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HOOVER EXCEEDED
POWER ON DEBTS.
JOHNSON CHARGES
Moratorium Action Called
First Step in Dictatorship
in United States.
SENATE LEADERS HOPE
TO REACH VOTE TODAY
No Limit Placed on Debate, Much
Depends on Number and Length
of Speeches.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Picturing President Hoover’s action
for a moratorium of intergovernmental
debts as the first step toward a dictator- j
ship in the United States, Senator ,
Hiram Johnson of California today told
the Senate that the Chief Executive had
far exceeded his constitutional author
ity when he had made the agreement to
suspend the debt payments for a year
last Summer.
The California Senator pleaded with j
his colleagues to stand with him to- i
day and vote against the moratorium
resolution.
' Here we face the first great violation
by the Executive of our constitutional
provisions," said Senator Johnson. "You !
should join with me in opposition. A
fundamental question is involved.
You may imbue the present occu
pant of the White House with Godlike
power to deal with the destinies of the
American people. When he deals with
this question, he deals w’ith the life
blood of the people, with the burden of
taxation.
If he violates the spirit of the Amer
ican Constitution, and you countenance
if. you will have taken the first step
that the international bankers desire,
the first step toward a dictatorship by
which the executive may legislate."
Assails "Assumption of Power.”
Referring to the fact that President
Hoover had obtained the approval of
62 members of the Senate and 276
members of the House when he issued
his moratorium proposal. Senator John
son said:
"This is the first time that any man
has by the use cf a Western Union
blank taken from the American people
$250,000,000 which was due them. I
raise my voice today against this
usurpation of power. If the power of
the Nation is subverted without au
thority of law and this precedent is
established, who can tell what is going
to happen. The American people be
lieve in law and order and because
they believe in law and order they will
not initiate revolution as in other coun
tries. But once let the Heavily bur
dened farmers of this country feel the
pinch as those residents of our cities
have felt it and once let these men of
the soil unite with the same spirit
which is rampant in the cities today
and no one can tell what will transpire
Hope for Vote Today.
Senator Johnson was the first speaker
on the moratorium resolution after the
Senate assembled at 11 o'clock today.
The senatorial leaders expressed the
hope it would be possible to reach a
vote on the resolution by 4 or 5 o'clock
this afternoon. Without any agreement
for time to vote or limit debate, how
ever. much depended on how many
speakers there would be and how long
they would talk.
Senator Jones of Washington, chair
man of the Appropriations Committee,
said his committee had done nothing
with regard to the holiday recess reso
lution and would do nothing until the
plans of the Senate leadership had
further developed.
Senator Johnson in his attack on the
moratorium insisted that the agree
ments entered into by the nations for
a suspension of intergovernmental debts
was very different from the moratorium
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DREARY CHRISTMAS SEEN
FOR DELTA INHABITANTS
Rains Continue to Menace Lowland
Regions Along Lower Mis
sissippi River.
By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss., December 22.—The
lowlanders of sections of the Mississippi
Delta and Northeast Louisiana today
looked forward to a dreary Christmas
of fighting flood waters or hunting
refuge as rains continued to swell rivers
and streams.
Threat of rising water diminished in
North Mississippi around Panola and
Grenada Counties as levees of the Tal
lahatchie were patched by crews that
worked day and night, but the danger
shifted to Tallahatchie, Sunflower and
Yazoo Counties in the delta, where
heavy rains continued.
One section of the Tallahatchie levee,
which broke in three places last week,
still caused concern for North Missis
sippians, but with the reinforcement of
two sections, families from Mimms,
Stone, Curtis Station and Carriere to
day began to return to their homes.
Asa, Grenada County, w'as the only
town endangered by the weakened
levee section.
The Ouachita slowly rose in the vi
cinity of Monroe, La., nearing the 40
foot stage.
