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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over FiVMtlont's Farm IMicf Hill Passes tlio House; Labor Unions Oppose Unemployment Relief Bill; Rulilie Works IVext on Urogram. TllK rrosUlont's fiirm relief Mil wiss,l the house Willi holli lVitio-cnits lVitio-cnits iiiul KepiiMieims vntins fur mul B:lnst It. Purine the hours of ura-lory, ura-lory, i-iiiillm'il almost exclusively to osphx-'x osphx-'x nation on the ptirl of ? members 11s to why they woul.l vole for or .. ,! nsnlnst tlio Mil. many r IlltOlVStillC Statements , I were iniuto. x I "1" ordinary times h 1 wouldn't support a ,4 measure of tliis kiiul." .,s tht statement of , . Chairman .lones or Marvin Jones , , , the a.m-loutuire com- nutiee after a hallot luui prohibited amendments, "l'.ut wo are at war And while this war Is on I'm coins to follow the man at the other em! of the avenue who has the tins: In his hand. 1 don't think this Mil ean make things any worse. Coil knows we all hope It will make things better." "This Is a oliihl of the Jis-saw puzzle se," said Representative Clarke of New York, the agriculture eummlttoo's ranking Republican. "Hut tilled with horrors and hellishnoss as it is I'm going to follow the President." Representative Hop? (Hop.. Kan.) said he could not support it. "You are putting Into the hands of one man eon trol of the lives of SO.OiV.iWl people who live on farms," he said. "If you rote for this bill, you're simply voting or a bigger aud hotter farm hoard." In the senate the bill will not have such clear sailing as it had in the house, and it is expected it will pass only after being amended to take out of It provisions many members of both the senate and house object to. It Is not safe to predict what the bill will provide for by the time It gets back to the White llouse for the President's signature. CONGRESS now has before it the final two. of three, steps In the President's unemployment relief pro-pram. pro-pram. The first of these provides for the immediate enrollment of workers to the extent of approximately 2."0.000 for concentration in government established es-tablished camps, the men to be employed em-ployed in flood control, prevention of soil erosion, building of roads in government gov-ernment forest reserves, in forestry and in any o;her work which the President Pres-ident may direct. The men congregated in these camps are to be provided with housing, food, clothing, medical attendance, and to be paid a cash wage of not more than $1 per day. In the case of men with families fam-ilies a portion of the cash wage is to be allotted for the support of the families. The recruiting of this "civilian conservation con-servation force" Is to be on the basis of the number of unemployed in the different states In so far as that Is possible. The expense, for the present at least, is to be met, by diverting from the treasury unexpended balances of appropriations ap-propriations made by previous sessions of congress for other purposes. It Is said that about S40,0,000 Is available avail-able through such a source, and It Is -expected this sum will maintain this plan for about ten weeks. There is much opposition to this proposed law on the part of labor unions because of the low wage of $1 rer day. Representative Connery, Pemocratic chairman of the house labor la-bor committee, refused to introduce the bill because of the labor union opposition. The second step Is an appropriation appropria-tion through which further grants for unemployment relief may be made to the states. The third step, which the President will submit later, "extends to a broad public works labor creating program," Including the operation of Muscle Shoals, the development of other power pow-er projects, vast reforestation plans, and a public building program In- Tolvine the expenditure of $250,000,-000. $250,000,-000. The cost of carrying out the "three steps" will be about two billion bil-lion dollars, and It Is expected the President will propose to cover half of that amount with a bond Issue. CHARLES E. MITCHELL, former chairman of the National City bank of New York, was arrested at his home charged with willfully evading evad-ing payment of an in-come in-come tax of S0o7,ir2 - '""V for the year 1929. He was released on bond. x The warrant was . v based on an affidavit f , s- r J and complaint by , i Thomas E. Dewey. ' k a chief assistant Unit- 1 ed States attorney, i f which charged that - f the financier attempt- ' ....J ed to evade the tax due on an income of "mer s-J2.S23.405.S5 s-J2.S23.405.S5 in 1929. Cummings The return filed by Mr. Mitchell for 1919 showed a purported loss of $48,-000. $48,-000. which, of course, resulted In his paying no tax for that year. In Washington, It was reported. Attorney At-torney General Homer Cummings had conferred with President Roosevelt, and that Mr. Roosevelt "fully approved ap-proved of the action." The Washington authorities have directed di-rected Mr. Medalie to present the