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ALGOHOL CONTROL . BILL AWAITS PEN House-Senate Differences Compromised, Providing Commission. By the Associated Press. Shooting another major measure to the White House, the Senate yesterday approved the conference report ad- justing Senate-House differences on the liquor control bill. The House had acted earlier in the day. The finished bill, a compromise be- tween the two branches, sets up a new alcohol commission in the Treasury to replace the control agency which lost enforcement powers with N. R. A. Sales of liquor in kegs and barrels are forbidden. Killed Twice in Session. At least twice during the session the bill was killed and resurrected—all be- cause of a fight over what some termed the “whisky trust.” But on the last day only a perfunctory Senate vote was needed to send the bill to | President Roosevelt's certain signature. | The measure was fairly simple. It | created, in the Treasury Dequrtmen!. a new Federal Alcohol Administration, to have charge of a code much like the six which regulated the entire lquor industry until N. R. A. was de- clared unconstitutional. The new cade, for example, would forbid such things as false advertis- ing. misrepresentation on labels and | belittling of a competitor’s product. There was no particular hitch on that. But the House Ways and Means | Committee, largely at the insistence of Representatives Fuller, Democrat, | of Arkansas, and Duncan, Democrat, of Missouri, had insisted on permit- | ting the sale of liquor in and from barrels. | View of Morgenthau, ' Secretary Morgenthau said it would take an army to enforce the liquor tax Jaws if such permission were granted, and the Senate listened to him. Fuller, however, insisted that the Treasury—not Morgenthau directly, | but some of his aides—were under the control of the whisky trust which, he Missouri charged Tydings with filibus- asserted, has a complete monopoly of tering and added it would be nothing the bottle busicess. new for the Maryland Senator to en- Before the House approved the con-' gage in such practices. ference agreement with the Senate, ™ .pr e Senator from Missouri says Fuller predicted that the ban on Dar- nae» retorted Tydings. livid with an- attached. rider through. Adjournment (Continued From First Page.) Majority Leader Robinson of the Senate, Vice President Garner and Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, right, shown last night as they left a conference with House leaders to return to the Senate and report the House refusal to act on the deficiency appropriation bill with the cotton and wheat loan riders Byrnes, author of the cotton loan rider, headed the group of Southern Senators which pushed THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON Senate Leaders Quit Conference the —A. P. Photo. Walsh bill to require N. R. A. code standards in Government contracts. | Both passed the Senate but were not | acted upon by the House. | | that T can do now is to enter a mo- | tion to reconsider the vote by which the adjournment resolution passed | the Senate and move to ask the House | to return the papers.” ‘ The Congress sought to remedy Senator Byrnes insisted that if the |two laws which the Supreme | deficiency bill was not passed the |Court had declared unconstitutional, economic security act could not func- [the railroad pension act and | tion. The National Labor Board Te- | the Frazier-Lemke farm moratorium | | cently appointed by the President|gact, Bills were passed and sent to would have no funds, he said. The |the President. They are believed by | Legislatures of many States are 10| their proponents to avoid the oitfall “| on surrender of coin, currency or gold | would require $1.69 in present-day D. O, AUGUST 25 1935—PART ONE. CONGRESS PASSES GOLD SUIT BILL Votes Away Citizens’ Right to Sue Government After . January 1. B the Associated Press. Congress voted away yesterday the right of citizens to sue the Govern- ment after next January 1 for dam- ages—potentially aggregating $7,000,- 000,000—that might be charged to dollar .devaluation and gold clause abrogation. A compromise bill, withdrawing that privilege, sped to the President’s desk after the House accepted with little discussion and no record vote a con- ference report, adjusting its major ob- jections to Senate amendments. (The legislation in final shape pro- vided specifically that no suits shall| be permitted later than January 1 on: | Securities contai gold payment | clauses, coin, currency or claims, based and silver to the Government.) The final language toned down the original House proposal—which Re- publican critics contended would en- danger Government credit—to forbid suits on any type of Government obligation, The House wanted to bar suits im- mediately on enactment of the bill. The Senate suggested a six months’ wait before