Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 167, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1932 — Page 1

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Editor Timts— YOUR editorial of the other day in which you commended Mayor Sullivan upon his administration of the city's affairs is not based upon facts. It has all the earmarks of having been written by a deaf, dumb and blind man. The present city administration is signalized by its complete failure as a law enforcement agency. Chicago racketeering found its way to Indianapolis under Mr. Sullivan, as evidenced by the proposed closing of the Indiana and Circle theaters the early part of this year. The baseball pool swindle and racket reached its* greatest prosperity during the last baseball season. Baseball pools remind me of the indignation expressed by your paper when you exposed the petit larceny one-cent baseball pool swindle. This pool was operated within two blocks of the mayor’s home, one of the operators being a Democratic political leader. Houses of prostitution, are being operated openly in the old “red light” districts without interference of Mr. Sullivan's police department. Street walkers are so many that they crowd decent citizens from the sidewalks of Illinois and adjacent streets. And it has been said, or “they tell me," that these street walkers are krrested periodically so regular houses in regular districts could be rid of competition. Was your car ever pulled in and a favored garage operator given profit by an ordinance -which was later found to be illegal? Something wrong with your ears, mind and eyes. M. D. MOSS. MUM Editor Times— of the greatest responsibilities of any community is the proper education of its children. The individual parent will suffer untold sacrifices so the child may be well educated. Young men and women are known to have denied themselves to the breaking point to get an education. As of the individual, so of the group, and that is why shortening the school year and further reduction of teachers’ salaries is an educational crime that the people of Indianapolis are not willing to tolerate. It seems as though every one must admit that a question of such vital importance should be taken up and decided in the coming session of the legislature and not left in the hands of a few individuals whose economic views are unsafe and unsound. Cripple the education of our children and you automatically increase the prison population. BENJAMIN A. OSBORNE. m m Editor Timrx — I AM a reader of the “You Say It” column, and I want to see if the opinion of other people is the same as mine. In our Sunday school class, the question was, “Are there any Christians in political offices?” I said, “No; the country would not be in the condition it is today if we had Christians in office, and the last two years is proof enough.” The majority of the class, which is thirty-five in number, was of the same opinion as I. Christian means “‘doing the will of God,” and I find in my community relief w’ork that the laboring class is the one that sacrifices the most to help one another. If there are any Christians in political offices, you will have to prove it to me. A RELIEF WORKER. H H U Editor Timrx — IN regard to Margaret Clune's article in The Times Saturday, Nov. 19. about Catholics having to pay taxes twice, because of their schools and public schools, she must remember that the public school is a very old American institution and Catholics as well as Protestants have a perfect right to send their children to it, but if either Catholic or Protestants want their children to have private schoolhouses, they have to pay for it. It is not a matter of having to pay for school twice, it is a matter of their own choosing, C. B. MUM Editor Times— THIS is for the benefit of Lodge Member and others like him who seem to be shocked by conditions in Indianapolis. If he has traveled like he claims, he certainly ought not be surprised. Although I have had but few’ opportunities of visiting other cities. I have met with the same conditions regarding unfortunate men and women. It is the same right here, and the writer wasn’t shocked or insulted, as it pay’s to consider that it must be really desperate circumstances that will drive respectable men and women to beg for aid. The soliciting on the women's part is due to the fact that this is the only way some of them have of earning anything at this time, and a good many of them, from appearance, are anything but what they attempt to be. Just whose fault is it, anyway? There is something very rotten in the way affairs are handled and general management, and it isn’t in Denmark either. The plain fact that two-sevenths of the voters see no use in voting is an answer to the above question. I can’t blame them. When Indianapolis voted for the city manager government about five years ago. 6 to 1, why was it thrown out? Rotten politics and politicians are the curse of this great nation and should be eliminated. Then there will not such conditions and unnecessary suffering as there is now. SILENT VOTER.

