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HOPE AROUSED FOR DRAUGHT BEER IN STATE Ban on Keg Beverage May Be Lifted Before End of Week. UP TO SUPREME COURT Lawyers See Likelihood of Victory; Fight f'omes From Lake County. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Timfs Staff Writer Indiana may have legalized draught, beer before the end of the week. This is possible, in the opinion of lawyers studying the beer test case to be tried before the Indiana supreme court Thursday. They point, out that the principal point involved in the supreme court Eult is whether draught beer can be sold in Lake county. By ruling that it could, E. Miles Morton, judge pro tern, of Lake superior court, was restrained by a writ of prohibition from the high court and ordered to appear Thursday and show cause why the temporary writ should not be made permanent. Held Back by McNutt If he proves to the high court that the law can not say whether beer shall be confined to bottles, without being unconstitutional, that point of the beer control law will be wiped out, it was said. It would have been wiped out in the legislature were it not that Governor Paul V. McNutt insisted that only bottled beer be permitted. Draught beer would mean the return of the saloon, against the opposition of the Democratic party platform, he declared. At that time it was pointed out to him that beer, being a “nonintoxicant,” w'ould not make a place a saloon. A saloon has been defined as “a place where intoxicating liquor is sold for beverage purposes ” Whether the Governor retains his attitude of opposition, many administrative leaders would look with relief on a high court ruling permitting sale of draught beer. Would Halt Protests “It would stop all the heat in Lake county," was the way one of them expressed it. “Keg beer w'ould take all the complaint off the importers, because it would be sold so cheap.” Such a ruling not only would save the importer profits, but also would stop the hue and cry, they point out. To the excise department the importer is a man who turns in large tax revenue, but to the outsider he is a politically chosen profit taker, adding to the cost of beer. Draught beer would eliminate much transportation cost, in addition to cost of bottles and the price would come down, it is anticipated. Should the beer problem be solved In court, the same action might be taken on the poor bond law, relieving the administration from the two points of pressure for calling a special session of the legislature. Opposes Extra Session Suit to solve the bond problem by resorting to judgments under old laws for poor relief payments has been instituted at Richmond. It is expected to be before the supreme court, with administration backing, within the next sixty days. Another suit, brought on a different point, completely will clear the way for bond payments, McNutt said. He is opposed to a special session. Should it be necessary to call one, he would be faced with the problem of taking trusted leaders in the 1933 session from prominent and well-paid administrative positions, where he has appointed them since the session closed. LEGION PARLEY ENDS 20,000 Watch Two-Mile Parade at Brazil; Pick Washington. H;i I nitnl Pres* BRAZIL. Ind.. May 22.—Seventh district members of the American Legion meeting here selected Washington as site for their next district meeting in July. A crowd estimated at 20,000 watched the legion parade Sunday. It was two miles long and tock thirty-five minutes to pass the reviewing stand. The Clinton drum and bugle corps won the SSO first prize in drilling competition. The Funkhouser post won second <S3O> and the Linton girls’ corps third ts2oh Today's Short Story Do you have property that is vacant? Possibly it has not produced income for months, yet there has been no moratorium on taxes and repair bills. If this is the case, then let The Times assist you in locating a desirable tenant and a steady income for you. Call or come to Want Ad Headquarters and let us prepare a re-sult-producing ad. School will be out the first of the month and thousands will be looking for new homes. Realizing this, we are making a special three-for-one offer, beginning today and ending Saturday, May 27. Your rental ad for seven days in Tne Times, free listing in June 1 Rental Guide and two guPst tickets to see Janet Gaynor in ’ Adorable" Rt the Apollo—all for the regular price of a Times rental ad, just 3 cents a word, seven days for the price of five. Call Riley 5551 or come to Want AS Headquarters. 214 West Maryland street. Ten per cent discount on all cash ads.