imposing the ban. Their Conference Committee mem- | bers deadlocked, but finally received | word that the President would not | object to a short period of grace, be- cause he believed the price level would be sufficiently stable so no one could prove damages against the Govern- ment. The Supreme Court set the “damages” criteria for collecting in such cases. With the deadline set at January 1, | the 1ssue is less likely to recur in the next session of Congress, convening with the opening of the new year. The potential damage of $7,000,- 000,000 arises from the fact that more than $10,000.000,000 in gold clause obligations are outstanding. It | upset the New Deal, finds it will be tions to his secretary, E. L. Boyle, HE British cabinet is getting | out of the precarious position | in which it had placed it-| self a week ago when it an- | nounced its “stern” attitude in re-| gard to Italy, with all the speed com- | patible with its dignity. ) 4 o dollars to represent the same gold content as the old dollar bill. The Treasury has been retiring gold secur- ities on & dollar-for-dollar face value basis. The legislation also authorizes hold- * %ok % ers of gold clause obligations to trade | Tt is true that there is & great dis- them dollar-for-dollar’ for currency | play of British force in the Mediter- Short Session for Him Representative Risk, Republican, August 19, and yesterday packed ip preparation for leaving although ke will be delayed at least until tomorrow. This Changing World Britain’s First Sternness Toward Italy Modified by Events. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. UTILITY MEASURE SENTTO PRESIDENT Hard-Fought Bill Compro- mised, but Gives Roose- velt Much Power. By the Associated Press. ‘The utilities bill for which Presi- dent Roosevelt waged a months-long battle with Congress was sped ‘o his desk last night from the Capitol Hill. Compromises framed its major is- sues, but the President, power inter- ests contended, achieved a big measure of the holding company abolition he demanded. On its lon~ | Journey through Congress, this issuc started Senate and House lobby in- | vestigations. Final action came swiftly. Only & | few minutes after the House accepte | the final conference draft of the bill | by a 222-to-112 vote, the Senate did likewise without even calling the roll In broad outline, the legislation provides a far-reaching system of governmental regulation for both holding and operating companies in the power industry, with the Securi- ties and Power Commissions em- ‘powerPd to supervise the flotation of securities, sales of power and financ- | ing and operating methods in general where strictly intrastate activities are not concerned. Holding Company Proviso. Most important of all, it calls for abolition of holding companies in general with a compromise proviso that two holding companies may be erected on one system of adjacent operating companies. The holding company restriction would become effective January 1, 1938. With this provision, the conferees settled the session’s outstanding battle | The Senate bill had provided for abolition of all unnecessary holding companies by 1942. The House bill left it to the discretion of the Securi: ties Commission to say when and what holding companies should be dissolved. In addition, the measure provides that subsidiaries and affiliates of | holding company systems performine ]engineenng. accounting, constructioa | and other services for the operatinz | companies must do so at cost. This clause was intended to end alleged abuses arising from practice under which opponents of the utilitic. of Rhode Island, whose election a short session. Risk, left, arrived ‘minute insiruc- He is giving last-! boe —A. P. Photo, of these editors, that the old Western slogan, “‘Don’t pull a gun unless you have decided to shoot,’ is one of the fundamental principles of modern diplomacy. It serves no purpose to threaten a nation unless you are will- ing to carry out your threat.” And that is the principal mistake the Brit- ish government has made. It pulled the gun, and when Mussolini did the same, London changed its mind. rel sales will cause us a bigger liquor scandal than ever existed before pro- hibition. Another thing to which Fuller and gojator Tydings had charged him act, with its old-age pensions, might some others objected was the fact the bill would establish no Federal con- trol over breweries, although it would | 3y an untruth,” repeated Senator to .whether the House would be af- apply to distillers, wholesalers, ware- er, “he says an untruth.” | Clark was on his feet, as if pro- pelled by a spring, demanding if | with saying an untruth. “I said the Senator from Missouri ‘Tydings. | meet next January, he continued, and | of unconstitutionality. Representa- if the deficiency bill was not passed | tive Crosser of Ohio, Democrat, ied