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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-26
MussoIini Issues Hands
Off Warning To Europe:
Diplomats Fear Conflict

LONDON, March 26-(UP) Premier Benito Musso
ni Haunting defiance before continent spiked heavily
with armaments today warned that Europe will be "on
the precipce of war" if attempts made interfere
with Itay's role in the Spanish Civil War.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-26

Grams will serve as pail bearers.
The burial site has not been Sc
lected.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Where Control Leads
Farm Bill Has Incredible" Provision for Regulating
Use of Retired Lands, Observer Says.

or live stock, or the products thereof,
are to be consumed by his family,
! employees, or household"
That amendment w,s adop.ed In
the House by 202 to lSs, in the Sen
ate by II to 80.
Cannot Rake Crop for Sale.
Now what does that amendment
mean? It means that after the ad-
min1stration has required ne to re-
tire certain acres from wheat, corn,
ETC., I cannot raise on those acres
any other crop for sale. II I raise
anything on those acres at all, am
forbidden to sell 1t or barter 1t or
exchange 1t. . I cannot even give 1t
away, for the bill specifically forbids
gift" There Is only one thing
can do with it. must use it for
home consumption-it must be con-
sumed by the farmers family, en-
ployes. or household, or by his work
stock
Mark that phrase work stock" I
can give the food to my horses-that
is all right, for the horses remain on
the farm and are not sold. But I
cannot feed 1t to any live stock that is
to be sold-1 cannot feed 1t to cattle,
hogs or sheep that are to be sold. I
cannot feed it to any COW whose milk
is to be sold. cannot even feed it
to any poultry, any chickens or tur-
keys that are to be sold, or whose eggs
are to be sold.
Those forbidden fields must be kept
sacredly apart. II any COW strays
upon them. cannot thereafter sell
her or her calf or her milk or her
butter. That this puts diflicult task
upon the farmer was recognized in the
debates. Said Representative John Z.
Rankin Of Mississippi "He 1.-THE farm
erl cannot let his chickens stray onto
that ground - because he will be
violating the law II he sells the eggs
from those chickens"
This will be difficult, for chickens
sometimes fly over fences. and hogs
root under them. And the farmers
job of policing his chickens and pigs
and sheep and cows will be followed
by the Secretary of Agriculture's Job
OF policing the farmer. Said Senator
Pope OF Idaho: 1T would require
the Secretary completely to police
every farm, for if cattle escaped and
wandered over into those lands, or If
. chicken strayed over and scratched,
the Secretary must know it ."
Representative Rankin said it would
be necessary to send Federal agent
and park him" on the farm.
(Copyright. 1937)
Evening star., 1937-12-28


chairmen. In 1908 the Senate called
MN. He was appointed assistant clerk
1or two years, and has been clerk for
IA years, under the regimes Of seven
chairmen Of the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Mr.. Rea's years Of service have
whitened his hair, sharpened his
memories, his scope Of work and en-.
thuslasm for one Of the Governments
most important positions.
HIS memories are pithy, historic. His
nrst recollection Of appropriations took
place in 1892, when he arrived on the
national scene. The father of Renr..
sentative Lanahan of Texas sponsored
q bill in the House to appropriate s1o,-
600 for seed to help the drought
stricken farmers Of those good old
days" The bill was vetoed by Presi-
dent Cleveland with significant words
to the effect that it was the duty Of
the people to keep the Government.
not the duty Of the Government to
keep the people.
Times have changed. Appropriation
ngures have changed. Mr.. Rea has
an historic and comparative eye upon
such increases, which he saws are
sometimes "easy to get but hard to
reduce" On request. he produced fan
tastic figures. For the fiscal year end
ing in 1893, the Fifty-third Congress
appropriated $492. All, ,759 80 to run the
Government. The first session of the
Seventy-fourth Congress appropriated
Ss,356, ,174,982.92. The cents column
balances. oddly enough. Other figures
hardly make sense.
Certainly new facts are not blurred
through Mr.. Rea's far-seeing glasses.
He has inaugurated a system that
analyzes every bill as it comes up. He
goes over every line OF the House ap-
preparations bills, compares it with
last years wording and figures, enrolls
1t up to date. He shows what was
done by the House, what is ready for
senatorial action by system of red
and blue penciling, familiar to Senator
Carter Glass. chairman, and the %
other Appropriations Committee COPY
readers. and all Senators seeking
accurate and authentic figures and
1acts on money questions.
Senator Vandenberg epitomizes the
senatorial acclaim. when he says. "the
Senate cannot function without Ken
nedy Rea."
Evening star., 1937-12-28

