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The Washington times., 1921-06-16

Ever since the Bolshevik revolu-
tion, free trade of every kind had
been under the ban and every form
of capitalism had been suppressed.
But the failure OF the spring crops,
due largely to weather conditions,
seriously jeopardized the food sup
ply of the nation. and the peasants
rebelled at the idea of turning prac-
ticalIy all of their produce over to
the government for distribution
among the workers in the cities.
To save the nation from starvation
and from possible rebellion of the
peasant class, the Bolsheviki have
decided TO make certain temporary
concessions to the capitalists Of
other nations. But Lenin explains
that this change in policy does not
mean return to the hated capi-
taIitsic system IL is merely a tenn
porary expedient to enable Russia to
obtain from other countries the food
and supplies which have been kept
from her by the allied block ade.
Once Russia has regained her eco
nomic equilibrium, Lenin explained,
the clamps will be screwed down on
this phase Of capitalism.
EXPLAINS CHANGE OF POLICY.
The wavev OF reaction that has
swept the world following the great
war is held largely responsible by
LenIn for the change in policy. The
RoIsheviki had expected confidently
thai other countries would follow the
example Of Russia and establish
soviet governments, and Lenin rettst-
edl stated that Sovletism would have
a most difficult time maintaining IT,
self unIes other countries embtsced
Rolsheyism. But the spread OF Boil
shevism has been Temporarily checked,
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SUIToR STABS BROTHER
WHO LOVED SAME GIRL

PHILADELPHIA June 16-Dis-
covery by two brothers that they were
both in love with the same girl is
said by the police to be the cause of
a stabbing.
James Diorrio is at the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital, where he was found
to have been stabbed in the abdomen
with an ice pick. He may die. He
told the police that his brother. Gus
tave, was responsible for his wound.
The brother escaped.
James told the police that just as
they were both about to retire Tues
day night he noticed that his brother
had placed the photograph OF a girl
on the dresser. He saw that II wSs
a picture of his own sweetheart. Ex-
plantations followed and the brothers
learned that they were both in love
with the same young woman.
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Sd CHICAGO SLAYER
FORESTALLS CALLOWS

CHICAGO. June 1s.-The sherifrs
office yesterday had to abandon
plans for a third hanging scheduled
for this month, when Harry Ward,
convicted OF murder. followed the
example of Gene Geary and Carl
Wandere, and through attorneys
filed petition alleging he has be-
ccme insane since his conviction.
The State supreme court in a re-
cent decision in the Geary case held
II was mandatory for the court to
grant a jury tria, to determine the
question of sanity. Geary and Wan
derer were to have gone to the
Eallows next Friday, while Ward
was scheduled to hang a week later
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AcID-FILLED EGGS THROWN
AT CONTRACTORS HOME

ATLANTIC CITY. June 16.--Acid-
filled eggs hurled at a freshly painted
house at 13S South North Carolina
avenue. evidently to ,disngure fhe
paint, has given the police a new
mystery.
The cottage is owned by the aunt
of Charles Lafferty, local representa-
tive OF the Federal revenue and In
come tax department. Until the pres
ent year, Lafferty has attended TO
alloting the painting work on the
cottage and one other, to local work
men. This year, however, his aunt
whose home Is In Philadelphia, gave
the job TO a Philadelphia contractor.
The Philadelphia contractor conducts
an open shop
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MAID FRUSTRATES PLOT
TO KlDNAP WHECAN BABY

SYRACUSE. June 16 - Suzanne
Whelan. Syracuse's millionaire
baby" Is being closely guarded
from possible kidnapers. The fifteen
month-old child, daughter of Louis
Whelan. of the wealthy tobacco fam
lily, will be removed at once to safer
quarters.
An attempt to kidnap the baby was
reported Saturday night by a maid
who frustrated an attempt to enter
the magnificent Whelan home. Since
then two strange men have been
seen lurking in the vicinity.
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At T0RNEY
HOLDS WAR
DEAL VALID
Sees President and Declares
Company of Ex-officers Had
Right to Make Purchases.

