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The Washington times., 1933-06-15
AS YOU WERE, ;
CAPT. HAR|NG

Capt. Ellis E. Haring, assistant
director of Public Buildings and
Parks, lost an assignment today
because he is popular at the White
House.
Faced with transfer back to
troops by the War Department
through consolidation of the parks
office with the Interior Depart
ment, Captain Haring found a
niche for himself handling the ad-
ministrative section of the newly
created Public Works Administra-
tion. Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant will
ingly loaned him to the Commerce
Department and assigned Major
D. H. Gillette to keep things in
order at the White House.
That was yesterday. Today
Captain Haring is back at his desk
in the parks office, due, it is un-
derstood in official circles, to in
tervention of the White House.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
British Lead Nations in Newest Drive
For Canoeing Debts to United States

United States just as was done
with gold last December when
Britain paid her interest and
principal in full.
The British government re-
CARDS acceptance" by President
Roosevelt Of her 10000, 900 silver
token" as admission that the
Baldwin debt settlement is dead.
While President Roosevelt care
fully avoided use Of the word
acceptance" in announcing re-
ceipt of the British debt offer
and the simultaneous payment of
$40 100000 as an acknowledge
ment Of her Indebtedness, the
British press and public utilized
the term freely
Recent or Acceptance?
washington dispatches, how.
ever, clearly differentiated be.
tween the words receipt" and
acceptance" in describing the
temporary adjustment.
Announcement of the tempo.
rary debt adjustment was made
by Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chamberlain in the house of com.
mons last night. Britain is max.
ing the payment in silver at so
cents a fine ounce, and thus will
effect a considerable saving, re
ducing the $10,000,O0O "acknowl.
edgement" to approximately &c..
O0O, ,000-a trifle over 10 per cent
Of the actual instalment due to.
av,
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
HOUSE To BACK
ROOSEVELT
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Gratis in the House to reject the
Cutting-SteiWer amendment and
send the bill back to conference.
Representative Joseph ByrnS
Of Tennessee, Democratic floor
leader, appealed to the House
members to make one last stand
with the President.
He was aided by Representa-
tiveS Patman ID. of Texas and
Browning CDO of Tennessee
leaders in the original rebellion
against the drastic $420, ,000, 900
veterans economy act.
Fear Loss Of Votes
Against him stood large num-
ber of members Of the rank and
file Of Congress, among them
members who frankly declared
the party would sacrifice the SOL
diers vote if Congress bowed to
the President.
All of the influence Of the
Democratic leaders was invoked
to prevent the Senate rebellion
from engulfing the House.
New York Tammany members
were reported to have received di.
rect orders from John F.. Curry
leader of Tammy Hall, to hold fast
to the Presidents proposed com.
promise.
Representatives Shannon and
Lee of Missouri were among the
Democrats who declared frankly
in the secret caucus that they
would vote to override the Presi
dent, even if he vetoes the Cutting
Steiwer amendment.
Douglas Under Fire
Bitter feeling engulfed the
House chamber. Guns were turned
upon the youthful Director of the
Budget, Lewis w. Douglas, held re.
sponsible for the harsh provisions
Of the economy act by many
House members.
The behind-the-doors confer
ence was a free-for-al with only
the whitehaired Speaker Henry
T. Rainey, remaining aloof.
AS the members shouted their
speeches in the caucus chamber,
Rainey remained in his private
office awaiting the verdict. He
had already announced he will
fight to the last for the Presi-
dent.
The Cutting Steiwer amend.
ment would add from $130,00O,'
600 to $17O,0O0,O00 a year to the
cost Of the Veterans Bureau, as
against an estimated 100000, 900
under the Presidents own lib
eralization.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
MERGER
GIVEN PRAISE

The Presidents recent reorgani-
zation order received commenda-
ton in the Senate today when
Senator M. M. Logan CD Of Ken
lucky praised the Chief Executive
for submission of his consolida-
ton message.
Senator Logan said that while
he might not agree with all pro-
visions of the order. he believed
the President had done an eX-
cellent job and consolidation and
discrimination Of many of the
bureaus would be beneficial and
in the interests Of economy.
He took to task members who
criticized the order and said that
since the time of President Grover
Cleveland reorganization attempts
had been futile, but that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had acted under
authority given him by Congress
and should be commended.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
MORE LIBERAL
AMERICA SEEN
BY DARROW
Rising Sentiment for Repeal
Points Way, Says Lawyer,
Here for Vacation
America is growing more liberal.

