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88th TEAR. No. 3o,099._WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1940—FORTY-TWO PAGES. *** THREE CENTS.
ALLIES HOLD MASSIVE NAZI DRIVE ON PARIS
2/000/000 at Grips in Battle; Reich Claims Advance on Le Havre and Rouen
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Germans Attack in Force at Dawn;
Angio-Russ Co-operation Hinted
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Fuehrer Strikes on Front
125 Miles Long to Teach
Foes 'Historic Lesson'
•t th» Associated Press.
Gen. Maxime Weygand’s French poilus were reported
"holding solidly” late today in a titanic battle of 2,000,000
tnen raging along the 125-mile Somme-Aisne front as Hitler
launched a violent new ‘blitzkrieg’ into the heart of France.
Paris and the lower Seine River were the apparent objectives,
seemingly in a mighty smash to turn the flank of the main Maginot
Line.
German dive-bombers and heavy artillery blasted at French
infantry massed along the front, with the heaviest fury of the
attack centering in the Laon-Soissons sector.
The whole battleline extended from Laon to Abbeville, 12 miles
from the English Channel.
Revnaud Predicts a Favorable Result.
With the conflict still in too early a stage for decisive results.
Premier Reynaud of France confidently predicted that the Allies
"can hope for a favorable issue of the struggle.”
German infantry in massed gray waves assaulted the desper
ately fighting poilus, who knew that a major break through now
would imperil their beloved capital 70 miles distant.
Toward nightfall the battle increased in violence in the stifling
heat, smoke and dust of the fields.
German bombers meanwhile raided an unidentified area in
Central France and French fighting planes and anti-aircraft struck
back.
Touched off by the German “Fuehrer” himself from his head
quarters on the western front, the massive attack began at 4:04
a.m.. with a furious artillery barrage against the French lines.
While the Nazi air force thundered overhead, bombing and
strafing, masses of uniformed German infantry moved forward
through the dawn haze.
A highly significant development on the diplomatic front was
reported meanwhile in London, where Soviet Russian circles indi
cated there was a good possibility of co-operation between the
Russian Kremlin and the Allies in the Black Sea and the Eastern
Mediterranean.
If true, a new bond of Anglo-Russian friendship might easily
counter the pressure of Italy in the Mediterranean.
Hitler Indicates Peace Terms Rejected.
With Belgium crushed in a 26-day campaign, Hitler sent his
legions striking at France with a hint that he had offered the
Allies some kind of peace terms—possibly a separate peace to only
one side—and had been rejected.
Allied planes again retaliated for the Nazi aerial attack on
Paris—which left 254 dead and 652 wounded—by bombing Fried- i
richshafen. home of the German Zeppelin and site of Nazi air
plane engine factories.
Massive Offensive
PARIS, June 5 (/Pi.—Nearly two
million men were engaged tonight
in a great new battle of the Somme.
With the German divisions pressing
a massive offensive toward the lower
Seine and Paris.
Without so much as a breathing
ppell from their conquest of the
north, the Germans struck at dawn
Dive bombers and heavy artillery
smashed into the massed French
Infantry along 125 miles of the new
Somme-Aisne line, and. especially,
in the rectangle formed by the
French cities of La Fere. Laon,
Anizy-Le-Chateau and Chauny.
The French stand virtually alone
on the line, although there are some
British divisions there.
Allied sources say effective help
cannot be forthcoming from Britain
until British industry can replace
the vast stores of supplies and war
equipment lost in the Flanders
disaster.
Soon after the thunder of the
dive bombers and the German
artillery had reached a crescendo,
the German infantry swarmed into
the attack, charging in great gray
waves.
Authorized sources said the French
were holding everywhere against the
German offensive on the Somme and
Aisne front with the exception of a
few points where "they may fall back
to more favorable positions.”
This operation "will be nothing to
worry about," the same sources
Stated.
Nearly 2.000.000 men were engaged
In this new battle of the Somme,
with the German divisions pressing
massively on the lower Seine and.
Paris.
Military sources in London said
“certain armored vehicles” of the
German Army are on both sides
of Amiens, although not very close
to the French-held town itself.
The same source said certain Ger
man elements were, south of the
Somme, but not enough of them to
for ma bridgehead for an invading
army.
Military circles estimated total
’ (See PARISH Page A-4.)
