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Declares Number of Unem ployed Overestimated by 5,000,000. Bt the Associated Press. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan asserted yesterday that the number of jobless "is perhaps1 being overestimated by as much as 8,000,000.” He urged "an accurate, authentic, eurrent census of the unemployed.” Vandenberg estimated in a state ment that only 2,975.000 persons are now out of jobs, adding that his cal culations “would seem to indicate vastly less unemployment than is con stantly asserted by the Labor Depart ment.” His analysis was promptly chal lenged by Dr. Isador Lubin, labor statistics commissioner, who asserted the Labor Department "has never made any estimate whatever of un employment.” “If Senator Vandenberg’s calcula tions were correct,” he said, “4,000,000 more people would be at work in the United States than there were em ployed at the peak of the 1929 boom.” Census to Be Considered. The question of unemployment fig ures also had the attention of some House members. The House Census Committee was asked to meet tomor row to oonsider legislation for the first Nation-wide census of unem ployed. Chairman Mahon of a subcommit tee considering the bill said he be lieved it would not be approved Mahon said that recently there was agitation for such a census, but "now there Is no interest on the part of the Works Progress Administration, there is no clamor from the Census Bureau, there is no O. K. from the Budget Bureau and there is no re quest from the administration.” Downtown, Secretary Perkins mean while made public figures which she said showed private placements by the employment service reached the highest level during March for the past 33 months and the second highest in the history of the service. In that month, she said. 193.622 private placements were made, an increase of 22.5 per cent over the preceding month. Senator Vandenberg conceded that his estimate "would represent the greatest number of persons employed in our history,” but said it would mean an increase of only 2,167,000 over the 1929 maximum. Disagree on Jobs. Lubin explained that the depart ment made no effort to calculate the number of jobless, but that it esti mated 33,500,000 persons were hold ing jobs in February. Vandenberg put the figure at 38,145,000. “I do not for a moment question the method of estimate employed in the Lubin memorandum." Vanden berg said, but suggested that the dif ferences between their calculations "clearly demonstrate our vital need” for an unemployment census. "We need to know precisely who is unemployed, where they are, why they are unemployed and whether it is their Involuntary or habitual status,” he •aid. "Then we can make rational plans to deal with our responsibility.” Vandenberg said that more than 26,000.000 employed persons had reg istered with the Social Security Board and that “What I consider to be re liable estimates" showed 12,145,000 more unregistered workers, making a total of 38,145,000. From census reports he calculated that there were 41.120,000 employable persons not engaged in agriculture, •o that the total of non-agricultural unemployed would be 2.975,000. Lubin replied that “a considerable number” registered with the 8ocial Se curity Board “were not actually in employment.’* D. A. R. (Continued From First Page.) the American Revolution feel should be this year’s national defense policy of the society and of the United States. Mr*. Vinton Earl Sisson will call to order the national defense meet ing, of whidh she is chairman, at 2 p.m. in the ball room of the May flower Hotel. After the singing of America the committee will hear ad dresses from these men: Robert M. Calland, Ohio State Uni versity, "Young America Speaks.” Dr. Thomas Healy, dean of the School of Foreign Service, George town University, "National Defense and Peace.” Theodore G. Holcombe of the Im migration Restriction League, Boston, Mass., "Immigration and the Alien.” Oharleton Smith, traveler and lec turer, "Impressions of Europe ” In accordance with their annual cus tom, crowds of congress delegates al ready In the city attended services yesterday in Memorial Continental Hall in tribute to their dead col leagues. These services were in charge of Mrs. E. Thomas Boyd, chaplain general of the society, and President General Becker spoke feelingly of the departed members of the society. Later at Arlington, Mrs. Becker placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and then proceeded to Mount Vernon to place wreaths in memory of George and Martha Wash ington. This memorial pilgrimage was in charge of Mrs. Charles H. Car roll, chairman. 