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The Washington times., 1933-06-17
u. S. Proposes 10 Per Cent
AS Basis for Tariff Cuts

porary stabilization of currencies,
including the dollar, during dura-
ton of the economic conference
has been received by President
Roosevelt, Acting Secretary of
State Phillips revealed today.
The proposal is in the nature
of a temporary arrangement to
control the fluctuation of the
dollar and pound particularly
during the economic conference.
1t was received here last eve
ming and President Roosevelt
glanced over it before departing
on his holiday. After a brief
glimpse at it, the President sent
it to the Treasury Department
for a thorough study.
No Reply Yet
No reply has been made to
London in connection with it as
yet.
The proposal, it was learned, is
in line with the European move
ment to force the United States
into agreeing to immediate stabil-
iZation of the dollar. France has
served notice that it will decline
to agree to the American pro-
posal to a tariff truce unless cur
rencieS are stabilized first.
Prior to the receipt of the pro-
posal President Roosevelt let it
be known yesterday that this
Government would not be forced
into any premature stabilization
plan. The President, it was made
known, is suspicious of the ef-
forts being made to force i'm
mediate Stabilization of the dollar.
He fears that these efforts may
be designed to place the United
States in a position where it
would be held responsible if the
stabilization plan fails.
CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance, $895,717,-
821.21, expenditures. $13,285,-
597.S2; customs receipts, $l0,-
| 736,196.00.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
(COntinued from Page y

much credence in this specula.
ton, for two Of the desperadoes
had tried to wrest Nash from
McCaffrey before the latter
started the pitched battle by
opening fire. @4ts ! =
Crowd Jams Station;
More lives could not have been
imperilled had the gunner Sc
lected the busiest downtown in.
tersection to enact their drama
Of death.
The Union Station, one of the
most spacious in the country and
linking grand trunk lines Of many
of the most important transcon.
tinental railroad lines, was jam,
med.
Not only the usual morning
crowd of departing and arriving
patrons was on hand, but a large
surplus of travellers had taken ad.
vantage of cut-rate excursion rates
to make weekend trips.
Miraculously, one was injured
so far as could be ascertained.
McCaffrey, manacled to Nash.
and Chief Reed and other mem.
bers of the party had elbowed
their way through the crowd and
were about to drive away in the
Government car.
Gunnen Make Path
Attracted by the spectacle of a
man in irons being led through
the station, a crowd Of curious
persons attached itself to the
party and proceeded in its wake
AS Nash and two officers
entered the parked car, the gun
men broke a path through the
crowd and thrust their guns
under the noses of the officers
McCaffrey already had seated
himself in the machine beside
the manacled Nash. At a glance
he took in the seriousness of the
situation and with his free hand
jerked his revolver from it's hol-
Ster.
He levelled it at the nearest
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
MACHINERY Up,
NEW DEAL SET
TOFUNCT|ON
U. S. Experiment in Planned
Economy Due First to
Raise Prices
BY LESLIE GOULD
national News "ervice Financial
Writer)

NEW YORK, June II G.N.S0.
This week the country embarked
on the new deal" All the work
of the last three and half
months has been in preparation
for this step-a step so momen-
tous even its sponsors win not pre-
dict the ultimate results.
Now with Congress out of the
way for seven months, planned
economy is to be given it's trial
on national scale never attempt
ed anywhere before, except pos
Sibly in Russia.
The American experiment diff
ferS from the Russian in that it
attempts to save the machinery
for private capitalists. The Rus
sian idea is to eliminate the pri-
vate capitalist.
Because there is no precedent
for this step, and because there
is no historical yardstick that
quite fits the present case, fore
casting is difficult.
Price BOOSCS FOfeSeen
However, there is general agree
ment that for the next IL months,
whether the new deal is a per
manent success or not, business
will improve and higher stock
and commodity prices will be
seen. What happens after that
no one-not even the planners,
themselves-will forecast.
This is when the natural forces
Of initiation are expected to step
in and take the job off the hands
of the generators of artificial
initiation. The question is: Can
the planners shut off the artifi'
cial initiation once it is started?
In the past, artificial initiation,
once it has taken firm hold,
has defied regulation. But those
efforts lacked the planning, cen
tral control, and so-called safety
checks the current program has.
So the result may be different,
as the sponsors claim. Time will
tell.
Wage Doubts Raised
The country has gone in for
initiation and Government regula-
tion in a big way. The job now
is for everyone to figure out how
to take advantage of it, and
profit where he can.
Unless there is individual plan
ming, the initiation is bound to
work some hardships. This
would be mitigated some if wages
and salaries are advanced ir
proportion to living costs, but
they seldom are.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Continued from Page y

