wind, threatened early today to sweep across Malibu Beach, exclusive motion picture colony. “It looks like we are gone,” said Arch Jones of the land company which tion, as the wind shifted the flames for the second time in 24 hours and drove them steadily toward the now deserted colony. An earthquake, extending from San Diego to Pasadena, jolted sleepers at 6:50 a.m., but apparently caused no damage. With flames- barely a half a mile away, Jones said “It looks like we're bound to lose a few homes at the northern end, and we’ll have a fight to keep it all from burning.” ern tip of the beach colony from the closest point of the rugged Malibu Hills country. Hose Across Highway. Three lines of hose were laid across | the highway to the colony and the | Malibu Creek Reservoir was running | full. A 4-inch main was ready te pro- | vide full préssure. | when a “backfire” was started. Located in the northern section are | the homes of John Boles, Jack War- i ner, Edmund Lowe, Louise Fazenda, Bryan Foy, the producer; Charlotte Henry and other celebrities. Highway patrolmen closed the high- way to traffic when the blaze rolled along the mountainous strip bordering | the ocean yesterday. | The $10,000 mountain home of Charles Farrell, fiim star, was de- stroyed, as well as the $42,000 estate | of Lionel Atwill, another actor. Charles (Chic) Sale, the comedian, his wife and two sons, marooned for a time in their Malibu Hill*home, were that endangered their place. The fire, one of a half a dozen which broke out in Southern Cali- fornia yesterday, had burned over 15,000 acres. | Scores of persons were injured. The property loss mounted into the millions. Two Ventura County fires which (See FIRE, Page 5.) e Liggett Improves Slightly. SAN FRANCISCO, October 24 (#). —Lieut. Gen. Hunter K. Liggett, 78, retired, critically ill at Letterman Gen- eral Hospital here, was reported “slightly Lm‘mved“ by physicians to- day. A. A. A. Tobacco Tax Program Moral Scruples not planted a larger lcrénge nor pro- duced for market a greater quantity of tobacco than they could have pro- duced for market under contract. The A. A. A. said that there are several religious sects in Pennsylvania whose creeds will not permit them to sign any contracts with a govern- mental agency. These sects, the A. A. A. said, are opposed to war and if members sign contracts with the Gov- ernment there would be a possibility they might be bound to support the Constitution amd in so doing might be called on to go to war in defense of the country. ‘Warrants to each contracting pro- ducer will be for the number of pounds of tobacco that the grower is permitted. to market under his contract. Since cigar binder and filler contracts con- tain no provision for a production allotment in pounds, the A. A. A. said, the Secretary has provided a form on which each producer will make appli- cation for a 1935 production allot- ment. The A. A. A. said that of about 28,- 600 farmers who produce the types of tobacco included in the plan ane nounced today, approximately 27,500 are under contrach | LOS ANGELES, October 24 —A $6.- | controls the fashionable resort sec- Fire forces were mobilized along the | coast highway that divides the south- | | Advance of the fire was slowed down | led to safety through a sheet of flames | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TWO PALS SLAIN INGANGSTER WAR Two Others of Beer Baron’s Guards Shot” Down by Racketeers. ALBERT STERN HUNTED AS RUTHLESS KILLER | Flegenheimer and Friends Are Attacked While Seated in Newark Tavern. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 24—While Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer lay delirious and “very low” in § New- ark hospital, victim of gunmen’s fire that b’ tted out two of his henchmen, police < read a frenzied search today for a hoodlum they described as an- other Vincent Coll, & mad, ruthless killer. Police guards patrolled the hospital corridors to prevent any attempt of the former beer baron's enemies to “finish” him. The man hunted was Albert Stern, | 21, alias Stein, also wanted for ques- | tioning about the hatchet killing yes- terday of “Pretty Louie” Amberg, Brooklyn gangster, and the slaying | of a Brooklyn policeman more than a | year ago. Blood Transfusion Necessary. Dr. Earl Snavely, director of the Newark City Hospital, said the con- dition of Schultz was so critical that another blood transfusion was nec- essary immediately. A hospital bul- letin said he was “very low.” Stern’s picture was identified by three