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_——Roasevelt Ready
' That's Appreciation
Grudge Paid Off
Banner-Herald Washington
Correspondent. :
WASHINGTON. — Hard times
may come knocking at the New
Deal door this summer.
Business won’t be brisk and la
por troubles are sure. Criticisms
of the recovery program will be
coming faster and thicker as elec
tion campaigners warm up. And
vou may get to thinking that the
New Deal is endangered by the
elections.
put write it in your memory
pok, regradless of your slant on
administration programs, that
Roosevelt is still the peer among
Jl our political medicine men.
His hole ace is as good as vis
jtle to cagier politicians in both
parties. Roosevelt is going to pro
wse a social legislation program
which will_hold out the promise
of economic security to everyone,
fom childhood to/the grave.
It will include unemployment
msurance, health insurance, old
age and widew pensions, perhaps
jegislation for shorter hours, and
more jobs along with it.
If that program, presented as
mly Roosevelt can present it to
the country, isn't the greatest
vote-getter ever tossed into a
rampaign, the politicians will
swap their pants for rompers.
After the last few years, at least
i) percent of people think in
terms of security.
Insiders on Capitol Hill know
Roosevelt won't wait until Con
gress meets in January to reveal
his plans. He is the issue in this
election and has no reason to
miss a trick by Kkeeping quiet.
And don't be surprised at a pro
posal to create a mnew cabinet
berth, occupied by Secretary of
Public Welfare Harry Hopkins.
This may not have been decided
yet, But it's in the cards. y
A Kiss For Mr. Snell
When whité-haired political war
horses start throwing kisses at
each other from opposite sides of
the aisle, it doesn’'t mean any
thing. But there are instances,
about as rare as authentic cases
of men who have bitten dogs.
To the large surprise of Demo
cratic Leader Joe Byrns, Minority
Leader Bert sSnell agreed to
) unanimous consent on a Dbill
which otherwise would have taken
a lot of useless time.
It was then' that gaunt, bushy
browed, 64-year-old Byrns raised
@ bony hand to his lips and threw
Snell a tender kiss.
Old Grudge Paid Off l
Federal agencies concerned with
~ labor and industry had more th
the obvious reasons for interest in
labor's victory in the truckmen’'s
strike in Minneapolis.
The trucking industry there was
the backbone of the anti-union
tlement and js compared with the
steel industry and_its similar po
sition in the national industrial
field. Further, the strikers weren't
taking any orders from their
superior A, F. of L. officials
here,
Senator Wagner of the National
Labor Board telephoned President
Dan Tobin of the Teamsters' Un
lon during the height of the
street fighting and asked him
What he could -do to stop it.
Tobin had to reply that he
tuldn’t do a thing. The truckmen
had organized themselves and !
Were making their own battle.
Meanwhile, the White House it
®lf was receiving frantic reports
from certain socially prominent
bersons who were in close touch.
The burden of them was that the
‘best families” of Minneapolis
Were being beaten up and that
federal troops should be sent to
slve them.
The story behing that is that
most of the hundred or more spec
lal policemen whom strikers put
in hospitals ware employers or
Well-to-do young men banded to
gether in a Citizens’ Alliance. |
This group, with badges and
tlubs, haq begn .doing strike duty
for years and had cracked many
heads, Nursing years of hatred,
Other union members joined the
Uuckmen in beating them up. No
;“g‘”&l' policemen or firemen were
urt.
Another unusual strike factor
loted here was (Governor Olson's
otder that national guardsmen
keep trucks off the street. That
imounted to putting them on the
Dicket line,
His “Depravity” ls Bared
Some Demecratic congressmen
e trying to oust Edward T.
Pickard, head of the cotton tex-
Ule division of the Department of
Commerce, on the ground that he
s & Republican.
The evidence thus far intro
fuced against Pickard is the fact
that he once persuaded Mrs. Hoo
‘' to wear a cotton dress as a
Publicity stunt for a use-more
fotton (‘ampalgn.
Cpr. 1934, NEA Service, Inc.)
