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Show I The Bulletin UNION LABOR INFURIATED BY TEXTILE GEN. J0HN80N MILL8 ARE REOPENING. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Cl WMtarn NawapaparUnloa. Johnson ha Generala iiugii live Issue Id the texUle trike; the mill owners prepared to op- erate their plants nnder protection of state troops and of the regular army If necessary; the strike leaders .flatly rejected the first peace move by the industry! declaring It was a "trial b a 1 1 o o n," and the resident's kS&ESu board matter ' The trator. mediation up the as a bad Job. gave NRA diulnli- - speuklng at a Gen. Johnson an. meetlng of thorities In New York, charged that the textile strike1 was In "absolute violation" of an agreement made by the United Textile Workers with the government last June, when a strike waa threatened. "If such agreements of organized , labor are worth no more than this one," he added, "then that institution Is not such a responsible Instrumentality as can make contracts on which this country can rely." Charging that the strike was "political" rather than for the Improvement of economic conditions, General Johnson warned that you "cannot unleash the forces of riot and rebellion, because you never, know when you can control them." - - lie declared that the strike had been called, despite the previous agreement, because Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, and others had circulated among the delegates to the union convention, telling them that the men would be fed by the government If they went on strike. The cotton textile Industry, he went on,'was the last one In which a strike should be called, as Increased costs under. the code and the processing tax bad doubled the costs of cotton goods. To all this the union leaders, led by Tice President Woll of American Federation of Labor and F. J. Gorman, boss of the strike, asserted angrily that Johnson was not telling the truth and that his "prejudiced Intrusion" Into the situation was unwarranted. They demanded that the administrator resign; and In rejecting a proposal from Peter Van Horn, head of the silk Institute, that the dispute be placed before the NRA and a public hearing be held, Gorman said: "We will not Join In submitting any Issue to the NRA as long as General Johnson Is administrator or occupies a position of determining Influence In the recovery administration. We said he ought to resign and we meant It Since that is our view, we could not Join In. any submission to the NRA while he has the power to make NRA decisions. Tills response was characterized by Van Horn as a repudiation of Preal dent Roosevelt and the NRA machln cry. Reopening of the closed mills was expected to bring on renewal of violence and disorder, the danger points being Rhode Island, Georgia and the Carolines. The National Guardsmen In these and other states were already mobilised and regular army troops at .various points were prepared to take a hand If they should be ordered out by President Roosevelt on call of the local authorities. Fourteen persons already had been killed and the prospect was that the death roll would be lengthened. Protests against use of National Guardsmen In the South continued. .Union heads contended that at least one of the North Carolina mills operating under guard was also under citation as an NRA violator. President Roosevelt's EFFORTS ofboard to about a bring peaceful settlement of the textile strike failed when the employers, according to the board, refused to make any concessions that would open the way to arbitration. The strike leaders had Insisted that all the mills must remain closed pending arbitration, and this was rejected by the mill owners. The cotton textile employers then declared flatly tlat they did not believe the Issues at stake are "appropriate subjects for arbitration. The Immediate result of this breakdown In negotiations was the resumption of rioting and lighting, especial- ly In Rhode Island. Thousands of strikers and their sympathizers fought with National Guard detachments In Saylesville and Woonsocket, driving back the greatly outnumbered soldiers. American governments Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Ban Salvador and Nicaragua. These countries used to be good customers in purchasing farm products, especially lard and wheat floor, bnt their Imports of these commodities from the United States have fallen off from the total of in 1929 to 81,092,601 in 1933. It Is the announced Intention of the administration to negotiate reciprocal treaties In such a way that markets, now practically demoralized during the four-yea-r period between 1929 and 1933, might he revived by perfecting "favored" trade schedules whereby products raised In these fivs Central American countries, not In competition with American products, might be admitted to this country at lower tariffs In return for admitting American products at lower schedules into the negotiating countries. Germany Informed the league that she would not sign the proposed eastern security agreement the "eastern