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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over General Jolui-son I'e.ins and RichLerg Rules, the IS J A Textile Industry Hoard Named The AnifTi'ea'.i Cuj) li Sueee-.-fuIly Defended. By EDVARD W. PICKARD G, by Weitorn N.-w:1,L"-r L'ftlon. GKN'. Ilfjlill 8. JoIIN.SO.N Kt-ps out of Hid fililuri: and tli Nit A l turru'il out to I nu Id It. ItlL-liLa-rg ami otlmr "l;ft win;;" ")- l l : - I . Nw Ic;il rn;in:i?-nic-nt. I're.s I Jri t It o o a e v e 1 t an ooiinccd the gn-.'it-cr piirt of tiio reorganization re-organization plan fur tlie national r-v eov(-ry body, nam-Ins; nam-Ins; first the policy nuiklni; board, with Jtlcliocri; as lis chairman anil Sec-Donald Sec-Donald r(,,,iry ,,..(,3i S(1,.ro. Rlchberg Ury r.(.rilllHi ii:lr. ry I.. ifopklnx anil Chester Davis an im-inhers. A llfth member was yet to be Belecteil, be to be the -l)nlrnian of tlie new administrative administra-tive board, five other members of this latter body are S. Clay Williams, Wil-liams, bead of the Reynolds To-linceo To-linceo eomiany; Arthur I). Wldte-wldo, Wldte-wldo, president of Dun & Rrad-wtreet; Rrad-wtreet; Sidney Ilillinan, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Leon 0. Marshall, labor njieclallst; and I'rof. Walton II. Hamilton of Yale. Two ex-ollldo members are Itlackwell Smith, as-Hlslant as-Hlslant Kitnoral counsel of NItA, and Leon Henderson, chief of the NItA division of research and planning plan-ning under Johnson. The Judicial branch of the NRA was still under consideration. Mr. ItooseveJt Indicated that Its duties might be assigned to a special department de-partment of the Department of Justice. Jus-tice. The recommendations of the new policy making board are subject to the will of the President, but under the terms of the executive order these recommendations must be submitted sub-mitted to the President by the director. di-rector. Thus, Klchberg will have the final voice before the President himself npproves or disapproves the board's decisions. The board was further empowered empow-ered to "promulgate administrative ijollcies, to appoint, to employ, discharge, dis-charge, fix tho compensation, dearie de-arie the duties, and direct the conduct con-duct of the personnel necessary for Its administration, and to exercise all those powers heretofore conferred con-ferred by executive orders upon the administrator for Industrial recovery." recov-ery." RESIGNATION of General Johnson, John-son, as accepted by the President, Pres-ident, Is not effective until October 1". Until ther. he will be busy compiling com-piling bis final report and also. It Is said, writing the story of his life. It was learned that he has been offered of-fered the management of Industrial and labor relations of "a large group of Midwestern manufacturers." manufactur-ers." This is not the time or place to estimate General Johnson's achievements achieve-ments as administrator of the NRA which was largely his own creation. He certainly worked hard and accomplished ac-complished much, whether for good or evil. Ills ndstakes were admittedly admit-tedly glaring, and not the least of them was bis recent assertion that during his administration he had boon In close touch with Justice Hrandeis of the Supreme court. As that tribunal will have to pass on the constitutionality of NRA before long, this statement created a sensation sen-sation and was dismaying to the friends of Justice Brandels. Of course, the Jurist could take no notice no-tice of it. The "low down" is said to be that Johnson did consult the Justice when he was formulating the NRA and received some Informal In-formal advice which he disregarded, disregard-ed, and that later Mr. Brandeis told til m he had better resign. ORGANIZED business and the President are not at all satisfied satis-fied with each other. Business leaders lead-ers are nervous, and Mr. Roosevelt reels that they have too many "Inhibitions" "In-hibitions" and are not doing what they should to aid recovery. The Chamber of Commerce of the United Unit-ed States, seeking a clear statement state-ment of the President's future Intentions, In-tentions, sent him a list of questions on expenditures, budget balancing, enrrency stabilization and the government's gov-ernment's part In business, politely requesting categorical replies. Mr. Roosevelt received the questionnaire question-naire with a smile and a Joke, and there was no indication of his Intention Inten-tion to answer It It was revealed la Washington that the President also received not long ago a set of resolutions adopted at a secret meeting of 12f leading industrialists and finan clers. These men asserted that the policies of the New Deal, along with the uncertainties of the future, fu-ture, are throttling economic recovery re-covery In the United states. The resolutions were not Intended for