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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX PACE TWO News Review of Current Events the World Over Senate Committee Defies President and Richberg on NRA Extension Roosevelt Lists Must Bills and Business Opposes Them. 9 A RIZONAS victory over the gar. ernment In the Tarter dam case ruled on by the Supreme court alarmed the New Dealer for the safety of some of their other big projects of the same nature. The court decided that Secretary Ickes, as public works administrator, was without authority to dam nalguble rivers unless specifically ordered by congress and that the law creating the TWA had not listed any such speclflcTroJects as the Barker r National Topic Interpreted by William Bruekart Disregarding SO-ho- - r -- Secretary e, y p Anglo-Germa- n afnn one-fourt- h clr-Circ- ut dya n nee-tlo- j. ; - "' that-Lara- e theju-ocedur- ft Asso-riatlo- n -- ! j , j j ; n I C times lately that be would permit no delay la getting the spending machinery In motion. He assured, the country la his radio speech the other night that his policy was to he speed and assistance' where the money will do the most good. The President certainly has made clear that be Is anxious to get things going. art taken follow -- count from birth rau gradually mounting, In the north and middle sections Is steadily dropping, according totl of the country the leaves are coming statistical review. In 1933 the birth out the blossoms are beginning to rate was only 14.4 per thousand poj star the trees, and the brooks, many the lowest recorded for Erg of them fed by snows that have hid- ulatlon, and Wales. den In fence corners and the edges land of the wood, are beginning to sing their songs a little more energeti- Week Supply of Postum Fre Bead the offer made by the lostua cally. Company In another part of this p. AU seasons are miracle seasons per. They will send a full week's sup. on this earth of ours, but the mirof health giving Postum free u acles are somewhat mor noticeable ply anyone who writes for IL A dr. just now. statements Even If you live In the city, and don't like to get your shoes muddy. It will be worth your while to go out of town every Sunday for quite a while. You will find many things that will Interest you such as little craters la the ground that have been broken through hy flower stems so delicate that yon wonder how they can shoulder the hard earth out of their upward way. The early blossoming maples will wear new dresses of pink and green, the pussy willows will be thrusting their little furry ears out Into the sunlight and, here and there 'the really beautiful foliage plant that hears the undeserved t name of skunk cabbage" will he rising np e to flaunt Its fronds In the open. The animals, too, will be celehrat Ing the season. which were delivered to my office In one envelope: 1 Tbe West will play an .Important part In the direction of the campaign of the Democratic national congressional committee, now being organized by Chairman P. IL Drewry of Virginia. - Representative Abe Mnrdock of Beaver, Utah, has been selected as a vice chairman of this committee, find, under plans proposed, will have general supervision over the cam patga in the West" 2 lo the organization on for the coming campaign of the.pemocratlc national ' Oungresslohul committee the South will play a very Important part. Not only It Congressman P. H. Drewry of Virginia chairman of this committee, but he has selected other southern congressmen to aid him. S Unless all signs fall, the Mid dle West will he an Imimrtant battle ground In the congressional elections of next year. Representative PJl. Drewry of Virginia has recognized this when, as chairman of the Democratic national congrea slonal committee, he aided lo the election of Congressman R. B. Crowe, Ninth Indiana district, as first vice chairman of the Democratic na tlonal congressional committee. Representative Crowe will have general supervision over Democratic campaign activities of congressional candidates throughout the central pari of the country. ' 4 "In the reorgatdzatton of the Democratic national congressional committee Chalrtiqin P. II. Drewry of Virginia has sought to give addl tlonal prominence to memlters from the FasL Representative William J. Cnnfleld of Massachusetts has Iteen selected as one of the vice chairmen and will have general supervision over campaign activities throughout the North and East A sort ted with hire will he Representative William N. Roger of New Hampshire, who - has been named a member of the executive committee. Outgressman Rogers represents the district whldi boasts of Daniel Webster, the great orator of one hnndred years ago." Of course