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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
HOUSING PL AN IS TERMED WAY
 TO PROSPERITY
President Roosevelt Com. pliments Administration
 Head and Chairmen

Complimentlng chairmen of the Better Housing Program Commit tees and other members of the committees and workers for their splendid results that have been ob- tained in the few months the Fed eral Housing Administration has been in effect, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote recently tc James A. Moffett, Administrator expressing his opinion that the Housing Act provides for the na- tion a way back to recovery and prosperity. Administrator Moffett included a copy of the Presidents letter in one received recently by James J. Connors, Chairman oi the Better Housing Program Com mittee of Juneau.
 Feeling that President Roosevelt $ letter contains much valuable and interesting material concerning the practical working out of the Fed eral Housing Act, MT. Connors has requested that it be published. The Presidents letter, to MT. Moffett follows:
 T wish to express, through you my qualification to the chairmen and members of the Community Better Housing Campaign Commit tees throughout the country be- cause of the results they have ac- complished in less than seven months of activity in calling to the attention of property owners the benefits to be derived under the National Housing Act in moderni- zation and repair and also in con- construction of new homes.
 President Impressed
 T am particularly impressed with your statement that 6,174 communities have selected chair men of their Better Housing Com mittees, and that between 250,000 dllQ oUU,UJU tOlullUCCl WOl hCio di ' participating, through these com mittees in the work of acquainting property owners with the uses they can make of the Housing Act. It is good to know also that the Bet ter Housing Committees now have population coverage of approxi- mately 7o000,000 and that 2100 of these cities and towns are conduct ing house-to-h house canvasses in which thousands of canyassers, in addition to the committee groups are carrying on this work.
 T note that to date calls have been made on over 6,000,000 prop critics, and that the property own-
 Continued on Page Seyen)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
NEW CURRENCY PLAN WINS BY
 HUGE MAJORITY
Vote of 318 to 90 Suffi- cient to Garry Over
 Presidential Veto SENATE SENTIMENT
 IS STILL IN DOUBT Scheme Advanced to Make Bill Rider on Work
 Relief Measure

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Administration opposed Patman bonus bill passed the House of Rep resentatives today by vote of 318 to 90, winning more than the two thirds required to pass it over a presidential veto.
 Vinson Bill Rejected
 Previously the House had reject ed the Vinson bill and turned down a compromise measure for paying the bonus in negotiable bonds.
 Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance committee predicted the Patman bill could not pass the Senate over veto. Senator Thomas announced he would try to tack the bill to the work relief measure.
 Battle in House
 The bonus struggle earlier in the day had surged to a new climax in the House as forces behind the Vinson Legion bill threw every ounce of strength into terrific ef- fort to overturn the preliminary victory won by the Patman new currency measure. Carl Vinson ex- pressed himself as unperturbed over the action on the Patman bill and predicted early today his meas ure eventually would be passed by both houses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
RELIEF MEASURE FACES HEAVIER GOING IN SENATE
Borah Attempts to Throw Anti Trust Law in Path
 ofHuge Work Program

WASHINGTON, March 22-The proposal of United States Senator William E. Borah to restore the antitrust law provisions, suspend ed by MIRA, was tossed into the path of the huge Work Relief bill yesterday but was finally voted down by 43 to 33. The narrow mar gin indicated heavy going ahead for the relief measure and shatter- ed hopes that the bill might go through the Senate by Saturday.
 Senator Borah contends NRA without the antitrust clause, results in monopolies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
AUTO ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF TACOMA PIONEER
Native of Steilacoom, 75 Instantly Killed When
 Hit by Truck

TACOMA; Wash, March 22.-Ira D. Light, aged 75 years, former Pierce County game warden and native of Steilacoom, was instantly killed yesterday when he was struck by a truck driven by J. Okada. The prosecuting attorneys office absolved the Japanese driver of blame.
 Light was widely known among the pioneers of the Northwest and also in fraternal circles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, March 22.-Closing quotation today Of Alaska Juneau mine stock is l6ls. American Gan 115h, American Power and Light 2%, Anaconda 9A, Armour N Az Bethlehem Steel 25. Calumet and Hecla 3,s, General Motors 28ss International Harvester 37ss, Ken necott IS, United States Steel 30
 Pound s4.774. Bremner bid 55 asked 50, Nabesna bid TO asked 80,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
OL LYMPIA NURSE FOUND DEAD IN
 GLE BLUM HOME

