Show news review of current events the world over P I 1 president and congress in jam over reduction in expenditures house passes bill div giving D 11 philippines independence senate faces struggle can over revenue bill anc HE battle for reorganization of 0 government bureaus and agencies and for a general reduction in expenditures tures developed into a partisan struggle in congress S with president aloo vers proposals under attack the president led off with a special t message to congress I 1 in which he said bald that while a further reduction of in expenditures lo in ad to the billion dollars of new taxes would be required to president balance the budget hoover an even greater saving ar could be accomplished by consolidation of bureaus and boards by reform of administrative methods by abolition of less necessary functions and by temporary eus pension of other activities inasmuch as so far reaching an economy program would require the repeal and amendment of a multitude of existing laws he proposed that the preparation of a comprehend sire alve plan be aligned to a commis alon composed of senators con congressmen ress and representatives of the executive the presidents proposals met with immediate opposition on the part of democrats in both houses and a demand that the executive submit clale ciale recommendations for the reduction of expenditures speaker garner declared that it was too late to create new dew commissions and assured the president that any specific recommendations ions lons he be has to cut expenses will tet get quick action in the house in reply to the opposition voiced against his message the president in a later statement said what I 1 asked for in my message was organized nonpartisan co opera tion by all forces to reduce government expenses in the national emergency which insistently demands relief for the taxpayer what I 1 have asked for Is dot a commission but that the senate and house delegate representatives to sit donn conn with representatives from the administration and endeavor to draft a national economy bill continuing he be said that without tuch such action he saw no way by which there ahn be a maximum reduction in e expenditures the comeback to this was that it the president failed to present definite proposals for a reduction in expenses the democratic leaders would present a plan of their own senator jones washington republican acting on the presidents proposals introduced a joint resolution in the senate to create a commission of three senators three representatives and three officials of the administration to draft an economy program and report within thirty days it would not only suggest where appropriations should be slashed but also recommend consolidation and elimination of government bureaus and agencies the resolution met instant opposition in the senate the major senate contest over the billion dollar tax bill now the subject of hearings before the senate finance committee will probably develop with the move already started by independent members of both parties to boost the surtax rates on the higher incomes to a figure above the 40 per cent maximum voted by the hous A that a determined effort will be made to restore the manufacturers sales tax to the revenue bill Is a certainty that it will be accomplished Is a foregone conclusion the importance of government salary cuts in the economy scheme has been emphasized in support given the idea by senator robinson Il the democratic leader and senator harrlson harrison democrat mississippi the latter forecast with regret that a general slash was likely to materialize the house special economy committee has approved bills to dispense with the he army and navy transport service with an assorted annual reduction in expenditures to postpone indefinitely hart cart of the governments big construe conal rue uon alon program in the capital at a saving af pf if and to establish the international water commission this Is til all the consolidating and dispensing yet recommended by the committee both the house and senate appropriation I 1 committees continue to trim each bill down to the hone bone andr dependence pEN DENCE for the philippines 1 an agitated issue bissu e tor for three decades is made possible by a bill which passel the house by a vote of to 47 giving freedom to the islands not a democratic 0 vote was cast against the bill and only two democrats were paired in the negative and on the republican side bide the 47 who bo voted no were more than doubly matched by who voted yes the democratic total tor for the bill was and the single former farmer labor vote was in the affirmative the bill agreed to provides for complete freedom for the philippines after the he islands have adopted a suitable constitution and undergone a probationary and semiautonomous semi autonomous period during which tariff ex of eight years ports to the united states shall be limited to present levels and immigration restricted to 50 persons annually on the fourth of july following the conclusion of the eight year period american sovereignty Is to be withdrawn without any native plebiscite as provided in other measures the united states will reserve only the right to retain certain naval and military bases TIIE HE senate finance committee presided over by chairman smoot has opened its hearings on the billion dollar revenue bill passed by the house A veritable avalanche of applications for hearings r have been received by the committee secretary of the treasury mills was wag the first NN witness at the hearing caring li ue he offered suggestions to eliminate defects and discriminations crimi nations in the house measure reed smoot senator reed ot of ivanca ilcin member of the committe committee began a drive to line up support for a general manufacturers sales tax in the new revenue bill after informal discussions with republicans public ans and democrats reed eced announced prospects for inserting a sales levy similar to that rejected by the house were by no means as unfavorable as forecast ue ile will offer the sales tax amendment to the finance committee of which he is a member if he finds the proposal has a chance to pass excise taxes substituted by the house for the sales levy were described as cockeyed sales taxes the sales tax he be held Is equitable and fair NEW na EW YORK STATES primary was a walkaway for the roosevelt and the hoover tickets in the lone democratic and the republican contests in the democratic contest contes in the forty fin first t congressional district in buffalo sup supporters porters of gov franklin D roosevelt swamped a ticket favorable to former gov alfred E smith by better than 2 to 1 the republican contests were in new york city and in brooklyn delegates favorable to the of president hoover won by approximately IS 18 to I 1 in one and by about 4 to I 1 in the other district 0 ver over