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I The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell. News Review of Current Events the World Over •u ^ i v J APAN was calming down after toe J amazing revolt ami attempted coup d’ etat of a thousand soldiers led bj a group of young “fasHst" oflk-era who thought the Okada government was hamitering the military progress of the nation. So far as can be Judged at this distance, the net results of the upris ing were: Admiral Viscount Makoto Salto, former premier and lord keeper New Tax Program Stirs Hot Debate—Black’s Seizure of of the privy seal; Korekiyo Ttwahashi. Telegrams—Norris Dam Is Completed—halo- Ethiopian Peace Draws Nearer. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ® Western Newepaper Union. i Rep. S. B. Hill C ONGRKSSMAN SAM Ft. HILL of Washington and his subcommittee of the house ways and men ns com mittee took up the heavy task of de termining how Ihe new revenue of $L- 137.UOO.ent) called for by [’resident Roose velt should he raised. Treasury officials rec ommended that an av erage tax of 33Vi per cent should he levied on undivided corpor ation profits and a tax of 00 per cent on all refunded or un paid AAA processing taxes. In this the fiscal experts followed the suggestions of Mr. Roosevelt. They told the- sith- commlttee that the proposed corpor ation surplus tax would yield the gov ernment ffVJO.tHK1,000 annually. The President has estimated that this amount will he needed to tlnance the new farm program and the soldier bonus. The so-called "windfall” tax on processors who successfully challenged the AAA In the courts. It was be lieved. would yield another $'-’00,000,- 000. This will he used to reimburse the treasury for losses sttlTered ns a result of the Supreme court’s Invalida tion of AAA. There remains an ad ditional $317,000,000 which It Is pro posed to raise through excise taxes on a wide rmge of farm processors. Chairman Hill said the experts and the members of the subcommittee were agreed that the lax on undivided sur plus should not apply to banks and life Insurince companies. There was wide divergence of opin ion concerning this tax among lead ers In congress. Senator James Ham ilton i.ex’ls of Illinois. Ftemocrnt. for Instance, declared himself against It as an unnecessary additional burden on buslnevj. and Indicated he would sti|>- l>ort. Instead, a plan to tax the In come from federal securities now ex empt. Senator Iloroh, Republican, ■aid that In principle he endorsed the plan of taxing undistributed earnings, while Senator Hastings of Delaware, slso Republican, denounced It as "con fiscatory.” Senator King of Utah, Democrat, and Representative Knutson of Minnesota. Republican, were moved hy the program to demand Immediate cutting down of federal expenditures, and In this Mr. Itorah concurred. Speaker Joseph W Hyrns and Major ity Leader W. !’>. Hankhead professed to see no difficulties In the way of the proposed measure. One thing that boosted the chances of the President's tax program was a report from Secretary of Commerce R««per that corporation income In 10.'to was 300 per cent higher than In 1032. I N' TDK course of his protie Info the affairs of enemies of the New Deal, Senator Itlack of Alabama, chairman of the lobby committee, assumed the right to seize and examine their pri vate telegrams, and thus his Investi gation was carried Into Ihe courts. Silas Straw n. Chicago attorney learned the committee was about to subpoena hLs telegrams and he oh tnlned a temporary Injunction blocking such action. He has asked the District of Columbia Supreme court to make this Injunction permanent. The wholesale examination of tele grams was attacked hv Representative WaiNworth of New York, and defended by Senator ((lack. "If strikes me," Wadsworth said, "that we have reached a strange stage In the development of democracy when private correspondence can he seized without court procedure or search war rant." Itlacl; said: "Repeatedly it lias been held that the senate can call for what it pleases. There appears to have lieen a concerted elToil by those who seek to intliienee legislation hcliind the scenes, through suli.terranean channels, to prevent ns from getting evidence" I .A \ 1 M >N S boom for lean Presidential notni n a w^tv that Tennessee,” the [’resident said In a for mal statement. “It exemplifies great en gineering skill, high construction effi ciency, and. above all, It Is the key to the carefully worked out control of a great river and Its water spread over parts of seven states. “The Norris dam Is a practical sym bol of better life and greater oppor tunity for millions of citizens of our country. The nation has come to real ize that national resources must not be wasted and the Norris dam Is evi dence that our