Work Starts On Big Norris Dam In Tennesee

-MsociAted Press Photo
This aerial picture shows the beginning of the Tennessee Valley Authority's $34,000,000 Norris dam on
the Clinch river in mountainous ,eastern Tennesee. A dam 253 feet high is to create a mountain lake with
an 800-mile shoreline and supply suippementary power at Muscle Shcals on the Tennessee river in Ala-
bama.
Government To Announce New Announe Cut
Wheat Reduction For Farmers In Pay Rates
By CARL C. CRANMER wheat section, has indicated the For Railroads
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-- (M)-- last-named plan may be the best. In
The Agricultural Adjustment Admin- the event of renting additional acre-
istration is about to announce a sup- age, it is pointed out, it would not Fifteen Per Cent Slash To
plementary wheat reduction program be necessary to plow up the seeded Cancel Former One Of
in order to bring the country's pro- wheat, it could be pastured off.
duction within the agreed limits of Administrator Chester C. Davis has 10 Per Cent
the London Wheat Conference. said no consideration is being given
By the terms of that agreement to a compulsory program such as CHICAGO, Feb. 15. - (P)-Formal
the United States acreage would be entertained in the cotton regions. notices of a 15 per cent reduction in
45,800,000 acres. Under present re- The disposition is to give the volun- basic rates of pay was served on all
duction contracts it is roughly esti- tary plan a chance to work so that railroad labor union executives today
mated there will be about 17,800,000 the income differential between the by executives of western, eastern and
acres of spring wheat sown, although co-operating and non-co-operating southeastern lines.
the department has not yet received farmer may have an opportunity to The cut will substitute for a 10 per
its report on intentions to plant, demonstrate its advantages to the cent reduction from pay checks now
The harvested winter wheat acre- growers. in effect under an agreement made a
age is roughly estimated at 33,300,- Meanwhile, despite the slowness year ago. It will amount to a five
000, assuming normal abandonment with which some phases of the Lon- per cent additional cut. It will, if put
because of weather conditions, with don agreement are being carried out, into effect, be the first actual reduc-
about 41,000,000 acres in the ground. stray straws give hope to agricultural I tion in the basic rate schedules of
The new plan, therefore, contem- officials of gradually reducing world rail employes' pay.
plates removing about 5,422,000 acres surpluses. The notice of the intended reduc-
additional, though the last estimates Australia is prohibiting export ex- tion included a proposal for a con-
indicated crop abandonment this cept on government approval, thus ference on the subject to be held in
winter is about 20 per cent due to leaving any surplus with her growers Chicago on March 1.
seed blown out of the ground by who may then decide what to do
strong winds, and winter drought. with it or how much to plant. Can- WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.- IP)-
Normal abandonment is about 12 per ada is discussing seriously a similar Representatives of railway unions
cent. method. Argentina has set a price and brotherhoods expressed surprise
Undertaking of the new program for wheat with the object of giving here today when informed of the car-
is necessitated largely by additional the government production control. riers' notice of a 15 per cent cut in
acreage in areas not usually heavy By the agreement Canada and the basic wage rates.
producing districts. According to ad- United States undertake to restrict A. F. Whitney, chairman of the
justment oflicials this i n c r e a s e d production, while the others are to Railway Labor Executives Associa-
planting has been east of Iowa for restrict exports and prevent accumu- tion, said the news dispatches were
the most part. lation of unsold stocks. the first word the brotherhoods have
Three plans are being considered Although Russia has not been as- had of the cut and that until official
for removing the additional acreage signed a definite export quota, she notice was received they would have
-renting of additional acreage as has held exports to about 25,000,000 nothing to say.
was done with cotton fields last sum- b u s h e 1 s. Her crop, estimated at Railroad men are working under a
mer, increasing the percentage of 1,018,000,000 bushels, is the largest 10 per cent cut which expires on
those already under contract and re- since the war. June 30. The cut was continued for a
moving of surplus varieties, largely The foreign crop service of the year last summer after Joseph B.
in the Pacific northwest. agriculture department gives wheat Eastman, co-ordinator of transporta-
George E. Farrell, chief of the production estimated for 1933-34 (in tion, acting for President Roosevelt,
45 countries accounting for about urged the railroads and the brother-
TeS edS 98 per cent of production) at 3,542,- hoods to leave the situation as it was.
Tean S electe3760,000 bushels, nearly 200,000,000 At that time the railroads sought a
w. .i ,iI 'bushels less than in 1932-33. 20 per cent reduction in hask rate

ATHENS. Feb. 15. - (WP) -Premier
Tsaldaris announced today that Sam-
uel Insull will be permitted to remain
in Greece until his health improves.
Insull now faces staying in bed in
Athens to avoid the possibility of
going before an American court.
The decision that he can remain
indefinitely until "his health im-
proves" means expulsion is still
threatehed as soon as he gets out of
bed.
Insull, wanted in the United States
to face charges growing out of the
collapse of his enterprises, originally
was ordered to leave Greece Jan. 1.
Previously he had been victorious
in Greek courts twice against efforts
of the United States government to
obtain his extradition.
After one medical examination by
physicians appointed by the govern-
ment it was announced Insull had
been found able to travel - provided
ample precautions were taken. Later,
however, the premier expressed the
belief it would be "murder" to de-
port him in his present physical con-
dition.

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