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By the Associated Press.

Dy tnS hSbOSAabcu EASoos
LOS ANGELES, May 5.-Pierce S.
Hallick, 33-year-old former waiter who
year ago confirmed an announcement
that he had inherited 100000 upon
the death Of his father, James s. Hal
lick, said today the story was a hoax.
A report he was robbed of $3.50, 900 in
bonds while motoring near Holbrook,
Ariz., recently also was described as a
fabrication. Hallick faces a $2S0,000
breach Of promise suit by Elene Artist,
81, fllm actress.
Addressing Burnett Wolfson. her at
torney. and reporters, Hallick said the
story of his inheritance was originated
by a friend in Salinas. Calf, as an
April fool Joke and that he liked the
attention"
Strangers and friends offered me
money" he said, las much as wanted
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Glider Flies 1876 Miles.

MUNICH. Bavaria. May 5 R).-
Pilot Groenhoff of the Rhoen RoSsitten
Glider Flying Society today set a new
sailplane mark when he new his mo-
torless machine from here to Kaaden.
Czechoslovalxia. a distance Of l65 miles.
The previous mark was 101 miles, held
by Robert Kronfeld. a
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Moorish workers in Riot.

MADRID, May S (P.-Dispatches
from Tetuan. Spanish Morocco, today
said military police captain had been
wounded Monday during brief riot
in which the police dispersed a thou
sand Moors from road building camps.
who demanded more pay and shorter
hours.
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Court overrules MachadO.

HAVANA. May S CE9.-The Supreme
Court today made public a decision de-
claring President Machado's action in
closing the normal schools some time
ago unconstitutional II is not ex-
pected. however, the schools will be re-
opened before the June holidays.
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policy by the Government at this time.
The audience, at the Willard Hotel,
before which Mr.. Mellon frankly dis
cussed the present crisis" as lone OF
the most extensive depressions" the
world has ever known. consisted of
financial leaders attending the Sixth
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WEATHER.

%. o. Weather Bureau Forecasto
Increasing cloudiness and warmer, fol-
lowed by showers beginning late tonlgnI'
Temperatures-Highe So, at ESQ
pm. yesterday; lowest, Al, at 6 am. today.
Full report on page 8.
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tions." No single one Of them, the
Chamber Of Commerce. executive con-
tends, is attributable to business leader
ship. All are laid ct the feet OF
political regimes.
Leaving aside the probability that in
many Of the political violations" cited
by Mr.. Barnes business men are willing
beneficiaries Of Government arrange
ments, he renders a public service In
calling attention to the growing ten
dency Of the state, here and abroad, to
compete with private business. The
sole business of government is to
govern. When Chief Justice Marshall,
in his decision in Mccullough W.. Mary
land. laid down the historic doctrine Of
the implied powers" Of the Constitu-
ton, he did not remotely contemplate
that the United States should become
butcher, baker and candlestick-maker,
even though 1t had right to be a
banker.
The politicians have been saying
pretty loudly that American business
must quit expecting the Federal Gov
eminent to get 1t out Of the depression
mess. Between the lines Of Mr.. Barnes
brief for the defense Is to be read q
willingness on the part Of business to
accept It's responsibilities. provided pol
itics keeps its meddling fingers out Of
the pie and lets Americas fundamen-
tai faith in voluntary cooperative effort
express ITSELF"
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Politics VS.. Business.

