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Proposals Agreed
on Tentatively at
Farley.
HOUSE GROUP ASKS
IL PER CENT SLASH
Sick Leave Reduction to
Two Weeks Urged
by Hoover.

A national economy program
calling for a reduction in Govern
ment expenditures of from $780,
100000 to $21O,0O0,O0O, exclusive of
possible savings affecting income
of Federal employees, was agreed
on tentatively yesterday at spe-
cial conference between the PreSi-
dent and members of the Special
Economy Committee of the House.
In reply to a suggestion of the
committee that all Government
salaries be cut IL per cent, with
an exemption of 81 900, the PreSi-
dent made a counter proposal for
a five-day week for per diem en-
ployes and compulsory furloughs
without pay for all Civil Service
employees.
Under the salary SlaShing plan
of the committee, a saving of
SGT 100000 was estimated. The
furlough and five-day week coun-
ter proposal of the President is
expected to save $45,0O0O00. No
agreement was reached on the two
proposals
In addition the President advocated
q further saving of S35, 1000 through
reducing annual and sick leave next
year to two weeks.
The conference approved the retire
ment of superannuated employees, elm
nation for one year of extra pay for
overtime and night work and suspen-
sion for one year of automatic promo
tionS.
Another proposal of the committee
that Saturday half holidays be abol-
1shed was not agreed to, 1t was esti-
mated that this would save $4,000 600.
Both sides agreed, however, to reduce
salaries OF the President, the Cabinet
ana members of Congress by unspeci-
ned amounts. The retirement of SUPER
animated employees is expected to save
$3,0O0,00O and the suspension for one
year OF extra pay for overtime and of
automatic promotions for civilian en-
ployeS Sl0,750000. In addition it is
Planned to save an indefinite slim
through limitation of pay of retired
Army and Navy officers employed by
the Government.
A wide range of supplemental econ
omieS was approved during the 51b-
hour parley in the cabinet room. These
ran the gamut from elimination of
non-essential land naval stations and
Army and Navy transports to revision
OF veterans legislation, one-year sus-
pension of ship line operations of the
Shipping Board and of vocational edu-
cational payments to the States, shift
ing OF Philippine Scout upkeep to the
island government, ban on filling of
any but key" vacancies in Civil Serv-
ice, reduction of printing, establish
ment Of fees for services by certain
appropriation for Federal Triangle
heating plant
The conference, it was announced.
Continued on Page 3, Column II
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CELLMATES SEE
MAN HANG HIMSELF
First Precinct Prisoner, Arrested
on Drunk Charge, at First
Thought TESTING.

While two fellow prisoners looked on.
apparently believing he was only joking
Neil " johnson, 30, of the 400 block
OF Fourth street, hanged himself with
his shirt in cell at the first precinct
police station last night.
Johnson, laborer, had been ar
rested on a charge of drunkenness
shortly after 8 o'clock. He was dead
little more than an hour later.
The other prisoners in the. cell ac-
cordlng to police were James r. Green,
500 block of Sixth street, and Jere-
mlah Quigley, of the first block of
second street. Both had been booked
on drunkenness charges.
Quigley and Green are said to have
told police that after johnson had
been in the cell short time, he sud-
denly arose and said, We'll, good-by
OLD pals, I'm going" They said they
laughed and told him they guessed he
wasn't going anywhere"
Yes, I am. Just watch me-" John
son was said to have responded
The two men apparently did not
take him seriously even when he stood
on his cot and ripped off his shirt.
They did not call for aid until it was
too late, and efforts to revive the man
were not made until Policeman r. E.
Maust came to the cell room to lock
up another prisoner.
The f1re rescue squad then was
summoned. but attempts to save John
son were futile.
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Two Theories Advanced.

