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Show THE HELPER JOURNAL, HELPER, UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over United States Goes Oil the Gold Standard and Moves Toward Inflation Secretary Perkins Asks Federal Control of Industry. By EDWARD W. PICKARD X7E ARE off the gold stand- ard," was the terse but momentous announcement by Secretary of the Treasury Woodln as he v returned to his of- i flee from a confer L; ence with President Roosevelt ; and at the same time the White Douse gave "i out the news that Pfi' President the Chief Executive had placed an embargo on the further export of gold, permitting the dollar to depreciate In political disorders, CUBA'S and of which bombings, make Secretaries Perkins and Wallace virtual dictators over the economic life of the nation. The legal basis of the labor bill Is to be found In the Interstate commerce clause of the Constitution and In the "unfair competition" sections of the federal trade act It Is opon these legal powers that the secretary of labor Is to depend to exercise the following authority: t. To prohibit from Interstate commerce articles produced by any Industry working Its labor more than 30 hours a week or more than six hours In any one day. Milk and cream are exempted; executives and managers are exempted: and certain exemptions are made In the cases of seasonal or other emergencies. Boards are set up to regulate such exemptions. 2. To limit and If necessary prohibit from interstate commerce the Indusor of any plant production trial group which Is overproducing. S. To investigate wages through a wage board, to tlx and Impose minimum fair wages; to publish the names of employers falling to raise wages In accordance with a direct order to do so; and to prohibit from Interstate commerce goods produced by any employer refusing to comply with a wage order. exchange, foreign and was ready to ask congress for authority to put Into action his policy of "controlled himself Mr. Roosevelt Inflation." calls this policy a program for control of commodity price levels, and says It Is designed to raise prices but to keep them from going too far up. He gave assurance that there would be no resort to "printing press money." Senators Thomas, Byrnes and Ptttiuan drafted the measure to carry out the President's plan, and RIGHT now the eyes of the world turned on Washington, for it was promptly Introduced In the senate as an amendment to the the series of talks between Presipending farm relief bill. It provides: dent Roosevelt and representatives 1. For expansion of credit up to of many other nations have begun, $3,000,000,000 through purchase ot and if the hopes of the Chief Exgovernment obligations by the fedecutive are realized they will result eral reserve banks, (This means the In the finding of a way out of the of govin the open market purchase ernment bonds and was tried in the world depression. Prime Minister J. Ramsay Hoover administration.) 2. As an alternative, for the Inwas the first of the visitors Issuance flation of the currency by to arrive and the first to confer Of greenbacks up to $3,000,000,000 with Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary under the act of 1862, such currency to be legal tender for all debts, pubof State Hull. Edouard Ilerriot, lic and private. former premier of France, was 8. For use of such greenbacks to close on MacDonald's heels, and meet maturing government obligathe others are scheduled to follow tions and to purchase government obligations. rapidly. No one of the "conversa4. For retirement of such greenbacks at the rate of 4 per cent a tionalists" Is empowered to really decide anything, but all of them year. 6. For reduction of the gold conare free to express the views of 50 tent of the dollar not more than their respective governments on per cent for the purpose of protecteconomic matters. It was underfrom the trade American foreign ing stood that effects of depreciated foreign curwould not rencies and to enable the President talk much about the war debts, but an to negotiate International agreeIlerriot was authorized to state ment stabilizing monetary standFrance's position on that subject. ards. 6. For acceptance of war debt The whole series of conversations payments up to an aggregate of In Washington Is a preliminary to a in of silver value at $100,000,000 the coming world economic confernot more than 60 cents an ounce. 