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LEGION DEMANDS END OF WASTE BY FEDERAL MACHINE

Extravagance Must Be Curbed if Deserving Veteran Is to Be Treated Fairly, Commander Contends. BITTER AGAINST ECONOMY LEAGUE ‘Thrift Drive’ Merely an Attack on Ex-Service Man, Says Johnson; Cites Many Costly ‘Experiments/ BY TALCOTT POWELL Editor Indiana poll. Timr. The American Legion, after fifteen years of framing expensive pension legislation, suddenly has realized that there ia a l>ottom to the treasury’s money barrel. Outstanding officials of the organization, the national headquarters of which are here, admit that if the really disabled veterans and the dependents of the war are to receive just treatment in pension matters, unnecessary extravagances of the federal government must be curbed.

They understand that ablebodied veterans earning adequate incomes can not receive subsidies from the government if the soldier who really was handicapped for life in the Argonne is to be supported decently. The present legion administration. which will give an accounting of its stewardship to the national convention in Chicago on Oct. 2. proposes that the legion pick up the study of government economy where the ' National Economy League dropped it. Bitter Against league Louts A. Johnson, commander of the legion, is bitter in his condemnation of the National Economy League, because, in his opinion, it posed as favoring all government economy and actually was interested only in cutting down payments to veterans. "This organization once was pretty vocal," he said. "Today the mask has been torn from its face. It is exposed as a body of the richest men in the country who had no purpose, hut to raid the veteran and then run to cover. It abandoned its great spring membership drive. Its national chairman has resigned. It has taken its objective. "The legion. I believe, should go into this whole question of income tax exemptions, so that we shall not have the spectacle we have had this year of the Morgans and the Otto Kahns escaping taxation through legal holes so big that you could drive an oxcart through them. "How about the $65,000,000 that has been spent on the prohibition bureau alone, with fully twice that much thrown into the coast guard and immigration service to enforce an unenforceable law which a majority of the people obviously do not want? Cites Money Wastes "How about the terrific subsidies to steamships for earning ocean mail? Why, I know of one case in which the government is paying $117,000 a pound for hauling mail across the ocean. Another steamship company was permitted to borrow’ $6,500,000 for twenty years at 2 per cent interest. • The department of agriculture spent last year $7,000,000 on a study of the habits and home life of practically every known variety of insect and reptile. It even got out a booklet on the love life of the frog. Who in the \\%'ld is interested in the domestic affairs of a bullfrog, except another frog. Department of commerce experts also put out thousands of dollars to find out what, part of a bedsheet wears out first, and reached the astounding conclusion that the part of the sheet which wears out first is that point of which the heaviest part of the body rests. "Our national government today is publishing far more pamphlets and books than either of the two largest private publishing concerns in the country*Cost Huge Sums "All these activities are costing the taxpayer plenty of cash. It seems to me that the veterans can perform a real service by keeping a check on these governmental activities. *The enlightened and patriotic citizen who once wore the uniform of his country now realizes that the treasury is not a money-making machine of infinite production capacity: if his wounded and disabled comrades who bore the brunt of the most awful fighting the world ever has seen and their dependents are to make sacrifices, the ablebodied veterans should make sure that such sacrifices are not unnecessary." The next story will tell of the results of an investigating committee which the Legion appointed for the purpose of evaluating the present pension laws. MINISTERS WILL MEET Annual Sessions of Lutheran Pastors Set for Monday. Yearly meeting of the Lutheran Ministerial Association of Indianapolis and vicinity will begin at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the First Lutheran church. The Rev. C. E. Gardner will be In charge of the meet Inf. The Rev. H. Grady Davis of Whitaetown will lead devotions and an open forum will be conducted by the Rev. A. K. Trout. Bethlehem church, Indianapolis.