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 9

Youth Freed by *Money Weight/ Judge Charges; Flays Clemency Board

Baker Scores M’Nutt Commission for Releasing Toy Gun Bandit,’ De Pauw Student, After 4-Month Term. Bitter condemnation of Governor Paul V. McNutt's new state clemency commission and charges that it has been influenced by “pressure of money-and position” were voiced today by Criminal .Judge Frank P. Baker. •

Baker assailed the parole of Malcolm Berger, 21, “toy gun bandit” and De Pauw Rector student. Berger, son of David Berger, Columbus find.) merchant, was sentenced by Baker to one year at the state penal farm. Last w r eek he w-as paroled oy the clemency corn-

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boy were paroled. I told them I was going to ’holler my head off,’ and that's what I'm doing now. “If it had been some poor boy wfoo'd never had a chance, I would not mind his release, but this is a case of money and influence. It was difficult enough to stand the pressure brought to bear in this case, and I don’t like the board going behind my back. Board Is Assailed “We’ve reduced crime 50 per cent in Marion county, and yet the board undoes all that has been done.” Baker revealed that state and court officials had interceded with him in Berger's behalf before sentence was pronounced and that he had been “bothered to death” by Mr. and Mrs. Berger to add his recommendation to those before the commission. “I told them I conscientiously couldn't urge their son’s release,” said Baker. “I finally walked out of my office in an effort to get rid of them. They followed me several blocks down the street and I was considering calling a police officer to stop their ceaseless importuning.” Cafis Officers to Parley Although Baker would not elaborate on the reasons for his action, he ordered the arresting officers today to appear before him and discuss the confessions obtained from Berger, in which he is alleged to have admitted three holdups. Berger was charged with only one offense. Renewing his criticism of the clemency commission parole. Baker pointed out that he had given Berger all the latitude the law allows in robbery cases. “I arbitrarily set his age at 20,” Baker said, “and that fact let him get off with only a year sentence. Since actually he's 21, he could have been sentenced to one to ten years at the state prison.” The blast of condemnation Baker issued is construed by political observers as the sharpest rift yet to appear in factions of the Democratic party. Break in Party Ranks For some time other prominent Democratic leaders have been disgruntled at what they term the lack of attention paid to them by the McNutt administration, and one county jurist already has charged that “the statehouse crowd certainly is running things with a high hand.” Baker said today that the clemency commission seldom seeks his recommendation on cases and pays little attention to them w-hen he does make any. A number of persons of influence were enlisted by Berger in the fight to rescue his son from the penal farm. Among those persons who besought the clemency commission’s favorable action were Mayor H. Karl Volland of Columbus; Albert Schumaker. prominent Columbus business man. and Anderson Ketchum. Greensburg, state tax board chairman.

Boat, Carrying 18, Swept Over Dam; None Injured

Captive of the swirling current of White river, a thirty-five foot cabin boat with eighteen persons aboard was swept over the Broad Ripple dam Sunday afternoon without injury to any of the occupants. The boat, the Perseverance, property of Robert V. Fitch, was pulled slowly toward the dam and then went over with a rush. However, it landed upright and none of those aboard received so much as a wetting Seven of its twenty keel drums were torn loose. Passengers included Mr. and Mrs. Fitcn, C. S. McHenry. Linden hotel; Eugene Carlos and his three small children; Robert Marsiscbke. 13; Evalou Marsischke, 10; Miss Joan Lay; Mrs. Maggie Freeman and her two grandchildren. Eddie and Carl Simmons, all of Ravenswood: Billy Mooreland, 12, New Ross; Mr. and Mrs. Mays, Acton, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geisking, living on East Maryland street. Waller Ford. 10, son of Charles O.

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mission after serving four months. Although charged with only one robbery, Berger is alleged to have confessed holding up three filling stations, using a toy pistol to cow attendants. ‘This pa role shows w-hat money and influence can do,” Baker asserted today. “When Berger's parents asked me what I was going to do if the

AGREE ON TAX BOOSTPROGRAM Income Levy Increase and Additional Gasoline Excise to Provide Funds. BY WILLIAM F. KERRY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 22.—The house ways and means committee today agreed, 13 to 9, to finance President Roosevelt's public works program with an income tax increase, coupled with a dividend tax and an additional gasoline excise. Chairman Doughton of the committee announced the decision. The income tax increases provides for a boost in the normal rates from 4 to 6 per cent and from 8 to 10 per cent. The gasoline tax increase will be three-fourths of one cent additional. In addition, dividend income, now exempt, will be subject to the normal income tax rates. The increase in income tax rates approved by the committee, would apply the 6 per cent rate to the first $4,000 of net income with the same exemptions allowed as under present law. The new 10 per cent rate on all above $4,000 also would not affect exemptions. Prior to its adoption of the tax program, the committee rejected a flat proposal for a general manufacturers sales tax by what members described as “a close vote.” Under estimates prepared by the treasury department the income tax increase is expected to result in $45,000,000 additional; tne gasolne tax will yield $92,000,000, and the dividend tax $83,000,000. 250 WILL LEAVE FOR FOREST JOBS New Contingent Entrains Tonight for Kentucky. Contingent of about 250 forestryworkers will entrain here at midnight tonight for Camp Knox. Kentucky, to undergo a training period. Call was issued for 300 men, but it was explained by George Gill of the emergency work committee that medical and other examinations are expected to eliminate approximately fifty. Gill revealed statistics today regarding workers already sent from Indianapolis, showing there are two college graduates among them, while twenty-two had done some college w-ork. Os the remainder. 745 attended high school, 399 reached the eighth grade and six stated they had no education. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 60 10 a. m 67 7 a. m 61 11 a, m 67 Ba. m 64 12 (noon).. 71 9 a. m 65 1 p. m 72

