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Show THE PAGE TWO News Review of Current Events the World Over COUZKNS of SENATOR JAMES tun given to the ted eral government $.Vi0Kj() to Himiice a 1,000-acr- residence colony part time Industrial workers lt . (afJ on by tlie White house, after a hot de- the Waifner-Coniitrbate, lubor dispute bill by acclamation, y and .'resident William Green of the FederaAoiurlcan tion of Labor hailed It ai "magna charts of labor.' As Is well known, the federation la the chief beneficiary of the measure, and " ' ""een and other I L J union labor leaders had worked unceasSsn. Wagner ingly for Its pas sage. Opponents to this bill. Includconstitutional authorities In ing both parties, have asuerted repeatedly that It Is unconstitutional, and It la moat probable that It will be carried to the Supreme court for an " early test Every attempt to give the employer an even break with labor was voted down, but the house did accept an amendment making the new labor board an Independent agency Instead of a part of the Department of Labor as Secretary Perkins bad demanded. Aa passed by the house, the bill provides: For the setting up, of a permanent labor relations board of three 'members, appointed by the President, as an Independent agency. The board, or Its agencies or agents. Is authorized to supervise elections, conduct bearings, and Issue cense sad desist orders for "unfair labor practices," wfilch are enforceable by the courts. 2. That representatives selected fcy a majority of a unit of employees for the purpose of collective bargaining shall have the exclusive right to negotiate with the employer. Toe board may determine the appropriate unit for collective bargaining, whether by plant or craft, 1. etc. That It Is an unfair lubor practice for employers to restrain, coerce, or Interfere with employees In their organization for collective bargaining. 4. That It Is an unfair labor practice for employers to "dominate" or contribute financially to any labor organization. 6. That it Is an unfair labor practice to encourage or discourage membership In any labor organization for the purpose of making closed shop agreements. C A fine of $f,000 or a year In prison for anyone Interfering with gents of the board, such as refusing to permit access to books and records. 3. EVEN Huey Long cheered when Roosevelt's unexpected message on redistribution of wealth and increase of taxation for the rich was read to congress. The Chief Executive ofTered a program that he hopes will pay part of the vast expenses of the New Deal and at the same time break up some huge fortunes and check the growth f big corporations. He doesn't expect congress to do the entire Job at this session, and the administration leaders at once set about stopping the radicals who wanted Immediate enactment. The President's taxation plan Is frankly aimed against the wealthy, especially the men with million-dolla- r Incomes. Of these there were 46 la 1933. In his message be said that existing tax policies have not prevented "unjust concentration of wealth and power," and added the warning: "Social unrest and a deepening sense of unfairness are dangers to our national life which we must minimize by rigorous method s." The following legislation he for enactment during the present session In order to obtain ample revenue without hampering enterprise and to distribute tax burdens equitably: 1. High inheritance and gift taxes a "all very large amounts received by any one legatee or beneficiary." Segregation of this revenue for reduction of the national debt 2. Tax levies to restrict "very great Individual net Incomes." 3. Substitution of a graduated corporation tax ranging from 10?4 to per cent for the existing 13 per cent rate. Vor consideration at the next session of congress the President pro16-1- posed : Elimination "of unnecessary companies In all lines of business," by discriminatory taxa1. holding tion. 2. Discouragement of "unwieldy and unnecessary corporate surpluses," 3. An amendment of the Constitution to abollah tax exempt securities by authorizing the federal government to tax subsequently Issued state and local obligations and state and local governments to tax federal securities. A. if Wf few Ml ? llmgrx' u Snoring, olmerves the Manchester Guardian, has been called a dlseuse of civilisation, on the ground that savages do not snore because the mun who gave audible announcement In that way of the presence of himself and other tribesmen In borhood of an enemy would get sffjrt shrift With civilization (runs the argument) came security, and with security those nasal noises