The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-02


Mr.. Brown had de-
MED the charges in long statement
and in appearing before the committee
he waived the immunity which general
ly shields congressional witness from
subsequent prosecution.
Colonel Lindbergh, more or less in
volved in the air mail affair, gave to
the senate investigators a statement
of his aviation profits, as follows:
/. From sale of warrants to pur-
chase stock in the Pan-American Air
ways, $15O,SS4.sO.
2. Salary from Pan-American, $10,-
600 year.
8. Salaries of $7,194.45 in 1881 and
$4,000 in 1882 and 1888 from Trans
continental and Western Air.
4. From Transcontinental Air Trans
port predecessor to Transcontinental
and Western Air). $250,0O0 in cash,
reinvested in that company's stock and
later sold at s195,633.75 profit.
5. A $4,000 year salary as tech
nical adviser to the Pennsylvania rail-
road for three years and 81 year
salary since 1881.
Losses: $554.75 from investments in
other aviation companies prior to 1890.
Lindbergh made clear that he had
never received a gift of stock, from
options or warrants" but that the
stock he received was "in accordance
with his employment contract" Out
of his profits, he said, had come pur-
chases Of airplanes. equipments. Of
fee maintenance, etc.
He also recalled that he had offered
TO appear before the Black investigat-
ing committee but had never been
asked
L. Fl. Brittin, former vice president
of Northwest Always, went to Jail
for ten days for contempt of the SEN
ate; and William J. MacCracken, Jr.,
who received the same sentence. was
out on bond pending appeal to the
courts.
g ECRETARIES ICKES, WALLACE,
- Dern and Perkins were named by
the President as a committee to draw
up definite plans for his permanent
public works program. This is intend
ed to effect great economic and social
changes and will cost probably more
than half billion dollars yearly Mr..
Roosevelt and his advisers take it for
granted that even after business has
achieved recovery there will be from
three to FIVE million persons still IN
employed and that they must be cared
for by something like the Civil Works
administration.
This new project as now conceived
includes these major undertakings:
Methodical development of water
ways. water power, flood control. soil
erosion preventives. reforestation, and
other public works. On these works
employment would be furnished in the
manner of the present CCC and CWA.
Decentralization of industry through
establishment of small industries In
rural regions to enable people to make
living partly by farming and partly
by factory employment. A start in.
this direction is now being made In
the subsistence homesteads, for which
twenty-five millions of recovery funds
have been allocated.
Government purchase of submar-
ginal lands unfit for cultivation, which
would be added to the public domain
and devoted to forest development.
For this purpose twenty-five millions
already have been allotted.
a Ii state advisory boards and re-
gional advisers of the Public
Works administration have been dis
missed by Secretary Ickes. Their
duties had come to an end when the
administrations fund of $500, 900 900
was all allocated.
At the same time Mr.. Ickes threat
ened to revoke ALLEGATIONS which have
been made for public works projects
unless the borrowers of the money
rush it into activity.