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Show THE PAGE TWO News Review of Current Events the World Over Ambassador Doild's Remarkable Warning of Fascist Plan for United States Steel Workers' Strikes Started by tbe C. I. O. ARD W. PICK ... By EDWARD Westcra Ne rspsiwr t'niue, t E. DODD. American WILLIAM to Germany, has stepped Into the limelight and the result may be embarrassing to him and to the admin- v v Istration. In a long i letter to Senators Bulkley of Ohio and jf Glass of Virginia he urges all Democrats to unite In support J f.9 41 l PrAiir1jnt and V s thus avert a dicta-- l torshlp In the United -I States. It was as- r L 8ume ne meant 4,18 """ "" President" Supreme Ambassador court eniargement W. E. Dodd bm shouid be supported, since that Is the measure that split the party In congress. Dodd, former professor In the University of Chicago, said he had been told by certain friends that a n American, not named, "who owns nearly a billion dollars," was prepared to set up a fascist regime which presumably he would control. There are not many American billionaires now, but no one has ventured to guess publicly the man Dodd has in mind. "There are Individuals of great wealth who wish a dictatorship and are ready to help a Huey Long," he wrote. "There are politicians, some in the senate, I have heard, who think they may come into power like that of the European dictators in Moscow, Berlin, and Rome." Congressional leaders were quick to take up Dodd's assertion, Senator Borah of Idaho leading off with the declaration that the ambassador was an irresponsible scandal monger and a disgrace to his country. "I have an idea," said Borah, "that his supposed dictatorship is the figment of a diseased brain." Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota, radical, introduced a resolution calling upon the State department to demand that Dodd name the billionaire in question. In the house Representative Fish of New York denounced Dodd, and demanded that he be recalled and forced to give the name of the man who is ready to set up a dictatorship. This reaction In Washington led Ambassador Dodd to amplify his warning by a prepared statement cautioning against perils which would result from defeat of President Roosevelt's recovery program and reiterating the assertion that Americans of great wealth are looking toward Fascist rule; but he still disclosed no identities. 1 $ S nAJ tear gas bombs to disperse the ets. Governor Earle hurried to the region to help settle the trouble, and he ordered the sale of liquor (topped in western Pennsylvania areas affected by the strike. Employees of Fisher Body and Chevrolet in Detroit returned to work pending a conference with the management; but the plants of those concerns in Janesville, Wis., were closed by a dispute over the n status of 14 workers. Their plants In Flint and Saginaw also were shut down, as was the Fisher Body plant in Cleveland. John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O., apparently killed any chances for peace with the A. F. of L. when, addressing the Lady Garment Workers' union convention at Atlantic City, he called President Green a traitor to organized labor and declared neither he nor any of the workers unionized In the C. I. O. campaign wants peace with the federation. Lewis charged that Green tried to prevent Governor Murphy of Michigan from settling the General Motors and Chrysler strikes. non-unio- TECHNICAL workers at In the Hollywood were disappointed when the screen actors' guild, settling Its own troubles with the producers, refused to support their strike. But the C. L O. took up their cause, assured them of active support and promised to place 340,000 men on picket duty in important cities throughout the country. At least, that is the assertion of Charles E. Leasing, head of the striking unions. Lessing said the film boycott would be directed at theaters areas where unions are strong. He selected New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and St. Paul as key cities for picketing. hVin-dustri- al TJRITISH royalty and the British government are at outs concerning the wedding of the duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield. The duke wishes it IM.IM1..1 W nun , to be public and officially supported by King George and Mary, the queen mother, with whom Edward discussed the affair by telei p phone. The cabinet insists the marriage should be strictly private and not attended bv anv mem- Duke of ber of royal Windsor amily except as a private person. Edward postponed reports the marriage until June at the reTHERE were persistent that the Supreme quest of his brother the king, and court controversy would soon be it is said he would yield to the desettled by the resignation of at least mand of the government and have two of the justices, Brandeis and a private wedding; but Queen Mary Van Devanter, and possibly and King George believe the cereand Sutherland. It was mony should be public and recogsaid friends of these men had urged nized as a matter of "fair treattheir retirement "for the good of ment" for the duke, and that