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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN News Review of Current Events the World Over Recovery Act Blue Eagle Becomes the National Bird-Code Bird-Code Making Continues President Plans War on Kidnaping and Racketeering. By EDWARD T7IX'K eagles of NRA by the bun dred thousand are flying all over the United States; Innumerable Innumer-able men and women, jobless for long, art going back to work; shorter hours and higher pay are being to-stalled to-stalled In factories, shops snd offices. American commerce and Industry Is fast being regimented. President Roosevelt and his whole administration ad-ministration are pushing forward In the recovery cam 1U H. t, Johnson paign determinedly. Following out the President' program, Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, national recovery administrator, ad-ministrator, has "drafted- cltlxens In all the states to lead the great drive. Nine members were appointed ap-pointed on each of 48 stats "recovery "re-covery boards," and seven members were named for service on 28 district dis-trict "recovery boards" for the recently re-cently made codes. The telegraphic notice sent each of the former by General Johnson was: "President Roosevelt has drafted you as one of the nine members of tne state recovery board for the state of . . . as explained In bulletin bul-letin No. 3 of July 20. He has requested re-quested you to volunteer your services serv-ices without compensation lo this great drive for national rehabilitation. rehabilita-tion. As a member of this board your duties will be to get every patriotic pa-triotic American citizen, employer and consumer to co-operate In this program. Please wire acceptance Immediately, and you will receive further Instructions." The advisory board for public works Is doing Its part In the reemployment re-employment campaign by dealing out further large sums from the public works fund. Its besd. Secretary Sec-retary of Interior Ickes, announced allotments totaling $118,282,000 for one state and Ave federal projects. Added to allotments already made, brought the total thus far earmarked ear-marked out of the three billion three Jiundred million dollar fund to $1,058,160,201. The state project to be financed by the government was beneficiary of the largest allotment Sixty-three million dollars. Secretary Ickes announced. an-nounced. Is allotted for construction of the Grand Coulee dam In the Columbia Co-lumbia river basin. The upper Mississippi 9-foot channel chan-nel project, already approved by President Roosevelt, was allotted $11,500,000. This Is a federal project proj-ect to be undertaken under the government's gov-ernment's rivers and harbors program. pro-gram. . Another $22,700,000 of the public works fund was earmarked for the Caspar-Alcova reclamation project In Wyoming, for many years the pet scheme of Senator John B. Kendrlck of Wyoming. The federal forest service was allotted al-lotted $15,282,7-15 ; the coast and geodetic ge-odetic survey, $2,000,000, and the geologic survey $2,500,000. T EPRESENTATIYT3S of the oil. coal, steel and many other Industries In-dustries were busy trying to agree on their codes In Washington. In each there were factions with conflicting con-flicting Ideas, and It was not easy to reconcile them. This was especially espe-cially true of the oil men. Among them were many advocates of federal fed-eral regulutlon of petroleum prices, but they were told by Administrator Administrat-or Johnson that he would not rec-. ommend to the President any price fixing until the effect of production control has been determined. Formation of the coal. coda was complicated by the riotous strike In the mining tone of southwestern southwest-ern Pennsylvania. Thirty thousand miners were out and Governor Pin-cliot Pin-cliot called out state troops to control con-trol the situation after a Quarrel with a sheriff. The National Coal association, controlled by nonunlon- lzed operators, asked Administrator Johnson to look Into the trouble In the strike region, and he designated Edward F. McGrady, labor adviser to N. R. A., to Investigate the situation. sit-uation. TN ROTH the coal and steel code discussions there was controversy contro-versy over the open shop versus unions. The steel men took the open shop clause out of their proposed pro-posed code to facilitate fa-cilitate settlement, but they declnred plainly that they would stand for the ptesent systems of employees' councils In the Industry to carry on collective bargaining. Mr. Johnson said he would not en R. P. Lamont prove any code that does not pro code vide for advisory councils. ' On the old Issue of how collective bargainings bargain-ings should be carried out, the administrator ad-ministrator reiterated that N. R. A. W. PICKARD provides for collective bargaining through employees chosen by the workers. Robert P. Lamont former secretary secre-tary of, commerce and bow president presi-dent of the American Iron and Steel Institute, which represents 98 per cent of the country's producers of pig Iron and steel Ingots, was the chief spokesman for the Iron and steel Industry at the hearing. William Green, president of the A. F. L., challenged various sections of the offered code, especially the minimum wage and maximum hours provision Secretary of Labor Per kins, who had been making