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■ V Thf BthwII PeopU-Senitnei, Barnwell 8. C- Thursday, October 10, 1935 News Review of Current Events the World r. League of Nations Council, Still Hoping for Peace, Moves to Curb Italy—American Legion Condemns All Un-American Isms. By EDWARD W. PICICARD © Western Newspaper Union. ITALY having rejected the peace plan proposed by the League of Nations committee of five, and Ethiopia having accepted It, the committee reported to the league council that Its efforts to solve the problem were^ futile. The council thereupon held a public meeting and adopted unani mously. the recom mendation of Its pres blent, Enrique Hulz Gulnnzu of Argentina, -that It proceed under article 15 of the cove nant. drafting a report n ony en recommendations for settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian embrogllo. As they did once before, the Italian delegates walked out of the meeting, and a spokesman explained that this was because they “would not sit at the same table with Ethiopia.” With other prominent Fascists, the Italian repre sentatives repaired to the lobby bar. ordered drinks and rather ostentatious ly consumed them and marched out In a secret session the council draft ed Its report and framed Its recom mendations; hut It also asked the committee of five to reconstitute Itself so It would be ready to take advantage of any opportunity for mediation that offered In the near future. A feature of the council’s session was an address by ('apt. AnffitVfPrTftlen, British minister for league affairs Conversations In Rome between Rrtisih Ambassador Sir Eric Drummond and Premier Mussolini had led gome to think Great Britain was weakening, but Eden announced his government was “steadfastly determined-to abide by Its policy” as previously declared. He snld in part: “In addressing my colleagues at the council on September 4 I expressed the view that It was our duty to use the machinery of the league that lay to our hands. “Such Is still my view. I therefore support without qualification the pro posal of the president of the council, since we are n<»w working under or tide XV, that the council should draw up a report of the recommendations provided for In paragraph IV of that article. -“So long as the council Is engaged In drawing up a report of the recom mendation the work of conciliation can continue and It Is clear that no oppor tunity for such conciliation within the terms of the covenant should be missed.” Eden's a*ttitlde was supported by Peter Munch of Denmark and Maxim Litvinov of Russia. On the whole, prospects for settle ment of the African affair were very dim. It was reported that Mussolini had said to Count Charles de Cham- brun, French ambassador to Rome: “I will invade Ethiopia on the date 1 fixed a month ago.” Emperor Haile Selassie wired the league requesting that In view of the “Increasingly provocative attitude of Italy” neutral observers be dispatched to Ethiopia to establish responsibility in cose a clash occurs. Great Britain Informed Italy that her tremendous naval concentration In the Mediterranean was not ordered with any aggressive motive but be cause of the violent anti English cam pnlgn carried on by the Fascist press of Italy. The massing of the British warships at Gibraltar, Malta, Alexan dria and the Suez canal continued, and Italy responded by rearranging her naval dispositions. One result of the supposedly Im proved relations between England and Italy was the cancellation of the sail ing of BUM) more Italian troops to Libya, which colony borders on Egypt. tlon of soviet Russia. The veterans commended recent leg islation for. national defense and called for a larger army, continuation uf'The officers’ training camps, the C. M. T. C. and R. O. T. C. In schools, and for a navy equal to any In the world. They asked all natlonk to work for world peace, and approved the neutrality resolution of the last congress. Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the ID.'IO annual convention after four bal lots. The national American Legion band championship was won by the Chicago Board of Trade post musi cians. Franklin post wms second, Omaha third, d¥id Mineral Springs, Texas, fourth. At their final session the veterans elected J. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, Iowa, national commander, and passed a resolution demanding immediate cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus. Vice commanders chosen were: Raymond A. Gales of Virginia, W. E. Whitlock of South Sarollna, Whitney Godwin of Florida, Oscar Worthwlne of Idaho, Lou Probgt of Wyoming. Mrs. Melville Mucklestone of Chicago was elected president of the American Legion auxiliary. G EN. HUGH JOHNSON wm soon be out of a Job again, for on October 15 he retires from the position of works progress administrator for. New York city. This Is. In accordance with s previous agreement with President Roosevelt. He Is to be succeeded by Victor F. Rldder, publisher qf the Ger man language newspaper New Yorker Staats-Zeltung and Herold and tbs New York Journal of Commerce. TpHQUSANDS of Catholics, from -I high prelates to lowly laymen, gathered In Cleveland for the seventh national Eucharistic congress. The most spectacular event of the week was the midnight^ pontifical low mass celebrated In the stadium by the light of a myriad of tapers. Nearly 150,000 devout men and women knelt silently In the dimness as Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognanl, apostolic delegate to the United States, performed the rite. Later the stadium was again filled for the recepthin of the benedic tion of Pope Pius XI, which was broadcast from > Castel Gondolfo, Italy. P REPARING for the Imminent prob ability of war between Italy and Ethiopia, Secretary of State Cordell .Hull established an office of arms and munitions control to carry out the pro visions of the neutrality act and di rect federal control of the munitions traffic. The office Is under the direction of R. W niton Moore, assistant secretary ,of state. Joseph C. Green Is chief of the office and has as his assistant Charles W. Yost. On recommendation of the hoard President Roosevelt proclaimed that hereafter manufacturers. Importers and exporters of six categories of war Im plements must obtain licenses for ex ports and Imports. The articles named comprise only weapons nn, l other arti cles usimI in actual combat such as guns, war vessels, military aircraft and poison gas. Secretary Roper told reporters that the munitions control hoard Is studying the question of whether certain raw^ materials should also be classed with munitions. A«r A MERICAN Legionnaires In conven tion in St. Louis adopted with shouts of approval a resolution for ac tive opposition to “naz.l Ism, fascism, communism and other Isms contrary to the principles enunciated In the Corstituilon.” Still cheering, the dele gates followed that up by asking the withdrawal of United States recognl- S OFT coal miners were victorious In the negotiations for a new wage agreement, and resumption of work in the mines was’promised for October l. The men were out on strike for eight days. Operators yielded to the union demands when they learned that re lief officials would aid the strikers. A UBREY WILLIAMS, first assistant to Relief 1 Administrator Harry Hopkins, said In au interview that the unemployment problem will not be solved by a business pick-up unless Indus try “shares Increased bust ness with the workers." He assert^ ed that the present gain in business has put few more people to work, and explained this fact by attribut ing It primarily to In- creased efficiency which permits employ ers to produce more goods than before with fewer employees. Williams said there had been a drop Aubrey Williams to spend the winter and spring fighting . . IP the 0umber of people on relief, but -ft, Srmttr Amnftca and Europe, after ou 1 t 1 of ****' ^ ^ ^ tmw in which he hoites to have a chance to show what he can do against the pres- renson the passing of Huey Long ent titleholder, Jim Braddock. Judg- ,s Important from the political stand ing by his past performances, be can P 0 * 1 ** 18 pictured most reliably In -Dn* he attributed this largely to a "hard- boiled" policy tinder which the rolls were combed of inellglbles. “As fast as they go from relief to Jobs, we get as many new ones on re lief who have exhausted their sav ings.” he asserted. “We have become pretty darned hard boiled on relief. “Even the National Industrial Con ference board says there is more un employment now than a year ago,” he continued. "Business absorbs new business without Increasing employ ment. They get a dividend out of It, hut no new Jobs are given. We are not feeling any benefit as far as most of onr clients are concerned.” By executive order the President added fSOO.WW.OUU to the sum which Harry Hopkins has to spend as PWA administrator, making the total at bis command $f,375,000.000. P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT cltjaned up most of the official business on his desk and started on his vacation trip to San Diego, whence he will return through the I’amima canal. Mrs. Roose velt and a large party of officials ac companied him on the special train to the coast. At the last minute the President decided to s|»eak to the mid west farmers, and this address was de livered Saturday at Fremont, Neb. The program called for a set si>eecb at Boulder dam, another In the Hollywood bowl at Los Angeles, and one at San Diego. In addition the Chief Execu tive talked to the gathered crowds at many of the ojiera^ing stops made by the train. R EPUBLICAN national committee men met in Washington and be gan the serious preparation of the Presidential campaign. It was decid