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HOOVER TO PRESS
FOUR-POINT RELIEF
PLAN IN CONGRESS
Intends to Summon Leaders
for Parley on Program
Drawn at Rapidan.
TREASURY SECRETARY
TO SERVE AS EMISSARY
Mills Thinks President Wants
Direct Relief Loans in
Separate Bill.
Democratic leaders have decided to
give one of President Hoover's relief
proposals—the bill to create a system
of home loan discount banks— legis
lative right of way in the HoiKe.
That assures an early vote.
President Hoover today is preparing
to press on Congress for adoption of
a four-point relief and economic reha
bilitation program agreed on during a
series of conferences over the week end
at his Rapidan fishing camp with
members of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and other fiscal advisers.
Secretary of the Treasury Mills, the
only member of the board of directors
of the Finance Corporation not at the
camp conference, was in conference
with the President at the White House
today. After leaving the President’s
office he said they had discussed the
four-point program and indicated he
personally would keep in touch with
Congress, principally as an emissary of
the President, in connection with the
handling of the necessary legislation to
carry out the various features of the
program.
Mr. Mills explained there are bills
already pending which provide for the
various features of the program as set
forth in the White House statement
last night. He said also that it was
his impression the proposal for lending
up to $300,000,000 to the States for
direct relief would probably be favored
by the President as a separate bill. He
said this provision already has been
made in the bill introduced by Repre
sentative Hawley, Republican, and by
Senator Wagner, Democrat.
Conferences Planned.
Upon the President’s return from
camp, shortly after 9 o’clock today. It
was indicated he intends to confer with
various congressional leaders and to
reiterate his desires for quick action
on the progam as outlined by him.
Just when these conferences would be
held was not learned.
During the series of conferences at
the Rapidan camp, which ccnsumed the
greater part of Saturday, Saturday night
and yesterday morning, President Hoo
ver is known to have received the
unanimous approval of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation group for the
administration's four-point program,
which follows briefly:
1— Increase lending power of the Re
construction Finance Corporation by
SI.500.000.000 to a total of $3,000,000,000.
2— Enactment of legislation creating
& system of home loan discount banks,
to protect private homes from mortgage
foreclosures.
3— Initiation and co-ordination with
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
of the new joint committees of industry
and finance now being set up by the
Federal Reserve system.
4— Rigid economy in all governmental j
expenditures, to the absolute restriction |
of bond issues for "non-productive” pub
lic werks such as have been proposed by
Democrats in House and Senate.
Board Would Pass on Loans.
The last suggestion is in line with the
President's known opposition to Speaker
Garner's $2,100,000,000 relief bill, which
contains bond-issue provisions and
which is expected to come up for a vote
in the House tomorrow. On a recent
previous occasion. President Hoover, in
vigorous language, referred to the con
struction program in the Gamer relief
bill as "the most gigantic pork barrel
ever presented to Congress.”
President Hoover would have a non
partisan committee appointed to pass
on the relief loans to States, and an
other composed of engineers, to study
the workability of revenue-producing
construction projects on which loans
were asked. His renewed advocacy of
the home loan discount system, which
he sought early in the session, said it
would result in half a billion to a bil
lion dollars' worth of new home build
ing, much renovation and would protect
countless homes from foreclosure. ,
The President's program and the
knowledge of its approval by members
of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo
ration were explained in a statement
issued at the White House last night,
shortly after the return from the Presi
dent's camp of Theodore Joslin, one of
the President's secretaries. The state
ment, while it revealed nothing new
regarding Mr. Hoover's ideas for relief
and rehabilitation, served to give em
phasis to his program and to advise
Congress and the country at large of
just what the administration is pro
posing to do.
Will Discuss Procedure.
The situation in the House on the
Garner bill is developing with Repub
lican plans for a conference late today
at which opposition procedure was to
be discussed.
The Democrats are bound by caucus
rule to vote for the bill, but a few
members have announced they will defy
party control. To balance them Rep
resentative La Guardia's independent
Republican associates have promised
aid.