It was Intended that the statement should he distributed to corresMindents from the various sections of the country so that western newspapers would have been told how 1mMrtant their section was and eastern newstmtier would have had Information to the effect that the eastern section wae Its porta nt. It was not an unusual procedure hut It hapiened that the statements were distributed tgeth-e- r and that afforded the butt of i . In a little while the farmer will be doing his spring plowing, nlth swarms of birds, mostly crows, alighting on the ground behind him to make a quick lunch of the worms his plowshare has brought up from beneath the surface of the soil. And when the farmer grows a little weary, and leans against the fence to rest htmsclf and Ida horses, you may learn from him a great many things about sowing and reaping .that you never could - have found out In a city office. rule we rush through life to At rapidly that u hen m draw near its closa wa ram hardly tell what we hate teen and heard. But the farmer knows better. If there were hnndred of Dlllln-ger- s loose In this country. Instead of a few, they would Why Crime soon be s a f e I y ,ocked up Prosper power to harm. Rut we are a lazy people. What we do not see, doesnt worry us. Reading the papers, we grow concerned for a while, and say: Something ought to be done about these bandits and murderers." But the trouble Is that we do not do anything but talk. During the last few years there has been an appalling Increase of crime. Part of this Is due to the fact that during the days of prohibition criminals enriched themselTes by Illicit traffic In liquor, and were easily able to build up email armies of robbers and murderers. But comparatively few people ever witnessed any of the outrages these people committed. The rest merely read about them In the newspapers, were shocked snd alarmed for a while, and then for-- , got all about them. the Joke. Senator Bankhead (Derm, Ala.), of cotton production control fame. Bartkhtaat another Idea for idea Thl legislation. . , time the senator Is seeking to ... Debt to Scivnco When sugar was first made fros beets It required about 20 tons beets to produce one ton of sugv. now .It tequlres but six tons, tht ehange being due to scientific pro Auction of beers. f To keep clean aad healthy take Di. Plereea neoaoot PeUeta. They regnltt liver, bowels aad stomach. Adv. Saying Verified "They say salt saves lives." "That's right I know an old who saved several lives." t i -- t vCfa x d 1 t- - ' I. IP IT mjr v 1 G-frfLQ FEEL TIRED, ACHY-A- LL VOnil OOT?" Get Rid of Poisons That Make You 111 r3 a constant backache keeping miserable? Do you suffer burning, scanty or too frequent urination; attacks of dizziness, rheumatic pains, swollen feet and ankles? Do you feel tired, nervous all unstrung? Then give soma thought to yocr kidneys. Be aura they functiox properly, for functional kidney disorder permits poisons to stay Is the blood tem. and upset the whole u Use Doant PilU. Doan's art for They help the of health blood cleanse the kidneys destroying poisonous waste. Don't Pills are used and recommend the world over. Get them from i? the kidneys only. druggist DOANS PILLS PREVENT Constipation by chewing one or more Milnesia Wafer WTO V V rr I To ' relieve Eczema SI If statistics could be gathered to tenant farmer to become a land their by theft and murder. It owner. He has legislation pending would living he found that they were la In congress to carry ont his proan extremely small minority. ' gram and It a pi tears now that It When so epidemic of deadly dismay go through like smallpox or cholera, eases, It Is proposed to create anbreaks the people of the counout, other govern ment owned corporation which would have power to Issno try are aroused, through fear, and one and a half billion dollars worth take measures to end them. Moving from street to street. In of government-guaranteebonds These hpnds could be sold hy the city or town, they see the warning corivratlon and the proceeds used cards posted np In windows, and to buy land for present landless say to themselves: My family Is in farmer They would become own- danger." ers In name and would have the Then they are quick to back the millstone of that debt around their 'authorities In putting an end to the for j etrrs if they uc,out.aglonj,n(L.prcsemly.the peril la. ceeded tn earning enough .Income to at an end. pay off the debt In that time It la true the measure would pen the Mat for . on scason or auaihcr peo, wayfor-tarrwrrershlp atxf woiild( make the terms of ownership atsmt ,Je do not get excited' or alarmed as easy as Is istssihle when one about trimet that are committed in distant rwift or even in tha