President Becomes
Grandfather Again
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. June 5. — President
Roosevelt became a grandfather
again today when a 7-pound 9
ounce son was born to Mrs. Anne
(Clark! Roosevelt, wife of John, his
youngest son.
Dr. Charles G. Shedd said both
mother and infant were in excellent
health.
Mrs. Roosevelt's mother. Mrs.
Lloyd Wiltse, the former Mrs. P.
Haven Clark, and young Roosevelt
were at the hospital when the child
was born.
To Speed 'New World'
(Text of German high com
mand statement on Flanders'
battle and Hitler's declarations
on Page A-6.)
BERLIN. June 5 —Adolf Hitler
at dawn today sent his armies of the
west plunging against France on the
Somme-Aisne line to teach a “his
toric lesson" to the Allies, as the
Fuehrer said, and speed “the bloom
of a new and better world.”
“In the early morning hours to
day,” said Hitler's high command,
"new attack operations began from
the present defense front in
France.”
This second phase of Germany's
“total war” in the west—following
closely upon the 'Allied disaster in
Flanders—transformed a nearly 200
mile section of Northern France,
from the Channel coast to the shat
tered junction of the Maginot Line
with its northern extension, into
one great field of raging combat.
Bive Bombers Destructive.
German dive bombers were de
clared by DNB. to have caused
“great destruction” and an “extreme
ly demoralizing effect" in attacks
on French tanks south of Abbeville
on the Somme front.
Many French tanks, DNB said,1
were “completely disabled by well- :
aimed bombs,” while "the occupants
abandoned their vehicles in panicky
flight."
“One bomb.” it added, "fell be- ,
tween three French tanks traveling j
closely together. Two of the tanks
came to a dead halt at once, com
pletely disabled, while the third
tank was gutted by flames."
Speaking of air attacks on Le
Havre. DNB declared that harbor
facilities had been dealt a serious
blow, adding taht the greater part
of British coal imports into France
pass through that port.
Allied Attack Repulsed.
The high command said Allied
attacks at either extreme of the
Somme-Aisne line, near Abbeville
on the coast, and south of Longwy,
near the junction of the French,
Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers,
had been repulsed. Apparently
(See BERLIN, Page A-4.)
45,000 Belgians Joined
Allies After Surrender
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 5.—Belgian Gen.
Legros reported to Belgian Defense
Minister Gen. Henri Denis today
that about 45.000 Belgian soldiers
Joined the Allied forces in Flanders
after King Leopold's capitulation.
Leaflets dropped by Allied planes
told them they had a chance to
“escape from the hell of German
occupation by uniting with the
Allied cause."
War Bulletin
BERLIN (fP).—Authorized
German sources said tonight
the German Army’s right wing
was advancing on “the broad
est front” southward and
westward along the English
Channel coast toward Le
Havre and Rouen.
The strategic purpose of the
drive along the coast was said
to be “to separate completely
Britain and France and to set
up additional bases of opera
tions against England.”
Allied Planes Bomb
Friedrichshalen;
Swiss Houses Hit
Attempt Made to Blast
Konstanz; Valais
Canton Closed
F* the Associated Press
ZURICH. Switzerland. June 5.—
Allied war planes early today
bombed Friedrichshafen and other
objectives on the German side of
Lake Constance and dropped six
bombs on the Swiss side of the
border.
Houses and a road were damaged
between the Swiss towns of Kreuz
lingen and Tagerwilen. but there
were no casualties.
On the German side of the fron
tier sirens were heard in cities on
the shores of the lake, including
Konstanz itself, Germany's only city
on the left bank of the Rhine.
Anti-aircraft fire spurted from.
German batteries, and bombs ex- j
ploded at several points on the Ger
man side. Whether the raiders were
British or French could not be de
termined.
Friedrichshafen is best known as
the home of Germany's famous
Zeppelins. Airplane engines are
manufactured there, and its fac
’ 'See'ZURICH,' Page A-5.J ~
House Approves D. C.
Conference Report
The House this afternoon ap
proved the conference report on the
1941 District appropriation bill after
a record vote of 271 to 111 to con
tinue the education of non-resident
children in the public schools with
out payment of tuition.
Senate approval of the report will
send the bill to the White House for
President Roosevelt's signature.
