Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-03-21

mate of processing tax collections and
Is not controlling. Henry Wallace. Sec
rotary of agriculture, told the commit.
zee that the farmers share OF the ma
tional income Is now about 1872 per
cent, and that 1t should be 13 to 10 per
cent.
Wallace said true prosperity" can.
not come until there has been a very
material Increase In the output of phys
ical goods. Industrial goods"
III In some way 1t were possible to
turn out so per cent more industrial
goods at a price definitely lower than
the present price," the secretary testi-
fed, 1.-THE result would be to make II
possible for agriculture to buy more
with the agricultural dollar and there
would be more factory workers to be
fed In the cities"
EVEN though the senate will not act
- Immediately on the pink slip" bill.
to repeal income tax publicity, income
tax figures will not be available to the
public for six months, according "a
Internal revenue officials. While II Il
likely the publicity act VIII be repealed.
the house having so voted. 1t Is not an.
~ticipated that the senar will act on
the measure for some time. Even
though the latter might not act favor.
ably, there remains considerable work
TO be done before the figures can be
made public. and income tax payers
may be confident that prying neigh
bors cannot have immediate access to
such Information. In the senate a
drive has been started for higher fed
eral Income and corporation taxes.
FRENCH courts have formally In
l dicted 10 persons, including Mrs.
Stavlsky. for the Stavisky scandal
that rocked the government after the
financial debacle, which caused losses
of millions of frai.cs to investors. had
broken, Stavlsky. known as "Hand-
some Alex" died from a gunshot
wound as police tried to arrest him In
January. 1884.
"A FTER twenty months OF bar
gaining. the documents conveying
full title to the Chinese Eastern rail-
way to Manchukuo were initiated In
Tokyo, thus eliminating Russia as a
factor In Manchukuo. The written ap-
prevail OF the agreements was signed
by Koki Hlrota. Japanese foreign min
lister; DR.. Constantine Youreneff. So
Wet ambassador to Japan and by Gen.
Ting Shih-Yuan, M%anchukuoan minis
ter Of finance. The consideration was
l40.OOO.OO0 yen, or about $50. 30O, 900.
The documents require that all three
governments approve them before their
formal signing about March %. Thus
is ended forty years of Russo-Japanese
contention for domination.
a NEW gold suit is menacing admin
4 A istration financing and money pol
icies. The suit %reopenIng the question
Of investors claims for payment OF
1900 million dollars of government
bonds In gold or an equivalent, Is
brought by Robert A. Taft. son of the
late chief Justice. over the sum of S1.O7.
Taft demands either payment of bonds
In gold or suspension Of all r%efundlng
of the gold clause certificates. Before
going to court, Taft presented to the
treasury a $50 gold clause Liberty bond
and four SLOT interest coupons at
tached. and demanded gold for both,
but was refused. The suit may force
the administration to close the loop
holes left by the Supreme court de-
c~isions. II that is possible.
THE Mendieta administration in
dictatorship over the island, constitu.
tional law has been suspended, the
death penalty for rebels imposed. and
military governors designated for
Havana and provinces. Washington is
watching the situation with keen In.
terest. Bombings and rioting are In
creasing, according to reports, with
ten dead and fifteen injured. The OBJ
jectives OF the opponents Of the gov.
eminent Is the removal from office OF
President Mendieta and Colonel Full
gencio Batista, chief Of the army.
The strike has become almost general,
nearly paralyzing all activities in the
island. Repressive measures taken By
the government to quell the strikers
strongly resemble the %strong-arm
methods prevalent In the Machado
regime, according to observers.
THE senate passed the army appro-
/ priation bill, and It o goes tc
the house. The measure adds S20.0
600 to the original bill, making the
total appropriation of s4O0.OOO.OO al
most a record high. and will add 48.
$50 to our army strength. making the
total Of enlisted men 165. 900. Warn
talk flowed freely as the senate de
bated the measure. Senator Lewis
said that conflict might come between
| Russia and Japan and he asked with
| the army OF Russia and the navy Of
| .Japan, where do we stand?" Senator
McAdoo also speaking in favor of the
| bill said:
unless we wan to continue to bt
a boob nation. we will not hesitate t.
make this increase In the army. II Il