KIDNAPED GIRL IS FOUND SLAIN;
BODY HIDDEN IN SLUMS CELLAR
Marks Indicate Little Marian
McLean Was Strangled
by Abductor.
Tenement Occupant Discov
ers Victim as Searchers
Scour Cincinnati.
By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 22.—
A basement in a tenement building in
the Cincinnati slum district today
yielded the body of 6-year-old Marian
McLean, who was kidnaped 6lx days
ago. She had been attacked and mur
dered.
The body, bearing evidence of strang
ulation, was found by Charles Blsch
off, an occupant of the tenement, when
he went into the cellar to fire the
furnace.
From all appearances it had not been
there long—Bischoff having been in the
basement last night. It was not there
then, he said.
The tear-stained face of the tiny
MARIAN McLEAN.
body indicated that the child had cried
considerably before she was killed.
Coroner M. Scott Kearn, one of the
first officials to view the body, said the
child had not been dead long. Her
cbthing was torn and there was a
small blue mark on her forehead.
The body was discovered in the base
ment of a building at 411 West Twelfth
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GEM INABILITY
TO PAY FORESEEN
AS BASEL FINDING
Report, However, Expected
to Avoid Making Specific
Recommendations.
By the Associated Press.
BASEL, Switzerland. December 22.—
The final report of the Young Plan
Advisory Committee is expected to con- '
tain a statement that Germany no
longer can pay conditional reparations,
and the suggestion that it would be wise
to do something about the unconditional
portion of the annuities.
Although the report will avoid
specific recommendations, the Ameri
can, British and neutral members have
succeeded in Inserting some pointed
observations, it was understood.
Today the committee adopted that
section of the report dealing witn a
survey of the world economic crisis,
and tonight the members were to take
up the chapter on the causes of the
depression, leaving .until tomorrow tha
section dealing with the effect of Chan
cellor Bruenlng's emergency decrees.
This means that the report cannot be
published until late tomorrow at the
earliest.
No Longer Applicable.
Reference to the conditional pay
ments no doubt will be couched in vague \
terms, but the report will contain an 1
extensive summary of the world eco- !
nomic position which the experts be
lieve will prove a valuable document.
It was learned that this summary
will include the observation that busi
j ness conditions have changed greatly
! since the Young Plan was adopted and
that some of the provisions of that plan
no longer are applicable.
Another part of the report will be a
treatise on the German financial and
economic crisis and its effect upon
business in other countries.
I German testimony and figures sub
I mitted by the German representatives
{ will form some 30 annexes to the main
! report.
Watch Report Closely.
It w'as learned that the leaders of the
German and French delegations are
going over every syllable of the docu
ment wdth an eye to possible effects on
domestic politics, but it was believed
the agreement reached yesterday was
j brought about by a feeling among both
j the German and French members that
! it would be best to leave solution of the
debts problem to the international con
I ference tentatively scheduled for next
month.
i Thes» meetings have not been entirely
; peaceful. It was revealed today that
Charles Rist, the French delegate,
threatened at one point to walk out. and
yesterday’s debate ended with Prof.
Rist and Sir Walter Layton, the Eng
lishman, banging their fists on the table
and flinging sharp words at each other.
U. S. ENVOY’S CAR STONED
j
Berlin Woman Says She Aimed at
Sackett's Chauffeur.
5 BERLIN. December 22 (TP).—As United
J States Ambassador Frederic Sackett's
J automobile rolled along Matthaei Kirch
j strasse today, a woman threw a rock
! through the window and the car came
to a sudden stop.
The woman was hustled to a police
station, where she confessed she had
been aiming at the chauffeur, who, she
said, had spurned her love. The Am
bassador was not in the car.
Maple Sap Runs in December.
CHARDON, Ohio. December 22 OP).
—Maple sap is running in Geauga
| County. Lynn Hosford, Chardon farm
i er, reported he had completed tap
ping 800 trees and making 20 gallons
of sirup.
