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THIS WEEK
Not Copetitutional
/and Black Magic
Kilkenny Cats, Again
Picking* for Lawyers
In Boston, the Federal Circuit Court
•f Appeals decides, two to one, that
the “New Deal**
process tax on cot>
ton la unconstitu
tional. The judges
decide that M the
power of congress
to regulate Inter
state commerce
does not authorise
it to tax products
either of agricul
ture or Industry
merely because
their production
may indirectly af
fect Interstate com
merce.”
This most Impor
tant decision, If not upset l>y the high
er courts, will upset, decidedly, the
plans of the administration In regard
to financing bigger incomes for farm
ers. . - -
Artfcar Brisbane
News Review of Current
* • - ——w— .
Events the World Over
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New Deal Badly Hurt /by Ruling That AAA Processing
Taxes Are Unconstitutional—Democratic Senators
v 'Score Schall of Minnesota.
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By EDWARD W. PICKARD
.© Weitern Nawtpaptr Union.
Universal Service says Abysslhla
will not take Mussolini, his airplanes
and armored tanks “lying down."
Abyssinian sorcerers, dealers In black
magic, will work against Italy,
la more dangerous than magic, Abys
sinian fighting chiefs will use the poi
sonous tsetse fly against Italian sol
diers. These files, feeding on decayed
animal matter caught In the teeth of
sleeping crocodiles, get the tsetse
germs from the blood of the crocodiles
and plant them In the blood of human
beings and cattle.
Slow death by “sleeping sickness,"
leaving the body almost a skeleton,
follows the tsetse bite.
Two cats hnng over a line must
Ight The Kilkenny story proves It.
Mussolini has committed himself to
war, and once a dictator speaks posi
tively It Is unsafe, politically, for him
to back down, especially when other
nations Interfere, as France and Eng
land have Interfered. To retreat might
cost Mussolini his prestige.
Difficult also is the position of Halle
Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia. His
bald la not firm. Important chief a
heading various Abyssinian tribes,
would like his Job. If he should avoid
war by yielding part of his territory to
Mussolini, as advised by England, re
sulting complications might Include as
sassination, common In tropical coun-
tries.
The United States Chamber of Com
merce objects to the Income and In
heritance tax program, calls It confisca
tion. The question Involved seems
simple:
Does the property of the United
States, result of thrift and Intelligence,
belong to the people that created It, or
Is It only held In trust by them for
public use by those that for the time
being exercise powers of government?
Owners of stock In Paramount-Pub-
llx Moving Picture company, once sell
ing on the market at 1100,000,000 and
more, now worth about nothing, learn
that In some windup proceedings law
yers ask for $3,000,000. That seems
a good deal, but you, must remember
that one New York lawyer—lie will not
object to being mentioned—the skill
ful Louis Levy, once got more than
$1,000,000 for settling a sad misun
derstanding between a prosperous gen
tleman and a certain “little lady.”
Figures do not He, but they surpriso
you. For Instance, In the year 1801
the government of the United States
had 126 employees. Today It has 700,-
000 employees, an Increase of 5,000 per
cent The number of congressmen has
risen since 1801 from 128 to 531, a
little more than 400 per cent while
United States population has Increased
2£00 per cent
The Increase in population Is due to
mothers, the Increase In government
extravagance is dueto politicians.
Austria seems not quite certain that
she has had enough of the Hapsburg
royal family, that has ruled and mis
ruled an Intelligent people for so long.
The state council cancels a decree that
banished Hapsburgs and took their
property. Young Archduke Otto, pre
tender to the throne, may now return
to Austria. He and his mother will
find themselves rich, the confiscated
Imperial properties returned.
Young Otto, a handsome boy, with
a somewhat peevishly conceited expres
sion, may occupy the throne. Self-gov
ernment Is not easily learned: Austria,
Italy, Germany, have discovered that,
not to mention the U. S. A.
T WO to one against the New Deal
was the week's score In Federal
court decisions The administration
snffered severely. The Circuit Court
of Appeals In Cincin
nati first held nncon-
stltutlonal - the con
demnation of land by
the PWA for slum
clearance. Then the
Clfculi Court of Ap
peals In Boston dealt
the AAA a terrific
blow by declaring nn-
constltutionei the
dng and flour
taxes. The one favor
able decision was by
'Appeals In New Orleans and was that
the sale of cheap electric power by the
Tennessee Valley authority was consti
tutional.