of the night and not of the night only, for Lord Ullswater, when he was speaker, ruled that snoring was out of order In the bouse of commons. There are those who draw fine distinctions between different ways of snoring. When Beau Brurumell was once traveling from Cululs to Purls, be found himself In the company of a king's messenger, who later said that the Beau slept the whole way, and even snored. But the messenger added what he thought was an extenuating circumstance, that "Mr. Brummell snored very Biucb like a gentleman." Town Doomed by River Doomed to destruction by the Oxus river, the central Asiatic town ot Turktul la being replaced as the capk ital of by a new city 100 miles away In the Jungle. Within fifteen years the river, once four miles distant, ' has eaten away tt banks nntll It Is only 850 yards from the town. The Soviet government appropriated $25,000,000 for the new capitaL mm t at Disease of Civilization thejr.. W. PICKARD By EDWARD C Wnlin N.wipapar Ualoa. SPURRED Snoring? Described AJ R. In the Kanaa FORTY prisoners at Lansing staged a spectacular revolt against what they said was poor food, and refused to come out of the prison coal mine until their demands were granted Treasury officials estimated that They built fires to keep the guard about one billion dollars could be away from the shaft, but the 11110k expected ultimately from the tax from these was turned backward plan submitted. Chairman Dough-to- and the mutineers tamely surren of the house ways and means dered. committee promptly called that body together to consider the proposals. EWINO Y. MITCHELL, whom Roosevelt ousted from only six senators voting the position of assistant secretarj WITHthe negative, the senate of commerce because he could not work In harmony passed the tremendously Important with Secretary Rosocial security bill that already had per, retaliated wltr. gone through the bouse. During the five days of debate a number ofl public charges that members. Democrats and Republic"special Interests' dominate the Comans alike, bad argued earneHtly that merce department this measure never would stand up He cited especially In the Supreme court, but when a government con lhrlr names were called nearly 1 ,ract wltn tne Unlt every one of them voted for It The ed States Hues foi only consistent ones were Moore of the permanent layNew Jersey, Democrat, and Hasti ings of Delaware, Hale of Maine, E. Y. Mitchell "'l"e B""""8T assertMe tea If of Rhode Island, Austin of Leviathan, It was that ing Vermont and Town send of Delaagainst the public This social se- Interest and that "those Interested ware, Republicans. measure will affect about In the company. Including P. A. S. curity Franklin, John M. Franklin, Vincent In the beneficiaries 30,000,000 future and by 1000, It Is es- Astor and Kermlt Roosevelt" stood timated, will cost the federal go- to benefit by It He also severely vernment more than $3,000,000,0(10 a criticized the bureau of air comyear. These are Its main features: merce and the steamship Inspection 1. An appropriation of $98,491,- - service. No one In the administration 000 for the fiscal year 1030, Including $49.7.10,000 for grants In aid to seemed disturbed by Mr. Mitchell'! states for old age assistance. In outbreak, but the senate committee addition there are authorized an- on commerce at once summoned him nual appropriations for the old age to explain and expand his charges. reserve fund, graduated from $255,- - Mr. Mitchell turned out to be an ex000. 000 In 19.17 to $2,180,000,000 In citable gentleman, prone to Jump to conclusions and to voice his opin1980. He talked 2. Income tax on employees and ions rather than facts. excise tax on employers, for ok age a lot about Inefficiency, "sinks of benefits, beginning In each case at corruption," "favoritism and graft" and such things, but he didn't tell 1 per cent of the pay roll In 10'W of 3 per the committee much that It didn't and reaching He asserted th cent In 1949. In addition there is a already know. pay roll tax on employers for un- United States lines, a subsidiary ot maemployment Insurance, beginning at the International "Mercantile a "gift" of $1,. 1 per cent in 1930, Increasing to 2 rine, had received per cent In 1937, and to 3 per cent, 721,000 through the retirement of the Leviathan. Controlling I. M. the maximum. In 1938. 3. Grants In aid to states on a M., he said, was P. A. S. Franklin, matching basis for assistance to Kermlt Roosevelt and Vincent As or older, the go- tor. persons slxty-flv- e At a press conference later he vernment's contribution not to exceed attributed the $1,721,000 gift tfl $15 per month. 