Show t ' t News Review of Current a Events the World Over Drouth Damage Estimated at $300000000 — Steel Fight Brings Union Labor Crisis — Landon Reconvenes Kansas Legislature By EDWARD WMttrn W PICKARD Nwpir I'nlon heat drove relentless V the nation’s farm losses from drouth the $300000000 toward mark and sent grain prices soaring long needed rains In scattered regions of the drouth belt In secbrought temporary relief tions of Illinois Indiana Iowa and Ohio which faced the prospect of the disaster already confronting the Northwest the rains were a Godcorn fields send to and crops of spring pastures Rains in the Northwest rewheat vived portions of North and South Dakota Montana and Nebraska But a heat wave lasting nearly a week had brought temperatures ranging from 00 to 114 in the Great Plains territory states Twenty-thre- e eight of them In the South pre listed as suffering in some degi op from the drouth Ten of them- - North and South Dakota Montana Wyoming Minnesota Missouri Tennessee Oklahoma Virginiannd South Carolina-— were already in a critical Five others - Kentucky stage Noith Carolina Georgia Alabama and West Virginia— wet e borderline cases Eight others where the full severity of the drouth had not yet Wisconbeen felt were: Nebra-ksin Iowa Michigan Illinois Kansas Indiana and Ohio With the full extent of the damage in the "dust bowl” area of the Northwest not yet known the federal government made plans to deal with a disaster President Roosevelt taking personal command of the relief program in Washington announced that he would make a personal tour of the areas within the next few Weeks The President announced that the federal government had prepared a comprehensive plan whereby 170000 out of 204000 farm families impoverished by the drouth in the Northwest would be given immediate cash assistance He declared that he will make his trip after the relief program has had an opportunity to get under way to see for himself exactly how much damage was caused by the drouth and whether financially-ruine- d families are receiving the proper assistance He said that 50000 farmers were on being given Jobs immediately WPA projects at an average wage of $13 per week carrying out useful work— digging wells constructing earth dams to bold any rains which may fall in the near future and building roads A livestock program is under way which would call for the movement of cattle from the arid sections as a private enterprise to protect the foundation herds of the livestock growers TI7HILE TTOMANCE outmancuvered in the life of Mrs Ruth Owen minisAmerican Denmark and former member of congress The engagement of the daughter of William Jennings Bryan to Captain Bocrge Rohde an officer of the Danish army was announced in Denmark by the latter’s mother Captain Rohde is a of King member Christian's personal bodyguard Captain Rohde arrived in Amer- a lea on the liner Drottningholm day or two after his fiancee had reached the country They were married at an estate on Long Island In political circles the opinion was expressed that Mrs Owen will probably resign her diplomatic post While there are in a short time no formal regulations which comwoman American minister an pel to resign when she weds it has been customary for women- in minor positions in the American foreign service to retire when they Bryan ter to " to his desk pilgrimage to an Roosevelt President Virginia nounced that he had granted Postmaster General fames A Farley leave of absence without pay from August 1 to November 3 the day after the presidential elections Thus Mr Farley will be freed from official duties to devote himself during the next three months to the direction of the President's The ancampaign for nouncement did not come as a surprise to those in informed political circles in' Washington but it had been rumored in some quarters that Mr Farley would resign his cabinet post and retain his job as chairman of the Democratic National committee Mr Farley announced that Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas would be chairman of the Democratic speakers’ bureau The campaign he said would be in full swing by Labor Day President Roosevelt’s"' sojourn 'hi Virginia took him to the dedication of Shenandoah Park to National Monticello the home of Thomas Jefferson and to Williamsburg capital of the Old Dominion from 16D9 to 1779' In an address’ at Jefferson’s home the President called- on the nation to rekindle the "sacred fire" of "true freedom" which had lighted the “golden age’ of Ameri- He declared the prescan history ent emergency required the same as that displayed by leadership Thomas Jefferson returning SOON after three-da- wise passed by a unanimous vote another constitutional proposed amendment authorizing the state to levy taxes on employers and employees for systems of old age pensions and unemployment Insurance to which the beneficiary must contribute Landon Governor Meanwhile opened a series of major conferences with farm leaders for the purpose of drafting a farm relief program for inclusion in his acceptance speech He conferred with former Governor Frank A Lowde’n of Illinois and former Senator Otis F Glenn Senator Arthur Copper