History -Making Events of the Wo
T H K B O \ N K V I l< I. K D A M
TW O
Review of the
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
© Western Newspaper Union.
Plans Completed for the
Democratic Convention
New Tax Bill Battle
Started in House
R A I.BEN W. B AR K LE Y
S E of N ATO
Kentucky, who was temporary
'T 'H E administration’s Mil to levy
* nbout 800 million dollars in new
taxes yearly was Introduced In the
house by the ways and means com
mittee. and a fierce battle started
immediately. The Republican minor
tty of the committee Issued a report
which stated that the proposed tax
law was “ unsound In principle, will
undermine business stability. Is an
other step toward regimentation of
all business, and is not designed to
raise revenue but admittedly is an
other New Deal experiment."
Conservative Democrats Joined
with the Republicans In this attack
against the bill, hut the administra
tion leaders were confident the
measure would pass before May 1
Complete revision of the corpora
tion tax system is the main objec
tive of the bill. It levies a gradu
ated tax on corporation income,
based on percentage of earnings
withheld from distribution to stock
holders In the form of dividends.
The majority report asserted the
measure would raise about $<^03.-
000.000 the first year, but admitted
that over a three-year period rev
enue would fall *331000000 short
of the President’s budget-balancing
program. It was added that the
deficit could he acted on “ more in
telligently” next session.
chairman o f the Democratic na
tional convention In 1982 and as
such delivered the
keynote
speech ,
will serve In the
same capacity at
th e
Philadelphia
convention in June,
outlining the Is
sues of this year’s
campaign as his
party views them.
Senator Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkan
sas will be the
Sen. Barkley
permanent
chair
man again.
Yet another repeater
will be former Judge John E. Mack
of New York. Four years ago he
placed Franklin D. Roosevelt in
nomination, and he will do It again
in June.
These selections were made by
the committee on arrangements.
Other officers of the convention
chosen are: Lee Barnes of Ala
bama, chief doorkeeper; Mrs. J.
Borden Harriman, national commit*
teewoman of the restrict of Colum
bia, hostess of the convention, with
Mrs. Agnes Collins Dunn of New
Hampshire as assistant; Col. Ed
ward C. Halsey, secretary of the
senate, sergeant at arms; Repre
sentative Clarence Cannon of Mis
souri, parliamentarian, assisted by
Representative John J. O’Connor of
New York; W. Forbes Morgan, sec
retary of the convention.
National Chairman Farley said
that the two-thirds rule, which has
prevailed in Democratic conven
tions for a century, will not be abol
ished. The rules committee will be
headed by Senator Bennett Clark
of Missouri and it will report for
abrogation of the two-thirds rule as
well as elimination of the unit rule.
The latter binds the state delega
tions to abide by the decision of a
majority of the delegation. Accord
ing to Mr. Farley, these changes
will not prevent the practically
unanimous nomination of President
Roosevelt.
Present plans are to have Mr.
Roosevelt go to Philadelphia on
Saturday, June 27, to close the con
vention by accepting the nomination
in a speech delivered either in the
Municipal stadium or in the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania stadium close
to the convention hall.
Roosevelt Addresses National
Democratic Club
P R E S ID E N T ROOSEVELT made
V what might be considered the
first o f his campaign speeches be
fore the National Democratic club
in New York city. Tammany was
there in full force, but such dis
gruntled Democrats as A1 Smith and
John J. Raskob were conspicuous by
their absence. Mr. Roosevelt de
clared his purpose to bring more
food, higher prices and better homes
fo r the people.
“ I f you increase buying power,”
he said, “ prices will go up; more
goods will be sold. Wages ought to
and must go up with prices.
This
does not mean unsound Inflation or
skyrocketing prices; this should be
avoided Just as we seek to avoid
bankruptcy sale values.”
Turning to his critics with sar
casm, the President said “some in
dividuals are never satisfied.” Re
ferring to charges o f extravagance
and mounting deficits, he said peo
ple complain to him about “ the cur
rent costs o f rebuilding America,
about the burden on future Ameri
ca.” He insisted that the measure
should not be the three-billion-dol-
lar deficit o f this year but the asser
tion that the national Income has
risen from thirty-five billions in 1932
to sixty five billions in 1936.
O H It O N I < I. F
Borah Rejects Landon
him. “ Democracy in Austria is high
treason,” said he.
