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Show '1 4 V? progressive opinion Neir& ileriew OF LID Another Trad ot Current Events BLOWN OFF TVA Ireary CECRETARY HULL and the Czech minister signed a sweeping reciprocal trade treaty between the United States and Czechoslovakia. It includes tariff concessions covering 78.7 per cent of American exports to Czechoslovakia and 59 per cent of Czechoslovakian exports to the United States. Limited concessions on shoes are granted the who manufacture vast Czechs, quantities of cheap footwear for the American market Chairman Morgan Demand Congressional Inquiry . . Refuses to Resign . . Spanish Cruiser Torpedoed . so n Wage-Ho- K- Come Down and 9 our fine Goods Take Note of these -- Bill? ur EPEATED reports that house leaders had decided not to push through the Presidents wage-hou- r bill aroused the anger of several members. Chairman John J. OConnor of the rules committee demanded that a start on this momentous problem" be made before congress adjourns. He said ha would be "greatly disappointed" if a flexible" wage bill were not enacted at this session, warning that the workers are concerned with their government assuring some minimum wages which 'will lift them out ot starvation and some maximum hours that will free them from industrial slavery. i' sdmlnlstration-bscke- d Evidently these three leaders to the fight sheet the "Third Basket" tee bin did not set eseech prs and cea on the floor. They continue their argument la the corridor, with the Mil's author, Representative Fred Vinsca of Kentucky, right, rebuking Representative Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts, left, for his opposition to the measure. Representative Robert L. Dongbtoa ef North Carolina, center, who Introduced the bill to the house, backs Vinson. Tax warfare between LONG A.existing chairman of E. Morgan, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and his fellow directors, David Lilien-thand Harcourt Morgan, has come to a climax, due to the claims iff Sen. George L. al Berry cy" patrol duty. There were no casualties. General Franco was reported to be reorganizing all his troops from Africa so that he can carry on if Mussolini withdraws the Italian contingents in accordance with the expected agreement with Great Britain. Conversations to lead to that agreement were started by British and Italian diplomats. for 95,000,000 because his alleged marble quarries We Take Two Islands were flooded in the orders from the Norris dam area. UNDER Secretary of the Interior Doctor Morgan has Ickes added to the island posses3FT?j demanded a show- sions of the United States which he "' down in the form of supervises two little bits of land in A. s' Morgan a congressional inthe Pacific Canton and Enderby isvestigation of the whole TVA setup lands, in the Phoenix archipelago. and its activities. Their value is as stopping places A commission appointed by a fedfor transoceanic air flights to Auseral court in Tennessee reported the tralia. claims of Berry and his associates Great Britain has held a disputed were worthless because their prop- claim to the two islands, as well as erties could not be profitably operat- to others of the Phoenix group. The ed commercially. President's order for control of the Chairman Morgan then Issued a islands is based on settlements long statement revealing that the made there years ago by American quarrel in the authority was due not citizens. The government now is in to differences between himself and a position to discuss the conflicting his colleagues over policy, but to his claims with Britain. efforts to obtain honesty, openness, Included in the President's order decency and fairness in governare lands in Antarctica first visitment" ed by Admiral Byrd and other Dr. Morgan intimated that the Americans. Berry Deal was only a part of the issue of honesty and decency which he had to face and that there was a New French Ambassador lot more he would like to tell a conRENE DOYNEL DE POUNT '-J who replaces gressional committee. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan Georges Bonnet as ambassador retaliated with a long defense state- from France, arrived in Washington and proceeded ment severely criticizing the chairto the White House man and suggesting that he retire in full regalia, to from the commission. President Roosevelt made public this statepresent his credentials to President ment leading observers to believe Roosevelt. The count he rather sided with them. But is fifty-fou- r Chairman Morgan replied that he years old and a bachelor. would not resign under fire and in He is a distinguished a letter to Representative Maverick citizen of France of Texas reiterated his demand for and the scion of an investigation by congress. Resolutions for such an inquiry were inlong famous family. Other callers at troduced, and Senator Norris, patron saint of TVA and similar pro' ects, sought either to smother the who aroused much interest were see that it the three unmarried sisters of King proposed probe or to The princesses was carried on by friendly hands. Zog of Albania. are on a pleasure tour of the United In the midst of the rumpus Lilienthal announced that the government States and it is officially denied is willing to buy the properties of that they are seeking suitable husover here. private electric power companies in bands the TVA area provided the owners will sell them at sacrifice prices. Borati Hits Navy Bill The utility officials interested were TUST before the house began con-- " invited to meet him and Harcourt sideration of the administration's for a Lilienthal discussion. Morgan billion-doUnaval construction bill. said that if the proposed purchases Borah Senator virtually gave notice were carried out, private power enthat the measure would not get terprises would be eliminated in senate without a lively northern Alabama, northeastern through the He gave out a statement atfight. Mississippi and nearly all of Tennessee. He also announced that the tacking the naval building program as an unjustified step toward "the TVA would be