The Senate Banking Committee was
called together to consider one point
of the Hoover program—legislation for
creating a system of home loan banks.
Such a system was proposed by Presi
dent Hoover in his message to Congress
when the session began. The bill was
introduced shortly after by Senator
Watson of Indiana, the Republican
lcicer, and lengthy hearings were held.
Administration leaders hope to have it
reported promptly to the Senate for
action.
NAGASAKI BOMBER HELD
Man Who Tried to Blow Up U. S.
Consulate Seized.
Henry B Hitchcock, American consul
at Nagasaki, Japan, reported to the
State Department today that the Japa
nese police informed him they have ar
rested the man who recently bombed
the American consulate at Nagasaki.
The prisoner is of the working class,
has a police record of petty crimes ar.d
Is considered mentally deficient by the
police.
Radio Programs on Page B-6
Watson Says Senate
Can’t Finish Task
Before Convention
Bjr the Associated Press.
With only a week remaining
before the Republican National
convention. Senator Watson of
Indiana, the Republican leader,
told newspapermen today it would
be Impossible for the Senate to
finish Its legislative duties in time
for members to attend.
Watscn also said definitely it is
not planned to recess for the con
ventions. He declared the legis
lative work confronting the Senate
will keep it busy until July 1.
If adjournment is not taken
before that date, the Senators
will miss the Republican conven
tion, beginning June 14, and per
haps all of the Democratic meet,
beginning June 27.
Other Senators agreed with
Watson that the single week re
maining cannot possibly suffice
for consideration of the important
measures remaining for action.
Foremost tmrng these are econo
my and relief.
Senator Watson also hopes for
enactment of the home loan dis
count bank bi'! urged yesterday
by President Hoover as a part of
his four-fold economic program.
FINAL TAX FIGHT
ON POWER LEVY
Opposition to Consumers’
Burden Marks Approach
of Vote on Bill.
By the Associated Press
The Senate today voted down a
point of order against the billion
dollar revenue bill conference report.
The tremendous revenue raising task
of Congress was advanced today to its
final step, with definite prospect that
by tomorrow the giant tax bill will be
law.
The Senate undertook to approve the
$1,118,500,000 bill at today's session,
facing great objection of some members
to changes made in conference with
the House, but with a definite deter
mination to send the bill to the White
House before nightfall.
The expectation is that President
Hoover will sign it immediately. Within
15 days the new excise taxes it levies
will go into effect, to remain there
until July 1, 1934.
Possibility of Debate.
Extended debate was expected before
the vote on approving the conference
report on the bill could be put. It was
for this that Republican Leader Watson
blocked consideration of the bill Satur
day. The strongest opposition in sight
was lrom members objecting to the elec
trical tax being placed on consumers in
stead of on the power companies.
This was done in conference, substi
tuting for the Senate’s plan to charge
the 3 per cent against the gross re
ceipts of the utilities. Opponents of
the consumers’ tax were pinning some
hope on a point of order to hold that
the conferees had no right to make
the change. But there was no real
prospect that the bill would be sent
back to the conferees again.
Furlough Vote Plan.
If debate on the tax bill ended In
time the Senate intended to vote on
President Hoover's plan to give the ma
jority of Federal workers a month’s pay
less furlough during the year instead
of cutting their salaries at a flat rate.
With that done there will remain
enactment of a relief program and of
seven or eight appropriation bills—
enough legislation to almost certainly
prevent adjournment before the Re
publican National Convention opens,
June 14, a week from tomorrow.
However, that achievement still Is
barely possible, and adjournment by
the end of next week is generally re
garded as a certainty.
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HEADS SCIENTISTS
Former Governor of Maine Elected
President of Mother
Church.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 6.—Ralph O. Brew
ster, former Governor of Maine, today
was elected president of the mother
church, the First Church of Christ
Scientist, at the annual meeting.
Other officers elected were; Cleric,
Ezra W. Palmer. Brookline; treasurer,
Edward L. Ripley. Brookline; first read
er, Gorgon V. Comer, Denver. Colo.;
second reader. Miss Lucia C. Coulson.
London, England.
