CATTARAUGUS REPUBLICAN*
r a g e fo u r
FOUNDER SAW
‘MILLIONS’ IN
PENSION PLAN
the baafeg are reasonably accurate
HOOVER ASKS
IF PROBLEMS
ARE SOLVED
WEDNESDAY, APRIL # , 1936
American eyitem to match th# Mid­ ha* been given to foreigners* His
dle European idea*. Public confi­ domestic market has been reduced.
dence in the long fu tu re was thus The greatest food producing nation
dom inated by fear. From i t all they in th© worid had been made partially
slowed down the n atu ral forces of dependent upon foreigners for its
recovery which w ere in motion. food.
and reasonably complete.”
Bloodsworth told the committee
th a t m any of the entries In the Town­
send books w ere not in chronological
order and his men had been unable to
Thereby they greatly retard ed recov­
strike a balance fo r the period end­
ery.
And th e price o f th a t is infinite
ing last July 1st.
m
isery
end anxiety to those whose
He testified further th a t an ex­
jobs have been delayed.
am ination of th e records did not give
“ We witness the increase in the
“a tru e picture,” or “honestly re­
m arket value of corporation common
flect,” the affairs of the organization.
stocks from about 30 billions a t the
Clements’ testim ony th a t the $1,tim
e of the election in 1932 to about
700 collected a t the Los Angeles m et­
60 billions today. T h at is about
ing, F ebruary 20, 1936, was not
F o rt W ayne, Ind., April 6 (JP) —■
100%
. There are said to he about
turned over to the organization came Form er President ■H erb ert Hoover
W ashington, April 2 (/P)— A n early1 on the heels of Bloodsworth's state­ called upon th© American people in 8,000,000 different common stock­
holders. There are also about 8,000,vision by Dr. F . E. Townsend th a t ment.
an address here Saturday night to
000 farm ers. I have n o t noticed any
w ith proper organization o f his old
follow the “surefooted” Republican
Seek to Trace $1 j700
th
irty billion rise fo r these farm ers.
age pension plan “there m ight he mil­
Jam es R. Sullivan, committee elephant ra th e r th an the “bounding There are more unemployed.
The
lions in it” was recalled before a
counsel, intim ated th e money was white rabbits of the New Deal.” “I tem ple of finance seems more com­
special House investigating commit­
“pocketed” by Dr. Townsend* Clem­ recommend th a t magician’s animal as fortable today th an the tem ple of
tee.
the symbol of the New Deal p arty ,”
A statem ent to this effect, contain­ ents said he had no knowledge of Mr. Hoover said in the seventh of a labor. Or th e tem ple of agriculture.
w hat happened to the money, b u t un­
Anyway money changers have got
ed in a le tte r from the Long Beach,
series of addresses assailing th e ad­
derstood
it
was
tu
rn
ed
over
later
to
more jobs th an the forgotten man.
Calif., doctor to R obert E. Clements,
E. J. M argett, San Francisco area m inistration. “I t travels in uncertain
“ We have now lived through three
a. co-founder, was read to the commit­
directions a t high speed. I t m ultiplies
te e by Jam es R. Sullivan, special m anager.
years
of Mr. Roosevelt’* adm inistra­
H a rg ett’s name was before the rapidly,” Mr. Hoover spoke before
counsel, and recorded along with
tion.
I t would seem fa ir for' me
the 4th D istrict Republican organiza­
committee
previously
as
having
been
other developments, which included:
to ask the following questions:
tion of F o rt W ayne.
A committee assertion-—prom ptly thrice indicted years ago, twice on
“Did this adm inistration keep the
The form er President charged the
denied—th a t the Townsend organiza­ charges of grand larceny and once on Roosevelt adm inistration has failed prom ises upon which it was elected?
tion was a lobbying and political m a­ an allegation th a t he “accepted earn­ to keep its campaign promises and
“Has it solved our g rea t national
ings of a common prostitute.” Mar­
chine.
problems?
has
n
o
t
solved
“our
g
rea
t
national
g ett asserted in reply on the W est
A disclosure th a t the assets of Old
problems.”