city in borrow another's money Thoi uhich they live, if it happens to be a facts, however, do nt remote the big one, mhere murders and uhnletale conditions which a good many obtheft art almost every day occurrence. servers hold are had Their usual observation Is; Sone-thiiiFor Instance It Is difficult to see liow the tenant can nmke a ought to he done about that." thing and sufficient profit to ay off the and then they go hack to work or to debt to the government If he hss ' the hall game, and are thankful that hat has been happening to oher been unahle to aceompltsh thut same purpose with money tvm ved unfortunate hasnt happened to i ' them, and probably never wilt . Commercially sal rflEJrt fan-lik- 11 haa were October, weddings that I thought about and December. At least, Noembe this now Is the time true In this difference, for and Wales. England when everybody should he an obAlthough the number of marriage server. Is the I am glad Newspaper correspondents reporting Capital newt had a good laugh the other day at Amntea the attempt of the Democratic nation Ifit Pres al congressional committee to satisfy all sections of thecountry In an announcement made by the committee respecting Its organization. I can conceive of no better way to tel) the story than to quote opening paragraphs from four statements Issued simultaneously hy the committee on the subject mentioned. The paragraphs which - g June, long considered the bru. Isnt in the runn.ng Syadtcats-WN- U July, August and September registrar generals statistical rer of F.ngland and Wales inj, An observing reporter said to me writes a correspondent lu the y,T once: "Did you ever notice that Post. More people g,when a city man IngtonIn the third quarter' of tbe ried comes out of his Look at than any other time, the e never J0UM Around shows. This has been the case ern looks np at the since the beginning of the Twenties stars, hut a country bred man alcentnry. ways doe 7" Even before the turn of the te 1 hadn't noticed IL But front then June was not as great a tury on I did a little observing and was Ue of brides as had been suppog convinced that my friend was some- In the the dawn years preceding thing of an obserxer on his own ac- 1900 the most popular months month. - Washington, D. National Praaa Building PICKARD 230-to- " By JOHN BLAKE Ssrvkw b BOI g Mfrrhe-whCHrfronrThech- 1? nJ May-9- . June Hat Lost Rank as Popular Marriage Uncommon Sense dam. The same applies to many huge Washington. In the last two reclamation projects that have reweeks the National Capital haa ceived PWA funds, and It Is not W. been under the tent unlikely that suits will be brought e. Writers Newipaprr Union. of a three-rinThrat'Ring to stop some of them. Mr. Ickes -- cut, If ever one the known as disturbing" such legislation as said congress would be asked to At the existed. Roosevelt, unemployment Insurance, the omniauthorize specifically the construcutbeen baa bus there the bill, holding blinking Capitol building, utility the finance committee of the senate tion of the Parker dam. Democrats work as ter confusion the fought hill, company adopted and reported for passage week, the Wagner labor disputes among themselvea and Republicans a simple resolution bituminous coal SETTING a new transcontinental and Independents sat on the sidethe hill, Guffey nathe continuing for transport ships, a lines and said ale 'em. At the measure and proposed changes In tional recovery act TWA test flew from Burbank, plane other end of Pennsylvania avenue, until April 1, 1930, railroad laws. to New In 11 hours and business York Calif., tied Of the up capital, analysis activity haa been amazing. same and at the S minutes. Is more What Imporsaid was beginning to The President this; time making these for all but about one hundred start to commence to ppend five biltant, to Indicate close that Surveys provisions : In expenditures, miles It was controlled by a robot lion dollara. In between haa been L No price fix- $20,000,000,000 which would give employment to pilot D. W. Tomlinson, the pilot the largest hangover of Easter vising shall be per men for two years. Is pent was accompanied by Harold Snead, itors the Capital city has known to ,v 1 milted or s a h c- - 4,000.000 In the field of factory expansion, an expert on radio beam flying, and recent years. J tloned In codes, ex- up renovation and rehabilitation alone. Peter Redpath, navigation engineer. Mr. Roosevelt, having complete pt ,n tho8c ",at Tomlinson had the controls for control of the flow of priThe release of this largest sum of money Ing to mineral or vate by removing political only three brief Intervals over the ever turned over to one man, has Donald capital resources natural