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Pledge of allegiance to the flag, Mrs. Martin L. 8igmon, national chairman, Correct Use of the Flag Committee. National Anthem, the assemblage. Grace Adams East, leader. The American’s Creed, William Tyler Page (author). Greetings, the Hon. Ronald Lind say, Ambassador of Great Brit ain; the Hon. M. Georges Bon net, Ambassador of France; Mel vin C. Hazen, president, Board of Commissioners, District of Co lumbia; Mrs. C. A. Swann Sin clair, national president, National Society Children of the American Revolution; Messmore Kendall, president general, National So ciety Sons of the American Revo lution. Music, Mario Chamlee, tenor. Met ropolitan Opera Co.; Harvey Brown, accompanist. “Dido's Lament”_Purcell Air from Milton's "Comus,” Dr. Arne "Mother o’ Mine”_Tours “Song of the Open”_La Forge Address, "Living for the Ages," Mrs. William A. Becker, president gen eral, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Address, "Youth,” Harry A. Moore, United States Senator from New Jersey; member Advisory Com mittee, N. S. D. A. R. Presentation to the Congress of the winners of the D. A. R. good citizenship pilgrimage and the awarding of the medals. Music, Mario Chamlee, tenor. Met ropolitan Opera Co.; Harvey Brown, accompanist. "Homing”_Del Riego “Don't Ceare"_Carpenter “A Dream”_Bartlett “Dawn”_Curran Address, “The Peace Policy of Our Government,” Sumner Wells, As sistant Secretary of State. The retiring of the colors. Exit march, the United States Ma rine Band Orchestra. TOMORROW, 9:30 ld. Organ recital, 9 until 9:30, Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, Mus. Bac , organist, Metropolitan Me morial Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C.; member Livingstone Manor Chapter, District of Columbia. Assembly call, Winfred Kemp, prin cipal musician, United States Marine Band. Entrance of the president gen eral and national officers, es corted by the pages with State flags. Congress called to order, the presi dent general. Scripture and prayer, the chaplain general. The pledge of allegiance to the flag, the assemblage. The National Anthem, the assem blage, Constance Albright Snow, leader; member Gen. Mordecal Gist Chapter, Maryland. Reading of the minutes, the re cording secretary general. Report of the Committee on Cre dentials, Miss Page Schwars waelder, chairman. Announcement of Resolutions Committee. Report of standing rules, Mrs. Robert J. Johnston, chairman, Resolutions Committee. Report of the Committee on Pro gram, Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, chairman. Outline of plans of United States Constitution Sesqulcentennial Commission, Sol Bloom, director general. Reports or national omcers. me president general, Mrs. William A. Becker; the chaplain general, Mrs. E. Thomas Boyd; the re cording secretary general, Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge; the cor responding secretary general, Mrs. Charles Blackwell Keesee; the organizing secretary general, Mrs. William H. Pouch; the treasurer general. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr.: Finance Committee, Mrs. Robert J. Reed, chairman, Auditing Committee, Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, chairman, the registrar general, Mrs. Lue Rey nolds Spencer; the historian gen eral, Mrs. Julian G. Goodhue; the librarian general, Mrs. Lu ther Eugene Tomm; the curator general, Mrs. Robert J. Reed; the reporter general to the Smith sonian Institution, Mrs. John Y. Richardson. Greetings, the honorary presidents general; Mrs. Magna, Mrs. Broe seau, Mrs. Minor, Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Guernsey. Announcements. The retiring of the colors. Exit march. Wreath Upon the N. S. D. A. R. Memorial. Immediately after the retiring of the colors the president general, accompanied by members of the former Memorial Committee and the daughters, will place a wreath upon the memorial. Afternoon reserved for meetings of State delegations and national committees, luncheons, receptions and dinners. Hall services, Mrs. Alvin Valentine Lane, honorary vice president general, and Mrs. Julian McCurry, of Athens, Ga., chairman of the Real Daughters Committee, made brief addresses. Tonight’s full program will bring before the congress a speech from Senator Moore of New Jersey, sound ing the keynote of the convention. “Youth.” Another distinguished speaker will be Sumner Welles, As sistant Secretary of State, whose ad dress on “The Peace Policy of Our Government” will climax the meet ing and be followed by the retiring of the colors and the exit march While the delegates waited excit edly and impatiently for the big mo ment of 8:30 p.m., Mrs. Charles S. scnermernorn ana ner committee completed arrangements for the piages' ball, the most brilliant social function of the congress, which will take place tomorrow night at the May flower Hotel. Washington's young bachelors, at taches of the diplomatic corpis, officers of the Army, Navy and the