Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1936, Page 2

PRESIDENT STUDIES MUNIGIPAL RELIEF Keeps Close Watch on Mon- etary Moves—Confers With La Guardia. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 26. —Two major but widely separated problems—international monetary de- velopments and municipal relief— caught President Roosevelt's attention today during a round of conferences in_the Summer white house. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia of New York, head of National Conference of Mayors, said he and the President had gone over urban relief conditions as well as needs of cities for the 1937-38 fiscal year and arrangements for the next annual Mayors' conference in Washington November 14. Cities in general, La Guardia told reporters, have had far fewer indi- vidual applications for relief in the last three months than in the cor- responding period of 1935. Watches Money Moves. Over telephone and telegraph wires connecting directly with the White House, Mr. Roosevelt kept informed during the day of the latest moves and reaction centering around pro-| jected devaluation of the franc under a “monetary equilibrium” understand- ing among France, England and this country. Neither the President nor any of his assistants had any comment to offer on the currency developments, which have occupied much of Mr. Roosevelt’s time for days and kept him up until early morning hours on several occasions. In a morning talk with William Griffin, New York publisher, he touched on another international sub- ject. Griffin said he had suggested that the United States chop off diplo- matic relations with Russia because the Soviet government had not lived up to an agreement to prevent dis-| seminating of Communist propaganda | in America. . He said he had discussed, too, the French and British war debt, passing on to the President some observations made on a trip abroad. “Long-Range Planning.” La Guardia came away from his interview with the Chief Executive, recommending “long-range planning” of works projects as more economical. After remarking that applications for relief in cities have fallen off appreciably, he added: “We haven't yet got the co-opera- 4ion of business and industry \we $hculd get. We need that co-opera- tion of the very people complaining against relief.” ¢ The Mayor added that it was nec- sssary to watch carefully “the desire of certain employers to work relief people part time, which resuits in Jbringing down the whole wage struc- | Aure.” o The Mayor said he had talked Jpolitics only casually and it was s “foregone conclusion” Mr. Roosevelt would carry New York Citv by a| Zufficient margin to ¥ tate. give him the Z He repeated he would vote for the | “President and indicated he might ‘make some campaign speeches. Asked about prospects of his being named permanent Secretary of War, La Guardia said the appointment had ot been offered nor considered. £ Local Politics Considered. H s Part of the President'’s day was given over to local politics in a meet- 4ng with James Townsend and Elmer Van Wagner, Dutchess County Demo- gratic leaders, and Alpha Whiton, Democratic candidate for Congress Jrom Mr. Roosevelt's home district. Accompanied by Walter Jones, Pittsburgh business man, Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church came up from New York for lunch with the Presi- dent. The bishop said he had talked over “social aspects” of the New Deal. " The day brought from the President & substitute appointment to the Fed- eral Maritime Commission. Rear Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor was chosen to serve until Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet retires early next month from the Coast Guard. ‘White House officials said the step was taken so Hamlet would not lose retirement benefits. Toward the close of the crisp Fall day friends were invited in for tea and dinner, with Mrs. Roosevelt once more with her husband. She arrived from Washington, where she had been confined to the White House with a ¢Cold for more than a week. TAYLOR NAVY VETERAN. New Maritime Board Member Served 47 Years Before Retiring. Rear Admiral Montgomery Meigs Taylor, named temporarily today to the new Maritime Commission, re- tired from the Navy in 1933 after 47 years of active service. His last assignment was as com- mander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet. He* was the senior American naval officer at Shanghal in 1932 when Jap- angpe forces occupied that city, and ‘was responsible for the protection of lives and property of Americans. Admiral Taylor was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his Woifld War service. He makes his home in Washington. 1§%FERSONIANS PLAN =DRIVE IN 15 STATES Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Will Be Waged, With Reed Lead- ing Speakers. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 26.—The national Jeffersonian Democrats’ head- quarters here announced tonight a speaking campaign covering 15 “key” States would be launched next week in opposition to the re-electton of President Roosevelt. Among the speakers named are former United States Senator James A. Reed of Missour, national chair- man of the organization; former Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, Bain- bridge Colby, Secretary of State in the Wilson administration; Col. Henry Breckinridge and Daniel F. Cohalan, all of New York, and Dr. Guy W. Dyer of Nashville, Tenn., professor of ‘bconomics at Vanderbilt Univer- sity. _. Bréckinridge is scheduled to speak mnm night at & meeting in sponsored 3 by the Jef- Ce- to address & of Democrats of Iowa at | midst. Reed is|- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. RED FACE. T HAS been the custom of the Joneses out North Washington way to make something of a gala celebration of their wedding an- niversaries as they roll around. And on the particular morning last week when milestone number seven ticked off, Mrs. Jones concocted the idea of springing a surprise party on her spouse. Telling a forgivable white lie, she suggested that he come home as early as possible from the office and slip into his dinner coat so that they might have an intimate little party for two at one of the supper clubs. So while Mr. Jones sang through a shave upstairs, the bride of seven years quietly opened the porch door and admitted their fr''nds, the Browns and the Smiths. While they all sat whispering in the living room | awaiting the auspicious moment to i bellow “Surprise!” Jones' gay volce called out from above, “Oh, Mary!” “Yes, dear,” she answered from be- w, “Say, honey—can you hear me— this is swell—just the two of us paint- ing the town red without having | those confounded Browns and Smiths tagging along as usual!” * kK % UNLADYLIKE. As a prominent man-about-tow.. was stepping out of the door of one of Washington’s smartest men's clubs the other evening he was accosted by an elderly woman who was evidently perturbed at her in- ability to get located for the night. She asked, “Is this a rooming house?” Taken aback, the gentleman re- plied with emphasis, “Anything but!” She waited, seeming to crave elucidation. “It is not the kind of a place a lady like you would care to stay,” he added darkly. The lady stared wide-eyed at the lighted windows. Then she departed hastily. * % * x SWISH! YOUNG man in the office just got a letter from Hollywood contain- | 1ot | | | | | !ing a hint on how to gain the respect of neighbors. | In the movie city, it seems, there is | |a Mexican named Steve Clemente, | known as the “demon knife thrower | from Sonora” because he earns a | living by just missing movie actors| with ugly knives. Steve gets $50 a| throw for tossing cutlery at lesser | players, but demands $150 if a star is | | involved. “More of a nervous strain,” | | he says. | Steve moved into a new high-hat | sidential section recently and learned | that the neighbors resented a little the | | arrival of a carnival performer in their f So the next morning he : gathered up his knives, tomahawks, | battle-axes, went out on the lawn and | practiced on a telegraph pole. After that he heard, “Hello, Steve” | from every veranda, he proudly in- | forms the Washington scrive. * k¥ x PROTECTION. 'O elderly spinsters who decided to invest in a modern radio visited a Mount Pleasant shop and began a listening tour of the various receivers. The salesman. quickly realizing that he must acquaint the prospective buyers with models some 10 years | advanced over the antique head- | phone type with which they were familiar, opened up his high-pressure promotion talk. “Now, ladies,” he said flipping & dial deftly, “as well as getting the regular long-wave program, this set is exceptionally fine on aviation and police calls,” | re “Oh Susan,” exclamed one of them, “that's just the thing for us, living alone as we are—in case of burglars, one of us could dash to the radio and call the police immediately!” The salesman smiled weakly, un- certain how to proceed. “Lovely!” the other agreed, “But I wonder why people call airplanes?” They bought the instrument and the clerk is hiding out in the back of the shop these days, identifying customers before he emerges. He's praying that bandits pass up Mount Pleasant until after his death. * % % X HISTORY. THE only time he minds being ma- ture, one of our operatives reports, is when the amount of information the young fail to pick up in their first 16 years is brought to his attention, During the G. A. R. parade this week three girls of high school age ex- changed the following remarks on board a street car proceeding slowly on account of traffic congested with folks eager to admire the old warriors. “What's this parade