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The Washington times., 1932-11-19
BOY
RETURNS HOME
UNDER CLOUD
Away IL Days, Treated Well
BY CaptOrS, No Ransom
Paid; Police Wonder

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 G.N.S0.
Paul Marciante, who was kidnapped
has been returned, but under a
cloud. ......
The 10-year-old crippled lad,
who was torn from his aunt's side
IL days ago, told a tale SO clueless
it practically had no meaning
when he turned up last night at
his uncle's house.
All Being GrilIed
Police, dissatisfied, refused to
allow him to go home. Paul spent
the night at the Children's So
ciety Shelter, and he and his
parents were being grilled today
by the district attorney.
Paul said he had been spirited
away in an automobile by three
men, all named Jake" who put
gauze over his eyes so he would
not see where he was going. He
related that he had spent the IL
days in a two.room apartment;
that he ate well. was treated kind
ly, and played "rummy" with his
abductorS.
. Kept It Secret
He offered no explanation Of a
letter reputed to have been sent
to Vincenzo Marciante, his father
which the father did not report
to the police until seven days
after he received it.
And his father says no ransom
ever was asked or paid.
A policeman said:
"It doesn't make sense. If
he really was kidnapped, they
must have got something out
of it or he would not be back.
I think he has been told not
to talk"
Paul appeared untroubled and
at ease when he left the shelter
for the district attorneys office
OF course, he told attendants, he
wished he were going home. He
had heard his mother was III
with worry about him.
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! rAlways Well Supplied With Money,
: Stranger Aroused TOwn'S Curiosity

The curiosity of the townspeo.
pie concerning the stranger in
their midst was aroused by the
fact that he appeared to have
plenty of money and that. he, re-
ceived a Florida newspaper at his
boarding house daily. When
solPs s1ns TssEs asiEsG1s sselHDil lHDilfIbt I4BB
Robins replied: ~ .....
Cup Kentucky way.".
The circumstance that he con-
stantly read a Florida newspaper
can be explained by the fact that
Colonel Robins maintained homes
both in Florida and in Maine. 1t
was his staunch resistance to the
activities Of rum-1unners along
the Florida coast that inspired his
wife to fear that bootleggers
might have kidnapped and harmed
him.
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Hoover, created a countrywide
sensation when it became known
on September 8.
AL the forces Of the Federal
Government were swung immedi.
ately into a search for the dry
crusader, a personal friend Of the
President. In addition, friends
of Robins throughout New Eng
lond and the Midwest and Off
cials of dry organizations started
individual Investigations.
200 Agents in Search
The first theory followed both
by authorities and Robins friends
was that he had been kidnapped
because Of his activities in behalf
of prohibition enforcement.
A weltsr Of ''clues" and "tips'
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: The nearby mountains are
laden with minerals and Colonel
Robins rediscovered an old pur-
Z suit Of his youth, prospecting.
2 One Of the roles he has occupied
during his varied, venturesome
career was that of prospectcr in
the days of Alaska's Klondike
;, gold rush. "'etz ms ~
Together with the villagers Of
Whittier, Raymond Rogers"
would go into the mountains fre
quently to prospect for metals,
. the sheriff related.
" Curiosity Aroused
" Once when he hiked into the
hills alone just a few days ago
he came back the next day,
:. lin1ping. He had sprained a knee
and told his friends of the town
that he was forced to spend the
night in an Indians cabin.
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newcomer took an active part in
the political campaign in the
community, townsfolk said. He
delivered speeches in support Of
President Hoover, the Republican
party, and prohibition.
Sheriff s. r. Patterson COM
mented:
Gle was a right good spieler,
too"
Far from being a man Of mys.
terry, Colonel Robins, during his
sojourn at Whittier, was fre.
quently seen and heard by the
residents of the town. He took
daily walks into the mountains
of Western North Carolina and
his outdoor exercising apparently
benefited him, for his nephew
said Colonel Robins had gained
about is pounds since his dis.
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president Is Glad Col. Robins Has Been
Found" OnlyWhite House Statement