of Kansas Clifford Representative Hope of Kansas and R K Liuben-gaye- r a Kansas farm publisher A S THE campaign to unionize the nation’s steel industry was under way one of the most serious crises in the history of labor the American' movement arose when strife broke Wilout between piesi-deliam Green of the Ameriof can Federation Labor and John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America and head of the for InCommittee dustrial Organization who has promoted the unionization drive in the steel industry Meeting in Washington the executive council of the American Fedthe eration of Labor considered matter of suspending eight national unions on the and International ground that these eight unioni have begun the formation of a rival or duel labor federation John L Lewis announced that he would not respond to a summons of the executive council to answer charges that he had violated the federation’s policy by trying to organize 500000 steel workers into one big industrial union instead of into several unions divided by crafts Should the rift widen and a break occur observers believe it would split the organized labor movement and affect its prestige and power at a critical time the action of the Denouncing Lewis group President Green de- clared: “It is sincerely to be regrttted that the committee for industrial organization thwarted the purpose of the American Federation of Laan organizing bor to inaugurate campaign in the steel industry” Back of the collision over the attempted unionization of the steel industry are two contending schools of thought over the future of orOne is ganized labor in America that sponsored by Mr Green which rose to power on a policy of trained craftsmen trained by crafts The by John L other is championed Lewis who visions a powerful labor of machine organized regardless crafts which includes the semiskilled and unskilled workers as well as the trained craftsmen the threats of DEFYING members of the chamthe French ber of deputies decided to use armed force “with care” to oust French strikers who rcfuJ' to evacuate their places of business of this new The announcement policy was made by Minister of folthe Interior Roger Salengro lowing the outbreak of fresh "folded arm" strikes in Paris and the It wai estimated that provinces 80000 workers were still on strike industries in various throughout France E William SENATORwhose future Borah political doubt considerable exist plans that he announced ed formally would be a candimarry date for to the senate U M Landon a Several days beGOVERNOR Topeka Kas after fore making his announcement t a vacation in the Colorado mountains for the reconvening of the Idaho statesman state legislature and to prepare had pledged allefor the acceptance speech he will giance to the Redeliver at the Republican notificapublican ticket and thus retion ceremonies July 23 platform The Republican presidential nomthe exmoving doubts of inee appeared before a joint sespressed sion of the legislature and urged many political leadpassage of amendments to the state ers throughout the constitution to provide adequate socountry regarding his stand in the cial security measures Governor presidential campaign Previously Landon declared Jhat care of the Senator Borah had commented fathe Republican and vorably on both needy - aged and others suffering -"isDemocratic misfortunes “platforms'' ' praising “public "tbllgaboth for the stand they had taken ' tlon’ on the question of monopolies Following - his address the KanThe sas senate adopted a constitutional senator In clarifying his position on the Reamendment by a vote of 35 to 1 empowering the legislature to en- publican platform said: act a uniform system of direct aid "I have no Intention of bolting the r ticket for needy aged persons! indigent “I am supporting the platform infirm persons and other suilering misfortunes- which give' them a snd I have been supportirg the claim on society or aid (lRlifye- - platform frojn the beginning’ i f j JUTTING a big cake to celebrate his birthday John D Rockefeller predicted that he would live to be orie Hundred Despite temperature of 02 In the shade the famous nonagenarian donned a sun helmet- and went outdoors on his summer estate near Lakewood N J The multimillionaire oil man and did not let the celephilanthropist bration of his birthday interfere with his daily nap or his daily afternoon automobile ride Mr Rockefeller long since has given up all forms of athletic activities including golf formerly his favorite pastime! A few years ago he was down to a few holes of golf a day but now he has given it It has been his custom up entirely to spend his winters at Ormond Beach Fla and his summers either at Lakewood or at his other estate at Pocantico Hills near Tar rytown N Y and he thinks plenty has been done for silver The main objection of Fathei Charles E Coughlin and Representative William Lemke now the for nominee President on their third ticket has been the President’s unwillingness to issue fiat money press money HEAR SEEN and around the NATIONAL CAPITAL By Carter Field FAMOUS WASHINGTON Murray Causes Worry CORRESPONDENT Roose-reOhio one of the leading Capitol