7. For coinage of such silver anfl ence, and the hope of President deposit In the treasury for redempRoosevelt and Secretary Hull is tion of silver certificates issued the way can be paved for rethat be to such certificates It, against " used for paying obligations of the habilitation of the world by the United States. lowering of trade barriers and Secretary Woodln drew up the or- monetary stabilization. der concerning gold exportation. Under it no gold is allowed to leave the country except that earmarked REPUBLICAN postmasters who their efffor foreign account before April 15 are to be to comand such amounts as are required to iciency their terms.permitted So announces save American business men from plete Postmaster General loss on consignments In foreign James A. Farley, to trade incurred prior to the proclama- the Joy of several tion of the new policy. thousand O. O. P. The United States thus has placed office holders and Itself on the same footing as Great Britain and many other foreign na- the corresponding of a great tions. Its money is unstable in value dismay of Democrats army in international trade. It was pointwho would like the ed out that Mr. Roosevelt could now Jobs, Mr. Farley with greater propriety propose that says his party has all nations go back to the gold standlong stood for the ard together. civil service system J- - A- Effects of our plunge into the inFirley of competitive ex- flation pool were immediate. Prices amlnations and "will not abandon on the stork exchanges and espethat high ground," so he gives out cially In the commodity markets this message: went up with a rush and trading "No Incumbent whose term has was heavier than foj many months. not yet expired and who has been Millions of dollars 'ere added to and effective servrendering the farm value of ail grains, and ice to the loyal government need have cotton and sugar also moved upthe slightest fear of removal. It ward, as did provisions. will be the policy of the Post Office On the London and Paris exdepartment to allow every efficient changes the dollar san decidedly. post master to fill out his term." Welt her the British nor the French District attorneys, marshals and were pleased with the President's collectors are not under civil servaction. The London Daily Tele- ice and In time these places probgraph said: "Following America's ably will be tilled with deserving latest action a "demand will arise In Democrats. Also there are hunevery country for fresh depreciation dreds of vacancies In the postmas-tershlp- s so that exporters may not lose their to be filled Immediately, power of competition In world mar- and these will be filled as soon as The new task of the stateskets. Mr. Farley's department has commen is to prevent a chaotic process pleted a study of examination of competitive depreciation of curmethods. rencies." The postmaster general makes the welcome assertion that the poLKTES of the Roosevelt nd- United States post office Is going ministration are being expanded to pay Its way hereafter. lie alms and extended so fast and so far to save $72,000,000 In the coming dint congress and the country are fiscal year, and this, he believes, will suffice to balance his budget. scarcely able to keep up with the In China One of puce set. JAPAN'S armies advance south of the the broadest and most revolutionary great wall, driving before them disor traitorous Chinese ,of its proposals was organized submitted to the troops. The Japanese at latest rehouse committee on ports hnd occupied the entire trilabor by Secretary angle between the wall and the of Labor Frances Lwan river, with Its base on the Perkins in the form gulf of Polial, and were moving A of a draft bill oftoward Tientsin. They onward fered as a substicrossed the river near Lwanchow Secretary tute for Senator and bombarded that city and the Perkins There whs Plack's 3 0 h o u r surrounding region. week measure which was passed by groat alarm In Tientsin, where l some 400 Americans, mostly busithe senate and for the almost ness men and their families reside. Omnery house bill. It is to give the federal governWhen the Japanese started their ment full control not only over the push Into the undisputed Chinese hours of labor but also over Indus- territory south of the great wall trial production and prices. The the Lwan river was s't hs the limof this legislation and of the it. Hut the Japanese command pinsfiL-pending farm marketing bill would now has announced that they will Roosevelt Mac-Dona-ld I '"V Ulen-tlca- , continue the pursuit as far as the Chinese continue to set np defenses. The Japanese authorities deny, however, that they Intend to occupy Telplng and Tientsin. Their apparent plan Is to create a buffer area out of the triangle to facilitate the consolidation of the newly conquered province of JehoL They have gained control of all the Important passes through the great wall on the southern border of Jehol and the gates have been sealed and heavy guards placed at them. i has been written In recent months, have finally engaged the Itentlon - the admuch y RepHamil- Washington. resentative I - in ministration - t ' x 1 ton Fish of New York has been urging our government to emoloy dinlomat- - Intervention to the "reign of terror," and said he Ic end would formally demand that Secre-retar- y Rep. Fish Hull such a step unless the administration got busy very speedily. For a time Mr. Hull seemed averse to any interference, but Mr. Roosevelt started things by calling the Cuban ambassador, Don Oscar B. Cintas, to the White House for a discussion of the situation. The ambassador also conferred with Sumner Welles, assistant secretary of state, and then Mr. Welles went to the White House for