Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer to- night; tomorrow cloudy, showers in the afternoon, colder by night. Temperatures —Highest, 79, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 54, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-7. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 84th YEAR. No. 33,776. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. @h WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORN: WEDNESDAY, SOVIET READY TO RUSH ROSEVELT HOLDS PLANES TO SAVE MADRID [NDIANA MARGI AS FASCISTS NEAR CITY .0.P.NOWUNTED Immediate Aid' Held Only Hope. FIRM STAND DECIDED UPONl Move Is Needed to, ‘Protect’ Europe, Officials Say. BACKGROUND— In Spanish revolt, which began last July, European obserbers have seen opportunity for struggle over two opposing forms of government in modern Europe — communism and fascism. In Spain the Fascist | forces have added victory to victory until now, literally in sight of Madrid, victory seems theirs. Rus= sia, in sympathy- with the Com-= munist loyalists, has charged Italy, | Germany and Portugal with send=- ing assistance to the insurgents. Twenty-seven nations signed a non-intervention accord which Russia charges has been violated. Her demands for “practical meas- | ures” have been delayed by the Neutrality Committee in London. By the Assoclated Press MOSCOW, October 21.—Soviet Rus- | sia, determined to force supply of ; aid to beleaguered Spanish Social- | ists, has decided only the immediate | dispatch of munitions can save Ma- | drid, informed sources said today. Soviet commissars were represented as having taken a strong stand for rushing airplanes to the desperately | driven Spanish government force.s The Russian government, , sources said, has resolved not to yxeld "an inch further in delaying counter measures against alleged violations of | Bpanish neutrality by Fascist poners “Gravest” Days Seen. Officials did not hesitate to express privitely the feeling that these are the “gravest” days Europe has seen in many years. They are determined, they said, to adopt a firm stand as the only way to preserve European peace. Overnight hundreds of thousands of bright-colored posters blazed up | 4n the Russian capital. “Hands off Spain!” they said. The printed demand, obviously | aimed at alleged Fascist and Nazi interference in Spain, led to renewed | clamor by Soviet workers for the Russian government to supply arms immediately to siege - threatened Madrid. While only the top men at the | Kremlin know details of the decision | taken by the government, enough in- formation has seeped down to indicate | Dictator Joseph Stalin feels Europe is rapidly drifting toward war—and the time to make Russia’s voice felt 45 now. Officials expressed belief all is to be gained and nothing lost by taking a strong stand against the Soviet's “natural” enemy—Germany. For unless Great Britain and France can be aroused from what is regarded here as “lethargy,” it is felt only a matter of time, not far distant, before Nazi troops will cross the Soviet border to realize the hope expressed | in Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's recent speech at Nurnberg, these sources serted. (In that declaration, Hitler cast envious eyes at the fertile fields and rich mines of the Soviet. Outlining | what Germany would do “if we had ! the Urals, if we possessed Siberia, if we had the Ukraine.” ‘Whatever happens in the Spanish | war, an authoritative spokesman said, Russia will continue to recognize only | the present Madrid government—even | if the seat of government should be transferred to Barcelona or the Presi- | dent and his cabinet should flee Spain. FRRPPY T UNITED LUTHERANS SELECT BALTIMORE | Pick Site of Twentieth Anniver- sary Convention in 1938 as Meeting Closes. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 21.— Closing an eight-day biennial meeting, the United Lutheran Church in Ameri- ca selected Baltimore, Md., today as the site of its twentieth anniversary convention in 1938. The convention adjourned after driving rapidly through a long list of committee reports as the final order of business. A special committee composed of the 84 synodical presidents recommended Baltimore as the next convention city to quash a drive to take the next meet- ing to New York, birthplace of the United Church in 1918, SR WOULD END TRADE PACT Britain Suggests Termination of ‘Indo-Japanese Agreement. TOKIO, October 21 (&) —Great Britain today suggested to Japan the termination of the Indo-Japanese trade agreement, expiring