Robert E. Buffum of Boston, retiring
president, told the meeting the firm
support of Government was needed to
combat lawlessness and crime. "It is
imperative that we as Christian Scien
tists firmly stand on the side of law
and order, and that- we unreservedly
support righteous Government," he
said.
Thirty-eight Christian Science socie
ties qualified for the title of church
during the year, and 92 branch church
organizations were added, to make a
total of 2,592 branch churches.
Strike Against Unemployment.
CARTAGENA, Spain, June 6 —
Socialists and Syndicalists declared a
Joint strike today as a protest against
unemployment. Soldiers were called
out to man the bakeries where people
were lined up early this morning to
buy bread.
LONDON INCENSED BY GERMAN’S
RADIO DESCRIPTION OF AIR RAID
Press Charges "Faux Pas” in Bringing Up Reminder
of Attack on City Costing 39 Lives.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 6—A controversy
arose today over a radio broadcast last
Saturday night of a description of war
time Zeppelin raids on London. The
description was given by the former
German commander who led the at
tacks.
Kapitan-lieutenant De Joachim Brei
thaup, whose raids won the Iron Cross,
told vividly how and where bombs from
his ship landed on the metropolitan
area.
“Some people may think this talk is
adding Insult to injury," he said, “but
I don't wish to hurt your feelings."
L
The Dally Express said P. J. H. Han
non, Conservative member of Parlia
ment. would lodge a protest in the
Commons.
The News Chronicle said it was
rather insensitive of the British Broad
casting Corporation to put the talk on
the air and “bluntly stupid” of the
commander to deliver it.
The Sunday Express said the “gallant
commander” dropped 30 bombs on Lon
don during October, 1915, killing 39
persons and Injuring 87. Relatives of
those killed in the raids, the newspaper
added, listened to the broadcast with
acute mental agony.
FURLOUGHING PUN
MAY BE AMENDED
IN PAY CUT EIGHT
Substitute to Flat 10 Per
Cent Slash Is Being
Considered.
SENATE VOTE EXPECTED
BY TODAY OR TOMORROW
%
Seek to Apply Small Progressive
Percentage Reduction to Salary
Schedules Over $3,000.
As the Senate headed toward a vote
late today or tomorrow on the furlough
plan as a substitute for the flat 10 per
cent pay cut decreed for nearly all
Federal and District employes, some of
the supporters of the substitute today
were considering amending it in the
hope of gaining additional strength
when the vote comes.
Shortly after the Senate met today.
Senator Logan, Democrat, of Kentucky,
filed notice of a motion to reconsider
the vote by which the 10 per cent pay
cut was ordered on Saturday. The
Kentucky Senator, who made a vigor
ous speech during the debate last week
in opposition to cutting salaries, par
ticularly in the lower groups, explained
later that he was entering the motion
at this time to comply with the parlia
mentary requirement, so that it would
be possible to urge a reconsideration If
that course should be deemed advisable
when the economy bill is taken up again
later this afternoon or tomorrow.
Although the furlough method was
said this morning to have made some
headway over the week end, those who
believe it preferable to the flat pay cut
admittedly have an uphill fight before
them to reverse Saturday’s action.
The furlough advocates, however, in
tend to make a strenuous fight to have
that plan adopted. The final result is
likely to remain in doubt until the roll
is called, particularly in view of the
possibility of changing the details of
the furlough amendment before it is
finally voted on.
Graduated Cut Favored.
While Senators who believe the pay
cut should be graduated according to
the size of the salary were unable Sat
urday to put through any amendment
containing a graduated scale, they rep
resent a considerable number in the
Senate.
It was said today that some of the
opposition to the furlough plan is based
on the argument that it does not grad
uate the decreases. Proceeding on this
theory, some of the backers of the fur
lough plan were giving serious thought
today to an amendment that would
apply a small progressive percentage
reduction to the salary schedules above
$3,000 before applying the furlough
This suggestion is believed to be based
on the thought that such a change
might win over to the furlough substi
tute a substantial number of those who
have been advocating a graduated scale
of cuts.
