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>- - V 3^* Tke Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell S. Thursday, September 26, 1935^ 1 1 f sqcsy' r-t News Review of Current Events the World Over Assassination of Senator Long Stirs the Nation—Great Britain Ready to Take Sanctions Against Italy—* Ickes Versus Hopkins. By EDWARD W. PICKARD e Wtaurn Newspaper Union. H UEY P. LONG, United States sen ator and political dictator of Lou isiana, Is dead, the victim of an as sassin’s bullet As be passed through a corridor of' the state-house In Baton Rouge, where the leg islature was passing ,more laws to solidify his control over the state, he was shot once through the body by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, Jr., of Baton Rouge, one of the “Klng- fish's” political oppo nents. The assassin Huey P. Long wa8 immediately shot to death by the Senator’s ever present bodyguards. The surgeons and physicians worked unceasingly to save Long, but bis strength 'steadily waned and shoctly after 4 o’clock Tuesday morning, about thirty hours after the shooting, he passed away. Long's body lay In state In the ro tunda of the Capitol building while many thousands passed by the bier. The Impressive funeral services were held on the front terrace and the dead senator was Interred In a sunken ga£_ den of the Capitol grounds. Rev. Ger ald L. K. Smith, the young minister who deserted a rich parish In Shreve port to follow Long, was the only speaker at the funeral. The only mu sic was the song, “Every Man a King,” played in minor key ami dirge time by the State University band. Though the*man who killed Ix>ng was known ns one of his political foes, the real story of the assassination was shrouded In uncertainty. Earl Chrls- tenberry, secretary of the late senator, declared that Long was murdered as a result of a conspiracythat a num her of his enemies formed a “Jury of death,” and that Doctor Weiss w-as selected by lot to fire the fatAT*bullet. To those who are familiar with the conditions In Louisiana this story does not sound especially fantastic. What will become of Long's "empire” is a question that agitates all his fol lowers, and all the people of the state as well. Eor the present, it seemed likely, the members of the Long ma chine will sink their personal ambi tions and try to hold the organization Intact It will he difficult for them to decide on a successor to the "Kingtish" as their leader. Gov. O. K. Allen Is considered too mild and peace loving. Seymour Weiss—no relative of the as sassin—treasurer of the Long organ ization, Is the strongest man In the lot. but he always has drawn back from holding a public position. AHen A. Kllender. speaker of the house, may be the man finally selected, though Lieut. Gov. James A. Koe is to the fore. Political lenders of all parties ex pressed their deep regret for the as sassinatlon of Senator Long. gave Indication thaj he would not be diverted from hls purpose to conquer Ethiopia. Though In one be said “the Italian people want peace provided It Is accompanied by justice,” In the oth er he declared “we shall march straight on.” The Ethiopian govern ment announced that “telegrams from the horthern frontier show that the Italians are Jnaking Important troop movements Op the Ethiopian and Eritrean frontier, indicating an early offensive against Ethiopia.” Accepting the advice of bis “brain trust,” which Includes Everett A. Col son of the United States, Emperor Halle Selassie Instructed hls repre sentatives In Geneva to reject all solu tions thus far offered by the" powers for settling the quarrel with Italy. These are a tripartite mandate over Ethiopia, as suggested by France, with the League of Nations guaranteeing Ethiopia’s Independence and territorial Integrity; France’s proposal for an Italian protectorate similar to that of the British in Iraq, and an internation al police force similar to the one that occupied the Saar. a' Salvador da Madariaga being besides M USSOLINI tacitly consented to the appointment of a committee of five nations by the League of Na tions council to handle the Italo-Ethi- oplan emhrogllo, and after protest agreed that Great Britain and France should be among the members of that body. The other members are Spain, Turkey and Poland. Senor Salvador de Madariaga of Spain is the chairman, and he and bis associates at once began the task assigned them. Each country is represented by its chief delegate, Madariaga. Eden of England, Laval of France, Rustu Arras of Turkey and Josef Beck of Boland. Soon after the assembly of the league opened Its session, Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, elec trified the gathering by an outspoken warning to Italy and France. He de clared Great Britain recognized Italy's need for expansion and- raw materials but would not admit these could not be obtained peaceably. Bounding the tribune, he said: “Britain stands for steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression." He paused, struck the tribune