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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Congress Passes Veterans Bonus Loan Measure, Despite Hoover and Mellon Chairman Legge to Leave the Farm Board. By EDWARD W. PICKARD on food costs t mass of govern, merit statistic showing wide discrepancy between the prices paid by consumers for milk and dairy products and the prices received re-ceived by farmers. lie said the figures showed a very apparent failure fail-ure of retail prices to follow the decline of wholesale prices In milk. The average price of milk In 61 cities Is 13-i cents a quart, Stewart said, and the farmer Is receiving an average price of a little less than 4.9 cents. Representatives of the dairy industry in-dustry testified the consumer was receiving the full benefit of reductions reduc-tions in the wholesale prices of their products. But Chairman Capper Cap-per showed that one of the companies com-panies had averaged profits of I about 20 per cent on its stock during dur-ing the last five years, which, he said, is about ten times the profit the furmers in Kansas get. FOUR days of political Jockeying in Spain ended with the formation forma-tion of a new monarchist cabinet headed by Admiral Juan Bautista Aznar. For the time being both revolution and the renewal of a military dictatorship were avoided, avoid-ed, though the fundamental Issues are not settled. Guerra and Alvarez, Al-varez, leaders of the opposition, both had failed to form governments govern-ments that King Alfonso could accept ac-cept The new cabinet is mude up of extreme right monarchists with the conservatives, liberals and Catalan Cat-alan Independents represented. It Is believed Admiral Aznar will consent to a speclul session of the parliament which will make certain cer-tain reforms In the constitution, r Tl FOLLOWINO the lead of Speaker Nicholas hong-worth, hong-worth, nearly nil the Republican members of the house of representatives repre-sentatives deserted the administration and voted with the Democrats for the passage of the bill increasing maximum maxi-mum loans on bonus certificates held by World war veterans from 22 controversy his policies aroused. For almost year Mr. Legge's service has been directed toward stabilizing the wheat market Opposition Op-position arose In Washington and In parts of the grain belt to the purchasing by the government of millions of bushels of surplus wheat to steady the market and maintain prices. PRESIDENT HOOVER put his signature to the bill providing for a 44-hour week for postal employees, em-ployees, which becomes effective July 1 and will affect 150.000 letter carriers, office clerks and railway service men. The President then announced that he would ask congress con-gress to authorize the appointment of a special commission to Investigate Investi-gate ways and means of placing the Tost Office department on something some-thing like paying basis. In disclosing dis-closing his intention to take steps to cut down the annual postal losses the President pointed out 8pakr Longworth per cent to ou per cent or ttieir nice value. The repudiation of the strongly held views of President Hoover and Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury Mellon was decisive, the vote being 303 to Si). The opposition votes were all cast by Republicans. Long worth's activity In behalf of the measure was exerted In bringing bring-ing about an agreement in the that the Post Office department faces an estimated deficit of $100,-000.000 $100,-000.000 for the next fiscal year. leaving the powers of the throne unimpaired. Aznar Is the oldest ranking officer In the Spanish navy-and navy-and has not been a partisan in politics. POSTMASTER General Walter Brown was the center of a series of somewhat acrimonious acri-monious discussions discus-sions during the week. In the first place, he called air mall operators Into conference and told them they would have to Increase ufaiMfctJfJlilal VARIOUS problems prob-lems of nnval warfare, especially that of the relative value of the heavily heav-ily armored battleship battle-ship and the turpi tur-pi a n e, may be solved In the great war .gnme of the navy which began Ht the stnrt of the week in Panama i n-i. ways and menns committee. As soon as the bill was handed . up to the senate Its proponents in that body took steps to hold np nearly all other leglslntlon In or-, or-, der to get It through before Friday night They were determined thut It should not be killed by n pocket veto, which would be possible If speedy action were not obtained. Sinoot, Reed and other administration administra-tion senators sought delay In the hope of finding a compromise that would make the measure accept able to the President but In vain. The bill was pnssed by the senate sen-ate by a vote of 72 to 12, all the nays being Republicans. Administration leaders In both houses admitted that there wns no hope that a veto by the President could be sustained. Secretary Mel-Ion's Mel-Ion's arguments against the bill and tbe