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A—2 ww ONEILL SUPPORTS U.S. COAL GONTROL Says Government Backing for Marketing Organiza- tion Is Necessary. By the Associated Press. Declaration that salvation of the soft coal industry through organiza- tion of marketing agencies was im- pessible without governmental con- | tral was made today in the Distract of Columbia Supreme Court today by Charles O'Neill, president of the East- | ern Bituminous Coal Association. I Testifying for the Government in the suit of James W. Carter, presi- dent of the Carter Coal Co., attacking validity of the Guffey coal act, O'Neill | expressed belief retail sales agencies could not be organized with sufficient strength to solve the industry's prob- lems. O'Neill was chairman of a special committee of coal producers which as- sisted in drafting the Guffey act Referring to Appalachian Coals. Inc., a marketing agency which the Supreme Court has held does not con- stitute a monopoly in violation of the anti-trust laws, O'Neill said: “The effect of organization of Ap- | palachian Coals, Inc., is not, in mv opinion, an answer to the needs of | this industry.” Under cross-examination he con- ceded retail sales agencies would be | “helpful” in individual producing dis- tricts, but asserted he could “‘visualize competitive price wars between re- | gional sales agencies.” O'Neill said he ragarded production control as “an essential element” and expressed belief the Guffey act even- tually would have to be amended in that direction, WOMAN VOTERS URGE TAXATION REFORMS Brochure Claims Many Burdened Beyond Capacity to Pay. Establishment of a co-ordinated tax system for the Nation, based on | gound, equitable planning, was urged by the National League of Women Voters in the 1935 edition of its study of “Taxes and Tax Trends” issued yesterday Deploring the present state of af- fairs as a “dilemma of conflicting taxation in which some taxpayers are burdened all out of proportion to their abilitq to pay and without relation to the benefits they receive,” Miss Katherine A. Frederic, depart- ment secretary who prepared the re- view, cited the need for co-operative effort by all units of government in the reform of tax systems. “Emergency measures may be neces- gary to relieve the burdened taxpayer in an economic depression, though relief to the individual must be weighed against the necessity for pro- viding essential governmental services 4t a time when public revenues are depleted.” the review stated. ! Reporting tax delinquency is a| What’s What Behind News . In Capital Democrats Concede G. O. P. Will Gain Some New York Seats. BY PAUL MALLON. OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Novem- ber 5—The tip inside on the election is that the Republicans will regain at least a two-finger grasp on the Government of the most important State in the Union. Some conservative wise boys in the big city south of here have been rash enough to wager even money that the Republicans will gain 20 seats in the Legislature. That result would be a serious affront to the New Deal. LOOKIT MA, Democrats are willing to concede privately that they will lose the Leg- lature, but not by that much. Best non-partisan observers agree a Re- publican victory is to be expected as a natural reaction stampedes in the elections since 1932. But the mnews behind it all is what President Roosevelt and his agents have been doing quietly but firmly to save the situation. They have issyed a few statements, but there are indications that they are letting their money talk for them. In fact, it seems to have been screaming for them hercabouts lately. Defrosting With Funds. The seat of Mr. Roosevelt's Dutchess County is Poughkeepsie. It is the center of a coupon-clipping county. ‘There are few heavy industries, out- | side of Smith Bros.’ cough drop fac- tory and Vassar College. The blue bloods and cold bloods from downtown New York dot the countryside with | ancestral estates, purchased or in- They support the whole com- | herited. | At least they did until 1931, | munity. beginning to frigidity. Roosevelt. regain their normal | ently is a Farley make. For lo these | many New Deal years Poughkeepsie | has received little or no P. W. A pump priming. But just a few weeks | ago, Messrs. Ickes and Hopkins (with | the aid of the Democratic here, who is up for re-election) found ton and turned it on. The result is about $454.000 of Federal funds has lately come into this city, which cast 16.703 votes in the last election. Roughly this is about $27 per vote, if you want to figure it in that political way. Pump Priming An Issue. to Democratic | mayor | | the Poughkeepsie spigot in Washing- | ‘This pump priming, political or| | economic, has become a leading issue | of the local campaign. At least the | Republicans have tried to make 1t | that, charging the New Deal with | trying to buy the re-election of Mayor major cause of default by 3,000 local governments on the various loans they have secured, Miss Frederic recommends a long-time corrective THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1935. FIRE L0SS GRANT SETS PRECEDENT Voting of $11,000,000 for Claim Already Settled Held Political Weakness. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, This is a story of $11.000,000 of tax- payers’ money. It touches the weak- nesses in our political system at many vulnerable places, and because it points its own moral, the facts speak more eloquently than any interpreta- tion could as to what has happened. First, read an announcement which appeared this week in a magazine called Broadcasting, the trade journal of the broadcasting industry. A radio station located at Duluth, Minn., very properly is addressing itself to possible purchasers of its space, says: “Passage by Congress of the Minne- sota fire sufferers’ claims bill, and its approval by the President means that into the lap of Northern Minnesota $11,000,000 will be poured. And it will start to come almost immediately. “Eleven million dollars is quite a chunk of buying power, especially when it's velvet. And it will be spent with all the willingness with which easy money is spent.” May Reach $20,000,000. The history of that $11,000,000 au- thorization, which may, it is believed, reach as high as $20,000,000, may com- mend itself to people who think that the New Deal is any different from the old deal when it comes to satis- fying claims out of the general treas- ury or to those who think Government ownership of railroads, for instance, is a good thing. For the Government became in- volved because it happened in October, 1918, to be in control of the railroads of the country during the war. A spark from a locomotive ignited some grass and there was a forest fire. There were other forest fires. Anyway, | a territory of 1,500 square miles was | devastated, 8000 families were af- | fected and a huge property loss was | incurred. Railroad Held Liable. Nobody could prove conclusively that the railroad locomotive or gangs of men burning ties had anything to do with the big fire, but the Minnesota | State courts agreed that the railroad was liable. Rather than carry the when dividends stopped. Now they are | cases on indefinitely, the United States | ful Railroad Administration started to The freeze is on for Mr.|compromise the claims and exacted | fidence. I am faithful to the regime from everybody on agreement to ac- Mr. Roosevelt's defroster appar-| cept the amounts given as a full|realization of our common sentiments, | | settlement of the case. From 40 per | cent to 50 per cent of the amounts icl:imed were paid, in all about $13,- | 000,000. But two years later, claimants, urged on by politicians and lawyers, placed the matter before Congress | and urged that the remaining 50 per It was conceded that there was lability, ury. no further legal claim or ment. settlement or go through perennial law suits and not get any immediate money. | Anyway, the bill has been urged before Congress year after year for | nearly 15 years and finally, on Au- | gust 27 last, in the closing days of | s hectic session, it was passed and Mr. Roosevelt signed it. cent be paid out of the Federal Treas- | but merely a moral or equity argu-, It was urged that the claim- | ants had to agree to the 50 per cent| Special Assignmént Unit of Chest captain; Richard W. Hynson, vice c! et Photo taken at yesterday's luncheon in the Willard Hotel of Community Chest’s Special Assig) Left to right, standing: George O'Connor, team captain; James E. Colliflower, team captain; Phillip Coffin, team team captain. Left to right, seated: Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, team captain; Coleman Jennings, chairman of unit: Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, team captain, and Woodson Houghton, team captain, hairman, and Frederick W. Bradley G nment Unit. —=Star Stafl Photo. GEORGE || PLEDGES GREEGE DEVOTION “Has Hatred for None,” He Says in Announcing Re- turn to Athens. | By the Associated Press. ATHENS. November 5 —King George II. recalled to the throne of Greece | which he lost in 1923, issued a procla- | | mation today pledging his devotion to the Greek people. In a letter to Gen. George Kondylis, head of the government, the King. | |ending his exile in London. asked | | that the following proclamation be | published in the newspapers and posted throughout the nation: “I shall come to my country. The | separation has been hard and sorrow I have hatred for no one. look forward to the future with con- jand will give all my force for the | remembering my beloved father (King Constantine). “My force is love for my people.” Signed by ng of Hellenes.” The proclamation was signed “George II, King of the Hellenes.” The King also expressed his thanks | to Kondylis and members of the min- isters’ council “for your congratula- tions upon the occasion of the great event which has gccurred in our fa- therland.” “This event,” the letter continued. “by God's grace and the will of the Rites Tomorrow RAYMOND LORANZ. RAYMOND LORANZ 1. C. C. Veteran Retired in 1930—Funeral Will Be | Tomorrow. Hellenic people, will lead Greece to a | general collaboration of glory. | the Hellenic people of the loving sen- | timents which I have in my heart.” ‘The King's message, addressed ts the Greek people, said: “Recalled