The Carbon County news., 1931-08-27
Taken by the Helms News Service

executive director of the Republi-
can National Committee, in which
the latter discussed the debt mora
torium.
John J. Raskob, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
returned on the Acquitania from a
week end cruise to Halifax. He
refused to comment on reports
that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
was on the verge of break with
Tammany Hall. "I never have
anything to say on the subject of
presidential candidates." he told
reporters smilingly. Later in the
week Mr.. Raskob will go to his
summer home, at Centerville, Md.
Interest in the question of a
call for an extra session of Con-
gress was intensified here by a
letter of Governor Clifford Pin
chot, of Pennsylvania, to President
Hoover, urging an extra session
to consider relief measures and by
still more vigorous move to force
the convening of Congress eman-
atlng from Representative Wright
Patman, Democrat of Texas. Rep
resentative Patman, who has come
to national notice by advocating
payment now of the soldiers bon
us certificates, sent a night letter
to the Representative of twenty
three states calling on them to
assemble in Washington not later
than September IA. He proposes
in the first place appeal to Presi-
dent Hoover and, in case of a re-
fusal to call Congress together, to
hold open forum meetings daily
in Washington to consider the
problems confronting the country.
Such meetings, it is apparent,
would be for the purpose of fore
ing the hand of the the executive.
President Hoover will have laid
before him soon the results of the
latest effort of Federal Depart
ments to enforce rigid economy in
Government operation. Cabinet
members and agency chiefs have
submitted to the Bureau of Budget
reports on the amount of money
remaining from appropriations for
preceding years and for the pres
ent fiscal year along with esti-
mates of current needs. In MAX
ing these reports, Government Of
ficials are carrying out Mr.. Hoo
ver's request to reduce expendi-
lures where possible in view off the
declining Federal revenues and the
large Treasury deficit.
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President Hoover received as
surances that public utilities will
expend $600,000,00O for new CON
struction this year, in addition to
such other contributions the indus
try may make in relieving the &C.
onomic stress.
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The recommendations of the in
ternational bankers at Basel for
revision of the war debts and rep
aratlons agreement were regarded
IN Administration circles as un-
fortunately premature. Coming
at this time, they found Washing
ton as unprepared as ever to be-
come party to a conference for
a reexamination of the problem.
In fact Administration spokesmen
based their unwillingness to dis
cuss the matter publicly solely on
the ground that the Basel meeting
was one of bankers and did not
represent the governments in any
respect. In any circumstances, it
was pointed out, the United States
had no official representation at
Basel.
The huge surplus of govern
ment-oWned wheat would be made
available for food relief under
plan suggested by Samuel R. Nc
kelvie, former wheat representa-
tive of the Federal Farm Board
The plan, Mr.. McKelvie said,
would effect economy in relief ex-
penditures and at the same time
help dispose of the 200,000,000
bushels surplus. 81 have insisted
all along" he said, "that for the
good of all parties, most of all the |
farmer, the sooner stabilization
supplies of wheat are disposed of,
he better. The opportunity is at
land."
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Until the price levels for cotton
improve, the Federal Farm Board,
trough its affiliated cooperative
associations, will lend planters
ums on all cotton deliveries up
o l cent a pound less the current
rice. This plan was agreed on