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Show 3 THE PAGE TWO TIMES-NEW- Xvith Itcvlew of Current Event TAMMANY HALL ROUTED La Guardla and Dewey Winners in New York , . . Natidnal Topic Nation) Pros Detroit Rejects Candidates Backed by the C.I.O. Interpreted by William Bruckart Building- - Washington, D, Washington. The old mother hen, congress, hat settled down, prepared to hatch What Will something from It Hatch? h nest, of crop control eggs. At this stage of the proceeding, no one can make a guess as to the brood that congress will produce any better than a farmer's wife can tell what will be hatched by a real hen In her chicken house. About all that can be said for sure Is that President Roosevelt called congress into special session to enact crop control legislation and, therefore, there Is likely to be crop control legislation of some kind. It may not be hatched in the special session; the chances are that the many differences of opinion and the many demands cannot be reconciled In the six weeks which. the special session may occupy before the regular session of congress convenes In January. In addition to the lack of time In which to maturely examine crop control questions, a rivalry has developed between the house and the senate over the honor of drafting and putting through the law which will tell the farmers what they can and what they cannot do as farmers, Let me say just here that such a rivalry may work to the benefit of agriculture because It is bound to mean a compromise between" the house and senate on the legislation that finally is enacted. In other words, extremists, for and against any proposal, will have to yield and this may possibly result in program for crop control. The main question before congress is the type of crop control law to be- enacted. There are two kinds. Control may be compulsory or it may be voluntary. Most of the powers that be in the Department of Agriculture seem to favor the compulsory kind a ter that will tell the farmers they can or cannot do certain things and if they violate the decree, they can be punished. Many groups of farmers, however, do not ' want that sort of thing. In consequence we find in congress now proponents of both the compulsory and the voluntary . programs and each side appears to be determined in its posisome-workabl- - ' , , . tion.. We have seen both types used. Potato growers will remember how the potato control law laid down the rule that a quota of production should be imposed upon every farm- er and that he must pay 45 cents per bushel above the value of his potatoes for every bushel produced above his quota. These growers will remember also the agricultural adjustment administration requirement that all potatoes sold must be packaged in a certain way that, was prescribed for the grower by the AAA. In this connection it will be recalled how there was a penalty in addition for those who failed to properly package the potatoes they sold. Beyond these requirements, there was also a penalty prescribed to be invoked against any person who did not properly package his potatoes and place a government stamp thereon. Besides all this, there was an "informer" section in the potato control law. It provided something of a bounty for any person who relayed to the authorities any information he had respecting failure of any farmer to comply with the law and the regulations issued thereunder. It was reminiscent of prohibition days when informers were paid to squeal on bootleggers. , the hot end when this thing la debated in congress. Opponents of tha secretary's scheme contend that this program is straight out regimentation and that It goes as far In this effect as anything done by either the Fascist Mussolini or the Communist Stalin. It takes no stretch of the imagination, therefore, to see what is just ahead in the matter of a controversy for crop legislation for the reason that each of the programs that has been thus far advanced contains political dynamite. Chairman Jones of the house agricultural committee began work on drafts of bills for Jones crop control long Drafts Bill before the session convened. Several weeks prior to the opening day of the special session, Mr. Jones apeach pointed six was charged with drafting legislation applicable to a specific commodity. In doing this, Mr. Jones threw the door wide open. He included six farm crops to share the alleged benefits of crop control legislation, including the "ever normal granary" surplus control prowere digram. The rected to work out legislation covering cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, rice and dairy products. Inclusion of rice and dairy products came as a surprise. Heretofore, there had been little talk about including rice and none about dairy products. The information that filters Into Washington is that a majority of the dairy people have no particular hankering for government dictation in their business. Chairman Smith of the senate agricultural committee likewise has been busy. Throughout the summer he has bee.n attempting to get a line on farmer sentiment by a number of hearings in various parts of the country. From all indications. Chairman Smith, who comes from South' Carolina and is