to the throne with the aid of God and by will of the people, I return to Greece with no hard feel- Tell | program based upon wider use of land in cities and in rural areas, as fundamental to effective assessment #nd collection of general property 3axes. TWO MORE NEAR DEATH OF BOTULISM POISONING B the Associated Press. SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr., November ! B8—David Reigenstein, farmer. and | bis 13-year-old daughter. Martha, i1l | from botulism, which already has claimed the lives of three members of their family, were reported in a ¢ritical condition today. | Physicians believed home-canned eorn, taken from a glass jar with a/ tin lid, caused the poisoning. Attendants at the hospital, where ' the two were rushed yesterday after | ihe deaths of three children in the | amily, said that the girl's condition was grave, and that her father was only slightly less seriously ill. They reported that there had been little change in the condition of the | two since they were treated with anti- | toxin serum, rushed here from Denver | by airplane, NOBLEMAN DIES Earl of Chesterfield Passes Away at Age of 80 Years. BOURNEMOUTH, England, Novem- ber 5 (#)—The Earl of Chesterfield died today at the age of 80. He was bora Henry Athole Scuda- more-Stanhope and became the eleventh Earl of Chesterfield, succeed- ing his brother, the tenth Earl, who died in 1933, Lord Chesterfield was born May 29, 1855, the son of the ninth Earl, and entered the Navy in 1869. He served in the Nile Expeditice of 1884-85 and was decorated. He retired as a cap- tain in 1905. His heir is a nephew, Edward Henry Bcudamore-Stanhope, 46 years old. —_— GLASS ENTERS HOSPITAL FOR PHYSICAL CHECK Virginia Senator Will Remain Beveral Days in Johns Hop- kins for Observation. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 5.—Carter Glass, Democratic Senator from Vir- ginia, entered the Johns Hopkins Hos- pital today for observation. Hospital attaches said the Senator ‘was not serfously ill, but that he would remain at the hospital for two or three days for a check-up on his general physical condition. . Gangsters (Continued From First Page.) near Clarktown. Clarktown, in Rock- land County, is 40 miles from here and lies between Monticello and New York City. The second dead man’s fingerprints ‘were sent to New York City and New- ark, N. J,, police by authorities seeking a possible link with the recent Schultz slaying. Identification marks had been removed from the clothing. The man had been dead about 10 days. He was about 30. N Mr. Spratt ate no fat for many | years prior to 1933, when the long Republican heritage of government was upset by his election. (Hoover carried the county againsi Roosevelt in 1932 by 5200 votes) Now Mr. Spratt eats no lean. The W. P. A. gave him $320,000 a month ago for a sewerage project, divided in 17 sec- tions. Work on it started a week ago. The project had been pending for months. The R. F. C. dug up $100.000 about 10 days ago for a pecullar industrial development scheme. The money will be used by the city to refinish the old Moline plow factory, which has bcen closed and vacant since Gen. Hugh Johnson gave it up as another of his bad jobs shortly after the outbreak of the World War. When the factory is all repainted and fixed up, the city will try to get some manufacturers to use it. Spratt. | $34,000 for Infirmary. The P. W. A. also gave $34,000 to enlarge the city infirmary. to enlarge the high school. The mayor says these Federal con- They merely show what a city can do if it keeps him as mayor. The White House has received in- formation indicating there will be a flood of Italian orders placed in America as soon as the League of Nations sanctions go into effect. That was what was behind Mr. Roosevelt's ing up on American concerns doing business with belligerents. The truth is Mr. Roosevelt can= not legally block such trade, but hopes he can bluff money-thirsty concerns out of accepting it. If the bluff fails to work, he can make it hard for some of the con- cerns indirectly through various governmental agencies (R. F. C., ship subsidies, mail contracts, etc.). Secretary of State Hull will look vague and talk vaguer if you ask him about any specific actions, such as extension of the arms embargo to in- clude raw materials. Roper Is Business Liaison. ‘The big liaison between the White House and business is supposed to be Commerce Secretary Roper. He two- stepped - into & conference with the President recently, accompanied by two of his business advisory coun- cilors. Emerging, he said he had big news and started to dictate a state- ment. With his thumb in his sus- penders, he measured carefully the following words: “We wanted to discuss with the President as to how the business ad- visory council could be more effective and more useful to him and the Department of Commerce in this very important administrative period rela- tive to new laws.” That was all. Pals of Mr. Roosevelt have heard second-hand that Al Smith believes the country will go to, or in the gen- eral direction of, the bow-wows if the President is re-elected. But what Mr. Smith intends to do about it has