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POPE CHARGES FASCISTS WITH BREAKING PACT Calls College of Cardinals in Session to Fight for Freedom. MOBS DEFACE PICTURES Catholic Clubs, Children’s Playgrounds Closed by Italian Police. BY FRANCIS REA, United Prea* Staff Correspondent. VATICAN CITY, June 1. The Roman Catholic church, challenged by the Fascist regime of Benico Mussolini, called on its highest leaders today to fight for its freedom. Pope Pius, aroused by Fascist restrictions against Catholic clubs and other lay organizations, called an extraordinary meeting of the college of cardinals. The Italian government virtually was accused of bad faith by the pontiff, who apparently felt the terms of the 1929 lateran treaty were jeopardized. Ban on Students Meanwhile Mussolini, informed belatedly today of secret plans by Rome university students to hold a huge demonstration tonight against the Vatican, immediately ordered the demonstration abandoned. It had been planned for Rusticocci square, adjoining st. Peter’s square and commanding a full view of the Vatican. Pressure was put on the press today. The Observatore Romano, Vatican organ, announced it would suspend its daily column listing insults on Catholics and the Lavora Fascista, Fascist labor organ, announcing simultaneously it would suspend its attacks on Azione. The Fascist press was understood to have been advised against printing attacks'that would, prejudice any negotiations under way for a peaceful settlement. Twenty-four members of the college met with the pope and after an hour of discussion, the meeting adjourned. All declined to comment on the proceedings, but it was said that a communique would be issued later today. The college session came as a climax to a week of growing ten-’ sion between the Vatican and the Fascist administration in Rome. The Italian government Saturday closed branches of the Azione Cattolica in Rome and gave provisional prefects discretion to disband rural branches. The Pope’s protests were futile, although one club in Rome, St. Crisognus, was permitted to reopen. Playgrounds Closed Four Knights of Columbus playgrounds in Rome summarily were closed. The playground at St. Peter’s, within Vatican territory, however, remained open. Edward L. Hearn of Boston, director of the Knights of Columbus in Europe, will protest through .the United States embassy, against the closing of the other playgrounds. Fascists and Catholics clashed frequently during the last week. The Pope was denounced during the riots and his picture publicly defaced by Fascists. The government’s action against Catholic lay organizations Saturday followed, resulting in futile protests by the Pope and the calling of the cardinals into session today. Pope Pius, who celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday Sunday, was bitter about the Fascist attitude. Pope Expresses Regret "One can exact life, but can not silence us,” he said. “I am sorry because of what has happened because that which we held dearest both in Rome and throughout Italy, namely, the Azione Cattolica—principally its young men’s' Christian branches —has been stricken.’ The government, it was explained, can not actually disband the Azione Cattolica, Catholic lay organization, without breaking the lateral treaty with the Holy See. The closing of branches in Rome has not yet constituted disbandment, it was emphasized. The permission to one Catholic club to reopen was interpreted as an indication that the government is relenting. Hope was held among Catholics that the attitude of the Fascist authorities toward the Azione Cattolica would change soon and the present orders be revoked. The pope made direct charges against the government. He said the present educational situation in Italy was opposed to Christian education because “it is to hatred, irreverence and violence.” Pledges K. of C. Aid By United Press DECATUR, Ind., June I.—lntervention of the United States government will be sought, if Italy refuses to heed the appeal of the Knights of Columbus in this country’. that Catholics playgrounds supported by th£t body in Italy, he unmolested, Martin S. Carmody, Grand Rapids, Mich., supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, said in an interview here today. STRANGL!NG~TRIAL SET Two to Face Bar Thursday In Vivian Gordon Killing. g'j Tiynm Special * NEW YORK, June I.—Trial of Harry Stein and Daniel Greenberg, indicted in the strangling of Vivian Gordon, red-haired adventuress, - was set today by Justice Albert Cohan in the Bronx county supreme court for Thursday. A request by Stein’s attorney for delay until June 15 was denied.

