Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1924 — Page 4

Friday, Jinnary 18, 1924 : t'AGE FOUR

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KLAN'S PROGRAM FOR 1924 1. Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. 2. Back to the Constitution.

8. Enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment so long as It Is a part

of the Constitution.

4. Enforcement of present Immigration laws .and enactment of more

stringent laws on Immigration.

Sparks from the Fiery Cross By JOHN EIGHT POINT "The noblest motive is the public good." viaen.

The Straw Man

Israel Zangwill, the British Jew and the straw man of Judaism, is evidently bent on trying to convince the world that America is devoid ot all intelligence; her great men illiterate and her ideals made ot clay.

This straw man does not even represent his own race inasmuch as he denied his people the hope ot Palestine in distributing to them, British propaganda. Despite this.this Britisher would tell Americans how their country should be operated? that Abraham Lincoln was an uneducated man and that the negro will gain the level of the Anglo-Saxon. In answering (?) Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the straw man .says that Dr. Evans "commits the error ot thinking of America as a country when he ought to think of it as a continent and part of the world." In this, the straw man is following out his line of thought when he told his people that there was no hope for them in their fuith and claim to Palestine. A man who denies his own

people their most cherished ideal could hardly be expected to tell Americans that they should have ideals and attempt to keep their country at the head of all nations. Zangwill refers to Dr. Evans as a man for w,hom he has great respect and of a remarkable magnetism, but that he respects his character and intentions but not his knowledge. This is another direct criticism of the American people coming as it did immediately alter Stanley Frost, writing in the Outlook following four long and searching interviews, declared that Dr. Evans is "the most average man in America." If the straw man holds a view such as he gave out, then the average American's knowledge is sadly lacking. this British Jew, bent on raining criticism on America, to the enjoyment of all who are fighting American ideals, both openly and secretly,

would haveus believe that a man who had guined by hard study, the position of an attorney, elected to Congress and then to the presidency

of the United States, is illiterate. In declaring that illiteracy is no test

ot Americanism when making a plea for ignorant and demented tor-

. . ... 1 i , . - 1. ,L.t 1 , TJn.nln n.n a .11.

erate." In fact, this straw man is rapidly assuming the position that Israel Zangwill, ot Great Britain and the universe, is the only person competent to pass on the needs of the world. That he is a most wonderful propagandist is readily admitted. In his zeal, however, he has evidently overstepped the line at which the enemies of America would have him stop. His asinine mouthlngs are daily proving to Americans that if America is to be saved for Americans that no delay should be made. This straw man declares that "America needs European workers and that the industrial situation is calling for them." Unemployed Americans would be mightily pleased at this time to hear the call for workers which the straw man declares is being made to Europeans.

After berating American ideals, the straw man of Judaism, declares that American ideals are not American, but Jewish ideals. If the straw man had said nothing else, this one declaration is enough to place him in the class of those who are absolutely ignorant of that ot which they are

speaking, or one who is attempting to force an untruthful propaganda upon the few who have not already realized that he is giving aid through his radicalism, to the great movement for a true Americanism in this

country.

The United States was founded on Christianity, while the Jews deny

that Christ was here on earth two thousand years ago. Just how the straw man can reconcile his remark with the facts that exist is beyond the comprehension of the American. Of course, in view of the diminutive brain according to Israel Zangwill possessed by a native-born American, it may only be that his (the American) comprehension is at fault. In the meantime, the straw man continues his wild remarks to the benefit of that great American movement for the preservation of American ideals which is now sweeping the United States.

At the present time a good many

young Americans get a college training without a college education. A Klan university would overcome that

difficulty.

The Klansman should keep in mind the words of Samuel Adams, In' 1776: "When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin, and render us easier victims to tyranny." A little thought will point out the modern application. Liberty is the ethical opposite of selfishness. Selfishness will destroy any government with its acid principles of dissociation, and the larger the number of people the greater will be the ruin. Tyranny - in small civil offices points to that greater tyranny which threatens all the functions and positions in high government when people start on the downward arc through selfishness and self-indulgence. Rome is the historical example.