Plea to Quit Race
For Austria, said Starhemberg.
• "p i I ROUGH William Allen While.
there are three possibilities— a con
Kansas editor, the Landon camp
tinuation of the authority of the
suggested to Senator llorah that lie
state. Naziism. or Communism. He
abandon his campaign fur the Re
assorted the helmwehr Is deter
publican Presidential nomination,
mined to preserve the Fascist ays
go to tiie Cleveland convention ns
torn and would continue ns a aepar
a delegate and assist In writing a
ate organization but that other pri
liberal platform Mr. Itorah rejected
vate armies would be absorbed by
the proposition, saying;
the regular army.
“ Naturally I am Interested in the
platform, hut. after all, a platform
Advance of the ftalians
doesn't mean much unless you know
who Is going to run on It. 1 am
in Ethiopia Continues
more
Interested In the latter propo
T A L Y ’S victorious troops In north
sition Just now.”
ern Ethiopia continued their ad
If the I<andon forces can control
vance on Addis Ababa, though it
the contention, Mr. White may be
was somewhat retarded by the e f
forts of the natives to blow up the made chairman of the resolutions
roadways and otherwise haras* the committee. So It was tuken that his
invaders. The Italian motorized col proposal Indicated that the laindon
group was willing to accept as lit»
umn In this movement is the most
oral a platform n# Mr. Borah might
formidable yet formed in this war
and Is notable for the large nurn desire in order to rheck dissension
within the party. The Idaho sena
her of white troops Included.
General Grazlnna's southern army, tor has made no direct attack on
Ijindon. but has Indicated that he
meawhile, was driring toward Ha
thought
there was too much “ big
rar, second city of the empire. In
three columns. The Ethiopians were business” Influence In the 1 .¿union
putting up stiff resistance at vari movement.
I
ous points but everywhere were
driven back, according to Italian
dispatches.
Officials at Addis Ababa were
still confident of success In saving
the capital and were reorganizing
their forces there and sending
fresh troop« to the front. The gen
eral opinion there was that the Ital
ian army could be held off if It tries
to come in from I>essye, by small
detachments concealed In mountain
Green Urges Unions to
caves with only a few grenades and
Remain Nonpartisan
machine guns. Therefore. It was a*
T 1 / -IL L IA M GREEN, president of serted by Ethiopians, the Italians
* * the American Federation of are likely to attack the railroad run
Labor, has sent a letter to all affil ning to French Somaliland before
iated unions urging that they ad attempting to advance to the capital.
here to the federation's “ traditional
nonpartisan political p<4icy."
He Supreme Court Decision in
says;
Stock Yards Case
“ For obvious reasons, labor should
avoid division even in the pursuit f 7 PHOLDING a reduction of rate*
and charges at the St. Joseph
of Its political policies. Such divi
stockyards,
the Supreme
sion can be avoided if working men (Mo.)
court
held
that
the
findings made
and women, loyal to the American
by
Secretary
of
Agriculture
Henry A.
Federation o f Labor, will refrain
Wallace
Justified
the
rates
he
set and
from identifying themselves with
that
the
stockyards
operators
had
any political movement designed to
serve as a substitute for tlie non failed to show confiscation.
Justices Louis D. Brandéis. Har
partisan policy of the American Fed
lan
F. Stone and Benjamin Cordozo
eration of Labor.”
agreed that the rates should be up
Some time ago George L. Berry-
held, but in an opinion by Justice
asked all unions to join “ Labor's
Brandéis expressed belief that the
Nonpartisan league,” the object of
court went too far In passing on
which, he said, was “ to put Ameri
the fairness of the rates.
can Federation of Labor unions on
record for President Roosevelt.”
Von Starhemberg of Austria
Voices His Defiance
Navy in Six-Week Drill
on the Pacific
NK hundred and fifty vessel* of
^
tlie Uni:<-<1 States
IV IL war in Austria became a 430 airplanes, are now engaged In
possibility as the quarrel be the year’s grand maneuvers In the
tween the Fascists led by Prince Pacific. War conditions prevail and
Ernst von Starhemberg and the cler the vessels and their crew* are be
ical and monarch
ing given a severe test o f their fit
ist elements be
ness that will last for six weeks.
came acute. Gov
The Panama canal region was the
ernment
officials,
first objective o f the fleet. The
however, were try
units are divided into attacking and
ing desperately to
defending forces and something Is
patch Op the trou
doing all the time, day and night.
ble.
