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a*-. ■. aai \ J 'i * * i Tfc« Baniwtll Ptople^—U—l BaniwcH. S. C, Thir»4«y, Febniary 25, 1W7 News Review of Current Events the World Over General Motors Strike Ended, Both Sjdea Yielding—* Opposition to President's Supreme Court Plan Increases—Great Plains Drouth Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C Western New*paper Union. John L. Lewis B OTH sides making concessions, the Genera] Mtftbrs strike flame to an end in what Governor Murphy of Michigan called "an enduring peace." Operations of the great corpo ration had been par alyzed for 43 days, and the losses to it in business and to workers in wages have been immense. Partly through the skillful efforts of James F. Dewey, veteran federal la bor conciliator, John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O., and other union leaders, and the officials of General Motors were persuaded to modify the defi ant stands they had maintained through eight days of negotiations in Detroit, and the governor was enabled to announce the settlement. Under the terms of the agree ment: 1—The corporation recognized the union as the collective bargaining agency for those employees belong ing to the union. 2—The corporation and the union agreed to commence collective bargaining negotiations on Febru ary 16. 3—The union agreed to end the strike and evacuate all plants occu pied by strikers. 4—The corporation promised to resume operations in all strike bound or idle plants "as rapidly as possible." 5—All employees are to return to work without discrimination against strikers. 6—The union agreed that pending negotiations there will be no other strikes or interference with produc tion. 7—During existence of the collec tive bargaining agreement contem plated, all opportunities to negotiate shall be exhausted before any other strike or production interference is attempted by the union. 8—After evacuation of plants the corporation agreed to dismiss the injunction proceedings started by the corporation against the union or any members in Flint, Mich. Secretary of Labor Perkins, whose own efforts to end the strike were futile, was highly gratified by the settlement. She gave out a statement praising the leaders on both sides for their give and take spirit and complimenting Governor Marphy on his success. Probably considerable credit should be given President Roosevelt, who kept con stantly in close touch with the situa tion and talked with the conferees by telephone from the White House. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S pro- * posals for legislation that would permit him to pack the Supreme court have met with such wide spread and determined opposition, even from many members of his own party, that it was suggested to him that he accept certain modifica tions. These include appointment of Supreme court justices only when those over seventy-five do not re tire, and limitation of the number a President could thus appoint dur ing his term to two. His plan as submitted to congress would enable him to name six new members of the court if the present six justices who are over seventy do not re tire voluntarily. Mr. Roosevelt announced to the correspondents that he was quite aware of the controversy he was confronting but would not tack down on his demand for the legislation as outlined in his message. It is probable that the President can get his measure through the house without great trouble, but a hot fight against it is certain in the senate. So far the Republicans in congress haven’t had much to say on the matter, for the Democratic opponents of the scheme are voci ferous enough to suit the G. O. P. It is said there is a good chance that the senate judiciary committee, headed by Ashurst of Arizona, will report unfavorably on the measure in so far as the proposal for in creasing the membership of the Su preme court is concerned. The other parts of the President’s plan, de signed to expedite the work of fed eral courts, do not meet with much opposition. Probably the scheme will be sep arated into several bills; and indeed that already has been started, for Representative Summers of Texas, ^ chairman of the house judiciary committee, introduced a bill provid ing for voluntary retirement for Su preme court justices with full pay at the age of seventy. This was passed quickly by a votcof 315 to 75. /CONCLUSIONS of the great plains ^ drouth committee were laid be fore congress by President Roose velt, the report being accompanied by a special message in which the President urged the development of a "new economy" in the vast area between the Alleghenies and the Rockies to save the region from the effects at future drouths. The Views on Prealdeat’s Plea to Enlarge Supreme Court Senator Byrnes—I’m for it. Senator Nye—I think the Pres ident has hit upon a most ingen ious method of speeding up the work of our tribunrls. Senator Vandenberg—I am op posed to tampering with the Su preme court. Senator McAdoo—The Presi dent’s message receives my un reserved