THE NEW YORK SUN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1934, . • 17

TO L0FT1N lSj NOMINATED FOR |BAR PRESIDENCY IJkcCracken Named Again

for Secretary Despite Some Protests.

JR.GOV. MILLER SPEAKS

I f i n s of Danger of Weakening the States Through Huge

Federal Grants.

MILWAUKEE. Aug. 31 (A. P . ) . -|fbe general council of the Ameri­can Bar Association today noml-jsated Seett M. Loftln of Jackson-Iville. Fla.. for the assoc.ation presi­dency and. William P. MacCracken [jr. of Washington, for reelection as Ifccretary. General council nomi-|B«3 have rustomarily been elected m/ the bar delegates.

In r.ammg Mr, Loftin for the pres­idency the council, comprising del­egates from each State, adhered to »genera! practice of advancing the

'issooation's vice-president. New-Itoa P. Haker, former Secretary of [War. and Representative James M. iBeck of Pennsylvania had also been [mentioned as presidential possibili­ties, but efforts toMnduce them to

I be candidates failed. The council's approval of Mac-

ICracker, came in the face of de-[mands by some delegates that he resign as secretary because of his

| connect ion with the recent air mail [litigation. Mr. MacCracken, a for-[more Assistant Secretary of Com-laerce, was found in contempt of [the'United States Senate, but waa j I later freed in court. !

John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls, IS. D, was renominated for treas­urer. Executive committeemen re-

1 nominated were Joseph P, O'Con-Inell of Boston, William L. Ransom [of New York. A. L. Scott of Pioche, IjJev.; Frank J. Hogan of Washing­ton. Harry P. Lawther of Dallas [and Frederick H. Stinchfield of (Minneapolis.

New nominations for executive I committeemen were those of L. Barr-tt Jones of Jackson, Miss.; Arthur T. Vanderbilt of Newark

| and Charles A. Beardsley of Oak­land Cal.

|f» l i i i m t i g a t e New Deal l . i n i ,

After listening to four days of [criticism of the New Deal, the laasoeiation has voted to make la sweeping investigation of the Itheory of legislation upon which [the acts of the Roosevelt admints-|tration hava been predicated.

Before taking this action the as-riation adopted a resolution cen-

aring the administration for the peed with which it has passed laws id issued rulings. These, the re-"rt stated, have made for almost

Unprecedented confusion in courts nd among lawyers, because it has een impossible for them to keep ace with the flood of new regu-itions. The executive committee of the ssociation issued instructions to

Ithe incoming president to appoint la committee to make this study, lit will report at the 1935 conven­tion.

The plan was proposed by George |L Buist, a Democrat of Charleston, IS. C, and was seconded by a Re-Ifublican, Charles E. Lane of Che-[jenne, Wyo.

Miller Speak* Wara ln t *

Discussing the Constitution and modern trends in an address to the association last night, Nathan L. Miller, former Governor of New Tork, observed that centralization has been so gradual aa to escape effective challenge.

The practice of extending Federal tld to localities for local purposes, inaugurated soon after the adoption of the Sixteenth Amendment, has weakened self-reliance and pro­moted inefficiency and extrava­gance, he said. Wholly apart from the question of power, the only way to assure proper accountability for the expenditure of the public money and to maintain virility in State and local governments, in hi* opinion, is for each unit to provide its own revenues for its •wn purposes. Nothing short of catastrophe or national emergency *M justify a different way. he nid.

Conceding that with the increas­ing complexity of society and the •»«t expansion of trade and com­merce there naturally would result » va=t extension of Federal power and n corresponding restriction of State power, he held that the re-•utting greater importance of main­lining the independence of State »*d Federal power had been for-fotten in the effort to shift the burden even of purely local needs.

Both parties Responsible. Both of the major political par-

t'«» must hear responsibility for the tendencies, he said, end both *tll share credit for the preser­vation of our institutions If they •r§ preserved.

"They must make common cause « the defense of our cherished in-«itution*. n n they most certainly will do if convinced of their dan-$«"." he s'tid. "I assert, and I belie,, there are few within the *mnd of m y voice who doubt that thn?e institutions are in danger.

