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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH a special message of only words the shortest Presidential message ever written the President secured legislation amending the Volstead act and making 3.05 per cent beer legal In the United States. The President's 72 words w Upturn in Business Activities. credit agencies, all of which, are to he consolidated under the direction of Henry Morgentliau, Jr. ROOSEVELT'S request that he be given au thority to make cuts In the salaries f government employees up to 15 per cent, and to make BNKS In the amounts paid to veterans, that to Include practically an entire revamping of the government policy to as it applies government as It ap-- I of to veterans plies j the World war and other wars, met" with a quick response oft the part of- - the house f representatives and, the senate. .' The bill passed the senate by a vote . f . 62 to 13. Forty-threDemocrats .and nineteen Republicans' voted for. the measure; four Democrqtstond. nine. Republicans against It. The vote in. the house, was 200 for . the measure and 138 against It. - That result was not achieved without difficulty, and- - the difficulty came fn the ranks of the Presidents party, and its passage would not have be.en, possible without the aid of Republican members of the house.' In, a party caucus 02 Democratic- - members bolted the ' and voted leadership Tresjdeot's against the measure, their opposition being to that portion of the bill giving the President .dictatorial powers Jn the matter of. expenditures for At the. final roll call, 107 Deni-ocratsand CO Republicans voted for the bill, and 02 Democrats. '41 Republicans .' arid five Farmer Lahorites 8gnlnst.lt. .Several members' who wore opposed. to the bill but wbo did not wish to be recorded 'as against an. economy measure, decided not to yote. ; An analysis of the vote shows that 68 per cent of tlie Democrats voting and 62 .per. cent of. the Republicans stood- by It,', but leaders said' tli'at the Democratic percentage for the measure would have heen- much lower hnd. not a parliamentary nmneuver been Invoked to prevent rebellious members Of the party caucus from gojng through, with their plans. Still another factor; was, credited 'with part of the favorable vote, and ' that was .the word passed around t.he bouse cloakrooms that. President Roosevelt- planned to denounce the radio opposition . la a nation-wide e 'vet--eran- - - - broadcast If the bill hqd 'failed of-- ap- proval. It' 8 believed President 'will-maa sating of approximately $385,- 000,000 In the expenditures .for. veteran relief by cutting out all men whosfe disability, on which' claims for relief are based, .was- - not- - the result' ot War service. The redact io.n . to the salaries of government employees .is .expected to save approximately an1 other e ke $150,000,000. WHILE the President has nid- - to securing de- sired legislation for his banking,' econ omy and beer program, he will prob-ablnot.be able to depend upon It to the . same extent at least for his farm program. That contemplates giv lng the President die-- ' tatorlal powers to so manipulating the price of farm products to bring them up to what is termed a "parity The- - contemprice. would aulaw plated thorize the President, acting through the secretary of agriculture, to fix a parity price of each farm product; that he a price at which (lie producer of the product would be placed on a parity With the producer of manufactured articles. For example, the secretary of agriculture might declare $1 a. bushel to be the parity price of wheat. The object then would he manipulate the price of wheat upward until the desired parity price should, be reached. In order to raise tne prices-o- f farm products the secretary of agriculture under the terms of the bill would In voke various devices. He might employ the domestic allotment plun to Influence the prices of one group of commodities and the government land leasing plan in the ease of another group. Secretary Wallace Insists that It would not be a price fixing law for the reason that no price would be fixed by fiat Instead, a price would be declared to aim at and the measures adopted would be those Judged most likely to raise the price to the point desired. The products covered in the contemplated law are wheat, corn, cotton, cattle, sheep, hogs, milk, dairy products, tobacco and rice. Along with this the President pro poses the scaling down of farm mortgages and a reduction In the interest rates through agricultural -- began- opening for business 13. On that date only hanks connected wilth the Federal Reserve system and located In Federal Reserve hank cities opened their dhors under licenses from the Treas Hanks in all clearury department. ing house cities that had applied for--' and heen Issued licenses either by the federal treasury or, in the 'case 'of , by state hanking departments, began opening .on Tuesday, and those In tiie smaller cities- aqd towns on Wednesday There were no restrictions placed-ot'he tuinks-Ithe way of limiting withdrawals, except where thp depositor was attempting to secure sums tlmt would Indicate hoarding, when .the per-- , son making the withdrawn) was re. quired .to state his purpose, and give his name. and a'ddress. The hanks were a.lso 'required ' not to pay or gold certificates. ' the embargo the President .had plaoe.d on' gold being continued, . and vast amounts of the moral Were buing returned to the hanks. Up to March Iff It" was jestimafed the Federal Reserve .hank In New York had received more than $J(KMHM),(HK) of hoarded gold and.' In Chicago more? than $2ff,(i0,00) had been returned. The returns through-ou- t the nation Indicated 'a' larger amount of gold brought hark to the bnnka than the total withdrawal of the metal since February though thq government. did not give out' any definite statement on the subject. If was after the President had repeated ' and emphasized the embargo he had placed on gold payments that Governor Hlood of. Utah signed a bill pnssed by the. legislature requiring .the- - treasurer of the state-of Utah and of each .taxing subdivision within the state 'to pay all public employees under their Jurisdiction to gold coin. Where will Utah get tfe gold? The President, In a published state ment and also in a national broadcast, detailed In simple Inngunge the reasons for the national bqpk holiday and the plans 'for opening. He was' careful tq 'emphasize the point that the 'time of opening. a.h.v bank was .not determined. h.v its relative condition,-but' by the ability-o- f t,he Officials of the. federal Reserve hanks nnd of the Treasury department to make the proper check for. the Issuing rtf licenses; He explained tlmt.' banks that were not solind would not he permitted to open except under government supervision for the ptirpose of reorganising 'them. . The reopened. banks were supplied with a litieral allowance of the new currency- - based on bank assets, but in practically no. case was nny of this needed as the deposits exceeded t,he withdrawals, and In nmn.v. cases the-necurrency was returned to. the ' Reserve banks. . . The hill was passed, by - eancies. to-th- ' these will-mee- with--se- t wet. l . - - ..... slu-icq- . - the-senat- - - Scenes and Persons in the Current News n lines. It Is estimated the $5 h barrel tax on' beef will produce about $125,000,-00- 0 additional revenue. Interest to Roman the allocution deliv-'- . ered by Pope Pins at the secret consistory inaugurating the holy year.. His holiness issued a warning that comraun; ism is attempting to the . world's exploit political an-d- ' economic d i s o r d e.r s and expressed a fervent wish for disarmament and settlement of war debts. The pontiff bestowed the . Roman ' purple on six new SPECIAL OFCatholics is cardinals of the church and announced that two others would be elevated later. The six elevated were: Pietro Fumasoni-Biondl- , former; apostolic, delegate at Washington; Archbishop Villeneauve of4 Quebec, Angelo Dolcl, Vienna, Arch-- , Archbishop Innitzer-o- f of Costa Florence and .Arch-- . bishop bislHip. Fos'snti of Turin. Second only to the "nefarious propaganda of communists which, he said, threatens Christian civilization, the pontiff deplored proselyting activities of Protestant sects in Italy a.nd Rome.- He describes' these activities as' being "impudently pursued and urgrtd nil the fpithful to against "this menace, and defend the treasured 'riches of pity and nation." 1 View at Compton, Calif., showing marines on duty to the earthquake stricken area.' 2 Scene at Long Beach,. life and property damage resulted, from the recent earthquake. 3 President .RooseCalif., where the greatest loss-o'velt signing the emergency bapking bill. . f - HONORED BY POPE - Mrs. Roosevelt Knits in Gallery . PLANS for immediate reconstruction are w.ell tjnder ' way jn Los Apgeles and Us suburbs, where earth rienmrs caused 115 'deaths nnd property damage estimated at $75,0(10,000. An. appeal has been made to the. federal government and' the Reconstruction Finance corporation fo-the majority of funds needed for rebuilding. . Congress passed a bill, In, tfnduced h.y Senator William G. . of Los Angeles, for an emergency appropriation of $5,000,000 to relieve Immediate distress In area. store, as ambassador & to France, and Jose- - P phtis Daniels', war secretary of tle navy, under whom Mr. Roosevelt served as assistant secretary, as ambassador, to opposition In the senate. voted-al- es At a fabulous cost the Dutch government has shut out the North Sea from the Zuider Zee by means of a huge dike miles long joining north Holland and Friesland The lake thus created Is to be drained and divided into four sections of polders" for cultivation. Meanwhile, many unforeseen problems are taxing the skill of the engineers. For example, it has been found that the current caused when the sluices are opened has a- tendency to eat away the floor and So undermine the dike itself. To counteract this huge rafts made of a zinc framework covered with mats of osier sticks, have been weighted with basalt and sunk at the .entrances to the sluices. The photograph show;s workmen sink a raft- at fhe Den Oever . preparing-t1S! o R. H. Macy & Co., New York department Mexico.' At least one of - . 