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SUBZERO WAVE TO STAY, CITY IS TOLD; FEAR COAL FAMINE

No Break in Sight, Weather Bureau Warns; Mercury Climbs to 7. FUEL SUPPLY IS LOW One Ton Limit Enforced by Dealers Here as Shortage Looms. Although temperatures are somewhat higher today the Weather Bureau, which forecasts colder for tomorrow, sees no break in the cold wave. That being so, the coal shortage in Indianapolis, described by retail dealers as not more than four or five days of bitter weather removed, grew, and more dealers placed a one-ton limit on deliveries. If you thought it was spring when you stepped out this morning, you were deceived by a difference of about 13 degrees between tiie temperature at the same time yesterday and today. It was 7 above at 9. Groundhog Stirs Controversy There is some controversy over ■whether the groundhog, when he pokes his prophetic nose out of his home tomorrow and makes that momentous annual decision about six more weeks of winter, will see the sun or his shadow. It is predicted that the sky will he cloudy most of the day, clearing, probably, toward night. However, if the groundhog sees only the setting sun he probably won’t see his shadow, and we're likely to have something new and different in rulings on the matter. Regardless of the groundhog, the weather bureau sees no relief from the intense cold that now has such a string of severe temperatures that it has broken all records for the state. City Man Dies Meanwhile the cold claimed another Indianapolis man. Daniel Lee, Negro, 84, former custodian at City Hall, died in City Hospital from effects of exposure suffered Jan. 28. In the state there have been 34 deaths from the subzero weather. A crisis was faced at South Bend, Where it was announced six of the larger schools will not open Monday unless additional fuel supplies can he obtained. Coal dealers have nsked public notice regarding the shortage be withheld to prevent a run on their existing supplies. Another major difficulty in some cities was frozen lines which have caused a water shortage. Anderson and Seymour are most seriously affected, while other cities report lesser anxiety. S2OOO Montgomery Fire Loss With the ground frozen three feet ,<leep, officials of the Elkhart City Cemetery suspended all burials pending warmer weather and prepared to keep bodies in vaults until the cold wave breaks. Fires have caused considerable damage. A drug store and grocery burned at Montgomery, Daviess County, with an estimated loss of $12,000. An overheated stove caused a fire which destroyed a one-room school house in Union Township. Shelby County, at a loss of S2OOO. The fire occurred before students reported for classes. Noblesville Hard Hit Timex Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Feb. I.—Noblesville is facing a fuel shortage as the result of the last 10 days of severe weather, city officials said today. All but three yeards in the city have exhausted their supply and purchases are being restricted. Dealer* say they are not expecting shipments of coal before the middle of next week. CHRYSLER LEADS IN HEAVY STOCK TRADE Auto Shares Open at 95, Best Showing Since 1929. J?V fa &-rj Prexx NEW YORK. Feb. I.—Stocks continued their advance In heavy trading marked by large blocks under the lead of Chrysler and Westinghouse Electric. Bonds were mixed, cotton easier and the dollar firmer. (PY Thomson A McKinnon' 10:30 A. M. Prev. N Y. Close. Atchison T4' 74>j Grt NortMrn 35 5 , 35'n N Y Cent 34 5 . 34' 2 Pennsylvania 36>. 36 Gen Elec 39’. 39 s i Westingho'ise Elec 113 113'a V 8 Ruiiber 19', 19 Chrysler 95', 94 Gen Motors 59'a 59 Briggs 54 53 s * Elec Auto Lite 38 s , 38 s . Timken Roller 68'. 68 1 . Douglas Air 73> 73 l , United Air 19 29>. Anaconda 30 s , 30'* Ini Nickel 49 s . 49'i Kennecott 33 32 s . Union Carbide 76 s . 76 Ohio Oil 17 17 8 O of Ind 38 s , 38' SOofN J 60 59 s . Sconey Vae 16‘j 16' 2 Beth Steel S3> 2 52 s , U S Steel sli, 50 s . Rep Iron A Stel 22 s . 21 T ANARUS A T A T 162 161 s , Cons Gas 36 s . 36‘. Nor Am Cos 30 33 5 , Gen Pood* 34 5 . 34' 2 Natl Dairy 23'. 23 IStand Brandt 15 s . 15 f . Com Solvents 21 20 s . Am Radiator 23'. 23 s . Mont Ward 38 37 > 2 Bears Roebuck 68 68 Jftadi* IJH 13\

