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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH - News Review of Current Events the World Over European Powers Agree on Blockade of Spain to Insulate the War Farm Tenant Program- - Supreme Court Controversy Grows. By EDWARD W. PICKARD & Weitern Newspaper Union. , REPRESENTATIVES of the soft with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, in New York to start negotiations for a new wage and hour agreement for 400,000 miners. Mr. Lewis said to the operators: "There is no friction in our indus-try. Peace dwells in the coal fields. I hope this conference will be suc-cessful In working out a new agree-ment without loss of time to a sin-gle worker." Thereupon he presented the de-mands of the union, which were-prompt- ly dubbed "utterly impossi-ble" and "quite ' amazing" by Charles O'Neill, president of the Eastern Coal Sales corporation. Chief demands made by Lewis are: 1. A six hour day and a five day week in place of the present work FAR as the international non-intervention committee can do it, the war in Spain is now insulated. Representatives of 26 European na-tions agreed that no more volun-teers for either side in the civil conflict should be permitted to en-ter the Iberian peninsula, effective at midnight February 20; and they bid plans for a complete blockade by land and sea that would pre-vent the importation of any more men or war munitions. Only Portu-gal dissented, objecting to estab-lishment of frontier cuards on her $500,000,000 farm tenant bill now be-fore congress would be made the basis for the new legislation. The President's farm tenancy committee, headed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, recommended that congress make available "a definite sum each year for a num-ber of years" for a land-purchas- e program, but mentioned no definite figure. Wallace said, however, ha thought Jones' proposal for $50,000,-00- 0 annual appropriation for ten years is "reasonable." ween oi aa nours. 2. An increase in daily wages from $3.50 to $6 in the north, and from $5.10 to $3.60 in the south. 3. Time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. 4. A minimum of 200 days' em-ployment each year. The operators proposed a 40 hour THOUGH President Roosevelt A persisted in his Intention to force through congress his measure to "reform" the federal Judiciary, j, V -- - "j law-make- who have been his warm supporters are com-ing out one by one in hot opposition to his plan to pack the Supreme court Among them are Senator Bennett C. Clark of Missouri and Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon-tana, both leading territory; Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia Ig-nored the Portuguese protests and went ahead with the blockade plans, which are to be put Into effect by March 6. The decisions were reached after France delivered a virtual ultima-tum to her fellow committee mem-bers to end their bickering and warned Italy she would not stand for "open Invasion of Spain." The French were quick to place guards at all strategic points along the Franco-Spanis- h frontier. The international naval patrols presumably will not have authority to stop vessels suspected of carry-ing arms and men to Spain, but will report ship movements to the committee for action and will place observers on the vessels to check cargoes. Supposing this blockade to be suc-cessful, it may well be that the Spanish civil war will die of inani-tion. Then may be brought about that which the International com-mittee seeks international media-tion between the insurgents and t the loyalist government. For the present both sides are re-newing their efforts for decisive vlc- - tfirv. TtlO facnlctc alill Arli, Inn knril wicn wuu iiu uitrease in wages. CCAFFOLDING on the Golden Gate bridge at San Francisco collapsed and crashed through the great safety net, carrying with it thirteen men who plunged 200 feet into the bay. Ten were killed and the others seriously injured. The tragedy, first major accident during construction of the $36,000,. 000 span, which is to open next May, was caused by a broken roll-er caster. The state industrial ac-cident commissioner said an inspec-tor had twice reported that the scaffolding was unsafe, but this was emphatically denied by Philip Hart, president of the construction company. DAUL V. McNUTT, former gov- - ernor of Indiana, has been ap-pointed to the desirable post of high commissioner to the Phil-ippines, at a salary of $18,000 a year and with residence in a huge palace in Manila. Mr. McNutt is still considered one of the possibil-ities for the Presidential nomina-tion by the Democrats in 1940. It had been thought he might get a place in the present cabinet. Senator Clark Democrats. They studied the scheme carefully before issuing their state-ments. The announcements of these men was