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Show THE SMITH MLLD SMITHFIEUUTAH sinat. Com Belt Revolt r GREAT WAR ALLIANCE Their Armed Force. All Britain and France Will Pool Defense of Both Nation. Washington. An inquiry comet from my old home town in Missouri, asking, in effect, TtmtG.O.P. what are the Re I doingT Got Busy publican The letter, quite bvioualy from a follower of that old Democratic stalwart, former Sen. Jim Reed, explain that the writer would like to tee Democratic party machinery back in the hand of Democrats, but it ia complained that the Republican have provided little opposition to the New Deal leftwinger. The further complaint is registered that many of the Democrat in congress have failed to set forth "cold facts about New Deal pending. I have paid very little attention to Republican party affairs for quite while for the simple reason that Republican partisans, either as a or individually, have been Jarty They have a chance now to do something. Whether they will become really active, remains to be seen. They have been quarreling among themselves, snarling, fighting, letting petty Jealousies keep their ranks split wide open. But lets take a look at their picture now to see whether there is any real hope. It will be recalled that during the fight against the Roosevelt plan to pack the Supreme court with six new Justices, the Republicans kept very quiet. That is, they were quiet as far as surface indications go. Beneath the surface, they were busy helping the Democrats fight oil that nation-wreckischeme put forward by the New Dealers. I believe everyone regarded that as good political strategy. By refusing to make the Supreme court packing plan a partisan issue, the Republicans kept a lot of ammunition out of New Deal hands. That fight was led by regular Democrats like Senators Wheeler of Montana, Burke of Nebraska, Rep. Hatton Sumners of Texas and others like them. But the Supreme court battle was followed by a cleavage In the ranks of the dominant party in congress, and the Republicans failed to follow tip their jobs as the opposition party. They failed to take advantage of many opportunities. In fact, nothing was done at all until the government reorganization bill was pushed onto the stage and President Roosevelt made that legislation an issue? It tnay be said that the Republicans did nothing of consequence in that fight, but they voted with the real Democrats at the finish. That was the vote that killed the reorganization bill. Theirs was the vote which, had it been taken under the British or French parliamentary system, would have forced resignation of the government because it showed lack of confidence in the executive. And, now to the present In the last few weeks, there have been signs that ought to be heartening to the rank and file of the Republican lists- - They are, however, just signs, as far as any honest appraisal goes. The Republican national committee has selected Franklyn Waltman, a Washington newspaper correspondent to take charge of and reorganize the party's publicity set-uMr. Waltqian ia a fine writer, one of Washington's best. He has spent some fifteen years as a political observer. He has courage and imagination; perhaps not as much imagination as Charles Michelson of the Democratic national committee, but he is young and vigorous. This sign is significant because there has been no trained publicity man at Republican headquarters for the last three months, and the man who occupied the post before either was unable to do anything or was not allowed by his superiors or the factional strife within the party to accomplish anything. So, I say it is Important to realize that the voice of the party is apparently going to be employed again. . p. , Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts, who is chairman of the Repub-c- . . lican congrcssion- atgno of ai committee, and Awakening is assistant Republican leader of the house, has come forward with two or three blasts lately. Also, he has been able apparently to waken some of the ninety-od- d Republicans in the house of representatives to the fact that they constitute the opposition party. So they havt been making some speeches In the attack on the New Deal spending program. Chairman John Hamilton of the national committee has been on the air a time or two and former Gov. Alt Landon of Kansas has attempted in a couple speeches to recall that he was party's 1936 presidential nominee. Former President Herbert Hoover came back from Europe lumped onto much of the Deal' vital theory in one of the best speeches he ever has