Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, lowest temperature about 40 de- grees tonight; tomorrow cloudy, probably rain at night; not much change in tem- perature. Temperatures—Highest, 62, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 5 am. today. Full report on page B-10. Closing New York Markets, Page 20 85th YEAR. No. 33,939. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ah WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. 2 YOUNG WONEN ENDLIVES BY GAS IN SUICIDE PACT Fumes Kill Pair, Clasped in Each Other’s Arms, Note Is Left. ONE HAD WORKED AT CATHEDRAL HERE Apartment House Owner Calls Police, Who Force Door to Make Discovery. Clasped in each other's arms, the bodies of Adrienne Courtenay, 27, and Dorothy A. Lawrence, 28, were found in bed today In their gas-filled apart- ment at 1851 Lamont street. They had been dead apparently for at least two days. On a dresser was found a four-page note, signed by both young'women, in which they asserted, according to po- lice, that they were ending their lives “for reasons known only to ourselves.” Both were known to have had aspira- tions for stage careers. W. W. Weadon, owner of the house, from whom the girls rented their apartment, said they were last seen Gas Victims DOROTHY LAWRENCE. —Harris-Ewing. Tuesday night when they returned to their rooms on the second floor and | locked their door. Weadon knocked | repeatedly on the door this morning | and, when he failed to receive an answer, summoned tenth precinct po- | lice, who forced their way in. | A rubber tube had been extended | from a gas fixture and placed under | the pillow on which the girls were lying. Although police said the gas apparently had been flowing since | Wednesday morning, its odor was not | detectable in other parts of the house. | Had Worked at Cathedral. Miss Courtenay at one time wes em- | ployed as a secretary in the library at Washington Cathedral. She sludledi for the stage for several vears and | appeared in minor roles in the tabloid productions of the Washington Shake- speare Society. | Recently, with Miss Lawrence. she made a voyage to England, and, on her return, told friends she intended to make her residence abroad Miss Courtenay came to Washing- ton from Minneapolis as a child. She was educated at the National Ca- thedral School for Girls and came to work at the Cathedral Library through the interest of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, who had known her family in Minnesota. She was the granddaugh- ter of Rev. Dr. Charles Courtenay, au- | thor of the best-seller “Growing Old Gracefully.” Courtenay was once vicar of St. Peter’s, at Tunbridge Wells, England. Miss Lawrence, also aspiring to a stage career, was tutored for a while by Dr. and Mrs. E. V. Wilcox, and played important parts in several of their productions. | Was to Appear in Festival. | Charles Edward Russell, publicist, | historian and authority on the drama, a friend of Miss Lawrence, said he also ‘ had tutored her in dramatics and | that she was engaged in recent weeks in preparing to appear in the poetry festival of the Arts Club in May. | Mrs. Russell, who knew both girls, | said she understood that Miss Courte- | nay was related to a British peer and that the grandfather in Eng- land recently had died and left her some money. Dr. Russell said Miss Courtenay al- most died about a year ago from an | overdose of sleeping potion, but had been revived by Miss Lawrence. About 10 days ago, he said, Miss Lawrence told him that Miss Courtenay had | been urging a suicide pact, but that | he thought he had dissuaded them | from the idea. Apartment Rented Year Ago. ‘Weadon told police the young women | rented the apartment about a year ago. Miss Courtenay, it was learned, was employed as secretary to Dr. Joseph F. Elward. 1726 I street. Dr. Elward said she had worked for him about two months. She did not appear for duty on Monday, he said, and on Tues- day Miss Lawrence called to say Miss 20 HURT IN CRASH OF ELEVATED TRAINS Local's Stopping to Call Aid for | Sick Boy Blamed for Accident. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 2—More than a score of persons were treated today for injuries received in a crash of two elevated trains indirectly caused by the {llness of a small boy. In addition to those injured more than a hundred other passengers were shaken when a northbound express rammed into a northbound local at the Eighteenth street station south of the Loop. The motorman of the local train made an unexpected stop to summon aid for the sick boy. Edward R. Tib- bett, 63, motorman of the express and a veteran of 30 years' service without an accident, said he was unable to stop his train to avoid the collision. Windows of both trains were shat- tered and the front of the combina- tion steel-wood express was smashed. FILM PRODIJCER JAILED HOLLYWOOD, April 2 (#).—Harry Revier, 45, independent film producer, was jailed today on a San Francisco felony warrant. Detective Jack Koehn sald the case involved motion picture rights. Revier protested “I don't know what this is all sbout.” His bail was set at $20,000. A ADRIENNE COURTENAY. TEXTILE PARLEY | 5 OPENED HERE Secretary Perkins Sounds Keynote to 23 Nations’ Delegates. BY BLAIR BOLLES. Two hundred experts from 23 coun- | tries this afternoon opened the World | Textile Conference, the first meeting of its kind on record, which will spend | two weeks searching for a formula | to put some pep into the industry. A | message from President Roosevelt was | to be read later in the day. “The solution of tHe problems of the textile industries must be found in part through increases in the purchas- ing power of the underlying popula- tions throughout the world.” Secretary Perkins told the conference at the Departmental Auditorium in sounding the keynote for the meeting—a better break for labor in a notoriously low- | pay industry. This world-wide movement to better the “underlying populations” probably will precipitate a bitter controversy over the proposal to limit all textile mills to a 40-hour work week, which has been adopted so far only by the United States, France and Belgium. Japan and Great Britain are said to be the principal opponents of the 40- | hour movement, which was launched with the adoption of the N. R. A. cot- ton textile code. Points and Objectives. “Labor the world over is looking to this conference to point the way to a program of balanced development for the textile industries of the world. Our objective must be to develop a world program so that the industry may better support the people de- pendent upon it and so that the people of the world may be more adequately clothed,” Miss Perkins said. “Fruitful as conferences of the em- ployers of various producing countries at times have proved, fruitful as dis- cussions between governments may be, it is to be hoped that this conference of workers, employers and govern- (See TEXTILE, Page A-4.) CRIME DECLINES Increase Noted, However, in Sex Offenses in New York. ALBANY, N. Y, April 2 (P)—Sex offenses other than criminal assault jumped 46.3 per cent in New York State in 1936, the State Correction Department reported today. Criminal assaults increased 22 per cent, At the same time, crime in general 462,000 WORKERS QUIT COAL MINES IN WAGE DISPUTE Roosevelt May Be Called Upon to Intervene in Crisis. DEMAND FOR OVERTIME PAY POINT AT ISSUE Shutdown Follows Reach Pact—30-Day Supply of Fuel on Hand. BACKGROUND— Soft coal miners, on strike, are supporting the following demands made in recent conferences: An increase of 50 cents in the basic daily wage, $5.50 in the North and $5.10 in the South wunder the old agreement; an increase of 9 cents in the combined cutting and load- ing rate paid by the ton; an in- crease of 70 cents for operators of loading machines, and an increase of 10 per cent for yardage and re- moval of rock; time-and-a-half pay for all overtime. Approzimately 462,000 men are affected. BULLETIN. NEW YORK, April 2 (#)—Set- tlement of the soft coal strike this afternoon, before the end of its first day, was predicted today in usually well-informed quarters. Y tne Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2.—Whistles of hundreds of soft coal mines from Pennsylvania westward to Washin ton State and in the South were silent today as the long-threatened strike of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica began without fanfare. The shutdown of the Nation’s bitu- minous industry, in which 467,000 men are employed, with the pr- pect | of presidential intervention if it lasts | more than a few days, followec the failure of negotiations to effect a new wage agreement in six weeks of conferences. The miners’ demand for time-and- a-half for overtime proved the prine cipal stumbling block after other bar- riers had been hurdled, but even as the strike became effective, hope was expressed that settlement