4. Old age benefits after January friendship between President Roose M. officials. 1, 1942, ranging from $10 to $85 per velt and I. M. total the month, depending upon amounts of wages earned after De- POOR Old NRA, now Just a thing cember 1, 1936, and before reachand bones, has a new set of managers. President Roosevelt ing sixty-fiv- e years of age. 5. A 90 per cent credit to emIssued an executive order extending ployers for taxes paid into state un- the emaciated afemployment Insurance funds, the fair until April 1 other 10 per cent to be apportioned next, in accordance with the resolution among the states for administration of their unemployment Insur- adopted by con ance laws. gress, and then an6. Grants In aid to states for aid nounced that James to dependent children, the federal L. O'Neill, vice government putting up $1 to the president of the Guarantee Trust state's $2. An appropriation of Is authorized for the fiscal Co. of New York, would serve as ad year 1936. 7. Grants In aid, to states on mlnistrator. AssistG. l Berry an equal matching basis for mater- ing the banker in nal and child health service. An theeffort to persuade the public, busiannual appropriation of $300,000 ness men and lubor to abide volun is authorized. tarlly by the codes no longer en 8. Grants In aid to states on an forceable, and In the assembling of equal matching basis far the care statistics, are Leon C Marshall, di of crippled children. An annual rector of the division of review ; appropriation of $2,500,000 is au- Prentiss L. Coonley, director'of the division of business thorized. 9. An annua appropriation of and George L. Berry, assistant to the administrator, representing la$1,500,000 through the children's bureau for aiding state public welfare bor. Mr. Berry, who has been servagencies In the care of homeless or ing as a code administrator, is president of the International Pressneglected children. 10. An annual appropriation of men's union and was once a candi$1,938,000 to be apportioned among date for nomination for Vice Presithe states for vocational rehabilita- dent of the United States. tion. O'Neill, Marshall and Coonley 11. An annual appropriation of were made directly responsible to $8,000,000 to be apportioned among the President An advisory council the states for public health service. of six members was named to help 12. Grants In aid to states on an them. On this council are Charles equal matching basis for assistance Edison and Howell Cheney for In to the blind. An annual appropria- dustry; William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, tion of $3,000,000 Is authorized. 13. A social security board of and Philip Murray, vice president lathree members In the Department of the United Mine Workers, for Blair and Newell and bor, Emily of Labor, to be appointed by the Walton U. Hamilton, for consumPresident, each member receiving ers. $10,000 a year. There are 5,400 employees of the NUA, 4,500 of them In Washington. BRITAIN'S realistic of the personnel evenGREAT finds the best path to- Reduction to 1,500 Is contemplated, but ward general peace to Europe Is tually most the disconciliation of Germany, so It tins It la expected that will beofabsorbed missed employees yielded to Hitler's naval demands by other alphabetical agencies. and concluded a bilateral pact with the relch, disregarding entirely the desires and fears of Prance, The A FTEIt three bloody riots In Omaha's street car strike. In agreement acknowledges Germany's right to build a fleet up to 35 per which one man was killed and near cent of the tonnage of the British ly two hundred were Injured, Gov. empire, and, what Is more Impo- It L. Cochran of Nebraska took rtant, permits Germany 45 per cent charge of the situation. State troops and In certain circumstances, parity were called out to preserve the pubwith the empire In submarine ton- lic peace and the governor, meet nage. Submarines were forhldilen ing with representatives of the traction company, the central labor to Germany by the treaty of Verunion and the strikers, ordered that sailles. France at once sent a stiff protest the dispute be arbitrated Imme to London, and Capt Anthony Bden diately. He also ordered all guards was hnrrled over te Paris t try to employed by the company removed calm down the French. It was as- frurn the cars and decreed that all serted In Paris that a naval buildpaid organizers cease their activing race was sure to ensue, and the ities. naval committee of the chamber of President Roosevelt succeeded In deputies began to dlscnss the en- averting the threatened strike of largement of the fleet