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4 Playboy ’ Shaw Noted Philosopher Is Assailed by Priest for Views on Joan of Arc.

By United Press LONDON, June I.—George Bernard Shaw was denounced as an ‘‘irresponsible playboy and mountebank” by the Rev. Francis Woodlock, widely-known Catholic priest, for Shaw’s remarks over the radio Saturday about Joan of Arc. Shaw, speaking on the 500th anniversary of the death of the young woman who led French armies to victory and was burned at the stake, said Joan of Arc ‘‘had no sex appeal,” and warned that an “inquisition” still exists. They had no right to let such an irresponsible playboy and mountebank preach on that solemn occasion,” Woodlock said. Shaw, when he heard of the sermon against him, remarked: “I do not know how far Father Woodlock knows what he is talking about, but I know what I am talking about I say that a time when all the world was Catholic, Joan of Arc was Frotestant. “Also, she tried to escape burning by signing a recantation, which she cancelled on learning her only alternative to burning at the stake would be confinement for life.”

SECRET ARMS PLANSSTOLEN Report Theft of Aircraft Guns Specifications. By United Press WASHINGTON. June I.—District of Columbia police were called to the offices of Automatic Guns, Inc., in a downtown building today, to investigate the reported theft of valuable secret plans for anew type of gun said to be the latest development in anti-aircraft weapons. The company had been negotiating with the navy for a considerable period for sale to the government of rights to certain armament and it was believed that this gun was the “armament” involved in the negotiations. OOUKERGUE MARRIES Retiring French President Bridegroom at 67. By United Press PARIS, June 1. —President Gaston Doumergue, who is retiring from office this month, has married Madame J. Graves, it was revealed today. • . The president will be 68 in August. ROOD WOT TAKEN Rob Gem Store Owned by Mayr’s Brother. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., June I—A jewelry store here, owned and operated by the father and brother of Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, was looted by burglars. Watches and rings valued at $4,000 were taken, police reported.

Strange Doings It’s a Day of Odd News in Community of Mt. Holly, N. J.

By Times Special MT. HOLLY, N. J., June 1. There were strange doings reported hereabouts today. Tony Consallo of Marton shot at a skunk and killed it, but wounded his brother Frank. William B. Moonan was arrested after state troopers claimed alleged “chicken coop whisky" came out of a hose at his filling station. John Reeves, 65, was fined $lO for parading down Main street attired only in an undershirt. Thomas Brown of Rochville, Pa., was hurt ana his car wrecked when he drove into a ditch to avoid hitting a crippled duck,

ALLIES ACCUSED OF WILSON DEATH PLOT

Yardl>y local Interview, Pare 14. By United Prtaa t NEW YORK. June I.—An alleged plot by the allied powers to kill Woodrow Wilson by means of slow poison while he was attending the Paris peace conference is detailed by Major Herbert O. Yardley in his book. “America’s Black Chamber," published today by Bobbs-Merrill Company. Major Yardley, in charge of the American cryptographic bureau during the war, asserts that a decoded message fell into his hands while he was serving with the peace commisssion in Paris which disclosed the plot. V He goes far as to intimate that the President’s death several years latesjras the result of the plot.

