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WEATHER.
(tJ. S Woather Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer to
day. with scattered thundershowers
this afternoon; local thundershowers to
morrow. Temperatures—Highest, 77, at
5 p.m. jrafcterday; lowest, 60, at 8 a.m.
yesterday. Full report on page 7.
Xo. 1,262-Xo. 31,071.
KANSAS CITY YOUTH
WINS IN NATIONAL
ORATORICAL FINALS
Ben Swofford’s “The Ameri
can Constitution and Its
Framers” Adjudged Best.
LEE MILLER OF ILLINOIS
TAKES SECOND PLACE
I
Lucille Fletcher of Brooklyn Is '
Named Third in Hotly Disputed j
Forensic Clash.
Ben Swofford. 13-year-old high school '
student of Kansas City. Mo., today is |
the high school oratorical champion of I
the United States, following his hotly j
disputed victory in the Sixth National !
Oratorical Contest finals in the Wash- i
lngton Auditorium last night. Swofford i
won with an oration on “The American !
Constitution and Its Framers,."
Lee Miller. 16 years old, at Maywood.!
111., won close second honors in the j
contest with his speech on “America's |
Contribution to Constitutional Govern- j
ment.” and was proclaimed official al- j
ternate to the champion.
Miss Lucille Fletcher of Brooklyn,!
N. Y.. won third place w ith her ora- !
tion on “The Constitutic/n a Guaranty
of the Personal Liberty of the Indi
vidual."
Supreme Court Members Judge.
The judges by whose verdict these ;
two boys and the girl are the placers ■
in the national contest were five mem- I
bers of the United States Supreme J
Court—Justice Willis Van Devanter, i
Justice James Clark Mcßeynolds, Jus
tice Pierce Butler. Justice Edward Terry
Sanford and Justice Earlan F. Stone.
The findings of the judges were so
closely scaled that for the first time in
the history of the national finals of the
oratorical contests they were obliged to
consult to determine the winner.
Seated apart in various sections of the
auditorium, the justices first wrote in
dividual ballots, which, when compiled,
gave a low-point total victory to young
Swofford. Similarly, Miller was then
in second place, while Miss Fletcher
was third.
The initial ballot revealed also that,
besides the three placers, James Leonard
Bufcsch, St. John’s College student who
represented Washington. Maryland and
Virginia in the meet, was given a first
place rating by one of the jurists. None
of the however, received a |
first-place rating fnffl > majority of
the judges and a conaullation was or
dered. The five Supreme Court mem
bers left the audience and wd* closet
ed for 12 minutes in an anteroom. Their
final findings coincided with the low
point total ratings.
Father Is Seriously 111.
Young Swofford, the winner, who
now bears the responsibility of repre
senting high school United States in the
international finals next Fall when the
survivors of the competition between
23 nations will contend for the world
championship, will be graduated from
high school next month. The son of
Ralph P. Swofford. Kansas City real
estate man. the oratorical champion in
tends to enter the University of Mis
souri next Fall to study in preparation
for the newspaper profession. In vic
tory last night, Swofford fought alone,
for his father is seriously ill in Arizona
and his mother is at his bedside.
Following the announcement of his
victory by Randolph Leigh, contest di- |
rector general, Swofford was presented
with the silver loving cup, trophy of
the national championship, by Senator
Fess of Ohio, who delivered the formal
address at the opening of the meeting.
Other Contestants.
The other contestants, each of whom
put forth a brand of oratory that raised
the standard of speaking in last night’s
contest to perhaps the highest level it
yet has attained in the contest, were:
Miss Katherine Marshall of Quanah,
Tex., who spoke on “The Significance
of the Constitution"; Howard Finch of
Battle Creek, Mich., wmose subject was
“The Constitution and What It Means ’;
Miss Elizabeth V. Corey of Portland.
Me., who spoke on “Hoover and the
Constitution,’ and Wilbur Thibault of
Portland. Ores?., who bid for victory
with a speech on “The Constitution
Today.”
Leigh Opens Contest.
The meeting, a virtual festival of
oratory couched in an atmosphere re
splendent with youth, color and pa
triotic pomp, was opened by Randolph
Leigh, director general of the contest,
and its founder. Mr. Leigh designated
the function as the sixth annual na
tional oratorical contest in which the
representative of the United States for
the international finals next October
would be determined, and then pre
sented Senator Simeon D. Fess of
Ohio.
