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Evening star., 1931-12-29
PRESIDENT PLANS
/. TO GROUP BUREAUS
Consolidation Proposed at
Press Conference in Inter-
est of Economy.
Continued From First Page.)

different Government activities to be
better developed and better directed.
The subject is an old one, and now
that economy absolutely must be the
5rst order in Government, it is an ap-
propriate time for Congress to take up
the question and bring it to conclusion.
Such action would comprise a major
accomplishment Of the present session
Of Congress"
Explaining in further detail the pro-
posed consolidation of the construction
activities of the Government the Presi-
dent said that this would include the
taking away from the Treasury Depart
ment of the supervising architects Of
flee, from the Commerce Department
the light house construction and repair
work. from the Agriculture Department
Of the public roads activities. from the
War Department of the rivers and har-
borS' works and certain other military
construction work, from the Interior
Department of the reclamation and
dam-building work.
Economy in Plan.
Mr.. Hoover made it plain that these
activities, which, he pointed out are
scattered all over the United States
throughout the various Government de-
partmentS IN washington, and which
are virtually competing against each
other in the purchase of building sup
plies, could be more economically and
more efficiently operated under one ad-
ministrator.
He said there are nearly a dozen diff
ferent agencies of the Government en-
gagged in construction work.
In transferring the merchant marine
and merchant feet to the Department
of Commerce, the President would strip
the Shipping Board of everything re-
sembling administrative and executive
functions and leave that board merely
in the capacity of a semi judicial and
advisory body.
In revealing this much of the Presi-
dents plan for a general reorganization.
he did not go into any detail regarding
the consolidation of the conservation,
public health, educational and other ac-
tivitieS included in his general scheme,
Meanwhile. another step toward elm
mating duplication Of work was sug-
gested at the Capitol by Vice President
Curtis. He said that if the President
were authorized to consolidate depart
mentS and Congress could stop the
printing of useless and unnecessary
documents, he believed several millions
annually would be saved.
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emphasize, with windward eye to the
heavy economical skies.
Lavish expenditures were reported ta~
booed by Mr.. Lamont, who ordered the
cost of equipment kept down to a mini
mum. While the Wickersham Com
mission paid approximately $4,000 for
conference table and chairs, which
members used for only two years, the
Secretary's conference table will cost
only 1895, including 20 chairs
$4,000 for Rooms.
The three walnut paneled and vaulted
ceiling rooms of the Secretary's suite
will be equipped at a cost of approx
inately $4,000, according to officials.
This includes one rug of two-toned blue
chenille, costing s2,s66.24. Offices Of
the Assistant Secretaries Klein and
Young and other officials will be fur
nished in a pattern similar to that Of
the Secretary.
With the money left over as a result
of the economies, officials explained,
big press, costing $4,000, will be pur-
chased by the Geodetic Survey. The
cost Of moving and renlounting the two
other presses of this bureau will also be
taken out of the fund.
What is left will go toward purchas-
ing wastepaper baskets at 81 each for
other employees as we'll as new furniture
for the Offices of the chief Of the
bureaus.
Aquarium Goes Fishless.
The new aquarium will be fishless for
some time, officials explained today, but
the empty tank room will be thrown
open to the public so that a view may
be obtained of the last word in fishery
upkeep such as pictures of fish on the
walls under a vaulted plaster ceiling
supported by columns OF TerrazZo
finished with marble base and caps.
The room will be air conditioned and
the tanks will be equipped V1th warm
and Geld water
Plans for hauling practically every
specimen of fish found in streams FROM
Maine to California have been aban-
doned for the time being and an order
also has been issued to Alaska fisher
men to keep their priced blackfiSh until
further notice. This fish was to have
travelled $500 miles from Nome to
Washington in a private tank although
he Is reported to be so hearty that he
could survive the trip in an ice cake.
The famous Spencer" and the
aquarium's oldest inhabitant, 50-year-
old turtle, were splashlng around today
in the tanks they have occupied since
babyhood, unconcerned over the fact
that they are not to dwell in marble
halls.
approximately 10000 people visit the
aquarium annually, bureau officials said
today.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
WORKERS BATTLE
TO REPAIR LEVEES
Break Flooding Town Halted.
Hope for Dykes Is Small if
Water Keeps Rising.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GLENDORA, Miss, December %
The defense of Glendora against flood
waters of the Tallahatchie River today
had developed into struggle between
levee workers and sand boilS," those
treacherous buildings of earth end
water that precede dyke collapses.
The sand boils" were seen in alarm
ing numbers along an 11-mile stretch
Of the embankments, but they were be-
ing plugged up as fast as they appeared
by hundreds of citizens and convicts
from the State Prison farm.
Convicts Work All Night.
A 20-foot break in the levee here yes
terday had been mended and the town
was being drained of water that mum
dated the business section to depth OF
feet.
Fifty convicts worked all night on a
weak spot in the levee at Matthew
Bayou, a mile north of Glendora, while
other prisoners and farm hands labored
to hold the dyke along the entire front.
The Tallahatchie River here rose
three quarters of an inch during the
night and was tapping at the top of
the embankments today.
Levees Losing Firmness.
The entire levee system today was
losing its f1rmness under the prolonged
strain and the only hope Of Glendora
lay in an early recession of the water.
The town is crowded with refugees.
They and residents of Glendora are
settled on the higher section OF the
town, protected by the Yazoo & MlSslS-
sippi Valley Railroad tracks
Upriver Conditions Better.
Conditions are improving up the river
in Quitman, Pamela and Upper Talla-
hatchie Counties, where hundreds had
been driven from their homes.
Over in Northeast Louisiana, the
Ouachita River is rising and residents
are fleeing near Monroe.
The river stood at 40.S feet at Mon
roe today, nearly a foot above Hood
stage.
The town is on high ground and has
no fear of inundation.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

