Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1937, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN TON, D. C, MOND AY, APRIL 12, 1937. HULLASKSLIBERAL 4 4 OONS TRADE POLICIES Secretary Urges Lifting of Barriers Before World Textile Conference. BY BLAIR BOLLES. ‘World-wide improvement of working standards as a step toward universal elimination of trade barriers was urged today by Secretary of Stat. Hull on the representatives of 26 countries here for the world textile conference. Hull was the first of three New Deal leaders who appeared in quick succes- sion this morning before the confer- ence in the departmental auditorium. ‘The others were Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace, wHo stressed the inter- dependence of cotton farmer and tex- tile worker, and Edward McGrad Assistant Secretary of Labor, who fore- saw a 50 per cent increase in textile consumption if all textile wages are increased to European levels. “A liberalization of policies and prac- tices in international trade is vital to the permanent improvement of your Industry,” Hull said. ““There are many ways in which you can contribute to the realization of such a program. “The very subject which is so promi- nent a part of your present discussion ~—the improvement of labor standards —has a bearing of great importance upon the trade situation. In many instances, disparities in labor stand- ards have provided the occasion for increasing trade barriers. The im- provement of such standards would do much to alleviate the pressures di- rected against the reduction of traded barriers.” Expresses Reasons. On the heels of F illustration of how trade barr ered, Secret to the delega’ lowered, say “Over half cotton crop is ex any other major a of this coun upon the free trade. Res grams which stif re of States More than iral product is dependent international expo: cotton producers, in turn, the wage to which surplus on fields can shift.” industrial lat must be ade- quately paid d consump- tion, the chi concern of the world’s textile producers, is to be realized, McGrady said. Every sectior globe demonstrates a need for sufficient livelihood, he went o there is a huge potential con to consumption the millions Jobless. Even in the United St nized as possessing the hi ard of living in t the men from Abi(v.id purchasing power is su thirds of the worke ning water, 23 per c lack bat bs, them ‘without gas or el 4 1 a third subsist on a dif end milk Difference in [)rmaml Furthermore, ing on the point of chief c his listeners, the average 14 cents of every e telephones and auto- and many housewives use window sills for re Tators. “These L’lh clearly demonstr: McGrady sa that mendous market in has remained al awaits adequate T the part of groups. The and throu levels in in labor from the co This ‘insufficient hc(‘ power on wage Hull's talk emphasized that wider trade must go hand in hand with im- proved living standards for the laborer #f consumption is to be broadened to any appreciable extent. He criticized governments which place obstacles in the way of the free flow of world trade and called attention to the Roosevelt policy of most-favored-nation trade mgreements, rema | “Anything that can be done to re- | store international commerce on a sound basis must enhance the pur- | chasing power and bring out the latent demand for textile products whl(‘h{ will permit the industry and those connected with it to prosper on & hith- erto unknown scale.” Ghder Crash Kills Two. PULLMAN, Wash,, April 12 (#)— Two Washington State College stu- Gents plunged to their death in a glider accident yesterday about 15 miles southwest of here. The victims were Cloyd L. Artman nade. silver: Sunday ble cards, Liquor Siore. Fri Large rew atur 6380-J. DOG, male. lack and ' choker colla versity. t be low- | nted out | lould be | of | in greens | | propriation charges, | vehicle fuel tax | priation by | for road and street improvements and YOUR TAXES What You Would Pay and How Under the Bills Proposed in the House. Article No. 1—Gas Tax Increase. ESTIMATED YIELD—$2,000,000. AFFECTS—AIll who buy gasoline, PERATORS of motor vehicles in the District would be re- quired to pay a local gasoline tax of 4 cents a gallon— double the present rate—under H. R. 6037, one of the tax measures now before the House District Committee. The boost is proposed as an amend- ment to the District motor fuel tax act of 1924 A second purpose of this bill is to require the licensing of all District gasoline importers as a means of as- suring prompt payment to the District of the gas taXes they collect from motorists. It provides for revoca- tion of such licenses in cases ot de- | linquency. The taxes must be paid over within a month after their col- lection. Each motorist buying gas in the District would have to pay 100 per cent more in gas tax unless he re- duced the use of his vehicle. Each gusoline importer would pay $5 a year for a