a farmer in his own right, is not enthusiastic about too much government dictation in the field of agriculture. Over on the house side of the Capitol, Secretary Wallace has many followers. Obviously, he will with them very closely. Indeed, some of the house members who do not like Mr. Wallace or his "ever normal granary" scheme are referring to the Wallace supporters in the house as "Henry- Wallace's boys." That indicates better than anything I can say how the feelings are. To add to the complexity of the congress. President job facing Roosevelt has said definitely that if there are subsidies paid to farmers in connection with crop control legislation, that legislation must carry additional taxes to take care of the bounty payments authorized. Simmered down, therefore, what Mr. Roosevelt has said is that if the farmers want that kind of crop control legislation, they and all consumers must pay for it with added taxes. I have heard general commendation of the President's position. It surely represents a straightforward policy by the Chief Executive in this regard. He has told the country now that he is willing to support agricultural subsidies through control of the crops if the whole country which has to pay the bill is willing to bear the extra taxes that are required. deep-seate- d Having presented the picture as I see it, it seems almost unnecessary to add that Two Big there will be two enormous lobbies Lobbies The compulsory cotton control bearing down on law was less stringent but it had congress in the special session as penalties attached well as probably in the regular sesCotton so that any cotton sion that convenes in January. I farmer who failed think I foresee now how Secretary Control to comply with the Wallace and those who believe with regulations had to pay a tax on him are going to operate both withcotton produced over and above his in and without the administration. That is to say, there will be adminisallotment. This tax was so high 60 per cent of the value that it tration pressure and when anyone amounted to a fine as punishment says that there is administration The oher kind of cotton control law, pressure, they are saying nothing the voluntary plan, bad no penalty more or less than that the administration is lobbying. It has always provisions. This control was exercised by issue of subsidies or paybeen that way and it is no excepments to farmers for raising various tion that the Roosevelt administratCrops provided they limited the ion does the same sort of thing. amount to the dictation of the AAA. The other lobby will embrace a Thus, under the voluntary cohtrol, considerable representation of farmthe farmer could take the governer sentiment that is opposed to ment's money and limit his crop to Washington dictation and which AAA was said his quota feels that additional taxes will have what the and thus be paid for compliance. to be absorbed in part at least by Or, he could refuse the governagriculture. This happened in the ment's subsidy and raise what he case of a processing tax which was pleased. thrown out as unconstitutional It Now, in addition to these proposiwill happen in every case for the Deof Wallace the tions. Secretary reason that no one is going to abpartment of Agriculture, is promotsorb taxes when they can be passed ing what he calls his "ever nor- on. "When they are passed on to mal granary" plan. This is to serve the farmers, that is the end because as supplemental to the crop control the farmer has no place to send on the production side. The secrethem. The consumer is In the same tary has an idea that the federal gov- fix. ernment can take the surplus of In addition to this farm sentigood years off of the hands of farmment, lobby in opposition to the ers and hold them through the lean Wallacethe program will find years when poor crops have failed certain phases of likely, other Industry to produce the amount required for aligned with it It will in all probAmerican home consumption. ability find a certain share or segThe secretary's "ever normal ment of consumer opposition begranary" plan is a red hot poker cause the consumers will have to and there will be plenty of sparks pay in higher prices. Western Newspaper Union. flying off of the hapdle as 'well as " PicLvtA IV. 01 SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Wester Newspaper Vnloa. La Guardla's Victory '"fa--- to TAMMANY HALL went downNew defeat in the York municipal election. Its mayoralty candidate, Jeremiah T. Maho- ne- - wh0 wa up 5 V 0" m , f - . j ! j j .... I ported aiso Dy Jim Farley and Senator Wagner, was thor- whipped .. by oughly ,t t i , rr i dia, candidate of the fusionists, the Republicans and the V young American Labor party. LaGuar-dithe first "reform" mavnr ver T.E.Dewey re.elected In New York, piled up a majority of 454,425. The Republicans hailed the result as a great victory for their party, and it was. But it also put the Labor party in the position of holding the balance of power in future elections in the metropolis. Second in interest only to the mayoralty vote was the fact that Thomas E. Dewey, the young man who smashed organized crime and the rackets in New York, was elected district attorney, defeating Harold W. Hastings' the Tammany nominee. Dewey, who is only thirty-fiv- e years old, promises reform in the methods of the office, and his record gives assurance these will be carried out The Republicans regained control of the New York state assembly and of many upstate cities. 