October 31. Meanwhile, it was stated, India de- sires to continue the current Indo- Japanese trade talks at New Delhi, hoping to reach a satisfactory con- clusion. In that event, Great Britain will withdraw its notice of termina- tion of the two-year-old agreement. Britain’s communication explained it desired to protect British industry and trade in the event the New Delhi parleys fail to reach an agreement. f | these humanitarian efforts as Fascist | awaited eagerly the order to attack El i Escorial, key of Madrid’s northern de- | sunlight, we saw Madrid over gently | | hour of hard climbing to get to the Agreement Re BY the Associated Press. Italy and Germany will recognize the insurgent government of Spain al- most immediately after the Fasclst armies occupy Madrid, well-informed | sources in Rome declared today. Agreement on policy was said to be | one of four important issues on which the nations reached accord after For- eign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano's | first conversations with Baron Kon- stantin von Neurath, Germany's for- eign minister, in Berlin. | ‘The other three were reported as | their stands on the League of Nations, | the Locarno treaty and Central Eu- | rope. Meanwhile, Great Britain, France and 13 Latin American nations moved in diplomatic concert to save thou- sands of non-combatants from death | in besieged Madrid. Humanitarian Efforts. | In two hemispheres, there were; armies closed in on the Spanish cap- ital from the south and west: 1. Great Britain ordered its navy to stand by for a “mission of mercy” to rescue hostages held by both sides in the war. Estimating there were 18,000 of these hostages in Madrid | | alone, the British government pressed | both the Madrid government and the | Fascist authorities for the exchange and evacuation of the women prison- ers, in plmcular | while refugees told of spreading Span- Rome and Berlin to Recognize Rebels When Madrid Falls rted Reached by Ciano in Nazi Talks—Blum Discusses Rescuing Refugees by Plane. 2. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, the Ar- gentine foreign minister, conferred se- cretly with Premier Leon Blum of France in Paris on the possibility of rescuing endangered persons by plane, ish anarchy and violent reaction to 1t. 3. Thirteen Latin American states, | from Mexico to Argentina, decided to ask Madrid in simultaneous notes to recognize the principle of asylum to save hundreds of Rightists now refuged | in Latin American legations in the | Spanish capital. Fascists at Illescas, south’of the | capital, apparently beat off a govern- | ment counter attack. Reinforced by a wild civilian “army” from Madrid, Socialist troops battled desperately on a 10-mile front to halt the sweep of Fascist legions toward | | the capital, 20 miles distant. Fresh Forces Called. The fresh “white collar” forces— store clerks and mechanics, young and | old—lunged into the raging conflict | with the shrill “to arnts!” exhortations | their ears. “So far we have halted the rebel advance on Madrid,” exulted Gen. Jose Asensio, Socialist commander. ‘The government line, ranging south- east from Illescas to the Madrid-Aran- juez highway, near Sesena, withstood a flailing insurgent bombardment, and (See SPAIN, Page A-3) ADVANCING REBELS IN SIGHT OF GOAL Morale of Soldiers Is Bet- ter—Loyalist Train Trapped. BY ELMER W. PETERSON, Associated Press Staff Writer ROBLEDO DE CHAVELA, Spain, October 21.— Trapped in a moun- tain tunnel, a Socialist armored train was besieged today by insurgents advancing on El Escorial. Fascist troops tore up railroad tracks at both ends of the tunnel to imprison the train, consisting of a locomotive and an armored coach, under a Guadarrama Mountain ridge. The engineer of the government military express, which had attacked insurgent positions near Robledo with rifle and machine gun fire, attemrted vainly to speed through blockading | Fascist soldiers. On one end the insurgents halted | the locomotive by spreading the rails. The puffing engine backed into the tunnel and chugged to the other end, only to find its path blocked again— this time by Fascists with crowbars and dynamite. A Socialist commander in the co.ch | finally ordered the engineer to retreat | inside the tunnel while insurgents on both ends completed destruction of the roadbed. | Four Fascist columns, mmnwhllz.i fenses and only 24 miles northwest of | the capital. From behind the insurgent lines this | correspondent could see the capital | | from the top of Ombida Peak in the | | mountains which surround El Escorial. Twenty-five miles away, in bright | sloping ground. It took me almost an | top of the mountain. On the summit I found a group of turbaned, blanketed Moorish sentries, eager for relief from the windy moun- tain posts. Just a view of the capital has lent increased morale to the Fascist troops. “Do you know we can see Madrid?” says a young captain, grinning like a schoolboy. “At night we can see the lights of the city.” First Bullet Gets Deer. BUFFALO, N. Y., October 21 (A).