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.V- \ :'.U- The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C, Jane 28,1934 News Review of Current Events the World Over Congress Quits, Having Done Most Things the President Asked-^-Steel Strike Postponed—Roosevelt’s Daughter in Nevada, Presumably for Divorce, By EDWARD W. PICKARD C by YVastarn Newspaper Union. RS?' A FTER several daya of hectic work, pushing through the Inst measures labeled “must** by the administration and a host of other bills demanded by various members, the Seventy-third congress closed Its second session. The measures passed during this sea slon Include some of the basic "laws of the New [leal and considerable elaboration aW modification of laws passed last year In addition to the regular appropriation bills and a nor mal amount of necessary routine legis lation. As In the first session, President Roosevelt was In full control, though the legislators displayed a more crit ical attitude and a tendency to give proposed legislation closer scrutiny before giving It their approval. This could not be attributed to a lessening of the President’s Influence or of the confidence In him, but rather to the fact that the members of congress didn’t wish longer to be labeled as “yes men.” On the whole Mr. Roose velt succeeded In getting what he asked and In preventing what he did not want Several measures that had the back Ing of the administration failed of passage. These Included the oil bill, ardently desired by Secretary Ickes; the pure food and drug bill, which never came to a vote; the ratification of the St Lawrence waterway treaty; and a series of amendments ampli fying and clarifying the powers of the AAA. In Its closing hours the congress spent money like water. Indulging In what Congressman Britten of Chicago called “an orgy ot spending vmrh as never has been known In the history of the world during pence times.” The Isst of the major hills disposed of were: The deficiency approprlntlon hill, allotting the President more than two billion three hundred million dollars for relief and other emergency pur poses. The one billion dollar housing hill to promote the revival of the building trades and of the durable goods In dustrles. The Frazier bill for relief of farm mortgagors. The bill amending banking leglsla tlon. The railway labor bill Earl J. Forbeck W ILLIAM GREEN, president of the American Federation of La bor, succeeded where President Roose velt, Administrator Johnson ihd nil others had failed. He apf**nred before the delegates of the steel workers’ unions at Pittsburgh and per suaded them at least to.jKt&Lp one their threatened strike The plan which he offered, and which may lead fo a permsnent settle ment of the contro versy, In brief pro vides : Kstnhllshment of a three man board by the President to adjudicate and mediate all violations of code on matters of discrimination • against employees. To Insure the right of workers to organize, empowering the board to hold and supervise Industrial elections for collective bargaining representa tives. All grievances or complaints would be referred to the board for final de cislon. If acceptable to labor, capital, and the federal government, the strike would be called off permanently. This was a modification of the plan offered by the administration and vlo lently opposed by the more radical ele ment among the delegates. ——Leaders of the “rank and file” steel workers. Including Earl J. Forbeck-and other chiefs of local unions, were especially bitter In their attitude toward General Johnson, and were still eager for a strike, but they were outnumbered and the Green plan was adopted as a basis for further ne gotiations. The union leaders went to Washington for a final decision. They carried authority to call the strike If the peace plan were rejected by the government or the steel operators. IN ITS second report to the Presl- * dent the national recovery review board, headed by Clarence Darrow, loosed another blast at Administrator Johnson and In effect recommended his removal as head of the NRA. The hoard said Johnson had given the re covery program an un-American and dictatorial tinge that handicapped It In the war otrdcpreeslon; that be haa arbitrarily decreed life and death for Industries, and that by arbitrary mod ifications of codes he has helped big business concerns to oppress their competitors. TERRORISTS In Cubs, who have been stirring up continual trouble . for the Mendleta administration, pre cipitated bloody warfare In Havana hf making an unprovoked stack on a parade of 85,000 members of the ABC, the island’s largest secret political so ciety. The radicals, ambushed In cross streets, opened fire