figures he gave as to its cost to the government were vigorously vig-orously disputed by many represent-atfves represent-atfves and senators. In the Inst year Andy has lost much of his prestige as a financial prophet. The house followed up its passage pas-sage of the bonus loan bill by passing pass-ing without roll calls a bill authorizing author-izing the expenditure of $l2,rno.000 for construction of veterans' hospitals hos-pitals and a bill authorizing the expenditure ex-penditure of $2,850,000 for additional addi-tional facilities at nntinnnl soldiers' homes. The hospital bill Is designed to furnish about 8,300 additional beds. service and reud-Pottmatter reud-Pottmatter Just rates to meet Gen. Brown a deficit estimated at $150,000,000 for the next fiscal year. He suld schedules sched-ules were not being met, connections connec-tions at Junction points not being completed and average speed not kept up to standard. As for rates, the operators were warned that unless un-less they revised tbem, congress would do It In his speech to the operators, Brown warned they could not look for support from military branches of the government since these "were not at all enthusiastic about any part civil ueronautlcs might piny in any preparedness program," but spoke of such aid "with some contempt." waiera. inennirD Vice Admiral were divided Into A. L. Willard the "Blue" fleet and the "Black" fleet The former, under commund of Vice Admiral Arthur L. Willard, flying his flag on the Arkansas, wns entrusted with the defense of the Pnnnma rannl and of a hypothetical hypo-thetical Nicaragua canal. It Is the Atlantic or scouting fleet nnd was reinforced by the aircraft carriers Saratoga and Ixlngton and the dirigible Los Angeles; by planes from the naval nir station at Coco Solo and by a big fleet of "V-4" submarines. The attacking or "Black" fleet was not nearly so strong In planes but more powerful in other re-i re-i spects. It wns commanded by Ad- nilrul Frank H. Schnfleld. The "Blacks" had about eighty planes, forty from the aircraft carrier Langley nnd the rest from battleships battle-ships and a division of new 10.000-ton 10.000-ton "treaty" cruisers, tried out for the first time In war oeratlons with the fleet. This division, composed com-posed of the Northampton, the Salt Lake City and Ihe Pensaeola. was assigned to Admiral Schofleld's command for the war problem, though ordinarily It operates In the Atlantic. The umpire ship wns the Texas, flagship of Admiral Jehu V. Chnse. commander In chief of the United States fleet nnd general director of the war game. ON THE Sunday before the beginning be-ginning of Lent the government govern-ment of Soviet Russia declared war agnlnst religious Influence In j the schools, enllsilng nil Soviet This brought from Rear Admiral Moffelt, chief of the navy bureau of aeromiutic8. the statement that he was sure no one In naval aviation avia-tion ever hud spoken with contempt con-tempt about civil or commercial pilots and airmen or what they hnve accomplished. "We have the highest resiect for them," he added, add-ed, "and believe that they would be of tremendous value to the country in time of war." About the same time some senators sena-tors learned that Mr. Brown and the Interstate commerce commission commis-sion were contemplating making Increases In-creases In the parcel post rates. Declaring this would cost the American people $7.000,00. Senator Sena-tor McKellnr of Tennessee offered a resolution asking Mr. Brown not to make the chnnges until they have been approved by congress. McKellnr and Senator Norrls of Nebraska contended the raise would be in the Interest of the express ex-press companies which they said ENACTMENT by congress of the Interior department appropriation appropria-tion bill carrying the $20,000,000 drought relief loan and Its official approval by the President removed most of the danger of a special session, despite the controversy over the veterans' bonus loan. The passage of the compromise relief measure was scored as a victory for Mr. Hoover and his policy of opposition to any federal appropriation appropri-ation that could be Interpreted as a dole. In the senate the vote on the bill was 67 to 15; and in the house a formal vote was not even taken on the conference report. SENATE and house conferees agreed on a compromise resolution reso-lution which provides for govern-' govern-' ment production, transmission and sale of power at the Muscle Shoals plant, as In the original Norrls resolution. That measure Is changed would get much of the business now handled by the parcel post. McKellnr added the increases would be a heavy burden on the farmers. The resolution was adopted. enly in the part concerning the nitrate plant By the compromise resolution the President Is given one year to negotiate a lease of the . nitrate plant to a private corporation, corpora-tion, failing which the government Is to begin operation of the plant. Unless President Hoover abandons his former stand he will veto the bill. SENATORS, mostly