Show news of current carent events S SMALL MALL BUSINESS TURBULENT bedlam reigns in m ropers conference housing bill enacted german army versus nazis A W y nv summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 6 0 western Vows poper union busi business noss men in uproar OF COM COMMERCE MERCE S SECRETARY ROPER ROPE R thought the thousand little business men he invited to 0 washington to tell their troubles and needs to the president would hold a nice quiet meeting and formulate a program that embarrass the adm administration Ini but they fooled him their opening session in the de part apartment ment of commerce auditorium was decidedly riotous and finally the police were called in to restore order every man present wanted to moke make a speech and dozens ought fought tor for possession of the microphone of the loudspeaker system in order to tell what they thought was wag wrong with the country and what should be done about it mr roper tried valiantly to deliver a message of I 1 greeting from mr roosevelt but the throng throne refused to listen even to that assistant secretary ernest draper had little better luck draper announced that fred roth shoo shoe manufacturer of cleveland was temporary chairman and this led to further disorder because he was handpicked hand picked chairman jesse jones who tried to speak was cheered cred but soon retired from the room with roper and draper some of the business men who could make themselves heard condemned the administration for high taxes reckless spending and unwarranted W ar attacks on industry and business others called on the president to declare he will not accept a third term they demanded he get rid of his theorists they voted to consider the problem of taxes shouting down the attempts of commerce officials to sidetrack it finally nine small groups were formed to discuss as many phases of the problem and carry their findings to the white house these with their topics and chairmen were small loans james G daly of columbus ohio wages and hours dr W K gunter of gaffney Gaff ncy S C fair trade practices howard D north of cleveland government research bernard mclean of dallas texas housing D E mcavoy of new york social security 0 L roach of danville va development and planning of small business leslie E sanders of orlando fla alai unemployment wallace kim bal of long island city N Y installment selling R P hastey of chicago tc housing bill passed NOUGH democratic senators Es ENOUGH switched witched their votes on the lodge prevailing wages amendment to the housing bill so the senate by a vote of 42 to 40 adopted the conference report on the housing bill and the measure went to the white house tor for the presidents approval this was the first item on the administrations program to be enacted since the special session was called november 15 last the measure provides for government insuring of mortgages on privately constructed housing up to 00 90 per cent of the value of the property on homes costing not more than and on 80 per cent on homes costing up to with the prevailing wage amendment eliminated legislators and labor leaders are disputing as to the effect it will have on the wage scales in the residential building industry senator lodges amendment was approved by the american federation of labor but proponents of the measure said it would defeat the whole housing program at any rate it appears to have served the opponents of the administration minI by getting it in bad with organized labor generals versus nazis aberlin ACCORDING L to dispatches from berlin a crisis Is pending between the high officers of the german army and the nazi government leaders the generals brought things thing i to a focus by forcing tha resignation of marshal werner von blomberg war minister because he had married tho daughter of a carpenter that of course was a minor affair but it emphasized the split be adulte of tween een the e arm army y windsor amor clique and the nazi chieftains concerning the control of the armed forces it was said hitler was considering following example and himself taking over the war portfolio all this leads to a revival of the reports current in diplomatic circles that the army set may try to ease hitler into virtual retirement revive the monarchy und and make the duko duke of windsor the kaiser of germany when all the circumstances are considered this as foolish as it may sound at first 7 3 q r 01 1 y S 0 tam admiral claude charles BI bloch och shown above has haa assumed corn coin mand of tho the united states bleet succeeding admiral the transfer was made at san pedro fedro calif As A F of L s big offer S SEEKING to organize the ing power of its members behind manufacturers who employ them and to undermine the position of the tha C 1 I 0 tho the american federation in its miami convention promised to spend annually on goods made or serviced by federation affiliates officials explained that what was w wanted anted was agreement with as many manufacturers as possible to sign contracts with the federation unions in return for a guaranteed market the union label trades department has sent a brochure to business men to enlist their support first step in the drive will be a 0 momentous national educational campaign president william green said this will be ba marked ty by a national exhibition of products and services of A F of L affiliates fili fil ates which will bo be held in cincinnati may 16 to 21 the federations executive council indorsed endorsed Indor sed a proposed change in the wagner labor relations act that would insure to the members of craft unions within an industry the right to elect their own collective bargaining representatives the united mine workers of which john L lewis is president voted unanimously at their washington convention to oppose any change in the act 4 francos program G generalissimo generalissimo F FRANCO R A N C 0 chief of the spanish rebels and now the dicta dictator tor pres president ident has created a cabinet to administer the territory he controls and announced the policies of the