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Evening star., 1934-02-19

the code authority shall give particu-
lar attention to the provisions author
izing minors to deliver and sell news
papers and shall report to the Presi-
dent not later than go days hence.
"(3) In so far as Article VII is not
required by the act, 1t Is pure sur
plusage. While it has no meaning, 1t
is permitted to stand merely because
1t has been requested and because it
could have no such legal effects as
would bar its inclusion.
"Of course, a man does not consent
to what he does not consent to. But
If the President should find it peces-
sary to modify this code, the circum-
stance that the modification was not
consented to would not affect what
ever obligations the non-consentor
would have under section CD Of
the national industrial recovery act.
"Of course, also, nobody valves any
constitutional rights by asserting to q
code. The recitation Of the freedom
Of the press clause In the code has
no more place here than would the
recitation of the whole Constitution or
Of the Ten Commandments.
"The freedom guaranteed by the
Constitution Is freedom Of expression,
and that will be scrupulously respect
ed-but it ID not freedom to work
children, or do business In fire trap
or violate the laws against ooscenity,
libel and lewdness.
"(Sisne0
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
1.-THE White House, February II, 1884.
Approval recommended.
"(S) HUGH 8. JOHNSON,
AduntuiStratoe."
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ECONOMISTS HIT
. MONETARY POLICY
Survey of Country Shows
Majority Fear Trend
Toward Initiation.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 19.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's monetary policy finds
little support among economists Ques-
toned in a Nation wide survey.
More than $500 members Of the
American Economic Association were
queried by the Economists National
Committee on Monetary Policy. head
ed by Prof. Ray B. Westerfleld of
Yale. Replies were received from
845. A majority Of these agreed, says
Prof. Westerfleld, that:
The present trend In the United
States is toward dangerous imitation
of money and credit.
No further "tinkering" should be
done with the dollar.
The administrations gold-buying
policy should be condemned.
The use of silver should not be
increased.
Efforts toward relation of the price
level should be discontinued
Steps should be taken toward q re-
turn of the gold standard.
Most of the replies came before the
enactment of the gold reserve act of
January 80.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
What's What
BehindNews
In Capital
President Puts Rail
Leaders on Spot in
Pay Dispute.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON.
"HERE is inside evidence that
Mr.. Roosevelt's public appeal
for rail peace was a staged
i party to put the employers on
the spot.
Footprints In the grass around the
White House indicate the rail labor
leader. A. v. Whitney. has called to
see Mr.. Roosevelt several times re-
Gently.
The labor groups were fearsome
that the operators would force an
issue on a further wage cut at this
time. Mr.. Roosevelt himself origi-
nally cut his own employees IS per cent
while the railroads cut only 10 per
cent. Workers generally have been
cut considerable more than rail
labor.
Mr.. Roosevelt was so fast with his
appeal that he got 1t into the news
papers about the same time the man
ayers announced their intention of
seeking a Is per cent reduction. He
was even further ahead of the man
ayers game than that, because he
wrote the letter day before he made
1t public.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
WHITNEY TO GIVE
STOCK TESTIMONY
Head of New York Exchange
Will Appear Before House
Group Thursday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Richard V. Whitney will tell Con-
gress on Thursday his objection to
pending bills for Federal regulation
Of stock exchanges.
Chairman Rayburn of the House In
terstate Commerce Committee made
the announcement following a tele-
phone conversation with the president
of the New York Stock Exchange.
Ferdinand Pecora and his Senate
Banking Committee staff have COM
piled huge figures giving a full pano-
rama Of stock market operations and
arguments for Federal control.
Although Whitney arranged to tes-
tify before the House committee
Thursday, he will be called to the
Senate committee stand also for pres
wind up the current Wall Street in
quiry.
QUESTIONABLE Gives Data.
Pecora's picture has been gradually
pieced together for months on the
basis Of information obtained from
QUESTIONABLE sent to all members of
all stock exchanges. He said 1t will
constitute the most elaborate and illu-
minating data ever gathered on mar
ket operations.
He asserted it would give the Amer
lean people view Of the stock market
which even exchange officials had
never seen.
The data will disclose for the first
time the number of pools in the mar
ket, the amount of speculation on
borrowed money. the proportion of
trading by brokers and the outside
public and the activities of spe-
cialists.
Not until next week will the Senate
committee start hearings on the
Fletcher r-Rayburn control bill itself.
The House group is further advanced
and Rayburn said he expected some
amendment of the measure.
Mr. Whitney said he would like
to appear before the committee Ray
burn said II told him We would be
glad to receive any information he or
a representative of his might give
the committee. He said he preferred
to appear personally"
Hearings Resumed Tomorrow.
Hearings are to be resumed by his
committee tomorrow Ben Cohn of
the Federal Trade Commission, who
had much to do with the drafting of
the measure. is to testify.
Hearings probably will not be
completed for two weeks" Rayburn
said. We then will begin to read
the measure for amendments"
During the Senate committees two
year market inquiry it has collected
about 100000 words Of testimony
and evidence on stock market and
banking practices But they have
dealt with scattered phases of the
problem, picked haphazardly from
among many.
The statistics Pecora will present
to the committee this week are de-
signed to give the whole picture.
Pecora contends information dug
up on polls in alcohol stock alone Is
a complete answer to the claim that
the stock market has reformed and is
ready to regulate itself.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
CHINESE NEW YEAR,
IS HEIDI
Minister SEE Is Among
Guests of Honor at
Celebration.