WARDEN’S RIDE IN CAPONE CAR
STARTS ILLINOIS PRISON PROBE
Didn’t Know It Was AI’s, Says Penitentiary Head—Host
on Trip Refuses to Explain.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 21.—Sheriff
William D. Meyering has opened an in
vestigation into the report that Warden
David Moneypenny of the county jail
rode to Springfield, 111., and back last
week in the expensive automobile of
A1 Capone, one of the jail's Inmates.
Capone has been in the county jail
pending appeal of his conviction for
income tax evasion. Last week Federal
authorities investigated charges that
Capone was extended special courtesies
and was directing the oocraticns of
his gang from the jail. Investigators
announced the reports were unfounded,
but the sheriff, in view of them, ordered
an Inquiry.
Warden Moneypennv floes not deny
he rede in the car. He said he went
fas the State capital with Attorneys
Harold Levy and Emmett Byrne, rep
lesenting Frank Bell, under sentence
to die; Edward Evans, their investiga
tor, and others. The trip was made,
he said, to present an appeal for Bell
before the State Board of Pardons and
Paroles.
“All I know.” said Moneypenny, “is
that I v as invited to ride. Why should
I ask my hosts whose car they were
using?”
Evans admitted borrowing the car.
“But why I did it, and how I did it.
are questions I don't have to answer,”
he said. "I won t tell who lent it and
won’t tell who paid the repair bill
when the car broke down at Lincoln.”
It was at Lincoln, 111., that the auto
mobile underwent rtmirs for valve
trouble. The licerflW number was
traced to Mrs. Mae Cajfone, Al's wile.
RESIGNS IN BODY AS
Entire National Government
Cabinet Quits Despite Over
tures to Carry On.
MUKDEN, Manchuria. December
22 (/Pi.-—Japanese troops captured
Fakumen, northwest of Mukden,
this afternoon.
By the Associated Press.
NANKING, China. December 22 —
China's fast-shifting political stage
underwent an additional shake-up late
today when the entire National govern
ment cabinet, ministers and vice min
i ters, tendered their resignations as a
unit.
The capital was astounded by the
news of the resignations.
Chiang Leaves Capital.
Former President Chiang Kai-Shek
left suddenly by airplane for his native
town of Fenghua, in Northern Che
kiang. His departure was carried out
quietly. Even his associates here did
not know of ic. Only this morning he
had indicated to party leaders who are
convened here to form a new govern
ment that he intended to attend the
sessions and assist in setting up the
new regime.
The reason for his leaving remained
a mystery tonight. The belief was ex
pressed in some quarters, however, that
a number of the leaders who are slated
to come here to assist in forming the
new government declined to do so un
less Gen. Chiang departed.
Splits Are Rumored.
Nanking was buz-ir.g with rumors of
renewed splits among the party chiefs
which, some observers said, might make
the likelihood of the formation of a new
government remote.
The resignations of the cabinet mem
bers were turned in despite appeals by
Gen. Chen Ming Shu. acting head of
the executive Yuan, that they carry on
their duties. The ministers declined
and the government machinery is now
at a complete standstill and probably
will continue so until the party chiefs
now here are able to form a new cabi
net
After Chiang's secret departure with
his wife, secretary and a bodyguard it
was discovered that he had left a letter
for retiring Minister of War Hov ln°
Ching, who had been his loval lieuten
ant in all campaigns since 1926.
Going Into Retirement.
"My obligations have been fulfilled
and I now retire to my native village
to live on a farm and enjov again the
carefree life of a private individual ” he
wrote. “My only hope is that satisfac
tory results may be obtained bv the
present congress. A spirit of toleration
and patience must be observed so that
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HUNGARY DECLARES
FOREIGN MORATORIUM
National Bank to Hold Payments
as Trustee for Creditors
Under Decree.
By the* Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 22
—The Hungarian government tonighi
declared a transfer moratorium on for
eign debts, effective tomorrow.