GLE BLUM, March 22.- Miss Jessie Long, 28, nurse of Olympia, who had worked some months in the home of Leach Bettini, service station operator, was found dead in his home yesterday, with bull let wound in her head. !
 Miss Long had nursed Bettini's wife during an illness until the latter's death several months ago. She had taken care of his two children since.
 No note was found and Bettini could give no reason for her act. Authorities are investigating the case,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
Red Snoo Blankets Pmt Of Turkey

ISTANBUL, March 22.--Red snow fell in northeast Turkey today, blanketing an area 100 square miles, inch deep in rud- dy flakes. The superstitious have been thrown into panic saying the red snow presaged disaster.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
INCOME TAXES M AK E BIC JUMP
 OVER LAST YEAR
B Per Cent Gain Revealed in Receipts for First
 20 Days of March

WASHINGTON. March 22.-The Treasury Department said today that income tax receipts for the first 20 days of March ran B per cent in excess of the same period last year
 The tax revenue was described as the first accurate gauge of the 1884 incomes which amounted to almost $27l 100000 through March 20 as compared with s2os, ,256. 900 the year before,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
Woman Kicked in
 Unusual Accident

HUNTSVILLE, Wis, March 22.- A boy scared a dog, the dog scar ed cat, a cat scared COW and the COW kicked Mrs. Jane Falk Of New Richmond She suffered leg fracture and five broken ribs,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
MRS. ARMOUR HERE

One of the returning Juneamtes on the Princess Norah is Mrs. Charles Armour She took passage at Vancouver, B. c. She is the wife of a baker at the Juneau Bakery,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
STOCK PRICES
 ARE ADVANCED.
 HOUSE ACTION
P a sage of Patman Bill Gives All Issues
 Some Stimulation

NEW YORK. March 22.-Stocks were mildly stimulated by the pas sage of the Patman bonus bill and gains from minor fractions to one point or more predominated at the end of the session.
 Today's close was firm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22

LONDON, March 22.-Shortly af- ter London naval circles heard Germany would demand a navy equal to that of Italy or France to complete her newly created air land forces, Great Britain let 1t be known she is opposed to any discussion on return of former Ger man colonies to the Reich during the Sir John Simon and President Adolph Hitler conversations.
 While representatives of France, Italy and Britain prepared to jour- ney to Paris tomorrow for the tri- partite conference, the eyes of all Europe turned to the conference at Berlin.
 Peace At Stake
 On the success or failure of the Berlin negotiations is expected to depend the entire policy of vest ern European powers with regard to preservation of peace on the Continent.
 
 In London the possibility is seen that failure of the Berlin talks would result in system of Eu- ropean alliances to encircle re- armed Germany with an iron wall.r
 France Prepared
 France made it plain she is tak- ing adequate precautions against the possibility of the outbreak of war. Foreign Minister Laval told the Oh m Der of Deputies that France seeks to re-group the AL lies" to curb Germany.
 The Tokyo foreign office spokes- man said: Germany clearly under stands our position on mandated islands and realizes raising the question of mandated islands would only complicate German-Japanese relations"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
GENEVA OPTIMISTIC

GENEVA, March a. French protest against German rearma- ment brought from the official Ger man press today the counter charge that France had failed to take advantage of opportunities to improve her relations with the Reich.
 The bright side of the war pie ture came with Geneva predictions by those close to the League of Nations that Frances protest might never come to trial" before the council.
 New undercurrents and specula-
 tConEinued on Page TwoI
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22
EYES OF EUROPE
 ON SIMON, HITLER CONVERSATIONS
Failure of German Britain Conclave May Mean
 Open Warfare
FRANCE DECLARES SHE
 PREPARED FOR WORST
Allianc es to Form Iron Wall" Around Germany
 Are Being Considered