The vote taken by the Senate Satur
day, if finally enacted into law, would
mean a fiat 10 per cent cut on all
salaries of $1,000 or more. It is not an
exemption of $1,000 on each salary, but
merely saves from any cut those who
receive less than $1,000 a year at pres
ent. Employes receiving $1,000 a year
or more would be cut 10 per cent of
tnelr total salary.
Moses Plan.
The furlough substitute, as offered
by Senator Moses, Republican, of New
Hampshire, would apply only to those
receiving more than $1,200 a year and
would amount to taking one month of
leave without pay, scattered through
the year, in lieu of leave with pay.
Per diem workers would be placed on a
five-day week, receiving ten-elevenths of
the pay they now get for five and a
half days.
The 10 per cent pay cut as approved
Saturday would save the Government
approximately $119,000,000. assuming
that_the elimination of those getting
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GOVERNMENT’S DEFICIT
$2,707,732,673 JUNE 3
Receipts $900,000,000 Under Same
Period of 1931 as Outgo
Gains $700,000,000.
By the Associated Press.
With only 27 days of the 1932 fiscal
year left, the Government’s deficit on
June 3 was $2,707,732,673.
The Treasury reported that receipts
from all sources amounted to $1,780,
679,896. while the expenditures were
$4,488,412,569. The receipts were ap
proximately $900,000,000 less than for
the same period of the previous fiscal
year, while the expenditures were $700,
000,000 more than was spent in the
same number of days of the 1931 year.
FLYING BOATS TAKE OFF
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 6 OF).—
Headed for an undisclosed destination
in the wilds of Northern British Colum
bia, five flying boats, under command
of J. H. Eastman, Detroit aeronautical
engineer, soared up Cooking Lake and
headed for the West late yesterday.
The expedition, which left Detroit a
week ago, landed at Cooking late Wed
nesday. In addition to Eastman, there
are four pilots and one mining engineer
in the party. They expect to be in
Northern British Columbia about six
weeks.
G. 0. P. HEADS AGREE
ON PUNK CALLING
FOR DRY UW VOTE
Congress Leaders Attained
“Unity of Views” at Parley,
Watson Says.
TENTATIVE DECLARATION
CONDEMNS THE SALOON
Adoption by National Convention
Is Regarded as Certain
at Capitol.
By the Associnted Press.
Republican congressional leaders were
declared today by Senator Watson to be
in virtual agreement on a prohibition
plank calling for “prompt action by
Congress” for resubmission of prohibi
tion to 6tate conventions.
The Indianan, who leads his party
strategy in the Senate, said yesterday's
meeting of Republican legislators here
and subsequent conversations had
brought about a "unity of view” on a
resubmission plank.
The tentative platform declaration—
as backed by these men—calls for en
forcement and condemns the saloon.
It's submission provision reads: i
"We favor prompt action by the Con- i
gTcss to bring about the resubmission of
the eighteenth amendment to the peo
ple of the several States, acting through
non-partisan conventions called for that
sole purpose in accordance with Article
5 to determine whether that amend
ment shall be retained, modified or re
pealed."
Adoption at Chicago Forecact
As a result of this meeting by the
congressional leaders on the contro
versial point. Its adoption by the na
tional convention Is regarded as certain
in Republican quarters at the Capitol.
One of the prohibition resubmission
planks that found favor with the con
ference yesterday read:
“The Republican party is the party
of the Constitution, and we stand for
its complete observance, and also for
the faithful enforcement of all laws.
“We abhor the saloon and are un
alterably opposed to Its return.
‘We recognize, however, the honest
difference of opinion regarding the
eighteenth amendment and we recog
nize the right of the people, who or
dained the Constitution, to pass upon
any portion of that Instrument.
“We, therefore, favor the prompt re
submission of the eighteenth amend
ment to the people of the several States j
acting through ncn-partisan conven
tions called for that sole purpose In!
accordance with provisions of Article 5 i
to determine whether that amendment |
shall be retained, repealed or modified.”
Bonus Payment Opposed.