could be effected to permit resumption of operations Monday. The industry, which in 1935 pro- duced coal valued at $700,000,000, shut down with only 30 days’ coal sup- ply above ground, operators estimated. The bituminous industry, despite inroads by cheaper fuels in recent years, is one of the Nation's principal sources of fuel and power. Largest Strike Since '25. The strike is the largest and most far flung the country has witnessed since the U. M. W. struck for one week in September, 1935. Miners in a score of States scattered from C 1- tral Pennsylvania westward to the State of Washington and southward to Alabama are affected. The old contract expired at mid- night March 31 and without a new agreement not a wheel turned. Tech- nically the strike started yesterday, but the mines were idle a5 the an- niversary of the 8-hour day was observed. As the miners celebrated, the man they honored—John L. Lewis, bushy (See COAL, Page A-3) “FLYING DUCHESS” NOW BELIEVED DEAD | Plane Strut Found and Identified as Belonging to Missing Flyer. BY the Assoctated Press. YARMOUTH, England, April 2.— | An airplane strut, washed up on the shore, was definitely identified today as from the plane of the Duchess of Bedford, missing since March 22. Aviation experts declared the meager bit of evidence apparently con- firmed their theory the “flying duch- ess” was carried off her course by winds and met disaster in the sea. The Tlyear-old duchess disap- peared as she was flying alone in the vicinity of Woburn, seat of the Duke of Bedford, about 40 miles northwest of London. — Hanged for Slaying. KENNETT, Mo., April 2 (#).—Fred Adams, 21, of Rector, Ark., was hanged at 8:30 a.m. today for the slaying three years ago of Clarence Green, night continued a decline that began in 1931, the report showed. marshal at Campbell, Mo., during rob- bery of a filling station. BY the Associated Press. LONDON, April 2.—A crowded rush- hour commuting train plowed into the rear of another on a 60-foot high viaduct between Battersea Park and Victoria Station today, killing 8 per- sons, injuring 40 and sending dazed survivors teetering like tight-rope walkers along the narrow trackway. Even a worse tragedy was averted by the presence of mind of one pas- senger, who struggled from the wreck- age and ran, swaying, along the tracks |to flag down a third train speeding from Victoria Station. Airbrakes screaming, it pulled to a stop a few yards from the wreck. The last carriage of the first train, which had stopped on the tracks, was & shambles. Its wooden body was ripped off completely. Four men were killed in one compartment, three women in another. Arthur Anthony, motorman of the electric train from Coulson to Vi which hit the rear of the station train, escaped with minor cuts was in a hysterical condition. - v 8 Killed, 40 Hurt When Train Hits Another on 60-Ft. Viaduct The other train, from Clapham Junction, had stopped about 150 yards outside Battersea Park. Flames burst out when one coach was knocked across a live rail, to rest crazily on the viaduct. “Look out for the live rails!” sur- vivors screamed. The current was quickly shut off. The fire was put out. Rescue crews, reaching the viaduct with long ladders, worked in a soaking rain to pull the dead and injured from the wreckage. One man, injured internally, joked with the rescuers as they extricated him with blow-torches and double- handled saws. “It’s & good thing for you lads that I'm not Carnera,” he grinned. A gir], her head smashed, whispered' calmly through set teeth: “Don’t let me give you any trouble; look after the others.” It took three hours to get all the injured from the twisted mass of steel and wood. » Failure to| ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ROBINSON URGES SIT-DOWN'STUDY 10 BLOCK VOTE “Due Consideration” Committee Asked on Coal Amendment. STATES RESPONSIBLE, SAYS BORAH IN SENATE by Vandenberg Assails Method of Handling Proposals, Demands White House Act. BACKGROUND— Avoiding for past two weeks open commital on sit-down strike situa- tion, Senate yesterday was forced into debate of issue by Byrnes amendment to Gufley bill. Leading attack yesterday on la- bor’'s mew technique was Repub- lican Vandenberg of Michigan, with free-for-all controversy threatbning to force administration leaders into allowing vote on what is consid- ered political “dynamite.” Majority Leader Robinson asked the Senate today to send to the Interstate Commerce Committee