The Chinese New Year celebration,
which opened Wednesday. was cli-
NAKED yesterday at headquarters Of
the On Leong Chinese Merchants As
sociation, $500 H street, with Q re-
ception which had as guests Of honor
Minister sao-Ke Alfred SEE Of China
and Poon Tuck Ming, Chinese globe
trotter.
Explains Significance.
Minister sze addressed the several
hundred celebrators, explaining the
OF the week-long festival
period for the benefit Of several Amer
ican guests, including supt. of Police
Ernest W. Brown and Police Capt.
Edward Kelly. The Minister also
greeted the young Chinese traveller.
Ming arrived in Washington recent
" after travelling for the last 31z
years, covering more than $4,000 miles
on foot and bicycle. He crossed des-
erts, jungles and oceans in the course
OF MS Wan0er1nes, WHICH Will con-
tinue for at least 31a years longer, he
said.
Children Receive Gifts.
The celebration yesterday was fea-
tured by an unusually large attend
ance OF children. About so young
Chinese were present to receive ira
ditional gifts Of coins wrapped In Chi
nese paper and to share with the
grown-ups the pleasure Of eating little
cakes and candies. salted nuts and
ginger.
Yesterdays reception was arranged
by Charley Moy and Jung Wan Lee,
who share the once Of president Of
the association. and George Wen. sec
TetaTy,
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Ship, Afire, Is Beached.

NEW ORLEANS. February 1atP.-
Fire broke out in the hold of the
Moore & Mccormack freighter COM
mercial traveller while she was noored
at a dock opposite the business dis
trict this morning. Fire tugs towed
her down the Mississippi River to be
beached on mud fats. Ships officers
said the fire was under control, but
still burning below deck amid a cargo
Of chemicals valued at between
$50, 900 and $4,000.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

It left the operators no opportunity
to force this issue unless they wanted
to take on a fight with Mr.. Roosevelt
at the same time as the labor ques-
tion. That would be large order.
Both Can Give In.
If you dig deep enough you proba-
bly, will find some of the managers
see the reasonableness Of continuing
the existing 10 per cent pay cut They
were not called to the White House.
but Joseph Eastman, railroad CO.
ordinator, was supposed to have been
Mr. Roosevelt's contact man with
them.
The way Mr.. Roosevelt staged II,
both managers and labor can give in
without losing face.
Most non partisan experts agree
this is no time to talk about fur
tter pnpe reductions, operating
revenues are increasing, Mr.. Roose-
pelt himself has promised to gtre
back 5 per cent to his Government
rorkers, making their net reduc-
ton 10 per cent. as of July I.
The whole effort Of N. r. A. is to-
ward increasing wages.
The railroads have made major
economies far beyond their 10 per
cent wage reduction They did 1t by
discharging men with a rather free
hand and increasing the efficiency of
the remaining men.
The number of their workers has
fallen from 100000 in 1929 to around
$50, 900 now.
President Embarrassed.
Mr.. Roosevelts unprecedented plan
of talking freely at press conferences
has involved him lately in several
inner difficulties.
On one occasion he gave an i'm
preston concerning the C. w. A.,
which Administrator Hopkins diplo-
matically corrected the next day. In
the Home Owners Loan Corporation
talk he promised to guarantee more
bonds than the corporation intended.
Later, in talking about cotton. he
caused Mr.. Wallace some uneasy
moments. At least the newsmen
thought he did.
None Of the occasions was i'm
portant
Partisans Very Angry.
The private calendar fight in the
House the other day was blamed on
Col. Lindbergh, but he was only an
innocent bystander who happened to
get shot.
The truth Is House Republicans
and Democrats are Derg, very
angry at each other. In pdrm
moments nowadays they glare
across the aisle as If they would
make faces.
The other day, when the Democratic
leaders were having trouble getting a
majority for one of their bills, Re-
publican sarcastically called out: MY,
what marvellous discipline you girls
have"
The trouble appears to have started
when a Democrat (zion Check Of
WashingtonD objected to one of the
personal bills of the Republican
leader (SnelD.
Congressman may insult each other
in debate and forget it. They may
even fight and then apologize. But
when a Democrat objects to personal
bill Of a Republican leader, that means
war.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Smells $4,000 at Stake.