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Hope Given For War Debts Revision
South Anxiously Awaiting Reaction To Strike Call
LEADERS DIFFER O
POSIBLE. REACTION
OF SOUTHERN GROUP
Many Say 360,000 Textile
Workers in Southeast
Will Not Quit
SEEKING AGREEMENT
Capital Still Hoping so
Avert Walkout Monday
And Steel Strike
| CHARLOTTE, N, C.— (#)—The
[South waited anxiously today to
observe whether its 360,000 textile
workers would quit their machines
‘Monday in answer ta the call of
the United Textile Workers of
America for a general walk-out,
Opinion as to whethear the work
ers would heed the walk-out call
of Thomas ¥, McMahon, union
head, or stick to their Jobs was
‘divided. i ’
A number of exreutive and others
in the textile industry frankly ex
pressed doubt that the union would
be able to effect a general shut®
down, but wunion leaders were
‘equally confident their men would
'-answer the strike call and that
they could sway the non-union
!workers. .
Anderson Hopeful
Among those doubting that the
‘strike would be effective in the
South was W, T. Anderson, of
Macon, Ga., president of the
American Cotton Manufacturars
association.
Anderson, declaring the strike
‘would not ‘“serve any good pur
}pose." said that “it is not believed
that any large number of mill
workars in the South will abandon
their employment at the command
of officers of the textile union.”
The workers, Anderson said, were
‘cognizant of conditions in the in
dustry which made a 25 per cent
reduction in working hours neces
'sary and had sufficient confidence
in their employers not to further
'aggravate the situation.
Union leaders generally predict
ed the strike call would meet a
response in the South,
In North and South Carolina are
240,000 textile wovkers—two thirds
of the textile workers in the en
tire South. Union officials claim
a membership of between 55,000
and 60,000 in North Carolina and
44,000 in South Carolina,
PLAN CONFERENCES
WASHINGTON—(#)—NRA plan
ned new conferences Friday with
textile manufacturers and wunion
jeaders in a last-minute attempt
40 avert a general strike threaten
ing to call 300,000 workers in
North and South from their Jobs
‘Monday.
* /Hugh 8. Johnson and his aides
expected to confer with George
Sloan, president of the cotton tex
tile institute, ang Thomas F. Me-
Mahon, president of the TUnited
Textile workers.
McMahon hoped to prevail on
t+he NRA to cancel an order per
mitting the cotton mills to cut pro
duction by 25 per cent for 12
weeks., ‘This, he said, meant a 25
per cent cut in pay. }
\Sloan, on the other hand, call:d
the threatened strike an attempt
to “overthrow” the cotton code “by
¥orce!! To a union demand for
‘reduction in hours, with no cut in
‘weekly pay: he countered with a
Heclaration that to boost hourly
}pay rates now would close many
imilln and “create new unemploy
‘ment.” *
Watching the situation with con
cern were officials of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
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Throngs—R;r Welcome as U. S. Fleet Steams
Into New York Harbor, Carrying President
NEW YORK—(#)—Steaming into
New York harbor behind the flag
ship of its smiling commander-inf
chief, Franklin I) Roosevelt, the
navy was anchored Friday for an
18-day stay. |
The fleet was In for the first
time since 1930, bringing 35,000
bluejackets, their spirits high in
anticipation of their long holiday
\amid the bright lights of Man
hattan and their pockets jingling
at least $1,000,000 for spending.
Wednesday was “%heir pay day.
The nation’s mighty man-o’-war
on dress parade, swung inte the
harbor Thursday wight after pass
ing in proud review before Presi
dent Rosevelt. Cheering crowds
jammed the waterfront to see the
big grey fleet comce in.
The colorful sea show. delayed
¢two hours by fog, took place just
loutslde the bay, hidden by a thick
haze from the sight of jandiubbers,
GETTLE ABDUCTORS
LOSE LAST HOPE OF
EVER GETTING FREE
LOS ANGELES.—®)—The kid
napers of William F. Gettle, Bev
erly Hills oil millionaire, Friday
were under sentences which will
keep them in prison as long as
they live with no hope of pardon
or parole.
Already sentenced to life terms
upon their pleas of guilty to ab
ducting Gettle, James F. Kirk,
Larry Kerrigan, and Roy A. Wil
liams were convicted of federal
charges of trying to use the mails
for extortion and were sentenced
to imprisonment of 37 years each.
