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Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
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8
High
o:ou
a.m.
io.u
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High
.
5:26
a.m.
16.8
It.
Low
0:30
a.m.
17:36
p.m.
195
ft.
12:23
p.m.
8.Y
'C.
Low
41:20
a.m.
7.5
It.
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
SATURDAY,
AUGUST
28,
1937.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
rince
Rupert
Receives
Tweedsmuir
mi
4
in
mi
u
n
1
111
in
in
HORRIFIED
provement
Seen
In
Condition
Of
Ambassador
Whose
Con
dition
is
Still
brave
Fight
Continues
I
f
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Will
rvnff
I
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erale
Interference
With
Shipping
France's
Statement
PARIS,
Aug.
28:
ine
rrcnen
vernment
has
declared
it
will
i
.nxnimlfo
.tntifin'a
ritrhta
fit
.
.
i
i
-.
,
crrPtit
ni'r
sniupinir.
Dairy
Destroyed
1
4
mmn'o
n.numnil
ln
tir
fa
rm
i
ar
Shanghai,
flying
the
Am-
can
flag
prominently,
was
cc-
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t
i.
r
l
1
I...
on
-
UJTU
lJ
lMIIIU4
VV"M
ing
killed.
Nankins
Horrified
e
Nationalist
government
ex-ssed
horror
ut
the
incident
of
i
attack
upon
the
isriusii
am-s?ador
to
China.
Marshal
Chi-
Kai
Shek
telephoned
the
am-
sador's
hospital
and
ordered
Mayor
of
Shanghai
to
send
era.
Not
Out
of
Dancer
JiAMiJIAI,
Aug.
28;
Sir
'ft
A'natchbull-llugessen,,
llri-
.unlusadQf
Xa
Jih.iiy.goji.Hit
to
how
4mproement
but
'9
no
means
out
of
danger
as
yet.
re
favorable
reports
on
the
buiador's
condition
have
eas-
considerably
the
strain
felt
mil
me
situation
arising
irwn
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I
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VII
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Japanese
aviators.
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of
Britain
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awuiteu.
American
Mcssasre
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Aug.
28;
-viucii
nun,
uniieu
Dtaics
leg
to
both
the
Japanese
and
-
v
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Oil
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SHANGHAI,
Aug.
28;
Fierce
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i
i
i
a
"y
'n
the
Sino-Japanese
conflict
the
Japanese
cntfaired
in
'UlCldar'
uiwlir..
m
n
v
o
m
n
11
t
elve
miles
northwest
of
here
in
ii
endeavor
to
break
up
the
Chi-
iignung
forces.
More
than
six
hundred
Chinese
'iTl-i'f,
1.
I.IIIa.1
nr
"unded
and
the
whole
of
Shat.-
ai
plunged
into
fresh
terror
to-:'y
when
sixteen
Juuaneae
planes
aincd
tons
of
explosives
into
the
nwfica
Nanlao
uuarter.
adjoin
tf
me
trench
concession
oi'
tlie
"them
side
of
the
city.
Attack-
rii
in
squadrons
of
four
pMnes
uch
swept
over
the
sector
bcv-
times,
leaving
a
field
of
l,ath
and
destruction
half
a
mile
(iunre.
Many
perished
in
wide-pread
flames
Hint
foil
Today's
Weather
(Ooernmnt
Tr4srib
Terrace
Rafn,
calm,
temperature
Alyansh
Wi
i.
A
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In
a
A
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mm
nam,
calm,
53.
HazelUm-cioudy,
calm,
47.
Bmlthers-cioudy,
calm,
53.
wna
Lake-doudy,
calm,
43.
towart-Ralnlng,
calm,
52.
I
Lnfp
Tplparnnhs
I
iLIfLl
I'ATMOHE
Ari'OINTED
OTTAWA
L.
W.
I'atmore
of
Prince
Rupert
was
yesterday
appointed
to
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
by
order-in-council.
He
Nils
the
vacancy
left
by
(J.
J.
Alexander
of
Victoria
whose
resignation
was
announced
some
time
ago.
nitlTISII
SHIPS
BOMBED
LONDON
Two
more
British
merchant
vessels
were
bombed
oil
the
coast
of
Spain
yesterday.
Official
protests
have
been
sent.
