Show beliew of Car current cardente rentE events REFORM BILL PASSED measure giving president vast powers squeezes through senate mussolini ready for war X A senator pat harrison of mississippi chairman of the senate finance committee Is here seen telling members of the press what his committee had done and proposed to do to the revenue measure so that it would be less objectionable to business and to the country in general it already had made radical changes in the bill as it was passed by the house W summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK western newspaper union wide powers for president PRESIDENT ROOSEVEL TS reorganization bill squeezed through the senate by the close vote of 49 to 42 after a fierce fight A motion to recommit which would have virtually killed the measure was defeated by a vote of 43 to 43 opponents of this bill are convinced that it paves the way for a dictatorship in the united states mr roosevelt made public a letter to a friend in which he disclaimed any intention to become a dictator under the powers granted him by the bill he said he was firmly opposed to an american dictatorship ship and that he has none of the qualifications which would make him a successful dictator the special reorganization committee of the house reported a new bill as a substitute for the senate measure but differing from it only slightly its speedy passage was predicted by majority leader rayburn the bill as it was passed by the senate authorizes the president by executive order to transfer regroup ordinate coordinate co consolidate segregate the whole or any part of or abolish any of the bureaus agencies and divisions of government excepted from this section however are the federal reserve board the corps of engineers of the united states army and the independent quasi judicial and regulatory establishments lish ments such as the board of tax appeals the communications commission the federal trade commission the interstate commerce commission and the national labor relations board it abolishes the civil service commission as now constituted and the general accounting office it creates a new department of welfare and it authorizes six more a year assistants to the president Se senators rafors are angered commenting pOM to the press on the 1 senates action on the reorganization bill the president made the remarkable statement that it proved the senate could not be purchased by organized telegrams based on direct misrepresentations tat ions 11 this led to an outburst A of indignation in the senate hiram H johnson of california started a ho hot t debate with the as bertion ser tion 1 I dont sn san S n johnson john son know just wh at was meant by this remark but I 1 do know full well the implications ins which arise from it did the president mean that the senate could be purchased only by promises of projects in particular states or by marshals or other officials in particular localities senator wheeler of montana said that it was a coincidence that senator james P pope democrat of idaho had voted for the reorganization bill about the same time that he had been able to get for his state an appropriation of close to to start a dam project when pope and his friends indignantly protested wheeler said he was satisfied there was no connection between the two matters the citizens who sent between and telegrams asking senators to vote against the reorganization measure are still to be heard from concerning the presidents comment adjournment prospects C CONGRESS wants want s to adjourn by VJ the first of may but leaders foresaw three possible obstacles to this plan the wage hour bill the hungarian debt settlement proposal and railroad legislation democratic leader barkley said he hoped the senate could dispose of the tax revision bill the naval expansion program and the proposed relief measure in april this would clear the senate calendar he said unless consideration of Hun garys debt program should result in a leng lengthy thy senate debate on the entire war debt question representative rayburn house floor leader said he thought that chamber could complete its present program by may 1 but other members said that if efforts to revive the wage hour bill are successful the picture may change ten men to pr probe be TVA ilive F IVE senators and five represents r tives will do the investigating of the tennessee valley authority for the resolution for a joint committee inquiry was adopted by the senate without a dissenting vote and was approved e unanimously lk i by the house the U i resolution was introduced A by sen albert alben W barkley of kent tu u c k ky y majority leader it calls for investigation of charges of maffea S sen n bridges sance gance and dishonesty made by the ousted chairman A E morgan and includes eight of the twenty three charges originally made by senators bridges and king in their first resolution for a congressional inquiry it also calls for a fishing expedition into the activities tivi ties of private utility companies and their injunction suits against the TVA sen H styles bridges the new hampshire republican in a radio debate declared the administration was trying to obscure the charges of scandal within the TVA by forcing the inquiry to cover the private utility angle the administrations strategy has been to cover up TVA dirt by a phoney counterattack counter attack he said he was answered vigorously by sen lister B hill of alabama italy ready for war BENITO MUSSOLINI put a chip J on his shoulder and dared anyone to knock it oft off in a speech before the italian senate which wa was s broadcast to the world 11 II