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GIRL IS FREED BY ABDUCTORS Terre Haute Waitress Is Found in East St. Louis, After Attack. By Time* Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Sept. 9. Miss Evelyn Hyslop. attractive 17-year-old kidnaping victim, is safe in her home here today, while the authorities of two states are seeking two men who abducted her Thursday nignt and committed criminal attacks. The girl, employed as a waitress in a dance hall restaurant, was taken from her escort, Frank Whalen, a salesman, who w'as robbed of his automobile and $lB6 and tied to a fence by the bandits, who fled w'ith the girl in the car. About noon Friday, the girl said her captors abandoned her in the dow’ntow’n section of East St. Louis, 111., giving her $5 as they left her in the stolen automobile. She was instructed to wait thirty minutes before calling police, the bandits explaining they wished to have time to steal another car for escape. Miss Hyslop notified police and shortly afterward called her stepfather, Carl Silverberg by telephone. Silverberg and Whalen returned the girl here, arriving about midnight. She says she can identify the two men. SURPLUS PIGS SOUGHT FOR POOR FAMILIES Civic Clubs Wire Wallace Request for Distribution. Suggestion that meats of thousands of pigs being slaughtered by {jacking houses and stockyards in compliance with the NRA surplus plan, be distributed to poor families, was made to Henry A. Wallace, secretary of ariculture. Friday night by the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs. Telegrams were sent to Wallace. Senators Frederick Van Nuys and Arthur R. Robinson and Representative Louis Ludlow by the federation members. The messages set out that the pigs, weighing between twenty-five and eighty pounds, should be turned over to authorized charitable groups for butchering and distribution of meats.

In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Southwest wind, ten miles an hour; ceiling, unlimited; visibility. 6 miles: temperature. 81: barometric pressure. 29.96 at sea level; general conditions, clear with light smog.

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CONEY ISLAND RACE TRACK. CINCINNATI. 0.. Sept. 9—A hot thing the last three times he went to the post and placed in a favorable spot makes Manners in the fifth one of the outstanding choices of the day. The best on the card, sez I. Reveille Boy. the "baddest" post actor on the track, figures to step out and cop the sixth without much competition. He will be last until he hits the head of the lane, but from then on watch the old boy come!

Look for Madelon to stop out and catch Skirl in the eighth. Skirl is just like the old grey mare, "He ain't what he used to be.” Can't help liking Tabahu to cop the opener and Devilish to come right back for a repeater in the third. Sun Boy looks mighty fittin in the seventh and Gibby's Choice figures in the fourth. The best-looking prospect on the Lincoln Fields card today is Louie Dear, in the fourth. Indian Runner would be the best thing if Louie Dear wasrTt in such a soft spot. Yankee Waters from the Tom Young stables looks like a winner, as well as Thomasville in the third. Today's Selections .4/ Coney Island—1. Tabaku. Billie's Orphan. Justice Logan. 2. Royal Majesty, Sir Jacob. Kentucky Helen. 3. Devilish, Lady Pal, Golden Ray.

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly cooler Sunday.

Heat Record Threatened; Mercury May Hit 96 by Afternoon; One Victim

FEAR DEATH IN LAKE

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Coast guard crew's are searching the waters of Lake Michigan for the body of Miss Majenta Gerard, above, of River Forest, 111., who is believed to have been aboard, an airplane that disappeared over the lake w'hile en route from South Bend to Chicago. Others aboard w'ere H. W. Manning, parachute jumper, and Carl Otto, pilot. They were returning from a party given by Vincent Bendix, South Bend manufacturer.

How the Market Opened

BY ELMER C. WALZER Fnited Press Financial Editor NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—Stocks were dull with prices irregular in a narrow range at the opening today in the first Saturday Stock Exchange session since July 24. Bokers w'arned clients against too heavy participation at this time, preferring a waiting attitude until the market gave evidence of a definite trend. An adverse factor today w'as strength in the American dollar in all markets. Steel common held steady at the previous clos of 51%. American Telephone firmed up to 127%, up ■%. Rails made small gains featured by New York Central, which rose nearly a point to 47 %. Utilities eased off slighlty. Chrysler lost ■% to 44. Gold mining issues w'ere steady at the previous close. Mail order shares eased off. Wet stocks were mixed with United States Industrial and American Commercial Alcohol each upj a point, and Standard Brands and Schenley Distillers off slightly. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 72 8 a. m 79 7 a. m 73 9 a. m 85

