Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1932 — Page 9

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HOOVER SEEKS DEMOCRAT FOR COURT BERTH Cardozo, Baker, Davis Are in Foreground to Succeed Holmes. N. Y. JUDGE IS BOOMED Coolidge, Dean Pound Lead Republicans Boosted for High Tribunal. BY LEO R. SACK Times Stall Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—President Hoover Is considering the appointment of an outstanding Democrat to succeed former Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, it was said in authoritative administration circles today.. In such an event, his choice may be either Chief Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo of the New York court af appeals, former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, or John W. Davis, one time solicitor-general of the United States, and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924. Judge Cardozo does not identify himself as either Democratic or Republican, and in his last two contests for re-election he has had the nomination of both parties. He now is being recommended to President Hoover by outstanding leaders in both political groups. Because his original political affiliations were Democratic the impression prevails that he is a Democrat. Remember Senate Fight The President, it is known, is anxious to avoid a fight with the senate, such as occurred in 1930, when he nominated Judge John J: Parker of North Carolina. He is aware that the senate is expecting an outstanding personality, whose record can not be attacked. Because of this, the impression prevails in senate circles, he has abandoned consideration of Attor-ney-General William De Witt Mitchell. Nomination of Mitchell would be the signal for a prolonged fight by senate progressives, with Senator Schall (Rep., Minn.) probably leading the fight. Mitchell has been criticised by Schall heretofore for alleged negligence in pressing the government’s claim for inheritance taxes against the heirs of the late James J. Hill. Mitchell was attorney for Mrs. Hill, and the allegation was made that later, while solicitor-general, he was indifferent to prosecuting a proceedings instituted by the bureau of internal revenue. Many Boost Cardozo The senate, it is known, will welcome the appointment of Judge Cardozo, and several senators have expressed their preference for him. Senator Robert F. Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), is calling upon President Hoover today to recommend formally Judge Cardozo’s appointment. Meanwhile, the White House is learning by telegrams and otherwise that Cardozo’s selection would be pleasing to lawyers of the country, who regard him as one of the nation’s foremost jurists. The political consequences of the appointment of either Baker or Cardozo would prove beneficial to the President, and political considerations, obviously, will enter into the appointment, senators think. Although it is not likely that he will be consulted, Senator Norris (Rep., Neb.), chairman of the senate judiciary committee, has expressed a preference for either Cardozo or Circuit Judge William S. Kenyon of lowa. Coolidge Is Considered The name of Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard law school, has entered into Republican calculations, as has that *of former President Coolidge. Dean Pound is 62 and comes from Massachusetts, the home of retiring Justice Holmes. Coolidge also comes from New England, and although he is not known nationally as a lawyer, a precedent exists for the appointment of a former President. The late Chief Justice Taft was chosen by Harding. At the White House it was indicated today that President Hoover will consider carefully the merits of all those mentioned, and that he will not make a hasty appointment. The facts are, however, that he already has considered the merits of Cardozo, Baker, Kenyon and others, as their names were before him two years ago when he appointed Parker. RETURN SUSPECTS FOR FARM MURDER TRIAL Salem Authorities Obtain Custody of Two City Men. William and Roscoe Rowe 4i Indianapolis, suspects in the slaying of Lawrence Elliott, wealthy Salem. (Ind.) farmer, two months ago. were returned to Washington county today to face trial on robbery and murder counts. Lieutenant John C. Weir of the state police and Sheriff Milt Trinkle of Salem obtained release of the men, held several days by local detectives, on burglary charges. Affidavits charging them with murder have been signed by Mrs Nellie Elliott, widow of the farmer, at Salem. A third man is sought in connection with the slaying which occurred in Elliott’s home when the farmer refused to open a safe on demand of three bandits. Man, 90, Takes Bride CROWN POINT, Ind, Jan. 14. A marriage license has been issued here to Dr. Armand Lindgren. 90, retired Chicago physician, and Mrs. Bertha Skowron, 43, who has been employed as his housekeeper.

