SALKiii- GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Lowell Thomas Broadcast for the £veiM8est»wednesda^ Kavfe the battle of the century in the 1 rz Cpuhty Caur^, House in New York today. flew when wall op in Jimmy V/alker met socking Sam Seabury in today’s session of the Hofstadter Committee. It v/as a=gjP9gE=% show. Though the Mayor was a witness, and Judge Seabury’’ capacity was that of a dec i ded^ h ost i I e questi oner, Jimmy just talked back to Sam and •go4^--w-i-th ■■■«* little teQ-more besides.^) Seven hundred people were crowded into a court-room that was built for 300, WSQ. To the astonishment of everybody, His Honor the Mayor arrived on time, which hasn’t been known to happen Tor four years. The crowd cheered him for two minutes. Outside the courthouse was an immense throng which needed an extra force of po I ice to keep fas- order. Men shouted and whistled. ’,/omen screamed hysterical greetings. "Hello, Jimmy" and "Hurrah for Jimmy," you could hear on 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page. every side. ihe sensation of the afternoon came when [wayor walker angri [y accused Judge Seabury of being 11 a tool of the traction interests.11 He also accused Mr, Seabury of trying to confuse him on dates. In the course of one answer he happened to talk about nthe traction people spreading their propaganda ohinnGi(|tacb throughout the city —n At this point Mr, Seabury interrupted, protesting that the statement was irrelevant. 11 At that time you were acting for the traction interests,11 said the Mayor, "ThatT s not true," retorted Mr. Seabury. "And you havenTt heard the last of it yet," the Mayor threatened. "There are a couple of I aw suits tha t will familiarize you with it." "All right," replied Judge S e a b u r y, "we will come to attacks on me later." At another point the Mayor frankly told Judge Seabury -- H I do n11 believe 3-l-32 SM Page .__ 3 HAlKi 3 v;hat you say." "I'm not interested in your opinions," replied fv,r. Seabury. To which the K/iayor cried: "I know you don't care what I think, but that aoes d oub I e . " At this a round of applause burst from the audience. All the reporters seem to agree that while the Mayor replied da quite freely he used plenty words and frequently went off at a tangent. There were moments when his face grew red with anger, and his voice rose almost to a shout. 11 You1 re making speeches, n Mr. Seabury warned him at one point. nYes, and theyTre good ones,11 snapped the Mayor. iqphe e—r t i n e nt ~t-o -vfb-a+~! Lm ask.i-f^g- n-7^r@ y i P.e p er t4^e-nt—to t h ego od^-ama- aqd. er e d-ft- of -1 he o i t y -o-f — Jiew- Y-or-k, ami tha t1 s w h a t you i r-e -tr yd-n g t o de s tr oyv ^ ep-j- © cKM ay or aT 4<e r , —as—we I ear t4^e- s-tor y j ft—t he he-W' Yor k e ve tvi ng rast^ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 3 i-32 5M # Page T-h©' -Eprayor o-o n-t r ad io-ced the - s worn to-st iniony e f several prev io us w i tnessee. The melodrama of the scene was heightened considerably by the Democratic members of the Committee. Every few minutes, reports the New York Sun, they sprang to their feet to wave their indignant wishbones in front of the delighted crowd. At intervals and at the top of their lungs they shouted pmnaBB praise of the mayor, and denunciation of Mr. Seabury. There were times when the yelling and shouting of six or seven people at once, including the Mayor, made the whacking of the Chairman's gavel sound like the pecking of a distant woodpecker , ^w-"hta. after one reply of Jimmy's had aroused the crowd to applause and aughter, despite the hammering of the aveI, Mr. Seabury said — "You've an ppr ec i at ive audience, Mr. Mayor." To this Senator McNaboe chimed in ' ith his treble voice -- "You have had 'our appreciative audience for o riionihs^ 1 I j l[j I I ii 11 ii I Page. PT And the Mayor replied -- "I don't have to c om e here tor an a ppr e c i a t i v e audience . " He protested as free ly as he perspired, says the New York Evening Post. When the morning session was over 'tvijz. tAs+Zj2Q ~T*^n^fvvrn iA/cun < i , 0 Dudley Field i,aloneAwas heard to remark nWe I I , the first two rounds were JirnmyTs They started the bout with a smile on the face of both combatants, but befor^ they got through Jimmy was shaking his gdffisses- asm angrily at his oross- exami ner ^ l Page____ ______ John hughes Curtis, the faking boat builder of Norfolk, Virginia, iv i I I be prosecuted for the cruel hoax he played on Jo I one I and Mrs. Lindbergh. This was decided today by the authorities of New Jersey. The Pro seed: or of Hunfj'c'on County will present a cosd&aix misdemeanor charge to the grand jury tomo rrow. As a matter of fact there ar e t w o gr and j u r i e s wor king on the case, o ne in New Jersey and the other in New York. Page Jonn Hughes Curtis, the faking boat builder of Norfolk, Virginia* will be prosecuted for the cruel hoax he played on Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh. This v/as dec id ed today by the authorities of New Jersey. The Pro sec i± or of Huntfdon County will present a ixxsdKXOt misdemeanor charge to the grand jury t o m o r r o w . As a matter of fact there are two grand juries working on the case, one in New Jersey and the other in New York. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 Page— \i re march of the bonus army on Wash i n gno n 0 . 