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FRAZIER-LEMKE UWJSASSAILED Counsel for Montana Group Hits Act in Address to Bankers. (Continued From First Page.) policyholders' money that would be Jeopardized by the law. Cites Insurance Failures. "The Missouri State Life failed the other day,' Brown continueo. "We thought it was great and impregnable and that nothing could touch It. So have failed half a dozen Insurance companies that attempted to start in the Middle West with the great idea of keeping the money at home and of putting it into farm loans. These failures were due to the failure of the farm mortgages of this country to pay their fixed obligations. Then In the face of this warning along comes this political basket ball tossing and the shout 'we will go a step lurther and reduce the lien and de stroy the security.' " While friends of the measure have ι aaid that it is only good for five years, | the speaker said that President Roosevelt has spoken of it as "in I •orne respects loosely worded and will ! require amendment at the next ses- 1 •ion of Congress." "So says the President," he said. "In other words, the principle has got its toes in the constitutional door of protection of your home and your contracts and your liberty to hold it open and let the mob in to make po litical panaceas in disregard of prin ciples that have stood for centuries." Are Not Money Changers. Calling to mind the President's ref erence in his inaugural address to driving money changers from the tem ple. he said, "If we destroy the faith and credit of the debtor and creditor policies and promises in a nation as great as ours with political subte. iuge and new-found ideas of emer gency laws and set aside the Consti tution because we think times are tougher than those of the Revolution, the money changers may indeed be driven from the great temple. But I hold that the bankers, the trust companies, who have protected widows and orphans who have used the in lurance monies to live comfortably and to see their sons and daughters edu cated, who have furnished funds for industry, the investor, the plain American citizen, all on American credit and American protective con tracts are not money changers." Loan Policies Defended. Hanes, who preceded Brown on the program, defended bank loaning poli cies. as did Clyde Hendrix, president of the Tennessee Valley Bank of De catur, Ala. Contrary to frequent charges that banks are reluctant to do their part toward recovery oy making more loans. Hendrix asserted banks everywhere were burdened with idle funds seek ing legitimate investment and were actually eager to make loans, "not only to be of service to their custom ers, but as a means of creating reve nues with which to meet operating expenses." Notable among the eight-point pro gram for the State Bank Division to work toward, Hendrix. the retiring president of the division, said that an effort was being made to bring about a further amendment to the banking r\f 1 Q Q *? Thic QTYipnWmont Vif» ov. plained, would modify it so as not to require non-member State banks to become members ol the Federal Re serve System in order to continue their deposit insurance: "and, if pos sible. limit assessments to a fixed maximum within the ability of banks to pay." He urged also "that we continue to fight aggressively for the preservation of the State banking sys tem as against any form of bureau cratic centralization." Discusses Branch Banking. Characterizing branch banking as ft system of "having bigger bank fail ures," Clinton B. Axford, editor of the American Banker. New York City, speaking before the division, warned that "the people of the United States are going to take branch banking In the name of reform if State and unit bankers do not give them some thing better." "Let us cite the fact," he said, "that the banking holiday in 1933 found 17 of the first 200 banks in the United States unable to reopen and of the branch banking systems in the United States, 19 were unable to reopen and they carried down with them 494 branches." The only thing which saved the big British branch banks from a similar collapse in 1931, he said, was the fact that England suspended gold pay ments and that we relieved our banks by the same method when they re opened after the holiday. Canadian banks, he pointed out, have not been paying in gold since 1930. Cook Delivers Address. This afternoon's sessions of the Na tional Eank Division were called to order by Irving W. Cook, president of the division, who delivered his annual address. A. G. Kahn. president of Union National Bank, of Little Rock, Ark., discussed "Know Your Costs." and Frank P. Bennett, jr., editor of the United States Investor, of Boston, Mass., discussed "Who Should Handle Reserves of National Banks." Following the general convention aession tomorrow morning at the Na tional Theater, the Trust Division will hold its annual meeting tomorrow afternoon at the Willard Hotel, called to order