Show news review of current y events the world over ove economy in government gets a boost senate ousts busts sergeant baut at arms barry for traducing it roosevelt 1 1 invites governors to pa parley acy by EDWARD W PICKARD ECONOMY econom Y was given a real boost by the senate when it passed the treasury post office bill for it t inserted into the oie measure provis provisions loni giving the incoming president al most me s t dictatorial power in reorganizing the structure of alie tit federal government coordinating consolidating or reducing the file number of agencies and eliminating over overlapping app liag and duplication I 1 of duties in order to further reduce expenditures and in sen bratton crease efficiency in iii government g a v er ta m e n L the measure withholds authority ito abolish or transfer an executive department depart mentIn tri its entirety 1 though senator nor als urged that this his t privilege privilege also aiso be given the ilef his proposal prop sai was rejected because senators feared if might lead to the combining of the he army kind navy into one depa of 0 national de defense rense as has been suggested the bill as approved by the senate grants the new president nit lucri icil greater latitude than wa s asbed J t I 1 by president hooker hoo er for the tl e same same purpose the exec uthe orders hill not become effective effect re until sixty days after being submitted to congress cong tesA unless congress itself provides by li 16 war an earlier effective date besides this grant of power to reorganize the federal establishment the senate moved toward further economies by adopting an amendment amp adment offered by senator sam G br bratton a aton 0 of new mexico one 0 ne of he leading dem deini brats in the matter of savings avi it requires all department heads to cut their expend expenditures liture for IB 1934 M by 5 per cent though b this must be done do ne without cutting wages tills this being insisted upon by senator costigan os tigan of colorado mr bratton estimated that his plan would ouid result to in the saving of about in the cost of operating the government luring during the file net neit fiscal year other economy measures at cached to the bill it was said would would realize some 20 millions of additional savings one of these includes the enlisted personnel odthe of alie army navy ri vy and marine corps in the present sva per cent salary cut affecting all other fed eral employees in the house all kinds attempts of to economize were beaten during consideration of supply bills the representatives even gec declined lined by an overwhelming wh elming vote to reduce their own salaries sala to or opponents of the proposal arguing that thai they could not afford the cutland that low ering the pay would ranke make the house a rich mans club and make alake it impossible for a poor man to enter con gross gress the proponents of i tion were denounced as aiesi iesi WITH wand ITH grave formality athe the senate and house met to together ether in the th house bouse chamber and watched their oell fr from om a malin mahogany gany chest the reports of state late electors on last falls election rending clerk loudly announced the file state totals and when these had heen been set down endig tally sheets and added up the con gross gress was solemnly informed Inform pol that franklin D Roo roosevelt evelt and john argar nr garner had bad been elcied elected Pre president and vice president of the united states by a vote of against 50 for W and curtis SENATORS despite their rules can find ways to say some mighty mean things about one one another but an outsider cast their integrity david D a v I 1 d S barry who has beet been sergeant at arms ot ol the senate for 14 rf r years bears has baa found thront ale an and has ha lost hit 0 job the seventy three year alc official wrote an article for al smiths Smith I 1 new outlook the opening paragraph of which was contrary airy perhaps perhaps I 1 to the popular ellef belief bl D 1 S barry there are pot not many croo crooks in congress that hat is out and out grafters drafters gr or those who are willing to be such there are nut not many sen acors or representatives h ho sell bell their votes for money and ll it la Is pretty well known whoa who thoe few are but there are many demagogues of the kind that will vote for legislation legis lution sole ly because they think that it will help their political and social fortunes indignant senators were swift to call barry to account tint sitting as a trial court they heard lihn him admit adinie tie was unable to prove that there were bribe takers rollers and drafters grafters gr arters and they refu refused seit t to con consider gider his pleas that senator glass had said d about as much concerning the tight fight against the mcfadden Mc ladden bill anil and that in reality his article was meant to de tend the of congress de spite its inept wording by a vote ot of 63 1553 to yi 17 the senate deprived depris ed barkyo Bar ryo his bis post on the flie ground that thai he hail traducer traduced trad that ahat