| Show news review of current events the world over revised guffey coal bill Is passed republicans map campaign strategy in england n abandons anti italian trade sanctions by EDWARD W PICKARD e western newspaper union LAST AST minute passage of important le legislation gi marked the closing sessions of congress before adjournment tor for the summer the house by a vote of to 00 90 passed the version of the guffey bill to restore federal control of soft coal production invalidated by the supreme court it passed the measure on to the senate observers pointed out that this was the quickest repair job on a supreme court decision that the new deal has thus far achieved the new bill eliminates provisions governing working hours and wages which the hie court held invalid it retains however two features which the court neither approve approved nor disapproved I 1 the granting to a national bituminous coal commission authority to fix prices and approve marketing agreements 2 the imposition of a alx tax on the production of coal coa the tax feature has been altered somewhat from the original bill instead of it a flat 15 per cent tax on coal production it calls for an outright excise levy of 1 aa per cent on all soft coal plus a 13 per cent tax on coal in interstate commerce the house likewise adopted the two billion million dollar relief and deficiency clency bill at the same time it wiled killed two other measures one was for the appropriation of funds to complete the florida ship canal which had been approved by the senate the other was the anti lobby bill sponsored by senator black of alabama As presented to the house it would have forced the registration of lobbyists hobbyists including those appearing before congress and before government departments it would also have required information on contributions for lobbying purposes and payments made to hobbyists lobbyists the senate by a vote of 42 to 24 passed the wagner bill providing for a program to encourage low cost housing construction the bill would set up a federal housing authority to administer the act eatn in the harness came to D senator duncan U fletcher dean of the senate who had bad represented florida in the upper house tor for the last quarter of a century he died suddenly at ills his home in washington senator fletcher a strong supporter of the roosevelt administration lt 0 A although he way was considered a conservative serva tive I 1 was chairman of the banking and currency committee which bore the brunt of the task involved sen fletcher in the currency reform legis legislation and the banking act of 1935 president roosevelt in a statement eulogizing the senator said the country has lost an able and conscientious servant in the death of senator fletcher ile he declared the floridian Florl dian was ever actuated by motives of high patriotism and unselfish devotion to the public welfare the death of senator fletcher followed closely the passing of senator park trammel of florida and nd the death of speaker joseph W byrns of tennessee senator fletcher was bor born 1 in sumter county georgia january 0 1859 ile he was graduated from vanderbilt university in 1880 and began the practice of law in jacksonville fla in 1881 1891 lie ile was elected to the united states senate in 1908 and had been and reelected elected re in ench each subsequent term while no movement had been undertaken to select his successor as chairman of the important banking and currency committee it was waa felt in washington circles that senator carter glass senate veteran virginia democrat wartime secretary of the treasury and staunch gold standard advocate was in line for the post although a critic of some of presidents policies senator glass has never gone tar far oft off the reservation A semiannual SEMI SENH ANNUAL checkup revealed that 10 debtor nations had hotl fled the state department that they would default on their indebtedness to the ahe united states included among these nations are great britain rr france ance italy latvia lithuania esthonia rumania yugoslavia czechoslovakia and poland finland alone promised to pay pel bel glum and hungary had not yet replied to the state departments notice that art an installment on their war debt was due while the present debt payment was being passed in informed circles it Is regarded that some basis of settlement will be sought by the european Kurop oan debtor nations in the near future increasing possibility of war ar in europe it is believed will induce these nations to repair their credit situation in tile the urit ilea cd states S SIX IX red robed judges of canadas Ca Dads supreme court declared two of the dominions eight social reform luis las unconstitutional decided that two oth ers were valid one partly valid a and nd returned tie verdicts on the other three the two major laws declared unconstitutional were the national products marketing act similar in some respects to the nullified american nna NISA and the employment and social insurance act proposing a compulsory contributory tribu tory employment insurance system the laws v were ere passed in 1934 and 1935 under the conservative government then headed by premier bennett declared valid were the unfair business practices act and the farmers and creditors arrangement act the judges decided that the dominion trade and industry commission act was partly valid they reached a tie verdict on the minimum wages act the limitations of hours of work aci act and the weekly day of r test rest in industrial dundei undertakings takings act N TOPEKA kan gov GOT alfred al I 1 IN london landon republican nominee for the presidency met col frank knox knos vice presidential nominee and chairman john hamilton and members of the executive committee of the republican national committee to mate make plans f for or the cornyn coming camp campaign algo speaking I 1 itineraries for governor landon and colonel knox knos were discussed as well as other 10 t campaign strategy youth Is definitely john hamilton represented in the re organized personnel of the executive committee which will chart the republican course hamilton na mllton the new chairman is forty four the youngest member robert P burroughs of manchester N H Is thirty six seven new members attended the meeting including in burroughs representative joseph W martin Alart lu jr north attleboro Att leboro mass J will taylor knoxville tenn mrs horace sayre ardmore okla mrs john wyeth st joseph mo blo ezra whitla coeur dalene dA Iene idaho and earl eail warren oakland calif members returned to the committee are charles D I 1 lilues new york harrison E spangler cedar rapids iowa R B creager brownsville Browns ville texas mrs bertha beitha baur Clil chicago cago IM mrs paul fitzsimmons newport R L I 1 walter S hallahan charleston W va and george ball Al uncle ind in the reorganization of the committee hamilton traded posts with henry P fletcher who took over the job of counsel for the committee C B D goodspeed of chicago succeeded george F getz as treasurer the other committee officers include four vice chairmen ralph E williams oregon J henr henry Y connecticut mrs john E hillman Hlll man colorado and mrs janaes james worthin Wort bIn ton