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Show THE LEW SUN. I.EIII. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Farley Thinks Midwest Safe for Roosevelt Sloan Urges Industry to Save Nation Crisis in Europe Is Approaching. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Wertern Newspaper Union. 1 f Sec'y Wallace POSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY, FAR-LEY, In his capacity of chairman chair-man of tha Democratic national committee, called that body to meet in Washington Washing-ton January 8, when arrangements will be made for the convention of 1930 and the place of that gathering selected. se-lected. He told the correspondents that the chief bidders tha jtnnvontfnn I i ' A would be Phlladel- J. A. Farley. Kansas cijty and San Francisco, and denied the report that the first named city already had been decided upon. He aid be thought the highest bidder ;would be selected, provided It had adequate convention ball and hotel facilities. Stories that Senator Donahey of Ohio or some one else would be s;lven second place on the ticket Instead of Garner were laughed at fcy Mr. Farley. Ha asserted that there was no doubt about the re-nomination re-nomination of Garner for Vice President Pres-ident Asked about the two-thirds rule, he said the committee might recommend Its abandonment, but that any change was the business of the convention. Commenting on the Literary Digest poll, which shows a majority In the Middle West states voting against the Roosevelt New Deal, Farley said: "So far as the poll relates to sentiment In the Midwest states, like Iowa, It Is 100 per cent wrong." Be Insisted that the President was very strong, not only In that section sec-tion of the country, but In every part "The President will carry as many states nest year as he did In 1932," said Farley. Roosevelt carried all except six states at that time. Farley said he believed Roosevelt would win the electoral Tot of Pennsylvania, one of the states that voted for Hoover in 1932, and that also there was a good Chance of carrying New Hamp shire, another of the Hoover states, lenge our political Institutions and economic system within our own household." Robert L, Lund, chairman of the board, said : "The New Dealers have been forced to desert some of their boldest experiments. This has come to pass because the American people peo-ple have demanded a return to common com-mon sense and sound business. American Industry has taken the leadership In this combat" TAMES M. CURLEY, governor of Massachusetts, was the original "Roosevelt for President" man of New England and, though he has broken with some Democratic leaders of his state, he Is still an ardent supporter of the national administration. Therefore he has decided to be a candidate next year for the senate seat now held by Marcus Coolldge. "I have made up my mind," he said, "to go to the United States senate to be part of the move ment to change the economic conrtl tlons of the country to provide for social security." Senator Coolldge had not Indl cated whether he will seek re-elec tion. . If; : j I " I ' A if ,J v t I Sir Samuel Hoara 1 A LFRED P. SLOAN. JR., presl dent of General Motors cor joratlon, was the chief speaker at the annual dinner of the Congress of American Industry Indus-try In New York, and he made an earnest plea to Industry In-dustry to save the country from bureaucracy bu-reaucracy and possible pos-sible socialism. Industry should lead the nation away from the fallacies fal-lacies theory of BlentT tn nrnmnta the general welfare A' P 8laan' Jr of all the people," Mr Sloan told the aatlon's leading manufacturers. Should big business fall to accept this "broader responsibility." It will bring, he said, the "urge for more and more Interference from without government In business." Mr. Sloan conceded the gravity ana tnt extreme importance of problems of today the paramount necessity o. charting a sound course for the "long future." He advo cated: "1 Reduction in the real costs and selling prices of goods and services. "2 A more economic balance of national Income through policies af fecting wages, hours, prices and profits." Beid in conjunction with the fortieth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, and the speakers before that body were as emphatic In their condemnation of the economic policies of the administration ad-ministration as was Mr. Sloan, president C I Mardo said: "Whether "Wheth-er we like It or not. Industry has been forced In shoer self-defense tu enter the political arena or be destroyed de-stroyed as a private enterprise." General Ctniiisel J. A. Emery d-elared: d-elared: "This gathering U a caSI ta arms. "Vhe sentry call should rouse the armies of industry to repulse tlie ; fon EUROPEAN diplomats, especially the British and Premier Laval of France, are exceedingly clever and resourceful, but If they are to extricate their na tions from the present threatening state of affairs they will need all their smartness. Though decision as to the Imposition of an t 1 embargo against Italy was postponed until De cember 12 to give Laval a chance to conciliate Musso lini, the duce re fused to make any gesture toward peace. Italians were authoritative ly warned not to mistake diplomat ic exchanges between their premier and the representatives of Great Britain and France as "peace talk," and were told there was no reason to believe Mussolini bad modified nis minimum terms already presented pre-sented to Sir Eric Drummond and Laval's representative. Also he has declined further to conciliate Britain