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DRIVE A SAFE CAR

Nearly rs per of motor roads today have defects
which increase driving according to figures OF ~ state mo-
tor vehicle inspection campaigns covering 22OOo cars anaeu O
the National Bureau Casualty and Surety Underwriters
In explaining the survey Hall Director Of the Street and
Highway Safety Division National Bureau points out no c
tura defects were but that theourths were
found lacking adequate brakes lights horns steering
nsm windshield wpers vision mirrors or safe tires Worse o all
was the condition Of bkes-neay 40 cent being unsafe
Obviously condition calls for correction No matter now SAFE
" moor drives his brakes fail his vision obscured his
lights do not show ahead he exposed to an accident every
time he operates not to bett any OF the hazards
involved In Of circumstances defective WIND
shield wiper can Just dangerous loose wheel Drivers VINO
have formed habit overhaung their automobiles perodcay are
rarely responsible o accidents said Mr.. Hall
e drivers the other hand often pay price Tor neglect
m ~ ee necessary repair bills many times and if few
are rendered against hem bill will total the full price Of
several good automobiles
Some states have found the best method nsng safe auto
mobile mechanical condition by OF compulsory inspection
laws They are supported their by safety organizations OF
nationwide reputation laws have operated not only to improve
individual car safety employment and to stimulate
business In any event. moral of this story is Drive safe car
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EoUALlTY-NoT DISCRIMINATION

When an unpreudced and admitted authority speaks sub
ect of national interest," its attention That true
of the Interstate annual report to the
Congress.
One sentence the report far regulation OF ranporta
ton is concerned In order to have competition the Commission
says will necessary that the various transport agencies pay the
same rates Of wages comparable SKILL render reliable service
on-dscimatoy basis, and bear equal tax burden
For the mast ten year ever since transport passed out
of their infancy and grew stable preparations there has been no
such thing as competition transportation based equality OF
regulation principal the railroads have been regulated
in every phase financing and operation by state and
federal commissions They pay extremely heavy taxes regardless
losses and very high wages They provide service all alike without
discrimination.
Congress should take the Commissions suggestion to heartanc
make revision in the governing transportation thai
all carriers are regulated just that all compete fail
and uniform the of the travelling and shipping public
the worker the investor and the taxpayer
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were alarmed by the drain on their
gold and expressed intense reseutmeIt
against the American policy. charging
that the administration was making IL
liberate efforts to embarrass France
For the time being the administra
ton was prevented from driving the
dollar down to Its projected parity
points in foreign exchanges by the ris
ing tide of American dollars flowing
back to this country. But must OF
its financial experts were confident
that the $500 cents value would be
made to prevail after a reasonable
time to allow for the shakedowu. AS
Cor the $50 an olliice FOR gold, it is
the opinion OF Pros George F. War
rem, chief deylser he experiment
G1at is under rat the figure
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convinced that he alone could restore
the country to quiet 1t was condi-
toned on pledges that both chambers
of parliament would support him I'M
reservedly and that the president
would give him an executive order dis
solving the parliament and calling new
elections, to be used II he considered
1t necessary. So the iron man" Of
France, as he has been dubbed, re
turned to Paris with plans for small
cabinet made up of former premiers
and party leaders and with power to
make himself the virtual dictator OF
the country.
War veterans, Monarchists, Commit
nlsts and other elements joined in the
violent demonstrations that forced out
the Daladier regime All joined in OPP
position to the government, though no
one of the groups was in accord with
any others in other respects. The
mobs were furious and fought desper-
ately with the police and the troops
that Daladier had brought into the
capital. The rioters, operating mainly
In the Place de Ia Concorde and the
region about the Palais Bourbon where
the chamber of deputies sits. were
raked by machine gun fire, sabered
by mounted troops and dubbed and
shot by the infantry and police. But
they returned to the fray time after
time and would not cease the struggle
until Daladier resigned. The number
of dead was estimated at fifty, and
more than a thousand persons were
wounded. After the battles were over
the boulevards in the center of Paris
presented a scene Of desolation and
destruction unequaled there since days
of the commune in 1871.
Nationalist elements resented espe-
clally the removal by Daladier Of Jean
Chiappe as project of police, feeling
that he was being made a scapegoat
in the Bayonne bond scandal. The
Communists and Socialists accused
Chiappe of fomenting the rioting, but
the fright" elements said the "leftists"
were determined to get the Corslcan
out of the way because they knew he
would block the proletarian coup d'etat
they were planning. The Royalists
were In the mix-up hopeful, as always,
that they might be able to restore the
monarchy and put on the throne the
due de Guise. head of the Bourbon
house of Orleans who lives in exile
in Brussels. Naturally the pretender
shares in that hope, but he was quoted
as deploring the bloodshed.
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MONEY IN THE AIR

