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WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBEB 31, 1934—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
BONUS ADVOCATES
ARE MISINFORMED.
SAYS ROOSEVELT,
PAYMENT
tetter to Texan Holds Orig
inal Sum Voted by Con
gress Was Contingent on
Maturity in 20 Years.
FIENDS OF VETERANS
WELD OPPOSING MOVE
Report From Gen. Hines Submit
ted to Legion Post Commander
to Explain Amount Printed on
Service Certificates Is Not U. S.
Obligation at Present.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Roosevelt today opened
his fight against the immediate pay
ment of the Soldiers' bonus, by mak
ing public at the White House a letter
In which he said that "those who
advocated the payment of these cer
tificates at this time for the purpoee
of stimulating business certainly can
not have given the interest of the
veterans much thought."
This opening gun in the forthcom
ing bonus fight on Capitol Hill was
sounded in a letter to Garland R.
Farmer, commander of the American
Legion Post, Henderson, Tex. It was
In reply to a letter asking for in
formation regarding the so-called
"General Misunderstanding,"
"It is quite apparent from your let
ter in which you advise me ol the rea
sons why the service men are de
manding immediate payment of the
bonus," the President wrote, "that
there is a general misunderstanding
In regard to the Government's obliga
tion in this matter."
Attached to the President's letter
was a memorandum prepared by Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of
veterans' affairs, which explained the
act of Congress authorizing the ad
justed service certificates, better
known as the bonus, and traced the
history of the bonus subject from
then on up to the present time.
The President said in his letter that
•when Congress in 1924 decided to is
sue the adjusted service certificates,
it actually authorized a bonus of $1,
400,000,000, but because of the stand
taken at that time by those advocat
ing the measure who felt that it would
in the interest of the service men
themselves, this cash outlay was not
made immediately, but was deferred
for 20 years.
The President explained further
that because of this deferment the
Initial bonus was increased 25 per
cent, so that the $1.400,000.000 invest
ed for the service men at 4 per cent
compounded annually would mature
In 20 years $3,500,000,000.
Amount Due in 20 Years.
The President held the amount
which is printed upon the face
of every adjusted service certifli
cate is not the amount of the basic
or original bonus voted by Con
gress, but is an amount plus 25
per cent added for deferred payment,
which, with interest at 4 per cent com
pounded annually over a 20-year
period, would produce the face or ma
turity value. The President singled
out this fact as being important be
cause, according to him, "this would
seem to dispose of the question as to
whether the obligation is immediately
due."
The President does not believe that
the paying of the bonus at this time
would go far in stimulating recovery.
In answer to the argument to this
efTect advanced by those advocating
immediate payment, he said that at
the time the issue of paying the bal
ance of the bonus was up before and
& compromise was made by increasing
the loan value to 50 per cent of the
face value, there resulted a distribu
tion of approximately $1,000,000,000,
and at that time the same argument
was advanced that the expenditure
would stimulate business and aid re
covery, but a survey of the results
showed otherwise.
According to the President, this
large payment resulted in little stimu- j
lation of business, and in many of
the large cities no material change
vas indicated at all. j
Doubts Benefits.
Indicating present feelings, the |
X»resUient ttien -wrote: "No doubt the
same results would obtain if the bal
ance were now paid."
In answer to those who favor imme
diate payment because the Govern
ment has spent millions of dollars on
relief, which will not be repaid, while
by the payment of the bonus the Gov
ernment will be discharging an obliga
tion and at the same time taking a
practical step toward stimulating re
covery, the President wrote that all
expenditures for relief have been made
In the interests of recovery and for all
citizens, non-veterans as well as vet
erans, and that in the distribution of
relief and employment the veteran has
been given a definite and distinct pref
erence.
The text of President Roosevelt's
letter on the bonus follows:
"I appreciate your letter of recent
date, and it is particularly interest
ing in that it confirms an impression
that I have had for some time; that
is, that the bonus question is not well
(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)
Facing Revolt
KING ZOG.
