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NAZI SUBMARINE
PROGRAM ALARMS
EUROPEANPOWERS
Memories of War Scourge
by U-Boats Are Re
vived.
FURTHER VIOLATION
OF TREATY IS SEEN
German Defense Ministry Admits
Ships Constitute Part of Re
armament Program.
Bv the Associated Press.
Acknowledgement at the Berlin De
fense Ministry that submarines con
stitute a part of the Reich rearma
ment program sent a shudder through
world capitals today in memory of
the U-boat scourge during the World
War which sent 5.408 ships to the
bottom of the sea.
First disclosed in London. Ger
many's intention to build submarines
was to be considered by the British
cabinet, probably early next week.
Spokesmen close to the government
claimed Germany had again broken
the Versailles treaty with a violation
even more flagrant than the con
scription decree.
British reports said 12 submarines
of 250 tons each were now under con
struction in German shipyards, but
the Berlin Defense Ministry denied
that any orders had been placed.
New Protest Seen.
In Paris it was said the submarine
disclosure opened up the possibility
of a new joint protest on the part of
France. England and Italy.
United States officials declined to
comment, having no official informa
tion that Germany was building or
Intended to build submarines, even
though it was pointed out German
construction of U-boats would be in
violation of the naval provisions of
♦ he separate German-American peace
treaty.
Americans recalled that the Ger
man U-boat brought the World War
closer to the United States than any
other single factor. They recalled
the fatal sinking of the Cunard liner
Lusitania off the coast of Ireland on
May 7, 1915, at a cost of 1.198 lives.
Trip to U. S. Recalled.
They recalled also the startling ar
rival at Newport, R. I.. on October
7. 1916, of the imperial German sub
marine U-53. which had crossed the
Atlantic under her own power to en
able her commander, Capt. Hans
Rose, to mail a letter to Count von
Bemstorff. the German Ambassador.
Nonchalantly setting a world rec
ord. the U-53 upped anchor in three
hours after arrival and disappeared
again beneath the waves just inside
the 3-mile limit, without refueling.
SENSATION IN LONDON.
New Move Will Be Placed Before
British Cabinet.
LONDON. April 27 </P).—Reports that
Germany had started construction of
u fleet of submarines In violation of
the Versailles treaty—confirmed in
well-informed circles here but denied
in Berlin—caused another war sen
sation in European capitals today.
• The German defense ministry ad
mitted submarines constituted a part
of the Reich's rearmament program,
although denied that orders had been
placed for construction of new U
boats.)
It was claimed in reliable sources
In London that Hitler already has
begun laying down the keels of 12
small U-boats of 250 tons apiece, de
signed for home defense, preparatory
to launching a more extensive con
struction program.
Officials Surprised.
Although British officials were sur
prised at the admission in Berlin
that U-Boat construction was a part
of Hitler's plans, especially since the
matter was not broached during the
talk between Sir John Simon and
Hitler, no British move was expected
Immediately.
The full story will be placed be
fore the cabinet, wrhose next regu
lar meeting is Wednesday. There was
no indication that the minister would
be called together before that time
The government meanwhile was in
communication with the Berlin em
bassy. "There is no doubt,” said one
source close to the government, “thal
Germany has again broken a part ol
the Versailles treaty.
"It is an exact repetition of whal
happened with the land forces and an
even more flagrant violation.”
Fears were expressed that Ger
many's new action may affect the
naval talks with the Reich which have
been virtually fixed for the second
week in May. It was pointed out thal
in any case the action must receive
•'the most serious consideration.”
Not Discussed by Simon.
It was understood that submarines
were not discussed during the recenl
conversations between Hitler and Sit
John Simon, the foreign secretary.
The fact that two leading, but en
tirely independent newspapers repre
senting different political factions car
ried the information as diplomatic
news tended to strengthen the authen
ticity of the reports.
HULL DECLINES COMMENT.
Lark of Official Information Given A<
Reason.
Hr the Associated Press.