“Y ou w ill rem em b er M r. R oose­
Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., the Coast th a t the indictm ents were
“
Some
of
the
m
ultitude
of
New
velt’s assurances of quick restoration
Towensend corporation, belonged to brought fo r political reasons.
Deal
p
r
o
m
i
s
e
s
have
been
right,”
he
o f em p loym en t.
T h e N e w D ea lers
Clements said he was w ithout
the th ree incorporators, and th a t they
conceded.
“
The
Am
erican
people
do
said ev er y o n e w a s to be a t w ork on
knowledge of the ultim ate disposition
co n sid ered it “a tr u st.”
not
expect
policies
undertaken
to
Labor Day, 1933. The Federation of
C lem en ts co n ced ed th a t a “ Con­ of the $1,700, bu t did know it was reach 1.000 p er cent b atting average.
Labor now reports 12,600,000 unem ­
not recorded on the Townsend books
gressional action” fund was m aintain­
“B
ut
a
baseball
statistician
says
ployed as against 11,600,000 which
and did not go to the organization.
ed; th a t about 50 dinners had been
their
b
atting
average
on
promises
has
they reported when Mr. Roosevelt
Sheridan Downey, Townsend per­
given attended by Congressmen and
been
.033.
On
m
ajor
policies
it
has
was elected.
th a t various regional area m anagers sonal counsel, attem pted to address been .030. On the constitution it has
the committee a t this point b u t was
“ Three years colossal expenditure
paid $75 a week were in W ashington
been .006.”
ruled
out
of
order
by
Bell.
A
fter
of
public money fo r prim ing the
a t d ifferent tim es to “explain” the
the
m
eeting
he
told
newsmen
the
Mr.
Hoover
said
in
p
a
rt:
pump has given employment to about
Townsend Plan to their Congressmen.
$1,700
was
never
in
Dr.
Townsend’s
“ The essence of a free governm ent 300.000 new political officials to work
The witness a t about the same tim e
possession.
is debate. The problems of America the pump handle. They use only
confirm ed th a t three men, Dr. Town­
Downey
explained
the
mass
m
eet­
are not the private property of those one hand a t the handle and pull vot­
send, his brother, W alter L. Town­
ing
was
to
raise
funds
fo
r
a
third
tem porarily in office. Inform ed pub­ ers w ith the other.
sen d , and C lem en ts h ad so le co n tro l
“ The New Deal jerked the admin­
o f the old age revolving pension p arty movement in California. He lic opinion is often surprisingly
said the third-party plan had been quickly transform ed into action.
istration
of relief from the hands of
funds.
abandoned,
and
the
money
collected
“ Since last October I have debated devoted m en and women of each
Clements conceded under Sullivan’s
impounded
pending
a
settlem
ent
of
a num ber of our m ost urg en t national community, where responsibility had
questioning th a t O. A. R. P. Ltd.,
affairs
of
the
third
p
arty
organizers.
problems. I have reviewed results. been lodged by my Administration.
was incorporated under a unique Cal­
Sullivan
indicated
he
would
pro­
I have suggested methods of solu­ T hat destroyed local concern to neigh­
ifornian law by which the incorpora­
duce
fu
rth
e
r
testim
ony
in
regard
to
tion. As answer the New Deal subor­ bors. T hat underm ined the sense of
tors could dissolve a t any tim e and
divide the assets. He denied, however, the fa te of the $1,700 when the com­ dinates have loosed a smoke screen responsibility in local government.
th a t this question had never been con­ m ittee reconvenes, probably next of personalities and have begun to Our national m orning p ray er is now
fire the squirt guns of propaganda. directed to th e Federal Treasury*
sidered o r such action contemplated* week.
These are not answers th a t add to * * * * The p resent Federal Relief
Clements also denied th a t Dr.
W ashington, April 4 (JP)— On the
Townsend’s brother, a p o rter in a heels of a Townsendite concession understanding. They are n o t the bold Adm inistration should be dissolved.