hundred years ago. Daniel Webster speaking in the Senate
said God and silver the money of the constitution the constu
standard value which established and cannot be overturned
it would shake the whole system
The other day Senator Boah said Ths is profound truth
ought every energy and utilize all the available to
money the constitution legion business men, pu-
bic all schools of thought will amen to
that The strength the silver movement shown recently when
bill relate its value gold lost by the mmest possible margin IN
the year ago similar bill would have been deuged under
Nays Fgurativey speaking up In the arr
and may be that only gold silver bring to earth again.
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ways; Harris NJ. Hanshue. president
of Western Air Express, and Gilbert
Givvin, Hanshue's secretary. Nc
Cracker has been under technical ar
rest but this was vacated.
Chairman Blacks report to the SEN
ate showed that Brittin admitted that
he had removed from McCracken's of
flee and destroyed subpoenaed CORE
spondence; and also that Givvin, on
order from Hanshue, had removed con-
fidentlal papers since recovered by the
committee.
Senator Black also told the senate
that testimony before the committee
showed post office contracts had been
awarded "collnsivelv and fraudulent
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Ing on In Washington that promised to
Uncover a $10.0O0.000 scandal In ths
War department. Two lawyers promi-
nently connected in the past with the
American Legion were said to be In
volved. 1t was asserted that automo-
bile manufacturers had been asked
for fee of $4,000 in return for War
department contracts for trucks run
ming into millions.
The house naval committee made an
Inquiry into airplane and engine con-
tracts that. it was predicted, would
lead to changes in the Navy depart
ment's system OF audits.
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e a b ! n g I capltulateu
> nd the reins of gov.
eminent were put In
the hands of Castor
Doumergue, the sew
enty-one-year-old for
mer President who
was in retirement on
his country estate.
His temperance on
the political stage was
in response to the
pleadings of President
Lebrun and many 9TH
Or patriate WIN ypra
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great flow Of gold bul-
lion from Europe to
the United Stttes.
The pound sterling
and the franc made
'ains. but not big
enough TO suit Presi-
dent Roosevelt and
his monetary advis-
ers. Later both the
pound and franc de-
clined again. and the
confusion was made
greater. The French
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News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
Bloody Riots in Paris Drive Out Daadier and Douergue
Becomes Premer-Devauation of Dollar
Brings Flood of Gold.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

must be raised II prices or cufunvui-
ties are to be put up materially. Frank
Il. Gannett. the Rochester newspaper
publisher, after visit to the White
House and talking with both the
President and Professor Warren, said
in his Rochester Times Union that he
had been convinced hy those CONVEX
Stations "that we shall continue to
raise the price Of gold and that the
$50 figure probably would succeed
only in preventing prices from slip
ping.
BY the Presidents deyaluation stroke
a treasury deficit of 81, 9OO000,OOO was
transformed overnight into surplus
of S973,T16037.
TT WAS authoritatively stated in
Washington that the President be
llev I, that excessive interest rates Oh
all iasses of debts should be reduces
as an important step toward reduction
Of the debt structure His viewpoint
applies to foreign debts owed to Unit
ed States citizens, to private debts and
to those of industry. He was said to
be of the opinion that reduction of in
terest would make payment more prob
able, and that liked charges also could
be cut down.
Bills before the senate. which have
house approval already would enable
corporations and municipalities or 9th
er political subdivisions of states to
scale down the principal and interest
Of their debts through an agreement
with the majority OF their creditors.
Legislation is already in effect which
enables the individual to raarrange his
debt and interest rates through a pact
with the majority of those he owes
and to give similar help to railroads.
There have been complaints that these
laws have not been particularly effec-
tive and that they need Strengthening.
The President. in letting it be known
that he thought the debtor was paying
too much on obligations contracted in
better times, did not say what he be-
lieved was fair rate nor did he speci-
fy particular charges that he regarded
as too high.
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Industry intends "to resist ell attacks"
upon company unions and that il holds
that the present plan of employee rep
resentation complies with the MIRA.
The statement, however. declared the
steel industry lis cooperating whole
heartedly with the President in his eff
forts for national recovery and sub
scribes fully to the principle of collec-
tive bargaining as provided in section
ta) of the national recovery act"
The NRA had given out a press
statement Implying that all company
unions are dominated by employers.
This drew sharp criticism, and the
statement was retraeted. Admlnistra-
tor johnson and MIRA Counsel Don
aid Richberg upheld the right of the
labor board as stated above. They as
serted, however. that the executive or
der which said that representatives
elected by majority of workers shave
been thereby designated to represent
all the employees" does not abridge
the rights of labor minorities to con.
duct negotiations with employers
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ly" and than former Postmaster Gen.
eral Brown and McCracken partici-
pated In a Secret meeting" held In q
room adjacent TO Browns Post Once
department office at which the coun-
try was divided into certain mall
routes and contructs were distributed
among particular operating com
panies.
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ing in America Of pri-
waite loans to coun-
tries now defaultIng
on past debts. Before
passing 1t, the sena-
tors amended the
measure so that it
would not hamper the
President new
scheme to grant to
foreign nations loans
with which to buy
American goods. A
proviso was written in
aa-s 49, n
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CAMUBL INSULT. who was due to
- be ousted from Greece on Febru-
airy l. was permitted to remain for a
time because Of III health. but the gov
eminent at Athens then informed him
unoflicially that he must leave before
February II. two physicians having
reported he was able to travel with
ont danger to his life The fugitive i'm.
mediately began packing up, but at
this writing it was not known where
he would go in his effort to avoid ex-
tradition.
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FRANCE seemingly narrowly es
Il capped a civil war Following two
days Of bloody rioting in Paris and
other cities. Premier Daladier and his
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-02-16

