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Titre : The Chicago tribune and the Daily news, New York
Éditeur : [s.n.] (Paris)
Date d'édition : 1930-04-01
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Description : 01 avril 1930 01 avril 1930
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DE FLEETING THINGS
BY ALEX SMALL.
The monstrous aijd grotesque pheno-
menon of American prohibition could
jiot escape the attention of the re-
suscitated Socrates, who in -Mr. Douglas
Woodruff's book ' Plato's American
Repnblic explained to some young
Athenians what he had séen in our
çountry.
The aùditors of Socnates. wondered
how such a thing should have happen-
ed, and, as good Greeks, faithful to the
traditional beliefs, they thought that
Americans had adopted prohibition to
abate the edge of envy of the gods. The
lutter, by the way, de,spite their anxiety
to emigrate to America and make of
i not God's country, but gods' country,
liave not gotten- there. i
' Our peuple did not want the gods, who
"with the uncertain exception of z-eus
liimself, are not of Anglo-Saxon stock."
N'or, despite the profundity and ec-
centricity of American philanthropy,
we did not, as one of Socrates' listeners
suggested, adopt prohibition out .of
charity towards Europe, to show them
what a race of teetotalers is l,ike, as the
Spartans compelled the Heiota.to drink,
to show what drunkards are like. No;
the thing .was done by that nefarious
alliance of the manufacturérs, the
women, and the preachers, by which
Soarates explains so many of the
fea.tures of American - life.. •
*
The priests. Socrates notes in passing,
were not on the side of prohibition, for
they have a traditional dévotion to
Aristotle, whose " 'miind is much like a
corkscrew, being tortuous but power-
ful, and opening' up \.vo,rthy things for
our satisfaction.' " Preachers, how-
ever, are not priests, and they are on
the side of prohibition. They " are
opposed by their natures to the humane
and easy enjoyment of life, and would
sacrifice temperance to avoid excess.
For they rightly hold drunkeness to be
a degrading thing, but wrongly suppose
abstinence to be superior to moderation
or temperance." "
Quite rightly, Socrates sees the
economic explanation of prohibition as
the correct one, with that curious al-
liance and confusion between zeal for
prosperity and zeal for morality whica
is the curse of ail American thinking.
There are some sincere prohibitionists,
Socrates discovered. "They say that
such a law is a good thing for the
numtry, by which they mean that it.
li. Iping their business without chang-
illg their private habits."
On their seaIQ of values the Amer-
i'-ins are justified in prohibition, sasyè
: .\"...ihûll, who' saw America ~ wïih
Socrates. " 'They identify being a good
mail" with being a good worker, and 'vill
sive no praise at ail to such a one as
you... forever sitting about in the
public places and busying yourself
with subjects with which mahufactur-
ers have nothing to do.' " And " 'teeto-
talism makes a worker more a worker
but a man less a man.. And drunken-
ness makes him ' aiso' less a man, but
instead of becoming more of a work-
man, he ceases to be a workman at
.
ail.' "
A good Greek, of course, would at
once think that, as between two ex-
cesses, drink and sobriety, it were we1l
not to fall into the worsl\' Sobriety is
the greater excess, for *Vnly a very
exceptional man can keep really drunk
for long periods, whereas many teeto-
talers stay teetotalers for months to-
g'ether."
Many of our other national fo.iMes
are hit off cleverly in Plato's American
Republic. A few disjointed quotations
will suffice to show how good was the
observation of Socrates.
This one, on the hollowness of- the
good-fellowship exhibited at the "get-
together" meetings of our business men:
"'The Americans never forget their
proverb that friendship leads to busi-,
ness.' "
On our mania for statistics: " 'They
will eagerly deny their own personal
expérience if it seems to upset what the
statistics say.' "
Further, say Socrates, if the Greeks
are to civilize America, " 'the first thing
to destroy is their supe.rstitious révér-
ence for facts and their contempt for
ideas. For they will often talk as if
ideas were less real than facts...' "
"'What are these fact?'" asked one
of the young listeners.
"'They may be anything,'" was the
reply of Socrates. "'Lists of names and
long technical words are accepted as
facts, The biggest fact is the Divine
Fact, Progress, which they worship.' "
Americans have a justifying reason for
superstition about facts. " 'They
have heard that knowledg'e is power,
they desire power, and they think
^at knowledge consists of informa-
tion.' "
Among the deified facts is Science,
with which we have done strange
thingS, even forcing it to deny itself.
The/ seek encouragement in their
eliefs about themselves - and insist
upon an-answer about their race, till in
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U.S. Délégation Hears
Doubts Cast On Value
Of Ersatz Preussen
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
(Tribune Press Service.)
LONDON, Mar. 31.—Information rais-
ing doubts that Germany's- mysteriotis
"pocket battleship," the Ersatz Preussen,
is Íikely to revolution:ze warship con-
struction and naval défense has'been
obtained, it was learned tonight, by* the
American delegation at the Naval Con-
ference.
It transpires that Rear Admirai H. E.
Yarriell, ChÍef of the Bureau of Engi-
neering, U. S. N., who is on the tochnical
staff of the American délégation, got in-
formation d'uring the visit he quietly
made to Germany recently. It appèai-s
tnat ',he was nôt. aHo"reù to see the ship,
which is, in course of construction, but
obtained information of great interest,
particularly with référence to the Diesel
engine equipment which has been pro-
claimed the most revolutienary feature
of Germany's naval prodigy.
Germany Specter At Feast.
The knowledge . that Germany. war;
[building a warshi\p that. might doom
navies of the leading powers- to the junk
heap overnight has hung like a pâli
over the London Conférence. Germany
was not invited, but she has been sitting
at the Conférence table in spirit with
her Ersatz Preussen an omnipresent
factor in the armament réduction nego-
tiations.
One of the principal reasons impei-
iing pow'ers to suspend construction of
battleships for the nèxt five years and
influencing Britain ,to accept a big crui-
ser limitation to the 115 she now pos-
fe.ssës îs the considération that it would
be prudent to. await the rèsult of Ger-
many's experi,ment before build'ing ships
that may be obsolète before they are
completed. The Ersatz,,Preussen ' is also
said to be a factor in President Hoover's
delayingo construction; of \the , 15 10,000,-
ton - çrjjiiâera authoriaed' by the last
Congress, .plans of which, in the ce - se of
New Type Security
Formula Reported
Found At London
Naval Conference Still
On Feet Though
Staggering
BY HENRY WALES
(Tribune Press Service.)
i LONDON, Mar. 31.—:The Cat Con-
ference, which has alr,eady weathered
more fatalitiee than \any nine-lived
féline, staggered through another crisis
today. The big and vital meeting of
heads of the five delegations lasted just
a quarter of an hour only distinguished
by MacDonald's - apology to his con-
freres for summoning them with noth-
ing to report in the way of progress and
Briand's zippy wisecracks, which the
Yanks didn't understand anyway.
