Show news review of current events the world over tugwell confirmed by senate despite bitter attacks darrow board assails johnson president Roosevel ts plans for social regeneration re enervation r by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 by r union GUY GUT ap lv peara oce before the senate agriculture committee to be quizzed as to hla his fitness for the position of 0 undersecretary of agriculture was rather farel cal even though it brought on heated en counters among the members of the committee the senators aired their own views freely but learned almost nothing concerning those of mr tugwell tu ne ile did tell them he believed bele 2 the con COD R G tugwell a ution was flexible enough to take care of any necessary eCOn economic Omle changes that he was opposed to the adoption ot of soviet planning by america and that he thought his experience on ills his fathers farm and his big research qualified him for the position to which the president had appointed him finally the committee reported the nomination favorably the only two opposing votes being those of cotton ed smith of south carolina and henry D hatfield of west virginia the action of the committee assured Tug wells confirmation by the senate cenate but the debate on the floor was unexpectedly long iong and the attacks on r Tugwell were outspoken senator schall of minnesota for instance said agriculture demands and already hat has experiment stations dealing in actual actuel crops live stock and markets it wants no hold bold experiments in collectivism by a self styled philosopher who functions like a three card monte sharp ebarp who jumps upon a box bos with three shells and a pea and who entertains the public with his big cry now you see it and now you dont who Is the next nest gent Tug wells general denial and his big specific denials in the light of his associates go socia tes in the field of political writing are absolutely worthless they are an insult to an intelligent jury tie ile insults the united states senate in order to gain a high office from which he can preach collectivism as a substitute toy for american institutions and the constitution HILE the delegates of the steel W anile workers unions were gathering in pittsburgh to vote on the threatened strike president roosevelt and his big advisers brought forward a plan for an emergency law designed to avert the walkout it was admittedly a temporary expedient to give the arp idedo an effective agency for the consideration of industrial disputes arising during the life of the under the new bills terms boards selected by the president would be empowered to order and conduct au an election by a secret ballot to determine by person or persons or organizations organisations employees nay may desire to be represented in negotiations under the collective bargaining features of the national recovery act the proposed boards also would have the authority to order production of pertinent documents and wit nesses to give testimony ony under oath and their orders would bp b enforceable by any united states court of competent jurisdiction similar to like privileges enjoyed by the federal trade commission bested with authority to prescribe their own rules and re regulations ula the boards would be armed vm ill a penalty clause in the new law setting 1000 fine or a yo year ar imprisonment or both for violation of 0 their decrees N ITS second report to the president I 1 IN the national recovery review board headed by clarence darrow loosed another blast blaed at administrator johnson and in effect recommended his removal as bead of ill the nifa nil A the board said johnson had bad given the recovery program an un american and dictatorial tinge that handicapped it in the war on depression that lie has arbitrarily decreed life and death for industries and that by arbitrary mod locations of codes he has helped bl big I 1 business concerns to oppress their smaller competitors tile the rule rula of the military commander Is totally unsuited to the genius habits traditions or psychology of the american people and wholly ineffectual in meeting the present national crisis the board concluded the second darrow report covered the retail dry goods warehousing lumber cement retail food boot and shoe electrical manufacturing bedling bedding pe tr oleum coffea COU OP plumbing fixture embroidery and lead pencil codes complaints against the warehousing electrical red ami embroidery codes were dismissed as without foundation but in the other codes thi the board cla claimed tined to ond and oppression of mall businesses or Lenc TARY OP oil STATE HULL S sent gent to great another note concerning tile the war car dat bluntly re the arguments of 0 the british hi bush MIUS it was wab up to the deltor to oher offer in bucci ci P and that an arrange in nt for part payment in n goods lai might gh t lo ie vo iio 1 0 o lio nover when june 15 the day for installments came uncle sam received only which was the full surn sum due from finland the larger debtors all gave cave notice of default and so did roost most of the others czechoslovakia suggested a readjustment to permit it to pay lo in goods and service in berlin the declared a six months moratorium on oil its foreign obligations these including the dawes and am young loans no cash transfers will be made by the bank from july 1 to december 31 1931 1031 S SENATOR ARTHUR ROBINSON of indiana who was by the republicans will be opposed at the polls next fall by sherman minton the selection of the democratic state convention mr minton inton ll a world ciar veteran Is now public counselor for the public service commission of the state ills nomination was a victory for governor mcnutt over the faction led by R earl peters former state chairman IN TN THE democratic run on oft primary in alabama former gov GOT bibb graves won the nomination for governor and goes back to the executive office which ile he heli held from arora january 1927 s to january 1931 judge james E norton horton who presided in the second trial of heywood patterson one of the nine negro defendants fend ants in the scottsboro Scott case and and then set aside a jury verdict of death ran more than 2500 behind A A griffith of cullman george huddleston leston of firming ciara retained his bis seat as congressman from the ninth district but congressman miles 0 allgood of the fifth district was beaten by maj joe starnes IMMEDIATE ImiE DIATE relief from distress and of business recovery prosperity fall fail far short of president Roosevel ts plans tor for regeneration of the nation this was revealed in his special message to congress which told of the plans and recommendations ons lie he would submit to the next nest congress lie asked for no ho present legislation but gave notice of tile the social experiments lie he proposes to begin next nest winter president the g message dis roosevelt cussed the three tac fac tors of 0 housing land and resource planning and old age and unemployment insurance expressing satisfaction over progress in relieving industry abric agric agriculture alture and unemployment the president asserting his right to chart social reforms declared it Is childish to speak of reco recovery ery first and reconstruction afterward taking up the housing problem he said millions of dollars