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GARY YOUTHS BOUND OVER IN GIRL’S DEATH Five IVlen Are Arraigned on Charges of Killing Arlene Draves. MOTHERS ARE SHOCKED Booze Parties Blamed for Tragedy by Parents of Principals. By United Press GARY, Ind., Dec. 2.—Five young men charged with having caused the death of pretty 18-year-old Arlene Draves. waived preliminary examination in Gary city court today, and were bound over to Lake county criminal court on charges of first degree murder. Prosecutor Oliver Starr announced immediately that the county grand jury would be called into session next Monday to consider indictments. Clarence Johnson, a suspected bootlegger charged with selling liquor consumed at the party attended by Miss Draves and the five men Saturday night before she died, also was arraigned today. Johnson’s case was continued until Friday and it was indicated that charges of being an accessory before the tact in Miss Draves’ death would be dismissed unless an autopsy shows the liquor was poisonous. Defendants to Funeral Authorities indicated the five defendants. Virgil Kirland, Paul Barton, Leon Stanford. Harry Shirk and David Thompson would be allowed to attend the girl’s funeral at 2 today under a police guard. Burial will be at Reynolds, Ind. Indication that defense of the youths might be based on contention that Miss Draves died of poison liquor instead of from attacks was seen today in declaration of R. B. Johnson, one of the defense attorneys, that: "Prohibition booze, not the boys, should be blamed.” City Chemist John Zumfeld was making chemical tests of contents of the girl's stomach to ascertain whether traces of poison liquor might be found. He expected to announce his findings in the next two days. Youths Refuse to Testify At a coroner's inquest Monday all of the youths charged with the murder refused to testify. Gary mothers and fathers who have children in their ’teens or early twenties, recovering today from the shock of the sensational conclusion to the party, expressed the opinion that parties similar to to that in the Thompson home are not uncommon among young people nowadays. "It was just like any other party.” said Mrs. Mary Shirk, whose son is one of the quintet facing the electric chair as the result of the affair. "I’ve worried, of course, as all mothers of this generation have, but nobody guessed the tragedy that would come of this party. There is liquor everywhere. Nobody can escape it.”

“We've Fought Losing Battle” Mrs Leon Stanford, mother of one of the boys, lamented conditions in which parents today must rear their children. “We mothers hae done our best, but we ha/e fought a losing battle. A party isn't a party any more unless there are drinks. Most of the stuff contains poison, and after a few drinks a boy or girl isn’t responsible for what happens.” However, the coroner's jury which Monday recommended first degree murder charges against the five who confessed that they assaulted Miss Draves, contended they were responsible and should be held for their acts. The party at the home of the Thompsons, a young married couple with many unmarried friends, began at 9 p m., and before midnight a gallon of alcohol had vanished among the dozen or more guests. Confesses to Attack Young Kirkland confessed the attack, saying Miss Draves “passed out," and he took her to the front porch to revive her. There he attacked her. "I was drunk. I didn't know what I was doing," he said. The others are alleged to have assaulted the girl in an automobile in which they took her for a ride to sober her, and to get food. En route back to the Thompson home they discovered her heart stopped beating, and took her to O. Wharton's office, where she was pronounced dead. "It was just like any other party. We drank a good deal and all that, but what happened to Arlene is too terrible,” the youthful Mrs. Thompson sobbed today. ASKS IMMIGRANTS BAR Kccd Bill Would Suspend Entry of Job Hunters for Two Years. By United Frees WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—Senator Reed tßep., Pa.J introduced today a joint resolution to suspend for two years all immigration of persons who might become job hunters, including all western hemisphere countries. Reed said such action would “decrease competition for the few available.” Women to Celebrate By Untied Frees LONDON, Dec. 2.—Thirty-six prominent women, most of them British, will be the guests of Lady Astor at dlnntr tonight to celebrate a year of women’# achievements.”

