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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over James ?r ' -k's Interesting Suggestions to Congress Butler May Be G. 0. P. Chairman British Parliament in Action. By EDWARD W. PICKARD OUR eminent statesmen are converging con-verging on Washington already In preparation for the session of congress con-gress that opens In Decemher, and each one seems to have his own ideas of what . i sliould be done to k save the nation. The f 'J remedies they are ready to propose are ' f as various as the men i-'- I themselves, and at least some of those I that ure not too evi-. evi-. ' dently put forward for ' " u the purpose of f ur- ZA. a. JL ther embarrassing J M. Beck. "n a,,'e,uly trollbk'd administration may he wortti considering. President Hoover, Hoo-ver, It Is reliably reported, hasn't yet made up his mind what it best to be done, and his cabinet members hold widely divergent views. James M. Heck, Kepublican representative repre-sentative from Pennsylvania, Is always al-ways listened to respectfully, and now, on his return from a trip to Europe, lie lias a lot to say. He decided the plight was duo to "excessive taxation for socialistic purposes and fears the United States Is in grave danger of being led Into the same road. Mr. Beck suggests that the present example exam-ple of the British should be followed by the formation of a coalition leadership leader-ship of Republicans and Democrats ltf congress for the purpose of "abolishing "abolish-ing unnecessary and meddlesome bureaus" bu-reaus" and effecting other economies. The reunrylvanian estimates that probably two billions of dollars annually an-nually could be saved by temporarily suspending sinking fund requirements and by scrapping such governmental machinery as the farm board, numerous numer-ous bureaus of the Departments of Agriculture, Ag-riculture, Commerce and Labor and various va-rious commissions consecrated to pa-. pa-. ternalistlc care of the citizenry in their occupations and in their homes. He fAvors only one additional kina of tux. He would have congress pronounce pro-nounce light wines and beer nonintoxl-cating nonintoxl-cating In fact, which he says can be done constitutionally, and then Impose nn excise tax on such beverages, which he estimates would bring in half a billion dollars of revenue annually. i THAT amazing story of the defalcations defalca-tions of Walter E. Wolfe, manager of the coupon department of the Continental Con-tinental Illinois bank of Chicago, was made almost complete by an announcement announce-ment from Arthur Reynolds, chairman of the board of directors. He said that during twelve years Wolfe had stolen $3,600,029.00, which makes his embezzlement em-bezzlement the second largest in American Amer-ican banking history. The bank is covered by Insurance up to J2,000,000 and a charge against special reserves for the balance of $1,600,029 was made, Mr. Reynolds Rey-nolds stated. He expressed the opinion, however, that this entire amount, over and above the insured sum, would be recovered in time. GOSSIP about national politics now includes discussion concerning the man who shall succeed Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio as chairman of the Republcan national na-tional committee. It f!"'kM'S's--.f' m is granted that Mr. s Hoover can have a re- j J nomination tf be 1 wishes it, so his j choice will prevail as tv - - to the manager of " 1 the campaign. The ' .5 v one definite state- I ment to date is thai t i of the Boston Post. J to the effect that for- - liisssS r.ier Senator William ... ,, ,, r t. .i w- M- Butler. M. Butler of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts has been approached by close friends of President Hoover regarding his acceptance of the place. He was chairman during the administration of President Coolidge and directed his campaign. The Post says Mr. Butler was recently a week-end guest at the Rapidan camp and recommended Charles D. Ililles for the place. It was after this that he was himself asked if he would accept the chairmanship. chair-manship. Some of the statesmen in Washington Washing-ton are talking of the availability of Lawrence C. Phipps, former senator v from Colorado, as chairman. Those who favor him urge that his great wealth would help the committee in raising the large campaign fund that will be needed. Mr. Phipps maintains a handsome home iu Washington. All this is long-distance talk, fur the national na-tional committee does not meet until December, when it will choose a date and city for the 1932 convention. fSjATIONAL Relief Director Gilford ' and his committee are as busy as bees co-ordinating the efforts of state and municipal governments to meet the job of caring for the unemployed unem-ployed next winter. President Hoover Hoo-ver has added many names to the advisory board, so