again, and repeated quietly: “Steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked .aggression.” Sir Samuel more than Intimated that Great Britain was prepared to take sanctions against Italy in case of ag gression provided all the other mem bers of the league shared the risk; and If not then England was prepared to Isolate herself from the continent. This seemed to put It up to Premier Laval of France, to choose between the f-Iendsl .p of Britain and that of Italy. Ijival, meanwhile, was trying to persuade Mussolini to accept anoth er plan he had uevised and postponed bis speech to the assembly. Representatives of the Netherlands and Sweden were the first to support Hoare’a position, announcing their countries would fulfill all obligations. Including collective penalties. If any member became a victim of aggres •ion. In two speeches In Rome Mnssollnl Harry Hopkins P UBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR ICKES and Work Progress Adminis trator Hopkins got into such a quar rel qver the spending of the $4,000,000,- 000 fund that the President had to call them to Hyde Park, together with the third and neutral member of the works relief triumvirate— Frank G. Walker, the director of the na tional emergency coun cil and administrator of applications. Others called to the Important works re lief parley included Daniel Bell, direc tor'of the budget; Charles West, un dersecretary of Interior; Corrington Gill, assistant of Hopkins: Fred Iron sides, administrative assistant of Walker, and Col. Horatio Hackett, chief of housing in the PWA. Mr. Roosevelt was determined to have peace, and told J^hose present that the prime necessity at this time is to make Jobs quickly, always keeping In mind the Idea of turning workers back to private Industry as business war- , rants. This looked like a victory for Hopkins, who favors quick Jobs, over ' Ickes, champion of permanent public works. The President has declared that he hn|>e8 S.rsiO.OOO p«r so ns ctrn be removed from the relief rolls and put ! to work by the first of November. R EACTION of Amerlcsn business and financial men to President Roose velt’s latest public statement that his basic program baa reached aubatan- tlal completion and Industry will have Inbreathing spell - ran the gamut bs-- tween mild bope and downright* un belief. Those who permitted them selves to be quoted were generally extremely cautious In their expres sions,' but there was usually a vein of skepticism In their remarks. Wall Street brokers were gladdened by a spurt of trading at higher prices, but bankers were more than doubtful’ and economists Insisted jthat a balanced budget, which wasn’t mentioned In the President's letter to Roy Howard, pub lisher, was a prime requisite. Silas Strawn, former president of the Chamber of Commerce of tbe United States, said: “Business men generally will gay tbat tbe improv* ment In some lines of business baa been In spite of, rather than because of, the activities of the administra tion." Politicians regarded tbe letter as Mr. Roqsevelt'a opening of bis cam paign foK re-election, and praised or decried it according to their party affili ations. Frank Knox of the Chicago Dally News, a potential candidate for tbe Republican Presidential nomina tion, called It “Just another promise” and set forth the many campaign promises which Mr. Roosevelt has failed to keep. Senator Black of Ala bama said the statement was “a won derfully clear explanation of bis pro gram, Its original alms and Its ex ecution. It should be a call to those engaged In business to co-operate in further national progress." Howard had written the President tbat many business men bad become convinced that there could be no real recovery “until the fears of business have been allayed through tbe grant ing of a breathing spell to Industry and a recess from further experimenta tion qntll the country can recover Its losses.” In a long letter the President re plied that the legislative program of bis administration had reached sub-' stantlal completion and “the 'breath ing spell of which you speak is here— decidedly so.” a T HREE men who made Independ ent Investigation of tbe deaths of 256 war veterans In the Florida hur ricane reported they .found no evi dence Indicating culpable negligence on the part of any persons. They were States Attorney G. A. Worley of Miami, Aubrey Williams, representing Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins,.and Cot George E. IJams of the veterans’ bu reau, representing President Roosevelt. This finding was denounced as “whitewash* by James E. Van Zandt, commander In chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; John J. Skillman. com mander of the Miami chapter of the same organization, and other repre sentatives of veterans’ societies. Van Zandt's statement calied^m President Roosevelt to ignore the official report and take action against “officials guilty of negligence.” R L EGAL attack on the Guffey soft coal act has been opened by 16 coal companies operating In Harlan county. Kentucky, In Federal coHrt at Louisville. They brought suit for in junction against Its enforcement,charg ing that It violates the federal Consti tution in those ways: 1. It violated the fifth amendment, which forbids taking property without due process of law. 2. it violated the tenth amendment, which reserves to the states, or to the people, all rights not granted the fed eral government or forbidden the states. 