RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a series of conferences with congres- sional leaders, made known his de- sires In the way of immediate legisla- tion. First, he told them he would soon submit a new request for $1.500,000000 for rellef purposes, as was indicated in his January budget mes- sage. This bill will include several pro- visions — namely, a housing program and £500,000,000 for the public works program to ald employment. The relief will be the usual deficiency President Roosevelt made a of measure, Next, Mr. Roosevelt wants a stock market regulation bill with better teeth than those in the much modified Fletcher-Rayburn He de- sires, too, passage of reciprocal tariff, general revenue, municipal bank- ruptey, and federal insurance on bank deposits measures. In order that congress may get through and adjourn by the middie of May, the President is willing to side- track some the administration measures, including the permanent air mall legislation and the Wagner bill to eliminate company-dominated unions, He was reported also to have expressed ition to measures to create a central monetary authority, part measure, of nNOg oppo prases MUSSOLINI of Italy has his own Ideas of the way to restore , and are utterly at of President tion the coun- de- nake the cost ing commensurate with the pur- prosperity vari Roosevelt, By his direc they ose cil of minister a series of cree laws designe nds at 3 to 1 h reference to 5, 11 Duce declared. The other hand is War prices wd, Mussolini and here of the ployees on a scale rom 6 to 2: per cent, various granted and others from 10 to 50 per cent. Ordered every landlord in Italy to reduce rents by 12 per cent in cases of individuals and societies, and 13 per cent in case of businesses and shops, leduced Slashed and state employees supplements Indemnities prices In co-operative stores and military co-operatives by 10 per cent. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, British chancellor of the exchequer, in- troduced in parliament a prosperity budget showing how far the country had gone toward recovery in two years, reducing taxes and restoring the pay of government employees and the dole for the jobless, The chancel. - lor reported a surplus in the treasury of almost £160.000000 and held out bright hopes for the future. This prosperity of the British, however, isn't going to be of any direct benefit to the United States. Mr. Chamberlain said: “Neither last year nor the year be fore did I make any provision for pay- ment on the war debt to America nor for the receipt of war debts or repara- tions by ourselves, and In the absence of any further development I propose to follow precisely the same line this year.” DISARMAMENT negotiations under present conditions are futile, in the official opinion of the French gov. ernment, and it will have nothing more to do with them, returning Instead to its old plan for national security founded on armaments and allies This is the gist of a note delivered to the British government which is held to be a death blow to any accord on armaments. The blame for fallure of negotiations is laid by the French on Chancellor Hitler and his Nazi gov- ernment of Germany, The note described the Increased German military budget as a “men- ace” and declared the German gov- ernment, without awaiting the results of negotiations In progress, has shown its determination to continue all forms of rearmament in violation of the treaty of Versailles, “The German government,” the note charged, “intends to increase imme diately on a formidable scale not only the strength of its army but also its naval and alr forces, “Whatever explanation may be ad- vanced, facts of such exceptional gravity ean lead to only one observa tion and conclusion. They prove the German government has made Impos- sible further negotiations.” The French lald down one condition . upon which they would re-engage in disarmament conversations, and it is regarded as insuperable. That condi. tion is that Germany return to the League of Nations and to the league's disarmament conference at Geneva, The note concluded by ealling for the final meeting of the disarmament conference to announce publicly that it is useless to continue its labors and to show the world where the blame lies, ERTAIN tax Increases written into the tax bill by the senate and passed by that body are regarded by house leaders as quite undesirable, Chairman Doughton of the ways and means committee declared they were entirely outside the original Intent of the new revenue legislation, and a fight against them was planned in con- ference, When the measure reached the sen- ate it contained provisions estimated to produce $258.000,000 a year in new revenue, chiefly by stopping the loop. holes through which legal tax avold ance had been possible, The bill fell quickly into the hands of the senate “liberal” element, and provisions were inserted to add $220. 