The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1931, Page 1

———————— > North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and Friday; warmer riage ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS May Urge U. S. Sales Tax Japan Rejects League Proposal for Peace ENVOY DECLINES TO SET DEFINITE TIME TO QUIT MANCHURIA Makes Response to. Briand Proposal For Evacuation By November 16 ASK PLEDGE FROM CHINA Suggestion Would Give Two Nations Opportunity to Patch Up Differences Geneva, Oct. 22—(?)—Japan's rep- resentative on the League of Nations council Thursday refused to accept any definite time limit for withdrawal of her troops from Manchuria. His announcement was in response to a resolution by Aristide Briand, the French Foreign Minister who is chairman of the council, proposing that Japan complete the Manchur- | jan evaeuation by November 16, at which time the council would meet again. ‘The resolution also recommended that China pledge the security of Japanese lives and property in Man- churia. When Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the Japanese delegates, took the stand which he had been expected to take, the council adjourned until Friday evening so the Japanese delegation could study the proposals and so Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese member, could ask instructions from his government. Suggest Direct Action ‘The Briand resolution suggested that China and Japan: begin direct negotiations immediately 50 that evac- uation of the occupied area could be carried out quickly and smoothly. M. Briand, in presenting his pro- posals, described them as subject to debate and modification after they had been studied fully by the Japan- ese and Chinese representatives. ‘They call upon the Chinese. gov- ernment to pledge its responsibility, for the safety of all Japanese sub- jects living in Manchuria and recom- mends that both Chinese and Japan- ese governments should appoint rep- resentatives to arrange the details of the evacuation. ‘As‘soon as evacuation is completed, the resolution proposes, both China! tes. nd Japan should begin direct nego- ations on the matters at issue be- tween them, particularly those aris- ing out of recent incidents and those) to previous difficulties aris- eat the railway situation i janchuria. aac) this end, the resolution sug- gests, the two parties shall set up a, conciliation committe or some such board of arbitration which would be ‘manent. PS Would Adjourn Meeting M. Briand suggested an adjourn- ment until Nov. 16, meanwhile auth- orizing the president to call an earl- Jer meeting if that should be con- sidered desirable. Prentiss B. Gilbert, American con- sul general, is participating here. The Japanese delegate, Kenkichi’ Yoshizawa, said his government clung to its original objections to American representation but was in-; tent on maintaining friendly rela- tions with the United States. Castle Is Hopeful Acting Secretary Castle of the state department in Washington said the situation looked “hopeful” and. there was nothing in official advices from any point to indicate that mat- ters were any worse than Wednes- day. Official circles in Tokyo described as unacceptable basic demands said to have been submitted by China to the council as first steps toward a solution. These were reported to in- clude immediate evacuation of Japan- ese troops from non-treaty zones in Manchuria and appointment of a (Continued on page nine) URGES DESTRUCTION OF SOME MILK COWS Dairy Advisory Group Makes Suggestion in Report to Farm Board Washington, Oct. 22—(#)—Dairy farmers are urged to destroy one- tenth of the country’s milk cows to prevent over-production in @ report submitted to the farm board. advisory committee, dairy cooperatives, points out herds have been increasing for four years which -will eventually lead to large surpluses and low prices. In addition to asking each farmer to eliminate one cow out of each 10, the committee also suggested all low- producing cows be culled and sold for slaughter and that additional heifer calves be vealed. The committee adopted resolutions commending cooperative marketing of dairy products, and urging milk distributors to buy from cooperatives. Adoption by the farm board of this proposal would mark a new attempt by it to curtail over - production through destruction at the fountain- head. Its proposal that one-third of the cotton acreage under cultivation be sarpee under was rejected by the soul MRS, WINNIE Miss Hedvig Samuelson Newly-Filled Grave Marks Rest- ing Place of Great In- ventive Genius West Orange, N. J., Oct. 22.