Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1933, Page 4

HUGE TASK FACED INAPPLYING LAWS Major Measures Expedited. Record Peace-Time Fund Bill Voted. * 3 (Continued From sadly and looking forward with fore- bodings to the congressional campaign next year because of the attitude the Democratic party has been compelled by the President to assume on this issue. | h ' thelr | Carter Glass of Virginia in the closing | records individually against compensa- | hour of the Senate lashed sharply at It is true many of them tiop cuts. But in the end, the mo- | cratic majorities in both houses turned | to and saved President Roosevelt from | What he called “a wanton and un-| to veto a billy provoked attack on me.” the necessity of havi carrying provisions which were de- manded by representatives of the \'et-! erans. In the House the President was| backed by a vote of 209 to 177, and ‘when the showdown came in the Sen- ate at midnight, the vote was 45 to 36. | The swing back to the President in the Senate was the more remarkable, | since the night before the Senate had by a vote of 51 to 39 overriden him on this issue. The vote in the House, | placing that body in line with the | President, gave the Democratic Sen- ators opportunity to shift their posi- tions, on the ground it was impossible | for the Senate alone to win in a con- test in which it was opposed to the | House and the Chief Executive. In vain did Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. ! Senator Cutting of New Mexico and other supporters of the veterans de- | mapd that the Senate fight it out if | it took all Summer. The Senate was | set.to end the struggle and adjourn. | ‘The Democrats—or enough of them— | had been whipped into line. Only eight | were recorded against the President’s| compromise, as compared to 19 on Wed- | 5B nesday night. Fear Compensation Issue. | If the President 18 wise, Democrats ' said today, he will see to it that the | Veterans’ Administration touches no! more veterans' compensation where the | men have combat disability, and he will demand that those combat-disabled veterans who have already suffered severe compensation cuts be in large | measure restored. The Democrats are distinctly afraid of this issue of vet- | erans’ compensation now raised by the | Republicans. The final result of the battle over | legislation regarding veterans’ compen- sation was the of the inde- pendent offices bill with the same com- | promise agreed to by the President and | the House Democrats last Saturday, g!us an amendment offered by. Senator yrnes of South Caroline, and sccepted by the President, mentioning the Spanish War veterans by name and giving them certain concessions. ‘The Senate had its fling in the last day or two of the session at the stand of the fareign debtor nations on their payments to this country. What their criticlsms of the foreign nations will do to the London Economic Confer- ence, now getting upder way, is prob- lematical. At any rate. Senate and House no longer remain as sounding boards for critics of the conference and its actions. To that extent the Presi- dent has again had his way. the list ‘The works and industrial eontrol bill. ‘The farm relief, farm mortgage and , the President to slash veterans’ compen- sation and other costs of government. The home mortgage ‘The securities bill. ‘The bank reform bill The rallroad bill ‘The bill Tepealing the gold contract. ‘The beer bill. . ‘The reforesation bill. The $500,000,000 unemployment re- Hef bill. ‘The Muscle Shoals bill In addition to these measures, the Congress put through two appropria- tion bills coming over from the previous Congress, the independent offices bill and the District of Columbia bill, and & new deficlency bill cprrying $3.612.- 000,000, the largest -3mpmum bill ever passed in peace times. This last measure provides the money for putting into effect the public works and in- dustries control bill—the public works program running alone to the $3,300- 000,000. It also provides the money for many other new governmental ac- tivities resulting from the program. President Roosevelt has insisted upon the balancing of the Government budget. He brought this about, he contends, through drastic economies in Government expenditures, lopping about & billion dollars from the oridinary ex- penditures, including more than $300.- 000,000 from the bill for veterans’ com- pensation and pensions. ‘The President distinguishes between the usual annual expenditures for Gov- ernment, and the expenditures for em measures. ese emergency taaitiine Tun_ toto the B ¢ cans say there oan be no real cing of the budget under such ex- penditures. President Has Different View. But the Chief Executive takes a dif- ferent view. In his public works-indus- tries contro] bill, the Pris.dent insisted there should be written additional tax legislation, capable of raising $220.