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9 . «.«._««*» > The Omaha N i >rning Bee much change in temperature. ___ _____ tn te" ,,io' CITY EDITION J yoL. 53. NO. 207 / OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1924. * TWO CENTS'1 W‘c.r. J ^ 11 1 " ^ By Stall (1 Tear): Dally aa<1 Sunday. tS: Sunday. I*.I*. within tba 4tb aona. Outalda tha 4lh Zona <1 Tear): Dally and Sunday. Ill: Sunday only. It. ___ _= I I May Refuse toGiveO.K. to Lawyers Move on to Vote Against Con firming Appointments of Strawn and Pomerene as Prosecutors. Urge Sweeping Probe p# --- Washington, Feb. 13.—An organized fight in the senate against confirma tion of Silas H. Strawn and Atlee Pomerene as special government coun sel in the oil cases promises to fur nish another dramatic chapter to the rapidly unfolding story of the naval oil leases. Definite Indication* that Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, dominant figure in pressing the Inquiry, 1* op posed to the lawyers selected by President Coolidge provided the chief development of the day In the oil in vestigation. The oil committee considered the nominations at two executive sessions, hut without reaching a. decision. Be tween times it heard six witnesses at public sessions in efforts to obtain more light on the circumstances sur rounding the leasing of the Teapot Dome reserve to Harry F. Sinclair and the California Elk Hills reserve to E. L. Doheny. Coolldge oil Top. Members of nil senatorial groups showed a disposition today to treat as s iflosed incident the refusal of Presi dent Coolldge to entertain the senate's request that he demand ‘'immediate ly” the resignation of Secretary Denby for his part In the leases. Senator W.ieeler, democrat. Mon tana. announced that on Thursday he would Introduce a resolution propos ing a full*Investigation of all of the official acts of Attorney General Daugherty and of all branches of the Department of Justice under the stewardship of Mr. Daugherty. George Creel, former chairman of the committee on public Information, told the oil committee he had been ■^trnpl, ed by Doheny as “publicity consultant” fiv# months after ha left the government eervice, but had re signed after three months becauss of a disagreement with his chief. His salary was at tha rata of $10. 000 a year. He also disclosed that he had Interested himself In obtaining a lease for offset wells In Teapot Dome and bad taken the matter up suc cessfully with Secretary Daniels. Operator Scents Fraud. J. Leo Stack, Denver oil man. with whom Creel was associated, and who had conlractural rights in claims in Teapot Dome, testified that he had become convinced soon after Sinclair obtained the lease that there had been “bad faith, fraud and secret dealings." The committee sought, but with little success, to establish definitely w ho supplied the $200,000 for the pur chase of the Albuquerque (N. M) Journal by Sidney Well from Carl C. Magee In May, 1922, but It was In evidence that Joshua Reynolds, chair man of the board of the First Nation al bank of Albuquerque, had taken It over from Weil after 30 days. Magee told of attacks he was mak ing on Albert B. Fall In his paper and of efforts he made to sell the plant. He said he received an offer from the Los Angeles Herald, which he asserted, “represented Doheny money,” and also that Frederick G. Ron fils and H. II. Tammen of the Denver Post had sent a man to see hint but lie refused to deal with them. >^Jan Dies in Crash Near Centra! City Central City, Neb., Feb. 12.“ A col Ilson which resulted in the death of Gust Carlson, farmer residing near Hordvihe, occurred ori the slate high way Just outside of Marquette at 11 Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson were driving south when a ■ car, driven by Chris Thomsen, com ing from the west, collided with them. The impact was so great as to com pletely overturn the Carlson car. Having It right side up. The occupants were thrown out and Mr. Carlson was killed instantly. Ills wife was not seriously injured. The Imdy of Mr. Carlson was brought to Central City. He was about 35 years old. > % i ■■ — - ' /-- b ' Congratulations, Mr. Beal '-—An Editorial— Some day in Omaha murderers will be convicted of murder. Some day the awakened civic consciousness of the citizens of Omaha will furnish juries that will realize that in their hands lies a mo'st important part of the duty of law enforcement. The spectacle of Griffin, the gangster, being released with a verdict of manslaughter is a sad travesty. Sadder still is the opinion expressed in certain quarters that it is all right for bootleggers and thieves to kill each other in private quarrels. What becomes of law and government when such opinions are held even by a small section of the community? The answer was plain in revolting details on the witness stand