Show news review of f current events the W world orld over senate passes its revenue bill rejecting sales tax after hearing president hoover von becomes german chancellor dy by EDWARD W PICKARD SPURRED into notion action by president ly hoovers warning that government credit was endangered and foreign raids on the dollar were imminent tile senate tn in a night session passed its taz tax bill designed to bring in a total revenue of ji T the h e cle chief f executive unexpectedly i appeared 1 tn in person before the senate for the first time tn in ilia his ad administration mints tr tra tion and rend read a statement of the serl ous condition ile he urged the inclusion of president ni a sales tax and jestat hoover u ed his position regarding relief measures and ilia hla opposition to the huge public works program fostered by speaker garner there was no chance for the sales salea tax most of the democratic senators having signed an agreement to defeat it it was rejected by the finance committee 12 to 8 and just before the bill was voted on by the senate it was defeated by that body by a vote of 63 53 to 27 then in the midst of great confusion due to relief from the strain the senators adopted their measure the vote was 72 to 11 having been informed by secretary of the treasury mills that their committee bill was still some shy of the amount needed to balance the budget the senators provided for most of this by a gasoline tax of 1 cent a gallon the restoration of income tax rates to tile the 1022 level and a 3 per cent tax on sales of electra electricity ic by private power companies it was believed the senate and house conferees would speedily adjust the differences between the senate and house bills and then the measure would go to the president one amendment to the bill adopted by the senate Is worth especial mention proposed by senator glenn of illinois it puts a per cent tax on incomes earned through violations of state or federal inao thus taking the government out of want has been called its partnership with crime N in balancing the bud get the national economy bill providing savings of wai reported favorably by the senate appropriations committee among its features Is a ilat 10 per cent cut in the salaries of all government workers except the enlisted personnel of the army navy and marine corps and those whose salaries are specifically protected by the constitution such as aa judges there is also a saving of in the amount given to veterans the economy bill passed gassed by the house carried reductions in expenditures tures of only both measures authorize the president to reorganize the executive departments GARNER himself appeared S SPEAKER as a witness before the house ways and means committee to advocate his federal relief bill which was assailed by the president as an a pork barrel raid 0 on n the treasury because it listed a multitude of post ollices to be built all over the country garner defended the measure and reminded the committee of mr hoovers indorsement endorsement Indor of a advance public works recommended by the conference of governors in 1028 both its his bill and the program favored by the president In increase ilia of the reconstruction finance corporation and empower it to mako make loans for nonfederal construction cn BRUENING chancellor hof heinrica HEINRI of germany and its his cabinet were forced to resign by president von because thi the latter did not agree with their pro grant to save the coun try from further elnan i caal collapse and to f x provide work for th the e y unemployed this was rally r ally a considerable triumph for hillers Hit lers nazis but they decided to permit a stopgap gove government rement to function until au autumn when it Is expected there will be a general genenie ni herr bruening C election la in which they will have a chance to make good their claim of controlling ti atio reichstag the aged president selected for temporary chancellor col franz von a man of whom the united states has heard little since 1015 at that time he was military antii be of the german embassy in washington and became involved with karl boyed naval in ili plots that violated neutrality both of them were dismissed by the american government covern rovern ment for improper tte returning turning to germany von became a general a tad staff officer tle ne Is a catholic centrist as Is bruening and Is editor and principal owner of the catholic organ germania von government lar largely gely rightist Is called a feudal cabinet by the berlin press because it la Is dominac led by members of tho the old german nobility tile the now chancellor Is e expected to be a stern ster 11 ruler for he has often demanded a national dictatorship freed of parliamentary trimmings 11 ilo ile la Is knowl to favor a franco german union against russia N HUFF head of tho the partners farmers na CE C grain corporation recently lied charges against the tha chicago board of trade because it denied membership to tile in a com mun leation to the department of agriculture hurt huff alleged the board was violating the grain futures law secretary hyde took up the matter and announced that the grain futures commission would investigate tile the complaint the hearings to begin in washington on juno june 8 the commission la Is composed of secretary hyde attorney general william D matchell Ml SlIt choll and secretary of commerce hobert clobert P lamont WRITING of the republican na platform was In trusted by president hoover to james ft garfield of ohio son of president garfield and secretary of the tha interior under president roosevelt ue he ta Is to he bo chairman of the resolutions committee and has been busily gathering together the various planks proposed by party leaders and building the structure on which mr hoover and the party will stand some days he took a ago J i n R rim garfield rough draft of the platform to the white house and it was edited by the president who deleted somo some portions and made several additions so far nothing la is known to the public ile of me mannor manner in which the controversial trover sial stal questions will be handled mr garfield is not known to have mudo audo any statements concerning prohibition hibi tion but he has already conferred with senator borah an inveterate dry who had drawn up a plank dealing with that subject the senator had a talk with mrs henry W peabody chairman of the womans comans national committee for law enforcement who afterward said the senator agreed with me that tile the voice of the people Is in congress and that other matters do not concern us deeply representative bertrand 11 snell of now new york minority lender leader in the house told newspaper men he Is certain the prohibition plank in the republican platform will be