by the division president, H. O. Edmonds. Hijh Officials to Speak. In addition to the President, other high Government officials will address the bankers. Leo T. Crowley, chair man of the Federal Deposit Insur ance Corp., will speak tomorrow morning on the present and fu ture of that agency, which was orig inally opposed by many of the bank ers Another speaker on Wednesday will be Jesse Jones, chairman of the Re construction Corp., whose activi ties are intimately related with those of the banks. J. H. Ardrey, deputy administrator of the Housing Admin istration. will talk about his work Thursday. Election of the association's officers for next year probably will find Ru dolf S Hecht of New Orleans, first vice president, succeeding to the pres idency, now held by Francis M. Law of Houston, Tex. Robert V. Fleming, president of Rtggs Bank. Is likely to become first vice president. Law today forecast an intensive campaign to "put bank reserves to work," and predicted the bankers would cast aside their own "selfish interests" to concentrate upon pro moting the recovery program by "re moving timidity and fear." Must Put Money to Work. "This will be the most important convention we ever held, and we've been having them for 60 years," he aald. "It will be worth more to the country. We're going to try to be constructive. "The delegates are all of one ac cord In their desire to be Just as helpful as they can in the movement to get the country back on a sound business basis. "We all believe we re going to have recovery. Conditions throughout the world are getting better. It will not be a case of any one Nation emerging alone. We're coming out of the de pression together. Bankers are go ing steadily ahead and planning for the future on that basis. "Our banks are in excellent condi tion. Reserves are large and the sup ply of credit is abundant. We have plenty of money. The need of the moment Is to put It to work." - * Men and Women Bank Leaders Attending Conventions Here Francis Marion Lato, president of the American Bankers' Association, left, talking over problems of the conven tion with F. N. Shepherd, executive manager, and Harold Stonier, educational director. At right: Miss Agnes M. Kenny, president of the Association of Bank Women, addressing the twelfth annual convention at the Mayflower Hotel. Sitting beside her is Miss S. Winifred Burwell, chairman of the General Convention Committee, who made the opening address. —Star Staff Photos. WOMEN BANKERS' WORK DESCRIBED Opening Session Marked by Emphasis Upon Need of Education. The importance of the financial | education of women bank employe» to be obtained through the courses of the American Institute of Banking was stressed this morning by officials of the Association of Bank Women, which opened its convention here at the Mayflower Hotel. Reports were heard this morning from 14 officials representing the seven geographical divisions of the association. Regional vice presidents reviewed the past year's work. They | were Miss Susan B. Sturgin, Boston, j Mass., representing the New England division; Henriette J. Fuchs. New York, Middle Atlantic division; Miss Mary Travers, Chicago, Lake Shore division; Miss Mathilde M. Woltjen. St. Louis, Mo., Midwestern division; Miss Nora Kirch, Louisville, Ky.. Southern division; Miss Leo ta. Branum, Dallas, Tex., Southwestern division. and Mrs. M. Ε. Bonham, Riverdaie, Calif.. Western division. Seven Speak on Program. Relations between banks and the public were discussed by other speak ers representing the seven divisions. They were Miss Ethel T. Tammons, West Newton, Mass.; Miss Anne H. Saddler, New York City; Miss Ethel Groves, Quincy, 111.; Miss Mary P. Doyle, Omaha, Nebr.; Miss Kirch, Mrs. Berneece F. Brooks. Bastrop, Tex., and Miss Mildred Roberts, Loe Angeles, Calif. This afternoon the 100 delegates at tending the convention will be re ceived at tea by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. Secretary of Labor Perkins was scheduled to speak at a buffet supper this evening. Her subject will be "Social Plans in Our Economic Read justment." The convention of the woman bank ers is being held In conjunction with the meeting of the American Bankers" Association. It will continue through Wednesday afternoon. Other prominent speakers scheduled include Mrs. Roosevelt and Sir Will mott Lewis, Washington correspondent for the London Times. COURT JURYLESS 5 DAYS Record Established in Kent County, Md., Circuit Tribunal. CHESTERTOWN, Md., October 22 (Special).—What is believed to be a record in Kent County Circuit Court was set last week when the court sat from Monday to Friday without a case being heard before a jury. All cases were heard by the court, pre sided over by Judge T. J. Keating. Judge J. Owen Knotts was also on the bench. The court will resume sit tings next Tuesday. A clean bill of health was given the county jail, conducted by Sheriff John T. Vickers, by the Grand Jury, of which Clarence Newsome of Better ton was foreman. This in spite of the fact that the Maryland director of welfare. S. Stuart Janney. asserted in a recent report that few if any of the Eastern Shore jails were up to par. · GRANGE ELECTION HELD A. H. Roberts Chosen Master at Mt. Vernon, Va., Meeting:. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT VERNON. Va., October 22.—The following officers were elect ed at a meeting of the Mount Vernon Grange: A. H. Roberts, master: Her bert Baker, overseer: Mrs. J. W. Cox, lecturer; Walter Dinsmore, steward; Stephen Taylor, assistant steward: Kenneth Baker, chaplain; George C. Gillingham, treasurer; Margaret Wil liams, secretary; Alec Williams, gate keeper; Mary Gillinghtm, ceres; Mrs. F. H. Sheeler. pomona: Dorothy Smith, flora, and M. J. Collins, execu tive officer. Czech Minister May Get Post Of Foreign Secretary Benes Constitutional Change May Make Latter Vice President. Veverka Is Expected to Be Elevated by Re shuffling. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Reports from Prague Indicate that In the new reshuffling of the Czecho slovak Government planned by Pres ident Masaryk, Ferdinand Veverka, Czechoslovak Minister at Washing ton, at present on leave in his coun try, will become foreign secretary, re placing Edouird Benes, who will be come vice president of the republic According to these report», Presi dent Masaryk. who is 84 years old, feels the responsibility of guiding the republic in these troubled times is too great. He was re-elected President last May for seven years. The Czecho slovak constitution does not provide for the office of a vice president. But Masarvk worried lest a new election should be necessary In case something happened to him before the expiration of his term of office, in 1941, is asking the Czechoslovak Par liament to amend the constitution and create the position of vice presl ASSASSINATIONS HUNT CENTERED ON WOMAN French Police Believe "Blond Ma ria" Had Important Part in Planning Crime. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 22.—With most of the members of the terrorist band believed responsible for the Marseille assassinations under arrest, the French Burete Nationale today con centrated on a search for the "blond Maria" supposed to have had an im portant part in preparing for the crime. Detectives investigated the activi ties of a Maria von Draceck. She formerly lived near Lens, France, and later went to Czechoslovakia, becom ing engaged to a Yugoslav citizen there. Police attach importance to the ar rest at Liege of Entienne Paric. They suspected him of being one of the chief lieutenants of the gang leader. # Sheet Glass to Be Made. Manufacture of sheet glas* Is to be introduced into Chile. ι Bankers' Program. TOMORROW. (National Theater.) 9:45 a.m.—Music. 10:00 a.m.—Call to order—Presi dent Francis Marion Law. Invocation—Rev. Oliver J. Hart, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. Address of the president. Report—Official acts and pro ceedings of Executive Council. Appointment of Resolutions Com mittee. "Deposit Insurance as an Aid to Banking"—Leo T. Crowley, chairman. Federal Deposit In surance Corp. Communications. Announcements. Adjournment. GROUP MEETINGS. (Willard Hotel.) 8:00 a.m.—Agricultural Commis mlsslon breakfast conference. 2:00 p.m.—Clearing House Round Table Conference. 2:00 p.m.—Trust, division. 3:30 p.m.—Constructive Customer Relations Clinic. 5:00 p.m.—Nominating Commit tee. 6:30 p.m.—State bank division officers and State bank com missioners. Moineau! NEW BONE CONDUCTION Mi··» kw iMt nlwK I·· «M h mu ta •η tku mr. tk· Mimr b Til •HI EFFECTIVE MEAttRC AI», VtlRC MTI All «II M*t CmOCTI··. THAT ZctifTICAL IEsTaKN HAS fMltal." ETZ—1217 G * FERDINAND VEVERKA. —Harris-Ewing Photo. dent, to succeed the President in case that office becomes vacant. The Parliament will have to pass on Masaryk's request some time dur- , ing this month. snouia tne omce or vice presicent be created, and every Indication Is that It will. Benes will become vice president and the office of foreign Minister will become vacant. Ve verka is slated to succeed his present chief. FIVE FORMER HEADS OF BANKERS ARRIVE E. F. Swinney of Kansas City One of Oldest of Ex-Presi dents. Greeted Here. Five former presidents of the Amer ican Bankers' Association were among the nation's leading financiers seen here this morning. Thomas B. McAddams. president of the Union Trust Co.. Baltimore, was one of the first arrivals. When head of the A. B. A. he was president of one of the leading banks in Richmond, and is one of the best known bankers in the South. Harry J. Haas of Philadelphia, president of the national association two years ago. was early on the scene, as was Lewis E. Pierson, chairman of the board of directors of the Irving Trust Co.. New York City. John G. Lonsdale, chairman of the board of the Mercantile Commerce Trust Co. of St. Louis, was one of the earlier delegates to register at conven tion headquarters. E. F. Swinney, chairman