not ings about the past. resolved to be | Mayor | Spratt is expecting some more funds | tributions are not the issue, however. | subtle suggestion that he was check- | Precedent Established. This legislation is probably the first on record in which a big set of claims already compromised and set- tled was reopened. It establishes a | precedent for future claims which the | Government under one administration might settle only to have them brought into question again by a successor administration. If it had been a railroad under private ownership, the claims would ! have been fought through the courts or the compromise would never have | been reopened. This may sound like | injustice to the claimants who may consider themselves lucky that they were dealing with the Federal Gov- ernment, but it gives an inkling of what is going to happen some day it the Government takes control of any important business operation like the railroads and the public uses the political route to get satisfaction for claims. There are all sorts of rumors about big lawyer fees and lobbies and what not connected with the Minnesota fire bill. Representative Cox of Georgia, Democrat, warned his colleagues on the floor of the House in June, 1934. peculiar political activity which would some day make a political scandal. Both Parties Supported Bill. Both Republicans and Democrats from Minnesota have supported the legislation. In fact, it would be sur- prising if a Representative from given district didn't support his con- stituents’ plea. That's why the Presi- dent of the United States, represent- ing the national interest, or other members of Congress representing the public treasury, might possibly have intervened in the interest of preserv- ing a precedent of major importance. | It is frequently said around Washing- ton that had the late Representative Truax of Ohio or Representative Blan- ton of Texas—both watchdogs of the | treasury—been present on the floor the bill aever would have passed. There are reports, too, that Presi- dent Roosevelt, having heard various rumors about the measure, held up the passage of the bill, but later re- versed himself. The only thing on record from the White House is a letter from the President to Senator Bailey of North Carolina in which Mr. Roosevelt formally concurred in an opinion furnished him by Attorney General Cummings. In that opinion Mr. Cummings said: “While there does not appear to be any legal liability in the matter on the part of the United States, never- theless there is much force in the contention that a moral and equitable obligation on the part of the Federal Government exists in favor of these claimants. Accordingly, in my opin- ion, the bill is meritorious. “In reaching this conclusion on the merits of the bill I have not considered its financial aspects, as such matters are within the province of the direc- tor of the budget.” Politicians Forced Legislation. - Nor did any one else apparently con- sider the financial aspects. Eleven mii- lion dollars is a paltry sum in these days of billion spending. But $11,000,- 000 happens to be more than any one of 38 different States paid in incone taxes to the Federal Government last year. Also $11,000,000 is more than a fourth of all the income taxes paid by people with incomes of under $5,000 in 1933, the last available figures. The claimants naturally feel they were entitled to the entire sum they lost. Nobody can quarrel with their point of view. But the claimants were not compelled to accept the Govern- [y 1% tha the whole thing was tainted with | faithful and loyal with a constitutional regime, having as my watchword ‘My | ¢trength lies in love for my people.’ I ask for co-operation from all to in- sure prosperity and happiness for our fatherland.” The King's message was received here and read to crowds which stood in the streets outside the communica- | tions ministry as the celebration over the plebiscite vote. Recall of Two Expected. As the King prepared plans for his return from London, Greek officials predicted the recall of two exiled leaders, George Papandreou, former | leader of the United Democratic | party, and former Premier Alexander | Papanastasiou. Both had been sent | to the Island of Kykinos. The streets of the capital were still | thronged with celebrating Royalists singing the national anthem and car- rying portraits of the King. A large crowd cheered Gen. Kondy- | lis, who seized the government in & | bloodless coup. Kondylis declared an end to party | strife and asserted the monarchy had the support of the Populist party. of three monarchist leaders, morrow to notify King George for- { mally of the results of the plebiscite. |FURTHER RECOVERY Agricultural Economics Bureau Sees 10 Per Cent Increase in Industrial Output. | By the Associated Press. | Prophecy of further business re- covery in 1936. centering in the long- depressed durable goods industries, was | Issued yesterday by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. It forecast industrial production and income of industrial workers probably would be about 10 per cent higher than this year. “Taking a longer-time view,” the bureau