the operation of the economic security At the behest of President Roosevelt be considerably delayed. Congress enacted a law to pronibit | There followed a long wrangle as of the repudiation of the gold con- | fronted if the Senate asked for the raets in Government securities. The housemen and distributors. The Missouri Senator moved toward Tydings. Other Senators interposed Among them Senators Barkley of Ken- Message (Continued From First Page.) have been received by me from the National Recovery Administration. Notwithstandjng successful an praise- worthy efforts being made by many employers to maintain standards of employment, these indicate a tenden- cy toward serious impairment of es- tablished standards by a minority. To place these facts before your commit- tee, I am transmitting herewith cer- tain information substantiating this eonclusion. As additional evidence is gathered, I shall continue to furnish it to your committee to lay as broad a factual base as possible for your con- sideration of the problems involved. The National Recovery Administration is also making a general survey of the results so far obtained under the hational industrial recovery act. “It does not seem possible to com- plete this work in time for its use at the present session of Congress. In the short time remaining, it seems impracticable to ask the Congress to give consideration to an industrial statute of broad import. If your com- mitte staff could be delegated to an- alyze, during the coming months, the material collected, I believe adequate data would be made available for a thorough understanding of the com- plex situation confronting industry and labor. With this done, your committe could meet, in the Fall, for hearings and the formulation of pro- | posed legislation for preserving per- manently to the Nation such social and economic advantages as were gained through previous emergency enactments. This would enable you to offer, at the opening of the com- ing session, a well-considered pro- gram for congressional action. Hopes for Compliance. “Pending determination by the Con- gress of whether further industrial legislation will be enacted, it is hoped that industrial groups will, in increas- ing numbers, avail themselves of the provisions of the joint resolution, ex- tending National Industrial Recovery Administration, which permits agree- ments (1) putting into effect the re- quirements of section 7(a), minimum ‘wages, maximum hours and prohibi- tion of child labor, and (2) prohib- iting unfair competitive practices which offend against existing law. Buch agreements, when approved by the President, as to matters covered by the joint resolution, are exempted expressly from the penalties of the anti-trust laws, including criminal prosecutions, injunctions and treble damages. By such action, industry can undoubtedly do much to preserve the very substantial gains made while the codes were in effect. Applications for approval of such agreements should be filed with the Federal Trade Com- mission. “Industry may continue to take ad- vantage of the familiar trade prac- tice conference procedure of the Fed- eral Trade Commission. “It will be my purpose during the adjournment of Congress to call into conference representatives of manage- ment, labor and consumers, in the hope that discfission will create among them a general agreement as to the best means of accelerating industrial recovery and the elimination of un- employment. I am hopeful that sich an effort will be successful, especially in view of the definite manifestation of interest by all in the solution of these problems. “I am sending & similar letter to the Hon. Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives. May I re- quest that consideration be given by your committee towards adopting a plan conformable to these suggestions, and if possible correlating the activi- ties of the respective Senate and House committees. “Very sincerely yours, “FRANKLIN D. T.” Flood Control. Completed. The $2,500,000 five-year plan to eliminate flooding in the lower parts of the Thames in England has just been completed, tuckey, Black of Alabama, Bachman of Tennessee and Ashurst of Arizona, who sat directly beside Senator Tydings. Finally Clark was persuaded | to take his seat. | Half an hour or more later, peace was made. Senator Tydings volun- tarily went over to Senator Clark ; and put an arm on his shoulder. Ap- | parently he was expressing regret for the incident. The two men shook | hends and Tydings returned to his | seat smiling. May Press Flood Bill. Not only did the failure to adjourn {last night pave the way for further | action on the deficiency bill, but it | opened up possibilities of additional legislation, which might have been sidetracked. There was the possibility that the flood control bill, which had | been headed off as a pork-barrel