government thus A labor charter based on the working class and providing 44 awn separate unions for workers technicians and employers 1 I pl va 1 A press statute 64 guaranteeing tree free gen franco dom om of the press municipal organization for efficient local government A public works program tor for reconstruction of devastated regions and an agrarian plan for loans to farmers and judicious redi redistribution strib u of land revision of legislation created by the republic A foreign policy based on peace compatible wita the dignity of great peoples A financial program claiming ng all that belonged to spanish soil boll as well as treasures which have been stolen from spain t navy fliers perish D DURING the naval maneuvers oil oft the southern california coast two navy planes collided 70 miles from point loma and ten of the men aboard lost their lives three were rescued from the sea and taken aboard the battleship tennessee bodies of eight of the victims were quickly recovered only small bits of wreckage were found league asks aid for china M EMBERS of the league of na i 1 eions were asked by the caeli acm ell to consider whether they can lend individual tile aid to china in its war with japan dr V K wellington koo chinas cainas chief delegate urged the I 1 league a gue to halt japans campaign and assure a just settlement of the conflict through the operation cooperation co of peace loving countries so long as japanese aggression in the far east is permitted to rage unrestrained bolong so long will the peace of europe remain precarious and general european settlement will be difficult of realization he said japs raid our salmon beds J DIMOND delegate aarom ANTHONY from alaska told a house c corn 0 m matteo that japanese fishing ope operations r 1 in bristol bay of off the alaski alaskin coast will utterly ruin the calmun fishing industry there if allowed to continue some ago the japanese invaded the tha waters of bristol bay dimond said they denied they were packing salmon but were interested merely in experimental work in 1833 1030 however american merchant seamen observed a japanese steamer apparently packing salmon lost last year the japanese began to op erato crate there in earnest establishing floating canneries dimond Is sponsor of a bill to ex tend the jurisdiction of tho the states over the waters adjacent to the alaskan coast in order to prevent illicit fishing operations by foreign nationals ja japan pan warns foreigners JAPANS embassy in shanghai Shan gnal Is sued a warning to foreigners to evacuate more than square miles in central china in view of the possibility of extensive operations this meant the battle north of the yen yangtze etzo river which was fast developing into what promised to be the decisive battle of the war the japanese reported their troops had occupied chetoko on the tha shantung peninsula and that their planes had bombarded the amoy area between shanghai and hong kong rush defense plan bill in congress lost no L LEADERS time in carrying forward the national defense program which president roosevelt had offered in a special message legislation to authorize the e expenditure of in naval construction was introduced immediately in both the house and senate and steps were taken to provide the additional requirements of the army it was waa predicted the carl r inson house se would id pass the expansion bill by the middle of february chairman carl vinson vanson of georgia called together his house naval affairs committee ana began hearings on the measure certain that it would be reported favorably W with th little delay the president in his message recommended om orn mended that the present naval building program be increased 20 per cent that congress authorize two additional dit ional battleships and two cruisers during 1038 1938 that congress authorize for additional antiaircraft anti aircraft equipment that congress provide tor for better establishment of an enlisted reserve for the army that congress legislate to prevent profiteering in wartime war time and to equalize the burdens of possible war opposition to the bill in the house was expected to come from certain members from the middle western states tinkham of massachusetts also like the program saying it was one of offense not defense and that the president was preparing to get the united states into the league of nations senators of michigan and frazier of north dakota demanded that mr roosevelt make public the foreign policy he expects to follow behind increased armaments now new D dutch princess THERE HERE was great rejoicing in the netherlands when crown princess juliana gave birth to a baby girl who some day may become the third queen of the country the infant was promptly baptized being given the name of beatrix williel mina armgard c troubles in n egypt y YOUNG OUNG king farouk of egypt Is having difficulty in maintaining the regime of mohammad pashe mahmud whom he made ler after the resignation of mustafa na has nationalist leader the other day the followers of created a ba bad d riot in cairo and king farouk thereupon dissolved parliament and ordered a general election democrat in Sti ewers seat aggon GOV OV CHARLES MARTIN of oregon appointed alfred even reames of salem to serve out the file 11 months of the term term of 01 son sen frederick Sti ewer who resigned to enter private law practice mr reames a lawyer sixty seven years old thus becomes the first democratic senator from 0 oregon re since 1921 he Is chairman of the executive committee of the democratic state central committee he will not seek to succeed himself in the senate ic jackson gets reeds place t OBERT H JACKSON assistant Rat attorney torney general was norn nominated anat by the president to b be e solicitor general of the united states he succeeds stanley reed whose ap t tn the supreme court was con firme d by the senate jackson h las n s been much in the hea headlines blines la lately tely because of his speeches attacking bull business ness and hla his avowed intention to seek the governorship oi of new ew york |