made. A score or more "organization have been held in various meetings parts of the country in the last month. and X understand that a flock more of them is scheduled. ' But to go back to a previous state- - ment: these are just signs. They can be made alive and real and effective, or they can be allowed to die of dry rot. It will be a couple of months more before anybody can tell, even though Representative Martin now is on record as saying the Republicans will win 76 additional seats in the house this fall. The answer to the Republican problem lies, I believe, in the answer to one question: can the Republican factions get together? That is to say, will it be possible for the New York crowd and Middle West crowd the to arrange a common ground upon which all can stand? And if they succeed in that, will they then be able to persuade numerous lone wolves and bellowing calves to come into the corral for united action? In this latter category, one will find oodles of individuals who claim leadership of followings, great or small. One will see Senator of Michigan trying to dodge affiliations of any kind that may hinder his hurdle race because Mr. Vandenberg is building for the Republican nomination whether he is willing to admit it now or not. Then, there are such others as Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York who was a great university football player. I suppose Mr. Fish knows his congressional district and knows how to play politics there, but it seems to me that he ought to be of great aid and comfort to the New Dealers. It is obvious, therefore, that while the dominant party is split widely between New Dealers and regular Democrats, the Republicans have some harmonizing ahead of them, too. They will get somewhere or not, just as they decide to subordinate petty jealousies and efforts to keep control to the party necessities in the coming congressional elections. Some observers in Washington lately have insisted to me that Republicans will gain in the house and senate this year despite, and not because of, party organization. Their conclusion is that Mr. Roosevelts personal popularity has declined tremendously, and if that has happened the obviously, strength of the New Deal has slipped off onto very thin political ice. , 'The national capital has been treated lately to a lifesized uproar ,. r ranking over the abuse of the franking privi-Abulege. The franking privilege is accorded all members of congress and officials so that they are not required to pay postage out of one pocket and collect it back for the other. I have no doubt, nor does anyone else who is familiar with the practice, that the franking privilege has been frequently abused. It remained for Horace Russell, gen-ercounsel for the Home Owners Loan corporation, to get caught at it, however, and Mr. Russell, therefore, is the goat about which the storm has centered. He has resigned his job, but it appears that he may be stuck with a postage bill of about $280. Mr. Russell was accused on the floor of the house by Representative Church of Illinois of having sent out "millions of letters advising attorneys for the Home Owners Lzian corporation in the various cities that Judge O. B. Taylor was resigning as associate general counsel and was opening private offices in Washington for the practice of law. The letters, which were shown later to number about ten thousand, highly praised Judge Taylor and solicited business for him. Disclosure of the act in the house brought about Mr. Russells prompt retirement and apologies, but the Post Office department and the Department of Justice had to look into the matter. Hence, the likelihood that there will be a demand for payment of the postage and that there will be no further prosecution. The incident created a stir and more will be heard from it probably, because there can be no doubt but that the free mail privilege has been abused viciously. But it may be of interest to know that there have been few if any convictions for violation of the free mail privilege. Post Office department officials were unable to recall any prosecutions, although there had been some indictments, sire the present arrangement went effect in 1887. The incident involving Messrs. Taylor and Russell calls attention to the tremendous amount of mail that ia carried free of postage. Lnst to records, 1,107, .52, 468 pieces of mail were carried under free provisions. Of these 669,352,063 came from members of the house and senate. If postage had been paid on all of the mail, the amount would have been $33,713,305. Postage on the congressional