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Uncle Sam's Dilemma Is Clear: He Has no Business Meddling In Foreign Wars but if Foreign Wars Continue In definitely He Still Won't Have Any Business. THE WEATHER lliimlillty 4:30 p. in. yesterday " Highest temperature yesterday 4!t l.uwexl temperature last night 42 I'leripitalinii fur 1!4 hours fill , I'reeip. HllM'e first of ntmull :t.:!2 l'reii. from Sept. 1. 139 I'sjl. . Hi J'it ii iii y sinee Seiit. 1. VjVJ r WAR, POLITICS They still highlight the (lay's iicvK and perhaps will for months. Dally NHWS-HICVIKW who ser vice will keep you iMistori on de velopment In hoth. together with other leading current events. Showers. fHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAL? NO. 26' 3 Q? IOSEBURG REVIEW 37 VOL. XLIV ROSEBURS, OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1940. VOL XXVIII NO. 1C3 OF THE EVENING NEWS KM GET WEB TO IUl mi ;tJL?apSH'i ny FRANK J ION KINS P)Il the week Just endingDnn & Itradslreot reports that in the -min try us n whole retail trade was live to leu per cent ahead of the corresponding week a year ago. In some sections, the Increase inns as high as 2fi per cent. 11711 KN' you heur of factories ex " punding their operations, it is interesting. It means better times for the moment, at least. Hut It doesn't necessarily mean that times are going to STAY better. The factory may have .guessed its markeis wrong, nnd the goods it is malting may not sell as fast as it expected. In that event, the factory will have to close down until the ac cumulation of goods is disposed nf. ""HE wholesaler and the retailer, for one reason or another (such as the belief that prices are going up), mny buy heavily, and their haying may jtart the factor ies humming jfcj$lin that isn't si sure ' atihV- 3J(WAinwl Rood business. ... J? The .wlmlJWAfld' the retailer may have gueat,rftng. 'the snles they untielnntfd not material ize. PriceB m.ayjffo up, and the higher 'prlceraay.fcnuse consumers to III TV LESS, kanyjlvlngs, can happen. " If the wholesaler and the retail er don't sell their stocks as quick ly as expected, their buying from the factory will decline. While the factory is waiting for further orders from the wholesaler and the retailer, it may have to close down. DI'T when the retailer sells to the eoiiFnmer he turns around and immediately buys again from the wholesaler and the wholesaler (Continued nn page 4.) Girlie Show Ousts U.S. Men From Jobs RALTfMORK. Feb. 13. (AP) Knur federal social security board employ oh were under indefinite suspension today and scores of others were being questioned as an aflermath of a Sunday night 'strip-tease" stag show which end ed in n police raid and arrest of li 7 men. 'Joseph L. Fay, chief of the board's off ice here, announced the suspensions last night after an all diiy inquiry. He said 72 -of the men nr res ted had been definitely identified as board employes, nnd added: "Any others found to be associat ed with the promotion of the affair will be suspended immediately." Five w omen performers also were arrested In the raid on the show, held at a resort near Baltimore-. Meanwhile. Representative Kn eel (I!., Mich.) sent nn open letter to Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MrNutt requesting a full report on the affair. Kngel said he particularly wished to know if tickets io the stag party were sold in the board's offices. Hoard officials will attend n pro liminaty hearing In the case, sche duled tomorrow. Crash Kills Two Eugene Men, Third Badly Injured REIHMNG. Calif.. Feb. 13. CAP) Lawrence Miller. 21 y e a r-o 1 d Portland. Ore., photographer, was f'i a critical condition today from Inimies received, yesterday In a truck nu tomobile collision which killed two of his companions. F.lmo N. Gamrath. 21, and Joe Cobb, 23. both of Kugene. Ore.. v ere killed when the machine, dr'ven by Gamrath. and a heavy milk truck operated by Henry A"ntmi. collided head-on 12 miles mnih of here. Acostini escaped injury. The thre photographers had worked here for several days and were en route to Red Bluff when the accident occurred. County Road Program Sets $42,773 Fund Ytar's Work Fixed by Court Lists 27 Projects; Oiling, Widening, Surfacing, New Construction Included. road program for the" year 1940, Willi llllOCailOllS lOUllilllK "1 to 27 projects, was voted by th'i county court today. The program provides for considerable road oil ing, particularly in the vicinity of and surfacing prelects, repuirs to existing roauH anu some