(~OnCInUG0 from rage -
national trade during 1882 as
tabulated in the League Of Ma
tions Review Of World Trade
for 1882"
3. Equitable operation of i'm
port quota restriction: Agree
ment upon principles and
practices to govern operation
of the import quota and SINH
lar systems which are to be
designed to minimize unneces-
sary uncertainty and obstruc-
tion to international trade and
to avoid determinations as be-
tween the same products Of
different origins. "a series Of
complete principles and prac-
tices on this subject are sug-
gested in the document: "Im-
port Restriction" to be sub
mitted by the American dele
gation.)
B-Encouragement Of reduc-
tion Of trade barriers by bilat-
eral agreements.
Favored Nation Principle
In addition to agreement on
the above subjects, which 1t is
believed can and should be
worked out at this conference,
encouragement should be given
by resolution to further and
subsequent reduction of trade
barriers by reciprocal agree
ments between various pairs Of
countries.
Such reciprocal agreements
should be based on the most
favored-nation principle in an
unconditional unrestricted form
to be applied to all forms
and methods of control Of i'm
ports, and not alone to import
dutieS-subject only to such
limited or temporary exceptions
to meet special situations as
may gain general assent at the
conference.
A European proposal for TEN
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Cummings Orders
Capture of Gunmen

Shocked by the defiance Of
gunner at Kansas City who
killed five men, including De-
partment of Justice agents, in
an attempt to rescue a Federal
prisoner, Attorney General Cum
mings today ordered every law
enforcement facility Of the Gov
ernment directed toward the cap
ture of the gangsters.
Special agents of the depart
ment were ordered to the scene
to augment representatives regu.
larly stationed at Kansas City.
j. Edgar Hoover, chief Of the
Bureau of Investigation, was in
touch with the Kansas City office
of the department by telephone
Cummings asked to be kept in
formed of any development.
CuriouSly there is no Federal
statute which makes it a crime
to kill a. Government agent. The
Federal law provides a penalty
for assaulting a Federal agent
For several years the Justice De
partment has recommended tt
Congress that the murder of 8
Federal agent should be made g
criminal offense under the Fed
eral law but Congress has not
seen fit to act.
This does not prevent an ex
haustive Federal investigation anc
l L
ment with the Missouri author
tiles in the effort to track dowr
and prosecute the gunner
Should any of the Slayers bt
captured and brought to trial
Cummings said, the U. S. attor
ney at Kansas City or a specia
assistant to the Attorney Genera
would be detailed to assist the
State prosecuting office.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
WALKER LAUDS
COX AS GREAT
STATESMAN
Governors Six-Word Speech
a Business-Like Keynote,
Ex-Mayor Writes

James J. Walker, former mayor
of NeW York, engaged BY Inter-
national NetUS SerDice to coCer the
World Economic Conference, to-
duv continues his description OF
the proceedings.
BY JAMES ]. JIMMY" WALKER
Copyright 1893. by International
News Service)
GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, LON
DON, June II GN.S0 After four
days Of oratorical pyrotechnics.
window dressing, and political
fence-mending, the statesmen OF
the world Economic Conference
temporarily suspended meetings
of the parent body and today took
their respective places behind their
counters in the different commit
tee rooms.
Prepared for Work
They shed their formal frock
coats, rolled up their sleeves, and
prepared to do some high and
fancy log-rolling.
The entire body is divided be-
tween two commissions, one none
tary and financial, and the other
economic. The two commissions
are divided into committees and
the committees are divided into
subcommittee. Every delegate
has a place to go-with an idea
or a place to get one.
Governor Cox, president Of the
financial commission, opened with
brief, business-like keynote
speech. He said:
Gentlemen, let's now get to
work."
The members had only to look
at him to know he meant what
he said.
Politician and Statesman
Cox is a politician as every
statesman must be, but he is the
kind of politician who has been
a student of government and has
served his constituents with honor
and that experience which he
has gathered over long political
life will stand him in good stead
in the present instance.
| He knows humanity, knows
psychology and knows his onions
and when it comes to dealing with
foreign diplomats he won't hav:
to go to the coat-room to get theil
numbers.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Alexandria Police
Methods Praised

