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SMS FACE RISE
IN RELIEF BURDEN
Byrnes Surveying Financial
Conditions With View
of Increase.
By the Associated Press.
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Carolina disclosed today he was
■urveying on his own initiative the
financial condition of State Govern
ments with a view to imposing on
them a larger share of next year's
relief burden.
Byrnes, a leading administration
spokesman on the Senate Appropria
tions Committee, said he had sought
from every Governor a statement of
the bonded indebtedness of his State
Bow and four years ago.
His announcement followed closely
cn the statement yesterday of Senator
Robinson, the Democratic leader, that
the time had come for Congress to
decide whether to cut expenditures or
Impose newr taxes. It was regarded by
some as a new indication that the
administration was considering cur
tailed spending rather than increased
taxes to bridge the gap between Fed
eral income and outgo.
Some Replies Received.
Byrnes said he had received a num
ber of replies from Governors, but
not enough to form any conclusion,
tie said so far the bonded indebtedness
appeared about the same as four years
fcgo.
He expressed the opinion, however,
that the assumption of some of the
normal burdens of local government
fcy the Federal Government had per
mitted the States to reduce their in
debtedness and improve their financial
condition without increasing taxes.
He suggested the relief law should
provide that when sponsors of projects
Were financially able, they should be
required to put up a larger propor
tion of the cost of their relief program,
Ir. Roosevelt is expected to send a
tnessage to Congress this week out
lining relief needs for the next year.
Robinson, urging that “careful con
sideration” be given to a proposal for
B $1,000,000,000 five-year Federal sub
sidy for education, warned colleagues
of the danger of an “enormously in
creased deficit.”
Warning From Borah.
A similar warning from Senator
Borah, Republican, of Idaho, drew
from Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee the ‘'personal”
prediction that no new taxes were likely
Bt this session.
Almost simultaneously Chairman
Doughton said the House Ways and
Means Committee probably W'ould de
fer until next session any revision of
the new tax on undistributed corpora
tion profits.
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NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF
THE UNIFORMED FIRE
MEN’S CREDIT UNION,
DISTRICT OF CO
LUMBIA.
At a meeting of the members held April
* 1937. the following RESOLUTION was
unanimously adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED,
"That the par value of each share
shall be ten dollars, and the maximum
number of shares available for subscrip
tion shall be twenty thousand shares.”
N. C. ROBINSON.
__ President.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
GENERAL FINANCE. INC..
, As ol December 31. 1936.
' Comes now Edward C. Ostrow. president,
and Herbert Glassman, secretary of Gen
eral Finance. Inc., a corporation organ
ized and existing under the laws of the
District of Columbia, and say that they
are the duly constituted officers of said
corporation, and constitute a majority
of the Board of Trustees, and for the
annual report required under the provisions
"of Section 617 of the Cods of Laws for the
District of Columbia, state that the amount
of the existing capital of said corpora
tion is 51.000. and that all of such capt
tal has been paid in: that the amount of
the existing debts of said corporation as
of the 31st day of December. 1936. was
*81.387.26.
Given under our hands and seals this
8th day of April. 1937.
GENERAL FINANCE INC..
By EDWARD C. OSTROW.
HERBERT GLASSMAN President.
EDWARD C. OSTROW.
Constituting a majority of the Board
of Trustees
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Pth day of April. 1937. by Edward C
Ostrow. president of General Finance Inc
(Seal.) HARRY C. WECHSLER
__Notary Public. D. C.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
KEYSTONE CAB COMPANY. INC.,
As of December 31. 1936
Comes now. Charles Hutman. president,
and Alfred Harris, secretary, of the Key
stone Cab Company Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the District of Columbia, and say that
they are the duly constituted officers of
aaid corporation, and constitute a majority
of the Board of Trustees, and for the
annual report required under the pro
visions of Section 617 of the Code of Laws
for the District of Columbia, state that
the amount of the existing capital of said
corporation is $-1,000. and that a'l of
auch capital has been paid in: that the
amount of the existing debts of said cor
poration as of the 31st day of December.
1936. was 56.590.54.
Given under our hands and seals this
8th day of April. 1937.
KEYSTONE CAB COMPANY. INC.
