Show news review of current events the world over virba rid red plot story flattened out by investigators senate votes for extra 10 per cent income tax auto and coal troubles by EDWARD W PICKARD D DR it WILLIAM A WIRT the really eminent educator of gary ind told his story of a red plot to overthrow the government of the united states so tar far as the democratic majority of the house investigating committee permitted and the general opinion throughout the country was t that it was not so hot the democrats declared it was utter titter bunk T the he republicans who had bad hoped to find good dr r W A wirt win political material in the affair asserted that gag rule had bad teen been enforced the revelation of the alleged scheme of the radicals said wirt came to him film et at a dinner given by miss bliss alice barrows at a country house near washington the other guests were robert nobert bruere david C coyle miss bliss hildegarde kneeland Ene eland and miss mary toy tny lorall or all like the hostess connected with the government and lawrence todd chief of the tass official soviet government news agency in the united states from their conversation wirt said eald he gathered that men high in the councils of the administration were plotting the overthrow of the american social order and that they con eldered president roosevelt as another kerensky to be followed by another stalls stalin the six men named by wirt were secretary of agriculture henry A willace wallace prof rexford guy tugwell assistant secretary of agriculture and recognized head of the brain trust prof milburn L wilson head bead of the subsistence homestead division of the department of interior dr robert kohn head of the housing division of the public works administration tra tion dr frederick howe consumers counsel for the agricultural adjustment administration an and hen henry ry T stalney speaker of the hoi bouse s of representatives senta tives the most serious charges made by the gentleman from indiana were directed at professor tugwell but his basis for these as for practically all of his bis story was hearsay secondhand second hand information and vague statements by tome of his fellow guests at the dinner in that lay its weakness though there are many serious minded americans who insist that there should be a real investigation of any government officials seeking to undermine the present form of government the committee having baving heard wirt adjourned for some days with the intention of calling as witnesses those who attended the country house dinder some of them already had denied flatly or belittled the statements made by writ L LOTS of bickering resulted from the wirt case and in this some of the democrats concerned did not make a good showing chairman bulwinkle of the committee for instance asserted that wirt was imprisoned at gary during war times for procer pro ger roan man activities and this was indignantly denied by numerous persons who were in position to know its truth or falsity secretary of the interior ickes accused doctor wirt of having ought to obtain public works money for a fairyland project in the indiana dunes by which doctor wirt was to sell 2000 front feet of dune land along lake michigan at 50 a foots foot a total sale price of the project was disapproved by the public works administration as vl vi flonary and impractical mr ickes said doctor wirt issued a dental denial of secretary ickes tale explaining that he had bad no do connection with the proposed project and that the company with which he was connected had held the land in question for 12 years to preserve it for park purposes representative mcgugin of kansas republican member of the investigating committee was gagged aben he tried to make a speech on the case in the house but managed to get it inserted in the congressional record at the same time the department of justice was seeking to revive a five year old matter in which mcgugin appeared as a lawyer for mrs barnett wife of the wealthy indian jackson barnett D the opposition of the tl le house leaders and the doubt of 0 its approval by the president dent senator couzens persisted in his bis effort to put through tits his amendment to the tax bill calling for a flat 10 per cent increase in all income tax returns chairman pat harrison arrison II of the senate finance committee had approved it as an emer gencey measure and showed no disposition to reconsider when the couzens amendment was first voted on in the senate it was defeated by the bare majority of 4 40 to 41 44 the michigan senator changing hla his vote to the negative so as to move a reconsideration lie he got busy among his fellow senators and was successful first in having the vote reconsidered arid ara then la in the measures adoption by a vote of 43 to SO 36 it was certain the proposal would be firmly opposed when the revenue bill went into conference under the couzens congens proposal a per son subject to a normal tax of on his 1934 income would pay next kert day the senate adopted the la follette estate tares amendment to the bill thus adding nearly more to the tax load of 0 the country the amendment puts a tax of I 1 per cent on estates of this percentage Is increased rapidly until GO CO per cent Is levied by the 9 government or upon estates of and more under the present law estates up to are exempted from the tax president RESIDENT ROOSEVEL TS fishing trip on the Nour mahal ended with the arrival of the yacht at miami friends advised against his landing remembering the attempt on his life there two years ago but he laughed at their fears however no wever he and secretary mcintyre drove directly from the pier to the train and the president was back in washington on the next day general genera johnson donald chberg Hl secretary mcintyre and some twenty white house correspondents and their wives wires narrowly escaped death as they were going from coral gables cables to meet the president at the water front A big combination automobile trailer in which they were riding got across the railway tracks just in time to avold by inches being struck by a speeding train before he be left washington tor for J JUST miami to meet the president and accompany him back to the capital general johnson decreed a radical r re r igmos ig MiS organization of the jaaj along lines similar to those of the army adly the most im hi part of this shakeup was the ap of 3 i col G A lynch an ll 11 J infantry officer of the S regular army as john fa sons right hand man aass colonel lynch whom hom the administrator describes col G A lynch as the most advanced thinker in the united states army Is given full jurisdiction over all matters not otherwise assigned lie he has complete authority to approve codes orders amendments and other modifications and may sign codes that do not require the signature of the president the administration no looser longer will be a one man affair and indeed the ground Is now laid tor for the retirement of general johnson which has been predicted for some time L T ABOR abon conditions in the detroit area mostly affecting the automobile industry remained in chaotic condition despite the partly successful efforts of