about?” one of them wondered. “The D. A. R.,” was the reply. They all thought about that a moment. “It can’t be. You have to be a woman tobe a D. A. R., and these are all men,” another exclaimed triumphantly. “It has something to do with people who came over on the Mayflower,” the third stated. They all seemed satisfied with this explanation and let the sub- Ject drop. * % ¥ % POORLY. Judge Robert E. Mattingl~ of the District Police Court, whose re- nown as & judicial wit has spread among Washington’s legal and law- enforcing fraternities, as well as its * underworld, amused every ome in | and personnel. | varies, so that no general figure can | the sea, particularly by sir. PAN REALES AVATON EEDS Air 'Force Overshadowed by Those of U. S., Britain, France, Soviet. BY FRANK H. HEDGES. ‘TOKIO, September 26 (N.AN.A.).— Building up of a Soviet air force throughout Siberia with its base at Viadivostok, only & few hundred air miles from the heart of the Japanese Empire, and the steady progress made by China in expanding its military and civilian aviation strength, coupled with the trans-Pacific flights of Pan- American Airways and the expected extension to Hongkong of the British Imperial Airways, are serving to make Japan more and more air conscious. From the military standpoint, Japan is becoming more air timid. The Japanese Army is demanding the creation of a separate air min- istry in consequence, under which would be placed military, naval and commercial aviation. The navy opposes this, but for purely domestic policy reasons. It fears, and with justification, that such a ministry would in reality be a sub- department of the war office and that the navy would lose its present inde- pendence in the air, which is even greater than the independence of the American Navy, due to the fact that coast defense aviation here comes largely under navy control. The com- promise that will probably be worked out will be the creation of a semi- independent air bureau placed di- rectly under the cabinet, rather than under any one ministry. Forces Compare Unfavorably. ‘The huge funds being sought by the Japanese Army from the next session of the Diet are predicated in part on a realization of the necessity of building up the air force. At present it compares most unfavorably with that of the United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Russia and other powers. In addition, large ap- propriations will be asked to subsidize commercial aviation and build up the airplane manufacturing industry in| Japan. The Tokio government is very jeal- ous about giving statistics on any matter which can even be remotely related to national defense, but the approximate status of the air services is known, with the exception of size The Japanese army has approxi- | mately 50 air combat squadrons. The | number of planes in each squadron | be given, save that the total of all | types of planes (training, bombers, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, COUGHLIN REPEATS BULLETS' REMARK Quotes Pope Pius XI on De- fending Peace “by Force.” By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 26.— In the face of criticism from prelates of the Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin tonight reiterated his asertion that “if and when” com- munism becomes effective in America and the ballot proves useless, he, “as one American” would “not disdain using bullets for the preservation” of American liberties. Newspapers, he said in a radio ad- dress, instead of printing his indict- ment of “modern capitalism” had sought to “becloud the issue” by pub- lishing the statement of an “anony- mous prelate” in Rome and of Bishop John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati. In support of his stand, Father | Coughlin ,quoted from Pope Pius XI that unless what he called the evils of modern capitalism are removed, “the peace and tranquility of the Nation cannot be defended except by force.” Speaks in Stadium. Father Coughlin spoke from a glass- | inclosed tower erected at the Philadel- phia Municipal Stadium before a throng of his followers gathered for a mass meeting. The program called for an address direct to the crowd im- mediately after the broadcast. Also on the program, William Lemke, Coughlin-backed Union party candidate for the presidency, described President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon as_“gold dust twins” and “coupon clippers,” one “the head end and the other the tail end of Wall Street.” In addition to Bishop McNich- olas’ statement of yesterday, Bishop Schrembs of Cleveland, hitherto a supporter of the Michigan priest, said today that Coughlin's terming Presi- dent Roosevelt “anti-God’ in a speech at Cincinnati this week was “a harsh statement, not justified by the facts.” The “anti-God" charge was made in the course of an attack upon the