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mBSJ POLICY ANO AIMS! , m M EVIDENt
By PAUL MALL ON.
(Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon)
Hair-Pulling.
WASHINGTON, MarcK 10. Some
rather Important resignation will
be In order shortly unless Mr. Roose
velt steps In and calms the growing
factional strife In his Inner circle
over the stock market bill.
The subtle dispute between the
liberals and conservatives of the
Roosevelt board of advisers was funny
at first.
The liberals were championing a
sharp-fanged bill they wrote and
planted In congress. No one was op
posing them except Wall street, which
made their fight easy and pleasant.
Then came Assistant Commerce
Secretary Dickinson with public testi
mony that the bill was probably worse
than nothing. He tore It into shreds.
Tools.
Even then a good laugh all around
might have settled things, except that
one of the liberals Inspired a rather
pointed newspaper story against
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. In
fact, the story said Mr. Morgenthau
was nothing but a secret tool for
Wall Street working against the lib
eral bill.
If there is one thing Mr. Morgen
thau does NOT like to be called It
Is a tool of Wall street. No one would
have made such a charge except one
campaigning too ardently in behalf
of the liberal bill.
Then the suggestion got around
that the tool of Wall street In the
' cabinet was not Mr. Morgenthau, but
Commerce Secretary Roper. It was
he who was undermining the liberal
stock market program. Mr. Roper has
been in politics longer than Mr. Mor
genthau and has been called more
things. Hence he did not mind the
yarn as much. At least he did not
show It.
Roosevelt.
When the fight got to that level,
the real dirty-work began.
Pals of Prosecutor Pecora of the
stock market committee hinted that
Pecora did not like the way he was
being treated by the liberals.
They had taken the writing of the
legislation largely in their hands and
were objecting to some changes he
had in mind. At least that Is the
counteracting story started by the
conservatives.
While all this was going on. Mr.
Roosevelt sat In the White House
laughing, and Insisting that he had
not even read the liberal bill and
therefore could not say whether he
approved it or not.
His strategy was clear. He was de
liberately trying to avoid taking sides
vhlle the opposing factions fought
H out. Apparently he had no idea
that the conflict would become so
serious.
Breathing Spell.
The matter left congress somewhat
confused.
Committee hearings on the bill
were adjourned temporarily in the
house for the announced purpose of
taking a rest. The real purpose was
to ascertain exactly " what , In the
dickens the administration really
wanted congress to do.
Only a shade less amustngis the
confusion on sugar legislation. The
administration advocated limitation
of production to 1.450.000 tons. That
'! the average annual production of
the last three years. The beet peo
ple did not like that because their
word -breaking production last year
was 1.750.000 tons.
Then an agricultural department
employe disclosed to a house com
mittee that the AAA crowd did not
care much for the beet sugar In
dustry anyway, and thought It might
be well In the end to abandon the
government subsidy. That drew an
Immediate denial from the White
House, where Mr. Roosevelt Insisted
the bill was designed to Improve the
Industry, not to kill it.
The true situation seems to be
that the AAA liberals are opposed to
ths government, subsidy system.
Therefore. a matter of principle,
they are opposed to government fos
tering of the beet sugar industry.
They would like to see the subsidy
abandoned, but they know It cannot
b. so they devised the new bill to
help it.
At lessi that. Is the official ex
planation. "politics.""
At the root of the trouble is the
political fact, that a congressional
election Is earning on In beet sugar
states, as well as others. In a general
way the bet sugar districts have been
Republican until recently. The Demo
crats want to hold those seat Un
less a satisfactory beet sugar bill is
pawd. they rannot.
For tm reann. a compromise on
this question seems to be ssmred. It
will pmbaKy Ux a tennae'1 halfway
between the two proposed fleurea.
Certain administration senators are
working It out now.
Niles.