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Cloudy with occasional snow probable tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight between 5 and 10 above; colder tomorrow.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 281

Five Midwestern States Report Dwindling Supplies. lOWA IS HARDEST HIT Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana Also Are Affected. By Uniterj, Prexx CHICAGO, Feb. I.—Coal became a precious mineral in five Midwestern states today. Fuel famine or shortage was reported in lowa. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. Suffering threatened to become acute in heatless homes built over some of America’s richest coal veins. Conditions were worst in lowa. An unprecedented cold wave is to blame. Arctic blasts which rode down out of the Northland 11 days ago plunging temperatures to new lows since turn of the century caught coal retailers napping. Mines on a 35-hour week were unable to satisfy the booming demand as fuel dealers clamored to replenish empty bins. Prolongation of the subzero ordeal caused an “emergency” in some sections. Many communities were put on coal rations as dealers attempted to make the “black diamonds” go as far as possible. A survey indicated the following conditions in the affected area: lowa Relief needs will be answered by 30,000 tons of coal to be mined today from 500 soft coal pits worked overtime by special union dispensation. General needs are increasing and the situation may become acute early next week. Dealers’ fuel supplies are exhausted at Des Moines, Ottumwa and Bedford. Burlington and Davenport have a week’s supply. Many small towns are without fuel and trucks are being sent direct to the mines. Scores have become stalled in snow-jammed highways. Missouri Coal dealers in some communities are rationing consumers on the basis of their stoves’ capacity. Many families are compelled to burn corn cobs, bundled paper and old furniture. Dr. George M. Laughlin. president of Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, threw open hundreds of acres of woodlot to fuel-less householders. Indiana Coal dealers said their stocks of moderate priced coal were exhausted after 10 days of unprecedented subzero weather. Expensive grades of fuel will run out soon unless the frozen Ohio River breaks up soon, permitting movement of large shipments from West Virginia. Schools in some sections have been closed. Illinois A coal shortage exists in southern Illinois, State Director of Mines James McSherry i 'ported. Operators are behind on shipments due to extraordinary demand caused by the record-breaking cold snap. The Chamber of Commerce of Belleville — in the center of the big soft coal district serving St. Louis. Mo.—reported a “decided shortage.” The shortage was more serious due to a strike at the Big Nigger Hollow mine employing 500 men. Ohio Concerned by possibility of a serious fuel shortage, the Cincinnati Coal Exchange appealed to John L. Lewis, president of the U. M. W., for a temporary increase in mine working hours. East Ohio fields worked at top speed to fill heavy demand. Ice in the Ohio River is impeding movement of fuel from West Virginia. WIDOW FACES ORDEAL Mrs. Liggett to Take Stand Monday for Cross-Examination. By United Prexx MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. I.—The small, dark-haired widow of Walter Liggett, who testified Isadore Blumenfeld leered behind the flaming machine gun which poured bullets into her husband's back, rested today in preparation for a rigorous cross-examination Monday. Trial of Blumenfeld, burly liquor dealer who had been attacked iff Editor Liggett's weekly newspaper, was recessed over the week-end.

3000 Italians Killed in Battle, Ethiopians Claim

By United Prexx ADDIS ABABA. Feb. I.—An official communique asserted today that 3000 Italians were killed in a battle on the northern front that started Jan. 21 and ended Thursday. The first communique asserted that & Fascist blackshirt militia division was wiped out. A later one referred specifically to the “Fascist 28th of October brigade.” The Oct. 28 division is named in honor of the Fascist march on Rome—the most important date in Fascist history. About 5000 Italians were wounded, the communique said, and 18 tanks, 33 field guns, 175 machine guns, rifles and many prisoners were capture^.

