Middletown Times Herald from Middletown, New York • Page 5

MJDOLETOWN TIMES IlKEAUX K. f. MOMUY, DCCCVBOt Economy League Breaks With Knox on the Bonus Makes GOP Issue WSW YORK-Ool Ftmnk KwHrt engagement to ipeak at a dinner of the National Economy League January fifteenth bM been conceited by mutual agreement, it cloitd today. The public a vituperative exchange of between Knox and Henry H. Curran.

director of toe League, The breach resulted from a clash over Knox's views on immediate payment of the bonus. The speaking engar-iment was cancelled when Col. Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News and recanted as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, reiterated his advocacy of an immediate payment of the bonus out of the M.900,000,- 000 appropriation Colonel Knox. announced his view on the bonus. November sixteenth.

Five days later Mr Curran sent him a letter asking verification In the meantime he received a letter from Knox, dat2d November twentieth, saying he would be unable to fill his engagement The correspondence Knox and Curran, as made oublic bv the League not onlj to have thrown the bonus issue into the coining presidential campaign, but also to made it an important factor in the Republican pre- convention campaign Kuox, outlining his position said he had been ooposed of prepayment of U.e bonus until the present administration began to put money into circulation through government expenditures "Witn ilns ooiicy of reckless expenditures the rule, the ground for opposition to toe prepayment of tne bonus on the bans of economy, was destroyed, and the refusal to prepay a debt -vhicli must be paid soon, anyway," he said, "on the ground of economy became an indefensible type of discrimination which I could no longer support" Knox said the bonus should be paid now out of the $4 800 000,000 v. ork-relief -ppropnation, which "would not necessitate additional taxes additional bonds or the is- su3nce of paper money" Without mentioning his own presidential possibilities, Knox said that if the present administration did not authorize bonus payments a Republican administration should stick to rigid economy," and "I would without tne slightest hesi- tition, rely upon an overwhelming sentiment among men uho served in the uai in favor of cooperation with rigid economy by deferring any demand for a prepayment of the bonus" Curran said tnat if Republicans p-omoted payment of the bonus out of the work-rehef appropriation ttial they would merely by appro- p-iating some $2000000000 of that fund to their own political use TROOPER TRANSFERRED MONTGOMERY Trooper Ernest Goodspeed, who has been assistant to Sergeant Tanner cot. FRANK KNOX Republican presidential possibility sticks to position that extravagance of present administration makes opposition to immediate payment of war veteran claims indefensible. here, was transferred to Troop Headquarters at Hawthorne, N. yesterday LOANS A Plan for Full mount oflotn In Ciwh.

Up to 20 months to ttpmy only for the time you UK the money Only charge ti lawful intcrctL ZXMUU nude all nearby Simple, courteous, coo fidential treatment. Call, writt or phone AJI we. NOKTU STRUT. MIUDLFTOVN Tiliphom--ifOO Limne-f Under Starr of York Onr OTICC will remain open Monday until Christmas CHRISTMAS SEALS Shoppinq Days 'til Christmas THOMAS STIRS SOCIALIST IRE Fraternizing With Comnmniiti Arouses Right Wing NEW YORK-- Right wing leaders of the New York Socialist partv demanded today that Leo Knycki of Milwaukee resign from the National party chairmanship and bitterly attacked Norman Thomas, twice Presidential candidate because they participated last week in a United Front meeting with Communists Twenty thousand Socialists and Communists met in Madison Square Garden, heard Thomas and Secretary-General Earl Browder of the Community partj debate, and fraternized enthusiastically afterward. Thomas led the singing of Revolutionary songs In debate Thomas said he approved a United Front in principle but did not belie; a formal union was immediately feasible Krzycki presided Louis Waldman, New York chairman of the Socialist party and leader of a right wing faction, regarded participation of the National party heads in the Garden meeting as an insulting encroachment on his own bailiwick Thomas and Krzycki.