James R. Garfield of Ohio, chosen to
direct the platform drafting task as
chairman of the Resolutions Committee,
was the center of the conference. Post
master General Brown, preconvention
managed for President Hoover, sat in i
also.
Others at the meeting were Moses of
New Hampshire, Smoot of Utah. Dick
inson of Iowa. Bingham of Connecti
cut, Hastings of Delaware, Rob
inson of Indiana. Patterson of Missouri,
Glenn of Illinois, Hebert of Rhode
Island and Kean of New Jersey, and
Representatives Snell and Fish of New
York. Senator Fess. the national chair
man, was not invited.
Moses, acting as spokesman for the
group, said all topics appearing con
troversial were discussed, including the
tariff, monetary, bonus and prohibition
planks.
On the other issues there was little
fundamental difference. It was a strong
tariff group and all opposed payment
of the bonus now, while there was
Indication the group would stand on
the Senate's recent resolution asking
the Chief Executive to call an interna
tional silver conference.
AUTHOR DIES IN LEAP
FROM HOTEL WINDOW
H. W. Fisher, Writer on Royalty,
Asks Burial Without
Any “Poppycock.”
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., June 6. — Henry W.
Fisher, 77, author of numerous books,
several of which purported to reveal the
private lives of European monarchs, fell
to his death from a ninth-floor window
cf a hotel here today. Notes he left
told of his intention to commit suicide
An elevator operator saw him climb
to the window ledge, but the frail au
thor, who had been in ill health for
several years, fought him off.
A note addressed to the coroner read:
“Sir: No one to blame but the under
signed. Plain suicide. Reasons outUned
In the Inclosed. Pauper’s grave, please.
No rites or other poppycock.”
He also left behind his obituary,
written by hirrlself and addressed to the
Miami Dally News.
Two cf his best known works are
"Private Lives of the Kaiser and His
Consort” and “Secret History of the
Court of Berlin.”
Both were pubUshed before the World
War and later were printed in many
languages.
COCHET WINS FRENQH
SINGLES TITLE AGAIN
Victory Over Italian Player Gives
Him Championship for
Fourth Time.
By the Associated Press.
AUTEUIL, France, June 6—Henri
Cochet, France’s and the world’s rank
ing tennis player, today won the French
singles title for the fourth time, defeating
George de Stefani, Italian Davis Cup
player, in the final, 6—0, 6—4, 4—6,
6—3.
Cochet’s victory kept inviolate the
one French title never won by a for
eigner
The competition was thrown open
to the world in 1925 and since that time
Cochet, Rene La Coste and Jean Bo
rot ra have taken turns winning it—
La Coste in 1925, 1927 and 1929; Cochet
in 1926, 1928 and 1930, and Borotra
last year.
His play boded ill for the challenging
country in Davis Cup play, as it means
France can count almost surely on two
singles victories and a probable doubles
victory with Cochet paired with Jacques
Brugnon. ^
Army and Navy Garrisons in
South Believed to Be
Aiding Move.
By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile, June 6.—A coun
ter-revolution directed against the So
cialist regime which set Itself up here
Saturday has broken out in Southern
Chile.
It was understood that the army and
navy support the movement. Reports
from the south this morning said the
military and naval garrisons at Con
cepcion and Talcahuano had joined the
counter-revolutionary forces.
Gen. Puga. minister of the interior
in the new government, said he had ex
pected some such incident, but did not
believe the counter-revolution would be
serious. If necessary, he said, he would
send planes down to bombard the rebels.
University Students Strike.
Juan Esteban Montero, ousted by the
Socialist Junta, left town last night and
today was reported to be somewhere
along the coast trying to join the south
ern force. It also was reported that
former President Ibanez, who has been
living in Argentina, had crossed the;
border into Chile by air, landing at his
ranch near Talca.
This morning university students de
clared a strike in protest against the .
junta government, but the city was
quiet.
Col. Marmaduke Grove, the new min
ister of defense, Issued a personal state
ment in which he said that "our revo
lution will not degenerate Into a mili
tary dictatorship. Such a possibility is
repugnant to us.’’
