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Show THE LEW SUN. LEM. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Repeal With Beer at Once Is the Democratic Stand on Prohibition Senate Passes Economy Bill to Save 150 Million. -. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ADRirriNQ wet, outright repeal and modification plank Is the official stand of the Democratic party on the prohibition question. Not only does tne party call for repeal re-peal of the Eighteenth Eight-eenth amendment, but It demands Immediate Im-mediate modification modifica-tion of the Volstead act . The decision was reached after fire hours of heated heat-ed debate in the national na-tional convention at Chicago, and about the wildest demonstrations ever i i 4 Gilbert M. Hitchcock witnessed In a political po-litical convention. The prohibition plank as presented present-ed In the platform reported by former for-mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the resolutions reso-lutions committee, follows: "We favor the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. , "To effect such repeal we demand de-mand that the congress immediately immedi-ately propose a constitutional amendment to truly representative conventions in the states called to act solely on that proposal. "We urge the enactment of such measures by the several states as will actually promote temperance, effectively prevent the return of the saloon and bring the liquor traffic into the open under complete com-plete supervision and control by the states. "We demand that the federal government effectively exercise its power to enable the states to effectively ef-fectively protect themselves against importation of intoxicating liquors in violation of their laws. "Pending repeal, we favor immediate im-mediate modification of the Volstead Vol-stead act to legalize the manufacture manufac-ture and sale of beer and other beverages of such alcoholic content con-tent as is permissible under the Constitution and to provide therefrom there-from a proper and needed revenue." reve-nue." The vote which placed this plnnk In the pintform came on the question ques-tion of substituting a minority report re-port calling for a non-committal submission sub-mission of a repeal amendment. The minority report was voted down by 634 to 213. The platform Is a model of brevity, brev-ity, containing exactly 1,300 words In contrast to Republican declaration declara-tion of some 8,000 words. Some of the outstanding planks, briefly, are as follows: Advocated An Immediate reduction of not less than 25 per cent In governmental govern-mental expenditures. Malntaincnce of the national credit by a budget annually balanced bal-anced on the basis of accurate executive ex-ecutive estimates within revenues, raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay. A sound currency to be preserved at all hazards. A competitive tariff for revenue. Extension of federal credit to the states to provide unemployment unemploy-ment relief wherever the diminishing diminish-ing resources of the states make It Impossible for them to provide for the needy; advance planning of public works. Unemployment and old age Insurance In-surance under state laws. Enactment of every constitutional constitution-al measure that wilt aid the farmer farm-er to receive for basic farm commodities com-modities prices In excess of cost of production. A navy and army adequate for , national defense. Strict and Impartial enforcement enforce-ment of anti-trust laws. Quicker methods of realizing on assets for the relief of depositors of suspended banks, and a more rigid supervision of national banks for the protection of depositors and , the prevention of the nse of their moneys In r peculation to the detriment detri-ment of local credits. The fullest measure of Justice and generosity for all war veterans. vet-erans. A firm foreign policy, Including peace with all the world and the settlement of International disputes by arbitration ; cancellation of debts owing to the United States by foreign for-eign nations opposed ; adherence to the World court with the pending reservations. Condemned Imprope and excessive use of money In political activities. Paid lobbies and special Interests to Influence members of congress and other public servants by personal per-sonal contact. Action and utterances of high public officials designed to Influence Influ-ence stock exchange prices. The extravagance of the farm board, its disastrous action which made the government a speculator la farm products, and the unsound policy of restricting agricultural production to the demands of domestic do-mestic markets. The usurpation of power by the K2jf 1 State department In assuming to pass upon foreign securities offered of-fered by international bankers, as a result of which billions of dollars dol-lars In questionable bonds have been sold to the public upon the Implied approval of the federal government The Hawley-Smoot tariff law, the prohibitive rates of which have resulted In retaliatory action by more thnn forty countries, created International economic