King Zog's Forces Said to
Be Battling With Reb
els Daily.
By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, December 31.—Reports
from the Island of Corfu said a revolt
in Albania has taken many lives and
that King Zog had established mar
tial law.
Daily battles, the reports from
Corfu said, are being fought, and the
rebels denied reports that their
leader, a former aide-de»camp to the
King, had been arrested.
CLAN SUPPORTS REBEL.
ROME, December 31 (JP).—A rebel
force in Albania is strongly incamped
In a valley near Dibra, although
penned in by government troops, Ital
ian aviators arriving here today from
Tirana, capital of Albania, said.
Mohamed Bairactar, former aide
de-camp to King Zog, is leading the
revolt and is supported by his clan,
the aviators asserted. Government
troope have a strongly superior force,
they said, but hesitate to attack,
knowing a battle would result in great
loss of life and hoping that Bairactai
can be induced to surrender.
The aviators said the revolt has not
affected the remainder of the coun
try.
King Zog's country is about the
area of Maryland. The 40-year-old
Zog, once leader of a clan of fierce
mountain fighters, was elected King
when Albania became a monarchy in
192ft. Albania, with a population ol
832,000, is on the west coast of the
Balkan Peninsula, bordering upon
[ Greece, Yugoslavia and the Ionian
MAN SHOT IN ROW
OVER NUMRERS BET
Another Held After Argumenl
Over Amount of Money to
Be Paid.
As the result of an argument last
night over the amount of money tc
be paid in a "numbers" deal, one col
ored man was in Emergency Hospital
in a critical condition with a bullet
wound in his stomach and another
was in a third precinct eell, changed
with firing the shot, according tc
police reports.
Abner Young, 22, of 936 Twenty
fifth street, who is believed by police
to be an innocent victim of the shoot
ing, is said to have been with his
sister, Miss Verna Young. 24, at her
home in the 2600 block of I street,
when she and Henry Baker, 21, 413
Twenty-sixth street, became embroijed
in an argument over a "numbers" bet
she is said to have placed with Baker.
Baker told police that during the
argument the girl secured a weapon
and he shot once in an effort to halt
her, but the bullet went "wild" and
struck her brother, Abner, in the
stomach.
Physicians at Emergency said to
day that Young's condition was im
proved, but still critical.
FLORIDA cur OFFICIALS
PLAN OUSTING OF GANGS
Miami Mayor Summons Meeting
to Formulate Program for
Purging· Area*
By tbe Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., December 31.—Mayor
E. G. Sewell invited officials of Miami
Beach and Coral Gables to meet today
with the Miami City Commission to
formulate a plan for ridding this
area of Northern racketeers, gam
blers and gangsters.
The special meeting was called to
organize Dade County's law-enforce
ment agencies to combat criminal
activities, blamed for the recent gang
sterlike killings of George (Skeets)
Downs, gambler, and Leo Bornstein,
bar operator.
DIPLOMAT FOUND
DEAD IN NEW YORK;
BELIEVED ROBBED
Mystery Shrouds Death of
Ecuador's Charge D'Af
faires in Germany.
CLOTHING DISHEVELLED;
ONE DOLLAR IN POCKETS
No Mark* of Violence on .Body.
Was Recently Appointed to
Berlin Post.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31—Er
nesto Chacon Qulrola, Ecuadorean
charge d'affaires to Germany, was
found dead today the vestibule of a
building at 69 West Fifty-second street
under circumstances regarded by po
lice as mysterious.
The diplomat's clothing vas di
sheveled and a single dollar bill was
found In his pockets. A black overcoat
was thrown across the body and a
brown felt hat was beside it when a
policeman made the discovery.
Police were of the opinion that the
man had been robbed.
N· Marks of Violence.
Detectives who made the prelimin
ary Investigation said they found
nothing suspicious in the circum
stances surrounding Chacon's death.
However, when his identity was estab
lished, the fact that so little money
was in the clothing resulted in a more
thorough investigation. There were
no marks of violence on the body.
