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Evening star., 1932-11-24

that the taxpayers of the United States
are paving the cost of these armaments
abroad, which in future war may be
employed against u.s."
]. B, Shannon CDem0crat), Missouri
'I voted against granting the original
moratorium. know Of no reason 70
change my position" .a .,-t
Clarence Cannon lDemocrat, Mis-
souri-"Money to make loans was Sc
cured from the sale OF Liberty Bonds
The bends are still outstanding and the
United States pays its obigauons,~l00
cents snH the dollar.
,"If foreign taxpayers who got the
money and spent it, do not pay for the
bonds, American taxpayers must. Even
II the merits of the proposition war
ranted an extension, the alarming in
crease in deficit renders this wholly
impracticable."
Clay Stone Briggs Democrat, Texas
II am opposed to any extension, re-
duction or cancellation of governmental
debts owing by foreign countries to- the
United States. Further moratoria VIII
only encourage reputation.
IF the foreign countries do not pay
these obligations as installments fall
due, the American people will have te
assume another great financial burden
and pay off the Liberty Bonds issued
to make the $1,000 900, 900 loan"
Ross A. Collins (DemocraO. Missis-
sippi-"I am opposed to the. revision ot
the debts due the United States by the
debtor nations"
(Copyright, 1892, by North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1932-11-24

debt funding commission would be
recommended by Mr.. Hoover, TO Con-
gress and would lie there uracted upon.
perhaps, until the closing weeks OF the
present session, when, II Mr.. Roosevelt
desires, the commission will be created.
It does look as If authority to ne
gotiate with foreign. goyernn1ents on
the debt problem may be given In some
other form when Instructions are sent
to the delegates to the World Economic
Conference Mr.. Hoover undoubtedly
will consult with Mr.. Roosevelt again
If united front on foreign policy be-
comes necessary through any action OF
a foreign government; but the events
Of the last "a hours have cleared the
air so far as December IS Is concerned,
leaving the whole dept problem still up
to Mr. Roosevelt. with q choice on his
part either to influence the Democratic
House of Representatives in the short
session or else to postpone decision
until an extra session shall have been
called, some time in 1888.
Meanwhile, Congress undoubtedly will
approve the concession to permit pay
ment IN foreign currency. If guaran-
teed. Speaker Garner has announced
his acceptance of the idea and this Is
taken to mean that President elect
Roccevelt concurred in 1t at the Wed
nesday conference at the White House.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-11-24
CLEOPATRA'S JEWELS
ARE REPORTED FOUND
Count Byron de Prorok Claims Dis.
covery of 800 Emeralds in
Ruins of Palace.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 24.-Count
Byron de Prorok returned to this coun-
try from Egypt yesterday and told of
having found 300 emeralds in the ruins
of the Summer palace Of Cleopatra,
near Alexandria.
The count said he was sure they were
the first intimate possessions Of the
Egyptian Queen ever unearthed.
Some of the emeralds," he said,
"were only fraction Of a carat, while
others were IS carats. Some were sep
arated, but most of them were CO.
mingled in jewelry set with garnets
and comedians"
IT realize" said the count, that my
work as an explorer often had been
under attack. Why not? I started
when I was 10 and now am only "a.
In science, as we'll as in other walks
of life, the achievements Of the young
are challenged"
Count de Prorok formerly was the
son-in-law of William F. Kenney.
wealthy New York contractor. His
marriage to Alice Josephine Kenney
ended in divorce in Paris in 1927.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
ROOSEVELT. GREETS
|. PARALYSIS VICTIM
President Not Too Busy
to Talk to Miss Pauline
MurrelI.

Although every minute of his time
was in demand before he left Wash
ington yesterday President-elect Roose-
velt was not too busy to pause and
greet young woman who, like himself,
has successfully battled infantile paral-
ysi.
Miss Pauline Murrell a number of
years ago was stricken with paralysis
of the same kind the New York Gov
ernor suffered. She spent several years
at Warm Springs, Ga. where Gov.
Roosevelt helped establish the Warm
Springs Foundation. After nearly
three years of treatment in the South,
Miss Murrell came here much improved.
The President-elect had scores of re-
quests for appointments yesterday be-
fore leaving for the South, but he
stopped everything else to say few
cheerful words to Miss Murrell when
she called.
Evening star., 1932-11-24

