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The Washington times., 1933-04-14
FOUR MESSAGES
BE|NGDRAFTE

President Roosevelt will send
four more special messages to
Congress, covering tariff, public
works, railroad, and banking legis-
1ation, Speaker Henry T. Rainey
announced today.
The railroad message may be
the next submitted, with the tariff
message imminent. A railroad
bill Is now nearing completion.
The tariff message, Rainey said,
Is expected to ask Congress for
authority to negotiate reciprocal
tariff treaties with other nations
for the purpose Of lowering trade
barriers.
The question Of whether the
treaties must be subject to ratifi-
cation by Congress Is proving a
stumbling block and no decision
ShaS been reached, he added.
In his public works message the
President is expected to ask a
huge bond issue to put men to
work.
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Relief Plans Swamp Labor
Chief; She Scans Each

one looking to higher standard
of living.
Secretary Perkins emphasized
the value of great public works
program. But such plan must
not be confined to monumental
works but must look forward to
improving the method of living Of
the wage Garner, such as, for ex-
ample, the establishment of sew
age systems in small towns and
villages. Sixty per cent, she said
she had been told, of such COM
munitieS have no sewage.
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DRUGGIST SUES
FORBEER WRIT

Authority of the District Com
raisSioners to refuse issuance Of
beer sale perm..::3 to business es-
tablishments in residential zones
will be tested in the District Su-
preme Court.
Raymon j. Lowry, druggist, %
block Eleventh st. S. E., today pc
titioned the court for a writ OF
mandamus against the Commis-
Sioners and Superintendent of Lii
cenSeS Wade H. CoombS.
Lowry informed the court,
through his attorney, James j
Waters, application for an ''off
sale" permit was made April 8 and
was refused on the ground of 4
regulation, adopted by the city
heads in connection with hee:'
sales, refusing permits to estab-
lishmentS in residentially zoned
areas.
The petition attacked the regu-
1ation as discriminatory and arbi-
trary. Justice Jennings Bailey set
April % a. the day the District
officials must show cause why the
writ should not issue.
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J.t.KENWORTHY
BACKS RIGHT
'TOACT"
Quotes Commander of J-3 as
Saying: 81 Think We Ought
To Go" to the Rescue

LAKEHURST, N. j., April IA
GN.SO Jesse L. Kenworthy, jr.,
acting commandant Of the Lake
hurst Naval Air Station, today
justified his action in allowing
the blimp J-3 to take off in un-
satisfactory weather to search for
the dirigible Akron with the
assertion that:
"I was entitled to take
extreme steps to save those /
thought could be saved"
Two Lives Lost
Two lives were lost and five
men were rescued when the blimp
crashed at sea searching for
Akron survivors. The blimp was
O total loss.
A witness before a naval court
of inquiry, Kenworthy told how
he was awakened at 2 q. m. on
the morning Of April 4, and told
the Akron had crashed at sea.
Throughout the early morning
hours excitement and distress
prevailed at Lakehurst. Various
reports were coming in concern
ing the Akron and pilots were
clamoring to go in search OF
survivors in spite Of the bad
weather, he said.
Heard of 40 Survivors
But Kenworthv refused to per-
NIT any plane to leave before
5:45 q. m. The blimp J-3 did not
take off until 10:45 a. m. Shortly
before a radio flash had re-
ported that 40 survivors were
clinging to a piece of wreckage
and that the British ship Panther
was nearby but could not pick
them up.
survivrs in spite of the bad
David E. CumminS, one Of the
men who perished when the
blimp went down, as saying:
'Now that 1 hear all this
think we ought to CO."
Kenworthy requested that he
be considered an interested
party" inasmuch as he autho-
rized the J-3'S last flight and
the court acceded.
Thus he was placed in the
same status as Lieut.. Comdr.
Herbert v. Wiley in the Akron
inquiry, who was allowed the
privilege Of questioning wit
Y1eSSeS.
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NAVY EMPLOYEES
Welded OUT

