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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, not quite so cool row, generally fair and moderate winds, mostly southwest. peratures today—Highest, 69, at 2 pm.; lowest, 53, at 5 a.m. Full report on page A-14. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 85th YEAR. No. 341 90 BRITISH WAR VESSELS TO SCOUR SEAS FOR SUBS; NYON ACCORD IS SIGNED 48 Ships Sent to Mediterranean for | Campaign. 9 SIGNATURES PUT ON PACT Decision of Italy! to Help Still Awaited. BACKGROUND— Sinking of more than score of vessels by mysterious raiders in Mediterranean in recent months led France and Britain to summon conference with seven other pow- ers at Nyon, Switzerland, last week to take measures for suppression of marauders. Italy and Germany refused to attend. Agreement for Britain and France to police Medi- terranean, and riparian states their own waters, was a‘rriuzd at. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 14.—Great Britain more than doubled her Medi- terranean fighting strength to hunt down and sink submarine pirates to- day. New admiralty orders disclosed she will have 90 warships in the inland sea within a few days, compared with & regular patrol of 42. The latest orders sent 10 men-of- war from home waters into the Medi- terranean, to co-operate with an aug- mented French fleet in the piracy patrol. Flotilla Held Ready. ‘The fourth destroyer flotilla, com- posed of eight destroyers,- a light cruiser and a flotilla leader, was com- manded to be ready to sail to the Mediterranean from England. This means there are 36 British de- and four flotilla leaders—in addition to battleships and other heavy craft—earmarked for piracy patrol 1 duty. | ‘The mightiest warship afloat, the; Battle cruiser Hood, now rides off Brit- ain’s Malta base, awaiting orders to take up guard against sea marauders. | ‘Nine more French torpedo boats are ' speeding toward new duties in the | Mediterranean. Plans Are Worked Out. Loaded with fresh supplies and mu- mitions, the French battle units will work in the closest co-cperation with Britain's fleet. French and British naval authorities have worked out plans for their submarine scouts to rush to any spot, whether in their own zone or not, if the need arises. | Ports, aircraft landing fields and other facilities will be used inter- changeably. Such close patrol co-operation will | back up the complete unison in which | the French and British foreign offices | have acted in meeting the Mediter- ranean submarine threat. Nine Nations Sign Pact. GENEVA, September 14 (#).—The | envoys of nine nations signed today | at placid Nyon a historic document to suppress submarine piracy in the Mediterranean—with the war vessels of Great Britain and France already steaming toward what experts called the greatest naval demonstration of | its kind ever planned. ‘The accord, signed in the modest | Community Hall of Nyon, deals solely | with the question of piratical subma- | rine attacks in the inland sea, at- tacks which government Spain and Soviet Russia charge flatly to Italy. Italy, not a signatory today, denies this just as flatly. The League of Nations itself will consider how to deal with other forms | of Mediterranéan aggression. Fleet Being Concentrated. Great Britain and France imme- diately swung into action to concen- trate a mighty fleet on the inland sea. Nine torpedo boats from the French | Atlantic fleet—with fresh cargoes of supplies, including munitions, taken | (See LONDON, Page A-5.) STOCKS REBOUND $1 70 $5 A SHARE| Gain Back Most of Ground Lost Yesterday in Buying Flurry. Bonds Join Advance. | man state. tonight; tomor- slightly warmer; Tem- Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. 04. ch WASHINGTON, D WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . C., TUESDAY, j.Disease Overshadows Shrapnel As Peril to Shanghai Millions| ;Cholera and Dysentery Raging, With| Y Smallpox Looming and Typhoid Season Near. BY REGINALD SWEETLAND. By Radio to The Star. SHANGHAI, China, September 14. —With the war now in its second month, Shanghai today is fighting its most serious battle—a battle against disease. Ringed in by about 10,000 troops of half a dozen nations as well as armed volunteers and units of the International Settlement, the French concession is proving extremely vul- nerable to this latest attack. Both foreign areas are waging a strenuous campaign against cholera and dysentery, with smallpox on the horizon and the typhoid season ap- proaching. Hospitals and emergency stations are filled to overflowing with the diseased as well as with the wounded from the Shanghai battle fronts and the shrapnel victims within the Settlement. Doctors, nurses and city health offi- cials are working overtime. Inocula- tions for cholera and typhoid as well as smallpox vaccinations amount to thousands daily. In the French con- cession alone, 450 cases