At the office of the Ecuadorean
consulate general It was learned
Chacon was given his appointment
to Berlin December 2, last. Previously
he had been charge d'affaires at Lon
don, England, and secretary to the
Minister of foreign relations in
Ecuador.
Arrived Last Tuesday.
Chacon, accompanied by his wife, I
Nancy, and their child, arrived on the I
liner Santa. Barbara last Tuesday. I
They proceeded to Washington and
visited the Ecuadorean Minister to
this country, C. E. Alfaro. Officials at :
the consulate general were uncertain ι
when Chacon and his family returned ι
to New York. They had registered at
the Hotel Roosevelt prior to their 1
scheduled departure for Germany ι
Wednesday.
8. E. Du ran Ballin, the consul gen
eral, left his office almost immediately
upon being informed of the death.
He went to make the official identl- ι
flcation and arranged for the funeral.
Officials of the Ecuador legation In
Washington were shocked to hear of
tha death of Chacon, but at an early
hour had received no information from
New York.
He was to have visited the Wash
ington legation yesterday, they said,
but had telegraphed he would be un
able to arrive until tomorrow. He was
to have sailed from New York on the
Hamburg on Wednesday . (
Coming direct from Ecuador, he
had arrived in New York December
26. Official matters held him there.
He was said to have been one of
the most brilliant men in the Ecua
dorean diplomatic service. Formerly
attached to the legation in London,
where he met and married his wife,
an Englishwoman, he had served in
several foreign posts.
FREIGHTER IS NEAR
DISABLED COLLIER
American Vessel Within 50 Miles
of Greek Ship Off Dela
ware Capes.
Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31—latest
radio advices to Mackay today indi
cated the distressed Greek collier ,
Meropi was separated from its nearest
help by 50 miles of gale-churned sea.
The American freighter Exarch re
ported Itself that distance away, and
said it believed the French steamship :
San Pedro also was rushing to the
Meropi's aid.
The Exarch fought its way toward
the last given position of the Meropi,
In distress 550 miles east of the Dels
Ware Capes. ι
The Meropi first sent out an S Ο S
about 7:30 a.m. ( ε. s. τ.) yesterday.
Engines pounding full speed ahead,
the Exarch, an American, export line
swp, m mm only m M α
it buried, its prow in tlie raging seas
on rescue bent.
Aboard the Meropi Is a crew of
about 30 who had expected to spend
New Year's eve in Boston. They were
bringing a cargo of Russian anth
ricite from the Black Sea Port of
Mariupol.
"Leaking on forepeak owing to col
lision crack on deck," said a wireless
message from the little ship. "Broken
spare steering gear."
17 Drown as Boat Upsets.
LISBON, Portugal, December 31
(jP).—Dispatches from Alcacer said to- 1
lay 17 workmen were drowned when a
small boat was caught in a river ;
whirlpool and capsized. Only one
man reached shore.
/■"""anyhow the. k«o"
/WILL HaVI A QfcANft NE.*/
I congress to hevp
\ Ml M ALOHQ »
IEFS ASK HOLT
TO DELAY ne
rwo Senate Committees
Suggest West Virginian
Wait Until Birthday.
Senator-elect Rush D. Holt of West
Virginia, in the opinion of the Demo
cratic Steering Committee and the
democratic Policy Committee of the
Senate, should not present himself to
ake the oath of office until he has at
ained the age of 30 years. This will
lot be until next June.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
Democratic leader of the Senate and
:hairman of the Steering Committee,
laid after a meeting of the two Demo
cratic committees today that this was
he consensus among the Democratic
Senators.
It is expected that Senator Holt
BlU be guided by the edict of the
Democratic Steering Committee.
Should he present himself in the Sen
ι te to take the oath of office on Thura
iay his right to be seated undoubted
y will be contested on the ground
that he has not attained the eonstltu
;lonal age.