—(%)—| jae Rosedale cemetery a newly filled} grave marked Thursday the resting place of him who was Thomas Alva Edison. He was buried Wednesday as dusk closed in upon the’ mourners—the aged: widow who kissed the casket as it was about to be lowered into the grave, then placed upon it a white Tosebud; the wife of the president of the United States; close relatives and friends of the inventor, and a few of his long-time laboratory associa- Four hundred of his friends crowded the drawing room—Edison always called it “the parlor”—of Glenmont, the Edison home, for the {simple funeral services in mid-aft- ernoon. The Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Herben read the service and spoke the prayer; and there was the music of Bach and Beethoven. Mrs. Edison, Mrs. Hoover, Henry Ford and Harvey 8. Firestone were in the family group in a room up- stairs listening to the services which were carried to them by specially in- {stalled amplifying apparatus. |. The streets leading from the home to the cemetery were crowded with people. Mrs. Hoover returned at, once to Washington. Mr. Hoover had been unable to attend, held in Wash- ington by pressing affairs of state. The service opened with two of Edison’s favorite songs—“Little Grey {Home in the West” and “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”—play- ed on the violin by his old friend) and business associate, Arthur L. Walsh. There was more of his favorite music, from Bach and Beethoven, a) reading of the 23rd Psalm, a tribule from Arthur J. Palmer, one of Edi- son’s old associates in the laboratory, and @ prayer. ‘Then his ‘body was borne away to rest under a giant oak tree in the cemetery near that of his assistant, John Ott, who died Monday of grief: and shock over the passing of the inventor. ; BROADWAY DARKENED IIN FINAL TRIBUTE New York, Oct. 22.—(#)—The in- candescent light which Thomas Alva; Edison invented was: dimmed in his memory Wednesday night as New York paid him tribute. Broadway, a flashing white way of electricity, was a shadow of its bright | self. Most of the flashing signs and bill boards went dark for the moment of tribute at 10 p.m. Traffic came to a standstill as the familiar red and green traffic beacons blinked a 60- jsecond rest. t LY. A. CONVENTION TOBE HELD APRIL 6 {Decision Reached by State Committee at Meeting Here Wednesday The Independent Voters associa- tion executive committee, meeting here Wednesday fixed Wednesday, April 6, as the date for the state con- |vention which will indorse candidates’ for state office to run in the June, 1932, Republican primary. Valley City was selected as the place. At the same time it was indicated a “real Republican” convention would be held to indorse congressional can- didates. ‘The state ticket and the real Re- entered in opposition to the regular +Republican ticket thet will be put wD & new picture of Mrs. Winnie Ruth “Judd, sought in connection | murder of two women at Phoenix, Ariz, One of the victims was/ Edison’s Widow Kisses Casket at Final Rites (CLUB'S CONVENTION Woman Sought in Trunk Murders | ! i { j RUTH JUDD of White Earth, N. D. PLANNED AT FARGO Local Cosmopolitans to Attend, District Meeting Set For Nov. 30 Organization of & district unit of ALL, SECTIONS OF ND, REPRESENTED AT MEETING HERE Hearing on Missouri River De- velopment Draws Large Attendance ARMY OFFICERS iN ‘CHARGE Most of the Larger Cities Have Delegations Here to Offer Views More than 100 men from all sec- tions of North Dakota, including state and national officials, gathered in the federal building here Thursday morning to suggest plans for the de- velopment of the main stem of the Missouri river and its minor tribu- taries in this section in the combined interest of food control. navigation, water power, and irrigation, In charge of the hearing were Cap- tain Theodore Wyman, Jr., and Lieut. Sioux and Yellowstone rivers is. being made by the Army engineers in ac- cordance with House Document 308, 69th Congress, first session, and the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928. Delegations from the larger cities of the state were here, including Far- go, Minot, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Jamestown, Williston, Devils Lake, Mandan, Valley City, and