Big business is not inclined to take
lying down the politicians charge that
II is business leadership which has
failed the world during the economic
crisis Of l929-1931. 1t says that the
boot Is on the other foot. At Fri
days closing session of the annual
United States Chamber of Com
merce meeting in Atlantic City, occasion
was found to place the blame for the
slump where business evidently thinks
it belongs. An important portion Of
the blame Is assigned to high tariffs
and their reduction is advocated.
To julius H. Barnes. chairman Of the
chambers board Of directors, was
assigned the task of presenting the
defense OF business against the accusa-
ton Of incapacity. He proves to be
an able counsel. Broadly, he asserts
that ut Is not lack of business leader
ship. but political violations" which
have strewn the normally flowing waters
Of commerce with destructive mines and
detected their course into the channels
Of depression.
Mr.. Barnes oristles with brass tackS.
His indictment of statesmen and gov
ernmentS for substituting politics for
business judgment" is long and world
wide in It's scope. He instances the
invasion of the wheat and cotton
markets by the United States Govern
ment. He narrates how the buying
power of great Oriental nations has
been paralyzed by dumping India s
silver reserves upon the world. He
tells of Great Britain's Vaccinations
In rubber; of China's economic paral-
ysis through political civil wars; Of
Brazils attempt to control coffee; Of
Chile's operations in the field of
nitrate; Of Cuba's activities in sugar
Of Japan's interest in the silk trade,
and, 1nally, of Soviet Russias "auto-
cratic suppression of the natural
aspirations and ambitious energy OF
$50, 900 900 people"
Ine disastrous results winch have
flowed from these joint and several
governmental interferences with the
Life Of natidh s are denounced by MI
HameE. ipclustyely % -pQiitcal Hdae
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sary establishments have been and are
being made and that business is even
now Sluggishly responding to the slim
illus Of these needed changes. What
ever were the causes of our present diff
culties, the corrective influences HAYS
now been at work for many months"
The problems ahead Of the Sixth
Congress Of the International Chamber
this week are indicated in an advance
summary Of the report Of the American
section dealing with the trade of the
past 80 years between the United States
and Europe. It says recovery from the
detrimental effects Of the war still de-
ponds upon the restoration of economic
balances and adjustments, which were
upset by war conditions, war debts
sllrges of nationaliStic sentiment
changed political boundaries. new align
ments In industry, new tariff walls and
overstimulation in some countries OF
productive effort"
The International Chamber, which
was formed largely as the result OF
American initiative, has on its program
consideration of the Repatriation OF
EMPLOYMENT wages" In the discussion
the delegates from Great Britain, Ger
many, France and italy will consider
the subject from tbe viewpoints of gov
srn.nents, business organizations ana
the individual worker. There will be in
attendance some 800 delegates from for
eign countries and perhaps 500 repre-
se1tatives Of all lines of business and
industry On the United States.
AUengxzmAA 1aAak X
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Restricted Areas of Belief
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. L. D,
Bishop of Washington.

in all other instances where sincerity
characterized an appeal, though ac-
companied by q restricted faith, the
Master granted the petition.
Obviously, in every case an Hreduclple
minimum Of belief was demanded. In
our methods of dealing with men ano
women, all too frequently We pursue
course the very antithesis of that which
Christ employed. We seem to assume
that whole-hearted belief is something
which comes spontaneously and that
without limitations or reservations OF
any kind. It Is true that now and
again we discover instances where be-
lief in all its maturity seems to come IN
an instant of time, but our experience
reads us to think that such cases are ex-
ceedingly rare. The old idea that con-
version to be valid must be an 1nStan-
taneouS and complete surrender OF lie
and a full and unqualified acceptance
Of the Christian faith, does not run true
to our observation or experience. Here
in the realm of things spiritual evolu-
ton plays its part. Some one speaks
of growing a SOUL" by which he means
the gradual upbuilding of strong and
militant Christian faith. Donald Hankey
puts 1t in his homely way as betting
ones life there is God" If we could
even more generally recognize that a
ohIIS1y41lSy pedCS-DSSGOWulS DclAEL 10 q
matter of development we should deal
more speedily and helpfully with those
who are conscious of their limitations.
Victor Hugo once said, Every man
has In him the Patmos CHS capacity
and yearning for the larger viSion), he
Is free to go or not to 60 along that
promontory Of thought, from whose
SUBMITS the depths Of darkness are
visible" Tennyson experienced this in
his period Of great mental anguish. He
was reaching out for an answer to his
unsolved problem, and in his anguish
he cried:
I'VE have but faith, we cannot know,
For knowledge is of things we see;
And yet We trust it comes from Thee,
A beam in darkness, let it grow"
1t is the beam In darkness" that
constitutes our hope. It is the under
standing, sympathetic attitude of Christ
that constitutes our encouragement and
our inspiration. Help thou mine un-
belief" Is the cry of q sincere soul.
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the most garden minded cities m the
country. This 70 as 1t should be. Not
only has the Nations Capital excellent
natural advantages which make garden
ing second nature to its inhabitants, but
the presence Of the Department OF
Agriculture and related bureaus gives
emphasis to the work. The tnforma-
ton which is available to citizens OF
the United States everywhere through
means Of the so-called Farmers Bull
letins and similar publications Of the
department is even more easily secured
by residents of the District Of Columbia.
The heritage Of beauty which helps
to make Washington a natural bower
in Spring and Summer is a constant
stimulus to the residents; the happy re-
suit is that home owners throughout
the city are constantly striving to bet
ter their lawns and foundation plant
ings. Much remains to be done, how
ever. There are still hundreds of poor
grass plots, house lots bare Of shrubbery.
Even in the suburbs, where 1t might be
thought every home owner would be
gardener, many unrealized opportunities
for floral identification exist.
Undoubtedly the awards proposed by
the Garden Committee of the George
Washington Bicentenn1al will help
waken the dormant garden conscience
Of these citizens, so that they, too, may
join in that occupation "for which no
man is too high or too low" The prizes
offered should prove stimulus in the
right direction.
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For Mothers and Children,