The worst pohitmn in the suear
confusion Is held by Senator Coatl-
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Retirement Announced in .i ' t
Radio Talk Lauding Own A) fc ' OLJh .'1
Achievements Claims vx wy C" itrV ""- S:
Pledges to Voters Fulfilled! I 2 " 1 !
' PORTLAND, Ore., March 10. (AP)
Governor Julius L. Meier tonight
said he would retire from politics
and not be a candidate to succeed
himself as governor of Oregon. i
He made the announcement at J
the completion of a second talk to
the people of the state, in which he ;
said he had kept every platform I
promise and given the state a bust-:
ness-llke administration. His talks -were
broadcast. ;
"My four years of office will soon
be over. My work as governor is
nearing its end," he said.
"The state should now seek a gov
ernor who will be able to maintain
the systematic carrying out of those j
methods that have now been set In
operation.
He expressed the "conviction that
I have served honorably and unsel
fishly." How the state of Oregon emerged
from the "most precarious and dis
tressing times In Its history" with Its
credit strengthened, taxes reduced,
the deficit rapidly disappearing, state
institutions and departments func
tioning efficiently on reduced budgets
and with water power resources pre
served for future generations was de
scribed by the governor In his talk
tonight.
Last week he told how "every
pledge" of his platform had been
"fulfilled."
By choosing department heads for
ability rather than for their politics,
more efficient operation em less funds
has been possible, he declared. .
Praise was given bosrd of control
members for their part in economics
and efficiency. ' Special -tribute to
the late Hal B. Hose, secretary of
atate, was reiterated by the governor.
He told how state Institutions with
population Increased more than 1700
over 10 years ago. were operating on
a 849J.678 reduction In budget. All
But three Institution heads have been
retained.
Reorganization of the atate print
ing board resulted in savings, as did
better administration of the World
War Veterans State Aid commission.
Under his chairmanship sound busi
ness principles were Injected Into the
banking, forestry and library boards,
the state land board and the state
reclamation commission, he said.
Governor Meier also stated he
had objected to veteran pension cuts
and helped secure the 1932 national
legion convention for Oregon.
In hla discussion of departments
under his Jurisdiction he told how
17 bosrds were merged Into the de
partment of agriculture, bringing sav
ings and placing the state fair on a
sound financial basis.
Flvs separate law enforcement or
ganizations were supplanted by the
state police who also have efficiently
handled general law enforcement, he
said.
Retrenchment enabled . the state
Industrial accident commission to
continue to serve capably during
stringent days, he said. A $30,884 re
duction In operation cost of the state
Insurance department was made
while the service was Improved.'
Investors have been given protec
tion from "financial racketeering"
under the atate corporation commis
sioner and the blue-sky law.
"He emphasized that there was no
state tax levy in 1931 and that for
other years the levy was "substan
tially less than for any of the pre
ceding years."
He said fine work had been done
by the public utilities department de
spite the handicap of not being
granted "needed additional powers"
by the legislature. Holding company
fees have been cut more than 400.
000 and budget reductions of utili
ties made, despite their recourse to
federsl court appeals to orders. Re
duction In railroad freight fees also
has been obtained by the depart
ment. The reorganlred highway commis
sion has reduced per-mlle mainte
nance cost and reduced other costs.
Other departments and commissions
are "functioning efficiently and eco
nomically in the interest of the peo
ple." He said the state is "a great Dull
ness enterprise, carrying operations
In excess of 25,000 000 annually ex
clusive of federsl relief funds.
"I hajre given my heat efforts to
administering Its affairs In a busi
nesslike manner without political fear
or favor."
Spending By frVanre
PARIS. March 10. 7pi The cham-
her of deputies today voted on tp :
proprlstlon of 7 5. 000 .000 franr t,-i
SM.OO0 for new gas masks for tbV
Trench army.
