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The Barnwell Pi Barnwell. S. C. Thursday, April 25, 1985 T r 1; & i 9 News Review of Current v Events the World Over \ Prime Ministers of Three Nations Confer at Stresa—Presi dent Roosevelt, Busy With Work Relief Program^ Prods Congress. By EDWARD W. PICKARD •, W*»t«rn Unkm. Premier Flandin S IX of Europe’* f oremo«t stateimettr, with experts and secretsrles. aol- curlty pacta ob Isola Bella, a levelj little island In Lake Magglore off Stresa. Italy. The conference was momentous, bat It was of an “explora tory" natare, and no definite results were expected. Prime Btin ister Ramsay MacHon aid and Foreign Sec retary Sir John Simon, representing Great Britain, were willing to carry out that na tion’s military obliga tions under the Locarno treaty but balked at further commitment In con tinental affairs. Anyhow, they had promised to enter Into no new agreements without the consent of parliament, which cannot be consulted until after the Easter holi days. Premier Flandin and Foreign Minister Laval of France sought to per suade England to line up with France and Russia rather than with Germany, and they presented as one argument a new mutual assistance pact they had Just signed with Russia. Premier Mus solini, solemn and pessimistic^ handled matters for Italy with the help of Fulvlo Suvlch, undersecretary of for eign affairs. -He had already warned the world that the Issue of war or peace probably could not be settled at .Stresa. Of course, the chief question was thq attitude of other nations toward the constantly growing Pan-Germanism of the relch under Hitler, and the first concrete problem taken up was France’s appeal to the league of Na tions against Germany’s repudiation of the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. Mussolini and MacDonald were Inclined to accept Hitler’s rearmament If there could be an agreement against further military expansion, but Flan din stood In opposition. The Italians urged a three-power alliance for protec tion against Germany, but England ob jected and France was uncertain. All three nations rather favored the re armament of Austria. Bulgaria and Hungary, and the Danube pact which Italy especially has been promoting. M USSOLINI’S pessimistic frame of mind was Illustrated by an an nouncement in his newspaper, Popolo d’ltalia. that Italy would keep .600,000 men under arms ’’ufitil the horlron Is well cleared, and give them all modern weapons.” Both the Italians and the French are convinced that Germany Is maliciously stirring up the troubles that confront them In northern Africa with the purpose of weakening their position in Europe. This matter was discussed privately by some of the participants In the-Stresa meeting. T HE new mutual assistance agree ment reached by France and Russia was at first supposed to be rtierely an agreement on sanctions • to be taken against an aggressor once the latter has been determined by the League of Nations. But Paris correspondents as serf that It is In effect a military alli ance such as Russia had been urging on France and that In certain cases the signatories will ^determine for them selves who Is the aggressor, without waiting for word from Geneva. The agreement Is, of course, directed pri marily against Germany. It la believed In Paris that Russia will soon con clude similar alliance with Czecho slovakia and the Baltic states, thus completing a steel ring around Ger many’s land frontiers. This agreement Is still suliject to alteration and final approval. That Russia still seeks “to maintain and strengthen the general peace” was shown by the signing of a Russo-Ger man trade treaty which It Is believed will greatly increase the volume of Russia’s orders In the relch. Under this accord the Soviet will Increase purchases In Germany by 200,000.000 marks (about $80,000,000), a hanking consortium headed by the Deutsche Bank and Discount Gesellschaft and the Dresdner bank to grant Import credits for an average term of five years. The credits will bear Interest at the discount rate of the relchsbank plus 2 per cent. The Russian trade delegation Is thereby enabled to pay cash for orders placed with German firms. A NNOUNCEMENT was made by the government that It had uncovered extensive frauds In the Immigration and naturalization service from 1023 to 1033. and steps were taken for the ousting of a number of employees and for criminal prosecutlona. It was es timated that a ting of bribe takers and fixers had received as much as a dfl- lion dollars from persons Illegally en tering the country. “Revelations so startling In character bave come to light that Investigators believe the actual extent of corruption <«nd fraud has been but partially dis closed.