scarcely offset by a radio address by Attorney General Homer S. Cummlngs, dutifully defending the President's plan. Senator Clark said he was entire-ly in accord with the minor pro-posals in Mr. Roosevelt's scheme, but was totally unable to agree with the provisions for packing the Su-preme court Then came Senator Wheeler, stal-wart radical, with a statement at the "life line" that connects Ma-drid and Valencia, .tfso are attack-ing the capital itself again. Their airplanes made two night bombing assaults on the city and its envi-rons, killing a number of persons; and their artillery constantly shells the highways to Valencia. The loyalist government, at its temporary seat in Valencia, took a new mandate of absolute power from all Popular Front parties and mobilized all available man power to oppose the insurgent , . All : i : . THIRTY-EIGH- T Germans have arrest in Russia for several months and are held with-out trial. The German ambassador to Moscow, Count von der Schulen-ber- g, has made "serious" repre-sentations to the Soviet government and demanded that a representa-tive of the embassy be permitted to Interview the prisoners. Presum-ably the men are suspected of es-pionage and sabotage, in connec-tion with the anti-Stali- n conspir-acy. which it was reported he made pub-lic over the protests of the White House. He said in part: "I am, always have been, and will continue to be opposed to the usurpation of legislative functions by the courts; I am, have been, and will be opposed to usurpation of leg-islative and judicial functions by the executive branch of the govern-ment "There is nothing democratic, progressive, .or fundamentally sound in the proposal advanced by the administration." Attorney General Cummlngs ad-vanced these two reasons for sup- - nu uumurj classes oi ine last five years were drafted for im-mediate war service. DRIME MINISTER STANLEY 1 BALDWIN'S government of Great Britain is asking for $7,500,. 000,000 to finance its "war plan in time of Deace." and is mtPtno porting the Presi-dent's proposal: New blood should be injected into the Judiciary in order that the Constitution shall be construed in keeping with the changing needs pro-duced by new com-plexities of national life. The congestion of dockets in the feder-al courts is largely :v: Vv. , Sir - Atty. Gen. Cummings f NE officer and five enlisted men of the marine corps were killed and ten others were injured when a shell exploded in the improp-erly closed breech of a gun on the battleship Wyoming. The accident occurred during battle maneuvers off the coast of southern California. The men killed were: Capt Ed-ward J. Trumble, Alexandria, Va.; John Bauer, Cincinnati, Ohio; Al-bert Enos, Cambridge, Mass.; Jos-eph W. Bozynski, Pittsburgh; Clin-ton Walker, Boykin, S. C; and Rich-ard Frye, Johnstown, Pa. GEN. SENJURO HAYASin, and foreign minister of Japan, in a formal statement of policy to the parliament said his government would mm ;i :J tt' rj with determined op-position from the Liberals, Laborites and others in par-liament These es-pecially object to the plan for en-largement of the nation's land, sea and air forces by a $2,000,000,000 loan and increased taxa-tion. due to the inability of aged and infirm Judges to perform their share of the work. Investigation has shown, however, !y if." 'Wj "pay special atten-tion" to the adjust-ment of the em-pire's relations with soviet Russia and China, and urged those nations to cease their quarrels with Japan and try to comprehend Japan's position and aims in East Asia. bee y or Navy Commenting on Swanson British nayal construction program. Admiral Wil-Ha- m D. Leahy, chief of naval oper-ations of the American navy, served notice that any foreign nations ex-panding their navies beyond the standards of recent treaties might expect that the United States would match their construction. He said it was his understanding that this nation was definitely committed to the maintenance of a "navy second to none." To maintain that prin-ciple, he declared, it would be-come necessary for the United States to build new ships if other powers did. Th nrAKMit TTnttort Stataa hnlld. uiat uie u rcasun lg unsouna. Commenting on Mr. Cummings' speech, Senator Glass of Virginia said: "I think it indicates that the country is in infinitely greater need of an attorney general than of addi-tional Judges on the Supreme court or of Judicial wet nurses for six of the present members of the court" Senator Mlnton of Indiana de-fended the plan in a radio address but probably did it more barm than good, for he frankly admitted the purpose of the administration is to change the personnel and views of the Supreme court in order that President Roosevelt's New Deal program will be held constitutional He called attention Sus,yania to the fact that Japan no longer is bound by any naval limitations treaty but de-clared "there