The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-23

II share fully" the President said
In reply, 1.-THE view which you have
expressed that all questions which
may arise between our two countries
will be resolved in spirit Of friend
ship and mutual confidence. You will
find this government devoted now as
in the past to the principle Of main
tanning peace in the Pacific region as
elsewhere and ready to cooperate cor
daily and sympathetically with your
government In all of the many lines
of endeavor which are possible in pur-
suance of and toward making prevail
that principle 1t Is our constant de-
sire that, by cooperation, all the coun..
tries of the Pacific region may continue
to enjoy peace and may attain con-
ditions of abiding prosperity"
INDEPENDENTS and insurgents In
L congress have long advocated an
amendment of the Constitution provid-
ing for direct election of the President,
and at last the first step toward this
change has been taken. Senator
George w. Norris resolution proposing
the amendment was approved by the
senate judiciary committee, with only
Senator Stephens of Mississippi voting
In the negative.
Should the amendment be written
into the federal Constitution it would
abolish the present system by which
citizens vote for Presidential electors
instead of for the candidates them
selves. Under the amendment the
names of Presidential and Vice Presi-
dental candidates would be written
on the ballots and the votes cast d.
rectly for them.
The amendment would also do away
with the present system by which
states whole electoral vote equal to
its representation in both houses of
congress) is east for the candidate re-
ceiving plurality of votes cast with.
In the state. Instead states cleo
toral vote would be pro-rated accord
ing to the proportion of the entire vote
which each candidate received.
OVERNORS of all the states have
" received from the administration
a draft of a model state recovery law
which would make all national codes
of fair competition automatically eff
fective within the states. 1t would re-
move the threatening possibility of
constitutional barrier to the enforce
ment Of those codes among concerns
that do not deal in interstate COM
merce.
The model law would authorize the
state governor to consent to the utill-
cation of state and local officers by the
President of the United States lin
calculating the policies Of the nations
al Industrial recovery act" A viola
ton of code would be made INSIDE
meanor in the state with penalty of
$500 day for each offense and for
each day the violation continues.
Where license under the MIRA is re-
CURED, a person doing business with
out one would be liable to fine OF
$500 or six months Imprisonment or
both for each day of the violation.
These state penalties are copied after
those In the national recovery act.
The state law pronounces the exist
ence of statewide emergency and de-
fines its own termination on June IL.
1885, unless the President shall by ear
lier proclamation have proclaimed the
emergency ended.
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT having
decided that the civilian conserva-
ton corps shall be maintained at full
strength until March 81. 1885, orders
to this effect have been sent to the
commanding generals of all army
areas. There will be two enrolment
periods of six months each, the total
number of men to be 100000. Addi-
tional local experienced men will be
enlisted in some of the states, in the
eighth and ninth corps areas in the ex-
IRENE West.
The President already has announced
that he will ask congress for an ap-
preparation of from $275,OOO,OOO to
S3OO,O00,000 for the corps.
ID REPRESENTATIVES. of business
IN groups in Washington said they
we're fairly well satisfied with the new
revenue bill which was brought before
the house, though there were some OBJ
iectionable provisions which they
hoped might be removed by the senate
finance committee later. The bill now
represents a compromise between the
recommendations of the Hill subcom-
mittee and the suggestions of the
Treasury department. The chief
changes are those with respect to de-
preciatiOn, consolidated returns and
corporate congratulations. The bill
does nor reduce depreciation allow
ances as did the subcommittee recon-
mendations. Nor does it abolish con-
solidated returns for affiliated corpor-
ations. While it imposes an extra tax
on corporation earnings when CONSOLE
dated returns are filed, this is not so
objectionable as the entire elimina-
ton of the privilege.
While the upper SurtaX brackets