Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1937, Page 1

(U. 8 Weather Bureau Porecast.) o Rain tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 42 degrees; colder tomorrow afternoon or night. The only evening paper in Washington with the - Associated Press News ‘Temperatures—Highest, 46, at noon to= .day; lowest, 37, at 1 a.m. Full report on Page A-16. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 today. @h e e —_— 85th YEAR. No. 33,868 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. 20,000 MADE HOMELESS AS INCREASING FLOODS | PRINCIPAL BARRIER IMPERIL NINE STATES Rivers Nearingf ' Record Crests in Midwest. MANY TOWNS ARE INUNDATED Relief Is Rushed to| Stricken and Marooned. | By the Associated Press. Heavy rains heightened sharply the river menace to widesprend_ East and Central West areas, driving some streams to crests which threatened to equal record floods of 1913. Property loss and human misery | mounted with the rising waters. n Cincinnati alone police damage in excess of $1,000,000. More than 20.000 abandoned Ohio Valley homes and sought refuge on higher lands. Hundreds banded to- gether to maintain dikes and levees, while others formed emergency crew: to transfer merchandise from periled areas. The floods covered miles of laud in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois Ten- Tnessee Missouri and Arkansas. Yellow waters crept up city streets and flooded basements in scores of com- munities. Ordered to Leave Homes. Riding high on an accumulation | of heavy rains, the Ohio River de- sv:endedyon Portsmouth, Ohio, and caused City Manager Frank Sheehan to warn all residents, except those in hilltop districts, to prepare ‘!o Jeave homes and business houses. The city has a population of more thai 40.,000. The river rose two-tenths of a foot an hour at Cincinnati toward a crest the Weather Bureau said might equal that of the 1913 inundation, which cost Southwestern Ohio millions of | dollars. The village of miles west of Cincinnati, sent & call for aid, and boats and crews were dis- | patched to evacuate families sur- rounded by water. Fifteen hundred | families already had left their homes ' next 24 hours as the Weather Bureau | the Boys’ Club of America, Inc., for in Northern Kentucky cities. Indicative of the sweep of the flood was a report that 1500 of the 2,000 houses in New Richmond were flooded. | Water swirled 5 feet deep in the i streets. g Almost the entire population of | Aurora, Ind., worked to remove StOCKS | rain have fallen, according to Weather public by Cummings. | from stores. Fire sirens brought them from their beds at midnight. Indiana Levee Breaks. Bursting through a levee, ‘White River waters took over the village of‘ Hasleton, Ind. Its 500 residents stood | on hills and surveyed the wreckage under 12 feet of water. tucky lowlands, in some places reach- ing the 1933 mark, driving hundreds; from their homes and derailing a | extremely heavy rains during the next | was organized with Bates at its head. train at | 48 hours could back up the river to flood | His work with Massachusetts correc- Slaughters. The National Guard was | stages, they said. The forecaster said | tive institutions gave him a world-wide | mustered in Prankfort to assist evacu- | the winds will be “moderate and shift- | reputation. Louisville and Nashville ation of areas flooded by the Ken- tucky River. Y | Rising levels of the Mississippi and | its tributaries forced lowland dwellers | to flee in West Tennessce and North- eastern Arkansas. Tents, box cars | and public buildings housed the home- | less. Winter rain and mountain snow sent the rivers in Western Pennsyl- vania toward flood stage today. The south branch of the Potomac River washed out a ‘emporary bridge near | Springfield, W. Va. H Confusion descended on Newtown, | 20 miles east of Cincinnatl. The water | threatened to engulf most of the towns. Scores of families started a mass movement to higher ground. ! Pomeroy, Ohio, up river, was under | 6 feet of water with anotte. 