restriction of crops as “unchristian and radical.” cinnati, Coughlin said tonight: “Contrary to the precepts of sacred literature the New Deal inaugurated a policy of destory and devastate, con- trary to the scripture, which says ‘in- crease and multiply'—and that is the philosophy that they hand to the farmers of America in the hope of producing prosperity.” Opinion on Devalued Franec. pursuit and reconnaissance) is approx- | imately 1,000. Of these 50 squadrons | about 20 are stationed in Japan proper, about the same number in | Manchukuo with the Japanese forces | there known as the Kwantung army, \’ and the remaining 10 in Korea and Formosa. | Unlike the American air service, | Japan has a larger number of pilots | who are enlisted men than officers. | The consequence is that these pilots, most of whom have had no education beyond high school, lack the intelli- | gence and initiative that other coun- | tries consider essential to such work. | Equipment is also, on the whole, very much behind the times. War Office Aware of Facts. The war office is fully aware of these | facts, and it is probable they will be corrected now that more attention is being given to aviation. The navy has about 40 combat squadrons, both afloat and ashore, each squadron consisting of 10 to 12 planes. These are based at coast de- | fense posts, on airplane carriers and | on aircraft tenders. The general tendency of naval aviation policy is to protect the major areas of the em- | pire which might be attacked from | The rich industrial district center- ing around Osaka seems to be left largely to the army to guard, but the navy has substantial air concentra- | tions in the Tokio ares, around the | Straits of Shimonseki, which give en- trance to the inland sea from Korea, in the southern island of Kyushu, around the route to Korea and like- wise to guard the route to Vladivostok. Civilian aviation is intrusted almost entirely to the hands of a single op- erating company, the Japan Air Transport Co., with an auxiliary known as the Manchuria Aviation Co., to handle traffic in Manchukuo. Com- mercial aviation has been developed by a number of private firms, but the concentration of government subsi- dies on the Japan Air Transport has left this one concern almost supreme in the fleld. Network Covers Islands. An extensive fetwork of commercial air lines covers the main islands of Japan, Korea and Manchukuo, and less than s year ago was extended to Formosa. Except on the trunk route, services are not overly frequent. More- over, Japanese commercial planes will not take to the air if the weather is threatening, and there is no night flying at all, although the main route is, gradually being equipped with bea- cons. Lack of radio equipment in the planes, however, will prevent night flying, even when this is completed. Perhaps because of this caution against flying in adverse weather, the Japan ‘air transport has an excellent record of few accidents and casual- ties in ratio to the number of pas- senger miles flown, despite the fact that the larger part of its equipment is antiquated. The best equipment is concentrated on the new line to Formosa, most of which lies over the sea. There can be no doubt that this represents Japan’s first attempt to enter the in- ternational commercial aviation game and that the empire is awake to the fact that unless this is done soon there will be no room left. Japan is really the only part of the Far East now isolated from the world by aerial routes. China Service Planned. ‘There is & growing ambition to cre- ate Japanese air services to China, to Singapore, to the South Seas, to some connecting point with the Pan-Amer- his court the other day—even the intozicated prisoner Ddefore the Dench. In a plea for mercy, the prisoner, charged with drunkenness, ez- plained: “I'm @ sick man, judge. I think that should be considered. I have pneumonia.” “Preumonia!” exclaimed Judge this cannot be substantiated. Cer- tainly they do have a large number Mattingly. “All you've got iz rum | makes on ya”! Twenty-five dollars and 30 days” R fair, (Copyright, 1926, by the North American Newspaper Alllance, Ine.) b Turning to the devaluation of the | French franc, he said that Secretary Morgenthau and the fiscal head of France and Great Britain had got to- gether with the international bank- ers to fix the value of the franc at 23 to the doliar. “Does not the Constitution pre- scribe that Congress shall have the right to fix the value of foreign coins?” he asked. The world is “weary,” he said of the “shuttling” of gold back and forth between the nations. Always, he con- tinued, this has been a “harbinger of war” and s forerunner of revolution. He predicted war “within 12 months.” ‘The priest “chaljenged” the Repub- lican and Democratic candidates for | the presidency to answer once and for all the question why, if Congress is given the right to coin and regulate the value of money, that power was not taken from “the broken-down Federal Reserve Banks.” “That challenge,” he said, “will not be taken up because they are sham- battling their way through the cam- paign.” Father Coughlin descended from the radio tower to renew his remarks to the crowd directly. overcoat and adjusted a microphone hung over his shoulders, similar to the transmitter used by a telephone switchboard operator. Mentions “Lunatic Fringe.” Asserting that christianity places the individual above the state, he said: “We members of the National Union for Social Justice have beea called part of the lunatic fringe. 