The text of President-elect Roose-
velt's statement on the question OF war
debts during his visit here follows:
MY conferences with the President
and with leaders Of my party have been
most Illuminating and useful. I wish
to express my appreciation Of the op-
portun.ty thus afforded me.
cat this time I wish to reaf1irm my
position on the questions that have been
the principal subjects OF cur discussions.
"As to the debt payments due De-
cember Is, find no justification for
modifying my statement to the Presi-
dent on November IA, when pointed
out that the immediate questions raised
By the British, French and other notes
create a responsibility which rests upon
those now vested with executive and
legislative authority
with regard to general policies re-
specting these debts. I firmly believe In
the principle that an individual debtor
chould at sll times have access to the
creditor: that he should have oppor-
tunity to lay facts and representations
before the creditor. and that the credi-
tor always should give courteous, sympa-
thetic and thoughtful consideration to
such facts and representations.
Rule Applies to Nations.
This is a rule essential to the preser-
walton of the ordinary relationships OF
life. 1t is a basic obligation of civiliza-
ton. 1t applies to nations as well as to
individuals
"The principle calls for free access by
the debtor to the creditor. Each case
should be considered in the light OF the
conditions and necessities peculiar TO
the case of each nation concerned.
"I find myself in complete accord
with four principles discussed in the
conference between the President and
myself and set forth in a statement
which the President has issued.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
ELECTS HIMSELF HEAD
OF PARK COMMISSION
Knoxville Man Has Deciding Vote
in Great Smoky Mountains
Group Meeting.

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, November "a
Voting for himself after one roll call
had ended without any candidate re-
ceiving the necessary majority, George
Dempster Of Knoxville yesterday was
elected chairman of Tennessee's Great
Smoky Mountains Park Commission.
The first roll call gave Dempster
three votes to two for David c. Chap
man of Knoxville, former chairman.
Temporary Chairman James A. Trent
suggested that ''one of, you will have
to vote for yourself" Whereupon
Dempster cast the necessary ballot.
Chapman passed on the second roll
call.
The commission has been without
a permanent presiding officer since
Trent's election as temporary chair
man shortly after Gov. Horton reor-
ganized it recently by appointing five
new members and reappointing two old
ones.
Failure to name q permanent chair
man in several meetings has drawn
criticism from United States park Off
cials, and one, Arno B. Camerer, said
in a recent interview that. due to the
chaotic condition" Of the commission
he could "see no reason" for going
forward with the Federal reads pro-
Gram
Evening star., 1932-11-24
FRANCE READY TO PAY.
Parliamentary Complications on Ques-
ton are Brewing, However.

PARIS, November "a (P.-France ap-
peared ready today to make the De-
cember payment in war debt interest
to the United States if Great Britain
met her obligation in Washington on
that date, but parliamentary complica-
tions were brewing.
Premier Edouard Herriot was repre-
sented as prepared to stake the fate Of
his government in Parliament on the
point. He failed to attend a meeting of
the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Com
mittee yesterday, and the committee
postponed discussion of the debt issue.
This was taken as sign Of confidence.
But, Deputy Franklin Bouillon, for
example, expressed astonishment that
the committee had taken no action, de-
claring the question was now a parlia
mentary one in France as well as Great
Britain.
Newspapers said they had learned a
big majority of the Chamber was op-
posed to payment Of the December in
terest Some deputies were insistent
that the premier take no decisive step
without a parliamentary mandate,
The premier and Lord Tyrell, the
British Ambassador, talked for some
time yesterday, presumably about the
debt question.
Excelsior, usually a well informed
newspaper, said,, 1T seems impossible
under the circumstances that debtor
governments will not consult together
on technical measures to be adopted to
prevent transfer of such important
sums without the commercial counter
part affecting too severely their eco
nomic and financial balance"
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Roosevelt Debt Statement ]
Presidenf-Elect Opposes Dealing Collectively With
Nations and Denies Relationship
With Reparations. h-.r.