ed unanimously that the party efforts in the western states should be most vigorous and should begin immediate ly. Headquarters will goon he opened in Chicago with National Comiiiittee- man Harrison Spengler of Iowa In charge, and funds were allocated for Its expenses. The committee did not discuss can-, didates or the selection of a conven tion "city. The latter will not be chosen until the winter meeting. At present Chicago, St. Louis and Kan sas City are the leading contenders,, with the last named in good position because of its new air conditioned con vention hall. • Rumors that the Republicans would attempt to hold their convention after the Democratic convention next sum mer were discounted for the reason that the Democratic gathering will be merely a ratification meeting for the renomination of President Roosevelt, which can he held any time next sum mer or fall, whereas the Republicans wish to get their cnmiiaign under way early next summer. ■N^ORTH CHINA Is due for another ’ dose of Japanese medicine, ac cording to a statement by MaJ. Gen. Hay^, Tada, commamler of the Jap anese forces there. He said the Jap anese army aims to “extend relief at and to promote the welfare and happi ness of the Chinese masses," and de clared the army’s policy is based on these points: First—A thorough removal of antl- Manchukuo and anti-Japanese elements _ 8e qu«*nce behind old-line conservative from north China Is necessary. Second—In order to extend relief to the masses In north China, the finances of this area must be removed from the control of the Nanking gov ernment. Third—Sovletizatlon must be pre vented. 1 -v National Topic* Interpreted by . William Bruckart National Press Building Wa»h 1 npton^ D. & Washington.—I believe the trend of recent developments begins to Indicate rather definitely that Party Back* President Roosevelt Roo*cvclt 18 S oin g ^ be able to hold a rather qnlted Democratic party behind him in his next campaign. The chances of a split In his ranks rfre very small, indeed, and barring changes of which there are at present no hints at all, the New Deal will encompass the Democratic party which nominated and elected Mr. Roosevelt as President. 1 l 4 By those statements. It Is.not meant that no defections will take place. There always are some disgruntled and .dissatisfied party men who break away. They have done it with Republicans and Democrats with equal abandon? There will be some In the 1R36 cam paign, but not very many. These state ments are made by way of discounting offshoots of consequence under radical leadership and offshoots of equal con- O EICHSBISHOP LUDWIG MUEL- ^ LER and his Christian church ad ministration in Germany are about to tie abandoned by Hitler and the gov ernment. a new church directorate will be established and a new national synod will be summoned. In this way the reichsfuehrer hopes to settle the bitter quarrel that has been raging iffcong the Protestants . of Germany. The plan was announced by Hans Kerri, minister for church affairs, through his commissar. Doctor Stalin, to the Prussian confessional synod meeting In Berlin. . Probably Bishop Mueller’s successor will be Rev. Fried rich von Bodelschwingh. who was elect-,, ed relchhlshop by the Orthodox prot- estant clergy two years ago and forced to resign by the government EN and women from all ranks of life assembled In the Yankee stadium in New York, paying nearly $L- 000,000 for their seats, and saw Joe Louis, Detroit negro, knock out Max Baer, former heavyweight champion. In the fourth round. The chocolate colored boxer was Invincible, and Max was terribly outclassed. Louis plans Democratic leadership. It is, of course, just possible that William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, and Bainhridge Colby, secretary of state under Wood- row Wilson, may succeed In develop ment of a conservative alignment with major support but the situation Is not one likely to cause the New Deal lead ers any particular embarrassment. Likewise the death of Senator Huey P. Long removes what might possibly have been a radical party wedge. The late Louisiana senator was making some progress in development of a rad- cial party but with him removed from the scene there is no longe'r any pos sibility of that group attaining a place of Importance in the political struc ture. They are fighting among them selves an<j It is apparent now that the group will be split into a score of fac tions, none whlch^will have any capac ity to aocompljsh the purposes wIiL'li Senator Long had outlined. • • • Judged Impartially, the death of Sen ator Long ought to enhance the Demo cratic prospects In Long** Death uw?. This certainly Help* is true unless the ad ministration between now and the next election decides to c.iurt the conservative vote In the coun try and in doing so offends the progres sive segment, of voters to which