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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Dawes Named Head of Reconstruction Finance Corporation Corpora-tion Laval's Blow to Reparations Conference "Alfalfa Bill" in Washington. By EDWARD W. PICKARD TXTO the lap of Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, or rather onto his shoulders, has fallen another big Job, and the country seems to feel confident that this Strong Man of pvjm business, finance and ' V ; diplomacy will be able j - t0 handle It compe- v tently. He has been - jl ippointed by Presl- 1 eiit Hoover as pres- f Ident of the Itecon- 1 strnction Finance cor-s. cor-s. poration which is to 'T k 1 EO to the rescue of tV- ii banks, railroads and v . i. ' other interests whoe assets and operations Gen. Dawes ,. . ... ,, have been 'frozen by the depression. Two billion dollars supplied by the government will be at the disposal of the corporation and it is fondly hoped and expected that this gieat piece of machinery will, under un-der the direction of General Dawes, extricate the country from the economic eco-nomic morass. President Hoover in announcing the selection of Dawes added that Eu-c?ne Eu-c?ne Meyer, governor of the federal reserve board, would be chairman of the board of the new corporation. In a second statement the President announced that Secretary of State Stimson would replace Dawes as ".hairman of the American delegation to the disarmament conference In Geneva but would not attend the opening open-ing sessions, at which Ambassador Hugh Gibson would be acting chairman. chair-man. Other members of the delegation delega-tion sailed for Europe Wednesday, and the delay In the departure of Mr. Stimson was construed in Washington as meaning that Mr. Hoover does not expect a great deal from the conference. confer-ence. Of course Mr. Dawes' resignation resigna-tion as ambassador to Great Britain was promptly offered and accepted. SENATOR SWANSON and Dr. Mary Emma Woolley sailed on the liner President Harding and will be joined in Geneva by Ambassadors Gibson and Wilson, who are already In Europe, and by Norman H. Davis, who preceded pre-ceded tbem on another ship. Our delegates have been instructed not to agree to further reduction, of American Ameri-can land forces. As for naval armaments, arma-ments, American officials see little chance that any other powers will be willing to make armament cuts which would materially affect this nation's naval forces. The French government, through Premier Laval, has plainly Indicated that its stand at the conference in Geneva will be unchanged. It will insist in-sist on what France considers guarantees guar-antees of security before consenting io disarmament. At the same time Laval, submitting the foreign policy of his new government govern-ment to the chamber of deputies, virtually vir-tually (loomed the -eparations con-ferenct con-ferenct at Lausanne He declared, in effect, that France would not give up her right to reparations, adding that all France could offer was to try to adapt existing International accords to the present crisis. Great Britain thereupon announced the conference opening had been postponed from January 25 and that further conversations conversa-tions were in progress. It appeared evident the parley, if held at all, would be only a meeting of experts. CONGRESSMEN and other inhabitants inhabit-ants of the National Capital heard a lot about the liquor issue during the week rather more than usual. Senator Sena-tor Royal S. Cope-Jand Cope-Jand of New Ymk who is a Demociat gt and a physician, Intro- "W.-sV' v ' duced in the senate a jt bill which would amend the prohibition se8srN act to enable patients f who neec liquor for medicinal purposes to " obtain it In any neces 5-sary 5-sary quantities on S s i-physicians' i-physicians' prescnp- G-vi:v fc-s tions. It also would Sen.Copeland enable physicians to prescribe such liquor without recording record-ing In governmental offices the disease froir whicL their patients are suffering. suffer-ing. "The Eighteenth amendment does not limit the medicinal use of liquor," Senator Copeland said. "The national prohibitioL act anc related acts rec-ognizf rec-ognizf its ust as proper, but they lay dowt certulL condition;, with which a ph.vsioiiir must complj when he prescribes pre-scribes and they prohibit absolutely the prescribing of liquoi in excess of certain arbitrarily fixed quantities, foi individual patients, except such as art Inmates of hospitals for Inebriates "The conditions long have offended the professional instincts of the great mass of the medical profession. The Wickershair, commission unaninuuislj recommended that these grounds for complaint be removed.'' The senate manufactures subcommittee subcom-mittee continued intermittently Its hearings on the Bingham 4 per cent beer hill. One of the interesting witnesses wit-nesses was David Burnet, commissioner commission-er of internal revenue, tie declined to predict