These are:
/. These debts were actual loans
made under the distinct understanding
and with the intention that they would
be paid.
2. In dealing with the debts each
government has been and is to be con-
sidered individually and all dealings
with each government are independent
of dealings with any other debtor gov
ernment. In no case should we deal
with the debtor governments col
lectively. g.. a~..a..
Separate From Reparations.
8. Debt settlements made In each
case take into consideration the capacity
to pay of the individual debtor nations.
4. The indebtedness of the various
European nations to our Government
has no relation whatsoever to repara-
tions payments made or owed to them.
Once these principles of the debt re-
lationshipS are established and recog-
nized, the methods by which contacts
between cur Government and the debtor
nations may be provided are matters OF
secondary Importance. ,H
My view is that the most convenient
and effective contacts can be made
through the existing agencies and con-
stituted channels of diplomatic inter-
course. No action by the Congress has
limited or can limit the constitutional
power of the President to carry on dip
lomatic contacts or conversations with
foreign governments. The advantage of
this method of maintaining contacts
with foreign governments is that any
one of the debtor nations may at any
time bring to the attention of the Gov
ernment of the United States new con-
ditions and facts affecting any phase of
its indebtedness.
1t, is equally true that existing debt
agreements are unalterable save by con-
gressional action.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
i. .S.MARkNG,HNE
/. ON DEBT QUESTION
& :. +-s - y
Next Step Up to Europe.
Leaders Here Put Ban on
tIt1%f 4E t%.t7f
Wholesale Review.
Continued From First Page.)

after an extraordinary meeting Of con-
gressional leaders at the White House.
Immediately there followed a chorus
OF mixed appreciation and opposition.
One Senator and Representative after
another declared against commission
to review the debts. The same men.
however, expressed approval Of Mr..
Hoover's stand against further mora
tortum or cancellation.
Some congressional leaders told Pres
ident Hoover at the White House con-
ference that he already had power to
negotiate or set UP commission such
as he proposed to negotiate with the
foreign powers. The same view was
echoed later by other prominent mem
bers Of Congress on Capitol Hill who
did not attend the meeting, but in ad-
mtnistration quarters 1t was held that
the Executive had no such power.
Speaker Garner, who led the Demo-
cratic contingent into the cabinet room
conference, and later into parley with
Mr.. Roosevelt, reiterated In public be-
lief expressed by several at both meet
ings.
LET them defauIt?" he exclaimed in
answer to questions. who said they
would default? They won't
Suggestion; on Payments.
Following his direct declaration that
mo facts have been presented by the
debtor governments which would justi-
fy' suspension of the December Is pay.
ments, Mr. Hoover inserted a sugges.
ton that in some instances payments
in foreign currencies rather than doll
lars be accepted temporarily.
When foreign cllrrenciPs have Ia
preciated and there has been general
fall Of trade, he said, payments in dole
lars in some instances might not be
possible without losses on both sides-s
He propoed that the instalimentS
might be made in foreign currencies,
with transfers to be effected from
time to time as the situation of the
exchanges permits, Of course, with guar.
antees as to the values of such cur.
rencieS.''
IF any such circumstances exist and
are called to the attention of this Gov
eminent" he added, "I shall transmit
them to Congress for prompt considera-
tion, but I must insist that existing
agreements be respected until they have
been mutually modified by duly au-
thorized representatives of the govern.
ments affected" IA -t ~
Speaker Garner said later that In
the cabinet room conference, Mr.. Hoo
yer and Secretary of the Treasury Mills
had spoken of guarantees that the ex-
changes be made up within 80 or so
days on the face value Of the dollar.
IT don't see any great objection to
that" Garner said, because we don't
lose anything and the foreign govern
ments won't gain anything except pos
sibly q little interest"
Other of the congressional leaders
who attended the cabinet room meet
ton to this plan.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
GROWS
IN WAR DEBT POLL
Members of Congress Against
Changing of Present
U. S. Attitude.

The poll conducted by the North
American Newspaper Alliance to de-
termine the attitude of Senators and
Representatives toward an extension of
the Hoover moratorium on war debts
has brought additional answers, which
are given here. Earlier replies from
members of Congress have been pre-
sented in articles appearing in The
Star Another will be printed to-
morrow.
Burton L. French (Republican)
Idahc-"The United States has been
most generous in the matter of in
debtedness. AS moratorium on in
teress or principal due from foreign
countries would be taken by them as
a prelude to cancellation, I am opposed
to moratorium and cancellation"
w. w. Hastings (DemocraO, Okla
homa-"I am opposed to any further
cancellation, reduction or. postpone
ment Of principal or interest on foreign
Evening star., 1932-11-24
ITALY's STAND DOUBTFUL.
Fascism Council Adjourns After Three
Az Hour Session.