The Wash- bituminous coal miners. Roth opington treaty was considered by erators and the United Mine Workers agreed to a truce until June 30. many to be dead. Thursday, June 27, 1935 NEPHL UTAH S. The 4--? for the area. A truct has been pur chased nine miles south and west of I'ontlae. The project will lie corporacontrolled by a tion and Senator Couzens will have uotlilng to do with Its management. In uon-prot- President Offers Higher Tax and Wealth Reduction Program Social Security and Wagncr-Conner- y Labor Dills Passed. TIMES-NEW- Kara-Kalpa- 'm T - - - 14 . CGefebrafejS old freedom and been with us so long these United States and who shall deny that we have them? that It has become a "property of easiness" and we are prone to forget, with all the Independence days we have observed since that far day of the first one born of the spirit of TO, Just how it all came about It has been some time since we have "heard a "Fourth of July Oration" or beard the "Declaration of Independence" read at the fair grounds. So let's take a moment's pause and do a little looking backward and recover, perhaps, a few forgotten thrills, advises a writer In the Kansas City Star. The hall In which our freedom was born Is still standing there In Independence Square, Philadelphia little changed with time. Some ,of the chairs the delegates sat In and the desk upon which the president of the congress wrote his "John Hancock" are there. Portraits of the signers look down from the walls. Rut who today can recall the actual happenings of those fateful years of June and July, 159 years ago, when our Independence was in travail? What actually happened on July 4, the subsequently dedicated days? When was the Immortal document proclaimed to the nation? Was the great step taken amid a tumult of shouting and and firing of cannon, as It came to be celebrated In after years? Glorious in legend as was that first Fourth 169 years ago. It was a day of deep and cautious solems nity. They were not who assembled to launch a new nation "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." The day fell upon a rainy Thursday. In Philadelphia's old state house there was no stately ceremony. No crowds were waiting outside as yet to hear "the Joyful news." In fact, there was an atmosphere of grave uncertainty In the hall as to the fate of the great charter of American liberty. To state the historical truth, by the record. Independence had already been declared July 2, two days before. It was on that day that Richard Henry Lee's resolution. Introduced In the congress some weeks before, was passed by a bare majority, declaring "that the United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be. Free and Independent States, and that they are Absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them, and the State of Great Britain Is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." In effect that action was a severing of the political tie between the colonies and Great Britain. Why, then. Is not July 2 the "day we celebrate?" Because those fathers of the Republic recognized the gravity of the step they were .about to take and that It meant war and bloodshed. They were practical, methodical and Just men, and men bred In the parliamentary usages and constitutional law. They recognized that more than a mere resolution was necessary to Justify their acilon to the world, and that a decent respect for the opinions of mankind required that they should declare the causes which Impel them to the teparatlon." They were determined GOOD have 41 not to go before the world as mere "revolutionists and rebels;" but statesmen representing a just cause and a new Idea of government "with the consent of the governed." So, July 4 became the day we celebrate because It was not until then that the congress was ready to go before the Judgment of the people and of other nations with a candid statement of the causes that Impelled them to the sev erance of the ties that bad long bound them to the mother country. The act was not consummated without long and careful deliberaThe idea of Independence tion. The fashhad been long ioning of the great document that bade defiance to the king and proclaimed a new nation was not as smooth and easy a task as It may appear from a reading of the beautifully engrossed transcript in the archives at Washington now accepted as "the original Declaration of Independence." The Idea of a declaration of Independence bad its birth 13 years prior to July 4, 1776. James Otis, the orator," sounded the first note In the statehouse at Boston, In 1761. Nearly a month before the writing of the formal