tour of the Pennsylvania steel mills, wsnted the wage rates altered, es-peclslly es-peclslly criticising the 25 and 27 cents minimum hourly rate set up for the southern and Birmingham districts. Shortly afterwards Mr. Lamont announced the Industry bad agreed to raise the minimum pay In those two districts to 30 cents an hour. Both Green and Miss Perkins urged that the 40 hour week would not bring about sufficient re employment employ-ment In the Industry. Defending the proposed code, Mr. Lamont said: "It Is estimated that on the basis of a 60 per cent rate of operations and a 40 hour week, substantially all the 49.738 employees who were not receiving work July 1, 1933, would be given employment. Op less than a 40 hour week the Industry Indus-try positively could not operate the mills and meet any demands on them In excess of present production. produc-tion. "The code establishes a minimum rats of 40 cents an hour for common com-mon labor In the Pittsburgh, Youngstown, north Ohio, Canton, Masslllon. Cleveland, Detroit-Tole do. Chicago and Colorado districts. This rate Is only D per cent less than the highest base rate paid during dur-ing the last 11 years, where living costs were above the present level" DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, con-' con-' tinning his vacation at his home in Hyde Park. N. T called Into conference con-ference there Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moleyand discussed with him a plan to put all the force of the federal government govern-ment Into a campaign cam-paign to wipe out the two great evils of kidnaping and racketeering. Professor Pro-fessor Moley was then relieved temporarily tem-porarily from his departmental duties and placed at the Raymond Moley bead of a special survey to determine deter-mine where and bow the federal power can best be used as a weapon wea-pon against the criminal He is well fitted for this work, for he Is an expert criminologist, was sn adviser to the New Tork crime commissioner commission-er and Is the author of numerous surveys of -crime, notably in Ohio and Missouri. As for racketeering, both the President and Moley see In the new recovery act the authority, which the federal government has heretofore lacked, to Intervene In criminal cases involving business conduct Until now. unless a criminal crim-inal set Infringed upon some speci fic federal statute, such as one of the postal laws or the internal revenue rev-enue act or a law based on inter state commerce, the federal government govern-ment had no means of Jurisdiction. In the past the anti-trust laws have prevented the smaller Industries Indus-tries and business units from banding band-ing together. Such a condition provided pro-vided a fertile field for the racketeers, racke-teers, for Illegal combinations, and for violence. Hie national recovery act, how-, ever, provides directly for the abrogation abro-gation of the anti-trust laws In cases where they interfere with the working of the recovery program. Industry and business are forced Into trade agreements. The federal government sanctions and Imposes those agreements and any act In violation of such agreements or tending to destroy the effect of the recovery act Is made a crime. Against kidnaping, the President Is counting on a sujwr police force modeled in a general way on England's Eng-land's Scotland Yard, the postal regulations, the Income tax law. and the recently enacted kidnaping statute. Recent Instances of kidnaping are familiar to all newspajwr readers. The "snatchers" have received large sums for the release of their victims vic-tims In several cases. The relatives of ;ohn O'Cnnnell, Jr.. of Albany, N. Y paid f 10.000 for his freedom, and the ransom of ('buries Urschel, millionaire oil operator of Oklahoma City, Is said to have been $200,000. RESULTS shown by the civilian conservation corps are deemed so satisfactory by the administration administra-tion that ptaua are being made to continue the experiment for another six months. Orders art to be sent out for the re-enllstment of all those who desire to go on with the work. Enlistment Is on a six months basis. The first "bitch" expires In November. There are at present 810,575 men In the corps, Including 23,000 former service men. The forestry army ts located tn 1.438 camps In all parts of the country The cost to the government Is ap proximately $20,000,000 a month. Q ENATOTt JJ,t2Vtft LONG'S ar-fO ar-fO bTfrarV rule In Louisiana was seriously threatened when District Judge A. C O'Donnell began an open court Investigation Into the election of last fall In which Long's gang Is alleged to have resorted to fraud in order to win. The Judge ordered fifteen election commission' ers, arrested on charges of certify ing to false returns, brought before him; and he granted permission to District Attorney Stanley to exam Ine ballot- boxes In open couL Gov ernor O. K. Allen, a Long hench man. In trying to halt the Investlga Hon, had declared New Orleans un der martial law. but revoked the order after eight soldiers had been detailed to guard the grand Jury. The latter body appeared to be dominated by (he Iong crowd. The United States senate committee commit-tee announced It planned to resume Its Investigation of Ixulslana elections elec-tions within two months. The Timee-Plcnyune Timee-Plcnyune called upon President Roosevelt to take