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THURSDAY APRIL 19, 1934.

NRA. ATTACKS

ROOSEVELT BESET BY

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Now York, Apr. 18. An Intriguing position has arisen following President Rooso- velt's announcement of a change of plans for the enactment of legislation at the present session. A relief Bill, calling for 81,500,- 000,000, tariff and financial re- forms are among the measures which he considers 'vital; but he has made tremendous concessions to opposition.

FIT OF DEPRESSION.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL PATIENT COMMITS SUICIDE

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A Swatow man, Li Wing, 45, suffering from unemployed, pleurisy, hanged himself in lavatory on the third floor of the Tung Wah Hospital on April 6 Inst. He was found by the ward- boy and had used a bandage from his body to and his life.

An inquest was conducted by Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Polles Court yesterday afternoon, with the following jury: Messrs. Matthew B. Reyes, (foreman), The latest criticism of the N. Teel Wing-on and Wong Kwok-you. Dr. L. D. Pringle, medical officer R.A comes from the Advisory Board created by the President to in charge of the Victoria Mortuary, review the operation of the He-deposed to the post mortem which covery Administration. This he conducted or the morning of Board, headed by Mr. Clarence Aprli 8. The cause of death was Darrow, declares that the codes asphyxia by hanging. under General Hugh Johnson's direction are found to be mono- polistic in trend, so far as they have been examined. They considered injurious to the small Industrialist.

Dr. Yip Yuot-fan, of the. Tung Wah Hospital, in evidence, stated he was on duty on the night in

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question and the deceased's com-

plaint was noted down as pleurisy, About 10 p.m. he received a tele- phone call to ward No. 11 on the President Roosevelt now ap-third floor. On arrival, he found pears to be confronted with a the deceased lying on his bed. He hard Oght on two fronts. The was dead. Witness went into the Progressive elements on the out- lavatory and saw a piece of cloth Ride of Congress express discon-over the water pipe of the flushing tent with what is described as the tank, and there was also a band- weakness of the Administration age lying on the floor.

The ward-boy, We towards "big business" and large

Wong Ki, who has financial Interests, and urgo ad- been employed at the hospital for five years, said that as the decens. vanced Inflationary legislation.

On the other hand these "big 20 minutes he went in to see what ed was in the lavatory for nearly business" Interests are beginning had happened and found him hang- to feel the time has arrived to

ing. With the assistance of Ho openly oppose further develop. ment of the "New Deal", and are Hung-hi, a dresser, they cut him anxious to take advantage of the down and carried him to his bed where they applied artificial reg recovery of trade without the re-piration. On the arrival of the straints which President Roose-doctor this was continued but to velt would impose..

Uneasiness Felt.

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no avail. The bandage which the deceased had used to hang himself with had previously been tied above The emasculating amendment his waist. Deceased did not be to the Stock Exchange Reform have peculiarly on the dny In ques- Bill and the proposed shelving of tion, He had no visitors and never other the Wagner Bill, defining re- attempted to speak to Jatlons between employers and patients, as far as the witness organised labour, coupled with could see. He had no the recent developments of the property when admitted. N.R.A. policy, are taken to indicate uneasiness among President Roo- sevelt's most ardent supportera.

Friends of the President be- lieve that the best way to restore confidence in his leadership is to face boldly the challenge to the "Now Deal" implied by the amendment to the Stock Ex- change legislation.

It is believed a fight with Wall Street on this issue would arouse popular enthusiasm and restore President Roosevelt's prestige at a time when Congress elements are showing a disposition mutiny-Reuter:

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New York, Apr. 18.

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Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, when he was inaugurated President of the National Republican Club to- day, attacked President Roosevelt's Administration.

The New Deal" he said was not liberal because it had confessedly attempted to reduce the American people to Д regimented group, submissive to the dictates of a vast bureaucracy,-United Press.

STERLING DOWN

HEAVY DEMAND FOR

AMERICAN DOLLAR.

London, Apr. 18.

Contrary to expectations, ster- ling turned wenker to-day, owing to the heavy general demand for dollars believed due to President india- Roosevelt's opposition to tionary schemes,

It was expected that sterling might react in the opposite direc- tion following the reduction of Income tax, the balancing of the budget and the declaration of a surplus, compared to the deficits:

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Hung-hi gave corroborative evidence, and in reply to the Coroner said it was usual for a ward-boy to be left in charge of a a patient become ward. Should very ill a doctor, is always at hand and can be sent for immediately.

The Coroner, in summing up, said the evidence showed that the de-' ceased's attempt was deliberate and it was probably dopression that led him to end his life.

The jury, without retiring, turned a verdict of suicide.

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