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The Washington times., 1936-12-19
Envoy ondWife
Are Honored

The Ambassador of China and
Nine. SEE were honor guests at
the dinner last night of the
Woman's National Democratic
Club. A large crowd was on hand
to hear the Ambassador who
spoke briefly and entertainingly,
Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, president
of the club, presided at the dinner,
introducing the speaker. In addi-
tion to the honor guests and Mrs,
Meigs, others at the head table
were DR.. Meigs, Miss Leila M
Peachy, Mrs. Emily Newbold, Mr.
and Mrs. Blair Banister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hamlin, and General
and Mrs. Hugh Matthews.
Among those attending the din,
ner were Mr.. and Mrs. Philip W.
Chappell, Mrs. Thomas w. Cooke
Mrs. Lynn S. Horner, Mrs. How.
ard C. Boone, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
rison Shaffroth, Mrs. Arthur
Wright, Mrs. Randolph Dickens,
Miss Eliza Parkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles j. Brand. Major and Mrs.
Charles T. Estes, Mrs. Rene Jones
Taylor, Mrs. A. F. Busick, Mrs.
George P. Frysinger, Miss Grace
Frysinger and Mrs. James T. New
ton.
Others present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Mitchell, Mrs. Rob,
ert w. Hunter, Mrs. j. Nc,
Mahon. Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Rich. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Sol
lett, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
Mrs. Ellen Woodward, Miss Imo-
gene Howell, Mrs. Claude Porter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Keating,
Mrs. George M. Gckels, Mrs. Anne
Halliday, Mrs. Samuel C. Major.
Mr.. and Mrs. James J. Forester,
Mrs. M. E. Buford, Mrs. A. F.
Kempton, Mrs. Royal BraSel and
Mrs. j. S. Tribby.
Many Attend
Also attending the dinner
were Mr.. and Mrs. William j
Price, Mrs. w. L. Beale. Mrs. M
A. J. Markley, Mrs. Riley Moore
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Howarth,
Col. and Mrs. Stephen Bonsal
Mrs. Albert C. Relyea, Miss
Portia M. Oberly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard, Mrs.
Robert Young Conrad, of Balti,
more; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. M. Morris,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Clement, Mrs,
Winifred Artaud, Mrs. Florence S
Coyle, Miss Gertrude Snyder
Miss Bell Snyder, Mrs. Oman A
Hydrick, Mrs. Charles Fisher, Mr.
and Mrs. SwagSr Sherley, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Jones, Mrs. o. de
Bouchel, Mrs. Eugene j. Tighe
Mrs. James G. Field, Mrs. L. C
Lowery, Mrs. =. S. Perry, Mrs
John Newbold, Mrs. Benjamin
Smith, Miss Annabel Matthews
Mrs. Paul M. Linebarger and Mrs
Pauline Vann Byrd.
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The Washington times., 1936-12-19
DiDLOnsOfic and Official Notes:
DINNER WILL HONOR AMBASSADOR
Group of Friends Arranging
Party on December 30 for
Mr. and Mrs. Davies

The United States Ambassador to the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies will be the guests of honor at dinner at
the Mayflower n Wednesday, December 30
The Washington times., 1936-12-19

MRS. JAMES F. sALKELD pictured with her two daugh
ters Jane and Margaret, who with Mr. salked have
motored Miami where they the guests of her parents
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Beu at Gordon their Florida home
Mr. salkeld will fly back to Washington accompanied by
his daughters following the holidays and reon Mrs salked
in the South later in the (Harris Ewing Photo
The Washington times., 1936-12-19
Legation Will
Celebrate

