since the academy was instituted.
Bulkley's Toll Road Plan
W ITH the approval of the Prost |
dent, Senator Bulkley of Ohio |
offered to the senate the great toll |
highway plan that he has been
working on for some |
time. It is designed |
to be a long range |
medium of work re- |
lief for the jobless |
and to stimulate |
business.
The measure pro- |
vides for the con-
struction, by the
federal government
A of ten superhigh-
Sa ways across the
Sen. Bulkley ountry, three run-
ning east and west and three north
and south. The cost is put at eight
billion dollars. This, according to
the terms of the bill, would be lig-
uidated from ‘‘reasonable toll
charges” and from sale or lease
of tracts of a strip of land not over
550 feet wide on each side of each
highway.
The tolls employed for estimating
purposes were 25 and 50 cents on
passenger and freight vehicles, re-
spectively, plus 1% mills a pas-
senger mile on passenger vehicles
and 4 mills a ton mile on freight
vehicles. Freight and passenger
vehicles would operate on separate
pavements,
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More for Dole Asked
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in a
special message asked congress
to appropriate $250,000,000 more for
relief to supplement the billion and
a half relief fund. He said this was
necessary to care for three million |
persons thrown out of work during |
the last three months.
A bill to carry out the President's
suggestions was introduced in the
house immediately and speeded to-
ward passage.
Steel Price Cut; Wages Stay
AYBE President Roosevelt was
right when he said recently
that steel and other mass produc-
tion industries could and should re-
duce prices to buyers’ levels and
at the same time maintain the gen-
eral wage level. Anyhow, United
States Steel is doing just that.
This huge corporation extended
indefinitely its working agreements
with the Committee for Industrial
Organization in which present rates
of wages and the eight-hour day are
maintained. At the same time the
price of cold rolled sheets—used
in large amounts by the automobile
industry—was reduced $4 a ton, the
first break in the steel industry's
price structure.
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No Secret Alliances
WITH three curt expressions of
“No,” Secretary of State Hull
denied that the United States has
any alliance with Great Britain re-
lating to the event of war, or with
any other power or any agreement
in connection with the operations of
the American navy.
The denials were made in a letter
to Senator Key Pittman, chairman
of the senate committee on foreign
relations. The letter, which was
read in the senate, gave a specific
answer to questions which have
been raised by opposition senators,
who have been seeking a definition
of the administration's foreign pol-
icy.
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House Passes Farm Bill
] JMITING debate by a gag rule,
the house adopted the con-
ference report on the administra-
tion’s crop control bill by a vote of
263 to 135 and sent it on to the sen-
ate.
As it came out of conference, the
measure continues, in an extended
and revised form, the existing soil
conservation program, providing
benefit payments to co-operating
farmers.
r
ickard
It would control production
through acreage allotments on the
five principal commodities on the
basis of domestic and export needs.
In bumper years, marketing quotas
to enforce them if approved by two-
thirds of the affected farmers in na-
tional referenda.
It would set up an “ever normal"
granary system by storing in bump-
er years surpluses on which loans
would be made to the producers.
Through this medium the adminis-
tration aims to stabilize the flow of
commodities during lean years to
prevent consumers from being
“highjacked’ into exorbitant prices
because®*of shortages.
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Capone May Be Mad
L CAPONE, who attained a bad
eminence as America's most
powerful gang leader during the |
prohibition era and was sent to Al-
catraz for ten years for income tax
fraud, is under observation in the
hospital of ‘“‘the Rock" and it is
reported that he has lost his mind. |
His attorney says if medical men
find he really is insane, he will apply
for a writ of habeas corpus to get
him out of prison.
dom on January 19, 1939, but still
has awaiting him a sentence of one |
year in jail and a fine of $20,000.
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Hitler Seizes Full Power
DOLF HITLER has made him-
self the absolute ruler of Ger-
many and has assumed full control
of the armed forces of the reich,
proclaiming himself
“‘chief of national
defense.” Field
Marshal Werner von
Blomberg was re-
moved from the post
of war minister;
Col. Gen. Hermann
Wilhelm Goering,
minister of aviation,
was made general
field marshal; Gen.
Yon Walter von Brauch-
itsch replaced Gen-
Brauchitsch eral Werner von
Fritsch as commander in chief of
the army; seven army generals
and six generals of the air force
were summarily dismissed.
According to the London Daily
Herald, between 180 and 190 senior
army officers were arrested in the
German provinces.
Reorganization of Germany's dip-
lomatic corps was announced, the
ambassadors of several European
countries being changed.