1 wonder if that philosophy has any- thing lunatical about it or anything fringy about it. “They have also called us crack- pot radicals. It's an honor to be iden- tified with crackpots who still * * * support the Constitution which guar- antees our freedom.” ‘The priest asserted that the “evils of modern capitalism” were the causes of communism. The “evils,” he said, were: “Pay while you work and starve while you're idle,” and that “my boy friends of the Federal Reserve banks issue all the money.” Wages, he said, should keep pace with the increased productivity of the workman resulting from improved ma- chinery. He called for a “minimum living annual wage” of $1,800 for a married man with children. Capitalism “On Death Bed.” “That evil must be eradicated from modern capitalism or it will commit suicide,” he said of his first point. “As long as it retains that cancer within its corpus, it's on its death bed.” He said it was necessary that “smart capitalists get together and say: ‘Gen- tlemen, here’s the problem, and here's the solution. We must pay the laborer not on the basis of how long he works—we must pay an annuai wage.’ i The “present financial system,” he said, was ‘“un-Christian and un- American,” adding that the New Deal had removed the “autonomy” of the commercial banks. President Roosevelt has ‘“rubbed out the corner banks as an Al Capone would have done,” the priest said. “All he’s done is carry out the com- mands of the gangsters down in Washington—I refer to the Federal Reserve bankers.” He charged that President Roose- velt had failed to carry out a prom- ise “to drive the money changers out of the temple.” The President, he continued, called in all the gold in the country by law and “passed it over to the pet boys—the Federal Reserve bankers.” “I'm Stating Facts.” He turned to the press benches: “I hope you gentlemen will not say that Father Coughlin alleged that this happened or intimated that this happened. Gentlemen, I'm stating facts.” Continuing, he said, the Reserve bankers had “approached” Mr. Roose- velt for ' A total of $2,000,060,000 was devoted to this purpose, he said, with Mr. Roosevelt thereby acquiring 24 per dent then fotced the banks to lend $18,000,000,000, with the Government Asserting he was re- | iterating the statement made in Cin- He donned an | " | Tlinois and “elder statesman of the .| to win the pivotal States in the bonds in exchange and permitted to issue currency against them. The interest, he said, would double the amount in 18 years. The bankers, he said, gave the President a “rubber check” for $18,000,000,000. The taxpayers, he said, “will have to work 72,000,000,000 hours in order to pay back the money created by the bankers with s fountain pen.” “Rooseveit Defeats Self.” Lemke asserted, “we do not have to defeat Roosevelt.” “Roosevelt has defeated himself with broken pledges and unfulfilled promises,” he said. “He had the greatest opportunity that ever came to a President, but he got tangled up with a brainless trust and we've got | to untangle him. “We do not have to defeat Landon. We can't defeat dead ones. He went | back seven years to get his start and he hasn't started yet. What do we care which of these two gold dust twins is the hindermost. One of them is the head end and the other the tail end of Wall Street and we don't give a damn for either of them. What do we care for these two coupon clippers. “We will throw this election into the House of Representatives and Mr. O'Brien will be elected Vice President and I will be elected President.” After speaking for an hour, Father | Coughlin returned to the radio tower to broadcast over a Western network, not included in his first broadcast. Hits Devaluation Move. He called it the “largest studio broadcast in history because surround ing me are perhaps some 40,000 persons.” He said Secretary Morgenthau had contended that the devaluation of the American dollar had improved foreign trade, adding that as s result of the present revaluation of the French franc, “s Frenchman must now spend 23 francs for a dollar's worth of American goods, where yesterday he need spent but fourteen or fifteen.” War threatens, he