Secretary Hull today declined com
ment on reports from London thal
Germany was constructing submarine!
in violation of the Versailles treaty.
He said he had no official informa
tion on which he cared to make an;
statement.
Construction of U-boats by German;
also would be in violation of the nava
provisions of the separate German
American peace treaty and technical^
would place the United States in c
position to protest against Germar
naval expansion.
The United States has, however
taken no official cognizance of Ger
many’s military and aerial rearma
ment.
»
Job-Education Plan Given
For 2,000,000 Idle Youths
Commissioner Studebaker Pntposes 42
Hour-ft-Week Community Project
to Save’Morate and Usefulness.
_
A plan to give at least 2.000,000 un
employed young people a year’s work
was submitted to Secretary of the In
terior Irkes today by John W. Stude
baker. United States commissioner of
education.
His plan, he said, ’’might be 42
hours of work, education and recrea
tion combined, or it might be educa
tion alone.”
The plan calls for an adaptation
of the present college aid program and
the C. C. C. camp program to assist in
their own communities the large num
ber of unemployed youth unaided by
other work relief projects.
The committee developing Com
missioner Studebaker’s program of
community youth service was appoint
ed as a result of a Nation-wide con
ference on youth problems held here
last June. There are about 22,000,
000 young people 15 to 25 years of
age in this country by the latest cen
sus estimates.
"The prolonged thwarting of the
natural desires and abilities" of the
nearly 3.000,000 unemployed youths
outside the C. C. C„ Studebaker
pointed out, "may result either in a
rebellious spirit or in a feeling of
inferiority and despair from which
some of them will never recover."
The college student aid program
would be adopted, under the plan, to
provide a Nation-wide community
service for youth designed to rebuild
the morale and restore confidence
through a program which combines
counseling and guidance, education,
recreation and remunerative work, or
scholarship grants. The main purpose
of the work or grants would be to
provide these young people with funds
1 Continued on Page 3, Column 4.)
OVER WEEK-END
Morgenthau Says No New
i Change Will Be Announced
Immediately.
— ■ -. —
1 By the Associated Press.
Official notice that there would be
! no announcement over the week end of
a rhange in the price of silver paid by
this country was given today by liecre
i tary Morgenthau.
He made this statement to news
paper men as the financial world won
dered what the reaction of the United
States would be to the fast-moving sil
1 ver price race.
Earlier in the day he conferred with
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Ne- j
vada. McCarran said the Treasury
Secretary did not “evince any deter
mined attitude as to what he intends
to do."
The Nevadan said he personally rec
ommended at the morning meeting
that the domestic price be increased
1 immediately to $1.29 an ounce from its
i present level of 77.57 cents.
Three Courses Outlined.
He added the conference, attended
i also by Herman Oliphant. general
counsel of the Treasury, went over the
altenative steps open to the Govern
ment. which included:
1. Do nothing.
2. Move up the domestic price
slowly as at first.
3. Jump It to $1.29 at once and erid
I it there.
McCarran said adoption of the
third course would “practically re
monetize silver and that's what we
want.”
He also recommended removing the
, 50 per cent silver profits tax as a
j step to minimize foreign speculation
! in silver. He added the secretary ap
peared to be softening in his attitude
on this point.
Foreign Dealers Profiit.
“Very few American dealers have
| made anything out of silver, but
! foreign dealers have,” he asserted.
MGCarran also discussed complaints
j from Western gold miners that they
| were getting only around $31 an
ounce from smelters as compared with
■ the legal price of $35. He indicated
“some relief” might be forthcoming.
The world upswing in silver prices
was interrupted today by an abrupt
decline in New York and London
which virtually cancelled yesterday's
gains.
Foreign bar silver for commercial
j use in New York fell back 4’( cents
1 to 76 "h cents an ounce.
The price posted in London was
i 351 i pence, a decline of l’« pence
from Friday’s quotation.