- 000,000 annually to finance and finally | pay for the public works program. This | was carried out. It is the understand- ing that if the eighteenth amendment | is repealed, the added Government rev- ' | ment and recorded it in a conference GLASS AND CUTTING IN CLASH, VIRGINIAN RESENTING “ATTACK" Declares New Mexicd Sena- tor’s Remarks Were Unprovoked. lire Roused at Criticism of Stand on Veterans’ Relief. By the Associated Press. With biting sarcasm and fiery gesture, Bronson Cutting of New Mexico for Senators sat silent as the Southern Democrat, veteran of 32 years in Con- gress, hammered at Cutting, independ- ent Republican, with whom & qulfl!l’ over veterans’ relief had developed into THE EVENING RUSSIA TIGHTENS Extends Control of “Political Sections” to “Produc- tive Cells.” By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, June 16—The Communist party tightened its grip on Soviet agri- culture today by decreeing through its Central Committee the immediate ex- tension of control by its “political sec- tions” to all collective farms. comprised of small groups of party members, have been functioning in state farms and tractor stations in what amounts to a widespread organization of vigilantes. Improve Production. out dissident elements and generally fi | prove production. Great successes are claimed for their operations. Hitherto the political sections have a personal wrangle, Cutting had started the exchange {with criticism of senatorial conferees, | headed by Glass, on the veterans’ re- | lief issue, holding they had “surrendered | everything for which the Senate was in Tfavor,” and cited Glass’' votes against liberalizing benefits to former soldiers cut by the economy law. Rouses Glass' Ire. To this he added an inferential re- mark which Glass interpreted as charg- ing him with changing a portion of a statement Wednesday night to mdklle‘ that laughter followed. Cutting nun‘ declined to yleld to Glass to make a statement. | “You have suggested that I interpo- lated the word ‘laughter’ in the record,” shouted Glass when he finally got & word in. “I did not,” retorted Cutting. “I im- plied that if you saw the word ‘laughter’ the most ordinary sense of justice would have led you to strike it out.” “I'm not in the habit of falsifying the record if the Senator from New Mexico is,” angrily replied Glass. | All that was during debate of the bl}h ‘Then when all was over, Glass sald: ‘We had from the Senator from New Mexico the most unusual and I venture to say the most unprecedented per- formance, personal attacks on a Senator who was exercising his right to judg- report. “Never before was I 50 astonished in my dife. ¢ ¢ & “He said that T had assumed on the | affection of IK esteem in whi they held me, to in- sult them at my pleasure. Issues Challenge. “I challenge any Senator here to search this record in either house for 32 years to show where I had initiated a dispute. * * * There isn't a sem- blance of truth in the accusation, and although I am not accustomed to being proud of myself in any sense, I ve often felt that the greatest satisfaction of my public life was that I had the Tespect colleagues, upon the | & wielded a powerful influence over a ma- jority of the collective farms because of their control over all tractor stations serving these farms. Now the party is going a step further ductive cells” in every collective farm didates for membership in the ‘These will be answerable directly to the political party. Closer to Peasantry. ‘They will be expected to keep collective | farmers imbued with the idea of s clalized agriculture, thus spurring pro- duction. The present collectivized area of Rus- sia embraces about 80 per cent of the land and 60 to 70 per cent of the peasantry. The present number of party members functioning in political sec- tions is 10,139, and this probably will be tripled or quadrupled when the pro- ductive cells are organized. CARTER GLASS (above) and BRON- SON CUTTING. to a of the the position of the SBecretary nterfor.” Makes Biblical Analogy. Adverting to Cutting’s profession of esteem for him, Glass recited to the Senate a biblical analogy of Joab and | Abner, reminding them Joab stabbed Ab‘l;el’ while greeting him as a friend, ing: “That is the sort of affection that the | ed Senator from New Mexico has manifested toward me here in the | Senate, simply because I acted upon | my judgment and my conscience in trying to get something for the veter- ans rather than nothing.” In replying, Cutting told Glass he had not “accused him of a despicable | alteration of the Record, as he will see that the sentence accuses him of noth- | ing of the sort, if he reads it all, “I'm not going to initiate any kind | of & feud with my distinguished ! from Virginia. I think just as hly | of him as I did. I hope he may hold | some share of the esteem for me he ! says he has held. This issue is not a | personal one and I will not be diverted by any badinage or epithets from thc‘ bank bill, sponsored Banator Glass of Virginia and Repre- sentative Steagall of Alabama, is per- manent legisiation of the most vital interest to the country. It will make the banks of deposit, incorporated as pational or State banks, and private banks like the House of Morgan, give up investment banking business. it will speculative purposes on the New