whether legalization of beer would increase consumption over pre-prohibition pre-prohibition days, but said beer taxes would create a "substantial Increase" In revenues. Representative Dyer of Missouri testified tes-tified that states refused to enforce the dry law because the people regarded re-garded the definition of Intoxicants as unscientific and dishonest. As a result re-sult Dyer said, federal judges have become be-come real police judges. NEWTON D. BAKER having refused re-fused to seek the Democratic Presidential nomination, besides having hav-ing made himself almost out of the question by reiterating his advocacy of American membership In the League of Nations, the party leaders of Ohio agreed to support Gov. George White as Ohio's favorite son. The state's delegates, however, will be "free from any sort of control." which means they can switch to any other candidate. , South Dakota Democrats have declared de-clared for Franklin D. Roosevelt, and In Minnesota a movement has been started to secure that state's delegation delega-tion for Al Smith. (( A LFALFA BILL" Murray, gov- ernor of Oklahoma, who was in Washington In behalf of a bill to remove re-move the 10 per cent tax on state bank note Issues, ad- fJS"'" &ifi& dressed the biennial ftje 'to convention of the W '"O ' Saloon league f and rather staggered H hls hearers by arguing $mi H for a "zone control" 11 j( system for liquor traf- I .JlL , fie Though known as W stO-" j a prohibitionist, the $ J governor said that i ife'&j'ljl Prombition "possibly Is not tlle final sou. Gov. Murray tion of the Probem of control of the liquor traffic." Dr. A. J. Barton, chairman of the league's executive committee, replied to Murray indirectly by asserting that "the South will not be misled by the hue and cry about state's rights," and will not support any candidate for the Presidency who is either personally person-ally wet or runs on a wet platform. The league went on record as opposing oppos-ing anything that might weaken prohibition referenda, resubmission, state control, modification and beer proposals, as well as repeal attempts.' TPWO or three weeks may elapse be--- fore Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Mel-lon knows whether the house ludiciary committee favors his Impeachment as demanded by Representative Wright Patman of Texas. The hearings were adjourned Tuesday until the official transcript of the testimony is completed complet-ed and printed. Just before this Alexander Alex-ander Gregg, counsel for Mr. Mellon, read to the committee a cabled denial from President Olaya of Columbia that he and Mellon had ever discussed the Barco oil concession. "This Is the most damaging evidence evi-dence yet Introduced," declared Representative Repre-sentative La Guardia. "Mr. Patman has been working for days here to show us that the oil concession was discussed by Mr. Stimson and President Presi-dent Olaya. Why did you get this cabled denial and why was it sent? Why should President Olaya show so much solicitude for Mr. Mellon and the State department?" Mr. Gregg replied that he was certain cer-tain no one in the State department as asked for the denial. Mr. Patman read to the committee a list of stocks he declared Secretary Mellon had put up as collateral with a Pittsburgh bank for a .f60.000.000 bond issue made by the Gulf Oil corporation. cor-poration. ONE of the State department's best "career men," Joseph C. Grew, ambassador to Turkey, has been selected by the President to succeed W. Cameron Forbes as ambassador to Ja- f pan. and the choice is $-''- said to please the -V" 'iS'3:SJ13 mikado's government Mr. Cameron is anx- ious to quit Tokyo s-,4 but may be persuad ed to remain there - : ;." for a time because of '. '":S''iit.'i the complications of v " the Manchurian situa- ilJh,; tion. W )iLi'iLh&,- Mr. Grew, who was - - born in Boston, has J' C' Grew spem many years in the diplomatic service. He has held several Important Impor-tant posts and attended various international inter-national conferences, and In 1023 he negotiated a valuable treaty with Turkey. He has been ambassador at Angora since 1027. Jefferson Caffery. minister to Colombia, may succeed him there. For the London ambassadorship va-vatod va-vatod hy General Dawes. Lawrence C. I'hipps, former senator from Colorado, is being urged by his friends. As was predicted. James R. Beverly of Texas was appointed governor of Porto Rico to succeed Theodore Roosevelt, promoted to the governor generalship of the Philippines. Mr. Beverly is now attorney general o the island. CONGRESS received a thorough scolding for the way it has been squandering billions of dollars, bringing bring-ing the nation to the verge of bankruptcy, bank-ruptcy, In a memorial addressed to It by the Federation of American Business, Busi-ness, a national organization with headquarters in Chicago. The document docu-ment was presented to the senate by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, and he asked that