hostilities, destroyed International trade, driven driv-en our factories Into foreign countries, coun-tries, robbed the American farmer of his foreign markets and Increased In-creased his cost of production. "CONGRESSIONAL action on the national economy bill was com pleted by the house and senate Tuesday night. The senate agreed to the changes made by the house In the plan of payless furloughs for government employees. The major house changes In the furlough plan were reduction of the exemption from $1,200 to $1,000 and establishing a graduated scale of pay cuts for those employees whose services were so needed they could not be given a month's leave without pay, as will the employees who can be spared. The pay cuts begin at 10 per cent on salaries over $10,000 and range to 20 per cent on salaries of $20,000 and over. Those making less than $10,000 who could not be furloughed would give up 84 per cent of their year's pay. One reason for the senate's reluctance re-luctance to approve the bill may have been that It cuts the salaries of congressmen 10 per cent. The Vice President and speaker of the house suffer 15 per cent slashes. Even the President is invited to do his part, the measure providing that whatever portion of his salary he wishes to turn back Is acceptable accept-able to theTreasury department. President Hoover had Indicated his willingness to accept a smaller salary sal-ary as part of the economic program. pro-gram. The same provision Is applied to federal Judges, who, like the President, Pres-ident, are exempted by Constitution from salary changes during their terms. The salary and wage cuts provide pro-vide the great bulk of savings In the measure, but changes in bureaus bu-reaus to eliminate duplication will effect other reductions in government govern-ment cost. WHEN the fiscal year 1932 ended end-ed on June SO the public debt showed an Increase from $10,801,-000,000 $10,801,-000,000 at the end of the last fiscal fis-cal year to close to $19,251,000,000 This was due to both diminishing revenues and Increasing expenditures. expendi-tures. In spite of the fact that the gross deficit, nearly $2,900,000,000, is the largest In the nation's peace time history, treasury officials were Inclined to see a ray of hope in the fact that the deficit is no larger than had been anticipated by the department's statisticians last February. Feb-ruary. It was said also that rhe total expenditures, not counting the extraordinary spendings of the Reconstruction Finance corporation capital and the federal land banks, will run considerably below the estimated es-timated expenditures for the fiscal year. CURTAILMENT of federal bureaus bu-reaus and a stated percentage reduction in total appropriations are asked of congress by representatives represent-atives of manufacturers' association associa-tion who met In Chicago. A careful care-ful survey of all governmental spending activity will be made at once and detailed suggestions are to be made on this information. States represented at the meeting were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, Nebraska, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee. PRAJADHIPOK, the good natured and progressive king of Slam, is no longer an absolute monarch. When he was In the United States some months ago he said he intended intend-ed to grant his people a constitution constitu-tion "when they were ready for it," but they couldn't wait any longer because of the country's economic distress. Headed by the army and navy, they put on a revolt at Bangkok, Bang-kok, arrested a number of princes o - - King Prajadhipok and other government leaders, and announced that a constitutional monarchy must be established at once. They gave the king only one hour to accept their terms, declar ing that If he refused they would put another prince on the throne. Prajadhipok and his queen returned re-turned immediately from their vacation va-cation and he agreed to the demands de-mands of the revolutionists, issuing issu-ing a proclamation legalizing all the acts of the people's party under un-der whose banner the government had been taken over. A draft of the constitution was submitted to him and after studying It with representatives of the revolters he signed it R EPRESENTATIVE La Guardla and other congressional critics of the federal farm board think they have found anot!r case of mismanagement mis-management by tbwt body, and the New Yorker nas BeDt t0 Chairman J. C Stone a letter demanding a full explanation of the board's sale last fall, of 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China. The chief question In the minds of congressional Inquirers is why the farm board sold wheat to the Nanking government on long term credit when advices from China are that China has paid cash for Canadian and Australian grain and has been selling large quantities of wheat to Russia and getting pay ment In cash. The farm board's transaction with China was fulfilled last fall and winter win-ter on the Nanking government's plea that its own granaries were empty, that it had no funds to make cash payments, and