** said a statement Issued by ths I-a her department after a secret inves tigation of alleged frauds la the New iork district “Sums ringing up to $100 are alleged to have been paid In cases Involving falae-wlfneuaea or passing of arL appH cant who bad failed in bis test of knowledge of tbe government or bia ability to apeak English. “It Is allegetjjthat fees ranging from $900 to $1,200 were levied In cases In volving frandolent or altered manifest records, where It was desirable to ob tain a record that would safeguard an alien from deportation or procure citi zenship statna by showing his legal ad mission at the port of New York Tor permanent residence." N EW dust storms, the worst of the destructive series, swept over Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, completing the vir tual ruin of the wheat crop and caus ing great losses and suffering among live stock. Schools and shops were closed, airplanes grounded and train and bus schedules disrupted. Some regions were being abandoned by^all inhabitants. A delegation of senators and repre sentatives from four of the stricken states called on President Roosevelt and asked him to earmark $150,000,- 000 for a land program for the next two years. He did not Indicate what amount would be allocated, but was said by the delegation to have given assurance that he would permit the expenditure of all the money that was necessary. Harry Hopkins PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, deeply ^ tanned and In good physical con dition, was landed at . Jacksonville, Fla., by the destroyer Farragut and started immediately for New York, to attend the funeral of his cousin, Warren Delano Rob bins, after which be returned to Washing ton. Aboard his spe cial train the Presi dent read through the $4,880,000,000 work re lief bill as It was final ly passed by both bouses of congress, called for pen and Ink and appended his signature to the largest appropriation measure ever enacted by congress.There were some features of It, agreed upoolln Che sen ate and house conference, which he did not like, but he said those who had studied It recommended Its approval. The President at once signed two al locations from the amount appropri ated. The first was $125,000,000 to the administrator of the Federal Emer gency Relief, administratoln, in order that relief might not stop. The sec ond was $30,000,000 for continuation of the emergency conservation work. in Washington the Republicans and some others discussed with dissatisfac tion the probability that Harry L. Hop kins, relief administrator, would be the President's chief assistant In carrying out the vast work relief program. “It Is extremely fortunate for Mr. Hopkins that, if he Is going to be the lord high distributor of the money, the bill Is so drawn that he won’t have to be confirmed by the senate," said Sen ator Vandenberg of Michigan. Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader in the bouse, de clared It was “a sad commentary that a man like Hopkins,”^who had termed «rltlcs^oL,work-reli§f methods “d—o dumb,’* should “appear to be In line to be clothed with extraordinary grants of power over the greatest sum of money ever appropriated.” G EN HERMANN WILHELM GOE- RING, the dynamic premier c* Prussia and ali v minister of Germany, and Emmy Sonnemann,' thirty-seven year-old actreg^ were married In Ber lin, first In the city hall and then In fuehrer Hitler acting aa groomsman In both ceremonies. It waa a. most spec tacular wedding, with many .famops Germans and a grand opera chorus In attendance, a triumphal procession through the crowded streets and a display of the Nazi air force. Paul Qoebbela S ocialists and catholics qf Dan- sig combined to give Chancellor Hitler of Germany hit first big set back. In tbe free city’s parliamentary election the Nazij| polled 80.6 per cent- wf failed to get Che two thirds Aiajorlty of the seats chat would give them complete con trol of parliament Hitler and bis follow era bad hoped Dan sl$ would follow the lead of the Saar and return to the relch, and this may yet be the result, for the population of the city la more than 90, per cent German. But tbe Nazis were defeated^ In their at tempt to lay the groundwork for the suppression of all other political par ties and the establishment of a dicta tonhlp. Presumably their next step will be to vote for a change In the Free City’s constitution and to ask the League of Nations, which admin isters tbe city through a commissioner, to permit a plebiscite on return to the relch. This was openly discussed by Paul Joseph Goebbels, German props ganda minister, during the hot cam paign In Danzig carried on h? the Nazis. Poland waa enraged by the violent methods of the Hitlerites In the campaign and demanded an apol ogy from Berlin. The ^rhole affair endangered the new friendship between Poland and Germany, and probably this was not mourned