NEW " 6 6o April pr H Charles
returned. 'N'' '''' '''A
This disclosed tonight in through
It had become known earlier in the day that giving
country by the with teegraphc
The date Of the circular Wednesday April
Monday apane fight which Col Lndbergh and Col Henry
Marthas Vineyard pair suitcase suitable
era days elapsed between the payment and the action by the
had been paid to the real dnapeTs and they double
complete the transaction
the other was that clever criminals had succeeded in forging
upon the UeSI opportunity to extort $50 900 .., -.
G 42 to 1fe M d1 have b pq sd 5 5 a s9 to
@ Of S p5S nsRs AND o ain %
identification of the child at the proper time.
Norfolk Connection Doubted.
At Norfolk Va the Very Rev Of three
after the infant kdnped March said he did not believe there
ransom payment announced tonight
Vineyard and the absence time John Hughes Curtis
of the Norfolk Intermediates had been connected Curtis said
end and asserted the baby was safe.
@mphiban plane Massachusetts Sunday. The
The disclosure disc the failure Of Of the M and
air Of optimism which prevailed at the coonels New
TU1gh there that this feeling had been
Police Remain Silent
midnight questions regard
offered the kdnaper New Jersey State police made this state
give further information this time feeling
In T viii the Investigation police
authority has been working during the
response question about the whereabouts Rone
Ha's et
knew peyond question that his Clients had no part in the aue
of the ransom payment.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
.GR|D|RON CLUB ACTS
CONVENTION ROLES
Stirring Scenes in Chicago
ForetoId Before Hoover
and Cabinet.

The Gridiron Club gave its guests
prophetic previewS of the Republican
and Democratic National Conventions
at its annual Spring dinner in the VIII
lard Hotel last night. The newspaper
club ushered in its own rty-eighth
year and at the same time celebrated a
century of alleged progress in politics, for
the first political national convention in
this country was held in 1882. Some
of the scenes depicted by the club were
both synthetic and syncopated.
Notable authorities from the pages of
Mother Goose" The Arabian Nights"
and Alice in Wonderland" assisted by
Diogenes. Calamity Jane Democracy,
the Shadow and even Gunga Din, fur
nished beWildering enlightenment for
President Hoover. the guest Of honor;
members of his cabinet and adminiStra-
ton and other guests, including leaders
of both political parties and several
Democratic aspirsnts for the presi-
dency.
The keynote was sounded by Walker
S. Buel of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
in his inauguration speech as he took
over the presidency of the Gridiron
Club after Mother Ohio had exhibited
other offspring from her famous presi-
Dental succession down to Postmaster
General Walter F. Brown, Senator
Simeon D. FeSs, chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee; Joseph
r. Mutt. treasurer of the Republican
National Committee, and the well
known Anti-Saloon League.
Sees Big Year Ahead.
I'VE usher in the Spring-time of a
great year." said President Buel, the
centennial anniversary of the first ma
tional political conventions; the BIZ
centennial observance of the birth of
the Father of His Country, and the
quadrennial assurance of at least two
political parties that the minarets of
Bagdad are just around the corner.
"All the world turns to Uncle Sam
as the man with the magic hat which
can produce the bunnies. Congress
produces taxes and more taxes, the
Continued on Page IA. Column H.
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BILLION APPROVED
FOR WAR VETERANS
Allowance Voted by House
After Pleas Against Cash
Bonus Payment.
BY the Associated Press.

a
A billion-dollar allowance for next
years veterans expenses was approved
yesterday by the House Just after an
appeal for definite assurances that more
than twice this sum will not be voted to
cash the soldiers bonus.
Representative Dyer of Missouri, vet
eran administration Republican, said on
the floor:
ut is our duty to say to the world
and to America that we are not going
to further harass finances by voting to
pay the bonus at this time"
Debate on the bonus issue-consider-
alton of which formally begins tomorrow
before the Ways and Means Commit
tee-hared up when the huge 1888 ap-
preparation for the Veterans Bureau
was reached in the independent offices
supply bill.
Largest Single Allotment.
This figure of $949 ,237, ,795, the larg-
est single allotment of any Federal
agency, was approved without protest
current appropriations, $51 1918 un-
der Budget Bureau estimates and in
cludes 100000 for the increased
loans on the veterans certificates voted
last year.
But the proposed full cash payment
of the bonus was attacked and de-
Tended, in the first important debate
OF the issue on the floor this session.
Representative Bulwinkle, Democrat
Continued on Page 4, Column A.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
FACES CONTEMPT CASE
FOR OBEDIENCE TO JUDGE
Chicago Criminal Court Clerk Fails
to Follow Order of Lower
Bench.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 9.-George Self
clerk of the Criminal Court, must show
cause Monday why he should not be
cited for contempt of court for disobey-
ing one judge to obey another.
Circuit Judge Michael Feinberg today
ordered Self to appear before him per-
sonally to explain why he refused
yesterday to send a clerk to his court
room to attend the needs of a special
grand jury Judge Feinberg impaneled
to investigate himself. States Attorney
John A. Swanson, an alleged alliance
of "Scarface" Al Capone with poll
ticians, and other charges raised in the
current States attorneyship primary
campaign.
Judge Harry r Fisher. chief justice
of the Criminal Court, ordered Self 10
ignore Judge Feinberg's instructions.
He also declared Judge Feinberg'5 5
special grand jury illegal and ordered
the impaneling of one under his own
supervision.
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PRESIDENT PROPOSES FURLOUCHS
TO CUT U. S. PAY ROLL SIS, 100000;
ECONOMY PROGRAM is DRAFTED
Schedule of Reductions
Methods Tentatively agreed Upon to Reduce Ex-
Penses Listed in White House Statement
After Conference.

