Show news review of current events the world over presidents four billion dollar relief program jammed through house after bitter fight hauptmann takes stand in own defense by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 by western newspaper union A administration administration forces using steam roller tactics crushed all opposition to jam the presidents relief program through the house efforts to fight the grant of such unprecedented author ity to the president 0 were unavailing astae as the white house cracked the whip over revolt in ing representatives fl FI nal vote on the meas ure was to 78 the vote climaxed a furious eight elgh how thour dea bati bata on the measure pre president s ident members embers jj attempted to roo roosevelt level attach amendments ich would protect private industry efrom rom government projects which might be ibe launched under the relief plan ichen this failed they endeavored to allocate the money tor for specific pur poses when the debate had bad reached its the president sent a message ito the house declaring it would be impossible to segregate items for which the money would be expended but that the huge outlay of sums would be de noted to public projects and that after the immediate crisis of unemployment bad passed it was his hope that the country could set aside a year for the national plan the white house message 0 was the bignal signal for the democratic majority to push the message across with little change from its original form on the final vote 23 26 republicans voted for the bill seven progressives and three farmer laborites also registered at af formative firma tive votes ten democrats five ibrom georgia three from virginia and two from indiana voted with the appo fialon because of the gag rule adopted by the house only amendments offered by the appropriations committee could be considered in vital sections of the leasure such minor amendments as were vere decided upon went through with out serious opposition one of the amendments striking out km list of projects that might be include led in spending the and left the vast sum to be used for fed bral oral or nonfederal projects actually broadened the powers of the president fihe will be used at the presidents discretion for relief pur poses while the program Is being put into effect another amendment struck out a subsection which gave the I 1 resident authority to postpone the end of any existing government agency this was in move mone to satisfy certain democrats who were opposed to secretary ickes land his program which expires in june another clause granting au dhority to the president to acquire personal property by the power of domain was also removed as was the section granting the chief executive the power to impose two years imprisonment on any violator irlie the only other amendment which sue ceedee in passage was one which provided that an accounting be made for lull kill moneys spent minority leader snell attacked the bill declaring that the money involved si amounted to one of the nation hi income and that the house was en titled to know what the money was 6 tor later in conceding the minority s he said that if the opposition iwas free to speak its mind the bill would be defeated two to one but that under the executive lash there was lao no chance of defeating it LW sighed with relief N as the supreme court recessed untIl february 4 without handing down its decision in the gold cases thus giving the administration more time in which to prepare legislation de signed to handle the situation in the event the court renders an adverse decision at the same time the court promised to decide a case presenting a clear cut test of the constitutionality of the na lional recovery act and which will probably have considerable effect upon the ultimate fate of the already bedraggled blue cagle eagle EGI legislation which would permit L legislation the small investor to buy govern ment securities and which provides for radical changes in government cluan cing has been introduced in the house by chairman doughton of the house ways and means committee the bill prepared by the treasury department places the administration squarely against inflation it provides authority to raise money necessary for the public works social security and similar measures meet federal deficits find and might even be used to provide funds for payment of the soldiers bonus under provisions of the measure there would be ten year bonds in amounts as small as 25 and as ex by the treasury department would be sold below par there would be no interest but each six months the bonds would appreciate in value at the rate of 2 per cent plus con pounded earnings ilu huge e sums are involved first the creation creation of a revolving bond authorize auth oriza alon fund of 2 and sec see end ond the consolidation of the two pres ent revolving funds of 10 each into a joint fund for bills certificates and notes A NEW lease of life for the recon x on corporation was seen as a result of a favorable vote by the senate banking committee after hearing jesse jones nrc chairman and commissioner chirles charles D mahaffie of the interstate commerce commis blon slon the proposed b 11 permits the to buy railroad obligations in re bation proceedings with the approval of the ICO to buy stock in mortgage loan companies and similar financial institutions to purchase the assets of closed banks under certain con editions to Ine increase In creise reise authorized authorised in vestments in preferred stock and cap ital notes of insurance companies and to continue the commod ty cred t corporation and the export import bank HITE PACED FACED under the glare of athe the courtroom lights but alpar antly cool bruno richard hauptmann took tool the stand to beg n his fight for life the I 1 atle riem ington N J court house vis ris R is packed as the man accused of the murder of the first born son of charles A lindbergh began his testimony which he ap pears confident will save him from froin the elec elee trie chier calmly he told of his early life ol 01 his bruno war service and ad hauptmann bitted aa that he had once been convicted in germany his thick guttural voice resounded through the room as he recounted how he had made three attempts to enter this coun try before he was successful under the smooth questioning of chief defense counsel kellly he re the details of his life up until the time of the lindbergh baby and then proposed the alibi upon which he Is apparently relying for acquittal hauptmann declared that on the night of april 2 1032 when 50 was paid to a man in st raymonds raymond s cemetery new york he his wife and a man named kloppenberg had been at home until about eleven cleven clock and that he did not leave his home at all that evening he ile also denied that he had been absent from work on the day the took place two witnesses introduced by the defense to establish hauptmann a all bi bt were not entirely satisfactory chris tian frederickson bronx baker said Haupt manns wife had hud been employed in his store as a waitress and counter girl and that the accused had bad called for her on the night of march I 1 