Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1936, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) * Cloudy and warmer, probably occasional light rain tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 46 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 52, at noon to- day; lowest, 32, at 6:30 a.m. today. Closing New York Markets, Page 11 No. 33,555. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @h WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1936 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. RANCE CONSIDERS EASING ROOSEVELT NS INGREASED LEAVE FORLLS VORKES 26 Days’ Annual Vacation, Cumulative to 60 Days, Provided. COMMISSION PLANNED , TO DRAFT REGULATIONS | Temporary Employes Get 215 Days a Month—Time Off in Ill- ! ness May Be Accumulated. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Reosevelt today signed the two bills liberalizing the annual and sick leave for Government employes. With this action the President makes 1t possible for emplayes to have annual | leave amounting to 26 days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, and sick leave amounting to 15 days. The bills are retroactive from| January 1 and make it possible for| employes to let their annual leave accumulate up to 60 days and sick leave up to 90 days. | It is specified also that employes who | had accumulated leave on January 1} last, from the preceding vear, will be entitled to that accumulation in| addition. | Fight of More Than Year. Although the annual leave measure | specifically limits permanent employes to their 26 days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, a provision of the law | allows temporary employes as much as 30 days. This clause, contained in the House bill and unchanged when the conferees agreed to Senate re- quests that permanent employes’ leave be reduced, allows temporary em- ployes, except those working at hourly rates on construction jobs, 2!> days leave for each month of actual service. Over a period of a year this would amount to 30 days. : By making these bills a law, ths President has brought to an end a| fight of more than a year's standing on Capitol Hill in the interests of im- proving the leave conditions in the Government service. Each bill has a provision that the President may prescribe such regula- tions as may be necessary to admin- ister its provisions. To comply with this the President, it was announced at the White House today, will ap- point a commission to be made up of representatives of the various depart- ments and governmental agencies to | prepare for his approval uniform reg- | ulations. ‘The two bills apply to nearly all civilian Federal employes, wherever stationed, and to District employes (See LEAVE, Page 2.) ARMY PILOT LEAPS: FROM BROKEN SHIP Bails Out After Landing Gear Is| Damaged in Take-off at Middletown, Pa. By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, March 14— | Lieut. Edgar R. Camp floated safely to | earth in a parachute from his crippled | plane today, after zig-zag flight over flooded lowlands and encircling moun- | tains in search of a place to bail out. His ship, a Bellanca transport, crashed in a fleld two miles west of the | Colebrook National Guard reservation. | The landing gear of the plane| cracked just as the ship soared into | the air from the soggy turf of the Army Air Depot at Middletown. Camp radioed his plight to ground | crews and, because all airports in the | area are under water or too soft to| permit a safe landing, he was in- structed to abandon the ship and take to his parachute. Meteor Seen Here Dips Into Ocean Off Jersey Coast Plane Pilot Gets Thrill as Ball of Light Passes Overhead. By the Acsociated Press. NEWARK, N. J,, March 14.—Reports from widely separated sections of the East early today told of what appeared to be a meteor, which flashed across the sky in an easterly direction and apparently plunged into the sea off the Monmouth County coast some 50 miles southeast of here. New York dispatches reported a brilliant flash was seen as far South #s Washington. ‘The Naval Observatory at Washing- ton, however, said it had no informa- tlon concerning the reports. At Washington a member of the Associated Press staff, glancing from a window at approximately 2:55 am., saw what appeared to be a huge me- teor fall. J. Templeton, United Airlines pilot flying a ship to Newark from Cleve- land, said he saw a dazzling ball of light in the sky about 75 miles west of Newark. It was coming toward him, he said, at such a pace he feared it would strike him. It passed, however, he said, far sgbove him and vanished toward the ser . ‘‘'ne phenomenon was visible for ‘ppmxlmuu two seconds. Hold-Up Victims Louis Black (top) and Charles J. Weidman, pay roll messengers for the Fairfax Dairy Farms, who were held up by two armed colored men and robbed of a $3,000 pay roll in front of the dairy this morning. —Star Staff Photos. PETERDIMISSED BYCOUNTY BOARD Montgomery Heads Refuse to Accept Accused Attor- ney’s Resignation. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 14—Re- fusing to accept the resignation of Edward Peter, who was arrested yes- terday on a charge of embezzling $2,000 in county funds, the Montgomery County ‘commissioners voted today to dismiss him as their attorney. The action was taken at an executive session called to consider Peter’s resig- nation and other matters involved in the county’s latest financial troubles. The board, composed of three Pusion- ists and two Democrats, was said to| have voted unanimously for dismissal It adjourned without discussing his | successor. Peter submitted his resignation to County Clerk Ira C. Whitacre yester- day, a few hours before he surrendered to State's Attorney James H. Pugh, upon learning the embezzlement war- rant had been issued against him. At the time he submittted his resig- nation,which was intended to be effec- tive today, Pugh also gave Whitacre $15,941.05, That amount was said to be involved in a series of checks made out in Peter's name as attorney to the county commissioners to settle claims against the county by property owners whose land was taken for the widening of Wisconsin avenue. Signed With Stamp. Orders to the treasurer directing the issuance of the checks were signed with a rubber stamp bearing the signa- ture of Whitacre, who said the orders wefe issued without his knowledge. The orders, the State alleges, were issued by clerks in the auditor’s office at the request of Peter. The State’s case is based on the contenticn that there was no proper authorization for such orders, and that the money was not used for the purpose specified in the orders. A decree barring the use of rubber stamp signatures is expected to be forthcoming at today’s meeting. It was learned that Albert M. Bouic has been tendered the post of county counsel, but had not decided whether to accept. Brother-in-Law of Peter. Bouic is Peter’s brother-in-law and, like him, one of the leading members of the Fusion party. Peter, who promptly posted $10,000 bond for a hearing in Police Court next Friday, declined to make any statement today regarding the charges against him. He said he was uncertan ‘who would be his counsel. The check on which the warrant was based was only one of several alleged to have been issued in the same man- ner to Peter, Detective Theodore F - (See PETER, Page 10.) Ruxton to Die April 1. MANCHESTER, England (#).—The hanging of Dr. Buck Rpxton, convicted yesterday of the “devil's: beef-tub” slaying of his wife, was set for the Manchester Assizes Court today for April 1. A jury found Dr. Ruxton guilty yes- terday of murder in connection with the deaths of Mrs. Isabella Ruxton and ‘wmmlmm TWO BANDITS ROB DAIRY'S EMPLOYES OF $3,000 PAY ROLL Hold-Up Occurs in Front of Plant as Messengers Return From Bank. PASSERBY LOSES TRAIL AFTER HE GIVES CHASE Police Find Car, Bearing Stolen Tags, Abandoned on & I Street. Two pay roll messengers for the Fairfax Dairy Farms were held up at pistol point by two colored bandits today and robbed of the dairy's weekly pay roll totaling about $3,000. The bandits escaped. The hold-up occurred in front of the dairy plant at 1620 First street. The messengers, Charles J. Weidman and Louis Black of the dairy’s sales department, had just returned by ! automobile from a bank where theyE collected the pay money. Black was getting out of the car when another drew abreast and stopped. One of its occupants got out | |and stuck a revolver against Weid- | | man’s ribs. The other accosted Black. Passerby Gives Chase. - The little black satchel containing the pay roll money was on the car floor. The bandits had to demand the bag three times before it was sur-| rendered. Weidman finally picked it up and gave it to one of the men. A passerby witnessed the crime and pursued the bandits in his car until they outdistanced him. The victims said one of their assail- ants was about 35, the other about 25. Police immediately began a search | of the neighborhood and found the | bandits’ car abandoned on I street be- | tween Fourth and Fifth streets. It bore tags which William Gleason, 5304 Eighth street, had reported stolen from his car while it was parked at North Capitol and M streets in January. Robbers Knew Dairy Routine. R. T. Poore, 1817 Wisconsin ave. nue, who pursued the bandits, said he followed them as far as Rhode | Island avenue, where he lost them in traffic. The younger bandit, the one who | held up Weidman, was wearing & | brown hat and overcoat. His com- | panion, the victims described as about | 6 feet tall, weighing 200 pounds and | wearing dark clothing. Their car | was a sedan. i The bandits evidently knew the dairy’s pay day routine. Drivers are paid on Tuesday's and plant employes Saturdays. About 150 employes were affected by the hold-up. Officials im- mediately sent to the bank, however, | for more money to meet the pay roll. | Police broadcast a lookout and de- | and plant employes who witnessed the | hold-up excitedly joined in the search. | Capt. Ira Keck, assistant chief of detectives, is supervising the hunt, TALMADGE LOSES IN DECISION ON CASH Court Holds Funds Can Be With- drawn Only by Appropri- ations Bill. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, March 14—A three- judge Superior Court today dealt a blow to Gov. Eugene Talmadge's fi- nancial “dictatorship” by holding State funds cannot be withdrawn from depositories without and appropria- tions bill. The decision, in which Judges E. E. Pomeroy and Virlyn B. Moore con- curred, but to which Judge John D. Humphries dissented, restrains J. B. (Tobe) Daniel, Talmadge-appointed de factor State treasurer, and George B. Hamilton, ousted treasurer, and the four depository banks from paying out any money except as directed by statutory appropriations. More than $2,500,000 in State funds is involved. Talmadge has insisted that even though the General Assembly of 1935 failed to pass an appropriations bill for 1936-37, he had the right to ad- minister funds of the State. The Governor ousted Treasurer Hamilton and Controller General W. B. Harrison when they refused to honor a warrant drawn on the State treasury for 1936 funds for the State scriptions of the men, while the victims | Board of Control, which administers the State’s eleemosynary institutions. Women's l'utwu_.--t -B-8 PROCESSING TAXES MEET OPPOSITION Congressmen Express Fear That Cost of Living Would Be Raised. BACKGROUND— Principal criticism of presidential proposal for tar legislation to as- sess undistributed corporation prof- its was that it would handicap cor- porations attempting to build up reserves for use in erpansion or in supporting operations during dull business periods. Sentiment be- came strong, therefore, in favor of erempting, or taring at low rate, the first bloc of undistributed prof- its, with heaviest assessment being levied in cases where corporations retain more than 30 per cent. Tar would replace present tares on corporate income, capital stock and excess profits. By the Associated Press. Sentiment adverse to clamping new processing taxes on commodities, as suggested by President Roosevelt, ap- peared today among legislators study- ing the taxation problem. As one part of his program, the President suggested excise taxes, sim- ilar to the old A. A. A. processing levy. Subsequently, the Agriculture Depart- ment submitted a specific plan de- | signed to raise $221,000,000 in revenue by levies on some 33 classes and sub- classes of farm commodities and com- peting products. The levier would cover a wider range of products than the A. A. A. taxes struck down by the Supreme Court, but the rates would be lower. Election Results Feared. Howver, some legislators are re- luctant to levy processing taxes, espe- cially in a campaign year. They have argued the levies would be somewhat in the nature of sales taxes, tending to raise the cost of living. Some members of the House Tax Subcommittee hope that by raising $620,000,000 through a tax on undis- tributed profits of corporations and $100,000,000 or $150,000,000 through the capture of old processing levies which processors refused to pay, the Government can get enough money to finance the new farm relief program and the additional expense involved in prepayment of the bonus. Chairman Samuel B. Hill contended that a new corporation profits tax schedule on which members of his committee agreed yesterday would raise the $620,000,000 which the Pres- ident seeks to- obtain through this method of taxation. The schedule differs, however, from original suggestions of the Treasury. Under it the tax would range from 15 to 55 per cent, depending on what proportion of a corporation’s income was put into surplus instead of being distributed in dividends. If 10 per cent of the profits went into surplus, the tax on that 10 per cent would be 15 per cent. The rate then would graduate up to a maximum of 55 per cent on all undivided net profits of 30 per cent or more. This change, committee members said, would encourage corporations to lay aside reasonable surpluses as “cushions” for depression times. The Treasury originally suggested & schedule averaging 33% per cent on (See TAXES, Page 2.) RAN, WARMER IN VIEW FOR CAPITAL TONIGHT Temperature Expected to Drop to 46—Minimum of 32 Deg:..s Recorded This Morning. Occasional rain and moderate tem- | sage. peratures is the weather outlook for the Capital over the week end. ~ Today, the forecaster said, would be cloudy and warmer, probably followed by intermittent rains tonight and to- morrow. The low tonight will be about 46. 