Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

| henchmen. It will be recalled that
Rykov recently resigned as president
of the Council of Peoples Commfssars
of Russia (proper).
49, ~ 4
UNITED STATES.-It viii be re-
called that the conferees of House and
Senate rejected the debenture plan
which the Senate voted into the agri-
| cultural marketing or Farm Board bill
| and that the House accepted the con-
/, ference report. But on June IL the
Senate, insisting on the debenture plan
| rejected the report, 46 to 43, and re-
| turned the bill to conference. The
President thereupon issued q statement
adversely criticizing the Senate's action
mo matter" says the President, what
the theory of the export subsidy may
be, in the practical world we live in
1t will not bring equality, but will bring
will bring immediate profits TO some
spectators and disaster to the farmer
On, June IS the House voted separately
J on the debenture plan and rejected it.
| $50 to 113, and on the 14th the Sen
ate backed down, and by ~ to 9
acQuiesced In elimination of the
debenture feature. The President signed
the bill yesterday.
Both House and Senate having ap-
| combination bill providing for census
| In 1880 and for reapportionment of the
| House, the bill has gone to the Prest-
| dent.
Dwight Braman. financier and en-
| gineer, is dead. Last Winter be In
corporated in France company fol-
realization of his plan to reclaim
considerable area of the Desert oil
Sahara.
The magnificent regional plan OF New
! York and its environs has just been
completed by the regional planning
| committee. It presents guiding pro-
gram covering region with radius
of so miles from city hall. Manhattan
and expected to have a population Of
20 millions by 1865; district OF POE
| square miles-that Is, somewhat larger
than Connecticut. 1t proposes to &c
away with the present congestion and
| to provide adequate breathing spaces.
| Fairgrounds, aviation fields, ETC., all
with solicitous regard to convenience,
health and beauty.
NOTES.-Trial by court-martial has
been taking place Of 40 Spanish artil-
| lery officers involved in the mutiny al
Ciudad Real last January.
The experiment of the royal dictator
ship in Jugoslavia is being watched by
the world with a great deal OF interest
It is too soon, however, besides that
our information is sufficiently meager,
to form an assured Judgment as to
whether or no that experiment. is
justifying itself. A good deal of dis
satisfaction is reported, especially
among the Croats; but that would
naturally be so, whatever the virtues or
dement's of the experiment. The die
tatorship has not conciliated the conf
dence Of the international bankers to
the point of being able to procure
very greatly needed foreign loan.
Admiral KondouTaotis has been re-
elected President of Greece by the
Greek Senate and Chamber IN joint
session.
Reports to the effect that the Turkish
government proposes to order several
new warships In Italy has caused the
Greek government to decide on ordering
several fast destroyeB in France. One
hears. moreover, that Venizelos has In
mind trebling the strength of the Greek
navy. Little-creeited dispatches declare
that Soviet troops have invaded Man
churia Gin reprisal for raids by the
Manchurian government on Russian
consulates In Manchuria). Generally
credited dispatches state that the Soviet
forces on the Siberian frontier march
ing into Manchuria have been con-
siderably strengthened.