Harold Ickes, who Is PWA adminis
trator, said the slum clearance work
carried on, though necessarily
In modified form. But Chester Davis,
AAA administrator, openly' admitted
that “the end of the processing taxes
would mean the end of the Agricultural
Adjustment administration In all Its
Important aspects." He would not con
fess that he believed for a minute the
Supreme court would confirm the rul
ing of the court at Boston. He as
serted he had expected that decision
to be adverse, saying: “That section
around Boston Is a hotbed of resistance
to the processing taxes. Why, It’s
right up there among all those cotton
manufacturers.” This was most ex
traordinary comment from a high gov
ernment official, but the Appeals court
In Boston has not yet dted Davis for
contempt
Most well Informed and unbiased
persons have never believed the proc
essing taxes would stand up under
court test The Guffey coal bill has
some similar features, so that those
who debate It should read these para
graphs Id the Boston decision:
"The power of congress to regulate
interstate commerce does not authorize
It to do so by taxing products either
of agriculture or industry before they
enter Interstate commerce, or other
wise to control their production mere
ly because their production may in
directly affect interstate commerce:
“The Issue Is not, as the government
contended, whether congress can ap
propriate funds for any purpose
deemed by congress In furtherance of
the ‘general welfare,’ but whether con
gress has any power to control or reg
ulate matters left to the state and lay
a special tax for that purpose.”
Several hundred suits to enjoin col
lection of the processing taxes have
been filed In Federal courts by proces
sors. If they pay the taxes and the
act Is held unconstitutional by the Su
preme court, they will not be able to
recover, under a provision of The pend-.
Ing amendments prohibiting recovery
suits against the government
"It Is small business and only could
be done by a man of small mentality, H
said the Arkansas senator.
Replying, Schall said, “If the people
knew what was behind this govern
ment they would not stand for It a
minute.”
O ENDING floods of telegrams to
^ senators or representatives for or
against pending legislation will not be
so effective in the future, as a result
of the disclosures before the senate
lobby investigators. They heard evi
dence to the effect that large numbers
of telegrams against the utilities bill
were sent from Warren, Pa., by an
employee of the Associated Gas and
the Circuit Court of Electric system, that the messages- backing out without losing face. But
a r* *9 mt a at tit of W filfynoH tsrltVi namAA tnlrA** a t!tl£ &VOD3RD
were signed with names taken from a
city directory and that the originals
were destroyed at Warren.
The senate committee, evidently
planning a nation-wide inquiry, asked
the Western Union Telegraph com-
pany to prohibit the destruction of
any messages transmitted during the
last year, and officials of the company
promised to co-operate.
D ROPPING all their rebellious ln<
dlgnatlon, the Democrats of the.
bouse did everything the administra
tion wished In considering the social
security bill as altered by the senate.
The conferees had settled all dif
ferences after two weeks qL hard work,
but one of the amendments they ac
cepted was that permitting private
pension systems to function undei l ‘ the
measure The majority members of
the house were informed that Presi
dent ftoosevelt was opposed to this, so
they Infused to accept it. The senate
would not permit the elimination of
the amendment, so back to conference
went the bill.
Anti-Semitic riots In BerUn Included
the usual cowardice that accompanies
display of religious hatred, no matter
by what rare or relldloa The “proud
Aryans" bullied, beat and kicked Jew
ish men and women Indiscriminately.
Washington reports a “whispering
campaign” concerning President Roose
velt’s health. It will be a very small
whisper If the whisperers stick to facts.
The President's friends will be'glad to
know that hla health la excellent, has
never been better sln^t his Presidential
work began. A constitution able to
withstand and conquer such an attack
of illness an the President hm with
stood need not worry about n few po
litical annoyances.