his the court itself." bride should be formally recognized It was claimed that the President as the duchess of Windsor. would be compelled to withdraw his bill if as many as two of the associEMEMBER, this is the Presi-dent'- s ate justices should retire, or else pet project. He wants face defeat. Proponents of the meathe CCC made permanent, not exsure, pending the return of Mr. tended for a two year period." Roosevelt to the capital, said there WiSo shouted Representative would be no compromise. lliam P. Connery of Massachusetts Senator Henrik Shipstead of Min- at the members of the house. But nesota, Farmer-Laboritreturning the house would not heed the imto his seat after a long illness, plied warning and voted, 224 to 34, declared himself flatly against the in favor of giving the CCC two Supreme court enlargement bill; more years of life. This was in and his colleague, Senator Ernest committee of the whole, and next Lundeen, another Farmer-Laboritday this action was confirmed. said he would not support an The senate, forgetting all about increase of more than two in the economy, approved, 46 to 29, an amendment to the second deficiency membership of the court. appropriation bill which commits OHILIP MURRAY, chairman of the government to the expenditure the steel workers' organizing of 112 millions on a new Tennessee committee of the C. I. O., called river dam at Gilbertsville, Ky. the first major strike in the cam of paign of Lewis and REPRESENTATIVE DIES to congress his associates to unionize the steel inthat President Roosevelt call an international monetary conference for dustry. On his order the employees of the purpose of seeking an equitable Jones & Laughlin distribution of the world's supply of Steel corporation 15,"""" gold and silver. Specifically, he in Pittswould have the conference: plants on some 1. Stabilize currencies burgh and Aliquippa walked out after permanent basis that would prevent wide fluctuations in their purchasing Murray had failed to get from the compower. pany a siened col 2. Establish a bimetallic gold lective ; bargaining phil'P Murray and silver base for the currencies. contract. The strike call affected 3. Distribute the world's gold and 27,000 men. Thousands of pickets silver supply more equitably so as surrounded the Jones St Laughlin to give each nation proper support mills and kept workers for its currency and an adequate from entering. medium of international exchange. The company announced its will4. Make available to the countries ingness to sign a contract if it might involved the raw materials they n need. grant identical terms to employees and declared its disposition to deal solely with any group SETTLE the long pension that could poll a majority of its embetween railroad operployees in an election supervised ators and their employees, a comby the national labor board. promise bill was introduced by SenNext day the strike spread to the ator Wagner and Representative plants of the Pittsburgh Steel com- Crosser amending the railway retirement act. Fundamental concespany at Monessen and Allenport, Pa., where 5,900 men went out. sions to workers include eligibility Murray said it was Inevitable that for pensions for employees absent on account of sickness, increases the Republic, Youngstown. Bethlehem and Crucible steel concerns in death benefits, and authority to include prior service in calculating would be involved very soon. There was considerable disorder length of service upon which anat Aliquippa, and the police used nuities are based. " II ''J' :fH.: Tf r e, r ; non-unio- n . non-unio- TO Dinner Cloth of to tha recent reIN RESPONSE ot a government, quest foreign reported to be France, the administration has taken the position that it will not permit the export of helium (or military purposes abroad. The request was for a very large amount of the gas, presumably for a large airship, and investigation convinced officials in Washington that the nation asking it was planning no such commercial service as was performed by the German govHinden-burernment with the Crocheted Lace m a : V'i m k m ..m mm mm mnr IlrJfXt xmm avj mm ma I: mm s i 'Hid m .- ' - Ciabout: -i i 'it tn..1.4 'ifl fll - r- - - nVud Caring Stuttering. IIIN LEE, ARIZ. Away here in the Indian - : nnf country comes a newspaper, saying some expert at corhuman utterance has recting There have been Washington. President Roosevelt, good many turned up with a cure for Secfrom the time he was Assistant millions of citizens of the United a cloth ot gold robe with colored emblems and lined with white satin. King retary of the Navy George VI of Great Britain knelt Budding in the Wilson e before the archbishhas Navy ministration, op of Canterbury In always been reWestminster abbey garded as a friend of the military and the primate forces of the United States. He has placed on the monnever been a fanatic about his posiarch's bead the tion but has held consistently to the crown which Edview that the military services must ward never wore. be protected against continuing poThen the queen's litical attack which would destroy crown was