Locarno" because she could not risk the possibility of having French or Russian soldiers entering the father-lanShe, however, declared herself willing to accept an eastern agreement embodying the Ideas "of collective nonaggression obligations and consultation between Interested powers in periods of political crisis." of the sharpest thorns In the of the Roosevelt administration will not be In the next congress to give pain to the New Dealers. James M. Beck of SENATOR nUEY LONG won conhls fight for absolute trol, of Louisiana, hls candidates for congress, state supreme court and ONE d. a husky San has accomplished capturing the Brit-lls- h and "American national amateur LITTLE, W LAWSON Francisco youth, the feat of golf championships In one season. This has been done only twice before. Little easily defeated David Goldman of Dallas, Texas, In the Coals of the national tournament at Brookline, Masai public service commissioner defeating Pennsylvania, leading those of the "old guard." The election was quite peaceful despite the preauthority on the has an- dictions of bloody "civil war." The nounced he will not Klngfish Is now expected to press hls Investigation of graft and corruption beseek cause congress has In the affairs of New Orleans and to become "a rubber undertake to have hls arch enemy, stamp." He had been Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, ousted from office through action by the legThis woman passenger of thi Morro Castle Is being helped along the deck renominated, but preIs rescue vessel to which she had been dragged after having jumped from which a controls. of he islature, Huey Howfers not to run. now the virtual dictator of the state, the blazing liner Into the rougl sea. n admlnistra-tlothe ever, will not be re-- but hls opponent have not given up M. Beck the fight Moved from his atto he Intends them for continue tacks, In the courts. Is thoroughly aroused by "I am not retiring from public life," AUSTRIA authentic reports from Mr. Beck explains. "This Is no time Brussels that former Empress Zita infor any citizen to lessen his activities tends to establish her residence In AusIn defense of our form of government tria, along with her I am retiring from congress because eight . children, Includ' I believe I can help In this great cause ing Archduke Otto, more effectively in the federal courts, pretender to the where I have practiced for more than thrones of both that fifty years, than In congress, where the country and Hungary. minority is gagged and reduced to ImIt was asserted that potence. thU Ilapabnrg family "Our form of government can only had been granted perbe saved by restoration of the. Repubmission to return as lican party to power, and I hope with plain citizens If Otto' my pen and voice to serve that party would promise not to as effectually in the Tanks as in seek In any way to krchduke Otto bring about restoration of the monarchy. COMSTOCK lost the Quite unofficially, it Is said restoraWILLIAM A. nomination to succeed tion of the Hapsburg monarchy would himself as 'governor of Michigan,- being not be opposed by either France or defeated by Arthur J. Lacey. The Re- Italy, but the British foreign office publicans named Frank B. Fitzgerald, scouted the idea. The little entente now secretary of states nations would be strongly against It In South Carolina the textile strike but might not hold the Vienna gov Injected Itself into the election. In a ernment entirely responsible. runoff election Olln. D. Jphnston, union In Vienna a spokesman for the forsympathizer and former mill hand, won eign office said that the return to Austhe Democratic nomination, over Cole tria of the Hapsburg family, even" as Ulease, old school, orator and campaignprivate Individuals, is still Impossier. Johnson will succeed Gov. Ira ble." Some member of the napsburg famBlackwood, hated by the union as a sirike breaking governor." Gov. Eu- ily may be allowed to return to repreNational Guardsmen at Greenville, S. O, called out to stop the textile gene T&lmadge was renominated by sent the family In the long pending strike rioters, meeting the angry workers with drawn revolvers and bared a over the napsburg properlawsuit Georgia Democrats. . In Arizona the Democrat! renom- ties, he said, but this la not likely to bayonets. be Archduke Otto, because of the daninated Senator Ashurst and Isabelle Green way. The ger that disturbances might result from hls presence. Socialists and labor unNew Dealers tried to get the gubernatorial nomination In Colorkdo for Mias ions would surely start trouble. Josephine Roach, coal mine operator and social worker, but she was beaten Britain have no MEN of Great or desire of engaging In by Edward CL Johnson, the incumbent. In Washington, also, the New Dealers any more wars except those of defense. lost oat when J, C. Stephenson was de- Representatives of the London Dally feated by Lewis Schwellenbach for the Express asked In 689,301 homes this Democratic senatorial nomination. question: Are you In favor of Great Britain federal government is still Isolating Itself from all foreign enTHE