Show news review of current events the world over nye inc committee points need of protecting defense funds from shipbuilders congress Con t giess divorces tax the rich bill from nuisance tax by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper un tin on SI VS 1 NYE 1 of north dakota and his committee on munitions do not have a very high opinion of amer lean ican shipbuilders and they feel that strong legislation is iq needed to keep jeep them from coffus ng pub lie ile defense needs with their private coclet poil et A books therefore the comm atee in a pre report asks that laws be enacted to do these thin s I 1 prevent flu slon sion in bidd ng dg for navy construction senator nye jobs s 2 prevent american patents from getting into the hands of fo f in ln pow ers 3 limit profits to 5 per cc ce t of the total cost to the government in es eb where the government ass es ti tie e risks of the enterprise to 10 i 1 er cent where the govern mer t does not 4 require that shipbuilders lob legaster leg lster w th the govert ent and d their I 1 cowe an 1 eapen the committee find in tie tl e matter of collusion that tl ti pre was telepathy among ohp sh aid cotret ils so that in bidding for i 1 my iny c nt acts aus each concern was able to get the contracts it wanted at prof s tint thit ran as high as 38 36 per cent it sais sass tte tie navy has been at the mercy of the sl in preparing plans for war vessels and also in determine de ng abat were fair prices construction of naval vessels Is de dared to be more costly in private yards than in government yards while the evi evidence lence Is not all in th report says the indications are that the private yards cost the gov from one to two million dol dot lars more per cruiser than the navy yards the committee charges big ers with biech i ig g up the geneva naval limitation conference in 1927 and 1 am med abely launching a price increase campaign tl at made profits of so 30 and 25 4 and 30 9 per cent on the cruisers I 1 L LI I 1 administration lead ers for a while in a frenzy of acx anal ety to hitch the president s tax the rich program to the resolution extend ing the so called nuisance excise taxes thereby speeding it through the NN legislative factory in tour four days suddenly disclaimed any intention of such procedure and let the joo mx ti extension ride along un append ed coi ress will consider the new tax atlon program during early july this program Is expected to produce son e in new ren revenue denue prin cipully from inheritance and gift taxes inci eased taxes on the highest income brackets and corporation taxes grad rated from 10 per cent to 17 per cent the program has been held up as a sweetmeat to placate the sugar palate of louisiana s bing fish actually a wealth of shared among americans would amount t to about 2 83 a head all of which would be applied to a public debt of 29 and a budget of POO anyway the net taxable worth of the estates which paid taxes based on a valuation of 1000 each in 1933 was it if the government had taxed these estates per cent selz ing them entirely they would have been worth only a head to the american population if the govern ment confiscated all income of more than in 1930 it would have taken an army of trucks loaded with small change to distribute it for each american would get only 45 cents and the general opinion of administration leaders in the senate was that the taxes obtained from the rich might possibly eliminate the necessity of the nul nut bancel sance taxes after another year YOUTH between sixteen and twenty five will be nerved 50 tor for a nation wide job and further train ing of young man mah and women to hold jobs after they get them through pres ident roosevelt Roosevel ts new national youth administration I 1 itself administered ander the arks relief program by miss josephine roche assistant secretary of the treasury and aubrey williams assistant to harry L hopkins works progress administrator the new organization will endeavor to L 1 find employment in private in enstry for unemployed youth 2 train and retrain for industrial technical and professional employment opportunities 8 provide for a continuing attend ance at high school and college 4 provide giorl w orb relief projects de signed to meet the needs of youth the average payment tor for youths on relief work will be 15 a month those going to high school would be given 6 a month and those attending college 15 a month the problem of what to do with the bouth who finishes school supposedly equipped to make his real start in life and finds what few jobs there t 11 i are given to older and married men and women as well as the youth who Is unable to finish school because of poor circumstances has been one of the most discouraging aspects of the ent re depression L IKE IRE most utopias the new one in alaska s Matan usla valley has been reported a nest of discontent the disillusionment apparently was manifest even quicker than usual in this case minnesota michigan and wisconsin farm families who nho made up a large share of the recent tion to begin life anew in the coith th pa territory drafted a list of ances for the repa trouble shooter eugene carr many of them said the project was misrepresented that the land Is poor and that housing Is not what they were viere led to believe would be ileith er are medical service school facilities seeds disbursed for plant planting ln the ell mate and prices for groceries meas up to advance word pictures there Is considerable jealousy existent over the distribution of farm land and to top it all off the utopians want government pay for their work Gambit GEN EN HUGH S JOHNSON once ambitious ious to direct the 3 public works program was named to direct a comparatively small part of the president presidents s now 4 works re lief schedule As diorec tor of works relief in new york city he will ordinate coordinate co the program in that area with the famed fight ing jaw determinedly set he revealed the four conditions under which he accepted the new job gen johnson gg ile will get no aa a pay only 7 for a years expenses he ile got a year for this purpose dur ing most of his time as keeper of the blue eagle his job will end october I 1 unless he and the administration agree that it shall continue he ile will devote a minimum of four days a week to his official duties and he be will consult with ma mayor or ri florello orello II 11 la guardia as fa far s possible but will be responsible to harry L hopkins alone EW YORKS harlem and its kin NEW dred negro populations through out the land resounded in jubilation with chicken an ham in every bryin pan and juniper juice flowing a freely as joe louis the first great brown hope of pugilism since jack johnson established himself as a real threat to the worlds world s heavyweight boxing championship showing ring generalship far beyond his brief professional experience box ing ability conspicuous con by its absence from