that millions of Chinese face starvation. RENEWAL of warfare between China and Japan Is threatened by the developments in the reta. tions between the Nanking government govern-ment and the Man- churlan state of Manchoukuo. The bone of contention this time Is the customs receipts at Dalren, which were being diverted to Manchoukuo by the 1 Japanese customs commissioner at Dalren, J. Fuku-moto. Fuku-moto. This official was discharged by T. V. Soong, Chi A T. V. Soong nese finance minister, and the entire en-tire Japanese staff there resigned, declaring the action "outrageous." The Manchoukuo government through its Japanese finance minister, min-ister, Matsuzo Genda, declared Its Intention to establish a new customs cus-toms house at Wafangtien, on the border between the Kwangtung leased territory and Manchuria. In addition to Dalren, nine other customs cus-toms offices within Manchuria are now operating under the flag of Manchoukuo. Sir Frederick Maze, British Inspector general of customs cus-toms in China, upholds the Chinese In the controversy. A spokesman of the Nanking government in Shanghai said troops In north China had been ordered to resist any attempted invasion of the Peiping-Tientsin area by Japanese Jap-anese or Manchoukuo troops. AT A meeting of the Republican senatorial campaign committee called by Senator Henry D. Hatfield (Rep., W. Va.), committee chairman, chair-man, plans were made for an active senatorial campaign in the East, Middle West and Far West Senator Sena-tor Felix Hebert (Rep.. R. I.) will be in charge of eastern headquarters headquar-ters at New York, Senator L. J. Dickinson (Rep.. Iowa) will open mldwestern headquarters at Chicago, Chi-cago, and Senator Robert D. Carey (Itep., Wyo.), at Cheyenne, will have charge of the far western section. sec-tion. In the Middle West the senatorial committee will assist in the campaigns cam-paigns of Senator Otis F. Glenn In Illinois and Senator James E. Watson Wat-son in Indiana. In Iowa it will have the candidacy of Henry Field, victor vic-tor in the primaries over Senator Smith Wlldman Brookhart, radical Republican, to support. A PEACE conference between Gen. Augusto Sandlno, Nlcara-guan Nlcara-guan insurgent, and powerful pollt leal leaders of his country has been arranged for the near future. This startling development came about through Gen. Manuel Balladares, prominent Sandista, who recently talked with American officials from Nicaragua after a conference with Sandlno, The conference will be held at San Lorenzo, a Honduran port The participants will probably be the four liberal candidates for the presidency and Gen. Horatio Porto-carrero, Porto-carrero, Sandino's candidate. The immediate object of the con ference is the nomination of a single liberal candidate from among the contesting five. If a compromise is reached the next step would be a declaration of an armistice pending election, and ultimately final peace. A TWO MILLION DOLLAR cur-tallment cur-tallment of the coast guard's prohibition activities was voted by the senate with the passage of the treasury and post office appropria tlon bill The saving was more than counterbalanced, however, by an Increase of the appropriation for rural sanitation from $300,000 to $3,000,000 and the retention of customs surveyors and appraisers, which the house bill had thrown out As agreed to, the bill carried $L-030,49333. $L-030,49333. C. Mi. Wastcra Nawspapr Vain, Intermountain Hews -Briefly Told for Busy Readers PRESERVE OLD CABIN DAMAGED BY FLOOD LAMBS ARE MOVING FEAR INSECT PEST CHERRY CROP GOOD frv TT!.itti' of Utah Is prov- mz the fact that education Is not . J , tt-tA TOUT an episode unmet . v t-Y yeaat school. The ,Hom .Study Department at the University has aeveiopea a viau ble men and women may use their leisure time for study at heme in fields ranging irom ni&i llgebra to world politics. They nay do this studying without Interfering In-terfering with their regular work. rhere is no age umiw to school terms and no entrance ixaminations. 2 CALDWELL, IDA. The Native Daughters of Canyon county are going go-ing to preserve the aged log cabin of rom, Dick and Dave Johnson, who built the structure In 1S6L The building will be moved to Memorial park, and will be furnished with Pioneer relics arranged In a style typical of the early days. HOMTCDALE, IDA. Fire of un known origin totally destroyed the public school building at Homedale. The loss was partly covered by Insurance. In-surance. PRESTON, IDA. Much damage was done to the hay crop in the, Treasureton district about fifteen miles north of here, by a recent einnrthnrst on Rocky peak. Two targe streams of water rushed down the ravines on the north and south 3ldes . of the mountain, carrying fences, large rocks and cut hay with it . BOISE, IDA. Idaho lambs, exceptionally ex-ceptionally prime, are beginning to move to market In large numbers, "he movement is considerably later than normal, due to a late spring and to the fact that many growers are holding their lambs for Increased Increas-ed weight because of a market demand de-mand for heavier stock. DUCHESNE, UT. Warrior