commendation. Senator Capper—I am certain ly opposed to increasing the num ber of Supreme court judges for the purpose of allowing the ex ecutive during any one adminis tration to control the decisions of the Supreme court. Senator Hale—Should his rec ommendations be followed, I can see ho hope of an independent Supreme court. Senator Gerry—I’m definitely opposed to the President’s pro posal in regard to the Supreme court. Senator Thomas—I think it is a timely and happy solution of a perplexing problem. Representative Snell—This Is pretty near the beginning of the end of everything. Representative Fish—The mes sage is political hypocrisy. Speaker Bankhead—The plan for adding additional judges is a sound policy. Senator King—I am unalterab ly opposed to it. whole matter, said Mr. Roose velt, dovetails into the proposed six year public works program. The great plains committee sug gested for the federal government: 1. A ten year program of addi tional investigations and surveys. . 2. Continued acquisition of land in range areas with rehabilitation as the objective. 3. Measures to Increase size of farms too small for efficient opera tion. 4. Development of water re sources. 5. Resettlement within and with out the region. 6. Compensation to local govern ments where federal land acquisi tion results in shrinkage of the local tax basis. • 7. Control and eradication of in sect pests. 8. Exploration of possibilities for developing other resources, such as vast lignite deposits to provide al ternative occupation for some of the people in the area. • Similar action was suggested for states with the addition of sugges tions for legislation to permit forma tion of county soil conservation dis tricts, encouragement of co-opera tive grazing associations, revision of the taxing system to take account of land income and assistance to farmers in meeting water problems. For local co-operation the com mittee suggested crop rotation, cre ation of feed and seed reserves against dry years, conservation of moisture, supplemental irrigation, fuller utilization of springs and wells, planting of trees and shrubs as windbreaks and flexible cropping plans to permit adaptation of each season’s crop to the amount of mois ture in the land. Gen. Franco D ARCELONA, capital of the au- tonomous Spanish state of Cata lonia, was bombarded by a Fascist warship, and the Catalan council of state immediately decreed a new mo bilization to meet the threat of an in surgent attack. It also ordered the strengthening of for tifications and set up a superior de fense council. Following the cap ture of the impor tant Mediterranean coast city of Malaga by General Franco’s Fascist troops, a general clean up of loyalists there was started. Gen. Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano, rebel commanderin southern Spain, announced over the radio that more than 150 leaders and military officers of the government had been arrested and executed after trial. He said an attack would soon be made on V^encia, the loy alist temporary capital on the east coast. France was vexed by the reported assistance given the Fascists by Italians in the taking of Malaga, and renewed her threats to inter vene in behalf of the government unless Italy and Germany ceased their active support of Franco. The long drawn out aiege of Ma drid continued, but there was one important development when the in surgents, attacking with infantry and tanks frouvthe south, threatened to cut the highway to Valencia, the capital’s only remaining lino of commumcatioo with the outaido. 'JMjmhd about The Drift af Scotland. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— So high an authority as the Associated Press gives out a dispatch stating that Scotland Is drifting toward America at the rate of eight feet a year. This would bo an excuse for the unthoughted to say that the Scots Always had a v reputation for being dose and now are becoming still closer. To me, though, the main question i s whether Scotland is going to bring Eng land along with her. Among themselves, at least, the Scots have always had the reputation of bring ing England along through the centu ries. And if you don’i believe it ask Irvin 8. Cobb any true Scot. He atands ready to offer supporting dates, names and statistics. By the way, I’ve noticed one out standing difference between the two greatest groups of the Celtic race. To an Irishman’s face you can joke about Ireland and he remains calm. But poke fun at an individual Irish man and you are hunting for trou ble — and probably will soon be hunting for a doctor. Inversely you may jibe a Scot and get away with it. But just say the least little thing in derision of his native land and you’d better start running. • • • So-Called Modem Art. T GUESS I must belong to a most 1 ancient species—indeed, an al most vanished species. It’s true I’m not quite old enough to re member when they shot Indians where the city hall now stands and Peggy Hopkins Joyce was called Love Apples. But I do date back to where a painting was expected, re