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Show " T I ' IffOVH'l s.n v I. 1TH y-(- in the Sa; j,!ria! cf the Status Quo News Review of Currenl wbkw11''' I w Vs- v iff, V-'- ' . t $ - - ' fe, v ...,W j V CIkuhcs lit me of I NIA 1 1 Ipon Oiitrnnie aiiirs of Suit Ajiain-- t I.iltle Sawmill Operator. W. PICKARD By EDWARD eT.'t :iprr V, iiaid JLJoni;st htM U tv n.i p l.'i.o-n- m r li v, t:, n! r T , , ;r., JL- - tl.J " Hihjft (Nilj&mSMlWl HP'S a lh on O liiell lo istrab-rH spe i:i (.'rami lias lireii sum tunned to meet In "" Washington i. to inipiire into chargos of craft In Assistant the I W A United States Att-.. ney .lolm W. Miho.ly Secy lekes In has the matter hand fur the government and will concerning present first testimony the $1,000, IKK.) canal project in Texas, It was usserted tliat tin eolil art for this project was withdrawn after Mr. Ickes Investigators had uncovered evidence that there was a huge conspiracy to defraud the United Slates, eight or ten persons, im lud Ing federal ollieials, are said to he involved. Mr. likes himself said: 'The Iuhlie Works adniinistratioti Invest iga tie rt division has made a long and direful study of the Texas project Upon the direction of the administrator (Ickes) and presented to the proper prosecuting ollieials of the government a full report for such action as they deem proper to take. This Texas ease may consume several weeks, and afterward the grand Jury Is expected to investigate some other projects and also charges of qm-s- Jury beli-nar- . '&L1 t fraud the War department. In unnoticed among the spectacular Issues of the day, yet of momentous lniortnnc, the case of the United States against I.dclier will lie set for hearing by the Supreme court within n few days. This case opens up discussion on the constitutionality of the heart of the entire IX'UA experiment the power of the federal government to regulate wages and working hours through codes. Upon this refusal of a small Ala bnnin sawmill operator to comply with the code hangs tin entire fate of the MiA, for tf the government loses there will he nothing left of NIA except an empty statement of desirable business ethics. If the government cannot control wages and hours In the production of goods Intended for interstate commerce, there Is a strong likelihood that the course of legislation to extend the MiA beyond .June til will be strongly nlTeofod. Other cases now pending before the court touch upon certain portions of the vital question, but this c.ase goes straight to the basic power of the recovery net. It affords a clear-cu- t determination of the fundamental Issues, because there Is no dispute as to facts, no technicalities of law upon which the Issue can he avoided. The case comes almost as an original cast, elnce the attorney general took advantage of legal machinery permitting an appeal directly to the Supreme court from the decision of a federal I'istrict court without recourse to a Uourt of Appeals. The defendant openly violated the lumber code. Instead of ndheriog to code provision requiring payment of --.I cents per hour for n 40 hour maximum week, he admitted paying Ills men 10 to lo cents per hour and that lie worked them as many hours as lie saw tit. What the government's line of defense will he Is not known. The case Involves all the constitutional objections which might lie raised against the recovery net. Iteclsions of the court In the recent oil cases did not touch upon the constitutionality of the main body of the act, but Involved only a A I. .MOST special section. the senate passes the $1.- tXK,(KH),000 work relief measure, as it certainly will after all the orators get through, there need tit no fussing us to who Is to administer the liuge fund, lresidcnt lioosevelt himself, according In an authority high In administration circles, will undertake that job ami will allocate the money to the various agencies as he sees fir. There will be no new set up tor this purpose, unless It may be a small group of advisors selected by Mr. lioosevelt. These may he members of tin cabinet or technical experts--mor- e likely the la: ter. This Information was given tin setitt finance committee as it tie fan consideration of the bill, ami was designed to quiet some of the opposition and also to curb the ambition of certain gentlemen who had Imped to handle the $ l.OOO.niKl.otKi. ft