If we estimate dignity by Immedi

ate usefulness and nobility of en

deavor, the Klan is undoubtedly the

first and highest social proposition of this century.

they understand than to place them on boards of education where they

will be confronted by problems that

are of a type that has engaged the

best attention of the white race atone

for centuries. Let each roan serve his country as he is best fitted to

serve it by blood and brain. Do not arrogate to any raaat offices -and digni

ties that do not normally and naturally fit him. Hitherto there has been

Tlie Bounds

of the Law A NOVEL FC R ALL It LAN DOM

By J. WALTER GREEP

Cause for Admiration One can not help but admire those magazines and newspapers which have the courage to print the truth about the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan even though they carry a great deal that is not based on the true situa

tion as it may exist. Nevertheless, the courageous attitude and desire correctly to give credit where credit is due is certainly drawing a tremendous fire upon the Outlook, a magazine of remarkable standing. Not in sympathy with the Klan or its ritualism or fraternalism for that matter in any form, the Outlook says: "In the first place, no movement of this sort can arise without a cause. It is not within the power of any man -or group of men to foist an organization of the Klan's dimensions upon the public. The Ku Klux Klan has spread in response to a demand on the part of a large proportion of Americans for some expression in protest against alien influence. The game phenomenon appeared in Italy. There an alien influence had started to break down the nation. It had disintegrated industry; it had paralyzed government; it was non-Italian, for It was destroying the power and morale of the Italian people. Whether we like the Fascist! or not, we must recognize that their rise into power was in response to a need which no one else was ready to All. The result is that Italy has again become Italian. There is likewise a disintegrating force in America, or rather

there are disintegrating forces. We have been importing not only alien persons, but alien ideas. Many of the very people who come to this

country because it is great and rich and strong and free have done their

utmost to belittle all that has made it such, and some of theso have agitated and organized to destroy the institutions on which the present strength

and freedom of America rest.

"It la because the Ku Klux Klan has been the only organization that has given nation-vide expression to the protest against these disintegrating forces that it has gained its power. The American Legion might have led, bat it has thrown away its opportunity by seeking a bonus for Its members. Political leaders might have made an Issue of It, but they have been prevented by their fears or the fears of their followers. Condemnation of the Klan, bo matter how well deserved, will not check Its growth until something better and aaner will meet the need which It has undertaken to snpply."

The Klan will now please frive place, momentarily, in the subsidized headlines, to the latest film-star scrape at Hollywood. It is remarkable how the paid paragraphcr loops the loop at the yawp of the sensation-seeker. Kindness is Klan sunshine It glorifies the day;

It tips the Fiery Cross with light,

And drives hate's cloud3 away Too Many Songs

Too many songs of hate have been

sung in the world. Too many acts of violence have been done by men who

thought that sheer force was the

only path to safety. The well-in

structed Klansman, however, knows that songs of true patriotism and cradle hymns of nationalism are far better than songs of menace and ruin

violence is the tool of Klan ene

mies not of the Klan. When the

world becomes equally well -In

structed as to authorized Klan

method and purpose our organiza

tion will reap the good that we have sown in millions of homes through

out our beloved land. The Klansman should ever keep in mind that famous piece of advice

given by Polonius to his son Laertes:

"This above all, and to thine own

self be true;

And it must follow, as the night the

day,

Thou canst not then be false to any

man." In His Name

Have you yet, as a Klansman,

analyzed the holiday message of Dr,

Evans? Our great leader's first sentence was a greetingin the name of the living Christ, who is the true Klansman's criterion of character."

What word could be nobler as we face a trying year of effort? The country is shaken by warring factions. Civil conditions are far from normal. Every citizen has a different solution for foreign as well as domestic problems. The grip of the church in some phases of our life seems to be weakened by differences of opinion in the ranks of the clergy. People are straying away from the fold of the Good Sheperd. Disgusting evidences of immorality come to light in every paper. Graft, greed, and law-evasion throttle official

power in almost every city. Yet. above all, rings out the message of

our leader, "in the name of the living

Christ." Evidently Dr. Evans be

lieves that we are building upon a-

"Living Christ" and not upon out

worn doctrines evidently he knows no higher criterion than that majestic Figure of sacrificial hope and

love. The body of our leader s greet

ing wishes for the Klansman "a deep

enrichment of character," and the note that pervades the lines is one

of absolute sincerity.

The Klansman should learn to look at life at low? ranee; Perspective

alone will help him to pat a right valoe on things, and to see that

God's love and guidance are over all.

