The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-18
&C a MEXICAN COMMONWEALTH
"A POLITICAL FEDERATION" is

sc MEXICAN COMMONW EALlh
"A POLITICAL FEDERATION" is
the high sounding title taken by the
representatives of various radical or
CARNATIONS for the body which they
organized at a conference in Chicago.
The majority faction in the meeting
issued call for national convention
at which a new party shall be created,
and until this is done the "A.C.P.F.'
will function. Its officers are Con-
gresham Thomas r. Amlie of Wiscon-
sin, chairman; John Bosch, Atvater.
Mimi, of the Farm Holiday associa-
ton, vice chairman; Alfred Bingham OF
New York, son Of former United States
Senator Hiram Bingham, Connecticut
Republican, executive secretary: and
Prof. Paul FL. Douglas, treasurer.
Production for use was the principal
plank in the conference platform.
Other planks declared for union wages
for persons employed on relief projects
and other labor detectives, for soak
the rich" tax program, and against war.
The call for creation of third
party was opposed by Congressman
Vito Marcantonio of New York city,
and he withdrew from the conference
together with several of his fellow
townsmen. Communists were barred
from the meeting, and this, too, caused
loud protest. Senator Nye of North
Dakota Unexpectedly appeared and ad-
vised against formation of new party
for tho 1000 oap,poipp
INVESTIGATION of the administra-
ton of the Virgin islands by q SEN
ate committee was certain to be lively.
FL. Gibson, was threatened with Jail
by Secretary of the Interior Ickes for
removing official documents from the
files. Mr.. Gibson, who was govern
ment attorney for the islands until
Ickes ousted him. had testified rather
vaguely against the regime of Gov.
Paul M. Pearson.
Gibson testified that Governor Pear
son had exceeded his S.thority under
the law, was unpopular with large
section of the population Of the is
lands, and was not frank in his ad-
ministration. To support his testimony
Gibson introduced several letters which
were the documents to which Ickes
alluded.
IF GEORGE, former king Of Greece,
returns to his lost throne it will be
without Elizabeth of Hohenzollern who
was his wife. This Rumanian prin-
cess has just been granted divorce
from George in Bucharest on the
ground of desertiOn. There was no
contest, for George, now living in
London, paid no attention to the suit.
1t was believed in Bucharest that
Elizabeth will soon marry her secre-
tary, Alexander SZanavy, handsome
fOrty-year-old Greek, and that they
will run model farm which Elizabeth
bought recently for $3,5O0,0O0.
A LDERMANIC investigation of re-
lief administration in New York
city has brought report from the
committee recommending that relief
workers be paid less than the wages
in private industry, that "chiselers
and parasites" receiving $240O0,OOO a
year of relief funds be prosecuted. and
that existence carpetbagging" by out
of town relief executives be halted.
The typical weekly allowance to
single person to meet every need was
reported as $3.50 a week, ranging up
ward for families to $3.50 for a fam
lily of nine. The number of persons on
relief was reported as 100000.
a CITATION in favor Of q federal
sales tax and for abolition of the
nuisance" taxes is the purpose Of an
organization called the Committee of
Charles Fl. Sabin, Jr., one of the or
ganizers Of the Crusaders. Mr.. Sabin
says the committee hopes to present to
the President and congress a petition
bearing a million names. He admits
some of the wealthiest families in the
country are represented on the COM
mittee but denies that it is to be re-
garded as wealth lobby" against the
"tax wealth" program of the Presi-
dent
John d. ROCKEFELLER reached
y his ninety birthday and spent
the day quietly on his estate near
Lakewood, N. J., with his nearest rela-
tives. There was no celebration of the
anniversary, not even birthday cake.
According to his physician, Mr.. Rookie
Teller is in better health than he has
been for the past three years.
CEN, HUGH JOHNSON assumed
~ his new office of federal works
relief administrator for New York
city. Robbie" his ever present Sec
rotary. Tended off the reporters for a
day, but let them in then, and to them
the general walled:
81 hate this thing! 1t isn't helping
anybody, anywhere. When the source
of money is cut off we'll be right back
where we started. It's disheartening
to sit here, knowing that when the
funds are gone, the jobs will be gone"
ECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
~ WALLACE proclaimed the estab-
lishment of an AAA adjustment pro-
gram for the 1885 rye crop which will
include benefit payments of amounts
not yet disclosed. Representatives
from IS rye growing states met in
Washington to discuss the program