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COMMUNISTS ARE BLAMED BY DETROIT SHERIFF FOR STIRRING UP BRIGGS BODY CO. STRIKE Red Candidate for Mayor in Last Election Is Lnder Arrest; Bares Details of How Plot Was Hatched, Is Claim. B'J i nitrrl prrm DETROIT, Feb. I.—Communist leaders fomented the Brings automobile body factory strike that forced closing of all Ford plants, Sheriff Wilcox of Wayne county charged today. Police arrested Phil Raymond, Communist candidate for mayor of Detroit at the last election, near a theater today, and said they had obtained admissions from him supporting their charges. lie was placed in jail. Raymond was taken before Prosecutor Harry S. Toy and questioned.

Confronted with a letter' from Chicago police giving details of a meeting of alleged j Communists in that city on Dec. 30, Raymond revealed the entire plot against the auto industry, according to the sheriff. Raymond's admissions. Wilcox reported, wore that he and Max Salzman and A. Brown. Negro, met at Communist headquarters in Chicago Dec. 30 and planned to create strikes among auto workers. The drive to halt production was to center at Detroit. Raymond then j returned here and started organ- j izing workers at the Briggs plants, j Information from the Chicago poi lice, with which Wilcox said he confronted Raymond to secure his ad- J missions, alleged that at the meet- I ing there Salzman, reported to be a district organizer for the Communists, said he had formed fourteen shop committees in various Detroit auto plants and .“several” at the Ford plants in Dearborn. Brands Claims Exaggerated Raymond said this was exaggerated, Wilcox stated, and that he was unable to find several of the locals Salzman claimed. Brown, who was employed at the time at the Murray 'Body Corporation of America here, also branded Salzman’s claims as exaggerated. Fifteen per cent of the strikers picketing the Briggs plant at present are Communists, Wilcox said Raymond admitted to him. Raymond said that he returned from Russia last year, and that j work was started immediately to \ foment strikes in various industries \ in this country, the sheriff asserted, j The auto workers union, which has been the active group in the present strike, is an offspring of the Trades Union Unity League, which is in turn a branch of the Trade Internationale of Moscow, according | to the reported statements of Ray- 1 mond. Strike Leader Denies Charges A man giving the name of George i Altskasco. 44. was arrested at the | picket lines today. Communist j membership cards were found on ; liis person, and officers said he was i urging pickets to join the organiza- , tion. Two others were arrested on the general charge of agitating and inciting to riot. Irving Aronson, member of the strikers joint committee and spokesman for the striking group, emphatically denied the statement re- ! ported made by Raymond. "If there are any Communists in j our union," said Aronson, “they have ! come in unknown to us. We hired j Raymond to work as an organizer { for us. but it was distinctly under- ' stood he was not to talk Commun- j ism. We don't allow any know Com- j munists to be members.” Clash Reported Here Echoes of the body workers’ strike in Detroit reached here today when a group of alleged agitators attempted to prevent seventeen local men from taking jobs in Michigan automobile body factories. Hurling threats and charges of “strike-breakers” at the workmen, the creators of the disturbance sought to prevent a chartered bus I from leaving 1335 West Morns I street. Police were sent to the scene and J the bus departed. No violence was offered as the disturbers lined the j curbs and confined themselves to jeers. According to police, (he workmen weir recruited from ranks of tin- j employed men laid off from local 1 plants. They had been guaranteed jobs at 80 cents an hour, police were told. “Hell. I don’t call this strike- I breaking.” said one of the workmen. | "I’m a skilled body worker with a family and these guys are ’soupliners’ who wouldn’t work if they could.” FISH IS BUMPER CROP Millions Are Produced in Hatcheries of Canada. By Turr* Special MONCTON. N. B„ Feb. I.—Government hatcheries in New Brunswick. Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, produced a bumper crop of salmon and' trout eggs in 1932, according to information received by the fish and game department of the Canadian National Railways. It is estimated that about 30.000.000 salmon eggs. 500.000 ouananiche or land-locked salmon eggs, and 6.000.000 trout eggs have been colelcted in these hatcheries during the last year. Just roe after roe.

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New Crop of Relatives on Way to Jobs in Capital Victors in Election Undaunted by Fate of Those Defeated on Nepotism Issue. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER I nitfd Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Feb. I.—ln spite of the lessons of the last election there is new company coming for those in congress who believe that the best place for a relation in these times is on the congressional pay roil The senator-elect from Utah. Dr. Elbert D. Thomas <Dcm.>. has decided upon his office force which will move in with him March 4 when he icplaces the venerable Senator Reed Smoot, longest now in the senate service.