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VOLUME 44 —NUMBER 167

MAYOR’S QUIZ UPHOLDS POOR RELIEFHEADS Trustees’ Distribution of Needy Aid Held Without ‘Political Favoritism.’ REFUTE ‘ABUSE’ CHARGE Probers’ Report Opposes Commissary Replacing Present System. Township trustees’ distribution of poor relief shows “no evidence of political favoritism” and the “charges of abuse are erraneous,” an investigating committee appointed by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan has rgDorted. The investigators, appointed as a subcommittee of the mayor’s advisory committee on poor relief, spent two weeks in probing charges of extravagance, inefficiency and favoritism. They returned their findings late Monday. Analysis of expenditures, opposition to establishing a commissary system and results of investigation of specific charges were included in the report. Pointing out that poor relief expenditures by trustees new total more than SIOO,OOO a month, with Center township spending the greater part of this sum, the report stated that 8,548 families were receiving relief Nov. 1. Rate 2 1-3 Cents a Meal “The average relief in food given each member of a family averages less than 50 cents a week,” the report stated. “For twenty-one meals this rate is 2 1-3 cents a meal.” The committee opposed the commissary system onvthe grounds that the present system of financing could not be applied to the plan and “that it is difficult to harmonize several months of delay in payment with the economy of wholesale buying.” “There also is the problem of delivery which might require applicants to walk several miles to a central warehouse, or else a shorter distance to one of several district warehouses,” the report stated. "The commissary would involve the diversion of business from the groceries that had provided the food in normal times, sometimes bn credit, some of it not yet liquidated.” Extravagance Denied Declaring that charges of graft and extravagance are gruondless, the report relates in detail the cuv cumstances of each charge. “The charge of extravagance was made primarily against the trustee of Washington township and was that a No. 4 order at a cost of $5.52 could have been purchased at $2.90,” the report stated. “A check of the prices included in the $5.50 order disclosed that potatoes at 30 cents a peck were priced too high, as also cornmeal at 5 cents a pound. But the prices of the other twenty-three items included in this order are found reasonable and substantially at the prices in other groceries similarly circumstanced.” State to Make Probe Charge that the townships are purchasing flour instead of utilizing the Red Cross supply obtained from farm board wheat was denied by the committee. It was pointed out that often as long as five months intervene before the grocer is paid for food supplied applicants, because of the necessity for filing bills with the county auditor, advertising the claims and obtaining bond issues. The state accounts board now Is preparing to investigate poor relief conditions in Marion county. Members of the mayor's committee were Daniel B. Lutin, chairman; Fred Hoke and Eugene C. Foster. STARVING MAN DROPS Collapses fn Downtown Section; Had Not Eaten for 3 Days. Stricken with hunger, Herman Gorman, 28, address unknown, collapsed today while walking near Pennsylvania and Ohio, streets. He told police he had not eaten for three days. He was taken to city hospital where it was said he will recover. INVALID BURNS TO DEAT Accidentally Ignites Bath Robe Whiile Lighting His Cigar. By United Prett ELWOOD, Ind., Nov. 22.—Accidentally igniting his bath robe w’hile attempting to light a cigar, L. A. Southard. 57, was burned fatally Monday at the home of his daughter here. An invalid for nine years, he was sitting in a wheel chair when the fire started.

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Victory for Beer Seen by Garner Revenue Measure Will Be Passed in Special Session, He Says. By United Prett WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Speaker John N. Garner today predicted passage of a beer-for-revenue measure by the house of representatives in the coming short session of congress. The Vice-President-Elect added that passage of a beer bill, coupled with extensive economy in governmental expenditures, might preclude the necessity for a revision upward of taxation. Representative Fred A. Britten (Rep., 111.), made a similar prediction Monday, adding he believed President Herbert Hoover would sign a beer bill. Garner returned here this morning on his sixty-fourth birthday to participate in conference Wednesday between President-Elect Roosevelt and Democratic congressional leaders. Garner declined to discuss his forthcoming conference with Mr. Hoover on foreign debt revision. Monday in St. Louis, Garner was quoted as opposing any reduction or cancellation of foreign indebtedness.

