Show news review of current events the world over Se cretai plans national census of unemployed armistice day duly observed opening 0 of the huge san francisco oakland bridge 0 B by y EDWARD W PICKARD Q NN estern newspaper ln L n on NOW that the election is over secretary of commerce roper is laying plans for the complete census of the unemployed in the united states which has so long been called for he said he would ask con gress to appropriate between 13 c nd 15 million dollars for this count and that it would require the services of about 25 persons who would be given cial training for sec see roper several months the census would not only take up an enumeration of those classified as unemployed said roper but we want to find out which trades or industries the un employed would fall into we would also like to help the states in clas the unemployed from the un employable there are many economic ques eions involved some families have enough income to support them but one or more members may be out of work we want to obtain information on this phase the secretary intimated that the census machinery might be made permanent so that a close check be kept on persons out of work as is done in england according to the american fed aeration of labor 2 workers have been re employed since last january employment has been gaming gaining steadily since january without set back the federation said this unusual development points to the strong upward trend of business which was of such force as to offset the usual summer layoffs comparing september this year with september 1935 we find 2 more persons employed in american industry indicating that while a portion of this year s gains merely restored winter losses by far the major part represents last ing gain in employment recovery this year s gains comparing september 1935 and 1936 have been largest in manufacturing in dus bustnes tries where about wage and salaried workers were re em cm aloyed about more farm laborers are at work more in trade more in building and have been added in railroads most of the other gains were in service industries IN TN A joint report by the fede al i bureaus of agricultural and h home ome economics the prediction is made that farm cash income available for spending in 1937 will continue the upward trend shown in 1936 As a basis for this expectancy the bureaus cite increases in net in come from agricultural and non agricultural sources lower inter est rates and long term financing of debts record production of truck crops also was forecast all sections of the country will share and all im lm truck crops will b included except celery onions and spinach it was stated with the likelihood that in spite of indicated larger sup plies improvement in consumer buying power would help maintain the h gher prices of 1936 which were about 10 per cent over 1935 S of agriculture wal lace in an interview intimates that for a year there may be no row legislation for crop control along the lines of the outlawed AAA for farmers S would like to have e one i eally good crop without forced cur tail bailment ment but he 44 added we will need some legisla tion eventually un less the weather ax changes or the world demand for our products great see wallace ly improves wallace was asked whether the lack of a control plan might not result in another surplus leaving the administration up in the air without any machinery to cope with it he said he could not estimate a surplus ahead of time and that he would rather wait to see what would happen 1 I it may be possible to find a tion that will prove better than the AAA or the soil conservation act he said PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT led the nation in observance of armistice day by going to arling ton national cemetery and laying a of chrysanthemums be siaa the tomb of the unknown sol dier the ceremony was quiet and simple general pershing corn com mander of the american expedition ary forces and secretary of the navy swanson stood by the dent s side and a small detach ment of soldiers sailors and ma rines was present general pershing also placed a wreath at the tomb and all stood bare headed as taps was sounded precisely at 11 0 clock eighteen years after the guns cea ceased ed firing on the western front in france everywhere in the united states and in all the allied countries the was suitably observed and in poland the day was one of especial rejoicing for it is regarded as the birthday of that re born na tion an ironical note came from gen eva where the league of nations announced that 8 men are n now 0 w permanently under arms throughout the world of this total are attached to world navies the league calculations show that men under arms throughout t the h e world just before the outbreak of the world war numbered 5 not counting naval units the figures released show that since 1931 32 world armies have increased 1700 1 men in europe total armed forces are now 4 compared with 3 in 1931 32 S CAN AN S dream of 30 years was realized when the great bridge across the bay of oak land was formally opened with blab orate ceremony this longest behic ular bridge in the world ha hao been under construction since july 19 1933 at a cost of 77 the funds being largely supplied by the reconstruction finance corporation it is eight and a quarter miles long and except for a tunnel passage through yerba buena island is en over water it is divided roughly into two parts mechanically speaking the west side from san francisco to yerba buena is of the suspension type the cables are the largest ever spun for a bridge nearly two feet in diameter the east crossing from yerba buena to oakland is of the cantilever type As the climax of a four day cele bration president roosevelt pushed a button in his white house office lighting two green lamps on the bridge and officially throwing it open for traffic C OL JOSEF BECK foreign mm min v ister of poland concluded his visit to london and departed with assurances of great britain s friendliness and de sire to cooperate operate with poland in its m I 1 t contest against nazi intrigues especially in relation to the free city of dan zig foreign minis ter eden talked with colonel beck y aa 4 wg for three days and was told by him that poland would reject the overtures col beck of both moscow and berlin and work for the same neu in eastern europe that bel gium glum intends to maintain maint atin in the west one feature of poland s celebia tion of its independence day was the bestowal