Show news IV review of I 1 I 1 current events the world over william green says labor must force 36 hour week gen johnson and business leaders discuss future of the by EDWARD V W PICKARD NOTICE Is served on the nation that the 30 haur work week will be forced on industry by organized labor by the use of widespread strikes it if necessary this la is the dictum ot of william green president of 0 7 the american federation of labor and it causes consternation in the administration as well as grave alarm in the country Z 61 kene generally rally green in his may day address to workers rays gays the new deal has failed william green to remedy the anem situation since there are still more than ten millions without jobs the 30 hour week he says Is the only remedy available since if all industries not yet under codes are brought under them the resulting re employment will not give work to these millions just before green issued this statement president roosevelt bad alpar inthy declined to support the connery bill legislating a SO 30 hour bour week tor for all industry and general johnson has recently abandoned as not feasible the plan for forcing a 10 per cent reduction in working hours representative BERTRAND BERT RAND SNELL of new york fork minority leader in the house says the period of emergency Is ov over er so he bb and the rest of the republican leaders feel free cow to demand that the emergency laws and bureaus be dispensed with an amazing phase of the controversy ov erthe new deal thus comes to light the opponents of the administration virtually concede that tent lent roosevelt and his advisers have won iron their fight against the depression and declare that normal conditions have been restored or are at hand but the president and the other ne new dealers deny that the battle Is over ind and assert that their recovery meas ores must be continue dIn force at the same time they insist that they are re not seeking to change the american can system to state socialism collectivism communism fascism and that what they are accomplishing Is evolution not revolution thus a most peculiar situation in politics Is created and the man in the street is waiting interestedly to see how bow it will be handled in the coming campaign LEADERS T of business from all parts of the tae country gathered in washington for the annual meeting of the united states chamber of commerce ind and naturally the topic tor for discussion N 4 4 was ivas the concerning which varying 1 views were offered president henry L I 1 narriman d declared e e I 1 a r ed I that industry Is willing I 1 1 to accept the presidents suggestion of a 1 perm permanent nent if modifications and and re s are placed on the b road broad authority gen johnson jons ranted granted mr roosevelt during the imer ency gency last year on the abl e other hand band silas mis H IL strawn former head of thoi the chamber attacked what he termed the abandonment of a echeme of government which has made us happier and more prosperous than my any other nation lie called for a ahree way action by mr air Roos roosebelt eielt balancing of all governmental bud gets ets a 1 definite announcement that there will be no more requests for emergency cy legislation and no more tinkering with the dollar and a re ruslon of the securities act and proposed stock exchange legislation at a dinner gen hugh S johnson was thel the chief guest and after his address lie submitted to an inquisition in n the present and prospective poll ties of the asked directly it if the principles embodied in the recovery let were to be permanent he be replied it if there has been any good dern dem nitrated by the recovery act it will live and it ought to live it if there has been alij any bad it will voll die and it ought to bo die admitting that there has been a lapse in public interest and enthusiasm the general said a new campaign to make the nation nine eagle tons clou s was being mapped he also admitted that the controversy between itkor and industry Is becoming more lie ile expressed the opinion that the ideal relationship between labor and management had been worked out uk in the bituminous coal industry generally trie members of the chamer ber of commerce agreed that the first year fear under the had brought economic Improve improvement some of their tor for speeding the recovery program were another tor for public works corks in order to help the laggard heavy industries ordination coordination co of all land water and air transportation under a federal com coin InIs mission slon and a cessation of federal sub edles for inland waterways relaxation of the present rigid be e rarity act and a softening of the pending stock exchange bill approval by congress of the prest dents tariff bargaining plans as a means to reviving foreign trade abandonment by the adm administration inist ration of its demand that industry cut its working hours 10 per cent and raise its pay rolls 10 per cent control of bituminous coal production by a system of quotas and penalty taxes on overproduction JUST a few hours before general johnson had spoken in high praise of the bituminous coal settlement federal district judge charles 1 I dawson in louisville held unconstitutional the code arranged for that industry as applied to local business and granted a temporary injunction restraining the government from forcing the code upon unwilling operators in western kentucky the operators who claim to have invested in the mines chiefly in hopkins muhlenberg union and webster counties protested vigorously when the code recently was formulated providing for diw a day for seven hours work hin HARRIMAN Is a rather small cl city ty in tennessee but it has presented the with a troubling problem the town depends largely on the liar har riman hosiery mills and that concern was ordered to surrender its blue engle eagle because of charges that it had violated section aa of the national recovery act within a few hours the whole town was in revolt fifty six merchants and other business men removed their blue eagles and wired to washington for instructions on what to do with them tibia THAT HAT a general wage increase at this time will hinder rather than aid la in national economic recovery Is the contention of the heavy goods industries dus tries set forth in a report to general johnson by george n H houston chairman of the durable goods industries committee the report reasserts faith in ID the company union approves of emergency price fixing and attacks the wagner bill as encouraging industrial strife ATTORNEY A GENERAL CUMMINGS L ta 1 feels that the forces of the department part ment of justice are inadequate to cope with the gangsters and will ask congress for about in excess of the authorized the department part ment for the fiscal year 1935 next years appropriation Is the lowest granted the justice department since the war with with the additional money the it ke attorney V general contemplates purchasing tor for the divisions agents a fleet of high powered automobiles a few armored cars and ample guns and ammunition likewise the force of investigators vesti gators