Show washington snapshots taken by the helm news service tor for the park record washington D 0 april 2nd and A thoroughly chastened chasteney chast ened house made such euch progress with the billion dollar doliar revenue bill that the leaders promised members a weekend week end holiday to go fishing the holiday offer was made by acting chairman crisp democrat of georgia after the house had approved amendments estimated to produce a total ol of in an exhibition of docility that was amazing by contrast with the rebellion of the last two weeks an increase in the first class postage rate from 2 to 3 cents led a Us list of twelve tax items voted by the house in its effort to balance the budget in the fiscal year 1933 the rise would go into effect thirty days after enactment of the tax bill and terminate july 1 1931 1934 all amendments adopted were expected to produce toward the goal the postal increase was counted upon to produce of this A new political term was coined in the senate by senator who characterized democrats who vote tor for specific tariff rates but oppose the protective tariff theory as hitchhikers hitch hikers democratic hitchhikers hitch hikers the michigan re rei i publican said are those who attach themselves to a republican measure to get protection for their own products and then thunder at the bill as a whole hitchhikers hitch hikers always are dangerous passengers liable to assault you sue tor for damages and contribute nothing except their dead weight the democratic majority in the house hopes but Is by no means sure cure they have stopped a stampede by their own party toward more tariffs and higher ones cesi As much as anything else it was tear fear of a tariff stampede which actually was under way that made the democratic majority willing to come back to order and listen to speaker garners appeal that organization Is the only wa way to 0 perform and operate in the house during the first legislative day following the he upsetting of the democratic leaders the immediate result was a race to enact tariffs the session once out from control of leadership degenerated as it was put by one member into a tariff fight between members of the majority democratic party it was not so much 0 of f a fight as a race 0 proposed legislation to slash the salares 11 s of federal employed emp loyes or abolish their jobs Is doomed to defeat in the house hous e according to an announcement by american federation of labor leaders at the conclusion of a per personal serial poll of house m members embers the labor leaders revealed they had a big majority on our side they declared they were mere assured by a majority of representatives that the house will enact a revenue raising measure which win will produce sufficient nt money to b balance alance the budget and make pay reductions unnecessary cheerful the first cheerful news to american farmers in many months was provided in an announcement by the department of agriculture that the general level of farm prices P rices had shown an upward trend for the first time in nine months the reconstruction finance corporation president hoovers mainstay in th the administrations efforts to speed prosperity upon its return journey camo through a threatened attack in the senate virtually unscathed senator couzens of michigan made the attack but it was mild indeed compared with advance notices of what might be expected the worst direct criticism the senator made or of the corporation headed beaded by general dawes was that in the instance of a loan to the missouri pacific railroad it had approved before the interstate commerce commission had acted mr couzens however gave it as aa hla his opinion that a continuance ot of the corporations policy toward the railroads would result either in the government losing its the railroads money or having over many of 0 them weak most of them inroads giving indications that they cannot be i run profitably I 1 despite president hoovers warning that the war veterans bonus bill it if it should become law would undermine the credit of the government advocates ot of the legislation continued their agitation lor for its ita passage representative john E rankin democrat of 0 mississippi sis sippi both on th the e floor of the house and in a written statement joined representative wright patman democrat of texas in backing the bonus measure openly and primarily as a currency ex pension method mr air Pat mans bill provides that the veterans adjusted compensation comes pensa tion certificates es be paid off by an issue of paper money the department of commerce has noted so much improvement in foreign credit and collection conditions within the last several weeks that officials now are looking tor for an upward movement in american foreign trade although the department part ment said bald in a brief formal statement it was unable to put its finger on specific incidents it has evidence of improvement in collections its information was gained as most of its facts are I 1 directly from businesses engaged tn in tori eign ega trade pieced together these we wert paid to tell nn an interesting story federal income tax returns may be opened tor for inspection by state officers tor for intangible property tax purposes according to an executive order issued by president hoovers the treasury issued regulations covering their ground JO john hit F curry leader ot of tammany hall held an informal press conference here he insisted there was no political significance in his visit he was just dropping in on a lot of old friends political as well as personal but it his visit was strictly nonpolitical non political his conference was not it r began and ended on the subject of governor Roosevel ts presidential chances mr curry answered all ques questions tiow some positively some not so 80 positively and he was fencing with his interviewers much of the time many trick questions were propounded in an effort to catch him off his guard but all tailed failed soggy ground and a stiff breeze did not deter a crowd of 0 more than most of whom were children from mak ing the best ot of the annual easter easte r egg rolling roiling party at the white H house ouse mrs herbert hoover helped save the day by mingling with the crowd representing a cross section ot of the capitals children distributing colored eggs from a basket and greeting boys and girls who will probably remember the a occasion c c as ion with pride the remainder of their r lives many of the young guests also a saw aw t the he pres ident who appeared after luncheon on his way to his off office lice washington D C april ath A big para parade d e ot of peace in commemoration of 0 one of war celebrating army day and the fifteenth anniversary of this nations entry into the world war passed in review belore before president hoover other high government