+ - Aho1A Nr<AoANhe
ROME. November "a R.-Taly's
problem Of whether or not to pay the
war debt TO the United States was as
doubtful as ever early today after ad-
journment of the second night session
this week Of the grand council Of Fas-
cism.
Premier Mussolini again spoke length
lily, but after a three-hcur session the
meeting adjourned until December S.
The present and former ministers of
finance, Guido Jung and Alberto de
Stefani, respectively, again discussed the
situation, and Minister Dino Grand
wss here from London. He also spoke.
An official announcement gave out
only the names of those in attendance,
and said Premier Mussolini and eight
others spoke on "the internal and in
ternational situations"
Although the grand council sessions
were secret. it was known that Monday
night, when Mussolini spoke two hours,
he gave no indication of any decision
about the debts, but presented a pic
ture Of conditions in every country as
background to the discussion.
Newspapers have been carrying dis
cussions and continuous reports of the
Hoover Roosevelt conference and con-
gressional reaction in the United States,
but nowhere have indicated the Italian
position since week ago, when several
papers announced that Italy would be
sending note requesting postponement,
which later was officially denied.
The government has argued consist
emily for cancellation of both repara-
tions and war debts, viewing them as
interlinked, in contrast with Mr.. Hoo
ver's reiteration that they should be
regarded separately.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
NEIGHBORS TAKE DAY OFF.
Quiet and Informal Greeting Arranged
at Warm Springs.

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, November "a
up. - Neighbors Of President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt took Thanksgiv-
ing day off to welcome him to his little
white six-Poom cottage in the pines.
The plan was to extend him a quiet
and informal greeting, and patients at
the Warm Spring Foundation, where
he comes for rest and recreation, were
released from routine for the occasion.
A feet of approximately 10 automo-
biles was designated to meet the New
Yorker at the train to escort him to
his cottage.
The cottage has been redecorated and
made ready for his arrival, Oak logs
were lighted in the fireplaces.
Gov. Roosevelt planned to join pa
tients and trustees of the foundation II
a Thanksgiving dinner. He has sched-
uled an address before the Meriwether
County Forestry Association November
20 as his only public speech.
Evening star., 1932-11-24

provided are matters of secondary i'm
portance.
HMy view is that the most convenient
and effective contacts can be made
through the existing agencies and con-
stituted channels of diplomatic inter-
course.
mo action by the Congress has linn
tied or can limit the constitutional
power of the President to carry on dip
lomatic contacts or conversations With
foreign governments.
Informal. Talks Held.
1.-THE advantage of this method Of
maintaining contacts with foreign govr
ernments Is that any one OF the debtor
nations may at any time bring to the
attention of the Government of the
United States new conditions and facts
affecting any phase of its Indebtedness. :"
The statement was the fruit that ma
tured from two days of active discussion
of the question in the Capital, first in
a historic meeting with President Hoo
yer at the White House, and then in a
series of informal talks with Demo
cratic leaders at his hotel.
One of his callers just before he left
the Capitol Senator Swanson of Vir-
ginia, delegate to the last disarma-
ment conference, had expressed a SIM
liar view, along with several other of
the congressional leaders who visited the
President-elect Swanson had said
bluntly that If the debtor nations had
any proposal to make, they should make
it and 1t should be presented to Con-
gress for action He did not believe
the present Congress would approve the
creation of a group to make new study
Of the debt problem.
Four Advisors Abroad.
In the formulation of his statement
Of general policies on war debts, Mr.
Roosevelt had at hand four advisors on
board the train. They were Bernard M
Baruch, Charles Nicholson, publicity
manager for the Democratic National
Committee; Prof. Raymond Moley and
Louis M. Howe. Baruch, New York
banker, and Nicholson left the train at
Lynchburg few minutes after the
Statement had been given to the news
| paper men. Moley, the advisor who
! sat with the President-elect in the con-
ference with President Hoover, and
Howe, an old friend and associate OF the
New York Governor, continued with him
| to Warm Springs.
The schedule of Mr.. Roosevelt placed
him in Warm Springs IN ample time fol-
| the annual Thanksgiving dinner given
by the board Of trustees OF the Warm
Springs Foundation. He expected to
spend the next several days In complete
relaxation with few callers to invade the
quiet of the pine-sheltered cottages that
fringe the grounds OF the Warm Springs
institution.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
PASSING OF MEXICO CITY
MULE CAR is MOURNED
Buses Prove More Efficient in
Handling Small Traffic, in
Capitals Suburbs.

