By EDWARD < ” ILL ROGERS, famous actor and humorist, and Wiley Post, one of the best known fliers in the world, erashed to their death in a plane while flying from Fairbanks to Point Bar row, Alaska. The two men, close friends, had been enjoying an aerial vacation trip In the North, and Post intended later to fly te Asia. News of the fatal accident was sent to Seattle by Sergt. Stanley R. Morgan, signal corps operator at Point Barrow. He said he had recovered the bodies from the wreckage. IVALS in the matter of publicity, the house and senate committees on the activities of lobbyists got Into a tangle that certainly didn’t enhance their dignity. How- ard C. Hopson, the long sought head of the Associated -Gas and Electrie Utilities system, permitted the emissary of the house committee to find him, and Senator Hugo Black flew into a rage and had his committee ia threaten Hopson with : contempt proceedings H. C. Hopson unless he appeared be- fore it. Chairman O'Connor of the house body was angered by this anl declared: “Hopson is In my custody. Tve got him, Nobody else has got him. Nobody els: is going to get him.” The elusive, chunky utilities mag- pate told the house committee about his various companies and related the saga of his travels while he was be- ing sought. But he politely refused toan- swer questions concerning the sourges and amount of his Income. He testi fied that he “believed” the Assoclated Gas system had spent “eight or nine hundred thousand dollars” In opposi- tion to the Wheeler-Rayburn utility control bill “That's just a small fraction of the £300,000,000 equity in our companies which would be destroyed if the bill becomes law and remains law,” he de- clared. To one question by Cox of Georgia Hopson repiled: “I resent that in. quiry. No gentleman would have asked It.” Whereupon Cox threat- ened to kick him out of the room un- less he withdrew the answer, and Hop- son mildly withdrew it. O'Connor introduced In the house a resolution that severely slammed the genate, but it dropped when word came that Senator Black would walt to take Hopson after O'Connor's bunch was through with him, However, It gave opportunity for a ridiculous quarrel between the New Yorker and Rankin of Texas, Late In the day Hopson calmly walked Into Black's committee room and asked: “Is some one here look- ing for me? Black and his committee then questioned the utilities man for an hour or two and got mighty little out of him except smooth sarcasm that made the chalrman quite furious. At that time both Hopson and his attor- ney had been served with contempt citation. OV. MARTIN L. DAVEY of Ohlo has “pulled a fast one” on the Republicans In behalf of the Demo- eratie party. The G. O. P. lenders were demanding a state-wide by-elec- tion In Ohlo to fill the vacancy cre ated by the death of Representative. at-Large Charles V. Truax, belleving the result would demonstrate, even more clearly than did the Rhode Is land election, the waning strength of the administration. But Governor Da- vey went to Washington and consuit- ed with President Roosevelt and then announced that he would not call and could not be compelled to call a spe- cial congressional election until next year. His declared reason was the cost, not fear of party defeat. Court action to force the calling of the elee- tion has been started but Davey says there Is no restriction of his discre- tion In fixing the time of the election. URROUNDED by a group of not ables and in the glare of photog- raphers’ flashlights, President Noose- velt put his signature on the social security act, of which he sald: “If the senate and house of representa tives In this long and arduous session had done nothing more than pass this bill the session would be regarded as historic for all time” Among those who were present were Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York and Representative John Lewis of Maryland, who Jointly drafted the bill; Secretary of Labor Frances Per. kins, who had a hand In its making, and Senators Pat Harrison, Willlam King and Edward P. Costigan, In a talk intended for reproduction on the sound screens of the country, the President sald: "This social security measure gives at least some protectiof te 350,000,000 of eur citizens who will reap direct be~efits through unemployment com- pensation, through old age pensions and through increased services for the protection of children and the preven. tion of ill health, “We can never Insure 100 per cen’ W. PICKARD of the population against 100 per cent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life but we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of pro- tection to the average citizen and to his familly against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age. “This law, too, represents a corner stone In a structure which is being bulit but is by no means complete—a structure Intended to lessen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administra. tions of the government agalnst the necessity of going deeply Info debt to furnish relief to the needy—a law to flatten out the peaks and valleys of de- flation and of Inflation—in other words a law that will take eare of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economle strue- ture of vastly greater soundness.” APT, ANTHONY land, Premier Plerre France and Baron Pompei Italy met In Paris, as arranged, to see if they couldn't de- vise a way to avert the Italo-Ethloplan war, due to begin In Sep tember, Eden had a plan all prepared and after outlining it to he lald It be- fore Bacon Aloisi, The latter, of course, had no power to assent but was compelled to submit the proposals . to Premier Mussolini, Aloisi That II Duce would accept it without change was considered unlikely, but it formed a basis for discussion. According to the best Information, the Eden plan embraced these chief points: 1. Important economic concessions for Italy In Ethlopia. 