Show news review of current events ir va avents the world over business ahl industrial conference called by y president hoover smoot predicts revision of revenue law walker case developments by EDWARD W PICKARD TN N TUB nature of 0 a culmination of A lila his program for economic recovery will be tho the conference conf crenco which president hoover has called to open august 20 in washington those summoned are tho the m members embers of tho the business and industrial du committees recently sot set up in h the tha twelve federal reserve A districts and the purpose announced by mr air hoover Is in to a tart start a concentrated cent rated campaign along the tha whole eco franklin Frankl ln omac front fort continuing tho the president said tho the conference will deal with specific broj eats where definite in business agriculture and employment can be attained and will coor co or binate the mobilization ot of private and governmental instrumentalities ito t that hat end committee chairmen and officials who were to hold the preliminary organization meeting were carl P I 1 dennett boston owen D young new york george it II 11 houston philadelphia L 13 williams cleveland edwin 0 graham richmond geor george 0 8 harris atlanta sewell L avery chicago J IV harris st louls louis george D dayton minneapolis joseph F porter kansas hansas city frank nell kell dallas K 11 kingsbury san francisco secretary of the treasury mills secretary of agriculture hyde Secre secretary iary of 0 commerce chapin secretary or oc labor doak eugene meyer governor of the federal era reserve board atlea pomerene Pomer cne chairman of the reconstruction finace corporation Paul Bestor chairman farni farm loan board franklin fort chairman federal home loan board and james jamea 0 stone chairman of the federal farm board much Is expected to bo be accomplished by tho the homo home loan banking system created by congress of which franklin fort of now new jersey has been made chairman in a radio address mr air fort explained that tho the home boma loan banks will have the power to make direct loans on first drat mortgages up to the samo same percent percentage of the value of the property that they may loan to institutions wo we shall nil all bo be greatly disappoint ed 11 he be continued if the home loan bank system does not put under the real estate and mortgage structure of america the type of oc underpinning which not only will prevent its collapse in these troubled times but will form a foundation for tho the continued expansion and growth of home ownership the machinery of tho the now org aulza tion which will bo be set up as aa soon as the board decides upon tho the sites tor for tho establishment of the eight to twelve homo ton loan n banks provided by tho the law Is designed primarily t to adi vance loans to building and loan associations soc lations savings banks and insurance companies in the mortgage field SMOOT chairman of tho the S SENATOR senate finance committee realizing there are many inequalities in the 11 new revenue law expresses the opinion that congress when it reconvenes will find necessary a revision of that measure to fit business conditions as they will then exist and ho he believes the plan of a general manufacturers sales tax will be revived personally said eald the utah senator 1 I think that the bottom of the business depression pres slon hns fias been reached and that conditions are arc getting better everywhere in the country countr Y 11 the chamber of commerce of the united states has announced formation of a special committee on taxation to examine the manufacturers sales salea tax and other possible sources ot of federal revenue as a means of curing inequities in the taxation system as set up in the last session of congress PRESIDENT CURTIS was VICE foit formally nally notified of his tion by the republican party at his home in topeka nan kan the ceremony was notable for its simplicity for charlie had said eald he did not wish his friends and neighbors to go to a lot of expense there were no parades but the topeka post band of at the american legion played and the same post provided a color guard senator dickinson chairman of the notification committee spoke for about ten minutes and mr curtis then delivered his address of acceptance an effort that received high praise from his bla fellow republicans TRIMBLE derk clerk of the S SOUTH house bouse of representatives decided that speaker garner and astle at avd ariey 1 1 I lvere e r right aud ud t that ha t it was waa mandatory on him to make public alip details of loans made by tho the reconstruction finance corporation banco july 1 in this he disagreed who sought sough t to r V ith president avoid tills this publicity and who thought further congressional action was necessary if tho the transactions wore were not to be ba held ns as confidential by tho the clerks of the senate and house F FIVE distinguished engineers will pass on all applications application for loans for self liquidating projects as aa provided for in the relief act carrying a fund of for construction work to aid tho the unemployed at t taci head or of this commit teo tco of ivo five Is dr charles david marx one of tho the foremost engineers of california ile iio Is a personal 4 friend of hoover who esteems him highly and has utmost confidence in dr C D marx his ability to handle tho the big job put in hla his hands doctor marx who was born in ohio in 1857 was waa educated in cornell university and in germany lie ile was united states assistant engineer on missouri river improvement fifty years ago and afterward was on tho the faculties facilities of cornell wisconsin ln and stanford universities tits hla homo home Is in palo alto NI 3 of the strange developments of 0 tho the times Is tho the farmers strike that was started in iowa for or the purpose of forcing higher prices for farm produce and that spread to some extent in other states of tho the central west the iowa farmers undertook to compel all agriculturists of the state to withhold their products from market and in some regions notably about des moines picketed the highways and stopped nearly nil all trucks carrying vegetables and live stock to the city deputy sheriffs were instructed to keep the roads open but few farmers cared to run the blockade city milk distributors obtained sufficient supplies by train but urbanites had tc rely on home gardens for their vegetables in north dakota tho the farmers united to withhold their wheat from market until the price shall reach 1 a bushel and their loader leader said this movement had made progress in eleven states plans for financing the threshing bills of farmers who promised to hold back their wheat were being worked out JIMMY WALKER of now new M MAYOR york put in another strenuous week trying to convince governor roosevelt that he should not be removed from the examination conducted by tho the governor went into all facts connected with walkers r relations e I 1 a t I 1 0 n 9 with russell T aber wood who handled the mayors financial affairs