The United States Harness Com
pany will ignore President Hard
ing's order annulling the contract
which the harness company has
with the War Department for the
disposal of surplus harnesses, Frank
J. Hogan, counsel for the harness
concern, announced today.
HOGAN AT WHITE HOUSE.
Hogan called at the White House
and served notice that his clients are
of the opinion that the President has
no authority to annul the contract and
will ignore his action
The Presidents action was taken
upon advice of the Attorney General,
after 1t had been disclosed that the
contract was entered into while Of
ficers OF the harness company were In
positions in the War Department.
The value OF the harness has been
variously estimated as from $2I0oO,-
600 to $3.50, 100000.
Attorney General Daugherty has
given an opinion that the contracts
violated sections Of the criminal code,
prohibiting officers or employees OF
the Government from having an in
terest in Government property or con-
tracts.
EX-OFFICERs IN COMPANY.
The principal officers OF the United
States Harness Company are Col.
George b. Goetz, Major ]. c. Byron.
Capt. Henry w. Benke. and Capt. Azel
f. Cochran, who served in the army
during the World War as emergency
officers.
Secretary Weeks stated that the
case was in the hands of the De-
partment of Justice for such action
as the Attorney General deemed
proper. He said that the only other
war contract referred TO the De-
partment of Justice was the So
called Salmon case" involving. the
sale to the Government of 5000, 900
cans of salmon which were held by
experts to be unfit to eat.
The purchase of harness and other
leather materials for the army and
the sale of surplus supplies after
the armistice have been the subject
of many charges. The contracts with
the United States Harness Company
were made on September 8, 1920, by
+. G. Morse, director of sales of the
War Department, and was approved
by Secretary Baker.
The United States Harness Com
pany was to remake such harness as
needed, remak'aR and then sell IL,
the Government to receive so per cent
of the gross receipts and the COM
pany 40 per cent.
minimum price wa. axed on the
various models of harness ss for ex-
ample, artillery harness, from sI4.60
Continued on Page 1s. Column a.
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Harness Men fyHarding Ban
Cousin OF Hoover
Is Jailed AS
'Trigamist'

CHICAGO, June 16.-Raymond
Lee Hoover, Of Louisville, KY,
who claims TO be a first cousin
to Secretary Herbert Hoover, sir"
awoke today in the county Jail
following charges of bigamy
brought by Mrs. Pearl Holbert
Hoover, his second wife.
Hoover awoke in the same cell
recently occupied by Cousin"
Everett Harding. Jail officials
said they intended reserving the
place for cousins" of statesmen.
Hoover. thirty-three. is alleged
to have been married three times.
His latest matrimonial adventure
was yesterday when he married
Hattie Algrim. Hoover declared
his second marriage was a
"fake." He admitted having a
ten-year-old daughter by his first
marriage.
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ANGLO-SAxON ENTENTE
WELCOMED BY GERMANY

BERLIN, June 16.-The possibility
of future close accord between Amer
ica and Great Britain is welcomed by
the German press.
Germany welcomes Anglo Saxon
world control because it will then be
no longer necessary for England to
purchase French support at the ex-
pense of Germany" said the Lokal
Anzeiger today.
The Vossische Zeitung and Deutsche
Zeitung regard the movement for an
Anglo American entente as a natural
one, in view of the mutual desire to
cut down naval budgets.
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GUNS TAKENFROM
ER|N-bOUND SHIP
OPENLEGAL FIGHT
ST SO, 900 in Arms Seized on
Steamer East Side" Claimed
BY United States.
ny international News Service.

