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KIDNAP TESTIMONY ENDS
IN STATE FIGHT ON ALIBI;
BRUNO WOULD REAPPEAR
Λ ^———
Case Expected
to Go to Jury
Tuesday.
MRS. MORROW
LAST WITNESS
State's Final Figlit
on Testimony
on Woods.
βτ the Assoelâted Press.
FLEMING ΤΟΝ. Ν. J.. February 9 —
The case against Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for the Lindbergh baby
murder was completed today, five
weeks and three days after it began.
With Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, the
baby's grandmother, as one of the
witnesses, the case ended—except for
the legal oratory which will last
through Monday and part of Tues
dav—on a note of sharp contradiction.
The final day's testimony concerned
Itself not with Hauptmann. the Bronx
carpenter accused of horrible crime,
but with the memory of two persons
dead—the little Isador Fisch and the
Morrow maid servant. Violet Sharpe.
*ho committed suicide.
When it was not seeking to show
that neither Fisch nor Miss Sharpe
had any guilty knowledge of the kid
nap murder of March 1, 1932. the
etate In iti last day of rebuttal
testimony, ripped at the "lumber"
evidence which the defense has pre
sented.
Hauptmann. never demonstrative,
eat through the final day of the trial
which may mean his life, showing
little emotion.
Mr». Lindbergh Present.
In contrast with the defendant
*f»re Mrs. Morrow and her daughter.
Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, who sat
through both sessions today display
uig λ.υτ:a iiiicicsL in nu iiir proceed
ings. Mrs. Lindbergh, the baby's
mother, was making her second
appearance in the old Hunterdon
County courtroom. She was one ol
the first witnesses of the State.
Col. Lindbergh, on the other hand,
hns been a constant court attendant,
•itting behind the State counsel's
table in a position from which he
could look almost squarely at the
witnesses a.< they paraded. 141 of
them, through 29 court day3 of
teetimony.
The presentation of evidence came
to an abrupt close at 2:37 p.m., when
the State announced it had finished
it* rebuttal evidence and the defenst.
headed by Edward J. Reilly of New
York, announced It would off°r no
•urrebuttaL
Justice Thomas W Trenchard
called a recess until Monday, when
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr.. one ol the
assistants of Attorney General L»avid
Wilentz, who is conducting the State's
case, will make the first summafion
Hauck will outline the points which
the prosecution has made through
the testimony of the 88 witnesses it
called to the stand.
Hauck does not expect to require
more than an hour and a half.
Reilly, for the defense, will follow
He is expected to require most of the
remainder of the day. Wilentz will
cpeak for the State Tuesday, and the
case should go to the jury of eignt
men and four women by midalter
tioon of that day—Lincoln's birthday
The charge to the Jury by Justice
Trenchard is not expected to require
more than 45 minutes.
Last Witness Called.
Mrs. Morrow was the last witness,
a tragic touch to a trial that has
attracted attention around tne world.
She testified, however, not as the
grandmother of a baby murdered, but
*s the employer of an English servant
girl whose name had been repeatedly
drawn into the case as having pos
•ibly had gruilty knowledge of the
crime.
Mrs. Morrow, widow of a Morgan
partner, who also was an American
Ambassador and Senator, testified
that the servant, Violet Sharp», wai
at the Morrow home in Englewood
the night of the kidnapin·? up to
about 7:45 o'clock, and that she
returned to the home about 11. The
kidnaping was from the Lindbergh
home at Hopewell, many miles
distant.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Morrow's
testimony, the defense moved for a
directed verdict ot acquittal, which
Justice Trenchard promptly denied
Chief Counsel Reilly said: "So that
""(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
VIRGINIA'S WORKERS
BACK ON 1929 KEEL
Employment Figures Indicate
130,000 Wage Earners—New
Industries Credited.
Br the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. V·.. February 9 —
Good fortune plus a stable State gov
ernment and a sound policy of en
couraging suitable types of industries
to locate in Virginia were mentioned
today by Maj. Prank P. Evans, stat
istician of the State Industrial Com
mission. aa having aided in bringing
employment in this State back to 192S
levels.
Nearly completed figures for 1934
were the basis for Maj. Evans' esti
mate that at least 130,000 wage earn
ers in Virginia are at work—as many
as were reported during the last oi
the so-called boom years.