new con si met ion work. Mnyir expenditures proposed un der tlie schedule provide for oper ation of the Wilbur rock quarry, construction of a new road along the North Tnipqun river eastward fr,m a connection with the Pacific highwav near Wilbur, further co operative construction on the Bul lock rond. purchase of rights of way on the North Umpqun high way, and cooperation with the state forestry department on the Schofield road from the Pmpqun highway north to the county line. Chief Projects Listed . Principal oiling projects provide for improvement nf one mile or road from 1ho Pacific highway to wards Kiddle, one mile of oiling on the Garden Valley road from Brown's bridge west, one-third mile from the Glide brldire east, one-third mile at the Lookingehiss store, one-fourth mile at the Pmp qua store, one-eighth mile tit Mel rose store, one-hulf mile on Yon-calln-Klkbead road and three fourths mile on Stearns lane. The budtieUHV---n-includes SLfiQQ for repairs' to the Sntherlln-Non-parlel pavement. The sum of $5,000 is Included to start work on a proposed new rood east from Wilbur following the north bunk or the North Pmpn.ua river toward Hip Kent ranch. Ac- ..I- imttnnl lllirl COII- cepiunru in i"-M"' ----- at ruction of the road is subject to certain conditions. niese comir lions are that property owners c lot. ili.liiu nf WtlV With' Hllitu minion . out charge, that rights of way shall be donated to provide ui-ci-ni. gravel bars where road surfacing material mav be secured and that the count v shall have the right to use nnv of such gravel without cost and that all fencing shall be (Continued on nnee fit Bribery Charger. Hit N.Y. Bigwigs NRW YORK. Fell. 13. f API Tiiiiininny IMstt'let Leader Willinm .... .....I Aouiatllltt T)01)U(V StatP Comptroller Chorion H. i'111' lens worp Indli fpil lodny on clinriips of lirlbory nnd pxloillon kiowIiir r.r f.n Invpsliiralion Into stato nnd cllv prlntlnE enntrncta. TllP indlrlineni hm numi- ii.iii a day nflnr Solomon was ilpplctpil i... n ..-itiionu in flip fiii-rpnt labor nirkpli trial of Ixnlis (.PtkPl llmhuitpr a rpcipipnt. ni ti.mi" of n fund for snttlnnipnt of n hak crv strlltP. . . . , , TIip aconsntinn In the I.onKP trial and the eliarsoa In t"e printilift In rinlrv niiimipntly pip not rplatod. Solomon is the second Tminiony distrii't lender to ho prosernted on criminal chnrjes by District Attor ney Thomas K. Dewey, a republi can presidential aspirant now ram nniEiiinK In the wpst. Dewey brouirlit about the conviction some months neo of District Leader James J. Mines as the political pro tector of the Harlem policy racket empire of Hip late Arthur (Dutch SctauIIZ) Fl -enbeimer. Deficit Spending Policy of New Deal Denounced NKW YORK. Fell. 13. fAP) The covernment's deficit spending nollrv was termed nn obstarle to business recovery todav by Marley IjOt. professor of public finance nt Princeton University, addressing th Amerlcnn Hankers assorlatinn. "We have before us." I.utr. said, "the outline of a beautiful vicious cirrle. The taxes that can be collected from p. $90.ooo.nnn.nnn national Income will not suffice to cover the kind of spending pro gram tbat wn launched to build lis no to the $t0 non.oort.oon income level, and we slnll be toid ht the rovernment Is shooting at $lon.00fl.. "oo.oou. where It hopes to balance the bndeet. "This kind of loric belongs in the snpe rln v;lth theories of f-e'-neienl mot ton nnd bn'stran levitntinn. The needed driv ing force must come from private economy. H will never come from a policy of povernmental deficit financing." Lincoln-Day Appeals o, G. O. P. Heads Rally Party For Presidential Battle (ny The Associated Press) Ilepuhllcan leaders rallied thelr par(y for the presidential cam paign last niKht with Lincoln day appeals to encourage private enter prise anil keep the American gov ernment free from dictatorship. While former President Hoover was declarlnif that the United States must nlmndnn a "nntlonn1 drift toward statlsm." active and x:tenfinl presidential candidates were rrllleUlnii the new deal ami forecast Ing a republican victory In November. Senator VandenbelE (It-Mich.), speaking nt (irand Itapids. Mich., described Abraham Lincoln as 'our first (-milium president." lie fiild that Lincoln's reelection In 18(H bv "all lilce-llilnkoi-s. regard less of party affiliations," set the pattern lor 1 fun. - . ThomtM K Dewev of New York said at Portland. Ore., Hint the new ileal had failed to recognl.o u No .