shall be no change in our policy of strict adherence to the principle of nonmenace and non- - ing program calls for start of con-struction this year on two new cap-ital ships. Great Britain already has laid the keels of two new craft and the program announced in Lon-don calls for the start after April I, of construction of a third new vessel. When Britain lays a third keel then this government Is likely to start similar construction. against the President's plan were Nye of North Dakota, radical Re-publican; Bone of Washington, Democrat; Burke of Nebraska, Democrat; and Van Nuys of Indi-ana, Democrat On the other side were McAdoo of California; Thomas of Utah and La Follette of Wis-consin. Senator? Bone and Wheeler Intro-- aggression." Hayashi's cabinet decided on a budget reduction of approximately 8Mi per cent; Lieut Gen. Hajime Sugiyama, the new war minister, ob-jected to any cut in the hug army budget but it was reduced slightly. RESTORATION of the Hapsburg was openly A special message to congress President Roosevelt urged legis-lation to "improve the present in-tolerable condition" of 3,000,000 farm tenants, presenting this four-poi- nt program: 1. Action to open the doors of ownership to tenants who now have the requisite ability and experience. 2. Modest loans, with the neces-sary guidance and education to pre-vent small owners from slipping ftito tenancy. 3. The retirement by public agen-cies of land proved to be unsuited for farming and assistance to the families living , thereon in finding homes on good land. 4. Cooperation with state and lo-o- al agencies of government to irn-pro-the general leasing system. Congressional leaders promised immediate action, and Chairman Jones of the house agriculture com- - laittee said the Jcne.s-Bankhea- d duced a resolution for a constitu-tional amendment that would give congress the power to override Su-preme court decisions by a two-thir- ds vote of both houses, but only after a national election Involving congressional seats has intervened so that the people have had a chance to speak on the issue. The American Federation of La-bor and Labor's Nonpartisan league declared their support of the court packing scheme, and the National Grange expressed its opposition. Legislatures of many states adopted resolutions for or against the plan, most of them being in opposition. Mr. Roosevelt received several groups of senators, some of whom are among those opposing the pack-ing of the Supreme court ond re-iterated his intention to push his plan through congress without mod-ification. He said the people had voted for a New Deal and were going to get it auivvaicw w wjcaiv.ciiujl XVUrfc Schuschnigg, who committed his government party to that proposi-tion. He intimated that a plebis-cite would be held to decide the question. The chancellor asserted that In-creasing official support would be given to the campaign to place Archduke Otto of Hapsburg again on the throne which his father, the Emperor Karl, "temporarily re-nounced" November 11, 1918. The archduke is twenty-fou- r years old. HEADED by President Roosevelt President Garner, 1,600 Democratic government off-icials, state committeemen and prominent figures in the worlds of business and spor s honored James A. Farley with a banquet in Wash-ington. Mr. Garner was master of ceremonies and called the roll of distinguished guests by states. Mr. Roosevelt made a speech, whicti v as carried to the country ty radio. fSl Adventurers! I'p-'x- l - Club "The Saw That Clicked? By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headliae Hunter t AND here's Russell Nelson of Dorchester yJ adventure to telL It was right in the the depression, and Buss had been out of wort while. But one day in December he met an Id boss of h!i k The boss said he had a job for Russ, and if he'd show up au next day he could start right in working. It felt great to be back at work again, but maybe Kg. havA felt cn swell about it if he'd known what r,li , surance men could have told him namely that an unusual accidents happen to men on their first day at work after i J Somehow or other men forget little things durlnj,l that they'd ordinarily remember. 