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MOINES TRIBUNE. FKIDAY, iJTSZ t9, 19S9. F. R. ANSWERS 'GOOD NEIGHBOR' QUERY Calls Foreign Silver Just One Phase of Policy PAGE TWO PREPARE TO START FOR HAWAIIAN DRILL Wants WPA Views Action tion for slashing red tape and getting thing done quickly direct supervision over the spending of Clark, who has been with the PWA since it was established June 16, 1933.

about one and one-half billion dol Choice. Head to Stay By Congress lars in the next 12 months. Shutdown. A .1 D. C.

() Uncertainties over the relief Nestled Reside their mother ship, the V. S. S. Holland, submarines of squadrom are shown In the Saa Diego, Cat- harbor as they prrpsre for voyage to Honolulu to participate in maneuvers la Hawaiian waters with a score of undersea craft already there. Howard A.

Gray, Ickes assistant as public works administrator, was appointed Thursday to direct the new coal division in the interior department. This division takes over functions of the bituminous coal commission appropriation caused him to an' nounce a shutdown of all WPA F.J?.- Continued from Page 1. projects from July 1 to July 4. (This affects 26,343 workers In John M. Carmody, head of the vast federal works agency which comes into being at midnight under President Roosevelt's government reorganization plan, disclosed Friday that he wanted CoL F.

which waa abolished. Gray, 60. is Iowa.) The two and one-half million the country that It wanted to return the monetary function to a native of Alton, HI At the same time that govern workers affected will be permitted congress. to make up the time later In July. Harrington, army engineer, to con ment works agencies come under Carmody supervision, many fed "I am confident that ultimate Carmody is leaving the rural tinue at the WPA helm.

eral lending agencies will become ly, legislation carrying out the sen- Carmody made this known In his electrification administration for his new Job. Among the half-dozen units he is taking subject to the direction of Jesse H. Jones, Texas banker, close ate wishes will be enacted." first public statement after being confirmed by th senate to ad Austin advised Senator Barkley Ky.) the majority leader, of friend of Vice President Garner and now chairman of the Recon over is the public works administration, to whose 2.581 employes struction Finance Corp. Secretary Ickes, the present PWA minister the combined activities of more than half a dozen existing the Republican position after Re chief, said good-by Thursday. publicans had conferred in small rrouns with Senator Townsend Nearly two-thirds of all 193S For acting PWA commissioner, government units.

The WPA appointment would give Harrington an army officer with a reputa Carmody said he intended to appoint one of Ickes men E. W. drownings in the United States occurred from May to August Del.) author of the amend ment (later rejected in the con ference committee) to prohibit fu ture treasury purchases of foreign silver. Hope, Siiiiiiiii liiili-f Ktsft mi 1l-rr--'i -nij- i-1triiSl iT'g'" I Hi imill i iliE Austin said he hoped "legiti IN RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK mate debate" of the money bill would not stymie the conference report on the relief bill, which the Relief Bill Approved by House house accepted Friday. Austin said he hoped the relief bill could be disposed of before the debate on the monetary authority started I IN the relief rolls for 18 months would be dropped and be Ineligible for reemployment for a stated period.

Senate Vote A Child Refugee Bill Advances McNutt Gives Island Views The conferees accepted the house Still to Come THE FOURTH IS WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON. D. C.

The senate immigration committee Friday approved legislation permitting the entry of 20,000 German refugee children into the United in earnest. The delay tactics began also in the house where the compromise bill was first brought forward for consideration. A few minutes after Speaker Bank-head had counted 844 members voting on the big relief bill, Representative Thomas N. stopped proceedings by raising a point that a quorum 218 members was not present and Bankhead could count only 167 on the floor. On the Republican side there were only 27 members.

