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Show News Review Events the London Economic Conference Is Saved From Imme diate Dissolution by Secretary Hull Roosevelt Pushes His Domestic Recovery Program. By EDWARD DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT admln- istered what looked Ilk a knockout knock-out blow to the world conference In London, and thsa; at tbe urgent request of Secretary Secre-tary Hull and hie colleagues, made an effort to reetore It to conaclouaneaa and action. Of Course Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt had not Intended Intend-ed to paralyze the parity, butane wished It to proceed pro-ceed In accordance with his own Ideas, and those probably are tbe Ideas of President RtwviN most of his fellow countrymen as well. Bis effort was not at first successful, for tbe leaders yielding to tbe demand of tbe cold bloc, decided tbe conference should take a recess for an Indefinite Indefi-nite time. This accorded with the Tlews of some of tbe American dele- a. a a. m . a . - - A m.i;' ftil" gates, dui oecreiary 01 Bisie ami, acting under Instructions from President Pres-ident Roosevelt, fiercely fought tbe plan and finally persuaded (he bureau, bu-reau, or steering committee, to change Its mind. It then declared It was firmly determined to proceed with the work of tbe conference and asked tbe rarlous subcommittees subcommit-tees to Dreoai-e a list of oneationa that could be usefully studied by tbe conference, monetary problems being excluded by the gold bloc. As .tariff problems also are out. It may seem that tbe conference has lost Its first rank Importance In world What the President first, did to tbe conference was In the form of a note, read to It by Mr. Hull, beginning: be-ginning: 1 would regard It as a catastrophe catastro-phe amounting to a world tragedy If the great conference of nations called to bring about a more real and permanent financial stability and a greater prosperity to tbe masses of all nations should In ad-ranee ad-ranee of any serious effort to consider con-sider these broader problems allow Itself to be dlTerted by the proposal of a purely artificial and temporary experiment affecting the monetary exchange of a few nations only. "Such action, such diversion, shows a singular lack of proportion propor-tion and failure to remember the larger purposes for which the economic eco-nomic conference originally was called together." Delegates of the gold bloc nations, led by France, were angered both by the President's attitude on sta- . Will - - u M . .1 it . viusauvu nu oj wutu uiey considered consid-ered hit dictatorial manner, and Prime Minister MacDonald was grierously disappointed. Tbe conference con-ference leaders met and after a lot of exceedingly plain speaking adopted adopt-ed a resolution to adjourn, which waa what the gold bloc Insisted upon. Secretary Dull alone, still hopeful and clinging to tbe Internationalist Inter-nationalist doctrines which the President had abandoned, argued for continuance of tbe conference and finally persuaded tbe other leaders lead-ers to withhold the adjournment resolution until further word had been received from Mr. Roosevelt. The President's second communication communi-cation was more conciliatory In tone but showed no disposition to retreat from the position he had taken. lie asserted that the raising and stabilization of commodity prices was the major objective and the exchange value of the dollar In terms of foreign currencies a minor consideration. There was no mention men-tion of tariff reductions. Delegates of France, Holland. Bel-glum, Bel-glum, Italy. Poland and Switzerland the chief gold standard nations met Informally and formed a mone tary pool which pins all their cur rencles one to another. Tbey also decided In principle to form an economic union. THE wheat committee of the economic eco-nomic conference alone accomplished accom-plished something. It announced that the United Stares. Canada, Australia Aus-tralia and Argentina, ' the great wheat producing countries, had accepted ac-cepted the American plan for restriction re-striction of acreage and production. The agreement is subject to the assent of Importing countries to some provisions for abolition of certain cer-tain regulations concerning milling and quotas. The purpose of the plan Is that wheat should be raised In natural growing countries snd that European efforts to foster artificial ar-tificial production be abandoned. SPEAKER IIEXRY T. RALVEY expressed the general thought of Americans when ha said that the selfishness of foreign nations which demand that tbe United States continue con-tinue to give them trade advantages the real cause of the difficulties it the London conference. Tie de clared the whole country was backing back-ing the President In his stand on currency matters. :- Speaking at the Independence I : of Current World Over W. PICKARD day dinner of the American Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce to Paris, Ambassador Ambassa-dor Straus vigorously defended tbe American economic policy; "When wt read In the dally press." be. declared, de-clared, "of soma jjationa, whose friendship we