FUND PASSES HALF-WAY GOAL Spur Workers With Only Five Days Remaining. Pledges of $60,345.16 announced today at the luncheon of Community Fund workers brought tfie fund to a total of $566,421.05, or 53.8 per cent of the quota. With more than $500,000 obtained for 48 per cent of the goal, volunteer workers of the Community Fund passed the half way point today in their drive to raise $1,052,000 to care for the city’s needy. Workers were to report at the Claypool. Pointing out that the halfway mark was reached in the first five days of the drive, and that five days still remain before the close of the campaign, Nov 28, officials expressed optimism that the final goal will be reached Monday. A total of $97,553.61 was reported at the noon meeting Monday to boost the total to date to $506,055.89. To reach the goal requires additional pledges of $546,576.11. A number of large contributions made through the special gifts division aided in boosting Monday’s total. The employes’ division, headed by C. C. Winegardner, general chairman. reported a total of approximately $20,000. More than $22,000 was reported Monday by the individual gifts division. A number of teams are well past the half way mark in reaching their quotas, fund officials reported. MERCURY IS ON RISE; ICE, SNOW TO MELT Snow or Rain on Way Here, However, Weather Bureau Forecasts, Last traces of the blizzard of a week ago probably will be removed today under a bright sun and a marked temperature rise, it was forecast by the weather bureau. Fair weather will be short-lived, however, with snow or rain scheduled for late tonight or early Wednesday, it was forecast. Lowest temperature tonight will be about 30, nearly ten degrees above the low Monday night. TAX BOARD STUDIES CIRCLE VALUATIONS Hearings on McCloskey Appeal Held Before Commission. Whether the higher figures of John McCloskey, Center township assessor, or the lower ones of the Marion county board of review shall be sustained in making assessments on the Circle, and other downtown properties, rests with the state tax board to day. Hearings on appeals from, the board of review, taken to the state board by McCloskey, were held on Monday. McCloskey set a valuation of $6,561,380 on ground values on the Circle. This was reduced to $3,649,000 by the board of review. Leo M. Rappaport, representing the Circle property holders, contended that since the matter has been appealed, another 20 per cent cut should be given holders of Circle property before their status will be the same as other downtown property holders. He is willing to abide by the board of’ review findings. however, he said. FOOfPAD~ROBS WOMAN Visitor to City Dragged Into Alley; $35 It Taken. After being dragged into an alley by a footpad at Brookside avenue and Dearborn streets Monday night, Mrs. Thornton Martin of Milroy, Ind., a visitor here, was robbed of $35 and released, she reported to police. Kidnap Robbers Sentenced By United Prett MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 22Sentences of two to fourteen years in the Indiana state prison and fines of $25 each were given Dale Metzger, 35, and Edward C. Planning, 34, both of South Bend, on their pleas of guilty to kidnaping and robbing George Porter two weeks ago. Their loot consisted of jewelry valued at S6OO.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 1932

FEDERAL DRY CREW POUNCES ON SHOWBOAT Owner and His Aid Free on Bail; Face Gaming and Liquor Charges. SEIZE ROULETTE WHEEL Fifty Patrons of Night Club Are Startled as Raiding Squad Enters. The Showboat is in dry dock today. And the “captain,” Frank Cantwell, 45, of 4109 Guilford avenue, and the “first mate,” Claude Williams, 44, of 1124 North New Jersey street, are free on SI,OOO and SIOO bonds, respectively, provided by A1 Farb, professional bondsman. Cantwell, proprietor of the Showboat, night club at Keystone avenue and Allisonville road, is charged with operating a blind tiger and a gaming house and Williams with possession of gaming devices. Between midnight and 1 this morning, twelve officers—ten federal dry agents and two city policemen—entered the club. Fifty persons were present. Whisky Is Seized Raiding officers, who had warrants, said they seized bottles of whosky from several patrons and found two highballs on. tables. Equipment for chuck-a-luck, dice and roulette games were seized. A truck from police headquarters hauled in the seized articles for use as evidence. Federal officers taking part in the raid included John W. Morrill, deputy prohibition administrator for southern Indiana; Oliver W. Gettle, and Edward Devlin, special agents; J. G. Browning, Earl Hoppis, James Lavely, A. S. Knilans, David Orr, W. C. Allender and Edward C. Huntington. City police officers participating were Sergeant John R. Eisenhut and patrolman J. W. Stutesman. Eisenhut signed affidavits for the search warrants. Hearing was set for this afternoon before Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer, but it is expected a continuance will be granted. Alterations Reported Shortly before the election, alterations in the Showboat floor plan' were reported. A room, with a steel-barred door, was remodeled, it was said, for alleged gambling. Night of election day is said to have been set for the opening date. The North New Jersey street address of Williams, said to be a former operator of the Lop, Cabin, near New Albany, with a wide acquaintance in Evansville and Louisville, is reported to have been under surveillance since Nov. 1. The address is that of a rooming house which Williams is reported to have arranged to rent, having paid a deposit Nov. 1 to the operator. He is reported to have told her he would begin using the place a week later, election day.