with ma chine guns, pistols, sawed-off shotguns and rifles, mowing down scores of the marchers and many bystanders About a dozen were killed outright The tABC members fought valiantly with their revolvers and with clubs and stones Later the fighting spread throughout the city, the Itudents tak ing sides with the terrorists. Col. Fulgenclo Hatlsta, chief of staff, declared martial law In Havana as soldiers, sailors, and marines strug gled to item the rioting. _ Only n few hours before this furious battle. President Mendleta narrowly escaped death at the hands of the terrorists A bomb was exploded be hind his chair during a luncheon at a naval base across the bay from Ha vana, and he was badly wounded tn the legs and arms and severely shocked. Two naval officers were killed and ten others were wounded by the blast. S ECRETARY OF WAR DERN and President Roosevelt have received a unanimous report from a house In vestigating committee demanding that MaJ. Oen. Benjamin D. Foulols be re moved as chief of the army air corps “with out delay." The re port accused the gen eral of "dishonesty," "gross ' misconduct," “tneftlclency," “Inac curacy," “unreliabil ity,’* ‘‘incompetency," and "mismanage- ' _ , ment" Gen. Foiltols . „ . . .. After praising the “young men" who fly army planes un der Foulols* direction, the report con cluded : "We find It necessary to report that we are most firmly convinced, from the evidence and records submitted, that before any substantial progress In the upbuilding of the morale and materiel of the army air corps can bo. attained. MaJ. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols must be relieved from his 1 position as chief of the air corps.” The re|K»rt referred to "certain vio lations and evasions of law and army regulations by. also the gross miscon duct and Inefficiency of," General Foulols "and other executive officers under his command." Particular ex ception was taken to the fact that army airplanes had been bought by negotiation Instead of alter competi tive bidding. Striking back at the committee for Its aecret hearings, Foulols challenged his accusers to a meeting In open court. I consider that IXFILLTAM LARGER, governor of W North Dakota, and fonr of his associates, were convicted In federal court at Bismarck, of conspiracy to de fraud the United States government, the case Involving the alleged collec tion of campaign funds. They faced possible terms of two yean In a peni tentiary, a $10,000 fine or both. The governor la a candidate for re-election and suspended his campaign to fight for a new tri£L NEW Sind of rejuvenation proc- ** ess for seeds has been evolved by the Department of Agriculture in Washington, and it promises to be of considerable benefit nr~the tanner: The scientists in the department found that the longer wave lengths of light, the red, orange and yellow rays, have the almost miraculous power-of rous ing seeds from their winter’s dormant state, a sort Of living death, and start them growing several months ahead of schedule. it Is believed the most Immediate application of the new discovery will be In seed testing laboratories, where germination tests of seed samples are made to differentiate between good and poor seed lots. gECRETARY OF STATE HULL sent to Great Britain another note concerning the war debt, bluntly re futing the arguments of the British government, saying It was up to the debtors to offer propositions in such cases, and intimating that an arrange ment for part payment In goods might be possible. However, when June 15, the day for Installments, came, Uncle Sam received only $166,538, which was the full sum due from Finland. The larger debtors all gave notice of de fault, and so did most of the others. In Berlin the Relchsbank declared a six-months moratorium on its for eign obligations, these Including the Dawes and Young loans. No cash transfers will be made by the bank from July ) to December 31, 1934. J UST what was agreed upon by Chan cellor Hitler and Premier Musaollnl at their spectacular meeting in Venice Is as yet unknown to the world at large. However, po. Utica! observers In Italy believe these were the results of the conversations be tween the two dicta tors : Austria, despite Nazi leanings, must remain an Independent na tion, one of Italy's primary alma. In re- _. „ turn Mussolini agreed 2".l "> » r ’ ' f ■ N”! 