uncertaintlea would dwarf the bil- San Bernardino range, at Durango, been running his brain at lightning Richbsrg which now have lions appropriated by congress for Colo., where a snowstorm was en speed to make good on his promise price fixing provisions. relief and make unnecessary the countered, and at the landing at that actual spending will begin In 2. No trade engaged In lntra Floyd Bennett field. The plane two months. Ue has announced of much of the taxpaystate commerce shall be eligible for expenditure reached Its greatest cruising spee ers money." that some sixty agents of the gova code. This document was given ont as of 202 folles an hour over the Alle- ernment will participate In the 8. The President Is given spec! the members of the United States gheny mountains. spending function but roosting on fled time In which to review presChamber of Commerce were gathertop of the various spending groups ent codes to carry out the condl are to he three newly created In Washington for their twenty-thir- d LTAYINO listened to Senator ing tlons laid down In the first two ex annual convention, and their Long of Louisiana and other hoards, each responsible to his diceptiono to the resolution. endorsed It and attacked orators who do not like the admin rection and each enjoined to bear Both President Roosevelt and Don- speakers much of the proposed legislation lstrstlon and Its New Deal and also down In order that the public works ald Richberg, bead of the NRA, hat mentioned as unwarranted Intrusion hake little love for and relief funds In his charge may urged the passage of a new two of the government Into business. flow freely. O. O. the the year NRA bill which would set up I hear general commendation of chamber the National Before It adjourned Farmers a stricter, dictatorship over busiPresident for selecting Frank Cl the resolution associacondemning Holiday ness snd Industry. The senate adopted of Walker of Montana and New York abolition utility holding compa- tion, In session at finance committee, however, would to head np the spending operations. askDes Moines, Iowa, nies, opposing the banking bill, not consent to this and Instead Mr. Walker, a lawyer, la experiof extension and relaxation decided that a third ing for passed the resolution, which was the NRA Instead of the adminisenced In a big business way and la national political drawn np by Senator Clark of Mis- tration bill, and accepted everywhere as s man with for party ahould be postponing souri snd approved fly Chairman further soof eapadty to do the Job. The fly that formed. study" the question Twelve senators cial Pat Harrison. la floating around and threatens to Milo Reno. nstlonsl security. first called at the White House and get Into the ointment, ..however. Is been has who an of the Henry I llarrlmnn, president the President seemed willing to acthe existence of two schools of president of the organisation for social Ion, had a livecept the continuing resolution un- three years, retired from that office ly encounter with a thought In the administration. This til Mr. Richberg came In and pro- In favor of Harper Sibley of Roch- group of alleged Communists dur- condition may undo the good work tested urgently; whereupon Mr. ester. N. Y. The new president Is ing a business session. They sought which Mr. Walker-la regarded as of Roosevelt turned It down. The com- a hanker and a farmer on a big adoption of a resolution doing. capable calling for mittee then took the action noted scale. for relief without legislation The spending by a vote of 10 to 3, defying both debts," production credit without machine will be guided first by the the President and Richberg. and of Immediate strings," ickes Department repeal President, second Senator Harrison ssld he had no has now been the AAA. President Mr. Walker and the would by doubt the senate adopt "You cant talk. You cant argue. elevated to the level of the State, y the vart resolution. Will Guide Dont try to get the floor. Im run Treasury and Agriculture departnow out agencies ments, for congress has granted nlng this meeting," Reno said. 81t In existence. They are to suppsed the marked one of Harolds dearest wishes and down and shut up. Get out before HIGH optimism will Mr. Walker and present plans chat" which President given him an undersecretary, whose wo get really mad." be expected to analyse and deterRoosevelt delivered over the radio salary is to be $10,000 a year. This mine their values. to the people of America, which peo-pi- was a senate amendment to the In of nine Prof. Rexfnrd Guy Tngwell, nn he said, are, as tertor department appropriation bill, Republicans met at Excelof agriculture, will a whole, feeling a and was accepted by the house, 