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Show TB 0 eview of he • istory-Maldn g Events of Last W eel<: !4obby Committees Qu~rrel Over Magnate HopsonPresident SignP Social Security Act-Tri-Power (:~nfert-,nce on Italo-Ethiopian Question. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 0 WeaterD Newspaper Union. U..L ROGERS, famous actor W and humorist, and Wiley Post, one of the best known ftlers In the world, crashed to tbelr death tn a plane whlle dying from Fairbanks to Point Barrow, Alaska. The two men, close friends, bad been enjoyIna an aerial vacation trlp In the North, and Post Intended later to fty to Asia. News of the fatal accident wu sent to Seattle by Sergt. Stanley R. Morga~ slpa1 corpa ()perator at Point Barrow. Be said be had recovered the bo'dtea from the wreckage. R IVALS Uclty, In the matter of pu!). the bouse and senate committees on the activities of lobbyists got Into a tangle that certainly didn't enhance their dignity. Howard a Hopson. t h e I o n g sought head of the ABBoclated Gas and Electric UtUitles system, permitted the emissary of the bouse committee to ftod lilm, and Sen· ator Hugo Black flew Into a rage H. C. Hopaon and had bls com· mlttee threaten Hopson with eon· tempt proc-eedings unless he ap· peared before lt. Chairman O'Con· nor of the house body was angered by this and declared: ••Hopson Is to my custody. I've got him. No· body else bas got him. Nobody el&'! is going to get him." So, resolutions were presented in both branches of congress authorizing the officers of the two chambers to take Hopson Into custody. The elusive, chunky utilities magnate told the house committee about bts various companies and related the saga of his travels while be was befng souiht. But be poJ!tely refused to a«lswer questions concerning the sources and amount ot hla lncome. Be testified that he believed" the Associated Gas system bad spent "eight or nine hundred thousand dollars" to oppoBI· tlon to the Wbeeler·Rayburo utlllty ~ontrol bill. "That's just a small fraction of tbe $300,000,000 equity In our com1\llnles which would be destroyed If 1be bill becomes law and remains ~ eq~lon tb. r~of~ t o •entlemaa oQ14 b4; e tt.• t.enupou C. to -lc .b* out of ,. ... wttbd.... tbe . . .,.. i:BGitiiDD tePu.d: •1 a4PU111J. .• ";a;QDJI()!D •11411 ., . .,. ,. _ ,...,....bor h4Ni lntrod~ ,,..~ . that-~,·~--,., • ~ CJ!(llildll..,.. but lt tbat totak ~ t~ q ~ada ~"-It p ·.I.UJI~l~ u t.~...~·-· Md lta~ ~·-- ttae -., a...-..;' ••_.,. . D~~· ~~~~~J\f~· Midvale, Utah, Friday, August 23, 1935 UTB SENTINEL duous seasloo bad done nothing more than pass this bill the session would be regarded as historic for all time.'' Among those who were present were Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York and Representative John Lewis of Maryland, who jointly drafted the bill; Secretary of La· bor Frances Perkins, who had a hand In Its making, and Senators Pat Harrison, \Vllllam King and Edward P. Costigan. In a talk tntentled for ~:ep~ ductlon on the sound screens of the country, the President aid: ..This soeJal security measure gives at least some protection to 80,000,000 of our cltlzens who wlll reap dfreet benefite through unem· ployment <!ompeosatfon, through old age pensions and through lnereased services for the protection of children and the prevention of Ill health. "We can never Insure 100 per cent of tbe population against 100 per cent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life but we have tried to frame a law which will give some meas· ure of protection to the average citizen and to his family agalnsr the lOSS Of 8 job Rnd against pOV· erty-rldden old age. ''This Jaw, too, represents a corner stone In a structure wblcb ts being built but Is bi no means complete--a structure Intended to les· sen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administrations of the gov· ernment against the necessity of goIng deeply Into debt to furnish relief to. the needy-a law to flatten out theo peaks and valleys ot defla· tlon and of Inflation-In other words a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economte structure of yastly greater soundness... ~ Insist that to any case there must be an Immediate sh·owdown. One correspondent said If Great Britain adhered to the polley at which Eden hinted In his conversation with Laval, It would mean either dissolution of the League of Nations or else collective sanctions against Mussollnl, Involving the risk of a European war. be multiplied by the number of years be paid taxes. Io other