Show News Review of Current l Events the tie World Over r St. St Lawrence Waterway Treaty Rejected by Senate Despite I Presidents President's Efforts Revamping Efforts Revamping of Air Mail in Progress Progress House House Passes Bonus Bill I By 63 ED EDWARD EDARD ARD W. W PICKARD I B I I II I i I I I I I D B tI the Iho fact that Hint President nOO e eil honed personally to toa toa a n number of set senators s of both parties partie seeking to them to vote fur for nil in of the S SL t. t x La Lawrence Wi nee waterway treaty the pact was defeated In to n the senate sen L 11 nee ate Ie h b by ii rf vote cote of 40 to t o fr tt 4 Thus the tc vo o cote e was far fur below be lie- Ii V C. C 14 lu low v the required two two- thirds of or those hi Y voting i 1 l t II lines r rf I. I i Party m nes were c s j ik ll f re regarded two Twenty I II Iy y 0 Democrats e mo c l' l a t s voted Lewisa a against g a i Ins n s t t tion Senator Lewis along g with 20 I In fax recur or of the pact were ol n t Democrats M Jt Republicans and 1 Farmer La Farmer bonte Mr Ir noose Roosevelt It It was sal sold said In a Wash Washington hInton h- h ington Inton was decidedly l vexed by this defeat of a major administration measure and ho lie began preparations to j I resubmit the treaty at n a future session of congress Senator lames James Hamilton j jLewis Lewis of Illinois Democratic whip of the senate and anil one of the lending leading opponents op op- op- op I 1 of the rejected treaty predicted pre ore Ire Ire- i ducted that l Canada would could soon offer olTer I Ithe the United Suites States a H suh substitute treaty m may h he true but put dispatches reve re- re I I l I ve teal I l tint In Montreal at fit least the deI de- de I tr I of If tr 1 li lil rt Il s hailed d with willI Joy Jo J I Y I b I lisi Iti H ur nun men u n t f tre r ro re t tp think the p el Ulo f o t n n eve ve to tl he e undertaken en eti at lit this tart tw Presidents President's Iii in t thu M c 1 ila llla t v 0 rM Id d on Its own orn liu hla I nn un ill r m lian waterway water water- wa why way W sc tn to n II ha ba ui t 1 h bj by this news irate flora Montreal allt o HI mid Ii nil tu tio Mississippi valley alIe I are arc II h bv fir Mr l Roosevelt pIt rit for the I rejection of fir t the Hie Ill treaty and there Is no doubt Ilia t their 11 arguments r. r that the proposed rc restriction of Ion aon of wa water from Lake t. Michigan I un to 1 OO cubic cable lc feet feel a ii second were yens potent JIs Ih s amount to Sr Senator Le Levi ami West I I he j cr n ne ee to nv nt i i in In hi slit Hit M 1 oI way y i iI rI Tie Atlantic At r n I I ir Ir l senators to tOil were almost solidly against t the treaty trent If It f the 1 treaty Is resubmitted the clauses concerning the soY sov sovereignty relents of ot Lake Mih Michigan an and the I Chicago o dl- dl I I n version son ma may be he omitted but Senator I Lewis Levis said So far as I am concerned and and I 1 believe I steak speak also for several several sev sev- eral others I others I shall not be he satisfied d with a mere omission but shall demand de de- It mand maul that Internationalization of Lake I j I j Michigan IIchi an and the limitation of ot the j HI I w. w j Ui mount U IlL snaIl oe Ill sp specifically renounced by Canada S WAGNER WAG of or New York Tork chairman of labor board has as put forth a warning that unless and find evasion of the collective c bargaining provisions pro of the National Industrial Recovery neco Act are checked ked we ma may expect to witness a aast avast avast vast ast swelling of ot Industrial unrest with the coming coiling of spring Secretary of Labor Perkins Joined with ner and other witnesses before be be- fore ore the board hoard in urging the passage of Wa Wagner's Wagners ncr's hill bill which would create a permanent labor board and outlaw employer el Influence over the organization tion of employees Representatives es of the tho American Federation of Labor demand that employers ers he forced to e the unions and predict general general gen gen- en eral strikes especially In the automobile automo bile 1110 Industry unless prompt action Is taken to satisfy the men B DV 1 DIRECTION of the President all allter air ter snail mall operations by the army air all corps were cre suspended ed by MaJ Gen Cen I f D. D chief of the corps and the drafting draft draft- lug ing of a new schedule sched ule that would woul Insure greater rater safety for the s 's flyers was begun When the news reached him hUn of the s deaths of the tho ninth and tenth arm army ormy mall mal carriers within three weeks eels Mr Roosevelt Hoos sent out ont word Tile The lie J 4 continuation of paths lentils In the oral army air corps Gen B B. B D. D must stop lie He ordered or or- dered that the carrying of air mall mail ease except e on such routes under c Lich weather conditions ane and under er suc such Continued on page a c two equipment nna and personnel conditions as aswill aswill will Insure ns fiS far as the utmost care can can provide against constant recurrence recurrence recur recur- rence renco of or fatal accidents General Brig DrIg Gen Oscar Westover chief of air mall operations and various Post Office department officials built a revised safety route with the transcontinental trans line from Newark to San Francisco as the main mainline mainline