instructions. Mr. Roosevelt has no desire to order military Intervention In the affairs of Cuba, which he could do under the Piatt amendment, holding that this would cost us a lot of money and besides would enrage President Machado and create an situation. diplomatic unpleasant Therefore his present plan Is to take steps to redeem the Island's financial which Is situation, wretched, and to relieve the unemployment and discontent that are at the bottom of Cuba's difficulties. He and the State department wish to Increase the sugar Imports from Cuba by granting substantial reductions to. the Island on the sugar tariff. This, naturally, will not please the domestic cane and beet take sugar industries. There Is a genuine fear among officials in Washington that opponents of President Machado will. In their efforts to overthrow his regime, perpetrate some outrage against American Interests In Cuba, thus raising a situation In which the United States might be compelled to Intervene. some of six MOSCOW'S famous trial engineers and eleven Russians on charges of espionage, sabotage and bribery ended in the conviction of five of the Britons and ten of the Russians. L. C. Thornton was sentenced to three years in prison; W. H. MacDonald, who pleaded guilty, to two years; Allan Monkhouse, John Cushny and Charles Nordwall were ordered deported; A. W. Gregory was acquitted. The ten Russians were given prison terms up to ten years. There was nothing surprising In the outcome unless It were the mildness of the penalties Inflicted. The British government, which had been watching the case with Intense interest, struck back at the Soviet union promptly. King George and the privy council declared an 80 per cent embargo on Russian Imports and the Metropolitan Vlck-er- s Electrical Equipment company, employer of the convicted men, ordered an Immediate appeal In behalf of the two defendants who were sent to prison. C. TAYLOR, chairman M YRON of the United States Steel corporation, has added his voice to the chorus of Industrial executives who believe the course of the depression has turned. ii 2 at? At the annual meeting of stockholders In T Mr. lloboken, trhn to nnt. ed In the financial $ district for the cau- tlousness of his ut- - - ,.!, Scenes and Persons in the Current News Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers WILL GIVE NOTES PROFIT IS SMALL CIVIC WORK PLAN RENOYIZE CITY SOON MEMORIAL IN DANGER BRIGHAM CITY, L"T. The local Civic Improvement clnb of this eity Is sponsoring a better garden project and contest again this year. o SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Sugar company, despite the continual decline in the price of sugar and the prevailing business conditions, earned a net profit for the year ended February 28, 1933, of $29,090.92, after allowance for the of $507,434.87. This depreciation was the report submitted stockholdannual meeters at the ing. BOISE, I D A. Authority for stockmen to give notes to forest superintendents for grazing on the forest reserves will please owners of sheep and cattle In Idaho, M. C. s' Claar, secretary of the Idaho association, said here on being advised of the order issued by the secretary of agriculture. Souvenir POCATELLO, IDA. hunters are playing havoc with the monument on the Yellowstone highway at Fort nail commemorating the founding of that fojrt, said D. C. Watkins, scout executive who has found that many of the colorful stones in the monument have been carried away. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The Salt Lake City campaign, designed to make $5,000,000 worth of work by stimulating the repairof business ing and remodeling buildings and dwellings, will take place April 29 to May 15, it has been announced. BURLEY, IDA. Adjudged insane by a district court Jury, Theodore Wahlstrom, 2(5, who confessed the slaying of Marion L. Keller, 50, Burley farmer, last February 18, because he held a grudge against him, will be returned soon to the Black-foo- t Insane asylum from which he was released In 1927 after a year there. BOISE, IDA. An emergency relief loan to Idaho of $75,050 and another to Montana of $1,600.00 have been granted by the Reconstruction , ,4"' , v teranees, declared: "Better times are ahead." And In support of this belief he cited the fact the corporation was operating per cent of capacity, the first that operations have reached " A JJ q) K2 Sggfi -- 1 1 Utah-Idah- forty-secon- 'if v4 d V pr TisrriTtmiiri'iiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiaiiiiim Some of the 300 convicts who were called out by Governor Conner of Mississippi levees in the Mississippi river delta Just north of BelzonI anf thus save the homes 2 Vanguard of the President's reforestation army at Wind River, Washington, fir trees for shipment to various localities where they are being transplanted. S Devakula, new Siamese minister, at the White House to present his credentials, of the State department 1 Wool-grower- to reinforce the of hundreds of pulling np Prince Damras with Warren D. Making Buddy Poppies for Memorial Week Y)r;. .:.v it SHfM