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PMtk-SMtiMl. News Review of Current Events the World Over Ambassador Dodd's Remarkable Warning of Fascist Plan for United States—Steel Workers* Strikes Started by the C. 1.0. ' \ By EDWARD W. PICKARD • Western Newspaper Union. Ambassador W. E. Dodd \\r ILLIAM E. DODD, American ambassador to Germany, has stepped into the limelight and the msult may be embarrassing to him and to the admin istration. In a long letter to Senators Bulkley of Ohio and Glass of Virginia he urges all Democrats to unite in support of the President and thus avert a dicta torship in the United States. It was as sumed he meant the President’s Supreme court enlargement bill should be sup ported, since that is the measure that split the party in congress. Dodd, former professor in the Uni versity of Chicago, said he had been told by certain friends that a n American, not named, “who owns nearly a billion dollars,” was pre pared to set up a fascist regime which presumably he would con trol. There are not many American billionaires now, but no one has ventured to guess publicly the man Dodd has in mind. * "There are individuals of great wealth who wish a dictatorship and are ready to help a Huey Long,” he wrote. “There are politicians, some in the senate, I have heard, who think they may come into power like that of the European dictators in Moscow, Berlin, and Rome Congressional leaders were quick to take up Dodd’s assertion. Senator Borah of Idaho leading off with the declaration that the ambassador was an irresponsible scandal mon ger and a disgrace to his country. “I have an Idea.” said Borah, “that his supposed dictatorship is the de ment of a diseased brain.** Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota, radi cal, introduced a resolution call ing upon the State department to demand that Dodd name the billion aire In quest ten In the house Representative Fish of New York denounced Dodd, and demanded that he be recelled and lerced to give the name ef the whe is resdy Is set up s d ship This reaction Is Wsshtngten Ambassador Dodd In nmpMp waraing bp • prepared eawUoamg agamet partis which would result from defeet ef Presi dent Roosevelt • recovery pragrem end reiterating the aeeertien that Amertrane of greet wealth are too4- ing toward Fascist rule, hut he gtfl disclosed no tdentitiea. T HERE were pereteloof reports In Washington the! the Supreme court ceatreeersy wouM sees be tattled bp the reeignetien ef of least two af the JuoUree, Brendew and Van Dev aster, and possibly Mc- Raynoida sad Sutherland It was astd trtends ef these men bed urged Ihetr retirement "fler the good af the court itself ** It was claimed that the Praoidtwl would be compelled to withdraw bto bill H as many as two ef the aoeocV ata )ueUree should retire, or face defeet Proponents of the ure. pending the return ef Mr. Roosevelt to the capital, said there would bo an compromise. Henrik Shi pet* ad of Min- Farmer-Labortt*. returning la hie seat after a long illness, declared himself flatly against the Supreme court enlargement bill; and his colleague. Senator Ernest Lundeen. another Farmer-Labor- Ite, said he would not support an increase of more than two in the membership of the court. tear gas bombs to disperse the pick ets. Governor Earle hurried to the region to help settle the trouble, and he ordered the sale of liquor stopped in western Pennsylvania areas af fected by the strike. Employees of Fisher Body and Chevrolet in Detroit returned to work pending a conference with the management; but the plants of those concerns in Janesville, Wis., were closed by a dispute over the status of 14 non-union workers. Their plants in Flint and Saginaw also were shut down, as was the Fisher Body plant in Cleveland. John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O., apparently killed any chances for peace with the A. F. of L. when, addressing the Lady Garment Work ers’ union convention at Atlantic City, he called President Green traitor to organized labor and de clared neither he nor any of the workers unionized in the C. I. O. campaign wgnts peace with the fed eration. Lewis charged that Green tried to prevent Governor Murphy of Michigan from settling the Gen eral Motors and Chrysler strikes. Fashions Peiping Merchants Balt Poles With Toys. Hp ECHNICAL workers in the movie industry at Hollywood were disappointed when the screen actors’ guild, settling its own trou bles with the producers, refused to support their strike. But the C. I. O. took up their cause, assured them of active