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Show News Review of Current i Events the World Over President and Congress in Jam Over Reduction in Expenditures House Passes Bill for Philippines' t Independence Senate Faces Revenue Fight. THE battle for reorganization of government bureaus and agencies agen-cies and for a general reduction in expenditures developed Into a partisan par-tisan struggle in congress with President Pres-ident Hoover's proposals pro-posals under attack. at-tack. The President Presi-dent led off with a special message to congress In which he said that while a further reduction re-duction of $200,000,-000 $200,000,-000 in expenditures, in addition to the billion dollars of new taxes, would be required to bal- tbe budget, an even greater President Hoover nee saving could be accomplished by consolidation of bureaus and boards, by reform of administrative methods, meth-ods, by abolition of "less necessary functions," and by temporary suspension sus-pension of other activities. Inasmuch as so far reaching an economy program would require the repeal and amendment of a multitude multi-tude of existing laws, he proposed that the preparation of a comprehensive compre-hensive plan be assigned to a commission com-mission composed of senators, congressmen con-gressmen and representatives of the Executive. The President's proposals met with immediate opposition on the part of Democrats in both houses, ami 'a 'demand that the Executive submit specific recommendations for the reduction of expenditures. Speaker Garner declared that it was too late to create new commissions com-missions and assured the President that any specific recommendations he has to cut expenses will get quick action In the house. In reply to the opposition voiced against his message, the President In a later statement said: "What I asked for in my message was organized, nonpartisan co-operation by all forces to reduce government gov-ernment expenses In the national emergency which Insistently demands de-mands relief for the taxpayer." "What I have asked for Is not a commission, but that the senate and house delegate representatives to sit down wltn representatives from the administration and endeavor to draft a national economy bill." Continuing, he said that without such action he saw no way by which there can be a maximum reduction in expenditures. The comeback to this was thnt If the President failed to present definite proposals for a reduction in exDenses the Democratic leaders would present a plan of their own Senator Jones, Washington, Re publican, acting on the President's proposal. Introduced a Joint resolu tion in the senate to create a com mission of three senators, three representatives rep-resentatives and three officials of the administration to draft an economy econ-omy program and report within thirty days. It would not only suggest sug-gest where appropriations should be slashed, but also recommend consolidation con-solidation and elimination of government gov-ernment bureaus and agenciesThe resolution met instant opposition In the senate. The nmjur senate contest oyer the billion dollar tax bill, now the subject sub-ject of hearing before the senate ' finance committee, will probably develop de-velop with the move already started start-ed by independent members of botl parties to boost the surtax rates on the higher incomes to a figure above the 40 per cent maximum cited by the house. That a determined effort ef-fort will be made to restore the manufacturers' sales tax to the rev enue bill la a certainty. That it will be accomplished is a foregone conclusion. The importance of government alary cuts In the economy scheme has been emphasized in support given the idea by Senator Robin-eon, Robin-eon, the 'Democratic leader, and Senator Harrison, Democrat, Missis sippi. The latter forecast with re gret, that a general slash was like ly to materialize. The house special economy com mtttee has approved bills to dis pense with the army and navy transport service, with an assorted annual reduction In expenditures? to postpone indefinitely part of the government's big construction program pro-gram In the Capital at a saving of $750,000, and to establish the International In-ternational water commission. This Is all the consolidating and dispensing dispens-ing jet recommended by the cou-jnittee. cou-jnittee. Both the house and senate appropriation appro-priation committees continue to trim each bill down to the bone. INDEPENDENCE of the Philippines, Philip-pines, at agitated Issue for three decades, is made possible by a bill which passed the house by a vote cf 808 to 47. giving freedom to the Islands. Not a Democratic vote was cast against the bill, and only two Democrats were paired in the negative. And on the Republican side the 47 who voted no" were xeore than doubly matched by 119 who voted "yes." The Democratic total for the bill was 180 and the single Farmer-Labor vote was in the affirmative. , The bill agreed to provide for complete freedom for the Philippines Philip-pines after the Islands have adopted adopt-ed a suitable constitution and undergone un-dergone a probationary and semi-autonomous semi-autonomous period of eight years, during which tariff exports to the United States shall be limited to present levels and Immigration re stricted to 50 persons annually. Oa the Fourth of July following the conclusion