4 The mercury fell to the freezing mark early today, the recording at 6:30 o'clock being just 32 degrees. Yesterday's maximum 47, regis- tered at 4:30 o'clock. 7 4 N The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¥¥% D L] .$15.000.000.600 .t THE ANNUAL COST of CRIME IN U.S. EACH CITIZEN 1S PAYING $ 120 AS {Police Car Stolen As County Officers Aid Injured Man By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., March 14 —Mont- gomery County police were searching a most audicious thief today—one who had the nerve to steal police cruiser | No. 3. The car was taken while the officers | were in the office of Dr. W. O. Huff, 7223 Wisconsin avenue about 2:15 a.m. today, having taken an injured man there to be treated. | The desk clerk said he “understood” | the officers left the keys in the car when they went into the phvsician's office. When they came out they were | | stunned to find the car gone. It was | being operated by Corp. W. H. Merson and Policeman J. W. Ward. Theodore Barnsley of Rockville was the man they took to Dr. Huff for first aid after Barnsley had been cut above | the eyes in an automobile collision. | Norman Bean, also of Rockville, a | passener in Barnsley's car, who was | cut on the forehead in the crash, was | treated by another local physician. | Police said the other car was operated | by Norman Laird of Bethesda, who was uninjured. Unlike most county police cars, the stolen machine was unlettered and did not bear police tags. ROOSEVELT BEGINS RELIEF PLAN DRAFT [Final Decision May Wait Until Midweek to Get Latest Labor Data. By the Associated Press. Drafting of his recommendations to Congress on next year's relief needs was begun today by President Roosevelt. After a long conference with ad- visers last night, Mr. Roosevelt re- mained away from his office today to prepare his summary of conditions and cash requirements. Anxious to wait until last minute re- ports of employment conditions are received, it was possible Mr. Rooseveit would defer until the middle of next week & final decision on his program. But he will submit his recommenda- tions before leaving the Capital Thurs- day for his annual fishing cruise in Southern waters. ‘Whether $1,000,000,000 would be re- quested in President Roosevelt's relief message next week, or a figure ap- proximating the $2,340,000,000 de- manded by the United States Confer- ence of Mayors was a question that Harry L. Hopkins declined to answer last night. ‘The W. P. A. administrator, Cor- rington Gill, his accounting expert, and 'Daniel Bell, acting budget di- rector, did “make progress” in the three-hour conference with the Presi- dent, Hopkins said. Another Conference Seen. He quickly added, however, that he would not “be surprised” if another conference is held before the relef message is sent to Congress—some time mext week before the President leaves on March 19 for a Florida fish- ing trip Hopkins and Senator Holt, Demo- crat, of West Virginia, his most bitter critic in recent weeks, were away from the Capital today. Hopkins planned a new defense of the work-relief program before a meet- ing of New York City welfare workers, while Holt returned to West Virginia with the announced intention of gath- ering material for new charges of “political influence” in ¢he State W. P. A Senate debate over a resolution to investigate W. P. A. activities through- out the Nation seemed likely to coin- cide with the President’s.relief mes- Senator Davis, Republican, of Pennsylvania, said he would press for e next week of his resolution for a “full and complete” inquiry. Arthur Bliss Lane Leaves Post. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 14 He will be replaced by Boaz Long, Who FLOODS IN EAST TARETOL 0F 4 Sections in Pennsylvania, New York and New Eng- land Still Menaced. Farmer Puts Cows In Dining Room as Floods Threaten By the Associated Press. MOUNTAIN VIEW, N. J, March 14.—Fourteen cows con- tentedly chewed their cuds to- day in the living and dining rooms of Hans Van Bennie’s home in De Vessen lane. The cow barn was flooded up to the animals’ necks yesterday. Aided by police, Van Bennie al- ternately towed, herded and prodded the cows to their new quarters. He had previously moved his furniture into other rooms. By the Associated Press. Flood waters of the East, still menacing many communities, sub- sided slowly today after taking a known toll of 24 lives in 48 hours. Remaining in the path of danger were the Wyoming Valley of Pennsyl- vania, where the Susquehanna River | raged, a portion of the Hudson Valley in New York State, scattered parts of New England and the Maritime Prov- inces