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The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C, Jnne 7^1534 1 ; v ^ - s . - lr - ^ ** • v ' ^ News Review of Current Events the World Over -VA % Attempt to Assassinate Ambassador Caffery in Hav^pa— Arms Conference Meets in Geneva—Service Indus tries Codes Modified by President’s Order* By EDWARD W, PICKARD e by WMtarn Ntwspap*, Union. T" HAVANA police learned that there | alrable.” Among theae are “aome bnt waa a plot to aaaaaalnate Jeffee- | not alP of the aervlce IMuitrlea, Ifie statement added. Enforcement of the cleaners and dy ers’ code baa been especially trouble some, accounting for more than half of tbe blue eagle removals. Under tbe executive order, fair trade practice provisions for a service Indus- r tb a given area may be provided when 85 per cent of the Industry In the area agrees to them and they are approved by the NRA. /CHICAGO’S exposition, ▲ Century ^ of Progress, was reopened for an other summer with a big military parade and much ceremony. The fair has been reconstructed and redecor ated and la a bigger and better expo- sitlon this year than the one that called forth so much enthusiastic praise In 1938. The best of thl former' ex hibits and features have been retained, but many new ones have been added and everything has beep brought up to date. There are 12 new foreign villages for*tbe edification and amuse ment of visitors; the Chicago and De- trolt symphony orchestras will give long series tTf nne CbncerU ; t¥e sclen- tiflc and manufacturers’ exhibits have been vastly Improved and enlarged; Um “Midway."—bettered In- various BRISBANE nos WEEK. Socialists in Office New Deal Complete Religions War in Mexico War Changes Rapidly Americana, eld-fashloned, surprised to find old professed Socialists selected National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckatt son Caffery, American ambassador to Cuba, and to destroy American prop erty on tho Island. They took extraordi nary precautions : to protect Mr. Caffery, but despite the pres ence of soldiers at the entrance to his home some unidenti fied assailants drove by In a car and poured a stream of bullets from sawed-off shot- guns just at the time 4. Caffery Mr Caffery usually leaves for the yacht club. He was not Injured but one of the soldiers was grievously wounded, big right leg be ing torn off by an explosive bullet Mr. Caffery went on to the yacht club calmly and refused to say wno he thought the assassins might be. Cuban government officials were greatly excited by the attempt on the ambassador’s life, and there was an inclination to blame the Communists, but leaders of that party denied their followers had anything to‘do with It In recent demonstrations the radicals have attacked Mr. Caffery In their speeches. Presumably the sole pur- ways, has been moved to the lake front of the Islands; and the entire exposition is resplendent with new colors and new lighting. criticise plans for industrial recovery, may find comfort in Europe. Socialism baa become. In many places, Washington.—President Roosevelt’s determination to advise congress as K iafrvss for homeaflw Smart the current session. Polities 80100 1)16 things that he wishes to PTMcnt for its consideration next Jhn-. political machinery, and without seri ous damage to what Russia calls “cap italism.” f N A report to the President the dur able goods industries committee ut tered a warning against further In creases In wagea and reductions __ work hours, asserting it would retard recovery. The committee also said that federal control and imposition of penalties upon business men’and bank ers would have the effect of making them fear unjustified nuisance lawsuits as likely to hold them up to unfounded classification with fraud manipulators. This must only have the effect of ob structing needed financing. It stated. Creation of confidence is the most Important thing requisite to recovery, the committee told the President The securities act of 1933 and the Fletcher-Rayburn stock exchange reg- pose is to stir up trouble between the I ^rcTmmltt^'aV^uar^d^entUd firnvornmpnfa nf tha TTnltasf Qtatoa «rwt I ^ . a ailU POlPlUiai deterrents to economic recovery. governments of tbe United States and Cuba. President Mendleta and nearly every cabinet member visited the am bassador’s borne and expressed re grets at the act of violence, and the cabinet held a special session to dis cuss the plot CTATKSMEN from many nations ^ met Jn Geneva hik! reojaMietl the sessionAf the disarmament conference, with a full realization of the fact that their failure may mean the renewal of war In Europe In the not far future, and possibly the end of the League of Nations. Such