Huey’s Widow, Named to U. S. Senate, Reported Ready to Revive Fight for Kingfish’s ‘Share-Our-Wealth’ Program

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STATE BAR TO HEAR REPORTS Attorneys Are to Hold Midwinter Meeting in Claypool. Committee reports are to be presented this morning at the Indiana State Bar Association’s midwinter meeting in the Claypool, Albert H. Cole is to report on membership, Addison M. Dowling on legal education. Joe S. Hatfield on young lawyers, Henry M. Dowling on inherent power of court and Hubert Hickam on illegal practices and Curtis W. Roll is to explain the working of the judicial council, William H. Hill is to report on by-law amendments and Samuel D. Jackson and Austin V. Clifford are to give addresses, this afternoon. Former Illinois Justice to Talk Floyd E. Thompson, former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, is to be the banquet speaker tonight. Indiana Judges’ Association and Indiana Prosecutors’ Association elected officers last night in meetings preliminary to the bar session today. Judge Charles E. Smith, Anderson, is president; Judge Frank Russell, Tipton, vice president, and Judge Edgar A. Rice, Crawfordsville, secretary-treasurer, of the jurists’ association. Raymond J. Kearns, Terre Haute, is president; Mark Storen, Michigan City, vice president; William H. Britten, Richmond, secretary, and Kenneth Copes, Brookville, treasurer, of the prosecutors’ group. MINERS DUE TO SACK CANDIDACY OF F. D. R. Demands for Labor Party Are Expected to Be Sidestepped. By United Prcsx WASHINGTON. Feb. I.—A commitment by the United Mine Workersof America to back President Roosevelt as a candidate for reelection was expected today at the miners’ convention. The demand for a labor party set forth in many resolutions presented to the more than 1100 delegates was slated to be sidestepped in favor of a New Deal vote of confidence. This political approval, an innovation in the American labor movement. would continue a strong proRoosevelt tinge which has marked the first week's sessions of the meeting of the nation’s largest workers' union.

Ethiopian losses were estimated at 1200 killed or wounded. “A formidable group of Italians, under Gen. Diamanti, was annihilated along with the Fascist Twentyeighth of October brigade,” the communique said. The theater of action was given by the communique as north of Abbi Addi, which is ffi the Tembien region northwest of Makale, peak of the Italian front. Italians Deny Report By United Prexx ROME, Fab. I.—An Italian official spokesman today characterized as “false and absurd” reports from Addis Ababa that a Blackshirt division had been wiped out with losses of 3000 men,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1936

Extra Pay Day By United Prexx WASHINGTON, Feb. I. February this year has more “pay days” and “bath night” —Saturdays—than any February since 1908, government statisticians found today. The five Saturdays also will be a boon to leap-year misses who like to propose, as it will give them an extra Saturday “date evening.”

8 FOUND GUILTY IN HUGE DRAKE FRAUD Dreams of Riches Fade for 70,000 Victims. By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. I.—Dreams of fabulous wealth shared by 70,000 credulous midwesterners were shattered today by a verdict of a Federal Court Jury convicting eight defendants in the notorious Sir Francis Drake estate swindle. The myth of the Drake estate, which promoters claimed would pay as high as SIBOO on a $1 “donation,” had taken more than $1,200,000 from farmers and small' town residents, the government charged. Named as the master-mind, Oscar Hartzell, former lowan who became “the baron” in London night clubs, was downcast when the verdict was announced. He was brought here for trial from Leavenworth where he is serving a 10-year term for a previous Drake estate conviction. The eight defendants were all who remained of the original 41 placed on trial nine weeks ago on charges of using the mails to defraud. The others were dismissed as the trial progressed. Sentence will be passed Tuesday. Besides Hartzell, others convicted were: A. R. Gregory, Wenatchee, Wash.; Canfield Hartzell, New York, brother of Oscar; Joseph H. Hauber, Chicago; Emil R. Rochell, Madison, Wis.; Lester Ohmart, D. C. Short and Otto Yant, all of Chicago.