BULLETIN--GENEvA, March 22.--The Council of the League of Nations will meet the first week in April to consider Frances protest against Ger many's violation of the Yer sailles Treaty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-22

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
NOT A KRITARCHY

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS request that
Congress pass the Guffey- Snyder coal BILL
regardless of doubts raised as to its consti-
nationality, is less disturbing than would be
his request to shelve the bill because of such
doubts
Legalstic HamletS have paraded the DOGGY
of unconstitutionahty on the eve of every i'm
portant social reform. Had Congress needed
their tinid counsel the nations legislative arm
would long since have been paralyzed. AS
matter of fact, the Supreme Court has de-
clared unconstitutional only SIS OF the more
than 10000 acts passed by Congress.
OF course, it is vital that Congress make
tho coal-control bill as nearly decision proof
as possible, and that the bill be economically
and socially sound. This measure is both
permanent and emergency legislation. 1t sets
out to establish a long-range planning author
ity to succeed the coal code. 1t is an emer-
gency measure not because the miners threat
en- to strike unless they get it but because
chaos exists in this key industry.
AS to its constitutionaiity. lawyers differ.
But if We allow fear of the courts to dominate
legislation we are no longer u75er a democ-
racy. but under kritarchy, or rule of the
judges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
BEHIND THE BATTLE LINES

ONE of the greatest services rendered by
the Department of Justice in the war on
crime is the work done by its bureau osidenti-
fcation. The exploits of its sleuths are widely
known; less publicized but perhaps even more
valuable is the way in which its files can pro-
vide any local police organization with swift
and sure Identification of an arrested person.
An example is provided in the arrest in
New York of Merton w. Goodrich. who was
wanted in Detroit for the murder of a child.
Goodrich was arrested in New York for dis
orderly conduct The New York police had no
way of knowing that he>was wanted in Detroit
for an atrocious crime. In the ordinary course
of events he would have served a week or SO
in jail and then gone his way.
But New York sent his flngerprints to the
Department of Justice-and Detroits long
hunt for him was over
Here is service any police or sheriff's
force can use. 1t is one of the most valuabls
Of all services in the fight against crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
THREE OUT OF 1900

THE $1,000 residents of Warren. Pa, were
u seemingly all agog over utility holding
company legislation. Over the breakfast
tables. on the street corners and in the barber
shops and beauty parlors, it appeared, they
talked of nothing except that thing called
the death sentence" by which Congress
threatened to destroy the value of their
utility securities
At least that was the picture that must
have haunted the nina of Rep. DriScoll dur
ing the two days that preceded the House vote
on the utility measure. Fo-. in those two days,
he received 816 pleading, supplicating, threat
ening kilograms from the city of Warren. all
alleged TO have been signed by constituents.
But now the story is out, told to the Senate
lobby investigation committee by J. A. Fisher.
who was until last week local manager of the
Western Union Office at Warren. In all, 1900
anti-utility bill kilograms were sent from
Warren to Washington, to Congressman Dris-
coll and the two Pennsylvania Senators. OF
that number. exactly three kilograms we're
charged to telephone numbers in Warren. All
the others were dictated and paid for by
local utility representative and bond sales
man Of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., a
utility holding company. The bond salesman
found the names Tor signatures in the Warren
telephone directory.
Three bona fde kilograms. Twelve hundred
ninety -Seven fake kilograms. They comprised
the public uprising" in Warren on the hold
ing company issue.
We know not in how many other cities
and hamlets this same kind of an uprising"
occurred. But We suspect in az great many.
Anyhow, We suggest that other congressman
take this leaf cut of Mr.. Driscolls experience.
And, hereafter, when messages swamp their
desks, let them gauge the political force Of the
graSs-roots lobby by the Warren yardstick.
Out Of every 1900 messages. let them throw
1897 into the wastebaSket then carefully con-
slider the threats. demands and advice in the
other three messages, and then so out onto
the floors of the Congress and vote their own
convictions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
TIMES BERATED FOR
FAILURE TO ACT
By L. Strome.

