Senate . . Wide Powers for President ganization bill squeezed through do senate by the close vote of 49 to 42, after a fierce fight. tion to recommit, which woul virtually killed the measure, defeated by a vote of 48 to 43. Opponents this bill are vinced that it paves the way a dicta ip in the U hited Sta Mr. Roosevelt made public a let- ter to a friend in which he claimed any intention to become a dictator under the powers granted him by the bill. He said firmly opposed to an Amer tatorship and that he has of the qualifications which make him a successful dictator. The special reorganization com- mittee of the house reported a new bill as a substitute con- for tes of ican dic- none would | | | slightly. * Its speedy passage was burn. The bill, as it was passed by the senate, authorizes the President, by executive order, to transfer, regate the whole or any part of or abolish any of the 135 bureaus, agen- cies, and divisions of government. Excepted from this section, how- ever, are the federal reserve board, the corps of engineers of the Unit- ed States army and the independent, quasi-judicial and regulatory estab- lishments, such as the bo oard of 1 tax appeals, mission, the fede we! trade com- mission, the interstate commerce commission, and the national labor relations board. It abolishes the civil service com- mission as now constituted, and the general accounting office. It cre- ates a new ‘‘department of wel- fare,” and it authorizes six more $10,000 a year assistants to the Pres- ident. amen Senators Are Angered OMMENTING to the press on the senate’s action on the reorgan- ization bill, the President made the remarkable statement that it proved the senate could not be *‘pur- chased by organized telegrams based on direct misrepresen- tations.” burst of indignation in the senate. Hi- ram Johnson of Cal- ifornia started a hot debate with the as- sertion: “I don't hat was arise from it. Did the President mean that the senate could be pur- chased only by promises of proj ecis in particular states, or by mar- Senator Wheeler. of Montana said that it was a _ ‘coincidence’ that Senator. James P, Pope, Democrat, ganization bill about the same time that he had been able to get for his state an appropriation. of close to $1,000,000 to start a dam project. When Pope and his friends indig- nantly protested, Wheeler said he “o tion between the two matters. senators to vote against the reor- ganization measure are still to be heard from: concerning the Presi. dent’ ® SoHEIent, od: mart Peects I Conon ts to adjourn by Ce first of - May, but leaders three peossibie obstacles to this plan—the wage-hour bill, the chairman of the senate finance It already ickard 1 Hungarian debt settlement proposal | and railroad legisl: Democratic Leader Barkley he hoped the ser could the pre $1,000.000,000 ation. said dispose of $1,100,000. ate tax revision 0 naval expansion proposed ure in April + senate cal ndar, he gram, and relief "his would clear said, un- | y's debt the less considera gar in a lengthy war debt | progr n Rayburn, | er, said he thought that chamber could complete its present | program by May 1. But other mem- | bers said that if efforts to revive the | wage-hour bill are successful, the picture may change Ten Men to “Probe TVA IVE senators and five representa- tives will do the investigating of | the Tennessee Valley authority, for | the resolution for a joint committee inquiry was adopted | by the senate with- out a dissenting | vote, and was ap- proved unanimously | by the house. The resolution was intro- | duced by Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Ken- fucky, majority leader. It calls for investigation of charges of malfea- sance and dishon- esty made by the ousted chairman, A. E. Morgan, and includes eight of the twenty-three charges originally made by Senators Bridges and King in their first resolution for a con- gressional inquiry. It also calls for a ‘fishing expedition’ into the ac- tivities of private utility companies and their injunction suits against the TVA. Sen. H. Styles Bridges, the New | Hampshire Republican, in a radio | debate declared the administration was trying to obscure the charges of scandal within the TVA by fore- ing the inquiry to cover the private utility angle. “The administration's strategy has been to cover up TVA dirt by a phoney counter-attack,” he said. He was answered vigorously by Sen. Lister B. Hill of Alabama. serena Italy Ready for War ENITO MUSSOLINI put a chip on his shoulder and dared any- one to knock it off. In a speech before the Italian senate which was broadcast to the world, II Duce said: “Italy's land, sea and air forces are tuned for rapid and im- placable war.” He warned Europe, and especially France, of his readi- ness and willingness to fight, and said he subscribed to the theory that ‘the best defense is offense.” He called the Italian submarine fleet the largest in the world, said the nation’s air fleet was one of the best in existence, and