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Marott Urges City to Run Bus Lines , Turn Down Instill Business Man With Years of Experience in Utilities Field Advocates Public Ownership of Transportation System. The city should take over the street car system, compensate the present security holders on an equitable basis and then remove all the tracks. it should establish a bus system for all transportation operated by the city. Streets must be widened under direction of a transportation expert, where necessary for bus lines or parking, to provide easy access to the business centers. It should rebel against the Insull proposal to place the burden of paving between tracks upon the city, which, in a few years, will run into millions of dollars, if the lines are

operated. Such is the suggestion of George J. Marott as a counter proposal to the Insull plan of ‘service at cost,” behind which bondholders have been gathered to force through a refinancing program for the street car lines, now in receivership. Marott has been in the forefront of every movement for civic growth for nearly a half century. He knows the utility field. He has built and operated street car and interurban lines and power companies. No investor in his companies ever lost a dollar. None of his companies ever went into the hands of a receiver. Street Cars Obsolete "Street cars are becoming as obsolete as the old horse-drawn hack,” says Marott. “The city of the future will have bus lines, not car tracks. Traffic problems will force this change, as will the desire of the people for better transportation. “The city can widen all necessary streets, purchase the necessary busses and carry all the people for much less money than the additional funds which the Insull people suggest they will furnish to rebuild and re-equip the lines. "The legislature at once should pass an act permitting the city to own and operate such lines and providing for a directorate representative of all business, industrial and home-owning interests that would insure against political control or management. This can be done.

“There is much less to be feared from public ownership under such conditions than there is from high finance, with the modern invention of a holding company to take out part of the profits and increase the cost of common necessities. Advises Narrower Busses “Under my plan, the new busses would be built' on narrower lines than the present archaic types. They should have six wheels. The bus lines would have the exclusive use of the strip of pavement next to the sidewalks, so that no passenger would be compelled to run throughout traffic to get aboard. The busses would take passengers from the walks and land them there. These busses should be built in Indiana and Indianapolis, and that (Turn to Page 12) FUNERAL RITES SET FOR MOTHER JONES Services to Be Held in Washington, Burial at Mt. Olive, 111. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Funeral services for Mother Jones, old labor leader, will be held at St. Gabriel's Catholic church here Wednesday morning after which the body is to be taken in a special coach to Mt. Olive, 111., for burial. A committee of Illinois miners will escort the body from the farmhouse of Walter Burgess, where Mother Jones died at midnight Sunday. The body will lie in state at the Burgess home until the sendees Wednesday. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 13 10 a. m 20 7a. m 13 11 a. m 22 8 a. m 14 12 (noon).. 25 9a. m 17 Ip. m 27

MERCURY ON CLIMB Cold Wave Broken: Lowest Tonight to Be 25. A short-lived cold wave, which reduced temperatures to 13 degrees early today, was broken this morning as the thermometer climbed to 17 degrees at 9 a. m., and promised to register higher as the day continued. Lowest temperatures tonight will be between 25 and 30 degree, according to forecast of the United States weather bureau. Fair weather today will oe followed by increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednesday, the bureau stated.

'T'HERE'S a hole in the seat of his trousers. His coat is worn out at X k the elbows. Islands of skin show through his black stockings, but he can smile like the sun shining through on a wintry day. He lives in .South town. He plays near the railroad tracks. Plays “hide-and-seek” in the coal cars. Know him! Sure you’ll know him if you enlist in the “Clothe a School Child for Christmas” campaign being conducted by The Times. He's one of the hundreds of city children who play “hookey” some-times-from school because their clothes are not warm enough to permit them to learn the multiplication table. Then, "100, children some-

MIINGIE JUDGE IS ARRESTED Protest of Mayor Dale’s Foe Results in Release. pjj Timr/t Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 2—City Judge Frank Mann, bitter enemy of Mayor George R. Dale, was arrested today by police, but was released without being placed in jail. Mann attempted to remove furnishings of the city employment bureau from a room which had been assigned to him. Police were called and Mann was arrested by patrolman Horseman. He was taken to a detention cell, but refused to be incarcerated. His protests finally brought action and his release was ordered. No charges have- been filed against the judge and it is understood that further action will not be taken. SAFE BLOWERS LOOT POSTOFFICE OF SIO,OOO Safe Door Burned Through at Annapolis; Stamps, Cash Are Taken. By United Press ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 2.—A band of safe blowers, working leisurely in the shadow of the Maryland Capitol, robbed the main postoffice vault here today of approximately SIO,OOO in cash and stamps. The robbery was discovered by a clerk, who found the vault door burned through, valuable papers strewn about and the office virtually wrecked. Acetylene tanks and a large quantity of nitroglycerin were scattered about the office. The bandits also left behind other paraphernalia, including percussion caps, coils of wire and gloves. Daisy Devoc Trial to Be Set LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—A date for trial of Daisy Devoe on a charge of grand theft of $16,000 while acting as secretary to Clara Bow, film actress, will be set on Dec. 4.