XNTILLIAM p. MCRACKEN. who
wv was assistant secretary of com
merce for aeronautics in the Hoover
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MIRA and the steel industry came
l ' into sharp conflict, and the MIRA
to certain extent backed down. Ex-
ecntives Of all the leading steel com
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TWENTY-FIVE days after he was
kidnancd Edward G. Bremen,
banker Of ST. PAM. MINI, was set free
in Rochester MINI, and made his way
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nEvALUATIoNof the dollar, andthe
~ purchase of goldat $50 fine ounce
caused a turmoil In the worlds money
markets and an immediate result was a
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DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT called
congressional leaders into confer
ence and with them formulated bills
designed to bring the stock markets
of the country under federal control
The measures were then introduced
in both house and senate. They deal
with short selling, marginal trading,
specialists, pool operations and man
ipulation.
PACKED by the President, federal
- grand iurv Investigation wa 90
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IN A unanimous opinion the Supreme
Court of the United States held
that all persons accused Of violating
the late national prohibition laws and
whose cases had not been finally adj
Indicated by December last. when
the Eighteenth amendment was re-
pealed should be set free. The opinion
held that repeal cancelled the power Of
prosecution.
According to the Department Of Jus
tice, there were 9,5T6 prohibition
cases. with about $4,000 defendants.
pending in federal courts.
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MYTH little debate the senate
wv passed the bill introduced by Sen.
ator Hiram johnson Of California
which is designed to prevent the float
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to foreign defaulters could still be
made by government owned corpora
tons.
Continued on Page A.
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

The cost Of living of wage
earners in the United States rose
1.8 per cent from August to Sep.
tember, the sharpest increase in
living costs since August, 1888,
according to the National Indus
trial Conference Board.
The advance made living costs
in the month just ended per
cent higher than in September a
year ago, and 1873 per cent higher
than April, 1888, when the low
point in the cost of living was
reached. Living costs last
month, however, were 1873 per
cent below the September, 1929
level.
The purchasing value of the
dollar was 1875 cents in Septem
ber, compared with 1856 cents in
August, 1899 cents in April, 1888,
and 100 cents in 1923.
Food prices rose "A per cent
from August to September. Food
prices in September were go per
cent higher than in September,
1888, 29.1 per cent higher than
at the low Of April, 1888, but
27.4 per cent lower than in Sep
tember, 1929.
Rents in September were nine
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
JUSTICE
PLAN URGED BY
RUKEYSER

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct. 10.
In an address here last night at
the City Club forecasting quick
ening in the rate Of business re.
covery, Merryle Stanley Rukeyser.
financial writer. author, and mem.
ber Of the faculty Of Columbia
University, called upon business
men to take the leadership
in furthering a program Of social
justice.
Though emphasizing that un.
employment insurance is at best
a palliative and that the cure lies
in ironing out the economic
maladjustments, Rukeyser urged
employers to set up depreciation
reserves for their manpower, so
that workers could be retired on
substantial pensions after about
35 years Of service. The speaker
said that the reserves should be
charged against the cost Of goods.
like workmen's compensation.
He urged that the pensions
come within hailing distance Of
the average wage receipts OF
workers, and insisted that the
State pensions made in variety
Of States were piteously made
quate in amount.
Referring to the social obliga'
tionS Of the business man, Rukey'
ser said:
"Under the pOtentiaIities for
plenty, resulting from the Inn
proved techOnOlOgy Of the power
age, good sociology has become
identical with good business.
Instead of allowing themselves
to be driven uncOmpr0miSingly
to the Right by half-baked radt
Gals, business men should chart
their own course and recognize
that they can succeed best under
conditions of economic balance
under which labor will be well
paid and will toll under happy
working conditions"
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Brokers
here preparing to do business on
the new Montreal silver futures
exchange have learned that it will
be necessary for all customers
wishing to buy contracts on the
exchange to file application with
the Federal Reserve Bank OF New
York for permission to acquire the
required amount Of Canadian dol
lars. according to information in
the financial district yesterday.
In bullion brokerage circles the
belief existed that permission to
buy Canadian dollars for use in
silver speculation would be read
ily given by the authorities and
that the filing Of an application
was a mere formality. Among the
banks, however, it was made clear
that the Treasury, acting through
the Federal Reserve Bank, would
not give automatic approval to ap-
plications Of this character but
would consider each application
on it's own merits.
It was understood that there
had not yet been a test Of the
Treasury's attitude toward these
applications. There was no doubt
that the Government would read
lily give permission to anyone
wanting to buy foreign exchange
for use in importing silver. In
fact, on such a transaction no
license at all would be required.
But it would be an entirely differ
ent matter If a person in this
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
ACTIVITY
Up HALF POINT

