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Evening star., 1933-06-30
"POLITICAL VICTIMS" DISMISSED
COMMERCIAL ATTACHES CHARGE
Thirty Arriving Here From Foreign Posts Declare u
Has Been Cheapened by Action.

Havre in time to catch the liner Wash
ington Others charged that in order
to move quickly they had to dispose OF
their furniture either by giving 1t away
or selling it at heavy loss.
Bright and early this morning the
attaches began arriving at the Com
merce Department Building to inter-
view officials. At noon, none said ne
had gained entrance to the offices OF
Secretary of Commerce Roper or AS
sistant Director Amory Of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
who is said to have aided in the econ
omy survey that resulted in these men
returning home.
THE so-called economy move that
has brought US home has cheapened
the United States Government in the
eyes of European nations" one out
standing attache declared.
1.-The outstanding thing is that the
move has placed members of the Amer
ican consulate service and other ennis
saries abroad in peculiar position be-
cause Europeans now realize that they
are taking matters up with men who
probably will be recalled within "a
hours notice"
Throughout the day. the attaches
went from one Office to another in the
bureau, making an effort. they said, to
find out what it is all about"
1.-The Government saved a million
dollars by herding us at Havre so that
1t could save money on our passage
CONTINUED on Page s. Column ~
Evening star., 1933-06-30

There will be no dismissals, separa-
tions or compulsory retirements at the
White House or executive ONCE today
as q result of the retrenchment ak
which Is falling heavily in the various
departments and bureaus Of the Gov
eminent.
The $685., 900 appropriation, which
also includes the salaries for the Presi-
dent and Vice President Is sufncient to
not make it necessary to drop any OF
the employees. or to put into effect any
payless furloughs. For maintenance OF
the White House mansion, and the ex-
ecutive ofilce and the surrounding
grounds. $4,000 has been provided for
the next year. This Is only $1,000 less
than the appropriation for the year
just ending, and that cut can easily
be met, it was explained at the White
House today, without affecting the per-
sonnet
Besides the - regular employees Of
Evening star., 1933-06-30
COMPROMISE MADE
ON TEXTILE WAGES
lew Figure of Cotton Manu-.
facturers Not Officially
Reported.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An agreement among cotton manu-
facturers on a compromise on = new
minimum wage schedule to be offered
labor In the cotton textile industry was
reached today, after a four hour con-
ference in a stuffy hotel room.
The new figure which the manufac-
turers were to submit at once to Gen.
Hugh johnson, administrator Of the ma
tional recovery act, was not formally
disclosed, but it was reported reliably
that it would be $l2 for Southern mills
and $l3 in Northern mills.
In the code originally submitted the
minimum wage provision called for
$40 in the South and $l1 In the North,
labor protesting this scale.
As the conference broke up George
A. Sloan, chairman of the Manufac-
turers' Committee, rushed through the
hotel lobby saying he was 'on the
fly to meet Gen. johnson"
The matter Of working hours, to
which labor also had entered vigor-
Gus protests. still remained to be de-
cided. but the operators felt confident
the 40-hour schedule as originally sug-
gested would not be altered.
Seek 40-Hour Week.
Also heard among the operators was a
determination to stand by their plan
to limit hours Of work to 40 a week
against the 80 suggested by William
Green, president of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor.
Intensely anxious that the first code
be one acceptable to all parties. and not
promulgated by the administration ever
objections, johnson and his deputy, W.
L. Allen, offered their assistance in any
negotiations between labor and employer
outside the hearing room.
On the one side CT the issue was the
operators proposition-an Sill weekly
minimum in the North, $40 In the
South, and a 40-hour week. On the
other was various worker demands
which Green gathered into call for q
minimum wage of from $14 to SIS and
30-hour week.
Northern textile manufacturers said
they believed the code as submitted
an agreement fair to both
operators and labor They were under
stood as willing to make some further
allowances on minimum wages
But on the hours1of-labor question.
prominent industrialists insisted just
as emphatically that 40 hours is the
(Continued IN Page Column 81
Evening star., 1933-06-30
ADML. H0UGH SUCCEEDS
MUTTON AT NAVY YARD
Yates Stirling, Jr., Assumes Com
mand Of Brooklyn Post, Re-
linquished by Phelps.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 30-Rear Admiral
Louis M. Mutton, commandant of the
Boston Navy Yard and commander of
the 1st Naval District since June. 1880,
retired today and was succeeded by
Rear Admiral Henry Hughes Hough
who has commanded the United States
fleet base at San Pedro, Calf.
NEW YORK, June 80 R.-Rear Ad-
miral Yates Stirling, jr., former COM
mandant of the navy base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, today as
sumed command of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, succeeding Rear Admiral w. w.
Phelps, retiring
The new commandant, who arrived
from Honolulu with, his family yester-
day, in addition to being a naval ofdcer
with distinguished record, is also q
writer of books for boys.
He was born in Vallejo, Calf. but
lived in Baltimore for many years. He
was appointed to the United States
Naval Academy in 1888 and served in
the Spanish and World Wars.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
WHITE HOUSE WON'T CUT STAFF
OR GIVE BURROUGHS FOR ECONOMY
Appropriation of S369,o00 Sufficient Make 1t
Unnecessary to Force Payless Leaves.