ROAD
WORK
PROCEEDS
Progress
Made
on
Extension
01
Skeena
Itiver
Highway
From
This
Knd
With
sonic
forty
men
employed,
work
continues
on
the
extension
)f
the
Skeena
Iliver
Highway
rum
this
end.
blnce
trie
worn
started
this
year
about
a
mile
has
been
rough
graded
and
the
crushed
rock
Burface
has
been
placed
on
about
seven-eighths
of
this.
It
is
now
possible
to
drive
as
lar
as
uiana
L-reek,
it
was
seated
yesterday
at
the
office
of
fhe
public
works
department.
Experimental
Farm
Staff
K.
Macllcan
arrives
at
'Smithcm
to
Take
Charge
SMITIIKtiS.
Aug.
28:-
K.
Mac-'
l!ean,
manager
of
the
Aggassiz
!.".xerlmental
Farm,
has
arrived
in
Sralthers
to
take
charge
of
the
new
experimental
farm
lo
bf-started
Immediately
on
the
Sproule
ranch
between
Smitherf
nnd
Telkwa.
He
was
accompanied
by
his
family
and
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Nichol
as
Mr.
Nichol
will
tlso
be
employed
at
the
new
farm.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sproule,
who
sold
their
farm
to
the
government
recently,
will
be
leaving
on
Friday
for
an
extended
trip
and
with
in
definite
plans
for
the
future.
Calgary
Relief
Scale
Upheld
Test
Case
in
Prairie
City
Police
Court
was
Dismissed
Yesterday
CAIXJAItY,
Aug.
28:
A
lest
case
in
which
the
City
of
Calgary
was
charged
with
not
giving
ade-
quotc
relief
allowance
was
dismissed
in
police
court.
New
Assistant
Librarian
Here
Miss
May
Macdonald
Named
Sue
cessor
to
Miss
Myra
Kinslor
At
a
special
meeting
on
Thursday
evening
the
Library
Board
accepted
the
resignation
of
Miss
Myra
Kinslor,
assistant
librarian.
From
a
number
of
applicants
the
Board
recommended
the
appointment
of
Miss
May.
Macdonald
as
the
new
assistant.
The
Commissioner
has
approved
the
appointment.
TRANSFER
RESCINDED
The
order
transferring
Captain
Robertson
of
the
Salvation
Army
from
here
to
Kamloops
has
been
cancelled
and
she
Is
to
remain
here
until
further
instructions.
HEARD
AT
LUNCHEON
Lady
Tweedsmuir
Delivers
Message
to
130
Women
of
Prince
Rupert
Today
A
message
to
women
of
this
out-1
post
ol
Empire
was
delivered
by
Lady
Tweedsmuir,
wife
ol
the
Governor
General,
at
a
luncheon
In
the
Commodore
Cafe
today
under
the
auspices
ol
the
local
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire.
Mrs.
D.
Orchard
McLeod,.
the
regent,
presided
and
upwards
ol
130
women
were
In
attendance.
The
banquet
hall
was
decorated
with
flags
of
Britain
and
Canada,
The
tables
were
adorned
with
beautiful
local
fall
flowers.
Back
of
the
head
tabic
was
a
large
picture
ol
the
King
and
Queen.
After
Lady
Tweedsmulr's
address
had
been
heard,
a
vote
of
thanks
was
tendered
on
motion
of
Mrs.
C.
E.
Cullin
and
Mrs.
J.
A.
Barry.
An
Interesting
ceremony
was
the
presentation
by
Mrs.
McLeod
ol
a
handsome
black
slate
totem
pole
to
Lady
Tweedsmuir
as
a
memento
of
the
visit
here.
Corsage
bouquets
were
also
presented
to
Her
Excel
lency
and
her
lady-in-waltlng,
Mrs.
G.
Tape.
The
proceedings
opened
with
the
singing
of
"O
Canada"
and
closed
with
"God
Save
the
King."
Mrs.
C
E.
CulUn
presided
at
the
piano.
The
blessing
was
pronounced
by
Mrs.
D;
C.
Stuart.
Lady
Tweedsmuir
met
each
of
the
ladles
present
personally.
The
standard
bearers
of
each
chapter
were
In
attendance
at
the
door.