asserted that, if necessary, he can put an army of 9,000,000 men in the field. *“I will be in supreme command,” Mussolini cried, thrusting out his chest. “Military problems are funda- mental ones,” continued Mussolini. “l dedicate the greatest part of my day to them. Anyone who dares to attack the rights and interests of our fatherland will find in the land, sea and air the immediate, resolute and proudest answer from the’ Italian people's arms.” France was warned aiso by Nazi Propaganda—Minister Goebbels in asensational speech in Vienna. Pro- claiming the might of the new Ger- many, . Goebbels. shouted: “Ger- many is now strang enough to resist Sen. Bridges no longer be any question of a prom- is no Jenger the heart of European politics. The heart is now Berlin.” Tornadoes in Middle West ORNADOES that swept through Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Arkan- sas, and Oklahoma killed at least 39 persons and did a vast amount of damage to property. South Pekin in the Illinois river valley was al- most destroyed, and many other towns suffered severely. Light and water services were crippled. Hos- pitals throughout the stricken areas were crowded with the injured. Oil Seizures Profested REL LATIONS between the United States and Mexico took a se- rious turn when Ambassador Dan- jels delivered to Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay a sharp protest against the action of President Car- denas in expropriating foreign oil properties, He asked just how Mex- ico proposed to pay for the properties seized. Cardenas thereupon called his congress in special session to consider an internal loan to pro- vide for the indemnity payments. American withdrawal of support from the silver market, Cardenas’ chief source of revenue, threatened to close many silver mines. ananassae Silver Buying Halted ECRETARY OF THE TREAS URY MORGENTHAU announced that the United States had discon- tinued the purchase of Mexican sil ver until further notice. This prob- ably was a direct result of Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil proper- ties, which Secretary of State Hull considers a hard blow to his *‘good neighbor’ policies. Price of silver was cut 1 cent an ounce. The United States Treasury has been buying 5,000,000 ounces of new ly mined Mexican silver eacl month, paying around $2,500,000 for it at the artificially maintained New York price, which gave Mexico siz- able profits. "Car" for Broadcasters $301 REAT BRITAIN laid be f re rep- resentatives of Europe's major proposals for obtaining of foreign troops war. The the chair- the nonin first G removal the Spanish was submitted to subcommittee of tervention committee in ting in nearly two months persons said Britain “new formula’ for belligerent this granted the warring fac- oration of con- frontiers. from plan man's its ned osed first, a ing when d be second, Spa ri tions. rest on in's Franco in Catalonia ENERAL FRANCO'S insurgent army blasted way through ist lines and entered the of Catalonia, moving far toward Barcelor the third capital of the government forces. In this rapid advance about 100 towns were aptured in a single day and many villages were demolished by bom- bardment by a fleet of 200 war planes said to have been contribut- ed by Italy and Germany. taly warned France that any French intervention in Spain “might compromise peace on the European continent.” The organ of the Italian foreign office, Informazione Diplo- matica, published the statement. sit nn Colonel House Dies EATH after a long illness ended the notable career of Col. Ed- ward M. House, whose name, dur- ing the World war era, was famil- jar to millions. He passed away in New York at the age of seventy-nine years, Shunning publicity and personal glory, House devoted him- self untiringly to what he deemed the best interests of his country and for years his influence, especially in inter- national matters, was great. its province a, Col. House and continued to help direct his course immediately before and dur- ing the war, making frequent trips to Europe. He was Wilson's per- sonal representative in the Ver- sailles peace conference. Later he and Wilson disagreed and their close association came to an end. anemia Japan's Regime in China JAPAN announced officially the in- auguration- of the “reformed Government of the Republic of Chi- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and is headed by Liang Hung-Tze as chairman of the new executive yu- an, a position equivalent to pre- mier, The Chinese were still fighting the invaders desperately along the Pei- ping-Hankow railway and claimed the Japanese were suffering heavy | NATIONAL PRESS BLDG derstanding of the discussion that is to follow, I think I The TVA / must first find a Controversy definition word “contuma- It ought to be properly and officially defined because it is going to be a very important word in this country. So, I read from the tionary here on my d ing definition: CONTUMACY, regard