mainline line other routes feeding Into It The Intention was to reduce the number of trips on all schedules and to permit less less' s night flying ing Colonel Lindbergh aroused Interest by visiting Washington for Cor two days mid conferrIng with Secretary of at War Dern Soon after aCter the secretary named the colonel Orville Wright and Clarence Clarence Clar Claro ence Chamberlain on a committee to Investigate the army carrying of ot the theair theair air mall Lindbergh rh however declined to serve servo on the committee repeating in his letter letter letter let let- ter to i ec Dern his severo severe condemnation condemnation con con- of the plan Illan to have bave the tho army carry the air mall Mr Dern ll urged ged him to reconsider Meanwhile the colnnel appeared ared before the senate post ollice office committee to testify concerning concerning con con- permanent air aIrmail mall mail legislation General has been working on a plan by which army flyers could Join with commercial pilots In receiving receiving ing lag training The step follows a suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- by Mr rr Roosevelt that because military lessons have been taught us during the last few weeks army aviators aviators avi l should train with those who i later Inter on will fly the mail mall In night I fl flying blind flying and instrument flying TWO hundred and thirty-one thirty Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic members of ot the house kicked II over oyer the traces and with the aid of 09 59 9 Republicans passed the Patman bill calling for Cor the Immediate payment of or ortho tho veterans veterans' bonus with greenbacks The President has repeatedly expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed his opposition to the measure and Indicated that he would veto reto it Irit if Ir It got through congress Its passage b by the senate was unlikely There were only two reasonable explanations explanations ex ex- ex I for tor the revolt re of at the Dem Dem- One was put In n words by Representative Representative Rep Rep- e John Y Brown of ot Kentucky Kentuck Kentucky Ken Ken- tuck tucky a Democrat who was in I He said You are buIn buying veterans veterans' votes rotes You are holding out this piece of ot bait to get veterans veterans' rotes Tote this summer There Is not a n man Inthe Inthe In la lathe the house who believes this bill will willever willever ever become a law v and yet you sit Bit here and vote rote for tor it for tor your own political political po po- welfare The other explanation was that many of ot the Democrats are resentful of at tho the rubber stamp label that has been put on congress and welcomed an opportunity to break away from dictation and as one of ot them said eald vote ote as their consciences directed IN TN N A new revolt against admInIstration tion policy the house Insisted on adding more than in veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vet vet- I erans' erans benefits and government go pay to the fc federal outlays in the ne next t fiscal year However this was a compromise for th the amendment adopted by the house Involves a total annual expenditure expendi expendi- ture of approximately S for veter veterans as compared with the tho called for under the veterans veterans' amendment adopted by the senate BrI Briefly ny summarized the house measure measure meas meas- ure as fiS sent to conference provides 1 That all Spanish-American Spanish war veterans be restored to the pension rolls on a basis of at 73 75 per cent of at what they received ed prior to enactment of the economy bill last ses session ion 2 That all World war veterans with service sor connected disabilities be restored restored restored re re- re- re stored to the rolls on a full basis bass 3 That World war veterans with wah presumptive e disabilities be returned to the rolls on a n 75 73 per cent basis In addition it eliminates pensions for emergency officers pensions for forthe forthe forthe the widows of the men lost In airship disasters and knocks out the so called Borah amendment limiting the restoration restoration restoration resto resto- ration of or the federal pay cut to persons persons persons per per- sons receiving less than a year S SAMUEL AMUEL INSULL whose deportation tion tron was ordered by the Greek government government government gov gov- his ticket bought and his train selected by the officials vanished from his residence in Athens between midnight and morning and for tor hours the police of or the country were frantically frantically fran tran- searching for him Then it was announced that the fugitive had been arrested aboard the Greek freighter which had been pursued by a torpedo boat destroyer Insull Instill was bound for Cor Kessy hessy Egypt near Alexan Alexandria Alexandria Alex Alex- an andria and presumably was heading for tor either Persia or Afghanistan The Athens police pollee learned from the Insull household nothing of ot the way in which Insull Instill escaped from tho the city They hey thought he was aided by International Inter national crooks The Greek government decided that Mrs In Insull was an undesirable resl- resl dent and should be he ejected from the country WALTER ALTER J J. J CUMMINGS chairman chairman chair- chair W man of the Continental Illinois Bank Hanl and Trust company of or