that he had been kidnapped or
killed by bootleggers or rum.run.
ners, which was one of many
theories advanced by his relatives
and friends.
In rapid succession three high
ly romantic kilograms from Pitts.
burgh reached the White House
press room this morning. A
gentleman who signed himself
Reginald We're de We're, in charge
of kidnapping, Bootleggers' Ma.
tional Headquarters" insisted
that he still held Col. Raymond
Robins, captive and denounced
the man found in Tennessee as
an impoSter.
They follow:
with deep resentment, Boot
leggerS' National Headquarters
denies, yes denOunces, alleged
discovery Of Raymond Robins
in eastern Tennessee. When we
kidnap such important persons
they remain kidnapped. This
overall guy Is undoubtedly an
impOSter. He is probably q
Communist. If he is the real
Raymond, we will have to Kid
nap him again in order to keen
the entire prohibition staff busy
hunting the bird"
No. 2 Said
"Please reiterate our assertion
this Tennessee guy is an i'm.
poster. Have just interviewed
our captive again and he saws
he will lick this Smoky Noun.
tain tramp If he keeps on talk.
ing. Our professional pride is
aroused. We insist that we are
right and do not wish the
public to be misled or confused
on so important a subject.
Please handle this properly"
The final message read:
"We never threaten and al.
ways endeavOr to maintain good
relations with the press. How.
ever, our reputation is at stake.
We must demand that you cor.
rect errOneO impression
created by this mornings dis
patches. We insist we still have
in captivity the original none
such. Our business is being
hurt by the report that our Kys-
tenn has broken down."
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Boy Saw Robins Picture in Paper;
Now He's Hero of Mountain Town

( WHITTIER, N. c., Nov. 19
! U.N.SO.-Carl Fisher, slim, freck.
led. 12-year-old mountain youth,
was the hero today of this noun
stain hamlet that is all a-hubble
over its greatest sensation since
! the Yanks marched through.
For Carl did what all the COM
hined law forces Of nation and
State we're unable to do. Carl
found the missing Col. Raymond
Robins, prohibition advocate and
friend of President Hoover.
Saw Picture In Papers
It was quite a piece of sleuth-
ing, too, but Carl, you see, is a
Boy Scout and his upbringing
back here in the Carolina hills
has trained him since infanthood
to be observant. He explained:
81 just saw a picture in the
papers Of Colonel Robins and /
. said to myself: why, that's Mr..
Robins
It wasn't that easy, though,
for the published photographs
Of the 62-year-old prohibitionist
were clean shaven.
Robins, during his stay in Whit
der, puttering around the noun
tains prospecting" and accom-.
panying the boys and girls of
, the Whittier Methodist Church
on Sunday School picnics, grew
Q heavy beard.
He habitually wore a pair of
tattered blue overalls and a worn
hat.
Carl didn't say anything to
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The President is glad that
Colonel Robins, has been found
safe and alive"
This statement by one of Presi-
dent Hoover's secretaries today
constituted the only White House
observation on the finding of
Col. Raymond Robins, dry cru.
sader. First reports that Robins
was located were denied last night
by White House secretaries.
No further information was
forthcoming from the White
House. When and how Mr.
Hoover was advised of his friends s
safety was not disclosed. When
the first reports of his being found
were received in Washington last
night, White House secretaries de-
MED having any knowledge of it.
One official stated that all the
knowledge that has come to the
White House has been CLEANED
from newspaper reports.
Dry Unit To Investigate
/ A special officer Of the Pro-
hibitidn Bureau will be sent to
Asheville today to "clear up the
case," according to Howard T.
Jones, deputy commissioner.
Jones said the first tip the
prohibition authorities had that
Robins might be in North Caro-
lima came in the form of a letter
from resident of Whittier whom
he did not name. Many such
letters have been received in the
past few months, but investiga-
ton always disclosed that the tips
they contained were of no value.
Report Denied at First
Government agents were put on
the case soon after Robins diSap-
peared in September while sup
posedly en- route to Washington
for a conference with President
Hoover.
At first the Department of JUS
tice and the secret service took
part in the hunt in addition to
Federal prohibition agents, but
lately the search has been con.
Quoted entirely by the dry agents.
Government sleuths have been
/, confident from the outset that
Robins would eventually be found
They always discounted reports
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COL. ROBINS FOUND PROSPECTING NEAR ASH4EVLLE
TIP OF BOY COMPANION, T.,
! LEADS To DISCOVERY
Of DRY CRUSADER .

kept in the hotel under heavy
guard since a letter written to
Salmon Levinson, Chicago attor-
.ney and leader in the search, by
Carl Fisher, a 12-year-old school
boy, led to his identification.
Seven deputies held him in
communicate. His meals were
served in his room, q weather
boarded cubicle.
The reformer was clad in tat.
tered blue overalls and wore a
grimy, worn hat as he left the
hotel with his nephew and the
deputies. His face was covered
by a heavy grizzled beard. He
smiled but did not speak.
How Colonel Robins found his
way to this remote section of the
mountain country and what his
movements have been during the
past II weeks remained q mys-
terry,
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Russ Angle of Robins Disappearance
"s 'a:"t vos ss"'oF Found No pport From His Wife

