| Show HINTS ICKES ASKS GRAND JURY TO investigate CHARGES OF GRAFT CRAFT IN FUNDS by EDWARD W PICKARD western newspaper union aest HAROLD ickes has bas abeen ta been subjected to lots of abuse by bg congressmen find and others but he does not intend to let anything be put over on the public works administration of which lie he is the administrator astr ator at ills his request a special grand jury has been summoned m 0 n p d to meet in washinton washington ton on febuary 6 to inquire into charges of gr graft aft in the assistant united states slates attorney john IV fihelly elly secy ickes has the matter in hand band for the government and will present first testimony concerning the canal project in texas it was asserted that the contract for this project was withdrawn after mr iches investigators had uncovered evidence that there was a huge hug ge conspiracy to defraud the united states eight or ten persons including federal officials are said to be involved sir mr ickes himself said the public works administration investigation vesti gation division h has as made a long on and careful study of the texas project upon the direction of the administrator ickes and presented to the proper prosecuting officials of the government a full report for such action as they deem proper to take this texas case may consume several weeks and afterward the grind grand jury Is expected to investigate some other otheir projects and also charges of fraud in the war department dan the debate in the house on an administration bill to increase by the amount of securities the treasury can issue representative reed of new york quoted secretary alor anthau as saying that the treasury could not finance the work relief program unless congress broadened its bond issuing authority so the house passed the measure at once the bill prepared by the treasury department places the administration squarely against inflation it provides authority to raise money necessary for the public works social security and similar measures meet federal deficits and might even be used to provide funds for payment of the soldiers bonus under provisions of tile the measure I 1 there would be ten year bonds in am amounts as small as 25 23 and as explained by the treasury department would be sold below par there would be no interest but each six months the bonds would appreciate in value at the rate of iaz 21 i per cent plus compounded 1 earnings 0 huge sums a are re involved first the creation of a revolving bond authorization fund of and second the consolidation of the two pres ent revolving funds of each into a joint fund for bills certificates and notes W HEN the senate passes the 4 work relief measure as it it certainly will after all the orators get through there need be no fussing as to who is to administer the huge allu e fund president roosevelt himself according in an authority high in administration circles will undertake that job and will allocate the money to the various agencies as lie he sees fir there will be n no 0 new setup set up for this yur purpose pose unless it may be a small group of advisors selected by mr roosevelt loosevelt Koo sevelt these may be members of the cabinet or technical experts more likely the latter this information was given the senate finance committee as it began consideration of the bill and was designed to quiet some of the opposition and also to curb the ambition of certain gentlemen who lind had hoped to handle the it did not however silence those senators of both parties who still contend that too much rower power Is given the president when lie he Is 18 handed banded such a vast sum to dis pose of as he pleases As passed by the house by a huge ji I majority and under gag rule the lie bill y appropriates in addition to the 4 for the presidents work relief pro program gram for imme diate relief expenditure and that Is the way it will go through the senate kiib III hauptmann trial grinds on crowds 0 ads jam the flemington court v house honse each day in the hope of witnessing something sensational there K are the usual clashes between attorneys g tor for the state and tor for the defense the p prisoner r continues to maintain his S composure under the terrific pressure to which he be has been subjected and except for the prominence of colonel lindbergh the case has been about on a par with the usual murder trial new developments which he has assured the press will be a big surprise to bruno hauptmann have been promised by david T Wl lentz new jersey attorney general the exact nature of tills this information has not been didul divulged ed but is expected to be introduced soon went wrong with the steering apparatus that seems seem to be the only explanation for the tragedy that overtook the ward liner mohawk off the new jersey coast and that cost the lives of 15 of the vessels passengers and 31 members of the crew in no other way could anyone account for the weird fact that the mohawk a fast ship was rammed by the freighter talisman when both were outbound from new york and the mohawk had started several hours before the talisman the liner had hove to below ambrose light to calibrate its compass then as she was under way again and passing the freighter she sheered sharply to port and ran directly across the talismans Talis mans bow was rammed and sank within half an hour both ships sent out SOS calls at once and the mohawks Mo hawks life boats were promptly launched the survivors were picked up by two other liners and the bodies of most of those killed were gathered up by coast guard vessels thuey HAT seriocomic serio sario comic civil war in A huey longs domain Is becoming more serious than comical and almost any day may develop into real warfare it was centered for the present at the state capital two hundred armed men directed by leaders e rs of the square deal association seized the parish court house in ceasr baton rouge and held it until assured that one of their friends who had been arrested was released they then huey long S dispersed with a warning from one john appel to be sure you have enough ammunition and be ready tor for the call at any time the kin kingfish elsh was in new orleans at the time but lie he hastened to baton rouge rou ge while governor allen alien called out some troops and proclaimed partial martial law in the capital mey immediately ordered the recently appointed judge J D womack to start an investigation of what lie he described as a plot to murder him in which four sheriffs and a district attorney were involved the senator declared we picked up two men one of them was going to drive the murder car