overlap, unnecessary bureaus and COM
missions and waste.
Glass 3. Reduction of appropriations
which are within the authority of the
existing laws creating and specifying
various activities of the Government.
This class being under consideration by
the Appropriations Committee Of Con-
gress was not dealt with in the confer
ence.
Group l.
The savings which can be effected
only by the amendment or repeal Of
existing laws or by the granting of ad-
ditional authority in certain cases.
l. Authorize for one year the head
of any department or independent es-
tablishment. with the approval of the
director of the budget, to transfer some
percentage, to be determined, of any
specific appropriation to any other spe-
ciflc appropriation within the depart
ment or the independent establishment.
Such a procedure will add economy
Continued on Page 3, Column D.
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JOSEPH LETTER NEAR
DEATH OF PNEUMONIA
Capitalist and Sportsman, "a, at
Chicago Home-Family Shield.
ing Illness Details.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 9.-JoSeph Letter,
"a, capitalist and sportsman, is near
death at his Chicago home from
pneumonia
A member of the family tonight de-
clined to reveal details of the multi
mllionaire's illness, but stated his con-
dition is exceedingly grave. He has
been Ill for several weeks, it was said.
tut his condition became critical only
recently.
Letter is the son of the late Levi
Letter, pioneer Chicago merchant who
was the partner of Marshall Field in
the latter's first business venture. He
Is widely known as racing enthusiast
and maintains a home in Washington,
d. c., as we'll as here.
year ago. Letters stewardship of
his fathers $30,000,0O0 estate was up-
held in Appellate Court in an attack
upon 1t by his sister, Lady Marguerite
HYDE. and his nieces, Lady CYNTHIA
Mosley and Lady Alexandra Metcalf,
daughters OF the late Lady Mary
Cur1on.
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MYSTERY LASTS 81 YEARS

PHILADELPHIA. April 9 LP.-An
attempt to solve a mystery almost 80
years old was begun today by Miss
Esther MCGOWAN of Pittsburgh, who
came here to learn who abandoned her
in this city on July 81, 1900.
Records show that when she was 9
years old she was found in the Mana
yunk section by a special policeman
and placed by agents of children's
aid society In st. Joseph's Home for
Orphan Children.
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BEAR TRADERS ARE JOLTED
BY SUMMONS FROM SENATE
FURRY to Cover Short Contracts Follows
Sudden News of Inquiry, but Stubborn
Liquidation Still Progresses.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April Stock market
bears, who were complacently beginning
to believe that the threat of senatorial
investigation had been bluff, received
jolt today.
There was brief but feverish furry
to cover short contracts when the stock
market opened, as bears had learned
overnight that the investigation was
actually to begin on Monday.
But nothing in the nature of bear
stampede occurred. and after stocks
had been bid UP 81 to SIS o share in
the first few minutes It became ap-
Evening star., 1932-04-10

parent that the stubborn liquidation of
the past several days was still in prog
ress, and advances were more than
half lost. Many prominent shares, how
ever. closed with gains of 81 to 81 or
more.
In the meantime, the Stock Exchange
was busily preparing the information
which Richard Whitney, president of
the exchange, was requested to provide
when he appears as the first witness
before the Senate Committee on Bank
ing and Currency on Monday.
The exchange ordered all members TO
submit detailed reports of short ac-
counts, including names OF owners,
Continued on Page 2, Column SD
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Butler Would Invite
Whole u. S. Senate
To Visit Home State
BY the Associated Press.