California law forbids a,n}f‘ len
iency to a convict who is under
sentence for another felony.
Convicted with the men were
two women accomplices, Loretta
Woody and Mona Gallighen. They
were arrested with Kirk when a
police listening device uncovered
the instigatorg of the Kkidnap
ing plot, leading to a raid on their
lair wheh freed Gettle and trapped
the three men and twio women
before the ransom demand of $60,-
600 could be collected.
ROOSEVELT ATTEADS
CROTON GRADUATION
Returns to School Where
He Received His Train
ing to See Son Graduate
- GROTON, Mass.—(#)—President
Roosevelt attended the graduation
of his youngest Jon, John, from
Groton school here Friday, mot
oring here just before moon from
from his special train at Worches
ter,
Mr. Roosevelt attended the same
‘preparatory school, and he: plan
ned to spend the day on the cam
pus visiting,
This private institution contin
ued very private Friday. News
papermen accompanying the presi
dent from Washington were not
permitted on the ground.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the presi
dent’s mother Mrs. James Roose
velt rode with the president in an
open car over the 30 mile route
from Worcester,
| Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall, the presi
’dent's daughter and his son, James
and Mrs, James Roosevelt, joined
the family gathering at the gra
‘duation.
i The president’s face carried the
sun tan of his review of the United
States fleet which he led into New
York harbor early Thursday night.
Mr. Roosevelt was on schedule,
confidently watching the progress
at Washington where he will re
turn Monday to give a helping
hand- for the adjournment of con
igress expected next week,
The president held an informal
reception with Massachusetts lead
ers aboard his “train home in the
railroad yards here before depart
ling by motor for Groton school.
Governor Joseph B, Ely headed
+the list of distinguished callers
who boarded the special train early
lthis morning. Others included
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PARAGUAYAN VICTORY
ASUNCION, Paraguay.—{(®)—The
Paraguayan defense ministry an
nounced Friday that the Para
guayn army had captured 15 miles
of Bolivian defense works in the
“Canada strongest” sector and
that the 3rd Bolivian division, pre
viously entreénched there, had re
treated.
The official communique de
clared the §etrea.ting Boliviang had
left 150 ead behind including
Lieutenants Sarraga, Torrico, Adu
nate, Alborta and Abel.
The ministry said the advanc
ing Paraguayans were consolidat
ing the sector and had taken some
munitions. 118
The immense throngs waited pa
tiently, however, and sent up a
tremendous cheer when the presi
dent's ship, the cruiser Indianapo
lis, under the command of vice
admiral Frank Brumby, steamed
into view.
With guns booming and bands
playing, the battle fleet—B6 ships
in all—passed majestically before
the sea-loving president as he
stood on the communication deck
of the Indianapolis anchored a mile
off Ambrose lightship.
The aircraft carriers Saratoga
and Lexington largest vessdls of
the fleet with their 186 fighting
and scouting planes in the air.
Giant battleships, light and heavy
cruisers, fast littls destroyers and
auxiliary vessels made up the 20-
mile procession. Only the cruis
ers and battleships bomed the 21-
'eun salute, the destroyers and
other ships saluting by bugle only.
aCHOOLS HERE BEGIN
EXERGISES MARKING
CLOSE OF SESSIONS
Opportunity School Holds
Commencement Pro- -
gram Tonight -
COLLEGES END WORK
University to Confer De
grees Monday, Athens
High Tuesday :
Commencement exercises of Ath
ens schools and colleges begin to
night, when approximately 35 stu
dents wil receive certificates from
the Opportunity echool, and con
tinue through Tuesday night when
the largest senior class or recent
years will be graduated from Ath
ens High school, with graduation
exercises at the TUniversity of
Georgia Monday morning.
Speakers on the¢ program for the
Opportunity school include Judge
T. F, Green, D. Weaver |Bridges,
and Mrs, C. A. Vurnooy, with Rev.
L. B, Jones, Rev. John Tate, Miss
Virginia Dillard, Miss Hazel White
head, Mrs. J. T. Wheeler and Mrs,
Sadie Manleburg on the program.