Senator Robinson said that so far
10 certificates of election have been
■eceived by the secretary of the Sen
ate for the two New Mexico Senators
:hoaen in November. Senator Cutting.
Progressive Republican, undoubtedly
will be permitted to take his seat if
ind when he presents a certificate,
Senator Robinson said. He added that
le did not know whether a contest
could be filed by Cutting's Democratic
jpponent, Representative Chavez.
Plans were made by the Demo
crats at their meeting today for the
election of officers at a party con
ference to be held Wednesday. It
Is expected that Senator Robinson
will be re-elected Democratic leader.
Senator Pittman of Nevada will be
renominated by the Democrats for
president pro tempore of the Senate,
m office which he now holds. After
the formal meeting and organization
>f the Senate Thursday a recess will
χ taken until the following day,
when the President's annual message
to Congress is expected. It is un
derstood that President Roosevelt will
come to the Capitol to deliver his
message in person at a joint session
In the House chambers.
.ONG MOVES TO SEIZE
CONTROL IN ALEXANDRIA
2ivil Service Board in Executive
Session to Decide on Police
Chief's Efficiency.
3y the Associated Prejs.
BATON RODGE, La., December 31.
—The Huey P. Long administration
;oday made the first step In plans to
;ake over the city administration of
Uexandria, La., when the Civil Service
Commission met in executive session to
iecide upon the "competency" of Chiel
)i Police Clint O'Malley of Alexandria.
Gov. Ο. K- Allen, as ex-officio cbair
■nan o£ the commission^ presided ft)
neetlng, and after preliminary matters
xrere disposed, of called the commission
into executive session and barred
newspapermen from the proceedings.
DR. M'PHEE GETS POST
Will Direct Animal Husbandry
Work for Tarm Unit.
Dr. Hugh C. McPhee today was ap
pointed director of animal husbandry
jf the Agriculture Department, suc
:eeding Dr. Earl W. Sheets, who has
>een transferred to a Florida field
itation.
Dr. McPhee, who studied at Harvard
ind the University of Maine, entered
;he department In 1923. He has «pe
nalized in animal breeding for more
han 10 years.
Dr. McPhee is 38 years old and
ives at. 3407 Otis street. Mount
rtainler, Md.
No 5:30
Tomorrow
Because of the Holiday
there will be no 5:30 or
Night Final editions of
The Star Tomorrow,
Night Final subscribers
will receive the Regular
Edition.
Climbers' Club
To Greet Byrd
From Pikes Peak
Adaman Group Also to
Light Flare for Late
Roald Amundsen.
By the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., De
cember 31.—A salute to the late Capt.
Roald Amundsen and a radio greeting
to Admiral Richard E. Byrd were plan
ned today by members of the Adaman
Club as they struggled to the summit
of Pikes Peak for their annual New
Year ceremony.
A flare will be set off tonight in
memory of Capt. Amundsen, a dead
honorary member, and a radio beam
will be directed to the Antarctic for
Admiral Byrd, a living honorary
member.
Thirteen members left here yester
day. The weather outlook was good,
but each member knew be would need
his ear tabs and special mask, for the
warmest night In the history of the
event has been S below zero. Some
times snowshoes are needed to main
tain a footing in the winds that exceed
Semi-Martial Law to Hall
Terrorism Is
Asked.
Copyright. 1934. by the Associated Press.
SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
ritory, December 31.—Serious rioting
broke out in this area today and anti
Nazis asked the introduction of semi
martial law to suppress the "terrorism
gripping the Saar." About 15 person:
were injured In the week end's dis
turbances.
More than 50 shots were fired whet
Nazis and anti-Nazis battled at Mal
statt, a suburb of Saar bru ecken
A Hitler youth was wounded and the
retaurant where the fight took placc
was wrecked.
Several persons were Injured yester
day at Blieskastel when an alleged
Nazi group broke up an anti-Nazi
rally in a hall there.
Johann Hoffmann. Catholic leadet
of the German People's party—which
opposes the Saar's return to Ger
many—was present at the meeting.
