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Show TAGE TWO News Review of Current Events the World Over Though the rainy season that his catnpnlgn Is fast continued Mussolini approaching to send fresh troops by the thousands to Ethiopia, It wns estimated thnt Italy's Bast African forces ), already numbered more than and there were reports-thloo.ooo more would be sent In the near future. The Ethiopian government, accusing Italy of continued employment of poison gas In n policy of merciless extermination" of the Ethiopian people, urged the League of Nations to dispatch a commission of Inquiry to the scene of strife, league officials announced that the reqnpst would be handled by the league council, which meets thinks .about: DemoStipreme Court Finds AAA Unconstitutional crats Pick Philadelphia for Convention Ilonus Measure Is Pushed Through Houser W. PICKARD By EDWARD Dolan. Cl The Faculty Flag Pledge Wetre Nppr of the United States Srx court. Including Chief Justice Hughea, joined In in opinion that killed the Agricultural AdjustJnstlce ment act Three sociate as- justices, Stone, Branrtel and Cardoso, dissented. The majority decision, read by Associate Justice Owen J. Itoherts, held that the AAA was wholly unconstitutional because It Invaded the rights of the states In Chief Justlcs seeking to control Hughes farm production. Tbs whole system of processing taxes Imposed to finance the program was swept Into discard. Not only are the processing taxes Illegal but the court apparently declared the farm benefit contracts old and put up bars against any attempt of the federal government to regulate farm production by whatever means, Senators and representatives who Immediately began planning legislation to continue benefit payments to farmers and to balance agricultural output did not seem to grasp the full significance of this part of the decision. The court said. flatly that regulation of farm production' la not within the acope of the federal government and of Its iewers to accomplish this, nor ran It purchase adherence to a control scheme by federal payments. The decision destroyed not only the original AAA but also the amended act of the last session of congress. The dissenting opinion held that the AAA was a legitimate employment of the power to tax for the general welfare. It attacked the theory that the preservation of our Institution la the exclusive concern of the Supreme court and suggested that under the majority decision the unemployment work relief act Is un- constitutional Administrator Chester Davis topped all payments to farmers ontll further notice," and the Treasury department ordered all collectors of Internal revenue to from further efforts to collect processing taxes.' In his budget message President Roosevelt Included revenue from processing taxes, to the Supreme court decision had the' effect of throwing the 1937 budget still further out of balance by something like a billion dollars. AAA de-gi- st 1113 speech at the $50 INJackson dinner In a plate day Washington, President Roosevelt declined to comment on the Supreme court decision killing the AAA. "'It Is enough to any," he aaUl, "that the attainment of Justice and prosperity for American agriculture remains an Immediate and constant objective of my administration.' Secretary Wallnce called Into consultation at Washington about 100 representatives of farm organisations to try to formulate some plan for speedy legislation to supplant the discredited law. Assurance thnt farmers who have fulfilled contract agreements would be paid wns given by President Roosevelt when be advised administration leaders In eonrress to push through - $250,000,000 Clarification of the statns of paid lu taxes by processors was expected when the court decides the eight rice processing tax cases argued recently. Legal experts In congress suld an ct of congress would be required If the $073,000,000 In processing taies paid Into the treasury ar tn be refunded. Disposition of the $200,000,000 processing taxes Impounded In federal courts probably will hinge on decision In the rice cases. $1 ,2u0,000,(XX) A COTTONED off to the highest bidder, the Democratic national convention of 193d was old to Philadelphia by the party's national committee. The price waa $200, 000, plus soms prlr.es and concessions. Chicago and San Francisco also bid for the convention. The former offered a certified check for ?150,(XX. Jfhe Cflll- forniarlryrintde the" Mine bid and later raised It to $202,500. During a brief recess Chalrmnn Farley telephoned, presumably to the Whit Hmica, irn.l Via. prr- dent Carner moved among members of the committee urging the election of Philadelphia. Therefore the City of Rrotherly Love won