of Canada. Thirteen of the dead were lost in Eastern Canada, five of them children of one family, who were swept away with their home in Quebec last night. Four members of the Guy Boop family died at Kingston, Pa. of asphyxiation blamed on the destruc- tive action of the Susquehanna at their home, where flood waters broke gas connections. Forecasts of additional rains in Pennsylvania added to the fears of the residents of the region threatened by the Susquehanna, where eight power boats and 30 men of the Lake Erie Coast Guard District were en route to aid in rescuing the marooned. In Upper New York State a blizzard replaced floods as the chief cause for concern. Two men were killed when their car was struck by a train near Buffalo in a blinding snow storm. The heavy precipitation was accompanied by a 59-mile wind. A mile-long ice sheet moved slowly down the Hudson River in the vicinity of Coxsackie, N. Y., crushing piers and boat houses. Colder weather tightened streams of Canada and New England and abated temporarily part of the flood menace. ‘The high waters were just moving into the maritime provinces of Canada. Railroads Suspend Service. In New England, railroads reported ice jams, slides and flood waters had caused suspension of service at least until Sunday on many lines. Schools were closed, due to lack of heat and more direct dangers, and in a number of industrial communities work was stopped by the fnvasion of cellars, with resultant shutting down of power plants. The other seven deaths attributed directly to floods came earlier, five in (See FLOOD, Page 2.) Resettlement What Is the Idea? Who Will Be Benefited? The Resettlement Administration, one of the most publicized and least understood of New Deal agencies, has thousands of men at work on ambitious projects’ near Washington, in Virginia and Maryland. If carried through according preservation of national shrines, bullding of lakes and public parks and construction of a “model city"—will be of great significance to the Capital City. A series of siz interesting articles by Thomas R. Henry- will start tomorrow in The Sunday Star. Waich for them, (P) Means Associated Press. Circulation Over 140,000 TWO CENTS. EMANDS NAZIS ALLOWED IN RHINELAND IF PLAN SUCCEEDS Peace Move After Comes League Extends Invitation to Hitler to Send Envoy. EDEN SAYS BRITISH WILL AID IN BUILDING “NEW STRUCTURE” Cites Renunciation of Treaty by Ger- many and Says Council Must Act. Flandin Issues Appeal. BACKGROUND— Every nation in Europe is strengthening armaments, while diplo- matic tension increases and web of conflicting alliances brings Con- tinent closer to conflict. Latest developments were precipitated by conclusion of Franco- Russian agreement, Rhineland area. ment satisfactory to both Germany seeking concessions in Africa, and | (Copyright, 1936. by | LONDON, March 14.—France troops in the Rhineland. of German troops in the French Said a French spokesman: to our insistence on evacuation The Council. meeting in sec foundation” Secret Session Held. | With words of peace and war still | echoing through the great scarlet and gold drawing room of St. James’ | Palace, the members of the Council | adjourned their public session until | | Monday and went immediately into | their secret session. | Deciding to invite Hitler to send a | representative here to explain his | case and open one more path to con- | ciliation, the Council expressed hope that the German representative would be here in time for Monday's session. Prench sources, entering into the final efforts to break the Rhineland deadlock, said France was likely to abandon her idea of sanctions against Germany if she could obtain a defi- Britain. man said, and the agreement with Britain must include regular co-ordi- nation of their general staffs. The invitation to Germany to par- | ticipate in the Locarno deliberations | was decided upon under the terms of | the pact, one League delegate ex- | plained. Notification to Hitler. 1t constituted, in effect, formal con- firmation of the notification by Joseph A. C. Avenol, secretary general of the | League, to Hitler earlier in the week that the session of the Council to con- don. Hitler, however, did not consider such notification sufficient to warrant sending an envoy to London, insisting upon the formal invitation. Eden took the initiative at the Council's private session, urging the issuance of the invitation to Germany. One interpretation of this act was that the foreign secretary hoped to gain further time before the repre- sentatives of the Locarno powers, who decided to meet again tonight, were forced to take an initiative of some sort against Der Fuehrer. Council members said the executive body of the League wished to manifest its good will toward Germany, and also to remove any