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Evening star., 1934-10-14
BARKLEY TO SPEAK
IN RADIO FORUM
Kentucky Senator to Dis
cuss Problem Confronting
Next Congress.

Important legislative problems that
are expected to arise in the next
Congress will be discussed by Senator
Alben W. Barkley, Democrat, Of Ken
lucky, when he speaks at 1880 pm.
Wednesday in the National Radio
Forum. The program Is arranged
by The Washington Star and broad
cast over q coast-to-coast network Of
the National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Barkley is member Of
the Banking and Currency Commit
tee, the Finance Committee and the
Interstate Commerce Committee.
These committees deal with questions
of far-reaching interest to the coun-
try as a whole and they undoubtedly
will play major part in the legis-
lative program of the coming session.
The Banking and Currency Commit
tee brought forth several major pieces
of legislation at the last session. The
Finance Committee also has played
an important part in drafting laws
connected with the recovery program.
Senator Barkley has had wide legis-
lative experience at both ends Of the
Capitol, having been a member Of
the House for o number of years be-
fore he became q Senator In 1927.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
DISAPPOINTMENT
Rights Old Wrong
Done Dry Agent
Convicted Unjustly Years
Ago, G.. S. Ridner
Gets Justice.
"The mills of the gods

An executive order that came from
the White House yesterday appointed
George s. Ridner Of Newark, N. j., to
an investigative position in the Alco-
hol Tax Unit, Internal Revenue
Bureau-and the Government had
done its best to right a wrong in
which q court was an unwilling aid
Ridner is q former prohibition agent
More than 10 years ago he was con-
victed on a charge of extortion, and
removed from service. But Ridner
developed evidence which showed he
had been framed" by bo0tleggers
Before the conviction had entailed
graver consequences. Ridner, in De-
cember, 1924, was granted a full
pardon by President Coolidge, the
Treasury Department, the Judge BE-
fore whom the case was tried, the
prosecuting attorney, and oficials OF
the Department Of Justice, concurring
in the opinion that he had been "un-
justly convicted"
Ridner did not re-enter the service
after being cleared, but some time
ago, applied for reappointment. His
age-he is now 57-was a barrier tc
regular civil service procedure, mas
much as this is seven years ovei
the maximum entrance age. Ridner
pointed out that he was entitled tc
reappointment as q simple matter Of
justice.
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen.
thau investigated and his recommen.
dation prompted action ut the Whits
House.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
YOUTH HURT IN LEAP
FROM BURNING HOUSE
Frightened by Smoke, Roomer
Falls 1S Feet-Treated at
Emergency for Cuts

Ernest Kelley. 20. was slightly In
jured early today when he leaped
from the second story of a roominK
house at ala C street after a FIRE
broke out in the basement. Fright
ened by the smoke, Kelley jumped
from q front window and landed in
the yard about 18 feet below. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for cuts.
About 10 other roomers left the
house while firemen extinguished the
flames, believed to have originated
from the furnace. The damage was
described as negligible. The roomerx
were aided by members of the Bows
Club Of Washington. who turned out
from their club house at Third and c
streets and brought coats and blan-
kets to warm them against the colo.
The injured youth was given first
aid at the Boys Club before police
took him TO the hospital.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BLANK SHELLS HELD
DEFENSE NECESSITY
100000 Harmless Bullets Ordered
From Company Without
Blue Eagle.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Firing salutes with blank cartridges
is considered by the Army as essen
tial to national defense"
At least that's what Assistant Secre-
tary Of War Woodring wrote N. r. A.
in asking special permission to buy
4O0, 900 blanks, az ealiber, from an
arms company.
N. r. A. figured blanks wouldn't be
very effective against a foreign in
vader, but granted the request when
Woodring said:
THE chief of ordnance has advised
me that the supplies in question are
essential to the national defense.
This ammunition Is urgently needed" :"
A special ruling was required from
N. r. A. because the firm concerned
has not signed Blue Eagle certificate
Of compliance and President Roose-
welt has ordered that such certificates
must accompany all Government pur-
chases.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
D. C. MAN GETS LIFE
IN KIDNAPPING CASE
James Gruary Sentenced With
West Virginian in Hold-Up
and Abduction.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSON, w. Va, october IS
Two men who kidnapped . taxi
driver, tied him to q tree and robbed
him Of $50 were sentenced today tc
life imprisonment In the State Peni-
tentiary by Circuit Judge Beno r
Howard.
They are Richard Luzier, %, for
merly Of Thomas. w. Va, and James
Gruary, 26, of Washington. D. c.
Luzier was convicted by a jury OF
armed robbery Of B. T. Messer, a
Williamson taxi driver, and Gruary
pleaded guilty.
Prosecutor j. W. Copley said the
life terms were probably the first given
in West Virginia in q robbery and
kidnapping case. He said both Of the
men had prison records.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
FAM|LY CARE AIM
IN RAZlNG SLUMS
Housing Expert Warns OF
Problem Created by
Evicting Residents.

