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BLUM WILL CONFER ON SPANISH STAND Joint Committee Named by _Socialists and Commun- ists on Question. B7 the Assoclated Press. PARIS, September 10.—Socialists and Communists placed in the hands of a joint committee today future dis- cussion on France's policy of “hands off” the civil war in Spain. The committee was appointed to con- fer with Premier Leon Blum on the neutrality dispute in which the Gen- eral Confederation of Labor has asked “reconsideration” and the Communists demanded abandonment. The Socialist party council, accept- {1z the invitation to join the group— which will represent more than half the People’s Front strength—promised “co-operation” and reaffirmed the party’s support of the government’s position. Both sides agreed to strive to “co- ordinate the action of the two par- tles” in an effort to present “a solid nst the growing menace of workers took control of factories and establishments, continued during the uegotiations. ‘Thirty thousand strikers in the Lille region slept in the factories which they held throughout the night. Other workers extended the “folded arms™ refusal to work at Marseille and Cler- mont-Ferrand. , Another 20,000 dock workers af, Le Havre reached an agreement with their employers to go back to work today. However, metallurgical workers at Douai, near Lille, declared a general strike and occupied the factories. “HOT TIP” ON BABY KIDNAPER EXPLODED Man in Ohio Auto Identified as Man Who Quarreled With Wife, Taking Child. By Lte Associated Press. DETROIT, September 10.—A “hot tip” in the search for the missing Harry Browe, 20-month-old baby who apparently was kidnaped here last Saturday, collapsed abruptly today shortly after Acting Chief of Detec- tives William J. Collins announced that “we expect to have the kidnaper momentarily.” The man sought in Southern Michi- gan and Northern Ohio as the kid- naper was found and identified as a Detroit beer garden proprietor who had quarreled with his wife, taken their 2-year-old baby and “lit out" for Toledo, Collins said. Collins said- the beer garden owner was Roy Smith, and that it was defi- nitely established that Smith was the man a number of persons saw yes- terday with a baby of about the age of the Browe child. “The hunt seems to be right back where it started,” detectives on the case said. Hamilton (Continued From Pirst Page.) Negro voters, when they are informed of conditions, will be influenced in their Vote just as the white voters are.” Centributions Listed. The Democratic Committee had list- ed principal contributors to the Re- publican campaign in Maine as fol- lows: Pierre du Pont, $5,000; Lamont du Pont, $5,000; Irene du Pont, $5,100; Henry B. du Pont, $2,500; A. Felix du Popt, $5,000; J. P. Morgan, $5,000; John D. Rockefeller, $5,000; John D. Radckefeller, jr. $5,000; Abby A. Rocke- feller, $3,000; Alfred P. Sloan, jr., $50000; John D. Archbold, $2,500; Ann Arehbold, $2,500, and A. Atwater Kent, u&o& addition to these contributions, the Senate committee report showed $2;000 from Senator White of Maine, candidate for re-election, and $1,000 from Senator Hale of Maine. The ;;:llr Republican committees were rted as contributing $22,800. L. 0. P. MAINE FUND ISSUE. Fight Centers: Around Charges of Contributiens. BY tr.e Assoctated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 10.— Contributions by the wealthy to the Maine Republican campaign fund brought a new issue today to Maine’s “weather vane” election Monday. A Senate Campaign Committee re- port that some of the richest families in the East, including the Du Ponts, Morgans and Rockefellers, had given the Republicans more than $50.000 brought quick comment from chiefs of both major parties. P. Pield, Republican national committeeman, remarked that “many of; the same people who contributed to the Democratic party four years ago aze now contributing to the Republi- cans because they believe the Nation doomed to destruction under the pres- ernit leadership. “‘Some live and vote in Maine, like the Archbolds: some have Summer homes. like the Rockefellers.” Democratic Gov. Louis J. Brann, United States Senate candidate, who read the Senate report at a Fairfield rally simultaneously with its release by, the Democratic National Commit- tee in New York, declared: “America’s three wealthiest fami- les, the Du Ponts, Morgans and Rockefellers, are attempting to dic- tate the policies of Maine and the Nation.” Gov. Brann’s opponent, United States Senator “Wallace H. White, jr., said as he knew nothing officially of the report he would not care to dis- cuss it. Brann said Gov. Aif M. Landon's visit to Portland for a campaign wind-up rally Saturday quoted the Kansan as saying he would “rededi- cate the State to the G. O. P.” “It appears to me that the Repub- lican leadership is really dedicating the State of Maine to domination of said Brann. P. Harold Dubord, Democratic gu- bernatorial nominee, tersely remarked that Maine “was not for sale.” “This is- & State election,” said Dubord at another rally, “but they -;' ':rylu to make a national election of it.” Wounded Fugitive Capturedy WILSON, N.' €., September 10 (#).