possible bitterness at Berlin on the score that the noti- fication of the Council session lacked cordiality. The decision to send the nvitation ‘was unanimous. The Council’'s private session, pointed toward conciliation, followed a dramatic hint from Foreign Min- ister Pierre-Etienne Flandin at the & nite military agreement with Great | The nations must adhere to the Lo- | carno pact, however, a French spokes- | sider the case would be held in Lon- | with Germany's answer being militarization of Britain's middle- avert actual conflict at this time, as she attempts to bring about agree- of-the-road policy seems likely to and France. Standing by are Italy, Japan, ready to press Asiatic cam- paign whenever Russia or Britain become involved in Europe. the Associated Press.) announced tonight its willingness | to consider an alternate plan, whereby Germany might retain he ‘This break in the critical European situation, which, until now has seen France and Germany bitterly at odds over the guestio: border, came after the League o. | Nations Council had made a friendly gesture to Germany. The Council asked that Reichsfuehrer Hitler send a repre- sentative to London to talk with the League representatives whe decided that Germany had violated ‘her treaty obligations b moving soldiers into the long-demilitarized zone of the Rhineland “We do not want to stick blind! if we can get something better. ret session, extended its offer to Reichiuehrer Hitler to lay his cards on the Council table after being assured by Britain in a public meeting, of fullest co-opera- tion for the building of a new peace structure. France and Belgium joined in a demand at the public meeting of the Council that the League condemn the Reich as a breaker of treaties for its occupation of the demilitarized Rhineland just a week ago in violation of the Locarno pact and Versailles treaty. Anthony Eden, Britain’s foreign secretary, supporting the | charge that an “incontestable breach of treaties has been com- | mitted,” declared it was for the Council to deal with the crisis. { Asserting the peace of Europe depended on the wisdom of the Council’s action, Eden declared the community of nations could | count on Britain’s help in “re-establishing peace on a firm public hearing that France might still find it necessary to “take urgently brutal, decisive measures.” Flandin Claims France’s “Right.” Flandin declared France had a legal right, under the Locarno provisions, to attempt by such methods to pre- vent Hitler's revived army from marching across the Rhine, but chose instead to lay the case before the League. Flandin's speech was interpreted in some quarters to mean that France still considered she would be justified by the Locarno pact in moving into the Rhinéland by force, if necessary. France and Belgium both asked the Council to notify the signatories to the Locarno pact, particularly Britain and Italy 2s guaranteeing powers, of the Reich’s treaty breach. Flandin made clear that this notifi- cation would oblige Britain and Italy to “fulfill their obligations of as- sistance.” This hint for military aid was in- terpreted as a clear bid for general sanctions, particularly economic and financial penalties against Germany, unless the Reich made some move for conciliation. Flandin, bidding for punitive action against Germany by all League states, said the Council’s decision in the case might be accompanied by recommen- dations to League members. Speaking for th Locarno pow- (See GERM. 'age 3.) JAPANESE TROOPS FIRE ON RUSSIANS Moscow Informed Workers Were Chased From Amur River Dredging. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 14.—Word of an- other explosive incident reached Soviet Russia’s capitol today from the far- away borders where Bolshevik and Japanese spheres of influence meet. Tardy dispatches from Khabarovsk said motorized Japanese-Manchukuan soldiers, driving along the Manchu- kuan side of the Far Eastern frontier, had fired upon Soviet workmen en- gaged in dredging the Amur River. The incident occurred March 5, the dispatches stated. After 30 shots were fired, the laborers, working on the Soviet side of the river, were forced to flee. There was no mention of casualties. It was by no means the first such trouble in the Khabarovsk area, al- though even more frequent clashes have arisen to the west, between the Japanese-Manchukuans and the forces of Soviet-backed outer Mongolia. No less a personage than Josef Stalin, Russia’s dictator, has declared the Soviet Union—with a standing army of 1300000 men—will back Mongolia against Japanese aggression, Repeated efforts to settle the con- troversy bearing on both frontiers have made slow progress, due largely to differences of opinion as to just What Is Being Done? to present plans, these projects— — Mmm‘urum