Baccalaureate Speaker
Baccalaureate services of the
University will be held in the
chapel Sunday with Dr, W. T, Wat
kins, professor of church history at
Emory university, delivering the
sermon, and a special music pro
grom arranged by Hugh Hodgson,
who will be assisted by Mrs. Julia
Floyd, Augusta, Soprano, Mrs,
Charles Parrott, and Mike Mec
‘Dowell. Dr. W, F. Wrighton, of
the University faculty, will deliv
er the invocation and benediction.
Monday morning at 11 o'clock,
the largest graduating class in the
history of the University, over 450,
will receive degrees at Woodruff
hall. Dr. W. D, Hooper will de
liver the commencement address,
and Clifford C. Sheffield, Atlanta,
is valedigtorian. j
High school graduation exercises
will be held at Mell auditorium
Tuesday night with Ruth Brown,
Dorothy Jarnagip Helen Cabaniss,
Barbara Jenkins and John .Mec-
Phersen as graduation speakers.
Wednesday morning class exer
cises will be held, and the P.-T. A.
will honor the senior class with a
banquet Wednesday night at the
Y. W. C. A, building.
There will be no graduation ex
ercises for seventh grade students
at Child street school, promotion
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“HUMAN BOMB”
HELD AS INSANE
Jobless Veteran Who Held
Police at Bay With Ex
plosives Put in Hospital
ALAMEDA, Calif, —() — Frank
Rannett nnemnloyed mechanic who
for almost 24 hours kept police at
bay as he sat “supreme” on a load
of powerful explosives, denied Fri
day that he is insane,
“I hope nobody believes that I
am nutty,” said the 38-year old
war veteran. “I was frantic and
desperate because my family was
starving—half crazy, maybe, but
not insane.,”
He remained in a hospital ward
under observation on the order of
District Attorney Earl Warren who
reported: ‘“The man's suffering
from a mental condition which
certainly requires treatment.” War
ren issued an insanity complaint.
‘Bennett also recalled the police
promise of a job and $2,000 which
led him to step from his explosive
laden automobile without carrying
out his threat to spring an electric
detonating switch.
“T took the police at their word
when they promised me work and
aid for my family,” Bennett said,
“I hope they don't go back on
that.”
Police announced the man’s wife
and three children will be taken
care of but that he now is out of
their hands in view of the district
attorney’s action.
‘Bennett's “bomb on wheels” con
ltal'ned 40 sticks ot high percentage
dynamite and 5 quarts of nitrogly
cerine wired for an electric-con
tact explosion, powder experts re
ported.
' Thousands gathered at the mud
\flat. to which police persuaded
EBennett to drive after discovery of
Lthe suicide plan Wednesday, as
word spread that the “human
;bomb" was sitting on a “trip to
kingdom come.” Residents ©va:
cuated their nearby homes.
Bennett said he came to Alameda
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i: HOLLYWOOD—«#)—Beneath its
‘grease paint, laughter mock drama
and tragedy, Hollywood silently
grieved Friday at the passing of
Lew Cody, its favorite master of
ceremonies, man-about-town and
bon vivant.
~ Not since the death of his wife,
‘Mabel Normand in 1930, has Holly
‘wood felt so keenly the passing of
an individual,
' iTo producer and stage hand alike
Cody was known as “Lew.” His
friends in the filwn colony were
legion. His home was always open
house. He was nted for his film
land philanthropies.
Death, unlike the life he led,
came quietly in his sleep. He was
found dead in his bed late Thurs
day afternoon in his Beverly Hills
home apparently from a heart at
'%h’fiy‘s physician said he had
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Army of Cuba Held
In Readiness Against
Anti-American Riots
HAVANA—(®)—The Cuban gov
ernment held its army in readiness
Friday to combat further disorders
as a series of anti-American out
breaks showed no sign of abate
ment.
Grave concern was felt by auth
orities, their responsibility in
creased when President Roosevelt
gigned the treaty dismissing the
United States’ 33 year old privi
lege tointervene—the Platt amend-~
ment.
iCol. Fulgencio Batista, com
mander-in-chief of the army, oi'-
dered all soldiers at the Matanzas
garrison to be held in barracks.