Come on, Paul Revere, You old Klansman Before there was a Klan!

(Continued From Last Issue)

But that is not the American wav

of doing things. The lynching record

is a mack Wot on the pages of south

great economic waste by reason of we. are Pledged to .. 1 wipe it out. That jury will decide

value of various types of society. The f?.!?1?' nd .we are here to

dogma of separateness has operated , . v , . 7 ?" "e oenenc

. uj juiy wuivu 13 guaranteed

to him by our constitution. We will now form in a line and stand guard

around that jail until the decision of

the jury is rendered."

rne announcement was greeted

with cheers. Then the line of men.

over a mile in length for by this

time the number had doubled

marched to the Jail. led by two drum

mers. A bugle call announced their approach and the crowd instinctively divided to allow them to enter the

jail yard.

"There come the Kluxers' They'll

get mm: someone said.

"Hang him high, fellows, and If

you need any help, call on us!" oth

ers shotfted.

Not heeding the various encour

agements hurled at them, the Klansmen marched with trained sten.

forming a line completely around

the Jail. They continued to fill un

the ranks until they stood ve deep a living wall of white-clad, silent men. Entrance to the i&il thrnneii

this phalanx was impossible. Then

the Cyclops, his mask closely drawn.

to destroy brotherhood between

races. A recognition of a place for every man and every man in his place will do much to restore the

good feeling which should exist between races. Every hypocrite in the Klan has a dozen anti-Klansmen hiding behind him.

It is said that the quickest way

for a man to find out how much his

neighbors love him is to run for of

fice. This may be true, but it should

not daunt the real American patriot

from taking his rightful place in

general affairs Dleu defend le droit

Business Men and Patriots

(By Eyewitness)

Government has been changing as

we all know and drifting away from the constitution and Klansmen should, in the early months of 1924,

bear in mind the development of

government and be fully informed on the points that are occupying the consciousness of the public mind at this time.

There was a time when every man

expression that days and days are often spent, and even years, trying

to figure out just what the election indicated in the way of policy. I

doubt if any one yet has developed a tentatively "right guess as to what

the voters meant in the last presidential election, even though they are on the eve of another.

Therefore, political parties have

was his own "government" in a 'gone into power mystified as to

Presidency Not a Billboard

(Christian Science Monitor) The resentment shown by Presi

dent Coolidge, over the addressing

to him of a long letter denunciatory xF I IT., T7" I . T ' 1 .. ,1 .1 1-

lication of the letter in a New York ;7, . ti. f r "i

paper even

S it couid ha;e bn !2S2 -th-e c'wd

received at the White House, is en

tirely justifiable. Irrespective of the

topic discussed in the communication, or of the measure of good faith to be attributed to a former official

of the Klan, who has lost standing

therein, the fact remains that ef

forts of this sort to gain publicity

for unknown individuals, merely by addressing letters to the President of the United States, ought to be

vigorously condemned.

It is not probable that the White

House authorities can do anything

tied to a perfect quiet to hear what

ne would say.

'Gentlemen, we are not here, as

yoa suppose, to lynch Cameron, but

to see that he is not lynched," he

saiu.

Someone began swearing in the

audience, others protesting. The

bloodthirsty wanted trouble. They

wanted to take a life. One robed Klansman left the ranks and walked toward the trouble-maker. He grew

instantly quiet.

The speaker continued, while the

measure in that politically he served

a king and there was a time when a resident of even the city of New York hired his own guards., as his own police department, lighted the streets in front of his own residence, was

his own street cleaning department

and performed a great many functions now performed by governments

and agencies. The last century has witnessed the steady development of public business. The increasing

number of employes in the government ot the United States alone has mutliplied to a most startling and amazing figure. The Interstate Commerce Commission, Farm Loan Board, Labor

Law, Federal Trade Commission,

Clayton Act, Parcels Post, activities of the Department of Agricul

ture, Federal Reserve Banks, the

Veteran's Bureau, educational bills

and even Muscle Shoals show the

outstanding phenomena, the broad

ening out of federal government.