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 Q.N.S).
Steel operations advanced a half
point to 241a per cent of capac.
ity, the Weekly Iron Age sum.
mary disclosed today, with in
creasing caution among buyers
responsible for the tapering off
in demand. While orders are still
growing in number, aggregate
bookings in terms of tonnage
are showing little or no gain, 1t
was pointed out.
Production rose two points to
33 per cent in the Wheeling dis
trict, one point to 81 per cent
in Philadelphia area and three
points to "a per cent at Cleve.
land, with unchanged levels the
rule in other important districts.
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
v'';H: :;:.9;s;s zs;;;t' N. Y. Bond Quotations

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 Q.N.S0.
A recovery in United States Gov
ernment bonds from yesterdays
late selling which put them down
as much as 20-32 Of a point fea-
tured today's trading on the bond
market.
Treasury 3s Of 194s and the
Treasury 3As led the advance.
Home owners loan So were un-
changed, and the Home owners
loan 234s were up slightly.
Other sections Of the domestic
list also showed signs Of moder-
ate improvement from yesterdays
late selling. Philadelphia Read.
ing Coal & Iron IS were UP frac.
tionally and Warner Bros. IS were
unchanged.
Railroad liens were quiet and
generally steady. In the second
grades Chicago & North Western
convertible Ans were improved,
while the st. Paul IS were un.
changed.
In the foreign division the Ger
man Is were mixed. Jugoslavian
and Italian issues were late in
opening.
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
QU|NTER kEEPS|
L0ANPOST |

William S. Quinter was reelected
president of the District Building
and Loan Association, following
he annual meeting of stockholders
yesterday. This is the tenth time
Mr.. Quinter has been reelected to
the presidency of the association.
of which he has been an officer
for the last 20 years.
He served first as assistant Sec
retary and then as secretary and
is also a past president Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Building and
Loan League and has been secre-
tary of that organization for the
past seven years. He is national
executive committeeman of the U.
S. Building and Loan League.
At the annual meeting of stock
holders the following directors
were elected for the ensuing year:
DR.. George A. Baker, F. Wilson
Camp, Charles H. Frame, William
F. Friel, Henry Gilligan, Warren
w. Grimes, o. H. Johnson, Will
liam s. Quinter, Stephen H. Takes
and DR.. Harold A. Wood.
Two new directors were added to
the board, o. H. johnson and DR..
Harold A. Wood.
The report Of the secretary as
made to the stockholders showed
a very substantial increase in as
sets, and that many new loans
were being made both for re-
financing and modernization Of
homes.
In addition to President Quin-
ter, the board elected the follow
ing officers: Charles H. Frame,
vice president; E. Wilson Camp,
secretary-treasurer, and Henry
Gilligan, attorney. This is the
fourth reelection Of Mr.. Camp to
the office of secretary. He is gov
ernor Of the fourth district Of the
American Savings, Building and
Loan Institute.
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
Wage Earners' Cost of Living
Up1.8Per Cent in Month

tenths Of one per cent higher
than in August, 3.8 per cent higher
than in September, 1898, and 28.5
per cent lower than in September,
1929.
Clothing prices as whole rose
on2-half of one per cent from
August to September. Mems cloth
ing prices increased four-tenths Of
one per cent, and women's cloth.
ing prices increased seven-tenths
of one per cent. Clothing prices
were 2.6 per cent higher in Sep
tember than in September, 1888
27.8 per cent above those In April.
1888, but 21.3 per cent lower than
in September, 1929.
The average mark-up in coal
prices from August to September
was eight-tenths of one per cent,
September coal prices were 3.9
per cent above September, 1888,
but 6.2 per cent lower than in Sep.
tember, 1929.
The cost of Sundries moved up
ward from August to September
by one-tenth of one per cent. Sun
dries in September were one-tenth
of one per cent higher than in
September, 1888, and 6 per cent
lower than in September, 1929.