Tonight's dope is that the French and
British experts bave found a new for-
mula for giving the Paris Government
the security demanded and are working
feverislily on that ln hope of getting
something for Wednesd'ay'a meeting of
the five chiefs.
What with worrying over the forth-
coming budget and the 10,000,000 sterling
deficit and . the conference with the
Egyptians to make them s'ign away the
Sudan on the dotted line, MacDpnald is
too busy to. concentrate on the worries
and miseries of the Naval Parley. The
Americans are waiting to spend the
latest allocation of expense money be-
fore thinking about going home, Grandi
is determined to wait until the last
horn blows so as not to abandon his
parity claim, Briand is scared to depart
for Paris for fear of being accused of
wrecking the show again, and so it
looks as if - the delegates will hang
around London until they get put on the
city maps .with the Tower of London,
BRITONS 'IN THE RED'
FOR YEAR OF 1929-30
(Tribune Press Service)
LONDON, Mar. 31.—The British
Treasury tonight issued its national
revenue returns 'at the close of the:
financial year. The. figures show a
deficit of. 14,523,263 pounds^ the re-
ceipts • amounting' to 814,9700,2,80
pounds and the expenditures total-
ing 829,493,54-3 - pounds.
Compared with the year 192-8-1929,
the revenue showed a decrease of
21,464,70'8 pounds and the expendi-
tures an increase of 11,4!53,018
pounds. The income tax brought
in was 2I37,42I6,0'00, a decrease of 194,-
000 pounds as compared with the
.previqus year and 1,574,000 pounds
less than the estimate for this year.
It may be noted tbat in the last
quarter of the year just ended the
income tax yielded 1211,0'00 pounds
less than in the last quarter of the
preoeding year. The surtax of 56,-
890,000 was 1,6Î0,(>00 pounds below
the estimiate and estate Orties of 1,-
23'0,000 were 31,231 below the estim-
ate.
Edge Ends First
Tour Af ter Visit
To Perfumeries
Ambassador Considers
Indus trial Trips To
Other Districts
BY EUGENE SPECK
CANNES, Mar. 31.—Upon the comple-
tion of his first tour of industrial France
When he arrived in Cannes tonight, Am-
bassador Walter E. Edge admitted that
he is considering similar trips throûgh
two other districts—one to the indus-
trial centers. of the north and ea&t and
another to Bordeaux and other eitiès
p<-':'.r the Ra«v ol Bist'ÆJJ'"..:..dL •
The last stop on his tour of southern
France was in Grasse, where lie spent
the day visi ting the-perfu,me plants. At
the.. completion of his visit a ,banquet:
was held at'the Casino at which many
notabl-e French and .American represen-:
tatives' were présenta .
- The Ambassador .and his party left
the Majestic Hôtel iir Nicè this morrtitig
and drove by automobile through the
grandeur - of -the h'istoric scenery alon,,-,
the coast of Provence. Through thé
Gorge of the Wolf, the party drove along
some of the most beautiful sections cf
the Azuré Coast, and finally, after an
hour's drive, climbed to an élévation of
3,000 feet for a short stop at the ancient
town of Gourdon. The Ambassador and
LETTERS WEREN'T
WRITTEN BY LILAC
DEFENSE STATES
Indian Girl In Murder
Aided By Expert In
Handwriting
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
BUFFALO, N. Y., Mar. 31.—The dé-
fense. rested its case today in the trial
of Lilac Jimerson, who is accused of
complicity in the murder of. Clothilde
Marchand, after three h ours ■ spent in
démonstrations that the evidence is
seemingly fragile.
The jury was told by a, handrwriting
expert that there is "very gr-eat dissimil-
arity" between the handwriting of the
letters which induced Nancy Bowen,
the aged Indian, to kill Clothilde, and
the handwriting of Lilac, thus -striking
at the keynote of the State's attaok.'
The letters, alleged by the State to
have been written by Lilac, Indian mode!
of Henri Marchand, artist husband of the
murdered woman, to Mrs. Bowen, the
aged and feeble-minded squaw, were
signed "Mrs. Dcoley," and warned her
that Mrs. Marchand was a witch wiho,
unless killed, would cause l'the death of
memlbers of the squaw's family.
French And Americans Join In Services
In Honor Of Late Ambassador Herrick
Scores of Frenchmen as weIl, as Am-
ericans g-athered at the American Ca-
thedral Church of the Holy Trinity yes-
terday morning to honor the memory of
the late Myron T. Herrick, American
Ambassador- to France who died a year
ago. ,
More than 4>00 friends, associates and-
admirers of the late Ambassador aided
in commemoration of the first anniver-
sary of his death. Ambassador Herrick,
who gained the reputation of being one
of the most loved - American envoys to
the French people, is remembered for
his many. years of service in this coun-
try.
Ambassador Walter E. Edge telegraiph-
ed his sincere regret at his inability to
attend the services. It was explained
that the tour around France, which is
now occupying him and several of his
aides, was scheduled before plans for the
memorial services were made.
Norman Armour, Counselor of the
Embassy headed the Bm'bassy personnel,
which turned out in full. Dean Beekman,
rector of the cathedral delivered the fol-
lowing appréciation:
"We are met today, just a year after
the passing of him of v/hom we shall
always speak as our beloved Amba.s-
sador, in a service of remembrance.
"Hère, in this Church of God, to which
he often came during his life-time; to
which his, mortal remains were. borne
to the accompaniment of général grief,
both in France and America, we are
corne to remember him in thought and
prayer.
"I am sure that it will be better if
we content ôurselves with this alone and
Yankee Ships Soon To Wrest Atlantic
Supremacy From Europa, Says Glover
Postal Official Says
New Boats Will Be
Fastest Yet
(Special Cable To The Tribune).
( NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—Yankee ships
and Yankee crews will soon wrest the
blue ribbon from the Europa or any
other foreign vessel. This wa.s the con-
fident prédiction made today by Second
Assistant Pos-tKnaste:r General Warren I.
Glover.
American ships from this Õountry's
yards are now being built and plannèd
which . wiU easily take the North
Atlantic speed championship, said
Gloyér. He att'ributed the spurt in
American shipbuHdin.g' to the stimulus
of the Jones-White Shipping Act. One
of the outstanding accomplishments of
the Hoover Administration will be the
restoration of the American merchant
marine to its place of the head of the
fleets of the Vorld. ?
"With the briaiixs. and brawn of the
AmeFIcsn w-61'ktncjrt ii the sh. )yards' of
America" there is no doubt oi reaching
the desired goal, Glover said.
"Americans take off their hats to the
gallant German ships, but they put them
on again so that they may take them off
to the great 'giants of the nW merchant
marine of the United States which is
fast coming into being and which will
soon wrest the blue pennanit from the
present queen of the North Atlantic,"
the Assistant Postrnaster General con-
eluded. •
Don Misses Mark
Set By Segrave,
Does 186.46 M.P.H.