Dickinson. Other communities throughout the Missouri Slope also had representa- tives here. Many Officials Attend Among the officials here were Congressman O. B. Burtness, Grand Forks, and Thomas Hall, Bismarck; Prof. Howard E. Simpson, Grand Forks, state geologist; Governor George F. Shafer; M. O. Ryan, Far- go, acting secretary of the Greater North Dakota association; 8. W. ‘Thompson, Devils Lake, former head Cosmopolitan clubs will be effected at jof the Missouri River Diversion asso- a district convention in Fargo Nov. 30, |“iation and others. it was announced Thursday noon at’ the luncheon meeting of the Bismarck! Cosmopolitan club. Speakers Thursday morning were Congressman Burtness; Governor Shafer; Congressman Hall; C. W. McDonnell, state railroad commis- In the absence of J. 8, Fevold, president of the local organization, Dr. K. W. Morris presided at the; meeting and read @ letter from Cap’ sioner; F. P. Aughnay, railroad com- mission official; Adjutant General G, Angus, Fraser, representing the Mis- souri River commission; Prof. Simp- son; John B. Cooley, Grand Forks, Wife-Beater Will I Feel Lash of Law Baltimore, Md, Oct. 22—()— Charles Lamley, convicted of wife beating, was sentenced Wednes- day to receive five lashes at the whipping post. Mrs, Lamley, mother of four children, testified her husband had been beating her for 15 years. She pleaded with the judge, how- ever, not to have the lash applied. Lamley is the second man to be so sentenced by Judge Eugene O'Dunne within a year. LAVAL AND HOOVER HOLD SPOTLIGHT AS CONFERENCE NEARS French Premier and President To Talk Cold Facts at White House Friday Washington, Oct. 22.—(P)—An ex-| pectant nation turned Thursday to- ward the meeting in its capital of| two of the leading figures on the O. D. Walsh, of the U. 8. Army engi- | world’s troubled stage — President) atch |Hoover and Premier Laval. A study of the Big Muddy and its! minor tributaries between the Big! Before them lay @ range of subjects |varying from international debts to: disarmament. i Primary among their conversation- | al possibilities was the problem of how their countries — representing world financial leadership—could co-/ ; Operate to relieve the economic strain, on other nations. The necessity for attention to: pomp and ceremony precluded more| |than a friendly greeting and a short jchat in the white house. But Friday ceremony will be laid aside and they will talk cold facts. Security Pact Barred to discuss an agreement for the United States to aid France in the event of a war against that nation. Previous efforts to involve the Unit- ed States in security pacts of such a nature, or‘to commit this country to or blockade agreements, have been rejected invariabliy by the sen- te. ate. In looking forward toward the eco- nomic phases of the conversations, the president became more and more convinced the premier would be pre- pared to take the initiative. The chief executive is fully pre- of possibilities in the situation. He has no definite word-by-word plan Pared, however, to give the French; sands of head of statesman his ideas on a wide range ‘nave built homes, reared families, es- 19 GROUPS CONTINUE EFFORTS 10 SECURE $26,000 FOR RELIEF Reports Continue Encouraging Though Secretary Has no Campaign Figures GOVERNOR MAKES APPEAL Shafer Points Out Great Needs of Families in Northwest- ern North Dakota Nineteen committees Thursday were continuing work in the combined Bis- marck Community Chest-American Red Cross drive for funds in an ef- cording to H. P. Goddard, secret of the Community Chest. mies No complete committee reports had jbeen made Thursday morning and Goddard therefore had no definite figures on the drive, but the secretary said reports made by committees con- been en ing. e drive began Tuesday 5 The Burleigh county Bea Gross jdrought relief quota is $13,300 while the Community Chest quota is ap- Proximately $13,000. An appeal to North Dakotans to unite in providing relief for drought- stricken families in northwestern North Dakota was made in a state- ment Thursday by Governor George F. Shafer. ites Lobb called attention to the fering of the needy, and expressed the hope that sufficient relief will be provided so that none will suffer dur- ing the winter months. 