He said that certain industries,
notably new rayon plants which started
operations in the State in 1929 and
1930 in spite of the depression, pros
pered through the leaner years and
compensated losses in some other lines
Figures gathered by the Industrial
Commission indicate, Maj. Evans said,
that mercantile employment as well
as factory employment now is gain
ing lost ground.
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Accused Wants to Make Final
Appeal to Jury Personally
Hauptmann Reported Opposed to Plan
of Reilly to Sum Up Case Alone,
Wants Others Included.
By the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON. N. J.. February 9 —
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. on trial
for the slaying of the Lindbergh baby,
wants to make a final, personal appeal
to the jury.
It was learned tonight that Haupt
mann had asked one of his counsel if
the court regulations would permit
him to address the jury himself before
the talesmen retire to consider a
verdict.
His counsel expressed doubt that the
statement would be permitted.
Should a conviction result. Haupt
mann may be permitted to make a
statement before sentence Is imposed,
however.
Hauptmann, meanwhile, was report
ed opposed to the plan of his chief
counsel, Edward J. Reilly, to sum up
his case alone before the Jury.
Reilly. the Brooklyn attorney ac
corded the privileges of the New Jersey
courts through courtesy, said after a
conference with the presiding judge
today that he would sum up for the
defense. His colleagues. New Jersey
attorneys, are not expected to par
ticipate.
Hauptmann, a member of his de
fense staff disclosed, was opposed to
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Illness of Speculator
Changes Plans for Hear
ing This Week.
By the Associated Press.
Ben Smith, widely known Wall
Street speculator, sought by the Sen
ate Munitions Committee for ques
tioning. was reported yesterday by
committee sources to have been found,
critically ill, in an unnamed hospital.
Reports from New York, however,
said Smith's attorney. Jacob Gould
Schurman. announced there was no
mystery about Smith's whereabouts,
that he was in the Herkness pavilion
of the medical center there and would
appear before the committee as soon
as his doctors permitted.
The informtion on Smith being
located came soon after an an
nouncement was made that a new
development in the committee's In-1
quiry into asserted collusion among J
major shipyards in bidding on naval
construction compelled a change in
plans for beginning the examination
tomorrow of officials of the Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Members of the committee said
Smith had not been served with
the subpoena issued Friday. His name
has been coupled with a swift change
in ownership of the New York cor
poration in the Summer of 1933 un
der circumstances the committee felt
indicated there had been "inside
knowledge" of big spending of Federal
money slated in the shipyards.
Company Chairman Called.
Committee counsel announced Wil
liam Flock, chairman of the board of
the New York Shipbuilding Corp.,
had been summoned for questioning
WUIUilUW Hliu 1.11ML nUIUCI rcigu
president of the Newport News com
pany, had been advised to come Tues
day.
"Correspondence and other matter
has been disclosed," said F. W. La
rouche, counsel for the committee,
"which bears on relationship of the
'big three' companies in bidding on
naval construction."
He said Flock and others would be
questioned, but said uncertainty as
to whether the others could be inter
rogated tomorrow made It necessary
to withhold their names.
The abrupt change in procedure
under which questioning of the New
port News Co. was set back a day
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BILL WOULD LIGHTEN
LAST PROPERTY LEVY
South Carolina Representatives to
Press Companion Measure
to Cut Tax.
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. C.. February 9—A
concerted legislative effort to reduce
or abolish South Carolina's sole sur
viving statewide tax on property was
announced today.
Representatives J. D McCullough
and H. P. Beam of Greenville said they
would introduce a duplicate of a bill
offered in the Senate last Thursday to
remove as much of the 5-mill property
levy as the condition of State finances
July 1 will permit.
Proponents of the plan said they
hoped the levy could be reduced 2 %
mills this year and that the balance
could be removed in the near future
without resorting to a general sales
tax to offset the entire abolishment of
State property levies.
Smuts Says Policy of Prac
tical Co-operation Binds
Two Countries.
By the Associated Press.
CAPETOWN, February 9.—America
and Britain, working together, could
keep the lid clamped down on the
Pacific, the world's new danger spot,
Gen Jan Smuts said here tonight.
"If Japan knew that, treaty or no
treaty, there existed In fact a policy
of practical co-operation between the
British and American groups," he told
the South African Institute of Inter
national Affairs, "that knowledge of
itself would In all probability suffice
to ensure peace in the Pacific."
Threat to World.