did not. however, silence liios, senators of both parties who still contend that too much power Is given the President when he T'IHxN 1 Is handed such a vast sum to dispose of as he pleases. A strong possibility Is seen that the bill may bo split into two separate million dolars par's, so that the led I. relief purposes may he passed vvi'hout delay, and the senate can I hen take its time in considering tin extraordinary measure vvfii, h gives now tin president such ru S'--- w I.ittle hope Is seen in roporting Hie measure out before 'ehrllar.v 10 when the relief funds on hand will expire. The only hope of meeting th! emergency. It is pointed out. is In the possible segrcg.it ion of the smi million dollar cash relief pto.ision from the main hill. (me development uhieli was of interest to many was that the measure was prepared under the supervision of Mr. I.ell, the budget director, thus making him a candidate for the ''physical hang lug advocated by Senator James of Michigan. laoe S'o r ha s I v ir $ e been somewhat vague and a and eoiillh-tlaged tn;i n who has ad m he served se era . aiimi in the Saar ' 1 1 : jail sentences -- a m e pa rt ieula rh inorc-s- i lot upon w hi' h to de pend when y on are lighting to t death In t cha r. ( me of t!ii pi i in !.' II. through the J pleldseite was tl.e bur' Vgji Floods Take Heavy Toll in Nova Scotia the mu k Cult-zen- izmk PT:a l.Ti the anger of their aroused constituents mote than the adimnis Iratioiis whip, the senate kicked over the traces to detent rat ilienl Ion of the 'I he limit count world nnirt protocols. was seien ude.s short of the necessary I two thirds. White House, ami the lresiden! men agreed to a igom! meat s to the resolution, hut was unable t overcome the effects of thousands ot protesting telegrams which had been pouring into Washington from citizens all over the country In private, many I leiimcratic semi tors who face re election in lit..! heaved sighs of relief ns the measure was defeated. Administration forces accepted tin verdict, apparently wit hunt rancor, although the long memory of tin man In the White House Is well known. Seemingly Hie issue is dead, for tin to vv ild.v itnpr at d tin d initial, but both tin able to produce per fetise have Im swear lie was tin mall they sells saw Hie day the crime was conumHed. The barb ,,f handwriting experts lias begun, with Ho s it' pro during experts to swear that Ho laim! writing on Ho ransom notes does not resemble that on tin admitted vvrpt.g are of Hauptmann. Their Just as positive as were tl e made by and it ail the defense witnesses, proves just a little confusing b the : U vv I'ranlic efforts to force the measure through were made by the administration. Several revelling senators were called or one the present tit least. Senator William Ilorah, who with Senator Hiram Johnson, led Hit attack on ratification, was Jubilant over the oiilcomo, declaring that It was n great victory for the American people and for this eoiiniry's traditional policy of keeping aloof from foreign entanglements. observers nt the capital refused to view Hie world court vote us tiny Indication of a spreading revolt against policies, since the court controversy cut deeper than party lines. Several senators who opposed the tribunal will undoubtedly support: tin administration on oilier measures, although victory of Hie small hum! of irrecoticilubles who led the fight lias umloubtedi.v added to ttieir prestige. lino-well'- s civil THAT seriocomic domain Is war in becoming bong's more serious than comical and almost any day may develop Into real warIt was eon fare. tored for the present nt the state capital. Two hundred armed men. directed by lead ers of ttie Square association, Heal seized the parish court house in Mast baton ltouge and held It un til assured that one of their friends who had been arrested was released. tin'll They Hue- - Lon3 dispersed with a warning from one John Appel to he sure you have enough ammunition and lie ready for the call at any time." The Klngtish was In New Orleans at the time, hut he hastened to baton ltouge while Oovernor Alien called out some troops and proclaimed partial martini law In the capital. Huey immediately ordered the recently appointed Judge J. I). Womack to start tin investigation of what tie described ns a plot to murder him, in which four sheriffs and a district atThe