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FAVORABLE REPORT
IN SENATE IS GIVEN
FARM RELIEF BILLS
Definite Prices for Commod
ities Would Be Governmen
tally Determined Under
Proposed Plans
WASHINGTON, April 12.—The
McNary-Haugen and the Norris-Sin
clair bills, designed for the relief of
agricultural districts were reported
favorably today by the senate ag
ricultural committee. Several minor
amendments were attached to the
McNary-Haugen bill, but the
Sinclair bill was reported without
change. „ _ . m
Action on the McNary-Hijiigen
is expected to be taken by the house
before its considreation m the se -
hJe account of its tariff pi -
Ksions, which are required to origi
nate in the house. The nouse-, ag
ricultural committee now is engaged
in redrafting passages of the bill.
The tariff features of the McNarj-
Haugen bill brought a communica
tion from the tariff committee to the
house ways and means committee
today in which the committee con
tended if domestic prices of agricul
tural staples are raised substantial
ly above world prices as a result of
such legislation, the application by
foreign nations of anti-dumping
Javtfe, would prevent the sale in those
countries of surplus American faim
products. The commission further
said that the foreign countries also
may claim that the policy is incon
sistent with the tariff act of 1922.
The life of the McNary-Haugen
hill is limited to five years, it beiftg
framed as an emergency measuic.
The farm bloc plan to have the
Norris-Sinclair bill entered as per
manent legislation and eventually to
substitute the McNary-Haughen bill.
Export Commission Planned
The McNary-Haugen bill provides
for. the creation of the “United
States Agricultural export commis
sion” and the “United States Agu
cultural export corporation. An ap
propriation of $200,000,000 would be
authorized as capital stock for the
export corporation.
The commission would be directed
to determine a ratio price for basic
agricultural commodities by comput
ing the average price of all com
modifies for the period of 3 905 to
1914, inclusive. When the commis
sion’finds that the domestic nrice of
a farm commodity is lower than the
ratio price it thall recommend to
the corporation the purchase of a
sufficient quantity of f.hl« com
modity to bring the domestic price
up to the level of the ratio price.
The corporation’s function would
be to sell the surplus crop to the
export trade, but it also yvould be
permitted to sell it in the domestic
market, at not less than the ratio
price, tiny commodity in its custody
as the commission may designate.
The bill authorizes the president
to directXthe United States tariff
commission or the secretary of ag
riculture to rpake investigations
from time to time to determine the
rate of duty upon any agricultural
commodity necessary to maintain
the domestic price at the level ot
the ratio price.
The Norris-Sinclair bill would
create the “farmers’ and consumers’
financing corporation” with a capi
tal “stock of $100,000,000 to be ap
propriated out of the treasury.
To Provide Market
The purpose of the corporation
would be. to provide, a market for
the sale of agricultural products and
to promote a more direct contact
between producer and consumer
with a decreased price to the con
sumer through a reduction in com
mission charges.
To obtain reduced rates for ex
port shipments, the corporation
would be authorized to operate free
of charge any idle vessels owned by
the United States for the transpor
tation of products to foreign ports.
The net earnings of the corpora
tion would be accumulated as a. re
serve until this amounted to SIOO,-
000,000, and, thereafter, the net
earnings would be paid into the
treasury until payments equal the
amount advanced for the capital
stock.
The corporation would he author
ized to issue tax exempt bonds not
Exceeding five times its paid-up
capital, the bonds ,to mature not
later than ten years after issue, and
the rate of interest to be determined
with the approval of the secretary of
the treasury.
Authority would be given the cor
poration to obtain and operate ele
vators and storage buy
and sell agricultural products and
make advances to any person for
the sale or exportation of farm com
modities.
The corporation would be manag
ed by a board of directors, three of
whom would be appointed by the
president, and the principal offices'
located in the District of Columbia.
Woman in Death Cell,
Suffering Appendicitis,
Better; Operation Off
OSSINING, N. IT, April 12.—Mrs.
Anna Buzzi, in the death house at
Sing Sing, awaiting electrocution for
the murder of Frederick Schneider.
Bronx contractor, will not have to
be operated upon for appendicitis.
Dr. Amos O. Squire, prison physi
cian, said today. For the first time
since she was stricken several days
ago Mrs. Buzzi’s blood pressure was
reported normal.
