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News Review of Current Events the World Over Repeal With Beer at Once Is the Democratic Stand on Prohibition—Senate Passes Economy Bill to Save 150 Million. Bv EDWARD W. PICKARD DRIPPING wet, outright repeal and modification plank is the offi cial stand of the Democratic party on the prohibition question. Not only does the party call E for repeal of g Eighteenth amen d » ment, but it demands m immediate rnodifica P tion of the Volstead P act. The decision was Ü reached after five hours of heated de bate In the national convention at Chica go, and about the wildest demonstra tions ever witnessed in a political conven tion. The prohibition plank as presented In the platform reported by former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Ne braska, chairman of the resolutions committee, follows : "We favor the repeal of the Eightenth amendment. effect such de A the ;■ r v. ' Gilbert M. Hitchcock mand that the congress immedi ately propose a constitutional amendment to truly representative conventions in the states called to act solely on that proposal. "We urge the enactment of such measures by the several states as will actually promote temperance, effectively prevent the return of the saloon and bring the liquor traffic into the open under com plete supervision and control by the states. "We demand that the federal government effectively exercise its power to enable the states to ef fectively protect themselves against importation of intoxicating liquors in violation of their laws. "Pending repeal, we favor im mediate modification of the Vol stead act to legalize the manufac ture and sale of beer and other beverages of such alcoholic con tent as is permissible under the Constitution and to provide there from a proper and needed reve nue." The vote which placed this plank in the platform came on the question of substituting a minority report calling for a non-committal submission of a repeal amendment. The minority re port was voted down by 934 to 213. The platform is a model of brevity, containing exactly 1,396 words in con trast to Republican declaration of some 8,000 words. Some of the out standing planks, briefly, are as follows: Advocated— An immediate reduction of not less than 25 per cent in governmental ex penditures. Maintalnence of the national credit by a budget annually balanced on the basis of accurate executive estimates within revenues, raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay. A sound currency to be preserved at all hazards. A competitive tariff for revenue. Extension of federal credit to the states to provide unemployment relief wherever the diminishing resources of the states make it impossible for for the vance planning of public works. Unemployment and old age insur ance under state laws. Enactment of every constitutional measure that will aid the farmer to receive for basic farm commodities prices in excess of cost of production. A navy and army adequate for na tional defense. Strict and impartial enforcement of anti-trust laws. Quicker methods of realizing on as sets for the relief of depositors of sus pended banks, and a more rigid su pervision of national banks for the protection of depositors and the pre vention of the use of their moneys in speculation to the detriment of local credits. The fullest measure of justice and generosity for all war veterans. A firm foreign policy, including peace with all the world and the set tlement of International disputes by arbitration ; cancellation of debts ow ing to the United States by foreign nations opposed ; adherence to the World court with the pending reser vations. Condemned— Improper and excessive use of money in political activities. Paid lobbies and special interests to influence members of congress and other public servants by personal con tact. Action and utterances of high public officials designed to influence stock ex change prices. The extravagance of the farm board, its disastrous action which made the government a speculator in farm prod ucts, and the unsound policy of re stricting agricultural production to the demands of domestic markets. The usurpation of power by the State department in assuming to pass upon foreign securities offered by in ternational bankers, as a result of which billions of dollars in question able bonds have been sold to the public upon the Implied approval of the federal government. The Hawley-Smoot tariff law, the prohibitive rates of which have re suited in retaliatory action by more than forty countries, created interna tional economic hostilities, destroyed international trade, driven our fac tories into foreign countries, robbed the American farmer of his foreign markets and increased his cost of pro duction. ONGRESSIONAL action on the na tional economy bill was completed by the house and senate Tuesday night. The senate agreed to the changes made by the house in the plan of pay less furloughs for government em ployees. The major house changes in the fur lough plan were reduction of the ex emption from $ 1.200 to ? 