In the shakeup Joachim von Ri-
bentrop was recalled from the Lon-
don embassy and made foreign min-
ister.
No new minister of war was ap-
pointed, but Gen. Wilhelm Keitel
was named chief of the supreme
command and will rank as minis-
ter.
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Monarchy Plot Foiled
BACK of Hitler's sudden grab of
absolute power was a move
ment among high army officers for
restoration of the monarchy. It was
revealed in Berlin that a secret
speech delivered by one general to
a group of his fellow officers in
which the return of the exiled for-
mer Kaiser Wilhelm was urged was
reported to the reichsfuehrer and
aroused his anger, hastening his de-
termination to assume personal
command of the armed forces.
Anyhow, the coup is a crushing
victory for the Nazi government
group over the army clique that
had been growing daily more
threatening to Hitler's regime and
that was said to be planning to
force his gradual retirement.
The monarchists’ plot, it is said,
included the elevation to the throne
of the ex-kaiser’s second son, Prince
Eitel Friedrich. Heinrich Himm-
ler, head of the Gestapo or secret
police, revealed it to Hitler.
What Small Business Wants
WELVE delegates from the ‘“‘lit-
tle business’ conference that
held such uproarious sessions in
Washington were received by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and presented to
him a list of 23 pfoposals for the
cure of their economic ills, These
had been consolidated and toned
down from the proposals conceived
by the conference, the condemna-
tion of much New Deal legislation
being omitted.
The principal recommendations in
the report were for easier credit for
small business, repeal of the un-
divided profits tax, modification of
the capital gains tax, equal respon-
sibility of employer and employee
for observance of mutual labor
agreements, the return of relief to
local governments as soon as pos-
sible, the abandonment of wage and
hour legislation and the immediate
investigation of the Wagner labor
relations board.
Through Secretary Early, the
President announced that a large
majority of the recommendations
seemed constructive and possible of
fulfillment. Others, however, he felt,
sounded well but were rather im-
practical.
It is known that the administra-
tion does not want the undivided
profits tax completely repealed.
Neither does it want relief returned
to local governments, abandonment
of wage and hour legislation, or in-
terference with the Wagner labor re-
lations board.
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New West Point Chief
RIG. GEN. JAY L. BENEDICT
has assumed command as the
new superintendent of the United
States Military academy at West
Point, succeeding General Connors,
about to retire for age.
General Benedict, who is fifty-five
years old, began his military ca-
reer as an enlisted man in the Na-
tional Guard in 1898,
po.
A. F. of L. Ousts Miners
\ ITH tears in his eves, Presi-
dent Green of the A. F. of L.
announced to the convention in
Miami that the United Mine Work-
ers of America, the International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers and the Federation of Flat
Glass Workers had been expelled
from the federation. The miners’
union is headed by John L. Lewis
and is the nucleus of his C. 1. O.
atu
Madame Perkins on the Spot
JECRETARY OF LABOR PER-
KINS, who has been having a
hard time explaining why Harry
Bridges. C. 1. O. leader on the Pacific
coast, has not been
deported as an alien
Communist, has put
herself in a tight
place and aroused
indignant protests
from Joseph Ken-
nedy, chairman of
the maritime com-
mission and ambas-
sador-designate to
Great Britain.
Madame Perkins
4. P. Kennedy appeared before the
senate commerce committee and
took a stand beside Ralph Emerson
of the C. 1. O. affiliated maritime
union in condemnation of the mar-
itime commission's proposal to
settle labor disputes in the mer-
chant marine by the mediation
methods successfully employed on
the railroads.
Kennedy, who was in Palm Beach,
sent angry telegrams to the White
House and it was said he was on
his way to Washington to demand
a showdown between himself and
the labor secretary. If the Presi-
dent should side with her, Kennedy
might be expected to quit the ad-
ministration and give up his ap-
pointment to the court of St. James.
nedy, Secretary Perkins might re-
sign from the cabinet.
Emerson defied congress to pass
the bill and apply the principles of
railway mediation to the merchant
marine. He said the union would
not obey the law if it was enacted,
adding that “there are not enough
Kennedys to man the ships.”
Fl
Links C.1.O. With Reds
International Longshoremen's
association, and A. F. of L. affiliate,
told the senate commerce commit-
tee that the C. 1. O. is tied up with
the Communist party of America,
and gave facts to support the
charge. He also accused Mrs.