placed their usefulness. Likewise, Mr. on the head of ElizRoosevelt has constantly argued for two and the abeth, a policy of building up the army, took their Dlacei on navy and marine corps. KU, George their thrones. At the Since he has been in the White VI same time all the has taken assembled peers and peeresses House, Mr. toRoosevelt sound see that polipare always donned their coronets, drums and cies of development were Invoked trumpets sounded and the guns at as regards the military services and the Tower of London boomed. This his interest in the navy in this diwas the climax of the grand specmarked. In contacle that had attracted many thou- rection hasthebeen has brought President sequence, sands of persons to London and that In the held the attention of the world tor about a program of building navy that, examined from any ana few hours. gle, must be considered as having First of the day's events was the established a splendid first line of procession to the abbey, which was defense for our country. Whether observed by vast throngs in the one favors a navy or a small streets, windows and stands. It was navy, I think big it must be admitted two miles long The lord mayor of that the navy is the first line of deLondon, gorgeously clad and carryfense and so the President, being ing the city mace, arrived first at fully acquainted with developments the annex built at the abbey enthroughout the world, has seen to it trance, and was followed closely by that our navy shall be in a strong the speaker of the house of comas our first line of defense. of foreign position mons, representatives It be, as some critics of the may governments, the prime ministers of the dominions, and the princes President contend, that the hunand princesses of royal blood. Next dreds of millions expended under came Queen Mary, and then King Mr Roosevelt's policies constituted too much ot a fund in this direction; George and Queen Elizabeth. that we have no need for a navy as When all the fortunate ones enas that now contemplated, and titled to places in the abbey had largethe creation of a large navy intaken their seats, the ceremony be- that dicated a policy of aggression by the ancient with gan "recognition" the United States. My own feeling ritual; the archbishop of Canter- is that these objections are not well bury presented the king to the peo- founded. The turbulent situation in ple, and four times the throng re- international relations, both in Eusponded with "God Save King rope and in Asia, seems to warrant George." After the rite of coronaa definite move on of the tion and the actual enthronement of United States to be the part equipped. In the monarchs the doors of the abbey other words, who is there that would were thrown open, George and Eliz- wish our nation again to be caught abeth, wearing their crowns and without any worthwhile fighting incarrying their scepters, stepped ready for action as we were to their coach, and the second grand units in 1917? Further, although we are procession made its slow way to a peaceful nation, we must avoid a Buckingham palace. of the 1917 conditions berepetition Every detail of the spectacle and cause we can not afford the waste ceremony had been rehearsed until of money that characterized the all were perfect in building up of our armed forces at their parts and noth- that time. ing marred the performance upon One reason for the comments that v-- J which the British I have just made on the navy and President about $2,000,000. It velt's policies is a was gorreally that we the fact Law no show and geous have a new neuone begrudged the trality law. It was passed just a money it cost, espeA . cially as visitors to day ahead of the expiration of the temporary neutrality law that was London spent probduring the past year or Queen ably ten times as operative Elizabeth much. Though in so. This new law probably is as good general ancient routine was folas any neutrality law that can be lowed, there were some notable concessions to modernity. For instance, written. It represents the work of the abbey was equipped with tele- men in congress who are very serious in their desires to create maphones and loud speakers. Another innovation, on the days before chinery that will keep us out of war, the coronation, was the stationing or at least will slow down our enof companies of soldiers from the try into international conflict. various dominions as sentries at It lays down prohibitions against Buckingham and St. James' pal- the sale of hundreds of items by aces. Never before had this duty American citizens or American corbeen entrusted to other than the porations to any nation which the British guards. President may hold to be a "belThroughout the British empire ligerent" nation, which is the way coronation day was celebrated with diplomats describe a nation at war. parades and banquets, and wherThe law has a further ever on earth as many as two Brit- and interesting provision.important It reishers came together, George VI that if any belligerent wants quires was toasted. to buy products in this country, In a chateau near