— It was not only Mrs, Lulu A. Archer’s first hunting trip but it was also the first bullet she fired that bagged her a 175-pound buck deer. ‘“Roosevelt’ and ‘Landon’ Enter Arkansas’ Terrapin Derby BY the Assoctated Press. LEPANTO, Ark, October 21— Townsfolk and farmers put aside their chores today to see the annual Main street terrapin derby run in a ed, “how any one could ‘fix’ a ‘ter rapin derby.” \, 3 ! up the biaze. {ing. The National Dollar store like- §2,000,000 BLAZE HITS SAN DIEGO Two Critically Hurt as Thou- sands Watch 200 Fire- men at Work. B the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oc!nber 21.—A | spectacular skyllne fire swept through | a downtown business block today with | damage estimated by owners at $2,- 000.000, before it was brought under control. Thousands of persons watched 200 firemen and volunteers win a slow battle against the flames, which broke out shortly after midnight in the ‘Whitney department store and leaped to the full height of the 11-story Watts Office Building in the same block. Street car and utility service was cut off in the area as firemen mopped | Two Critically Hurt. Two men were critically injured. A fireman, Eddie Baum, suffered a pos- sible skull fracture when the nozzle of a high-pressure hose broke. V.| Szczepanski, 21, seaman, attached to | the destroyer Dale, suffered a head injury that Naval Hospital attaches said would be fatal when he fell through the roof of the burning Na- tional Dollar store while handling another fire hose. The interior of the three-story Whitney store was destroyed. Only the blackened walls remained stand- wise was a total loss. Guilford Whitney, president and owner of Whitney’s, estimated his con- cern’s loss alone at $1,500,000, includ- ing $750,000 stock. He said this was covered by insurance. Store Stocks Damaged. Fire, smoke or water damaged goods in the Foreman & Clark, Woolworth and Lion clothing stores, while every floor of the 1l-story Watts Building on one side had windows cracked. The conflagration cast a fiery glow over San Diego throughout the early morning hours. A $350,000 steel and corrcrete annex building built for the Whitney store was damaged slightly by heat. For hours, while the fire defied con- trol, the water pressure dropped, alarming the fire fighters. The city = forced to tap an additional reser- Vol 'l'he fire apparently first broke out second-floor stock room in Whit- ney Its cause was not determined. The Shellback Sweepstakes has been & local event for several years, but this one attracted much more sttention, and Lepanto enjoyed its % g%EEEE g Ending of Factional Differ- ences Seen Aid to Re- publican Chances. LANDON WILL SPEAK IN STATE SATURDAY Democratic Edge Considered Only on Surface, With Stir Going on Among Voters. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staf Correspondent of 1+ he Star INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 21.— On the surface Roosevelt appears to hold the edge in Indiana. It is what 1s under the surface, however, that is worrying the Democrats today. Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nomi- nee, is to speak in Indianapolis Satur- day night. A few months ago Indiana looked | to be in the bag for Roosevelt. Re- publicans were widely split, and with apparently little hope. Today the picture is very different. The Repub- licans are on their toes and fighting. Landon is popular with the Hoosfers. They like his simplicity and his repu- tation for thrift and hominess. The first thing a visitor hears when he approaches the political situation in Indianapolis is that the Negro ! of Madrid womenfolk still ringing in | YOte has swung strongly to the Demo- | cratic party—or rather to Roosevelt | who is regarded as the giver of relief. The Negro vote in this city is variously estimated at from 23,000 to 30,000. It may well hold the balance of power in a close election. Negroes Usually Republican, In bygone years, the Negro vote has been almost solidly Republican. It slipped in 1932, and still more in 1934. counting on getting the support