motely, at least, to resemble the object it purported to represent. I lived through the early stages of the artistic revolt—primitives, ultramodemistics, post-impression ists, cubists, dadaists and so on —without ever becoming reconciled to the prevalent idea that a can vas apparently depicting a bundle of laths coming undone was sup posed to be a nude lady’s portrait, or that a spirited rendition of a yellow cat having an epileptic fit in a mess of tomato soup was an Italian sunset. Lately I’ve seen examples of the latest school — the surrealistic school. And if the practitioners of this form of beauty are artists, then I’m a kind-faced old Swiss watch mender. They’re actually giving certain of these geniuses medals. What they ought to give ’em is something for their respec tive livers. • • • Uncle Sam the Spendthrift. ELL. we were good fellows ** while we had it, weren’t we? We destroyed our forests. Result: Up water courses. We indulged in an orgy of so- called "reclamation" schemes to drain unneeded swamplands, there by destroying the breeding grounds and the natural resting places of emigrating wild fowl so that the once vast flocks are gone, probably forever. We wasted our heritage of wild game, formerly a great factor in food supply aside from being a source of healthful joy to gunners. We needlessly polluted our streams. But we’re a resourceful race; give us credit for that. Now, through speed madness and drunken.driving, we’re preying merrily on human life. It's getting so that the citizen who insists on dying a natural death, instead of waiting for some mad wag of a road-hog to mow him down, can be regarded only as a spoilsport. • • • Cruelty to Wild Life. S OMETIMES women are almost as inconsistent as men—which is a frightful indictment to bring against any sex. As a boy. I remember being se verely lectured by a lady for robbing birds’ nests— a lady whose nodding hat was crowned with at least four stuffed meadowlarks. A few years ago, I saw women prominent in humane movements and good deeds, like that woman of the Scriptures who was called Dorcas—saw these women wearing the smuggled and forbidden ai grettes of the snowy heron, even though thrv must have known that each pitiable feathered wisp meant a cruel murder and a brood of fledg lings left to starve. I still see these aigrettes being worn—against the law of the land and the greater law of common humanity. And only lately, at a meeting to forward the prevention of cruelty to dumb beasts, I saw women swathed to their earlobes in furs of mink and otter. Seemingly they had forgotten that the animals whose pelts they wore had died in steel traps by slow degrees of infinite torture. Or maybe they didn’t car*. IRVIN 8. COBB. — W*u SarvMa, National Topic* Interpreted byWUliamjniclart Washington.—Mora perhaps than aver before in our country’s history, _ ., . the courts of the The President nation, federal and the Coart and state, are in a jam. They are being subjected to a greater strain than ever before end, I think, the strain is too great for them long to continue to-beer-lt.- That sentence sounds sensational. It is meant to be. In the opinion of many sound thinkers, men and women of vision, there has never been a time when a wave or surge has attacked $e courts or any other American institution with such fe rocity. t One of the reasons the situation is to be regarded with so much con cern is President Roosevelt’s latest request of congress for a reorgani zation of the judiciary system. He is asking for more judges every where ^which, of itself, seems en tirely proper, but the. message astounded observers by proposing an increase in the membership of the Supreme court of the United States to fifteen. That is to say that if it were enacted into law, Mr. Roosevelt’s own proposal would give him authority to select six ad ditional justices of the highest trij>- unal. Inasmuch as the present membership of the court has re fused a number of times toehold New Deal legislation valid under the Constitution, it takes no stretch of the imagination at all to figure out that Mr. Roosevelt’s proposal would give him authority to select a sufficient number of new justices so that the New Deal would hold the balance of power in the highest court of the judiciary of the coun try. There may be and probably is merit in the President's proposal that judges should retire at seventy years of age. It happens that the present membership of the court in cludes six men who are above that age and a statute compelling re tirement at seventy would make six added vacancies in the court unless the present court should find that this law itself is unconstitutional in one regard. The judges are ap pointed for life and they cannot be removed without cause — which means they must be impeached by congress and tried. The message respecting reorgani zation of the judiciary system was by far the most sensational to come from Mr. Roosevelt as President. He pointed out in it that he had proposed reorganization of the ex ecutive branch of the