witnesses as that of the gunman | who wounded a Schultz henchman in | a Broadway barber shop last night | in a second foray against the Schuitz ring. after the former beer runner himself, his chauffeur and two body- | guards were shot by gangsters who invaded a Newark tavern. | The two bodyguards, Otto Berman, | 46, and Leo Frank, 40, died during the night. The shootings were the worst out- break of gang warfare in the New | York district since prohibition days. Another Gangster Sought. Deputy Chief Inspector Prancis J. Kear also ordered a city-wide search for Charles (Lucky Charlie) Luciano, | chain cabaret owner, who he alleged | was the “most powerful gangster in Manhattan.” 3 He saild he wanted to determine whether Luciano's associates might have decided to wipe out the Schultz gang in one sensational coup and seize control of every racket in the city. Schultz, free under $50,000 bail on @ charge of income tax evasion, was shot down by two assailants—one de- scribed by witnesses as a “big guy'— who escaped in a black sedan. Berman, one of the bodyguards, died of his wounds shortly after 3 am. Frank of Newark, who first said he was a bystander, died three and a half hours after Berman. He had been wounded while shooting it out with the gangsters. Aide Shot in Manhattan. Martin Krompiers was shot as he left the barber shop at Broadway and Forty-seventh street, in the heart of Manhattan’s night life district. After- the-theater crowds fled in panic. Some witnesses said they saw four men flee, but a colored porter in the barber shop told police he saw only one, later identified as Stern. Krompier had just been shaved and was putting on his coat, the porter said, \when a gun blazed. He was seriously wounded in the back. Samuel Gold, a bookmaker who had accompanied him, was shot three times but was not reported in a serious condition. Police found no connec- tion between him and the Schultz gang. Police found a .38-caliber revolver on (See SCHULTZ, Page 3.) —— CALIFORNIA QUAKE FELT |No Damage Believed Done by Series of Tremors. LOS ANGELES, October 24 (#).— A distinct earthquake, apparently not strong enough to cause damage, was felt in a region from 30 to 50 miles east of here at approximately 6:50 am. (Pacific standard time) today. Anaheim reported one fairly strong shock at that time. At Riverside four different tremors were felt at about minute intervals, the first and last the strongest of the series. A. B. C. Economics Advertising creates sales. Sales make business. Mere business means more jobs— less unemployment. Money travels fast through many hands when sales are stimu- lated by advertising. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star_ 29,500 2nd Newspaper___ 15,160 3rd Newspaper 10,134 4th Newspaper 6,844 ‘5th Newspaper 5,742 Total ( nvivess. ) 37,880 The Star is read in more than 100,000 Washington and suburban honres, not only for today’s news, but for the ad- vertising that touches nearly every household and :usineas S | i : While police sirens blared in search | | of the assassins, another Schultz aide, | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. #%# SURE,I'M Always (GLAD 10 SEE SUCH AN OLD FRIEND! BUT WE NEVER. SEEM TOGET, | Appalled at the increasing rate of automobile accidents on the streets and highways of Montgomery County. 2,000 clubwomen of the county are this week opening a county-wide move- ment in support of The Star's safe- driving campaign. | The drive by the women of the Mary- land county is sponsored by the Mont- gomery County Federation of Women'’s | Clubs, largest organized body in the county, under the leadership of Mrs. | Joseph T. Maguire, chairman of | the federation's American Citizenship Committee, Star Council for 2.000 special safe- %suckers‘ which will be distributed to | In furtherance of the safety cam- 2,000 Club Women of County Join Safe-Driving Campaign Montgomery Organization Launches Plan to Remove Vision Blocks and Push Traffic Remedies. . ANYWHERE! e ) v paign, a seven-point program has been formulated by Mrs. Maguire’s com- mittee. This program calls for the | elimination of hedges, shrubbery, signs or other hindrances to clear vision of the highway at intersections and other danger points: more protection for school children at dangerous crossings; installation of traffic signals at the intersection of main highways where traffic is heavy: more rigid examina- tions for prospective drivers; strict enforcement of speed laws; lengthen- | ing of the period of the amber light. | | to permit pedestrians