Show W v summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union morgan removed ROOSEVELT removed PRESIDENT dr arthur E morgan as member and chairman of the tennessee valley authority reported this action to congress X in a special message and left washington for a visit to W warm a r in springs gg ga thus t the he entire TVA row was thrown into the lap of congress and senators and representatives senta tives continued to scrap over whether an investigation A E morgan of the huge gg project should be made by a senatorial committee or by a joint committee of both houses mr roosevelt ousted morgan after receiving frony from acting attorney general jackson an opinion that he possessed the required authority this is questioned by senator borah and other authorities and it is presumed the matter will be taken up to the supreme court morgan who was in chicago consulted legal friends but would not announce his plans senator bridges and some others hotly holly denounced the presidents action as dictatorial and unjustified the president told congress he had named harcourt morgan to succeed A E morgan as chairman of TVA but he did not appoint his successor as a member of the board reasons for the removal of morgan a as s given by the president w were ere that he had made grave and libelous charges against his colleagues and refused to substantiate them at the white house hearings and that he had obstructed the work of the authority tho rity efforts of administration leaders in in congress were ex exerted arted to see that no avowed enemies of TVA should be named on the investigating committee majority leader barkley declaring this a prime consideration he favored inquiry by a joint committee of five members from each house senator norris morris wanted it done only by senators and mr borah thought that would be satisfactory house shows its temper evidently EVIDENTLY the house ot of depre senta tives want any more TVA projects started while the affairs of 0 the authority are in such a muddle by a vote of to it refused to concur with the senate in appropriating funds to start construction 0 of the dam at gilbertsville Gilberts ville ky in opposition were ill democrats and 75 republicans the vote vole sent the matter back to conference months ago the house appropriations I 1 committee rejected d the proposition to appropriate to begin the gilbertsville Gilberts ville dam and the house left the item out ot of the bill the senate was induced by norris and others to put it back but still the house refused profits tax out PAT HARRISON meant what he said d about altering the revenue bill that was passed by the house his senate finance committee Is making the changes by a vote of 17 to 4 it eliminated from the measure the undistributed profits tax principle substituting a flat corporation income tax of 18 13 per cent As a further means of stimulating business and investment the committee adopted a provision drastically modifying the capital gains and losses tax the committee removed capital gains on assets held tor for more than 18 months from the income tax category and substituted instead a flat rate of 0 15 per cent which was what business and industry wanted in an effort to clear the way for speedy enactment of the tax relief legislation the committee rejected a system of wartime taxes and a system of processing taxes on wheat corn cotton tobacco and rice which the administration desires to finance proposed additional bounties to farmers amounting to a year house passes navy bill W WITH ITH only votes in opposition the house passed the administrations billion dollar navy bill the measure authorizes construction st of the largest battle fleet in in american history by adding 46 co combat in ships 22 auxiliaries and airplanes the war department announced that army and navy officers were about to study plans for an enlistment program that would put more than two million men under arms within four months of a declaration of war for this the army would require recruits and the navy the first under existing plans would be sought as volunteers in the first month before selective draft machinery like that of 0 18 was put into operation already prepared tor for quick submission to congress is a draft of a selective ve service law britain ready to fight REAT BRITAIN ww will not flatly J pledge itself to fight to save czechoslovakia from german aggression gres sion but she will use her armaments to fulfill her treaty obligations to france and belgium I 1 and is ready to go to war in their defense it they are unjustly attacked that was the warning to hitler uttered by prime minister cha chamberlain oberla in the house of commons m in the most ost nevi neville I 1 important state statement ent C chamberlain ambe aln of british 3 for policy since the world war declaring his belief that peace will be maintained chamberlain said 1 I cannot imagine any events in europe which would change the fundamental basis of british foreign policy which is the maintenance and preservation of peace however that does not mean that nothing would make us fight cheers greeted this declaration though he said central europe was not not an area where vital british interests teresta L are at stake he gave plain warning var ning that it if german aggression slon sho should uld result in war there britain might tit be forced into it lie he urged peaceful settlement of czechoslovakian german minority y problem and offered britaina Brit ains help in this ile he flatly turned down soviet rus sias call for consultation against aggressor nations the prime minister said that 1 in n the case of italis conquest 0 of ethiopia a task beyond its powers was imposed on the league ot of nations and he admitted that his original belief in the league as an effect effective ve instrument lor for preserving pe peace ce was profoundly shaken but he still believed the league might be revivified and strengthened members cheered this declaration a interpreting it as an invitation to the great powers outside the league the united states germany japan brazil and italy to associate themselves with it |