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21 NATIONS AWAIT PEACE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
PARLEY OPENS
IN ARGENTINE
CAPITAL
Buenos Aires Throngs
Besiege Auto as
Executive Appears
By GEORGE DURNO
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
To raise barriers against war and
to lower barriers against trade,
the Inter-American conference for
the maintenance of peace was off
to an auspicious start today under
the impetus of President Roose
velt’s presence and an atmosphere
of good-will among nations of the
Western Hemisphere.
The acclamation heaped upon
President Roosevelt when he ar
rived was undiminished today as
he made his first smiling appear
ance on the streets. Early this
morning a cheering throng out
side the United States embassy in
the Avenida Alvear, and his car,
accompanied by only one other
carrying Secret Service men, was
besieged when he emerged for a
tour of the city.
Speaks This Afternoon
Having put the fi n i shing
touches last night on the impor
tant keynote speech he will deliver
at the conference, Mr. Roosevelt
arranged today to return to the
embassy for luncheon after driv
ing through the city.
Then he will receive the chil
dren of the American colony in
the embassy garden, and rest until
President Augustin P. Justo of
Argentina, arrives to accompany
him to the great domed capitol.
There, in the chamber of depu
ties, the representatives of 21 new
world nations, with many racial,
economic, and geographic differ
ences, but united in the purpose
of keeping out of Eurasia’s trou
bles and increasing their mutual
welfare, will gather this afternoon
for the momentous parley.
Justo to Give Banquet
Speeches by Presidents Roose
velt and Justo are the only mat
ters scheduled for the opening ses
sion of the congress. In stately
setting, they will be alone on the
platform save for Foreign Min
ister Carlos Saavedra Lamas, of
Argentina, who will become perm
anent chairman.
Afterwards President Roosevelt,
accompanied by Ambassador
Alexander W. Weddell, will attend
President Justo’s official banquet
and reception at Government
House.
Many impediments lie in the
way of quick results from the
conference, with two of the
nations recently at war, several
tom by revolutions, and some
under whole or partial dictator
ships. Rut, with the Montevideo
conference of 1933 and four
earlier inter-American arbitration
treaties as stepping stones, agree
ments more concrete than mere
pious statements of amity are
believed certain to result.
Skeptics pointed out today that
only eight of the 21 countries
ratified all four of the prior pacts,
but this time the conference has
been stripped of much that is
academic, and the conferees will
“get down to brass tacks” on
neutrality and economic ques
tions.
Items on the agenda, considera
tion of which is expected to take
two weeks, are:
1. Organization of peace: con
sideration of the causes of war,
measures to maintain peace,
and creation of an inter-Amer
ican court of justice.
2. Neutrality: consideration
of the rights and duties of neu
trals and belligerents, with a
possible pact internationalizing
American legislation against
trading with belligerents.
3. Limitation of armaments:
so as only to guarantee nations’
internal security and defense
against foreign aggression.
4. Codification of interna
tional law.
5. Economic problems; cus
toms agreements, equality of
opportunity, financial coopera
tion.
6. Intellectual cooperation.
Cordell Hull, Secretary of state,
and the moving spirit behind the
Montevideo conference, is ex
pected to press his doctrine of
reciprocal trade treaties, several
of which already have been com
pleted with Latin-American na
tions.
The disarmament question
seems to be principally academic,
with the United States of Amer
ica certain to press the point that
her armaments are necessarily
on world conditions.
But there is a large possibility
that the Monroe Doctrine—that
the New World is not qpen to
European colonization—w ill be
co m e an internationally sup
ported thesis instead of one
backed, much to the anger of
Latin-America, by the United
States alone.
Brief Is Submitted
In Hewitt Extradition
TRENTON. N. J.. December 1
(I.N.S.)—Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Theodore Backes said today
that the district attorney’s de
partment of California had sub
mitted argument in support of its
request for the extradition of
Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt,
. T*f«pfcen« District 7000
MR. ROOSEVELT IN BUENOS AIRES
For PaniAmpriran Peace
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RADIO PHOTO of President Roosevelt riding through the streets of Buenos Aires with
Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Foreign Minister of the Argentine, winner of the 1936 Nobel peace
prize. Mr. Roosevelt will address the Pan-American Peace Conference tonight. Interna
tional News Radiophoto.