Lad Is Stricken in River; Dies Before Aid Arrives Swimming in an unguarded spot in White river at Municipal Gardens Friday afternoon. 14-year-old Woodrow E. Pitzer, 1125 North Pershing avenue, was drowned w'hen stricken either by cramps or by

fatigue in the middle of the river. Companions of the lad fled the scene in teror, and the body w r as recovered by Sergeant Timothy McMahon of the police accident preveniton bureau and radio patrolman Thomas Carter. The body was identified by the lads mother, Mrs. Harvey Pitzer,

4. Gibby's Choice, Upset Lassie. Kitty Sue. 5. Manners. Patsyette. I Pass. 6. Reveille Boy, Ridgeview. Peggy Lehman. 8. Madelon. Skirl. Kibitzer. 9. Royal Rock, Abe Furst, Sure Pop. Track—Fast. At Lincoln Fields—1. Even Play. Cash Surrender. Transcall. 2. Aegis, Sarazen 11. Miss Marr. 3. Thomasville. Woodlander, Flickamaru. 4. Louie Dear. Eli Weir. Leflore. 5. Yankee Waters, Snow Play, In Par. 6. Indian Runner. At Top. Essoff. 7. Anna Adelia. Pharahead, Rowdy Boy. 8. All Hail, Ft. Dearborn, Port O’Play. Best—Louie Dear. Track—Fash

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1933

Man Prostrated, Taken to Hospital; No Relief in Sight. With the heat record for Sept. 8 equalled Friday at 95, the mercury j today made tracks for the all-time September heat mark of 96. Despite a prediction of slightly cooler weather for Sunday, there were indications that today may be the hottest day of the entire latesummer wave. J. H. Armington, senior United States meteorologist, forecast fair weather for tonight and Sunday, with slightly cooler temperatures prevailing Sunday. Starting at 72 at 6 this morning, the mercury had risen to 85 by 9, the same mark reached at 9 Friday. The thermometers registered 95 at 3 Friday and then dropped two degrees by 4. One Indianapolis man was prostrated by the heat and was treated at city hosiptal. The heat victim was Joseph Branson. 71, of 233 North Cable street, who collapsed while walking at Pearl and Blackford streets. Many lawns and gardens in the city have been burned by the week's scorching heat, and some crops in the vicinity are believed to have been affected. Late corn has been aided by the heat, following last Saturday's rain. The prediction of slightly cooler j temperatures for Sunday does not ! indicate that the break in the heat ! wave is near and the far-above-normal weather may continue next j week. MAIL ROBBERY SUSPECTS SHOT One Is Wounded Critically: Another Caught; Third Man Escapes. j By I'nited Press LAKE CITY, Minn., Sept. 9.—Two mail robbery suspects, one of them critically wounded, were captured today after a gun battle. A third ! man escaped, but also may have | been shot. The wounded man, taken to Lake | City hospital, where he is believed | dying, was not identified. The other ' prisoner gave his name as R. Peterj son, Rockford, 111. TITUS APPOINTED TO U. S. ENGINEER POST Former State Official Will Be in Charge of Highway Work. Announcement of the appointment of William J. Titus, former chief j engineer of the state higlrway com--1 mission, as senior highway design engineer for the federal bureau of roads, by Thomas H. McDonald, was received here Friday. Titus will assume his duties at once. He will work under J. T. Voshell, Chicago, district engineer. He will have charge of all municipal projects undertaken by the Indiana state highway commission, ; and will be placed in direct charge of all bridge and railroad grade separation construction for Indiana, i Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky.

| who became hysterical as she recognized her son. Grief-stricken, the Pitzer family i huddled in the home today, striving to comfort Woodrow's twin sis- ! ter Catherine who had been her | brother's closest companion. The survivors included the par- ' ents, Catherine, one other sister elma. 23. and three brothers Cecil, 26; Nelson. 21, and Ralph. 18. Dog Mourns for Master Another knew of the tragedy, too. It was Billy, Woodrow's pet bull terrier, which had been the lad's constant companion for ten years. The dog had been brought home when a pup by Cecil Pitzer as a gift ; for his "baby brother.” With nose turned upward. Billy mourned today with long-drawn, harrowing howls. With several companions. Woodrow left to caddy at the Riverside golf course Friday and they stopped for a swim at the Municipal Gardens. • The Pitzer lad had learned to swum this summer. After swimming from the west j bank of the river to the east bans, with Leo Beers, 14, of Eleventh street and ePrshing awenue. Woodrow started back. About twenty feet from the west bank, in four-teen-foct deep water, Woodrow cried out. Help Too Late "Can veu make it?” called the Beers boy. ' - j "I think so." gasped Woodrow. A moment later he cried for help and went down. Paul Noe, 16. of 1816 Winfield, avenue, a.nd Carl Hancock, 1154 North Bclleview place, who were passing by. leaped j into the water in an effort to save Woodrow, but he had gone down for the last time before they could , reach him. 1