18 inches expected. Residents there, usually accustomed to high waters, expressed concern for the first time since the 1913 flood. A steady rain continued over most | of the Southern Ohio Valley region during the morning. Women and Children Rescued. Twenty-six marooned women and | children, huddled together in the rain all last night on a small island north of Senath, Mo., were rescued today by crews working in motor boats. John Sando, Senath druggist, said | some of the refugees were brought to Senath and others were taken to Ken- nett, where they were given medical attention. They were driven from their homes to the island by rapidly rising back- waters which constantly pour into the lower districts from a half dozen breaks in the St. Francis River levee. ‘The Cumberland River, far above flood stage, threatened waterfront buildings at Nashville, Tenn., and routed many householders, Backwater from the Mississippi inundated West- ern Tennessee lowlands. Illinois and North Carolina were other States plagued with flood waters. Point Pleasant and Huntington, in West Virginia, feeling the brunt of the high waters, watched the slowly (See FLOODS, Page A-2) BRITISH SHIP GROUNDS 100 Passengers and Crew of 211 on Port Natal Bound Liner. LONDON, January 21 (#)—The British liner Liandaff Castle is ashore at Tumbatu Island, north of Zanzibar Island, Lloyd's reported today. ‘The Liandaff Castle, bound for Port Natal from London, is carrying 100 passengers and a crew of 211. (The vessel, of 10,786 tons, is estimated | | Creek Park were closed during the | several spots and was barricaded. | 1s staying at the home of Baron Eu- Motorists marooned on a m when flood waters fjrom the St. Francis River broke through levees and inundated thousands of acres. ain highway near Kennett, Mo., —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | LOW D. C. AREAS * FACE MORE FLODD {Water May Back Up Again in 24 Hours When Rain Besumes. (Pictures on Page B-1.) | rain caused the Potomac to rise con- siderably and filled small streams to | overflowing, low-lying sections in and | around the Capital today faced further inundations. Motorists from out of town were | held up in their departure when the New Richmond, 30 | flood waters temporarily blocked high- | rector ways leading out of the city. Although the waters were receding | slowly this morning, it appeared they | were due to back up again during the | predicted more rain tonight and to- | Morrow. It will not be s0 cold tonight, with a imum temperature of about 42 de- es expected. Tomorrow will find the mercury dropping. In the past 36 hours. 178 inches of Bureau records. Yesterday's maximum | temperature was 38 at 5 pam., while uUndertake,” the letter added, “is of | | this morning's “low” was 37 at 1 |Vital importance and presents a con- o'clock. Observers at the Weather Bureau said the rainfall over the Potomac watershed had not been heavy enough | | to cause an alarming rise in the river, | 1929, at the request of Attorney Gen- Flood waters swept over the Ken- " although it was running higher than | eral William D. Mitchell to reorganize usual. i Only a strong southeast wind and | ing.” | High water was felt most in the; Bladensburg and Brentwood areas, where the incoming tide of the North- west Branch of the Anacostia River combiped with the rain to put roads more than 2 feet under. Several roads and fords in Rock night when park police deemed them dangerous for travel. Beach drive, between Park road and Blagden avenue, was under water in The roads in the hollow near Pierce (See STREAMS, Page A-2) WINDSOR MISSES CRASH His Car Just Touches Fenders With Another in Vienna. VIENNA, January 21 (#).—Chief of Police Weiser said today an automo- bile in which the Duke of Windsor was riding last night touched fenders with another car on a slippery Vienna street. He said neither automobile stopped. The former British King had been visiting at the British Legation. He was en route to Enzesfeld, where he gene de Rothschild. Health of President Good Despite I naugural Drenching President Roosevelt reported for work today with the comment that he “never felt better,” despite his arduous experience during the rain- drenched inaugural ceremonies of yes- terday. Retiring early last evening, the President pligged in a portable radio beside his bed and listened to a radio transcription of the inaugural cere- monies at the Capitol. Earlier in the evening, he got out his stamp albums.and amused him- self with his collection, while Mrs, Roosevelt and other members of the White House family attended the in- augural concert in Constitution Hall, The President changed his drip- ping silk hat twice during the cere- monies. His rugged constitution stood him in good stead during the ordeal. ‘When Stephen