NEW YORK, June 16.-Between
500 and 800 Thompson machine guns
and other war materials which were
seized on board the freighter East
Side in the belief that they were con-
signed to the Irish republican army,
were under a joint guard of police
men and Federal customs officers in
Hoboken today while the United
States authorities made an inves-
tigation to try to find out who had
purchased the arms, who had shipped
them, and the identity of the con-
signee.
TAKEN FROM FREIGHTER.
The war supplies were taken from
the freighter just a short time be-
fore she sailed for Norfolk. Her
ultimate destination is an Irish port.
The machine guns, together with
many varieties OF magazines, a case
OF ammunition, and IT'S boxes be-
lieved to hold small ar>is. are valued
at Sl5o,OOO. The machine guns are
known as Thompson sub b-machine
guns and are the latest thing in
death-dealing machinery. being can
able OF firing more than 500 shot a
minute
The search warrant upon which
the machine guns were seized had
been issued by the Hoboken police.
Afterward a difference of opinion de-
Veloped between the Hoboken police
and the Federal authorities as TO
the real custodians of the weapons
50 II was decided 10 nut a ioint
guard over them until the matter
could be decided at a hearing before
Recorder Adolph Carsten at Ho-
boken.
When the proceedings were called
before Recorder Sarsten at Ho-
boken to determine whether the No
lice or the Federal authorities shouId
have the custody of the arms. the
Federal officials were not ready 70
proceed so an adjournment was
taken until this afternoon.
ON LEASED, VESSEL.
The machine guns had been manu-
factured by the Colts Patent Firearms
Manufacturing Company.
The East Side is not listed in Tlovds
Register of Shipping for 1920. she 90
said to nave been built by the United
states shipping Board and leased q
the cosmopolitan Shipping Company.
Federal officials of the port OF New
York said that certain sums hsd 49,,
detained pending an invextigatior /"
but refused TO say II the outborItio.
had any definite information about
arms and ammunition being smupgIsd
from this port to Ireland for use by
the Sinn Fein. The machine gums baJ
been concealed in sacks that wers
hidden in the East Sides coal bunk.
ers.
DUBLIN, June 16.-Several casual
ties were sustained by squad OF
train was Aombed at Drum Condr.
this morning. A brief gun battle Has
fought between the troops and Their
a assa ilants
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F|F|J()[ TED
BY 4 NEW
WITNESSES
Quartet Of Canadians Expected
To Expose Beauvais' ReIa-
tions With Bankers Wife.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June
l6.-Mrs. James A. Stillman. wife of
the former president of the National
City Bank, was smiling, cheerful,
and confident when the hearing in
her husbands divorce suit was con-
tinued today before Referee Daniel
J. Gleason.
SERVANTS TO TESTIFY.
II was expected that more former
servants would be called. and that the
testimony would be along the same
lines as yesterday, when seven wit
nesses, including Mrs. Percy A. Rookie
feller, MT. Stillman's sister, wexe call
ed In the Indirect attack against the
legitimacy OF baby Guy Stlllman.
Lawyers for the former banker
were in conference during the m )rn-
ing. and IL was regarded as possible
that they might advance their plans
and put Hugh Russell. OF Buffalo.
upon the stand today instead Of wait
Ing till tomorrow.
Dr. Russell treated Mrs. StiIiman at
Buffalo and had testified at a pre-
vious session that Mrs. StiIlman had
confessed to him that Fred Beauyais.
named as correspondent by James A.
Stillman. Is the real father OF Guy.
John T.. Mack. guardian of Guy. and
John r. Brennan, chief OF counsel for
Mrs. Stiliman, were prepared to give
the Buffalo osteopath a sharp and
vigorous grilIing in an effort to break
down his tory.
Mr.. Mack has already lodged a re-
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GERMANY PROTESTS
INACTIVITY OF ALLIES

BERLIN. June 16.--Gcrmany sent a
note to the allies protesting against
the inactivity of the allied troops in
Upper Silesia. The German govern.
ment cited the treaty OF Versailles
as basis for the protest.
The allied high commission in Up
per Silesia ordered the British ad-
vance against the Polish insurgents
halted several days ago on the
ground that the German volunteers
should retire before the allies con-
tinued their operations
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GIRL MUST MARRY IN SIX
MONTHS TO GET ESTATE