By CHARLES HUTMAN.
President.
ALFRED HARRIS
CHARLES HUTMAN.
Constituting a majority of the Board
of Trustees.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
8th day of April. 1937. by Charles Hut
man. president of Keystone Cab Com
pany. Inc.
(Seal.) HARRY C. WECHSLER.
Notary Public, D C.
ANNUAL REPORT
of
CITY CAB ASSOCIATION. INC.,
AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1936.
Comes now. Earl I. Klein. President, and
Jack Goldberg. Secretary, of the City Cab
Association. Inc., a Corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the District
of Columbia and say that they are the
duly constituted officers of said corpora
tion. and constitute a majority of the
Board of Trustees, and for the annual re
port required under the provisions of Sec
tion 617. of the Code of Laws for the Dis
trict of Columbia, state that the amount
of the existing capital of said corporation
is $1,000 and that all of such capital has
been paid in: that the amount of the exist
ing debts of said corporation as of the
31st day of December. 1936. was $1,175.01.
Given under our hands and seals this 8th
day of April. 1937.
CITY CAB ASSOCIATION INC..
By EARL I. KLEIN.
.. „ President.
JACK GOLDBERG,. Secretary.
EARL I. KLEIN.
Constituting a ma jority of the
Board of Trustees.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
8th day of April. 1937. by Earl I. Klein,
president of the City Cab Association. Inc.
(Seal.i HENRY C. WECHSLER.
Notary Publio, D. C.
1 YOUR TAXES
What You Would Pay and How Under
the Bills Proposed in the House.
Article No. 2—Weight Tax on Vehicles.
ESTIMATED YIELD—$3,500,000.
PURPOSE—To substitute tax by weight for property levy and tag fee
on motor vehicles.
AFFECTS—All motor vehicle owners.
MOTOR vehicles registered in
the District would be taxed
by weight instead of value
under the terms of House
resolution No. 6033, one of the eight
bills now before the House District
Committee.
The weight tax would be substituted
for the present personal property tax
on motor vehicles, generally speaking,
and would include the present $1 cost
of identification tags.
There would still remain to be paid
the cost of titles and operator's per
mits.
The weight tax would be applied
under two different formulas, one for
commercial vehicles and one for pri
vate passenger qars.
As to commercial vehicles, the bill
invokes the theory that the heavier
the vehicle the greater damage it will
do to the highways. For commercial
vehicles, including trucks, busses and
taxis, there would be a graduated
scale, the levy ranging from 75 cents
per 100 pounds of weight for those
of less than 1,500 pounds, up to $2.50
for those weighing more than 12,000
pounds.
For private passenger vehicles there
would be a flat rate of 35 cents per
loo pounds. Study of the effect of
the bill indicates that the weight tax
on the smaller-priced private pas
senger cars would be higher than the
personal property tax (for which it
would be substituted). However, the
weight tax cars in the higher price
brackets would be lower than the
present levies, so far as new or rela
tively new cars are concerned.
The weight tax on an individual car
would remain the same throughout
the life and regardless of the age of
the vehicle, whereas the personal
property tax declines substantially
with the age of the car and conse
quent depreciation of its value.
The measure would affect some 187,
000 vehicle owners now registered by
the District. It would not apply to
Government owned vehicles, of which
there are 887 owned by the District
and 1,806 owned by the United States,
nor would it apply to 260 owned by
accredited representatives of foreign
governments.
How the weight tax would affect
private car owners, as contrasted with
the personal property tax, is illus
trated by the following comparisons
of more or less standard types of
sedans:
posed diversion of gasoline tax reve
nues to new purposes was discussed
in yesterday's article. Pertinent here,
however, is the statement by the
old Bureau of Efficiency in comment
ing on the weight tax proposed by
Representative Mapes: "It is only
equitable that the additional or special
taxes levied on the motor vehicle
owner should be used to finance only
those special projects for which he
is responsible, and should under no
circumstances be diverted to general
revenues.”
Specific Deadline Set.
The bill provides that the registra
tions would expire each December 31.
Certificates and tags could be issued
during December and could be used
from December 16 to 31. The Collins
bill does not include a provision that
the Commissioners could extend the
time /or registration, in cases of emer
gencies, as recommended by the Bu
reau of Efficiency in its report on the
old Mapes weight tax bill.