by tbe other nations of Europe. — *- F * oi HIS. first post-vacation confer ence with congressional leaders. President Roosevelt disregarded their fears of a prolonged session and In sisted on enactment of his legislative program. Especially he wants legisla tion dealing with extension of the NR A, social security, utilities holding companies, extension of federal au thority over banking, ship subsidy re adjustment and extension of $416, 600,000 in nuisance taxes. Later the President conferred with Senator Joe Robinson, who said both of them felt that very satisfactory progress is being made. To the cor respondent Mr. Roosevelt said he hoped to have the work relief program at Its peak by the middle of November, at which time 3,500Jk)0* unemployed should-lie at work under Its terms. He Indicated this program would be carried out as far as possible by ex isting governmental agencies. He will seek to avoid moving workers from one area to another, and will take care of as many “white collar" work era as possible. The social security bill finally was produced on the floor of the bouse of representatives. There were several blocs against/R In Its form as re ported. These Included representa tives who/want higher unemployment and old.age payments; members from the poorer states, who want the fed eral government to bear the entire colt of the program, with the statea/re tleved of anV contribution, and tbe conservatives,'who are opposed to the “government going Into the /Insurance business” and exacting a pay roll taxi during the depression. •>- W ITH the rubber workers In the tire plants of Akron, Ohio, ready to quit their Jobs, the American Feder atlon of Labor pledged Itself to finance the strike, which President Green de clared would be a crucial attempt t>> organized labor to force on Industry the collective bargaining provisions of the'^NRA. He announced his organl zatlon would “support the rubber work era of Akrou for aa long a time aa may be necessary.’’ Green 'definitely marked out the tire strike as a test of labor’s ability to make good .on the promises hfeld out to It by the New Deal. The national labor relations, board, he pointed out. had ordered the big tire companies, Goodyear, Goodrich, and Firestone, to allow their workers to elect represent atives for’ collective bargaining. The companies have refused and labor now takes Into Its own hands the enforce ment of the NLRB decision, Green ar gued. Tire manufacturers, on the other side, recognize the threatened strike as a key move in the New Deal pro gram for regimentation of labor and Industry and are fighting back. Fire stone expected to go before the District of Columbia Supreme court and ask a permanent Injunction against the NLRB and NltA meddling In its labor situation. P OSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES A FARLEY went to New fork to’ study the political and legislative sit nation^ there, and It wgs declared ffy local Democratic lead ers that-he would re tire from the cabinet soon after the ad journment of congress, t Mr/Ta’rley neither af- | firmed nor denied the story. He has been bitterly ‘attacked for Staining his cabinet post and at the same time con tinuing as chairman of the Democratic na tional committee and of the New York Democratic commit tee. despite the edict of the President against such double holding. Mr Roosevelt wants Mr. Farley to remain head of the national committee and to conduct bis campaign for re-election so be will give up his post office Job. but he did not wish to resign while still under fire from Huey Long and others. - O UR minister to CanadaTWarren Delano Robbins, succumbed to pneumonia In a New York hospital aft er a week’s Illness. He was a first cousin of President Roosevelt and had been in the diplomatic service for more than 25 years, being one of the moat distinguished of the “career" men. Adolph S. Ochs, veteran owner and publisher of the New York Times, was stricken with cerebral hemorrhage while visiting old friends in Chatta nooga, Tenn., and died without regain Ing consciousness. He was seventy- seven years old and bad been In poor health for some time. Another notable man taken by death was Edwin Arlington Robinson, gen erally considered the foremost Ameri cas poet He woo the Pulitzer prise for poetry In 1922, 1926 and 1928. A N NOUNCEMENT was mads by /a(be State department that the United Statea has accepted In general terms the proposal of Argentina and Chile for* co-operative efforts tl end the BoUvia-Paraguay war In the Gran Chaco.'ll was expected Brasil, which had been consulted, would Join In tha plan. Just what will be done has not been determined. —j-u— National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National Press Building Washington, D, C. Washington.