the'prlre. Jhe opening of the' convention was set for June 23, two weeks nfter the Republican convention In Cleveland. TIME was lost in putting through the house the bonus measure that had been agreed .upon by veterans' organizations and approved by the ways and means committee. It carries the NO name of the VlnsonPatman-Mc-Cormnebill and ! a compromise that authorizes Immediate payment of the bonus but offers no definite It plan for raising the money. would provide 3 per cent Interest until 1915 for veterans refraining from cashing their adjusted service certificates at once, and cancel all Interest still due on loans on the certificates. k WITH the ohvlons Intention of up public sentiment In favor of the special brand of neutrality legislation be desires, Senntor Nye bad before his senate munitions committee for several days J. P. Morgan, Thomas W, La-mo- nt and of members other the Morgan great bunking company. Nye . and Stephen Rauschenhusch, Investigator for the committee, sought to prove that the United States was drawn Into theWorld war by the loans made ' to the allies by M orga ii&Co.a n iffi a a ssocla I esTTh e ' testimony concerning these loans and their Implications was long and complicated. The financiers were well, prepared for tha Inquiry and were armed with a great quantity of documents, and though there was a good deal of acrlmo-nlon- s talk, Mr. Morgan appeared entirely unperturbed. January 20. SECRETARY of Labor Frances In the develop, ments of the last year much of benefit for. the .American workingman. In her annual report she cited these five great advancements for labor : 1. Unemployment accompensation, complished through the social security act. 2. Old age aecnr-Ity- , brought about also by the social security act. 3. Establishment of boards for settling Industrial disputes locally, between 4. Grenier the stales and the Ijtbor department, through regional conferences. S. Development of the United Statbs employment service. Even the large number of strikes during 1935 could be viewed with some satisfaction by her, for she UhliTthey were "due In part to the natural expectation of Inbor to share'ln the early fruits of business Improvement" - For ths future stoned a minimum wage law, a abort work week of perhaps 40 hours, compensation Insurance, and strict regulation of machinery to prevent Industrial accldeut. Mla-Terklnsen- vl to the IN IllS message to congresa bis approved budget for conference In Iutndon resumed their deliberations Admir- the 1937 fiscal year, beginning July 1 next. President Roosevelt followed al Osuml Nagano, chief representative of Japatv firmly repeated bta the double system of accounting his demand that Great Rrltaln and the administration has always employed one set of books for regular exUnited States concede the parity aa claims of Japan preliminary to penditures and Income and another This attitude act for emergency spending and apany agreement. propriations. He asserted that restopped all discussion of the Rrlt-IsFrench and Italian propnent ceipts from all source In the next for exchange of Information about fiscal year will aggregate an estimated $5,Q54!tXXt,(XX). Expenditure naval building plans and threatened the conference witty early col- for all regular government departlapse. The crtala Was so serious ments are estimated at $5,0 So the "regular" budget will that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden himself took a part In the af- be In balance, with a surplus of fair, calling the Japanese to his $5,(XXMXX). ofilco In an attempt to Induce them Rut the message went on to aay, to adopt a more conciliatory attiafter explaining that the regular government book will show fiscal aftude. declared fairs In the black, as tojncome and Japanese spokesmen they were Interested first and last outgo, they will show red to the extent of $l,103,(XXt.(XK) In works-relie- f In the total tonnage question unspending, less the $5,000, (XX) der which they demand equality and were not at nil Interested In "surplus," this leaving the new apother aspects of naval limitations propriation for further works relief open for at least two months. to which the conference sought t turn. Thai figure of $1,103,000,000 represents the President's estimate of unexpended balances on July 1 from by klleg lights, the SURROUNDED $4,SS0,(X,tHX) and previous emermlerop'ii nes and movie camgency appropriations. It does not eras, 1'resldeiit Roosevelt stood before the senate and bouse lu night take Into account probable new appropriations for similar purposes Joint aesslon and yet to be determined. delivered what was nominally bis T.TAROI.D L. 1CKR8, In hls ca- message on padty of administrator of the the state of the nawent to Itrooklyn to take PWA, tion. It Actunlty part In the ceremony of breaking was not thnt at all, ground for the $12.