Others Racing against the clock, amendment, Dut reduced the so-called "payless vacation" period from 60 to 30 days and eliminated a house provision which would have exempted heads of families over 45 years of age. The compromise recommendation's discarded a senate amendment providing 10 million dollars for farm tenant loans and a house- INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (JP) Paul V. McNutt, United States high commissioner to the Philippines, urged here Friday that this the house Friday approved SUMMER'S GAYEST WEEK END! SPORTS SHIRTS compromise appropriation bill States, but added a proviso that the entries would have to be de country keep control over the Islands as the "only sure outpost for which would make $1,755, ducted from present immigration approved formula under which 600,000 available for relief during the year starting Sat quotas. The children would come in over urday and make numerous peered into the chamber trom crowded cloakrooms.

Bankhead a two-year period and would have Americanism in the orient" McNutt, speaking at a homecoming celebration in his honor, said that since congress voted five years ago to give the Philippines their independence by 1946, the Philippine problem had broadened. was forced to order a quorum call to be 14 or under. 00 a m-ocedure requiring about half ine committee also approved a works projects would be apportioned on an unemployment basis. Scale. A house provision requiring the WPA to establish monthly wage scales and a 130-hour work month for persons on relief was restored to the bill with some modifications.

One of these would provide that after Aug. 31, the monthly earn SPECIAL! A great oll-pur-postt shirt and a great value. Equally appealing for play and business. Convertible collars. Cool whites, pastels, club checks an hour.

Count. bill by Senator Reynolds (Dem changes in the WPA. Unless the senate completes action on the measure in time for President Roosevelt to sign it before midnight the end of the current fiscal year stopgap legislation would be necessary to prevent cessation of relief activities. N. suspending all immigration for five years, but made it inap Hooaiers gave a spectacular welcome to the former Indiana plicable to the 20,000 refugee When 329 members had answered to their names debate resumed, but half an hour later there was another 30-minute count on the motion of Representative governor and candidate for the children if legislation permitting ing schedule for workers would them enti-y should be finally en not be varied between geographi acted.

ine compromise, agreed upon ical areas "to any greater extent than may be justified in cost of Thursday night, would abolish the Mundt S. Representative Boland (Dem. the majority whip, anxiously corraled his fellow Demo living." Demand Ignored WPA's federal theater projects, cut 53 million dollars off the total 1940 Democratic presidential nomination. The 47-year-old former lawyer and educator arrived here Thursday from the islands with the comment, "I still think there is a majority of Democrats in the country and I think there will be in 1940." He said his candidacy was founded on the assumption President Roosevelt would not seek a third term. He professed loyalty to the crats in the corridors and urged them in strong language to stay A Law School By House Group WASHINGTON, D.

C. OP) The recommended by the senate, but SHIRT and SLACK COMBINATIONS The real "McCoy" from California increase the house figure by 20 on the floor to atop "this Repub million dollars. lican filibuster." house labor committee Friday At Lincoln U. President Roosevelt said that he considered his remark about fili heard and ignored a demand that a statement submitted by 321 to 23. Speaker Bankhead announced the National League of Women JEFFERSON CITY, MO.

JP) president bustering a rather mild comment No Conference. the standing vote for approval of the bill was 321 to 23. Shoppers be stricken from the record of Wagner act hearings on President Sherman D. Scruggs announced a law school would be Roosevelt Going the ground it was "Communist- He indicated he had been in touch with congressional leaders 95 prepared." established at Lincoln (Negro) university here in time for next by telephone early Friday although The new bill drops the proposed three-man board to administer the works progress administration program. A single administrator will remain, as at present.

The compromise would place September's school term. he said he had not conferred wiui them personally. The confirmed reports that he would hold h'imself in readiness to The move, authorized by the The demand came from Representative Gross Penn.) who previously had characterized the league as "the ladies auxiliary of the national labor relations He objected to the announced school's board of curators, followed go to the capital Friday night at United States supreme court A really brilliant outfit idea that has spread from California right across the country. Rakish in style, these breezy ensembles look smart about town and yet, for free-and-easy comfort on week ends they're tops. Tailored in natural hop-sack, with novelty but-tons and belt to match.