‘MODEL BOY,’ 15, HELD FOR SLAYING COP Bound to Grand Jury on Charge of Murdering Chicago Officer. FACES TRIAL FOR LIFE Trespassing in School Building Is Cause of Crime. By United Press CHICAGO, June I.—Varner Corry, 15-year-old junior high school student who killed patrolman Edward Smith when caught trespassing in a school building, was held to the grand jury on a murder charge today. Corry sat stolidly beside his brother Earl 12, and Schuyler Pearson, 16, as the coroner’s jury reported its verdict that the slaying of Smith constituted a capital crime and found Earl and Schuyler were associates. Young Corry, a model scholar, Boy Scout merit badge winner ar.d devotee of detective mystery fiction, was charged by witnesses with killing Smith with four bullets fired from a .22-caliber pistol which he had stolen from the school principal’s office and carried in a homemade holster. Widow Accuses Boy Among the witnesses who appeared against the boys was Mrs. Helen Smith, widow of the slain policeman, who pointed at Varner and screamed: “There’s the boy who killed my husband. There’s that model killer i” Varner and his two companions stared impassively at the widow, who was accompanied to the inquest by her 3-year-old daughter, Irene. Only once during the proceedings —when several photographers gathered near them and exploded flashlight powder to take pictures—did the boys appear alarmed. Mrs. May Crabtree, janitress of the John Marshall high school, said that she heard the boys shouting and splashing in the school swimming pool Saturday afternoon. Broke in for Swim “Boys previously had broken into the building,” she said, “and Smith had been assigned to help us out on such occasions. I immediately notified him. “I went with him to the door of the swimming pool room, saw the boys were without clothing and for that reason did not accompany him. “After stepping back into the hall, I heard several shots fired. I ran to the telephone and called the police and during that time the boys had escaped.” In their haste, the boys donned only their outer garments. Harold Lannes, 10, who was playing in the school yard, recognized Earl Corry as he fled from the building and informed police. Police found Varner in the Corry home. Tells Why He Had Pistol Earl returned a short time later from a drug store where he had been sent for medicine “to put on a cut on Varner’s finger.” The “cut” was a wound inflicted by the only bullet fired by Smith. The pistol, with three exploded shells still in its chamber, was found hidden under a porch. Police asked Varner why he had taken the pistol with him. “I intended to shoot or hold up any one who tried to bother us or chase us out of the swimming pool,” he replied. All three of the boys appeared to be under-sized. The Corry brothers, red-haired and with thin faces, were smaller than their companion. Varner kept his cap over his wounded hand. All of them sat with bowed heads. The youth's mother, Mrs. Adeline Jones Corry, has been an art teacher in the public schools for twenty years. NEW CHIEF HEADS ~ NAVY SECRET SERVICE Captain Hayne EUIs Is Leader of Famous O. N. I. WASHINGTON, June I.—'The navy department today welcomed a new chief of the celebrated “O. N. I.” or office of naval intelligence, Captain Hayne Ellis. Ellis, who succeeds Captain William Bagiev, will take charge of all navy secret service operatives, foreign representatives and espionage officers, in addition to the more routine work of his position.

"The reader well may appreciate the shock I received as I deciphered a telegram which reported an entente plot to assassinate President Wilson by administering a slow poison or by giving him influenza in ice,” Major Yardley writes. “Our informant, in whom we had the greatest confidence, begged the authorities to wam the President. “I have no way of knowing whether the plot had any truth in fact, and, if it had, whether it succeeded. But therg are these undeniable facts: President Wilson's first sign of illness occurred while he was in Paris and he soon was to die a lingering death.” Major-General Peyton C. March, chief of stiff of the army during that time, and others have avowed they never heard of such a "plot.” V

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931

$2,600 Reward Lafayette Jackson, president of the Standard Grocery Company, was shot down by gunmen last week. He was buried today. The slayers still are at large. The Times and public-spirit-ed citizens to date have offered rewards totaling $2,600 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers. Any information you discover which might lead to bringing these killers to justice should be sent at once to The Times or to police.

