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MLOT EVENTS
FUSS III REVIEW
SENATOR VANDENBERG PLANS TO
TAKE POSTAL DEPARTMENT
CLEAR OUT OF POLITICS.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
?. WMtern Newspaper Union.
SENATOR VANDENBERG of Michigan.
liberal Republican, says he
will introduce In the senate a bill designed
to take the Post Office depart.
... ment out of politics,
giv The measure he has
drafted would put ali
I postmasters and postal
officials, except the
f M l>05tmaster general,
ft / under the civil servft
ice, aud In the giving
out of jobs lhe post
office employees would ;
have the preference. '
lUHUH Senator Vanuenberg
has been persistently
.. 8#"at?r demanding that Postandenberg
master General Farley
either resign from the cabinet or
give up his chairmanship <?f the Demo
crime uuuonai committee. in line
with this his bill would prohibit the
postmaster general from holding any
political office.
The Michigan senator said he had
written the bill after conferences with
the civil service commission and service
organizations within the Post
Office department. He predicted it
would have strong support from the
latter quarter.
By taking politics out of the department
and establishing a career
service, Vandenberg said, "the pavement-pounding
letter carriers may look
forward to ultimate graduation to the
high post of first assistant postmaster
general."
"Under this bill.'* ho added, "politics
and postal affairs at last are separated
as far as is possible in a
democracy. All local postmasters are <
put squarely under civil service with
emphatic and effective priorities given
to the 'postal grays' themselves.
"Existing postmasters are permitted
to serve out their present commissions.
Thereupon the vacancies are filled by
promotion from the service ranks.
Only In the event that no such person ,
is available?ami we anticipate that
this contingency would not arise other
than in some of the smallest offices?
can the vacancy be filled otherwise
than by promotion." i
SEVERAL high ranking officers in |
the army and War department of- i
ficials. as yet unnamed, are involved <
in a scandal concerning the awarding j
of department claims and contracts,
and Secretary of War Dern has ordered
an investigation. One officer Is
suspected of having accepted bribes |
for swelling claims and another of ,
having supplied valuable contract In- 1 ,
formation in return for a loan from a
lobbyist. I
This was revealed In the final report
of the subcommittee of the house
military affairs committee investigating
War department transactions.
The report also discloses that Its i
recommendation in a preliminary report
last June for the removal of Ma J.
Hen. Benjamin P. Uoulois. chief of the
army air corps, has been turned over j
to the inspector general of the army.
This is the usual step preliminary to i
placing such a matter before a military
tribunal, the report states.
Foulois is not one of the men under
suspicion. The preliminary re- j
port charged him with "misconduct
and gross inefficiency" after an inquiry
into the disastrous management
of the air mail by the army early In
the year.
IN THE opinion of Federal Judge
Merrill E. Otis of Kansas City,
code price fixing under the XKA Is illegal
and congress has not the power
either to fix prices or to authorize the
President to do so, even in transactions
undoubtedly a part of interstate
commerce. His decision was given In
denying a temporary injunction
sought by the government against the
operators of the Sutherland Lumber
cdmpany. which maintains yards in
Oklahoma. Iowa and Nebraska.
Ambassador hirosi saito
handed to Secretary of State Hull
Japan's formal denunciation of the
Washington naval treaty, and at about
the same time the American delegates
to the naval conversations in London
sailed for home. The treaty remains
in effect until the end of 1936, but it
is the hope of the Japanese that a new
pact will be signed, giving them global
parity with the United States and
Great Britain Instead of the existing
5-5-3 ratio.
STILL hoping that President Roosevelt
will take notice of the opinions
of business men for which he
called, the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States now recommends
that the national recovery act be rei
- ? ?.
Frances Perkins was the especial oh- ?l
Ject of his attack. Using such harsh ^
words as "fraud" and "intrigue." Mr. ^
Tinkhnm accused Secretary Perkins of
employing "conteraptihle trickery" in
urging adoption of the resolution.