-stunt erosion of capital." American development Is lagging, be nsGPi-icd. "because of the na tionwide undercurrent of dish-nst and fenr of the shifting of policies of the administration." Cictator Threat Seen Senator Taft fit-Ohio) told n Oreensboio, N. P., audience thin continuation or the now ileal would mnn a "modern, streamlined to talitarian dictatorship." The na tion, he declared, faces a fundn iih utal decision Just us it did in ISCiO. Senator llrldges (It-N. II.), an other presidential candidate, said at Oklahoma Cltv that Lincoln would want for present-day Amer ican's "freedom from economic de pendence or domination , from the Kovernmenl as well as fi'iim prlvnte l-KTOUOS. ' - . I - : Addressing n three-slate rally in New York, republican Chairman John Hamilton said: "The people of America know Hint when Mr. Hoosevelt steps from Hie while bouse next Janu ary, he will leave to Ills republican successor a counlrv In as critical a cnmlllion as IUichamin left to Lincoln " Several speeches nt the 700 Lin coln celebrntlons were broadcast, wllh Mr. Hoover leading off at Omaha. Relief Must End "Americans cannot nllow their fellow Americans to go hungry." be said', "vet relief cannot go on forever. The current cost of re lief. In all lis aspecls. federal, stole and local. Is nearly four bil lion yenrly. . . . we must restore these pcotde to self support before relief falls. Declaring the country must keep out of war and turn from "govern ment spending lo national thrift." (Continued on pare 6 Senate Nearing Vote on Finn Aid WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. fAP The congressional session which leaders hoped wistfully would be short and harmonious ended its sixth week today, with the two prime topics federal economy nnd foreign relations still In the talk ing stage. The senate was winding up de bate on extension of financial aid to Kinlund. it scheduled a vote by 2 p. m. (PST) on n measure to double the SMO.Onn.noi) capital of the export-import bank nnd there by make possible additional lomu both to Finland and China. After the problem of helping Finland is disposed of, (he next big question that congress probably will face Is continuation of the re ciprocal trade program. The house va)B and means committee ap uoved a thre?.year extension. ?in.I Mto house Is expected to do like wise next week. Reports spread that the admini stration bad stiflicient senate votes for the propoxitl, but opponents will make a determined effort to require senate ratification of each trade pact. Negro Savant Gives His Savings for Foundation TI'KKKGKK. Ala.. Feb. 13 (AIM To perpetuate bis work In creative chemistry. Dr. George Wash tne ton Carver, negro scient ist, today gave all his savings 33.oiio to a r.mndation establish ed in his name. Born a slave. Dr. Carver has be come Internationally known bv d velopln new industrial uses for aeriniHural products. Tb a?ed negro rerontlv received th Roosevelt scinnco awad. Th founda'.!! nl-n will be charged with the responsibility of preserving the Carver museum which houses many articles he has revised from native materials. Estranged Husband, Wife Rivals at City Election OAK IIM'KKH, Mass., Feb. 13. (A,P Tomorrow's election in this Island town will find State Itepresentatlve Joseph Sylvia pitted against his es tranged wife, Llda, for the post of selectman. Mrsk Sylvia. 42, who has been separated from her husband for two years, characterized her self as "the worklngman's can didate wlio will act In the best interest of the inhabitants, re gardless of race, creed or color. She promised "action and not cheap tulk, and there will he no passing Hie buck as In Hie past." Sylvia Is chairman of the board of selectmen. New Deal Scored By Thomas Dewey Econom:e Conflicts Created by Misrule Upset National Unity, Candidate Declares. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3. (AP) Thomas K. Dewey was on his special train rolling toward Salt Luke City this morniiiK while en thusiastic Piv-lfle Northwest re publicans quoted from his Lincoln day speech delivered last night and agreed hn was a strong nf.d colorful potential O.O.P. presiden tial standard boarer, .... - -... The New' York district attorney lambasted the New Deal before an over-flow crowd of more Hum .1200 in Portland's municipal auditorium, and (lurried that "when natlonnl unity is most needed, we miff or from politically-Inspired hostilities." Klsewhere he assailed the pres ent administration for fostering a situation that discouraged replace ment of capital and asserted the nation bad