Show news review of current events the world over breach widens between administration and labor hauptmann sentenced to death inquiries into causes of macon disaster get under way by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper un on ROOSEVELT extended P PRESIDENT no 00 olive branches toward the amer lean can federation of labor when he signed the cigarette industry code which labor leaders had declared was aas un s a 11 t I 1 s f a atory the breach between the ad ministration and labor Is dally daily growing wider the code finally signed after months of argument between the tobacco industry and labor calls for a forty hour week and mini mint mum wages from 25 to s clay lay 40 cents an hour la williams bor leaders also objected to the presence of S clay wil hams ilams administration board chairman who they declare Is not in s apathy with labor the president issued a curt statement informing the federation council that williams services had been satisfactory and that he had no intention of removing him without cause the executive council of the federa tion composed of william green and presidents of the federation of seven teen international unions states that some present administration labor poll cles are bringing increased unrest among workers which may reach the danger point of widespread strikes un less corrected ihus allus far the president seems to have had the best of the argument labor leaders however are expected to push the fight for a prevailing wage clause in work relief legislation thus endangering the administration program INQUIRIES INQUIRIES into the causes of the quiver which ripped away the two gas cells and caused the giant dirigible macon to plunge into the pacific has leen started even the surviving 81 officers and men of the sky queen are not certain just what caused the catastrophe although corn com 11 V wiley survivor of the akron dis aster and master of the macon was said to have some ideas about it his findings will be placed before the board of inquiry some hints were made about tural weakness akness Re of the craft but naval officers refused to d escuss the subject in washington president roosevelt said there would be no im mediate move to replace the sh p survivors of the crash told a dra matic matle story of heroism cruis cruls ng along at a speed of 63 knots the ship twice lowered its elevation to avo d rain squalls A short jar was felt the ship began to take a bow up position and commander wiley received a report that one of the 12 helium gas cells was gone the macon then rose rapidly to feet its nose stick ing up at a sharp angle and then slow ly sank toward the ocean as the crew made frantic efforts to right the lurch ing craft As it hit the ocean the crew slid down ropes or dived into the heavy swells men swam through flame where flares had ignited oil and gasoline others rescued companions whose life belts were lost or broken in ion lonk leaps into the sea the sailors watched the ship crumble under the waves and at last disappear only two men were lost cruisers rushed to the scene and picked up the survivors B RUNO HAUPTMANN will die in the electric chair at trenton N J during the week of march 18 unless attorneys secure a stay of execution by filing an appeal the prisoner showed no trace of emotion as the jurors announced their verdict and did not break under the strain until after justice trenchard had pronounced sen sell tence and he was returned to the cell there his iron will gave way and he sobbed as he sat on his hard iron cot the jurors required more than 12 hours to reach their verdict two of the women were said to have held our out for a recommendation of mercy which would have resulted in a life sentence tor for the man accused of the murder of the lindbergh baby but there was no mention of mercy when the verdict was read P PRESIDENT i ROOSEVELT eked on out t a close victory in the senate ampro privations committee when the amend ment to cut 2 off the ad ministrations work re liet lief bill was defeated by the close vote of 12 to 11 administration forces scored another victory by the adopt adoption lon of a compromise amendment to the proposal of senator pat mccarran tor for the payment of prevailing wages 7 on all federal projects witnesses testified that McC mccarran arrans s amendment would have increased the cost of putting 3 men to work by more than and would have defeat ed tl e purpose of the bill mccarran did not press his amend ment in committee when a substitute u was as offered but li it elsts that he will do so on the senate floor the fight the amer can canic fe It ration of I 1 labor abor is mak ing fing on this I 1 it ii t is expected to have borsi or 11 r alle il le inal enre ence vi with ith a number t ik tl A of senators who fear the writh wrath of their labor constituents the substitute proposed by senator richard B russell and adopted by a vote of 14 to 9 provides that the fres I 1 resident ident shall establish the pre ailing alling rates of pay whenever Nh enever an investigation discloses that the federal wages of S 0 a month are affecting adversely the rates on work of a similar nature the matter Is entirely up to the I 1 resident hok however ever and he can take any action or withhold any investigation just as he sees fit which may mean much or nothing PREMIER PENHER INI found cm em geror haile halle delasse e of Is a man not easily frightened 11 II duces demands for es for italian colonials killed on the borders of ital lan fan somal land were politely but firm ly refused the und s bayed by the vast preparations italy has been makin making declared they wo ild ld fight to their last drop of blood to preserve their independence that they would not apologize or make depara alons for what they maintain Is merely defense of their own country this puts dussol nl ni in an embarrassing position he ile must either send an ex force against the fehlo plans or back down after mobilizing troops and that would be a bitter pill for the italian dictator to swallow C chancellor HITLER emerged from his hermit ike 1 ke seclusion with a number of counterproposals counter proposals which he offered in reply to the franco brit ish proposals der D e r a govern ment spokesman stat ed would dafin tely re fuse to join any pact 49 guaranteeing austria s independence u unless n I 1 e s s the will of the aus I 1 wm trian people Is first consulted by means of a te to determine whether that nation desires an chancellor an u union nion H tier with the german reich retch H tier will also follow poland s tand and will have noth ng to do with the french sponsored eastern securities agreement if it is to be based on frill assistance although he Is willing to join an air pact provided it allows germany an a r force equal to soviet puss a s U tier seems particularly acx ious ions to avoid any agreement which would bind germany to russia and per naps result in aid ng russia in event of war between that country and japan from the tone of hillers demands he hp evidently did not entirely believe that 1 I ranee rance and great brita n were not preparing some trap for him the hitler reply demands that germany must be given absolute equality of armaments before anything else can be discussed and that