have been reported, with a foreign mortality rate of 80 per cent and a Chinese of only 10 per cent. Cases within the International Settlement are fewer, but a warning has been extended to all foreigners to exercise extreme pre- caution. No figures will ever be available in such Chinese areas as Chapei and Nantao, but it is believed the mortal- ity is high there owing to the con- gestion as well as the inability of those cities to obtain adequate fresh food. Cases of cholera in the Japanese Army stationed at Paoshan total 200; Chinese Army cases run high, but the figures are not available. For the last few years Shanghai has held a clean slate as regards| cholera, and the present epidemic is the worst in years, due to terrific overcrowding. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are huddling on the streets, in building corridors and in alleys, thousands of these being compelled to eat refuse from the gutters in an attempt to keep alive. Swarms of cholera flies stream into homes, restaurants and offices, and health officials feel that only a sud- den change of weather with heavy showers and lower temperatures can avert a major epidemic. Once this is averted, they warn that the typhoid season will be upon the city. (Copyright, 1937.) NAZLCHURCH WAR BLOODSHED SEEN Vatican Fears for Priests if | Paganism Goes On in Reich. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, September 14— The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano warned in a stirring editorial today that the blood of priests may be shed in Germany “as it was in Spain” if Nazi paganism goes on. This, said Osservatore Romano, can be the consequence in the Third Reich unless anti-Christianity “ceases to sow tHe seeds of hatred and to villity every sacred thing.” The sudden, column and a half warning was spread on the front page | of the newspaper. Approved By Pope Himself. Prelates said it was read and ap- proved by the Holy Father himself. It drew the conclusion that religious peace in Germany had been rendered virtually impossible by the just-closed Nazi Congress at Nuremberg, where the church was under attack again by | Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, the min- ister of propaganda, and others. The situation, said Osservatore Ro- mano, is “a fatal union of the state with the forces hostile to Chris- tianity.” It went on to say that an anti- religious book in Spain was the pre- cursor to later “atrocities against priests.” It demanded: “Who can guarantee to the present rulers of Germany that the seeds of | hatred and the villification of every | sacred thing, now maturing ever more powerfully under the eyes of the au- | thorities, will not produce on German soll, too, the fruits that should bring | terror to every true friend of the| German people and of their future?” Anti-Christian Aid Charged. The newspaper held it was obvious that continued support is being given | to anti-Christian forces by the Ger- This, it added, gravely prejudiced “the religious conciliation | (with Germany) which the Holy See | has sincerely hoped for.” Trials of priests and lay sbrothers in Germany on “immorality” charges | brought relations between the Holy See and Berlin to a stalemate, espe- cially after the Vatican refused to |disavow a strong attack on Adolf Hitler by George, Cardinal Mudelein | | of Chicago. The deeper issue behind the dispute is the church’s charge that Nazis are encouraging paganism and By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, September 14.—Stock prices zoomed upward today in the best rally since mid vear. Leaders added $1 to $5 or more and regained most of the ground lost in yesterday’s break. Some profit selling appeared in the first hour, paring gains in the steel, rail and motor divisions, but it was quickly absorbed and prices again forged ahead. Intermiltent selling carried many stocks below their best for the day, however. All sections of the market responded to the buying. Active in the forward movement were U. S. Steel, Bethichem, ‘Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Chrysler, General Motors, Kennecott Copper, American Telephone, Montgomery Ward, Santa Fe, New York Central, Deere, J. I Case, International Har- ‘vester, Goodyear, Texas Corp., Doug- las Aircraft and American Can. United States Government bonds, in active trading, extended gains reg- istered yesterday following announce- ment of the Treasury’s gold desteriliza- tion move. Corporate bonds, especially sec- ondary carrier issues, which had been under most pressure in recent market slumps, advanced and indus- trial issues also moved forward. The turnover in the stock market increased as the rally progressed, with the ticker tape frequently behind floor trading. Considerable short ecovering ) appeared. ’ wresting from the church the right to rear its young in Christian ways. Better Relations Denied, | Furthermore, today’s editorial made plain that supposedly bettered rela- tions between the church and Ger- { many, a reported prelude to the forth- coming visit to the Pope by Michael, Cardinal von Faulhaber of Munich and other German bishops, did not exist. Germany's fight against the church has been augmented, Osservatore Ro- | mano said, by: | 1. A continuing “crescendo” of the immoderate anti-clerical press. | 2. Recent ordinances adopted, con- trary to the church-state concordat, | relating to religious teaching. | 3 A German government demand for revision of the catechism in a Nazi sense. 