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Show TIIE LEHI SUN, LEIII. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Nation Indorses President and the New Deal at the Polls Democrats Gain Nine Seats in the Senate. By EDWARD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT and bla' fellow New Dealers had every reason to gloat over the results of the elections, for. generally awak ing, their . policies and acts were endorsed en-dorsed by the citizens citi-zens of the United States by what amounted to a real landslide. The Democrats Dem-ocrats gained nine seats In the United States senate; and on Incomplete returns, re-turns, appeared to have just about held their present r IT- 7 4V" Joseph Guffey trength in the lower bouse. Outstanding among the many Democratic victories was that scored la Pennsylvania. That state has not previously sent a Democrat Demo-crat to the senate In a half a century, cen-tury, but this time Joseph Guffey, the party boss, rode roughshod over Senator David A. Reed, leading lead-ing adversary of the New Deal, and sent him to the discard. Two other persistent critics of the ad-Ministration ad-Ministration who were retired were Senator Simeon B. Fess of Ohio, beaten by fcrmer Got. Vic Dona-bey; Dona-bey; and Senator Arthur R. Robinson Rob-inson of Indiana, soundly walloped by Sherman Minton. Hatfield of West Virginia, Walcott of Connecticut, Connecti-cut, Hebert of Rhode Island, Kean of New Jersey, Goldsborough of Maryland and Patterson of Missouri, Mis-souri, all Republican senators, must give up their seats respectively to young Rush D, Holt, Francis T. Ma Inner. Peter Q, Gerry, A. Harry Moore. George I RadcIIITe and liar-ry liar-ry 8. Truman, all Democrats. Upton Sinclair, the extreme radical, rad-ical, had the fun of scaring California Cali-fornia out of Its wits with his EPIC campaign for the governorship, and at little or no expense to himself; but .the national administration bad turned him down and the Republican Repub-lican nominee, Got. Frank F. Mer-rlam. Mer-rlam. won by a handsome majority. So the wealthy "refugees" who make California thetr home decided not to abandon the state. Hiram Johnson, being the nominee of everyone for re-election, goes back to the senate. Wisconsin remained true to the La Fcllette dynasty even though It had created a new "Progressive" party for Its own uses. Senator Bob La Follette had been patted on the bead by President Presi-dent Roosevelt, and John M. Callahan, Democratic nominee nomi-nee for the senate, was not acceptable accept-able to the administration admin-istration because he was a friend of Al Smith; so Rob came through with a big plurality ever Callahan and John t1 Sherman Minton B. Chappie, the Republican candi date. To clinch the victory of the third party, Philip La Follette was elected governor again, defeating Cor. Albert Svhmedemnn, Democrat, Demo-crat, and Howard T. Greene, Re publican. There was a crumb of comfort for the Republicans In the re-elec- ttoa of Senator Arthur II. Vanden- berg of Michigan, who has con demned parts and espoused other parts of the New Deal One other crumb, less comforting, was afford ed them In Maryland where Albert C Ritchie was defeated In his at tempt to annex a fifth consecutive term as governor. He was beaten by Harry W. Nice, a Republican of Baltimore whom Ritchie defeated for the same place In 1919. This did not make administration men weep touch. ine oui line Hepubilcana succeeded suc-ceeded In re-electing Senator Austin In Vermont and Senator Townsend In Delaware. Illinois, New York and Ma sua chnsetts were among the states that were swept by the Democrats. In the first named they took Ave house seats from the Republicans, the defeated de-feated included the veteran Fred Britten. New Yorkers returned Dr. Royal S. Copland to the senate and n. H. Lehman to the governorship governor-ship by tremendous majorities. Senator David L Walsh was re- elected !n Massachusetts, and Jim Carley. three times mayor of Boston, Bos-ton, was made governor. la the main the Democratic campaign cam-paign had been skilfully conducted under the leadership of Postmaster Jim Farley. A flifht to oust the Ins" aiwayi Is difficult and the Republicans In their hearts had net hoped for much. They did not get even the little they bod expected. ex-pected. For st least two years President Presi-dent Roosevelt Is assured of full support sup-port by eorjrress for whatever policies pol-icies and experiments be may undertake, un-dertake, and the voters of the nation na-tion bave told him to ahead nd do what be can to restore the ceuitry to prosperity. La t 1 in.iJ W. PICKARD FIRST of the administration chiefs to make a post-election speech. Secretary of Commerce Roper said over the radio: "We are not going to have a dictatorship to the left or an autocracy to the right" , He Insisted that the Roosevelt recovery program contemplates the restoration of private profits and that. In fact, the governments es sential revenues, through the In come tax, are dependent upon private pri-vate profits. 