A Kiac rMUurM SyadlMte. la*
Secretary
Hull
'T'WENTY months of apparently fu-
A tile moves to revitalize the com
mercial relations between the United
States and Russia, and then suddenly
Washington announces
that the two nations
had concluded a one-
year trade agreement
under which the Sovi
et Republics agreed to
Increase their AmA-1-
can Imports by 150
per cent In return for
purchase of $3O,0OQ,-
000 worth of American
goods Russia la to be
granted wide tariff
concessions by the
United States. L
Russia will buy railroad equipment,
machinery for making new automobile
models and other products of heavy
Industry. Id addition the Soviets will
buy cotton. The railroad equipment Is
needed badly for modernization of a
weak transportation system.
In return Russia expects to sell
sausage casings, certain grades of Iron
ore, manganese, furs and dairy prod
ucts lu large quantities to the United
States.
The pact, concluded bf the exchange
of notes betweeh Ambassador Bullitt
In Moscow and Maxim Litvinov, com
missar for foreign affairs, provides for
no further loans to Russia and makes
no mention of the more than $700,000,-'
000 In debts contracted by former Rus
sian governments. It is In line with
Secretary Hull’s policy of trade agree
ments. For these two reasons espe
cially It Is attacked by many Repub
licans and not a few Democrats In con
gress. Senator Pat McCarren of Ne
vada was one of the angriest of these
gentlemen. He declared Secretary Hull
was a “prize.diplomatic dupe” and an
nounced that he would demand an Im
mediate modification of the‘ reciprocal
tariff act to rescind powers under
which Hull la negotiating such' treaties.
Key Pittman, chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, also is
earnestly opposed to Hull’s trade pro
gram.
PMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE ap-
■ L/ peared before the Ethiopian par
liament and an Impa—lnoa<l ap.
peal to bis countrymen to fight Italy
to the death, declaring he had pre
pared himself to die In the contest if
need he.
“Ethiopia knows how to fight to
preserve its Independence and Its sov
ereignty,*’ hr said.
“Soldiers I Follow the example of
your warrior ancestors. Soldiers l
Traders! Peasants! Young and old u
men and women: Unite to face the
Invader! Your sovereign will be among
you and will not hesitate to give his
blood for the independence of his coun-
try."
Though the League of Nations coun
cil was scheduled to meet for consid
eration of the Italo-Ethlopian quarrel
between July 25^ and August 2, there
were Indications that the European
nations were about ready to abandon
Ethiopia to Its fate and that if “The
Lion of Judah” doesn't give In com
pletely, Mussolini will be permitted to
have his way with him. That probably
will mean a long guerrilla warfare the
details of which will not be pleasant
reading. _
Newspapers of northern Italy Inti
mated that Premier Mussolini might
abandon his projected war with
Ethiopia if he could find a way of
public was quite sure the
duce’s aggressive policy would be un
impaired. This opinion was strength
ened by the sending of more troops
to East Africa. '
Secretary of State Hull entered the
picture again with a rather mild state
ment expressing America's abhorrence
of war and confidence In the Kellogg
pact The Italians didn’t like this at
all.
T homas d. schall, the blind
senator from Minnesota, has been
one of the sharpest tongued critics of
the administration In the senate. Re
cently he described
President Roosevelt
as a “megalomaniac,”
and, though the word
was subsequently-
eliminated from the
Record, the Democrat
ic senators were de
cidedly miffed. So a
little later Senators
Robinson, Black and
Bone found opportu
nity to tell Schall ,
what, they think of ®* n ** or
him and to demand that be conform
to the rules of “decency.”
The argument started when Stball
had read‘by a clerk an editorial from
a Texas editor, and an address of his
owh—all critical of the administration.
Robinson protested. He asserted
“when one whose moral obliquities In tlaie of war between nattomr
S ENATOR J. HAMILTON LEWIS
of Illinois, a member of the for
eign relations committee, long has
urged that Great Britain he persuaded
to cede to the United
States her island pos
sessions In the Carib
bean sea In payment
of her war debt The
other day he was
moved to bring the
subject up again and
delivered an interest
ing speech In the sen
ate. This time be
based his proposal up
on the “peace offer” pf ^
England to cede a por- 8eaator Lewis
tion of her territory In Somaliland to
Ethiopia, which In turn would cede
certain territory to Italy with a view
of averting the Impending war between
those countries.
