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Show PUBLIC OPINION f 10LLUSIVK News Review of Current Events the World Over Congress Quits, Ilaving Done Most Things the President Asked Steel Strike Postponed Roosevelts Daughter in Nevada, Presumably for Divorce. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C bp Wi (ters Ntw.papar Unloo. hectic work, AFTER several daystheoflent measures through labeled uoiuatH by the aduilnlatratlon end a huat of other bills demanded by varloua members, the Seventy-thir- d congress cloned Its aecoud session. The nieusurea passed during this session Include some of the basic lava of the Nevr Ileal and considerable elaboration and modification of laws passed lust year In addition to the regular appropriation hills snd a normal amount of necessary routine legislation. As In the first session. President Roosevelt was In full control, though the legislators displayed a more critical attitude and a tendency to give proposed legislation closer scrutiny before giving It their approval. This could not be attributed to a lessening of the President's Influence or of the confidence In hlin, hut rather to the fact that the menilters of congress didn't wish longer to be labeled as "yea men." On tlie whole Mr. Roosevelt succeeded In getting what lie asked and In preventing whut he did uot want Several measures that had the hacking of the administration failed of passage. Tlieae Included the oil bill, ardently desired by Secretary Ickes; the pure food and drug bill, which never came to a vote; the ratification of the St Lawrence waterway treaty ; and a aeries of amendments amplifying snd clarifying the powers of the The code was consented to, says the memorandum, "ou the express understanding" that the minimum price and other trade practice provisions "were absolutely necessary If members of the trade were to comply with other provisions of the code, Including the limitations on maximum houra and minimum wages of labor." The susiienalon of the minimum price provision is pronounced "a deprivation of the primary benefit of the code to members of the trade, leaving them only the burdens." The memorandum states that 07 per cent of the 11,010 plant owners and 175,000 to 200.0U0 retail shops are able and willing to comply with the price and other trade practice provisions If there Is reasonable on the part of the government In enforcing compliance ou the other 3 per cent There Is virtually complete compliance In 132 of the 312 districts." In conclusion the memorandum takes tills wallop at Administrator Johnson : We are equally confident, however, that confidence In a program, no matter bow meritorious, cannot long be maintained when Its administration is Intrusted to an agent who makes so little of the elementary requirements of good faith and who la oblivious to the hardship and suffering his conduct is causing to thousands of loyal and law abiding citizens of this AAA. In Its closing hours the congress spent money like wnter, Indulging in what Congressman Britten of Clilcngo called "an orgy of sending such as never has been known In the history of the world during peace times." The lust of the mujur bills disposed of were: The deficiency appropriation Mil. allotting the President more thun two billion three hundred million dollars for relief and other emergency purposes. The one billion dollar housing hill to promote the revival of the building trades and of the durable goods In- dustries. The Frazier bill for relief of farm mortgagors. The bill amending hanking legislation. The railway labor bill. GREEN, president of Federation of laRoosebor, succeeded where Ire.-ide- nt velt, Administrator Johnson and all Olliers hud fulled. He appeared before the delegates of the steel workers' un 1 o n s at Pittsburgh and persuaded them at least to postpone their threatened strike. The plan which h. offered, and which may lead to a terms nenf settlement of the controversy, in brief provides : Establishment of a three-maboard by the President to IJudicute and mediate all violations of code on mutters of discrimination against employees. To Insure the right of workers to organize, empowering the board to bold and supervise Industrial elections for collective bargaining representatives. All grievances or complaints would be referred to the board for ilnul decision. If acceptable to labor, cnpltal, and the federal government, the strike would be called off permanently. Leaders of the rank and file" steel workers. Including Earl J. Porbeck and other chiefs of local uuions, were especially bitter In their attitude toward General Johnson, and were still eager for a strike, but they were outnumbered snd the Green plan was adopted as a basis for further negotiations. The union leaders went to Washington for a final decision. They carried