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PRAISE EFFORTS ON UTIUTY TAX Civic Group Backs Assessor in Valuation Fight. County Assessor Robert R. Sloan’s effort to raise assessment of the Harding street generating station of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company from the $1,150,000, set by the state tax board, to $5,000,000, was commended by the central committee of South Side Civic Clubs at a meeting in Garfield park community house Wednesday night. The township assessor’s valuation of $8,000,000 was reduced to $5,000,000 by the county board of review, of which Sloan is chaii-man. The state tax board further reduced the valuation to $1,150,000. Continuance of’ rate study and support of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan’s fight for lower rates was pledged by Walter C. Rothermel, chaiman of the organization’s utility rate committee. A. C. Sallee, superintendent of parks, spoke briefly on contemplated improvements, W’elsh Singers Booked By Times Special UPLAND, Ind., Jan. 14—The Welsh Imperial Singers, under the direction of E. Festyn Davies, will present a program at Taylor university here Monday night.

LUMBERMEN SEEK DEPRESSION CURE

The lumber industry today looked toward other businesses in the nation in an effort to solve its problems during 1932. Drawing from the fields of universities, grocers and farmers, members of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Indiana discussed the year's outlook at the closing session of the forty-eighth annual convention this afternoon at the Claypool. Working on the theory that “some place along the line the farmers and lumbermen can pull together,” convention delegates heard a plea for co-operation from Sherman Trout of Crawfordsville, who detailed the agricultural viewpoint. Professor F. S. Tilden of De Pauw

SENATOR JOHNSON HAVING TIME OF HIS LIFE; EVERYTHING’S ‘DOWN HIS ALLEY’

By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Senator Hiram W. Johnson (the “W” stands for Warren) of California is in his element these days. He is having another fling at the

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UNION AND RAIL CHIEFS CONFER ON WAGE CUTS Labor to Ask More Work Before Accepting 10 Per Cent Slash. ALL WANT SETTLEMENT Twenty-One Brotherhoods Represented in Group at Chicago. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—Capital and labor will sit down at a conference table today, determined to provide dividends for rail investors and work for unemployed rail men. At the table will be nine rail presidents, vested with authority to speak for the carriers of the entire country, and twenty-one union heads, representing all the 1,900,000 union rail workers. The decision expected, as predicted in an exclusive United Press dispatch Wednesday, was a 10 per cent general wage-cut for union workers. This will save railroads $250,000,000, sufficient to meet interest requirements and provide work for many of the industry’s 700,000 jobless. Meeting Delayed Unlike some controversies of capital and labor, co-operation was the keynote of the conference. On each side was a spirit of conciliation and understanding of the other’s problem. Two white-haired leaders, each long in the service of the railroads, led the conference groups. These were Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio road, chairman of the presidents’ group, and David B. Robertson, union chairman. The first meeting, set for 10 this morning, was postponed until 2 p. m. at request of Willard, who conferred with the labor chairman this morning. Explains Slash Danger No explanation was made for the change, agreed to by Robertson, except that the hour would be more convenient for both groups of officials. Both Robertson and Willard were optimistic that agreement would be reached in the gilded ballroom of the Palmer house, where amid a haze of cigar smoke and the thumping of tables, the problems of the vital industry will be laid bare. The danger of a wage cut without provision for increased work was pointed out by Donald Richberg, labor counsel. Such an agreement would cut dangerously into the income of 600,000 workers who have been dividing work for the past two years, he declared. Pay Now Is Small Among 1,200,000 workers still on the country’s railway pay rolls, maintenance-of-way men have averaged only three or four days’ work a week. They earned, according to Richberg, from 35 to 40 cents an hour, eight hours a day. Taking away 10 per cent of the earnings of these 200,000 under the part-time employment plan reduces them to weekly wages of from $7.50 to $lO, he declared. The shop man, who repairs the engines, passenger and freight cars, earns from $lB to $24 a week, when he works only three or four days, Richberg said. The proposed cut would make It about sl6 to $22 a week. Trainmen—the engineers, firemen, conductors and • brakemen —work longer than maintenance forces. But their wages, which vary with the individual roads ahd length of service, must include expenses when they can not return to their homes at the end of a day’s run. •

university pictured the present period of economic distress by analyzing conditions which existed during previous similar periods. Gene Flack, vice-president of the Hilmer V. Swenson Company of Chicago, told of co-operative methars used by grocers in formation of the Independent Grocers’ Association. Other speakers included Adolph Pfund, secretary of the National Retail Lumber Association, and W. E. Difford, secretary of the Kentucky Retail Lumber Company. Dr. Roy L. Smith of Wheaton, 111., will speak at the annual banquet tonight at the Claypool, which will follow election of officers.

doesn’t fool himself for a moment into thinking he can win. Johnson is one ot the most Interesting men of the senate. He comes from a politically minded family out in California. His father, the late Grove L. Johnson, was a Republican wheelhorse for years in the California legislature. When Johnson first ran for Governor of California his father, then still active in politics, did not look with favor on the onslaughts of his son upon the existing Republican organization. non JOHNSON started as a court reporter. He studied law in his father’s office. After the San Francisco earthquake and fire, there came a political and social reaction which resulted in the notorious “San Francisco graft, prosecution.” Johnson follows the old California name for it—the “boodle cases.”