In Mexico, D. F.. all banks were
closed for the day and the govern
1 ment issued a decree forbidding the
export of all silver coins and ordered
holders to submit their silver money
to the central bank to be exchanged
for paper currency in order to prevent
its circulating medium from getting
out of hand as a result of the rapidly
mounting world price of the metal.
ICEBOUND VESSEL
AND CREW SAVED
Sealing Ship Reaches Side of
Titanian. Held by Ice Since
Thursday.
By the Associated Press.
ST. JOHN'S. New Foundland. April
27.—A wireless message irom the ice
studdcd North Atlantic brought word
i today that the sealing vessel Imogene
had reached the side of the crippled
English freighter Titanian, and that
the vessel's crew of 32 was safe.
The freighter had been caught and
held fast by heavy field ice about 147
miles off St. John’s since Thursday
night.
The Imogene smashed her way
through ice floes to the ship's side
and was expected to assist the Titan
i ian to this port.
TRIPLE SWING
WITNESS HUNTED
Sailor Is Object of Search
in Bizarre Hollywood
Tragedy.
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif , April 27 —A
maze of bizarre circumstances in
Holl\ wood's triple shooting mystery
was brushed aside by authorities to
day as they centered their efforts on
an international search for a tall
blond" missing sailor.
The man. sought in Southern Cali
fornia and Mexico, is N. C. McDermitt,
21year-old seaman, from the U. S. S.
Pennsylvania.
They said they were convinced he
could furnish valuable information in
connection with the slaying Thursday
night of Paul Ivar, young Hollywood
dress fashionist: the purported suicide
of William M. Howard, former Wash
ingtonian and secretary-chauffeur for
Ivar, and the critical wounding of
Henry E. Bolte, sociology instructor.
Personal Affairs Probed.
It was the personal affairs of young
Ivar, the self-styled "nobody who
wanted to become somebody," that in
vestigators sought an explanation for
the fantastic shooting.
He was a designer for such movie
stars as Constance Bennett and Jean
Harlow.
Capt. William Bright of the sheriff's
office expressed belief that a money
quarrel precipitated the affray. He
reconstructed the case in this manner:
Ivar was killed in his Hollywood
apartment apparently by Howard, cli
maxing what had been a quiet sup
per gathering.
Howard fled from the scene as offi
cers launched a city-wide search for
the slayer.
Several hours later. Howard shot
and wounded Bolte just outside the
instructor’s apartment door, and then
filled himself.
Capt. Bright said he believed the
, sailor. McDermitt, may have been one
| of Ivar's two—or possibly three—din
i ner guests, or more probably was the
j “tall, blond man.” who appeared just
after the stylist was shot.
Bolte, whose friendship with Howard
and Ivar was at first denied, but later
disclosed by mutual associates of the
three, remained near death in a hos
pital today.
Investigators dug deeply into the pri
vate_lives of the principals in the
j (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
SCHULTZ JURY HUNG;
IS SENT BACK AGAIN
Foreman Thinks Agreement May
Be Reached in Income Tax
Evasion Case.
By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ April 27.—The
Federal jury deliberating the income
tax evasion case of Arthur (Dutcf
Schultz) Flegenheimer disagreed today
At 11:42 a.m. the jury filed in the
court room of Judge Frederick H
Bryant. Michael A. Shea, foreman
announced: “Your honor, we have
not been able to agree."
Judge Bryant asked: “Are there
further particulars you desire to helf
you in your deliberations?”
“No,” replied Shea.
“Do you think you might come to ar
agreement?"
“Yes, I think we may agree,” repliec
! Shea.
Judge Bryant then instructed the
! jurors to return to their consideration
j
Iowa Liquor Head Quits.
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 27 (A>)
—Harold M. Cooper yesterday resignec
as chairman of the Iowa Liquor Com
mission. He recently was convictec
of permitting the illegal possession
of liquor by a Cedar Rapids resident
| Gov. Clyde Gerring accepted his resig
nation.
London Sees 6 Wild Speculation5
In Silver by American Banks
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 27.—American
banks were understood today to have
been large buyers of silver in a boom
here which assumed such proportions
that conservative market quarters de
scribe it as “wild speculation,” since
President Roosevelt’s announcement
of a price increase.