of a baton on gen edward making him the fourth marshal in the revived nation nations s history he thus succeeds the late marshal josef Pil and is regarded by many as the new military dictator of poland president presented the baton during an imposing ceremony in the courtyard of warsaw castle WHEN HEN admiral william H standley retires on january 1 from the post of chief of naval operations it will be filled by ad miral william D leahy now corn com mander of the navy battle force this selection by the president was announced in washington half a dozen other high officers of the navy will be advanced when the change occurs it was also announced that maj gen john H russell commandant of the marine corps would be sue suc ceedee in that post when he retires from active service december 1 by brig gen thomas holcombe the latter will be elevated to the rank of major general of marines KING ING victor of italy had a birth day and president roosevelt in his cabled message of cong ratu lations was careful to follow the american policy of not recognizing territory acquired by force ad dressing him only as king and not as emperor however the italian conquest of ethiopia was formally recognized by both aus tria and hungary following ger many s example CORNELL ORNELL university at ithaca N 1 Y is to have a new president in the person of dr edmund E day an internationally known social scientist and economist he will as sume office june 30 next on the re ti rement of dr livingston farrand doctor day who is 53 years old is a graduate of dartmouth and has taught there and at harvard and the university of michigan I 1 i t HILE the I 1 fascist insurgents were s hashing mashing thir way into madrid ard hurling sh ils among its chief buildings the socialist gov of spam spain headed by prem ler ier fancisco largo cabal ero fled from the capital and set itself up in valencia on the mediterranean coast the capture of madrid by the rebels seemed certain certin and this it was believed would be followed by recognition of the fascist gov by several powers include ing portugal and italy and perhaps germany the first nation to ac cord this recognition was the cen aral american republic of salvador it is not to be assumed that this would end the civil war im mediately or soon caballero it was reported believed the loyalists could best continue the struggle from the south and it was claimed they had strong concentrations at valencia cartegena alinte alicc ante and albacete moreover there w were ere in dictations that they would soon receive open aid from russia and per haps france leon blum the french premier told a so socialist calist greeting rree ting that he was ready to scrap the non intervention pact and help caballero if great britain would join in such action this caused consternation a among in 0 n g the british statesmen fighting in the suburbs of madrid was continuous and bloody the casualties on both sides were heavy and the fascist bombardment b and planes killed and wounded hund hundreds eds in the center of the city the socialist defenders had been ordered to hold their posts regardless of losses and they fought bravely and stubbornly T THROUGH the efforts of edward P F mcgrady assistant secre tary of labor and the department departments s chief conciliator the strike of man marl time workers that tid u up p a large part of the shipping on the pacific atlantic and gulf coasts may be settled amicably negotiations b e tween the ers and the union leaders were re IN burned in san fran AL cisco and in wash k I 1 n g t 0 n secretary s sa E F mcgrady said s he was hopeful that a just agreement would be reached on the pacific coast the strikers had already consented to ease the plight of stranded passengers and release perishable cargoes the joint strike committee recommended that their membership return strike bound vessels to home ports this promised relief for stranded pas and strikers in honolulu as well as for hundreds of man mari time men idle in atlantic and gulf ports M AJOR producers of steel led by the carnegie illinois steel corporation largest subsidiary 0 f united states steel and the colum bia steel company west coast mem ber of the same group announced wage increases averaging 10 pr cent and in some cases running as high as 25 per cent which will add about 80 a year to the in austry s payroll in most instances the increases were to take eff effect act november 16 according to compi lations of the american iron and steel institute they will aff affect act employees throughout about the coun try committees acting for employees at more than a dozen plants rejected th offer demanding higher pay negotiations in these case are therefore continued directors of numerous big cor po rations authorized special dm divi bends to stockholders and wage bon uses to workers that will release many of dollars this is in pursuance of the policy of avoid ing so far as possible the stiff levies imposed on undistributed profits un der the revenue act of 1936 and also in most cases in recognition of improved busin business ss S of the navy claude u swanson who it is believed may retire from the cabinet made his annual report to the president show ing that the navy had made con sid erable progress in its program to build up to full tr treaty aty strength at the end of the 1936 fiscal year last june 30 the secretary said the navy had under construction 79 vessels further the 1937 ap actions act provided for the building of 18 vessels as replaced rep replacements lacem ants for overage over age ships and for the begin ning of construction in 1937 of two battleships the secretary emphasized the need for auxiliary vessels which service and supply combat vessels as necessary to the maximum effi clency of the fleet present auxiliary vessels are old and unfit and should be refaced with modern craft he said chief of staff malm craig report ed to secretary of war woodring that the army in the second yeal of its five year rebuilding program had gained ground toward its ob jettive a defense establishment up to the minimum needs of the na tion our military establishment is of a type that conforming strictly to our national policy is d designed for defense and is unsuitable for ag egression gres sion craig said this fact may not be clearly understood by our people our establishment is of a character exclusively its own es senti ally distinct from the military establishments maintained abroad and now in 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