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The death sentence Imposed upon eight young Negroes at Scotttsboro, Ala,, which has attracted international attention as the result of Communist intervention in their behalf, will be supported by Thomas E. Knight Jr., above, youthful attorney-general of Alabama, at a hearing before the state supreme court at Montgomery, Jan. 18. The Negroes were convicted of attacking two white girls. GERMANS MIGHT ACCEPTRESPITE Would Consider Extension of Moratorium. BY FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1932. by United Press) BERLIN, Jan. 14. Germany might accept a six months extension of the Hoover moratorium, if immediate cancellation of all reparations payments is not obtained at the Lausanne conference, it was said in high quarters today. Although Germany will seek complete cancellation at Lausanne, in line with Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s declaration that she is unable to pay further reparations, the government hesitates at defying the creditor nations and openly defaulting if they insist on payment. Germany is counting on Mussolini’s support at Lausanne in the fight for complete abolition, and Germans are convinced that the Birtish cabinet, an overwhelming majority of parliament, and all London bankers want swift cancellation. The Wilhelmstrasse, however, hopes to avoid a one-sided reparations default and still is eager to attain mutual accord among the creditor governments. HIDE NEGRO SLAYER Insane Convict Kills Girl, Surrenders Voluntarily. By United Press BELLEFONTE, Pa., Jan. 14.—A murder charge will be filed against Fred Collins, 37-year-old Negro convict at Rockview penitentiary, who killed the prison psychiatrist’s daughter Wednesday. Collins assaulted Miss Elizabeth Hickok, 22, then slashed her throat with a butcher knife. He walked half a mile to surrender to guards and gave a detailed confession. Guards smuggled Collins out of prison and took him to Western penitentiary at Pittsburgh, to protect him from possible violence on the part of other prisoners, with whom Miss Hickok was popular. Dr. Asa Hickok, the prison psychiatrist, had been treating Collins for four years and the latter recently had been working as a servant in the doctor’s home. FOSTER TO BE SPEAKER Bible Class to Hear Head of Indianapolis Foundation. Eugene Foster, head of the Indianapolis Foundation, will be the speaker at the annual dinner of the Men’s Club of the Second Presbyterian church at 6 Friday night. A program of music and other features will be given.

He was on the prosecutor’s staff. Then Francis J. Heney, special prosecutor, was shot in the courtroom one afternoon. Johnson, who until then was known chiefly as “ a pretty good lawyer” stepped into his place and he has hardly been off the front pages of the newspapers since. He sent Abe Ruff, the California boss, to prison. In 1910, he ran for Governor of

Now’s the Time By United Press WYANDOTTE, Mich., Jan. 14.—The stork has met the depression with a cut in the price of his visits. Local hospitals announced the ten-day maternity confinement period now will be $45 instead of the previous S6O.