York Stock Exchange. And it set up a plan for insurance of bank deposits, both a temporary plan which becomes effective January 1 and a permanent plan which goes into effect July 1, 1934. The President is given authority, however, if he finds it prudent and wise to do 80, to put the insurance of deposits clauses into effect at any time. President Roosevelt did not ask the | Congress for special powers to negotiate | reciprocal tariff agreement in the effort which is to be made to break down | trade barriers and make a freer world commerce. That is & task which is| being left to the negotiators at the London Conference. ‘While the President has appointed men to the key positions in his adminis- tration and has selected heads for the great )Jects under the legisiation en- y Congress, there remains & vast number of Federal officers and employes | to be placed in jobs. That will be one of his tasks when he returns to ‘Washi; after a two-week vacation in New England waters. The patronage- hungry members of Congress may finally be rewarded. Several of the important bills passed by Congress must still re- celve his signature, and he is expected to approve them all before he ves Washington. 25 PER CENT INCREASE NOTED IN FARM PRICES Bureau of Agricultural Economies Announces Jump Since Low Point in February. Average prices pald farmers have in- creased 25 per cent since the low point | reached in February, according te the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Agriculture Department. Since in this | | Pennsylvania must fall in line.” enue from the manufacture and sale season of the year the marketing by of liquor in this country will be sub- | formers is relatively small, the result | “SWEATSHOPS HIT BY MRS. PINCHOT Girls Lean From Factory Windows to Hear Talk to Strikers. row! B the Associated Press. advised us that w MAHANOY CITY, Pa, June 16— Girls leaned from factory windows yes- terday to hear Mrs. Cornelia Bryce | Pinchot, wife of the Governor, denounce | “sweatshops” in & speech to strikers from & stand across the street. ‘Wearing a bright blue dress, instead of the “flaming red” which attracted so much attention when she took part in an Allentown strike demonstration re- cently, Mrs. Pinchot marched arm in arm with strikers and joined in their songs and cheers She was given an ovation by leaders of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, who called the strike, and by girls carry- ing banners and streamers in protest | against factory conditions. Other girls who declined to join the strike, leaned from workshop windows. | Mastened respectfully while Mrs. Pinchot | talked, then they booed the strike leaders. Mrs. Pinchot, named by the Governor as & member of the Legislative “Sweat- shop” Investigating Committee, said she picketed today as part of the cai pnf'n inst poorly operated factories. She pleaded for enactment of a minimum wage law. “I am fighting for American ideals | and institutions,” she said, waving to the girls in the windows. “Sweats] are being wiped out in other states and on down and joi Mrs. Pinchot came alone from Har- ' risburg just as she has done on nevzral‘ such occasions. A few weeks ago she, picketed needlecraft factories in the Al-| lentown district. | Edward Martin, Republican State STAR, WASHINGTO GRIPON FARMLAND | Compensation Laws. Since January 2,776 political sections, | The chief activities of these groups! have been to perfect discipline, weed | by ordering the creation of patty “pro- | |to be composed of Communists or can- | party. | ‘The cells will be even closer to the | peasantry than the political sections. | D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933. By the Assoclated Pr Veterans’ aid changes made by Con- gress this session will depend much on executive orders yet to be issued in- terpreting the newly-made compensa- tion laws. In general, cuts will be made along the following lines, according to the best information of veterans’ authorities. Mexican War. No soldiers living. Widows pensions of $50 monthly, cut 10 per cent. Civil War. Soldiers pensions, service, $75; dis- ability, $90; cut 10 per cent. Widows, $30, $40 and $50 monthly, cut 10 per cent. Indian Wars. Soldiers, $20 to $50 monthly, cut 10 per cent. Spanish-American War. Final compromise provides that all Spanish War veterans over 55 years of age, who are 50 per cent or more dis- abled and who are in need, shall remain on the rolls at a basic rate of $15 a month. Since the basis of what constituted “need” 18 to be determined by the President, the entire status of the Spanish War veterans' situation de- pends upon the Executive order. Rice Means, chairman of the Na- tional Legislative Committee of Spanish War Veterans, estimated that if all now on the rolls listed as 50 or more per cent disabled are retained, about two- thirds of the Spanish War veterans will continue to receive compensation. It will range from $15 to $100 a month, instead of from $20 to $72 as | before the economy act. Means estimated about a thousand totally disabled Spanish War veterans would receive more than before the