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Evening star., 1933-10-28
The text Of the authorized statemen,

The text OF the authorized statement
made yesterday on behalf Of the Ford
Co. in its controversy with N. r. A. ofh-
cials follows:
The Ford Motor Co. has not made
any Government bids. If bids have
been made by Ford dealers it is because
Government departments insist on its
being done. They have used our prod
uct before. their specifications fit it and
besides the prices usually are very easy
on the departments budget There Is
no money in Government bids unless
some form Of favoritism Is practiced
such as is now possible under the
N. r. A.
The situation at Washington. which
has so greatly excited Mr.. johnson, is
a simple one. A Ford dealer, who Is q
citizen of Washington, entered his bid
at the request Of Government men. His
bid was something like 100000 lower
than the others.
johnson now proposes to charge the
American taxpayer a higher price IN
order to give Government business to
concern that pays lower wages than the
Ford Motor Co. does. More money out
Of the taxpayers pocket, less money in
the workingman's pocket-that is the
way it will work.
Have Complied With Law.
ITO cover his action, johnson makes
the false charge that the Ford Motor
Co. has not complied with the law. We
have done so in every respect. Signing
a code is not in the law. Flying the
Blue Eagle is not in the law. Johnson's
daily expression of opinion is not law
THE Ford Motor Co. observes the
law and exceeds it in all its real re-
covery features Our product Is COM
Evening star., 1933-10-28
PUBLIC WORKS SUM
MAY Be INCREASED.
Roosevelt Considering Boost
of S1,7OO,OOO,O 900 Favored
by Secretary Ickes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A boost in the $4,000 000, 900 public
works fund is being considered by
President Roosevelt, and $4,000 ,000, 900
Is the new figure mentioned in some
administration quarters.
Secretary Ickes. public works admin
I istrator, favors the sl,700, 100000 in
crease. He feels many communities
| may have to be turned down other
wise, so rapidly have requests for
funds mounted.
Amount Not Decided.
But Mr.. Roosevelt has not decided
what additional amount. if any, he
may ask of Congress Pending a de-
cision, he is holding up completion OF
next years fiscal program.
To date. s2l05,2l6,525 Of the S3,-
SOC, ,o0o, 900 works fund has been al
| lotted to Federal and non-Federal
projects throughout the country. About
one-fourth the allotted figure has been
! withdrawn from the Treasury. A
tentative deadline before which the
; present s3300.000, 900 is to be allotted
has been set for January !.
Pending a decision on the amount
of new public works to be sanctioned,
Mr. Roosevelt is deferring completion
of his fiscal program for the ensuing
year.
He expects a report next week from
the special committee investigating
proposed taxes on liquor in the event
of repeal.
However. 1t was said that the ad-
ministration did not necessarily take
the attitude that revenue needs OF the
Government should be the dominating
factor in fixing liquor taxes.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee will meet November 81 to con-
slider a general revision of the revenue
laws, Chairman Doughton said yester-
day Representative Doughton said
public hearings might be called in con-
nection with the tax study, plans for
which he outlined recently.
Several Ct the special taxes would
be revoked il prohibition is repealed
and there has been considerable dis
cussion of changes that might be made
to prevent recurrence OF some OF the
practices that have been disclosed by
recent Senate Committee investiga-
tions.
State Applicants Mount.
A rapidly mounting number of public
work applications from States, smaller
political subdivisions and private
sources for funds has convinced Ickes
that many communities will have to
be turned down unless the fund is
augmented
In addition, several hundred millions
must yet be taken from the fund for
the Federal Housing Corporation,
which lckes expects TO incorporate in
Delaware next week.
This corporation will direct actively
the erection and leasing of low-cost
housing in all parts of the country.
Creation of the corporation and the
allocaticn Of large sum Of it would
leave less than s1,00o,O00,0 600 to meet
several thousand applications now at
the Public Works Administration.
The attitude taken by some of the
Presidents advisers, including Ickes,
has been that, since a part of the
public works funds is being paid for
by taxpayers in all parts of the coun-
try, all sections should have an cppor-
tunity to submit their programs rather
than have some excluded by a lack
Of funds and still through taxation
have to pay for other communities
construction.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
SHERIFF GETS ORDER
TO "SH0OT TO KILL"
DISTURBERS OF BODY
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His attorney. Bernard AIDES, has made
a determined fight to secure the body
to take to New York for q demon
Stration.
Calling attention "the recent exhi-
bition of the failure of the State con-
stabulary" in the Princess Inne lynch
ing, Judge O'Dunne reminded the
sheriff that he could summon the entire
citizenship as posse comitatus" and
that side arms are made to shoot with,
and not intended as mere official orna-
ment and decoration
Judge ODunne said that lin the sup
preston of riot you are justified in
shooting to kill"
Judge O'Dunne issued an order re-
straining AIDES from interfering in any
way" with the body of Fuel Lee.
AIDES had claimed the body of Lee on
the grounds that Lee had willed it to
him. AIDES secured temporary order
yesterday restraining the State from
burying the man.
At the hearing today second paper
signed by Lee, directing that Rev. E. c.
Powers, penitentiary chaplain, take care
of the body, was produced
Rev. Powers told Judge ODunne that
Lee had given IT TO him Thursday
night.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
Bad Blood Persists,