snlTered a "constant erosion of capital," Capital re placements, he said, had fallen more than a billion dollnra short annually of being sufficient during new deal years. Internal Strife Stressed. He blistered (he administration's strategy of "divide and rule" as "undermining our national unity." and declared domestic conflicts were retardln.T the nation while it worries about Furope's wars. " . . . We are embroiled in a dozen con flicts among ourselves1. Covern infill and business are In conflict. Labor and capital nre In conflict; and labor Is in conflict with tseir. Collectivism has been pitted against Individualism ; centraliza tion of power against local self government: defeatism again cour age . . . These divisions . . . Have resulted in wasted opportunities, fut ile bickerings, loss of energy and human sufferings." An IS ycnrold high school news paper interviewer got a bit rat tled when he met Dewey yester day nnd blurted: "Are you going to run for a third term, Mr. Dewey?" "That's the most academic ques tion I ever heard." Dewey laughed. They're Smiling Over That 100 - to N.-WB-U.-vii-w 1'hnio iiiil Krisi.-ivlnt; Mr. and Mr. Erneit Let cf Oakland are pictured above with Marshall Pemjrr. (center), KRNR man ager, as they were interviewed Monday during the ' Man on the Street" program. Mr. Leas recently do nated to the Roseburg swirrming pool fund tt check secured In 1906 from the National Cash Regnter company by which he was then employed. Mr. Peng ra sent the check to the company pnd In return re ceived a $100 donation In honor of Mr. Leas. Farley's Aim In Campaign Thought Seen Nomination of Himself or Of t ftoostvelt Believed Plan; .Dual Slate In Wisconsin n Line With Purpose. WASHINGTON, Feb. lit. (AP) Formation of a Honsevelt-Fai ley delegate slate In AVisconsIn strengthened the belief of many politicians today that the chief ex ecutive nnu the postmaster gener al are in accord on the democratic pra.-ddcnlial campaign. One senator In close touch with Farley told reporters the cabinet member and national democratic chairman was "resolved lo do one of two things nominate hlmseir or Mr, P.ioscvelt." The- Wisconsin democratic state convention, meeting last night at Wisconsin Itapids, .declared that the president should be drafted lor a third term. Another resolution expressed the hope that Farley "mny continue In public life in the Interest of the people of the na tion." The eonvrnllon adopted a slo gan of "officially endorsed Roosevelt-Farley delegates" for Hh slate in the April 2 primary. Natlonnl Committeeman Charles 10. lirougli ton said, however, that the mention or Farley did not mean lie was en dorsed as an alternate presidential choice or as n vice president iul candidate. Farley Strategy Seen Farley has given his consent to enti ring u delegate slate pledged ,1.0Tim .in the .MaasacbiiHettJt presi dential primary, hut lias made no other direct. Indication Unit he Is a candidate lor office. ('lose friends of Vice President darner, himself a presidential can didate, expressed the belief thai Farley waH ready lo linn over any delegates he might win lo Mr. Roosevelt If the latter decides to run. - The Garner supporters voiced disappointment that Farley, hi his Massachusetts declaration, did not say he would be a candidate even if the president seeks another term. Garner, in fact. Is the only democrat who has made such a statement. A slate or 12 delegates to the deinocru i ic nat ional convent ion pledged lo Farley was picked yes terday by the Massachusetts state chairman at Hoston with the an nounced assumption Hint if Presi dent RooKev't, seeks reelection "Farley and the democrat Ic party as a wh'ile will support his candi dacy." Burning, Robbing Body of Friend Draws Prison Rap PHOKNIX. Ariz.. Feb. 13. tAPt Superior J udgn M. T. Phelps sentenced Hershel Marsh, 2!t. Pals by. Ore., to five lo 10 years In stale prison yesterday for burning the body of a dead aciiualntanc" whose pockets he admitted rob bing or about $r.ofi. Mar-di robbed Henry J. Lolselle, if. whose body be round in u tour ist court cabin last New Year's eve. Later he poured kerosene on the bed und Tloor and ignited the r.Mn Karelian Area Fighting Goes Into 13th Day Smashing of Russian Attacks Continue, Finns Announce; Britain Enlarges Plans to Meet Nazi Bomb Menace. HELSINKI, Feb. 13. AP) After 13 days of bitter fight ing, Finnish military author! ties announced tonight that all positions of stratenical import ance on the Karelian iBthmus had keen won back by Finnish counter-attacks. The Finns acknowledged for the fint time that they had "withdrawn" late Sunday from rome of these positions In the sector about Summa. A military Interpreter ex plained that this often occurs in "battles of such fury as are now going on." The Finnish high command an nounced today that its forces had repulsed day-long Russian attacks on the Karelian isthmus, making "several successful counter-attacks," and farther north bad driv en a Russian detachment back across its own front lor. The daily communique said fight ing was continuing on the isthmus today. 