Macon County Farmer
Now Chopping Cotton
MONTEZUMA, Ga.. April 12.—1 t
was announced today that cotton is
being chopped on the plantation of
A. T. McKenzie, six miles from hero.
Mr. McKenzie ginned the first bale
of cotton in Macon county last year
and his prospects are good to win
the same honor this year.
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THE ATLANTA I'RI-WEEKL’Y JOURNAL
WILSON’S CAREER DOTTED
BY CLASHES WITH PRESS;
RESENTED ALL CRITICISM
Methods of American Jour
nalism Disliked by Presi
dent —Lawrence Reveals
Own Status as White
House Reporter
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1924, by the George H. Doran
company in the United States, Canada, South
America. World publication rights reserved
by Current News Features, Incorporated.)
CHAPTER NXI.
FOR one who was able by the
printed word to reach into
the hearts of men and women
everywhere and raise aloft the ban
ner of liberalism, nothing seems so
surprising as the relations between
Woodrow Wilson and the press.
From the beginning of his public
career until the end, they constitut
ed a series of misunderstandings and
unforunate clashes. Mr. Wilson’s
quarrel with the press was not per
sonal —it was impersonal. He dis
agreed with the methods of Ameri
can journalism. He was contemp
tuous of that type of newspaper, for
instance, which is given over to lev
ity and what he considered trivial
ity, and withholds from its readers
the substance of the day’s news,
national and international. To him
the London Times was the greatest
newspaper in the world because it
printed more actual news about hap
penings the world over than did any
other newspaper.
The growing tendency in recent
years in America to anticipate news
and to discuss future events or the
processes by which conclusions are
reached were deeply resented by Mr.
Wilson. His theory was that noth
ing was news until it was completed
—that a discussion was of secondary
importance, and that only conclu
sions or decisions were of interest
to the public. .
To some extent Mr. Wilson’s ear
ly antipathies toward the press were
justified. He made a trip to New
England once when he was presi
dent of Princeton, and in the course
of a public speech said he cared far
more for the opinion of people who
gathered around the country store
and spat tibacco juice into the stove
than he did for some of the opinions
expressed in the cloistered clubs of
the big cities. Much to his surprise
some newspaper headlines reported
next day that Woodrow Wilson ad
vocated the chewing of tobacco.
Green Reporters Annoyed Him
On another occasion, when he was
president-elect, some of the metro
politan newspapers assigned repor
ters to his headquarters who were
so unfamiliar with national affairs
that Mr. Wilson was plainly irritat
ed. When he was apked one day
concerning his talks with callers he
mentioned that he had had a con
ference with Senator Reed. One of
the newspapermen asked what state
Mr. Reed was from, and also if he
was a United States senator. Other
instances of clumsy handling of
news in which Mr. Wilson was con
cerned gave him no little cause for
annoyance.
During the 1912 campaign, Gov
ernor Wilson was as pleasant and
sociable a companion in the news
paper car as any candidate had ever
been. He exchanged confidences
freely, jested good naturedly> and
was, in all respects what the poli
ticians call a “good fellow.” As presi
dent-elect, he began to show signs of
intolerance which was intensified
when he reached the White House.
Responsibility and the seriousness of
the problems with which Woodrow
Wilson was struggling made him
less and less communicative with the
perSs. He rarely read the newspa
pers which were bitterest in their at
tacks upon him.
The newspapermen in Washington
were disposed to .be kindly and show
ed every desire to give him fair treat
ment. For many months he re
ceived them in semi-weekly confer
ences, answering questions liberally,
but not always comprehensively. He
showed now and then an indignation
over the character of the interroga
tions, and upon occasion fenced with
his callers very much as a witness
who was being cross - examined.
Many newspapermen \ lost faith in
the candor of Mr. Wilson. They relt
that he made use of the official de
nial too often, and that back of his
negatives was an equivocal state
ment. For instance, one day, early
in his administration, a newspaper
printed a dispatch from Washing
ton stating that Attorney General
Mcßeynolds had made a proposal to
a senate committee with reference to
legislation affecting the tobacco
trust. Mr. Wilson, was asked about
it, and said he knew nothing about
any proposal. Silence followed the
answer, and finally one of the news
paper men inquired if he knew that
the Attorney General had been In
communication with the senate com
mittee .and Mr. Wilson replied:
“Oh. yes, he made some sugges
tions.”