Christmas Eve at the Domir1i.
can Legation will be real Do.
minican holiday. The children OF
the Minister and Nine. Pastor.
liza will be at home to help their
parents celebrate.
Matilda, who is attending the
Holy Cross Academy, and Andres.
jr., of Brown University, return
today, and Tomas comes from
Peekskill Military Academy next
week. The plans are to observe
Christmas Eve just as all their
friends in the Dominican Re
public will be doing. The entire
family, with a few intimate
friends and the members of the
staff, will spend the evening at
home.
There will be late supper
with turkey and roast pork, a
traditional Christmas dish, and
pastelitos, which are a special
kind of fried pastry essential to
every Dominican Christmas sup.
per. The rum punch OF their
country will be served in place
of our familiar eggnog.
The radio will be tuned to
the Dominican Republic station
which will broadcast program
of typical holiday music. The
final observance of the holiday
will be the attending of Mid
night Mass by the entire party.
Tea Yesterday
Mrs. George Ferdinand Becker
gave a reception at her home in
Georgetown yesterday afternoon in
honor of Miss Anna Maude Hallam.
Among those assisting Mrs.
Becker were Mrs. Albert BaggS,
Mrs. Thomas Armat, Mrs. Robert
Cummings, Nine. de Mauduit, Mrs.
Douglas Macarthur, Mrs. Lindsey
Russell, Mrs. Thomas Keene, Mrs.
Joseph S. Cecil, Mrs. Charles L.
Hussey, Mrs. Norman Underwood.
Mrs. John Fremont, Mrs. William
Wheatley. and Miss Josephine
Page.
Comdr. and Mrs. Alexander Nc
Nab are at the Shoreham for a
brief stay before returning to
their home in Bridgeport, Conn.
Comdr. McNab is a retired mem
Der of the British navy and is an
internationally known inventor.
The wedding of Comdr. McNab
and Mrs. Saville Fawcett Seeber,
daughter of Mrs. Frank Davis
Fawcett, took place November II
in Brewster, N. Y. Mrs. McNab
is native Of Washington.
Mr.. Dana Monroe entertained
at a supper party at the Pail Mall
Room last night in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Wingate Lucas, who have
just returned from an extended
honeymoon in Mexico City. They
have taken up their residence here
for the winter. Guests at the
party numbered 10.
Representative and Mrs. c. G.
Dowell, of Des Moines, Iowa, have
taken an apartment at the Roose-
velt Hotel for the Winter.
The Washington times., 1936-12-19
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Card From
Mrs. Hull

'ipating Christmas here for she
has been abroad at her home in
Biarritz for so many years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
TROOPS QUELL UPRISING;
PREMIER, 2 OTHERS ASSASSINATED
Reign of Terror
Copyright. 1886. by United Press,

by United press
Young army extremists tried seize power in Japan
today by swift ruthless coup which three high states
killed and others injured
A state Of alarm, approximating martial law was de-
cared in Tokyo The government acted decsivey to sup
press the revolt and every indication that the situation
was we'll in control Thursday morning, Tokyo Time.
1t officially announced by the home office that
Fumio Goto home minister had been offered the arduous
post of temporary premier during the crisis and had
accepted.
rigid censorship imposed and it hours be-
fore the began to reach the world. Wednesday
night the censorship was relaxed slightly and authentic
news was allowed to be sent out.
The war office announced officially that the men as
sassinated were:
Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier.
Admiral Makoto Sato, lord keeper of the privy seal
and former premier.
Gen. Jotaro Watanabe Inspector general of military
operations.
The wounded, according to the war office, were:
Korekyo Takahash, finance minister.
Gen. Soroku Suzuki, grand chamberlain and member
of the prvy council.
There apparently conflict in the information of the
office and the foreign office because the latter had pre-
vously announced and cabed the Japanese embassies
abroad, that Takahashi of the three killed and
Watanabe wounded.
Richie Takahashi, employed in New York by Mitsui
Co., said he received cabegram late last night
ing the death of Takahashi, his foster father
In addition to the direct from Tokyo, information
given out by Japanese embassies abroad and by other
reliable The Moscow embassy announced that the
rebels who members of the first division, had
rendered to loyal comrades of the same division.
The embassy said banks and bourses in Tokyo and
Osaka which had been closed reopened under control
of military police, but not martial law.
Japanese newspapers in Singapore said 80 persons
killed in the fighting.
The London embassy said complete order had been
restored
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
NeW Premier Is Peer,
Former Colonial Official


LONDON Feb 26Fumio Goo home secretary
premier Premier Keisuke
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
PROPOSED TAX
CHANGES JUNKED
Too Much Political Heat
Joint Legislative Group
Admits.

Admitted by members to carry
too much political heat" state
administration proposals for chang
ing the gross income tax law today
were junked by the joint legislative
committee preparing social secur-
ity bills for the Legislatures special
session.
Gov. McNutt had been expected to
alo the committee in completing it's
work this morning. He denied he
hau told the committee he would
appear, but several of the II Sen
ators and Representative said they
had expected him at 10.
The committee waited 40 minutes.
then went into executive session
when Senator Walter Chambers.
Newcastle, committee chairman;
Rep. Fred Barrett, indianapolis.
and Rep. Frank Thompson, Bluff
ton, Democratic floor leader, re-
turned from the Governors office.
1t fixed July l, 1888, as the date
on which old-age pension payments
to persons IS are to start. The date
formerly was July l. 1887. The age
limit until 1888 is to be 70. Ad-
vancement of the date was necessary,
Senator Chambers said, because of
budget making.
A fight on the change was fore
cast when Rep. William j. Black ID
Anderson) said he would lead a
House movement t. restore the
former provision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26