Elinor M. Herrick, New York re-
gional director of the National La-
bor Relations board, of using her
official powers to wreck the A. F.
of L. maritime and waterfront
unions “with the ultimate objective
of becoming secretary of labor un-
der John L. Lewis.”
After hearing Ryan's testimony
the committtee adopted Chairman
Copeland's resolution calling for an
appropriation of $50,000 for an in-
vestigation by a special senate com-
mittee of subversive influences in
the merchant marine,
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Fear Borah-O'Mahoney Bill
HE National Association of Man-
ufacturers, apprehensive that
President Roosevelt might take up
the Borah-O’'Mahoney bill to place
corporations under a federal licens-
ing system, denounced that meas-
ure as providing for an end of
“home rule over "
In a formal statement, the asso-
ciation declared the bill would per-
mit the federal
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Washington.—A good many per-
gons in Washington still are arguing
the point whether
That President 1oose-
Conference velit and Secretary
Roper, of the De-
partment of Commerce, made a
mistake in arranging for the so-
called conference of nearly a thou-
sand ‘small’ business men. The
conference that turned into a near
riot provided plenty of publicity, if
that was what was planned, but it
was publicity of a distinctly bad
sort from a political standpoint. On
the other hand, some way, some
how, there came out of that confer-
ence a or more of recom-
mendations, and some of them were
the very ‘‘recommendations’’ which
Mr. Roosevelt wanted from ‘‘busi-
ness interests.” It is a new vehicle
on which bureaucrats and advisers
can ride.
But before I attempt an analysis
of the results that may flow from
the conference, a review of the
meeting itc>Yf should be recorded.
The business men, widely publicized
as being ‘small and independent
fellows’ were convened in the Com-
merce Department auditorium. It
had all of the earmarks of a session
for which a program had been
drawn up here in Washington. It
appeared to be cut and dried. No
sooner had the session convened,
however, than things began to hap-
pen. Since there were nearly a thou-
sand individuals, there were nearly
one thousand different views, and
the individuals sought In various
ways to express The
result of the first day's meetings
can be described, therefore, as nil
—unless you want to consider the
riot, necessity for physically
ejecting some of the members who
became violent in their obje
result It was a
ghouls were
score
the
tions,
as a session
} ard
and
he about
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airman
With the first day's session a flop,
mo-
so that a
would
was set In
tion the ond day
recurrence of the riot
avoided. The conference
en up into group or sectional meet-
ings. It was hinted that big things
could be expected from these in the
ghape of concrete recommendations.
Well, we observers foun
that the big conference-riot
little business
up into some ten or twelve smaller
conference-riots. Just as an exam-
pie: one Was so uproarous
that it was found necessary to call
in the building police and forcibly
throw out one little business man
who measured over six feet and
weighed plenty.
Those were the physical phases of
the two-day conference. be-
lieve it or not, there were '‘recom-
mendations’’ made by those nearly
one thousand business men repre-
senting small businesses of the
country. They were duly present-
ed to President Roosevelt who sent
out word to the newspaper corre-
spondents afterward that some of
those recommendations were, in-
deed, quite constructive.
I shall not attempt to set them
down here. They would take more
space than is available. I noted
among them, however, one item
for
5
of the
Ses88i10N
Yet.
tablish a procedure to encourage
and facilitate loans to small busi-
ness.” It recalled to me that there
has been much talk among *‘ad-
tion that the government should
have an agency to make loans to
small businesses. It was discussed
in these columns recently. Undoubt-
edly, it was just a coincidence that
this “recommendation” should
.
Included in the recommendations,
ministration to do
Some Are several things that
Pleased thus far have not
had administra-
tion backing. One of these was a
recommendation that wage and
hour regulatory legislation should
be abandoned. No one seems to
know from whence that item came;
and it was variously reported as
not having had the "full support of
the conference.” It may have been
that even the 12 chairmen who car-
ried the recommendations to the
White House meeting with the Pres-
jdent performed a miracle—but
there is no denying that the item
was included and quite a few mem-
bers of the Democratic party in
congress were glad to see it.
So, the conference has been held
and its work and efforts to solve the
depression problems are spread on
the first pages of newspapers. The.
results in this direction would seem
to justify Mr. Roosevelt's recent
intimations that the business men
do not know what they want. Such
a view would be correct if the con-
ference itself had been representa-
tive. True, the delegates came
from all sections of the country.