license to engage in the motor fuel business. Diversion Issue Raised. Possibly the most controversial questions in connection with the pro- posed increase in the gasoline tax relate to diversion of gasoline tax rev- enues to uses not connected with highway improvement and mainte- nmance, together with the fact that for | several years past—and including the current fiscal year—there has been a surplus in the gasoline tax fund over expenditures. It has been argued in the past that no increase in the gaso- line tax is justified until the expen- ditures of the gas tax revenues are authorized, and conditions this year | suggest the same argument. The 1924 gas tax act specifies that the revenue from the special motor hall be paid into the Treasury of the United States entirely | to the credit of the District of Colum- bia and shall be available for appro- the Congress exclusively | repair.” The amendments increasing the tax do not change this limitation. | Diversion is found in the 1938 Dis- trict appropriation bill. Therein are plans to take $369,000 out of the special taxes coming from motor ve- cle owners to pay the costs of serv- es in the past supported by taxes collected from the public as a whole. As the House passed the 193° budget the meaning of “road and street im- provements and repair” was broadened | to include about half the cost of the Traffic Department, the whole cost of sidewalks and alleys and the whole cost of trees and parkings. Surplus Would Be Created. Responsibility for snow removal work was also shifted to the Highway Department. These changes were achieved by mere transfers of ap- not by amend- ment of the gas tax act. If the gas tax boost and the pending appropria- tion bill both are adopted by Congress there will be a surplus in the gas tax fund at the end of the next fiscal | year of some $2,000,000. All the ad- umonal gas tax collections, in other words, would create a surplus, or umyxmt balance. Estimated conservatively, the yield from a 4-cent gasoline tax would be $4,400,000 next year. | revenue from the 2-cent rate. Experts ‘ra\ they must allow for a decline in | assessments, the yield as the rate is boosted. There will be a balance of $463,500 in the gas tax fund at the end of the current fiscal year, according to avail- able reports. The existing 2-cent rate is estimated to bring in $2,450,000 next year, in addition to $200,000 in benefit Thus, the District ex- pects it will have available in the next | fiscal year a sum of $3,113,500. The | House has approved as appropriation charges against this sum a program costing $3,012,420, which would leave about $100,000 unspent. Adoption of a 2-cent boost in the rate would add about $2,000,000 to the surplus, unless changes were made in the appro- | priations, Street Program Reduced. Study of the District bill indicates a deliberate move to spread the uses of the special gas tax fund. The bill reduced the street and bridge program by $475,000, dropping items to be paid from gas funds. It added two new items, totaling $70,000, leaving the net reduction at $405,000. Then there were added to the charges against the gas tax fund items amounting to $369,600, these being formerly charges against gen- eral revenues collected from all Dis- trict taxpayers. Since the new items totaled less than those dropped, the diversion program would not have been endangered by any possible failure of adoption of the proposed boost in the gas tax. 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Items for curb and gutter work, resurfacing and maintenance were reduced. Items shifted to the gas tax fund were: Sidewalks and alleys, $150,000; trees and parkings, $126,000, anc $93,000 for traffic lights, signs and street | markings. The bill as reported to the House also urged the transfer of Traffic Department salaries and the cost of automobile tags to the gasoline tax fund, but the House rejected those changes. Motorists Fear Further Abuse. Civic groups and organized motor- ists are chiefly protesting the increased gas tax and the diversion, declaring that creation of a surplus will merely provide opportunity to dip deeper into the special taxes taken from motor- ists to pay Government costs for which they, as a single class, are not responsible. History shows that the use of the gas tax fund here has gradually been broadened, though up to the present all items have borne a distinct rela- tionship to highways. The fund first became available in 1925. In that year 27 per cent of the total highway program was paid from gas tax reve- nues, which then totaled $925,000. For the present year, 12 years later, the gas fund is carrying 94 per cent of the total highway costs and the re- ceipts this year will amount to some $2,437,000. The fund at first was used only for new paving and specific major grading projects. In 1927 and 1928 minor items for curb and gutter work were added. In 1927 an item of $350,000 for resurfacing