Show news review of current events GREAT WAR ALLIANCE britain and france will pool all their armed forces for defense of both nations A e ao 40 loan contracts totaling 36 for four cities covering not more than 90 per cent of the cost of proposed slum clearance and low rent housing were approved by president roosevelt upon the recommend a lion of nathan straus administrator of the housing authority these will provide approximately 6 family dwelling units f fir r over 26 slum dwellers the photograph shows senator robert wagner of new york watching mr straus sign the loan contracts Mw stasi we jad summarizes a a THE WORLDS WEEK western newspaper union anglo french alliance PREMIER and for 1 eign minister bonnet of france had a momentous conference in london with prime minister cham chani berlam and vis count halifax for eign secretary of great britain and at its close it was announced that the aaa two nations had en into a power ful defensive alii alli ance the sensation al part is that when the next war comes and the statesmen 31 deladier Da ladier seemed sure one is coming all the armed forces of the french and the british will be pooled under unified commands the land forces will be command ed by a french general immediately either of the nations is attacked the combined sea and air forces will be under command of british officers the british air force will be permitted to use french bases purchases of war supplies mcloud mg ing planes from the united states will be pooled by britain and france war resources such as stores of ammunition mechanical equipment and oil will be placed on french soil consequently britain will not be forced to move them across the english channel in the face of enemy surface warships and submarines when war starts deladier Da ladier promised chamberlain that france would if possible corn by may 15 negotiations for an alliance of friendship with italy and if necessary would recognize musso hm lim s conquest of ethiopia he also consented to plans for closing the frontier between france and spain to facilitate the plan for removing volunteers from the spanish civil war the british government an bounced that at the breaking out of the next war all food in britain would be rationed under a con asks press censorship S SHERMAN MINTON u of indiana who succeeded hugo black as chairman of the senate s inquisitorial committee is so vexed with the newspapers that he has in produced trod a bill providing for censor ship of the press it is as follows any person firm corporation or association that publishes in the dis brict of columbia or publishes or causes to be transported in inter state commerce or through the mails malls any newspaper magazine or other periodical in which is published as a fact anything known to said pub lisher or his responsible agent to be false shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than 1000 1 nor more than 10 and shall be imps boned for not more than two years simultaneously the american newspaper publishers association meeting in new york reaffirmed its determination to defend the free dom of the press and the cons titu dional rights of private citizens it adopted resolutions condemning the actions of the minton committee especially in the case of the bation headed by frank gannett ford at white house ONE NE of our greatest industrial ests henry ford was the pres ident s guest at luncheon and it was expected that something important or at least interesting would come out of the encounter but officially it was aust a pleasant family meet mg big such as might take place at a wayside inn that s what a white house spokesman said however washington correspondents learned from what they considered a trust worthy source that mr roosevelt and mr ford were agreed on but one issue that the government should leave business alone mr ford told the chief executive there was too much interference with vate enterprise by the tra tion and that if this were ended re covery would return most of the discussion which was described as good humored cen around the government governments s spending and fiscal policy mr ford clashed repeatedly with marriner S eccles chairman of the board of the federal reserve system he ile stoutly maintained that less spend ing by the government would re store confidence and encourage busi ness and industry to go forward on its own mr eccles champion of the spending policy upheld the op cosite view that the greater the spending the more rapid the re covery mr ford was critical of spending which increased the pub lie lic debt and so informed the dent national progressives Progress ives IRTH of a third national party lf known as the national sive party was announced at the much heralded meeting of the la follette followers in madison wis the gathering w a s brought about by gov philip F la follette who delav ered the main ad dress before the throng in the uni um hersity of wisconsin live stock pavilion no nationally known 41 progressives were governor present and details la follette of the program are yet to be adopted the party al ready has a symbol a red circle on a white background with a blue cross in the center basic principles of the new party the governor said include the ownership and control of money and credit without cation or reservation must be under public and not private control the organized power of this na tion must stop at nothing short of necessary steps to restore to every american the absolute right to earn his living by the sweat of his brow we believe in the basic concepts of american government and in