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Show THE LEIII SUN, LEIII, UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over TWO thousand eight Jiundred bills were iiiLruiiuL'cu mm iciciicu to committees on the first day of the new congresa. Number 1, hand ed In by Representative wrignt Patman of Texas, provides for the payment of the adjusted service certificates of veterans Immediately In casb through the Issuance of PrcuW Roosevelt Telia ConCTCSS of His Great Work greenbacks. Patman and other sup- - . . . porters of this plan call It "coa- Keliei rlan Designed to supplant tne Downright Dole. By EDWARD W. PICKARD br Wwttra NwpEpr Unloo. fug jiitMm', "A Pi r I President Roosevelt PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT In his message to congress, delivered In person at a Joint session, offered the law-makers a "new and great ly enlarged plan" of relief. He did not estimate Its cost, bat asserted that the system of outright out-right doles should be dropped and the government should undertake projects of slum clearance, grade crowing elimination elim-ination and other public works that would give employ-1 ment to about 3,- 800,000 persons now without Jobs. The figures to be proposed for this were reserved for his budget message, mes-sage, but he assured congress that they would be "within the sound credit of the government" Mr. Roosevelt declared the gains made to the year 1934 were greater great-er than the losses and expressed "a strong hope In the coming year." tie reasserted his belief In the "profit motive," but ottered a warning against wealth "which, through excessive ex-cessive profits, creates undue private pri-vate power over private affairs, and to our misfortune, over public affairs af-fairs as well." This, naturally, was taken as applying especially to the public service Interests, which nave been so apprehensive of the administration's Intentions. As for a legislative program, the President made no attempt to outline out-line one, but he did promise that definite legislation soon would be proposed covering old age and un-mployment un-mployment Insurance, benefits for children and mothers, and other features of his social security plans. He declared the nation was making mak-ing headway toward the "new order," or-der," but under the framework of the Constitution, and he spoke of the Increased Industrial activity, benefits to agriculture and profits to Bierchants that have been realised. real-ised. Then came this stern warning: warn-ing: "Let blm who, for speculative profit or partisan purpose, without just warrant would seek to disturb or dispel this assurance, take heed Tsefora he assumes responsibility for any act which slows our onward steps." The President reported an unsettled unset-tled condition In the foreign field, with the resurrection of old Jealosies Jeal-osies and passions and new strivings striv-ings for armament and power in wore than one land, adding; "There Is no ground for apprehension appre-hension that our relations with any nation will be otherwise than peaceful-Discussing the matters that will fce brought before congress for action, ac-tion, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Among the subjects that He Immediately Im-mediately before ns are the consolidation consol-idation of federal regulatory administration ad-ministration over all forms of transportation, trans-portation, the renewal and clarification clarifica-tion f the general purposes of the Bational Industrial recovery act, the strengthening of our facilities for the prevention, detection and treat- snent of crime and criminals, the restoration of sound conditions In the public utilities field through abolition af the evil features of folding companies, the gradual tapering ta-pering off of the emergency credit activities of government, and Improvement Im-provement In our taxation forms and methods. "We have already begun to feel the bracing effect upon our economic eco-nomic system of a restored agricul ture. "The hundreds of millions of additional addi-tional Income that farmers are receiving re-ceiving Is finding Its way Into the cfcaaaels of trade. The fanners' share of the national nation-al Income Is slowly rising. The economic eco-nomic facts Justify the widespread opinion of those engaged In agriculture agricul-ture that our provision for maintaining main-taining a balanced production gave at this time the most adequate remedy for an old and vexing problem. prob-lem. "For the present and especially In view of ahnormal world conditions, agricultural adjustment with cer tain necessary Improvements In xeethoda should continue." In 1031 they used the funds to discharge dis-charge their debts. This last point, according to National Na-tional Commander Belgrano of the American Legion, Is one of the strongest arguments for Immediate payment of the adjusted service certificates. "The foundation of good business is good credit," said Commander Belgrano. "The money due veterans would be used to satisfy bills at the corner grocery, would help pay rents that are long past due and would go to hard pressed mer chants to discharge the accounts of harder pressed veterans. "In short, the money derived from