hope as they had of breaking the Impasse seemed to rest on the plan which Foreign Commissar Lit vinov of Russia said he was ready to offer. It was believed he would con centrate on a policy of political secur ity as a basis for disarmament Nor man H. Davis, American ambassador- at-large, was present, with an open mind and ready to present the views of President Roosevelt. It was un derstood ho would urge an accord em- - phaalxlag supervision of-arms and a more rigid control of the Interna tional traffic In arms. Louis Barthou, foreign minister of France, showed no Inclination to yield to the German demands for rearma ment The French are said to believe Hitler is dne soon to run up against domestic troubles that will tie his hands; they will continue to promote their defeuslve alliances until the German chancellor gives In, and just now are counting on a pact of mutual assistance with Russia and tbe little entente which will be signed If, as expected, Russia enters the League of Nations. The French also are hoping for an accord with Italy. Premier Mussolini of Italy, In a speech before the chamber of deputies, A DMINISTRATOR JOHNSON was "•raed by officials of the United Textile Workers of America that there would be a general strike of 300,000 textile workers If the NRA order re ducing cotton textile production by 25 per cent were put Into effect John son told them the order was amply supported by statistical data and would not be changed. Judge C. E. Woodward C ENATOR ROBINSON, majority ^ leader, heard rumors that aome senators were planning a filibuster for the purpose of killing the administra tion’s tariff bargain ing bill. He said he was ready to squelch any such scheme by prolonging the dally sessions of the sen ate. “If that la the Intention we will meet at 10 a. m. and stay until 8 p. m.,’ 1 he a aid—‘‘And, if that d o e s n’t work, we’ll come here at 9 a. m. and stay till the same hour in the evening.” The house, after two days of work, passed the administration’s Industry loan bill and sent It back to the senate. The senate had approved o bill fixing the maximum total RFC five-year loans at $250,000,000 and limiting the amount the twelve federal reserve banks could advance to $280,000,000. But the house discarded the senate provisions and Inserted Its own, which increase the RFC total to $200,000,000 and cut the reserve bank maximum to $140,000,000. The differences were to be adjusted in conference. San. Robinson piFTEEN of twenty members of the *■ house committee on Judiciary voted eral Judge Charles E. Woodward of Chicago, and It was announced that for mal charges against him would be drawn up and presented on the floor of the house within a few days. The house must then decide the matter of Impeachment and If it finds the charges sub stantiated the jurist will be tried at the bar of the senate. Ac cording to reports In Washington, flagrant nepotism was to be the major charge against Judge Woodward, this being baaed on evi dence showing he appointed the law firm of Lotteks, Eckert & Peterson to many lucrative attorneyships In bank ruptcy and equity receivership cases; that his son, Harold, was employed by .this, firm, and that Harold’s mmpenaa- tlon was raised from about $2,000 to $13,000 a year soon after Judge Wood ward began piaklng those appoint ments. . The vote In the committee was non partisan. Three members were absent. Eleven democrats and four Republic ans voted for Impeachment. Of the five casting their ballots against Im peachment four were Republicans, one was a Democrat. 1 It may be the Woodward case Will set a precedent In Impeachment trials. To avoid a summer session of the senate, Senator Ashurst of Arizona has offered a resolution providing that aft Impeachment case may bet first heard by 12 senators Instead of by the entire senate. These twelve would hear the testimony and present It In a certified report to the senate at the next session. Ramsay MacDonald, formerly a worker In the British mines, now prime minister, la a Socialist, always has been. In bis cabinet working with him harmoniously, are some of the < most conservative men In England, In cluding old achool Tories. Soclallsta have been prominent In the French government for years, even “extreme Soclallsta.’’ said that disarmament talk was fool- QL^ATE and house conferees reached a_ ^ An nn Ish and In so many words suggested that war was the only way out of the economic adversities that beset Italy and Europe generally. an agreement on the stock change regulation bill. Under ex its terms the regulation will be concen- After this ac- 'T'HE Irish Free State took another * step toward becoming a republic when the dull elrennn passed a bill abolishing the senate, tlon had been taken President Earoon de Valera said: "We want England to get out. We do not want to have anything to do with Rritain. If there Is to be any form of association, it must be in the com- mnn InfluxtU saws* txx vxTvjfc vrg t/Vvtx, We must be the Judges of whether It is to our, advantage or not.” No definite plan was mentioned, and none Is expected to be put forward be fore March, 1935, when abolition of the senate will become effective. Until that date any action of the dall would have to have senate approval. EXEMPTION of the service tndus- A-* tries from some of the fair trade practices of NRA codes was authorized by President Roosevelt In an executive order. The exemption does not apply to minimum wages and maximum? working hours, child labor or collec tive bargaining. The order empowers Administrator Johnson to cease at tempting to enforce open price sys- PrteUUM •hd Other devices oa trated In a new agency to be known as the ‘‘securities and exchange com-, mission,” consisting of five members to be appointed by the President This provision was a part of the senate bill. The conferees agreed to the house limitation on marginal trading, which would put control of credit for this type of market operations In the hands of the federal reserve board, but under tbe additional stipulation that mar ginal traders be required to carry 45 per cent of the value of any security traded In. Eamon de Valsra PODOS and Rossi, French flyers who ^ hold the distance record, sought to better their mark hy making a non- stop flight from Paris to California. They got across tho Atlantic ocean aH right, but a weakness of ono wing of their big monoplane developed and they were forced to laud at Floyd Ben nett field, New York. r* hundreds of thousands of cleaner*, dy er* and pressen, barber shops, beauty ahopt and tho like Mr. Roosevelt In his statement said that “a trial period of some months has shown that, while moat Industries, after organisation for this work and a little experience with It can secure uniform national results, there are oth- « If which a greater degree of an- local self-government Is de- pOR the third time a native-born dti- 4 zen of the United States has won the British amateur golf champion ship. The victor in the tournament at Prestwick, Scotland, was W. Law- son Little of California, a twenty- three-year-old student In Stanford uni versity. In the finals Little swamped Jimmy Wallace, a Scottish carpenter, by the record-breaking score of 14 up and 13 to play. And this wasn’t the only record he set He did not lose one hole In the twenty-three played in *th«^finals, and he made those holm IF ten under fours, with ten under an average of two putts to the green. His score of the entire championship of six days was exactly an average of fours. n ABNEY ROSS - of Chicago won the JA welterweight championship of tho world when ho defeated Jimmy lie- Lemta In s 15-round battle at New rk. Barney already held the light weight and Junior welterweight ttdeu T ABOR troubles became so serious ^ that state troops were mobilized In Minneapolis and In Toledo, Ohio, and despite the presence of soldiers there was a great deal of rioting and violence. In Minneapolis the striking teamstera and building tradesmen re jected an order of the regional labor board to end tbe strike Immediately and Insisted on fighting to a finish. The employers had accepted the labor board’s terms. Governor Olson had brought 3.700 men of the National Guard to Yhe city. Finally the strike was ended by a compromise agreement Toledo’s battle centered about the plant of the Electric Auto-Lite com pany In which 1,800 non-striking em ployees had been besieged for fifteen hours by a great mob of riotous strik ers and frequently fired upon by snipers on the roofs of nearby build ings. The windows of the plant were all broken by stones, and torches thrown through them started many fires. Tbe police used tear gas bombs but were roughly handled by the mobs, so six companies of state troops were called out and they, ^marching with fixed bayonets, scattered the strlktrs and released the imprisoned employ ees. Later the strikers and their friends gathered again and fought furiously with the troops, showering them with bricks and paving stones. Dozens of soldiers were Injured and finally the exasperated guardsmen fired on the mobs, two rioters being killed and many wounded. Tear gas and the more powerful "knockout” gas were freely used hy both sides. Charles P. Taft, son of the late President, was sent from Washington to Toledo as special mediator for the national labor board of the NRA. Old Clemenceau himself, the aged *T'lg«r,” who kept Germany out of France and