| Show 90 A IR ftc L 1 RA R A 1 4 4 ad t A 1 3 condola of new navy blimp jl J l 1 as she avns starting a test flight 2 2 princeton university seniors in the overalls which walli the class Is now wearing 3 8 princess kawananakoa asso calto member of 0 the republican national committee who has come from hawaii douthe for tha cleveland convention NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS tax Reduction Reductio if bill goes to the president immigration measure signed by EDWARD W PICKARD U r tho the prognosticators of v washington ore are wrong wrone tile tho tax reduction bill wll be vi a law before t tills I 1 reaches tho the render reader the conference report on the measure was accepted by the senate by a voto vote or of go CO to 0 0 find and by tile the house by a voto vote of to 0 hacked backed by these overwhelming majorities it went to the president and congressional gress lonal leaders were confident conO dent that would sign it first of course he asked the opinion of the treasury department whose choso experts analyzed analysed anal the bill it was said that secretary mellon had at no time little ad the president to veto the measure and that he had come to the conclusion that it should be signed OB an representing an improvement over the old law of the six air senators who voted against tile the conference report four are radicals brookhart frazier norris and johnson of minnesota MIntie sota the others were kroat of kentucky find and moses of new hampshire aho who vho favored the he original melton mellon plan in hi the house the nine who voted in the negative were fill all mellon plan supporters and till nil republicans public ans they were fenn conn tilson conn merrit conn mills N T Y wainwright N mcfad den mpr pa philips pa hill 11 md bid end and moores ind talk of a big deficit due to the bonus benus law and the tax reduction luction rei provided for by the bill faded away representative senta tive green told the house the actuary of the treasury assured me that there would be a lelent surplus for the fiscal year 1024 1924 to any the bonus benus twice over the actu arys figures also show that the 1025 1925 surplus without including the bonus which can he taken care of out of the previous surplus will be the difference between the present bill and the mellon plan Is only the very slight sum oi of ot of which Is in the he individual income and corporation por po ration atlon taxes and I 1 the he balance in the excise taxes one half of the 25 per tent cent reduction comes out of the fiscal year 1824 the other halt out of the fiscal year 1925 the present bill reduces taxes more than the mellon plan would havo have ilone done later cater estimates by members of the house committee on appropriations indicated that the financial status of the government with the th enactment of these two measures would be even more favorable than had been thought this la Is in part due dua to the probability that agat aggregate agato appropriations latsons by congress this session for purposes included in tho the original budget recommendation will amount to about less than tho the total recommended by ay the budget president coolidge transmitted to congress a request from the veterans bureau for or ai an appropriation of 11 to defray the costs of f the soldiers bonus until july jul y 1 1025 of this total would be for administrative expenses E BORAH fess and wils wll SENATORS jig cast the only votes in the negative when the postal salary increase bill was wa passed by the senate dy by this measure which then went to the house the salaries of postal employees would bo be increased by an average of er each ell annually the total tal being abeln estimated at this is the schedule of salaries provided for by the bill clerks clarks end and carriers 1700 to ve 2100 special clerks at first and se lond class cla offices 2200 to 2800 2200 substitute and temporary stry clerks 05 cents per hour watchmen laborers laborera and messengers 1450 to marine car biers 2400 hallway mail service 1 clerks seven trades erodes to 2700 supervisory officials asoo to substitute clerks 1650 1850 rural kural delivery no change in tala stala Irles le but allowance allowan ce of 4 cents a mlle mile a duj tor ot amounting up to 1 20 for average route postmasters no change to in first class salaries between and 12 second class increased from to 2400 attached as a rider to this bill was on an amendment offered by senator which requires full publicity of political contributions at intervals of ten days during all campaigns for election of members of cong congress Tess and all officials of the government tile the cutill auhll ration of the amount of any deficit tit nt the end of tile the camp campaign and public nn an no thereafter monthly of the amounts received from each con tribu tor to wipe out the deficit S STILL TILL expressing tits his objections to the exclusion of japanese by law instead of by treaty president cool id didgo a signed the immigration hill bill and it became a law ile he ju justified stIfled his action by tile the general excellence of tho the bill and the imperative need of tho the cegla legislation to take the place of the quota act of 1021 expiring on june SO 80 As to the japanese exclusion lie ho said I 1 1 I 1 gladly recognize that tit the e enactment of this provision does docs not imply any change in n our sentiment of admiration and cordial friendship for the japanese people a sentiment which has blis had and will continue to have abundant manifestation the bill rather expresses the determination ot of the congress to exercise its prerogative in defining by legislation the control of immigration instead of leaving it to international arrangements over in japan the signing of the bill though no surprise was the signal tor for great outbursts of indignation A formal protest against the exclusion clauses was drafted approved by athe he cabinet and cabled to ambassador Han panthara thara for presentation to secretary hughes II it la Is a dignified protest based on the alleged violation of tin an existing treaty with the tha united states the agreement in tokyo and elsewhere there were big mass meetings at t which the tha american law was denounced at one of them professor of the imperial university concluded a flery fiery address