appeared and the next year this item was boosted to $450,000. In 1929 a major item for curbs a gutters was inserted. In the n& four years the cost of all new paving, | This total | | does not amount to twice the present | PURPOSE—To increase existing revenue. curbs and gutters and a large portion of resurfacing work was placed on the gas funds. Bridge work was added in 1934 when the entire cost of main- tenance likewise was shifted. Street and Bridge Division salaries were transferred in 1935 and then came the cost of condemnations for street ex- tensions. One significant aspect of this grad- ual shift of more burdens to the gaso- line tax fund is that the Federal Government, in each case, has been relieved of its own obligations toward financial support of the street sys- tem—an expensive system because of the design of the Capital. The Fed- eral payment to the general fund in the past went, in part, toward street maintenance and development. As the payment was reduced and the load was shifted to the gasoline tax, the Federal Government escaped this special obligation. The Federal Gov- ernment pays no gasoline tax. Tag Reciprocity Inspired Tax. A graphic story of how and why the gas tax was adopted in 1924 is found in The Star of March 21, 1932, in a discussion of the old Mapes bill for a 2-cent boost in the gas tax rate. Back in 1923 there was an issue over recognition by Maryland of District auwtomobile tags. Efforts to obtain tag reciprocity had failed because Maryland imposed a gasoline tax and the District did not. Maryland stood tc lose some of its potential tax, it Was argued, since Marylanders could buy tax-free gas here. Backed by some civic trade and business organizations, the Com- missioners proposed a District gas tax as a means of settling the dispute. The gas tax was put forward as a substitute for the personal property tax on automobiles, although the sub- stitution would mean an increased tax burden. In addition, the special gas tax fund was to pay some of the costs of the highways and, by that amount, the District would lose the share of District street costs paid by the United States. But the proposed gas tax as a substitute tax became an additional tax. In the end the District not only got the gas tax but also was forced to retain the personal property levy on automobiles. The District had asked for a substitute form of taxa- tion; it got an additional form of taxation. The old Bureau of Efficiency made & study in 1932 of the Mapes bills of that time for a motor vehicle weight tax and a 4-cent gasoline tax. Though it disagreed with the tax- paying motorist on numerous points, it stated “The use of the roads and streets by motor vehicles has caused increased expenditures that should be borne by the owners of the motor vehicles as far as it is reasonably possible. However, it is only equitable that the additional or special taxes levied on the motor vehicle owner should be used to finance only those special projects for which he is re- sponsible, and should under no cir- cumstances be diverted to general revenues. If the general revenues are not sufficient to provide adequately for the projects of general public interest, the deficiency should be met by general taxes on the community as a whole, and not by a part of the community which has already paid its pro-rata share of all forms of general taxation.” Another principle advocated by the bureau was that the total taxes col- lected from motorists should not ex- ceed the amount required for high- way and related projects, with due allowance for revenue from bene- ficial assessments against abutting real property. (Tomorrow’s article will discuss the weight tazx.) MARITIME CHOICES GIVEN APPROVAL Senate Committee Unanimous for Federal Commission Ap- pointees. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously recommended today the confirmation of the President’s five appointments to the Federal Maritime Commission. Chairman Copeland said he would present the recommendation to the Senate today, and that he expected confirmation to be voted tomorrow. He emphasized the ‘“urgent neces- sity” of early confirmation, so the ccmmission can complete its task of revising the entire merchant marine subsidy system before June 30. Nominees are Joseph J. Kennedy of New York, former Securities Com- mission chairman, to head the marti- time agency; Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley of Texas, Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, former chief naval construc- tion and repairs; Thomas M. Wood- ward of Pennsylvania and Edward C. Moran, jr., of Maine. RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. NASH, SON Young Mother and Babe to Be Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Daphne Humphrey Nash, 21, and her infant son, who dled Friday in Georgetown University Hospital, will be buried tomorrow in Rock Creek Cemetery after funeral services at noon in