Cultist Cuts Off Hand,
Starves Self to Death
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. June 5.—City
Home Supt. G. S. Llewellyn reported
Emmanuel Shapiro. 21-year-old cult
evangelist, starved himself to death
10 weeks after chopping off his left
hand. He said Mr. Shapiro refused
food for a month and wasted away
in the belief it was "God's com
mand." Several month* ago the
evangelist renounced the Jewish
faith and joined the cult. He ham
mered off his hand after days of
moodiness.
Fordham Reports Quake
2,800 Miles Southwest
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.—The seis
mograph at Fordham University re
corded an "extremely severe" earth
quake today, the first shock at
7:09:15 and the second at 7:15:35
a.m. (Eastern standard time).
The distance from New York was
estimated at about 2,850 miles,
probably southwest.
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Interests Linked
In Near East,
Mediterranean
Bv the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 5— Soviet Russian
circles in London declared today
that the Allies’ interests in the Black
Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean
parallel Russia's, but they empha
i sized Russian determination to re
main neutral in the European war.
A British source intimated a hope
that Russian interest in the Near
East and improvement of Britisn
Russian relations might havp a de
terrent effect on any Italian plan
to enter the war.
Nevertheless the British still re
garded Italian entry as a matter of
time.
A Soviet source said Russia "has
no intention of bping thrust onto
one side or the other" in the war.
He indicated that Russia's policy
would continue to emphasize in
ternal affairs, but that the U. S. S. R.
is keeping alert against any en
croachment on any of its interests
by one power or another.
R A. Butler. British undersecretary'
for foreign affairs, told the House of
Commons that it appeared from an
official Russian communique that
the appointment of Sir Stafford
Cripps as new British Ambassador
to Moscow had been accepted by the
Kremlin, although formal notice had
not yet been received.
Mr. Butler left unanswered a
question from the House as to
whether Sir Stafford would deal |
with thp "many outstanding ques
tions" with the Soviet government. |
Doubt Reds Drop Reich.
Informed quarters doubted that
Russia's acceptance of Cripps sig
nified any intention to drop her
partnership with Germany.
Russian circles hinted that there
1 is at least a good possibility of
diplomatic co-operation between the
Kremlin and the Allies in the Near
East.
Mr. Butler told Commons that the
whole British nation was glad that
Russia had accepted Cripps as the
new Ambassador.
Replying to a question as to
whether the dispatching of Sir
Stafford was not first intended for
trade talks, the undersecretary said
the appointment as Ambassador "al
ways was intended to be clear and
concise.”
France's move to name Erik La
bonne, former French resident-gen
eral in Tunisia and Ambassador to
Republican Spain, as Ambassador
to Moscow in place of Paul Emile
Naggiar, also was cited as a factor
in improving Soviet-Allied rela
tions.
Evidence of Amity Demanded.
A Russian source said, however,
that Britain "must show by deeds
as well as words an honest desire
for friendship with Russia.”
While the choice of Cripps, Left
wing Laborite member of Parlia
ment, for the Moscow post was
(See LONDON, Page-A^5.)
President to See Officials
| On Imports for Defense
Continuing his close daily contact
! with defense and foreign affairs ad
j visers, President Roosevelt today
I called Tariff Commission and State
Department #fflcials to the White
House for conferences.
First to see the Chief Executive
was to be Raymond B. Stevens of
the Tariff Commission for a dis
cussion of exports and imports of
commodities figuring in the national
defense needs.
Later, Mr. Roosevelt was to see
Secretary of State Hull, Undersec
retary Sumner Welles and Assistant
Secretary Adolf A. Berle. jr.
If the course of foreign affairs
permits. Mr. Roosevelt will take a
i quick trip to his Hyde Park (N. Y.)
home this week end.
Here Is Battle Strategy Used
In Big Drive Against Paris
By the Associated Press. |
In broad strokes, here is the pic
ture of the German drive on Paris,
launched today:
The objectives: For Germany,
capture of Paris and the lower Seine
River in the hope of forcing French
capitulation and cutting France off
from her ally, Great Britain; for
the Allies, to hold Germany until
Empire and industrial resources can
oe mobilized for a successful counter
offensive. The Germans are within
70 miles of Paris.
The front: A stretch of about 200
miles across Northern France, reach
ing eastward from the sea, near
Abbeville, along the Somme and
Aisne Rivers, and across the Meuse
to the region of Longwy. at the
junction of the French-Belgian-Lux
embourg borders, point of the first
German break-through into France.
