Show news review of current curren t 44 events the world over hull and woodin head the roosevelt elt cabinet con congress ress puts prohibition repeal up to the states japan invades dehol by EDWARD W PICKARD SO THAT his bis administration might get a running start in the negotiations tiati ons concerning war debts world and other related mutters matters that are worrying the nations pres president I 1 den t ft 7 av elect roosevelt made public two of his selections for his cabnet cabinet these were sen 4 aitor cordell aull of renn fennessee essee as secretary p if t state and william 1 II 11 I woodin new york capitalist as secre nry ary of tile the treasury these gentlemen who cordell hull mr air roosevelt said were drafted against their will were ere at once associated with him in the preliminaries of determining ter tor mining the policies of the incoming administration in its relations with foreign powers they became members of what mr clr roosevelt has called his unofficial committee to advise him on horld eCO economic DOMIC problems and met with that group which includes bernard baruch prof raymond moley and others mr tall lull long considered one of the ablest men in the democratic party Is not an orator or an accomplished debater but Is studious resourceful and has served his country ably for ninny many years in the house and the senate before entering congress he was Z in the tennessee legislature and he served in tile the spanish american war I 1 as a captain of volun volunteer teter infantry he Is devoted to the policy of tariffs for revenue only and believes that one of the basic causes of the business depression has been nationalist isolation started by the united unite d states in 1920 with the erect erection lon of tariff walls which other nations were quick to copy prohibitive tariffs ta rills he holds have helped stagnate trade by creating a productive product ire capacity in excess of domestic demand senator carter glass of virginia Virgin la was sir mr Roosevel ts first erst choice aoi for secretary of the treas treasury nry but tie he declined the post solely lir he believes he be can better serve the country tit in et 0 X 1 the senate so the president elect p per e r his close personal friend william JI 11 woodin to accept the portfolio sir mr woodin formerly was a republican but he S joined the roosevelt roosevell camp before last sum V mers convention find and afterward was trens treas william H aurer of a special fi woodin nance dance committee that raised a large fund for the file democrat iti ic party ue lie has an international reputation util tion as a manufacturer of railway equipment and as a it banker an er and is now president of the american car and foundry company ills interests are not dot all in ID buRl business Dess for he be is an accomplished musi musician clan anol composer a numismatist and au an a art r t collector lie he Is sixty five years old married and lias fins four children T U unofficially the other members of the roosevelt cabinet were announced to be these war george ceorge 11 II derri of otah attorney general thomas J walsh of montana Alon tana postmaster general james jaines A farley of new york I 1 navy claude A swanson of vit virginia Int intel eilor bior harold 1 I ickes of illinois agriculture henry A wallace of iowa commerce daniel C roper of south carolina labor frances perkins of new york the brick G maker immigrant who tried in vain to assassinate the president elect in liff miami arrit must spend SO 80 years in prison at hard labor if he lives so ona long ile he pleaded guilty to deadly assault on mr air roosevelt and on three others whom his bit bullets I 1 lets reached lt and was sentenced by judge judae C E C L collins two of the victims of his mad deed maior cerenak Cc rinal of chicago and mrs joseph if of wand miami 14 were still lying in the hospital severe 1 S ly wounded and so there was a T cliance chance that zingara should the vie vic tims of his mail act die would he put on trial for murder mr roost volt wrote a graceful let ter of appreciation to mrs W f r cross of miami who probably lily saved ills his lire life by seizing Zin garas arm n he was shooting and representative green of florida introducer introduced ii a resola tion to have congress vote a gold 1 medal of honor to the courageous woman government agents in washington were investigating a second apparent attempt on the life of the prest dent Elect following tile the discovery of a n package addressed to him contri contain ln t ing a crudely wrapped shotgun shell it was as mailed from watertown N Y and was vins found in the washington post office postal inspectors thought it was the work of a crank but said the thell shell was wired to explode if jarred or struck and might have resulted fatally sill qin RONALD LINDSAY british LJ ambassador immediately after ills his return from loudon london held conferences with mr air roosevelt secretary of state stimson approving and reported to sir john simon foreign secretary that the conversations had been cell useful what was said was not revealed but sir john said the conversations are anre of course at present in a wholly preliminary stage and of an entirely general character but it Is not too soon to say that we believe that by a frank and intimate interchange of views between ourselves and the united states over the whole field of if current economic problems the way will be best prepared for the effort which the countries of the world must make together to assist irk in promoting world recovery mr Roose roosevelt Nelt also conferred at ieda length ath with fill paul claudel audel CI the french ambassador and william duncan her ridge the iB ra inister from canada in paris foreign minister nister paul boncoeur said war debt negotiations between france and the united states would be resumed after the inauguration of sir air roosevelt but did not explain what form the negotiations would take R ra of the eighteenth amend ment Is now up to the states tor for the senates blaine resolution submitting the ahe action to state wits was passed by the house by a vote of F to or 15 tn in excess of tile the required two thirds of those present and voting for the were wa republicans ISO dent dem I 1 and I 1 parmer icy laborite Lob against ll if p S were 89 80 republicans republican and 32 democrats abe ir fiction action of of the house 1 was a reversal of its rep rainey attitude of tile the first day of the session when a resolution to submit repeal failed of adoption by 0 voles totes it ii was lda in a baj way a personal victory for depre representative tentative henry T rainey of illinois democratic it leader who moved the adoption of the senate resolution and argued a r tied warmly and effectively I 1 in n its behalf though immediate stops steps toward the calli calling fig of conventions wore were taken tn in many of tile the states the battle for repeal was by no means won when the file submission resolution was as adopted ratification by thirty six states is dec necessary find and if tills is lint obtained within seven years the whole bole matter lapses incises and prohibition re remains matus 0 ot course the wets are nt that tbt repeal wl trill 11 win if in IF the required number af atlie most