Mr. Tinkham quoted the labor secre- (>
tary as saying that the international la- i(
bor organization. "Is not even now an lm
integral part of the League or Nations.
and membership in the organization
does not imply affiliation with the C
league." lie continued: ^
"This statement Is the grossest per- sei
version of the truth. It is squarely 'an
contrary to the facts?facts established
by an indelible record, the treaty of yi
Versailles. The statement contained ifi
In the letter of the secretary of labor
was Intended to deceive. The secretary
know that the congress of the
United States was opposed to entry Ml
into the League of Nations and would
not vote for entry knowingly. Entry ^
svas therefore made surreptitiously (^1
and fraudulently.
"Article of the treaty of Versallies
states:
" 'The international labor office shall
be established at the seat of the to
League of Nations as part of the or- thi
ganizatlon of the league.* foi
"This audacious intrigue to have the all
CLited States enter the League of Na- all
tions by way of one of the organs of
the league is to he followed by an at- \y
tempt to have the United States enter tin
another of its organs, the Permanent Lc
Court of International Justice of the a
League of Nations, this subsequently tG
to be followed by a proposal of full rei
membership in the League of Nations.
Thus, the independence of the United pG
States will be destroyed, the will of the tj?
American people thwarted, and the its
United States inevitably involved in ca
the next European conflict." jer
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PROSECUTION and defense attor- St;
ueys completed their preparations foi
for the trial of Bruno llauptmann on na
the charge of murdering the Lindbergh fo:
baby, and the little (
town Flemington.
N. J., was a busy jn
place. The names of fo
4S veniremen were g > iea
drawn for exnmina- pHf mF
tion as Jurors, and the 1* JE Jy
sensation over the \
mailing of a satire on
the Lindbergh case to a
150 prospective jurors P*
died down. C. Lloyd Jgt JH
Fisher, defense connsel,
said he would not r"no Jc
ask for a new panel. auptmann 0f
Betty Gow, the nurse who put the ^
Lindbergh baby to bed the night he
was kidnaped and killed, arrived from
Scotland on the liner Aquitania and al
went at once to the Morrow home in tr
Englewood. N. J., to await her call as w
one of the state's star witnesses. She m
declined to talk to reporters, but posed
for cameramen. There was a report
that Miss Gow might remain in this ci
country and take up her former job re
in the Lindbergh household. She had S<
acted as nurse for Jon. second son gt
born to the Lindberghs, until she returned
to Scotland several months ago. to
Hauptroann seemed calm as the H
time for his ordeal approached, and be
ate a hearty Christmas dinner. Mrs. pi
Hauptmann. who moved from the t?
Bronx to Flemington to be near her
husband, made a radio appeal "to the T
people of the country to wait until u
The Cherokee See
placed by new legislation to take fed- tl
eral regimentation ont of business, fc
The expression of the organization
followed a tabulation of a referen- m
dum vote of the commercial and trade n;
organizations In its membership. S
The business group declared itself m
for revision by the coming congress bi
after a weighing of experiences under tl
he present stringent regulatory laws.
By an overwhelming majority mem- y
bers voted that the NItA. the en- 1
abling act of the National Recovery 8\
administration, should not be continued
or extended. t(1
As its foremost declaration mem- Cf
bers of the association agreed that in- (j,
dustry should formulate its own rules p,
of fair competition and that the government's
part should be confined to ja
approval or veto.
Further the association's member- Tj
ship expressed Itself strongly against w
intrastate regulation of the NBA as cr
evolved through the various state legIslatlve
enactments supporting the ..
VRA nr
("^.EOROE H. TINKHAM. the heard- \v
ed and sharp-tongued representative
from Massachusetts, has revived
the controversy over the League of ?
Nations with an as- f
sertion that the Unit- m,
ed States is being (o
WKBSr.., * Slinnpd Intrt tht? Ipahip ?
Mill through the back door.
X j He says the Joint res t
' WL*\ J ?lutI?n adopted in the W(
K r - *' J ,ast few <Jn-vs the In<
Seventy-third con- co
gress. making the
United States a mem^
her ?* lhe International
labor organiza- .
*cr?tary tion was the first of
er ms a contemplated series
of moves designed to put the United jn)
ciuiro i'|tiiit iiiiii in*- iviiniir, *vntrary
to the wishes of the people and ^
of congress, and Secretary of Labor ..
ilea on ny me nations involved to
ul ourselves to enforce the compact,
lis means war upon the United 1
ates by the natious we threaten to
rce to obedience, or war from the
tions we refuse to aid in the enreement.