Hollywood hotel a t th e tim e of the in­ th a t some of the political force of answer of responsible leaders ex­ The new appropriation of one and a
corporation in Jan u ary , 1934, was th a t movement had been shattered, pounding th eir point of view and of­ half billions should be allocated to a
m erely a “ dummy” in the corporation the House inquiry into the $200-a- fering th eir solutions. And slogans restored local adm inistration. Those
in distress would be b e tter served—
do not even pinch h it fo r facts.
setup.
m onth pension plan last night took a
“ Those who seek fo r power move and with less politics in the bread.
S u l l i v a n intim ated th a t Dr. surprise tu rn .w h en a one-man inves­
“D uring the 1932 campaign Mr.
Townsend and Clements “shopped tigating committee was ordered to easily from propaganda to raucous
denunciation. From th a t it is b u t a Roosevelt laid much emphasis on im­
around” among various lawyers try ­ the west coast.
step to intim idation. . And we w it­ m ediate balancing of the budget. Y et
ing to find a particular section of the
Chairman Bell, Democrat, Missouri,
California law which would “fit into of the special committee conducting ness today the seizure of private the budget deficits in Mr. Roosevelt’s
the picture” b u t this also drew con­ the $50,000 inquiry revealed th a t communications of innocent persons adm inistration have increased year
by year. Before these fo u r years are
tr a r y statem ents from Clements.
Representative Gavagan, Democrat, and the press. T hat is gross violation over, a fte r deducting recoverable
I t was disclosed by Chairman Bell, New York, would depart shortly for of the spirit of the Bill of Rights.
“ There is an elaborate phantasm a­ loans, the to tal increase in the na­
Democrat, Missouri, through ques­ Los Angeles, birthplace of the Town­
tioning th a t none of the three men send organization, to take certain de­ goria to which the New Deal spokes­ tional debt will exceed twelve and a
men seek to give life with th eir pul- half billions.
p u t anything into the organization positions desired by the committee.
“ The dollar was devalued to 59
m otor of propaganda. T hat relates to
except th e necessary filing and atto r­
This action, coupled with the is­
neys fee, a total estim ated a t about suance of special orders to various in­ the situation in the country when cents fo r the expressed and deliberate
purpose of artificially raising prices.
$100.
vestigators already in the field, fol­ they came into power on March 4, The consequence of th a t devaluation
Clements testified the perm its is­ lowed receipt by the committee of 1933. Mr. Roosevelt is anxious th a t
sued to individual Townsend clubs w hat was term ed a “hot tip ” on the American people shall believe th a t is a continuing and subtle reduction
throughout th e country denied those angles of the Townsend organization the nation was 'in ruins’ when he of wages and salaries. The President
took office. From the panic of bank said in excuse th a t there was not
clubs any voice in the operation or heretofore unknown.
enough gold to pay everybody who
policies of the p aren t organization.
Representative McGroarty, Demo­ depositors which greeted his inaugu­ held gold obligations. You m ight as
Representative D itter asked Clem­ crat, California, the author of legis­ ration he concludes th a t the Repub­
well say th ere are not enough coffins
ents to produce total am ounts paid to lation to pu t the old age pension plan licans did it.
“ T hat incident is still used to ju sti­ to bury the people all a t one time.
Towensend representatives who in­ into effect, who recently broke with
“Do not think I am advocating the
fy
his abandoned promises. I t is still
terviewed members of Congress in Dr. F. E. Townsend, told newspaper­
W ashington. He used the word “ con­ men he feared the cu rren t House in­ used as the excuse fo r the attem pt to retu rn to the 100 cent dollar. I t is
ta c t m an,” explaining Clements did vestigation m ight “shatter the idol transform the fate of a nation. I too late. B ut we do not have even a
no t object to th a t term as he did to th a t has been the good Dr. Town­ hardly need restate the fact, now fixed 59 cent dollar. We have the
well established by disinterested black magic o f m anaged currency.
“lobbyists.”
send.”
From th a t springs instability and
The witness was unable to say how
“If the investigation continues as economists the world over, th a t
m any Congressmen had been in ter­ disastrously as it has begun,” said America was shaking itself clear of lowered confidence in the future.
viewed and told the committee repre­ McGroarty, “it goes w ithout saying the depression, under its Republican That means few er jobs fo r th e un­
sentatives came here m erely to ex­ th a t the confidence of Townsend adm inistration, in June-Ju-ly, 1932. employed.