had already been provided to improve lhing conditions and voiced the hope that with passage of ills his housing program private capital would be stimulated to widen the scope of home building discussing planned control of the land lie he declared that hundreds of thousands of fa families mIlles now live where abete there Is no reasonable prospect of a living in the years to come sounding the failure of the government thus tar far to create a national policy for the development of land and water resources sir air roosevelt Koo sevelt indicated his intention of providing such a policy and tor for the transferring to new lands of those people who cannot make a living in their present positions sit ions outlining his views on providing security against unemployment and old age sir mr roosevelt said he was seeking a sound means which he could recommend to provide an immediate safeguard against these hazards and vicissitudes of life HEN president signed the tariff bargaining bill he acquired authority to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties without senate approval and to increase or decrease tariff rates by as much as 50 per cent in order to stimulate foreign commerce this policy of swapping reductions the government belles bel lees will result in great benefit to our foreign trade and at the same time will give adequate protection to industry already nearly thirty foreign nations are lined up awaiting an opportunity to negotiate reciprocal treaties MAX M AX BAER of california brought tile worlds heavyweight title back to america by soundly whipping prime camera the huge italian in new york the fight was the most exciting one seen in this country for a long time scheduled for fifteen rounds it ended in the eleventh when the referee declared a technical knockout and awarded the victory to baer Cr camera arnera was game to the end thirteen times lie he went to the canvas yet he was advancing against the retreating baer bacr during the greater part of the contest carnera camera went into theo thea ring weighing pounds and baer tipped the scales at C completed action on the communications bill and it was wag handed to the president Ident for his signature this new law puts an end to the th federal radio commission and creates create a new board of seven members known as the federal communications cow corn mission that not only takes take over the duties of tie radio board but also all 11 control that has baa been exercised by the interstate commerce commission over telegraphic and telephonic communications cat ions As set bet forth in the law its enactment Is for the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio to make available so far as possible to all a 11 the people of 0 the united states a rapid eff lelent nationwide nation wide and worldwide wire 41 arid and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges for the purpose of national defense and for the purpose of securing a more effective execution of 0 this policy by centralizing authority heretofore granted by law to several agencies and by granting additional authority with respect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire and radio communication A significant now new provision which the bill carries into law is the assertion of full control over all wire and radio communications by the government in case of war or public peril 9 under this section the president has authority to take over all wire and radio offices and stations with just compensation to persons entitled thereto through the efforts of L LARGELY norman davis davig american ambassador at large the european statesmen at geneva were persuaded to I 1 I 1 I 1 drop their quarreling and adopt a mild az compromise resolution that prolonged the life ot of the disarmament conference a great britain and france agreed upon a plan based on the return of germany to the conference and the aid of italy was enlisted it was ar P premier em er ranged that chancel chance h mussolini isolini lor jo littler should go to venice and that premier mussolini should fly to that city to confer with his fellow dictator whom lie he had never met later louis carthon Car Eart thou bou french foreign minister Is expected to go to rome for a talk with mussolini in which the misunderstandings between their countries may be ironed out mussolini and hitler were to discuss european policies generally and specifically ciff cally the german claims to full armament and the austrian question involving nazi propaganda in the lai latter country count rv this anglo french compromise was wa a diplomatic setback for russia but the soviet republic countered with the announcement that it had been recognized by czechoslovakia and rumania recognition by was expected to follow shortly maxim announcement was taken to mean that the russians intend to go ahead with their policy of encircling germany the recognition was effected by an exchange of letters between and dr edward denes cenes foreign minister of czechoslovakia and nicholas foreign minister of ru mania after suggesting an early exchange of ministers which will assure that relations between their countries will always remain friendly and correct each of these letters adds the phrase our peoples will collaborate in the future to maintain the peace of the world german papers agree a new chapter in relations between soviet russia and the powers ot of southeastern europe has been opened it Is expected the next step probably will be the conclusion of a commercial agreement between the little entente and moscow one of the purposes being to minimize the effect of soviet dumping of lumber and cereals in the entente nations nonage and mutual assistance pacts are said to be in the background A committee of the disarmament conference had under consideration the matter of guarantees for any convention lon which may be agreed upon but when the question was submitted to the japanese delegate he be said his government could not consent to guarantees without reservations thereupon the russian delegate said the soviet government would not accept any such agreement that was not signed by japan the democrats in congress EVEN eare are not boasting openly of their success in passing the bill tor a census of the unemployed and many of them voted against it or were absent when hen it came up for final passage that it was designed mainly to give jobs tor for the faithful at the expense of the national treasury was clear tor for the census takers are not cot to get their jots jobs until after the november congressional gress lonal elections then they will receive 2 a day for a long period obtaining answers to an elaborate ques tionna lonn alre lre ROUTH STRICKEN regions of the DROUTH middle west were blessed with soaking ains and hope was held out for forage and corn the earlier crops however are ruined over most of the area secretary wallace after a trip through hr u gh the dry states described th thel droth drouth as a tragedy tor for the he are suffering from its ra ages ages bu bun a pos possible sible future bless ing ng for tile auntry as tt a whole 0 LIN DURA duic 1 professional of a r Call fort a country club now wears cars the c ca 0 wn ot of open sot golf chani plon on of th united states no won the he title bi b shooting a 0 03 for 72 holeik |