of the board of First National Bank at Kan sas City, one of the oldest former pres idents of the association, who is still engaged in active banking, was greeted cordially by the men who were es pecially active in affairs in his time. Other former presidents were ex pected during the day. HOLDS OPEN HOUSE Southwest Community House will celebrate its thirteenth anniversary and annual opening from 7:30 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. Visitors will be per mitted to see the work of the classes and inspect the building. The community house, formerly known as the Mother-Child Center, is supervised by Mrs. Alma J. Scott, whose work over the past 13 years largely is responsible for the develop mnt of the institution. MISSIONARY GROUP TO SIOOY BOOKS Works of Two Prominent Writers to Be Discussed at Institute. The books of two prominent writers on missionary work will be studied In the three-day Missionary Institute · which opened this morning in the First Congregational Church. The Institute Is directed by the Women's Council of the Washington Federation of Churches. The purpose of the meeting will be to further missionary work at home and in foreign fields by the study and presentation of the true missionary picture. Books Urged for Study. Mrs. William L. Darby, wife of the j executive secretary of the Washington ι Federation of Churches, presided at j today's session, into which books by Mrs. Ε. H. Silverthorn, director of missionary education, Presbyterian Churches of America, and Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan, president of the Balti more Conference, Women's Home Mis sionary Society, were Introduced ifer study. Miss Michl Kawai, an active Jap- | anese missionary and co-author of } Mrs. Sllverthorn's book, "Japanese Women Speak," was the honor guest at today's luncheon. Several women from the Japanese Embassy were in vited, and Miss Yosho Siato, Japanese coloratura soprano, presented several native songs. · "Orientals in American Life," writ- | ten by Mrs. Morgan, was selected by j the Missionary Committee of the Fed- ι eration of Church Women for presentation to the institute for itudy. Member· of Committee. Headed by Mrs. Benjamin W. Meeks as president, the Institute Committee includes Mrs. Darby, Mrs. Henry C. Briscoe, program chairman; Mrs. W. E. Boulter, secretary; Mrs. H. M. Kendrick and Mrs. Allen A. Stockdale, vice chairmen; Mrs. George A. Ross, treasurer; Mrs. J. Claude Keiper, de nominational representatives chair man; Mrs. Arthur Briscoe, ticket chairman; Mrs. Theron Brooks, reg istration; Mrs. W. O. Tufts, luncheon chairman; Mrs. Ε. V. Pugh, chairman of music; Mrs. Hugh Smith, litera ture chairman, and Mrs. J. R. Hardesty, in charge of the ushers. Mrs. W. R. Rhodes will preside over tomorrow's meeting, with Mrs. Keiper chairman of an important mass meet ing to be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. WILL NAMES DEAD WIFE McNealy Property at Lurajr, Va., Inherited by Children. LURAY, Va., October 22 (Special).— The will of J. R. McNealy. probated here, leaves all his property, without reservation, to his widow. She died several weeks before Mr. McNealy and the will was not changed. The prop erty will be inherited by the three children of the couple. Reggie Mc Nealy of Grand Rapids and Willard McNealy and Mrs. Eu la Brewer of Washington. The estate is valued at $10,000. D. A. R. CHAPTER MEETS Special Dispatch to The 8t&r. COLLEGE HEIGHTS, Md„ October 22.—The Brig. Gen. Rezin Beall Chap ter of the D. A. R. has voted to send | copies of the flag code to every school In Prince Georges County and to take ; part in the State celebration of Mrs | Russell William Magna's birthday an niversary on November 15. Contributions will be received at the Magna function toward wiping out j the Indebtedness on Constitution Hall. FEVER SPREAD FEARED Br * Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md„ October 22.—Because of an outbreak of scarlet fever, teachers in the public schools of Prince Georges County have been asked to examine their pupils each morning for symptoms of the disease. Dr. A. B. Hooton, county health officer said today. Dr. Hooton discovered the outbreak late lut veek. He said about a dozen cases have been reported In the Oxon Hill-Fort Poo te neighborhood, with scattered cases in the suburban area. ME WONDERS iWJML EAT "Refectory" Short of Cash With Reopening Set for December. Members of the Senate are In a juandary as to bow they are going to sat this Winter. The Senate "refectory" as It has jeen traditionally denominated for fenerations, Is minus the necessary runds ta. keep It going. Plans had jeen made to open It up in tbout six weeks, but search of the appropria tions measures reveals that this can iot be done unless it sustains itself. IVhile Federal benefits have been landed out In recent months in many lirections. the Seriate restaurant has seen discriminated against. A legislative appropriation bill con tains a provision yhlch sharply limits jse of the funds carried in the meas ure "for the operation of any restau rant." As this language Is interpreted sy appropriations experts, it means .hat if the Senate Rules Committee. ! irhich is in charge of the "refectory," ; »n make the restaurant pay, It can go ahead and operate it, but it cannot jet Federal aid and comfort. Copeland in Charge. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, as chairman of the Rules Committee, Is in charge of the restau rant. If he falls to open up the es tablishment, which has been closed through the Summer, he will be under the flre of criticism from his brethren. If he opens it up and it does not pay. he will be preceding In violation of the legislative appropriation act. House leaders, it appears, looked, far enough ahead to put into the appropriation act a special provision under which the House restaurant can operate. In the background of the matter Is the complaint which has been heard for years, and which has Impressed watchdogs of the Treasury in the House, that a few Senators have sys tematically refrained from paying ; their billi in the "refectory." They have, it is said, had their meals charged from week to week and month to month and year to year and never paid what they owed. The aforesaid watchdogs of the Treasury are bent on making Senators pay their bills and making the cafe a self-sustaining institution. To Open in December. At the Capitol yesterday it wa* given out that the Senate "refectory" would open in December, despite draw-backs, and that efforts would be. made to make It pay Its way. A pos-1 sible way out of the difficulty is a deficiency appropriation early in Jan uary. This, however, would amount to confession that Senators were get ting meals at a rate less than cost to the Government. It would not be a good advertisement for the New Deal. Meantime, the many old-time em ployes of the Senate restaurant are uncertain about its future. Some of the colored waiters and cooks have been familiar figures about the "re fectory" for a generation or more, and they are worried about their tenure of office. Unless the budget regarding the cafe can be balanced, they are due for a long, cold Winter, possibly to go on relief rolls. YUGOSLAV UNITY POUCYJS FIXED New Premier Announces Principles to Apply to Cabinet Selection. Bj Cable to The Star. BELGRADE, October 23.—N. <ola T. Utunovitch, Premier of YugoeUvia, declared In a statement to the press at midnight last night that the mem bers of his new cabinet, as yet un named. must stand unreservedly for the following principles: 1. Monarchlal constitution. 2. Karageorgevltch dynasty. 3. Unity and indivisibility of Yugo slavia. 4. A policy of peace. Yugoslavia's old political parties are played out, said the premier, and can never return. Father Anton Koroshetz, Slovenian leader, it is learned, has been freed after a period of Internment on Hvar Island upon his declaration of loyalty to the new regency rule. Dr. Vladimir Matchek, Croat leader, who is interned in a hospital at Zagreb, capital of Crotia, has issued a statement of condolence and sympathy addressed to King Peter II, Queen Marie, widow of the late King Alexander I, and Prince Paul, chief regent. Information from other sources, contradictory to the assurances of the premier, is that the Croats, who have long smarted under Serbian rule centered in Belgrade, are bitter and will fight for their autonomy goal. There are predictions of critical days ahead. (Coprricht. 1934.» WOMEN PLAN MEETING Leland Democrat· to Hear White ford Wednesday Night. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star CHEVY CHASE, Md., October 23 — A business meeting of the Democratic Women's Club of Leland will be held Wednesday night in the County Build ing at Bethesda, Mrs. J. H. Werner, president of the club, announced today. Roger J. Whlteford of Chevy Chase, attorney to the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners, will attend and answer questions on the Issues of the current State and county politi cal campaign. Delegates will be elected to the convention of the United Women s Democratic Clubs of Maryland, sched uled for the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore on Thursday. ·■ 1 SPEAKER FROM MEXICO Br a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va.. October 22 — Right Rev. Y. Vclasco Salinas. Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Mexico, is to be the principal speaker at a mis sionary mass meeting to be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church here Oc tober 29 at 8 p.m. Members of all churches In the Piedmont Convoca tion will attend. Rev Richard Trapnell of Charles ton. W. Va., and Miss Emma J. Hall, representative of the National Wom an's Auxiliary of the church, are scheduled to address the meeting. Ministers of the Piedmont Convoca tion will attend a luncheon at the church. 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