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Weather Forecast Prom the United States Weather Bureau report. Full details on Page A-2. Cloudy this afternoon; fair and not so cool tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Temperatures today—Highest, 70, at Today’s News in Today’s Star Today's news is tomomw"n history— ‘The Star keeps you up to the minute noon; lowest, 62, at 5 a.m, Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 16, _ 87th YEAR. No. Britain Denies New Effort to Appease Reich Talk About Loan to Obtain Arms Cut Held Fantastic BACKGROUND— Great Britain and France have been trying to build anti-aggres- sion front in Europe since Ger- many absolved Bohemia and Moravia in March. Britain and France have given pledges to defend Poland, Rumania, Greece and Turkey, but reports have been heard that Prime Minister Chamberlain intends to revive appeasement policy. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 22.—The British foreign office spoke out indignantly today about what it called “fan- tastic and irresponsible talk” of an | impending broad agreement with | Germany to save European peace. It denied there were official ne- gotiations of any kind. “All talk of a large loan to Ger- many in return for partial disarma- ment is absolutely unofficial and purely academic and, moreover, is harmful, because it may prejudice the Anglo-Soviet talks,” a foreign | office spokesman said. | Talk about a huge international | loan being granted to Germany to | aid the Reith's domestic economy | and settle European tension had centered about the visit here of | Dr. Helmuth Wohlthat, Germani trade ambassador. He conferred | recently with Sir Horace Wilson, | permanent secretary to the treasury. Dr. Wohlthat returned to Berlin today and denied having conducted any negotiations for a general loan | for Germany. A scheme to grant Germany a loan of £1,000.000.000 ($4.680.000.000) and internationalize colonies in re- turn for general disarmament and supervision of Germany's arms in- dustry was said here to have been started by R. S. Hudson, secretary of overseas trade. Mr. Hudson was believed to have mentioned the scheme to a number of members of the government but a foreign office spokesman said this morning: “The scheme is unknown to Lord Halifax; it is unknown to Wilson; it is unknown to the Prime Minister. | PHILADELPHIA. July 22—The| It is fantastic.” Refugee Loan Discussed. In his statement today the for- eign office spokesman said that Dr. ‘Wohlthat and Wilson did not even mention any plan for a general settlement when they met, but he said they did discuss a British loan to help evacuate refugees from Ger- | many. “Before any scheme for a general settlement can be considered by the British government,” the spokes- man said, “there must be some evi- dence of Germany's willingness to | change her policy. | “For example, it is extremely un- likely that Britain could ever ne- gotiate a settlement as long as the| Germans are in Prague.” This was a reference to establish- ment of the German protectorate | over Bohemia and Moravia, heart of the old Czech-Slovak republic, last March. The Anglo-Soviet talks the spokesman said might be harmed by | talk of a loan to Germany are those, now more than three months old, in which Britain and France are seek- ing to bind Russia to a three- power mutual assistance pact. Plan Given Chamberlain. | In spite of the spokesman’s state- | ment, it is known here that Prime | Minister Chamberlain has in fact discussed a plan to change Germany from a war-time to a peace-time economy One leading diplomat in London | has for a long time had a plan for a general settlement which included a large loan to Germany and this | has been put before Mr. Chamber- lain and is even said by this diplo- mat to have the support of Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, the Reich’'s economic plan chief. Regardless of what the British government is doing officially, there is no question about tne fact that a number of influential people in this country believe Britain should come forward at a strategic time with a comprehensive scheme for a general | settlement. Some argue, however, that now | s not the right time. These persons | say that any talk of appeasing Germany will not only hamper the | talks for a mutual assistance pact with Russia, but may even en- courage Germany in what they call | her imperialistic and militaristic policy. Week of Optimism. Various reports of preliminaries to negotiation of Europe’s problems | followed a week of growing optimism that they would be solved peace- fully. Poland was standing firm against Nazi pressure, but she faced the possibility of an unpredictable Soviet Russia joining hands with Germany. A Soviet announcement last night disclosed that trade talks with Germany had been resumed after sudden interruption of pre- liminaries last Jaunary. Resumption of the negotiations after two previous failures was viewed as holding disturbing pos- (See LONDON, Page A-3) Dublin’s Mayoress Refuses to Wear Robes of Office By the Associated Press DUBLIN, July 22.