Engine T rouble Hampers
Driver; Will Make
Another Try
(International News Service)
DAYTONK' BEAOH, Bla., Mar. 31—In
his .first officiai attempt to break the
world's qarid speed 'l record; Kaye Don to-
day failed to corne any where near the
231 nülës r an . hour estâblfehed by Sir
Henry Segrave. :
Although he made six runs alorii the
course, he only attained 186.46 miles an
hour with his 4,000' horsepower Silver
Bullet. However, this was due to engine
trouble and does not mean that the
$20,000 car is not- capable of greater
speed. As he only has until Wednesday,
however, to : continue the attempt, hÍs 1
success now seerft unlikely. - j
Couldn't Let Car Out.
Owing to' faulty carburati,o,n, Don was
unable to let his car out to its full ex-
tent today. He was utterly dejected when
he was finally forced to turn the car over
to the mechanics and postpone further
attempts for the day.
When he first took the car out shortly
after one o'c]o,ck he said that he was
determined to "open her wide," and when
engine trouble developed he was terribly
dïsappointed. Although the repairs to
the speed monster did not take long,- the
t;de was starting to corne in when Don
completed his sixth run and it was
dangerous to attempt further trials.
The course was uneven in several
places and in the first preliminary run
Don reached a speed of 178.6'3' miles per
hour, as the northward run recorded
1-81.7 milles per hour. : Don announced
that his engines were sp.uttering some-
what, but said he would have an.otber
try.. ' 1 . :
Starting on his second southward run,
he roared past the measured mile in
what seemed a much faster speed than
his previous run, but he found he ' had
only attained 186.46 miles an hour.
NORTH AND SOUTH
AMERICA WILL BE
JOINED BY PHONE
Hoover To Inaugurate
New Service On
Thursday
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW: YORK, Mar. 31.-North America
and South America will be able to talk
to each other over the téléphoné-after
Thursday when the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and the Inter-
national Téléphoné and Telegraph Cor-
poration will inaugurate an inter-corf-
tinental commercial service.
New York, Buenos Aires, Montevideo
and Santiago, Chile, will ail be on the
circuit which will provide communica-
tion between the United States, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba and Argentina, Uru-
guay and Chile.
A basic charge of $36 forthree minutes
for a call from New York to the first
American zone, which includes the
Province of Buenos Aires, has been set
as toll. For calls to other cities in t.he
United States the present zone charges
between those cities and New York as for
,transatlant% calls will be added.
President Hoover, speaking from the
White House, wil'Il exchange greetings
with President Irigoyen of Arg-entina,
Colonel Ibanez and Senor Compisteguy
of Uruguay, it was announced. The
inaugural ceremony will be at 11 Thurs-
day môrning.
YEAR'S RECORD
SET AS STOCK
MARKET SOARS
Crash Effects Seem
Over As Sales Hit
5,150,000 Shares
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—With Stock
Exchange sales breaking ail 1930 records
today with a total of 5,1'50,000 shares
accompanied by strong advances in utili-
ties and U. S. Steel. contentions based
On' an, expert survey that the Stock
Market has now recovered from the 62
per cent IOSiSes suffered during the dis-
astrous decline last Autumn 'found bàck-
ing in figures on the big board.
Another indication of retùrn'ing fi'ealth
in the "sick" market was s.een in the
fact that a Stock Exchange seat was
sold today for $245,000, representing. an
advance of $10,000 over the most receut
previous sale.
The a-dvantes in utility shares today
ranged from one to four points, but in-
dustrials were irregular. U. S. Stéel
touched 195 in the midd'le of th^ after-
noon and American Tele,phone and
Telegraph stock reached / 366—bôth'
being records for 1930. Raits were dull.
and oils quiet. /
The général recovery of the market.
although conceded to bé a good omen,
and. explained by brokers as being the
result of the.return of small investors to
the market, is causing some uneasiness
among the more cautious minded ones,
for th«y'fear the recovery has been too
rapid.
Unless the recovery takes a reason-
able pace,. it is believed, another panic-
stricken downward movement will N-
s-ult. Since the nation's business is gen-
erally growing better and the unein-
ployment situation is believed to be tm-
proving. Government offiçials ar**
watching the market closely in h-opu*
1 that the upward movement will assume
a normal rate-
It is also noted that the $245,000 puice
on the Stock - Exchange seat, - although
an improvement on the last purchase, ikg
still far beilow the prices paid even' in
December. Early in December two sea*ts
sold for $425,0'00 and $375,000 within a
week of each Sther. During the, steaidy
rise before the bigr market break in the
autumn, however, s-eats brought figures
above the $600,000 mark.
Some 'of the youngér members of, tha
Exchange, however, are now hoping to
see some of this value come back. Only
a few years ago seats were bought for
$100,000 by some of these and they sa,\V
huge profits, on the strength of which
they did a little splurging, only to see
their profit on the investment wiped
eut in the crash. Many douibt, however,
that seats will reach even the half mil-
lion mark very soon.
Hoover Signs Bill
For New Buildings,
Aiding Unemployed
$230,000,000 Assigned
Under This Measure
In Next Few Years
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
WASHINGTON» Mar. 31.—Président
Hoover .today signed the Keyes-Elliott
Bill, authorizing the expenditure of $230,-
00'0,000 for public build,ings. The ; bill
hung fire for some time in the Senate,
but was finally rushed through after
repeated appeals were made for imme-"
diate action, as a means of relieving
economic depression.
A full half of the amount will be. spent
for work in the District of Columbia. 'rhe
rest will be s,cattered thrôughout the
différent states of the Union.
Taxes For Several Years.
The expenditures will extend over a
period of years and the burden on the
taxpayers will be -so spread out that it
will scarcely be felt.
Actual work will be started as soon as
the GbvernmentaJ machinery can be set
in action. Almost immédiats relief for
the présent distressing unemployment
situation is expected to resuit from the
extensive construction program.
Indeed this was one of the prime
motives for the rapid passage and
signature of the bill. So great, has been
the- public demand that something
radical be don/; to relieve the millions of
jobless that the Chief Executive brought
pressure to. bear on the Législative
branch. ,
After reipeated denials that the Situa-
tion. was as serious as it was painted by
various experts the Government finally
adimitted that there was reason for worry
and fol'lowed this action today. by the
final sanctioning of the Keyes-Elliott
Bill.
2 UTILITIES MERGE,
$650,000,000 CAPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31. — The
largest utility merger ever effected has
resulted in the combination of the Great
Western Power Company and its numer-
ous subsidia.ries with the Pacifie Gas
and Electric Corporation.
The merger involves a total capital of
$650,000,000, and the Pacifie Gas and
Electric Corporation bécomes the third
largest utility company in the United
States.
Census Will Bare
Number Of Jobless
In United States
Proposals Made To Aid
'White Collar' Class
Now Out Of Work
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Màr. 3L-For the first
time in: history a national effort to ob-
tain a reliable record of the country's
tmemploymen t situation will be - mad'e
when, in a month's time, America's
population, now estimated at 123,000,000,
is to be counted. ■
Popular estimâtes of the number of
unemployed range from 4,000,000 to
6^00i0i000, and out of this number it is
estimated that there are 1,000,000 "white
collar workers," 35 or more years of ag'e.
who find it impossible to obtain eryen
the most menial positions. |
For this eategory, a campaign of prop-
ag'a.nda. and edui^tion wss start^ ii;
NeSv York today under the auspices of
the National Association for Middie,- |
aged Employées.