senator torney were involved. declared : We picked up two men, one of them was going to drive the murder car. It was nil fixed up. He was going to block my car on the highway between here and New Orleans, make it stop and force me in the ditch, and ttn-- II or b were going to come along in an other car ami kill me. We found ail the stuff in Hie fellow's car. There was sheriff's equipment, and everything. Maybe Huey was right, for one Sid ney Songv testified nt the inquiry that he had been given a gun, ammunition and gas bombs to kill I lit? senator. l.ong blamed tin Standard Oil com puny for the tinned nssemldy of his enemies in baton Kongo and said that unless the company stopped the viohis compromise with It over lence Ha 5 cent oil refinery lax would tie cubed nil'. In si, it,- tips wan ing another armed of quare 1'euVrs g.uHie red at gfo f- a I" l: air I'..;-!- irk! ul-- stab-men'- C& Xe - x jury. comment was caused Considerable one of the jurors, a woman, smiled broadly at Hauptmann ns In loft Hu stand following It's examinamade tion. and some wagers have that a hung jury will In tin outcome of tin are Such predictions trial. hardly in order, since a spege hit of testimony may yet change the entire Course of the case. vvlion I tloiiil waters at Haiiiax. .Nova Scotia, bared a toll of one person (lead, one missing and an appall Hood, heightened by rain and a midwinter thaw, inundated a number of emmiumitios to a de loss. The property to abandon Hmir homos for higher ground. Several rescues wore made hy aid of rowlxsg several fret, o.iesi: g ivs.d-udnml cane. The plmto was made in the Siuibenuondio district which bore the brunt of tlm i!,,od. The canoe beast went to ami !'rmi their homes, salvaging whatever they could cartj nr popimir momis of trai.sp.irialioa as nci-geo- breeding PIGMY Progress cn Great Norris Dam RACE FIND jN T DMKINH the debate hy .s.i.t n iii.i ii i.t in the liouse on ra ion lull to increase H Hi tie amount of long i, r v term securities the treasury can issue, lli'picseiita iv Iced ol Now Void; quoted Secretary Morgenthau as saying that the treasury could tint finance the work relit f program unless congress broad cum1 its ng author, ty. So the lumse passed Hie measure at once. Tin bill, prepared by the Treasury department, places the administration squarely against inflation. It provides authority to raise money necessary for the public works, social security and simiiar measures, meet federal deficits, and .light even lie used to provide funds for payment of tin soldiers' litmus. L'lnfer provisions of tin measure there would he ten year bonds In amounts as small ns S'Jo, and l.s explained hy (lie Treasury department, would lit sold below par. There would lie no interest, but each sis mouths Hu bonds would appreciate in value at Hie rate of HU per cent, plus cun pounded earnings. Huge sums art Involved: first, the creation of a revolving Imml nutheriza turn fund of S'J.oini.hho.iiihi; and see ond. ttie consolidatiiui of tin two pros cut revolving funds of .ShHMUioo.iiiiii cadi into a Joint .sno.iioti.iHiimnq fund for bills, certificates and notes. I Inuid-isxii- i A I.MANMSM forces coiitinutHl to ad v' vanet In their drive. Two towns were captured by troops operating In weather !H degrees lieiow zero, ami the forces appear to he converging on an area of disputed territory vviiidi lios south of M.itiehitli and llaiiar, where northwest Mamhukou overlaps Outer Mongolia. The mdelinitcncss of the border is blamed for Hu comoti I Intimaliotis tin Japane-- e gur risen in Manchuki'U in.gii! be in creased were made in the Japanese oBe twenty f of ' W9 ' ' two hm-- e , ,1, , V '' Ois dun; one section of the dam which will the downstream end of the " ,,r ,l" 'linh river will How into the o, electricity for the plant .''J !l lo t.nm.s.i n,o p,.V(.r hut diet, based upon assort bu.s that t;u Soviet government had cue inimi! to enlarge its army in tin Par ihist. and that Soviet pel:. fa i.ui into Mongolia lias resulted In virtual com tuueiznlion of that terr.tory. There lias been tm decided ilimu, in the attitude of Chines,, loaders to ward Japan. Keeeut interviews wiih CeiieraC'Mmo 'hi:mg Ixai s!m; said to have brought about m accord M between the two nations Ha Par Past cu,' h ues t . he n; t to interesting news spots on y, ,:i io'lay. 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