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Show Nefvs Review of Current Events the World Over President IToover Delivers Addresses in Three Middle West States Moves Toward Restoration of Economic Prosperity. By EDWARD W. PICKARD '.J'l.UJlrtHWjjJJI jujiuj - President Hoover RESPONSIBILITY for the existing economic depression In the United States should be laid to frozen confidence rather than to frozen assets, according to 1'resldent Hoover, who addressed the Indiana In-diana Republican Editorial Edi-torial association and Us guests In Indianapolis. Indian-apolis. The Chief Executive Ex-ecutive expressed his hopes and plans for renewed prosperity pros-perity which shall be wrought out of the nation's great natural resources by n people with renewed courage; and he vigorously defended the course - of his administration In the crisis and denounced panaceas for recovery. After alluding to the Russian five-year five-year plan, Mr. Hoover proposed what ho called an American plan. Said he: "We plan to take care of 20,000.000 Increase In population In the next 20 years. We plan to build for them 4,-000,000 4,-000,000 new and better homes, thousands thou-sands of new and still more beautiful beau-tiful city buildings, thousands of factories; fac-tories; to Increase capacity of our railroads; to add thousands of miles to our highways nnd waterways; to Install 25,000.000 electrical horse power. pow-er. We plan to provide new parks, schools, colleges and churches for this 20,000,000 people. We plan to sa-cure sa-cure greater diffusion of wealth, a decrease de-crease In poverty and a great reduction reduc-tion In crime." From Indianapolis the President and his party, which Included Mrs. Hoover and their son Allan, went to Marlon, Ohio, and took part In the dedication of the magnificent memorial to Warren War-ren G. Harding. Mr. Hoover delivered deliv-ered the chief address in which he severely condemned the "friends" who betrayed Harding's trust. Former Senator Freylinghuysen, president of the memorial association, presented ttie memorial to the association, and Calvin Coolidge, who succeeded Harding Hard-ing In the presidency, replied In acceptance. ac-ceptance. Gov. George White accepted ac-cepted the structure on behalf of the state. Immediately after the ceremonies cere-monies Mr. Hoover went to Columbus Colum-bus and reviewed a parade of Civil war veterans attending the Ohio Q. A. R. encampment. Next day the presidential party Journeyed to Springfield, 111., for the dedication of the remodeled tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Hoover was the guest of Governor Emmerson and ngalu delivered the main speech at the Imposing ceremonies. The politicnal Implications of President Presi-dent Hoover's trip to the Middle West were evident and not denied. The three states he visited have ail caused alarm among the Republican leaders by their votes in recent elections. Only last November Illinois replaced a Republican senator with a Democrat Demo-crat and sent live more Democrats to the house In place of Republicans; Ohio elected a Democratic governor and sent six Democrats to congress in plnce of Republicans, and Indiana v replaced six Republican congressmen with Democrats. The Republican managers man-agers hoped the presidential tour would have effect In bringing these states back Into the fold, and there was also the expectation that it would help In promoting Mr. Hoover's prospects pros-pects for renomination and re-election. That he is a candidate Is no longer in doubt. If It ever was. The recent conference of young Republicans Repub-licans in Washington, under the guidance guid-ance of Senator Fess, national Republican Re-publican chairman, made that certain. IN A letter to leaders lead-ers of American industry in-dustry and organized labor the National Civic federation takes the first step in setting set-ting up a ten year plan of systemlzing production, eliminating eliminat-ing unemployment and integrating the Industrial and economic eco-nomic structure of the nation. The letter was J. W. Gerard signed by James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany and now the chairman of the federation's commission commis-sion on industrial inquiry. It Is based on a proposal made by Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation Feder-ation of Labor, and urges the calling of a national congress to discuss and formulate a program of industrial readjustment re-adjustment and create permanent machinery ma-chinery for this purpose. Mr. Gerard's letter was addressed to all leading manufacturers In the country, officials of the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor and heads of all international anions. The letter declares de-clares that Mr. Woll's proposal for a great congress of industry has received the indorsement of the national na-tional