Insects In-sects of the grasshopper family, believed be-lieved to be the same species that the pioneers had to deal with, have appeared In the southeast portion of this county. Unless curbed soon these grasshoppers will prove extremely ex-tremely harmful to crops. EMMETT, IDA. Six carloads of cherries were shipped from the Emmett-Payette district recently. Shipments from the southwestern part of the state this season have been estimated at 75 cars, representing repre-senting a 25 per cent decrease from the 1931 total. Shipments from the northern part of the state are als under way with a substantial b crease predicted. The 1932 estimate Is 250 cars, while 1931 shipments totalled 86 cars. PROVO, UT. Unemployment re lief work in Provo cost a total of $7,179.67 beginning with December 1931, according to a report Issued recently. OGDEN, UT. Pres. Mulcahy of the Ogden Rotary club, presenting his annual report recommended that all Rotary clubs In Utah make a united effort to have the state supply textbooks for high school students as is the case with grade schopls. This recommendation was made by the retiring club president when In the report of the club ac tivities said that the Ogden Rotar ians during tne last scnool year had expended $500 In purchasing textbooks for 90 students who, due to economic conditions, would not have been able to continue at high schooL SPANISH FORK, UT. The pea harvest for the local cannery Is under way and the plant has com menced the season's pack. The peas are exceptionally fine flavored this year and the pods are well filled, A good crop Is expected. LOGAN, UT. After nearly two years of Idleness, the Smithfield pea cannery has opened for the summer sum-mer run. A maximum force of 450 men and 180 women may be en ployed. rooELB, UT. The Tooele fair board has voted to carry on a fair again this fall, on September- 23 and 24. BOISE, IDA. Suit to prevent collection of the five cent state gasoline tax on fuel used In plants of the United Air Lines operating across Idano between Portland and bait Lake has been filed in United States district court by the avla Hon company. LOGAN, UT. Due primarily to oniy an 80 per cent tax collection in Cache county last year, expenses. Including $14,000 for depreciation, exceeded revenues by $45,833.40, a special audit report by the Utah State Agricultural college showed upon Its submission to the county wmmissioners. BOISE IDA. Highways In Idaho continue In good condition although construction and repair work Is Increasing in volume the report of me bureau of highways discing Travel on the Old Orezon Trail la slowed by construction at George town ana Lava Hot Springs east of tocateilo and repair and resurfacing resurfac-ing operations west of Burley. Holes ana a washout between mwm Twin Falls also are slowing traffic out m highway Is open at aU Ooiuts Scenes and s llllll llHlrtfl I-"- ' .ini,mnHWn-liMnu i ii.ii. lit -- 4 , iTtKiffA John TS1 Mack of Poughkeepsle placing Franklin D. Roosevpit in ... . ------ - national convention ia vuicttgu. umn uwaicu, vu Ui ciuo, on the ninth u,inm ,nif onnrs Loner Island, where he won the American onen rhnmni.u. . of t ropean reparations conference In session In Lausanne, Switzerland, ,iew First Rowing Finish of the first actual rowing where rowing events of the International games will De neia. 'ine san Diego Rowing club Angeles Rowing club. ROOKIE WITH BRAVES Bob Brown, the rookie pitcher now working with the Boston Braves, Is making a good showing. He was born in a Boston suburb only twenty years ago and learned how to hurl In high school. The Braves signed him up when he was but eighteen years old, and farmed him out to various minor league clubs. VICE ADMIRAL CLARK Vice Admiral Frank II. Clark, U. S. Nn who has assumed command of the scouting force of the United States fleet Els flagship Is the U. S. S. Augusta. Admiral Clark, who Is a graduate of the United States Naval academy, was promoted pro-moted through grades to the rank of rear admiral in February, 1927. Air ia Coal Mines Air breathed by coal miners In anthracite or hard coal mines has an average of 133.900 dust particles to the cubic Inch of air, or about 231.K00.0OO to the cubic foot Bituminous Bitu-minous coal miners breathe air about half as dusty. 1 - j.. f J:'fJ f "-,11- si! i sf ? 4it ! k - 1 ' Z' - , y hfl , : f, ? I iU 'it' s - , , .'Mr. it it ' , &$,& -? - Lit Persons in the Cimi n wU iew I j i' y 7 'f ww or, - c. " i. v.- """""auonin th. i Race on New Olympic Cow race ever held on the new Olympic games course at Lorn Smoke Detective of PhiladelpH M imoirene B. Oakley doesn't like smoke, especially to 6j as chairman of the Philadelphia Civic club's emu she searches out the little and big smokes and tei a . . i. otinrorinff tne BUI'""" ley is shown atop ner iookoui mauuu , ..knot tory. "I'm from Pittsburgh," Mrs. Oakley said, anai" I see it" House Cleaning Far Under - i ... lumil i iii'img-mi a . .nil fpfl " This house cleaning Job Is taking the famous Oregon caves near Gnt1 V complete, The Immense natural chamber! miles in length. ' 7 &riW ;W BP'S i t Grot, r |