it now includes a great number of the country's leading men In all lines. It was believed these advisers would soon be called in session. ses-sion. Labor day gave occasion for numer ous expressions concerning the situation situa-tion by labor leaders, cabinet members, mem-bers, congressmen and others. In general gen-eral the dole Idea was condemned, but many agreed with William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, who asserted that work must be provided pro-vided the idle by Industry. Governor Murray of Oklahoma, speaking at Chicago, Chi-cago, vehemently attacked Wall Street and the International bankers, charging charg-ing them with having upset the economic econom-ic structure of the country. He called for a new deal In 19.'i2 for the laborers labor-ers and common people and freer lending lend-ing to the producing classes. His talk so .nded as if lie were suggesting himself him-self for President, as the candidate of a new party, for he assailed Republicans Repub-licans and Democrats alike. So watch out for "Alfalfa Hill." WHILE the London Bobbies with rubber batons struggled to disperse n mob of jobless men and" Communists, British parliament opened its special ses-f-tri Si0n called to try to I "'"''t! balance the budget. L jjj After the usual speech i 4 from the throne had h C- v been read, Prime Min-I Min-I - 1 lster MacDonald, head L ' ' s J of the new national K 4b$' ii government, offered a L VS rJ motion that the house .J-s. Tvl resolve itself into a fflUS'' J committee of the &-JU) . whole for the speedy King George. paSSage of e econ-omy econ-omy measures devised by the cabinet. He insisted on a division, stating the resolution resolu-tion was considered as a test of confidence. The result of the voting vot-ing gave the government a majority of 59, the figures being 309 for and 250 against It The Conservatives and most of the Liberals lined up with MacDonald, as did twelve members of the Labor party. Sir Oswald Moseley and his "new party" were in opposition, opposi-tion, together with Arthur Henderson's Hender-son's Labprites. The economy budget, as presented by Chancellor Snowden and accepted by the house, caused groans from the Laborite benches. Its principle features, fea-tures, summarized, are: Taxes. Income Standard rate raised six pence, bringing it to five shillings in the pound (about $1.25 in $5), or 25 per cent. Beer Increased one penny (two American cents) a pint. Leaf tobacco Increased eight pence (16 cents) a pound; other forms of tobacco proportionately. Gasoline Increased two pence (4 cents) a gallon. Entertainment Movies and legitimate legiti-mate theaters, increased 16 2-3 per cent. Total new taxes this year, $202,500,-000 $202,500,-000 ; next year, $100,000,000. Savings. Dole Cut-10 per cent. Police wages Cut to a sliding scale upward from five shillings (about $1.25) a week. School teachers' wages Cut 15 per cent. Civil servants of all kinds, from cabinet cab-inet ministers down Pay cuts ranging as high as 20 per cent. Heavy reductions in outlay for defense de-fense services, education and road fund. An interesting incident was the announcement an-nouncement by King George that he desired a reduction of $250,000 in his civil list of $2,350,000, which is the annual income paid by the government to the crown. Queen Mary and other members of the royal family joined the king's request re-quest for cuts In their parliamentary grants, and the prince of Wales, who derives his income solely from his duchy of Cornwall, estimated to be about $350,000 per year, announced he intended to contribute $50,000 to the national exchequer. LOWELL Bayles of Springfield. Mass., who a few years ago was a miner working underground, is the new American king of the air, for he won the Thompson trophy race at the national air races in Cleveland, making mak-ing the new record of an average speed of 230 miles an hour in his Gee Bee supersportster over the 100 mile closed course. His money reward was $9,300. Among the seven rivals he beat was Maj. Jimmy Doolittle, whose achievements at the meet earned for him $10,000. Of the women flyers Mrs. Mae Haizlip of St. Louis was the biggest money winner, her share being $7,750. John Livingston of Aurora, 111., captured six trophies and a lot of coin. TROUBLE between Japan and China, always in the ofling, seems to be getting nearer. The immediate reason is the shooting of Capt. Shi n-taro n-taro Nakamura, Japanese, as a spy by Chinese troops in Manchuria some weeks ago. The Japanese cabinet met early in the week to consider the matter mat-ter and Minister of War Jiro Minami set forth the army's attitude. Recently Re-cently he urged the government to take a firm stand in dealing with the Chinese rulers of Manchuria, who have sought pretexts to delay answering queries from Tokyo. The vernacular press in Japan, insists on strong measures meas-ures against China. Six military planes of the Ninth division at Kanazawa dropped lOO.OOC handbills that called the attention ol the nation to the danger of Japanese interests in Man'.