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Show News Review of Current J Events the World Over Fresidrnt Asks for Nationalization of Gold Supply Not Yet Ready to Fix Exact Value of Dollar Carlos Mendieta Is Given Cuban Presidency. Ily KDWAKI) W. P1CKAKD pUKSlPKNT ROOS1CVKLT si'iit to congress his longuwultrtl pieman on nionetnry matters, and It sliould bo In measure reimsurlng to business! unci flnnnce. Ha usKc-U ! that the gold supply , of the country lie na- tlonnllied ami that his ! pnwtTS he ri'ilt'llnt'd to enahle periodic rovul- unlU'ii of the dollar j within a rungo of f0 to 00 por cent of tho . present gold content, j lie already had the j power to devalue the dollar down to 50 President r , J(,eg Roosevelt not do so yet. saying that "beeause of world uncertainties, I do not believe It desirable lu the public interest that an exact value be now fixed." He added that careful study had led hhn to the conclusion that any revaluation ut more than (10 per cent would not be In the public Intere.-t. The I'reshlent asked full wiwer to take over the last outstanding supplies of gold In the country, much of which belongs to the federal reserve banks. The legislation he requested, he explained, ex-plained, "places the right, title and ownership of our gold reserves In the government Itself; It makes clear the government's ownership of any added dollar value of the country's stock of gold which would result from any decrease de-crease of the gold content of the dollar which may be made in the public Interest," In-terest," The profit that may result from cutting cut-ting the gold content, the President proposed sliould be used to set up a two-billion-dollar fund for purchases and sales of gold, foreign exchange and government securities. No further recommendations concerning concern-ing silver were made In the message, the President saying he believed "we should gain more knowledge of the results of the London agreement and of our other monetary measures." In talking with the correspondents, Mr. Roosevelt explained once more that the objective of his monetary program pro-gram Is to bring the purchasing power of the dollar back to the level at which the average debts of the country were Incurred, so that these debts may be paid off with a dollar equal In value to that at which the debt was Incurred. He made It clear that his program does not call for a resort to greenback green-back currency. Immediately after the reading of the President's message, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, com-mittee, Introduced the administration's bill to effect the monetary changes proposed. He called his committee together to-gether the next day to consider It, and Secretary Morgenthau was the first to be heard In argument for the legislation legis-lation asked. Only two Democratic senators came out In the open promptly in opposition to the President's program, Carter Glass of Virginia and Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, Eoth declared that the appropriation of the reserve banks' gold was unlawful and Immoral. Most of the Republicans were cautious In their expressions of opinion. However, Attorney General Homer Cummlngs rendered to the senate banking and currency committee a formal opinion upholding that section of the proposed bill. "The monetary gold stock (of the federal reserve system) may be taken by the government in the exercise of Its right of eminent domain," the attorney at-torney general's opinion declared. "Such power," he went on, "extends to every form of property required for public use." Gov. Eugene Black of the reserve board was heard by the committee in closed session and Senator Fletcher said Black was unchanged In his opposition op-position to the seizure of the federal reserve gold and the loss of the profit which would accrue from the devaluation devalu-ation of the dollar. Senator McAdoo of California was veracionsly reported as sharing the views of Senators Glass and Gore, but later sought to silence the rumor, asserting as-serting that he had not yet made up his mind. IfllTHO Is president of Cuba this VV morning?" asks the man In the street, and there Is reason for his uncertainty. un-certainty. At this writing the head of the Island republic Is Col. Carlos Mendieta, conservative leader of the Nationalists and presumably acceptable accept-able to the administration adminis-tration In Washington. Ramon Grau San Martin, unable to hold on any longer, resigned and some of the factions united in cnoosmg as m sue- Cark)s Heva cessor the youthful Carlos Hevia, secretary of agriculture In Grau's cabinet and a graduate of Annapolis Naval academy. Ilevia actually ac-tually was sworn in before the Supreme Su-preme court, but he lasted only one day. Then Col. Fulgonclo Batista, powerful commander of the army, took command of the situation. There was a loud demand that he roKlgn his military mil-itary post; a strike to force this was started by Antonio Gulteraa, late secretary sec-retary of war and navy, and