Washington — President pointed is enormously pleased with the Hill experts on currency general reception of his accept-inc- e out to members of the resolutions committee when this matter was speech at Philadelphia that the RepubThose who must support him for under advisement party regularity reasons but who licans had made a rather humorous iave been hoping he would be more mistake The special power which — the the President still has which would if ronservative Glass permit him to mark down the gold group following Senators and Adams— are value of the dollar to one half its Byrd Tydings 17 shifted listressed And the radical fringe original value along with the powEurope vv its anxiety from the 'a delighted er to issue paper currency or to the adopt bimetalism sanctions problem to the The thought of comparing expires by limnewer and baffling question of what New Deal fight against capital— itation just a few days after inif you please auguration! to do about the Free against investments So that Senator Bulkley pointed the fight of the colonists City of Danzig now -tout to demand its repeal by a seeking to free itself igainst British royal domination— from the bonds of :ame to the President almost at congress which does not come inHe did not preto power until a few days before the League of Na- the last moment that— nothing like sufficient time tions pare his speech much in advance snd it is pretty nearly an accito put such an important measure disThe league dent that he took this particular through the house and senate— is posed of the sancrather in the nature of a futile tions problem by lack It all grew out of the fuss and gesture ' ' to abolish voting Even the senator pointed out in I them thus to all !urore that was kicked up when vA announcement was made a- little what Democrats regard as the unpractical intents and more than a month the likely contingency that the Repubthat ago purposes removing from the President would make his trip to licans capture the Presidency and Ethiopia there is no possible family of sovereign states Appear- Texas and other states at a time the house conchance of their obtaining control ing personally before the league as- when the Republican national vention would be in progress It of the senate for four more years sembly the refugee emperor Haile was charged he was trying to steal So even if there were a RepubliSelassie made a last moving bid to de- can landslide they could not rehe convention's publicity for Ethiopia’s freedom it of its normal share of peal the provisions against the will The "king of kings” denounced prive front page newspaper display not of the Democrats France and Great Britain without to mention radio and broadcasting their names To the mentioning Could Cut Dollar newspaper picture sections generally expressed desire to reSo he announced that on that During the months that remain form the league he said the weakbefore this power expires by limtrip he would make "historical ness was not the league covenant talks" going into the history of itation in January the President itself but a lack of international the sections he visited The Negus’ request for morality He not only did but found some a loan of $50000000 to Ethiopia was very adroit ways of working good voted down Previously Haile had political arguments into them In informed Capt Anthony Eden Britfact he was so successful that ish foreign secretary that he would when he came to write the Philareturn to Ethiopia immediately to delphia speech his mind naturally Join his loyal tribesmen and fight grooved itself in a historical chanfor Ethiopian independence nel With Mussolini given satisfaction Even Went Further the Danzig situation brought into But the conservative Democrats the foreground the figure of Adolf are very unhappy as a result For Hitler chancellor of Nazi Germany It was a Nazi follower of Hitler Dr once embracing that theme the Arthur Greiscr president of the President went a great deal further by inference than he has evDanzig senate vho demanded indeer gone before Just as in the for the former German pendent which of course he dicplatform city now surrounded by Polish tertated he went a who and great deal furdenounced ritory the league and Sean Lester league high ther with regard to TVA than he has ever gone before In fact he commissioner for the port which might language Observers were of the opinion approved that Greiser was acting under or- have been disquieting to the SuCourt in his TVA decision ders from Chancellor Hitler In preme For instead of talking nbout view of Germany’s expansionist power the President had program and its rearmament they the platform boast about the "yardGov II II Lehman feel that Danzig will be the next stick" which would foice elecNazi objective now that the Rhinecould If he wished do any of the tric rates down and make elecland is remilitarized By the elimHe so far tric current cheaper to all con- three things authorized ination of Commissioner Lester or sumers has taken advantage of only one of by the curtailment of his authority This was when he the radical fringe Is these powers Naturally over the international affairs of the highly pleased They had