Immediate payment of the certifi cates would quickly find Its way Into every channel of business and trade and would be distributed equally and automatically through out the country. If the 3,531,800 war veterans, who hold certificates. are so over their heads In debt that they must urn the entire amount due them to pay their bills, what greater stimulus could there be for business than to restore to business this vast potential pur chasing power?" Speaker Byrns admitted that the cash bonus bill would pass the house "because there Is no opposi tion to ft there," but he added that If-the measure Is finally enacted the administration will insist on some additional taxation to meet the estimated $2,000,000,000 expenditure. expendi-ture. It is believed the senate also will pass the bill, but leaders doubt Its passage by congress over the Presidential veto that la regarded as a certainty. trolled Inflation, Lemke of North Dakota, Repub lican, Introduced a measure for the liquidation and re-financing of ag ricultural Indebtedness. The liquida tion would be carried out at a reduced re-duced rate of Interest, according to the bill, by establishing an effi cient credit system, through the use of the federal farm loan and federal reserve banking systems. Lemke also provided for the creation cre-ation of a board of agriculture to supervise the program. Continuance of the nOLC was proposed by several congressmen. The bond issue of this agency would Increase anywhere from one billion to four and a half billion dollars In the various bills introduced intro-duced on the subject A 100 per cent payoff for depos itors whose funds are tied up In trust companies was sought In two bills written by Representative Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan, ONE of the most serious Issues that will confront congress Is the battle between business and Industry In-dustry on one side and organized labor on the other, especially over the thirty-hour work week. The American Federation of Labor Is committed to this proposition, and to the retention of the collective bargaining provisions of the NRA act Big business, as represented by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Manufacturers' association, la op posed to the thirty-hour week, and now has the support of the Brookings Institution. It also seeks the separation of labor bargaining and practice codes In the reorganization reorgan-ization of the NRA. The opening shot In this battle Is the Introduction Introduc-tion by Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama of his thirty-hour work week bill, which at present has not the support of the administration. s'"J11""' 1 K ' Speaker Byrns 1 T RESIDENT ROOSEVELT did A not wait for the opening of congress con-gress to start his fight against Immediate Im-mediate payment of the veterans bonus. The commander of a Legion Le-gion poet In Texas wrote him for Information on the matter and Mr. Roosevelt replied at length, detail-lag detail-lag his reasons for opposing the payment He argued that the obligation ob-ligation Is not Immediately due; that of 3.5O0.0OO certificates outstanding. out-standing. S.CnS..V)0 veterans have borrowed tl .600,000.000, or "mora than the present worth of their boans certificates," and that when the veterans borrowed 50 per cent f th face value of the certificates THE Seventy-fourth congress, elected on the sole Issue of support sup-port of the New Deal, began its first session on the dot and devot ed Its first day to the organization of the two houses and the swearing In of new members. The lawmakers assenv bled In the Cap! tol were a serious looking lot and with reason, for they have on their hands a big Job, that of making the New Deal perma nent; and In the doing of It they must solve some of the most perplexing problems that our national legislators ever have faced. It would seem thnt the Democrats will have no trouble In passing any legislation they wish, for they have an overpowering ma Jorlty. In the senate are 69 Democrats Demo-crats and only 25 Republicans, plus one Progressive Robert M. La- Follette and one Farmer-Laborlte Ilenrlk Shlpstend The house Is cnninrisoil nf HfJ rnmn-rnt 1V Republicans, seven Progressives and three Farmer Laborltes. The ad ministration Democrats do not an tlclpate any trouhle from the Republicans; Re-publicans; It Is from the radical members of their own party that their woes are likely to come, and the help of the Republicans may be necessary to curb those left wingers. The majority leaders In both houses can be counted on to hold the radicals under a tight rein If that Is possible. In the speaker's chair sits Joseph T. Byrns, chosen unanimously by his fellow Democrat He Is too much of a compromiser to milt many of them, but Is now tied to the administration, which declined to oppose his election. John II. Bankhead of Alabama, like Byrns one of the old school, won the lead ership of the house after a brief struggle. Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas was re-elected major ity leader of the senate, and Sena tor Lewis of Illinois continues as whip. In their pre-sesslon caucus the Democrats voted to reduce mate rially the Republican representa tion on house committees, and de cided to abrogate the 145 rule for discharging a committee and bring ing a bill to vote within a week. The number oow required for this action Is 21SL This latter action will provide another restriction on the radicals. TF LOUISIANA Wants any more a public works money from the administration. It must "clarifv' some of the new laws which Its legislature has passed at the behest be-hest of Senator Ilney P. Long. This is me gist or a letter nent to (low, O. K. Allen by President Roose- ii . Ten, ana me -MngfUh" Is not pleased by It ne told the report ers he would make his reply on the noor or tne senate at the first op portunity. Tne President's warn ing applied especially to the Louisiana Louisi-ana moratorium law passed In November, No-vember, since Its enactment the PWA has held op payments on about w Louisiana projects. WITH remarkable celerity the 1urv In the Hnuotmann trial was selected, consisting of eight men and four women, and Attorney General Wilentz set forth the state's case against the Bronx carpenter car-penter who Is accused of kidnaping and murdering the baby son of Colonel Lindbergh. The colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh were present and they and Betty Gow, the child's nurse, were among the early witnesses. wit-nesses. On behalf of the state the attorney general demanded the penalty pen-alty of first degree murder. TN m Business Leaders Predict Recovery Early This Year I i '. ""! ; ! rj r . i rrr r w rli.,, i- j s :' v ..i:4i: V 1K J. ; . O,. f - I - ' 1 i ' ' ' f i l i r-Li i , I I y V---- - . h i .PCS , . j; 4. . .y.z: .a M xi iMfmnFrfirinHi'iVifiifl li'iifiilii" iiinlrWiirTrii ' llmmi ifaim'irri 11 tfMWWWi-Miwri mtimntiiMnuurrfi-iirt'n Dawes" Charts Show Prosperity on the Way. 1933 the James E. Sullivan memorial trophy, awarded to the athlete contributing the most to the cause of amateur athletics dur-In dur-In the year, was missed by Bill Bonthron of Princeton by Just one vote and was given to Glenn Cun ningham. Now It Is In Bill's possession pos-session as the result of his great foot-racing campaign during In the course of3 which he established estab-lished a world record for 1,500 meters me-ters and beat Cunningham In three out of five races. In the nationwide ballot, con ducted by A. A. U Bonthron led In the preliminary voting and then piled up 1.072 votes In the final test after the field had been cut to seven. Benjamin B. Eastman, former Stan ford track star, ran second with 1)20 and then came Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette university's negro sprinter, sprint-er, with 413, and Glen Hardin, Louisiana State university, with 2S5. Three swimmers trailed the track men. Ignore Kignt of ( Homestead, Pa., received 262 votes; Jack Med-Ica Med-Ica of Seattle, 1(5!), and Katherlne Rawls, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, 134. SENATOR VANDENBERO of Michigan, liberal Republican, says he will introduce in the senate sen-ate a bill designed to take the Post Office department out of politics. The measure he has drafted would put all postmasters and postal officials, except ex-cept the postmaster postmas-ter general under the civil service, and In the giving out of Jobs the post office employees would have the preference. Senator Vandenberg has been persistently demanding that Postmaster General Farley either resign re-sign from the cabinet or give np his chairmanship of the Democratic national committee, la line with this his Mil will prohibit the postmaster post-master general from holding any political office. The Michigan senator said he had written the bill after conferences with the civil service commission and several organizations within the Foft Office department He predicted pre-dicted It would have strong support from the latter quarter. By taking politics ont of the department de-partment and establishing a career service, Vandenberg said, "the pavement-pounding letter carriers may look forward to nltlmate gradua Uon to the high post of first assistant assist-ant postmaster general I . - v. - j V A By WILLIAM C. UTLEY THAT bluebird is back again. The harbinger of happiness once more Is Just around the corner, twitting a merry tune of prosperity and plenty, all to come to us who anxiously wait sometime in the year 1935. At least that Is what our business leaders are predicting. The depression de-pression Is over, say the Big Wigs who know, and with that welcome message they have been getting every-Thursday luncheon groups drunk with Joy and sending business-conference sltters-In singing their ways home in hysterical glee. Most ardent champion of the bluebird Is Chicago's Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, banker, diplomat, former for-mer Vice President of the United States, and more recently sotto voce angel of his city's Century of Progress exposition. Practically all throughout the depression. General Dawes had forsaken the world-famed world-famed "Hell Maria" pipe with the subterranean bowl for a comfortable comfort-able curved briar of more orthodox center of gravity. Well, he's back smoking "Hell Maria" again. He was puffing away at a great rate on "Hell Maria" when he told Chicago's Association of