Ford. Ravenswood. and Roger and Robert Vermeer, Ravenswood, were two very disgusted youngsters—not because they were aboard, but because they had been passengers and had jumped overboard shortly after the trip started its trip. The Perseverance is a hobby of Fitch who is a descendant of John Fitch, lieutenant in the Revolutionary war. John Fitch, according to members of the Fitch Family Association. should be credited instead of Robert Fulton with the invention of the steamboat. Perseverance, it is .claimed, carried passengers and freight on the Delaware river in 1785, while Fulton's Clermont did not make its appearance until 1807. Robert Fitch said today when the river recedes to its normal depth and current, he will have his sternwheeler pulled back over the dam. Fearing a wholesale disaster when the Perseverance went over the dam, police, firemen and deputy sheriffs answered the alarm call to the river, but found services unnecessary.

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COURTS WILL ACT IN CLOSED BANKINQUIRY Officials of Two Defunct Institutions Will Be Called to Account. WILSON PROBES CASES Prosecutor Says Evidence Will Be Laid Before Grand Jury. After more than two years’ delay, criminal as w-ell as civil law .ill demand an accounting from officials of defunct local banks, it appeared today. At least two transactions of the State Savings and Trust Company will be given to the grand jury, Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson announced. Charges of “criminal and dishonest acts” against former officials also will be investigated by the grand jury at the direction of Wilson, provided “newspaper accounts are true,” Wilson said. “My only knowledge of the acts is through reading the newspapers,” Wilson said. “As soon as I have had opportunity today to examine the records. I will take whatever action is warranted. If newspaper accounts arc true, the grand jury will investigate.” Cox Assures Action Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox, who precipitated the sensational disclosures of recent weeks, announced that civil action would be taken to recover from bonding companies. At the time of the ciosing of the Washington bank, officials and employes were covered by a SIOO,OOO bond, evidence in circuit court disclosed Friday. Suit will be started immediately by Samuel Miller, attorney for Oren S. Hack, present receiver. Charges that depositors in the bank lost more than $1,750,000 through acts of the officers were brought to light Friday, when Hack petitioned for instructions regarding suit on the bond. No Action Taken It was revealed that two years ago, an audit showed the loss, but that no action was taken by Brandt C. Downey, 'former receiver. Downey testified that he left action to Earl R. Conder, his attorney, but that Conder preferred to obtain a deed to the home of J. Edward Morris, former bank president, in restitution. Temporarily crowded from the spotlight by developments in the other two banks, affairs of the remaining institutions in the group of four major closed banks also will be considered this week. Charges of depositors that Curtis Rottger, former receiver of the City Trust Company, “dissipated” mere than $125,000 of trust funds will be aired in circuit court. Meyer-Kiser Case Up Hearing also will be conducted on a petition of former liquidating agents of the Meyer-Kiser Dank to obtain records and other documents of bank departments. J. J. Kiser and Melville S. Cohn, two of the former bank officials who were in charge of the liquidation until recently, have petitioned'for the records to act as registration and fiscal agents for securities handled by the bank. The attempted action is opposed by Thomas E. Garvin, receiver, and William J. Fahey, attorney. Garvin’s oppostion to the move centers on the contention that handling of registration and other service by a private business will remove profitable business from the receivership. Belmont Depositors Active Fahey's petition in the interests of Mrs. Margaret Caito, 221 East Henry street, holder of approximately $36,000 of bonds issued by the bank, represents an attempt to secure information regarding the securities. Emphatically voicing a determination “not to sit by while we lose our money,” 191 depositors, with $68,000 in the closed Belmont State bank, laid plans Saturday for an aggressive organization and protection of their claims. At a meeting held in the Belmont theater, a depositors’ committee was elected and empowered to act by employing an attorney, and an accountant if necessary. Members of the committee are A. E. Moore, Harry Markun, Dr. William L. Jennings, C. A. Klingensmith and Walter Gingery, principal of Washington high school. Numerous speeches by depositors exhibted varying attitudes regarding closing of the bank and appointment of Frank B. Ross as reciver. Practically every speaker referred to his understanding that the Belmont bank was “affiliated” with the (Turn to Page Two) Times Index Book-A-Day H Bridge 12 Broun Column 4 Classified 10 Comics 11 Crossword Puzzle 9 Curious World 9 Dietz on Science 7 Editorial 4 Financial 9 Have a Hobby 6 Hickman Theater Reviews 5 Indiana Forest Army Series 7 Lippmann Column 7 Lodge Page 5 Money Series 12 Obituaries 3 Radio 12 Serial Story 11 Sports 8 Talburt Cartoon 4 Vital Statistics 9 Woman's Page 6

