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Evening star., 1933-05-04
Mckee DISCLOSES PLAN TO AID
US. HOME MORTGAGE SITUATION
Would Form New Non-Profit
Making Company to Con-
fer With R. F. c.
To Be Agency for Distribu'
ton to Rehabi|itate Old
Certificates. ..
Nv tha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Aldermanlc
Chairman Joseph v. Mckee sat at his
desk in City Hall today and disclosed
that behind his complete elimina-
ton" Of himself from politics lay a
definite plan through which he hopes
to aid the home mortgage situation
throughout the entire country.
Plan II His Own
He said the rehabilitation plan was
his own. that he had been working
on 1t for months and that he had made
several trips to Washington to discuss
1t with members of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
He emphasized that his acceptance
yesterday Of the presidency Of the Title
Guarantee and Trust Co. and announce
ment Of his withdrawal from politi-
cal life was in no way to be construed
as q political force-out," but was en-
tirely actuated by his desire to work
out his plan for countrywide mort
gage rehabilitation.
Briefly, he said. his plan was to
form new non-profit-making company
with prominent men serving as Its
officers without personal gain, which
would cooperate with the n. =. o Is
N agency for distributing additional
Evening star., 1933-05-04
Summary of Farm Bill
Machinery to Be Made available Under Extensive
Provisions of administration Measure
Is Set Forth.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
II you are a farmer and wondering
how the big bill soon to reach the Presi-
dent is designed to put more money in
your pocket, this summary Of its ex-
tensive provisions illustrates what can
be done As to detailed procedure and
results, these depend on what combina-
ton the administration will use Of the
many powers given 1t.
Here is the machinery to be made
available. as the legislation now stands
l. Federal-owned cotton would be
pooled to be sold on credit to growers
in exchange for acreage reduction.
Government keeps cotton, selling 1t
later and giving profits to farmers.
?. Secretary Wallace authorized to
proclaim processing tax on wheat,
cotton, corn, hogs, rice, tobacco, sugar
cane, sugar beets and dairy products in
amount he deems necessary to increase
income over market levels.
3. Receipts Of tax would either be
paid farmer as direct benefit or by
creasing his production. He would
share according to production reduc-
ton.
f. Marketing agreements among dis
tributors allowed so they can pay more
to the farmer.
S. A compensatory tax on competing
products provided to offset price Ill
creaseS through processing tax.
6. Secretary Wallace permitted. II
he desires, to proclaim a minimum
price to be paid for farm products going
into the domestic market.
z. A s2000,000,000 Federal Land
Bank bond issue provided, with the in
terest of 4 per cent to be guaranteed
by the Government, to permit ref1nanc-
ing through the land banks of farm
mortgages at AZ per cent interest.
8. 100000 900 from Reconstruction
Corporation authorized to let farmer to
refloat other debts with creditors
through composition agreement.
9. $50,0000 900 from Treasury pro-
Evening star., 1933-05-04
AL SMITH RUMORED
TO RUN FOR MAYOR
HcKees Farewell to Politics Gives
Increased Currency to
Speculation.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4-Joseph v.
McKee's farewell to politics gave in
creased currency today to talk that
Alfred Z. Smith may run for Mayor
this Fall.
There was one report that the for
mer Governor and the borough leaders
Of the Democratic party had reached
an understanding expected to result in
Smiths candidacy.
No confirmation came from any of
the principals involved. but the report
said that news to this effect had
reached Mckee and had Influenced his
decision to abandon politics and become
president Of the Title Guarantee &
Trust Co.
Some political observers said that
Stephen j. Flynn, Bronx Democratic
leader and friend of Mckee. would not
have been expected to support him
against Smith. nor would Mckee have
wanted to oppose the former Governor
The action Of Mckee, advocate OF
rigid economy. in resigning his $4,000
job as aldermanic president and
eliminating" himself from politics, was
q shock to many foes of Tammany
Many anti-Tammanyites had looked to
him to wrest the mayorality from the
organization incumbent, 10 hn P
O'Brien. Mckee Is a resident of the
Bronx and q non-Tammany Democrat
Evening star., 1933-05-04
ITALIAN PLANS RUSHED
FOR HOP TO CHICAGO
Deputies Applaud After Air Chief
Discloses Squadron Nearly
Ready to Cross Sea.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME. May 4-The whole Chamber
Of Deputies rose to its feet to applaud
yesterday when Air Minister Italo Balbo,
presenting the $27.000,000 aviation
budget. announced that preparations for
a flight of 20 seaplanes to Chicago this
summer were nearing completion.
He praised the reasoned audacity" of
the spirit Of the expedition in which
nearly 100 men will endeavor to span
the ocean in late May or early June,
adding that bravery was praiseworthy
in aviation, but that prudence and ade-
quate preparation were also most
necessary.
The squadron's mission he said, is to
carry Fascist Italy's fraternal regards
to the United States and to return with
new victory for II Duce in whose
name our soldiers of the air know how
to serenely face triumph over death"
The aviation budget, effective July l,
represents a reduction of $4,000, 900
under the appropriation for the current
year.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
JUDGE QUESTIONED
IN MORTGAGE RIOT
Tells How Mob Took Him
From Court and Threat
ened Hanging.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LIE MARS, Iowa, May 4-Judge c.
c. Bradley. victim of an attack by
farmers who dragged him from the
bench and threatened to hang him
appeared today before the military
court to give testimony regarding the
outbreak
The session of the military court OF
four members was secret w. Scott
Reiniger, Bradleys court reporter, also
was called.
Judge Bradley was taken from his
court room last Thursday to q lonely
cross roads, where q rope was placed
about his neck. He was choked into
unconsciousness because he refused tc
tutlonality OF Iowa's new mortgage
moratorium laws in test cases pending
before him.
Crowned With Grease Cup.
He complied with request to pray
and was released after he had beer
crowned with a greasy hub cap from @
truck and his trousers taken of anC
filled with grease and mud.
I'VE have made substantial progress
and valuable evidence has been OBJ.
tanned" said Maj. l.. D. Mallonee OF
the Military Commission Of Investiga-
ton.
Eyewitnesses to the attack on Judge
| Bradley were heard yesterday and somt
of them were reported to have identified
members of the crowd that made thu
attack. Details of the investigation
however, were withheld, Commandan
Glenn Haynes said, until trials in civi
courts are begun.
Thirty-flve witnesses were heard
while at Denison another military com.
missioner gathered evidence on a re.
! cent riot by farmers when they fought
with officers to prevent a mortgage
foreclosure sale.
Attorney General Edward L. O'Con.
nor is taking an active hand in tht
investigations, while two assistants ar,
gathering data for the civil trials.
O'Connor announced. after lengthy
conferences, that the militia would no
be withdrawn nor martial law liftee
until the inquiry has been completed
! Then, he said, only part of the troop.
would evacuate, leaving small forces fol
duty during the court sessions.
Clarence Darrow, veteran crimina
| ldWyeI, dllllOuIlCcQ Ie WOulO TepTGScll
the farmers with staff including F. F
! Faville, former chief justice of the Iowa
Supreme Court: William Holly Oar
rows assistant, and s. F. x. Meis O
Adrian, MINI.
Additional arrests were expected to.
day. Already a total of lib persons ar,
held in jails and stockades at the tive
encampments. go here and 40 at Deni
SON. In addition, nine others arrested
in this territory are in Sioux City jails
Riot Leads to Boom.
While the fate Of more than 80 farm
ers is debated by the military court
LIE Mars business men are enjoying {
minor boom.
The driver of the towns lone bat
tered taxicab does rushing business
to camp, about mile out of town, q
SO cents the trip.
Seven brothers who operate a cloth
ing store and shoe store have seen bust
ness pick up with sales Of raincoats
shirts, caps and other haberdashery II
newspaper scribes and other newcomers
Meat markets and grocery stores hav,
benefited most. supplying the camp
Drug stores. news stands, restaurants
telegraph Offices, all have noted ,
marked increase In the volume of bust
ness
We're glad to see the guard" on
merchant said Business Is good"
Evening star., 1933-05-04
ASKS DISABLED VETERANS
NOT TO JOIN new MARCH
Plea Is Issued by Commander Of
Federal Chapter, No. 6, D. A. v.
Peril to Cause Seen.

