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Show Last Week ,~-.n-.-.••~•'"eevelt TeUa Conp-ees of His Great ~.aeoe~ Plan-Designed to Supplant the Work Downright Dole. T By EDWARD W. PICKARD • •7 Wutem Newspaper UDIOD. ltiiSJDBNT ROOSEVELT In hla nomic s7stem ot a restored agricul- mn••P to coapea.. delivered In ture. penoa at a Jolnt seSIJon. offered t11e law·makera a "new and greatly enlarged plan" of relief. He did not eatlmate Its cost. but asserted that the system of outright doles sbo11ld be droPped and tbP covemment should undertake pro~ of alum clea ranee. grade erosslna elimInation and other public works that PNaldent would give employRoosevelt ment to about s._eoo,ooo persons oow without jobs. Tbe ligures to be proposed for this were reserved for his budget n:~es atge. but be assured congress that the, would be "within the sound credit of the eovernment." • Mr. Roosevelt declared the gains made lD thfl year 1934 were greater than the losses and expressed "a strong bope Ia the coming year." BE' re&BSerted bla belief In the "profit motlft." bat uttered a warniDJl -.plait wealth ••which. through exeealve proftts. creates undue prl· nte 110•er over private atTalr& and to eur mlsfortnne. over public af· fairs as weJJ." This. naturally, was taken as applying especially to the wblcb pultlte service Interests, !taft been 10 apprehensive of tbe acbaJDlstratiOD•s Intentions. AI for • tegtsJatlve program, tbe PNaldent made no attempt to outone, bat be did promise that «e~!lte legislation soon wonJd be covering old age &'Pd OJl· emplo)'ment Insurance, benefits for children and mothers. ahd other features of hls social securltJ plans. Be declared the nation waa makl q beadwa7 toward the '"new orbut under tbe framework of the o.at~tutlou, and he spoke of ._. ~Bed Industrial activity, re aDd proftts IIW;. fe: to •I'Cb~Utt• tllat bave beeD real.eame thl 8tem warn· ~ der... -"eult; "The hundreds o1 millions of addl tlonal IDcome that farmers are recelvtna 18 6ndlng Ita wa)' Into tbe channels of trade. ..The farmers• share of the nation aJ tlftome Is slowly rtstnc. Tbe economic facts justify the wldespreatt opinion of those engaged In acrteul tore that our provision for main raining a balanced production p vf! at this time the most adequate remedy tor an old and Yexlnl problem. "For the present and especially In view of abnormal world conditions. agricultural adjustment wltb cer· taln neeessary Improvements tn methods should continue." ROOSEVELT did P RESIDENT not watt for the opening of con- gress to start bls 6ght against Immediate payment of the veterans• bonus. The commander of a Legion post in Texas wrote blm for Information on the matter and Mr. Roosevelt replied at tengtb. detaU lng bls reasons for opposing the payment. Be argued that the obligation ls not immediately doe; that of 3,500.000 certificates out· standing, 3.0.18.500 veterans bave borrowed $1,mM>,ooo,ooo. or ••more than the present worth of their bonus certificates.'" and that when the veterans borrowed 50 per cent of the face vaJue of the certificates lD 1931 the)' used the funds to cU• charge their debts. This last point. according to National Commander Belgrano of the American Legion. Is one of the strongest arguments for Immediate payment of tbe adjUsted service eertltlcates. "'The foundation ot good business ls good credl~" said Commander BeJgrano. "Tbe money due veterans would be used to satisfy bills at the corner grocery, would help pay rents that are long past due and would go to bard pressed merchants to dlaebarge the accounts of harder pressed veterans. "In short. the moneJ derived from Immediate pa7ment of the certlft cates would qulckiJ ftnd Its way Into evei'J channel r-f business and trade and would be distributed equally and automatically through· oat the countrJ. U tbe 8.5:U,886 wu veterau, who bold certlfteates, ;.110 over their beada In debt lu.t~~J t ~ey mvat ase the entiN -.ou~ dne tbem to p&J their bills. t a:r,eater ltlmuJas could there basloeu thaD to reatore to thla vast potential purb power!" BJI'nl admitted that tbe bill would pa• the eaa bouse........._ there ts no oppoattloD to It tbere." but be added that If tbe m....-e ts ftnall7 enaeted the ac1Jhlnl~ wllJ Insist on taxation to meet some addl the estlmatfl4ti.CJOO,OOO.OOO expendithe senate also ture. It 18 a..ne leaders (loubt wu1 pass tile bl,ll. lt,l pasaage bt eb'D&l"eh over the Presidential veto tba 11 regarded as a certalnq. 