HOFFMAN STIRS IRE OF PARTY BACKERS G. 0. P. May Ask Him to Explain Bruno Stand. By United Press TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. I.—The Republican state committee may call upon Gov. Harold G. Hoffman to explain his activities in the Lindbergh case, it was reported today. The committee controls the organization upon which Hoffman is dependent for suppoprt. The committee held a secret meeting last night at the home of Henry W. Jeffers, its chairman. It was reported that some members favored asking Gov. Hoffman if he intended putting Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state police commander, on the political “spot” by throwing back the Lindbergh case to his organization. Col. Schwarzkopf's term expires in the spring. He was appointee! by Mr. Hoffman's predecessor, a Democrat. The committee was reported to be considerably alarmed at what was described as an increasingly chaotic condition in the state party organization due to Gov. Hoffman's intervention in the case and his reprieve to Bruno Richard Hauptmann. v ,

Mrs. Long Is Appointed to Late Husband’s Post by Gov. Noe. By United Prexx NEW ORLEANS, Feb. I.—Friends of Mrs. Huey P. Long, appointed to serve the unexpired Senate term of her slain husband, believed today that she will attempt to revive his share-our-wealth movement and follow his independent policies. Receiving flowers and messages of congratulations by hundreds today in the $40,000 home her husband left her, Mrs. Long refused to discuss her policies. She will go to Washington within a few days to become the country’s third woman Senator. Mrs. Long is a native of Greensburg, Ind. Reviews of her recent past uncovered little to help those interested in her future conduct, for she had remained in the background of Long’s career for several years, but observers recalled with new interpretations that she had obtained clear title to copyrights, patents and the mailing list of his Share-Our - Wealth Clubs. When Long was making his first meteoric assaults on Louisiana political redoubts Mrs. Long, preferring domesticity, proved herself a capable political worker. Long repeatedly attributed his first election successes to her. Reared Three Children In Washington, with the assets of the Share-Our-Wealth organization and with the congressional mail franking privilege at her command, she may decide to seek power on her own account, friends believed. Long built the Share-Our-Wealth clubs through use of the franking privilege, employing a large staff tq maintain contacts. He claimed 10.000,000 members. The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, his principal aid, has worked hard to keep the clubs alive since the Kingfifish was slain. The magic of the Long name might rejuvenate them. Aside from reorganization of the Share-Our-Wealth clubs, no one among either the Long faction’s friends or enemies could predict with any plausibility what Mrs. Long would do. She is a woman of polished manner and great personal charm. She has three children whom she reared almost alone while the Kingfish fought his later political wars. She has had small part in public affairs. She’s Proud of Honor It was possible to assume, and many did, that the Long machine had not appointed a successor to Long who would upset its applecart. If Mrs. Long gives loyalty to her husband’s organization she probably will be forced to fight many antiadministration battles before her term expires next year. But Mrs. Long refused to comment. She was appointed yesterday by Gov. James Albert Noe. In a formal statement she said she was “proud of the honor” and hoped “to be able to render profitable service to the people of Louisiana.” She will find at least one close friend in the Senate, Mrs. Hattie Caraway (D., Ark.). Mrs. Caraway went to the Senate in similar circumstances as her husband’s successor, and won re-election in 1932 because Huey Long took his sound truck and his oratory to her aid in one of his most spectacular campaigns. Long Faction Is Jubilant Leaders of the Long faction were jubilant at Mrs. Long’s appointment. They had been worried by the unplanned elevation of Noe, former Lieutenant Governor, by the death of former Gov. O. K. Allen. Today they accepted him as a dependable wheelhorse. Most enemies of the machine adopted an attitude of tolerance. Frank J. Looney, Shreveport attorney, who unsuccessfully opposed Allen for Long’s senatorial place in the recent primary, said that she is “a fine little woman and if I had to select somebody from that crowd I would rather pick her than any one else.”

