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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1932
Page
1
The writer laments the primary system and its effect on government, arguing it has driven the nation deeper into a wilderness. They condemn party manipulation, note the Senate’s decline from its venerable deliberative role, and condemn modern senators as mere peanut rollers engaging in log rolling rather than meaningful policy work.
Iowa ends a strenuous six week primary with more than 600 entrants for state and national offices. Five GOP candidates contend with Senator Smith W. Brookhart for the nomination as rivals level charges and praise the campaign. La Follette and Guardia speak. Field, Cosson, Haynes, Cook, and Eickelberg vie in the field. Democrats name Steck Murphy Kraschel Lytle and Hagemann urging a referendum on Prohibition reforms.
Special to The Gazette reports Senator Oliver P. Bennett, candidate for lieutenant governor, argues the sole issue in the primary is whether Iowa will pass real tax revision next winter. He vows to push tax relief, criticize his opponent, and claim to run free of entangling alliances to serve the public.
Linn county voters face primaries Monday to nominate party standard bearers for November. Democrats field a full slate with keen competition. Republicans also show vigorous campaigns. Polls open 7 am in Cedar Rapids precincts and 8 am elsewhere, closing at 8 pm. No registration required. citizens over 21, state resident 6 months, county resident 60 days may vote in home precinct.
New York markets staged a strong rally Saturday as stocks and bonds surged to session highs. Leading shares rose $1 to $4, bonds climbed up to $90, and utilities and rails posted notable gains. Banks proposing a new investment corporation filed at Albany, with an expected approval on Monday.
A dozen Republican senators led by Senate Floor Leader James E. Watson will meet at the Congressional Country Club to frame a prohibition plank for the party. Attending may be senators Hiram Bingham Simeon D. Fess Felix Hebert Danial O Hastings and Arthur R. Robinson with James A. Garfield expected to chair the resolutions committee.
Bondholders in Iowa City met to discuss orderly extension of maturity dates for defaulted University of Iowa field house and stadium bonds. William Chamberlain of Chicago, head of the bondholders committee, said plans require all bonds deposited in a central bank before final decisions. A vote will follow once a feasible scheme is agreed upon with the university athletic department and board in control of athletics.
A column condemns the direct primary as ruinous to Congress arguing that Senate terms of six years trap leaders, unlike two-year House terms and four-year presidential elections. It calls for abolishing the direct primary to restore government stability and accountability in Washington.
The current Iowa primary is described as a troubling sample of how states select their senate candidates. It is cited as driving fear among senators and representatives as they vote listen to lobbyists and yield to pressure in the process.
A businessman criticizes Congress for contradictory moves on unemployment and taxation. He argues the senate fears a rising deficit yet approves large new taxes and small economy, harming employers and worker jobs while claiming to aid the unemployed. He warns the cycle worsens employment and business capacity.
A HIsMAN cites California as an example of governmental insanity. He says he was told recently that about 80,000 small have been sold for taxes. Meanwhile small homeowners lose real estate for unpaid taxes as great bridges are demolished at enormous public cost across San Francisco’s Golden Gate.
In North Carolina Democratic primary returns from 171 of 1,823 precincts show Senator Morrison narrowly ahead of Robert R Reynolds in the senatorial contest while John C. B. Ehringhaus leads for governor with a strong showing. Governor Ehringhaus leads among candidates with 8,832 votes to Fountain 4,509 Maxwell 4,983. Morrison has 7,978 to Reynolds 6,703 with Bowie 2,227 Grist 1,331 Simmons 70.
AP reports a week ahead for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with scattered showers early, warm to start, mostly fair conditions midweek, and cooler days toward the end.
In Simi Calif UP report the J H Harrington family moved out after bees invaded their living room. Investigations found about 200 pounds of honey in the walls and thousands of bees disturbed by the activity. The buzzing drove the family to relocate to the yard.
Washington AP reports the Senate voted 38 to 27 to slash salaries of civilian government employees earning 1000 dollars or more, saving about 117 million. A substitute furlough plan urged by President Hoover remains to be voted on, with Republicans and Democrats split on the measure.
Louis Jones of 1637 Sixteenth Avenue SE told police his wife inflicted gashes during a family quarrel. He was taken to Mercy hospital at 4 p.m. Saturday and later released as his wounds were not serious. He did not want charges filed.
Washington reports President directs that Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois be presented with a commission as lieutenant colonel in the officers reserve corps on the occasion of his 64th birthday May 18.
Davenport youth Vic tor L Koelger aged 18 of Davenport Iowa drowned in the Mississippi river Saturday. companion Jack Meier 14 also of Davenport saved himself by swimming to a nearby barge and Koelger's body was recovered.
Nurses from the Public Health Nursing Bureau will take the first patients to Camp Good Health within ten days as hundreds join American Legion Hanford post No 5 in preparing facilities. Legionnaires will dam Big Creek for a children’s pool while the auxiliary serves lunch. Donations to the Camp Good Health Fund help provide milk fresh vegetables fruit and lunches for malnourished children.
President Hoover held a late night strategy session at Rapidan Camp with leaders from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Dawes, Federal Reserve head Meyer, Farm Loan Board official Bestor, and War Secretary Hurley. The meeting aimed to craft a federal relief approach amid widespread distress and to contrast Congress bills with the President's preferred plan.
Dorothy Dunbar Baer files divorce suit in Los Angeles alleging strain from wife of famed heavyweight Max Baer. The couple wed in Reno on July 8 after Baers fight with Piolins Useodin, following his boxing career and public life.
An unidentified source says Senator Lewis would receive a reserve commission, a development that would mark a end to Bavaria's independence according to the report.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling announced he withdraws his resignation as chairman of the Allied Forces for Prohibition, citing a misunderstood pledge. He said the resignation was agreed to take effect now but will not be tolerated as a personal issue and will be reconsidered to start December 1.
Washington AP reports a 1 billion dollar revenue bill to balance the budget moving toward final passage. The House adopted the compromise measure and the Senate gave unanimous consent for consideration Monday, with leaders predicting it reach President Hoover by Monday night. A 10 percent cut on federal civilian salaries over 1,000 dollars was approved, while objections to the three percent power company tax lingered.
Two men died in a plane crash near Robbinsdale Minnesota when the craft went into a tail spin and burst into flames. Victims were Eddie Sterns of St Paul and Oscar Knutson of Minneapolis.
The Chilean government of President Juan Estevan Montero is overthrown by a revolutionary junta led by Carlos Davila. Rebels, backed by air power, declare a socialistic regime amid martial law and minimal bloodshed as Davila and Matte take charge in Santiago.
Washington reports Carlos G. Davila, the ambassador, faced a press blowout after frequenting Texas Guinan's New York nightclub during his term. The veteran envoy, known for his hip flask habit, drew scrutiny over alleged improprieties and official conduct.
Berlin reports from AP sources claim Paul von Hindenburg will retire as Germany’s president next fall and crown prince Frederick von Hohenzollern to succeed him. The editor of Alfredberg’s leading nationalist paper and other papers circulate the claim that Hindenburg will step down on October 2, with Prince Frederick as successor.
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