revenue law be expected from
cided three prevalent in wash
- '
The conservatives beliered that the profits and
capital gains
such Mr. Vnon doubted conceded the
need TOR revision the become bo
OF business
the psychology Of the reasoning Of
tne conservatives maintaining
depression as smoke behind abdteens
49, 0
From the first the President between the moaes
and the being forced into tax
vn yet agreed that changes
Now Mr. Vinson evolving permits the
PRESIDENT to have his cake
short Of the Senate could unset he
copyrsht 1887 '
Evening star., 1937-12-28

oo annually exempted from the
cep Tor those caught in the third basket
0n greatly relaxed for concerns making
Ine third basket invented
democrat Kentucky As chairman
OF the House Ways and Means Committee
has pnderng the problem
tbted profits tax for long
nac effectiveness yet correct its njust
happier. 0
Until recently the problem vtnson
suddenly remembered sections 102
u Section 1o2 penalties the
BY
personal holding companies
Government has said that
believed the managemen Section effective
Now the intention Of the
from using sort
The theory that sccu-
late unduy become In effect
| r AVA "'
Therefore, Mr. Vtnson asked himself GOOD
features OF 02 and 35l? Section
ons were clear and detailed
holding companies unreasonable mr.
pluses and all will be
third basket" WV
Mr. Vnson presented his President who found
wonderfully good At present the basket being detail by
the tax experts at the Treasury
subcommittee it polished shape then no
doubt some one will explain its peculiar nickname
The basket be unfinished NAV be ncomnre.
nenSio out enough about 1t known permit
Evening star., 1937-12-28

crop control bill there might be doubt
about its passage.
The provision came about in this
way: The bill, from the beginning,
provided that farmers shall reduce
their acreages Of wheat, corn, cotton
and other crops. That Is the funda-
mental point and purpose Of the bill,
to retire certain acres that are now
devoted to wheat, corn, etc. These
acres are described as the diverted
acres" think We might call them
the forbidden fields. On the forbidden
fields no wheat, corn, ETC., may be
raised. For thus reducing the acreage
Of wheat, corn. etc, the farmer Is to
be given certain payments.
That is the way the crop control
bill has stood from the beginning. But
at q certain stage in the debate q
question was raised by a member from
Wisconsin, q question that had not
occurred to the writer's Of the original
bill. The member from Wisconsin Is
from a dairying district; his name is
Gerald j. Boileau. Mr.. Boileau arose
with manner of saying "ha!"
what" Mr.. Boileau asked, will the
farmers do with those diverted acres?"
Would Affect Milk Prices.
Suspiciously and astutely Mr..
Boileau reasoned that the farmers
would leave the diverted acres in
grass. or plant them in some sort Of
forage crop, such as soy beans. And
If the farmer has additional grass or
beans he may feed cows on them. He
will increase the number of his cows.
More cows will mean more milk. More
milk may mean lower prices for milk
And that won't do at all-the dairy
industry must be protected. II wheat
and corn are to be made scarcer, so
must milk be kept scarce in propor-
ton. If wheat and corn acreages are
to be reduced the acreage devoted to
dairying must at least be kept where
1t now is. The forbidden fields must
not be turned over to cows.
So Representative Boileau put his
mind on preventing the forbidden
fields from being used to increase
the quantity of milk. He presented
an amendment to the farm bill. It
is section 66 of the bill. should
like to print this amendment entire,
as museum piece of bizarre legisla-
ton. But it Is too long and tortuous;
I print only the pertinent part. It
refers to lands normally used for
the production Of cotton, wheat, rice,
tobacco or field corn" When such
lands are diverted from that normal
use. the diverted acres shall be used
only for the production Of agricul-
tural commodities to be consumed on
the farm. and not for market. As
used in this subsection the term for
market means for disposition by sale,
barter, exchange. or gift, or by feed
ing lin any form) to poultry or live
stock which, or the products Of which,
are to be sold. bartered, exchanged.
or given away; and such term shall
not include consumption on the farm.
An agricultural commodity shall be
deemed consumed on the farm If con-
sumed by the farmers family, SEM
ployes. or household, or by his work
stock; or If fed to poultry or live
stock on his farm. and such poultry
Evening star., 1937-12-28
BINGHAM LEAVES
$4,625,00o ESTATE
Control Of Newspapers Is Vested
in Son-Will Dated in
September.