Hevia ordered or-dered that Fulgonclo get out But tho army leader promptly brought 3,000 of his troops from Snnto Clara province to reinforce the 5,000 at Camp Columbia, on the outskirts of Havana, and compelled Hevia to resign. re-sign. He then deelnred that Mendieta was the only man capable of continuing contin-uing the Junta's revolutionary program without the extreme measures that had prevented recognition by the United Slntos; that, he, . Batista, recognized rec-ognized the costly mistake the Junta had made lu Instilling Gniu and would now rectify It. He ordered government govern-ment employees to remain nt work on pain of losing their Jobs, but the strike went Into effect far enough to tie up Havana's power, light, gas and transportation trans-portation systems. Batista ordered the arrest of Gtilteras, whom he held responsible re-sponsible for this. A bomb exploded near Meudletn's residence but no one was Injured. Mendieta was assured the support of the Nationalists he lends, the political polit-ical societies ABC and OCKR and the newer revolutionary organizations. Moreover, he had performed the highly high-ly difficult feat of reuniting the army and the navy. They had been split apart previously over the breach be tween Guiteras anil Batista. GERMANY'S great church quarrel goes on unabated and the Evangelical Evan-gelical pastors are still determined that their religion shall not be mizl- t; ' " Q e d. Relchsblshop Ludwlg Mueller, who Is a confidant of Chancellor Hitler, Issued Is-sued a decree forbidding forbid-ding pastors to criticize criti-cize the Nazi Protestant Protest-ant church administration adminis-tration from the pulpits pul-pits under pain of dismissal from the church. But the re bellious ones, organ-Dr. organ-Dr. Ludwlg lzeJ ag the Pastor3. Mueller Emergency league, de-fled de-fled Doctor Mueller and for the second sec-ond time read to their congregations a manifesto demanding his resignation. It was up to the councils of the churches to enforce the relchsbishop's decree, but several of the councils declared de-clared openly they would not do so. Bishop Mueller showed some Inclination Inclina-tion to recede from his position, but the militant Nazi German Christian pastors brought great pressure to bear, telling him they would support him only so long as he stuck by his decrees. de-crees. The bishop also seeks to annul all church laws passed In 1033 so he can proclaim new ones. Reverend Doctor RIchter, who Is highly considered by President Von Hlndenburg, declared In the Berlin cathedral that "a storm is brewing In Germany a fight between Christianity and heathendom." In this contest, however. Hitler appears to have much more Influence than the aged president, presi-dent, who Is more and more becoming a figurehead. D ESIGNATIONS from the Demo-- cratic national committee seem to be In order and some have already been received. The President let It be known that he did not approve of members of that body opening law offices In Washington and apparently trading on their supposed Influence with the administration. Robert Jackson Jack-son announced his resignation as secretary sec-retary and committeeman from New Hampshire, and Frank O. Walker said he had resigned as treasurer in order to devote full time to his work as chairman chair-man of the President's national executive execu-tive council. J. Bruce Kremer, practicing prac-ticing law In the Capital, resigned some weeks ago as member for Montana. Mon-tana. Postmaster General Jim Farley, Far-ley, It was said, wants to quit as national na-tional chairman, but Mr. Roosevelt may not permit this. Arthur Mullen, committeeman from Nebraska and vice chairman of the committee, and Or-man Or-man Ewlng, member from Utah, both have established law offices In the Capital and It would not be surprising if they resigned from the national committee. com-mittee. SENATORS BORAH of Idaho, Nor-ris Nor-ris of Nebraska and Nye of North Dakota, all Independent Republicans whose support has been counted on generally by the administration, have started a concerted attack on the NRA, charging that Its codes foster monopolies monop-olies and result In forcing the small dealers out of business. Their fight Is not against the President and his policies, but against Gen. Hugh Johnson, John-son, NRA administrator, upon whom they place the blame for the faults they say have developed. PRACTICALLY without opposition, a measure was put through the house and senate extending the life of the Reconstruction Finance corporation corpora-tion for another year and providing It with 5850,000,000 of new capital. There was little debate, and in the house only Louis T. McFadden of Pennsyl vanla voted against the bill. BIRTH control Inn bean put up to both congress and the President A bill designed to promote It by repealing re-pealing certain clause! of the penal code has been Introduced and hearings hear-ings started; and a committee headed by Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn of Connecticut