mail was estimated at something in excess of $20,000,000 which indicates how much less campaigning costs after a politi-cia- n is once elected to house or senate. to Ptal E'kiteia Singipn Union. DEPARTMENT HOTELS HOTEL PLANDOMX, SALT LAKE If I1.M 4th Sfc State Rate QUIET RESPECTABLE CLEAN WhM In 1KNO NSVAUA Map m ika Ktoaa law! aa4 HOTEL GOLDEN mat papular hotrl THE WILSON HOTEL Hataa 71c la tha haart if tha dtp fall i- -iE14 - Sad Ba. EL I The al growers larger allotments. Com the formed Illinois farmers Belt Liberty league, and powers from Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, yirhfgan, Missouri and Minnesota who attended the meetings of the SEEDS the league went home to promote in their branches of a 4 Plaid Sd ia Gar4ca aa organization Im Maas atoak MAXFIELD FEED states. Norman J. Taber, master of Lake an4 Harm Salt CO. COAL a the National Grange, assured the league of the Granges support ALCOHOL TREATMENT Tilden Burg, president of the without drum. Minerals its Cun ueonplM in addressing said or Norcotics under raponrioioa of vour pfcni. second session: Our purpose is to the oppose In every honorable way program of compulsory crop control. Most of us have We spent our lives on the farm. have an affection for our lands and an interest in their operation that probably cannot be understood by politicians in Washington. Our farms will not be the same when we have jobholders from Washington telling us what we can and cannot plant, perhaps under threat of prosecution and penalty. Above all else we are fighting for freedom. We positively refuse to accept the view that we must sacrifice freedom to obtain prosperity. On the contrary, we believe the loss of freedom will mean poverty and ruin.1 Van-denbe- rg , CLASSIFIED are FARMERS of the Middle WestAAA the in open revolt against com crop control program, and the movement, started in Macomb, III., Co-opera- a if desired. Intomountalu Sautoifen i149 Em! fth South - - Bolt Lilt City BUILDING MATERIAL INTERSTATE BRICK CO. Fire Clap Build! iif and Fira Brick Vltriflad Sewer Hollow Buildlnf Tlla Roof and Hantela. Pipe Drain Tile siM OFFICE EQUIPMENT ahaln, NEW AND USED daaka and CLAY PRODUCTS ATHLETIC GOODS GBEAT WESTERN ATHLETIC GOODS Uaifanu, Bata. Gleree, aaakalla, Befthalhu UTAH-IDAH- O Athletic ateaa, ate. Vellpfcella. SCHOOL SUPPLY CO. Salt Lake- - ICE CREAM FREEZERS SODA FOUNTAINS ICR CREAM COUNTER FREEZERS and lea Cream cabinet Bar Fvxtnree, Btoola, Carbonatora, Staara Tablee Aha receadithacd aqaipanat term. President with N to bring 'J Roosevelt in his efforts, was about economic fered by 16 D. Anglo-Frenc- h Alliance PREMIER DALADIER and For--k eign Minister Bonnet of France had a momentous conference in London with Prime Minister Chamand Visberlain count Halifax, foreign secretary, of Great Britain, and at its close it was announced that the two nations had entered into a powerful defensive alliance. The sensational part is that when the next war comes and the statesmen M. Daladier geemed sure one is coming all the armed forces of the French and the British will be pooled under unified commands The land forces will be commanded by a French general immediately either of the nations is attacked. The combined sea and air forces will be under command of British officers. The British air force will be permitted to use French bases. Purchases of war supplies, including planes from the United States, will be pooled .by Britain and France. War resources such as stores of .ammunition, mechanical equipment, and oil will be placed on French soil. Consequently Britain Will not be forced to move them across the English channel in the face of enemy surface warships and submarines when war starts. Daladier promised Chamberlain that France would, if possible, complete by May 15 negotiations for an alliance of friendship with Italy and if necessary would recognize Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia. He also consented to plans for closing the frontier between France and Spain to facilitate the plan for removing volunteers from the Spanish civil war. The British government announced that at the breaking out of the next war all food in Britain would be rationed under a controller. Asks Press Censorship CENATOR SHERMAN MINTON of Indiana, who succeeded Hugo Black as chairman of the senate's inquisitorial committee, is so vexed with the newspapers that he has introduced a bill providing for censorship of the press. It is as follows: Any person, firm, corporation, or association that publishes in the District of Columbia or publishes or causes to be