BY L. Strome.
have noticed that you have tried
to create great stir about Judge
Baker, Auditor GroSsart and others.
I have always understood that
persons living in glass houses should
not throw stones I have felt that
you are more guilty by refusing to
help uncover great offenSe which
was done against the good citizens
of this city and which was far
worse than any of these minor
things which Judge Baker and these
other men may have done.
You hid behind red tape screen
of ethics as your excuse for not
helping to expose a man who is
alleged to have taken $500 Of do
mated money to fund and put it
to an organizations use through
false pay checks.
When you will try to expose others
and yet had fear to expose This case
of which I had absolute proof, I
feel that you are guilty and an
swerable to all good citizens Of In
| dianapolis and more SO to- the in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
wEDNEsDAY. - Il. rs.
FEEL FOR THE BRAKES
a sCRIPPs-HOWARD NFWsPAPERl

DY combining the stifest schedules Of taxes
- on individual and corporate incomes in
hertances and gifts now before Congress, we
can raise about 900 million dollars additional
revenue-about one-ffth the current deficit
or approximately enough to pay the interest
on -ur national debt.
As his hard realization sinks in, We begin
to wonder how much longer We can support our
government in the manner to which it is
rapidly becoming accustomed.
The Administrations emergency spending
this newspaper has conterded. has been in the
main justified There appeared to be no other
way to check deaation and pump new blood
into our economic life.
Before the government started using its
credit in a large way to shore up banking, agri-
culture, industry and trade, our economic life
was at such a low ebb that the governments
tax income was less than half its so-called nor
NAL expenditures Conditions have been so i'm
proved that the tax income now balances nor
NAL expenditures. But our extraordinary or
emergency spending has been tremendous. And
1t is time to start getting as much water out of
the nozzle Of the pump as we are pouring into
the primer.
To slow down the spending Will be much
harder than it was to speed it up Already the
red ink of our extraordinary budget is blend
ing with the black ink of our ordinary budget.
as one emergency alphabetical bureau after
another slips from temporary to a permanent
status.
A government bureau is a very human in
stitution. and responds naturally to the law of
self-preservation.
The first thing officials in any government
bureau do is to sell themselves on the idea
that their jobs and their bureau are the most
portant in all the government. Then
e. ough press agentry they attempt to sell the
same idea to the public, AID through personal
contact to Congress, which appropriates the
money to support the bureau Congressman,
too believe IN self preservation. So they get
Jobs for their friends in the bureau. And thus
there is rapidly developed a community of in
terest, which tends to make the bureau grow.
larger and costlier.
And, for example, just as pensions and other
benefits to war veterans and their dependents
over the years have expanded steadily because
of group pressure so may we expect that group
pressure hereafter will work steadily to liberal
lie old-age and unemployment insurance I'M
der government auspices. And, for similar
reasons, there will be constant md powerful
resistance to any reduction in relief expendi-
lures not only from recipients. but from the
army of government employees whose jobs will
De at stake
But We as people must decide how much
government we can afford. And it will be up
to all of us to resist the pressure of groups on
us. so that our governments spending will be
kept within the limits of our collective purse.
Otherwise, the government. through taxation.
Will devour our own substance and, through
borrowing. that OF our children.
Let us start thinking about eliminating
bureaucratic luXuries that are beyond our
means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
Suggests Medium of Exchange