Brit-ain by removing more troops from Libya and has repeated his warning warn-ing that he will consider an oil em bargo an unfriendly gesture. He and all Italians are especially resentful re-sentful against Great Britain, which apparently Intends to Insist on the oil ban. And now they are getting very sore at France, despite Laval's efforts to maintain friendly rela tions between the two countries. There were reports that Italian troops were being massed along the French frontier. One more rather desperate move for peace was made In Paris when Laval gave Italian Ambassador Cer-rutl Cer-rutl a "set of suggestions" which were said to be the last word from France and Great Britain before the applying of the oil embargo, due on December 12. These suggestions were said to be based principally on an exchange of territories between Italy and Ethiopia, the latter to receive re-ceive Its long-sought seaport and to remain absolutely Independent, save for the lands granted to Italy. The feeling in Rome was pessimistic, pessi-mistic, and there was noted a general gen-eral tightening up of home defenses. Troops that had been expected to depart for the Ethiopian front were being retained In Italy, and the orders or-ders to the naval and air forces were suggestive. New economic measures to resist the sanctions were being put Into effect dally. The British government was engrossed en-grossed with the troublous situation. situa-tion. Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, received timely orders from his physician to take a rest In Switzerland, and It was an nounced he would stop In Paris for conference" with Premier Laval. The admiralty was preparing for eventualities and ordered officers of the royal navy reserve to report at once for duty at Plymouth. These men have been serving as officers and engineers in the merchant marine. All members of the League of Nations, Including Italy, are exceedingly ex-ceedingly anxious to know what will be the course of the United States concerning the oil embargo. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE-WALLACE AGRICULTURE-WALLACE announced tha corn-hog corn-hog program for 19:!(!-:17. Designed to maintain a balance between the Interests of the producer pro-ducer and the consumer, con-sumer, this new plan will permit a 30 per cent increase in hog production next year over 1935, thus preparing the way for possible reductions re-ductions in pork prices to the housewife; house-wife; and to restrict re-strict corn acreage to about 95,000,000 acres, an Increase of about 1,400,-000 1,400,-000 acres, over the amount harvested harvest-ed this year. After appraisal by community committees and review by county allotment committees, a corn acreage acre-age base and a market hog base will be fixed. Co-operating producers must agree to plant corn next year on at least 25 per cent ct their base acreages. They will ba permitted per-mitted tto retire from 10 to 80 per cent of their base acreage for soil-Improving soil-Improving or erosion-preventing purposes. Hog growers must agree to produce between 50 and 100 per cent of the base market production. produc-tion. The 1936 corn adjustment payment pay-ment will be 35 cents a bushel on the appraised yield times the adjusted ad-justed acreage, less the pro rata share of local administrative expenses. ex-penses. A payment of $1.25 per head will be made on each bog In the base. Deductions will be made at the rate cf $2.50 per head If a producer fails to raise 50 pet cent of his base numbers. The 1937 rates will be announced by November 30, 1936, but the rate on corn will not be less than 30 cents per bushel and the rate on bogs will not be less than $1.25 per head. BRITISH, Irish and Canadian delegations del-egations opened conversations In Washington' with American officials offi-cials looking to the establishment of transatlantic air mail and passenger pas-senger service. It was believed this could be accomplished as soon as reciprocal pacts are signed to allow al-low the landing of American planes on foreign soil. Heretofore this has been blocked by the jealousies of foreign aviation Interests. The delegation from Great Britain Brit-ain Is beaded by Sir Ronald Bands, director general of the general post office. He Is accompanied by C. E. Woods Humphrey, managing director direc-tor of Imperial Airways, Ltd. Postmaster General Farley announced an-nounced that be would ask congress at the coming session for funds to start an air service between the United States and Europe. Experi mental flights would be made next summer and the route opened In the following year. rASMIM6 DIGEST by WILLIAM BRUCKART NATIONAL PRESS Bl nr w u I0M rail "mi X- Art President Roosevelt GEN. IIO YING-CIIIN, Chinese minister of war. was sent to Peiping by Dictator Chiang Kai-shek to try to check the northern auton omy movement. Delegations from the Autonomy Promotion Pro-motion society called on him and mobs shouted autonomy au-tonomy slogans outside out-side his office, and then the Japanese army officers took the matter In hand. Lieut. Col Tan Takaiiashl, military attache at Pelplns. and an otlicer of the Japanese garrison gar-rison called on General llo'and ordered or-dered him to leave the city at once. Takahashl told the war minister: "The Japanese army Is convinced your continued stay In I'eiplng can only complicate matters." MaJ. (Ion. Ilayao Tala. Japanese commander In north riilna, said: "War between China and Japan Is certnin if China break the asree-nn-nt flu-neil last Ju'.y In which Nanking Nan-king agreed nut to send troops