of the great majority of the Negroes. They talk of 80 or 90 per cent. All the activity for the Negro vote, how- | ever, is not on the Democratic side. | The Republicans are trying to make the Negro see the light—the G. O. P. light. on relief. Some seem to like it. cease to flow to them. It is an effect- ive argument. The Republicans seek to offeet it by telling the Negro voter nothing of the kind will happen. And further that the money is not coming | from Roosevelt but from the taxpay- ers, many of whom are Republicans. There is an amusing story that the “Nelme- are being told that the elec- tion officials can tell which way they vote by the sound of the bell on the voting machines—and if they want to stay on relief they had better vote Democratic. Hoosierdom has always been famous for taking its politics seriously. Never, apparently, has there been more in- terest in an election than in this one. The registration lists are larger than ever before, as they are in other States. In Indianapolis the potential voters are said ‘to be on the polling lists up to 96 per cent or more. Much | (See INDIANA, Page A-5) PRICE RULE TIGHTENED Offenders in France Liable to Fine and Imprisonment. PARIS, October 21 (). —Socialist Premier Leon Blums government to- day reinforced virtual dictatorship over prices by the creation of a price control committee to prosecute prof- iteers. Offenders will be liable to fne and imprisonment. ‘The government said it considered strict discipline of prices was an essential factor for success of de- valuation. :Summary of Page Amusements B-10 Comics .... B-14 Editorial ___.A-10 PFinance _.. A-17 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary .. A-12 POLITICAL. Landon charges New Deal threatens Bill of Rights. Page A-1 Roosevelt assails regimentation in Providence, R. I, speech. Page A-1 Roosevelt holding only surface edge in Indians. Page A-1 John W. Davis declares New Deal is not Democratic. Page A-2 Landon and Ickes tilt on Secretary’s “State Socialist” charge. Page A-4 Shower of rotten eggs prevent Browder radio talk. Page A-2 Gerald Smith disowned by Townsend and Lemke. Page A-3 ‘Vandenberg sees recordings in use for campaigns, Page A-7 NATIONAL. Fire caused $2,000,000 damage and in- jured 2 at San Diego. Page A-1 Green offers plan for settling Seattle newspapér strike. Page A-2 FOREIGN Russia threatens to rush planes to aid Madrid. Page A-1 British press has first mention of Simpson divorce. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Grand jury told of alleged police, bondsmen link. Page A-1 Girl gets five years in “date-on-a-bet” slaying. . Page A-3 Maj. W. A. Scully, World War aviator, killed by automobile. Page A-12 Sports Society ... B-3 Short Story B-9 Womah's Pg. B-12 This year the Democrats are | ING EDITION OCTOBER 21, LOITERERS BARRED AT SIMPSON HOME “Crown Property” by London Police. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 21.—Declaring | it was “crown property.” police today shooed loiterers away from Cumber- |land Terrace, site of the new home of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, King Ed- | ward’s American friend. | trolled the district. Every time any one tarried out- side No. 16, Mrs, Simpson’s home, | they were told: “You won't see the | A great many colored people are | The | Democrats are telling them that if | was embossed “G. R.” (George Rex), | Landon is elected relief money will | person you want to see.” one constable announced: | “Ordinary garden people don't live | here, y'’know. This is crown prop- erty.” | Some one asked him what would happen to persons who insisted on tanding in Cumberland Terrace. “They’ll likely get in serious trou- ble,” the constable rejoined, | The “G. R” on the lamp-posts | means they were erected during the | reign of the late King George, Ed- ward's father, on ground which be- | longs to the crown and was leased to | | building landlords for 100 years or more. (See SIMPSON, Page A-3.) e PARLEY BEGUN Rumanian and Yugoslav Officials Open Negotiations. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, October 21 (#).