- - . hut a statement conWilliams-bur- g 7S3.000 cerning the welfare clear-ane- e slum and International project, and f disturbances on the ' took the opportu- other continents, j nlty to speak very b followed by what harshly about those the press generally who oppose the New considered an eloquent and militant political speech leal, dubbing them "the coupon clipaddressed to the people of the Uuit ed States, who by the millions were ping gentry," "the laird Plusbbottoius listening In on their radios. Democrats and Republicans alike of the club winHarold L commended the President' opening dows." and "reaIckes who paragraph In which he boldly con- ctionists" demned the aggression of Italy and Shout that enlightened progress Is ncnnstltntlnnu) ' Japan, The slum Is but one vlclons nations; and there waa little dissent from tits assertion that the product of that old order whose United states must maintain Its passing, we hope, la at hand," Mr. neutrality while seeking to "dlscour-ag- e Ickes said. "1 refer to the old orthe us by belligerent nations der of special privilege, the creator of any and all American products and upholder of a social system concalculated to facilitate the prosecu- taining vicious contrasts of opution of a war In quantities over lence and aquulor that have shamed and above our normal exports to the democracy of our own times. Its day In America Is facing the them In time of peace." The remainder of th message, westering sun, but the harsh crack-- , devoted to domestic affairs, was de- lings of Its senile prophets are voted chiefly to a belligerently still heard In opposition to Cvery proposal; predicting worded defense of the New iVal progressive measures of the administration, an disaster for every humanitarian .ameliorate the let H)f maHack op jose of our people, fortunate and a spirited passage In which Mr. are There those who take afi a! detied Roosevelt and dared his critics to move for the repeal of those most sadistic delight In dashing Measures Instead of "hiding their the hopes of our ' underprivileged citizens by 111 ttdVTsedly procluim- dissent In a cowardly cloag of Ins that the public housing program In only two paragraphs did the President dwell on "the of IWA Is a failure. The facts state of the nation." In these he prove the contrary. Somewhere a sahf that after nearly three years housing program had Lr be started. of the New Deal national Income Is The federal government took the Initiative. Increasing, agriculture and Indus"We have 47 active' projects on try are "returning to full activity." and "we approach a balance of the our demonstration program, all unnational budget." That last stateder construction. Eleven thousand ment was greeted with mocking persons are already enjoying the ladghter from the Republican side splendid modern accommodations of of the chamber, and though the limited dividend housing protects Democrats cheered loudly, Mr. financed by PWA, and the first fedRoopevdt himself smiled at bis eral developments will be occupied words. early In the spring." W1IBN the delegates sub-mlttl- 19.U00,-(XX- ). an-mi- x lh-lea- on.-ilui-- - ." ANTA MONICA, CALIF, never heard of a law compelling a private individual isfiUfllvKlRi in times of peace to take an Ijlv ru !? oath to defend our flag and respect our institutions. Neither well known bee la buzzing the but Roosevelt do I know of laws compelling Washington. President are many observto men and that he want It around and there isisfe has told congress Expect to finish It la- bora and adjourn n short order. Long Setiion lle has figured ought' to time to sufficient members the give conthat mnll over the problems then that and they front them should return to' their several homes. But the. President Is (loomed to disappointment If h sincerely believes that he can get congress out of the Capitol by the end of March. The best guess right. now Is that congress will be In session at least four months and. It Is well within the range of possibilities that It will remain In session almost to the time of the national conventions. TJiere are a number of factors that make realization of the President's early adjournment wish Impossible - of realization. Probably the most Influential of these Is the fact that this Is a campaign year. Every member of the house and of the senate, along with Mr. Roosevelt himself, are affected by the election date and.polltlca must bare It turn. Every four years this same condition obtains and eyery four years politicians do about the same things In furtherance of their own political Interests. The bulk of the legislation 