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Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

days, not including Sundays, to act
on any bill. Congress sends a bill
to him. If congress adjourns be-
fore the presidents allotted 10 days
are up and he still hasn't acted on
the bill, it cannot become law.
That is considered pocket veto.D
Cleveland, during his two terms
in office, used his veto power 584
times, and was overridden only
twice. The majority of the Cleve-
land vetoes were personal pension
bills, many based on utterly alb
surd claims growing out Of the Civil
war. At first, Cleveland's fortnight
refusal to permit these myriad, lili-
putian treasury raids infuriated Civ
il war veterans. Later, however,
the GAR came to consider him its
friend
Ulysses s. Grant, a poor third
to Roosevelt and Cleveland, We
tOed 81 bills, was overridden
four times.
All told, the veto power has been
used more than 1888 times by pres
idents. George Washington started
it off by killing two important acts
one having to do with legislative Or
ganization; another which would
have reduced the size of the army.
He was not overridden. There were
eight other presidents who never
experienced a veto upset by con-
gressional decentralization, Mon
roe, Jackson, Polk. Buchanan. Lin
coin, Mckinley and Harding.
On the other hand. there were
several presidents who scornedy the
veto entirely: John Adams, Jeffer-
son, John Quincy Adams, Van Bu-
rem, William Henry Harrison, Tay-
lor, Fillmore and Garfield. Perhaps
because all was harmonious be-
tween executive and legislators in
those days. Perhaps because, as
some students suggest today, a sus-
tanned veto is contradiction of
the principle of majority rule-a
rule of a minority of one-third of
either house plus one, plus the pres
ident who is not supposed to have a
vote. ct takes a two-thirds vote
to kill a veto.)
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
Historic Trees Threatened

the Coolidge birch, several species
set out under Hoover.
Naples predominant, but the elms
are next, and many have historic
memories. Just southeast of the
south portico is an elm said to have
been planted by John Quincy
Adams. There are others planted
by Lincoln and Mckinley.
Under these trees history
lives, but for beauty nothing
surpasses the high arched clois-
ter, thick-tapestried In summer,
stark but graceful in silhouetted
line in winter, which roofs my
avenue
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

Cash receipts from crops were
around $4,000, 100000 in the first
half, or 20 per cent above the cor
responding period last year. Most
Of this increase was in grains and
tobacco.
Preliminary estimates for June
show that farmers received about
two billion dollars from marketings,
an increase of 30 per cent from June,
1946. Receipts from livestock and
their products were up about so per
cent on the same basis Of compari-
son.
Demand for meat for domestic
consumption and for export con-
tinues unusually strong" the agri-
culture departments statement
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

Why the founding fathers were SO
generous with presidential power.
which they never conceived as ex-
panding to its modern breadth, we
don't quite know. The veto is writ
ten down in Roman law, but Latin
is a dead language. In England,
the crown has a veto power over
parliament, but it is almost as dead
as Queen Anne, since it hasn't been
used since her time.
It seems to have f1ourished on
American soil.
In fact
1--WE ought to call it National Veto
Week." House Majority Leader
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

Haueck is report
ed to have re-
marked when the
third presidential
veto in one week
of June bounced
back into the lap
of the 80th con-
gre S S. o t h e r S
studying head
lines president
Mixes Tax Cut, "
Truman VetoeS
Labor Legisla-
tion," wool Bill
Turned Down."
shook their heads
ord opinnd that
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

For years now have walked back
and forth to my labors under a
Gothic roof of green, formed by the
interlacing elm branches which,
since Civil war days, have made
my street one of the worlds most
beautiful avenues. Today there are
some rude gaps in the raftered cell
ing where huge branches have been
ripped away by the wind and storm.
But now there is a threat of greater
devastation for our and other elm
trees, ancient and historical, or
merely beautiful, for the dreaded
dutch elm disease has descended
upon America-two cases of viru-
lent infection have been discovered
within the District of Columbia
alone, and no cure is known.
My generation found nothing
exotic i'm the idea Of the village !
smithy under the spreading
chestnut tree. Today the smith
would have tough job finding
q chestnut tree under which to
build his smithy, even If you
could find the smith. For, thanks
to the infamous chestnut blight.
q hOrsechestnut tree in this
country is now almost as rare
as a horse.
Must the elms 60 that way?
I talked this question over with
q member of the American For
estry Products Industries, Inc. "a
private industrial association. He
said: "a recent house action re-
duced the federal appropriation for
the control and research of the Eu-
ropean beetle and dutch elm dis
ease to $51 1,000. If the cut is ap-
proved by the senate, it means the
end of the dutch elm disease lab
oratory in Morristown, N. j., where
the department of agriculture's bu-
reau of entomology and plant quar-
antine has conducted extensive re-
search into the control and possible
prevention of the insect and fungus.
An elm, according to official
classification, is a "prized shade
tree in the northeastern and central
United States" But passing over
its esthetic value, consider that its
wood is used for variety of pur-
poses-especially slack cooperage,
market and bushel baskets, for
heavy Grating and for veneers. .. -
But what does an economaniac
care for all that?
Consider the White House
grounds, for instance. In these quiet
I8 acres there are something less
than $50 trees comprising some go
species. The two great magnolias
planted close to the rear portico
were placed there by Andrew Jack
son. Nearly every president plant
ed a tree-there is the Benjamin
Harrison oak, the Harding beech.
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
OIL EXPORTS:
Supply Russia