Similar instructions weere given
the Havana police force.
Attached to rocks, noteg reading
“down with Jefferson Caffery,
United States ambassador,” were
thrown through the windows of
the North German Lloyd and Ham
burg American Steamship lines
Thursday night. They were sign
ed “the Communist party of Cuba.”
Mhie ineident followed on the
heels of an apparently incendiary
fire which destroyed a large paper
mill. owned partly by Americans
and insured by an American com
pany. Owners said the loss would
not exceed $600,000. An attack was
made on Caffery’s life Sunday, the
second, he said, within three
weeks,
The acts of terrorism were
blamed by Dr. Ramon Grau San
Martin, former president who re
turned recently from Mexico, upon
“my enemies who are trying to
make people believe T am responsi
ble.” .
Police late Thursday night found
an unexploded bomb in front of
the midtown branch of the Bank
of Nova Scotia.
Commissioner Adams
Fires Head of Market
Burecau and Assistant
ATLANTA .—(#)—Commissioner
of Agriculture G. C. Adams Fri
day dismissed J. F. Greer, direc
tor of the bureau of Markets and
his assistant, Mrs. Melle Eillison,
effective today. Greer served un
der Governor Talmadge when Tal
madge was commissioner of Agri
culture.
In a letter to Mr. Greer Com
missioner Adams said:
“The recent conduct of your of
fice has not been in conformity
with my idea of the best service
that can be rendered the farmers
of Georgia and I am therefore dis
pensing with your services as di
rector wf the bureau of Markets
effective today.”
Commissioner Adams also wrote
Mrg. Ellison a note of dismissal
but gave no reason why her serv
ices were no longer required,
Congressional Investigation
Of Southern Freight Rates
Is Asked By Commission
Officers Hunt Body
Of Carolinian Who
Jumped From Plane
RICHMOND, Va,— (#) — County
officers and volunteers resumed a
search Friday for the body of
Alexander M. Luke, 30, of Char
leston, 8. C., who plunged to his
death Thursday afternoon from an
airplane,
Beverley Howard, pllot of the
plane, who said he struggled to
prevent Luke from taking the fat
al leap, volunteered to fly over the
area to help in the search., A
searching party sougnt sought to
find the body yesterday afternoon
but was unsuccessful,
Howard said the plane was fly.
ing at an altitude of about 4,000
feet when he saw Luke climbing
from his cockpit,
“I yelled at him and asked him
what he was doing,” the pilot re
lated.
“‘l'm going to jump,’ he said.
“Realizing that he meant busi
ness,” Howard said, "I grabbed
him with one hand and kept the
stick in the other. We struggled
ag we argued, with him having the
advantage over me ag I could use
only one hand. There was noth
ing I could do. Just before he
jumped he sald, ‘l'll be seeing
vou sometime’.”
The plane had taken off from
Byrd airport a short while before
on a return trip to Charleston,
where Luke worked as president of
the Hawthorne Flying service.
PILOT GLUB GIVES
BANQUET SATURDAY
Charter to Be Presented
New Women's Organi
zation Tomorrow Night
A banquet celebrating charter
night will be held by members of
the Athens branch of Pilot Club
International Saturday night at 7
o’clock in the main dining room of
the Georgian hotel.
At this time the charter for the
club recently organized here will
be delivered by Mrs, Fay (Barrett,
international vice president, who
will be accompanied by a group of
eight. members of the Atlanta Pilot
club.
The local club was organized
‘here several weeks ago by Mrs.
‘Barrztt and members of the Atlan
ta club, and since then its mem
bership has been increased to
twenty-two,
| Miss Deprothy Gordon, member
iOf the Savannah club and one of
‘the best known members of Pilot
International in Georgia, will.de
}llver an address at the meeting.
Rev, Davigd Cady Wiignt, vector
|ot Emmanuel Episcopal church
here, will deliver the invocation.
Miss Ruth Tabor, formerly of
Athens but now of Macon, one of
the organizers and charter mem
bers of the local club, will attend
the banqu=t.