at the Griffin trial. Testimony that so far differed from testimony given at the time of the crime, while the de tails were still fresh in memory, point either to “fixing” of witnesses or fear of the private vengeance of the gang sters. The “law” of the underworld, that absurd inversion of law and morals that has been so often exploited and de nounced, seems to have been exemplified here. Criminals right thir own wrongs, redress their own grievances, try their own cases and set their own penalties. Such perver sion of the law is as dangerous as it is absurd. It amounts to government within government, with the added menace that it is .opposed to legitimate government. Congratulations are due County Attorney Beal and his assistant, Mr. Gross, for the manner in which they present ed their case. Witnesses upon whom they depended, turned hostile, and made their task doubly difficult. Congratula tions are due the jury for disregarding the story of the mythical “Smithy.” Juries are not to be criticized if they do not have a united public opinion behind them. A public opinion that insists upon punishment quick and adequate for those who think the law of the gang is the law of the land. The brutal haystack murder has been closed with a verdict of manslaughter. There are a half dozen others in the county jail awaiting trial for murder. A wholesome public opinion, upholding the hands of the county attorney will go far toward a proper trial and an adequate verdict for those who are guilty. Not only is Omaha a good place to live but a place for good people to live. It can be made a most unhealthy place for thieves and murderers. Omaha’s Muddy Water Episode Influences Howell on Denby — Public Excitement, Then os Now, Led to Hasty Judgment, Nebraska Senator Feels—Wants to Wail for Facts Before Condemning Secretary. R.r P. C. POWELL, Wafthlngtnli ( orrrnpnndent The Oinnlm Bee. "Washington, Feb. 12.—One need go back only a few months to find an expertencs In the life of Senator R. U. Howell, which he admits had much to do with his vote against unquali fiedly demanding the resignation of Secretary Denby before the latter was given a trial or the president was given an opportunity for thor ough investigation. That experience had to do with the muddy water episode In Omaha. In Alleged Passer of Bad Money Held Man Arrested in Columbus Said to Have Admitted Living in Omaha. Columbus, Neb., Feh. 12.—Federal men grilled James J. Keith, 31, Den ver, Colo., In the district court room In the courthouse here following Keith's arrest on Twelfth street Mon day on charges of passing counter feit money. Keith was arrested after he had given Ted Haney, an employe at the American Railway -Express company office here, a bogus silver SO-eent plet *. A search of the man s pockets dis closed a sack of metal dust, email wooden sticks and plaster of parls ready to lie made Into molds. Police fhv estimation revealed that several other bogus 50 cent pieces snd one counterfeit silver dollar had been passed Iti Columbus. Ketth admitted he had a long jail record In several states, admitted lie lug arrested In Omaha several times where he went under the name of Merldlth, according to police. According to the man's story, he has a wife afflicted with tuberculosis living in a mountain cabin near Pen ver. Keith was to have been taken to Omaha this evening. Governor MeMaster Opens Second Week of Campaign Vivian, S. P., Feb. 12.—Governor \V. If. McMaster opened the second wek of Ills campaign tour ns candi date for the United Whites senate With an address here yesterday, and mi address at Murdo last night. Other speaking engagements of the governor this week are: Presho. Tuesday afternoon; Kennebec, Tues day night; Itellance, Wednesday aft ternoon; Chamberlain. Wednesday night; Puckwana, Thursday after noon; Klrtihnll. Thursday night; White hake, Friday afternoon; Plan Kington, Friday night, and Mount Vermin, Saturday afternoon j The governor will close the week I with a non political address at a good roads meeting at .Mitchell, Saturday ; night a single day the water In Omaha be came mostly mud. Within 24 hours. Senator Howell, who was manager of the plant, was the most unpopular man In Omaha. He was charged with being absolutely responsible for the muddy water. He was accused of starving the plant for the vke of advertiaing a large surplus In hls campaign for senator. The board of directors of the Metropolitan Utilities district were called upon to discharge him Immediately. "T.ocally at that time there was as much feeling against me as against Denby," he said. "If the board of di rectors had taken the same action toward me at that time that the senate has taken against Denby, I would have been disgraced to a cer tain extent. "Instead, the board waited until a thorough investigation was made. Then it