Early phoned him at 9:30 o'clock last night, he said he was “feeling fine” and he wagered the secretary that he could not guess what Mr. Roosevelt was doing at that moment. “I'm all alone in the house,” the President laughingly told Early, “and I bet you can't guess how I'm occupy- ing myself.” Under water overnight as a steady | | the United States member of the In- PRISONS BUREAU - HEAD QUITS POST Bates to Become Director | of Boys’ Club National Group February 1. BULLETIN. Attorney General Cummings this afternoon announced the appoint- ment of James V. Bennett as Fed- eral director of prisons, to succeed | Sanford Bates, whose resignation was announced earlier today. Ben- nett will take office February 1. Sanford Bates has resigned as di-| of the Federal Bureau of| | Prisons, effective February 1, Attorney | | General Cummings announced today. Bates leaves the Federal Govern- WITH SUNDAY MORN: C, “ST-DOWN" HELD T0 TRIKE ACGORD Occupation of Fisher Plants at Flint Seen Crux by Miss Perkins. CORPORATION AGREES TO DEAL WITH UNION Labor Secretary Invites Sloan and Lewis for Separate Con- ferences. E3 the Associated Press. Secretary of Labor Perkins said to- day occupation of Fisher body plants 1 Flint, Mich, by sit-down strikers was the “principal barrier” to re- sumption of negotiations between the General Motors Corp. and the United Automobile Workers. Before resuming her efforts to bring corporation officials and the union to- gether, Miss Perkins told reporters one of the main reasons for the failure of Gov. Frank Murphy's proposed nego- tiations in Detroit had been swept | aside. That reason, she said, was the | “Flint Alliance episode.” | « William 8. Knudsen, General Motors vice president, notified the Flint Al- | liance—composed of non-union em- | ployes—Saturday night that he would confer with them Tuesday. The United Automobile Workers | immediately accused General Motors of “bad faith,” and the negotiations-| scheduled for Monday did not take place. The union then refused to evacuate | the Flint plants. Will Talk Only to Union. Since Monday, Miss Perkins’ said, the corporation has agreed not to ne- | gotiate with any group other than the | auto union for the time being. That leaves, she said, the occupation of the | Flint plants the “principal barrier” to | resumption of strike settlement nego- | tiations. This development came at a time when the strike appeared to be | heading rapidly toward the White | House despite efforts to keep President Roosevelt out of it. The Labor Secretar, conferred yes- terday with Alfred P. Sloan, jr., presi- | dent of General Motors: Knudsen and other corporation officials. She did not know just what her next move | today would be, saying she described the situation as being “just about the | same—in_status, quo.” She disclosed she sent messages this ‘lmem to become executive director of | salary 50 per cent in excess of his | present $10,000 a year. | | “I sincerely regret that the ldmin-: | istration is to be deprived of the fine | ! public service you have rendered wnh" such marked distinction,” President | | Roosevelt wrote Bates in a letter made | “The type of work you are about to genial task for which, in every way, you are abundantly qualified.” Came Here in 1929, Bates came to Washington in June, | the Federal prison system. A year later, the Bureau of Federal Prisons Bates received credit for the choice of, Alcatraz Island, bleak and rocky spot in San Francisco Bay, as the site | for the prison to house the most dan- gerous Federal crimingls. He continues as a member of the Prison Industries Board and remains ternational Prison Commission. Although for several years he has been represented as resentful of criti- cism concerning the operation of State parole systems, this difference sup- posedly did not figure in the resig- nation. Bates asked the Attorney General in a letter dated January 4 to accept his resignation. He said: “This (the Boys’ Club post) seems to offer a splendid opportunity for work in the field of crime prevention and I have decided to accep®. Work in Good Hands. “I belleve that the work of the Prison Bureau is in good hands. Your action in establishing a merit system for promotion among the cus- todial force, and, likewise, recommend- ing the extension of civil service to all positions except the director, ‘as- sistant directors and the Parole Board, has established