Asserting Japan's present policy
holds within it the possibility that
virtually the entife world may be
come embroiled in the Pacific, the
South African soldier and states
man said:
"The Dominions desire the closest
association possible between Great
Britain and the United States in
world affairs for their own future
security.
"They look partly to the United
States, for they feel sure that what
happened In the Great War would
happen again, and that in any grave
crisis of the future and in any hour
of danger those two groups would be
found side by side, treaty or no
treaty."
Recommends Patience.
At the same time. Gen. Smuts de
clared the "sensitiveness" of Asiatic
nations necessitates a "double dose of
charity" on the part of Europe and
America.
"Japan's situation calls for a large
measure of patience, good will and
co-operation between the United
States and the British Common
wealth," he said.
ROOSEVELT DRAFTS
HIS FINAL PROGRAM
Special Message This Week Being
Formulated—May Ask Per
manent N. R. A.
By the Associated Près».
President Roosevelt began work yes
terday on formulation of a final pro
gram for the new N. R. A. to be pro
posed to Congress In a special message
this week.
He conferred for an hour with Don
ald R. Richberg. chairman of the
N. R. A. Policy Committee.
In all likelihood the President will
ask for a two-year extension for the
National Recovery Administration and
the establishment of its fundamental
principles into permanent law.
Richberg in his talk with the Presi
dent also went over other problems
coming under his attention as Federal
co-ordinator of the emergency activi
ties of the Government.
Wallace's Uncle Resigns.
ST. PAUL. Minn., February' 9 (Λ^·—
Dan A. Wallace, an uncle of Secretary
of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, to
day resigned as editor of two farm
publications, the Farmer and the
Farmer's Wife. He had been with the
papers for 29 years.
Audience Greets President
Attending Play, "Dodsivortli"
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt last night did
the unusual /or him by attending the
National Theater to see Walter Hu
ston and Pay Bainter star in the
successful play "Dodsworth," by Sin
clair Lewis.
It was the second time the
President had attended a theatrical
performance here since he entered
the White House. He had planned
to see the play, which depicts life of
a Midwest married couple In Europe,
Wednesday, but because of engage
ments, was unable to go until last
night.
The President went into the theater
shortly before the play began, leaning
on the arm of his son Elliott. The
audience, apparently, was taken by
lurprise. As the orchestra stiuck up
the "Star Spangled Banner," the
crowd'» attention was directed to the
box in the front balcony, where
the Roosevelt party was arriving.
Recognizing the President, the audi
ence applauded and cheered. Mr.
Roosevelt bowed and smiled.
Besides his son and daughter-in
law, Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, the Pres
ident was accompanied by the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Col.
Henry Roosevelt, and his wife; Mrs.
Franklin K. Lane, sr., widow of the
former Secretary of the Interior: Miss
Marguerite Lehand, his personal sec
retary, and Miss Grace Tulley.
Several White House aides and secret
service men also accompanied him.
Between acts attention was focused
on the Roosevelt party. Mr. Roosevelt
smiled and waved to friends In. the
audienc*
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ROOSEVELT MS
SUMO PACIFIC
DEFEMGRAM
Proposed Sum Will Be
Shared Equally by Army
and Navy.
$11,000,000 TO BE USED
FOR HAWAIIAN AIR BASE
Money Is to Come From $300,
000,000 Labeled for Normal
Federal Works.
A $40,000,000 national defense pro
gram, centered in improved Army and
Navy strongholds in the Pacific, was
revealed yesterday by Congressional
leaders to have received administra
tion approval.
The money will be shared equally
by the Army and Navy. Chairman
of the House Military and Naval Com
mittees said it was part of a $300,
000,000 public works fund inserted in
the 1936 Government budget with the
consent of President Roosevelt and
the Budget Bureau.
While the Navy was reported as
prepared to spend some of its $20,000
000 along the Atlantic, mast of it
would be used for shipyards, drydocks
and bases on the Pacific Coast and at
Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, and Coco Sola,
Canal Zone. Details of the apportion
ment of the money are being with
held. but it was learned most of it
would be spent in Hawaii and on the
West Coast.
The Army plans to use nearly $11.
000,000 to begin constructing an
$18,000,000 air base in Hawaii. The
remainder would be allotted for coast
and harbor defenses, including anti
aircraft guns, and for erection of
officers' quarters and barracks at Army
posts.
