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Show Stormy Days in Capital ETURNING from hia fishing trip in Florida waters with an infected gum, President Roosevelt was confronted with a situation that waa decidedly disconcerting. What has been called the Roosevelt depression waa becoming still more depressed and congress seemingly couldnt make up its mind what to do about it. The demand for tax revisions that would assist business out of the slump was insistent, and so was the necessity of balancing the budget. Passage of the four must" measures administration appeared to be impossible during the extraordinary session. All of them were opposed by various blocs of the majority party as well as by the Republican minority. The senates farm bill seemed to have the best chance to get through, but it differed so radically from the house measure that it was certain a conference committee would have to try to find a common ground. Secretary Wallace waa reported dissatisfied with both senate and house bills. One official close to him said Wallace might urge President Roosevelt to veto any bill finally enacted which approximated either the senate or house measure. Democrats were so badly split bill that hope of over the wage-hou-r passing it before the regular session of congress was about abandoned. Labor, too, waa divided concerning this measure, the A. F. of L. opposing it and the C. I. O. advocating its passage. The federation offered its own version, calling for a flat 40 cents an hour minimum wage and a 40 hour maximum work week. The house bill was finally rescued from the rules committee by petition. House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, Democrat, Texas, went ahead with plans to whip administration support behind the house measure. He said that fewer than 100 votes would be cast against the bill in its present form but warned that amendments which would make its r provisions more rigid might shunt the measure back to the labor committee and delay a Xeirtt Kerivir of Current Sirenta ujffit .mum n INDUSTRY'S PLATFORM Manufacturers Ask a New Deal for the New Year Ambassadors Dodd and Bingham Quitting Their Posts loM) 'Jkmkd about Prehistoric Lore. RIO, TEXAS. DEL to the scientists, who have a great way of naming earthly phenomena without inquiring into the wishes of the we are now living Ehenomena, era known as the Hollocene period. This will be news to a lot of people who rather suspected we were living through a stage which might 'be called Chaos. Still, it's no wonder that the word hasn't got around .generally yet, because this present a young ;ra is quite era as eras go. Its pnerely a few old, years which, to our true is the geologist, ;same as yesterday. Mention a tew million years to him land hell say phew!" and just snap bis fingers like that. I wonder if the authorities would from a poor a erdon suggestion whose acquaintance with 'geology is largely limited to two of its surface phases, namely: Regular paved roads and those demed detours. When we consider most of the humorous illustrations and the bulk of the humorous text printed ibi the average smart magazine of today, and the even spicier, lines beard in smart modem plays, wouldn't it be more fitting to call It, not the Holocene, but the mil-'li- on Ob-sce- period? The Law's Long Arm. arm of the law it's a THE long phrase, isnt it? So so satisfying to the honest mouth-fillin- g, (Citizens soul! It conjures up visions of unrelent-i-g warfare against crime, inevita-l- e punishment for the guilty. Its the bunk! ' Its the bunk because of crooked lawyers; venal policemen; complaor cent prosecutors; corrupted jurors; witnesses, bribed 'or intimidated; the laws delays; reversals of fate verdicts on foolish technicalities; a false sentimentality which forgets the widow and orphan of the victim and thinks only of the family of the killer; most often of all, abuse of the powers to commute mid to pardon and to parole. These days, when I see a sentenced offender handcuffed to an .officer, I find myself saying to myself, Chances are that fellow, literally or figuratively, te wearing that decoration only temporarily- soft-heart- ed The Passing Tears. ilj'VERY newborn year is a rosy prospect just as nearly every disdying year is a dun-colore- d appointment But without revived hope what could we look forward to except being measured for a shroud? It seems only yesterday when 1937 was busting in, a radiant, bouncing his arms burdened with baby-chilpromises, bless his little soul! After several false starts, happy days .were here again. Nobody was aiming to remodel the Supreme court Senator Ashurst told us so, and didnt he know? He didnt Secretary Wallace, slightly assisted by Divine Providence, would immediately have the crop situation well in hand. Grass would grow only in the street leading to the almshouse. The Wall Street boys were expecting two suckers in every pot And tiie song of the Bulbul was heard in the land ah, the d, . Pictured above from left to right are Senator William Borah of Idaho, Senator Edward B. Burke of Nebraska and Professor Henry W. Edgerton of Cornell university and formerly of the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, as the professor was about to appear before a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee. The committee examined the professor to determine whether they believed him a fit appointee to the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. He was suspected of not believing in the right of courts to declare legislative But he declared he now regarded such enactments unconstitutional. judicial review as a legitimate part of our constitutional system. JiclautA w&cd I SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union. has submitted his resignation, beIndustry Asks New Deal cause of ill health. His successor, industry demands a it is believed, will be Joseph P. KenAMERICAN In new for the new