A plea for disabled veterans to shun
any march on Washington was issued
today by Oscar G.. Jones, commander
Of Federal Chapter, No. 6, Disabled
American Veterans of the World War.
Jones declared the publicity ex-service
men would incur with such q march
would be detrimental to their cause.
He said the movement Is being spon-
sored by radical organizations opposed
to the best interests of the Government,
and q close scrutiny of conditions In
Washington has convinced him that
any who come to Washington will find
themselves IN privation and distress.
This country" he said, needs the
loyal support Of the veteran as much
today as 1t did in 1918. and II such
support Is given our President the vet
eran will be taken care of as soon as
present emergency measures can be laid
aside"
Evening star., 1933-05-04
|ACHESOh IS NAMED
TO TREASURY POST
Morris Nominated to Be
U. S. Ambassador to
Belgium.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today nominated
Dean G. Acheson of Middetown. Conn,
and Washington, D. c., as Undersecre-
tary Of the Treasury to succeed Arthur
A. Ballantjne. and Dave Hennen Morris
OF New York to be Ambassador to
Belgium.
Among several names he sent to the
Senate was Francis A. Garrecht OF
Spokane, Wash. to be a Judge in the
ninth judicial circuit and that Of George
States attorney for the northern district
of that State.
The nominations Of Henry B. Mitch
ell of Montana and Lucille F. McA1il-
lin OF Tennessee as members Of the
Civil Service Commission were unani-
mously approved today by the Senate
Civil Service Committee.
No protests were filed and the COM
mittee acted so quickly that 1t was all
over before Senator Couzens, Repub-
hcan, of Michigan, arrived to inquire
into the appointment of Mrs. McMillin
The Michigan Senator said he had
heard Of objections to her nomination
but did not disclose their nature. He
said they probably would be made or
the Senate floor
1t was said also that Gustav Pabst
If Milwaukee probably will be appointed
to some diplomatic post, but no decision
has yet been reached.
Charles Jackson Of Columbia. S. c.
was described as being at the top OF
the list of candidates for deputy
commissioner Of fisheries.
Other Patronage.
Also it was learned that Senator
Bratton, Democrat, New Mexico, ha:
accepted an appointment as a judge O
the Tenth Circuit Court Of Appeals
President Roosevelt has requested
however, that he stay in the Senat,
for the remainder Of the special session
which may end in June.
Another patronage DEVELOPMENT wa!
the announcement by w. A. Julian
Democratic national committeeman To-
Ohio. that he had accepted the pos
of Treasurer Of the United States.
Evening star., 1933-05-04