The personal bills are those little
ones you never hear about They
relate usually to private claims made
against the Government by citizens.
Mr.. SHELLS bill proposed to refund
about $4,000 to bonding company in
his district. Forty minutes were spent
debating it. but Zion Check blocked it.
Since then Republicans have been
oojecting to Democratic personal bills
consistently.
That appears to be the real motive
behind the action of Republican Fish
objecting to all the Democratic bills,
rather than the fact the Democrats
wanted to bar the Lindbergh airmail
protest from the record
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-19
COAL TRANSFERS STRIKE
IN NEAR.ZERO WEATHER
Delivery of Fuel in Chicago Said
to Be Effectively Halted by
Action Taken Today.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 19.-With
n.ear-zero weather prevailing over the
Chicago region, coal teamsters
throughout the city walked out on
strike today for more pay.
Delivery of coal was said to have
been effectively halted.
Dave Reese. president Of the Chi
cago Coal Teamsters, Helpers &
Hikers' Union, issued the strike order
and claimed it was in full effect by
mid-morning, although some men had
started work before business agents
spread notice of the walkout.
Reese said the dealers had refused
to meet union demand for an eight
hour day and so cents q day raise
Transfers are paid $3.50 a day, and
asked SO. The helpers and hikers
demanded q day rate In place Of the
piece work basis Of paY.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
TWO FUR THIEVES
ESCAPE IN CHASE
Hospitals and Physicians
Offices Checked on Chance
They Were Wounded.

Hospitals and physicians offices
were being checked today on the
chance that two fur thieves may
have been hit by police bullets dur
ing an automobile chase early yes
terday
Pursued by two officers in a scout
car, the robbers made their get
away after putting a smokescreen
device into operation as they sped
through the downtown section and
out North Capitol street to the Sol
diers' Home Grounds, where their au-
tomobile disappeared.
Heard Radio Lookout
The chase was started soon after
the pair tossed a brick through a
display window of the Eanet &
Bacher Fur Store. TT Eleventh street,
and seized two fur coats, valued at
approximately $500.
Policemen r. P. Goode and F. L.
Wahler, cruising through the down.
town section in a first precinct car,
had Just heard a radio lookout for
the thieves when they saw a ma
chine nose slowly out of an alley
in the HOO block of F street. They
pulled up beside the automobile and
attempted to force 1t to the curb.
with view to questioning its occu-
pants.
Believe Auto Was Hit.
The car roared away, however,
leaving heavy clouds of black smoke
behind 1t. The officers took cut
after the machine, opening fire on it
when they saw the smoke was forcing
them to lose ground. They said
they thought some of their shots
must have struck the automobile or
its occupants.
The robbers loot was described by
Maurice Eanet, manager Of the store,
as being a black sealskin coat trim
med with ermine, valued at SITS,
and silver nuskrat coat trimmed
with Russian fitch, worth s125.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