2. A proposal that Italy be given the right to colonize and exploit rich, sparsely Inhabited portions of the Ethiopian uplands probably under a League of Natlons mandate 2s is pro- vided for former German colonies in article XXII of the League of Na tions covenant, 3. The offer of an outlet direct to the sea for Ethiopia, as a measure of compensation for its concessions, It was understood In Paris that Mussolinl still demanded what would amount to a mandate over Ethiopia 80 that he would have political as well as economic control over the coun- try. This Great Britain does not like, and France is rather on the fence The British insist that In any case there must be an immediate show down. One correspondent sald If Great Britain adhered to the policy at which Eden hinted in his conversa- tion with Laval, it would mean either dissolution of the League of Nations or else collective sanctions agalost Mussolinl, involving the risk of a Eu- ropean war, EDEN of Eng. Laval of Baron OBODY liked the new tax bill that congress was working on, and the senate finance committee had hard work making up its mind as to the form it would recom mend. First it altered almost every provision of the bill passed by the house and changed it from a “soak the rich” measure to one which would soak practically every one, This was done by low ering personal Income tax exemptions and 2 starting the surtax in Senator Borah ouges at $3000 in. stead of $50,000, The latter feature was proposed by Senator La Follette and was adopted to keep him In line. Also, the Inheritance taxes which President Roosevelt had asked for were elimi. nated, Protests against Increasing the taxes on little incomes came Immediately, from senators, representatives and the country at large. Senators Borah of Idaho and Norris of Nebraska were among the “independents” who ex- pressed their disapproval. Mr. Borah especially was vocal in opposition, “Families with these small Incomes are now paying more than thelr pro- portionate share of taxes and at the same time are facing higher prices for food, clothes, fuel and rents” he sald, 80 the committee suddenly reversed itself abruptly, rejected the La Fol lette plan by a vote of 8 to 7, The bill which the committee re- ported was passed by the senate by a vote of 07 to 22. It contains new pro- visions to compensate for those elim! nated from the house bill and the es timated revenue Is only $1,000,000 less. This is divided In the senate bill as follows; Graduated corporation ime © come ax BEER RB AEN BER $ $0,000,000 Corporation excess profits and capital stock taxes 65,000,000 Intercorporate dividend taxes 39,000,000 Increased ertate taxes with related gift taxes........ 100,000,000 Increased surtaxes on Ine comes in excess of 000,000 BEBE BrENR RAEN. 5,000,000 ———————— Total svenninnnananss5569,000,000 The bill thus more closely follows IFTY commissioners representing | the Methodist Episcopal church, the | Methodist Episcopal church, South, | and the Methodist Protestant church | have been In session in Evanston, TIL, | and have agreed upon a form of unlon | that is to be submitted to the general | conferences of the three churches and, ! if ratified by them, to all the annual conferences. The new organization, | it was agreed, would be called the | United Methodist church and would | consist of six jurisdictional or regional | conferences, S————— ARMERS who believe that thelr individual rights are being en- croached upon by the administration's agricultural policies are offered a chance to get together by the organi zation and Incorporation in Chicago of the Farmers’ Independent Council of America, Dan D, Casement, a farmer of Manhattan, Kan, is president of the body. Stanley F. Morse, South Caroline farmer and consulting agri- culturist, Is executive vice president and Chris J. Abbott, Nebraska stock- man and farmer, and Clyde O. Patter. son, Illinois Jersey breeder, were in- corporators. Dr. Charlies W. Burkett, agricultural authority of New York and formerly director of the Kansas agricultural experiment station, and L. G. Tolles, farmer and past master of the Connecticut State Grange, are other vice presidents of the council, and Dr. E V. Wilcox, representative of the Country Gentleman, District of Columbia, Is secretary-treasurer: Fred I. Crawford, Michigan congress man and farm owner; E. E. Dorsett, farmer and past master Pennsylvania Grange, and Kurt Greenwald, farm manager and agricultural engl neer, New York, are directors, “To me there is but one Issue, whether we are going to have a con stitutional