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Show b Review of Current Ivents tlie World Over I . - . fndenins Sitdown Strike but Spares President; fry Ford Defies Lewis; Governor Benson flncurs Censure of Minnesota Senate. L EDWARD W. PICKARD rv & Weitern Newapaper Union. i to get the Guffey coal fill through the senate Amendment condemning I strike, Majority Leader I lem. They will prevent mob rule. Apparently the sheriff was not an unbiased law enforcement officer in this case." Jl OVING back again to the West, M we find ' Elmer A. Benson, Farmer-Labor governor of Minnesota, Minne-sota, involved in labor troubles that might ' conceivably f A pn prom-frnit prom-frnit con-l con-l a reso-Jing reso-Jing sim-rnnation, sim-rnnation, fwis pre-f pre-f adopted, (of 75 to t a joint which Lire the I of the frhat was I tor Moid Mo-id others result In his impeachment im-peachment About 200 members of the "people's lobby" staged a sitdown in the senate chamber at St Paul for the purpose of enforcing enforc-ing their demands for Immediate action ac-tion on the governor's gover-nor's relief plan. inn mia Jisk'iii THAT France and Russia are flagrantly violaUng the Spanish civil war neutrality agreement by sending aid to the Madrid govern-merit govern-merit is the charge flatly made by Virgmio Gayda, Italian editor who is generally regarded as voicing the views of Premier Mussolini The charges are so serious that many observers believe they mean Italy may soon break away from the agreement and openly go to the assistance as-sistance of the Franco regime. Gayda said 25 officers of the ench general staff were mapping the strategy of the loyalists espe-ciaUy espe-ciaUy on the front northeast of Ma-arid, Ma-arid, and that transshipment had been permitted through France of much war material made in the United States. He alleged that Ed-ouard Ed-ouard Daladier, French minister of war, Is receiving reports on the per-'rm,ance per-'rm,ance f the new 155 millimeter (8.1 inch) French guns sent to Spain and used extensively in the Guada-lajara Guada-lajara battle. The Spanish steamer Mar Negro, Gayda declared, was en route to Valencia from Odessa, Russia, with a cargo of munitions of war for the Spanish government 'T,HE house of representatives passed, 122 to 14, a measure, admittedly experimental, designed to speed Supreme court decisions on the constitutionality of acts of congress. It embraces one of the phases of the President's court program. pro-gram. The bill provides that whenever the constitutionality of an act of congress is drawn in question in any suit In a federal court the attorney general is permitted to appear and present arguments on behalf of the government. The attorney general is given the same rights as a party In the suit PERSISTENT search In the moun- tains of northern Arizona revealed re-vealed the wreck of the skyliner that had been missing several days; and in the wreckage were the corpses of the eight occupants, six of them burned beyond recognition. The plane had been sold and was being taken from Burbank, Calif., to New York. It had smashed against the side of a mountain, the cause of the disaster being unknown. un-known. D RICES of government bonds have been declining in a disturbing disturb-ing manner, and the administration decided to do something to check gen. Robinson 1 V v 1 l m i the slump. The open market committee of the federal reserve re-serve system discussed dis-cussed the matter all one day, and next day President Roosevelt Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Chairman Eccles of the reserve board held a long confer- k Robinson saia tent because he would I Roosevelt In the positing posi-ting to indicate his posi-I posi-I sitdown strike by either Ivetoing the measure. I declaring the sitdown al and contrary to sound jicy" the resolution as Jok a double slap at the fby also declaring: e so-called industrial spy feds fear, suspicion and i te:ls to cause strikes frial warfare and is confound con-found public policy; and 1 is likewise contrary to lie policy for any em-jdeny em-jdeny the right of collecting, collec-ting, to foster the com-n com-n or to engage in any ir labor practice as de-e de-e national labor relations FORD returned from it to his winter residence Ja., and there announced 3rd Motor company "nev-:ognize" "nev-:ognize" the United Auto-irkers Auto-irkers of America or any in. "We'll deal with ln-rarkers," ln-rarkers," he said, d that any of his men who uld be "led out" of the plant with regrets "be-know "be-know the men are simply fed and coerced by the !lerj." on't hold any grudge em and will be willing to back," he added. J public officials were with protecting citizens lh disorders as sitdown I who seize property not are in the same category reakers," Ford said. Lewis in reply told a feting in Detroit that he had Ford will continue to deal Sidual employees "as long ployees permit him to fol-iolicy fol-iolicy and no longer." And JO. chief added ominously: no doubt Henry Ford will is mind on this subject" ike in the Ford plant In 'ity came to an end and berj of the United Auto-Porkers Auto-Porkers were boasting of i victory over the imper-Henry. imper-Henry. But the advantage was slight and temporary, battle with Ford is yet to rty-day strike of the Chrys-any Chrys-any employees came to an i W. P. Chrysler and John ached an agreement under m of Governor Murphy, pany agreed to recognize - W. A. as the bargaining or its members, and the idged that it would call no strikes nor permit its mem-engage mem-engage in any in Chrysler r the duration of the com-'kh com-'kh extends to March 3, ffte of Reo company men led on approximately the m'i and Governor Murphy i led his attention to the Hud-I Hud-I fany strike. ' I L 0. invaded Canada by , N 3,700 workers in the t the General Motors com-1 com-1 Canada at Oshawa, Ont. Ps the old-fashioned kind of I J? Picketing, and the union , pere would be no violence. I if hundred sitdown strikers e Plant of the Hershey f CQrPoration at Hershey, F overwhelmed and driven ' 1 fob of thousands of irate and loyal workers of the ine farmers were en-the en-the strike had cut 'd?rbtfor $10'000 wortn J They and the non- nd Br.med with clubs a"d ""the strikers were treated , forXmVeSUgati0n and 1 tddtd Bt the Hershe' U 2i"0ed the astance !Cittthe state's