Public and private debts for which
sufficient foreign currency is not avail
able must be paid in pengoes to the
Hungarian National Bank, which will
hold the money as trustee for the crerii
itors, said the decree.
NEW YORK. December 22 (4>)_j\
moratorium on foreign debts by Hun
gary had been anticipated in inter
national banking circles.
Wall Street bankers understood it
had become necessary through lack ol
foreign currencies with which to make
the payments, and expressed the beliei
that it would be temporary.
The United States stake in Hungary
was said to be relatively small.
The principal Hungarian issue mar
keted in this country was the City ol
Budapest external 6 per cent loan ol
1927, approximating $19,000,000
Of the Hungarian consolidated muni
cipal 7 per cent loan of 1925, about
$8,600,000 is outstanding. There alsc
is outstanding about $7,600,000 of the
Kingdom of Hungary 7'i per cent dol
lar bonds of 1924.
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WIFE SUES RICH INDIAN
MUSKOGEE, Okla„ December 21
(JP). -Wilson Clinton, Creek Indian
who lived in a board shanty and wen
without shots, only to come into at
oil fortune that for a time nette<
$10,000 daily, was sued today for divorci
and $125,000 by Mrs. Ridenour Clinton
She alleged Clinton wed her while al
ready married to another.
DAWES WILL DEAD
U. S. DELEGATION AT
ARMS CONFERENCE
President’s Selection Comes
as Surprise—Woman to
Be One of Group.
DELAY IN DATE OPPOSED
BY BRITAIN AND JAPAN
Confidential Note From London
Sent as "Feeler" to Seek
Views Leaks Out.
By the Associated Press.
Ambassador Dawes will head the
United States’ delegation to the C-eneva
A^ns Conference.
President Hoover announced today
that Henry P. Fletcher had been un
able to accept the post.
The President expects to appoint a
woman to the delegation.
"The whole question of disarmament
has been one of profound interest to
the women of the United States,” he
said.
He is negotiating with "a lady of
qualities and prominence" as to wheth
er she can accept a place.
It had been expected in some quar
ters that Secretary Stimson would lead
the American representation, but the
Ambassador to Great Britain was
chosen instead. One of the delegates
will be Senator Swanson of Virginia.
Several women's organizations with
headquarters in Washington are under
stood to have put forward the name of
Judge Florence E. Allen of the United
States Circuit Court in Ohio.
The Chief Executive did not name
any others who will make up the dele
gation. nor did he indicate when the
full group will be named.
Those who travel to Geneva must
expert to remain there seven or eight
months. Secretary Stimson informed
Congress yesterday the parley might
last that long, and that $55,000 a month
would be needed to support America's
part
The delegates will sail January 20
from Hoboken, N. J.
1 Meanwhile the House was asked to
authorize an indefinite appropriation
for expenses of the delegates. Chair
man Linthicum of the Foreign Affairs
! Committee introduced a resolution to
authorize the expense money.
I Almost simultaneously. Chairman
l Byrns of the Appropriations Commit
i tee said the hearings on the naval sup
i plv bill would not be delayed to wait
j the outcome of the Geneva parley, but
! would get under way February l.
TWO POWERS OPPOSE DELAY.
British and Japanese Views Revealed as
News of "Feeler" Leaks Out.
TOKIO, December 22 iTP).—Japan op
poses any suggestion to postpone the i
Disarmament Conference scheduled for ,
■ next February at Geneva and will so in
j form the British government, wh.ch
, sought the Japanese view,
j A note presented to Premier Inukai
: by Sir Francis Lindley. British Ambas
, sador, said Great Britain considers it
j desirable not to disturb arrangements
I for the conference, but that Japan's
opinion would be appreciated in view of
suggestions from certain quarters that
a postponement would be expedient
inasmuch as the conference might con
I flict in date with the reparations meet
! ing t°ntatively scheduled to begin next
month.