4. The penetration of neo-paganism, | more than ever favored by authorities. Honors awarded at Nuremberg to Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, high priest of German neo-paganism, also drew bit- ter Osservatore comment. | Three Men Rob Bunk. WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, September 14 (#).—Three men robbed the Farmers' State Bank at nearby Good Hope, a village of 250 population, of an undetermined amount of money today. Miss Effie | provincial government said one Japa- | | customs station. JAPANESE FLEET REPORTED BEATEN War Planes and South China Forts Repulse Assault at Canton River. BACKGROUND— Undeclared Sino-Japanese war started July 7 as result of clash of armed forces at Marco Polo Bridge near Peiping and spread to Shang- hat August 9, after killing of two Japanese. at Hungjoo Adrdrome there. Conflict has been carried entire length of Chinese coast with bombardments of Amoy, Foochow and Southern Chinese cities. By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, September 14.—A Japanese cruiser and two destroyers | bombarded the Chinese customs sta- | tion at Samun near this British crown colony tonight after Chinese warplanes | and land batteries had struck at a Japanese fleet in a major naval battle. The Japanese warships were report- ed to have been routed by aerial bombs | and cannon of the Bocca Tigris forts at the Canton River entrance. | The Samun customs station was | badly damaged, however. It is on| the route to the metropolis of Canton. ; One Warship Damaged. A spokesman for the Kwangtung nese warship was struck squarely on | the bridge by a shell and another was | belching clouds of smoke where it had | been hit by a bomb. The Japanese fleet included four de- stroyers and one cruiser when it at- | tacked the Bocca Tigris forts, protect- ing the river entrance and the route t.cb1 Canton, at 5 am. Though the warships rained shells around the forts the damage was said to have been negligible except for the Most of the shots VNDONS RUNED NS0D.C STORE BY ACID VANDALS Mysterious Attack at Night Causes Damage Running Into Thousands. ‘SMALL GANG’ HUNTED BY DETECTIVE SQUADS Washers Are First to Find Dam- age—Area of Seventh, F and G Streets Affected. BULLETIN. Damage caused by the acid throwers last night will total be- tween $25,000 and $50,000 on the basis of reports received thus far from merchants, Capt. Ira E. Keck, assistant chief of detectives, an- nounced. In a mysterious attack on down- town business establishments power- ful acids were sprayed early today on expensive plate-glass windows of near- 1y 50 department and variety stores. Damage will rug into many thou- sands of dollars, police said. Six plate- glass windows at the Hecht Co. store, each valued at $500, were among those ruined by the acid. Store executives and detectives said they had no'idea what prompted the attack. Inspector B. W. Thompson, chief of detectives, assigned squads of picked men to track down the vandals. So widespread was the area covered by the acid throwers that detectives said they believe the vandalism was the work of a small gang. Store officials did not realize the extent of the damage done until chemists determined that acid had been thrown on the plate glass. The acid ate slowly into the glass and left it clouded and useless for dis- play purposes. No one saw the acid throwers at work. Window washers at the Hecht Co. were the first to discover the vandalism when they started to work at 6 am. They found that the harder they scrubbed the cloudier the win- dows became. Complaints Pour In, As window cleaners went to work on other downtown stores, complaints began to pour into police headquarters. Among the stores whose windows were sprayed with acid were the Hecht Co., Garfinckel's, Herzog's, at Ninth and F streets; Kresge's 5 and 10 Cent Store, 720 Seventn street; the Na- tional Furniture Co., George's Radio Store, 814 P street; Adelaine Shops, Inc, 802 Seventh street; Bernie's Credit Quality Clothes, 713 Seventh street; Cornwell's Confectioners, 1329 | G street; Marvin's Credit, Inc., 734 Seventh street; Metropolitan Haber- dashers, 930 F street; the Shoe Mart, 726 Seventh street, and the Vim Sport Shop, in the 1300 block of G street. Fishel's millinery store, 728 Seventh street; Voigt jeweiry store, 727 Sev- enth street; Morris hardware store, 707 Seventh street; Max David clothing store, 709 Seventh street; Cohn furnis ture store, 811 Seventh street; Hearn's clothing store, 806 Seventh street, and Lan’s millinery store, 804 Seventh street. BODY OF FLYER FOUND Remains of Guy Edgerton Partly Consumed by Fire. GRAPELAND, Tex., September 14 (#).