000.000 to the yield provided by the Also, the senate inserted the provision for publicity of all income tax returns, which has been proposed many times but usually knocked out before final enactment, house, Se FAR as the Democrats go, the Wirt affair is ended. the Demo- cratic majority of the committee of in- vestigation deciding to report to con- gress that the Gary educator's charges of a red plot to throw the government are unfounded. Me Gugin and Lehibach, the Republican mem bers of the committee, formulated a minority report expressing thelr opinion that the In. quiry should be broad- ened In Me Gugin asserts there is svidence from many sour overs : gCope, Miss Kneeland os certain members of the to overthrow f the Of i are seeking lished social order United States. Representative Hamil ton Fish New York told a gather ing of Republican women that Doctor Wirt falled to prove his case because his sources of were too remote, but that he, Mr, Fish, was go- ing to prove it so there would be no doubt about it. Regardless of patriotie motives, the Republicans in congress are not to abandon just yet the cam- paign material supplied by the Wirt case, When the Bulwinkle committee called before it the six who were with Wirt at the dinner In Virginia they all, with astonishing unanimity, nied practically everything that Wirt sald occurred that evening. Each of them asserted that the doctor monopo- lized the conversation, talking malnly about gold devaluation, and that it was almost Impossible to Interrupt him, They verified only one statement which Wirt had ascribed to Miss Hil degarde Kneeland, a division head In the home economics of the Agricul) ture department. This was that she had objected to Wirt's proposal that the goal of the government should be a restoration of conditions in the coun try as they were in 1020, Miss Kneeland, In acknowledging this statement as hers, elucidated at the committee members’ request and said she would advocate, instead of 1026 conditions, better distribution of property, minimum wage laws, unem- ployment Insurance, mother’s pensions, government control of the stock mar ket. Chairman Bulwinkle and some other Democrats declared Doctor Wirt had laid himself open to charges of per Jury, but naturally they would prefer to drop the entire affair rather than to prolong it by trying to prosecute the doctor, of information do. ——. (CONSIDERATION of air mall legis latlon was begun by the senate after President Roosevelt's new plan had been made public. His proposal was that contracts to carry the air mail be let to commercial companies on competitive bids, and that mean while a commission should be named to study the question of alr mall trans. port and the development of commer. cial and military aviation and report to the next congress, Four air lines filed In the District of Columbia Supreme court com. plaints seeking to enjoin Postmaster General Farley from carrying out his order annulling the alr mail contracts, The complaints, brought by the Boe ing Alr Transport, Inc.; Pacific Alr Transport; Varney Alrlines; and Na. tional Alr Transport, Inc, all subsidl. aries of United Alrcraft and Trans port, Ine, charge that Mr. Farley as an individual eanceled thelr contracts without a hearing, illegally, and de prived them of property “without due process of law In violation of the Fifth amendment of the Constitution.” JARAN has Issued a manifesto as serting its responsibility to main. tain peace in eastern Asla and object air and military forces by other na. tions. Especially the Japanese dislike the sales of airplanes to China by American and Itallan manufacturers. ington, Mass., while preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the battle of Lexington, decided to fire an- other shot that, though It wouldn't be “heard around the world,” might be counted on to make a slight nolse in Washington, They signed and sent to thelr state delegation In congress a protest against certain policies of the government. Here In part is what they wrote: “We protest against federal inter ference In business under the guise of promoting social reform and economic recovery, “We protest against the passage of legislation without more careful con- sideration by congress, “We protest against the Indefinite extension of legislation originally de- signed solely for emergency purposes,” HE world wheat advisory commis slon, sitting In Rome, reached the first International agreement for price stabilization and urged the govern- ments represented to adopt it before | May 1, when a committee of experts will meet in London to put the price system into operation. : Four men with wide powers will be designated, under the agreement, to | sit in London and control the world movement wheat, Quotas will be | granted and prices will be raised or lowered In the various countries as far as exports are concerned, accord ing to quota shipments, Sales below or above will govern the increase or reduction in prices, The advisory commission con- siders this to be a good method of controlling quotas through prices. It of quotas was officially announced the minimum price plan the London wheat agreement, supplements TRE first measure In United States history to limit a crop was sent to the White House for approval after the house agreed to the senate altera- tions In the Bankhead compulsory cot- | ton control bil Final action by the | senate taken after the bill had | earnestly by Senator | Bailey of Texas and other southern. ers, New Deal South's output of wins been attacked so far of the bill restricts cotton this year to | placing a tax of 50 | cotton ginned In ex. | the 10.06% (XX) bales by per cent upon ail cess of that figu apportion to each | iis agents, the amount ETOY Ts begun in Atlanta, Ga. | as [Public tor, asked Attorney to file condemna- against 134 parcels of and there in the name of the Federal | Emergency Housing corporation. In | addition to these parcels the govern. a 41 BCLng ment is buying outright 70.000 square feet of land to complete what Is need. ed for a $2000,000 housing plan for negroes, It was indicated that similar action in connection with housing plans will | be taken In Chicago and other cities. | Condemnation proceedings are to be | resorted to only to expedite the pro- | gram, says Mr. Ickes, and the govern ment Is willing to pay a falr price at | all times Washington—~Anyone who attempts to interpret Washington news or appraise its effects meets a