1,000 and es tablishing a graduated scale of pay cuts for those employees whose serv ices were so needed they could not be given a month's leave without pay. as will the employees who can be spared. The pay cuts begin at 10 per cent on salaries over $ 10.000 and range to 20 per cent on salaries of $ 20,000 and c over. who could not be furloughed would give up 8 1-3 per cent of their year's Those making less than $10.000 pa v. One reason for the senate's reluc tance to approve the bill may have been that it cuts the salaries of con The Vice Presi gressmen 10 per cent, dent and speaker of the house suffer 15 per cent slashes. Even the President is invited to do his part, the measure providing that whatever portion of his salary he wishes to turn back is acceptable to the Treasury department. President Hoover had indicated his willingness to accept a smaller salary as part of the economy program. The salary and wage cuts provide the great bulk of savings in the meas ure, but changes in bureaus to elimi nate duplication will effect other re ductions in government cost. OST observers agree that the op position of France and Japan and the coolness of Great Britain are cer tain to result in the rejection of Pres ident Hoover's latest proposals for reduc tion of armament. Senator J. Hamilton I^wis of Illinois, al ways a deep student of international af fairs, is of this opin ion, and in a speech in the senate he declared the replies of the countries named even embody the clear ex Sen. Lewis pectation of a war in which the United States might be embroiled. There fore, said the senator, it is time for this country to take stock of its na tional defense policy, and he offered three suggestions. To Democratic senators he suggest ed that they applaud the President's effort to bring about world concord through the reduction of armaments. To the Democratic convention in Chicago, he suggested that there be M ' ,» ■; 3^: 4._ -, 1 , frh; _ written into the platform declaration as to the army and navy that will assure defense, and adequate preparations against these peoples who are refusing to join us in an ef fort for peace and are contemplating events which in their judgment will surely involve us in war." To the President he suggested the withdrawal of a proposition that for eign nations had "flouted" in order that the future course of the nation as to its foreign relations and its de festic defense might be made an open campaign Issue, with the people given opportunity to speak in November. "a full T A meeting of the Republican senatorial campaign committee | called by Senator Henry D. Hatfield A (Rep., W. Va.), committee chairman, plans were made for an active senato rial campaign in the East, Middle West, and Far West. Senator Felix Hebert (Rep.. R. X.) will be in charge of east ern headquarters at New York, Sen ator L. J. Dickinson (Rep., Iowa) will open midwestern headquarters at Chi cago, and Senator Robert D. Carey (Rep., Wyo.), at Cheyenne, will have charge of the far western section. In the Middle West the senatorial committee will assist in the cam paigns of Senator Otis F. Glenn in Illi nois and Senator James E. Watson in Indiana. In Iowa it will have the candidacy of Henry Field, victor in the primaries over Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart, radical Repub lican. to support. TWO MILLION DOLLAR curtail ment of the coast guard's pro hibition activities was voted hr the senate with the passage of the treas ury and post office appropriation bill. The saving was more than counterbal anced, however, by an increase of the appropriation for rural sanitation from $300.000 to $3.000.000 and the re tention of customs surveyors and ap praisers, which the house bill had thrown out. As agreed to, the bill carried $1, 056.498,333. A EPRE 8 ENTATIYE LA GUARDIA and other congressional critics of the federal farm board think they have found another case of misman agement by that body, and the New Yorker has sent to Chairman J. C. Stone a letter demanding a full ex planation of the board's s&ie. last fall, of 15 . 000.000 bushels of wheat to R China. The chief question in the minds of congressional inquirers is why the farm board sold wheat to the Nanking government on long term credit when advices from China are that China has paid cash for Canadian and Aus tralian grain and has been selling large amounts of wheat to Russia and getting payment in cash. The farm boards transaction with China was fulfilled last fall and win ter on the Nanking government's plea that its own granaries were empty. that it had no funds to make cash and that millions of Chi payments nese faced starvation. last four In approximately the months of 1931 and the first four months of this year, the United States China 14.800,000 bushels of sent to the farm board's stabilization wheat. It accepted China's notes, partially secured by customs receipts, calling for payment in 1933. 