civic federation and expresses the readiness of the federation to summon such a congress "if it can have reasonable assurance that the response will be such as to make success probable." Manufacturers and labor leaders were asked to stale their opinion and that of their organ izations on the proposal and to advise whether they would participate In a preliminary meeting that might be held before the formal calling of the congress. "What Is desired is to draw together to-gether a great conclave of delegates, not a mere collection of individuals without representative character," Mr. Gerard's letter declared. COR the purpose of encouraging 1 other nations to help In the disarmament dis-armament movement by telling all about their military strength, the United Unit-ed States, tli rough Secretary Stlmson, has made public its report on that matter to the League of Nations. The document shows the land, naval and air armaments of the country, giving the exact number of men, warships and aircraft maintained for military and naval purposes. The total number of army reserves Is also given, though this Information was not asked by the league. The data gave America's total land effectives as 130,957, Including 13.0S0 officers. The National Guard was listed at "10,774 average daily effectives" and was not Included In the total forces because It was reported "not available to the federal government without measures of mobilization." The total strength of the naval force was fixed at 109,SS6. Including 10,429 officers and 17,500 enlisted personnel of the marine corps. The total armed air forces, including effectives ef-fectives in the army and navy, were placed at 27,324 officers and men, of which 13,155 were credited to the army air corps and 14,169 to the naval air force. The total number of airplanes air-planes In the armed forces was listed as 1,752 including 9G5 army craft and 787 naval planes. Three army and two navy dirigibles, Including the Los Angeles, were added. Japan promptly followed the example exam-ple set by the United States. W. A. Castle EUROPE rather expects ex-pects that when Secretary of State Stlmson gets over there for his visits to various capital cities it will be revealed that the United States government will consent, con-sent, under certain conditions, to aHer its stand on reparations and war debts. And in this countij there are indications that this may be true. Undersecretary of State William A. Castle gave out a statement the other day to the effect that the government does not consider its position as signifying sig-nifying an inflexible thesis, and there have been strong hints at the White House that President Hoover would not oppose the scaling down of war debts if he were assured this would be followed by ample reductions in European armaments. Mr. Castle said the government Is and always has been open minded on the war debt question and has been watching the situation abroad very carefully; he added that no crisis has yet arisen of a nature that would call for any action by this country on the war debts. If such a crisis should arise, he said, it was obvious this government would have to consider con-sider whether a temporary change was necessary. Official opinion in Washington Wash-ington was that Mr. Castle's statement state-ment was designed to help Chancellor Eruening of Germany In the troubles that beset him. MISS ANNA ADAMS GORDON, former president of the National Nation-al Woman's Christian Temperance Union and of the World W. C. T. U., died In Castile, N. Y., at the age of seventy-eight years. She was a close friend of the late Frances E. Willard, helped her organize the W. C. T. U. and for many years was her secretary. secre-tary. She was one of the best known of temperance leaders of this generation. gener-ation. I FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt's presidential presi-dential boom was given giv-en a decided boost in Massachusetts by the luncheon given by Col. Edward M. House at his summer cottage near Manrhester-by-the-Sea. The governor gover-nor of New York was the guest of honor and among those present were the most Influential Democrat ic -v t ' , v ,.) f v - j " . Col. E. M. House Ic leaders of the Bay state. Little was said about politics during the luncheon, lunch-eon, but the feeling was general that the affair was of considerable political po-litical significance, and friends of Mr. Roosevelt are of the opinion that the Massachusetts delegation in next year's national convention will be in line for his nomination. Just before the party rose from the table Colonel House offered a toast to the governor as the man on whom the eyes of the nation are focused. It will be remembered that Colonel House recently announced that he was corresponding with leading Democrats with a view to promoting Roosevelt's presidential prospects. Among