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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
Mellon Offers so PC. Tax

CAMDEN N. j., July 13.-Andrew
w. Mellon, former secretary OF the
treasury. is offering to settle his de-
linquei1t taxes owing here at SO cents
on the dollar. He owns property here
taxed at $4,000. AS Millionaire Sec
rotary Of the treasury he returned
millions to other magnates so he
thinks Camden should do the same
for him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
Smiths New Job

NEW YORK, July 13-Al Smith,
Tammany politician and so-ner gov
ernor, was elected a member of the
board Of directors of the New York
Life Insurance Co. yesterday. He
succeeds George M. Reynolds, Chi
cago banker, who retired because of
i'll health. He doesn't have anything
to do other than attend meetings for
which he gets $50 each and $40 for
each committee meeting he attends.
He does not depend upon this in
come for living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
More Newark job SIashes

NEWARK, July 13.-Throwing city
employees out of work continued yes
terday as the finance director laid
eff So workers in his department.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-14
Will TAKE UP WORKERS
STRUGGLE CODES AT The
JULY Is CONFERENCE
Shoe and Fur Programs Among Proposals at
Meeting to Defend Trade Unions

NEW YORK,-The conference of the trade unions and
workers organizations take place this Saturday July 18TH
at Webster Hall at l pm, to plan the united campaign
against the Recovery Slavery Act will have concrete
to propose It will hear the codes formulated by
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COOL APARTMENT-East 18th st. Sublet
all or part. one-haif usual rental. In
quirc 3. D. 10 Daily Worker.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
ENGINEER SAW SIGNALS.
Knew Track Was Not Clear, Erie Vice
President Declares.


President Declares.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 6 (P).
Vice President r. E. Woodruff of the
Erie Railroad said the engineer of the
milk train which plowed last night
into a waiting passenger flyer near
Binghamton, N. Y, was aware that
he did not have a clear track.
Erie officials made no direct refer
ence in their statement on the wooden
coach sandwiched in between steel
coaches, but asserted that the passen-
ger train was equipped with all steel
under frame"
"Eastbound passenger train No. g."
Woodruff said, consisting of eight bag
gage, mail, express, coaches and parlor
cars, all steel under frame, was stopped
by an automatic signal because of a
stock train just ahead clearing the main
track.
THE rear marker lights on the
standing passenger train could be seen
for a mile. The fagman of the pas
senger train was out and tagging. The
air brakes on the milk train were in
good working order
1.-THE engineer of the milk train had
admitted seeing the signals of the
standing passenger train and the flag
man of the passenger train and cannot
explain the accident.
This is the first train accident on
the Erie Railroad in which passengers
lost their lives in IA years"
Woodruff said H. j. Bordwell, general
manager of the Erie's Eastern division,
was on the scene of the wreck continp-
ing the roads investigation and super
vising operations.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

disclosed he anticipates the nations will
raise no serious objections to the French
plan of supervision Of armaments, pro-
vided 1t Is linked with q real arms re-
duction agreement.
Following his conference with the
foreign secretary, Ambassador Devis
lunched with United States Ambassador
Robert w. Bingham. He expects to rest
for the next few days awaiting the re-
turn Of Premier Macdonald from Scot
land.
It was learned at the Davis head
quarters that United States support Of
the supervision scheme will be main
tanned. only II extensive reduction Of
weapons Is assured at the end Of the
supervision period. Mr.. Davis Is repre-
sented as feeling it would be q grave
mistake II the United States would
agree to permit inspections of its arms
II possibility of an armament race
would follow. It was pointed out that
Germany takes q similar stand.
He is being joined here by Hugh r.
Wilson. United States Minister to
Switzerland. 49, ..e
Evening star., 1933-09-06
j, s. AIDE Of IDLE
HELD INADEQUATE
Administrator Hopkins Says
Drop in Funds Exceeds
Drop in Demand.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Harry L. Hopkins, Federal emergency
relief administrator, today told a press
conference the whole picture of the
unemployment situation from top to
bottom shows inadequate relief"
Releasing figures showing drop OF
80 per cent in the number Of families
depending on public relief and a de-
cline of 1913 per cent in the amount
June, Hopkins said this meant "the
people in need are not living off the
fat of the land through relief"
Much Money Seen Needed.
He added the Government was putting
up from SIS to so per cent of relief
money now and "if the adequacy busi-
ness is stepped up as it should be it's
going to cost us lot more money"
He believed. however, that the Fed
eral fund of $500 1000 900, Of which more
than s150,00o,000 already has been
granted to the States. probably would
further appropriation would be
sought.
July relief expenditures, including
Federal, State and local, amounted to
$59, 100000 compared with $66,000,000
the preceding month The number of
families aided was 3,464,000 against
3,779,OO0.
Hopkins ascribed the drop in money
spent to both inadequate funds in the
States and cities and the lowering of
relief costs in Summer months.
Sugar Beet Fields.
Hopkins said he would give further
attention soon to the situation in the
Western sugar beet fields, where he said
an "unconscionable number of workers
were on relief and working in the fields,
too"
"This shows that earnings cannot
support them," he said. I'VE are going
to have some more meetings right away
to see what can be done"
The table made public by Hopkins
showed New York spent more than any
other State for relief in July, with SILL
228,641. Wyoming spent the least-$31,-
211.
Pennsylvania led in the number of
families helped, 387,257, and Nevada
had the smallest number, 1,703.
The amount given each family was
highest In Rhode Island, $23.54. The
lowest was in Mississippi, 1896.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