officials and tens of thousands of citizens Em blazoning pennsylvania and constitution avenues with 1 khaki and scarlet polished metal and steel glittering in the bright april afternoon ter noon the demonstration ran the gamut ot of crack veteran soldiers to high school youths who can barely remember the days of the bloody conflagration of which the occasion was so reminiscent drum beats and thousands of tramping feet out of a near but receding past swept down the avenue more afore than a seventh of a century has gone and a new generation has arisen since that momentous proclamation which sent americans into battle lines and training camps there were close to uniformed marchers barchers mar chers in una line when the great parade swung away from the capitol plaze many of the ranks were filled with men who actually had taken part in the world war many were filled ailed with boys who were babies when the regiments of the fighting divisions were crawling thru the mud and the mist of the meuse valley 0 0 0 american legion officials who are attempting to halt the stampede toward full payment of the bonus deserve high commendation they reflect the true spirit of the veterans who went to france to serve their country it if the rank and file of former soldiers support them in this stand the american legion will consolidate its reputation for patriotic thinking and constructive action in spite of the fact that many veterans are in favor of obtaining anything they ca can n g get et from uncle sam henry L stevens n national commander of the Le legion has gIfton hu taken a definite stand against the bonus grab while the treasury Is in such a depleted condition his courageous action puts in a precarious situation those veterans in the house who are leading the fight to debase the currency tor for the benefit of themselves and companions the bonus drive thus becomes a operative cooperative co project in which lobbyists hobbyists and spineless congressmen join hands statements ol of mr stevens that legion posts with only a few exceptions opposed immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates evoked strong expressions from bonus a advocates dvo cates in the house who contend that the rank and a nd file ot of the veterans tavor favor the bonus payment representative rankin of 0 mississippi as spokesman tor for the bonus advocates said that mr stevens roust must have been talking in his sleep on the other hand representative senta tive johnson ol of south dakota expressed the view that a bonus bill would probably be defeated in the house senate leaders fighting the bonus have already said that while a bonus bill it if passed by the house might pass the senate a presidential veto would be sustained senator karrison harrison who announced that he opposed the bonus has since received a large number of 0 telegrams and letters of congratulation 0 the controversy over further reductions in the cost of government Is at a point where it may swing strongly in the direction of reduction or nothing may be done it if reduction by congress ends with what w hat congress already has done not cot a great deal will have been accomplished some of the reductions made by congress were as president hoover pointed out rather in the nature ot of postponements postpone ments which vm ill have to be made up in abe usual manner by deficiency clency appropriations a year irom from now the most recent installment of 0 recommendations from the committee of the house working on economy were tor for items ot of or or less which are trivial compared to the which president hoover says can be cut off permanently ly by thorough going consolla lions and reductions of unessential government functions supporters of former governor smith for the democratic nomination tor for president professed to see a distinct victory in the action of the committee of arrangements range ments for the national convention in voting to commend jouett shouse national executive chairman for permanent chairman of the convention mr shouse was the professed choice of tm tile smith supporters and john J raskob national chairman tor for temporary chairman but mr smiths friends here de dared clard that the permanent chairmanship was a much more important office and the choice of mr shouse for the permanent post more than offset the selection 1 of senator Sei ator alben W barkley of 0 kentucky the roosevelt loosevelt Boo sevelt candidate for temporary chairman chaiman the selection selecta on ot of aa a I 1 permanent chairman has yet to come before the national committee I 1 in which the roosevelt managers expect t the governors friends to be in the majority and the final choice will be made by the delegates to the convention in which the roosevelt faction also expects to be in the majority with aprils arrival governor bo vernor boose velta contest tor for the democratic presidential nomination enters upon a new and critical phase the political w winds of march were kind to his candi candidacy d acy his boom prospered in maine and iowa the contest in the hawkeye state eliminated that potentially formidable opponent lt alfalfa bill murray so tar far as the middle west is concerned mr roosevelt not only corralled delegates in march but was heartened by the withdrawal of senator robinson as arkansas arkanna a lav favorite son which followed the retirement of senators hull of tennessee and barkley of kentucky thus apparently marking the collapse ot of menacing combination 0 against the background of secretary mills criticism the unscientific nature of the revenue measure hastily thrown together in the house becomes clearly apparent though he made the point in its favor that it would raise ei toward balancing next years budget a very ery k important consideration he pointed 0 out ut convincingly wherein certain of its provisions would at the same time seriously retard business recovery since the whole object of tax revision Is by maintaining the credit of the united states to facilitate business recovery the conflict inherent in the crazy quilt of levies dumped into the senates lap Is obvious 0 0 0 mr mills singled out tor for special objection the stock transfer tax the corporation po ration income tax the tax on dividends the erasure of the net loss provision of the present revenue law and the high estate tax rates items of this sort he made plain constituted a direct discouragement coura gement to business enterprise and their cumulative effect magnified by the deadening influence of the depression would be very great what we want to accomplish above all else at the present time he said Is to break down the vicious circle of deflation of credit industrial du stagnation falling failing prices and loss of purchasing power to put men to work capital must go to work credit must be sought and freely offered |