government or have a dicta. torial regime,” sald Charles E. Col lins, Colorado cattleman and president of the American National Live Stock association, regional vice president of the new organization, ECRETARY of Agriculture Wallace has changed his mind about the re duction of wheat acreage for 1938. In. stead of asking the farmers for a cut of 15 per cent, as was announced recently, the figure Is now placed at § per cent. Wallace told report. ers that the change was decided upon after the government's An gust 1 survey of crop conditions indicated that total wheat pro- duction this year BE. would amount to onl H 008,000,000 bushels as Sey Wallace compared with domestic requirements of 635,000,000 bushels, The step was taken, he asserted, to assure ample supplies for domestic consumers. He sald that it was ex- pected to place the country in a “strengthened position” in the export market. He added the change In pol ley will not result In any marked re duction in benefit payment to farmers, He did not say what the exact reduce tions in the payments would amount to. AAA officials estimated that approx. imately 52000000 acres would be placed under contract this year. They asserted that the government Is given | “adequate powers” to deal with the | situation if a bumper wheat harvest should result in 1086, HEN the President's social se | curity bill was finally enacted In. | tv law, the senate adopting the confer. ence report already agreed to by the house, probably many thousands of men and women &l. over the country began figuring on the pensions they would receive under its terms. It 1s unlikely that one In a thousand has any clear idea of how the new pro. giam’s pension system will work, so we reprint here a neat summary pre | pared by the Associated Press show. | ing its operation as applied to “Bill Jones™ : “Suppose young Bill is twenty when the law goes Into effect and makes an | average monthly salary of £100 until he is sixty-five. He will get a monthly pension, until his death, of $53.75, “In detail, here Is what will happen | to him: ; “In the calendar years 1087, 1088 and 1930 he will pay a salary tax of | 1 per cent, or a tial of $38 for the three years, In 1040, 1041, 1042 he will pay 1% per cent, or $54. In 1043, 1044, and 1045 the tax will be 2 per cent, or | $72. In 1046, 1047, and 1948 the tax | will be 2% per cent, or $00. From | 1040 to 1081, Inclusive, the tax will be | 8 per cent, or a total of $1,188 “Thus, In 45 years, Bill Jones will | have pald In £1,440. All the time his | employer will have been matching his tax payments, so the total pald to the federal treasury will be £2,880, “At sixty-five Bill Jones can expect to live perhaps 10 years more. If he does, he will get back £6,450, “When Bill Jones dies this is what will happen: “Hig average annual salary will be multiplied by the number of years he pald taxes. In other words, If he dies after he has pald taxes for 45 years, $1,200 will be multiplied by 45--giving a total of $54,000. Arbitrarily, the bill HY fl FAMOUS WASHINGTON Washington.—Comments by admin man Crowe of the Democratic na- tional committtee, that President Roosevelt would be re-elected by the votes of the West and South, thus virtually conceding the Northeast as enemy country, have driven political wiseacres to the electoral vote table, What they have found is highly signi fleant. In a nutshell, if the eampaign for Roosevelt should be waged on that basis next year, New York would again be the pivotal state, as it used to be In calculations at the turn of the century, For New York has not been the decisive state since the Cleveland days. In fact, in the only close election held sinee Cleveland—that of Willson versus Democratic loging side. She cast her electoral vote for Hughes, by the fairly tight majority of 119.000, Talk of reelecting Roosevelt with the West and South has brought back interest in that very when everyone waited for word from California to see who had been elect- ed. An Inspection of that vote, how- ever, brings out the highly interesting fact election was Ohlo. The Buckeye state was the only one, so to speak, to go “out of line,” Ohlo voted against the trend in surrounding states, for Penn. syivania, Michigan, Indiana and West Virginia all went for Hughes, Had Ohlo gone for Hughes, no one would have waited three days to see how California went. Hughes would have been elected. The point of which now is that the entire South and West are not enough, close election, aiso carry one of the big states at least, east of the Mississippl and north of the Ohlo, New York, with all the West and all the South, would be enough. So would Ohio, or [Illinois Or a combination 8 Indiana and Wis consin, Now Vital State All this, too, it must be remembered, is on the assumption that the candidate carrying the South and West carries California. That state Is now vital, far more important, with its heavily increased electoral vote, than it was in 1016—before election day of that year. Rumblings from California are that the Golden Gate state today is no more friendly to the New Deal than is Rhode Island, whose vote precipitated all this talk. Washington attorneys who attended the bar association meeting In Los Angeles, most of whom