was no Federal law against this, but
that the commission had recommended
annually for years that steel cars be
used exclusively as a safety measure.
The latest record of the Interstate
Commerce Commission listed SO wooden
construction passenger coaches for the
Erie Railroad.
The record, as of last December 81,
also showed the road as operating in
passenger traffic five combination pas
senger cars" and one car claSsed under
the type 'other passenger train cars"
The Erie, on that date. operated $50
steel coaches and 181 steel underframe
coaches.
The same record showed 81 wooden
construction coaches for the Pennsyl-
vania, with two additional combina-
ton passenger cars and six baggage
ana express cars. That line used on
that date, 2,501 steel construction
coaches and no steel underframe
coaches.
The New York Central was listed
for no wooden coaches. six wooden COM
bination passenger cars and six wooden
baggage and express cars. Its passenger
equipment included 1851 steel coaches
and 256 steel underframe coaches.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
What's What
Behind News
in Capital.
Cost of the New Deal
Hidden by Maze
of Figures
BY PAUL MALLON.

Y you never hear much about Wnat
" the new deal is costing.
One reason is that exact
i figures are not available. The
double entry budget system has
the statisticians dizzy. 1t keeps even
the dealers from knowing day to day
how they stand in dollars and cents.
The most intelligent totaling on the
subject was obtained by an ambitious
reporter at the Treasury Department.
He spent days collecting inside estimates
and juggling them.
His deduction was that the expenses
contemplated for this year run around
seven billion dollars.
Budgets Total S7,161, 100000.
You can arrive at that figure by tax
ing the ordinary budget as q starter II
you can find it. 1t is around $2,773,-
100000. The emergency budget includes
So, 300, 900 900 for public works and
ST ,088 900 900 for various relief agencies
through the R. F. C. The total Of those
two emergency items is $4,388 100000.
Regular and emergency budgets
together make $7,161 900 900.
No one will agree with those figures
because there are lot of ifs and butts
mixed in with them. In general way,
however, they may be accepted as fair
estimate of this years proposed
spending.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Recent Wrecks
Many Casualties in Railway
Disasters in Four
Years.

BY the Associated Press.
March 20, 1929-Head-on collision
of two express trains at Drocourt, near
Parry Sound. Ontario; 20 killed.
July Is, 1929.-Stratton, Col. Pull
man car falls through bridge into
river; 10 dead.
August l8, 1929-Henrietta, Okla,
train runs into open switch; l3 dead.
November 80, l929.-Onley. Va, ex-
cursion train wrecked; 9 dead.
August 2, 1930-Near McNeal, Ark,
freight train collision: 8 killed.
August 81, 1930.-Osage Hills. Mo,
passenger train wrecked; 6 killed.
August 16, 1931.-Rome-V Vienna ex-
press crashed into freight; II dead.
January g. 1932.-Moscow, Russia,
collision: so dead.
September IA, 1S32-Algeria, Foreign
Legion troop train wrecked; SIS killed.
August 20, 1933.-Tucumcari, N.
Mex. wreck caused by storm; 8 dead
Evening star., 1933-09-06
GEORGIA RAINS HEAVY
IN WAKE OF HIGH WIND
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, September 6.-Heavy rains
on the Georgia coast came from the
storm which today was reported by the
Weather Bureau between Savannah and
Macon.
The storm came into Georgia from
the West Indies, after passing through
parts of Florida. Its center moved very
slowly during the past "a hours. Light
rains extended into Alabama and Ten
nessee.
Rainfall was heaviest near the coast,
Savannah reporting $50 inches during
the past "a hours. Augusta had 1.26
inches, Macon 1872 and Thomasville
1.12.
Temperatures were moderately low in
Northern Georgia this morning.
The Weather Bureau expected the
storm to move up along the Atlantic
Coast more rapidly today.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