—The body of Cadet Flyer Guy Edgerton, apparently saturated with gasoline from his wrecked plane, caught fire as it lay tangled in the wreckage early today and was partly consumed. Origin of the blaze was not deter- mined. The plane, missing two weeks, was found Jate yesterday in a thickly wooded section 12 miles southwest of Grapeland. Edgerton, Kenly, N. C., youth, was reported lost when a 13- plane training flight scattered in a (See CHINA, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Comics .. C-10-11 | Radio Drama .. Editorials Finance ... A-17| Sports Lost & Found C-5| Woman's Pg. .C-4 Obituary ... A-12 WAR IN FAR EAST. Roosevelt, back from Hyde Park, studies foreign problems. Page A-1 Disease eclipses shrapnel as peril to Shanghai millions. Page A-1 Japanese shell Chinese customs near Hong Kong. Page A-1 Seventh article by Upton Close on Sino-Japanese war. Page A-4 FOREIGN. Nazi-church war bloodshed feared by Vatican. Page A-1 90 British war vessels will hunt pirate subs. Page A-1 Gijon dictatorship reported set up after anarchist coup. Page +A-4 Czechs mourning loss of Masaryk, nation’s founder. Page A-4 Hitler threatens new interventions in War on “reds.” Page A-5 Selassie reports Ethiopians still resist- ing Italians. Page A-5 NATIONAL. Lendable bank money seen reaching billion by October. Page A-2 | Graves admits he once was affiliated | with Klan. Page A-2 Klan's imperial reiterates Black’s denial. Page A-2 Black quit Klan, then rejoined, “rec- ords” show. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Store windows damaged by mysterious acid attacks. Page A-1 $50,000,000 budget for next year seen in Donovan report. Page A-1 wizard Palmer, the cashier, was alone when the hold-up occurred. Annulment suit says late Peruvian die- tator forced marriage. Page A-1 b storm, Today’s Star Pugh finds irregularities in accounts of four county officials, Page A-1 A. F. G. E. defeats three plans to change set-up. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Political Mill. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 | David Lawrence, Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage, Page A-11 Mark Sullivan. Page A-11 Jay Franklin, Page A-11 Delia Pynchon, Page A-11 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds improve (table). Cotton consumption climbs. August building gains. Oil output declines. Stocks forge up (table). Curb list higher (table). SPORTS. Manager Harris rates Infielder Jim Bloodworth highly. Page C-1 Pilot McCarthy of Yanks expecting tough world series. Page C-1 Tourney experiences net laughs for D. C. golf pros. Page C-2 Grid predictions made a science by ‘Williamson system. Page C-3 Line talent shortage bewailed by foot ball mentors, Page C-3 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-18 Page A-19 MISCELLANY, Shipping News. Traffic Convictions. Vital Statistics. Nature’s Children. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Cross-word Puzgle. Page A-13 Page A-13 Page A-13 Page B-8§ Page C-4 Page C-4 Page C-10 Bedtime Stories, Page C-10 Letter-Out. Page C-11 ¢ Foening Star SEPTEMBER 14, 1937—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. #¥% The only and Wire in Washington wit Associated Press evening paper the News photo Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 138,641 (Some returns not yet received.) (#) Means Associate. 4 Press. TWO CENTS. YWSENATOR BE SURE. AND GET BUSY. 50000 BUDGET NECT YEAR S SE Donovan Reports Finances of City Can Stand Sum Without New Levies. BACKGROUND— Forced to increase and levy new tazes this year to avoid $9,000,000 deficit threatened by steady reduc- tion of Federal contribution and mounting municipal costs, Com- missioners urged department heads to keep budget estimates for next year at absolute minimum. Despite this departmental estimates total $65,000,000. At public hearings Board of Trade warned it is pre- pared to fight any increase in tazes. Commissioners announced they would pare budget estimates to keep expenditures within present income. Prospects of a $50,000,000 budget for the next fiscal year arose today when Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Dis- trict budget officer, advised the Com- missioners the city's finances would stand that much if Congress con- tinued, by one means or another, the $9,000,000 additional tax load adopted for this year. To hold the budget estimates down to that $50,000,000—which would be a record breaker—the Commissioners will have to lop off about $17,000,000 from the requests which have been made by the District's departments. The Donovan