America is growing more liberal
Clarence Darrow, famed attor
ney, expressed that belief here to
day at the Willard Hotel, where
he and Mrs. Darrow are spending
a few days vacation.
Return of beer, growing senti
ment toward repeal of prohobi
ton, show the trend towarc
liberality. Darrow believes. HI
said:
"The bigOtry of prohibition is
being broken down. People are
growing more intelligent. They
are studying life, they are study
ing science, they are investigat
ing facts. There is a spread OF
knowledge, and this tends TO-
ward Iiberality of thought"
BIames Big Interests
The depression can teach thI
nation a great lesson If 1t will
but learn, Darrow explains. Point
ing to the recent Morgan investi'
CATION he said:
"The big interests have
wrecked the country. They
have taken so much from pro-
ductiOn and have left hardly
anything to be divided up
among the rest.
"An economist knows that it
is not a question Of production
but of distribution. Yet under
our system the poor are kept
from having any money to buy
with. That is what brings on
panicS.
"It is a shame that in a ma
ton with our means of prOduc-
ton that anyone should be
poor.
"What is the solution? 1
don't know of anything save
some sort of socialism.
1--WE talk about a New Deal.
Yet there can be no new deal
while a few persons grab all
the wealth."
Foe Of Blue Laws
Always a foe of blue laws OF
any type, the great lawyer has
agreed to argue the case Of men
recently arrested under the an
cient Maryland statutes for work.
ing on Sunday, before the United
States Supreme Court if the case
goes that high.
The Darrows will leave here
Saturday. He explained:
81 want to be home in time
to 60 to church Sunday"
Knowing his liberal views on
churches, the interviewer looked
puzzled and asked:
"They say you have to be
home in time to go to church,"
Exactly. In TIME to go to
church. / didn't say was
going"
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
Asiatic Isolation
Rejected by China

GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Lon
don, June Is d.N.sJ.-China will
refuse to support a Pan-Asiatic
movement in the Far East, T. V
Soong, chief Chinese delegate
told the World Economic Confer
ence today.
Without mentioning Japan by
name, the Chinese Finance Min
lister declared:
! "A few people in my country
and a larger number in other
countries believe Asia has little
to fear and nothing to learn
from the West.
They urge us to combine
Western technique with the
low standards of living Of the
East, and thus capture the
markets of the world excluding
Western cooperation in the
name of Asia for the Asiatics.
"Such doctrines are alien to
our conceptions. We do not
proposed to follow them. We
reject national and sectional
isolation"
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
HOUSING PR0RE
FUND OMITTED

Elimination from the fourth de-
ficiency bill by House and Senate
conferees of the $2,500 appropria-
ton intended for use by the
Public Utilities Commission in
investigating District housing
conditions provoked criticism in
the Senate today.
The money item was inserted in
the supply bill at the request of
Senator William H. King (D) Of
Utah, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee. so that the
Public Utilities Commission might
carry out the Capper resolution
providing for an investigation Of
District rentals. general housing
conditions and appointment of a
special assistant to act as liaison
officer between landlords and
tenants.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