'to be considered baa Its political tinge. Politics even creep Into the annual appropriation bills and - usimlly the result swelling of th totals In order that some gears of Individual political machines may be oiled Just a bit for smooth running In the campaign. While the appropriation bills are important from a political standpoint, their weight In thla session of congress links rather below par because there are such things as the bonus for the World wsr veterans, the Townsend old age pension plan, various New Deal reform measures and auch replacement legislation as may be necessary since the Supreme court kicked over New Deal propositions like the Agricultural Adjustment act with Its processing taxes and sundry other schemes. However the Roosevelt leaders In congress may desire to set, the machinery of legislation can be run only so fast Id an election year. that about three month one-thir- d -- One of the chief reasons why a congressional session In an election year drags on Seth longer than usual because of the Publicity publicity value the sessions hare for Individual representatives and senators. Members of congress discovered a hundred years ago that the chambers of the house snd senate constituted splendid sounding boards for the dissemination of political views There has been Increasing use of thla potentiality as the years have gone by until now the older members of the house and senate have become very adept In capitalising on this factor. It takea do stretch of the Imagination to discover that a senator or representative, speaking from the floor of bis respective chamber, gets much more publicity than hls opponent back home who talks only as a private cltlxen. It Is perfectly natural, therefore, that those members seeking want to take full advantage of the publicity vehicle available to them In Washington. The use of this publicity weapon Is available to opponents of the New Deal as well as to Its support-er- a While the approaching election may be expected to knit the bouse Democrats more closely Into a unified front for the November election, the aame condition Is not true In the senate. In that body, there are a e number of Democrat who do not like the New Deal nrawbo are going to uUltze every avallnble opportunity to make their record as Democrats as complete as it Is possible to do before they must speak to the home folks In person. It Is obvious that auch men as Senator Carter Glass of Virginia cannot desert the Democratic tkkCt and run for redaction Independently. So It Is to be expected that men of this type will establish for a comprehensive outline of their political belief as Democrats while distinguishing their position from that known as the New Deal. fo thrYtmire hen7 according to all Indications, they feel the party machinery will again be controlled by the Jeffersonian type of Democrat Instead of by the retdui type VirDffiTocraTFeaed"b men and women with the New Deal outlook. Vanden-ber- g ers who think that Senator la hoping that. In case of convention stalemate, the assembled him delegates may riot and turn to as the nominee. Such a condition means, as It has meant before, that these two men will desire to see all of the political Issues aired In congressional debates. It la only natural and logical aa well that the Republican minorwill ity h) the house and senate as much debate as seek to foment a record to obtain In order possible of what the majority party thinks or preposeis to do If returned to power. In all respects, the session will the most political, therefore, since Mr. Roosevelt took office. Ills Presidential message on the state of the Union already Is being kicked back and forth and picked to pieces in the preliminary campaign gunbe fire. In an earlier letter, I reported to you concerning the question of neutrality policy Congrett and declared at that t,me tht lt was the most Important Item to come before the current session. It remains so., I' believe the situation Is even more delicate than In my earlier analysis of this problem and It may well be that congress will stall along In 'dCclslon6ti this' policy' reaching In order to give foreign developments an opportunity to manifest tbemselres further. The administration apparently la willing to let congress work out the legislation without much Interference but the leaders realize that a decision will be difficult as long as foreign maneuvers continue to present an almost dally change In the scenery. Reference la made to the neutrality question here because it la one of the things entering Into the combination that will cause a longer session than the President wlshea. There seems to be no doubt that passage of a bill to pay the soldiers' bonus at an early