Marine Corpis as well as many midshipmen from the United States Naval Acad emy at Annapolis and cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., will be guests of the pages. Assisting Mrs. Schermerhorn will be Miss Dorothy Jenkins, Mrs. H. Puller Stearns, Miss Martha Morris, Mrs. Jean Labat, Mrs. B. Harrison Lingo, Miss Jean Warfield, Miss Ra mona Newman, Mrs. Jasper Beall, Mrs. Catherine Strong, Mrs. A. L. Slaughter and Mrs. Kathryn Warrne. Meanwhile, Mrs. Becker,'whose term as president general has another year to run, in announcing her post congress plans, made it known that she, will leave almost immediately after the sessions for a tour of Europie, ■which will include a stay In London during the time of the coronation of King George VI. While in London Mrs Becker will be the guest of the Walter Himes Page Chapter, the D. A. R. chapter in England. Proceeding to Berlin, Mrs. Becker will visit there the Dorothea Von Steuben Chapter, and while in the German capital will take part in the dedication by the chapter of a tablet in honor of Baron von Steuben, Prussian patriot, who aided the cause of America during the Revolution. The dedication ceremonies will be held in the little city of Magdeburg outside Berlin, where the famous Ger man artillery officer lived. The Mayor of Magdeburg officially will reoeiva the tablet from Mrs. Becker, who will represent the National Society. In Paris, where Mrs. Becker will go from Berlin, the president general will be entertained by the Benjamin Frank lin and the Rochambeau Chapters. On Memorial day she will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of France and visit also the American cemetery to honor America’s World War dead. Mrs. Becker’s next stop will be Rome, where she will be the official guest of the Rome Chapter of the D. A. R. This Is the first trip in many years arranged by a president general of the society to visit the European chapters of the organisation. A gay week filled with entertaining has been arranged by various groups of women here for the congress. To night the Oregon D. A. R. delegation will have a supper at the Mayflower. Yesterday the North Dakota, New Mexico and Chicago chapters held dinners; the Michigan, California and Texas delegations held meetings and the Good Pilgrimage Committee held a | luncheon. WASHERS : IRONERS f 10-Day f FREE TRIAL A washer that set* new standards In brilliant styling and performance. Many new Improvements that provide greater value, convenience snd washing ability. It will pay for It self on our easy purchase plan! Call L NAt. 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Secretary Wallace and subordinates in the agency, it was learned, have been culling a list of 150 projects sug gested when Rexford G. Tugwell was administrator The resettlement projects chosen for completion, to be announced soon, are expected to place emphasis on scattered farm units rather than on model rural and suburban communi ties. Congress recently provided $79, 000.000 for ths agency, but spokesmen said these funds would be used chiefly for loans and grants to drought victims In farm areas. The tenacy bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee provides for expenditure of $420,000,000 In the next four years. Officials said little of this would go for construction other than farm homes and buildings for tenants. The measure would set aside $50, 000,000 for each of the next four years as loans to tenants In acquiring farm lands; $75,000,000 for each of two years for the agency’s regular rural rehabilitation program, and $10, 000.000 next year and $20,000,000 each of the following three years to con tinue puachases of submarginal lands for retirement from cultivation. Chairman Jones of the Agriculture Committee assured the House Rules Committee today he would oppose any attempt to amend the bill to give the Government authority to purchase farms for resale to tenants. Jones appeared before the Rules Committee to request a rule per mitting him to bring the tenancy measure up on the House tomorrow. The staff of the Resettlement Agency has been reduced from a peak of 19,000 workers two years ago to about 13,000. Officials said this would be cut to 12,000 on May 1. Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, said se curity should be the goal of farm leaders. "It Is probable that the central thought of our agricultural policy will soon shift from the objective of achieving relative economic improve ment to one of maintaining such Im provement,” he said. POLLARD UNCHANGED Former Governor Still in Critical Condition. The condition of former Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virgnla remain* critical and unchanged, member* of hi* family said today. In bad health for several months, the former Governor, now chairman of the Veterans’ Board of Appeals, last week became critically ill at hi* home, 1026 Sixteenth street. Blossoms (Continued Prom Fir*t Page.) her of cars was 10,000 less than the previous Sunday. An hour’s time was required to tour the area. Along the Baltimore-Washing ton boulevard, officers reported only half the traffic of last Sunday. The influx of visitors yesterday was attributed partly to the D. A. R. Congress and railroad excursions. At times, police reported, there were more out-of-town cars than from the District rolling along Pennsylvania avenue. 