Show news review of current events the world over roosevelt Roosevel ts s first rebuff in primaries marics senate committee boosts income taxes house playing 0 havoc W with ith economy bill by EDWARD W PICKARD the first time since lie he started fout FOR out on his hunt for instructed delegates gov Fran franklin klio D roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them ben in 10 fact in the massachusetts primaries lie he expected to win in eight or ten en of tile rhe 30 36 delegates chosen for the presidential convention but al smith v n swept the state nad and kidded added the entire del r degallon to his bis little bundle of votes more important because more unexpected was the result in sen J J I T the h e davis new york governor captured the greater part of that states delegation perhaps 60 out of 76 votes but smith made a much better choming thao than anyone had find antici incomplete returns indicated he had carried 15 of tile the 67 counties and his majority in philadelphia was Impresa he altogether the leaders of the stop roosevelt movement were tere considerably heartened by the outcome of these to primaries president hoover was virtually as ot of the republican delegates in the two states in the pennsyl vanla the republican primary 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 anti prohibition 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 thia might mean that the pennsylvania delegation in the lican convention would light fight earnestly for or a plank promising resubmission of the eighteenth amendment mrs pin pill chot the governors wife sought sought the republican congressional nomination in the fifteenth district but was whipped by congressman louis T me fadden who sonie some months ago HI at tacked the administrations interim lional finance policies and accused president hoover of selling out to europe FIRST fator rejecting a proposal by senator couzens to boost surtaxes sur Bur taxes to the wartime maximum of 45 per cent the senate finance committee voted an increase in all income tax rates above the levies written into the new revenue bill by that house the committee almost unanimously adopted a schedule presented by senator harrlson harrison of mississippi the ranking democrat calling for a maximum surtax of 45 per cent instead of the 40 per cent figure carried in lie be house bill normal income rates were boosted to 3 per cent on the first income 6 per cent on the next and 9 per cent on the income above the present normal rates are idt I 1 3 and 5 per cent the house voted vote j to increase these rates to 2 4 and 7 per cent respectively by close votes the tariffs on imported oil and coal which the house added to the measure were struck out the tax on automobiles was approved the house bouse passed and sent to tile the president the tariff bill restoring to congress all power to alter import duties tile the house also passed the navy bill after refusing to cut the amount 10 per cent determined to get the economy bill before the senate as quickly as possible majority floor leader rainey decreed that the house bouse should hold bold night sessions until the measure was disposed of immediately a bl partisan insurgent coalition took charge and overrode the the democratic and republican leadership first thing it did was to knock out that provision of the rule limiting the number of amendments to the economy measure to forty and then it started in to rip the bill to pieces its ita primary achievement in this line was the adoption of an amendment by britten of illinois exempting from the proposed 11 per cent pay reduction all federal employees with sal salaries arles up op to and including 2500 As framed by tile the committee the exemption ran to 1000 the change took more than out of the the bill was supposed to effect in the annual cost of the federal government while this was going on the gal berles of the house were thronged thron ged with federal employees who cheered on the insurgents the administration proposal that veterans compensation be curtailed in the case of single men receiving a 1500 income or married men with a income with exemption for tie dependents pen dents also was wag expected to bring a storm of protest on the house floor the economy committee augg suggestion esclon tor for a condoll consolidation dation of the army and navy davy into a single department part ment of national defense vigor bously opposed by the president anil and ills advisers likewise meets with objections in both republican and demo crade ranks was full of governors rand RICHMOND and other last week and was mighty bu busy sy in fit other respects the events included tile hie annual conference of state exec executives the lie wash ington bicentennial celebration a eel cel eb ration in honor of the landing of the first permanent colonists a slate mu sic ate festival dedication of the orel first monument to james monroe to in the state and the opening to the public for the full week of colonial homes and pardons gardens the governors thirty in number after being received by governor pollard helped it tf dedicate tile the munroe monroe statue at ash lawn the thief chief address was wall delivered delly ered by claude G rowers bowers eminent democratic journalist and orator the executive also took part to in all the other ceremonies besides holding their ovin four day meet on wednesday they were addressed by president hoover who lu in one of his most important speeches presented the federal governments case to the states and asked tor for their fuller operation cooperation co in settling national problems thursday evening the governors were enter talked at dinner in the white louse houm D representative F H la guar IN dla 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 it I 1 n g committee hearings on stock exchange methods it was an exposure of alleged high pressure publicity methods including even bribery 10 to manipulate prices on the new york stock exchange and the documents lie he offered in proof of his charges involved a F H la number of financial guardia writers formerly employed on new york papers they were employed by brokerage houses lie he said to ballyhoo bally hoo stocks and sent out nut misleading statements in order to promote stock purchases in some cases lie he said extracts from newspaper articles inspired by high powered publicity methods were included Inc ludeo by brok ers in letters to customers F five ive pools in which stocks were manipulated according to la laguardia guardia Gu ardla were cited by the new yorker to back up his bis