“ In the 1932 campaign Mr. Roose­
plain the plan.
Club members in their leadership will The whole world started forward.
Prosperity had actually s\yung around velt said: ‘Abolish useless commis­
be shaken.”
sions and offices.’ Despite the emer­
W ashington, April' 3 (JP)— A spe­
He added th a t the disclosures tu rn ­ the corner and was on its way up the
gency
agencies of which they com­
cial House investigating committee ed up so fa r by the committee came street of our national life when it
recorded surprise testim ony th a t the ju st a t a time “when we were all set encountered the change in national plained, the Republican adm inistra­
financial records of the Townsend to elect a t least 200 congressmen policies. A fte r Mr. Roosevelt’s elec­ tion reduced the to tal of officials by
P lan were so “muddled and con­ pledged to the Townsend Plan.” He tion in 1932 we alone of all g reat 10.000 in the fo u r years of the last
Most other Republican adm inistration. The New
fused” th a t fo u r expert accountants predicted, nevertheless, th a t “a very nations Were set back.
Deal by full and part-tim e jobs has
nations continued forw ard.
failed to unraVel them in a fortnight’s large bloc” still would be elected.
increased them by 325,000. Some
work.
“
The
real
cure
of
depressions
is
in
Gavagan’s mission to the W est
th
irty or fo rty new agencies of gov­
Coincident with this disclosure, Coast, it was intim ated, would be to prevention of th eir causes. When
R obert E. Clements, resigned nation­ follow up disclosures made by the one is upon us there is only one road ernm ent have been created. And
al secretary, testified some $1,700 committee of behind-the-scenes work­ to recovery. Fictitious values m ust fu rth e r 81% of all federal officials
collected a t a recen t Townsend mass ing of the Townsend organization come down. Wild stock promotion were under the m erit system when
m eeting in Los Angeles was not through recent questioning of R obert m ust be liquidated. W reckage m ust the Republican adm inistration le ft of­
tu rn ed over to the Old Age Revolving E. Clements, resigned national secre­ be cleared away. Get-rich-quick ideas fice. Today they are 57% only.
“And political bureaucracies have
Pensions, Ltd., the p aren t corpora­ tary.
m ust evaporate. Life m ust be put
one
positive conviction. I t is th a t the
on
a
saner
and
simpler
basis.
People
tion, nor recorded on its books, al­
A t the same time, Bell made known
though he urged Dr. F. E. Townsend th a t committee agents are continu­ ju st have to rearran g e the fu rn itu re governm ent should pay all th eir ex­
to do so.
ing their investigations a t the W ash­ of their minds. Costs m ust be re ­ penses, including the expenses of
Continued talk of political activi­ ington Townsend office, which is na­ duced and thus m ore people can buy. th eir re-election.
ties by Townsendites also m arked the tional and southern regional head­ Thereby th ere is more consumption,
“You rem em ber th a t promise so
testim ony. Clements’ testim ony de­ quarters. He added investigators al­ more production, m ore jobs. I t takes often repeated by Mr. Roosevelt in
veloped th a t Dr. Townsend had “ con­ ready had been dispatched to central time. I t takes patience. I t takes 1932—.‘Im partial enforcem ent of the
tacted” Senator Borah of Idaho be­ headquarters a t Chicago and eastern courage. Losses a re inevitable.
A nti-Trust Laws to prevent monop­
fore he is’s ued his personal endorse­ headquarters a t New York.
“Ending th e m isery of unemploy­ oly,’ etc. You also rem em ber th a t
m ent of the Idahoan’s drive for the
Beyond the fa c t th a t Gavagan has m ent comes a t once when these ob­ statem ent of the President— ‘History
Republican presidential nomination. been authorized to take certain de­ structions are eliminated. In a free will record the N. R. A. as the m ost
The witness denied knowledge of an positions in Los Angeles and other country everybody goes to work to im portant and far-reaching legisla­
asserted effort by a Townsend lec­ places on th e W est Coast, Bell de­ solve his own problems. The sum tion ever enacted.* Everybody knows
tu re r to arrange an interview with clined to discuss the n atu re o f infor­ of all these efforts makes th© move­ the N. R. A. piled up the most gigan­
form er President H erbert Hoover.
m ent upward ju st as inexorable as tic monopolistic practices since
m ation he hoped to obtain.