—Rumanian Premier George Ta- tarescu started confidential negotia- tions today with Premier Milan Stoya- dinovitch of Yugoslavia, lending cred- ence to reports of a new defensive un- Southeastern Europe. Diplomatic circles said League of Nations guarantees for small states were feared wholly inadequate, forc- ing them together for security with which are not of our business.” An enlarged version of the Balkan entente was understood to be con- templated, with the possible inclu- sion of Bulgaria. Today’s Star A. A. A weighs question of higher milk price. Page B-1 W. 8. Herndon indicted for alleged Fidelity defalcations. Page B-1 Cardinal Pacelli to arrive here tonight for brief visit. Page B-1 SPORTS Colonials planning surprise attack against Wake Forest. Page A-14 in fine trim for G. W. Friday Page A-14 gaining grid prestige in Page A-14 Foley only Card casual as Ole Miss game looms. Page A-14 Eleanor Jarrett to seek A. A. U. re- instatement. Page A-14 Fine blocking makes possible game- winning long runs. Page A-15 Western Bl(h'l fancy foot ball defeats Roosevel A-15 ‘Young ery May proving duckpin sensation. Page A-16 FINANCIAL. Hardware sales set record. Page A-17 U. 8. bonds settle. Page A-17 L B. A. members to meet in Bal- timore. Page A-18 Specialties push stocks up. Page A-18 Industrials lead curb trend. Page A-19 Cotton spindles busier. Page A-19 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Alice Longworth. " PageA-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions, ~ Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Dorothy Page A-11 Jay Pranklin. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Page A-2 Page B-6 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-20 night. Catholic U. East. Bystanders Chased From A sergeant and two constables pa- | Pointing to lamp-posts on which | Mrs. Simpson herself holds only a | derstanding among the states of | the object of “keeping out of wars| ¢ Foening Star 1936 —FORTY PAGES. *%x* I DONT BLAME'EM, THATS THE WAY [ FEEL DURING SENATE SESSIONS! N N N \\\\ T \\‘{ \ Freight on Subways [| Arouses Anger of i New York Official By the 2ssociated Press. NEW YORK, October 21.— Morton Moses, city alderman in the midst of a campaign to take New York subways out of the freight business, was aroused to- day by this list of articles re- cently found in Interborough Rapid Transit cars: A picture of Abraham Lincoln A bath room scale. A 4-foot Statue of Liberty. An iron bedstead, with mat- tress. These and similar articles are unfair, the alderman says, be- cause they jab passengers in the ribs and other places. Mr. Moses was particularly | | angry the other day. On his train was a man with a 100- | | pound coal bag on his back and a big shovel in his hand. GRAND JURY DIGS INTRAFFIG CASES Prince Georges Investiga- | tors Told of Alleged Police Link With Bondsmen. By » Staff Correspondent ot The Star. 21.—Investigation of charges that Washington motorists have been mulcted of thousands of dollars through collusion between some Prince County policemen and some | bondsmen, who have received heavy fees as “fines” before cases were grand jury here today. State Police Supt. Enoch B. Garey appeared briefly before the group this morning. After 10 minutes in the jury room, he left the court house. He had been requested to appear, it was understood, to rrlease certain | State records for study. | _ A statement issued today by Harvey L. Cobb of Washington, attorney for the Keystone Automobile Club, which has employed investigators to collect data presented to the jury yesterday, ‘The evidence thus far obtained in- dicates that motorists have been mulcted; that they have paid certain moneys for alleged fines, and after the fine was paid the county records have been altered, reducing the charge and at the same time reducing the fine, motorists.” Surveyed 400 Cases. survey of some 400 cases, most of them involving Washington motorists, “in- dicates certain corrupt practices.” Cobb declared that the alleged col- lusion occurred after arrest of drivers on charges of exceeding 60 miles per hour or drunken driving. He said the procedure was a “fixing” of the case before trial, with the driver’s payment to a bondsman precluding his appear- ance in court. Then, according to Cobb, evidence was shown that charges were reduced and cases were settled by small collateral forfeitures. Retained by the Keystome Automo- bile Club, Attorneys Louis Lebowitz of Mount Rainier and Walter Newrath of Washington yesterday appeared be- fore the group and submitted affidavits collected from motorists who had éom- plained of conditions at the Hyatts- ville station. Yesterday's action by the jury was (See GRAND JURY, Page By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 21.