desire and who should bo our friends, that we are grasping, grasp-ing, that we are selfish and that we art pursuing a course unfavorable to world peace and the solution of world problems, I think It time for us to argue the unfairness of such pronouncements." President Le Brun was one of those at the dinner. The European press In most Instances In-stances criticized tbe President's stand harshly. But In Berlin tbe Nasi organ, Der Angriff. hit the nail on the bead with the statement that President Roosevelt Ukes tbe aame tand as the Nasi government, namely, name-ly, that a healthy domestic economic system Is more Important than the relation of home currency to foreign. IMPOSITION of the processing tax of 80 cents a bushel on wheat went Into effect and Secretary Secre-tary of Agriculture Wallace let the public know that he Intended to exercise ex-ercise his powers to prevent "unreasonable" "un-reasonable" Increases of retail prices In Its wake. Tbe Iowa Bakers' Bak-ers' association bad proposed to Increase bread iriees from 5 to 8 cents per pound loaf, and Mr. Wallace Wal-lace warned them, calling attention to his authority. Tbe President of the Iowa association communicated with national headquarters of the American Bakers' association and announced that the projected price advance would be withheld until further notice. However, bread prices In certain cases were ad vanced In Minneapolis snd St Paul. Id western Pennsylvania and also In some other localities. The Internal revenue bureau assumed as-sumed the task of collecting tbe processing tax. Forms for Its enforcement en-forcement were sent out. requiring returns from approximately 85,000 bakers, 450,000 retailers and 4.000 millers. The tai applies not only to wheat entering mills to be ground Into flour, but also to stocks of products processed 'from wheat held by millers and bakers. Its purpose. It may be recalled. Is to finance wheat acreage reduction. To finance application of tbe farm act to corn and - swine the farm administration Is planning to put Into effect by October 1 a processing pro-cessing tax on hogs from which It Is expected tl50.000.000 will be realized. Secretary Wallace has suggested that representatives of the corn and bog producers get together to-gether In the near future and discuss dis-cuss this matter. A maximum processing tai on cotton, probably 4 cents, is to become be-come effective on August L If the acreage reduction campaign now under way In the cotton belt succeeds, suc-ceeds, and s processing tax of about 8 cents a pound la to be levied on cigar leaf type tobaccos by October Octo-ber 1. RETURNING from his vacstlon cruise to Oampobello' Island, the President received members of hla cabinet on board the cruiser Indianapolis, and then landed, went to tbe White House and plunged Into the task ef getting fi his domestic recov ery program Into full operation. His attention was given first to the public works and Industrial Indus-trial recovery Secy Ickes of tn0 former he decided that priority should be given to the projects that provide the most labor, and be carefully studied stu-died a list that was prepared by Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Next came the trade codes that are being submitted rapidly to Administrator Ad-ministrator Hugh S. Johnson and that require the President's sp provnl before being given the force of law. The first of these was the cotton textile code, which officials. Industry and labor were Inclined to look upon as the mode) for other trades to follow. General Johnson and his assistants assist-ants received the code., proposed by tbe woman's apparel industry, affecting af-fecting about 500.000 workers; snd tbe oil Industry code also was ready for consideration. Others on the way were the codes of the Iron and steel, anthracite coal, automobile, au-tomobile, lumber, wool and retail dry goods Industries. Administrator Johnson let It be known that a single code was desired for the whole bituminous coal industry. Indiana In-diana mines had already submitted a separate code. MOniUZATION of the reforestation refores-tation army, otherwise the civilian civ-ilian conservation corps. It was an nounced In Washington was virtu ally completed, and the concentra- tlon of man power exceeds even the mobilization of American troops during the World war In a like period pe-riod three months. Director Robert Rob-ert Fechner reported that 250,000 meo were living and working In the forest camps; another 24,000 were In the conditioning camps, and 25,000 more were being recruited re-cruited from the ranks of the Idle. These men receive a dollar a day and their keep from the federal government, and are engaged In constructive labor, whereaa a Jew weeks ago they were Idle. As Mr. Fechner says: They have been given a chance. Overnight they have become contributors con-tributors to the family needa, to the extent of at least twenty -five dollars monthly, with direct benefit bene-fit to their relative, and to .local relief agencies." EFFORTS to renew trade relations rela-tions between the United States and Soviet Russia, earnestly , promoted pro-moted by Smith Wildman Brook- hart, are bearing fruit The first result re-sult ts a deal by which Russia acquires ac-quires 00.000 to 80,-000 80,-000 bales of American Ameri-can cotton. It la to be financed by the Reconstruction Finance corporation which will make a series of loana to- t tallng about $4,000,-000 $4,000,-000 to American exporters. ex-porters. These loans Smith W. Brookhart will be secured by notes of the Am-torg Am-torg Trading company and unconditionally uncondi-tionally guaranteed by tbe Soviet state bank. Amtorg Is owned by tbe U. 8. 