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TEN CENTS
ELSEWHERE
ROOSEVELT BOOM SOARS
AS SENATOR LEWIS QUITS;
REPEAL PLANK SUBMITTED
58 Illinois Votes
Are Released
From Pledge.
GOVERNOR SEES
20 IN COLUMN
Favorite Son Threat
Broken: Tammanv
* J
Held Wavering.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN*,
Staff Correspondent of The 8tar.
CHICAGO, June 25.—Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois
today "spilled the beans" for the
poosevelt opposition.
His withdrawal from the race
ior the Democratic presidential
nomination Is the first big breach
in the favorite son wall erected
against the nomination of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Whether the opposition can
tlose ranks and make a successful
fight against the New York Gov
ernor Is doubtful.
The Lewis withdrawal was
hailed here as a great boost for
the Roosevelt candidacy.
It is a staggering blow for the
anti-Roosevelt group.
58 in Illinois Delegation.
The immediate and practical
effect is to turn over to Roosevelt
on the first ballot from 20 to 25
delegate votes from Illinois. The
Illinois delegation numbers 58.
The psychological effect of the
Lewis withdrawal is of tremen-1
dous value to the Roosevelt candi
dacy. It may lead the way for
■withdrawal of other favorite sons. !
It may even bring about such a
swing to Roosevelt as to make his
nomination on the first ballot !
assured by more than a two-thirds
vote of the convention.
May End Two-thirds Rale Fifht. ι
The fight to adopt a majority rule of
nominating candidates in the Demo
ratie National Convention could, under
such circumstances, be abandoned
without fear of Roosevelt's defeat or a
long drawn out contest. On the other
band, with the game so firmly in his
tiands, the New York Governor and
111* followers would be in a position to
So through with the plan to eliminate
*he old two-thirds rule, believing it to
be in the best interests of the party.
Up to the present time there has been
no shaking the determination of the
Roosevelt forces to adopt a majority i
rule.
James A. Parley, Roosevelt leader, j
commenting on the Lewis withdrawal,
said he believed that not less than 20
Illinois delegates from "Down State" '
-,vouid Immediately go to the support ;
of Gov. Roosevelt, and that the number '
«night reach 25. He said he believed j
that these delegates would "go through"
lor the entire Roosevelt program and j
'«rould support the movement to do ι
eway with the old two-thirds rule and !
•dopt a majority rule.
Substantiated by Committeeman.
Michael Igoe, Democratic National
Committeeman for Illinois, substanti
ated the Farley prediction, saying that
ircm 20 to 22 of the State delegation
Would jump immediately to Roosevelt.
What the rest of the Illinois delega
tion would do, he did not say. It may
b?. however, that Mayor Cermak of
Chicago, the Democratic boss in this
part of the State, will undertake to
deliver the remainder of the delegation
to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland,
who Is a favorite in this city, or the
delegates may split between Al Smith,
|>{elvln A. Traylor and Ritchie.
Mayor Cermak Insisted tonight that
the Lewis withdrawal made no differ
ence in the situation so far as the
Illinois delegation is concerned.
Reports spread that the Roosevelt
leaders were dickering with the Garner
(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
SENATE CUTS DRY i
ALLOWANCE MILLION
Only $10,250,000 for Bureau, as
State, Justice, Labor, Commerce
Get $112.000,000.
Bt the Associated Press.
House approval of the Senate's
million-dollar reduction in prohibition
enforcement funds was disclosed yes
terday as the Senate agreed to a par
tial conference report on the $112,000,
000 supply bill for the State, Justice,
Labor and Commerce Departments.
The Senate cut $12,000,000 from the
$124,000.000 the bill carried as it passed
the House, taking upward of a million
of the reduction by slicing the Prohi
bition Bureau's funds from $11,369,000
to $10,250,000.
The House conferees accepted the
Senate's change.
Repeal Proposal
Tentative Plank Calls for
Conventions on 18th
Amendment.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 25.—The tenta
tive prohibition plank submitted to
the Democratic Platform Committee
tonight by a majority group pro
vides :
"We favor immediate submission
to State conventions of an amend
ment repealing the eighteenth
amendment submitted to the people
in such manner as to assure a
choice between the present system
and the return to the States of the
power and responsibilities to pro
hibit liquors by such means as will
promote temperance, prevent the
return of the saloon and sale to
minors, and protect the dry States
in the enforcement of their laws and
permit the taxing of liquor by Fed
eral or State Governments."