LOAN HELD UP FOR OIL GRANT, SAYSJOHNSON Senator Tries to Tie Up Colombian Credit With Oil Firms. LANDS WORTH 2 BILLION Companies Controlled by Mellon, Morgan Got Concession. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Senator Johnson (Rep., Cal.) strove today to trace out a connection between granting by New York bankers of a $4,000,000 credit to Colombia and validation by the Colombian government of a two billion dollar oil concession now said to be in the hands of Mellon and Morgan interests. Johnson brought out: That a similar credit' had been held up previously until a British mining claim had been settled by Colombia. That President Olaya of Colombia had told the American minister, and he, in turn, the state department, that he could not understand why the credit was held up; that he had treated Americans well; and that the oil concession had been granted. Credit Follows Concession That after this word was transmitted to the state department, Secretary of State Stimson, and other state department representatives met with bankers in New York and Stimson urged that the credit be extended. That ten days after the oil concession was granted the $4,000,000 credit was given to Colombia. Freemar Matthews of the LatinAmerican division of the state department, who testified to the negotiations, stoutly maintained, however, that it was entirely coincidence, and that the oil concession was in no way involved in the matter of the credit. The concession is that known as the Barco concession to 500,000 acres of Colombian oil lands, said by some to be the richest in the world, and tentatively valued at two billion dollars. The concession originally was granted to a General Barco of Colombia. Gulf Oil, Carib Get Control Testimony today was that it was believed now to be controlled 75 per cent by the Gulf Oil Company, and 25 per cent by the Carib syndicate. Gulf Oil, it "was said, supposedly is controlled by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and associates, and the Carib syndicate by J. P. Morgan & Cos. When Matthews refused to produce correspondence on the subject with the American legation to Colombia, Johnson directed him to have it at the hearing at 2 p. m., intimating action if he failed. Evidence to show that the commerce department considers itself a promoter and propagandist for South American business also was introduced today. Johnson Reads Letter Senator Johnson produced a letter written to Oliver Townsend, former commercial attache at Lima, Peru, by Thomas A. Taylor, assistant director in the commerce department, purporting to set forth the department’s views. Taylor’s letter, in part, read as fellows: “Right in this connection (Peruvian trade) I should like to emphasize that the spirit of the bureau follows the spirit of American business, which is to make sales in spite of difficulties, or to find ways of doing seemingly impossible things. “As officials, we should be encouraging whenever possible and discouraging only in the last extremity. “We are builders, promoters, even propagandists, although never to such an extent that we fail to recognize and point out difficulties.”

SELF-STYLED PASTOR NABBED FOR BIGAMY Ohioan Is Lured to Arrest by Purported Second Wife. By United P/ ess DETROIT, Jan. 14.—Thomas B. Nelson, 60, of Springfield, 0., and also self-styled deacon, elder and subpastor of the Church of God, Columbus, was in jail today awaiting examination on a charge of bigamy brought by Mrs. Annie Knight, 54, who claims to be his second wife. Mrs. Knight lured Nelson here from Springfield by means of a letter, causing his arrest. She charges Nelson “married” her in Toledo, although he had another wife. In his arraignment in recorder’s court Wednesday, Nelson pleaded his first wife must have failed to keep her promise because he gave her SSO to leave him and obtain a divorce.

California. He had little financial backing, but he charged up and down the state shouting that he would “kick the Southern Pacific out of politics.” He won and did as he said he would do. The railroad company, which had dominated politics in California for years, never has been able to come back. ft St St JOHNSON was born with an impediment in his speech. He calls it ‘tongue-tied.” His uncle, for whom he was named, spent hours drilling him in the pronunciation of sibilants. Now he has the fastest and one of the plainest deliveries in the senate. The senate stenographers like to take Johnson’s speeches because of the clarity of his pronunciation, his clear rhetoric and his knack of rounding out completely every sentence. He uses long sentences, but they are well spoken, with the

