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Show - - ' TOE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH ' around tt NATIONAL jtAPITAL By Carter Field that outline should not. New Deal-ers are saying privately, have given any such comfort to the stock mar-ket traders as they apparently drew from it Let's look at a few of these funda-mentals. In the first place, the Pres-ident made It abundantly clear that he believes the federal government can and will do everything that is necessary to bring about the eco-nomic reforms he has in mind, and do them without any change in the Constitution. Planned Economy ; What are those reforms? The same old one no speculative prof-its, much smaller profits of a n y kind, higher wages, shorter hours, no more piling up of surpluses by corporations, no more waste in over-expansi-of productive plants by private Businessin short planned economy under government direc-tion. "We have always known," said the President "that heedless self-intere- st was bad morals; we know now that It is bad economics." And then: ' . "This new understanding under-mines the old admiration of worldly success as such." Wherein he raps squarely in the face the old Horatio Alger, Jr., philosophy on which most of our present economic royalists were Washington. Far more illum-inating in appraising what is going on in Japan .than the spectacular cabinet resignations and the bid of the army for power was an im-mediately preceding action the licensing of exchange. The mere words "international exchange" tend to drive the reader to another column, which explains why so little space was given to this tremendously important devel-opment But what happened in Ja-pan showed beyond question that the Island empire is In serious eco-nomic trouble, trouble comparable, among the larger nations, only with that of Germany, and with the same reasons underlying it in part Which becomes curious when it is remembered that in much of the talk about the coming World war Germany and Japan are linked as allies. What Japan did, in effect was to say that except for very small transactions no one could import anything into Japan without the specific detailed approval for that transaction of the government This kind of action is taken by nations only for one reason they are having difficulties getting the money to pay for things the govern-ment considers they must have. Hence they decide to limit their purchases abroad in every other line. Japan must keep on buying war munitions and war supplies, she feels. Obviously she must also keep on buying raw materials. Her fac-tories must keep on working so as to provide the exports to pay for the war supplies. There is also the question of tax revenue for the gov-ernment, but that can be brushed ar'de. Governments long since dis-covered that they can put off that evil day by forced loans or by printing press money as long as they can hold off a breakdown in confidence inside their own coun- - weaned. Even more menacing is a line in a following paragraph: "There can be no era of good feeling save among men of good wilt" Hull's Wisdom Temporarily, for the purpose of getting speedy action, Secretary of State Cordell Hull showed great wisdom in making his plea tor con-tinuance of the President's power to negotiate reciprocal trade treat-ies strictly on a world peace Idea. Mr. Hull became quite peeved at when objecting minority members asked about details whether imports were uot increased more than exports In ihort whether Uncle Sam was not getting "gyped" as a net result of the operation of the treaties. In the long run though perhaps not until the glamor of President Roosevelt's majority has worn considerably thinner there is plenty of trouble in store for the Hull policy. During the recent cam-paign there were many indications that farmers did not like the treat-ies. Moreover, the reaction against any specific treaty is apt to be con-centrated in definitely denned areas, with the result that the political pressure on the senators or repre-sentatives from those areas may easily be sufficient to make them risk White House displeasure. In fact, the theory is as old as the tariff, which Grover Cleveland said was a local issue. For the recip-rocal trade agreement policy is the tariff and nothing else. The chief difference politically is that granting the power to the President removes it just a little further from the direct local influences which were always so strong when a new tariff law was being framed. There is just one addition to this the very point on which Mr. Hull placed so much emphasis. That is the contention that this treaty-makin- g power tends to world peace tends to eliminate the causes of war which almost every one con-cedes now are more concerned with economics than anything else. Peace Chief Interest tries. Old Axiom True But that never did go for dealing with the rest of the world, and both Germany and Japan and for that matter Italy during the Ethiopian business discovered that the old axiom is still true. Foreigners must be paid for im-ports in something. Normally it is goods or services. Occasionally, for brief periods, they can be paid in gold. Japan has no gold to spare so it comes back to goods and services. Her need for greater exports, with which to pay for war supplies, has beer frantic for several years now. It is the underlying cause of her ruthless trade war, her slashing of prices for cotton textiles. It is also the explanation of why she is such a good customer of the United States, if