Conferences Abandoned
Tn Mr. Wilson’s mind a sugges
tion and a proposal were altogether
different. Yet to the newspaper men
it was a simple case of splitting
hairs. Mr. Wilson did not long con
tinue his conferences with the cor
respondents; ii\ fact, It was inevit
able that they should come to an end
when the war broke out because the
questions relating to. the war were of
such delicate nature’that impromptu
answers were not to Mr. Wilson’s ad
vantage nor to the public generally,
because neutrality, and later war,
offered so much opportunity for mis
understanding that only carefully
worded statements prepared in ad
( vane© were used to convey the gov-
I ernment viewpoint.
Contrary to the general impression,
Mr. Wilsou did not have any favor
i ites among the newspaper men when
I he was in the White House. He did
I not believe in that kind of relation
| ship. President Roosjpvelt had a fa
' vorite group, and frequently inspired
| certain stories in order to test out
public opinion. Mr. Wilson was
i urged to adopt such a policy, tut he
I would not do so. In all of his eight
( years he probably gave less time to
(conference with individual newspa-
I permen than did any president pre
ceding him, and certainly much less
than has any president since his ad
ministration. Mr. Wilson had no
special channel through which he
eared to convey information about
his position, and rather resented the
you have always bought bears sig
nature of
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fact that some of his callers, especial
ly members of the senate and house,
discussed with the press matters
which had been taken up in confer
ence with him.
On one cYv two occasions Mr. Wil
son was so much disturbed by news
paper attacks made upon him that
he wrote to the newspapers and asked
that certain reporters be removed
from the White House assignment.
In no case did the newspapers com
ply with h ( s request.
Mr. Wilson was the type of Presi
dent who rarely saw newspapermen
individually but when he did he usu
ally asked them to retain in confi
dence all that he had said. Fre
quently the same information was
obtainable from other sources. The
author found it to his advantage not
to ask for audiences w‘th the presi
dent, but to get information about
Mr. Wilson’s activities from mem
bers of the cabinet and other sources
in Washington. This often irritated
Mr. Wilson because he disliked to see
his plans and intentions revealed
prematurely, yet it was in conson
ance with the newspaper practice of
day.
Peace Conference Secrecy
An interesting conversation with
Mr. Wilson in Paris illustrates to
some extent the attitude ot the pres
ident on publicity at the peace con
ference. One of the first steps taken
after the American newspaper corps
arrived was a decision on the part
of the allied statesmen to bar the
newspapermen from attendance at
the peace conference. It was report
ed that Mr. Wilson had voted in fa
vor of secrecy. When the author
spoke to Mr. Wilson about it and
asked him if it were true, he replied
that it was not, and that he did not
favor secrecy, but when urged to
make such a statement to the public
he said he believed the American
people knew his position well enough.
As to the suggestion that people
back home would not understand
how "open covenants openly arrived
at” was discarded and that his ac
tion would be felt politically, he re
plied somewhat impatiently:
"I don’t give a damn about the pol
itics of it—if this thing is a success
we will get the benefit of it, and if
it isn’t, we will be attacked anyhow.
Had Mr. Wilson known more about
the processes of news-making he
would have probably developed 3
more favorable public opinion on this
side of the Atlantic during the time
that he was at the peacq conference.
The American newspapermen were
to a large extent at a disadvantage
in Faris. The representatives of the
pt ess from other countries were kept
closely informed and even were per
mitted to read the documents of the
peace delegations. It looked for a
time as if the French press was be
ing given verbatim copies (If every
thing that occurred. Mr. Wilson in
nocently kept to the letter of the un
derstanding between the allies with
respect to secrecy and not only did
the American press fail to report Mi-
Wilson’s valiant fights for a better
peace but all Europe was given an
interpretation colored by the British,
French and Italian viewpoints.
The author’s relations with Wood
row Wilson have themselves been
the basis of so much editorial com
ment and misrepresentation from
time to time that the true story is
set forth herein. _
Having been assigned by the As
sociated Press to cover Governor
Wilson’s headquarters at Girt,
N. J., in the summer of 191-, I had
a frank talk with Mr. Wilson at
the very outset stating that while
we had known each other intimately
at Princeton, my function as a re
porter for the Associated Press
would be disinterested and that the
organization I represented was, of
course, not interested in advocating
the candidacy of any such man but
simply in chronicling/he news. Mr.