The Alexandria police depart
ment's system of motor patrol
is praised in a report on economy
in police administration recently
compiled by Prof. Rowland A..
Egger for the League of Vir-
ginia Municipalities.
Under Capt. John S. Arnold the
department recently inaugurated
a practice of patrolling by having
one of the men assigned to radio
cruiser cars get out of the car
and walk down a parallel street
while the driver proceeds slowly
down another street, later get
ting back in the car.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Land Is Transferred
To Improve Circle

Another step forward in con-
struction of a Handicapped traffic
circle at the intersection of West
ern and Massachusetts, Avenues
Northwest, now known as MaSSa-
chusetts Avenue Portal, was
taken today by the office Of Pub
lie Buildings and Parks.
The parks office transferred
to the District Commissioners
sufficient land to provide for
streets around the circle in ex-
change for land in the center for
park purposes.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

0LlC Od4o.
eff any one will bring the
country ack, it is he"
To clean up racketeering in
the big cities she suggested:
"Get Maj. Gen. Smedley
Butler, give him half a regi.
ment of Marines and send
them into the cities in plain
clothes; let them make a
good HI 3e-cleaning in this
country"
Nine. Schumann-He was
philosophical about her age,
and said that while she in
tended to go on singing she
would never sing anything to
show age or deficiency in the
voice."
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Untermyer to Attend
Boycott Conference

NEW YORK, June 17.-Sam-
uel Untermyer has accepted
the invitation of the American
League for the Defense of Jew
ish Rights to serve as honor
ary president of the National
Boycott Committee of America,
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

Done Him Wrong" 80 II you
can't see all the new pictures,
just go to see Nays and then
you will have seen 'em all.
They've even got me going
around saying:
"You can be had"
Give a big hand to little Fin
land, the only one to pay all
she was supposed to. So in
picking up hitch-hikers along
the road, give preference to
anyone of Finnish descent. The
slogan is:
Haul nothing but Firms all
the way"
he hauled a tenth of the wav.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

birthday this
week.
The singer
d i S c ussed a
wide ra n g e
of topics in
an interview
at her apart
ment.
S h e e X
pressed high
regard f o r
Pre- S j d e n t
r oS e v e 1t,
des scri b ing
him as THE
Messiah or
"A m e ri Ca"
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
You've Tried This
One YOURSELF
Haven't You?


Two trains, one 400 feet
long, the other 200, ran on
parallel tracks. When they
went in opposite directions
they passed each other in
five seconds, but when they
ran in the same direction, the
faster one would pass the
other in fifteen seconds.
AS a curious passenger, how
would you figure the speed
at which both trains we're
travelling? The answer-yeS,
is published in today's Want
Ad pages.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

Colony. There they have ar
ranged to meet Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin johnson, American big
game hunters, who will guide
them on the expedition.
Dawson said he expects to
bring back the specimens Of
fauna, reptiles, and birds Of
which there are few or none in
the museum. He also will seek
four Shamba elephants, which
are needed to complete the mu-
Seum'S Africa wing.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Red Cross to GiUe
Summing Course

Alexandrians will be given free
instructions in life-saving and
swimming at the Alexandria
municipal pools beginning Mon
day under the auspices of the
Red Cross. Glasses will be held
tN1ca q week.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Retail Food Prices
Took Jump in MGy

Retail food prices took a jump
of about 3 2-3 per cent in May
over April prices, but there was
an average decrease of 71a per
cent since May a year ago. the
Bureau of Labor Statistics an
nounced today.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

W h | ch is
S p on S o ring
t he Jewish
boy cot t Of
German goods,
T he boycott
is being con.
Quoted in re-
taliation or
t h e pc RS e.
Gu t on Of
j e W S under
the Hitler gov
ernnent.
Tn q letter
accepting the
a p pointment
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

myer characterized the boycott
as "the only weapon that will
effectively force the present
German government to aban.
don its policy of medieval saw
agery against it's unfortunate
citizens in Germany of the
Jewish faith"
Mr.. Untermyer will go to
London to attend the world
boycott conference called by
Jewish organizations of various
countries for July IS.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

