The Ely miner., 1934-05-11


$ dersecretary of agri-
!, culture, his salary be-
''s"e" ing increased from
$500 to $4,000 a year. A new as
sistant secretary can now be appoint
ed who will relieve Mr.. Wallace and
Mr.. Tugwel of some of their heavy
duties. The department has been con-
sidered understaffed. The post of
undersecretary was created by a re-
cent act of congress.
Tugwell's appointment will have to
be confirmed by the senate, and it was
considered certain the Republicans
would take advantage of the opportu-
nifty to make fresh attacks on him and
his theories of government.
The President also advanced Thom-
as Jefferson Coolidge, Boston bank
er, from assistant secretary to under
secretary of the treasury, which posi-
tion had been vacant since Raymond
Moley stepped out. The higher per-
sonnel of that department is now be-
ing placed on a permanent basis for
the first time since Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr., became it's head.
VICTORY in the conference was won
by the senate high tax bloc, for
the house conferees accepted virtual
ly all the senate increases In estate
and gift taxes, the capital stock and
excess profits taxes and liberal COM
promises over income-tax publicity and
consolidated returns.
The conference agreement was COM
plete except for the Couzens amend
ment, adding 10 per cent to all individ-
ual income-tax returns next year.
The house was to take separate vote
on this, and it was believed the SEN
ate would not insist on 1t If 1t were
rejected by the house.
With the revenue bill thus disposed
of, the senate finance committee be-
gan public hearings on the admins
tration's reciprocal tariff bill, which
the house has passed.
0DEAD" for more than year, the
- Austrian parliament came to
life long enough to approve, by vote
Of "A to 2, the new Constitution and q
mass of laws decreed by Chancellor
Dollfuss since March s, 1888. The new
Constitution abolishes parliaments and
also does away with trial by jury.
TTALY'S legislature doesn't amount
to much any more, but King Victor
Emmanuel opened it's session with a
noteworthy speech praising the work
of the Fascist regime. Especially In
teresting was his long statement con-
cerning the necessity Of increasing
Italy's armed forces to the extent that
the country's pocketbook would stand.
1--WE sincerely and ardently desire
for Italy and Europe the longest pos
sible period of peace" he declared
amid thunderous cheers, "but the best
guarantee Of this peace is the efficiency
cf our armed forces.
HEN. HUGH L. SCOTT, former
~ chief of the army and one of the
last survivors of the great Indian fight
ers, died at the age of eighty years in
Walter Reid hospital, Washington.
Through all his last years, Scott con-
tinued vigorously his researches and
writings on the Indian sign languages
which he had mastered during his
years on the plains. In 1880 he was
commissioned by the library of con-
gress to compile record for all time
of this curious mode of expression.
DASSAGE through the Panama canal
of the American feet of Ill vessels,
on the way from the Pacific to the At
lantic, was carried out successfully,
but not in the hoped-for "a hours. The
time consumed was almost double that,
which led the Tokyo press to declare
the movement was a failure" The
delay was caused by heavy rain.
CUBA asked for the extradition of
~ Gerardo Machado, deposed presi-
dent of the island republic, so gen.
eral police alarm was sent out from
Washington for his ~ szxszzszEz
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