In his speech, which contained a con
cise history of the Constitution and a
brief summary of that, document’s sig
nificance to good government. Senator
Fess advocated “a sympathetic attitude" I
toward the organic law of the. Nation, j
Commenting upon the contest and its |
objects, “the increase of interest in and
respect for the Constitution.” which he
characterized as "commendable in the
highest terms,” he declared that "popu
lar government not only must rest upon
the general intelligence of its citizens,
but it will depend largely upon a sym
pathetic attitudP toward our organic
law.” Continuing he said:
Limits of Results Unfixed.
“It would be difficult to fix the limits
of good results to be assured by a con
test like this, where tens of thousands
of our brightest young men and women,
representing the entire Nation, engage
in a rivalry of intelligent presentation
of the merits of this great instrument.
Let me commend the movement and
congratulate the participants, not only
in their success in winning this recog
nition, but in that satisfaction which
comes' from the sense of rendering a
real public service.”
The Senator's address was followed by
a program of interpretative music by the
United States Marine Band Orchestra
under the direction of Capt. Taylor
Branson, portraying the history of
America from its discovery by Columbus
to' the flights of American aviators over
Polar regions. As the orchestra played,
nereopticon reproductions of widely
known paintings of historical subjects,
pictured the musically interpreted
events.
Mis* Fletcher First to Speak.
Miss Fletcher, the New York entry,
was the first speaker to make her bid
for the championship. Although no
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DIPLOMATIC CORPS
TO RETAIN LIQUOR,
Members See Principle In
volved Affecting Interna
tional Basis.
The diplomatic corps in Washington
is unlikely to gvie up its liquor on its
own initiative.
Theoretically the individual members
may' not care a rap about the liquor
itself, but there is a far-reaching prin
ciple involved which, in the opinion of
the envoys, is fundamental in the struc
ture of diplomatic society throughout
the world.
Without clear recognition of this
principle, they feel, the foundations
of diplomacy would be very shaky and
no individual or group of individuals
has the right to establish a precedent
which would tend to undermine the
basis of international representation.
At the same time they feel that there
should be a clear understanding of this
principle on the part of the American
people, some elements of which have
shown desire to heckle the representa
tives of foreign governments stationed
in Washington as showing disrespect
for the laws of the nation to which
they are accredited.
The situation was brought to a head
yesterday bv the report that Sir Esme
Howard. British Ambassador and dean
of the diplomatic corps, had expressed
in a letter to James T. Carter, Lynch-
I burg. Va., business man. his own will
| ingness to forego diplomatic immunity
in respect to the importation and with
drawal of intoxicants.
While the correspondence between
Ambassador Howard and Mr. Carter
was of a personal nature which could
not be made public without the con- ;
sent of both parties, fellow diplomats <
felt that the sentiments of the dean of !
the corps, a diplomat of long experience, j
(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
TODAY’S STAR
PART ONE—26 PAGES.
General News —Local., National ana
Foreign. _
Schools and Colleges—Tage 24.
PART TWO—B PAGES.
Editorial Section— Editorials and Edi
torial Features.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4.
Review of New Books —Page 4.
PART THREE—I 2 PAGES.
| Society. „
Clubwomen of the Nation —Page 8.
D. A R. Activities —Pages 8, 9 and 12.
PART FOUR —24 PAGES.
In the Motor World—Pages 5. 6. 7
and 8.
Aviation Activities—Pages 10 and 11.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve —
Page 12.
Y. W C. A. News Notes —Page 13.
News of the Clubs—Pages 14 and 15.
Spanish War Veterans —Page 15.
Serial Story. "Money lor Nothing"—
Page 16.
Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 17.
Veterans of Great War —Page 18.
Veterans of Foreign Wars —Page 18.
Organized Reserves —Page 19.
Army and Navy News —Page 19.
At Community Centers —Page 19.
W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 19.
Fraternal New’s —Page 20.
Radio News—Pages 21, 22 and 23.
District National Guard —Page 24
PART FIVE—IO PAGES.
Sports and Financial.
PART SIX—IO PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
PART SEVEN—24 PAGES.
: Magazine Section,
j Cross-word Puzzle —Page 20.