sent tbe kaiser to Holland, was a Socialist, enemy of aristocracy and the church. It was his hostility to the church that prevented his being chosen Presi dent of the French republic after the big war. Socialists, like others who believe they could make the world over and better, often find when power cornea that the world la doing about as well aa It can and that the wise plan la to go along with It Professor Raymond Moley, who ought to know what la what to -tee new era, writes: “With the passage of the stock ex change bill, the New Deal Is practical ly complete. Thera is nothing that the President or any responsible member ot the administration has aald to indi cate that any Important further de velopment of governmental authority la contemplated. This will be reassur ing not only to business, hut to the vast masses of people who do not want democracy to undertake too much. “The problem now la one of admin istration. It la the practical business of operating the structure that has now been built. That means a prob lem of getting men to do it, for good men make good administration.” uary has injected a new factor Into the forthcoming political campaigns. Most of the careful observers here think his maneuver was politically smart They take the view that he actually has presented to the country and the voters th^ general outline of his future legislative program in order that he can have something of a man date given the representatives and sen ators who are chosen hi this fall’s elections, I haven’t seen any signs yet that will indicate how the Republicans and other anti-Roosevelt forces will attempt to meet this new factor, but it Is quite apparent they will force debate upon many of the project* of the New Deal that have already been enacted Into law, as well as the embryo plans contained In his late messages. Some leading thinkers around Washington have suggested that Mr. Roosevelt is taking advantage of the natural attacks that will be promoted by the opposition in order to ascertain for himself whether he has gone far enough with his social reform movements. It seems there can be no doubt that he will be in a position to know the temper of the country after the voters have heard his various New Deal items discussed. And, it Is being Mexico witnesses the beginning of another war against the Catholic church. In the important state of Sonora. The governor, Rodolfo EUas Calles, has ordered every church la Soaora closed and gives the priests 12 hoars to leave Sonora. Already religious services had been reduced to an absolute minimum. Got- •roor Calles ot- Sonora Is the son of P. Ellas Calles, who years ago closed churches In many places In Mexico. Peiping reports Soviet Russia “rap idly placing tbe entire area of outer ^Mongolia upon a wartime basis,” get ting ready for Japanese invasion. Conditions have changed since the lest Russlan-Japanese war. About 100 years before that war started, Charles Fourier In France predicted that Japan would fight Russia, and Russia would lose because of difficulty In transporting troops across Lake Baikal, sod so It turned out There will be do question of trans porting troops across Wke Baikal In the next war. Flying machines, with poison gas and explosive bombs, will fly high above Lake Baikal That lake, like the English channel, once so Important, Is now as though It did not exist Sir John Simon, British foreign sec retary, aays Great Britain will not undertake to preserve China’s terri torial Integrity or her “open door” and will not participate In any action “against Japan or any other power In other parts of the world unless tha United States gives its full co-oper ation.” You ask yourself: “When did Uncla Sam volunteer aa world wide police man and chief chestnut-puller-out for the British empire?” Secretary Hull seeing war in the distance, says mllltitarism must be curbed. The best and only way to ► RESIDENT ROOSEVELT signed ] deal with foreign militarism Is to have 1 the joint resolution of congress em powering him to step arms shipments destined for countries at war, and Im mediately proclaimed an embargo against shipments of arms or muni tions from the United States to Bolivia and Paraguay. His action was the first of its kind in American history. Because of existing treaties he could not forbid actual shipment, of arms but he did prohibit their sale In the United States to the warring coun tries. here In the United States the machin ery necessary to curb It, In case It should turn In our direction. suggested almost in the same breath that If the voters strike down many of the administration wheelhorses and those who have stood by the New Deal, the administration will not press some of the