statement came only a few hours after Chairman King of the Senate District Committee had said there “must be no increase in the District budget over the $47,000,000 ap- propriation of last year.” He an- nounced his determination to oppose budget estimates which would cause any increase in taxes, $42,000,000 Revenue Seen. At the direction of *the Commis- sioners, Maj. Donovan today hastily prepared a tentative picture of the Dis- trict’s financial outlook for next year, estimating “general fund” revenues next year probably will amount to $42,~ 000,000. On top of this will be the in- creased revenues which are earmarked for highway and related purposes and for the Water Department, sufficient to cover the requested expenditure of $8,000,000 for next year. Appropriations made for the pres- ent year aggregate some $46,000,000, so the prospective total for next year would be about $4,000,000 higher, but only about half of this increase would be available for distribution to the many departments and agencies whose costs are not chargeable to the special highway and water funds. Not only would a $50,000,000 budget require continuation of increased tax levies invoked this year, or by the adoption of substitutes, but it would contemplate a Federal payment of only $5,000,000, the sum allowed by Con- gress for this year. Maj. Donovan said (See BUDGET, Page A-8.) COOL SPELL’S END LIKELY TOMORROW Fair and Warmer Forecast—Mer- cury Sank ‘to 53 at 5 AM Winter seemed not far around the corner today, but the Weather Bureau said the current abnormally cool spell would give way to slightly warmer weather tomorrow. ‘The mercury dipped to 53 at 5 am. today. This was 15 degrees cooler than at the same time last year, and the mean temperature for the last 24 hours was 9 degrees below normal. Climbing slowly to 64 at 11 a.m., the temperature was expected to reach a maximum of around 68 this afternoon. The highest temperature yesterday was 67 at 3:30 pm. On the same day last year the maximum was 86. Hu- midity was about normal. The official forecast called for fair tonight and generally fair and slightly warmer tomorrow, when the mercury may go up to 75. Moderate weather is expected to prevail for several days. The forecaster sees no indication of any ‘more really hot weather, but he said the chances are there will be some more “warm spells” before Win- ter finally arrives. The Weather Bureau said that, al- though current temperatures are be- low normal, such a cool spell is not unusual. “It's almost always a little cooler or a little warmer than nor- Winning Contract. Page C-11 mal” an official said, “because ‘nor- mal’ is an average over a long period.” Dictator Forced VE GOT THE RIGHT ROBE, His Wedding, Husband Asserts in Suit Here Lewis M. Clarkson Asks Annulment, De- claring Late Peruvian President Made Him M, arry Court Favorite. A STORY every bit as strange as the most fanciful Richard Harding Davis thriller was told the District Court today in an annulment suit filea by Lewis M. Clarkson, 4801 Fourth street, who sald he was forced, under threat of death, to marry the favorite of a Peruvian dictator. The figurative villain, of the romance was Augusto B. Leguia, dictator- president of the South American Republic, who later in 1930 fled a revolution in a battleship, was captured, im-+ prisoned, and died in exile. Threatened with “accidental” death if he did not marry Senora Mercedes de la Quintana Viuda de Ludewig, according to the suit, Clarkson was escorted to the church by an armed guard and in the presence of Leguia was forced to go through the ceremony. Clarkson went to Lima, Peru, in De- cember, 1922, as sales representative of & large American manufacturer, and two years later became acquainted with Senors Quintana. In the annulment suit, which was filed by James R. Murphy, Clarkson described her as “a person of bad reputation commonly known to be involved in Peruvian political intrigues and to be supported by various prom- inent government oficials, including the then President of the repyblic.” Clarkson sald he visited Senora Quintana once or twice at her home in December, 1924, but never was inti- mate with her. PUGH FINDS FOUR ACCOUNTS FAULTY Auditors’ Report in Hands of Montgomery Commission- ers Since September 3. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 14.