It be read from the desk instead of being merely filed. "The very existence of the nation Is at stake and your constituents, alive to your every action In this crisis, will accept no excuses and no extenuations," extenu-ations," was the conclusion of the demand de-mand voiced in the memorial for reduction re-duction of government expenditures and reduction of taxation, "The tremendous increase In the cost of government is the result of three major causes," the memorial contended. contend-ed. "First, government competition directly di-rectly or Indirectly with the business activities of its citizens, and the absorption ab-sorption by increased taxation of losses thus Incurred , second, new regulatory or social services not contemplated In our scheme of political administration, but taken on In Increasing volume In recent years, and, third, Independent boards and commissions, under direction direc-tion of no established executive department depart-ment and frequently financed with revolving re-volving funds that free them of United States treasury supervision. The whole pattern of government is being changed without approval or even discussion by our citizenship." Next day a representative of industry, indus-try, James A. Emery, counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers, appeared before a house committee to warn members that a sure way to delay de-lay restoration of the opportunity to work is to divert too great a portion of private funds to public purposes. Public expenditures national, state, and local now total some thirteen billion bil-lion dollars annually, Mr. Emery reminded re-minded the congressmen who have before be-fore chem the task of drawing up the new tax bill with its Inevitably higher rates. Of that huge total, Mr. Emery pointed out, only ten billion Is met by immediate taxation, the remainder being be-ing met by continuous borrowing. "Nearly one-fifth of the national Income In-come is taken for public purposes," he explained, "and we thus face a rising taxation with declining incomes." LORD WILLINGDON, viceroy of India, In-dia, is not taking half measures in suppressing the Nationalist revolt against British rule. Having jailed Mahatma Gandhi and w wv m most of his chief f sA lieutenants, he fol- kW lowed this up by put- A ting in prison Mrs. If igft Gandhi, the mahat- Saw5 fsj ma's wife, and their r v , youngest son. Mrs. 1 Gandhi, a little worn- RJ an sixty years oid, 'll'i was given six weeks ' " in jail because she lJ had undertaken to carry on her hus- Mrs. Gandhi band's campaign. She asked a longer sentence, promising to resume the independence work as soon as she got out. The judge refusing, she picked up her Hindu Bible and her spinning wheel and entered her cell. GENERAL H0N.J0, commander of the Japanese in Manchuria, thoroughly thor-oughly avenged the recent killing of a number of his soldiers by Chinese troops. He sent out three well equipped expeditions which retaliated by slaying several hundred soldiers and "bandits" "ban-dits" in engagements at Yentai, Tung-liao Tung-liao and Yingkow. Heavy artillery and bombing planes were freely used by the Japanese with terrible effect. The Japanese plans for establishing an independent government in Manchuria Man-churia that is, independent of all but Japan went forward with speed. Thert 'were renewed reports that Hsuan Tung, former boy emperor, would be set up as ruler of Manchuria, Man-churia, and so the Chinese government govern-ment issued warrants for his arrest. DURING the debate in the house on the Agriculture department's 5175,000,000 supply bill for the next fiscal year, Representative Wood of Indiana. Republican, made a demand for a reduction in salaries of government govern-ment employees. Mr. Shannon of Missouri Mis-souri asked whether President Hoover would approve a cut in his salary and what was the extent of Mr. Hoover's private fortune. Mr. Wood replied: "He has made a lot of money, but he has given it away. My information, informa-tion, from a reliable source, is that the President today is not worth SI .000,-000. .000,-000. I have faith enough to believe that if the salaries of the federal employees em-ployees are reduced President Hoover will reduce his own salary." DEMOCRATIC primaries in Louisiana Louisi-ana were captured by Gov. Hney Long's hand-picked candidates headed by O. K. Allen for governor, despite the vigorous efforts of Long's brother and other relatives on behalf of Georce Guion. There were many stories about violence and Intimidation by Iluey's henchmen, but that statesman, states-man, who Is also a senator-elect, laughed them off and said the election was quiet. FLOOD conditions in the Mississippi delta region grew worse daily throughout the week, and the tied Cross and coast guard worked hard to relieve the inhabitants of the inundated inun-dated area. One after another the levees of the smaller rivers gave way and the waters spread over many counties. (. 1932. Western Newspaper Ualon. |