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By United Press Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad reports car loadings last week totaled 25,644 cars, against 25,182 cars in preceding week. Canadian Pacific Railway to recall 8,000 shop employes Wednesday. International Shoe Company resumes operations at its Jefferson City (Mo.) plant, recalling 150 employes. Illinois Central railroad estimates its October net income at SB6O 000, against $498,267 in October last year. American Railway Association reports surplus freight cars of class one railroads on October 31 totaled 545,157, against 557,121 on Oct. 15. JUROR’S COAT STOLEN Taken by Thief From Courtroom of Judge Dan V. White. This is a case of “contempt of court” without a defense. Allen Routon of Camby, Ind., juror in the court of Municipal Judge Dan V. White, reported today that his overcoat valued at $lO was stolen from the courtroom.

JURY IS COMPLETED Opening Arguments Given in Louis Hamilton Trial. By Timet Special LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Opening statements were made today in the second trial In Boone circuit court here of Louis Hamilton of lola, Kan., charged with the murder of Lafayette A. Jackson, Indianapolis chain store operator, during a robbery in May. 1931. Floyd J. Mattice, Marion county deputy prosecutor, opened the state’s case and was followed by Ira M. Holmes, chief of defense counsel. Today, second in the second week of the trial, saw completion of a jury shortly after the morning session of court opened. Fate of Hamilton rests with the following jurors, all farmers: Chalmers Hiland, Ernest Wiggins. Fred Busenbark, Carl Hedges. Alfred Keys, George H. Kincaid, Ralph E. Elliott, Charles H. Coshaw. Calvin and Grover Allen. W. C. Campbell and Monroe Ci* tetter.

Poor Youth and Son of Rich Face Trials for Brutal Murders

So Different, in Training and Type, Yet Both Admit Crimes. By United Prett CHICAGO. Nov. 22—A poor ! youth and a rich one faced separate charges today of having committed murders, which police and psychologists agreed were among the most atrocious in the city’s recent history. The poor youth, James (Iggy the Bad) Varecha, 17, who twice has escaped from an asylum, pleaded not guilty late Monday to charges of murdering Frank Jordan in a holdup. Police said previously he confessed not only to killing Jordan, but to shooting at least seven other men, and to attacking at least seven other men, and to attacking at least two girls. The other boy, Charles Bertrand Arnold, 16, stared at the floor when he appeared in court late Monday and heard a grand jury’s recommendation that he be held on a charge of beating to death his stepmother’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Saxe, 60. Vareche, accused of carrying on a reign of terror on the far south side, had no attorney. A public defender was appointed to repre* sent him. Early Lives Contrasted Arnold, whose father lives in the village of Riverside, and is a moderately wealthy manufacturer, was represented by high-priced attorneys, who had advised him not to talk. He followed their instructions, but previously, officers said, he had confessed the charges. After Varecha’s hearing, the youth was led back to a jail cell. Arnold, a romancer, who appeared hurt when he overheard a policeman call him a “punk,” was taken to the largest hotel in the world, waited upon by bellboys and other servants, while doctors watched every move he made in an effort to discover why a “model student” changed suddenly to a character who could beat his “grandma” to death with a hammer and throw her body into a cistern. The cases of Varecha and Arnold were comparable chiefly because the crimes were so alike, yet the youths were so different. Varecha was a “boy of the streets.” Dismissed from six grade schools as an incorrigible, he received his “training” in an institution for criminal insane. Iggy Expects 99 Years Arnold, given every advantage possible, was considered a “model student” at the fine school he attended. Not especially brilliant, he was, nevertheless, always obedient, diligent, perfectly mannered, and a favorite among his classmates. He was more at home on the ! dance floor than the football field, and among all the youths in his “set” he was the last any one would have suspected could become a killer. Authorities said that Arnold confessed, before his attorneys advised him not to talk, that he kjlled Mrs. Saxe because she slapped his face, after he became impudent because she refused to allow him the use of her automobile. Varecha, previously declared to be mentally defective, but called “crazy like a fox,” laughed when police said he might “get the chair” for the killing and attacks upon girls. “The docs all say I’m crazy; I’ll probably get ninety-nine years,” he was quoted as saying. HITLER CHANCES DIM Demands Said to Be Too Much for Hindenburg. By United Prett BERLIN, Nov. 22.—Adolph Hitler’s chances of becoming German chancellor were considered slight today on the basis of conditions Hitler was understood to have made to President Paul Von Hindenburg. The President answered Hitler’s counter-proposals in a letter. It was understood that Von Hindenburg’s tone was conciliatory, but that he expected Hitler to decide immediately whether he would accept the chancellorship on Hindenburg’s terms. Hitler, who was held out for “all or nothing” as far as the chancellorship is concerned, is reported to have suggested that the President drop his demand for a majority government, and allow Hitler and his Nazis to govern semi-dicta torially.