Mr. Roosevelt largely owes his 1082 elec tion. To reiterate. It Is possible, of course, that Mr. Roosevelt or his party advisers may make mistakes which will throw the whole party machine do plenty. L ieut, felix waitkus, young Chicago and Wisconsin aviator, made a gallant effort to fly tolo and nonstop from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, and failed, though he did get safely across the Atlantic ocean. Lost in fog and tired out, he made a forced landing on a rough field near Balllhrobe, Ireland. The machine was badly damaged but Waitkus was un injured. “1 had been flying blind for a long time," he asserted. “I had bad visi bility all over the Atlantic and when I retched the cuast I ran Into storms and fogs. “I tried at first to make Baldonnel airdrome near Dublin and then head ed for the Balllnrobe drome, but I couldn’t find It. I was delighted to see land, for I was feeling very tired and my stock of gasoline was getting a bit low.” G EN. DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR, re tiring chief of staff, in his final report recommended a five-year plan for making the American army Into an Instrument of speed, fighting ability and de structive power unsur passed elsewhere. Quality rather than quantity, he said, was needed, and he pro posed that all iniple ; ments of war be mod ernlzed and that the technical training of the officers be intensi fied. He said: "Beyond all doubt, G* n -MacArthur any major war of the future will see every belligerent nation highly organ ized for the single purpose of victory, the attainment of which will require integration and intensification of Indi vidual and collective effort. “But it will be a nation at war rath er than a nation in arms. Of this vast machine the fighting forces will be ohly the cutting edge; their manda tory characteristics will be speed in movement, power In fire and shock action, and the utmost In professional skill and leadership. “Their armaments will necessarily be of the most efficient types obtainable and the transportation, supply and maintenance systems supporting them wdll be required to function perfectly and continuously. Economic and In dustrial resources will have to Insure the adequacy of munitions supply and the sustenance of the whole civil pop ulation. In these latter fields the great proportion of the employable popula tion will find Its war duty." j history of third party movements. While It is obvious that Senator Long could never have been elected Presi dent—and I believe he was too smart a politician to think that he could have been successful—there was the danger from the Roosevelt standpoint that he could alienate some part of the vote which elected Mr. Roosevelt In 11132. If he had been ab» to do this, it is cer tain that Republican chances would have been enhanced because the Re publican vote would have remained solidly behind the Republican candi date. Some years ago. Robert M. La Fol- lette, then a senator from Wisconsin, ran for the Presideitcy on a third party ticket. He polled about five million votes. This happened at a tin e when the country was reasonably prosperous. Surely, the economic conditions were of a character that bred less discon tent than those of this depression era. So, astute political observers tell me that it takes little stretch of the im agination to conceive of a radical party, led by a man of the dynamic characteristics of Huey Long, being able to poll as many as ten million i voles throughout the country despite the dittieul; : es that always face the organization of a new political party. Whatever criticism may have been of may he voiced of the late senator from Louisiana, everywhere one goes among political leaders, he obtains the same expression of opinion respecting the senator’s ability. He had a smart mind, one that grasped sltuatioos, par ticularly in politics, with great speed and he was£ftlWAjJs ready at a mo ment's notice to capitalize on those sit- 'ations. Thus, If Mr. Long had lived, <t Is easy to Imagine what he would have done In case the New Deal lead ers made mistakes. He would have hopped on those mistakes with the avidity of a cat on a mouse; he would have magnified them In his speeches to his following and by these acts ha would have aided and abetted the Re publican opposition. So, while the national capital was startled by Senator Long’s death and appalled at the manner of his going, It is not a violation of any confidence to say that New Deal politicians are rest ing easier. They enjoyed Huey, the man, but they recognized In him an ad versary decidedly dangerous to their cause. • • • Now. as to other factors Involved, factors that might withdraw iup^rt from Mr. Roosevelt Other I said above that the Factor* Hearst Odby—move ment It doomed to defeat The real effect and probably t... Week** Supply of Pottnnr Free Read the offer made by the Pottum Company In another part of this pa per. They will send a full week’s sup ply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for It—Adr. Pleasures of Literature It Is a great mistake to think yon cannot understand the pleasures of literature unless you possess a li brary. A very few books will serve, if rightly chosen.