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. .
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NO. 26' 3 Q? IOSEBURG REVIEW
37
VOL. XLIV
ROSEBURS, OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1940.
VOL XXVIII
NO. 1C3 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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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