to cross thereon; | °f the two instituticns, according to | and pledges from drivers to drive care- | 1fViLg Goldstein, leading the prosecu- | e e ca o ne catiodt i porc | filly s o et rights of | tion for the Government. that Cooper, | driving pledge cards and .windshield | Pedestrians. | Governing bodies, civic organizations, | member clubs throughout the county. | pamnt»bengher associations and similar (See SAFETY, Page 4.) CHURCHILL SEES GERMAN MENACE Warns England of Threat as Nation Makes Ready for Elections. By the Associated Press. d LONDON, October 24—Winston Churchill, former chancellor of the exchequer, told the House of Commons | today that “the whole of Germany is an armed camp.” He* said £800,000,000—$4,000.000.000 —is “being spent in the course of the present year in direct and indirect military preparations by Germany.” “The industries of Germany are mobilized for war to an extent ours were not mobilized even a year after the Great War was begun,” Churchill warned, resuming the third day of the debate on international affairs. “Germany’s whole population is being trained from childhood up for war. A mighty army is coming into being. Many submarines are already exercising in the Baltic. Big guns, machines, tanks and poison gas ere fast multiplying.” Calls Air Force Weak. Churchill declared Britain “had no speedy prospect for equaling or over- taking Germany in the air, whatever we do in the near future.” “Germany is already well on its way to becoming incomparably the most heavy armed nation in the world (See MENACE, Page 2. CHICAGO IS FAVORED FOR G. 0. P. IN 1936 Member of National Committee Says Bid Acceptable on Basis of Location. (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, October 24.—One of the most influential members of the Re- publican National Committee today said the 1936 convention of tke party “unquestionably will be held in Chi- cago.” He said the city will be selected be- cause of its comparatively central loca- tion, the availability of hotels and the desirable features of the Chicago Sta- dium, where the 1932 G. O. P. Presi- dential Nominating Convention was held. Democrats also met in Chicago in 1932 at the stadium. The site of the convention will be definitely sélected at a meeting next December or January of G. O. P. chieftains who control the party’s purse strings. The meeting probably will be held in the East, although there has not been any announcement as to the city. Cleveland, San Francisco, Atlantic City, Minneapolis and Kansas City are in the market for the Republican con- vention. Usually the city that makes the most attractive offer gets the meeting, and Chicago, under the lead- ership of George F. Getz, has been quietly attempting to line up financial support for the convention. QGetz, who is treasurer of the Re- publican National Committee, has not announced just what progress has been made 'lmfluhrm 12 BOATS MISSING OFF ALASKA COAST Three Founder in Gale and Coast Guard Starts Search for Others. . 3 By the Associated Press. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, October 24.— | Twelve fishing boats, missing in a storm off the southeastern Alaskan | coast, were sought today by Coast Guard and lighthouse service crews. Three boats were known to have foundered off Coronation Island. | Crews of two were rescued and the fate of the third crew was undeter- mined. The gale, which blew Tuesday night and yesterday morning, struck Ketchi- kan, causing a slide that blocked the highway north of here. Telephone | communications to the south were cut off. Tents were ripped up, dust and snow scattered and some slight damage caused at the Government's land set- :.lement project in the Mataouska Val- ey. The lighthouse tender Hemlock, first to report the storm at Coronation Is- land, wirelessed that the fishing craft | Ivis, Nelson and Premier had sunk. The Hemlock's message said the crews | of the Ivis and Nelson were rescued. A message from the Coast Guard cutter Cyane at Rose Inlet cn Dall Island, 50 miles south of Coronation, said 12 vessels were missing. Three ships hunted them. Fishing | craft often are reported missing in | Alaskan storms, but normally ride them out on the open sea. ‘The storm apparently centered along the Alexander Archipelago. —_— - ———— HEADS LABOR BODY Canadian Is Chairman of Inter-| national Organization. GENEVA, October 24 (#).