words. If he dies after he has pnld taxes for 45 years, $1,200 wlll be multiplied by 45--glvlng a total of $54,000. Arbitrarily, the bJU stipulates that Blll Jones• estate shall be entitled to 3;» per cent of that. or $1,890--less any amount he received to pensions before be died. "If Jones dies before he gets back NOBODY Hkec.. the new tax bill $1,890 tn pensions, what he actually that congre q was working on, received Is dPdncted from $1,8!)0 and the senate ftnance comm!ttee and the remainder patd to bls heirs. had bard work making up Its mind If be lives until he gets baek all of as to he form It the $1,890 and more, bls heirs get would recommend. nothing. First It altered al..lt Jones should dfe before he most every provireaches slxty-tlve, his heirs would sion of the bill be entitled to a paywent of 3% per passed by the bouse cent of the total wages on which and changed lt from taxes bad been paid. a "soak the rich" "For Instance, lf be died after ten m t: a a u r e to one years, be would have paid taxes on whleh would soak $12,000. His heirs would be enpractically e Y e r y titled to 8% per cent of that. or one. This was done $420." by lowering personSenator Borah al Income tax ex· OV. MARTIN L. DAVEY of Ohio emptloos and starting the surtax has ••pulled a fast one" on the Increases at $3.000 Instead of ~")()•• Republicans In behalf of the Dewo000. The latter feature was proposed cratie party. The G. 0. P. leaders by Senator La Follette and was were demanding a state-wide by· adopted to keep blm In line. Also, election in Ohio to flll the vacancy the Inheritance taxes which Prescreated by the death of RepreIdent Roosevelt bad asked for were sentative-at-Large t:harles V. Truax, ell mlna ted. • believing the result would demon· Protests against Increasing tbe taxes on little lneornes came Im- strate, even more clParly th:m did mediately, from senators, represen. the Rhftde Island election, the wan· tatlves and the country at large. ing strength of the aclminlstration. Senators Borah of Idaho and Nor- But Governor Dayey went to Wash· ris of Nebraska were among the fngton and consulted with President "Independents" who expressed their Roosevelt and then announced that disapproval. Mr. Borah espeela~Jy he wouM not eall and could not be was vocal ln opposition. He could compelled to call a special congresnot see the justice or the wisdom sl.mal election until next year. Hi~ declared reason was the eost, not of the proposition. fear of party defeat. Conrt a~tion So the eomnjlttee suddenly reversed Itself abruptly, rejected the to force the ca111ng of the eleC'tlon La Follette plan by a vote of 8 to has been started, but Davey says 1, and saved the little Incomes and there Is no rPstrictlon of hi!=! dis perhaps a lot of house members wh(\ cretlon In fixing the time of th(' election. hope to be re-elected. The bill whteh the committee ECHETARY OF AGRICULreported was passed by the senate TURE \V ALI..ACE has changed by a vote of 57 to 22. It contaJns new provisions to compensate for his mind about the reduction of those eliminated from the house blll wheat acreage for 1936. Instead of and the estimated revenue ls only asking the farmers for a cut of 15 per $1,000,000 Jess. cent, as was an· ~ ... ..)HEN the President's social se- nounced recently. W curity bill was tlnally enact· the figure is now ed Into law, the senate adopt· placed at 6 per lng the conference report alread) cent. agreed to by the bouse, probably Wallace told remany thousands of men and women porters that the all over the country began ftguring change was deon the pensions they would recel ve cided opon after under its terms. It ls unlikely tbat the government's one in a thousand bas any clear August 1 survey of ~~- of how the new pro&J;am'a pen· crop conditions In· Sec'y Wallace &lou ateaa wJU work, • heat produc-we re- dleated that total print bere a neat eUDJmarJ pre- tion this year would amount to only pared b;r tile A~lated Preas 008.000.000 bulhels a compared abO 1111 lta Oper&"OD U applied to with domestic requirements of 635,lon•"; 000,000 buflheJs. ~suppoM ~o.uaa 8lU. Ia twent7 The Btep WQ taken, h .- asserted. •heo the Ja coet lot9 and to assure ample eupplles for dom4!suaakea aa ~- mcmtlal7 ~ry tlc copauoiera. He said that It was of 00 •nUl be la •~a:,-Ave. Be espeded to place the country lD a wtU pt ~ .