Another Piece of Pie
WASHINGTON, March 10. fAPl
Acting postmaster appointed today;
by Postmaster General Farley in- -
eluded: ;
Oregon: Letter If Dungey, Scp-i
poos. i
This was the courtroom scene at Lima, O., as Harry Pierpont, mem
ber of John Dillinger's gang, went on trial for the slaying of Sheriff
Jess L. Sarber In a raid which freed Dilllnger months ago. Standing
behind Pierpont, with machine gun In hand, is Sheriff Don Sarber, son
of the slain official. Pierpont's mother is at left holding a handker.
chief to her face. (Associated Press Photo)
LIMA. O., March 10. AP Harry
Pierpont, member of the notorious
John Dilllnger gang, was found
guilty tonight on a charge of first
degree murder In the slaying of
Sheriff Jess Sarber.
LADY SHERIFF IN
NO MOOD TO QUIT;
DEFENDS ACTIONS
John Dillinger Escape 'Dirty
Break' and Politics Is
Blamed for Effort to Oust
No Apologies to Offer
CROWN POINT, Ind., Mar. 10. (P)
The skeptic who believes that no
woman knows her own mind, Just has
not met the pretty "lady sheriff of
Crown Point," Mrs. Lillian M. Holley,
from whose "escape proof" Jail, John
Dilllnger, Hoosler bad man, went A.
W. O. L.. A week ago today.
Mrs. Holley not only knows hr
own mind, but she speaks it bluntly.
"No," she said today, "I haven't got
& thing to say" and then like ft wo
man turned around and said plenty.
"I'm not going to resign. No, I'm
not. If anybody wants to get ma out
of this office It will have to be thru
Impeachment and I'll fight. I'll
fight."
Asked If she had the opportunity to
remake her arrangements for the
safekeeping of Dilllnger, "I would do
Just as I did," she Interrupted quick
ly and firmly. "I would take exactly
the same precautions, give the same
orders."
She paused a moment. Her very
blue eyes looked out squarely from,
her weary, worry drawn face in which
there is an expression of deep hurt
at the tempest that has broken over
her brown wavy hair.
"There was nothing wrong with my
preparations and precautions. I Just
got a dirty break. It could have hap
pened to anyone," she said.
She is very slim and almost girlish,
this mother of 18 year old twin
daughters, who a year and two
months ago tackled the Job of sheriff
after her husband fell a victim of a
madman's bullet.
She relaxed into the depth of an
overstuffed chair. It Is her opinion
that she is "on the spot" between
political factions, but, she said,
"that's not going to bluff me."
"I have tried to do my duty and I
have done it, a 24 hour a day Job."
DISTILLERY CUTS
HOURS, LIFTS PAY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. (??) First
place In reducing working hours to
conform to the new era program was
claimed today by Schenley Products
company in a telegeram to Hugh fl.
Johnson.
a rover wlislen. chairman of the
board of the distilling company, said
a ten per cent cut In hours would no
put Into effect Monday, adding 1.000
men immediately at plants In New
York. Pennsylvania. Indiana and Ken
tucky. Wage rates will be increased
10 per cent at the same time.
Million Dollar maze
BIRMINOHAM, Ala., March lO.-Wtt
Pi re originating In a "false" base
ment shortly after noon today swept
the Love man, Joseph and Loeb de
partment store ea'wtng a loss of 1.
000,000 and threatening an entire
block in the heart of the downtown
chopping tuvct.
The- jury of 10 men and two wo
men failed to recommend mercy for
Pierpont and thereby made manda
tory a sentence of death in the
electric chair.
T
Needs Protection From Plun
derers and Politicians
'To Take Care of Itself and
Nation,' Says Publisher
LOS ANGELES, Mar. .10. (P) Wil
liam Randolph Hearst declared to
night there is an "increasing proba
bility that the disturbing interference
with business by the NRA has
positively delayed recovery Instead of
hastening it."
"It would appear Indeed that when
ever business in the present emerg
ency has succeeded In getting its
head above the water," the publisher
said, "the NRA, with the best Inten
tions in the world, has alertly thrown
It a millstone or a coll of lead pipe
as a life preserver and promptly sunk
it again."