A further sensational jump in the
price of the white metal was ex
pected in a number of quarters, which
believe speculators will push up the
London price in the belief that the
United States Treasury will follow
suit. i
< I
The Financial Times sees no imme
diate prospects of a halt in the up
ward trend, commenting that thosi
who think a reaction is imminen
“little realize the strength of the all
verites in the United States or thi
obstinacy of Roosevelt when he ha:
lashed his helm on a set course.”
Roosevelt’s “tinkering” with thi
world’s monetary mechanism and it
resultant silver gamble on the Londoi
market, was criticized by the Dail;
Mail’s financial editor, who said:
“In certain London financial circle
the view is expressed that this sllve
program is acting as a menace t<
world economic recovery.”
#
II. S. QUIZ SPURRED
BY TAX CONVICTION
OF FONG'S FRIEND
More Louisiana Allies of
Senator Under Scrutiny.
Two Indicted.
FEDERAL AGENTS HINT
FURTHER REVELATIONS
New Evidence of Alleged Con
spiracy to Evade Income Levies
Reported Uncovered.
BY REX COLLIER.
Encouraged by a conviction in the
first of its series of prosecutions of
alleged income tax evaders in Louisi
ana. the Federal Government today
j pressed forward in a State-wide inves
tigation that officials expect will re
sult in further important indictments, j
"We are going right ahead with our
investigations in Louisiana.” it was
declared by Elmer L. Irev, chief of
the Internal Revenue Bureau's In
telligence Unit, who is in general
charge of the income tax ''clean-up." j
“Naturally. I am gratified over the j
outcome of our first case to reach the I
trial stage,” Irev said. “That is just ;
a start, however. There are seven other
cases yet to be tried, at the present
time, and there may be more before
ihe inquiry is completed.”
Friend of Long Convicted.
Irev expressed commendation of the
way in which Dan Moody, special
assistant to the Attorney General and
former Governor of Texas, handled
presentation of the case which yester
day resulted in conviction of State
Representative Joseph Fisher, intimate .
friend of Senator Huey P. Long.
Evidence of an alleged conspiracy
by a ring of prominent Louisiana
politicians to defeat the Federal income ;
tax law is said to have been uncovered
by a corps of more than 25 agents of
I Irey's unit, working under direction of
A. D. Burford. agent in charge at New
Orleans.
The Federal investigators are scru- j
tinizing financial operations of the so
called ‘Long machine.” Seymour
Weiss, treasurer of the Long organiza
tion, already is under indictment, and
so is Abe Shushan, one of Senator
Long's closest political allies. Shu
shan, for whom New Orleans’ huge
airport is named, was to have been ,
tried on May 6, but he is understood
to have asked for a postponement be
cause of “ill health." This will be
the second trial of the series.
Long Charged “Persecution."
Senator Long has taken cognizancp
| of the activities of Irey's agents on
several occasions and has charged
I “persecution.” The inquiry in Louisi
ana was launched during the Hoover
regime, was allowed to mark time
pending the change in administration
and was renewed intensively last year.
Frank Wilson, one of Irey’s “ace”
I agents, was called out of order as a
prosecution witness in the Hauptmann
trial at Flemington so that he could
hurry to New Orleans to aid in the
investigations there. Wilson was ac
tive in the inquiry which sent A1 Ca
pone to Alcatraz Penitentiary for in
come tax evasion.
Moody, recently named by Attorney
General Cummings as special prose
cutor, at the request of the Treasury
Department, will serve as chiel of
Government counsel in all casts to be
tried in New Orleans. He also will
present additional evidence to the
special grand jury sitting In the cases.
Internal Revenue Commissmner
Guy Helvering has ordered that the
investigation continue without let
up and without regard to politics.
Political adversaries as well as hench
men of Senator Long are to be
checked on, “as a matter of routine.”
FISHER GIVEN 18 MONTHS.