U. S. ASKS ALL NATIONS TO DISARM; OFFERS AID IN PUNISHING AGGRESSORS

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By United Press The American attitude toward the problem of disarmament and peace was laid down by Ambassador Norman H. Davis today in the following seven points: 1. The United States is prepared to go as far as any other nation in reducing armaments, and believes they should ultimately be cut to the levels established by the post-war treaties. 2. Asa preliminary step, the United States is prepared to join other nations in abolishing aggressive weapons. 3. The United States “wholeheartedly” accepts the British disarmament plan. 4. America is “willing to consult with other states in case of a threat to peace with a view to averting conflict.” 5. If the United States agrees with an international judgment as to the guilt of an aggressor state it will refrain “from any action” tending to defeat efforts of other nations to restore peace. 6. America believes “that a system of adequate supervision should be formulated to insure the effective and faithful carrying out of any measure of disarmament.” 7. America accepts the chapter on war materials of the disarmament draft treaty now being considered at Geneva. RADICAL SHOALS CHANGEHALTEB Roosevelt Stops Construction That Would Destroy Project Effectiveness. BY RAY TUCKER (CoDvriKht, 1933. for Scripps-Howard Newspapers) WASHINGTON, May 22.—A radical change in the construction program at Muscle Shoals that tended to destroy the effectiveness of the $150,000,000 Alabama project as a government power plant has been discovered, and halted, by the Roosevelt administration. It consisted of preliminary construction of locks for a dam twenty feet lower than the structure—dam No. 3 —which has been planned for a decade as an auxiliary feeder of water and power to Muscle Shoals itself. Had the substitute dam been completed, it is charged that it would have diminished the power potentialities of Muscle Shoals from 20 to 40 per cent. The lower dam was started secretly under the Hoover administration, according to preliminary studies, and it wwild have furnished no additional power or storage facilities to the main project at Muscle Shoals. It also would have blocked completion of the 10-year-old system (Turn to Page Two) WOMAN FALLS ON STOVE, BADLY HURT Hair Burned Off Head as Result of Fainting. Mrs. Esther Caplin, 1425 South Meridian street, wife of Morris Caplin, who operates a shoe store in the front of that address, was burned seriously on the head and neck this morning when she fell upn lighted gas burners of the kitchen stove. Mrs. Caplin, who suffers from high blood pressure, is believed to have fainted as she was preparing to do some cooking. All of the hair was burned off her head, and much of the scalp and skin of the neck was burned. First aid Vas administered by patrolman James Senteney of the police rescue squad, and she was taken to city hospital.

War Declared! The war’s on! Indianapolis men are fighting a major battle today to down that grim orge, Depression. The army is hot after him, down in the forests of Indiana, where the Hoosier contingent went into action today, after a seasoning period at Fort Knox. You may have friends, or relatives, or neighbors there and you'll want to know how they're faring. Arch Steinel, Times staff writer, is with the forestry army and he writes today the first of a series of articles on the Indiana group, now at work under President Roosevelt’s relief plan. You’ll enjoy this series. Read the first today on Page Seven.