Police Called.
Tho^ who were in the meeting
charged that the Nazi leader in Blie
skastel was in the hall to lead the at
tack and that 50 Nazis rushed into the
fray after a gun was fired as a signal.
International policemen restored or
der in a hurry.
The most seriously injured at Blie
skastel was Henrich Imbush, Catholic
I leader, who was struck on tllÇ
by a t>eer mug and was also beaten
with chairs.
Hoffmann himself called for semi
martial law. He presented a petition
to the League of Nations Governing
Commission asking that the Interna
tional army troops maintain order, and
saying "the secrecy of the plebiscite
vote has been assured, but freedom ol
speech in the campaigns has not."
The petition also asked the com
mission to ban the "flying disciplinary
squad" maintained by the "German
Front," a Nazi organization. The
petition said this squad was largely
responsible for the week-end clashes.
The "Common Front," an anti
Nazi organization, told the commis
sion that the "flying disciplinary
squad" was deliberately provoking in
cidents throughout the territory in
an effort to Induce the governing
commission to cancel an anti-Nazi
rally scheduled for January β at
Saarbruecken. Special trains have
been arranged to bring delegations
to the rally from all part* of the
area.
Charges that France is financing
Catholic opposition to Re lche fuehrer
Hitler in the Saar Basin territory
were made by Hugo Hagn, editor Ol
a Oa£olic newspaper.
NEW OPERA FOR U. S.
MILAN, Italy, December 31 04»).
Pietro Mascagni, famous Italian com
poser, said yesterday he would go U
the united States in late March a
early April to conduct his new opera
"Nerone" ("Nero.")
He will make a radio talk to America
next week in which he will discust
the opera, which will have its pre
miere at La Seal» Opera House here
January 16.
A
JERSEY MARSHALS
HAUPTMANN CASE
Expense Notebooks Will
Figure in Case Due to
Open Wednesday.
Br the Associated PrMS.
FLEMINGTON, N. J., December 31.
—Bruno Richard Hauptmann's pocket
notebooks, containing careful accounts
of his expenses, will be used, an offi
cial source disclosed today, in a prose
cution effort to show that the $50,000
Lindbergh ransom figured in his
income.
To substantiate this evidence, the
prosecution has a woman witness ready
to testify she saw packages of money
secreted in a cabinet in the Haupt
mttnn Bronx home.
The State also expects Betty Gow,
Scotch nurie of the slain Lindbergh
baby, to testify the child was dead or
dying when he was borne past the
spot, a scant 100 yards from bis,
home, where she found a thumbfoerd
«tripped brutally from his hand.
State Surreys Case.
These three factors became known
as the State made a final survey of
its case for the trial of Hauptmann.
starting Wednesday, for the slaying of
the kidnaped Infant.
The patient work of a Federal sta
tistical expert uncovered traces of the
ransom money In Hauptmann'® note
book accounts, it was learned, and
this expert will explain the carpenter's
accounts to the jury.
The identity of the woman witness
is being guarded carefully. She visited
the Hauptmann home one day while
Hauptmann was absent, the authority
said, and was admiring a new article
of furniture—a cabinet—of which Mrs.
Hauptjnann appeared very proud.
Examining the cabinet closely, the
visitor said she came on a cache of
neatly wrapped currency in one of the
compartments.
The discovery made her exclaim in
surprise, the authority said, but Mrs.
Hauptmann made light of the matter
with the remark:
In stock market transactions."
Blow at Defense Seen.
The State regards this testimony as
a damaging blow at Hauptmann's
contention thjt the ransom money
found in his possession was given him
in a shoe box by Isadore Fisch, a
business associate, since deceased.
Hauptmann has maintained he did
not know the contents of the shoe
box until it broke open, after it had
become watersoaked from rain, which
leaked into the closet where he put
it for safekeeping.