DlndTy SYSTEMS, pISCio6ly Inc tIlOoS OD-
served, will be produced If a single
parent star breaks into two sections as
result of rotating too rapidly on its
axis.
Early Studies Cited.
Earlier studies showed that electric
and magnetic forces acting in the suns
atmosphere caused winds to blow to the
eastward with a velocity exceeding 900
miles per hour. In the parent sun
winds Of far greater velocity blew for
millions of millions of years, and these
were sufficient to cause it to rotate
faster and faster until it turned on its
axis about once in six hours.
The parent sun then broke up into
two pieces; one piece became our pres
ent sun and the other piece went sky
rocketing off through space toward an
unknown destination. l use 'skyrocket'
in the literal sense, because one face
of each component star is far hotter
than the other and the hot face loses
light energy and momentum much more
rapidly than the cool one and thus
causes the star to shoot off through
space precisely like the lost gaseous mo-
mentum causes skyrocket to move.
Just as the parent liquid star divided
into two component stars, tidal and
centrifugal forces broke off smaller sec
tions and these cooled and formed the
planets. The same tidal forces broke
off the planetary satellites or moons
Immediately after the planets were
formed. Thus the entire solar system
was formed in a very few days and
initially was very compact system.
The lost component attracted the
newly formed planets and succeeded in
carrying them well away from the sun.
Thus, the present open structure of the
system is due to the original presence
Of the lost solar component.
Planets Escape Effect.
"The parent star initially rotated with
a period of six hours, but the tidal
processes resulting from the loss of the
companion star sQuickly increased it
greatly and transferred the energy of
spin to that of orbital revolution The
planets, because of their small size,
largely escaped the effect of tidal cou-
pies, and their periods Of rotation lex
cept for the innermoSt ones) vary only
from to "a hours and we can account
roughly for the observed departure from
the calculated values
According to our theory, the moon
was born from the earth shortly after
the earth was born from the sun and
the moon has receded to It's present po-
sition as a direct result of tidal evolu-
ton.
1T is quite impossible to discuss the
technical details in non-technical Ian
guage, but 1t seems quite clear that the
solar system resulted from a great solar
catastrophe and the planets were form
ed from the debris of that event
ut seems important to note that the
formation of systems of satellite must
be relatively common in the universe,
and there are undoubtedly many sys-
TENS much like our own. Whether these
are inhabited must long remain un-
answered, but conditions on many of
them must be comparable to those on
the earth.
I'VE may conclude with some con-
! fidence that the solar system did not re-
| suit from a colossal accident as has
been urged by some investigators, but
1t resulted from q definite orderly and
| evolutionary plan which was largely
guided by electric and magnetic forces. y
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Infant and Mother
Take 275-Mile Ride
In2OBelow Weather
Joe Crosson Flies With
Wife and Heir to
Anchorage, Alaska.
By the Associated Bress.