to extract a large sum of money tanglements, treaties and understandfrom Andrew W. Mellon, former secre- ings and refusing to (engage Its armed tary of the treasury and ambassador forces In any war unless our territory to England. The buor that of our dominions and possesreau of Internal revsions Is menaced? enue has filed with the The paper announced that 606,165, or 87.9 per cent of those voting, replied federal board of tax "Yes." Only 13,670, or 2 per cent of appeals a brief chargMellon Mr. those voting, favored foreign commiting that ments. Nine and a half per cent re83, 0 7 5,103 in fused to vote, and .6 per cent were taxes and penalties, Intenindefinite; alleging that he tionally defrauded the of the continuous sabotage government of taxes WEARY on his 1931 Income by by terrorists, three bogus stock sales business and financial men of leading and by falling to dls- - Andrew Mellon Cuba have asked President Mendleta close all his 1931 income on his tax to approve the organization of an return. armed band of vigilantes. The plan Is As before, the Pittsburgh millionaire to Issue permits to carry firearms to W. U. Kirk of the bureau of animal Industry; A. L.: Wagner, state relief retorted sharply, accusing the treasury all "responsible citizens" who apply committee auditor; L. G. Harris, plant superintendent; and Dr. B. E. Robertson, of unfair and despotic tactics. He for the privilege. Those Issued arms federal meat in the packing house at Albla, Iowa, where the first of inspector pointed ont that two of the three stock would hold authority either to arrest the federal drouth beef ' processing plants has been opened. Five of theso sales which the treasury attacked as or shoot "terrorists. The plan las are planned for Iowa. Cattle are bought by the federal surplus relief plants fraudulent were presented to a fed- the approval of Col. Fulgcndo Batista, administration and the beef prepared for distribution to the needy. eral grand Jury In Pittsburgh this army chief of staff. spring by Attorney General Homer S. carried elegant sticks with silver Cummings. The grand jury threw out distribution has been Walking Sticks an Aid knobs fitted as snnff boxes, and they the charges as unjustified and "exon- NATIONWIDE a to Early-Da- y poster pledging the Inventors gave their erated" Mellon. footmen similar slicks fitted Blue business Eagle wns Mellon In hls statement placed the public to support a stick The to fertile or sugar plums to the field letters walking carry establishments. Four inches square, It for Inventors whom the and ladies were enamored. of there responsibility for revival of the old is genius, they gummed for pasting in windows. were many sticks which served a tax charges on Secretary of the Treas- Code back further still. It is a Going NILA comand local authorities ury Henry Morgcnthau, Jr. lie dis- mittees are counted upon to aid Its double purpose, says the Montreal fairly well known fact that the silkmissed the third stock transaction, Herald. Our grandfathers could buy worm was smuggled Into Europe from distribution. which was mentioned by the treasury whose knobs or handles were rersa In the hollow of a pilgrim's sticks to Is the accompany This agitation with slotted parcel carriers, fitted but which was not presented to the staff It Is less generally known, but temporary Internal reorganization of grand Jury Inst spring, as "both trivial the. recovery administration, as decidtelescopes, seats, revolvers, swords, equally Interesting to note, that flic and fictitious." ed upon by Iresldent Roosevelt and drinking cups, geologists' . hammers, first head of saffron, which Is used In cigarette holders, rulers for measur- dicing and flavoring, was carried Into Hugh S. Johnson, the NRA adminis30 members of the trator. than ing the height of a horse, and sundry England In the same way. It was N40RE of Nations Invited Rusother to be gadgets'' according to tlielr hob- smuggled from Grcce in the days when Is three split ways Authority bles or Inclinations. sia to Join the league and the Moscow Instead of the present death was the penalty fur taking the conI'ut the stick which served a double plant nut of the country, and planted government accepted the bid. The next trol General Johnson Is expected to at Saffron Wahlnrt in Essex, eventual- purpose was used long before the Victhings on the program were the rati- continue In an Important post. SepaRussin's admission of fication by the rate agencies will he in charge' of torian Age. In the days of hooped ly giving its itffue to the pluce where league assembly and her election to a administration, and de- Skirts and powdered wigs the gallants It was first slicccssfully cuUlrnftiV Dcrmancnt sent on the league council. ciding controversies. Con-stitutio- n, for farm prod- ucts of the Middle West, tlio State department Is negotiating reciprocal trade agreements with fire Central a . J. With Bayonets and Revolvers - . . Congress-man-at-larg- e Start of Drouth Beef Processing ms one-ma- CONTINUING its efforts to restore Saved From the Burning Liner policy-framin- n g, i f |