-Oilt4b' MQIIlOD. UDW "atrencthened poaltlon•• In the exhla deatll, oi f63.f6. port marke~ Be added the cban1e ..ID ~~~. b-~ a. wlult ~ ba,. lD p~Ucy wlll not result In any peo to him: matked reduction In benefit pay..In dae c:.at•4P ~ 1987. ~ ment to farmers. Be did not say and 1 - be ut pq • lai'J tu what the exact reductions lD the of 1 per eent, or a ot . - for payments ould amount to. the tbree 1~ 1Hl, 1942 AAA oftlclala estimated that apbe 1f1Q J1Q 114 per c;eat. or 154. lo pro~Unatel)' U,OOO,OOO acres would tMS, 1944. and 1De c:t.• .tu m bt! placed onder contract thl ,fear. be • , . cent. or Ia 1948. Tbq ,aaerted dnlt the ,ovenament l"f. anG 1848 the tu wDl be 21At pven ..adequate poweq" to deal per eent. or tuG. l'rom 1849 to ta with the eltuatlon If a bumper 1981, ia~lualve, the taz Ul be 8 per wheat baneat ahould reault lD eeo~ or a tott.J ot 11,188 tor tboae 1986. G S --am •t 3,..,.. "'tal m Sit~ ID 4G ,._re, 801 loD• wllJ ftMO. IFTY eouaml.lal911en AQ the time t.,. the Afetbodt t l)ta emploJ• trUt ha'V'e beeD ~JJ&tch IDC ld* us INlJ1DeiJ 110 the total ebur~ tbe tlethoGUst at ,.t4 -.. tbe federal tr. .1117 wUJ church South, - d .,. f2.880. rroteatant dlareb qye .,.,. lD - •anatoa. IlL. alld bave ..At -~tlve BID .Jon• ean ez- Blon 1D pect to Uve perbap8. 10 ~I'll more. agreed opoo a form of Unloa that Ia to be aubmlttetl to tbe general U be be wUl .,_k "Wheo Bill Jon.. 41• tbla Ia copfereocea of the three cburehea and, It tatlfted by them. to an tbe .Ut wiD happeD: annual conferencN. ~he aew or~ a\"enure annual ..... .,ald lD ct.,_ ,.t "-430 F t• ganlzatlon, lt was agreed. would bf! called the United Methodist church and would consist of six jurlsdletlonal or regional conferences. HITLER'S silence during A DOLF the recently renewed Nazi war. fare on Jews and Catholics led many to think the movement was being led by others. But Der Fuehrer emerged from bls eountry resldenee to make a speech at Rosenhelm to which be made It clear be was backIng the c u r r e n t "housecleaning" to the Umlt. Be declared the Nazi party would smash Adolf Hitler Ita opponents, continuing: "'Always stand to your flag, not only In good days but even more to the bad ones. Keep It up when the s::orm lashes and clouds the firmament.'" Deep apprehension still prevails among Jews In Germany as to what the future has lu store for them. After Count voo Belldorf, Berlin pollee president, had forbidden Individual action agaJnst Jews. \Vllhelm l<'rick, minister of Interior, an· nounced: "The Jewish question wlll slowly but surely be gotten rid of, as the N azl program foresees." FARMERS who believe that their Individual rights are befno encroached upon by the administration's agricultural policies are offered a chance to get together by the organization and Incorporation In Chicago of the Farmers' Independent Council of Amerl('a. Dan D. Casement, a farmer of Manhattan, Kan., Is president of the body. Stanley F. Morse, South Carolina farmer and consultlng agriculturist, Is executive vice president and Chris . J. Abbutt, Nebraska stockman and farmer, and Clyde 0. Patterson, Illinois Jersey breeder. were incorporators. Dr. Charles W. Burkett, agrleultural authority of New York and formerly dlreetor ot the Kansas agricultural experiment station, and L. 0. Tolles, farmer and past master of the Connecticut State Grange, are other vice presidents ot the council, and Dr. E. V. Wilcox. representative of the Country Gentleman, District of Columbia, Ia secretary-treasurer; Fred L. Crawford, Michigan congressman and farm owner ; E. E. Dorsett, farmer and past master Pennsylvania State Grange, and Kurt Greenwald, farm manager and agricultural engineer. New York. are dll"ecton. -.ro me there Ia but one 18aue. whether we are going to bave a eon.. stltutlonal govermr.ent or have a dictatorial realme," aald Charles B. Colllna. Colorado cattleman and prealdellt of the .American Natloual Live Stock association, reglonill vlce president of the aew or&IUllsatloo. OUR thoua&Dd atrlklnc emplo7• Feea of the New York Shipbuild- Ina corporation at Camden, N. J ., appealed to President Roosevelt b;r wire to attempt a f.U settlement ot their 1&-week-old atrlke wblch baa t1ecl up tw,OOO,OOO worth of -.n contraeta. SoWl~' & . . Hoapital Tbe hospltal bulJdlDc at the Sold&era' home lD Waablnctoa, whlcll Ia umed onroecJ. waa .o oa1Jl84 bl ~ ot Wlam B. J'enroo:d. a•lstaDt aurgeon general of the arDV from June 1, 1890, to Decem.,_ 11, 1898. Be- was for a period tbe ehlet aurgeon at the Soldlera• home. Be was born lu Dela ware and wa1 appointed assistant su.rgeoo on Au1 us t 6, 1861; received the rank of captain on Au u t 28. 1866 i major, June ~ 18T , lieu· tenant colonel, J u ne 16, 1 1 and colonel. Ma, s. 1 ~· ti |