program for conserva tion of these resources Is going for ward.” S EN; Nu NATOR ROKAH and Sehator Van ttys of Indiana, the latter a Dem ocrat, Introduced a bill directed against certain practices of the chain stores. The measure would make It unlawful for any person engaged In commerce to grant any discount, rebate, allow ance or advertising service charge to a purchaser over that available to the purchasers! competitors. It also would prohibit sales “at prices lower than those exacted by said person elsewhere In the United States for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminat ing a comj>etltor." Co-operative associations would be exempted from provisions of the meas ure, Violators would he subject to a $.'.000 fine and a one-year Jail sen tence. The so-called Rbhlnson-Patman anti- monopoly hill, also aimed at chain stores, will he passed by the senate before very long, according to a prom ise made by Senator Robinson to a mass meeting of 1.300 Independent mer chants who went to Washington to lob by for the measure. This bill legislates against sjteclHl prices, rebates, adver tising allowances and brokerage fees giving sales advantage to chain stores. minister of finance, and Gen. Jotaro Watanabe. chief of military education, were assassinated by the rebels. I’re- mler Okada escaped death, his brother- in-law being mistaken for him and slain. ,The mutineers, threatened by loyal troops and the fleet, obeyed an edict by Emperor Hlrohlto and sur rendered. Of their 23 leaders, two com mitted suicide. The Immediate concern of Emperor Hlrohlto and hi* advisers was the selec tion of a man for premier who could form a new government that would satisfy the various parties. First I’rince Fumimaro Konoye, young president of the house of peers, was asked to un dertake this task, but he declined on the ground of poor health. Then the choice of the emperor fell upon Koki Hlrota, a moderate who is well known In both the United States and Russia. Hlrota at once began picking out his ministers, saying: “My cabinet will be composed of young, able statesmen.” Hlrota’s selection was taken to mean that the emperor has determined to proceed with the modernization of the country, and to exercise his power to rule Instead of permitting himself to he the exalte<t agent of military overlords. M AJ. GEN, WILLIAM WEIGEL, retired, one of the army’s most reliable commanders, died In the army hospital on Governors Island at the age of seventy-two. He served 44 years, through Indian campaigns. In the Spanish-American war and In the Philippines, ami went to France In the World war as a captain. He was rapidly promoted through grades, to brigadier general on August 15, 1017, ami to major general on August 8, 1!)!8, when he was given command of the Eighty-eighth division, a new national army unit which he trained and took overseas. Previously he had commanded the Fifty-sixth brigade, Twenty-eighth division, a Pennsylvania outfit, at Chauteau-Thlerry. T ill fe» HROUGH Its committee of thlr- •en the league of Nations ap- pealed to Henlto Mussolini and Em peror Halle Selassie to consent to Im : mediate negotiations for an end to hns | Clitics and a definite ! M ORE than>150,000 workers In 11,- 000 buildings In New York city were called out on striker by James J. Hamhrlck, president of the Building Service Employees’ International union, and the sky-scrapers from the Battery to Washington Heights were badly crippled. Elevator men stopped their cars, furnace men hanked their fires and scrubwomen threw -down their mops, and all marched out of the buildings and formed picket lines. There was some scattered fighting be- re-estahlishment of Itnlo-Etlilopian peace, tween the pickets and men hastily Though consideration of the proposal hy his cabinet council was delayed a few days Mussolini, according to advices from Rome, was disposed to ac quiesce provided ter ritory in Ethiopia nl ready • occupied bj Italy Is considered hers and left out , of the negotiations. Haile Selassie accepted the proposal i without reservation. In recent days Ills armies in the northern sector havt been routed in big battles and hav* 1 lost many thousands of men, and thf Italians have penetrated far toward the interior of the country; and In the South the Invaders were prepar lug for a rapid advance. Back of the league's appeal was the standing threat of extension ol sanctions to Include an embargo on oil. This suddenly brought about a situation rather disconcerting for ths league. Dr Giuseppe Mwtta. Swiss foreign minister, gave a warning that If the oil embargo was applied hts country might fi-el If necessary ' tc leave the league lit order to preserve its neutrality If the consequent threat ened war in Europe resulted. Motta pointed out that if Italy quit thr league and