Hearst, speaking over coaat-to-coast
network of the National Broad
casting company, said "all that need
be done now by government is to pro
tect business from the plunderers and
from the parasites and from the poli
ticians and business will again take
care of Itself and of the nation too."
There is an absolute certainty.
Hearst said, "that Industry and the
whole country have In the past posi
tively recovered from previous panics
without the operation of an NRA or
any similar method of dominating
and dragooning business."
"Honest business," the publisher
said, "is always anxious to be humani
tarian, eager to be patriotic.
"Barring a few conspicuous rascals,
It has always been patriotic and the
percentage of rascality is certainly not
greater in business than It always la
In politics."
SEVEN FROM SEA
TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 10.
(AP) Speedy action by coast guards
men who saw a fishing boat cap1
sire, saved seven men from death i
In the dashing waves on the bar;
hers today. j
Mountainous breakers caught and
capsized the fiViIng boat GA-fiB when
the tow line broke as it waa being!
pulled across the bsr by the Jer-1
ry B.
Captain Robert Parley and his ;
coast guardsmen witnessed the accl-j
dent and pushed through the break
era In a small boat, reaching the
fishermen as they neared tJfchaus-'
tlon. j
IOWA JOINS OLD
AGE HELP LIST
DBS MOINPH, Mar. 10. 0T Iowa
today became the 29th atate to pro
vide old age pension for its needy.
Governor Clyde L. Herring signed
the old age pension bill pssvd s "ew
days ago by the special session of the
general assembly.
UlLLINbLK AIULU !
BY JAIL GUARDS
Betrayal Told by Negro Pris-i
oner Fingerprint Expert
Willing Tool of Outlaw i
and Friendly to Him
TNDIANAPOLIS, March 10. (AP)
Edward J. Barce. deputy attorney
general, said today he has gathered
evidence which shows that John
Dilllnger had the aid of at least :
two Jail employes when he escaped
a week ago from the Crown Point
lockup.
The deputy attorney-general re
turned hero to make a partial re
port to his chief. Philip Lutz, Jr.
He will be In Crowu Point next week
to place his evidence before the
special grand Jury charged with mak
ing Inquiry Into Dillinger's escape.
Barce said a lengthy grilling of
James Posey, negro cellmate of Her- i
bert Youngblood. the negro murder- i
er who fled with Dilllnger, indicat
ed Ernest Blunk, finger print ex
pert, and Sam Cahoon, Jsll repair
man, were aware of the desperado's
plana to escape.
Blunk and Cahoon both have been
arrested charged with aiding In Dil
linger's escape. Federal authorities
at Chicago are Investigating the pos
sibility of charging Blunk with vio
lation of the Dyer act on the basis
of hla having driven the stolen aut
omobile of Sheriff Lillian Holley
from Indiana to Illinois with Dil
llnger as a passenger.
Barce said his Inquiry Indicated
Blunk had an excellent opportunity
to frustrate Dillinger's escape but
Instead of restraining the desperado
strolled about the Jail with him arm
In arm.
The deputy attorney-general salQ
Posey told of an Invitation extend
ed to him and another prisoner to
Join Dilllnger and Youngblood In the'
flight from the Jail. Barce said
Posey admitted he. and the other
prisoner went with Dilllnger and
Youngblood as far as the Jail
kitchen before they decided to turn
back.
Plans for the break were discussed
by the prisoners in the cells the
night before It occurred, according
to the version given Barce by Posey.
Posey was quoted by Barce as ask
ing Youngblood whether he had a
gun. Youngblood said that as yet
he had no weapon but he could
easily get one, Posey told the deputy
attorney-general.
MARTIN BILL TO
HELP FISH. NAVY
WASHINGTON, March 10. ( AP)
A bill Introduced In congress today
by Representative Martin of Oregon
would:
Authorize an approplatlon of
260,000 for further development of
the submarine and destroyer base at
Tongue Point on the Columbia river
In Oregon; and establish a "Colum
bia river salmon propagation fund"
equal to the sum received since 1005
by the United States as rental for
fishing rights on Sand Island near
the mouth of the etream. the fund
to be used for salmon propagation
In the Columbia river district.