authority to call the strike If the peace plan were rejected by the government or the steel operators. WILLIAM A formal letter, accompanied by long explanation, the code am thnrity of the cleaners and dyers has IN' notified the President that It has withdrawn its consent to the code. The reason assigned for this action Is that Administrator Johnson, acting by auof the President, susiieniled the minimum price and other fair trade practice provisions of the code while leaving in effect all other provisions. Including those establishing minimum wages and maximum hours of luhnr. The r loaners and dyers say that with operating costs grently increased by the labor provisions It Is Impossible to make a profit unless a minimum price Is established and enforced. In Its appended exploration the code authority challenged the validity of this action by General Johnson, con- thority tinuing: HVe cannot believe that you would knowingly countenance a reckless disregard of repeated promises and assurances given to authorized representatives of the trade by the administrator personally within two weekly of the date on which he played a major role In llielr breach." SECRETARY OF WAR IERN and Roosevelt have received a unanimous report from & house Investigating committee demanding that MuJ. Gen. D. Fpulols Bnjamln be removed as chief of the army air corps "without delay. The report accused the general of dlshoneaty," "gross misconduct," "inefficiency," "Inac"unreliabilcuracy," ity," "Incompetency, and "mismanage-men- t After praising the "young men" who fly army planes under Foulols' direction, the report concluded : "We find it necessary to report that we are most firmly convinced, from the evidence and records submitted, that before any substantial progress In the upbuilding of the morale and materiel of the army air corps can be attained, MaJ. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols must be relieved from his position as chief of the air corps." PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT went up to New Haven, OonnH for the Yale commencement and was presented with the highest honor the university can bestow, the degree of doctor of laws. After the ceremony he attended a luncheon of alumni and took occasion to challenge the critics of his New Deal and especially those who make fun of the brain trust" "It Is true, he told his hearers, snd there was obvious In his voice a note of defiance, that today, more than ever before In our public life, we are calling on the teaching profession for assistance In our government There have been certain ribald comments and some laughter about the use of brains In the national government but It seems to me a pretty good practice. "It Is a practice that will continue," he added firmly. And the professors around him started the vigorous applause which followed. Later on he evoked further applause when lie said: "I couldn't tell you the party affiliations of the majority of people holding responsible positions In Washington, and It Is a mighty good thing 1 cannot" That evening Mr. Roosevelt boarded the presidential yacht Sequoia and proceeded slowly to New London, Conn., to witness the boat races between Harvard and Yale. His son, Franklin, Jr was one of the Harvard freshman crew. After the regatta the President motored to the family home at Hyde Purk, N. Y., to remaiu over the week end. ANOTHER divorce Is In the Impending. Mrs. Anna Iall, the daughter of the President, has taken up residence In Nevada with the evident though not yet declared purpose of seeking legal separation from her Curtis Dali, New York broker.' The news was no surprise to friends of the family. The Dnlls have not been living together for a year, Anna and their two children, "Slstie and "Uuzzle" residing In the White House. For the six months she must remain In Nevada Mrs. Dali has selected a log cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe, some fifteen miles from the house where her brother, Elliott, lived a year ago, when he and the former Elizabeth Donner of Philadelphia were divorced. hus-bun- d, bids on city supplies snd contracts are ended by the recognition, by the NR A administration, that NBA code regulations are unworkable in dealings with municipal and other governmental agencies. An executive order hus been Issued exempting contractors, manufacturers sad merchants from the most Important of the code restriction! In all transactions with federal, state or city or other subdivisions of government. It was published after thousand! of cities had protested against Increases In operating costs occasioned by the NR A. piIAXCELLOR HITLER has been receiving some hard knocks reVice Chancellor Frans von cently. Papen delivered himself of a vigorous criticism of the more radical experiments of the Nasi regime, and Its "excesses