declaration, "Richard Henry Lee, as spokesman for the Virginia delegation in congress, fntroduced his resolution which, so far as the record was concerned, finally became the formal declaration. It precipitated a serious debate, for there were "flery-tongue- d bell-ringi- noise-maker- Reading Declaration of Independence From Balcony of State House. many who "were not ready for the question." On June 11 a committee was appointed to prepare a suitable declaration of causes. In support of Lee's resolution, composed of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Sherman and Robert Livingston. The task of formulating the causes and writing the document fell to the facile pen of Thomas Jefferson. But It was not finally accepted wholly as Jefferson wrote It Many passages were stricken out and several amendments attached to It But on July 4 Jefferson's final draft of the "form of announcing the fact of separation" was formally adopted and ordered printed and distributed to the assemblies, conventions and councils of safety throughout the colonies. This printing had only two signatures those of John Hancock, president,, and Charles Thomson, secretary of the congress. On July 19, congress ordered the declaration to be "fairly engrossed on parchment," and It was not nntll August 2, 1776, that the great sheepskin was nnrolled in the presence of the Continental Congress. Fifty of the fathers signed the document on that day. Six did not affix their signatures until a n later date. And one, Thomas of Delaware, did not sign It until five years later. But with the signatures of Hancock and Thomson, the document became official, so far as the outside world was concerned, on July 4. On July 8, Washington had it read to the army, and to the public from the balcony of the state house, a day that became one of public re joicing. Mc-Kea- Give Me Give Me 1 S K " 10 CLASSES 3?r Author's Lament Deatk" I am tempted to think that In this silly world only the Impossible can whi belief. Rupert Hughes. KILL BLACK WIDOW orator had a definite place the building of America. In Eighteenth century oratory was a fine art and not the lost one that It Is today. Therefore, writes Elizabeth Elllcott Poe, in the Washington Post, the place that Patrick Henry held and holds In the affections of the people for the most part he played before and during the American Revolution Is one that cannot be too highly estimated. Hanover coun- THE '' Virginia, which has ty, given many The deadly Black Widow spider's bite Is decidedly dangerous to people. O Kill All Spcers.. .Water, for them in garages, corners of porcher, etc. The minute you see them spray THOROUGHLY It also kills FLIES. MOSQUITOES and other Insect. sot Be sure you get with FLY-TO- X. PHOTO FINISniNO exor Hifrhnst quality. Lowest price. posure rolls developed and printed SO a. Mailed sam da. Iur rhutoa, San J use, I'al. notable men and women to the Old Do- minion's Hall of Fame, has every right to be proud of the achievements of this Henry of Studley. As early as 1763 be was sounding the keynotes of free He dom in unmistakable tones. was a country lawyer who had made an early marriage rather foolishly and was struggling to keep a growing family In the necessities of life when. In 1763, he became aroused In behalf of what was known as "The Parsons' Cause," concerning the right of the clergy to receive the same price for their tobacco as other colonists. In 1765 Henry was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. From the time he took his seat he Introduced act after act defining the rights of the colony, especially In the matter of the obnoxious stamp tax, and, against great opposition, carried all of bis resolutions through the sheer force of his logic and his eloquence. This made Patrick Henry the leader of the colony, in many senses of the word. Patrick Eenry came right by his love of freedom, his historical sense and power of oratory. For he was a cousin of the historian, William Robertson, of Scotland, and of the mother of Lord Brougham. His mother was a Winston of that noted English family and bis father saw to It that he bad a classical education and every possible advantage In the way of proper learning. In 1774 Henry was foremost In the call to form a Continental conGeorge Mason, author of gress. the Bill of Rights, himself an orator and patriot of more than usual ability, said of Henry: "He Is by far the most powerful speaker 1 ever heard. Every word he sayi not only engages, but commands the attention, and .your passloni are no longer your own when he addresses them. 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