NEW YORK, June 16.-Miss
blanche Biggs, OF Brooklyn, must
marry within six months to share in
the $4,000 estate left by her mother,
according to the win which was filed
for probate In Brooklyn today.
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LONDON ENGINEERS AGREE
TO ARBITRATE WAGE ROW

LONDON, June 1s.-The engineer
ing trade, which has been threatening
strike over a wage cut, today ac-
cepted the offer of the ministry Of
labor to intervene in an effort to com
promise.
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LITTLE HOUSE OF PEGCY'S
GRANDMOTHER BURNS

NORFOLK, Va, June 16.-A little
one-story house at Lee and Middleton
streets, where Marguerite Upton, now
Peggy Joyce, actress and divorcee
formerly lived, was damaged by fire
today.
The roof caught fire from live
sparks falling from the chimney.
The house is occupied by Mrs. Ed
ward Rudd, Peggy's grandmother.
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Boys BODY Recovered.

OAKLAND, Md, June 1e.-The body
Of Julius kasoni, aged ten years. son
Of Daniel kasOni. who was drowned
In the houghiogheny River, while
swimming wuh playmates. was re
covered yesterday after a search Of
thirty-stx hours
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Cleveland Bricklayers Strike

CLEVELAND. Ohio. June 1s.-Dis.
satisfied with an arbitraI wage award
OF Si.Oi per hour, union brickIaver.
here went on strike again this n,orn
ing. practically tieing up ali bn,,a-
ing construction In Cuyahoga eountv
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Hirohito off for Holland.

BRUSSELS. June lG.--Crown Prince
Hirohito OF Japan. who has been here
some days on a visit, left with hts
suits yesterday for HOLLAND.
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Summer
Rentals
Houses and
Apartments

For Heut-Apartments.
BANK BUILDING.
Ofnce Rooms and Suites For Rent.
Central location; elevators heat, light,
tani,or service. High ceilings, exposure
north, east and south. Rental moder-
ate. Apply at Bank. Spece going fast.
FOR SALE-Lease on Groom, kitchen
and bath apartment, also furniture.
ABBY APT.-Two large rooms and
kitchen on LIST floor; also apartment
OF rooms and bath.
FIVE ROOMS and bath with porch
and sale of furniture; rent $50 per
month.
TWO large second floor front rooms
next to bath !. h. K; heat and gas
supplied. Adults only.
NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE rooms
End noor; adults.
Large. clean front room, End noor, twin
beds, $40 per month.
FURNISHED apartment. ivory bed
room. psrior. den. kitchen. sleeping
porch, bath. electric light TALL or sep
sratelyl employed persons,
LEASE OF completely furnished house
keeping apartment turned over to
party buying furniture.
NINE ROOMS and bath cool house, a,
m l., nicely furnished; price 800 per
month, June TO Sept.
Mp. AVE. ". T., lii-Nine-room house,
siiS per month
lar ads. consult the "For Rent Hou~e~
and Apsrtmerts- Colurnn.. Want Ad.
Section. teday's Washipster rm>-.
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LEN|N EXPLAINS CONCESSIONS
SOVIET GIVES TO CAPITALISM

The ooWing dispatch the first erpanation
cesstons that the Boheuk government of Russia has
capitalist
Sov government This change policy
event the history Of Rasa the BosheUk
Uember, 1917 f8
The Washington times., 1921-06-16

MOSCOW, June t6-Nicolai Lenin high priest of boil
evsm and the head of the Soviet of Russia today
explained the full significance of the concessions which the Reds
have made the capitalists of the world
The Washington times., 1921-06-16