upon cross examination however he stated that he was not sure but that it must have been so because it was haupt mann s custom to call for his wife whenever she worked late mrs frederickson also stated that mrs hauptmann worked late on the night of march 1 but was unable to say whether hauptmann had been at the bakery she stated however that she had seen isador fisch furrier friend of hauptmann who died in ger many on the eve of his sailing for germany in november 1932 she said fisch d splayed a large sum of money but she was unable to say whether it was in greenbacks or gold certificates throughout Haupt manns testimony colonel lindbergh continued to stare at him during the court session lind bergh reiterated his belief that haupt manns mann s voice was the same as that of the mysterious john who had hoaxed him out of the ransom money nearly three years ago AR flamed again in Manchu kuo WAR was as japanese troops struck sud denly at three po ants in brov ince in northern china three forti fortified fled cities were shelled and there were in dictations that the drive had only be gun the japanese attack came as a sur prise since it was reported that tiati ons for a peaceful settlement of the d over province had been nearing a successful conclusion japan had asserted that ch nese troops in had invaded dehol military authorities declined to an bounce the real objective of the drive the district which the japanese troops occupied Is about miles long by 50 miles wide and Is said to contain val bable gold mines japans japan s action Is seen by chinese leaders as a determined gesture to in timi date mongolian princes of inner mongolia and to cut the overland route connecting neiping with capital of soviet controlled outer mongol a the s tuition is viewed with consid erable apprehension by soviet russia the drive will bring japanese military operations into direct contact with the borders of outer mongolia and all high officials of the arri tory who have been attending the soviet anniversary ce lebrat ons in mos cow have hurried back to their provinces JAPANS foreign min minster ster rold III 1 I 1 rot rota warned soviet russia that she sh should nid stop fortifying the S berian berlan frontier north of Manchu kuo if friend ly relations are ta be continued between the two countries his remarks made in an address before tie tl e imperial diet had special significance in view of reports that japanese troops are invading province to prevent of tl ti at reg on russ an fortifications in the far east particularly of the c cross ings of the amur river are becoming increasingly hiruo ne to the japanese army in Manchu kuo other projects to which japan is objecting are double track ng of the trans siber an ra iway to N and ren of the strong fort float ficat ons of that pacific port government officials in washinton wasi Was inton linton were sa d to be favorably impressed with part of H rota s address which referred to japan japans s desire to avoid fur ther expand on of armament it Is hoped that negotiations will be res aimed soon for another agreement to replace the renounced wasi wast ington treaty which established t the e 5 5 ratio for the unit ed states gre great greit it britain and japan R D that amer lea air defense f acilla es be great ly increased w 11 be made by president roosevelt in a special message soon to be sent to congress it has been andl bated by those cloe to the admin s construction of a series of air bases for the un ted states the addi tion of 4 planes to the service and build ng a i huge d risible will be among the projects which the president ap proves the proposed construction Is in ac cord with a report just made by the special aviation commission it is the purpose of the commiss on to lease the dirigible to a commercial firm as a sis s ter ship to the graf zeppelin which 1 will I il start regular transatlantic service with in a few weeks the series of bases along the tactile I 1 and atlantic coasts aill make america impregnable to air attack the commis sion slon believes wh ie the addition of 4 planes to the army and navy ice will bring it up to far more than the existing fighting strength the commission has also recommend cd ed creation of a special five fileman man av avi atlon commission to regulate civil aero rahe death toll continued to mount 1 as reports seeped in from north west al M ss and southwest ten bessee where the turbulent coldwater river was a raging torrent threaten ing the lives and property of thousands in its march to the tallahatchie basin freezing weather added to the suf fering of thousands driven from their homes workers toiled tolled to rescue as many as possible of those who had been marooned on roof tops and in trees A number of communities have been evacuated because it Is feared the waters will continue to spread appeals for additional help in caring for the homeless have been made by public officials and red cross aid has been rushed to the strict en areas plan possibility possibility of a move by the ital laa government to make a pi electorate out of ethiopia was seen by european statesmen exploitation of the announcement of the slaying of a french Soma liland ad and 90 96 french Soma liland ad and somalia somalis was as said to indicate that a movement was on for italy to take over the mountainous african kingdom to restore order the con sent of france and premier Q great britain to the nl ill plan aa has gg been ggs obtained it was reported A number of recent developments point toward some action by the ital lan ian government premier mussolini recently took over the office of min ister of colonies gen emillo emilio de do bono former minister of colonies was named high commissioner of italian east africa military roads have been constructed through italian Soma liland to the ethiopian frontier and the italians have recently taken over a bigger share in the operation of the DJ bouti boutt and add s abbata ralla ay recent history affords a number of precedents for the italian government to follow japanese intervention in manchuria was to restore order and reduce chinese banditry and italy might use the excuse of reducing ethiopian banditry as a reason for in the british action in egypt and the sudan and the french sub ji j of tunis also offer parallel cases statesmen anxiously EUROPEAN watched developments in the can c tons of eupen dupen and malmede Mali nedy on the bel glan frontier as gendarmerie re en foree tor cements ments were rushed to arrest nazi agitators who have been advocating an vexation of that territory with the ger man reich loyalists report a cam laign of terrorism has been carried on against those who have refused to join an organ bation directed by the brown shirts the belgian government is ex pecked to lodge a complaint with the lea league ue of nat ons the cantons which were taken from germany under the versailles treaty have considerable commerce al at imbor tance formerly a part of prussia they have an area of about square miles and a population in excess of people chupen boasts ng mills and other establishments connected with the textile industry iron foundries machine shops and tan berles |