French advices indicated that 125
miles of this front, eastward from
Abbeville, was the most active.
The method of attack: First,
heavy artillery fire and dive bombing
and strafing to soften defenses, then
tank assault to rip through front
lines and spread confusion in the
rear while armored cars, motorized
infantry and soldiers afoot, in that
order, follow through the breaches
made by tanks and dive bombers—
the fundamentals of the. "blitzkrieg.”
The method of defense; To hug
the boggy shores of the Somme, and
Aisne and blast German tanks on
the hard ground with the famous
French 75’s—the only weapon cap
able of halting Germany's rolling
fortresses; to dig in deeper on the
line of defense which has been in
construction for 10 days while dis
aster marched in Flanders; to shell
and bomb the more vulnerable parts
of the German rearguard, supply
lines and depots, marching columns
and troop concentrations; to turn
every hill, canal, valley and forest
into another weapon.
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Relief Bill Reported,
Provides for C. C. C.
Training in Defense
$1,073,584,000 Measure
Reaches Senate, With
Part of Cut Restored
Non-combatant military training
for the 300.000 youths in the Civilian
Conservation Corps was approved
by the Sehate Appropriations Com
mittee today in reporting out the
$1,073,584,000 relief bill for the com
ing fiscal year.
Another national defense angle
, was brought into the relief picture
' by an amendment making $25,000 -
000 of the W. P. A. fund available
for expediting projects recommend
' ed by the War and Navy Depart
ments. such as airport facilities,
i On such projects the requirement
of a 25 per cent sponsor contribu
tion by local authorities would be
I waived.
' The Senate committee approved
without change the $975,650,000 W.
Pr. A. fund, with discretion given the
President to use all of this amount
within eight months, instead of
stretching it for a year, if conditions
justify it.
The Senate committee made a
$40,000,000 reduction in the House
fund for the Farm Security Admin
istration. The subcommittee that,
drafted the bill yesterday recom-1
mended a $56,000,000 cut in this
item, but the full committee re
stored $16,000,000 today.
To continue the work of the
Office of Government Reports, the
Senate committee allowed $330,000.
This was one of three agencies
threatened with abolition by action
of the House earlier in the session.
Senate leaders probably will call
up the relief bill for debate tomor
row.
Foreign Communication
Barred to Radio Amateurs
In a far-reaching move apparently
aimed at the suppression of “fifth
column” activities in the United
States, the Federal Communications
Commission today forbade amateur
radio operators in this country and
its possessions to communicate with
radio stations in foreign countries.
Since there are few dyed-in-the
wool amateurs who do not pride
themselves in their ability to main
tain communications with other
amateurs in all parts of the world,
, today’s order is expected seriously
' to cripple the activities of a great j
majority of the nation's amateurs.
Members of the commission !
would not comment as to the reasons
for the order.
There are approximately 55.000
amateurs licensed by the commis
sion.
The prohibition, which became ef
fective immediately, does not apply
to amateur communication between
licensed amateur stations in the
continental United States and its
territories and possessions.
Likewise, it does not bar United
States citizens, authorized to oper
ate amateur stations in the Philip
pine Islands or the Canal Zone,
from communicating with amateurs
in the United States.
English Mine Blast
Kills 3, Injures 11
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 5.—Three miners
were killed and 11 were injured in
an explosion at the Upton colliery
near South Elmsall, in Yorkshire,
early today.
Between 700 and 800 men were
working in the pit when the blast
occurred about a mile and a half
from the bottom of the shaft in the
Barnsley seam.
All the miners were withdrawn
from the workings.
Jailed for Leopold
Slur, Man Claims He
Showed'Foresight'
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. June 5.—A Paris
shopkeeper, who was sentenced
to eight months in jail for
making slighting remarks about
King Leopold III before the
Belgian monarch capitulated to
the Germans May 28. has ap
pealed his case on the grounds
he showed "remarkable fore
sight.”
U. S. Gives Annenberg
Seven Years to Pay
im
Interest on Income
Tax Installments May
Add $2,000,000
E* the Associated Press.
The Treasury has agreed to
spread payment of its $8.000 000
tax claim against M. L. Annenberg
over a seven-year period, provided
the Philadelphia publisher pays in
terest on unpaid balances.
