The Washington times., 1930-03-12

united. sugar was the ir1sidiouS
inaredieut which Srnashed the
coalition. through some form
Of political legerdemain, the ori'
gin Of which has not yet been
disclosed, six or eight OF the Sen.
ate ProRreSsives were whipped
into line on this pivotal tariff
scnedtiIe. with the result that the
hich duties desired BY the odd
GuardefS' scored victory 70 the
tune Of che who laughs last
laughs best"
Then followed cement, and an.
other victory for the retuvenated
firm Of Smoot, Watson, Bingham
& Co. Now it is anticipated that
ali the earlier victories scored by
the coalition ON oil, lumber,
leather and other important
schedules will be reversed, and
that the bill, when finally en-
acted by the Senate, viii be
typical high tariff measure, not
greatly dissimilar to the measure
which was passed by the House
six months ago.
DIRECTLY following the declara-
ton Of President Hoover that the
stress Of unemployment would be
greatly lessened within the next
60 days, there were tndisputable
indications that the Chief Execu.
tive knew whereof he spoke.
From many industrial centers
there come reports Of revival Of
activity, and the Administration
has announced general increase
in its construction program for
the coming fiscal year, including
Washington in its scope. The
steel and automobile industries,
always good barometerS Of bust.
ness conditions, reveal q steady
trend back to normal in output.
Washington did not deal harshly
with the misguided young Com.
munists who staged q demonstrar
ton In front Of the White House
last week. In keeping with
President Hoover's policy, the local
courts declined to make martyrs
out Of them. Two were fined for
diSorderly conduct, but most OF the
youths were released.
In New York there Is different
method Of dealing with those
who take their cue from Russia.
There is movement on foot to
effect the deportation Of all alien
Communists, under warrant from
the Labor Department. 49,
Police Commissioner Grover A.
Whalen has begun to line up
the various industrial executives
against the Communists. He has
furnished them with a list of 800
So-called labor agitators," and
has obtained an agreement from
them to discharge the men or
not to employ them In the future.
The new Haitian commission
has encountered its first dose Of
real trouhle-it has found that
the word Of President Borno is
highly flexible. After it had OBJ.
tanned an agreement from him to
permit the setting up Of q pro-
vistonal government and the call
ing Of legislative elections, it
found yesterday morning that he
had back-tracked on the entire
arrangement.
The commission Is now consid-
ering an ultimatum to be given to
Borno, who, in Jumping the traces,
has upset the entire harmony
scheme worked out by the commits
sion. There is danger that the
leaders Of the opposition, believ-
ing themselves double crossed, may
decide to take matters in their
own hands in q revolutionary out
break,
DR.. Frederick A. Cook has been
released from Leavenworth peni.
tentiary and faces the world with
$50 in his pocket. He has arrived
at Chicago, paroled after serving
five years Of O l4-year sentence
for fraudulent use Of the mails.
1 A@AS "OA4A oOAAk 4CAI1SIA1pEES t1lS
day-September 2, 1909, to be ex.
act--when DR.. Cook returned
from a polar expedition to an.
nounce that he had discovered the
North Pole. Grave doubt was cast
upon his story, however, by his
lack Of adequate proof, and the;
return Of Peary, q few weeks
later. with scientific background
Tor his claim that he had reached
the top of the earth, relocated DR..
Cook to the background as q faker
and 9 Munchausen.
Rear Admiral Byrd and his
party, after IL months of explore
tiop in the Antarctic, in which he
negotiated an airplane flight over
the South Pole, has reached Dun.
edin, New Zealand, on his Way
northward to civilization. He win
remain at this port for q week or
more, and will then proceed to
New York via the Panama Cana.
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