L. A, JACKSON BURIALTODAY Victim of Store Bandits to Be Laid to Rest. From the flower-filled house at 2258 North Illinois street at 2:30 this afternoon a solemn cortege was to move, bearing Lafayette A. Jackson, 68, head of the Standard grocery chain, to his last rest in Crown Hill cemetery. Victim of bandits who slew him when he resisted their robbery attempt in the headquarters store at 419 East Washington street last week, Mr. Jackson is to be buried after funeral services in Central Christian church. The Rev. W. A. Shullenberger, pastor of First Christian church, was to officiate. Four children, with hundreds of employes and friends, were mourners. Bullets which wounded Mr. Jackson mortally and tore up a section of the store were in hands of ballistic experts today for microscopic examination in an effort to identify the gun used by the murderer. A reward, totaling $2,600, offered by The Times and friends of Mr. Jackson for information leading to arrest of the slayers, spurred detectives in their search for the bandits. The car they used was found Thursday, bullet riddled and bloodstained. The bandits were believed to have been wounded in a battle with policy in which Detective Charles Bauer was wounded. ACCUSED JNJCILLING Alleged Slayer of Landlady to Face Murder Charge. By United Press LORAIN, 0., June I.—Henry Barnes, 32, who Is accused of killing Mrs. Nellie Schindler, 48, his landlady and the mother of ten children, when she dared him to shoot after a quarrel, today was scheduled by pblice to be charged with first degree murder. GOVERNOR ,IS DOCTOR TO INJURED OFFICER South.. Carolina Chief Executive Treats. Cop Hurt in Caravan. By Times Special FRENCH LICK, Ind., June 1. Governor I. C. Blackwood of South Carolina, Sunday stepped into the role he occupied before he was elected the state chief executive. Blackwood was riding in the motor caravan escorted to the annual Governors’ conference by state police. Patrolman Frank Youngblood was struck by an auto and knocked from his motorcycle. A doctor was needed to give the patrolman first aid and Governor Blackwood abandoned his seat in the auto, rolled up his sleeves and treated the wound on the police officer’s leg. The accident occurred north of Bedford and the autoist who struck Youngblood was taken to Bedford and slated for driving while drunk. DEMOCRATIC EDITORS WILL INVITE BAKER Want Former War Secretary to Speak .at Love Feast. Invitation was to be extended this week to Newton D. Baker, secretary of war in the Wilson cabinet and outstanding “dark horse” presidential candiate, to be the principal speaker at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association at Gary, June 26. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, who has ben invited, announced today that because of a prior engagement, he could not be present.

Start Tarzan The New Tarzan ' Picture Story TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE BY Edgar Rice Burroughs Drawings by Rex Maxon “Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle," is a picture-sequel to ; those stirring picture - stories, “Tarzan of the Apes,” “The Return of Tarzan,” “The Beasts of Tarzan,” “The Son of Tarzan,” “Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar,” “Tarzan and the Lost Empire,”’ and “Tarzan and the Golden Lion.” Here are the astounding new exploits of the most popular hero of modern times. Beginning Today on Page 11 in The Times

