Show news review of current events the world over americans in london conference reject temporary stabilization of dollar and offer economic program pro 0 ram T three more alore states for prohibition repeal by EDWARD W PICKARD by accusations that exasperated ethey they were balking the operations of the world conference in london the american delegates placed their cards on the table informing the conference that the united states would not consider the temporary stabilization of the dollar during the life of the meeting as was demanded by the gold bloc they also presented their economic program moving the adoption of a resola raymond tion binding all na ila moley eions to cease raising trade barriers against each other to remove embargoes quotas and other arbitrary restrictions and to scale down tariffs by reciprocal agreements the dele delegation gatlon then moved tile the adoption of another resolution committing the nations to operative cooperative co action in expanding credit and in government ov expenditures on public works for the purpose of reviving industry meanwhile prof rayond raymond molcy assistant secretary of state was on his railto way to london for a weeks stay star having bc been en sent hurriedly by president roosevelt roosevelt to act as a sort of liaison officer between the delegation and the president while the americans wore were framing their statement the french were fuming and threater threatening illig to bring about adjournment journ ment of the conference and prime minister macdonald was visibly worried but james M cox cos chairman of the monetary committee talked privately with george bonnet french minister of finance fl nance and explained sir mr Roosevel ts position on the stabilization question in III detail ile he outlined tile the roosevelt inflation program told how cheapening the value ot of the dollar was bringing about a rise of commodity prices and painted a glowing picture of reviving prosperity at home so the french delegates consented not to disrupt the conference just yet anyhow secretary of state hull it was rumored intended to return to the united states soon after the arrival of moley moley he refused to con confirm firra or deny this r report and he also declined to express pessimism concerning the success of the conference ile he had a long private talk with king george but of course could not reveal what was said sir mr hull took the occasion to deny reports that the american delegation was badly split on the course to pursue in the conference it had been reported that senator couzens of michigan had bad read the riot act to the delegation asserting that the americans must decide whether to stand for a nationalistic program represented by the powers conferred on president ent roosevelt roosebelt Roos eielt by congress or by an inter nationalistic program represented by the alms aims of the conference mr clr hull said lie he could see no inconsistency sis tency the domestic programs of recovery from depression in the united states and other nations as he be viewed it were to be reinforced by an international program to be adopted at this conference KE KEY ay PITTMAN of the S SENATOR american dele delegation gatlon submitted to the monetary committee of the conference his proposal for currency reform in live fire clauses T alie 1 I e corn committee cittee I 1 promptly and pleasantly accepted the first two clauses which urged that stability in tile the international na monetary held field be attained attal ned as quickly as practicable ind that gold be re dished as the international measure of ex key pittman change values mr pittman beamed and thanked the committee but tile the gold standard bloc then got into action and decided that the other clauses of the memorandum the most important part namely reduction of currency coverage tin in gold and of sit sil ver were so serious and intricate as to demand study the gold bloc delegates urged that they be referred to committees and subcommittees tor for analysis cysts and investigation which was done james P r warburg of the united states and lord of great britain supported the pittman resolution lord nall sham also introduced tin an amendment to the pittman resolution providing that each cacti nation should be the judge of tile the time and the parity at which it will return to the gold standard mr warburg also made it quite plain that the united states would return to gold only when and how fhe bhe wished and would not submit to any international order on this point arwas REDUCTION of world wheat crops was discussed at length in tile economic section and experts attached to the various delegations made what was hopefully termed a substantial advance toward an agreement among the united states canada australia and argentina to cut output by 15 per cent before the committee stanley bruce of australia said that commonwealth would not accept the french plan to reduce the production of primary commodities modi ties as a means of raising prices lie ile presented the thesis that it was up to the industrial countries of the world to stop trying to be agriculturally self contained and buy food from agricultural countries in exchange for manufactured goods the world has not forgotten the disconcerting conc erting proposal of litvinov of russia in the armament conference that the nations represented should agree to disarm immediately well the russian repeated in london submitting a draft proposal calling for an economic pact by which the nations would bind themselves to refrain from economic attack on each other by means of discriminatory tariffs special duties or conditions of trade railway tariffs charges on shipping and any kind of boycott by legal or administrative measures of course this was too forthright to meet with the approval of the other delegates T enree more states are now dow in the prohibition repeal column the total number being foul fou fousteen teen iteen and not one yet for the drys the latest commonwealths to vote for ratification atton of the repeal amendment are iowa connecticut and new hampshire con connecticut was one of the two states that never ratified the prohibition amendment and tile the result there was considered a foregone conclusion tile the wets won by about C to 1 iowa and new hampshire ho however Never had been placed in the doubtful list so BO when they turned in substantial majorities for repeal there was great rejoicing among the antl anti prohibitionists california west virginia alabama and arkansas are tile the next to vote tote on the issue and the drys hope to win in the latter two figuring that thus the question will be put over until next nest year when they think their chances will be better WELLES our astute ambassador SUMNER bas to cuba seems to be progressing with his plans for bringing about pence peace on that troubled island its ills scheme for mediation has been accepted by the professors and students lit in navana havana foes of president machado SIa chado and they have told their delegates in the united states to get 0 N in line or quit the opposition organ organization izat I 1 on with the ahsu