MINE OWNERS RESUME WAR ON COAL CODE Johnson Faces New Battle: Wrath Is Aroused by Operators’ Letter. FIGHT LABOR CLAUSES Price Provisions Also Are Target of Attack in Negotiations. BY H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Mine operators precipitated a new r crisis over a code for the soft coal industry today. ‘'The situation is very delicate," said Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnsqn, emerging from a conference with spokesmen for the operators. The code drafted by the government satisfied labor. It was praised by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who said any complaints against it would come from operators. They were not long in coming. Walter Jones, liaison man for the so-called Appalachian group of operators, whose mines have been nonunion, gave Johnson a letter which the administrator read and hurled to the floor. Then he summoned the operators. Code Called ‘Bad’ They included Charles O’Neill, New York; R. E. Taggart, Philadelphia; J. D. A. Morrow, Pittsburgh, and James D. Francis, Huntington, W. Va. It was understood the operators told Johnson they considered the code so "bad" that they would not bother to submit written suggestions of changes before the deadline at 6 tonight. The specific clauses to which they objected were unrevealed, but it was understood they centered on price and labor provisions. Morrow said announcements regarding the conference would have to come from Johnson. Johnson said he had postponed a public hearing which he had set for Monday afternoon. The postponement was suggested by Deputy Administrator K. M. Simpson, in charge of the coal mine code. Previously, Johnson threatened to i impose the code arbitrarily if there j were any further attempts to delay ! it. Labor Gains Point Labor provisions of the code include the recovery acts quarantees i of the right of collective bargaining, | give miners the right to a check-1 weighman of their own choosing, outlaw scrip, child labor, and company stores and towns, and give organized majorities the right to share their work with bona fide unemployed workers of the same mine. The price provisions prohibit cutting below a fair price, to be determined by divisional code authorities operating under supervision of the recovery administration and the | national bituminous coal board. Despite the apparent rejection of j the code by the Appalachian operators, Johnson said he believed J the difficulties in the way of j promulgation of the code would be ! "bridged over” and he scheduled a ■ series of new conferences with this i end in view'. CHARITIES PARLEY HERE Associated Lutheran Group to Hold Convention Sept. 26-29. Annual national convention of the Associated Lutheran Charities will j be held in Indianapolis Sept. 26 to 29. Several nationally knowrn charity j workers will speak on the program, \ which has been arranged by national offices of the organization, j The program calls for lectures each | morning of the convention, with the I afternoons to be set aside for group j meetings. The annual banquet will be held Sept. 28 at the Marott. Special services will be held in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church Sept. 26. More than 300 persons are expected to attend. EX-SHERIFF IS ARRESTED Bloomington Man Held There on Indianapolis Check Charge. Rav R. Stephens, '42. Bloomington, former Monroe county sheriff, was placed under arrest in Bloomington Friday and returned to Indianapolis to face charges of passing a fraudulent check. A warrant was obtained by the management of a downtown hotel. Stephens is alleged to have passed a worthless check for S2O. Stephens is under indictment by 1 the Monroe county grand jury for embezzlement and failure to turn over tunds to his successor. He is scheduled to go on trial in Bloomington Wednesday. Times Index Page. | ABC of NRA 10 Book a Day 7 Bridge 9 Broun Column 4 Classified 10-11-12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 10 Curious World 13 Dietz on Science 9 Editorial 4 Financial 10 j Hickman Theater Reviews 6 Kirby Cartoon 4 Mae West—a Series 2 Obituaries 2 Radio • •. 7 Serial Story 13 Sports 8-9 Vital Statistics 10 Woman's Page 5

CRISIS IS REACHED IN CUBA; ROOSEVELT TRIP CANCELED

SWANSON WATCHES EVENTS IN CUBA*

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Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson and Mrs. Swanson are shown here at Annapolis, Md.. in the admiral's barge as they prepared to go aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, which was ordered to Cuba. Mrs. Swanson accompanied her husband, who emphasized that his trip had no official connection with the new Cuban uprising.