Miss Alice Samuels, British hous-
ing expert, yesterday urged the Ma
tional Association of Housing Of
ficials to dovetail slum clearance with
q program Of caring for persons
evicted from their homes as q re-
suit Of clearance projects.
At the first annual meeting of the
association, she expressed the opinion
that o serious problem results from
clearing slums. Precautions should
be taken, she contended, to see that
the slum tenants who are removed are
given adequate housing and home
facilities. She asserted there was a
danger that anti-social conditions
which existed In slums might recur
in the localities to which the slum
residents 60.
Rural Slun$ Charged.
Creation Of rural slums through
present administration policies was
charged by Henry Wright. Addressing
the conference, he said:
Things that the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration are doing
or perhaps cannot do-are creating
more rural slums than ever before"
1t Is equally important, he said,
that with our attempts to clean up
slums that We act to prevent them
In the future"
Solution Of the problem, he said,
lies in its very magnitude.
Until we see that 1t is q problem
that must be undertaken on q huge
scale we will never undertake 1t on
any SCALE" he asserted.
Need for Art and Science.
Sir Raymond Unwin, housing ad-
visor to the British ministry of health,
urged the association to blend art and
science in housing programs rather
than to divide them. He said a di-
vision is contrary to nature and the
interest Of the people"
He further urged that emphasis be
placed on the quality of the homes
rather than the quantity OF homes
produced.
Miss Saruels and Sir Raymond,
along with DR.. Ernst Kahn Of Frank
fort-on-Maine, Germany, have Just
completed q tour of American cities
under the auspices of the association.
Ernest j. Bohn Of Cleveland was
reelected president of the national
association. Alfred K Stern of Chi
cago was reelected vice president.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
4OOD. c. VOTERS
OVERCOME REBUFF
Tammany Chief BIames G
O. P. for Row Over
Registration.
By the Associated Press.

by tne ASSOCIATED freSS.
NEW YORK, october Is. Four
hundred Federal employees in Wash
ington. who arrived by special train
this morning to register for voting
in the November election, had been
registered by nightfall and were salts
fed and happy, according to John T.
Dooling, chairman Of the Tammany
Hall Law Committee.
Earlier In the day Dooling had
charged that the group had been sub
jected to all sorts Of inconvenience,
their right to register challenged by
Republican election offcials and that
many of them had thus been deprived
Of the right to vote on this, the last
day Of registration.
The group had engaged the special
train through the Young Voters Club
of Washington. Most Of them intended
registering for absentee voting. The
train will return to Washington Sum
day night.
A food Of protest reached Dooling
and the headquarters Of Gov. Lehman
when the Government workers charged
the Republican officials with attempt
ing to disenfranchise them. So loud
became the hue and cry that the
Board Of Elections notified the police
department to send out q teletype
alarm to patrolmen, ordering them to
see that registration be accepted where
proper credentials were presented.
Dooling stated that all Of the 400
carried certificates attesting their legal
residence in New York City.
"Of course. the Republican ofncials
knew" he added, that every one in
the delegation intends to vote for Gov.
Lehman and the entire Democratic
ticket. Hence their obstructive, ille-
gal and wholly outrageous treatment
Of these voters"
Asked whether the Government
workers from the Capital we're all
Democrats, he replied:
We'll, we all hope they'll vote for
our candidates"
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BY RANDOLPH LEIGH.