the work on a perma- nent career basis. “The nearly ¢'l!hl years that I have (See BATES, Page A-14.) ,” Early suggested. right,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “And it's quite a nice contrast from the 'lnnlnrll evening of four years 2go.” On the evening of March 4, 1933, Early recalled today, the banks were closing all over the country and tue| President was in a huddle in the White House with Treasury Secretary Woodin and other members of the cabinct, officials of the Federal Reserve Board and a group of selected financial ad- visers, When Early informed the President last night of an impending rebroadcast of the swearing-in ceremonies at the Capitol and of the President’s inau- gural address, Mr. Roosevelt said: “I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll go “Stamps, “That e | 40 witnesses an hand as I. C. C. hear- morning to both Sloan and John L,l a|lewis, chairman of the Committee run no more than £90,000. for Industrial Organization, with | which the automobile workers' union | is affiliated. She said, however, she had no pres- ent intention of bringing them to- gether for a conference, but added she intended to talk again later in the | day with them. Peace Is Still Objective. Opening of peace negotiations, she said, still was her objective. | Asked whether she was any nearer DEMOCRATS DECIDE FUND-RAISING PLAN Full-Time Organization Covering All States to Attack Cam- paign Deficit. By the Associated Press. The Democratic National Commit- tee approved unanimously today a plan for a “full-time, working, funds- raising organization,” to rid the party of the big deficits of recent years. Submitted by W. Forbes Morgan, treasurer, the plan will provide for paid money collectors in each of the States responsible to national head- quarters. All contributions would be centralized and funds sent from here back to the States for local cam- paigns. Chairman James A. Farley will ap- point a committee to work out details with Morgan. The treasurer estimated $1,000,000 could be raised this year, $2,000,000 in 1938, $2,500,000 in 1939, and $5,- ('12:,000 for the 1940 presidential con- t. He reported a deficit of almost $500,000 on the last campaign, despite total receipts and borrowings of $3,- 857,000. Summary of Page. Amusements. C-4 Comics Editorial Pinancial ...A-17 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary -.-A-12 FOREIGN. Pope, weakened by night of pain, re- mains in bed. Page A-1 NATIONAL. General Motors strike apparently " heading toward White Page A-1 Labor Committee favors reinstatement of Durand. Page A-1 Inaugural address widely praised, Re- publicans joining in. Page A-3 “Shanty town” dwellers fingerprinted in Mattson hunt. Page B-12 Senate probers hear of metal trades labor espionage system. Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Ickes cites inaugural weather in back- ing auditorium here. Page A-1 Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor coming to birthday balls. Page B-8 Contributors to inaugural guaranty fund may lose $15,000. Page A-1 Four days’ session opened by State government council. Page B-1 Youth killed, others injured at in- [ L Page B-1 Supt. Ballou to report on “no home work” experiment. Page B-1 Short Siory. C-9 - B3 Woman's Pg.. C-8 ing on moter act starts. Page B-1 Visiting officers ald in_minimizing | cess of estimated expenses for con- | .| EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. ING EDITION / S N \7 ¢ Foening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937T—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES.sksu%¥ WE MERELY WISH To FIND OUT JUST WHAT S THE MATTER W)TH You! S50 NAGRAL DEFRT BPECTED Guaranty Fund Donors Yet| to Learn Definite Fig- ures, However. Washington business men and others who contributed to the guar- anty fund to assure payment of costs of the inaugural celebration, stand to lose as much as $15,000, according to one unofficial estimate today. | Inaugural Committee officials said they had no way of knowing what the | outcome would be, since they could | not yet calculate total receipts against | total expenses. For this reason, they | declined to make any estimate. | 392 Contribute $132,040. There were 392 persons who con- | tributed $132,040 to the guaranty fund, which apparently is well in ex- | struction of stands and all other costs. In one unofficiat source, it was estis mated roughly