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The present attractively low prices of so many articles may not last long. If you happen to follow business conditions you will recall, for example, that the price of copper was increased two cents a pound the other day. Play safe and do your Christmas shopping early. Os course, it will be a lot easier than later, when every store is crowded.

HOLTZMAN NAMED AS PRYOR TRIAL JUDGE Attorney Is Tentative Choice to Hear Wife-Poisoning Case. John Holtzman, attox-ney, has been selected tentatively to occupy j the bench at the criminal court jury trial Dec. 5, of Ernest Pryor, Martinsville, alleged wife poisoner, chax-ged with first degree murder. Holtzman’s name was picked this morning by Criminal Judge James A. Collins after three previous attempts to select a judge had been without result. Holtzman agreed to sit at the trial, although John Royse, defense attorney, and the Morgan county prosecutor could not be reached to approve the selection.

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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1930

SENATE SEATS DAVIS, DESPITE MYE’S PROUST Former Secretary of Labor Sworn In? Accepted by 58 to 27 Vote. FIGHT TO BE CONTINUED Probe Chief Insists Total Expenditures Will Run Over Million. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—James J. Davis of Pennsylvania was sworn in as a senator today over the objections of Chairman Nye of the campaign expenditures committee. Davis was seated by a vote of 58 to 27, which prevented Nye from delaying the oath. Davis thus was carried over the most difficult hurdle of his fight. The Nye committee still intends to check up reports of additional ex--, penditures said to amount to about $117,000. Nye estimates the total expenditures in behalf of Davis in the Pennsylvania primaries last summer will reach $629,000. In the Newberry case in 1922 the senate declared expenditure of $195,000 to be contrary to the best interests of self-government. However, with Davis now in his seat, a two-thirds vote would be required to unseat him.

Nye to Continue Fight Immediately after the vote, Chairman Nye said emphatically: “This is not the end.” He said he was confident that more than $1,000,000 would be shown to have been spent by the Davis-Brown ticket in Pennsylvania. For a time it seemed Davis might be compelled to stand aside indefinitely. When he appeared in the senate at noon, having just relinquished his post as secretary of labor, Nye asked that he step aside and wait until the committee had inquired into reports of additional primary expenditures. Deadly silence fell over the senate. Davis wiped his hands nervously with his handkerchief and glanced about the crowded galleries. Dream Almost Shattered His dream of being the only man to step directly from the cabinet into the senate without losing an hour from the federal pay roll was in danger of being shattered. His plea to President Hoover to be allowed to do this already had resulted in delaying the installation of his successor, William M. Doak, as secretary of labor beyond the time he could have gone in under a recess appointment. Doak now must wait until he is confirmed by the senate before he can take office. But just as Davis appeared doomed to a long wait outside the senate door, Senator David A. Reed (Rep.. Pa.), who led the unsuccessful fight for the seating of William S. Vare, asked that Nye’s resolution to refer the matter to committee be laid over for one day. Nye insisted on an immediate showdown and Vice-President Curtis sustained him. Shakes Nye’s Hand After the vote, Reed escorted Davis to Curtis’ desk and Davis was sworn in at 12:33 p. m. Nye immediately offered his hand to the new senator and Davis shook it cordially. Just before the senate met, Nye announced his committee would inquire further into the Davis campaign expenditures Wednesday. He expects to question Samuel Vauclain, who headed one of the Davis campaign committees. He also expects to question George F. Weaver, Philadelphia attorney. SEARCH FOR LOST FLIER Five Planes Take Up Hunt for Ohio Pilot, Missing Since Tuesday. By United Press CLEVELAND, Dec. 2.—Five planes left Cleveland airport today to search for William F. Griffin, Berea, 0., pilot who has been missing since last Tuesday when he left Hamilton, Ontario, en route to Cleveland.