The Navy Department is top.
heavy and must be reduced, Sec
retary of Navy Claude A. Swan
son stated emphatically today.
Navy yards throughout the
country will be drastically re.
duced only if the construction
program fails to win Congress.
sional approval, but Washington
will suffer anyway. Explaining his
attitude toward civilian employees
here he said:
"There are 2,1OO more civil
ian employees at work in Wash
ingtOn right now than are
needed in times Of peace. We
never really demObiIized the de-
partment after the World
War;"
Bureau chiefs in the depart
ment, at the Naval Observatory
the Naval Research Laboratory at
Bellevue, the Naval Hospital, Ma
rine Barracks, and the Navy Yard
are today preparing recommends
tionS for effecting a 10 per cent
dismissal of employees. Their re.
ports will be carefully studied and
the dismissals ordered as soon as
possible, the Secretary said.
The only optimistic note struck
by the Secretary in his conference
was admission that approval of a
large construction program might
mean recalling some civilian en-
ployes whose services might be
needed in carrying out the build
ing program.
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LIBEL BY FOES,
LONGS HINT
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mot without sympathy for tn
Senator from louisiana" bu
argued that the petition was no
privileged and that its publica
ton could be prosecuted unde
the libel laws. He also chided tn
senate fro being too free witt
its criticism of other people.
Ashurst said:
"He who lives by the sword
shall die by the sword. be-
lieve the law of compensation
does its perfect work and no
one escapes it.
"If we in the Senate were
more careful in respecting hu-
man character and the reputa-
tiOns of other persons, we would
feel more sympathy for our
selves when we are assailed with
calumny.
81 believe the Senator from
Louisiana has the undOubted
right to enter suit for libel or
even criminal scout o n
against the person who libels
him in such a petition. I do
not regard it as privileged"
Long interpoSed:
"I would have to prove actual
malice by positive proof to de-
strOy the privilege. 1 regard
this as privileged"
But AshurSt insisted:
81 do not agree there is any
privilege attaching to that doc
ument. The privileges are few
between a physician and his
patient, a priest and his COM
municant, a lawyer and his
client, and testimony given in
open court. 1 believe no privi-
lege attaches to this petition
and that those who publish it
do so at their own peril"
The Parker petition said tn
were willing "to furnisl
names and addresses Of witnesse
and the location Of evidence tina
will establish the following fact
in support of the charge that tn
said Huey P. Long, has demon
strated his unfairness to serv
as a member of your body"
Charges Listed
Among the charges in the pet
ton are:
That Long is personally dis
honest, corrupt, and immoral,
and his continuance in office Is
repulsive to the respectable and
law abiding citizens of
Louisiana"
That he has maintained a
system of corruption and de-
bauchery unparalleled in the
history of the State"
That Long while Governor
and United States Senator "has
operated a system of So-called
racketeering" for political ad-
vantage and for enriching him.
self and associates.
It is further charged, among
other things that Long ha!
created conditions, "that hav,
made elections a farce" and tina
since becoming U. S. Senate
Long has FUSED the power of tn
State Banking Department ant
the Tax Commission for pur
poses of coercion and his owl
selfish and political ends"
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here not long CLIFFORD PlNcHO1
ago he decided to run down to the
Department Of Agriculture and
see his friend wallace. the new
Secretary. Pinchot confronted
Appleby:
"T'd like to see the Secre-
tary-"
"Have you an appointments"
mo, er, uh. I'm . friend Of
Pm Clifford PinchOt-"
''Well, Mr.. PinchOt, Mr.. Wal
lace is terribly busy and II
you're looking for q job Of any
kind, I'd refer you to the La
bOr Department"
Mr.. Pinchot replied:
d" 'T've already got a job. I'm
Clifford PinchOt, governor Of
Pennsylvania"
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dian lyrics CHAS. w. CADMAN
are considered among the high
achievements in American COM
position, expressed this opinion
while in Denver recently. He
said:
"The whole world has gone
off its trolley. That applies to
music as well as to politics and
industry.
"There Is much that Is fine
and inspiring in modern art de.
velOpments, but that doesn't
justify us in discarding the
glory and beauty that came out
of the past. 1 won't have to
live long to see a blending Of
the best of bOth-then we'll
have art that will be art"
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than a bare
possibility the
n e x t fe W
years will see
a higher de-
velopn1ent in
music, as well
as in other
a r t S., than
was ever at
tanned in the
past.
C h a rle S
w a k e f i e Id
c a d m a n,
W h o S e e n.
chanting In
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'I'm the Kingfish."
Back came Mr.. Woodin with
the information that he was
not a king Fisherman. It made
no difference to Huey. He said:
"I'm the Kingfish."
Secretary Woodin said:
II thought ] made it plain to
you that 1 don't want any King
fish around here. If that isn't
plain enough for you, I'll see
that you are put out"
The Washington times., 1933-04-14
IOLUG Senate GiUes
Assent to 81 Beer