Hauptmann's expense books and
ledgers were found when his house
was searched after his arrest fin Sep
tember. Authorities described them
as "exceedingly accurate," saying
they contain itemized accounts of such
trivial expenses as pennies for a box
of matches and 2-cent stamps.
They show frequent totals, investi
gators said, in whieh Hauptjnarm
mm upîncimountofWâi&éôme
and his outlay. It is here, t£ie offi
cial disclosed, that tlie first evidences
of the ransom money were found.
From this point the Federal expert has
reputedly traced how the ransom
money crept in and out of the former
German machine gunner's financial
accounts.
Guard Tied to Wrist.
The thumbguard, which Miss Oow
found a few days after the kid
naping, had been tied by tape to the
wrist of the child's sleeping suit.
The tape was still tied when It was
found, and the State will contend, it
was learned, that the sleeping gar
ment vas hastily stripped from the
baby's body by a kidnaper who did not
have time to untie the tape.
M MAROONED
IN WRECKED PLANE
3 DAYS ARE SAVED
Fourth Is Left at Scene of
Crash With Injury
to Hip.
EIGHT-MILE JOURNEY
MADE AT—30 DEGREES
Survivors of Plane Mishap Greet
Rescuers With Joy—Plane
Had Dropped Food.
By the Associated Press.
MOREHOUSEVILLE, Ν. Y., De
cember 31.—Three of the four men
stranded for three days with a wrecked
plane In the Adirondacks 8 miles from
here were walking in this direction
with their rescuers today, while the
fourth waited at the scene of the
wreck with a wrenched hip, the State
Conservation Department announced
today.
Reached at 10 o'clock last night by
four woodsmen from Hoffmeister, the
cold and hungry men realized they
had been rescued when 10 men of
the Conservation Department arrived
on the scene at dawn today.
By 11:30 a.m. the trip to More
house ville had started through 3 feet
of snow and at a temperature about
30 degrees below aero.
Hamilton Chequers, a foreman of
the C. C. C., who went in with the
group, returned early and told of
the Joy with which the survivors of
the hillside crash greeted their
rescuers.
He said one of the Dryers, either
Emeet, the pilot, or his brother Dale,
the co-pilot, bad a wrenched bip and
would be taken out later by sled. The
others were expected to reach More
house ville at 3 p.m. Dryer's injury
was only serious enough to prevent
his walking.
RESCUE OF FOUR EFFECTED.
Men are Marooned lor 11^ Honrs
After Crash.
ALBANY. Ν. Y„ December 31 VP).
Rescue of the four men stranded with
their wrecked plane in the Adlron
dacks was effected today.
The rescurers. hardy woodsmen from
Hoffmeister, Ν. Y., eight mUes north
of the forested hillside, started for
civilization at 11.30 a.m., about 61V4
hours after giant American Airlines
plane crashed In a snow storm Friday
night en route from Syracuse to Al
bany.
Two Left ai Scene.
Lieut. A1 Mitchell of the Massa
chusetts National Guard radioed from
his plane, on vigil above the spot, that
five men of the group of 11, which
included seven searchers, left the spot
for the highway to Hoffmeister and
that four men followed them shortly
afterward. They left two men at the
wrecked plane. Their identity could
not be established from the air, but
it was believed that not more than
one was a survivor of the plane crash.
The courageous effort of the HofT
meister woodsmen, including Lester
Fertello and Floyd Krueger, to take
the cold and hungry flyers to their
home eight miles away, climaxed the
three-day fight of State police, Na
tional Guard flyers and airline com
pany officials to rescue the quartet
m 30-below weather and waist-deep
snow.
Located Last Nifht.
The four, Ernest Dryer, pilot of the
airplane; his brother Dale, co-pilot;
J. H. Brown of Boston, American Air
line pilot flying as a passenger, and
R. W. Hambrook of Washington, D.
C., were located from the air last
night, but not contacted from the
ground until nearly midnight. Then
Pertello and his brothers, John and
Charles, struggled through with Krue
ger from Hoffmelster.