20 ARE HURT IN OHIO HEAD-ON TRAIN CRASH Only One Reported Injured Seriously; One Hoosier Wounded. By United Prexx CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. I.—Headon collision of two passenger trains on a trestle near the river front injured at 20 persons, most of them Negro train employes, today. Only one was believed injured seriously. He was Anthony Netherland, 59, Negro waiter, of Knoxville, Tenn., who received possible skull fracture and spinal injuries. Among the others hurt was Walter Mucker, 19, Negro waiter, New Albany, Ind. The Chesapeake & Ohio’s Sportsman, bound for Washington, crashed into the Southland of the Louisville & Nashville line, pulling into Cincinnati from Florida. Times Index Page Amusements 4 Auto News 8 Births, Deaths 13 Books 9 Bridge 6 Broun 9 Church News 2 Comics 15 Editorial 10 Financial 11 Merry-Go-Round 9 Mrs. Roosevelt 7 Pegler 9 Radio 5 Serial Story 6 Sports 12-13 State Deaths 16 W.,nt Adis 13-14 Woman's Pages 6-7

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INFLATION DRIVE OPENS; ROOSEVELT WILL FIGHT FOR NEW TAXES, SAY AIDS

SAFEIY DRIVES DDE LAUNCHED M Off, STHIE Concerted Campaign Opens, City Woman Tenth Fatality of 1936. While city and state agencies moved toward a concerted campaign to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities by safety drives, Mrs. Gladys Surber, 39, of 906 N. Dearbom-st, became the tenth person to die in Marion County traffic this year. Mrs. Surber died in City Hospital of injuries received Nov. 25 when she was struck by an auto driven by Benjamin Rader, 930 Camp-st, at 10th and Dearborn-sts. Dr. Silas J. Carr, City Council Safety Committee chairman, today advocated the purchase of 15 light roadster autos for traffic policemen instead of that many motorcycles, because of what he claims are unreasonable prices submitted by motorcycle dealers. Traffic Officers Shifted “The city,” he said, “could save about S2OO a unit on the roadsters and have a trade-in value when they are no longer useful for traffic patrol. “Two companies have a monopoly on motorcycles, and for that reason demand high prices. This city .doesn’t choose to be held up. The roadsters would be a lot safer, besides.” Meanwhile, Chief Morrissey today shifted all traffic policemen to unfamiliar beats for the avowed purpose of relieving the officers of the “embarrassments” of having to deny old acquaintances the favor of fixing a traffic sticker. It was a move in connection with the department’s announcement that from now on there will be no fixing of the stickers, and that every one who gets one for violating a traffic law must hereafter make a cash instead of an evasive settlement. Also in line with the campaign of safety, a statewide drive was launched last night at a meeting in the Board of Trade library. Two Injured Critically Representatives of more than 50 organizations and industries met with Reginald H. Sullivan, former mayor, as chairman, and decided to appoint an executive committee to perfect plans for organization. Among the speakers were Gov. McNutt, Donald F. Stiver, State Safety Director; Chief Morrissey; Capt,. Lewis Johnson, head of the city police traffic division; William A. Evans of the school board, and Joseph A. Crawley, WPA engineer. John Crawford, 45, of 355 Lansingst, was struck and critically injured by an auto driven by Harry Ferris, 43, of 1469 N. Alabama-st in the 900 block W. New York-st last night. Mr. Crawford was pushing a baby carriage filled with coal in the street. Joe Kirkham, 38-year-old WPA worker, was injured critically this morning when he was struck by a truck as he was shoving a pushcart in the street at Davidson and New York-sts. John C. Johnson, 31, of 1448 El-bert-st, truck driver, said he failed to see Kirkham. Injpred internally, Kirkham was sent to City Hospital. He lives at 228 Minerva-st.