"To the United States nothing: but
il and danger awaits our entrance
to any international contract with
reign nations preparing for war on
ch other."
VHEN Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau recently commended
. public spirited citizen" for renting
the activities of income tax
nsultants. he was alluding to Thomas
, McCarter. president of the New
:rsey Public Service corporation and
the Edison Electric institute. Mr. j
cCarter gave testimony before a
istrict of Columbia grand jury and }
at body returned an indictment |
gainst four persons, two of them
easury employees. They are charged |
5th conspiracy to defraud the govern- !
ent.
Those named in the indictment were: [
John W. Hardgrove, formerly asso- |
ate chief conferee of the Internal
'venue bureau, who was dismissed by |
?cretary Morgenthau after an investlition.
Henning R. Nelson, formerly an audl?r
in the bureau, dismissed along with j
ard grove.
Frank B. Nelson of New York city,
racticing privately as a tax consul
int.
Richard E. Callaghan. also of New
ork, associated with McEihlU I* the
ix consulting business.
mt, Murphy, N. C., Thu
ley hear every side of the story bfr
>re they condemn him."
She reiterated her belief that Haupt- 1
lann had nothing to do with the kidaping
of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
he repeated her story that Hauptlann
had waited for her at a Bronx
ikery where she worked the night of
le kidnaping and had taken her home.
T IS reported in Washington that
the federal communications oommison
will recommend to congress a law
tat will permit the merger of all wire,
legraph, cable and wireless services
mtrolled by American interests, and
tat it has the tacit approval of the
resident.
Waiving the antitrust laws, the legistion
would make the following commies
eligible to join: International
?lephone and Telegraph company,
hich controls the Postal Telegraph
mpany; R. C. A. Communications,
c., and Western Union. I. T. A T.
erates also in both the field of cable
id radio, the It. C. A. radio networks
read to about forty countries and
estern Union, besides its great teleaph
system, has a wide cable service.
lOPE PIUS XI is not optimistic concerning
world peace. In his Christis
eve address, delivered according
custom to the cardinals resident in
une. tne Holy Patner said that "the
unor of war spreads ever farther,
d he urged the world to pray and
>rk for peace. "We see a constant
crease In warlike arms." the pope
ntinued.
"This Is a distracting element In
ilch the spirit seems to have no part,
e are on the eve of a day when the
avens resound with the hymns of ,
gels calling for peace on earth,
'ver has the chant had more reason
r being than today."
King George, in a radio address to
parts of the British empire, was a
tie more cheerful. He adjured his
eoples beyond the seas" to rememr
that they all belonged to one great
rally.
President Roosevelt's brief Christis
talk was addressed especially to
? citizens of America, calling for
nurage and unity." for greater hapless
and the improvement of human
lfare.
EXATOR JAMES HAMILTON
LEWIS of Illinois, chairman of the
aate committee on foreign relations
d a veteran in international eonferences.
has set forth
n ylpw concerning
- treaties for disarmament
or reduction of
armaments that will
meet with the npJflPy
If proval of many of his
4 fellow citizens, though
.J they are sharply at
J variance with those
v ^ Jjji of the administration.
*firf * Ml IIe evidently is glad
the Washington naval
na or ewis 1>act js dying, owing
the action of Japan, and he says
at in future the United States must,
r its own sake, remain aloof from
1 such agreements, because they are
nost certain to embroil us in war.
Addressing the National Forum in
ashington. Senator Lewis declared
e recent naval conversations in
indon succeeded only in designing
"chart of death to men. destruction
nations." and he warned against the
newal of the Washington treaty.
"Plain it must be," Senator Lewis
inted out. "that should we enter
s deal, and it is disobeyed by any of
parties, the United States must be
r?day, January 10, 1935
Manure Dressing
Proves Good Plan
Wheat Yields Increased and
the Following Hay Crop
Will Be Larger.