8. R. and was organized by the new Russia to carry on its business In a country where It bad no official standing. The loans will be for one year and, like the $50,-000,000 $50,-000,000 advanced to China by the Reconstruction corporation for the purchase of wheat and Cotton, win bear 0 per cent Interest There was much discussion as to whether this transaction foreboded diplomatic recognition of the Soviet government by the United States another of Brookhart's hobbles. Assistant As-sistant Secretary of State Moley had an Intimate talk tn London with Maxim Lltvinov. astute commissar com-missar of Russia. Riga dispatches say that Moscow expects this rec ognition by July 81. ITVINOV greatly strengthened the Russian government's world position by bringing to a successful conclusion negotiations for a pact of non-aggression wltb seven of Its neighbors. The states signing this convention, besides Russia, are Es-thonla, Es-thonla, Latvia, Poland, Rumania, Turkey. Persia and Afghanistan. Lltvlnbv said In London : "The convention constitutes a new link In tbe chain of the Soviet government's gov-ernment's measures systematically directed towards reinforcement of peaceful relations with neighbors. The Soviet Union Is ready to sign similar conventions wltb any other states Irrespective of their geographical geo-graphical position and existing relations re-lations wltb itself." Several daya" later It was announced an-nounced that Lithuania and Russia had signed a pact along the same lines. THOSE who are Interested In the doings of the movie folk and their number la legion are avidly reading about the break up of what had been regarded aa the Ideal family among tbe cinema actors. Mary Pick-ford Pick-ford and Douglas Fairbanks, It appears, ap-pears, have reached the marital divide, di-vide, as the ixis Angeles correspondents correspond-ents phrase It and are about to separate. sepa-rate. Whether tbey will be divorced re Mary Plckford mains to be seen, but they probably will be. The news came out when It was announced that' "Pickfalr,' their home In Beverly 11111b. was for sale. On behalf of Mary this statement state-ment was made: "It Is true that Pickfalr Is for sale. ' It Is true that separation between be-tween Douglas Fairbanks and Miss Pick ford Is contemplated. If there should be a divorce, tbe grounds will be Incompatibility. Beyond that there Is nothing to say." CHANCELLOR HITLER has realized real-ized his ambition to control Germany Ger-many politically, for the Catholic Centrists, the last surviving non-Nazi non-Nazi party, has dissolved, as has the RavartanPeopleo' party, which before be-fore tbe elections of March 8 was the sixth In Importance of the groups In the retohatag. Semiofficially It was announced negotiations between the Centrists under Former Chancellor Bruenlng and the Nazis had been closed, with the Centrists' relchstag members becoming be-coming "guests" or "bospltants" of the Hitlerites. Bruenlng himself, one source said, would not become a Nazi, but Count Eugen Quadt-tsnx, who was empowered empow-ered to act for the- Bavarian popu lists, applied for admission to the Nazi party as a hospltant and ad vised his colleagues to do the lame. All other opposition parties having hav-ing quit or merged with the Nazis, the Hitler government Is now free to go shend unhampered with Its "national revolution." which is be Ing extended to Industrial, relljflnu educational and agricultural life. C 1111. WjiUrn Nwjppiir Unloo. r: SasiMBBBBBBMMWKte-X 1 Intcrmountain Hews .Briefly told for Busy Rta ID AIIO LAMBS FINE FORT REPAIR WAITS dsTERRi" CROP SMAL1V. TURKEYS AID fAMJERS WEBWORM BATTLE WON ..t .itr CITY. UT. 15 ears of Blng and Lambert cherries win be shipped from Utah this season. In the opinion of L. S. Fenn, shipping ship-ping point Inspector for the feder-al feder-al government. This compares with 82 carloads shipped last year. .SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The war department program for per-jnanent per-jnanent Improvements at. arm poets, which Includes an expenditure expendi-ture of $96,651 at Fort Douglas, baa been held up by direction of the director di-rector of the federal budget. RICHFIELD, UT. A celebration will bo held here August 8 to 11. for reterans of the Black Haw war. KANOSH, UT.