IT
OF JEW TO CELLS
BERLIN, Mar. 10. p) Seven m&1
storm troopers. Identified In an offi
cial report only as "young men" were
sentenced to three to six years at
hard labor by a Berlin special court
today for kidnaping Otto Schlesinger,
member or a prominent Chamnitz
family of Jews.
The official account said the vle
tlm had been mistreated during his
detention and that the abductors hid
tried to fire on police while escaping.
E
FOR LIQUOR TAX
WASHINGTON. March 10 (AP)
President Roosevelt ordered consolida
tlon of federal liquor enforcement
and taxing agencies today, and In s
special message asked Immediate con
gressional approval of hla action.
Nearly 000 men would be shifted
from the Justice department's old
prohibition dlvlalon to the treaaury'a
internal revenue bureau by the plan
thereby creating a force of 1600 to
handle the liquor problem.
H8INKINO (Changchun!, Msnehii
kuo. March 10. The enthronment of
Emperor Gnk Teh has not lessened
the fears of the Japanese military
that plot are being laid against his
life.
Everybody 4-Bits
Richer In February
Than In January
WASHINGTON, March 10 (AP
Money In circulation increased
slightly during February to S3,
355.068,788. The amount per capita In cir
culation In February was esti
mated by the treasury at 43.41,
an Increase of SO cents over Jan
uary. Among the money out was
150.546,469 In gold certificates.
These were of the style used prior
to devalutlon.
No gold coin was reported in
circulation.
7 TO 5, IN ALLEN
L FIGHT CASE
LOS ANGELES. March 10. (AP)
The Jury of seven women and five
men deliberating the question of
whether the late Margaret A. Keith,
wealthy spinster wsa mentally com
petent to execute a valid will dis
posing of her million dollar estate
was still dead-locked tonight after
nearly two full days of discussions.
LOS ANGELES, March 10. (AP)
A million words or so of testimony
and three months of court session
resulted today In a deadlocked trial
Jury, standing seven to five on the
question of whether Margaret Keith,
mystery spins tress, was sane enough
to make her will disposing of her
estate of a million dollars or so.
In the probate court this morning
the Jury foreman, Julius Krelger, told
Judge Robert W. Kenny, that after
deliberations since '3 o'olock yester
day afternoon, the ballot stood seven
to five. He asked the court's permis
sion for the Jury to go to Paloa Verdes,
one of the two mansions of the late
Miss Keith. The court held that he
could not permit the Jury to do this
after it had started deliberations.
Then he met the Jury's request that
he reread all his Instructions.
It was not disclosed whether the
majority of the Jury felt that the
woman who ended her own life was
sane or not when the will waa made
leaving her entire estate to her
nephew, Albert C. Allen, Jr., an Ore
gon farmer. Three other relatives
contested the will.
E
BEND HEN'S FORTE
BEND, Ore., March 10. (AP) A
White Leghorn pullet which lays
only double yolk eggs, apparently
unconcerned about limited produc
tion theories la owned by Mrs. L. E.
Breeden of Alfalfa, near Bend.
The 10 months old fowl lays the
twin hearted egga for two consecu
tive days, then takes a day off and
comes back with double yolk eggs
again for two more days, Mrs.
Breeden said.
NABBED IN PLOT
CANTON, Ohio. Mr. 10. (IP) An
tUmpt to mtort 14,000 from Mr.
Thoiino W. Owe fulltd . todiy whfn
the allfgM originator of the plot fell
Into a polloe trap. -
L. E. Chappell, M, and Paul Mer
rltt, 39, were taken Into euatody. Po
lice aald they obtained & algned con.
feaalon from Chappell, abaolvlnft Mer
rltt of any connection with the plot.