continued, “it appears that the trend of industrial activity and of consumer buying ,power, which has been generally upward in the United States and in many foreign countries during the last three years, probably will continue through the next two or three years. “The general price level in the United States and in many foreign countries may continue to advance during the same period, though possibly not at & rate as rapid as the increase in indus- trial production, unless monetary or credit inflation becomes a factor in raising the general price level.” ‘The most comprehensive survey of 1936 prospects to come out of a Fed- eral agency so far, the business fore- cast was included in a summary of the 1935-6 agricultural outlook. could have refused the settlement and sued for more. And what is more, tae Government was not obliged to settle the cases and could have gone on for years in litigation. But politics forced the legislation through, and it is .n- teresting to note that the act of August 27, 1935, contains a paragraph which while written ostensibly to prevent avy excessive commissions, really sanctions lawyers or anybody else engaged in assisting in collecting the claims to charge 10 per cent of the amount of the claim. Thus is business done un- der political government irrespective of the taxpayers acquiesce An official royal mission, composed | com- | pleted plans to leave for London to- | PREDICTED FOR 1936 Raymond Loranz, 83, veteran offi- | cial of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, died Sunday after a pro- longed illness. | Mr. Loranz, an employe of the I. C. C. for 41 years, was retired in 1930 after his period of service was ex- | tended four times. | As chief of the correspondence di- | vision of the Bureau of Traffic, he was ‘ruponsnble for numerous changes in | the commission's administrative struc- ture. He prepared the first civil service examination used in the selec- tion of tariff examiners. Previously. as an employe of the I. C. C. auditor's office, he had instituted the practice of numbering tariff changes, a system greatly simplifying the filing system Worked for Retirement Act. As a member of the Executive Committee of the United States Civil Retirement Association, Mr. Loranz was instrumental in securing passage of the original retirement act. Later he was appointed an adviser to the House Interstate Commerce Commit- | tee, which at that time was working on various phases of railroad legisla- tion, later resulting in passage of the | Hepburn act of 1906. Mr. Loranz was born in Illinois, later moving to Iowa, where he at- tended public schools, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1873, Be- fore coming to Washington he had practiced law in Clarinda, Iowa, and had served on the Republican Con- Was Elder in Church. In Washington, Mr. Loranz was elder of the Eckington Presbyterian Church. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar. Besides his widow, Mrs. Kate E. Loranz, he is survived by three step- children, Mrs. Leonora E. Miller and Mrs. Harriet F. Worley of Washing- ton and John R. Emmert of Chicago. Before his removal to a sanitarium last year, Mr. Loranz lived at 72 Adams street. Funeral services will be held at Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol and Q streets, tomorrow at 3 p.m. Burial, with services by the Co- lumbia Lodge of Masons, will be in | Glenwood Cemetery. CHICAGO VO:rES CHANGE TO EASTERN TIME ZONE | Daylight Saving, Adopted Year- 1y for Five Summer Months, Is Made Permanent. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 5—Two hun- | place in the sun, effective next March 1. Action by the City Council in a vote taken long after the sun had set yesterday will add the hour gained by daylight saving time the year around and place the Nation's second largest city in the same time zone as New York and the Atlantic Seaboard. For 14 years Chicago has adopted daylight saving time for the five Sum- mer months only. In 1883 Chicago was placed in the Central Standard time zone by the American Railway Association. The action of the City Council places it in the Eastern time zone, although many cities between the present west- ern boundary of the zone and Chicago will remain, at least temporarily, in the Central time belt. Several towns and cities in the Chi- cago area were expected to go,on Eastern time also. Heads Biochemic Division. Appointment of Robert M. as chief of the Biochemic Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, suc- ceeding the late Dr. Marion Dorset, was announced yesterday by the Agri- culture Department. Chapin has been with the bureau 28 years. He is a native of LONG ILL, DIES gressional Committee for his district. | dred hours were added to Chicago's | RELIEF END CITED IN CHEST'S DRIVE Chairman McClellan Holds $1,877,900 Minimum Goal Inadequate. Pointing out that contingencies that | may arise from discontinuance of | Federal relief are not provided for | under the minimum goal of $1,877.900 | sought by the Community Chest, Cam- paign Chairman William McClellan has reiterated his plea for “a 120 per cent campaign.” The minimum goal. he told mem- bers of the