of the eight-year period, American sovereignty Is to be withdrawn without any native nlehlselte as provided la other measures. The United States will reserve only the right to retain certain cer-tain naval and military bases. i ft . ITSNfc Secretary -Stimson THE senate finance .committee presided over by Chairman Sinoot, has opened its hearings on the billion-dollar revenue bill passed . by the; house. A veritable avalanche of applications for hearings have been received by the committee. Secretary of the Treasury Mills was the first witness at the hearing. He offered of-fered suggestions to eliminate defects and discriminations in the house measure. of Pennsylvania, Reed Smoot Senator Heed Republican member of the commit tee, began a drive to line up support sup-port for a general manufacturers' sales tax in the new revenue bill. After informal discussions with Republicans and Democrats, Reed announced prospects for inserting a sales levy, similar to hat rejected reject-ed by the house, weru by no means as unfavorable as forecast lie will offer the sales tax amendment amend-ment to the finance committee, of which he is a member, if he finds the proposal has a chance to pass. Excise taxes substituted by . the house for the sales levy were described de-scribed as "cock-eyed sales taxes." The sales tax, he held, Is equitable and fair. ' VTEV7 wa EW YORK STATE'S primary as a walkaway for the Roose velt and the Hoover tickets In the lone Democratic and the Republican contests. Ia the Democratic contest, in the Forty-first congressional district In Buffalo, supporters of Gov. Franklin Frank-lin D. Roosevelt swamped a ticket favorable to former Gov. Alfred E. Smith by better than 2 to 1. The Republican contests were In New York city and in Brooklyn, Delegates favorable to the renom- Inatlon of President Hoover won by approximately 13 to 1 in one and by about 4 to 1 in the other district over supporters of Joseph I. France of Maryland. There was no opposition to the regular tickets anywhere else In the state. The Republican delegates to the national convention will sup port the President. Most of the upstate Democratic delegates are Roosevelt supporters, but the powerful pow-erful Tammany bloc has not announced an-nounced its stand. World war officers and the veteran! under them on the streets of the capital, while most of the police were bottled up In the assembly building by the irate mob which milled outside.' THERE will be no "discussion or negotiation" on the question of European debts by Secretary or State SHmson during his visit to Geneva, was the emphatic declaration declara-tion of ?r .salient Hoover. Stlmson's visit is solely in the Interest Inter-est of securing concrete con-crete and definite results from the general d 1 s a r m a-ment a-ment conference, even though these results may not be revolutionary in character, the President said. "The world needs, both economically econom-ically and spiritually, the relief that can come from some degree of successful suc-cessful Issue by the disarmament conference," the President said. ' "Some two months ago I presented ideas which I believe would contribute con-tribute to a solution of some of the problems, and which were Incorporated Incorpo-rated la the general program. CLEAR signals were visible during dur-ing March that Important results re-sults were following from the coordinated co-ordinated plans of public agencies and private finance to bring about aii Improvement in the condition of business, the American Bankers' Association Journal says In Its monthly review. It notes that, although immediate immedi-ate stimulations in current commercial commer-cial and industrial activity were lacking and favorable trends In standard trade Indexes were not ap parent, growth in financial confi dence and decrease In public fear were "too definite to be based on anything but solid facts and carried greater weight than formal statis tics." Concrete expression or a return of financial confidence was given for a period during March in the bond market, which evldeuced a relaxation re-laxation In the pressure of financial distress and fear, and a turn ia the direction of safety and confidence, ihe Journal says. "The most important im-portant aspect of business better-ment better-ment has been the widespread return re-turn of the banks to more normal conditions," It says, attributing thH to the Reconstruction Finance cor poration and other co-operative ar rangements for assisting both closed and operating banks that are "clearly having the desired effects." ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GEN-eral GEN-eral Seth, Rlchardsonj In a report to the senate, described police po-lice administration In Honolulu as "Impotent, undisciplined, neglectful and unintelligent." The report was In answer to a senate resolution calling for Information In-formation on law enforcement in Hawaii. It followed the wave of criticism In navy and congressional circles over the retgrn of terror In the Islands, and patiCularly tn Honolulu, Hon-olulu, brought to light by the attack and assault by five natives upon Mrs. Tralia Massie. ; Mr. Richardson recommended the appointment by the President of a territorial police head for the entire territory, with full power of control con-trol and organization and similar appointment of an attorney general to be the public prosecutor. k. CN. v-aa- A. W. Barkley