meas- | ure, might agaip be pressed for action. In the House, when Speaker Byrns | | finally laid before that body the Sen- ate's request for a return of the ad- “jnumment resolution, there was a standing vote by which the Senate's request was granted 127 to 103. | resentative Snell of New York, the Re- | publican leader, promptly demanded a record vote. Fearful that the hour of midnight might arrive before the roll call in the House could be completed and the ad- journment resolution returned to the the hands of the huge clock in the House chamber. | The doorkeeper of the House, Joseph Sinnott, attended to this duty. The roll call proceeded in the House with unusual speed and was completed in about 23 minutes and the House clerk was sent rushing to the Senate chamber. Long Hails Move. It was five minutes before 12 accord- ing to the Senate clock when the House clerk arrived. Senator Byrnes was speaking. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana shouted: “The people win,” after the clerk had announced the action of the House returning the adjournment resolution. Earlier in the evening it looked as though the cotton and wheat Senators had been effectually blocked in their efforts to save the deficiency bill and their amendments. The situation was that both Houses had agreed to the adjournment resolution and the pea- pers had been sent back to the House. The Senate sat in recess while Vice President Garner and Democratic Leader Robinson conferred for an hour or two with House leaders in an effort to get them to permit the de- ficiency bill to go to conference. In the House Chairman Bughanan of the Appropriations Committee told his colleagues that he was utterly op- posed to the Senate amendments to the deficiency bill and that he would never permit the bill to go to confer- ence but would let it die if the House would back him up. Robinson Makes Report. It was after 9:30 p.m, whert the Vice President and Senator Robinson re- turned to the Senate chamber. Cot- ton Senators were complaining and insisting that the Vice President had promised to reconvene the Senate by 8:30 o'clock. As soon as the Senate was again in session Senator Robinson made a report. “The House has taken no action regarding the deficiency bill,” he said. “It is my information the House does not intend to take any action. This afternoon a concurrent resolution was adopted providing that each body, when it concluded its labors, would then take an adjournment sine die. The question arises what action the Senate will now take. Under the adjournment resolution agreed to, both houses of Congress automatically will adjourn not later than 12 o'clock tonight.” Senator Byrnes chided the Vice President for not convening the Sen- ate at 8:30 o'clock. He added, how- ever, that the Vice President had been in conference with House leaders and therefore could not do so. “All we desire,” said Senator Byrnes, “is that the House have an opportunity to vote on the deficiency bill and the Senate amendments, All Rep- | Senate, orders were given to turn back | return of the adjournment resolution when it had no formal notice of any action or lack of action by the House Senator Long interrupted Senator Lewis of Illinois, who was expressing solicitude regarding the feeling that might arise in the House. “If we don't stop this palavering.” said Long, “the hour of adjournment will arrive and we will not be able ! to do anything to help the cotton and wheat farmers.” | Robinson Answers. | Senator Robinson denied that the failure of the deficiency bill would re- | sult in hamstringing the social security act. He sald he had been informed that money would be found to carry on these activities. | Senator Schail of Minnesota, one of the two blind Senators. delayed fur- ther the vote on the Byrnes resolu- tion by having a statement read to the Senate. Byrnes and other cot- ton Senatcrs were almost frantic in their demands for a vote. It looked as though a filibuster had begun which would run until midnight. | Senator Copeland of New York took the floor against the Byrnes motion. He declared that the House leaders were perfectly right in their refusal to consider the deficiency bill. He insisted that the Senate had placed in that measure yesterday afternoon amendments that would cost the people hundreds of millions of dollars. “Why should not the House refuse to concur in the Senate amendments | to this bill?” shouted Senator Cope- land. Senator Glass of Virginia, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, ex- | pressed the opinion that the Senate had a perfect right to call upon the House to return the adjournment resolution. Garner Upbraids Long. Senator Long, looking at the clock, said that if the colloquy went on for another hour and 50 minutes adjourn- ment would be taken. Vice , President Garner took this | opportunity to