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Show 1 THE LEHI SUN. LEHI. UTAn News Review of Current Events the World Over ' Senate Passes Farm Bill With Inflation Amendment-Roosevelt Amendment-Roosevelt to Ask Authority to Deal With War Debtg Herriot Enters Conversations. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 7 Jo v Sen. Thomas BACKED by the administration, 1 by the big Democratic majority In the senate and apparently by the favor of a large part of the popula tion of the country, the Thomas lnfla-firm lnfla-firm amendment to the farm relief bill 1 won an easy vic tory In the senate. With this most portentous por-tentous addition the farm bill was passed and sent back to the bouse J st M for concurrence. lata, led by Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, made a desperate but hopeless fight, arguing that while "controlled" "con-trolled" Inflation, as promised by the amendments sponsors, might temporarily restore a measure of prosperity to the nation, previous experience here and abroad showed that control could not be maintained main-tained and that the ultimate results would be disastrous. Reed, Tydlngs f Maryland, a Democrat, and oth ers seemed terribly dismayed by the prospects for the future and their sincerity could not be doubted. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma himself led the debate for the af firmative, opening with the startling statement that the amendment. If It prevailed, should transfer value to the extent of almost $200,000.000,. 000 from the creditor class to the debtor class. Of course, the effect of this assertion Is greatly weakened weak-ened when one realizes that our people cannot really be divided Into such classes. There Is scarcely a creditor In the land who Is not also a debtor, and vice versa. But this point and ninny another were Ignored Ig-nored by the proponents of Inflation. Infla-tion. Senator fat Harrison of Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, for instance, on the second day of the debate, confined bis efforts ef-forts mainly to taunting the "Mel-lon-Mllls-Reed" group for Its alleged al-leged failures during the Hoover administration. The Wheeler-King silver coinage amendment was accepted by the senate. It would enable the Pres ident to fix the ratio between gold ana silver and to provide for on limited coinage of both metals at the ratio so fixed. TCST what Inflation, even If "con trolled," will do to the nation and Its business Is a question on which economists and financiers are as far apart as the poles. For the present the prospect of Its adoption and the abandonment of the gold standard have served to create almost al-most a boom In certain lines of business, and the prices of commodities com-modities have begun to rise. But how this will Id the long run benefit bene-fit the ordinary citizen has not been shown to the satisfaction of most of os. An especially dangerous clause In the Thomas amendment Is the one giving the President power to devalue de-value the gold dollar to the extent of 60 per-cent. Senator Borah, an Inflationist, argued that this would be declared unconstitutional. It may be this power will never be exercised by the President, but If It Is It will be followed by steps to abrogate the gold clause In bonds, mortgages and other contracts. Provision for such action Is made In the pending Goldsborough bill which provides that existing contracts con-tracts shall be satisfied by payment of their face amount In legal tender, ten-der, that after Its enactment, gold clause contracts cannot be made legally and that any profit made from exchanging gold for legal tender ten-der would be subject to a 100 per cent tax. Some experts are of the opinion that the Inflation bill may never be used; that It Is a mere bluff Intended In-tended to bave the very effect It la now having arresting and reversing revers-ing the downward course of prices," and giving the President a better position In the economic conversations conversa-tions with foreign statesmen, as did the abandonment of the gold standard, stand-ard, which also was Inflationary. 7AR debts and reduction of armaments came to the fore In the White nouse conversations as Prime Minister MacDonald con cluded his part of the parleys and prepared pre-pared to depart for home, and for mer Premier Ed-ouard Ed-ouard Herriot of France began his sessions with the President These three gentlemen met together, and after an Informal dinner. Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt took od the disarmament question with them, his evident purpose being to bring rrance Into Use at the Geneva conference. con-ference. French demands for guar-antees guar-antees of security against attack. tka bare blocked all agreement hitherto, were discussed by the President, and It was said he in dicated that he was "searching sincerely for means of associating the United States" with Interna tional efforts to check aggressor na tions. Such association might take the form of consultation with signatories sig-natories of the Kellogg peace pact In the event of Its violation. And In addition there Is the administration bill authorizing the President to Join other nations In declaring embargoes em-bargoes on arms and munitions. As for the war debts, they were first brought op by Mr. MacDonald, I who let development, the rote being 300 to 91. Seventeen Republicans and five Farmer-Laborltes voted with the majority. The bouse version Is regarded as a less drastic measure than the Norris bill. The principal point of difference between the two Is thnt the house bill provides an appropriation of $10,0(K),0)0 and a bond issue of $50,000,000 for starting the development develop-ment program, while the Norris bill simply authorizes "all appropriation necessary."' The Nebraskan's meas ure Is likewise more rigid with regard re-gard to government construction of power transmission lines. WISCONSIN has the honor of being the second state to ratify rati-fy the prohibition repeal amendment amend-ment to the Constitution, and the first to do that by unanimous vote. Fifteen delegates, assembled in the Capitol building in Madison, were addressed by Governor Schmede-man, Schmede-man, and In eight minutes thereafter there-after the resolution of ratification had been drawn up and adopted to the accompaniment of cheers. nOEPUBLICAN Federal Assocl-ates" Assocl-ates" is the name given an Mr. Roosevelt know that I organization Just formed by men Great Britain would like a downward down-ward revision; and their communique com-munique said that the basis was laid of a clearer understanding of the situation affecting the two cations, ca-tions, though no plan or settlement was under way yet This encouraged encour-aged M. Herriot and his expert associates as-sociates to press the arguments of France for cancellation. Then Mr. Roosevelt let the correspondents corre-spondents know that he was planning plan-ning to ask congress for authority to reopen the war debt settlements and negotiate a reduction of the 11 billions which European nations owe the United States. If be were vested with this power the United States would enter the London conference con-ference prepared to bargain for stabilization sta-bilization of currencies on a modified modi-fied gold basis, remonetlzation of sil ver, lowering of tariffs and other trade barriers and adoption of measures meas-ures to raise commodity prices and restore purchasing power. Members of the French delegation said the President had promised 1 MacDonald and Herriot that he would ask congress for authority to postpone the debt Installments due June 15. and that In return Herriot would ask the French parliament to pay the defaulted December 15 payment pay-ment of $19,000,000. As Mr. .MacDonald said good-by to the White House, he and Mr. Roosevelt announced thnt they had agreed on the following An Increase In the general level of commodity prices. Re-orlentatlon of commercial policies. poli-cies. ' : " Reduction of tariffs, quotas and exchange restrictions. World expansion of credit Capital expenditures by governments govern-ments to stimulate business. Re-establishment of an International Interna-tional monetary standard. Improvement of the status of silver. DRIME MINISTER RICT1ARD B. Bennett of Canada was already In Washington to talk with the President; Presi-dent; Finance Minister Guldo Jung or Italy and HJal mar Schact of Ger many were on their way. and Japan an counced that Vis count Klkujlro Ishil would arrive May 23. Mr. Bennett told the newspaper men that Canada stands ready to discuss any proposals that look toward closer commercial rela tions with the United States, and said the Ottawa agreements do not affect these trading possibilities. In a prepared statement he used these emphatic phrases: "We have reached a point where It Is certain that nothing but united action can avert world disaster," "Immediate action Is Imperative." "The world is In tragic trouble and distress. "If we do not soon defeat the forces of disruption and discord. they will defeat os." "We must act boldly and un selfishly, otherwise we shall be cer tain witnesses of the wreck of our civilization," Asked whether Canada really had gone off the gold standard, as had been asserted by Finance Minister Rhodes, the prime minister replied: "Canada Is as much off the gold standard and as much on the gold standard as the United States." the Ogden Mills prominent in the Hoover admlnls- party In returning to power In the 1934 congressional elections. elec-tions. Walter F. Brown, former postmaster post-master general. Is Its president, and Ogden Mills, secretary secre-tary of the treasury treas-ury under Hoover, Is chairman of the board. Arch Coleman, Cole-man, who was first assistant postmaster general in the Hoover administration. Is in charge of Washington headquarters, and W. Irving Glover, who was second assistant postmaster general, is director di-rector of organization. Mr. Coleman said the organization was primarily to keep together those who have been active in Re publican circles for the last twelve years; to keep them advised of what la going on, and to bring back to the party fold those Republicans who supported Roosevelt last year. Ernest Lee Jahncke, the Hoover assistant secretary of