Not since Necker's memorable
"Compte Rendu" on the eve OF the
French revolution has q government
issued a more significant fiscal report
than Thursdays Federal Reserve Board
statement.
Through the labyrinthine ways Of
its statistics, one comes to the crucial
fact that the Government has broken
all previous records in Its borrowing
from the banks. This process has gone
so far that today half Of the debt of
the Government is to the banks. The
total debt Is now $27 ,0Oo, 900 900.
This Is in sharp contrast with the
situation at the peak Of the war
financing, when Government obliga-
tions to the banks reached a peak of
is per cent of the total debt. 1t should
further be noted that for every $500
on deposit in the banks, there has
been an average loan of $1O0 to the
Government
Furthermore, this tendency has
established an unprecedented rate of
acceleration during the last II months,
with the banks taking up half Of all
Government offerings. This process,
one may confidently predict, will con-
tinue to quicken during the coming
months.
Previous Article Recalled.
In an article published in The Star
on April 5, 1884, 1 called attention to
the growing tendency to shift Govern
ment financing to the banks In the
following language;
LET us see how it is working. In
1920 these Government obligations
amounted to $4,000. .00O, 900 out of
total debt of about SGT 900, ,000, 900, or
less than 20 per cent. Today about
40 per cent of the Governments
obligations are to the banks. BY the
end of the year, according to present
indications, these obligations to the
banks will amount to about so per
cent Of the Governments obligations
That prediction is now being borne
out. The Reserve Board report cited
above shows that the so per cent point
in Government obligations to banks
has already been reached, and with
three months to go and a steadily
accelerating borrowing rate. the pre-
dicted go per cent seems well in sight
before the end Of the year.
Is such a policy a sound and JUS
tifiable one. or does it merely reflect
the Governments unwillingness to
face the facts connected with its gen.
eral program?
Loans Originally Short Term.
In dealing with such a question 1t
must be remembered that the primary
functions of our banks are commercial
and not governmental. Their original
connection with short term certif1-
Gates was as a means of simplifying
the Governments problem of securing
ahead of time fractional parts Of its
total revenue to be derived from taxes
due within a short time.
The temptation to secure funds
from the banks instead of through
heavy taxation or through the sale of
bonds to the public Is, obviously, very
Evening star., 1934-10-14
COURT POLL HOLDS
LAMS0N IS GUILTY
California Supreme Tribunal
Orders RetriaI, However,
in Wife's Death.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, october 13.--
Although a majority Of the justices Of
the State Supreme Court were de-
scribed by Chief Justice William H.
Waste as believing David A. Lamson
guilty, the high tribunal today
granted the Stanford University press
executive a new trial on charge Of
bludgeoning his attractive wife to
death in a campus cottage.
The extraordinary statement was
made by Justice Waste to assembled
newspaper men as the court handed
down a decision saying the evidence
upon which Lamson was sentenced
to death last Fall was mo stronger
than mere suspicion"
Feel Lamson Guilty.
"a reading of the various opionions
of the Justices" said Justice Waste,
shows a majority of them feel Lam
son is guilty, but all Of them believe
him entitled to a retrial"
1T is better that a guilty man es-
cape than to condemn to death one
who may be innocent" said the ma
jority opinion. Every statement of
the defendant capable of verifcation
tends to support his claims. 1t is
true he may be guilty, but the eW-
dence thereof is no stronger than
mere suspicion"
In condemned row at San Quentin
Prison the young Stanfordite ex-
pressed no surprise at the decision.
Prosecuting officials were non-com-
initial on arrangements for trial Of
Lamson again.
Kin Sure of Guilt.
Frank Thorpe, brother Of Mrs.
Lamson, learning of the decision
while in Springfield, Mo-, said he be-
lieved new trial would result "only
in a more positive conviction"
On the morning of Memorial day,
1888, he found the nude body Of
Mrs. Lamson draped over the edge
of the bathtub half full of water
Lamson later testified spots of blood
were spattered over the bath room
The State pictured Lamson seiZing
his wife by the hair and. beating her
to death. The defense contended the
injuries could have been caused by
her falling while standing in the tub
and striking her head against an
enamel wash stand.
C;knI
The main Supreme Court opinion
said Lamson's testimony as to the
possible time of his wife's death was
corroborated by the fact that the
water in the bathtub and the body
were warm when discovered. This
was held to discredit the States con-
tention that Mrs. Lamson died be-
fore S:45 am. The tragedy was dis
covered at 10 am.
Testimony that DR.. Frederick
Proescher, States pathologist, that he
found charred blood on the length of
pipe was branded as pure conjec-
ture, in all probability"
"The prosecution dwells but little,
said the main decision, ION the ques-
ton Of motive, which consisted Of
an alleged tryst with a Sacramento
woman (Mrs. Kelley, q statement to
friend overheard by an oficer to
the effect why did I ever marry
her!' This was all plausibly sx-
planned. consistent with innocence
."
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Nudists Find World Too Cold,
Don Clothes for Convention