Invited to attend the chartar
night meeting are the heads of
the men’s civic clubs and presi
dents of sevral women's organiza
tions.
Expected to atend are B. M,
Grier, president of Rotary; James
Sartor, president of Kiwanis; Dr.
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Mining Engineer Held for Alleged Attempt
To Extort Money From California Financier
~ LOS ANGELES.—(#)—Frank E.
Sutton, 48-vear-old mining engi
neer, was onder arrest here Fri
day on a federal grand jury in
dictment in connection with an
alleged extortion plot directed
against Fred S. Markham, Alta
dena, Calif., financier.
The indictment, returned se
cretly a week ago, charged viola
tion of the Lindbergh kidnaping
law, and was based on a letter
'delivered to Markham more than
'a, year ago demanding $22,000 in
lcx‘mh on threat of injury to him or
his family. Markham is the son
of a former Illinois Central rail
road president.
Sutton, a former Tecumseh,
Mich., resident, was arrested last
night, but announcement of his
'arreut was withheld until early
Friday by. federal agents.
| Afer Markham received the let
ter, postmarked in Pasadena.
lcmrfi and dated March 31, 1933,
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday
Ceorgia Delegation Re
quested to Seek Inquiry
Into Differentials
PENALTIES QUOTED
P.S.C. Cites Cost Higher
In South Than Other
Parts of U. S.
ATLANTA, Ga~—~()—The Geor
gia Public Service commission has
!asked the state's congressional
delegation to seek an investigaiton
by congress so freight rate differ
entials in the country which the
)commlasloh said imposed severe
‘pennlflu on industry !n the South.
~ Copies of the commission’'s re
\queat were sent Thursday night to
‘Unlted States Senators Richard B.
‘Russeu and Walter F. George of
‘Georgia and the ten representa
tives from this state, '
' The commissioners stated that
freight rates of Georgia manufac
tured products between the place
of manufacture and the various
markets are much higher than
those from other manufacturing
sites even though it is a shorter
distance from Georgia to the
trade area.
~ The rates on stoves were cited
[as an example by the commission.
ilt was sald the Southern rates
were 26 to 39 percent higher than
}those in official territory, defined
as the section north of the Poty
}mac and Ohio rivers and east ©of
the Mississippi.
“Penalty” Cited
“For instance,” the commission
ers stated, “the rate from Gardner,
Mass., to Mansfield, Ohio, a dis
tance of 670 miles, is 45 cents per
‘hundred pounds, while the rate on
the same stoves from Atlanta to
Mansfield, Ohio, a distance of 650
miles, is 57 cents per hundred
pounds.”
The commission said it costs
$8.20 per ton to ship stone from
Elberton, Ga., 691 miles to Colum
bus, Ohio, while Vermont stone
can be shipped the same distance
to Columbus for $7.40, “a differ
ence of 80 cents per ton, which
must be absorbed by the South
ern manufacturer in order to
compete with the Northern manu
facturer of the same commod
"
“There is now a proposal before
the Interstate Commerce commis
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IMPLICATED IN MURDER
ATLANTA, Ga— (&) —Fulton
county officers Friday said Wal
lace Hughes, 20, whose death sen
tence was commuted to life im
prisonment by Governer Eugene
Talmadge, has made a statement
implicating Charles M. Cooper,
convicted slayer, in a double kill
ing here in a robbery committed
in 1932.
Hughes, given the death penalty
for the slaying of W. J. Hamil
ton who was shot to death with
G. C. Moon in a hold-up at a
15cal cafs, wwas returnad hors from
the Truetlen county chaingang by
Hugh Perryman, investigator of
the soliciter general’s office.
CHILDREN’S DAY AT FAIR
CHICAGO —(AP)— It was chil
dren's day Thursday at the World's
Fair, and a good time was enjoyed
by a 11—1,400 not included.
These tired, bewildered, and dis
tressed youngsters spent mucl: of
the day in the lost and found bu
reau, having become separated
from their parents and escorts in
the crowd.
he notified the sheriff’s office. A
trap was set according to direc
tions in the letter. It was in the
form of a package and was at
tached to a gopher trap, the pack
age containing nothing but paper.