Wilson was at that time prejudiced
against the Associated Press because
of a belief that it had not given him
the benefit of his victory in thfi
Texas primaries until two days after
, the balloting, when the truth was
| the votes were slow in being counted
and, as was its custom, the Asso
ciated Press did not make guesses
but waited for the final returns.
Assured Square Deal
When I told Mr. Wilson that my
purpose was to give him a “square
deal,” he said he wanted nothing
else. In all the years that the au
thor covered for the Associated
Press the daily news events relating
to Mr. Wilson’s public career, dur
ing the 1912 campaign and sub.se
i qu.ently at the White House, he
( never made a complaint. I accom
i panied him on practically all of his
I trips but saw no more of him than
• did the other correspondents. When
■he was inaugurated, I realized that
anything like personal relations
with Mr. Wilson while I was engag
ed in the task of writing impartial
(reports might be misunderstood. Al
'though there were frequent charges
that Mr. Wilson, inspired my articles,
especially when I left the Associated
Press in 1915 to become a special
( correspondent, the truth is I saw
I him alone much less than did some
i other men in the newspaper busi
( ness and I never received from him
in private conversation any stories
which could be used in the newspa
pens at the time.
Nevertheless, the author obtained
( from other' sources several items of
- news of a sensational character and
published them ahead -of competi
i tors and found no difficulty in re-
I fleeting the president’s views with
out even seeing him. Any newspa
per correspondent who has been in
Washington through several admin
istrations realizes the futility of de
i pending on the president of the
' United States himself for news, gei-
■ ting it instead from the many men
who see him from day to day in
cluding members of the cabinet,
congress and callers generally.
Although Mr. Wilson occasionally
sent me personal messages of re
gard and imposed in me sufficient
confidence on two occasions to ask
' ttyat I undertake delicate missions
which related to our negotiations
with foreign governments. I was
never in any sense his "mouthpiece"
or his “spokesman" in the press.
Some editorial writers fell into the
hftbit of designating me as su’ch
during the war because of the belief
on their part that accurate reflec
tion of the views of the White House
was due to inspiration by the execu
tive himself. The latter status
would have involved no journalistic
enterprise and .would have meant
writing in a vein pleasing only to
Mr. Wilson.
My own writings, on the other
hand, were frequently distasteful to
the president. Indeed, the Washing
ton correspondent who allows friend
ships or antagonisms to influence
his dispatches betrays the trust im
posed in him by his newspaper and
its readers. The general public ex
pects fair : minded interpretation of
the facts without regard to whether
an individual or party is helped or
hurt by the disclosure.
Resented Party Warning
Mr. Wilson resented particularly
an article written by the author just
DAUGHERTY PROBE
BODY DELIBERATES
ACTION ON BANKER
Civil Court Proceedings May
‘Be Resorted to for Purpose
of Obtaining Books of Ohio
Bank
WASHINGTON, April 13—An in
termission Monday in Its open hear
ings was arranged Saturday by sen
ate Daugherty committee, for a
double purpose.
The committee first wishes to de
cide on action it may take against
M. S. Daugherty, brother of the for
mer attorney general, for blocking
its search into bank records at Wash
ington Courthouse, O-, and it also
wants to confer with Attorney Gen
eral Stone, in order that the future
treatment of charges which its tes
timony has given rise to may be
considered.
A faint prospect that the investi
gation itself may be curtailed by the
senate was held out in connection
with the tentative arrangement to
discuss matters with the new de
partment o£ justice head.
Chairman Brookhart, returning
during the day from the expedition
into Ohio, where access to records
was refused Friday by the Washing
ton Courthouse bank, planned to go
over the situation with his col
leagues, and to await the return of
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon
tana, from a speaking trip to Chi
cago before announcing the new pro
gram. No hearing was held today.
Members of sub-committee which
went to Ohio were anxious, upon re
turning, to force' contempt proceed
ings against M. S. Daugherty, to cite
him before the bar of the senate, and
possibly to ask the district attorney
in Washington to indict him, as
Harry F. Sinclair was indicted in the
Teapot Dome investigation. Daugh
erty’s refusal to allow the sub
committee access to records in the
Midland National bank after commit
tee members had made a trip to his
own town, that such inspection might
not hinder its ordinary business, was
said to have cleared ti e case of any
doubt.