Your size is in you can be sure of the right fit. any time if it became necessary to federal arts projects (other than the federal theater) writers, artists and historical record sur opinion that the state must admit participation of Mrs. Laurence Todd of Washington in the statement, which opposed changes in veys on a local sponsorship basis. They now are financed wholly by the federal government. Negroes to the state university unless they could be assured equal educational opportunities elsewhere in the state.

the labor act, because her husband was the local head of what On Trip When? WASHINGTON, D. C. UPt President Roosevelt said Friday he probably would start a trip to the west coast four days after congress adjourns, but reporters at his press conference weren't sure just how he meant the remark. The date of the trip has been a frequent press conference topic. Friday the president tossed off his latest comment on it with a quick grin and told his questioners facetiously that thus they knew all about the subject They later professed, however, to be about as much in the dark as ever.

The trip, to the San Francisco world fair and Alaska, has been deferred several times because of conditions in congress. Today Tomorrow Limit. There was a compromise of i52. Gross called "a highly Communistic organization." Todd represents Tass telegraph agency of Soviet Russia. 000 as the limit WPA may expend on any nonfederal construction The opinion was handed down in the case of Lloyd L.

Gaines, a St. Louis Negro, who had fought unsuccessfully through the state courts for years in an attempt to be enrolled in the University of Missouri law school. project The house originally had recommended a $40,000 limit -vhich Charge it" the Bond way Spurned Dancer, the senate boosted to $75,000. The house group accepted like' Tfl 19, Leaps to Death wise the senate's amendment turning back to the WPA the NEW YORK, N. Y.

OF) Elud 125 million dollars which the do so because of eleventh hour passage of either the relief or monetary bill. He said he would make the trip If he were asked, presumably by congressional leaders, to do so. It would be oily a matter of 15 minutes, he added. Proposal. A reporter inquired whether the monetary powers could be continued if the house and senate finally accepted a compromise proposal after midnight.

Mr. Roosevelt asserted parliamentarians on Capitol Hill had told him the bill was drawn to extend existing law. If the law was off the statute books because it had expired, he said, it could not be extended and new legislation would be needed. If Necessary. He Indicated some time ago he would seek new legislation if necessary.

When a reporter asked what the treasury's policy on domestic silver purchases would be if the monetary bill was not enacted by house had transferred to the pub ing the grasp of a man who said he had rejected her pleas of marriage, a 19-year-old cafe dancer Order to Krivitsky. WASHINGTON, D. C. UPl The labor department said Friday the immigration service had issued an order directing W. G.

Krivitsky, author of magazine lic works administration and the Signs Expense Bills. WASHINGTON, D. C. (JF) amendment requiring local com munities to contribute 25 per cent plunged nine stories to her death Friday from the window of the Van Cortlandt hotel. President Roosevelt Friday signed two bills appropriating of the cost of all projects started articles on the Stalin regime in after next Jan.

1. She was Eileen O'Connor of Clif 421 Walnut Street at Fifth Soviet Russia, to appear at Ellis island within five days "to 490 to finance the state, juctice, commerce and labor departments during the year starting Saturday. FSA. ton, N. known professionally as Blai Buchard.

straighten out his travel The enure 20 million dollar in crease over the house figure would go to the farm security administration, giving it a total of 143 million dollars. Even so, the increase represented a 50' 50 compromise between house and senate on the FSA, the senate hav midnight, Mr. Roosevelt replied that the matter was being ing voted a 40 million dollar boost. Senate committeemen in the conference backed down on their amendment increasing the na tional youth administration's ap propriation from 100 million dol lars approved by the house to 123 studied but he could give no offhand answer. One rhase.

To a question about how closely the foreign silver purchase program was associated with his good neighbor policy, the chief executive responded it was only one phase. It has some effect on Central and South American relations, he said. Another phase, he asserted, la the stabilization of exchange and the even flow of commerce with the American republics and Canada. million dollars requested by President Roosevelt Rotation Plan. Among house provisions retained was the proposed rotation system under which employes on REEDVS HOMEMADE -j -JLj RECIPE ICE CREAM I I CDrriAiiv DDiren too ceinAV citiibmv REFRESHMENT Tlirr are lwf It nr mora tlltlia fruit ur not fUvori ta chonie from.

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