The British note was presented last
Thursday and was intended to be highly
confidential, but. in view of a leak, offi
cial circles saw fit today to make known
Japan's attitude.
NOTE PRESENTED THURSDAY.
British Confirm Sending It. hut Express
Surprise at Publicity.
LONDON. December 22 (/P>.—A Reu
ter's dispatch from Tokio today said it
was learned on good authority that Sir
Francis Lindley, British Ambassador,
presented a note last Thursday to
Premier Inukai sounding out Japan's
views on the question of postponement
of the World Disarmament Conference
slated to meet at Geneva February 2.
It was understood the note cmpha
I sizes that Great Britain considers it
I most desirable to hold the conference
i according to schedule because postponc
I ment might be misconstrued.
Although postponement would cause
deep regret, the Ambassador was un
derstood to have indicated, the British
government recognizes that February 2
might be an inconvenient date for some
of the participating powers because of
the opening of the reparations confer
ence in January and impending elec
tions in France and Germany.
; The note was believed to have out
lined the probable procedure and to
I have requested Japan to express its
opinion.
British official quarters here con
firmed today that the note was sent to
Tokio. but expressed surprise that it
obtained publicity. It was nointed out
it was intended merely as a "private
inquiry” to determine Japan's views, and
not an intimation that the conference
should or might be postponed.
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McFADDEN'S SEAT IN HOUSE
IS SOUGHT BY MRS. PINCHOT
“Every One Must Resent Un
sustained Accusation of
Treason,” She Says.
Woman’s Decision Follows
Pennsylvanian’s Recent At
tack on President Hoover.
Bv the Associated Press
HARRISBURG. Pa . December 22 —
Mrs. Gifford Pinchot. wife of the Penn
sylvania Goernor, will oppose the re
election to Congress of Representative
Louis T. McFadden. who last week
charged President Hoover with selling
out to Germany when he proposed an
international moratorium.
She announced her candidacy today
for the Republican nomination in the
fifteenth district in the April primary.
In her announcement she did not men
tion the McFadden incident in Con
gress. but replying to a question said,
"Every one must resent an unsubstan
tiated accusation of treason against the
President."
Oppo ed to Mrs. Pinchot for the nomi
nation, in addition to McFadden. will
be Frederick C. Reich'nbacker of Horns
dale. a former State Assemblyman, and
MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT.
possibly State Senator Frederick T.
Gelder of Susquehanna County.
Mrs. Pinchot. who opposed McFadden
for renomination in 1928 and was
beaten by the Representative, made her
announcement in letters sent to a num
i Continued on Page 3. Column 3.)
Department Will "Neither
Invite Nor Follow Sugges
tions,” He Declares.
i
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By the Associated Press.
Postmaster General Brown today In
formed Representative McFadden That
the Post Office Department would
“neither Invite nor follow suggestions” j
| from him relative to appointments in
| the fifteenth Pennsylvania district.
; The Postmaster General gave his
j views in replying to a .tuery from Me- ;
| Fadden as to the accuracy of statements
j that all patronage ma*ters in the fif
I teenth district would he handled
through Senators Reed and Davis.
Brown said views expressed in the
House by McFadden convinced him
that his advice "will not be helpful to
the department."
Reed and Davis asked the Postmaster
General to handle such patronage
through them after McFadden charged
in the House that President Hoover had
"sold out” to Germany in negotiating
the one-year moratorium on war debts
and reparations.
Uses Direct Language.
In direct and forceful language Mc
Fadden yesterday demanded of Post
master Brown "definite and immediate”
advice as to the extent of the punish
ment to be visited upon him by Re
publican leaders for his recent attacks
on President Hoover and the adminis
tration.
McFadden demanded of the Post
master General, without delay, a for
] mal statement of the truth of reports I
that part of the punishment will be
loss of the privilege of nominating
postmasters for appointment in his
congressional district.