Mrs. Robins also placed little
faith in a report, published a few
days after he was reported seen
in Chicago, that the colonel might
have been the victim of plotters
aroused by his advocacy of Amer
lean recognition Of the Soviet
government.
The report apparently had it's
roots in the fact that Robins
headed the American Red Cross
Commission in Russia in 1917
and 1918 and, while disapproving
of the Soviet theory Of govern
ment. expressed desire for rec
ognition of it by the United
States.
Police of Eastern seaboard
cities busted themselves running
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"Mr. Rogers" about it, he said.
Carl related:
"The paper said the President
was trying awfully hard to
find Colonel Robins. 1 started
to write President Hoover, but
1 saw the name Of q Chicago
lawyer in the story, SO 1 wrote
him and told him Colonel Rob-
inS was here.
"His nev'vy (nephew) came
here yesterday, and sure
enough it was him."
The youngster wrote Salmon
Levinson, Chicago attorney, a
leader in search for the missing
man.
No, Colonel Robins never gave
any hint of his past life to link
him with his true identity, Car
said. He added:
'He told us he was . coal
miner from Kentucky.
"He told us the swelIest stO-
ri'5, about adventures fighting
the Indians, and pirates on
ships, and that sort Of thing.
"He could cut the best whiS-
ties you ever saw, and he
thOwed us how to throw q dia-
mond hitch on q prOspectOr's
pack.
He had a good education,
1 could tell that, but he looked
ju"t like a bum.
But he was great scout,
and / hope they'll let him come
back to live here"
The Washington times., 1932-11-19
TYD|NGS B T T R
BILL READY IN
TEN DAYS
Maryland Senator Confident
Measure Will Pass; Heavy
Revenue Seen

Senator Millard E. Tydings CD
of Maryland is already drafting a
beer bill to submit to the coming
short session of Congress. 1t will
be ready within 10 days, and he
believes it will pass.
Basing his hope upon interpre.
ton of the word "liquors,' which
he claims was not intended to,
and does not, cover beer and wine,
he adds:
"The Eighteenth Amendment
prohibits the manufacture, sale,
possession and transportation
of alcoholic liquors. 1t uses the
word liquors and 1 don't be-
lieve, technically. that the word
liquor is broad enough to COM
prehend beer and wines. This
has never been before the Su-
preme Court"
Congress will be advised by its
own EXPERTS that the present un.
repealed tax on beer would yield
$500 900 900 during the first years
operation of a beer law, 1t was
learned today.
3 Cents a Pint Urged
If the tax is raised to the fig
ure proposed by the congressional
"wet blocs" last year, the estimat'
ed yield would be $3.50, 100000.
Although no formal figures are
ready for submission, the regular
congressional experts have given
these estimates to members OF
Congress based upon a survey OF
the past revenue yield OF beer.
When Congress outlawed beer
1t left on the statute books the
wartime tax rate of 2 cents a
pint. The tax urged by vets last
year was 3 cents a point.
Because of the growth OF the
country, it is estimated by the
experts that a larger market for
beer would be afforded than ex'
listed near the beginning OF ma,
tional prohibition.
Is States Were Wet
Before the wet reign ended,
there were IS wet States with a
population Of 55,OOO,00O. AS a
result of referendums in the re.
cent election and previous action
beer could be sold in States haV'
ing approximately 60,000,00O peo.
pie.
Reports reaching Washington
indicate that two or three more
ctates will legalize beer during
the coming winter, thus expand
ing the potential market.
Experts who studied the situa
ton point out that Great Britain
raised $346, 100000 taxes on beer
in 1881, with less than half the
population Of this country.
Senator McKellar CD Of Ten
nessee has announced that he
will support the Democratic wei
plank. He said he expected 8
beer bill to pass this winter.
Representative Huddleston O.)
of Alabama, who voted against
the prohibition amendment and Il
ready to vote for repeal, an
nounced that he would not sup
port any bill to legalize intoxicat
ing beer. He said that in his
opinion 275 per cent beer would
be intoxicating.
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Col. Robins Got No Mail at Whittier,
But Read Newspapers of ASheville