Board Selected to Sift NRA Violations in City Seven Men Named, to Hear Complaints and Impose Penalties If Facts Justify Action. A board of mediation to hear complaints of alleged violations of the NRA by Indiangpolis employers has been named by the executive committee of the local recovery board. Seven men have been selected to sit as a board of recommendation on complaints that, can not be handled by persuasive or educational methods. T. M. Overley, "colonel" of the local bureau of compliance and complaints, will act as chairman of the mediation board.

FIREBUG FEARED LOOSE IN WOOD 5,000 Fighting Flames in Michigan Forest: Oil Lands Nearby. By I'nited Press MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 9. -- Threats of incendiarism w'ere added to the difficulties today of 500 fire fighters, battling a stubborn blaze in the central Michigan forests. The blaze, believed brought under control Friday by volunteers, con- 1 servation corps members, and forest rangers after a battle since early this week, flared anew' Friday in' section 23 —the Midland oil region. Fire fighters said that shortly before the latest blaze began, a man fled from the scene in a small automobile. Shortly after he fled, fire; started in the section. The flames had burned their way : through 5,000 acres of timber land in sections 21 and 22 during the week. Fear was expressed that the flames would extend into the near- j by Porter township section, dotted w'ith new'ly struck oil wells. Wardens said this section was saturated with escaping gas. Handspring Is Costly Turning handsprings Friday afternoon. Wilma Schrow'e, 10. of 1841 South East street, fell to the sidew'alk and suffered a broken left arm. She was treated at city hos- j pital. Bullet Wounds Fatal Jesse Jordan, 28, Negro, died in city hospital late Friday night of bullet w'ounds, alleged by police to have been inflicted by John Harris. 57, Negro. 218% Indiana avenue, who is held.

Father Ruined by Son Man of 50 Led Into Crime by Youth; Each Given Sentence of 10 Years in Prison.

QON led father into a life of crime, but in payment to the piper—Jusk3tice—each received ten years in the penitentiary' in the court of Criminal Judge Frank Baker, Friday. The son, Richard Turner. 19. will go to the Indiana reformatory; the father, James M. Turner, 2039 Ludlow street, to Indiana state prison.

Facing charges of robbery and grand larceny growing out of numerous robberies of pharmacies, in addition to the alleged holdup of Hugh McK Landon, vice-president of the FletTher Trust Company, and attempted robbery of the Leslie Colvin Construction Company, 8400 Spring Mill road, the younger Turner took the blame for leading his father astray. "I knew he had been out of a job and needed money, so I invited Dad to go along," said the youth, explaining the robberies to the court Paul Parker, who accompanied _the Turners and two other men in’the robberies, also received ten years in the reformatory. In sentencing tfee trio, Baker ex-

Entered a* Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indlanapolla

Chamberlin, former judge of Marion circuit court; Robert Fox, of the Central Labor Union; Paul Q. Richey, president of the Russel M. Seeds Company; Curtis M. Rottger. former president of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company; George S. Olive, certified public accountant; Frank J. Burke, assistant to Wells, will be the seventh man. Will Punish Violators In cases w'here firms refuse to comply with the NRA program and refuse to surrender the blue eagle insignia w’hen their violations have been explained to them, the board w'ill recommend publicly that their insignia be removed by the federal government "The committee appointed today simply is a fact-finding body and, in no sense a court,” said Overley. “It will serve in an advisory capacity on policy with reference to handling of complaints and will hear evidence in connection with complaints that can not be adjusted by explanation.” All complaints will be adjusted sgcretly, except those in which the persons complained against deliberately refuse to co-operate w'hen informed of their violations. Many Are Discarded In speaking of possible removal of blue eagles from firms which refuse to live up to the NRA program atfer a clear explanation of the recovery act has been made to them, Overley said: “I do not believe removal of the (Turn to Page Two) HEALTH SERVICE READY State Department to Act 24 Hours on Emergency Calls. A twentyq-four hour service to handle emergency calls of the state public health department was inaugurated Friday, according to an announcement of Dr. Verne K. Harvey, department director.