"It may he frankly admitted that Bjaocrstle institutions involve aome sacrifice of energy and effl-* • * * That Is the price that has 'o be ],aid for liberty. That price m»y be thought too high in time* 2 Stress; and in countries, which g * Ml enjoyed the blessings of liber-y under free institutions as *e have done for nearly a hundred »nd fifty years, liherty has been 8r<d ta hemg sacrificed for arbi­trary roWCr. i t matters not how, by Whom, in what form or for * W purfOlt, benevolent or other-•J*" II i"? exercised, the price of arbitrary power Is the sacrifice of lib»"\ •

Ah\».e, r , n n p prevented without €^p r.g UJ« door of hope and op-

INTIMATE SKETCHES OF NEW YORK-No. 159 By VERNON HOWE BAILEY • —

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I sham House, Isham Park. In 1911 the house of William B. Isham, with and in 1912 Miss Flora E. Isham, aunt of Mrs.

six acres of ground, was presented to the city Taylor, added to the gift several acres to safe-by Mrs. Julia Isham Taylor in memory of her guard the views from the property. The site father, who had purchased the residence and at the northern end of Manhattan Island was land in 1862. The land was given for a park a battleground in the Revolutionary war.

Tomorrow—Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica.

portunity, Mr. Miller continued. He contended that the highest con­cepts of social duty and obligation can be observed without reducing all to a state of dependence.

"The thriftless, the indolent and the unfortunate can be provided for without depriving all of the incen­tive to thrift, industry and care," he said.

George W. Wickersham of New York, former United States Attor­ney-General and chairman of the Hoover administration commission which investigated prohibition en­forcement and law observance, was slated to receive the association's medal for distinguished service in the advancement of jurisprudence.

The association gave its $1000 prize, the Ross award, to Carl Mc-Farland, head of the law section of the anti-trust division of the De­partment of Justice, for his defini­tions of the fields of administration subject to legal control.

6 OFFICERS DEMOTED

Fire Lieutenant* Had Been Elevated for Disability.

Six lieutenants who, as disabled war veterans, were promoted in the Fire Department although they were far down in the civil service eligible list, were ordered demoted today in a decision by Supreme Court Justice Aaron Steuer who held that the Municipal Civil Ser­vice Commission and the Fire Commissioner were laboring under a "misapprehension of the law" when they permitted the aforesaid promotions.

The promotions were originally granted between August, 1930, and August, 1932. Those who suffer by today's court ruling are Michael J. Curry, Jr., who had been ele­vated from No. 270 on the eligible list to No. *; Edward T. Quinn, raised from No. 280 to No. 6; Wil­liam J. Curtis Jr., from No. 358 to No. 7: Raymond J. Martin, from No. 292 to No. 10; Terrence Cul-len. from No. 800 to No. 11, and William E. Severance, from No. 630 to No. 13.

When this case first entered the courts the Municipal Service Com­mission said that In promoting the men out of their regular order it had decided to accept certificates of the United States Veterans Bu­reau as conclusive evidence of their disability. The Civil Service Reform Association, acting in behalf of a number of nondisabled veterans, charged that in many cases there had been no examinations as to disability.

In a previous test case, the Court of Appeals held that veterans to be entitled to preference must prove that their disability existed at the time of application for pref­erence, and that the disability must be rhown to be substantial.

With that ruling in mind, Justice Steuer granted a peremptory man­damus demoting the six ..eutenants named above. In the cases of six others, however, the court ruled that no mandamus should be Is­sued, but that there shall be a trial to determine whether they have proved their disability. These men are:

Cornelius Sullivan, who has been raised from No. 212 on the list to No. 5: James H. Powell, raised from No. 396 to No. H; John ,T. Mulligan, from No. 506 to No. 1*; James P. Christy Jr., from No 654 to No. 17; Charles J. Gallagher, from No. 656 to No. 18, and Thom­as P. O'Brien, from No. 672 to No. 19. /

Today in Washington California Primary Result Marks Another Stop

Toward Party Realignment. — By DAVID L A W R E N C E - . Copyright. 19.14. AH Rights Reserved.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-Califor nia's decision to award the Demo­cratic nomination for Governor to a socialist is a milestone in the de­velopment of the American party system. It means the eventual re­alignment of parties in the United States.