the navy, is first vice president: Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, ' second vice president; Charles J. Moos, third vice presl dent; William R. Castle, treasurer. and Coleman, general secretary, Six of the Hoover cabinet mem bers are represented on the board of directors Mills, Brown. Roy D. Chapln, Arthur M, Hyde. William N. Doak and Ray Lyman Wilbur, Others Include Walter E. Hope, for mer assistant secretary of the treas ury ; James J. Patehell, Union City Ind. ; Mrs. Longworth. Castle, Moos. St. Paul ; Jahncke. Harry Culver, Culver, Calif.; Coleman. Glover. John Richardson, Boston; Ferry K Heath, former assistant secretary of the treasury, and Mrs. Albert G, Sims. New Mexico, . -vi M. Herriot t R. B Bennett T conference world disarmament resumed Its ses sions in Geneva the French plan for an anti-war pact of consultation consulta-tion was presented by Rene Mas-siglL Mas-siglL It excluded the American continent on the ground that It was Impossible at present to make the pact universal. Massigtl -suggested the creation In the capital 'of each signatory power of a commission which would determine violations of the Rriand Kellogg pact and the rights of a victim to assistances Concrete measures to prevent misuse of civil airplanes for military mili-tary purposes were presented by the United States, Canada, Argentina and JapQ. D EFUSI.VO to accept the Norris 1X senate bill as a substitute, the house passed th McSwaln bill for U operation of the Muscle Shoals XIUSSOLINTS four-power peace plan Is causing a lot of excit ed discussion In various European countries. Great Britnln and Ger many might gladly agree to this, but France still asserts the sanctity of treaties must be respected, and in this she is of course supported by all the nations of the little en tente. and by Poland. In Czecho slovakia especially sentiment was aroused, and Foreign Minister Ed ounrd Benes told the parliament in Prague that whoever desires to change the boundaries of that coun try must bring an army along with him. He criticized the Mussolini plan as a "great backward step." and added: "History shows that surrender of territory always connected with the bloodiest wars." OOVIET Russia was on the verge of a quarrel with Japan over the equipment of the Chinese East ern railway, and In that connection It was Interesting to note that new alignment was bringing Rus sia and France together, the for mer drifting away from Germany and the latter beginning to take aides against Japan. Already the French and Russians have arranged for exchange of military Informa tlon and military Instructors. Be fore long the situation on the Eu ropean continent may be pan-Germanism against pan-Slavism, with France on the side of the latter and Italy with the former. CONTINUED Chinese resistance near Kupelkow pass on the road to Pelping so enraged the Japaiese military command that It announced the early occupation of all strategic strat-egic points lo the North China area. With this In view, the Japane launched a general attack south of the Great Wall designed to open the way to the old Chinese capital The Manchukuoao government has announced that only nations recognising that state will benefit by Its promise of aa open door trade policy. FARMER Ros of Got. Nellie Tayloe Wyoming finally has been placed lo a federal positlon. The President appointed her director direc-tor of the mint. Obviously Mrs. Ross was entitled to a ood place, for as vice chairman of the Democratic Demo-cratic national committee and head of the party's women's organization she has been very active snd vain able. t fX till. Wmttm Kawtptptr vB: Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers A GOOD CUSTOMER WILL HOLD FESTIVAL HONOR FIRST SCHOOL FLOODS FORCE FLIGHT HOPE FOR GHOST CITIES PLEASANT GROVE, UT. The annual Utah Strawberry day will be held here early in the month of June. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A monument mon-ument will be erected in Tloneer park in commemoration of the first school in Utah, which was opened on that site by Mary Jane Dilworth, shortly after the arrival of the pio neers, in 1847, J. D. Giles, executive secretary of the Utah Tloneer Trails and Landmarks association, has announced. BRIGIIAM CITY. UT. At a commercial club luncheon here, a Los Angeles man reported that Los Angeles last year purchased from Utah 820 carloads of fruits and vegetables? 