Tours, France, commodities that are not prohibited beof sat duke Windsor, Edward, the neutrality law, it must come by to a a broadcast to our shores and fore radio listening get them and of the coronation ceremonies; and must for them before the boat pay by his side was Wallis Warfield, his leaves. Thus, it has come about fiancee, for whom he surrendered that the new law is called the "cash his throne. and carry" neutrality act. It was announced that Wallis had That title sounds very satisfying. name the Simpformally dropped son and would be known as Mrs. It sounds as though we will never make loans again as we did during Wallis Warfield. the World war loans never to be LEONARD BERRY, repaid except in some minor inGEORGE labor leader who has stances and that none of ofour ships will become the targets foreign been serving as President Roosefor industrial gunboats because we are transportvelt's ing munitions of war to any belligwhaterent. Surely, this phase of the law ever that may will in a measure retard our enmean, is now United trance into any war and It will at States senator from the same time reduce the exciteTennessee, having ment in this country incident to been appointed by 'f the manufacture- and sale of muniijrovemor oruwnmg tions of war because of the profits imtmt:to fill out the term accruing under such circumstances. of the late Senator But, it strikes me that, after all, Nathan L. Bach-maHe will serve u4 neutrality law is likely to be a A this futile gesture. Having obuntil the regular f , 2k. IA rather served governmental action over an extended period of years, I refuse George L. ber. 1938. to kid myself. I will not say that Berry Mr. Berry, who is fifty-thre- e years old. Is one of the the new neutrality act will keep us war because, very definitelargest landholders in the South. H out itofwill not ly, owns a weekly newspaper at Let us see why. There are a Tenn., and the International Playing Card and Label com-pan- thousand and one acts that a forHe has been president of the eign nation can do to insult our naPressmen tional honor or damage our citizens International Printing and Assistants Union of North and their commerce. These are America since he was twenty years called "overt" acts. When an overt old. act is committed, it is so easy to forThe new senator has been one of get about the high principles stated President Roosevelt's most ardent in the present neutrality law. It can supporters, and was himself con- ba repealed and a declaration of sidered for nomination for the vice war substituted for it within a very few hours. presidency in 1924. CLAD pick- Thursday. May 20, 1937 NEPHI. UTAH TIMES-NEW- In ad-th- Roose-Neutrali- 4 :.' n e, y. ty States come onto this earth since armistice ot the Facta 1918. Among these are undoubtedly many who will learn of the present neutrality law Look at with a feeling of safety; who will think that nothing now can happen and their mothers, wives and sweethearts will feel they need not worry about the time when these younger generations of men will have to march away, with drums beating and flags flying, never to return. For their peace of mind, the present neutrality law certainly is helpful My suggestion is, however, that they look the facts in the face. When one of these overt acts Is committed. In we will go regardless of the neutrality law. I might advert to some of the things that happened between 1914 and April 6, 1917. President Wilson, a sincere advocate of peace, did the best he could to prevent our participation in the World war. It was a matter that actually brought in 1916 because about his his campaign leaders used the slogan, "He kept us out of war." Events came through with such startling speed, however, that a month after he was inaugurated for his second term, he was standing on the rostrum before a joint session of congress asking for immediate passage of a resolution placing our country in the war on the side ot the Allies and against Germany and the Central Powers. Two days later we were formally In the fight and then, once we were made a belligerent by the decision of our government, it became "a war to make the world safe for democracy." I think I need not review all of the various slogans that were employed in the national propaganda to solidify our nation behind its military forces. There were many of them. The nation was ninety-fiv- e per cent behind the government in a war to end all wars. Hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars were borrowed fr5m our citizens who bought, first, liberty bonds and later, victory bonds. For the first time in later history of our nation we had a tremendous national debt, more than ten billions of which were loaned to those nations with which we were associated in the war. The remainder of these funds was spent like money in the hands of a drunken sailor, ashore for the first time in the year. Nor is there criticism to be made of that spending because we were not prepared for war. So, while I do not now foresee our participation in any conflict within the next few years, I am quite convinced that Mr. Roosevelt