more far-reaching social legisla tion that Mr. Roosevelt mentioned In the series of messages lately sent to congress. Examining the proposals, such as old age pensions, unemployment insur ance, revision of NRA principles re lating to ihlnlmum wages to meet prac tical instead of theoretical conditions and several others, one can hardly es cape the conclusion that only the sub mission of them at this time when they will become fodder for campaign debate will enable the country to know its own mind. In other words, as I see the picture. If the country as a whole* wants such far-reaching changes in^ts laws. It will show it by sending proponents of such pro posals to seats in congress. I have heard some discussion, how ever, to the effect that In taking ths bold step of giving congress advance information of his thoughts, Mr. Rooee- velt was seeking at the same time to present a more complete plctune of his New Deal. By so doing, of course, he naturally^ can expect that pro- ponento of tha reform Ideas will hay something more to use In advocating retention of the changes. They will not be In the dark as to what the future holds. Many of them will have added confidence, especially If they have become a bit shaky abont the course that the President (s following. A,t «ny rate. If the Democrats emerge from the fall elffikions with anything like their present strength, the con gress that meats In January, 1935, will bo as tractable, or more so, than the present one. Anyone-fan see the Pres ident would be unable to put over bis New Deal without an obedient con gress, hence he Is staking that need, too, by disclosing plans In advance. • • • It Is not too much to s»y that there has been a tremendous stiffening of • backbone In con- Trouble gress In the last Brewing 8everal ww>k *- It has been more pro nounced, 1 believe, than at any time since Mr. Roosevelt took over the reins. So there might possibly be soma trouble brewing on Capitol Hill. This condition is regarded by some as being the more clearly discernible because the President frankly said he did pot urge enactment of his pro posals at tbla-sesslou. There has been no secret about the fact, around here, that Mr. Roosevelt wanted to get congress out of town at the- earliest possible date. Boruh f e Outbreak ha would tufts succeeded In getting nn adjournment before be was compelled to agree that the country’s iMnej — be backed by 25 per; <Wol * silver coin or bullion. Financial sharps assure me that actually the legislation on silver will do nothing more than rals# the price temporarily to those who have silver to seU. • • • Senator Borah’s recent outbreak on* ths President’s proposal for authority to negotiate recip rocal tariff agree ments with foreign nations Is typical of the dangers confronting the adminis tration In a session where adjournment Is too long delayed. Senator Borah, though a Republican and a member of the minority in congress, has n strong following in congress and throughout the country: When he arises In his place, therefore, and chal lenges the administration, urger the country to return to constitutional gov ernment and says there Is “a niche alongside of Washington and Lincoln”" for a brave leader to preserve a free government — when Senator Borah makes that challenge, a good many persons are going to ask, whither are we going? The Borah speech was such a ringing call for clear thinking thatTl believe his concluding para graphs are worthy of recording for further dissemination: “We have had emergencies before have had more than one hour of peril Thn Constitution-has been sufficient W ILLIAM a WILSON, who was the 5rst man to hold the position of secretary of labor In the American government, died suddenly, at the age of seventy-two, on > train ep route from Miami, Fla., to Washtofton. bad been In poor health for months but bad carried on hit duties as sn arbiter In tbe Illinois mine fields. Born In Scotlahd, Mr. Wilson came to the Unit ed States as a child and worked In the mines while acquiring a common school education. Be was a member ojf the committee that created the Unit ed Mine Workers of America. While serving in congrees he resigned &> ea > ter President wt! eon’s cabinet. You can’t curb militarism with soft words, but yon can make it harmless with sufficient flying machines, sub marines, and common sense, eliminat ing tired old official minds from con trol. In the noble world of “sport,” which filla so many American pages and oc cupies the intellects of millions ex cept when they are listening to the tadlo or sleeping, the noble red man easily adopts the white man’s “sport' ethics.” In New Orleans, Tommy Chief ChewekI, also Indian, tag a chin lock on the chief, calmly