GRAND OPERA FASHION What did the notables of the land wear at the grand opera opening in New York Monday night? Turn to Page 1, Section 2, and read Amos Parrish’s story of the fashion display.

HOOSIERS STRICKEN WITH RABBIT FEVER Peru Couple Seriously HI; Both Scratched by Animal. By Untied Prett PERU, Ind., Nov. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lenon were reported seriously ill at their home two miles east of here today from tularemia, or rabbit fever. The husband became infected when he handled a rabbit which had been brought in by his dog. His hands were scratched at the time. His wife contracted the disease when a rib of the animal scratched her arm while she was cutting it up. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 21 10 a. m 30 7a. m 22 11 a. m 33 Ba. m 23 12 (nono).. 36 9a. m..... 37 lp. m 38

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FRANCE, ITALY MAY WAKE UP' Renewal of ‘Friendly Relations’ Foreseen. •YCopvrlght. 1932, bv United Press) PARIS, Nov. 22.—Renewal of friendly relations between France and Italy is in prospect, with a growing possibility of the long-de-layed meeting between the French premier and Italian Premier Benito Mussolini. France, anxious to restore neighborly relations, is awaiting overtures from Rome. Premiers Aristide Briand and Tardieu never sought actively to meet Mussolini, but the present premier, Edouard Herriot, pleased by the Italian reaction to his Toulouse and Paris speeches, in which he praised Italy, and admitted she had been unfairly treated in the framing of the peace treaties, new is anxious for Mussolini to respond. Herriot apparently hopes for some gesture from Mussolini, inviting the French to a discussion of several issues on which the nations have been divided, with the press of both countries held guilty of fanning the flames. STEAL AUTOMOBILE OF ‘TYPICAL U. S. FAMILY’ And So Merrill J. Brown Calls Police in Regular American Style. The typical family car of the typical American family has been stolen. And like hundreds of ‘ other average Americans, Merrill J. Brown, 4144 Carrollton avenue, head of the typical American family, called police in the regular American manner to complain of the theft. Brown, whose family was selected as typical from among thousands by the American magazine two years ago, reported that the family automobile was stolen Monday from its parking place at Fall Creek boulevard and Central avenue. It is a Ford.

FLAYS YOUNG WIFE Man, 85, Goes on Stand in Annulment Fight. Seeking an annulment of his marriage, Prank B. Heilman, 86, former railroader, of 41 North Temple avenue, testified, in superior court two today, that his young wife knocked him down so many times he told her she "ought to be a prizefighter.” His wife, Mrs. Gail Hellman,”36, is opposing the petition for annullment of the marriage, that followed a midnight elopement to Anderson. Heilman, now under guardianship because of his age, charged his wife “unduly influenced him” and obtained possession of his property, including $35,000 worth of hotel stock. Supporting his charges of cruel and inhuman treatment by his wife, Heilman testified he was forcibly detained, at her request, in the Irvington sanitarium for nine months. "My arms and legs we’*e shackled to a chair during the daytime, and at night I wcs strapped to my bed,” he said. jps

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HUNDREDS ARE DEAD IN BATTLE 500 Paraguayans Reported Slain in Gran Chaco. By Timet Special LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 22.—The Bolivians claimed today to have killed 500 Paraguayans in a battle in the Gran Chaco war sector. An official announcement said Bolivian infantry and machnie gunners, marching on the Murguia road, wiped out a body of Paragayan cavalry, which tried harrying tactics. The Bolivians maneuvered their forces and caught the Paragyanas between two fires, annihilating them, the announcement said. War on 6-Mile Front By Times Special SAAVEDRA FRONT, Gran Chaco, Nov. 22.—A battle between 20,000 troops over a six-mile front was considered imminent today with the concentration of strength of the opposing Paraguayan and Bolivian forces in this sector. No man’s land is strewn with corpses from the recent fighting. The dead were estimated at 1,500. DUVAL L~T(TeNTER~ RACE Former Mayor Said to Be Consider- , ing Political Comeback. Possibility that John L. Duvall, former mayor of Indianapolis, who was convicted of political corruption in office, will attempt to make a political comeback, was seen today. Duvall is contemplating entering the Republican primary contest for mayor, it is said. He declared that if “I get into tlje race it will be my intention to win so that I can have the opportunity to show the people there was nothing wrong with my former administration.” PAVING BIDS RECEIVED 64 Seek State Contracts, Highway Commission Announced. Bids totaling $442,946 for construction of ninety-four miles of pavement and eleven miles of grading were received from sixty-four bidders today by the state highway commission. Under new rules of the commission, the bids provides for a minimum wage of 35 cents an hour to common labor and 45 cents to skilled labor.

