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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGH t ' Sir Walter Raleigh's Clothe i Lui'j OPEN hearings on the Supreme court bill were ended by the senate Judiciary com-mittee, which Is now engaged in considering the News Review of Current Events the World Over President Demands Economy, Predicting Deficit of $418,000,000, but Asks Billion and Half for Relief Franco Creates Authoritarian State. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newspaper Union. measure In execu-tive sessions. It was believed the com-mittee would debate the' bill for several weeks. Boxes full of peti-tions against the measure were pre-sented to the com-mittee. Senator Hi-ram Johnson of Cal- - REVISING his budget estimates fiscal year 1938 Presi-dent Roosevelt told congress in a - : special message that the deficit prob-ably would amount to $418,000,000 ex-clusive of debt re-tirement payments of $400,000,000 in stead of the "lay-man's" balanced budget he predicted in January. He rec-ommended the ap-- idential yacht Potomac and cruise out Into the gulf after tarpon. A navy cruiser will accompany the yacht. The fishing trip will end at Galveston and Mr. Roosevelt will go from there to Fort Worth to visit his son Elliott While the Potomac is at sea Sec-retary Mclntyre will maintain head-quarters at Galveston with a small staff. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, of the ex-chequer, introduced in parliament the biggest budget since World war times and gave warning that na-tional finances for several years to come would be dominated by ex-penditures on armaments. Ha caid that the government will require an outlay of 862,848,000 pounds (about $4,314,240,000) to carry out its plans and pay its expenses dur-ing the next year. Revenue obtain-able he estimated at 847,950,000 pounds (about $4,239,750,000), leav-ing a prospective deficit of 14,898,-00- 0 pounds (about $74,490,000). Chamberlain said the taxpayers would have to pay 3 pence more on each taxable pound of Income, bringing the tax up to S shillings or 25 per cent. He also announced a new tax on business profits and this especially was bitterly attacked by the Conservatives, led by Sir Robert Home. They argued that it would demoralize industry. FRANCISCO FRANCO is well on becoming a real dic-tator of the part of Spain his insur-gent forces control, and of the en-tire country if they win the war. By de-cree the general has merged the two chief rightist fac-tions under his lead-ership and has out-lawed all other par-ties, thus creating a one party authori-tarian state. His de-cree left open the vi ay to restoration ifornia handed in a RrTkhr't volume signed by m yoters of hig state, and a series numbering 25,000 came from the Women's National Committee for Hands Oil the Su-preme Court and Women Investors of America, Inc. One witness heard In support of the till was Smith Wildman Brook-har- t, radical former senator from Iowa. He said the President's pro-posal was an Issue In the campaign because the opposition declared what he would do to the Supreme court. "It was specifically made an Is-sue in the campaign," said Mr. Brookhart. "The President himself did not so urge it because he prob-ably had not fully made up his mind, but former Senator James A. Reed, the ablest, most brilliant and most forceful opponent the Presi-dent had In the whole campaign, did present in detail the President's plan upon accurate information. He dared the President to deny his statement "There was no denial because Senator Reed was telling the truth and the President was content to submit the issue upon the violent arguments against it alone." Judge William Denman of the United States Circuit Court of Ap-peals at San Francisco, an ap-pointee of President Roosevelt, ar-gued against Chief Justice Hughes' contention that a Supreme court working in two or more separate panels would be unconstitutional THE last five months strikes in IN automotive Industry have cost the workers between $65,000,-00- 0 and $70,000,000 In wages. And still, at the behest ol John L. Lewis and his C. I. O., they are planning further strikes. What they gain, beyond recognition of their union which probably could be obtained by negotiation wherever it is de-served, is problematical The fig-ures are from Ward's Reports, Inc., which says of losses to companies affected that the net volume of busi-ness "delayed" by the strikei would approximate $200,000,000, but what proportion of this actually is lost cannot be calculated. Keeping "foreign agitators" out of the picture, the representatives of General Motors of Canada and of the workers at Oshawa, Ontario, reached a settlement of the strike in that plant. The company agreed to raise wages and shorten work hours, but does not recognize the United Automobile Workers ol America. J. L. Cohen, Toronto at-torney who represented the strikers, said the settlement was "eminently satisfactory." "Let me tell Lewis here and now that he and his gang will never get their greedy paws on Ontario as long as I'm prime minister," said Premier Hepburn. He thereupon let it be known that he was prepared to push through legislation that would exclude the C. I. O. from Ontario if this be-comes necessary to save the pulp-woo- d and mining industries from C. I. O. control. The executive board of the union at a meeting In Washington decid-ed to postpone until November the drive to unionize the Ford company