particular that grants of power al ways should be safeguarded against abuse those who work on the farm and in the city must be given security not a security founded on producing less for more or working less for more we propose security found ed on a definite decent annual in come for all we flatly oppose every form of coddling or spoon feeding the amer lean ican people whether it be those on relief whether it be farmers or workers whether it be business or industry our hemisphere was divinely destined to evolve peace security and plenty it shall remain avio late for that sacred purpose threat to germ german an jews fjeld MARSHAL GOERING G Feco economic dictator of germany has been authorized to utilize the properties of all jews in the coun try foreign as well as german he has ordered all german and aus trian jews to give to the govern ment their possessions at home and abroad if they exceed 2 it is estimated two billion dollars worth of property is threatened with con fis cation corn belt revolt FARMERS of the middle west are fin in open revolt against the AAA corn crop control program and the movement started in macomb III was w as spreading so fast throughout the corn belt that officials of of the the department of agriculture were considering possible modification of the program so as to allow in dividu al growers larger allotments the illinois farmers formed the corn belt liberty league and growers from iowa wisconsin indiana michigan missouri and minnesota who attended the meetings of the league went home to promote the organization of branches in their states norman J taber master of the national grange assured the league of the grange s support tilden burg president of the or said in addressing its second session our purpose is to oppose in every honorable way the un american program of compel sory crop control most of us have spen spent our lives on the farm we have an affection for our lands and an interest in their operation that probably cannot be understood by politicians in washington our farms will not riot be the same when we have jobholders from washington telling us what we can and cannot plant perhaps under threat of prosecution and penalty above all else we are fighting for freedom we positively refuse to accept the view that we must sacrifice freedom to obtain pros penty on the contrary we believe the loss of freedom will mean pov erty and ruin co operate for recovery cooperation pa OPERATION with Pes president ident roosevelt in his efforts eff orts to bring about economic recovery was of by 16 leaders of business and industry prominent among whom were owen D young general electric board b 0 a r d chairman and winthrop W aldrich chairman of the chase nation al bank of new york their state ment made as indi visuals was given out by john W owen D hanes of the young ties gg exchange corn mission it was laid before the president who pronounced it excel lent the joint statement said in part in his address to the nation april 14 the president stated the common need and aspiration of us all is the resumption of normal industry to bring about this result calls for teamwork on the part of govern ment and industry we gather from the president presidents s words that he rec that we live under an in dustral du system in which there must be full opportunity for legitimate profits it is the responsibility of govern ment to protect and to encourage the proper function of business wide but honest differences of ion exist as to ways and means the president has clearly indi bated that he believes that amen ameri ca s continued prosperity requires closer operation cooperation between busi ness and the government we pledge ourselves to aid to the full extent of our ability in such efforts of consultation and co opera tion warren for comptroller PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was reported to have decided on the appointment of rep lindsay C warren of north carolina to the va cant position of comptroller general of the united states with its 15 year term warren is chairman of the house committee on accounts and has served frequently as in assistant administration leader of the house end tax exemptions PROMPT legislation was asked of congress by president roosevelt to remove tax exemptions on in come from all future government bonds federal state and local and on all government salaries in his special message the dent said existing exemptions re suited from judicial decisions and could be eliminated by a short and simple statute which he felt the courts would uphold earle ousts margiotti iphar HAT very uncivil war among the pennsylvania democrats grew bloodier dally daily as the primary date drew near gov george H earle who seeks the senatorial nomma tion lion was enraged when attorney general margiotti Margio accused two prominent democrats of taking a 20 bribe to bring about legisla tion lion favorable to local brewers those two men are supporters of earle and when Marg margiotti lotti refused to substantiate his charges the gov arnor ousted him and all his deau ties Marg margiotti lotti is an independent candidate for the democratic guber nat nasonal orial nomination there have been other charges of corruption and a grand jury was getting ready to investigate them can t raise wire rates HE federal communications ons commission by a vote of 5 t to 0 2 denied the nation nations s telegraph corn panics the right to increase domes tic telegraph rates 15 per cent the companies had argued that the in crease was necessary to offset dwin adling revenues and higher expenses |