To Establish School.
^ One, of the proposais is to establish a
school for the instruction of ail over
40 years of ag'e in order to "restore, the
morale and correct, mental attitud-e of
the mature worker." Another proposai
is to asl,- the Government to increàse the
age limit of aIl, civil service positions,
both Fédéral and S.tate.
In the forthcoming census every adult
person will be asked whether he is em-
ployed or otherwise, and th.e unemploy-
ed will be re'quired to state whether
they are able to work, whether they are
seeking a position, the length, of time
they have been out of jobs, and the
reason therefor.
To Find Economic Balance.
The answers to the census questions
will show not only' the. total numiber ôf
unemployed .for the month of April, but
îvill. disclose., the economic status and
buying power. of the ■ individual. The
questions-will as'k whether he owns his
house, its value or what rent is paid,
fc' any, and even whether he owns a
wireless réceiving' set. '
The task of taking the census com-
mences-this week and will cost, with its
army of officials, ' $40,000,000. Full de-
tails will not be completed and publish-
ed for a long time. - .r - - -,
LOST AIRMEN FOUND.
SYDNEY, Mar. 31.—David Smith and
Lieu t. Shiers, ■ Australian fliers who
were forced down, 40 mile from ;WyDd-
ham while attempting to fly from
Sydney to England, were found today
by an aviation search party - dispatch:e'1
in response to their wirelessed S.O.S.
The airmen were oîit of food but were
in good health.
Opposition To Tariff Bill
Fades, Soon To Become Law
Western Farm Leaders Resolved To Vote
For Smoot-Hawley Act, House Sends
Measure Into Conference
(Special Cable To The Tribune
?Ei 31' '-It seems assured today that the Smoot"
ey Tanlf Bill will clear itself of tangles and become law witlrn
a very short time. ; .
Although feeling a little chagrined at being outwitted, the western
farm leaders resolved to vote for the bill and hope that the rates on
sugar, lumber, cernent and hides which they are watching jealouslv will
escape being scaled doWÍi, when House leaders decided to send the bill
immediatelv to conférence.
The décision for immedia.te action,
breaking out of the récent impasse, was
made possible by holding out the
nroviso that .members will later be given.
a chance to record their votes on the
disputçd; items on the bill.
. ^The 1-,ift,-whteh- Rr&sid«nt Hoover laEt"
November wa,s hoping that the Senate
would. put through in a fortnight, was
brought to a standstill in the House by
the inability of the,- Steering Committea
tô agree on a safe procédure, for ha.ving
it considered in the lower House before
Rending' , it to conférence for further,
changea,
The group of représentatives from 13
sug'ar beet states, ranging from the Great.
Lakes to the Pacific, firmly. took a stand.
against open debate on the sugar rates.
In this they were directly oPPosing the
previous stand for fighting out in thè-',
open the sugar, cernent and lumber,
schèdules as a spécial concession to th&
western Republicans who were threaten-,
ing the. boit and to form a coalition with
the Democrats.
The demands of the western farm
representatives for a separate House
vote on the Senate's lumber, sug'ar; ce-
ment, and hides schedules, as the. price
of 'their support for the motion to disa-
gree with the amèndments and to send
the bill back into conférence, acted as a
wrench' throwri into Smoot's .running of
the House machinery.
1930 National Air
Races In Chicago
To Be Biggest Yet
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
CHICAGO, Mar. 31.—Plans for a &p&c- ;
taole of ispeed and color unsurpassed by '
previous air carnivals 'have been laid
here by the board of directors of the ■
1930 National Air Races, which will be
held in Chicago beginning August 23
and continuing until Se,ptember 1.
America's fleetest flying ships and
most famous airmen will come here for
a nine-day. orgy of speed. Thé glamor
of the derby race track and the auto-
mobile sipeedway will be .added to the
dash of flying to give this year's air
tÓurney a wider appeal for the non-
flying .public. -
Planes sporting banda of brilliant
color painted around their, fuselages will
be taxied into "paddocks" before the
grand stands and will remain . in the
staîls with their propellors whirling
unti,,l they are called to perform. Sitting
in the cockpits coaxing the mot-ors to ■
warm up will be pilots clad in bright
silk flying togs and the colors of their
helmets and blouses will dénoté their
.backers. As the jockey carries the col-
ers of his stables, so the pilot in the
1930 races will fly thé' colors of hi9
hangar.
Instéad of takirig off singly as in past
air races, the chipe wilil line up abreast
and jump into the air simultaneousiy
at the 'drop of a flag. They will shoot
away to a pylon ten miles distant and
from this point start the roaring grind
around the closed coursa» route before
Mr. Whalen, Who Runs N.Y.'s Welcomes And
Police, Astutely Observes People Are Human
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—Ail in ail, the
great men and women of this earth
who have visited New York are very
human indeed. Such, at least, is the
rathèr sound psychological conclusion
of Grover A. Whalen, the Police Com-
missioner of the metropolis, who has
spent the best years of his life in wel-
coming them to the sacred precincts of
Gotham. In his years as chairman of
the Mayor's committee for welcoming
distinguished guests he has had a fine
chance to observe the great at close
'
range. '
He gave brief sketches of the wel-
comes extended to the King and Queen
of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales,
Cardinal Mercier, Marshal Foch, Mar-
shal Joffre and Ramsay MacDonald, in
an interview toclay.
The efforts of the Réception Com-
mittee, he believes, helped to show
these distinguished persons that New
York has a warm heart and that it
breathes the spirit of hospitality.
Queen Marie Spartan.
The interest of the Prince of Wales
in the life of the city and his puzzle-
ment at how so many people got in and
out of skyscrapers were described by
Commissioner Whalen. The Prince, he
said, had stood in profound reverie on
top of the Woolworth Building"'for haLf
an hour and had thea. said wistfully
that he would like to spend some time
in the country each year.
The Spartan sportsmanship of Queen
Marie of Roumania made a particular
impression on the Tsar of the police.
She rode about in an open car for miles
in -a drizzling rain and managed to
prétend that she was cheerful.
Turning from the sublime to the
ridJieuious, he told of the embarras?*
ment of Mayor Walker when an irre-
verent and soulless onlooker yelled,
"Pretty soft, Jimmie!" just as his honor
was about to tuck' a traveling ru-gr
about her' Majesty's knees.
Commissioner Whalen then gallantl:,r
came to the rescue of the lady member
of the Reception Committee who, in the
popular belief, said to the Queen of the
Belgians, "You said a mouthful, Queen."
This, he said, is the cruelest legeni1
which has ever been given currency,
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DE FLEETING THINGS
BY ALEX SMALL.
