Show news review of current events the world over Roosevel ts first rebuff in primaries senate committee boosts income taxes house playing havoc with economy bill by EDWARD W PICKARD FOR fo r the first time since he started out u t on his hunt for instructed delegates gov GOT franklin D roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them jn in fact in the massachusetts primaries he be expected to win eight or ten of the SO 36 delegates chosen for the democratic presidential President lal convention but at al smith ok swept the state stale find and added the entire delegation to his little bundle of votes more blore important because more unexpected was the result in sen J J pennsylvania the davia new york governor captured the greater part of that states delegation perhaps CO 00 out of il 76 votes but smith made a much bet ter than anyone had anthel incomplete returns indicated he had carried 15 of the ga counties and his majority in philadelphia was impressive altogether the leaders of the stop roosevelt movement were considerably heartened by the outcome of these two primaries president hoover was virtually assured of the republican delegates in the two states in the pennsyl vanla the republican primary wits was made interesting by the contest between senator james J davis and gen smedley D butler the famous marine was backed by governor pinchot and ran as a dry but davis who had been converted to prohibition anti antl isra ism through the influence of william S vare republican boss of the state defeated the general by a plurality that approached it was thought this might mean that the pennsylvania delegation in the kepul alcan convention would fight earnestly for a plank promising resubmission of the eighteenth amendment sirs mrs pill chot the governors wife sought the republican congressional nomination in the fifteenth district but was whipped by congressman louis T me bic fadden who some months ago attacked the administrations infernal lional finance policies and accused president hoover of selling out to europe FIRST fator rejecting a proposal by senator couzens to boost surtaxes sur taxes to the wartime maximum of 45 per cent the senate finance committee voted on nn increase in all income tax rates above the testes levies written into the new revenue bill by that house the committee almost unanimously adopted a schedule presented by sena tor harrison of mississippi the 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 income 6 per cent on the next and fl 9 per cent on the income above the present normal rates are 13 14 3 and 5 tier per cent the house voted 1 to increase these rates to 2 4 and 7 per cent respectively by close votes the tariffs on imported oil and roal 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 alie clivy bill after refusing to cut the amount 10 per cent 11 to get the D economy hill bill before the son sen ite us as quickly as possible majority floor leafier leader rainey decreed that lie hie houe liou e should hald night sessions until the ine aquire was disposed tf nf Imme Matel a hl bl insurgent con lillon took charge and oer overrode rode the the Democrat le mad lead first thing it did was to knork out that flint provI provision slon of the rule limiting the number nu of ami to the economy measure to ro forty and an alien it sta ripi in to rip ri the hill bill to its primary achi in oils alili line ws lift lip adopt of nn hy by of illinois exempting from tin lift proposed red 11 II per rent pay nil all federal em plovers etli malli s up to und in thit hiding ling amu As aa fri framed lined hy by the i the exi matlon ran to the change look more thin than ON of out it of the he the hill wits supposed 11 to effect in the iti inual cost of lift alie re leral government 1 while tills this wits going on the gill gd cries berles of the he house were throng thron ged til natt ith fedt ral ds who cheered on oil the I 1 lie insurgents the ration proposal that vet trims erans n be in the lie tase lase of single men re elving a ila income or married men with a S income with exemption for dependents pen dents also was expected to bring i storm of protest on nn tile the house floor the eco economy tor for a consolidation of the briny army and anvy establishments antio if single do de apartment part ment of nf national defense vigor bously opposed by the president and his advisers likewise meets with objections in both republican and democratic ranks rand RICHMOND was full of governors and other dignitaries last week and was mighty busy in other res rehperta perta the events included the annual conference of state executives the washington bicentennial celebration a cot eb ebrat ration lon in honor of the landing of the first permanent colonists a state music festival dedication of the first monument to james monroe in the state and the opening to the public for the full week of colonial homes and gardens the ne governors thirty in number aft er being received by governor pollard helped tr 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 th their air own tour four day meet on wednesday they were addressed by president hoover who in one of his bis most important speeches presented the federal governments case to the stat states es and asked tor for their fuller operation cooperation co in III settling national problems thursday evening the governors were enter talked at dinner in the white house representative F 11 la guardia R representative of new york leader of the bloc that defeated the sales tax proposition provided the sensation of the week in the senate b banking a n k I 1 n g committee fd q hearings methods on stock exchange it was an exposure of alleged high pressure publicity methods including even bribery to manipulate prices on the new york stock exchange and the documents he offered in proof of his charges involved u F H lin la number of financial gua guardia dia writers formerly employed on new york papers they were employed by brokerage houses he said to ballyhoo 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 methods were included by brokers in letters to customers five pools in which stocks were manipulated according to la laguardia guardia were cited by the new yorker to back up hla his assertions