Show N News J Review i of Current rent Events the WOl World ld Over Ovel Presidents President's Memorial 1 Day Address at Gettysburg 1 1111 Major a or Labor Disputes Trouble Admin Administration Attempt Administration l Attempt 1 to Assassinate Ambassador Caffery in iu II Havana avana By EDWARD W. W C e by v Western Newspaper Union B DEFORE a vast ast multitude of persons persons per per- sons gathered red at Gettysburg battle battle- Roosevelt elt delivered a n Memorial Memorial Me Me- Me-I Me morial day address that was In effect ar a r vigorous attack on critics of ot his plans for national recovery Introduced Introduced Introduced In In- by bj Governor I Pinchot as the first firstS S rz citizen of the world Mr Roosevelt first firsti y i r Jj paid Pall eloquent tribute G 4 fir to the men of ot the i North and South who whoa a fought bravely on that historic field and described how m the President sections of ot the nation Roosevelt had been welded Into one its unit unity being aided by foreign all sectionalism has wars until now Disappeared d. d lie Ito continued We are nil all brothers now In a new understanding The grain gran farmers of the West do not set themselves up for preference If It we seek at the same timeto time timeto to help the cotton farmers of the South nor do the time tobacco growers ro ers complain of discrimination If it at t the the cattle men of same time we help the plains and mountains In our planning to lift Industry to normal pro prosperity the farmer upholds I our efforts And as ns we give ive the farmer farm the city sought equality er a n long worker understands and helps All of us share In n whatever good comes We know that to the average a man mun inthe Inthe In Inthe we all aU have a stake stake stake-a a partnership the government of our country of Today we ha have have- e many means that have haye knowing each other other means means of ot sectionalism It ItIs ItIs Itis sounded the doom tho the picture Is I think as I survey sur simple fact fuet that from every angle a comes to progress the chief hindrance from three elements clements which thank with tho the God less In Importance grow understanding of growth of a clearer our purposes on the part lart of ot the overwhelming overwhelming over over- I whelming majority who seek These groups are fire those I or to to stir SUf up political build bulk li advantage ad b by the distortion dis- dis of facts those who by declining ing lag to follow the rules of the game I seek to gain an nn unfair over those who live up to the rules and I those few who still because the they have never been willing to take tal nn an interest In their fellow Americans dwell Inside still of their own narrow spheres and selfishness of sectional sectional- sectionalism represent ent the ism which has no place In our national life OI 0 from Gett Gettysburg to NewYork New Ne NewYork G GOING York the President embarked on put out to tosea tosea the cruiser sea liea and revie reviewed ed sed the American fleet of the which as assistant secretary navy he helped to command during the World war and In which he lie maintains main main- maintains the warmest Interest With 1 him were ere Secretary Swanson and find Josephus Daniels the war time navy secretary There were some other distinguished I guests but members of congress tried In vain to get aboard The Indianapolis was anchored about a mile from Ambrose lightship and SS 88 fighting ships passed proudly In review ro The Pennsylvania Pennsyl ft flying the four starred fin flag of Admiral David DavidA of the fleet led lcd commander A A. A Sellers Selters the parade and then with tho the Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- I. I and anchored ville me turned out of line Indianapolis It was an Im Imposing Imposing Im- Im me the near Dear I such as fiB had Imd not been posing spectacle of President PresIdent President Pres Pres- witnessed since the tho earn early earl days ident Coolidge's administration annual exercises at the T TIlE THE A AT United States Naval aCa academy 1 3 A total graduated midshipmen were ere of ot were commissioned ensigns inthe In Inthe Inthe In the marine m 25 5 lieutenants the na navy lieutenant In the Philippine corps corl's one scouts and 10 will resign DEft the present ent administration U well but the navy Is doing quite the arm army arms y feels If that It Is neglected I Secretary of 11 or Hi D Deep n and nna New Newton too I Continued on VaGA pagA two D. D Baker who held the portfolio durIng durIng during dur dur- ing the war appeared before the house military affairs committee and urged the passage of or the Thompson bill which would Increase ase the strength of ot the army to enlisted men and officers That the present regular regu regu- lar army Is Inadequate In the of J present r. r sent disturbed world conditions was waa declared de by both gentlemen The hc American army as now manned would not simultaneously protect our outlying Ing possessions train civilians and repel any tInny sudden Invaders Secretary See See- Dern Insisted A more satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory army would cost the nation 35 annually he sold said In explaining that he had not suggested an Increase to President Roosevelt because of the Presidents President's desire to balance the bud budget get 0 administration leaders 1 have c ui e asserted