Investigators said Sutton was
raking up leaves on his property,
which adjoins Markham's estate,
when his rake caught on the
package. .
Sutton picked up the trap and
delivered it to the sheriff's sub
station in Altadena, explaining
what had happened. After being
questioned,” he was released.
Subsequently Markham employ
ed private detectives and it was
their investigation, in coordination
with Department of Justice agents,
which led to Sutton’s arrest.
Sutton denied any part in the
plot and expressed amazement at
the charges. He was taken to
e
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HSX IS
PRESIDENT OFFERS
CHINCE 70 DISEUSS
AEVISION OF DFBTe
Decision Will Depend
Largely on How Nation
Is Spending Funds
WANTS NO NEW LAW
Democrats Say Opposi
tion Is Trying to Em
barrass F. D. R.
WASHINGTON-—(#)— President
Roosevelt, in a report to congress
Friday on war debts, held out a
promise for discussion of revision
of present funding agreements to
any European debtor nationg who
ask and present “special circums
stances relating to means and
methods of paymenty” MR
He indicated what “special ¢ir
cumstances” would be considered
by emphasizing that factors would
be whether the nations are utiliz
ing their resources for ‘“recovery
purposes” or make a ‘reasonable
payment” on the debt owed, or are
gpending for ‘“unproductive nation
alistic” purposes. ]
In some official quarters, the
president’s statement concerning
possible conferences was consid
ered significant as a prelude to
Great Britain’s note on the debts
question expected here any time.
Overtures Reported ;
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British
ambagsador, is understood to ‘have.
made overtures to the White
House for a discussion. .
With the next due date two
weeks fromi Friday, there arose
Democratic contentions, meanwhile,
‘that Republicans were filibuster
ing to keep congress in session
past that date A
The presidential message in the
main was a factual recording of
the debt status, as to defaults,
token payments and the like.
At the end, however, he ems=
phasized that the debtor nations
have been told “again and again”
that they have full \um,';ox"tu'!}gi.é
to discuss their problems 1 y
this country. e
“I suggest,” wrote Mr. Rooses
velt, “that in view of all exitmf
ciréumstances no legislation at
this session of the congress is eiths
er necessary or advisable.
Talking with reporters about Re
publican tactics in genate and
house the last few days, Repre.
sentative Byrns —the Democ:‘u%
leader—said “they hope, apparents
Iy, to embarrass the administra
tion.” Hr
“Events of the last tm
clearly indicate that the
cans in the house and the sem
ate are engaged In a eom_ ted
filibuster to force congress to re
main in session until June 15 and
perhaps later.” A
| Was People’s Money
Recalling that money represent
ed by the war debts enabled “sucs
cessful conclusion of a war which
involved the national existence of
‘the borrowers,” President Rooses
%velt said it was “in turn borrowed
‘by the United States government
from the peopie of ine United
| States.” SRR
“Our government, in the absence
of payment from foreign govern
ments,” he added, “is compelled to
raise the shortage by general taxs
ation of its own people in order to
pay off the original liberty nds
and the later refunding bonds. - .
“It is for these reasons that the
American people have felt that
their debtors were called upon to
make a determined effort to dise
charge these obligations. The Ame
erican people would not be dise
posed to place an impombh;
den upon their debtors, but are
nevertheless in a just poslflm-fig
ask that substantial sacrifices be
made to meet these debts” ~ . o
“We are using every means” 3
wrote, “to persuade each d.%
nation as to the sacredness of the
oHligation and also to assure them
of our willingness, if they should
®o reauest, to discuss frankly ‘and
fully the special circumstances re
'laflnfz to means and method of
pavment.” Ty
The message went to the cfififi
in the usual manner, despite the
| president himself being in Massa
chusetts to attend the m"‘m :
of his son, John, from Gm
school. 54
Called Just Demand
The American people, said the
message. are not disposed io
place an impossible burden upon
their debtors. but are nevertheless
in a just position to ask that sub
stantial sacrifices be made to meef
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THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight an d. o
Saturday, except Jattered
thundershowers in xtreme
south portion Saturday a ter
noon. e