also visited San Francisco, and some of whom visited San Diego, bring back these reports. They say California has been so frightened by radicals that it has swung all the way con servative, Add to this possibility, the fact that state—that even In 1082 its majority for him was only about 73.000--—and since then it has had many squabbles --that both its senators voted against the AAA amendments—and It becomes clearer why New York's 47 electoral voles are apt to be absolutely essen tial to Roosevelt next year, Which again brings up the question of Tammany. So far the Tiger has not put a stone In the President's path. It rolled up a tremendous majority for him in 1082. Its delegation In the house has voted almost solidly for everything he wanted—in many ob vious Instances against the local sel payers. Whereas Tammany has got- ten very little. Farley's backing of McKee for mayor of New York result Now, no one accused the Tammany chleftaing of being stupid about this sort of thing. And there will be no forced municipal eléction in Novem- ber, 1036, as there was In 1032, fol lowing the resignation of Mayor Walk. er. So do not be surprised if sudden- ly there should be manifested a much at the White House. Churches and Charities Sudden realization of what the Roosevelt tax Ideals would do to their Up to about a month ago the atti tude toward the New Deal of most persons, whose chief Interest was In churches, educational and charitable enterprises, had been rather benevo- lent. were emption of corporation contributions to charities from corporation income taxes, Churches have long been benefi- claries from the wills of the rich. So have universities, hospitals and chari- ities. And while some of the shrewd- er leaders In such circles had been somewhat alarmed by the heavy Im- posts on big fortunes proposed In the Roosevelt tax message of June, they had not taken any public stand. In fact, If they bothered to write to their senators and representatives during the last days of June or early In July, it escaped general notice, Then the President made his position clear on corporation gifts to charities, which brought the people interested up standing, and resulted in an immedi ate barage of protests being received on Capito] Hill Started Them Thinking This got them to thinking about the whole tax program, and its possible effect not only on the things in which they were interested but, In many cases, on their jobs Church leaders began to realize that if the heavier income taxes on big in- comes, and heavy imposts on Inher tances proposed by the President, were ing off in their donations and bequests, as the first place the rich would start to cut would be on their charities, when It came to readjusting their ex. penses to conform to the new taxes Very prominent churchmen of four of the largest denominations in this country have already moved into ac tion, writing thelr senators and mem- bers of the house at length about what the new taxes would do to thelr churches. In many instances these let. ters were the second to be received by the same legislators from the same writers within a month, First came the protests about the President's desire to eliminate the ex- emption for corporation gifts to charities. Then, within three or four weeks, came the second letters pro testing about the higher taxes on the big Incomes and Inheritances One very Important figure In chureh circles In this country wrote his sena- tor that he belleved the whole system of financing his church, and for that matter all other churches in this coun- try, would have to be changed If the policy of “sharing the wealth” is car ried out. Incidentally, a few of these protest letters also strike at the idea of the gliding scale corporation taxes, point ing out that the same curtailment of gifts to church and charities would follow reduction of corporate dividends heritance taxes, Indications are that If the tax bill fight is long drawn out in the senate, this church and charities influence may become one of the potent elements in the final votes on amendments, Cut Relief Costs Real pressure to cut the relief costs way since May, and effects are begin ning to show. This is not being ac complished, as some seem to think, by any surveys the federal men are mak- ing. On the contrary it is being ac- complished exclusively—so far—by state and local agencies But it is being done because of fed- eral pressure, Very few peopie realize what a czar the four-billion-dollar re- ways allowing for the fact that Presi. do. any state: whatever.” billion dollars to prevent suffering atives ‘were much concerned about how part of the money should be ap- portioned as between the states. They spent for roads, but also to the money to be spent for eliminating grade cross. ings. It simply did not occur to them that it might be a pious idea to decide how the relief money should be distributed. The idea was, if people were hungry they would be fed. That Is still the idea, of eourse, but the national legis lators never thought of the possibilities of Harry Hopkins’ saying to thelr state governments that if they did not proceed according to his ideas, he would cut off thelr federal ald. 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