the heavyweight ranks since the days of corbett Q and a wallop like the kick mck of a cotton belt mule the dusl y cut primo camera carnera italian human skyscraper to ribbons for five rounds knocked him down three times in the sixth and was nas de dared the winner ninner by technical I 1 k ock och out in a bout at the yankee stadium ST ABOR policy in a democracy JL 1 d Is not a program conceived by a government it Is a program of ac tion which the people who earn their living as wage earners and those who employ them in profit mak ng enter arises must work out together so asserts secretary of labor frances perkins in her annual report to congress and she sets forth these ax s x specific duties of the government in th s respect I 1 to do everything in its power to establish minimum basic standards for labor below which competition should not be permitted to force stand ards of health wages and hours 2 to further peaceful settlements of controversies and rel eve labor of the necessity of resorting to strikes in order I 1 secure table conditions and the right to be heard 3 through legislation and fostering co operation between employ ers and workers to make every job the best that the human mind can devise as to physical ph condit ons human relations and wages 4 to encourage such organization and development of wage earners as will give status and stability to labor as a recognized important group of citizens having a contribution to make to economic and political thought and to the cultural life of the community 5 to arrange that labor play its part in the study and development of any future economic policies 6 to encourage mutuality between labor and employers in the improvement of production and the develop ment in both groups of a philosophy of self government in the public inter est ob 0 b SPECIAL interest to the crim inal lawyer who Is more criminal than lawyer will be the news of atty louis ts s conviction in chicago he ile was found guilty of having har bar bored and concealed homer van meter right hand man of john dillinger dur ing the summer weeks of 1934 before both these public enemies were slain by I 1 G omen men ato germany s promise neer to engage in unrestricted marine warfare Nar fire biance entered an tin 1 mediate and strong protest to the welchs bilateral pact with ith great brit ain aln permitting germany to increase naval tonnage capt anthony eden was nas hurried oer oner to paris to explain the british action and justify it pre mier inter laval told him that the french national doctrine was and would con dinue to be that organization of col leehive security must precede any legal leation of german rearmament capt eden then went anent to rome and mussolini told him flatly that he sided with france and could not approve the manner in which the anglo ger man accord was nias reached without con suiting italy and france iso no more success did capt eden have haie in taj trying ing to get 11 II duce to sub in t to a compromise allowing italy certain concessions in a in return tor for the guarantee that there would be no war nar with nith the african monarchy mu mussolini bolln solln refused to talk about it great britain was fa faced c ed with N two I 1 remaining choices to influx ence the abyssinian govern government rent to accede to italian demands in toto or simply gibe up and let the apparently inevitable war go on fior some soine reason that entirely clear an attempt was made blow up the Ameil can embassy in mex ico leo city A bomb made of and percussion caps wa was S hur hurled le d from an automobile into the embassy garden where it exploded tearing a hole in the garden wall and breaking a window in the private office of ambassador Josep josepaus bus daniels no one was as injured and the damage was slight mr daniels said the josephus incident was of no importance at all and daniels declined to make a complaint but the acting secretary of foreign relations senor Cente ceniceros eros called to express regret and extra police and detectives were placed about the embassy C PONG ON GrESSMAN MARTIN DIES of texas has before congress a bill the enactment and enforcement of which would evoke cheers from mil bill lions of tax weary citizens for it pro vides for the deportation of about aliens who are receiving dole or holding jobs that should be held by citizens who are on the relief rolls A campaign to get congressional ac tion on this measure has been started by organizations estimated by mr dies to represent people and he says at least congressmen have promised to support the bill ing the provisions of the measure I 1 mr ir dies sald first it bars all immigration of pioneer immigrants who do not have relatives in this country second it makes males mandatory deportation por tation of 3 aliens estimated of illegal entry third it gives about 4 aliens legally in this country 12 months in which to become citizens or go home fourth all aliens must secure la bor department permits to work and permits would be issued only when em ein players show they can t find united states citizens to do the job ileth it provides for gradual re union of families not likely to become public charges when the economic bit sit bation Is improved C 1128 everywhere were urged by atty gen cummings to assist the federal government in cracking down on bucket shops which are the out of millions of dol dot lars he declared that a nation wide chain Is operating most of their victims are doc doe tors lawyers probes sors and business men he said we know the names of the ers said mr cum but it will atty gen take co operation of cummings both the public and legitimate brokers to put them where I 1 they hey belong behind the bars most of the victims believe that they have lost their money legitimately he said and are afraid of complaining to federal officers because they are in debt after they have been cleaned of the navy swanson S asked bids from private yards on 13 vessels and was prepared to hate for 11 more launching the navy navys s 1930 36 construction within 20 hours after receiving the required funds from congress included in the program are two new cruisers of 10 tons each equipped with six inch guns and at least four airplanes apiece one aircraft carrier three heavy destroyers twelve light destroy ers and six submarines ERE Is something to make the men chuckle at a conference conte reece in atlantic city the national women s party adopted resolutions advocating equal rights before the law for men and women equal pay for equal work equal domicile property and guardian ship rights and equal alimony in cases of divorce and equal considers cons con sIdera tion for men in cases of breach of promise DEATH neagu for four of the leaders in 21 2 1 the spanish revolution of last october was decreed by the military tribunal at oviedo thirty six others were sentenced to life imprisonment and seven to twelve years sixteen were acquitted for lack of evidence |