ice is maSSed against the
homes in Terrace Park, and
the Broad Ripple dam was
withstanding the pressure of
thousands of tons of ice.
Federal flood warnings were
sent by j. H. Arlington, meteorol-
ogist, to all points on the Wabash
River, north of Terre Haute, and
to Noblesville, Elliston and Edwards
port on the White River.
One resident of Exeter Park said
the ice is the worst in the sc years
since he has lived there. He aban-
doned his home. Others who expe-
rienced the 1913 flood say the water
is as high and perhaps higher in
Ravenswood and Terrace Beach
now.
Second Gorge Formed
The oncoming ice gorge, which
last night, was proceeding at two
miles an hour downstream but at
1870 had not passed the Lilly farm,
the halfway mark, where observers
report another gorge has formed.
Under the personal supervision
of Sheriff Ray, deputies and volun-
teer workers continued today the
work of warning and rescuing. Some
of the residents refused to leave
their homes.
Ice Shakes Home
One was Mrs. Paul Pegg, at list
st and the river. On the phone
today she said:
THE water is rushing against the
foundations of the house. Every
once in a while the entire structure
shakes when a large cake of ice hits
it.
Eat 1 this morning we had just
put the car in the garage. Appar-
emily something had happened to
the ice above us, for within five
minutes the water was st-deep
between the garage and the house.
I'VE are staying today, but wont
spend another night here
Later no one answered the phone
at the house.
Officials have abandoned plans
to dynamite the gorge. State Con-
Servation Department experts said
it would require ton of dynamite;
that no one is qualified to execute
the dangerous job, and that it only
would push the gorge farther down.
stream.
Ice Bangs Into Gorge
Ice cakes came downstream in a
swift current and banged into the
gorge. Harry Smith, 69th-st and
Valley View-dr, who padded a boat
through the backwater, said that
in some places ice is piled as high
as 25 feet.
So great has been the force of the
moving ice cakes that they pushed
the jam on to the solid ice that COW
ers the river from 70th-st to the
dam, and showed it on down.
AT Valley View-dr, autos can not
pass because the water is over the
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
FLOOD RISING IN
CITY SUBURBS:
80 FLEE HOMES
White River Still Mounting, With Rain
Adding to Hazards; Worst Since 1913,
Old Residents Claim.
POLICE, DEPUTIES JOIN IN RESCUE
200 Rocky Ripple Citizens Ready to Flee as
Stream Climbs Seven Feet; Dynamite
Plans Abandoned.

White River, gorged with ice from Broad Ripple to
Ravenswood, drove than SO persons homes
northeast river colonies today mile and half of ice
its way downstream from Nobesvle to complicae the
situation further.
At 80 this afternoon, the water still was rising in
Ravenswood Terrace Beach, Havertck Park Exeter Park
Smiths Woods and Liberty Beach,
All owland summer cottages are surrounded by water
the River Road is under River Park under water
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26