The naval officers are trying to
Prince Von Star
solve the seventeenth of a series
hemberg, who is
of stratelgc problems, each based
vice chancellor, in
upon some possible International
a defiant speech at
situation, mapped out by naval
Horn warned his
strategists.
P rin c e Von
political opponents
S tarh em b e rg
that his heimwehr,
Black Committee Scored
or home guard, would be di
hv Publishers
“ only over my dead body.”
ri AT American newspaper pub-
Chancellor
Kurt
Schuschnigg, W
Ushers
think o f the actions of
speaking at Baden, retorted that
the
Black
lobby
committee was ex
“ Austria is not Italy and Austrians
pressed
forcibly
and unequivocally
are not Fascists."
In resolutions adopted by their na-
Von Starhemberg asserted that if
fional association at Its annual meet
internal foes press too hard there
ing in New York. The committee
will be a “ repetition of 1934”—
was accused of having violated the
when the heimwehr triumphed In a
fiist. fourth and fifth amendments
short but bloody civil war against
to the Constitution by Its seizures
Socialists. False friends surround
of private communications, and the
Schuschnigg, Von Starhemberg said,
publishers recommended that all
and the heimwehr plans to protect
victims of the committee’s acts seek
him from them.
civil damages and demand the
The vice chancellor directed a “ prosecution o f all Involved In fhe
thinly veiled reproof at monarchists, odious affair under the criminal
who are too "democratic” to suit statutes of the United States.”
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for the Republicans
ti<* Republicans gather
U fH In E N national
convention
at
Cleveland next J u n e their k»*jn»»te
for their Presidential campaign
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Observers held that the main mo
tive In picking Stelwer was a desire
of the party leader* to give the
convention a western atmosphere
right at the start, with an es|iecial
eye to agriculture. The senator ha*
been actively Identified with wheat
growing and his home town, Port
land. I* a center o f the northwest
battleground of the November elec-
Hons.
Ills colleague Is Senator
Dharle* L. McNary, one o f the au
thors of the old McNary Haugen ag
riculture bill and by mnny regarded
as a possible dark horse In the
Presidential nomination race.
Congressman Bertrand Snell of
New York, minority leader In the
house, was selected to be permanent
chairman of the convention.
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1-st.ou,!?
occupation, ttlM,
saters our ,
the United SI i leu « ¿
renounced
tb|,
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closed h e«ri
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would be ,
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the senate i
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Senate Refuses to Cut F
fo r H o o v e r 's G-Men
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appropriation for the fedirsl
of lnve«tig.i[ioti. otberwiwJ-
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other senator w»*re In
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Leftists Are Winners in
brief but liv
a te »««
octal*. Including MaJ**riJ
French Elections
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/COM M UNISTS and various brands
denberg In deto'iiticing d#
of Socialists appear to have
reduction. The MlcbigiS
won a considerable victory in the
marks were c
• Said k*-
French elections for the chamber o f
“ I w ill go a* far a* 1^*
deputies, though the large number
fr<-in
Tennessee In s i m-
of run off elections necesnary may
economy, but It -eeins t"
tone down the results. The great
this Is a peeuliar place f# j,
est gain is shown by the Commu
nists, who are likely to have SO omizing. The bureau
seats; but this does not please the 17.1 more men
radical Socialists for they cannot to save 173 men. I * il1 c*
taking that num ber
’m
count on the Communists in form
employed by D<»ctnr
log a government and fear that
settlement administrate•
without them the chamber will be
Join him In Hboli-*h,W
ungovernable. Such a contingency
would bring a menace o f a Fascist 43.041 Jobs under
'
cotip d’etat to prevent the Installa w ill Join him In r‘‘rn,’1
her
from
the
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tion of a revolutionary group, ac
HOLD, or tbe 2.122 Job* *
cording to the leaders of tbe leftists.
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Secret Panama Treaty Is
Cause of Concern
A RMY a tel navy officials were re-
ported to be concerned over a
new treaty with Panama which Is
being secretly considered by liie
government. It was said an uncor-
rectwi text of the pact showed It
provides for “ Joint conversations”
rather than for defense of the
Contrera.* Is Elected
President of V e n e * «»
n M .K A Z A R e d i t :/
E un army officer «
^
rank of general
‘ ^ It
tor. Juan Vinrent*’ •'
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