Show News Review of of- Current Events L vents the World the World Over Ove National National- Pl Prohibition tion Passes Out and Foreign Liquor ConIcs Comes In Johnson In-Johnson Ill Johnson Put in Control of AAA Codes Codes Codes- Will Budget b Dl Director Douglas Resign By Bv EDWARD W. W PICK PICKARD ARD I NATIONAL 1 T prohibition l at went lIt Into t- t the discard on ou December r f 5 State tl te conventions I In iii Pennsylvania Penns thin Ohio tad and Utah ratified the r repeal amendment on that da day clay making maling the necessary thirty thirty- J six and Immediately t on tin n being behli notified by byr r telegraph d dent e c n t ti Roosevelt noose and Acting r J i Secretary ry 0 of f S State t n CI t e Phillips Is ned led pro t 11 b I o n s 1 r chat the Eighteenth w a s n o u J 1 4 f e r H a part pan of the Hie Constitution In t H ten tv n. n J Joseph o eph H. H t four ty-four r or elf the tle forty rort Choate encase Jr el eight states stalls the te inane facture fact ire sale salo of elf liquor now no Is or soon Boon II lie be l Ip legal sal The state suite laws Inns under un uil der which It can em III be sold old HI wiry vary from those pro l providing ln wide open saloons In Nevada zula to a II strict system of ells die I tin hard rd liquor In III only I j I through h state o ned d stores one olle In In I every ery county county- Most Must widely enacted of the laws Is isale urIC one for serving erving of hard liquor only with meals Governmental u agencies In Washing ashing Washington ton were ere swamped with preparatory measures s to deal with the Importation of or foreign liquors Ilia many n II huge e cargoes o R of or which were eie waiting for entry and with ith the federal restrictions necessary eary sary to protect the till states that remain dry Joseph II IL Choate Jr of or New NewYork NewYork NewYork York son of or the famous lawyer and statesman had been n appointed director director director tor of or the federal alcohol control administration ad nd administration ministration and imd he eel arrived In the thc capital to up his duties Ir Mr Choate Choute halted tile the Issuance e of Import permits until a It few hours before repeal repeal re reo re- re peal became an nn accomplished fact and andin n in n tho the meantime checked ch ked tho th financial standing of Importers a and I worked out quotas for foreign coup coun tries It H was as understood t that t het between fOil four r rand and he five million gallons of foreign spirits and wines Ines would be allowed aJo entry during December and January and that If the tile demand were greater rent r than the supply the quantity ml might ht be ue Increased In older older- to discourage 1 bootlegging Time The government nt sought ht to prevent a n flood of foreign liquor from swamping the thc American to the detriment of domestic ers rs Codes for the distillers and nail Import import- Importers ers already were In effect and mill those for tor the brewers the time reet rectifiers and anel blenders Ien ers and the wine nine growers grower wore were being c completed When Whelm congress meets In January one of or the first matters mattes to tobe tobe tobe be taken up will be legislation to Increase increase In In- crease the taxes on liquor nn and for permanent control of or the thc traffic To draw up such le legislation the house ways and means menns committee nail and the I senate finance committee were called to meet In joint sessions beginning Decem December ter 11 S of Agriculture Wallace and Director George Icek of Hie he agricultural adjustment administration tion disagreeing radically concerning t authority and meth- meth oils laud laid their dispute before President eat f irs Roosevelt with the re re- suit stilt that the powers of the AAA were ply curtailed part art artIA IA of Its code work being transferred to the Na National Recovery ad al ministration Stephen T one of the Continued on page two P Pre Presidents President's r e 5 Ident's secreta secreta- George Georga Peck rles ries issued this statement state state- ment meat Following ft tt conference with Secretary Secre Serre Secretary tI r tary Wallace George Peck reck and General Gen Gen- Genera era eral Johnson the President authorized ed the statement that for time the purpose of ordination co-ordination nil all codes code under tinder the thelnA NIL nA Including those under negotiations negotiations by hy the AAA will be turned merto over mer overto overto to the administrator of the NItA NIA Mr 11 Peck Peek was especially annoyed by press conference statements by Secre Secre- Secretary Secretary tar tary Wallace which were wele Interpreted officials as ns supporting Prof Rex Hex Tugwell assistant secretary of n agriculture agri agri- rI- rI culture cult and the liberal group allied with him Chief of those these liberal associates asso asso- dates clates of ot Tugwell are Jerome Terome Frank Frnnk counsel for AAA and Frederick Howe Ilowe consumers counsel for AAA Wallace In his press conference questioned the effectiveness of the marketing eUng agreements and codes In the agricultural relief relict program lIe He suggested suggested sug sug- the tile major necessity In farm relief re re- lief HeC was strict restriction of crop pro pro- Peck Peel has hns throughout emphasized emphasIzed emphasized