the executive staff Of the White House,
for whose salaries 100000 has been
allowed for next year, there are Is
temporary clerks, stenographers and
typists detailed at the executive of1ce
from other departments. These de-
tailed employees are not on the White
House pay roll, but it is understood
that none of them will be affected by
the retrenchment
Besides the cut of $4,000 for main
tenance Of the mansion, of1lce and
grounds, the appropriation for next
year included cut of $4,000 in the
annual allowance for the Presidents
travelling expenses. During the next
year he must be content with $4,000
for travelling purposes, instead OF
$25,000. The Presidents salary OF
5000 Is not affected by the Is per
cent economy cut, but Mr.. Roosevelt
has voluntarily applied this cut to his
salary, and each month turns back to
the Treasury ss37.5o out Of his te,25o
monthly check.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Distinguished U. S. Biologists
Retired Under Retrenchment
Dr. David White Vice President of National Acad.
emy, Included in Geological Survey Program.
Cuts Made to Prevent Hardships.

Retirement of some of the most dis
tinguished American geologists. includ-
ing one member of the National
Academy of Sciences, was announced
today by the Geological Survey. in order
to come within the limits of its reduced
appropriations.
In addition 1t was necessary to
separate from the service some of the
younger members of the staff to meet
the appropriation cut of approximately
Is per cent About 80 per cent of the
entire appropriation goes for salaries.
In this way. it was explained by DR..
w. c. Mendenhall, director of the
Evening star., 1933-06-30
BANKS DRAFT PLAN
TO END GOLD CRISIS
Approval of Roosevelt Is
Awaited to Curb
Speculation.
BY Cable to The Star.


LONDON, England. June 30.-An
agreement by the central banks. in
cluding the Federal Reserve Bank Of
New York, to curb speculative fluctu-
ations on the exchanges and an agree
ment by the gold countries to stay
on the gold standard-these are the
latest form the search is taking for
a formula to save the conference.
It is believed that James P. War
burg, economic adviser acting for the
United States. sat in one room while the
gold bloc deliberated in the other,
with the British acting as go-between.
The new double formula, reached
after repeated failures. is believed to
burg and DR.. Sprague. President
Roosevelt's approval, it IS said. will
be asked before its publication is made.
Britain in Between.
Tension, crisis, deadlock, climax are
the words everyone is using today to
describe the plight Of this unhappy
conference.
The United States refuses to stabilize
the dollar France, Italy, Holland,
Switzerland and Belgium refuse to join
in any other resolutions or agreements
reached here unless something is done
about stabiliZation.
Great Britain. pulled strongly from
both sides, refuses to tie itself finally
either to the gold bloc or to the dollar.
What is being sought is formula
which will solve these conflicting ele-
l.
Private meetings abound The bankers
Evening star., 1933-06-30