3. It attempts to delegate legislative power. 4. The section levying a 15 per cent tax on all coal production, with a 00 per cent refund to producers submit ting to the code provided by the act, Is “an unconstitutional attempt on the part of congress, under the guise of taxation, to punish those producers of bituminous coal who are unwill ing to surrender their constitutional rights.” 5. Congress has no jurisdiction over and no power to legislate upon certain matters covered by the act or the code. The companies declared they would refuse to submit to the act and the code it authorizes. Former Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson filed the action as counsel for the plaintiffs. Judge Dawson recently left the bench to re-enter private law practice after declaring unconstitution al the NRA and other New Deal measures. ESTORATION of the Greek mon archy Is coming nearer and pre sumably Former King George - will he the man to occupy the throne. Premier Tsaldarls has put himself on record as favoring the restoration, and Presi dent Zalniis has Indicated he will be willing to resign to make room for • king. -*.* Tsaldaris said In hls statement: “I attribute the nervous tension at present existing In public ranks and the army to general anxiety concern ing the question of a constitution. I consider democratic royalty as the nat ural regime for Greece and ask the people to vote for It In the Impending plebiscite.” 1 u WIV F JNIVERSITY of Michigan Is rejolc- w Ing over a gift of $5,000,600 for enlargement of its graduate school. The money Is donated by the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackhara fund, based on the bulk of the estate of the late Horace H. Rackham, Detroit phi lanthropist. One million dollars will be spent to purchase a square block of land ad joining the present campus and for a new building. The remainder will be eu ployed as an endowment The In come will be used to promote research. By the terms of the agreement the school will be known as the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. “The purpose of the gift is twofold,” Dr. Mark S. Knapp, director of the fund, said. “First, to create a me morial, and, secondly,, to place the uni verslty on a firmer foundation as one of the greater universities In this coun try. It will provide means for origins research, funds for which have beer lacking.' WENT to war on foot, and re Joining the parade the same way." declared about 150 of the grizzled veterans who attended the an nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic In Grand Rapids. Mich. So these sturdy old men marched In the big parade while the rest, num bering some 250, rode in automobiles. Here were all that remained of the hundreds of thousands who answered the call to the colors In Civil war days, save for a few who were kept at home by extreme age and Illness. Some of the states had no representatives In' The line, but their flags were carried never theless. From other states there were but one or two. It was a pathetic but Inspiring procession, watched by thou sands whose eyes were dimmed by tears and escorted by Sons of Veterans, American legionnaires and Veterans of the Spanish war. — Oley Nelson, 91. of Slater, Iowa, was elected commander-In-chlef, to sue ceed Albert E. Stacey of Elbrldge, N. Y. In a session of the organization the proposed reunion at Gettysburg negfc year with the Confederate veterans was discussed, and Commander Stacey made It plain that the affair would not be held under the official auspices of the Grand Army. The plau originated Id Pennsylvania. A + PDWARD L. DOHENY, one of tht ^ wealthiest of America’s oil mag nates, died In Los Angeles at the age of seventy-nine years, after a long Ill ness. Hls oil Interests were mainly In California and Mexico. In 1924 Do- heny and hls old friend, Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior under Hard ing, were Involved la the Investigation of the government's leasing of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve in California to Dobeny for exploitation. Doheny was twice tried and twice acquitted, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and of giving a bribe of $100,000 to Fall The lat ter, however, was found guilty of tak? ng a bribe and went to prison. 0 ON THESE COLD DAYS ( Besides your -contribution to gen* eral charity, have one or two pat charities of your own to warnr your heart ; Natioml Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National Proas Building Wauhlnston, D. BOYS! GIRLS! Bead the Grape Nuts ad in another column of this paper and learn bow to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and win valuable free prizes.