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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Roosevelt's First Rebuff in Primaries Senate Committee Boosts Income Taxes House Playing Havoc Yith Economy Bill. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FOR the first time since he started out on his hunt for Instructed delegates del-egates Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them. In fact. It- . v; Sen. J. J. Davis In the Massachusetts primaries he expected to win eight or ten of the 3G delegates chosen chos-en for the Democratic 'residential convention, conven-tion, but Al Smith swept the stiite and added the entire delegation del-egation to his little bundle of votes. More Important because be-cause more unexpected unexpect-ed was the result In Pennsylvania. T h e New York governor captured the greater part of that state's delegation, perhaps GO out of 76 votes, but Smith made a much better bet-ter showing than anyone had anticipated. antici-pated. Incomplete returns Indicated he had curried 15 of the 07 counties, and his majority In Philadelphia was Impressive. Altogether, the leaders of the "stop Roosevelt" movement were considerably consider-ably heartened by the outcome of these two primaries. President Hoover was virtually as sured of the 109 Republican delegates In the two states. In the Pennsyl vanla the Republican primary was made Interesting by the contest between be-tween Senator James J. Davis and Gen. Smedley D. Butler. The famous marine was backed by Governor Pln-chot Pln-chot and ran us a dry, but Davis, who had been converted to antl-prohibition-lsm through the influence of William S. Vare, Republican boss of the state, defeated the general by a plurality that approuched 400,000. It was thought this might menn that the Pennsylvania delegation in the Republican Repub-lican convention would fight earnestly for a plank promising resubmission of the Eighteenth amendment. Mrs. Pin-chot, Pin-chot, tbe governor's wife, sought the Republican congressional nomination in the Fifteenth district, but was whipped by Congressman Louis T. Mo-Fadden, Mo-Fadden, who some months ago attacked at-tacked the administration's interna tional finance policies and accused President Hoover of "selling out" to Europe. FIRST rejecting a proposal by Senator Sen-ator Couzens to boost surtaxes to the wartime maximum of 45 per cent, the senate finance committee voted an increase in all Income tax rates above the levies written into the new revenue reve-nue bill by that house. The committee almost unanimously adopted a schedule presented by Senator Sena-tor Harrison of Mississippi, the ranking rank-ing Democrat, calling for a maximum surtax of 45 per cent instead of the 40 per cent figure carried In the house bill. Normal income rates were boosted to 3 per cent on the first $4,000 income; in-come; 6 per cent on the next $4,000 and 9 per cent on the income above $S,000. The present normal rates are 1V&, 3 and 5 per cent. The house voted to Increase these rates to 2. 4 and 7 per cent respectively. By close votes the tariffs on Imported Im-ported oil and coal which the house added to the measure were struck out. The tax on automobiles was approved. The house passed and sent to the President the tariff bill restoring to congress all power to alter import duties. The house also passed the $320,000,000 navy bill after refusing to cut the amount 10 per cent. DETERMINED to get the $20,000,-000 $20,000,-000 economy bill before the senate sen-ate as quickly as possible, Majority Floor Leader Rainey decreed that the house should hold night sessions until the measure was disposed of. Immediately a bi-partisan Insurgent coalition took charge and overrode the the Democratic and Republican leadership. lead-ership. First thing it did was to knock out that provision of the rule limiting the number of amendments to the economy measure to forty, and then it started in to rip the bill to pieces. Its primary achievement in this line was the adoption of an amendment by Britten of Illinois exempting ex-empting from the proposed 11 per cent pay reduction nil federal employees em-ployees with salaries up to and Including In-cluding $2,500. As framed by the committee the exemption ran to $1,000. The change took more than $50,000,000 out of the ?2o0,0O0.0i0 the bill was supposed to effect in the annual cost of the federal government. While this was going on the galleries gal-leries of the house were thronged with federal employees who cheered on the insurgents. The administration proposal that veterans' vet-erans' compensation be curtailed in the case of single men receiving a $1,500 Income or married men with a $3,500 Income, with $400 exemption for dependents, de-pendents, also was expected to bring a storm of protest on the house floor. The