'As soon as future relief re quirements can be determined" Secretary Roper said In anncunclng new approach to the relief prob lem, ''the major portion of these ex penditures should '. be assumed by the states and localities, with federal fed-eral assistance supplied only In those Instances where the situation cannot possibly be met wlthcut fed eral aid. We need to discourage the growing tendency to let the federal government do It'" SEVEN states voted on repudiation repudia-tion of Drohlbftion and onlr Kansas, still stoutly Republican, remained re-mained dry. The others, all turning turn-ing wet. were Florida, West Vir ginia, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming Wy-oming and Idaho. In Nebraska Senator George Nor- rls succeeded In putting over his pet amendment to the state con stitution providing for a small one-bouse one-bouse legislature, and there Is a belief that he will run for governor gov-ernor In 10.30 to guide the experiment. experi-ment. Under the amendment, the 10r!S legislature will pick a number num-ber of legislators between SO an J 50 for Its one-house successor. An nual salaries will be determined by dividing the number Into $37,-500. $37,-500. , OFFICERS and crew of the Mor-ro Mor-ro Castle are held to blame for the heavy loss of life when the liner burned, In the government's report on the disaster, but no attempt at-tempt Is made to fix the origin of the fire that took 134 lives. 'After a careful, examination of tiNe wreck and evaluation of the testimony," gays the report submit ted by Dlckerson N. Hoover, assistant assist-ant director of the steamboat Inspection In-spection service, "It Is not possible to state what the exact cause was." Blame for the catastrophe is placed by the government also on the construction of the vessel Itself. o OVIET Russia celebrated the O seventeenth anniversary of the Bolshevist revolution with a parade of the great Red army before the tomb of Lenin In Moscow, and at the same time the Comintern, or Third Internationale, Issued by cable an appeal to the tollers of the world to unite In a common front against Imperialist wars and Fas cism. . "Japan and Germany seek to pro- roke war and this war can only be postponed by the union of all proletarians prole-tarians Into a solid front for a fight against capitalism," said the mes sage. Asserting Fascism Is In power In Germany, Austria, Italy, and Poland, Po-land, the Comintern branded this as a threat to the laboring masses of all countries and a menace to the Soviet union. GASTON DOUMERGCE, utterly unable to make headway against the political schemers In the French cabinet has resigned the premier ship and returned to the retirement from which he was called last February to 5? save the country from Immlnen "t ClT- f ie six fj. lai ist ; x. A n war. Tli Radical Soc ministers, deter mined to frustrate his plan for constitutional consti-tutional reform, refused re-fused the premier's Gaston Doumergue offer to postpone discussion of this scheme until after a regular budget was voted, pro vide the chamber of deputies first passed a three months budget Doumergue thereupon read bis res ignation, and at the suggestion of Edouard Herrlot leader of the Rad ical Socialists, the entire cabinet resigned. President Lebrun Immediately asked Pierre I -aval, foreign min ister, to form another coalition gov ernment but be refused the com mission. m me cnmcuit Job was turned over to Plerre-Ftlenne Flan- onn, a icu nepumiran who was minister of public works In' the Doumergue cabinet The crisis aroused fear of armed conflict in Paris between the So cialists and the so-called fascist groups, for both these parties called on their militant elements to be ready for action. There was dan ger, too, that the meeting of war veterans and patriotic societies on Armistice day would be turned Into aa antl government demonstration. FOR the Information of those who are hazy as to what the Germanic Ger-manic Fulth movement la all about bere are the nine commandments Just Issued for the neo-pagans, to replace the ten commandments of the Christian Bible: L Honor the deity, the World foundation. 2. Honor ancestors and grandchildren. grand-children. 3. Honor the great of thy people. 4. Honor thy parents. ' 5. Keep yourself clean. 6. Be loyal to your peopla, J -' 7. Do not steal. 8. Be truthful. 9. Help the noble. UNDER the auspices of the National Na-tional Association of Manufacturers, Manufac-turers, a drive has been started "to prevent labor union coercion," and all state legislatures, when they convene, are to be asked to enact sli apeclfic provisions "for the purpose pur-pose of fixing the legal responsibility responsibil-ity of labor organizations for their acta." The association says It la moved to this course because It be lieves the federa goverument is at last aware of the "terrorism" prac ticed by union members against other employees who desire to act The laws to be asked of legisla tures are: L To make sympathetic strikes and sympathetic lockouts Illegal 2, To make both employers and unions equally responsible for the observance of contracts. 