The registration of a motor vehicle
would expire when it was sold or
transferred from one owner to an
other. The new owmer W'ould have to
make a new application. The former
owner could register another vehicle
iui uie unexpirea portion or tne year
on payment of $1 and a sum equal
to the difference in the weight tax
on the two cars, if the second was the
greater.
The schedule of registration fees is
carried in section 3 of the bill. For
private passenger ears the tax would
be 35 cents per 100 pounds. Follow
ing is the schedule for commercial
vehicles, those "used in the transpor
tation of persons for hire, or of prop
erty, whether or not for hire:"
Rate per
Weight. 100 lbs.
Not over 1,500 pounds._$o.75
From 1,500 to 2,000 . 1.00
From 2,000 to 4,000. 1.25
From 4,000 to 6,000. 1.50
From 6,000 to 8.000_. 1.75
From 8,000 to 10.000 .. 2.00
From 10,000 to 12,000. 2.25
Over 12,000 _ . 2.50
Automobile dealers would pay $10
for registration and one set of dealer
tags and $5 for each additional set.
If a dealer needed 51 dealer tags he
would pay $260 as against $51 under
the present system Also, while the
automobile personal tax would be
repealed, vehicles constituting the
Personal Personal Weight
property property tax. using
„ . ,, , tax (1935 tax (19.36 1936 car
Four-door sedan. Model. model car). model car). weights
Ford V-8_No. 68.. $4.72 $6.07 $9.85
Chevrolet, 6 cyl_Series FA- 4.80 6.37 10.79
Dodge, 6 cyl_Series D2_ 5.70 7.65 10.35
Hudson, 8 cyl_Series 65_ 6.60 9.45 10.60
Buick, 8 cyl..No. 36-41_ 8.33 13.27 11.76
Packard, 8 cyl_Series 120-B (No. 997)10.95 16.20 12.46
Cadillac, 12 cyl_Series 85 .. .. _ 14.92 26.10 17.72.
Note: This table Is intended to give only a rough comparison, since there are I
changes in weights from year to year in models of similar styles, making exact i
comparisons between weight tax and personal taxes difficult.
Commercial vehicles would be sub
ject to heavy increases in tax, in some
intances amounting to about 400 per
cent. Taxicabs, of the usual lower
price car type, would be subjected to
weight taxes ranging from $30 to *40,
and the increase in some cases would
be 400 per cent or more over the per
sonal property levy.
There are some 16,000 trucks now
licensed in the District. The average
weight is found by some experts to
run about 4,000 pounds. It is figured
the average cost per year, under the
weight tax, would be between $50
and $60.
Would Oust Heavier Trucks.
The bill would institute changes in
maximum load limits for loaded ve
hicles. and in some instances com
mercial vehicles now used on the
streets would have to be removed, as
they exceed weight limitations.
One purpose of the bill, its advo
cates say, would be to bring into the
tax picture the very old types of auto
mobiles which now escape the per
sonal property levy, or get by with
little or no tax, because the cars are
so old as to have no real market value.
There are said to be thousands of such
cars.
Only rough estimates of the yield
under the poposed substitution of the
weight for the personal property tax
are available. Some experts believe
the new levy would produce perhaps
as much as $3,500,000, or $2,800,000
more than the $700,000-odd revenue
from the personal property tax on
automobiles and the present $1 regis
tration fee.
The measure raises the question of
diversion of special motorists’ taxes
to general municipal costs, since the
bill merely provides that weight tax
receipts be placed in the treasury to
the credit of the District, not speci
fying that they be spent for highway
purposes. The question of the pro
BLAST AT APARTMENT
HERE STILL MYSTERY
Mother and Baby Unharmed as
Windows Are Broken in
Explosion.
Cause of an explosion that shattered
windows in three different rooms
yesterday, but failed to harm a mother
_LOST.
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Cafeteria or Premier cab. Reward. Phone
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<811._
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DOG, male. Schnauzer. extremely timidl
black and gray. 6 months old; chain
choker collar: lozt near American Uni
versity. Reward. Call Cleveland 1427,
FUR CAPE COLLAR—Red cross-fox: Mon
morning, vicinity of 17th or lower 16th at.