ROOSEVELT TOPS IN lOWA, STOKES SAYS AAA Decision Solidified Him With State’s Farmers. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer DES MOINES, la., Feb. I.—The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt is still one to conjure with in lowa. The grumbling of the business element which rises elsewhere is not so noticeable here, for lowa is predominantly agricultural and the heart of the farmer out in the corn rows—now buried under several inches of snow—still beats warmly for the man in the White House. Mr. Roosevelt’s strength appears to have been solidified by the Supreme Court decision which killed AAA, and the state’s 13 electoral votes should be chalked down in the Roosevelt column in November. The New Deal influence may sweep out of public life at the same time a former idol of lowa, Senator Lester J. Dickinson, the whitehaired orator who has raised his voice so often against the Roosevelt regime. The Senator is up for re-election (Turn to Page Three) BLAST INJURIES FATAL Young Mechanic Seventh Victim of Pendleton Explosion. By United Press PENDLETON. Ind., Feb. Total fatalities from an explosion which destroyed Pendleton's town hall, Jan. 9, reached seven today with the death of Frank Eakes, 24-year-old mechanic. Eakes died last mght of burns in the blast.

BULLETIN By United Prexx ROANN, Ind., Feb. I. One member of the crew was killed and another was burned critically today when a northbound Pennsylvania freight train jumped the rails at a grade crossing here and plunged into a ravine, James Branonan, 60, Logansport, engineer, was crushed to death beneath the wreckage. Salvage crews were unable to reach his body immediately. Will Widner, 40, fireman, was taken to a Logansport hospital, suffering from burns about the head and face. He also is from Logansport. The 13-car train was loaded with coal for Fort Wayne.

COUNTY STOCK THIEVESJINTED Gang Reported to Have Raided Farm, Taken 90 Shoats. Sheriff Ray today conferred with sheriffs of neighboring counties and the Indiana State Police to formulate a plan for the capture of thieves who are iooting farms of livestock. First intimation of the band’s invasion of Marion County came yesterday when M. L. Alston reported that 90 shoats, valued at between sl2 and sls each, were slaughtered in their pens at the farm, R. R. A-l, first house north of The Trees on the Michigan-rd. Equipped with a truck, the band invaded the farm when the family was away Thursday night, butchered the pigs, loaded them on the truck and drove away. Sheriff Ray was not informed of the theft until noon yesterday, but he notified all packing houses in Indianapolis and neighboring towns to hold any one offering butchered pork for sale under suspicious circumstances. He pointed out that the band has copied western methods, where even airplanes have been used by cattle rustlers. Several western states have enacted special laws in an effort to curb wholesale theft of livestock. The sheriff and officials of other counties believe that the band is nomadic and there is evidence that it has been working for some time in southern counties. This is the first time an invasion has been reported this far north. POPE PIUS SUFFERS FROM SLIGHT COLD Illness Not Serious, Vatican Reports Emphasize. By United Press VATICAN CITY, Feb. I.—Pope Pius has been suffering from what is described as a slight cold since Thursday, and has canceled public audiences. It was emphasized that the illness is not serious and that the Pope is not confined to bed. The Pope has received a few callers fti his private apartment, it is understood. But he was persuaded to let Cardinal Pacelli, his secretary of state, act for him yesterday at the unveiling of a monument to St. Giovann. Bosco, founder of the Salesian order, at St. Peter’s. The Pope was dissuaded from attending so that he would not expose himself to draughts. He was Expected to remain in his apartment today but it was hoped he could attend the Candlemass ceremony in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow. Pope Pius is 78. A former mountain climbing enthusiast, his health has been vigorous despite his age. He was elected Pope Feb. 6, 1922. TWO FRAUD SUSPECTS CONFINED AT CHICAGO Stern & Cos. Defendants Are to Be Brought Here for Trial. Albert Teeman and Morris Nieman, defendants in the Stem & Cos. mail fraud case, today are under arrest in Chicago, Val Nolan, district attorney, announced. Apprehended by postal inspectors yesterday, they are to be brought here for trial in Federal Court Feb. 10. Eleven defendants in the case against the Indianapolis investment house now are under arrest and four are at liberty, Mr. Nolan said. Those •still, at large are Earl Warren George S, Hoague, Albert H. Peterbin and Myrtle Carbaugh.