By Earl E. Barnes. Agronomist. Ohio Agricultural
Experiment Station.?WNU Service. ]
Top-dressing wheat with manure in
the winter has proved very beneficial tj(
to wheat and to the new seeding. of
From this practice benefits to the fol- af]
lowing corn crop also may be expected.
according to the results of fln
experiments on seven county and dls- .
trict experiment farms in Ohio.
In the experiments the corn and
wheat also received broadcast applica- ..
ttons of 200 to 300 pounds of 20 per
cent superphosphate, and during the of
winter before the land was plowed ^
for corn, eight tons of manure were
applied. The amount of top dressing
given the wheat averaged 4*4 tons of
manure an acre. *aj
Over a five-year period the winter
applications of manure on wheat Dn
caused six bushel increases In yield. fr<
The hay crop following the wheat 11,1
was boosted almost half a ton rn fh?
acre. Increases in eastern Ohio were
. ... - .? - I #ai
cwumuciiiuiy mrger uiuu ill western ?
Ohio. lh<
The effect on the corn crop, it Is 001
estimated from an experiment conducted
at Wooster, Is to produce a et*
yield 85 to 00 per cent as large as wa
when the manure Is applied to the m<
sod to be plowed down for corn.
This method of using manure offers we
protection to the wheat from heaving ,m
during the late winter and early ,ei
spring, and furnishes the much needed lor
nitrogen In the spring when rapid
growth of the wheat plant demands it.
In dry springs It also aids greatly wc
in conserving moisture in the soil inj
near the surface, a condition which is inj
almost sure to lead to an excellent go
stand of clover. bo
An application of manure on wheat off
Is a fundamental soil treatment on Lo
farms where difficulty is encountered bu
1n getting a good stand of grass and dn
clover. in<
tw
Badly Weathered Hay Is a
Not Best for Dairy Herd as
At the federal experimental farm at in
Beltsvile. Md.. cows have been kept
continuously on grain and hay rations. 1
with no pasture for a period of seven ^
years. These cows have maintained
their health, productiveness and re ,IH
productive capacity Just as well as jn
cows that had access to pasture dur so,
ing the summer, in all experiments in ..j|
which green. No. 1 hay was used. Al- cit
falfa was used in most of the expert- ! wj
ments, but in one case U. S. No. 1 ! y0
timothy was fed. and no bad results an
of any kind were noriced However. 1
where poor quality. No. 3 timothy was j ne
fed. the cows fell off in milk yield, i rjt
and many of the calves were horn dead. | n,j
The green hay seems to give good re jjt
suits because of its high vitamin-A con- te]
tent. Badly weathered hay lias lost nu
much of its vitamin-A, and so is not ' xvj
satisfactory as a feed for dairy cows. CQ
loj
Lime Content of Soil mi
Lime content of tlie soil usually de rc
termines the type of forage that can
be grown, according to the agronomy
department at the Ohio State unlver tu
any. Annua can no grown only on j on
soils which contain a natural supply In
of lime or which have boon liberally of
limed. Iled clover does well on soils
which have received one-half to two : ho
thirds the liine applications necessary t ru
to prepare them for alfalfa. Alsikt- a
and timothy establish themselves with .sa
difficulty on very acid soils unless ma- j si:
nure has been used liberally. Blue sq
grass pastures will thrive on soils ex
whose lime content is satisfactory for on
red clover if fertilizer needs are supplied.
ex
Packing Citrus Fruits in
The best grades ot all the citrus co
fruits, says the bureau of agricultural of
economics, are very carefully sorted
at the packing houses, washed, pol- ac
ished, wrapped In paper, and packed ly
In crates for shipment. Such fruit nn
rates a higher retail price because of th
its fine appearance, due to the care th
and labor expended on it, but it Is not
in any way Improved In flavor. Or- all
anges are often attractively packed in W
open mesh bags holding one or two di:
dozen oranges so that the housewife 00
can see the condition and size of what ov
she is getting, and buy In small quan- 00
tities, avoiding waste. to
w<
Trees Cut Swiss Soil Erosion
Probably nowhere U the value of
trees In the prevention of aoll erosion "v
and shifting recognized more keenly
than In Switzerland, where mountain
slides are a constant menace. Foe
this reason the forest laws of Hint
country are very stri-t. Every precaution
Is taken to # erve masses of
trees that mlgh> . as natural ram- to
parts, and It is illegal for a resident m<
to fell a tree, even on his own prop pn
erty. without govnerment consent
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
A Long Swim
Money Flows West
$5 for $3.39
Not So Barren
The new year. 1935, latest contrlbu>n
of Father Time to the long chain
beads called "eternity/' is here,
id we are in it.