Geological Survey, 1t was possible to
keep almost intact the large group who
are in the midst of their active careers
as geologists. and upon whom separa-
ton from the service would have
brought the greatest hardships.
The men retired today have made
contributions to economic geology which
have added materially to the wealth of
the Nation, and at the same time have
conducted researches which are corner
stones in the present knowledge of the
composition, structure and age of the
earth.
The personnel Ct the Geological Sur
vey probably goes through a more in
tensive period Of training than that of
any other Government bureau and in
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
BRITAIN AND RUSSIAN
TRADE PACT UNSETTLED
Sir John Simon and Maxim Lit
vinoff Fail in Agreement at
Third Conference.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 30-A third meeting
between Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet COM
missar for foreign affairs, and Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon failed today
to produce a preparatory agreement for
settling the trade conflict between Rus
sia and Britain.
The two men met at the foreign Of
f1ce. A communique stated that, while
progress was being made, the matter
was not yet complete and another meet
ing was expected at an early date.
Embargoes against each cthers goods
were laid down by the two nations
three months ago as result of the
controversy growing out of the convic-
tion in Moscow of British engineers
tried for espionage and sabotage.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Hundreds Enter Ranks of
JobIess Today and Others
Face Additional Pay Cuts.
5000 EMPLOYEES IN D. C..
WILL BE DISMISSED
Government Starts New Fiscal Year
Tomorrow Under Billion Dollar
Cut in Funds.

With the Government bending ef-
forts toward creating work for the idle
in the world Of trade, and boosting the
wages of those already on pay rolls,
hundreds of its own employees scattered
over the globe today enter the ranks Of
income already cut IS per cent, face
additional reduction in compensation.
Tomorrow the Government starts the
new fiscal year under program that
calls for billion-dollar slash in normal
expenditures excluding. of course, the
vast sums going into the new emergency
activities-and the pinch Is being felt
all along the line in the old-established
agencies. with the whole range of per-
sonnel, whether unskilled laborer or
eminent scientist, affected in one way
or another
In many cases. outright dismissals
are being resorted to; in others, "in-
definite furloughs.' which mean the
same thing. are being applied. In ad-
dition, there will be, almost universally
payless furloughs for some set period,
which cut the wage Of employees, but at
would otherwise have to go by making
some funds available to pay them.
Number to Go Undetermined.
Any estimate of the total employees
to be cut of is more or less Of guess,
for administrative officers themselves
have, in most cases, only general idea
Of what must be done. 1t has already
been made clear that 30-year en-
ployes. eligible for pension, and mar
ried workers, whose husbands or wives
already are in Government service.
will lose out wherever there is need.
Once the saving that may be expected
from these quarters IS determined Off
cials will figure how to spread retrench-
ment elsewhere. In several quarters
the opinion has been expressed that
the full effect Of these reductions will
not be evident before the middle Of
July, when the first pay roll for the
month Is fixed up, and some groups
are making their cuts progressively,
with the intention Of having them
completed at that time.
5000 Separations In d. C.
On the basis Of partial estimates, and
with some few DEFINITE figures from the
10 executive departments and the
principal Independent establishments,
there will be more than 5000 separa-
tions from the Government pay roll
in Washington by that time, and this
does not take into account either In
terror or Agriculture Departments.
At the former, where the depart
mental force is 5000, it was said that
there will be several hundred less
jobs. it being the intention to fill no
vacancies, make transfers where pos
sible and apply furloughs Of varying de-
gree. Agriculture also must use every
possible method Of retrenchment it was
said
Commerce. where the ak is most
active, is cutting off 200 married work.
ers and retiring 100 of the 30-year
employees tonight and 800 more of the
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Leaves Question
of Dollar to
Bankers.
LEADERS MEET
in NEW YORK
President Replies to
Reports From
London.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMPOBELLO, ISLAND, New
Brunswick, June 30.-President
Roosevelt regards the question OF
temporary stabilization of cur
rency as banking rather than
governmental problem and
therefore outside the immediate
realm of the troubled economic
conference:
The Chief Executive made this
view known here today after
being advised of London dis
patches quoting high British
quarters" as saying they under
stood that Mr.. Roosevelt had re-
piled favorably to a plea to pre-
vent erratic dollar fluctuations.
Will Leave Tomorrow.
The President was planning his de-
parture frcm here on board the cruiser
indianapolis for tomorrow afternoon, in
keeping with his original schedule, but,
like a true sailor, he says, God permit
ting"
1t all depends on the weather and if
there is a fog he won't hesitate to re-
main over at this retreat for the week
end
Evening star., 1933-06-30
CLAIRE WINDSOR SUED

LOS ANGELES, June 80 (P.-
Brought to the Los Angeles Superior
Court from San Francisco on q change
OF venue. suit for 100000, alleging
alienation of affections, was filed
against Claire Windsor, motion picture
actress, by Marion v. Read who as
serts Miss Windsor stole the love of
her husband, Alfred c. Read, jr, for
merly of Oakland.
With Mrs. Reads petition was an
answer filed by the film actress denying
all the allegations.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Armada Still on Ground.