Into llopel province." ONE hundred thousand Democrats, Demo-crats, mostly Georgians, gathered gath-ered In the stadium of Georgia Tech at Atlanta for a homecoming and heard Presl- rr" -? liver a characteristic character-istic speech, full of confidence, assurance assur-ance of prosperity and praise for what the New Deal has accomplished. And he did not neglect to attack warmly the critics of bis administration. In reviewing the economic eco-nomic and social advances since his Inauguration he gave out what was considered the keynote for his campaign for reelection, re-election, and definitely announced his candidacy unnecessarily by asserting that life in the United States has Improved In the last two and a half years and will continue to Improve "if I have anything to do with It." Mr. Roosevelt promised that lavish lav-ish government spending was over and that the nation could look forward for-ward with assurance to a decreasing decreas-ing deficit and asserted that the government credit Is higher than that of any other great nation. He bitterly criticized the treasury policies poli-cies prior to his entrance Into the White House, traced the relief policies poli-cies as opposed to doles and declared de-clared that the peak of appropriations appropri-ations has passed. f v : Ho Ying-Chln GOOD news for the building Industry. In-dustry. President Green of the American Federation of Labor gives out the word that there will be no more jurisdictional strikes among construction worKers. The factions In the building trades department of the federation have found a plan to prevent workmen from delaying construction by strikes over which o' two organizations should do a particular piece of work. In the future the contractor Is to decide which onion shall do the Job when a dispute arises, and then If a jo.nt committee of the unions Involved In-volved is unable to adjust the dlf ference the questiot. is to he referred re-ferred to a federal Judge as lrbiter. At the Mine tiKie Japanese war of the alien theory that dial- j planes v.ere Hying low over peiping. SECRETARY OF STATE HULL sent to Loudon the usual polite reminder that the semi-annual war debt Installment from Great liiitain was due on Iwember 13. And. also as usual, the Mritih government sent to Mr. Hull tr reply that tin tfer the circumstances it wouldn't pay a cent. Well we were not counting on gettins this money fot Christmas spending. Washington. Since It Is only a few weeks until congress comes back to Washlng-Btg Washlng-Btg Problems ton for the sec- Ahead ond session of the Seventy-fourth congress, some of the problems which ' President Roosevelt must face have begun to take recognizable recogniz-able shape There are any number of them, gome great some small, but that -one which stands out at this writing involves the alignment shown between President Roosevelt and business Interests. It Is a very interesting situation. Some weeks ago, the President promised business a "breathing spell." No one knew at that time how long this "breathing spell" was to last nor did anyone know exactly what it meant beyond the President's Presi-dent's verbal statement that his New Deal program was virtually completed com-pleted insofar as legislation was concerned. Through a combination of circumstances, the President's promise of a "breathing spell" for business has not only failed to placate pla-cate business but at the same time has led to a determination on the part of business to go to bat with the New Deal. All of the Information Informa-tion I have been able to gather Indicates Indi-cates a distinct stiffening of resistance resist-ance to the New Deal by all types of business Interests, either corporate, corpo-rate, or Individual. There can be no doubt that a large segment of business Is emphatic em-phatic In its demand that New Deal spending be reduced. That section of the country's economic life Is determined de-termined to force New Deal plans' for spending back within the boun daries of what business Interests hold to be reasonable. Having that determination, opponents of New Deal spending have at once something some-thing Into which they can 6ink their teeth, namely, the annual govern ment budget In the nature of things, it and the President's annual message on the state of the Union go to congress In Its first week of life. That means the country will hear at the very outset of the ses sion something of Mr. Roosevelt's plans for further cash outlays. The budget cannot be balanced in the next year. Consequently, the government debt now above $30, 000,000,000, 111 be further Increased. In-creased. It ineans, moreover, that before long there will have to be additional taxes. These increases In the tax levies probably will not come before the forthcoming ses sion of congress but they cannot be much longer delayed because retire ment of the gigantic debt Is press ing even now. The business viewpoint of course, naturally Is concerned most of all with potential tax Increases. Busi ness realizes that once the relief ex penditures are cut down, common sense will demand revision of the tax structure in order that the vast amount of government bonds, notes and bills outstanding shall be liqui dated on an orderly basis. So, In concentrating at this time on gov ernment spending, opponents of the New Deal actually are looking Into the future and planning as far as they can to hold down the tax load they know they must carry sooner or later. It Is quite obvious that there will be no change In the way of Increased levies of taxes at the 193G session of