(Copyrlrht. 1932, by the Associated Press ) j
[RAYLOR CHECKS
RUN ON HIS BANKS
1
Plea for Faith Wins at Two
Institutions.— Plot by
"Enemies" Charged.
B.T the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 25.—Melvin A.
Traylor, considered by many Demo
cratic presidential timber, stemmed an
incipient run on his $25,000,000 First
National Bank and $10,000,000 First
Dnion Trust & Savings Bank today
by appearing on the banking floor and
pleading for faith.
Traylor, who Is president of ootli ;
janka—among the three largest In the
city—declared a well-planned plot for
ι demonstration against the banks had
been laid by "enemies" and sai-i the
banks had taken steps to put them
selves in a more liquid condition than
ever before.
Able to Fay un, ne says.
Both banking floors were crowded
with customers, a large number of 1
whom aparently Intended withdrawing
accounts because of fear engendered by
recent closings. Four closings today,
>ne In the Loop, brought to 39 the
number of banks here that have shut
down this month.
"The bank will be open during the
usual business hours and will be open
Honday morning," Traylor told patrons.
"It will be willing and able to pay oil
my depositor who wishes to withdraw
tils funds."
Referring to the alleged plot, Tray
lor said:
"This was promoted by those whj
ire not your friends or our fi lends.
Fortunately, we are in the best posi
tion In our history. Please tell your
neighbors that we will be open Mon
day morning and every morning at 9
o'clock."
Crowds Disperse Quickly.
The crowds quickly thinned after he
bad spoken and within an hour, bank
attaches said, normalcy had been re
stored.
The Loop bank to close was the
Chicago Bank of Commerce with $5,
200,000 deposits.
It had absorbed the Union Bank of
Chicago last September. Its assets are
understood to cover deposits.
Three other banks in outlying sec
tions closed, two of them in North
Shore suburbs—thi First National Bank
of Wilmette and the Northbrook Slate
Bank The fourth was the South Ash
land National Bank. These three to
gether had about $1,000,000 deposits.
MINE WORK TO RESUME
WITHOUT WAGE SCALE
Clinton District, Indiana, Union
Officials Turn Down Agreement
for $4 a Day.
By the Associated Press
CLINTON, Ind , June 25 —Coal op
erators in the Clinton district said today
they would resume work in the mines
early next week, despite the fact that
no agreement has been reached with the
officials of District No. 11, Union Mine
Workers of America, on a wage scale.
District No. 11 turned down yesterday
an agreement signed by a sub-scale
committee of miners and operators call
ing for a $4 day. The coal operators
today said they would reopen regardless
of further action by the union. Nearly
500 applications for work in the Clinton
Coal Co. mines have been received from
Terre Haute alone, It was said.
News of the rejection of the proposed
$4 scale by the District No. 11 scale
convention yestsrday left miners of the
Clinton district bewildered, it was said,
because no alternative was offered and
no additional meetings called.
Boos and Cheers
Mark Hearings
on Platform.
BISHOP CANNON
STORM CENTER
World (Conference
on Tariff Issue
Is Favored.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 25.—A brisk
prohibition argument developed
late today among the nine mem
bers of a Resolutions Subcommittee
named to write a tentative party
platform and it adjourned its first
session without taking action on
any of the proposed planks.
Gathering behind closed doors
after the full Platform Committee
concluded hearings, the subcom
mittee remained in session only
about an hour.
No Final Decision.
"There was no final decision on
anything," Hitchcock said as he
emerged from the committee
room.
The majority of the subcom
mittee were believed to favor a
prohibition plank calling for sub
mission or retention or repeal to
the States.
Favor Brief Platform.
There was almost unanimous senti
ment for keeping the platform brief.
1,000 words or thereabouts being
favored.
It was agreed to meet tomorrow morn
ing to systematize the committee's wcrk
and get going in earnest on the plat
form building.
Some of the committee members felt
a rough draft of the entire party declar
ation on principles wculd be completed
by tomorrow night.
Th-e tentative tariff plank, brief as
are all planks in the new Democratic
platform, favors:
"A competitive tariff for revenue pur
poses. based on a consideration of all
factors influencing trade between na
tions. with a fact-finding commission
free from executive interference; re
ciprocal tariff agreements with other
nations: enforcement of the anti-dump
ing law, and a permanent international
economic conference designed to en
couiage International trade and to fa
cilitate the exchange of goods."