—A<Jv. Washington.—-For fifty years, Ameri can diplomatic methods have been the subject of titterimLj, American among the trained Diplomacy a e ents of ^ rel K n na ‘ tions. True, they never laughed openly or In a loud guf faw at the International practices of the United States but It Is a well- known fact that American methods were always mentioned somewhat In a spirit of. mirth. And well they might be. The American government with Its system of constantly changing Its foreign emissaries has had few out standing diplomats and never has kept those few outstanding Individuals on the Job very long under any -circum stances. The condition of American diplomatic capacity Is shown no better than by the latest debacle—the Rus sian recognition case. As usual, the American government got licked on the diplomatic field. It may reassert Itself yet by breaking off relations with the Russian Soviet government but It Is uncertain at this writing whether that can be done with safety. What I am trying to say Is that in according recognition to the Soviets. American statesmen were not clever enough to guard against the more shrewd and better trained negotiators sent here by Dictator Stalin. The re sult Is that our protests about Soviet communistic propaganda In the United States were rejected, tossed bodily out of the window with an ejaculation that the objection had no basis. Let us go back to the original nego Rations, “the events leading up to the tragedy” as It were. It Will be remem bered that In 1033. President Roosevelt Invited the Russian government to send a commission here for a discussion of relations, or lack of them, between Moscow and Washington. He told the Russians that he wanted to he a good neighlmr to them and wanted them to be a good neighbor to us. He saw no InsurmounfSble problem or obstacle to recognition of the existing government of all the Russias; the government was functioning and It was entitled to he regarded as a sovereign power, lie proposed, therefore, that consideration be given to establishment of formal relations between the two powers. Maxim Lltvlnoff, a Soviet official corresponding to our secretary of state, api»eared In Washington and ne gotiatlons for recognition were open. It was decided early In those con versations that the war debt of the Czarist government to the United States should be set aside and a set tlement worked out after the two na tions had reached an agreement on other phases of International relation ships. The Soviet always has dls clalnled any obligation in connection with the debt contracted hy Czar Nioh . olas during the World war and the United States has had nothing to show for the several hundred millions ad vanced to the Czar except some I. O. U’s. • • • The proceedings developed numerous hitches but each was Ironed out In turn and In a series of communications exchanged between Mr. Roosevelt and M. various pledges and promises usual between nations were made. Included In these pledges was one which since has become the bug bear of a controversy and which. If American recognition Is withdrawn, will be the crux of the Incident. Almost constantly since the Soviet system overthrew the ('zar and de stroyed all vestiges of the monarchial government In Russia, the communist party of Russia has been engaged In world propaganda. World revolution Is its aim. It proposes and constantly fights for overthrow of the system which enables individuals to make a profit; which enables Individuals to earn money of their own and to save and invest or spend that money as they choose. Common ownership of every thing Is the objective and .government by the proletariat—everyone—is de manded. M. Lltvlnoff pledged his government to curb such activities Id the United States. But that pledge was a year ago. It seems to have been forgotten. Communistic propaganda has gone on and continues to go on Id this country on a broad scale. The efforts wer? so bold that eventually our Department of State could not overlook It. After mulling over the records for weeks, Secretary Hull recommended to the President that Washington call the at tention of the Soviet to Its pledge. Mr. N timer out H ticket Lltvlnoff, the Hull’s recommendation lay in a White House pigeon-hole for some weeks and It was not until the Communist Inter nationale met In Russia and fiery speeches criticizing the United States and advising revolution were made. This was the straw, that broke the camel’s back. Mr. Roosevelt gave bis approval to Mr. Hull'ir proposal for a protest It whs made and promptly re jected, as I have mentioned above. * • • The Soviet foreign office rejected the protest on tbe ground that the Com munist Internationale Trick Not waa not a part of Fore teen tbe Red govern ment; that It waa a politi cal party over which the Russian Soviet government had no control and tbat -onsequentlj tbe American government could not properly accuse thfc Moocow authority