The monstrous aijd grotesque pheno-
menon of American prohibition could
jiot escape the attention of the re-
suscitated Socrates, who in -Mr. Douglas
Woodruff's book ' Plato's American
Repnblic explained to some young
Athenians what he had séen in our
çountry.
The aùditors of Socnates. wondered
how such a thing should have happen-
ed, and, as good Greeks, faithful to the
traditional beliefs, they thought that
Americans had adopted prohibition to
abate the edge of envy of the gods. The
lutter, by the way, de,spite their anxiety
to emigrate to America and make of
i not God's country, but gods' country,
liave not gotten- there. i
' Our peuple did not want the gods, who
"with the uncertain exception of z-eus
liimself, are not of Anglo-Saxon stock."
N'or, despite the profundity and ec-
centricity of American philanthropy,
we did not, as one of Socrates' listeners
suggested, adopt prohibition out .of
charity towards Europe, to show them
what a race of teetotalers is l,ike, as the
Spartans compelled the Heiota.to drink,
to show what drunkards are like. No;
the thing .was done by that nefarious
alliance of the manufacturérs, the
women, and the preachers, by which
Soarates explains so many of the
fea.tures of American - life.. •
*
The priests. Socrates notes in passing,
were not on the side of prohibition, for
they have a traditional dévotion to
Aristotle, whose " 'miind is much like a
corkscrew, being tortuous but power-
ful, and opening' up \.vo,rthy things for
our satisfaction.' " Preachers, how-
ever, are not priests, and they are on
the side of prohibition. They " are
opposed by their natures to the humane
and easy enjoyment of life, and would
sacrifice temperance to avoid excess.
For they rightly hold drunkeness to be
a degrading thing, but wrongly suppose
abstinence to be superior to moderation
or temperance." "
Quite rightly, Socrates sees the
economic explanation of prohibition as
the correct one, with that curious al-
liance and confusion between zeal for
prosperity and zeal for morality whica
is the curse of ail American thinking.
There are some sincere prohibitionists,
Socrates discovered. "They say that
such a law is a good thing for the
numtry, by which they mean that it.
li. Iping their business without chang-
illg their private habits."
On their seaIQ of values the Amer-
i'-ins are justified in prohibition, sasyè
: .\"...ihûll, who' saw America ~ wïih
Socrates. " 'They identify being a good
mail" with being a good worker, and 'vill
sive no praise at ail to such a one as
you... forever sitting about in the
public places and busying yourself
with subjects with which mahufactur-
ers have nothing to do.' " And " 'teeto-
talism makes a worker more a worker
but a man less a man.. And drunken-
ness makes him ' aiso' less a man, but
instead of becoming more of a work-
man, he ceases to be a workman at
.
ail.' "
A good Greek, of course, would at
once think that, as between two ex-
cesses, drink and sobriety, it were we1l
not to fall into the worsl\' Sobriety is
the greater excess, for *Vnly a very
exceptional man can keep really drunk
for long periods, whereas many teeto-
talers stay teetotalers for months to-
g'ether."
Many of our other national fo.iMes
are hit off cleverly in Plato's American
Republic. A few disjointed quotations
will suffice to show how good was the
observation of Socrates.
This one, on the hollowness of- the
good-fellowship exhibited at the "get-
together" meetings of our business men:
"'The Americans never forget their
proverb that friendship leads to busi-,
ness.' "
On our mania for statistics: " 'They
will eagerly deny their own personal
expérience if it seems to upset what the
statistics say.' "
Further, say Socrates, if the Greeks
are to civilize America, " 'the first thing
to destroy is their supe.rstitious révér-
ence for facts and their contempt for
ideas. For they will often talk as if
ideas were less real than facts...' "
"'What are these fact?'" asked one
of the young listeners.
"'They may be anything,'" was the
reply of Socrates. "'Lists of names and
long technical words are accepted as
facts, The biggest fact is the Divine
Fact, Progress, which they worship.' "
Americans have a justifying reason for
superstition about facts. " 'They
have heard that knowledg'e is power,
they desire power, and they think
^at knowledge consists of informa-
tion.' "
Among the deified facts is Science,
with which we have done strange
thingS, even forcing it to deny itself.
The/ seek encouragement in their
eliefs about themselves - and insist
upon an-answer about their race, till in
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U.S. Délégation Hears
Doubts Cast On Value
Of Ersatz Preussen
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
(Tribune Press Service.)
LONDON, Mar. 31.—Information rais-
ing doubts that Germany's- mysteriotis
"pocket battleship," the Ersatz Preussen,
is Íikely to revolution:ze warship con-
struction and naval défense has'been
obtained, it was learned tonight, by* the
American delegation at the Naval Con-
ference.
It transpires that Rear Admirai H. E.
Yarriell, ChÍef of the Bureau of Engi-
neering, U. S. N., who is on the tochnical
staff of the American délégation, got in-
formation d'uring the visit he quietly
made to Germany recently. It appèai-s
tnat ',he was nôt. aHo"reù to see the ship,
which is, in course of construction, but
obtained information of great interest,
particularly with référence to the Diesel
engine equipment which has been pro-
claimed the most revolutienary feature
of Germany's naval prodigy.
Germany Specter At Feast.
The knowledge . that Germany. war;
[building a warshi\p that. might doom
navies of the leading powers- to the junk
heap overnight has hung like a pâli
over the London Conférence. Germany
was not invited, but she has been sitting
at the Conférence table in spirit with
her Ersatz Preussen an omnipresent
factor in the armament réduction nego-
tiations.
One of the principal reasons impei-
iing pow'ers to suspend construction of
battleships for the nèxt five years and
influencing Britain ,to accept a big crui-
ser limitation to the 115 she now pos-
fe.ssës îs the considération that it would
be prudent to. await the rèsult of Ger-
many's experi,ment before build'ing ships
that may be obsolète before they are
completed. The Ersatz,,Preussen ' is also
said to be a factor in President Hoover's
delayingo construction; of \the , 15 10,000,-
ton - çrjjiiâera authoriaed' by the last
Congress, .plans of which, in the ce - se of
New Type Security
Formula Reported
Found At London
Naval Conference Still
On Feet Though
Staggering
BY HENRY WALES
(Tribune Press Service.)
i LONDON, Mar. 31.—:The Cat Con-
ference, which has alr,eady weathered
more fatalitiee than \any nine-lived
féline, staggered through another crisis
today. The big and vital meeting of
heads of the five delegations lasted just
a quarter of an hour only distinguished
by MacDonald's - apology to his con-
freres for summoning them with noth-
ing to report in the way of progress and
Briand's zippy wisecracks, which the
Yanks didn't understand anyway.
Tonight's dope is that the French and
British experts bave found a new for-
mula for giving the Paris Government
the security demanded and are working
feverislily on that ln hope of getting
something for Wednesd'ay'a meeting of
the five chiefs.