and arrogance." Alluding to the pagan revival, Von Papen said: Germans must nut exclude themselves from the society of Christian nations. The siicech, delivered at Marburg, was kept out of the German press but the German iieople reud It in Swiss papers, and then learned that President Puul von Hindenburg had sent Von Papen a telegram of congratulation. Immediately after this Incident Count Rudolf Nudolny announced his resignation as German ambassudor to Russia. This was the first defection from Nazi government ranks since Dr. Alfred Ilugenberg resigned as minister of agriculture and economics In June, 1933. Nadolnys resignation Is attributed to his failure to persuade Chancellor Hitler to accept Russia's proposal for a pact The count Is a close personal friend of President von Hindenburg. Late dispatches from Berlin say Hitler has rejected Von Papen's offer to resign and has made a temporary truce with him. Both of them arranged to confer with the President at Neudeck, but not at the same time. JAPAN was obviously pleased when the American fleet was moved from the Pacific to the Atlantic, but It will not be so glad to hear that the fleet 1s to return to the Pacific about November 1, when all Its maneuvers have been completed. Presumably there will be an attempt. In passing through the Panama canal, to break the record made In the spring. Secretary Swanson says the navy's construction program will be pushed ahead with $40,0)0,000 obtained from the public works administration. Six new submarines and fourteen destroyers will use up most of this sum. About $5,500,000 will be spent on 47-ho- Cuba, who hare TERRORISTS up continual trouble for the Meudleta administration, precipitated bloody warfare In Havana by making an unprovoked atack on a parade of 35,000 members of the ABC, the Island'! largest secret political soIn The radicals, ambushed In ciety. cross streets, opened fire with machine guns, pistols, sawed-of- f shotguns and rifles, mowing down scores of the marchers and many bystanders. About a dozen were killed outright The ABC membera fought valiantly with their revolvers and with clubs and stones. Later the fighting spread throughout the city, the students taking sides with the terrorists. Col. Fulgenclo Batista, chief of staff, declared martial law In Havana as soldiers, sailors, and marines straggled to stem the rioting. Only a few hours before this furious battle, President Mendleta narrowly escaped death at the hands of the terrorists. A bomb was exploded behind his chair during a luncheon at a naval base across the bay from Havana, and he was badly wounded In the legs and arms and severely shocked. Two naval officers were killed and ten others were wounded by the blast. the American-borLADY ASTOR, of the British parliament, n has done a lot of bright things and some stupid ones. In the latter category comes her action In Plymouth at a ceremony In memory of Sir Francis Drake. She grabbed from a midshipman of the American battleship Wyogoblet and threw ming a wine-fille- d the wine Into the river, saying: "I cannot understand why men will leave home for this beastly stuff." 1, the air mall BEGINNING July will be six cents an ounce, flat. The old rate was eight cents the first ounce and 13 cents for each additional ounce. Tlie reduction was announced by the Tost Office de- partment won HENRIK SHIPSTEAD in Minnesota as the Farmer-Labo- r candidate for the United States senate. lie will be opposed at the polls by Congressman Elnar Hold ale. Democrat, and N. J. Ilolra-berRepublican. The also renominated Gov. Floyd B. Olson, g. Farmer-Ijibor-Ite- LANGKR, s governor of am four of his associates, were convicted In federal court at Blsmurck, of conspiracy to defraud the United Stales government, the case Involving the alleged collection of campaign funds. They faced possible terms of two years In a penitentiary, a $10,000 fine nr both. The governor Is a candidate for reflection and susiH'iided his cainpaiit to fight for a new trial. WILLIAM Sail y Sez Washington. Prior to and since adjournment of the second session of the Roosevelt New grass, I have tried Deal Headed? columns to,collect for theM a composite picture of opinion among our lawmakers as to where this New Deal In government la headed. Oftlmes I have reported here that I was unable to comprehend many phases of the New Deal because there has been so much confusion. It has been kaleidoscopic In Its character from the start, but there had been Indications that a second session of congress and Presidential messages would serve to clarify the situation. Such, however, has not been the case, Insofar as my humble ability to understand It la concerned. To demonstrate more clearly what I mean, let me relate that I have sought the views of a great many members of congress and, with one or two