Gen. johnson and George Peek have
agreed to let bygones be bygones. but
there is still bad blood underneath be-
tween the N. r. A. and the A. A. A.
The Wallace-Tugwell crowd still looks
on the Johnson-Peek clan as non-con-
formists. and vice versa.
The situation Is not so serious that
1t will interfere with efforts to har-
monize the policies of the two outfits,
but 1t has long-range possibilities. Many
insiders believe the Government serv-
ice is not big enough to hold both lans
Indefinitely
The betting seems to favor ultimate
retention of the Wallace-Tugwel group.
They are supposed to have the inside
track at the White House.
Efforts to harmoniZe the programs OF
the two outfits is a real bit of inside
news.
Several meetings were held secretly
within the last few days. They brought
mo concrete results.
Not Insurmountable.
The task is difficult If not insur-
mountable. The two plans have differ
ent fundamental theories. The N. r. A.
seeks primarily to raise purchasing
power by spreading work and boosting
wages, thus raising industrial prices.
The A. A. A. primarily is trying to make
the farmers dollar purchase as much
as it did before the war. Every time
the N. r. A. sends industrial prices up,
the Job of the A. A. A. becomes that
much more difficult.
A hdrnlonizing statement may be
issued in te,o days. A master OF
,Uords Dil be needed to compose 1t.
Prof. Warren never talks. He is the
most mysterious person in the Govern
ment. He has not opened his mouth
in three months for fear he nigh say
something. There are reports that he
sleeps with clothes pin on his lips.
Therefore the story does not come
from him, but it is nevertheless true
that he did not find out Mr.. Roosevelt
had adopted his gold theory until a day
or two before the announcement was
made.
Evening star., 1933-10-28