What with worrying over the forth-
coming budget and the 10,000,000 sterling
deficit and . the conference with the
Egyptians to make them s'ign away the
Sudan on the dotted line, MacDpnald is
too busy to. concentrate on the worries
and miseries of the Naval Parley. The
Americans are waiting to spend the
latest allocation of expense money be-
fore thinking about going home, Grandi
is determined to wait until the last
horn blows so as not to abandon his
parity claim, Briand is scared to depart
for Paris for fear of being accused of
wrecking the show again, and so it
looks as if - the delegates will hang
around London until they get put on the
city maps .with the Tower of London,
BRITONS 'IN THE RED'
FOR YEAR OF 1929-30
(Tribune Press Service)
LONDON, Mar. 31.—The British
Treasury tonight issued its national
revenue returns 'at the close of the:
financial year. The. figures show a
deficit of. 14,523,263 pounds^ the re-
ceipts • amounting' to 814,9700,2,80
pounds and the expenditures total-
ing 829,493,54-3 - pounds.
Compared with the year 192-8-1929,
the revenue showed a decrease of
21,464,70'8 pounds and the expendi-
tures an increase of 11,4!53,018
pounds. The income tax brought
in was 2I37,42I6,0'00, a decrease of 194,-
000 pounds as compared with the
.previqus year and 1,574,000 pounds
less than the estimate for this year.
It may be noted tbat in the last
quarter of the year just ended the
income tax yielded 1211,0'00 pounds
less than in the last quarter of the
preoeding year. The surtax of 56,-
890,000 was 1,6Î0,(>00 pounds below
the estimiate and estate Orties of 1,-
23'0,000 were 31,231 below the estim-
ate.
Edge Ends First
Tour Af ter Visit
To Perfumeries
Ambassador Considers
Indus trial Trips To
Other Districts
BY EUGENE SPECK
CANNES, Mar. 31.—Upon the comple-
tion of his first tour of industrial France
When he arrived in Cannes tonight, Am-
bassador Walter E. Edge admitted that
he is considering similar trips throûgh
two other districts—one to the indus-
trial centers. of the north and ea&t and
another to Bordeaux and other eitiès
p<-':'.r the Ra«v ol Bist'ÆJJ'"..:..dL •
The last stop on his tour of southern
France was in Grasse, where lie spent
the day visi ting the-perfu,me plants. At
the.. completion of his visit a ,banquet:
was held at'the Casino at which many
notabl-e French and .American represen-:
tatives' were présenta .
- The Ambassador .and his party left
the Majestic Hôtel iir Nicè this morrtitig
and drove by automobile through the
grandeur - of -the h'istoric scenery alon,,-,
the coast of Provence. Through thé
Gorge of the Wolf, the party drove along
some of the most beautiful sections cf
the Azuré Coast, and finally, after an
hour's drive, climbed to an élévation of
3,000 feet for a short stop at the ancient
town of Gourdon. The Ambassador and
LETTERS WEREN'T
WRITTEN BY LILAC
DEFENSE STATES
Indian Girl In Murder
Aided By Expert In
Handwriting
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
BUFFALO, N. Y., Mar. 31.—The dé-
fense. rested its case today in the trial
of Lilac Jimerson, who is accused of
complicity in the murder of. Clothilde
Marchand, after three h ours ■ spent in
démonstrations that the evidence is
seemingly fragile.
The jury was told by a, handrwriting
expert that there is "very gr-eat dissimil-
arity" between the handwriting of the
letters which induced Nancy Bowen,
the aged Indian, to kill Clothilde, and
the handwriting of Lilac, thus -striking
at the keynote of the State's attaok.'
The letters, alleged by the State to
have been written by Lilac, Indian mode!
of Henri Marchand, artist husband of the
murdered woman, to Mrs. Bowen, the
aged and feeble-minded squaw, were
signed "Mrs. Dcoley," and warned her
that Mrs. Marchand was a witch wiho,
unless killed, would cause l'the death of
memlbers of the squaw's family.
French And Americans Join In Services
In Honor Of Late Ambassador Herrick
Scores of Frenchmen as weIl, as Am-
ericans g-athered at the American Ca-
thedral Church of the Holy Trinity yes-
terday morning to honor the memory of
the late Myron T. Herrick, American
Ambassador- to France who died a year
ago. ,
More than 4>00 friends, associates and-
admirers of the late Ambassador aided
in commemoration of the first anniver-
sary of his death. Ambassador Herrick,
who gained the reputation of being one
of the most loved - American envoys to
the French people, is remembered for
his many. years of service in this coun-
try.
Ambassador Walter E. Edge telegraiph-
ed his sincere regret at his inability to
attend the services. It was explained
that the tour around France, which is
now occupying him and several of his
aides, was scheduled before plans for the
memorial services were made.
Norman Armour, Counselor of the
Embassy headed the Bm'bassy personnel,
which turned out in full. Dean Beekman,
rector of the cathedral delivered the fol-
lowing appréciation:
"We are met today, just a year after
the passing of him of v/hom we shall
always speak as our beloved Amba.s-
sador, in a service of remembrance.
"Hère, in this Church of God, to which
he often came during his life-time; to
which his, mortal remains were. borne
to the accompaniment of général grief,
both in France and America, we are
corne to remember him in thought and
prayer.
"I am sure that it will be better if
we content ôurselves with this alone and
Yankee Ships Soon To Wrest Atlantic
Supremacy From Europa, Says Glover
Postal Official Says
New Boats Will Be
Fastest Yet
(Special Cable To The Tribune).
( NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—Yankee ships
and Yankee crews will soon wrest the
blue ribbon from the Europa or any
other foreign vessel. This wa.s the con-
fident prédiction made today by Second
Assistant Pos-tKnaste:r General Warren I.
Glover.
American ships from this Õountry's
yards are now being built and plannèd
which . wiU easily take the North
Atlantic speed championship, said
Gloyér. He att'ributed the spurt in
American shipbuHdin.g' to the stimulus
of the Jones-White Shipping Act. One
of the outstanding accomplishments of
the Hoover Administration will be the
restoration of the American merchant
marine to its place of the head of the
fleets of the Vorld. ?
"With the briaiixs. and brawn of the
AmeFIcsn w-61'ktncjrt ii the sh. )yards' of
America" there is no doubt oi reaching
the desired goal, Glover said.
"Americans take off their hats to the
gallant German ships, but they put them
on again so that they may take them off
to the great 'giants of the nW merchant
marine of the United States which is
fast coming into being and which will
soon wrest the blue pennanit from the
present queen of the North Atlantic,"
the Assistant Postrnaster General con-
eluded. •
Don Misses Mark
Set By Segrave,
Does 186.46 M.P.H.
Engine T rouble Hampers
Driver; Will Make
Another Try
(International News Service)
DAYTONK' BEAOH, Bla., Mar. 31—In
his .first officiai attempt to break the
world's qarid speed 'l record; Kaye Don to-
day failed to corne any where near the
231 nülës r an . hour estâblfehed by Sir
Henry Segrave. :
Although he made six runs alorii the
course, he only attained 186.46 miles an
hour with his 4,000' horsepower Silver
Bullet. However, this was due to engine
trouble and does not mean that the
$20,000 car is not- capable of greater
speed. As he only has until Wednesday,
however, to : continue the attempt, hÍs 1
success now seerft unlikely. - j
Couldn't Let Car Out.