1 r ' a, C.I.O. Loses in Detroit TpHE first important venture of the C. I. O. in politics turned out disastrously for the Lewis organization. Patrick H. O'Brien, its mayoralty candidate, declared on the stump that "labor must seize the reins of government in Detroit and every other American city." Whereupon the Detroit electors arose in their wrath and swept O'Brien and the C. I. O. out of the picture. Rich-ard W. Reading,' conservative candidate backed by the A. F. of L., won the office by a majority of 7 votes. In addition, all the five C. I. O. backed candidates for the common council were decisively whipped. In New Jersey Senator. A. Harry Moore, Democrat was elected governor over Lester H. Clee, Republican, but only by virtue of a big majority in Hudson county. Moore has held the office twice before. It was the first time in the state's history that a governor has won a third term. The state constitution prohibits a consecutive but Moore was elected in 1925 and again in 1931, each time for a three-yea- r term. James M. Curley, who has been three times mayor of Boston and once governor of Massachusetts, tried again for the mayoralty, but was defeated by Maurice J. Tobin, like Curley a Democrat Philadelphia went Democratic, as did Pittsburgh, which Mayor Cornelius Scully. , 106,-90- . Borah Talks Plainly national WHILE Republican were gathering in Chicago for an important meeting, Senator Borah of Idaho jumped into print with a vigorous denunciation of the plan, favored by Hoover and Chairman Hamilton, to hold a midterm Republican R convention next ulation of party pol- - lcies. "We have heard a f V, j great aeai auoui Borah usurpation and die- - Senitor tatorship in recent years," said Borah. "There could be no greater exhibition of usurpation or dictatorship in politics than for a few accredited men undertaking to fix the principles and policies for 17 million voters without ever having consulted the voters or received their indorsement in any way. "The Republican party is in its present plight largely because leaders of the party too long neglected to take counsel of the voters. Leaders acted upon the theory that the voters would be led or cudgeled along the road pointed out by the leaders." Brussels Conference opening of the Far East FORMALconference fh Brussels brought out speeches by the chief delegates of America, Britain, France, Italy and Russia. Davis for the United States denounced re sort to armed force as a means of settling international disputes, and urged Japan and China to seek a settlement of their conflict "by peaceful processes." He continued: "We believe that between Japan and China is essential to the best Interests of those two countries and to peace throughout the world. We believe must be de- Chat such Thursday, NEPHI. UTAH S, "LITTLE FLOWER" WINS Fiorello La Guardla, who licked Tammany and was mayor or New York, in a striking pose as he addressed voters. veloped by friendship, fair play, and reciprocal confidence. If Japan and China are to it must be as friends and not as enemies. The e problems underlying relations must be solved on a basis that is fair to each and acceptable to both." Eden for England and Delbos for France seconded these The Italian representatives made it clear Italy would not stand for any coercive measures against Japan. China was represented by Dr. Wellington Koo who said: "We desire peace, but we know that we cannot obtain it in the presence of Japanese aggression. So long as aggression persists we are determined to continue our resistance. It is not peace at any price that will render justice to China or to the credit of civilization." A committee was named to send an appeal to Japan to open peace negotiations with China, and Germany was asked to recons'der her refusal to take part in the conference. Chinese-Japanes- British .Are Enraged JAPAN and Italy have beenof twisting tha tail what that mighty beast may be stirred to action. Within a few days five British soldiers were killed and a number wounded by Japanese shells In the fighting at Shanghai. The English there charged the killings were deliberate, in retaliation for the aid the British gave a "suicide battalion" of Chinese in escaping from a warehouse in Chapel, the native quarter, to the international settlement. The British and Japanese admirals had a hot dispute over the right of the former to prevent the passage of Japanese launches up Soochow creek. Soon after the Japanese began shelling the residential area of the settlement and an outpost where English soldiers were quartered was destroyed. Continuous shelling of Shanghai by the invaders endangered the British and American lines on the border of the International settlement and shells fell close to the American warship Augusta, Admiral Yarnell's flagship. Japan is angry over the alleged help Britain is giving China in the warfare and there is a movement In Tokio to break diplomatic relations with London. This is