Guy T. Helvering, Internal Reve
nue Bureau commissioner, said in
reporting details of the tax settle
ment today that the principal plus
interest on a seven-year install
ment basis might bring Mr. An
nenberg's total payments to $10,
000.000.
Mr. Helvering explained that the
Treasury settlement had nothing
to do with Criminal Court proceed
ings involving Mr. Annenberg.
The Treasury originally calcu
lated that Mr. Annenberg owed ap
proximately $12,000,000 for the years
1923 to 1938 inclusive. Mr. Helvering
said, but had compromised at a
lower figure because of some du
plications and other considerations.
$500,000 Already Paid.
He indicated that Mr. Annenberg
had made an initial payment ol
$500,000 and would pay a like
amount before the end of 1940. To
secure the remainder of the taxes
he has agreed to pay, Mr. Helvering
added, Mr. Annenberg has mort
gaged to the Treasury "practically
everything he owns.”
Mr. Helvering said the security
included Mr. Annenberg's majority
stock in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr. Annenberg's home in Miami
(SeeANNENBERGTPage A-5.)
Hemisphere Bill
Voted by Senate
And House Units
Measure to Bar Reich
From Americas Wins
Committees' Approval
Bv J. A. OXEART.
A declaration that the United
States will refuse to recognize any
transfer of sovereignty over non
American territory in this hemi
sphere that might result from the
European war won swift approval
today from the Senate and House
Foreign Committee.
At the same time, however, the
Senate group again rejected military
aid to the Allies, as proposed in the
resolution of Senator Pepper. Demo
crat. of Florida to let the President
sell planes, ships or other equipment
than can be spared.
Shortly after the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee had reported
out the non-recognition resolution,
as proposed by Chairman Pittman,
the House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee brought out an identical meas
ure sponsored by Chairman Bloom.
The Senate committee unani
mously indorsed the resolution. All
members of the House committee
except two voted for it. Chairman
Bloom said. Representatives Cor
bett of Pennsylvania and Chiper
fteld of Illinois, both Republicans,
voted • present," he said.
Aimed at Germany.
While the resolution does not
name Germany, it means that if
French. British or Dutch possessions
in the Western Hemisphere should
fall into German hands as a result
of the war, this country would not
recognize the new sovereignty. The
resolution declares:
"(1> That the United States would
not recognize any transfer, and
would not acquiesce in any attempt
to transfer, any geographic region of
the Western Hemisphere from one
non-American power to another
non-American power: and
‘■(2) That if such transfer or at
iSee DEFENSE, Page A-5.)
Cincinnati Armory Robbed
CINCINNATI. June 5 m.—Theft
of 9.890 rounds of .22-caliber ammu
nition from the National Guard
, armory was reported today and
! brought immediate inquiry by the
| Federal Bureau of Investigation and
1 police.
Summary of Today's Star
Page
Amuse
ments B-20
Comics B-18-19
Editorials __A-10
Finance A-19
Lost. Found B-13
Page.
Obituary .. A-12
Radio_B-18
Society _B-3
Sports A-15-17
Woman's
Page _B-12
Foreign
Allies bomb Friedrichshafen and
other German points. Page A-l
Hitler plans to teach Allies an “his
toric lesson." Page A-l
Interests parallel with Allies’, Rus
sians say. Page A-l
Germans open drive along 125-mile
front. Page A-l
Rome police rout anti-Allied dem
onstrators. Page A-l
“Fifth columns” in Latin America
cited In defense talks. Page A-2
British left huge supplies in Flan
ders, Nazis say. Page A-4
National.
Defense Commission starts produc
tion problem parleys. Page A-l
House committee to study income tax
base broadening. Page A-l
Successor to Edison to be named
soon. Page A-2
Washington and Vicinity
Prize parade, farewell ball slated at
Annapolis today. Page B-l
Government projects to aid jobless
urged at conference. Page B-l
Resolution on D. C. traffic study
awaits decision. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page,A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-ll
Frederic William Wile. Page A-ll
Charles G. Ross. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-ll
Sports
Three ace flingers make Indians
pennant contenders. PageA-15
Conn in final defense of light-heavy
title tonight. PageA-15
Cantenbury course facing punish
ment in Open golf event. Page A-16
Coach of victorious Central nine
urges new play-off plan. Page A-17
Belmont Saturday may produce
1940's 3-year-old champ. Page A-18
Miscellany
Vital Statistics. Page B-6
Nature's Children. Page B-5
Serial Story. PageB-13
Bedtime Story. Page B-18
Letter-Out,. Page B-18
Winning Contract. Page B-18
Uncle Ray's Comer. Page B-19
Cross-Word Puazle. Page B-19
Broader Income
Tax Base Sought
As Defense Levy
Mouse Subcommittee
Told to Find Way
To Raise $200,000,000
By the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee. bent on raising money for
growing defense costs, directed a
10-man subcommittee today to find
a way to add at least $200,000,000
to the $656,000,000 in the pending
defense tax bill.