DES MONIES, Iowa, April IA
0.N.SO Sale of beer in Iowa
was practically assured today with
passage by the State senate of a
bill authorizing sale of 3.2 beer.
The vote was 81 to 10.
The Washington times., 1933-04-14
Spanish Republic
2 Years Old TOdUu

MADRID, April IA UNSO.
In a surprise move, the govern
ment Of Spain deferred to re-
ligion today by postponing
celebration of the second ami
verSary Of the republic until to-
morrow so that it would not
interfere with observance Of Good
Friday. ..-.. ..... ..- 49,.
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Woodin's Thumbs Down
On Kingfish Fishing

There is. one spot in WASH
ington where Huey P. Long is
not the Kingfish-and that 10
in the apartment of William H.
Woodin, Secretary of the
Treasury.
A few nights ago, the Louisi-
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gOOd mas brought me loC OF
bills. Here is one man in New
Hampshire:
"You didn't say anything
about ex-Senators, but knowing
your personal regard for ex-
Senator Moses, I thought it
would be o. K, so bought him
one. The beer didn't suit him.
Said he couldn't get back onto
it. So had to give him some
thing better. So enclosed is bill
for one drink for Senator Moses,
50 cents; discount 40 cents,
which I took care of myself.
Which leaves balance due, 10
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cred to her
owners, the
United States
Lines, on May
/, according
to pre- S e n t
plans.
Ten days
later, or on
May 10. the
floating pal
ace is Sched-
uled to make
/ is maiden
v o Y a g e t o
H a m b VI rg,
Germany, via
Q u eenStown,
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CadfieId Sees Return
Of Enchanting Lyrics

DENVER, April IA U.N.SD.-
American music will shortly re-
turn to the lyricisrn and melody
Of an earlier era, with more
The Washington times., 1933-04-14

ana Senator
barged into
the a p a r t.
ment where
M r. Woodin
pays a high
rental, buzzed
the old buzz
zer ana an
nounced that
the Kingfish
h q d arrived
to see the
b i g moneyed
mon nf thm
Roosevelt ada
m i niStrations
II R-4-.AA
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pre- dicament
in which Sec
retary w a l.
lace'S Secre-
tary, Paul H.
A p leby, re-
Gently found
himself.
It is gener-
ally conceded
t h q t every
body k n o " S
Clifford Pin
C h o t, COVER
nor of Penn
S y / v a n / q.
When he was
L
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Lost or Found? Hun
dre6s Of articles are lost daily and the
greatest percentage of them are adver-
hand. u you've found something. read
the Lost and Found COlumna Of the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-04-14
WILL ROGERS, Saus:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, April 14.-say my beer
offer the other day to buy the Senators Congress
men nip in return for their unlooked-for public
The Washington times., 1933-04-14
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing.
Gov. Pinchot Unknown
To WaHace's Secretary