1 #r were elected chancel lor of Austria. No definite agreement was reached as to disarmament, although the pri mary object of the meeting was pre sumably for Mussolini to Induce Ger many to return to the League of Na tions and the disarmament conference Germany mill be Invited to Join the Itnlo-Austro Hungarian economic ac cord. a move expected to promote peace In central Europe. Opposition to regional blocs In favor of general co-operation BRISBANE I THIS WEEK Too Have Inflation Bnt Don’t Worry Flying Too Low New Way to Travel ‘ ^i«w wnr^«^ny “law of the land" compelling the na tion to buy fourteen hundred million ounces of silver. It la announced that lent will issue fifteen hua dred million dollars of paper money to buy the sliver. (Conservative old fogyiam yells “Inflation," although It Is not inflation, since the money wlU have silver back of It It will have more back of It than believe, it Is accepted os a statement the government’s bonds on which the nation pays Interest Back of those bonds there Is nothing but a paper mill, and the government’s name. There are no longer any gold bonds; you can’t get any gold. Back of the silver money Issued to buy silver will at least be silver, and yon can always buy something with that—in China, Mexico, India—else where as well as here at home. Conservative old fogyiam may as well realize that we have left the gold basis, and that a government bond Is worth exactly as much is a piece of green paper with the government name on it, no more, no less. All you will get for any United States government bond Is pieces of green paper, when you come to sell it For your comfort remember that this nation, which haa actually lost, ac cording to careful statistics, more than one hundred thousand millions of dol lars since the depression began, can well afford another hundred thousand millions to get out of the depression. If that amount is necessary. This Isn’t any little country, or any poor country. One hundred thousand millions 4w the United States Is less than ten mil lions would be to John D. Rockefeller, Mff you know or ydu cah Imagine how much that wonld be to him. An airplane of the “American Air Lines" was wrecked and burned In the Oatsklll mountains, with all on board, seven—four passengers, two pilots and the “stewardess"—dead. Th« government is careful about In specting planes and testing pilots. Is it sufficiently careful about stipulatlag the height at which passenger-carrying planes must fly and what pilots must do In dangerous weatherT A seagoing vessel sails In “deep wa ter." It does not skim along the tops of rocks near the surface. There Is plenty of “deep water" In the atmo sphere above this earth. Is there any reason why airplanes should skim as near as possible to the surface of the earth, frequently colliding with moun talnsldea and hillsf Washington—President Rooseveirs brood conception of reform - In the country’s social Social Reform structure has now beep given the eoun- ~~Frogram (rJ ha , presented the embryonic prt>posltk>us which be inteods to submit to the con gress that convenes in January, 1935, Everywhere around the capital city, I tlon has been complaining. npon which he expects that Democrat ic representatives and senators will seek to be re-elected In the November •lections. Disregarding for a moment the views obtainable as to the merits of the proj ects which he laid down In his tnes- to congress outlining bis social reform program, I find that most lead ers look upon the Roosevelt statement as one from which he can determine his future policy. It will work out this way, I am Informed: If the ^ters elect -a preponderance of Roosevelt support ers for the bouse and senate again this fall, the President #111 consider that the country approves of his plans. If, on the other hand, there should be a sharp loss of Democrats in the house, I am told that Mr. Roosevelt would be likely to consider that as a mandate to slow up somewhat on the program up on which he has embarked. As I reported to you several weeks ago, Mr. Roosevelt has now rounded out the picture of recovery and reform as he conceives It to be necessary, or rather as be and hls advisers think the course should be At that time, I pre dicted he would find It opportune just before congress quit for the session to toss his ideas into the hopper for mastlcStlon flurTngTire gpmnrer months. It can now be said that he has elected -to go IntlLbgtlle with the oppqgltlon The Italian press says that before . the accusations Hitler left for Venice Foreign Com- nre most unfair and unjust." he said nilssnr Maxim IJtvInov of Russia pro- In a statement, “and I am ready and , P os<H l Germany should Join In the willing at any time to meet my ac cusers In open court.’ T HE fourth duke of Wellington died at Ewehurst, England, on the 119th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo In which the first duke routed Na poleon. By virtue of the distinction granted to the “Iron Puke, the fourth duke of Wellington prolublr held more foreign ,< ' rn * , Tewrm ’ *" Pa "- tide. ■ linn „n» „,l,or Kn.li.h n.o.L concentrate on It peacefully. Hitler eastern Locarno plct 'that is to nave | the guarantee of France. The German government declined the proffer. Returning from Venice, Chancellor Hitler, addressing the Thurtnglan Nazi party convention, declared that Ger many wants peace and wants foreign ers who criticize her to mind their own business. “We have a tremendous Job of In ternal reforms ahead, and we want to titles than any other English noble- ; He was prince of Waterloo In man. Netherlands. Duque De Ciudad Rodri go. and a grandee of the first class In Spain, and Duque Da Victoria and Marquez de Torres Vedras. as well as Conde do Vlmiero In Portugal. A"; NOTHER divorce In the Roose- Ipwl TOOTOC.- n wV-!<v Mrs. Anna Dali elt family Is Impending. Mrs. Anna Dali, the daughter of the Presi dent, has taken up residence In Ne vada with the evident though not yet de clared purpose of seeking legal separa tion from her hus band, Curtis Dali, New York broker. The news was no surprise to friends of the fam ily. The Dalis have not been living to gether for a year, Anna and their two children, “Sist!e ,, and “Buzzle” residing in the White House. For the six months she must remain In Nevada Mrs. Dali has selected a log cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe, some fifteen miles from the house where her brother, Elllett, lived a year ago. when he and the former Elizabeth Donner of Philadelphia were divorced. She and the two children arrived there accompanied by three secret service agents and her attorney, Sam uel Platt On the way west Mro, Dali talked guardedly^ of her plana, “It’s rather hard for anyone to say he or she Is going to Reno to get a di vorce," she declared, with emphasis on the "get" "We may want a di vorce. hut there are aay WHober uf things to consider. It’s easy to start out—but rather hard to carry through." Neither Mr. Dali, la New York, nor anyone la die White House would say anything about tha prospective divorce action. The Dolls were married June 8, WML said. “If foreign statesmen faced their own Internal problems they’d find splinters In their own eyes. We want to be so strong that nobody dares to attack us." ifilP n EXFORD GUY TUGWELL’S ap- pearance before the senate agri culture committee to be quizzed as tf his fitness for the position of unde^ secretary of agricul ture was rather farci cal, even though it brought on heated en counters among the members of the com— mlttee. The senators aired their own views freely, but learned al most nothing concern ing those of Mr. Tug- well. He did tell them he believed the Con stitution was flexible enough to take care of any necessary economic changes; that he was op posed to the adoption of Soviet plan ning by America, and that he thought bis experience on his father's farm and his research qualified him for the position to which the President had appointed him. Finally the committee reported the nomination favorably, tbs only two opposing votes being those of “Cotton Ed" Smith of Sooth Caro lina and Henry D. Hatfield of West Virginia. The action of the committee no- sored Tugwell’e confirmation by the R. CL Tugwell Mr. Ben Smith’s traveling, methods show what flying machines can do. He recently started around the world with his family by floating steamer. On the way, In Java, he thought he would like to see the grand national steeplechase, and flew back to Eng land from that fyrrnr. saw the race and flew back to Join his family and theli ship at an African port landing in New York, he flew to California, took another plane to British Columbia, flew back via San Francisco to New York. He thus saves months of old- fashioned "high-speed traveL" without quarter, for his message made it clear he felt the critics had offered nothing as an alternative. He de clared they were unable to present any plans for human happiness and that they proposed to go back to the “old order” which had broken down completely In the past The President asserted that he pro posed to make the “security of the citizen and his family" the first con sideration of government. And to ac complish that, he explained, it was necessary to toss aside many of the traditions and practices to which we long have adhered. “People," he said, “want decent homes to live in; they want to li»cate them where they can engage In pro ductive work; “and they want some safeguard against misfortunes which cannot be wholly eliminated In this man-made world of ours. Mr. Roosevelt's message was decid edly general Tn tone, lie avoided specifications. But the general thoughts .weye certainly dear to all and sundry, and It Is upon these general thoughts that the Issues ute to be drawn. In