Other Planks Considered.
Other planks to be Included in the
platform call for encouragement of un
empoyment insurance and old-age
pensions under State supervision: re
duction of the hours of labor; refinanc
ing of agricultural mortgages: enforce
ment of the anti-trust laws; an inter
national monetary conference for the
aid of silver, and the protection of In
vestors In foreign bonds by regulated
publicity of all details cf the transac
tions.
A long, blistering session over prohi
bition, punctuated by cheers and boos
for a score of wet and dry orators, was
held.
Roosevelt leaders dominated the sub
committee. They were confident of
beating down all moves to commit the
party to repeal, although several such
proposals were applauded vigorously at
today's session of the full Provisional
Committee.
Hundreds cf spectators jammed into
a stifling hot, rmoke-filled room in the
Congress Hotel to see the wet-dry show.
Bishop Cannon Booed.
Boos drowned out scattered applause
from the galleries when Bishop James
Connon, jr., an anti-Smith leader in
1928, declared for a dry plank. He said
the Southern States, which put "moral
principle above party loyalty" in bolt
ing Smith four years ago. would do so
again this year if confronted by a
"similar issue."
As the booing subsided. Bishop Can
non said; "Oh, you don't like facts?"
"We don't like traitors, either," shout
ed a committeeman near the front.
_The Southern churchman was un
( Continued on Page 5, Coluirn 5.)
DRY POST ABOLISHED
Assistant Administrator in Rocky
Mountain District Is Moved.
: DENVER, June 25 C4>).—The office
! of assistant prohibition admlnistratoi
of the Rocky Mountain district has
been abolished as an economy move,
Carl Jackson, administrator, was in
] formed today in a communication from
ί Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, national
! prohibition director.
Assistant Administrator Ε. E. Collins
has been ordered transferred from
i Denver to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
ι will be deputy administrator. Th£
! change is effective July 1.
FLOOD OF <WE WANT SMITH' WIRES
REPORTED PLANNED BY BACKERS
Roosevelt Men Warned to. Expect Barrage of Telegrams
When Nominating Begins.
By the Associated Près»
CHICAGO, June 25 —Roosevelt head
quarters have been notified that friends
of Alfred E. Smith are planning a tele
gram barrage early next week demind
ing Smith's nomination.
Several telegrams received today by
James A. Parley, the Roosevelt cam
paign manager, Indicated thst Gov.
Ely of Massachusetts, who is to nomi
nate Smith, is leading the campaign.
One telegram from George E. Starr
of Seattle read:
"Reliably Informed Gov. Ely request
ing Smith supporters wire permanent
chairman demand for his nomination.
Plan to have 100,000 messages over
Postal telegTams handed over to chair
man for its effect on delegates. Might
be well for you to anticipate this move."
Another from Charles E. Mulligan,
Kewanee, 111., read:
"Western Union receiving telegrams
stating Gov. Ely and others want
Democrats and clubs to wire permanent
chairman of the convention that w«
want Smith for President to b? used
when Smith's name is presented."
One from James G. Pr3zer of Syra
cuse read:
"Local men receiving messages from
telegraph companies claiming authority
of Gov. Ely and Broskauer asking them
to flood convention with 'We Want
Smith' telegrams when nominating be
gins Think statement from you tc
press exposing propaganda and showing
that such appeals will represent noth
ing but the energy of the telegrapfc
companies will nullify its effect. Syra
cusans of all parties solidly behind th«
Governor."
Several other telegrams of a eimilai
nature were received.
King of Siam Accepts Estab
lishment of Constitutional
Monarchy.
By the Associated Press.
BANGKOK. Siam, June 26 (Sunday)
—King Prajadhipok cordially ac
cepted today the end of his absolute
power and the establishment of a con
stitutional monarchy by leaders of the
Peoples party.
In a telegram from Huahin, on his
way to the capital, he said he was in
entire agreement with the requirements
of the new form of government set up
by an almost bloodless revolt of the
army and navy Friday.
The King, who was on a royal holiday
witn his consort when his absolute
monarchy was overturned, said he had
recognized the desirability of a govern
mental change for some time.
The revolution was attributed by the
Siamese legation at Paris to the eco
nomic crisis, which In Siam was largely
caused by inability of the peasants to
sell rice and rubber. The salaries of
government employes were cut six
months ago, causing further dissatisfac
tion,
Concerned About Health.