Injunction proceedings against the
senators resorted to by the bank,
senators said, would probably be ad
justed bv the department of justice.
The effect of the issue of a, temporary
restraining order against the commit
tee from the Ohio court of common
pleas was said to be legally unim
portant.
In the meantime, the many wit
nesses summoned by Ihe committee,
which include Howard Mannington,
of Whlo, who resided in “the little
green house on K street,” will be re
quired to wait. There was a. sug
gestion today thtt testimony expect
ed from some of rhem might be heard
by representatives of Attorney Gen
eral Stone in order that criminal pro
ceedings might be instituted.
DAUGHERTY TO RETURN
TO OHIO TO LIVE
COLUMBUS, O.» April 13. —Harry
M. Daugherty, former attorney gen
eral, in formal statement Satur
day said: “I am paying a short visit
to my mother in Washington Court
house, and will go from there to
Asheville, N. C., to m eet Mrs. Daugh
erty, where I will rest a few days.
“A little later my intention is to
return to Ohio and perhaps make one
speech. As soon as possible, 1 shall
return to Ohio to live.
“The country will applaud the ac
tion of the president yesterday, in
sending to the senate an unqualified
and positive position in support of
constitutional and orderly processes
of government.”
COMMITTEE SUMMONS
.MAN FROM NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April J 3.
John S. Glenn, who says he was re
cently visited by a department of
justice agent, and questioned as to
the past life of Senator Wheeler, was
today summoned to appear before
the Daugherty investigating commit
tee in Washington on April 18.
Bacon’s Contest Denied
After Reidsville Hearing
REIDSVILLE, Ga., April 12. —The
Democratic executive commit!ee, met
here Friday to consider E. H.
Bacon’s contest in the race for
sheriff, and declared J. H. Kennedy,
of this city, the Democratic nominee
for the office.
Kennedy defeated Mr. Bacon, of
Glenn ville, by three votes.
before the president sailed for Eu
rope, pointing out that he was at
the climax of his career, and that se
rious disaffection existed inside the
Democratic party, which, if not
cured, might lead to defeat in 1920.
Reports of the president’s displeas
ure were carried to me, but when I
talked with him in Paris and later
in Rome, he was cordial. On the
western trip in September, 1919, I
found him personally friendly. I
had become so interested in the de
tails of the Shantung controversy
that I spent a whole day making a
digest of the pro and con of it to
gether with some views on the sub
ject which I had acquired by inde
pendent study, and was gratified to
find that he thought enough ot the
memorandum to incorporate the ar
gument almost verbatim in some of
his last speeches on the Pacific coast.
It was after Mr. Wilson returned
to the White House, and had begun
to recover sufficiently from his ill
ness to take an interest in public af
fairs that my own break with him
occurred. The dismissal of Secreta
ry Lansing on the ground that he
had called cabinet meetings without
authority seemed to me unjust, and
I reported the facts as well as I
knew tnem, suggesting that only a
fit of temper could have prompted
this action.
From that time on Mr. Wilson was
I represented to me as again displeased
I with my writings, and though J had
Jno communication with him there
[■after, I was apparently so sympa-
I thetic with his ideals that editorial
I writers continued to accuse me of
: being inspired by him.
It was not until a few weeks be
’ fore Mr. Wilson died that I heard
I that he had spoken of me in compll-
I mei tary terms. An eld Princeton
graduate had been chatting with him
I about his former pupils, and Mr.
( Wilson was kind enough to include
( me in the list of those whom he held
' in esteem.
j (Tomorrow’s chapter tells of the
last four years.)
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M’ADOO’S VICTORY RATIFIED
AND DELEGATES APPROVED BY
DEMOCRATIC SUB - COMMITTEE
Delegates Named on Author
ity of Successful Candi
date and County Chairmen
Are So Instructed '
William G. McAdoo, of California,
and a native son of Georgia, offi
cially was declared to be Gerogia’s
candidate for the Democratic presi
dential nomination, by tfie sub-com
mittee of the state Democratic ex
ecutive committee, at a meeting Sat
urday at noon.