—Dublin's first woman mayor, Mrs. Tom Clarke, refused today to wear the robes of office because, she said, they were “red rags from the British period as is the charter of Dublin.” An ardent Irish Nationalist, she removed from the hall of the mansion a portrait of Queen Victoria as a young woman dressed in white crinolin with a red sash and jewelry. 34,7 80. ch WASHINGTON, D. C., Reconciliation Efforts Grow, But Europe’s Tension Persists This Summer Seen Last Time Axis Stands Chance of Winning War By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER, Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent PARIS, July 22 (By Radio).— Europe is witnessing a vast verbal effort at reconciliation. The Ger- man authorities have stated that Danzig is not worth a war. The British and French answer that they are delighted to examine any “grievances” with the greatest pos- sible indulgence. The French and German govern- ments brought into effect, on July 1, a new commercial treaty whereby, in exchange for coke, the French continue to provide the Germans with a large percentage of their available iron ore. What is more, the continental business community like one man, announces that “the situation has greatly improved” and endeavors by all possible means to beguile the public into the belief | that the war danger has been | definitely conjured and that hence- forth the public can safely resume its purchases of stocks and bonds and merchandise. Life Is “Suspended.” Yet, somehow, it simply does not work. Continental life, like life in Great Britain, is simply “sus-‘ pended.” Foreign offices nearly everywhere have served notice on| their employes that vacations must | be either advanced and hastened or suspended altogether. Why all this—if the danger of war has diminished? The answer is that the rulers, in- cluding many of the op- timists, simply do not believe that war has been avoided. The reason is simple: They consider this sum- mer as the latest date when the axis has a reasonable chance of winning a war unless it can again disrupt the present grouping of its adversaries. None but illusionists can believe that Germany, after faithfully pur- suing the dream of dominion for at least six years, is now quietly aband- oning it just because for the first time it has met resistance whose seriousness has not yet been tested. Prefer Bloodless Expansion. Obviously, the axis powers, par- ticularly Italy, would prefer ex- pansion either bloodlessly or by a series of small wars against nearly helpless opponents like the Eth- iopians, the Spanish Republicans and the Albanians. But nobody be- lieves that the fantastically impos- ing German military machinery was built up merely to sit idle while Ger- man ambitions were thwarted. Therefore the persistence of the (See PARIS, Page A-3) 5-Power Agreement To Solve Europe’s Problems Reported | Copyrighted Dispatch Says 9 Points Include | Berder Guarantees | | BULLETIN. Secretary of State Hull said today that the State Department has received no information through official channels to the effect that five major European powers have entered into an agreement for the preservation of peace for 25 years. All he has heard. the Secretary added, came from the press. | By the Associated Press. | Philadelphia Inquirer carries a copy- right dispatch from its Washington Bureau today saying a five-power agreement which “settles every out- standing European problem,” has been reached tentatively by Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland. The newspaper says Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini will meet with Prime Minister Chamberlain, Pre- mier Daladier and Col. Joseph Beck, foreign minister of Poland, probably within two weeks, to ratify the agree- ment. consists of nine major points: 1. Danzig would be returned to | Germany, but under the technical | classification of a free port, thus leaving it open to Polish commerce. Corridor Formula Provided. 