King Prajadhipok was willing, he
saict, to act as head of the new ad
ministration, although the period of his
service might not be long because of
the state of his health. (He under
went an operation on one of his eyes
in New York last year).
"This message is from my heart,"
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
WITHDRAWAL EXPECTED
Troubled Japan to Quit Manchuria,
Chinese Leader Predicts.
SHANGHAI, China, June 25 (ΛΥ—
T. V. Soong, the finance minister, said
today the domestic situation In Japan
is getting worse all the time and within
a year will force the withdrawal of
Japanese troops from Manchuria.
TODÂY'VSTAR
PART ONE—22 PAGES.
General News—Local, National and
Foreign.
PART TWO—8 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Gold Star Mothers—Page 5.
Y. M. C. A. News—Page 5.
PART THREE—8 PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FOUR—8 PAGES.
Amusement Section—Stage, Screen,
Music and Radio,
D. A. R Activities—Page 2.
District National Guard—Page 2.
District Naval Reserves—Page 2.
Disabled American Veterans—Page 3.
Spanish War Veterans—Page 3.
j Marine Corps News—Page 3.
I American Legion Auxiliaries—Page 3.
j Parent-Tcacher Activities—Page 3.
! News of the Clubs—Page 3.
W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 3.
Ι Y. W. C. A. News—Page 3
; Public Library—Page 4
In the Motor World—Page 4.
Aviation—Page 4.
American Legion—Page 4.
Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 4.
Army and Navy News—Page 5.
Serial Story, "Murder in Hazelmoor"—
Page 5.
Radio News—Page 6.
Fraternities—Page 7
Organized Reserves—Page 7.
I PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX—12 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver
tising.
PART SEVEN—16 PAGES.
Magazine Section.
Review of New Books—Page 12.
Cross-word Puzzle—Page 13.
j Boys' and Girls' Page—Page 14.
I High Lights of History—Page 15.
ι Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16.
GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES.
Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With
the Joneses; The Timid Soul; Reg'lar
Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Tarzan; Little
Orphan Annie; Moon Mulllns; Brutus
and Mutt and Jefl.
>
Rain Forest Like
Ancient Ones in U. S.
Found in Venezuela
Scientists Believe Trees
Had Been Driven South
Like Animals.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.
Discovery in the Venezuelan high
lands of a temperate rain forest, most
of whose trees can be identified with .
species which flourished in California j
I and Oregon millions of years ago, was
announced yesterday by the Carnegie
Institution of Washington.
These trees vanished from the Pacific .
Coast States countless generations since, '
I but prints of leaves have been left
where they fell on the sand and mud !
which bordered the ancient streams |
and lakes and which hardened into solid |
j rock. These fossil leaves differ in ap- j
pearsnce from any now found in the ,
United States. Generally are
larger and thicker than the leaves of I
the present-day forests and have more j
(Oontlnued on Page 2, Column 3.) |
POLICE RAID "CLUB"
AI THOMAS CIRCLE
Axes Fly as Squad Descends
on Alleged Gambling Re
sort—One Man Held.
Two dozen men were captured by [
police yesterday In a raid on an alleged
gambling establishment, operating In j
[ the guise of a "finance company," on
the first floor of No. 1 Thomas circle,
the building in which the fashi:nable [
Club Michel is located.
Though members of the raiding party ,
guarded every visible means of exit
while Detective Sergt. Howard E. Ogle
and First Precinct Detective J. K.
Baker chopped their way through two I
sets of doors, one of the proprietors cf
the place is believed to have escaped
through a secret tunnel leading into the
basement.
The tunnel was not discovered until
after the raiders had made a thorough
inspection of the establishment—which,
despite the "Circle Finance Co." in
scription on its front door, was known
! as the "Olympic Social Club."
Questioned by Police.
The 24 men found in the place were
taken to police headquarters and ques- j
I ticned at length, but all except cne sub- ]
1 sequentiy weie released. The man held 1
gave his name as Edwin Arthur White, !
54. of ths 900 block of Κ street. He j
was charged with setting up a gaming
table and bond was set at $2.500.
A crowd of approximately 200 watch
ed the police chop their way into the
establishment, in which signs bearing
such inscriptions as "Gambling Not
Allowed," "Office Closes 1 -P.M. Satur
day" and "No Vulgar Language Allowed
Here" were freely displayed.
The raiders said a loud speaker was
(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 1
CONTROL RESTORED
TO CHILEAN BANKS
I:
Davila Socialist Government Makes
Gesture for Foreign Approval.