ORBETELLO. Italy. June 30 R.-
Gen. Italo Balbo, Italian air minister,
who will lead squadron Of IS seaplanes
OF: q flight by stages to Chicago. said
the armada will be unable to leave to-
day Weather continued unfavorable in
Central Europe.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
TRADING IN DOLLAR
GAINED BY PARLEY
Rate Closes at $4.2slz, but Gains
in Light Dealings After
Regular Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 30.-While the World
Economic Conference was trying to
hammer out formula to prevent wild
fluctuations in exchanges, dealings in
the United States dollar Gained down
considerably today. but the movements
were still irregular
The rate closed at S4.28A to the
pound, quarter of cent above the
overnight quotation.
Early selling deprecated the dollars
rate from the opening at s4.27 to s4-29.
after which covering brought improve
ment to $4.25. But in the late after
noon, with little business. $4.29lz was
touched.
In trading after regular hours the
dollar gained the last transactions
being at $4.26. Dealings were light.
PARIS, June 80 R.-The United
States dollar closed at 20.02 francs on
the Bourse today. an increase in value
of 40 centimes from yesterdays official
close, but a drop from the rates quoted
after hours yesterday afternoon, which
ranged from 20.10 to 1920.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
INHERITS $4,000
H. C. Morris of Capital Is Named
Beneficiary Under Aunt's Will.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, June 30-Henry c.
Morris of the Shoreham Hotel, Wash
ington, D. c., receives approximately
$4,000 as his share of the estate Of
his late aunt, Mrs. Electa Matilda
Ziegler, according to an appraisal OF the
estate filed in the State transfer tax
department Office here today.
The residuary estate was valued at
approximately S930486. The estate
showed net value of S950,486. Specific
bequests totaled only $4,000. Mrs.
Ziegler, the widow of William ziegler,
founder of the Royal Baking Powder
Co. died September l, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
ROOSEVELT PUTS MONEY
STERILIZATION OUTSIDE
REALM OF CONFERENCE
Roosevelt STAYS
In Camp While
Ship Stands By
Back From Inspection
Trip Aboard the
indianapolis.

The Navy was informed late to-
day that President Roosevelt still
is at his camp at Camrobello, Me.
The cruiser Indianapolis is an
chored off Campobello awaiting the
Chief Executives command.
Earlier, the Navy received radio
message the presidential party was
aboard the Indianapolis. Later re-
ports explained, however, that Mr..
Roosevelt went aboard for an in
spection trip, after which he returned
to shore.
The Indianapolis is at Campobello
under orders issued weeks ago to
meet the President there and re-
turn him to the Capital if he de-
sired.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
BINGHAM NOT ILL

Report of Serious Sickness of Envoy
to England Denied.
published in London today that United
States Ambassador Bingham was dan
gerously i'll drew an emphatic denial
from the embassy.
Bingham. it was stated. is recovering
from a latent infection which tends to
send his temperature up when he exerts
himself
An official in the embassy said "Mr
Bingham is not seriously i'll, but we
want to keep him quiet, because when
he moves about too much his tempera-
ture rises"
The official added that the Ambas-
sador Is quite able to carry on his
duties.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
ENDS PUBLICATION
Memphis Evening Appeal to Con-
solidate With Commercial.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 30 [P.-The
Memphis Evening Appeal will be pub
lished for the last time today and con-
solidated with the Commercial Appeal,
James Hammond, jr., publisher, an
nounced early in the day.
The Memphis Press Scimitar, evening
Scripps- Howard newspaper at Memphis,
has applied for membership in the As
sociated Press in the evening field and
Is publishing the report. The CONNER
cial Appeal will continue to publish the
Associated Press In the morning field.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
AMERICAN PROPERTIES
ARE BOMBED IN CUBA
Authorities Believe Blasts Were
Protest Against Effort to
Reconcile Politicians.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, June 30.-Two bombings
of American properties occurred early
today, apparently in protest. authorities
indicated, against efforts of American
Ambassador Welles to settle Cuba's po-
liticai differences
Two bombs exploded almost simul-
taneously inside and outside the Ma
tional Cash Register Co. agency. Win
dows were broken, but no one was hurt.
An American grocery was damaged
by an explosion about an hour later.
Authorities believed a small faction,
expressing dissatisfaction with the
plans for mediation, was involved.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Shakespeare Folio Brings $61, 900.