economy committee suggestion for a consolidation of the army and Davy establishments into a single department de-partment of national defense, vigor ously opposed by the President and his advisers, likewise meets with objections ob-jections in both Republican and Demo cratic ranks. D 1CH.MOND was full of governors and other dignitaries last week and was mighty busy In other respects. The events Included the annual conference con-ference of state executives, the Washington Wash-ington bicentennial celebration, a eel ebratlon In honor of the landing of the first permanent Colonists, a state music mu-sic festival, dedication of the first monument to James Monroe In the state, and the opening to the public for the full week of 100 colonial homes and gardens. The governors, thirty In number, after aft-er being received by Governor Pollard, helped tc dedicate the Monroe statue at Ash Lawn. The chief address was delivered by Claude G. Bowers, eminent Democratic Journalist and orator. The executive also took part In all the other ceremonies, besides holding their own four-day meet. On Wednesday they were addressed by President Hoover, who In one of his most important impor-tant speeches presented the federal government's case to the states and asked for their fuller co-operation In settling national problems. Thursday evening the governors were entertained enter-tained at dinner In the White House. D EPRESENTATIVE F. H. La Guar-I Guar-I dia of New York, leader of the bloc that defeated the sales tax proposition, propo-sition, provided the sensation of the F. H. La Guardia week In the senate banking committee hearings on stock exchange ex-change methods. It was an exposure of alleged high pressure publicity methods, including in-cluding even bribery, to manipulate prices on the New York Stock exchange, and the documents he offered of-fered In proof of his charges involved a number of financial writers formerly em ployed on New York papers. They were employed by brokerage houses, lie said, to "bally-hoo" stocks and sent out misleading statements in order to promote stock purchases. In some cases he said extracts from newspaper articles Inspired by high powered publicity pub-licity methods were included by brokers brok-ers in letters to customers. Five pools in which stocks were manipulated, according to La Guardia, were cited by the New Yorker to back up his assertions. He said that high pressure methods had been utilized In Ihe handline of dooIs In Indian Motorcycle Mo-torcycle stock, Savage Arms, Maxwell Motors, Pure Oil, Simms Petroleum, and Superior Oil. In all Instances except ex-cept the Indian Motorcycle stock, the pools operated back in 1924 and 1925. ! Mr. La Guardia named A. Newton Plummer as the high pressure publicity pub-licity man who had distributed $286,-000 $286,-000 among newspaper men. This man, he said, operated under the title of publicity counsel and sometimes under un-der the name of the Institute of Economic Eco-nomic Research. Plummer Is now un- i der indictment for forging securities. The committee In executive session decided to make a sweeping inquiry into the whole stock and bond selling as It affects the stock exchange, ex-change, and this may last all summer. A steering committee of five was named by Chairman Norbeck to ! plan the Investigation and line up witnesses. Senntor Couzens of Michigan, one of the "progressives," is perhaps per-haps the leading member mem-ber of this smaller body and will be a Senator Couzens most important factor in the inquiry. Glass, Fletcher and Norbeck himself also are on the steering committee. Walcott of Connecticut, who Initiated the inquiry, has been forced into a minor place by Norbeck. JAPAN opened a great drive in Manchuria Man-churia to suppress the fast-growing revolt against the government of the puppet state of Manchoukuo, having hav-ing previously warned the rest of the world to keep hands off. The rebel forces along the eastern lines of the Chinese Eastern railway and In the lower Sungnri valley were estimated at 20.000, and there were more of them in other regions. The Japanese government scorned the resolution of the League of Nations Na-tions committee of nineteen, calling for the immediate evacuation of Shanghai, and then went ahead to arrange Its own plan with the co-operation of Sir Miles Lampson, the British minister to China. It was reported In Geneva that this proposal was accepted by Nanking, so the league committee meekly admitted it would have to remake re-make its resolution to conform. The small powers, which had insisted on drastic action against Japan, didn't like this development but could lo nothing. i J OUST N TCTLLTS, ambassador to 1 Poland, thinks he should return to the direction of his automobile manufacturing business. Therefore he came back to