Long Ally Found Guilty of Evading In
come Tax.
NEW ORLEANS, April 27 (A1).—State
Representative Joseph Fisher, a close
i political friend of Senator Huey P.
Long, was in Federal jail here today
under conviction of income tax law
violations, and other men high in the
Long admlnistiation faced trials on
j similar charges.
Fisher was sentenced yesterday to
serve 18 months in the Atlanta Peni
tentiary. and Marshal Sidney Freuden
stein said he would be taken there
without delay unless an appeal is filed.
The State Representative, who,
| under the Constitution, will lose his
! seat in the Legislature, was a leader
j of Long's forces in Jefferson Parish.
where almost unanimous votes have
j been rolled up for Long's candidates
! in elections.
Others of Long’s friends under in
dictment are Seymour Weiss, treas
urer of the Senator s State political
organization; Abe Shushan and State
Senator Jules Fisher of Jefferson Par
ish, uncle of Representative Fisher.
JAPANESE CONFISCATE
SHIP ON SPY CHARGE
Dutch Tanker Taken and Skipper
Is Fined—Yacht Now Held
at Formosa.
By the Associated Press.
TAKO, Formosa, April 27.—A court
today ordered the confiscation of the
Dutch tanker Juno and lined it*
1 skipper 2,000 yen following the
' tanker's detention earlier this month
j by Japanese authorities on suspicion
i of espionage on the Island of For
mosa.
s Another foreign vessel, a small
> yacht manned by Frenchmen and
t Germans, was detained today on
r similar charges at Taianko on the
coast of Taichu Province. Officials
i were especially suspicious since the
■ yacht previously had been under in
> vestigation after entering a fortified
Bone near Keelung.
It
1 CThat'S A GREatA
STEP IN THE RIGHT I
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EDUCATOR WARNS
LYNCH BILL FOES
Howard U. Vice Dean Sends
Protest to President,
Asking Passage.
By the Associated Press.
As Democratic leaders considered
parliamentary maneuvers to sidetrack
the anti-lynching issue now before
the Senate, a protest was sent to the
White House today by Charles H.
Houston, vice dean of the Howard
University School of Law. asking if the
Democratic party was ‘‘determined to
make it impossible for self-respecting
Negroes to support it in 1936.’’
Houston said in a letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt:
“Negroes have been looking toward
the White House in vain for some
official encouragement on the Costi
gan-Wagner anti-lynching bill. Now
that the Democratic floor leader (Sen
ator Robinson of Arkansas) is openly
organizing the fight against the bill
in the Senate and leading tactical
maneuvers to prevent its consideration.
Negroes can reach no other conclu
sion except that the filibuster against
the bill either has White House ap
proval or else has frightened the
White House into silence.”
Dixie Senators See Victory.
Southern Senators sensed victory
meanwhile in their fight against
enactment of the law which is ad
vocated by Senators Costigan. Demo
crat. of Colorado, and Wagner. Demo
crat. of New York.
Not discouraged by a one-vote set
back in a preliminary skirmish which
failed to provide a clear cut test they
moved to continue their three-day
filibuster against consideration of the
bill.
An attempt by Senator Robinson to
have the Senate adjourn over the week
end was defeated by a 34 to 33 vote
yesterday. Had adjournment been
voted the anti-lynching legislation
might have lost its place at the top of
the Senate calendar.
Foes Are Confident.
Senators agreed, however, that
sentiment regarding the proposed
lynching curb was not the only factor
which influenced voting on the Robin
son motion. Foes expressed confidence
they would be able to block consid
eration in a direct test. Even Sen
ator Capper, Republican, of Kansas,
an advocate, in a statement yesterday
expressed regret that "apparently the
Senate is not to be given an oppor
tunity to vote” on the bill.
“Lynching,1* said Capper, “is a
menace to law and order. It holds
up to scorn our protestations of de
mocracy and justice.”
Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North
Carolina, denounced the Costigan
Wagner bill as an effort to “restrain
the Constitution and write into it
powers not contemplated” by its
framers.