Group Solicitation Unit at | a meeting at the Raleigh Hotel last | night, represents only the imperative | needs of 65 agencies now affiliated | with the Chest—all of which are faced with increased needs for 1936. Introduced by John Poole, chairman of the Group Solicitation Unit, Chair- man McClellan said these estimates are based on a careful investigation of the needs of the agencies, made by a Chest Budget Committee cumposed‘ of 75 leading men and women. He | urged the section chiefs and key men to present these needs in the clearest possible manner to prospective con- THOUSANDS VISIT NEW CARSHOWING Doors of Two Exhibitions | Stay Open Till- 11 P.M, All This Week. Gleaming in new paint, the 1936 automobiles on display at Washing- | ton’s two automobile shows are at- tracting thousands of persons to the iCfl]\'(’!‘!. Exhibition Hall and the May- | flower Hotel. Doors of the exhibi- | tions will remain open until 11 p.m. each night this week, closing Saturday | night. The general showing of the new cars is being held at the Calvert hall, | at 2701 Calvert street, while the Gen- eral Motors exhibit is being staged at the Mayflower. Show Date Advanced. ! Date of the show was advanced from | January to November at the request of | President Roosevelt. who hopes thé advance showing will overcome sea- | sonal peaks of buying and consequent | employment in the automobile in- | dustry, The new cars are declared to be the | most advanced vehicles for personal | transportation ever achieved, both in appearance and in mechanical prog- ress. Safety features are being stressed in the new cars, while many which have hitherto used mechanical brakes have shifted to the hydraulic braking method. Narrow, V-type radiators mark the | new cars, which are completely stream- lined, and interior fittings bespeak the luxury of the vehicles which only a few years ago were crude by com- parison with the sleek motors of 1936, Nominal Charge Made. A nominal charge is being made to see the show at the Calvert Hall, while | admission to the General Motors show |3 the Mayflower is free, | Representatives from Washington's diplomatic set and a former Governor | of Virginia were seen at the show last | night. Among the thousands attend- | ing were Senor Don Miguel Lopez Pumarejo. Minister from Colombia; several other diplomats and former Gov. Pollard of Virginia. | Many of the new cars come equipped | with radio. while one or two of the de luxe models have two sets, one in the front compartment and another in the rear. In one car the loud- spaaker is cleverly concealed in the rear door. BIRTHDAY OF ROGERS Plea for to Rickenbacker Voices Living Memorial Humorist. By the Associated Pre.s. NEW YORK, November 5.—The Will Rogers Memorial Commission launched & campaign yesterday on the 56th an- | niversary of the late comedian’s birth for subscriptions “to perpetuate his kindliness to mankind.” | “Not a shaft of cold marble for this | warm. friendly man,” said Eddie Rick- | enbacker, director of the Operations Committee, “but living, continuing memorials will be used for charitable, educationgl and humanitarian pur- The memarial is to be raised in the national campaign by gifts, “no mat- ter how small.” In Oklahoma, Rogers’ native State, Gov. Marland proclaimed today as “Will Rogers day.” calliig on the citizens “during the day to set aside to pause, while memory is yet fresh, and contemplate the life of this be- loved brother of all mankind, that we may make this world a better place in which to live In the interest of the memorial to Rogers, who was killed in Alaska with Wiley Post when their plane crashed, Lieut. Comdr. Frank Hawks is making a 16,000-mile flight to every corner of the United States. The flight will end | November 26, the day before the cam. paign closes. - INDEPENDENT OIL MEN WARNED OF SHORTAGE Association Meeting at Dallas Is Informed of Roosevelt's Conservation Desire. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., November 5—The Independent Petroleum Association of America, warned of an impending oil shortage and of President Roosevelt's desire for conservation of the Nation's oil resources, cleared its decks today for the closing banquet tonight at which Gov. E. W. Marland of Okla- homa, will be the chief speaker. “Committee reports and election of officers were the principal items before the closing business sessions. Marvin Lee, Wichita, Kans., secre- tary and technical adviser of the Kansas State Corporation Commission, declared the world was on the verge of a shortage of oil unless the price should be raised to justify exploration. Dr. George Ashley, Pennsylvania State geologist, estimated known re- serves in Eastern oil States at around & 000,000 bacrela OPENS FUND DRIVE tributors and to try to get them to see the necessity for making this a successful campaign. Employe Responsibility Stressed. Stressing the responsibility of the business employes of Washington for the welfare of the city, Herbert L.