on Wednesday it was increased to 100
shillings 9la pence. Yesterday it went
TO l3l shillings 2 pence.
Carrying out the purchasing opera
tions, officials are watching develop
ments In the commodity markets. for
the theory behind the purchases is that
they should rise. Economic history has
shown, proponents Of the system say,
that the price of gold and of ccmmod-
tiles are closely related. If one rises
or falls, the other adjusts itself to it.
While there were differences OF opin-
ion as to the cause of the market trend
Mr.. Roosevelt's advisers noted that
wheat led general advance yesterday.
Cotton, although quiet, turned upward
at the close and stocks followed the
trend Of the grain market.
Tie r. F. c., which, under the plan,
Is authorized to purchase the freshly
mined gold, IS awaiting reports from
mints and assay Offices before announc-
ing the total tnat had been acquired.
Denver dispatches told Of $416, 1888 of
new GOLD delivered at the mint there
and tremendously increased activity
among the miners. A total Of 1921
ounces wes received Wednesday, ac-
cnrding to Mark Skinner. who is in
charre of the mint In addition, 1890
ounces were delivered Thursday.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
FORD'S SN.RA.STAN
MAY Bring TEST
Roosevelt Backs Johnson in
Determination to Prosecute
vioIators of Act.
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followed closely by formal statement
from the company saying:
Mr. Johnson's vocabulary has got
him down again. Before assuming the
airs Of q dictator he should fortify him
self with evidence that Henry Ford has
refused compliance with Government
requirements.
Suggest Code Of Fair Publicity"
"It is an act of injustice for Mr.
johnson to intimate that any refusal
has been made Of any proper demand
on the Ford Motor Co., especially since
nal signers have not had time to file
their reports which ne charges this
company with refusing
I'VE suggest a code Of fair publicity
Informed of this johnson indicated
pleasure at the apparent implications
that compliance was forthcoming. but
he penciled out one more statement:
Il have no intention Of entering into
a newspaper discussion with a Mr..
Cameron (W j. Cameron is an as
sistant to Ford, who handles press
statements for the company. His name
was mentioned in one of the dispatches
Johnson saw
"Mr. Edsel Ford told me that the
Ford Motor Co. would submit to no
code that required collective bargain
ing. have never said that 1 have
concrete evidence of direct violation
of the automobile code by that COM
pany.
ment did have such evidence I would
not hesitate to act"
It was later in the afternoon when
the company charged johnson with at
tempting "a grave injustice upon law
abiding American industry" and as
serted 1t would be under attack by
the enemies of independent business"
even II it did sign code.
As the Ford controversy reached
new peak, Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration officials decided to scrap
some Of the major provisions Of N. r.
AS retail code in drafting the COM
panion charter for the food and gro-
Gerry end of the industry. This re-
opened old differences between the two
recovery agencies and put final de-
cision up to President Roosevelt.
Farm officials opposed the minimum
mark-up plan on retail prices, and now
are equally opposed to the retail pro-
vision that selling prices should in
clude an allowance for actual wages Of
store labor, to be fixed and published
from time to time by the trade author
| ity"
This was the chief provision to which
| farm officials objected in the new retail
code. They do not want to go beyond
authorizing a prohibition against sales
| below invoice costs.
| Until the codes are harmonized. q
merchant selling both dry goods and
food would find himself operating under
| two sharply divergent price schemes.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
What's What
Behind News
in Capital.
Indians of Tammany
Reported Scalping
Mayor O'Brien.
By PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON. !
TINE Tammany Indians are folding
up their wigwams and silently
slipping out on Mayor O'Brien
Most are stealing into the
Mckee camp, planning to scalp
a little patronage if the independent
Democrat wins.
But the startling thing Is that these
defections. even coupled with conserv-
ative Wall Street support OF Mckee,
may not be enough to put him over.
At least thct is the striking sum-
mary of the IN side situation brought
to the inner circle here oy one Ct
the most astute politicians ,uho ever
phenuoled an elect on.
This confidential report indicates the
a winning strategy before Mckee got
into the race.
Pledged Many Leaders.
Apparently La Guardia circularized
all the loose politicians and received
promises of support. These were made
public before Gen. Farley brought Nc
Kee out.
There is one thing politician can
not do and that is desert man he has
publicly agreed to support. If he does
he is marked for life. No one would
trust him thereafter. Even Farley'S
prestige cannot get over that hurdle.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
PRESIDENT PLANS
SPECULATION CURB
Expected to Urge Laws for
More Rigid Supervision
of Markets.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt apparently plans
to urge legislation, in stronger terms
than he did last session, to extend Fed
eral supervision of the great securities
and commodity markets.
Speculative price trends have spurred
a presidential study of the Stock and
Grain Exchanges and have indicated
Mr. Roosevelts goal-a curb on violent
fluctuations, especially In commodities
Federal exchange supervision was
Chief executive. The press of recovery
legislation. however, prevented it from
reaching advanced stages of considera-
ton.
Strong Pressure Likely.
Authoritative sources now say that
not only will exchange regulation again
be recommended, but it will be accom-
panied by detailed plan of action and
strong White House pressure.
While Mr. Roosevelt is making per-
sonal investigation Of the subject, Spe-
cial Administration Committee under
John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce. is preparing a report on
ways and means OF supervising the
exchange.
In a personal conference this week
with Richard Whitney, president of the
New York Stock Exchange, the Chief
Executive asked for special figures on
stock transactions. He wants to find
how many are Of an investment nature
and how many purely speculative.
Two Schools Of Thought.
Data submitted to the administration
from other sources represented the
Grain Exchange as 80 per cent specula-
tive with 135, ,0o0, 900 bushels involved.
OF this big block, 20 men were said to
own 25,000,000 bushels.
In seeking to determine the exact i'm
portance of speculation in price fuctua-
tions, the President Is recognizing two
schools of thought. One contends q
free market is necessary to prevent vio-
lent fluctuations. The other argues
price ranges would be narrowed by for
bidding marginal buying and selling.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
CHACO BATTLE RACES

