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Show i- far ' Wj ' Oj, V'' j I HfoSlI 7?$ t J 1 Senate committee probes unemployment Mtnntton, 2 KJwaril T Polieny with Ms wife and lawyer leaving court after his acquittal on charge of attempting to bribe Former Secretary of the Interior Fall. 8 Helen Hull, author of "The Asking Price," who won the Guggenheim fellowship. ' ":' .'''"' " ' " more than was collected for the corresponding cor-responding period Inst year. This collection col-lection has given the treasury books s puper surplus of 8101,057,270, despite a fulling off of customs receipts for the year of $20,0)0,000. Treasury experts hold that with settlement set-tlement of the pending tariff bill the custom duty collections will expand. federal actuaries believe the heaviest heav-iest drain on th treasury will come from the federal farm board. Congress Con-gress has just appropriated an additional addi-tional $100,000,000 for the board. How much the board will be forced to draw from the fund Is dependent upon the agriculture situation. , THH1 great North German Lloyd . Uner Europe broke the world's record on her maiden trip to the United States. 'She smashed the record rec-ord held by her sister ship, the Bremen, Bre-men, by 18 minutes, and could easily i , have bettered the- murk by several ', hours. The official time from Cherbourg Cher-bourg breakwater to Ambrose lightship light-ship was 4 days, 17 hours and 6 mlu- NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Tariff Bill Pau.d by Senate After Months of Heated Controversy. A FTER months of heated and acrimonious acri-monious controversy the senate passed the tariff blU by a vote of 63 to 8L It goes back to the house which passed it last May and will be thrashed ever la conference committees of the two nouses. The result will be a compromise bill which may be expected ex-pected In about six weeks. The bill as passed by the senate represents a higher degree of protection protec-tion than that afforded under the ptes en t law, but provides duties on a somewhat lower level than the bill peeeed by the house. Senator Reed Bmoot (Rep., Utah) told the senate that the dutiable items . promise of such an approach to commitment com-mitment of a character represented by a consultative pact on the condition Great Britain will give France an acceptable ac-ceptable guarantee. Foreign Minister Brlnnd of France has returned to the conference and Is happy in seeing what he believes Is a surrender by Great Britain and the United States to the French demand de-mand for a security pact. , THAT France has reduced her army by 44 per cent since 1013 was claimed by Senutor Albert Mahleu as the senate approved the 1030 army budget. Expenditure, however, Increased, In-creased, owing to a boost In war material. ma-terial. This year France will begin the applicant n of the one-year service act, practically all conditions now be-1 be-1 ing fulfilled. One of these conditions Is that a force of 100,000 permanently enlisted men skiould be maintained. RT. REV. Janes De Wolf Perry, bishop of Rhode Islund. was elected primate of the Episcopal church at a session of the house of bishops in Chicago. He succeeds the late Blshon Charles P. Anderson of utes. ' It took the Bremen 18 minutes longer. So the crown of the fastest fast-est liner In the world goes to the Europe. CHAIRMAN ALEXANDER LEGGE of the federal farm relief board has put himself emphatically on record rec-ord as opposed to the development of any new Irrigation and reclamation enterprises by the government. So long as the farm board is striving to reduce the acreage of wheat and other ! agricultural commodities the openlug of new lands which would Increase surpluses Is "unwarranted and abso-j abso-j lutely contrary to common sense," Mr. ; Legge asserted. He added that he , has had conversations with Interior j department officials on the subject and that more active steps by the board may follow. "Certainly,1 the farm board chairman chair-man coatinued, "we will stnnd squarely square-ly aglnst all bills In congress that would give us more farms and farmers at this time." THE national business survey conference con-ference has received reports from 27 lines of business for the fout months following the' stock . market crash which indicate that American business, In general, Is firm and showing show-ing steady Improvement Although the reports "Indicate both strong and weak spots" some of the early retarding factors, partly psycho logical, "appear to have been gradually gradu-ally overcome," according to Julius H. Barnes, chairman of tbe conference, confer-ence, who made public a summary of the reports. This view was borne out by the reports themselves, three fourths of which were optimistic. "The reports indicate that the Importance Im-portance laid upon construction as an Influence in restoring Industrial balance bal-ance has not been over emphasized," Mr. Barnes asserted. "They show that for a revival of construction In Its manifold forms a Bret requirement Is adequate and reasonably priced credit." There Is no cause whatever for alarm over the country's construction program, according to Mr. Barnes, as utilities of all kinds contemplate such expenditures this year as to aggregate aggre-gate $3,250,000,000, as against $2,863-000,000 $2,863-000,000 last year. REPORTS made to William Green, president of the American Federation Feder-ation of Labor, show that unemployment unemploy-ment decreased slightly In the first two weeks of March for the first time since A.ugust Reports from trade anions In 24 cities for tbe first half of the month Indicated that 21 per cent of their membership was unemployed, as compared com-pared to 22 per cent in February. Based on these statistics, Mr, Green declared definitely that "the rise in unemployment has been checked." AWARDS of fellowships amounting to more than $200,000, which will enable their recipients to carry on research and creative work on fout continents, have been announced by the John Simon Guggenheim Memoriui foundation In New York. The recipients are 85 scholars, novelists, nov-elists, poets, composers, sculptors, painters, and other creative workers