transported in interstate commerce or through the mails any newspaper, magazine, or other periodical in which is published as a fact anything known to said publisher or his responsible agent to be false, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 and shall be impris-one- d for not more than two years. Simultaneously the American Newspaper Publishers association, meetng in New York, reaffirmed its de'ermination to defend the freedom rf the press and the constitu-tionrights of private citizens. It adopted resolutions condemning the actions of the Minton committee, esiwcially in the case of the organization headed by Frank Gannett u Washington correspondents learned from, what they considered a trustworthy source that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Ford were agreed on but one issue that the government should leave business alone. Mr. Ford told the Chief Executive there was too much interference with private enterprise by the administration and that if this were ended recovery would return. Most of the discussion, which was described as , centered around the governments spending and fiscal policy. Mr. Ford clashed repeatedly with Marriner S. E cries, chairman of the board iff the federal reserve system. He stoutly maintained that less spending by the government would restore confidence and encourage business and industry to go forward on its own. Mr. E cries, champion of the spending policy, upheld the opposite view that the greater the spending, the more rapid the recovery. Mr. Ford was critical of spending which increased the public debt, and so informed the Presigood-humore- d, dent "National Progressives11 DIRTH of a third national party, known as the National Progressive party, was announced at the u much heralded meeting of the La Follette followers in Madison, Wis. The gathering brought about by Gov. Philip ' F. La Follette, who delivered the main address before the throng in the University of Wisconsin live stock pavilion. No nationally known Progressives were present, and details of the program are yet to be adopted. The party already has a symbol, a red circle on a white background with a blue cross in the center. Basic principles of the new party, the governor said, include: The ownership and control of money and credit, without qualifi cation or reservation, must be under public and not private control. The organized power of this nation must stop at nothing short of necessary steps to restore to every American the absolute right to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. "VS believe in the basic concepts of American government and, in that particular, grants of power always should be safeguarded against abuse. . ..Those.. who work on the farm and was 4 more. Ve propose security found-e- d on a definite, decent annual income for all. We flatly oppose every form of coddling, or spoon feeding the American people whether it be those on relief whether it be farmers or workers whether it be business or General board CO. N II ofrecovery leaders of business and industry, prominent among whom were Owen Slea. Draia Tlla Sewer Pipe Faca Brick Fira Brick aad aU flap pradacta UTAH FIRE CLAT CO. - Bait Like for Recovery te - r Place Peat Office - - Manafactam Balt Lake CHp MOTORCYCLES HARLEY Prices Write for eataloKUf. U e d Motorepelea. HOUSE OF HOPPER. I4S E. Bdp., Balt Lake Young, Electric chairman, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FACTORY PRICES ON ACCORDIONS Liberal tradet on any muaieal fnxtrumrnta. 441 Canatilaliaa Blair. - - - Rah Lake and Winthrop W. chairman Aldrich, of the Chase National bank of New York. Their statement, made as individuals, was given out by John W. Hanes of the securities exchange com-wa- s laid before the President, who pronounced it excellent The joint statement said in part: 'In his address to the nation April 14, the President stated the common need and aspiration of us all is the resumption of normal industry. To bring about this result calls for teamwork on the part of government and industry. We gather from the Presidents words that he recognizes that we live under an industrial system in which there must be full opportunity for legitimate profits. It is the responsibility of government to protect and to encourage the proper function of business . . . Wide but honest differences of opinion exist as to ways and means. The President has clearly Indicated that he believes that Americas continued prosperity requires closer between business and the government. We pledge ourselves to aid to the full extent of our ability in such