sized marketing agreements rather than crop control methods Tugwell ruell ru ell and other liberals have hl taken talen the op position stressing crop control I as more Important perl-I perl T of ot the farm relief L TEST L meats ments a r campaign to I control the production of corn and hogs by IHl paying ing federal bounties to the producers was launched by y Secretary Wallace Y The money will be he raised b by processing taxes which the consumer t 1 I. I paY UI t ru pv H lIU UHa i n j agreements firt to reduce their average a 01 of c corn rn and production of ho hogs s in 1031 1034 Benefit T pa payments ments on corn under the lI will be at nt the rate of or 3 30 cents a DUSH for or Inch p bushel the farmer fanner agrees to withhold from production production pro r In I. 1113 The payment will he be based on the average era l l yield rich of of- the contracted acreage c daring diring the previous year period One half the payment will III be he made to the farmer as soon us is his contract has been approved the other other half when he has fulfilled the terms of the agreement In return for the farmers' farmers agreement agreement agree agree- ment to curtail ling hog ho production the government o will pay PlY 5 5 a head heI on 75 73 per por per percent cent of the average n number of ho hogs s marketed or to be marketed from rom litters farrowed b by the producers producers' sows In the last two years IJ D RESIDE RESIDENT I NT ROOSEVELT returned 1 from his two weeks In Warm Springs and plunged at once Into the work of solving the various financial problems confronting his ion tion Most Immediate of these was the refinancing of government gO obligations obliga obliga- obligations amounting to about maturing the middle of ot the month This matter was easily and speedily settled when an entire block of of treasury certificates was sold In one da day The fact that it was heavily oversubscribed o was considered In administration circles to be a marked victory for the New Deal economics eco eco- There was no cessation of the controversy con con- controversy over o the Presidents President's monetary policy and the arguments on both sides I grew ei more hitter though Mr Ir Roose Hoose Roosevelt velt volt himself maintained silence FInan Interests ha have hae e peen been considerably annoyed h by the fact that the severe federal securities act net has checked the ment movement of capital Into legitimate channels and the they were cheered up b by Semi Senator tor Fletchers Fletcher's statement tl that Present Pres- Pres Hent ent Roosevelt wants th the act amended amender t tip ld i correct cOI this fault without diminishing diminishing diminish ing In the protection of the investing In pub pill lie He Mr Ir Fletcher who Is chairman man of the ho senate banking committee said Mr Roosevelt's a attitude lilt e had been brought to him by Acting Secretary of the treasury In this connection he said the tho President had hadnot hadnot not asked the banking committee to recommend legislation to curtail the stock stoel exchange operations H V HO UW OW long lone l Budget lI et Director Lewis Douglas 1 will continue continuo to hold his Job joh Is a question that Interests nh Oh observers eners pr In Washington ton He lIe has hns worried over the expansion ex cx- passion n of emeren emergency C cy es obligations o of the time timey y t government o and antl has 1 a warned against any further Increase but hUI almost certainly his warning will not be heeded when con congress ress meets Mr 11 Douglas thinks that the time entire budget bud get Including both oth Lewis Douglas general Jeneral nn and emer emergency en C cy funds may be he brought Into bale balance bal ance once toward the end of the fiscal year ear 1035 If If no further emer emergency enc funds are arc authorized after the time O public works fund and the less than thun a billion left In the fund are used up He ne thinks these funds 51 should be sufficient for emergency emer emer- emergency gency ency purposes Others In the administration In In- L' L 6 cumuli nit lilt i I 1 i l un-c un Ideas Secretary of the Interior Ickes expects to ask for or an nn Increase of as ns much as In the public works fund The UFO probably will want or more The new civil works administration will run out of ot money in the middle of the winter and the time President already has expressed the hope that additional funds will be forthcoming from con gress Its allotments have ha come thus far from both the public works worl's funds and the relief fund of the PRESIDENT RESIDENT Roosevelt addressing A the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America took occasion to con condemn severely all nn those who ho condone condone con con- done I and his remarks were Interpreted especially as a sharp rebuke rebuke re re- re buke for Governor Go Rolph of California who approved ed the actions of the mob that han hanged ed two kidnapers and murderers murderers mur mur- at San Jose This new generation said Mr Roosevelt Is not content with preach preach- ings against that vile ne form of collective collective tive tl murder murder-l murder lynch lynch law which law which has broken out In our midst anew We know that It Is murder and a deliberate deliberate erate crate and definite disobedience of the commandment thou