Disorders Decrease.
By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 25. —The j
Davila Socialist government made a
gesture for foreign approval today by i
restoring all its former functions to
the Central Bank of Chile, which had
bien placed under government control
as a State bank by the short-lived
junta headed by Col. Marmaduke Grove.
Considerable doubt has existed abroad
concerning the status of the bank, and
the opinion was expressed this action
would have a solidifying effect. (
The government appeared pleased on ,
the whole with the internal situation.
Extraordinarily strict measures for main- <
taining order, plus generous assistance
from nature in the way of torrential
rains throughout the country, seemed
to have stopped extremist demonstra
tions against the administration.
Conditions had so Improved tonight
that the government modified its cur
few regulations to permit theaters and
other night attractions to operate until
midnight, beginning tomorrow. Street
traffic will be permitted uotil 13:30 aan.
SEWN HI
COT IS DISCUSSED
3lan Proposed at Lausanne
for Private Obligations
Would Hit U. S. Creditors.
3y the Associated Press.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 25.—
The possibility of reducing interest on
3ermany's private debts, a large part
>f which are owed In the United States,
las been discussed by the German and
îritish delegates to the reparations con
ferences here, it was learned today from
jerman sources.
The suggested reduction would be
jart of a general agreement to be
•eached at the conference.
A general pool to support public
:redit by guaranteeing the debts of na
tions now on the verge of financial
bankruptcy was suggested today for
itudy by delegates to the conference, In
-ecess over the week end.
French Prime Movers.
The French, who believe the falling
:ountries of the Danube need credit
more than they do cash, were the prime
Movers in this plan. Experts of sev
;ral governments collaborated In formu
lating the proposal.
These experts held that if the nations
low in financial difficulties could pay
their debts and maintain their credit
there would be a revival of private
business.
Under their plan the pool would be
wholly non-political and would be di
-ected by some such institution as the
Bank for International Settlements.
In informed quarters the belief was
îxpressed that the attempt to bring
ι bout cancellation of all reparations at
he Lausanne Conference was loeing
tnd perhaps already had lost.
Reserves Share in Reparations.
In a memorandum prepared for Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great
3ritain, Italy's foreign minister, Dnio
3randi. said the Rome government
vould prefer to clean the slate, but. if
hat proved impossible, it reserved the
■ight to its share of reparations.
From authoritative sources it was
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
DRY LEADER ACCUSED
IN $45,000 LIBEL SUIT
Dr. Clarence True Wilson Is
Charged With Defaming: Other
Driver In Auto Crash.
By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Oreg, June 25—Dr.
Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the
Methodist Board of Prohibition, Tem
perance and Public Morals, was named
iefendant in a $45.000 libel suit filed
oday by L. F. Welch, Portland auto
nobile salesman.
Automobiles driven by Dr. Wilson and
Welch collided on a Portland street last
February 24 and Welch signed a war
ant for Dr. Wilson's arrest on a charge
)f reckless driving.
February 24 at Sacramento, Calif
he complaint alleges, Dr. Wilson told
ι newspaper reporter that "if the driver
>f the other car had been as strong a
jeliever in prohibition as I am. the ac
:ident would not have happened "
Welch alleges this statement, which
vas published in Portland, was false
ιηά malicious.
The reckless driving charge against
5r. Wilson is scheduled for trial next
week.
CONGRESS LEADERS
REVIVE HOPES FOR
EMMY MEASURE!
!
McNary Moves to Prevent
Conference Deadlock From
Killing Bill.
WILL AGAIN ASK SENATE
TO CALL BACK REPORT
Rainey and Byrns, Insisting on Pas- j
sage, Say legislative Section
Could Be Voted Separately.
Despite the precarious legislative1
situation in which the Federal economy
bill has been caught, tho House and
Senate leaders refused last night to
concede that the measure is on its
death bed.
Quite to the contrary, optimism pre-1
rails over the final outcome.
On the House side. Majority Leader
Rainey confidently predicts the measure
will go through Congress before ad
journment.
In the Senate, Assistant Republican j
Leader McNary has taken a rare par- j
liamentary step to prevent the bill from 1
oeing killed by deadlock In conference,
where it has been sent as a result of
\ sudden revolt against the admitted
inequities In the compulsory furlough
plan and other provisions.
Insists on Enactment.