been marked down the gold value of the city it is believed the Nazi would somewhat disturbed dollar to 5900 cents So that unat thebe tn a position to crush the opposiof their leaders at Phila- der the powers in this act he tion rarty and pave the way for andelphia— the complete blackout of could still mark It down to 50 cents nexation of Danzig by Germany of the original dollar Dr Tugwcll This would the failure to menbe considerably in excess of nine tion Prof Frankfurter the absence of most of the 318 lives was exacted It Brain cents of the present dollar ATOLL of But a few hours before would be 900 cents of the original celebration of the Fourth Trusters It would reduce the of the gold ‘dollar the United the President was accepting July throughout nomination Secretary of Agriculture present dollar slightly more than 15 States cents in its present gold value Booming cannon crackers played Wallace ( was telling an- - audience a comparatively Innocent part in that competition must go even in Which would be immediately effecand tive in making the dollar just that eventually the slaughter for only 11 Jives were jnaoufacturing lost In accidents due to fire- that collectivism and cooperatives much less valuable in foreign exwere the thing l change hence making it that much crackers easier to sell American But if the nation heeded warnings goods Humorous Mistake abroad and that much more expen about the danger offirevorks it of the Democrats at PhilFailure sive for Americans to buy foreign menace the forgot ofmotoring ac- adelphia to make any statement goods cidents for 203 people In S3 states answering the demand of the RePresident Roosevelt It so hapwere killed as the result of acciat Cleveland that the pens has no present intention of publicans dents on streets and highways special power given the President exercising this power Ninety persons were drowned in 33 to mark down still the gold There has never been any possistates Miscellaneous tragedies ac- value of the dollarfurther be revoked bility that the President would excounted for 37 additional fatalities was not an oversight ercise either of the other powers in 13 states Senator Robert fJ Bulkley of He is 'vigorously against printing t 4 o fv j "Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Oklahoma is really causing more concern among Democratic chieftains by his "walk” than is Alfred E Or Or James A Reed Smith Or Joseph B Colby Bainbridge Or Judge Daniel F Cohalan Ely The answer is very simple Elections are decided by electoral votes —not by the size of popular majorA ities in any particular states majority of 700 while a little when the returns are coming in is just as good as when the electoral votes are counted It so happens that the Democratic strategists do not regard the three states in which the "quintupNew lets” reside as doubtful York the home of A1 Smith Colby and Judge Cohalan they regard as the "in the bag" Massachusetts home of former Governor Joseph B Ely they regard as a cinch on account of their confidence in James M Curley’s oratory Missouri the home of Former Senator Reed is conceded even by the Republicans as probably for Roosevelt Naturally the Democrats are not worried about the "Show Me” state at all But Oklahoma is something else again It is normally Democratic to but two factors are threatening One upset this normal alignment is the fact that over a long period of years Governor Alfred M Landon as an independent oil operator has been building up friendAs told in a recent disships patch it was one of these friendships— that with Former Repreof sentative Charles Hamilton Western New York who went to Kansas to go in the oil business about 16 years ago— which was so potent in lining up the New York delegation for Landon In fact it is the old friendships of Landon with men who happened to be influential in a number of eastern states that made the efforts of the ‘‘Old Guard” to stop Landon so futile Lehman Relents The oil fields of Oklahoma Jiap-pe- n to be mostly in the northern part of the state Whereas that the influence of “Alfalfa BiU" Murray is strongest in the southern part Putting the two things together friends of Landon who have been sizing up the situation are predicting he will carry the state by a very comfortable majority Which would not worry the Democrats so much if the Republicans were not offering to bet on it I This plus the situation’ in Minnesota and North Dakota caused by the prospect that the ticket will pull votes away from the New Deal is the explanation of why there was such terrific pressure on Governor Herbert II Lehman of r New York to reconsider his determination not to run again for governor The pressure proved successful The private view of many New York Democrats is that the state is fairly safe for Roosevelt if Lehman is on the ticket and doubtful if not swinging toward the Reif Lehman is not publican side on the ticket If New York’s 47' votes arc safely in the Roosevelt column there need be no worry in Janes A Farley’s office on election night about how Oklahoma Or North Dagoes Or Minnesota kota With New York in the bag' even Illinois 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