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Show PROGRESSIVE News Review of Current Events I (continued from page one) Com Belt Revolt FARMERS of the Middle We it are DON'T FIGHT BUSINESS movement, sorted In Macomb, 11L, was spreading so fast throughout 'Administration Asked to "Reform" the corn belt that officials of the Toward Industry and Trade Department of Agriculture were considering possible modification of the program so as to allow individual growers larger allotments. The Illinois farmers formed the Corn Belt Liberty league, and growers from Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Minnesota who attended the meetings of the league went home to promote the organization of branches in their states. Tilden Burg, president of the organization, said in addressing its second session: "Our purpose is to oppose in every honorable way the program of compulsory crop control. Most of us have spent our lives on the farm. We have an affection for our lands and an Interest in their operation that probably cannot be understood by Our politicians in Washington. farms win not be the same when we have Jobholders from Washington telling us what we can and cannot plant, perhaps under threat of prosAt a meeting la Chicago the Association of American Railroads rated ecution and penalty. to reduce wages ef employees 15 per cent, or SIM, MO, ON a year. Three of "Above all else we are fighting the members shown shore, left to right, are: F. E. Williamson, president for freedom. We positively refuse of the New York Central; Fred W. Sargent, president of the Northwestern, to accept the view that we must and J. J. Pelley, president of the association. sacrifice freedom to obtain prosperity. On the contrary, we believe the loss of freedom will mean poverty and ruin. X Its Attitude LunuuL W. ftickaJuL SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK e WMtara Xnrspapn Commerce Chamber's Plea Wago-Ho- USINESS men from all parts of the country, gathered in Washington for the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, told the gov- "National Progresiivos" Uaisa. Stopped D EPRESENTATIVE OConnors house rules committee probably killed the new "escalator" wage-hobill for this session by voting, 8 to B, against reporting it This despite the fact that Chairman Mary Norton of the labor committee said It was approved by the President She said die would try to have the measure brought to the floor by petition. Mr. Roosevelt supported this plan. Before the vote the members of the rules committee were warned by both the American Federation of Labor and the C. L O. that if they refused to report the bill they would face retaliation at the polls. ur ernment politely but firmly, that its attitude toward trade and industry must be reformed1 if the nation is to recover from its economic ailments. These men were del- egates representing big, medium and small business in lo-- 1 Chester Davis cal chamberf ta thousand cities and BOO affiliated N. L R. B. Back Down trade associations. They reported conditions in their localities and 'THE national labor relations board took steps to reopen its classes of business after John W. O'Leary, chairman of the chamber'a inquiry into the labor practices of executive committee, opened the the Ford Motor company, acting after counsel for the company had session. President Roosevelt, who was on sought to take testimony from mema fishing trip on a cruiser in South bers and aides of the board to susAtlantic waters, was heard from tain Its charge that the company had only indirectly in addresses by Jesse not had a full, fair and open hearJones of RFC, Secretary of War ing. The board asked the United States Woodring and Chester G. Davis of circuit court of appeals at Covington the federal reserve board. Resolutions were temperately for leave to withdraw its petition to worded but Insistent Summarized, enforce its order made against the they were substantially as follows: Ford concern in December. In that Demand for relief from present order the board directed file comtax burdens, the fight transferring pany to cease practices which it asItself from the undistributed cor- serted were in violation of the Wagcertain porate profits tax and the capital ner act and to gains tax to the broader field of an former employees. annual tax bill which has Jumped 30 per cent in the last two years to a te for Recovery total levy of with President a year. Roosevelt in his efforts to bring Urgent request for drastic reviofsion or repeal of the national la- about economic recovery was fered by IB leaders of business and bor relations act industry, prominent Caution and warning on the reamong whom newed government spending proOwen D. Young, gram, apart from relief expendiElectric General tures. board chairman, Insistence that White House sentiand Winthrop W. ments favoring private enterprise be Aldrich, chairman put into practice through peace with of the' Chase Nationthe utilities, abstention from further al bank of New