Down around the Department
of Agriculture they are stu
laughing, up their sleeves, at the
The Washington times., 1933-04-14

cents. Moses seemed mighty satisfied with this ar
rangement."
That's O. K. with me. A Republican ex-senator is
worth dime anywhere. Will do the same for Jim
Watson, of Indiana.
Copyright 1884, b. McNaugAt syndicato)
The Washington times., 1933-04-14

Ireland, under commando Of
Capt. George Fried, celebrated
for his many rescueS on the
high seas.
The Washington times., 1933-04-14

Condition of Treasury
Treasury balance, $500, ,094, ,034.19
Expenditures ..... 5,685 1884
Customs receipts. :. 6,813,264.91
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Fried to Be Skipper
Of New Liner

CAMDEN, N. j., April IA
GN.SD.-The 30,OOO-ton S. S.
Washington, twin sister of the
S. S. Manhattan. will be deliv-
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CLEARINGS

Charlotte .......... $1,199,153.4
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
OFF, IRON
ORE USE UP

Steel operations eased off 2
points the past week to SIS per
cent, as producers became more
conservative and consumers with
held fresh commitments, accord
ing to the magazine Steel.
Intrinsically, the production
outlook remains strong, steelmak-
ers having sufficient Specifica-
tions to carry them through much
of August at the present rate, says
the review, and not for three or
four weeks will the present dearth
of new buying be felt seriously,
and in the meantime the recovery
program will have become more
clearly developed.
One of the strongest promises
for a fall upturn is found in the
continuing active demand for raw
materials. July generally is the
years low in pig iron shipments,
but the month marks the high
spot so far this year, 80 to so per
cent over June with a further gain
indicated for August.
Four more furnaces have re-
sumed; large coke inquiries have
appeared. Lake Superior iron ore
shipments for July, estimated at
100000 tons, approximate the
total for all of 1882.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Va. PLANTS TILT
TOBACCO PAY

RICHMOND, July 31.-Amer-
lean Tobacco Co. has advanced
wages of approximately $500 en-
ployes in its plants here and Lig-
gett g. Myers Tobacco Co. has
revised wages upward for more
than 1000 of its Richmond en-
ployes.
American Tobacco officials in
announcing the wage adjustment
stated that they made no reduc-
ton in wages Of salaries during
the depression.
During the re-drying season,
starting late in August and con-
tinuing through February, the
company will employ about 500
additional workers.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
PAYROLLS PACE
MIDDLE WEST
RECOVERY

CHICAGO, July 81 G.N.S0.
Mounting payrolls and increased
employment in leading industries
made themselves felt today as
thousands of employers in Chi
cago and the Middle West read
justed their working forces to
comply with the National Re-
covery program.
Flock To Code Program
Many Chicago businesses, even
before accepting the blanket code,
enlarged their forces by hun
dreds of men. With the mails
bringing additional hundreds of
signed acceptances of the code,
4,289 employers in Illinois, Wis
conSin and Iowa already have
given their written acceptance
Of the code.
Free employment services here
reported a demand for workers
in all lines.
Figures released by the Chi
cago Association of Commerce
showed continued improvement
in all lines of business here. Re-
tail sales, wholesale business,
railroad traffic and automobile
sales were in the vanguard of
the recovery parade.
Retail sales advanced to a
volume of more than 30 per cent
over the mark set last year dur
ing the last week Of July.
Big Traffic Increase
Railroads entering Chicago re-
ported an increase OF about 300
per cent over their traffic in
the corresponding period in 1882.
Electrical supplies trade was up
20 per cent; Gregory sales II
per cent last month and dry
goods IA per cent.
The meat packing business
showed a gain of 612 per cent
over May, reaching the highest
point since December, 1881,
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
GRAIN FUTURES
TOUCH BOTTOM
At CHICAGO