mortgage money to rehabilitate old
certificates.
It was learned today that McKee's
new post at the head of the Title
Guarantee 81 Trust Co. will pay him
salary of $4,000 a year. He re-
ceived SIS, 900 as president of the Board
of Aldermen before he automatically
became mayor for time last year on
the resignation Of James J. Walker.
While mayor he cut his own salary
of $40, 900 to SIS, 900 and reduced other
salaries, 50 that when John p. O'Brien
was elected mayor and he went back
to his old post he received consid-
erably less.
Mckee said today that he regretted
exceedingly an impression which had
got abroad that he had withdrawn from
politics because the Bronx Democratic
organization had withdrawn its support
Of him.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
|SENATE'S CHANGES
| ON SHOALS STUDIED
House Leaders Review Bill
Before Sending 1t to
Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House leaders busted themselves to-
day with study Of the Norris Tennes-
see Valley-Muscle Shoals development
bill, approved yesterday by the Senate,
before deciding when to send 1t to con-
ference.
The Senate measure differs in i'm
portant details from the legislation
passed by the House last week, and the
conference between the two branches
Is necessary to reach an agreement.
Approved, s. to 20.
BY 50 to 20, the Senate approved its
bill, introduced by Senator Norris, Re-
publican, Of Nebraska, which provides
for Government operation Of Muscle
Shoals and the carrying out Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's program of power,
navigation and flood control develop
ment In the Tennessee River basin
This made the seventh time that the
Senate has passed q Norris-supporteo
Muscle Shoals bill.
Afterward Chairman McSwain OF
the House Military Committee said the
measure was not acceptable "in its
entirety" and added, I'VE may not seek
COuIeTcnCc dC OUce UeCduSe we WauL
to study the changes"
The major differences between the
Senate and House bills relate to fer
tilizer production apd Government dis
tribution Of power.
The Norris measure provides for ex-
perimental production Of fixed nitrogen
and fertilizers at the Shoals nitrate
plant. Under an amendment approved
yesterday the proposed Tennessee River
authority-the Government corpora
ton which will administer the law
would have authority to start produc-
ton itself or lease nitrate plant No.
to the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. The House bill provides for COM
mercial or quantity production of ferti-
lisers.
Differences on Power.
On power the Senate bill provides for
Government construction, purchase or
lease of transmission lines, while the
House bill would have the Government
first try to contract with private in
dustry for distribution before building
any lines itself
An effort to substitute the House
provisions in these respects was defeated
yesterday before the Senate gave its
final approval. Three Democrats
Coolidge of Massachusetts,, Gore of
Oklahoma and Tydings Of Maryland
and II Republicans voted against the
bill.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
Beaten by Woman Burglar.