Owing to' faulty carburati,o,n, Don was
unable to let his car out to its full ex-
tent today. He was utterly dejected when
he was finally forced to turn the car over
to the mechanics and postpone further
attempts for the day.
When he first took the car out shortly
after one o'c]o,ck he said that he was
determined to "open her wide," and when
engine trouble developed he was terribly
dïsappointed. Although the repairs to
the speed monster did not take long,- the
t;de was starting to corne in when Don
completed his sixth run and it was
dangerous to attempt further trials.
The course was uneven in several
places and in the first preliminary run
Don reached a speed of 178.6'3' miles per
hour, as the northward run recorded
1-81.7 milles per hour. : Don announced
that his engines were sp.uttering some-
what, but said he would have an.otber
try.. ' 1 . :
Starting on his second southward run,
he roared past the measured mile in
what seemed a much faster speed than
his previous run, but he found he ' had
only attained 186.46 miles an hour.
NORTH AND SOUTH
AMERICA WILL BE
JOINED BY PHONE
Hoover To Inaugurate
New Service On
Thursday
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW: YORK, Mar. 31.-North America
and South America will be able to talk
to each other over the téléphoné-after
Thursday when the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and the Inter-
national Téléphoné and Telegraph Cor-
poration will inaugurate an inter-corf-
tinental commercial service.
New York, Buenos Aires, Montevideo
and Santiago, Chile, will ail be on the
circuit which will provide communica-
tion between the United States, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba and Argentina, Uru-
guay and Chile.
A basic charge of $36 forthree minutes
for a call from New York to the first
American zone, which includes the
Province of Buenos Aires, has been set
as toll. For calls to other cities in t.he
United States the present zone charges
between those cities and New York as for
,transatlant% calls will be added.
President Hoover, speaking from the
White House, wil'Il exchange greetings
with President Irigoyen of Arg-entina,
Colonel Ibanez and Senor Compisteguy
of Uruguay, it was announced. The
inaugural ceremony will be at 11 Thurs-
day môrning.
YEAR'S RECORD
SET AS STOCK
MARKET SOARS
Crash Effects Seem
Over As Sales Hit
5,150,000 Shares
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—With Stock
Exchange sales breaking ail 1930 records
today with a total of 5,1'50,000 shares
accompanied by strong advances in utili-
ties and U. S. Steel. contentions based
On' an, expert survey that the Stock
Market has now recovered from the 62
per cent IOSiSes suffered during the dis-
astrous decline last Autumn 'found bàck-
ing in figures on the big board.
Another indication of retùrn'ing fi'ealth
in the "sick" market was s.een in the
fact that a Stock Exchange seat was
sold today for $245,000, representing. an
advance of $10,000 over the most receut
previous sale.
The a-dvantes in utility shares today
ranged from one to four points, but in-
dustrials were irregular. U. S. Stéel
touched 195 in the midd'le of th^ after-
noon and American Tele,phone and
Telegraph stock reached / 366—bôth'
being records for 1930. Raits were dull.
and oils quiet. /
The général recovery of the market.
although conceded to bé a good omen,
and. explained by brokers as being the
result of the.return of small investors to
the market, is causing some uneasiness
among the more cautious minded ones,
for th«y'fear the recovery has been too
rapid.
Unless the recovery takes a reason-
able pace,. it is believed, another panic-
stricken downward movement will N-
s-ult. Since the nation's business is gen-
erally growing better and the unein-
ployment situation is believed to be tm-
proving. Government offiçials ar**
watching the market closely in h-opu*
1 that the upward movement will assume
a normal rate-
It is also noted that the $245,000 puice
on the Stock - Exchange seat, - although
an improvement on the last purchase, ikg
still far beilow the prices paid even' in
December. Early in December two sea*ts
sold for $425,0'00 and $375,000 within a
week of each Sther. During the, steaidy
rise before the bigr market break in the
autumn, however, s-eats brought figures
above the $600,000 mark.
Some 'of the youngér members of, tha
Exchange, however, are now hoping to
see some of this value come back. Only
a few years ago seats were bought for
$100,000 by some of these and they sa,\V
huge profits, on the strength of which
they did a little splurging, only to see
their profit on the investment wiped
eut in the crash. Many douibt, however,
that seats will reach even the half mil-
lion mark very soon.
Hoover Signs Bill
For New Buildings,
Aiding Unemployed
$230,000,000 Assigned
Under This Measure
In Next Few Years
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
WASHINGTON» Mar. 31.—Président
Hoover .today signed the Keyes-Elliott
Bill, authorizing the expenditure of $230,-
00'0,000 for public build,ings. The ; bill
hung fire for some time in the Senate,
but was finally rushed through after
repeated appeals were made for imme-"
diate action, as a means of relieving
economic depression.
A full half of the amount will be. spent
for work in the District of Columbia. 'rhe
rest will be s,cattered thrôughout the
différent states of the Union.
Taxes For Several Years.
The expenditures will extend over a
period of years and the burden on the
taxpayers will be -so spread out that it
will scarcely be felt.
Actual work will be started as soon as
the GbvernmentaJ machinery can be set
in action. Almost immédiats relief for
the présent distressing unemployment
situation is expected to resuit from the
extensive construction program.
Indeed this was one of the prime
motives for the rapid passage and
signature of the bill. So great, has been
the- public demand that something
radical be don/; to relieve the millions of
jobless that the Chief Executive brought
pressure to. bear on the Législative
branch. ,
After reipeated denials that the Situa-
tion. was as serious as it was painted by
various experts the Government finally
adimitted that there was reason for worry
and fol'lowed this action today. by the
final sanctioning of the Keyes-Elliott
Bill.
2 UTILITIES MERGE,
$650,000,000 CAPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31. — The
largest utility merger ever effected has
resulted in the combination of the Great
Western Power Company and its numer-
ous subsidia.ries with the Pacifie Gas
and Electric Corporation.
The merger involves a total capital of
$650,000,000, and the Pacifie Gas and
Electric Corporation bécomes the third
largest utility company in the United
States.
Census Will Bare
Number Of Jobless
In United States
Proposals Made To Aid
'White Collar' Class
Now Out Of Work
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Màr. 3L-For the first
time in: history a national effort to ob-
tain a reliable record of the country's
tmemploymen t situation will be - mad'e
when, in a month's time, America's
population, now estimated at 123,000,000,
is to be counted. ■
Popular estimâtes of the number of
unemployed range from 4,000,000 to
6^00i0i000, and out of this number it is
estimated that there are 1,000,000 "white
collar workers," 35 or more years of ag'e.
who find it impossible to obtain eryen
the most menial positions. |
For this eategory, a campaign of prop-
ag'a.nda. and edui^tion wss start^ ii;
NeSv York today under the auspices of
the National Association for Middie,- |
aged Employées.