—It appears that at last an of those questions as to \whether ' the national Indus- tfRA- Up to trial recovery act Is SapromeCoarf^onBMtat 100 * 1 *re go ing to be answered by the Supreme court of the United they will beranswered by a Supreme court decision unless the moving spirits In NBA decide again to dodge the Issue as they once have done. Sometime ago W. E. Belcher, an Alabama lumberman, ran afoul of a national recovery administration code ruling and he was promptly prosecuted. Lower courts decided adversely to the government, however, and the NRA lawyers decided to appeal. They want ed a Supreme court decision. But be fore the case reached the stage of argument before the highest court In the laud, the Department of Justice suddenly withdrew the petition and an nounced Its refusal to prosecute Mr. Belcher any further. There Immediately was set up a far- flung cry accusing the NRA and the Department of Justice of- being afraid of a constitutional test Legal brains of the Department of Justice stood pat and offered no explanation, but NRA brain truateralet It be known that they preferred to avoid a test at this time because of the Imminent expira tion of the Industrial recovery act They pointed out that the law expires June 16 and that congress Is now en gaged in consideration of a revision. The Implication was that the NRA be lieved a test In the Belcher case waa a. waste of time and money because of the probability that a Supreme court decision would not be handed down until after the present law was no longer operative. Now, however, the NRA authorities think they have found the right kind, of a case for a constitutional test They have announced they will fight to have the act declared cpnstltutional in a case In which the Schechter Live Poultry market of Brooklyn,. N. Y., is accused of violating the poultry code. So Instead of trying out the constitu tional question on boards, the brain trusters are seeking a decision on the hen. The whole situation Is regarded by observers as being much confused and no one seems to know exactly what Is behind the sudden reversal of position on the part of NRA and the Depart ment of Justice lawyers except a good many folks think the NRA could not stand the gaff of countrywide editorial criticism. It is true that after aban donment of the Belcher case was an nounced, nearly every Important met ropolitan newspaper In the country printed editorial Comment about the action and little of It was favorable to the NRA. Examined from this viewpoint then, there are some who believe the administration was goaded Into a constitutional test of NBA. Politically, the Department of Jus tice’s determination to avoid a test In the Belcher case already Is having re percussions. Barbs and backbiting are coming not alone from Republican an tagonists but from among Democrats in congress as well. Senator Hastings, a Delaware Republican, and Senator Clark, a Missouri Democrat, joined In an effort to have Attorney General Cummings reverse his position and urged upon the head of the Depart ment of Justice the necessity for clar ification of legal questions involved. The administration’s position also has drawn fire from Republican Leader Snell in the house and there are In that body also certain of the so-called progressives who have charged that President Roosevelt Is unwilling to face the music In the Belcher case. Economically, tbe decision to refrain from pressing the Belcher case for final adjudication by the Supreme court has caused a wav« of uncertain ty to permeate the business structure. What the end Is g<dug to be, even Dojiald Richberg, number one man in NRA, Has avoided laying. Since he has not enunciated policies his subor dinates are afraid to move. Conse quently, according to some of the let ters now going o*U from the NRA to business Interest the whole question can be said to he up In the air. • * • If tbe NRA Can be said to be up In the air, the '**r!cultural adjustment ad- ministration can be AAA wi said to he a rudder* Trouble less ship. There Is no longer any doubt that AAA p' Ucy is confused, not to say floun dering about In helpless fashion. It has cached the stage where delega tions and Individuals are arriving in Increasing numbers to wait on the dc srstep of Secretary Wallace and Administrator Davta for advice as to ’'"Sat the program Is. It ought to be said Just here that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Davis are show ing signs of Irritation and that Is al ways signilftfefir *K. was only tbe other day that a croup of farm organization leaders canrt In to Washington to tell Mr. Wallace how the Department Agriculture must do something' to en able farmers In the areas that were , drouth stricken to plant crops. They pointed out tbe necessity for quick ac tion because crops must be planted within the next few weeks. They did