stop He muttered something and kept
on going. Then I heard the milk train
coming and saw its light shooting ahead
down the track The brakeman had a
red lantern in his hand. He began
running like mad in the direction of
the milk train, waving his red lantern
and think white one. I got of the
track to watch.
Il didn't hear any squealing of
brakes-you know they Squeal like mur-
der when a train is stopping-and I
said, He doesn't see him 1 began to
run as fast as I could away from the
track The next thing I knew there
was an awful crash, like a mountain
falling down. I ran back to the pas
senger train then. Part of the cars
were piled up. like a heap of kindling
wood. I could hear people screaming
in agony, crying for help and yelling
other peoples names.
II began to pull people out of the
wreckage. One little boy was scream
ing for his mother. don't know how
many pulled out. haven't been able
to sleep a wink since, and I guess it'll
be a long while before I want to. I
can't get this thing out Of mind. 1t
was awful
Like Falling Mountain"
'It was like a mountain had fallen
on the train," related David Robinson,
colored, of Jersey City, veteran of many
years in the Pullman service.
Robinson was in the wooden combi-
nation chair and diner, which was tele-
scoped by the rear steel car.
Il was carrying cup of coffee down
the aisle when I was sent Sprawling
half the length Of the car" Robinson
said. For a long time didn't know
what had happened. When finally
regained my senses, I looked up and
saw that the car was nearly split apart,
a mass Of broken glass and timber.
MY first thought was of the only
other person in the car "a passenger,
M. C. Yoder of EndicotD. called to
some one came and took us out"
Mother Dead; Boy Escapes
Arthur Teskey, IL years old, escaped
the fate of his mother, Mrs. Arthur
Teskey of Susquehanna, Pa, one Of the
IA killed, by being in the wash room
of steel car.
"I had gone to the wash room Tor
q drink of water with another boy
whose name do not know" the grief
stricken lad said. There was q ter
rife crash. then persons screaming and
yelling. We were locked in. The i'm
pact had jammed the door tight.
I'VE were there for what seemed ages
when some rescuers heard our cries
and knocked down the door with an ak.
A water tank fell and narrowly missed
hitting us, but otherwise we didn't get
hurt"
"All of q sudden everything turned
black" was the description of a Mrs.
Horrigan of Susquehanna, who suffered
a wrenched, neck.
There was a violent shaking, the
lights went out and for long time all
was darkness. It was terrible. ALI
around out of the darkness came cries
Of the injured. Then realized there
had been a wreck.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Roosevelt Spends Less.