LOut AcO oSSI
airway through Washington. Eastern
Air Transport, after holding its morn
ing northbound plane at Richmond
was forced to cancel what was TO have
been the last of its northbound flights
with the mail.
PENNSYLVANIA Airlines also was
forced to cancel its last airmail flights
over the mountains between wash
inrton and Cleveland. Snow was re-
ported. with ice-forming conditions,
the most dangerous state OF af1airs ror
the airplane pilot. Clouds were down
on the mountain ridges all across the
AIleghenies.
ARRANGEMENTS at Washington Tor
handling the airmail have been COM
pleted by the Army. Local alrmali
headquarters have been established
in the brick operations building on
the Hoover side of Washington Air.
port and a detail of enlisted mechan-
lee from the 36th and 57th squad
rons has been stationed there under
command of Lieut.. Wilfred j. Paul.
Lieut.. Paul, who has been stationed
at Langley Field, was winner OF the
last national balloon race held IN this
country.
Four pursuit planes Of the 36th
Pursuit Squadron, all Boeing P-12's,
have been flown to Boiling Field as q
reserve for the operations between
Washington, Cleveland and the West.
The 37th, with headquarters at Rich
mond, will maintain no reserve here.
Scene to Be Broadcast.
A description of the scene at Wash
ine ton Airport as the Army begins Its
first local airmail activity is to be
broadcast from the field by Station
wMAL from sos to $50 pm. today.
The job which the Army takes over
tonight is regarded as its biggest un-
dertaking since the World War. Feb
months Of the year for the air trans
port flyers and the Army, after less
than 10 days of preparation. was to
take over under the worst possible
conditions the operations which pri-
vate aviation has been 10 years Or
galizing.
Army Air Corps combat pilots to
a total Of 148 were ready to take
of over 81 routes tonight and to-
morrow.
Although 1t was reported only last
Friday that the air transport COM
panies which have been flying the air.
mail through washington would con-
tinue all passenger and express sched-
ules, Eastern Air Transport. flying the
New York-Miarni route. announced
last night that it vii cancel all night
schedules at once. It has been flying
two-way sleeper" service through
Washington along the coastal run, the
big passenger planes passing through
washington southbound just before
midnight and northbound at 2 am.
"Our operating loss under the
watres act has been $53.202 and the
loss Of mail revenue reduces our cur
rent income by $l0l,00 per month,
Capt. Thomas B. Doe. president Of the
line, stated in announcing the elimi-
nation Of the night schedules. I'VE
can zaks no promiss for the future
Evening star., 1934-02-19
C. w. A. YOUTH HELD
FOR KIDNAP THREAT
Father of 15.Year.0ld New Jersey
Girl Captures Man at
Rendezvous.
BY the Associated Press.


MILVILLE. N. j.. February ia
threat to kidnap the 15-year-old
daughter Of a prominent glass factory
manager was revealed today, after
the arrest of a young c. W. A. worker.
Police Lieut.. Richard Haines said
George de la Croix. 18. confessed early
today that he had written a letter to
Walter S. Reeves demanding $500 to
avert the kidnapping Of his daughter
Betty. Reeves caught the youth
yesterday after he had gone to the
designated pickup spot" police said.
Police said De La Croix's only ex-
planation was, every young fellow
needs money, you know
De La Croix and Miss Reeves, a
Junior in the Millville High School.
had gone to the same schools and
known each other for years, police
said.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

disapprove or modify the determine.
tion. Thereafter. during the period
Of the emergency 1t shall be an unfair
trade practice for any member of the
industry to sell or offer to sell any
product of the industry for which the
lowest reasonable cost has been deter.
mined at below the lowest reasonable
cost of such products.
when it appears that conditions
have changed the code authority upon
its own initiative or upon the request
of any interested party, shall cause
the determination to be reviewed
A memorandum notifying N. r. A.
officials Of this provision says:
Under this provision no exception
to meet the lower costs competition
within the industry is necessary.
Other exceptions, es to distress stock,
for export purposes. and to compets
with lower cost imports, may remain
as 1t present"
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Police Claim No Casualties.
Protected by Embankment.

I'VE therefore took cover behind a
railway embankment. and thanks par
TALLY to this protection and partially
to the inexperienced firing Of the
enemy we had no losses. 1t seems an
unbelievable coincidence. but there
not only were no dead but no wounded
among the police In this action"
Before an artillery attack began on
the building, the witness said, So
cialist prisoner was sent into the
apartment block with an ultimatum
demanding surrender or prepare to
be shelled.
He never returned" Nausch said.
"A white flag was hung out, but when
police approached, firing from Goethe
Hof was suddenly resumed. 1t was
then that the artillery began st1elling.
and toward evening the defenders
had to retire"
Evening star., 1934-02-19
JAPANESE CHARGE
LOAN BY U. S. AIDS
CHlNA'S AIR BASES
Continued From First Page.)