deed, they have already been drawn. So it eannot be doubted that The moat Important public document since the Civil war. more important than any act of government In the big war. Is the message that President Roosevelt sends to congress, outlining plans of his administration. The gov ernment pledges Itself to enable citi zens to live “as Americans should live," to provide Jobs for those that want work or, falling Jobs, unemploy ment Insurance, and to guarantee “the security of the home." Dr. James Bryant Oonant, youthful and Intelligent new president of Har vard university, tells graduates of the Stevens Institute of Technology that no matter what "social and economic order lies ahead of ns. society will de- senate, but the debate on the floor was unexpectedly long and the attacka on Tugwell were outspoken. M AX BAER of California brought "thr^ world’s heavvwottfht mi« thir world’s heavyweight title back to America by soundly whipping Prlmo earners, the huge Italian, In New York. The fight was the most exciting one seen In this country for • long time. Scheduled for fifteen rounds, it ended In the eleventh when the referee declared a technical knock out and awarded the victory to Baer the doctors." Engineers will be need ed to provide what people want, and doctors to repair human machinery. When Doctor Oonant says “society will want" he meena human society, the whole race, not the silly by-prod- act commonly described as “society." Sailors with friends on tho big ship Leviathan are worried because that boat went to see with no cat on board. To sail without a cat, according to sailors, la “the worst possible lack." And. most curiously, the same sail ors consider It bed lack to iail with • clergyman on board. Why tho pres ence of a clergyman or the absence of f cot should be dangerous to a ship l» • pa**!®, throughout the coming ranqiulgns, we will boar much of tho Now Deal's now social structure as presented by Mr. Roosevelt. The Roosevelt supporters wilj swear by all that Is holy that It Is the only road to happiness. Repub licans and anti-Roosevelt spellbinders will shout all of the Invectives that may be used to Inform the country that It Is headed for government own ership of everything, government man agoment. destruction of property rights, etc. . • • • Some observers here thought there might be some link between the deliv ery of the Bresl- NoLinkWith dent’s message at LaborDi»pute» ihe P artl ™ ,ar tlme F selected, and the threats of strikes. They professed to see a clever move by the Chief Kxecu tlve to satisfy many citizens as to his Intention to guarantee work and food throughout the future. I am in a po sition to say, however, that there was ne connection between the unsettled labor sTtaatfon amt the time at which the message was delivered to congress. mand the luxuries and conveniences afforded by modern technology.' Therefore, two prbfesaldhs *m iiif- It was ready at that time and was sent along in regular course. If It has had. From tho .world-wide point of view the serions news la suspension of pay ments by the German Relchsbank, which means that Germany stops pay- ly the usual default en international debts. " wise Paris “fears the wont" as ua- nal; in this Instance, that Germany’s financial condition la far worse than the world knows, worse than Gennany rsalisea or cares to. admit of to to have, any effect on the threats of strikes and the lenders In those movements, It will be wholly a coin cidence. The strikes have been bred of differ ent causes than the things about which Mr. Roosevelt talked in his message. He to proposing such things as old age Insurance, additional government mon ey for loons to persons who want to buy hOmes. the transfer of those liv ing In barren spots (Insofar as Jobs are concerned) to sections and com munities where work la obtainable, and a general paternalism on the part of the national government In other words, Mr. Roosevelt’s plans contem plate a long range development and have no reference to NRA schemes, Its eddes dt whit Jfave yoo: Tr ades re late directly to the movements under taken by the Agricultural Adjustment administration which have gone a long way—and It wanta to and in controlling what fan with their land. AVltb refference to this phase. It can be said that Mr. Roosevelt Is willing to abandon millions of acres of land and to have the people who own and live upon land that to worn out trans ferred to good land. It to • propoei Mon that will Involve tha asa of untold tnlinotrs of doHars, and It Burned that It will be money paid lato the treasury by taxpayers, supplied tho transferred peoples on long-time credit, I have not, learned yet bo.g. production resulting from these trano-* fers