body and could not prove his charge 1 in the words of senator david reed of lot pennsylvania the made a holy show of of itself barry did not chick luck defenders the warme warmest 0 o these being i senator oi of illinois and senator AL ALi Logan of Ren kentucky tucky mr glenn being a time lame duck was not net afraid to toa say what lie he thought and and tie he and hadj J it a lota lot of I 1 thoughts I 1 on the matteri malter he be pointed out that what barry had bad written was but one small voice in a chorus I 1 of criticism of the senate and cont continue nue 3 i li cannot distinguish very ma materially terdal betwee ni attacking a body of this kind las as has been done inthe present trial instance ance and the privilege lege which Is exercised peary raj elery ayery day in C committee coomo of the senate of browbeat inga witness wit nesa accusing him attacking him as he sits there called in response I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 to n summons 9 ii n 1 I do not distinguish i between the attacks made upon this body and the attacks anade na de in this body day after adny by distinguished members af of this ody body attacking abusing condemning blackening peoples names and reputations knowing morning upon 1 he j opal front pages ag af qi afi r response res ble pie ahls country charges will be broadcast to the world 11 the debate was lively and rather vituperative and was linin immensely Insely enjoyed by the occupants odthe galler galleries tei one of hese bese was heard to n quote the lady doth pro protest I 1 test too much mii methinks of 1 I 1 HILE the president elect was WHILE about the caribbean kiy trying to catala fish the amateur cabinet builders kept right late gossip as p was that thai william wiiliam IL woodin of V new new york fork would be i see secretary detary of cov corn N ineice f denry L stevens i k of north carolina W A former corn commander mander of f the american legion 4 secretary of 0 war arid and 11 archibald mcnell mcneil 6 f I 1 connecticut or 0 max bardner of north carolina secretary of jesse H the navy jesse 1 I jones straus new york merchant also iiii was put in the running for the commerce portfolio 10 lo more definite nite than these rumors was the report that jesse n U bolies eminent democrat and business man of fH Houston texas would be made head of the reconstruction finance corporation he would succeed atlee pomerene whose appointment as chairman by president hoover was blocked with all other nominations nomination noal nations i in the senate mr roosevelt will rely greatly onabe reconstruction finance ennit corporation tion and its vast credit in carrying out lit his plang in the new deal and would receive strong ang nn ahle support from mr jones as its chairman P of expert i adl ice on ways of pulling the nation out of the slough of despond Is to be of offered ferea soon first the senate finance committee commit Invited more than halt hal f a hundred of the nations nat lons all lines to present their aleis on the causes of the economic depression and th the needa legislative remedies and those 1 viens presumably are now being formulated mu then roose aielt et sent to the governors of thil 48 I 1 states to meet beinin the willie white I 1 floit house se on march 6 to discuss means of solving national problems to in which the governments of the states and the a common vital jn interest in hs his letter sir mr roosevelt said it Is my thought that we should discuss for our mutual benefit certain subjects such buch ns as IS a conflicting taxation by federal and adte state governments ab b federal aid for unemployment relief ae c mortgage foreclosures fore closures especially on farm farmlands lands and td d better land use by ell elimination minn of marginal agricultural land flood prevention etc e reorganization and consolidation ot of local government to decrease tax costs it Is believed all or or nearly all of the governors will accept mr air roose boost belts invitation gladly all but ten of them are democrats and might be expected to be in washington for the inaugural ceremonies ITU considerable democratic WITH the governments program for aid to the unemployed was greatly broadened it provides among other things for ani an additional KO direct i relief loans to states find and in washington there was a belief ithac tha it fild had a good chance of passage during the present T the be bill as drafted also emild liberalize the llie law under tinder which ohp R vil makes loans for seir liquidating construction projects and tt liml brov talon forto for loans ans to private e corporations rations for the devel irp menti of community farming and ocean air transportation if such stich proa acts arebelo r TUAT HAT flurry over the ate activities 0 of o william C bullitt bullatt who ia a t ed cd in europe as being a secret representative senta tive of ar air roosevelt sent ov over or to deal with will the he gov ern ments of that owe war deats to tie the united stat states probably has blo blown 0 over for or good Bol bullatt lIft who was a state department