support and promised to place 340,000 men on picket duty in important cities throughout the country. At least, that is the as sertion of Charles E. Lessing, head of the striking unions. Lessing said the Aim boycott • would be directed at theaters in in- 1 duetrial areas where unions are strong He selected New York. Chi cago. Philadelphia. Cleveland. De troit. Pittsburgh, Minneapolis end 9L Paul as key cKiee for picketing. B RmSH royalty end the government ere el outs renting the wedding ef the duke of | ‘ Mrs Wallis Werfleld. The duke wishes it to be public and of- flrtaUy supported by D HILIP MURRAY, chairman of 1 the steel workers’ organizing committee of the C. I. O., called the first major strike in the cam paign of Lewis and his associates to un ionize the steel in dustry. On his order the employees of Jones & Laughlin Steel corporation plants in Pitts burgh and Aliquippa walked out after Murray had failed to get from the com pany a signed col- lective bargaining pillu P Murray contract. The strike call affected 27,000 men. Thousands of pickets surrounded the Jones A Laughlin mills and kept non-union workers from entering. The company announced its will ingness to sign a contract if it might grant identical terms to non-union employees and declared its disposi tion to deal solely with any group that could poll a majority of its em ployees in an election supervised by the national labor board. Next day the strike spread to the plants of the Pittsburgh Steel com pany at Monessen and Allenport, Pa., where 5,900 men went out. Murray said it was inevitable that the Republic, Youngstown, Bethle hem and Crucible steel would be involved very so< There was considerable at Altqeippa. and the the marriage should be etnrtly private and not at tended by nny mem ber af the rayal family aacept as a prtvsta par van Edward pastponsd the marriage tprtil Jun# at the re quest af bis brother the kmg. and H la said ha would yield la the de mand ef the government and have a private wedding, bat Queen Mary and King Georg* believe the aera- Many shea Id be public and teceg r ted aa a matter af “fair treat- mam” for the dab*, and that hia bride should be formally as the durheaa af W ** D EM EMBER, tins ■ the dam’s pal project. He waati the CCC made permanent, net ex tended far a two year period.” So shouted Representative WO- ham P. Connery of Massachusetts at the members of the house. But the house would not heed the Im plied warning and voted, 224 to 34. in favor of giving the CCC two more years of life. This was in committee of the whole, and next day this action was confirmed. I The senate, forgetting all about economy, approved, 46 to 29, an amendment to the second deficiency appropriation bill which commits the government to the expenditure of 112 millions on a new Tennessee river dam at Gilbertsville, Ky. Prepared by National Geofraphic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. W ITHIN the Imperial City of Peiping, on the exact cen ter of all, oriented to the cardinal points of the com pass, is the Forbidden City, the Violet Town, which was the resi dence of the Dragon emperors. It is an inclosure a little longer than broad, and lies behind g wide moat and a double wall. The moat, in the summer time, is full of flower ing lotus, and white cranes stalk thoughtfully among the rose-pink blooms. Each comer of the wall has its tower, small, but very richly orna mented. There are four gates, one to each face of the wall, and their names are notable: East Gate Glori ous; West Gate Glorious; Gate of Divine Military Progress, which is the Shen Wu Men, the North Gate, wherefrom in 1644 the last Ming emperor went sorrowfully to strangle himself on Coal Hill across the way, while the triumphant rebel soldiers were breaking into the Im perial City outside. Ibrough it fled the Empress Dowager when the In ternational Column battered down the southern gates in 1900. On the south is the Wu Men, the Meridian Gate, the great gate of ceremonies, not opened since the fall of the empire. Only from Coal Hill immediately to the north, or from the White Dsgobs in the Pei Hei to the north- vest, can you bring the Forbidden City within the eye at once. F either height, you see the simple owtim* of its plan. Down the center line the greet pevtlione march one behind another, their roofs tiled with imperial yellow, since all this wae of the They ere bells is vied to this ghees or that reneretloa. end M»> erters Smeller build- I the wall to eel end ! for the caw cub Inoe end i spec* tor stores Each pevilla bee its