try club in the world" where the
convention is being held. to keep out
the curious.
Wearing an overcoat, nsley Boone
Of New York, executive secretary,
opened the business session, intro
ducing Henry s. Huntington, editor
Of the nudist mazagine, whose speech
on the benefits Of nudism could be
heard echoing through the woods.
"Nudism's benefits are mental as
well as physical" he said. "It gives
US chance to get away from the
machine age"
Although some Of the delegates said
they would approve move to hold
future conventions In the Summer,
no action was taken on the subject
today.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

Continued From First Page.)
total of that issue redeemed or ex-
changed within the year BY sub
stituting bonds bearing 3H and 21a
per cent, an annual saving Of more
than $50, ,000,0 900 in interest charges
on the public debt has been effected.
Federal Reserve System figures,
meanwhile, showed that the country's
banks have increased their holdings of
Government bonds to the highest point
in history, absorbing more than half
of the last years $4,000, 900, 900 in
crease in the public debt. Their total
holdings, combined with those of the
Reserve Banks, were estimated at more
than half the entire public debt Of
$4,000, 100000.
U. S. Banks Get No Commission.
In this connection, the United States
Chamber, continuing the current COM
parison of American and British recov-
cry methods, noted that British banks
were paid q commission of II to Y of
/ per cent for handling the London
governments large refunding opera
tions of late 1882.
It found marked contrast" in the
participation of American banks in
the current program and said that
similar services on the part of the
American banks have been repeatedly
rendered without cost to the Govern
ment."
In another monetary outgrowth,
Undersecretary Phillips of the State
Department yesterday announced the
dispatch of a reply to China's pro-
test that the administrations silver
purchasing program threatened to de-
stroy that country's trade and its
monetary stability.
The contents of the note were not
announced, but it was learned that
the Treasury intends to go ahead with
its silver buying in compliance with
the orders Of Congress. An effort will
be made to prevent any resulting
severe drain on China's silver hold
ings, however. The country Is on
silver standard.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Record U.s. Financing by Banks
Seen as Raising Fiscal Issue
Whether Huge Gouev.ment Bond Hold.
mgs by Private Institutions Are
Desirable Is Debated by Observer.

strong. Such q policy relieves the
Government Of the necessity Of con-
vincing the public as to the sound
ness Of the projects on which 1t in
tends to expend its funds. 1t is q
policy which, in addition, Is rendered
easier than ever before by the fact
that the Government has purchased
preferred stock in virtually all the
banks, and has an influence on their
policies which 1t never before enjoyed
In the final analysis, quiet borrow
Ing through the banks Is the most
painless way Of getting hold of the
money of the people. But its very
painlessness is an argument against
its desirability, for 1t removes the
tendency to healthy criticism which
always goes with obvious and cash.
compelling fiscal transactions.
Money Flow Is One Way.
The strongest argument in favor
of raising funds by public bond Of
ferings. where the issue is largely
absorbed by the investing public
instead Of by bank borrowings In
the form OF short term and low
interest paper, Is that 1t subjects the
activities of the Government to the
deterring influence of the public in
its capacity of bond buyer.
We have had an unprecedented out
pouring Of billions Of dollars, but it
has been to a large extent one-way
money. 1t is far from certain that
these manipulating expenditures
would be approved by the people II
the matter Of buying bonds for their
financing were put directly to them.
On the other hand, the public might
be sufficiently evangelical to purchase
bonds cheerfully for the very projects
which critics of the administration
regard as most impractical.
But, whatever the result of submit
ting these issues to the people through
offering for sale the bonds to finance
them they would certainly give the
Government the benefit of a type OF
criticism which is now almost totally
lacking.
Mass Investment Lacking.
We have on the one hand the opti-
mistic theories of the administration
lists, and on the other the bitter (and
often obviously prejudiced) criticism
Of its enemies We have had to date,
however, no actual and specific balanc-
ing of their untried theories against
the accumulated experience and insight
of American investors In the mass. A
bond sale to raise funds for specific
New Deal projects would at once put
the matter to the test of its strength
with the investors-that is to say,
with a very large number Of citizens
of varying interests and Of all degrees
of financial ability and political
prejudice.
A highly important corollary would
be the fact that the requirements OF
such a test of soundness for govern
mental policy would hasten the Gov
eminent into clearing up many un-
certainties as to plans and objects
which now retard general recovery.
That alone would be an intellectually
valuable development.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BY the Associated Press.