RESCUERS BLOCKED Troops Go to Aid Mongols Saving British Nurse. By United Press PEIPING, China, Dec. 2.—Mongol forces today rescued Miss E. Gomersal, a British nurse, who was captured by bandits near Pao TouChen last week. The rescuing force was still surrounded by bandits, however, some thirty miles from Pao Tou-Chen, and troops were ordered to the : scene to disperse the brigands. Miss Gomersal and an American woman, Mrs. H. D. Hayward, were captured by bandits last week.

times are unwittingly cruel. They jeer him about his ragged garments and this cuts worse than wintry blasts. • * * tt n a TTE needs anew suit. He needs mittens to keep his hands from being 4 A knifed raw by winds that blow regardless of financial depressions. Underwear, shoes, stockings, cap, tie and shirts are his other needs, as they are those of hundreds of other boys. And he’s got a sister and she'd like to have a woolly, warm, dress. She can smile, too, Just as he can and she’d look like your little girl if she had a cute beret or something warm around her ears.

Fight for Mooney to Continue Supreme Court’s Refusal of Pardon Will Spur New Efforts. BY GEORGE CRISSEY United Press Stafl Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Friends of Warren K. Bililngs and Thomas J. Mooney declared today they would continue their 14-year-old fight to liberate the two men from prison despite the failure of their last attempt, the most determined yet made. The state supreme court refused Monday to recommend a pardon for Billings, who with Mooney, was convicted of complicity in the San Francisco Preparedness day bombing, July 22, 1916, in which ten persons were killed. The decision was by the same vote, 6 to 1, cast last July when the court rejected Billings’ pardon petition for the first time. Justice William H. Langdon dissented again, declaring that the majority report, which said burden of proof was on the petitioner, was unwarranted. Four opinions were handed down, and all were sent to Governor Young at Sacramento. Mary Gallagher, secretary of the Mooney Defense League, was authority for the report that the fight would continue. Rana Mooney, Tom's wife, concurred in this. “This is not the time to quit. We will fight until Tom and Warren are free,” Mrs. Mooney said. As matters now stand, there is no hope for Billings unless the supreme court reopens the case and returns a favorable vote. ) A slight chance exists for Mooney. Governor Young leaves office Jan. 1, and James Rolph Jr., his successor, is not bound by Young’s promise to accord both men the same treatment.

TWO CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES Killed When Tent Home Catches Fire. By United Press * MONROVIA, Ind.; Dec. 2.—Funeral services were held today for two children of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shew, Tomsonville, 111., who were burned to death in their tent home near Monrovia Monday. The children were Leslie Gilbert, 2, and Wanda Faye, 6 weeks old. The family was living in a tent while the father was employed by the Gulf Pipe Line Construction Company. The mother, 19, and an older child were away from the tent when it caught fire. Mrs. Shew had gone to a nearby well. She hurried back frantic and attempted to rescue the children, but before they could be carried from the tent they had suffered fatal burns. The Shews are among hundreds living-in the vicinity of Monrovia temporarily and had been unable to move into comfortable quarters when the cold wave set in. OGDEN'S AID ASKED Attorney-General to Help in Slot Machine Case, The state may aid northern Indiana peace authorities in a fight against mint vending slot machines, Attorney-General James M. Ogden indicated today. He was asked by prosecutors, police and sheriffs of Allen, Dekalb, Lagrange, Noble and Steuben counties to send a deputy to aid them in battling an injunction sought in the northern Indiana federal court by Gus W. Snyder, head of the Superior Confection Company, South Bend. Snyder seeks to restrain arrests and confiscations in connection with his machines, which he says are merely confection vending apparatus. The prosecutors of those counties will confer with the attorney-gen-eral here this week, and Ogden said he would dispatch Earl Stroup, deputy, to the injunction hearing before Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick, in South Bend, next Tuesday. REPORTS ON CAMPAIGN Dry League Officer Tells Senate Probers $15,504 Contributed. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—E. B. Dunford of the Anti-Saloon League told the senate campaign expenditures committee today the national organization received only $15,904 for use in primary and general election campaigns this year. Dunfcrd said this sum, slightly more than usual this year, did not include collections of state organizations. He said he would get the state figures for he committee.