U. 5. EMPLOYES
GET HOLIDAY
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agencies of the Government, ex
cept those who may for special
public reasons be excluded from
the provisions of this order by
the heads of their respective de
partments, establishments or
agencies, or those whose absence
from duty would be inconsistent
with the provisions of existing
law, shall be excused from duty
at 1 o’clock p. m. on Thursday,
December 24, 1936, and the en
tire day on Saturday, January
2, 1937.
“2. All employes in the field
service of the executive depart
ments, independent establish
ments and other agencies of the
Government, except those who
may for special public reasons
be excluded from the provisions
of this order by the heads of
their respective departments,
establishments, or agencies, or
those whose absence from duty
would be inconsistent with the
provisions of existing law, shall
be excused from duty the entire
day on Saturday, December 26,
1936, which day has been de
clared a legal holiday in the Dis
trict of Columbia by public reso
lution No. 'l4, Seventy-fourth
Congress.
“3. For the purposes of this
order, in establishments or agen
cies in which the employes work
in shifts, such employes shall,
subject to the foregoing provis
ions, be excused from duty after
four hours’ of work on Thurs
day, December 24,1936, and from
all duty on Saturday, January
2, 1937. and such employes who
are affected by paragraph 2 of
this order shall, subject to the
provisions of that paragraph, be
excused from all duty on Satur
day, December 26, 1936.”
77 Degrees Below!
But It's 50,000
Feet Above Earth
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Dec. 1
(1.N.5.). — Seventy-seven degrees
below zero!
That was the temperature re
corded over Boston yesterday—
that is, 50,000 feet above the city.
It was made possible by a new
invention to keep weather record
ing instruments on recording bal
loons from freezing, developed by
the staff of the Harvard University
Blue Hills weather observatory.
The balloon was sent aloft from
the observation station at 5 a. m.
and reached a height of 50,000
feet. The device transmits radio
frequencies, giving a reading of
the temperature and the atmos
pheric pressure. The airplane
which ascended approximately the
same time reached 17,000 feet and
at that height it was 9 degrees
below zero. This coincided with
the reading transmitted by the
balloon for that height.
Snow Probable
As Mercury
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that the sky was cloudless. With no
cloud strata to hold the earth’s
heat in, it just naturally moved
upward into space and let a blan
ket of cold air descend from the
upper regions where it’s always
zero or below.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Communters came to work with
red noses today as December was
ushered in with the coldest blast
of the season here.
At 5:30 a. m. the mercury
touched 12 degrees above zero.
The previous low for this date in
New York was 9 above, registered
December 1, 1875. The previous
low for this season was 18 above
on November 18.
Warmer weather was expected
as the day advanced.
EX PORTS We
52 MILLION
International Newii Service
Exports of $264,708,000 and im
ports of $212,001,000 gave the
United States a favorable trade
balance for October of $52,707,000.
For the 10-month period ending
October, the Commerce Depart
ment reported today. American
exports have aggregated $1,997,-
681,000, an increase of $208,000,-
000 over the export volume for
the corresponding period of 1935.
Imports from January to Octo
ber were valued at $1,977,589,000,
which was $286,457,000 larger
than the volume for the first 10
months of last year.
So far this year the United
States has a favorable trade bal
ance of approximately $20,000,000.
Compared with October of last
year, last month’s export rises
were attributed mainly to larger
shipments of manufactured, cot
ton and tobacco and of ma
chinery, vehicles and iron and
steel products.
Gains in import trade were
noted in meats, grains, crude rub
ber, newsprint, alcoholic bever
ages, unmanufactured wool, and
tin.
Oriental Bronzes
Shown in Museum
BURLINGTON, Vt. (INS.).
Ancient Oriental porcelains,
bronzes and ivory carvings which
once accompanied bodies of dis
tinguished persons to the grave to
help them over the rough spots in
another world, are on display at
the Fleming Museum at Univer
sity of Vermont.
Also included is a portrait in
color of the' Chinese emperor.
Tsung, who reigned during the
Tsung dynasty prior to 1280. It is
done on an old Chinese scroll.
A five-foot war canoe from the
Samoan Islands is among a col
lection of South Sea Island objects
presented to the museum as a gift
from the estate of Miss Carrie
Ormsby, of Brandon.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1936
JAPAN PROBES
CONSCRIPTS
TOKYO, (1.N.5.). — Thorough
investigation into the problem of
national hygiene is to be under
taken concurrently with the regu
lar census-taking activities of the
government, at a cost of $330,000.
Health is said to be assuming
the importance of a national pol
icy with the Army and the Edu
cation Mi n istry, which has
adopted measures to counteract
the steadily weakening constitu
tion of those of conscription age.