hosilitles ensued, Switzer land, through her membership in Hi* league, would appear In Italian eyes ns ii party to a hostile coalition, and would he suhjeet to Invasion, hy ltal\ on one side and perhaps hy Germany on the other. hired to take their places. Since the strike affected not only office buildings hut Innumerable apart ment buildings also, the occupants of the latter were deprived of heat and telephone connections, and In many cases sick persons were marooned without food supplies. This lead Mayor La Goardia to call the cltv health official* Into conference, and to declare a civic emergency and order Health Commissioner Rice to see that tires were stoked and.that trips neces sary to health of the tenants and care of the sick were made In all residence buildings of more than six floors. IV oVKRNt Ht J Ihe Repuli nation is progressing must lie plensing to his supporters.<4 | M Kansas Repuldienns in a state conven tion pledged him the stales IS dele gates to the Cleveland convention, -de elating him to he "Ihe hest tilted can didate.” That Kansas should support its governor is natural and expected, hut he also is garnering a goml^mnny delegates elsewhere, and indorsement in some states where the delegates tire uninst meted. Sentiment favorable to l.andon ap pea red in New Jersey, and Hervey S. .Moore of Trenton, a Republican leader, was contemplating starling an active campaign for him in that state. O N THE third anniversary oC his inauguration ('resident Roosevelt pushed an electric key in the White House which set in motion machinery that closed the sluice gates of the Norris dam In the Tennessee Valley project. This signalized the completion of that part of the vast work on the Clinch fixer. ”1 Iiojk* as many people as can will go to see the Norris dam in eastern !IT.UN'S government evidently la* lieves another war is coining, am Intends to he well prepart'ij, It mad* public a gigantic program for increases in the jinny, mivy^-nd air foryes and fur swift mobilization of man power and Industry. No oilieinl cost estimate-! was given out hut authorities s:iid the total over a three-year period would not less than one and a half IdtjTori dollars. The program includes these i features: , Army—Four new battalions of In fnntry are planned. All units are to Ire modernized, mechanized, and re equipped. Especial attention will be paid coastal an I anti aircraft defenses Navy—Two new battleships next year and an increase in cruiser strength from 50 to 70. with five new ones to tie laid down this year Naval personnel alsd® will he increased hy I MMEDIATELY after President Roosevelt s.gned the new soil con- sc rvatlon-farm relief act passed to take the place of the Invalidated AAA, Ad ministrator Chester C. Davis began pinlining ways to spend the $5<n>,0(io,0(M) author ized. Under hip'orders more than five thou sand' employees of the AAA who had been waiting since January 0 for something to do got busy placing the new program Into ef fect. The goal of the new law, Mr. Roosevelt said In nnrmunoing his signalu-e. Is parity, not of farm prices, hut of farm Income. He said the New Deal has "not abandoned and wiT not abandon" the principle of equality for agriculture. ! ■ Davis planned, us the first move, a .■<erie^v.*if four conferences with agri cultural lenders in Memphis. Chicago, New York and Salt Lake Citv to for- - ill O.IHK*,, a new aircraft carrier will be constructed, and uhe air arm of the navy will be strengthened. Air Force—About 25o new xx ar planes will he added to the home defense squadrons, bringing the total to 1.750 Twelve new air squadrons fur Inqiertal defens**—that Is air forces available for transfer to danger areas—will he added, and more pilots will he recruited Following this announcement the an nual naval estimates were submitted to parliament. They call for $34'.Mi50. 000, an Increase of $40,400,000 over the previous year. i.iulnte plans to take .’MI.IKHMHK) acres out of cbmmercial production this year and place them In legumes and other si il conserving crops. 'The new law t provides benefit pay ments to farmers who co-operate In federal suggestions for conservation of soil fertility In 10.”.($ and 1037. It pro vides. also, for federal subsidies to -tiites setting up permanent state pro grams In 1038 and thereafter. x • • f> EMEMBER the Alamo,” the bat- tie erv of Texas, was heard all jver the state ns Its centennial cele bration opened at the village of Wasli- Ington-on-the-Brazos, where Ihe dec- Hiallon of Independence from Mexico was signed- The old “charter of em- wns taken there from its place in the state eapltol rotunda In Austin, ind Gov. James V. Allred of Texas and Rov. Philip LaFollette of Wisconsin went along to take part In the cere- nonles. The party then went to Hunts- rllle, xxhere'Gen. Sam Houston gath- ?red an army of Texans to tight the Mexicans, and there Gov. Hill McAl ister of Tennessee made the address. <.m Antonio and other cities followed m the program, and the celebrations will continue for months, reaching a •Umax In the o|Mmjng on June 6 of ’he centennial exposition at Dallas. Washington! Digest Jk National Topics !n‘erpreted By WILLIAM BRUCKART Make These Spring Accessories Colorful NATIONA BLDG WASHINGTON D C Washington.