Show news review of current events the world over president returns from vacation to face critical test of s his administration policies as foes stand firm on prevailing wage 0 clause t by B y EDWARD W PICKARD it Q western vestern ne sparer union RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ended his 6 i vacation at llyde hyde park and left for t washington where his adi ninis faces serious trouble involving tile prestige of the white house capitol Is full of lively curiosity over the presidents program and whether ile he will III tight fight the present nt congressional defiance of his leadership 4 and go before the A people with one of ills his famed fireside esble es lle talks 1 i afe asi j or whether he will 1 gree to a compromise I 1 sen wagner mr roosevelt at III the end of ills his second year in office faces a predicate lu in ills his relations to congress 1 similar to that which confronted mr hoover in 1031 unless he regains control his entire program Is like likely jy to hog bog down the fight hinges on the work relief program tile the first item in the presidents budget ct me message sage and tile the principal mainstay of ills his program secret conferences at which slices of pork were reported to have been dangled before the avid arid eyes of revolting senators were said to hive been held A few supporters of the mccarran prevailing wage which wrecked the bill and forced its mcconi becom mission to the appropriations committee were said to be wavering under the pressure senator robert F wagner who voted for the amendment acted as peacemaker lie intimated the possibility of a compromise by paying more than the soc so c called security wage of 50 a month but still lower than the prevailing rates other leaders declared they would not budge from their positions i secretary ickes has been no help to the president in quelling the revolt in ills his recent testimony ickes was reluctant to tell a senate committee about allocation of 51 for a anival cava shipbuilding program the senators finally pried out information which would indicate that the navy and the speculators knew all about the appropriation but none of tile the members of congress knew about it the money was to be spent at executive discretion and senators feel this does not auger well nell for the proposal to hand to mr no rosevelt sevelt unlimited in spending the proposed five billion dollar appropriation since next year will bring another presidential election a third of the senators will be up for reelection election re and all of the house members they are watching closely tile the present situation because it if the resident president Is slipping they want their own records back home in good order J has sent more ia italian troops to east cast africa making that have been dispatched for the possible war with the empire of with the latest contingent went gen rudolfo graziani grazias II 11 vho aho ho will be in command of the expeditionary I 1 army the soldiers were given a fine send on off at naples crown prince humbert being present mussolini has set european governments buzzing in a speech in abich lie he roared defiance at italis foes asserting that he could put eight million armed men in the held field if necessary newspapers during the past few wools weeks pave have openly referred to the possibility i of a war at between italy and germany over austria and it was thought that I 1 11 II duces speech was m made ade to impress upon the nazis that he was prepared j to defend brenner pass althou although a apart part of the troops are being used in ethiopia 11 britain Is keeping a close watch on j ethiopian developments sir john lsimon simon foreign secretary told the house 1 of commons simon said that the agreement ament of 1008 1908 between italy france and 3 great creat britain to preserve the political 1 1 nod and territorial status quo in ethiopia 1 Is to in force and that britain has drawn 10 italis attention to this fact ile he lidded added that the whole trouble Is over the frontier be between teen ethiopia and italian Somal lland liland which has never been properly defined TIIE T blue eagle lost anther another tall a AT i feather e ether the other oilier day ahen feds meral fral judge at wilmington del 9 held beld that the collective bargaining vision of NIKA is unconstitutional aj when applied to companies not engaged in a interstate commerce the adminis 6 ration ant anil organized labor immediately s y joined in a fight to preserve the va el a of section 7 A and announced 11 14 that an immediate appeal would be tak aen lt en before the united states supreme 0 court 1 the wagner labor relations bill mak jp ing section 7 A the law of the land ed e and outlawing company unions may irl tobe revised if judge Is 6 upheld by tile the high court the ruling ito also gle ghea support to opposition now forming in congress against ext elision 11 of unless it Is reorganized 1 4 ll feldi ell ruling was on an inc of sult 1 iry by tho govern vern t rl tile HIP weirton