had an open hearing The lesult of that hearing is well known In Omaha. “Mind you, I am not holding a brief for Denby. Hut I do demand a fair trial for a man, the same as was given to me.” Those In touch with the jttuatiou In Omaha remember that the lnves-_ ligation revealed washing of water basins had been neglected, unknown to Howell, and a mud valve had been i pened at the water plant at Florence permitting thousands of gallons of precious water to escape Into the river when It was so sorely needed In cleansing the water basin*. It will tie romeintiered further that Howell dld't even then demand dls charge of any one. He awaited the investigation when everything was explained In public. Resignations In the water department followed. That for Howell to take such a stand required courage Is best known to those In Washington. With the exception of furtls >t Kansas, there wasn't a man In Ihe farm belt who didn't vote the oilier wav. Continuance C run ted in Milliftan Crain Case Trial Geneva, Neb., Fell. 12.—Four day* nf teatlmnny 111 the Milligan grain rune* failed to adduce teatlmnny *uf fit-lent to convict and n continuance wan granted by .Judge Itrown. Two of the 16 cnaca, Involving $2,300, were dlamlaaetl. The plalntlffa will either take depoaltlona In Chicago, Knnaa* i 'ity or Omaha, or iho cnaca nil will l,e dlamlaand. The 16 aulta were filed liy farmer* residing In Fillmore oounty In the vl cinlt v of Milligan nnd were to recover money alleged to have been loat by thorn berauae of gambling trananc tlona. Married in domicil Bluff*. Th» following psrsons oblslnsd mar ri*g*» llrouses in Council Bluffs yMlfTfliy f.vlo OsIbsrK P"lk. Neb Helen Johnson. Polk. Neb. '* Krmk Item, Psorls, III. Viol*. Ursff. Orsshs in, Nsb 11 liver ell Thompson Prlrorn-te. Nsb ' , Hnr.e| Dawkltl". Primrose. Nsb l». II Krshinsysr. Pstssads. Nsb ' .foasiihloo Medsarss. Willow Island. N»t» • M *' Wheeler. Hustings Nob ! Ituih Hughs*. Hustings, Nsb I iiunIs' ksnne> Omaha [Ida llsgoodyv Omaha ..* * We Can Buy More Oil Land, but Public Confidence Will Be Harder to Replace Howard Makes Issue Out of Tax Exemption Congressman Green's Propos al lo Levy on All Bonds Opposed by Nebras ka Representative. By P. C. POWELL, Huhlngton Correspondent The Omaha flee. Washington, Feb. 12.—1The resolu tion Introduced by Representative Green of Council Bluffs, calling for discontinuance of tax free securities in an attempt to divert money Into more active channels, defeated last week In the lower house, may be the basis of a political battle In congress lonal elections In Nebraska. When the resolution was voted upon in the house, Congrevsnien Sears, Hlmmons, Mcljiughlin, repub licans, snd Morchead and Stliallen barger, democrats, voted fo* the hill. Congressman Kdgar Howard, demo crat, voted against (lie bill. The Columbus congressman soys lie is proud of Ida vole. He accepts Ids action on this resolution a* ha*i" ‘for his campaign for re election and haa issued a statement defending his vote. In his statement, Howard's clever pen aligns predatory Interests against hint. He also takes a wallop at Con greasman Oreen, who has served the Sixth Iowa district for 12 years. Howard's precampaign statement. In full, follows: "1 voted In favor of the Steagall amendment to the Green resolution. That amendment provided that fed eral land bank l*>nds should tie ex eluded from operations of the Green l pfinlution. "Mr. Green and all his Wall street following voted to kill the Hteagnll amendment, thus eleirly demonstrat ing that the main older' of the Green resolution was lo kill thn federal land hanks and the griier.il I oral credits system. 1 *pon making that discovery l'voted against the Green resolution. "1 have no apology to offer for my vole. I received more than 4,000 let ter* and telegrams from my home pAople with reference to the Green resolution. The letters were 20 to I In opposition to thn Green plan to kill the federal land l»anks. “I should have voted for the resolu tion If the Steagall amendment to ex elude the federal land halrk hoods front Its operation* had been adopted, hut when It became appniotit that the chief object of the Wall sheet crowd was to kill the federal land hanks. I felt that I was voicing the sentiment of my agricultural district when I voted against their program Spnrk l.it Slintiklowii Blast. Harrisburg, I’n . Kelt. II An Her Tie spark caused by the "arcing of 1 :i mining machine In an atmosphere |charged with duet in I explosive gas was given as (lie cause of lire explo jelon at Iho Khnnkluwn mine of the Hurtles & Tucker t ool C'o . i.laiiunty '.’