expenses might amount to $105,000 and that receipts might 1If this proves ccysect, it would mean | the 392 contribuwss to the guaranty | fund would have to divide a loss of | some $15,000. This figure is not con- sidered high in view of yesterday's steady downpour. It is presumed that whatever the | loss is found to be, it will be divided | among the guarantors on a pro rata | basis according to the amount con- | tributed by each guarantor. However, | there was no announcement on this score. Further Receipts Looked for Melvin D. Hildreth of the Inaugu- ral Ticket Committee expects to re- ceive some further money in receipts, and before a final accounting can | be made, all bills and receipts must | be audited by accountants attached to the Inaugural Committee. The final financial settlement will | be recommended by the Finance Com- | mittee, which is headed by Robert | V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank. There have been losses to guarantors in some previous inaugurals, and in some other instances, when weather was favorable, receipts have exceeded costs and surpluses have been given to charity. There were no “rain checks” for yesterday's performance, no postpone- ment of the ceremonies, and conse- quently the committee did not agree to any refund for parade stand tickets. . “The show was staged as scheduled, despite the weather,” said 6ne in- augural official. STEAMER 'RELEASED TSURUGA, Japan, January 21 (#). —The Japanese steamer Siberia Maru, reported seized by Russian customs of- ficers at Vladivostok, has been re- leased and has sailed for Seishin, it was declared here today. Today’s Star This and ‘That. Answers to Questions. Political Mill. Washington Observations. David Lawrence, Paul Mallon. Mark Sullivan, Jay Pranklin, Headline Folk. SPORTS. U. 8. youth have better sports facili- ties than any others. Page C-1 Van Cramm put at top of amateur net Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 PageA-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Odds on Indian Broom in Santa Anita Handicap are small. Page C-2 Helen Dettweiler appears D. C. hope in national golf tourney. Page C-3 FINANCIAL. - Steel rate higher. Page A-16 Bonds narrow and mixed (table). Page A-17 Bank clearings gain. Page A-17 ‘Warner Bros. plans new stock. Page A-17 Page A-18 Page A-19 Stocks improve (table). CurB list uneven (table). MISCELLANY. Page A-2 Washington Wayside. 3 Page B-2 Betsy Caswell. Nature’s Children’s Dix. and Wirephoto Services. (Some retur: it i ! DOCTORS ” | RooSEYELT, | NogR1S, | MinTon EXPERT DIAGHOSTICIANS Court (ASES ESPECIALLY Ickes Asks Big As Inaugural Crowds Leave District Weather Can’t Be Depended on, | Says Secretary, S Honor Jefferson. (Page of Inaugural Pictures on A-7.) Taking cognizance of the uncertain- ties of Washington weather after being soaked at the inaugural cere- monies, Secretary of Interior Ickes to- day came out strongly in favor of a great civic auditorium in the Capital. | Ickes’ statement came after most of the throng of bedraggled but happy inaugural visitors had left the city, still bemoaning the fate that gave the Capital its worst weather of the month for yesterday's celebration. Beginning as soon as the parade ended in the afternoon and continu- ing all night, scores of special trains and inaugural sections attached to regular trains steamed out of the city —carrying homeward the crowds that had ceme to see Pranklin D. Roosevelt launched on his second term. % Auditorium uggesting Project | } Of the 100,000 men, women and | children who, according to a police estimate, watched the administering of the oath and the parade, a few | were nursirig colds today, but appar- | ently there were no serious after- () Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 176,214 ns not vet received.) TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELT ASKS CONTINUANCE OF TRADE PROGRAM {Makes Appeal to Congress in Letter to Chairman Doughton. | |[ESSENTIAL TO ‘RECOVERY’ AND ‘PEACE, HE SAYS Declares Task Is By No Means Finished and ‘Emergency Con- ditions’ Still Exist. E¥ the Associated Press. President Roosevelt urged Congress today to continue the administration reciprocal trade treaty program as a means of promoting “durable peace” and a “balanced economic recovery.” His appeal was made in a letter to Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee, before which Secretary of