Partly eloSdy tonight
aAd Friday little change
In temneraturet gentle 90
moderate variabie winds.
Temperature NJ 9 - ma.
90 degrees
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Newspapers print what pur-
ports to be semi-official informa-
ton from the Secretary of States
office that no new oil wells have
been recently found in Mexico; that
wells are producing salt water in
stead Of oil and will all soon pro-
duce salt water only.
IL Government has positive in
formation it should, of course, be
made public. Those that the truth
hurts must be hurt. But if Gov
ernment is mistaken or reckless,
IL Is a serious matter for investors,
frightened, as many were vester-
day. into throwing overheard
stocks that may have great intrin-
sic value
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-11
KENNEDY CASE EVIDENCE WILL
 BE PRESENTED
 TO GRAND JURY
Divers Search Surf For Gun Believed to Have Been |.
 Used by Assailant
NO FURTHER ARRESTS
Relatives of Both Man and Woman Held Are Rallying
 to Support of Accused

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.-The mills of justice ground slowly today in sep arating the wheat from the chaff in the investigation of the shooting or J. Belton Kennedy here last Friday.
 Neither Arthur c. Burch, held on suspicion of murder" nor Madelyne Obenchain, held as a material witness was subjected to any extended ques- tioning today. Mrs. Obenchain, the young divorced woman who was with Kennedy on the steps of his summer home in Beverly Glen when he was shot, was not taken to the district at torney's office today. Burch, her col lege classmate, who was returned here in custody from Nevada follow ing his departure the day after the shooting was taken to the district at torney's office for a brief conference with that official and two deputies.
 Late today, it was announced that the evidence in the case would be pre- scented to the Los Angeles grand jury , tomorrow and that indictments would be requested It was anticipated that they could not be returned before some time Friday, as 15 witnesses were summoned to appear.
 Funeral Uneventful
 The funeral of Kennedy was held today from the chapel of an undertak : ing firm here It was attended by a large number of persons, but was ! without unusual incident.
 l While the friends and relatives Of i Kennedy were gathered about his cas ! ket, deep sea divers began a search of the ocean floor just off the shore that Hanks the base of Santa Monica canyon. They were looking for 12 gauge shotgun. in the belief that the man who shot Kennedy had thrown the weapon into the ocean.
 That theory was based on the mile age shown by the trip speedometer or a car believed to have been driver from Los Angeles to Beverly Glen concealed there while the shooting was accomplished, then returned tC 1
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-11
DUANE BIRD |S
 !. ELECTED HEAD 1. IF LEGION AT STATE MEETING
Nogales Attorney is Chosen to Command Veterans at
 Annual Convention
DOUGLAS WINS FIGHT
Shelter City is Selected For 1922 Gathering; Women
 Also Name Officers

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Aug. 1O.-Duane Bird of Nogales, was elected state commander of the American Legion at the closing session of the Legion's convention here today. Douglas was chosen as the meeting place for the next convention.
 Other officers elected were:
 Vice commander, Perry Ling, of Jerome.
 Historian, B. H. Mills, of lNogales.
 Sergeant at arms, J. E. Flanagan, of Holbrook
 Members of executive committee, G. V. Hay, of Wilcox; V. P. Lucas, of Oatman, and F. G. Sarver, of Su- perior.
 Delegates to the national cenven- tion in Kansas City beginning October 31 were named as follows: Bill Brooks, of Chandler: Adolph Bader of Flagstaff; Lyle Abbott, of Pres colt; R. S. Adams, of Kingman; Jack Redmond. of Bisbee; J. c. Haynes. oi Tucson; B. w Freudenthal. of Saf ford. and F. K. Steiner, of Whipple Barracks, Prescott. Bird, the new state commander was graduated from ihe University O. Michigan in 1915. He has been prac 1 ticing law in Nogales about six years He is 27 years old and is the son oi Allen T. Bird. retired publisher. Bird is a native of Arizona and i! | married
 Vice Commander Ling also is a na I tive of Arizona, and is an attorney a i Jerome.
 The convention adjourned sine di, ! at noon but the delegates remained l here for an entertainment program ] this afternoon. This evening the of ! ficers of the Legion were guests O. | Colonel and Mrs. Robert H. Stanle, | at Whipple Barracks at a reception | for Governor and Mrs. Thomas E ! Campbell.
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HARVEY I VICE
 TAXES PART IN !. CONFERENCE OF ALLY PREN|NERS
U. s. Ambassador td England, Attending Meeting, IS
 Asked For Opinions
RUSSIA IS DISCUSSED
Lloyd George, Although Stat ing Disapproval of Reds,
 Urges Allies to Aid