Commerce at a recent luncheon that the depression de-pression was over. "Nothing can stop the progress toward It" said the general, "Just as nothing could stop the progress toward the chasm In 1929. The various vari-ous steps taken by the government to aid business and employment will neither greatly retard nor greatly accelerate the return of good times." Shunting back and forth between an Imposing display of figured charts and a microphone, the general gen-eral growled, "This is a devil of a way to make a speech," but went ahead and made one, anyway. He predicted a definite boom In durable dura-ble goods In May or June, and he used the charts to prove it Trend Definitely Upward. General Dawes concisions were the result of a study of the steel Industry In-dustry and other heavy Industries over a period of several months. His charts showed the trend In pig iron and steel prices and the vol ume of pig iron production during three separate ten-year periods marked by depressions. They showed that In each depression prices slid downward for five years and eight months, then turned upward up-ward abruptly, and climbed for about a year. Although prices were not allowed to decline In the present pres-ent depression, production of pig Iron and steel has declined vastly more. This , has resulted In a tremendous accumulated demand, which the general says will begin to be felt In large volume this summer. sum-mer. Steel companies will make huge profits when this action occurs, he Senator Vandenberg J. , r 4 .... Frederick H. Ecker. said, and then prices and output win become stabilized at substantially higher level Not so rosy a picture Is that painted paint-ed by CoL Leonard B Ayres, Cleveland Cleve-land economist De said the chief Bnsolved problem of the depression Is unemployment In the durable goods Industries. The three great obstacles which block the way back to normalcy are political ones, he says. They are the fear that continued con-tinued governmental Interference In business will make it Impossible for corporations to show a profit fear about the future of our money, and the newly revised securities act Only after these readjustments are made can the accumulated shortage of durable goods begin recovery, according to Mr. Ayres. The shortage he estimated to be as much as the total output of all the ' ' ' ' V 1 4 - if a 3 Col. L. B. Ayres. durable goods Industries for two and one-half years. The industries indus-tries would have to operate at 25 per cent above their normal rate for ten years In order to make up the shortage. As Dawes Sees It Mr. Ayres' predictions may be much more attractive than he Intended In-tended them. The whole thing depends de-pends upon whether or not he la right about the altitude and action of the government Here is what Mr. Dawes says; "The difference between Colonel Ayres and myself Is a marked one. He evidently looks upon the Intervention Inter-vention of a changed governmental policy into the situation as being definitely determinative of theques-tion theques-tion as to whether the coming year of 1935 will mark an advance in prosperity over 1934. "While I recognize the overwhelming over-whelming long time Importance of a balanced budget and wise governmental govern-mental policy, I point .out that the normal course of recovery Involving In-volving mass action Is not determined deter-mined by human reasoning, but by human nature, and that the rate of recovery Is following the same course In this present depression and for the same simple causes that It did In the two great former major ma-jor depressions In the country, those of 1873 and 1893." "Priming the pump" through great governmental expenditures does nothing but force an Increase In business activity as long as the priming fluid lasts, he said. The return of prosperity In 1933, If all goes well. Is also looked for by Edward A. Filene, widely known Boston economist Much depends on whether or not the Supreme court will uphold certain phases of the New DeaL He warned that If the Supreme court does not co-operate with the President the country coun-try might be "compelled to turn to socialistic measures. Will Begin Spending. "Business Is pledging co-operation with the President and there Is undoubtedly un-doubtedly a more widespread nn-derstanding nn-derstanding that prosperity, both for consumer goods and durable goods Industries, depends basically upon the buying power of the masses. Tbere is no telling, however, how-ever, how far this promised co-operation will go and we cannot expect ex-pect rapid Improvement until business busi-ness generally acts upon this new understanding. "Congress will arrange for na tion-wide unemployment insn thoroughly sound business meas- ures-ana minions of Americans will begin to spend money which they have not dared to soon h. fore, satisfying their long-accum- umiea wants and Immediately stimulating stim-ulating business and providing more employment and more buying power. pow-er. On the other hand, congress may more than undo all this good by flirting with unsound radical legislation, particularly currency Inflation. In-flation. "Some Industries, such as the automobile au-tomobile industry, are already leading lead-ing the