State Hull ap- peared in person to ask passage of a measure extending the trade policy three years. Mr. Roosevelt said the Nation's “vigorous initiative in the field of lib- eralization of commercial policies has been an important factor in arresting the world trend toward national eco- nomic isolation, which seemed almost irresistible three years ago.” Asserting the task was by no means finished, the President said “emer- gency conditions” still exist in inter- national trade relations, and excessive barriers continue to operate against American trade. Reduction Held Essential. “Their reduction,” he wrote, “con- tinues to be an essential requirement of a full and balanced economic re- covery for our country. “In the period which lies immedi- ately ahead, our ability to act swiftly and effectively in the field of commer- effects. Discussing his proposal at an in- formal press conference, Ickes sug- gested such an auditorium might well | be dedicated to Thomas Jefferson and | the great concept of free speech. He recalled Congress already had appro- | priated $3,000,000 tentatively for a Jefferson memorial, and pointed out ~that, in view of yesterday's experience, | Washington is sadly in need of an auditorium in keeping with its position | as a great world capital. The Interior Secretary did not men- +tion & specific site, but suggested it | (See VISITORS, Page A-3. —— WILLIAM B. HIBES, Founder of'Brokerage Firm Was Stricken on De- cember 11, William B. Hibbs, founder of the brokerage firm bearing his name and for mearly half a century one of the leading figures in the financial dis- trict, died at 1:40 p.m. today at his Washington residence as the result of a stroke. He observed his 72d birth- WILLIAM B. HIBBS. day anniversary on December 11 and was stricken {1l the following day. William Beale Hibbs was born in Gordonsville, Va., December 11, 1864, the son of John Wesley and Susan Reed Hibbs. His paternal grandfather came to this country from England considerably more than 100 years ago and his father was the first child of English parents born in Washington. Brought to the Capital when only a (See HIBBS, Page A-2.) POPE WEAKENED Takes Turn for Worse, Re- maining in Bed With Physi- cian by Side. | By the Associated Press. | VATICAN CITY, January 21.—Pope | Plus XI, weakened by a bad night and increasing pain, was reported by | informed quarters today to have tak- | en another turn for the worse. | The Holy Father's suffering was | sald to be greatest in his left leg. where the circulation was extremly | | | | | The pontiff was described as bear- ing his pain with great fortitude, but | attendants quoted him as saying: “The pains are atrocious! “There is, perhaps, no word in the dictionary than can really describe them.” The 79-year-old Holy Father re- mained in bed, his condition not per- mitting attendants to lift him onto a new wheeled divan which arrived to replace the former one. Former King Alfonso of Spain received by Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state. Alfonso expressed hope for the pontiff’s recovery. Increased doses of sedatives were administered to ease the suffering in his legs and enforce sleep during the restless night, attendants said. | The Holy Father heard mass from | his bed and then set about the cur- tailed routine his crippled state al- lows him. Prelates said he told the diocese of Milan, he was deter- mained in his body. “Certainly we suffer greatly,” he was said to have remarked, “but we suffer voluntarily. “We offer God our sorrows for the most suffering parts of the church, which particularly are Germany, Spain, Mexico and Russia.” Dr. Aminta Milani remained throughout the night in the papal chambers. Tons of Feed Are Scattered " To Save Starving Wild Life By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, January 21.