Show economic highlights kloppe binse that affect the iti alln cpr npr palls dividend check mad T tux X or of klerr and lama 1 11 separable from local latal the administration ta Is moving amov ing to prevent two diametrically different kinds of crime first completed move was the signing oby the president of a group of bills requested by the department do part ment of justice which provide federal penalties tor for offenses offe that have heretofore bean covered by state laws only one bill provides that it ft kidnapped person Is IB kept seven days it shall be legally presumed that lie ho has been taken a croci a state line which brings it within federal jurisdiction and makes it a very serious offense indeed other bills in the group make it a federal crime to vend end extortion messages in interstate com merce to flee across state lines to eavold prosecution or giving testimony in felony cases to defraud or rob national banks to ship stolen securities ae ac ss state lines and po 0 o on tile tho passage of the bills gives federal authorities a great deal more leeway thin than they over ever had bad before in running down and punishing criminals they aro are the direct diorec t result of the dillinger corole opera which has made everybody colic concerned 0 arned federal and local author thorit les both look pretty foolish in ahe second move the lent dent Is striking at war nl al crime on the grand scale lie he sent a resolution to congress calling for ratification of international agreements that would call for licensing arrangements for international wms shipments this lie said saadi would help to end the mad race in armament which lf if permitted to continue may well result in war tho pho president wishes that special attention be given to ending the jungle war fare anio between bolivia ind paraguay which has been continuing for or years in the gran chaco district not a great deal about war has hag been heard in this country but foreign observers say it la Is as ghastly BA needless and as destruct cestr tive a conflict as aa ling has over ever b been eon fought within the next few months there ts Is going to be a great deal hoard about the arms arins manufacturers those who make big guns big shells tanks and similar weapons it all started with an article in fortune which was wag reunited in many newspapers commented upon by many more this was waa followed by two books by well known knowl journalists showing the rn methods ethod setup set up and the activities of th the e arms companies there are no big concerns of kind in this coun try and it la Is said that our arms maceia have for tile the most part kept aloof from the more nefarious activities of the european concerns in Rai europe rope however liow evor their I 1 i power extends into government interlocking directorships director ships and stock ownership make them almost absolute trusts during the war english concerns shipped wea pons pong to Cl germany ermany and germany shipped supplies to england through neutral switzerland an exaM example PIO in scotland there lg Is a field piece in it a public square on one side of it are tho the names of the th 0 british troops who died in capturing it from the germans mans on the ta ae other side Is tho the manufacturers name plate vickers largest english arms maker business Dus inose of late has haa shown little change recently there was a drop arop from the spring highs but this has regained in a number of major lines main worry of great industrialists now cannot bo be shown in tile the indices it is simply labor trouble lo that la Is proving very embarrassing to the administration inasmuch as aa the trouble steins atoms largely large from the when tile the was wag set up it provided that labor should have the right to organize that hat no worker be penalized for belonging to a union that collective collect ly e bargaining be permitted at that time there had been no major strikes for many years and no one thought any were coming As a result no special provision was ma made 10 for settling them tho the automobile industry was wag tho lie t first to be idt with the tool and lie die makers strike which paralyzed production at a time when tie do inland for cars wua highest in years this strike was waa finally settled after ft a fashion by federal mediators but there are plenty of rumblings gs beneath the surface still and it may break out again then shipping on oil tho the pacific coast was tied up solid by a long shor emens strike in which other labor organizations including truck drivers and joined through sympathy adain demands of ur the me longshoremen are aie a closed are aie a closed shop and shorter working week then truc kmen struck in the twin cities of st paul and minneapolis placed striking drivers in picket lines and caused a short seo of at food gasoline mid and other necessities union recognition closed shop and wage adjustment vero demanded great fear la Is that tile stricken will spread will eventually result in a general industrial strike chib could only be arbitrated th i bloodshed and martial mardal law most unbiased observers bellove that both workers worl cors and have good points to present but are frankly dubious as aa to whether arbitration bit ration efforts will get very far local authorities are powerless i are looking to the federal govern benl to solve the problem |