BR0WNLEE
APPOINTED
Former
Premier
of
Alberta
Will
Conduct
Better
Terms
Case
For
That
Province
KDMQNTON,
Aug.
28:
J,
E.
Urownlee
K.C.,
former
premiei
fjf
Alberta,
has
been
appointed
chief
counsel
for
the
province
to
prepare
Alberta
s
case
for
submission
to
the
federal
Royal
Commission
on
Dominion-provin
cial
financial
relations,
it
was
announced
by
lion.
Solon
lw,
provincial
secretary.
W.
E.
Samp
son
of
Edmonton
will
ije
associ
ate
counsel
with
Mr.
Urownlee.
BASEBALL
SCORES
TODAY'S
GAMES
American
League
Washington,
2;
Chlcago,3.
Boston,
3;
Detroit,
0.
National
League
Chicago.
1;
Boston,
3.
Cincinnati,
3;
Brooklyn,
0.
Pittsburgh,
4;
New
York,
0.
St.
Louis,
6;
Philadelphia,
0.
YESTERDAY'S
GAMES
National
League
Chicago
at
Boston,
postponed,
rain.
Cincinnati,
0;
Brooklyn,
5.
(Sec-
ond
game
postponed.)
Pittsburgh.
1-2;
New
York,
0-3.
St.
Louis,
1-3;
Philadelphia,
4-0.
American
League
Washington,
5;
Chicago,
0.
New
York,
4;
St.
Louis,
3.
Boston,
8,
Detroit,
5.
Philadelphia,
3,
Cleveland,
5.
Mrs.
A.
.
L.
.
.
Richardson,
.
.
..
who
.I,...
v
a
tur
in
thP
citv
.lor
nasi
rnimlp
of
weeks,
will
sail
tonight
by
the
Prince1
Charles
on
her
return
to
her
home
at
Tlell,
accompanied
by
her
son,
Basil
Richardson.
Governor
General
Gets
Hearty
Welcome
On
His
Arrival
In
This
City
Will
Spend
Three
Days
Quietly
Here
Following
Trip
ThroughjTwcedsniuir
Park
Formalities
Arc
Cut
to
Minimum
Prince
Rupert
citizens,
turning
out
in
large
numbers,
gave
a
warm
reception
last
evening
to
Lord
Tweedsmuir,
Governor
General
of
Canada,
and
the
vice-regal
party
on
its
arrival
for
a
three-day
visit.
His
Excellency
had
expressly
requested
that
there
be
no
formalities
and,
accordingly,
these
were
reduced
to
a
minimum
of
the
merest
courtesies.
Yet
the
Canadian
-Na
-
r
tional
wharf,
where,
the
King's
rep-
health,
derived
great
delight,
resentatlve
to
Canada
disembarked,
The
Governor
General,
Lady
was
thronged
with
those
deslrious
Tweedsmuir
together
with
Mr.
and
of
catching
a
glimpse
ol
the
genial
Mrs.
G.
Pape,
lady-ln-walting,
Ma-modest
little
Scottish
man-of-let-
Jr
A.
S.
Redfern,
secretary,
and
ters,
who
has
brought
to
his
great
Mrs.
Redfern,
and
Lieut.
Gordon
office
an
atmosphere
such
as
it
has
Rlvers-Smlth
R.N.
and
Capt.
Camp-
not
known
before.
It
was
a
lew
minutes
after
8
VrWk
that.
thP
stP-imr
Tarrienn
I
which
brought
the
party
here
from
I
Bella
Coola
following
the
visit
to
Tweedsmuir
Park,
arrived,
clrclinp
around
H.M.C.S.
Fraser
to
tie
up
at
the
Canadian
National
dock.
A
del
egation
of
welcome
headed
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo,
City
Com-
mlssloner
W.
3.
Alder
and
civic
rep.,
Cariboo;
Major
mt'ul
Thomas
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Trapp.
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resenhitlres
ImWJtWplir
-
hnarriPrT
i"?
J-
Sullivan
K.C.4nd
DrE,
C,
the
ship
to
meet
and
extend
courtesies
to
His
Excellency.
This
was
followed
soon
after
by
the
appearance
of
the
Governor
General
and
his
suite
who
disembarked
after
His
Excellency
had
said
good-byes,,
with
i
genial
handshake
for
each,
to
Capt.