part ment re presenta I 1 I 1 1 I five under woodrow wa 1 t also was was iaan th t h 6 0 u g 11 1 t by some french office als to be na an emissary of 0 col W C bullatt edward AL house he visited london paris and other capitals and conferred with various high personages and our state department called on ambassador edge tor for lation the ambassador a replied that bullitt was acting on his own responsibility as a writer interested te in foreign affairs and was representing no one in the united states mr edge it Is understood reported that this Is only one of many similar incidents ever since mr Roosevel ts nomination the embassy has had reports of a long lon of such emissaries is ARIOUS plans for the regeneration bof VARIOUS of the republican party have been discussed and one already has been bee n started this Is the organization of the national republican league with vice president Ch charles curtis at its head and headquarters in washington three vice chal chairmen have been named senators fell felix x hebert of rhode island and daniel 0 hastings of delaware and alid former representative bolix uhn Q illson of connecticut the moke alp of afi the league appears to i be strictly regular lle publican 11 the ithe new announced by john A campbell of whitt white Pl phairis plairis airis N I 1 who v will ill be its director Is designed to carry on a vigorous campaign for a comeback not only in the 1936 presidential election but ln in next years congressional races also alsoc it Is professedly neither for nor nir against again st the interests of tiny any oane one candidate The senate republican organization seems a determined to continue it in good goo 1 I la in the party caucus carious the ansur gents who supported yo evell last fall senator diaries charles L mcnary ot of oregon the probable new dew republican leader of the senate declared that al a proposal to read ad re out ot of the party arty sen store george W norris or of nebraska Nebra ika robert ST la follette Fol letle of wisconsin hiram Jo linson of california land bronson i cut cutting fill of new mexico had not a chance in the world t to 0 suc j aeed bugge suggestions scions were heard recently that hat it secretary of the treasury mills would be made chairman of the republican national committee but hi ll 11 said he be would not accept the place ive hada lot lotof of polities politics in thelast last 23 27 years and I 1 dont intend to step out of here into the chairmanship of any political committee mills said G REAT HEAT cabinet in three sessions gaye gave final approval to the british policy fa for r negotiations with mr air roosevelt in the debt conference to be held in washington of course the cabinets conclusions were not made public but it if was understood ambassador sir ronald bring back a plan providing for a lump sum payment of between land and WOW as settle sett lej ment for fo the entire debt of about sll which the european nations owe the united states this the debtor nations nations think would woul dIbe be in accord with their own lausanne agreement on gyman german reparations representative rainey of illinois linnis Il declared the united states will not accept any such slush slash 1 and opinion in congressional circles upheld this view moreover M mr plan of dealing with each nation separately will ill givel the british small antall filly to put forward a proposal for all of 0 f them the I 1 t GERMANYS new government jovern ment under 7 chancellor littler hitler la IS not to have have smooth sallil sailing by any means and may may be upset at the comingo elections the socialists communists were trying strenuously to lay aside their differences and join in the light fight the nazis and it seemed likely they would a succeed jn in this vice chancellor von apan armed ith a decree sig president pro aident von hindenberg assumed the premiership of prussia dissolved the diet of that state and ordered new elections on march 5 premier braun and the other old prussian ministers were summarily ousted the government also issued a new set of sener seere e laws g the right of assembly and of tree free speech and gagging the press I 1 PREMIER DALA DIrR postponed the downfall of ills hla new french government fora for a time by temporarily abandoning aban doninE the attempt to balance the budget the cabinet rejected a proposal to reduce the pay of employees 0 of f the state art and approved measures which would slightly increase the taxes on gasoline and bank checks all told it approved ni measures ensures designed igna to provide half of which would he be tit in new taxes aft tea and halt resulting from economies in civil expenditures tures 1 this measure will be 0 op P until another budget broj project act e can an be drafted D deaths of note were those R t of dr lowr la wrence nce F abbott for mer president and publisher of tin file outlook and close friend of theodore roosebelt Boose Roos eielt and abd cont albert Apio apponyi ot f hung ry the oldest statesman of the league ot of nations ann a powerful powe riu political 1 figure a rit buttion |