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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Cf-neral Motors Strike Ended, Both Sides Yielding Opposition to President's Supreme Court Plan Increases Crcat Plains Drouth Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD (c) Western Newspaper Union. T) OTII sides mnking concessions, the General Motors strike came to an end in what Governor Murphy vt Michigan called "an enduring . q pence." Operations ' (,r ., ' of the great corpo- f '",,- . ' ration had been par- ! '"' alyzed for 43 days, I . ,.. 1 and the losses to it (, ! in business and to ' , , workers in wages " have been immense. " . I'artly tlirough the , - .skillful ellorts of v, - James F. Dewey, , .. i veteran federal la-"' la-"' '' ; bor conciliator, John John L. Lewis L Lewis, head of the C. I. O., and other union leaders, and the officials of General Motors were persuaded to modify the defiant defi-ant stands they had maintained through eight days of negotiations in Detroit, and the governor was enabled to announce the settlement. Under the terms of the agreement: agree-ment: 1 The corporation recognized the union as the collective bargaining agency for those employees belonging belong-ing to the union. 2 The corporation and the union agreed to commence collective bargaining negotiations on February Febru-ary 1G. 3 The union agreed to end the strike and evacuate all plants occupied occu-pied by strikers. 4 The corporation promised to resume operations in all strikebound strike-bound or idle plants "as rapidly as possible." 5 All employees are to return to work without discrimination against strikers. 6 The union agreed that pending negotiations there will be no other strikes or interference with production. produc-tion. 7 During existence of the collective collec-tive bargaining agreement contemplated, contem-plated, all opportunities to negotiate shall be exhausted before any other strike or production interference is attempted by the union. 8 Alter evacuation of plants the corporation agreed to dismiss the injunction proceedings started by the corporation against the union or any members in Flint, Mich. Secretary of Labor Perkins, whose own efforts to end the strike were futile, was highly gratified by the settlement. She gave out a statement praising the leaders on both sides for their give and take spirit and complimenting Governor Murphy on his success. Probably considerable credit should be given President Roosevelt, who kept constantly con-stantly in close touch with the situation situa-tion and talked with the conferees by telephone from the White House. p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S pro- posals for legislation that would permit him to pack the Supreme court have met with such widespread wide-spread and determined opposition, even from many members of his own party, that it was suggested tG him that he accept certain modifications. modifica-tions. These include appointment of Supreme court justices only when those over seventy-five do not retire, re-tire, and limitation of the number a President could thus appoint during dur-ing his term to two. His plan as submitted to congress would enable him to name six new members of the court if the present six justices who are over seventy do not retire re-tire voluntarily. Mr. Roosevelt announced to the correspondents that he was quite aware of the controversy he was confronting but would not back down on his demand for the legislation legis-lation as outlined in his message. It is probable that the President can get his measure through the house without great trouble, but a hot fight against it is certain in the senate. So far the Republicans in congress haven't had much to say on the matter, for the Democratic opponents of the scheme are vociferous voci-ferous enough to suit the G. O. P. It is said there is a good chance that the senate judiciary committee, headed by Ashurst of Arizona, will report unfavorably on the measure in so far as the proposal for increasing in-creasing the membership of the Supreme Su-preme court is concerned. The other parts of the President's plan, designed de-signed to expedite the work of federal fed-eral courts, do not meet with much opposition. Probably the scheme will be separated sep-arated into several bills; and indeed that already has been started, for Representative Summers of Texas, chairman of the house judiciary committee, introduced a bill providing provid-ing for voluntary retirement for Supreme Su-preme court justices with full pay at the age of seventy. This was passed quickly by a vote of 315 to 75. CONCLUSIONS of the great plains drouth committee were laid before be-fore congress by President Roosevelt, Roose-velt, the report being accompanied by a special message in which the President urged the development of a "nei- economy" in the vast area betwe ! the Allcghenies and the Rock'fS to save the region from the Meets of future drouths. The Views on President's Flan to Enlarge Supreme Court Senator Byrnes I'm for it. Senator Nye I think the President Pres-ident has hit upon a most ingenious ingen-ious method of speeding up the work of our tribunals. Senator Vandenberg I am opposed op-posed to tampering with the Supreme Su-preme court. Senator McAdoo-The President's Presi-dent's message receives my unreserved un-reserved commendation. Senator Capper I am certainly certain-ly opposed to increasing the number num-ber of Supreme court judges for the purpose of allowing the executive ex-ecutive during any one administration adminis-tration to control the decisions of the Supreme court. Senator Hale Should his recommendations rec-ommendations be followed, I can see no hope of an independent Supreme court. Senator Gerry I'm definitely opposed to the President's proposal pro-posal in regard to the Supreme court. Senator Thomas I 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 mes-sage is political hypocrisy. Speaker Bankhead The plan for adding additional judges is a sound policy. Senator King I am unalterably unalterab-ly opposed to it. whole matter, said Mr. Roosevelt, Roose-velt, dovetails into the proposed six year public works program. The great plains committee suggested sug-gested for the federal government: 1. A ten year program of additional addi-tional investigations and surveys. 2. Continued acquisition of land in range areas with rehabilitation as the objective. 3. Measures to increase size of farms too small for efficient operation. opera-tion. 4. Development of water resources. re-sources. 5. Resettlement within and without with-out the region. 6. Compensation to local governments govern-ments where federal land acquisition acquisi-tion results in shrinkage of the local tax basis. 7. Control and eradication of insect in-sect pests. 