that the British government de-
sired to know whether President
Roosevelt wished to receive debt
mission from Britain headed by
cabinet members or whether he
preferred to carry on the negotia-
tions through diplomatic chan.
nelS.
Dime On the Dollar
The amount of the partial pay
ments expected from Great
Britain, Italy, Czechoslovak1a,
and possibly one or two other
debtor nations, however, will total
only about 10 per cent Of what Is
due.
Thus, the debtors have sue
ceeded in forcing upon he United
States at least one payment which
is in line with the Lausanne plan
for a dime-on-the-dollar final set
tlement of Europe'S debts to this
country.
Although expressing willingness
to listen to what Britain may
have to say, the President has
served notice that Congress will
have the final word in deciding
whether the debts are to be re-
vised.
With the canny astuteness ira
ditional Of British dealings IN
foreign fields, Great Britain in
formed the President Of its inten-
ton to pay $4,000, 900, and then
after obtaining word of the PreSi-
dents willingness to receive this
payment, it's Chancellor Of the
Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain,
announced the payment would be
made in silver. which at present
prices makes the payment less
than 100000 in terms Of gold.
Thus, after originally offering
to pay nearly IA per cent Of the
$75,950,000 British payment, Brit
ain actually will pay around 10
per cent in terms Of gold.
Roosevelt Surprised
This bit of cleverness came as
a surprise even to the President.
At his press conference prior to
Chamberlain's announcement yes
terday. Mr.. Roosevelt said he was
under the impression the British
would not take advantage Of the
silver payment plan in view Of the
fact that they were paying such
a small sum.
In order to ease the way for the
debtors to meet their obligations,
the President recently sought and
received authority from Congress
to accept up to $200.00O.00O in
silver in payment of the debts at
a maximum rate Of so cents an
ounce.
The present world market price
of silver is around 36 cents an
ounce. Therefore. the debtor ma
tions make approximately % cents
on the dollar by paying in silver
Twenty million ounces of silver,
representing Britain'S $4,000, 900
bullion payment, were stacked
alongside of this country's gold
reserves in the vaults of the Bank
Of England today.
Shipped in wooden boxes from
India in recent weeks, the treas
ure was stored in the subter-
ranean caverns of the bank deep
below London's famous Thread
needle Street.
While Britain exulted in the
adjustment, which. in the opinion
of President Roosevelt. permits
her to escape default without
making the full payment Of $75,-
950,000 due today, bank officials
carefully marked all the boxes
property Of the United States
Federal Treasury"
, The e metal was thps earmarksd ks 4
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
4MAJORPO
BASIS Of SPLIT
ONvET CUTS
Administration and Rebel Fac.
tions Are Far Apart on
Economy Program

The tremendous clash in Con,
gress over liberalizing veterans
compensation revolve today
around four provisions in the
Steiwer-C Cutting plan, excluded
from the Administration plan.
These differences were the Stei-
wer-Cutting provisions
/. Declaring it the intent Of
Congress Ito preserve service con-
nections Except misconduct and
fraud cases) unless affirmative
evidence clearly discloses that the
disease or disability and it's in
ception before or after the period
of military or naval service and
not aggravated thereby"
Presumptive Claims
2. That in all cases where SER
vice connection shall be preserved
under a review Of preSumptive
claims, mot less than IS per-
centum of the payment made on
March 20, 1898, shall continue
and the determination Of service
connection in such review shall
be final"
8. Permitting reduction in the
rate of compensation If the de-
gree of disability is reduced upon
review, but providing that the
new compensation shall be not
less than 25 per cent Of the old
rates for the lower degree OF
disability.
4. Limiting reductions in pen
sions paid veterans Of the Span
ish-American War or to widows
and dependents Of both Spanish
American and Civil Wars to Is
per cent of amounts paid prior
to March 20, 1888.
The Administration plan had
none Of these four provisions.
Create Special Boards
Both plans would create spe-
cial boards, a majority of the
members Of which would not be
in the employ Of the veterans
administration, to review all
World War claims for disabilities
presumptively caused by military
or naval service.
Pending decisions by these
boards, both plans would provide
for payment to the claimants of
rs per cent of their March 20,
1888, compensation until October
81, 1888. Both plans gave the
President power to extend such
payments, pending a review.
Both plans prohibited more than
a Is per cent reduction in the
"rates of compensation payable
for directly Service-connected dis.
abilities to those veterans who
entered the active military or
naval service prior to November
II, 1918" Both plans also pro-
hibited any reduction or suspen.
sion of death compensation paid
widows. children, or dependent
parents of World War veterans.
Adjudication Authorized
Both plans authorized adjudica-
tion of all claims for insurance,
compensation, pensions, or retire.
ment pay, filed before March 20,
1888, on basis of laws then in ef'
feet. They further agreed the
old rate of payment should be
paid such claimants until June
80, 1888, when they would become
subject to economy SlasheS.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
.ESTON|A JOINS
VENEZUELA IN
PLEAFOR CUT
British HiIariousIy Celebrate
"First Nail in Coffin" of
Obligations to U. S.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, LON
DON, June Is UN.S0 despite
the fact that the foreign debts
were distinctly omitted from the
agenda of the World Economic
Conference, representatives of the
small powers, following the lead
of Prime Minister Macdonald Of
England on the opening day, per
sisted in raising the issue today.
DR.. oscar KallaS, Of Estonia,
which defaulted today on its
small payment due the United
States, declared for a "readjuSt-
ment of international debts on
the basis of present conditions" a"
saying:
The debtors cannot pay
under existing tariff restric-
tiOnS."
DiogeneS Escalante, Of Vene-
Zuela, spoke in similar vein re-
garding commercial and govern
mental debts, and promised to
support any scheme for raising
commodity prices.
Hilarity Rules London
After this flood of oratory the
conference recessed this evening
to await the report Of its steer
ing committee.
There is no question that the
British press and public regard
the Baldwin debt agreement as
completely dead, and that they
expect the forthcoming Washing
ton conversations to result either
in cancellation or final settle
ment on the Lausanne dime-on-a-
dollar basis.
London Celebrates
The significance Of the token"
payment, amounting roughly to
one-tenth of the amount due, is
not lost on Americans here. It
means the British government is
determined to drive the Lausanne
principle through the Washington
talks.
London celebrated the "debt
victory" far into the night. Ex-
ira editions Of newspapers were
snapped up by hilarious crowds
and restaurant orchestras played
"Brot ther. Can You Spare a
Dime?"
In the House Of Commons
members Of Parliament cheered
the chancellor Of the exchequer,
who made the announcement Of
the adjustment. as he has not
been cheered for a long time.
First Nail In Coffin"
London newspapers placed the
heaviest emphasis on President
Roosevelt's assertion that he did
not consider the British had de-
faulted on the payment. They
ignored the fact that the pay
ment was received ION account" "
and also that the same situation
will arise again next December.
Few authoritative Americans
here believe that Congress will
accept a dime-on-a-dollar debt set
tlement, but for LondonerS the
facts are buried under such head
lines as that appearing in the
London Daily Express. which
said:
"First Nail in Coffin Of the
Bad Baldwin Bargain"
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