= Colonel Robins received no
! mail through the Whittier post.
office from the time he arrived
there from Kentucky" until his
Identification, Postmaster A. H
Gibbs told international News
! Service today.
DR.. H. w. Tigmarsh, of Whit,
tier. talked for the postmaster
while Gibbs stood at his elbow.
The postmaster, DR.. Tigmarsh
explained, was "a little hard of
hearing" and couldn't hear over
/. the phone. Gibbs said:
mo, Colonel Robins received
no mail, letters, or newspapers.
He never asked for mail"
Gibbs said the Colonel "read
the Asheville papers," but he
didn't believe he had seen him
with any Florida or New York
papers.
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allowed to see or speak with
Colonel Robins, but that he be
kept quiet and free from dis
turbances of all sorts.
Mrs. Robins is expected to
reach AshevilIe by motor this
afternoon, coming from her
home in Florida.
"Dr. Griffin states that II is
absolutely impossible to give a
correct diagnosis of the case
until after further observation"
/ KEPT UNDER GUARD
Colonel Robins was taken from
Bob McHan's frame hotel al
Whittier this morning. Dreier anc
three deputy prohibition agents
,motored there from Asheville.
The missing reformer had beer
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Lawyer Refuses to Give Out Letter
T.. Which Led to { oil. Robins Discovery

NEW YORK. Nov. 10 0.N.SJ.
A mysterious letter" contents of
which were held in strict conf
den e, led to the discovery Of
Raymond L. Robins, noted dry
leader, in a North Carolina ham,
let, Salmon LeVinson, Chicago at.
torney and friend Of Robins, said
today.
LevinSon declined to say when
he received the letter. where it
came from, or to hint at its reve-
lations. The Chicago attorney.
he said. pledged himself to
secrecy, to Mrs. Robins and rela-
tives.
DISAPPEARED Sept. 3
Disappearance of Colonel Rob.
ir1s on September 8, shortly after
he left the city club here to go
to WASHINGTON to visit President
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POPE Plus rior General
of the order; Mother Bernardo
of the TRANSPORTATION, and by
their chaplain, Don Giuseppe de
LuCa.
One of the oldest of the in
mates of the home read in
quavering notes the address for
himself and his fellows. He
said that they were too old
to work for the Holy Father
excep by prayer and they all
offered him that spiritual gift.
The Pope in reply said the
poor were the chosen of the
Lord during His life on earth
and therefore the Vicar Of
Christ is always the friend Of
the poor
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SENATOR JONES
DEAD At So
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CONTINUED from Page u
Gus during the recent campaign
that he was forced to abandon
several speeches.
Born in Illinois
Jones was born near Bethany,
ILL.,, October 8, 1863. He was
graduated from Southern Illinois
College, receiving a degree Of
bachelor of arts in 1885.
In the same year Jones was
admitted to the bar and moved
to Washington just before the
State was admitted to the Union.
He established his law office at
Yakima and began to practice
in 1890. moving to Seattle in
1917.
During the presidential cam
paign of 1884 Jones supported
Blaine, and in 1888 he cam
paigned for Harrison and since
that time had been active in
every presidential election.
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t q tor Of
S p ain, but
his view Of
the way to
operate a die
tatorship is
life re n t
from that Of
either MuSso-
lini or Stain.
He said in
an interview:
"The Rus
slams are no
better off and
their cOndi.
ton does not
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down numerous "tips" that the
dry crusader had been drowned,
or that he was being held by
Eastern rum smugglers.
The latest of these, given
comfortable credence for a time
and arousing authorities to new
efforts, came from Ralph Code,
held in Boston in connection
with an alleged SWindle.
To Boston police, Code related
how Robins had been kidnapped
by rum-runners, taken to sea; and
hurled to death in the Atlantic
about 40 miles off Montauk
Point, Long Island.
A checkup of the story, how
ever, led police to brand it false
and Code was said to have re-
tracted the tale.
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wrote many
plays or
Ell a n ora
Duse, is busy
writing. But
W h a t =? No
body knows
b u t himself.
He sh u t s
h m s elf up
for nights to-
gether in his
writing room
at his Lake
Garda Villa
and W rit e S
inceSSantly.
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tim to bootleggers against whom
he had crusaded.
The theory that Col. Robbins
was an amneSia victim gained
some support, but Mrs. Robins
secuted it, inclining to the belief
her husband had been kidnapped
because of his prohibition activi.
ties.
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followed the disclosure of his
disappearance. With more than
200. agents of the federal gov
ernrnent searching for the missing
man, he was reported seen in
Chicago by persons convinced"
of his identity. From Florida
came reports: he had fallen. vic
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disclosing Of
ficial secrets
in MS book
Greek Mem
ories."
The book
W h ! CHI was
W / t h d avn
from circula-
ton by gov
ernment or
der a few
hours after
p u b ! ication,
reveals that
Capt. Mans
fl e Id Cum
m in g, who
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meeting De-
tween Pope
Plus XI ana
$50 Of Rome's
poorest and
oldest here re-
Gently. They
we're accom-
panied by the
Roman con-
ting e n t Of
T h e Little
Sisters of the
Poor, with
their Mother
Superior, who
is also Supe-
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He receives "NN"1N"O
hardly any Of the hundreds OF
visitors who cali on him every
week.
When the writing fit is on
him, D'Annunzio has a meal
every 36 hours. Years ago, he
would write all night but have
a coffee machine in the room
and drink many cups. Now, he
takes nothing.
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PREMIER AZANA differ from
what it was under Peter the
Great"
This attitude has caused the
Communists, Syndicalists, and
Separatists Of Barcelona to re-
gard Senor Azana as their OPP
ponent. According to his theo-
ries, Spain must be modernized
along socialistic lines without
deserting capitalism.
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died in 1928, was the mysteri-
GUS Mister c." of the British
Secret Service during the war.
1t also prints hitherto un.
published diplomatic documents
and contains bitter attacks on
the, activities of the mysterious
Mister c." of the British
Secret Service in Greece, where
Mr.. Mackenzie served from
1915 to 1918.
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PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
D'Annunzio Writes, But
No One Knows What