CHICAGO, July 81 GN.S).
Heavy selling continued in grains
during forenoon dealings here,
values slumping the maximum
authorized during the first half
hour for losses of sc for wheat,
rye, and barley; &c and SC. re-
spectively, for corn and oats.
Fractional Recovery
Wheat and oats recovered frac-
tionally but the rally lacked ag-
gressiveness and prices ruled
practically at the minimum levels
throughout the forenoon.
1t marked the third successive
day in which prices dropped the
maximum and came in the face
of generally bullish news and
strength in foreign markets. More
stringent marginal requirements
put into effect recently led to
considerable forced liquidation
and weakness in stocks and cot
ton induced some selling.
Liverpool wheat was 14d lower.
Winnipeg, 18c to 1c higher.
Heat In Grain Belt
Record-breaking heat continued
in most parts OF the grain belt,
although temperatures were on
the descend in the northern part
of the Canadian wheat belt.
Scattered showers were reported
in sections of Canada.
Estimated carlot receipts here
we're: Wheat, 1852; corn, 293, and
oats, 1874.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
COTTON PRICES
DIP ABOUT 81
PER BALE

NEW YORK, July 81 GN.S0.
"A sharp break in grains and weak
ness in security markets sent cot
ton futures tumbling today.
Trade Support Feeble
Trade support was feeble and
scattered and failed by a wide
margin to stem the heavy selling
by spot houses, New Orleans and
brokers acting for Japanese inter
eSts.
There was some buying by pro-
feSSionalS for rally shortly after
the opening, also short covering,
but this failed to lift the list.
The New York cotton exchange
service estimated that world con-
sumption of American cotton dur
ing the 1928 season approx
mated ii, $4,000 bales, the largest
since the 1928-29 season, when
world spinners used 15,506,00O
bales of the American staple.
Far Above Last Year
Last season, world consumption
totaled 12,506,000 bales, two
seasons ago 11,113,000 and three
seasons ago 13,021,000.
Around noon October was off
20 at 1898, December off "a at
1858, March off % at 1890, and
July '34 off % at Ills.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Fisher Index Drops
After l5-Week Rise

After IS weeks steady rise,
Prof. Irving Fishers index of
wholesale commodity prices de-
clined 8 fractional points in the
week ended July %, to 69.6 from
70.04, the recovery high. This
compares with low of $50 on
March 3 and with average of
60.04 in July, 1882.
Purchasing power of the dollar
thus advanced to 1888 from
1870, compared with the high
Of 1917 March 3 and with
average Of 1855 in July, 1882.
The British index of whole
sale prices also declined, falling
to 64.2 from 65.1. This COM
pares with a low of 58.7 and with
an average Of 59.6 in July, 1892.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Canadian Business
NeIUS ENCOURAGING

Trade reports from Canada con-
tlnue encouraging. Larger turn
over is reported from Halifax and
Saint John, with better lumber
trade a contributing factor; con-
sumer buying is heavier in To-
ronto, partly because of a con-
siderable tourist traffic, which is
heavier than last year.
Regina and Saskatoon report
Improvement, and Calgary tn e
best volume in the past two years.
In other large cities the better
sentiment of the past three weeks
is being maintained. Some i'm
provement is noted in collections.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
IRON PIPE
ORDERS Up

There has been a further in
crease in activity in cast iron
pipe. Orders placed are larger
and the inquiries are more nu-
merous.
U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co. has
booked 2,400 tons for a water
supply system at Louisville, KY,
1000 tons of 4 to 12-inch for
Riverside, Cal, and 1000 tons
of 6 to 16-inch from the District
of Columbia Commission, Wash
ington.
The Lynchburg Foundry Co.
has taken 900 tons of 8-inch
from Chicago. Donaldson Iron
Works secured 300 tons of 8 to
10-inch from Ridgefield, Conn.,,
and $50 tons for a hospital at
Oneonta, N. Y. r. D. Wood &
Co. received 240 tons Of 8-inch
from the Public Service Corp. Of
New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
WR|GLEY BACKS
NRA FULLY

