| Show news review weekly ca mav california so fa tries another pension plan this year by aff joseph W la bine politics choicest haven for U S old people is sunny california which annually beckons retiring farmers who want escape from midwestern midwest em w winters in before depression man many y farmers leased or sold their homesteads and went to california expecting to enjoy old age on this income not expected were dro drouth uth and low prices which wiped out this revenue making california a paradox in whose utopian climate men weri were going hungry since utopian climates may produce utopian ideas 1934 found upton sinclair barely missing gubernatorial nat orial election with an elaborate pension plan called EPIC end po poverty v in california later came dr francis E townsend whose old age revolving pension of a month went into eclipse last year when business got better has since come back with new vigor chief on etine supporter was 54 year old sheridan downey who wrote a book called why I 1 believe in the townsend plan but a month ago sheridan downey won democratic senatorial nomination on a new plan that gives 77 gw W 1 4 SHERIDAN DOWNEY the implications s are terrific Cali fornias orthodox financiers a bad case of jitters that has tar far greater implications than either EPIC or Townsend ism the man soft voiced sheridan downey attended the university ot of wyoming entered politics at 24 by winning the county at laramie while his wile wife worked for suffrage now living in san Francis cos exclusive suburban atherton Pension eer downey garnered enough votes to beat sen william gibbs mcadoo in the primary last month the plan 30 every thursday springs from a seed transplanted last year from faraway far tar away austria original sponsor was one robert noble whose radio lectures urged 25 every monday for each californian over 50 later sponsor was hollywood ly wood attorney lawrence allen alien who changed payday from monday to thursday boosted payments from 25 to 30 to each every thursday would go 30 state warrants valued at 1 apiece on the back of each warrant would be spaces for 52 two cent state stamps to be purchased in cash once each week californians would dig out all warrants in their their possession affixing a stamp to each thus at year years s end each warrant would have in two cent stamps would be traded by the state tor for 1 in cash extra tour four cents would cover costs though 30 every thursday dares not infringe on the U S right to coin money pension warrants would nevertheless be valid tor for in tra state taxes and debts except gaso gasoline liae tax and pension stamps private business need not accept warrants but 50 per cent of all state purchases must be paid with them biggest stumbling block is that pension warrants would largely eliminate Cali fornias use of U S legal tender yet the state must dig up about in uncle sams cash on january 1 1940 to redeem warrants which would be issued next year to at least pen pioneers sio to make matters worse state revenue from stamp sales would be only since only a small part of the years warrants will bp be completely stamped example A warrant issued the last thursday in 1939 would carry only two cents in stamps at years end but this technicality does not worry the signers on whose petition california will decide next november required ir i ed are votes since a majority ballot gives approval automatically pension eer roy G owens of los angeles would be named administrator at a year payable in warrants probable immediate result of easy money would be rising prices and inflation fla tion a possibility the amendment would solve by increasing pensions where such a vicious circle might end pension opponents are trying to figure out by last week as california politicians were arguing hotly over 30 every thursday the idea began spreading throughout the U S in ohio where two rival groups planned to introduce an initiative petition in novembers election chief battle was whether 30 shall be paid on wednesday or thursday foreign since he became german gern ian chancellor in 1933 adolf hitler h has a s held an unknown quantity in his mailed fist has scared the world with threats that may only be bluffs A master of psychology he renounced versailles when france and britain were worried about italis invasion of ethiopia in 1936 his rhineland coup was staged under similar circumstances by last la st spring when he marched into austria the bluff had been so successful that none arose to challenge him but two months ago when fuehrer hitler began bluffing his way into annexation of gakias fronti erland britain and france were ready to bluff in turn franco british bluff was a promise to defend czechoslovakia germanys germanas Germ anys return bluff was defiance delivered at septembers nazi congress in nuremberg then weary of whistling to keep up their courage paris and london offered peace via capitulation terms 1 berlins berlin S annexation of areas 75 per cent german 2 plebiscite in areas from 50 to 75 per cent german 3 german promise to guarantee czechoslovak las independence fortnight ago when british prime minister neville chamberlain delivered these terms at godes berg democracies called it a sellout but to adolf hitler even this was not enough he wanted more land moreover refused to guarantee czechoslovakian future his deadline tor for czech agreement october 1 if der fuehrer had bluffed too tar far if democracies had scored a point and made germans wonder about their chancellors wisdom it was no stroke of genius on neville chamberlains part upshot of desberg Go was a vindication of the british prime minister and swift turning of world sentiment against germany but greater upshots were czechoslovakian amazingly fast mobilization frances decision to fight and londona Lon dons offer to follow suit to london where only a week before he had helped draft the first proposal went french premier ed auard deladier Da ladier still anxious to keep peace Eu ropes last two great democracies offered a new agreement terms transfer without plebiscite of areas over 50 per cent german 2 exchange of populations in other areas 3 international guarantee of czechoslovakian independence but adolf hitler was still ready to bluff facing rising antiwar anti war sentiment forced to show his hand he summoned countrymen to berlins vast Sports told them his Go desberg terms were final that germanys germanas Germ anys bluff has been backed all along by real strength excerpts 1 I can tell you now that I 1 have spent billions for armaments we have created an unparalleled par alleged air force and tank force 41 11 1 Z musa I 1 t y nr 1 FUEHRER HITLER would no I 1 bluffer be out bluffed I 1 awant want to declare regarding the S su u aeten problem that my patience is exhausted the germans will now take the liberty denied them tor for 20 years but at the very moment der fuehrer spoke a world moving swiftly to war knew the eventual lineup of european power would place germany at disadvantage prague virtually shut off from the world since her mobilization heard that