for “due con- sideration” a proposed anti-sit-down strike amendment to the Guffey coal bill. Coming from a conference with ad- ministration chiefs, Robinson made his motion immediately after the Senate convened. He made it in an effort to block a vote on the trouble- some sit-down issue. “There is a general feeling in the Senate,” Robinson said, “that a sub- ject matter of this importance, involv- ing as it does many considerations of policy, have the attention and thouglit of a standing committe of the Senate.” Robinson said a number of Senators planned to offer amendments or sub- stitutes for the Byrnes proposal, which he asked also be referred to the Com- merce Committee for a ‘report by | resolution not later than 30 days.” | would precede any action on Robin- son's suggestion, Borah Doubts U. S. Power. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho launched the discussion with a flat declaration that the Federal Govern- ment is without power to intervene in & situation like that in Michigan re- cently, unless the national rights of citizens have been interfered with, or the Governor of the State asks for Federal assistance. Describing the situation as a dis- pute between citizens of the State, Borah said the responsibility rests upon the Governor, and that he would not favor adopting any resolution in the Senate dealing with a Federal policy toward sit-down strikes except to prevent interference with inter- | State commerce, or to comply with the request of a Governor. He agreed problem should precede any use of force. Driving men out of a building, he declared, would intensify rather than settle the labor dispute. Byrnes Asks Quick Action. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South | Carolina, author of the amendment which would add to other policy dec- larations in the Guffey bill a statement opposing the use of the sit-down tech- nique by coal miners, asked if Robin- son would agree to have the commit- tee's report given immediate consider- ation whenever reported. Robinson said he had no authority to do so. Minority Leader McNary commented (See SIT-DOWN, Page A-2.) Radio-Phone Circuit to Open. TOKIO, April 2 (#).—The longest direct radio-telephone circuit in the world, covering more than 12,000 miles, will be inaugurated April 10 between Japan and the Argentine. Summary of Page Amusements _C-5 Comics - C-1 Editorials __ Short Story _B-12 Financial ___A-19|Sports _ ___D-1-3 Lost & Found A-3| Woman's Pg.._C-6 Obituary ___A-12] SUPREME COUR1 ISSUE. ‘Three amendments proposed at court hearing. Page A-1 ‘Wilmington M. E. Church Conference assails court plan. Page A-5 STRIKE SITUATION. Robinson asks sit-down bill be sent to committee. Page A-1 Strike of 462,000 coal miners begins quietly. Page A-1 G. M. C. strike peace talks open in Detroit. Page A-3 Peery declines to interfere with strike, but is watchful. Page A-3 FOREIGN. Eight dead, 40 hurt in train crash on London viaduct. Page A-1 NATIONAL. Prices of durable goods far too high, President says. Page A-1 Master dies as blast wrecks fueling tanker at Norfolk. Page A-3 Gedeon held on $10,000 bail to face revolver charge. Page A-4 Man who ciaims he lost $18,000 hunt- ing due to go to jail. Page A-13 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Two girls found dead in bed in gas- filled apartment. Page A-1 Mrs. J. Borgden Harriman seen next Minister to Norway. Page A-1 Debate on District bill is completed in House. Page A-1 Wife, son slaln, man found dying in Lynchburg apartment. Page A-2 Dr. McClellan to speak at Sunday’s relief meeting. Page A-13 Delegates of 22 nations assemble for sugar conference. Page A-22 Read sentenced to die on gallows for slaying Dollman. Page B-10 Social agencies urge more cash for employables. Page B-1 s | It appeared several hours of debate | with Gov. Murphy of Michigan, that | all peaceful methods of settling the | ¢ Foening Star ¥% NOW, HENRY, NOW! THE POLE VAULTER. | Roosevelt Indicates Cap- ital Woman Will Suc- | ceed Biddle. | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt indicated today | he plans to appoint Mrs. J. Borden | Harriman, Democratic national com- | mitteewoman for the District and prominent in society here, to be Min- | ister to Norway. At his press conference, the Presi- dent said he was not in a position to | discuss the possible appointment in view of the fact the State Department is in the course of abtaining agree- | | ments with Norwegian authorities. | | This procedure is preliminary to ap- | | pointments of Ambassadors and Min- | | isters to foreign. countries to deter- | mine if the individual is persona grata. ‘With this step under way, it is be- lieved Mrs. Harriman has been selected | and that her nomination soon will be announced. There is no reason | to suppose her appointment would not be agreeable to the Norwegian | government. Mrs. Harriman would be President (See HARRIMAN, Page A-4) ‘Mrs. Harriman Likely to Win . Post as Minister to Norway E . J. Borden Harriman. SIT-DOWN' ISSUE INCOURT HEARING Witness Declares Congress Has Power to Regulate Strikes. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Congress now has power to regulate sit-down strikes if they affect the free flow of commerce, the Senate Judiciary Committee was told by a constitutional expert today. The sit-down issue was raised by Senator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska as a result of the Senate controversy yesterday over an amendment to the new Guffey coal bill, which would de- clare such strikes contrary to public policy. Burke asked Walter F. Dodd, Chi- (See JUDICIARY, Page A-5.) Today’s Star Study of D..C. tax bills awaits ninth measure. Page B-1 Spring invasion of visitors now well under way. Page B-1 Interior Department moves into new building tomorrow. Page B-1 PFiremen recovering from injuries in $15,000 fire. Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page | Answers to Questions. Page | Political Mill. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence. Page Paul Mallon. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Constantine Brown. Page Lemuel Parton, Page SPORTS. Nats pick Yanks and place themselves in second place. Page D-1 Two Maryland boxers in semi-finals of N. C. A. A. tourney. Page D-2 Jones near bottom as Nelson leads in masters’ golf. Page D-3 Tilden sees U. S. in desperate plight in cup tennis. Page D-3 FINANCIAL. U. S. bonds improve after drop (table). Page A-19 Trade rise broadens. Page A-19 Freight loadings gain. Page A-19 Stocks sag $1 to $5 or more (table). Page A-20 Page A-21 Page A-21 Fr g > Curb list down (table). R-K-O earnings soar. MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Service Orders. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. ‘Traffic Convictions. Nature’s Children.’ Bedtime Story. Winning Contract. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Crossword Puzzle. Letter-out. ‘Young Washington. Page A-2 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page C-2 Page C-2 Page C-2 Page C-6 Page C-8 Page C-7 Page D-4 Page D.8 ‘. D.C. BILL DEBATE CLOSES IN HOUSE Collins Says Formula Meant $20,000,000 to $25,000,- 000 Federal Payment. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The House Appropriations Subcom- mittee scrapped the Jacobs fiscal relations plan because it eventually could result in the Federal Govern- ment's paying $20,000,000 or $25,000,- 000 toward District expenses, Chair- man Collins told the House today in bringing to & close general debate on the 1938 District supply bill. Collins declared the Jacobs report contained a three-point formula for solving the perennial controversy over District-Federal fiscal relationship, but during hearings on the appropriations bill a fourth point was developed. He discussed each of these points in. detail, explaining the complexities in- volved in their application and pointed out that the entire plan would lead to innumerable controversies. The bill, which carries $45,228,024 for the District in the coming fiscal year, is expected to pass the House late today, despite a revolt against many of the legislative riders with which it is loaded. Of the total appro- priation, the Federal Government ‘would pay $5,000,000, the same amount as provided for the current fiscal year. Authority Held Usurped. The attack on the legislative provi- sions will be made by the District Legislative Committee, which feels the Appropriations Committee has under- taken to usurp its authority and pre- rogatives by writing legislation into the supply bill. Altogether, the Legislative Com- mittee has planned to make points of order against 12 of the 21 riders on the bill—a program that would kill (See D. C. BILL, Page A-3.) The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. LR L L3 (P Means Associated ROOSEVELT PLANS RELIEF MESSAGE ;Recommendation to Con-| gress on Appropriation Due About April 