rap the Louisiana Kingfish sharply over the knuckles. “That would be in line with the conduct of the Senator from Louis- fana during the past six months,” said the Vice President, bringing smiles and laughter on the floor of the Senate and in the crowded gal- lery. Senator Long had his innnings later when he took the floor and charged that the Vice President had-deliber- ately remained away from the Senate last night so as to delay its session and thereby prevent the adoption of the Byrnes motion to recall the ad- journment resolution from the House. Long told a story about a man who was married and the next day, for- getting all about his wedding, went back to his old boarding house to eat. “The Vice President forgot all about being Vice President and didn’t come back to convene the Senate,” said Long. “It is 19 minutes to 12 and no one stands at the Senate door.” Senator Long charged, too, that President Rooseevlt was back of the move to prevent the adoption of the Senate cotton and wheat amendment. “I didn't know,” said Long, “that Herbert Hoover had a political twin. But he has. Herbert Hoover and Pranklin D. Roosevelt are political twins and I don't know which is the ‘worst.” Long said that at last Roosevelt has had to abandon “what was ab- surd in the first place.” He was at- tacking the Roosevelt agricultural pro- gram. Had the plot to kill the deficiency bill succeeded Congress would have adjourned last night, having com- pleted the rest of its legislative pro- gram. Other measures were rushed through in a final scramble for ad- Jjournment. Ship Subsidy Bill Fails. ‘The President failed to get through Congress & new ship subsidy bill, and | a joint resolution was Senate insisted upon allowing claim- | ants to enter suits during a period | up to July 1, 1936. The bill was requested by the ad- failed to uphold abrogation of gold payment clauses in Government obli- suits against the Government because | gations and left the way open for not all of them stop at Malta or damage suits. | Congress convened. There's a lot tn‘ ranean at present. The finest fight- | have contended that the operatir ing units of the British navy are rap- the fight for the railroad pension act. | ministration after the Supreme Court | jdly being concentrated at Gibraltar, | i | Malta and Alexandria. Flying squad- rons are leaving their home bases, but As the clouds of war become more dense, the leaders of armies in Europe Cairo. They go further east toward are more in the public eye and be- Ceylon and Singapore. | coming :ncreasingly popular every- | companies were compelled to sub scribe to such services and pay ex- orbitant fees to the disadvantage oi the consumers. Issuance of Bonds. A third provision in the bill, which of six months after the enactment of | . done before I take a vacation.” the law. This was finally changed | | to allow the claimants until January 1 | to file suit. | A bill giving to the Tennessee Val- | lev Authority wider authority and scope was enacted, and also a new | alcohol control act, but not without real struggles both in conference and on the floor of the Senate and House. Members (Continued From First Page.) pet him up again and get acquainted.” | Capitol charwomen will be hlppy; when the members leave town. Their floor-scrubbing and room-clean- ing since New Year have been handi- | capped by the presence of the legis- | | 1ators. %l “Oh, lawk, it'll be a mercy to see | them go,” commented Mrs. Luke Bit- tals of the scrub brigade. “When they're away is really the only chance | we have to get this place clean. Other- ‘ wise, you have to say: ‘Please lift your foot a minute while I sweep,’ to some Congressman, and you can't clean that way, you know.” * Elevator Man Among First. Among the first of the elevator oper- ators to leave town tomorrow will be Ellis Betts, veteran motorman of the new automatic lift reserved for Rep- resentatives and members of the press. “Well, Congressman, you've saved the country again,” was the greeting he drawled around a plug of tobacco yesterday to a hundred members, Betts, a noted son of Georgia, is famous for his acid remarks about his passengers. Mario Bizario, who also does a trick on. the special elevator, | liked for his broad Italian smile, is already away on his vacation. At the head of the Congress exodus will be Vice President John Nance | Garner, anxious to return to sun- baked Uvalde, Texas, for some fishing and to attend to private husiness mat- ters long left undone. On October 16 “Texas Jack” is to lead a delegation of nearly 100 mem- bers of Congress and their wives to the Philippines to attend the cere- monies incident to the inauguration of the new commonwealth govern- ment of the islands. To Be “Texas Tourist.” En route he will stop briefly in Japan. He protests he will be an unofficial “Texas tourist” in that country, but it is felt