30,000 Are Suffering “Due to the devastating drought— the most severe in the history of the President Hoover is not prepared State, over 30,000 farmers, men, wom- ,en and children, mostly children, in (northwestern North Dakota will suf- fer acute distress for want of food, clothing and fuel unless considerable assistance is given to them,” the gov- T know is. iow the people living in the stricken territory for whom aid is jneeded. With few exceptions, they. jare worthy citizens. Many of them are pioneer settlers who homestead- ed in western North Dakota over a generation ago. “By their industry, they have pro- lions of bushels of grain and thou- livestock. They tablished schools and churches, con- {structed hundreds of miles of im- ‘Miller, president of the Fargo Cos-/Tepreseriting the North Dakota In-jfor the premier and he expects NOjproved highways and contributed mopolitan club, announcing the con-! vention plans. | Delegation to the convention from the Bismarck club will be chosen at! @ meeting in the near future, it was) announced. At the convention a district gover- nor and other officers will be elected | and general organization completed. | The convention will be held in the; new science hall, recently constructed | - the North Dakota agricultural col- lege. Attending the convention, the letter said, will be Cosmopolitan’s interna- tional song leader from Winnipeg. The convention will be closed with a “governor's ball.” Adolph Engelhardt played a violin solo at the luncheon. He was accom- panied by Grace Duryea Morris. Lindberghs Return Home from Orient Victoria, B. C., Oct. 22.—(#)—The steamer President Jefferson, returning | Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh | from the Orient, arrived here at 3:55 &. m. Thursday. Lindbergh declined to be inter- viewed but Mrs. Lindbergh said she ‘was eager to get back to her baby. ‘They went at once to an airfield where they boarded a borrowed plane for Seattle, arriving there 46 minutes later. After a brief stop at Seattle they hopped eastward, planning to land at Boise, Idaho, for fuel. The Lindberghs returned to the United States because of the death of Mrs.: Lindbergh's father, Senator Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey. To Continue Quest dustrial Survey ‘commission; State Engineer Robert E. Kennedy; and Clifford Johnson, of the state high- way department. A large delegation from Gladstone appeared at the hearing to propose a plan whereby waters of the Heart River would be impounded in Stark county to be used for irrigation pur- Poses. They proposed building a dam be- low a natural reservoir. In presenting statistics and other data to the en- gineers, Jacob Krier, secretary of the Gladstone Commercial club, said the Stark, county delegation believed 10,- He said the farmers in that district could raise alfalfa and small grains to a larger extent and even sugar beets if a sugar factory was establish- ed in the district. Bartness Urges Irrigation Burtness Thursday forenoon stressed the importance of irrigation in northeastern North Da- kota and the Red River Valley and said that diversion of the Missouri's waters appeared the most practical way to attain this end. He pointed to region of Devils Lake and said this, region already has reached the state; where its lack of water is being felt.! He said that the northeastern section of the state, with proper irrigation, has an opportunity to develop into ‘one of the most fertile regions on the continent for the growing of sugar (Continued on page Nine) Started by Edison Qa home is a small piece of vul- canized rubber that represents the successful completion of one of the last experiments in his long search for a formula for making Tubber out of goldenrod. It was brought to him less than @ month ago by an assistant, Ar- thur L. Walsh, vice president of the Edison Industries, who said it pleased him greatly. It had been made under his directions and indicated a solu- tion to a problem that had wor- ried him during the early days of his Lines Sey in vulcanizing rubber rom goldenrod because of the impuri- ties in the plant. Walsh, in a statement given out after a conference with Charles Edison, the inventor's son, said Edison's expefiments in synthetic rubber had not been completed, but added that “undoubtedly the rubber experiments would be car- by R. A. Bruner, Associated Press staff writer. (Copyrighted by The Associated Press, 1931.) Akron, O., Oct. 22.—(#)—The U. 8. 