will be added to and there Is a possibility that the divisions 24 field offices will be increased HEN the senate committee on WHEN privileges and elections opened the hearings on the demands that senators huey 11 I 1 long and his political follower john H IL overton of louisiana be deprived of their seats the political groups that have been seeking especially to 09 oust the kingfish remained 1 in tho the background and left it to the women of louisiana to take the lead in the light fight these women are headed by mrs nilda hilda phelps helps mrs hammond nam mond who has hammond been indefatigable in the campaign against long and his crew the women were represented as counsel by gen samuel T ansell wartime acting judge advocate general who has haa pending against long a suit for libel nis ills opening statement dispelled the idea that longs opponents would be satisfied to let overton remain in the senate if the kingfish were thrown out we expect to prove said general ansell ansel the charge that there was fraud in the 1032 louisiana primaries sufficient to vitiate the election of senator overton that senator overton was an active perpetrator of that fraud that senators overton and long were designers and instigators of that fraud WIl WILLIAM ILLIAM n H WOODIN who was resident Roosevel ts first secretary of the treasury has passed away succumbing to the throat affection that forced his resignation from the cabinet abnet last december in his death the country loses a business man of the highest type and a gentleman who ho had the respect and affection of all who knew him ite ile became president of the american car and foundry company in 1916 and also was president of the american locomotive company ms ills interests were varied for he be was musI musician clan composer a art lover and student of government as well as leader in industry he was longa personal friend of mr air roosevelt and though a republican was one of the first selections tor for the presidents cabinet and worked hard so long as his bis health permitted E EXACTLY 38 36 years year from the th day admiral dewey destroyed the spanish fleet in manila bay the legislature of the philippines accepted th the new offer of the united states tor for th the independence of 0 the islands as embodied in the tydings mcduffie act under the terms of the measure the filipinos will obtain complete independence in 1045 1945 during daring the tea intervening years a commonwealth government to be sot set up probably next year will govern the islands with acceptance of the act the all ceased to be nationals of the united states and became subject to the rigid immigration laws only 60 50 may enter this country yearly the status of an estimated filipinos in the united states as well as the international ter status of the entire island population during the transition period remains in doubt due to the wording of the measure Fun tjEDE RAL agents believe they have uncovered covered a great ring of crooks for the handling of money derived from bank robberies robb erlea and r swindles they already have arrested a number of men and are hurrying to get others before they are put out of the way by members of the gang as has been done before the ring it Is said has been operating in chicago new york st louis J kansas cansas city and oth john joh J er cities one of the acla ln first gy men en taken t ito into custody was john 3 mclaughlin ln formerly a state legislator and a political boss in chicago suspected of being a leader in the disposal of the hot money the specific charge against him aha Is conspiracy in the of edward bremer st paul banker for whose release a ransom of was paid the federal agents were diligently searching for william elmer mead a notorious crook who la is thought to have directed the kidnapers mclaughlin ln confessed that he be had bad handled some of the bremer ransom money and his son was arrested with part of it in his pocket HEN the adaid administrations istra lions bill for WHEN reduction of cotton production was under consideration its opponents argued in vain that it would work grievous injustice to thousands of tenant farmers and croppers in the south secretary of agriculture wallace now finds this prediction was well founded his information coming from dr calvin B hooker of duke university whom he requested to make an investigation mr wallace now plans the establishment of a compliance board to inquire into complaints of tenants at the same time the enforcement of cotton reduction contracts will be tightened to prevent farm owners from ousting tenant farmers and farm workers because of the reduced amount of production SPEAKING to about two million IJ I J germans at the Temple hot bof airport outside of berlin chancellor nidier defiantly antly denied germanys germanas Germ anys war guilt and declared the belch has been a victim of the war lie he warned the world again that germany no longer was willing to accept discrimination against cpr by the former allied powers and declared that day of spineless submission was at tin nn end referring to his anti jewish policy hitler said jewish writers sought to make the sickle and hammer of soviet russia the symbol of internationalism and they almost succeeded b but the nazis make these tools again t the le I 1 symbol of the community the far farmer in er and khe laborer M MAJORITY and minority reports ot of the investigation into dr william A red plot stories were made to the house and they were just what had been expected the majority of the committee held that charges were untrue and that his companions at the famous dinner party did not make the statements he be had attributed to them representatives mcgugin and lehlbach the republican minority members of the committee characterized the investigation as a repudiation of all precedents and indicative dica tive of intentions to suppress all information which might directly involve the brain trust before midnight of may 0 J JUST george V began the twenty fifth year of his reign as king of great britain ireland and the british dominions beyond the sea and emperor of india by his bis own choice the anniversary was not observed by especial ceremonies but preparations are already under way for a celebration of his silver jubilee in 1935 1915 that will rival that of queen victorias golden jubilee in 1887 in his bis 24 years on the throne george has earned the high esteem of the world and has proved himself a real leader and in the minds of the british nil all that a king should be senate by acclamation accepted ted the conference report on the 1031 revenue measure which provides for an increase in taxes of 00 the couzens amendment dment for a anion 10 per cent increase in n income tax which the house rejected was wag cut ont TEAD EAD tor for more than a aeao yet tho DAus austrian trian parliament came to life long enough to approve by a vote vot of 71 j I 1 to 2 the new constitution and 9 mass of laws decreed by chancellor dollfuss since march shenew the new constitution abolishes parliaments aid also does away with trial by jury a 0 by western newspaper union |