BY the Associated Bress
NEW YORK, December 29.-Perhaps
the coldest aerial jaunt ever taken by
an infant was described today in a
message from Alaska to the American
Airways.
Joe Crosson, chief pilot for Alaskan
Airways, subsidiary of American, bun
died his wife and 4-month-old child
into an open cockpit plane yesterday
and flew in 20 below weather from
Fairbanks across the Alaskan range to
Anchorage, near Cook Inlet. 1t was a
Journey of about 275 miles.
Crosson, pal of the late Carl BenJa-
min Eielson, aerial trail breaker in
Alaska, is en- route to New York to re-
port on operations. His child was born
in Alaska.
The message describing the flight
came from Warren Oakes, vice president
of American Airways, who is investigat-
ing the possibility of further develop
ment of airways in Alaska.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
PosTPoNEMENT FOREsEEN.
International Debt Conference Probably
to Be Held January 20 or IS.

International Debt Conference Probably
to Be Held January 20 or IS.
LONDON, December 29 OPT ap-
peared today that the International
Debt Conference which must follow the
recent Young Plan Advisory Committee
same, Switzerland, on January 20 or
25 instead of on January IS.
The French Chamber Of Deputies
meets on January II and the French
think their delegation would not be able
to get away for conference on the
18th. On the other hand, there is
meeting of the League of Nations Coun-
Gil at Geneva on January % and the
Disarmament Conference comes on
February 2, factors which add to the
advantages of Lausanne as a meeting
place.
Laval Farley Unsettled.
Official British quarters professed to
know nothing about plans to increase
the scope of the conference to make
American participation possible, and
plans for a preliminary meeting be-
tween Premier Laval Of France and
Prime Minister Macdonald remaired
unsettled pending the outcome Of the
UellDcldtlOIS sun gong Oh pttWetu e8-
perts of both countries.
Meanwhile United States Ambassador
Dawes, WHO will head the American
delegation to the Disarmament Confer
ence, was buSily engaged today with
preparations for his departure for
Washington tomorrow.
Dawes Says Nothing.
He will go to the Capital Immediately
after reaching New York, but he ex-
poets to visit Chicago before he returns
to London with other members OF the
American group, sailing about January
20
Yesterday Gen. Dawes conferred with
Sir John Simon, the British foreign
minister, and today he went over the
conference problems with Hugh Gibson,
the American Ambassador to Belgium.
He had nothing to say this morning to
the press He will make the trip to the
United States alone, Mrs. Dawes and
other members Of his family remaining
in London.
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Evening star., 1931-12-29
CORDUROY PANTS WORN
BY HOLLYWOOD GIRL S
Pajamas Deserted by Some for Real
Masculine Style, as Fore
seen Year Ago.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, December 29.-From
pajamaS to corduroy trousers is the
latest step taken by the Hollywood
film girl.
Several actresses appeared on the
streets of the film capital yesterday in
the attire heretofore considered the ex-
elusive apparel of the collegiate youth.
They cost little and wear WE'LL"
said Rosalyn Frank, one of the extra
girls sponsoring the new style.
Fashion experts last year said that If
women were successful in having pa
jamas generally accepted as wear for
women it wouldn't be long before they
would be adopting the masculine
trousers
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Expects Need TO Increase.

more than two years, tne maximum loss
that may be taken is 1872 per cent.
Therefore people who have heavy losses
on assets held less than two years like
to sell them before the two years are
up so as TO be able to take the entire
deduction, particularly in view OF the
higher SurtaXes that are being suggest
ed for the new taxation.
Could Evade Profit Tax.
A man with an earned income on his
own efforts in business or a profession
pays a normal tax plus a graduated
Surtax running from l to Is per cent
under the present law. But man
who makes capital gains also pays a
heavy tax
Now, under the proposed law, which
would repeal capital gains there would
be no opportunity to tax capital gains,
because the temptation would be to
hold gains and not sell If it could be
possibly avoided In this way the
holder of securities advancing in price
would prefer to wait till the proposed
legislation, which is to be applicable
during the depression, is repealed.
Under one proposal now being dis
cuSsed the man who achieves capital
gain could sell his enhanced assets
without DtulB ItQultO IO pay any IdA
on his profit. Under another proposal,
also emanating from Democratic sources,
it is being suggested that the capital
gains tax be retained, but that no limit
of l2l2 per cent be imposed, so that
all gains be included in regular In
come and subject to high surtaxes.
The truth is, opinion has not crystal
lized on any of these subjects, and the
Democratic Policy Committee of both
Houses has as yet failed to draft o
comprehensive tax program. People
who have tax problems to decide in the
| net 48 hours will be merely guessing
as are observers here, as to what the
ultimate outcome may be. But the best
| guess is that the law with respect tc
| capital gains and losses probably viii
be left untouched because it is toe
complicated to rewrite, and to tampel
with 1t might mean food Of law.
suits to test the constitutionality o
retroactive legislation in this field.
Copyright, lssi)
Evening star., 1931-12-29
PARIS AND LONDON
SEEK COMPROMISE
ON WAR DEBT PLAN