LASH OF RIDICULE SWUNG AT M'NUTT ‘Czar Rule’ Burlesqued in Legislature. (Continued from Page One) Evans, “but we don’t want to set up a Mussolini. I’ll call your attention to the federal Constitution, whcih keeps the federal controller from jurisdiction of the chief executive. “Our theory of government keeps them separate. Both Cleveland and Roosevelt tried to tamper with the controller’s duties and they failed. I say to you that the Governor can't go into constitutional offices. “The Governor ought to have control of the executive departments, like the state police, game wardens, and bureau of criminal offices. Let's send this bill bacls into committee and bring it out in a form where it will pass the courts. “You can’t ram a bill like this down people's throat.” “Didn't you ask to have your name on the bill?” interjected Representative Edward H. Stein (Deni., Bloomfield), majority floor leader. “Yes. I did,” said Evans, "but let’s get it straight. This bill is not the one I thought it would be. I ask to withdraw my name now.” Despite all attacks, the measure was passed to engrossment, with only the amendments agreed upon by the administration. Third reading and final vote will be rushed by its sponsors, who hope to get a final senate vote late this week or early next week. BILL SLASHING COUNTY SALARIES INTRODUCED Deputies’ Pay Measure Introduced in House by Bess Robbins. Salary reductions for deputies of the Marion county officials are set in a bill introduced in the legislature today by Representative Bess Robbins iDem., Indianapolis) and others. No deputy, assistant or employe of an official shall receive a salary in excess of S2OO a month under the bill s provisions, except one deputy treasurer, who shall not be paid in excess of $3,600 a year; one deputy auditor, not more than $3,600, and one deputy clerk and one deputy sheriff, not more than $3,000 each. A bill setting a petty loan rate of 1 per cent a month instead of rates up to 3’ 2 per cent as now prevail was introduced by Representative H. Baxter Plew iDem., Hymera >. Other new bills include one for free school textbooks, in. which no tax is mentioned, and another giving juries power to order sterilization of persons convicted of felonies. JUDGE NOT ‘EXEMPT’ Baker’s House Dismantled by Vandale! ’One on Me," He Says. Thieves are no respecters of persons, Frank P. Baker, criminal court judge, learned today. In a letter from an Indianapolis real estate firm caring for a piece of property owned by Baker at 2041 Shelby street, the judge informed vandals practically have dismantled the structure, little of which now remains. A wrecking firm has offered S4O for the remaining lumber, Baker was informed. , “Well, that's one on me.” the judge said. "I haven't seen the house for months.’’ Passes Pilot's Test Private pilot's license test was passed successfully Tuesday by Jesse P. Bird. 3269 North New Jersey street, at municipal airport under direction of Inspector Jeo T. Shumate. Bird was a student of the Tarkington Aviation school and was instructed by Elvan Tarkington. Japanese Request Pamphlet H,u l n itrd I’rr ** HARRISBURG. Pa.. Feb. I.—The State Council for the Blind has received a request for its recent pamphlet on keratomalacia —a disease causing total blindness in infants—from Dr. Kinichi Ide of the Ide hospital, Tokio, it was revealed by the council. The Chinese government is re- j solved to put a stop to the disas- I nous floods on Chinese rivers, and ! engineering experiments are going forward in a German research institute to that end.

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Reincorporation of the W. K. Stewart Company. 44 East Washington street, was being effected today, following receiver’s sale of the institution to George T. Parry. 4542 North Delaware street. He announced the firm will be known as the Stewart Book Store, Inc.

Thomas is allowed four clerks. One will be his daughter, Miss Esther Thomas, an attractive young woman, a sophomore in the University of Utah where her father has been a professor for years. Three other secretaries will be young men, who formerly were his students. In part, Senator Smoot’s defeat was due to the fact that he hajl carried a large number of relatives on his pay roll at one time or another. The two Utah congressmen, Representatives Don B. Colton and Frederick C. Loofbourow, both Republicans, who were defeated for re-election, had relatives on their pay rolls. The entire Utah delegation has employed relatives. Five senators and fifty-seven congressmen, who had carried relatives on the pay roll, formally were notified by their constituents in the last campaign that their services no longer would be desired in Washington. Yet there remain eighty representatives and thirty-two senators, who have found th" congressional pay roll a haven for otherwise unemployed relatives. MOSQUITO BITES FATAL 173 Head of Livestock and Poultry Killed in Florida. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. I.—A furious attack by a mosquito horde near here resulted in the death of at least 173 head of livestock and poultry, F. C. Bishopp of the United States department of agriculture has reported to Science. While blood loss was an important factor. Bishopp is of the opinion that the death may have been due to the injection of a toxin by the mosquitoes as well as to loss of blood. Western Canada is building up an oyster industry, with native oysters and species imported from Japan and the Atlantic coast.