— Tons of feed were scattergd over storm-blown Western America today in a fight to save wild life threatened with starvation by snow. Deer and elk were reported faring well, despite adverse weather, But sportsmen toiled through shifting snowdrifts to feed thousands of wild duck, turkeys, pheasants and quail in a dozen States. Oklahoma worried about its prairie chickens, aiready hit by drought. Utah, where deer all but call at the backdoor for a handout, moved to “Men are working day lM night to ssve game birds in Eastern Washing- ton,” said Tom Lally, chairman of the State Game Commission. “We are hauling hay for a dozen deer and elk feeding stations,” said Newell B. Cook, Utah Game and Fish Commission chairman. Not many years ago wild animals and birds died by thousands when snow cut off natural feed supplies. Now caring for them is an organized undertaking in many localities. Iowa, for example, has 2335 emergency feeding stations for game birds. California operates stations in 20 of its 58 counties. In Nevada, feed is purchased by counties, distributed through private individuals and sports- men’s groups. The Izaak Walton League distrib- uted three tons of bran for game birds in Southern Wisconsin. Death was feared for many, however, as flelds in five southern counties were covered by 1 w".mcnu of ice, 1 FINANGIER, DIES, BY NIGHT OF PAIN called at the Vatican where he was | Archbishop Castiglioni, coadjutor of | mined to work as long as breath re- | cial policy will be indispensable, if the present favorable and promising trend toward a normalization and ex- pansion of international trade, upon a friendly and constructive basis of fair dealing and equal treatment, is to go forward.” Of even greater importance, Mr. Roosevelt said, was the effect of lib- eralizing trade practices on internae tional peace. “Economic strife, resulting from in- | ordinate or discriminatory trade bar- riers,” the President said, “is one of | the most fruitful sources of political | animosity and military conflict. “A policy designed to reduce exces- sive trade barriers and to establish equality of trade rights is a powerful instrument of economic appeasement and stability. It thus serves to strengthen the foundations of world peace. Dare Not Relax Effort. “In the present unfortunate state of world affairs we dare not, in justice | to ourselves, relax our effort, or abate the vigor of our leadership, in a world wide movement for durable peace | through economic prosperity.” | After reviewing conditions which he said existed when the administra« tion originally sought power to enter into reciprocal agreements nearly | three years ago, the President said | that in trade treaties concluded with | 15 nations, discriminations had been removed and guarantees obtained of equal treatment in the future. “In the process of obtaining im- provement in our export positions,” he said, “the interests of our producers in | the domestic market have been scrup- | ulously safeguarded.” | Emergency Not Over. | Hull told the committee the resolu- | tion extending the President’s power | to make reciprocal agreements provided | an opportunity for “vital accomplish- | ment.” | “While genuine progress has been | made,” Hull said, “the emergency with | which we were confronted three years ago is not over. “The reciprocal trade agreements’ program has demonstrated its effec- | tiveness as an instrument for over- coming this grave emergency—through thoroughgoing economic disarmament, | without which both enduring pros- | perity and military disarmament must | remain a forlorn hope. | “There is no alternative program or policy that would lead to condi- tions of peace rather than economic impoverishment and overincreasing armaments.” The Secretary said 15 trade agree- ments had been signed. “Duties have been reduced on some |of our most important agricultural (See TRADE, Page A-14) KATHARINE HEPBURN MUM ABOUT HUGHES Millionaire Air Enthusiast and Movie Profucer Reported. on Way to Meet Actress. BY the Assoclatea Press. CHICAGO, January 21.—Katharine Hepburn, the actress, denied herself to reporters last night, but her man- ager guessed they wanted to ask her about stories in Chicago newspapers intimating she was romantically ine terested about Howard Hughes, mil- lionaire aviation enthusiast and movie producer. “We have nothing to say,” Herman Bernstein, the manager, advised re- porters. “I suppose you want to ask her about that Hughes matter. That is her personal life, but I don't sup- pose Miss Hepburn knows anything about it anyway.” Chicago papers said Hughes wired the actress, appearing here in “Jane Eyre,” at the end of his record- breaking cross-continent flight Tues- day, and then telephoned he was coming here to see her. The Tribune said it heard Miss Hepburn waited at the Municipal Air- port Tuesday, apparently in the belief Hughes might stop here on his record flight. The paper said also it was reported Hughes was en route to Ohi- cago m’&h‘