innovations in government control, York. Their stateindusof and encouragement private as indl- made ment, trial expansion. vidua Is, was given out by John W. Manufacturer!1 Program Hanes of the securities exchange comTHE National Association of Man-- ufacturers, meeting In New mission. It was laid before the PresYork, declared that federal pump ident, who pronounced it excellent The Joint statement said in part: priming to stimulate business would "It is the responsibility of governbe futile "unless it is accompanied by governmental policies that will ment to protect and to encourage permit business to accept the prim- the proper function of business Wide but honest differences of opining and go forward.' The associations board proposed ion exist as to ways and means. "The President has clearly india seven point program for revival of business activity. It included: cated that he believes that Ameri"Declaration by the federal gov- ca's continued prosperity requires ernment that It will not proceed in closer between business and the government competition with private utilities. "Revision of the Wagner act so "We pledge ourselves to aid to the as to make it a workable instru- full extent of our ability in such efment for curtailing labor disputes. forts id consultation and Prompt solution of the underlying railroad problem. Avoidance of new federal reform F.D.R. Hits at Monopolies legislation that will result In a fresh period of uncertainty at a time when JUST before leaving for his stunt at sea. President Roosethe nation should be concentrating on called velt congress to authorize Jobs.1 upon making a $500,000 federal inquiry into concentration of industrial economic Railroads Vote Pay Cut power, preparatory to a thorough E'UTEEN per cent reduction in revision at a later date of the na" wages of 925,000 union workers, tions anti-trulaws. effective July 1, was voted by the He recommended study of existAssociation of American Railroads ing conditions rather than immediat a session attended by the execuate legislation. tives of more than a hundred railThe President asked congress for declared the way companies. They action at this session only on legistwo most important reasons for this lation calling for federal control of acUon were loss of revenue and inbank holding companies. creases in operating costs. irGeorge Harrison, chairman of the Plane Crash in Italy Association of Railway Labor Executives, said: We dont propose to NINETEEN persons were killed submit to wage reductions. The acfrom Tiration of the roads Is and na, Albania, craahed in Italy. Most unfortunate and will have a tenden- of the victims were returning from King Zogs wedding. Among them cy to obstruct the Presidents rewas Helen Llndheira of New York. covery program. D. B. Robertson, president of the An assortment of jewels valued at Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen $1,052,000 belonging to Paris and Viand Enginemen, declared: "There enna firms, from which King Zog will be no wage reduction agreed to bad selected several pieces for bis bride, was destroyed. by railroad employees. . Co-opera- federal-state-loc- al st -s- Job Rob Turkey Taster of Desire for Homo Food A government Join any federal employes will tell you, Is not sine-cur-s. to Taka example employees In the Department of Agriculture, bu- reau of agricultural economics, where six qualify as "turkey tasters. To iome the task would be a pleu sura. To them It Is Just another Chore, eays Nations Business. t They can't even enjoy the roast third national party, as the National Progressive party, was announced at the much heralded meeting of the La Follette followers in Madison, Wia. The was gathering brought about by Gov. Philip F. La Follette, who delivered the main address before the throng in the University of Wisconsin live stock pavilion. No nationally known Progressives were present, and details Lm Follette ara yet to be adopted. The party already has a symbol, a red circle on a white background with a blue cross in the center. Basic principles of the new party the governor said. Include: The ownership and control of money and credit, without qualification or reservation, must be under public and not private control. The organized power of this nation must stop at nothing short of necessary steps to restore to every American the absolute right to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. "We believe in file basic concepts of American government and, in particular, that grants of power always should be safeguarded against abuse. "Those who work on the farm and in the city must be given security, not a security founded on producing less for more, or working less for more. We propose security founded on a definite, decent annual Income for all. "We flatly oppose every form of coddling, or spoon feeding the American people whether it be those on relief whether it be farmers 'or workers whether it be business or Industry. "Our hemisphere was divinely destined to evolve