John
Boden,
master
of
the
"lardena,
officers
and
crew
and
passengers
whom
he
had
met
while
coming
north.
A
guard
of
honor
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve,
with
Sub-Lieutenant
Orme
Stuart
in
command,
the
102nd
Battery,
Royal
Canadian
Artillery,
under
Captain
A.
G,
Rlx,
and
the
Navy
League's
Sea
Cadet
Corps,
Sub-Lieut.
Joseph
Landry
in
charge,
were
In
attendance
and
were
duly
Inspected
Immediately
after
disembarkation
of
His
Excellency.
The
Prince
Rupert
Boys'
Band
under
Bandmaster
Robert
Greenfield,
and
a
pipe
band,
under
Sam
Leslie,
also
participated
In
the
welcome.
Following
the
Inspection,
the
Governor
General
and
his
party
proceeded
to
their
special
train
in
the
railway
yards
where
they
will
remain
until
6
o'clock
Monday
evening
when
they
will
leave
for
the
east.
This
afternoon
Lord
Tweedsmuir
will
carry
out
the
formality
of
loy-lng
a
wreath
on
Uie
local
cenotaph
In
respect
to
the
memory
of
the
dead
of
the
Great
War.
Tills
will
be
followed
Immediately
by
a
re-
ceptlon
at
headquarters
of
theRoy.ji,lg
the
stay
ln
Tweedsmuir
Park,
al
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Re-
and
j,
w.
Smlth
remained
at
Bella
&erve
when
the
public
will
be
given
the
opportunity
of
meeting
TheiriDacu
horse
trin
back
into
the
Rain-
Excellencies.
Tomorrow
morning
the
Governor
oenerai
will
aticna
divine
service
at
First
Presbyterian
Church
and
read
Uie
lesson.
Such
are
the
only
scheduled
public
appearances
of
Lord
Tweedsmuir
whose
visit
here,
it
has
been
emphasized,
Is
largely
for
the
purpose
of
rest
and
relaxation.
This
morning
City
Commissioner
Alder
took
the
Governor
Oenerai
i
and
members
of
his
party
for
a
...
.
drive
to
points
of
Interest
around.
VVorKfTS
I
fi
v
the
city
Including
the
plant
of
the!
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
cO
'I-Ijva
ffllrn
Today
Lady
Tweedsmuir
was
thelHaVC
ulllKL
guest
of
honor
at
a
luncheon
for!
women
held
at
the
Commodore
Cafe
1
At.-
I
k
unuer
wie
auspices
ot
tne
imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
The
members
of
the
vice-regal
party,
besides
Their
Excellencies,
are
Hon;
Allstair
Buchan,
their
son;
though
not
in
the
very
best
of
bell-Preston,
aides-ae-camp.
h"
V"lcii,s
,
representing
uic
i-iuyuiuc
Ullllh
Columbia
In
connection
with
the
vice-regal
tour
have
been
l
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
and
Hon.
A
Wells
Gray,
minister
of
lands;
E.
T.
Kenney.
M.L.A.
for
Skeena;
M.
M.
Connelly,
M.L.A.
for
Omlneca,
tnd
Louis
Lebouraals,
M.L.A.
lor
D.
MacEwen
of
New
Westminster;
Col.
H.
W.
H.
Holmes,
supervisor
of
camps;
Assistant
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
Parsons
of
the
provincial
police;
J.
W.
Smith,
inspector
of
lands,
and
Charles
Bennett,
British
Col-umbia
police
radio
operator.
Guy
E.
Rhodes
of
Toronto
Is
also
at-
ached
to
the
party
as
Canadian
ress
representative.
Squadron
Leaders
E.
L.
MacLeod
md
F.
J.
Mawdesley
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
and
Pilots
E.
J.
W.
Dobbin
and
Charles
B.
Elliott
had
been
assigned
to
the
party
to
jive
aerial
transportation.
Mr.
Gray,
the
minister
of
lands,
left
by
H.M.C.S.
Fraser
this
morning
on
his
return
to
Victoria.
Premier
Pattullo
will
remain
with
the
party
here
and
go
east
with
it
by
train
on
Monday
evening
as
far
as
Ha2el-ton.