GRAVURE SECTION—B PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—B PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar
1 Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.: Orphan Annie;
’ Betty: Somebody's Stenog, High
Lights of History
©he Jliimky Jikf.
V ' >— / WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
!DEBT CONFERENCE
| LIKELY TD FAIL
Dr. Schacht Reevals Himself
Uncompromising on Three
Conditions.
i
BY LELAND STOWE.
; By Radio to The Star.
PARIS. May 25.—1 n a series of all
day discussions with the allied experts ;
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. chief of the Ger
man experts at the reparations con
ference. revealed himself flatly uncom
promising on at least three of the most
important German conditions and in
terpretations attached to the credit
delegates’ final annuity offer. As a
result the chances of reaching an ac
cord on a total figure for reparation*
appear tonight to be even more remote
that they have been in the last three
days, and the American experts, who
usually have been found clinging to a
hopeful attitude after the others have
expressed despair, are now frankly i
pessimistic.
This gloom is shared by all the ex
perts on both sides. In short, it is cer
tain tonight that three days of effort to
break the conference deadlock shows
pitifully little result and the Germans
j on their side have made no important
| compromises to lessen the tension.
Thus far Dr. Schacht is standing abso
lutely pat on his conditions and the
most likely prospect is that when the
creditor nations' experts meet tomorrow
at 11:30 am. they will do the same 1
thing.
Agreement Doubtful.
If that happens it is quite possible
j that all may be forced to admit in or
1 outside the plenary session on Monday
; that the deadlock is unbreakable and
; the coreference will have to wind up
j without an agreement. Possibly this
may be avoided, but everything tonight
accentuates the fact that the Germans
are obdurate and that ihe chances of
an accord are exceedingly slender.
During the last two days Dr. Schacht
has brought up 12 points over which
differences of opinion exist. A major
ity of the 12 points are of minor im
portance, but at least three of them
loom as large obstacles.
In today's discussion Dr. Schacht
held out stubbornly for the three points, i
namely—the wide difference as to the i
date when the Young plan should go 1
into effect (Dr. Schacht demands that I
it should commence on September 1 |
next, when the fifth Dawes annuity |
ends, as opposed to the creditor stioula- i
tion that the full Dawes plan annuity !
should continue until January 1, 1930); i
the refusal of the German delegates to
permit the Belgian mark claims to be
i included in the settlement, and their
insistence that the sums due from Po
land. Czechoslovakia and the other se- j
| (Continued on Page 2. _ Column 3j
TWO KILLED IN PLANE
CRASH AT KANSAS CITY j
Passenger Believed to Be Secretary j
to New York Stock Exchange
President.
By the Associated Press
j KANSAS CITY. May 25 — F. J. Mai-
I buscher, Indianapolis pilot, was killed.
I and a passenger believed to have been
j George Gavol. New' York, secretary to
j the president of the New York Stock
i Exchange, v/as injured fatally when
i their airplane crashed here this after
noon at the Fairfax airport.
Although he never regained con
sciousness, Gavol lived for more than
an hour after the accident. His skull
was fractured and he received internal
i injuries.
The two came here today from
! Wichita. Kans., where they obtained a
1 plane which was to have been delivered
jto the Curtiss Flying School of In
dianapolis, of which the pilot was an
I employe. The plane fell just after the
take-off, from an altitude of about 100
feet.
The name. "George Gavol,” with the
name of a New York tailor, was found
in the coat which the passenger wore.
WASHINGTON, D. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 26. 1929-130 PAGES. *
| ENDURANCE RECORD
FALLS AS 2 TEXANS
SET 2MUR GOAL
Fort Worth Bests Question
Mark’s Time—Passes
157-Hour Mark.
TWO MOrtE PLANES TAKE
AIR IN QUESTOF HONORS
One Seeks *olo Laurels and Second
Will Attempt to Beat
Texans' Flight.
i By the Associated Press.
I FORT WORTH. Tex.. May 26.—Seven
! hours ahead of the old record for sus
• tained flight set by the Army Question
Mark the monoplane Fort Worth flew
| across Meacham Field here shortly
after midnight with her motor func
-1 tioning perfectly.
i Late Saturday night the Dilots, R. L.
Robbins and James Kelly, were forced
! to fly east to Dallas. 30 miles away.
dodging rain and electrical storms.