one considers only trade total figures. She has to buy here much of the cotton she processes and then sells in competition with American and British textile mills. Which is another reason why the textile industry of the United States continues to remain near the bottom of the class both in profits and wages, in long hours for adults and in employment of children. - But even that foreign selling cam-paign is not enough. Her govern-ment has found that she must im-port less non-wa- r materials if she is to go on buying the amount of war materials her army thinks neces-sary. So now, under the new orders, no one can impirt anything into At the present moment there is little doubt that the country as a whole is more Interested in peace than almost any other question. There has never, in fact been so much evidence of how the coun-try felt on an issue. Senator Ben-nett Champ Clark of Missouri and many others think the country would b willing to make almost any eco-nomic sacrifice be willing to forego not only profits but employment and wages to make sure that the Unit-ed States should not become in-volved in war. So that for the time being Mr. Hull is very shrewd in making the peace appeal to the whole country, and thus short circuiting th mass of complaints about details in the work-ing of the new reciprocal treaties which is flooding senators and rep-resentatives from various sections of the country. Mr. Hull of course believes in his plan economically as well as Japan without the purchase being approved. The order is not worded in that way, but that is what it amounts to. The order merely pre-vents any one from buying foreign exchange In excess of a small amount without specific approval It foreshadows a very consider-able tightening of the belts foi the Japanese people. The next step ex-pected is a further reduction in the value of the yen, which will oper-ate in the long run to reduce the pay of every Japanese worker. Either irom the economic standpoint, or that of world peace, it is not a pleas-ant prospect from the standpoint of preserving peace. He is not for the reciprocal treaties merely because they pro-duce good will, and afford other countries markets for their exports, and encourage American exports thus eliminating part of the eco-nomic pressure that tends to pro-duce war. He is for the reciprocal trade agreements on their intrinsic value. Wall Street Relieved Wall street's reaction to President Roosevelt's inaugural address sur-prised New Dealers no little. They thought the speech was a very clear warning that the old order had gone foiever, and that the revamping of our entire economic structure had just begun. But Wall street had been expect-ing drastic, specific proposals. It did not find them in the President's discussion and was tremendously relieved. True, at the moment most of the news of a business nature was good. Actually, no one on the inside, as pointed out in these dispatches weeks ago, looked for any clear-cu- t kgenda, or for that matter an agenda of any sort outlining legis-lation for the coming session. It was not on the cards, and for a very simple reason. The President did not know then, and does not know yet. precisely what he will do. But the inauguial address showed very clearly indeed the general na-ture of what he wants to do, and At heart Mr. Hull has always been a strict tariff for revenue only man. He agrees with the old Democratic doctrine a doctrine which was up-permost in the presidential cam-paigns of the last decade of the last century. He believes in buying from nations which can prod- uce more cheaply than can the United States, and selling products which this country can produce more cheaply than oth-er nations. He believes that such a course makes for more perma-nent prosperity than the old Repub-lican protection doctrine. He does not think the American standard of living needs what he regards as this artificial, hothouse nurturing doctrine. But as Secretary of State he is of course influenced tremen-dously by the comity of nations idea as well. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. News Review of Current Events the World Over President Proposes Reorganization oJf Federal Judici-ary, Increasing Supreme Court Justices to Fif. teen Efforts to Settle Motor Strike. By EDWARD W. PICKARD S Western Newipaper Union. FEVERISH work, day and n!ght. 4 by 120,000 pick and shovel la borers all down the Mississippi from Cairo appeared to have won the light to save the fertile lands along the river from the great flood. But engineer warned that the danger of inundation was not yet over. How-ever, most of the leyees were hold-ing and the winds that had been driving the waters against them were subbiding. : About 200,000 In-habitants of the valley had been forced to abandon their homes, but the Red Cross and other relief agen-cies were caring for them. At Cairo an Hickman were plenty of coast euard boats and barees read? to DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT electrl--K l fled congress with a surprise mes-.