SCHNEIDER’S RACE VICTORY CHALLENGED Official Hearing Will Be Held Today on Protest; Hartz Asks Recheck. DISPUTE $20,000 PRIZE Third Place Also Issue; Myer Insists It Should Go to Stevens. His right to victory in the 500mile race here Saturday at the Indianapolis- Motor Speedway challenged and two official protests before the A. A. A. contest board today failed to wipe the smile from the face of Louis Schneider, the former Indianapolis motorcycle cop, who raced his Bowes Seal-Fast into first place. The protest involving Schneider’s victory and the $20,000 first prize, was filed by Harry Hartz, owner of the Hartz-Duesenberg, which finished second. Hartz demanded a recheck within twenty-fcur hours of the race’s completion and the tape has been rechecked several times. 0 Official Hearing Today The official hearing on the protest and that of Louis Meyer insisting third place should go to Myron Stevens, was to begin at 3 p. m. today at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Newspaper men -were excluded. W. D. (Eddie) Edenbum, the A. A. A. representative in charge of the race, will, be in charge of the hearing and Hartz, loser of a large fortune in the stock market, is expected to make his appearance in connection with his protest. Schneider, interviewed at his home, refused to be worried. “I’ve nothing to say about the protest,” he said. According to the.recheck, Schneider finished fifty-nine and fortynine hundredths seconds before Fred Frame. Annual Dinner Tonight In the Meyer pronist, the tape shows Ralph Hepburn finished seventeenth seconds before Stevens' ! mount and that Stevens, in turn, j finished ten seconds ahead of Rus- i sell Snowberger. Edenburn is expected to rule on | the protests of many drivers on the use of the yellow caution flag during the rain. The drivers insisted they lost many miles because of bunching up and that several cars did not adhere to the order to hold their positions. The annual Speedway dinner, at which the prizes will be awarded, will be held at the Athletic Club tonight. INFANT SUFFOCATES 5-Month-Old Baby Dies as Parents Sleep Near. Death stalked in a bedroom Sunday afternoon as a 5-months-old baby and his parents slept. When Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rumple, 2502 North Sherman drive, Apt. 2, awoke after a nap they attempted to w T ake the baby, Hubert Eugene, and found him dead. While they were asleep the child had turned over on its face and suffocated. The baby recently recovered from an attack of pneumonia. SENATOR M'KELLAR INJURED IN ACCIDENT Condition Reported as “Bad” After Crash in Tennessee. By United Press COVINGTON, Tenn., June I. The condition of Senator Kenneth McKellar, injured in an automobile accident Sunday, was reported as : “bad” by bis physician today. Senator McKelar spent a restless night, and his heart action was u> regular, it was said. He suffered two fractured ribs, severe lacerations and bruises, when | a car, in which he was en route to | Dyersburg, skidded and overturned. Andrew W. Law, his companion was also injured.

NEW DELAY FACED ON TRAFFIC CODE

Further delay in enforcing the new traffic code amendment loomed today, with announcement that an ordinance amending the tow-in provisions null be introduced at city council meeting tonight. However, warning stickers were being issued today to motorists who violated the provision of the ordinance barring parking in the downtown area between 7 and 9:15 a. m., and other parking restrictions. These will be issued until the ordinance can be enforced. Enforcement can not be started until approval of an ordinance ratifying a tow-in contract or contracts, and signing by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Captain Lewis Johnson said work was to be started today laying 10,000 four-inch metal markers separating traffle lanes on Meridian street. These replace white painted lines. The proposed ordinance, slated

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Louie Schneider, 1931 Speedway winner, with Mrs. Schneider and Billy, who soon will be 1 year old. BY ARCH STEINEL ABOUNCE-A-SECOND ...... up in the air riding high on a shoulder a foot moving up and down on the floor “Upsedaisv and away we go.” And “Louie” Schneider, winner of the 500-mile race, was still riding this morning, but it wasn’t in a racing car. Instead, it was taking his son Billy, 6 months old, for a ride on his knee in his apartment at the Hotel Wesley. “This is the sport isn't it, Billy,” laughed the man who garnered fame and fortune in five hours, as he bounced his boy on his knee. “Cl-b-r—r—uck b-r—r,” enthused Billy as he was swung high in the air and missed a light globe by the proverbial inch.

No Foolin’ Hitch-Hiker Ends Life as ‘Audience’ Thinks He Is Joking.

By United Press RIDGEVILLE, Mo., June I.—A joyous holiday throng was playing miniature golf when Duke Davis, 37, strolled up to the course after hitch-hiking from Baltimore. “Im going to commit suicide,” Davis announced. The players gathered around him. They saw him take out a penknife. He placed the point against his chest. Then he struck the knife with his fist. “Send for a doctor,” the stranger said; “I’ve cut myself.” The golfers laughed. Again Davis plunged the knife into his chest. Again the crowd laughed. It was a good trick, they agreed, but what was the catch? In answer, Davis jabbed himself a third time. Then he slumped to the ground, dead. 'GAG' LAW IS ILLEGAL Minnesota Statute Held Unconstitutional. By United Press WASHINGTON, June I.—Minnesota’s so-called newspaper “gag law” which permits the suppression of publications printing “scandalous or defamatory” matter was today held unconstitutional by the supreme court. FAMOUS SHIP TO SAIL Old Ironsides to Be Refitted for Coastal Cruise. By United Press WASHINGTON, June I.—Old Ironsides, officially known as the frigate Constitution, will be recommissioned July 1 at Boston. The famous man-of-war of 1812 will leave two days later on a tour of the Atlantic coast, in tow of a mine sweeper.