Hot and Cold By United Press LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22Life waxed hot and cold for Charles and Gertrude Ash, it appeared in his d’vorce petition and her croas-complaint. He charged she poured hot grease from a frying pan over his body. She charged he drenched her with buckets of cold water as she lay in bed. Gertrude added Charles tried to commit suicide by taking a hot bath and courting pneumonia on the roof, and by pouring hot vegetable sauce on his chest, inhaling gas and taking poison.

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WORLD’S EYES ON HOOVER’S DEBT PARLEY Roosevelt Nears Capital for Momentous Conference With President. EUROPE IN SUSPENSE Fifth Nation, Poland, Makes Appeal for Revision of Payments. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—As the November twilight falls at the White House today, President Herbert Hoover and President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt will discuss Europe's war debt. They met at Mr. Hoover's request. He seeks the advice of the man who is to take over the presidency soon, before making a decision the consequences of which will carry over into the next administration. The possibility of reviving the war debt commission, and reconsidering the capacity of each debtor to pay was indicated. President-Elect Roosevelt, making a day train trip from New York, is expected about 3:30 p. m. Plans were made to drive him directly to the White House, bringing him into the south grounds. The conference', in one of the first-floor parlors of the White House, will be informal and of uncertain duration. Mills, Moley to Attend Only two other men were asked to be present, both expert advisors. Mr. Hoover asked Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills to sit at his elbow. Governor Roosevelt asked to have present Professor Raymond Moley, Columbia university economist. Governor Roosevelt had a tworoom suite reserved at the Mayflower hotel, three blocks from the White House, where Vice-President Chari es Curtis lives. He will be a guest of the National Press Club at dinner. Wednesday morning he hopes to confer with Democratic senators and congressmen before departing after lunch for Warm Springs, Ga., to spend Thanksgiving. Poland Makes Appeal The immediate problem confronting the two men in the quiet seclu- * sion of the White House study is whether to insist that Europe pay its Dec. 15 war debt installment of $125,000,000. Mr. Hoover also desires to discuss the proposed world economic conference with his successor. Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Czecho-Slovakia have made formal requests that debt payments be postponed pending general reconsideration of the $11,000,000,000 war debt burden from which Europe hopes to be freed. Poland today became the fifth European nation to ask relief from debt payments due Dec. 15. The request for postponement was made by the Polish ambassador, Tytus Filipowicz, in informal discussions with Henry L. Stimson, secretary of state. It was understood a formal note will be delivered soon. All Europe Resentful This is a question which has torn the once united allies apart. Europe, resentful, feels that the United States is exacting blood money. An earlier occupant of the White House. Calvin Coolidge, is said to have retorted, “They hired the money, didn't they?” A third point of view is that of many American economists who say that the war debts can not be collected and that they hang as a millstone around the world, preventing economic recovery. Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt both have declared against cancellation. Both have publicly expressed the hope that some way might be found to help Europe oav through facilitating trade. Problem Is Appalling This, in a nutshell, is the appalling problem:, almost overwhelming in its complexity, shot with deep popular feelings, that confronts the two men who face one of the most decisive moments of history. Europe waited today, with breathless suspense, wondering whether another emancipation proclamation might have its birth in the White House. Secretary Mills indicated that President Hoover would propose a new debt-funding commission to study the capacity of each debtor to pay. Mr. Hoover suggested this last winter in a special message to congress. England, France to Pay By United Prett LONDON, Nov. 22.—Great Britain and France have decided to pay their Dec. 15 war debt installment if the United tSates refuses a postponement, it became apparent today. There is no possible thought here of defaulting, and information indicates France has concluded that the wisest course is to keep the issue open by paying, hoping for a revision later. Advices from Italy said Premier Mussolini has decided to pay, Italy owing only a comparatively minor sum for interest. England and Fran,, however, facing heavy budget de ’ts, will be somewhat embarrassed by the payments. Roosevelt Starts Trip By United Prett JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 22. President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party left today on a special train lor Washington.