Show JOKES ICKES PREVENTS SALE Of HELIUM t WASHINGTON May 11 UP UP- UP opposition of Secretary tary of Interior arold jarold L. L Ickes today blocked a license license linse li- li cense nse to permit Germany to buy U U. helium for her new dirigible as asp S Resident president Roosevelt indicated he has p to intervene ne to authorize no jo power the Standing Standing sale sad flat flatly on his refusal to toI the sale sae Ickes raised a aI anle I approve dissenting voice voice on the naI na- na sino ingle I I na- na national onal munitions b board ard unanimous r approval of which is necessary before belore be- be ore lore helium may be sold to a foreign f power p After a conference with Ickes and nd military naval and legal officials officials daIs Mr Roosevelt took no action to to permit the transaction The White House later announced that found he has no the he president power to o intervene Ickes Ickes contends the cubic feet of the noninflammable gas requested requested re- re quested by Germany constitutes a quantity of military importance and nd its export is banned by the f fed ed- federal fed fed- edral eral ral helium control act Emerging from the White House Ickes Ickes- ekes r reiterated iterated his conviction It is a a. matter of military importance importance tance nce he said |