for introduction tonight, prepared by Attorney George O. Cowan, representing several garage owners, is to be submitted by Councilman George A Henry. It would divide the city into twelve districts, providing for naming of a contract garage in each district to tow-in or crane-in cars impounded under the ordinance, instead of contracting with only one company. Up for second reading tonight will be an ordinance ratifying a safety board contract for impounding cars over the entire city, entered into recently with 3 the Indianapolis Motor Inns, Inc., controlled by the Test Realty Company interests. Threats of test suits, questioning city’s right to impound cars without serving written notice on the owners if this contract is ratified, have been made by individuals. The ordinance to be submitted tonight attempts to clarify this situation, Cowan said, by providing that cars improperly parked constitute a nuisance.'

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“Some boy, isn’t he? Listen to the raspberry he gave me after the race. Hear it?” smiled the race winner as Billy gave a Scotch “burr” to his coo. tt tt tt “T GOT all those telegrams of Acongi-atulations. They’re from people I never heard of. And say, talk about friends! Why people shook my hand and said they’d lived next door to me, went to school with me, whom I’d never seen before,’ added Schneider as he gave Billy another ride on his knee. “We baptized him Sunday,” added Mrs. Schneider. “And I was there, too,” said Billy’s father. The ceremony was performed at the Zion Evangelical church. “Thirteen’s my lucky number,” he continued, “for Billy’s birthday is the thirteenth of the month and my car wes the thirteenth in the race line.” tt u tt SCHNEIDER shows little of the wear and tear of the grind over the bricks. “Didn’t get a callous,” said the winner as he displayed hands untouched by blisters. “And just these two rock cuts,” he said as he showed slight bruises on his forehead. “I’ll go to Chicago to race next, and after that—somewhere else,” Schneider explained. “You can’t keep him from racing,” declared Mrs. Schneider as she stroked Billyhs hair, “and it worries me, of course, but when a man’s a race driver, he stays one.” “Up-se-daisy and away we go,” called the Speedway race winner to his son as he swung into another lap of riding his son at a “bounce a second” on his knee. DIAMOND ARRAIGNED Gangster Is in Court on Coercion Charge. By United Press CATSKILL, N. Y., June I.—Jack (Legs) Diamond was arraigned in supreme court today on indictments charging coercion and illegal possession of firearms. His counsel, Daniel H. Prior, was given until Friday to enter a plea or to file any motions. At that time, it was announced, two special panels of 150 veniremen will be drawn, from which will be selected a jury for Diamond’s trial a week from today. John T. Cahill, assistant attorney-general, said the New York gang leader will be first on an indictment charging assault in connection with the kidnaping and torturing of Grover Parks. Diamond also has been indicted on charges of kidnaping. ADMIRAL ROBISON IS RETIRED BY NAVY Ltmg Career as High Official Ended by Age Limit. By United Press WASHINGTON, June I.—Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison today was retired from active duty, having reached the statutory age limit. He has had a long naval career as a member of the navy general board, military governor of Santo Domingo, commander-in-chief of the battle fleet, comm, uder-in-chief of the United States & *t and more recently as superintendent of the United States naval academy.