government mediators the strike at the plant of the motor products corporation which had caused a shutdown of the factory of the hudson motor company was settled when edward P mcgrady assistant to gen hugh johnson laid before the strikers terms that had been accepted by the corporation the workers agreed to the terms am which called tor for a 10 per cent increase in pay and arbitration of disputes over piece work pay rates this enabled the hudson plant to reopen the 1700 employees of the campbell wyant cannon foundry at muskegon mich struck the concern makes castings for automobile builders the employees of the nash motor company still were on strike at kenosha Ken osba wis the mechanics educational society of america an organization of tool and dle die makers had voted to strike unless executives of jobbing plants met their demands tor for a 20 per cent pay increase and SG hour week there was a strike by SOO employees of the detroit MIchl gao stove store company who demanded a 20 per cent wage increase and pickets attacked men who approached the plant to work industrial plants in connecticut were involved in numerous strikes and labor disputes the attitude of the workers work era was expressed by john J egan secretary of the Connect connecticut leu i federation of labor who said no company should declare tiny any dividends until the I 1 1029 wage level Is restored A administrator JOnN SONS order to the bituminous coal industry to put into effect a seven hour day and new minimum wage rates was bitterly attacked by southern coal producers at a code revision hearing in washington especially objection ObJect objectionable IO to the alabama tennessee and kentucky operators was the reduction in wage differentials accorded southern coal fields SAMUEL INSULL fallen utilities 0 magnate Is on tits bis way home to be tried for his alleged misdoings mis doings in Connect connection lon with the bankruptcy of tits his financial eni empire pire turned over to the american Amerl con authorities by the turkish government he was taken from istanbul by coastal steamer and train to smyrna and there put aboard the american export liner calloni lie Is due to land in new york about may 20 or OB WAR WAB DERN completed the formation of the committee which will investigate the army air corps and its it tragic attempt to carry the air malls newton D baker wartime war time secretary of war accepted the chairmanship of the committee which was declined by col charles charle A lindbergh the other civilians named to 1 assist the military members are dr karl taylor compton president of the massachusetts institute of technology dr george W lewis dt dl rector of aeronautical research tor for the national advisory committee on aeronautics clarence D chamberlin chamberlan ln noted transatlantic flyer maj james n jimmie doolittle widely known flyer and aeronautical engineer and edgar S correll president stutz stutt motor car company the criminal court in lf washington bishop james jamea cannon jr of the methodist church south and miss ada L burroughs of richmond his aid in the antl anti al smith 1 campaign of 1928 were finally arraigned to answer to chanzes of 0 having violated the corrupt practices act if convicted they would face a possible term of two years in prison or a fine of or both the specific charge Is that fihnn bishop ca cannon non only y of the contribution made by edwin 0 jameson of new york to the antl anti smith movement rement mo was reported report edl by the anti smith democrats headquarters committee it was indicated that it the le defense would contend that miss bliss burroughs did not have bare to report the as in question arguing that it was spent within the confines of virginia by the state anti smith committee I 1 TP F HENRY A WALLACE has his 1 way arthur W cutten millionaire member of the chicago wheat pit will be barred from future trading on grata grain exchanges the secretary of agriculture summoned cutten to appear before the grain futures administration in chicago on may 14 to answer charges of falling failing to report his trades as ag required by the grain futures act with making false reports and with concealing his trades through false entries dummy accounts and other collusive practices the alleged offenses tenses ot were committed in 1930 and 1931 0 OFFICIALS of the rume public works administration were ere elated by a report received from the F W dodge corporation which indicated a pro bounced spring increase in job creat ing building activity in which the federal public works program was a leading factor reporting on the volume of contracts awarded in march tor for both publicly and privately financed building in the 37 states east of the rocky mountains the dodge corporation informed the ewt that of contracts were awarded last month compared with in february publicly financed building accounted for OW of the starch march total and privately financed building for the of publicly financed work contracted for last month la Is about five times the amount contracted for in march of 1933 and nearly three times the amount contracted in march of 1932 1032 according to the report RANK WALKER chairman of the FP FRANK presidents residents national emergency council made announcement of the next step in the administrations administration recovery program the th financing of housing projects all over the country with federal funds new homel are to be built old homes are to be rep a I 1 r e d remodeled spruced up mortgages mortgage are to be given on generous terms with interest low and p payment a y m e n t permitted frank walker avei 10 and 20 years all of the activities of the government related to housing such as the subsistence homestead plan the home owners loan corporation the home loan bank board the farm credit administration the department of agri cultures program of 0 new dew housing for farmers are to be coordinated co under a single authority there Is both an emergency and a permanent program tn in the scheme and th the e temporary program as contemplated will be a rousing campaign with citizens real estate men building contractors union leaders and laborers a bor e rs a all 11 being exhorted to join in a patriotic ma movement toward the restoration of the still slumbering construction industry BECAUSE ot of reports that colombia had hired 21 american arla aviators tors and was seeking to give contracts to 60 50 more through its ita consul general in new york the department of state issued a notice saving the united states disapproves ores of 0 american citizens taking se service arvice in the armed forces of 0 any foreign government and it if americans americana I 1 do so BO it la Is on their sole responsibility and rish and they cannot look to their government for or protection while in such services ILLIAM WALLACE mcdowell bof WILLIAM of butte MOUL mont the new dew american minister to the irish free fre e state collapsed and died of heart disease during a banquet in his honor given by president eamon de valera it 1 dublin castle mr air mcdowell was responding sp to congratulatory speeches when he fell ell back into his chair and ada expired almost In instantly standy |