8. Exploration of possibilities for developing other resources, such as vast lignite deposits to provide alternative al-ternative occupation for some of the people in the area. Similar action was suggested for states with the addition of suggestions sugges-tions for legislation to permit formation forma-tion of county soil conservation districts, dis-tricts, encouragement of co-operative grazing associations, revision of the taxing system to take account of land income and assistance, to farmers in meeting water problems. For local co-operation the committee com-mittee suggested crop rotation, creation cre-ation of feed and seed reserves against dry years, conservation of moisture, supplemental irrigation, fuller utiliation of springs and wells, planting of trees and shrubs as windbreaks and flexible cropping plans to permit adaptation of each season's crop to the amount of moisture mois-ture in the land. BARCELONA, capital of the autonomous au-tonomous Spanish state of Catalonia, Cata-lonia, was bombarded by a Fascist warship, and the Catalan council of , state immediately SKjJ, decreed a new mo- bilization to meet i; 1 the threat of an in- as.! surgent attack. It ' r as0 ordered the , " strengthening of for---vi'' :: tifications and set jC5 up a superior de- x fense council. Following the cap-$ cap-$ - ture of the impor- tant Mediterranean Gen. Franco coast city of Malaga by General Franco's Fascist troops, a general clean up of loyalists there was started. Gen. Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano, rebel commander in southern Spain, announced over the radio that more than 150 leaders and military officers of the government had been arrested and executed after trial. He said an attack would soon be made on Valencia, the loyalist loy-alist temporary capital on the east coast. France was vexed by the reported assistance given the Fascists by Italians in the taking of Malaga, and renewed her threats to intervene inter-vene in behalf of the government unless Italy and Germany ceased their active support of Franco. The long drawn out siege oi Madrid Ma-drid continued, but there was one important development when the insurgents, in-surgents, attacking with Infantry and tanks from the outh. threatened to cut the highway to Valencia, the capital's only line of communicati-'o. COLUTTON of the farm problem, as devised by agricultural leaders lead-ers who have been in conference with Secretary Wallace, is based on Mr. Wallace's ever-normal granary plan. It would operate on these four stages: 1. Soil conservation payments would be continued until production balances demand. 2. When a surplus in any commodity com-modity is grown, the government would offer farmers loans at market mar-ket prices for storage of the commodity com-modity in bins. 3. If the surplus continued, soil benefit payments for removal of acreage from cultivation would be increased. 4. Should surpluses increase to 10 or 15 per cent above demand the government would impose taxes on excess production to force acreage reduction. Officials said no definite plan of taxation has been worked out. r- ESCRIBING it as a flood con-' trol measure, Senators Albion W. Barkley of Kentucky and R. J. Bulkley of Ohio introduced a bill in the senate designed to create seven federal "authorities" with powers similar to those of the Tennessee Valley authority. Together with the TVA, these would cover the entire United States. The measure is in accordance with the President's sug- i gestions for regional authorities to 1 co-ordinate flood control, power, rec- I lamation and rehabilitation work. As for the current flood, the people in the stricken regions were turning to the task of rehabilitation. Self j supporting residents of Cairo who had been evacuated were permitted j to return to the city, and martial law was lifted from the southern j counties of Ohio and Indiana. The levees along the lower Mississippi were standing up well under the strain. Contributions to the American Red Cross flood relief fund were nearly up to $20,000,000, twice the sum originally asked. pOMESTIC manufacturers per-sistently per-sistently refuse to offer bids on the steel that the navy needs for its warship building program. President Pres-ident Roosevelt wants to know why this is, and so far he has found out that the Walsh-Healy government govern-ment contract law is to blame. That act requires that all manufacturers filling government orders in excess of $10,000 shall comply with minimum mini-mum wage and maximum hour standards. Since the act became effective last year, the navy has advertised for bids on 25,000,000 pounds of steel but has been able to place orders for only 7,000,000 pounds. Spokesmen for the Navy department depart-ment indicated no further bids would be asked until 'the industry has recorded its position or unless the Labor department moves to relax re-lax the labor standard provisions of the law. 'TpHE house passed and sent to the senate a resolution extending extend-ing for three years the President's power to negotiate trade treaties with foreign nations irrespective of congressional approval. Some Democrats Dem-ocrats voted against the measure and were applauded by the little body of Republicans. The revolters were led by W. P. Connery of Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, who hails from a textile city, and J. Mark Wilcox of Florida, whose district is noted for its vegetables. vege-tables. Both said their opposition was based on complaints from their constituents. OUT of San Francisco bay divers were dragging the bodies of victims of the latest aviation disaster. dis-aster. A transport plane of the United Airlines crashed into the water wa-ter when only a short distance from the air field, and all its occupants, eight passengers, two pilots and a stewardess, perished. A German military plane fell in a busy street in Berlin and five persons per-sons were killed. The bureau of air commerce in Washington recommended 11 new safety measures to be taken by air lines in an effort to prevent future air crashes. The recommendations were based on findings made by the recent conference on air safety which was attended by pilots, air line representatives, and members of the bureau. S" EEMINGLY confident that his government is now safely established, estab-lished, President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico issued a decree granting grant-ing amnesty to all political offenders, offend-ers, under arrest for or accused of rebellion, sedition or other subversive subver-sive activities. Under special powers pow-ers given him by congress he quashed 3,841 court proceedings against more than 10,000 persons accused of antigovernment plots or acts. Former President Calles, who was exiled nearly a year ago, said in San Diego, Calif., that he did not consider himself included in the amnesty. am-nesty. ELIHU ROOT, one of America's most eminent lawyers and statesmen, died in New York at the age of ninety-two. Intensively active ac-tive all his life, he did not cease his activities until he was attacked by pneumonia two weeks before his death. By intellectual brilliancy Mr. Root became admittedly the leader of the American bar. and he was actively i interested in many societies devot-; devot-; ed to the arts and sciences, peace and education. During a half cen-I cen-I tury of public service he held many high offices. |