peace, security, and plenty. It shall remain inviolate for that sacred purpose. of a BIRTH Bill ur turkey. They must keep their minds on their business and record their findings. They are required to pus Judgment on aroma, texture, flavor of fat; flavor of lean, tenderness end general conclusions. As they file their finding! In the governments archives they plaintively conclude: "Eating turkey can make you tired of turkey. It keeps you from wanting dinner. It Is also tedious when you alt and eat turkey for many hours." OPKYIOg all and lie could pick it up anywhere and read either way backward or forward. lie aaw the time when white men to would come from the Eat in canoe. They would eek rule the land, and for a time the would rule it, but they would become wicked, and after they had driven hi people west until they were nearly extinct, then the Great PirJ would come down in a flame of fire and drive hack their foes and they would then again become a mighty people upon came from this, THEIR land. He said his people originally lie to south, the far was the south, that their beginnings said the white man would become very rich. He would read chariots ride by the lightning (electric lights) ; he would m in like the would he ; fly air, without horses (automobiles) he would talk from the clouds (radio), a bird (airplanes) ' and many other like things. Isaiah Sees The Coming Power In America. The deli-ve- Anti-Chri- ON THE WEEK END Butter, lb - 26c (Subject to Market Changes) Wheaties, 2 pkgs 21c Milk, tall cans,4for25t 39c Brooms, 5 tie 1 BEANS, Navy or Chili, :ib.9c RICE, Blue Rose, 2 lbs 9c IT'S HOT CAKE TIM- ECABIN SYRUP V END OF SERIE OF ARTICLES. Visit Our Fine Ladies DO YOU VALUE YOUR HEALTH? Apparel Store, 309 So. Mali Phone your order To store Call Was. 4864 You can havo HEALTH by OBEYING Israels Laws, exlecplained from the Bible, in the next Knat weekly Bible ture Saturday eve. 8 oclock, May 7, in Salt Lake City PuYou should not blic Librarys class auditorium, 2nd floor. miss a fine opportunity of your life to hear Gods outstanding Revelations verified & correctly explained of a noted lecturer- - Utah Consumers The British Israel Vorld Federation, LonFederation of U. S. don, and Anglo-Saxo- n Haverhill, Massachusetts, ie 860 South Main S'reet able te demonstrate from the Bible, History and Science that tha British Empire Is the Kingdom of ISRAEL and U. States A. the great people of Manastth, while the Jews are NOT Israel. Have You a Favorite Cake the and the statesmen seemed sure one is coming all the armed forces of the French and the British will ba pooled under unified commands. The land forces will be commanded by a French general immediately either of the nations la attacked. The combined sea and air forces will be under command of British officers. The British air force will be permitted to use French bases. Mothers Day Sunday, May 8 Satf. "hello" tuf telephone. 4 ? can't be. with heft X . SHERMAN MINTON who succeeded Hugo Babe la a Treetop A child blown away by a gala was found safe and sound In a treetop near Ahmednagar, north of Bombay. The baby, a little Indian girl, was sleeping In a cradle suspended from the roof cf the fragile hut which waa her parents hone. The gale lifted the hut bodily from the ground, carried It some way and then dashed It down in fragments. The baby, however, was blown Into the thick branches of n nearby tree. Burners found her almost unhurk SPECIALS st Recipe?-Se- nd It In It May Win Cash Prize Black as chairman at the senate's Inquisitorial committee. Is so vexed with the newspapers that he has Introduced a bin providing to censorship of the press. It Is as follows: "Any person, firm, corporation, or association that publishes in the District of Columbia or publishes or causes to be transported in interstate commerce or through the malls any newspaper, magaxine, or other periodical In which is published as a fact anything known to said publisher or his responsible agent to be false, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 and shall be Imprisoned for not more than two years. be IN MERCHANDISING PAYS t, ance. The sensational part Is that when the next war comes SENATOR CO-OPERATI- np-o- Anti-Chris- two nations had entered Into a powerful defensive alli- Presi Censorship Phone Waa. Willy P. Henkel, Mgr. We have Added A TILE Department to operated by Mr. H. Wynn Idumea, or the world (the Satanic dominions of Johns Revel.. 13th ch., set up upon the Eastern hemisphere, in Asia and Europe) and in this final Judgementof before the Millennium will be fulfilled the last splendour kingdoms: Satans babyloniah On a hare hill, up with the signal! shout to them loud, beckon them to enter the gates of the proud. 