2. The status of the Polish Corri- dor would be modified to satisfy both Germany and Poland, with Germany presumably having free access to | East Prussia and Poland continuing to have free access to Danzig and her port at Gdynia. 3. Italy would be given represen- tation on the directorate of the Suez Canal. | 4. Italy would be given participat- | ing rights on the railroad linking | Addis Ababa with French-owned | Diibouti. 5. A neutralized zone would be | established in North Africa opposite | Gibraltar to insure British sov- | ereignty there. 6. The present border between France and Italy would be perma- nently guaranteed. | . The present border between | France and Germany would be per- | manently guaranteed. Others Guaranteed 25 Years. 8. All other existing European frontiers would be guaranteed for 25 years. . The five powers would limit their regular armies to not more than 300,000 men for 25 years. The Inquirer said it had learned the proposed agreement had been in negotiation for several months, “thus accounting for the recent lull in customarily turbulent Europe.” | The text of the tentative pact, the dispatch added, was sent to | the United States by an American ambassador, whose “identity has been kept secret,” for the information of President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hull. “It was emphasized that the United States was in no way to be considered as a party to the agree- ment or that it was even to know officially what is going on,” the Inquirer said. Pact Reports Termed Without Foundation PARIS, July 22 (®).—An official French spokesman declared today that reports published in the United States that a 25-year peace agree- ment had been reached tentatively by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland were “without founda- tion.” Coffee Importer Held In Wife Slaying By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 22.—A 60-year- old coffee importer was seized in his Bronx apartment today after a shooting and stabbing foray which left his wife dead, his children badly freightened from stray shots and himself with a scissor wound in the chest. Assistant District Attorney George Carney said the man, Arthur Spir- opulos, shot and killed his wife, Angelica, 47, emptied his .38-caliber pistol with three wild shots at his daughter, Jennie, 16, and then stabbed himself. The accord, the Inquirer reported, | Brifain and Japan Reach Agreement on Tokio Conference Decision on Form and Issues Is Hailed as Nipponese Victory BACKGROUND— British and French conces- sions at Tientsin have been blockaded by Japanese since June 14. Japan insists that Britain reorient her policy in the Far East, bringing it in line with Japan’s asperations to create a “new order” in East Asia. Both governments agreed to negotiate a settlement of the blockade, but efforts to determine scope of dis- cussions has led to sharp con- troversy. | By the Associated Press. tween British and Japanese repre- sentatives on the form and issues of negotiations over conflicting China policies was announced to- day and Japanese officials hailed it’| as a “great victory.” The cabinet approved the agree- ment after receiving a report from Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita in which he was quoted authoritatively as declaring “Britain has accepted all Japanese proposals” on subject matter and arrangements for the projected discussions. Cabinet approval cleared the way for a general conference unless Lon- don disapproves the agreement, be- tween Arita and British Ambassa- dor Sir Robert Leslie Craigie. The general session probably would start | next week. Enthusiasm Dampened. Neutral sources conceded that Ja- pan had scored in the agreement, but Japanese exultation was dam- London has failed to reply in the { more than 24 hours elapsed since Sir Robert and Arita came to terms. ‘With Britain's approval the con- versations between the Ambassador and foreign minister would be joined by military and diplomatic aides. Arita was said to have informed the cabinet “the most crucial points were related to British recognition of the necessity of measures taken by the Japanese Army, abandonment by Britain of all moves calculated to give assistance to Japan’s enemy (China) and our proposal that gen- eral questions relating to Tientsin should be negotiated first.” Observers have stated that Brit- ish “recognition of the necessity of measures taken by the Japanese Army” in China would be tanta- mount to recognizing Japan’s bel- ligerent rights, thus permitting the army to exercise much more strin- gent control over foreign conces- sions. Britain Wanted Talks Limited. Britain had wanted to limit the negotiations to the situation at Tientsin, where Japanese have (See TOKIO, Page A-7) Another Forest Fir—e Breaks Out in Rockies By the Associated Press. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., July 22.—A forest blaze between this Western Colorado resort town and the famed White River fishing and hunting grounds to the north is the latest to pockmark the timber- lands of the Rockies. All other recent fires were re- ported under control. The new fire broke out in the ‘White River National Forest, which contains some of the heaviest stands of timber in the State. TOKIO, July 22.—Agreement be- | pened somewhat by the fact that | WITH SUNDAY MO 50,000 fo Join W.P. A. Strike, A.F. L. Predicts Walkout of Workers On U. S. Projects in New York Seen BACKGROUND— A. F. L. workers on W. P. A. projects are striking against a law creating 130-hour work month for all W. P. A. employes. Violence broke out in Minneapolis, two persons being killed in riots. Vain efforts have been made to restore prevailing wages. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 22.—A walkout of 50,000 union skilled laborers on all Federal building projects in New York City was seen as a possibility today by American Federation of Labor leaders. They are at present supporting a strike of A. F. L. workers on W. P. A. projects here in protest against the congressional elimination of pre- vailing wage rates for skilled work- ers by creating a uniform 130-hour work month for all W. P. A. em- ployes. The stoppage, if called, would af- RNING EDITION fect 50,000 men on work done under private contract at the full union | rate. It would tie up low-rent hous- l ing developments and Public Works | Administration projects. | While the union officials were de- ciding to renew their fight for | restoration of the prevailing wage | on W. P. A, mayors of four large | cities met with Mayor La Guardia | yesterday to draft a plea to Congress | for modification of the new Federal Relief Act. The mayors agreed the act, par- ticularly the provision providing for dismissal of all those on the W. P. A. 18 months or more, would work a hardship on municipalities in pro- viding relief. Mayors attending were Harold H. Burton of Cleveland, Richard W. Reading of Detroit, Howard Jackson | of Baltimore and Maurice Tobin of | | Boston. After the conference Thomas Cor- | coran, an adviser of President Roosevelt, conferred privately wnhK Mayor La Guardia. Pennsylvania A. F. L. Seeks to End Strikes | PHILADELPHIA, July 22 (®).— | With the A. F. L. protest movement against wage provisions of the new Federal Relief Act virtually at a standstill in Pennsylvania, the head of the State A. F. L. organization strove today to call off any remain- ing strikes and prevent further au- tomatic dismissals for absence. All but 50 to 100 of the 1,300 work- ers who walked out when the protest movement began Monday have re- | turned to their jobs or been dis- missed for five days’ absence, State W. P. A. headquarters announcedi last night. The W. P. A. said about 350 had been dismissed. To forestall further dismissals, | President James L. McDevitt of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor | acted to rescind the strike call which | his Philadelphia Building Trades | Council originated. He said at- tempts were being made to have all strikers back to work Monday. Mr. McDevitt sought to arrange a conference of State council offi- cers in Harrisburg to consider a petition from the Philadelphia group to end the walkouts. George Wal- ters, State Council president, says Pittsburgh protest strikers “standing pat.” Stassen Blames Riots On Thoughtless Leaders MINNEAPOLIS, July 22 (P)— Gov. Stassen of Minnesota, in a radio address last night, blamed “thoughtless leaders” for rioting in the Minneapolis W. P. A. strike the past two weeks which resulted in two deaths and injuries to a score of persons. “We find” said Gov. Stassen, “that a small handful of men led other men and women to force the closing of all Federal work projects in Minneapolis, throwing thousands of needy men and women out of the source of their livelihood. “We find these thoughtless lead- ers did this in an effort to force the Federal Congress and the Presi- dent of the United States to change a law that they had passed and he had signed.” The Governor reviewed his efforts in bringing about a settlement of the Minneapolis dispute, which ended with W. P. A, workers return- ing to their jobs. are | Kelly Says Roosevelt Is Strongest Candidate By the Astociated Press. SEATTLE, July 22.