"The economy bill has got to go
,hrough Congress before adjournment,"
Representative Rainey insisted. "If
necessary Congress will remain on the
job until an agreement Is reached if It
takes all Summer."
Representative Bryns of Tennessee,
chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee, shares Rainey's opinion.
'It should not be too difficult a task
Tor the conferees to agree between
themselves and eliminate some of the
controversial issues in the report," he
declared. "It's up to Representative
McDuffle. chairman of the House con
ferees, to aid in getting the bill In
shape for approval."
Both Rainey and Byrns agreed that
in the event of another impasse over
the economy features of the bill, the
House could divorce the legislative
section and save that. That section
contains the appropriations for the up
keep of Congress, so its fate is dear to
the interest of all members.
Byrns, however, thinks an agreement
could be reached on the viciously con
demned impounding clause, the pro
vision affecting married workers, and
the other major matters in dispute in
a few hours around the conference ta
ble. There also is a growing disposi
tion on the part of some House mem
bers to accept the Senate furlough
plan with its exemption of employes
receiving under $1,200. The House
voted to exempt only those workers re
ceiving less than $1,000.
Points to Inconsistency.
Another member of the House even
went so far as to say he could not un
derstand how those opponents of the
practice of employing both husband
and wife in the Government service
could conscientiously vote against the
married provision in the bill while re
taining their own wives, sons and
daughters on their own clerical pay-1
roll. !
Senator McNary's parliamentary
move was a motion to have the Senate
reconsider its unexpected action Fri
day in recommitting the economy bill
1 conference report. He withdrew the
motion, however, at the insistence of
Senator La Folette, Republican, of
Wisconsin, but served notice he would
renew it tomorrow when the Senate
convenes.
McNary explained the purpose of his j
(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)
PAUL S. CLAPP SUED
FOR $500,000 BALM
Hoover's Wartime Aide Named in
Action Brought by Beauty
Operator.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 25.—Paul S. Clapp,
aide to Herbert Hoover in the Amer
ican Relief Administration, was sued
for $500,000 damages in a breach of
promise action today, interrupting his
I plans to marry Mrs. Rosalind Wain
| wright Deutsch, daughter of Ellis Wain
wrlght of Louisville, Ky.
Katherine Leary Bond, beauty op
erator, brought the suit. She said
Clapp promised to marry her April 6.
and she had been a "loving and de
voted fiancee." Three weeks before the
wedding day, she said, he withdrew his
offer.
Clapp said Miss Bond offcied to
marry him, and he had not accepted.
Vice president of the Columbia Gas
& Electric Corporation and a close
friend of President Hoover, Clapp was
affiliated with the Peace Commission
and the relief administration. He was
knighted by the Rumanian govern
ment.
Paul Clapp, an engineer, was in the
Department of Commerce for two years,
1924-26, carrying on research work for
the office of the Secretary, during Mr.
Hoover's incumbency.
PRESIDENT DEFIED,
REVISION Dr RELIEF
MEASURE UNLIKELY
Wagner and Garner Retort
Heatedly to "Pork Barrel"
Charge by Hoover.
NORBECK SEES NO HOPE
OF REWRITING PROVISIONS
Plans for Adjournment Next Week
Hinge Largely on Outcome
of Controversy.
By the Associated Press.
The possibility of revising the huge
$2,300,000,000 unemployment relief bill
to meet President Hoover's wishes al
most vanished yesterday as Its sponsor·
shot back hot retorts to the Chief Ex
ecutive's charge of "pork barrel" legis
lation.
The bill was vigorously defended by
Speaker Garner of the House and Sen
ator Wagner, Democrat, of New York,
as the House and Senate conferees be
gan negotiations which President Hoo
ver hopes will result in a rewritten
measure.
Wagner rose in the Senate to reply to
the President and advised the public U;
reject the criticism of "one who haj
throughout the depression been wrong,
late and futile."
Garner Answers Criticism.
Speaker Garner, at his daily confer
ence with newspaper men, said:
"We loan the shipping Interests man>
millions of dollars at a very low rate of
Interest and it's all right. When w·
try to do something for all the peopl*
it's "pork barrel.' To serve special in
terests is statesmanship; to serve the
people Is pork."
The conferees, facing the tremendous
task of ironing out differences between
the Garner House bill and the Wagner
Senate measure, made little progrès»
and agreed to resume their work Mon
day.
Chairman Norbeck of the Senate
group, however, said it would be vir
tually impossible to write the bill as
the President has asked.