the cemetery chapel. Active pallbearers will be Dudley Diggs, Kenneth Patrum, George Hoff- man, Robert Lavender, Ralph Shep- herd and William Carpenter. Honorary pallbearers will be Capt. Montgomery A. Stuart, U. S. N.; Col. Charles C. Drake, U. S. A.; Lieut. Col. Frank A. Hart, Marine Corps; Maj. John Haller, Marine Corps; Maj. Latne Montague, Marine Corps, and Clarence C. Riner. Mrs. Nash, the wife of Carroll B. Nash, a post-graduate student at Maryland University, was the daugh- ter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Marion B. Humphrey. Her father, a Marine Crops officer, is on duty here at Ma- rine Corps headquarters. Mrs. Nash was married in July, 1934, while at- tending the King Smith School here. Mr. Nash is a graduate of George Washington University. Mrs. Nash was the granddaughter of the late Maj. Gen. and Mrs. C. F. Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. Nfsh have been living in College Park, Md. TAX" DIVERSION ISHELD UNSOUND Keystone Automobile Club Manager Opposes Such Use of Gas Funds. BY GEORGE E. KENEIPP, Manager, Keystone Automobile Club. The legislative riders attached to the District supply bill, as reported to the House, present a new challenge to organized motordom here. The bill definitely proposes enact- ment of all of the old Mapes bills which always have been opposed by the Keystone Automobile Club on the grounds that the revenue to be derived from the increased taxation of motorists thereunder would be di- verted into the general fund of the District and thus would throw an unjust and unfair tax burden upon approximately 25 per cent of the local population. Now, because of the $6,000,000 anticipated deficit in the District budget, the House group has proposed to revive these old bills which would exact approximately one-half of the amount needed to balance the budget from only one-fourth of the people. The proposals seem to indicate a trend of thought that the motor vehicle owner here is not taxed enough, and a complete lack of consideration for the thought that higher motor taxes elsewhere does not justify them here. No Need for Increase. Unless the Federal Government intends to force on the voteless citizens of the District an increased diversion of motor vehicle tax funds to purposes in no way related to motoring, an analysis of the District financial situation reveals no need whatsoever for an increase in the gasoline tax or the imposition of a weight tax, or for any other form of additional motor vehicle taxation. Revenue derived by the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, is shown in the following table Gas tax. __ Personal tax . Renewal permits New permits ... Duplicate tags ... Newstags:_ 2. .. S0 Eiectric car registration__ Duplicate registration fees Titles Duplicate permits Estimated interest on gas tax fund held .._..___ 518,476.60 244,500.00 93,834.00 1,887.00 187,393.00 5,161.36 3,181.00 104,542.00 3,611.00 60,000.00 $3,575,181.71 The House approved an appropria- tion of $3,108,860 for the District Highway Department for the fiscal year of 1938. Even though the rev- enue derived from the same sources greater for the next fiscal year than for 1936, which hardly seems likely, by deducting the amount needed for Igeneral street improvement and re- pair for the next fiscal year from the revenue of 1936, we have a surplus of approximately $466,000. Even if we the of Vehicles Department and of more than $276,000. entirely unnecessary to increase the gasoline tax or to impose a weight tax to raise additional revenue, unless the diversion racket is to be practiced here fore. One of the proposals of the House committee was to pay the ex- pense of the Trees and Parking De- partment, amounting to $276,600, from the gas tax fund. This is defi- nitely diversion. Would Set Bad Precedent. brecedent for the District, it would be nearly impossible to stop Further, it was proposed that the ex- penses of the Department of Vehicles and Traffic, amounting to approxi- mately $180,000, would be paid from the gas tax fund, despite the fact that all revenue derived from this de- partment is now diverted into the gen- eral fund. Both of these proposals | appear to be indefensible. For the past two years, the Key- stone Automobile Club has been en- deavoring to have the District in- cluded under the benefits of the Fed- eral aid allotments for road building. Any States which use highway funds for non-highway purposes are heavily penalized under the terms of this act. It is inconsistent for Congress on the one hand to penalize States for prac- ticing diversions, and on the other hand to encourage diversion in the District of Columbia. Beocomes Sales Tax. It is hard to point to any tax more defensible in theory than the gasoline tax which was intended to be a tax by the mile. You pay as you ride, and when first imposed it was assumed that you ride as you pay. Just the moment the gas tax is increased, obviously