The sub-committee’s action was
taken after the votes of the primary
of March j 9 had. been canvassed and
consolidated, showing that Mr. Mc-
Adoo carried 120 countiqs, with a.
county unit vote of 326 and a popu
lar vote of 122,659, as against Oscar
W. Underwood, '-’ho carried 3?
counties, with a unit vote of 76 end
a popular vote of 69.707.
After formally declaring Mr. Me
’oo to have been the winner in
the. priwiary, the sub-committee
paved tne way for a harmonious
state convention in Atlanta, by
adopting a resolution directing va
rious county chairmen to certF as
delegates and alternates to the state
convention the persons designated
by Mr. McAdoo’s authorized repre
sentatives in Georgia.
Maddox Directs Step
• The sub-committee took this step
cn the initiative .of G. Ed Maddo:r.
of Rome, chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee,
who presented to the committee Mr.
McAdoo’s formal designation of
Mrs. Edgar Alexander, Miller S.
Pell, Thomas J. Hamilton and Hol
lins N. Randolph, as his authorized
representatives for the selection of
delegates and alternates.
Mr. McAdoo’s authorization, it ap
pears, was written on March 24,
some five days after the primary in
Georgia and prior to the designa
tion of delegates and alternates to
the state convention.
The authorization from Mr. Mc-
Adoo was addressed to Mrs. Alex
ander and Messrs. Bell, Hamilton
and Randolph. It follows:
“Law Offices of
William G. McAdoo,
“1215 Bank of Italy Building,
“Los Angeles, California.
“March 24, 1924.
“Mr. Miller S. Bell,
“Mr. Thomas J. Hamilton,
“Mrs. Edgar Alexander,
“Mr. Hollins Randolph.
“You are hereby appointed
my authorized representatives
in Georgia, under rule 8, pro
mulgated by the state Demo
cratic executive committee of
Georgia, on January 19, 1924,
and under the rules promulgat
ed and announced by the sub
committee of seven of said
Democratic state - executive
committee, on March 4, 1924, .o
select and appoint delegates and
alternates to the state conven
tion to be held in. Atlanta on
April 23, 1924.
“Very truly yours,
“W. G. M’ADOO.”
Rule Followed Strictly
After reading Mr. McAdoo s letter
Chairman Maddox said he believed
the subcommittee should take some
action to let the county chairmen
understand that the designation of
delegates and alternates to the state
convention had been made is strict
accordance with the rules under
which the primary was conducted.
“I have prepared a resolution,
which I present and which I believe
should ’be passed by the committee
to clarify the situation,” Chairman
Maddox- said. He then offered the
following resolution:
“Whereas, Hon. William G,
McAdoo carried the state in the
primary of March 19, last, and
the same has been officially de
clared by this subcommittee in
accordance with the powers con
ferred by the rules of the state
Democratic executive commit
tee; and
“Whereas, the said Hon. Wil
liam G. McAdoo has filed with
this subcommittee his written
designation of Mrs. Edgar Alex
ander, and the Messrs. Miller S.
Bell, Thomas J. Hamilton and
Hollins N. Randolph as his rep
resentatives in Georgia, under
the rules of the state Demo
cratic executive committee, to
name the delegates and alter
nates to the state conve-tion to
be held in Atlanta on April 23,
1924; •
“Therefore, be it resolved, That
said named persons are hereby
recor lized as the representa
tives of Mr. McAdoo for the pur
poses named and that, under the
rules of the state Democratic
executive committee, it is the
duty of the chairmen of the va
rious county executive commit
tees to appoint as delegates and
alternates to the convention
such persons as are named by
the said representatives of Mr.
McAdoo, and to issue credentials
to such delegates and alternates
so named, if they have not al
ready done so.”
Committeeman Hiram L. Gardner,
of Eatonton, moved the adoption of
the "Maddox resolution, and it was
adopted by a unanimous vote.