congress because, after all, political parties do not raise tax rates in an election year. But this government is due to con tinue as a government for this na tion and the retirement of the $30, 000,000,000 debt cannot be dodged. From the White House, and from Warm Springs, Ga., where the Pres ident lately took Turns to his annual Thanks- Economv 6Ivln rest- tner came announcements, announce-ments, both direct and inspired, that the President was turning to economy econ-omy In the government outlay The information, of an official character, Indicated a desire on the pari of the President to cut the ordinary expenditures of the government by $500,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning be-ginning July 1, 1936. The budget that will go to congress In the first week of January will cover the so- called ordinary expenses. On the surface It appears that this hndset will rgregate about $4,000,000 000 Just about the same as the budget tor ordinary expenses of the govern ment In the current 12-month pe riod. But there has been no Indl cation yet what the total of the extraordinary ex-traordinary expenditures of the gov ernment will be. We have, as yon know, really two budgets The ordinary budget Is like the budget that has been used since the passage of the budget and accounting act In 1022. It covers the running expenses of the estab lished governmental agencies, pro vides for all field work and carries appropriations for payment of In terest on the government debt and bite or two for retirement of out standing bowls. The extraordinary exjenditures under lYesident Roose velt's practices have been handled WASHINGTOWT&.C. separately, being passed by congress In the form of a resolution for re covery and relief or some other such language making a lump appropriation. It will be a matter then to which attention should be paid when the regular budget goes to congress and the President in his annual message gives some Idea of what he pro poses to spend for relief and recovery recov-ery later on. The two must be taken together. Under conditions that always have prevailed, the political party In power has always what Difficult Task an election year. t- rt.u r avoided tearing down bureaucracy In Washington in The civil lists of the government Include most of the local politicians on whom the party in power must depend in Its campaign cam-paign for re-election. To remove many of them means naturally the loss of power In the local communi ties and no political party can hope to win by tearing down Its campaign cam-paign machinery in that manner. Thus, Mr. Roosevelt's task ap pears difficult. He will be seeking economy in government outlays In an effort to satisfy and reassure business which is calling for economy. econ-omy. At the same time he Is under the necessity of holding his political machine Intact as the vehicle npon which he will seek to ride to reelection. Besides this circumstance, there Is the snarling and gnashing of busi ness Interests at the heels of the New Deal because business leaders contend the government is trying to run everything. Although the NRA Is dead, there remain such things as the social security act which carries a tax on business pay rolls; the Guffey coal control law with its taxing tax-ing powers, and the steady encroachment en-croachment of government In busi ness as Is exemplified by the Tennessee Ten-nessee Valley electric power project It is no secret that business interests inter-ests do not like any of these things and business has its heavy guns loaded to wreck the man who, by Introducing the New Deal, must take responsibility for the government policies to. which business objects. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho has been much In the news Lf lately. He is ln-Borah ln-Borah s dulging in a sport Activity or a game, he takes up once each four years. The date of this activity always coincides each time with the maneuvering that precedes the selection of the Republican Pres idential nominee. Congress being in recess, very few senators or representatives are in Washington. When they are scat tered to their homes, most of them rate very little publicity outside of their own bailiwicks. So, whether Senator Borah is In Washington or at his home in Idaho, he commands attention and hits the front page whenever he chooses to speak. The current circumstances Involv lng Senator Borah, therefore, are no different than those which surround ed him In previous periods when political discussions ran to Presidential Presi-dential nominees and party plat forms, except that Senator Borah this time has commanded a little more attention and has been on the front pages with his statements to a greater extent than in previous years. This results from the situa tion in which the Republican party, being the minority party now, finds itself. The woods are full of potential Republican Presidential nominees. Favorite sons are everywhere. In the midst of all of this stands the figure, somewhat bulky, of Sen ator Borah. He has given every Indication in the last several months: first that he Is not a candi date for the nomination; second, that he is a candidate for the nomination, nom-ination, and third, that he has not made up bis mind. He has done all or tnese mings wen ana no one knows whether he is a candidate or whether he Is not a candidate or whether be bas not made np his mind. Having made quite clear that I am not Informed as to Senator Borah's plans, I can fairly relate some of the things that have happened hap-pened heretofore. I can recall for example