LONDON, June 80 (P.-Dr. A. S. w.
Rosenbach of Philadelphia paid rec
ord price of f14,500 currently ,900)
today for a first folio of Shakespeare at
Lord Roseberry's library sale at Sothe-
by's auction room.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
Two Members Appointed and One
Reappointed.

The District Supreme Court today
appointed two new members Of the
Board of Education and reappointed
third member. They are:
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, reap
pointed.
Henry I. Quinn.
Charles Houston.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
SO TO BE FURL 0UGHED
Prohibition Agents Slated for Lay
of Tomorrow.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 30 R.-
W. N. Woodruff, prohibition admins
traitor for Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Michigan, announced today that 90
Of the ass employees of his administra-
ton area would be furloughed. efec-
tive tomorrow.
Evening star., 1933-06-30
NAMED TO SCHOOL BOARD

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Continued on Page S, Column A.
Evening star., 1933-06-30

co. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastO
Local thundershowers tonight; tomor-
row generally fair; not much change IN
temperature; moderate southwest WINDS.
Temperatures-Highe 81, at 3 pm.
yesterday; lowest. "a, at 6 am. today.
Full report on page B-5.
Evening star., 1933-06-30

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-12
Discrimination
Bills Against the
FilibinoS in Cal.
Legislature Passes Statute Prohibiting
Intermarriage

TO death because he was born with .
dark complexion, and Is worker
The Filipinos have a similar prob
lem. The Filipino status is in some
cases worse even than that Of the
Negro as far as the law goes.
The bourgeoisie regards the Fill
pinos as an inferior race to the eau
casian, a race incompetent to rule it.
self. The bourgeoisie acts to use
every racial connection Of mankind
in order to destroy the solidarity OF
the workers Of different races.
The only solution to racial discrim-
ination lies in the hands Of the mil
liant workers Of the Philippines and
in the United States. The only log
ical thing is for Filipinos to over
throw the present form Of society ex-
listing in the Philippines.
All workers are invited to a meet
ing on Imperialism in the Philippines
called by the Filipino Anti Imperial
ist League at $50 pm, Sunday, April
23rd at 24O Columbia ST., South
BROOKLYN,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-12
PLAN HOLY WAR
AGAINST MARXISM
Dollfuss in Rome for
Anti-Red Talks

ROME, April IL. - Church and
State, cooperation between three
Fascist movements, g. bloc Of Italy,
Germany, Austria and the Vatican,
these forces from the middle ages
are seeking to WORK up a new holy
war against Communism.
Won Papen and Goering are al
ready in Italy. Chancellor DollfuSs,
the dictator of Austria, is flying to
Rome today from Vienna. Hitler is
coming next week, to see Mussolini,
and to discuss the position Of the
Roman Catholic Church in Germany
with the Pope.
Plus XII has shown himself in the
past to be quite as much of q Marx
ist-baiter as Hitler himself. Com
mon opposition to Marxisn, and to
its embodiment in the Communist
Parties of the world and in the Sow
let Union, unites these forces of
darkness; but conflicting interests,
and territorial differences between
them, present an almost insuperable
difficulty in the way Of their cooper
alton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-12
RAIDS ON USSR
OWNED RAILWAY
Japanese Manchukuo
War Provocations

MOSCOW, April 1o.-Numerous
bandit raids" involving the derail-
ing of trains and murderous assaults
on maintenance of way men, are &C.
curing with increasing frequency on
the eastern section of the Soviet
owned Chinese Eastern Railway. A
report from Khabaroysk in eastern
Siberia states that these raids are
organized by the japanese with a
view to Gripping the red port OF
Vladivostok. For the second time in
six weeks, the Soviet demand for pro-
lection Of the railroad line has been
rejected, 1t was reported today.
The Japanese attempts to force the
Soviet Union into a defensive war be-
come more frenzied as Japan sinks
into deepened depression and eco
monte impotence while The Soviet
Union is making tremendous gains in
production ana consolidating its eco
nomic strength. An editorial in the
Washington Post" describes Matsu-
oko's conversation with Roosevelt and
Secretary OF state Hull as an at
tempt to block American recognition
ct the Soviet Union.