A special export license for the
shipment Of petroleum products to
Russia was granted by the depart
ment Of commerce hours after Rep
resentative Weichel (Rep., o.,
chairman of the house merchant
marine committee, demanded the
license be refused.
Weichel previously had tele-
phoned william c. Foster, under
secretary Of commerce, urging him
to halt the movement of 248, 1000 bar
rels Of petroleum being loaded
aboard three tankers on the West
coast.
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

nance by giving
unqualified approx
al to the match and
announcing the en-
gagement in a ira
ditional court circu-
lar.
1t. Mount b a item
is a second cousin
to the king and a
great = grandson Of
Queen Victoria. AS
the husband Of Prin-
cess Elizabeth, he
will ha Pri<aiYnSe
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

HATES TAXES So violently
opposed to Excessive and confis-
catOry individual income taxes" is
E. B. TiltOn of Milwaukee, Wis.,,
that he voluntarily cut his own in
come to lower his taxes. Presi-
dent of a. manufacturing company,
he says he will work without pay
in November and December SO that
he may lower his tax contribution.
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
FARM MACHINERY & EQUIP.

FOR SALE 4-wheel IH.C. horse drawn
sweep rake: gift. Eversman land leveler;
2 grain augers, with undercarriages on
rubber; large size Meyers home water
corn stalk cutters, Chase Mfg; l high
lift Caswell manure loader; 8" irriga-
ton pump, Colorado. The above machines
TON, ChappeIl, Nebr. Also the following
used machines: l 13-ft. truck box, grain
sides and stock rack fits International
truck 175'' w. b. "a good box. Like new);
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
ROMANCE:
Royal Road

Princess Elizabeth, 21-year-old
heiress presumptive to the throne
of England, and 1t. Philip Mount
batten, 26, former Prince Philip of
Greece. are formally, engaged to
be married this autumn, probably
in October.
King George vi and Queen Eliza
beth cleared the road to royal ro-
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
Presidential Veto Poses Problems
Roosevelt Said, 1 Forbid
63l Times for New Record
By BAUKHAGE
NetUs AnaIyst and Commentato,

AnayT commentator
WASHINGTON.-'T Forbid" said President Truman. He
said it "a times to the 10th congress while Democrats
still in control The for the Repubcan-controed 8Oh
is not quite complete at this writing.
American president is permitted
veto"
$50 what" right back they did emphacay in
labor
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

first prince consort since Queen Vic
toria's husband, Prince Albert Of
Saxe-Coburg. He cannot become
king, but probably will be given a
dukedom shortly after the wedding.
King George is expected to ask
parliament to increase Princess
Eizabeth's income and perhaps give
her husband special allowance.
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
FARMS AND RANCHES

T. B. SCOTT 6 CO.. Meeker, Colorado
Detailed description of all listings below
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4,412-A. stock ranch and mountain
home. Located near Meeker, Colo. 8-rm.
modern home. Tenant house. club house
and other bldg. Forest permit.
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70O-HEAD cattle ranch near Meeker.
Colo. 1912 a. decided land.
300 A. irrig., good water rights. 1890
a. leased state land grazing. Modern
home and bldg. with or without oil and
mineral rights
MACHINE and blacksmith shop, Meek
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district. fully equipped bldg. and ma
chinery and stock.
ROCKY FORD-160 acre farm, 120 acres
under cultivation, modern house, barn, la
Dor house, etc. High line canal water.
Terms. FRANK A. RAY, Lamar, Colo.
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
MISCELLANEOUS

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LIVESTOCK

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bulls. ages to yrs, also good pure bred
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Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

Buy u. S. Savings Bonds!
Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
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Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

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Arizona sun., 1947-07-25

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Arizona sun., 1947-07-25
HOME FURNISHINGS & APPLl

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Evening star., 1947-11-22
Meyers
Continued From First Page.)