PIIUIIE tOUdy.
Private dispatches said previously
that Emperor Hirohito had called
leading statesmen and his own adj
visers to the imperial palace.
Goto is 81. He was made mem
Der of the house of peers in 1890.
He assumed the home office port
folio after serving as agriculture and
forestry minister. He is a former
director of the police bureau and
served in Formosa in the colonial
service. In past years ne toured Eu-
rope and the United States extern
sively, to observe conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
Diplomats in Washington
Watch Japanese Crisis:
H. Saito Hopeful.
HULL'S OFFICE TENSE
Killing of Liberals Hard
Blow to Americans,
Observers Say.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. %
Japanese Ambassador Hirosi
Saito declared today that the
Japanese military outbreak
would leave the fundamental
form" of the Tokyo govern
ment unchanged and would
fail to disturb relations with
the United States.
The ambassadors statement, made
after study of cables from his gov
eminent, came as veteran capital
observers studied reports of the
assassinations and subsequent &C
ton of the Tokyo war Office in
assuming control in the crisis.
These observers believed on the
basis of early messages that the
attempted coup was designed to
place the army in supreme power
in Japans relations to China and
Manchukuo.
The State Department has lived
in hopes that the continuation of a
moderate government in Japan
would enable this country to solve
it's many problems with Tokyo, in
volving immigration, the "open
door" policy of trade in China, { nd
an agreement on naval streng A."
The triumph of the liberals in
last weeks election gave new + pc
of Japanese friendship
Hopes Believed Blasted
This hope was blasted, in the
minds of some diplomats, by the
assassination of the liberal leaders
and the apparent triumph of
Japan's ra-militarists.
There was an air of tension
around Secretary Cordell Hull's
office as American statesmen
learned Of the military coup. 1t
was a development they long have
dreaded.
Official reports from the United
States embassy in Tokyo had been
received, but had not been made
public.
The uprising of the military ele-
ment in Japan dampened American
hopes of a naval agreement with
Tokyo. Even after the japanese
Withdrew from the London naval
conference, the State Department
had been hopeful that if a four
power agreement was signed among
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Italy, Japan would adj
here to its terms oven though it did
not sign the pact formally.
Although the Japanese militarists
did not succeed in taking over the
government, they demonstrated
their power as a major faction in
Japanese politics.
Relations Are Tense
For three years American-Jap-
anese relations have been tense. The
State Department has watched in
tently every change in the Tokyo
government which might affect it's
relations with the United States.
Strained relations between Japan
and America arose in 1881 when
Stimson protested Japsn's alleged
violation of the nine-power treaty
by its invasion of Manchuria.
The complexion of Tokyo's gov
eminent also may have a vital eff
feet on its relations with Soviet
Russia.
According to diplomats, certain
army officers in Tokyo believe that
Japan must fight Russia eventually
and that it is better to engage in
combat now before Soviet Commits
sar of War Klementi Voroshilov can
build more powerful army.
For this reason, the party in au-
thority in Tokyo-moderate or mill
tarist-may determine the question
of peace or war in the Far East.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
OkADA, SLAIN
PREMIER, old
FRIEND OF u. 5.
Saito Considered Last
Great Liberal Among
Japanese Leaders.
By United Press


Portraits of the Japanese states
men who fell before assassins:
Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier
He became premier in July, 1884.
His government succeeding that of
Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito
which had been forced to resign be-
cause of financial scandal involv-
ing some OF it's members.
He spent all his adult life in The
service of the Imperial Navy and
had retired two years before upon
reaching the age limit. Though a
military man by training and avoca-
ton he was not too acceptable to
the militarists because Of his liberal
tendencies.
Okada was not the traditional
military figure. He was quiet, unas-
Stunning, soft spoken, courteous. His
friends believed his qualities of
diplomacy and craftsmanship belied
his naval training.
Rose Through Grades
Born in 1868 in Fukui prefecture,
he was graduated from the naval
academy in 1890. He rose through
the grades from sub lieutenant until
by 1920, when he was appointed
chief of the fleet administration de-
partment, he was a vice admiral. In
1928 he became vice minister of the
navy, in 1924 full admiral and SUI
preme war councillor, and comman-
der of the feet. In 1926 he was
made minister of the navy and
served in that post in two cabinets.
Okada spoke always of his love of
peace, but was a consistent advo-
cate of heavy ornaments, wishing
naval parity with all nations for
Japan. He long was considered
warm friend of the United States.
Admiral Makoto SaitO, former
premier, keeper of the p1ivy seal:
Often called the last great liberal
of Japan, he had been a likely tar
get of anatical assassins for years
He became premier of Japan in
1882, following the assassination of
his predecessor, and stepped down
in 1884 because of a financial scan
dial involving members of his cab
met.
Career Began in Navy
Bombs had been thrown at him,
shots had been fired at him, but
all missed until now. His career
began in the navy, but soon
branched out into the field of states
manship, where he won world re-
nown.
AS japanese naval observer, he
watched the battle of Manila Bay
in which Admiral Dewey wiped out
the Spanish fleet He emerged from
the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 as
a rear admiral.
Retiring from the Navy, he en-
tered the administrative branches
of the government. In 1916 he be-
came governor of Korea. where
bombs were thrown at him repeat
edly. He continued in diplomatic
offices until his appointment as pre-
mier in 1882 While in that office
he rode about in an armored car
of American make
Saito was 70. Heavy shouldered,
moon faced, big man, his calm,
placid disposition was never dis
turbed even in the midst of danger
He was born of family that had
been retainers of marquis date for
two generations. The time came
when he outranked the marquis but
whenever he visited the erstwhile
master of his father and grand
father at the marquis Tokyo pal
ace he used the tradesmen's en-
trance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
Robbed of S150, Police Told