The senator also suggested that Eng
land surrender all rights she claims to
privileges of constructing a Nicaraguan
canal, recalling, as a . precedent, that
England compelled France to yield all
^claims to territory adjacent to the
Suez canal.
The British Islands In the West In
dies, the senator said, are both useful
as defense and necessary as protection
for the United States. They “could be
are so great as are those of the senator
from Minnesota, it becomes necessary
for some one to object" He added
Schall “cannot shield himself behind
an unfortunate affliction.”
The Schall speech said President
Roosevelt was Imitating Mussolini, and
that Ben Cohen; an administration aid
and bill drafter, had “assumed the leg
islative fujRtlons usurped by the Ex
ecutive."
Robinson called Schall the “misrep
resentative from Minnesota” and ex
pressed the opinion the senator had
“employed” some one to write hit
speeches . "
fighting among themselves to possess
the Caribbean and ( Southern seas
They could be used as the backyard
of the United States from whlpir sup
plies could be stored to be useoln
sault on America."
as-
C HARLES TAUSSIG, who had served
the administration for two years
‘without official title or position, haa
been appointed chairman nf the advis
ory committee of the National Tooth
administration. In announcing the cre
ation of the NY A the President allo
cated to It $50,000,000 of work-relief
foods
S ENATOR HUEY LONG has the po
litical fate of his chief opponent.
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New
Orleans, in the palm of his ^and. But
he is forcing the peo
ple of the city to put
the mayor out A ma
jority of Walmsley's |||i
followers, tired of the
conflict formally de
serted him when the
commission council
adopted s resolution
endorsing recent state
ments of tWo commis
sioners calling for the
city to make peace
with Long. The may
or,"standing almost
alone, declined to yield.. He told the
council he “would not deal with men
who have been called ‘crooks and
thieves’ by every member of the com
mission council.”
In a caucus preceding the council
session, 13 of Walmsley’s 17 ward
leaders voted for his resignation “for
the good of the city.” The mayor told
them he was “going to stick from h—1
to breakfast.”
T. Semmes
Walmsley
W HEN Chinese rivers overflow
they do*lhe thing tir-a big way.
The Han, which joins the Yangtse
near Hankow, broke through the dikes
and rushed through the densely popu
lated land, drowning about 10,000 men,
women and children.
f 7NOFFICIALLY and informalljr, the
^ general opinion seems to be' that
the Wagner labor disputes act la un
constitutional and will be so declared
by the' United States Supreme court
when that tribunal Is called on for a
decision. William Green, president- of
the American Federation, of Labor,
urgea labor leaders to pay no attention
to claims that the law is invalid. ^
“Leading legal authdrlties of the na
tion are of the opinion that the act Is
Constitutional in every respect," he
wrote, but added In a letter that he
expects a court test and that the
American Federation of Labor will get
“the best legal talent”
Even If the Wagner laws.|g knocked
out by the Supreme court the admin
istration believes It has a plan that
will avert at least 90 per cent of the
usual number of strikes, walk-outs,
lock-outs and other disorders. It Is
being launched In Toledo, Ohio, and
has been called the “Toledo plan” be
cause It was conceived by Assistant
Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGra-
dy when he was trying to settle a
dispute in that OhTo cny -
It has no sectional characteristics;
carries no federal compulsion, and
rests solely upon the willingness of
workers and employers in every city
that adopts the plan, 7o abandon the
harsh economic weapons of old and
substitute . peaceful discussion for
violence. *■
Here again Green throws a monkey-
wrench Into the machinery. He say*
the A. F. • of L. will not co-operate in
promoting the McGrady plan because
It provides that the mediation panels
would Include on the labor side repre
sentatives of company unions and of
independent and rival unions. Under
Green’s leadership the policy of the
A. F. of L. evidently Is all for the fed
eration, or nothing for anyone.
W ITH the approval of the house
labor rommittee a pew bill In
tended to replace the NRA was brought
forward in congress, but Its chances
of passage at this session were small.
It would create a federal commission
to license industries sending goods or
commodities into interstate commerce.