plants. TEST flights by the army air new big bombing plane were being made at Seattle, Wash., where it was built by the Boeing Aircraft company. This machine is the largest military airplane in the world, with an all metal fuse-lage 100 feet long, a wingspread oi 105 feet, and a cruising range of 6.000 miles. It weighs about 40,000 pounds unloaded and 75,000 pounds when carrying a full complement ol fuel and armament It has four twin row engines of a new type which will deliver 1,400 horse power each for takeoff. The speed is about 250 miles an hour. There are five streamlined blisters on the new ma-chine which are emplacements for small quick firing cannon, Instead of machine guns. These cannon will outshoot any guns mounted on any other military airplane in the world and make the great machine virtu-ally impregnable. PATROL of the coasts and Spain by the navies and land observers of Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany, as ar-ranged some time ago by the in-ternational non - intervention com-mittee, Is now In effect Under the command of British Vice Admiral Geoffrey Blake, aboard the battle cruiser Hood, the British beet patrols the northern coast on the bay of Biscay. Ger-many patrols the southwestern coast while France guards Spanish Morocco and the Balearic islands and Italy the eastern Mediterrane-an coast Merchr.n. vessels of the commit-tee's 27 members entering Spanish territorial waters must first call at specified ports and take aboard non-intervention committee supervisors who will have the right to exambij the cargo. proprlation or President 5oo,000,000 for relief, Roosevelt Bnd he demanded rigid economy to combat an antici-pated drop in federal revenues amounting to $600,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt also said there must be a careful survey of the nation's tax structure and intimated that a new tax bill would be introduced at the next session of congress. In correcting the n of revenue and the under-estima-tio- n of expenditures the President Indicated that the national debt will rise over the 36 billion dollar mark. Though he made no specific rec-ommendations as to economy the President spoke sharply about "spe-cial groups" who are exerting pres-sure to bring about increases In government expenditures. It was understood he referred especially to the farm tenancy program propos-ing an annual expenditure of $135,-000,00- 0; the Wagner housing bill calling for an expenditure of $50,-000,0- a year and the Harrison-Blac- k education bill calling for allocations among the states begin-ning at $100,000,000 for the first year and reaching a maximum of $300,-000.0- a year. Mr. Roosevelt had rejected these measures at a White House confer-ence and his attitude provoked va-rious prominent senators and rep-resentatives so much that they de-clared they would favor cutting down the relief appropriation he ' asked to one billion dollars. Among the Democratic leaders taking this stand were Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina represent-ing the appropriations committee and Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-sissippi. Said Senator Byrnes: , "I think the President's estimate of one and a half billion dollars for work relief is too high. It would make possible a monthly expendi-ture of $125,000,000. Each month it will be possible for Mr. Hopkins to further reduce the number on the relief rolls and consequently reduce the expenditures. "It is my purpose not only to urge that the work relief appropriation be limited to one billion dollars but that the law require larger contribu-tions from the sponsors of projects. If the sponsors could be required to put up 50 per cent of the cost of the projects we would not have appli-cations for a billion dollars during the next fiscal year." Senator Joe Robinson, majority leader, made an earnest plea for economy in all directions; and Sen-ator Charles L, McNary, Republi-can leader, assured Senator Rob-inson that the Republicans would In every way possible with the Democrats in their "be-lated" efforts to balance expendi-tures with income. In the house the economy pro-gram lost a point when Represen-tative Vinson of Kentucky succeed-ed in getting through his $1,000,000 stream pollution bill. TWO cabinet members , were to comment on the Presi-dent's economy orders. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace forecast an immediate curtailment of the administration's farm activi-ties. Federal aid to farm tenants, production control and the ever-norm-grjiioj& bre among the proj-ects tJJitfle economic ax, Mr. WaUafesaid. He is still hopeful that the crop insurance program to be applied to the 1938 wheat yield may be salvaged. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper and his first assistant Ernest Draper, joined In predicting that business recovery will not be re-tarded by the apparent inability of the administration to balance the budget in the 1938 fiscal year as the President anticipated in January. They said they regarded lagging treasury revenues as a temporary condition and added: "The present headway of business is so strong that it will offset the effect of a probable deficit" PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT plans for another fishing trip to begin April 28 and last two weeks or longer. This time he is going to angle in the Gulf of Mexico while congress struggles with his latest recommen-dation- s. After leaving Washington T his first stop will be at Biloxi Miss. J From there he will go by motor to New Orleans pausing en route at f Beauvoir, the old home of Jefferson Davis that is now a home for Con- - federate veterans. At New Orleans Mr. Roosevelt will board the Pres- - f Gen. Franco of the monarchy in Spain "if the nation needs it," and the monarchists of the Carlist and Bourbon persuasions agreed that if this takes place, the king shall be Prince Juan, youngest son of Alfonso XIII. He is known as prince of the Asturias and is twenty-thre- e years old. "The new Spain needs a new king" said a Carlist leader. "We traditionalists prefer the prince of the Astairias who is a known sym-pathizer with the ideals of the new Spain." LEWIS O. BARROWS of GOV. has lined up with other state executives who will not stand for riotous and illegal tactics by strikers. When an unruly mob of 1,000 men tried to storm two of nineteen factories in Auburn in-volved in a general shoe strike and the local authorities were un-able to handle the situation, Gover-nor Barrows ordered out eight com-panies of the National Guard. "I'll order out the entire military forces of Maine, if necessary to pre-serve constitutional authority," the executive said. "When there is open defiance to the orders of our courts and our officers of the law, there is little difference from anarchy. We shall not tolerate this situation for a moment." The trouble followed a state Su-preme court injunction, issued by Judge Harry Manser, outlawing the shoe strike which affects about 6,-5- workers. The mob had been aroused by speeches by Powers Hapgood, New England secretary for the C. I. O., and other organ-izers. W FORBES MORGAN who was the able treasurer of the Democratic national committee during the 1936 campaign and who resigned to take the presidency of the Distilled Spirits Institute, died suddenly In a committee room of the Ohio state capitol in Columbus. Mr. Morgan, a relative of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt by marriage, was a major in the World war. BY UNANIMOUS vote, nearly 4,000 Daughters of the American Rev-olution, in their forty-sixt- h annual congress in Washington, adopted a resolution opposing the President's Supreme court enlargement bill. If declared against "unbalancing" the federal tripartite system of govern-ment and favored submission of the issues raised by the President to the people through a constitutional amendment PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent the nomination of Mrs. Florence Jaffray Harriman of Washington as minister to Norway. She is the widow of J. Borden Har-riman, New York banker, and has been active in politics for a num-ber of years. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., who now holds the Nor-way post, was nominated to be am-bassador to Poland. SEEN and HEARD around tne 8 NATIONAL CAPITALAA By Carter Field MfYj FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JXKf the legislature In New York state, however, there have been few signs pointing in that direction. There seems to be no doubt that a very large number of persons are op-posed to the President, including not only those who opposed him in the last election, but many who warmly supported the New Deal In that fight. But there is nothing to prove that this number of opponents is formidable enough to force the switching over of senators now in-tending to vote for the President's plan. Timid Senators It is necessary to bear in mind, in appraising the importance of these signs from the country, that there are enough senators opposed to the court enlargement plan to de-feat it by a wide margin if they dared vote their private sentiments. One senator from a Middle West-ern state went to one of the leading opponents, who happens to be a very forceful orator, and urged that orator to make a few speeches in the Middle Western senator's state. "If you would just make that speech you just made in half a dozen cities in my state," said the Middle Westerner, "I think I would be able to vote with you on the final roll call. I think you could convince enough of my constituents that there is real danger of a future dictator-ship in this country involved in this court packing plan to make it safe for me to go along with you. The point is that now I am afraid not to go along with the President." Most of the senators sitting on the fence of course are not so frank about it. But there are very few sitting on the fence who would not like to be sure that they could vote against the President without risk-ing their political futures. Unfortunately for the President's opponents, however, the breaks do not seem to be going that way. Which makes the chances of the President getting his way unless retirements should smooth the way to a compromise considerably bet-ter than before that Texas special election. Justices to Retire Supreme court "grapevines" are notoriously unreliable, but iiere is one that some of the administration leaders are highly encouraged about. It is that at a recent con-ference of the nine justices, two announced to their colleagues that at the conclusion of the present term early in June they would re-tire. Further, the "grapevine" reports that the two were from the follow-ing three names: Justices Louis D. Brandeis, Willis Van Devanter and George Sutherland.- - The first of these is beyond ques-tion the most liberal member of the court, has approved more of the New Deal's progressive pieces of legislation than any other. In fact, the only two Roosevelt moves he voted to disapprove were N. R. A. and the removal of a federal trade commissioner William E. Humph-rey. The other two, Van Devanter and Sutherland, have almost invariably voted with the conservative side when the division was anything like close. They are exceeded in their conservatism only by Justice James Clark McReynolds. So that retirement of either of them would swing the court to the liberal side on ail questions which have been decided against the ad-ministration by five to four de-cisions. The removal by retirement of both would swing the court to the administration side on all decisions which have been against the pro-posed laws by six to three decisions. Hancl-Picke- d Successor The point here is that whether Justice Brandeis should retire or not makes no difference in such cal-culations. He practically always votes liberal anyhow. If he retired he would be replaced by a hand-picke- d justice whose whole record and statements of views would have been gone over with a fine tooth comb by New Dealers. So that the only changes that would really count would be replacements of justices listed now on the conserva-tive side, or in the middle of the road class. It is also a fact that the end of the present term of court will come in all probability before the sen-ate can reach a vote on the Su-preme court enlargement bill Thus the retirements, providing they are announced at that time as the "grapevine" indicates, would sup-ply an excellent excuse for the Pres-ident not to compel the senate to hold a roll call on the measure at all. There is no authority for the statement that the President would accept these court changes in lieu of his proposed bill, but such lead-ers on Capitol Hill as heard about this "grapevine" express the view privately that Mr. Roosevelt would not insist on his bill if the natural course of events provides this op-portunity to change the economic complexion of the court without forcing through a measure which is so disrupting to his own party lines Bell Syndicate. WNU Servlct. Washington. The taxpayers of the United States are subsidizing the gold miners of the world. The Treas-ury Is paying somewhere between $2 and $5 an ounce more for gold than the rest of the world thinks it is worth. Washington is practically the only buyer of gold in the world at the moment, leaving out the gold actually used in certain In-dustries. The answer is simple. We are getting all the gold mined in the world because we are willing to pay more for it than any one else thinks it is worth. The Britis empire is the chief beneficiary, a it produces about 55 per cent of the world's total. Soviet Russia has risen to second place, about 28 per cent. There is nothing picayunish about this sub-sidy. The United States Treasury is buying right now at the rate of al-most $1,400,000,000 a year. .To make it worse, the govern-ment is highly embarrassed by this flood of gold. It is so explosive from the inflationary standpoint that the Treasury has been "sterilizing" it. To do that the government must se.--' short term obligations, on which it must pt.y intereste to get the dol-lars to buy the gold it wants to "sterilize." These short term obliga-tions In themselves tend toward in-flation, but they also tend to boost interest rates, and In turn to de-press government bond prices. Both these lead in a vicious circle towards higher interest rates for other money the government must borrow. As the government Is now running on a basis which Indicates a $3,000,000,000 deficit this year, this situation also is far from picayunish. Depression of bond prices Is a dangerous signal to all banks, so the problem is what to do about it. Would Mean Big Loss One suggestion, which has raised cain in the world's money marts during the last month, is for the United States to reduce the price of gold to $32 or even $30 an ounce. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., opposes this be-cause of the loss the Treasury would then take amounting to more than one and two-third- s billion dollars. It is not likely to be accepted. Another proposal is for the gov-ernment simply to stop buying gild. Objection is made that this would throw the rest of the world into a state of financial jitters. It would certainly stop a lot of foreign buy-ing of commodities from this coun-try. It is the dollars obtained by selling gold to the Treasury that finances these experts in consider-able part. That solution would seem to fit in, however, with President Roosevelt's views about prices, which in many instances have soared because of foreign buying. In fact, it Is a solu-tion which is being urged very strongly, especially as it would in-volve no paper loss to the Treasury. But it might, say its critics, prove far too drastic a curb on the boom which had been pushing prices up too rapidly. This remedy might be worse than the disease. Much worse. It might even be better to continue paying a subsidy of from $150,000.