—Walter Riddell of Canada was unanimously elected chairman today of the gov- erning body of the international labor organization. The motion for his election was made by Kenkichi Yoshisaka, Japa- nese delegate. It was seconded by William G. Rice, jr., representing the United States. Riddel} will serv2 for one year. He The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News an! Wirephoto Services. succeeds M. Demichelis of Italy. Yesterday’s Circulation, 128,488 Some Returns Not Yet Received. (#) Means Associated Press. STOCKS “SAVED” IN BANK MERGER Cooper Jury Told Donaldson Move by Lawrence A. Slaughter. The merger of the defunct Com- | mercial National Bank and Con- tinental Trust Co., in 1930, really wasa stock-saving move by R. Golden Don- | aldson, once president of the former bank, it was testified today by Law- rence A. Slaughter, former vice presi- | dent of Commercial, at the trial in District Supreme Court of Col. Wade H. Cooper on charges of misapplying | funds of the Commercial Bank. It was as a result of this affiliation assuming presidency of Commercial | on resignation of Donaldson, effected “manipulations” for his own profit| in violation of national banking laws. | Slaughter, under cross-examination by Chief Defense Attorney William E. Leahy, said the Commercial board had not initiated the consolidation. It was, he declared, engineered by Don- | aldson in an intensive effort “to find | a market for his stock in the Com- mercial which he was having difficulty with.” Support for Stock. “The whole object was to find a way | to support the large block of stock | which Mr. Donaldson held and which, | under pressure, he was unable to take care of,” the witness said. “Mr. Donaldson first went to Riges | and then the Federal American Banks before he succeeded in negotiating the Continental deal.” . Slaughter declared a merger of Commercial with Continental was “the only way out for Mr. Donaldson at that time.” The former vice president said the Commercial directors welcomed the affiliation because they felt it strength- ened the position of the Commercial Bank, whose position had been affect- ed by untavorable publicity regarding one of the bank’s officers. Questioned by Leahy about three dividends of $15,000 each paid by Con- tinental after the merger and which the Government contends were illegal and fraudulent, Slaughter reiterated testimony of yesterday that he remon- strated with Col. Cooper and other offi- cers of the bank about Continental paying dividends when “it had no money with which to do it.” Advances Charged. The Government charges Cooper with advancing money from the Com- mercial Bank to the Continental Trust Co. for the purpose of paying these | dividends. In response to a question from Leahy, Slaughter said bank examiners had checked the Commercial's books every six months and he did not re- | call that they ever criticized the divi- dend payments by Continental or the loans made by Commercial to Conti- nental. As time went on, the witness said, the officers of the Commercial Bank grew “very much concerned” over the value of the assets which Continental had turned over to Commercial as security for $2,800,000 worth of deposit lialibities assumed by Commercial under the affiliation agreement. Con- tinental had represented the book value of these assets to be in excess | of $4,000,000. After Leahy had brought out from the witness that Col. Cooper had taken substantial salary cuts some time after becoming president of Commercial, Goldstein by redirect examination sought to show that Cooper's salary jumped from $7,500 a year to $15,000 when he assumed presidency of Com- mercial after the merger. Leahy in replying yesterday to (See COOPER, Page 5., A. P. WIREPHOTOS “Today’s Pictures Today’ Tigers See Series Checks, Page C-4 Pro Golfers in Championship Play, Page C-3 Malibu Beach, Calif., Fire, Page A-5 Paralysis Victims Ask President’s Aid, Page A-6 Jockey Saunders Arraigned, Page A-5 Dutch Schultz Shooting, Page A-3 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT FINDS URGENT DUTY ON RETURN T0 DESK Conference With Hull Italo-Ethiopian Situa- tion Is First. NEUTRALITY POLICY OF U. S. NOT CHANGED on Stimulation of Works Program to Cut Relief Rolls Among Important Matters Up. Problems of world importance, as well as those of national and party significance, faced President Roosevelt today as he returned to his desk at the White House. Deeply tanned and looking rested after his cross-country trip and ocean vayage, the President arrived in Union Station about 8:30 am. was met by administration leaders and Mrs. Roose- velt and proceeded at once to the White House for breakfast. Soon after 