Corrective measures are felt to
be all the more important a® the
nation’s birth rate is steadily de
clining. The annual rate of in
crease in 1920 was 36 in every
1,000 of population and in 1934 it
had dropped to 29 per 1,000.
An inquiry into the causes of
deaths among infants and small
children is expected to be espe
cially enlightening. Such deaths
total about 400,000 a year. The
spread and checking of tubercu
losis, which takes 130,000 lives a
year and variously incapacitates
1.300.000 more, is also to be care
fully studied.
The collection of figures is de
clared to be made even more nec
essary because the combination
of a declining birth rate and a
high death rate may make se
rious inroads into the population
in a few years.
“If someone were to ask, ‘Why
is the Japanese physical consti
tution declining?’ no one would be
able to answer with authority,” it
was pointed out.
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DONORS FACE
INQUIRY
Senate to Base New
Law on Results
Os Investigation
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON
International New, Service
Seeking information on which
to base a Federal law regulating
political contributions, the Sen
ate Campaign Fund Investigating
Committee today - began mailing
questionnaires to all persons giv
ing more than SSOO to any na
tional political organizations in
the recent elections.
The committee also made pub
lic final reports from a list of
contributors, chiefly to the Re
publican cause, that included J.
Pierpont Morgan, the New York
banker; Andrew W. Mellon, the
former Secretary of the Treas
ury, and Irenee du Pont, the pow
der king. Du Pont led the list
with a total of $116,230 in con
tributions, which were not item
ized. Mellon gave $20,000 and
Morgan $50,000 to Republican
groups.
To Both Parties
The questionnaires will be sent
to both Republican ana Democra
tic contributors, Chairman Loner
gan (D.,) of Conneticut, an
nounced.
He said copies already have been
dispatched to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. F. McCann, of Oyster
Bay, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
E. Davies, of Washington and Mrs.
James R. H. Cromwell, of New
York, all heavy Democratic con
tributors. Davies recently was
named ambassador to Russia.
Lonegran announced question
naires would be sent to James W.
Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany: Curtis Bok, Emil
Schwarzhaupt, Nathan Straus,
Henry Morgenthau, father of the
Secretary of the Treasury: Wil
liam C. Bullitt, ambassador to
France; Arthur Mullin, Edward A.
Filene, Grover A. Whalen, O. Max
Gardner, Walter A. Jones, Harold
F. McCormick, Harry Woodring,
acting Secretary of War; Nicholas
M. Schenck. John Cudahy, Jacob
Ruppert, Cornelius V. Whitney
and James Roosevelt, son of the
President, Democratic contribu
tors.
Three Du Ponts were listed in the
final reports on Republican con
tributions.
The committee announced Henry
P. du Pont had reported $25,000
of political gifts and Pierre S. du
Pont 3d had reported $3,200.
Henry’s largest gift was SIO,OOO
to the American Liberty League.
Morgan Gave $50,000
The J. Pierpont Morgan total
of $50,000 contributions was di
vided among various Republican
committees in New York and
Maine.
The Mellon contributions, total
ing $20,000, were listed as $5,000
each to the Republican central
campaign committee of Philadel
phia, the national Republican con
gressional committee, the Pennsyl
vania State Republican committee
and the Independent Coalition of
American Women.
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BOSTON CALLS
RADIOMEN TO
JOIN STRIKE
New York Orders
Two More Unions
To Walk Out
BOSTON, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.) .—Pro
claiming it a “trump card.” lead
ers of the marine strike In Boston
today called all radio operators
aboard American ships in this
harbor into the walkout.
Richard Golden, local head of
the American Radio Telegraphers
Association, said he was concen
trating on the collier fleet.
Leaders of the strike claimed
they held 13 vessels tied up here.
At Portland, Me., the Pennsyl
vania shipping tanker Charles
Kurtz sailed for Houston, Tex.,
with practically an entire new
crew replacing those who joined
the maritime strike when the
vessel docked here.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Ranks of maritime strikers on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts were
strengthened today by the decision
of two additional unions—the Ma
rine Firemen, Oilers and Water
tenders Union and the American
Radio Telegraphists Association —
to join the walkout.
The two unions have a total
membership of about 9,000, but the
strike of the radio operators will
be a limited one as they will con
tinue work on ships operated by
companies with which their asso
ciation has contracts. These in
clude the International Mercantile
Marine Company, the Grace Line,
Black Diamond Line and Isthmian
Line.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1
(1.N.5.). — Peace negotiations in
the Pacific Coast shipping strike
of 37,000 men seemed to be tem
porarily up a blind alley today.