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INDIANAPOLIS’ AVERAGE BOY Teddy Roosevelt is his ideal. He likes dog stories and doesn’t read Wild West thrillers. He fires the furnace, cleans the garage and works around the home because he’s appreciative. He says “heck,” “darn,” or “gosh” sometimes.

Foster Clippinger Jr., Master Average Boy of Indianapolis, directing traffic at school No. 60.

MASTER AVERAGE BOY OF 1930 is a cross between a sleek, wTellgroomed Conrad Nagel and a wise-cracking Eddie Cantor. He’s brainier, healthier, than the American boy of 1910. He reads more “trash” because more “trash” is published and wants a white-collared job instead of wielding a policeman’s nightstick. At least that’s Master Average Boy of the nation as outlined by R. K. Atkinson, educational director of the Boys’ Club Federation of America, in a talk today in St. Louis. But Indianapolis’ average boy, Foster Clippinger Jr., 13, of 3231 Washington boulevard, takes- exception to some of Atkinson's statements. For instance, Atkinson says the 1930 youth places Lindbergh on heroism’s pedestal, while the boy of twenty years ago worshiped Theodore Roosevelt. “Lindy’s too bashful. Tedddy Roosevelt is my ideal of a man,” disagreed young Clippinger.

“He’s right when he says that we don’t read wild west hair-raisers. I like dog stories, the Tom Swift and Rover Boys’ series,” declared this city’s Average Boy. Atkinson avers the 1930 boy swears as much as his dad did in 1910. “I say heck or gosh or darn. Most of the boys do that, but as far as swearing, when they do swear, it’s unintentional,retorts Clippinger. Helps His Parents And Atkinson, with his statement, “the 1930 boy does fewer chores,” isn’t talking about this Hoosier city’s lad, for Clippinger takes care of the furnace, sweeps out the garage, and generally helps around the home. “I don’t have to do it but I do because my parents do things for me and it’s the way I can show my appreciation,” Clippinger explains. Where the 1910 boy had one suit of clothes and shined his shoes with less frequency, according to Atkinson, the 1930 youth has two suits, and keeps his hair brushed and his brogues polished. He Will Bea Banker But Clippinger goes Atkinson's 1930 Eoy a few better on the wardrobe with, “I’ve got a summer and winter suit, two play suits, and two pairs of trousers that I wear with one of my sweaters.” However, when it comes to a future Clippinger sticks to Atkinson’s declaration, “he doesn’t want to be a farmer or a policeman,” with, “I guess I’ll follow in dad’s footsteps and be a banker.” And that’s about what the 1910 Boy would have said if his father had been policeman. LINGLE TRIAL ‘DRAYED Foster Case Continued Until Feb. 16 at Prosecution Request. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 2—Tlie murder trial of Frank Foster in connection with the killing of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, was interrupted today and continued until Feb. 16 at the request of prosecutors. The defense accepted the continuance when the state announced Foster would be released on $20,000 bond. German Police, Strikers Clash By United Press CHEMNITZ, Germany, Dec. 2. Several persons were injured today in riots between police and about one thousand striking tramway workers said to be largely Communists.

Her coat’s in threads and her shpes are just something to put on and pretend you got shoes. So, too, there’s hundreds of other girls like her in the “Clothe a School Child for Christmas” campaign. And you want to find them? Then just get in touch with The Times, which is asking the Christmas Clearing House Association names of needy children, to avoid duplication of aid. You outfit them for Christmas. You get the joy of their smiles. You send no moijey Just write the Clothe a Child Editor of The Indianapolis Times.

NATION’S AVERAGE BOY He thinks Lindbergh is a god. He wants a white -coll ared job, not a policeman’s. He has two suits of clothes. His dad had one in 1910. He combs his hair, and primps like a movie idol.