year. its "platform for 1928 it asks the government to repedl unfair labor relations laws and unduly burdensome" taxes which, it says, threaten to reverse a centurys trend of improved living standards. The platform was submitted to the National Association of Manufacturers by Charles R. Hook, president of the American Rolling Mill company and chairman of the N. A. M.s resolutions committee, and was adopted by the more than 2,000 persons at the annual convention in New York. Asserting that the onward march of the American people can be resumed and continued only if American industry produces more so that all can have more, 'the platform declarations were grouped under these headings: No employer should be penalized for failure to deal with any labor organization organizing, supporting or maintaining a strike for illegal purposes, or by illegal means among his employees ; Employment, promotion and retention of employees on the basis of merit with due regard for length of service; Legal and social responsibility of both employers and employees for their commitments and their acts. The platform condemhed child labor and urged the enactment of federal legislation to support state child ' labor laws. Enactment of state legislation against sweatshops also was urged. To promote free domestic competition based on private initiative and energy, the platform proposed limitation of government regulation to the prevention of abuses inimical to the public interest, freedom from federal control of prices, wages and hours, fair taxes and constantly increasing research to produce new and wanted products and new jobs. Encouragement of private initiative; maintenance and extension of sound industrial practices; equitable employment relations throughout industry; creation of new and broader markets; constructive efforts to alleviate depression effects; sound government policies; with agriculture; peace. Japs Enter Nanking T APANS invading armies reached Nanking and smashed their way Within the the Republ- through several gates of the citys ican party again would be a going wall. Their complete occupation of concern. Well, if its a going con- the capital was imminent. The Chinese put up a spirited defense in the cern, the question is, where? And now, laden with future gifts, suburbs and nearby towns but it comes 1938. How time flies Why, was unavailing. Generalissimo Chiang k before you know it Sistie will be old and his wife were reported to have enough to take a Job with the radio escaped in an and Buzzie will be signing testimo- have been a airplane, which must great disappointment nials. to the Japanese, who are determined to capture Chiang. Gambling Houses. p ONCE famous not reformed, but retired said to Diplomatic Changes CEVERAL major changes in the me: Show me a professional gamdiplomatic service are scheduled bling house where the roulette for the near future. It was learned Wheel isnt crooked, where any oth- that William E. Dodd had resigned er mechanical device is on the as ambassador to square, where the operatives from Germany and in the bosses on down wont skin a Washington it was 'customer call him a sucker, if you said that Hugh R. want to; the terms are interchangeWilson, now assistable and Ill drop dead from shock, ant secretary of because no such outfit ever existed state, would be giv'nor ever will, not so long as games en the post in Bercan be tricked, as all of them can, lin. Dodd has found and gamblers are out for the coin, his duties difficult as they naturally are, and the hand because of his adis quicker than the eye, which it is. mitted dislike of the Nazi policies and But how about the mathematical for some time has percentage in favor of the bank been regarded as persona non isnt that enough? 1 asked. How about the mathematical grata by the German government. He was a professor of history in percentage of crooked officers who have to be the University of Chicago when aphe countered. bribed? Theres pointed, and says he intends to renever enough coming in to satisfy sume work on a history of the Old South. those babies. IRVIN S. COBB Robert W. Bingham of Louisville, , CBprifShLWNU Service. ambassador to Great Britain, also bull-bul- l! 1 Kai-she- A card-shar- u wms. MU I" I UjjJJlIMyMi nedy, now chairman of the federal maritime commission and formerly head of the SEC. Mr. Bingham recently returned to the United States to undergo treatment for malaria at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. The State department expects he will go back to London after the holidays vote indefinitely. ' to pay his official calls of farewell Infantry Comes First IN WAR operations on land the in-- 1 Profits Tax "Impossible" fantry la still the most important EPEAL of the undistributed branch of the service, says Gen. as a tax profits levy impos- Malin Craig, chief of staff of the sible of equitable and effective aparmy, in his annual plication to the complex and varied Lessons pattern of American industry, is learned by skilled recommended in a report published observer! of the civby the Brookings institution, based il war in Spain and on a study of the actual effects of the the tax on 1,560 corporations. war have modified KenM. Slade Dr. Prepared by the American dedrick of Cornell university, in cofense program, but, operation with the staff of the instisays the general, it tution, the study was made from is still the infantry data obtained from the results of that renders the desome 3,600 questionnaires sent out cision in the final by Senator Frederick Steiwer, Reanalysis. Airplanes publican, of Oregon, designed to and tanks are provide detailed case experience on auxiliaries to the infantry, but the controversial tax as far as obcannot bring about a decision tainable in the first year of its op- they in land operations. eration. Inventories of armament, motorization, mechanization and equipU. S. Steel Readjustment ment, in the light