assured red support of the A B sumner C secret society tile the welles professors the nationalist tion alist union the faction headed by miguel mariano gomez and probably tile partisans of former president alario G menocal observers believed the ambassador tind had behind him sufficient opposition strength to justify the early opening of deliberations it is predicted that the main points of the conciliation program will be immediate restoration of political normalcy throughout the island liberation of political prisoners restoration of the suspended guarantees press freedom and recall of military supervisors constitutional reforms restoring the once office of vice president dent eliminated eliminate in 1028 10 S providing for ills his selection immediately ined lately after the reforms go into effect curtailment of the terms of public officials prorogued in and forbidding any president to succeed himself reform of the electoral code in this dr toward howard lee mcbain of columbia university has been invited to a aid d WO of the worlds most prominent teoman TWO woman radicals died within a few hours of each cacti other rose pastor stokes passed away in frankfort germany born in ID russia and married to an american millionaire she devoted her life to social service and the labor movement and in her later years turned to communism clara who died in a sant near moscow was for years a communist member of tile the german reichstag and once was a candidate for the presidency of germany last year she presided over the opening session of the reichstag as its oldest member and demanded the impeachment of president von hindenburg RESIDENT ROOSEVELT to in tits his PRESIDENT leisurely surely cruise up the new ell england coast to campobello island r in the bay of fundy showed that he Is a first class sailor ue he acted as skipper of the schooner amberjack lamberjack Amber jack 11 II and while he tool took no unnecessary cli chances ances with tile the weather he handled the little vessel with skill and nerve A coast guard cutter and one destroyer accompanied the amberjack lamberjack Amber jack and of course the press boats went along after the start mr roosevelt tried to avoid the photographers of 0 the illinois water dway dedication way and the lakes to the gulf water route was the occasion of spectacular ceremonies in chicago near the mouth of the river secretary of war george IL EL dern flew there by airplane to make an address and he was accompanied compa nied by speaker henry T ral ney and maj gen lytle brown chief of the army engineers scores of other prominent persons tool part in the doings one of the features of the day was the arrival of it a tow of mississippi river barges carrying the first commercial cargo over the lakes to gulf route from new kew orleans to chicago it was escorted by the official yacht of the port of new orleans and other craft in one ceremony mayor kelly of chicago joined mayor T semmes walmsley of new Orle orleans alls in blending water brought from the gulf of mexico with that of lake Mie Michigan bigan among other speakers were governor horner of illinois maj gen thomas Q ashburn president of the federal barge lines and the governors of several states along alone the inland waterway route delegations were present from st louis milwaukee peoria and other cities dispatches from riga niga the only source of fairly trustworthy news about soviet russia say that Mos cows trade monopoly Is anxiously searching for a nation that will grant the millions of dollars of credit necessary to buy grain for the starving population of russia the negotiations 0 opened by smith wildman brookhart now of the american agri agricultural administration are being watched eagerly an and it Is as r bar g 3 sorted that his cotton selling scheme Is a camouflage for a secret deal with boris kl chief of the astorg in new york concerning large credits for purchases of american grain kl it Is said has received instructions to do everything possible to purchase grain with a minimum of publicity since russia has decided to keep the tragic news of the present famine hidden from the world according to latvian and estonian diplomats stationed at moscow russia has cotton enough to export but not enough to operate her own mills and while moscow Is willing to take anything the united states will sell he her r on credit the nations chief need Is grain C TIANCE LLOR of germany delivered a decisive blow to the nationalist followers of dr alfred hugenberg minister of agriculture and economics when he dissolved their fighting units throughout the retch the police assisted by nazi storm troops raided the headquarters of the nationalist fighters in all the cities and made many arrests it was then officially announced that these units would hereafter be forbidden the steel helmet war veterans organization in the Duess eldorf district also was suppressed though chancellor dollfuss of austria pro professes to want nothing but peace with tile the German nazis he has issued a decree outlawing their party and all affiliated organizations in austria hinlers Hit flit lers new trustees of labor are assuming dictatorial control of the factories of germany and it Is announced they are above all parties and interests and are responsible only to the state and its highest leader bitler the employers have been warned they must operate their factories in the service of the nation not of their purses rn nuan S Jo administrator for the industrial recovery administration held a press conference in washington and told in vigorous language something of what he and ills his assistants hope to accomplish in part he said the emergency phase of this job Is to try to get people back to work worrying everybody the trouble with everything thin and weve got to shorten the week and pay a living wage for the shorter week ilow how its going to work out where its going I 1 dont want to say theres been too much promising all along through this depression the industries willit want to do the lob job as much as we do I 1 dont detect any slacking I 1 think its going to work and put several million men back to work this summer maybe a snag somewhere along the line we may stub our toes but were going to make a stab at it the cotton industry was the first to move toward placing itself under government control its proposed code praised by johnson calls for a maximum work week of 40 hours and a minimum wage scale of slora 10 a week in the south alln and 11 in tile the north this represents a SO 30 per cent wage advance and a reduction of 2 20 per cent in working hours HE navy formally accepted the teacon THE macon and the great airship was commissioned at akron and left tor for lakehurst N J it will go to the naval air station at sunnyvale calif probably in august L bodenhamer former na 0 OL lional commander of tile the amerlean american legion lit a cigarette in an oil held field near henderson enderson II tex an explosion of gas ensued and within a few hours mr Do Bodenham denhamer cr was dead of burns lie ile was one of the most prominent citizens of arkansas 0 1933 western newspaper paper union |