and has long been missing and with many other charges made by mayor walker samuel Sen seabury bury during the questioning there was a lot about an unnamed woman who was unofficially admitted to be betty compton an actress now living in england the evidence before the legislative committee had shown that this person whose name was not then revealed received a check for from a brokerage account of mayor walkers and that cash and stocks valued at were turned over to her from the various accounts of sherwood tho the mayor in his testimony referred to the unnamed person ng as having been his personal friend lie ho offered to explain tits his arrangement with her as a 9 it was expressed on one occasion but the governor refused to permit an explanation throughout the trial governor roosevelt has shown a commendable determination to get nt at the truth and frequently found occasion to squelch Wal kera counsel john J curtin to tho the layman at a distance it seemed that the efforts of the attorney did nothing to help the mayors case to put it mildly supreme court justice staley issued an order com compelling peling roosevelt to dew delay his decision in the case until after a hearing on a writ of injunction and there was a good prospect that court proceedings would block removal of the mayor it if that Is decided upon by the governor until after the presidential election NEWS of interest to nil all the country came from Eng englewood Englc wood lwood N J there in the tha morrow home a second son was born to tg col and mrs charles A lindbergh and it was announced that mother and child were doing well the happy event came five months month and sixteen days after the of the first Lind bergli boy from their home in colonel lindbergh issued a n plea to the press not to invade the privacy of hla his home feeling that the publicity to which the family had been subjected was in large metis meas uta ure responsible for the tha tragic death of 0 their first child r hint theodora roosevelt RUMORS governor general of the philippines would bo be called homo home to take part in the presidential on of mr air hoover were strength enni when it was announced that jolia john 11 II holliday of st louis no mo had been appointed vice governor of the alio islands by the president ile ho lina has boon been acting ns local legal to colonel roosevelt the of the republican campaign felt that a few speeches in tho the middle and far western states state by gov arnor general roosevelt would greatly help tho hoover cause because it lind had been found that many voters out there going to cast their ballots for franklin D roosevelt under tho the impression pres slon that lie he Is tho the son of former president ro roosevelt rosovelt os ovelt to whose memory they are devoted tho the first time in n year and a FOR half president hoover took a vacation but it lasted only n few days ile spent the first part of tho the time on the alio commerce department bout boat sequoia fishing la in tho the waters of tho the chesapeake and lie ho and his companions caught a lot of fish and had a good rest wednesday evening tho the president landed at an annapolis nap whence chenco he motored to the white house and then went on to tho the rapidan camp mine fields of central and C COAL southern illinois were greatly disturbed following tho the acceptance accept anco by tho the union of a n compromise 5 a day rate many of the minors miners rebelled against this and there were mass meetings and picketing activities that gave tile the authorities much to do joe colbert Colb crt a union official at orient and one of tho the protesters was called from his house and shot to death many of the larger mines reported that they were operating with full forces at the reduced scale STATE politics in new york Is getting 0 lively and tho the republicans aro are preparing to select their candidates at the convention which meets in september to oppose I 1 united states senator robert nobert F NY wagner a g n e r democrats Demo cratt who seeks reelection election re it Is likely charles S whitman will be bc picked by tho the G 0 P he Is a veteran in politics h having a v I 1 n g been elected governor in 1014 and ro re two years later j but he was defeated in c 8 whitman 1018 1918 by alfred E smith since when lie ho has not held or sought office mayor rollin B maryin of syracuse Is another possibility for tho the senatorial nomination for the tha republican nomination for governor tho the most conspicuous aspirant to date Is col william J dono van of buffalo who acquired tho the nickname wild bill in tho the world war he commanded the old lighting fighting six ty ninth and won the congressional medal of honor the distinguished service medal and other decorations during the coolidge regime ho he was waa assistant attorney general ian economy in mind italy Is WITH about to reorganize her navy and will retire about tons of her fighting ships these will include two battleships three heavy cruisers nine light cruisers twenty ova destroyers and a dozen submarines all reasonably old but still within the age limit the ships will be stripped of their crows crews but not immediately scrapped in this condition they will continue to servo serve ns as a bartering point when the world disarmament conference resumes its discussions at geneva switzerland ze rland this fall EN KURI VON VOM schleicher GEN Gm minister InIster of defense in the von pal en cabinet Is moving steadily toward realization of his ambition to become master of germany R reports a p 0 r t x from berlin intimate that out of the political chaos maye may emerge merga a new government K with that strong at rone man as chancellor and franz bracht brachat as premier of the state of prussia von schleich r er Is much more highly regarded than von gen clen von by the junkers schleicher who have that all pretense creten of parliamentary govern government meat be drop dropped pid adolph hitler lef leader tEler of the nazlo nazis in conference with president von hin den denbury burx demanded not only the buts but the same power assumed r by mussolini otter after the march on rome this the aged president curtly refused but he did otter to mike make hitler vice chancellor end give his big party other cabinet offices hitler would not accept the mtnor post preferring to remain opposition as the prophet of the nazis the national socialists cia lists thereupon began an attack on the von government and they now have the assistance of the communists mu manisto nIsto ts numbering some the latter decided to institute a na tion wide strike to force the government to toko take action for relief of unemployment SEBIO AYALA who has baa become eu EUSEBIO president ct cf paraguay to Is is as firm as his predecessor in determination no not to yield to the demands of be bolivia liv in concerning the gran chaco but in a public statement he declared that war var between the two nations over that issue would be an absurdity which was encouraging for the causo cause ot of peace bace 0 it 3 2 western union |