LA PAZ, Bolivia, October % @.-
Warfare against Paraguay in the Arce
sector of the Gran Chaco was reported
intensified yesterday:
Dispatches said the enemy had
thrown in heavy forces against Bolivian
troops with enormous losses. The battle
was reported continuing.
Pessimism was expressed In semi
official circles about mediation con-
Quoted by Argentina and Brazil
Evening star., 1933-10-28

compartment, Rapscallion was finally
sent to the outside.
The horse showed q lot of early speed
and got into fifth position in the eight
horse race. Then he suddenly COL
lapsed on the lower bend. Jockey Bur-
rill escaped injury.
Commissioner Anslinger had wanted
an immediate autopsy, but was told the
one to be performed today would be
satisfactory. The horse was placed
under double guard overnight.
Rapscallion was bred by the H. p.
Whitney estate and was highly re-
garded last season. He raced for the
first time here on Monday and got
beyond control of his Jockey, running
away for nearly q mile.
The Mcknight horse was the second
casualty at the local track yesterday.
Thomas Hitchcock's jumper Wyan-
danch, cut himself 80 badly during the
running Of the Middleburg Steeplechase
that DR.. Mccarthy had to destroy him
by the judges stand.
Evening star., 1933-10-28

The professor was at his labors at
Cornell last week when he received Mr..
Roosevelt's summons. He had not
heard from the President in such long
time. he thought his plan had been
dropped. He arrived here the Friday or
Saturday before the speech.
Others Kept in Dark.
But that Is nothing compared with
the ignorance Of the Federal Reserve
Board on the subject. It is supposed to
know everything about money in ad-
vance.
The board not only had no advance
information, but it could not find out
what the policy meant even after the
announcement was made. Its meeting
here Monday had to be adjourned so
the matter could be explained.
Apparently Henry Morgenthau
Uas the only Government o1acial
trusted Nth adpance knowledge OF
the project.
The same secrecy system is being
kept up in announcing new gold prices.
Prof. Warren whispers the price to Mr..
Roosevelt, who whispers it to Mr..
Morgenthau, who whispers 1t to Mr..
Jesse Jones, who makes the announce
ment to the world.
Jones and his colleague, Harvey
Couch, have very little advance data.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
$1,000,000 in Precious Metal Received
Weekly With Calm Routine.

Weekly With Calm Routine.
DENVER, October % P.-The Den
yer mint is receiving gold at the rate
Of sl,000,000 a week as calmly as If it
were spinach.
The excitement is up in the noun
tains, where droves of prospectors are
seeking new fortunes. made possible
since the Government put its gold-pur-
chasing plan into effect and hiked the
market price.
Most Of the gold is coming by ex-
press shipments in unromantic, stoutly
wrapped boxes. Some comes by regis
tered mail.
Sometimes gold dust comes loose, in
thick envelopes, at other times in the
form of bars, retorts, placer grains, but
tons, kings or nuggets. It is melted
and assayed, tagged and checked in a
swift routine.
Several hundred persons every month
send us shipments, some Of them worth
a few hundred dollars, a few worth sew
eral hundred thousands" said Mark A.
Skinner, superintendent of mints. I'VE
get gold from almost all the States
west of the Mississippi River. and
sometimes from shippers as far away
as Maine"
The superintendent does not see any
indication, he said, that miners are 60
ing to hold back gold, in anticipation
of better Government price.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
Ex.GRID STAR JAILED

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, October 2s 0p).
fantry, Fort Sam Houston, former foot
ball star at West Point, was charged
with attack on a woman in a Complaint
filed before United States Commissioner
Paul A. Lockhart yesterday.
The complaint, presented by Depart
ment of Justice agents, asserted the at.
tack occurred on the Government res
ervation october %. Lieut.. Murrelll
pleaded not guilty. He was remanded
20 Jail without bond. A hearing was
set for next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
ACTS IN DOLLFUSS CASE

VIENNA, October % R.-A formal
charge Of attempted murder was filed
today against Rudolf Dertil. the former
army bugler, who wounded Chancellor
Dollfuss.
The fastidious prisoner, who police
said was an active Naz until a few
weeks, at least, before the shooting Oc-
tober 4, will be tried before judges
not a Jury.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
Litvinof Appeared
iii on Berlin.Bound
Train, Woman Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 28.-A wom-
an passenger on the Warsaw
Berlin train which brought Maxim
Litvinoff here en- route to the
United States, said today she had
a distinct impression the Russian
foreign commissar was i'll.
She said he sat for q while in
the dining car as If In collapse
and had difficulty rising.
When he saw that he was be-
ing observed he quickly began
animated coversation with his
aides, she added.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
M'KEE IS WARNED
NOT TO USE N. r. A.
IN new YORK RACE