Heiress Is Convicted of Lovers Murder; Given 20-25 Years

Defense Counsel to Appeal Verdict in Roadside Quarrel Shooting. By United Press FLINT, Mich., Jan. 14.—Miss Helen Joy Morgan, 187-year-old heiress, today was found guilty of murder in the second degree. She was charged with killing Leslie Casteel, her garage mechanic sweetheart, last April. Judge James S. Parker immediately sentenced Miss Morgan to serve twenty to twenty-five years in the Detroit house of correction, recommending the shorter period. Her attorneys said an appeal would be taken and that a motion to obtain her release on bond pending outcome of the appeal would be made. The case went to the jury i Wednesday night. The jurors were locked up at 11 and resumed deliberations at 8 this morning. A verdict was agreed upon at 9:40 or after five hours deliberations. Not in Courthouse Miss Morgan, who has been free on bond since shortly after she shot Casteel at a lonely cemetery tryst, was not in the courthouse when the jury reported agreement. She was sent for, and as soon as she and her elderly mother arrived, the jurors were brought in. Miss Morgan, whose only emotion throughout the trial has been embarrassment when details of her love life with Casteel were under discussion from the witness stand, received the verdict without apparent shock. She remained seated, and when Myron F. Baily, foreman, read the verdict, she clasped her mother’s hands. Mrs. Carrie P. Morgan, the mother, who is hard of hearing, did not seem to catch or understand the import of the sentence. Denies Bail Plea John H. Farley demanded a poll of the jury and then asked that bail be arranged before sentence was passed. This Judge Parker denied. As he prepared to sentence Miss Morgan, he asked if she had anything to say. “Yes, your honor, I have,” she snapped, getting to her feet. “I think it was an unfair, unjust decision. I merely am the victime of politics, the police and the underworld. I am as innocent of this crime as any one in the courtroom.” A crowd of men and women that jammed every comer of the room listened intently. Casteel’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Casteel, and his three sisters and one of his three divorced wives were among the throng. Had Able Counsel Judge Parker merely pointed out she hsid received a fair trial, and had able counsel, after which he passed sentence. After Mrs. Morgan was told of the verdict and sentence, she leaned close to her daughter, reassuring her. Helen Morgan shot Casteel, twelve years her senior, and thrice divorced, last April after she had driven him to a lonely spot in Glenwood cemetery. She claimed she fired after she had taken the revolver from Casteel when he drew it and threatened her. The state contended she had the revolver in her possession for weeks before the murder and that she purchased cartridges for it. Miss Morgan, convent educated, cultured and gentle, met Casteel, who fancied himself something of a Lothario, when she took her expensive automobile to a garage where he was employed. From this casual meeting grew an infatuation which caused Miss Morgan to break with her wealthy mother rather than give up Casteel.

PREFER PAY CUT TO LAYING OFF MEN

A stand favoring pay cuts rather than laying off employes was taken today by O. C. Ross, sanitary board president, during a board discussion of the senitary department’s fund shortage. ‘We have a very limited amount of money to spend this year in the department,” Ross said, “and I believe it better to divide the money among as many men as possible.” In addition to a big decrease in the budget, the board is faced with a deficit of $50,000 in the $90,000 anticipated revenue from* sale of the department’s by-products, due to price drops. The board was advised by Walter Myers, board attorney, that under

emphasis in the right place. He fans the air with outstretched palms and waves his arms like a shadow boxer. He has tremendous endurance. He spoke twice a day for a fortnight during the London naval treaty debate without, as one man who heard it all describes it, “‘dropping a syllable or misusing an* adverb.” HIS office is one of the ideal “hideaways” of the Capitol. It can be reached only through a tortuous passageway with an entrance so obscure it is impossible to direct any one to it—they must be led the first time. In the senate his seat is in the middle of the first row. He is a more than average regular in attendance and is attentive to what goes on. His brain works so fast and his tongue is so sharp that none in the senate ever deliberately invites A tilt with him.

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Helen Morgan DEMOCRATS TO DINE AND CHEER Fifty 'Victory Dinners’ Will Be Given Tonight. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Democrats of the nation will gather at more than fifty “victory dinners” in thirty-three states tonight to inaugurate a drive for $1,500,000 to “put the party in fighting shape” for the coming presidential campaign. The party’s most prominent speakers will attend. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, John W. Davis, Senator Robert W. Wagner and Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois will be the chief speakers at the New York dinner at the Hotel Astor, for which 3,000 reservations have been made. The speeches will be broadcast by WOR and WMCA over a national hookup. In Chicago, Melvin L. Traylor, Jouett Shouse and Robert F. Carr, Illinois chairman of the fund-rais-ing committee, will officiate. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York will be the leading figure at Boston’s “victory dinner.” FLAYS CALLOUS FATHER Judge Denies Alimony Cut Because Chicagoan Ignored Children. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Nathan Brin is going to keep right on paying sl2 a week alimony toward the support of his divorced wife and child. He asked Judge Daniel P. Trude for a reduction which his wife opposed. “I wouldn’t mind the reduction so much,” Mrs. Brin said, “but not once has he inquired about the child or visited him.” “Such a father,” the court ruled, “is not entitled to have his alimony reduced.”

the law it has the right to spend the budgeted amount, whether or not it is received, borrowing the difference by temporary loan or from the city general fund. However, board members were in accord with Myers’ suggestion that it would be better to live within the actual income. A slight ray of hope was seen in report that the state tax board has increased assessed valuation about $22,000,000 more than had been anticipated, meaning a $12,000 revenue increase for the department. Resolution authorizing a $50,000 temporary loan to meet expenses until receipt of the spring installment of taxes in May was adopted.