way to recovery by courageously courag-eously setting out to supply the long-depressed demand for consumer consum-er goods and their success Is sufficiently suffi-ciently marked that we may expect other Industries to follow suit "If business generally does play ball with the President and the Supreme court does not call the game, we may find ourselves In such a crisis that the government against Its will, may be compelled to turn to socialistic measures as the only way In the emergency to keep the masses provided with the necessities of life. ? "Trying to balance aU factors, my expectation Is: "L There will be some Improvement Improve-ment during the first three months of 1935. "2. There will be some Improvement Improve-ment in the spring and summer over the conditions of 1934, but not enough to indicate that recovery has come. "3. The fall will show a marked Improvement and the trend from then on will be definitely upward. "4 By the fall of 1936, we will be so far recovered as to make it generally evident that we are on the road to unprecedented real prosperity." pros-perity." Upturn to Start Soon. Business magazine and newspaper newspa-per editors throughout the country agree that business will be on the upturn during the first quarter of 1935. A survey published by Associated Asso-ciated Business Papers, Inc., indicated indi-cated that the editors expected department de-partment store sales to keep up their recent gains into the first quarter, with narrow profit margins. Shoe production was only 10,000,000 pairs behind the 1929 peak In 1934, but the last year"s performance is expected ex-pected to be passed early in 1935. The outlook for the textile Industry Indicates that Its business will be about 10 per cent better in 1935, according to the business editors. Editors of automotive trade papers pa-pers predicted a substantial increase in-crease for the first quarter of 1935 compared with the first quarter of 1934. In the steel Industry, the steady small Increase In production which has existed for the last few months Is expected to be projected Into the first few months of 1935. The eettmlJraa steel output of 1934 was 24,700,000 tons, an increase of 2,100,000 tons over 1933. Machine tool trade paper editors called the prospects for both volume vol-ume and profit In the first quarter exceedingly bright Electrical apparatus ap-paratus wholesalers look for improvement im-provement So does the oil Industry. Indus-try. Although touch depends on governmental policies, It is thought that the building trade might even triple the 1934 business, with remodeling re-modeling on a scale twice as great as in 1934. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C Roper, who should know the situation situa-tion if anybody should, called the 1935 outlook "Indeed very satisfactory." satisfac-tory." He predicted a sizeable upturn up-turn in the heavy goods Industries. "Every place I go," he said, "faces and features and the approach of persons indicate a more optimistic outlook than has been in evidence for some time." Probably one of the most substantial substan-tial reasons for expecting a better year In 1935 Is that advanced by Frederick H. Ecker, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. "We can see many reassuring facts on the economic horizon," be continued. "Among these, the outstanding out-standing one, In my judgment Is the Increase In the combined na- Y f : ? N e .1 i ri i i - V1 t- 1 f - . 4 - 1 f pr - 1 Edward Filene. Uonal income, which forl934. according ac-cording to our economists, probably wiU exceed that of 1933 by something some-thing like 15 per cent Labor income in-come In the form of an wages and salaries In the United States Is also expected to show an Increase of 1933, bringing It to a total of about $3o,000,000,000." & Vtm Ntwww Vmitm. "TT j1 bfi Itl V mean well but . to our head, that Z year pays our o fi our tact findin. 9li i Governs, T-T.M gatherers, l crease generosity Oierewaa Borne J S Jl -exactly the peo actual need, You cnnM it u U0M , VOll uihn . 1 ' - u want, n would knowtteywaiurT you Would innw ,.. ' - waiti they could do that would Sid. J selves. I win bet Community would b tM. l after Its own. Now m J Tt7MlM tin.. A. . 1 w wort two fii you are going to pry hito J nana U - . ' vi uib poor, to Had j actually needed help, yoi , Into the affairs of the os see what they were dolnjtuj. their neighbors. You wouldent get much e;. If you knew that ever folk- gave reached a real ease, tsAl knew that your neighbors rid. to do, and Just ordinary satoied were all contributing aicuj : graded amount, say like Inca A certain percent that dm j: your unfortunate neighbors, a; quicker you can get them to Brand Br-and off your list the better tt you, then lack of employment is become everybody business,! of like it is now Just the te of the man who has lost his Well there Is a Goversmes he Is called C.A. (Conscience 1 Bistor). Maby your Conscience 4l you should help your ut 1000 worth, but you cant hear Well this OA. (Conscience issi;: he hears what yon should ten wont He Is also is commmis- with your finances, so In flat v he is able to have the tre k harmony. 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