It is an encouraging sign that the
sweet symbolism Of such events as
May Day and Mothers Day is being
turned to account, and that both dates
have come to mean something more
than dancing around a May pole and
sending pretty poSieS, with accompany
ing messages supplied by the senti-
mental telegraph companies. 1t will
be vastly more encouraging when the ex-
cellent form of propaganda in behalf
Of mothers and children, based gen.
orally on the significant dates, begins
to show the results in store for it.
There remain some problems in the
field of public health, as well as in
many other fields, for which no solu-
ton has ever been found. But the
problems of reducing infant mortality,
of providing proper facilities and sur
roundings for safeguarding health of
children, Of reducing maternity death
rates, are problems that do not be-
long within that category. The solu-
tons have long since been found. The
only problems are those of applying
the proper solutions.
Notable advances have been made in
the reduction Of infant mortality rates.
Much Is being done by enlightened
communities to safeguard the health
and well being Of their children. The
good resulting from such great enter
14n
on Child Welfare is 'incalculable and
gathers increasing momentum. The
chief danger Of such self-congratula-
ton, however, is that too much of it will
lull an interested public to apathy.
Apathy and failure to know the facts
are the only logical explanations for
the deplorable conditions existing in
the United States regarding maternity
death rates. AS sonae one has aptly
said, we lead the world In the number
Of telephones, automobiles and bath
tubs, tallest buildings. paved roads, the
most expensive system Of elementary
education-and In the mortality Of
mothers In childbirth.
AS a Nation We are tremendous
ly proud Of the fact that a back
woodsman, due to the marvels of
science. may press a switch and
listen in on the latest music, the best
music or the finest speeches wherever
made, but we are too apt to overlook
the equally amazing fact that the same
backwoodsman may leave the ire
mendously important task of bringing
his children into the world to a mid
wife who believes implicitly in the ef-
ticacy of wild boar's teeth, fried rats,
hog-foot oil, mustard seed thrown on
the threshold or three nails driven into
the door to keep the evil spirits out
Taking small section of the crowded
tenement district Of New York City as
its laboratory, the Maternity Center
Association reduced the maternity death
rate In that section by two-thirds, and
made it the lowest in the world.
On some future Mothers day the
boundaries Of this laboratory will be
those Of an enlightened nation.
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international Aspect of Depression to Be
Discussed at Business Meetings of West

