| Show ae jin A 1 I INV all i 1 former president coolidge and mrs coolidge surrounded by a throng of movie actors on their visit to hollywood studios 2 scene at opening session in the school at dark hollow virginia which was built by president and mrs airs hoover for blue ridge mountain folk 3 russian soviet workman ripping an icon from a church that was transformed into a workers club NEVIS REVIEW F CURRENT EVENTS hoover asks more economy in expend expenditures iturea revolt in santo domingo by EDWARD W PICKARD P RESIDENT HOOVER I 1 stinted started ore off the week with a plen plea to the mcovie of the nation nallon to be model moderate ate in their requests to congress for appropriations for projects in various parts of the country ills nim Is to keep governmental ern mental expenditures down to a jig tire lire so reasonable that an increase Inci eise in taxes will be obviated though this should seem a worthy rim aim and in r tilting stating it the resident president carefully nude made it plain that lie he was as not reflecting on the wisdom of congress lie brought upon himself the wrath of some of ali the senators Benn tors notably noti bly mr air glass gla of virginia the appropriations situation was the subject of a white house breakfast conference attended tended nt by republican lenders of both houses of congress secretary of the treasury mellon der secretary of the treasury ogden mills col J C roop koop director of tile budget and 31 I 1 newton 0 cue e of theT residents ants seere secretaries farles mr nekton issued a statement in which va I 1 icci lie he enumerated proposals tor for increased expenditures totaling T 1 which lie said it if approved would imply an increase in taxes tases of 40 per cent the list however included many projects that the congressional gress lonal leaders had either n never ever heard of or knew would not he be glen given serious consideration consequently abe imposing list did not appear to frighten them senator glass reading newtons New tons statement in the senate declared that nothing more sh shameless arneless has ever emanated from the white alte house with etli in my thirty years of service in congress the president lie he said was setting up a straw man merely for the purpose of knocking him down since as every one knew many bills bill were introduced at every session of congress only for home consumption sandwith and with no idea they would be enacted into law mr hoover meanwhile menn while had given out a statement obviously intended to pacify congress con giess in it he said it should be understood that the unprecedented rece u op drive now in progress for new legislation and for expansion of established services which increase expenditure pend iture beyond the budget only in a small per cent originates with members of congress or heads of government departments it originates from different sections of the country itself and from various arlous groups end and organizations each vigorously supporting their own projects many of these projects are worthy and no doubt can and should be undertaken some time over oer future years sears espe especially dally when funds tire are free by completion of legIs legislation lati n already adopted and lie he urged t the 10 people at home to t 0 realize that the government cannot undertake immediately every worthy project immediately after the issuance I 1 immediately of the presidents economy plea the house adopted a seante resolution ap arc for loans to farmers faro iera in the flood stricken areas of fifteen southern and western states though opponents declared the measure was pork and political pie under the rt resolution solution as adopted the secretary of agriculture may make advances for the purchase of seed feed find and fertilizer which banks refuse loans in only six states alabama florida georgia north carolina south carolina and virginia were authorized under the original senate cenate resolution the house agriculture committee however added ohio in dlana diann illinois minnesota north dakota montana and now new mexico and the house itself tacked on Misso missouri url aud and 0 oklahoma representative oconnor of oklahoma said everybody Evers body knows the purpose of this bill Is to get congressional votes but so BO long as aa you yon are cutting the tha pie oklahoma wants its piece T LIE dominican republic was in the throes of a revolution last week insurgent forces determined to keep president vasquez from running for re reelection election and to assure tile the free C bled bolce of ills su successor elcessor in slay assembled in various parts of the island and marched on the capital city santo domingo they entered the city tiring firing volleys in the air and wore were en entrust gre greeted eteLl by the populace there was no bloodshed as the rebels took possession of all the public buildings ID as president vasquez took refuge in the amerlean american legation and other administration lenders leaders sought the protection of various vailous foreign consulates vice president alfonseca resigned charles 11 1 curtis the american Amer iian minister was acting as intermediary between the insurgents and the government and was trying to bring about nn an agreement agi cement whereby the situation could be solved without bloodshed or damage to property ty the insurgent leaders had promised to respect all lives and property and made no changes except in the police force of the city john al cabot of massachusetts a young member of the american embassy bass y staff was most active as aa the of minister curtis and after a trip to santiago to confer w with 1 th rafael uren a chief of the insurgents surg sur gents lie was hopeful that a peaceable settlement of the whole controversy tro versy could be arranged in washington lt it was said by officials offic c that it probably would not be necessary to send marines to the dominican republic to protect american lives and property it if they are arc needed however there are arc plenty within 1 easy reach and the scouting fleet Is now in caribbean waters I 1 AMILLE radical C CAMILLE socialist and his government of france lasted only five days then they were denied a vote of confidence by the chamber of deputies and were forced to resign chautemps told parliament he had no intention of following the radical policies of the left wing except that taxes would be