MEXICO CITY DIN Mexico, as
everywhere, the march Of progress
brings qualms to the lovers of old-fash-
ioned things. Therefore many an old
timer felt like shedding a tear today
on reading death notices that dolefully
announced the passing Of the last mule
drawn street car in the metropolis.
"Tranvi& de mulitas" goes to the
barn today, its last trip ended. The
car has been running on the Granada
spur in the suburbs. For more than 81
years this method Of transit was an IN
stitution whereabouts. But busses proved
better able to take care of the small
traffic.
So up went the funeral notices, which
carried the notation: please do not
send flowers"
Evening star., 1932-11-24
LANDLADY KEEPS ORDER

PARSONS, w. Va, R.-One word
led to another between Miles Helmlck
and his star boarder, George Lantz,
until the air was full of fists. Neigh
bors shrieked for police. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Helmick arrived. When police
came the combatantS had already been
knocked out with q poker. The land
lady explained "ThereIl be no fighting
in this house"
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Share Madrid Taxi Trade

MADRID Cp).-To cut down depres-
sion in the taxi trade, cab owners
here have given each vehicle a letter
dencting a week day which Is forced
day of. Arrest and fine is the penalty
for any driver caught hustling for fares
On his day of non n-conpetitiOn.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
JUDGE ORDERS ALIMoNY
Student who Suggested Scale Must
Work II Necessary.

OAKLAND, Calf. November "a R.-
Almony can't be engineered, Supreme
Judge Leon e. Gray ruled. Floyd Nash,
graduate student In engineering. said
he had figured the ,alimony question
out by scale thus: At present, nothing;
SIS . month when monthly income
reaches S75; $50 month when in
come exceeds SIS. Judge Gray ordered
Nash to pay his wife, Dorothy, seeking
divorce, $40 now and hereafter, and II
he wasn't able to do it while studying
engineering to quit studying and 60 TO
work .tt4tH
Evening star., 1932-11-24

any cancellation, extension or postpone
ment of any part of the war debts,
principal or interest"
Grant e. Mouser. jr., (Republican) /,
Ohio-"I am absolutely opposed to any
postponement or further revision of war
debts. I believe that at least several
European nations are abe to. pay and
the United States needs money in order
that no further burden of taxes may
be placed upon the people. I will op--
pose strongly any effort in debate and
BY vote. to postpone payment or to re-
wise agreements already made for pay
ment."
M. ii. Thatcher (RepubHcan), Ken
tucky-"I am against the cancellation
or any further extension of moratorium
on debts due us from foreign nations.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
CO-EDS'; ;REAS0NS VARY
FOR GOING TO COLLEGE
Only Half of Survey List Say Edu-
cation Is Aim-Social Asset
Claim of Some.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 24.-In an
effort to discover why co-eds go to COL
lege, the New York University Daily
News conducted a confidential survey
and only half those interviewed said
they had come In quest Of education
Many answered that they were seek
ing good time.
Three blushing co-eds, the paper re-
ported, said their parents thought every
girl should have higher education as
a social asset
The majority OF the freshmen and
sophomores at the School of Commerce
Accounts and Finance said it was
more fun to go to college than tc
work"
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Italy Curbs Roastful Ads.

ROME R).-Hotels, theaters and like
establishments which advertise them
selves as the largest, best or most
luxurious In Italy have been "re-
quested" by the. government tourist
office to abandon the superlatives and
leave the verdict to the Judgment OF
clients. The request" amounts to an
order
Evening star., 1932-11-24

IL Why WAoiA w NS
fault, let them do
it, but the next
time they come to
us for loans we
shall profit by our
experiences a. n d
keep our money at
home. II we had
the $10,500, 900, 900
loaned them, we
would today he on
easy street and not
in the middle OF a
blind alley. AS
t he Sc d e b t o r
coun tries are
spending billions of
dollars for new
armies and navies,
A. -ok AGnnf DC
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Missing Child Found,
Was Asleep in Auto
When 1t w as Stolen

sBy the Associated Press.
4 DALLAS, Tex, November "a
Police were advised today that an
unnamed man had found Paul
Tanner, 2 years old. missing
since last night and that he was
being returned to his parents
home.
The baby, son of Mrs. r. B.
Tanner of Irving. Tex. was
asleep in a motor car which was
stolen when Mrs. Tanner left 1t
a few minutes to run into the
house Of a sister.