Roosevelt Spends Less.
Strange as it seems, Mr.. Roosevelt
actually spent less up to August 80 than
Mr.. Hoover had at that point in the
last fiscal year. Mr.. Hoover'S total was
$843 900 900 and Mr.. Roosevelt's $780,
100000 TOR the first one-sixth OF the
fiscal yekr
Likewae, Mr.. Roosevelt's emergency
relief program so far has cost less than
Mr.. Hoover's. The total Roosevelt out
lay for emergencies up to August 80
was $2i4 900. The main items In
rounds are: r. F. c., 100000 900;
public works, $46O00,00o; c. C. c..
$43 900 900, and Farmers, $15,000.000.
Last year Mr. Hoouer had spent
$262, 900 900 through the r. F. c.
The secret of Mr.. Roosevelt's ability
to spend more and yet spend less is
economy His adjusted service certificate
payments to August 30 were $50000, 900
instead of Mr.. Hoover's S100, 0,00o, 900.
Also the postal deficit is around $4,000,
instead Of Mr.. Hoover's $15,000,000.
But the public debt has mounted from
$40 900 ,OOO,OO at this time last year
to s23 900, ,O00,o0 now.
1t will be plenty more before we get
through the year.
N. r. A. Costs S330,000.
The N. R. A. cost only $3.50, 900 up
to August 80. The Tennessee Valley
Authority spent $64,000.
What the farm relief method is cost
ing Is a debateable subject. Different
items are strewn all over the balance
sheet. The listed emergency expense Is
around $15,0O0,000, of which $500. 900
went to the Farm Credit Administration
and $7112,0O0 to the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration. In addition,
the credit administration was allotted
$50 ,000,0 900 out of the general budget.
From the present looks of the bal
G1,ce sheet, the ordinary budget tDiH
shoto surplus this year. 1t tpiH be
substantial surplus If business i'm
proDement continues. That surplus
wiH be amplifed Dhen the Treas
ury cashes in on dollar deDdlud-
tion.
The influx Of liquor taxes around
December Is may permit some OF the
bad existing taxes to be modified be-
fore the congressional elections next
year. The boys will let the public debt
carry the hod
That will arouse lot of criticism
from Mr.. Roosevelt's opponents. They
will call it trick bookkeeping and it Is.
However, no one here has suggestion
how it could be done differently.
Plans to Pay Later On.
You cannot spend four billions and
more for emergency relief and take it
out Of the depleted pockets of the tax
payers now. They haven't that much
to be taken.
What all these figures boil down to
Is this:
Mr.. Roosevelt is carrying a modest
budget for regular Government ex-
penses. He has economical on 1t
strongly.
He hopes to spend ttDice as much
for recovery outside the budget. He
iDiH get the money by neD fnGnc-
ing. Very little of it has been
needed so far, because the ma
chinery had to be set up first.
He probably will not spend as much
as planned, but whatever he spends
will be added to the public debt.
He plans to pay off the debt in years
Of plenty.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
CONDEMNS REDS, NAZIS

SANTIAGO Chile, September g.
After two days Of debate, the Chamber
of Deputies last night approved reso-
luton condemning Communists and
Nazis as illegal revolutionary groups.
The resolution recommends that the
government take steps against the two
groups to prevent further activity or
to present projected law designed to
outlaw them.
Evening star., 1933-09-06


State Secretary Hull chose the two
easiest marks to start his tariff cam
paign. Brazil and Colombia send us
coffee. We usually get what we want
out Of them in the line Of tariffs by
threatening to put duty on coffee.
Argentina will be harder. She sends
us nothing but beef and wants our
tariff reduced. Every time that subject
is mentioned, howls pour in from the
cattle districts of the West. Also Great
Britain is straining to cop the Argen-
tine market. That makes our exports
to Argentina highly competitive.
If Hull is able to do anything about
Argentina, he Is Houdini.
If any one cares to know it, the reg
ular budget last year was 1854 ,000, 900,
with only the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in the emergency" class
outside.
Current figures on retail buying are
much better than had been expected.
They are not conclusive, but they hint
that increased prices have not fright
ened away customers. That is the big
thing now.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
ARRESTS LIKELY
IN WRECK; A DEAD
Nearly 100 Injured in Crash
on Erie Road at Bing-
hamt0n.
Continued From First Page.)

Graves, it was said that mo one here
has authority to talk
Normal traffic conditions were re-
stored before dawn, when the splinter
ed debris of q wooden coach was re-
moved and derailed steel cars were
hoisted back on their wheels. All Of
the major casualties were in the wooden
car which was coupled between steel
coaches. It split apart as the milk train
swept around curve and plowed into
the motionless New York bound pas
senger train. Two steel cars on the
rear were hurled against the wooden
coach. These steel coaches were de-
rallied None of the cars ahead of the
death car left the tracks and the engine
of the milk train remained on its
drivers.
Engineer Questioned.
The three-sided investigation seeks to
find out why the milk train engineer
did not know of the stalled passenger
train ahead, or, if he did know. why
he didn't stop. A flagman had been
sent out from the rear of the flyer.
Engineer M. H. King of Elmira was
at the throttle of the heavy milk train
rushing down from Hornell with milk
from metropolitan New York. He said:
II didn't see the signal light in time
to stop"
Silent Grove, where the accident took
place, is about three miles from Bing-
hamton. The tracks follow the Sus-
quehanna River, which is below and
about so yards from the right of way.
A State highway parallels the tracks
on the north. Many motorists were
passing when the collision occurred.
Many of those killed and injured were
returning from the Chicago Century of
Progress Exposition and from the long
week end Labor day holiday.
List of Casualties.
The dead were:
Harry Lannon, 38, Susquehanna, Pa,
Erie at Hornell; crushed chest.
Donald Burns, Susquehanna, en-
ployed in Erie coach shop, fractured
neck.
Harry Westfall, A, Susquehanna,
Erie yardmaster, fractured skull.
Eli Stanaken, Susquehanna, telegra-
pher. shock, internal hemorrhage.
M c. McCollom, Susquehanna, frac-
tured neck.
Mrs. T. M. Keane, susquehanna. frac-
tured neck,
Mrs. Mary Bouille, Susquehanna,
mother of Mrs. Keane, fractured skull.
Mrs. Frank Comfort, Susquehanna,
fractured skull.
Mrs Arthur Testkey, SusQuehanna,
fractured neck.
r. Vavrozski, Brooklyn, fractured
skull.
Mrs. Anna Muse, Passaic, N. j.
Muriel Muse. 13, her daughter. q
Two women unidentified, one OF
crushed skull and one Of fractured ribs
and lung puncture.
Eyewitness Account.
William Derigo, q gardener, who wit
messed the wreck, gave vivid account
of the collision.
"I had gone back to my garden be-
side the track for my coat when saw
the passenger train standing on the
track with q freight train switching
cars ahead. I said to myself, That's
funny. That's the first time ever saw
No. being held up by a freight
''I saw the brakeman CA. C. Morris
nf TJorpeIn and 7 asked him al1olit the
Evening star., 1933-09-06
&c C. PROBE UNDER WAY.
Three Investigators Are Sent to Wreck
Scent.