(CO0tlnueQ from f1rSC FdSe.)
short-term Government bonds on
margin. Howard Hughes, million
aire aircraft manufacturer, flyer and
film producer whose $40,000,000 in
war contracts were the subject of
public hearings earlier this month
and last summer, asserted Gen.
Meyers tried to borrow $250,000 from
him for this bond-buying project.
Meyers Not in Hearing Room.
Gen. Meyers, who has not missed
day since the hearings were re-
sumed November S, was not in the
hearing room today.
Gen. Arnold, wearing a gray civ
ilian suit and blue shirt, was the
only witness today.
He told the committee:
I'm not here TO pass upon the
innocence or guilt of Gen. Meyers.
I am not here to defend any of my
own actions in connection with
this case.
"I am here as the war head of
100000 men who served in the Air
Force. 1 am here because some OF
them have begun to have an element
of doubt as to their leaders. I am
here to restore the confidence they
had in their leaders and the Armed
Services"
Senator Ferguson assured Gen.
Arnold he was welcome" after the
very sordid testimony" the COM
Evening star., 1947-11-22

dren. Mrs. Meyers, he said, changed
the deposit to the Dupont Circle
branch Of the Riggs National Bank
here in September, 1945.
The latter bank record, as read
to the subcommittee showed this
also was joint account. Gen.
Meyers said his wife later 'in-
vested" about $4,000 Of the money
in stocks, none Of them in aviation
companies.
Curnutt figured IL Two other
important subjects Of testimony yes
terday. He declared he had paid
for a 5000 decoration Of a powder
room" in the Wright Field quarters
of Gen. and Mrs. Meyers after the
officer was transferred there from
Washington in 1914. Previous evi-
dence showed that Aviation Electric
Corp. checks were used to pay the
bill. but Curnutt asserted the checks
he gave were really his own money.
He also testified he purchased
from Lamarre the "blue Cadillac"
that Lamare said Gen. Meyers
bought in Washington in December,
l94l, and paid for with company
money,
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page.)

BY all odds the most important and
overwhelming single reason for
speedy action is that need exists
and must be met now if the three
countries are to escape starvation,
suffering and serious economic retro
gression."
The program calls for an outlay
of $4,000, 900 for Austria; 1927, ,000,-
900 for Italy and $328,000,000 for
France to be spent principally for
fuel, food and fertilizer.
The committee found that the
State Departments estimate of the
needs of the three countries were
substantially correct"
I'm view of the precarious f1nan-
cial position of the countries in
volved the committee agrees
that it would be unwise and msound
economically to burden them with
additional debts in the form of loans
at this time" the report commented.
Senator Vandenberg yesterday
told his Republican colleagues at
a COP meeting that they can sup
port the stopgap aid bill without
prejudice to the views they may ul-
timately take on the long-range
Marshall plan.
He also said that the $597, ,000, 900
authorization was to be considered a
top limit and that the Congress
sional Appropriations Committees
will have a chance to pass on the
exact amount after they review the
availability of food and other sup
plies in this country.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
u. n. Trade Farley
SpIit Is Threatened
By the Asseeiatsd Press

HAVANA, Nov. 22.-The heads of
81 national delegations with voting
power at the United Nations Con-
ference on Trade and Employment
sought today to head of dissension
between the "underdeveloped coun-
tries" of Latin America and the in
dustrialized trade giants" Of West
ern Europe, the United Kingdom
and the United States.
They hope thereby to present q
united front to the world.
In closed session they will try to
compromise the fight which unex-
pectedly developed at the opening
session yesterday over the post Of
president of the conference, when
Argentina upset plans by proposing
a Cuban.
European delegations, reported
favoring an English-speaking can
didate, had the session adjourned
and a caucus of delegation heads
summoned to keep the fight under
cover. They hope to present a
compromise candidate who would
be named without a public battle.
Authoritative sources have desig-
mated the Latin-American favorite
son as Cuba's delegation head,
Sergio I. Clark, minister without
portfolio in the Cuban cabinet.
American and British delegations
were reported as favorable to nam
ing Dana L. Wilgress, Canadian
delegation head and Ambassador to
Switzerland.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