Mr. Caae, widow of the late Fran
B Caae, Canton Induatriallat, received
a threatening letter, Instructing her
to deposit M.OOO at a dealgnated aP'rt,
A patrolman dlagulied hlmaelf aa a
woman and took a decoy package to
the pot. When Chappell and Merritt
picked up the package, police and de
tective pounced on them.
BAN LIFTED UPON
E
WA3HWOTON, March 10 (AP)
Unlimited Importing of liquor from
May I to June 30 was provided by
the federal alcohol administration to
day in Ita eforta to reduce prices to
drive out the bootlegger.
This action was taken after Pres
ident Roosevelt had announced yes
terday that unlimited entry would
be permitted shortly.
The Uesther.
Oregon; Cloudy Sunday; Monday
probably unsettled; moderate tern
perature; but local frosts east por
tion Sunday morn in?: gentle east to
south wln1 offftbors.
F. 01 CUTS
TO CURBDEATHS
Tenth Tragedy Causes Presi
dent to Take Sharp Action
Critics in House Quashed,
But Senate Faces Debate
WASHINGTON, March 10. (AP)
With the declaration that "the ratio
of accidents has been far too high
during the past three weeks," Presi
dent Roosevelt today ordered aharp
curtailment of the army air mall aer-
vlce.
His command followed the tenth
death In 20 days of the army mail
flying operations, Instituted after the
wholesale private contract cancella
tion order of a month ago.
To Secretary Dern he addressed a
pointed letter:
"This action," the president said
referring to his original order for
the army to fly the mall, "was taken
on the definite assurance given me
that the army air corps could carry
the mall.
"Since that time ten army filers
have lost their lives. I appreciate
that only four of these were actually
flying the mall, but the others were
training or were proceeding to the
malt route. ...
"Because military lessons have been
taught us during the past few weeks,
I request that you consult imme
diately with the postmaster general
and the secretary of commerce In
order that additional training may be
given to army pilots through co-operation
with private companlea who
later on will fly the mails."
The presidential order followed a
session between Mr. Roosevelt, Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff,
and the army air corns chief, Major
General Foulola.
Meanwhile, congressional critics
awaited only an opportunity to aprlng
again to the offensive, the bitter
controversy Intensified by the growth
of the army air corps death Hat to 10
caauallea In 19 days.
In the house another Republican
effort to attack the administration
for Its air mall policy was choked oft
by parliamentary strategy. A heated
debate was Just ahead In the senate
however, as it neared consideration
of emergency legislation transferring
postal funds to the army to defray
the cost of carrying the malls.
OAKLAND. Calif., March 10. (AP)
Whether the proposed resumption
of air mall service along the Paclflo
coast will be affected by President
Roosevelt's curtailment order Is not
known here, army officials ssld to
night. Major Clarence Tinker, operations
officer, aald no orders curtailing the
service on the transcontinental route
from here to Salt Lake City had
been received as yet.
Army pilots have been making
test flights between Oakland, Bak
erafield and San Diego during the
past week to become accustomed to
the route. Officers expressed belief
that If the coast service Is started,
only daylight flights will be made
and that pursuit planes may be used
because of a shortage of the larger
types of craft.
LOS ANGET-E8, March 10 (AP)
Verily, as Shakespeare aald of an
other situation, "the time Is out of
joint" In Southern California, which
for two days has been the hot spot
of the country, as shown by weather
bureau reports.
An unofflcU, temperature of 103
degrees was reported today from
Santa Ana. In Los Angeles yester
day's 1034 high mark of 00 degrees
was broken today by a 03.