—A routine War depart ment order came through the other day which said, cryp- Thunder tleally: Over Hagood “By direction of the President,’ Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, U- SC- A^Ja re lieved from assignment to the com mand of the Eighth corps area and further duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Major General Hagood will proceed to his home and await or ders.” Each day, there comes from the War. department anywhere from two or three to a couple of dozen orders by which army officers are transferred from one p4st to another, from one assignment to another or given new In structions. It Is not unusual at all. That is why I said at the outset of this Item that the order respecting General Hagood was ■ routine. But It was routine only In the language that was used. Otherwise, It was significant. Just how significant it will prove to be remains as a secret to be unfolded by the future. Suffice to say that sel dom has one minor Incident of gov ernment administration created such n storm as this army order because it has become a political issue. General Ha good Is the third ranking officer In the United States army. He has been In the service something like forty years. His record Is generally regarded as distinguished, but at the same time he has never been a pussyfoot. He has spoken boldly, sometimes too boldly and sometimes out of turn, yet I think It Is generally agreed that General Hagood Is sincere. But, to go back of the “routine army order” which he. was sum marily relieved of his command at the Important army post of Fort Sam Houston,we find a record of General Hagood’s testimony before an appro priations committee In the house of representatives. In that testimony. General Hagood spoke with his usual bluntness. He apparently offended somebody when he did it. His testi mony has been criticized and com mended, the War department and Sec retary Dern have been attacked and defended and even President Roose velt lias been dragged Into the controversy because somewhere, some how New Deal opposition has be come convinced that President Roose velt and Secretary Dern punished Gen eral Hagood by removing him from his post because he dared to point out flukes and flaws and ridiculous as pects In New I>eal iwdlcles of handling taxpayers’ money. • • • General Hagood was called before the appropriations committee by Its chairman and told Speaks to express his enn- Freely did ‘Sentiments, his honest convictions and any constructive suggestions he might have respecting Improvement of the United States army. The gen eral, somewhat blusteringly, related to the committee that the army must have additional housing facilities. He related conditions In many army posts and asserted that many persons on re lief were accorded better places to live than Uncle Sam’s soldiers. That part aroused no particular con troversy but when General Hagood told the committee of the difficulty the responsible army authorities have In getting money with which to provide better housing for the soldiers, he stepped on administration toes by say ing that it was more difficult to get •‘five cents for a pencil than a thou sand dollars xvith which to teach Civil ian Conservation corps boys new hob bies or boondoggling.” He said he could get a hundred dollars to build a gravel walk and a rose .garden but could not get ten dollars xvith which to repair a broken steam pipe In an army barracks. 'The next outburst hy the general brought forth his description that money being handled hy Relief Admin istrator Hopkins was stage money; that nothing xvorth while or of a per manent character xviis being done with that money and the explanation that he called It stage money because “It Is being handed around and you can do nothing with It In the end." His plea was that some of these funds which he said were being otherwise wasted should he employed to build structures of concrete and steel “that can he shown to nur grandchildren 50 years from now.” In hearing General Hagood’s testi mony, the committee understood that the War department had given him permission to speak freely. Indeed, such assurance had been passed along to the committee from the War de partment but apparently the War de partment did not know what General Hagood had on his efiest. If It had known. It certainly could have