of the lessons abroad, show several vital needs of n United Steel 'T'HE States corpora-tioannounced formation of a the first line forces, General Craig These include better new company United States Steel declared. to combat aircraft and weapons to of Delaware Corporation supervise a number of subsidiaries of the tanks, as well as more efficient guns for the planes and tanks. parent corporation. The new corporation, which will come into existence January 1, will Lindberghs Come Back be organized with nominal capital. A FTER two years of self- Benjamin F. Fairless will be presiimposed exile in England, Col. dent of the company and all the cap- and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh reital stock is owned and held by the turned to the United States. PreUnited States Steel corporation of sumably they came over to spend New Jersey. Headquarters for the the holidays at the home of Mrs. management company will be at Lindberghs mother, Mrs. Dwieht Morrow, in Englewood, N. J. DisPittsburgh. Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the patches from London, said the board, in announcing formation of colonel also had some business to the new corporation, said that this transact in America. He is assowas the final move in the vast plan ciated in an advisory capacity with of readjustment of the corporation. Airways. The landing of the Lindberghs at New York was accomplished with Green Defies C. I. O. such secrecy that they almost esYHRTUALLY admitting that re-the notice of reporters and cent peace negotiations between caped news photographers. One of the the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. were officers of which they a failure, President Green of the came said the liner on to return to planned they federation in a speech in Buffalo England immediately after Christdefied the Lewis organization and mas. predicted that real violence between the two rival labor bodies may enFdgerton Backs Water sue. Unless settlement is reached CONFIRMATION of the appoint- ment of Henry W. Edgerton of soon, Green declared, the A. F. of L. will arm its forces and turn them Cornell university as associate jusloose against this raiding organiza- tice of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals was endangered tion. . Lots of people think the reason because ithewas thought from his writthat did not believe in judicial a settlement cant be reached is be- ings review. However, tie appeared because some one has designs on dic- fore the senate subcommittee, contating the policy of the American la- sisting of Senators Borah, Burke and bor movement, and I sometimes Van Nuys and repudiated his previthink this, too. ous utterances. Of the power of He, or she, who launches a move- courts to declare legislative enactment which divides the house of la- ments unconstitutional he said: bor is an enemy of labor. 1 regard it as not only thoroughSixty members of the United Au- ly established as a legitimate tomobile Workers of America were of our constitutional system, part but arrested when they defied an order which was intended by the great maof Mayor John L. Carey of Dear- jority of the men who framed our born forbidding the distribution of Constitution. I think it was properly literature in a prohibited area at the established by John Marshall and gates of the Foiyl Motor company. I haven't the least criticism of any court for any declaration of the validity of that part of our constiNo Fraud by Mellon tutional system. 'T'HREE months after hia death Andrew W. Mellon, famous in- Leviathan to Be Junked dustrialist of Pittsburgh, was exon- T A PAN made a bid for the Levla-- J erated of income tax fraud by unanthan, huge liner seized from Gerimous decision of the United States in the World war, but the board of tax appeals. The board many United Statca Lines rejected it ann threw out the fraud charges sold the vessel to Metal Industrie., brought by the administration Ltd., of London for $390,000. It wili the former head of against the to England under its own power Aluminum Company of America go and will be junked. and, by an eight to seven ruling, The Leviathan cost ten millions to sloshed the governments claim for build ond the American governadditional taxes on Mellon's 1931 in- ment more than eight millions spent come from $3,075,01)0 to about $750.. to recondition it: ond also paid Ger000. many $18,038,000 for its seizure. wage-hou- H0PSE 4-- " Ruth "Wyeth Spears modernize the old walnut at the right the pieces under the arms were removed and most of the carving covered up. The padding at the back was re--. moved entirely and replaced by a fiber board which was covered by a loose cotton filled cushion tufted like an old fashioned bed comfort except that the tied thread ends of the tufting were left on the wrong aide. This back cushion was fastened in place with tapes that slipped over the knobs at the ends of the upper carving. If the knobs to hold the cushion had been lacking it could have been tacked in place along the top on the under side by using a strip of heavy cardboard to keep the tacks from pulling through the fabric as shown here for tacking the box pleated TO ojf ruffle around the seat as at A. Every Homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears new book SEWING. Forty-eigpageVtf directions for wHm slipcovers and dressing tablet restoring and upholstering chain! couches; making curtains for aw ery type of room and purpose Making lampshades, rugs, otto, mans and other useful articles (or the home. Readers wishing a copy should send name and enclosing 25 cents, to Un, Spears, 210 South Desplaines St, Chicago, Illinois. ht step-by-st- ep Lasting Portrait A man would rather leave ba hind him a portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face. H, L. Stevenson. report Chino-Japane- se valu-uab- le Pan-Americ- an V print, 35f ptt (Mft Qtuthtr Star OS Ri fining Cirprtkn, Oil City- - P ( |