For nearly twenty years the West­ern Republicans have been gradu­ally parting company from their Eastern brethren, so that the name Republican in Nebraska, when used by Senator George W. Norris, has no more in common with the name Republican as used by Senator Reed in Pennsylvania, than the name Democrat has anything in common as a political philosophy when used by Mr. Sinclair in Cali­fornia and by Senator Glass in Vir­ginia.

The two major party labels really have become well-advertised con­veniences behind which strong vote-getting candidates rally their co­horts, first drawing from one party and then the other, depending upon which Is the preponderant group at­tracted to the candidate's platform.

For a long time political observers have thought that, in America, there would be a liberal conserva­tive party and a Socialist radical party. This correspondent suggest­ed last February that the Republi­can party be liquidated because of its Eastern-Western cleavage, that the liberal conservatives from the Democratic party, like Carter Glass and Al Smith, absorb these Republi­cans, using the name Constitution Democratic party, and that men like Senator Norris. and now, of course, the Upton Sinclalrs, should comprise the Socialistic Democratic party.

But It was evident from the com­ment in political circles then that there were many Republicans In the North who did not want to af­filiate themselves with any party even in part named Democratic,

which become the issues in the next two Congressional campaigns.

It may be, of course, that the Liberty League will cause a further breaking down of party ties and thus lead to the reorganization of both major parties, but the day of readjustment of party politics will come faster after such events as we have just witnessed in Califor­nia.

That Mr. Roosevelt is somewhat uncomfortable about it may be seen in the fact that he has agreed to see Upton Sinclair only on con­dition that politics will not be dis­cussed. This hardly would happen with Senatorial nominees or even other candidates for Governor. Postmaster-General Farley, more or less grudgingly, announces that Sinclair is, after all, the Democratic nominee. That's party regularity all right, but it only serves to drive out of the Democratic fold many who cannot swallow the Sinclair policies of socialism.

A few more episodes of Demo­cratic encouragement for socialistic candidates and the conservative wing will be forced to break off altogether and put an adjective in front of the word Democratic, sep­arating the socialists from the lib­eral conservatives. And the more this disaffection occurs the closer we approach the much discussed realignment of parties.

MARCANT0N10 DENIES CHARGE

Says Lanzetta's Attack Is 'Wanton and Malicious/

HODSON ALSO UNDER FIRE

Political Enemy Says Votes Are Bought With Relief Funds.

Representative James J. Lanzet­ta's attack upon Welfare Commis­sioner Wiliam Hodson and upon Edward Corsi, one of his aids, for alleged political activity in sup­port of Vito Marcantonio, Repub­lican candidate for Congress, waa called "scurrilous, wanton and ma­licious" in a statement issued to­day by Mr. Marcantonio.

Mr. Lanzetta, who defeated the present Mayor LaGuardia for Con­gress several years ago and who seeks reelection in the Twentieth Congressional district, asked the Mayor to remove both Commission­er Hodson and Mr. Corsi, who is head of the Emergency Home Re­lief Bureau. Mr. Marcantonio will be the Democratic rival of Repre­sentative Lanzetta in this fall's election.

"My opponent's real complaint," Mr. Marcantonio said, "is that he cannot use the Relief Administra­tion to terrorize the district as he did when it was in the hands of Tammany Hall in 1931 and 1932.

Mr. Lanzetta charged that his op-poneent, t h r o u g h the Harlem House, a settlement institution in East Harlem, where Mr. Corsi once was head worker, has been "buy­ing \ c tes" by promising relief aid for supporters. Families now re­ceiving aid have been threatened with loss of it unless they support Mr. Marcantonio, he charged.

"His attack," the Republican contender for office said, "is char­acteristic of his irresponsible politi­cal conduct. It seems to me that he can't take it.