Call Dist. 6110. Ex. 391, before 4 or Po
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GLASSES—Boy’s, white gold: Friday be
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“stock in trade" of a dealer still
would be taxed as at present.
$10 Minimum on Trailers.
For each motor cycle the weight
tax would be $5 and for each motor
bicycle, $2. For each trailer or semi
trailer the fee would be equal to the
tax under hte commercial sliding
scale, but not less than $10. Vehicles
having solid rubber tires (there are
about 1,000 of them) would pay 50
per cent more than the regular rates,
and if metal tired vehicles were
registered (not permitted now) the
tax would be 100 per cent greater.
For a vehicle registered after Sep
tember 1 the fee would be one half
of the applicable rate for the whole
year.
Busses and trucks used exclusively in
interstate commerce on fixed routes
would be taxed on the proportion of
the mileage traveled in the District
to the total covered in the year, with
a minimum fee of $25. The owner
would make a sworn report of the
mileage, both in and out of the
District, by February 1 and would
have to pay the excess over the $25,
if any, by March 1.
Fines Dp to $500 Provided.
A fine up to $500 or imprisonment
up to 30 days, or both, are provided
for violations of the act.
The bill fixes the new gross load
limit at 26,000 pounds for a single
vehicle, and a load of 19,500 for one
axle. The present limit for a four
wheel vehicle having pneumatic tires,
is 30,800 pounds and for one axle
22,400. For a six-wheel vehicle having
two rear axles, the present load limit
is 14,000 pounds for each axle. The
gross load for a six-wheel vehicle with
pneumatic tires now is 39.600. The
proposed new gross load limit for a
vehicle and trailer, or other combi
nations coupled together, is 40,000
pounds.
and her baby, remained a mystery
today.
Mrs. Meyer Mindel was in her sec
ond-floor apartment, at 2628 Eleventh
street, sitting beside the crib of her
17-month-old daughter Frances, when
the blast occurred.
Police and gas company inspectors,
unable to determine the cause of the
explosion, said it might have resulted
from an accumulation of coal gas in a
stove.
MOTORIST MUST SOLVE
TRAFFIC, SAYS CURRAN
Police Court Judge Speaks to 800
Students in Classes at
McKinley High.
The local traffic problem must be
solved by the motorist, not by the
authorities, Police Court Judge Ed
ward M. Curran last night told near
ly 800 students of the new District
traffic school at McKinley High.
‘‘If the laws are observed, enforce
ment will not be necessary and the
accident toll Will decrease,” he said.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
George D. Neilson also addressed
the group, describing a day in Police
Court and the excuses offered by de
fendants to avoid punishment. Cit
ing last year’s traffic figures, he de
clared that ‘‘no one can see this end
less chain of traffic violators without
solemnly affirming he will achieve
knowledge of traffic regulations and
obey them.”
Assistant Traffic Director M. O.
Eldridge gave a safety talk and
showed motion pictures.
BOMBERS TO FIGHT
WAR GAMES my
More Than TOO Ships to Be
Involved in Maryland-Vir
ginia-Carolina Maneuvers.
By the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS,
Md., April 13.—Hostilities opened to
day In the war games of the Atlantic
wing of the General Headquarters
Air Force.
Eighteen Army bombers stationed
here had orders to bombard Langley
Field, Va., at 10:30 a.m., co-ordinating
the attack with an assault on Vir
ginia Beach by a squadron from Rocky
Mount, N. C.
It was the first offensive in the
aerial maneuvers Involving more than
a hundred Air Corps ships in Mary
land, Virginia and North Carolina.
The objective of the Langley Field
attack was to “destroy” men, ships
and hangars there. A range was
marked off for the actual bombing.
The Rocky Mount squadron aimed for
a simulated airdrome at Virginia
Beach.
Squadrons of speedy pursuit planes
were stationed at two points to engage
the “enemy” bombers and try to turn
them back.
Similar attacks will come at inter
vals during the games, which con
tinue through April 24. Some 250
officers, soldiers and cadets are based
here for the games.