passage of the the average cut be) all the rest less, g about 60 pe Saturday is the Last Day of the 15th Annual SOME SHIRT SALE Sunday Is Father’s Day! AMERICA’S greatest shirt sale ends tomor- Last day to take advantage of the sale that has astounded the country. more at this price after the sale is over, be- cause, for one reason, the manufacturer has No e will have to pay more for them. Sunday is Father’s Day . . . and we’ve got a hunch that many wives, sons and daugh- ters will be shopping for these shirts—come n them. He'll Like These $1.50 Surftone Ties, 88c Main Ploor—The Hecht Oo, Veteran Aid Facts and Figures Changes Will Depend Largely on Executive Orders to Be Issued Interpreting New | cent, and from 60,000 to 65,000 names to be dropped entirely. ‘World War. ‘Whereas the first regulations issued by the President under the economy | act cut the average veterans’ pay from | 844.16 to $20.10, the final compromise guarantees that no service-connected case will be cut more than 25 per cent, | and the average only 18 per cent. | " The economy act regulation cut all | | presumptives from the rolls, while the | compromise sets up reviewing boards to pass on whether or not their injuries were really war connected, and pending such decision continues them on the | rolls until October 31 instead of cut- | ting them off July 1. l:euro-pcycmntflc diseases, if devel- oped within a year from the close of the war, are made presumptive, and tuberculosis if within two years. The rate of $30 & month for a widow | and $6 for each child, of presumptives and service-connected cases, was re- tored, whereas, under the economy act | orders, widows were to have been cut to | $20, with $4 for each child. | " Non - service - connected cases were wiped from the rolls entirely except for | the totally, permanently disabled. ‘The | flat $20 a month they were to have re- | ceived under the economy act was raised | to $30 by the compromise. ~Estimate | was made that from 90 to 95 per cent of these cases will be dropped from the rolls. ‘The original Roosevelt regulations were designed to save $420,000,000 & | year, while the compromise finally agreed to 15 expected to trim expendi- | tures by $320,000,000. | Washing Machine Sales Soar. CHICAGO, June 16 (#).—The Hurley | Machine Co. reported today that ship- | ments of household washing machines thus far in 1933 were more than double those for the same period in 1932. o0 six for $11 stituted for these new taxes in the public works and industries bill and they will be repealed. | One of the first of the recovery pro- | gram measures put through Congress ! was the reforestation act. Under it 250,000 unemployed men are being put | to work in all parts of the country, and | the plan is in full swing ‘The farm relief act, by which pro- @duction is to be curtailed and made to conform riore nearly to the demand, is in operation. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is at the head with George N. Peek 8s the farm relief administrator. ‘The operations look to the curtailment of wheat and cotton by withdrawal of lands from production, the paymeut of farmers to leave lands idle, and the payment of the cost by the processors who turn out the finished products. | Under the direction of Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, the administrator, &n or- nization has been set up to put into effect the great public works program and industries control. It is estimated that the Government will put to work & million men directly on Government projects and that other millions will be given work in factories and elsewhere, producing materials, engaged in the car- rying trade and the like because of the program. ‘The control of industries part of the measure is far-reaching indeed, with R~ dustries to set up codes to govern pro- duction, wages, hours of labor, method of oompetition. codes must be approved by the Govern- ment before they can be put into effect. ‘The Muscle Shoals. or Tennessee Val- ley Authority acts will bring more men to work and will not only set in fuller operation the great Government-owned ywer plant and fertiliser plant on the River, but wil has not been a large increase in the chairman, criticised “a prominent Penn- | amount of cash paid the farmers, the sylvania woman who marched with| statement added. strikers in & flaming red dress.” | The statement listed increases of 72| Mrs, Nicholas Roosevelt of Philadel- per cent in the price for grain, 35 per phia, a cousin of the President, and | cent for cotton and cottonseed, 16 per Miss lnr{ Ingham, a grand-daughter' cent for meat animals, 34 per cent for | of Samuel D, Ingham, Secretary of the | butterfat and 99 per cent for wool |Treasury under Andrew Jackson, re-| The prices of these products rose, the cently took places beside girl strikers statement said, when the normal trend | in a picket line at & Philadelphia dress of prices is usually downward. ! factary The BANK for the INDIVIDUAL Loans are pass ed within a day of two after filing application— with few excep- tions. 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