“What power has Congress over a
sheriff of North Carolina?” he de
manded. “He is not responsible to
Congress, but to the people of his
community. When that responsi
bility is destroyed you destroy free
government in this country.”
Would Punish Officers.
The bill would provide punishment
for local officers if they conspire to
turn prisoners over to lynch mobs or
fail to protect prisoners properly.
Under the bill counties would be
liable for damages to the dependents
of persons lynched.
In the vote on the adjournment
motion, which failed to sidetrack the
lynching question yesterday. North
ern and Western Senators lined up
against Robinson, and all but two
Southerners stood with him. Logan
of Kentucky and Bachmann of Ten
nessee voted against adjourning.
The Senate faced a choice today
or Monday at the latest between con
tinuing debate on the lynching bill or
taking up tfij bonus payment ques
tion. A victory for the latter course
was widely predicted.
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2,000 New Dealers
Will Hear Farley
On Jefferson Day
Largest Gathering Since
*32 Will Honor Foun
der of Party.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 27—The largest
assemblage of Democrats since the
1932 Chicago convention gathered to
day for the 101st annual Jefferson day
dinner tonight. More than 2,000
reservations have been received.
The traditional tribute of the Na
tional Democratic Club to the founder
of the party celebrates the 192d anni
versary of Jefferson's biith. The birth
day came last April 13. but the dinner
was postponed to avoid conflict with
Lent.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
will be the principal speaker.
Others will be United States Sena
tor Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky,
Gov. James M. Curley of Massa
chusetts and Josephine Roche, first
woman to hold the rank of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Rumors Arise as Silence
Cloaks Committee’s
Recommendations.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.
The Special Crime Committee of
the House today rushed the revision of
• its 120-page report on the result of Its
60-day investigation of vice and law
enforcement machinery in the Dis
trict. being prepared for submission
to the full House District Committee.
The original tentative report, pre
pared by John R. Fitzpatrick, com
■ mittee counsel, is being revised to
overcome objections made to certain
1 recommendations by several members.
In the meantime, committee mem
bers maintained silence as to the find
ings and recommendations, and. as
a result, numerous rumors circulated.
Adhering to a pledge not to discuss
the report until it has been acted on
by the District Committee, the mem
bers would neither deny nor confirm
the reports.
Support for Garnett Rumored.
In the crop of rumors was one that
the Crime Committee had ordered the
, deletion from the original draft of
: Fitzpatrick’s report a recommendation
' for the immediate removal of United
i States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and
the retirement of Police Supt. Ernest
I W. Brown and several other police of
j ficials. including Inspectors Thaddeus
R. Bean and Albert J. Headley. Gar
nett and Maj. Brown are known to
have several staunch supporters on the
Crime Committee.
Another report was that Chairman
Norton of the House District Commit
tee and Representative Randolph.
Democrat, of West Virginia, who heads
the Crime Committee, had arranged
lor a conference Monday with Attor
ney General Cummings. Mrs. Norton
said she had an appointment with
Cummings Monday at 12:30 o’clock,
but had canct.ed it. She also ex
j plained her contemplated visit to the
Department of Justice did not concern
the activities of the Crime Committee.
Committee Meets Wednesday.
The full District Committee will
consider the crime report at its regu
lar meeting Wednesday. If ratified
at that time it will be transmitted
—(Continued on Page 2. Column 6.)
NUNS AND MONKS
—
Held for Exchange Viola
tions in Anti-Christian Ger
i
man Faith Movement.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 27.— Nuns and
monks, some of whom were described
as aged and feeble, from 54 different
Catholic orders, were held today for
foreign exchange violations as the cries
of speakers In a great anti-Christian
German faith movement echoed
through the Reich.
The members of the religious or
ders were arrested during a wholesale
purging of Catholic institutions for
alleged violations of the exchange law.
Many of the nuns who were arrested.