0 . becomes rncr e promising of excitement every day. It looks as though before it^s over it will rival the historic march of Coxey!s Army.) 400 of the veterans vh o are going to demand a cash bonus from '£,C. V/ash i ng ton^ go t as far as Washington, IndianlT^' They came in seven trucks and 15 motor cars provided by merchants of Last St. Louis, Illinois. Municipal authorities along the way are doing their best to help the boys xixsix on and provide such transportat ion as will save their aching dogs . The B & 0 Railroad doesn Tt care how many bunions the veterans get. Officials of the line said they rad —/L concentrated 50 in that ne i cihbo rhood to prevent xhe bonus army f ro m boarding any train. 11 v< e T I I ride the B & 0 and make ttfem like it,nshouted the ve toie&'fflfc Strict military discipline prevails 1 i I I I if if | H Jt . 3 1-32 5M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 5M Page__ . In ch i s ci. nm y • i tig p g cipg T o up o ornp&n is s each with its axRxsfx commanding officer. Each man is dressed in remnants of army u n i f or ms , p i eced out ea^ s ha b by c i v i I i an clothing. m I so each of tisem wears a blue service stripe with his identificati on tag and unit number. They rave al 1 been required to show their honorable aischarge papers before joining the band. All contributions are pooled in a‘common fund. There is as much as $60. in the treasury today. They made one curious rule which is iron-clad. Any man caught taking a drink during the journey is liable to instant dismissal. Nobody has ^et been fired out of the army for this reason but two were hoofed out yesterday when they were ca ugh t begging.- T I I 1 if I Ml 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 5M Page____ ^ Now I've something to encourage the jobless and many who are dependent on them. The Democratic program for re I i ev i n gv t he unemployed made its vw ‘t?.. appearance t{axib(« today in concrete shape. It took the form of a-^/x|ifS[*a3f presented by Senator Wagner of New York. It involves the expenditure of two billion three hundred million dollars. It provides that Uncle San shall loan money to individual states. It prov ides also that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall be able to borrow a great deal more money thanAat present. It plans also a publ ic works program of half a billion doI Iars. The KHMicc counterpart of this bill in the House of Representatives will be a two billion one hundred million dollar measure presented by the Speaker himself. This will make its appearance tomorrow. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 5M Page- I 0 1 Tne so-cal led Progressives in the Senate have by no means riven up the fight l o soak the rich with heavy income taxes. The battle of the tax bill was resum er1 in Congress today, and one feature of the proceedings was a defeat of the coalition. This defeat came when the Senate refused to increase the Ievy on trucks. Senator Couzens of Detroit, who is supposed to own about 30 million himself, is the foremost of the Senators who are crying: SOAK THE RICH. But those who donTt like Senator Couzens are intimating broadly that all his I money is invested in tax-exempt securit i es. The ladies will be interested in the fact that the Senate Finance Committee has voted a sales tax on their lip-sticks and all such now necessary things. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Esaa££iuii Encouraging bits Page of news cont inue to come from many different parts of the country ahout business. For instance, from Des Moines^ Iowa, comes the report that the local assembly plant of a motor car company will recall 500 men to work on May 31st and that more will be added to the pay roll later. In Chicago a printing company added 300 workers to the payroll, and announced that between 800 and a thousand more will be given employment by July 1st. An e t h er—m4>t-or- -c-ar—comp a-n-y—hn- !~nd~h&nais-e N s -wh i ch-ha-s -keen—wo rk-Fn g—on -a- ord-erc on h-and to PHftp-4-ey men-sioe-4ay^- a— F r am- a n r nan g 4 sco c om news that s-y -many—m i-4 I Ions rrtcne—§-a I I on-a oft axah-4 o g as oI i ne ~x& were—s e M—hn- C a I if orn 4 a—d ur i ng Ap ri-4—t-h an tAa-rch^-' Fn—B at re-ft —Ap rrt—earl e-s- of one~ lap and o f -G-o-m-ma r-cfa-F—tr ucks— | i ' I ^ ll ! i! y i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 211 22 23 24 25 l SM / 2 - Page. Speech may be silver an cl then aC'a i n in ;s;a'/ not* But we* are certainly near i si 9 lots of silver sp e e c he s i n Congress today. So runs a novel and interesting article in the new issue of the L i t er ary u ig est which will be out t omorrow . curing this month a Resolution was introduced in each House of Congress authorizing the President to accept payment of our war debts in si Iver at the rate of \i ounces to the dollar. And maybe next month there will be echoes in the Chicago Convention of that other famous Chicago convent ion that sat spellbound by the crown of thorns and cross of gold speech of William Jennings Bryan. The Uigest recalls the da.y thirty-six years ago when, as the article reads, Ma young man in a black cutaway coat with a mop of hair hanging over his co liar stood in a stuffy I ittIe two-do I Iar room in a f ar me r s 1 hotel s h akin g hands with a thro.ng of