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Evening star., 1932-03-28
FARM SALES PLAN
GUARANTEES PRICES
international Harvester Co. Offers
to Protect Machinery Buyers
Against Low Market.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-The Interna-
tlonal Harvester Co. has offered wheat.
corn and cotton growers who deal with
IL new trade plan which in effect
guarantees them higher prices for their
product than now prevail.
It's officials announced yesterday that
on all notes for farm machinery matur-
ing In 1882 the company will credit the
grower With the difference between the
average market quotation for the five
DAY period preceding and including the
date OF maturity and a basic price of
~ cents a buShel for wheat and SO
cents bushel for corn at Chicago and
o12 cents pound for cotton at New
Orleans.
An example of how the plan would
work out was given by George A. Ranny,
vice president in charge of sales. To
meet note of S420 he said, a grower
would have to sell hypothetical COG
bushels at 70 cents. Should the market
price, however, be only so cents at ma
turiy and the grower realizes only $500,
the International Harvester Co. would
credit him with $50 on the note.
Ranny said the company had faith
farm prices would soon improve and
was undertaking the guarantee plan to
overcome what it believed to be reluc-
tance Of farmers to buy machinery be-
cause OF present low prices.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
DEFEAT OF PAY CUT
MOVE IS FORECAST
Opposition Leaders Point to
Poll Taken of Working
Men in States.