1934 and 1935. During this same period. China's wheat exports to Russia. Japan and Korea showed surprising upward fluctuations. Whether or not the Nanking gov ernment's ability to buy American wheat on credit made it possible for Chinese shippers to increase their ex ports so suddenly was a question the critics wanted answered by Chairman Stone. pRAJADHIPOK, the good natured and progressive king of Siam, is no When longer an absolute monarch. he was in the United States some months ago he said £ Î I I he intended to grant his people a constitu tion "when they were '$W ready for it," but they W Æ » * couldn't wait any longer because of the 3 country's distress. Headed by the army and navy, ^ they put on a revolt at Bangkok, arrested a number of princes and other government leaders, and a n nounced that a consti tutional monarchy must be established at once. They gave the king only one hour to accept their terms, de daring that if he refused they would put another prince on the throne. Pra jadhipok and his queen returned im mediately from their vacation and he agreed to the demands of the révolu tionists, issuing a proclamation legal izing all the acts of the people's party under whose banner the government had been taken over. A draft of the constitution was submitted to him and after studying it with representatives of the revolters he signed it. The only casualties in the coup d'etat were the death of a palace sol dier and the wounding of Gen. Sena T HE bill to abolish the oath of al legiance to the British crown for the Irish Free State entered in a new phase of its tempestuous career when the senate passed the bill with several strings attached to it. As a result of the senate action, the oath bill does not serve the purpose originally announced by President Eamon de Valera of giving the Free State "complete independence," but carries an amendment that would sterilize it. This amendment provides that aboli economic »A .--.2* King Prajadhipok Songkram. tion of the oath could not occur until the British and Free State govern ments have reached an agreement on the point. Minister Connolly of telegraphs, speaking for the government, said the measure would not be accepted in its present form. A PEACE conference between Gen. zA Augnsto Snndino. Nicaraguan in surgent. and powerful political lead ers of his country has been arranged for the near future. This startling de velopment came about through Gen. Mnnuel Balladares. prominent San dista, who recently talked with Amer ican officials from Nicaragua after a conference with Sandino. The conference will be held at San Lorenzo, a Honduran port. The par ticipants will probably be the four lib eral candidates for the presidency and Gen. Horatio Portocarrero, Sandino's candidate. The immediate object of the confer ence is the nomination of a single bb eral candidate from among the con testing five. If a compromise is reached the next step would be a dec laration of an armistice pending elec lions, and ultimately final peace. HEN the fiscal year 1932 ended June 30 the public debt showed an increase from $16.801.000, 000 at the end of the last fiscal year to close to $19.251.000.000. This was due to both diminishing revenues and Increasing expenditures. In spite of 1 the fact that the gross deficit, nearly $2.900.000.000. is the largest in w Ml, the nation's peace time history, treasury officials were inclined to see a ray of hope in the fact that the deficit is n* larger than had been anticipated by the department's statisticians last February. It was said also that the total expenditures, not counting the extraordinary spendings for the Re- i construction Finance corporation cap ital and the federal land banks, will ! run considerably below the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year. © 1932. western Newspaper Union. GAS ffl RECEIPTS oil Issues Board of Equalization Period state Statement Covering of Two Years , 0 ij ne Helena.— Five-cem g fiacal eo j!ections in Montana i vear ended June 3Ü, tota i„ pre - gg- 0 r $390,9b6 less than cee ding fiscal - vear ' lig H* A- ea uali offnes of the state hoara u zation disclose. . . »og- , j une collections amounted o * 477 as compared^ with j une< 2931 . and $371,669 m May. • Of the money collected. <o P , p i aee( j in the state highway 1 fQr road expenditures and -o P el is entered in the rebate fund to meet repayments to claimants for draw back money who have paid the tax «oline used otherwise than on tax on ga* the roads. Collections for the two follow : vears j n ] v . 412.S66.35 ^ agus t . 421 , 316.53 g te mber « 524,317.57 October . 363.496.03 \; ovem ber „ 292,231.43 December « 235,350.40 ...... 201,159.12 latest fiscal $383.038.76 407.011.79 422,353.93 311.755.17 347.247.37 235.934.91 183.326.37 166.795.17 141.939.71 210,137.95 371,669.03 367,477.48 January February .... 207,926.40 March . 204.5b8.6o April . 281,941.97 May . 