Show SAW IM 1 summarizes THE WORL WORLDS WEEK a western per union budget message summary VT ORE vitally important than his ia annual message on the state of the nation was president roose belts budget I 1 message to congress in it he forecast a deficit 0 of f 1033 for the current fiscal year which ends on june 30 and a deficit of S tor for the 1939 fiscal year there was no promise that the budget budet would be balanced in the near future the national revenue estimates being reduced because of the business nearly a billon dollars was asked by the president for national defense because of world conditions over which this nation has no control and more may be called for soon son for the same purpose summarized the presidents budget budet statement said revenues for tle the next fiscal year will total a decrease of CI from the present fiscal year expenditures exclusive of debt rc re ments will total 3 i a decrease of from the pre ent fi fiscal cat 3 year car def n o e appropriations will total an increase of later the may ask ak for additional dional ad funds to construct several extra naval vessels relief expenditures tor for the next fiesal year will total rouil ily a de decrease creace of 0 0 0 from the pre present ent firkal year the deficit will be financed through social security and other trust funds and not through public the estimate for the fiscal year which ends june 20 has been raised from to because of the business re ce s sion I 1 expenditures for new highways new rivers and harbors projects new public buildings new reclamation projects and other new public works will be reduced sharply the public debt will reach a record high of on june SO 30 1939 for national defense B R the reading of the lf budget message in congress had been co concluded the president bent was wag in conference in the white house with men who will have most to do with putting into effect his plans for strengthening hening the national defense these were assistant secretary of the navy charles edison and admiral william D leahy chief chef of naval operations chairman edward T taylor of the house appropriations committee chairman carl vinson of the house naval affairs committee and representative william B umstead chairman of the ahe appropriations subcommittee sub committee on naval appropriations the group considered additions to the navy building program including recommendations for beginning construction on rive five battleships to replace all obsolete american capital vessels ten to fifteen cruisers and additional submarines subr destroyers and auxiliary craft Sona tors hear about autos Ago A FTER listening listening lis g for two lays days to government vernm ent officials the senate committee studying ment and rel relief cef turned to industrial leaders for information and advice it began with the automotive industry receiving a long and exhaustive hau stive statement from the automobile manufacturers association which includes all the most important concerns in the industry except the ford company major po points i ants in the statement were in 1837 1937 automobiles were produced in the united states 10 per less than in 1929 employment averaged largest ever and 16 per cent above 1929 the automobile industry was the only one having an increase in labor cost per unit of output since 1929 weekly earnings of workers averaged for first eight months of 1937 at present dealers have on hand about new cars highest since 1930 manufacturers have very large inventories of parts and sub assemblies hourly wae rates are 30 per cent above iha 1929 all direct manufacturing costs equal to 1921 but auto prices per pound are still 13 per cent below 1929 sutherland retires H IJ passed the retirement age of seventy five years associate justice george sutherland yinto nit Port 4 tip ti p president that he would quit his seat in the supreme court on january 18 like justice fustice van devanter he be will still be elijie elij eligible be for duty in the the lower courts at his own pleasure justice sutherland a former united states senator from utah and a former president of sherman the american bar I 1 cn was appointed to the supreme court by president harang in 1922 he was born in Bucking hamshire england and was brought to the united states stales in his infancy he was identified with the conservative wing of the court immediately upon the announcement of Sut herlands retirement everyone began guessing as to his successor it was taken for granted that mr roosevelt would select a liberal lih pral prominent among those mentioned for the place was senator sherman minton of indana a Fead fat supporter of the new deal if the appointment goes to the middle west gov frank murphy of michigan seemed to stand a good chance except for the fact that new york state alre already adv has three men in the court senator robert F wagner would be near the top lop of the list of possibilities solicitor general stanley reed of kentucky was the favorite of many but there are two other southerners on the bench others suggested sugg were judge willis william m denman of california lloyd K garrison of the university of wisconsin and donald former general counsel and later chairman of the Remember remembering in the hugo black epis the s senate nate will carefully scrutinize the presidents nominee nomine e ford wont comply D a reopening of its case before the labor relations