There was a strike of bank employes
also, which succeeded in closing most
of the foreign and domestic banking
houses. The branch of the National
City remained open with the aid of the
militia, but the Central Bank of Chile
was closed as a precautionary measure.
Establishment of the new Socialist
regime creates no immediate danger for
American investments here except those
tied up in the $375,000,000 Cosach
nitrate combine, it was said in an
authoritative quarter.
* The understanding on both sides
seemed to be that the Cosach holdings
would be nationalized immediately. The
combine is controlled by American in
terests. For the time being, however,
there will be no move to confiscate other
American properties whose paper value
approximates $1,000,000,000.
This information was taken to mean
that the new regime, under Carlos
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HOOVER GIVEN BADGE
Will Get Him Past Doorman at
Convention, if He Goes.
By the Associated Press.
President Hoover was given conven
tion credentials today.
Chairman Fess of the Republican Na
tional Committee went to the White
House to present a convention badge,
which would get Mr. Hoover past the
doormen if he decided to go to Chicago.
But he won’t use it.
The badge is a small bronze plaque
suspended on a blue ribbon. A pepdant
bears a likeness of George Washington.
New Styles
for This Summer
Follow the trend of fashion
from style illustrations in the
advertisements of Washington
merchants in The Star.
The stores are full of new
Summer things, more moderately
priced than for years past. Care
ful buyers use The Star as their
shopping guide.
Yesterday’s Advertising
(Local Display)
Lines.
The Sunday Star . . 59,034
2d Newspaper.29,581
3d Newspaper.24,241
Total ££££»>.53,822
Wise merchants appreciate the
results from The Star’s compre
hensive circulation and concen
trate their advertising largely In
The Star.
Loses Lead
SENATOR CAMERON MORRISON.
IS TRAILING W
Reynolds Has Lead of More
Than 3,000—Carolina
Run-off Seems Sure.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. June 6 —Robert
R. Reynolds, wet candidate, held a lead
ol more than 3,000 vote* over his closest
competitor, Senator Cameron Morrison,
champion of prohibition, as unofficial
returns were tabulated early today from
Saturday's five-cornered primary con
test for the Democratic nomination for
the United States Senate. A run-ofT
primary July 2 seemed assured.
With returns from 1,507 of the State's
1,823 precincts, the standing, for the
full term beginning March 4, was: Rey
nolds, 124,075; Morrison, 121,016, for
mer Judge T. C. Bowie of West Jeffer
son, 26,226; Frank D. Grist, State com
missioner of labor, 22,381, and Arthur
Simmons, Burlington poultryman, 2,458.
_Also at stake was the short term from
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RUSSIA RECOGNIZED
Nanking Government to Besume
Belations.
NANKING. June 6 tiT*).—It was
learned today that the Nanking gov
ernment. at a secret meeting last night,
had approved In principle resumption
ol diplomatic relations with Soviet Rus
sia. ‘
It was reported last March that this
decision had been reached, but there
were no subsequent developments. Dip
lomatic relations were severed in 1929,
when the Chinese and the Russians
were fighting in Northern Manchuria.
Move to Have Walsh Replace
Shouse as Convention
Head.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The prospect of a real row at the
outset of the Democratic National Con
vention over selections of temporary and
permanent chairmen of that convention
loomed today.
The flat statement that Roosevelt
forces would support Senator Thomas
J. Walsh of Montana for the office cf
permanent chairman, made by Demo
cratic State Chairman James M. Parley
of New York, has brought the matter
to a head.
Shouse Statement Expected.
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Executive Committee l
and right-hand man cf Chairman John
J. Raskob of the Democratic National
Committee, was slated for the perma
nent chairmanship. Mr. Shouse is ex
pected to make a statement before the
day is out.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, picked
for temporary chairman and keynote
speaker by the Committee on Arrange
ments, is a supporter of the Rooseveit
lor-President movement. Mr. Shouse,
who was “commended” for the office of
permanent chairman by the Arrange
ments Committee, is charged by the
Roosevelt leaders with being actively
engaged in a “stop Roosevelt” move
ment. The Roosevelt leaders appar
ently have determined to run the con
vention to suit themselves, believing
they have a majority of the delegates’
votes.