Resolution on Result
The resolution formally declaring
the result, which was offered hy
Chairman Maddox, after he had in
spected the returns from many coun
ties, follows:
- “Whereas, it appears from the
certified returns from counties
holding the primary election on
March 19, 1924. that Hbn. Wil
liam G. McAdoo carried 120
counties, with 326 county unit
votes, and that Hon. Oscar Un
derwood carried 33 counties,
with 76 county unit votes; and
“Whereas, reports have been
received from all counties in the
state, except Appling t Bacon,
Banks, Dawson, Echols Murray
and Toombs;< and
“Whereas, the county unit
vote from said unreported coun
ties would not be sufficient to
change the result,
“Therefore, be it resolved,
First, that the result in the va
rious counties as certified to this
committee, is as follows: For
William G. McAdoo, 120 coun
t:es, with a county unit vote cf
326; for Oscar W. Underwood, 33
counties, with a county unit
vote of 76, and,
“Second, that Hon. William G.
McAdoo is hereby declared to
have been the successful candi
date in said primary in the state
of Georgia.”
Miller S. Bell moved the adoption
of the resolution, and the vote was
unanimous.
Those at the Meeting
Attending the subcommittee meet
ing were Chairman Maddox, of
Floyd co'inty: Mr-, 'icssie Anderson,
secretary; Hiram L, Gardner, of
Putnam county; and Miller S. Bell,
of Baldwin county.
Mrs. Oscar T. Peeples, of Carters
ville, sent word that she was pre
vented from attending the meeting
by illness. The other absentees were
H. H. Elders, oj Reidsville, president
of the''Underwood campaign commit
tee, and J. B. Daniel, of LaGrange.
Although the meeting was scheduled
for 12 o’clock, Chairman Maddox did
not call it to order until 12:30 in the
hope that the other members would
appear.
The subcommittee was created by
the executive committee, and
charged .with the duty of arranging
details for the conduct of the pri
mary, the consolidation of the vote
and arrangements for the state con
vention.
The rules of the state executive
committee governing the presidential
preference primary and the state
convention, provide that in the
event any county chairman fails or
refuses to appoint the delegates and
alternates designated by thev person
al representatives of the successful
candidate in Georgia, the chairman
of the state executive committee has
the authority to make the appoint
ments, at the request of the repre
sentatives.
Convention to Be Harmonious
The state convention will be held
in Atlanta on April 23. and the in
dications are that it will be one of
the most harmonious gatherings in
the history of the party, because <-f
the fact that only the supporters of
Mr. McAdoo will be selected as dele
gates ahd alternates. The state con
vention will designate 28 delegates
to attend the national Democratic
convention in New York City in
June. The delegates to the national
convention will select the national
committeeman from Georgia.
Chairman Maddox made an effort
Saturday to complete arrangements
for a convention hall in Atlanta,
but later announced that the ar
rangement cannot be completed un
til the first of this week.
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CALENDAR
Tuesday
12 to 1 F. M. —Noon entertainment.
3:30 to 4 P. M. —Howard theater or
chestra overture and prologue. J
5 P —News, markets, “Home Gar-
dening” talk by William B. Deckner. f
5:30 P. M. —Miss Bonnie Bamhardt s
songs and Burgess’ bedtime story.
8 to 9 P. M.—Concert by Yaarab tem
ple’s Million-Dollar Shrine hand.
10:45 P. M. —DeMolay “On to Wash
ington” concert.
Wednesday
12 to 1 P. M.—Entertainment.
3:30 to 4 P. M.—Howard theater or
chestra overture and prologue.
5 P. M. —Vick Myers’ Melody orches
tra, news, markets.
5:30 P. M. Miss Bonnie Bernhardt s
songs and Burgess’ bedtime story.
8 to 9 P. M.—Silent.
10:45 I’. M. —Transcontinental Raaiowl
entertainment, presenting Dr. 'Joni
Gibbs Fowler, baritone; other features,
brief message by Thomas A. Harris,
Commander Marcus Bock, Jr., detach
ment United States Marine Corps league.
Thursday
12 to 1 P. M.—Organ concert by Dr.
Charles A. Sheldon.
3:30 to 4 P. M. —Howard theater or
chestra overture and prologue.
5 P. j(.—Entertainment by Manley’s
Serenaders, news, markets.
5:30 r. M. —Miss Bonnie Barnhardt's
songs and Burgess' bedtime story.
8 to 9 P. M.—Entertainment by the
Oglethorpe university orchestra.
10:45 P. M. —Organ recital by Mr,
Charles A. Sheldon.
Friday
12 to 1 P. M. —Entertainment.
3 to 4 P. M.— Sunday school lesson
study class, conducted by Dr. J. Sprole
Lyons.