of authority; regard of authority; stinacy. Next, it there men wi th th contemptuous dis- insolent dis- should be set down that rather, there were two e surr of Morgan f the Tennessee Valley before President Roose- ¢ are- ame as officials o authority velt removed one of them from of- for contumacy. The fact that there were two Morgans must be remembered because each one fig- prominently in a continuing controversy and for the reason that neither one of the Morgans is **the House of Morgan ch so many demagogues refer talk about economic roy- fice ures nected with 0 wh hen they alists we should know David E. Lili the Morgans, TV A. Mr. tor Wor, third place about en- h like tw was a director of the hal continues to be s Har at and de has been go- for n ng the ti rectors of TVA. Arthur made accusations against two directors, 11 ture, charges f dish onths ree the other a libelous nesty-—in rt, charges clors wer er course was placed that none rem had its the direc legal charter, of tors could be oved unless on charges that they played political favorites in TVA appointments. He thought that the White House investigation was checking a congressional tigation w had been so vig- orously opposed by Senator Norris of Nebraska, father of the TVA and Roosevelt supporter. That is to say, Chairman Morgan didn't believe President Roosevelt had any author- ity to call in the three directors and there, in the presence of all, compel the chairman to ate his charges. So he stood pat. 3ut Mr. Roosevelt believed he did have authority and he used it. removed Arthur Morgan and pro- moted Harcourt Morgan to the TVA chairmanship. Well, there had been a lot of hemming and hawing around senate over the general TVA a means of inves hich in- Sen. Senator Norris succeeded in stalling But after the White House investiga- tion which Senator Bridges con- opera trial,”’ things began to happen in which house and senate will join, an inquiry that will go into every tick. There can be no doubt at all that especially congress, as to the merits of the TVA row, the White House investigaticn had the effect of bring- ing about a far-reaching investiga- tion in congress. Many bitter words have been uttered about the White House course in. firing Arthur Mor- gan, observations that Mr. Roose- velt had “‘railroaded’ the chairman it constituted an American version of the famed French “Dreyfus case,” assertions that ‘‘contumacy is a crime only where dictators op- erate,” etc. Try as they may now, the public ownership advocates, so- cialists and others who believe in the state owning everything, are due to have the varnish removed from The country at last is going look at the real wood; | or hushed will come concealed these things to have been up. That is, dential lash whips enough commit- teemen into line to develop a white- . * . Aside from the tragedy of having Morgan's name smeared, the TVA row and the White House investigation prob- ably will be good for the country. Anybody who knows Arthur Morgan's record, must agree that it is one of which any m could be proud. It is too bad, there- fore, that has to be the goat in But I repeat that the af- considerable good TVA record can be open and the go- ings-on of public ownership advo- cates can be exposed for in- sofar as TVA is concerned. There is, however, something uch deep- tuati an Just justice to one man. In this use of authority by Good for the Country an he case. fair will result in if the whole brought into the once er, in this ¢ ion th or injustice refer to the President to however, sevelt has that now, how much he have to do any, many ithority reor- rnment agencies as rr il to ove course, r ha y Nas gi law do the best job y d He read the dent read it an- was to knew one way; the Presi other I see no removal of the Jan on the grounds of contumacy. That is no crime. Discipline Mr. Morgan? Yes, if the President w to do Suspend h the facts have been brought to light by a congres- sional inquiry, a mode of procedure congress reserved to itself. But removal seems to be rather foolish, and the action certainly has adversely to the President among his own partisans. r * * The White House inquiry failed to adduce any story about the opera- tions of Harcourt Blames Morgan and Mr. Lilienthal Lilienthal. I hear in many quarters that Mr. Lilienthal is the man who really started the trouble in the be- ginning. He is the same man who was connected with the Wisconsin utilities commission and wrote an order directing a reduction in tele- for m anted 80. 1 5 ti im uniu ing to give interested parties a chance to have their day in court. held. arbitrary and delivered quite a tongue-lashing about such unwarranted and despotic action. That opinion was rendered late in February. Whether Mr. Lilienthal despotism in TVA, I have no means of knowing: but, this much surely can be said: if he attempted any- thing of the kind, Arthur Morgan would be the first to object. 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