History, h as
sailed W i h
M RS. D a v l.
son a b o a r d
t h e Italian
liner, c on tie
di Savoia for
a hunting eX-
edition in the
j u n giles of
British East
Africa.
After land.
ing at Cairo,
the DaViSOnS
will t a Ike q
plane to Maj
~@LS un
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
SHOT IN ANKLE

Theodore Jackson, colored, Is,
the 1900 block w st. N. W., shot
himself in the right ankle shortly
before midnight, while cleaning
a gun. He was treated at Freed.
mans Hospital.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Dawson to Bring
Back Elephants

NEW YORK, June IF.
Trubee Dawson, president of the
American Museum of Natural
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Schumann-Heink, II,
Hits Racketeering

NEW YORK, June 17.-Mme.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink cell
ebrate her seventy second
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, June III have seen
three brand new pictures In all of them there is
epidemic of female imitation of May West in ''She
The Washington times., 1933-06-17

Engshmen may be hauled a tenth of the way
AS for Frenchmen, Poles, Czechoslovakians and Bel
gians, let em take bus. -
tcODyrrA. lss. BY syndo.s>
Evening star., 1933-12-27
SUSPECT DENIES
HIRING kIDNAPER
Confessed Slayer Of Harris Boy
Blames Plot on Former Store
Employe.
By the Associated Press.

oy the associated FTeSS.
COLUMBIA, S. c., December 81
South Cardinals State Penitentiary to-
day held as prisoner the confessed killer
of 15-year-old Herbert H. Harris, ir.,
and the man he says hired him to kid
nap the Sandy-haired schoolboy and
foot ball captain.
Robert H. WileS, 49-year old jobless
mechanic and overseas veteran, who
officers said signed a confession that he
battered the boy to death Saturday
with an iron pipe, steadfaStly main
tanned that he was employed to abduct
the youth by John Martin Rushton,
former employe of Home Stores, Inc,
Of which the slain boys father is vice
president.
Rushton, confronted by WileS, denied
all knowledge of the case. No charges
have yet been filed against either, pend
ing a coroner'S inquest.
Sheriff T. Alex Heise and State con-
stables pressed the examination today
to ascertain what motivated the killing.
Heise said yesterday he felt convinced
Wiles was hired to kidnap" Harris BY
'enother party with the ultimate pur-
pose of the abduction, whether for
ransom or death, to be decided by the
other person.
Hundreds of curious have gathered
outside the prison, but officers say there
has been no manifestation of mob
violence.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
BRIDGE CREW PAY
INCREASE E|S0.K.' D
ACqueduCt Span Workers to
Be Paid $1.65 Instead of
S1.10 Hourly Rate.
L BE NEEDED IN 1898.

Seventy skilled workmen engaged in
razing the Aqueduct Bridge over the
Potomac River, just above Key Bridge
will be paid Sl.65 instead of Sl10 an
hour under a decision reached late yes
terday at a conference between labor
leaders, District civil works officials and
John NJ. Carmody. chief engineer Of the
Federal c. w. A
The wages to be paid to several hun
dred other skilled workers employed in
c. w. A. construction projects here
union scales, it was announced.
Two weeks ago. after receipt of new
instructions from the Federal Civil
Works headquarters, the District Com
missioners decided that skilled me-
chanics on c. w. A. work here would
be paid union scales. instead of the
minimum scale of S110 an hour orig
inally set by the Federal authorities.
Since then number of questions
arose as to whether work being done
was of the nature to require full tech
nical skill in all classes of mechanical
operations, although union scales now
are being paid to such trades as car
pentry and bricklayers
The change for other skilled crafts
men will be in effect in this Saturdays
pay roll. At the same time hundreds
of clerical civil works employees will be
placed on a 39-hour-week pay basis,
whereas they have been on a 30-hour
week.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
FIRST LADY AND GUESTS
INVITED TO CHURCH PLAY
First Presenta ton of "The Other
Wise Man" to Be Given
Here Tonight.

