Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-20

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several thousand local unions. Tn
miners wn $4,000 members, constit
ute the la--es, numerical group in tn
American Federation Of Labor an,
have a w. chest Of 2,3oo.oo0.
By its action. the union went fur
Their than ans other Labor organiza.
ton has ever ecne TO participate in
rational political campaign, with th'
exception Il the year 1924 when the
Executive Council Of the American
Federation ot Labor endorsed the
PRESIDENT candidacy of Senator L
Toilette.
In asking the convention to adop:
the resolution. John L. Lewis, presi-
dent, made i; perfectly plain that there
was no endorsement Of the Democratic
party as such. but that it meant sup
port for Roosevelt and hostility to the
Chambers Of Commerce. the Manufac-
turers' Association, the Liberty League
and the representatives of special in
t~erests, who have exploited the people
of this nation Tor many, many years"
The sharpest New Deal attack on
the AAA decision has come from Sec
rotary Wallace. who called the refund
Of S200,O00.000 CT processing taxes
probably the greatest legalized steal
in American history He insists that
the Court ignored a provision of the
law denying the right to recover the
levies unless he professor could show
that the tax had not been passed on
to consumers. and called the refund
the most fragrant example of exprop-
ration for The benefit of one small
group.
The Secretary pointed out that cot
ton mills reported profits of S30,0O0,-
600 in 1929 and were returned $751;
100000 in processing tax refunds.
Flour mills. which reported $50, DOC, 0OU
profits in 1929, got SGT 100000 in re-
funds. Packers profits on hogs, estim.
ated at s20,OO0.000 in 1929, compared
with a tax refund of S5l ,000,0 900.
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Promptly came a reaction in Con.
gress when Representative Treadway
of Massachusetts, called for Wallace's
impeachment or apology for attacking
the Supreme Court, amid the cheers OF
his Republican colleagues. Meanwhile,
Administrator leaders face the me-
cessity of replacing the lost $500 ,00O,-
900 and Of securing an additional
$500, 900 900 for paying farm benefits
this year. In edition, they were wor-
ried over the implications of the Court
decision, fearing that it may compel
the refund of the billion dollars in
processing taxes already collected and
paid to the farmers by the govern
ment. The question can hardly be set
tied until the Supreme Court passes
on the issue, but until a decision is
made, the Federal budget will be up
in the air.
The first American Free Trade Zone
will o be established neal New
York. 1t covers Is acres of land, 60
acres Of water, including wharves and
warehouses to be constructed within
nine months and to be administered
by a corporation formed by the City
of New York. A barrier will effect
ually preclude the possibility of snug
ging goods into the United States. The
purpose orehe zone is to permit for
eign goods to be shipped to the port
where they will be repackaged or
combined with domestic merchandise
for shipment to foreign countries. BY
establishing the Free Trade Zone cus-
tom formalities are avoided.
Sometime in the late summer the
Treasury Department will ship about
S 5000, 000, 900 worth of gold bullion to
Fort Knox, KY, where it will be
stored in the new underground vault.
The shipments will be made by parcel
post, which will cost about $500, 900.
The postal service has already moved
more than 1900, 900 900 from the San
Francisco mint to Denver. The job
too four months and twenty-five
trains. The gold bars and coins
weighed 4,743,O00 pounds and was
guarded by postal inspectors, secret
service men, railroad police and SOL
diers.