steel corn cool ef liany to eldorn ibe sivel alrin from froin al eimil IR nf 1 I atlon 7 A of f allt anil 0 ilir 1 lilar of tile ilie fair tinn petition code of tile the iron and steel industry lie ile upheld the right of employees to form company unions for collective bargaining bargain ing thus upsetting the claim of the amalgamated association of fron steel anil and tin workers that tile company intimidated employ cos ces lind and dominated tile cora company pany union the court held that the company Is primarily en ensured aged in state not inter otate commerce which e congress on g ress Is not empowered to regulate judge stated power to enact section 7 A was not conferred upon congress by the general welfare recital in the preamble of the constitution nor by the welfare clause article 1 section 8 of the constitution ution unless the supreme court reverses judge the decision will prevent the new deal from interfering with employee employer of a last ast majority of american business new peal deal policies received another jolt tile the s same ame day when judge charles L davison dan son on application apall aaion of 35 west ern kentucky coal operators issued a writ enjoining the government from enforcing tile the bituminous coal code reaffirming an earlier decision that the national industrial recovery act was unconstitutional judge dawson declared that the coal mining Is an intrastate tra state business and beyond the power of congress to regulate tie he had previously issued a temporary writ on petition of the operators on tile ground of invalidity of the code but the court of appeal remanded the case for a finding of tact fact on oil the question of irreparable injury when the government unconstitutionally interferes with the right of a citizen to do business in ills his own way that interference constitutes an injury to the property rights of the citizen said judge dawson who iho labeled as falli fallacious clous the government lawyers contention that gallis gains resulting from the coal code should offset losses F FEDERAL JUDGE W 1 I of alabama gae the new deal a sharp rap that threatens the great electric power development la in the tennessee valley lie ile ruled that the tennessee valley authority has no legal authority to dispose of surplus power generated at hydroelectric plants on tile the tennessee river the administration Is depending on this enterprise to bring about the IoN lowering Nering of primate power plant rates and it was believed there would be an immediate appeal from the decision in washington especial note was taken of the fact that judge grubb made permanent an injunction restraining 14 north alabama cities and towns from negotiating with the public works administration for loans to build electric distribution systems there was vas speculation as to what nhat effect if any this might have nationally on avas I 1 policy of giving financial encouragement to municipal power de N elop ments troubles continue to rock I 1 INTERNAL cuba and president carlos vendi regime appears tottering manuel despaigne Desp algne the only member of Il lendl cabinet who was 1 in office lias has r resigned esi ned as secretary of tile the treasury completing the rout of tile MI ministry brought about by the school strike and twelve assistant cabil cabinet V secretaries have also deserted the administration tile the c cabinet eions began oer 01 er differ ca los 03 n dences of opinion as to men ieta deta how to deal with the strike of several hundred thousand students and teachers alch which has developed into a national movement to oust the mendieta SIen Mend dicta leta administration comma led labor organizations are ready to throw their strength behind a revolutionary lutio nary general strike and the situation is becoming critical although armed forces are being held in readiness to quell disorders there Is some doubt as to their loyalty loyally to the president col fulgencio Fulgen clo batista army chief of staff was reported ready to throw his support to dr carlos manuel de la cruz for president if the mendl eta government falls but leaders of the anti movement have indicated Bat batestas batistas istas choice would not be acceptable to them terrorism continues rampant bombing has become general railroads have b been con blown up and ani havana has suffered considerable damage to property possibilities of a merger of democrats with republicans in fighting for re repeal perill of the pink slip or income tax publicity section of the 1931 1934 1 revenue act was seen as representative poll hell missouri pleaded tor for immediate passage of his bill eliminating the publicity provision not only Is there fear on the part of the people of the country on account of gangsters and racketeers liell bell asserted but there also Is concern among business mev because their compell tors will have the of nosing into their secret flics A SWEEPING investigation of IA and charges cli argos of graft and corrad alon on was started by the senate when it passed