3.315.300 rounds of but ter; 1,428,807 pounds of cheese; 408,780 pounds of dressed poultry; 15.09G cases of eggs and nearly one quarter of a million animals. RENO. NEV. Ghost cities, those countless abandoned communities of decaying buildings and mills that mark Nevada s deserts and hills may take on life again, mining men be lieve, If the present trend in silver prices continues. GUNNISON. UT. A grand drive against rodent pests is being conducted con-ducted in this district. WALLACE. IDA. Flood waters have driven a number of the fami lies of this district from their homes. Unusually warm weather causing exceptional melting of the snows has raised the waters out of bounds. PAYSON, UT. A flower club has been organized to help develop the motif of beauty in the lawns and gardens of the city. BOISE, IDA. There were 745 births in Idaho during March com pared with 349 deaths, a report of the bureau of vital statistics re- Teals. Of the births, 378 were male tnd 307 female, and of the deaths, 222 were male and 127 female. MALAD, IDA. It is reported that the Increased state tax on in surance premiums fixed by the last legislature will apply for all nrem- iums received during 1933 instead of only from May 1, when the law went into effect. SALT LAKE CITY. UT. One hundred , ' thousand acres of sugar beets have been contracted for by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company this year, compared with 80,000 acres last year, it has been announced by company officers. For Utah the ncreage is 34,000, compared with 20,000 in 1932, and for Idaho, 41,000 acres, compared with 31.000 acres last year. BOULDER CITY, NEV. This construction city, headquarters for Hoover dam operations, will soon have its first airport. A permit to establish a port has been granted by the department of the Interior. OGDEN5, UT. A force of CO men Is building a roadbed from the main line at the Veler river bridge at Wilson for trackage into the Union stockyards, according to an announcement an-nouncement by D. and R. G. officials. POCATELLO, IDA. Armies of crickets which last year caused a great deal, of trouble in Bannock and Bingham counties and the Ft Hall Indian reservation, are again on the move and an immediate appropriation ap-propriation of $5,000 has been recommended rec-ommended by F. A. Gross, superintendent superin-tendent of the reservation, and others oth-ers with which to wage an extermination extermi-nation drive against the pest. OGDEN, UT. Regional forest officials of-ficials have taken under advisement suggestions from a delegation representing rep-resenting Fillmore, nolden, Meadow, Mead-ow, Sclpio, and Kanosh of Millard county, respecting the matter of establishing a civilian conservation corps camp of 200 men on Chalk creek a few miles east of Fillmore, on the Fishlake national forest BOISE, JDA. The "Idaho Allied Drys" have retained two attorneys to intervene In the case now before the state supreme court testing whether beer is legal in Idaho. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Utah's quota of the federal conservation nny authorized by President Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, is 231)0, instead of 1,000 as tirst reported. The age limit has definitely de-finitely been waived and married as well as single men are to be accepted. ac-cepted. FROVO, UT.-Water resources available from Utah lake during the current irrigation season are estimated esti-mated to be below the amount of last year. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT.rn. willing to abandon the state fair s an annual institution, the state 'air board has Instructed the man-ser man-ser to get in touch with chambers of commerce, agricultural groups, 4 H clubs, and other organizations to see how much support can be Pledged for the holding of the f-iii this falL TRICE. UT.-Carhon county far-mera far-mera have contracted for approxi. "ately 400 .errs of gnar bws this r acr-v-djns to the fWd agent Scenes and Persons in the Current News JL (11 MiiiiiiiiaiiiiF-i r rrwmw,Ynffflr-ji---j-r' - lobs: m fan!) 1 Edouard Herriot, former premier of France, arrives for economic conversations with President relt 2 Members of the Mississippi National Guard on duty In Humphreys county where several blown up In the war between planters. 3 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England at White tiL t i i . ..! . n a. i v mm r . A wun nis aaugnier, isnDei, ana rresiaeni ana Airs, uooseveiu Connecticut River Valley Inundated p n i . ' minim. ,i i ' Bmwmrnmmmmmmmmmi tasaaaiaBiiiBiBi A view of the Connectlont TMmi vniiav ciiina n.,n.- u4 tt.,-, s t...v ...J -.-j o""niuS mo wuuirj uciweeu jauiyu&e huu .iuruiauiimiai was flooded by the overflowine of the ftonnenHont- - wmu0u6 uaiuatc COUAUaiCU at UUUU1CUO Vi UIV-H nf nnllfirs nnn mnlrtnr enraool Knn.j s, n i . I ocicioi uuuuicu ltuiuiies nomeiess. "SCHOOLBOY" ROWE V S ' V it wfl A Tor , Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, new-.omer new-.omer with the Detroit "Tigers," who Is being spoken of as a second Bftbe Ruth. The youngster, an Ar-kansan. Ar-kansan. is 6 feet 4 Inches talL and Is only twenty-one years of age. He Is a star all-round athlete, Is a heavy hitter and possesses tremendous speed as a pitcher. Last season be won nineteen and lost seven games for Beaumont Manager Harris be- me noy may prove a CIVIL SERVICE HEAD Yacht President Roosevelt Will III it l !0 :- ' 1 uv J Charles Edward Addams of Art- " vn named by prea, SLRrTeU M Pdent oPS Jon. th. body that guides the des-ernment des-ernment emplojees. , This Is the 415-footer Amberjack n, owned by Paul D. Bustf nas been overhnnlo 0.1 ; .. . . .v. mm - e cent Rooseve 7m Z.Tm Puon xor u- .. ug vu uer mis summer. Unusual Study in Reflection OTZ , .Biv-.,"' 4 '- 1 , ... v '.mi A bus mntfnv i. .... , forl the distri 4 J inroH?a tne heavy nooa 9 dlstrlct ot Morton, England. |