DEMOCRATS AHEAD

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1931, Page 5

DEMOCRATS AHEAD

FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS. MAJORITY OVER REPUBLICAN. (United -Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, December 7. John N. Garner, Democrat representative in the House, from Texas for the pant 28 years, was oh'cted ■Speaker at the opening of . Congress by the victory of the Democrats, who control the House for the first time in. twelve years, with. 219 seats to 214 Republicans, and one Farmer/Labour. There is one vacancy, New Hampshire.! The Republican, nominee, Mr S«el, of New York,, is expected to become the minority-J/jader. CONGRESS OPENS. DEMOCRATIC JUBILATION. WASHINGTON, December 8. . The new United States House of •Representatives met, Ce decision being accompanied by much celebration by the Democrats, and with ft record opening of the Government. Only one member was;-absent, and . (this a case of - serious .-illness, . . . There were,- demonstrations by a group .of two thousand htUiger-tMiifch-ers, who were recruited fib til throughout the United Ideates to. demand kkminment, employment' guarantees. The demon»traitions resulted in but little excitement,' due to a cordial reception being given the demonstrators by the Metropolitan Police, who permitted the' marchers.yfco Isay what they wished and to carry,,, what banners they desired. They offered food, coffee A and other comforts, and'aided parade, j and thus removed all interest in the agitation. The police only refused .them entrance to .White House and the Capital, about which the group passed tor some time arguing and shouting threats at the “Capitalistic” Government.

The then moved : to the offices of ‘ the American Federation of Labour, where they gaineid an entrance, only' to receive aV scathing rebuke from the Federation President, (Mr Wm. Green, who asserted that they were, made the dupes of Communist leaders. "

TO MEET DEPRESSION; PROPOSALS BY MR HOOVER. WASHINGTON, December 8. Mr Hoover: in the annual address at the opening of Congress outlined, efforts -made to . inept the unemployment and other emergencies arising from, the .depression, and .-hA added : "We must put some steel beams ill the foundation Of 'our credit Structure'.’’ H§ drew > attention fd the huge deficits in the Goveflihlent'a flntmee, Ha recommen tied the establishment Of Group Discount r . (Banks throughout the country ko make * loans on homes, end thus to encourage home building, and he also’ urged the creation of a Reconstruction Finance Corporation with authority to •issue its own debentures and to aid a Variety of businesses that are in diftficulties, due to the depression. He ' expressed his opposition to either a direct or an indirect Government dole for the unemployed. He blamed the unemployment in Europe -to this cause. iHe also opposed any general Congressional -revision of the United Stares tariffs.

HEAVY INCOME SLUMP., FC® UNITED STATES FARMERS. -WASHINGTON; December 8. The United States 'Department of Agriculture, in its annual report, states 'thrit the gross income of the American farmers for 1931 will' be from twentyJfive to thirty per cent, less than it -was in 1930, .and from forty to forty(five, .per cent, less than it was in 1929. The farm products of the country in the year 1929 brought 11,911 million dollars, which >in ;1930 they brought 0,547 million'dollars, and in. 1951 they nr ay bring less than, seven thousand million dollars*'- v-e-mD*.'-

FATAL ELECTION RIOT IN PERU -; ' : LTMA, December 7. A Trujillo despatch- states that ten persons were killed and. thirteen were wounded *in fighting between the citizens and the police at Paijan on the eve of the inanguration of the ..presjti-ient-elect, Senor Corro." . Most of those dead and wounded were members of the party, which supported Senor Victor ©e La Torre, in the Presidential Compaign. , • . . ' ; '