The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-23

army carry the air mall Mr.. bern
urged him to reconsider. Meanwhile,
the colonel appeared before the senate
post office committee to testify con-
corning permanent air mail legislation.
General Foulois has been working
on a plan by which army flyers could
join with commercial pilots in receiv-
ing training. The step follows a sug-
gestion by Mr.. Roosevelt that because
military lessons have been taught us
during the last few weeks" army avn
ators should train with those who
'later on will fly the mail" in might
flying, blind flying and instrument
flying"
TWO hundred and thirty-one Demo
cratic members of the house kicked
over the traces and, with the aid of SO
Republicans, passed the Patman bill
calling for the immediate payment OF
the veterans bonus with greenbacks.
The President has repeatedly ex-
pressed his opposition to the measure
and indicated that he would veto it If
it got through congress. Its passage
by the senate was unlikely.
There were only two reasonable ex-
plantations for the revolt of the DEM
ocrats. One was put in words by Rep
resentative John Y. Brown of Ken
lucky, a Democrat, who was in oDpo-
sition. He said: "You are buying
veterans votes. You are holding out
this piece of bait to get veterans votes
this summer. There is not man in
the house who believes this bill will
ever become a law, and yet you sit
here and vote for it for your own po-
litical welfare"
The other explanation was that
many of the Democrats are resentful
of the rubber stamp" label that has
been put on congress and welcomed
an opportunity to break away from
lictation and, as one Of them said,
vote as their consciences directed.
IN A new revolt against administra-
ton policy the house insisted on
adding more than $200000,000 in vet
Grams benefits and government pay TO
the federal outlays in the next fiscal
year. However, this was compromise,
for the amendment adopted by the
house involves a total annual expendi-
ture of approximately $9O,000,OOO for
veterans as compared with the $11S,-
100000 called for under the veterans
amendment adopted by the senate.
Briefly summarized, the house meas
ure as sent to conference provides:
l. That all Spanish-American war
veterans be restored to the pension
rolls on a basis of rs per cent of what
they received prior to enactment OF
the economy bill last session.
2. That all World war veterans with
service connected disabilities be re-
stored to the rolls on a full basis.
3. That World war veterans with
presumptive disabilities be returned
to the rolls on IS per cent basis.
In addition, it eliminates pensions
for emergency officers, pensions for
the widows of the men lost in airship
disasters, and knocks out the so-called
Borah amendment limiting the resto-
ration of the federal pay cut to per-
sons receiving less than $4,000 a year.
CAMUEL INSULT, whose deporta-
~ ton was ordered by the Greek gov
eminent, his ticket bought and his
train selected by the officials, vanished
from his residence in Athens between
midnight and morning, and for hours
the police of the country were fran
tically searching for him. Then it was
announced that the fugitive had been
arrested aboard the Greek freighter
Meotis, which had been pursued by
torpedo boat destroyer. insult was
bound for Kessy, Egypt, near Alex
andria, and presumably was heading
for either Persia or Afghanistan.
The Athens police learned from the
insult household nothing of the way
in which insult escaped from the city.
They thought he was aided by "inter-
national crooks"
The Greek government decided that
MIS- 1uSull was I'LL uuOCoildD ICSi-
dent and should be elected from the
country.
XXTALTER ]. CUMMINGS. chair
w man of the continental Illinois
Bank and Trust company of Chicago,
is the new treasurer of the Demo-
cratic party. The place was first Of
fered to John S. Cohen, Atlanta pub
Usher, but he rejected it. Mr.. Cum
mings' first task will be the raising of
funds with which to help along the
election of Democratic senator's and
congressman this fall. Supposedly he
will also raise the money for the next
Presidential campaign.
ON JULY ] the University of Illi-
~ nois will have new president In
the person of Arthur Cults Willard,
now dean Of the college of engineering
in the university. Mr.. Willard, who is
fifty-five years old. is graduate of