Show news review of current events the world over plan to rehabilitate industry under government control president asks Con congress coneless eress to pass railway coordinator co measure farmers vote national strike by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 fur UR antitrust anti trust laws thit that have been held responsible for many of Indu woes boes in ili recent times would be relaxed and ruinous competition and reckless price slashing eliminated under the provisions of a new bill that was laid before president roosevelt for his approval this measure entitled the national recovery act was tas drawn up by a committee of congressional and industrial du son sen wagner ed i by senator wagner of new york some members of the so called brain trust also had a part in its 18 formulation the bill provides for full government control of industries through a federal board that would closely resemble the war industries board of 1818 1918 As summarized by one washington correspondent it proposes to set aside the antitrust anti trust laws the federal trade commission act and the clayton act empowers the national board to designate any industry ns as one affected with a public interest permits price fixing directly and wage regulation indirectly under government supervision and provides for the self organization of industry through trade associations the major features of this bill have been approved by the national association of manufacturers and by president 11 II 1 I harriman and other old boffl cers ces of the chamber of commerce of the united states it was said that it if sir roosevelt liked it the measure might be offered to congress as a substitute for secretary of labor perkins ns bill establishing the 30 hour week and bureaucratic control over production and wage scales of industry or it might be combined with the perkins bill which was meeting with such decided opposition in the house of representatives that the administration leaders seemed ready to abandon hope of its passage during this session this industry bill sets up a board consisting of seven members bended beaded by the secretaries of comi commerce nerce and labor the others are to be spokesmen for commerce finance labor agriculture ri and the public the plan sanctions the formation of industrial and trade associations which shall work with the natio national nill board to correlate production with demand establish prices of commodities at fair levels and stabilize markets WHILE awas HILE the national recovery act was still under consideration in the white house the president in a brief message to congress asked immediate passage of a bill which he hopes will rescue the railroads from their desperate situation it provides for a federal dictatorship under a co erdl bator of transportation whose function it would be to eliminate duplication of services and wasteful methods of operation and to biln bring about financial reorganizations this authority Is asked for one year though provision Is made tor for extension of the period by the president the president also recommended placing railway holding companies under the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission repeal of the recapture clause of the transportation act whereby half of excess earnings go to the government liberalizing the basis of rate making and modifying valuation requirements during tile period of emergency control the railroads would be immune from prosecution for violation ilo lation of the truba in laws v a plans were laid to hurry burry the measure through congress and there abero seemed to be little opposition among either cither republicans or democrats R ROOSEVELT addressing the M MR chamber of commerce of the united states at its annual dinner sought to dissipate the fours fears of bustness business ness men that lie he was trying to bring about a bureaucratic control of industry intimating that tills this would not come about it if industry granted three requests which billich lie set forth these were that wages should go no lower and should rise just as fast as industry lin improves proves that business should IMP help the government to end cutthroat cut throat competition and unfair practices and that leaders should work for national recovery dot cot for the selfish gain of a single ringle industry or HOUGH the house accepted the titillation rider to the farm bill it did not agree to the senates amendment authorizing the secretary of agriculture ri to set arbitrary prices for basic agricultural commodities and penalize sales below such prices and final enactment of the measure was vas thus delayed this difference of opinion also led the farmers fan ners convention in des to order a farm holiday be beginning inning slay may 13 tile the producers being instructed to keep their products off the market during the period of tile the strike in order to starve the nation into complying with nith their dem demands aDds eggs vegetables and milk fire are include ed with the other farm products this action was taken by some 1500 delegates from twenty one states observers said they represented only about I 1 per cent of the farmer strength in their respect respective lNe states anil predicted the strike would be ineffective the convention adopted resolutions of sympathy with the farmers of two counties in iowa which fire are under martial law because of the disgraceful mobbing of judge C C bradley radley li at le I 1 liars many of the mob leaders wore were under arrest and the state troops wore were used to gather cl evidence dence although tho cases were to be tried in civil court WHILE continuing his economic conversations with representatives of other nations the president found time to consider the selection of american delegates to the world conf conference er that opens june 12 in london ue ile consulted with assist assistant ant secretary of state S t a t e raymond moley who will be one of the delegates and also was A visited by henry alor gen thau sr former ambassador to turkey and james 11 henr i aluir or 0 cox of ohio demoy gent haup sr c r ratio a t I 1 c presidential candidate in 1020 1920 both those gentlemen it was understood were to go to london and mr 1 riso also was chosen to represent the united states at the international wheat conference in geneva to the organization committee for the london conference norman IT IL dails special american envoy proposed that the nations should enter into an agreement for a worldwide world wide tariff truce pending the outcome of the parley putting this on the agenda was left up tip to prime minister macdonald who nho returned home to confront a difficult situation while he was talking international trade agreements with 1 mr roosevelt the british board of trade under president walter runciman was promoting bilateral trade understandings with many governments erdmen ern ments ts it ROOSEVELT had a round of mil M conversations with latin amerl ameri can diplomats starting with thomas le breton of argentina who was accompanied compa nied to the white house by ambassador bas espil doctor le dreton breton and his big corps of experts also met with secretary of agriculture wallace and other government officials to discuss monetary and trade problems and especially methods of controlling world surpluses of wheat guido jung