with the worda A storm to Is coming prepare comments in the japanese press are bitter and inflammatory pamphlets aro are numerous premier told the cabinet he be would recommend viscount kato as the next premier the present govern ment will resign realen about june 0 1 I BRING the navy up to uia the 5 S 3 oratio ta ratio the house passed a bill anthor authorizing thor izing construction of eight scout cruisers and six river gunboats gun boats and extensive improvements to six battleships the total cost Is estimated at money for elevation of 0 guns guna on thirteen battleships was refused on the ground that it would violate the arms conference treaty of the acceptance of allenby ADVOCATES henry fords bid for muscle shoals have been trying for or a long time to get it to the floor of the senate for debate and a voto vote and last tuesday they succeeded although the majority of the agriculture committee was firmly opposed to the ford otter offer and had twice rejected a motion that the bill accepting it be ba reported out favorably by a bit of parila parliamentary juggling it was brought about that the norris bill for government ownership of the project was reported out favor ably na as a substitute and carried with it the ford bill it was expected the debate in the senate would bo be heated end and that a vote would be reached in a few days heflin pat harrison and underwood presidential aspirant pro pared long speeches in favor of the ford bid norris lends leads the opposition to the automobile maker and Is assisted by magnus johnson johnon and jim reed it was noted that ralston ton who yearns for the presidential nomination straddled the fence when the norris end and ford bills were voted on by the committee ile he voted present each time cautious but not likely to do him much good with either side OTH the presbyterian general assembly brombly at grand rapids mach and the methodist general conference at springfield mass tool took important Import art action last lait week the former adopted a resolution pledging all its iti energies to tho the outlawing of war but rejected amendments pledging loyalty to tho the government and allying the assembly with peace organizations carrying on campaigns ot of propaganda it renewed its approval of the eighteenth amendment and the cad law it favored the constructive control of the motion picture industry and named as one ot of the lie evils the caricaturing turing of protestant ministers it adopted condemnatory resolutions against divorce use of to bacco child labor harmful amusements vile literature ga profanity and in favor of sabbath rest da day for actors and at least one days rest in seven for till all in commercial employment the fight on dr harry emmer son fosdick was renewed with WU wit itara ham jennings bryan as its leader the methodist conference by d a de clohe vote lifted tile ban upon amusements except those which cannot be used in the name of the tha lord jesus the definitions given in the special ad vices in the discipline were altered to read we lift up a solemn note of warning and entreaty particularly against attendance upon immoral questionable and misleading theatrical and mo tion picture performances A proposal to change the apostles creed substituting the words christs Chrls ta holy church for the holy catholic church was rejected by a close vote the trial board of the protestant EPIscO episcopal church met in cleveland and began hearing the charges against rt rev william montgomery browna former bishop of 0 who la ac aused of teaching doctrines contrary to those held by the episcopal church SENATOR Q HINATO it LA has IJ warned both republicans and democrats in unmistakable language that he will head a third party ticket this year unless the two big convent conventions lons demonstrate to the people whether either of those thosa parties can and will purge itself of the evil influences which have long dominated them this he says in a letter to attorney general ekern ct cf wisconsin he also denounces the communists and charges that they are seeking to take control of the lie farmer famer labor progressive convention that will meet june 17 in st paul ile he declares that all Progress progressives ives should refuse to participate in any movement which makes common cause causa with any communist organization al smiths campaign managers have received information that the mcadoo forces in the tha democratic convention if and when their candidate falls to obtain tho the nomination will tall fall back on carter glass of virginia and try to put him across this Is somewhat alarm ing ng to the smith cohorts for they admit that senator glass would have great strength as A candidate he was wai 0 ono no of woodrow Wll Wil sons closest friends and his record both as secretary of the treasury and as ai senator in L excellent among tho the mcadoo leaders leaden who tire are said to favor fator glass as second choice are col edward it house bernard baruch and thomas 4 chadbourne david L rockwell general manager of the th mcadoo campaign announced that thai former united states senator james jamea D phelan of california will mako make the speech placing mcadoo in nomination four years ago in san francisco ho he presented the name of edward L doheny for the vice presidential nomination ills his s selection i e now Is regarded as aa a move to offset birge t rumors linking mcadoo with the ku klux klur klan mr phelan Ls Is one of the tha leading roman catholics of the pacific coast of germany C chancellor end and his cabinet resigned on monday us as the now new was about to open president abort invited herr i hergt nationalist leader to form a I 1 government with the proviso protho that he h pledge himself to support the dawes plan this he ha declined to do so marx was asked to undertake the task again and accepted the opening session of the was turned into a farce by the boisterous attacks of the communists and nationalists on each others leaders and pots pets ladendorff Luden dorn dorff was wa abo special butt of the jibing MORIAL DAY with all its beau M qui and impound ceremonies find and its poignant memories was celebrated friday business was suspended throughout theland and all the people did honor to the memories me moriet of who have given their alvea to their country |