note of "political racketeering In I-ouIstana and not to overlook It In his "war on gang sters." POLITICS and sugar are making the Cuban situation very difficult for the administration In Washington, Washing-ton, and for Ambassador Sumner Welles. Though It was announced that the political situation situa-tion on the Island 57 (.:. was clearing up. and though ITesId e n t Machado Issued an mnesty proclama tion, the troubles there are continuing. continu-ing. The Cuban people peo-ple are In distress, the school teachers In Havana have Sumner Welles been demonstrating because they are not paid, and the veterans of the war of Independence undertook to bold a parade to call attention to their Inability to collect their pensions. The old soldiers were attacked at-tacked by police and severely beaten, beat-en, right under the eyes of Mr. Welles, and It was reported the ambassador am-bassador would demand that Machado Ma-chado revamp his cabinet and dismiss dis-miss Gen. Alberto Herrera. the cause of much of the recent disturbance. dis-turbance. The Cuban ambassador In Washington Wash-ington Is persistently demanding a larger Import quota for Cuban sugar. sug-ar. This and this alone would make the Island fairly prosperous snd would lead to the subsidence of the political disorders. At present the sugar conference has tentatively set Cuba's sugar exports ex-ports to the United States at 1.700,-000 1.700,-000 short tons of raw and only 110,-000 110,-000 tons of refined. Ordinarily United States Importation of Cuban refined sugar Is about half a million mil-lion tons. TUB apprehension of war between be-tween the United States and Japan, Ja-pan, entertained by not a few Americans, Amer-icans, Is apparently felt In Japan also, despite official denials. The army and navy heads of the Island empire have Just submitted to the finance ministry estimates for the 1934-33 defense expenditures larger than any In previous history and 45 per cent greater than the appropriation appro-priation for the current year. These estimates lncludejJlSO.000.000 yen ($50,400,000 at current exchange rates) for new naval construction and 75,000.000 yen ($21,000,000) for modernization of capital ships. The navy ministry asked for the fiscal year beginning next April 1 the sum of 680,000.000 yen ($190,-400.000). ($190,-400.000). which Is 30 per cent more than the estimates of 1921-22, the largest previous estimates for the sea forces. The combined Japanese fleet began be-gan preparations tor maneuvers several hundred miles southeast of Toklo, In which the major problem will be a battle with a hypothetical enemy. This will be preceded by a four-day defense of the Toklo district dis-trict against a sham aerial attack from the sea. CHESTER S. LORD, who as managing man-aging editor of the New York Sun for nearly a quarter of a century cen-tury was admired and loved by two generations of newspaper men. died at the age of eighty-three years. In his home In Garden City. N. Y. The "Boss." as one of his reporters once wrote, "was never known In all the years of his managing editorship to utter an unkind word to any man on the paper, no matter how hum ble his station." A NDORRA, the little old republic In the I'yrenees, underwent a bloodless revolution, and the young people won the right of franchise hitherto confined to the heads of families. The revolters were sup ported by the state council, and the authority of Andorra's two co princes wns defied. These co-prlncc are the bishop of Urgel In Spain and the head of the French state as represented by the prefect of Perpignan. C. lilt. Watra Nwpapr Union. Intermountain Hews Briefly told for Busy Resdera FARMERS PROTECTED REPEAL FlfillT LOOMS OUTLINE L. D. S. PLAN TURKEYS SLAY INSECTS CROW Sl'CAR BEET SEED ST. QK08G& VTkW angfreteetWml 'n Wabliiirtn. ty la declared t "n outn"n success. It Is claimed that the seed produced Is drouth resisting snd can also reslt the white ly. NBPHI, IT. T,'n thousand turkeys have been Imixirted to ght the grasshopper plague. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Annual two-day conference conventions of the Relief society and Young Men's, and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Improve-ment associations will begin .In August Au-gust and extend until November 25 and 28, Mrs. Louise Y. Roblson. president of the Relief society, has announced. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-In preparation pre-paration for an educational campaign cam-paign against repeal of state and national prohibition amendments, chairmen are Mng appointed for every precinct of the state. It Is announced an-nounced by Louise Y. Roblson, Utah state chairman for the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement En-forcement BEAVER, t'T.