Catholic sources said, have been in
solitary retreat for more than five
years. They scarcely know who Hitler
is, it was said, and “most certainly
never heard of the devisen (foreign
exchange! law.” Elderly and sickly
mothers superior were among those
arrested. Some were brought to Ber
■ lin and put in the women's prison.
I
Catcalls Greet Speaker.
This action was disclosed as catcalls
and stamping feet greeted last night's
anti-Christian meeting in the great
Berlin sports palast when Jacob Wil
helm Hauer declared that Christianity
is not the true religion of Germans.
At the same time, the possibility
arose that the Vatican would protest
against the new press law banning
religious and other publications held
inimical to the Third Reich.
While a report was being sent to
the Vatican maintaining that Article
IV of the concordat was broken by
the new law. the church situation be
came further Involved when the Nazis
struck nearer to the heart of the
Protestant opposition to the Nazi
j church by arresting three more rebel
| pastors. All were closely connected
with the inner functioning of the non
conformist, underground organization.
The pastors. Rev. Wilhelm Harnisch.
Rev. Mr. Prastorius and Supt. Gott
hold Bronisch, office manager of the
Berlin organization of confessional
clergymen, were arrested at thp close
of an executive council meeting of
the confessional synod. The arrests
apparently were made with the in
tention of creating a salutary effect.
Other members of the synod, how
ever, said later that the executive
council would sit again
Hauer, addressing a huge crowd at
the Nazi-sanctioned rally, said that
God had “revealed himself to us"
through Adolf Hitler.
“Christianity says there is only one
| way to God and whoever does not be
; lieve in it is lost," Hauer said. “Such
a claim leads to confessionalism,
from which sprung all evils that af
flicted the religious history of the
German people in the past. God has
not revealed himself in the so-called
thosen people alone, but also to us
through our Fuehrer, to enable us to
accomplish our great mission in the
world.”
Students Answer Hauer.
Theological students attempted to
break up the pantheistic gathering
but after several interruptions they
were dragged to the door by Nazi
Brownshirts. Several were struck on
the head.
The students had answered Hauer’s
statement that the church would give
way to the German faith movement,
with cries of “Never, never.”
Count Ernst Reventlow, an old
Nazi fighter, preceded Hauer and de
clared churches were losing ground
every year.
Reventlow described the faith move
ment as “religious and non-christian,”
and born of the Germanic longing for
something apart from Christianity.
Whole Congress Program Topic
Of Roosevelt “Chat” Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.
The legislative program, as well as
the new work-relief undertaking, will
be discussed by President Roosevelt
tomorrow night in his radio address
to the Nation.
The President worked on the ad
dress today. It will be delivered
at 10 p.m.
It was authoritatively learned that
social security, holding company reg
ulation, the new banking bill and ex
tension of N. R. A. will be included
j in the talk.
1 This win be the first time the
President has spoken to the people in
the four months of this session of Con
gress. So far it has passed only one
of the major administration pieces of
legislation — the $4,000,000,000 work
relief bill.
Recently Mr. Roosevelt suggested to
some congressional leaders that the
public was looking to Congress to act
on important bills and close its busi
ness at an early date.
The primary purpose of the fireside
chat to the Nation is to inform the
public as to the administration plans
for work-relief.
i*. W. A. PROJECTS
Call for Applications Starts
$4,800,000,000 Program
of Work-Relief.
M. L. COOKE MENTIONED
FOR RESPONSIBLE POST
Philadelphian Rumored Slated to
Head Rural Electrification
in New Set-Up.
By the Associated Press.
Taking the first step toward start
ing actual expenditure of the $4,000 -
000.000 work fund. Secretary Ickes
today telegraphed P. W. A. State en
gineers to resume receiving applica
tions for non-Federal projects.
Meanwhile, informed sources linked
Morris Llewellyn Cooke of Philadel
phia with the post of director of the
$100,000,000 rural electrification pro
gram in the new public works set-up.
It was said that Cooke, vice chair
man of the National Power Policy
Committee, has been called to the
White House for con'erence on this
program. He also has been closely as
sociated with Secretary Ickes. one
of the three leaders designated by ’he
President.