William H. Glazebrook, $3.50 Col
lege-av, reported to police today
that some one robbed him of $3.50
when he went to sleep in cab that
was taking him home last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
Emperor Names Goto New
Premier After 0kada
Is Murdered.
SAITO, WATANABE DEAD
Death of TakahaShi Still
UnConfirmed Despite
Sons Report.
BY RAY G. MARSHALL

tCOpyTlsHl. 1900, DN Onlteo FItSSl
TOKYO, Feb. 26.-The
army and navy guarded pub
lie order in Japan after young
army extremists assassinated
three of Japan's highest
statesmen and attacked others
today in a bold, merciless at
tempt at a coup.
The first fleet was ordered
to Tokyo and the second fleet
to Osaka, the great industrial
city. The war office was in
control in Tokyo under an
emergency state of alarm, APP
preaching martial law.
Troops guarded the streets
and all public buildings and
homes of high officials. The
Bank of Japan closed tempo
rarily.
All official statements came
from the war office. It's first
announcement of what had
happened revealed that Pre-
mier Keisuke Okada, Admiral
Makoto Saito, lord keeper of
the seal and former premier.
and Gen. Jotaro Watanabe,
Inspector general of military
operations, had been killed.
Claim Takahashi Dead
The bulletin said Korekiyo Taxa
hashi, finance minister, and Admiral
Soroku Suzuki. grand chamberlain.
were injured, and that Count Max
mo, former lord privy seal, was
missing after he had escaped from
the attackers at the Yugawara Hot
Springs Hotel.
Although the war Office said Taxa
hashi was only wounded, private
advices insisted he was dead.
The communique said the attack
was made by several young officers"
at a. m. Wednesday. It revealed
that the newspaper Asahi had been
attacked. The Asahi is liberal and
opposed to the militarists. It's type
was so badly damaged it could not
publish this afternoon.
The official war office announces
ment said:
Several young officers" at 5 a. m.
attacked the following places:
Firstly, the premier's official resi-
dence, where Premier Okada was
killed.
Secondly, the lord privy seals
private residence, where Lord Saito
was killed.
Thirdly the army education bu-
reaus private residence, where Gen.
Watanabe was killed.
Isolated for Many Hours
"Fourthly, the MOTEL at the Yuga-
wara Hot Springs, where the former
lord privy seal, Count Maxine, was
staying. Count Maxine was missing
after he escaped the attackers.
Filthy, the grand chamberlain's
official residence, where Admiral
Suzuki was injured seriously
japan was isolated from the world
for many hours when the extremists
seized government offices and COM
munications.
Loyal troops of the imperial guard
took command of the situation.
The war office at once took over
the job of issuing important COM
muniques on the coup and was in
control of the situation.
The communique added that order
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
CITY STREETS REPAIRED
1000 Chuck Holes Caused by Cold
Reported Filled.

More than 1000 chuck holes in
city streets caused by extreme cold
have been temporarily repaired
within the last two days, Claude E.
Shower, Street Commissioner, said
today. He said % tons of material
was used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
INFANT, II MONTHS OLD,
CHOKES TO DEATH HERE
Child Believed to Have Swallowed
Foreign Object.

Thelma Maxine Yarling, H.
month-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Raymond Yarling, 1857 Sharon-av
choked to death today, presumably
swallowing some object.
Mrs. Hattie Shook, housekeeper
said she was playing with the in
FAINT when it began choking. She
called DR.. H. M. Cox, zoos N. War
man-av, but the baby was deac
when he arrived. The mother, Mrs
Margaret Yarling, is in st. Vincent.
Hospital recovering from an opera
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
No Sale

Add flood information:
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apolis Times:
Terrace Beach, 18th and
White River, 2-story, 4 bed
room, large lot, garage, $500,
5000 cash; balance monthly.
BE-2500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26
FARM BILL SPEEDS
THROUGH CONGRESS
Enactment This Week Is
Considered Certain.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. rs.
President Roosevelt today vetoed
bill authorizing an appropriation
of S50,000,000 to provide loans to
farmers during 1886 for crop pro-
duction-principall seed loans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-26

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The
New Deals broad new program to
control agriculture was speeded on
its last leg through Congress to-
day, with enactment this week vir-
tually certain.
House approval of the joint con-
ference report today would send the
substitute AAA measure to the Sen
ate for ratification before going to
President Roosevelt for certain ac-
ceptance, probably by Saturday.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace and AAA Administrator
Chester C. Davis, who will direct
annual expenditures. of $500,000, 900
to control production and conserve
the soil, expressed approval of the
measure as now written.
The bill carries no provision for
financing of the program. The Adj
ministration is expected to offer
within few days a tax bill pro-
viding revenue for benefit payments