date will be acLikecomplished In this session. wise. there la hardly the shadow of a doubt that If congress passes such legislation and Mr. Roosevelt vetoes It, the bill will be passed over the veto, lt Is a campaign year and It Is not a good time for politicians to antagonize an organization with the vast membership of the American Legion or the other groups pt men. This legislation will not contribute much to the length of the session bnt In all such cases representatives and senators must make their speeches and be on as to why they voted for or against a bill The Townsend plan cannot get anywhere In the current session. May Stall . .Thesr-mueKhfef- ts grass-wido- Going Nnts In Hollywood TF, WHILE touring Los Angeles, A you see a bushy headed, elderly gentleman aimlessly wandering abont, dont jump too soon at the conclusion that he's typical specimen of our famous coterie of hermits. You see, they laid out Los Angeles and environs on the ground-pla- n of a drunken angleworm, and the system of numbering houses Is further designed to encourage rav lng Insanity. So what you behold of may merely be an the Middle West, who came out here year ago to retire and bought him a coxy bungalow and Incautiously went for a atroll and has been trying ever alnra to flod-t- y way back home again. Not all the nuts were nntty when they first arrived. Many of them got that way trying to trace atreet addresses. e Gen. Liggett Patting LIGGETT la dead gOat HUNTER seventy-eigh- t the only contemporary lieutenant general of the United States army. For years, he wore with gallantry and with honor the uniform of hls coun- volving New Deal policies, Including such as the AAA. the TVA with Its Tennessee Valley power yardstick, - the attempt to regulate wages and hours of labor under the Guffey coal bill known as the Little NRA. and a half dozen other policy propositions. It seems unlikely, although no one can guess, that all of these measures will be held constitutional. If any are held Invalid, naturally the President will ask congress to draft new legislation. As a sample of the political aspect of the current session, one can cite the furor that was stirred up when President Roosevelt" delivered hls message on the state of the Union to a night session of congress. Except for one Instance, President always have delivered or sent their message to congress at noon of a day after the session has had two r three meetings. Mr. Roosevelt chose to get hls message to congresa on the very first day of the current session but In order to do It and allow for consummation of the usual routine of the opening day, It was necessary to hold a Joint session at them-selve- s 60-od- charged that since the d He fought Indians; fought Fletcher I saw him overseas, Presl.w. WCtillTrTCTfnreTl of alio-cat- e n d W Forgotten BrotU my lr,t!ir cannot remen, h. rtand-ehabout I hnt not lwn many years," i.adv Chair?1 L' In Hong-Kong- , I'lna. hjj of her estate v!n kfti"3 $1,000,000. In trust. alith It always Just do what work hospitals do, ibout )l Rem inn and doctors insist on. Use a good laxative, and aid Nature to clocklike regularity without itna ill effect. Ahodt bead J. . sac u . k take A liquid i You Vydr ;an. akayi be tabs gradually reduced doses. Jt dosage is the real secret of rclij constipation. Ask a doctor abont this. Ask druggist how very popular Dr. U; wells Syrup Pepsin has become! gives the right kind of help, and w? amount cl help. Taking a Lttle W each time, gives the bowels a ehd to act of their own accord, tntilS are moving regularly and thorocgL; without any help at all Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsi tains senna and cascara bothnds laxatives that form no babiLThca tion is gentle, but sure. It will rdrr any sluggishness or bilious eond& due to constipation without upset. . dicing ilone, iSPIR w 3V' l 1 I Set Example to a convert To min your m s of the $3 lon't try to nine-tenth- Beware Congti coHs from common That Hang Oa No matter how many your ucoo you have tried forIrritation. cold or bronchial ret relief now withbs CreamS Berious trouble may tetwsece take seber you cannot afford tottaa with anything less to 0th don. which goes toright aid B4 f the trouble soothe and heal the toflumdig branes as the loosened and expellee ' Is V Even If other remaflrt ged. be dont dlscpun failed, I authorized oKldon a?d-t- money If you. are not results from the very pet rtfnjg fin Creomulsioa right soft , Don't be lTCHy'Resinol BABVCC BEFORE T r he made more splendid still He was as plain as an, old shoe, and as easy to get along with. ITU officers respected him, Ms aoldlera loved him. They went where he sent em, and If they failed In their objective, they didnt come back. They