MEDIA. Pa, May CP-John I
Meyers, 81, reported to police todal
that woman he surprised IN his
home at Moylan, yesterday had b,aten
him about the head and fed
He came upon the woman in the
basement Of his home and believed she
was trying to steal clothing from the
laundry.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
SLAYER KILLS SELF

PORTLAND, Greg, May 4 R.-Do-
reen de Silva, 81, q dancer freed from
prison q year ago after serving two
years of q manslaughter sentence for
the staying Of Gilbert Pinto, 80, leaped
to death in the Willamette River from
the st. Johns Bridge yesterday. Her
body was recovered.
Miss de Silva shot and killed Pinto
aboard the liner Malolo, of which Pinto
was a steward She said Pinto had
promised to marry her and then
changed his mind. Witnesses prevented
her from shooting herself ct that time.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
SYMPHONY'S FATE
DECISION TODAY
Fund $500 Short as Women's
Committee Prepares to Make
Final Report.

The fate Of the National Symphony
Orchestra will be decided this after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock, when the Womens
Committee, in charge of the drive to
complete the subscription fund, will
make its complete report.
This morning, the fund was $4,000
short. 1t had been reduced $3.50 since
yesterday, Manager c. c. Cappell of the
orchestra announced. Unless the sum
Is completely raised, the orchestra will
have to be disbanded.
Mr.. Cappell reports that q great
many citizens have responded to the
plea that every one interested in keep
ing the orchestra in existence give any
sum they can spare. Many dollar dona-
tions have been received, and have
helped considerably in bringing the goal
within striking distance, Mr.. Cappel
said.
Close to $4,000 has been raised by
the Women's Committee, and 1t Is
noped that at this afternoons meeting
at the nome OF Mrs. Edwin B. Parker,
2001 Twenty fourth street northwest.
the more than $50 women who make up
this group will be able to report that
means have been found to either Inn
mediately provide for the needed $4,000,
or to at least guarantee that 1t will be
raised before the opening Of the next
concert season.
Several school groups and clubs have
also subscribed to orchestra associa-
ton memberships. The Takoma Park
Womens Club and the Won Unschuld
School of Music are the latest to take
this action.
Schools to Aid.
Indorsing the orchestra as an edu-
cational asset to Washington. the music
division of the sixth division Of the
public school system yesterday launched
q drive to raise funds.
The committee met with music en-
thusiasts of the sixth division to devise
ways and means of securing funds for
the personnel Of the orchestra for the
coming season a
Evening star., 1933-05-04

vided to be added to land banks paid
in surplus so they can extend loans and
SIS 10000 to repay them for loss OF
interest, which now ranges around .
per cent.
10. s5O,00O,000 from Reconstruction
Corporation authorized for loans to
levee, irrigation and drainage districts,
secured by their obligations. SO they
can refund their debts at lower rates.
II. 100000, 900 from Reconstruction
Corporation provided for loans to joint
stock land banks so they may reduce
interest to per cent with the require
ment they not foreclose for two years.
Evening star., 1933-05-04

dollars or more would destroy the do
mestic bond market for the present and
Offset the benefits of putting the un-
employed to work.
Another factor causing the draft
toward a minimum figure at the begin
ming Is the showing by construction
experts that even we're $4,000 000, 900
obtained at this time, only fraction
of it would be spent within the next
year.
New Organizations Needed.
Months would be required to prepare
plans for other projects before work
could be started, it was said, and In
the last two years many cities and
States have curtailed their engineering
staffs to such an extent that new organ
izations would have to be built up be-
fore planning could begin.
State highway commissioners have
presented to Secretary Perkins q petit
ton that at least $400, 1000 900 be set
aside for road work, asserting that
$250, 900 900 would be necessary to keep
from laying of some Of those already
at work.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
NAZI PUTSCH EXPECTED
ON AUSTRIAN BORDER
Report Says Action on Bavarian
Frontier Will Be Aimed At
Torcible Anscluss.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, May "A wave Of mixed
alarm and enthusiasm swept Austria
today as a result Of o sensational re-
port published In the semi-ofdcial
Reichspost that . Nazi putsch, aimed
at the forcible realization Of an ans
cluss, was imminent on the Austro-
Bavarian border.
It was quickly explained in an OIL
cial quarter, however, that the Reichs-
post report was based only on "rumors
growing out of remarks made by Aus
trian Nazi leaders recently"
Evening star., 1933-05-04
TOO MANY FOREMEN
All Forestry Applicants Seek to
BE Head Men.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May @.-
There'u be no shortage of foremen in
the Civilian Conservation Corps for
estry camps.
Supervisor A. C. Shaw of the Ouachita
National Forest says so far none but
"foremen" have applied for work here
In the forests. No recruiting is being
done here, but q number of applicants
have visited Supervisor Shaw's Office.
They all want to be foremen, he said.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
j. s. FARM STRIKE
| HANGS IN BALANCE
Holiday Committee Reported
Ready to Urge Action,
Starting May 13.
BY the Associated Press.