has pursued an absolutely sound program in advocating a strong navy and a strong army. It will serve us well and will cost us very much less than if this building up process had to be accomplished overnight as it was in 1917. It may be surprising to a good many people to know that our army at present ranks as number 17 in the list of armies of nations even though our country is one of the largest and one of the richest in the family of nations. My belief is that if our navy is made to rank with the greatest and plans are worked out as Mr. Roosevelt is trying to work them out so that our army will be possible of expansion, taxapers' money will be much better spent than through or wasted through boondoggling useless development of theoretical schemes. the battle over President Roosevelt's proposal to pack the court of the Supreme United States with six new judges Court grows in heat, it becomes increasingly evident that members of congress are looking to the political aspects of the situation to a greater extent than obtained in the early stages of the fight. This circumstance certainly is working to the advantage of those who oppose the President's scheme and it i interesting to look at the picture from that angle. My observation of congressional activities in the past leads me to believe that every President must expect in his second term a certain amount of defection, a certain amount of running away, among the supporters who stood by him unflinchingly during his first term. Of course, most of his stalwarts will stick by him through thick and thin but it always has happened that a rather deep fringe of his party will begin to balk or duck when they reach the second lap and know that the head of their party will not seek election to a third term. The reason must be quite obvious. All d members of the house and of the senate membership have to seek votes in their home districts every two years. With a President in his second term, the interest of ' these candidates for office must turn to what their voters think rather than what the President thinks. As Su-pre- one-thir- Q Western Newspaper Union. X: 1 stuttering. But why? By his own admission, nearly all stutterers can sing and most ot them can swear fluently, thus providing superior emotional outlets in two directions. One ot the smartest V- in his In courtspeech. room debates it gave him more time to think up either irvln S. Cobb the right questions or to figure out the right answers. And one of the most charming voices I ever heard belonged to a Louisiana girl whose soft southern accents were fascinatingly Interrupted at intervals by a sudden impediment stammer like unexpected ripples in a gently flowing brook. How to Relax. BEFORE I started out here, jumpy after wrestling a radio program for six months, Jimmy Swinnerton, the artist, who's one of the most devoted friends these bigh mesas ever had, advised me to try stretching out on the desert sands as a measure tor health and complete relaxation and a general toning up. "Just lie down perfectly flat." he said. Then he took another look at my figure. "Anyway, lie down," he said. So today I tried It Another friend, John Kirk, the famous Indian trader, helped me pick out a suitable spot on the Navajo reservation that was forty miles from the nearest habitation. But the site I chose was already by a scorpion with a fretful stinger and an irritable disposition that seemed to resent beSo I got right up ing crowded. again. In fact, I got up so swiftly that Kirk said it was impossible to follow the movement with the human eye. It was like magic, he d said. Speed Crazed Drivers. hurry. Sonny Boy? WHY the you almost daily. You're roaring through populous streets or skidding on hairpin turns or whirling at sixty perilous miles an hour around the kinked and snaky twists of mountain roads like some demoniac bug racing along the spine of a coiled rattler. If I am one to say, you probably have primed yourself for this senseless speeding on that most dangerous of all mixed tipples the fearsome combination of alcohol and gasoline. Or perhaps, like the blind mule of the folklore tale, you just naturally don't care a dern. One thing is plain: Despite the high percentage of mortality your breed is , increase. again, echoing the question which the coroner must frequently ask at the inquest, why the hurry, Sonny Boy? It can't be that anybody wants you back at the place where you've been or that anybody else will be glad to see you at the place where you're going. Really now, Sonny Boy, what is all the hurry about? So, I 1410, Dress up your table, when expected, with this stun ning lace cloth. Crochet either identical squares, or companion squares they're easy fun, and either way makes a handsome de sign as shown. Crochet them of string and they'll measure 10 inches; in cotton, they are e1 inches. Join together, for tea or dinner cloth, spread or scarf. Pattern 1410 contains directions and charts for making the squares slmwn: illustrations of them and of all stitches used; material re quirements. 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