publication and the President made co mention of them In his press conferences. Still another hard rap at the New Deal came In the form of a statement by the federal advisory council, composed of leading bankers bank-ers It was contained In a set of recommendations for the federal reserve re-serve system and severely criticizes the administration's monetary and economic policies, demanding a return re-turn to what the council considers sound principles. nitK.SIHKNT ROOSKVKI.T'S re-' re-' quest that the great textile strike be called off nod that tlie workers be taken back without dlscrlmina- f "V tip' Hon. after he had received and ap-4 ap-4 proved the report J of the special me-J me-J dintlon board head-, head-, ed by Gov. John G. Winant of New Hampshire brought d to an end the blt-I blt-I ter struggle that P had cost 14 lives I and millions of dol- ,,,, . lars. The union Gov. winant lea(er3 or(iere(J tfae strikers to return to the mills, and all the way from Maine to Alabama Ala-bama the looms hummed again. The next step was the appointment appoint-ment by the President of a board to adjust disputes between the workers and the employers In the industry. He named the three veteran vet-eran arbiters who served In like capacity as members of the steel labor la-bor relations board Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy of North Carolina, Caro-lina, Admiral Henry A. Wiley and James Mullenbach of Chicago. Tlie executive order stipulated that the board Is "authorized and directed" to Investigate wages, hours and other conditions In the Industry to determine whether code provisions are being violated. If necessary, the board may refer Its findings to proper governmental agencies for appropriate action. The national labor relations board Is made the court of appeal from any decision of the textile board. The board's findings are not subject to review by the executive branch of the government. To start with, the board had the job of Investigating numerous charges that some mill owners were discriminating against strikers. This alleged action so angered the union members that many demands for a renewal of the strike were sent In to the office of Francis J. Gorman, who directed the great walkout. Gorman advised the workers work-ers to be patient, but admitted that the situation was serious. Meanwhile the lenders of the United Textile Workers went ahead with their plans to unionize the entire en-tire industry. These efforts are likely like-ly to create continuous friction In those mill regions where the union Is rather weak. AMERICA'S Cup remains In the United States and T. O. II. Sopwith, latest British challenger, goes home defeated and disgruntled. Harold S. Vanderbilt skippered the defending yacht Rainbow to four consecutive victories over Sopwith's Endeavour after the latter had won two races and seemed ikely to carry car-ry the old trophy tn.ck to England. In the third race Sopwith flew his protest flag, claiming Rainbow had technically fouled Endeavour, hut the racing committee refused to hear the protest because of a minor infraction of the rules. Sopwith was not the only person displeased by this action of the committee. In fact, general opinion was with him, and the races have left an unpleasant unpleas-ant taste In the American mouth. However. It Is probable the victory went to the better yacht, or the better bet-ter crew, or both. BECAUSE of bad treatment of Jews by the German Nazis there was loud objection to American participation par-ticipation In the 1933 Olympic Games In Berlin. Avery Brundage, president of the Amateur Athletic union, went to Germany to Investigate, Investi-gate, and on his recommendation the American Olympia committee decided to accept the German invitation. invi-tation. In his report Brundage, In addition addi-tion to giving the assurances he had received from German sports leaders lead-ers that there would be no discrimination, discrim-ination, pointed out that Jewish sports leaders In Germany were satisfied that they will have full opportunity op-portunity to train and prepare for the Olympic games. f ORE than two thousand per- sons perished In a typhoon that swept over the richest industrial indus-trial section of Japan In which are situated Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto. Thousands of others were injured, and the property damage was enor mous. probably running above $100. : HWOOO. The army's munitions program pro-gram suffered a great setback, for scores of factories that were turn :ng out guns and munitions were iestroyed. Losses among the fish crmen and farmers a!so were most serious. Si-:''i:i:t.u:y of the interH'K li'Kh.S, as l.i.-;;. 1 of the fe-b.-ral puVie vitrei almi:.i-"ra::"n, an-in.ii.!!iced an-in.ii.!!iced a:i aTi:it:":s fdu::iy housing hous-ing pr'.J-.