ENATOR ALEEN W. P.ARKLEY oft Kentucky will deliver the keynote address for the Democratic party when the national convention meets la Chicago on Tune 27. Ills selection selec-tion was made by a subcommittee of 23 national commlt-tee'aiea commlt-tee'aiea In an all-day all-day session In Chicago. Chi-cago. JouettShouse of Kansas City, who was Senator Berkley's chief rival ri-val for the honor, is to be recommended recommend-ed for permanent chairman of the convention. Mr. Shouse, who is executive chairman of the national committee, issued the following statement at the close of the meet ing: "By unanimous action of the committee com-mittee It was decided to recommend to the national committee, to be In tnrn recommended to the convention, conven-tion, the selection of Senator Bark-ley Bark-ley for temporary chairman and the selection of Mr. Shouse as permanent perma-nent chairman of the convention. INFURIATED by months of distress dis-tress from unemployment and dissatisfaction with the government policy, a mob of 10,000 stormed the house of assembly at St. John's, Newfoundland, and forced the resignation resig-nation of the government Windows Win-dows were smashed and public documents strewn In the streets. ; Police were powerless in the demonstration. dem-onstration. World war veterans then took charge of the situation and succeeded la partially restoring restor-ing order. Citizens obeyed only the THE pinch of national economy prompted Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, ranking Democrat on the finance committee, to issue is-sue a declaration against run payment pay-ment of the veterans vet-erans bonus cer tlficates. Citing the $2,000,000,000 deficit In prospect for the government this year and. the pehd Ing bill to raise new taxes, the senator in a letter to vet ' erans of his state said: "I regret that ex isting conditions Impel me. In the interest of the county, to oppose the legislation at this time." The stand taken by Senator Harrison, Har-rison, coupled with the known view of other . senate leaders, Is believed to doom any prospect of enactment Into law of the bonus payment measure. In his statement the Democratic financial leader of the senate pointed point-ed out that $1,000,000,000 of the $1,-000,000,000 $1,-000,000,000 government budget now goes to the relief of war veterans. bLwA Pat Harrison A DECISION which brought to a Rton the ronsrrpsslnnnl of Peter C Granata of Chicago gave the Democrats of the house a full ten-vote lead over their Republican opponents. Granata was voted out and Stanley Stan-ley II- Kuns was voted In by the house members. It was a decision oa an election contest brought by the latter, the Democratic congressional congres-sional candidate la the Eighth Illinois Illi-nois district against the Republican Republic-an who had been seated at the outset out-set of the session on the strength of his certificate of election. The standing of the parties In the house now is: Democrats, 221; Re-publicans, Re-publicans, 11; farmer-labor, 1; vacancies, va-cancies, 2. (& Hit. WMtcra Kcwppr Cuts.) , Intel-mountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers BANK TO RE-OPEN 1000 TKEES WANTED DAIRY DAY nSS?, BEET CROP tB4SSr POSTAL RECEIPTS CROW IDAHO FALLS, IDA.-A fifty per cent Increase in upper Snake river valley's sugar beet crop has been predicted by the Idaho manager of the Utah-Idaho sugar Compaq. urnsnnw. IDA. University of Idaho chapter of Sigma Alpha Ep-allon Ep-allon will begin construction of Its new $15,000 fraternity nouse va May 1st The building will be ready for occupancy next fall IDAnO FALLS. IDA. A tax de-crease de-crease of $275,000, reached by cutting cut-ting down expenditures of all tax. levying bodies in Idaho Falls and Bonneville county was demanded In resolutions presented by the Bonneville Bon-neville County Taxpayers' Council before the statewide tax committee, In their recent meeting here, BOISE., IDA Dry farmers, of Franklin county have protested to Governor Ben C. Ross against the ruling of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture, which they Interpret In-terpret as denying them seed loans which were made available to irrigation irri-gation farmers. CEDAR CITY, UT. After consistent con-sistent efforts for the past three months, the Cedar City chamber of commerce, in co-operation with the old board of directors of the Bank of Southern Utah, have succeeded la raising the $100,000 quota neces-ary neces-ary for reopening the bank, which closed December 26th. PRESTON, IDA. The senior class, of 109, from Preston high echool Is the largest group In the. history of the school to make application ap-plication for graduation. CEDAR CITY, UT. A sheep, shearing course, lasting ten days, will be conducted under the aus pices of the agricultural depart ment of the Branch agricultural col lege in the near future. SPANISH FORK, UT.-The 8th annual Utah County livestock show opened here with one of the largest exhibits since its establishment NEPni, UT. Schools of Juab school district will close April 22, because of a shortage of funds. Flans are being made to cut the school operating expenses heavily for the year 1932-'33. MIDVALB, UT.