1 They slip np on something, and then, first thing yoi they're in a Jam. Russ' Job was in the mill room, or wood-workin- g shop That's where they turn out such finished parts of housei is; sashes, the doors, and the newel posts they put in stair raffi He Was Operating a Band Saw. All during that day Russ was busy, running one machlR other. He and the boss were alone in that room, but alons end of the afternoon, the boss went out to do a special job was left alone. At that time Russ was operating a band saw. "A band says, "is a large machine about six feet tad. It has two m, three feet in diameter, placed one above the o'her. Around runs a flexible saw blade, r.arrow, but about 18 feet kaj, welded together to make it in the form of a belt "This machine is used for cutting scrolls and for mat work of various patterns." j That's the sort of contraption Russ was working with. T!k humming away, driven by another wheel from which a leatk' to the main power shaft As Russ worked, the machine began to give tut rapii of a sort that he had never noticed before. i And ordinarily, Russ would have stopped to find out ii clicks meant BUT REMEMBER WHAT I SAID A WHILE AGO AB0ET FIRST DAY AT WORK AFTER A LONG LAY-OF- F 1 Russ hadn't worked in a long time. And his mind wastf so well for that very reason. Wrapped Up in a Saw-BIad- e. I Russ heard those clicks, but he paid no attention to k THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS HAPPENED, WAS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF ITI That long, flexible saw-blad- e SNAPPED snapped at I that had caused all those clicks. IT LEAPED FROM THE MACHINE. TWISTING AND LIKE AN ANGRY SNAKE. Eighteen feet of sharp, saw-tooth- steel shot out and m Itself around Russ around his body and his armsanil his neck. And the ends of that blade were wrapped up in s lot i machinery. Russ just stood there holding his breath, while his heart it his legs seemed to freeze. Russ Didn't Dare to Move. Still, Russ didn't dare to move. One end of that blade was rattling against the spokem"!; wheel. If the wheel ever picked it up he was a gone chicken, And the slightest move on his part might send that blade wheel and start it SAWING AWAY AT HIS BODY AND K Russ didn't dare move and at the same time he didn't fi still and do nothing. "I couldn't stand there and wait for the boss to come k he says, "for the end of the saw looked as if It might eat the wheel at any moment. "I looked at .the switch that shut off the motor. It wan on the other side of the room. s "I looked all around me, thinking that there MUST be f I could do to help myself." t ' And there was. i Saved by Lucky Accident. 1 On the bench in front of hint were some large piecea i If he could only reach one of them. Russ found he could! j arm without moving the saw blade. He stretched that an the nearest piece of board. J His arm was just half an inch too short He'd have to tain 3 and move his body a little. ' 'i Holding his breath he bent ever so slightly and pi ! the wooden stick. The wheel spnn around, perilously close I saw blade but the blade didn't catch. ' 1 Russ was bringing his arm back with the stick in it whenl" ? It It fell to the ground with a clatter, and again he held his to ; BUT DROPPING THAT STICK WAS THE LUCKIEST TJ j EVER DID IN HIS LIFE. For the stick fell on the leather ran the machine. It jammed in between the belt and the ran on AND THREW THE BELT CFF THAT PULLEY. i The machine, with no power to drive it slowed down and ; stop. . . 5 "Boy," says Russ. "I got out from under that blade h and it was a few hours before I was able to work again. I1 think this is an adventure, but whether you do or not I still t : e-W-NU Scrvle. , HMRD, arcuind trie national CAPITAL-- Carter Field y Washington. In connection with President Roosevelt's proposed gov-ernment reorganization and Su-preme court changes, several sen-ators have shrewdly recalled the origin of the "filibuster." Every one knows that when one or A Smith, his colleague, was coming up for re election very shortly. Ash-urs- t. seeing the approaching storm so clearly, and having a personal fondness for Mark Smith, went to that gentleman and advised him to come out strongly for all sorts of changes in the pact of Versailies, despite the fact that this meant op-posing his President and the head of his party. Ashurst was not, at that time, coming ur for election for several years. But he made a big aoise about a few reservations to the treaty himself, Just to be on the safe side. Ashurst'a Record Let's look at his record. Elected unanimously to the United States senate by the first legislature of the then new state of Arizona in 1912, more senators begin talking against time, normally against the passage of some measure to which they ob-ject, it is called a filibuster. But very few realize, these senators are pointing out, the origin of the use of the word in this connection. Originally the word meant pre-cisely what it means in connection with a revolution Un-- and then in 1910, 1922, 1928 and 1934. Never in real danger a single time, either in primaries or general election! The present significance is that Senator Ashurst has Just announced he will introduce a bill providing the Judicial changes recommended by the Pre-lde- nt Despite the fact that within ten der cover of night, or darkness, or b, creating a commotion in one place and then rushing the guns, ammunition and supplies ashore somewhere else, things were gotten through to the insurgents needing them. That's filibustering in the original, Richard Harding Davis