four years and possibly in much less time and it may be they are right wet leaders assert that only kansas mississippi oklahoma arkansas and nebraska can be co counted anted on ns as ce certainly dry and alabama vermont idaho and maine as doubtful on the others other hum hand bishop james cannon jr asserts that thirty to iq thirty three states will refuse to validate the ahli blaine disagreement as to the method by walli states 7 mat contentious ent loris may bo be set up may delay the functioning of the machiR machinery ery of some me congressmen thought congress should prescribe the procedure hut but senator walsh 0 f f idaho held that nil all connection which congress has with prohibition repeal ended with submission of the now new amendment to ille the states this view also was taken by representative james reck bech of pennsylvania who like senator Is nn an eminent authority a demand on china to FOLLOWING withdraw its troops voluntarily from dehol actually by japin japan but nominally by the government or of the puppet state of the main body of the japanese japing sp army in manchu kuo crossed the border of the province and advanced rapidly toward chaoying Cha Clin oyang second largest city of behr the opposing chinese wore were reported to have led fled hut but immediately thereafter regular chinese troops crossed into to join irregulars in fill an attack attach on the japanese positions at tung lino liao the japanese high command in manchuria announced that it was determined to annihilate the regular troops in n lie army of marshal chang biant and that it might become necessary to occupy neiping and tat As Is its custom the japanese foreign office tie declared that japan regarded tire the dehol invasion as purely a local affair altner the japanese delegation in geneva maintained its uncompromising attl tilde as the assembly of the league of nations began general discussion of tile the report of the committee of nine nin e teen on manchuria Ianchi iria tills this report Is in most respects at utter variance with the claims of japan and the tokyo delegates warned the league that a grave situation would arise if it were adopted by the assembly such action they suggested might upset friendly relations between nations upon which peace depends RESIDENT HOOVER IIO OVEn rather neglected P PRESIDENT in the news of late surprised congress by sending in a caal message urging action on eight debt subjects of legislation which he thought would aid in economic recovery ue he asked that the present congress ress pass the bankruptcy k bill the glass hanking banking bill a measure to increase the amount of reconstruction finance corporation funds tor for state relief loans a federal president farm lease bill and the hoover repeal of the publicity clause in tile the it II F G Q act the president also advised the ratification of the st Ln lawrence wrence waterway treaty the adoption of the arms embargo resolution and the starting of study looking to the expansion of the home loan banks into a general mortgage discount system mr hooker homer advocated the hyde farm leasing plan as a substitute for the domestic allotment scheme declaring the latter seemed wholly unworkable and calculated to do far greater harm than good to agriculture the senate did take up the bankruptcy blu bill which bad passed the house and it also passed the wagner relief bill which increases the IL it F C funds for state relief and goes farther than the president contern contemplated it was generally agreed that ills his other recommendations would meet with no response dur during the short session GARNER dropped his S SPEAKER plan to make mahe roosevelt a constitutional dictator for two years and the house accepted the senate provision of the treasury and post office appropriation pria tion bill conferring limited autocratic power on the incoming president to reorganize the administrative branch of the federal government by its terms he may consolidate or abolish any agencies and their functions but may not dot abolish or consolidate entire departments the house rejected the senate amendment directing the head of each department and independent establishment lish ment to effect a 5 per cent reduction in expenditures from appropriations for the fiscal year 1934 1034 without debate the house accepted th the buy american amendment spon bored by senator johnson of california it provides ldes that the heads of all departments must buy for government use only goods made or produced in ahe he united states or sa composed of domestic material every contract for construct atlon alteration or repair of public bull buildings or public works must contain a clause requiring the contractor to abide by the buy american policy OR the first time the navy now has F FOR a vessel designed and built as an air aircraft craff carrier it was launched at newport news nes va and mrs hoover christened it ranger in honor of the ship of the samp same name dint was corn banded by john pau pan jones our other air plane carriers thi th Lang la agley leyl saratoga and lexington wen designed for othel 0 t li e i u use sand and were con averted the author cited design intended the fie ranger to be of mrs hoolver the flush deek deck type but the navy Is now trying to get a bill passed through congress to au all therisea tho risea change in the plans penns to con etli an island deck in the first type tape of construction no super is provided except a smokestack which huings out of tile the way so 90 that the entire deck Is available for dakins off and landing the island deck tape has a superstructure strait ture tit at the extreme side of the vessel leaving practically the entire deck free for the use of the alie airplanes alie change if authorized liy by congress bouli entail an extra expenditure of 2 WW an AUSTRIA was greatly disturbed by a request front from prance france and great britain that a shipment of rifles and machine guns shipped there from italy ie be returned or destroyed but after some crift indignant protests chancellor engelbert dollfuss announced his government would comply with the demand and the arms returned sir john binion told the house of commons that lie he hoped the matter might be considered a closed incident the guns or fit at least a part of them were belleek bel belf leed eNed to be destined for hungary anil and the french and english were firc inclined lined to hot hold mussolini responsible for the seer seeming ning violation of the peace treaty the Itri italian lian version was that the arms were sent to austria by private citizens merely to he be rep repaired alred and returned ai woe for president machado M of cuba Is at hand for the expected revolt against his bis rule has broken out in many widely separated parts of the island skirmishes between the rebels and government troops were reported at various points and there were some fatalities groups of armed men were ere said to be starting fires in the sugar cane holds fields and driving away the workers deaths included those of R RECENT james J corlett corbett former heavyweight champion and maj gen william I 1 n johnston an american commander in the world war vw won fame and decorations for his extraordinary heroism in action 0 Q 1113 1923 western union |