Show IN RE lit V I 1 EW eby ui pa D western newspaper union president would enlarge supreme court to 15 RESIDENT ROOSEVELT electrified P PRESIDENT congress with a surprise message proposing sweeping cli changes in the federal court system which would alow him to pack the supreme court with justices who could be expected d to uphold the constitutionality tiona lity of new deal legislation ile he submitted a draft of a bill to accomplish com this reorganization I 1 it t pro video pres president int 1 that n tor for every roo roosevelt s velt federal judge with a service record of at least ten years continuously or otherwise who tails falls to resign or retire within six months after reaching the age of 70 the president shall appoint another judge 2 that the number of additional judges so appointed shall not exceed fifty the supreme court being limited to 15 members appellate and special courts to two additional members each and district courts to twice the present number of judges 3 that two thirds of the supreme court and three fifths of other courts shall constitute a quorum 4 that the chief justice of tho the supreme court shall transfer circuit and district judges to jurisdictions with congested dockets in order to speed up disposition of litigation 5 that the supreme court shall ie be empowered to appoint a proctor lo 10 supervise the conduct of business in the lower courts the president also proposed a reform in the injunctive process which he declared would expedite supreme court rulings on the constitutionality of legislation and would further insure equality and certainty of federal justice he said frequent injunctions which set aside acts of congress are in clear violation of the principle of equity that injunctions should be granted grante d only in those rare cases of manifest illegality and irreparable damage against which the ordinary course of the law offers oo no protection ile he asked that congress forbid any injunction or decision by any federal court touching a constitutional question without previous and ample notice to the attorney general to give the government an opportunity to present evidence and be heard his bill proposed that any lower court decision which involved a constitutional question be appealed directly to the supreme court where it would take immediate precedence over all other business new deal loaders leaders in congress were expected to back the presidents propos proposals ald solidly while it became apparent that the conservative democrats might align with the solid republican group in opposing it the latter group groub saw in the bill a direct attempt boget to get rid of some of the older justices of the supreme court who have proved continual stumbling blocks for pet new deal acts chief justice charles E v a n s hughes approaching 75 has voted sometimes to sustain sometimes to invalidate new deal laws justice willis villis van deventer 78 has invariably opposed new deal laws so have james dark clark 75 george sutherland 75 and pierce butler 71 louis dembitz brandeis 80 has doted to sustain new deal acts except in the case of the rejected by unanimous decision if the tha president is successful in putting over the proposed changes it will be the eighth time in the years of bf the supreme courts history that the number of justices has been changed the largest number ever to sit on the bench was 10 from 1863 to 1860 1866 and the smallest number 5 irom 1801 to 1802 malaga Is taken by spanish fascists FRANCOS sp spanish anish Glas GENERAL fascist elit troops and warships after fter several days of fierce battling put to rout the loyalist defenders of malaga and captured that important mediterranean coast city the insurgent army headquarters said the reo w ak government troops were fleeing in disorder and observers posted on hilltops overlooking malaga described the situation as complete chaos gen franco the population and socialist militiamen could not escape because the city was surrounded by land and sea and bands of murderous anarchists were said to be roaming the streets until the fascist army could enter from the suburbs suburb the attacking troops were under the immediate command of gen gonzalo quiapo de llano the long drawn out of madrid continued but there was one important development when thein the jhc in ln views on presidents plan to E marge enlarge supreme court senator byrnes im tor for it senator nye I 1 think the president has hit upon a most ingenious method of speeding up the work of our tribunals senator I 1 am opposed POS ed to tampering with the supreme court senator mcadoo the presidents message receives my unreserved commendation senator capper I 1 am certainly opposed to increasing the number of supreme court judges for the purpose of allowing the executive during any one administration to control the decisions of the supreme court senator holt im not in favor of increasing the membership of the supreme court senator hale should his recommendations be followed I 1 can see no hope of an independent supreme court senator gerry im definitely opposed to the presidents proposal in regard to the supreme court senator thomas I 1 think it is a timely and happy solution of a perplexing problem representative snell this is pretty near the beginning of the end of everything representative fish the message is political hypocrisy speaker bankhead the plan for adding additional judges is a sound policy senator king I 1 am unalterably opposed to it sur gents attacking with infantry and tanks from the south threatened to cut the highway to valencia the capitals only remaining line of communication with the outside motor strike conferences bring no settlement MURPHYS conferences G GOVERNOR with strike leaders and general motors officials seemed about to end without result though i there may be a recess with resumption of negotiations later at this writing this is the situation G general en e ra I 1 motors will not concede tho the right of the union to exclusive bar bargaining gainin rights for all the employees in all the plants but offers to stand W b Kil u by y the result of an election held under the control of governor murphy john L lewis head of the C 1 I 0 will not countenance an election and he and the other union officers will not recede from their demand tor for sole bargaining rights vice president william S knud sen and other officials of the corporation po ration issued a statement that they were ready to resume the conferences feren ces at his call governor murphy had daily telephone coave conversations arsa with the