Members of the House leading the
fight to defeat the proposed ruthless
slashing of the Government pay roll
expressed the opinion today that If and
when any such bill is brought out of
the Economy Committee it will be de-
feated in the House.
This opinion was expressed today by
at least three of those who have been
most active in the fight. 1t comedies
with the poll of members which is being
taken by leaders of organizations of
working men from every State in the
Union.
154 Pledged Against.
Reports made by that group at noon
today showed that there are 154 mem
to vote against any pay-cut bill and
III members who are willing to sup
port a bill to cut their own salaries or
to reduce salaries Of the higher
brackets, but who are against reduc-
tions of salaries among the low-paid
employees of the Government.
Definite assurance has been given to
leaders of the fight against salary re-
ductions that no action will be taken
by the committee on any bill reported
out for an indefinite period.
Promise Secured.
This promise was given by member
of the subcommittee OF three following
a conference late Saturday held for the
purpose of starting petition for con-
ference among the House members who
are opposed to salary reductions now,
particularly the Democratic majority
Those heading this movement were
given assurance that if they would hold
off from any such action, they would be
! given ample notice so as to organize
their forces in opposition before any
salary pay cut bill is brought out.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
TOXIC WON'T GIVE
LEAGUE ANSWER TO
NANK|NG CHARGES
Decision for Silence at In
quiry May Lead to Even
tuaI Withdrawal.
DELEGATION MAY SHUN
NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION
Chinese Declare japanese Troops
Must Leave Shanghai Entirely
Or Not at ALL"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, March 28-The japanese
government has decided to refuse tc
furnish the League of Nations with the
statement of her side of the japanese
controversy called for under Article Is
of the League covenant, it was learned
on good authority today. The belief
was expressed the decision eventually
might lead to Japan's withdrawal from
the League.
The step was forecast nearly two
months ago when China invoked Article
is at Geneva, shortly after the begin
ming of hostiljties at Shanghai.
The article specifies that nations on
both sides of a controversy shall sub
nit statements of their cases. upon
which the League may then make its
decision of responsibility.
The prediction also was made at that
time that Japan would resist, even to
the extent of withdrawing from the
League, if the application of the article
were pressed.
Well informed quarters here today
expressed the opinion the governments S
decision was the first step in what
would be a series of refusals of Japan
to participate in the Leagues action.
It was learned on good authority that
it was highly unlikely the japanese
delegation at Geneva would attend the
next session of the League Assembly.
A request for the statement called
for under Article Is was recently re-
ouested by Sir Eric Drummond, League
secretary general.
This action appeared to have crys-
tallized sentiment in favor Of with
draval which lately has been gaining
rapidly, especially in foreign offlce
circles.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
BORAH OPENS FIRE
ON i. S. RAIL LOAN
"Every Form of PRESSURE
Used, He Declares
in Senate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Trouble threatened today in the SEN
ate over the recent $4,000, 900 loan tc
the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Senator Borah (Republican) of Idaho
called attention to the loan and the
reluctance" of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to approve it. He
said he had information that every
form of pressure within reason and de-
cency was used to bring about the loan.
Couzens to Tackle Issue.
Chairman Couzens of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee, said hs
was investigating the loan and woulc
discuss it tomorrow.
sion, in approving the loan, said it die
so only at the insistence of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation and pro-
tested that part of the loan was to be
used in taking up private loan by the
road from New York bankers.
Senator johnson, Republican, of Cali.
fornia, suggested to Couzens that he
discuss in his speech tomorrow gov
eminent for and by the international
bankers"
Il think" replied Couzens, "that the
Van Sweringens and the treasurer oi
the Republican National Committee
(JoSeph R. Mutt of Cleveland were
more effective in this case than the
international bankers
In bringing up the question Borah
read from the decision of the Com
merce Commission stating it was mot
convinced that the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation should take up bank
loans of this character"
Borah Scores Policy.
The Missouri-Pacifc had a S11, 1,7OO.-
600 loan from New York banks. includ
ing j. P Morgan, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
and the Guaranty Trust Co., due April
l; The banks agreed to extend half OF
thls loan and the subsequent loan from
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tlon was to meet the $5,750,000 due the
bankers.
Il think it worthy of the attention of
those who believed the Reconstruction
nance Corporation was created for
certain purposes and not for the pur-
pose of enabling banks to take advan-
tage of the public Treasury" Borah
commented.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, observed that the law required
that all loans to railroads be first ap-
proved by the Interstate Commerce
commission and called attention that
tne commission had approved this par
tlcular loan. He asked that the Senate
be informed if pressure was brought to
bring about this approval.
Il Will just say now" said Couzens,
that conferences between the railroad
executives and officers of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation were held
just prior to this loan"
Discussion of the case went over when
the Senate was forced to resume its un-
finished business-the tariff revision
bill.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
GARNER TO PLEAD
WITH HOUSE FOR
BALANCED BUDGET
Speaker Indicates He Will
Make Special Appeal, Prob
ably Tomorrow.
AGAINST PLAN OF TURNING
BILL OVER TO SENATE
Original Mellon Mills Program Of
Heavy Selected Levies Is
Given Study.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A House that has repeatedly run
rough shod over its leadership probably
will receive an appeal tomorrow from
Speaker Garner to pass a bill to ball
ance the budget.
He indicated today in a conference
with newspaper men that he would
take the floor to urge the House to
accept taxes that would offset the loss
OF revenue represented by its action In
trimming the sales tax from the pend.
ing revenue bill.
1t has come to a point now where
the worst kind Of taxes are better than
no taxes at ALL" he said.
Serevted Taxes UrgsG
His statement came about the rnne
there were being distributed u House
members copies of a letter from tho
American Farm Bureau Federation. adj
vocating selected taxes on luxuries and
certain manufactures and levies on a
group of imports to make up the
amount lost by elimination of the sales
tax
Some Of the import taxes proposed
were similar to amendments that were
pending Saturday when Democratic.
republican and Independent leaders
united In appeals to the House not to
transform the tax bill into a tariff
measure and finally succeeded in turn
ing back the flood Of such proposals.
In renewing his assertions that the
budget must be balanced, Speaker
Garner said at his morning conference
with newspaper men:
Favored Sales Tax.
I advocated the sales tax because
l thought 1t was the easiest way to
balance the budget as q temporary
measure, but the House did not care
for that kind of tax. We will have to
turn to other taxes to get the revenue
to balance. the budget.
Unless the budget is balanced. for
elgn exchange will depreciate and I
don't know what would happen. You
would find the dollar would be affected
In foreign exchange"
Asked whether there was growing
sentiment in the House to permit the
Senate to draft the revenue bill, Garner
said:
II hope not"
The Texan said he would make a
strenuous fight in order to get enough
revenue to meet the running expenses
of the Government.
II you were in England or France
or Italy, or in any other country where
the government was running behind in
It's operating expenses $4,000, 900 a day
and no effort was made by the govern
ment to meet the situation, you wouldn't
keep your money in that country" Gar
ner said.
Mills Holds Conference.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Treasury
Mills conferred with the House WAYS
and Means Subcommittee, preparing the
Continued on Page 2, Column a.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
RENEW RELIEF PLEDGE