50,000 Throng Zoo. Upward of 50,000 spectators thronged the Zoo, park police estimated. A boy prostrated by the heat was revived in the lion house and later sent home. Police failed to obtain his name. Fourteen Pennsylvania Railroad ex cursion trains brought 1,000 passen gers each into Union Station from New York to help set a railroad travel record. Approximately 1,700 came in from Philadelphia on Baltimore & Ohio excursion trains. The latter railroad, alternating with the Penn sylvania, had its greatest number of New York excursionists the Sunday before. The Pennsylvania’s general passen ger agent. Alan B. Smith, said the crowds exceeded the previous record of Washington visitors in the road’s history. This was in 1922, when 14,000 came from New York for the Holy Name Society Convention. Airline and bus officials also re ported heavy traffic. Some busses were delayed by incoming traffic. No extra vehicles were added for the Sunday load, but officials reported all regular busses filled. Even rooming house accommodations were exhausted by noon. Hotels turned away thousands, the Washing ton Tourist Camp hundreds. Roy Miller of the Housing Bureau of the Board of Trade said the bureau remained open until 4.30 am. yester day with four clerks, instead of only one as on the previous Sunday, on duty. He attributed a great part of the rush to the D. A. R. Congress. By noon the bureau was calling on other agencies for supplementary lists of rooming houses. Park and metropolitan police were stationed at all important traffic points in the area. Their days oft and leaves were canceled in order to have every man available for duty. Among the visitors were thousands of students, including 100 from the Philadelphia W. P. A. literacy and citizenship classes and 27 high school students from Blakely, Ga., the latter in a bus they purchased with money they had saved since last Pall. Mr». Harlan F. Stone to Speak. Mrs. Harlan Piske Stone, president of the Travelers' Aid Society, will be guest speaker at the weekly luncheon i of the Federal Community Chest . Forum at 12:30 p.m. in the Harring 1 ton Hotel. 39 Washingtonians Among 300 Scheduled to Attend Meeting. A total of 39 youngsters out of ap proximately 300 scheduled to partici pate in the forty-second annual con vention of Children of the American Revolution opening here tomorrow moring are Washingtonians. One of the two national color bearers for the gathering will be Albert Hosmer Bowker of Potomac Society here. The District color bearer will be Mary Elizabeth Robey; , Joan Marie Thomas of Washington will be one of the two flower pages for the White House reception to morrow afternoon and two of the four flower pages to greet Mrs. Willaim Becker, national president general of the D. A. R., tonight are from the District. They are Sally and Addams Stratton McAllister. Delegatee from District societies are Nathan Weedy, Betty Earll, Oail Coes, Mary Louise Forbes, Ruth Wilt, Robert de Shaae, Olive J- Digges, Ed ward William Digges, Robert David son, William Pennington, William Howard, Lee Nettleton, Gloria Riser, William Linton, Adeline McAllister, Virginia 8cott and Bowker. An alternate for each delegate also will take part in the gathering. Among the 17 young alternates is Varina Claire Richard, first to register for the convention. Boys and girls already in Washing ton for the convention attended morn ing services yesterday at Christ Church, Alexandria, and the even song service at the Washington Ca thedral. During the remainder of the day, warm weather drew many to Potomac Park to view the Japanese cherry blossoms. Today's preliminary program called for a meeting of the C. A. R. board of management in the board room at Memorial Continental Hall and a luncheon and meeting of national officers, State directors and society presidents at the Roosevelt Hotel, headed by Mrs. C. A. Swann Sinclair, national president. The conventon, held each year con currently with the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and always the week of April 19, the anniversary of the bat tle of Lexington, opens officially at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Woman’s War Memorial Building auditorium at National Red Cross headquarters. 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