for the purpose of helping to balance the District budget, then the gas tax becomes instead a sales tax of approximately 25 per cent on a special class. It seems absurd to assume that a citizen must travel by automobile in his daily occupation to determine the amount of taxes which he should pay for any purposes other than the construction and maintenance of highways which he uses. Nine States have either adopted constitutional amendments or have statutory provisions against the diver= sion of motor vehicle tax funds to other than highway purposes. When these matters have been submitted to vote experience has demonstrated that the people vigorously object to the principle that motor vehicle ownership is a measure of taxability for general revenue. The Keystone Automobile Club, in appearances before the House and ““‘See Etz and See Better” To examine your eyes and tell you honestly if glasses will help you is the aim of our advertising— That the glasses you get shall be satisfactory is the aim of our work. ETZ Optometrists 608 13th N.W. Between P and G --$2,352,595.75 | include the $190.000 appropriation for | It would, therefore, seem that it is | to-a far greater extent than ever be- | It would ser an exceedingly bad | one which | | | | i | | [ 1275,000 to 69,242 Vote the District from the motorist during | set forth in the above table was no | Maiched by | newspaper Le Pays Traffic there would still be a surplus | | reorganization seemed inevitable. Elected COURT PLAN BACKER WINS IN TEXAS VOTING. LYNDON B. JOHNSON. The outspoken backer of President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court plan is shown after he won the race for Representa- tive of the tenth Terxas dis- trict, succeeding the late James P. Buchanan ——Copynaht A P Wzrephot BELGIAN PREMIER LANDSLIDE VIGTOR Against Program Offered ' by Fascists. By the Assoctateo Press BRUSSELS, April 12.—Buried under a blizzard of ballots, Rexist Leon Degrelle set to work today to rebuild | his shattered Fascist party, while fol- | lowers of Premier Paul von Zeeland | celebrated the triumph of “law and liberty” in the Brussels bye-election yesterday The young premier, accepting the challenge of Degrelle, contested with the Fascist leader for a seat in Par- liament, and won by a vote of 275840 to 69,242 in an overwhelming rejec- tion of the Fascist program offered by the Fascist party. Highly excited crowds, closely police, roamed Brussels boulevards as returns came in. Until | early morning the throngs shouted | hostile cries against the Fascists and made menacing gestures toward any | passerby suspected of favoring the | Rexists Crowd Roused to Anger. mere presence of the Rexist Reel in a coat to arouse the The pocket was sufficient crowd’s anger Mock funeral effigies of Degrelle 3 *Funeral March” moved slowly through the streets. Police made several ar- rests to prevent serious disorders Van Zeeland, educated in the United States, polled 75.89 per cent of all votes cast, in his first bid for votes. The Rexist candidate, backed by Flemish nationalist allies, received 4479 votes less than the two parties | obtained in the last election, in May, 1936 | Degrelle polled 19.05 per cent of the vote. The remainder of the bal- lots were void. ing Chopin's Reorganization Likely. Observers said the stinging defeat did not necessarily mean the end of the Fascist movement, but that a As soon as the result became known Degrelle issued an announcement that “The fight will begin anew tomorrow.” He blamed his defeat on a public letter issued by the Catholic primate of Belgium, cardinal and archbishop of Malines, disavowing Degrelle. He said Flemish nationalists par- tially deserted him because of the cardinal’s letter. "HOPPERS TURKEY FEED Farm Pest May Be Turned Into Profit by Government Aid. Farmers, facing an invasion of grasshoppers this year, learned today | they may be able to turn the pesu\ into & profit by acquiring a fidck of | turkeys. A report to the Agriculture Depart- | ment from the Pacific Northwest said | land owners there had controlled the grasshoppers by turning loose turkeys, each of which gobbled up grasshoppers at a rate of 500 to 1,000 a day. Senate committees having to do with these proposals, not only will strongly oppose all of them on the grounds that they are unnecessary and un- Jjust, but it will also advocate a strengthening of that section of the District of Columbia Code which now prohibits the diversion of gasoline tax funds by including a provision to pro- hibit the diversion of all motor vehicle { funds to other than highway purposes. L8 8.8.0.8.2.2.0.0 ¢ It's Time to Having RUGS and ® Hinkel’s Matchless finest work, at lowest ® Hinkel’s reputation loss or damage, while our care. 