as- fstat. , mtervenes. j ea to the sitdown prob- Benson had previ- Gov, Benson ously spoken to the crowd, telling them "it is all right to be a little rough once in a while" in dealing with the legislature, and the lawmakers were exceedingly resentful. re-sentful. The governor, after one day and night persuaded the demonstrators dem-onstrators to leave, telling them they bad done a good job. On regaining possession of its chamber, the senate put through a resolution condemning the governor gover-nor for "inciting people to riot" and failing to perform his lawful duties to "quell and quiet the mob." While there was no serious talk of impeachment the report was current that the senate resolution was drafted deliberately as a possible pos-sible basis for such action. BITUMINOUS coal miners were on strike only one day, for the new wage scale, providing an $85,-000,000 $85,-000,000 increase of pay for the 400,-000 400,-000 men, was signed by representatives representa-tives of the operators and the United Mine Workers of America. Of course the consumer will have to pay for this wage boost Charles O'Neill, president of the United Eastern Cpal Sales corporation and chairman of the operators' delegation delega-tion at the conference, said the cost of bituminous coal at the mine would go up at least 25 cents a ton. The miners won a raise of 50 cents a day, but lost their demand for a 30-hour week. The 35-hour week, or 7 hours a day and 5 days a week, which was in effect under the old contract, will remain. Also the men failed to get two weeks' vacation with pay and a guaranty of 200 days of work a year. THERE is going to be a lively three-cornered struggle in the southwestern oil fields. The C. I. O., whose plans in that direction were mentioned in this column not long ago, has begun the campaign to organize or-ganize the workers in the Texas field. Harvey C. Fremming of Washington, president of the International Inter-national Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers and close friend of John Lewis, is in charge of the operations. A rival movement for members and prestige pres-tige will be started in a few days by the A. F. of L. Gov. James V. Allred of Texas has given notice' that he will use "every resource" against sit-down strikes, which he declares are unlawful un-lawful and un-American. He added: "My investigation convinces me that sit-down strike organizers have Invaded Texas. Sit-down methods do not represent the desires of an overwhelming majority of organized labor in this state." TRANS-ATLANTIC air service between the United States and Great Britain may be expected to start almost immediately, for the last obstacle in its way was removed re-moved by an agreement with Canada Can-ada concerning routes through the Dominion. Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson announced that two routes through Canada had been made available for trans-Atlantic flying craft that will make a total of four trips a week. One route is by way of Shediac, N. B., and the other through Montreal The hop-off hop-off point for eastward flights over the ocean would be from Bottwood, N. F., which also would be landfall on the westward flights. Johnson said that under the agreement agree-ment British and United States planes would make two crossings apiece weekly. SENATOR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS of Illinois told the senate that he believes the time has come for President Roosevelt to call an international peace conference that would revise the treaty of Versailles. He said the object of the conference confer-ence would be to reach a "new disposition that might content the nations that are now in revolt and which continue in conflict because of the affront and injury they feel was worked upon them, under the terms of the treaty." The senator asserted the popularity popular-ity of Mr. Roosevelt abroad would lend much to the success of such a conference. Secretary encei xhe reSult was Morgenthau this announcement: "With a view (1) to exerting its influence toward orderly conditions in the money market and (2) to facilitating the orderly adjustment of member banks to the increased reserve requirements effective May 1, 1937, the open market committee of the federal reserve system is prepared pre-pared to make open market purchases pur-chases of government securities for the account of federal reserve banks in such amounts and at such times as may be desirable." The security arid commodity markets were given a rather severe jolt by the President when he told the correspondents that prices of durable goods, especially steel and copper, were too high and that it was time for a shift in federal expenditure ex-penditure from them so as to spread the national income more evenly. PROCLAIMED by the President congress and all governors, Army day was celebrated throughout through-out the nation on April 6, the twentieth twen-tieth anniversary of America's entrance en-trance into the World war. The keynote of Army day, according ac-cording to Rear Admiral Reginald r. Belknap. U. S. N. retired, general gen-eral chairman of the day, is "peace through preparedness." "We who have seen the terrible destruction wrought by war want to do all in our power to avoid another war," he said. "The best way to do this we believe, is by having a strong, well-trained, well-equipped army and navy. So strengthened, an aggressor nation will think twice before trying to draw us into war." The best way to achieve this preparedness, pre-paredness, he added, is by carrying carry-ing out the provisions of the National Nation-al Defense act of 1920. THAT Florida ship canal project which would cut the state in two, has come to the fore again and probably will have to be fought out once more m congress. Two reports re-ports on the matter have just been filed. One, from Maj. Gen. Edward M.. Mark-ham, Mark-ham, chief of engineers engi-neers of the army, gays the federal government would be justified in completing com-pleting the project at a cost of $197,-921000. $197,-921000. The other JJJjj. from the river and harbor board, says the canal is economically eco-nomically unsound. Neither report was made public at once, but the War department said General Markham recommended recommend-ed an Atlantic-Gulf waterway 33 feet deep and 400 feet wide. |