that the Vice President cannot divest himself of 4 his title and position and will rep- resent the United States in whatever he does of says. Another junket will take eight members to Honolulu, Hawali, Sep- tember 27 to hold public hearings on making the Territory of Hawali the forty-ninth Etate of the Union. Hawaiian Delegate Samuel W. King will go to the Pacific paradise with Representatives Cannon, Democrat, of Wisconsin; Dempsey, Democrat, of New Mexico; Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma; Blackney, Republican, of Michigan; Parsons, Democrat, of Illi- nois; Mott, Republican, of Oregon, and Lundeen, Farmer-Labor, of Min- nesota. Senate Majority Leader Joe Robin- son is going to stay in the city awhile, but Speaker Joe Byrns, a bit tired from the grind of trying to whip administration plans into legislation, is going to take the road for Nash- ville, Tenn., as soon as possible and “mix” with his constituents. Later he will join the Philippine junket. “Pll be all right,” said the Speaker. “You know, I was raised on a farm Representative Stewart, Republican, of Delaware—"I'm going home to work. I never loafed so much in my life as I have since Congress con- | vened.” | Representative Wilcox, Democrat, | of Florida—"1 am going to hide out | in the mountains for a while before I go home to West Palm Beach.” Representative Reed, Republican, of Tllinois—"I'll be out of Washington three hours after adjournment.” Representative Schaeffer, Demo- crat, of Illinois—“I'm going home and work. There's no vacation for me | now and none in sight. I have enough | applications for W. P. A. funds for | my district to keep me hopping a long time.” 2 | ‘Warren Will Fish. Representative Warren, Democrat, of North Carolina—"I'm headed for Cape Hatteras and some fishing off Diamond Shoals.” Later he, too, goes to the Philippines. | Representative Randolph of - West Virginia—“I'm going some place | quiet where I won't have to read the | Congressional Record.” Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, who has struggled over tax legislation, social security, the bonus and the N. R. A. as chairman of the Finance Committee—Plans a | brief vacation trip after going home to vote in the Mississippi primary next week. Senator Barbour, Republican, of New Jersey—Goes today to his Locust, N. J., home and then leaves for Lake Ontario for a visit to Senafor Van- denberg's Summer camp. Senator Metcalf, Republican, Rhode | Island—Hoists anchor on his 160-foot yacht, Felicia, now in the Potomac, today and sails for Narragansett Bay. Representative Risk, Republican, Rhode Island—Just got here and is| afraid he will meet himself half way if he goes home now. So he is going | to, stick around awhile and look out for his constituents’ interests. Plans Speaking Tour. Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina—"“On September 2 I will leave Washington, D. C. by auto- mobile for a tour of the United States to deliver a series of patriotic ed- dresses before civic organizations.” Representative Bert Snell, Republi- can, New York, minority leader— | Leaves for his Potsdam home this week, and later joins Philippine Junket. Representative Ed Taylor of Colo- rado, acting minority leader—Going to New York to catch up on his law Ppractice. Representative Tinkham, Republi- can, of Massachusetts—Will make his twenty-fourth trip to Europe since 1888 “as an archaeological explorer to locate the buried remains of the League of Nations.” Representative Smith, Democrat, Virginia—Lives nearer the District than any other member of Congress. “I expect to rusticate on my farm near Warrenton.” /L complefe OIL and worked 13 months a year. I can take it.” -~ Other Vacation Plans. ‘Vacation plans of l;mfl' mem- bers of the House an 2 Representative Dickstein, Democrat, of New York: “I'm going to catch the first boat for Europe, but I'm not go- Representative Sol Bloom, Demo- crat, of New York: “I'm going abroad, but I'll steer clear of Germany.” FURNACES NATIONAL 1328 New York Ave. | mind of the people in the Far East| * x * x | Having made up its mind that Mus- solini cannot be stopped and that other powers are reluctant to apply the mailed fist to force Italy to aban- don its plans of conquest, the British government has decided to waste no time and get ready for the possible consequences of Il Duce's aggression. These consequences, it is agreed by all British statesmen, may lead to a clash of color. Under the circumstances, the British Empire will be the first to suffer. And the Londom cabingt, in agreement with the damx‘nimk\ is taking the necessary steps not ‘to be caught napping. * ok % X ‘The British fighting units are being | concentrated close to the Suez Canal, the gateway to the Far East, ostensibly | to be at hand to enforce the sanctions which the League may apply against Italy. | But the London