Plan to Keep Barkley.
They plan to keep Senator Barkley
for keynoter and temporary chairman, j
despite the agitation to dump him be- '
cause of his recent vote on the Senate
Finance Committee and in the Senate
for the "tariff taxes" on imports of coal
and oil.
Senator Walsh of Montana, to whom
they have turned to make permanent
chairman of the convention, is tarred
with the same stick. Senator Walsh
voted for the tax on oil. He was paired
in favor of the tax on lumber, and j
would have voted for the tax on cop- !
per. according to an announcement j
made by Senator Wheeler, his colleague I
from Montana, had he been present, j
He voted against the tax on coal.
Whether the Roosevelt leaders in de- j
termining on Senator Walsh for the j
office of permanent chairman took i
these votes of the Montana Senator into
consideration was not bared._If they
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BONO STABILIZING UNIT
GETS STATE CHARTER
Bj the Associated Press
ALBANY. N. Y., June 6.—A charter
was granted today to the $100,000,000
American Securties Investing Corpora
tion, formed by leading bankers of New i
York to stabilize the bond market. The
incorporators were George A. Brown
ell, Fred A. C. Schwarz and Charles
M. Spofford. For the State the articles
of Incorporation were signed by Frank
S. Sharp, deputy secretary of State, in
charge df the securities division.
ROOSEVELT OFFERS UNEMPLOYED
CHANCE TO RETURN TO FARMS
Abandoned Land to Be Used to Make Jobless Self
Sustaining.
By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y., June 6.—Gov. Roose
velt today took the first step to make
effective his plan to take care of un
employed by transferring them from
the cities to farms.
In a statement to the public, the
executive appealed to unemployed to
notify the State temporary emergency
relief administration if they desired this
form of relief.
The New York Governor shortly after
his return from a vacation in Georgia
advanced his plan to permit unem
ployed to make use of abandoned farms
and thus be enabled to help care for
themselves.
“Any person or family now receiv
ing work or home relief who has had
farm experience and wants to go back
to the farm,” the Governor said,
"should communicate with the local
Work Relief Bureau or welfare office,
and if he cannot get information there,
should communicate with Chairman
Harry L. Hopkins of the temporary
emergency relief administration in New
York City.” ,
The Governor declared his plan was
not a “back-to-the-farm” program, but
merely a temporary measure to lessen
the coat to cities of unemployment re
lief. He said the plan also gave the
workers a chance to be partially self
sustaining
"The project of placing the unem
ployed on farms is an important part
of the relief program,” remarked
Chairman Hopkins. "None of us be
lieves all of these people will become
self-supporting at once, but we do be
lieve they can live with much less pub
lic relief than they now are receiving.
It is important to remember that
these people are not going into com
petitive farming. They will raise food
for themselves and their families and
not produce for sale in market.”
The New York unemployment aid
project was begun last Fall after a spe
cial session of the Legislature approved
the Roosevelt suggestion. Twenty mil
lion dollars was approved to provide
wages for emergency public construc
tion and direct assistance in the form
of food, clothing, fuel, rent and medi
cal attention. Next November the State
will vote on a (30,000.000 bond issue to
continue the State aid.
SPLIT OVtll “BEDS,'
PLAN TO HOLD TWO
“Red, White and Blue” Group
Will Turn Out Tomorrow
Night, With Communists
Demonstrating Wednesday
4,000 EXPECTED IN CAMP
HERE BY NIGHTFALL
Police Check of War Service of
Each Man Shows 90 Per Cent
Served Overseas—Units Button
hole Individual Congressmen
With Appeal.
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Swelling ranks of the nonde
script bonus army were being
marshaled today for the “big
push” on the Capitol in quest of
bonus legislation, with unco-ordi
nated plans calling for a “red,
white and blue” parade tomorrow
night and a strictly “red” demon
stration on Wednesday.