Inrcc 1HvcStl6otOES AIe ocHt W Whe0A
Scent.
BY the Associated Press.
Three Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion Investigators set to work today to
determine full responsibility for the dis
astrous wreck on the Erie Railroad
near Binghampton, N. Y, last night.
George v. Lowering, chief of the COM
missions accident investigating division,
and S. D. Ashford, signal engineer, were
assigned to the case.
A. F. Duffy of Elmira, N. Y, q reg
ional inspector. already was ON the
scene and there were prospects fourth
investigator would take part in the
inquiry.
No report Of the collision had been
received by the commissions Bureau Of
Safety, but Lowering was expected to
leave shortly for Binghamton.
When his attention was called to the
fact that one Of the two passenger train
coaches which were wrecked was a
wooden car and was sandwiched In be-
tween steel cars. Lowering said there
Evening star., 1933-09-06

The professor had very little to
do with departmental personnel, but
his intrusion there was resented by the
cliques which have been running the
department in both Republican and
Democratic administrations for years.
II there is one department in the Gov
ernment which needs Rooseveltizing
that is II.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-09-06
GIRL TAKES POISON
an organization in the new revolution.
apparently was not hostile.
DoIfcio~ Enuu rizfed

Attempts Suicide When Sisters Get
New Dresses.
BALTIMORE, September 6 R-
When her two sisters were given new
dresses Monday night, 14-year-old Cath
crime Kaschak began to cry. A moment
later she took poison.
At the hospital, where she was re-
covering yesterday, she said life was not
worthwhile without q new dress.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

diplomats and delegates back and forth
between Washington and Geneva and
other capitals several times year.
There Is already permanent
American diplomatic representation at
Geneva, but 1t is headed by merely a
consul-general, whereas most other
Ambassadors.
The possibility of appointing perma-
nent American Ambassadors to the
League to look after American inter-
ests at Geneva Is being studied, 1t is
reported.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
DAVIS DISCUSSES ARMS.

u. s. Envoy Confers With Sir John
Simon ON French Plan.
LONDON, September 6 R.-Ameri-
can Ambassador at Large Norman H.
Davis today discussed the general phases
of the dis armament problem with
Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon.
Sources close to Ambassador Davis
Evening star., 1933-09-06
CLOSER RELATIONS
WITH LEAGUE SEEN
AMERICAN POLICY

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Sees Payments Delayed.

Thomas maintained that depositor
who refused to accept new account
would be made to wait, whereas George
p. Barse, counsel for the Treasury,
held that the conaesvator could pay
him Immediately.
Justice Jennings Bailey, presiding,
ruled that the answer WIS a question
of Interpretation of the words of the
contract and said the lawyers could
argue that point at later time.
O'Connor testified that except for
the June 80 statement Of deposits he
had given the public no information
as to the assets of any of. the closed
banks between the time he took office
May l3, 1888, and today. Asked If he
knew whether any depositor in closed
Washington banking house could tell
what the value of his deposit in closed
bank was, MI. O'Connor said that was
a question he could not answer.