germany will ne tie gollate an air pact if her relations with soviet so bet I 1 are considered and if england france belgium and italy agree to consult each other before any action Is taken he also insists that the general question of disarmament Is allied with the air pact and must be settled at the same time when notified that der would make reservations official brit ish sources indicated that germany must either accept or reject the agreement in its entirety and stated partial acceptance would not be agreeable to great britain all of which may be true or it may be just the old horse trading spirit which seems to break out in the best d plo matic matle circles D from bolivia which must be taken with several grains of salt indicate that the bol are meeting with success in defending villa monies montes their last important stronghold in the disputed gran chaco and that the scissors like offensive of general a paraguayan corn com mander in chief Is seriously menaced it was reported the bolivians gling desperately to rel eve the pres sure on villa monies montes had defeated the paraguayans in the sec see tor after three days of bitter fighting this offensive it was thought might force s northern wing to retreat F FRANCIS rancis PIDDLE and his national labor relations board took a hand in the cuntro controversy versy between the admin and the american federation of labor by offering a suggestion that section 7 A of the recovery act should be clarified william green and his fellow leaders of the federation have long contended that the clause guar an teeing employees rights to bargain collectively should be enlarged to specify tl it at the majority of empio ees should have the right to choose the spokesmen for all employees and that company unions should be barred the national labor board which submitted a report of its first six months work defended the majority rule at length As Is well vell known the adm ni ril desires section 7 A continued un changed in the new law which Is in the process of making the full approval of the ad W WITH ministration the array army and navy are to receive to carry out a program of national defence defene whim will consist mainly of improve I 1 strong holds on the west coast and in the pa cefic the money which will be shared equally by the two departments comes from a bublic works fund some of the navy nay s part will be sp sper ea t along the atlantic but the greater part will go for shipyards dry docks and bases on the pacific coast at I 1 earl bar bor hawa I 1 and at oco solo canal zone which Is a submarine base nearly of the army ardys s shire share Is to be used in beginning the construction of a great air base e in hawaii the total cost lost of this base Is estimated at the decision to use most of the money in the pacific was said to have been influenced by athe the fact tl ti at the fleet hai hag been concentrated in pacific waters during much of the past two years yea rs navy officials stressed before the naval committee that facilities on the coast are inadequate japan Is supposed not to be alarmed by this program congressional leaders hiving given public and careful assur ance tl ti at no offense Is intended and that such propositions as the hawaii air base w uld have been put forward even eien if japan had not denounced the washington naval treaty at a meeting of the am arn y high com mand with the mil tary comm atee of the house these plans tor for defense were teresi ed out thoroughly thorough lv gen douglas macarthur chief of staff recommend ed to the committee the purchase of new armored and equipped air planes at a cost of 90 to give the army the aerial armada of 2 2320 modern aircraft recommended by the baker aviation committee these ad dit lonal ional aircraft are necessary mac mae arthur said in a memorandum to ex the new general headquarters air force to give it fighting units for its pacific atlantic and central d dl visions soon after this meeting the corn com manders of these three divisions were announced by brig gen frank M andrews head of the GHQ a r force form col H 11 arnold march field calif was named commander of the first 1 I wing with the rank of brigadier general col 11 0 pratt former assistant chief of air corps was named commander of the second atlantic wing at langley field va with the rank of brigada er general bluet col gerald C brant will corn com mand and the third central wing fort crockett Cro cLett texas with the rank of col onel 7 he desires it Pre president roosevelt will have to face an early test of his strength against that of bonus payment advocates if present signs are read cor erectly although bonus leaders have been un able to agree among at themselves they insist the plan be brought up for consideration S some 0 m e administration leaders have expressed bel ef such a step Is necessary to prevent a k revolt on major admin legislation wright the controversy over patman possible methods ol 01 payment Is becoming increasingly bit ter representative patman texas democrat author of a bill to pay the bonus certificates with an issue of new currency gave out a statement assert ing that commander frank N bel grano of the american legion wanted to finance payment with a bond issue because the bank of which he Is vice president receives 1 in interest annually on worth of gov eminent bonds the american liberty league also Is sued a statement applauding the dents dent s stand against paying the bonus the league said the legion backed vin son bill to finance the bonus through the sale of bonds was the lesser evil s but asked congress to defeat both it and the patman measure the president presidents s opposition to imme d ate payment of the entire face value of the bonus certificates Is based on sound principles and deserves to be up held the organization added NINE INE old gentlemen of vast dignify dignity comprising the united states sa su preme court conferred together tor for five hours saturday then through clerk charles C cropley chief jus tice hughes announced that there would be a no decisions handed down on the following monday nothing was said about the rest of the week but it was assumed the ruling on the gold clause cases would not be handed down before february 18 it was thought by the well informed that the delay was due to the slowness with which the dissenters were preparing their views meanwhile anxiety over the he matter at least in government circles was growing less dally daily attorney general cummings spent two hours with dent roosevelt going over the plans which have been drawn up for immediate action in the event that the decision goes against the government ONIE and tokyo were the chief rb ROME b adders for the 1940 olympic games and it now appears that the japanese capital Is likely to be the winner count re presenta tive of the japanese olympic commit tee had an interview with premier mussolini in rome and talked him into a swap by which japan will use its influence to obtain the 1944 games for rome the count said that at first II 11 duce was not inclined to agree to the shift but softened under the plea the olympics would mean much to japans japan s celebration of the three thon thou sand six hundredth anniversary ot of the founding of the empire |