that labor troubles are ut to be e expected In a time of ot recovery cry ery Or and that they are not alarmed by bythe bythe the strikes that are now V In effect or orare orore I ore are threatened for the near future It i was evident Ident In Washington that these thes I optimists were disturbed by the prospect prospect prospect pros pros- of general strikes In the cotton textile and steel Industries It was believed President Roosevelt would have e to Intervene In the effort to bring i about peace Frequent conferences of or officials were without result As General Johnson refused to change the order permitting cotton mills to reduce their output by 25 23 per percent percent percent cent for twelve weeks the United Textile Textile Textile Tex Tex- tile Workers of ot America summoned all tt 1 il 1 it 1 co on m employees Cl to LU u qu quit juu U LU ma ma IJU machines I chines and it was predicted that would respond The workers claim the reduction would amount to 25 per jer percent percent cent cut In their wages and say they will not stand for tor this They hey also domand demand demand de do- mand a hour 30 week with no reduction reduction reduction tion of pay Fighting for recognition of non non- company company unions a point on which th the steel masters will not yield the Amalgamated Amalgamated Amal Amal- Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers announced that a n general strike would be called in mid mid June June unless unless un un- less Its members win the right to choose spokesmen freely for collective bargaining The union leaders leader who contend the collective bargaining guaranty In the has been violated by employers employer asked Is the American Iron and Steel Institute Institute institute In In- more powerful than the President President President dent of ot the United States E to learn what small business throughout the country thinks about the NUA the national IndustrIal Industrial industrial In In- conference board has been conducting a survey sur that has not brought definite results Tabulating these results as best It can the board states It found that per cent favored fa fa- ored the as a whole another per cent favored It with some reservations 36 30 ner per cent were definite definite- ly opposed to It while 64 04 per cent could not see that it made much dif dif- dif dif- ference I C CUBA UBA is now entirely freed from United States suzerainty through a treaty which was signed at the State Stat department by plenipotentiaries of both countries and ratified by the sen sen- senate ate The pact abrogates the Platt amendment providing for tor the maintenance nance of ot the independence and territorial territorIal territorial terri terri- and financial Integrity of the Island republic and authorizing the United States to Intervene therein for far forthe forthe the protection of the country and the preservation of ot order In the new treaty the United States retains the lease of Guantanamo as a naval namI base hase The people of Cuba rejoiced exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- over the abrogation of ot th the Platt amendment and President Men Men- dIcta declared a three da days s 's national holiday H A AVANA V ANA police pollee learned that there thera J-A J was a plot to assassinate Jefferson Jeffer JeITer son Caffery American ambassador to Cuba and to destroy American property property property prop- prop erty on the island They took extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary nary precautions to protect Mr Ur Calf Caffery cry but despite the pres pres- presence presence ence of ot soldiers at atthe atthe aty y the entrance to his errs home some unidentified Ip fied assailants drove by in a car and poured a stream of or bullets h from sawed-off sawed shotguns shotguns shotguns shot shot- guns Just at the time J. J J Caffery Mr Caffery usually leaves for the yacht club Ho He H rona was not not n Injured but one of ot the soldiers was grievously wounded his right leg being being being be be- I ing torn off by an explosive e bullet Mr lr Gallery Caffery went on to the yacht club calmly and refused to say Bay who he I thought the assassins might be Cuban government officials were greatly excited by the attempt on the ambassadors ambassador's life and there was an Inclination to blame the Communists but hut leaders of ot that party denied their followers had anything to do 10 with it lt In Jn recent demonstrations the radicals have va attacked Mr Caffery Cattery in their speeches Presumably the sole purpose pur pur- pose lOse Is to stir up trouble between the governments of or the United States and Cuba uba DELEGATES D from from the thee five e New v England states New York and Pennsylvania have signed a solemn pact for the protection of ot women and minors in industry which has been under negotiation for several se years The compact which must be ratified ratified rati rati- fied by the legislatures of or the several severa states shies contemplates minimum stand stand- arf arlL atUf of wages for tor women and minors contains a It provision that no empl employer yer shall pay a woman or a minor an unfair or oppressive e wage Stata Stata- boards are to he set up with auth authority to Investigate pay rolls and require compliance d I C CHAnGES are made mode by the house agriculture committee that joint stock land banks