the guests at the luncheon was Henry Morgenthau, like House a close friend of Woodrow Wilson, and It Is believed he has associated himself with House in tills movement with the sanction of Roosevelt, although the governor has not yet declared himself a candidate candi-date for the presidential nomination. AL CAPONE, the world's most notorious no-torious gangster, will have to spend some years in Leavenworth penitentiary. Before Federal Judge Wilkerson In Chicago he pleaded guilty guil-ty to indictments for evasions of Income In-come tax payments and for conspiracy conspir-acy to violate the prohibition law. He will be sentenced on June 30, prob-ubiy prob-ubiy to from two to four years In prison. Sixty-eight members of Ca-pone's Ca-pone's gang also are under indictment fur the liquor law conspiracy. Ca-pone's Ca-pone's rule as king of gangland is ended. Juan Vicente Gomez T UAN BAUTISTA " Perez, obeying a demand made by the congress of Venezuela, resigned from the presidency of that republic, re-public, after evading for some time the oral and written suggestions sug-gestions of members of congress that he step out of office. The drive against him was managed by supporters sup-porters of Juan Vi cente Gomez who were determined that the veteran should resume the place he held for 20 years from the time of Castro's downfall until May, 1929. He retired then on his own motion mo-tion and when Perez was elected to succeed him the constitution was amended to permit Gomez to become commander-in-chief of the army and to be responsible only to congress. An academic, rather than active type, President Perez left the task of putting put-ting down insurrections three of which have occurred since he took office to General Gomez and his army of 12,000 men. Gomez, in fact, has been almost as much the ruler of the country since retiring as he was before, and his return re-turn to the presidency In the election set for June 19 was considered certain. He Is getting to be an old man but retains his youthful vigor and pictur-esqueness, pictur-esqueness, and probably is thu man Venezuela needs. WITH all the traditional tra-ditional splendor and ceremony Paul Doumer w:as inaugurated inaug-urated as the new president of the French republic succeeding suc-ceeding Gaston Dou-mergue. Dou-mergue. Premier Laval Lav-al called at the senate sen-ate for M. Doumer and took him to the presidential palace, their automobile being be-ing escorted by caval- e9i L I Ik .4&&ttfiuttJ Paul Doumer ry through throngs of cheering citizens, citiz-ens, as the artillery fired the 21 gun salute. At the palace the retiring president transferred his office to his successor, and M. Doumer received the insignia of grand master of the legion of Honor from the hands of General Dubai, head of the organization. organiz-ation. President Doumer's first official act was to go to the city hall and be received re-ceived by the council, after which he proceeded to the Arc de Triomphe and there, in a solemn ceremony, relighted re-lighted the eternal flame at the tomb of I lie unknown soldier. This rite was especially moving, for M. Doumer lost four of his five sons in the war. President Doumer received the resignation of Premier Pierre Laval and his cabinet and urgently requested Laval to retain bis office. The latter consented and offered for the president's presi-dent's acceptance an unchanged ministry, min-istry, including Foreign Minister Brl-and. Brl-and. NEARLY 500 persons, most of them women and children, perished when a French excursion steamer capsized cap-sized near St. Nazaire during a storm. Only eight of those aboard the vessel were saved. The submarine Nautilus, carrying Sir Hubert Wilkins' under-ice polar expedition, was disabled In mid-Atlantic by the breaking down of her engines, and was taken in tow by the American warship Wyoming. CARDINAL SEGURA, the exiled primate, slipped back into Spain the other day but was promptly apprehended appre-hended and ushered out again across the French border. His presence in Spain threatened a recurrence of the attacks on church institutions, tor the radicals were enraged by the new of his relurn. The Vatican protested his expulsion. ONE more member of the federal farm board the third w'thin a few, months has resigned from that body. He is Samuel R. McKelvie, tbe wheat member of the board, and h said that as his term had Just endet presidential acceptance of his resignation resig-nation was not necessary. His successor succes-sor has not yet been announced. Mr. McKelvie, who took part in the recent re-cent grain conference In London, will retire to his large live stock ranch in Nebraska. NETTA DCCHATEAU of Belgium was selected as "Miss Universe" at the International beauty pageant In Galveston, Texas. She is seventeen years old and has long, dark hair. ((c). 1931. Western Newspaper Unlon-1 |