Edgewood Arsenal, important muni
tions base near here, will be the ob
jective of an aerial attack Thursday
in maneuvers not connected with the
Atlantic wing’s practice games.
Thirty-six bombers and six attack
planes will direct fire at targets rep
resenting chemical magazines and
marching troops.
REO CO. IS CENTER
OF CONTROL BATTLE
Bates Appeals to Stockholders in 1
Reply to Letter From Inde
pendent Group.
Pj the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich., April 13.—The
Reo Motorcar Co., which boasts one
of the oldest names in the automobile
industry, again is in the midst of a
battle for control of its destinies.
Replying to an appeal by an "inde
pendent stockholders’ committee" for
proxies to be voted at the company’s
annual meeting, April 20, Donald E.
Bates, president, has written stock
holders, asking them to send proxies
to the management.
The "Independent Committee” is
headed by Frank Vanderlip, jr., of ,
New York, son of the former head of
the National City Bank of New York.
R. H. Scott, former president of the
Reo Co., ousted when Ransom E. Olds,
founder of the company, emerged from
retirement a few years ago to take
part in a proxy battle, is said by Bates
to be associated with the "Independent
Committee.”
Bates, in a letter to stockholders,
said that members of the "Indepen- !
dent Committee" hold only a small j
part of the 1,800.000 shares of stock !
outstanding. The committee had !
charged that Bates owned no stock.
To this Bates replied that he has held
2,000 shares for the last 15 years.
In announcing its formation, the
"Independent Committee” asserted
that the company in 1938 lost $1,399,- |
125, which it said was in "sharp con
trast to the increased profits" of other
companies. Asserting that the move
ment did not represent a split between
two factions in the management, but
“an uprising on the part of stock
holders,” the Vanderlip committee said
that "unorganized holders of 99 per
cent of Reo stock are dissatisfied both
in mind and pocketbook.”
Spanish
(Continued From First Page.)
16 tanks, five were put out of action
by the bottle grenadiers, who shatter
a bottle of gasoline on the top of the
tank, give the liquid time to pour
through the cracks into the interior
and then set the gasoline aflame with
fire grenades, turning the tank into
a fiery furnace.
Caught Between Cross Fires.
The militiamen attempted to reform
their lines at the Puerta De Hierro,
but were caught between cross fires
of insurgent batteries in University
City and on the west bank of the Man
zanares.
The steady stream of shells scat
tered the government troops in all di
rections, some even rushing in their
terror toward the insurgent lines,
where machine guns mowed them
down.
Only two tanks led the final night
assault, indicating the government
commanders despaired of using the
mechanical forts successfully against
the western-front veterans.
The government has been reported
to have developed an asbestos lining
for the interior of the tanks as a
defense against the flame attack, but
the machines used yesterday were
apparently not so equipped.
Three .tanks were reported to have
been burned on other sectors and
two more were put out of action by
direct artillery hits.
Conditions on Other Fronts.
A communique reported bad weath
er had paralyzed activity on the Bil
bao front, on the northern coast,
where Gen. Emilio Mola has broken
through the mountainous barrier
south of the Basque capital.
Steady pressure by government
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vfci* ^Tnu.r°i Uwersitylane near College Park, Md., by an approaching automobile yesterday,
this Walter Reed Hospital ambulance was demolished when it struck a tree The patients’ com
?‘ir/™eSl*’s,/}°}vn..crus'ied }>y the impact, was unoccupied, since the ambulance was returning
to the hospital alter carrying a patient home. Neither the driver, named as Pvt. Robert Benton
machi&dMnrtV™*hZ , * comVanion was hurt. Benton was quoted as saying that the other
macnine aid not stop after the accident. _Star Staff Photo
troops northeast of Madrid, in the
Huesca region, was halted by an
Insurgent attack to rectify the salient.
Official reports of the action said
60 government troops were killed and
large quantities of rifles and machine
guns captured.
FALL OF BILBAO THREATENED.
Tightening of Insurgent Warship
Blockade Brings Concern.
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, Franco-Spanish
frontier, April 13 UP).—The tighten
ing of the insurgent warship blockade,
after Great Britain’s withdrawal of
protection from her merchantmen
within Spanish waters, threatened to
day to force the surrender of Bilbao to
the encircling insurgent armies. Gov
ernment aid was offered any ships
which would run the blockade.