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 2s.-The
will of Robert w. Bingham, United
States Ambassador to Great Britain.
filed for probate in Jefferson County
Court here yesterday, vests control Of
the Bingham newspapers. the Courier
Journal and Louisville Times. in . son.
Barry Bingham, who was co-pubIsher
OF the papers.
Directions for the disposal Of an
estate valued by County Judge Ben F.
Ewing for probate purposes at $685.
900 were contained in the will, dated
last September 30.
Securities accounted for $4,500 900
Of the valuation, the remainder being
real estate and personal property.
Trusts composed of 5000 shares Of
prior preferred cumulative $100 par
value stock Of the Louisville Times Co.
were ordered established for each Of
Bingham's other children, Henrietta
and Robert, with Barry Bingham. who
Is 81 years old, as trustee. The COM
pany owns both papers and Radio Sta
tion WHAS.
The residue Of the estate was desig-
mated for Barry Bingham.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

gress can be controlled by the Execu-
tive then some check by the people on
the National Legislature is desirable
but it is doubtful whether special
machinery to check the Executive or
Congress in respect to one problem
of government-entry into warts As
desirable as general machinery ap-
plicable at all times to national gov.
ernments which are not interpreting
correctly the wishes Of the people.
Maybe the Ludlow resolution could be
broadened to include all questions in
which the Executive needs to be
checked against taking steps out of
harmony with the popular will.
(Copyright. 1887
Evening star., 1937-12-28
INSTALLATION TONIGHT
FOR LEBANON CHAPTER
Mrs. Marguerite Davis to Take
Office as Worthy Matron
at Ceremonies.

Mrs. Marguerite Davis and H. g..
Middlemiss will be installed as worthy
matron and worthy patron, respec.
lively, Of Lebanon Chapter. No. rs,
Order Of the Eastern Star, at the
Masonic Temple, 80l Thirteenth
street NV, at pm. today.
Other officers to be installed are
Mrs. Lillian Zimmerman, associate
matron; Paul F. Macdonald, asso-
ciate patron; Mrs. Eleanor Smith, con-
ductress; Mrs. Viola Thompson, as-
sociate conductress; Mrs. Lille Nc
Kenzie, secretary; Mrs. Blanche L.
Barghausen, treasurer; Mrs. Pearl
Thring, chaplain; Mrs. Laura WAL
lace, orsanist: Mrs. Mildred Kelly,
warder, and Frank Puryear, sentinel.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
YULE BALL TONIGHT

The Norwegian Society of WASH
ington will hold its Christmas ball at
the Washington Club, Seventeenth and
K streets NV, at $50 o'clock to-
night.
Guest speaker will be Jorgen Gable,
Counselor Of the Norwegian Legation,
and new officers will be installed. New
omcers are Peter Moe. president; ALI
Nelson, vice president; Arnvit Nygart,
secretary, and Olaf solen, financial
secretary.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

y IL e EOIl4eISuCC
committee, where
the bill now Is,
nothing can be
taken out. ordi-
narily, that Is in
both versions. So
the crop control
bill, when and II
the two houses
finally adopt 1t,
will contain this
incredible pro-
vision. I say III
and when" be-
cause If the pub
lie understood
what h in this
Evening star., 1937-12-28
TAX REVENUES PUT
AT $12,50o,00o,000
Reported Estimates Show Vast In.
creases to Government Dur.
ing Recovery Years.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-The Fedora
ton Of Tax Administrators reported
today estimated tax revenues for gov.
ernments within the United States in.
creased $4,000. 100000 N recovery
years, from $500, ,ooo,o in 1892. pit
Of the depression, to $l2,5oo, 900, ,ooo in
1887.
The federation said the share of rev.
enue given by the Federal Government
to local units increased from nothing
in 1892 to 245 per cent in 1885 and
that given by the Federal to State gov
ernments from 12.5 per cent In 1882 to
222 per cent in 1885.
Using 1885 Is midway" year, the
Evening star., 1937-12-28
ADAMS DECLINES POST

Orval w. Adams of Salt Lake City
announced through the Republican
National Committee yesterday that he
had declined to serve on the party's
Program Committee because of the
"non-partisan character" Of his duties
as president of the American Bankers
Association.
He said it would not be right for
him to complicate these duties by
membership I'm a committee of a
political party, however patriotic the
work OF that committee might, and
doubtless will, be-"
Evening star., 1937-12-28

federation listed these figures on the
division Of the tax dollar:
ls32-Federal. % per cent; States,
~ per cent: localities, 81 per cent.
1s3o-Federal, 81 per cent: States.
10 per cent; localities, ~ per cent.
ls37-Federal. A per cent: States,
70 per cent; localities, SO per cent.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

lucky to get my
education In those
days." Mr.. Rea
said. For four
years prior to his
appointment he
was q sch ool
teacher in Mount
v er on, Ind,
where he was
born in 1868.
In IS years he
rose from mes
Senger to assist
ant clerk of the
House, where he
served under nve
a nrn r~{o<I>-
Evening star., 1937-12-28

amend m e n t q
referendum per-
mitting the people
TO vote for or
against American
participation in
war. It would
appear that the
movement Is q
cropping toward
. o m e G h e c k
against centrali-
ration Of power
in the Executive.
Many people
do not like the
idea Of bestowing
Az ANA ~o~ thu
Evening star., 1937-12-28
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