—Wounded in the arm, Roy ‘Cobb, Nash County robber who escaped from prison mn the late Coley Cain, e e Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ERMAN delegates to the World Power Conference staying at an uptown hotel probably will go home and tell their families about the ex- tremely efficient laundry lists we have in this country. The laundry list used by the hotel in question is not one of those stodgy things just naming the items which one is likely to need cleaned now and then. There are drawings of the va- rious articles, such as shirts, socks, handkerchiefs, etc. These pictures helped the Germans, these who could not speak English, a lot. They just wrote the number of articles being sent beside the equiva- lent picture on the list, and sent them right smack to the laundry with all the confidence in the world—and, un- doubtedly, with & lot of admiration, too. George Barrow, who told us about it, says the pictures were just orna- ments on the list until the Germans came to town and found a use for them. * ok X X ARSCHIVES. Members of the Wational Archives Council must have felt deeply alien and misunderstood if they noticed the sign on the hotel bulletin board which announced the room in which they met pesterday. “National Arschives,” it read, the extra “'s” giving such a nationalistic enterprise an oddly un-American touch. * ox ok % HECKLER. JPOSTAL clerks have poise. More poise than those who try to upset their equilibrium. | On Labor day, for instance, & mis- | anthropic individual dropped into the Benjamin Franklin substation to buy some stamps. By way of making his purchase as difficult as possible, he bought 12 sheets—one sheet at a time. That meant the clerk had to make 12 trips to the vault. He made them, however, like a perfect gentleman. “You look as if you were getting sore,” the patron finally observed. “You're wrong,” said the clerk. “I'm not sore. I'm just curious to know when someone in the line behind you is going to get angry.” The heckler took one look at the group waiting there, grabbed his stamps and fled. He had forgotten that angle of the situation entirely. * *x * x RED NOTE. smpz by steppe last week, Mr. ‘Watson, Government employe, visioned his igpeminious -departure from his perfectly good job s a clerk. From a friend in Mount Vernon, N. Y, Mr. Watson received a letter at his office addressed *“Comrade Watson, Administration Offices, Washington, D. C.” The letter bore the return address, “Communist Headquarters, Mount Vernon, N. Y.” ‘The amudgy, frayed little envelope had been opened—customary pro- cedure in many Government depart- ments. Customarily, too, the letter bore a rubber-stamped reminder that personal letters should be addressed to the employe’s home and not to his office. It was an added, penned reminder, however, that gave Mr. Watson his qualms: “Please, in the future,” it read, “advise your friends to address their personal correspondence to your home.” “That darn guy in New York,” Mr. ‘Watson muses, “is always trying to fix my business.” DR MAN OR CITY. Associates of Eva Hitt, Police Court staff member, are wondering today Jjust how she will apologize to George ‘Washington if she ever meets him in the hereafter. One means, of course, George Washington, the founding. father. However, to get on with the story, Mrs. Hitt was writing out the papers. by which posterity, if it cares to bother, can learn that a ‘Wash- g‘%y ington was convicted for drunkenness. In five different places on the paper, Mrs. Hitt had written “George Wash- REPORT WILL SHOW DROUGHT DAMAGE Crop Reporting Board Will Release Figures This Afternoon. By ne Associated Press. A new measure on drought damage to food supplies was shaped today for publication at 3 p.m., when the Fed- eral Crop Reporting Board makes public its estimates on principal crops. based on September 1 condition. The last general crop report, issued last month, showed big reductions in important crops caused by the blistering sun and lack of rain dur- ing July. The corn estimate then was cut from 2244,834 bushels to 1439138, the shortest yleld in more than 50 years. Meanwhile, the Works Progress Administration authorized employ= ment of 21,500 additional drought- stricken farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and Montana. This boosted the total W. P. A. drought quotas in the Great Plains States to 180,000. At the same time, Corrington Gill, acting works progress administrator, reduced Wyoming's quota from 2,500 to 2,000 jobs “be- cause of improved outlook for late crops