that many times the Borah maneuvers have had as their ob jective me esianusnmeui or a political po-litical circumstance for the senator that bas enabled him to exert un usual Influence on the Republican national convention when It came time to write a party platform and select the party standard Nearer. believe It Is fair to state that Sen ator Borah Is a master t-tlclan in this regard. I know that some of the old line party wheelhorses fear him and his tactics Immeasurably. I have seen evidences of that fear during the last several months and I have no doubt that there will be more of it displayed In the months to come. Wr NniHMc Dais I 1 i Irvin S. Cobb V about: Taxes and Speed SANTA MONICA, CALIF. To reduce taxes and speed these be our biggest problems prob-lems at the moment. While we go on, in response to the popular demand, producing produc-ing cars capable of traveling 90 miles an hour over highways where traffic laws call for a legal limit of 45 or less, and selling those cars to anybody who has a residence ad dress and a first down payment there doesn't appear ap-pear to be anything to do except pray and carry a card In the hat telling where remains are to be sent, also giving giv-ing name and number num-ber of favorite hymn. As for taxes, they're like cockleburrs very easy to pick np and almost Impos sible to get rid of, once you're stuck with them. And as for what the average citizen thinks of the legls- lfltors who gaily hang these ruinous burdens on us so that politicians may have more of somebody else's money to spend well, you couldn't print that I Leisure of the Literati SOCIAL note:' Went to party. Among those present the Fred- ric Marches, the Bud Lelghtons, the Johnnie Robinsons, Gloria Swanson, Hugh Walpole, Herbert Marshall, Constance Collier, Frank Lloyd. To be an evening devoted to Intellec tual discussion of literature, drama, the higher arts. So all nigbt we played a foolish game called "Who Am IT When the game was called on account of sunrise, I was "it." I still am. In other words, while I have rough ideas what I may be you ought to see some of the letters I get it remains a deep mystery as to who I am. If at all. Td rather somebody else gave these big buffet suppers. Being host, you can't go home when you're bored, and, besides, along toward the end of the second week after the shindig, you do get so tired of aspic Jelly for breakfast An Uniting Geniui HAVE you ever read the novel "Anthony Adverse," or even held the book on your lap until your knees went to sleep? Some quit and went back to business busi-ness after the fifth month. Others gave up everything else for the year and fought the good fight right through to the end. After that, they were ready to tackle something light and chaffy, such as the last six volumes of the encyclopedia. Anyhow, if you were not Included among those who bought this work or borrowed it and that would put you In the minority, for It has sold close to a million copies the above should give you a rough Idea, so that you may share with me In this tribute to an authentic genius. I've just met him. He's the director di-rector who has the Job of putting "Anthony Adverse" into eight reels of moving picture film. Alongside of him, I contend, the fellow who engraved the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin was Just a piker. T DON'T know when I've been so stirred up Just panting like a lizard on a hot rock. Every day, seems like. I read that a jury of experts ex-perts has solemnly selected the ten best-groomed men. (Only horses had grooms when daddy was a boy). Or the ten best-dressed women. Or the ten hottest ' hostesses, or the ten most Ideally married couples ; nolly-wood nolly-wood entries barred for gouging In the clinches. Now I hear they're picking the ten most prominent debutantes that rur leading movie idol is likely to be snuck up on by. I can hardly wait. When the really vital competitions com-petitions are closed, would It be asking too much of the Judges to name, say, the ten human beings who contributed most to the world's betterment this past year? Or how about a better committee In each town to choose the ten worthiest cases for Christmas relief? WITH Ethiopia convulsed by war, with Brazil having Internal Inter-nal spasms and China crumbling under armed pressure from within and without that faint squeaking sound coming out of Geneva. Switzerland, Switz-erland, would seem to betoken continued con-tinued plaintive protests on the part of the only great world movement which quit functioning before it ever began. Mr. Interlocutor, why Is the League of Nations like the elevator In the average small European hotel? ho-tel? Well. Brother Bones. I really can't Imagine why the League of Nations should resemble an elevator I ,n European noteL Suppose yon j tell us. Because, before they've even got ; It finished, the proprietor has little framed cards ready to be stuck op on every floor announcing that this elevator is out of order. IRVIN S. COBB C North American Newspaper Alliens lac. WNU Service The lowest temnerah,. tained chemically A & thousandth. r M-foaf Z- tin scale. . . the wro, or approximaetlvYn.01 below lPro on the rLtzcJ according to the AmetoVSl society. KrleaChent - DOCTORS Mothers read Ufa Turk mpt mi A rlpnnttrtn Jnf.m r wild bowels WnolRb JA0 Pecpla come homaw: hospital with bowels wrkiBs The answer is simple, an j sp. -answer to aJlyowboS youwmomyrealkeitrinanyS and hosprtals use Wti!i If you knew what a doctor W a r -j , ' 1110 "quid form. 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