—A new camera—clicking a picture in each hundred-thousandth of & second— ripped the cloak of uncertainty from the flying habits of birds today. It showed naturalists what they might only have guessed at otherwise ~the number of wingbeats a minute, and why the little humming bird can all. Delegates saw the wings of the tiny humming bird move so swiftly ;pp-.rednottnmnlfl.mltha new camera recorded 40 strokes each second while the bird hovered and 75 & second on the takeoff. r 4 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. N wy UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October | brought to trial, was continued by the | and that no refund was made to the As revealed by Cobb, & preliminary, Over,” New Camera Reveals Number, Of Birds’ Wing | tie they | that school, took the movies. Yesterday’s Circulation, 138,643 (Some returns not yet received.) UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS, LANDON ASSALLS PLANNED SOCIETY 175,000 in Los Angeles Hear Kansan Charge Threat to Bill of Rights. (Text of Landon Speech Page A-8.) By the Assoclated Press. | ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL EN | ROUTE TO PHOENIX, Ariz., October | 21.—Gov. Alf M. Landon, charging the New Deal threatened to destroy the Bill | of Rights, turned his presidential cam- | | paign eastward across the continent today from Los Angeles. | “If we are to preserve our American \form of government this administra- | tion must be defeated,” the Republican | ings. nominee told a cheering throng that | Police Capt. H. C. Brawster estimated at 75,000 in the huge Los Angeles Coli- seum last night. In a 40-minute radio speech, the longest thus far, Landon said “planned society, which is the alternative to rep- resentative government * * * has de- stroyed freedom of speech, freedom of | | the press, freedom of religion.” l The Los Angeles visit aiso was| marked by Landon’s issuance of a formal statement replying to a speech in Washington by Secretary Ickes who | described the Kansan as a “State So- | cialist.” Landon in his reply said the New Deal spokesmen had switched their attack upon him as “a puppet of big business” to “the ground that I am & Socialist and the enemy of big busi- | ness.” Charges “Contradictory Policies.” He compared the campaign move to “throwing the ball around wiidly at-| tempting to score,” and charged “this | is typical of the confusion and con- tradictory policies” of the administra- | tion. During his overnight Los Angeles | visit Landon’s callers included Fred | Margett, California organizer for the ‘Townsend old-age pension movement, and Bernarr Macfadden, the publisher. | In his speech Landon criticized | “abuse” of the power of congressional investigation, mentioning a recent in- | quiry of which, he said, “the thinly | veiled purpose apparently was to dis- | credit a political movement which the controlling party wished to crush.” Some observers interpreted his re- mark as referring to the investigation of the pension movement sponsored by Dr. F. E. Townsend of Los Angeles. Townsend has urged followers unable to vote for William Lemke, Union party nominee, to cast their ballot for Landon. Landon contended the present ad- ministration, “when the crisis was instead of g‘lvtn( up “its ex- trsondinary powers,” asked for_more (See LANDON, Page A-2) . COUZENS IMPROVING Wife Remains at Detroit Hospithl ‘With Senator. DETROIT, October 21 (#)—The condition of United States Senator James Couzens, seriously ill in Har- per Hospital here, was reported to be “somewhat improved” early today. Mrs. Couzens remained at the hos- pital with the veteran Senator, while his son, Mayor Frank Couzens, kept in close touch with attending physi- cians. The Senator is suffering, his physi- cians said, from a recurrence of & kidney ailment, for whieh he under- went an operation at Rochester, Beats a Minute * Other birds in flight move their wings in a circular motion, but the camera shows the humming bird has a shoulder motion and the experts think that explains how it can go into reverse. The new camera has sound, too. The bird experts ieard the beat of the ruffied grouse, that sound 50 exciting tat-tat and alarm call of the Antarc- penguin. Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy developed the camera and Harold E. Idcetion and Charles L. Blake of Dr. Arthur A, Allen of Cornelk Uni- to the hunter, the woodpecker’s rat- | deposif verm.y obtained the sound effects. He has developed them to accompany mu- seum habitat groups. ROOSEVELT SCORES “REGIMENTING OF AMERICAN PEOPLE” Tells Rhode Island Crowd They Are More Important Than Machines. WOULD AVOID 1929 TYPE OF PROSPERITY, Mentions Constitution and Says Material Resources Should Serve Human Resources. BY the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, October 21.