7 SHRINK from asking you to be-
lieve 1t, but It's all really there,
in the crop control bill. And it's
4 practically bound to stay there
for it's In both versions. the Senate
version and the House one. The Ian
guase Is identical in both versions. In
Evening star., 1937-12-28

that 1t won't prove pleasing to
Henry Ford. the Du Pont family
and other economic royalist."
These are the people the New
Dealers have always wanted to get
at with their tax programs. Now
that they have ornamented a
busness-conciliating tax revision
with . mantrap for Mr.. Ford, the
New Dealers are very cheerful.
That there would be a man.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

THE opinions OF the wres this page oOn not
-, ssce::ary The Stars Such opinions presented n
readers although such opinions contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1937-12-28
An American
You Should
Know
Rea, Clerk of Senate,
Called Invaluable to
Congress-.
BY DELLA PYNCHON,

TT WAS 46 years ago when William
8. Holman Of Indiana. then chair
man OF the House Appropriations
= Committee, appointed q fellow
Hoosier, Kennedy Rea, to be a mes
senger in the House.
His distinguished career started. He
was neither rich nor important. IT was
Evening star., 1937-12-28
DIE IN TRAIN FIRE
Eight Burned in Japan as Flames
Rnor III ~

Roar Through Car.
TOXIC. Dec. % tP.-Reports from
the northern city of Moji to the news
paper Asahi today said eight persons
were burned to death and "a injured
when fire roared through one car
riage Of speeding train.
Flames swept the third-class coach.
tight packed with passengers, but the
engineer failed to stop for some time.
Two men. three women and three
were burned to death.
Evening star., 1937-12-28

nave no money
ndvdualis
Roosevelt be gambling that his
req INK IN time to the country another
time ne keeping good pkerface and letting both
Tories demonstrate their political
and Tribunes
Evening star., 1937-12-28

jective Of the undistributed profits
tax. The New Deal, mulish as ever,
has not abandoned its objective.
Lest this morsel Of news cause
too much melancholia among busi-
ness men, 1t should be said that
the tax revision plan rs now COM
pleted will make things much
easier for 80 to 90 per cent Of
the corporations in this country.
All cOncernA making less than l1s
Evening star., 1937-12-28
The Capital Parade
"Third Basket" Tax Evolved by New Dealers to Bea
Down ON "Economic Royalists."

JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT KINTNER.
EFORE plenty Of corporation executives
regretting their
- undstributed profits
When Predents
scheme
contains devh little scheme called
they examine the third basket they w dscope
enforcement OF the Nev Deals Dividend distribution
stringent than
The third basket will chiefly
lar will affect outszed which
ing up undue their
tax payments Giving large securities
Evening star., 1937-12-28

Aehh11E O1 IIdAIIIS SepdldIe peace
with Germany, without consulting
the Russian people. Lenin replied
that the Russian people had al
ready voted for peace, with their
feet-they had run away! Right
now We are voting down the old
guardsmen with our pocketbooks.
We are not buying their goods,
either because we can't afford to
pay their prices or, being unem-
ployed or badly paid, because We
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Ludlow Plan
Broadening
Suggested
Move Seen Way to
Check Unpopular
Courses of Action.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
TIMERS Is something more than
mere pacifism behind the
rather widespread support
q which has been given to the
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Ludlow Of Indiana. Democrat,
which would provide by constitutional
Evening star., 1937-12-28

nical attitudes Of the "unhoy alliance the
Republicans and the g. fossils
last winter the
relief enforce what the dop and blocked
the reforms pledged
onoer tnese
TO let ne reneeades and rebels try the
ism IN the lace OF New Deal at the
recent special session the best that
Nole ior economic consequences Of political
now they insist Mr. Roosevelt
he whites OF their He allowing to dis
cover tnat n irresponsible policies
ous themselves
se 10 wear themselves marching
again. ne relying on the rising tide
and foreclosuresto
the Ammot du Points Winthrop been
the human needs Of q ~ "'
There signs that this strategy its effect Recent
voices have been that Mr. best minds tn
White House conference like those held restore conf
oence IN the opening months depression the
pest oans thrashed around
tnat American women should do ome-cann
But h wont uork In 1887 the Fo,ds
4aroey Feston Alfred Sodns and Charlie
szs when they had the holeheated approval
tne Government and still enjoyed trust
hoD they o
tney really
when WIN completely ignore the political decisions people
ne last tn national elections will things table
IN the good old way Here they popular political
DECISIONS are not taken ballot
1enin OF making separate
Evening star., 1937-12-28
We, the People
Big Business and Tories in Congress Have Ignored
Needs Of Nation, Is Opinion of One Observer.