're cba•• s.,._ LOUISIANA waota I ll'publlc worta m~ billion to four and a ha an7 member of the Supreme eourt: dollars In the varloua bll)J beDeh can be ousted "without doced on the subjeet. cauae" by a majority vote ~f . theA 100 per cent .P&7otf senate and bouse. Democratic lead· ltors whose fnnda &1'9 tied up ers said they would replace tbetrust companies waa aoaght dlSIIdssed Justices with three DembiDs written bJ Represeata ocrats and two Republicans. eongre&$. Clarence J. McLeod ot Mlchlpn. BE Seventy-fourth elected on the sole lsaue of supORE than $1,000,000,000 moremoney went to the naUon's port of the New Deal. began Its NE of the most aerlous fssu devot· and dot ftrst session on tbe farmers lD 1984 than In 193S. a that will confront ecmgress ed Its first day to tbe battle between boslneas and I compilation ot farm Income shows. tbe organization of dostry on one stele and ~ .. 6 ... u ...... Almost all districts except Ne\V the two houses and labor on the other. espedally England. bene6ted, with governtbe swearlna ln of the thirty-hour work week. payments adding to the total. new members. The American Federation of La drouth over tbe Hlddle West lawmakers assem- committed to tbls proposition. overcome greatly by governbled In the Capi- to the retention of tbe payments. In the Northwest, tol were a serious bargaining provisions of the • there was sufficient droutb looking lot, and act. Big business. as to bring farm Income down. with reason. for by the Chamber of Commerce England suffered becauM they bave on their the United States and the Natl lnous prices for potato crop!!~. hands a btg Job, Manufacturers• asiOC!Iatlon. Is ._,raa. reptJrted that Income from that of making the posed to the thlrty·bour w in 1934 wlll be appl'oxlSpeaker New Deal penna- and now has the IRlpport of $1 8,000,000 less than the Qent ; and In the Brookings Institution. It also &eeKIJ •1111'•"•uu·,""'"' reported for 193..1. Byrne most solve some of the separation of labor barcalnl they doing of It 'total farm Income for 1934 ap.the most perplexing problems that and practice codes In the reorgn ~~"'ates $6.000,000,000, and tbe our national legislators ever bave lzatlon of the NRA. The open over the previous year Is apIt would seem tbnt the shot In tbls battle Is the tD.trodu faced. mate1y $1 ,015,000,000. Democrats wtn have no troublE' In t1on by Senator Bngo L. Bl passing ·any legislation they wish. of Alabama of his thirty-boor ,, VANDENBERG tor they have an overpowering ma- week bfll, which at pre~nt bas chfgan, liberal Republica' jority. In the ~tenate are 69 Demo- tbe support of the administration. wl11 Introduce In the aeat-rats and only 25 Repnbllcnns, plus blJJ designed to take the Post one Progressive-Robert M. La· Office department ITB remarkable celerlt7 tile Fo1Jettc-and one Farmer-Laborlte of politics. Tile out )ury In the Hauptmann tl'i -Henrik ShlpstPRtl The house ts be bas measure comprised of 822 Democrats. 102 was selected. consisting of elg put would fted drn Republicans. seven Progressives and men and four womE'!n. and AttorneJ and postmasters 11 a The ad· General Wilentz set forth the three Farmer-I..aborltes. postal officials, exstate's case against the Bronx mlnlstra~fon Democrats do not an the postmaacept· tlclpate any trouble from the Re· penter who Is a('cused of kldnnpl ter generaL und~ publleans; It Is from the radical and murdertn~ the baby son the civil service. col The memoors of tbeJr own party that Colone1 Llndhergh. tn the glvlng and their woes are likely to come, and and Mrs. Lindbergh were Jobs the post of out the help of the Repohllcans may and they and BPtty Gow. the chll employees office be necessaey to curb those left nurse. were among the early haTe the would wfngers. The majority leaders In nesses. On behn If of the state ......... _, Senator preference. both houses can be counted on to attorney general demanded the bae Vandenberg bold the radicals under a tight rein a1ty of first degree murder. demanding that If that Is possible. General Farley eltber reN 1938 the James E. Sulll In the speaker's chair sits Joseph the cabinet or give up memorial trophy. awarded to T. Byms, chosen onanfmoos1y by lp of the Democratic ~ his fellow Democrats. He Is too athlete contributing the most committee. In line wltb mn«!b o1 a eompromlaer to suit the cause of amateur athletics durblll will prohibit the postmany of them. but Is now tied to In tbe year. was mlABed by Bl general from holding aD,J the administration. which decUned Bonthron of Princeton by Just on office. to oppose his election. .John H. vote and was given to Glenn Cunlgan senator aatd be bad Bankhead of Alabama, like Byrns ningham. Now It ts In Rill's