assertions he said that high pressure methods had bad been utilized in the i he handline bandling handl band lne line of dhols in indian motorcycle tor cycle stock savage arms maxwell motors pure oil simms petroleum and superior oil la in all instances except the indian motorcycle stock the pools operated back in 1921 1924 and 1925 1923 mr la guardia named A newton plummer as the high pressure publicity man who had bad distributed among newspaper men this man he said eaid operated under the title of publicity counsel and sometimes under the dame of the institute of economic research plummer is now under noder indictment for forging securities the committee in executive session decided to make a sweeping inquiry into the whole stock and bond selling as it effects the stock exchange AA and this may 01 last all summer A steering committee of five was named by chairman norbeck to plan the investigation and line up witnesses senator couzens of michigan one of the progress progressives ives ves Is perhaps the leading mem roam her of this smaller senator cuzen couzens body and will be a most important factor in the inquiry glass 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 I 1 I 1 A PAN akpan opened a great drive in man 1 churla churia to suppress the fast grow ing revolt against the government of the puppet state of having previously warned the rest of the world to leep hands off the rebel forces along the eastern lines of the chinese eastern railway and in the lower valley were ere estimated at 2000 and there were more of them in other regions the japanese government scorned the resolution of the league of nations committee of nineteen calling tor for tile immediate evacuation of shanghai Shan and then went ahead to arrange its own plan with the operation cooperation co of sir miles allies lampson the british minister to china it was reported in geneva that this proposal was accepted by so the league committee meekly geeki y admitted it ft would have to remake its resolution to conform 11 tile the small powers which ha bad d insisted Insl sled on drastic action against japan like this development but could in do nothing J N X amb ambassador assad to t poland thinks he be should return to the direction of hla his automobile toile manufacturing business therefore he came back to the country and an last week called on il evident hoover and arranged for his retirement from the diplomatic post in june ne said to the reporters 1 I shall make immediate arrangements to move hack back to the united states la in order that I 1 duay be on the 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 G GERMANY ERMANY Is especially grateful to president hoover for his bis promotion of tile the moratorium on reparations and war debts hut but there was no way in which this gratitude could be abe shown directly to the president so ambas bas cassador frederic 11 sackett was chosen to Z he the recipient of go an unusual honor the bestowal of the degree of doctor of political science by the ancient anti famous alty of this IMS tish high honor was F M sackett presented to the ambassador bas in an impressive ceremony in the presence of representatives of tile the germany cabinet grid and many of south germanys germanas Germ anys most distinguished men in ID its centuries of existence the university of has dispensed only a few honorary titles but as 89 the rector said because of ills his great effort in alleviating economic problems the university concluded that the american ambassador did signal work in ill singling out some of the causes of the present and decided to honor him sackett in reply stressed the community of interest of germany and america in great cultural problems tn in the evening the ambassador gave the traditional doktor or doctors feast for the members of the university and all officials referendum of the prohibition question under provisions of article five of the eighteenth amendment was war voted by michigan republicans lu in convention at grand rapids the convention also voted endorsement indorsement Indor of president hoover the platform was adopted practically unanimously after a riotous session on the floor preceded by two tuo hours of debate ln in the committee on resolutions the committee refused a report on the soldiers bonus question GEORGIA conara has a new senator a appointed p by gov richard B russell jr to fill out part of tile the term of the late william J harris the man selected Is maj john S colien cohen 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 I 1 in the general eleca election in the fall j major cohen who has been democratic de EDO bratle maj J S national committee cohen man from georgia since 1924 Is a member of a distinguished southern family lie he joined join edthe the staff of the journal la in 1890 and was reporter special washington correspondent and editorial writer he was it a correspondent spon dent and later an army officer in the spanish american bar ar ills his father was a confederate officer of licer since 1917 major cohen has been president and editor of the journal he Is no stranger to political washington having been for a time secretary to hoke smith who was secretary of the interior under president resident Il cleveland N NATIONAL socialists under tho thil leadership of adult adolf hitler scored a great victory lo in the prussian elec eions and won enough places in other parts of germany to make them the elie strongest political party in four of the five states lo in the retch but they still lack a clear majority to control any ally of them in bavaria they tell fell slightly behind in prussia where the fight was most bitter because of the theory that who ever controls prussia controls the celeb the forces gar j seats against tile the nine they held heretofore the coalition which makes up the present government also obtained seats the communists also gained now having 67 57 seats to their former 48 the so cial democrats were the heaviest losers it was announced that thai the government would resign on may hay 24 when the newly elected diet convenes but vi ill carry on until a new pre premier niter 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 may when the catholic Centris ts meet in berlin for a caucus in the austrian elections also tile the national socialists scored heavy and widespread gains but bill the control of the government remains in the hands 0 of f tile the socialists and christian social ests tile poll pan german kind agaryan pin ties were practically wiped out by the lie nazis U I 1 voc tern newspaper union |