STUDY DELAYED
LONDON, Mar. 10. Tf Represen
tatives of ten nations concluded their
six day study of the sugar situation
today with the feeling that conditions
were not ravoraMe "at present" for
summoning an international confer
ence to consider ways to stabilize the
Industry,
An official communique said the
chairman was ready to recommend
"appropriate further action" if it ap-
pea red the following two conditions
were fulfilled: -j
"That pending legislation regarding
i sugar has been adopted by the United
States and that aa a result of further
negotiations or any new developments
there appeared to be a real prospect
for agreement on the dlvlalon of quo
tas among countries adhering to the
Chadbourne plan after the coming
into operation of a general world
sugar agrecmsztt."
MELLON TO FACE
FOR IAXEVASION
Former Treasury Chief Is
Listed With Fugitive
Gotham Mayor and Mor
gan Aide for Early Action
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. (&) Ta
evasion suits against Andrew W. Mel
lon, former secretary of the treasury,
and James J. Walker, former mayor of
New York City, are to be instituted
soon by the Justice department.
Attorney-General Cummlruu made
this announcement tonight, adding
that similar suits would be brought
against Thomas S. Lnmont, member
of a prominent New York banking
nrm. and Thomas L. Sldlo, law part
ner of Newton D. Baker, W ood raw
Wilson's secretary of war.
The cases, Mr. Cumminga said, have
been referred the federal attorneys at
New York. Pittsburgh and Cleveland
"with authority for presentation to
grand Juries under the laws against
tax evasion and avoidance."
In addition, the attorney-general
announced the department was in
quiring into the practices of the
Aluminum Company of America, a
Mellon controlled concern which he
has characterised as "a one hundred
per cent monopoly in the producing
field."
Assistant Attorney-General Prank
J. Wideman, head of the newly cre
ated tax division of the department,
said other oases of a similar nature
were pending for trial and still others
in course of preparation.
Mellon for years an outstanding
figure in the world of business and
finance, became, with the return of
the republican party to power In 1930.
equally prominent in publie life.
President Harding appointed him
secretary of the treasury and he held
that post through the Coolldge ad
ministration and part or the admin
istration of President Hoover. He wsa
the only treasury secretary eveT Ttr
serve under three presidents.
Mellon Is one of the wealthiest men
in the country. His Interests, center
ing in the Mellon National Bank and
Trust company of Pittsburgh, trace a
course throughout the nation's In
dustrial structure. '
The Aluminum Company of Amer
ica has long been the target monopoly
charges in Its field. The Mellon inter
ests also control gulf oil and hare
huge holdings in the steel mills snd
coal mlnos of Pennsylvania.
In May last year, Repress ntatlvt
McFadden (R., Pa.), in a statement
placed In the congressional record,
accused Mellon of "an apparent evas
ion" of personal Income taxes while
secretary of the treasury which Mc
Fadden said in a single Instance in
volved more than 11,000.000.
The private finances of former
Mayor Walker of New York wars con
spicuous In the removal proceedings
against him in 1032 before Franklin
D. Roosevelt, then governor of New
York. Walker resigned at the height
of the Inquiry, which grew out of a
legislative investigation of the mu
nicipal government of New York city
directed by Samuel Seabury.
Thomas S. Lamont is a son of
Thomas W. Lamont and, like hla
father, la a member of .the banking
firm of J. P. Morgan and company.
War on tax evaders officially was
declared December 30 when Attorney
Oeneral Cummtngs created ths tax
division to combine more effectively
federal agencies charged with enforc
ing the law, ,
WILL
ROGER?
hoys:
BEVERLY IIILLS, .March 9.
Lots of news. Mr. Roosevelt
gives a very clear statement of
what they are doing to straight
en out the airmail and you re
member days ago I wrote that
the army men (especially the
privates whose army salary is
very small) who had to leave
their homo barracks and psy
for food, rooms and everything,
that the government hasn't
given 'cm any extra money.
Well it's still like it was then
only they arc more broke than
they was then, and the old Md
boy whose picture appears be
fore ine, Ears Apha, don't
mean anything, does it? Well,
ladies, yon better wake up, for
Zara is on the loose, looking for
his t lth wife. Zara is 160 years
old and a Turk. Zara is coming
to Hollywood.
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