efforts of consultation and PAINT BARGAINS HN (ala. wall made Haaaa Paiat at ' caJ adore and pti- - lota. white. mi 8a. State J. 1 1.1 1 Prrnaid L. BECK Balt Lake LONG DISTANCE MOVING BY MOTOR VAN Seduced Rat MOLLERUP MOVING A STORAGE CO. Be. W. Temple Wee. IMI IK gait Lake MOVE SCHOOLS t - Barberies taaifct in ahart time. Ba aara a peed pap aad ateadp work. Barken are in demand Enroll Naw. HOLERS BAKBEK COLLEGE.Salt Lake dtp TEACHERS WANTED NORTHWESTERN Ttaehcn Wasted. TEACHERS AGENCY, Balt Laka dip. UUh Special la trachcn. Saanatr raaraa la ram. mrcill aakjacta, S Malta ISAM. Tpph krakkraplna, ihraikiad. ate. Caa fet part tfaaa walk far ream aka fcaari If daatrad. BALT LAKE BUSINESS COLLEGE Adas BUa, Balt Laka Clip. Utek SMITHSONIAN BUSINESS COL Ordcm. Utah . FARMER ALMANAC FARMER ALMANAC fW MasDONAUrS 1111 New Eeadp" Pries tte a aow. Athl Prtetiny Ca. - - Blmchamtsn, N. I, FURNITURE New a IS carpet rue lld.ti : Used Monarch seal ranee SIAM: Used mohair liaise room act MAM: Uaca uprieht piano Idf.M. Banraia Baarauat western Fanitaia Ca. 1M South SUta - Balt Laka Citp SONGS SONGS WANTED AT ONCE with ar withsat masle limit. BLDG., Baa GARFIELD far ranti Branches EARTAGS Warren for Comptroller Writ WXU appointment of Rep. Lindsay C. Warren of North Carolina to the vacant position of comptroller general of the United States, with its "End Tax Exemptions" PROMPT legislation was asked of congress by President Roosevelt to remove tax exemptions on income from all future government bonds, federal, state and local, and on all government salaries. In his special message the President said existing exemptions resulted from judicial decisions and could be eliminated by a short and simple statute which he felt tha courts would uphold. Earle Oust Margiotti teJ&r&STH STSSSeffi a. tti T5r VACATION OR BUSINESS HOLLYWOOD BOULDER DAM drew near. Gov. George H. Earle, who seek the senatorial naming, turn, was enraged when Attorney General Margiotti accused two prominent Democrats of UHnt a $20,000 bribe to bring about legislation favorable to local brewers. Those two men are supporters of industry. Earle, and when Margiotti refused Our hemisphere was divinely to substantiate his charges the govdestined to evolve peace, security. ernor ousted him and all his nd plenty. It sh&ll remain invio-lat- e is an independent for that sacred purpose. candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. There have Threat to German Jews been other charges of corruption, and a grand jury was getting ELD marshal Ford at Whit House ready goering to them. investigate . economic dictator of Germany! ONE of our greatest industrial-ist- s, has been authorized to "utilize the Henry Ford, was the Presproperties of all Jews in the coun- Can't Rais Wire Rates ident s guest at luncheon and it was expected that something important try, foreign as well as German, Hi II cwnmunicationa hit ordered Germin ind Au. r fast interesting would come trian Jews toillgive commission, by a vote of 5 to 2, to tiie out of tiie encounter. But, officially, ment their ',telegraph com possessions at home and nanies thm rial it was 'just a pleasant family meeU such mg as might take place two billion dollars wayside inn. Thats whit a WhitS estimated of property is threatened withworth companies had argued that the inHouse spokesman said. crease was necessary to offset dwin-dlin- g However, revenues and higher expenses. pi BALT LAKE Livestock show in Spanish Fork April SO, May 1, 2 and S rapidly are materialising and the show promises to be one of the great attractions for livestock growers all over Utah. term. Warren is chairman of the house committee on accounts and has served frequently as an assistant administration leader of the house. 1 Weak Ns. ISIS Junior State Livestock Show Plins for the Utah State Junior 15-ye-ar , for Every tag fuar. free z Dept. W. la- tararamaUlm Stomp samples. Wks., Salt Laka. UUk. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was reported to have derided on the Glamour Wonderful YELLOWSTON E Playland GLACIER PARK Coolness The Natioaff Paifci Ron fa Western Air Express ba IshM Lh VtfU, Salk Lata Idata Falla. Fraatella Balteb Hritaa. Graat Elite North Idaho Floods Floods took a toll of $150,000 la tha Little Wood river area, reached highs, hampered raliroad and highway connection! in North Idahog closed mines, forced scores to flee their homes and brought demands for Immediate relief from the $100,-00- 0 federal flood relief funds under control of J. Leo Hood, WF A administrator at Boise. Atlantic City lies on an island 10 mile wide. miles long by |