The money is to come from the
$300,000 000 labeled for normal Fed
eral public works in the 1936 budget.
Naval Maneuvers Planned.
The decision to use mast or tne ι
money In the Pacific was said to j
have been influenced by the fact the
fleet has been concentrated in Pacific j
waters during much of the past two
years.
Important Naval maneuvers are
planned during the Summer in the !
Hawaii. Alaska and Puget Sound de- ;
fense areas.
Navy officials stressed before the
Naval Committee that facilities for ,
handling the fighting vessels on the '
coast are inadequate. They directed
attention particularly toward the lack
of facilities large enough to care for
battleships.
Since questions of authorizations
for projects are Involved, Chairman
Buchanan of the Appropriations
Committee said the Naval and Mili
tary Committees were being consulted
on items to be Included in the $300,- j
000.000 fund.
Chairman McSwain informed Bitch- ■
anan yesterday that the Military
Affairs Committee already had ap
proved at a secret session the
$11.000.000 outlay for Hawaii, as
contemplated bv the Army.
Coast Second Line of Defense.
This "world's largest air base." as
it has been termed in Japan, would
be one of a chain beginning in
Alaska and ending in the Panama
Canal Zone. It would make the
Pacific Coast the second line of de
] fense.
The Army's proposals before the
House Military Committee show that,
in all, President Roosevelt's projected
expenditures for national defense
have passed the billion-dollar mark,
thus providing for an unprecedented
peace-time expansion in the land,
sea and air services.
The strengthened military outposts
would fit into a $405,000.000 Army
modernization program involving Army
personnel expansion by at least one
third. and a mass increase in aircraft
by 2.320 planes. It would require a
$90.000.000 Increase over the War
Department budgetary allowance,
which previously had been boosted
$48,516.675, to a" total· of $312,235,811.
Program Is Defensive.
With the Navy g allowance In
creased by $186,853.499 to a total of
$489.871,347, and the P. W. A. allot
ment for naval building, most ol it
unexpended, the projected expendi
ture goes into 10 figures. Congres
sional leaders said that, while this
program, if approved by Congress,
would constitute the Nation's largest
peace-time national defense program
and might take first rank for size in
current world expenditures, it was
definitely "defensive" and a construc
tive source of wide employment.
At the same time, it developed that
President Roosevelt has commissionea
A. Mitchell Palmer, former Attorney
General and later alien property cus
todian, to draw up a program to give
the United States a merchant marine
equal to any in the world. Ocean
mail subsidies to American ship com
panies would be supplanted by direct
subsidies on the order of American
import tariffs.
The proposed Army modernization
expenditures is about double the aver
age annuel appropriation to the War
Department for military purposes.
The military_outlay,_as advocated in
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SUSPECT IN HATCHET
MURDER IS BOOKED
Young Englishman Remanded to
Appear February 14 on
Kamler Charges.
Bt the Associated Press.
NASSAU, N. Y„ Bahamas, February
9.—The Bahamas' first violent death
in many years brought a 25-year-old
Englishman into prisoner's dock today,
charged with slaying Fred Kamler.
swimming instructor, on January 24.
Kenneth Johnson, also knowr. as
Victor Humphrey, a native of Birming
ham. England, who came here from
Montreal. Canada, last July, was re
manded to appear in court Febru
ary 14
Kamler, formerly employed at pools
in Miami. Fla., and at Coney Island,
! Ν. Y., was found dead on harbor
I rocks, his skull split eight times with
1 ρ hatchet.
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THE MOUNTAIN GOES TO MAHOMET!
Supreme Court Will Pass
Down No Rulings To
morrow.
By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court's awaited-for
weeks gold decision will not be an
nounced tomorrow.
For a second time the high tribunal
yesterday departed from its usual
course to let it be known that its
next regular opinion day will pass
without the announcement of that I
tensely awaited verdict.
The nine astute members of the
bench met for their customary Sat
urday consultation. For nearly five
hours they were closeted in their
closely guarded discussion room.
Then while his colleagues climbed
into waiting automobiles. Chief Justice
Hughes repaired to his office and sum
moned the court's clerk. Charles Ε
Cropley. Their conference was brief, j
Cropley returned to his own office. |
crowded with newspaper men. Sensing
the suspense which gripped the group,
he leisurely seated himself behind his
desk, lolled, back in his chair with
easy informality, and, at last said:
•'There will be no statement, but I
arr authorized to say that no opinions
will be announced on Monday."