In states, are such projects as

New York barge canal, public ware

house in Louisiana, state fire insurance, state mining of coal for public use in Dakota, and state elevator

and state banks in North Dakota,

and tendency to municipal owner

ship, community playgrounds, parks,

libraries, water systems, food inspec

tion, vacation schools, free dental clinics, hammer and saws in the

manual training' departments of the high schools, bought with tax money and owned by the community as a whole Civic Intelligence Developed Yet with all this tendency toward

expansion of government, there has not been an equal development of

really what they are expected to do. The public agents instead of functioning to work out and regularly carry on public business, give their time to making out election dreams and brain-racking exercises trying to solve the unknowable. Honest Information Not at Hand I have found here in Washington, representatives theoretically fane

tioning to carry out the wishes ot

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Daily Index of American Congress

Monday, January 7 Senate Met at noon; adjourned -at 4:30 p. m. Majority Leader Lodge and Senators Borah and Lenroot debated the general Russian situation, with reference to recognition of the soviet government. Messages of condolence on the death of President Harding were received from the presidents of the senates of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Mexico. Two additional fruitless ballots taken for chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. No election'. Frau Schreiber, a member of the German reichstag was given the

privilege of the floor upon introduction by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma.

Introduction and adoption of num

erous resolutions.

From the commerce committee a

favorable report was made on a bill

to create a bureau of aeronautics in

the Department of Commerce.

President Coolidge withdrew the

nomination of Edward P. Farley to

civic intelligence, and the Klan be- fbe a member of the shipping board.

Ileves It Is an open question whether In executive session ratified extra'

proval of it, as has been done in this

instance. It seems rather a case

for newspaper editors desirous of

establishing a high standard of

ethics within the profession to re

fuse to give publicity to communiea

tions of this character until they

are given oat at the White House

A multitude of hasty readers may

be very easily misled into thinking that, because some individual, other

wise obscure, has addressed to the

Fresident ol the United States a

letter, three commnslong, let tis say, on the iniquities of prohibition, and a wet newspaper prints the communication in full; the president is in some way involved in the dissemination of the arguments contained therein. It ought to be a well-established rule in competently edited newspapers that no communications of this sort should be given publicity except when given out at the White

House. At a recent conference of

the American Society of Newspaper

Editors, the executive editor of the New York World took an active part

in securing the adoption of a code

of journalistic ethics, to which all might subscribe. If that code does

not cover such cases as the letter of

Edward Young Clarke to President

Coolidge, it should be extended to

meet the needs of such a situation.

The presidency is not a billboard

upon which any notoriety seeker may post his proclamations. How thoroughly the president has disap

proved of this communication, and

its attendant publicity, is shown by the fact that he has not eren fol

lowed the ordinary course of referring it to the department , of justice, but has calmly tossed it into the White House waste paper basket.

Come on. You old night-rider, It is up to you To alarm The countryside once more. Call out the minute men For a new battle! Come on, patriot! Dig in with those spurs! Shriek out yoar wild warping! Washington is astride his horse; Putnam has left his oxen In the field again! Call them to arms, Paul, You grand Klansman, You ghost Of our majestic past!

A Recognized Place It seems a wise thing that a commission composed only of negroes should have been selected to investigate general conditions in the Virgin

Islands. The inhabitants of these islands are negroes or of negro extraction. UnBoubtedly negroes should be better able to understand the peculiar problems of their own race than white men. How much

wiser to select colored brothers for service in connection with thins

to discourage the practice other croTd &asoed in their astonishment

than to express their intense disap- l"' " "l nuairs.

uv xvuiBULs oi me rui iuux luan, all propaganda to the contrary notwithstanding, believe in law and order. Every Klansman is sworn to obey the law and to assist the officers in enforcing the same. You people are in an ugly mood tonight. Were we not here you would probably lynch this man. Let me tell you what we have averted. The governor was sending: troops here when we wired him that we were on the spot. This would have meant mar

tial law; it might have meant a

massacre. But we. the silent con

stabulary, are here to see that even our enemies get a square deal. Cameron's fate is being decided by a se

lected number of our citizens. Let their decision be our decision. Let us keep within the bounds of the law at all times." There were at first suppressed cheers, then pandemonium broke loose. Hundreds yelled themselves hoarse, voicing their approval of the Klan's attitude. Then they suddenly turned their gaze toward the east where a mighty flame was shooting heavenward, easting a lurid glow

over countryside and city. The clouds were crimsoned with its reflection and the sound of the crackling sparks could be beard distinctly by the waiting thousands. It was the red challenge of the

fiery cross. Cringing in his cell, Cameron saw the reflection through the window and the sound of many voices. "What is all that?" he asked anxiously. "It is the Ku Klux Klan," anwsered

the Jailer.