John Bloodworth, D etroit office
The length of Gavagan’s stay in the movement downward. T hat is the Queen Elizabeth. They restricted
m anager of Price, W aterhouse Com­ the W est Coast was uncertain. In the higher economics o f it.
production, fixed prices, and brought
pany, certified public accountants of m eantime, Bell said, the committee
“ Mr. Roosevelt’s cam paign fo r elec­ destruction to small business men.
New York, took th e stand late yes­ would hold several closed sessions, tion was based upon th e implication Today we have before us th e full
terday and testified an eight or nine but probably would not resum e open th at the depression was caused by im port of the N. R. A .: I t was fram ed
day exam ination o f th e Townsend hearings fo r a t least two weeks.
me personally. T hat is a g re a t com­ on th© exact p a tte rn o f Mr. Musso­
books had le ft his staff of account­
The comm ittee’s original plans fo r plim ent to the energies and capacities lini. And now Mr. Mussolini discloses
a n ts unable to certify as to assets procedure struck a snag when John of one man. From this point of ob­ th a t it is b u t th e first step to com­
Bloodsworth, certified public ac­ servation they got the conclusion th a t plete Socialism. He has taken over
ftnd liabilities of the organization.
countant, testified th e books of the depressions could be easily cured by the monopolies fo r the governm ent.
Books Ok A fte r July
Townsend organization were “mud­ the magic of spending, prim ing the And we are promised th a t the N. A.
Bloodsworth explained the records dled and confused.”
pump, tinkering with currency and A. will be born again in America.
Were apparently in tw o parts, and
His fu rth e r testim ony th a t the credit, artificially increasing prices.
“ Th© regim entation of the farm er
were “n o t readily susceptible to books dealing particularly with the They limited production in both farm has failed. And so a fte r th ree years
au d it,” particularly fo r th e period period prior to July 1, 1935, were and factory to create artificial profits. we s ta rt all over again. And this
top to J u ly 1, 1935, except a t prohibi­ “not susceptible to audit,” except a t They imposed higher costs on indus­ tim e the New D eal goes back to the
tive cost.
a prohibitive expense, le ft th e com­ try and thus forced up prices. They Republican Ideas of 1932 f o r p a rt of
“The books were neither complete m ittee w ithout valuable information adopted the curious concept of econ­ their program. Some of the results
nor accu rate u p to J u ly 1, 1935,” he i t h a d hoped to obtain from the omy and scarcity. A nd all th e tim e of Mr, Roosevelt’s plans still linger.
•aid* “For the period since that time books*
they w ere try in g to change the The American farmer’* export market
Dr. Townsend’s Early
Vision Revealed in
Letter Given Probers
—Plan Chiefs Deny
Lobbying Charge
Recovery, He Says, Can
Come Only with Re­
turn to Sound Eco­
nomic Policies
“ The social security of the com­
mon m an has received disastrous
blows from the New Deal.' These
b lo w s' f a r transcend any gains he
m ight get from the Social Securities
Act. The first social security is a pro­
ductive job. These governm ent poli­
cies which keep 12,000,000 men walk­
ing th e streets are neither economic
nor social security.
“I would be glad if the thinking
American people would soberly con­
sider if the Republican Elephant,
even though he had made mistakes,
is not f a r more surefooted tow ard re ­
covery and progress than the bound­
ing white rabbits of the New Deal. I
recommend th a t magician's animal as
the symbol of the New Deal party. I t
travels in uncertain directions a t high
speed. I t multiplies rapidly.”
— O
: ■
Senate Committee Asks
Veto of Seed and Feed
B i l l Be Overridden
W ashington, April 4 (JP) — Fresh
questioning of the Roosevelt ta x pro­
gram by organized business and a
Senate committee revolt against the
President’s seed loan veto coincided
to d a y w ith a c o n fe r e n c e to coord in ate
R ep u b lican p lan s fo r th e tu rn in g th e
New Deal out.