"That means no opinions of any
kind?" a newsman asked.
"Thet's it.'·
"How about Tuesday?"
"I said Monday."
Cummings Sees Roosevelt.
Cropley went on to make it plain
that he was speaking only of opinions,
that "orders" may be handed down, j
announcing whether other cases will
or will not be reviewed by the court.
Just as was the case a week ago,
the Capital had become keyed up to
the expectation of a Monday decision.
A short statement by Chief Justice
Hughes last Saturday abruptly pro
vided the anti-climax.
While the court was meeting. At- '
torney General Cummings spent two
hours with President Roosevelt going
over the plans which have been drawn
up for immediate action in the event
that the decision goes against the
Government. Informed of the court's
further delay, he declined to com
ment.
The Government's plans for action,
if necessary, were ready a week ago.
the product of many hours' consulta
tion between Treasury. Justice De
partment and Reconstruction Finance
Corp. experts. The Government, it
has been made clear, is ready for any
eventuality the opinion may produce.
May Come Any Day.
Although Cropley's half-laughing
answer to questions on the possibility
of a verdict on Tuesday, was hardly
taken as an indication of what is In
prospect, the chance remained that
ί Continued on Pace 3. Column 1.)
SETH
Schooner Carrying Phillips Lord
Reported Safe After Bat
tling Storm.
Ry the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 9 —
The Duke of Gloucester, third son of
Britain's King George, was swept into
an unscheduled adventure today when
the cruiser Australia steamed fjr a
spot 300 miles north of Tahiti, where
the radio broadcast schooner Seth
Parker was battling a storm and ap
parently riding it out.
The cruiser—a unit of the Austra
lian Navy with the duke as a pas
senger—turned off her course after
Phillips Lord, entertainer and master
of the widely publicised schooner,
sent out a stream of messages saying he
believed his vessel was in danger be
cause of heavy seas. The schooner, a
four-master, did not send out SOS
calls, however.
At 1:35 p.m. (Eastern standard
time) the radio of the Seth Parker
was heard to say "Everything Ο. K.
now." It added, however, that the
"owner" didn't think so. The sender
expressed the belief "he (the owner)
should go to sleep now. Has been up
all night."
An hour later the schooner's wire
less reported the situation was the
same
The cruiser, taking the duke to
Tahiti from Australia, was about 200
miles frcm the Seth Parker when she
turned off her course to offer as
sistance.
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Horse Su minons
Aid to Woman, 111,
On Isolated Farm
By the Associated Press.
BAKER, Oreg., February 9 —
By virtue of good fortune or
plain, ordinary horse sense. Mrs.
George HoHoway was recovering
today from a critical illness.
The Holloways live on' an iso
lated farm. Mrs. Holloway be
came so critically ill that her
husband dared not leave her to
summon a physician. He decided
to use his dog and his hoiee in
lieu of telephonic communication.
Holloway pinned a large note to ;
the saddle. Then he set the dog
to barking furiously at the
horse's heels.
Within an hour the note was
taken from the saddle by a trav
eler who immediately responded
to the call for help.
PUBLIC DOMAIN
ENTIRELY CLOSED
Roosevelt Withdraws Re
maining Land in Prepa
ration for Conservation.
By the Associated Press.
In preparation for a Nation-wide
conservation program. President
Roosevelt yesterday withdrew all re
maining public land from use.
His order, completing that of last
November, affects about 1.200.000
acres, and puts the final touch on
withdrawal from settlement, location,
sale or entry of the entire 165.695.000
acres of public domain.
The November order was to make
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acres as permanent live stock grazing
area under the Taylor act.
The President said yesterday's
withdrawal, applicable to 12 States,
was "pending determination of the
most useful purposes to which they
may be put in furtherance of the land
program and conservation and de
velopment of natural resources."
Held for Conservation.
He added that this land, not suited
to profitable growing of crops, was
destined for the conservation and de
velopment of forests, soil, and other
natural resources, the creation of
grazing districts, and the establish
ment of game preserves and bird
refuges.
Although the Interior Department
has not yet made final selection of the
80.000,000 acres of grazing land.
Chairman Deroun. Democrat of
Louisiana of the House Public Lands
Committee has introduced a bill to
extend it to the remaining areas suit
able for live stock.