Messrs.
Kenney
and
Connelly
proceed
East
from
here
to
their
.homes
In.
the
Interior.
Mr,
Lebourdals
stayed
aboard
the
Cardena
last
night
to
return
to
his
home
In
Queaiel
by
way
of
Vancouver
and
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway.
New
Westminster
members
of
the
party
also
returned
south
on
the
Cardena
last
night.
Col.
Holmes
and
Constable
Bennett
will
fly
back
from
here
to
In-tata
Lake
In
Tweedsmuir
Park
to
bring
out
the
camp
equipment.
Assistant
Commissioner
Parsons,
who
had
charee
of
the
party
dur-
jcoola
and
will
make
a
saddle
and'
b0w
Mountains
and
Anahlm
Lake
to
nav
off
the
nackers
and
check
out
the
camp
equipment.
Memorable
Trip
The
trip
into
Tweedsmuir
Park
was
a
memorable
one
and
one
from
which
the
Governor
General,
al-
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Four)
I
Detroit
Gas
DETROIT.
Aug.
28
En-
.
.
vi.
..
r
n
ovpp
of
the
Detroit
uas
uo..
who
are
affiliated
with
the
Com-
mittee
on
Industrial
Organlza-
tion,
have
decided
by
a
vote
of
350
to
8
to
go
on
strike.
Date
of
the
walkout
will
be
set
later.
:tv
:
lhis
v
Years
Crop
1
n
k
nr
a
nan
ui
Average
WINNIPEG,
August
27
The
crop
of
the
three
prairie
pro-
vlnces
for
1937
is
estimated
at
160,000,000
bushels,
which
Is
about
forty-seven
per
cent
of
the
ten
year
average.
Seventy-
live
per
cent
of
wheat
cutting
is
finished.
4
LEAGUE
IS
UNDERWAY
inglish
Season
Gets
Started
Manchester
City
Loses
to
Wolverhampton
LONDON,
August
28:
(Canadian
'iess)
The
long
English
League
-ootball
season
got
under
way
to
uay
with
an
initial
defeat
lor
Manchester
City,
league
champions
ol
last
year,
who
lost
to
Wolverhamp
ton,
three
to
one.
Today's
scores:
English
League,
First
Division
Bolton
Wanderers,
2;
Brentford
0.
Charlton
Athletic,
1;
Leeds
Un
ited;
-
-
Chelsea,
6;
Liverpool,
1.
Everton,
1;
Arsenal,
4.
Huddersfleldtown,
3;
Blackpool,
1.
Leicester
City,
0;
Derby
County,
0.
Portsmouth,
2;
West
Bromwich
Albion,
3.
Preston
Northend,
4;
Grimsby
.own,
1.
Stoke
City,
2;
Birmingham,
2.
Sunderland,
3;
Mlddlesborough,
1.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers,
3;
Manchester
City,
1.
Scotish
League,
First
Division
Aberdeen,
3;
Partlck
Thistle,
1.
Arbroth,
4;
Ayr
United,
0.
Clyde,
1;
St.
Mlrren.
1.
Hamilton,
4;
Hibernians,
0,
(played
yesterday).
Hearts,
2;
Third
Lanark,
1.
Kilmarnock,
2;
Celtic,
1.
Morton,
0;
Dundee,
2.
Queen
of
South,
0;
Motherwell,
3.
Queens
Park,
1;
Falkirk,
5.
Rangers,
2,
St.
Johnstone,
2.
Special
Session
Being
Considered
nnouncement
Expected
From
President
Roosevelt
at
End
Of
Week
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Aug.
28:
A
special
session
of
United
States
Congress
is
being
consl
1-ored.
An
announcement
may
come
this
week-end
from
the
Hyde
Park
home
of
President
Franklin
D
Roosevelt.
The
chief
executive
left
for
there
yesterday.
Action
Against
Price
Slashers
British
Columbln
Fruit
Market
ing
Hoard
to
Take
Decisive
Steps
to
Maintain
Market
KELOWNA,
Aug.
28:
The
Fruit
Marketing
Board
under
the
British
Columbia
Natural
Pro
'
J
l
t
1
ll
A
aucis
marKeunir
act
has
aeciaea
to
take
drastic
action
against
shippers
of
fruit
who
have
been
celling
below
set
prices
and
have,
as
a
result,
demoralized
the
mar
Uct.