white house and insisted he was still optimistic in flint there were pr preparations epa rations for warfare between the citizens and nonunion non union men on one hand and the strikers on the other the i i mayor was given give n dictatorial 1 powers by the city com commission mission with authority to organize a special police force of deputized citizens and the national guardsmen guardsman Guards men under command of col joseph lewis was ready leady to maintain the peace tee th e sheriff still refused to execute the court order for ousting and arrest of tile the sit down strikers until told to go ahead by governor murphy ar I 1 the governor was ignoring that matter pending instructions from washington elihu root statesman and lawyer dies LIHU ROOT one of americas ELIHU most eminent lawyers and statesmen died in new york at the age of ninety two intensively active all his life lie he did not cease his activities until he was attacked by pneumonia two weeks before his death ills his passing was deplored by the great men of the nation and many of them would have attended his funeral had the family not decided that only private services should be held in clinton N Y his birthplace by intellectual brilliancy mr root became admittedly the leader of the american Americ hn bar and he was actively interested in many societies devoted to tre the arts and sciences peace and education during a halt half century of public service he held many high ollices and his greatest achievements Ints were in furthering arbitration bit ration 0 of t international disputes ile he was on an organizer of the world court and served on the permanent court of arbitration at the hague ile he was secretary of war under me lie kinley secretary of state under theodore roosevelt and united states stales senator from new york from 1909 to 1915 pope in better health makes radio address P POPE OPE PIUS Is 13 believed to be on the way to recovery from the illness that it was feared would prove fatal from ills his wheel chair in the tha vatican he delivered by radio an address to the pilgrims gathered in manila for the ahe eucharistic congress urging increasing ardor in missionary work ills blessing was bestowed on the great throng at tho the closing of the congress one of the pontiffs reasons tor for delivering this radio address which ot of course was heard by all the world was that a congress of godless was about to open in moscow naval construction by germany and england GERMANYS new ton cruiser the admiral hipper IIi first of three of that class under construction was launched at hamburg the vessel of a size that was prohibited to germany by the versailles treaty will mount eight 8 inch guns as its main armament it is named tor for the commander ot of a german battle cruiser squadron that took part in the battle of jutland sir samuel hoare first lord of the admiralty says the british still are able to build better warships than any other nation during the fiscal year that ends in march great britain will have completed the construction st of thirty new warships they include four cruisers two flotilla leaders eight destroyers four submarines six sloops four motor torpedo boats and two auxiliary ships congress gets plan for or public works program of the interior harold S SECRETARY ickes and the national resources committee of which he be Is chairman have produced a public jublle works and national water program for i the next six years and it was submitted to congress by I 1 president roosevelt with the recommendation I 1 that it should be adol adopted aed nin alln bolves the expenditure ot of five billion dollars and calls for lump sum annual harold ekes appropriations appropriation andor sunder the regular budget for a list of approved projects and allocation of the funds to a permanent public works or development agency As the chief part of the plan mr roosevelt presented congress with a list ot of some worth of water conservation projects including a flood control program in the inundated oh ohio to and mississippi river valleys in his transmission tran message the president warned congress against considering each project as a separate entity the report he said should ot of course be read in conjunction with the recommendations for highways bridges dams flood control and so forth already under construction estimates for which have been so submitted in hi the budget during the depres depression sion he told congress we have substantially increased the facilities and developed the resources of our country forthe the common welfare through public works and work relief programs we have been compelled to undertake d actual work somewhat hurriedly to in the emergency now it is time to develop a long range plan and policy for construction to provide the best use of our resources and to prepare in advance against any other emergency the committee that drew up th this I 1 s program includes besides mr ickes secretary of war harry H woodring administrator har ry hopkins secretary of agriculture henry A wallace secretary ot of labor frances perkins secretary of commerce daniel C roper frederic A delano uncle of the president and charles E merriam Merr lam university ot of chicago professor profess oe senate passes house deficiency relief bill ESPITE the warm opposition of D democratic senator J W bailey of north carolina and others including the few republicans I 1 the senate passed the house deficiency relief bill carrying an appropriation of senator bailey spoke in support of his amendment which would require a means t test est or paupers haupers pau pers oath as some have called it for states I 1 counties and their political subdivisions to secure federal aid tor for their relief requirements the amendment was rejected without a record vote out of the total allocated in the bill tor for relief and work relief about was expected to be given to the works progress s administration from this fund aid will be given to victims of floods in the ohio and mississippi valleys house votes billion for governmental agencies 0 FINANCE for another year T TO the social security board veterans administration and about thirty other federal agencies tho the house appropriated one billion forty six million dollars the bill passed without a record vote carried carrica a 2 last minute amendment providing that none of tho the funds appropriated should be available to t 0 pay for the expenses of any con gressional gress tonal investigation this amendment was aimed at senate investigations such as the la follette and wheeler inquiries |