sup porters of joseph L france of maryland there was no opposition to the regular tickets anywhere else in the state the republican delegates to the national convention will support the president most host of the upstate democratic delegates are roosevelt supporters but the powerful tarn tam many bloc has not announced its stand ALEEN ALBEN W BARKLEY of S SENATOR kentucky will deliver the keynote address for the democratic party when the national convention meets to in chicago on june 27 7 nis ills selection was 1 1 q made by a subcommittee of 23 national committeemen in an allday all day session in chicago jouett shouse of kansas city who I 1 was senator Bark leys chief rival for the honor Is to be recommended om for permanent chairman of the convention mr air A W barkley shouse who Is executive chairman of the national committee issued the following statement at the close of the meeting by unanimous action of the committee it was decided to recommend to the national committee to be in turn recommended to the convention the selection of senator barkley tor for temporary chairman and the selection of mr shouse as permanent chairman of the convention our conference was one of the most harmonious ever held infuriated by months of distress from unemployment and dissatisfaction with the government policy a mob of stormed the house of assembly at st johnp john newfoundland and forced the resignation of the government ern ment windows were smashed and public documents strewn in the streets police were powerless in ID the demonstration on world war veterans then took charge of the situation and succeeded in partially restoring order citizens obeyed only the world war officers and the veterans under them on the streets of the capital while most of the police were bottled up in the assembly building by the irate mob which milled outside the war veterans closely guarded the residence of premier sir richard squires who narrowly escaped serious injury in the riot when he was aided to his bis home by three clergy clergymen men mea who quieted a small portion of the mob which recognized the premier as an he be was hurried away T THERB HE R r will be no discussion ion or negotiation on the question of european debts by secretary oi of state stimson during his visit to geneva gene va was the emphatic declaration decla rallon 0 of f president 7 hoover stimsons sons visit Is solely in the interest of securing concrete and definite results from the general disarmament conference even though tho those se results may not cot be revolutionary in character the president said secretary the world needs stimson both economically and spiritually the relief that can come from some degree of successful issue by the disarmament conference the president said some two trio months ago I 1 presented ideas which I 1 believed would contribute to a solution of some of the problems and which were incorporated in the general program CLEAR signals were visible during march that important Import alit results were following from the coordinated co plans of public agencies and private finance to bring about basic improvement in the condition of business the american bankers association journal says in its monthly review it notes that ni although though immediate stimulations in current commercial and industrial activity were lacking and favorable trends in standard trade indexes were not apparent growth t in a financial confidence and decrease in public fear were too definite to be based on anything but solid fads facts and carried greater weight than formal statistics concrete expression of a return of financial confidence was given for a period during march in the bond market which evidenced a relaxation in the pressure of financial distress and fear and a turn in the direction of safety and confidence the journal says the most important aspect of bustness business betterment has been the widespread return of the banks to more mora normal operating conditions it says attributing this to the reconstruction finance corporation and other cooper co oper active arrangements for assisting both closed and operating banks that are clearly having the desired effects ATTORNEY GEN A ASSISTANT eral seth richardson in a report to the senate described police administration in honolulu as impotent undisciplined neglectful and unintelligent the report was in answer to a senate resolution calling for information on law enforcement in hawaii it followed the wave of criticism in navy and congress congressional lonal circles over the reign of terror in the islands and particularly ticul arly in honolulu brought to light by the attack and assault by five natives upon mrs massie mr richardson recommended the appointment by the president of a territorial rit orial police head bead tor for the entire territory with full power of control and organization and similar appointment of an attorney general to be the public prosecutor regarding conditions in general richardson reported we found no organized crime no im important criminal class and no criminal rackets we did not find substantial evidence that a crime ave so called was in existence in honolulu we did find however ample evidence of extreme laxity in the administrator of law enforcement agencies 1 we believe that a continuation of r uch such laxity Is fraught with much social and political danger T TUB HE pinch of national economy prompted senator pat harrlson harrison of mississippi ranking democrat on the finance committee to issue a declaration la against full payment of the veterans I 1 bonus certificates citing the deficit in prospect for the government this year and the pending bill to raise new taxes the senator in a letter to veterans of his state said 1 I regret that existing conditions impel pat p harrison Harr lon me in the interest of the country to oppose the legislation at this ume time the stand taken by senator coupled with the known view of other senate lenders leaders Is believed to doom any prospect of enactment into law of the bonus payment measure in his statement the democratic financial leader of the senate pointed out that of the 1000 government budget now goes to the relief of war veterans A astop DECISION which brought to a stop the congressional career of peter 0 granata of chicago gave the democrats of the house bouse a full ten tell vote lead over their republican opponents granata was voted out and stanley IL kunz was voted in by the he house members it was a decision on an election contest brought by the latter the democratic congressional candidate in the eighth illinois district against the republican who had been seated at the out outset ret of the session on the strength of his certificate of election tao n the standing of the parties in the house bouse now Is t republicans public ans farmer fanner labor 1 vacancies 2 ac Z 1932 western newspaper colon |