duce said I land sea and air forces are tuned for rapid and implacable war he warned europe and especially france of his readiness and willingness to fight and said he subscribed to the theory that the best defense is offense he called the italian suba submarine a rine fleet the largest in the world said the nations air fleet was one of the best in exi existence existent e and asserted that if necessary he can put an army of men in the field 1 I will be in supreme command mussolini cried thrusting out his chest military problems are fundamental ones continued mu mussolini aso lini 1 I dedicate the greatest part of my day to them anyone who dares to attack the rights and interests of our fatherland will f ind find in the land sea and air the immediate resolute and proudest answer from the italian peoples arms france was warned also by nazi propaganda minister goebbels in a sensational speech in vienna proclaiming the might of the new germany goebbels shouted germany is now strong enough to resist any attach from france there can no lorer lorer be ba ony any ot of a promenade fron fro n i par paris to 12 2 1 l it paris is iq no I 1 1 t of european I 1 oiin oi iH is now berlin tornadoes in middle west that swept through TORNADOES illinois kansas missouri arkansas and oklahoma killed at least 39 persons and did a vast amount of f damage to property south pekin in in the illinois river valley was almost destroyed and many other towns suffered severely light and water services were crippled hospitals throughout the stricken stalken areas were crowded with the injured oil OH seizures protested between the united R RELATIONS states and mexico took a serious turn when ambassador daniels delivered to foreign minister eduardo hay a sharp protest against the action of president cardenas in expropriating foreign oil properties he asked just how mexico proposed to pay tor for the properties seized cardenas thereupon called his his cori congress gies in special session to consider an internal loan to provide for the indemnity payments american withdrawal of support from the silver market cardenas chief source of revenue threatened to close many silver mines silver buying halted OF THE TREASURY S SECRETARY announced that the united states had discontinued the purchase of mexican silver until further notice this probably was a direct result of medicos cos expropriation of foreign oil prope properties r which secretary of state hull considers a hard blow to his good neighbor policies price of silver was cut I 1 cent an ounce the united states treasury has been buying ounces of newly mined mexican silver each month paying around for foi it at the artificially maintained new york price which gave mexico sizable profits czar for broadcasters THE HE national association of broadcasters announced t the h e election of mark ethridge of louisville ky as temporary president or czar of the billion dollar radio broadcasting industry ethridge who is managing editor of the louisville courier journal and times accepted the position after stipulating that he would not take any salary the job authorized at the N A B s annual convention was as to have carried a salary of yearly britaina Brit ains s new spanish plan C REAT BRITAIN laid before rep r of Eu ropes major powers new proposals for obtaining early removal of foreign troops from the spanish civil war the plan was submitted to the chair mans subcommittee of the nonintervention tion committee in its first meeting in nearly two months informed persons said britain proposed first a new formula for deciding when belligerent rights should be granted the warring factions second restoration of control on frontiers franco in catalonia garmy f FRANCOS insurgent J army blasted its way through the loyalist lines and entered the province of catalonia moving far toward Barc barcelona elond the third capital of the government forces in this rapid advance about towns were captured in a single day and many villages were demolished by bombardment bar dment by a fleet of war planes said to have been contributed by italy and germany italy warned france that any french intervention in spain might compromise peace on the european continent the organ of the italian foreign office diplo matica published the statement colonel house dies D T EATH after a long illness ended the notable career of col edward M house whose name during the world war era was familiar to millions he passed away in new york at the age of seventy nine years shunning publicity and personal glory house devoted himself untiringly to what he deemed the best interests of his country and f for or years hit his influence especially in international matters COL house se was great an early supporter of woodrow wilsons Wil sons political fortune he became wilsons Wil sons trusted adviser after his election to the presidency and continued to help direct his course dimmed immediately lately before and during the war making frequent trips to europe he was wilsons Wil sons personal representative in the versailles peace conference later ae and wilson disagreed and their close association came to an end japans japan Is regime in china JAPAN TAPAN announced officially the in augu ration of the reformed government of the republic of china in this puppet state stale is intended to replace the regime of generalissimo chiang kai shek and is headed by liang huntze hun hung tze as chairman of the new executive yuan a position equivalent to premier the chinese were still fighting the invaders desperately along the pel pei ping bankow railway and claimed the japanese were suffering heavy losses |