-Turkeys will be brought here from Flower by Andrew An-drew Dablqulst, who plan to shepherd shep-herd his flock of 1500 around on grasshopper Infested farms. HINCKLEY, UT. The largest hay crop in many years la being harvested. Late spring storms and the rapid growth of the alfalfa baa kept It Tery free from weevils. PAROWAN, UT. Sheep men are placing their flocks on the summer range. ST. ANTHONY, IDA. The war on crickets conducted in this district dis-trict has been brought to a successful success-ful conclusion. MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. The lambs recently shipped from here to Omaha and Sioux City were the best ever received at those points, stockyard officials there have advised ad-vised local sheep men. The lambs have been in excellent condition, due to plenty of range forage In this part of Idaho, and the sheep growers grow-ers have been much encouraged by the higher prices this year, compared compar-ed with last year. OGDEN, UT. The sugar company has announced that the first spraying spray-ing in beet fields with Paris green for the eradication of webworma has been completed. GOODING, IDA. Gooding county commissioners are supporting a movement started ' by Representative Representa-tive W. C Thornton, of Bliss, to obtain federal aid for building and Improving the road between Bliss and Hill City on Camas prairie in Camas county. PRICE?, UT. Valuation of property prop-erty assessed by Carbon county for 1933 totals $5,803,034, according to the auditor's statement. PROW," TJT. Construction of a Standard bridge across the Provo river on the Lake-View-Vineyard highway in being considered. BUHL, IDA. The McClusky &e-morlal &e-morlal child health camp has opened open-ed for itsj third year, giving eight weeks' health training to 45 undernourished under-nourished children from south central cen-tral Idaho. RICHFIELD, TJT.-A1 most all traces of webworm, which has been infesting the eugar beet fields la the vicinity of Richfield, are now exterminated and beet crops are In promising condition. , GOODING, IDA. Crops are excellent ex-cellent on all five tracts of the Big Wood project in Lincoln. Goodlnc and Blaine counties as a result of hot weather and plenty of Irrigation water from the Marie reaervolr and the Mllner-Shoshone-Gooding canal irom American Falls reservoir. ST. ANTHONY, IDA. AH (X 0. C. enmps In the Targhee national fori'st have been fully manned, and work is well under way. MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA Arrangements Ar-rangements are being completed here for an annual summer camp of Boy Scouts. BOISE, IDA. Authorization for enrollment of 1,025 more Idaho men between 18 and 25 years of age, to work la -the conservation camps has been received by Governor O. Ben Ross, OGDEN, TJT.-Olllng of dirt streets In Ogden where traffic Is heavy and tbe dust nuisance Is the greatest, baa begun. BOISE, IDA. The chain store tax has brought $10,300 to the state treasury In July. The tax ranges' from $5 on single stores to $5O0 a year on each store In chains of 20 or more. Virtually all the major groups of stores have paid their tax. Some payments were made under protest. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah farmers borrowed $137,043 this year from the federal seed loan appropriation, appro-priation, or 00 per cent of the mount borrowed In 1932. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Reports Re-ports to tbe state board of agriculture agricul-ture are that the webworm Is attacking at-tacking the sugar beet crop this year in Weber and Box Eider counties. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. plans are being made for the annual story telling festival to be held July, 19. Thirty of the outstanding persons In the literary and dramatic field In Salt Lake will be Invited to tell storlw to toore than 8000 persons who will attend. Scenes ana . I . -.-.1.. ,t : f .. I sit tfl - J: v - , v L'v ft) Jk e ii" " in, if' - . .." r - , - --.- 1 James M. Cox of Ohio, chairman of the monetary committee of tbe London etowfc. ing what seems to bo a knotty problem to two other delegates. 2 Wreckage otbra k trous storm that swept over the region north and west of Chicago. 8 Joshua UJohMrf was elected president of Klwanla International at the convention in Los Angeles. . LindyV Plane 7 Made Faster for Northern I Ljr lip r ,' o - - - " S , 7" " I Mechanics at CaldwelL N. J., Installing the new 700 horsepower motor that IncreacdUK an hour the speed of the plane in which CoL Charles, A. Lindbergh and Mrs. LindbergivJ and possibly to Denmark. They are to survey a route for permanent air service to Enron WON A. A. U. DECATHLON n V 'I- ' I- I . " 1 4 Barney Berllnger, big all around star from the Penn A. O, Phlladel phla. won the national A. A. O. decathlon de-cathlon Championship at Soldier field, Caleago, scoring 7507.19 polnta ROTARY'S NEW HEAD John Nelson of Montreal; Cnnnda. who was elected president of the Rotary Ro-tary International at the annual convention con-vention In Diston, Muss. reruns in uie Current li Chicago Board of Trade Ihi i vgv.-. . y : t;i am-1 .X v) Scene In the Chicago Board of Trade, world"! kj? iiowlng the renewed activity there caused by the np ; r wheat and other grains. Largest of Military Pt l , YN ; L L Workmen rwjulrt Indders and runwsys to tri of this flying boat which waa launched at l,e"- est military plane In the world. "it Is s short fd open sea reconnaissance and long distance P! entirely of metal except for coverings of the ooi t ,o,.uc ii grcai weigni or oi'A tD" 111 ' Ingly fast ,rHC |