U.S. Home Secretary Fears Abuse of Gas by Reich (April 27) to discuss business conditions with him, Interviewed here today, Mr. Fi said. "I ant to give the President a chance to see somebody who does not want anything for himself."
Outlining his own solution for the country's problems; Mr. Ford said that in his opinion an expansion of the "Back to the Farm" movement was the only hope. the people don't raise their own food." he declared, "They'll have to have a dictator to tell them to do so. In no other way can we raise mone Farms must provide for industry."
Mr. Ford then reiterated his belief that the only panacea for anything was work. "Work, that's all a young fellow needs," he concluded—Reuter, ously reducing the national debt.
Un 1 further notice the Treasury will redeem in cash one of two $50.
000,000 maturing weekly es of short term bills, and the remaining issue will be replaced by a new ne of the same type and amount.
This plan diverges from the mary practice whereby both maturing issues would be "roiled over"
each week. The Treasury Department did not reveal whether the new plan would be followed until desterilized fund had been As long as the plan remains in effect, however, it will reduce weekly reserves, reserves. the public debt $50,009,000 cash will go into excess eby making it available United Press, London-Darwin Airmail SPECIAL to THE "sea."
Melbourne, Apr. 21.
Mr. Joseph Lyons, the Prime Mini: ter, announced today that a preliminary air mail. service by flying-boat between Great Britain and Australia would begin in July, with planes leaving each country twice a week. The service, he added, would be increased to three times a week both ways by August.
Mails for south and west Australia would be flown from Darwin direct instead of via Sydney, as originally planned.—Reuter.
Washington, Apr. 22.
The U.S, Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes, who is chairman of the Helium Committee, still refuses to grant a licence for the export of this gas to Germany, for fear that it will be used for military purposes. Mr. Ickes persists in his refusal despite communications received from the War and Navy Department stating that the quantities of helium requested by Germany could only be used for zeppelins assuring the trans-Atlantic service.
After the Hindenburg disaster, the German Government asked the United States to sell it some helium, a gas which is not inflammable and which would minimize the dan} ental of fire aboard airships—Havas,
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