8. Akron, accepted Wednes- day by the navy, is an airworthy ship. That much we know from the test flights. ‘When the tests for strength were made before trial flights, the ship was loaded with tons of weight, until it seemed we were deliberately trying to break its back. In the air it was made to dive and climb at speeds deemed dangerous in former practice. Some 40 men were on duty dur- ing the tests, watching at every section of the ship for any sign of strain, or snapping wires or loos- ening rivets. The ship met the test magnificently. Naval specifications under which the ship was built called for it to demonstrate a rate of climb of six meters a second. That 1s approximately 1,200 feet a min- ate. The ordinary office building elevator ascends at about 240 feet a minute. the rapidly diminishing lakes in the | station. i over-night patching up of the world’s economic fabric. The American government though, takes the position the process of re- spent annually by the nations for th: maintenance and increase of arma: ments. : One of his chief hopes is France will scale down its program when it enters the general disarmament con- ference at Geneva next February. 000 acres of productive land could be | secretary Stimson, who headed the irrigated through the proposed plan. | American delegation to the London! naval conference, and recently toured | the European capitals, has told the president if France does this, the other nations of Europe would un-' doubtedly follow. i Stimson Greets Visitors | ‘The president sent Stimson, his ranking cabinet member, to New York! to extend greetings on behalf of the; nation and accompany Laval to the capital. At Washington, a formal military | reception awaited Laval at the Union! H Thursday, the premier will be the| ranking guest at a dinner in honor of official representatives of the French government at the Yorktown sesqui- centennial celebration. New York gave Laval one of the greatest ovations in its history. Cheering thousands banked Battery (Continued on page nine) Designer Says Navy’s New Dirigible Proved Itself Capable in Test Trip Driven upward at an angle of some 12 degrees, to pressure height and beyond, the ship easily made its required six meters, then eight meters per second and more, the structure absorbing a pres- sure from the distended gas cells greater than any former ship has taken. - Theoretically an airship could be built as strong as a bridge or a concrete building. But surplus strength can be built only at the expense of weight. And an air- ship must fly. No airship was ever before tested out with such scientific Precision. The airplanes the Akron is to carry inside its hull have not been installed but the doors to the great T-shaped opening, for the planes, 50 feet wide, 38 feet deep, ‘Were opened in flight and the air whistled past underneath but did not blow into the interior. war he has designed 70 zeppelins, covery can be decidedly accelerated | piaint, by Franco-American cooperation. ‘give them loans for livestock feeding President Hoover believes one Of! purposes, and the Red Cross, sup- the major impediments in the path: ' ported by the citizenship of the state, way to recovery is the $5,000,000.000 | must do the rest. |much to the up-building of North Dakota. “They are meeting the present crisis | with splendid courage and little com- The federal government will Urged To Contribute “It is estimated that between $600,- 000 and $1,000,000 will be required by the Red Cross to adequately meet the situation in our state. The people of North Dakota are invited to contrib- ute $200,000 of that sum as their share of the total amount required in addition to such food, clothing and other commodities as may be donated. “It is my earnest hope that no man, (Continued on page nine) TROUSER STAINS ARE FOUND 10 BE CAUSED BY BLOOD Garment Found in Closet of Ac- cused Minot Man Held As Evidence Minot, N. D., Oct. 22.—(}—Blood- stains found upon a pair of trousers belonging to William Savora, charged with the first-degree murder of his housekeeper, Mrs. Dena Korchenko,| in Minot, on September 22, were those of a human, chemists have ad- vised State's Attorney Paul Camp- bell. The trousers were sent to chemists at Northwstern university, Evanston, Il, for investigation of the blood- stains and it is from them that the state’s attorney has received the in- formation that it is a human blood which is upon the trousers. ‘The state's attorney said Thursday fort to raise approximately $26,000, ac- | ! duced, for the state and nation, mil-|&, Champion Baby Associated Press Photo. Jack Holten, 4Y/2-year-old son of Mr. nd Mrs. Elwyn Holten of Granite City, I, wes adjudged grand champion beby in the contest at the national dairy show in St. Louis, CONTINUE SEARCH FOR WOMAN SOUGHT IN TRUNK MURDERS Relatives Express Opinion Mrs. Judd Will Not Be Found Alive Los Angeles, Oct. 22.