— President Roosevelt told a huge crowd fronting the State capitol today that the American people were “more im- portant than machines” and the “ma- terial resources of America should serve the human resources of Amer= ica.” In opening his New England cam- paign, the President also declared the American people should not be al- lowed again “to be regimented 'by selfish minorities into bankruptcies and bread lines” and that the 1929 type of prosperity should be avoided. The kind of prosperity sought, he said, was that which would assure every American family safety of home, old age, savings and employment. Mentioning the Constitution at the outset of his brief speech, the Presi= dent said he was standing on the steps of the capitol of a State “so in= dependent that it did not ratify the Constitution of the United States until two years after it was in effect.” Speaks From Car. The President spoke from an open car resting on a stone landing. The crowd gave him a noisy welcome as he arrived and was introduced by Gov. Theodore F. Green. Gov. James M. Curley of Mass~- chusetts also stood near by. Following the speech the Presic started by motor for Worcester, M where he makes the principal dress of his two-day New Enc’ drive tonight. His route lay past I River and New Bedford, where briet addresses from his car were scheduled. Before alighting from the train the | President called Gov. Green to the rear platform and exchanged greet Meanwhile Gov. Curley, the only one in the crowd wearing a silk hat, awalted beside the rear platform for recognition from the President. As Roosevelt left the train, he greet- ed Curley with “Jim, how are you™ and “glad to see you.” With Roesevelt riding to the State | capitol were only Mrs. Roosevelt and | Gov. Green. behind. Curley rode in a car Text of Speech. Following is the text of President Roosevelt's talk: “I am standing on the steps of the capitol of a State so independent that it did not ratify the Constituicn of the United States until two years after it was in effect. Around me lies the most highly industrial and densely populated State in the coun- try. “I could speak to no people who- better understand the interdependence of modern economic life. “I have said that what the present national administration has tried to do was to adjust statecraft to real- | ity—the reality of 48 States which have | agreed to live together in a machine age. “When this administration came to Washington March 4, 1933, the machine of our national economy had completely broken down. For | 12 years it had been neglected by | those who believed that machines did not need tending. We tried to re- build that machine, to modernize it and to turn on the purchasing power. “It was the biggest peace-time job ever attempted. It called for energy (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2) 1929 BUSINESS PEAK HELD POSSIBLE NOW Bank Deposits Seen Sufficient to Warrant Larger Volume of Trade. BY the Assoctated Press. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., October 21.—V. G. Iden, secre= tary of the American Institute of Steel Construction, expressed the opinion today the Nation has “in hand adequate bank deposits for a very much larger volume of business than we had even in 1929.” He told the institute's fourteenth annual convention “the tide of the depression has spent itself,” and added in a prepared address: “Surveys show that in 1929 the num- ber of people gainfully employed in the United States amounted to 47,000,000. Today there are 46,500,000 gainfully employed. Those figures in- clude the 3,000,000 on emergency Government work. Also they do not take into account the 2,000,000 of young persons who have, since the beginning of the depression, grown to an age when they would normally seek employment. “The figures do show, however, that if we could tomorrow find jobs for from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 persons we would have on our hands an em- ployment situation similar to that which existed in 1929, when business was booming. The goal is not unrea- sonable. It can be attained with a little effort. * * * “The boom that culminated in 1929 was financed on time and demand ts of about $53,000,000,000. Similar deposits today aggregate about $50,000,000,000. Even taking into ac- count the increased reserve require- ments * * * the probable demand upon our deposits because of the re- cent deflation of foreign currencies, we have in hand adequate bank de- posits for a very much larger volume of business than we had even in 1929.”