courtyard end Me formal approach The court# ere threaded by little coovontlenal moats with white marble baiua trades; the terrecee ere beJuotred- j ed. ee ere the ceremonial flights ef | etope la the north end ere the nevfhene end gardene that the 1‘ v r * •-» Dowager eeed. They ere email and ; intimate, landscaped, shaded by cy- press end cedar, pad Ireeereed by narrow walks and touts ma, lor the eld lady I such things balk. define the approaches to important places are frail things which must be propped from every side while) they are yet new. The stone, so in-j tricately and beautifully carved, is; soft and subject to quick erosion. Many Lovely Things. Many of the most imposing edi fices, such as the White Dagoba that dominates the Pei Hal, one of the “Three Seas,” are of brick and rubble, surfaced with plaster which, unless renewed every season, sloughs away in patches. Distant views are impressive, and close in spection disappointing. Yet there are many things that are beautiful with an ageless beauty: corners of the Forbidden City, as delicate and fine as jewel filigree; the elaborate and cunning ornamentation under the eaves of the pavilions; the porcelain screens and arches; the timeless splendor of the tiled roofs, that persists in spite of the weeds and shrubs ^rhich spring from accumulations of dust in the cracks between the tiles. The patterns and designs are frozen in convention, but trees and water, air and light, are integral parts of every arrangement. After you have dutifully followed the guidebooks through a score of temples and palaces, your impres sions will tend to telescope upon themselves. But there are two things that you will never forget: the Temple of Confucius and the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Confucius is in the North City (the northern section of the Tatar City), between the Temple and the old Hall of You come to It through aUeys that swarm wltb children. A per i*l living togs be tall msmoriel tablet* mg the vtotta and the UERE’S spring tonic for you, * 1 Miss America, done up in fine formula by Sew-Your-Own! The ingredients are bracing and olease the taste. The model at the left is the type to take right away before spring advances further. It is especially beneficial to the willowy figure with its alluring swing and grace, its delicate waistline, becoming collar and stylishly cuffed sleeves. Any of the lovely sheers will do well here. Miss Albletle Girt The center package Is labeled Mias Athletic Girl She goes tor It because without fuss and fur belows It still k feminine. And, too, she knows that the smart lines down the front and back are not goreo but tucks which give tho same stylish effect, and nocoo sit*to half Che effort, thanks to tho of flow-Y sizes I, 10, 12, 14, If years. Size 10 requires 2% yards at 39-inch material. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. lor the y k the Ibilder l'p Lady ef which yeu descend to the central court by marble step* that flaak a apirtt stairway — Dragon eternally' contending tor the Peart, sculptured aseeeee ef see and c From M yeu face the temple, kg alone an avenuo of anekaft* so thickly sot that Ihetr inter I seed brencheo cast a coal greenish gloom, vary grateful la the summer time. Flanking R are low buildings that —nktakabk k Ra phcity of Unel as to be s in the cellar m tky of Ms ts'*d quarters lor The ma D EPRESENTATTVE DIES of ^ Texas has proposed to congress that President Roosevelt call an in ternational monetary conference for the purpose of seeking an equitable distribution of the world’s supply of gold and silver. Specifically, he would have the conference: 1. Stabilize currencies on some permanent basis that would prevent wide fluctuations in their purchasing power. 2. Establish a bimetallic—gold and silver—base for the currencies. 3. Distribute the world’s gold and silver supply more equitably so as to give each nation proper support for its currency and an adequate medium of international exchange. 