6y bne ASSoclateu treSS.
AKRON, Ohio, october 13.-Shiv-
ering and almost blue with the cold,
delegates to the international Nudists'
Conference, which began near here
today, emerged from a brook and
hastily donned their clothing before
opening business session.
Devotion to their cause overcame
the delegates love Of warmth in the
middle Of the afternoon. As the sun
began to remove traces of last nights
frost, the first Of the 40 men and
women delegates hesitantly removed
their clothing for the brief dip In the
brook.
Guards with rifles patroled the
boundaries Of the "only nudist soun-
Evening star., 1934-10-14
N. R. A. APPOINTMENT
SECUTED BY HUTCHINS
Denies Intent to Resign or Ac-
eept Furlough From Uni
versity of Chicago.
By the Associated Press. i.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 13.-Robert
Maynard Hutchins said today he did
not contemplate resigning the presi-
dency Of the University of Chicago,
although reports persisted that he
would shortly assume an important
place in the revamped Recovery Ad-
ministration at Washington.
Il certainly do not intend to retire
from the university" he said. nor
do intend to take furlough to ac-
cept an N. r. A. post"
Chicago newspapers said Hutchins
would announce his acceptance Of the
Government post as soon as he had
arranged his affairs at the school,
He declined to discuss reports that
he had been asked to head the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
September Circulation
Daily ..115,577
Sunday 123,699

District of Columbia as.
FLEMING EEWBOLD. Business Man
ager OF THE EVENING AND SuNDAY
SIAR. does solemnly swear that the ae-
tual number Of copies of the paper named
sold and distributed during the month ~
september. AID. 1884. was as follows:
Evening star., 1934-10-14
GRIDIRON CLUB ELECTS
Bell Is Chosen Vice President, to
Succeed Suydam.

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Gridiron Club at the Willard last
evening. Uric Bell, Washington coz
respondent Of the Louisville Courier
Journal, was unanimously elected vice
president, succeeding Henry Suydam,
who resigned TO become assistant 10
Attorney General Cummings.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
PLANE FIGHTS MIST
IN RETURNING BYRD
TO LITTLE AMERICA
Continued From First Page.)

illness in June, an indisposition
which caused . tractor party COM
manded by DR.. Thomas g. Pulter TO
60 to the admirals rescue. For about
three months Byrd had been at the
advance weather base alone.
Fumes Cause Of Illness.
The illness Of Admiral Byrd last
June, which he reported with terse
radio message, was attributed to the
fumes of an oil stove at his tiny,
snow bound weather station.
DR.. Poulter returned with Admiral
Byrd today. To members Of the force
here DR.. Poulter said Admiral Byrd
had regained from 20 to Is pounds
in weight since the tractor party
went to his relief.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
CURLEY IS THREATENED
Second Extortion Note Sent
Gubernatorial Nominee.

Second Extortion Note Sent to
Gubernatorial Nominee.
BOSTON, October IS CP.-Boston
police and Department of Justice
agents today revealed that James M.
Curley, former mayor of Boston and
present Democratic nominee for Cover
nor, had received q second anonymous
extortion note.
The missive, mailed October Q, police
said, threatened bodily harm to q
member Of Curley's family, % did the
first one Of OctobeE Q.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BOND CONVERSIONS
HELD CREDIT INDEX
TO U. S. FINANCES

Continued From First Page.)