: When the plane reached the 157-hour
; mark at 12:13:39 this morning, light
! ning was flashing on the horizon, an
| intermittent rain was falling and there
was a strong surface gale, but observers
I thought that the pilots would have lit
| tie difficulty riding out the storm.
Had Feared for Safety.
j Shortly after the plane reached the '
154-hour mark, it returned to Meacham
I Field here, flashed its light twice to
| watchers and headed south looking for
better flying conditions.
Apprehension had been felt here
i for the crew of the Fort Worth when
the plane was not seen over the mu
! nicipal airport for 45 minutes during
I the storm.
Should they be forced down away
from the field they would lose the rec
ord tfcey established earlier in the day
because the rules specify that no rec
ord is made unless the plane lands on
the same field and its landing timed by
the same timepiece used at the take-off.
The Fort Worth set its new record
for sustained flight at 7:13:15 o’clock
tonight.
A mighty cheer rent the air from
the throats of thousands gathered at
the airport, and whistles in the city
and along the railroad tracks and out
lying industrial plants added to .he
demonstration. The plane flew high over
the flying field as the old record fell.
Refuel Sixteenth Time.
At that hour, the single-motored
i Ryan monoplane had surpassed by one
hour the previous record of 150 hours.
40 minutes and 15 seconds, established
last January 7 by the Army monoplane
Question Mark on the Pacific Coast.
Pilot Reginald L. Robbins and his as
' sistant, James Kelly, tired but un
daunted, refueled for the sixteenth
time from the supply plane, shortly
after the record was equaled, and
soared on as night closed over the air
lanes, in an attempt to remain aloft
another 50 hours at least. The partly
rebuilt Wright Whirlwind motor showed
no signs of failing.
Capt. Eaker Is Spectator.
Capt. Ira C. Eaker. chief pilot of the
Question Mark on its long flight, was
one of the spectators earlier in the
afternoon. He sent a message to the
men wishing them luck and predicting
that they would stay in the air 10 days.
I “When I passed through here Mon
day I wished you luck.” the message
said, "and no one wishes more than 1
jto see you break the record. Ride that
! old J-5 until there isn’t a revolution
left in her.”
Lady Mary Heath also sent the flyers
a letter of congratulation during the
day. Capt. Eaker did not stay to see
the record broken, as he was flying to
San Angelo to see his father and had
to take off well before dusk.
May Fly Until Wednesday.
Port officials said that Chief Pilot
Robbins planned to continue flying as j
long as possible. In a note which Rob- I
bins dropped today he said he would |
fly 200 hours.
Robbins and Kelly let it be known
1 that they would not be satisfied by j
! exceeding the time of the Question I
j Mark. i
! Robbins and his co-pilot were hopeful j
that they could continue the flight until j
next Wednesday.
The single Wright Whirlwind motor j
of the Fort Worth was roaring as
sweetly as when the plane took off at
the Meacham Airport here last Sunday
morning at 11:33.
Wouldn’t Change Motor.
Robbins reported he could tell by the !
action of the motor that it was capable
of doing 200 hours and possibly 300.
Apparently Robbins knows his motor.
He refused to permit it to be rebuilt
for the endurance test, despite l the fact
(Continued on Page 5, Column 4.)
SENTENCING OF 6-YEAR-OLD
TO 15 YEARS STAYED BY WRIT
Authority and Jurisdiction of Kentucky
County Judge Disputed in Circuit
Ruling—Darrow Scored.
; Br the Associated Press
PAINTSVILLE. Ky., May 25.—The
| 15-year reformatory sentence hanging
i over the head of little Carl Newton
j Mahan. 6'c-year-old lad, who shot and
I killed his playmate, Cevil Van Hoose,
| 8, was a step farther away tonight
j while societies, lawyers and private
citizens the country over wrote and
wired their opinions in the case to
various officials.
The defense scored its first victory of
what promised to be a long legal skir
mish this afternoon when Circuit Judge
J. F. Bailey issued a writ restraining
County Judge John W. Butcher from
sending the Mahan youngster to the
reformatory at Greendale, Ky., where
he was sentenced to serve until 21
years of age by Judge Butcher after a
jury demanded by the defense had j
found the lad guilty.
Jurisdiction Is Questioned.