exceptions, the replies to my questions were divided Into two classes. If the representative or senator was a devout administration supporter, the answer was that we are headed for greater human happiness on the basis of a planned national life. If the one to whom the questions were directed were a Republican or a Democrat who Is unwilling to swallow academic theories In accordance with the doctors prescription, the answer almost Invariably was: "I dont know." Many of them expressed tlie belief that there was merit In much of tlie New Deal program, hut Its ultimate end was a matter which they declared they could not now foresee. I also have examined again many of the letters that I have receired from readers of these columns since the New Deni came Into operation, but they fall to provide a consensus as to whether the writers of them have formed conclusions as to direction. It Is to be recalled further that Sir. Roosevelt, in submitting legislative proposals to either of the two sessions of congress, has said with absolute frankness that his program, then being offered, contained experimental features. With equal frankness and courage, he stated In each Instance that If the experiments failed, he would be among the first to admit the fact Such was his attitude regarding the gigantic agricultural adjustment program with all of his various policies for limitation of production and But enforced control of surplus. since the President has not said yet that any of these have failed; it can only be concluded that he la satisfied with the progress being made. Opponents of the New Deal and doubting Thomases are pointing the finger of scorn more and more to these exiierlments, and I am Informed by observers who have been visiting various sections of the country that there la dissatisfaction In considerable volume concerning the results thus far accomplished. From industrial communities and the areas where the bulk of the income taxes are collected by tlie government, I hear the question: "Who Is going to pay for all of tills?" There can be no doubt that this question of "who Is going to pay" will become paramount at a later date than It la now. But the leaders of the New Deal have gone no further to this date than to say that a restored prosperity will make the payments And the truth of their stateeasy. ments, of course, cannot be disputed. con-Whe- re Many observers In Washington had thought when the President insisted on senate confirma- Fail to Pin tlon of his nomlna- tion of Tugwell Tugwell toProfeg8or be under secretary of agriculture, there would be an exposition of the New Deal objectives. Such, however, was not the case. Of course, the senate committee hearing where Professor Tugwell was questioned turned out to be an abortive thing, but still it had been expected there would be something that would add to the sum of public of the destination understanding sought Senator Smith of South Carolina, Democratic chairman of the committee and a staunch opponent of Professor Tugwell, tried to pin the professor down to statements that would head of the Indicate what the brain trust thought the government Is doing respecting agriculture. So did Senator Byrd, a Virginia Democrat. Neither succeeded. Professor Tugwell was surprised at the questions asked him. lie thought the committee ought to take his He as"word without reservation. sured the senators of his unqualified support of the Constitution of the United States, but afterward observers here voiced their Inability to reconcile that assertion with the professor's earlier wrltlnga to the effect that he could not understand "the unreasoning, almost hysterical attachment of some Americans for the Constitution. Notwithstanding (ids. the committee went right ahead and voted a favorable report to the senate on the professor's nomination. 8everal Washington correspondents asserted In dispatches to their newspapers, however, that administration whips had been cracking close to the backs of numerous senators. It was quite apparent throughout the hearing on the professor's nomination that many of the Democrats and. of course, all of the Republlcana were anxious to gain a better understanding of the New Deal objective. In that effort, they failed to get to first base. Mr. Tugwell advocated a planned national economy np to a certain point, but I was told by senators after the hearing that they did not know what that point was. Tugwell stressed the necessity for having a governmental control of the various factors that affect business control of crops being one of them because human happiness required such action, but as fur as I was able to understand his statements, he did not clarify much of the confusion and tlie mystery that surrounds the New Deal plans. So, all that remains is a hope that Mr. Roosevelt Is on the