4. Make available to the countries involved the raw materials they need. T O SETTLE the long pension con troversy between railroad oper ators and their employees, a com promise bill was introduced by Sen ator Wagner and Representative Grosser amending the railway re tirement act. Fundamental conces sions to workers include eligibility for pensions for employees absent on account of sickness, increases k death benefit*, and authority to include prior service k calculating of as me* upon wtuch aw flame of the butMirtgt are museums, displaying much unusual treasure, although, at the time of the disturbances to 1932 and 1181, most of the exhibits were boxed and shipped south, k the great to- dignalton of Peiping The Forbidden City displays the Chinese decorative scheme at Ha most extravagant and royal. It k don* In reds and yellows and bluet and greens, all most violent. A little money k spent on Its upkeep, and perhaps the ckoe-set walk save it from the grinding of the wind-blown dust that dulls the colors and the gilding of places In the open. The proportions of the buildings are majestic without being vast, for the Chinese architect knew how to create his effects without relying on mere size. The clear sky and the brilliant sun enter into all con ceptions; the secret of their excel lence lies between the air and light and a just balance in line and mass. . Yet, as for size, there is a court yard in the south section of the Forbidden City where, at a vic tory celebration in 1918, some 15,- 000 troops were arrayed, with a large number of civilian officials and spectators, and it is related that the courtyard seemed in no sense crowded. What now is seen in these palaces and courts is a setting only, a stage from which the players have de parted, with their bright robes, their banners, and their stately proces sionals. About the public buildings of Pei ping, tHb shrines, the halls, the pavilions, and palaces, there are many books written. German and Russian and British savants hava measured, dissected and surveyed. French scholars have breathed much life into the dry bones of architecture, dwelling with ardor, also, upon the pavilions of pleasure, and the marble-capped wells in which were filed, head downward, discarded favorites, male and fe male, of not-too-immaculate sover eigns. Many of the structures are jerry- built and flimsy. The Chinese lac quer with which the surfaces are toced k cheap stuff, proas k flake aC before h ottaias ape The Pw pqhfoqp PM arch Pm gi the throiMt ke e *M red walk ef the freshly the richly k rsPsrtsd light; I 1VT k lu k 29 (21 k 4* 14 requires 4k yards 11 t ’ 4 " g flic Patters 1JM k aisee 14 k M (tt k 14 requires Ik yards i material plus 9% yards for trkuakf a Pattern UM k kUMk» are small goldm roofed and aecriflcial burners af i the city do not enter here. A gentle, courteous old priest with hairless, ascetic face materialises from the shadows to attend you; he k unobtrusive and detached k robes of gray and black. Thai i k no statue in the shrine: it k the High Place of an idea. Tablets, rick ly engraved, hang above the altar, publishing tbs virtues of the Sage, and the gray ash of joes sticks in the incense burner testifies to the devotion of many worshipers. The thing is wholly of the spirit. You need know nothing of Confu cius, nothing of China, to realize that here is peace made visible; here is tranquillity; here are a bal ance and a symmetry removed from striving; the conception of minds that have, after mature thought, settled their problems. . The Temple of Heaven. Very different is the Temple of Heaven, out to the south in the Chinese City. It stands most fiercely is the sun, its walls enclosing a park larger than the Forbidden City. You go up from the highway along a broad avenue, mounting by a ramp to the center of a terraced line of pavilions. To the north is the round Hall of the Happy Year, its brilliant blue tiles and triple-roofed silhouette one of the distinctive things on the Peiping skyline. Turning your back upon it, you walk south, through open pavilions and successive archways, to a stark altar of white carved marble, ap proached between winged columns. The altar consists of three round terraces, set one upon another, the top one smallest. The steps that ascend to it are in groups of nine, the mystical number; and the flag stones of the pavement are laid in concentric patterns in multiples of nine. And the roof of that altar k the vault of heaven. Here the Emperor cam* k offer the Greet Sacnflco on the day af the penal Ancestors an account af •towarfotofot end to aafcM gnsdnarn kr ha Naming the Baby k a RULES Im Ing the If the surname bee one ayQa- bte, avoid a one ay liable first or three • syllable name. John Hinton or Christo pher Hinton rather than Fred erick Hinton. When the last name haa three syllables, use either a one or two-eyllabk name. George Dougherty, but nqt Alexander Dougherty. Avoid overlapping consonants such as James Stephens.—Literary Digest. SSjOC. u BLACK DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVE LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher