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Show .'.&ira3$ Mi citizen News Review Events the Bullitt Is Made Ambassador to France Hitler Stirs Stalin to Talk of War Secretary Dern Dies in Washington. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C Wertera Newipaper Union. TRANSFER of William C. Bullitt fronTthe embassy In Moscow to that in Paris Is not surprising. He It was who was chiefly chief-ly responsible for the recognition of the Soviet govern ment by the United States, and when he was rewarded with the ambassadorship It was expected he would be able to wing a lot of Rus sian business to American concerns. Also it was hoped W. C. Bullitt. . $ x it he could persuade his Russian friends to keep their promises not to disturb this country with communist com-munist propaganda. In these respects re-spects at least Mr. Bullitt haa been a disappointment But he retains the confidence of President Roosevelt Roose-velt and will hot be out of place as ambassador to the leftist French government Some observers think Mr. Bullitt is sent to Paris for the purpose of secretly sounding out the major European Eu-ropean powers on the possibility of reconvening the world economic conference in 1037. Jesse Isador Straus resigned at ambassador to France on the advice ad-vice of his physicians. The President Presi-dent wrote him that "if this administration ad-ministration shall be continued for ... . another four years, I shall count on your returning as a part of it" REICHSFUEHRER HITLER has injected a little more ginger into the International armament race by suddenly announcing that the term for compulsory military service for Germans wis doubled ' two years Instead of one. As matters mat-ters are Just now in Europe, this appeared to bo aimed directly . -against soviet Russia and if the London newspapers are to be believed. be-lieved. Dictator Stalin recognizes this and reacts as might be expected. expect-ed. The London Evening News .and Daily Mall both assert that Stalin, in a secret radio address to -. the ..red- annyj seids! .t- -- "Comrades of the red forces: We are on the very eve of momentous events. At any moment now you may be called eupon to lay down your lives for the defense of the proletarian birthland. "This Is the "momenf you have been anticipating, and now your . birthland is expecting you to do , the duty you have so eagerly await- I . ed. "I have no doubts about you, and I am convinced you have no doubts about us, your leaders. "Our enemies art getting into position. po-sition. So be ready. The enemies are on the frontiers of our great land. Keep watch. "Everything money could buy, everything the' genius of man could Invent and everything the loving labor of the worker could make have been given into your hands tor the defense and glory of the Soviet land." The London papers say other. Soviet So-viet leaders followed Bt-lln with similar talks.- The foreign office In Moscow flatly denied that the dictator had delivered any such address ad-dress as was reported. German economists, worried over the mounting costs of re-arming their country, were told the doubling dou-bling of the tern? of military service serv-ice would not be quite so expensive ' as it appeared, for more men In barracks means fewer on dole. However, the national debt continued contin-ued to grow and ways of meeting payments are becoming fewer and more scanty. SECRETARY OF WAR GEORGE H. DERN died in Walter Reed hospital, Washington, of heart disease dis-ease and other complications resulting re-sulting from influenza. Be had been ill since last spring but part of the time had insisted on attending to his official duties, keeping this up even from his sick bed. Mr. Dern, who was 64 years old, was formerly former-ly a brilliant mining engineer and was the second non-Mormon to be elected governor of Utah, serving two terms. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S special spe-cial train made a quick run to Bismarck, N. D., and the special committee on the drouth, headed by Morris L. Cooke, reported to him on its inspection of the afflicted area. The President then took an automobile tour through the countryside coun-tryside to see for himself some of the effects of the long dry spell. He conferred with Acting Governor Welford and Senators Nye and Frailer Fra-iler of North Dakota and Acting Governor Holt and Senators Wheeler Wheel-er and Murray of Montana. Next day Mr. Roosevelt's train carried him down to Pierre, S. D., and thence . Into other drouth stricken states. Mr. Roosevelt's original scnedule was changed to permit him to make a quick run to Salt Lake City for the burial services of Secretary of War Dern. of Current World Over JOHN L. LEWIS' Committee for Industrial Organization in one of Its initial efforts to organize the steel workers seems to have succeeded suc-ceeded only in leading one big plant to go out of business, throwing 790 men out of employment Such is the result of a strike in the plant of the Standard Steel Spring company com-pany at Coraopolis, Pa., the strike being directed by the CIO. The employees em-ployees who didn't strike later refused re-fused to work because, they said, their families had been threatened by phone with bombing if the men returned to the plant So the company com-pany closed down and began removing remov-ing the machinery. It was alleged the strikers were assured in advance ad-vance that they would be given relief re-lief money if the plant were closed, and that the state authorities did nothing to protect the plant or the non-strikers from violence. FEDERAL JUDGE JOHN P. BARNES of Chicago upheld the constitutionality of the Commodity Exchange act and denied an injunction injunc-tion to restrain its enforcement asked by members of the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Judge Barnes agreed with the contention of Special Spe-cial Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge that the act is "merely an extension of the provisions pro-visions of the grain futures act," which has been held constitutional by vthe - United - States - Supreme Court FIGURES given out. by the Department De-partment of Commerce revealed that July merchandise exports from the United States declined to $178,. aH,uw,. we lowest level- of th year, whoa Imports increased in-creased to 1193,409,- 000. leavina an un favorable balance of trade of $15,085,000 i lor the month, it was the second sue- J cessive month an , J unfavorable balance I r't ; I wa reponea. now-a-U.WM ieWi reofflptrfd with See. Roper the 1935 month, exports ex-ports were up 3 per cent and imports im-ports up 9 per cent The unfavorable balance was regarded re-garded by Secretary of Commerce Roper, as convincing proof of - economic eco-nomic recovery In the United States because nearly half the increase In Imports over last year in dollar volume was accounted for by luxury lux-ury items such as furs and whisky and commodities not extensively produced in this country, such as wood-pulp, paper, nickel and tin. The increase in exports over July, 1935, consisted chiefly of finished and semi-manufactured article), including in-cluding machinery, electrical apparatus, appa-ratus, aircraft, iron and steel manufactures man-ufactures and inedible vegetable products. ACCORDING to estimates of the federal bureau of agricultural economics, the food supply of the United States for the year ending June Si, 1937, will be only 3 per cent below that of 1935-'36, and 1 per cent less than in 19$4-'35. The reason is that the exports of food products probably will, be less than during the last fiscal year. The drouth has been unusually severe on feed crops, spring wheat, potatoes, and vegetables for canning. can-ning. AFTER more than five weeks of desperate fighting, neither the Spanish loyalists nor the rebels were able to claim a decided advantage, ad-vantage, and it became evident that the, conflict would be long drawn out if the other European nations could keep aloof. This latter eventuality even-tuality was mad more probable by Adolf Hitler's announcement that the German government had ordered an embargo on arms to Spain. He thus lined his country up with Great Britain and France, and Italy had accepted the French proposal for neutrality, though with some reservations. These "neutral" nations, however, how-ever, do not intend to be imposed upon and both the British and the German governments made, strong protests to the Madrid government against alleged violation of the freedom free-dom of the seas. Five British warships war-ships set sail from Gibraltar and Hitler sent seven from the Baltic to enforce the demands that interference inter-ference with shipping cease. The crews of these vessels were re?dy for immediate action. The United States does not consider con-sider the attempted blockade of rebel-held ports any more valid than do the European nations. Secretary Secre-tary Hull told the Madrid foreign office: "My government directs me to inform you that, with the friendliest friend-liest feelings toward the Spanish government, it cannot admit the legality le-gality of any action on the part of the Spanish government in declaring declar-ing such ports closed unless that government declares and maintains an effective blockade of such ports.'' . FOLLOWING the confessions and execution of the Russian conspuv a tors against Stalin and the Soviet government the Norwegian authorities authori-ties decided that Leon .Trotzky, alleged al-leged author of the plot had violated violat-ed the conditions of his asylum in Norway. They gave him the choice of immediate arrest or signing a promise to refrain from all revolutionary revo-lutionary activities, and he chose the latter. He M now under continual con-tinual police surveillance. DURING the fall army maneuvers maneu-vers Franfce has been testing the strength of its new fortifications along the German frontier the Maginot line. In the Montmedy region re-gion the elaborate system of concrete con-crete strongholds was subjected to an "enemy" attack, and observers said the assailing troops, armed with the newest and ' speediest equipment, were able to penetrate the line only at a few places and in small numbers. Reservists from the interior of France had moved up to occupy the line in thirty-six hours. Watching the "battle" was a delegation of generals from Soviet Russia, with which nation France has a defensive military alliance. FLOYD B. OLSON, Parmer-Laborite Parmer-Laborite governor of Minnesota and candidate for the United States senatorship, died of stomach cancer after a courageous fight He had been ill for months but had kept up his executive ex-ecutive and campaign cam-paign activities as best he could until the end Hjalmar Peterson, lieutenant governor, succeeds him a Governor. J .... V LnY"t-J but at this writing mere is aouoi as io r. b. oison. yiAyom .party state central committee will selecf to make, the race for the senatorship. sen-atorship. Francis H. Shoemaker of Duluth announced his candidacy immediately, im-mediately, and two other men were being considered Senator Elmer A. Benson, now a candidate for governor, gov-ernor, and Representative Ernest Lundeen of Minneapolis. On his deathbed Olson pledged his personal support to the New Deal in the November election, and it is presumed the Farmer-Labor-ltes of his state will largely conform con-form to that stand. JOSEPH - W; HARRraiAX' ibrmer president of the Harrlman National Na-tional Bank and Trust company of New York and a powerful figure in national finance, was released on parole from the federal northeastern northeast-ern penitentiary at Lewisburg. , He- hastened to NeW 'York ; where, it was believed, he would seek a position teaching business subjects. Harrlman was sent to prison in 1934 for four and a half years after his conviction on charges of banking bank-ing Irregularities Involving more than a million dollars. SENATOR JAMES COUZENS O f Michigan, a Republican long noted for his independence of party restrictions and a candidate for re- nomination on the Republican ticket has announced that he will support President Pres-ident Roosevelt for re-election. Hir statement was: "Believing as I do that the most important impor-tant matter confronting con-fronting the nation Is the' re-election of President R o O I - vctt. ' I intend to Jlbrldga support him. ColD "The outcome of my own candidacy candi-dacy for the senate is neither important im-portant to the nation nor to me, but I believe it is important that my many loyal supporters in Michigan Mich-igan be advised in advance of the primary on September 15. "The reasons for this conclusion win be advanced from time to time between now and election next November." Former Gov. W. L. Brucker is opposing Couzens for the senatorial nomination. On the other hand, Bainbridge Colby of New York, who was secretary secre-tary of state in President Wilson's cabinet announced that he is for Landon, declaring in a published statement: "Governor Landon's candidacy carries the hopes of every American who knows what America stands for, and who respects the principles which have brought us to greatness as a nation, and preserved our liberties lib-erties as self-governed people. 'The thoughtful and Independent Democrats throughout the country and theii number is formidable-are formidable-are determined in their election to rebuke the betrayal of their party by the administration In Washington." Wash-ington." GREAT BRITAIN and Egypt have settled their disputes and signed a treaty of friendship and alliance. It brings Egypt much nearer to its goal of independence while at the same tlms I. provides full safety for England's interests, especially the Sues canal The British Brit-ish troops probably will be withdrawn with-drawn from Cairo and other cities and concentrated with the air force within the canal zone around Is-mailia. Is-mailia. The maximum strength is to be 10,000 in the army and 3.400 in the air force, but in an emergency emer-gency Britain will be allowed to send necessary reinforcements. The British high commissioner to Cairo and the Egyptian minister to London will be raised to the status of ambassadors. xrt .j ' S"" ' Washington. As the political campaign waxes warmer, it becomes be-comes painfully Mud Slinging evident that the Ahead flht "M tor the suffrage of the people Is going to be very dirty. It Is going to be bitter and there is no way now apparent that such a characteristic can be avoided. I do not believe that either Governor Gov-ernor Landon, the Republican candidate, can-didate, or President Roosevelt seeking re-election as a Democrat, can prevent the hurling of invectives invec-tives that are going to be very close to mud-slinging. Naturally the President of the United States seldom sel-dom makes a mud-slinging speech and Governor Landon personally is a mild-mannered man who believes in discussing issues rather than individuals, in-dividuals, but the intentions or the desires of these two candidates cannot can-not control the bitterness that is, to my mind, certain to be found in this campaign in a large measure. As typical of the sort of thing to which I have referred is the recent speech of Secretary Ickes who, in a national radio broadcast, became quite ill-tempered in his attack on Governor Landon. Mr. Ickes Is not known for his composure any way and when he gets heated up on any subject he is likely to be guilty of remarks that are not becoming to an official of our government or any other. JL have, not the slightest doubt -thai before the campaign has proceeded much further there will be similar speeches attacking Mr. Roosevelt personally and that while Governor Landon may not approve,, there will be unworthy charges. hurled at the President Mr, Ickes skated pretty close to the line in his attack on Governor Landon by various adroit phrases which were designed to create .the iiwpreailott that Gie Republican candidate can-didate was either ignorant or dishonest dis-honest I do not know Governor Landon personally but I can offer this thought: No maa is going to be nominated by any polit ca' party in a national convention, nominated rby -acclamation; 'unless his record is pretty clear. For Mr. Ickes to say, therefore, in effect that Governor Gov-ernor Landon had sold out to "Wall Street" wa not the sort of campaign cam-paign discussion likely to produce confidence among all the people in their government It is comparable, compara-ble, in my opinion, to a charge that the President of the United States, who advertises himself continually as a friend of the common man, was guilty of increasing his own personal per-sonal fortune through presidential acts and every one knows this is not true. But to get back, to the theme song of the Ickes' speech, it seems tr me that the tragedy of his radio pronouncement lies in the fact tljroughout his discussion he . was preaching class hatred. Every one knows, of course, attacks on "Wall Street" are very commo;1 in any political campaign. The demagogues dema-gogues use it every hour of every day everywhere they can find any one to listen to them. It is ridiculous, ridicu-lous, but it has happened for a good many years. So when Mr. Ickes made the charge that Governor Landon was either unwittingly or knowingly leading a "rich man's fight" against President Roosevelt he was descending to a rather low level of campaigning. I have seen indications oi a reaction re-action against the Ickes' speech in another way. John May Caa Hamilton, the Re-Showdown Re-Showdown publican national chairman, ... on his recent organization tour of the western west-ern states, propounded the inquiry that seeks to Identify the "economic "econom-ic royalists" about which President Roosevelt spoke several weeks ago. If the Roosevelt campaigners continue con-tinue this class hatred propaganda, I rather suspect from what Mr. Hamilton said in his speeches there will be a perfect barrage of demands de-mands to know the names of these economic royalists. It may not seem important; indeed, it seems like it probably Is inconsequential, but if the Republicans let down a barrage on the President of the United States, he is likely to be put in a bad corner. Without attempting to forecast what the Republican opposition is likely to say, I can recall as an observer close to the wheels of government gov-ernment during the Roosevelt regime re-gime that Mr. Roosevelt frequently was a guest on the Astor yacht and that one of his chief advisors for many months was the multimil-ionaire, multimil-ionaire, Bernard, M. Baruch. It seems also that a very rich nr n, ienry L. Doherty, was in charge of the nation-wide dance ' program held on the President's birthday and Mr. Doherty, be it said, is head of one of the great utility chains. These are Just samples. It may be good politics for the President to encourage these attacks without approving them, but those of us who knew the late Louis Mc Henry Howe, are convinced that he never would have agreed to that sort of attack. had he been alive and serving as the President's closest political advisor ad-visor as he did for a quarter of a century. There is a situation in the federal fed-eral government that threatens to be quite nastyv I Probe refer to the row C'Men has devel oped between the Department of Justice bureau 'of investigation (the G-men) and the Treasury's secret service corps. It is all very much under cover, quite secret but , the row hiss como to -the surface sufficiently to result in a demotion of two long-time members mem-bers of the secret service. J. Edgar Hoover has been well press-agented as chief of the G-men. Joseph E. Murphy has had almost no advertising as assistant chief of the Treasury secret service in which he has served for more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Murphy Mur-phy and . one of bis subordinates have been reduced in rank, their record stained for life. The two departments have kept the facts well covered up. It seems that something was going on among the G-men that the Treasury secret service thought they ought to know about They conducted their own inquiry, their own investigation into the other staff of investigators. That is as much as has been made public except Secretary Morgenthau's an nouncement of the demotion order. I have known each of these men equally twenty years. Each is entitled en-titled to the utmost respect But each operates along an entirely different dif-ferent line Hoover with some willingness will-ingness for publicity; Murphy with an absolute policy of never letting his name get into the papers. It is unfortunate that Joe Murphy was the goat , , . . The board of governors of the Federal Reserve system took an action ac-tion recently that Action probably is quite MyttiRet . mystifying to ..the. .,.,.... average--person.'" They ordered all of the banks of the country which are members of the Federal Reserve system to keep a deposit reserve with the Federal Reserve banks 15 per cent greater than ever has been required before. With the technical phases of reserve re-serve requirements and the mechanical me-chanical operation of this particular order, I think we need not be very much concerned. But with the principle prin-ciple upon which this action Is taken tak-en I think every one with a bank account however small, ought to be vitally Interested. They ought to be Interested for the very simple reason that this action illustrates better than any words L can write how far the centralization of control of the banking structure has gone. This action was taken under the National Banking act of 1935, a statute that has been frequently criticised ' as a "political banking act" In the instance I have just reported, re-ported, the change in the reserve requirements prcbably will have no serious reaction on us as individu-" als. It probably will not h rt the banks because few banks In the country have had calls tor loans in any quantity since business is at such a low level But fie point is that under this law, the Federal Reserve board of governors can alter banking condition over night It can issue ne v ruhs and regulations regula-tions that are wholly impossible of understanding by the average Individual, Indi-vidual, but which are almost riotous riot-ous in their effect upon he management manage-ment of indlvid ial banks throughout through-out the country ...... To state thlr proposition in another anoth-er way, may I describe it in the terms of a private business enterprise. enter-prise. If a storekeeper in a small town were subjected to regulation . from Washington and the regulator power in the federal government had such discretionary authority as the Federal Reserve board of governors, gov-ernors, could that storekeeper ever feel that be was managing his own business? I think not Then, in the case of the Federal Reserve board of governors, it must be added that the president of the board is Marrl-ner Marrl-ner S. Eecles who is known far and wide for his radical idea about banking. It can be further said that Mr. Secies has the ear of President Roosevelt This has been criticised many times of course where opponents oppo-nents of the Roosevelt banking policies poli-cies have contended that the banks can be utilized in any way the administration ad-ministration desires to use them. As an illustration of this, the federal government has been borrowing billions. bil-lions. Most banks are chock full of government securities. While I do not say it has happened, yet because be-cause I do not believe it haa happened hap-pened yet, nevertheless there is a possibility that government borrowings bor-rowings can be forced on the banks under iuch conditions. That is the course of action that has ruined the currency in half a dozen European nations. 9 Wntcm Newapipci Unloa. i-Jabout: The Campaign Blue SANTA MONICA, CALIF. What with Roosevelt taking over the ancient Ham-titomas Ham-titomas theory of centralized authority and Landon promising promis-ing to restore the Jeffersonian principle of state sovereignty the campaign is In "high." What with Farley undertaking to organize the Negro-voters of the north for Roosevelt and the other side claiming to be hopeful of carrying car-rying Florida with the aid of white votes; what - with Andy "Jackson turning over In his grave and James O. Blaine stirring fretfully under the' sod, it seems the most appropriate appro-priate campaign . selections would be for the Democratic orchestra to render "John Brown's Body" and the Republican quartet to sing "Bonny Blue Flag," with special emphasis upon the stirring line, "Hurrah, Hurrah, for Southern Rights, Hurrah!" Doping the Geegees. DESPITE revelations that some of America's most prized race horses have repeatedly been doped, one of the state racing boards reinstated rein-stated a trainer found guilty of this foul and crooked cruel practice. So our commissioner to the interna tlonal antinarcotio conference at Geneva Ge-neva is disgusted Maybe because I'm hopelessly old fashioned, I still prefer that a horse should b e trained ca r the turf and not at. a drug store. Nowadays the IrvtaftVCebb fellow who prowls the paddock just before a race la liable either to go to sleep suddenly or go to bucking. It depends on whether the geegee he sniffs has been drugged, to lose or drugged to win, Hollywood Dr Days. TOURISTS to- the HoDywood sector sec-tor come during a dullish interlude. inter-lude. The diary of Miss Astor has been closed, and the next chapter in the love-life of John Barrymore has not been opened. It might be said for Miss Aster's output before' the- court shut It bflV that it was well-written and caused the public eagerly to await further disclosures: Certain parties may have gone out of town, but they all left word where the paper was to be sent Hereafter, for. a .series of such purely personal confessions, it might be well to begin each installment in-stallment like this: "May it please your honor and my precious petty kins." Praising John BamOton. I HEARD John Hamilton speak to a selected group of his own folks, and please don't laugh when I say that the individual he most reminds me of in engaging personality. In sound sense is the rival national chairman, Jim Farley. Without comparing these two as to past records or future prospects, I figure they're temperamentally alike In various ways notably k not getting unduly excited or nastily vindicative. In his talk Hamilton did not declare de-clare the American flag was in danger, dan-ger, did not Implore anyone to save the American home. He didn't call the Republicans saints; didn't call the Democrats knaves or Idiots. He didn't claim for his side a monopoly of patriotism. Quite calmly he told bis hearers what points he thought should be stressed by his party la this campaign and poked fun at himself while poking fun at the other crowd. Congressmen Versos Taxes. AGAINST- my -better Judgment, I'm trying to be cheered by the announcement of the present ma jority leaders in congress that look lng forward to the -next session, they behold no new taxes ahead. Bui titer election, when the lads look closer, they'll probably be able to behold quite a few. Thaf s why a balanced budget Is like the idea of sante claus something some-thing everybody talks about, but nobody ever expects to see. Ex cepting when a campaign is on and the voters are sort of flinching their galled backs under the load, a favorite fa-vorite pastime of legislators, wherever wher-ever found, la thinking up more taxes to go along with the taxes the've already thunk up, - They resist the craving for Just so long, and then they notice some previously overlooked dollars hiding behind the baseboard, and then-well, then-well, you might hire a henhawk to guard your henhouse, but could you depend on his word? IRVTN S, COBB . Wtrtwm Ktwtfpm Prioe. 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