right track and that hla policies will lend to that human hnppiness about which his advisers speak. Another trend, or some think It is a trend, that Is evident In the management of affairs by President Roosevelt Ignore 8 8n aN,ar"t vlU: Critics lngness on the part of the White House to pay less and leas attention to critics. That la, many observers lately have called attention to an indication that Ur. Roosevelt is willing to Ignore more and more of the attacks on his administration. He Is not the type, of course, who will make a face at hla critics. lie Is a master politician, and keen politicians never do such things. Bnt when one examines the statements and Information that Is passed ont from the White House In these days and those forthcoming, say, six months ago, the present-day grist Is much more. If not entirely, free from "answers" to critics. And this Is happening In a period when there Is obviously very much more criticism than In the earlier days of the administration. Let me supply a basis of comparison : When the airmail contracts were cancelled. Col Charles Lindbergh sent a telegram to the President, complaining about the act Tlie colonel's air transportation company made the message public before it was laid on the President's desk, or so Stephen Early, one of the President's secretaries, said. After the message appeared in the newspapers, Mr. Early spoke at length to the newspaper correspondents about the colonel's "discourtesy" In making the message public. Some six months later, Clarence Harrow, the Chicago attorney, and the lioard of review of XRA affairs which he headed, let loose a blast on NBA that constituted a most vitriolic criticism of this phase of the New Deal. The President, himself, has said almost nothing abont the Darrow board criticism. Trae, General Johnson replied In his usual bombastic way, but that was General Johnson and not the White House. Criticism has been made In congress of the Agricultural Adjustment administration. Attacks on this have come also from the outside. But there has been no reply from the President, the top of the administration. Money policies have been under attack, as have been some of the relief measures which seem to some to hint of government-owned factories soon. These attacks have been allowed, however, to spend themselves In the thin air. The President la going to Hawal for vacation. That fUct, of course, is generally known. But Writers there Is one feature ot the tr,P (hat has Left Out not been generally circulated. Arrangements for the trip call tor virtual elimination of news correspondents from the picture ot the President's vacation. That Is almost without precedent Washington correspondents are wailing and gnashing teeth all over the place, because that would be a gorgeous trip for those assigned to write news about the President Usually, fifteen or twenty writers accompany the President everywhere he travels. It Irks the correspondents, personally, but It seems to be Irking some of the great newspapers more because they are taking the view that it constitutes censorship by the President The arrangements for the Hawaiian trip are a little hard to understand. They appear to be a on the part of the administration. This writer has been In Washington almost twenty years and never In that time have the facilities made available for the correspondents at the White Ilouae been greater than under Mr. Rooievelt's direction. He has courted a friendly press at all times. Everything that was necessary for the newspaper writers was theirs to com mand. Now, however, the President Is traveling on a naval cruiser, and he does not even have his own secretaries with him. He has permitted only three correspondents to accompany him on the trip, and they must remain on another naval boat which hoe been ordered to stay at least three miles awsy from hla ship. Those three writers will have no contact except by radio, and their press services must supply the news, therefore, to the whole country, and the world. In defense of the action, It can be aid officially that Mr. Roosevelt would not obtain complete rest In any other manner. He has been through a grind this past winter. But thnt fact has not satisfied the writers. e br Waatarn Nawepapar I'nloa. m h eel jnfiK Whp bar what atkw falha ahlp la. 1J TMr awti ara aat aa "hat, Wiaa Waatara papla bar hawa M f 'Caaaa what it lahaa wa'Ti fat. LETS PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTBY ' HEWLETTS fSupreueatl THIS WEEKS PRIZE STORY Oa tha fourth af July averph adp lib Biittr patriaUc ail daaa a faalias ta bt af tan warias. .Sap tha traaat patriatiaai bafiaa at haa "Iatanaaaataia BraaBa" pradaea tha baat eaada that mumtf caa hap aad pan ara btias patriatia whaa paa bar ttiaoi taw HEKBY B. 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