| Show news review of current events the world over president roosevelt tells congress of his G great reat work relief plan designed t to supplant the downright dole by EDWARD W PICKARD by western newspaper union RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in his pressage PRESIDENT message to congress delivered in person at a joint session offered the law makers makara a new and greatly enlarged plan ol 01 relief he did not nol estimate its cost but asserted that tile the system of outright doles should be dropped and the government should undertake e projects of slum clearance g snide grade crossing allm and other public works that president would give employment roosevelt to about 3 persons now without jobs the figures to be proposed for this were reserved for his budget mes sage ange but he assured congress that thai they would be within the sound credit of the government mr roosevelt declared the gains made in the year 1931 were greater than the losses and express expressed eda a strong hope in the coming year he reasserted his hia belief in the profit motive but uttered a warning against wealth which through excessive profits creates undue private power over private affairs and to our misfortune over public affairs as well this naturally was taken as applying especially to t the he public service interests which have been so apprehensive of the administrations intentions As for a legislative program the president made no attempt to outline one but he did promise that definite legislation soon would be proposed covering old age and unemployment insurance benefits for children and mothers and other features of his social security plans he declared the nation was making headway toward the new order but under the framework of the constitution and he spoke of the increased industrial activity benefits to agriculture and profits to merchants that have been realized iced then came this stern warning let him who tor lor speculative profit or partisan purpose without just warrant would seek to disturb or dispel this assurance take heed before he assumes responsibility for any act which slows our onward the president reported an unsettled condition in the foreign field with the resurrection of old jealousies and passions and new strivings for armament and power in more than one land adding there Is no ground for apprehension that our relations with any nation will be otherwise than peaceful 11 discussing the matters that will be brought before congress for action mr roosevelt said among the subjects that lie immediately med lately before us are the consolidation of federal regulatory administration over all forms of transportation por tation the renewal and clarification of the general purposes of the national industrial recovery act the strengthening of our facilities for the ithe prevention detection and treatment of crime and criminals the restoration of sound conditions in the public utilities field through abolition of the evil features of holding companies the gradual tapering off of the emergency credit activities of government and improvement pro in our taxation forms and methods we have already begun to feel the bracing effect upon our eco system of a restored agriculture the hundreds of millions ot of lional income that farmers are receiving Is finding its way into the S channels of trade the farmers share of the nation i al income Is slowly rising the economic facts justify the widespread opinion of those engaged in agriculture that our provision for maintaining a balanced production gave at this time the most adequate i remedy for an old and vexing problem for the present and especially in view of abnormal world conditions agricultural adjustment with certain necessary improvements in methods should continue RESIDENT ROOSEVELT did enot PRESIDENT not wait for or the opening of contress congress to start his fight against immediate payment of the veterans bonus the commander of a legion post in texas wrote him for information on the matter and mr roosevelt replied at length detailing his reasons for opposing the payment he argued that the obligation Is not immediately due that of certificates outstanding veterans have borrowed or more than the present worth of their bonus certificates and that when the veterans borrowed 50 per cent et the face value of the certificates la in 1931 they used the funds to discharge their debts this last point according to national commander belgrano of the american legion Is one of tile the strongest arguments for immediate payment of the adjusted service certificates the foundation of good business Is good credit sald said commander belgrano the money due veterans Net erans 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 merchants to discharge the accounts of harder pressed veterans in short the money derived from immediate payment of the certificates would quickly find its way into every channel of business and trade and would be distributed ted equally and automatically throughout the country if the war veterans who hold certificates s are so over their heads in debt that they must use 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 purchasing power speaker byrns admitted that the cash bonus bill would pass the house because there Is no opposition to it there but lie he added that if the measure Is finally enacted the administration will insist on some additional taxation to meet the estimated expenditure it Is believed the senate also will pass pasa the bill but leaders doubt its passage by congress over the presidential veto that Is regarded as a certainty selected THE HE seventy fourth congress elected ted on the sole issue of support of the new deal began sta its first session on the dot and devoted its first day to 0 the organization of 4 the two houses and the swearing sw in of new members the lawmakers assembled in the capitol capito to were a serious looking loth lot and with reason for they have on their hands a big job that of making the speaker new deal p perma byrns arns 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 that the democrats will have no trouble in passing any legislation they wish for they have an overpowering majority in the senate are GO 69 democrats and only 25 5 republicans plus one progressive robert 31 lafollette and one farmer laborite henrik the house Is comprised of democrats republicans seven progressives Progress ives and three farmer the