"The Ku Klux Klan! O God!

They've come to get me!" he shud

dered.

No, to protect you." 'It is not possible, O God! O God!

Help me! Help me!" supplicated

the erstwhile infidel in the agony of

fear.

A KLANSMAN'S CREED believe in God and in the tenet!

of the Christian religion and that a

godless nation can not long prosper.

I believe that a church that is not grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to God and to man.

I believe that a church that does

not have the welfare of the common people at heart is unworthy.

I believe tn the eternal separation

of Church and State.

I hold no allegiance to any foreign

government, emperor, king, pope or

any other foreign, political or religious power. I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to God alone. believe in just lavas and liberty. believe in the upholding of the Constitution ot these United States.

I believe that our Free JMHiZT

ocriooi is ine corner stone oj gvu aovernment and that those who art

seeking) to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and are unworthy of

citizenship. I believe in freedom speech.

I believe in a free press uncon-

iraiiea poimcai parties or ey r-

ligtous sects. I believe in lam and order.

I believe in the protection of our

pure womanhood.

I do not believe in mob violence, but I do believe that lams should be

enacted to prevent the cantes of mb violence. t i believe in a closer relationship of

catital and labor.

I believe in the prevention of unwarranted ffrikes by foreign labor matlnlitv "

I believe in the limitation of for

eign immigration. I am a native-born American eiti

sten and I believe my rights in this country are superior to those ef fof"

tuners.

CHAPTER XXIX Betrfbntion and Reward The long night, drew wearily on

The cross on the hill had burned to

embers, but still the white Klans

men stood guard. The vast crowd

likewise lingered, loathe to leave un

til they had heard the jury's verdict,

They were no longer belligerent nor inclined to be lawless. Yet. lest an

adverse decision should embitter

them and again stir them to action

the Klan maintained a- close line of

sentinels around the Jail.

Midnight settled down over the

world, shrouding it with it with a

blanket of storm clouds. A cold

drizzle set in, but still the people re

mained. To George, in his cell, it

seemed & darker midnight had settled

Stygian blackness through which

no ray of light dared to enter. He paced the floor, almost tearing his

clothing in bis suspense. The ten

sion was becoming too -strong, every nerve taut and strained by the delay

of the verdict

In the jury room, the door securely

locked from the outside, a hong jury battled for a decision. Ballot after ballot was taken and the result was

always the same. Nine stood for

freeing Taylor and convicting Cam eron: three stood for convicting Tay

lor and acquitting Cameron. And the

three who held out tor Taylor's con

viction were the three men who had

claimed to find Peterson's body.

The jailer communicated to the

outer guard the Jail was now in the hands of the Klansmen the fact of Taylor's nervousness. "I believe he

will suffer breakdown within an noun," he confided, "and I wish you

fellows would do something."

Brownson wrote a snort note and

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the citizens of America are coins to

he adequate for the upholding of such elaborate struct are of public

business.' The greatest problem to

day is the question as to whether the citizenship can be kept informed or

not.

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Is the first and only organization

that has and will attempt this ianc tion of public service.

It is evident that the government which is the agent of the citizen is

becoming "walled off" by itself and

is virtually inscrutable to the citi

zen and there is the probable and

even definite evidence that a vicious

bureaucracy is becoming established,

Every official, board, committee,

staff, court and cabinet is magnifying his particular office in reaching for further power. Unchecked and

unwatched officialdom tends to grow

beyond the proper limits.

The Kian proposes through the

Department of Publication and Edu

cation that there shall be a strict holding to account, and daylight

openings to all procedure and pro poses that the ageney of the Amerl

can people shall not become a prin

cipal, that coruption shall be stamped out and that privilege and

profit shall not. take the place of

service

To do this the Klan itself must

remain free from these essential

elements.

The most novel thing in America

today is manageable yet independent

and uncontrolled system of report

ing to the citizens of America the

acts of its agents; a sane and work

able system by which the Klan as a

civic body can instruct the people.