"If he had expended 5 per cent of the vigorous effort extended in making this statement on the floor of the House on behalf of his con­stituents, he would not now have any need to resort to such cheap political tactics.

"I deny every statement con­tained in his telegram to the Mayor. I challenge my opponent to offer one iota of credible evidence in sub­stantiation of his reckless charges. I shall welcome the opportunity to make him swallow the cloth out of which these statements are fabri­cated. There is no need for me to resort to any cheap mud slinging, I am satisfied to rest my case with the constituents of my district, who know my opponent's character­istics.

"My only regret is that my op­ponent has seen fit to descend to an attack on the officers of the Home Relief Bureau, who, to the knowledge of the people of the Twentieth congressional district, as well as the people of the cityj are for the first time giving to ' the needy a truly non-politieal adminis­tration of relief funds. My oppon­ent's complaint is that the present non-political aspect of the Home Relief Administration deprived him of doing the things which he has charged me with doing in his tele­gram to the Mayor. My opponent's real complaint is that he cannot use the Relief Administration to terrorize the district as he did when it was in the hands of Tammany Hall in 1931 and 1932.

"I am not at all disturbed by the charges contained In any tele­gram to the Mayor. The people of East Harlem know that my only desire is to aid them in all those cases where I can properly be of any assistance. I am always will­ing to go to the limit and insist with public officials of this city, State or nation that relief be given to those cases where the person deserves relief. The people of my district know this and at the same time know my opponent's record of having done nothing In their be­half ever since he entered public life."

American Seized After Havana Bombing

HAVANA. Aug. 31 (U. P.).-Her­bert Wilford. 20 years old. son of John T. Wilford. American citizen and publisher of the Havana Amer­ican News, was held today, charged with complicity In the bombing of the home of Jose Antonio Marcos, editor of the newspaper La Tribuna.

Wilford was arrested several times during the regime of Gerardo Marhado, accused of bombings.

Accused of Beating Wife With Baseball Bat

Once he was freed through the in-and" there*"were"many Democrats | ^ n t l o n o f t h e A m ' r l c a n «ra* in the South who would never join a party named Republican

So if there is to be a party re­alignment it probably would require entirely new labels. It would not be surprising if the Constitution party might be the name of the liberal conservative party, especi­ally if the fundamental issues of constitutionalism continue to agi­tate the people, for it is only when something fundamental occurs in the principles of party warfare that a new party has ever been born. New parties never have succeeded when launched purely on the basis of strong personalities.

There are deeply grained princi­ples at stake in the present Ameri­can scene. The recently announced American Liberty League has been mistakenly construed as the begin­ning of a new alignment of parties. The league is really a constitutional block composed mostly of men in­terested in seeing the two major parties of today perpetuated. The league plans to support Republicans or Democrats, as the case may be, depending on whether they accept the policies of sound economics,

bassy. He and two other oppositionist

newspaper men were arrested yes­terday, a few hours after Senora Marcos died of injuries she re­ceived when the home was bombed.

Mrs. Edna Mackln, 37 years old, returned to her apartment at 601 West Forty-eighth street at 2:30 A. M. today and found her husband waiting for her in the kitchen. An argument started when he demanded to know where she hau been, and her husband, John, got a baseball bat and beat her, the police say. She was taken to Flower Hospi­tal, where she was found to be suf­fering from a fractured left arm, a possibly fractured left leg. Her condition is serious.

Her husband was arrested on a charge of felonious assault.

"She was out every night," the husband told the police. "I wanted to know something about it. I lost my head."

Magistrate Francis J. Erwln In the West Side Court held Mackln In $2,500 bail for hearing on Sep­tember 10. Mackin's record showed that he had been arrested in 1918 for felonious assault with a knife, but the Grand Jury refused to In­dict.

YARN QUERIED ABOUT THREAT

Secret Service Men Seek to Learn if There Was Plot

PRISONER AN EX-NAVY MAN

Quickly Captured After He Sends Utter to Mrs. RoosefeH.