—Mayor Ed- ward J. Kelly of Chicago, arriving by boat after several days in Can- ada, commented: “Unquestionably President Roose- velt is the strongest man who could be nominated by either party.” “I suppose I was one of the very first to go on record for a third term for the President,” he added. “I don't believe he wants to run, but conditions may force him to.” By the Associated Press. SHANGHALI, July 22.—Coolies were subsituted for telephones and post- age stamps were used for currency today as Shanghai’s money crisis spread to affect nearly every one in the city. Although the Chinese dollar strengthened after yesterday’s sharp declines, the crisis continued with these results: Scores of stores refused to sell merchandise for local dollars, re- gardless of the price offered, because dealers feared further slumps. Some stores quoted prices in foreign currencies. Stamps Are Used for Currency As Money Cirisis Hits Shanghai ness in Chinese dollars and were thronged with customers, but every once in a while the proprietors would raise the prices with this an- nouncement to the crowds: “Higher prices are effective this instant lest we go bankrupt.” The city’s American automatic telephone system was unable to handle an avalanche of calls con- cerned with the money crisis, and consequently a horde of coolies ran to and fro carrying notes from ex- cited would-be customers. Postage stamps circulated as money, as virtually all coppers dis- appeared, working a hardship on Still others continued to do busi- 3 (See SHANGHALI, Page A-7.) | their financial affairs. | CANNOT TELL A LIE, MR PRESIDENT. 1 DID IT WiTY HATCH ¢ Foening Sfar SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1939—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. T MY LITTLE ET ] = o %\,fl '\ iy Detectives Reported ‘Spurning Questions Of F. B. . Probers Feel Federal Agents Are Merely ‘Fishing’ for Chance Information | | A number of Washington detec- | tives were reported today to be re- | fusing to answer “personal” ques- tions put to them by Fedéral Bu- | reau of Investgation agents who are probing into Police Court pro- | cedure and police participation in | the prosecution of felony cases. | In the absence of Police Chief Ernest W. Brown today, high offi- cials of the department refused to comment on the investigation. It | was learned, however, that the probe is encountering increasing opposi- tion from members of the force who feel the agents have nothing def- inite to go on and are merely “fish- ing” for chance information. | Two Detectives Appear. At least two detectives, Capt. Floyd tt and Acting Lt. Rob- ert Barrett. appeared for re-exam: ination with their attorneys. In both cases, it was said, the agents announced they would not question the officers in the presence of law- yers. Acting Lt. Barrett was repre- sented by Attorney Charles Ford. The investigation began several weeks ago when agents began to delve into Polic Court records, with special attention to nolle prosse cases and prosecution records. The inquiry then branched to of- ficers who had helped prepare the cases and to their records. Many Questioned. More than 50 detectives, lieuten- ants and captains, and at least one inspector, have been questioned in the last few weeks. The questions directed at police, it was said, related in many wavs to One lieuten- ant was asked about his bank =c- count and about a mortgage on his home. was quizzed concerning ownership of a summer home on the bay and if his wife was employed. The questions, it was said, were | even extended to the ownership of personal jewelry worn by the officers. Several officers who would not be quoted directly admitted they had | declined to answer questions which | seemed to them of a too personal nature, No Desire for Controversy. No statement was forthcoming to- day from the Department of Justice on these new developments, but it seemed certain that the inquiry | would be pursued along the present lines despite the attitude of the Police Department. Attorney General Murphy was away over the week end, but pub- lished reports of the irritation of police officials over the long drawn out inquiry had been brought to his attention. He was understood to feel that his position in the matter had been made clear and that no further comment was called for. It was emphasized that there is no inten- tion of engaging