he said had disclosed the lack of responsibility which characterizes the present leadership of the party He challenged Krzjcki to arrange a United Front meetlnp in Milwaukee his home where the seated Socialist administration has disapproved alliance with communists SOCIALISTS PEFSECUTED NEW YORK--The New Yo'k Relief Society for Socialist prisoners and exiles in Soviet Russ.a asserted today that many members had perished for counterrevolutionary beliefs and activities The society app aled on behalf o' Russian Socialists, for funos to aid exiles and prisoners Mrs Manya Gordon Strunsky secretary of the society showed a letter from an European organization of Russian Social-Democrats head by Theodore Dan a Raphael Abramowitsch, naming more than twenty persons for whom aid was desired POTATO LAW MODIFICATION a began control ftct UpecttUao it voold bt coMidtrablr wilhia tiw jnocUKL The now OB potato troven, wu to in- to by Titiaj and durttoa. A domestic production ft about bethels predicted in next IS moaths. ApkuJturc Hem? recenUy declared he hiul "assurfd" by Coagvwsmen from potato growing States that tise law would be amended early la Uw aeatt aessioa of Congress. objections are to the compulsory features, the strinseni criminal penalties on both buyers ind sellers at untased potatoes, and lack of provision lor variations in the market situation. The la-a which Treat into effect for potatoes dug after midnight Saturasy requires all sales of potatoes to bear starcos issued by the AAA or the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

The AAA stamps signify tax- exemption and have been" issued this year for 226800000 bushels the national sales allotment determined by Mr. Wallace and designed raae the purchasing power of the potato crop to the level of the vears from 1919 to 1S29 Tax-exempt sales quotas have set for states and counties rnd county committees are author- red to determine individual quotas based on past production and sales Kicks Back TACOMA, Wash-- Pierce County Commissioners reduced staff of Assessor Fred Smith from 18 to deputies in drafbne 1336 budget. Smith immediately an- lounced Increase in assessed valu- tions of property owned by each the commissioners S8JI5 Stores Sell LMHOT YORK--Packaged Bquor is sold at retail in the United States through 38,325 stores according to a survey just compJeted bv Drug Copies The jurvei covers the 39 states -which ijaie set up hquor control systems and the District of Columbia. Figures Show City Can Save $800 Per Month on Its Own Relief Service (MM Ite tveraft CMC far of rtbrf om rarfetf fnm Meftit to (Km oC HUH Jar Jew of IHC4 isr bcvrnr. tor BERRYOPENS FREE FOR ALL Glances At the Ncwi J.

Uralltrn. Hat CKTV ewa item. Addition thh iw 1 1 I A I I IT I A the larty vtela in tbf the HS.676. for Uie cos: its- produces the aicocst rhKh might resjOGahiy be the cost of tralion and dletown's unemployable poor Mil'" system This Includes, work relief During JI4.500. Of that (11,500 Slsdc- acres aj iccgrr tff own has been required to pay i jo wenty-fire percent or per rnoath.

Therefore the cosi to 3iid- dletown at that raw for nine! 5 3 5 months would be ia cine rseMsd tc months. Subtraction of the computed cost' and under the new arrangement Insa i XM -s the cost under TERA leares 17 opsajersa as the amount the Cirr wcaid tave nine months, or per raoath. That saring computed without aJ- owance for State rciraburseaent Iecse under its own administration, De-' sfc1c cT spite the views of IGddlelown's I rt-sures Mci: au urJ rrt TERA committee, Jddletown wotfd siisr th mzr.5jal seem entitled to the same rate of reimbursement granted other communities provided it complies trtth requirements for investsgatiori pursue I I Tsr i and other ormataes even though Uon sr does so without the aid of a pro- a essional rase suoenisor That is what Mlddletown "proposes to do At Kooterelt's Wont When a fortj percent reimbursement is applied, the cost to Middletown for relief of its unemployables For the liscal rear oT 1BS1. bffort TESA aged. JlidtSeioin; csi bias: rrijef -sras S3J513 There ES work relief.

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