The only peace move under way
was a scheduled meeting between
the steam schooner operators’
group and the American Radio
Telegraphists Association.
Negotiations between the steam
schooner operators and the Mas
ters, Mates and Pilots Association,’
one of the seven striking West
Coast maritime unions, were
stalemated.
Mollison Flies On
KISUMU, Kenya Colony, Dec.
I (I.NJS.).—James Mollison, seek
ing to lower his estranged wife’s
England-Cape Town flight record,
arrived here at 7:20 a. m. today
and took off for Broken Hill,
Northern Rhodesia, at 9:40 a. m.
The former secretary’s nephew,
Richard K. Mellon, also reported
$20,000 in $5,000 sums to three
G. O. P. Pennsylvania units and
the national committee.
J. Howard Pew, of Ardmore,
Pa., president of the Sun Oil Com
pany. reported $61,050 in total
contributions during the cam
paign.
George F. Baker, the New York
capitalist, reported $55,000 in
political gifts. He gave $5,000
each to the various Republican
national and New York State and
county committees. He also sent
$5,000 to Maine and gave a like
sum to the Crusaders.
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HAROLD L. ICKES, Sec
retary of the Interior, re
ceived only an injured hand
when the automobile in
which he was riding to Rich
mond today collided with an
other auto near Stratford
Courthouse and rolled down
a 30-foot enbankment.
ICKES INJURED
IN CAR CRASH
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both the truck and the Lavietes
car, but the speed of the cars was
too great and the whole thing
happened so quickly there was no
chance to get clear.
Knocked Off Road
As the story was told police by
principals and witnesses, the La
vietes car smashed into the right
side of the Ickes car. knocking
it down a high embankment on
the east side of the road. The
right door was crushed. The
Ickes car, a large Packard bear
ing the official seal of the In
terior Department, landed on its
side at the foot of the embank
ment.
Secretary Ickes and Mr. Bur
lew climbed out, bruised and with
a cut on the secretary’s hand, but
otherwise uninjured. They climbed
the embankment to the highway
and thumbed a ride into Rich
mond. Some Good Samaritan
picked them up and drove them
all the way to the Medical Col
lege.
Secretary Ickes arrived exactly
on time to deliver a speech in con
nection with the laying of the
cornerstone of a new dormitory
and safeteria being built with
PWA funds. He went down in his
capacity as PWA Administrator.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavietes came on
to Alexandria, where Mrs. Lavietes
was admitted to the Alexandria
hospital suffering from abrasions
and shok. At the hospital it was
said she would remain overnight.
Her husband was uninjured.
Chauffeur Witherspoon re
mained at the scene of the acci
dent to look after the Ickes car.
GARNER BACKS
RAYBURN FOR
HOUSE POST
O'Connor, Rankin Hit
By Expression For
Majority Leader
International Newi Service
Shattering precedents, Vice
President John N. Gamer today
announced he will support Repre
sentative Sam Rayburn, of Texas,
for Democratic leader of the
House.
Garner’s powerful influence
among his former colleagues in
the House was thrown against
Representatives John J. O’Con
nor, of New York; John N. Ran
kin, of Mississippi, and other as
pirants for the post of leader of
the huge Democratic House ma
jority. Garner said:
“I am for Sam Rayburn 200
per cent because he is the best
equipped man for the place.
I am hopeful, and my guess is
that he will win.”
Garner said that he would be
active in support of Rayburn. He
declined to answer a question as
to whether the Roosevelt adminis
tration is taking a hand in the
campaign for House leadership
post. He recalled that Rayburn
managed his campaign for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion in 1932 and the campaign for
Roosevelt delegates in Texas this
year.
Long Friends
Garner has been a friend of
Rayburn and served with him in
the House for many years. Asked
whether Rayburn will be a candi
date for the leadership as a west
ern or a Southern man, Garner
laughed and replied:
“Well, he lives 500 miles west
of Chicago.”
Garner denied that he is acting
President during the absence of
President Roosevelt from the
country and declined to discuss
the reported agreement between
the United States and France for
settlement of France’s war debt.
It was recalled, however, that
Garner fought all war debt settle
ments as a member of the House.
i He consistently opposed any reduc
| tion in the loans made by Ute
I United States to the allied nations.
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