and Fall pastures” in that State. A 10,000-increase brought North Dakota's job quota to 35,000. South Dakota and Missouri quotas were in- creased 5,000 each to 30,000 and 20,- 000 jobs, respectively. The Montana quota was increased from 5,000 to 6,500. Howard Hunter, assistant works progress administrator, reported to Gill that the quotas were subject to further change and that “reports from the States indicate that at least twice the present authorized number of jobs will be necessary to meet the needs of all drought victims before the end of the Winter." Rescue (Continued From First Page.) said she saw “two men shove & group of women aside and run across the ladders before we could,” but she added there was no panic. The $2,000,000 New York was scheduled to go into drydock today for repairs while Federal officlals be- gan an Investigation of the crash. Capt. C. M. Lyons, Boston chief of the Pederal Steamboot Inspection Service, announced he would call officers of the Romance first. Capt. Roland M. Litchfield, 43-year- old master of the New York, eight years in the service of the Eastern Line, said simply his vessel collided with the Romance in “quite thick" weather off Graves Light, 10 miles from Boston's water front. Capt. Wickens withheld comment. PROBE IS ORDERED. Reper to Name Special Beard to Investigate Collision. Joseph B. Weaver, director of the Bureau of Navigation and Stesmboat Inspection, today ordered an investi~ gation into the sinking of the ex- cursion steamer Romance in the outer harbor at Boston Isst night. Capt. Halbert C. Shepheard, & bureau inspector, already is in Boston making & preliminary survey, Weaver said. Some time today, he added, Secre- tary Roper will appoint a special board of inquiry. Hearings probably will be held and the final report is expected to go to the new Maritime Commission. Wild Men Become Film Fans. The wild men of Borneo are be- coming modernized. Instead of head- hunting, their chief hobby is collect- ing pictures of film stars. Travelers Teport that trophies hung round the Dyak tribal huts, in addition to enemy skulls, now include the portraits of glamorous Hollywood actresses torn from old magazines. LIBERALS 10 TALK CAMPAIGN BACKING La Follette Declares Bids Have Been Accepted by 75 Notables. By the Assoclated Press. MADISON, Wis,, September 10.— Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., said last night that 75 nationally prominent Liberals had accepted in- vitations to meet in Chicago tomor- row to pool their support behind & common choice for President. Sources close to the Senator reported that many who backed President Roosevelt four years ago would take part in the conference, scheduled to convene behind closed doors at a hotel in the Loop. Invitations were sent to 140 Lib- erals scattered over the Nation. The responses were being recevied at the offices of Senator La Follette, who, with his brother, Gov. Philip F. La Follette, organized the Wisconsin Progressive party. Withholds Participant List. The Senator declined to reveal the list of participants until the roll was called at Chicago, but said he was assured those present would include Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York, Republican-Fusionist: United States Senator Elmer Benson and Gov. Hjal- mar Petersen, of Minnesota, Farmer- Laborites; Gov. La Follette, Repre- sentative Paul Kvale, Farmer-Labor- ite, Minnesota; three Wisconsin Rep- resentatives, George J. Schneider, Harry Sauthoff and Gardner Withrow, all Progressives; Allan Bouge of Parker, S. Dak.; James C. Blauvelt, Ridgewood, N. San Francisco; and Edward K. Kennedy of New York City; Arthur J. Weaver of Falls City, Nebr., and Col. John G. Maher of Lincoln, Nebr. Mayor La Guardia and Senator Benson were among those who joined Senator La Follette in issuing the in- vitation. The others were Senator George Norris, Republican, of Ne- braska; Edward Keating, editor of Labor; Senator Homer T. Bone, Dem- ocrat, of Washington; A. A. Berle, sr., New York, and Frank P. Walsh, chair- man of the New York State Power Authority. Full Discussion Indicated. The call for the meeting specified support of no particular candidate. Senator La Follette indicated the meeting would be thrown open to the fullest discussion. A “We did not intend this to be a convention,” he sald. “It is & con- | ference and we want every one there | to feel free to talk. For that reason the conference will be open only to | | those who have been invited.” POPE TO BROADCAST TO U. S. EARLY MONDAY ‘What is scheduled as an important speech by Pope Pius XI will be heard over Nation-wide networks of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. from 6 to 6:30 am. Monday, N. B. C. officials an- nounced here today. The speech will be delivered from the Vatican and relayed to the United States through the papal radio station. | The