free-silver enthusiasts. Sse 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 aiG-ii_-_2 Page. - “ The Digest quotes the Denver Pcs t as making a strong argument in favor of both the silver c on f e r e n c e and the silver debt plan. The Post insists that "anybody can see the world's supply of cold is to taI I y insufficient to transact the world's business. the logical supplement for a gold as a money base is silver.1* Loud cheers from aU the silver states ELli^S Page___ /^ Regular mail service from Europe to the United States by way of Iceland through the air. How does that strike you? This was a recommendation made today by the Tr an s-oc e an i c Committee of the .7 or i d Congress of Ocean Fliers. Congress is meeting in Rome, Italy. The committee suggested that this should start with an experimental service from England. The route would be to Iceland and thenceAto Labrador, this being c o n s i d e r e d the base route for establishing meteorological experim e n t a I s tat ions. The Committee also has an idea for an airmail route over the P ac i f i c Chicago Ber i ng Siberia Ocean. This will go from to Nome, f rom Nome . a Straits, thence to Eastern and Japan. This was the route A. taken by Col. and iVirs. Chari es A. Lindbergh when they flew to Japan last year. m — s i mil ar—sy s t e m of ^e-at-h er - r-a-d-i-o- stat ions would be necessary befor e t-h-fe* a i r—rita~44—ser v i e-e- oo u-fd—b-e ~made--p raot-io a I-1. ELJJ.J'l- 2 Page____ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 it is interest i/ig to report that on the^committee is Sir Arthur 4 vv -v<> va < 10-e*iVy i ^-^ h Brown', Awho made the first trans-atlant ic flight in the world's history, although we hear very little of him nowaday s. A colleague of his on the c ommitt e e ry e c my old f r i end S i r Hubert Wilkins 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ■J ! 32 SM SISLlEi Page— /b> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 191 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 The y ha d a ^gr an d sera pint he Pruts ian *&& sailing across the room, desks were used as brickbats, chairs and lamps wen« hurtl ing through the air I ike Irish confetti, and many deputies were injured. In short, no Oonnebrook fair ever put on a better show. The scrap was between 163 Hitlerites and 57 Communists. A United Press dispatch to the ’./or Id Telegram brings the news that the Hitlerites VW 3 ~to I , majority won the day. They drove the ^ . Communists out of the chamber altogether, bleeding, torn, and disheveled. It is rumored that the barber shops in the neighborhood of the chamber are putting on extra men to treat black eyes that are becoming a regular feature of these sessions of the Prussian parliament. The disorder was precipitated by a Communist deputy named Wilhelm Pieck. Wilhelm* - I hope he'll let me call him Bill - hurt the feelings of the adherents of the Hands om e Adolf when 3-1*32 5M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ! 5M fi£BllK_- 2 he shout ed : The* 0 eipo many rnurdeneps s it "tiny among you.11 Jell, strange to say the Handsome AdolfTs boys didnTt like it. They roared. They jumped to their feet and rushed for the rostrum., trying to get at Bill and tear him inigi little pieces. Thereupon, of course, the Communists butted right in and threw inkwell for inkwell, and desk for desk. They must be strong lads, those Prussian deputies. lTve seen several strong men, but lTve seen very few who could throw a desk across the room. According to H. R. Kn i ckerhoc ker * in the New York Evening Post, it was a battle of dimensions din par a II e I ed in par I iamen tary history. One chair caught a Social —democrat deputy full on the j chin and knocked him cold. Several other deputies were carried out unconscious. Raging Hitler men who | had been described by their chief as rough fighters earned their titles today. 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 '■ SM SEBLlti - 3 Page___ When they got through Parliament Hall looked as if a tornado had struck it. Outside the corridors were Communists with o ! ac k e y e s , A b I o o d y noses, essf—SSSSss^i deputies from the other parties kept out of the fight and looked on with mingled feelings of joy and dismay. Mostly, I guess, joy, though everybody protested that the scene was disgraceful . After the Hitlerites had thrown - the Communists out o f the room, they i marched,ga i Iy back to their seats sinqinq the March of the Brown Shirts. Incidentally, they also elected the ir man Speaker of the House on the first ballot. 1 he Hitlerites had 262 votes, the Socialists 92, and the Communist# candidate only 5b. i he Communist made a speech telling the Diet that a world war was imminent. The Japanese occupation of Mancnur ia, he be I i ©ved , was the first phase of an international imperial i s t a 11ac < on the Soviet Union. After the election of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12 5M BE2L1N - 4 Page_ the Hitlerite Speaker his party, arose and cheered him. But the rivals on the left howled him down. The new Sneaker of the Prussian Diet is a veteran of the World War. His distinction is that he's the only German deputy who's never had to be called to order. /-f-eTa ^ ----------------- ' n", Tttta o, c>5r vwv-). 'f t _ . 7 Vl/I. .. ^ AeiM vrio-bt y3~^X^. + 1I I I il | I I !|