Con-necticut and Mrs. Margaret Sanger carried to th White IIouHe a resolution resolu-tion from the birth control and national na-tional recovery conference In Washington Washing-ton asking Mr. Iloosevelt'B support for the mensure. TTALO BAI.BO, the bearded Italian air marshal who commanded the great mass flight from Italy to Chlcogo and buck Inst summer and thereby became too popular to suit ( Premier Mussolini, hni made his peace with the I Mice and has assumed his new duties du-ties as the governor of Libya In north Africa. Af-rica. He crossed the Mediterranean In state on the new cruiser Alberto Al-berto dl Olussano with I another cruiser In escort es-cort and when he lis landed was received lta' Blb0 by all the Italian officials In the colony and a colorful gathering of the native troops. Balbo, who Is Just thirty-seven yean old, replaces Marshal Pletro Badogllo as Libyan governor. While a new line of activity, It will be a Job with an opening for him, for Mussolini wanti to make Africa In time an outlet for Itallnn emigration. P.alho will keep up his Interest in aviation, even though he Is Just governor gov-ernor of the sandy North African coast REPUBLICAN members of the house ways and means committee proposed pro-posed two important tax reforms. A constitutional amendment authorizing the taxation of federnl and state government gov-ernment bonds was suggested by Representative Rep-resentative Allen T. Treadway, with the statement that there are now some $ 10,000,000,000 of such securities outstanding out-standing and free from taxation. Representative Isaac Bacharach proposed pro-posed the restoration to rffe federal tax laws of a credit against earned Income. Ills plan, Mr. Bacharach declared, de-clared, would lighten materially the tax burden of the small salaried class without seriously cutting Into present Income tax revenues. TWO thousand or more persons were killed and 10,000 Injured by violent earthquakes that shook all parts of India. The full measure of the disaster dis-aster will not be known for some time, but airplane surveys revealed that many cities and towns had been virtually vir-tually destroyed. In some regions the devastation was Increased by floods resulting from the temblors. Communication Com-munication system were shattered and there was great danger of pestilence and starvation among the survivors. nUERTO RICO has a new governor 1 who may please the Islanders better than did Robert U. Gore. He Is Gen. Blanton Winship, former Judge advocate advo-cate general of the army, and a man of experience in Insular affairs. He served in Cuba and the Philippines as an adviser to the highest American officials In those parts. Also he was a military aide to President Coolldge. His home town is Macon, Ga. Mr. Gore, whose administration was bitterly bit-terly and constantly attacked by Island Is-land politicians, resigned, stating his reason was 111 health. President Roosevelt also selected a new chief of the weather bureau In Washington In the person of Willis G. Gregg. He succeeds Dr. Charles F. Marvin. CAMILLE CHAUTEMPS, Ightlng desperately to save his French government after the great Bayonne pawnshop scandal, promised the cham- ber of deputies to clean up that affair, and thereupon was given a vote of confidence, con-fidence, 300 against 229. The vote came on the government's opposition to the creation cre-ation of a parliamentary parliamen-tary commission to investigate in-vestigate the collapse of the Bayonne institution, insti-tution, the death of Premier )(g follnderi Serge Chautemps (Handsome Alex) Sta-visky, Sta-visky, and the part several deputies have accused high officials of taking in the affair. The premier Insisted that such a commission would not get to the bottom of the charges. The premier promised to investigate the affair personally and to spare no names. During the heated debate he admitted there had been looseness and poor functioning of various services, but denied the charges of governmental government-al and police corruption. The opposition opposi-tion deputies were furious and there were open declarations that the country coun-try faced a dictatorship. Chautemps replied re-plied vigorously and made the assertion that a coup had been prepared several days previously to put the government In the hands of a few "energetic" men to act as a directory. CHINESE Nationalist forces after severe fighting captured Foochow, the Headquarters of the rebels in Fu-kien Fu-kien province, and it was reported that negotiations were proceeding to settle the dispute between the Nanking government gov-ernment and the leaders of the -rebel movement. There was great disorder in Foochow, for all the officers of the Nineteenth route army except its commander. com-mander. Gen. Tsing Ting-kai. had fk'd and the leaderless soldiers were run ning wild. On the request of Vice i Consul Gordon Burke, an America" naval party was o:-(!";-i"i ikViip fro; the gunboat Tulsa to prnto.-t 141 Aine; ieans in tlie y. 1 Jnv Aistrm :;e:u;j;j L:.:--n. |