address will be in Latin, but will be followed immediately by an Eng- lish transiation. Broadcasting company officials said papal officers did not announce the subject. but described it as important. | Both “Red” and “Blue" networks will broadcast the address, —_— FALL PROVES FATAL J. Louis Stafford Was Taken Ill on Street. J. Louis Stafford, 35, of 211 Pea- body street, a tire salesman, died to- day in Emergency Hospital. He had been confined there since Tuesday when he was taken ill and fell, strik- ing his head on the sidewalk, while walking near Fourteenth street and . | sued her contractor husband, William Rhode Island avenue. London Court as it appears today. The rest are new structures. WOMAN IS ASKING $100,000 DAMAGES Ruth Ann Campbell Charges ‘W. W. Shives Induced Her Into Fraudulent Marriage. An allegedly fraudulent marriage last Valentine day in Mariboro, Md., went on the rocks in District Court today when a 29-year-old bride, Ruth Ann Campbell, 25 U street northeast, ' 1 Webb Shives, 3131 Sixteenth street, for $100,000 in & double-barreled dam- age suit, believed the first of its kind brought here, Two weeks ago Miss Campbell filed suit in equity for annuiment of the Marlboro marriage. ‘Through Attorneys Cedric Johnson and Robert I. Miller, she stated today that she became acquainted with Shives February 9,'and on the 14th of the month agreed to go with him to Maryland to be married. She said he told her that his previous marriage had been dissolved and he was free to rewed, while, as a matter of fact, his divorce did not become final until six months later. She asked the court to award her $50,000 for this alleged deceit prac- ticed on her. ‘The second half of the suit, in which an additional $50,000 was sought, al- leged breach of promise. Miss Camp- bell said that on April 1 she discovered her marriage was invalid, but that Shives promised to marry her when his decree should become final. ‘When the six-month period expired, however, she sald, he refused to have another ceremony performed. BLAST HITS PLANT OF REMINGTON-RAND 30 Windows in Factory at Nor- wood Broken in Explosion. None Injured. By trie Assoctated Priss. CINCINNATY, September 10.—An explosion of dynamite broke 30 win- dows in the Remington-Rand plant m suburban Norwood today. A three-month strike at the plaut Tesulted recently in a company decision | to close its Norwood activities and move its machinery and equipment to | plants in other cities. Sergt. Charles Frits of Norwood police expressed belief a dynamite stick had been thrown from a vacant lot| near the plant. George Kail, plant superintendent, said he believed the dynamite had been planted. No one was injured by the blast, which tore a large hole in the grounc in addition to breaking windows. o Milk Bars Succeed. Glasgow, Scotland, is making a suc- cess of bars where milk is sold to | children\ at a cent & glass. I - Dotted section in background shows old houses remaining. 23-Family Low —Star Staff Photo. Rent Housing Project Nearing Completion Finishing Touches Being Put on Last| Two Houses in L Street Southeast - Group for Colored Tenants. Two six-family houses, part of a low- | structures stood on the L street side of rent housing project on L street be- the court and behind them, down a tween Twelfth and Thirteenth south- east, will be completed by about the first week in October, it was announced yesterday by John Ihlder, executive officer of the Alley Dwelling Authority. When finished the new two-story brick buildings will complete a 23-fam- ily unit, the first of such projects un- dertaken by the A. D. A. Two other brick buildings now being renovated will be included in the final plan, which calls for a three-sided court. All the dwellings will be occupied by col- ored families. A maximum of five persons has been set for each of the four-room apart- ments in the new buildings. The cost per family, Ihlder sald, will be less than $30 per month. Each apartment is adequately equipped with water, heating and lighting facilities. The project will bring fresh air and sunshine to the former squalor of the dwellings situated on the alley run- ning through the block, parallel to L street. Originally two dilapidated frame | but, stretched an uncared-for lot. The only entrance to the alley dwellings in- | side the square was through the alley itself. The two frame structures have been razed and the vacant lot leveled even with L street. Thus from L street through to the former alley dwellings a broad court now extends. The court itself 1s to be sodded and landscaped, providing a semi-garden for adults and play space for the children. Bids already have been advertised on one of two other low-rent projects to be undertaken by the A. D. A. in the near future, Thider said. The two will accommodate approximately 31 fam- ilies. Previous slum reclamation work of the A. D. A has been confined to the building of garages in squares where it was necessarv to eliminate | the alley dwellings, or turning the sites | inw parking lots. Money for the work is obtained from | a $700,000 fund created through ap- propriations from the P. W. A. and | W.P. A INSURGENTS DENY FIRING ON U. S. SHIP Disclaim Responsibility for At- tempted Bombing of Destroyer. (Copyright, 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) SPANISH REBEL JUNTA HEAD- QUARTHRS, BURGOS, September 10.