—* John Morley. the only effect that movement will have will be to forcer the Roosevelt leaders to realign their strength In some states. Mr. Hearst, with the great power .of his string of newspapertf be hind him, has yet to succeed In cre ating a potent political group. He at tempted It when the late Warren Hard ing of *Ohlo was the' Republican nonw Inee and James M.- Cox of the same • state was put forward by the Demo crats. It was my good fortune to be assigned as a correspondent to the convention of Mr. Hearst's new party. )t was evident then as It later was proved by the votes that the enthusias tic delegates to that convention repre sented a following so small as to be utterly negligible.- Even with the as tute advice of Bainhridge Colby, little more will come out of the current movement. Then, those who have their eyes on the facts Instead of on the ballyhoo will promptly discount the talk about Democratic defection when they stop to consider some other things that are taking place. For example, there have been no more bitter dissents from New Deal policies than Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Senator Thomas P. Gorp of Oklahoma have voiced. Mr. Glass lately has engaged In rites of burying the hatchet to the extent that he is not going to run for ce-PlP 0 ^ 00 ' n Virginia as anything but a Democrat. Out In Oklahoma, Senator Gore has been making speeches that sound strangely as though he is- almost friendly with the administration. He has been telling his audiences that he has stood with the President on many votes In the senate, sometUnos when his vote was badly needed. Though It liecomes apparent that while neither Senator Glass nor Senator Gore Is en thusiastic about New Deal policies, neither of them is going to desert the L>emocratlc party. And, so It is In any number of other cases. They may not speak glowingly of President -Roosevelt In their own campaigns for re-election but as can didates they are not gotng to fight htm openly. • • • “Big Jim” Farley, the master New Deal politician, successfuly avoided an out and out test Avoid* New of New Deal Issues Deal Teat * n Ohio when Gov ernor Davey of that state announced recently that there would lie no si>eclal election to choose a representative at. large to fill a va cancy. The Ohio governor said It wiiubl cost too noH-h money to to44 • special election, his announcement be ing made at the White House Just aft er President Roosevelt had agreed to Allot $20,000,000 in public works funds for Ohio use. But the astute Mr. Farley is not go ing to he able to avoid a test on New Ileal Issues in Kentucky. The situa tion in that state Is that's Democrat of President Roosevelt's choice and who Is supporting the New Deal from start to finish Is nftining for governor against a hard boiled and cunservatlv* Republican. The electionr''will l»e the first week In November and thus a state-wide vote can be expected to ! measure the Roosevelt strength. Be^ cause of this, all of the maneuvers are being closely watched and the battle of those ballots obviously will Ire bitter. The Kentucky test takes on addition al significance and Importance because of something that hapi>ened In choos ing the Democratic nominee. The Ken tucky fight Is to determine whether Lieut. Gov. A. B. Chandler, the Dem ocrat, or former Representative King Swope, the Republican, will run the state. Governor Laffoon apparently wanted to have the Democratic nominee select ed by the old convention method hut the Roosevelt supporters prefqrred a primary. Consequently, Senator Bark ley of Kentucky, a devout Roosevelt | follower In the senate, was sent Into his home state to see that the primary plan was made operative. The Demm ciatlc state committee which was em powered to choose the method of se lecting the candidate was determined to have a convention and it was after this determinatloq became known that Mr. Roosevelt participated In dictating the course the party should follow. Senator Barkley arrived in his home state bearing a letter signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt" urging the prima**y, and while Governor Laffoon was out of the state attempting to convince national leaders that his candidate for the Dem ocratic uomlnation was the right one. Lieutenant Governor Chandler called i special session of the state legisla ture and put through a law compelling the selection of the candidate by t’ie primary. Mr. Chandler wun the nom ination In the run-off although Thomas S. 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