urged by the "council on the current situation," an unofficial body composed of high army officers, political leaders and other influential persons. The council adopted a resolution warning that unless Britain "reconsiders its improper attitude" Japan may be forced to take certain steps of "grave determination" against Britain, despite the "deep friendship" existing between the two countries for the last sixty years. Japanese troops Invaded a part of the international settlement guarded by American marines and seized a Chinese junk loaded with rice. General Beaumont commandant of marines, immediately entered a protest and the Japanese apologized but the marines did not consider the incident closed because the Japs didn't return the junk. The British government was not expected to take any action that would further anger Japan lest it should endanger the success of the parley in Brussels. But wise observers do not believe the treaty conference will have any definite results. Siabout: the Pritish lion, and if they keep U up. November 11, JlnoKet Isk Me A General Quiz O 6 pedes of Candidates. 1 1937 1. What are the ten most beauti ful words selected by Wilfred J. Funk? 2. Is the President of the United SANTA c;tfltfK vested with the authority to out the National Guard? dates to make up this world. call 3. In what direction must one world Maybe that's why the travel around the world to gain seems so overcrowded. day? 4. What Is the legend of the KilThere's the candidate who belongs to all the secret orders; if be left kenny cats? . off his emblems. Answers he'd catch cold; 1. They are: Dawn, hush, lullaknows every grand by, murmuring, tranquil, mist, hailing sign there is; luminous, chimes, golden and melhasn't missed a ody. lodge brother's fu2. No. The only one who has neral In years; can is the governor of a authority hardly wait for the state. next one to die. No 3. If you traveled westward campaign complete the world you would gain around without him. a day, yet if you made the same Candidate specialtrip eastward you would lose a izing in the hearty day. the handshake, Irvin 8. Cobb 4. They fought until nothing was the shoul but the ends of their tails. left , the the gift of remembering every voter by his first MONICA, CALIF. all kinds of candi- - neck-embrac- e, der-sla- p, bear-hug- name, and the affectionate inquiry regarding the wife and kiddies. When he kisses a baby, it sounds like somebody taking off a pair of wet overshoes. Usually has a weath-erbeatwife needing a new hat. Strutty candidate who's constantly leading an Imaginary parade of 50,000 faithful followers. Loves to poke his chest away out and then follows it majestically down the street A common or standardized species. 30 MINUTES AFTER Eating-Drinkin- AFTER A HEAVY MEAL Biblical Wisdom. X JjV ..AFTER ALONG n EVENING nine-pow- er d. g ALKALIZE Book of Nahum, Chapter IN THE II, I came upon this verse: "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches, they shall run Like the lightnings." Those Old Testament prophets certainly peered a long way into the future. Because I traveled by night through a main thoroughfare leading from Los Angeles to the sea and vice versa, and I knew what Nahum was describing. But not even an inspired seer of the Eible could imagine a record of traffic mortality so ghastly as the one we've already compiled in this More "Piracy" . year of grace 1937 A. D. (automoITALY'S latest twist of the lion's bile destruction) or a people so in the form of the speed-mabombing and sinking of the, British steamer Jean Weems in the MeJv How to Fight Japs. terranean by a "pirate" airplane. we have a The London Daily Herald's Barce- WHENEVER scare, I think of lona correspondent reported that Uncle Lum Wliiltc-n-.orc-, back in the Spanish loyalist government as- west Kentucky, ' who loved to disLabor Hits Duke's Tour serted that the plane bor.e markings wisdom as he hitched one TJ ESOLUTTONS denouncing ' the showing that it was piloted by Bruno pense instep on a brass rail and practiced American tour of the duke and Mussolini, son of the Italian premier. his free hand fought the residuchess of Windsor as a "slumming The pilot gave the freighter's crew with of free lunch dent flies for the trip professing to study labor" were only five minutes to take to life- which he held in ticjbit his grip. Balthe with adopted by boats and then sank the Weems One day a fellow asked Uncle timore Federation bombs. who had served gallantly in of Labor, and apThe British battle cruiser Hood Lum, Southern Confederacy until a was sent at full speed from Palma, the proved by President very hard rainstorm came up, what Green of the A. F. Majorca, to Barcelona to investi- he'd do if the yellow peril boys InofL. They attacked gate the attack. vaded America. Charles Bedeaux. In parliament the critics of the "I'd hunt me a hollow tree' in the the duke's friend, as David led Lloyd government by deep woods," he said. "Yes, son, of the Britsponsor a demanded stronger George, the owls would have to fetch me my "stretch - out sysSSWSSSj. a j ish Mediterranean policy. Lloyd maiL I been readin up on them tem." George flayed the government for Japs. They're fatalists." Officials of the bolstering