The principal proposal laid before
the subcommittee was a broadening
of the income tax base to reduce
individual income tax exemptions
from $2,500 to $1,800 for heads of
families and from $1,000 to $800 for
single individuals.
Chairman Doughton estimated
the base broadening plan would
raise $80 000.000
Increased Levy Suggested.
Such a broadening, and an in
crease in levies on the middle and
lower income brackets, as has been
suggested, would raise a sum esti
mated at upwards of $400,000,000
Mr. Dofighton said that whatever
funds were derived from the taxes
w-ould be used to retire a $4 000 -
000.000 Federal debt-limit increase
already approved by the committee.
Any excess over the amount needed
to retire this debt would go into
the general fund of the Treasury, he
said.
Asked why it was proposed to
make the base broadening perma
nent, Mr Doughton replied:
! "Ther^-has been a feeling for a
long time that something ought to
be done to equalize the tax bur
den.’
Committee Meets Today.
i In response to other questions the
i chairman said that no consideration
had been given by the committee to
any war excess profits tax or to a
general sales tax.
The subcommittee, which will hold
its first meeting this afternoon, is
composed of Representatives Cooper
of Tennessee, chairman; McCor
mack of Massachusetts, Disney of
Oklahoma, Buck of California, Dun
, can of Missouri, Boehne of Indiana,
1 Democrats; Treadway of Massachu
1 setts, Crowther of New York, Reed
of New York and Woodruff of Michi
gan, Republicans.
Base Broadening Permanent.
The proposed base broadening,
which would add thousands of ad
ditional persons to the ranks of in
come taxpayers, would not carry
a five-year limitation, it was said.
It wouid be permanent in the sense
that it would not be automatically
I repealed, but would remain on the
statute books until some contrary
action were taken by Congress.
The original bill, offered by Com
mittee Chairman Doughton, applied
the five-year provision to all its
levies, which included many in
creases in excise taxes.
The original theory was that the
tax increases would retire a $3,000 -
000.000. or $4,000,000,000 addition to
the Federal debt for defenses. The
I larger figure was definitely decided
l on by the committee yesterday.
G. O. P. Wants General Revision.
Republicans were reported to be
insisting on a general revision of
the revenue laws, which would keep
Congress in session indefinitely.
All but one of the Republican
committeemen abstained from vot
ing yesterday when the Ways and
Means Committee decided to recom
mend increasing the Federal debt
limit from $45,000,000,000 to $49.
000,000.000 and to devise revenue in
creases which would “at least” pay
off this $4,000,000,000 boost in five
years.
Afterward nine abstaining Re
publicans issued a statement pro
! testing that sufficient information
was lacking as to how the money
would be spent and as to whether
the proposed new debt limit w-ould
"meet present conditions." They
demanded a reduction in Govern
ment expenses.
Roosevelt Hopes to Save.
Hope for such a reduction was
expressed by President Roosevelt
at a press conference held about
the time the Republican statement
was made public. Mr. Roosevelt an
nounced the expectation of saving
from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000
through "impounding a percentage
of funds of agencies not directly
involved in the preparedness pro
gram.
The President emphasized, how
ever. that these savings will not be
attempted by salary reductions or
personnel dismissals.
Commenting on reports that Con
gress may increase the present tax
bill to $1,000,000,000. Mr. Roose
velt said that as a general proposi
tion the more that can be raised to
pay as we go the better. Pointed
ly, however, he added that the Im
portant thing is to get a bill drafted
and passed, making clear his doubt
that a general overhauling of the
tax structure would be practical at
this time.
—
Paris-U. S. Cable
' Is Disrupted
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 5—Paris wag out of
touch with the United States by
cable this morning, but communica
tion was maintained by wireless.
There was no Immediate explana
tion of the cable disruption.