—(#)—The strenuous police hunt for Winnie Ruth Judd, wanted for the Phoenix trunk murders, continued throughout the west Thursday, but the belief grew that she either was hiding here or had committed suicide. The search was pressed while offi- cers prepared for an inquest over the bodies of the victims, Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Miss Agnes Le Rol, shipped here in trunks claimed by Mrs. Judd. On the theory that Mrs. Judd’s body might be found in some out-of-the- way place, police looked over the beaches and hills around Los An- les, Her husband, Dr. W. C. Judd, and her brother, B. J. McKinnell, both ex- Pressed the belief that she would not be found alive. Many friends of Mrs. Judd were interrogated. Guards were placed at their homes in the hope the fugitive would seek aid from acquaintances. Officers also endeavored to piece|. Any together a plausible motive. “All evidence shows it was a case that he expects to receive another’ report from the chemists, this to be @ formal one, and advices from Chi- cago state that this has been for- warded and is expected to arrive soon. , Mrs, Korchenko, a widow, was found dead on the morning of Sep-, tember 23, her body lying behind a hedge a short distance from the Savora rooming house. Her throat had been cut, a hole jabbed through one cheek, and there were other cuts and bruises upon her face and head. The two Northwestern chemists who made the examination of the trouser bloodstains are to be placed under subpoena to come to Minot to testify at the trial’ of Savora, which is expected to start about Nov. 1. Th bloodstained trousers, which Savora has said belong to him, were in bis house. of insanity—but there was something that caused the mind to perform such @ ghastly crime,” said Detective In- spector D. A. Davidson. “Indications were that jealousy furnished the background for the slayings— but Jealousy of what is still undeter- mined.” That Mrs. Judd had been acting irrationally for some time was dis- closed by her former employers, who said she had acted “queerly” on nu- merous occasions. Davidson said police had wholly abandoned the theory that Mrs. Judd had a man accomplice. Coroner Nance received a telegram from Miss Samuelson’s parents at White Earth, N. D., requesting her body be sent there for burial after pueoeities conclude their investiga ions. HINT JEALOUSY OVER MAN CAUSED SLAYINGS Phoeniz, Ariz., Oct. 22.—(P)—Offi- cers delving into evidence of a party at the home of Winnie Ruth Judd the night of Oct. 16 assert jealousy over a man, or men, probably caused her to slay her former friends, Agnes Le Roi and Hedvig Samuelson. The locale of the murders the fol- lowing night has been definitely fixed as the apartment of the victims. Police said references in Miss Sam- uelson’s diary, which might be con- strued as indicating existence of a strange intimacy among the three women, were not conclusive. (Continuea on page seven) DEATHS IN MINE HELD ACCIDENTAL Grant County Coroner Says No Inquest Will Be Held Into Leith Mishap Carson, N. D., Oct. 22—()—The death of two men in a lignite mine near Leith Tuesday night resulted from accidental causes, Grant county authorities said Wednesday night following an investigation. No in- quest will be held. Sherman Hauser, operator of the mine, and Clare Hauge, miner, were killed when a slab of sandstone fell from the ceiling while they were pre- paring to leave. Coroner Emmanuel Hertz, Grant: county, conducted the investigation. Funeral services for Hauser will be os GOVERNMENT MEN SURVEY FIELD 70 DETERMINE MATTE? Proposed Levies Would Not Be Placed on Food, Rent, Fuel Or Necessities MAY RESTORE AUTO TAX Impost Was Lifted in 1926 Over Protest of Secretary Mellon Washington, Oct. 22.