Little of the land withdrawn yes
terday was grazing acreage, and of
ficials said much of it would be used
for forest end game preserves. A
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STRIKE TIES UP BOATS
20 Out *f Service at Baltimore.
Pay Boost Asked.
BALTIMORE, February 9 (Λ5).—
Twenty tugs were out of service here
as deckhands and firemen on towboats
went on slrike late today.
The men demanded higher wages,
it was said, though officers of shipping
companies said they were not sure
what the strike action was about.
SIR· UPTURN
SHOWN IN SURVEY
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Reports January Gain
After 1934 Advance.
By the Associated Press.
A current and continuing Im
provement in business, which already
lifted 1934 industrial production 25
per cent higher than the low year of
1932, was reported yesterday by the
United States Chamber of Commerce
"The increase in production has
been accompanied by a corresponding
improvement in employment." the
chamber said in its weekly review.
"Our manufacturing industries alone
in December. 1934, gave employment to
1.300,000 more wage earners than In
December. 1932. The manufacturing
pay rolls for last December were at
least $190,000,000 more than for the
same month two years before.
"All of the statistics yet available
indicate that instead of showing a
moderate seasonable recession, which
is normal, employment in manufac
turing was maintained in January at
the December level, and pehraps rose
higher.
1929 Power Use Exceeded.
"Among the statistics appears re
markable use of electric power, which
in January this year exceeded use
in January. 1929. At the end of
January coal was moving by railroad
in greater volume than at this time
of year since 1931.
"So far as checks drawn on bank
apposas supply an iiiutx 01 general
business activity, they were 15 per
cent over the total for January, 1934.
"In a period of recovery unevenness
is usually a sign of progress. This
may be cold comfort for those In
dustries which do not at once share
the general improvement.
"The face of the statistical record
which we now have behind us for re
cent years, however, suggests that,
barring the Intervention of disturb
ing artificial and arbitrary influences,
there is ahead more improvement in
the durable goods fields and renewed
advance in the Industries that offer
products for immediate consumption."
Legislation Vital Factor.
In the legislative field the chamber
said the Roosevelt administration was
still the "dominating factor" against
demands In Congress for the bonus,
inflation and the 30-hour week.
The review noted a "decided tend
ency toward greater deliberation in
the consideration of pending meas
ures" based on the reluctance of leg
islators "to do anything that might
interrupt the current improvement in
business conditions."
"Administration proposals continue
to pile up in unexpected and un
precedented proportions," the cham
ber said. "Holding company, banking,
industrial and transportation legisla
tion. all of the first magnitude, hav^
been added to the crowded congres
sional docket.
"In Congress itself, demands are
being pressed for Immediate payment
of the bonus, inflationary legislation
and for a 30-hour week in industry.
"With none of these latter proposals
is the administration in sympathy
and its influence In legislation may
still be regarded as a dominating
factor."
Bandits Attack Mexican City.
VERA CRUZ. Mexico, February 9
OP).—A group of bandits attacked the
town of Chalma, near Chicontepec.
today, killing the chief of police.
Moisture Already Stored Ends
Drought Effects in Wide Area
By the Associated P. ess.
The weather man reported yester
day enough moisture for Spring crops
already was stored in the ground in
most of the vast area ravaged by
drought last year.
Making this disclosure, J. B. Kincer,
chief of the Weather Bureau's Cli
mate and Crop Division, also ex
pressed cautious optimism about the
prospect for further relief from
drought conditions.
Official weather records, some dat
ing back more than a century, showed
that the years immediately following
a drought usually have enough rain
fall to produce good crops.
The area which Kincer is watch
ing to see if history repeats itself
comprises the Mississippi and Ohio
β
t
Valleys and a wide belt east of the
Rocky Mountains.
The sections which haven't yet re
ceived sufficient rain to assure Spring
crops, he said, are Western Minnesota.
North Dakota, the eastern half of
Montana, eastern portions of Wyo
ming and Colorado, most of South
Dakota and Nebraska, the western
portions of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas, and most of New Mexico.
Kincer said they usually receive
needed moisture In Spring snows and
rains.
Even if weather conditions through
out the Midwest are greatly Improved
this year, he is convinced that thou
sands of acres of land now under the
plow should not be in cultivation. In
this class he placed 40 per cent of
those sections where the annual rain
fall is less than 20 inches.