243 sior Springs, Mo., decided that the have something like nine hundred lot a lot better to 02, only after considerable pres- "grass roots" conference of leaders million dollars to spend In remaking more cheerful thnn sure had 'been applied by the ad- of the party should be held In the rural districts of the nation In a for many, many ministration. Many of the house Springfield. IIl the date to be fixed Job variously described as "rural reyears." He asserted Democrats have asserted that Mr. later, though It, probably will he settlement" and other similar short - we are already on Ickes onubbed them, and they would early In June. Ine purpose of this titles. This program contemplates the unmistakable have liked nothing better than to gathering will he the rejuvenation expansion and Intensification of work march toward readminister a rebuke to him by de- of the party and the launching of now being done by the Agricultural told covery, and feating the amendment, but the a campaign to restore popular gov- Adjustment administration and the how he means to Federal Emergency Relief adminisparty leaders drove them into line. ernment. The nine states partlel promote the return which will name delegates, tration, Including attacks on the patlng. to normal condiMlnne-anta- , OW . the New Dealers propose are Illinois. Iowa, Indiana, problem of dust storms and other tions with his works Kansas. Nebraska. Missouri. types of soil erosion. Although Pro double wealth redistribute by relief program. II lessor Tngwell has no plans comtaxation of large estates Is re- Wisconsin and Oklahoma. promised to put to work three and plete, he Is working In the direction a half million persons now on the vealed by Secretary of the Treasury of of breach transplanting many farmers from In latest a relief rolls, and to press for enact Morgenthao GERMANY'S of land where living la hard to poor the to Senator letter Versailles, meat of legislation he considers more fertile fields Under his Jnris Is of submarines. on New Tat stirring the building Harrison, necessary for carrying also will be reforestation and diction chairman of the np a lot of angry talk In Great BritDeal. a eiamlnaton of land nsea general com alsenate finance ain, France and Italy. The English Only once did Mr. Roosevelt A Mr. Mor second for mlttee. adminisagency that la new In his are especially disturbed, they lude to aucb critics of set-ucurrent the a how too outlines neat remember provides for deFather vividly as Senator genthan Long, only tration electrification. rural to In of them came velopment Germans Governor the of, and plan Imposing starving Talmadge. Coughlin herltance taxes and He aald: during the war by the destruction The third new sending movement of shipping by the undersea boats la directed at dangerous railroad The overwhelming majority of also retaining the estate conversations on na- grade crossings. The funds that how to know In this country existing people val restriction' were to" have been wilt be act aside for these latter taxes," asserting Ibis' held In London the second week In two, however, will total only about what they hear and what they read. Is In line with "oar as much as Professor fundamental the of the that know objecMay, and these ffiay now be called process They Tugwell will spend In his orgy. off or at least postponed. constructive rebuilding of America tives." That this Other scheduled programs for excannot he done In a day or a year, would result In the dissolution of The French are less vexed, be In done recIs the It cause hut that spite large properties, being secretary they think the development penditure Include: Assistance to clerical and profes of a few who seek to confuse them ognizes, for he says: may force a showdown on the whole To prevent the necessity of status of the German navy and lilt slonal worker and to profit by their confusion." the whit collar fundamental princi- hasty liquidation of large properties ler'a demand for at least 33 per rent folks. These six Loans and grants to states, cities ples," said the President, must guide In order to pay the tax. It might he of the British tonnage and appmxt the work relief program: Projects provided that Inheritance taxes he mate parity with that of France and counties. must be useful, most of the money payable In a convenient number of Naval experts in Paris said the dl Development of new housing con must go for labor, a considerable Installment!." closure might well prove of Ines- structlon In cities and rural disThe plan as outlined by Mr. Mor timable benefit for military France tricts and general reconditioning proportion of the costs" must be returned to the treasury, only those genthau Is to impose