Continued Prom First PaEe.)
ing of our flag to conceal the identity
of the district political bosses and the
tin box brigade"
The posters were produced by John
]. Tichenor, editor of the New Outlook,
who is La Guardia's publicity adviser.
Tfchenor said he obtained them at
headquarters of Mckee and of Ferdi-
nand Pecora, candidate for district at
torney. They were being given CAM
paign workers, he declared.
At McKee's headquarters 1t was said
the circulars had been submitted as a
sample, but the committee refused to
buy them. Hooey said he did not know
whether they were authorized or being
circulated privately.
Campaign charges were hurled back
and forth in increasing number, the
latest exchange taking place between
Samuel Seabury and Mckee to chorus
of broken promises" "hushed charges"
and Justification"
Seabury, the man who undermined
James j. Walker with legislative in
vestigation, accused Mckee of hushing
up serious accusations" made against
Mckee by a city employe.
Promised to Fight Charge.
Seabury's charge centered about
Francis T. McEneny, who was removed
as chief examiner of the Board of AL
dermen, of which Mckee was chairman.
Seabury said that in the closing days
Of the city investigation Mckee came
to him with an affidavit, signed by Nc
Enemy and accusing Mckee Of having
acted for personal gain"
Seabury said Mckee promised he
would fight the charges and not hush
them up by reinstating McEneny. The
investigator said Mckee broke the
promise and reinstated his accuser.
Mckee, hitting back at Seabury, ac-
cused him of falsification and said the
investigator himself had quashed the
AFFIDAVIT as groundless.
Mckee, outlining II steps he would
take toward efficient administration, an
nounced the first one would be to select
competent men for key positions.
Mayor John P. O'Brien, Tammany
candidate, continued to defend his ad-
ministration. Pointing to the police de-
partment, he called it eficient, fearless
and free from sinister influence"
Evening star., 1933-10-28
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
DIE IN FRONT OF TRAIN
Two of Trio Killed Were Members
Of Basket Ball Squad on
Way to Game.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, October 2e.-
Three youths, two of them members
of the Wea, Ind., high school basket
ball squad. were killed late yesterday en-
route to Colfax, where the Wea team
was to play last night.
The dead were Russell Swisher and
Franer Thompson, both students at
the high school, and Woodrow Hubble,
driver of the light touring car, said by
witnesses to have driven. directly into
the path Of q Chicago-kound Big Four
passenger train. Each Of the victims
was ~ years old.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
DR.. Cahill Given Post.

DR.. James A. Cahill, chief surgeon at
the Georgetown University Hospital, has
been elected consulting surgeon at Co
lumbia Hospital for Women and Lying
in Asylum by both the medical board
notified of the election late yesterday.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
ENGAGED TO SCENARIST
Maureen O'Sullivan Says Farrow
Gave Her Diamond.

HOLLYWOOD, October 28 R).-The
diamond engagement ring that Maureen
O'Sulivan, Irish screen actress, is wear
ing, was given to her, she said last
night, by John Farrow, Australian
writer of movie scenarios.
Miss O'Sullivan said they were en-
gagged, but there was an obstacle to
their marriage in the Roman Catholic
Church because Farrow was divorced
several years ago by San Francisco
girl.
A special dispensation has been asked,
Miss Q'sullivan said.
Evening star., 1933-10-28
Drift Toward Mckee.

The popular drift now is supposed to
be in McKee's direction. Whether II
will be strong enough to cut down La
Guardia's existing lead is a question
The best political prophets doubt it.
The stiletto has been literally used
in past New York elections. 1t always
creates a preliminary element Of doubt
Some very popular candidates have
awakened on election day to find ii
sticking in their backs.
You can never tell for sure who your
friends are until the votes are counted
The election is Of great national i'm
portance.
If La Guardio iDins, he Uill become
one OF the most important figures
in the Republican party. In his
campaign he has made peace with
the conservative Republican ele-
ments. That strange liaison may not
last long,, but it Dill be OF impor-
tance everywhere as long as it lasts.
Unless Mckee wins. Gen. Farley
probably will have to leave town. His
judgment. prestige and influence vitally
are at stake.