The William Wrigley, Jr., Com
pany, which increased wages and
shortened hours for all factory
employees last february, has
further increased wages to con-
form with the NRA general code,
effective Monday, July "a. Philip
K. Wrigley, president, says:
Employers who attempt to
find ways and means of living
up to the code without increas-
ing their costs and payrOlls are
defeating the purpose of the
NRA plan. Our company is
conforming to it regardless of
the extra COST"
Mr.. Wrigley has ordered that
the NRA badge of cooperation be
used Immediately in all the COM
pany's advertising from coast to
coast.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
WAGE FARMERS
BUYING MORE

Continued expansion of sales
volume Of mail order houses and
chain organizations distributing
merchandise in the lower price
ranges to industrial wage earners
and throughout agricultural dis
tricts has been the feature of
retail trade thus far in July,
says a Standard Statistics Com
pany survey.
This betterment, while not
fully equal to the rapid advances
recorded in. such lines as the
textiles, is said to reflect the i'm
provement in industrial employ.
ment and payroll totals, and the
improved income Of the farmers,
both actual and prospective, re-
Sulting from the sharp rise of
prices for agricultural commodi-
ties. Through these means, wage
earners not only have been able
to satisfy urgent needs to an
increasing degree, but also to
anticipate in a small measure a
rising trend of prices.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
PHONES ARE GUT.
2,011 IN JUNE

Telephones in service in the
District of Columbia dropped 2,011
during June, to 174,023, which is
6,802 fewer than a year ago, the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company reports to the
Public Utilities Commission.
June operating revenues to.
tailed $766,655. Expenses were
$620,875, and net income was
$145,876. For the half-year ended
June 80, revenue was $4,578, 1863,
expenses $3,745,712, and net was
$831,257.
The cost Of the telephone plant
in service at the end of the
month was $34,407, ITS, according
to John A. Romon, general man.
ager, and net return for the six
months, on an annual basis, was
5.73 per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
SHARES
LEAD IN CURB
RETREAT

Alcohol shares ran into persis-
tent offerings, with Hiram Walker
carried down 25s points to 29B.
Fistillers' Seagram off 15s at 209s,
Canadian Industrial Alcohal A off
12s at / 20, and Schenley Distil-
lerS down 314 at 2424.
Utilities Heavily Sold
Utilities were sold rather ag.
gressively, with Electric Bond and
Share carried down 25s points to
22% before meeting support. The
run of low-priced favorites did
not do badly, although in the
senior classification Columbia Gas
and Electric preferred slumped 4
points to 1904.
Newmont Mining was hardest
hit among the specialties, show
ing a loss of 234 points at 37A.
Swift & Co. sold off IN to 1874.
Swift international was down IA
at 241a, and Aluminium was 4A
lower at 65.
Gulf Off Sharply
Gulf tumbled sharply in an ur-
settled oil group, showing a 3-point
decline at ASH. Standard Of In
diana was off 13s at 281a.
The Cities Service issues con-
tinued to point lower, both the
common and debentures being a
shade easier.
The bond division was lower, in
line with stocks, although good
support came in on a fairly close
scale-doWn basis.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Fort Stevens Post
Names DELEGATES

At a recent meeting held at the
home of Comdr. George H. Smith,
post commander of Fort Stevens
Post, No. 27, American Legion,
the delegates named to serve on
important committees during the
departmental convention were:
Leo j. Reel, first vice commander,
on the constitutional amend
ments and resolutions; Charles j.
Warren, color guard, rules COM
mittee; William H. Hargrave, ad-
jutant, credentials committee, and
George Fl. Smith, as the chair
man of the Fort Stevens delega-
ton. The post meets Thursday
evening for the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year.