Mrs. Roosevelt and her Christmas
week house guests have been invited to
attend one of the three presentations
of The Other Wise Man" this week
by the Chapel Players. If the First
Lady herself is unable to attend, special
seating arrangements for those men,
bers Of the party who are able to come
will be made The drama will open at
B:30 tonight at Luther Place Memorial
Church and continue through Friday
might.
Mrs. Hoover was an honor guest at
q presentation of The Other Wise
Man" IN 1881 and on the same occa-
sion a special invitation was extended
20 the Capitals orphans to attend
Each night the church doors will
open at 7:30 o'clock and remain open
until the church is filled, when they
will be closed for the duration of the
presentation. An offering is taken each
night to cover expenses and hep the
city's poor.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
BANKER SEES GAIN
IN WORLD BUSINESS
Giannini Holds Improvement
Is "Matter of Common
Observation"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 81
Worldwide improvement in business
was stressed today by A. P. Giannini,
chairman Of the board Of Bank Of
America, in a year-end statement deal
ing with the economic situation.
"A forecast seems to me unnecessary"
he said. What We need today is a
recognition of the improvement that
has already taken place. Better times
are here, and only the many false starts
heretofore made and the confidence
shaking controversies concerning the
Presidents recovery program have pre-
vented recognition of this fact.
The improvement that has already
taken place is subject to statistical
proof and is a matter of common OBJ
servation. Ten months ago trade was
paralyzed. banks were closed, and un-
employment was at the greatest total
ever reached in this generation. Now
our citizens are returning to work, en-
3loynent and pay rolls of manufactur-
ing industries are up so per cent above
1882 levels, corporations are restoring
dividends and increasing their dis
bursementS, collections are better,
wholesale prices have risen sharply.
electric power production, automobile
sales, car loadingS. construction con-
tracts, steel production-all have shown
significant increases.
Hotels Doing Better
Hotels and restaurants are doing
better. The cheapened dollar has Stimu-
lated foreign buying, promoted crop
movements abroad and is steadily re-
ducing the agricultural surplus. As a
result, farm prices, already improved,
give better promise for next seasons
harvest.
In California conditions are particu-
larly good. Farmers are receiving good
prices for peaches and many other
crops which have heretofore been de-
pressed, and inventories are low. The
improvement is not confined to any
specific area it is world wide Europe,
particularly Great Britain, has felt the
uptrend and, despite the fact that
wheat production plays such a domi-
nant part in its economic life, so has
Canada.
Boom Reported.
I'm Australia and New Zealand, I
am TOLD, the betterment approaches the
proportions of a boom.
In America We have a leader who
has shown an uncanny control of eco
nomic and political forces; with inf1a-
tioniSts badgering him on one side and
so-called sound" money advocates at
tacking on another, he has held to
the sanest and soundest course-a
course that has kept the country be-
hind him and has forced Congress to
recognize his leadership. hope that no
further obstacles will be placed in his
path and that our American people will
have the good sense to look about them
and recognize the unmistakable signs
of the improvement that has already
taken place"
Evening star., 1933-12-27
TRAVEL GAIN FORECAST
Curtis Hodges Predicts Capital Wis
itors Will Increase in 1884.

A prediction that 1884 will be busy
year for travel industry in Washington
was made last night by Curtis Hodges,
executive director Of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee, in an address
over Station WMAL.
Mr.. Hodges pointed to the fact the
number Of visitors to the city has in
creased greatly in the last three months
Government activities have been par
TALLY responsible for this increase, but
Mr.. Hodges also showed the number of
people who came here with the primary
purpose of sightseeing was greater than
before. His statement was based on
figures obtained from the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington Monument, and
travel information bureaus of the
Greater National Capital Nommittee.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
TWO KILLED, 13 INJURED
IN TRAIN DERAILMENT
Man and Woman Are Believed to
Have Been Buried Under
Debris of Stag Car.

BY the Associated Press.
WADSWORTH, Ala, December 81
Two persons were reported killed and 13
injured yesterday as a Louisville g.
Nashville freight train and 81 box cars
were derailed near here. All were de-
scribed as transientS.
Trainmen declined to discuss a re-
port that a wooden block had been
placed on the tracks with the intention
of wrecking the train. w. w. Jackson,
Wadsworth resident, said man and
woman were believed buried under q
Stag car at the wreck, but that wreckers
could not clear the debris before early
today.
The injured were carried to hospitals
at Clanton, rs miles away, and to Mont
gomery, where none was reported in a
critical condition.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
THIEVES GET STOVE

The thieves who got everything but
the kitchen stove" we're gone one bet
ter yesterday by thieves who did
take one.
Catherine Palmatur, 922 Twenty
third street, reported to police that the
range was stolen from the kitchen of
vacant house in the 900 block of
Twenty fifth street.