14. Yesterday’s Circulation, 143,032 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. STOCKS TUMBLE AFTER ROOSEVELT CRITICIZES PRICES Steel, Copper Quotations Far Too High, Presi- dent Asserts. U. S. TO CUT BUYING OF DURABLE GOODS Press. Stress to Be Put on Consumer Commodities—Every Division of Market Is Down. E5 the Associated Press. President Roosevelt told a press conference today that prices of durable goods, such as steel and copper, were far too high. He added the time had come for the Government to dis- courage Federal expenditures for such goods and to encourage expenditures for consumer goods. The New York stock market ‘ook immediate cognizance of the Presi- dent’s criticism by a wave of selling which forced prices of shares down by from $1 to $5 in a few minutes. Steels, coppers, rubbers and rails led the downswing and were joined by every division of the market. So heavy was trading that the ticker ‘t.ape was behind the floor guotations | by as much as four minutes at times | At the lows some support 1ppeared and toward the third hour of tradirg prices made some modest :ecoveries. By that time the ticker tape had caught up with floor trading Bonds Not So Hard Hit. ‘The bond market was not so quick in its reaction. United States Gov- ernment loans, which had dropped in the morning only to rally moderately later, continued at about the same level. Corporation issues were gene= erally lower throughout the morn=- | 5 tr.e Associatea Press. | | President Roosevelt will send a mes- sage to Congress about April 14 rec- | | ommending an appropriation for work | relief for the next fiscal yea begm-l ning July 1. He told his press conference today | that along with the message would go |a statement recasting estimates of | Federal receipts and expenditures this | year and next based on nc# informa- tion since last December’s estimates. He said he would rnt have the fig- ures until the end of next week and did not know at this time how much of an appropriation he woul = ask. The National Mayors’ Conference has recommended $2200,000,000. The President in his budget message said if the 1937-38 .elief cost were kept down to $1500,000,000, next year's budget would balance, except for debt retirement. The President said he planned to falk by telephone today with Gov. Leh- man of New York, who, with five other Eastern and Middle Western Gover- nors, protested recently against any cuts in works progress rolls. Asked about taxes, the President re- | iterated the hope he expressed in | | Warm Spring, Ga., that there would | be no new taxes enacted this session. | He emphasized “this session,” be- | cause he said he did not want any one—if new taxes should be enacted next session—to say that he made a statement to the contrary on such and such a date. e INSURGENT SECURITIES DECLINE ON BOURSE Slump Interpreted as Weakening of Confidence in Regime of Gen. Franco. BY the Assoctated Press. PARIS, April 2—A drop in Span- |ish insurgent securities on the Stock Exchange was interpreted here today as an indication confidence of finan- Franco's regime was wavering. The stock of the Rio Tinto Corp. lost 210 points in trading following re- ports of disturbances in the insurgent- held area of Spain. The loss developed was in contrast to the trend of the copper market, which in general maintained a good tone. A sudden weakness was also noted in trading on the Black Bourse— illegal exchange—in the peseta issued by the Franco regime as currency for the insurgents. SWEETHEART SLAIN Ranch Hand Then Declared to Have Killed Self. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo,, | April 2 (#).—Night Marshal Jess Dore said today Ferdinand Ruggero, 23, ranch hand, crept into the home of his 16-year-old sweetheart, Dorothy Pretti, last night, killed her as she slept and then killed himself because her parents refused to permit their marriage. Gray Gander Races With Train As Respite From Love’s Sorrow BY the Associated Press. ASBURY PARK, N. J, April 2—A daily race between a big gray gander and a commuting train brought to light today the story of a shattered romance involving the bird, now called Casey Jones, that once belonged to the estate of the late Arthur Brisbane. For 10 days now commuters on an early New York-bound train have been neglecting their newspapers to watch Casey soaring alongside—surging ahead at times, then sweeping back to dip a salute. The race is over & 10-mile stretch and at the end, the goose