ex pected exactly such expressions be cause General Hagood never has pulled his punches. He hns said each time what he thought. • • • By saying what he thought, however, he undoubtedly moved across'the line of dlsosetlon. Army officers must guard their speech. They are under disciplinary regulations. It hns to he <o. Otherwise, we would see frequent outbursts by army officers In opposi tion to established policies, rules and regulations and It takes no stretch of the Imagination to see what a disor dered mess would result. • • • On the other hand, General Hagood was certainly privileged to believe that his observations were Then the being made only for Storm firoAe committee of con gress before which he appeared. The doors to the commit tee room were closed and locked and only committee members were in at tendance. It happened, however, that subsequently the stenographic record of the committee hearings was made public and when that happened, the storm broke. Almost simultaneously with the removal of the bond of se crecy on the committee record, the War department order dehorning General Hagood was written. When that hap pened, the politicians literally" blew up. They shouted charges of censor ship, terrorism by the President and Secretary Dern, dictatorship, political punishment and half a dozen other vicious accusations. A few of the administration spokes men in congress defended the War de partment action. Almost* in the same breath these administration spokesmen sought conferences with Secretary Dern and others in an attempt to per suade the President and the war sec retary to soften the punishment but those moves were futile and Represen tative Blanton. Texas Democrat, shout ed on the floor of the house that the Hagood punishment would cost the Democratic party “a million votes un less it were withdrawn." As a part of the defense of the War department action, Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff of the army, made pub lic his memorandum to the secretary of war respecting General Hagood’s attitude and his testimony before the congressional committee. In the course of This 2,000-word memorandum. Gen eral Craig descril>ed General Hagood as a. “wise-cracker,’’ and he was prob ably correct In so far as General Ha good’s remarks about stage money were concerned. Yet, I have found very fexv among the Washington observer* whose opinions are worth while who saw in the Craig memorandum any real Justification for the sefere punishment meted out to General Hagood. / The order still stands. General Hagood is going to his home In Charles ton, S. C., “to await orders’.” No one familiar with the army procedure ex pects that General Hagood ever again will he given an army assignment. He will he sixty-four years old next year and at that time automatically retires from active duty. So there Is hardly any question hut that General Hagood has held his last command. The whole situation, suddenly come to be known as the Hagood case, is bound to be multiplied and mirrored. It will figure In the coming r’oliti**al campaign because, however Justified the War department action may have been In the Interest of discipline and good army administration, there are thousands of Individuals who never will be convinced that the Hagood re moval was for any purpose other than as punishment because he criticized New Deal spending policies. • • • . Although there Is. and can he. no connection betxveen the two. R was the basis for a really hu U. S. at morons reaction that Dallat Fair •luring the time when the controversy raged over General Hagood’s removal from his Texas army post, a federal govern ment committee xvas busily engaged in making plans for federal participation in the Texas Centennial exposition which opens at Dallas June fi. Uncle Sam Is spending $3.000.000—the largest sum congress ever h;is authorized for federal participation in such a show— so that twenty-odd government agen cies can display to exposition visitors what the government has done xvith Its billions since Ihe cards were shuffled for the New Deal. The Agriculture department, as usu al, will he represented by the largest of all federal exhibits. 'The <Vm merce department and the State, War, Navy, Treasury, Justice. Cost Office. Interior and Labor departments will have their booths or buildings. The, Federal Housing administration and the Farm Cre/lit administration will be there with displays of their wares, and the Public Health service will at tempt to further, the (muse of health In its usual splendid fashion. One unusual feature of the govern ment’s participation xvlll be a negro building In which It will tell the story of the negro race and its progress since the first slaves xvere brought Into America. 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