CHARLES L. PACK been given to
school teachers as part Of the
educational work being carried
on by Mr.. Pack. have been
routed through the office of
Maj. j. ]. Teter, of the U. S.
Army, who has been designated
as the welfare officer of the
camps by Maj. Gen. James P.
Mckinley. Mr.. Pack said to-
day:
"A great deal is coming out
of the forest program of Presi-
dent Roosevelt besides trail
building and tree planting, not
only on forestry, but on life in
America in general. After two
years the message of right liv-
ing in the out of doors will be
carried to new thousands"
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
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NNVUGBUuS0 BBOUu O&S
Bank of England was issuing a
circular letter containing advice
regarding trading in dollars nd
dollar securities.
The Bank of England admitted
it had addressed the letter to
the chairman Of the London
Stock Exchange Committee.
Basis Of Profits
The letter, it was said, ex-
planned the recent request of
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chamberlain that Americ a n
shares should not be bought for
resale in England.
Chamberlain had indicated he
wished to discourage arbitrage
houses from buying shares for
resale to British holders.
The profits of arbitrage houses
depend upon the carrying value Of
stocks in different markets at
the same time, as during the
present period Of monetary in
stability.
Victory EurOpe's
AS for the debts, Europe
scored an outstanding victory in
its drive for virtual cancellation.
With one group Of debtor ma
tions led by France defaulting
outright, and another group led
by Great Britain threatening to
default, President Roosevelt was
faced with accepting small par.
tial payments or getting nothing
at all.
The President decided to take
what he could get.
Notification Of the French in
tention to default on its $40,000,-
900 payment was made known in
a formal note delivered to Acting
Secretary of State Phillips by
Andre de Laboulaye, French Am.
baSSador.
The note, it was understood,
stated that France considered the
debt situation remains the same
as it was last December, when
the French government defaulted
on the $19,261, ,432 payment due
at that time.
Poland Acts Similarly
Notice Of Frances intention to
default was taken to the State De-
rartment almost simultaneously
with notification of similar action
by Poland, one Of Frances allies
in Europe.
Both the Polish and French am
baSSadorS were at the State De-
partment together, but the Polish
envoy served notice Of default
first. Poland was due to pay
$3,559, ,O62.
Acting Secretary of State Phil
lips announced the British pay
ment would be made in silver.
Finland. he said, would make it's
$148,592 payment in silver. The
latter is the only one of the
debtors meeting its obligation in
full.
Phillips said formal note had
been received from Italy, but he
declined to disclose it's contents
pending its consideration by the
President. However, Augusta
RoSSo, Italian ambassador, said
Italy intended to pay $1,000,000
on the $13,545,437 payment due.
BritOn Sees Hull Aide
On instructions from London,
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British am
basSador, called on Phillips in
connection with Britain's request
for a general discussion Of it's
total debt with a view to a new
final settlement on a drastically
reduced basis.
Sir Ronald informed Phillips
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