— Discovery of irregularities in the ac- counts of four Montgomery County officers was announced today by States Attorney James H. Pugh on receipt of the annual county auditor’s report from the Board of Montgomery County . Commissioners. The report has been in the hands of the commis- sioners since September 3, Pugh said. At the same time, Pugh told news- papermen, he would summon the fol- lowing persons before the grand jury which convenes Monday: Forest Walker, county treasurer; J. Oscar Foulke, manager of the County Liquor Control Board; E. E. Wooden and William R. Walton, jr., accountants, and Frank Karn, Paul Coughlin, Robert Hagner, Richard Lansdale and Charles King, all mem- bers of the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners. ‘The county officials and accountants will be asked to produce before the grand jury September 24, the date set for this hearing, all records, papers, memoranda and other data and “any and all audits during 1937 County officers also will be asked to produce their reports submitted to the county commissioners about Au- gust 30, together with the original letters of transmittal, Pugh said. Clayton K. Watkins, county clerk, has been instructed by the State's at- torney to issue subpoenas for all of the men named by him. “I do not expect the indictment of any persons at the first hearing,” Pugh declared. “From the evidence, gath- ered through the reports to be submit- ter, however, I feel certain arrests will follow in several cases. “The auditor’s report now in my hands covers only the period from last January 1 to date. The records of the time previous to that also will be ex- amined,” Pugh asserted. —————— THREE HELD IN FRAUD Misappropriation Charged to Slo- vak Society Oficers. PITTSBURGH, September 14 (#).— Three officers of the National Slovak Society of the United States were held responsible today for $212,135 in misappropriated funds and interest of the society. Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas M. Marshall ordered George Tomascik, president; John A. Callo, secretary, and the estate of Anton 8. Rodak, formes | During January or February, 1925, he related, a representative of Leguia called on him and said the President would like him to come to the execu- tive mansion the next day. He complied and Leguia informed him Senora Quintana was going to have a child and it was necessary that Clarkson marry her to protect her name, Clarkson’s sworn petition to the court stated. When the American protested, Le- guia is said to have told him that if he did not marry her he would be “accidentally” shot. thf;hrm: said he told the dictator such a marrisge, procured by duress, would be invalid, but that Leguia replied that “that was of no consequence; that he was in Peru and would either follow the orders of Le- guia or take the threatened conse- quences.” About a week after this conversa- 27O 8 Week after this conversa- (8ee ANNULMENT, Page A-5.) PRESIDENT WORKS ON CRISIS IN EAST Sees Hull and Kennedy for Discussion of U. S. Ship- ping Problems. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. On his return to Washington today from his home in Hyde Park, Presi- dent Roosevelt turned his attention to a close study of international prob- lems, particularly the situation in the Far East. The President conferred at length with Secretary of State Hull and later is understood to have carried on the discussion with cabinet members in a Specially called meeting. Mr. Roosevelt has made no secret of the fact that the advices he has re- ceived concerning the Sino-Japanese hostilities during the past few days have been decidedly serious. In fact, he is understood to consider the situ- ation so grave as to prompt him to consider the advisability of canceling or postponing his contemplated jour- ney to the Pacific Coast next week. The White House has indicated the President will make a definite decision in this matter soon. Telephones Hull. The President arrived at Union Sta- tion at 8:30 o'clock after an all-night ride from Hyde Park. He was accom- Ppanied only by his son James and the members of his executive staff. He went directly to the White House and telephoned Secretary Hull to learn the overnight communications from the Far East. The President then ar- ranged for the conference at the White House with the Secretary. During the earlier part of this con- ference Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the Maritime Commission, also was present. It was explained that the President’s purpose in having Kennedy attend was to discuss the question of merchant ships operated by or under the Maritime Commission in Chinese or Japanese waters. Because these ships are carrying supplies, against which Japan has declared an embargo, a considerable problem is presentgd, so much so that to avoid serious con- sequences new routes must be deter- mined upon. Has Few Engagements. When the President arrived at his desk just before noon he was con- fronted with a great mass of mail and routine papers, requiring his imme- diate attention. He made a few per- sonal engagements. Among those the President gave more emphasis to to- day were James M. Landis, who some- time ago asked to be relieved as chair- man of the Securities and Exchange Commission to become dean of the Harvard Law School; Dr. Fernando treasurer, to pay that amount and the eosts of the suit brought by the so- clety. de los Rios, Spanish Ambassador, and John W. Kern, recently appointed to the Board of Tax