with having broken their pledge to avoid interferences in Ameri can affairs* That trick was one among many which the American government failed to foresee In negotiating Russian recog nition. It Is a splendid example of how our diplomatic representatives fall In their work. The Soviet took advantage of an op portunity. It is true that the Com munist Internationale Is a political party but the Communist Internationale In Russia Is not comparable to the Demo cratic or Republican political party In the United States. It Is the only po litical party and It decides what the government shall do and Is responsible to no higher authority. Thus, when the Communist Internationale took the firebrands of revolution into the Unit ed States, It is hard to understand why the Russian government did not have some finger In the pudding. The American government has warned Russia of “serious conse quence” If the communistic propaganda .does not cease. Such an expression be tween nations can mean only the break ing up of diplomatic relations. Wheth er Mr. Roosevelt will go that far is still undetermined. As we look hack over the Russian affair, one can hardly fall to charac terize It as a misadventure. Mr. Roose velt said he wanted to recognize Rus sia because great economic advantages would flow from that act There would be much more trade, much new busi ness developed. Department of Com merce figures reveal, however, that sales to Russia were about $114,000,000 in 1930 but that they have dropped down In the last year to about $30,000,- 000. So, apparently we have gained noth ing hut some trouble by recognizing Russia. What did the Russians gain? First, they undoubtedly have broadened the field of their communistic and revolu tionary propaganda. Doors were o|*ened to them In this country that were closed before recognition was granted. But undoubtedly the outstanding vic tory recorded by the Russians in per suading America to recognize the Mos cow government lies not In the Ameri can field at all. Their greatest gain was in their relations with Japan. The last several years have witnessed con tinued friction along the frontier be tween Japan and Russia. There was a constant threat of war. Strange as it may seem, as soon as negotiations were opened between the United States and Russia, the International relations between Russia and Japan began to improve. There has been almost no trouble on that border since. The rea son is that before recognition the Jap anese appeared to feel they would have the moral sUpiNtrt, at least, of the Unit ed States In any controversy develop ing between them and Moscow. So the hmdes will record another victory for foreign diplomats, another defeat for the hit and miss diplomatic system of the United States. (And the debt contracted by the Czar's government and disregarded by the Soviet is as much unsettled as th« day that the Czar was murdered.) « • • The passing of Labor day In Wash ington seems to be the signal for the bulk of government Activity officials to return to in Politict the,r 'h’^ 8 «nd al ways with that re turn there comes swift and burning activity In politics. Usually, also, the passing of Labor day sees the return to Washington of other tyi>es of vaca tionists—Washington being what It is In August—and they, Uk*. bring hack new political Ideas. Hence, Just at this writing Washington Is deluged with all kinds of political fireworks. As far as I have been able to analyze the situation, there are three distinct classes. The first embraces those who go out on vacations to see whether they can find as much or more support for the administration In power at the time than In the previous vacations; a second group includes those who go out with a determination to find that the administration Is In a tnilspin and losing ground rapidly, and the third Is made up of vacationists who do not concern themselves directly about poli tics but who cannot avoid political dis cussions because of their residence In Washington. So, Just now, we are surfeited with political declarations that Mr. Roosevelt Is stronger than ever before; that be nas'lost so much ground that hls election Is improbable and the unbiased assertions that be has gained in some communities and has lost Immeasurably In others. Coupled with this boiling stage of the political pot Insofar as Individual action Is concerned are two develop ments of importance: the Republican National committee has been called to meet here and rather well authenticat ed rumors are extant that “Big Jim” Farley is ready to resign as Postmaster General and devote hls time to hls other Job—the chairmanship of the Democratic National committee. These two Incidents can be construed only as meaning that the Republicans are get ting ready to fight after a long si»ep and that “Big Jim," after • transconti nental tour, sees some reason for an early start In the campaign to ro-elect Mr. Roosevelt In 1936. • WMtara N«wsp«p«r Ualoa. privacy of Span!*! 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