| Willett, jr., director of the Community | Chest, cited the fact that people who no longer make their homes here are still giving through the Chest be- | cause they know of the increased needs in Washington and that Gov- ernment workers, many of them but temporary residents, made a “magnifi- | cent” contribution last year. Business | houses, he said, represent the really permanent establishments and per- manent residents of the city and this fact, he stated, puts an increased responsibility upon them to maintain the standards which will make Wash- ington a better city. | Willett reiterated the demand for repairs which have been neglected far the last several years; the increased cost of food, which affects every in-| stitution caring for children and old people and every hospital; the in- creased needs which result from the ]depressmn and the need for equip- ment and other facilities to enable Chest agencies to really do the job for which they are intended. Willett again called attention to the | tax which is now being deducted for| employe security and recited the fal lacy of persons believing this will hav any immediate effect in helping people now aided by the Chest. Poole Cites Chest Progress. Chairman Poole, who was the first Chest campaign chairman and its sec- | ond president, spoke of his happiness at being back in the ranks of Chest workers and urged the workers of his unit to help in every way possible to make this campaign & success. Poole spoke feelintly of the progress of the Chest as he had observed it and the many needs that it has met. He de- clare © it the best medium yet devised for helping the agencies to meet these needs. The invocation was pronounced by Rev. La.rence J. Shehan. Three notable increases in gifts marked the report meeting of the Community Chest Special Assignment Unit at the Willard Hotel yesterday. S. Kann Sons contributed $6,000, an increase of $1.000 over their gift of last year; Frank R. Jelleff gave $4.500. an increase of $500, and Mrs. Robert | H. Brookings pledged $2400, an in- crease of $900 over last year. “In spit of these outstanding ex-! amples,” Chairman Coleman Jennings told his team captains and Wworkers. “the avera: : increase this year is only abcut 12 per cent, and we must have a 20 per cent increase if this unit is| to do its part in aiding the Chest to reach its goal of $1877.900. Even if we make our quota, there will still be twice as much for the other units to raise. as we are scheduled for only about one-third of the entire amount | required.” Gifts Reported Yesterday. | Other gifts reported yesterday were as_follows: = Byron S. Adams Co., $2,000; Ameri- | can Security & Trust Co.. £5,500; Clar- | ence Aspinwall, $500; Columbia N | tional Bank, $540; Mrs. Charles I Corby, $2.400; Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. | Corby, $1.200; Mr. and Mrs. C Mathews Dick, $900; Mr. and Mr_s.\ Sherman Flint, $1,500; Mrs. Annie i | Glover, $1,500. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith. $600; Mrs. William Allen Hayes, $500: { Daniel L. Hazard, $1.000; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Houghton. $1.200; Chief | Justice and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, $2,500; S. H. Kauffmann, | $1,500. | Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Mears. $500: | | Dr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meigs. $700; | Fleming Newbold, $500; Mr. and Mg Frank B. Noyes, $2.500: Theodore W. Noyes, $4,000; Miss Belle Sherwin, | $1,200; Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum, $3,000; | Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran Thom, sr. $1.000; Mrs. Edward C. Walker. $500. Washington Gas Light Co., $10.000; | Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wilkins, $500; |Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer, $500; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Wilson $600, and Mr. and Mrs. Luke I Wil- son, $2.000. Anonymous gifts of $1,200, $500 and $1,000 also were listed. Workers Meet Tomorrow. ‘What is expected to be the largest | meeting of governmental Community | Chest workers ever held in Washing- |ton will take place tomorrow at 13:30 pm, at the Labor-Interstate , Commerce auditorium. Maj. Gen Merritte W. Ireland, U. S. A, retired, chairman of the Community Chest Governmental Unit, will preside. Addresses will be made by Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Assistant Attorney General John Dickinson, Maj. Daniel | J. Donovan, District auditor, lnd' Campaign Chairman McClellan. There | also will be & program by the Musical Guild of the Department of Agricul- ture. ‘This will be the final get-together mieeting of department chairmen and | mate made in August { would produce a wheat surplus key men of the Governmental Unit | preceding the campaign. While the | official report meetings do not start until Monday, it has been a custom in the Government to start solicita- | tion the preceding week following an open meeting and solicitation will | probably be started tomorrow. BIDS FOR CONVENTION CLEVELAND, November 5 (®).— Ways and means of raising approxi- mately $150,000 to underwrite the 1936 National Republican Convention were to be outlined today by a group of 50 leading Clevelanders who pro- pose to extend an invitation to the party to meet here. Representative Chester C. Bolton, Republican of Ohio, called the meeting, L] L (Copyright. 