3. To make It Illegal for any as sociation of employers or employees to expel, suspend, fine or otherwise punish members refusing to participate partici-pate in an Illegal strike or lockout 4. To make picketing Illegal when it Is carried on In such a manner man-ner as to Intimidate or coerce employees em-ployees or customers. 6. To declare Illegal employment contracts requiring a person either to Join or not to Join any labor or ganization. 6. To require written consent of the employee before the deduction of any part of his wages for the payment of organization dues may be made. FRANCIS J. GORMAN, head of the United Textile Workers com mittee that directed the recent strike, In a letter to G. A. Sloan, head of the Cotton Textile Institute, said that union labor la-bor would be glad to co-operate with the Industry In developing de-veloping new markets mar-kets for the output of the factories. He declared that after controversies bad been Ironed out by the federal board named as a 1 F. J. Gorman result of the strike, representatives of the two sides could "begin conferences con-ferences looklug toward the Improvement Im-provement of the Industry." Mentioning the tncreased com petition for Japanese goods and othei factors which caused demand for American textiles to fall "millions "mil-lions of yards" below production ca pacity, ne said: "A part of the purpose of the conferences which I have In mind would be to create Joint employer- union machinery for the expansion and extension of the textile market Such a program would be In furtherance fur-therance of the Interests of work- era and employers alike. "The union has a definite contri bution to make In the development of marketing possibilities and the extension of consuming power. But of course, the union cannot contribute Its effort except In cooperation co-operation with the organized employers." em-ployers." D RESIDENT ROOSEVELT an- uotinced that, beginning July L 1033, he will eliminate the 5 per cent pay cut that is now taken out of the salaries of all federal employees. em-ployees. The pay restoration, he explained, Is being planned on the assumption that Increases In the cost of living necessitate It The Treasury department thereupon there-upon admitted frankly that this means the taxpayers will be called on to pay an additional fifty million mil-lion dollars a year for the benefit of the 700,000 federal employees who will benefit by the restoration la salaries, Mr. Roosevelt predicted flatly that the cost of living will advance substantially sub-stantially within the next eight months. When he made this statement state-ment at his annual press conference confer-ence he also cautioned reporters to remember that an Increase In cost of living meant an Increase In commodity com-modity and property mines, thereby there-by lessening the difficulty In paying debts. This Is one of the avowed alms of the Roosevelt program. He said he expected the rise of food, clothing, fuel, housing, and other living costs to be large enoush by July 1 to Justify the 5 per cent restoration. He refused to say whether the increase In government govern-ment pay. which Is being allowed for In the II3 federal bndjret Is to be taken as an example for Industry In-dustry to follow. PRANCE Is having a lot of trou ble with Syria, for which country coun-try the holds a mandate from the League of Nations, and the French high commissioner has suspended the Syrian parliament sire die and assumed virtual dictatorship. There bave been serious disturb, a noes there, due to both economic complications and tbe nationalistic aspirations of the native population. P9 WML IROGIIR! BEVERLY HILLS. Well all I know la Just what I read In tbe mall. We turned out a little movie here a abort time ago, and from reports it seemed to be pretty good, that Is for mine. And the reports were that we had fairly got Into the atmosphere atmos-phere of the South. W thought Irvln Cobb did a fine job, and that John Ford who directed did another an-other fine one, and that Henry Walthall Wal-thall was suberb, and an actor named Landau was great. Well, Just as I was sorter grinning a kind of a satisfied grin, why I get this: 1 Its from a lady who signs herself , daughter of a Southerner, from St Petersburg, Florida. "When one who Is all southern goes to the theatre to see you play In a supposedly southern play, a story depicting tbe old South, and comes out of that theatre resolved never to see you piay again; what Is wrong? Judge Priest is far, very far, from being a true picture of the South of that period that It depicts de-picts (or any other period). Our feelings are hurt That you should be so misled as to think you were interpreting a southern Jourlst "If Mr. Irvln Cobb wrote that story as It was presented, then Mr. Cobb is not a true southerner. Tbe negroes kept, and still do, their places as servants, respectful and obedient, never appearing In public except In caps and aprons (In other words uniforms); the women with clean dresses, caps and aprons, tbe men wearing a white coat, all the time keeping a respectful silence. The South of that day was known for Its culture, and