- . sage proposing sweeping changes in the federal court system which strikers there to leave the plants. The sheriff served notice to the men and they Jeered him. They then sent to Governor Murphy a bombastic message to the effect that they would resist eviction to the death. The mayor, city man-ager and police chief of Flint, as-serting the people were tired of strikes and violence, organized be-tween 500 and 1,000 police reserves. The police chief warned Lewis he "had better call off his strike if he doesn't want another Herrin mas-sacre." A writ of attachment for forcible expulsion of the n strikers was obtained by the G. M. lawyers. rescue the people if the embank-ments gave way Floodwater from a break in the Bessie Landing, Tenn., levee all but encircled Tiptonville, Tenn., and spread over adjacent thousands of acres. Backwaters continued to har-ass lowland dwellers in Mississippi and Louisiana but engineers re-mained firm in the conviction the worst definitely would be over when the crests pass Arkansas and Ten-nessee. " Harry Hopkins, WPA administra-tor, and other members of the spe-cial flood relief committee named by President Roosevelt went to the flood areas with the expressed in-tention of seeing that the job of car- - ing for the refugees well done. m is" Vr" would allow him to pack the Supreme Court with Justices who could be ex-pected to uphold the constitutionality of New Deal legisla-tion. He submitted a draft of a bill to ac-complish this reor-ganization. It pro-vides: 1. That for every federal Judge with a President Roosevelt ARITIME workers on the Paci-- Al flc coast ended their long strike by accepting working agree-ments that had been negotiated in San Francisco and the 40,000 men returned to their Jobs. Ships in all the ports, long idle, got up steam and prepared to resume business, and the ticket offices were thronged with passengers. Shipowners Issued a statement as-serting the end of the walkout would mean a business revival for 1,000 industrial plants and 500 export of-fices up and down the coast SECRETARY of the Interior the national re-sources committee of which he is chairman have produced a public was Mr. Hopkins indicated he was pre-pared to spend $790,000,000 the en-tire deficiency work relief budget-- tor flood relief if necessary. p)R. STANLEY HIGH, religious publicist who has been promi-nent among the administration sup-porters, is out of Presidential favor. He has been cashing in on his closeness to the White House by writing for periodicals, and his lat-est article, entitled "Whose Party Is It?" in the Saturday Evening Post, brought this statement re-leased by Assistant White House Secretary Early: "The President announced the death of the 'official spokesman' in March, 1933. He now announces the passing of the authorita-tive spokesman those who write as 'one of the President's closest ad-visers." " Though High was not named, Mr. Early 'eft no doubt as to who was meant r t ITALY and Turkey settled their disputes in conferences between their foreign ministers, Count Ga-leaz- Ciano and Dr. Tewfik Rustu Aras. Italy will participate in the Montreux convention which save service record of at least ten years "continuously or otherwise" who fails to resign or retire within six months after reaching the age of 70 the President shall appoint another Judge. 2. That the number of additional judges so appointed shall not exceed 80, the Supreme Court being lim-ited to 15 members, appellate and special courts to two additional members each and district courts to twice the present number of Judges. . , 3. That two-third- s of the Supreme Court and three-fifth- s of other courts shall constitute a quorum. 4. That the chief justice of the Supreme Court shall transfer circuit and district judges to jurisdictions with congested dockets in order to speed up disposition of litigation. 5. That the Supreme Court shall be empowered to appoint a proctor to supervise the conduct of business in the lower courts. The President also proposed a re-form in the injunctive process which he declared would expediate Su-preme Court rulings on the consti-tutionality of legislation and would further insure "equality" and "cer-tainty" of federal justice. He said frequent injunctions which set aside 5 - V J; Lmuutiutl "ttii iiii iii works and national water program for the next six years, and it was submit-ted to congress by President Roosevelt with the recommen-dation that it should be adopted. It in-volves the expendi-ture of five billion dollars and calls for lump sum annual Harold Ickes appropriations under the regular budget tor a list of ap-proved projects, and allocation of the funds to a permanent public works or development agency. As the chief part of the plan, Mr. Roosevelt presented congress with a list of some $2,750,000,000 worth oX water conservation projects, in-cluding a $116,000,000 flood-contr-acts of congress are "in clear viola-tion of the principle of equity that . injunctions should be granted only in those rare cases of manifest Ille-gality and irreparable damage against which the ordinary course of the law offers no protection." He asked that congress forbid any injunction or decision by any federal Turkey the right to rearm the Dar-danelles, and Turkey is assured that Italian ambitions to possess Turkish Anatolia have been aban-doned. It was believed Mussolini consid-ered the time ripe to make friends with Turkey, first allaying Turkish suspicions and defining spheres of influence, in the hope Italy could woo Turkey from friendship with Moscow. SECRETARY of State Rafael of Cuba announced that Pedro Martinez Fraga had been appointed Cuban ambassador to Washington. He has been serving as minister to London and will suc-ceed Ambassador Guillermo Pat-terson, who has been transferred to Mexico City. THIRTEEN ot the Russian tried in Moscow for plotting the overthrow of the Stalin regime were condemned to death program in the inundated Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. In his