the country and last week called on President Hoover and arranged for his retirement from the diplomatic post In June. He said to the reporters: "I shall make Immediate arrangements arrange-ments to move back to the United States in order that I may be on the ground to take cure of my various interests in-terests here and particularly to be more active and helpful In my duties as chairman of the board of the Willys-Overland company." GERMANY Is especially grateful to President Hoover for his promotion promo-tion of the moratorium on reparations repara-tions and war debts, but there was no t' i , ; F. M. Sackett way In which this gratitude could be shown directly to the President. So Ambas-hassador Ambas-hassador Frederic M. Sackett was chosen to he the recipient of an unusual honor the bestowal of the degree of doctor of political science by the ancient nog famous University Univer-sity of Tueblngen. Tills high honor was presented to the am bassador in un Impressive ceremony In the presence of representatives of the Germany cabinet and many of south Germany's most distinguished men. In Its centuries of existence the University of Tueblngen has dispensed only a few honorary titles. But, as the rector said, because of his "great effort In alleviating economic problems prob-lems the university concluded that the American ambassador did signal work In singling out some of the causes of the present difficulties," and decided to honor him. Sackett, In reply, stressed the community com-munity of Interest of Germany and America in great cultural problems. In the evening the ambassador gave tbe traditional "doktorschmaus," or doctor's feast, for the members of the university and all officials. O EFERENDUM of the prohibition question under provisions of article ar-ticle five of the Eighteenth amendment was voted by Michigan Republicans in convention at Grand Rapids. The convention con-vention also voted indorsement of President Hoover. The platform was adopted practically practical-ly unanimously after a riotous session on the floor, preceded by two hours of debate in the committee on resolutions. The committee refused a report on the soldiers' bonus question. GEORGIA has a new senator, appointed ap-pointed by Gov. Richard B. Russell, Rus-sell, Jr., to fill out part of the unexpired unex-pired term of the late William J. Harris. The man selected se-lected is Maj. John S. Cohen, editor of the Atlanta Journal. He will serve until next November. The Harris Har-ris term does not expire ex-pire until 1937, and Governor Russell himself him-self will be a candidate candi-date for the place in the general election In the fall. Major Cohen, who has been Democratic national committee- Maj. J. S. Cohan man from Georgia since 1924, is a member of a distinguished southern family. He joined the staff of the Journal In 1890 and was reporter, special Washington correspondent, and editorial writer. He was a correspondent corre-spondent and later an army oflicer In the Spanish-American war. His father fa-ther was a Confederate oflicer. Since 1917 Major Cohen has been president and editor of the Journal. He is no stranger to political Washington, Wash-ington, having been for a time secretary secre-tary to Hoke Smith, who. was secretary secre-tary of the Interior under President Cleveland. NATIONAL Socialists, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, scored a great victory in the Prussian elections, elec-tions, and won enough places in other parts of Germany to make them the strongest political party in four of the five states in the reich. But they still lack a clear majority to control any of them. In Bavaria they fell slightly behind. In Prussia, where the fight was most bitter because of the theory that "whoever "who-ever controls Prussia controls the reich," the Hitlerite forces garnered gar-nered 162 seats against the nine they held heretofore. The coalition which makes up the present government gov-ernment also obtained 162 seats. The Communists also gained, now having 57 seats to their former 48. The Social So-cial Democrats were the heaviest losers. It was announced that the Prussian government would resign on May 24 when the newly elected diet convenes, but will carry on until a new premier of the state is elected. Hitler is insisting in-sisting that the Nazis should be given control, but there can be no definite decision as to the alignment of the parties until the middle of May, when the Catholic Centrists meet In Berlin for a caucus. In the Austrian elections also the National Socialists scored heavy and widespread gains, but the control of the government remains in the hands of the Socialists and Christian Socialists. Social-ists. Tl.e Pan-Oermun and Agarian parties were pr;:cticaiiy wiped out by the Nazis. CS Western Newspaper Union.) |