(COf1ImueQ from t11SC PaSe.D
to ignore In view Of the proximity Of
Formosa."
Japan claims Sino-Japanese notes
exchanged May IS. 1915. obligate
China not to borrow foreign funds
for military establishments along the
Fukien coast.
The spokesman said 1t was not
likely that any representations would
be made to the United States Govern
ment at Washington, because the re-
ports on which the japanese foreign
minister has been advised to query
China are an insufficient basis for
further diplomatic action.
Koki Hirota. foreign minister, told
the House of Peers February that
Japan was endeavoring to learn
whether a secret treaty exists between
the United States and China which
obliges Americans TO assist in China's
aviation development.
At the same time, replying to a
question by Atsushi Akaike, Hirota
added that efforts also were being
made to determine whether American
financial participation in the new air
lines southwark from Shanghai con-
stitutes q violation Of China's old
promises to Japan not to ALLEVIATE any
portion Of the Fukien seacoast.
Claims Annoy Has Base.
In questioning Hrota, Akaike as
serted the new Chinese Airways has,
with American backing. established
air bases at Annoy. in Fukien, from
which bombing planes could attack
Formosa.
(At that time. IL was recalled. that
Pan-American Always, the interna-
tional United States airline. had gone
into partnership with the Chinese
government to establish an air route
to China. Regular service with Amer
ican- -piloted planes Is In operation
over the routes.
(Pan-American Anyways officials
said that II there was any secret
treaty. 1T is so secret that We don't
know anything about itD
During the revolt recently sup
pressed m Ftikien Province by Gen.
Chang Kai-Shek. the United States
gunboat Tulsa landed sailors at Foo
chow as a precautionary move to pro-
tect American lives and property.
There were no reports, however, Of
the commanders having visited the
Nationalist government airfields.
INQUIRIES NOT MADE.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
INQUIRIES NOT MADE.
United States VIII Deny Treaty,
However, II They Do Come.


However, II They Do Come.
The japanese government has made
no inquiries through the State De-
partment whether the United States
and China have a secret treaty which
obligates Americans to assist In
China's aviation development or
whether any portion Of the s5o,0o0,-
900 cotton and wheat loan made to
China has been used for expansion
of Chinese airdromes.
If such inquiries do come, it will
be assured that the United States
enters into secret treaties with no
nation and that the $50. 600, 900 loan
was for the properly regulated pur-
chase of American cotton and wheat.
Only q small part Of the loan has
been utilized by the Chinese.
State Department officials refused
to make any ofiicial statement or
comment on press dispatches from
Toxic concerning alleged interna-
tional intrigue rumors or to take the
rumors seriously.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
THREE DIE IN COLLISION
Seven Others Hurt, Two Probably
Fatally, in Auto Accident.

MONROE, Mich. February 19 C').
Three persons were killed and seven
others were injured. two perhaps
fatally. in q head-on automobile COL
lision north Of here early yesterday.
All Of the victims were residents Of
Monroe.
The dead were Ralph Quacken-
bush, II, driver of the car: Joan
Pike, II. q passenger In his car, and
Harry Jacket, 2e. driver of the sec
ond car. Hackett died four hours
after the accident but the two others
were killed instantly.
Amy Neil Humphrey. Is, another
passenger In Quackenbush's machine,
and Hackett's wife, Pearl. 28. were
the two other victims not expected to
I've.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Educator Dies.

BALTIMORE, February 10 P.-
Arthur L. Lab, So, who has been con-
-nected with Gilman Country School
for Boys here for the past IS years,
died Saturday at the institution
Evening star., 1934-02-19

NSOllllllG-O IOHl L IL oO IdSCJ
Government officials and Army off,
GERS, that the final count would range
between 1000 and 1900.
Today, after further conversations
with men in close touch with the sit
uation on both sides, there appeared
no reason to lower the unofficial
1000 to 1,5o0 estimate.
Police Claim No Casualties.
Capture Of Fortress" Goethe Hof,
one of the worst-shelled dwelling
blocks in last weeks fighting, was ef-
fected without injury to single po-
liceman, it was testified today in the
court-martial of six Socialists who
participated in the buildings defense.
Reconnoitering at the beginning of
the action showed, said Police Lieut..
Engelbert Nausch, that "a direct
frontal storming of Goethe Hof would
not be possible without enormous
losses.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
DICKINSON TO SPEAK
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
to Address Princeton Club.

John Dickinson, Assistant Secre-
tary Of Commerce, Is to be the guest
speaker at the regular luncheon Of
the Princeton Club Of Washington to
be held tomorrow at / pm. at the
University Club. The name Of the
local alumni association was changed
recently to that of Princeton Club"
in conformity with the usual custom
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ENGLAND CAUTIONS
VIENNA ON STAND
ON CIVIL UPRISING

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Evening star., 1934-02-19
N. R. A. HAS NEW PRICE
FORMULA TO PREVENT
CUTTING OF COSTS

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