will be handled, but It certainly will add to the surplus about which tho Agricultural Adjustment admlnlstro- Now that we have a new law that provides the federal government with authority to control Touches All the exchanges where Our Lives 8tocks an( ^ bond8 ar * sold, as well os a law by which the government controls the loauanco and sale of such seenri*- ties, it seems to be a good time for examination of the new agency that Is going to run that show. It may seem a f far cry from the stock ex change of Wall Street to the little country school house, but this new law is so far-reaching In its effect and In Its scope of Jurisdiction that it touches that little country school and the lives of all of us. I Judge from the ex pressions 1 have picked up that pass age of the exchange control law has brought US'to a turning point in the matter of what we da with the extrs few dollars that we can save and In vest with expectation of getting a re turn of interest. The consensus seems to be that whether anything Is accomplished no- der the combination control of security issues and stock exchange will depend entirely on administration of the laws. That Is to say, If good Is to come there must be reasonable Interprets Uoa of the provision of those laws, ac cording to the general view of those directly affected. The stock exchange cohTrol Hw CnJerwfpT * mSj&r oper ation In congress from the manner Uv which the professors of the brain trust had drawn It, originally. Until thoee- nbjectlonable features were eliminated, there was a battle royal In house and senate. Since the features omitted were deemed too radical by congress. It Is fb be assunifd there was merit In the* claims of brokers and investors in stocks that the bill would have dammed up money that otherwise could have been put to work and used by commerce and Industry which nec essarily has to operate to a great ax- tent on borrowed funds, credit. But I hear many expressions aroumf here that there is still a serious prob lem ahead in the matter of keeping tbw channels open for Investment funds. It la asserted by many that “the pro fessorial type of mind" should not bn chosen to serve as members of the five- man commission that Is set up to rule this phase of po impure. 1 think no one can deny that there have been abuses of confidence, trickery and oth er sharp practices extant In stock ex change operations. The new laws are supposed to cure them, aed I believe they will do so. Yet, the thought held radical administration of the laws‘can damage the field of finance beyond measure. Selection of men for the Jobs who would exorcise their author ity with restraint as well as with In telligence was imperative from the start, or else 1 am convinced the whole country would suffer because there could be no distribution of the securi ties. Bonds on the little country school house would be difficult to sell, and mortgage lenders, who 8**11 bonds against those mortgages, would be against a wall. • • » Numerous Democrats continued right up to the dying gasp of the Seventy-third c o B- StUI Pie gress to seek po- Hungry UMcal pie for their constituents They are still pie hungry now. Insofar as one attempted raid on government Jobs Is concerned. A broad Jump was at tempted In the hoijse to place several hundred extra workers in the general accounting office^ for the purpooe of auditing the expenditures of the sev eral dozen Roosevelt agencies that are denominated by their critics as the “alphabettoaT soup t Up io ihli time, J. R. McCarl, the comptroller genera) of the United States,’ has bad little chance to ftfad out what the alphabet ical agencies have been doing with the vast sums appropriated for them or allocated them by the President from the various huge appropriations. He Has to, and does, pass on the expendi tures of the regularly established gov ernment agencies, but none of the new ones were put under bis watchful eye. Mr. Roosevelt ordered the audit To ’ do the Job. 4owever, required addi tions! brip for Mr. McChrl, and ab*ut $1,000,000 was Included In a deficiency appropriation bill. The ple-buntera saw a fine chance, and they never over look any chance. So they slipped a~ line into the appropriation bill -that sold tho extra workers were to be ~— chosen without regard for the civil service. -What a huge piece of pie. Id go mart „ But something happened to the well- m*. 1AW p ti& Somewhere the language got changed to read that the comptrol ler general "may Appoint" the extra workers without regard for the civil rervlcs Instead of the comma ad that c “shall appoint" And, In this ease, the change Is of vast Importance te maintenance of the elrll service as « government method of •SrWwtars