shall not kill kilt We do not excuse those In high places or In low who condone lynch law W WHEN LIEN Col Charles A A. A Lindbergh h starts out to do something In the time way of aviation a he does It competently competently compe compe- and neatly Accompanied Accompanied Accompanied and ably assisted by Mrs Lindbergh LInd Lind- bergh he piloted his big monoplane across the southern Atlantic from Bathurst Gambia Africa JUrica to Natal Brazil making the 1875 1575 miles In 16 hours and 10 minutes and landing smoothly In the Natal harbor where the entire population of th the city was gathered to welcome them Through the time long flight Mrs Lindbergh at th the wireless instrument kept In constant communication with Rio de Janeiro D l came suddenly to Alexan tier del Ie Legge l' l president of the International International Inter Inter- national harvester lIal ester company compan anti and one of ot the tho country's leading industrialists In his suburban home near Chicago lie Ile was almost sixty eight years cars of n ago age c and apparently had been heen In good health t Mr 11 Legge was the first chairman of the federal farm board hoar under President Prest dent Ilent Hoover I giving 1 up his post with the time Harvester company in ill inthe inthe the summer of 1020 D to accept the 1 12 n. year a government go position ForO For 20 O months ho lie devoted Ie himself to farm relief e experiments standing his ground In the face of widespread criticism Then he resigned and returned to his former place By ny the gift girt of or some time prior to his death and antI of In his will Mr 11 I C brought to completion completion com com- months of work worl to perfect a philanthropic organization to be he known as the Farm Foundation It was made known by hy Frank Franl 0 O. Lowden former governor Jo of 01 Illinois and chairman of 01 the foundation In developing de his project whose whoso funds and activities will be he e devoted de to the Improvement ement of the social cultural cultural cul cul- tural and economic conditions of rural life Mr 11 Lowden disclosed Mr 11 Legge Lege I enlisted as ns trustees a group of twenty I industrialists educators capitalists and farm leaders from all parts of the countr country considerable le ceremony and W military display the seventh Pan Pan- PanA A n ion nr o onen ll in 6 Montevideo Uruguay to continue continuo probably ly three weeks Y Its deliberations are managed by y E. E Buero as secretary secretary- 1 general lie is one of tj u Uruguay's s most prominent prom diplomat young oung j- j and was summoned Ii from his post as ns minoO minister min min- minister t ister to Germany to oO t 1 this dut duty In the conE conF con con- F ference In his speech Inaugurating Inaugurating Inaugurating In In- E E. E E E. E Buero the sessIons sessions sessions ses ses- President Gabriel Terra of ot Uru Uruguay demanded the scaling down downIn In all American countries of or customs tariffs which President Roosevelt Hoose Justly Just ly termed unsound fatal and direct originators of world economic ter lie referred to Mr 11 Roosevelt's indictment of or the Smoot Hawley Smoot tariff measure and retaliatory acts to which I other nations were forced I Concerning the war in the Gran Chaco between Bolivia and Paraguay he said The noble American Juridical cal tradition cannot remain burled buried In Inthe Inthe inthe the swamps of the Chaco Postponed from 1032 because of the depression a gathering In which all 21 1 nations of the western hemisphere were participating found uppermost In the minds of delegates a mutual search for operative co methods to Improve improve Im im- im prove the economic status of or their countries Secretary of State Hull heads the delegation from United States and nine other foreign ministers are arc participating participating participating par par- In the conference FOREIGN COMMISSAR CO MAXIM I LITVINOV LIT of Russia Hussla on his way home from his triumphant visit In n Washington stopped over in Rome for fora a conference with Premier Mussolini and the correspondents said this resulted resulted resulted re re- in an agreement for Soviet- Soviet Fascist collaboration to to better the time sit sit- mr- mr lilt fan i in III m r l THo well informed thought ht lu 1 Mussolini hn had obtained the support of Russia Hussla In his efforts to solve ol the disarmament problem find and that he Ime h and Litvinov Inov were In accor accord In the matter mattel of having Russia Russin and the time United States asked to Join In the before eCore Litvinov left lett power four pact brilliant ban ban- Home Rome he was given gl a met fillet by y the Duce which was attended by numerous dignitaries ITH his Ills experience as a n delegate W to the time disarmament conference at nt Geneva clearly in mind Secretary of the Navy avy Swanson In his annual anneal report urges that the M United States abandon a leadership In the time dig armament movement 4 by by example and proceed pro 4 teed as soon as possible pos pOSe sible to build its navy up to full fall treaty oily strength He lie says our concessions in the past have e been dangerous erous C ext extra x t r a and that peace Is jeopardized b by our weakened weakened weak weak- Secretary Swanson ened cued condition be cause balanced armaments fortify di dl The report showed |