In its weekly business sum m ary the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States said m any business men would
like to know “why the adm inistration
insists on discarding a tried and
proven corporate tax system and sub­
stituting in its place a system th a t a t
best would be uncertain in yield and
complicated in adm inistration.”
T h e H o u se W a y s & M ean s com m it­
tee w ent ahead with public hearings
on the $799 000,000 tax program and
planned to send it to the House
floor within a fortnight.
On the other side of the capitol the
Senate A griculture committee recom­
mended th a t the veto of th© $50,000,000 bill fo r seed and feed loans
to farm ers be overridden. Mr. Roose­
velt had made a lesser sum of relief
funds available fo r the loans and had
urged th a t such governm ent assis­
tance be tapered off.
BORAH LOSES MILLIONS FOR
IN NEW YORK NOT RAISIN
PRIMARY TILTS Wallace Submits Prelim­
Regular Republicans Re­
pulse Idahoan in All
Nine Districts in State
Where He Sought Del­
egates
Albany, April S (A*)— Regular Re­
publicans decisively repulsed today
the first Borah assault in the east.
The te st was New York state’s
spring prim ary to elect the delegates
to the national convention. Support­
ers o f the Idaho senator had entered
the national convention candidates in
nine of the state’s 43 congressional
districts.
In all nine districts the regulars
elected th eir own unpledged contend­
ers, averaging a m argin of about 6
to 1.
While the resu lt was decisive, the
te st was nevertheless inconclusive be­
cause the Borah organization entered
no candidates in the Other 34 dis
tricts.
In th e 15th congressional district,
New York City, the regulars gained
an early 3 to 1 advantage over the
B orah ca n d id a tes; in the F ir st dis­
trict, Long Island, Borah men were
smothered 6 to 1 in first returns.
Probably the most stinging defeat
by Borah forces, was suffered by W.
Kingsland Macy’s candidates in the
F irst congressional district.
The vote in 246 out of 538 election
districts gave J. Russell Sprague and
George Grau, of the regular organ
ization, 22,873 and 22,500 respective­
ly. C. W alter Randall and Jenkin R.
Hockerfc, claimed by Borah, received
2,617 and 2,445, respectively. Macy
ran as an alternate.
R epresentative Fish, who along
with Macy took up the cudgel fo r the
Idaho senator several months ago,
amassed only 172 votes against the
412 fo r the regular Republican can­
didates, Jam es R. Sheffield, in the
15th Congressional district in New
York City. The retu rn s were from
one-third o f the 72 election districts
there.
Buffalo Dem ocratic U pset
There were a few local factional
Committee to Determine contests in the Democratic prim ary,
Young R e p u b l i c a n s ’ b u t President Roosevelt’s renom ina­
was not an issue. Principal in ter­
Choice for P r e s i d e n t tion
est in the Democratic contest cen­
Albany, April 6 (IP)— The Board of
Governors of the State Young Re­
publican Clubs m eeting here Sunday
named a committee of seven to d e ­
te r m in e Young Republican p re fe r
ences fo r the G.O.P. presidential
nomination.
This committee will rep o rt the re
suits of a poll of the association’s
more th an 25,000 claimed member­
ship at the 1936 convention opening
in Jam estown, May 15th.
W alter J. Mahoney of Buffalo,
state president, heads the committee.
Young Republicans will bid fo r a
"working num ber of delegates a t the
1936 state convention, Paul E. Lock­
wood, chairman of the board, said.
Young Republicans also have an
eye on a place on the state ticket,
Mahoney said, with either the nomi­
nation fo r L ieutenant Governor, A t­
torney General or Comptroller ac­
ceptable to the group.
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Ten Eyck Renews Plea
For Funds to Study
State’s Milk Problem
A lb an y, A p ril 6 (JP)— P e te r G. Ten
E y ck , s ta te agricu ltu re com m ission er,
today renewed his proposal fo r a leg­
islative committee to “study and not
in v e s tig a te ” the m ilk problem .
In a le tte r to the Dairymen’s
League News and the Sheffield Pro­
ducers D airy Publication, Ten Eyck
urged the appropriation of $20,000 to
finance the study.
