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...protest to the International Joint Commission to which, heretofore, only waterway controversies have been referred. Last week the State Department was happy to announce that the Commission had unanimously recommended: 1) payment by the smelting company of $350,000 to the U. S. to be distributed among the damaged husbandmen, orchardists, stockmen; 2) payment for all possible future damage. It was reported that the smelter is now spending $10,000,000 to abate its deadly fumes. Full of satisfaction, although the Commission's findings must be approved by both countries before becoming effective, said Secretary Stimson: "Every such decision...
What brought Chairman Payne to the Capitol was the fact that the Red Cross was under political fire. Senators from drought States were charging that it had fallen down on its relief job, were demanding that the U. S. Government step in and feed hungry husbandmen. Congressional attention had again been focussed on drought relief by last fortnight's demonstration at England, Ark. where 500 men & women with threats of violence obtained food from local merchants (TIME...
City dwellers last week were sharply reminded of the Drought when 500 half-starved farmers and their wives raided the food stores of England, Ark. (pop. 2,408). Most of these hungry citizens were white; had been fairly prosperous husbandmen until last year. Their crops had been ruined. Their provisions were gone...
...Passed a bill to loan drought-stricken husbandmen $60,000,000 for feed and food; sent it to the House (see below...
...again. Yet within the week September wheat slumped 7 cents per bu. to a 24-year-rec-ord low of 74½ cents, as compared with the 5 cent-per-bu. decline the week Soviet traders were accused of deliberately trying to depress the market to demoralize U. S. husbandmen (TIME, Sept...