sense. And precisely that sort of thing was called filibustering when the word was first applied to the prac-tice of lengthy speaking against time when it grew up in the senate. For the object of the original sen-ate filibustered was to get some-thing through not to kill it. A sen-ator would learn that the leaders had decided not to permit passage of his bill appropriating $500,000 for a new federal building in his home town of Squeedunk. So he would take the floor, towards the close of the session, pile up his desk with ponderous tomes, and get word sec-retly to the leaders that he in-tended to talk and talk and talk, thus stopping all sorts of bills that they wanted passed. They Gave In Generally they capitulated. In sev-eral instances, back in the days days of the President's surprise mes-sage oi. the judicial situation Sen-ator Ashurst had said, on the floor of the senate: "In all tyrannical governments, no monarch, no tyrant, makes any progress whatever unless and until he seizes in his hands the legisla-tive, the executive and the judicial powers. The first thing a wise, pru-dent, scheming, subtle monarch in Europe does, if he wants complete control, is to seize legislative, execu-tive and judicial powers." The point of all this is that Sen-ator Ashurst has proved beyond re that he knows his way around politically that he does not bat his head against brick walls on political issues, and that he does not permit himself to be put in a posi-tion where he would be easy picking for some younger political opponent Trade Treaties No rule has been adopted to this effect but American manufacturers and producers interested in tariff duties can very generally rely on one point in connection with thi reciprocal trade treaties to come. This is hat most rates of duty will be held at the level fixed in the when the control of the house and senate was more frequently vested in a few leaders in each house than at the other end of Pennsylvania avenue, word was sent by the sen-ate leaders to the house leaders that the program had been changed that senator B's bill must pass the house. They knew if they could not get this from the house that bills in which both senate and house leaders were vitally interested would be talked to death by Sen-ator A. vvucii iiic jjiaiiiue exjjauucu 10 in-clude talking primarily to kill a measure, instead of primarily to smuggle another bill through, the word was not changed, though vio-lence had been done to its original meaning. In the present session of congress there are a lot of measures that President Roosevelt wants passed. There are also a lot of others he does not want passed, but against which he does not care to come out openly. He has provided, in the proposed Supreme court changes and govern-ment reorganization, plenty of diver-sion. The spotlight will be centered on these two debates. No matter what question is officially before the senate, any speech on either one of these, especially the Supreme iva iarin aci ine d oraney-MCTJum-b-law. There will be exceptions to this, but by and large exceptions will be made only in what are palpably flagrant cases of too high duties. Any manufacturer can calculate the danger spots without inside informa-tion, for the obvious reason that no matter what he says publicly he knows privately whether the duty imposed on any commodity in the Fordney-McCumb- act is consid-erably in excess of the difference in cost of production at home and in the foreign countries producing it Actually this rough rule that no duties will 3 reduced below the 1922 level except in exceptional cir-cumstances has never been formu-lated, much less approved. It is ab-solutely unofficial Its existence was wondered about by some interested parties, who just happened to note how accurately it was working, and queried the State department to dis-cover if they could rely on it in trade treaties yet to be made. What has developed is a state of mind on the part of the men negoti-ating these treaties. Always, it is insisted by the State department before any duty is reduced in a reciprocal trade treaty, a very care-ful study of possible consequences is made especially consequences to American producers. It has gradually developed that lots of business men engaged in various productive lines after the passage of the Fordney-McCumb-act Little Criticism There is a strong presumption that many of them had in their minds the tariff duties fixed in the then law as a permanent protection. There is the fact also that while this measure was bitterly fought it seemed to have the support of a very large majority, and there was comparatively little criticism after the passage of the act as compared court will get the newspaper head-lines. Which provides, the senators re-calling the history of the word "fili-buste- r" point out, an admirable sit-uation from the White House