—The insurgent Spanish govern- ment junta, following an investiga- tion, announced today a rebel plane was not responsible for the recent at- tempted bombing of the United States destroyer Kane. (The Madrid government had for- mally disavowed responsibility for the attempted bombing, which occurred off the Spanish west coast on August 30. Only this week, the rebel com- mander in chief, Gen. Prancisco Fran- co, informed American diplomatic au- thorities it was barely possible a rebel plane had mistaken the Kane for a | Spanish government ship.) ‘Today’s announcement said the in- vestigation disclosed no rebel plane was in the vicinity of the Kane at the time of the incident. Rebel aviators, the junta declared, are under strict orders from the high command “to respect all foreign flags and especially, as in this case, when the colors flown belong to a state which behaves in friendly and loyal | manner toward the Nationalist (rebel), movement.” Union Station Waiting Roem Becomes Banquet Hall even though the familiar waiting-room benches have —Star Staff Phoi closed to the rbflc and transformed into a huge dining there tonight. 17 ff Photo. Q!uhmnumhhmt in the balcony, will play soft music. hundred waiters and §0 bus- 120 gallons of soup, 400 17,500 rolls, 120 cantaloupes, 78 load of broccoll, and tomatoes. ! wash and , put CLAUDE AITCHISON, I.C. C. MEMBER, WED Dr. Ada McCown, Connected With Congressional Library, Bride in Oregon. Claude Bruce Aitchison, member of | the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, was to be married at 4 pm. to- | day’tn Portiand, Oreg., to Dr. Ada | | McCown, legislative assistant at the | | Congressional Library, it was learned | here today. “The bride and groom are both resi- | dents of Portland. Dr. Aitchison’s | | first wife died two years ago. He has two children, Bruce Aitchison. an at- | torney in the Securities and Exchange | | Commission, and Miss Beatrice Aitchison, who is to be an attendant at the wedding. Dr. Aitchison, who is professor of economics at American University, was appointed to the Interstate Commerce | Commission by former President Wil- | son in 1917. i For 10 years Miss McCown was a professor at Russell-Sage College, later transferring to Reed College, Portland, where she became dean of women. [WOMAN ADMITS FIRING ON GROUP, KILLING GIRL | Princeton, W. Va., Resident Tells Prosecution Young People Beat on Walls of House. B) the Assosiated Press. PRINCETON, W. Va, September 10.—Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton brought a murder charge today against Naida Neal, 33, who, he said. admitted shooting into a group of young people “because they beat on the walls of my home.” Ruby Hall, 18-year-old night school student, died from a pistol wound in her chest. The prosecutor asserted Miss Hall was shot while going home from classes with a group of companions. He said Miss Neal, who lives with her mother on the outskirts of Prince- ton, was arrested later at the home of her brother, 15 miles away, in Bluefield, Va. Pendleton added: “She told me groups of young peo- ple had been in the habit of beating on the walls of her little home, throw- ing rocks and then running away. She said the crowd of which Miss Hall was & member, hurled stones at her home on the way from classes.” Officers said Miss Neal fired from | lower PIRSESIATCHNG BANG 15 ROUTED Police Display Speed in Cap- turing Nine of “Sus- penders Gang.” Police say the triple-passing, sidee stepping “Suspenders Gang” of cole ored pocketbook snatchers lost nine men today from their regular line-up in No. 2 precinct. ‘The patrolmen had to show a lot of speed to overtake the gang's open fleld runners and break up their teamwork. This was one of the fa« vorite plays: A woman motorist would slow down for a traffic sign. One of the ‘suspenders” would jump on the running board, and two on the rear bumper. A fourth would be spotted nearby. ‘The first man would snatch the woman's pocketbook, passing it to the second_on the bumper, who in turn pased it to the third. The latter snapped the leather goods to the con= federate on the street. Then all four of the “suspenders” sprinted in*different directions, leave ing the bewildered woman uncertain as to who had the loot. This play, police say, was finally broken up by Officers George E. Cooper, S. Ostenso, W. B. Satter- thwaite