graduated In- In awakening naval Rrltaln to the and remodeling of homes already project which ceo employ persons heritance taxes on estates, with dangers of Illtlera armament! pel existing. Extension .and expansion of the oa relief will be approved, and pmj-ect- s rites following those of the present Icy." will he approved In a given Income tax rates, which approxlInformation obtained by the pow ClTlllsn Conservation corps to a - hTTOdredTfibusahd mate CO per cent on Incomes of "a" erT"w a"thnmernia fiy"iTrea irTmdm""tstxarea. In workers. that ployed million dollars or more. The pres under construction a number of Further public building construcAdmitting that graft will creep ent estate taxes hare a maximum of submarines and planned a Into such vast and speedy spending CO per cent over ten million dollars. large fleet of them. S.mkesnien for tion but In a lesa extensive manner as his program calls for, the PresiThus there would first be a tax the German government denied that than previously was attempted. dent asked citizens to help him of CO per cent npon the estate or any were being built yet, hut at the make this the most efficient and Although the President assured and then another tax of 00 tame time admitted that submarines gift, cleanest example of public enterthat he himself would ad Inher-Rincongress eon "considered"were be those to cent being paid by per minister the five prise the world has ever seen" and with plans foi rebuilding the or receiving' IL This would bllllon-dnlla- r tbna to give a smashing answer amount to fund, combined rate of 83 navy. for those cynical men who say that and succeeded In hunone on an estate of cent per a democracy cannot be honest and quieting criticism , dred million dollars. 17 YREIGN MINISTER PIERRF. efficient" If all this money were handed a LAVAL f France and Amhassa- - j out to the poorer people, even Huey dor Potemkin of Rrssia finally fixed which the ment hoard shows the name of J"1 LEG1SJ.AT10.N be satisfied. heI,ong mutual assistance might the pact up In his radio talk, ck m M carman. tween the two coontrie. In a way should he enacted by congress ImWr ,ckJ dartg err flmJ J. MSYAIN acptahle to both and lt was signed the the-Mmediately Included the old nge and CHAIRMAN JOHN .two while .months during, ' Paris. M. Laval then prepared puWlc military affairs unemploj ment Insurance bill the wprks bn, n Md up committee sent to the President a NRA extension bill, the public utilcongress, because members did not th s public ity holding company hill, the trans- letter of apology for disclosure of . PHry thnd T a rk, administrator. ft portartfin control Tnnrh'rm'bahE" arehse'pTatii oumnMlfl' executive Of coun ing hill. sessions of the committee, and as- his way with the treaty, for It sub- - f th Dow tan(t, Ur WlIk military action of the j determine the' character of Here he comes Into conflict again sumed full resions!bll!ty for the ordinate 1 two powers to the j spending ,nd jjr. - wkh the views of hustnes leaders unfortunate Incident" ,n1 h,9 a, to of was rebuked Nations, McSwaln letter, League hy ft provisions oIm.nt board will determine how sf the country. The National the Locarno pact end a!1 to the much money each of Manufacturers has Just from the Prerident for the publimiy have That Franco-Tol- l h alliance. All of that would seem to eliminate of a In document house poscation Issued Its economic analysis of conthe cause ditions. which says recovery Is sible defense plans agnlnst Canada probably would keep France out of trouMp experienced heretofore "within ur grasp" and that the na- and British and French Islands In oar even If Russia were attacked. by the member or congress-an- d tion Is closet to breaking the back the Atlantic and the Caribbean In In Paris It wa taken for granted the Ickes organization. Neverthe-tha- t a secret military convention, less, critic of the secretary have of the depression than at any time the event of war. Brig. (lens. F, M. E. Kilhourne Andrews Charles and In order to supplementing the pact, would soon bcguii to suspect something, for years, hut asks that. j hnd outlined the program before a he signed, fixing the mctbpca stmi'l.-itbusiness, the mlminlstra-tloMrhymelt has said In White mutual assistance. t llouee aecref meeting of the committee, and congress temporarily shell . conference several pies By EDWARD , Thursday, Jrnursesruse lik a RgsiiioI Silt UIES IEWES1 Boston O Our lobby I delightfully cooled daring the sammer me Radio toe fnry Ra 200 Knit1" 200 Both d HOTEL Temple Square Mote $lJSOtoS22 g - C W mi era twtok. j . i iicr it y bl.V ihorMllhl. farm f rntmuaj why h .J RICHLY RECOMMEMed Ym cm ot diti U, oatmoth Jfc la taxutful haatf ERNEST C ROSSITFR- IS |