It is necessary therefore to point

put the closest co-operation that is

necessary between the Department of Publication and Education and the inner organization commonly re

ferred to aB the Realm, and province.

Through the bureau will emanate

facts for public and general consumption and through the second

system must pass all other informa

tion and too great stress and em

phasis can not be laid upon the necessity for proper building of the functioning machinery of the Klan at the earliest p.ossible moment and

at the same time emphasize its tremendous appeal as a propagating medium as well as the opportunity

afforded for individual Klansmen to

render service,

dition treaties with Esthonia, Lat

via and Siam and confirmed a long

list of postmasters.

HOUSE Met at noon; adjourned

at 4:15 p. m.

Five weeks to the day after Con

gress convened the House passed its first general bill a measure recodifying the federal statutes.

Mr, Hill, of Maryland, wringing

wet, made a speech charging violations ofthe Volstead act in Georgia; this was in reply to Mr. Upshaw, of Georgia, the dry leader of the House.

Enactment of excess profits, in

creased inheritance and gift taxes

were urged in a speech by Mr. Fear,

Republican Progressive, of Wiscon

sin.

Mr. Dai row, Republican, of Penn

sylvania, presented a petition mora than two miles in length, signed by

d,&it rarmers m various r states praying for lower taxes and reduced governmental expenditures.

Rules committee speeded up con

sideration of the proposed revision

or the rules, as a report must be made to the House by next Monday.

Acts Carefully Submerged

At the present time the citizen

knows nothing about the official conduct of his agents in Congress, in the State Legislature, in the mu

nicipal bodies, or even the acts of the township trustee. In some

states the acts of the township trus

tee are required to be printed peri

eaieauy. cut tne acts of a state em

clal sad a national official are care

fully submersed.

The other .side of the moon is

about as visible as official conduct

of a very large number of persons

employed in government and this condition certainly goes ill with the

democratic theory.

Hereafter the voter will select

his agents through information turn

ished by the Klan and if you please,

the Klaa will continue thereafter to be the "detective'' that follows to see

what they do and how they do it and the art of reporting on public

business for the benefit of the citi

zen-principal will no longer go un

developed.

On the other hand, in fairness to

public agents, the citizens of Amer

ica have bad . singularly limited means of making public officials hear and publio officials are often

honestly unable to hear the voice ot

their electorate who vote infre

quently, and when they have voted

it has been such a "murkey" form ot

Tuesday, January 8 SENATE Met at noon, adjourned1 at 3:55 p. m. Passed a bill authorizing the Daughters of the War of 1812 to install a memorial tablet on the Francis Scott Key bridge over the Potomac. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, addressed the Senate in favor of the soldiers' bonus and a reduction in taxes. Senator Edge, Republican, of New

Jersey, addressed the Senate on the

merchant marine and the necessity for radical changes in its administration.

Senator McCormick, Republican.

ot Ulinois, spoke in opposition to

the Bok peace plan.

Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn

sylvania, told the Senate that the report by Gen. O'Ryan to the special

committee naa not received the sanction of the committee and asked that judgment upon it be withheld.

Passed a bill creating a bureau of

aeronautics la the Department of

Commerce.

Minority Leader Robinson objected

to the request ot Senator Spencer to print in the Congressional Record

an article entitled: "An Analysts of

the Political Training of Calvin Cool

idge."

Elections committee decided to

have all Texas ballots cast in the

general election last, in which Senator Mayfield was declared elected,

brought to Washington for formal counting.

Confirmed 13 Judicial appoint

ments.

Introduction of many resolutions

and bills.

HOUSE Met at noon; adjourned at 2:55 p. m. Soldier bonus advocates forced a Republican conference to vote on their demand that the bonus measure be placed ahead ot the tax reduction bill. Charges by Mr. Howard, Democrat, of Oklahoma, that the Republican party had done nothing to relieve, distress among farmers, precipitated a partisan- debate ta which a dozen or more members participated. . . Discussing farming conditions Mr. Leavitt, Republican, of Montana, urged creation of an export corporation to dispose of surplus crops. Mr. Beedy, Republican, of Maine, just back from Russia, told the House he hoped the President would not recognize, the ''Godless government" ot the soviet. - - ,k rThe Military Affairs committee &$ (Continued on Page 8)