view-point. For bills can be rushed through and others can be rushed into pigeonholes without attracting nearly the attention that would oth-erwise be the case. Supreme Court Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Ari-zon- a, chairman of the senate judi-ciary committee, is one of the ex-planations why the number of Su-preme court justices may be in- - creasea to mteen, as President Roos-evelt wishes, despite the very strong opposition to such a move. It is far too early to predict what will really happen at the moment there is no accurate gauge of public opin-ion. The old habit of judging the pub-lic reaction by reading newspaper editorials passed into history with the 1938 campaign. The nuhlie wa iur instance wiw me criticism of the 1930 (Smoot-Hawle- law, passed under President Hoover's admin-istration. The situation that has crystalized In the State department will be very interesting to any future historian seeking tariff data, for in effect the Democratic party, after bom-barding the Smoot-Hawle- y law as few tariff acts ha heavily against the President and for Governor Alfred M. Landon, if that test meant anything. Hence the present cross section of newspaper editorial opinion, as reported here, does not frighten the White House. More important, it does not deter senators and representatives from willingness to follow the President. But when Henry F. Ashurst in-dicates a right-about-fac- e it is news f the page one variety, for the shrewd Arizonan knows what it is all about, politically. In fact he is one of the shrewdest and most ac-curate gaugers of public opinion ex-tant in American political life. Maybe he should be ranked next to J. Hamilton Lewis, and maybe on a par with Lewis. It is difficult to say. But to go back just a few years. Senator Ashurst saw the handwrit-ing on the wall when Woodrow Wil-son began his fight with the senate over the League of Nations. Marcus tacked, is virtually seeking to bring about the precise tariff situation that existed prior to the passage of that act. The really striking feature of the method, however, is that instead of a blanket repeal which so many persons expected after President Roosevelt's inauguration, the repeal is being made very slowly, bit by bit, in return for concessions from countries with which we wish to in-crease trade. " Secretary of State Cordell Hull, all his life regarded previously as al-most a fanatic for free trade, has been working to eliminate not only our own but foreign trade barriers. Cut the amusing angle is that for the time being at least the rock bottom of our concessions is the gen- eral line of the Republican Fordney-McCumb-tariff act, which at the time of its passage Hull regarded as little short of a crime! . BeU Syndicate. WNU Service.' Sea Liens Use Sense of Smell by Touching Noses Sea lions, like dogs, use their sen?e of smell by touching noses to identify one another at close range, but fail to react to distant odors. They are adept at spotting moving objects from considerable distance. Except when off on fish-ing excursions, they are gregarious by nature, collecting in large groups on favorite rocks or rookeries and generally making a big fuss and noise over nothing. About the only time they ever become hostile is when their pet place in the sunshine is challenged. The cows have only one pup a year. If anything happens to the mother the pup will die, because no other mother would adopt it They are not like dogs or cats or other animals in this respect says a writer in the Los Angeles Times. A peculiar habit of the cows ap-proaching pupping time is to form "rafts" by lying belly-sid- e up in the water with their flipper pro-truding above the surface. From a distance a string of eight or ten cows floating end to end this way resembles the charred remains of a boat that has burned to the water's edge, with only stubs of the ribs left showing. This is probably a means of absorbing beneficial rays from the sun. --Hj Bond Street of London : Named After Sp 3 During the Seventeenth, 1 eenth and the first has J Nineteenth centuries the of New York and the Bod j London had a similar atf , were lined with the resis the well-to-d- Here tho ers and merchants, there of the landed nobility. l& streets merchandising P"' The origin of the New I' is obvious; that of theLffl"; I tame from Sir Thom a Seventeenth century J tached to Queen Henries who was always person 1 the Court of Whitehall to " 1 of Charles II, to whom to have advanced larSe 4 money. , I According to Arthur D! ing in the Daily Tcleg"?1, don, toward the end I reign Sir Thomas began late in London real est I larly in the West End. in1. of St. Martin-in-th- e Fiji ; transaction as recorded "1 t Rate Book was when in 16G3 Claredon House from General Monk's ond Duke of Albennar' I down and laid out both and Bond streets throuS" erty before be rebuilt |