'The senate amended the honse bill, to. include wine, to. make the alcoholic content of both 3.05- instead of 3.2 ahd to' prohibit sale-tchildren tinder 'sixteen years of trge. The vote In was 43- for the bill and 80" against,- also along strictly ' l. legislation to give some consideration to the filling of important diplomatic posts. He has sent senate the names of Robert Worth Ring-hapublisher of Louisville, Ky., ns ambassador to Great BrRairt; Jesse Isndor Straus, president of .' . In. Kansas was the 'only state whose representatives, vo'ted solidly against the hill, while' the representatives of out'-gol- R(l ISEVELT .took P RESIDENT time out from the urging of new a strictly the house 238 Democrats voted for It. and 58 against; 73 Republicans for and 30 agalhst, and 5 Farmer Labor for. Twenty members did not vote, and. there are two va- vote. State-hanks- E'ed-ern- the senate an effort wils made to delay the passage of the net by proposing amendments .and thq senate chamber resounded to the orntory oX. frie.nds. of the veteran and of federal employees, .battling, against certain and overwhelming odds, to win sftine . amendment to the bill.- . In ere : I recommend to the congress the passage of legislation for the Immediate modification of the Volstead act, in order to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and ottier beverages of such alcoholic content as Is permissible under the Constitution; anil to provide through such manufacture and sale, by substantial taxes, a proper and much needed revenue for the government. . I deem action at this fitne to be of the highest Importance. The beer, bill provides for an alcoholic content of not over 3.05 per cent, for a tax of $5 a barrel, for a license fee of $1,000 for each brewery, and the law to he effective 15 days after It Is signed by the President, which mean? beer will he on sale shortly after, the first of April. . 'Congress Quickly Acts on President Roosevelts Request for New Legislation Reopening of Ranks Spurs PRESIDENT Great Mats to Protect the Zuider Zee Dike WITH News Review of Current Events the World Over me- Sena- . will probably give to science the first accurate records of just how the earth shakes during such a disaster, information which may be highly, valuable In construc-'in- g buildings to withstand earthquakes ' in the future. . . French, cabinet Is sounding the members .of the chamber of depftties In an attempt to whip up a majority Iri favor of paying the THE $10,261,432 war Installment to .the United States which was defaulted on De- tor Arthur Robinson (Rep., Ind.) an notinced that he would that Mr. Bingham had made speeches in England which cirnsed 'him' to he labeled. as "apologetic American.-- ' offer-evidenc- Advisers of the President, however, declared .that he was .fully satisfied that Mr Bingham will assert 'and defend America's position off all Issues emphatically nnd patriotically. war veterans, 'the TJ. S. court decided, are with out priority over other depositors in the claims against insolvent- hanks for ttie money received from the United' States. The ruling was handed 'down in a case involving n deposit of approx which Sam Spicer had imatel.v in the Hargis Rank nnd Trust- company of Breathitt county, Kentucky, when it became Insolvent. ' The assets of the hank were not sufficient to pny all depositors, and It was contended that money received from the United States h.v veterans for Insurance and disability allowances was money of the United States while on fleposit in banks to the credit of veterans and was therefore entitled to priority. The Supreme court decided otherwise. WORLD Miss Mary C. Duffy, supreme regent of the Catholic Daughters' order, who was recently decorated by Pope Pius. SHOOTS WHITE SOX Mrs. Roosevelt-- wif-- of the President, with Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, kniti in the gallery as she watches proceedings In the new congress. . ' . ; . , cember 15. Former Premier Ilerriot has heen lobbying in the government's seek . behalf, lng pledges to vote favoralilvjn ease Pre mier Daladier should decide to bring the matter to a vote. Her; riot has heen telling the '.deputies that it Is necessary to net quickly, as the government would like to have the payment coincide with the departure of the new French ambassador to Washington. Murdered Mayor Laid to Rest - TORNADO swept the Tennessee-Kentuekborder from the Mississippi river to the Cumberland mountains, killing 30 persons. Injuring more than 200 and did damage estimated at $1,000,000. A y new administration refuses to the United States to be bound by nny action that is taken, but agrees to join the League of Nations members in a discussion of what the world should do about Japanese military inroads in northern China. Hugh U. Wilson, minister to Switzerland. has been named to sit at the council table with the league's special advisory coinmittue on the undeclared wtMin the Far East, with two important reservations; The I'nited States, a nomnember of the league, will not vote. It will not agree in advance to to the committee's bow decision, which may call for an economic boycott or other coercive measures. THE Q, 1933. Western Newspaper Union. Lewis A. Fonseca, manager of the Chicago White Sox, Is spending his spare time at the club's spring training quarters In Pasadena making motion pictures of the players in action with his little movie camera.' Felons, Idiots, Insane, Cannot Vote All states can and do decide what qualifications shall be required of voters. Felons, idiots and Insane are disfranchised in all states. Michigan and New Mexico are the only states not states rebarring others. Tvveflty-tvvquire literacy tests. o Scene in the Bohemian National cemetery In Chicago as the remains ol Mayor Anton Cerrnak, victim of a bullet Intended for President Roosevelt at Miami, were laid to rest |