pressed the opinion that the father i ‘ was just dumb.” "He had reached the age of 50 without making a misstep. He has worked hard all his life. Then he goes out with his own. son to embark on a career of crime. Usually | it is the father who takes the son,’ i Baker said. "I am going to be fair in this case. Probably if the parole board were sitting here, it would give you a couple of years and it probably will turn you out in a couple of years, anyhow.” Others sentenced Friday were Clyde O Pheara. flteen years in the state reformatory, for burglary and petit larceny, and Mrs. Virginia Harding, one to five years in Indiana woman's prison, for petit larceny. **

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Week-End Events to Decide Whether U. S. Will Intervene. WARSHIPS ARE READY, Fate of New Government Rests on Ability to Protect Foreigners. BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD l nited Tress Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. This week-end will determine whether the United States is to intervene in Cuba, officials believed today. President Roosevelt canceled his holiday fishing trip that he might stay in personal command. His course depended entirely on the ability of the ruling revolutionary junta in Havana to form a government strong enough to maintain order and protect foreigners. A fleet of warships and bombing planes and a regiment of marines awaited only the presidential command. In the balance was not only Cuba's future, but the entire American diplomatic policy in Latin America. Officials fear a display of American military strength would arouse the old fear of the "Colossus of the North” and jeopardize all efforts at economic unity for the countries of the western hemisphere. Appeal to Three Nations The appeal by Mexico to Argentine, Brazil and Chile to use their influence with the Cuban regime to assure safety of life and property, was regarded as a safeguard against excessive anti-Americanism, should intervention become necessary. War vessels and planes were In vantage points near Cuba, prepared for instant action. A number of vessls w r ere in Cuban harbors. A record non-stop mass flight from Hampton Roads, Va.. to Coco Solo, C. Z., put naval seaplanes within striking distance. Flying through a fifty-mile squall, and for the most part over water, the planes made the 2,056 miles in twenty-five hours and twenty-five minutes. The American destroyer Overton proceeded to Cienfuegos after a call at the Isle of Pines, where 750 Americans had asked protection when the release of 2,000 inmates of a penal colony was threatened. The Overton found everything quiet. A coast guard destroyer moved into position to protect Americans at Antilla, Cuba.

Will Protect Americans The cruiser Indianapolis, carrying Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson, proceeded toward the west coast, after a two-hour stop in Havana harbor. The secretary did not leave the ship. It was emphasized by state department officials that this government's sole interest in intervention would be protection of American lives, and no responsibility would be given the naval and military forces to protect American property. It was stressed that this government was neutral toward Cuban factions. This was regarded as an implied denial of reports that it was seeking to re-establish Carlos Manuel De Cespedes as president. The desire of President Roosevelt to avoid any warlike gesture led to cancellation of his fishing trip, which was scheduled to start from Quantico, Va., where 1,250 marines are held in readiness. He feared his visit would be regarded as a review of the marines prior to sailing. BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS t'nited { Press Staff Correspondent HAVANA. Sept. 9.—Cuban opposition to American intervention solidified today. The executive committee government- sought to prevent any excuse for it. but used the possibility of intervention as an argument to win the support of political leaders and army officers. Havana was completely normal. It was perhaps even more calm than in the days when the secret service men of Gerardo Machado ruthlessly maintained order. Yet the situation was one of utmost delicacy. It was typified by two isolated incidents Friday night. While the cruiser Indianapolis was steaming into the harbor, an unknown Cuban on the water front, in-an ineffectual symbol of protest, fired a small caliber pistol at it. The Indianapolis stayed only two hours, proceeding on to Panama. An official statement from the presidential palace informed the public that if a party of officers landed, it would be a friendly visit, such as was customary whenever a foreign warship visited a port. There was no dcubt that the government was striving above all to avert intervention, and as part of that was making no secret of its fear that popular anger would precipitate an outbreak If American forces landed.

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