PROMINENT
lw
mMANrG
in
i
iiiruiviu
Late
Andrew
Mellon
Long
Leader
in
Affairs
of
His
Country
NEW
YORK,
August
28:
(AP)
Eleven
years
as
secretary
oi
tne
treasury,
the
second
longest
term
In
the
history
of
that
office
and
the
only
one
held
under
three
suc
cessive
presidents,
made
Andrew)
W.
Mellon,
who
is
dead
here,
an
outstanding
figure
ln
world
finance.
He
rounded
out
his
public
service
as
ambassador
to
the
court
of
St.
James,
the
highest
diplomatic
post
ln
the
gift
of
the
government.
This
public
record
crowned
a
lengthy
.career
as
a
banker
ln
which
he
built
up
one
of
the
great
fortunes
of
the
world.
But
it
brought
him
also
into
the
whirl
of
politics,
made
him
a
shining
mark
for
opposition
critics.
There
was
an
abortive
attempt
to
indict
him
in
1934
on
charges
ol
evading
income
taxes
and,
when
this
failed,
he
had
to
answer
before
the
board
of
tax
appeals
In
Washington
a
claim
by
the
government
for
alleged
short
ages
in
his
1931
return,
the
claim
including
allegations
of
fraud
and
evasion.
'
But
Mellon,
a
shy,
Imperturbable
little
man,
given
to
slow
speech-
was
a
fighter,
and
he
hit
back
lustily.
Post-War
Finances
;WMellort's
'treasury
tareer
was
notable
for
Its
handling
of
difficult
post-war
financial
problems,
including
refunding
agreements
with
t3
debtor
nations
of
Europe;
tax
eductions,
a
cut
of
20
per
cent:
ln
,he
American
national
debt
and
the
Jact
that
under
his
guidance
the
United
States,
of
all
the
countries
?ngaged
in
the
world
war,
was
the
first
to
attain
a
balanced
budget
after
the
conflict.
He
assumed
the
secretaryship
hen
President
Harding"
took
office
March
4,
1921,
and
held
It
under
Presidents
Coolidge
and
Hoover
until
February
5,
1932,
when
the
senate
confirmed
his
nomination
as
ambassador
to
Great
Britain.
Only
one
other
head
of
the
department
exceeded
the
length
of
this
service,
Albert
Gallatin
holding
the
post
under
Presidents
Jefferson
and
Madison
from
1801
until
the
spring
of
1813.
Mellon
stepped
into
the
treasury
when
the
government's
financial
affairs
were
ln
a
gloomy
state,
resulting
largely
from
a
depression
which
followed
the
Inflationary
boom
during
and
Immediately
after
the
war.
Tax
rates
were
the
highest
ln
history
and
the
Internal
revenue
laws,
hurriedly
drawn
to
bring
ln
war
funds,
constantly
were
objects
of
litigation.
The
way
ho
handled
the
task
of
financial
reconstruction
has
been
compared
by
numerous
admirers
to
the
administration
of
Alexander
Hamilton,
first
secretary
of
the
treasury,
who
was
confronted
with
similar
grave
problems.
Heedless
Of
Critics
His
tax
reduction
program,
involv.
Ing
a
decrease
of
about
30
per
cent
in
the
maximum
surtaxes
on
In
comes,
was
assailed
as
favoring
the
rich,
and
his
Insistence
on
settlement
of
the
war
debts
by
foreign
nations
was
criticized
at
home
and
abroad,
but
fie
saw
most
of
his
plans
adopted.
By
1926
he
had
cut
the
public
debt
a
round
$8,000,000,-000
from
a
total
of
about
26,000,-000,000.
Unschooled
ln
practical
politics,
Mellon
was
the
target
for
repeated
attacks,
ln
congress,
but
he
went
about
his
work
generally
heedless
of
detractors
and
seldom
took
public
notice
of
their
charges.
The
dlf.
ferences
arose
on
subjects
ranging
froni
taxation,
prohibition
enforce
ment-
tne
soldiers'
bonus,
war
debt
settlements
and
farm
relief,
to
i
charges
that
he
was
a
representa
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