ready to advance citof another World wi ies in the area, otherwise unable beginning an armaments war. to local financially power purchase Such a program is not in the plants, funds from an appropriation of 950,000,000 voted by congress in Interest iff peace, he said. It is not for the welfare of our people. the recently amended TVA act These vast sums are being drained off from the people at a time when Franco Warship Sunk they are In sore distress to find means to carry on." CPANISH insurgents sustained a I Borah is the senior member of the vere loss when their cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in senate foreign relations committee. a Mg naval battle off Carte gena The 10, n cruiaer went down Widens Tax Reid In flames and probably about 300 of TN A 5 to 2 decision of far reach--1 her crew foes. Chairman Pat Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, of the senate finance committee, said his group would begin hearings soon on the measure. A majority of his committee is reported to be opposed to several provisions iff the house bill, including the retention of the undistributed profits tax. Veto Power Refused Legislation t Com Acreage Cut FARMERS of 12 commercial corn " producing states were told by the Agricultural Adjustment administration that they might plant this year in corn 40,491,278 acre in 5fifi counties. This compares with acres in 1,123 counties harvested last year. The complete national goal for 1838, including the commercial corn acreage allotments, is 84,000.000 to 87,000,000 00 la bushels. Disaster in California COUTHERN CALIFORNIA, espe- dally the region about Los Angeles, was swept by a destructive flood following extraordinary rains. Nearly 200 persons were drowned or killed In landslides and thousands fled from their homes. It was thought the property damage might reach 985,000.000. Czechs Defy Hitler TJITLER is progressing A A nazificatlon of Austria, Sometimes the margin of safety between plenty and want depends on man's ability to control parniites that will take his food supply if he la not smart enough to atop them, writes Dr. George A. Skinner in Hygeia, the Health Magazine. Indeed, man's ability to continue existence on the earth is by no pieans a certainty, as the insects are In many ways much belter I with the a harder nut for the fuehrer to crack if Premier Milan Hod-z- a knows what he la talking about. In a statement at Prague Hodza defied the threats of Germany and told the franti-call- y a cheering mem- ben of the chamber of deputies that Czechoslovakia, if the necessity arises, will "defend, defend, defend herself. Hungary is entering the armament race to the extent of her limited abilities. Premier Dayanyl announced an internal loan iff would be floated and that the money would be used principally for air defense and other rearmament measures. Some of it, however, will be spent for measures to increase ing implications, sweeping aside more than a century of precedents, the United States Supreme court held that income from lease of state school lands is not immune from federal taxation. Justice Pierce Butler, dissenting with Justice James Clark McRcy-nold- s, laid it was Impossible to foresee the extent to which the court's opinion upsets the long settled principle of reciprocal tax immunity in our dual system of government. The decision waa the latest of a series in which the Supreme court has greatly narrowed the field of reciprocal tax Immunity. 9200,-000,0- employment. here than he prey on mankind have developed numerous ingenious ways of continuing their racial existence. There are many modifications of the reproductive process that permit this; among these are hcrinap'iru-.li'-n- , or the occurrence ol b,.n in one . form; reproduction wi,:-..- .. iVr.iliza-tioat all; repr . n.i.ui uy an immature form of Uie animal, and polyembryuny. with the Seyss-In-quar- 000-to- n I scriptiom To This PAPER which is VISIT THE LADIES an 309 SO. Economic point ing the way to the Redemption of the People. Its the only Torch-Bear- er paper that positively KNOWS THE WAY And its light shines according to its income Subscribe today and help increase its light You can help with something.anything.if you The 'cause of Economic Truth is worth sacrificing for, even worth suffering martyrdom for. 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Such a provision had been added to the Independent offices appropriation bill by the house but the senate rejected it and the conference agreed to the elimination. ar were drowned. Some 400 others were rescued by two British destroyers. The loyalist attack by warships and planes was carefully planned to break the rebel blockade of government port on the Mediterranean coast. The loyalist authorities were highly elated by this victory in what they called the first real naval battle of the civil war, and War Minister Prieto said they were now prepared to flght the conflict to a finish on the aea. The BriUsh admiralty announced that two British destroyers were attacked by five airplanes off the Spanish coast while on "anti-pira- - once. The admin- istration leaders claim the act will stimulate trade and remove hardships on both Mg and little business without lowering the aggre-gat- e federal income. R. L. Doaghtea Mr Qoughton knew he had a fight on his hands, but predicted the speedy passage of the measure substantially as reported. The most vulnerable provision admittedly was a proposed penalty tax on closely held corporations. McCormack of Massachusetts and Lamneck of Ohio filed a separata report attacking this feature. Republican members of the committee united in a report which blamed New Deal taxes for the "Franklin D. Roosevelt depression" and which charged that the tax on closely held corporations is a political weapon to be used to purge the nation's business structure of corporations controlled by New Deal SAINT-QUENTI- Saint-Qaeat- 1 the house the revenue Mil formulated by a majority of the committee, and the struggle over this measure began C WMUia KtVMpaptr Vita. 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