4 New JYEAR CORNHOG CONTROL RENEWED Wallace Proclaims Program Finding Justification in Referendum. By the Associated Press Declaring the recent referendum had indicated its “economic justification,” Secretary Wallace late yesterday fore mally proclaimed a new two-year corn- hog control program Officials of the A. A. A. said it had been tentatively decided to make benefit payments at approximately the same rates in effect this year, but this will not be determined for about a month. Wallace's announcement came as more than 30 farm representatives studied details of the new contracts, and the department’s annual outlook report forecast a continued upward trend in farm income for the next year. Better Demand Expected. “The demand for farm pro 1936,” said the report. “is lik be greater than in 1935. C buying power in the United S is likely to be increased g power of consumers eign countries also is crease.” Total cash income from f ketings and A. A. A. benef for 1935 was estimated at $ 000, a 6 per cent i over 1934's $6.387.000.000. and 59 pe above 1932's depression low of $4,328.000,000. But the department said the total forecast for this year 67 per cent of the income for the five vears 1930. Much of the 1935 improv was attributed to a marked advance in live stock prices. Balance Is Objective. Principal objective of the new corne hog program, officials explained, will be to maintain a balance between pro- duction and consumption of corn and hogs. They have recommended to the conference of farmers here that corn production next year be limited to 95 « 000.000 acres, compared With year's 93.590.000 acreage. The officials estimated that if there was no adjustment about 105.000,000 acres would be harvested. To bring the figure down to 95,000,000, they said, would require a reduction in base acreage of about 20 rer cent by cone tract signers. This year's reduction averaged about 23 per cent 25 per cent maximum reduction has been suggested for 1937. The proposed 1410000 increase in corn acreage in 1936 over this year presumably was intended to provide sufficient feed to permit hog con= tract signers to produce 100 per cent of their production in the base years, 1923 to 1933.. This proposal for 100 per cent production would provide for a 30 per cent increase in Federale inspected hog slaughter in 1936-37. The outlook report predicted some improvement in foreign demand in 1936 for American products, especially cotton Less for Food Purchase: Declaring that levels of living of farm families have risen considera since the low point of 1932, the report said that more money available for family living in 1935-36, expzndi~ tures for automobile upkeep and pure chase may take a relatively large share, and that food purchases will absorb less. Food purchases on farms this year were said to have been un- usually large because of the 1934 drought. The cash income prediction for 1935 was $100,000.000 more than an estie The income from farm marketings and re and benefit payments in 1933 were §5.117. 000,000: in 1931, $5.899.000.000: in 1930, $8.451,0€0,000 and in 1929, §10,« 479.000.000. Earlier figures given out by the department for the years preceding 1935 were based on production ra than marketing, the departmen , explaining that the figures based on marketed products were better for comparative purposes. If average vields are harvested on prospective acreage for 1936, the dee partment said, this country probably for export next vear. The live stock ine dustries, with reduced numbers of anis mals and plenty of feed. were said to be in the best condition in several years to benefit from increased cone sumer demand. Some improvement in the dairy industrv. the potato and fruit industries, and further improvee ment in the farm credit situation were forecast. REPORT CORRECTED Two County Boys Were Given Unfixed Sentences. ‘Two Prince Georges County boys, Robert J. Amos and Leroy Payne, who pleaded guilty to larceny in Circuit Court last Friday, received indeter- minate sentences to reformatory schools, and not til they reached the age of 21" as was reported. They will remain in the institutions subject to the order of the court. Irvin S. Cobb Says: All This Talk Over the Constitution Is So Much Blather. SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 5.—So heated is the controversy over the imperiled Constitution that proe fessional politicians are all agoz. many going out of one severe gog right into another, ac- companied by chills, fever and high biood pres- sure. Everywhere you look you see dis- putants, all lath- ered up with ex- citement, who wouldn't recog- | nize that immor- tal document if they ran into it sitting in the middle of the road. laying eggs. I am offering a suitable prize— namely, Grimm's Fairy Tales in words of one syllable—to the first national committeeman, Democratic or Republian, who can tell offhand whether the Constitution starts off, “When in the course of human events,” or “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.” Azn Besides, I'd like to know myself. 1935. by the North Amer) spapes Alliance. Inc.)