To obtain a federal license, an Indus
try would be compelled to:
Work employees not more than 90
hours a week, provide wpgea adequate
for “a decent and comfortable stand-,
ard of llflng,” accept collective bar
gaining, outlaw dealings with parties'
to “yellow dog” contracts and ban
worker* under sixteen years of aga
and convict w forced labor
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
IFO
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. P. B. riTZWATER, D-D*
Memb«r <Jf Vacuity, Moody Bible
Institute ot Chicago.
©. Western Newspaper Union.
Let ton for August 4
JOSIAH
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LESSON TEXT—H. Kings 12:1-1, $1-
«J.
GOLDEN TEXT—Thou ehslt worship
the Lord thy God, and him only ehalt
thou serve.—Matthew 4:16.
PRIMARY TOPIC—When ~a King
Read the Bible.
JUNIOR TOPIC—When a King Used
the Bible.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Things That Keep God Out
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—What Our Religion Owes to Ro-
fortnera.
I. Joaiah, a Godly Young King (II
Kings 22:1, 2).
“He did that which was right In the
sight of the Lord, and turned not aside
to the right hand or to the left” About
one hundred years elapsed between the
reformation under Hezekiab and that
of Jostah. Sometime during this pe
riod the Book of God's Law had been
lost Two wicked kings had reigned in
this Interval. It was incumbent upon
the king to have the Law of God at his
command and faithfully to read it A
country’s highest well-being can only
be attained when It has godly rulers,
and rulers and people not only read
duct according to Its teachings. Not
until rulers and people return to God
and Conform their lives to the stand
ard of his Word can we hope for return
of permanent prosperity.
II. The Book of the Law Found (II
Kings 22:3-10).
1. The occasion (vv. 3-8). It 1 was
while restoring the temple during Jo-
siah’s administration that the Law was
found. In clearing out the dark cor
ners to make repairs and to find a place
to store the subscriptions made by the
people, many lost things were found.
. 2. The Book read before the king
(vv. 9, 10). Upon making a report
of the work to the king, Sbaphan In
formed him of the finding of the Book
of the Law of the Lord, and he read
the Book before the king.
III. Ths Effect of the Reading of the
Law Upon the King (11 Kings 22:11-
20). -—
1. He rent his clothes (v. 11). As
the Law was read before him he was
led to realise the awful extent of the
nation’s departure from God. The
rending of the royal robes indicated
the king’s penitence and sorrow.
2. The king sent a deputation to
make Inquiry of the Lord (vv. 12-20).
He Included himself in the guilt before
God (v. 13). His sense of sin was so
keen that be sent to Inquire of the Lord
as to whether there was any means of
diverting the divine judgments.
3. The message of Huldab the
prophetess (vv. 15-20). ' -
a. Confirmation of what the Law
said (w. 15-17). She said that all the
curses written In the Law must fall,
for the sins had been so’ flagrant that
God's wrath could not be restrained.
It was not too late, upon repenting, to
obtain.,mercy from God. hut outward
consequences of sin must be realized.
b. Acceptance of Josiah’s repent
ance (vv. 18-20). Because of bis ten
derness of heart and deep penitence,
the Ixtrd said he was to be gathered to
his grave in peace and should thus es
cape all the evil brought on Jerusalem
and its people. What Huldab said was
true, even though Josiah died in battle
(H Chron. 3*:22-25.).
IV. Ths Reformation Instituted by
Josiah (II Kings 23:1-25).
1. The king read the Law (vY. 1, 2).
He gathered together the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, including the priests.
Levltes. and elders and read unto them
the Law. What s happy scene it would
be If the President of the United
States would rail the representatives
of the people together to bear God’s
law read.
2. The king made a covenant before
the Lord (v. 3). In this covenant be
pledged himself:
a. To walk before the Lord. This
meant that he would get personally
right with God.
~ K” To keep God’s commandments,
his testimonies and his statutes This
obedience was to be a heart obedience.
c. To perform the words of covenant
which were written in this Book. The
king not only entered into this sincere
ly but caused all who were present to
“stand to” It.
3. The king took away the abomina
tions (vv. 4-20). He not only broke
down the places of Idolatrous worship,
but slew the priests who officiated at
the altar. ^
4. The Passover kept (vv. 21-23). So
fully and heartlls did they enter into
this reformation thAt this Passover was
unlike any that hadpe^Q held since the
days of the Judges
5. Worker* of the I occult driven out
(w. 24, 25). All theWys of the king
they departed not from following after
the Lord.