case to the federal grand Jury at once with a view to an early trial. ""TMK passage of the economy bill - puts the question of government economies squarely up to the President. Presi-dent. That law and the one passed by the last congress pulling into the hands of the president the reorganization reorganiza-tion of government departments and bureaus, give to the President dicta torlai powers over government expenditures ex-penditures tor salaries up to the point of a 15 per cent reduction, the number num-ber of departments and bureaus and Iho'employeos needed to operate theui, and the amounts to he paid to veterans, vet-erans, and to w hat oralis. It is opoetod thai such reductions as are made in the salaries of govern inent departments will be effective April l, but the savings made In the payments to veterans cannot, under the law, be effective until July 1. l-'or the iioM tisoal year, beginning .July I. It is predicted the economies effected effect-ed by the President will amount to a total of J'iK.iI.vj.ihhi. divided as fol lows : l. K! ! mltmt Ion of iumi ser v lea i-iunn-i-l.'il ilnatolny nl- lowamvs io UVrM war vowr.uis f CO 1.6T. 2.000 i. no.liH-Uon In pay of kov- 'rnmi'nt employee. . . . 125.000.000 3. Reduction of Spanish- Ameru-an w ar pensions. 95. 000. 000 4. Kst AWt.ihmetu of uniform schedules for ilisalulily payments to veterans.. 40.00il.000 5. Limitation on retroactive payments 15.000 000 6. Miscellaneous 22. 000. 000 Total J50S.65S.000 The plan for the reorganization and consolidation of government departments depart-ments and bureaus has not yet been announced, but there will undoubtedly undoubted-ly be an additional saving of from SMiHXiMi.OOO to half a billion dollars effected in that way. The entire matter of economies In the administrative end of the government govern-ment Is now in the hands of the President, Pres-ident, TN" RESPONSE to complaints by American Jews of the persecution and excesses committed against their co-religionists by the Hitlerites In Ger jjBf'iu-many Secretary of I State Cordell Hull v asked the embassy In : Perlln to make a com- I, - i plete report on the V rV ' S situation, ft v This action was talc-- v-" en as a result of the I j representations made . .. 1 to the State depart-; depart-; V I nient by a delegation fcaii .all from the American Cordell Hull Jr'Sb con-'r,?ss- headed head-ed by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York. The department Issued the following follow-ing statement: "Following the visit of Rabbi Wise the department has Informed the American embassy In Berlin of the press reports of mistreatment of Jews in Germany. "The department also Informed the embassy of the deep concern these reports re-ports are causing In this country. "The department has instructed the embassy to make, in collaboration with the consuls, a complete reiwrt on the situation." BEER of 3.2 per cent by weight and 4 per cent by volume alcoholic content will be on sale legally In 14 states on April 7. The house of representatives rep-resentatives refused to accept the senate amendment providing for 3.05 per cent, and the conference committee commit-tee decided to accept the house percentage; per-centage; the committee also killed the Borah amendment providing that the beverage could not be sold to children under sixteen years of age. As soon as the new law becomes operative op-erative and beer Is actually on sale the "drys" plan to bring a test case to be rushed through to the Supreme court for the purpose of determining the constitutionality of the law. and they believe the court will find that 3.2 beer is intoxicating and that the law is unconstitutional. It was to minimize this possibility that the senate reduced the alcoholic content to conform with a finding of a British commission which had decided de-cided the highest alcoholic content possible pos-sible In a non-Intoxicating beverage would be 3.05. Under tlo new taw the sale of the beverage u.ll be regulated by states, counties or municipalities as was true before the days of prohibition. There Is nothing In the law to prohibit the sale In saloons In states or counties or municipalities where saloons may be wanted, and where such method of sale may be authorized. The sale of beer has been legalized in only 14 states effective on April 7. The prohibition laws have been repealed re-pealed In five other states, but the repeal In these states does not become effective until after April 7. and In one state not until July 1. The other 29 states are dry either because of legislation enacted after the adoption of the ' onth amendment, or were dry pr to that enactment. Some of the- Mies will possibly repeal their dry laws before the present session ses-sion of state legislatip-es adjourn. CiOYI-ltNMKNT by tho peoplo U dead III Germany. Tho relcliHtng has abdicated In favor of a dletator-ahlp dletator-ahlp by lliu lllller government, which -moans that Adolph , ,;V. : Hitler, former Am- Irian painter, U In ml-V ml-V promo power. Tho ," "NJ session of (lie rolch- " "! slag at which lids mi-, mi-, j nienlous declHlon was ; f , . ratlllod. was attended ? ' f I by all tlie pomp and ; -i. circumstance of mon- ; j arclilnl days. The CW. JmJ former crown prince mid ntlier members of Adolph Hitlor .,.,,., family fam-ily were saluted Willi all the formality of the pre-war court. Von lllndenliurg In his address opening the session of the relclistag sounded an appeal to tin1 people "for a national rebirth of the soul for tho weal of a unlllod, free and proud tier-many." tier-many." Hitler, standing before u golden reading desk, responded. He appealed for foreign utility. He rejected the charge of German war guilt iih a lie, and asserted that neither the former kaiser nor the government desired tho conlllct. He promised to restore "true unity to all Germany, all states, all professions and classes. "We want to be sincere friends to the world at large," the chancellor said, "and to possess a real peace which will help heal the wound from which we are suffering. For yearg heavy burdens have pressed upon our people. After a period of proud revival, re-vival, poverty and distress have visited us once more. "Millions of Germans seek their dally bread in vain. Our' economy la desolated, our finances shattered. For 2.000 years this faith has clung to our people ; ever against our ascent comes our fall. The German victim of Inner In-ner disintegration, disunited In spirit, and divided in will and thus helpless til action becomes powerless to maintain main-tain his own existence." The new order of things invoke Germany Ger-many to a pitch of enthusiasm not witnessed In many years. Potiflres flared and torchlight processions were held In every city and village. Mighty thousand cheering persons paraded In Berlin. TpO ASSl'KE an era of world iace the general lines of a solid European Eu-ropean front In the form of a pact by the four chief powers were evolved at a conference In .sA Rome between Prime Minister Ma.-Donald f 'A of Great Britain, and 2 his foreign secretary 1 Sir John Simon, nnd '"Tf" Premier Mussolini of y Italy. The project, ... j which calls for the j collaboration of Great f Britain, France. Ger- p.. , .' many and Italy, Is de- I n tX. k scribed as founded on ... . , ,. , Mussolini the spirit of the Kellogg Kel-logg pact and as an International agreement to outlaw war. The plan was put forth by Mussolini, Mus-solini, according to the following official of-ficial communique: "After a full and exhaustive exchange ex-change of Ideas of the general situation situa-tion the ministers examined In these conversations a plan put forward by the head of the Italian government for an understanding on larger political polit-ical questions, with the object of securing se-curing collaboration of the four western west-ern powers In an effort to promote. In the spirit of the Kellogg pact and a 'no force' declaration, a long period of peace for Euroie and the world." The solid front of the four powers. It Is Implied, would be for collaboration collabora-tion In European affairs, but such an understanding would also promote a more unified action in dealing with other International problems confronting confront-ing Europe. The collaborative agreement. It Is Inferred, Is to be complementary to MacDonald's plan for disarmament. Tremler Daladier of France declared that before France can accept the scheme Important modifications must be made. He said France would accept ac-cept the plan In principle. Among the modifications the premier had In mind was one that Poland and the little entente en-tente (Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Jugo-Slavla) be Included In the agreement agree-ment as equals. The hopes of Europe to enmesh the United States In the plan to keep peace on the continent were revealed by Premier MacDonald. He said that the "moral support" of America Is "ardently desired." "We are thinking as Europeans," he said, "but we feel that there are many open ears in Washington and throughout the United States listening to what Is being said in Europe about disarmament and peace. "I am sure that many of these people would gladly spring to our assistance as-sistance In what we are trying to do In a peaceful spirit, consistent with American policies." THE flood in the Ohio river valley has taken at least ten lives and caused millions of dollars' worth of property damage. The Red Cross Is caring for thousands of refugees forced from their homes by the flood waters. Their suffering was Intensified Intensi-fied by a return of winter. New Richmond, Ohio, Is one of the hardest hit of the flooded towns. There wera only five buildings in the town of 1,500 left dry and every road leading from the town but one was impassable. impassa-ble. On the Kentucky shore across from Cincinnati water crept across the river flats to leave some 3,000 homeless home-less and isolate their towns of Newport, New-port, Bellevue, Dayton, Fort Thomas, and Southgate from Covington. . 1933. Western Newspaper Union. |