italis finance minister arrived in washington and at once began talks with president roosevelt and his advisers concerning the purely economic and monetary phases of the current questions and augusto rosso italian ambassador handled for his goer government DMent the discussion of disarmament and political matters OVING along somewhat similar M MOVING lines to those of 0 the roosevelt administration chancellor adolf lift hit ler wits was going a swifter pace than any of his fellow dictators F g ever held immediately after a may d day a y announcement chilt lie he would draft 40 the youth of germany into a labor army regardless 4 gard less of wealth and position he proceeded S to destroy the R free trade unions union of LL the nation batton the nazi storm troops were adolf dolf hitler sent into every city and town to seize the union premises and the labor banks all the flip important union leaders were nere put under tinder arrest this clears the path for the new national socialist state in which mitch labor will form a part of society divided and grouped according to professions profession said dr robert ley nazi president of the states council who ho directed the raids guilds like those of the middle dolle ages will be for formed ined 11 hillers Hit lers next move with only a days interval was to assume control of tile central association of german banks and banking industry reorganize the hoard board of directors appoint a nazi liaison official and take steps for a general reduction in interest rates there was no let up in the nazi campaign against the jews bernhard rust the prussian minister of education dismissed twenty one professors from berlin university and nine from cologne university among them were some of the foremost scholars and scientists of the country U SAM Is now authorized to go into the power business for the seriate senate by a vote of CAI to 20 passed the norris bill for the development and operation of tile the muscle shoals project the house had passed un al most identical measure so there was little adjusting to be done before the bill was sent to the Pr predent Ident for signature RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ling has selected elected PRESIDENT sam G bratton of 0 new mexico for a federal judgeship jud enship in the tenth circuit court of appeals appeals which embraces new mexico colorado oklahoma kansas wyoming and utah bratton accepted but will not resign from the senate until the special session ends AV A julian 0 of ohio has accepted the post of 0 treasurer of 0 the united states and dean G acheson of 0 connecticut Is to be undersecretary of the treasury date for Chi cagos century OPENING 0 of progress exposition was advanced to may alay 27 to accommodate president roosevelt cI who promised to be on annd to take prID principal CIPRI part in the ceremonies on the same day he will officiate clate at the formal opening of the great lakes to the guk culf waterway the ceremony to be held at tile the boutil mouth of the chicago river 0 rf F GREAT import in tile the sino J jap ap anese quarrel Is the news that soviet russia has resumed full diplomatic relations with tile the chinese nationalist tion alist government dimitra bogomoloff the new ambassador from moscow presented its ills credentials at immediately the chinese press began a vigorous campaign looking toward an alliance with the soviet government similar to the one that followed the war with mith japan in 1895 when china virtually ceded Llao tung peninsula part of manchuria to russia in return for assistance against japan the chinese now suggest that china grant the soviets important trade privileges vile to provide an outlet for soviet goods in china and at the same time exclude japanese products in exchange it Is hoped that russia would actively help china in connection with the Manchu huo conflict hits has proposed to the disarmament G GERMANY conference in geneva through her representative count rudolf Na doIny that the arms plan offered by the british be altered to provide a maximum caliber of 0 millimeters for mobile guns and to entirely abolish tanks N a d 0 I 1 n y contended that it if these proposals were rejected germany should be allowed to have all land I 1 naval and air armaments that other na count eions deemed necessary for their adequate defense the che german go eminent has sufficiently proved its good will he said we have accepted in principle the period of transition for the practical realization ot of full equality rights for germany this proves there Is absolutely no foundation for the opinion that germany wishes to adall herself of disarmament to proceed with her own rearmament armament re at the highest possible level the contrary Is the case count won a victory when the lie committee on armies voted toted not to include in the armed strength of germany the nazi storm troops the decision was reached by a vote of 7 to C G of gold in large numbers H HOARDERS have defied the treasury refused to turn in their stores of the yellow metal in exchange for other currency and challenged the authority of 0 tile the government to coerce them or to punish them for their stand among those who mho are holding large supplies of gold in E abety deposit boxes are many foreigners both resident and nonresident all requests for licenses to export this gold are refused by the treasury unless it Is earmarked for foreign governments central banks or the dank bank of international settlements in addition to the foreign gold owners there are many domestic holders of gold with large amounts in safety deposit vaults some are known to the treasury and were said to have several million dollars in gold coin according to the information they declined to surrender the gold og op the advice of fit attorneys who d to test the law in the courts indications pointed to a test case within a short time the department of justice probably will arrange to expedite tile the rose case so that a prompt d decision may lie be obtained from the supreme court NE more head of a latin amerl ameri 0 ONE can government ling has fallen at the hand of an assassin luis 11 sancho cerro president of ceru was shot to death by abelardo de mendoza a member of the adrista opposition lon party just after reviewing conscripts in training for the war with colombia Colo tabla mandoza was slain by the lie presidential guards the peruvian Ieru vi in con congress gross named gen oscur oscar Dene denesides vides as temporary president ASSUMING A the correctness of menger meager 11 1 1 dispatches from froin culm cuba a real rebellion against the machado regime has hag broken out with the landing of two tio expeditions near the eastern end of the island the government claimed to be li inning aInz an easy time suppressing the lie outbreak but the lighting fighting continued some of Mai hados opponents more than intimated that the revolt was a set up engineered by the president himself states district judge U UNITED george A carpenter ot of chicago sent to tile president ills his resignation effect li e june 30 saying that lie he fools feels the ravages of 0 time lime and at liis ills age which Is sixty six la Is dis inclined to carry out the daily routine of judicial work judge carpenter has been on the district bench for 23 scars 3 cars 0 1933 western newspaper union |