Bold Proposal at Geneva Is Regarded as End of Isolation Policy. WARNS OF WAR THREAT Davis in Speech States America Willing to Scrap Military Machine. BY STEWART BROWN 1 nited Press Staff Correspondent GENEVA, May 22.—The United States called on all nations to disarm drastically, and offered to consult and cooperate with other powers in the punishment of aggressors. President Roosevelt, boldly taking leadership of the world's efforts for peace, even proposed to abandon his nation's cherished neutrality in event peace is threatened, and virtually offered to scrap the bulk of the powerful American navy, army and military air force, if other nations will do the same. The offer was regarded here as marking the end of America's traditional policy of isolation. The President's dramatic and sweeping proposals were presented to the general commission of the world arms conference by Norman H. Davis, his special ambassador to Europe. Warns of Arms Race Warning that another war threatens if armament races are not stopped, Davis called on the nations for immediate action, and boldly proposed to reduce all armaments “to the basis of a domestic police force.” Outlining his country’s willingness to co-operate toward security against an aggressor, Davis said: “In particular, we are willing to consult the other states in case of a threat to peace with a view to averting conflict. Further than that, in the event that the states, in conference, determine that a state has been guilty of a breach of the peace in violation of its international obligations and take measures against the violator, j Then, if w-e concur in the judgment rendered as to the responsible and j guilty party, we will refrain from any action tending to defeat such collective effort w-hich these states may thus make to restore peace.” Bears Out German Claims Davis’ speech was received with intense interest by the delegates, and w-as regarded as perhaps the most significant yet made in the years of disarmament deliberations at Geneva. He spoke in a low-, firm voice which was difficult even for the delegates to hear, let alone the galleries. Sir John Simon and Joseph PaulBoncur, British and French foreign 1 ministers, followed the speech line \ by line from written copies. Davis emphasized the need for i speed to guard peace and aid economic recovery. It was considered significant that I the speech bore out the German thesis that the other powers are j bound by the peace treaties to disarm practically to Germany's level, and should do so. Warns Against Rearming Davis warned solemnly against re- ! armament, however, and reiterated President Roosevelt's statement in' his recent peace message that a; i recalcitrant nation would be guilty; by world opinion. “The problems with w'hich we are faced can not be solved if one nation insists on rearming while the others disarm. The result inevitably would be another race in armaments.” The United States’ offer to cast off its traditional isolation if the heavily-armed European nations scrap offensive weapons was regarded as a call which it will be difficlt for France not to answer.

Japan’s Troops at Peiping Gates, Ready to Take City

BY HERBERT R. EKINS Inited Press Staff Correspondent PEIPING, May 22.—Peiping resembled a beleaguered city today, with the eastern and northern gates barricaded and troops, many disorganized. crowding into the residential sections. The political situation was grave, with Chinese arid Japanese officials in serious dispute, and the Japanese in threatening mood. An alleged insult o two high Japanese officials led r o an apology. | and Shoichi Nakayama. Japanese charge d'affaires, announced he ■ would demand an explanation from 1 China for the presence of two divisions of Chinese troops in the ; city. Japanese artillery began a sporadic shelling of the suburb of | Tungehow, preliminary to occupation. Japanese legation officials de-

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Peace Overshadows War Threats in World Capitals Bv lniteri Press Peace overshadowed threats of war in a scries of impressive maneuvers today in Geneva. Washington and Rome. IN GENEVA, Norman Davis disclosed President Roosevelt's policy to aid preservation of peace, declaring the United States’ readiness to reduce arms to self defense needs and. under certain conditions, to abandon neutrality if peace is threatened, and otherwise laciiitate any concerted action against an aggressor. IN ROME, Premier Mussolini's ten-year peace pact involving Italy, Britain, Germany and France suddenly was rushed toward conclusion. IN LONDON, approval was given the Mussolini plan. IN PARIS, there was hesitation in official French circles regarding the Mussolini plan Although home advices said all four powers had approved the scheme, French sources emphasized that it had not yet been formally concluded.

Mussolini’s 10-Year Pact Accepted by 4 Powers Germany, Britain, France and Italy Agree on Treaty to Keep Peace, Say Reports. BY THOMAS B. MORGAN United Press Staff Correspondent ROME, May 22—A treaty binding Europe’s leading powers to keep the peace for ten years awaited formal initialing by diplomats today after approval by representatives of the contracting nations—ltaly, Great Britain, France and Germany.