-00- 0 to $200,000,000 a year to the gold miners than to risk it. There is some talk also of a free gold market once more letting it really find its own level. Critics of that say they are not sure what would happen if the only big buyer of the world suddenly stepped out of the picture. Some even suggest no other government would care to buy gold that it might drop to its commercial value, with Uncle Sam holding the bag just as he did on silver. The chief difference between gold and silver in this subsidy business, aside from the volume, is that the Treasury is paying its subsidy only 'to silver miners inside the United States. It is paying most of its gold subsidy to foreigners. Big Disappointment Perhaps the biggest disappoint-ment opponents of President Roose-velt on the Supreme court enlarge-ment plan have had was the special congressional election in Texas, where Lyndon B. Johnson, the can-didate one hundred per cent for the President, was decisively vic-torious. It was so disappointing because it was the action of the Texas legislature, coming so swiftly after the first announcement of the court program, which so heartened the Isenators and members of the house who were against "tampering" with the court. In fact, during the few days that Intervened between the first an-nouncement and the heavy majority cast in both branches of the Texas legislature disapproving the Presi-dent's plan, there was no hope in Washington on the part of critics that they could beat it. But then folks began recalling the League of Nations fight, which start-ed out with oily two open treaty "killers" and wound up in complete victory for opponents of the league. They began hoping that the country would manifest its opposition in the same way that every special elec-tion would show that the people were against the President. Outside of the special election for The usual attire of Sir Walter Ral-eigh, it Is recorded, consisted of a white satin pinked vest, close sleeved to the wrist, and over the body a brown doublet finely flow-ere- d and embroidered with pearls. In the feather of his hat a large ruby and pearl drop at the bottom of the sprig in place of a button. His breeches, with his stockings and ribbon garters, fringed at the end, all white; and buff shoes which on great court days were so gor geously covered with precious stones as to have exceeded the value of $3,000. He had a suit of armor of solid silver, with sword and belt blazing with diamonds, ru-bies, and pearls. Many Uses for Palms In all tropic and subtropic climes the native peoples depend upon palms for shelter, clothing, food, and a variety of other conveniences and utensils. Houses, forts, stock-ades, war rafts and weapons are made from palms. A few articles of commerce derived from such material reach our country and are far more common In their home territory. "easing Tyl K Needlewotij Prized .rn'SSf or whatever! cross stitch SS "3 used alone, if yoSh? c i i"unt V and iy Squ Pattern 5751 il ba; 'tiw amateurs." 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Most Fertile Region Salinitas, center of the nitrate-producin- g region of Chile, lacks vegetation, although it is the most fertile region in the world. It Is one of the few 6pots where this wonderful fertilizer, nitrate, is of no use. The sun pours down with such intensity that nothing will grow. Invented Railroad Ticket The railroad ticket owes Its origin to Thomas Edmondson of Lancas-ter, England, who in 1836 was sta-tion master and booking clerk at Milton on what was then the New-castle & Carlisle Railway. Island of Monte Cristo The island of Monte Cristo lies midway between Corsica and Italy, south of the Island of Elba. It was the scene of the successful treasure hunt participated in by Edmund Dantes, one of the Alexander Du-mas' heroes. Jf7tm "r I File St "istt I acj res Caviar Canape , 1 can of caviar 1:es8 I egg 1 tablespoonful of lemon Join 1 tablespoonful of onion Jtiiti ? I Bread for toast accordL- - 1 number to be served. Spread the caviar a Mas piece of toast. Then ip: tho' this the yolk of the eggwi tit: been hard-boile- d and rim tl a sieve. Season with tie ami and onion juice, although fi ter is a matter of person i o and should be used at the Mai tion of the individual Ti - edges with the grated wto M egg and garnish with m siHI of tomato. I P11 Copyright WNOStnteJ 1m J h Forks Placed Tines Downward The forks at Balmoral castle are always placed with the tines down-ward. This was a rule inaugurated by the late King Edward after the points of a fork had caught in the flowing sleeve of a woman guest of honor. Steel, Strongest Material Steel is the strongest material known. Some steels can stand a pull of 500,000 pounds per square inch. Steels may be made so hard they scratch glass or so soft they can be scratched with a pin. Discovered Way to Cure Herring A Zeeland fisherman discovered the way to cure herring In the Four-teenth century, and these fish have been important in Northern Eu-rope's commerce ever since. Where the Rain Goes Tests show that whereas as much as 96 per cent of rain falling on open fields runs off, less than 1 per cent of the rain that falls in an oak forest wastes away. Derivation of Word "Bible" The word "Bible" comes original-ly from the Greek byblus or papy-rus, the name of the material upon which ancient books were written. Utah Indians' Belief Utah Indians believe that the Mor-mon crickets which annually invade the fields and eat crops are re-incarnations of slain buffalo. Different Viewi4 j. Looking from a mouraj eion or from a valley om r ing makes a difference f look. Ju Paul Revere, Silversmith Paul Revere was a silversmith and copper worker, and the copper sheathing for the frigate Constitu-tion was supplied by his shop. Gigantic Figure of Goddess A gigantic concrete figure of Kwannon, Buddhist goddess of mer-cy, stands on the crest of a hill at Takasaki City, Japan. |