The Archive · 1938

Bill Seeks to Make All False News a Felony U.S. Senator Climaxes Blistering Attack

Washington, Apr. 28.

Senator Sherman Min Democrat of Indiana, climaxed blistering attack on newspaper lishers in the Senate today by introducing a bill making it a felony to circulate false news regarding the capital and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

He said he wanted the bill to to "any persons, firm, coration or association" which pub-nes articles and uses the mails r distribution of "any newspapers, azine or periodical," containing such false reports.

He also called for a fine, ranging from US$1,000 to US$10,000, and a two-year prison term for those found guilty. The bill also said that the Postmaster-General, should empowered with the right to suspend jolators from the use of mails for months.—United Press. tee Belgian Cabinet Crisis Brussels, Apr. 28 gium was ministerial crisis threatened with a his afternoon as the Finance Committee of the project for increased taxation—the en votes to ten the Government project for ner eased taxation—the same project was rejected at a coi gress of the Catholic Bloc recently Rightist circles plaint that a crisis is imminent but other observers think it can yet be avoided. The next move will be taken tomorrow when the Committee hears the Minister of Finance, M. Soudan, who may agree to an amendment that will make the extra taxation inapplicable on varying incomes. This would satisfy certain members of the Committee and may aid in avoiding a crisis, observers declare—Havas.

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