The writ, which stays execution of j
the child's sentence, holds that Judge 1
Butcher exceeded his authority in sen
tencing the boy. further holding that
Judge Butcher has no jurisdiction to ;
recomputed
TOMLINSON SETS”
| NAVY SPEED MARK
Drives Mystery Plane at 175
Miles an Hour to Win
Trophy Race.
Roaring over a 100-mile course on
the Potomac River in his tiny Navy
fighting plane. Lieut. W. G. Tomlinson
won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race yes- ;
terday afternoon and broke the record
for service seaplanes by a wide margin.
His record speed of 175.01 miles per
hour for the annual air classic eclipsed
the mark of the late Maj. C. A. Lutz
of the Marine Corps, 157.46, which won
last, year's race.
The victory is regarded as a victory
for aviation research, as Lieut. Tomlin
son’s plane had a special air-cooled
engine cowling developed by the na
tional advisory committee for aeronau
tics, hailed as the outstanding aviation
development of the last year.
On Friday, Lieut. Tomlinson declared:
“If I win tomorrow it can be attributed
to the cowling."
Flew Plane Without Tests.
Lieut. Tomlinson took the plane
“blind." It had not been out ot the ,
hanger since installation of the cowling, i
and nothing was known of its actions
with the new device. Never did the air
cooled. 450-horsepower motor show a
sign of faltering, despite the fact that I
it did not have the pre-race tune-ups
that the other 23 entries had.
All sorts of predictions had been
made about the ship. “If she runs 50
miles she’ll burn up.” one said. “She’ll
win the race,” another said. So went
speculation on the race. Lieut. Tom
linson made no predictions and after
the race modestly accepted the coveted
Curtiss Marine Trophy from Secretary
of the Navy Adams.
Lieut. Tomlinson also took a goodly
share of the other prizes offered. He
j won the Ingalls Trophy, given by Assist
j ant Secretary of the Navy for Aero-
I nautics Ingalls, for the plane making
j the best speed for which it is rated
|by the Navy Department. Lieut. Tom
| linson's plane was rated at 156 miles
i per hour.
Roaring across the starting point j
| twenty-first in a 24-plane race, he I
i swept into the lead on the third round, i
I passing 21 of the planes on the first j
j lap. The remainder was a walkaway. ]
; His speed was almost the last to be
f computed by the National Aeronautic. I
; Association timekeepers, so loath were
i they to put out as official the remark-1
! able time made by the tiny Navy ship. |
Capt. Moore Finishes Second.
None of the other planes in Tomlin- j
j son’s class even approached the time he j
| established. Capt. A. H. Page of the
! Marine Corps, although disqualified for
cutting the No. 4 pylon in front of the
Anacostia Naval Air Station, made an
official time of 151.30 miles an hour.
The cutting of the corner probably did
not give him more than a 10-second
(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
; give a decision on any one charged
with willful murder.
Following issuance of the writ, the
! prosecution announced it would take
the case to the Court of Appeals. The
| child will remain in custody of his par- j
! ents pending final settlement of the
case.
“Darrow Interview” Scored.
In interview alleged to have been !
given out by Clarence Darrow, Chicago
criminal lawyer, criticizing the Mahan !
verdict, drew the wrath of Judge Bailey, j
who declared that the “statements of j
such men” are responsible for many of ,
Chicago’s murders.
"Every day in the great city of Chi
cago, the greatest crime center of
America, more men are murdered in
the shadow of the temple of justice j
I than have been murdered in this com- j
munity in three-quarters of a cen- :
! tury," declared Judge Bailey, "and the |
statements of such men are respon-,
sible.”
* He added that since it was founded |
!in 1843, Paintsville had only three (
I murders, including the Van Hoose
si Ving. '
rrank Blair, attorney assisting in
, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) '
Van Ryu Beats Ohta:
Hennessey Downs
Abe in U. S. Victory
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Americans Win Decisive
Margin Over Japanese
Davis Cup Stars.
John Van Ryn defeated Yoshiro Ohta
and John Hennessey conquered Tamio j
Abe at Chevy Chase yesterday to give
the United States a decisive margin
i over Japan in the semi-final round of
American Zone Davis Cup play.
Van Ryn's victory was by a score of
; 6—2, 4—6, 6—3. 6 —2, and Hennessey’s
I by 6—2. 6—2. 6—3.