True, all excepting a very few were
of the Ly known as small business
men. it must not be overlooked
that the conference was planned,
invitations extended and program
|
written from Washington.
ministration
their general
New Deal.
something to the charge that was
variously hurled in the sessions that
chairmen were hand picked
attitude
Concerning the after-effects, one
can hear many observations.
ton nursing a grudge;
that many of the delegates
back home with a sour idea of gov-
ernment conferences and, therefore,
with a willingness to ridicule the
the conviction that the very confu-
sion that came from the meeting
provided Mr. Roosevelt with the
horrible example that he wants in
his criticism of business leadership.
It seems to me there is ground for
each of these three conclusions.
Time, alone,
mate effects. Mr. Roosevelt may
utilize the recommendations in a
fireside chat or a message to con-
gress. Some of his advisers may
bear down on the lack of agreement
and understanding among business
men.
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Gardeners
The First Step
HE first step toward a success-
ful garden is an early start.
| Spade or plow as soon as pos-
gible. If a handful of soil gripped
firmly can be crumbled readily
upon release, the soil is in condi.
tion to be worked.
It is important that fertilizer be
used cautiously, advises Harold
Coulter, vegetable expert of the
| Ferry Seed Institute, An excess
is often harmful, particularly in
growing fruits, such as tomatoes,
cucumbers and peppers
| Garden preparation
| wasted if you do not plant seeds
from dependable Select
your favorite varieties from the
nearby store ¢ is
depleted, even 8 not yet
time to plant. Make sure the
| you buy are freshly packed
| Weather conditions permitting,
it is advisable to spade the
soil some rotted manure, rotted
leaves or lawn clippings, or rotted
garden refuse. Clay soils
proved in texture by this
ment, and sandy soils are im-
| proved in water holding capacity.
effort is
Sources,
errr lw
iV
seeds
into
THE FIRST
SIGN OF SPRING!
FERRY'S
that the administration is being
guided by what it believes the busi-
recommendations of the conference.
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The Treasury laid some stress on
announcement the other day that it
will begin a series
of borrowings late
this month that
likely will be the
last borrowings by the federal gov-
ernment ‘in this generation.’ It
was stated that between 200 and
Treasury
to Borrow
ing the next several months, but
that June tax payments and subse-
Il. provide mon-
ey for current needs. That is to
money’ which is money borrowed
It has not been made clear how
the Treasury will accomplish the
objective of cessation of borrowing
President Roosevelt
has predicted that there will be a
deficit of about one billion dollars
in the next fiscal year. A Treasur
deficit can mean one thing,
namely, that the amount of income
is less than the amount of the ex-
penditures. appears to
be screwy in a circumstance where
there is a deficit of a billion and
only
to be borrowed.
However it may be accomplished,
it is hopeful to think that borrowings
are going to be terminated. The
Treasury has been doing it for a
long, long time. 1 think it is about
nine years that the Treasury has
faced a deficit each year and there
has been new money borrowed to
pay the bills. Those borrowings
ranged anywhere from half a bil
billions in 1933 and 1034.
during this year.
segregated moneys, such as the
fund for payment of social security
benefits.
not borrow
any new money
from the social security fund. There
government bonds.
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er phase of gov-
Another ernment Bony
Phase Those funds come
from payroll
taxes. They are taxes paid by the
workers as well as by the employer.
It has occurred to me, therefore,
that unless the government's reve-
nue can be made to balance its ox-
penditures, sometime in the future
workers will want to obtain payment
under the provisions and there
will be nothing but government
bonds in the fund. Further, there
is every possibility—indeed, I be-
lieve it is a probability—that these
payroll taxes are going to bear
more heavily on the workers of the
future than they do today.
There seems little doubt that the
social security dream is here to
stay. Unworkable as it is, there
will be no politician with sufficient
courage ever to tell the voters of
his constituency that the social se.
curity act will fail
“advanced thinkers"
THE red-and.silver Ferry's
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Shadows
Every flower, even the fairest,
has its shadow beneath it as it
swings in the sunlight.—Anon.
~ EMINENT DOCTORS WROTE
| THIS OPINION!
“ ..colds result from
acid condition of the
body . ..they prescribe
various alkalies” — ex
cerpt from medical journal. The
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HELPS BUILD UP YOUR
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Difficulties Aid
Difficulties are meant to rouse,
‘You GAS, HEARTBURN?
Frederic ke Ma. Mrs.
E Wilcox, 40 E. 6th
says: “1
¢al Discovery and my ap
petite improved, 1 gained
weight, slept well and
looked and felt like a Dew
woman.” Buy Bt in liguid or tablets from
your druggist today. New size, tablets 50c.
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Avenging Wrongs
It costs more to avenge wrongs
than to bear them.