With reinforcements arriving
almost hourly from all directions,
the happy-go-lucky soldiers of
misfortune were digging in with
the avowed intention of fighting
it out on the bonus front if it
takes all Summer.
Indications were that approxi
mately 4,000 veterans from a score
of States would be bivouacked
here by nightfall, and Associated
Press dispatches told of an esti
mated 5.000 more headed this way
by box car, truck, hitch-hike and
on foot.
Visit Capitol Offices.
Undaunted by a nocturnai
drenching, reduced rations or slim
prospect of success next Monday
when the House votes on the ques
tion of discharging the Bonus
Committee, the former doughboys
continued their preliminary sor
ties on the Nation’s citadel of
legislation, preparatory to the
double-barreled drive.
They met with some degree of suc
cess in but ton-holing individual legis
lators in and out of the halls of Con
gress.
150 Vjected From Building.
Capitol police ejected from the House
Office Building about 150 bonus march
ers, who sought to interview Repre
sentative Bacharach of Atlantic City.
The police said they objected to the
leadership of the group, which they said
was "threatening.” Some of the march
ers, who said they were World War vet
erans, reached Bacharach's office and
were met by his secretary, Robert
Bourke.
The veterans said they came from
Atlantic City last night by bus and
truck.
Fifty Metropolitan policemen were
assigned today to assist Capitol police
in maintaining order at the Capitol and
Senate and House Office Buildings. The
request for help was made by Kenneth
Romney, sergeant-at-arms of the House.
The police will be kept on duty at the
Capitol until Congress adjourns.
Reds Continue Plans.
In the meantime Emanuel Levin and
Samuel J. Stembar, leaders of the Pro
visional Bonus March Committee of
the Workers' Ex-Service Men's League,
a Communist organization, went ahead
with their original plans for a monster
demonstration at the Capitol Wednes
day. A permit for this demonstration
has been issued by Vice President Cur
tis and Metropolitan Police.
Unfavorable publicity and constant
surveillance by men reported to be
Government agents resulted in aban
donment todav of the league's head
quarters at 905 I street.
At a conference between Glassford
and George Olman. newly elected com
mander in chief of the army, at noon
today, a line of march for the Tuesday
night parade was approved. The vet
erans will not enter the Capitol grounds,
according to the agreement reached.
Parade Route Outlined.
Leaders of the bonus marchers to
day declared the parade tomorrow night
will not pass the White House or go
through the Capitol Grounds.
The line will form, it was announced,
at Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue, with the Drum and Bugle Corps
of Victory Post, American Legion, in
uniform, in the lead, and with about
600 local Legionnaires following.
The parade will proceed east on Con
stitution avenue, turn north at Fif
teenth street and turn east again on
Pennsylvania avenue, continuing to the
Peace Monument, where it will disband
As Capt. W. G. Stott of the Police
Department was expressing concern over
the impending shortage of food, tele
graphic word came of an offer by the
Farmers’ Holiday Association of Des
Moines, Iowa, to supply “carloads" of
food free, provided transportation was
donated.
Capt. Stott said the food supply will
hold out today and tomorrow if then*
are no more arrivals. He announced
the police will not force the veterans
from their temporary barracks in the
southeast and southwest until written
orders to do so are received from the
District Commissioners or Health Offi
cer Fowler. The latter has insisted the
buildings be closed because of insani
tary conditions.
Dr. Fowler, after making an inspec
tion of the Anacostia camp this morn
ing, said there is grave danger of
typhoid breaking out in the camp if
the conditions are allowed to remain
as they are.
He made several suggestions to lead
ers of the veterans about cleaning up
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PANAMA VOTE IN DOUBT
PANAMA CITY, June 6 (IP).—Each of
the two Liberal parties of Panama to
day claimed its candidate had been
made President in the elections, but the
count was not complete. The victor
was expected to be announced some
time today.
Harmodlo Arias, Doctrinary Liberal,
and Francisco Arias Parades, Renova
tion Liberal, were the candidates. Both
praised Dr. Rlchardo Alfaro, the retir
ing President, for the manner in
which he conducted the voting asd
miintaAnfd order. ?