-t t"T Chicago h;rh, at a cvt of J 1 -',.Vm.i ' , abolish a "si urn area" of 37 city block on the sou:!. we, t side and replace de-nwli:i(rJ de-nwli:i(rJ biiii'iiii-'S with small apartmer.t houses for 3."" i families. C,o!!'!e.'i;!ia;i"D p nx.-eedi were started in the Federal court in Clii-cago. Clii-cago. and .Mr. Ick.-g said If the property owners are reasonable in their demands the project will go throUL-h speedily. The area to be rehabilitated is Inhabited now almost al-most entirely by persons of Italian descent and, far from being a typical typ-ical "slum," contains numerous neat, well kept homes and several large apartment houses. The plan of the PWA for Its rebuilding Is very similar to the housing projects In Moscow and Vienna, with tlie government supplying social and nursery facilities as well as dwellings. dwell-ings. The work wdll be done through the federal housing corporation, cor-poration, which concern the government gov-ernment owns. EIGHT per cent boost In wages, amounting to more than $10,-000,000 $10,-000,000 a year, has been granted their employees by the four big packing concerns of Chicago, Swift, Armour, Wilson and Cudahy, and their example Is followed by packing pack-ing companies In other cities. The wage increases were granted as a result of negotiations between the companies and their plant labor conference boards. Whether the Increases In-creases were the full demands of ivora pnninpnilll spa was not stated. The plant boards are established at all points at which the companies operate and they are composed of employee representatives, rep-resentatives, half of whom are chosen by the workers themselves and half by the managements. MISS GRACE ABBOTT, for years one of the government's most falthTul and useful servants, has resigned her position as director di-rector of the children's bureau, to the grief of her associates In Washington and the regret of every one who knows about her fine work there. Miss Abbott now becomes professor of public welfare administration admin-istration In the University of Chicago Chi-cago and editor of the Social Service Serv-ice Review. EVIDENCE . was presented to a '-'grand Jury In New York against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the former for-mer German machine gunner and 1 a. Af A win journeyman carpenter car-penter accused of j extortion in connection con-nection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh flew from Los Angeles An-geles to give their testimony. The authorities au-thorities considered they had an lron- " clad ' case against u Brun0 the suspect, who Hauptmann wag arreste(J after he had passed a ten dollar note that was part of the ransom money handed hand-ed over a garden wall by Dr. John F. Condon ("Jafsle") when the baby was supposed to be still alive. In Hauptmann's garage was found $13,750 of the ransom fund, his handwriting was found to be identical iden-tical with that of the ransom notes, and there were many other facts plainly Indicating his guilt The grand jury in New York Indicted In-dicted Hauptmann on charges of extortion, and when he was arraigned ar-raigned he pleaded not guilty. The detectives worked like beavers and found, among other Incriminating evidence, $S40 more hidden In the Hauptmann garage. This the prisoner prison-er admitted was part of the ransom ran-som money. The police said they expected the early arrest of two alleged accomplices of Hauptmann, one of whom was In Germany and the other on a liner bound for Europe. Eu-rope. New Jersey authorities expect to Indict and try Hauptmann as the actual kidnaper and murderer of the Lindbergh baby. DESPITE powerful federal Influence, Influ-ence, the Colorado river authority au-thority bill, under which the government gov-ernment was to undertake a great power and Irrigation project in the lower part of the Colorado river valley in Texas, died in the Texas legislature. The opposition, led by Mrs. Sarah T. Hughes, lawyer member mem-ber from Dallas, succeeded In holding hold-ing the measure In conference, unreported, un-reported, until the special session of the legislature was forced to adjourn. ad-journ. MAXIM LITYINOV told the League of Nations assembly that Russia still hopes for the establishment es-tablishment of a permanent peace conference In which the United States Is a participant, for the consolidation con-solidation of peace movements. He asked the league council to obtain a report on whether the world disarmament dis-armament conference could be resumed re-sumed with a possibility of success. QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND, accompanied by King George and the prince of Wales, went to Clydebank, Scotland, and there launched the largest steamship In the world, the 73.000 ton Cunard-White Cunard-White Star liner that was started four years ago. Breaking a bot-t'.e bot-t'.e of Australian champagne-on Its how, the queen christened the hvs vessel "Queen Mar? "' |