22 QUALIFY FOR SPEEDWAY RACE Trials Will Be Resumed at 2 Today; Pole Position to Cummings. With twenty-two cars already qualified for the 500-mile race at the Speedway on Memorial day, speed trials will continue all this week, to determine the remaining twenty starters in the annual event. Qualifications tests today will begin at 2 o’clock and end at 6:59, sundown. To qualify, a driver must pilot his car around the Speedway at a minmum speed of 100 miles an hour for twenty-five miles. Only forty-two cars will start the race. Sixty-three cars were entered in the event, and one w-as withdrawn today. Os the forty-two not yet qualified, at least five were expected to attempt the tests this afternoon. “Wild Bill” Cummings, idol of Indianapolis’ west side, will hold the pole positon when the speed creations line up for the race May 30. He qualified his car at a speed of 118.521 miles an hour. Frank Brisko will be the second driver in Ifie front row. and Fred Frame, 1932 winner, the No. 3 pilot.

GENERAL BUSINESS IN INDIANA GAINS Encouraging Reports Made for April. Gains in general business in Indiana in April brought a mark not bettered in any month since October, 1932, according to a report today of the bureau of business research of the Indiana university school of business administration. Seasonable weather and buying in anticipation of higher prices were factors in the upturn. Gain of 3.1 per cent in employment was made during the month. Building trades continue mostly idle, except for minor repair w-ork.

layed a decision on evacuating their nationals to the legation quarters. Chinese troops, unmindful of this situation, went to the top of the city walls insisting they would fire, if Japanese troops advanced within range. The Japanese troops closed in from north and east. Northwearti they were but twenty miles away, and on the other front they were but five miles the other side of Tungehow. barely ten miles from the capital. Thousands of refugees brought livestock into the city, and thronged the streets in disorder. The Red Swastika organization (Chinese Red Crass) established seven additional refugee stations to care for them. Two hundred United States marines and a detachment of British troops, now stationed at a rifle range five miles east of the city, have not been ordered to return.

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| Benito Mussolini wrote the pact j months ago. He revived it this | week-end as an ideal, and perhaps 1 essential, basis for agreement by I the disarmament conference at Geneva and the world economic : conference which meets at London j June 12. So swiftly did he obtain approval by representatives of the powers | for his revived program that when the news was flashed out Sunday night it was greeted with skepticism in other European capitals. Drafts of the pact were due to arrive today at London, Paris, Berlin and Geneva. The plan was for representatives of the contracting nations to initial the treaty at Geneva, in connection with the disarmament conference. Action Comes as Surprise Mussolini prepared to announce its approval in his chamber of deputies today or Tuesday, and if all went well to proclaim his success to the world over an international radio hookup. It was easy to understand the surprise even in well-informed quarters at news of the pact, for heretofore it has been viewed with misgivings in many influential quarters. It has been modified somewhat, it was understood, from &s original form, but it still envisioned eventual revision of the Versailles peace treaty, though within the framework of the League of Nations covenant. Credit to Mussolini Credit for the pact goes to Mussolini, though President Roosevelt and Ramsay MacDonald, British premier—antithesis of the virile, ebullient Fascist head of the Italian government—were of material help. MacDonald accepted the pact when he and Sir John Simon, his foreign minister, visited Rome in March. France and Germany held back. Then came President Roosevelt’s appeal to the world for peace and disarmament, and Adolph Hitler’s temperate sequel to it in the German reichstag. Hermann Goering, special envoy of Hitler, arrived in Rome for a conference at the opportune time. Mussolini obtained his approval of the revised pact, then that of Henri De Jouvenel, French ambassador. Concessions to France Details of the conferences that led to the approval are not known. Europe's smaller nations, the “little entente,” Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia—allies of France—and Poland, always fearful of Germany, had opposed the treaty, believing their interests might be endangered by a pact that included only the stronger nations. It was assumed France obtained concesssions that would satisfy them, especially concerning national boundaries fixed by the Versailles treaty. For two weeks Mussolini had been trying to find some way to satisfy France and the smaller nations. It was understood one concession made was a promise by Germany not to try to alter the status of Austria, her principal World war ally, now dismembered. 0. K. MORTGAGE BILL Senate Banking Group Votes Favorable Report on Roosevelt Plan. By l nitrd Prf WASHINGTON, May 22.— The senate banking and currency committee today voted a favorable report to the senate on President Roosevelt's $2,000,000,000 home mortgage bilL