-30.000 fish from the fish hatchery at Sprlngvllle have been "planted In local waters RIOTFTELP, TT The road be tween Sevier and Junction, a dis tance of 23.30 miles, Is to be oiled. BOISE, IDA The public utilities commission has denied the applica tion of five north-central Idaho warehouse operators to increase handling and storage rates on grain with a warning (hat it did not approve ap-prove of alleged attempts of public utilities to "absorb the Increase In price of the farmer's produce." GOODING, IDA. The newly formed Lincoln and Gooding County Wheat Control associations have adopted resolutions inking that Juli us Jacobsen of Boise, crops statistician statis-tician for the U. S. department of agriculture in Idaho, raise the amount of wheat acreage allowed to " those two counties under the government's govern-ment's new farm relief act, ST. ANTHONY. IDA. The pea-sorting pea-sorting factory here Is being rebuilt and equipped with modern machinery. machin-ery. MALAD, IDA Oneida county's wheat production average, upon which the county allotment, will be based under the, government's stabilization sta-bilization program. Is 1,258,883 bushels, according to Word received from Washington. PROVO, IT. A Utah county reemployment re-employment board 18 being organized organiz-ed and will Include representatives of labor, civic organizations, industry, in-dustry, ex-service men, relief committee, com-mittee, local churches, and the county coun-ty engineer. GREEN RIVER, UT. A loan to be used In changing the river bed is being sought by citizens of this district. OGDE.V, IT. An epidemic of brain fever 1ms proven fatal to over 150 horses In Davis and Weber counties. MA NT I, IT Several new make-work make-work projects are to be launched In Sanpete county. OGDEN, IT. Information given out at the l(K-al railway freight offices of-fices Indicates tar-load freight shlp ments handled in Ogdcn during July showed a 21 per cent Increase in tonnage over July, 1932. PRICE, r r-Dedication of Price city's new ainort, one mile south of hero, will assume the form of a two-dny two-dny celebration on Sunday and Mon day, September 2 and 3, Earl Robertson, sponsor 'of the field, announced. an-nounced. LEI 11. IT Extensive plans are umler way for Lehl's annual Utah ISect Sugar Dny Rodeo celebration, Aug. 17, IS and 19. Outstanding features of the celebration will lie the three day rodeo performances and the parade. The choosing of three queens. Miss Utah, Miss Lchl and Miss Numtoga, to reign during the celebration and for parade features fea-tures will lie an Important event. EPIIRAIM, IT. About 625 acres of weevil infested alfalfa land treated treat-ed to a dusting of arsenic powder, is responding to the treatment In a manner that proves beyond doubt the effectiveness of this kind of application. ap-plication. OGDEN, IT. Retail prices of lump con I have been increased recently re-cently by 50 rents to $1.00 a ton. RolXK, IDA. Shorter working hours, more wages and a vast program pro-gram of public works appears In prospect lor Mnhosns during the next year or more under the NKA program now rapidly taking shape. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Ar rnngernents have already been made for 40 conventions to be held In Salt Lnko in l!i.",, it S announced by Mrs. Winifred p. Ralls, manager of the clmmU r of commerce. It is ex-pected ex-pected that the meetings will draw more than 20.000 visitors to Suit Lake, mostly from the western pnrt of the country. ril.l.MoKi; it. The Millard county srho.il board has luuncheo ipon a buHdinc and! repair progrun 'ider the puMic works program. Scenes and V' 7 1 Machine gun unit or tne Pennsylvania sxaia troops caued out to quell mint 3rindstone. 2 President Roosevelt Issuing to William EL Morris of Texas ths tint hL iars to be distributed among cotton growers. 8 Mai. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, selecteah l1 the anti-Tammany candidate for mayor of New Tork. , i i ! English Women Join Mosley Blackshirt r i - -4 7 a. ms if lilit) 1 , p- Sir Oswald Mosley, Britain's titled or London's west end section and shirt uniform made their appearance GETS TREASURY POST ' f" ' . V ' ..... 4, ' ' o-oo,o-oioio!oro:oioioTo'!g' Mrs. Marlon Glass Banister of Lynchburg, Va., sister of Senator Carter Glass, who was appointed by President Roosevelt to the dosI- tlon of assistant secretary of the united states treasury. It la the first tlme that one of her sex has held such a high office In the Treasury Treas-ury department ACCUSED MAYOR "I'll run this city from a nolle- cell If necessary." said Mayor William Wil-liam J. Swoboda. launtv chief r. ecutive of Racine, Wis., who was arresiea and charged with accepting accept-ing bribe to give a gambling syn dlcate control of the cltv M i. Hon also alleged to have attempted to Dnoe me cnier or police. ard B My Flowartag PUat It ts estimated that there are nearly 125,000 kinds of flnin. to plants r Persons in the Current j. Mi ' WW"! ! . (I f ? . : :. - A iijlUi Sky, fascist founder and leader, staged a large pandtttit surprised treet spectators when a detachment of 1 In the parade. Gov. Pollard Weds His Sec V' . Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia and his , beth McDougall who were married In Winnipeg. Ilaalt' nor's first wife died more than a year aga Henry Ford on Seventieth 6- " 1 j Ilann r. , m in romptfl . . . engineers on his seventieth birthday. lie celenratj isdo" hla assortBtB nhAtnmni,a if thamutvea In conterw" Gypty Pupil, Matt Use Seaa Use of soap and water Is one of the things taught at the only school for Gypsy children In Hungary. At the Institution. In Dlos Ovor Insnec Is held ever nuwnlnir anil - -.. - - those who are not nn to h tind. of cleanliness are forcibly given SOan-and-tlrnrav tMafmon Untm talk without sweat-In la alan taught In addition reading, writ ing and arithmetic are lo the curriculum. i j -?fVfTTl -. O 1 i v 4 - r Si' '. !) 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