The hard-pressed Basque govern
ment at Bilbao, announcing the in
surgent land drive on the city had
slowed down for the time being, start
ed a counter offensive. Government
officers said they had captured ’’im
portant positions" under a protecting
sweep of aerial and artillery fire.
Insurgents at the time were con
solidating their positions south and
east of Bilbao. Unconfirmed reports
said an Italian flag was seen over
their advance lines. The government
denied reports taht insurgent mon
archist flags had been hoisted at
Durango and Eibar, outlying cities
which guard Bilbao, or that the cities
had been evacuated by defenders.
The British decision to escort
freighters only on the high seas put
the vessels at the mercy of the in
surgent fleet within the 3-mile limit
and, through forced abandonment of
trips to Bilbao by food ships, deprived
the desieged Basques of their princi
pal source of supplies.
Basque officials, allied with the
Madrid-Valencia government, ac
knowledged the food situation was
grave, but insisted they were ready
to undergo a siege of months.
The capture of Bilbao, they de
clared, was "almost impossible.”
In an effort to break the blockade
and secure provisions for the hungry
troops and the city’s population,
swollen by refugees to more than
30C.000, the Basque government as
serted mastery of Spanish sea within
10 miles of the coast and offered to
provide escort ships for any food car
riers which would run the blockade.
Several government warships, they
declared, had arrived off Bilbao and
would escort merchantmen through
the insurgent fleet while shore bat
teries, with an effective range of 11
miles, provided additional protection.
British shippers were unwilling to
take the risk, however, after the in
surgent cruiser Almirante Cervera
broadcast a warning that ‘‘any Span
ish or foreign ship entering Biscay
waters will be seized or sunk.” The
cruisers did not specify what was
meant by ' Biscay waters,” adding to
the uncertainty.
The cruiser Hood, pride of the Brit
ish Navy and largest warship afloat,
bulked ominously on the horizon, but
was under orders to resist attacks on
British shipping only outside the
3-mile zon»
Rushed to a station off Santander
from Gibraltar under forced draft,
she became the flagship of a miniature
fleet consisting of the cruiser Shrop
shire and the destroyers Brazen,
Beagle, Brilliant and Blanche.
The insurgent land campaign to
bottle up the city of Bilbao was at a
standstill because of rain. Insurgent
advices said the offensive would be
resumed by Gen. Emilio Mola as soon
as the skies cleared.
BLOCKADE BRINGS ISSUE.
Censure of Baldwin Cabinet Will Be
Urged.
LONDON, April 13 (A3).—British
labor leaders moved today to force
the government to lift the insurgent
Spanish blockade of the Port of Bilbao
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leaguered Basque capital.
Maj. Clement Attlee, leader of the
opposition, declared he would ask for
a formal vote of censure against the
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the move to condemn the policy of
withdrawing protection from British
shipping within the territorial 3-mile
limit.
Amid the crieers of Labor members
yesterday, Attlee declared the policy
outlined by Baldwin was “unsatisfac
tory’ and amounted to a "blockade”
of Bilbao. He deplored “the failure
of his majesty’s government to give
protection to British merchant
ships!”
Following the prime minister's
statement that, in view of a special
situation, British shipping could not
be guaranteed protection inside the 3
mile limit, Britain acted swiftly to
keep her shipping away from the
Basque coast.
Baldwin issued a general warning
to all British shipowners not to allow
their vessels to approach the Basque
coast for the time being, and the ad
miralty pointed a similar warning to
the food ships driven into St. Jean
De Luz by insurgent warships.
At the same time, four Spanish
vesels, laden with food for Bilbao,
w'here the situation was admittedly
grave, awaited instructions at the
English port of Grimsby.
Expounding on the government pol
icy in a speech to a Liverpool meeting
of the Conservative party last night.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden de
clared Britain was following a cau
tious course, because “we refuse to
lead Europe over the precipice.”
“We certainly are not going to take
any action,” he said, “which will
divide Europe into two blocs, both
heavily armed and rapidly increasing
their arms and keenly suspicious of
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