Roosevelt Is Guarded by Secret Service Veterans From Chasing* Counterfeiters, Drug Addicts to ‘Chasing' President-Elect Their Story. By Bcripps-Haward Newspaper Alliance WARM SPRINGS. Feb. 1. —From chasing counterfeiters and drug addicts to chasing a President-elect is the story of the three secret service men given the assignment to protect Franklin D. Roosevelt since the day of his election. They are Captain ”Jim” Reidy, who has charge of the detail, “Bob” Clark and A1 Towslee. The first two probably will return to their home posts, but Towslee is expected to be assigned permanently to the capital. Reidy. who is an elderly, white- i

haired man, is called “captain”—and he enjoys the honor—because of service in the World war. He has done field work ifi New Jersey for years. Although, like the others, he has taken part in many shooting frays and desperate round-ups of criminals, he is the master-of-ceremonies type—always busy and bustling. Clark, whose' first name is Rollin, hails from Philadelphia, but he has been working out of Chicago for many years. His chief task is to keep an eye on counterfeiters, and he tells many interesting stories of how it is done. By visits to ink manufacturers and others making material to be used in making currency, he discovers whether suspicious sales have been made. Many a time this method of checking up leads to a big find. Clark escorted A1 Capone to Atlanta after his conviction, and he says "the big boy” was rather likeable. personally. Capone always kept clear of federal laws, with the exception of his income tax violations, and gave the secret service no trouble. In fact, the gangster often provided information of value to the federal men. A1 Towslee is pert and dapper, re-

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FOUR BILLS ARE DRAFTED FOR BOOZEGONTROL Senators, Impatient Over Repeal Delay, Plan to Press Measure. Four companion bills relating to liquor laws will be introduced in the senate today by Senator Chester A. Perkins 'Dem.. South Bend), supported by Senators Dennigan, Kehoe, Holman and Wade all Democrats. Impatient with the progress made by the house in repealing the Wright bone dry law, these senators propose to sponsor a repeal measure in the senate. The administration beer control bill was returned to the public morals committee. Tuesday, after an avalanche of amendments threatened it. Penalties Are Increased The companion bills increase the penalties for driving an automobile while intoxicated; the penalities for public intoxication, and revocation of store licenses on conviction of selling liquor contrary to federal laws. On motion of Senator E. Curtis White (Dem., Indianapolis), the house measure forbidding issuance of court injunctions in labor disputes, unless life or property is endangered, was advanced to second erading in the senate Tuesday. Attempt to block a bill to give creditors a voice in appointment of receivers in cases involving preferred stock or bonds was defeated and the measure passed to second reading. Hits at Basketball Coaches Senator J. Francis Lochard (Dem., Milan), and Senator William P. Dennigan <Dem., Vincennes), led the successful fight to keep the measure from being postponed indefinitely. Optional suspension for two years of physical education departments in elementary and high schools, proposed in a bill by Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk <Dem., Berne), was advanced in the senate without a debate. Deemed a blow at. high salaried coaches of basketball teams, this measure is expected to pass the senate when it comes up for final vote. PROSE OF GLOSED BANKS IS PRESSED Suit Heard Against State Savings and Trust. (Continued from Page One) insurance on real estate, placing it with * the Cooling-Grumme-Mum-ford Company, of which he is treasurer and a stockholder. Evidence disclosed the insurance, department of the bank previously had been sold to the Cruse company for $2,000. Downey admitted he refused to accept policies renewed by the Cruse company. This refusal violated the contract of sale, according to Martin M. Hugg. attorney. Cox Tuesday quizzed Downey regarding sale of the bank’s rental business for S6OO to former officials of the Washington Bank and Trust Company without receiving other bids. Henley T. Hottel, former manager of the bank's rental department, j and M. L. Hall, a former officer in j the rental department, purchased the rental business, evidence revealed.

sembling a little the detective of the motion picture. Entering government service as a treasury guard, he rose steadily until he landed on the narcotic squad, with headquarters in Minnesota. He was transferred to Washington early last fall, given a quick schooling in the difficult task of protecting a president without seeming to, and shifted to Albany one week after election. Happy-go-lucky “Gus” Generick, the idol of the crippled children, will become a member of the White House detail if the President-elect has his way, as he probably will. “Gus” originally w r as a motorcycle officer of the New York City force, but was promoted after shooting it out with and capturing hold-up men fleeing in an automobile. “Nothing saved me that time,” he grins, “except the rough cobblestones of Tenth avenue. Their car bounced so much they couldn’t shoot straight.” From the radical squad he w T as transferred to Albany upon Mr. Roosevelt's first election as Governor —a courtesy always paid to the state's chief executive by the city of New York. But he’s more than a courtesy cop now—he’s a necessity.