Bills in line with his idea are be­
fore the Legislature.
“ T h ere has b een en ou gh in fo rm a ­
tion compiled by com petent investi­
gating bodies,” the commissioner said.
He declared th a t w hat is needed
now is a thorough study of all the
data assembled to create a compre­
hensive plan to solve the milk prob­
lem.
Borah Demands Probe
of W. P. A. Politics
W ashington, April 3 (JP)— A na­
tion-wide investigation o f charges of
politics in the W.P.A. was demanded
last night by Senator Borah, Republi­
can, Idaho ,even as H arry L. Hop­
kins was saying he would have been
“a plain fool” to appoint state ad­
m inistrators not “friendly” to the
“ new deal.”
Hopkins, however, indignantly de­
nied w hat he term ed “implication”
th a t the 3,800,000 needy on W.P.A.
work relief rolls— as contrasted with
adm inistrators— w ere chosen accord­
ing to political affiliations.
“I’ve y e t to see the case— I don’t
say th ere isn’t any— where a fellow
got his job on relief rolls because of
politics,” h© asserted.
Borah mad© his demand a fte r th e
Senate au d it com m ittee—in a move
labeled by some Republicans as an
effort to sidetrack th e Davis resolu­
tered in E rie county where party
leaders were contending fo r control.
A reorganization of the Erie coun­
ty Democratic p arty was assured as
prim ary retu rn s showed the faction
of U. S. A ttorney George L. Grobe
and Edward C. Dethloff wrested con­
tro l from Chairman F rank O. Carr
and Daniel J. Sweeney, chairman of
the Board of Governors.
In the Fortieth Congressional dis­
tric t contest fo r national delegate,
the only direct conflict between the
two factions, Charles F. Boine was
leading the Carr-Sweeney candidate,
J am es J. Cuff, b y 4 ,8 2 0 to 1,9 4 7 in
90 out of 161 districts.
The Democrats have been em­
broiled in b itter dispute since the Re­
publican victory last November and
Grobe had asked C arr to resign.
A nti-C arr leaders have publicly de­
clared the p arty would lose E rie’s big
vote in November unless there was a
change in the leadership.
— o - -----
inary List of A.A.A/
Payments
W ashington, April 6— A paym ent
of $1,067,665 to one Florida can©
sugar producer under the A. A. A.sugar control program was reported
to th e Senate Committee on Agrieul■» by Secretary of A griculture
Wallace in a prelim inary list of re­
sponse to a resolution calling fo r in ­
form ation as to large payments fo r
not raising crops.
The list also showed paym ent of
$1,022,137.87 to one Hawaiian sugar
producer and $961,064 to one Puerto
Rican producer.
One hog grower got $157,000 fo r
not raising hogs, and one cotton
planter got $84,000 in one year.
The prelim inary list did not include
names.
W ashington, April 6.— In a sur­
prise move, the Senate Committee on
A griculture approved and broadened
the term s of the Vandenberg resolu­
tion calling upon H enry A. Wallace,
Secretary o f A griculture, fo r de­
tailed inform ation on A .A .A . benefit
payments.
As agreed upon fo r favorable re­
port to the Senate, the resolution
will ask Secretary Wallace for a re­
port on all checks over $1,000, in­
stead of $10,000 as originally pro­
vided in the demand made by Senator
A rthur H. Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan.
Action was taken a fte r Secretary
W allace had furnished the commit­
tee with some kind of “ dummy” re ­
port, without names, designed to
show th a t it -would be easier fo r the
departm bent to list all payments in.
excess of $1,000 than to limit the re­
p ort to those above $10,000.
Senator Ellison D. Smith, Demo­
crat, of South Carolina, chairman of
the committee, said he had been in­
structed to confer fu rth er with Sec­
reta ry Wallace on “his views as
the expense of such a report and th
tim e it would take to compile.”
Considerable m ystery was thrown,
by Mr. Smith around the latest com­
munication of Secretary Wallace in
the controversy over the Vandenberg
resolution.