The United States won four matches
and Japan one. Starting May 30, the
Americans will play the Cuban team in
i the final round at Detroit and the win- j
ner of this match will represent the
American Zone against the European
Zone, in which England and Italy ap
pear to be the principal championship
contenders.
The inter-zone victor will meet |
] Prance in the challenge round.
Cuba reached the American zone final
by defeating Mexico. The Yankees
whitewashed Canada before taking on
Japan, which drew a bye.
Van Ryn was beaten' by Ohta in an
early match in the only contest lost
by the United States and the defeat
| was avenged when the Japanese cap
tain was outclassed by Hennessey.
Full details of the matches ending
! yesterday will be found in the sports
section.
CONFEREES BALK
ON FARM RELIEF
*
Literally “Walked Out” of
Conference Because of
Debenture Clause.
~—
House conferees literally ‘walked
out” of the farm relief conference com
mittee meeting yesterday with a notice !
!to Senate members that when they
were ready to eliminate the export de- !
benture plan from the discussions, j
further meetings would be agreed to.
In spite of this ultimatum, neither
1 Senate nor House conferees would con
! cede that a definite impasse had been
reached and saw hope for a concilia
j tion ultimately.
The Senate members, however, did
I not conceal their displasure at the re
fusal of House members to negotiate in
I any way that might result in a direct
vote in the House on the debenture plan.
Senator Smith, Democrat. South Caro
lina, declared the position of House
members was wholly contrary to the
procedure which usually governs the
deliberations of conference committees.
Matter Rests With House.
“It looks to me like it means a vote
in the House on the debenture plan or
no farm relief,” he said.
Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman
of the committee, said he felt sure that
ultimately an agreement would be
reached, but asserted he knew' of no way
out of the situation if the House mem
bers persisted in their, current view. •
The Senate conferees desire to begin
a general discussion of the two farm j
bills passed separately by House and
Senate with a view to composing all
differences other than the debenture
section. To this plan the House mem
bers have declined to accede, contend
ing that a promise must first be given
that the debenture section will be
eliminated.
Senate Gives Viewpoint.
The viewpoint of the Senate mem
bers is that the conferees should pro
ceed toward a report which would rec- :
ommend acceptance or rejection of
minor disputed sections, and announce i
a disagremeent on the debenture sec- j
tion. Such a report would mean that 1
the House would have to vote on the i
question of whether it should instruct
its conferees to insist upon the rejec
tion of the debenture clause.
The House members contend that
the Senate had no right to insert the 1
debenture section and, therefore, that
the House cannot be askc-d to vote on
the question. A report which would! ,
recommend the elimination of the de- 1
benture section, which is the present ] ,
aim of House conferees, would require ! .
no direct vote by the House itself. !
Question Senate's Right.
In support of their position. House ,
members claimed that if a report is !
brought in announcing a disagreement
on the debenture plan and requesting j
further instructions, the constitutional i
question of whether the Senate had the
right to initiate debentures would be j j
tContinued on Page 2, Column Xj . s
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NYEANDBOX ARGUE
NATIONAL ORIGINS
North Dakotan Attacks
Clause as Texan Defends
It in Radio Forum.
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Attacked as "not in keeping with the i
best interests of America” by Senator j
Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, and j
defended by Representative Box. Demo
crat, of Texas, as the “heart of our
quota system,” the national origins pro
vision of the immigration act was the
subject of a joint discussion last night j
by these two congressional leaders in j
the National Radio Forum arranged !
by The Star and carried over the Na- I
tion-wide hook-up of the Columbia i
Broadcasting Co.
Both speakers have been active in
drafting immigration legislation. Sena
tor Nye is author of the resolution for
the repeal of the national origins clause, \
which will become effective July 1. un- I
less the law is changed. Representative J
Box is a prominent member of the
House committee on immigration.
Nye Says It Is Unfair.
The national origins provision of the !
immigration law is unworkable and un- j
fair, according to Senator Nye, and was
never intended to restrict immigration 1
any further than it was already restrict- j
ed by the quotas based on the census
of 1890.
Representative Box declared that all |
patriotic organizations which have i
worked for immigration restriction now
favor the national origins basis,
"Every one of them.” he added, “in
sists upon the retention of the national j
origins prdvisions as the heart of our |
quota system . . . They are earnest in *
keeping America American and are not 1
playing politics with alien and hy- j
phenated blocs."