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One of President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chief economic advisers is Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell of Columbia university. He has been a member of the so-called Roosevelt “brain trust” since prior to the election.

MORATORIUM ON DEBTS IS SEEN British Papers Say That Economic Conference Will Be Delayed. R;i Vniicd Brest LONDON. Feb. 1. —Political writers of two important London newspapers, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, understood today that the Roosevelt administration would grant Great Britain a moratorium on the next war debt payment, due June 15. The Daily Express also understood the moratorium probably would be extended to cover the December. 1933, payment, if a debt settlement had not been reached by that time. A lump sum final settlement is expected, the Daily Express said. The newspaper understood that when British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay reports to the cabinet he will urge that the government enter no commitments regarding tariffs or currency with the United States. The Daily Mail understood that Lindsay, after giving the cabinet the views of the United States Presi-dent-elect, would return to Washington immediately to inform Mr. Roosevelt that Great Britain could not consider returning to the gold standard unitl some positive agreement were reached on international financial policy. Such an agreement is impossible pending a war debts settlement, the Daily Mail said. Meanwhile, the world economic conference is expected to be postponed indefinitely. Attendance Record Is Set New attendance record was established last Sunday by the Christian Fellowship builders' Bible class of the Fountain Square Christian church, it was announced today following completion of the class's membership drive.

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MONEY EXPERT URGES CAUTION ONJNFLATION Bradstreet's Weekly Editor Says Adjustment of Debts Best Way. BY OTIS PEABODY SWIFT I nited Prrss Staff Corresponds nt • Copyright. 1933. by United Press) NEW YORK. Feb. I.—’’lnflation is not merely desirable, it is necessary,” Joseph Stagg Lawrence, editor of Bradstreet's weekly, Finan-j cial Journal, and former member of j the faculty of Princeton university, told the United Press. Then, urging caution in the methods of inflation, he emphasizes that any discussion of the subject was uintelligible unless the term was j defined. “During the last two years the government has sought in every ! manner permitted under existing; statutes to force a rise in commodity prices and a reduction in the i exchange value of the dollar,” the ! economist declared. “Inflation as a policy of the gov- j ernment no longer is a theory. It is a determined, unqualified intention of the government. Need Rise in Prices “Money rates have been reduced to unprecedented levels. The federal reserve banks have loaded their portfolios with government securities. Loans have been made to prevent the deflation of bank deposits,j bank investments, railroad securities and real estate. All these are ; inflationary moves.” It is because these forms of in- 1 flation have failed,” he said, “that legislators today are turning toward ! such radical proposals as the remonetization of silver, devaluation of the gold dollar and fiat money.” Further inflationary measures are necessary, he added. “No man in his reasonable senses can question the present value of a rise in commodity prices,” he said. Enhance Value of Dollar “The only alternative is a further adjustment of all debts and all prices to the new and greatly enhanced value of the dollar. “This means a revision of private debts, including loans by banks, a severe retrenchment in government costs, and the further reduction of prices still out of line, such as utility rates, freight charges and certain wage classifications, notably printers, anthracite miners and strongly unionized rail employes. “The great problem of today is not the desirability of inflation, but the least mischievous method of achieving it. Objection to Remonetization “It is by no means certain that the issue of fiat currency would accomplish the object. The remonetization of silver probably would raise prices, and reduce the burden of debt for the time being. The reduction of the gold content of the dollar might accomplish the same ! purpose. There are serious objections to both courses. “It is a matter in which prudent conservatives will co-operate with radicals lest the latter* acquire strength which will enable them to dictate the manner of inflation.”

‘Music Festival Week * Is Lauded by Jewish Leader

Rabbi Feuerlicht Accepts Invitation to Serve on Committee. Lauding purposes of the “Music Festival week" of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs to provide free milk for Indianapolis public and parochial schools. Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht. prominent leader of Jewish circles, today said he will serve on the general committee. The federation has completed plans for staging musical entertainments in Cadle tabernacle the week of April 16 to 22. The proceeds will be turned over to school officials to buy milk for needy Indianapolis school children.

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“I think the efforts of the federation are laudable and I am glad to accept your invitation to serve on the general committee,' said Rabbi Feuerlicht. “We should do everything possible to aid these boys and girls and make it possible for them to remain in good health in school. I am in sympathy with the project and shall be glad to do all that I can to further the plans of the federation. ’ Otto P. Deluse. president of the Western Furniture Company, past grand ruler of the Eagles lodge, also accepted an invitation to serve on the committee. “It is a fine thing for a group of men and women to interest themselves in the welfare of boys and girls of our school, for I know from personal experience what the needs are.” said Deluse.

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