NEW YORK, March 28 (P.-Leaders
in Jewish communal and philanthropic
activities in all parts Of the United
States yesterday renewed their pledge
to support the rehabilitation and relief
work in Europe. started Is years ago by
the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee.
James N. Rosenberg, vice chairman
of the committee, announced the work
is being carried on in this country by
the National Council, composed of at
least $50 prominent Jews.
Among the new members elected to
the National Council we're Max De Long
and Ferd A. Gunberts of Evansville,
Ind, and S. K. Bernstein, Dr. Joseph
Blatt, A. M. Engelsman, Gus A. Paul
and Dave Schonwald of Oklahoma City.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
COMMUNISTS PLAN
NEW PARADE HERE
May Day Scheme Revealed
as II Face Probe of
Embassy Riot.

A huge May day celebration here is
being planned by the Communist party
as protest against the police action
Saturday in breaking up the demon
stration in front of the Japanese en-
bassy, Federal agents today informed
the Metropolitan Police Department
They said about $500 persons might be
sent here for the demonstration.
This information was conveyed to po-
lice just before 81 members of the Trade
Union Unity League were arraigned in
Police Court for having taken part in
the embassy demonstration, which re-
suited in a bloody fight between the
paraders and police. The information
was obtained. it was said, by agents of
the Justice Department and the Imni-
grafton Bureau.
Police were told that leaders OF the
May day demonstration will begin to
gather here this week. They also will
make arrangements, according to Fed
eral agents, for a parade either in
front of the White House or the Capt.
tol Friday when a group of Eastern
college students are due here from
Kentucky to protest against the re-
ceptlon they met in that State when
they attempted to visit striking mining
camps.
Plead Not Guilty.
Early this afternoon the trial of the
demonstrators arrested Saturday was
still in session before Judge Ralph
Given in District Police Court. Earlier,
Joan Hardy, Baltimore, and James L.
Kennedy and Albert Luskin, Philadel-
phia, entered pleas of not guilty to
assault charges in the United States
branch of Police Court and demanded
jury trials.
Upon recommendation Of Assistant
United States Attorney Michael F.
Keogh, Judge Isaac r. Hit fixed bond
for each of the defendants at $500 and
set the trials for April 6.
Ivan Kostrow and Ivon Ignatof, both
OF Baltimore, also will be arraigned on
assault charges
The young girl, Kennedy and Luskin
are said have attacked police when the
latter were attempting to tear up red
ink placards held by the paraders.
When the fight was over, the Hardy
girl was on the ground unconscious and
Kennedy and Luskin were bleeding from
head wounds.
While these three were being ar
(Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
LYTToN REAssUREs CHINA.
Territorial Integrity Declared Condition
OF ANY settlement by League

NANKING. China. March % LPO.-
Lord Lytton, chairman of the League of
Nations Inquiry Commission, told Chi
nese officials today the maintenance Of
Chinese territorial and administrative
integrity would necessarily be a condi-
ton of any settlement of Sino-Japanese
difficulties effected by the League"
His statement was made at lunch
con given by Wang Ching-Wei. preSi-
dent of the Chinese Executive Yuan.
Wang ChingWei, welcoming the COM
mission to Nanking, declared that the
Chinese people "have only one hope sld
aspiration, the maintenance of China S
territorial and administrative integrity
and sovereignty
Lord Lytton replied:
when you say that the Chinese peo-
ple have only one aspiration, the main
tenance Of territorial and administrative
integrity, I can assure you at once
that that would necessarily be condi-
ton of any settlement of Sino-Japanese
difficulties effected by the League. The
League could not recommend TO its
members any course which Is incon-
sistent with their treaty obligations"
The commission members spent a
busy day calling on number of Chi
nese officials, including Gen. Chang
Kai-Shek, and visiting the tomb Of Sun
Vat Sen, founder Of the republic.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
DEADLOCK CONTINUES.
Commander of 18th Army Says Japan
Is "StaIling for Time"