-The report for the quarter ending March 31 shows Increases of almost 100 per cent in both the money order and postal savings divisions of the Midvala postoffice. OGDEN, UT. Salaries of teach ers in , the Ogden city schools, receiving re-ceiving $1,000 or more per year, will be reduced ten per cent for the coming school year, effecting a cut of $00,000 from the present sched ule.".' OGDEN, UT. 1000 seedlings, 500 Douglas fir and 500 Ponderosa pines, have arrived for planting In this territory. They were shipped from Colorado by the forest management man-agement unit of the United States forest service. OGDEN, UT.-The horse show committee of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce has fixed the following tentative dates for shows: Logan, May 19 ; Salt Lake, May 26, 27 and 28; Ogdenj June 2, 3 and 4. LOGAN, UT.r-Final statement of Logan city for the month of March and the first quarter of the year showed receipts for the quarter exceeded ex-ceeded those for the same period In 1931. POCATELLO, IDA. Contract for the construction of additions and alterations to Bannock county coun-ty courthouse has been awarded to a Pocateljp contracter, whose bid was $2,102. LOGAN, UT. Farmers in Utah have received federal seed loans aggregating ag-gregating $470,S74 since the opening cf the western loan headquarters in Grand Forks, N. D. The open season seas-on on loans was started last fall. PROVO, UT. The summer camping camp-ing program of the Tlmpanogos Boy Scout council will be conducted this year practically the same as last year, with five camps being held. Arrangements are being made to accomodate ac-comodate practically 1500 scouts. CEDAR CITY, UT. In commemoration commem-oration of George Washington's bicentennial bi-centennial anniversary, the American Ameri-can history classes of the Branch agricultural college will plant 200 hardwood trees on the campus. PAYSON, UT. Petitions for or-ders or-ders requiring the examiner la charge of the State Bank of Pay-son, Pay-son, which was closed January 1st, to pay the claims of the towns of Goshen and Santaquia city, as trust funds, has been filed la the district court. The petitioners declared the hank received the money in direct Tiolatloa of the provisions of the state statute by failing to secure or give bonds or collateral security for the deposits. - Persons and Scenes in the Current Nev I iL til- ZT"!. 1 r . "A " ::mmv Mr XhJrt HWiliiM0liM i i 14 1 i 1 12, ?m V'.I:J , 1 in , w ami use lis, ivntro nnmft students Day tribute at the grave of Knute Rockne on the first anni..- of the famous coach. 2-Mlners rescue baby wedged In SOO-foot mine drill hole at Plcher, Ohio fi L. Parsons of Washington who was awarded the Priestly medal of the American Chemical loclU Crash in Storm Kills Mail Flyer in Ohio tW'X'yMi 1---. ruV Azli T v,! ; she claims islands i Guarding the First Patented Tr I - , " - i ' t ".'i, " ' I is ?A (4 VAistili. . t- OGDEN, UT. Approximately 200 tons of mill-run for livestock feed has been made available to the Red Cross feed committee and Weber County Farm Bureau committee. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. Knights of Columbus from various parts of Wyoming met here recently to celebrate cele-brate the golden anniversary of the Order. OGDEN, UT. Purchase at a cost t $203 of 1000 steel bands to repair re-pair the wood-stave pipeline extending extend-ing down Ogden Canyon, has been Princess Tarhata Kirm, former University of Illinois coed and virtual vir-tual ruler of Sulu, who it has been revealed, is demanding that Great Britain relinquish certain islands in the Philippine archipelago. The Moros claim these Islands belong to the Philippines by virtue of an ancient an-cient grant. HEADS U. S. STEEL ' , - "js 1 t "l if- r I . A ( 1 : r M ron u laylor. new chirmnn of the board of the United States fcieei corporation. FamoHt Willow War The willow ware pattern for china as Introduced In i7sn , n, lnrnpr. an r-niini. . Vf uc wuuuifcsioo, j taugaiey worts, in Shropshire. Wreckage of the New York-Cleveland air mail plane that crashed near Bedford, Ohio, killing Forrest Malick of Newark, N. J. From the appearance of the wreck it Is believed the plane struck the p-( nosedown while fighting a snow storm which was raging in the Cleveland vicinity. 1 Some time ago congress passed a new patent s-, sible to secure a patent on trees or plants granted to 5 of fruits. The first patent under this new law ras s i Markham, of Xenia, 111, on a peach tree, and W , j Stark for what is said to be the highest Pe e! PbeeD ttrfj A burglar-proof fence charged with eleetricit nas trJ' the patented tree to prevent the theft of ;lmrttiti ijye are propagaieu, uuu guard. J c J i Fort new'-nDlonareservan Whetstone P"' Md, three though the "Ijij for military Vf onlyestahiished' 1ficatIon in u j - ton's secretary , Uon and fully witnsi- - - British fleet t burn. KSf i3K. nested Francis SpansiedEaaner. Inspiration in Alaham In Birmingham, Ala., Epheus and Mary Thomas named their daughter daugh-ter Laxative. Other names given to negro children, as revealed by the bureau of vital statistics: Rosy and Posy , (twins). Areola, Miserable, Miser-able, Roach, Zenobla, Poindexter, DiplomJ. Nebuchadnezzar, Mumps, Cleopatra, Love Lycurgus, Measles, Cleop, Island. Moraphlne, Shylock, Phemia Initia, Shinola, Truthie, LIsterine, Providentia, Etoy, Zelli-T. Delphlne-Richlene, Arcadia, Zebe-"dee, Zebe-"dee, Charity, Orestee-Lennion, Ish-mann-Julius, Friendly James, Pearl-ean Pearl-ean Amorous, Dimples, Violin, Mystic Mys-tic Kate, Ivory White, Ivory Shir-ers. Shir-ers. Time Magazine. |