-huria being jeopardized. jeopar-dized. This is the first time the armj has taken such unusual measures. The handbills said: "Countrymen, awaken. The national defense is endangered." WHAT the members of the League of Nations assembly termed a "lamentable error" was rectified when the assembly met in Geneva and almost immediately adopted a resolu- T, tion inviting Mexi- v'"" '" co to Join the league. t . ; The first business was ' t 1 the election of B J president, and this t4 i honor was conferred , on- Nikolas Titulescu of Rumania, former ' y',r. i foreign minister and . now Rumanian am ,""!? , bassador to Great "Smaaa, Britain. Then the mat-ter mat-ter of Mexico was N- Titulescu. taken up. Lord Cecil of England said the admission ad-mission of Mexico would rectify an error in the formation of the league, addiug "I must admit I personally had a part in committing this error." He said the aid of Mexico was needed in the league's efforts to solve world problems. prob-lems. These sentiments were echoed by M. Briand of France, Signor Grand! of Italy, Curtius of Germany and Yoshizawa of Japan, and the resolution resolu-tion was adopted unanimously. While the statesmen were paying tribute to Mexico, her observer at Geneva, Martinez de Alba, walked about the auditorium smiling and shaking shak-ing hands with the leading delegates. The Mexican senate accepted the Invitation In-vitation and cabled its action to Geneva. The Mexicans feel that her position in the league will give Mexico prestige in the eye of other Latin American nations. FOLLOWING close on the announcement announce-ment that the farm board will sell 15,000,000 bushels of its wheat 'to China comes the news that Germany is dickering for the purchase of 200,-000 200,-000 tons from the same source. Of course both lots would be sold on long term credits, and many Americans Amer-icans doubt that we ever will receive payment. Of the wheat for China one-half will be turned into flour before it leaves the United States, in order to pacify the American millers. The shipments will he 50,000 tons monthly, month-ly, the first to go before October 1. Carl Williams said American shipping lines would have a chance to carry this wheat and flour, but must meet competition ; in other words, be willing will-ing to carry the grair across 'he Pacific Pa-cific at the lower rates bid by other lines. MORE than sixty experts on rural problems met at the University of Chicago to try to formulate an economic policy for farm relief. Their sessions were behind closed doors, but those who consented to be interviewed inter-viewed between sessions held out little lit-tle immediate encouragement for farmers, especially those depending on cotton and wheat. The policies of the farm board came in for condemnation on the part of many representatives, who declared that the board's policy of discouraging discourag-ing production of such crops a- wheat and cotton was detrimental. CHILE'S naval mutiny ended almost al-most as suddenly as it began and peace once more reigns in that country, coun-try, officially, at least. The rebels, who objected to vari-' vari-' , "", ous government meas-K meas-K j, i tires, held out until r -t the air force went in- tn H"J to action against j-. : -vi n 0ne nnndred s v I planes circled over ' v,. ', v' the warships held by f- the mutineers, drop- v, f Ping bombs that sank " some destroyers and I $ damaged the battle- lA..u....wt,-,-"i tak ship La Torre. Then , literature was Rear Admiral dropped te1,ng he Gomez. rebeg (hey had nQ chance, so they gave up. Their officers, of-ficers, including Rear Admiral Gomez commander of the fleet, were set free and resumed their commands and the craft were, taken to Valparaiso and Port Tongoy. The government has started ar Investigation In-vestigation into the guilt of those involved, in-volved, more than 2,700 enlisted men and petty officers. Other hundreds of men, some of them in the army, took part In the seizure of the bases at Talcahuano fnd Valparaiso. It is alleged that Communists stirred up the whole affair. The nation was generous in praise of the conduct of the aviation division, and attaches of embassies and legations lega-tions remarked that it was the first time in a Latin-American revolt that aircraft had conquered a navy to pro tect a government. The senate proposed to the cabi net that one of the outstanding heroes he-roes of the rebellion, Lieut. Fernando de La Paz, be raised to the rank of major. The lieutenant defended single-handed the powder magazi: at Talcahuano and killed seven Insurgent In-surgent soldiers with seven shots when they tried to rush him. ((I). 1931. Weatsrn Newsr(pf Union.) |