it was all fixed up lie he was going to block my car on the highway between here and new orleans make it stop and force me in the ditch and then 14 or 10 were going to come along in another car and kill hill me 11 we found all the stuff in the fellows car there was sheriffs 1 equipment and everything maybe huey was right for one sidney songy testified at the inquiry that he had been given a gun ammunition and gas bombs to kill the senator long blamed the standard oil company for the armed assembly of ills his enemies in baton rouge and said that unless the company stopped the violence ills his compromise with it over the 5 cent oil refinery tax would be called off despite this warning another armed group of square dealers gathered at the baton rouge air field but someone betrayed them and a detachment of the national Nati oual guard advanced on them in battle array the sight of machine guns was enough for the citizenry they surrendered were its dis armed placed under technical arrest and permitted to go home possibility of a move by the ital ian government to make a protectorate out of ethiopia was seen by european statesmen exploitation of the announcement of the slaying of a french Somal Soma lland liland administrator and 00 10 f j french Soma liland em 4 and somalis was said to indicate that a movement was on for italy to take t over the mountainous african kingdom to restore order the consent of F france rance and premier great britain to the mussolini plan has been beell obtained it was reported A number of recent deve developments lop ments point toward some action by the italian government premier mussolini recently took over the office of minister of colonies gen E emillo millo de bono former minister of col colonies onles was named high colli commissioner missioner of italian kast east africa ml military gitary roads have been constructed through italian Somal Soma lland liland to the E ethiopian frontier and the italians have recently taken over a bigger share in the operation of the djibouti and addis abbata rall railway waY A administration forces using arx steam roller tactics crushed all opposition to jam the presidents relief program through the house efforts to fl tight gh t the grant of such unprecedented authority to the president were unavailing agthe as the white house cracked the whip over revolting representatives final vote on the measure was 0 28 to 78 the vote climaxed a furious eight hour debate on the measure president rest e members to attempted roosevelt oos vel attach amendments which would protect private industry from government projects which might be launched under the relief plan when this failed they endeavored to allocate the money for specific purposes when the debate had reached reache d its height the president sent a message to the house declaring it would be impossible to segregate items for which the money would be expended but that the huge outlay of sums would be devoted to public projects and th that at after the immediate crisis of unemployment had passed it was ills his hope that the country could set aside a year tor for the national plan the white house message was the signal for the democratic majority to push the measure across with little change from its original form on trie tile linal final vote 20 republicans voted for the bill seen progressives Progress ives and three farmer also registered affirmative firma tive votes ten democrats five from georgia three from virginia and two from indiana voted with the opposition because of the gag rule adopted by the house only amendments offered by the appropriations committee could be considered in vital sections of the measure such minor amendments as were decided upon went through without serious opposition one of the amendments striking out a list of projects that might be included in spending the 5 and leaving the vast sum to be used for federal or nonfederal nonte deral projects actually broadened the powers of the president the will be used at the presidents discretion for relief purposes pos es while the program program is being put into effect another amendment struck out a subsection which gave the president authority to postpone the end of any existing government agency this was a move to satisfy certain democrats who were opposed to secretary ickes and ills his pro program t ram which expires in june another clause ranting granting authority to the presided president deW to acquire personal property by the power of eminent domain was also removed as was the section granting the chief executive the power to impose two years imprisonment on any violator the only other amendment which succeeded in passage was one which provided that an accounting be made tor for all moneys spent minority leader snell attacked the bill declaring that the money involved amounted to one eighth of the national income and that the house was entitled to know what the money was for later in conceding the minor itys defeat he said that it if the opposition was free to speak its mind tile the bill would be defeated two to one but that under the executive lash there was no chance of defeating it t recommendations that americas ricas air defense facilities be greatly increased will be made by president roosevelt in a special message soon to be sent to congress it has been indicated by those close to the administration tra tion construction of a series of air bases for the united states the addition of planes to the service and building a huge dirigible will be among the projects which tile the president approves the proposed construction Is in accord with a report just made by the special aviation commission it is the purpose of the commission to lease tile the dirigible to a commercial firm as a ats ter ship to the graf zeppelin which will start regular fransa transatlantic trantle service within h a few weeks week s foreign minister nom iiii JAPANS rota darneil soviet russia that she should stop fortifying the siberian frontier north of Manchu kuo it if friendly relations are to be continued between tw een the two countries nis ills remarks made in an address before the imperial diet had special significance in view of reports that japanese troops ar are e invading province to prevent of that region russian fortifications in the far east particularly of the strategic cross in ings gs of the amur river are becoming increasingly irksome to tho the japanese army in Manchu kuo other projects to which japan Is objecting are double tracking of the trans siberian railway to vladivostok and remodeling of the strong fortifications of that pacific port |