CONTINUED From First Page)
maintenance of the order and peace of
Europe"
jacques Bainville, historian and mem
Der of the Extreme Right, said in La
Liberte: The nature Of things is lead
ing, and should lead, 10 an entente
cordiale. Let France and Englond join
their views and actions"
Evening star., 1931-12-29
GEORGIA TREASURER DIES
Col. William J. speer Expires at
Age of "a Years.

ATLANTA, Ga, December 20 (R.-
Col, William J. Speer, treasurer of the
State of Georgia for quarter Of q
century, died at his home here today
after a lengthy illness.
The veteran official was 81 years old.
He was one Of the few Confederate VET
erans remaining in political office In
Georgia. r. :
He was able to attend to his duties
at the State capitol until about two
weeks ago, but since that time had been
confined TO his bed. He lapsed into
uneonsciouSneSs Sunday.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Plans Return to Screen,

SAN FRANCISCO, December % tAo,
Juanita Hansen, actress, will attemnt IN
return to the screen, she annorlnced
yesterday upon her arrival from New
York, where she recently obtained a
$4,000 judgment against a New YORK
Hotel for injuries suffered from steam
in shower bath. She said she woul5
go to Hollywood after brief visit
here.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
DREAM Of DANUBE
ALLIANCE REVIVED
France Approves Plan to Give
Austria, Hungary, Czecho-
sIovakia Economic Unity.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.

BY Gable to The Star.
VIENNA, Austria, December %
That oft-buried dream of Danubian
confederation, giving economic unity to
Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakla
rose from the grave today and began
to bedazZle various Central European
politicians.
1t is the old idea of Eduard Benes
Czech foreign minister, but interest in
it is revived because, in a new form
it is sponsored by former Premier Count
Stephen Bethlen of Hungary, who had
long opposed it.
France Seeks Alliance.
Hungary, under the moratorium Is
having such difficulty keeping econom-
ically alive that many Hungarians are
turning at last to the expedience OF
cooperation with Czechoslovakia. Be
sides France would like to have a
Danubian confederation, which would
cement French political and financial
dominence throughout Central and
Southeastern Europe, and Paris Is
holding out the Danube confederation
as bait for a possible loan to Hungary.
Czechoslovakia Is anxious to revive
the idea because it sees much of its
export trade going to smash on &C
count of the clearing arrangements
that are being negotiated throughout
Europe Trade in Central Europe is at
a standstill because the purchase of
imports with foreign currency is largely
restricted or forbidden by the various
national banks.
Barter Dominates.
Thus, what is very close to barter
dominates economic life. One country
trades shoes, for example, for wine, or
timber for turkeys, with the ordinary
technique Of payment replaced by q
reciprocal writing off Of obligations in
the books of the national banks. These
credits or debts are then cleared" and
no actual money is used In the transac-
tions
These clearing arrangements are pro-
foundly difficult to achieve, but Austria
so far has concluded them with Switzer-
land and Hungary and negotiations for
further compactS are on the point OF
success with Italy and JugoslaVia.
CZechoslova has not had similar
success; K Gearing arrangement with
Austria is held up and its tariff war
with Hungary continues. The Czechs,
therefore, are eager to revive the idea
of Danube unity as a counter measure.
The chief difficulty is the attitude of
Austria, which wants to avoid an ex-
elusive alignment with the Czechs and
prefers to keep the door open for fu-
ture combination with Germany.
(Copyright, 1931)
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Mark Golden Wedding.