transmission message the President warned congress against considering each project as a sep-arate entity. The report he said, "should, of course, be read in con-junction with the recommenda-tions for highways, bridges, dams, flood control, and so forth, already under construction, estimates for which l ave been submitted in the budget." "During the depression," he told congress, "we have substantially in-creased the facilities and developed the resources of our country for the common welfare through public court touching a constitutional ques-tion without "previous and ample notice" to the attorney general to give the government an opportunity "to present evidence and be heard." His bill proposed that any lower court decision which involved a con-stitutional question be appealed di-rectly to the Supreme Court where it would take immediate precedence over all other business. New Deal leaders in congress were expected to back the Presi-dent's proposals solidly, while it be-came apparent that the conservative Democrats might align with the solid Republican group in opposing it. The latter group saw in the bill by the t'ial court, and their pleas for mercy were reject ed by the presidium of the communist executive commit-tee. They were or dered shot within 48 hours after sentence was pronounced One of the execu tioners said "they died like soldiers." To the surprise of the world, four of Gregory Sokolnikov worKs and work-relie- f programs. "We have been compelled to un-dertake actual work somewhat hur-riedly in the emergency. "Now it is time to develop a long-rang- e plan and policy for constru-ctionto provide the best use of our resources and to prepare in advance against any other emergency. " The committee that drew up this program includes, besides M r . Ickes, Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, WPA dministrator Har-ry Hopkins, Secretary of Agricul-ture Henry A. Wallace. Secretary of a direct attempt to get rid of some of the older justices of the Supreme Court who have proved continual stumbling blocks for pet New Deal acts. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, approaching 75, has voted sometimes to sustain, sometimes to invalidate New Deal laws. Justice Willis Van Dcventer, 73, has invari-ably opposed New Deal laws; so have Jmes Clark McReynolds, 75; George Sutherland, 75, and Pierce Butler, 71. Louis Dembitz Brandeis. SO, ha voted to sustain New Deal acts, except in the case of the NRA, rejected by unanimous decision. If the President is successful in putting over the proposed changes it will be the eighth time In the 148 years of the Supreme Court's history that the number of justices has been changed. The largest number ever to sit on the bench was 10 from 1863 to 1866, and the smallest number 5 from 1801 to 1802. BROUGHT together by Gov. at the demand of the White House, representatives of both sides in the General Motors the leading defendants were saved from the firing squad, being sen-tenced to terms of imprisonment These were Karl Radek, once noted Journalist and Gregory Sokolnikov, former Soviet ambassador to Lon-don, given ten years each; and M. S. Stroilov and V. V. Arnold, or-dered confined for eight years. The judges said these four men, while guilty of treason, did not actually participate in terroristic and wreck-ing activities. It was the belief of neutral observers that they had been spared in order to get their testimony against the scores of men still under arrest for participation Labor Frances Perkins, Secretary oi Commerce Daniel C Roper. Frederic A.. Delano, uncle of the President, and Charles E. Merriam, University of Chicago professor. I" ESPITE the warm opposition of U Democratic Fenator J. W. Bail-e- y of North Carolina and others, including the few Republicans, the senate passed the house deficiency relief bill carrying an appropria-tion 'Of $948,725,868. Senator Bailey spoke in support of his amendment which would require a means test or "pauper's oath," strike were in st continuous inference seeking a way to settle the controversy. The corporation was represented by Wi-lliam S. Knudsen. executive vice pres-ident and John Thomas Smith of the legal start. Act-ing for the strikers were .'ohn L. Lewis, head of ihe C. I. O., William S. Knudsen e nave cauea it, tor states, counties, and their political subdi-visions to secure federal aid for their relie requirements. The amendment was rejected without a record vote. Out ot the total allocated in the bill for "relief and ork relief," about $650,000,000 was expected to be given tr the Works Progress Ad-ministration. From this fund aid will be given to victims of floods in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. "po FINANCE for another year the social security board, vet-erans' administration and about thirty other federal agencies, the house appropriated one billion, for-ty six million dollars. The bill, parsed without a record vote, car-ried a last minute amendment pro-viding that none of the funds ap-propriated should be available to pay for the expenses of any con-gressional investigation. This amendment was aimed at senate investigations such as tri La Fol-lett- e and Wheeler inquiries. in the conspiracy. COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH his thirty-fift- h birth-day in Rome, whither he had flown with Mrs. Lindbergh in their new plane. From the Eternal City they flew to Tripoli to spend a few days with Gen. Italo Baibo, governor of Libya and himself a famous air-man. Then they planned to continue to