government so that it might function more effi ciently. The next step, he said, was to reorganize the judiciary so that it could administer justice more speedily. But there are many minds throughout the country which find it difficult to believe that the necessity for speedy justice is the fundamental reason for the new pro posal. It is too early to tell, of course, how congress will act on the Presi dent's suggestion, but the more as tute observers here are quite con vinced that such legislation cannot go through without a bitter debate. The political implications are many. If a real struggle develops in the house or the senate, it is not out side the range of a good guess to predict that it could split the tre- m e n d o u s Democratic majority asunder in either house. If it did that once, undoubtedly enmities and factions would be created that would continue through the remain der of*the President’s new term and only the passage of time can dis close how far reaching such a thing might be. But let us review for a moment some of the background of the con ditions that have preceded the Pres ident’s sensational proposal. There have been sniping and bushwhack ing at the judiciary for a number of years and this was thrown into high speed by the President himself when the Supreme court threw out the NRA. On that occasion, Mr. Roosevelt made the well remem bered remark that the decision had taken us back to "the horse and buggy days." There followed an uproar by a vocal minority of radicals and per sons who claimed to be liberal. They attacked the Supreme court for throwing out New Deal meas ures, ridiculed the justices as “the nine old men" and proceeded in general to spread poison to all and sundry about the country’s judicial system. '-On top of that came Mr. Roosevelt’s speech to congress last month in which he made a virtual demand upon the Supreme court for "a more enlightened interpretation of the Constitution." That was an unprecedented thing but it was not nearly so sensational as the present problem. • • • Much of the problem that js swirl ing around the courts of the land re- suits from the po- C on frets sition which con- Criticixes gress has chosen to take. There are a goodly number of representatives and senators who, swayed by the vocal minority mentioned earlier, have voiced bitter criticisms of the judiciary and have even proponed that it* freedom be curbed. They are doing this because they see the Supreme court deciding every now and then that some ill-thought-out piece of legislation should be tossed out of the window. A good many of these congressional shouters have only a slight understanding of the babble that they put out on the floors of the house and senate, but the congress and hence their words are received with some considera tion among those who want to be lieve the same way. On the other hand, there are men like Senator Borah >pf Idaho, who foresee real trouble or all of us if the powers of the cou ts are curbed. Senator Borah think i the question of the freedom of the 7 judiciary is a paramount issue and lately has made a powerful appeal that if the people want to make changes in their government, the people ought to do it and not the President and the congress. The Idaho senator makes the point that only through a judiciary un fettered by politics, free to operate as it sees the«law, can the people of the country retain their freedom. If judicial independence goes, lib erty goes. So, it seems to me that congress, which just now is the spearhead of the movement to change the power of the courts, ought to recognize its own responsi bility. I said earlier that the courts could not continue long to bear the pres ent burden of attack. That burden which they carry now results large ly—and this is especially true of the Supreme court of the United States—from the fact that congress has ceased to be a deliberative body. It has tossed great chunks of undigested legislation at the courts and when the courts have held these laws unconstitutional, a bunch of nitwits each time has un leashed a great howl. It would seem then that the proper conclusion is that the nine old men are not older nor any less enlightened than the members of congress or the execu tive branches of the government but that especially congress is fail ing to do its job. It is attempting to read election returns into the judiciary. It seems to me it ought to be remembered by members of congress and officials of the execu tive branch of the government that each and every one of them has taken an oath as an official of this government to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and in so doing they must defend the courts. • • • In any discussion of congress and its activities, I find time to do _ a little laughing. Laught Are Through the last Load Today several weeks, a period when floods were raging and people were dying, when thousands upon thousands walked the streets without jobs, when other thousands walked tha streets because a militant labor leader had called a strike