filled Chewckl’s eye bacco juice.” Chewckl, ”a condition, not a theory,” the fail It is almeet a pleasure to fend far ther on: “Chewckl won tbe last two tan* and the bout by knocking Harm • - T\ 'WmVumi beard It suggested even that he had hoped be could get the leaders to bring about an adjournment before the sil ver qsestlon got out of hand. But that desire was lost. If he entertained such hope. He has had to swallow some silver legislation which, It Is qnlte apparent, he does not like. Political expediency made it necessary. No one here has been able to ex plain }ust why the silver!tea have been able to muster so mucb strength. There are'only seven silver states, and the political standpoint, It la to assumed that they canuot wield power that Is Inherent In legisla tion affecting the more populons areas. Bnt the silver bloc has per sisted In Its efforts, has been recal- Afffflf was licked completely. As far am concerned, I cannot see where Is going to be of say particular But the silver advocates tell me wrong, and, whatever else may be said, their views forced Mr. Roosevelt into s corner where be bad to take a small dose of silver medietas. It was easy Is set a week er soage that If the President bad been able to •ten off tbe sCvertteo t little longer. and efficient In all instances. And now, of all times, we should show our faith In, and our devotion to, our form of government Now, more than at any other time In our history, we should by word and act demonstrate the faith which made this Republic, and which will preserve It "In the midst of world turmoil, Washington pinned his faith to Con stitutional democracy,. That steadfast sonl never wavered, never doubted. In the midst of civil war, Lincoln de clared that the government of the pe» pie, for the people, and by the peo ple should not perish from the earth. There is a'niche alongside qf these two Immortal defenders of free gov ernment for the brave American who In his place of power accepts the challenge of these apostles of terror and fanaticism^ of these enemies, avowed enemies of free government and of personal liberty, and against all comers declares hh faith In the efficiency and the worth of the repub lican Institutions and his determina tion to maintain and preserve them in all of their Integrity at any cost-and at all hazards.” It is to be noted that Senator Borah made no reference to any Individual now entrusted with power. His chaW lenge was to the New Deal In its en- nrery, xecdrdrng to the opinions that I have heard expressed. From many directions, I have heard views that the Borah speech probably would arouse more fright among opponents of the New Deal than anything that yet has happened. e t • . The Inability of some government officials to carry out assignments given them by PresW “Ding” Hite dent Roosevelt, as Snag * result of overlap ping of authority or assumption of power by others under the complexities of the present gov ernmental setnp. has begun to attract attention. There are numerous In stances that ean v be cited, hut lately I encountered one that appears to me to be typleal Mr. Roosevelt brought J. N. -Dar ling, who Is probably one of the great est cartoonists of oor day, to Washing ton as chief of the biological survey. Mir. Darling, whose signature “Ding” Is known far and wide. Is a zealot In his desire to restore game birds and animals to the numbers of earlier years. The biological survey is a unit of the Department of Agriculture. Funds with which Mr. Darling was to acquire waste land, timber, swamps and swail, were to come from the vast appropria tion managed by Secretary lekes of the Department of the Interior. There was to hare been $25,000,000. and Mr. Darling said when he came to Wash ington that he believed a splendid Job couM be done with that sum. He pro ceeded upon recommendations Presidential commission to make for acquisition of the necessary and was moving at a steady when, lol be learned that Mr. I< had declined to make the 'funds able as planned. Numerous conferences followed Sec retary Wallace, of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Darling ware said to have figuratively wept nn each other’s shoulder. They tried to find some way to got the money trans ferred so that the work could go on and, I understand, did art $1,500,000 made available from somewhere In the jrarious alphabetical organizations. \ In the meantime, I Mm told. Secre tary takes was detengined to have his own Inspection posed to be scqnli ths tact that Mr. commission for locating the tt the original tar • ft 1 of lands pro- npt withstanding elt had named specific purpose etc. Also, in ths been disclosed test •,000 has been “asp I other propesl- ».i