To Establish School.
^ One, of the proposais is to establish a
school for the instruction of ail over
40 years of ag'e in order to "restore, the
morale and correct, mental attitud-e of
the mature worker." Another proposai
is to asl,- the Government to increàse the
age limit of aIl, civil service positions,
both Fédéral and S.tate.
In the forthcoming census every adult
person will be asked whether he is em-
ployed or otherwise, and th.e unemploy-
ed will be re'quired to state whether
they are able to work, whether they are
seeking a position, the length, of time
they have been out of jobs, and the
reason therefor.
To Find Economic Balance.
The answers to the census questions
will show not only' the. total numiber ôf
unemployed .for the month of April, but
îvill. disclose., the economic status and
buying power. of the ■ individual. The
questions-will as'k whether he owns his
house, its value or what rent is paid,
fc' any, and even whether he owns a
wireless réceiving' set. '
The task of taking the census com-
mences-this week and will cost, with its
army of officials, ' $40,000,000. Full de-
tails will not be completed and publish-
ed for a long time. - .r - - -,
LOST AIRMEN FOUND.
SYDNEY, Mar. 31.—David Smith and
Lieu t. Shiers, ■ Australian fliers who
were forced down, 40 mile from ;WyDd-
ham while attempting to fly from
Sydney to England, were found today
by an aviation search party - dispatch:e'1
in response to their wirelessed S.O.S.
The airmen were oîit of food but were
in good health.
Opposition To Tariff Bill
Fades, Soon To Become Law
Western Farm Leaders Resolved To Vote
For Smoot-Hawley Act, House Sends
Measure Into Conference
(Special Cable To The Tribune
?Ei 31' '-It seems assured today that the Smoot"
ey Tanlf Bill will clear itself of tangles and become law witlrn
a very short time. ; .
Although feeling a little chagrined at being outwitted, the western
farm leaders resolved to vote for the bill and hope that the rates on
sugar, lumber, cernent and hides which they are watching jealouslv will
escape being scaled doWÍi, when House leaders decided to send the bill
immediatelv to conférence.
The décision for immedia.te action,
breaking out of the récent impasse, was
made possible by holding out the
nroviso that .members will later be given.
a chance to record their votes on the
disputçd; items on the bill.
. ^The 1-,ift,-whteh- Rr&sid«nt Hoover laEt"
November wa,s hoping that the Senate
would. put through in a fortnight, was
brought to a standstill in the House by
the inability of the,- Steering Committea
tô agree on a safe procédure, for ha.ving
it considered in the lower House before
Rending' , it to conférence for further,
changea,
The group of représentatives from 13
sug'ar beet states, ranging from the Great.
Lakes to the Pacific, firmly. took a stand.
against open debate on the sugar rates.
In this they were directly oPPosing the
previous stand for fighting out in thè-',
open the sugar, cernent and lumber,
schèdules as a spécial concession to th&
western Republicans who were threaten-,
ing the. boit and to form a coalition with
the Democrats.
The demands of the western farm
representatives for a separate House
vote on the Senate's lumber, sug'ar; ce-
ment, and hides schedules, as the. price
of 'their support for the motion to disa-
gree with the amèndments and to send
the bill back into conférence, acted as a
wrench' throwri into Smoot's .running of
the House machinery.
1930 National Air
Races In Chicago
To Be Biggest Yet
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
CHICAGO, Mar. 31.—Plans for a &p&c- ;
taole of ispeed and color unsurpassed by '
previous air carnivals 'have been laid
here by the board of directors of the ■
1930 National Air Races, which will be
held in Chicago beginning August 23
and continuing until Se,ptember 1.
America's fleetest flying ships and
most famous airmen will come here for
a nine-day. orgy of speed. Thé glamor
of the derby race track and the auto-
mobile sipeedway will be .added to the
dash of flying to give this year's air
tÓurney a wider appeal for the non-
flying .public. -
Planes sporting banda of brilliant
color painted around their, fuselages will
be taxied into "paddocks" before the
grand stands and will remain . in the
staîls with their propellors whirling
unti,,l they are called to perform. Sitting
in the cockpits coaxing the mot-ors to ■
warm up will be pilots clad in bright
silk flying togs and the colors of their
helmets and blouses will dénoté their
.backers. As the jockey carries the col-
ers of his stables, so the pilot in the
1930 races will fly thé' colors of hi9
hangar.
Instéad of takirig off singly as in past
air races, the chipe wilil line up abreast
and jump into the air simultaneousiy
at the 'drop of a flag. They will shoot
away to a pylon ten miles distant and
from this point start the roaring grind
around the closed coursa» route before
Mr. Whalen, Who Runs N.Y.'s Welcomes And
Police, Astutely Observes People Are Human
(Special Cable To The Tribune)
NEW YORK, Mar. 31.—Ail in ail, the
great men and women of this earth
who have visited New York are very
human indeed. Such, at least, is the
rathèr sound psychological conclusion
of Grover A. Whalen, the Police Com-
missioner of the metropolis, who has
spent the best years of his life in wel-
coming them to the sacred precincts of
Gotham. In his years as chairman of
the Mayor's committee for welcoming
distinguished guests he has had a fine
chance to observe the great at close
'
range. '
He gave brief sketches of the wel-
comes extended to the King and Queen
of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales,
Cardinal Mercier, Marshal Foch, Mar-
shal Joffre and Ramsay MacDonald, in
an interview toclay.
The efforts of the Réception Com-
mittee, he believes, helped to show
these distinguished persons that New
York has a warm heart and that it
breathes the spirit of hospitality.
Queen Marie Spartan.
The interest of the Prince of Wales
in the life of the city and his puzzle-
ment at how so many people got in and
out of skyscrapers were described by
Commissioner Whalen. The Prince, he
said, had stood in profound reverie on
top of the Woolworth Building"'for haLf
an hour and had thea. said wistfully
that he would like to spend some time
in the country each year.
The Spartan sportsmanship of Queen
Marie of Roumania made a particular
impression on the Tsar of the police.
She rode about in an open car for miles
in -a drizzling rain and managed to
prétend that she was cheerful.
Turning from the sublime to the
ridJieuious, he told of the embarras?*
ment of Mayor Walker when an irre-
verent and soulless onlooker yelled,
"Pretty soft, Jimmie!" just as his honor
was about to tuck' a traveling ru-gr
about her' Majesty's knees.
Commissioner Whalen then gallantl:,r
came to the rescue of the lady member
of the Reception Committee who, in the
popular belief, said to the Queen of the
Belgians, "You said a mouthful, Queen."
This, he said, is the cruelest legeni1
which has ever been given currency,
A
THE WEATHER
Slightly colder, with cloudy skies and
more rain, southerly wind, is' today's
forecast for Paris and vicinity.
Yesterday the highest temperature
was 62 degrees F. (17 C.); and the low-
est was 45 degrees F. (7 C.).
English Channel: cloudy and rainy,
sea moderate to rough; further outlool(
unsettled. »
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