vidual initiative. If our savage
ancestors did not like" gold just
as children like" candy, we would
have no money" today. If in
dividual initiative did not disap-
prove of stealing, cheating, kill
ing, robbing, ETC., we would have
no such thing as government.
Therefore, it does lie within the
province of private enterprise
and individual initiative to devise
a plan whereby the feasibility OF a
private medium of exchange"
might be demonstrated.
All that there is to it, then, as
the means of demonstrating the
wisdom of using a wealth stand
ard" medium is to found a volun-
tary organization and admit to
membership every person capable
of contracting and every firm,
corporation and institution wish
ing to give fair play a chance, in
Guiding governmental units OF
municipalities townships, etc. The
organization adopts medium of
exchange" consisting Of form OF
certificates redeemable and pay
able for any debt due the assoc1a-
ton or due by one member to
another.
On it's face each certificate
reads that it is not money nor
secured by, exchangeable for or
redeemable in money. 1t will be
exchangeable only for goods. The
organization puts the certificates
in circulation by lending them to
the membership on reasonable Sc
curity or if any members are in
corporated the organization buys
its shares of stock and pays for
them with certificates.
To make these certificates de
gal tender" all there is to it is
to launch a campaign and edu-
cate the people to the advantages
of joining the organization. To
Join, all that will be necessary is
to sign an application blank and
an agreement to honor and &C
cept, in limited amounts, those
certificates at full face value.
when selling goods to or working
for a fellow member.
Members who borrow the GER
tifcates will, of course, assume
stronger obligations Such an
enterprise would be conducted
along the same fundamental lines
as those of regular bank, but
instead of lending and receiving
back money it uses a Species Of
credit certificates"
The assets of the member
ship and the security Of the
borrowers will be the foundation
of those certificates and the only
way a payee can realize anything
substantial" for those certificates
is by buying goods with them
from fellow members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
BY David Horn.

BY David Horn.
The only reason why hundreds
of thousands of industrial estab-
lishments are idle while millions
are unemployed and destitute is
because hitherto the human" race
has never paid the slightest at
tention to the fact that there is
no such thing as an adequate me-
dunn of exchange in existence
anywhere to facilitate trades and
exchanges.
From time immemorial the peo-
pie of every country have been
using nothing but one class of
commodities or another as a me-
dunn to facilitate trade, such as
salt, wax, cattle, cotton, tobacco,
etc. On account of nothing but
the very Self-same fundamental
reason and tendencies the human
race has, coincidentally, adopted
the use of gold silver and other
precious metals. The physical at
tributes of these metals, especially
their portability, plus the inher-
ent tendencies of human beings
to cheat one another by debaSing
these metals gave rise to what we
now call the monetary system"
The basis of money consists of the
intrinsic value of gold and few of
us are conscious of the fact that
purchase" is but a form of
barter whereby the buyer" trades
piece of gold or silver in ex-
change for other commodities.
Being "off the gold Standard"
we are now using no money at all
but mere paper obligations, ficti-
tiously redeemable in gold or sill
yer but literally functioning as
scrip" which the government re-
deems in credit applicable to taxes
or other debts.
The solution lies, ultimately, in
adopting form of currency con-
sisting of paper certificates which
entitle the holder to the right of
forcing each and every one of his
felloW-citizens to honor them in
payment for any debt or mer-
chandise he has for sale in the
open market.
Such currency, though issued"
by the government, would oper-
ate as requisition on all the peo-
pie to supply, goods, service, labor,
ETC., for it. The aggregate assets
of the people would be the com
mon treasury" behind the money"
Each paper certificate would
represent a definite quantity of
any specific kind of merchandise
bought, based on prices fixed by
law or customs, and it would re-
main valid as long as the country
stays on the map.
Want to know how to get
there?" History shows that every
custom and institution entering
our daily life, though regulated
by law, was originated by indi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17

four months of this year one-third of all
grade crossing accidents occurred when mo-
florists drove into the sides of trains And
in exactly half of these cases, the train in
volved was either standing still or moving at
snairs pace of less than 10 miles an hour
The blithe carelessness with which some
drivers approach railroad crossings could not
be illustrated more clearly. It is sheer folly
to drive up to any crossing without making
absolutely sure that no train is in sight; but
to blunder against train that is actually on
the crossing at the time is the next thing
to simple suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-17
COMPARES YOUTHS IN
CASES BEFORE COURT
By A Loyal Times Reader.

BY Loyal Times Reader.
am young fellow 18 who was
associated in a friendly way with
Paul Stetzal who has been sent to
the penal farm for taking $12 from
a street car conductor while Earl
Finchum was let off with an apol-
ogy for three criminal offenses.
I have made a few comparisons
of what I know of these two boys:
Stetzal-High scholastic standing;
Sunday school training, and no pre-
vious record.
Finchum-High school athlete; no
church affiliations, and two arrests
on the charge of which he was &C.
quilted.
These are just few things have
noticed. I think Stetzal got a raw
deal. What about you?