liberal snell said he be was expressing his own opinion but that if anybody tells you the plank wont be liberal dont believe teem for two days immediately preceding the opening of the republican convention the crusaders an organization favoring prohibition rep repeal ealand and the republican citizens committee against national prohibition will stage a bik big demonstration in chicago on sunday there will bo be great parades of airplanes and water craft and a mass meeting under the auspices of the american federation of labor and on monday there will be a ground parade and another big public meeting HOOVER having ex HERBERT pressed a desire to be placed in nomination by a man from california the grateful job has been given to joseph scott of los angeles mr scott who was born in E england ng Is one of the states most eminent lawyers and also Is widely known in roman catholic circles lie ile was awarded the laetare by the of notre daniu D anio in 1018 and was ft a knight of n I egory by the joseph joaeph scott impe dore lu in 10 fyr for work ork during tile the world war it Is not likely the republican convention will last more than five days and nominations probably will be made on friday night the platform will be submitted on thursday and there may be a day of open debate on oil prohibition and some other controversial questions democratic managers mu ulso also are now how hopeful that their convention will be short for they naturally wish it to have an appe appearance aronce of harmony hari nony that would be ruined by a deadlock franklin D roosevelt probably will start in with more than a majority both of delegates and of states at this writing he hns has pledged votes from 27 states and akad territories rieR ills 1118 camp he will have on the first ballot delegates to 0 o for nil others and he believes a low few ballots will bring over enough votes to give him the TTO required for bomin nomination under tile the two thirds rule of course there will be a recurrence of the attempts to abrogate that tinclent ancient rule aitor NICHOLAS once P tutor of klug king carol of lioa lins resigned as bremler und and may luay bu be succeeded by nicholas nichlas now minister to london which means that the semi dictatorship of the coun try has been found a failure the resignation of the government was the result of financial Itu manla Is broke and the treasury Is empty ASHING TONIS police force had wa n problem when the hitchhiking hitch hiking army of 1500 veterans reached the capital city to present their domand for immediate payment of tile the sol I 1 diers bonus the men had been conveyed most of the way from tile par far west in trucks supplied by state authorities enger eager V to get rid of them and senator costigan of Col colorado orildo introduced a bill calling for immediate appropriation ka pria tion of 0 f to senator holew lewis Lew feed and house them senator J hamilton lewis of fill 1111 in a memorial day address nt at the washington soldiers home declared that by adopting a course based on threat find and coercion these veterans were causing their f fellow e ile IV countrymen in this time of national distress to wonder whether their soldiers served tor for patriotism or merely for pay 1 I warn you as your fellow soldier and friend senator lewis continued that you risk tile tho defeat of the relief measures you now have a right to hope for by placing yourselves where the charge can bo be made that you have come hero here to terrorize tho the public servants and force their surrender through weakness or cowardice now coalition government JAPANS under the premiership of admiral aamir at viscount makoto salto Is naturally anding inding its chief problems in china and especially man churla they planned early recognition of the new manchurian Manc hurlan state of V but surprisingly this la Is earnestly ear neatly opposed I 1 sy my count coun t U c h 1 d a president of the south manchurian Manchur tun railroad and perhaps the most influential X japanese on the main says rec premier salto ignition tion should be delayed until the new state proves its ability to stand alone and that man with its tremendous natural resources will continue to exist even it if no nation cation Is prepared to recognize it na its an state who lio may yet become foreign minister in saltos government feels lint alint japan should continue to pour money into and that other tint nations lons should be given pai opportunity of commercial and financial penetration japanese military forces continued their drive against the rebels in man chou kuo forcing them toward tile sl siberian border ballun was bombarded from the air and set on ore fire organ of the soviet russian government charges certain japanese elements with seeking an invasion of eastern siberia to facilitate japans preparations for war against the united states by malting making available for the japanese military machine the rich natural resources of asiatic russia in a sharp warning to japan not to try to lay tier lier hands bands on siberia the vigorous editorial pronouncement called attention to recent demands in certain sections of the japanese press tor for war against soviet kundla it Is true that fascist newspapers of japan have been demanding that siberia be conquered now to preserve the future of al NEELY democratic senator M MM i from west virginia seldom speaks in that august body but the other day after listening to his colleagues tic lie raised his bla voice and for fifteen minutes told them in scuttling scathing language A what he thought of them and their ver bosoty bority which lie he said was losing the government I 1 more than an hour lie ile quoted d the bible and lambasted lam basted the congressional gress lonal record and conclusion lie he read in M M nee neely into the record a 34 line poem on the value of terse speech if as he maintains senatorial speech costs nearly per heart beat the rhyme ho he recited must have set uncle sam back about twenty five hund hundred reil bucks and the whole speech basel based on his estimate of SOO per hour cost i however wever the lay citizen will sympathize with mr air neelys indignation though with no hope that the senators can be persuaded to talk less lesi and do more ORMER members of the I 1 marine F FORMER corps living to la the middle west gathered in chicago for a colorful reunion commemorating the valiant deeds of the corps in the battle of belleau wood in the way of entertainment tain ta ment the ex leathor ecks were taken on a tour of th century of progress exposit exposition lon grot grounds Ands and were given theater and ba baseball ebell parties and in tile tha evening ali there e re was a big banquet with maj C L fordney U S at 0 as const in F ter 1933 western N alper union |