5 P. M.—Vick Myers’ Melody orches
tra, news, markets.
5:30 I’. M.—Miss Bonnie Barnbardt's
songs and Burgess’ bedtime story.
8 to 9 P. M.—Entertainment by the
Griffin Harmony Four, other features.
10:45 P. M. —Transcontinental Kadiowl
entertainment.
Saturday
12 to 1 P. M.—Program sponsored by
Mrs. Carroll Summer, teacher of voice.
3:30 to 4 P. M.—Howard theater or
chestra overture and prologue.
5 P. M.—B. C. Getsinger, in talk on
“Foreign Trade and Commerce;” news,
markets; Regina Wineberg, piano pupil
of Mrs. Alma Barrett. Ware.
5:30 I'. M.—Miss Bonnie' Barnhardt's
song? and Burgess’ bedtime story.
8 to 9 P. M.—Old-fashioned harmony
by’ the Palmetto String band.
10:45 P. M.—Entertainment by the
Rainbow orchestra, playing at the Bilt
more hotel; other features.
Dollar Bills Tear
Too Easily; Bureau
Starts an Inquiry
TERRE HAUTE. Ind., April 13
cause the new 1923 series of dollar
bifls are brittle and tear easily, the
treasury department, in conjuncion
with the bureau of standards and
the engraving bureau, has started an
inquiry to learn the reason.
Widespread complaint against the
new hills has reached the treasury.
Thousand of dollars a day in these
new bills have been fed into the
macerator in the treasury building
because they are torn.
Paper money should survive circu
lation a year at least, officials say,
while many of the new dollars last
less than a week.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 15. 1924-
PROBE DESTROYED
TREASURY MOIE.
IJECLK MELLON
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 13—The
morale of the entire treasury de
partment has been destroyed by the
senate investigation into the bureau
of internal revenue, Secretary Mel
lon declared last night in an address
before the Pittsburg Chamber of
Commerce. He declared, that “un
less some end is brought to this un
necessary interference, government
will cease to function.”
Reviewing the effect upon the de
partment after one month of inves
tigation, Secretary Mellon declared
that production, in the income tax
unit, where disputed tax liability
cases are determined, has dropped
50 per cent. In the natural re
sources division, where values are
obtained, he continued, tvork has
practically ceased and the time of
the division is devoted to furnishing
information to the senate commit
tee.
“Employes throughout the bu
reau,” Secretary Mellon declared,
“are. more interested in reading
about and discussing the investiga
tion than in work, and adequate su
pervision can scarcely be maintain
ed. In any close case, a man, be
cause he fears that he, too, may be
criticized, refuses to act impartially
and automatically decides the ques
tion in favor of the government,
leaving the tax payer to find such
relief as the courts may ultimately
give him. No one knows when a
prosecutor, under government au
thority and private pay, may haul
him before a committee and pillory
him on the stand. The morale of
the entire organization is destroyed.
Unless some end is brought to this
unnecessary interference, govern
ment will cease to function.”
Secretary Mellon said the purpose
of the investigation—to recommend
improvements in the law and its ad
ministration —was laudable, but de
clared “its real purpose seems to be
a personal attack upon me or an ef
fort to develop scandal.”
“The committee has made inquiry
into every company in which I may
have been interested," he declared.
“Nowhere has it been shown that a
company has been favored because
I happened to be a stockholder. On
the contrary, it is probable the re
verse has been the case. As a mat
ter of fact, I think the investigation
has shown that favor, through con
nivance of . overnment employes,
practica .y is impossible.”
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, pres
ident of Columbia university, also
was a ,speaker.
Neither house of congress has any
authority under the constitution to
investigate the private affairs of
an,y one. Dr. Butler said. He de
fined the investigating authority of
either house as limited to anything
“with direct reference to some ex
ecutive policy which is within the
competence of congress,’ and de
clared, “the moment either house
oversteps that constitutional llmita--
tion, it gives one more illustration
of government-made lawlessness.
Dr. Butler paid tribute to Mr. Mel
lon as “the most distinguished pub-
Ifc officer of this generation.”
Coal Operator Dies
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. April 12.
D. Ward Dunlap, one of the largest
coal operators in Arkansas, died of
pneumonia at a local hotel Thursday
night. He was 39 years of age.
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