Appeals. ) PRESDENT SEEN [EAVIG BLAGKS CASE O SEMATE Burden of Investigation Not Roosevelt’s, He Is Said to Feel. DID NOT MAKE INQUIRY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT Described as Believing Two Terms Here Sufficient Proof of His Fitness. Record shows Black renewed Klan pledge in 1926. Page A-3. Graves Admits Klan Afiliation. Page A-2. Black “No Klansman at Heart.” Page A-2. Indications today strongly suggested that President Roosevelt will pass o the Senate the responsibility for fafl- ure to investigate charges that Hugo L Black held a life membership in the Ku Klux Klan when his nomination to the Supreme Court was con Although the President has made no public comment, observers were given the impression his viewpoint fs that the burden of investigating Black’s past record rested with the Senate and not with him. It was learned definitely that Mr, Roosevelt made no investigation of Black before nominating him to the high court, accepting the Alabaman at his face value because he was serv- ing his second term in the Senate, which, in the eyes of the President, was sufficient indorsement. Faith in President. In Clinton, Mass., Senator Walsh, Democrat, of that State, told the Asso- ciated Press that “it should be re- membered Black was given the large vote for confirmation that he received in the Senate, not so much for his own qualification or his own merit, but because Democrats had faith in the President, believed he was entitled to name one who possessed his own eco- nomic policies and accordingly sup- ported him.” Senator Walsh did not vote on the motion to confirm the nomination. It also was learned that it never oc- curred to the White House to ask Sen- ator Black before his appointment if he was a member of the Kiu Klux been accepted by the Senate as 4 Senator from that State is understood to have convinced Mr. Roosevelt that Black was in every way fit for ap- pointment to the Supreme Court. May Comment Today. It was ascertained that if Senator Black had been a new Senator the President might, have done some in- vestigating to make sure of his man. It is expected the President may have some direct comment on the question of Black’s alleged affliation with the Klan at his press conference this afternoon. When the President announced his nomination of Senator Black to the post vacated by Justice Van Devanter an effort was made to have the Klan membership charges investigated by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leaders of this movement were Sen- ators Copeland, Democrat, of Neu York and Burke, Democrat, of Nc braska. The attempt was thwartec however, by the combined efforts c administration Senators and Repub - licans like Borah of Idaho, who too: the position rumors of Black's Klar membership should not be investigate unless tangible evidence was producec to support the allegation, or some re- sponsible person was prepared to make the charge. Burke offered to produce witnesses before the committee, but a motion to recommit the nomination was de- feated. Urges Statement. Senator Walsh also told the press association that Black “owes it to the President, the Senate and the country to declare publicly whether he is & member of the Klan, and if so to de~ clare in unmistakable language his repudiation of the Ku Klux Klan and its principles.” g Any action in connection with the Black appointment now must come from the President, Walsh said. He suggested that Mr. Roosevelt couid ask an impartial agency to investigate “the alleged new evidence that Black is a Klansman” and if it were found to be true, could “ask for his resigna- tion.” Walsh declared it “inconceivable that the ,President believed for one moment that Senator Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the time of the appointment.” Copeland’s headquarters in New York announced that Al Smith, Tam- many sachem, who took the stump last night in behalf of Copeland's can- didacy for the Democratic and Repub- lican nominations for Mayor in Thursday’s primary, would express his viewseon the Black matter in a polit= ical speech tomorrow night. Several Senators who voted “no™ when the Senate confirmed Black's nomination by an overwhelming vote, agreed that his position as a member of the Supreme Court was secure.. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Re-' publican, of Michigan, suggested the Senate should reopen the matter of Black’s confirmation if “unequivocal proof” linked him with the Kian, Logan dismissed the attack as an effort to attract “New York votes” and agreed with King that membership in the Klan would not disqualify Black. Both Pope and Logan expressed belief Black is not a Klansman. Pope added: “Those intimations ~were pretty carefully considered at the time of Black’s confirmation. They were dis- cussed on the floor of the Senate and no particle of evidence was produced to indicate he was & member of the -4