Benjamin Franklin Vara, former navy aviation mechanic, of 765 Rutledge street, Charleston, 8. C , was questioned for three hours by secret service agents today In an effort to learn whether the whole­sale threat against the safety of President Roosevelt and members of his family was the product of hia own mind or a part of a conspiracy in which others had joined.

The threat waa made in a naive letter written to Mrs. Roosevelt de­manding $168,000 in bills of the denominations of $1, $5, $10, $50 and $100. If this msmey was not paid the writer, signing himself. "Zarn, by Order of Zangara," threatened the kidnaping of three of the President's grandchildren and the inflicting of bodily harm on the President himself.

After appearing in the police line­up today Varn was placed in a taxi-cab with Secret Service operatives and taken quickly to the Customs House where Alan G. Straight, head of the local bureau of the Secret Service, has his office.

Takes Charate of Vara .

In taking charge of Varn the Secret Service performs one of its two duties which include the guard­ing of the United States currency against counterfeiting and the pro­tection of the President and his family.

Varn will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Gar­rett W. Cotter this afternoon in the Federal Building on a charge of violating the so-called Lindbergh law. The job of arresting him, al­though cloaked in secrecy, was sim­plified by the fact that Varn had given a New York telephone num­ber, Bryant 9-9870, as a means of reaching him when the extortion money had been prepared for him.

The telephone number was that of the William Sloane House of the Y, M. C. A., 356 West Thirty-fourth street, and by some means not yet disclosed Varn was picked from the other residents of the bouse last night and arrested. He Identified himself as a former aviation me­chanic in the navy and said that he had been honorably discharged for a physical disability.

The Roosevelt grandchildren who were threatened were the two chil­dren of Curtis B. Dall and Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall and the three-months-old baby daughter of Elliott Roosevelt. Mrs. Dall obtained a di­vorce recently at Reno, and the de­cree provided that the children should spend part of the time with their father.

C M I f r e a Ave GaarteS.

Because of this arrangement, Buzzie Dall, 4, and Sisste, 7, are at the Bay Shore home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Aldrich, with Mr. Dall and his mother, Mrs. Charles A. Dall. Mr. Aldrich is Mr. Dall's uncle, and he and his wife are on a vacation in the Adirondacks. Mr. Dall commutes to New York daily, and the children have been enjoy­ing water sports in Great South Bay, but even before the kidnaping threat was made, have been con­stantly guarded. Asked about the threat last night. Mr. Dall said it was the first he had heard of it.

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt have been visiting at Hyde Park, but recently went to Washington with their baby.

No mention was made in the kid­naping threat of the other two grandchildren of the President, the two-year-old son of Elliott, by his first wife, and the daughter of the President's eldest son, James.

Vam's brother, John D. Varn, who lives at the same address in Charleston that the prisoner gave as his home, said that Benjamin had been an aviation mechanic, and was struck on the head with a propeller in 1921, necessitating the grafting of a silver plate in his skull. He received an honor­able discharge from the navy in 1922 for "physical disabilities re­ceived in the line of duty and through no misconduct on his part," and a pension of $60 a month was granted to him. The family is said to be well to do.

BASLE DRAFTS REICH PROTEST

To Attack Schacht Plea for Moratorium.

VIRTUAL BANKRUPTCY IS SEEN

Britain Says It Is Becoming Easter for Germany to Pay Her.

BASLE. Switzerland. Aug. 31 (A. P.).-Officials of the Bank for In­ternational Settlements began to­day drafting a stiff protest to Ger­many against yesterday's speech of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, acting Minister of Economics and presi­dent of the Reichsbank, in which he proposed an absolute mora­torium.

Some bank authorities said they considered his speech "a virtual declaration of the bankruptcy of the Reich." Others said they were not surprised at Dr. Schacht's dec­laration and that they had ex­pected it to follow the partial moratorium Germany declared on June 14.

Benjamin Franklin Vara.

to have appeared entirely indiffer­ent to his predicament.

K l l i o l t Is Sarprlaea.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (U. P.). —Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the President, was startled today at the news of a plot to kidnap his sister's children, Sistie and Buzzie, as well as his own baby daughter, Ruth.