SHANGHAI, March % (P).-Chinese
and Japanese negotiations for truce
at Shanghai continued deadlocked TO-
dav over the question OF japanese troop
Withdrawals
The Chinese delegates held stead
fastly 10 their decision to accept no
compromises on this phase OF the qules-
ton, declaring this was the order OF
the Nanking government. They must
either withdraw entirely or not at all,
a spokesman said. we will accept no
gradual withdrawal"
A Spokesman for the japanese said
the parleys would be continued, how
ever.
Chinese military authorities accused
the japanese of inSincerity. Gen. Isel
Tink-Kai, poet general, who led the
18th Route Army during the defense OF
Shanghai, said they were "stalling Tor
time"
Sniping Problem Taken Up.
In spite of the deadlock there were
reports on the outside that the situa-
ton was not hopeless. These reports
said the japanese had decided to cur
tail sharply their demands regarding
the occupation of Chinese territory
around Shanghai and it was also ru-
mored the Chinese were less pessimlstic
about the outcome of the conferences.
The negotiators ran into further dif-
iculties today over the sniping problem
The Japanese, claiming sniping by
Chinese civilians continued to be a
serious menace to the lives of japanese
nationals. demanded some assurance
that it would be stopped. The Chinese
said the sniping was not authorized,
and that they could not be responsible
for such activities.
Today Japanese headquarters report
ed snipers had killed four more Japa-
nese soldiers.
This argument over sniping developed
during discussion of a new draft of the
principal points proposed as requisite to
an armistice. The three outstanding
considerations are definite cessation OF
hostilities, establishing the position of
the Chinese force and agreeing upon
the method of the japanese withdrawal
Shigemitsu Still Hopeful.
The second point brought from the
Chinese the assertion that any attempt
to dictate the position of Chinese troops
on Chinese soil would be regarded as a
violation of China's sovereign rights
This matter and the point regarding
japanese withdrawal was placed In the
hands of the military subcommittee
which will meet wednesday.
AS this session ended, Mamoru Shige-
mitsu. the japanese spokesmen. said he
was still hopeful of an ultimate agree
ment Quo Tai-Chi, head Of the Chi
nese group would say only, the Japa-
neSe certainly are strong on argument
LYTToN REASSURES CHINA.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
DENIAL ISSUED HERE.
Irish Not to Repudiate Land Annuities,
Says MacWhite.

Michael MacWhite, Minister Of the
Irish Free State, issued statement to-
day denying his government proposes
repudiation of land annuities.
He said the Irish Free States posi-
ton with regard to land annuities has
been misunderstood in the United
States and questioned the statement OF
j. H. Thomas, British secretary for the
dominions, that the Irish Free State
was bound by the most formal and ex-
plicit undertaking" to pay the land an
nuities to Great Britain.
MacWhite said the Irish government
is not aware Of any such undertaking,
but relies on an act of the British Leg
islature passed in 1920 in which Great
Britain surrendered the annuities to
Ireland and assumed the obligation to
meet the dividends and the general
service of the land stock debt.
The statement said that was British
law when the treaty with Ireland was
signed in 1921, and the treaty did not
mention the annuities. Consequently,
MacWhite insists, the legal position of
the annuities is the same as it was in
1920, when Great Britain agreed to
reimburse Ireland for overtaxation.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
DENVER CREEK AGAIN ATTRACTS
GOLD MINERS AFTER 90 YEARS
Stream Where the Metal Was First Discovered in
Colorado Yields Living Jobess.

in water and rock their placer cradles
Gravel falls into shining pans, to be
sloshed out again with monotonous mo-
t1ons of STOPPING miners. The unem-
ployed are working the creek.
One man can CLEAN about So a day
with pan. A group. working together
can pool its dust each day and sell it to
the United States Mint under a recent
ruling that the mint may take any
amount of gold from $50 up. It's liv-
ing, anyway, say the miners.
Placer miners are busy. also, In the
bed of the South Platte River, which
also runs through Denver, and in other
streams elsewhere in the State.
So widespread is the return to gold
mining that the Community Chest OF
Pueblo, Colo, has inaugurated free
course in placer mining for unemployed
men.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
ENDING CAPE TOWN HOP