ile he sald said that high pressure methods had been utilized in the handline of pools in indian motorcycle tor cycle stock savage arms maxwell motors pure oil simms petroleum and superior oil in all instances except the indian motorcycle stock the pools operated back in 1021 1924 and 1025 1925 sir mr la guardia named A newton plummer as the high pr pressure escure pub lacity man who had distributed saso among news newspaper men this man he said operated under the title of publicity counsel and sometimes under the name of the institute of economic research plummer Is now under indictment for forging securities the committee in executive session decided to make a sweeping inquiry into the whole hole stock and bond selling as it affects the stock ex change and this may last all summer A steering committee of five as named by chairman norbeck to plan the dinv inv investigation and line up witnesses senator coupens of 14 michigan one of the p progressives progress ives Is perhaps the leading mem senator her ber of this smaller conzene body and will be a most important factor in the inquiry glass class 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 Nor beckt i JAPAN APAN opened a great drive in manchuria to suppress the fast grow lug ing revolt against the government of the puppet state of having 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 loer valley were estimated fit at and there were more of them in other regions the japanese government scorned the resolution of the league of nations committee of nineteen calling for life immediate evacuation of shanghai und and then went ahead to arrange its own plan with the operation cooperation co of sir mills miles Lar luini isun the british minister to china it was reported in geneva that this ibis pro proposal poal was accepted by so the league committee meekly admitted it would have to remie its resolution to conform the small powers aich had insisted on drastic action against japan like this development but could do nothing J lotrn N X WILLYS ambassador to poland thinks he be should return to the direction of his automobile manufacturing 1111 business therefore he be crime came back to the country and last week called on president hoover and arranged for his retirement from the diplomatic post in june ile he said bold to the reporters 1 I shall make immediate arrangements to move back to the united states in order that I 1 may be on the tea ground to take care of my various interests 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 bis promotion of the moratorium on reparations and war debts but there was no way in which this gratitude could be shown directly to the president dent so ambas cassador bas frederic U M sackett was chosen to be the recipient of an unusual honor the bestowal of the degree of doctor of political science by the ancient and famous university a I 1 t y 0 of f Tue bingen this high honor was F M sackett presented to the ambassador bas in an impressive ceremony a the presence of representatives of he ae germany cabinet and many of south germanys germanas Germ anys most distinguished men in its centuries of existence the university of Tue bingen has dispensed only a few honorary titles but as the rector said because of his great effort in alleviating economic problems the university concluded that the american ambassador did signal work in III singling out some of the causes of the present difficulties and decided to honor him sackett in reply stressed the community of interest of germany and america in great cultural problems in the evening the ambassador gave the traditional doktor or doctors feast for the members of the university and all officials R referendum of the prohibition question under provisions of article five of the eighteenth amendment was voted by michigan republicans in convention at grand rapids the convention also voted indorsement endorsement Indor of president hoover the platform was adopted practically unanimously after a riotous session on the floor preceded by two hours of debate in the committee on resolutions resolution the committee refused a report on the soldiers bonus question GEORGIA has a new senator appointed by gov richard B russell jr to fill out part of the term of the late william J harris the man selected Is maj john S fa colien coben editor of the atlanta journal he will serve until next november the harris term does not expire until 1937 1037 and governor russell himself will be a candidate for the place in the general election in the fall major cohen who has been democratic mal lal S national committee cohen man from georgia since 1921 1924 Is a member of a distinguished southern family ile he joined the staff of the journal to in 1890 and was reporter special washington correspondent and editorial writer ile he was a correspondent spon dent and later an army officer in the spanish american war his father was a confederate officer since 1917 major cohen has been president and editor of the journal ile he Is no stranger to political washington having been for a time secretory secretary to hoke smith who was secretary of the interior under president cleveland socialists under the NATIONAL leadership of adolt adolf hitler scored a greot great victory in the prussian elections eions and won enough places in other ports of germany to make them the strongest political party in four of the five states in the belch but they still lack a clear majority to control any of them in bavaria they tell fell slightly behind L in prussia where the light fight was most bitter because of the theory that who eer controls prussia controls the belch the forces garnered seats seals against the nine they held heretofore the coalition which males makes i up the present government also obtained seats the communists also gained now having 57 seats to their former 43 48 the social 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 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 slay may when the catholic Centris ts 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 I 1 in n I 1 the b e ha hands 0 ds of the socialists and christian socialists the pan german and agaryan parties were practically wiped out by the nazis 06 1232 western newspaper unload |