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RELIEF BILL DUE
FOR MM TEST
GNSENATEFLOOR
"Prevailing Wage" Amend
ment to Offer Problem in
Holding Majority.
EFFORT TO FORCE CUT
IN TOTAL GAINS FORCE
Adams Pushes Fight for Reduced
Sum—Revolt Surprise*
Party Leaders.
BY G. GOl LD LINCOLN.
With the administration battling
deperatfly against the McCarran
"prevailing-wage" amendment, the
fate of President Roosevelt's work-re
lief bill hangs in the balance.
The first showdown of strength is
expected to come in the senate Ap
propriations Committee tomorrow,
when a motion will be made by Sen
ator McAdoo of California to recon
sider the committee's action voting
the amendment into the bill.
The real test will come, however,
when the bill reaches the Senate floor.
It will be difficult to hold a majority
in line against this amendment, which
has the backing of organized labor.
And if the Senate should pass the
amended bill and send it back to the
House, and a record vote could be
obtained, there is grave doubt the
House would hold out against it.
Second Test Looming.
Another test of strength for the
administration is due to come in com
mittee also when Senator Adams of
Colorado offers in somewhat modified
form his amendment to cut the total
appropriation carried In the bill from
$4.880,000,000 to $2.880.000,000. This
amendment was defeated in commit
tee last week by a tie vote, 10 to 10,
with four members not voting.
The revolt in the Senate committee
ana in me isenaie nseii against me
work-relief bill and the broad powers
which it gives the President has been
a surprising shock to the administra
tion. The adoption ol either the Mc
Carran amendment or the Adams
amendment, or both, might mean the
death of the work-reliei plan. The
McCarian amendment would permit
the work-relief plan to go forward,
but on a much modified scale.
The President and his supporters
contend the adoption of the McCar
ran amendment, which would compel
the payment of the "prevailing wage"
; for similar work in private industry,
ι would make impossible the object of
i the legislation—the taking of 3,500,
| 000 workers off relief rolls and plac
j ing them on payrolls.
Four Absent During Vote.
The McCarran amendment was
ί adopted by a vote of 12 to 8 in com
j mittee, with four members absent and
ι not voting. The four absentees were
ί Tydings of Maryland, McKellar of
Tennessee and Overton of Louisiana,
ι Democrats, and Nye of North Da
! kota. Republican. Tydings and Mc
Kellar definitely will vote against the
McCarran amendment. Overton has
been absent on account of illness. If
present he has been rated for the
amendment. Whether he can be
! voted by proxy or will send a proxy
! is a question. Senator Nye was out
of the city yesterday. It is claimed
in some quarters that he will sup
port the amendment.
The administration is counting
definitely on winning over several
of the seven Democrats who orig
inally voted for the McCarran
amendment. One of them. McAdoo,
has already shifted and is making
the motion for reconsideration. The
other six Democrats who supported
the McCarran amendment are re
ported to have been Copeland of New
York. Thomas of Oklahoma. Russell
of Georgia, McCarran of Nevada,
O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Truman
of Missouri. If the votes of Tydings
and McKellar are cast against the
amendment, and those of Nye and
Overton for it. it will be necessary
lor the administration to persuade
three Democrats to shift their orig
inal positions on the amendment, or
two Democrats in addition to Mc
Adoo. Administration leaders declare
their confidence that this can be ac
complished. But they are not over
looking any steps which may be
necessary.
Adams Plan Vote Close.
Tvmi xrgaiu ιυ iiic /\uhins amena
ment to cut the appropriation, which
would mean virtually a continuance
j for the next year of the direct relief
system instead oi the work relief
j planned by the President, the situa
j tion in committee is very close. The
! same four absentees failed to vote on
j this amendment as failed to vote cn
McCarran's amendment. Tydings ia
; counted for the amendment, and so
is Overton. On the other hand. Mc
Kellar may be expected to support
the administration and so may Sen
ator Nye.
McKellar was called to the White
House yesterday and when he left he
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i EXECUTIONER EXECUTED
Official Shot by Catalonian Gang
ster's Friends in Cafe.
BARCELONA, Spain, February 9
1 (VP).—Threats of vengeance against the
executioner who put the famous Cata
lonian gangster, Aranda, to death
last December, were carried out here
today.
A group of gunmen, supposedly
friends of Aranda, mowed down the
executioner as he sat In a cafe. In
conformity with Spanish laws, hia
j identity has not been revealed even
in death.
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