r reduced p but would maintain the lines of if action which andre tardley Tard teu leu bi his predecessor had outlined including 11 his 1 s policy in tile the naval conference at lonion london the center refused to believe him and the left wing was displeased the vote which was vas to against chautemps chiau temps showed there la Is no real majority in the alie chamber of deputies and that any government can survive only through a coalition of center and left groups raymond Poi poincare was called by president dommergue Doumer gue but declined to undertake the formation of a ministry on oil the ground of III health so tardieu was given the job again and said he would help him though he could not accept a place in ID the cabinet the expectation was that tardley ta dieu would beable be able to make up ills his government in time to resume work in the naval conference by march 5 11 THE absence of 0 the french dele I 1 IN gation gallon the chief delegates of the other oilier nations in the london naval conference resumed their negotiations and it was reported the americans english and japanese were making notable progress in adjusting their differences the british official spokesman gave out a laying stress on the fact that the five power pact Is still holding the center of the pletus 6 and adding that any sort bort of tin an agreement ren reached clied will be purely tentative will be dependent on oil french and italian acceptance and will also depend upon its inclusion in a five power treaty HEAT raisers and wheat speculators WHEAT winters had a lively time last week europe had the idea that the united states and canada were going to boost the price of wheat so it obtained its supplies in other markets and cut down its consumption ron then chairman legge of the federal farm board mada the statement that the board would not support the wheat market so as to stabilize the price somewhere near the price its purchasing agency was paying and that it would buy only from operatives cooperatives co this was somewhat distorted and misunderstood in parts of the country and the result was that non co operative wheat was dumped on the market and prices fell alarmingly gly the farm boards funds were then used to purchase large amounts of may atay and march wheat tills this led other buyers into the market and prices rallied considerably mr air legge utter after conferring with president hoover issued a statement designed to ordinate coordinate co the farm boards program with the governments efforts to stabilize busl bushness ness generally and asking the operation cooperation co of the grain trade in restoration of the grain markets mr air legre added significantly antly that the hoard board will stand firmly on its wheat loan policy find and that lie Is confident its operative cooperative co agencies will get the loan figure out of their wheat namely a bushel at chicago P PIERRE S DUPONT DU lONT chairman of the board of tile the E 1 I dupont de nemours company of wilmington N J was the star witness of the wets before bedfor e the house judiciary committee arid and lie and others almost as we well 11 known knon argued strongly for modification of the dry laws the day before the committee heard W IV atterbury president of the pennsylvania railroad who urged that the Vol steal act be r repealed e and authority be delegated to the states to determine for themselves what Is tsi intoxicating liquor and whether they should enact legislation to en force the eighteenth amendment ile he expressed the opinion that aa a great advance in the real can cause s e of tem temperance per would be made by properly reg manufacture and sale of liquor under state and national supervision similar to the canadian and swedish systems with these modified to suit conditions peculiar to america P POLITICS in wisconsin have ro reached broached 1 tile the pot and kettle stage members of tile the la follette faction of the republican party tire are trying to fo oust pov gov walter J kohler from office bemuse because of alleged violations of the election law and now the kohler faction has retaliated A petition asking for the naming of special counsel to start removal proceedings against gov henry A huber attorney general john W reynolds and secretary of state theodore dammann Dain roann was filed with the governor just before lie ha left for a two weeks vacation in florida flor lda these three men who are la fol are accused of pooling their funds in the late campaign and thus conspiring to bring their illings under the limit ot of 1500 each and of otherwise circumventing the election law the only constitutional state officer not now under charges Charge 3 Is stute state treasurer solomon Levit levetan nn ROMAN armost OMAIN catholicism lost one of its most eminent churchmen in the death of raphael cardinal merry del val archpriest arch priest of the basil basilica lea of st peters and secretary of the congregation of the holy office and former papal ac secretary cre tary of state under pope plus X L the cardinal who was a member of a noble SI spanish dianish anish family passed away after an emergency operation for appendicitis lie ile was sixty four years ot of age in 1903 and again in 1014 1914 he was urged us aa a candidate for the papal throne but tailed failed to get the tiec essary two thirds vote of the college of cardinals ile he wun was prominently identified with the intran party that tant upheld right for temporal power and was an opponent of modernism only a few days before the death of cardinal merry del val cume that I 1 of f carlo cardinal tile alie college of Is thus reduced to 28 italian and 30 foreigners there being twelve vacancies other deaths of the week included those of normand Nornia nd screen star ahmed mirza former shah of persia maj alaj george 11 II putnam new york publisher and eugene hyfeld chicago hotel man and sportsman 01 EVANS HUGHES was C CHARLES sworn in as aa chief justice of the supreme court on monday the buith being administered by justice oliver INI windell endell holmes the nestor of 0 the bench among the decisions handed down by the supreme court was one declaring constitutional the provisions of the packers and stock yards net act all authorizing thor izing the secretary of agriculture to prescribe maximum rates for the services of dealers at public stock yards ff aw western unson dnton |