have been using federal fed fell oral eral funds made available under the 1931 farm loan act to bu buy In their own bonds at nt 35 tG cents on the dollar while pressing foreclosures cs on their d debtors The committee approved the Fulmer bill bUl to authorize farmers who have obtained obtained obtained ob ob- loans from Joint stock land Inn banks to buy on the open market marl et joint stock land bank bonds tendering same to the Joint stock land banks In payment payment payment pay pay- ment of ot their indebtedness The bill would also enable farmers to repurchase repurchase chase their lands lauds that have ha been previously pre- pre foreclosed if saId Bald lands are still In the possession of ot these banks 1 rATES IEN from many nations nation S STATESMEN met in Geneva and reopened the sessions of the disarmament conference with a full realization of the fact that th Ir failure may mean the renewal of war In Europe in Jn the not far for future and possibly the end of the League of Nations Such hope as they had of breaking the impasse seemed to rest on the plan which Foreign Commissar Litvinov Lit- Lit of Russia said he was ready to too o offer ITer It was believed ho lie would concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- on a policy of political securIty security ity It as a basis for disarmament Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man II IT Davis American ambassador ambassador- large at-large presented the views of ot President President dent ent Roosevelt urging an accord emphasizing em em- supervision of ot arms and a amore amore amore more rigid control of the International International traffic in arms Louis foreign minister of France showed no inclination to yield to the German demands for ment The French are said to believe belle Hitler Is due soon to run up against domestic troubles that will tie his hands they will continue to promote their defensive alliances until the German chancellor gives In and just now are counting on a n pact of ot mutual assistance with Russia and the little entente which will wUl be signed If as expected Russia Russin enters the League of Nations Premier Mussolini of Ita Italy I In a speech before the chamber of deputies said that disarmament talk was foolIsh foolish foolish fool fool- ish and In so many words suggested that war was the on only way out of the economic adversities that beset Italy and Europe generally HE Irish Free State took another T THE step toward becoming a republic r when the dail dan passed a bill abolishing the senate After this action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion had been taken President Eamon deVal de deValera x r Val Valera era said We want England to get out We Ye do not want to have anything to todo todo todo do with Britain If u ti there is to be any form of association it must be In the common common cornmon com corn mon interest of ot both bOUle We V c must m u s t be bet the h e jud Judges es of ot whether It to Eamon deor de e eor is to our advantage or not Valera No definite plan was mentioned and none is expected to be put forward before b before be be- fore March 1035 1935 when abolition of the senate will become effective Until that date any action of ot the dail daU would have ha to have senate approval nl I EXE of the service Industries industries Industries Indus- Indus tries from some of the fair trade practices of NHA codes was authorized by President Roosevelt elt in an executive order The exemption does not apply to minimum wages and maximum working hours child labor or collective collective tive U bargaining The order empowers Administrator Johnson to cease attempting attempting at at- tempting to enforce open price systems SS S'S systems terns price fixing and other devices on hundreds of thousands of cleaners ders dyers dyers dy dy- ers and pressers barber shops beauty II shops and the like Mr Roosevelt In his statement said I that a lIa trial period of some months has shown that while most industries after organization for this work and a little experience with It can secure uniform national results there are others others others oth oth- ers In which a greater degree of autonomous autonomous autonomous au au- au- au local self-government self Is de de- Among these are some but Industries the not all of the service statement added Enforcement of ot the cleaners and dyers dyers' dyers dyers dyers' dy dy- I ers' ers code has been especially troublesome troublesome troublesome trouble trouble- some accounting for more than half halt haltof of the blue eagle removals Under the executive order fair trade practice provi provisions lons for tor a service Industry industry Indus indus- try in a given gI area may be provided when 85 per cent of ot the Industry In Inthe Inthe inthe the area agrees to them and they are approved ed by the I IP ROOSEVELT signed I Ithe P the Joint resolution of congress empowering empowering em em- powering him to stop arms shipments destined for countries at war and Immediately Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately proclaimed an embargo against shipments of arms or munItions munitions munitions muni munI- from the United States to Bolivia and Paraguay His action was the first of its kind in American history Because of existing treaties he could not forbid actual shipment of ot arms but he did prohibit |