Lieut. C. C. Jakway of the Massa
chusetts National Guard, after a trip
over the spot, early today reported
that searchers had reached the four
marooned flyers.
"I circled over the wrecked plane
very low for several minutes," Lieut.
Jakway said after he returned to the
Albany Airport. "There were a num
ber of people with the marooned men.
Then Lieut. C. I. Emerson of our out
fit arrived with food at my altitude
and I left."
Jakway's news caused William L.
Garrett, manager of the American
Airlines here, to predict that the fly*
ers, down in 20-below zero weather
since 5 p.m. Friday without food, would
De stirteù Diet to eivlMiea hy their
rescuers **probably by noon today."
Food Dropped to Plane.
State troopers and natives from
Gray and California, to the south,
would have been unable to sight the
wreck from 100 yards away, as they
would have been behind the hill.
Jakway dropped food to the wrecked
plane at 3 a.m. after dropping a flare
as a signal. He said he was sure the
men saw and heard his ship and re
ceived the food.
Just before dawn. Dean Smith, pilot
for American Air Lines, went out, but
was unable to sight the wreck. An
Army ship with food later went out,
but failed to find Smith and returned
with Its food to Albany. A second
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ROOSEVELT AIDES
SEE PARTY MS
BUT ARE CONFIDENT
Right and Left Will Fight,
but President Is Ex
pected to Win.
BUDGET MESSAGE DUE
IN HOUSE SATURDAY
White House Policies on Main Is
sues Unknown ai Time for
Convening Nears.
By the Associated Puss.
With exploeive issues in the offing,
the dying year found the Democratic
leadership laboring today to weld its
huge majority into a unit to put the
Roosevelt administration's program
smoothly through the Seventy-fourth
Congress opening Thursday.
Surveying a membership that ranges
from share-the-wealth men on the
"left" to pillars of old-line conserva
tism on the "right," leaders acknowl
edged that controversies are in store.
But they said they found a consensus
among many returning members that
the last election was a mandate to
follow President Roosevelt's lead.
The President's program—embrac
ing a vast range of problems topped
by relief of the unemployed—has yet
to be revealed in any detail. Legisla
tors expect him to give an outline of
principles and aims in a message
which he will deliver Friday, prob
ably in person.
Public Works in Doubt.
Saturday, with the delivery of the
President's budget message, will come
the answer to one paramount ques
tion: How much will be spent for
public works? Speculation has ranged
from $1,500.000,000 to *7,000,000,000
but no one has given any authorita
tive statement.
From Representative Byms, Demo
crat, of Tennessee, slated to be the
Speaker of the House, there came to
day a prediction that although debate
may be "extended and widespread" on
some issues, In the end the Démocrate
will "work together.··
Placing relief at the top of all
problems, he said the Federal Gov
ernment had acted wisely in taking
uw icau m nie aibacK on il. «ow, ne
added, business Is Improving and "It
will oe one of our tasks to determine
whether and how to taper off th·
Federal Government's activities."
The Republicans, weaker numeric·
ally in Congress than at any time in
years, are in no poeition to win
out-and-out party lights. They say
their role will be one of constructive
criticism.
G. O. P. to Test Proposals.
Representative Snell, Republican, of
New York, regarded as the probable
choice for Republican leader in the
House, said his party's function was
to put each proposal "to a test of
merit, pure and simple."
Calling for a three-way plan of
Job insurance, with employer, em
ploye and State goveqiment talcing
part, he also said "we must guard
against plans for unlimited currency
inflation" and "further tinkering"
with money.
President Roosevelt secluded him
self for the third successive day to
glue together what he calls the scraps
of his message. The Democratic
Steering and Policy Committees of
the Senate planned to meet with
Leader Robinson of Arkansas to
formulate strategy plans and com
mittee ratios.
As for the House, several State dele
gations prepared to caucus , on the
speakership and leadership nomina
tions. The Appropriations Committee
continued a fast pre-session race, hop
ing to have three or four annual
money bills ready for the floor by
January 7.