Dr. Wirt’s circumstance fre Charges quently where the only course is one of There Is no alterna. tive, Complex situations must work out; ulterior purposes must be dis closed to a slight degree, If there are such purposes, and some scent must be had of the factors and Influences at work, Otherwise, appraisal of the potential effects usually will miss Its mark under circumstances of that kind. Of such a type were the charges by Dr, William A, Wirt, the school super- intendent from Gary, Ind, that “brain trusters” watchful walting. who of as the or Rus. Doctor of the there Of and establish a communistie out because accusations came blue sky, so to speak, notice of them, thot advance there were no sands of per New most them. the however, 1 the Apparently, events and us of unbelieving by about their the setting In which Washington found themselves to 8 new these fad opinions, observers was, the le With ist, one, in mind, 1 in of Doctor Wirt's e to is charges before or to it analyze § et F ae mp ng He was there, ace famed attorney, ames A. Reed of Missonrd y itself, a surprise. Ar Doctor Wirt wa of the fan present rev alution itly Mr. Roosevelt by a "Stalin" curred in Russia, Of course, Mr. Todd has no part In the government, officially, and a good many of those who scoffed at Doctor Wirt originally contended the charges were just “baloney.” But he made the statements under oath and thelr effect now is the thing with which we are concerned. For to say that the “ LFALFA BILL" MURRAY governor of Oklahoma, doesn't propose to permit resales of property | for delinquent taxes In his state, | These sales were scheduled in eleven | counties, six others having already | called them off. The | governor called out his everready Na. tional Guard, declare. ing that “protection for the homes of the | people In stressful a times like these Is a é vital polliey tran- | Gov. Murray ending any tem- | porary loss In taxes.” He ordered the | arrest of any county official who ate | tempted to conduct a delinquent-tax sale, The counties to which guardsmen | were sent are scattered. In most coun ties the military department consisted | of an officer and three men, Adjutant General Barrett sald a greater number | was not sent for economic reasons, but added that “more troops will be ready to go if necessary.” EDUCTION of passenger rates in the South and West proved to be | a goose that laid many golden eggs | for the railroads in those regions, but | now the NRA, which has no control | over the railways, is trying to per suade the Interstate Commerce come mission to kill the goose because the bus operators are complaining. A hearing has been called in Washing ton for April 283 and the bus operas tors, the rallway officials and the pub- lle will be heard. The first named propose that the raiflroads raise coach rates to 2 cents and pullman rates to 3 cents and that the motor bus code be changed to halt special excursion rates and chartering of buses, Most 0” the railroads are willing to do this Jous J. BLAINE, for years one of the prominent political figures in Wisconsin, former governor of that state and also United States senator, died of pneumonia at his home in Bos- cobel. He was one of the La Foilette group of independent Republicans and was defested for renomination to the senate in 1032 by John B. Chapple, who wns beaten In the election by F. Ryan Duffy, At the time of his death Mr. Binlue wns a director of the Re construction Fionance corporation, © by Western Newspaper Union. green cheese, » - » To those of us whose fob it Is to keep a finger on the pulse of public sentiment, It has been Reaction apparent for several Sets In months that a reac tion against many of the New Deal principles had set in. I. for one, however, was unable to gauge It accurately. 1 could not tell how deeply rooted these convictions were, It required some such incident as the Wirt charges to focus attention before most of us here could gain an idea of the “oppositionist” movement that appeared to exist. Let me say at this point, too, that It is apparent Mr. Roosevelt is not the only target: the ideas prompted by his brain trust ad- visers than the President's own re form or recovery principles. There Is tween the two, for one group In the administration is promoting reform and another recovery, Here is where the Wirt testimony becomes important In its effect. By making the charges, Doctor Wirt di. rected attention to the two schools of thought. In effect, he has called upon the country to distinguish between re form and recovery programs, and has asked the question whether we shall sacrifice recovery In order that reform Ideas may be forced down the throats of those who find it difficult to swal- low untried theories, There can be no doubt that several millions of Americans who, hereto fore, were willing to trust Mr, Roose velt to run the whole show, are now making individual examinations of the or propose to, set up. TI think it equal. ly true as well that these examina. tions by Individuals will result in a crystallizing of opinions more than has happened up to this time. They un. doubtedly will find some good and some bad, some workable and some un. workable, items among the New Deal plans, That ought to be a wholesome thing for the country. History seems to prove that a cross section of our national mind Is nearly always correct after the hysteria dies down. Thus. the opinions I gather around Washing. ton stress the importance of the re form that obviously is golng to result from New Deal methods, But they em. * Wirt testimony In balking an onrush- ing wave of so-called reforms that so many persons consider to be actually destructive of the basle and proved