flaps & good- by, picks up s south-bound train, and goes home to Deal Lake. The story of Casey and his romantic background wss told todsy by his owner, Deputy Game Warden Henry J. Comegys. Casey came to Oomegys last Sep- { tember as a gift from the care- taker of the Brisbane estate at Allaire, near here. With him came his mate, Mrs, Casey Jones, with her fine feathers. Comegys installed them on Deal Lake here and reports their do- mestic life was idyllic. Came the first frost, he related, and the Casey Joneses departed for Florida. Somewhere in the South tragedy occurred. Either Mrs. Casey was killed or she deserted Casey for some more likely looking gander. Anyway, Casey came back alone to his once happy home on the lake. Casey mooned about for a while, but Spring ‘became too much for him. He had to do something. No mate to frolic with and heavy of heart, Casey hit upon racing trains as & Spring sublimation of his sor- row. That's Comegy’s story, and he's supposed to know & bit about birds. cial circles in Generalissimo Francisco | ing session In the New York Commodity Ex- change copper futures dropped more than one-fourth cent a pound, and rubber futures, which had rallied from previous recession, again slipped lower. Cotton futures sold off by from $1.20 to $1.40 a bale. The President’s lengthy informal statement on the present trend of prices was prompted by a query as to his position on future public works | expenditures. | He said he told the five House Dem- ocrats who called on him yesterday | to discuss the P. W. A., that future | Federal public works expenditures | should go, not for steel bridges and other such permanent structures, but | for channel dredging and earthen | dams. Expenditures for the latter projects, the President said, would give a larger purchasing power for consumer goods. He added there was too great | a spiral of heavy goods prices, and ‘that this, judged by past experience, constituted a danger signal. Mr. Roosevelt pointed out steel had | increased in price about $6 a ton. He said that this was two or three times larger than the wage icrease recently approved by the industry. He said foreign naval building also had run up production of domestic steel. Sees Copper at 5 Cents or 6 Cents. Many mines, Mr. Roosevelt said, could turn out opper for 5 or 6 cents a pound, and that mines like Ana- conda could make a profit at 8 or 9 cents, yet that commodity was selling now at “18 or 19 cents.” His conclusion was that this pushed up the price of all things into which copper enters, or primarily durable goods. The President said everybody who had been reviewing the economic sit= uation was agreed that the present in- crease in production in heavy indus= tries was growing more rapidly than the output of consumer goods. Judging by past experience, he said that constituted a danger sign be- cause every time it happened there was a falling off in both consumer and durable goods in a period of from 12 to 18 months. That means, the President told the (See PRICES, Page A-2) RUMANIAN PEASANT LEADER RESIGNS Ion Mihalache Declares He Has Failed to Unseat Tatarescu Government. BS the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 2— Ton Mihalache—despairing of becom- ing Rumania’s premier—resigned to- day as president of the National Peasant party. Mihalache's party has been the chiet opposition to the Liberal party gov- ernment, headed by Premier George Tatarescu. His resignation astonished the gen- eral committee of the Peasant party meeting here and injected new uncer- tainties into the internal political situation, which lately has been dis- turbed by activities of the “Iron Guard,” a militant Nazi organization, and those of Nationalists. Mihalache’s retirement was expecied to bring the veteran Peasant party leader, former Prgmier Juliu Maniu, back into active political life. Mihalache urged that party leader- ship be restored to Maniu, who as premier brought King Carol back from exile, but in later years broke witn him. Maniu is known as a bitter oppenent of Magda Lupescu, friend of King Carol. Mihalache refused to reconsider nis withdrawal, saying “I have failed to unseat the Tatarescu government, s0 my resignation is a natural conse- quence.” a Ex-Diplomat Here Promoted. TOKIO, April 2 (&).— Seijiro Yoshizawa, former counselor of the Japanese Embassy in Washington, will become director of the American Bureau in the foreign office, it was reliably reported todsy. )