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LESLIE TELLS | GOVERNORS TO TALK PLAINLY I ‘Freedom From Censorship’ Is Keynote in Address of Welcome. DRY ADDRESS UNLIKELY ‘Nothing to Say: Every One Knows Law Is Flop,’ Asserts Ritchie. BY DANIEL I. KIDNEY Times Staff Correspondent FRENCH LICK, Ind., June l.— “Utmost freedom of expression" was the keynote sounded by Governor Harry G. Leslie In his welcoming address this morning to the twentytwo Governors attending the twen-ty-third Governors’ conference. Leslie’s remarks gave encouragement to Governors who came with * ideas on pertinent matters and a determination to express them despite the somewhat aenemic pro- ' gram prescribed by the conference’s j executive committee. In response to Leslie’s statement. Governor Norman S. Case of Rhode Island, executive committee chairman, modified Leslie's announced liberal policy by explaining that while the public is welcome to the meetings, open forum sessions will be confined to Governors. Os the program which was drafted j to exclude controversial topics, Case said: “While the subjects may not appear brilliant, they are the work-a-day affairs of being Governor and are of general interest to all of us.’’ He had read newspaper accounts stating that Governor G;fford Pinchot, famed Pennsylvania liberal and Republican presidential possibility already had changed his topic for Tuesday from “Timber Need of the Future" to public utilities. May Get Off Prepared Program So, although the Governors generally are sticking to assigned subjects, afternoon open discussions may include, in addition to the. timely topic of utilities, talks on unemployment and even prohibition But Governor Albert C. Ritchie (Maryland), a leading wet and one of the trio of Democratic presidential possibilities present, pointed out that prohibition can not be made such a hot subject because every one knows all about its failure now. Perhaps the tariff can take its place. If so, Governor Harry H. Woodring (Kansas) is ready with a whole host of ideas. Our present tariff barriers must be modified to save our very civilization, Woodring tells those who talk to him regarding conditions in the great wheat state where he is chief executive. Urges Reciprocity Pacts He suggests that President Hoover use the flexing clause to make reciprocity pacts with as many countries as possible, and do so right now. This, he states, is a better plan for solving the economic problem than a special session of congress. “Something must be done and done quickly," Governor Woodring declared. “There’s isn’t a single product produced in Kansas that is paying the cost of production at present prices in the markets of the world.” There are numerous Governors on hand surcharged with ideas other than those mapped out for them by the executive committee and the session promises to produce panaceas as well as presidential possibilities. Opposite opinions were expressed today on the tax problem by Governor Harry H. Woodring of Kansas, and Wilber M. Brucker of Michigan, in speeches before the group. Taxes Are Decreased Governor Brucker blamed small, loosely organized governmental units for high taxation rates, while Woodring attributed the tax plight to increased as for schools, demanded by state laws. Brucker praised Indiana’s tax board and urged increased state control, while the Kansas Governor asked less state dictation and said the tax board was far from the magic power in rate reductions. Statutory budget limits were urged by Woodring, and bpth asked elimination of smaller governmental units. Governors Joseph B. Ely, Massachussetts, and O. Max Gardner, North Carolina, who were to have made addresses this morning, wired their regrets explaining their respective legislatures were in session thus preventing their attending. Authors on Program Governors here for the three-day program are Ritchie, Case, Pinchot, Leslie, Woodring, George White, Ohio; Franklin Roosevelt, New York; Harvey Parnell, Arkansas; C. Douglas Buck, Delaware; L.G.HardK *^ n Georgia; Louis L. Emmerson, Illinois; Flem D. Sampson, Kentucky; William T. Gardiner, Maine; Wilbur M. Brucker, Michigan; Floyd B. Olsen, Minnesota; Henry S. Caulfield, Missouri; J. E. Erickson, Montana; John G. Winant, New Hampshire; George F. Shafer, North Dakota; Ibra C. Blackwood, South Carolina; Stanley C. Wilson, Vermont; John G. Pollard, Virginia, and former Governor Carey A. Hardee of Georgia, secretary of the conference. The Governors’ wives and other feminine members of the delegations will be entertained tonight at an authors' program in which Strickland Gillllan, George Ade, John T. McCutcheon, Meredith Nicholson, William Herschell, Will Hays and Booth Tarkington will take part. Will Rogers’ latest talking picture, by George Ade, will be shown. A

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