The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-16

OOOyOOO was LllC GPC-
cial point of assault
by Fess, McNary of
oe"a'o' Oregon, Dickinson Of
Iowa, and Carey of Wyoming and Van
denberg Of Michigan, all Of whom
agreed that the Agricultural Adjust
ment program has been complete
failure. The Democrats, with the excep-
ton of Connaily, made no reply to the
verbal barrage.
The Ohio senator said that hog
prices had fallen instead of rising,
that the prices of farm commodities
not under the AAA had in many cases
risen faster and higher than the So
called basic commodities.
''That sort of thing is nauseating to
any decent person who wants business
to be done in business way" he said,
abiding to the hog buying program.
IT'S time to stop this foolish expert
mentation, time to take the heavy
hand of government off business and
let business recover"
Senator vandenberg and Senator
McNary could not understand why
$20O,O00,000 were required for cattle
when only $1O0,00O,OOO were asked in
the original bill covering six COM
modities.
They suggested that benefits were
to be paid before, processing tax was
levied and that perhaps no processing
tax was intended to be levied on cat
tie. Senator Connally fumed, but
could not answer their queries.
II think can answer" Senator
Dickinson finally put in. "The AAA
has obligated itself for 1856, 100000 in
benefits; an additional 1881 100000
are called for 1895. Yet treasury re-
ceipts show only $203,O00,00O received
from processing taxes"
I'm other words. potential deficit
at the present time of more than $780,.
100000" remarked Senator Vandep
berg.
HICAGO'S most sensational MUIR
~ der trial in recent years resulted
in the conviction Of the elderly DR..
Alice Wynekoop who was charged with
killing her daughter-in-law, Rheta,
presumably to get the insurance on
her life. The jury fixed her penalty
at % years in the penitentiary, which
amounts to life sentence. The first
hearing of the case resulted In mis-
trial because the defendant was too
i'll for it's continuance.
Doctor Wynekoop, a member Of
family of physicians, had practiced
medicine in Chicago for many years
and her crime astounded her numer-
GUS friends.
0ONSTITUTIONALITY of the
~ Fletcher-Rayburn stock regulation
bill, which the President expects con-
gress to pass at this session, is chal.
lenged by the New York stock ex-
change. This action is taken as notice
that If the measure Is enacted its
validity will be tested In the courts.
The position of the exchange is that
the mere declaration by congress that
transactions in securities as COM
monty conducted upon securities ex-
changes are effected with national
public interest" does not make this
so as a matter of law. Such transac-
lions as commonly conducted are
not transactions in interstate COM
merce, according to the lawyers for
the exchange. and congress, they de-
clare, "cannot by legislative fiat as
cribe to them legal characteristics
which they do not otherwise possess"
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
Iva accompanied by Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Tugwell and
others, took an aerial trip to the Carib-
bean islands. the special purpose of
which was to visit Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands. From Miami they
flew via Cuba to Port Au Prince,
Haiti. and San Pedro In the Dominican
republic, and thence to San Juan and
st. Thomas. The last named town
gave the First Lady gay welcome.
She made brief study of social and
economic conditions there and took
Dart in the dedication of hospital
building named 1.-THE Anna Eleanor
building" In her honor. After hop
to ST. Croix. also in the Virgin Is
lands, the party returned to San Juan.
where Mrs. Roosevelt was quite elab-
orately entertained.
q BY western Newspaper Union.