DES MONIES, Iowa. May IA Ma
tion-wide farm marketing strike. SINH
lar to the one which held attention In
the Midwest last Fall, apparently was
hanging in the balance today as the
National Farm Holiday Convention re-
sumed its second day Of deliberation.
The question was thrown into dispute
by A. c. Townley Of st. Paul, Mimi,
in q speech in which he declared that
the holiday association, In declaring
q strike, must take into account the
needs of the laboring classes as well
as the welfare of the farmer.
Arnold Gilberts, q Wisconsin mem
Der of the Resolutions Committee, said
the committeeman would recommend q
general farm strike to begin May l3.
A resolution, favoring such action, had
been adopted, he said.
Issuance Of Scrip Suggested.
In considering a plan by which the
farmer will obtain the cost Of produc-
ton for his produce, he must also in
sure the cost Of production to mill
WOikcIb, 1dCIOIy AduuS, ululcIS, dIlO
railroad employees, Townley told the
convention.
You can win this strike If you can
provide a plan by which all Of these
people can pay you the cost Of produc-
tion," he said.
Any plan which does not take these
people into account Is doomed to fail
ure, he added, and declared that the
only workable method was the issuance
of scrip money backed by the value
Of farm produce.
Addressing the meeting yesterday
Townley advocated the Issuance by an
international council of defense OF
81 900 600, 900 in scrip which would be
furnished to farm and labor organisa-
tions upon security Of their notes and
be used for the interchange OF farm
produce and manufactured goods. A
committee has approved the plan.
Minnesotans Favor Imitation.
A group of Minnesota holiday men,
bers opposed the Townley proposal and
attempted without success to interrupt
him during its presentation They de-
clared privately that they favored ar
imitation plan based On sound United
States currency.
The principal items Of business today
after the strike problem has been set
tied, were the resolutions and election
Of officers. President Milo Reno recon-
mended to the convention that q
younger man be chosen to I'LL hi
Office.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
GANGSTERs SOUGHT.
Detroit Police Look for Leo Ceilur
and John Re0rden.

OOsAOhs VAsSC A<VVh AVA LEU SCAo1
and John Re0rden.
DETROIT, May (P.-Police today
scanned the haunts of known racketeers
in the hope of finding a clue to the ab-
ductors of 10-year-old Margaret Nc
Math in Harwichport, Mass, whose
parents lived here until two years ago.
Two underworld characters were un-
derstood to be among the specific OBJ
jects Of the search being carried on by
q squad Of six detectives under leader
ship Of Inspector william ]. Collins.
One is BLACK Leo" Cellura, once .
power in Detroit's underworld and al
ready sought as suspect in two Staying
cases. He . reported by Massachu-
sets police y have been seen recently
near the sesN Of the kidnapping.
The otoR Is John (Red) Reorden,
said by PEE to be the only member
Of the Joseph Oegs) Lehman kidnap-
ing gang still at large. He has been
sought since the David Cass abduction
of five years ago, The most notorious ex-
ploit attributed to the Lehman gang.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
WINS SCULPTOR PRIZE
wayland Z. Gregory Gets Award
in Ceramic Exhibit.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May OP.-A
Head of Girl With Olive" sculp-
tured piece by Wayland E. Gregory of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich, has been
awarded first prize as the best piece
of ceramic sculpture in the Second An
nual Robineau Memorial National
Ceramic Exhibition at the Syracuse
Museum Of Fine Arts.
Other awards included: Best pot
terry, Arthur Daggs of Ohio State Uni
versity; first honorable mention in
ceramic sculpture, Russell Barnett
Aitken of Cleveland; first honorable
mention in pottery, William E. Hen
schell of Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1933-05-04
PRISONER FED BY FORCE
Arizona Sheriff Acts to Save Man
Held in Bank Robbery.

GLOBE. Ariz., May 4 dR-Acting on
advice Of physicians, Sheriff Charles
Byrne started a forced feeding program
for Harry Wells, suspected of being one
of the two robbers disguised with green
grease masks" who robbed the Valley
Bank here of $4,000 recently.
Wells has refused to eat or talk since
his arraignment here Monday on rob-
berry charges.
A pint and q half of milk, two eggs
and an ounce of whisky were admins
tered to him today through q rubber
tube by two husky deputy sherifis.