in controversy with the Police Department. The Attorney General has in- sisted all along that members of the police force were being ques- tioned solely in an effort to throw light on Police Court conditions that are under scrutiny. The exact nature of the court probe never has been disclosed by the department, the Attorney Gen- eral having declined to go beyond the statement to newspapermen that a “certain situation” was being looked into. It has been no secret that the Department had interested itself in charges against Police Judge Hobart Newman. Meanwhile, the District Commis- sioners were withholding their in- dorsement of a list of 14 depart- mental promotions until they can be sure the investigation does not implicate any of the men named on the list. Commissioner George E. Allen emphasized, however, that none of the 14 men is implicated, so far as is known. The “investigation has+occasioned considerable resentment and ill-feel- ing between questioners and ques- tioned, it was said. One of the agents interviewing local officers is himself a former member of the force, detectives said. At first, the officers were sum- moned to the Justice Department directly from their homes, but more recently the policemen were sent to the F., B. L. by their superior officers who had received lists of the men Another high police official | Rural Phone Users to Hear News Events | BY a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | \ LEONARDTOWN, Md., July 22.—} | Listeners in on rural telephone ex- | changes at Leonardtown, Grell’ Mills, Nanejemoy and Mechanics- | ville, Md., these days may think they | have tuned in an “information please” program. | Operators on the four exchanges, patrons have been advised in in- | closures with their current bills, will | furnish: “The weather forecast, the time and place of public entertainments | such as athletic events, school and | church festivals, etc.; movies being shown at nearby theaters, operating | schedules of school buses, road con- | ditions in their vicinity—and de- tours.” Officials of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co. of Baltimore explained that this new service 1s more or less in the nature of an experiment for rural areas and, if | successful, may be adopted else- where. Pitiman fo Ask Voe On Move fo End 1911 Pact With Japan Committee Approval of Vandenberg Plan to Be Asked Wednesday | | | | e — THAT LITTLE GUY Over ERE LOOKS LIKE HE HAD SOMETHING To DO WITH IT. with the last-minute news. (®) Means Associated Press. o e THREE CENTS. Jones Expects Losses Aplenty OnR.F.C. Loans Senate Unit Makes $310,000,000 Net Cut 1 /Al ) WY1 jale Iz e Farley Will Confer 'With Roosevelt on 1940 Qutlook Declines Third-Term Comment; Sails for Europe Next Week By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK. N. Y, July 22— President and Mrs. Roosevelt ex- tended invitations today to Mr. and | Mrs. Archibald MacLeish and Alex- ander Woollcott, the writer, to be week-end guests at their country home. The President recently appointed Mr. MacLeish librarian of Congress in Washington. The Roosevelts arranged for their guests to go with them to a clam bake tonight at the estate of Secre- tary Morgenthau at nearby Fishkill. The clam bake has become an annual affair, at which guests sit at long tables on the lJawn and are served baskets of steaming clams, chicken, sweet potatoes and corn on the cob. Afterward ly is & square dance with dent calling it. Meanwhile, in New York, Post- master General James A. Farley packed his bag for a week end visit with President Roosevelt, the man for whose election and re-election he worked tirelessly in 1932 and 1936. There was no hint, in the an- nouncement made here, that Mr. Farley was coming to the summer White House as to what he and the President would talk about. | By the Associated Press. Senator Pittman, Democrat, of | Nevada, announced today that he! | would support a resolution by Sena- | | tor Vandenberg, Republican, of However. it was considered likely | that Mr. Roosevelt and the Demo- cratic national chairman would make a fairly thorough canvass of the 1940 outlook. Mr. Fariey, who has made it his In Lending Bill, BACKGROUND— In new “pump-priming” ven- ture President Roosevelt has pro- posed self-liquidating loans of some $2,800,000,000 for capital goods ventures. Congress gener- ally has been cool to proposal. By the Associated Press. Jesse H. Jones, the Federal loan administrator, has advised the Sen- ate Banking Committee that the Re- construction Finance