They will earnestly maintain that the
debts owed to the United States Treas
ury by European governments are too
large to be fully paid without damage
to the general world interest.
These views, or, at any rate, the i'm
plicationS Of these views, will be courte-
ously, but quite firmly, opposed by
American speakers who happen to be in
sympathy with the attitudes of the
present American Federal administra-
ton. At this point certain amount OF
domestic politics will in the end in
has for a long time expressed the con-
viction that the economic policies OF
the American Republic, especially in
the matter of the tariff, have conSti-
tuted a grtevouS assault upon the well
fare Of the foreign world, with conse-
quent grievouS damage to our own
trade and prosperity. On the other
hand, the Republican party has tended
toward the proclamation of the princi-
pie that the America most advantageous
to Europe Is an America maintaining
its own standards by its own methods
irrespective of foreign opinion.
The sessions here of the International
Chamber of Commerce will accelerate
the process whereby in the next presi-
dental election the Democrats will
assan the Republican party as a pro-
vincial party" and the Republicans will
assail the Democratic party as for
elgner party"
A. typical instance Of the approach
Ing foreign criticism Of the United
states In the sessions of the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce is to be
found in the report already made to
the chamber by DR.. Ernst Wagemann,
director Of the German federal office
OF statistics. He remarks that Great
Britain, when she was the chief cred
itor nation, maintained free trade for
imports into Great Britain, while we,
having become the chief creditor ma
ton, maintain a system of high pro-
lection, and he proceeds to say:
THE United States has thereby
reached q stage Of development which
Is full of contradictions, both from the
and the American stand
points, and which has greatly contrib
uted to the difficulty In the way of the
international movement of goods and
capital"
In sum:
The American meeting at Atlantic
City will forward a better central con-
troll and advancement of American
business. The international meeting
at Washington will forward principally
a better international friendly under
standing OF conflicts which cannot yet
be composed.
Copyright. 1879
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Management and Policy Count
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Moreover, these plants which Jared so
well employed 10 per cent of the total
workers of the 1,240 plants studied.
The biggest gains in number OF
workers employed we're registered by
the slaughtering and meat-packfng in
duStry. The packers possibly wee in
duced to employ more workers AZ . re-
suit Of one aspect Of the depressed feaT.
The drought Of 1890 caused many live
stock growers to send their stock TO
market for slaughter, because there was
no feed for them. From whatever
cause, 81 plants showed increases in
workers in october, 1880, compared with
October, 1929.
Next comes the cotton goods industry.
Although, as a whole. the textile In
dustry has heen suffering depression for
more than 10 years, 81 plants increased
the number of their workers. The boot
maintaining and increasing employ
ment. SIS factories showing gains.
The wooden and worsted business
seems to have been the bad end Of the
textiles. for only IT plants increased
the number of their workers. In the
iron and steal industry there was q gain
In the number Of workers in IS plants,
while is automobile factories showed
larger number Of employees In October,
1884, imam IN OCTOBER, 1SZS.
Small Establishments Gain.
The survey Of individual plants holds
the further suggestion that the smaller
factory seems better able to keep going
than the tremendous manufacturing
unit employing thousands. Small plants
show great stability In weathering the
storm and increasing the number OF
workers on their payrollS.
For example. In the iron and steel In
duStry there was only one plant en-
ploying more than 100 men which
showed a gain in the number employed.
whereas eight small plants, employing
only 10 or IL men, showed increases.
The same rule seems to hold true for
automobiles, where plants employing up
to IS men registered increases. The
small textile factories, too. give the
advantage to the small factories.
Obviously the larger plants have more
Jobs, but in these times 1t seems more
workers are affected one way or another
by the smaller plants. For instance, in
the slaughtering and meat-packing in.
dustry five factories employing up to
so men had job changes affecting $3.50
men, whereas little plants employing
only 10 affected 5000 workers.
The whole survey tends to indicate
that individual management may have
q good deal to do with the continuance
Of employment. This report does not
60 into the matter of wages paid. It Is
possible that the smaller plants which
took on more workers during the de-
pressed year paid lower wages, although
that Is not shown. Perhaps lower wages
produced the factor which enabled such
plants to carry on and continue to
provide work for their employees. What
ever the cause, these official figures
make 1t clear that not every employer
In the country surrendered to peSsimism
and turned of their helps
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Tert: "Jesus said unto him, IL
thou cGnst belieUe oil things are
possible to him that believeth. And
StrdtChttDdy the father OF the child
cried out and said, NTH tears, Lord,
beEieDe, help thou mine 1rlbehef"
st. Mark, tr.23-24.
In His dealings with men and
women, the great Master always reck-
oned with their limitations. There are
few, If any. instances in the Gospel
where He was repelled by the limita-
stance we read, HE could there dc
no mighty work, because of their I'M
belief" Even God Himself cannot re-
siSt closed doors. It was only where
unbelief was unwilling to give Him the
smallest place of vantage that His
benef1cent work was rendered impotent.
That He recognized the limitations i'm
posed by environing circumstances.
training. ETC., is clearly evident. He
always showed Solicitude and sympa-
thetic understanding for those who
were conscious Of the restricted areas
Of their belief.
A striking instance Of this is dis
closed in the case of the man who
brought his demented son first to the
disciples, only to meet with faA1re at
their hands, and then to the Master,
Himself. It was an extreme case of
need and the fathers presentation of
his sons case was a last resort after
many bitter Disappointment. His ap-
peal to Jesus was couched in language
that implied an element Of doubt. eff
thou canst do any thing, have COM
passion on us and help us" There Is
certainly nothing in this language that
implies confidence in the healing power
Of the Great Physician. The situation
presented was critical one and i'm
mediately evoked the tender sympathy
of Christ. Turning to the father. He
said, IF thou canst believe, all things
are possible to him that believeth." 1t
was an appeal for at least a partial
belief in His own supreme healing
power. One may imagine with what
readiness the afflicted father cried out:
Lord, believe; help Thou mine I'M
belief" 1t was. the expression Of an
honest man, one who yearned to be-
neve and yet discovered within him
self the limitations of his faith. As
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Garden Awards.

indicative of the thorough prepara-
ton which Is being made for the George
washington Bicentennial celebration.
the Garden Committee Of the commits
sion has announced that seventeen sill
yer trophies will be awarded in connec-
ton with Identification for the event
In 1882. Communities in Washington
and contiguous territory In Maryland
and Virginia viii compete. The prizes
viii be competed for this year and next
and possibly in 1888. They will remain
In competition until won twice by the
same community. Lawns and paintings
and GRASS strips between trees will be
judged. contests to begin on May each
year and be terminated on September !.
This step by the Garden Committee
Ghoul0 lproye vastly popular.
Xeshtngtqn H. sast hecoming ane a