"Gosh," he said, "tell me about it. I hadn't heard a word."

He said that no special precau­tions had been taken to guard him­self or his family while they are at the White House during the President's absence.

"I hate to have all those secret service agents clustered around me," he said.

Young Roosevelt was not inclined to take the threat seriously. He said, laughingly, that the ?lfi«noo reported to have been demanded "was a lot of money."

MAN IS REPRIEVED ON WAY TO CHAIR

Note Declares Poolroom Owner Is Killer.

THE LESSER B I X B S Tnlip«. daffodil* and hyacinth* arc the familiar standhys of thr Imllt gardener*, hut don't overlook the so-called "lesser hulhs" which inolude such charming flowers as the snowdrop, rroriis, dog's-tooth violets. Siherian squill, iris and many other varieties. They hloom early and most of them can he planted and left to their own de­vices; they provide variety in form and color and are far less hackneyed than the belter-known hulhs. Montague Free has written an interesting article on the Lesser Bulhs for tomorrow's (harden Page.

Miss Ellen Kddy Shaw gives some timely tip* on cuttings and houseplant* in her article "Preparing for Winter Bloom"' Tomorrow oa the fearsJea Page af The Saa

*eee i>#* Ten Days A an. The extortion letter with the kid­

naping threat was mailed In New York and received at the White House about ten days ago. Many letters of the same sort are re­ceived almost daily, and are turned over to the secret service, though most of them contain no clews to their authorship.

The letter eventually came to Mr. Straight at Hyde Park, where the President Is staying at pres­ent, the guard which permanently accompanies him was considered adequate In the circumstances, and the cornering of Varn was quickly accomplished.

When Detective John Broderick, who was assigned to work with the Federal men, arrested Varn, the Y. M. C. A. men In charge of the institution expressed great surprise. Varn had been there for several months, they said, was quiet, un­obtrusive, and apparently normal In every way, and paid his rent promptly. He never seemed to be in need of money.

Sinister Tnnek In 5fole. The reference In the note, "By

order of Zangara," was apparently designed to lend a sinister touch. It was Giuseppe Zangara* who shot at Mr. Roosevelt In Miami in Feb­ruary. 1B33, and fstally wounded Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago.

Varn was held at Police Head­quarters last night, and no one was permitted to see him. The police said he made no reslatenre to arrest, that he was a small man. and quite unobtrusive. Hearts said

The police are searching today for two persons named in an anon­ymous letter which brought a last minute reprieve to Alphonse Bren-gard. who was to have been exe­cuted at Sing Sing last night for the murder of Patrolman John F. Kennedy near Woodmere, L. I.. July 22, 1928.

The letter was received by Harry Scholer, counsel for Brengard, and taken to Albany by Elvin N. Ed­wards, District Attorney of Nassau county by airplane. It accused the keeper of a Brooklyn poolroom of the killing and also named a "gangster's moll" as being able to give all the information.

Brengard was already in the death cell, garbed in the execution suit, when the news was brought to him that he had another week to live. He puffed at what he had thought would be his last cigar, and said he was glad for his moth­er's sake.

Mr. Scholer filed In the Supreme. Court in Jamaica the papers in an order to show cause on September 4 why an argument on a motion for a new trial should not be heard. District Attorney Edwards ob­tained an order requiring Scholer to show cause why the argument should not be held today.

Scholer and Mr. Edwards ap­peared before Supreme Court Just­ice James T. Hallinan in Special Term, Jamaica, today and argued the restrict Attorney's show cause order. After hearing that Brengard had been granted a week's re­prieve, Justice Hallinan gave Mr. Scholer until Tuesday to state hio client's case.

Mr. Edwards had argued for im­mediate hearing, on the ground that Scholer had obtained his or­der on the strength of an anony­mous letter. The District Attorney said his office received hundreds of anonymous communications, most of which were valueless.

Justice Hallinan revealed that he also had received an anonymous letter in which the writer expressed belief in Brengard's innocence. Brengard's mother was in court during the brief hearing.