mittee has heard about very
small minority of officers.
Arnold Reads Statement.
Gen. Arnold read a prepared state
ment in which he referred as fol-
lows to the previous testimony of
Gen. Meyer concerning stock hold
ingS:
You are familiar with the replies
of principal procurement officers to
request by Gen. George E. Strate-
meyer, at my direction, for informa-
ton, about their investments. The
reporting officers, including Gen.
Meyers, in effect, gave me their
words that their investments and
their only investments we're as stated
and we're disposed of as stated.
Il think it is true that Air Force
officers having wide procurement re-
sponsibility have refrained as a
matter of ethics from such invest
ments. I myself had but one such
investment in my life which I made
in 1911 and which promptly became
worthless. The members of my i'm
mediate family have never owned
any such investment.
Gen. Meyers has had the ef-
frontery to state that, after making
his report, he verbally disclosed
the full facts to me and perhaps
to Gen. Stratemeyer; that he re-
ceived the approval of one or both
of us to his continued indirect
holdings; that he made what he
calls verbal arrangements with his
superior officers, and that I told
him that the matter of sale of stocks
was one for his own judgment.
These statements brand as alb
solute falsehoods, as does Gen.
Stratemeyer.
Regrets Decision on Letter.
Referring to an anonymous letter
sent to the Air Force in 1945 urging
an investigation of Gen. Meyers,
Gen. Arnold said he was at the
Potsdam Conference at the time.
The decision made elsewhere in
the staff to file the anonymous let
ter was, it now appears, mistake.
Investigation then might have de-
veloped the situation which has now
been uncovered. But I think it un-
fair to attribute this decision to any
desire to protect brass hats I
wish the decision had been other
wise. The responsibility for it is
mine as commanding general. But
in view of the circumstances I
should find 1t hard to censure the
man who made the decision
Later, in reply to a specific ques-
tion by Senator Ferguson, Gen.
Arnold declared that "to the best of
my knowledge Gen. Meyers never
even discussed his stock dealings
with me-"
The only time they talked about
investments, Gen. Arnold went on,
Evening star., 1947-11-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. - A
Prosecution Finished
In nMachine-Gun Case
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov. 22.-Defense
attorneys made ready today to COM
bat a mass of Government evidences
entered in Federal Court to back up
an indictment that four men, one q
Maryland business executive, stole 81
Navy machine guns from nearby
Bush Field.
, The Government introduced the
last of its "a witnesses, several FBI
agents among them, before week.
end court adjournment yesterday.
Defense counsel then asked for di-
rected acquittal of three of the de-
PENDANTS, only to be overruled by
Presiding Judge Frank M. Scarlett.
A motion to free the fourth de-
fendant, Manuel l.. Fuego, 81, Of
Miami, Fla, Cuban native, Is
scheduled when court reconvenes
Monday. The other defendants are
Karl J. Eisenhardt, so, Of Ellicott
City, Md, an oil transportation COM
pany executive with flying inter-
ests, and two former military flyers,
j. Meredith Russell, "A, Baltimore,
and Edward Browder, jr., 80, Anna
rillo, Tex.
The prosecution accuses the four
men of plotting and executing the
theft of the weapons from a surplus
storage warehouse at the former AL
gusta Army Air Field. 1t alleges the
arms were tucked to the city airport
the night of April II, flown to Balti-
more and transferred the next night
to the palatial home of Mr.. Eisen-
hardt near Ellicott City.
FBI witnesses told of seizing the
guns in Mr. Eisenhardt's basement
the night of April 81 and arresting
Mr. Russell, who, they said, admitted
helping haul the guns from the Bal
timore airport to Mr.. Eisenhardt's
basement. Mr.. Eisenhardt and Mr..
Browder were arrested at Clinton,
Okla, April %, and Mr.. L. Fuego at
Miami the next day,
Evening star., 1947-11-22
u. ). Seizes Two Russians
Trying 10 Arrest German
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

BERLIN, Nov. 22.-A Russian
lieutenant colonel and an enlisted
man were arrested yesterday by
American authorities as they were
attempting to remove forcibly Ger
man civilian out of the American
sector of the city without authori-
zation, American Military Govern
ment public safety of1cials said last
night.
The Russians were reported to have
been armed when they made their
incursion into American territory tc
seize the German. They claimed,
American officials said, that he was
a fugitive from a Soviet detention
camp in the surrounding territory
of Brandenburg.
This was the latest of several such
Russian actions in recent months,
which American authorities have in
the past protested as unauthorized
arrests
According to four-power rules
here II one power wants an arrest
made in the jurisdiction of another
power, 1t must make previous re-
quest.