pennsylvania D DANGERS ANGERS of civil war in china and an armed intervention by japan were lessened somewhat by reports that gen ll LI tsung jen military overlord of sl province and his supporters had decided to yield to the superior strength of the central government go eminent of which chiang kal kai slick shek Is the generalissimo the rebellious chieftains of had been coupling their agitations against general chiang with warlike demonstrations against the japanese boklo has demanded in no uncertain terms that the anti japanese activities throughout china be suppressed D DEFINITE abandonment of britaina Brit arifa ins ains trade sanctions against italy and advocacy ot of their official removal by the league of nations was decided upon by the british cabinet under the aggs presidency of prime minister stanley baldwin this action of the cabinet had been expected for some time following the failure of the sanctions to halt italis progress in the conquest of ethiopia it was expected mijat that capt apt anthony eden anthony eden foreign secretary would go to geneva to attend the league meeting and urge abolition of league sanctions against italy dispatches from paris indicated french support of 0 the P program the cabinet was also reported to have formulated a program regarding germany and the reformation of 0 the league which way may call for continued pressure on hitler to use his power and influence to promote european peace GEN EN E N JOUN JOHN J PERSHING Is not optimistic concerning world peace addressing the graduating class at the united states military academy on the fiftieth anniversary of at his own graduation the general said no one cue can tell when hen we shall again need our at int Ls lie continued the situation in the world today is far from reassuring I 1 none can foresee the effect upon us ot or another world catastrophe loyal citizens cannot shut their aei to the pus pos of ar they one oie it to all ail that Is sacred to make aeple preparation against un an ell lu baj P PRESIDENT RESIDENT returned return pd to washington from his tout ton through six western states and though he be was wag rather tired lie he hoped to run ut up to 0 new london coon conn ry y tor for the yale harvard boat race that depended on the congressional situation ue he had to deal with the lawmakers who were all tangled up in the controversy over tho the e tax tas bill and also t to complete his speech speech of acceptance to be delivered at philadelphia president on june 27 the final speech of roosevelt mr roosevelt Roosevel ts s trip was delivered at vincennes ind where he dedicated ti the handsome memorial to george rogers clark ile he paid eloquent tribute to that conqueror of the northwest and found oc occasion caslon to appeal for support of his own program said be in his darks clarles day among the pioneers there were jumpers juni pers ot of land claims and those who sou sought to swindle their neighbors though they were poor in this worlds goods and lived in sparsely settled communities today among our teeming millions there still are those who by dishonorable means seek to obtain the possessions of their unwary neighbors ovir our modern civilization must constantly protect itself against moral defectives fec fCc tives whose objectives are the same but choso whoso methods are more subtle than their prototypes of a century and a halt half ago we do not change our form of 0 tree free government when we arm ourselves with nith new weapons against new devices of crime and cupidity in a series of rhetorical questions the president defended the AAA subsidies to farmers soil conservation reforestation and preservation ot of wild life from vincennes mr air roosevelt went to hodgenville Hodg enville ky for a brief visit to Lincol ns I 1 s birthplace and then his train carried him back to washington I 1 IN N A secret consistory pope pius XI raised to the rank of cardinal two ot of his big old friends giovanni Glov annl mercata Aler catt and E eugenko twenty seven cardinals were present at the ceremony among them being cardinal dougherty of philadelphia during the consistory the pope formally proclaimed appointments of three american and two canadian bishops they were biser george L leech bishop of harrisburg pa msgr hugh L lamb auxiliary bishop to cardinal dougherty msgr william adrian nashville tenn Ms msgr r francis carrol calgary alta and msgr patrick cray bray st SL john as his office was about to expire i JOST joseph B eastman Est federal coordinator of transportation submitted a report in which he proposed a lot 0 of reforms by which the railroads might win back the business they 0 have lost to the truck 11 and the automobile among hl hi suggestions K are lower fares lighter weight and speedier fk cars use of busses 1 and trucks by the r rall all boals to meet competition and cons consolidation ollda of terminals and J JB S astman Eastman other facilities ne ile also advised the development of a nationwide nation wide container service in the movement of freight by railway bl highway abway and water predicting that this would save sare millions of dollars la in the lie handling of present freight and would create much new business the containers are now dov used in a limited manner in some localities and industries trl C s eastman recommended a searching examination and thorough overhauling ot of railroad pullman service and a plan of operation under which the pullman company would own and operate the cars and railroads leasing them and retaining the entire revenue from the sleeping and parlor car service F FOUR OUR years ago senator george norris of nebraska independent republican warmly supported franklin D roosevelt ovelt for the presidency and lie he now announces that lie he will again back the democratic ticket he urges his countrymen to forget partisanship and come to the support of the man who more than any other man in recent years has stood for the welfare of the common people the senator said the cleveland convention nominated a man for president whose greatest asset Is that nobody knows him and nobody knows what he be stands for it does not necessarily follow low fr from m this that the nominee Is not a good man but it does mean that it if he be will not take orders from the undisclosed bosses who made him tb then en these eminent gentlemen have been deceived rits RUSSIA proposes to establish what its rulers assert will be the only real democracy in the world A new constitution to be promulgated next fall has been drawn up under the direction of 0 joset josef stalla stalin the dictator and will be acted on in by the all union congress of soviets on november 23 25 tola this document guarantees protection for private suffrage for nil all citizens more than eighteen years old regardless ot of rae sex religious icus belief and previous activities or property ownership the communist party vm be retained retain cil as the only recognized political organization there are to be two legislative bodies the council ot of the union elected by the people and the council of nationalities selected by the present in direct system these two bodies will ill elect a board of 31 officials to r run u a the be government |