board the ford motor co company served notice it would not comply with the boards order to cease and desist from alleged violations of the labor act and to reinstate certain discharged workers the board decided to ask a circuit court of appeals to enforce its decision and the case probably will be carried up to the supreme court can cant t limit sar stubs 1 akes aboard H E national labor relations board informed congress in its annual report that legal ii limitations mitat ions on the right to strike would be unconstitutional the statement was made in the fac face e of a reviving drive to amend the wagner act under linder which the board operates and to t take ake steps step to increase trades U unions n responsibility hill to be alabama senator LISTER HILL administration REP adherent is to be the new senator from alabama in t the it democratic primaries he defeat defeated d former senator tom heflin and that is equivalent to election the seat he will have formerly fill filled ed by hugo black has been occupied since blacks elevation to the supreme court by dixie bibb graves wife w if c of governor graves but it was agreed that she would resign as I 1 soon as an election was held mr hill who is forty three bears years old will be one of the youngest members of the senate ile he has been serving as chairman of the house military affairs committee t no new deal retreat his annual message on READING the state of the nation before the senate and house at the opening of congress president roosevelt declared his purpose to advance upon the I 1 fundamentals I 1 same I 1 of the new deal that have hitherto been proposed ile he said 40 1 I do not propose to let the people down I 1 am sure the congress of the united states will not let the people down we hold old our principles I 1 and rid our objectives president it to be sound we will roosevelt I 1 never go back on them the president again urged congress to enact legislation for control of wages and hours of work he asked that all segments of the nation operate cooperate co with the government to achieve better economic balance reasserting his approval of proposed changes in tax laws he said three things should be kept in mind first the total surri sum to be derived by the federal treasury must not be decreased as a result of any changes in schedules second abuses by individuals or corporations corpo ra designed to escape tax taxpaying payin 9 by using various methods of doing business corporate and otherwise abuses which we have sought with great success to end must not be restored third we should rightly change certain provisions where 1 they are proven to work definite hardship especially on the small business men of the nation but speculative income should not be favored over earned income speaking of his attitude toward the nations business as a whole mr roosevelt declared the overwhelming majority of business men and bankers intend to be good citizens only a small minority have displaced poor citizenship by engaging in practices 1 which ach are dis dishonest honest or definitely b harmful raf ua to society this statement is straightforward and true no person in any responsible place in the government of the united states has ever taken any position contrary to it he called for prompt agreements on a farm program now in conference between the house and senate and asked specifically that congress keep the cost of its administration within the figure 1 of current government expends expendi expenditures tures in aid of agriculture 41 loans OK 01 THE Tern HE supreme coulbo court c u rt ruled the gov g av ment could matte make loans and grants for publicly owned electric plants secretary ickes the dubaic works administrator said the decision would affect construction of 52 projects costing for which his agency had allotted 30 as loans to be and as federal grants justice sutherland delivered the opinion of the court rr 1 I ley finds a surplus JIM PARLEY FARLEY in his annual re port as postmaster Ps ster general was able to show a surplus of more than 12 millions for his department to do this however he deducted an expense item of about 60 million dollars calling it a nono non rostal item he charged off the air and ocean mail subsidies and all free mail dealing with the activities of the postal inspection service farley said the traffic in spurious lottery tickets is believed to have been broken up with the arrest and conviction of a band of racketeers in the east who disposed of more than 10 million dollars worth of such tick ets in the last few years china reorganization INSTEAD INSTEAD of surrendering to the japanese invaders the government of china has been reorganized f e nde de for continued re W L 1 fg 1 distance si stance against the 11 enemy chiang kai shek as was predicted some time ao in t this his c column 0 lumn has drooped all his civil duties and will devote himself to building up a I 1 nd d leading the army lie he is now command I 1 er in chief of the chiang land forces and temporarily kai shek pora rily at the head of the g navy finance M minister inester IT H kung his br brother other ini in inlaw in I law aw of the succeeds him as president ent executive yuan or premier and other important changes have been posts made in ministries and key it was announced that he has in training to a new army of men support the coo who are combating the Japa japanese nwe |