Brown recently revoked McFadden's
privilege—one that usually is accorded
all Republican Representatives—of rec
ommending postmasters for appoint
ment—as a punishment for the Penn
sylvanian’s charge that President Hoo
ver had "sold out” to Germany in pro
posing the moratorium.
The Post Office Department head
took the action at the request of Sen
ators Reed and Davis, Pennsylvania,
to whom he transferred the patronage.
A reply in "due course" was prom
ised by Brown's office. Reed and Davis
declined to comment.
Desires Confirmation.
Reminding the Postmaster General
that his only knowledge of the action
was gained from newspaper reports.
McFadden said he desired confirmation
of them, as he has "several appoint
ments of postmasters and other postal
department matters pending.”
“I am asking you this," he added,
“in order that I may advise my con
stituents properly.”
The letter concluded with:
"Your immediate reply will be ex
pected.”
Thus far the administration has
taken no formal notice of the attack
on the President except to leave Mc
Fadden out of a recent White House
breakfast conference of House Bank
ing Committee members. McFadden,
chxlrman of the committee in the last
Congress, is ranking Republican on
that committee and ordinarily would
have attended the conference. Two
members of subordinate rank were In
vited instead.
• I
Nye Group Says Bishop Re
ported Only $58,558 of
$130,000 Received.
By the Associated Press.
The Senate was informed by its
special Campaign Funds Investigating
Committee today that Bishop James
Cannon, jr.. collected more than $130.
000 in the anti-Smith Democratic cam
paign of 1928, but reported only $58,558
in accordance with law.
Summarizing its lengthy inquiry into
handling of money by the bishop, the
committee reported this had revealed
“numerous apparent violations of the
Federal corrupt practices act and
many unexplained discrepancies" be
tween the bar.k accounts in which the
funds were deposited and the reports
made to the clerk of the House. All
the money collected, it said, should
have been accounted fer under the law.
It was this report „pon w>hich Bishop
Cannon yesterday asked the Senate to
withhold judgment until he has had
an opportunity to reply. The bishop
now is fighting an indictment for vio
lation of the corrupt practices act in
the District of Columbia Supreme
Court.
Handled Funds Himself.
The committee said Bishop Cannon
himself handled a "large part of the
funds” and deposited them in accounts
upon which he "alone was able to
draw checks.”
The committee reported $18,300 of
the political contributions received by
Cannon were placed on deposit to the
credit of "James Cannon, jr.," or
"James Cannon, jr., executor,” prior
to the date of the general election in
1928 and “remained on deposit to the
credit of such accounts for consider
able periods subsequent to the election.”
The committee further stated "it
would appear reasonable" from previous
testimony of Bishop Cannon that a
safe-deposit box in the American Na
tional Bank of Richmond, Va„ "was
used as a depository for some of the
large amounts of cash which were re
ceived as campaign contributions. _a
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CONVICTED OF MURDER
Second-Degree Verdict Not to Be
Appealed, Attorneys Say.
SEATTLE, December 22 (/Pt—A
Superior Court jury last night con
victed Everett Frank Lindsay of second
degree murder for the killing of his
wife, Elizabeth Audrey Lindsay, here
22 months ago.
Lindsay’s attorneys, B. Gray Warner
and Oscar A. Zabel. thanking each of
the jurors, indicated an appeal would
not be taken.
Under the law Lindsay can be sen
tenced to anything from 10 years im
prisonment to life. Members of the
jury said all votes had been cast for
either first or second degree murder.
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Body Believed Buried With
Rich Treasures in
Library Debris.
By *hp Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December 22—The
roof over a 200-foot wing of the Vati
can Library, built in 1588, collapsed
today and fell through two floors of the
building.
An unidentified priest, at work over
his books, although the library h»id been
closed a few minutes before, was be
lieved to have been buried in the wreck
age, with many rare books and manu
scripts.