continued, adding: “We will not vote for Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Landon or Mr. Lemke until they stand up before a national microphone and pledge and promise that no matter | what happens we will not go to war in 1937 or 1938. “I challenge the candidates to | stand up like men before the American people in the face of the European crisis and promise that they will not be making cannon fodder of our children.” Referring to critics, Father Coughlin said in his radio address: “One word of direction for my crit- jcs. At Cincinnati this week I ch_ll- Jenged the press of the Nation to print seven specific points around which the entire issue of the distribution of wealth revolves. Instead of doing that—and the challenge still holas good—the papers of the Nation have seen fit to becloud the issue by pub- lishing & statement from an anony- mous cleric who was characterized by Bishop Gallagher of Detroit as that “unnamed ‘high American prelate.’ Quotes Prelate’s Criticism. “Moreover, an American prelate has seen fit to criticize my Cincinnati statement without having verified its context or text. I reiterate what Isaid Thursday night in Cincinnati, namely, 1f the causes which beget communism are not removed in America—and Iam quoting not & bishop's words but the words of his holiness Piux XI—TLet nobody persuade himself that the peace and tranquility of human so- ciety can be effectively defended against the forces of revolution!’ “If and when that day will arrive— and God forbid it—if and when ballots will have proven useless, then as one American, imbued with the tradition of Washington, I shall not disdain using bullets for the preservation of both liberty of conscisnce and liberty of Constitution. “I can conceive of no red-blooded American differing with me on this point.” LOWDEN CONFERENCE WITH LANDON IS TODAY Farm Problem and Campaign to Win Corn Belt Expected to Be Discussed. By the Associated Press. OREGON, Ill, September 26— Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Republican party,” personally super- vised preparations on his 4,500-acre estate today for his Sunday confer- ence with Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican presidential nominee. “I can't say what we’ll talk about,” Lowden, now in his 75th' year, told reporters, but it was generally under- stood that their parley would concern the farm problem and the campaign corn belt. Another topic eonufl”aflie ad- dresses Lowden plans to make in the Midwest in support of Landon's agri- REAR ADMIRAL M. M. TAYLOR, Appointed temporarily to new Maritime Commission to serve until Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet retires from the Coast Guard next month and takes a permanent place on the board. APAN' MARIES NEAR SHANGHA Eight Loaded Destroyers Approach as Tension Grows, (Copyrisht. 1836, by the Associated Press.) SHANGHAI, September 27 (Sun- day).—Eight Japanese destroyers, loaded with marines, neared anxious | Shanghai today. Outwardly, the residents of the in- ternational metropolis were calm, but | in official circles apprehension was heightened over possible recurrence | of Japanese-Chinese “incidents” in the international settlement. The Japanese naval authorities in Shanghai abbreviated their marine patrols in foreign sections of the city, while their countrymen in the inter- national area demanded enlarged “protection.” In reply, the Japanes naval lead- ers pressed for more Japanese on the international settlement police force—a long-debated issue in Shang- hai. Japanese consular officials in Shanghai earlier renewed their pro- tests that the killing of a Japanese and the wounding of his two com- rades had demonstrated that the Chi- nese authorities were incapable of protecting foreigners’ lives. To this the Chinese replied that “every possible” protection was be- ing afforded by them and by the guardians of the international settle- ment. A Japanese statement declared: “We have informed the Shanghai international settlement authorities and Chinese officials of Greater Shanghai that we demand greater efforts to provide Japanese residents with & place of greater safety in which to live. “We hope these administrations comply with our desires, which any reasonable person would consider reasonable. In the event they do not, we will be forced to reply with our own efforts.” Gov. Alf M. Landon shown as he sat in the stand, enjoying a night high school foot ball game at Oshkosh, Wis. He stayed there overnight on his campaign tour through Wisconsin, . P. Photo. HOLT CALLS LEWIS DANGER T0 LABOR Federal Relief Administra- tion Also Is Attacked by Senator. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 26 —Senator Rush D. Holt, Democrat, of West Vir- ginia attacked the administration of EXPERTS ON CROP INSURANCE CALLED Roosevelt Committee to Re- ceive Risk Data and Ware- housing Estimates. B7 the Associated Press. Plans to call in warehouse and pri- vate insurance experts were ane nounced yesterday after a meetirs of the special committee named by Presi- dent Roosevelt to formulate a erop insurance program for Congres. Secretary Wallace presided ws the session in his office. All five mem. bers of the committee attended. Wal lace was called to Hyde Park for a conference with the President Tues- day, the day the committee organe ized. Risk-Data Experts Called, ¥ Roy M. Green and W. H. Rowe, Agri- culture Department experts, who have been directing a staff of nearly 100 workers in assembling risk data, were called into the conference, as was V, N. Valgren of the Farm Credit Ad- ministration. Valgren made a erop insurance survey for the Agrieulturs Department in 1922, it was said, Warehousemen are expected $o ine form the committee on technical probe lems involved in storing farm crops. Secretary Wallace has advocated an “ever normal granary” plan in eone nection with the insurance, provid- | ing for storage of bumper crops for use during poor yields. He siso has proposed payment of premiums and losses in the commodities. Production Data Not Presented. Spokesmen said the risk data being tabulated from production records of the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis- tration on wheat, cotton and eorn had not been presented to the speeial committee. The group also has asked similar risk data on tobacco, rice, su- gar and peanut crops. Private insurance experts will be asked to give the committee benefit of their experience in all types of farm risk insurance, as well as to outline any plan for expanding farm insur- ance, it was said. Spokesmen for the committee sald farm leaders would be called to Wash- ington shortly for a general discus- sion of crop insurance. | | | Federal relief and the labor move- | ments of John L. Lewis as he passed through Chicago today on his way home after a conference with Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee. “John Lewis is the ham actor on the political stage of today.” Senator Holt said in a statement, “and Ameri- can labor is too smart to be fooled by him. His past record gives the lie to his present promise, and indicates what will happen in the future if he is entrusted with the welfare of workers in the steel industry.” “Lewis is the most dictatorial tyrant the labor movement has ever seen. In my home State the famous democ- racy he proposes is to refuse to let the miners name their own local officials. His interest in this campaign is noth- ing more than a personal interest to get more power than he now has.” (;ommentmg on relief, SBenator Holt said: “When I started to clean up relief in West Virginia I found that John Lewis' brother Raymond had been put on the W. P. A. pay roll in West Virginia, although he is not even a resident of the State. He recently had his salary raised. Other Lewis allies have been given soft positions with remunerative salaries. “I thought relief was for the unem- ployed, and not to build a political ma- chine for John Lewis or anybody else. “I have just returned from a con- ference with Gov. Landon. He said that he favored giving relief to every person in need of it, but that if elected he will take politics out of relief, and that those who do not need relief should be taken off the relief rolls. That is Americanism.” WOMEN AND YOUNG FIGHT MANY FIRES Northern California Swept, With Houses and Cattle De- stroyed. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 26.— ‘Women and children joined men on the fire lines tonight as scattered brush and forest fires spread in a dozen Northern California counties. Fears of possible loss of life 1 creased with reports from outlying dis. tricts of desperate struggles to save property and hopeless flights from burning homes. ‘The pioneer settlement of Oregon House, former stage station on the | Marysville-Comptonville road, was wiped out. A hotel, post office, store and eight homes went up in flames. Thirty head of cattle perished in Placer County as flames swept the historic Whitney estate ranch. Other live stock was being hastily driven from the danger area. — o Rats 22 Inches Long. ‘The West Indian hog rat is known as “hutia” and the best known of the specles lives in Cuba and grows to s length from tip to tail of 32 inches. Yale to Require General Exam. In Addition to Course Credits By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 26. —Yale University announced tonight & system of general examinations, described as one of the university’s “most important educational changes in many years,” will go into effect when the 236th academic year opens Monday. ‘The new system will begin' with the class of 1937 for students in Yale College, and for certain students in certain courses in the Shefeld Scientific