oy Tic ASSVCldbC0 EEGsb.
BELLEFONTE, Pa, April g.
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler,
campaigning for the Republican
senatorial nomination, declared
here today that II elected he
would invite the entire United
States Senate to Pennsylvania to
learn why so many thousands of
its workers are jobless.
zone trip through Pennsyl-
vania," said Butler, will give the
Senate splendid idea of what
is wrong with the whole United
States. They will learn that de-
spite all the intense interest in
balancing the national budget
nothing has been accomplished
toward balancing the budgets of
vast army of those who are
looked to by the national budget
balancers to supply the taxes"
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HAWAII WILL RELY
ONLOCAL AL|EN|STS
Prosecution Ready for De-
tense Move in MaSSie Case.
Trial to Be Speeded.
By the Associated Press.


HONOLULU, April 9-The prosecu-
ton in the trial of Mrs. Granville For
tescue and three Navy men accused of
lynching Joseph Kahahawai made known
today it was ready for any move by the
defense to bring alienists into the case
when the trial is resumed Monday.
John c. Kelley, public prosecutor, said
II it were necessary for the Territory
to introduce the testimony of aiienists
he would rely on DR.. Robert Faus and
DR.. S. D. Porteus, local psychologists.
DR., Edward Huntington Williams and
DR.. James Orbison, Los Angeles alien
lists, arrived here shoftly after the open
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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Negotiators for Money Identified
Themselves as Actual Persons
Who Stole COlOneTs Son.
L. S. TREASURY ISSUES LETTER
IN EFFORT TO TRACE CURRENCY
Norfolk Intermediates Declare New De-
velopment Is Not Connected With
Negotiations Conducted by Them.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N j. April 9-Co A Lindbergh through
State police tonight authorized that ransom of
$500O0 paid to the kdnapers properly identified
such their
abouts of the baby but the desig
mated"
Several days permitted the statement to
give the dnapers
was not intended to use the number the species
ransom was paid but naSmuh the kdnapes
their agreement
paid is felt that remaining
accomplish the return of the baby end the
ton of the Federal Government tracing the bills
used"
The statement signed byCol schwarzkopf for
Col. Lndbergh.
Serial Numbers Circulated.
Earlier in the day Washington that circular
nearly go giving the serial currency and
of S. $40 $40
the country by the Treasury asking that the
bills
information however withheld by press associations
the Lindbergh search if published
The circular directed chiefly
amounts OF money the counter
Walter O. Woods Treasurer of the United States.
bills otalng $5OOoO Half twenes
in hves - '
The circular said:
april g. 1882
TO the President
There is ncloSed list certain United
states notes OF the SIS denomination United States
eral Reserve notes of the $40 denomination
If OF the listed is received
be appreciated will take note of the
received and Immediately notify the
States, Washington, D. c., telegraph.
VERY truly yours ~ - -.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
STlMS0N RECUPERATlNG
FROM FLUENZA ATTACK
Dinner to Be Given by Master of
Liner Is Postponed at Sec
retary's Request.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD S. S. ISLE DE FRANCE.
April e.-Secretary of State Stimson,
bound for Europe and the Disarmament
Conference at Geneva, denied himself
to visitors today and rested in his state
room, recuperating from an attack OF
influenza.
Capt. Blancart, master of the liner,
was to have been host at dinner tonight
to Mr.. Stimson, Norman Davis, his as
sistant, and other members of the
American delegation, but the Secretary
asked that it be postponed.
Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary
Of State and now q member of the
World Court, is also a passenger. He
was up early this morning 70 enjoy q
cool, sunny day.
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BRIDGE GAME DEPLORED