It was believed meet of the unique
collection in that wing was damaged,
for its items were kept in cases ranged
along the walls.
Several perscas were injured and
several were reported missing.
Wing Remodeled.
The main floor of this ancient wing
used to be a carriage stable and had
been remodeled. The roof fell clear
4a the main floor, through ceilings
decorated wdth priceless frescoes by
Zuccari
The second floor was given over
chiefly to books inscribed by Kings and
princes as gifts to the Popes. On that
floor also was the Chlgi collection re
stored to the Pope by Premier Mus
solini.
The cause of the accident could not
be determined immediately.
Founded in Fifteenth Century.
Pope Nicholas V established the Vati
can library on the ground floor of the
Basilica in the fifteenth century. The
Library was enlarged by Pope Sixtus
IV some years later and was trans
ported to its present premises by Sixtus
V in 1588.
It holds more than 300.000 volumes
and about 32.000 manuscripts, many of
; them dating from antiquity and of gTeat
j value. It also contains gifts made to
Popes by many rulers and art collec
tions of various sorts.
REORGANIZED LIBRARY.
.■
F'ormer Episcopal Pastor Called for
Special Work.
BOSTON. December 22 iTP).—Foster
W. Stearns of Hancock, N. H„ went to
Rome a year ago to reorganize
the Vatican library, a part of which
i collapsed today. Stearns recently was
named privy chamberlain of the Cape
and Sword and a member of the official
staff of Pope Pius XI.
Stearns, a former Episcopalian clergy
man, was once a member of the United
States diplomatic corps. He is the son
of Frank W. Stearns of Boston, coun
; selor of former President Calvin Cool
uige. and was librarian at Holy Cross
College in Worcester before going to
Rome.
MAN KILLED IN PLUNGE
BALTIMORE, Md„ December 22 <A>)
—Palling 50 feet from a scaffold ai
Pretty Boy Dam. under construction ir
Baltimore County, a short distance
from here, Dulaney B. Purcell, 21, whc
j lives at Brucetown, Va., was instantly
! killed yesterday.
Officials investigated and the coronei
declared it was accidental death anc
that an inquest would be unnecessary
The young man, son of Mr. and Mrs
S. B, Purcell, had been working at the
dam several weeks
Relatives were on the way here from
Virginia last night to return the body
home for burial.
HOOVER GRANTS DEC. 26 HOLIDAY
ON U. S. JOBS, BUT REJECTS JAN. 2
Too Much Business to Be Handled Day After New Year,
President Says.
Federal employes In the District of
Columbia will receive a holiday on the
day after Christmas as well as Christ
mas day, but will not receive a holiday
cn the day after New Year, as was
originally proposed. The schedule was
announced at the White House today by
President Hoover, who will Issue an
execut've order to that effect.
The President stated he cannot sus
pend the thousands of Government
workers on the day after New Year
day because of the great pressure of
business at this time. In granting the
extra holiday for Christmas the Presi
dent said he was doing so because it
would permit employe* to have time to
visit their homes If they live afiy dis
tance away from Washington.
The President made no comment
upon the proposed legislation making
December 26 and January 2 legal holi
days, but which legislation was blocked
In the House yesterday by Representa
tive Underhill of Mawgthusetts.
It is known the White House has re
ceived many requests from individual
employes and others to grant a holiday
on both December 26 and January 2
and that Mr Hoover gave the matter
considerable thought before reaching a
conclusion. His decision will apply to
the employes of the District of Co
lumbia Government.
"I have received requests," President
Hoover said, "from Federal employes
in the District that they should be
given two periods of holidays so as to
cover the Saturday following Christmas
day and from New Year day until Jan
uary 4. While I see little objection to
the day following Christmas, in order
that Federal employes may have the
opportunity of Joining their families
out of town, I do not feel that we
should extend the holiday at New Year.
We cannot suspend the functioning of
the Federal Government at such a
time.” l
V
EFFICIENCY BUREAU
STUDY DF D. C. FAY
BILLS TO BE ASKED
Capper to Sponsor Inquiry
Into Proposals Already
Passed by House.
SHIPSTEAD JOINS FOES
OF REVENUES MEASURE
Analysis of Increased Levies and
Repeal of 60-40 Law Expected
Prior to Open Sessions.
A thorough study by the Bureau of
Efficiency of (he House bills seeking to
increase District taxes by approximately
$4,000,000 a year and to repeal the sub
stantive 60-40 law. was suggested to
day by Chairman Capper of the Senate
District Committee as a desirable step
to be considered by the committee.
"I will submit this suggestion to the
committee when it meets again, prob
ably about the second week in Jan
uary." Senator Capper said.
All of these measures are rrlated to
the general subject of taxation, and
Senator Capper believes it would be
helpful to the committee to have the
various bills analyzed by the Efficiency
Bureau, which has devoted considerable
attention in the past few years to the
District government, and particularly
to the whole subject of fiscal relations.
It became known today that Chair
man Byrns of the House Appropriations
Committee interprets the House action
in adopting the Mapes report as in
struction to his committee to base the
District appropriation bill for 1933 on a
lump-sum contribution from the Fed
eral Government toward support of the
Nation's Capital of $6,500,000 instead of
$9,500,000 as in the current appropria
tion bill, or a 60-40 proportion as pro
vided in substantive law.
Mr. Byrns said that the House di
rected such action by approving the
general report of the Manes Committee.
The hearings on the District appro
priation bill are scheduled to start soon
after the Christmas holidays, which
close on January 4.
Full Hearings Planned.
Chairman Capper already has given
assurances that the people of the Dis
, trict, through their various organiza
I tlons, will be given every opportunity
to be heard on all of the bills sent over
by the House. It is probable that if
! the committee adopts the recommrnda
i tion of the chairman to have the tax
| program analyzed by the Efficiency
Bureau, that would be done prior to
hearings.
The Bureau of Efficiency has made
i two separate studies and reports on
! fiscal relations in the past two years,
i the second one having been made to the
Mapes Committee early last year. At
that time, however, none of the in
creased tax bills had been actually
drafted, and when the bills were Intro
duced and made public following the
opening of the present session of Con
gress they were put through the House
without hearings on their detailed
provisions.
Defends 60-10 I.aw.
Vigorously opposing the increased
taxes. Senator Shipstead yesterday dr
fended the law which provided that the
expense of maintaining the National
Capital should be borne. 60 per cent
\by the District and 40 per cent by the
Federal Government.
Although Congress for a number of
years has been departing from the fixed
ratio by appropriating lump sum
Federal contributions, the substantive
60-40 provision of 1922 has never been
repealed. The House has sent to the
Senate as part of the Mapes Committee
program a bill seeking to wipe out the
60-40 law.
Although the House has succeeded in
j these recent years in writing lump sum
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ASKS $300,000,000
APPROPRIATIONS CUT
Harrison Resolution Calls on Com
mittee for Reduction in Bud
get Estimates.
By the Associated Press.
A resolution calling upon the Senate
Appropriations Committee to reduce ap
propriations for the next fiscal year
$300,000,000 below budget estimates was
introduced today by Senator Harrison,
Democrat, Mississippi.
The resolution was in line with the
program for cutting appropriations
agreed upon a week ago by the Demo
cratic Policy Committee of the House
and Senate.
It would express “the sense of the
Senate" that the rommmittec should
make the cuts in the budget recom
mendations.
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Three More Hurt in Palace Fire.
STUTTGART. Germany. December
22 i/P).—Fire started again today in
ruins of the Altes Schloss, a palace
built in 1570, and three more firemen
were Injured before the flames were
brought under control. Yesterday 30
firemen were hurt and most of the his
toric castle destroyed. The damage is
estimated at more than $1,000,000.