and Prank Ashley. The officers said they captured the thtee field captains in David Parham, 19, of the 2700 block of Dumbarton avenue; James Dewey Adams, 17, of the 400 block of First street, and Elmer A. Adams, 19, first block of Defries street. Parham and the two Adams youths were held for the grand jury by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court todav under $3,000 bonds. They were charged with robbery. Six others, 16 or under, were ar- rested for Juveline Court action, They will have hearings next week. Police said the “Suspenders Gang” | was responsible for 30 or 40 pockets book snatchings and thefts from parked automobiles in the past few weeks. Some time ago police of the same precinct rounded up 25 youths, who called themselves members of the “Blue Shirt Gang.” Most of them are now serving time. About four years ago a similar round-up resulted in reform school penalties for a score of colored youths in the precinct. This was the “Black Shirt Gang.” Power (Continued From Pirst Page.) among themselves about yesterday's sharp differences over public regula- tion of private utility companies and the relative advantage of public and privately owned systems. First issue to precipitate any marked controversy in open session, that of policy toward the private utilities, received its real impetus from two outspoken representatives of Mayor P. H. La Guardia of New York. Speaking during the morning, Maurice P. Davidson indicted at- tempts to regulate private utile ities through local commissions, charging that the commissions are » subservient to the powerful companies and that they have been ensnarled in long-drawn out legal batties when- ever a sincere attempt is made to rates. Public competition, Davidson said, would be more effective and less expensive as a means of forc- ing rates down. Davidson was only blazing the way for proponents of public ownership, for following him closely to the plat- form were Scattergood, director of the Los Angeles Bureau of Light and Power, and K. S. Wingfleld, as- sistant director of the power division < of the P. W. A, both of whom cited shortcomings of the commissions as regulatory agencies and advanced public ownership as the desirable solution. Just as the assault upon the private companies seemed over for the day, Langdon W. Post, New York City housing commissioner and second of the La Guardia representatives, une loosed a new blast in which he ex- pressed his own belief and that of the mayor as being committed to public ownership. “The private utilities, with their complicated financial structure, may never approach the economical opera- tion possible for public plants,” Post said, “and in any event savings must be divided always between owner and consumer—not always equally.” Predicting that many giant public housing projects are yet to be con- ceived and carried out, Post warned that utility plants will be included with each project unless the private companies ‘“come across” with the lowest possible rates. Only two voices were raised in de- fense of private companies and local commissions, those being John C. Dalton of the British delegation and C. J. Goodnough of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. Declaring that the utilities are free from “political violence” in England, Dalton said the industry’s hope of benefiting consumers snd protecting its investors rests upon keeping the politicians out. Goodnough pointed out tha: the commissions have only the powers granted by legislatures and expressed v - her porch, then hid the pistol in her skirt and walked to her brother's home. the opinion that administration of these powers has been honest and efficient in so far as possible. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. EW YORK, September 10.—Mr. Roosevelt started his term of office in 1933 by spectacularly multiplying bureaus and gov- ermental agencies far beyond the dreams of the wildest bureaucrat. When the country began to laugh at the fantastic alphabetical structure, the Presi- dent good-humoredly joined in the merriment. Now, however, the whole thing has gone far beyond the joking stage. The President, quick to sense public opinion, already has begun to talk economy, curtailment and consolidation. His latest move in this direction is a trial balloon in the shape of & press story from Washington telling how he is going to avail himself of Senator Byrd's mittee. If the public you will find governmental reorganization com- response to this story is favorable, the President appropriating Mr. Byrd's ideas and stamping them as his own. Alles Leagwerth Skeptics will be prone to point out that Mr. Roosevelt four years 8go ran on a platform that pledged him to just such reforms. Can it be that he now sees the menace of his buresu- eratic system; or is this merely & campaign repentance? (Copyright, 1936.)