Corp. is “going to have plenty of losses” on the loans | it already has made to business. An unrevised record of Mr. Jones’ testimony on President Roosevelt's new lending bill was circulated among committee members today. The printed text showed the former R.F.C. chairman was asked by Sen- ator Townsend, Republican, of Dela- ware whether the lending agency had made all business loans which “were in any way eligible.” “We think we have,” Mr. Jones answered. “We are not infallible. We make plenty of mistakes and plenty of bad loans. We will have a very substantial, percentage of losses on our business loans.” “The liberality of the policy is go- ing to show up in the losses you take?” interjected Senator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado. “Yes,” Mr. Jones responded. “We are going to have plenty of losses.” Jones “Ashamed” to Tell. Senator Adams then asked Wwhether the losses would “run as high as 10 to 20 per cent,” and Mr. Jones replied: “I am ashamed to tell you what I think it will be. It will be plenty.” Mr. Jones testified that the R. P. C. was currently foreclosing on $12,- 000,000 of industrial loans and that it would take a “very heavy loss” on the transaction. “If anybody makes loans on a more liberal basis than we are making them now,” he added, “they will be | grants—they will not be loans.” | The R. F. C. declined today to estimate how much it might lose on business loans. The latest finan- cial statement showed it had made | 5508 such loans, totaling $260986.- 262, since February, 1938. Banks later took up $7923427 of these. In addition, banks had participated in business loans to the extent of $63,725,720. An R. F. C. official said no figures showing the average loss on business loans were available. (While Mr. Jones’ committee tes- timony disclosed the R. F. C. would lose on business loans, a letter he sent to President Roosevelt earlier this week brought out that on its total transactions, including all types of loans, the corporation actually was making money. (Resigning as R. F. C. chairman to become Federal loan adminis- trator. Mr. Jones wrote that the agency had “sound assets sufficient to pay all of its debts and return | to the Treasury the entire capital | stock invested in it, with something | in addition.”) The committee before which Mr. | Jones testified made a net reduction of $310.000000 in Mr. Roosevelt's | | | Michigan, to put the Senate on rec- | business to keep in close touch wiih | $2.800,000,000 lending program yes- ord in favor of abrogating the 1911 | treaty of commerce and navigation | | with Japan. Senator Pittman said he would | | move, at the meeting next Wednes- | day of the Foreign Relations Com- | mittee, of which he is chairman, to| separate the two sections of the Vandenberg resolution and to ap- prove the portion dealing with the 1911 treaty. Senator Vandenberg proposed not only that the Senate advocate execu- tive action to nullify the Japanese treaty, but that it urge the Roose- velt administration to call a con- ference of nations which signed the nine-power pact of 1922, pledging respect for the territorial integrity of China. The purpose of this con- ference would be to determine whether Japan had violated the nine-power treaty, and to recom- mend “appropriate action.” Secretary of State Hull said in the second of two letters to Pittman yes- terday that the executive depart- ment, as always, would be pleased to give “full and careful consideration, consonant with the great weight to (See EMBARGO, Page A-3.) | | public sentiment throughout the country, sails for Europe next week and it will be his last apportunity weeks. Prior to his departure tomorrow for Hyde Park, where he will remain overnight, Mr. Farley declined to discuss his own feeling toward a third term for Mr. Roosevelt. In a statement he said: “Whenever I have any comment to make on any political position of mine, now or in the future, I will make it myself, and I am not re- sponsible for any statements or com- ments attributed to me.” Ickes Rejects Bids Secretary Ickes today rejected all bids submitted for the construction of the continental divide tunnel on the Colorado-Big Thompson Federal Reclamation Project in Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation recom- mended the bids be rejected and new ones called for, on the grounds that the two bids which qualified were too high and that there was insufficient competition. Summary of Page. Amusements, B-14 Page. Editorials __.A. Lost, Found- B-7 Church Obituary News __A-12-13 | Radio .. Comics -.B-12-13 | Real Estate B-1-7 Finance. A-16-17 | Society __ A. Garden Pg. A-11' Sports __A-. Foreign. 