resident In 23 states and Mexico. Thcv were chosen from among more than TOO applicants. , 1930, Weitern M.wtpr Onlou.) la the bill as passed represent the equivalent of aa average ad valorem rate of 88.00 per cent, as compared with 40.54 per cent as reported from tbe finance committee, 43.15 per cent as passed by the house, 84.61 per cent In the present law and 21.08 per cent In the Underwood act of 1013. Tbe senate made 1,253 amendments to the house bill, according to Senator Bmoot. Among the features of the senate blU are Included many Increases In rates on agricultural products over these granted In the house bill, a somewhat smaller Increase In tbe duty on sugar than In the house bill, Imposition Im-position of duties on cement and brick as In tbe house bill, a new duty on eft wood lumber, elimination of duties on shingles and hardwood lumber as proposed In the bouse bill, lower duties than In the house on aluminum, pig Iron, watches and clocks, and on many chemicals and other manufactured manufac-tured articles. Bitter contests la the deliberations of the conference committees of the twe bouses are expected over the export ex-port debenture farm relief provision and repeal of the flexible tariff which are in tbe senate bllL Senator Borah, whe voted for the bill Indicated that he did so chiefly because of his support sup-port of these two provisions, and Intimated In-timated that be would vote against any conference report tnat eliminated them, 1 On the final vote on the bill 46 Republicans Re-publicans and T Democrats voted for tbe bill, wall M Democrats and 5 Republicans voted against it The radicals rad-icals split, seven of them voting for the bill and one being paired for tbe bill while five voted Ut the negative. THE question of paying the price which France demands for Joining a five-power navy redaction treaty has been passed up to Great Britain by the United Etates delegation. If the British government offers security guarantee acceptable to Prance, tbe American delegation may favorably consider America's commitment to a consultative pact Under this plan Great Britain would be pledged to protect Prance against aggression. America wonld be pledged to consult with European powers In tbe event of a European war, but would not be bound to employ armed force against the aggressor. It is sot. clear 'whether tbe United States would be committed by Implication to take Idee In a European quarrel, and join any boycott proclaimed by tbe League of Nations. Whether the British government gov-ernment will make a concession In line with a security guarantee acceptable to Prance 1 tbe big question of the moment, and ene MacDonald's cabinet must soon decide. Since the beginning of tbe conference confer-ence Prance has been trying to induce Great Britain to underwrite French security. Hitherto the British have refused to give Prance security guar-anteea, guar-anteea, declaring against entangling military alliances. But both Prance and Greet Britain would like to commit com-mit the United States to an understanding under-standing by which this country would not be neutral in case of a European war, but would respect any blockade declared by tbe League of Nations. Now the American delegation holds out Chicago. Blslmp Terry as primate or presiding bishop occupies a position in the United States comparable to that of the archbishop of Canterbury in England. Bishop Terry Is a great-great-nephew of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie In 1812. DltOTOSALS to pay World wnr vet- erans a portion of the face value of their adjusted compensation certificates certifi-cates In cash received a death blow In a letter from Secretary Mellon to Representative Hawley," chnlrmnn of the house ways and means committee. Under a bill fathered by Representative Representa-tive Cochran the $C."5,0O0,0O0 now held to the credit of the adjusted compensation compen-sation fund would be made available for the payment to certificate holders of 25 per cent of the face value of the certificates. In his letter Secretary Mellon pointed point-ed out that the Cochran proposal Is based on the false assumption that all of the $035,000,000 reserve Is immediately im-mediately available. The fact Is that in order to finance the scheme It would be necessary to increase taxes or authorize a bond Issue for the purpose, he wrote, thereby there-by Increasing the public debt with "a consequent disruption of the orderly program upon which the government Is proceeding." ! THE Department of Agriculture announces an-nounces that a 2.8 per cent increase in-crease in the acreage of corn this year, 15 per cent decrease In that of durum wheat, and a .1 per cent increase in-crease in the acreage of all other sprlag wheat, as compared with last year's harvest acreages, were Indicated by farmers' Intentions on March 1 to plant this spring. The report was based on returns from about 50,000 farmers and was Intended In-tended to furnish Information which would ennble farmers to make such adjustments In their . plans for this , year's plantings as ' may seem desirable. de-sirable. THE Canadian bouse of commons, by a vote of 173 to 11, passed Prime Minister King's bill to ban liquor exports to the United States. Tbe galleries were crowded for the final commons scene in connection with the bill. Senators, who will now have the bill in band In the upper chamber, crowded their railed sanctum sanc-tum overlooking the commons floor, following the vote with keen Interest. The 173 to 11 majority recorded for the bill is one of tbe largest on commons' com-mons' records, and the total vote of y 134 out of a possible 244 votes in-' dlcates a remarkably large attendance of members. HIGH treasury officials express confidence con-fidence that the 1 per cent Income In-come tax reduction granted by con. gress for the year 1929 can be con tlnued this calendar year. Income tax collections for March have exceeded expectations thus far, and the financial finan-cial outlook for the government for the remainder of the fiscal year 1930 at least is bright Revenues from income taxes for the fiscal year that ends June SO now total $1,785,282,857. or $134,000,000 |