413,590.15 June _ 380,339.41 _ _ ^ Totals ... S3,944,674.51 $3,553,687.64 ---"Yes, State News Notes -- , . , During the first month of state egg 2.400 dozen, or grading in Glasgow 23.800 eggs, were graded. The valuation of taxable property in Carbon county has reduced from $16.468,305 in 1931 to $14,569,538 Whitefish is head lettuce again this ; this year. Reports are that crop through the triangle section of north central Montana are more promising than for several years. The Horl ranch near specializing in . The first of the crop is on the 2 to 10 miles, swept through the area f r0 m Dutton to Armington, causing considerable damage. Webworms are ravaging gardens ; n Roundup and Musselshell county, -p be worm s are numerous throughout eastern and northern part of the it is sai d. >jq, e Conrad Refining company's bid of 10 een ts a barrel above the posted p ri ce was accepted by the state )an( j board f or the states royalty oil j n tbe p onc Jera field, c a jj a tj n Sheep association sold its 290,000 pounds of pooled wool at Bozernan f or SM cents a pound, the j owes ^ price in the history of the co operative organization. Indicating crop prospects appear much brighter, 28 residents of Valley county, as compared with two last y ear _ baV e applied for state hail in ^^nce. Strawberries of unusual size and quality are being marketed from all conditions year market. A hail storm varying in width from points of the lower Flathead valley, There is not as large a crop as in former years due to a frost. The "honey flow," the time of the year when bees begin to store honey, has begun and a good crop in the Milk and Missouri river sections is practically assured. Poison mash for is \ being mixed at the Hill county ware house at Havre and arrangements are being made by E. Sandberg, county agent for distribution to farmers. Musselshell county has sold a total of 29,429.66 acres of land to which county officials have taken tax title after taxes have been permitted to ! become delinquent for a series of years. A contract was recently signed bv Arro Oil and Refining company of Lewistown for the purchase of 45,000 barrels of crude oil from the Lake basin field storage of Indian Territory Illuminating Oil company, It has been stated that the White tail Oil syndicate plans to complete j ts we ll on the Whitetail structure Daniels, county. The well has been standing shut down at 1,500 feet since last fall, Transfers from appropriations in a county budget are not permissive der the budget law, Attorney General Foote in advising M. R. Wood, Flat h ead CO unty commissioner, stated that money appropriated for other items could not be used to meet a de fi cit i n the countv road fund un Arrangements for the 14th state convention of the American Legion which will be held at Kalispell July 26 to 28 are being completed. National Commander Henry L. Stevens, who is now on a tour of Europe, will return in time to be present. Gov. John E. Erickson has accepted the invitation to attend. O ne of the big pieces of news that leaked out of the democratic . , conven tion of especial interest to Montnan's ts that Senator Walsh has put him sel t on record as believing that the federal prohibition law is a failure. Leon Choquette, chief field agent f° r the state land department savs 15,000 shares of the state lands which were taken by the state government on foreclosure of mortgages given to secure loans from the state some years back, will be planted to grain this year, and it is probable that the state will receive from 45,000 bushels of grain in payments on its claims Scraps of Hufflö re : J ghe fo|lowe d her husband down the stairs and seated herself opposite him (he breafe f as t table, «j hope you weren't annoyed be j sharpe ned a pencil with your razor , dar i in g?" she innocently asked, ,. Teg j was _ t wice," he replied pa t i e ntly. -Twice, darling?" she echoed. . after j had given up trying to -• t0 write witb the pencil," . double reason NOW THEY BOTH KNOW \ j I j I ! j ! j > i ■( w .u "Of course you know, landlord, that living is very dear, and— yes, of course. In fact, have to raise my rents on account of Here's a new contract with an ad ! it. i ditional S 100 per year?" Long Journey A man who spends a good deal of time traveling is devoted to golf when at home. He is more celebrated for enthusiasm than for accuracy. One day he got into a deep bunker, I where he stayed for a long time. His opponent strolled over to discov the globe-trotter had dug quite a i sizable hole in his efforts to dislodge i j j j j , par '' j H °~,%^° Ur S ° D maklng ut at C j le »®; Bl11 • . „ ._ „ I "Fine : he s improving all the time, ] "Getting good marks, e . ! " Wel1 - his ma J ks aren j t S0 h0t ' bUt I h ' s l etters touching me for money are ; becoming more grammatical every j w-eek." New York Sun. ' : i ! er the ball. "Well, Bill," he said, genially, "off to Australia again?"—London Tit-Bits. Benefits of College Overheard in a restaurant near the Unexpected Flight A dub golfer had lost his ball and not unnaturally was inclined to be annoyed with his caddie. "Why the deuce didn't you watch where It went?" he demanded angrily. "Well, sir," said the boy, "it doesn't usually go anywhere, and so it took me unpreparedlike." — Boston Tran script Thermometer Gene, in her first term at school, in sisted that she was a "thermometer" and her parents were at a loss to know what she meant. Later her mother visited the school and heard the teach er call the pupils in the front seats her "front monitors." Then Gene whispered: "That's me, mom !" i j I ! | '■ HUBBY'S TOPIC P Si 1 : o o , C5 Mrs. Oldwed—Does your husband talk much about his mother's cooking? Mrs. Newwed—No. He talks about mine. 1 Seeking Adequate Protection "How did that big boy in gangland cora e to get sent to the penitentiary?" 