up the international com"What's a fatalist?" demanded Committee for Inmittee on nonintervention in Spain, someone. Duchess of dustrial Organizade14 he months whose after history Windsor "Near ez I kin make out," stated tion, while refusing nounced as "discreditable and dis- the veteran, "a fatalist is a party to be quoted, said the attitude of honorable." that thinks you're doin' him a deep their organization on the Bedeaux pussonal favor when you kill him." system was "well known." Morocco Uprisings Official and social Washington, Hollywood Fashions. which had been in doubt as to what NATIONALIST uprisings . in to do about the distinguished visiwhich have SOME envious style expert says fashions are too gartors, was relieved when Sir Ronald been giving the French government a lot of trouble, are blamed on agents ish. If he's talking about Hollywood Lindsay, British ambassador, anof "a foreign totalitarian power," males, I say they're just garish nounced he would give a state dinner for the royal couple, as he meaning Italy. The disorders, main- enough. If they were any more termed them, the day after their ly in Casablanca, Fez and Medina, garish than they are, visitors would arrival. Immediately thereafter it were quelled by troops, mostly Sen- have to wear blinders, and if they was made known that President egalese legionnaires, and hundreds were any less garish, Italian sunsets would stand a chance in the comRoosevelt would entertain the duke of arrests were made. The nationalists plotted to set up petition. And I want the championand duchess at luncheon in the an independent Arab state with ship to stay in America. White House. Billy Gaxton picks out something The duke's talk on arrival was to Moulay Allal El Fassi as king. suitable for a vest to be worn to a be broadcast over all major netfancy dress party and then has a works, but the British Broadcasting Budget Conference members of congress whole suit made out of it Bob company announced it would not WHILE beginning to move to- Montgomery's ties are the kind that pick up Windsor's remarks for in England. ward Washington for the extraordi- I buy in moments of weakness and Bedeaux said the duke while in nary session. President Roosevelt then keep in a bureau drawer bethe United States would observe in his Hyde Park cause I'm not so brave as Bob is; these sixteen heavy industries: home was busy and also I keep the drawer closed those sudden Heavy machinery, light machinplanning means of because I can't stand glares. And Bing Crosby ery, heavy chemical work, oil refincarrying on the gov- dazzling color-blind or thinks everyernment program. is either ing, textiles, tobacco, steel, rubber, either coal or metallic ore mining, Especially was he body else is. But his crooning is interested automobile manufacturing, prepared in the mighty soothing. And so It goes foods, meat packing, logging, timber budget and related red,e pink, green, purple, orange, and here and there a dash financial matters,-anui mig pius lumDer mining, puip to advise on this of lavender. and paper production and vegetable he called in Marri-ne- r and fruit packing. Our local boys gladden the landS. Eccles, head scape with the sort of clothes I'd of the federal reserve wear, too only my wife won't let Almost Recognition M. S. Eccles system. Treasury me. Stop, look, listen! That's our REAT BRITAIN decided to let Secretary Morgenthau and Budget sartorial motto, and these jealous Franco, Spanish insurgent Director Bell already were there, designers back east can kindly go send to consuls Ecto chief, Mr. England, and and all listened closely jump in a dye-poto send official agents to the part of cles' talk concerning current busiIRVIN S. COBS. WNU Service. Spain he controls. This, it was said ness conditions and the stock marin official circles, did not imply ket situation. recognition of Franco, but British San Marino It was decided by the President Laborites thought it did, and conse- that the Commodity Credit corporaLegend says San Marino, on the quently assailed the government. tion should provide $85,000,000 for eastern shore of upper Italy, war Anyhow, it was apparent Britain bethe corn loans, obtaining the money founded in the Fourth century bf lieved Franco was right when he from the RFC and repaying the St Marinus of Dalmatia. Its total in is said won." latter agency when congress makes Burgos "the war rea is 38 square miles. Its known the necessary appropriations. nistory begins in 885 A. D. By the Officials of the Agriculture departWallace Plan Attacked Tenth century San Marino had launched its republic. The Monte-feltr- o WALLACE'S "ever ment gave corn growers assurance SECREIaRY that the government will loan 50 family and the papacy proplan is "politicents a bushel on the large 1937 tected it. Once it was captured by cally inexpedient, economically uncrop. The loans will be made, acCaesar Borgia, but soon regained sound, and fundamentally unworkable," according to the Cash Grain cording to current plans, on field freedom. Napoleon recognized its corn testing 14.5 per cent moisture association of Chicago which subindependence. Garibaldi, great Haicontent or less. 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