How President Sees Business By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. President Hoover submitted to congress the following table to show- how business activity during the last three months compared with the peak period of 1928: Value department store sales 93 % Value manufacturing production 80 % Value mineral production. 90% Volume of factory unemployment 84% Total of bank deposits 105% Cost of living 94%

‘LOVE FEAST' HELD Gladden Host to Incoming Township Trustees. Apparently acting to insure his incumbency for three more years, Fred T. Gladden, Republican, county school superintendent, today staged a “love feast” in a downtown hotel for seven newly elected Democratic township trustees. Meeting for the first time as the county board of education, trustees gathered at Gladden’s office today to hear Gladden review his accomplishments as school head during the past year. At the close of the official session, Gladden was to re-enact the dinner scene staged a year ago when he was elected to the office. At that time he dined trustees who retired today. INDICT GIRL IN MURDER Young Wife of Convicted Killer to Face Trial in Same Case. By United Press CLEVELAND. Dec. 2.—Mrs. Celia Valore, 24, was indicted by the county grand jury today on firstdegree murder charges in the death of Miller Wilkison, Princeton university student, during a holdup of a pre-nuptial party here last August. She is the wife of Ross Valore, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment as the gunman who killed Wilkison.

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Federal Construction Program Would Be Accelerated. URGES FARM RELIEF Seed and Feed Loans Held Necessary; Tax Increase Hinted. BY PAUL R. MALLON l nited Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. President Hoover asked congress today to appropriate at once $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 to aid employment by accelerating 1 construction on rivers and harbors, public buildings and highways, during the next six months. In his annual message on the state of the union, the President also requested a sufficient appropriation for seed and feed loans to farmers suffering from drought. Recognizing the necessity for these increased expenditures, Mr. Hoover at the same time cautioned the house and the senate about the condition of the federal treasury, depleted during the business depression. Indirectly, he assumed the 1 per cent tax reduction could not be continued and directly he advised the most rigid economy in order to avoid the necessity of any increase in taxes. Dry Law Not 3lentioned Prohibition was not mentioned bv the President, who based two-thirds of his message under the heading. “Economic Situation” and “Agriculture.” Our economic troubles, the President said, are but a passing worldwide phase. They are not as bad as some would make out, he insisted. There has been a total decrease in activity of only 15 to 29 per cent since 1928, the peak year of prosperity, he said, “Our country today is stronger and richer in resources, in equipment, in skill, than ever in history,” he said. Co-operation Chief Need Co-operation and co-ordination are more needed than legislation or executive action, the executive told the legislators. “Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body—the producers and consumers themselves,” he added. “Recovery can be expedited and its effects mitigated by co-operative action. “That co-operation requires that every individual should search for methods of Improving his business or service, that the vast majority whose income is unimpaired should not hoard out of fear, but should pursue their normal living and recreation, and that each should seek to assist his neighbors who may be less fortunate.” Mr. Hoover told what he had done during the summer while congress was away.

Expand Building Program He said the leading employers had agreed with him to maintain the standard of wages. State, national and local governments have agreed with business to distribute employment. Public works constructions has been moved along at as swift a pace as possible without enlarged appropriations. Local committees to organize employment have been formed. “Further than that which already has been done, about all congress can now do is to expand the construction program,” the President continued. “I have canvassed the departments of the government as to the maximum amount that properly can be added to our present expenditures to accelerate all construction during the next six months,” he said, “and I feel warranted in asking the congress for an appropriation of from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000, to provide such further employment in this emergency. Praises Farm Board “In connection therewith we need some authority to make enlarged temporary advances of federal highway aid to the states. “I recommend that this appropriation be made distributable to the different departments upon recommendation of a committee of the cabinet and approval by the President. “Such action will imply an expenditure upon construction of all kinds of more than $650,000,000 during the next twelve months.” These projects already have been authorized by congress, but appropriations have not been made fully for them. The President strongly advised against any further new projects. The business depression which makes this expense necessary was due to a world-wide price decline as well as overspeculation, said the executive. The commodity price decline also hit the farmer —especially the wheat and cotton farmer, he pointed out. Then came the drought. The farm board is doing well m stabilizing farm prices, he maintained. Wheat prices are 30 per cent higher in Minneapolis than in | Winnipeg, he said. He made no lur(Turn to Page 2)