not stop there, however, but added points of criticism about AAA pollc) This so Irked Mr. Wallace that he an nounced abruptly that the Interview was dosed. The secretary was quoted by mem bers of the delegation at having In quired whether the Roosevelt admlnls- tratlon had’not done more for farmers than any previous administration. He was reported also to’have said he did not like the attitude or the spirit which the visitors displayed In their conver sations with him. The result was that the farm leaders went away from the vajlt building housing the Department of Agriculture with a decidedly bad taste In their mouths and the predic tion la heard frequently now that these men will cause much trouble for Mr. Wallace hereafter by telling their sto ries among the home folks. ... I think it Is generally conceded that economical and political numskulls may be found In positions of responsl- Diiity among rarm organizaiious uui after all they serve aa something of a leadership for groups that speak fdr agriculture and when Mr. Wallace be comes angered by their criticism of his administration, serious trouble for him lies not so far ahead. Such circum stances as the one Just mentioned usu ally are accepted as Indicating a thin skin on the part of a public official and that condition Is nearly always fatal— It ruined Herbert Hoover. • « • Around the halls of congress, also, there is Increasing (Criticism of Mr. Wallace and It Is of Criticism a character to under- Wallacm mine him If It- con tinues. When such stalwart Democrats as Senator George of Georgia describes a cabinet officer as being unfit for the office he holds, the situation as regards that Individual necessarily becomes precarious. The controversies that are centering around Secretary. Wallace naturally are having their reaction on his legis lative proposals. It is my understand ing that considerable difficulty Is faced by the amendments to the adjustment act which the secretary desires to have passed at this session of congress. These amendments are described by the secretary aa being designed to strengthen the adjustment act and ac cord the AAA more power in enforce ment It seems,-however, a certain bloc In congress holds the conviction that there Is already sufficient power In Mr. Wallace’s hands and those mem bers are growing resentful toward proposals delegating more authority to him. _ The recent house-cleaning which re sulted in elimination of certain of the brain trusters In the Department of Agriculture and its stepchild, the AAA, had a wholesome effect on relation ship between the Department of Agri culture and congress as a whole, yet In some quarters It appears, the house cleaning did not remove all of the stigma with which oppositionists have stained the administration’s farm poli cies. • With reference to the house-clean ing. It should be said Just here that another move is in the making. Prof. Rexford Guy •Tugwell, the present un dersecretary of agriculture, is-slated to be dehornedUnstfrar as farm recov ery policies are concerned.. When Pres ident Roosevelt gefs.his hands on the five billion voted In the public works relief bill. Professor Tugwell will be given charge of something like nine hundred millions to spend In a way that is variously described as “scien tific." His Job will be to sort out lands that are productive from those that are mediocre or without value at all In agriculture and to find uses for those which should not be used as farm lands. I believe It la not too much to say that conditions In the NRA and AAA ^ w have added to the Honeymoon general uncertainty It Ended concerning the polit ical and economic outlook of the administration. In this connection It should be mentloneri that the Republicans are showing signs of life. For Instance. Republican leader Snell took a shot at President Roose velt the other day that indicates jl forthcoming Melug^qf criticism of him personally fm- the" flrsi time since fie entered the White House. The volume of mall being received on Capitol Hill tells Its story as welL Members of the house and sena'e are beginning to Inquire of each other what their political course should be In view of the type of Inquiries that are now being received. Through many months, the personal charm of the President has seemed to prevent expressions of a critical na ture and certainly has held off com plaints from -the business section of the country. Certainly those who have money Invested were not being told about future plana. It seems now, how ever, that, the “honeymoon” for which Mr. Roosevelt asked has ended and that henceforth It will be a battle of realities. the most direct attack upon tbe President and upon the New Deal came from Representative James Wads worth, a New. York Republican. 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