Senator Nye said that "anv bask of I
i immigration quotas must be reason- |
ably accurate before people generally '
can be expected to accept it as a proper
basis.” .
"If figures were available.” continued !
the North Dakota Senator, "showing I
immigration to our land in the Colo- j
l nial days and the early days of our his
tory as a Nation, it might be possible
| to sit down and work out a basis of 1
immigration quotas on that theory, i
But there are no such figures of an
accurate nature prior to 1820.
Data Destroyed in 1812 War.
“A large part of whatever data was :
available prior to that time was de-1
stroyed in the fires set by the British i
in the War of 1812 when the National 1
Capitol and records were destroyed.”
Following is the text of Senator Nye’s !
speech:
I wish it were possible to discuss the I
merits and demerits of the national I
origin clause in the immigration act
without reference to the people of any I
country. But it. cannot be so discussed,
partly because, as Americans, we claim \
the right to some measure of selection j
and choice in our invitations to the
people of other lands to be at home }
here with us, and partly because some
advocates of the national origins plan
are often resorting to the grossest of i
misrepresentation as to what it. is all 1
about. There has not in many moons
been r question upon which there has j
been so much misinformation digested
as upon this national origins question.
The national origins plan had its in- |
ception back in 1924 and was one pro- j
posing the preservation of our racial I
balance by admitting each year as i
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SIO,OOO IN GEMS STOLEN
FROM NEW YORK STORE
■
Three Diamond Bracelets Missing I
After Bandits Buy Key Ring j
aaid Saunter Out.
Special Dispatch to The 3tar.
NEW YORK. May 25—Three dia- j
mond bracelets, valued at SIO,OOO. were j
missing yesterday from the jewelry shop ;
of Mears & Co., at 170 Broadway, after j
two well dressed men had come in to !
look at key rings.
Miss Eleanor Rohr, saleswoman, took j
one to a rear room to look at key rings, I
while the other remained in the front I
of the store. They bought a key ring !
and sauntered out. Miss Rohr checked j \
up shortly after and informed the po
lice the bracelets were gone.
Two young men yesterday snatched
an envelope containing a $230 pay roll
from Miss Eva Flax at the - -"very and
Prince street and escaped. Mis? Flax '
had drawn the money from the United ;
States Bank at Delancey and Allen j
streets and was returning to the Fox | 1
Products Co. of 50 Bond street, where i:
she is a bookkeeper. 1
ITEN CENTS
ELSEWHERE
'VICTORY IN SIGHT
! IN FIGHT TO OAR
SECRECY IN SENATE
j
I Proposal to Make Public
; Votes on Nominations Sub
stantially Supported.
PUBLISHING OF ROLL CALL
BRINGS MATTER TO HEAD
Senator Jones Proposes to Call
Amendment at Earliest Pos
sible Opportunity.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Victory in the fight to let down the
bars of secrecy in connection with the
consideration of nominations in the
Senate appeared last night to be in
• sight. A canvass of the Senate showed
I that the proposal to make public all
I votes on nominations and all debate of
nominations, except when the Senate
should by majority vote determine to
keep them secret, is supported by a
substantial majority.
The matter has been brought to a
! head particularly during the last week
I by an effort of the Senate rules com
! mittee to discipline the United Press
i because of the publication by it of a
| roll call on the nomination of former
; Senator Lenroot to be a judge of the
United States Court of Customs Ap
peals. Senator Jones of Washington,
assistant Republican leader, has pend
| ing before the Senate an amendment
to the rules providing that "nominations
shall be considered in open executive
session unless the Senate in closed
executive session, shall by a majority
vote determine that any particular
nomination shall be considered in closed
executive session.” The Jones amend
ment adds, however, that all roll calls
in closed executive session shall be made
public.
Jones Plans Early Move.
Senator Jones said last night that
, he proposed to call his amendment up
l at the earliest opportunity. As the
! Senate took a recess until tomorrow,
j he will have no chance to bring it up
' until Tuesday. Several other proposals
I to amend the rules so as to open up
j executive sessions on nominations hate
j been offered, one by Senator Robin
; son. ‘ the Democratic leader, as a sub
j stitute for the Jones amendment.
Senator Robinson proposed that here.