Egypt FEDERAL agents and Missouri wen. led by Ron ert Kenyon. a twenty-year-ol- d mor-onic police character, to a thicket fourteen miles from Willow Springs, where lay the body of Dr. J. C B. ut.vis whom Kenyon had kidnaped and allegedly killed before attempt-ing to collect $5,000 ransom Kenyon confessed the crime and was rushed to jail in Kansas City to save him from lynching. There he told a wild story of one "Nighthawk" who. he pid. forced him to write the ran-som note and then murdered the doctor. John Brophy, its director, and Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers. It was reported that at one time the conference was near collapse. Then Governor Murphy received a message from the White House say-ing the President expected a settle-ment. During an interim the governor said both sides wer in earnest and doing their best. r Judge Gadola in Flint had Issued an injunction ordering the n Unci ft Life Is Short Life appears too . spent In nursing am Istering wrong. Love of money u V tvil; but curiosity 1 wickedness. If you don't think try it anyway. Then I out why you can't to art, culture and lit! not every instant. So like to think of co cabbage. First Requisite If one can't enjoy K pany he is doomed to happy days. George Washington but imagine the magm fame If there hadbeeni like those today. When we practics. pies It Is extremely us as well as to otheq Cabout: The Plight of Spain. BEVERLY HILLSCALIF. bloody task of utterly destroying herself Spain cannot complain that she lacked for hearty on the part of some of her sister countries. Openly or secretly, half of the great European powers are contrib-uting to the bloody ruination, so that when . the finish comes, they'll have spoils' or dubious prestige or both and that d land will be a burying ground and a deso-lation. A fellow gets to wondering why this or that government chooses for an em-- blem some noble Irvln S. Cobb creature when the turkey buzzard or the grave-robbin- g hyena would be so appropri-ate. Fierce winters and devastating floods may be curing us here on this side of the water, but at least we have been spared the affliction of having for our next-doo- r neigh-bors certain nations. Kidnapers' Ransoms. IT'S all well enough to pass an making payment of ransom to a kidnaper a criminal offense as though heartbroken parents would hesitate to pay ransoms to get their babies back, no matter what the penalty for so doing might be! And can you see any American jujy convicting those parents? The au-thor of the law is no doubt but there is another law, called the law of human nature, which most surely would defeat his purposes. By the way, a person who should know what he's talking about tells me that three out of every four known kidnapers during recent years have been with records as repeated offenders. So, instead of trying to penalize agonized parents for obeying a na- - tural instinct how about a snappy little law to curb certain parole boards which seem to delight in turning 'em out as fast as the courts can clap 'em in? Optimism De Luxe. T LIKE the spirit of a gentleman in New York who started dredg-ing operations in East river. He set out to dig a minimum of 00 in gold and silver from the ooze, and to date has salvaged 98 cents, two rusty frying pans and a penknife and is still probing. For gorgeous optimism I can think of but one case to match this. I was on the French Riviera one summer. They'd been shifting the railroad tracks along the Grand Corniche. This left a disused tun-nel. So, week after week, a beard-ed gentleman sat at one mouth of , the empty bore with a sign over his head reading: '"This property for sale." When I left he was still there, waiting for somebody who was in the market for a second-hand tunnel. South American Explorers. f)F RECENT years, those hardy adventurers who set forth to invade the last great unexplored area, interior South America, seem to follow a regular routine, to wit as follows: First They start off. , Second They get lost Third They are rescued. But wouldn't it save wear and tear and nervous strain if the rescue expedition went on ahead so It could get settled down, in camp all nice and comfortable and be waiting for the explorers when they staggered in, exhausted from toting all those tons of material for future lec-ture tours? The modern discov-erer is gallant but apparently has no more sense of direction than an egg-beat- and seemingly could get lost on top of a marble-to- p table. Or possibly the tropic sun has an addling effect on the human brain. Anyhow, since nearly always he is in an intact state when res-- cued, this would seem to indicate fiat the head-hunter- s of the Ama-zonian jungles are now getting fussy about the types of heads they collect The Charms of Masks. A CCORDING to a medical pro-fess-in Pennsylvania, sam-ples of whisky, when subjected to a musical sound treatment for sev-en hours, produce a liquor which equals one that has been aged in wood for at least four years. But why get excited about this? I've known certain brands of classical music which, in one evening, have aged a grown man to a point where he figures the present Christian era must be about over. Only a few weeks ago. being soft-ened by the spirit of the approach-ing holidays. I suffered myself to be lured to a Chopin recital and got jammed in and couldn't escape and finally staggered forth into the night feeling that Methuselah had little if anything on me. IRVIN S. COBB. WNU Service. 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