ETWEEN and the eat deal Of
argument to whether President present
l business "recession."
Dealers scarcely condi
uonS IN this theory the conservatives
OF the fact that time
IN the direction radc
The result politics comforting to those
Who support the status
ceson has cooked Rocpes
edge that hitherto Roosevelt
IN my opinion the New Deal
The abandonment
us out OF the last hole the reduction ~
dents stubborn Dutch desire
cies Of the Federal
Evening star., 1937-06-24

from . to IL years Of ass may take
advantage Of the Summer schedule
for . small enrolment fee.
Expert instruction will be provided
in base ball, swimming, tennis, track
and field athletics. There will be
four base ball teams, each to be
entered in = league, with games each
week day. All boys who do not know
how to swim may learn by enrolling
in the instruction classes to be held
each Monday, Wednesday and Friday
morning.
At l pm. each Monday and We'd
nesday instruction will be given to
those wanting to learn to play tennis.
Each Tuesday advanced tennis players
and tennis teams will be instructed.
In the Boys Department OF the
"Y' Is a fully equipped game room
and library. where the boys may
read or study. Instruction will be
given In handicraft by experts.
Outdoor activities are to be par
ticularly stressed on all fair weather
days. Again this year an excursion
will be made to Camp Let's. the
Y. M. c. A. boys camp on the Rhode
River, near Annapolis, Md, for an
athletic meet. Every boy who has
Evening star., 1937-06-24

ten suggestions to the three writing
committeeman.
Finally = rough draft Of the g.
page report Wa completed and .
meeting Of an 10 Senators was called
to 60 over It. The document was
read and several corrections made. A
few suggestions for polishing up the
phraseology were submitted and ac-
cepted.
The suggested corrections and i'm
provements were written in and the
10 men again went over the report
much IN the fashion Of Supreme Court
justices passing On the final form Of
an opinion assigned an individual
member to write. This time every
one agreed the report was in the best
possible form and 1t was typed for
printing and submission to the Sen
ate.
Composite, Says King.
ut IS only fair to say" Senator
King stated, that this report Is a
composite of the best efforts and best
thought of all 10 members voting
for 1t. BY no means could it be de-
scribed accurately as the work of any
individual or group among the 10.
II the document is effective 1t is be-
cause all OF us did our utmost to
make 1t So"
incidentally, the report will stand
as q significant refutation OF Oft
repeated charges that congressional
Investigations are waste Of time
The assertion often has been made
frequently with considerable founda-
tion-that congressional inquiry has
never changed the mind Of single
Evening star., 1937-06-24

Senator Of Representative. In this
case. however, the reverse was true.
At the outset, some members Of the
committee who eventually voted
against the bill seemed disinclined to
vote against the President on the
issue. As the testimony developed at
the hearing, however, and as various
arguments advanced by administra-
ton leaders in support OF the bill
were torn to shreds by factual evi-
dence, these Senators were won over
so completely that their minds were
closed even to compromise by ap-
pointing two justices when the hear
ings were over. 1t may be that the
hearings, as we'll as the report, will
go down In history as significant mile
stones in American politics.
Evening star., 1937-06-24
SUMMER PROGRAM.
IS PLANNED At T
Activities Outlined for Bows
Unable to Go to
Camps.

In order to provide recreational
activities, under expert instruction
and guidance, for boys not in camp
during the school holidays, the Young
Mems Christian Association will begin
its local Summer program for boys
Saturday.
The program, including hikes, edu-
cational trips and athletics, is to
continue until September l8. 1t will
be under direction Of Fred T. Car
penter, acting director Of the Boys
Work Staff of the Y. M. C. A, Boys
Evening star., 1937-06-24
Widows Dog Gets License,

When Mrs. Ellen Evans, 78 years
old, widow of Bootle, England, who
lives on a small pension, appealed to
the magistrates to help her pay for
license for her 13-year-old dog,
Toby, her only companion, the fee was
promptly subscribed by sympathizer.