MOUNT AIRY Md, December %
(SpeciaD Mr.. and Mrs, Joseph A. Pur-
dunn, Mount Airy, celebrated their flf-
tieth wedding anniversary sunday. In
recognition Of the event the couple were
rendered purse of gold by Rev. 0. B.
Langral, pastor of the Calvary M. E.
Church. prior to the Sunday evening
service,
Evening star., 1931-12-29
FUNDS INADEQUATE,
RELIEF HEADS SAY
BaCkerS of Hoover Program
Say Donations Failing
to Meet Need.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Three welfare leaders who have been
cooperating with President Hoover'S ef-
fort to provide unemployment relief
without direct Federal contributions
told a Senate committee today existing
funds are inadequate.
They were Linton B. Swift. executive
secretary of the Family Welfare Asso-
ciation of America; Frank Bane, di-
rector of the American Association Of
Public Welfare officials, and Allen t.
Burns, executive director of the Asso-
citation of Community Chests and
Councils.
Demands Too Heavy.
Burns, who has conferred frequently
with President Hoover and his relief
advisers, told the committee there is
no prospect of sufficient private funds
to meet" the growing demands for aid
to the unemployed
Federal appropriations to supplement
local unemployment relief was recon-
mended by Paul U. Kellogg, editor of
the Welfare Magazine Survey.
He said the city of Toledo presents
AN extreme case of community dis
treSs"
Its biggest corporation, he said, had
pay roll of 10000 In 1929, which
dropped to 5000 or 1000 in 1890.
Toledo, Kellogg added, lis extreme as
case Of irresponsible industrial man
agement." He warned that the peak
of the relief load would come after the
turn in conditions has come.
Says Funds Inadequate.
Money raised by voluntary contribu-
tions, under President Hoover's leader
ship, is not expected by him TO last the
Winter out, and States have failed to
"grapple with the situation"
Attacks on Federal aid as a dole, "
he said. are merely echoes of propa-
gands put out in high places, result
ing from a combination OF dope, emo
tion and class interest"
He defined the dole as "catchWord
being employed to confuse the public.
Linton B. Swift, executive secretary
of the Family Welfare Association OF
America, testified that relief needs
have grown by leaps and bounds.
There was 2l5 per cent increase IN
relief extended by member agencies
from 1916 to 1925, he said, and this
increase continued up to 1929.
Three times as many families were
accepted in 1881, he added, as in 1929,
and many other applications were
pouring in but were rejected because
OF lack Of funds.
Expects Need TO Increase.
Even if business conditions improve
Is per cent, relief needs will be at least
as great next Winter as this, II not
greater" Swift said.
I'VE are still dealing in some cases
with the results of family disintegra-
tion caused by the depression OF 1921"
While the average community may
be able to get by without starvation or
dropping in the streets" Swift said,
yet many families are suffering from
malnutrition with all its consequent ef-
fects
There is a serious question as to how
long the omission Of rent from relief
budgets can go on"
Chairman La Toilette said woman
in Cincinnati who owns % homes is
now the subject of charity because she
could not collect from her tenants
Evening star., 1931-12-29
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening at Stanley Hall at
5 40 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, Echoes of Seville. "...... .Moret
Overture Hungarian, "Halka" .Moniuszke
Entr acte-
Creole Serenade" ............ .Freire
THE Calvacade" ........... Sanford
EcerptS from musical comedy, June
LOVE LILA
Fox trot, The Cute Little Things You
Do" ................... Hanley
Waltz Enchanted Nights" .. Moret
Finale, "cinderellas Wedding Day"
Cobey
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Divorces Wife in Reno.

RENO, Nevada December 2s -. CF:u
Burr D. Vail was granted a oetaul. @
divorce decree here yesterday IRON,
Edith B. Vail. The suit was nleu ~, oil
August 8, 1891, charging cruelty ne m
couple married IN Melrose, Mass, on
July IT, 1908, and have two cniiofeh
Mrs Vail resides in Yonkers, N. I.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
FLEEING CONVICT KILLED
Eight Others at San Quentin Shot
as Guards Fire at Fugitive.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf, De-
cember 29 CP).-An attempt of Hughes
Adams, 28-year-old colored convict, to
escape from the prison resulted in his
death and injuries to eight other per-
sons yesterday.
Adams was shot and fatally wounded
by guards as he ran down an alleyWay
between two buildings. Bullets struck
seven other convicts, inflicting minor
injuries, and L. E. Jones, a guard, was
hit in one foot.
James B. Holohan, warden, said Ad-
ans had been sullen about 10 days.
Guards took knife from him a short
time ago.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
BELGIUM PICKS DELEGATES
Premier Renkin to Head Group al
Interna tional Debt Conference.

BRUSSELS, December 20 CP).-The
Belgian government will be represented
at the coming international conference
on war debts and reparations by Pre-
rnier Jules Renkin, Foreign Minister
Paul Hymans and Finance Minister
Baron HOutard