V f KV - h KM Ail V;--' i . cortttration. BOISE, IDA. Approximately Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States making buddy popples for the annual sale during memorial week, the proceeds of K'blcb are used for relief work among men and widows and orphan pounds of wool will be moved out of Idaho at a cost of $320,-00- 0 of dead veterans. in commissions under the order of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., chairman HOWARD CRAGHEAD of the federal farm board, requiring all wool mortgaged to the National Agricultural Credit corporation to be shipped on consignment, it Is estimated by unofficial sources in the fib, This Cameraman Got His Picture trade. BOULDER CITY, NEV. The excavation work on the Hoover Dam has been completed. OGDEN, UT. Forest district No. 4 expects to receive orders from Washington within the next few days that will authorize the immediate enrollment of approximately young men between the ages of 18 and 25 to work in the forests of Utah, Idaho, western Wyoming and Nevada, under the conservation and employment plan recently put forward by President Roosevelt. It also Is probable that a second enrollment of 1300 men for Utah, 2000 for Idaho 500 for Nevada and 700 for Wyoming will quickly follow the first enrollment. While the first enrollment is confined to men from 18 to 25 years of age, it is thought that there will be no age limit fixed for the second enrollment. BOISE, IDA. Idaho's Iamb crop this year should be both plentiful and profitable. Lambing this year Is considerably behind last year when G5 ier cent of the flocks had l. lambed by Prospects for a good price are based on reported shortage in high grade lambs from California. BRIG HAM CITY, UT. A new bridge has recently been completed, over the Malad river, on the The bridge highway. cost approximately $9,000 and is of modern construction. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A govmid-Apri- 9 - ernment order barring " ' I - . - i ...Mtfm&.v.. After two years ot disappointment, the Cleveland Indians may finally cash In on their $25,000 pitch lug Investment, Howard Craghead who was purchased from the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league In 1031. Craghcd showed up so well In training camp that Manager Pecklnpaugh expects to make use of him on the major league team. CHICAGO'S airplanes from the High Uinta hs primitive that area a huge mountain tract set at 21 aside to be preserved as a natural time wilderness has been received by A. this G. Nord, supervisor of the Wasatch level since March. 1932. national forest. Mr. Nord explained Following his address Mr. Taylor that high mountain meadows have presented to the meeting a motion been known to serve as excellent by a stockholder for a vote of con- binding fields for airplanes, and that fidence in the Roosevelt adminis- nature lovers have objected to this tration. It was carried without dis- violation of their sanctuary. sent by a standing vote. BOISE, IDA. The Jane encampment of the Idaho national guard is OWEN, the new not likely to be effected by the war RUTH BRYAN to Denmark and the department economies recently Col. F. C. Hummel, comfirst American woman to be given such a diplomatic post, has told the mander of the camp reports. newspaper men that she Intends to PKOVO, IT. A one dollar bankserve beer In the legation In Copenissued by the Safety Society note Is for which the something hagen, lr 1837, daughter of William Jennings Bry- bank of Kirtland. Ohio, an, lifelong advocate of prohibition. signed by Joseph Smith, first presibeen "Yes," she said, "1 will serve 3.2 dent of the 1. I). S. church, lias co'leetions of per cent beer. It Is In keeping with added io the historical the law of my own country and the Briyh.MUi Young university. . Rtu- custom of the land to whic h I am TWIN' FALLS, IDA. 500 going. But I don't consider that denl; iiimsU i ins a concert here Important. I am really Interested at the di (i'ii-- musieal festival. In the progressive development In Sl'Kl.Nii VH.LE, FT. Four t lions-MiDenmark wbieh I hope to Study foj visited the twelfili rny country." I i,!i..t.:tt high school art exWestern 19)1, L'ntoa .Newspaper t, hibit held here. J V :f; V k &s When parts of southwest Philadelphia were flooded by the overflow of the Delaware river and Darby creek the news photographers bad difficulty getting the pictures they wanted. One of them Is shown above perched precariously In a tree with his camera In action. , Springtime Scene in New England ' r rnn MAYOR - Or? ::y r? t 4 - 1 t l 1 tin-m- hdward J. Kelly, former president and chief engineer of the sanitary district, was elected mayor of Chicago tie by the city council to fill out the un expired term of the late Mayor Cer mail. of Boston. ol the Chicago south park hoard poets wno sing oi tne Deiiutirul springtime in New Fnglnnd would taken nhaei somewhat hy this snow scene. The hllz'nrd fell In April when other parts .f inn country were enjoying the opening of the base ball season. Autos were marooned all along the highwavs In the vicinity |