13th day of the Russian ih J stiiilt there. i The Finns said they "destroyed" '. the greater part of an enemy col umn of Kin sledges among the Plt ! it a rant a islands, along lako La doga's northern fringe, and report led they had repulsed Russian at- tacks northeast of Lake Ladoga and the Kuhtno sector still farther north. V .' j "Tlie Finns mud they' had destroy ed Russian tanks nu the isthmus end two miles northeast of Lake Ladoga. They Raid their pursuit planes and unti-airnral't guns had shot down four red plunes In the various war zones. A fatuous Finnish athlete, C mi liar Hockert, was reported killed, however. In I he isthmus fighting Sunday. Winner of the fi.uoo-meter run in the record time of 14:22.2 in the Olympic games of l!i;tii, Hockert also held the world rec ord of 8:14.8 for the 3,wi0-meter run. He was I he second noted alhlete to die in the war. Speed Skater Wasenius having been kill ed in December while leading a ski patrol across Lake Ladoga. Itrilain bent new efforts toward u-jn-ilinir nfl' the German mine and I bomb blockade of her coast by ex panding the royal air force and recruiting la.unii additional fisher men for patrol duty, Though a big airplane construe (Ion program is in progress, I he (Continued on page (1) S. P. Conductor Beheaded By Train in Salem Yards SALKM, Ore., Feb. 13. (API Nathaniel J. Swain, Salem, conduc tor on a freight train that was be ing made up Tor a run to Albany, was beheaded in the Southern Pa cific yards bete today. Coroner L. K. Itartick said Swain was standing on the caboose when the engine backed up, knocking Swain lo Hie rails. Dave McKae, a trainman, was stand lug by Swain, but could not act in time to prevent the acci dent. - l Bull's-eye Raising Funds With a Wallop ins Ed is JZzz -i? Citizens of Capetown, Africa, combine contributions to war funds with the pleasure of seeing "Adolph Hitler" socked in the head by "Prime Minister Cham berlain." When they dron coin in the device pictured above, Cham berlain's umbrella cracks down on der Fuehrer's forelock, Western Oregon Receives Soaking PORTLAND, Feb. 1:1. (AP) Iliiln ilmised wi'sKMli Ori-Ron to fluy unci ponnLnitnd enntwiu'd to iimny auctions Iwyuml Hi" L'hhwkIp tnolintltliiH. Tim government woulhor lmrmiil predicted showera iikiiIii lonllu anil WeilnuHdity with mmw nt With er eleviitlotis. Twenlyfonr Iiouih of BlioweiH provided Portland Willi .8:1 of nn Inch of mioIkIui'h und cut the Heuson's precipitation depar ture, lor tho year to J .OS Incliea Ichh than the normal 11.12. Precipitation reports for the 21 Iioiii-h cnlin.r at 4::i0 a. tn. Included Mend .12, III uoklllKH 1.2S, Hums .Xr, KiiBene, .73. Hood Klver .(II, I-nlie-vlew .III, Medfnnl .15, Nmvoprt .(il, Noilli Mend .!l.r, Pendlelnii .OS, IttiHclnlrK .(in! Siskiyou Kuminlt ,i:t. VAI.SKTZ. Ore., Feb. 13. ( AP) This little coast rane lumber town claims the national rainfall title and is proud of It. There was K1.12 Inches nf rain from February 1 lo 11. inclusive, of which 5.12 inches fell on Febru ary t. In Salem,- 4(1 i;ltn easl of here, the average annual rainfall is only 37.17 inches, or slightly more than twice Valsetz rainfall during Ihe first 11 days or Febru ary. Contract Let for World's Tallest 2-Deck Bridge WASHINGTON, Feb. l'l. tAP) - Secretary Ickes awarded today a $2.fXS.:ir4 contract for cone (.ruction of what he described as the high est double-deck bridge In the world. The strucluri". lo be known nH the pit river bridKe, will rise fino feet above the present level the Pit river near Hcdding. Calif. The con tract went to the Ameri can Hi if Ice company. Pittsburgh. The brldue wiil be a link In it 311 mile railroad relocation being con structed around tho Shasta reser voir. Central valley 'project. A coin bi nat ion railroad and hihwav bridge, it will carry two main line tracks of the Snut'm Pacific railroad and four lanes of 1'. K. highway (J'i across an ami of the I'Mservoh. The bridge enmpnny Is a subsi diary of Ihe Pulled Slates Steel corporation and will ship Ihe ,'lfi. imiii.immi pounds or steel to be used from Cary. Ind. Woman Kills Self When Husband Relaxes Vigil NKW YORK. Feb. 1.1-tAP)-l.nuftt Haberman kepi nn all-night vigil to prevent bi wile from aiiyiug mil a sulfide threat. At S a. in. today his wife. Hilda. IV. saw her husband's head nod. At fi:3n, Haberman awole with a start and f'nind pfs wife's body dangling from a steampipe over Hip bntbtub. with one of his neck ties knotted around her throat. She was dead. Committee Ax Swung In Record Gash Ships of World Superiority rtecommencUd; Approved Items Include Million to Improve Harbor at Guam. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (AP) In tho house toduy, tho appropri ations committee presented a, slash of $ lll.(i!)9,G99 In President Itnoso velfs budget for the navy tho lurgest yet made by tho commit tee In any single budget, recom mendation. The committee, urging that (ho nation build battleships and cruls . era "superior" to those abroad, said tho fleet's needs could be ado tpiutely met with the sum of $9liG,772.K7K. Included In tho measure was $1. (Kio.oiH) to start work on a Sli.OOO, Odd project designed to develop the tiny Pacific Island of Guam us a naval "lookout" post. Guam Improvements were turned down by congress last year after u heat ed controversy involving ques- tlons of foreign policy toward Jit pan. (The president's budget figure of $1.07fU72.fi77 included funds which he classified as emergency national defense expenditures. These wore responsible for tho difference be tween that figure and a $954,000. 000 request by the ntivy to finance Its normal, nnn-emorgencv opera tion and construction.) In Hcmling tho navy hill to the house floor the committee uiso cut $lfl.:ntl,2fi0 from the amount of. "contract authorizations"- recom mended In tho budget With such 'iiuthoriKallouft tho navy jniay- eon- , tract for work to bo paid' for later. Thus the total decrease in the . amount the navy could spend or obligate In the fiscal year begin ning July 1 amounted to ? 12s, oifi.yiii. Superior Ships Wanted "The committee Is of the opinion (hat definite advantage will bo se cured by mulling the new capital ships and the additional cruisers not equal to, hut superior to, any pending foreign construction," the committee asserted, "As n foremost nation, of the world, the United States is charg ed with a high degree or responsi bility for the maintenance of- oun peace. This responsibility requires a policy of construction which does not conrine itself to Imitation of other nations. ' "lis economic strength and lis position of leadership among Ihe nations of the world denuind such ships and In mirli mimhera as will maintain a preponderance, of pow er and thus Insure the security and peace of the United States." . Defense Bill Signed Meanwhile the first appropria tion bill of the session, carrying $2f2,:Hn,77it for emergency na tional defense und neutrality ex pendiliires. was. signed by Presi dent Jtooseveli. The money Is for use before June 30, end of tho present fiscal year. Congress trimmed tho bill $!!, fW,7l7 under the president s bud get estimate of approximately 272.0nn,ono. The measure pro vldea $Ui!Ulfi.(;S9 for tho war de partment, $i:i7,l72.2:ts for the navy, JI.l75.uon for the Justice depart- Continued on page 6) Hull Opposes Plan To Fix Neutrality WASHINGTON. Feb. PI. (AP) Secretary Hull has expressed Mute department disapproval of a resolution to invoke ihe neutrality act In the undeclared Sinn-Japanese war. Chairman Pitttnan (O.. Nov.)' of the Semite foreign relations com iniitee disclosed this today, say ing further that the committee) probably would consider Hull's opinion as reflecting Ihe statu de partmeiit's views, not on'y on tb'i Jar western conflict but aiso on toe undeclared war between Kin t lnhit and Hussta. Although Pittmnn declined In make the letter public, lie said it was apparent Hull felt thet tho i eace and security of the United Slates were not directly Involved In eiiher or the undea'td con filets and for that reason did not favor Invocation of the neutrallt act. which would greatly restrict American dealings with tho b'dlfs eients. The Hull letter will be consider ed when a snhcommitiee tnkes up) a resolution by Senator Oillettrt (11.. (own) to set in modem con gressional machinery tn place tho neutrality act In operatic:, in tho far eastern war. Chairman Georgrt (I '.. flu), said the subcommittee might meet lomorrow, j