School and the Yale School of Engineering. b Previously, & student in the under- graduate schools earned his degree by accumulating, year by year, the proper number of numerical credits for separate courses. To this nu- merical requirement s university bul- letin said, the new system adds an examination in the student’s major field of study to be taken at the end of the said tonight the new system “is designed to encourage a genuine mas- tery of some one fleld of.work, to stimulate systematic thinking, and to challenge intellectual independ- | ence.” “In contrast with the piecemeal methods heretofore generally in vogue, whereby the student on passing a course could forthwith forget it and leave it behind,” Angell said, “he must under this system integrate effectively a considerable portion of his final two years of college work. The edu- cational advantages of this method over those at present in use are quite unequivocal.” — Snake Has Operation. 8T. PETERSBURG, Fla. (#.—A i -a-half-foot rattle snake was rej “doing nicely” today after an “operation” to correct a bra. Cyrus J. Brownell said the was injured when captured 1ast week and could not move its head. Bréwnell used his hands to snap boe into place. 'THREAT OF FLOODS | INTEXAS LESSENED ' High Waters of Rio Grande and | North Concho Are Reported Receding. By the Associated Press. SAN ANGELO, Tex. September 26.—The threat of floods along the Rio Grande and in West Texas de- creased tonight as high waters began sinking toward normal levels. San Angelo, in the midst of rehabil« itation from the effects of a $5,000,000 flood of a week ago, breathed easier as the North Concho River descended rapidly from the 35 to 70 foot level it reached in midafternoon. Fears of further inundation in the Presidio section in the Big Bend eoun~ try lessened-as the levels of mountain streams began falling. The South Concho River in San Angelo stopped about 314 feet short of the high water mark of last week's flood, reaching a top of about 25 feet. At Robert Lee, 40 miles north on the upper reaches of the Colorado River, observers reported s 25-foot stage and the river rising. It was the highest level there since 1922. Several hundred miles to the south, near Burnet, the Colorado took the life of | George Williams, who tried to swim | the rushing current. | On the Mexican border another | flood threatened a large area. The | Rio Grande was on a rampage at Pre- | sidio. Federal officials evacuated the | frontier offices there as the Mexican | Rio Conchos and the turbulent moun- tain stream, Cibolo Creek, rose stead- ily. An approach to the International Bridge at Presidio was destroyed. i Peanut Vender (Continued From PFirst Page.) ‘that means if Steve or any other vendor tries to do business on East Executive avenue in violation of exist- ing regulations, he will be arrested. The Commissioners don't propose to | back down on the regulations. or to | show any favoritism to Steve.” Steve, however, has outwitted the | Metropolitan police. He has moved his peanut stand off the street onto |a narrow parking strip between the | curb and the sidewalk, property under | jurisdiction of the Park Police. | Even there, Steve is violating the | Park Police regulations which forbid any one from offering anything for sale on Government-owned property without a permit. Capt. P. J. Carroll of the Park Police said he didn't know Steve had moved to the parking strip and would issue instructions to his of- ficers to make him obey the regulae tions. “He has no more right to violate the regulations than any one else,” said Capt. Carroll. Metropolitan police took steps to oust Steve from the White House cor- ner because his peanut stand was regarded as a traffic hazard. Maj. Brown said he had been violating & number of police regulations—one forbidding a vendor from remaining in the same spot for more than 30 minutes, another parking in a re stricted zone, and a third parking by a fire hydrant. In the meantime Steve appears to be enjoying the public spotlight which has been thrown on him since his last arrest and Mrs. Roosevelt's move to protect him. People stop to buy his peanuts and shake his hand. He has made & personal sppearance be- fore the microphone of WRC, and several nights ago his latest episode with the police was dramatized in & current news sketch broadcast over & coast-to-coast Columbia network. 40-HOUR WEEK DECREED French Government Acts t¢ ¥nd Miners’ Folded-Arms Strike, PARIS, Septembe: 3 (A.—The government decreed application of tha 40-hour week law for miners toder as an effort to end “folded arms” strikes. Similar decrees affecting the building, metal and textile employes were predicted as the next step. Boat- men on the Seine struck today, tying up most of the river’s trafic and esus- ing anxiety over whether Paris’ food supplies mizht not be affected. $ 4