dussias Rus sias lumbering untested military giant was poised to bring aid thoroughly scared france called almost every reservist to the colors had troops along her maginot line advised pa to evacuate als also 0 scared britain called parliament inspected ARP air raid precautions eq equipment UP finally ordered partial mobilization liza tion with october 1 but a few hours away europe wondered whether her no 1 bluffer would be out bluffed by rank amateurs domestic hurricanes over the ocean produce a dyphon like effect that draws water to their center like liquid rising in a straw this happens not only at the hurricanes heart but over an area often miles in diameter moreover a hurricane is like a hole in the atmosphere through which low air tries to rush upward at terrific speed leaving a comparative vacuum into which air from the surrounding higher pressure areas flows result is a counterclockwise movement of the entire structure such a combination of wind and high water was what struck long island then new england a fortnight ago at new yorks fordham university ver sity just off the storm center its intensity was enough to vibrate the earth at a 10 beat per minute throb recorded on the schools seismograph which usually shows nothing less than an earthquake five days after this suction ma chine tried to submerge long island went on to drive a wall of water 1000 feet into providence R I 1 continued by tearing through the entire new england district bea before ore it became lost in the canadian wilds wil ds rescue workers counted dead A far greater tragedy than ohio river flood it had received far less attention because all eyes were focused on europe SEE FOREIGN with thousands homeless with damage set at more than in new england alone the red cross assumed entire rehabilitation responsibility left federal and state agencies tree free to rebuild highways bridges etc largely dissipated was the fear of typhoid thanks to speedy arrival of serums e at fort peck mont loose dirt over a 2000 foot stretch slid down the foot earthen dam buried nine men working on two dredges and a pump boat at the bottom few minutes later a large wave finished rolling across fort pecks artificial lake beaching small craft in the wake of the worst disaster since the dam was started tour four years ago white house if you wilt will forgive me for saying so the united states has been a veritable fortress of silence thus scolded by beverly baxter member of the english parliament U S radio listeners were still content to remain aloof from Eu ropes boiling cauldron cauldren caul dron see FOREIGN though franklin Roosevel ts domestic policies might find 50 50 acceptance cep tance and refusal by his constituents most citizens were agreed that his treatment of Eu ropes crisis was satisfactory that his secretary of state cordell hull was doing an admirable job but as the old world veered into what was almost certain war president roosevelt thought it was time tor for the fortress of silence to speak alone in his study from 10 to midnight he drafted a message to fuehrer adolf hitler and czech president eduard benes then jerked sleepy correspondents from their beds excerpts the fabric of peace on the continent of europe if not throughout the rest of the world is in in immediate danger the united states has no political entangle ments but in the event of a general war the american people face the fact that no nation can escape some measure of consequences it is my conviction that all people under the threat of war today pray that peace may be made before rather than after war on behalf of millions of A americans mexicans me ricans and for the sake of humanity everywhere I 1 I 1 most earnestly appeal to you not to break off negotiations looking to a peaceful fair and constructive settlement so long as negotiations a continue difficulties may be reconciled once they are broken off reason is banished and force asserts itself and force produces no solution for the future good of humanity next day a german spokesman said the presidents message was sent to the wrong address 4 prague is the proper address business simpler than ill fal fated the wage hour law which goes into effect october 24 decrees minimum wages of 25 cents per hour maximum maxi mum work week of 44 hours for industries dealing in interstate commerce but to U S employers seeking the la laws Ws application to their business wage hour regulation has become complex through its simplicity since greatest weakness was its ironclad iron clad system of regulation the new act repents places compliance squarely on the shoulder of industry though adminta administrator elmer F andrews will issue opinions guiding employers in de ter mining their status he has also pointed out that wage hour regulations will offer no pat definition of interstate commerce thus last week firms engaged partly in interstate commerce partly in intrastate intha state commerce were at their wits end at chicago the national hardwood lumber asso as socA ao tion devoted much of its convene conven k j time to wondering it if sawmill eizu yard superintendents were subject Z K A W administrator ANDREWS less bluster less coercion to the laws provisions it if computation of hours begins when a logger starts to the scene of operations or when he starts actual work special industrial wage standards committees will eventually be established for most trades but lack of funds prevents formation of more than three or four committees this year already requested is 13 a deficiency fici ency appropriation from next winters congress to expand this work meanwhile each employers independent decision on his compliance requirements looms important should a low paying long week manufacturer decide his business was mainly intrastate therefore not requiring compliance his employees might later prove otherwise and collect back wages but counteracting this inconvenience veni ence employers know that administrator andrews tendency to proceed cautiously wu will help avoid bluster and coercion would probably result in reducing the act to a workable successful basis miscellany in 1918 private bert penning of the famous lost battalion lost his arm in the argonne became a hero twenty years later day before the lost battalion assembled to commemorate me its teat feat private penning became a hero again drowned try ing to rescue a swimmer in nov nev j yorks long island sound 0 nineteen months before he died Chi cagos rich aged william G potts offered dr milton L smith to give up his practice keep him alive a year having fulfilled his contract dr smith will get his after magnate smiths will is probated people at san diego calif rifle kifle manufacturer fac arthur W savage used another make of gun ended his life because of unbearable pain from continued illness W tat at hollywood film actor errol flynn suffered from serious infection of the upper respiratory organs ran a temperature of 1022 degre i dummy charlie mccarthy wc won recognition in chos who in america not tor for himself but for his mouthpiece ventriloquist edgar bergen i |