pos· the blll after conference. one ot the o}(l school. won the lead- 'Session as the result of hts grf'at ctvlJ service commtssloD ership of the house after a brief foot-racing campaign during 19.34, organizations within tbe struggle. Senator Joseph Robinson In the course of whl('h be estabdepartment. He pr~ of Arkansas was re-elected major- lished a world record for t.rsoo meba ve strong suppor~ Ity leader of tbe senate. and Sena- ters and beat Cunnlncham In three ~18tlter quarter. tor Lewla of Winola eontlnoa as out of ftve races. poUtJcs out of the dewhip. In the nationwide ballot. conestablishing ,. caNer In tbelr pre 1Jel8lon ~aucus the ducted by A. A. u.. Bontbron led said, .. the paveqpa~enlt)er Democrats Yot" to reduee mate- ID the preliminary voting and then letter earrlers may rially the RepubUean repreecnta- piled op 1,072 votes In the ftnlll test to ultimate araduatten on boUle ~mlttees, and de- after tbe field bad been cut to seven. blgb poet of first asststt"lded to abropt. tbe 146 role tor Benjamin B. Eastman. former Stanpo~~tn~~ter generaLdlsebargtna a eo~~~,~~~tttee and bring· ford track star. ran second with Ina a bill to vote wltbln a week. 929 and then came RaJpb Metcalfe. "'"""' some excitement tor The number now required for thll Marquette untversJt7's negro sprint- .l a day so after Lieut. Comaetlon la 21& Tbla latter action er, wJtb 41~ and Glen Bardin, mander Y Matsuda of the tm. will provide aaother reatrldton on Louisiana State university, with t*'laJ Jao:aJ14~e navy was arrested the racll~lll. 2M. Fla.. wbiJe photo. In St. Tbree swimmers trailed tile traek papbtng th waterlront, Including wo thousand eight hundred bills men. Lenore Kight of Bom.tead. t"- cruised Wasblnctoo were lotrodueed and referred Pa.. received 262 votes; J'ae'k Med· wq notlft~d Capt. T. Y•m$go. to commltteea on the ant da)' of lea of Seattle, 189. and Katherine clafl: naval there. gave uthe new eonarea. Number t. band- Rawla, l'ort Lauderdale, n.._ 154. su-.nce that da was not eo· ed In bJ RepreeentaUYe Wrlgbt He sal(l tbe In Patman of Texas. provldea for tb~ United Statea on EMOCRA.TS of ltbode Islan•l offtc." was pay~eDt of the adjusted service nrprlsed themselves and every- ofBclaJ bust bnt had neglected certlftcatea of veterans tmmedlatel)' one elae by gaining control of both to take his ssport with htm to In ~sb tbrougb tbe Issuance or houses of tbe state general usem- Florida. s ot the Na &reenbacks. Patman and other sup blJ when a senate eommtttee rP- SlNnaon objection ID porten of this piau call It "eon- counted the ballota from Ports- foreign naval pbotograpblag trollecJ Inflation.99 but the fneldent mouth and South Kl~on and de- American wa and Mats&da Lemke of North Dakota. Repub· clared two Democrats bad been wa declared Hean, Introduced a measure for the ·eJected to the senate Instead or released. llquldatJon and re.6nanclng of ag- the two Republle&Qfl who bad a revolutlen In Al· rleultural Indebtedness. The Uqolda- heen certified as wbmers by the persfsten't tbotfrb tlon would be carried out at a re- state returning boart;. Tbe Demat T1rana. tbe ca()o duced rate of Interest. aeeordl D& ocratic legfsla tors 1-.edlately orODe tell· at'.n•IC'G•I:I to the bill, b)' establishing an em- n~ the assembtr ousted the palace clent credit aystem, through tbtt Supreme eoort meuallers, abollshed ,_ ...._ Zog, lt use of the federal farm loan aDd the state appointed board ot pub••ha.-aeclan citizens federal reaerve bankblg IYStema. Jic safety and pas~~ed a reorgantza. fight the than more creconsolidate the to for biD tlon provided also Lemke been bad Jaw .fltlon of a board of apiculture to 80 agencies Into 11 state depart frontier .fugoalsv aqpervlse the program. menta. In vacating the Supreme court, Continuance of the BOLO was Introduced proproposed by several eonrressmen. the Democrats took attvantage or a UD41!!m1)l•rmtmt and old . . . bond Jasue o1 this agent"y law passed by the Repobll<'ans b:v whfeh wOQ,Jd ln"reaae anywhere from oDe themselves M yeara portunltJ. The Presldene, wamlna applied especially to tbe LoulBlua moratorium law pasaed In No. vember.. Since Ita enactment the PWA baa held up payments on about 60 Louisiana proJeets. f fy" administration. It Blust .. Its whJeli some Of the new .... legislature baa patllle4 at tile best of Senator RuQ P. Lon.. Til I& the gilt of a letter l!lellt to GGY. 0. K. Allen b7 President JlooM.; Telt. and the "ltlngftab'' Ia not pleased by lt. Be told the report era be would make hls rep)7 on the floor of tbe senate at tbe ftrst qo- 0 M W I ....u ..... T D w• |