Dying Man Accuses Woman of Poisoning

SHENANDOAH, Pa., Aug. 31 (A. P.).—An autopsy report on the con­tents of the stomach of a man who died gasping that a woman "gave me two pills'' is awaited by police today.

A preliminary e x a m i n a t i o n showed the organ "irritated and discolored," Dr. M. J. Patrick dis­closed last night as police tried to clear up the mystery around the sudden death of Anthony Bernota, fifty-ninc-year-ol'l miner.

A prominent Shenandoah woman, named hy the miner as he fell dead from a chair on Wednesday, was questioned hy police hut Chief James Rorney expressed confi­dence she Had nothing to do with the cass.

Britain Sees Ability «• Pag. LONDON, Aug. 31 (A. P . ) . -The

demand by Dr. Schacht that the Reich be accorded a full mora­torium on foreign debts drew from the British Foreign Office today trade statistics indicating it la be­coming easier for Germany to pay Great Britain.

The Foreign Office did not deny that Germany's transfer problem is becoming more difficult as far as other creditors including the • United States, are concerned.

"Our figures show that Ger­many's trade balance is increasing, and that the transfer problema of the Reich, as they touch Great Britain, should be easier," a Gov­ernment spokesman said.

Great Britain's imports from Germany, the statistics indicated, were valued at $12,565,000 in Feb­ruary, $13,495,000 in March, $12,-675.000 in June and $12,870,000 in July. The value of United King­dom exports to Germany was $6,-535,000 in February, $8,080,000 in March, $5,505,000 in June and $5,* 375,000 in July.

Import* which were reexported to Germany totaled $6,970,000 in Feb­ruary, $6,210,000 in March, $3,480,-000 in June and $2,185,000 in July.

Political quarters here were con­vinced that Dr. Schacht's policy has the full approval of Chancellor < Hitler.

In these circles it was contended that Germany has herself to blame if she is unable to pay because of her expenditures for armaments, her restrictions on imports and the boycott resulting from the Reich's anti-Jewish policies.

Comparing Great Britain's atti­tude on the war debt owed America with the present situation, political leaders pointed out that Great Brit­ain never told the United'States it is unable to pay, as Germany has told Great Britain and other na­tions. It was also contended that war debts and commercial debts di'fer in essential characteristics.

DISCUSS REUEF IN PENNSYLVANIA

Pinchot and Hopkins Hold Conference Here.

The State of Pennsylvania's re­lief problems were discussed today at a conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel attended by Harry L. Hopkinrs, Federal Relief (Admin­istrator; Gov. Gifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania and other State lead­ers, including Eric H. Biddle, the State Relief Administrator; Will­iam A. Schnader, Republican can­didate for Governor, and M. Harvey Taylor, Republican State chair­man.

The conference was called for the purpose of discussing how Penn­sylvania is to provide for its needy for the remainder of the year. The State's relief funds are exhausted, and it must raise $25,000,000 as Its share of the relief to carry on until the end of the year, this sum being necessary in addition to a like amount contributed by the Federal Government.

At the end of the conference, which began at noon and lasted until 1:30 P. M., It was announced that a statement would be Issued later in the day.

Mr. Hopkins was asked about his recent statement regarding relief for strikers. He replied:

"I have already made my position clear on that subject a good many times and it has been printed In the newspapers. No striker will re­ceive a penny of relief because he is a striker but only If he Is In need."

Mr. Hopkins said a few days ago that strikers would receive Federsl relief the same as any other needy citizens if the strike In which they were engaged was found to be "justified."

Japanese Ship Founders; 136 Believed Drowned

TOKIO, Aug. 31 (A. P.) .-The sixty-ton steamship Taian Mam foundered near Antunp, Manchuria, today and fears were expressed that 136 passengers and members of the crew were drowned, It was stated by a Rengo (Japanese) news agency dispatch.

Twenty-six persons were reported to have been saved.

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Wrappers Talk Code. ASHTABIM.A. Ohio (U. P.).-Trl-

Srate Wrapping Paper Association delegates at their convention here discussed code provisions and trade practices. William S Hewlns, Ash­tabula, president, presided.

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