SfeSS OIL IHe OCOLlldC DolOIc W.
day-the day the debts are due.
He was afraid to have 'em in
Washington when the bad news
arrived. He was afraid the
members would commit suicide.
I see that some American
heiress gave as her reasons for
marrying one of this mess of
Mdivanis that he was smart,
cute, amusing, interesting, and
hangs around all the time"
Sounds almost like the recon-
mendation of a good setter pup.
Everyone at London says
"something must be done," " and
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

beamed like CLAIRE "lNDsN
a high school boy negotiating
his first date as he espied til.
fetching Miss Windsor alight.
ing from the train.
Came swift, rapturous greet
ings, a clinch in the latest
talkie mode, and then both
Claire and Tommy were ready
to talk about the latest ro-
nance to make tongues wag
and guess.
AS far as matrimony is con-
cerned, Tommy said:
"IW stand on my record
and you know / have a record
for doing things very fast and
Snappy."
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
Cathedral to Test
Choir BOuS June q

Examinations of boys with good
voices between the ages of 10 and
IL will be held at Washington
Cathedral Saturday morning, June
"a. Boys of good character, pass
ing the tests, will be eligible for
free scholarships in st. Adams
School and will also sing in the
cat edral choir. Applications
should be made in writing to Ed
gar Priest, organist of the cathe-
dral.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

E 20 Fier.
monte. e d u.
Gated Italian
k n ock ou t
specialist and
pro fesSional
p u g i list, on
numerous oc-
c a S on S re-
Gently.
An d t h e
story is that
as soon as
S h e obtains
h er divorce
from William
K. Dick, Of
RrOOklVn and
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
Poland Requests
Debt "P0Stponement"

WARSA June Is Q.N.S0.
The Polish government has or
dered Ambassador Patek in Wash
ington to notify the United States
that Poland will be unable to
pay the debt inStalment falling
due today.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

into the forest
work camps
by c h a r ! e S
Lathrop Pack.
president of
the associa-
tion. TIL e
shipments are
of the fortieth
edition Of the
primer, which
now to t a ! S
four million
copies.
The prim-
ers, thousands
of which have
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
London Hears Greece
Won't Pay in July

LONDON, June IS G.N.SO.
Greece will fail to pay her July
inStallment on the loan received
from America, an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Athens
stated today. The message said
the United States had agreed to
this course.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
SYLVAN THEATER CONCERT

The second summer festival
concert, held under the auspices
of the Community Center Depart
ment, will be given tonight at
the Sylvan Theater. A joint
program will be presented by the
Marine Band and the Evelyn
Davis dance group.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

G e n t r a !
T e m inal-
b r / n G i n G
Claire Wind.
sor, the movie
actress, to
T h O m a S g.
Manville, jr.,
the asbestos
millions heir
and generally
regarded as
B ro a dWay'S
best catch.
The thrice
married Tom
my Manville
Ill
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

Islip, L. l., she will be wed to
the handsome boxer, who re-
Gently won a Hollywood studio
per. act figure" contest.
The two met about a year
ago in italy and they have
since be II seen together at
MIS-. DICKS residence IN Palm
Beach and New York.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
A Miss Is As Good As
A MiIe-Isn't 1t?

A man was walking alol.g .
country road one day, at the
rate Of three and a half miles
an hour. when a motor car
dashed past him, missing him
by but a few inches. He de-
sired to make a report Of the
incident to the police depart
ment, so attempted to figure
out just how fast the car
was travelling. From the time
the car passed him until 1t
turned a corner in the road.
the walker took twenty-seven
steps, and walking on, reach
ed the corner with one hun
dred and thirty-five addi-
tional steps.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Hint Mrs. Dick
Will Wed Boxer

NEW YORK, June 15.--Mrs.
Madeline Force Astor.Dick, now
at Reno. has been seen with
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
Pack to Send Handbooks
To Forestry Workers

Thousands Of Forestry Prim-
ers" published by the American
Tree Association have been sent
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

Assuming that the gentle
man walked all the way and
the car ran, each at a uni
form rate, what was the rate
of speed Of the car-what?
you can't figure that One?"
Well, just turn to the answer
published today in the Want
Ad section Of this neWSpapeE.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, 271,O9O,-
O31.76; expenditures, $8.663, ,798. .82:
customs receipts. $9,307, ,263.65.
The Washington times., 1933-06-15

it looks as though it will be US.
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