Chicago I is the new treasurer of the Demo Demo- n party The place was first offered offered of of- to John S. S Cohen Atlanta pub- pub usher lisher but he rejected it Mr Ur Cummin Cummings Cummings' Cum- Cum Cummings Cummings' min s' s first task will be the raising of or funds with ith which to help along the election of Democratic senators and congressmen this fall Suppose Supposedly he will also ulso raise the money for the next Presidential campaign o 0 V JULY 1 the University of Ill nil nois oos will have hare a anew new president In Inthe inthe In Inthe the person of or Arthur Cutts Willard nO cnn of or the college of or engineering in the university Mr rr Willard who is five fifty fl e years jears old is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of or Technology Tech Tech- and Is internationally known as asan asan as asan an authority on oh heating and ven ven- LIE gunboat r n as S the T THE grief ship of or the American nav navy caught fire during a storm of oft off the China coast and had to be abandoned The crew of ot officers and men was rescued by two British vessels and taken to Only three men were injured JOSEPH OSEPH D. D EASTMAN IAN and the interstate Inter- Inter J state Commerce commission have Joined in recommending to congress the legislation that will place under guiding h hand of or government go control the tho transportation agencies that use the highways and waterways of or the country Their report which was submitted submitted sub sub- to the President declares that re regulation of motor and water transportation trans Is necessary if HIt a n threatening threatening threaten threaten- In ing ing chaos Is 15 to be transformed into or order Such regulation they said should be he concentrated in the Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Commerce commission In proposing changes in the interstate interstate inter Inter- state tate commerce act net the co and the commission recommend liberalization liber liber- liberalization of the lon long and find short haul clause forbidding a a railroad to charge less for a lon longer er than a n shorter haul except on permission from the commission com com- mission This clause is held b by mI middle western western western west west- ern Interests to have ha damaged ama ed them substantially by preventing traffic moving moy- moy moving moyIn In ing by rail to the Pacific coast add m its repeal is now b being sought OUgh OF COMMERCE ROPER ROPER RO RO- S SECRETARY PER obtained the approval of or PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident Roosevelt for a n new pro program ram for Cor i subsidizing th the American merchant I marine which he e will submit to con con- I gress ress CRIMINAL UNAL action for alleged easlon evasion eva eva- C CU slon sion of or the federal income tux tax law was ordered by Attorney General Cummings to be brought immediately against Andrew W. W Mellon former secretary secretary secre secre- tary Lary of or the treasury and one of the worlds world's r 1 wealthiest men T T. T L L. L Sidlow of at Cleveland Law ww partner of or Newton Newton Newton New New- ton D D. D Baker Thomas S. S Lamont Lament son of at the noted financier Thomas Thom Thom- as ns W. W Lamont Lament and a 8 member of the J. J P P. P s Morgan banking house Andrew W W. and James J J. J Walker Mellon I former ma mayor or of New NewYork York Mr lr Cummings announced that the Department of ot Justice had hind conducted a R secret investigation of ot the tax affairs affairs af nt- af- af fairs of ot these four Cour men and had turned the Information gathered over overto overto overto to United States attorneys In NewYork New York Cleveland and Pittsburgh Grand Jury action in each of ot those cities was expected to result Cases against more than a score of at other men were being prepared by the departments department's tax divi divI- sion Mr Mellon was quick to place his case before the people In a long statement he denied ever having failed taIled in pay his proper Income taxes and said that in the last twenty years he had paid more than In this form of or rates He lie characterized the attorney ney generals general's action as politics of the crudest sort He continued I feel very ery strongly that before the attorney general of the United States should hrin bring a charge chare of this lids kind against me I like nn any other citizen should be given proper notice in the manner provided by law of ot the governments government's governments government's gov soy intention to assess additional addition addItion- al taxes and should have hn been afforded afford afford- ed d an ol opportunity to meet such charges in the customary way In all nil my years of experience In Inthe Inthe Inthe the administration of at the tax laws I have never known of or a single Instance In which such unfair and arbitrary action has been taken Over In London where Jimmy Walker Walk Walk- er is sojourning the former playboy mR mayor or said sad he was not surprised that the authorities were only doing their duty auty and that he even welcomed It as asan asan an nn opportunity to vindicate his charac charac- ter By Dy order of ot the President a n new income income in in- come tax procedure was put in force torce designed to break up called so-called negligent negligent neg evasion of ot taxes All AU ta tax |