cabinet knows now | that no sanctions will be voted at Geneva. The French told them so. | The British cabinet is also somewhat | doubtful about Italy's ability to break through the resistance of the Ethio-| plans in a short time. The British cabinet is also aware of the state of | and knows that at this moment India and Arabia are in a state of effer- vescence. Thus, without appearing openly to consider the possibility of a major war in the Far East, it is taking all the possible precautions to be in a position to meet a dangerous situation out there. e . Molders of British public opinion, such as J. L. Garvin, the editor of | the widely read newspaper, the Ob- server, are pointing out already that Abyssinia really does not deserve the sympathy of the British public. Gar- vin accuses the politicians of all par-| ties in his country of showing a re- | markable lack of comprehension con- cerning Abyssinia, the aims of Il Duce, the fundamentals of French policies | and the practical limitations of the! League 2s it now exists. | * ox ox x | After vividly describing a “slave | train” in the twentieth century and | pointing out that such sights are a| every day occurence in Abyssinia, he | goes on to inform his readers that | the Christianity of the Ethiopian is a myth. Of the 11,000,000 inhabitants of a country about four times the size of the British Isles, less than one third are “Christians of sorts.” Some 2,000,000 are pagans in a “state of ferocious savagery” and the rest are Moslems. Carvin and other leading editors in London accuse the British gov- ernment of having played its cards poorly and having transformed what should have been a purely Colonial question into an inter- national problem of the first magnitude. They accuse their governmenf of having used poor psychology in deal- ing with the Italians. The govern- ment should have known, writes one Ot SUPPLY (0. "=~ where. This is especially noticeable in Soviet Russia. Comrade Voroshiloff, provided a source of contention throughout the shaping of the meas- ure, permits holding companies to the minist>r of war, is at present the jssue bonds secured by a first lien on hero of the people, much more sO their own physical assets or thc than Stalin or any other Red leader. | physical assets of subsidiaries, with Wherever the head of the Red | the commission empowered to say in armies goes he is met with enthusiasti¢' individual cases whether other assets, cheers. - £} such as common stocks might be sub- This worries a little the civilian | stitued. heads of the U. S. S. R. Stalin, in | 1, the final draft, a House amend- particular, is not happy about it | men tipulating that the bill's pro- and would like to make SOme | yigons should not apply in any in- changes in the command of the | ances covered by State laws or State Soviet forces. Unjortunately, for \Cdmmiflians was eliminated. him, Voroshilofl is worshiped by | genator Norris, Republican, of Ne. the Red battalions and it would |praskg veteran advocate of strict rez- be playing a somewhat dangerous | yjation of the utilities companies, ob game to touch him just mow. | jected to the conference report on th: ** % | ground it legalized holding compa- Furthermore, it would be difficult nies of the second degree to find an adequate substitute for the “I would rather see this bill fai present commander of the Russian than to legalize the existence of hold- forces. There are, of course, two bril- ing companies beyond the first de- liant generals at the head of the ! gree” he asserted. “Why we should army in the field, Tukatchewski and De £o tender to defend a system that Blucher. But these men are not 100 has ruined millions of investors is percenters, both having served under more than I can understand.” the Czar. Chairman Wheeler of the Senate At one time it s sald, Stalin in-|conferees, who has fought side by tended to put Gen. Budeny In Voro- | Side with Norris for vears, contended shiloff’s place. But the new allies of | N0 legalization of holding companies the Soviet potnted out to the head of | ¥as involved. Second-degree holding the government that such a move | companies Would be permitted, he would-be suicidal because of the lack | aid. only when their existence was of intellectual qualifications of this| Proved necessary. former non-commissioned officer in the Czarist army, who can barely sign his name. WILL YOU LET Baptist Conference Set. HEATHSVILLE, Va., August 24 (Special) —The Northern Neck Bap- tist Ministers and Workers' Conference will be held at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Emmerton, in Richmond County, September 3. Rev. George T. Schools is secretary of the con- ference. Are the only Burners that follow the four laws of burning oil at all times? Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. 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