No Applications Since 1931.
No works applications had been ac
cepted since February 28. 1934. when
there were $2.000 000.000 in projects
already submitted for which no funds
were available.
Ickes’ action coincided with hur
ried preparations by Harry L. Hopkins,
director of the Works Progress Divi
sion. to prepare lists of employable
persons on relief in different regions
throughout the country.
P. W. A. will send ISO engineers,
attorneys and financial examiners to
co-operate with State engineers in
preliminary examination of projects.
Officials said it remained to be de
termined whether the new applications
would be forwarded to Frank C.
Walker, head of the clearing house
for all projects, or direct to P. W. A.
headquarters.
"The P. W. A field force, manned
by persons who have had nearly two
years' practical experience in examin
ing public works projects, is ready to
swing into action immediately." Ickes
said.
Public Works officials said applica
tions for non-Federal public works
projects would be received in the Dis
trict of Columbia under the same
terms as outlined for the States and
territories.
While the District was not included
in the list of State engineers where
applications for projects will be re
ceived. it was said the projects here
would be cleared through the District
Commissioners or Engineer Commis
sioner Dan I. Sultan.
The President today added a repre
sentative of the National Resources
Board—Frederic A. Delano—to the
Works-Relief Allotment Board. He is
the President's uncle.
As they left a 4-hour discussion at
the White House last night, neither
Hopkins nor other officials would re
veal much that had occurred at the
conference. They said the President
merely had gone over general plans
with them and that no decisions had
been reached.
Those who attended the confer
ence. in addition to the newly ap
pointed “three musketeers" of work
relief. were Secretary Morgenthau,
who will disburse the huge fund;
Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the
Securities Commission; Rear Admiral
Christian J. Peoples, in charge of
procurement; Rexford G. Tugwell.
named to direct the movement of
stranded city and farm families to
new homes, and Charles West, the
President's liaison officer with Con
gress.
Elsewhere in the Capital today, it
was disclosed that Tugwell had re
; linguished his duties as administra
tive officer of the Agriculture De
partment in order to direct rural
settlement under the work-relief pro
gram.
Tugwell. the Undersecretary of Agri
I culture who has been the special target
of critics of the administration, was
i said to be selecting at least one aide
j from each of the agencies which will
\ take part in his share of the drive.
These agencies include the rural re-,
habilitation sections of the A. A. A.
and F. E. R. A., the Soil Erosion Serv
ice, the Bureau of Agricultural Engi
neering. the Forest Service, the Bureau
of Home Economics and the Bureau
of Plant Industry.
C. C. C. Being Enlarged.
Friends of Tugwell evidenced con
siderable satisfaction at his assign
ment, recalling reports of a few
months ago that his influence in the
* Agriculture Department was waning.
Meanwhile, officials of the Civilian
j Conservation Corps announced State
1 quotas for bringing that organization
| up to a strength of 600.000 men. En
! rollment will begin June 15 and is ex
j pected to be completed by August 31.
; President Roosevelt said at his press
conference yesterday that construction
of adidtional camps for the C. C. C.
probably would start May 15.
The President said work on projects
requiring extensive engineering study
might be delayed until August. He
j reiterated that he expected to pro
' vide jobs for 3.500,000 by the middle
of November and that his goal was to
spend the $4,000,000,000 by the Sum
> mer of 1936.
CURB MOVE BEATEN
j Dissolution of Chicago Mart Is
Rejected by Three Votes.
CHICAGO. April 27—A motion to
dissolve the Chicago Curb Exchange
and liquidate its assets failed by three
votes today at a stormy meeting of
the members.
Leaders in the move were able to
muster 87 votes for dissolution, and
68 were cast against. Under the
Illinois corporate liquidation law. 90
affirmative votes were required. The
: group favoring liquidation put
through a motion recessing the meet
ing to May 17 after proxies for tlx
votes which they held were dis
qualified.