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Patman Campaign Doomed, Claim Leaders of Administration. CONFERENCE IS CALLED President Is Forced Into Difficult Position by Revenue Need. By United Prexx WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Con gr e ssional inflationists sought union today in an impassioned drive to force President Roosevelt to start the presses going on $7,000,000,000 in new money. They hoped to take advantage of ; the Administration’s pressing need for new revenues. Rep. Wright Patman (D., Tex.), summoned House inflationists of every type to a conference, hoping to form an irresistible coalition. He and his colleagues faced the strongest opposition the Administration could muster. Leaders believed the movement foredoomed to failure. The coalition would include particularly the farm bloc seeking inflation through the FrazierLemke farm mortgage bill. It also would include those who wish to issue currency against the gold and ; silver reserves of the Treasury, and I those who wish to pay the soldiers' j bonus with printing press money. ; Clashes With Administration Plans The drive clashed sharply with j Administration plans for new taxes and additional Federal borrowing ! to plug the $3,000,000,000 gap torn in the President’s budget by bonus and proposed farm legislation. Unbudgeted bonus and farm relief expenditures have created an immediate demand for increased Federal funds, Mr. Roosevelt has indicated he prefers to tax and borrow. A powerful congressional minority wunts to inflate. A majority of Congress is opposed to new taxation, and leaders say a flat Administration demand would be necessary to start action. F. D. R. Can Issue Money President Roosevelt has authority to issue $7,000,000,000 in new currency through: Printing of $3,000,000,000 in United States notes, or “greenbacks,” authorized under the Thomas amendment to the AAA act in 1933. Issuance of $2,200,000,000 in silver certificates against present idle silver in the Treasury through devaluation of the silver dollar to 50 per cent of its present value. Coining of $1,808,000,000 in new money by devaluing the gold dollar to 50 per cent of its former content from the present 59.06 per cent. Despite congressional efforts to force the President to use his inflationary powers, it was emphasized in responsible quarters that the Administration has no intention of permitting monetary inflation in the place of new taxes. Seek to Prevent Rider In an effort to prevent a House inflationary rider on the $2,237,000,000 bonus appropriation the Senate Appropriations Committee, in reporting out the deficiency and independent offices appropriations bills, instructed Senator James Byrnes (D„ S. C.) to offer the supplemental bonus estimates to one of the bills on the Senate floor. This maneuver, Senator Carter Glass (D., Va.) said, would prevent House inflationists from attaching their inflationary rider when the bonus appropriation reaches that body. The vote would be on acceptance or rejection of Senate amended bills already passed by the House. President Roosevelt, faced with a $35,000,000,000 public debt in the next fiscal year, urged fiscal agents to plumb every revenue source for taxes variously estimated between $600,000,000 and $800,000,000 a year. In official quarters it was said that as much as $500,000,000 would be needed to finance the Administration farm program, and another $230,000,000 to begin amortization of the bonus debt. Expansionists’ Views Supporters of currency expansion held there was at least $5,500,000,000 in idle gold and silver in the Treasury which could be converted itno cash to cover: 1. The estimated $2,237,000,000 bonus payments. 2. The $500,000,000 annual farm program costs. 3. The $3,000,000,000 estimated ccet of the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill. Meanwhile, an appropriation of $12,278,375 was written into the independent offices supply bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee to cover administrative expenses of bonus payments. \ Such a move faced opposition from House inflationists, who fear it may deprive them of the opportunity of killing a bonus appropriation and substituting for it the direct inflation method of payment. Warnings came from congressional liberals that regardless of what form anew tax bill takes they are prepared to offer various amendments; of far-reaching character.