5-power accord to solve Europe's problems reported. Page A-1 Britain denies new move to appease Germany. Page A-1 Britain and Japan reach accord on Tokio parley. Page A-1 Stamps used for currency in Shanghal money crisis Page A-1 Trade negotiations are resumed by Russia and Reich. Page A-4 Nazis claim victory in latest round of “battle of nerves.” Page A-4 Poland reveals new interts in U. S. foreign policy. Page A-4 Nazi propagandists hard at work in Duchy of Luxemburg. Page A-10 National. Walkout of 50,000 on Federal projects in New York seen. Page A-1 Support grows for abrogation of 1911 treaty with Japan. Page A-1 Jesse Jones testifies to “plenty of losses” by R. F. C. Page A-1 Hatch bill expected to receive presi- dential approval. Page A-3 Gambling czar of Pendergast regime indicted. Page A-3 required. Father of clergyman kidnaped by Arabs broken by strain. Page A-4 L) Today's Star Washington and Vicinity. | House debates, but delays vote on transport bill, Page A-2 Injured marine believed to be hit- Tun vie E Page A-18 Trainingifacilities at Bolling Field to be enlarged. Page A-18 Woman will try to prevent Rockville Post Office dedication. Page A-18 Editorial and Comment. This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. G. Gould Lincoln. Constantine Brown. Sports. Giants lose seventh in row as new talent and mascot fail. Page A-14 Boston's unlucky Bees being held down by casualties. Page A-14 All-Australia final is Crawford's goal at Longwood. Page A-15 Finland has fine field for gliding, newest Olympic sport. Page A-15 Nelson still choice in Western golf paced by Metz. Page A-15 Four-State golf war waged in semis of Trans-Miss. Page A-15 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page A- A-| A- A- A- A-9 A-9 Miscellany. Nature'’s Children. Service Orders, Bedtime Story. Crossword Puzale. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Uncle Ray’s Corner. Page B-7 Page B-7 Page B-12 Page B-12 Page B-12 Page B-13 PageB-13 terday, and then turned down an amendment by Senator Maloney, Democrat. of Connecticut to add |to talk to his chief for several $300.000.000 for public works grants | to States and $50,000,000 for Federal | public works projects. | The net reduction in the measure resulted from a $250,000,000 slash in | the $750,000,000 toll roads program, | $150,000,000 cut in the $500,000,000 railroad equiprgent proposal, and the addition of $90,000,000 for reclama- tion projects in the West. The committee rejected a proposal by Senator Maloney to prevent use of any of the loan fund for Govern- ment-financed competition with private utility plants, but it adopted an amendment by Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, who intro- duced the bill, to prevent loans for any project which would be “in sub- stantial competition” with private enterprise. Senator Barkley, the majority leader, said the committee probably would complete action on the bill today and that, if it did, Senats consideration would begin Monday. He added, however, that it was doubtful whether Congress could adjourn by the énd of next week. Mr. Jones' testimony before the Banking Committee indicated he thought a proposal to broaden R. F. C. authority to insure loans to business was not essential, although he has sald it might have a good effect in calling attention of business to what the corporation already is able to do in this direction. The broadened authority, urged by Sen- ator Mead, Democrat, of New York (See LENDING, Page A-3.) Officer Burned in flying To Put Out Fire in Room Detective Fuller L. Arrington, ate tached to the fifth precinct, received first and second degree burns on the face and arms this morning while attempting to extinguish a fire which almost completely burned out his room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beitzell at 1358 East Capitol street. Mr. Arrington was taken to Cas- ualty Hospital, where his condition was described as “satistactory.” Mr. and Mrs. Beitzell and their daughter Jean, 12, who were awakened by Mr. Arrington’s shouts about 4 am., escaped injury. Furniture in the room was al- most destroyed by the fire, and the walls scarred and blackened by the flames. Adjoining rooms and the hall were damaged by heat and smoke. Number 10 Engine Com- pany answered the alarm, and re- corded the fire as probably having been started by a dropped cigarette. Damage was estimated in excess of R