To do this, he added, "would be very
much resented by the authors of the
bills" and "would be difficult to the
point of impossible."
Meanwhile, plans for the adjourn
ment of Congress next week hung
largely on the outcome of the relief
:ontroversy.
The Senate worked on the remaining
appropriation bills which must be ap
proved by June 30, while the House,
with nothing to do, was m adjournment
Dver the week end.
Wagner charged that President Hoo
ver, in his attack Friday on the relief
bill, had not been "candid" and was
"defying the light and the truth," but
be also assailed the President's record
mi relief.
"Continuously Wrong."
"Mr. Hoover has been continuously
and invariably wrong on unemploy
ment," he said. "He was wrong when
he resisted the effort during times of
prosperity to prepare for the possible
lay of depression.
"He was wrong when he announced
3n March 7, 1930, that within 60 days
;he depression would be over.
"He was wrong more recently when
be declared that the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation would contribute
to the resumption of employment and
the stabiliïation of prices and that no
more direct methods were necessary.
"In view of this record I declare that
the public will do well to reject the
criticism cf one who has throughout the
depression been wrong, late and futile."
Wagner contended his bill would help
balance the budget and said there was
no warrant for the President's state
ment that the money would be spent
where it wts not needed.
He charged Mr. Hoover with b;ing
"not quite candid" when he estimated
the public works provisions would give
employment directly to only 100,000.
The New Yorker estimated 500,00C
would find employment from the public
works program and that 2,000,000 jobs
would be created by the entire bill
without taking into consideration the
jobs provided by the money they would
spend.
H:use leaders, meanwhile, expressed
concern over the slow progress on sup
ply bills. Only 2 of the il annual ap
propriation measures have become law
and the fiscal year ends Thursday night.
"We are not going to pass any con
tinuing resolutions," Representative
Snell. the Republican leader, t:ld news
paper men. "That would nullify all
the economy efforts made by the House
this session because it would mesn re
appropriating the same amounts thf
Government is spending this year.
"This would unbalance the budget.
It is up to the Senate to set these bills
on the statute bocks by Thursday night.
If it doesn't, then it's the Senate's re
sponsibility."
CAPITAL MAN KILLED
IN FAIRFAX CRASH
E. Weems Petherfcridge, 23, Dies
Instantly, Three Others Hurt as
Car Hits Flagpole.
E. Weems Petherbridge. 23-year-old
weatherstrip salesman of 5014 Iowa
avenue, was Instantly killed and three
other persons injured, one seriously, last
night when Petherbridge lost control
of his automobile on the Lee-Jackson
Highway, near Fairfax, Va., and it
hurtled a ditch and careened into a
flagpole.
Miss Mary G. Layman, Frostburg
Md, suffered severe injuries to th«
back and was kept at the Alexandria
Hospital. Two other passengers, Charlea
Norris. 23, Leonardtown, Md., and Dor
othy Howard. 814 Κ street northeast,
slight cuts and bruises.
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PROBLEM OF QUORUM IN SENATE
NEXT WEEK WORRYING LEADERS
25 Democratic Senators Will Be Absent at Convention
in Chicago—Pairs Prevent G. O. P. Field Day.
3y the Associated Press.
The problem of keeping a quorum in
.he Senate next week during the Dem
icratic National Convention began yes
erday to worry Senate leaders.
With some of the most important
ssues of the session still unsettled, the
senate will have to work with about
!5 Democratic Senators absent.
Republicans will not have the field
lay that the unitiated might expect,
lowever, because of the Senate rules
illowing pairs. Each absent Demo
:ratic Senator has obtained a pair with
ι Republican, preventing the latter
rom voting.
Several Democrats who were plan
ling to fttteq^ the convention have
abandoned their plans because of the
failure of Congress to adjourn. The
list includes Senator Robinson, the
Democratic leader.
But 22 Senators have left for the
convention or will leave by tomorrow
Two more are undecided. In addition,
two are campaigning and one, Senator
Swanson of Virginia, is in Geneva as a
representative of the United States at
the Disarmament Conference.
This will leave only 20 or 22 Demo
crats on guard in Washington, at the
most.
Among those who have left for Chi
cago within the past 24 hours is Sen
ator Csrawav of Arkansas, the only
woman Senator.
The Star's
Sunday
Political
Review
will be found on
Page 6, Part 2
Sports News
(Part Five.)
Will Be Found To
day in Part Two of
The Sunday Star
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