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Drastic Cat Proposed. ‘The President has indicated he will send to Congress this week a message on relief needs for the fiscal year be- ginning next July. He hopes to re- duce the expenditures to about $1,500,- 000,000. The P. W. A. has been spending at a rate which points to a total of about $2,000,000,000 for this year, Harry Hopkins, W. P. A. adminis- trator, had planned to trim W. P. A. rolls—now about 2,160,000—to 1,600,- 000 by July 1 to meet the President’s indicated cut in spending. Protests came, however, from State and local authorities. The United | States Mayors Conference suggested‘ that $2,400,000,000 be appropriated for relief in the next fiscal year, contend- ing local communities could not bear any increase in their relief burden. The mayors estitmated this would give jobs to 3,000,000 men. Green mentioned no suggested ap- propriation in his statement, but said: “A works program averaging 3,000, 000 is the least that can adequately provide for those in need.” He said preliminary figures compiled by the A. F. of L. showed 9,722,000 were without normal employment in February, compared to 10,002,000 in January and 8,990,000 in December. American Federation of Labor fig- ures for 1935 and 1936 list the number | of unemployed in those periods be- tween 11.000,000 and 12,000,000, Representative Snell, Republican leader in the House, said meanwhile | “the official Treasury statement for | April 1 reveals a still swelling tide of bootstrap spending” by the adminis- | tration. Federal revenue for the first nine | months of the present fiscal year, Sn said in a statement, was $759,- 701,757 over the corresponding period of the year before. “Despite this tremendous increase in cash income,” Snell said, “the final ) budget deficit, including public debt and trust fund operations, shows an increase of $115.762,291, as of April 1, this year, over the deficit for the same | nine months of the previous fiscal | year; « e e “Such is President Roosevelt's prog- ress toward a balanced budget. * * * “Here is the Nation's realization | the New Deal promise that recovery | automatically would bring increased revenue, decreased expenditures and a balanced budget. Under the prevail- ing policy of rubber-stamp lump-sum | appropriations, only the President can decide when expenditures shall be | curtailed. * * * “Reviewing these figures, it is nczl difficult to understand why President Roosevelt proposed to abolish the of- fice of controller general.” FINAL RITES HELD Mrs. Florence Morgan Buried in | Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Florence G. Morgan, 65, was buried in Glenwood Cemetery last Thursday following death at her home, 23 Girard street northeast. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Mary Edna Morgan; a sister, Mrs. Mary H. Talbert, and three brothers, Arthur, George and Charles Tucker. SALESMEN for WHITING STOKERS If you are ambitious and not under 25 years of age, here 15 an opportunity to identify yourselfl with = fast-growing. nationally ac- claimed product. The Whiting Stoker. We teach you how to sell by newest method of mer- chandising. Factory repre- sentatives will conduct FREE complete instruction course. beginning Monday. April 10th. 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Martin L. Davey’s office were to be arraigned on riot charges today, while members of the Ohio Workers' Alliance prepared to renew demands for ‘“adequate” | relief. The half-dozen sit-downers sche: uled to appear in Municipal Cou were charged with inciting a na. and creating a nuisance Conviction of the riot charge car- ries a maximum fine of $500 and a 30-day jail sentence. Conviction for creating a nuisance carries a maxi- mum fine of $100. Unable to furnish bond, set dt $1.500 each, the six in jail over the | week end were booked as: Ben Gray, 29, of Cleveland, presi- dent of the alliance; John Monarch, 54, of Dayton; Jessie Josephson, 21; John Chiller, 32, and Morris Jaffa, 31 all of Cleveland, and Johnnie Wil- liams, 40, Cleveland colored woman The sit-downers, who said they were | relief clients, were ousted Priday from Gov. Davey's luxurious State House office by 20 sheriff's deputies who pushed and dragged the fighting ten | and women outside the building in which they had remained for hours. Nelson Meagley of Toledo, leader of the band while Gray was in jail, said the demonstrations would be carried on until the matter of re- lief was settled. Meagley said members of the band which occupied a colored church after | their eviction from the capitol, would attempt to see the Governor again today. BUY NOW 52 *#% A—3 30 TROOPS SEIZE MORO STRONGHOLD Phiiippine Constabularymen in Drive to Clean Up Rehellion. B the Assoctated Press, MANILA, April 12—Filipino con- slaoular}mnn today sought to clean up a Moro rebellion in Lanao Prov- ince which already has claimed at least 23 lives. Three hundred soldie: most important strongh flery Mohemmedan fig after a six-hour attack mortars were used to de: fort at Makaguil; Mindanao. 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