and had permitted his strikers to violate laws of the land by seizure of prop erty-while all of these things were happening, our congress was giving thought to a picayune proposition. It was discussing a bill providing for alterations of the Capitol build ing. itself. The tragedy of this particular thing is that it has a very good chance of being enacted into law before the end of this session. It is proposed to spend four or five million dollars to extend and re construct the central portion of the Capitol along lines that would make the three east wings extend the same distance from the main build ing. It would enlarge the central portion and provide more office space when, as far as any observ ers can see, there is ample space for all of the offices required now or for the next half century. I said the tragedy of the thing was that this proposal stands a fair chance of passing through congress. Sponsors of the plan declare it will improve the appearance of the central portion of the old building. It may do that but I have found more architects who disagree than agree with that thought. As for the office space argument, it would appear that somebody in congress is quite determined simply to spend some more money. It is to be remembered that only two ‘years ago, the house of repre sentatives built a second office building at a cost of $9,000,000 for its members. About the same time, the senate added a wing to the senate office building so that each senator could have three rooms whereas heretofore the average sen ator had only two rooms in his suite. Committee chairmen always have had three or more rooms. In addition, there are several hundred offices in the Capital building itself and a goodly number of senators and representatives have private of fices in the Capitol as well as in the office buildings. So altogether, I think there is just ground for say ing, as one hears said frequently, that the congresses of the last few years much resemble boys who have received too many toys in one delivery. They don't know what lo do with themselves. Foreign-Word* and Phrases Mslade imaginaire. (F.) On# who fancies himself sick; a hypo chondriac. Malgre soi. (F.) In spite of ono- self. Nulla dies sine lines. (L.) No day without a line. Ora e sempre. (It.) Now and al ways. Partie carree. (F.) A party of four, consisting of two men and two women. Qu’importe? (F.) What does it matter? ' Souvent femme varie, bien fol est qui s’y fie. (F.) Woman often changes, and very foolish is ho who trusts her. Scire«-facias. (L.) Gauso 4t to be known. Tout-a-l’heure. (F.) Presently. Una voce. (L.) With one voice? unanimously. Vae victis. (L.) Woe to the con quered. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple are effective in, removing accumulated body waste.—Adw Belittling Is Useless The foolishest thing is to belittle genius. Genius IS. Constipated ■■ 30 Years “For thirty ysars • had stubborn constipation. Sometimes I ^Id netoe for four or flvo days. I also had ownil gas bloating, hsadaches and pains In the back. Adlerika helped right away. Now I eat sausage, bananae, P'e. eny- thing I want and never felt hotter. I sleep soundly all night and enjoy life.* * —Mrs. Mabel Schott. If you are suffering from constipation, sleeplessness, aour stomach, and gas bloating, there is ouick relief for yon In Adlerika. Many report action In thirty minutes after taking Juat pna dose. Adlerika gives complete action, cleaning your bowel tract where ordi nary laxatives do not even reaeh. Dr. e. L. Sktmk, Hmm Terfc, regerae* -Is mddUUm to ImMhiml ,Umul»g. JJUrOm ekmeka tks grmmlk af Imtatrtmai bartoria aa4 •afaa kmrilll ** Give your bowels a real cleansing with Adlerika and see hew good you feel. Just one spoonful rellovee GAS and stubborn constipation. At alt Leading Druggists. Trusting Ourselves Most of us can fool ourselves without half trying. Poorly Nourished Women - They Just Can’t Hold Up Are you getting proper nourish ment* from your - food", and restful sleep? A poorly nourished body Just can’t bold up. And as for that run-down feeling, that nervous fa tigue,—don’t neglect itl Cardut for lack of appetite, poor digestion and nervous fatigue, ban been recommended by mothers to daughters—women to women—for over fifty yeara. Try Itt Thovuandi of women testify Card il helped them. Of course, if it doaa not benefit YOU. consult a phyOctaa. When It Goes That which comes with sin, goo* with sorrow. POA CUTS SHOW WHITt PCTROIEUM JtllV FALSE TEETH Befeire4 ec tUpr*4eto4. 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RADWAY'S READY RELIEF WNU—7 a—37 HELP KIDNEYS To Get Rid of Add and Poieonous Waste Your kidneys help to keep you wdl by constanUy ftlterinf waste matter from the blood. If your kldnry* get functionally disordered and fail to remove extern impurities, there may be Burning, scanty or too frequent urL aatloo may be a warning of aoaaa kidney er bladder disturbaace. You auy suffer nagging beekndu, pentoaat haadaeiw. attacks of dtaxio^ ■ettiag up aigkta, aweOiag. putfeS Ue* MiWHiillH t