PARIS, Aug. 10.-CBy The Associ- ated s.)-The American ambas- sador took part twice in today's ses- sions of the supreme council, once in replying to Premier Lloyd George that he agreed that Americas tradi- tional policy gave traders the right to sell arms to either belligerent in the Near East, and again, in reply to in quiries from the premier regarding Secretary Hoover's relief plans.
 M Briand, the French premier. be- gan the discussion of the Russian famine by saying that the Russian people, who had fought with the al lies in the beginning of the war, might justly look to them now for help.
 'I propose that all the allies join with the United States and the other nations who are interesting them selves in the administration of relief through Red Cross societies and other private sources" said M. Briand.
 q heartily agree to this, exclaimed Lloyd George. But 1 wish to point out" he added, that such efforts could not reach many of the suffer CTS. The Red Cross cannot perform the miracle of the five loaves and the two fishes. Relief must be organized immediately on a great scale, not only for the sake of Russia, but for the sake of the world, because typhus cholera, and other plaques incident tC famine, would be the cause of more losses than the last war.
 "I have no admiration for the Sov jet government" Lloyd George con tinued, but relief is impossible with out it's cooperation, inasmuch as il controls transportation and all the official machinery. No one could move about Russia without it's permis sion. 1 think for this purpose, ant for this purpose only, the allie: should make some arrangements witl the Soviet government"
 Lloyd George said he had been in i formed that some of the Russian pro (CONTINIIED ON PAGE rOC O
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RAIL EARNINGS
 REGISTER GAIN
Reports Made Public Tester. day Show Conditions Are
 Slowly Improving

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - Rail- roads of the country earned $51.77S,- OG0 net in. June, which was a gain of $14,697, ,346 over net earnings for May, according to reports filed with the in terstate commerce commission by the carriers and made public today by the American Railway Association.
 The earnings for June. the associa- tion said, represented a 3.1 per cen; annual return on railroad investment, compared with a 2.4 per cent return for May, based upon the tentative values of railroads fixed by the inter state commerce commission. Earn. ings for June, however. were $47,295, 900 or AT per cent below the amount contemplated by the transportation act. The June earpings were the largest since November, when they amounted to $54, ,343,793.
 Roads reporting deficits for the month numbered 72 against S3 in May Of these, 24 were in the eastern, 19 in the southern and 29 in the western districts. The figures were based up on reports from POP roads.
 The carriers reduced operating ex penses to 82.34 per cent of their oper ating revenues, against S5.43 per cent in May, the association said.
 Since September 1, 1920, when the government guarantee period ended ' the roads have earned $36S, 900 ol | 2.3 per cent on their valuations.
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PARIS, Aug. 10. - (By the Associat cd Press.D - Aristide Briand, David Lloyd George and Ivanoe Bonomi, re- spectively the French, British and Italian prime ministers. are awaiting the settlement of various European questions and further information concerning the Washington disarma' ment and Far Eastern conference be- fore determining whether they will at tend the conference in per-@--.
 M. Briand's position is an especially difficult one. The French parlia ment reconyenes October 12 and he must deal with the financial situation in France, the question of German re narations and the reappointment oi the French electoral districts in ac cordance with the last census. The parliamentary leaders and members ol