went lnstend to report at th sills of the Judgment seat the reason why they failed. Theyll like Mm over there Israel Putnam, and Stonewall Jack-son- , and Forrest, and Grant. and all the rest of our teal one. , 0 North IRVIN . Amfiricnn VovpfiEHtf Inc, W N u ?nrlc, Elimination of Is Doubly Import0 In the crucial month It la vitally important that of waste mattaF.YourmtB tionegularly.completdyw1 Il", C08?. NU- - Why Physician Milnesia Wfo yr These pure milk 'of magn ploKT wefer i approximately dote of liquid milk thoroughly, then swallow mouth and ecidity in the digestive system, lthwd pUu elimination Mane.i.W.fe i com GOc 48, at 35c and convenient tm for I r,re- - hours' and was being broadcast to potentially the greatest radio audience ever to listen to a Presidential . of this kind, the broadcastAn additional factor operating In message the senate Is the presence of two ing companies must agree to time the Republicans to T wo More - Republican Pres!- - answer It. for, The Republican chair-madentlal posslblli-asserted that the message was tics In the perafter t sons of Senator reduced to the "common tyrel of a William E. Borah of Idaho and Ar- political speech" and so he demand-efor the opposition the thur 11. Vandenberg of Michigan. right to Senator Borah Is actively seeking analyte It from the opposition pledged delegates to the Republican standpoint through the same nun, her of radio stations and national conuntlon. Senator to potent iav h u not a candidate. tiallj the same radio audience. h of (.CIUUM t Tormented Spaniards'" In tl clpltated a biting demand j from Cuba; fought Germans In France; Henry P.. Fletcher. .Republican and, at the end, fought off death for many dragging months. national chairman. Mr. -- )! by cam pe reatlonlsts. and made greater n,, d, try. The. White, House. announcement' 1 ttnn e'JTa trj nt night r- Van-denb- n wild-eye- - i&l perl,.,. woods-a- nd old Job back. The Republicans' bold a Grass-Rooconvention. So this month at Atlanta therell be what yon convenmight call a tion for the revolting aoutbern Democrats absolutely too revolting for words, to hear Jim Farley Ton see, they've been ditalk. vorced, but the decree Is not yet final. Southern Democrats are great hands for seceding snd remaining so every day In the year, except On election, they Just one day. become reconciled long enough to vote the straight Democratic ticket Twenty mlnutea later, they're off the reservation again. I bear n number of bankers will attend. This would seem to Indicate s changing trend! For quite n while after 1029, very few bankers went to AUanta voluntarily. the United States. The court has before lt any number of cases In- flr-- last IhZ m ts. In all probability, also, the current session of congress will be called to upon meet some problems resulting from adverse decisions by the Supreme court of 4 ha3f tb These fire, 8tartel k.1 burners, bv hHsJ acquired by many of v, hr,m annual "bun.'rg.over" u Political Plagiarism produces certainly POLITICS First, the young Republicans meet, being greeted by a typical sounding Juvenile, whos the last surviving drnmmer boy of Shiloh. Then the young Democrats come rallying as fast as wheelchairs will bring them, with their breakfast shawls and their The self proclaimed "young" leader of any party Is usu- ally somebody who hopes to set s patriotic example to hls grandchildren and at the same time get the rec-or- d old-lin- 1031-3- ns to give public jobs women wbo refuse to take snch an oath or requiring ns to leave them In their Joba should they violate that oath. From the President of this country on down, the run of officeholders must swear to uphold the Constitution and support the government. Should any one of them willfully fall to do ao, the offender is liable to removal amid loud cheers I Then why not include teachers and college professors, those whose high task Is to mould youth Into stuff fit for cltlxen-shl- p and civic responsibility! Why should they be suffered to peddle sedition and yet go on drawing salaries from the public fund these people wbo claim they have conscientious scruples when what most of ns think they really suffer, from Is Cummunlstle biliousness! And for the students, as I understand U, th right of free speech and the gift of free education do not mean license to on a campus or scorn America In a classroom. A red flag fits an auction sale, bnt believe JLd fTer.get.qsed toi dont. I seeing lt afloat over a district schoolhouse. spout-treaso- still Pa,ks M,re 10 national (I,), Forest The number, f as company t an annual aera e 250,-(XX- nt V No. 7. 2QcJh w.. Ssdultdo-of"2iS good drug afore Start Mtl-ecl- d, ing these gently or phyaimana on profewuond $ Si 1 18, w. t. 1 I |