administration democrats do not anticipate any trouble from the republicans public ans it Is from the radical members of their own party that their woes boes are likely to come and the help of the republicans may be necessary to curb those left wingers the majority leaders in bath houses can be counted on to hold the radicals under a tight rein if that la is possible in the speakers chair sits joseph T byrns chosen unanimously by his fellow democrats he Is too much of a compromiser to suit many of them but is now tied to the administration which declined to oppose his election john 11 Bank bankhead bead of alabama like byrns one of the th e old school won the leadership of the house after a brief struggle senator joseph robinson of arkansas was reelected elected re majority leader of the senate and senator lewis of illinois continues as whip in their pre session caucus the democrats voted to reduce materially the republican representation on house committees and decided to abrogate the rule for discharging a committee and bringing a bill to vote within a week the number now required for this action la is this latter action will provide another restriction on the radicals IF LOUISIANA wants any more public works money from the administration it must clarity clarify some of the new laws which its ts legislature has passed at the behest of senator huey P long this Is the gist of a letter sent gent to gov 0 ak K allen alien by president roosevelt and the kingfish kin glIsh Is not pleased by it he told the report era he auld make his bis reply on the floor of the senate at the first opportunity port unity the presidents warning applied especially to the louisiann louisiana moratorium law passed in november since ite enactment the has held up payments on about 60 Loul louisiana slana projects VO thousand eight cl lil him ir I 11 hi T TWO wore were introduced rv rr ow o w to c committees omal tt ces nn tile il 11 i 1 1 the lie new congress 1 I li it ma 11 i ed in by il patman of texas provide for ill I 1 payment of the nIji isted grivi wi iv certificates of vete veteran raw in cash through the 1 0 greenbacks green backs patman and porters of this plan call it riu rill trolled strolled inflation lemk lamke or of north dakota alit 0 lican hcan introduced a nu asun asure for th liquidation and re rc if f ng indebtedness tin till liquida tion would be carried nut nt at it ri deuced rate of interest to the bill by establishing an III dent clent credit system through tin till use of the lie federal farm farin to loan a it a ain 1 1 federal reserve nankin banting av aoi 1 1 lemke also provided for the ert crp aaion of a board of agriculture t supervise the program continuance of the wn wa proposed by several cong congressmen gres nen the bond issue of tills this agene would increase anywhere from on billion to four lad and a I 1 half J 1 I I 1 r 1 I 1 1 lilly dollars in the various bills intro deuced on oil the subject A per cent p payoff byoff for depos igors whose funds are tied up ir ip trust companies was sought sou ht in twin bills written by representative clarence J mcleod of michigan neof NE of t alie e most serious bissu issues Ps oneff 0 that alb hlll confront congress h 1 the battle between business and in on one side and organized labor on the other especially ovet over the thirty hour work neek eek the american federation of labor Is committed to this proposition tint am to the retention of the collect collective iv r bargaining provisions of the act big business as represented by the chamber of commerce ol of the united states and the national Na tlona manufacturers association lg Is op posed to the thirty hour week and now has the support of the brookings institution it also seeks tile the separation or of labor bargaining and practice codes in the of the the opening shot in this battle Is the tion by senator hugo L black of alabama of his thirty hour worl weel week bill which at present has not nol the support of the administration WITH ITH remarkable celerity the jury in the trial was selected consisting of el eight ht men inen and four women and attorney general set forth the states case against the bronx carpenter who N 1 accused of and murdering the baby son of colonel lindbergh Lindh ergh the colonel and mrs lindbergh N wore nere ere present and they and betty gow the childs nurse were among the early witnesses on behalf or of the state the attorney general demanded the penalty of first degree murder TN N 1933 the james E sullivan I 1 memorial trophy tr 0 phy awarded to the athlete at contributing the most to the cause of amateur athletics durin the year was missed by bill bonthron Ron thron of princeton by just one vote and was given to glenn cun now it Is in bills possession as the result of his great foot racing campaign during 1934 in the course of which he established dished n world record for 1500 meters and beat cunningham in three out of five races in ID the nationwide ballot conducted by A A U bonthron led in the preliminary voting and then plied up 1072 votes in the final test after the held field had been cut to seven benjamin 13 eastman former stanford track star ran second with and then came ralph metcalfe marquette negro sprinter with and glen hardin louisiana state university with three swimmers trailed the track men lenore kloht of homestead pa received votes jack medica of seattle and katherine Kather lne rawls bawls fort lauderdale fla of S SENATOR michigan liberal republican says he will introduce to in the senate 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 the postmaster general under 7 the civil service and in the giving out of jobs the post office employees would have the senator preference senator has been persistently demanding that postmaster general parley farley either resign from the cabinet or give up his chairmanship of the democratic national committee to in line with this his bill will prohibit the postmaster general from holding any political office the michigan senator said he had bad written the bill after conferences with the civil service commission and several organizations within the post office department he predicted it would have strong support from the latter quarter by taking politics out of the department part ment and establishing a career service said the pave ment pounding letter carriers may look forward to ultimate graduation to the high post of first assistant postmaster general |