Payment
The universe pays every man In his
own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon
you in return; If yon sing, you will be
invited Into gay company; if you think,
you will be entertained by thinkers;
and If you love the world and earnestly
seek for the good that Is therein. It will
pour Into your lap the treasures of the
earth.—Elmer R. Murphey.
Reputation
How many people live on the repu
tation of the repntatlon they might
have made.—O. W. Holme*.
Joys and Duties i
—pf Holiday Time
Child Needs Adjustment to
Home During Period
of Vacation.
—* ;
Now that vacation days are here,
children feel a marvelous freedom
from reetralnt, and from tasks It
is a period of readjustment, Jnst as
much as la the beginning of school
In the faD. It la'well for parents r
to appreelat# this, for by ao doing
they win spare themselves and their
offspring some difficult moments.
Many young children will be In
clined to rely upon mother to di
rect their time by suggesting games,
or little helpful tasks made attractive
through the Idea of relieving her of
work. The rest will strain at ths
leash of any restraint, believing that
as school was theft expected and pe
culiar occppatlan,—test"* vacation
means all play and no work. They
wlH be irked by requests-to do minor
jobe, quite within their ability, or to
run errands, however few, or, per
haps, even to have pleasant sugges
tions about recreational diversions.
It requires careful thought on the
part of a mother to prevent the’ chil
dren from leaning on her too much.
In the flpst Instance, and from US-
coming a bit tod aloof, In the second.
It la well for the mother to have it
definitely understood that she expects
to be told when any one of the ehll-
the place
la. Many adults believe It is a wise
precaution to leave such word at
home, since sometimes It Is desir
able or necessary to get In touch with
them, and some one lq the house
should know their whereabouts.
It la well, also, to expect children
to be home promptly for meal*—
which then should be served prompt
ly. If the children find themselves
unexpectedly Invited to meals with
their friends, then the telephone
should be used to Inform the home
of their plans—and in younger chil
dren permission should be asked fer
and granted. If possible, or refused
If necessary. Mother*' plans may
have to be adjusted to suit such
changes, or perhaps children have
forgotten other engagements and can
then be reminded of them.
Children can learn, hi tender years,
that the home 1* a circle made of
different units, and while each unit
haa the right to Individual freedom
of wide latitude there remain* the
tie* of the family, which should be
respected. There must be co-oper
ation, and vacation days can foster
this, however old or young the mem
bers
• Bell SyndlcAU.—WNU Serrle*.
» .. i i —■ ■ in
Odd Airplane Cargoes
• A French air liner which arrived
at Croydon from Paris recently had
on board a swan, an African wild
cat, a fighting cockerel and a pair
of monkeys
It Is not often that such a mixed
cargo of live-stock is carried by air,
but increasing use Is being made of
tha airplane to transport animals
rapidly from place to place.
Not long ago an Imperial Airways
liner brought s lion to this country
fronf the continent Hq was provid
ed with s special cage.
Sea lions caught in the Bay of Bis
cay and consigned to the Zoo aqua
rium have been brought from Paris
to London by air. They were car
ried in two ventilated metal contain
ers filled with tea water* *.
Alligators have been flown to this
country. Tropical fish, which would
suffer on a long voyage, are now fre
quently brought here by air.
The first horse to fly was a race
horse. It had to make the journey
la a great hurry from Le Tknrrget to
Amsterdam. Had it gone by train it
would have been too late to run In
an important race—London Tit-Bits.
BILIOUSNESS
HAIR BALSAM
FLORESTON SHAMPOO—Ida*} for um in
hair
giata.
■qjt and flnflr. 60 canto by mall or at dnur-
l. BJaeoxChamieal Works, Patchogu* N. Y.
Ths Crying and Restlessntss
of children is frequently an Indies*
tkn of Worms or Tstpevrohn in the
system. The cheapest, safest, and
quickest, medicine for ridding chil
dren or adults of these parasites is
Dr.Pssry’s DEAD SHOT VsnaHags