I after all business in the Senate shall
i be transacted in open session unless
j the Senate, in open session by major -
| ity vote shall determine otherwise.
Senator Connally of Texas, also a
i Democrat, has an amendment pending
providing that all nominations shall be
considered by the Senate in open ses-
I sion unless the Senate by two-thirds
i vote orders otherwise,
i A fourth amendment has been of
j sered by Senator Black of Alabama,
j Democrat, which simply provides that
the Senate shall pass upon nomina
! tions submitted to it in open session
j and makes no provision whatever for
their consideration in secret session.
55 for Open Session!.
A canvass of the Senate shows that
i 55 Senators support the proposal for
' open sessions on Presidential nomina
i tions. Os these 23 are Republican, 31
Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor.
1 Twenty-two Senators declared their
opposition to open sessions, of whom
! 17 were Republicans and 5 were Demo
crats. Eleven w’ere listed as non-com
j mital, 10 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
| Two members of the Senate were not
i polled. Five were classed as “unde
| cided." The poll of the Senate on this
: question follows:
I For open sessions. 55.
Republicans (23)—Allen, Kansas;
I Blaine, Wisconsin; Borah, Idaho: Brook
i hart. Idaho: Capper. Kansas: Couzens,
; Michigan; Cutting. New Mexico; Frazier,
i North Dakota; Howell, Nebraska: John
son. California: Jones. Washington: La
! Follette, Wisconsin; McMaster. South
Dakota: McNary, Oregon; Norbeck,
South Dakota: Norris. Nebraska; Nye,
I North Dakota; Pine. Oklahoma; Robin
son. Indiana; Schall, Minnesota;
j Steiwer, Oregon; Thomas, Idaho; Van-
I den berg. Michigan.
Democrats (31)—Ashurst. Ariz.;
Barkley, Ky.; Black. Ala.; Blease. S. C.;
Bratton. N. Mex.; Caraway. Ark.; Con
' nally. Tex.; Copeland, N. Y.; Dill.
Wash.; Fletcher, Fla.; George. Ga.;
i Harris. Ga.: Harrison. Miss.; Hawes,
I Mo.; Hayden, Ariz.; Hefiin, Ala.; Ken
drick, Wyo.; King, Utah; McKellar,
i Tenn.; Overman, N. C.: Pittman, Nev.;
Robinson. Ark.; Shepard. Tex.; Swan
| son, Va.: Thomas. Okla.; Trammell,
Fla.: Tydings. Md.; Wagner, N. Y.;
Walsh. Mass.; Walsh, Mont.; Wheeler,
Mont.
Farmer-Labor (1) —Shipstead, Minn.
Against open sessions. 22.
Republicans (17)—Bingham. Conn.;
Burton. Ohio; Dale. Vt.; Fess, Ohio;
Goff. W. Va.; Gould, Me.; Greene. Vt.;
: Hale. Me.; Kean. N. J.; Metcalf. R. 1.;
Moses. N. H.; Oddie, Nev.: Patterson,
Mo.; Reed. Pa.: Sackett. Ky.; Water
man. Colo.; Watson. Ind.
Democrats (s)—Glass. Va.; Ransdell,
La.; Smith, S. C.: Steck, Iowa; Ste
phens. Miss.
Undecided. 5.
Republicans—Edge. N. J.; Golds
borough. Md.; Hebert. R. I.
Democrats —Broussard, La.: Tyson,
Tenn.
Non-committal. 11.
Republicans (10) —Deneen. 111.; Glenn.
111.: Hatfield. W. Va.: Keyes. N. H.:
Phipps. Colo.: Shortridge. Calif.;
Smoot, Utah; Townsend, Del.; Walcott,
Conn.; Warren. Wyo.
Democrats < 1) —Simmons. N. C.
Senators GiUett, Mass.: Hastings.
Del., were not reached, but both are
understood to be opposed to open ses
sions.
For open sessions 55
Against 22
Undecided 5
Not polled 2
Non-committal 11
95
General Poll Made.
The Senators were polled on the gen
eral question whether they lavored
open or closed sessions on presidential
nominations. A number of Senators
who favored close,d sessions declared
they favor publication of the roll calls
—among them Senator Reed, a member
of the rules committee. A number of
Senators, including Senator Swanson,
favor the consideration of international
questions and confirmation of Ambas
sadors in closed session. Another class.
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