*1. which, lesulted In .IS deaths, the report of Ills investlgii i|lor«, filed today, showed The Day in Washington The annual treasury Postoffire department appropriation bill, car rying $719,000,000, was pased by the house. Navy orders were made public completing preparatory steps for the flight of the Shenandoah to the Arctic this summer. A provision allotting $ 1,500,000 for the New York-8an Francisco air plane mail service was eliminated from the postoffire appropriation bill in the house. The soldiers' bonus bill was side tracked by the house ways and means committee until the tav bill is disposed of on the floor of the house. The senate oil committee heard testimony of ticorge (Teel, 4. I rn Stack, (arl C. Magee, Sidney M. Weil and others in its investigation of naval oil laud leases. A house Indian affairs committee ipicstioned the legality of a ruling by Albert B. Fall as sercetary of the Interior, which permitted leas ing of certain Intian lands. Tourist’s Car Runs Into Auburn Store Auburn. Neb, Feb. II.—Sunday evening n family of stranger* driving from I .a a Vega*. N. .V!.. to Iowa parked a ear in front of the show win (lows of the Smith Motor Co. ^Vhen they were ready to start on their Journey the driver cranked the car. which proved to he in gear. The car charged over the curb, wrecking an oil pump, acroaa the aid* walk through two of the large plate slash windows. Into tlic show room where It smashed the front of two cars on display. II drove the chib hack through the Im mense show rase, A special curbing bad been built In front of the tea rase to prevent such an accident a* twice before car* hail crossed the sidewalk and done more or lesa damage to the building. On ac count Of the Increased curbing pro lection the motor company had not renewed the plate glass Insurance and the loss Is quit* heavy as the owner of the runaway car Is In straight rued circumstances. having only enough money to enable the family to reach Iowa. t S 10.000 Mimy Ituililing to He Kret’tnl at Hustings My \ mioc In t r«l TrpM. Halting*, Neb., Ktb. 12.— Uniting* in to have i new municipal building, to hott*e the water ind light depart inenta and provide office* for the mayor and other city official* Con atmotion work will *tart at an early date The city council ha* voted to Upend $40,000 for I he erection of the building, the fumln to come from the aurplu* *• f I lie municipal water and light department#, which now timount to more than IflJi.ooo. The building "III he located adjoining the new auditot111144 owned by the city. Omaha Bishop Is Stroke Victim at Miami, Fla Paralysis Affects Left Side. Loral Pastor Learns— Was to Deliver Lec tures in South. Bishop Homer C. Stunt* of Omaha was stricken with paralysis at Miami. Fla . yesterday, according to a tele gram received here by Rev. J. K Wagner, pastor of the First Methodist church. Bishop Stunts is head of the Meth odist F.piscopal church are* compris ing Iowa and Nebraska. According to the telegram, which was confirmed hy Associated Tress dispatches, his left side la affected and he ia in a semi-conscious condl tion. The telegram state, that every, thing that can be done for him i, be ing done, at a Miami sanitarium. Bishop Stunt* was to have deliv ered several addresses at Miami, after a conference with colored ministers of Florida at Gainesville. The bishop 1« ft Omaha a few weeks ago to spend the winter In the south. Mrs. Stunt* left last night for Miami. Howard llushton, close friend nr Bishop Stunt*, accompanied her. They will reach their destina tion Friday morning. Bev. .lames E. Wagner, pastor of First Methodist Episcopal church, also a very close friend of the bishop, has wired the Florida sanitarium for more details on his friend's condi tion. Kllsworth Womn Badly Scratched as < '.hi Runs Amuck Ellsworth, Nelv, Feb. IS.—\V ilh a feline ferociousness seldom witnessed, a strange oat attacked Mrs. F. J. Kllabury, wife of a local merchant. Mrs Kllabury suffered a badly scratched arm. lacerated from the elbow? to the wrist. In an effort to thrust the cat away with the free arm, the apparently deranged animal hit Into the paint of the hand, tearing out small bits of flesh. The attach occurred when Mrs. Kllabury reached down to pet the cat. Heresy < harge mi Kx-Bi»hop. New York, Feb. IS.—Charge* of ex treme heresy have Iwcn preferred against He'. William Montgomery Brown of Gallon, tv., a former bishop of Arkansas and a member of the house of bishops of the l'rotestsnt Kplscopal church, by Bishops A. C. A. tlall of Vermont.'Joseph M. Francis of Indianapolis and William I.. C.rav ntt of West Virginia. It was revealed today, fir — America? .SKI*, l'llllAV'B KUITOKIAL 1‘A^K Coolidge Says Nations Prosperity Dependent on Healthy State of Farms . Sr—- ' President, in Lincoln Day Speech, Urges Industry to Sacrifice fur Agricul tural Relief. Sees a Burden in Bonus New York. Feb. 12.