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Male Pays By United Press ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 14. Gene and Noel Armstrong, brothers, who lived for more than thirty years as “sisters,” apparently weren’t aware that it is the man that pays when they asked the court to change their names and sex. As soon as the brothers officially were declared men by an Anderson court, Ward Shatterly, Madison county assessor, said he would attempt to collect a poll tax from the men for the years that they lived as sisters.

WET BLOCS OF BOTH PARTIES BURYHATCHET Agree Unanimously to Seek Liquor Referendum by States. CREDIT BILL IN HOUSE Finance Measure Passage Friday Is Forecast by Leaders. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Leaders of Republican and Democratic antiprohibition blocs in the house today agreed unanimously to seek a congressional vote this session in a proposed constitutional amendment which would resubmit the eighteenth amendment to a popular referendum. The suggested amendment will be placed before the entire membership of the anti-prohibition blocs at a special meeting Friday. Leaders hope to obtain a house roll call on the proposition early this session. They were unable to agree on another measure which would modify the Volstead act. It was understood they combined on the referendum proposal because they felt this would be supported by many congressmen who do not care to go on record in favor of repeal or modification of the prohibition laws. Appear for Beer Three Republican congressmen meantime, appeared before a senate committee and prescribed beer as a remedy for depression, the hard liquof- habit and the rule of bootlegger and racketeer. Passage of Senator Bingham’s 4 per cent beer bill would be “the greatest thing for the country,” Representative Baldridge (Neb.) told the committee. “It would change us from a nation of hard drinkers to a nation like Germany, drinking wholesome beer.” Baldridge said young people in Nebraska had fallen prey to bootleggers in great numbers. Representative Cook (N. Y.) declared the return of beer would be a great aid to prohibition enforcement, “would lessen the piagnitude of bootlegging and alleviate the present country-wide opposition to prohibition.” Cites Job Openings He said more beer was now being consumed in Buffalo, N. Y., than any time since prohibition. Four Buffalo breweries produced 28,000,000 gallons of wort in 1931, he said. This was delivered to private homes. Cook added, and fermented into a drink containing 4 to 5 per cent of alcohol. Representative Maas, Minneapolis, estimated the reopening of breweries at former production levels would give employment to more than 1,000,000 workers. He said 2,300 would be given work in St. Paul and 1,500 in Minneapolis. The administration linked its bil-lion-dollar tax increase program today with the two-billion-dollar reconstruction finance corporation as a twin agency for reviving business. The house continued work upon the reconstruction bill, with plans to pass it Friday, while the ways and means committee resumed its study of taxation. Requires Good Credit Undersecretary of Treasury Ogden Mills assigned to tax increases a share with the huge credit agency in pulling business out of the depression. He explained that restoration of confidence requires that the government maintain an unassailable credit position. This can be attained only by a balanced budget. To this end, taxes must be increased and borrowing stopped, he said. The treasury wants to cease borrowing in Juno and balance its budget by July 1, 1933, he revealed. His enunciation of policy provoked an immediate challenge from Democrats. Speaker John N. Garner agreed that the budget must be balanced as soon as possible, but said the government must continue to borrow if that is necessary to provide relief. Canference Needed The house faced a flood of amendments today on the reconstruction bill. By passing the measure Friday, it may reach President Hoover early next week. A conference will be necessary to adjust differences in the house bill and that passed Monday by the senate. President Hoover is prepared to set up the machinery immediately. It was learned today that the directors of the corporation to be appointed by him very likely will bo Bernard M. Baruch, well-known financier; Edward N. Hurley, wartime director of the shipping board; Henry M. Robinson of California, Angus McLean, forme, assistant secretary of treasury and former Governor of North Carolina. Governor Eugene Meyer of the federal reserve board is expected to be chairman. Works on Financial Measures One of President Hoover’s financial relief measures was ready to go through the final conference stage today. This bill, providing $100,000,000 additional credit for the federal land banks, was passed by the house before Christmas and by the senate Wednesday. The senate added $25,000,000 to provide for a moratorium on certain farm mortgages. Senate finance subcommittees began work today on two other financial aid measures, one setting up a $150,000,000 corporation for relief of depositors in failed banks, the other creating a series of mortgage rediscount banks. Grasshopper Found By United Press MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 14. Further proof that this is mild winter is offered by Ben Knox who i exhibiting a lively, well fed grasshopper found on his farm in tho Centerton section. ,