tho the nac mccarran resolution for a finance committee inquiry after a sailes of floor door conferences between the sponsors administration loaders leaders lib eral democrats and western sponsors of tile the hill or originally I 1 gina in ay demanded a special committee to in but finally agreed to the finance committee handling the in since tile the finance committee Is headed by senator pat harrison ad ministration follower this way may mean little however it is understood that harrison agreed that counsel and pro fess lonal ional investigators be employed and also yielded to demands that the committee confer with mccarran and nye in planning the investigation if fl arIlson attempts to IV whitewash 11 I 1 the it is rumored that nye nyc will take the floor to demand that the inquiry be placed in the hands of tho the judiciary Com committee mittLe THE HE irrepressible huey long an bounced in baton rouga that he will be a candidate for governor of louisiana in 1930 1936 that may be just more kingfish conversation however it Is known that long has not preferred prefer ved etl the office lie he now holds and there Is some possibility that lie he may seek the chief executives chair of his state when asked what would become of his candidacy for the presidency he be said that being elected governor and being a candidate for president would not interfere with each other determined not to accept the mccarran of labor prevailing wage amendment the administration forces in the senate sent the work relief bill back bach to the committee what will happen now to the presidents big program Is problematical senator byrnes of south carolina one F of the administration SL men beclar declared e d the 11 4 measure had bad met its death insisting he was expressing his own be senator huey ilef and not talking long a for the president byrnes said there Is no prospect of reviving the works program and the committee probably will do nothing about it the president stated that it if the mccarran amendment were adopted he be would not sign the bill byrnes said the senate adopted it therefore so as far as the works part is concerned the bill Is gone lie expressed the thought the committee would report out an appropriation of or to carry out the present relief program for elx months or a year adoption of the mccarran amendment by the senate was brought about only after a hard fight and by means of a rather tricky shifting of pal pairs its in which flucy lon long toola leading part parl it won ion by a margin of one vote whereupon senator robinson democratic leader owed moed that the bill be sent back to the committee this was done senator glass class expressing the hope that the committee would report out a bill that will not be quite so controversial senator long who loses no opportunity to poster pester the administration and to display his political shrewdness has started a movement for the specification of of the work relief measures total for the purpose of highway construction highway commissions in every state were asked by him to indorse this plan long said he had discussed it with some other senators and that they liked it HITLER has been C chancellor fore forced ed to abandon his big intensive campaign against the jews economic pressure e has caused der fuehrer r to give up public ma manifestations niresta if oils of his cherished anti antl semitic policy speeches at t a meeting of political lenders leaders and nazi nai party members indicated boycotts foreign exchange difficulties and other troubles cannot be risked by the reich at the present moment HE after fifteen years under T THE league of nations rule returned to germany baron pompeo A loesl italian chairman of the leagues committee took over the reins from col geoffrey knox knos british chairman of the territorial governing commission the next nest day aloisa formally surrendered the sav to germany and the german flag was hoisted over the territory tor for the first time since the world war celebrating ELE BRATING the seventeenth anniversary C celebrating niver sary of the establishment of its army of men soviet russia reD redeney renewed eNed its defiance of imperialistic nations all over the country there were fetes and the speakers took occasion not only to glorify the red warriors but also to attack germany and japan KURT NIGG of austria paid a visit to ramsay macdonald british prime minister and was told that while britain Is all for maintaining the independence of austria return of the Haps burgs in austria and more british loans were strictly tabooed tabo oed incidentally britain hinted that austria might be a little more inore popular it if it were a little ass tough rough with the socialists and trade unionists austria saw the light and gave a half promise to be a 0 little gentler everything was very friendly but the austrians Aust lans rians came to bondor without invitation and little effort war made to conceal official britaina Brit ains feel ing that they would rather they had stayed at home |