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January 1, 1931

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HOOVER TO ACT AS ARBITER IN RAIL GROUPING DISPUTE; COUZENS ASSAILS HIS STAND; BUFFALO ROUTES IN ISSUE Rail Heads Tomorrow Will Draft Briefs to Submit to the President. ACTION CALLED 'UNETHICAL' Michigan Senator Says Hoover, in Approving Eastern Mergers, Usurps I.C.C. Duties. FEARS EMPLOYMENT CUTS Quotes Willard of B.&O. That Labor Will Bear 'Economies'-- Bankers Here Hail Progress. Conzens Resolution Recalled. Fess Retorts on "Intimidation." HOOVER AS ARBITER IN RAIL GROUPINGS Rail Chiefs Stress Economies. Efforts for Agreement. Conzens's Talk With Willard. Couzens Cites Authorized Delay. Now Awaiting Committee Report. Ethics of Executive Influence. Doubts Aid to Business in 1931. As to Railroad "Economies." To Watch for "Public Interest." Reply by Senator Fess. Criticism by Senator McKellar. Couzens Adds 'High Finance' Charge. Opposition of Western Governor. Fears "Surrender" of the I.C.C. Standing Orders Would Be Annulled. Willard Visits I.C.C. Offices.

By Special to The New York Times

Assails Pres Hoover's stand on R R consolidation

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ROOSEVELT SWORN ON ANCESTRAL BIBLE FOR SECOND TERM; Lieut. Gov. Lehman Also Takes Oath at Albany in the Presence of His Family.TO BE INAUGURATED TODAYThrong Hails Executive and Wife and Ex-Gov. and Mrs. Smith at the Inaugural Ball.PARTY LEADERS AT CAPITALGovernor Says He Will PressJudges' Inquiry Here--CurryDenies Influencing Hilly. Inauguration at Noon Today. ROOSEVELT SWORN FOR SECOND TERM Inaugural Ball Draws Throng. Roosevelt Sends New Year Greeting.

By W.a. Warn. Special To the New York Times

Sworn in for 2d term; attends inaugural ball

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Notable Deaths

Martinus Beijerinck

1931Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (born 1851)[†]

Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called "contagium vivum fluidum".