1 asked Bill the Burg, "Mnst 0 ' been p'iitical Influence, P'^d Di e k the Dip. re He got so unpop ular a bulletproof vest wasn't protec tion enough. | w 'ork." ! .. Change for Her " Fl ° Filmer the m °vie star, is very ° f W0lkin S in her garden." i suppose she enjoys having a real ! P ' 0t t0 work in -" He needed high stone _ Experience Improve» T* 16 wef bbng was over at last, " p bew, that was an experience," : Said the bride S r o n m. "Did I look like 8 f0 .°* at tbe altar rail? " i an - V0De C0U Id see that you were Self '" Î Vn- t Simplified p 0 ^ 6 1 Catch the name - i f F r essor—b for Br ontosaurus, i r° T Bamayana - A for Athanasius. i \\ ksambara ' N for Neptunlsm.—Die replied the best man. "but your R U 'iSxLUA HILL . ROGERS f/'fwv ' > 0 ) BEVERLY HILLS—Well all 1 k no is just what I read in the papers and what little I get from just the names taking tittle glances in books You know 1 am thé "Dnrndest" fellow People and (fc \ J/ send more books. 1 am fifty two old, sound but weak and 1 me (. ns Now years Ji body, 01 mind, never did ■jj read hardi books. Mi Si any ever once 1 . awhiie 1 will hear em all hing about much till 1 try to take some time and read one. Oh blab one so off Now that "Good Earth" i read and quite a little on the boat over to Japan. Floyd Giubons Had couple of trunks witb nothing in books. Well he would tell that 1 should read, and he would give em to me and 1 would reaq l like to read but 1 don't have any u me if 1 got any spare time 1 like to get horse and ride around, or sit and blather with somebody. that. going a but me some cm a little. on a I am an awful windy old ^alker and my wife says i bore more people than entertain. She says 1 can do i more talking away from home, and home than anybody, foi 'hen t nog down and get my nose in a paper, i do lots of paper reading. If 1 nad put an my paper reading into books ' might have been pretty well read Cut this book thing 1 am so far behind .Here no use trying to catch up now. My old est boy Bill is the book hound ot the family. He is always reading some thing and he car remember it too. Even if 1 read a book. 1 forget even the name of it. is But this is not what 1 woulq end to anybody else, for there s some mighty fine stuff iu oooks, and some 01 the ones coming out now, I bet .here ,8 some good ones. Hard times poverty, then la when the fellows can write their soul. Even it some 01 us couid write we couldent do it, out stomachs are too full while we are not doing any too good, at the same ume we are eat ing too much, and taking things too easy. We are too satisfied. 1 get some awful nice personally autographed oooks. Lots Ji em from writers 1 dont know. Just like I could msncion some' movie star or cowman that they wouldent know. But lots ot these are eveidently well known, and nave writ ten lots of things. It gives names ot em on the fly leaves, and then lota of em are my friends that adtograph em to me. Well what I mean Is that 1 dont sit down and write em and thank em like 1 ought too. 1 appreciate the hooks and prize my collection very nighty, hut l know that sometimes they must think 1 am a Une mess that they dont hear from me about it. Well they ought to just kno what a poor nano 1 am *t writing. About twice a year J will have batches ot letters pile up that 1 keep saying 1 will answer, and maby I do and 1 send em off and get lots ot em back saying the people are dead. recom People write too much anyhow, write many much in papers. Papers would De twice as good It they was halt as Dig. Books twice as good if they was titty per cent less, and the ones left nalt as thick.. And letters, ninty percout 01 them are written for no reason what ever. It just looks like anyjcl> that can dig up a stamp just feels like it will spoil if they keep It. They must get It off on a letter rightaway. But 1 started out telling about books. Why just tonight out here at the ranch, six or eight books are nere on my desk, not In my "Deu nut in my 'Dump. My old friend McAdoo, W. G.. sent me his with very much treasured written words to me, "Crowded Years." Well 1 have heard its one ot the besi ot tùe autobiographies. 1 read snatches ot 1 when 1 can. and like it imuiensly. Then Warden Lawes of Sing Sing. £ friend of mine, 1 played up there foi em on® line, and went all through ana they a i. seemed to know my old mug trom toe Mctuno. and the Warden wd I * aâ Well oetter known in prison that out that book of tis is a fine one. Then that little book called "Yeah," thats a darb, thats the clev erest thing yet. It makes no comment it just pegs these big birds. And they nave maintained the steadiest aver age you ever saw They have been just 100 per cent wrong ever since it start ed. Then here to night is a pile of literature about South Aferica. dident know I was all over every it with a curcis, but 1 am going there some day, and see it in coinfor^ may read it plum through. I H WT1 you all some book reviews some urn and keep you all posted on wlia J; Ignorant man should read. T a enough writing for tonight. Poop write too much anyhow. &1932. McN aught Syndicat». Inc. 1 « «I ■"It/v ■îî \i r They foot of hack