Democratic, Demo-cratic, gave considerable con-siderable of their time for several days to debating the wet and dry question. Millard Ty dings of Maryland, Mary-land, wet obtained the adoption of a resolution calling on the Wicker- i ,--"" mil J mi . to, M children In the campaign. Ihe commissural of education In, a manifesto man-ifesto said: "We cannot allow the morality of our children to be degraded by religion. The churches recently had the audacity to creep Into our schools. In one school tiny crosses were distributed among pupils." The commissariat voted funds for an Issue of circulars calling upon school teachers to intensify their autl-rellglous Instruction, nnd It appealed ap-pealed to he movie trust to produce pro-duce special antl-Christinn films for Juvenile consumption. WHILE the alleged Iniquities of postal leases are still under un-der Investigation, the house gave Its approval to a program for wider federal ownership of postal facilities facili-ties which has the backing of the administration. The bill pnssed authorizes the expenditure of $45.-000,000 $45.-000,000 for the removal of postal actlvles from leased quarters Into government-owned sub-stations and garages. It received a unanimous vote. SOON after March 4 next, Alexander Legge. chairman of tbe federal farm board, will retire from that body and hand over bis multltudl- aous troubles to another. It is believed be-lieved in Washington Washing-ton that his successor suc-cessor will be sham commission to forward to the Senator senate the testi- Tydings mony on which the commission based Its recent report on prohibition. Tydings and some of the dry senators from the South engnged in acrimonious discussion In the course of which Morrison of North Carolina said some most uncomplimentary un-complimentary things about Chairman Chair-man Rascob of the Democratic national na-tional committee. James C Stone, c' now vice chairman James C. of the board and Stone , formerly an as sistant secretary of commerce. Mr. Stone represents especially the tobacco to-bacco Interests. Mr. Igge will resume the presidency of the International Inter-national Harvester company. When I IT WAS announced by the Deportment, De-portment, of I-nbor that there was a slight improvement In the industrial employment situation during January, and thnt further improvement may be expected in the next few weeks. "There wns a noticeable Increase In production and employment In the Iron Bnd steel Industry." the bulletin says, "nnd many orders were received for railroad equipment, equip-ment, automobile requirements, pipe and structural materials. .There has been an encouraging Increase In-crease in activity in the automobile Industry since January 1. . "Operations generally In radio monufacturlng establishments remain re-main curtailed; however, several plants that had been closed reopened re-opened Activities in shipbuilding yards were regarded as satisfactory. satisfac-tory. Large surpluses of skilled and unskilled laborers were apparent appar-ent la most states as the month of January drew te a close." . (It) list WMlirn swpaM-r Ualaa Next day Senator Wagner . of New York delivered a prepared speech calling on the Democratic party to lend the way to prohibition prohibi-tion reform and attacking the Pres Ident for "throwing away" the opportunity op-portunity offered by the Wicker-sham Wicker-sham report "to lead a grateful people out of the morass of criminality, crim-inality, corruption and hyprocrlsy In which we have been bogged tor eleven years." Tbe method ol bringing about Improved Im-proved conditions which the com mission did not discuss wns, be snld. that of state option under federal fed-eral control. He offered a plan under un-der such a method. He would have repeal, but with a Joint agreement between federal and state governments, govern-ments, as part of the state's repeal . Ing action, to guarantee state control con-trol without the saloon. ETH ELBERT STEWART, commissioner com-missioner of labor statistics, presented to the senate committee he resigned that office In July, 1929, to head the farm board at the urgent ur-gent request of President Hoover, he suld he could not absent himself from the company for more than one year. However, the exigencies of the farm board work have prevented pre-vented his leaving It before this. He wanted to quit last fall but remained re-mained to please the President. At least three other members of the boart may drop out before long, it Is understood. They are: C. C Teugue. fruit and vegetables representative; rep-resentative; Samuel R. McKelvle. wheat member, and William F. Schilling, the dairy member. Almost front the day Mr. Igge took up his duties as chairman of tbe farm board, he has been tbe center of attack from political und grain trading quarters. While he met these onslaughts with a vigorous vigor-ous defense of the board, it Is con-eeded con-eeded that his decision to relinquish relin-quish his duties with the government govern-ment was influenced by the violent |