practices of our commerce and indus try. And, after all, that Is the point at issue In this country today. Doctor Wirt quoted Mr. Todd as having said is In midstream and the current is too strong for him to turn back.” 1 still have in our system of government and | have more faith in a majority opinion of the peo- ple of the United States, Since tor Wirt testified, It may be trust that “Roosevelt Doe. are thelr the sun of the they that on guard. brain theaoris One mor affair: Each of the members « wns surcharg of the Democrats afraid th Doctor ing to explod tics that would do 1} at all, and were afraid that not that quently, there was end. 1 belleve the ox some of the Republicans Doctor Wirt would bombsh Congo without MBENEUR ANd explode hage i 18 who COTTER] ndents Were rep Representative views er sentiment conle's neress rat) quickly anges in take place, There was a time f President ferent now, first it is no 4 during the Roosevelt's ad- ministration when anythi je sent to congress was put through, and no questions were asked. Currently, how- ever, there is na among members of both politica congress to Inquire Into the character of legislation they For example, the bill that the dent wanted for controlling curity exchanges, like the New York Stock Exchange, was advertised by Democratic leaders at first as being ready to go through without question, Mr. Roosevelt aaid be wanted “teeth” in it, and teeth were put in it, plenty of them, Indeed, the proposed legis lation would have left little of the stock exchange to operate, tigid con trol was a mild expression compared with that original stock market bill - * - months o disposition Stock exchange members, brokerage houses and plain investors suddenly awakened to the fact Wake Up, Then Fight ing to do things to to fight. They found responsive chords in the house and senate. Reason and stood those words, began to prevall and, presently, rumors of proposed changes in the measure began to crop up. And what's more, the changes be gan to be accepted by a majority of the committees that had the bill In charge, despite frequent reiterations hy Senator Fletcher, chairman of the sen. ate banking commitiee, and Chairman Rayburn, of the house Interstate Com- merce committee, that the President wanted the teeth left in, It is to be admitted, 1 think, that there was a lot of monkey-doodle busi ness going on among some members of security exchanges. My belief is that they did not always give the individual investors In stocks a fair shake. But some of the reformers included In the administration's brain trust appear to have overlooked the good in whatever amount it exists In the stock ex changes, But, to get to the point of the story. Many persons hold to the view that the government should not spread a par. It has been done already beyond the anticipation of a majority of the peo ple. They want to be free to deal In stocks, to speculate, even to gamble, if you please, without having bureau. cracy here In Washington to tell them what to do. The legislation will go through event. ually. OF that there Is no doubt, In its final form, however, It will not be the handiwork of the reformers. There will be reforms brought about hy fit, only they will be for the purposes of correcting abuses and not for the pur pose of trying out theories on some- body's money, © by Western Newspaper Union, ! y 8 1 | to Soil Sweetener i | | Limestone, When Added to Manure, Found to Greatly Joost the Yield. By ©. J. Badger, College of Ag: University of Llinols WN “Believe it or not,” soy In are often spoken of as an acl { crop will from times as much hay to given the benefit of limest of the Evidence produce Hght-colored soils ! showing the application of the “so revealed in the results of tests at two soll { tained by the state us At one field of rather low z} xv V | i to the grass, Crested tinctively dro endure extreme Plumpness in Oats How much hull there is In a samg of oats cannot be Ht ness of the kernels by tests made by the | tural experi 1830, "31 and mended varieties hull percentages. agreement between results at University farm and at the average of all test following hull per =.1 per cent; Minrus, 266; logold, 27, and | The studies were ma common opinion among farmers that varieties with plump rearing grains, ! such as Anthony and Gopher, have less hull than those like Minrus and Minota with grains of thinner appearance. Minnesot: station here am entag de because of Brine in South | Preserving Butter in A southern mammy down { Carolina has discovered the secret of { keeping butter as fresh as dew for | six months, In cans, and without ice. She wraps rolls of butter In a muslin | cloth or bag, packs them in cans, jars { or crocks, and covers them with salt | brine made by dissolving about tem { ounces of table salt in a quart of wa- | ter, The container Is covered and set away in as cool a place as is to be found. Agricultural Hints Hybrid corns are practically free of barren stalks, » - - Crop roots cannot penetrate deeply into a soll logged with water, . - - New York state plans to provide 35.- 000,000 trees for planting on waste lands this year, - La Bearing apple trees in the United States were about one-fourth fewer in number in 1030 than in 1920, La a Farmers In the north of England are turning from plowing to dairying, and farms of from 50 to 75 acres are in demand. La a Owing to the inelasticity of demand, small crops of potatoes consistently yield larger Incomes to farmers than large crops, - ee =» » Production credit associations to make short-term loans to farmers have been organized for more than half of the entire country, as 0s
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