9, he was at his desk in the executive offices. Heading the calendar of urgent ness_which had accumulated durir Mr. Roosevelt's absence for four wee is the matter of American policy in the Italo-Ethiopian crisis and the reaction of this Government to the pressure being brought against Italy by the League of Nations. With all the na- tions involved greatly concerned with the decision of this Government, the President this morning scheduled Sec- retary of State Hull for the first con- ference of the day. ‘Works Program Important. Of comparable importance in the domestic picture, however, is the que tion of what can be done to stimu the faltering works program ar effectively cut the heavily inert relief rolls. Politics were ground as the in the close back- shadow of the 1936 | elections draws near and the rumble of anti-administration guns becomes increasingly loud. Close by, also, is the matter of a budget program for the next fiscal year, with both frien: and foes of the administration watch- ing closely for some indication of financial policy of the Government in the future. With New York elections scheduled for November 5 and the White House still in process of renovation, the President plans to remain in the Cap- ital only a few days before continuing | on to Hyde Park. Among his engage- ments here before his next departure will be a brief radio speech tonight in behalf of the annual Mobilization for Human Needs. This address is sched- uled for 9:30 o'clock. Discussing the all-important ques- tion of policy in relation to the inter- national disputes of Europe and Africa, President Roosevelt told news- men before his conference with Sec- retary Hull that it would be his “earnest effort to keep this country free and unentangled from any pos- | sible war across the seas.” Neutrality Unchanged. No change in the American policy of neutrality is under consideration, he | said. In this connection, however, the problem of legislation to replace the present neutrality law when it expires | in February already is in the back= | ground of all decisions of the present. | His conference with Secretary Hul, he explained, was principally to ac- | quaint him with all developments dur= | ing his absence, among them the re- | quest of the League of Nations for some | comment on their policy of sanctions against Italy. With the unemployment and work :reller problem standing at the top of | the domestic issues, some action cn | this question is expected very soon. Harry L. Hopkins, Works progress ad- | ministrator, and Secretary Ickes, pub- lic works administrator, accompanied [ the President on his trip, and their re- turn brings them face to face with the necessity of desperate action if the KBdmu’)is'.raucu‘l goal of 3.500,000 jobs | under the $4,000.00,000 appropriation | is to be attained in November. As in other matters, policy in this respect must be tied in with that con= templated for the coming year, since budgetary plans now in the making must include some provision for meet- | ing the relief needs of another 12 months. | The Chief Executive got the jump on the political problems by having | Postmaster General Farley meet him yesterday at Charleston, S. C., when | the U. S. S. Houston docked at the | Navy Yard there. During the train | ride back to Washington, these two leaders of the administration party discussed the setting for the impor= | tant pre-election activities soon to | begin in earnest. | Favorable Business Reports. | Among the cheering factors submit- | ted to the President was the wealth of favorable business reports, but their | effect was partly offset by failure of | the unemployment rolls fo show e | comparable decline. ~Word of ine creased Republican activity entered the pre-election picture and it was be- lieved the Democratic party chieftains discussed the advisability of making immediate answer or withholding their counter fire until @ more crucial stage | in the campaign. An extensive collection of advice, , (See PRESIDENT, Page 9) | LORD MORRIS DIES Former Prime Minister of Newe foundland Was 77. LONDON, October 24 (#).—Lord Morris, 77, former prime minister of Newfoundland, died today after a long illness. Edward Patrick Morris, whose barony was created in 1918, was born at St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 8, 1858. He served as prime minister from 1909 to 1918 and was a member of the British war cabinet in 1916-17. He was married in 1901 to the former Isabel Langrishe, who died last year. They had one son and one daughter. . l