The fact th at the committee had
voted to report it to the Senate in
broadened form was perfectly satis­
factory to him, Senator Vandenberg
said.
“ The natural resentm ent to the ad­
m inistration’s resistance to making
known these facts has been respon­
sible fo r this action,” said th e Michi­
gan Senator, who a few days ag©
asked from the floor of the Senate if
it were tru e th a t one New; York bank
had collected $704,486.66 from the
A .A .A . in one year fo r not growing
sugar on a Puerto Rican plantation,
and a Puerto Rican company had re­
ceived $961,064 in 1934-35* and had
cut a $17,000,000 “melon” fo r its
stock hold ers.
In the series of exchanges over the
idenberg resolution, Secret?
Wallace first said th at compliance
with the request would require the
attention of the entire A.A.A. organ­
ization fo r a period of six weeks or
more, a statem ent which was char­
acterized by Senator Vandenberg as
“disingenuous and captious.”
Then Secretary W allace argued
th a t the publication of such a list
TB DEATH RATE IN 1936
LOWEST IN STATE’S HISTORY would am ount to a violation of con­
fidence and subject the farm er per­
Albany, April 6 (A*)— M ortality haps to the danger of having “his
from tuberculosis during 1 9 3 5 w as daughter kidnaped.”
the lowest in the history of Ne,w York
SCHINE COMPANY LEASES
State, George J. Nelbach, assistant
HAVEN THEATRE IN OLEAN
secretary of the State Charities Aid
Olean, April 4— The Schine T heat­
Association, said last night.
Deaths attrib u ted to this disease, rical Company -will tak e over the
he said, totaled 3,052 as compared Haven Theatre here at the expiration
with 6,421 in 1907, when the State of the present lease on the building
H ealth D epartm ent and the Charities held by W arner Brothers, according
Aid Association launched an upstate to announcement.
campaign against tuberculosis.
, Executors and trustees of the J .
The 1935 m ortality rate fo r the H. Haven estate, as owners o f th e
state was 51.5 p er 100,000 popula­ theatre, and J. M. Schine of Gloversville, president of the Schine com­
tion.
Diphtheria claimed only 35 deaths pany, have entered into a fifteenin upstate New York with its popula­ year lease fo r th e period from Jan ­
tion o f 5,931,523, Nelsbach said.
uary 1, 1938, to December 31, 1952.
Three Cent Gas Tax, A ll to Go
to Highway Construction, Asked
in Bills of State Commission
Albany, April 3 (JP) — The S tate
Highway Commission presented to
the Legislature its recommendations
fo r a long ran g e highway develop­
m ent and im provem ent program .
In bills sponsored by Senator Og­
den J. Ross R ensselaer Democrat, and
Assemblyman H erb ert A. Bartholo­
mew, W ashington County Republi­
can, th e commission asked fo r:
1. An increase in the state’s per­
m anent gas ta x from two to three
cents a gallon w ith the entire revenue
to be used fo r highway construction.
2. Construction fo r safety experi­
m ental purposes of 100 miles o f side­
walks along sta te highways and th e
iUumination Of 100 miles of highway
also fo r safety experim ental purposes.
county, of all lands required f o r
highway improvements a fte r July 1,
1937.
Senator George R. Fearon, Syra­
cuse Republican, is chairm an of the
commission and Senator Ross is vie©
chairman.
In its rep o rt to the Legislature
several weeks ago, th e commission
complained th a t financing of highway
construction by bond issues is “ econ­
omically unsound and in the end con­
trib u tes unnecessarily to th e cost o f
construction.”
“N othing less th an a three cen t
gasoline ta x and continuation o f th
present m otor vehicle license fees,
w ith all the money devoted to high­
w ay construction will be sufficient to
carry o u t th e highway program ” the
3. Authorization of the Stat* High­ commission said.
way Department to complete removal
of billboards or signs along the
tion for an Inquiry into W.P.A. by highway if tHey interfere with the
the Senate expenditure* com m ittee- vision of automobile operators.
4* State purchase, * instead of
postponed action on it indefinitely.
% For several years, a part of th#
State’s income from auto license fee*
fttod gasoline taxes has been used for
other purposes besides highway cob•tructioa*