1 or I have heroes I charged my chosen hoat to execute my wrath, my A din have summoned, my men of martial pride. Ilark! Hi the upHark! host. a of mighty the mountains as roar of empires, nations gathering; for the Lord of host is mustering a battle array. From a ffir land (America) they Hi the Eternal are coming, from the ends of the world and tlie forces of his fury, to ruin all the earth Shriek away! Hia close, His the Eternal's day, a a mighty blow from the shall Almighty; then shall all hand grow limp, all heart and with throes, seized ; be pangs dismayed melt, and mortals other they writhe like a woman in labour, staring each at the pitiEternal is the Here coming aghast, flieir faces aflame. and desolate earth to in and wrath, in lay blazing less, anger no sned shall stars their and destroy sinful men. The skies moon shall nethe at its he dark shall rising, sun the light, ver be bright. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their vice, the arrogance of proud men I will still, and more lay the haughtiness of tyrants low. till man becomes from ore scarcer than men Ophir. finest gold rare than gold, (13th chapter of Isaiah.) (All the brief quotations form the Bible are acocraing to James Hoffatas excellent, aithful translation from tlie original languages, which we recommend to our readers as the Tuhl. by George II. most ready literary English to follow. Doran, Co., Xew York.) berlain and Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, of Great Britain, and at its close it was Asks Manufacturers of OFFICE STORE FIXTURES Superior Cabinet Work rs DALADIER and For. Bonnet of France had a momentous conference In London with Prime Minister Cham- that BANK Prophet At the close of his prophetic speech to the Nephites, Jesus Quoted from the prophet Isaiah, 52nd ch., which is soon ready for fulfillment, wiien the Lord of this continent it over to the worthy posterity of Israel: Look! His the feet of a herald, hastening over the hills, with glad, good news, with tidings of rdicf$ palling aloud to Sion, Your Ood a triumph song., reigns!' All your sentinel are shouting, hein returns to Bum. for they see the Eternal face to face aa and the Lord will Sion, aUo on the continent of America, Deliverer and Joreveal himself anew here as the great have shall power over its seph Smiths prophecy; The Lord in the Western midst in their (namely saints, and shall reign n in down come shall and Judgement hemisphere, America) PREMIER announced , - 5 Affiance Anglo-Frenc-h MODERN WOODWORKING Long distance rates are reduced all day Sunday and every night from 7 pjn. to 4:30 un. Found It Profitable For not producing hogs nineteen persons received New Deal government checks in excess at $10,000 each, and one concern got $150,000; and it was not engaged in farming at alL SHOE REPAIRING Right Thinking Brings Good Results When yon think of having your Shoes Repaired THINK O.K. .S Jobs at SHOESHOP Moderate Prices 414 So. State Street Alfred Sorensen, Progressive JEWELER Jewelry, Watch, Kodak Repairing T5 East 2nd. South 83 Yean In Salt Lake We can serve you better than ever Freedom Press TX7HEN you decide to give your W family a real treat and you bake one of those luscious, tempting chocolate cakes, or It may ba a delectable marble cake or a delicious devil's food cake, made from your favorite recipe, and the folk all reach for a second, or perhaps a third, helping now isn't that gratifying! How amply rewarded you feel by the remarks of appreciation going around the feaUve board such aa Oh, boy, what a cake!" from little Willie, said with a mouthful, to "I must have another piece if I burst! from Dad. But here! you may havo still further reward coming to you. The very recipe that the family makes so much over may be the one to take the first prize of $25, or one of the five second prizes of $10. or ono of the ten third prizes of $5 in the Cake Recipe contest And why not? C. Houston Goudiss, noted food authority, who to 30 years has exerted a wide influence on the food habits of this nation through his lectures and books, and who at present conducts the food department In this newspaper known as What to Eat and Why, is conducting a cake recipe contest with cash prizes to be given to persons submitting the best recipes. Your recipe will be Judged on the basis of Its nutritional and wholesome value. It need not be a marvelous creation for the eye to behold. The judges of this contest may agree with your family that your favorite recipe IS THE BEST! For further particulars see tha announcement elsewhere in this issue of this newspaper. There is nothing to buy. No letter to write. Just send in your favorite cake recipe- It may win a prize. Freedom Religion Red Carol Always Prised ia end always has been prized, not solely for Jsw-tlr- y and buttons, but as a charm to bring safety, health end secrets not revealed to the ordinary person. As ancient Gauls rushed headlong into battle, they trusted their safety to their swords, strength end the "magic coral imbedded in their shields or helmets. Many Italians and Indians regard coral as protection against the evil eye. The world's red coral comes from tha reefs off the Mediterranean coast of Africa, lays tha Washington Post, and te obtained chiefly by Italians It Is red coral that o |