We shall continue to read opinions
d rumors, plans and criticism of
ins, in our slow progress to prosrlty's
shore. It is a long swim when
u are thrown overboard in the mida
of Lake Superior. This country
is thrown overboard in another lake
superior prosperity and unlimited
pectatlons back in 1929.
Farmers, newspapers devoted to the
raters' interest, big bankers of the
ist. are interested in the fact that
e money tide that for so long flowed
>m producers in the West to accumitors
in the Fast, is now flowing in
p other direction.
The money tide cooa on* ?
<= wnaiu luo
rri!2 of v. iir.at laiaers ana stock, in
? West and Middle West, and to the
tton farmers In the South. It Is as
>ugh the Great Lakes had been tiltupward
at the eastern end, and the
iters sent rushing toward the Rocky
nintains.
The tide will not tlow long in that
'Stern direction, probably. Men that
ve the mortgages and collect the Invest
accumulate the money. In the
lg run.
Long ago, a man wagered that he
?uld stand on London bridge ofTer?
genuine gold sovereigns for a shill5
each and find few takers. The
Id sovereigns were genuine, but nody
would buy. Mel Smith, a circus
iclal called "Lucky" Smith, bet that
s Angeles citizens would refuse to
y genuine $5 bills for $3.39. Huneds
walked by. looked at the genu?
bills. Some cried "Fake!" Only
o purchased. "Lucky" Smith won
$100 wager.
Many Americans wish they had heen
skeptical about certain stock back
1929.
The distinguished George W. Rus11
of Ireland, who signs his writings
E," says, "I am always struck by
a terrible barrenness of rural life
America." He thinks we must "And
me way to enrich It." and If we don't,
len the disease which destroyed nn?nt
Italy will eat Into America. You
11 no longer feed yourselves, and
u will be struck with palsy of bread
<1 circuses."
Mr. Russell may find greater richss
In Irish farmhouses, but it is a
dmess of the character and of the
nd, not of surroundings. There is
tie barrenness about, other than inllectual,
in our rural life with its
toinobile. radio, moving pictures
thin easy reach, rural delivery, porlain
bath tubs, mail order catarues,
prayer meetings, revivals, anlal
circus, the public library, soon
ached by automobile.
Next summer our ships of war, "venring
almost to Oriental waters." will
gage in lar-tUiug war games coverg
more than f>.oOO,OOU square miles
the Pacific ocean.
How interesting that will be, and
t\v rapidly those ships would come
nning home to hide away in port if
few large bombing planes should
il out from Asia, from Tokyo or Rusi's
Vladivostok, over those 5,000,000
uare miles of the Pacific, and drop
plosive bombs and poison gas bombs
i the battleships!
Geological explorers from the Byrd
pedition, near the South pole, report
iportaDt veins ol mineral quartz, diavered
In mountains along the coast
Marie Byrd Land.
If the geologists should bring back
tual samples rich in gold, how quickmen
would tind a way to reach those
ountatns, how indifferent to death
ey would be in the effort to get
ere!
We have piled up In Washington
ready $8,000,000,000 worth of gold,
nat would happen If Ryrd should
scover a mountain containing $1,000.0.000,000
in gold? That would be
erdoing It. for Instantly our $8,000.0,000
In gold would shrink In value
almost nothing, and the gold metal
>nld he only metal, not precious.
A wise motto of earlier davs was:
V'hen In doubt, refrain/'
In Russia and other countries where
e will of one takes the place of slow
cisions by the majority, the maxim
ads:
"When in doubt, shoot."
Moscow reports 14 more executed
avenge the killing of Sergei Kirov,
nking 117 lives taken to expiate that
e murder.
0k King Fwtnrn Syndicate. lee.
WNU Service.
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