Too Much of a Habit Says Iowa
Mission Society.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 9 Dr.
Bridge was condemned today because
of the ''vitiating hold it gets on the in
dividuals time and attitude" by the
Women's Missionary Society of the Iowa
Lutheran Conference.
The resolution "deplored and sin
cerely regretted" the existence of the
game.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
TODAY'S STAR
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General News-Local National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Page B-6.
The Home Gardener-Page B-5.
PART TWO-S PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
News of the Clubs-Page 6.
American Legion-Page 6.
Naval ReServes-Page 6.
Serial Story, Martins Summer
Page 6.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 6.
Marine Corps News-Page 6.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page 6.
Y. w. c. A. News-Page 7.
w. c. T. U. Notes-Page 8.
PART THREE PAGES.
Society Section
Women in Official Life-Page 8.
Kathleen Norris Article-Page g.
PART FOUR-8 PAGES.
Amusement Section-Stage, Screen,
Music and Radio.
Music NewS-Page 3.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Radio-Page 5.
Aviation-Page 6.
Disabled American Veterans-Page 6.
Organized Reserves-Page 6.
Army and Navy News-Page 7.
Y. M. c. A. News-Page 7.
District National Guard-Page 7.
Fraternities-Page 7.
Public Library-Page 8.
PART FIVE- PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX-I2 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver-
tislng.
D. A. r. Activities-Page IL.
Parent-Teacher Activities-Page IL.
Community Centers-Page IL.
PART SEvEN-2O PAGES.
Magazine Section.
Notes OF Arts and Artists-Page IA.
Reviews OF New Books-Page Is.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 16.
Bridge Forum-Page II.
The Boys and Girls Page-Page 18.
HlghlightS of History-Page 10.
Those Were the Happy Days-Page 20.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
/ World Events in Pictures.
C0LORED SECTIONS PAGES.
| Keeping Up With the Joneses; Tarzan;
| Mr. and Mrs; The Timid Soul; Moon
| Mullins; Reg'lar Fellers; Little Or
phan Annie, and Mutt and Jeffs
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~ HE following statement was is
sued last night at the conclu-
sion of the Presidents confer

| HE following statement was is
sued last night at the conclu-
sion of the Presidents confer
ence with the E C o n m y
Committee of the House of
Representatives:
AS a result of mutual exchange of
views by the administration and the
Economy Committee, the following
was tentatively agreed upon as ma
tional economy program.
The total of the savings so far ar
rived at would amount to somewhere
from $l60 100000 to $2l0,000,000. This
does not include the savings to be made
from consultations (group p nor from
reductions in appropriations GROUP 81
The conferences will continue.
Reductions in expenses require ac-
ton in three directions:
Glass l. The amendment or repeal of
existing laws which would prevent the
realization of savings.
Class 2. Legislation for the reorgan-
ization and consolidation of Govern
ment functions, so as to eliminate
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WEATHER.

CU s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy, probably preceded by rain TO-
day; tomorrow possibly rain; not much
change in temperature
Temperature Highest, AZ, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, 43, at 10 pm. yester-
day. Full report on page 7.
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COLORED SECTIONS PAGES.
Keeping Up With the Joneses; Tarzan;
Mr.. and Mrs, The Timid Soul Moon
Mullins; Reg'lar Fellers; Little Or
phan Annie, and Mutt and JEFF.
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Up Means Associated Press.
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PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
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Continued on Page IA, Column /,
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PART SEVEN-2O PAGES.

GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-19

his last chance in the majors. He knows he must reform his habits and attitude toward the game or pass into the bush leagues.
 There is no questioning that he is a smart and competent. mounds man. There is nothing the matter with his arms, and I am counting on him
 Van Mungo, the youngster from Hartford, already has impressed me with his speed and delivery. I wouldn't be surprised if the big righthander earns himself a regu- lars berth. I elso like the work of Art Jones and Larry Mattingly, also righthandars from Hartford.
 Vance Working Hard
 With this outlook for added strength and the fact that Dazzy Vance is working harder than he ever did before to get into real condition, my worries over the staff have diminished materially since last winter.
 Another source of qualification has been the way Glenn Wright lhas been working out at shortstop Hell be in there this season. Bob- by Reis, a later conner from Hart l ford, has been looking very good around third base. It is likely ht will start the season there.
 The fate of our club, I think
 rests in large way with our out field. If Babe Herman, Lefty O. Doul and Hack Wilson come nea, to duplicating their hard sluggins of 1880, we will be around the tol all of the way.
 Although our club must play
 few games against major opposi tion before I will be able to decid definitely on my men, one thing certain The boys will be in fin 1 condition, They ore working har and all have shown eagerness t carry out my training plans. The J have shown a world of potentis