WALVIS BAY, Southwest Africa.
March 28 (P).-J. A. Mollison, blazing a
new air trail along the Western Coast
of Africa from London to Cape Town,
took off early today on the last 300
mile stretch of his journey and ex-
pected to reach Cape Town tonight.
He had come in across the Sahara
well ahead of the five-and-a-half day
record set for the journey by Peggy
Salaman and Gordon Store, who few
down the East African Coast. Coming
across the desert, he said, he almost
fell asleep and had to land for an
hours nap before resuming his flight.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
CAPONE GANG REVOLT
FOR LEADERSHIP SEEN
Reputed "Enforcer" Said to Seek
Chiefs Place-0pen Warfare
Is Expected.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, March 28.-Reports were
current today that all Is not wen
within the ranks Of the gang of AL
Capone.
They had 1t that a revolt has been
started by some members to prevent
Frank Nitti, the reputed "enforcer' of
Capone's orders, from taking charge
of the syndicate while Capone is locked
up as violator of the income tax law.
Nitti recently returned to Chicago
from Leavenworth, Kans, where he
served is months in the Government
penitentiary for a tax-law violation
The Chicago Herald and Examiner
said Murray Humphries had been
leading the revolt and mentioned that
1t was possible open warfare, uighh
Evening star., 1932-03-28
By the Associated Press.

DENVER. March 28-The sands of
Cherry Greek, where gold was first dis
covered in Colorado are ringing again
to the song Of miners pans.
Fortunes came out Of the creek so
years ago until men seeking greater
profits attacked the mother lodes which
lay in the hills.
Now, after two generations, its sands
again are sloshing through homemade
sluice boxes and ringing against miners
pans.
Walled in, the once-meandering
stream cuts a straight course through
the city. Automobiles race along the
boulevards which flank 1t and cross its
many bridges. Children play on its pre-
cisely sloped and grassy banks.
On its bed below. however. the scene
is not SO MODERN. Men stand ankle deep
Evening star., 1932-03-28
LILY CARRIED AS RUSE TO ENTER
PENTHOUSE, $4,000 GEMS TAKEN
Robbers Atred in Height of Fashion, Garry Flower
Fool Elevator Operator.

Posing as friends they threw the ele-
vator operator of his guard by resort
ing to the flower.
Won't Norman be surprised when he
sees this lily" one of them said so the
operator could overhear
Both OF the men were sttired in the
height of Easter fashion.
Bensinger is the nephew of the
founder Of the Brunswick Bake Col
lender Co. He Is the operator of a
chain of Chicago bowling alleys and
hiii'n-1 rar'nrs
Evening star., 1932-03-28
Survives Plunge in Car.

RICHMOND. Va, March % (P.-
Miss Helen Kosma, 18, survived with
only slight injuries today a plunge Of
her automobile from the top of the
drive at Lubby Hill Park to a terrace
so feet below. Police said a note
found in the automobile addressed to
her father said she wanted ito end
it all"
Evening star., 1932-03-28
HARRIS CRITICALLY ILL
Georgia Senator Is Stricken on Re

Georgia Senator Is Stricken on Re-
turn From Bladder Operation.
Senator Harris of Georgia is in a Sc
rious condition at his home here with
intestinal trouble.
The Senator developed the intestinal
trouble shortly after returning home
from a bladder operation. 1t was
thought he was about recovered and
would resume his Senate duties when
the new trouble began.
How serious his condition Is will be
determined within the next two days,
his physician said. He viii not be re-
turned to the hospital.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
WI, Ex-War Lord,
Calls on Chinese
To Expel Invaders
BY the Associated Press.

bS tlc ASSOCldJeu FTcSS.
SHANGHAI, China, March 28.
WI Pei-Fu, one-time outstand-
ing Chinese war lord, but of
recent years sunk to virtual
oblivion. tonight from an un-
named place in Honan Province
issued an appeal to the nation to
mobilize "a national army for the
expulsion of the Japanese in
vaders from the national ter
ritory."
The Kuomin (Chinese) News
Agency in a dispatch from
Peiping said that WI had de-
clared that "the puppet state of
Manchuria is merely a stepping
stone to Japanese annexation Of
the Northeastern provinces.