—National and International political and economics 1 affairs of the present time were touched on by President Calvin Cool idge in an address delivered here this evening at a meeting of the National Republican club held in commemora | lion of Lincoln's birthday. The teat of the president's speech '■ follows: One hundred and fifteen years a©'-1, today Abraham Lincoln was born How great he became can not vet be' accurately measured, although near- , ly SO years have passed since hisj death Probably there has been no: one justly entitled to be termed the greatest man In the world. As there are many different talents, so there, are many different kinds of great ness. This makes comparisons some I what barren of results. Rut measured by ability, achieve-| menu and character. America has long placed Washington and Lincoln as the two men in our history pre eminently entitled to he termed • truly great." In this opinion we have the general concurrence of mankind. While'others approach them, they are «ot outranked by any of the other figures which all of civilization has produced throughout its record of thousands of years. ' In a way all men are great. It is op that conception that American in stitutions have been founded. Per haps the differences are not so much ag many suppose. Yet there are dif ferences which s*t off some men above their fellows. What those dtf farence* srs in a partLular case is a natter somewhat of personal opinion. Tu me the greatness of Lincoln con sisted very largely of a vision by which he saw more clearly than the mm of his time the moral relation ship of things. His great achievement lay in bring ing the different elementa of his country into a more truly moral re lationship. He was the commander in chief of the greatest armies the world had then seen. They were vic torious. Yet we do not look upon him aa a conpueror- He directed the rais tng and expenditure of vast sums of money. Yet we do not think of him as a financier. The course which he followed cost many lives and desolat ed much territory. Yet we think of him, not as placing a burden on the nation, hut removing one from it. not as a destroyer, but a restorer. He was a liberator. He struck the fetters not only froni the liodies but from the minds of men He was a great moral force. Restored National I nity. When Lincoln had finished Ins course he had made the foundation of freedom stronger and firmer on which to huild national unity. Strengthen ing that principle was the chief ac complishment of his life, lie pointed out that the nation could not endure half slave and half free. The mighty work which he did finally left it to endure all free. He restored national unity by restoring moral unity. The questions which he considered til Ills day wn nerd have no hesitation in concluding were finally nod defi nitely settled. There is no difference of opinion, no argument ahout them now. The conclusions which he drew have long since been the settled policy of our country . The conflicts of his time have pas? ed away. New- developments have taken place, new problems have been met. The industrial struggle which came, lasting tip to the days of the world war. for Increased compensation to wage earners, for the bettering of their eondltiot while it has never been fully settle^, does not appear at present to be acute. The rewards of laltor engaged in commerce, transpor tation and industry are now such as to afford the most liberal partlolpa tton In all the essentials of life. Whal this tremendous opportunity now held hv the wage-earner, if wisely and justly administered, will mean to the well being of the nation is almost be yond comprehension. It opens up the prospect of a new era In human evist ence. It Justifies tho assertion that while America has problems It is not lacking In the ability or courage to comprehend and solve them. It is a warrant for confidence In the future That national unity for which Lin coin laid the foundation requires per pel mil adjustment for its maintenance How great our eoutnry really |s, how diversified are Its Interests, ts almost bey olid the comprehension <vf ary one man. Yet great and diversified as It is. any pretense of sound morals or sound economics requires that each pari, earh sr, tion. and each Interest, should he looked upon by the govern ment with like solicitude, all sharing tlie common burdens, all pat taking of the common welfare. There is no sound policy which is narrow, or sec tional. or limited Kveiy sound poll, v must be nation.il 111 IIS scope, It is always necessary to determine w lint will be good for the whole countiy. The necessary olwarvance of these principles lequtre? st the pie--mi | time, that a hugs amount of attru lion should be given to agricul'ure. This is an interest ori which it is estimated that more than 40,000.000 of our people are directly or Indirect ly dependent. It represents an in vestment several times as large as that all the-railroads of the coun try. it has an aggregate production .if over $8,000,900,000 each year. Yet with all these vast resources of pro duction arid consumption, and the vast purchasing power for tire piod ucts of the farm, which is represented |,y the prosperity of our industry and commerce, w-ith hero and there an exception, agriculture as a whole languishes. Distribution Neglected. Production has outrun the power of distribution and consumption. The farm population is not Increasing, but the improved methods of tillage and inventions in farm machinery have all contributed to increase the per capita output. It i" in this direc tion that the agricultural schools and colleges have placed their major em phasis. Their education lias been substantially all on ihe side of im proved methods of production and none on the side of distribution, con sumption, and marketing. When there is a difficulty w hich affects so large a population. so large an area, and so important an interest is that of agriculture It is distinctly a national question. It scarcely needs to be pointed out that agriculture is of vital importance to our country. It is the primary source of sustenance. Industry, and wealth. Everyone ought to know- that it is basic and funda mental. Without a healthy, produc tive, and prosperous agriculture, theie can he no real national prosperity, p ,s perfectly obvious that there is something radically wrong when agriculture is found In ita present state of depression at a time when manufacturing, transportation and commerce are on the whole in a re markable state of prosperity. No one would deny, I suppose, that industrially we are very flourishing. Every standard by which prosperity Is measured, whether It be produe tlon. movement of freight, corporate earnings, employment of labor, or tcvnk clearings, all point to the same 'conclusion. Disregarding the ab normal wartime condition, for every important enterprise save agriculture the year 1813 undoubtedly holds th record. Earnings have been very greatly Increased, and except here and there as in the case of some railroads must be looked upon with a great deal of satisfaction. But agriculture has only partially revived. Its position has been Jr | proved, and the returns for the .'ear are nearly 30 per cent in excess of two years ago. But the great food staples do not sell on a parity with the products of industry. Their ate age price is little above the prewar | level, while manufactures are ahou" 150 per cent higher. The farmer is | not receiving his share. The result has been s decrease I the value of farm lands, the chok ing of the avenues of credit wh [obligations w hicut are worthless or doubtful, the foreclosure of mort gage*. and the suspension of a laty number of hanks To this depress’ r there have heen other contiufcutin. 'apses, but the main difficulty h..« been the prii-e of farm produi'e. Kntirr Nation Impendent. I Very likely > ou are wondering wh> •lgriculture should be discussed h-t. : in tills metropolis. One reason is tha t want to emphasise as forcibly «• possible your intimate dependents i upon agricultural welfare. That grei , tntercst cannot he affected w ithout . the necessity of your being affected The farm is one of the chief market* for the industries of the nation. You have a direct economic and financial interest. You can not long prosper ■ with that great population and great area in distress. Ton have a political Interest. T! « people of those numerous states css: an enormous Influence upon the ntak ' irg of the law a hv which you at* frov«»rne<i t'nsnund economic condition* are not conductive to sound legis’ation The farm has a social value w-hich can not he overestimated. It is the natural home of liberty and the sup ; port of courage and character. In all the nation it Is the chief abiding place of the spirit of Independence T do not need to dwell upon the moral requirement for the equitable distribution of prosperity and the re lief of distress by the application of every possible and sound remedy. This prohlem Is not merely the problem of the agricultural sections of our country: It Is the problem likewise of industry, of transport* Hon of commerce, and of Iwnktng I bring it to veil because 1 know tha: in part it is your prohlem I have already encouraged organisation and co-operative marketing that organised t agriculture may cope with organired Industry. I have promoted tariff tn veatlgatlona for Increased tales on wheat I have extended relief through the War Finance corporation and the i federal reserve hank system. I shall net now discuss the details of legislation or enter upon a presen tation of peculiarly agricultural rente diea. t made specific recommends • i lions in my message to the congress, atul there *v* bills pending ftvr car rying my suggestions Into ePfe-1 What 1 anv iiv-s! snxioi--. to . o«s ( llur* tn r.-*e tt^ V ntuma l*ae.’