Drive for Inflation.
Leaders are watching closely in
an attempt to guage the strength of
drives for currency inflation. *
Besides relief, public works and an
administration social security program
which will include unemployment in
surance and possibly old-age pensions,
many other topics are expected to be
debated, among them:
Permanent N. R. A. legislation, ex
tension of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation's life, changes in the agri
cultural adjustment and Banlchead
cotton control acts, more money for
home owners' loans, taking the profit
out of war, regulation of utility hold
ing companies, the St. Lawrence sea
way treaty and the World Court.
A task confronting the Senate Demo
cratic conference today was finding
something for Ike Senate to work on
the first week or so while the House
forges ahead with appropriations
measures.
Root Formula.
Some thought the Root formula for
American adherence to the World
Court, shelved repeatedly in the past,
might be trotted out of the Foreign
Relations Committee to take up the
Senate's time while waiting for the
money bills to come from the House.
Others believed the court would
once more be postponed on the ground
it would delay more Important emer
gency measures.
Senate leaders do not anticipate any
difficulty in arriving at new committee
ratios in proportion to the increased
Democratic majorities, but a light 1a
in prospect in the House.
8ome Democrats there have been
urging a 3-to-l majority on commit
tees for their party on the ground the
House is divided about that way, but
Representative Englebrlght of Cali
fornia, the minority whip, has served
notice he will contend for "liberal
representation of the minority for
safety sake" on such important com
mittees as appropriations and ways
and means.
An Appraisal of
Great Changes
The Star's Annual Review
of. 1934 Business, Including
forecasts for next year,
appears In the second sec
tion of today's issue.
The annual summary of
security prices will appear
tomorrow.
Λ
Last Czar Lies in Secret Grave
In France, Newspaper Declares
Br the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 31.—The news
paper Le Jour revived today report·
that the ashes of former Czar Nicholas
of Russia, the Czarina and their chil
dren are buried In France, asserting
It has definite proof solving the 17
year-old mystery.
The newspaper says the ashes of
the royal family, who were assassi
nated in 1917, were smuggled out of
Russia by Maj. Gen. Maurice Janin
of France. The ashes were given
by Janin to Michael de Olers, who
had been a Russian Ambassador to
Paris and who is now dead. Le Jour
asserted.
"A former exalted personage oi the
*
imperial court." now in Prance, was
quoted as telling the newspaper that
"remains of the murdered rulers are
guarded at a sale place with all fit
ting veneration. Only three persons
know the secret."
This informant was said to have
told the newspaper the "official"
guardian of the ashes is Basile
Maklakof, last Czarist envoy to
France.
Gen. Janln told the Associated
Press in 1930 that at the request of
Russian friends he agreed to take
the remains out of the country and
that he turned them over, with nu
merous relics, to a representative of
the Oraod Duke Nicholas in Paris
in 1930.
A
\
Pacific Coast Quake Passes
Without Damage or Fatality
By the Associated Pre».
LOS ANGELES, December 31.—
Earthquake shocks, one of which was
described by geophyaicists as Intense
as the destructive Lorn: Beach trem
blor of March 10, 1933, were experi
enced over the Pacific Coast from
Mexico to Washington Sunday, but
extensive checks today showed there
was neither any consequential damage
nor loss of life.
The most severe of the shocks origi
nated at the head of th· Gulf of Cali
fornia and was felt m cities at the
Imperial Valley shortly before β ajB-<
at about the same time, a moderate
« i
shock arouud light sleepers in San
Francisco and the peninsula area.
The seismograph at the University
of Washington, eeattle, recorded an
earthquake of such intensity that the
recording needle was shaken from the
drum.
A water tower was toppled from Its
supports at Cocopah, Mexico. About
$300 worth of glassware was broken
In Calexico, and guests In hotels at
Palm Springs, 115 miles southeast of
here, were awakened.
The earthquake in Northern Cali
fornia apparently was centered in San
Joee.
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