ROME, Nov. 19 GN.S).
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, the 1tal-
ian poet and air ace, who lost
an eye in the world war and
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British Jail Novelist
For War Secret Expose

LONDON, Nov. 19.-Compton
Mackenzie, the novelist. has
been arrested on a charge Of
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of Novem"
Der II, $646,791, 1881; custom re-
ceipts, S15.424,536.49; expendt'
lures, Ss,7S9, 9,799.34.
CLEARrNGS
Richmond ~ .3A,e56, ,239 .Sa
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Oldest and Poorest
Received by Pope

ROME. Nov. 10 GN.S0-
Touching scenes marked q
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Azana Has Own Idea
About Dictatorships

MADRID, Nov. 19.-Premier
Azana has become virtual die.
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As Raymond Rogers" this
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-23
WILL OFFER CHICKS
TO BOYS AND GIRLS
Association of Commerce Will
Sponsor Project Among
ALI Clubs

Boys and girls in All clubs In
Burleigh county will receive $500 baby
chicks as part of the Bismarck AS
ISOLATION of Commerce program to
stimulate interest in purebred poul-
try, H. p. Goddard, secretary Of the
association announced Tuesday.
The project was given the approval
of the board of directors Of the organ
ization on recommendation of the
agricultural committee made up of
George Duemeland, B. o. Ward,
George Bird, j. p. Jackson, and H. O.
Putnam.
Under the plan IS chicks will be
allotted to each youngster making
application on blanks provided for
the purpose. At the time of the de-
livery Of the chicks in the spring,
three dollars will be collected from
each member contracting for birds
In the fall seven birds will be turned
back to the association to complete
the purchase price for the chicks.
The purpose of the plan. Goddard
said, is to interest the rural children
in the county in poultry-raising and
to increase the number of purebred
flcckS.
Five breeds of chicks will be avail
able. They are White Plymouth
Rocks, Barred Rocks. Buff Orping-
tons, White Wyandottes, and Rhode
Island Reds.
The plan met with noteworthy sue
cess last year, Goddard said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-23
SENATE COMMITTEE
APPROVES CARDOZO
congressman Listen to Attacks
BY Senators Brookhart
and Norris

washington, Feb. 23.-(P)-Plans
for recognizing the federal govern
mcnt to reduce expenditures went
forward in the house Tuesday as the
senate listened to an attack on the
motion picture industry by Senator
BroOkhart (R., Iowa..
Meanwhile, senate committee I'M
animously approved the nomination
of Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo of
New York to the supreme court. and
the Hale bill calling for a construc-
ton program to build the American
navy up to the limits of the London
treaty.
In the house the Douglas bill for
appointment of a committee to re-
port by April Is on ways of reducing
expenses was. approved 2l5 to g.
This legislation was brought to the
floor instead Of President Hoover'S
proposal to authorize him to reor-
ganize government bureaus for the
same end.
The senate later planned to con-
slider legislation to curb the use of
injunctions in labor disputes. Sena-
tor Norris (R., Neb) was ready to
speak for the measure.
The house ways and means COM
mittee, after hearing Secretary Mills,
agreed to vote Wednesday on a pro-
posal for a selected manufactured
sales tax. This has been advocated
to aid the treasury in balancing its
budget.
Senator Dill 3D.. Wash.) introduced
a bill to open postal savings accounts
to checking privileges. A senate COM
mittee received testimony on legis-
lation to establish home loan bank
ing system.