I know not In history of a southern jourlst manifesting mani-festing so great Ignorance as Judge Priest manifested. "You played the part excellently, but you did not understand the South, and only southern men, and southern women should play the parts portraying life In the "Old South" as they only understand the South. Judge Priest's sister-in-law was also a travesty, a woman who held the social position of the sister sis-ter In law of Judge Priest was usually usual-ly a gentle refined woman of under standing. Even though she were haughty, she would always be gentle. Its a pity those who do not know anything about the "Old South" should assign you to a part that is destined to ruin you with the southern people. "Should you live In the South among real genuine southern people you would agree with me, I know. There are many In tbe South who will continue to enjoy you in the pictures, who will understand that you have been misled as to the South. But something should be done to redeem that false picture of the South. I should suggest that the piay be presented again with a cast of ail southerners, then there would be a different Interpretation. "We like you, Mr. Rogers, but we think you have the wrong opinion of us. Sincerely yours , daughter of a Southerner. South-erner. St. Petersburg, Fla." Now there Is lots of ways to treat that. 1 could start in by kidding about it. But Its a lovely tetter, Its printed word for word, with the deletion of one of two rather flattering flat-tering personal Illusions to me. And the letter deserves I think an answer an-swer in the same spirit as meant. I myself would like to see it played by real Southerners. I was raised in the Indian Territory. (My father fought with the famous Stan Waite Regiment for the Confederacy), and if this lady will look at her map. she will notice that Okla, which was then Ind. Ter. lays south of the.Ma-son the.Ma-son and Dixon line. So 1 am not the daughter of a Southerner, but I am tbe son of one. and 1 am like her if Its to be done over again. It should be written by a man further south than Paducah. Kentucky. Now there Is only one thing In the whole letter that I think the criticism was not Justified and that was about my sister In law. She said that ull the Southern women would always be "Gentle." "Gen-tle." Xow right there, as much as 1 hate to enter en-ter into any controversy con-troversy with someone 1 know Is a lovely lady, but that "Continually" "Con-tinually" being gentle stuff amone alt iha wnn,o Women, even Southern women. are a good deal like a hor ! are gentle as lone aa von h.mfi. ! i era gentle. But you start roughln ! em op! ! But a good dose of legitimate crit-; crit-; I8m doe " good, and 1 want to ; thank this lovely !aJy and I will see ! tnat she gets the sister in law part , W tha all Southern Productions. 3 dm Scenes and Persons in the Current New ja'Ww'''l,y' !. . . 'lift : r "'. ... . . ' ' . ,. .V 'U . .V. ,-. v. ... - K JA. K .1 m i ' ' 'H" 'A f f ! v -r " v xJ I r v,j 1 President Roosevelt receiving his Red Cross button from little Phyllis Smit pj Acting Chairman J. L. Fleser looks on. 2 Sir Charles Klngsford-Smith and Capt P Q t i i ' land, Calif., after flight from Honolulu. 3 Edward J. Rellly, noted criminal lawyer of K t' has been engaged to defend Bruno Hauptmann against the charge of murdering the Undbeh to5 Longest Liner in World Nears Completion Here, at the shipyards at St ing completion. The vessel, 1,029 HONORED FOR BRAVERY Near midnight March S, 1933, Hallle B. Knapp rushed Into a burning burn-ing house in Chelan, Wash., and rescued a mother and three children. chil-dren. Knapp, who Is a salesman of Seattle, has been awarded a Carnegie medal for heroism. lie says: "1 did Just what anyone would do In the circumstances." BUDGET DIRECTOR -VS.. ... Daniel Bell Is the acting director of the budget since the retirement f Lewis Douglas. Women f Oberammergaa The women of Oberammergaa wear long, foil, red, black or multicolored multi-colored skirts and bodices, with kerchiefs or embroidered scarfs around their necks, crossed In front Oa their heads are round, wide brimmed, shallow-crowned hats. The men wear short jackets, knee breeches and footless stockings with hob-nailed shoes. Both men and women wear the Gemseplnsel" perched on their bats. "Gemsepln-seT "Gemsepln-seT Is the tuft from the breast of a chamois buck that Inhabits the nearby mountains. ' " v ' . - - " i r i Nazalre, France, Is seen the gigantic French Uner Normaridle rtpi feet long, will be the longest passenger ship in the worli Honoring Memory of Father Ser . 1- A'-! With civic celebration ana rengious s ..w, --- Joined at San Rafael, Calif, in a sesauicentennlall WF A ... . , Tnlnorn Rem, Til ! Bmversary or me ueam oi eawKi nur'" ritifa(,f5 i to honor Father Serra and those other cDraSWS m the early-day chain of missions throughout W1U0. shows the dutdoor mass conducted by Arami J -:,-4. 4". ' " declared the winner In the shooting dog sia g-trials g-trials of the English Setter Club of America ai . . . . ,o Marin cociU , Champion of Shooting D ) ' 0 i ,9 f i i |