—()—The gov- ernment is officially considering a Plan of a selective sales tax as a means of raising money to counter- balance its declining income. While no definite decision has been made as to whether it will be rec- ommended to congress, experts are carefully combing the field to see what articles could be included. ‘They have tonsidered many articles and it has been definitely decided that no tax can be placed upon articles of food, rent, fuel or other necessi- ties. Such articles at matches, auto- mobiles, radios and perhaps cigar- ettes were considered as logical sources for bringing in additional revenue. Taxes on such articles, officials be- lieve, would largely be absorbed by the manufacturer and not affect the purchaser. Automobiles formerly were taxed, but the tax was eliminated in the 1926 revenue act over the opposition of Secretary Mellon. Experts, in go- ing over the field, have looked at the automobile tax from the stand- Point that automobiles use the roads constructed by the government and the states without paying any tax except a nominal license fee and a gasoline tax. That the government must raise more revenue has been conceded by Officials since the 1931 fiscal year concluded with a deficit of $903,000,- 000 and three and a half months of the present fiscal year have produced @ deficit of $617,575,720. Hole Getting In the last fiscal year was a drop of $550,000,000 in income tax and in the present fiscal year there already has been a decline of $247,000,000 in income tax collections, Figures received by the internal revenue bureau have indicated that much of the income from this tax, which forms the chief element of the government's tax system, has been wiped out during the business decline. The government does not contem- Plate raising enough money through any tax increase that may be decided upon, to balance the budget immedi- ately, considering that when business revives the necessity of raising the amount needed to cover the expendi- tures of these two years would be re- moved automatically. tax increase will be based upon the normal years. Congressmen Conservative and progressive leaders of both political parties in the House are known to be planning an upward revision of federal taxes r of what President Hoover recom- mends. The chief executive is expected to base his for meeting the treasury deficit on an exhaustive study being made by the budget and revenues by the treasury department. Results of this survey probably will be made public next month. before his annual message to congress. Months ago, however, it was learned Thursday, both Republican and Dem- ocratic members of the House ways and means committee, which formu- lates all revenue-raising legislation, began a quiet investigation of taxa- tion problems. With the assistance of the joint committee on internal revenue taxa- tion, Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democratic member of the ways and means committee, made a study last spring with a view to of- fering a concrete plan for the stabili- zation of the revenue flow and for more equal distribution of the taxa- tion burden. It was undertaken about the same time that Representative Hawley, Oregon, chairman of the last House ways and means commit- tee, announced he was surveying tax- ation legislation, Looks at Inheritance Tax While the Texan has not divulged the scope of his study, it is known he directed it toward increasing the in- heritance tax, levying of a gift tax and raising income taxes in the high- er_brackets. In addition, Garner has made a complete scrutiny of court decisions on big tax cases with a view to offer- ing amendments to the income tax law to stop evasion of payments by the wealthy. In the meantime, a separate study of tax laws is being made by a group of Republican members headed by Representative Bacharach, of New Jersey, another ways and means com- mittee member. Bacharach recently proposed raising the income tax in the hig! brackets among other changes. His proposal follows closely that of Senator Reed of Pennsylvania for a sales tax to increase federal revenue. Senate Group Meeting An entire program for the raising of about $750,000,000 annually in rev- enue through sales taxes on certain luxuries, and by increasing taxes on the higher incomes, inheritances and the levying of a gift tax has been submitted to the progressives of both parties by Representative LaGuardia, progressive Republican, New York. Other members of this group also have expressed themselves in favor 2 at Leith Thursday, while serv- tor Hauge are to be conducted found hanging in a closet in his room|from the Lutheran church near Leith Friday. of increasing the revenue through some such means, | Mobilization of a second senate (Continued on page nine)