| Show news aws review of current events the world over ayes IVY e as committee offers drastic war profit bill austria decides to enlarge b its army progress 0 of i european peace negotiations ta by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 S western Nm newspaper sparer union OEN ATOIl GERALD P r eions committee which lias has spent meren even months investigating the doings of the manufacturers or of arms and it armament reported to the senate its measure designed to take the profits out of war and provide for tile the 4 conscription of industry in the event of i another armed conflict involving the united states the bill Is decidedly drastic giving g to the president in war tinie time senator nye powers 5 that are e practically ti dictatorial permitting him not sonly only to fix prices but also to license all industry anil and control raw mate rials it also has taxation features that will arouse considerable cons tion it would r raise alse individual income taxes to 0 per cent in wartime levy surtaxes sur taxes up to 04 94 per cent on incomes an excess or of and delre profits idt of corporations in excess of 6 per cent return on capital the nye bill gines tile the president very ivery broad powers to fix prices of commodities to license industry to enjoin profiteering and to prevent the hoarding boarding of goods it provides tor for the drafting of industrial leaders who would be permitted to remain with their companies subject to military law and given rank and compensation not exceeding that of a brigadier general meanwhile the house military affairs committee reported the mcswain bill similar to the senate measure but without the tax features this lack I 1 made the more radical members angry an gry but when they tried to amend the bill they were routed to 71 I 1 1 the nye senate committee after reporting its bill continued its inquiry at it heard a rather sensational bit of evidence to the effect that ro roger ger S mcgrath an insurance company agent who was described as a friend of the Tresi presidents dents son james had sought suc to obtain two naval building contracts for the bath iron works up tn in maine rOL LOWING the example set by critler FRIt r hitler ler austria has decided deci deil to disregard regard the limitations on its military 1 strength dath set by the treaty of st SL germain and to increase its armed forces force immediately mediately liia hm the official iclal off issued by chancellor kurt gs lid not say how big the army would re oe or whether conscription would be noe g stored the annual spring parade of lae ae army at the Ring strasse in vienna i ivas alvas revived and the troops appeared n fine new uniforms p rt it la Is believed hungary and bulgaria boon yoon will ask permission to increase larheir belr armies and reintroduce introduce re coni M russia Is ready to line up with great britain france and taly in promoting the general european security pact which Is the bast basis s of En glands plan for peace this was L brought out by the visit to moscow of capt anthony eden british lord privy seal and his conferences 4 bences t r with dictator 19 josef stalin and maxim soviet foreign commissar according to the joint given the OM litvinov press pg these states illien dirien were of the opinion that in the resl le s ent international situation it Is klore e tore than ever necessary to pursue the e hi deavor leavor to promote the building n up P of k system stera of 0 collective security in eu acate as contemplated in the ang anglo 10 lo of the third of and in conformity with the I 1 of tile the league of nations flit was made clear that germany and laland would be nv welcome elcome to enter the arrangement but that it would go rafi lead even without them eden then went on to wars kw w to talk things oi er with the poles belld even as h he e was departing frog from bow the soviet press launched an A 01 er fierce attack on germany c mehael vice commissar A defense in an article in the news i per pravda declared germany would faye an army of by the sum exceeding the french army by cent and almost equaling the army in size listle charged ustler with lulling nce to jeep sleep with anti soviet war w ar eak in the hope france would not frize her own peril of P 1 Is view that germany attacking france was reported r 81 ported by b Y an authorized article in i ajl wee weekly IY journal do moscou which the leaders of the belch real eld the exceptional risk to which ger ger isho rny would subject herself by invasion tremendous territories of the U S ftp 0 a country possessing powerful cun filaments and unlimited opportunities lie y improving and increasing these aid d assy ld L d t Is almost probable the journal abe 0 that under tinder certain circumstances hitler hlll III prefer other fields of ni az gresslin gre gres silon slon and no an intensified revision of the map of europe will be started not in the east but in the west MUSSOLINI Is highly skeptical of the success of efforts to persuade germany to enter into general peace plans for europe in ills it newspaper appeared nn an editorial probably written by 11 II duce himself warning his bis fellow countrymen that no miraculous results may be expected from tile the conference of foreign ministers in stresa it a is seated that tile the western european powers must stabilize their line of common action against several eventualities which can be foreseen and they must take definite responsibility it then charged that tile iho french aal british are impeding wish to talo take action agal against list hitler because of their preoccupation about their own internal polley premier flandin and foreign minister laval laral of franco france were reported to have devised a vast new flexible plan to organize the peace of the continent within the framework of the league of nations DOLAND OLAND appears to have decided to 1 play a lone hand in the european embro ilo though she remains friendly to germany it Is reported that captain edens visit to warsaw was as disappointing as was that of 0 sir john simon to berlin the polish government Is determined to sign no pact that would commit the nation to fight for russia against germany or tor for germany against russia and france nor will it permit either german or russian troops to be transported across poland the polish statesmen say they will sign a series of bilateral pacts and will go as far as soy any other nation in parallel disarmament inam they assert that they have no co alliance with germany though their mutual troubles have been settled tor for the next nest ten years and that the alliance with france still holds bold s good ROM PROM tokyo there came a stater ment indicating that japan would give at least moral support to tile the european powers that are seeking agreements 6 ts to counteract hillers Hit lers move tor for the rearmament armament re of germany it was given out by elji eiji the frequently quoted spokesman for the foreign office ne ile said japan will hold 0 IT aloof from the european crisis and that there would be no far eastern locarno pact but that we cannot EIJI arnau think of any alliance with germany 11 tokyo asserted Is ready to discuss with russia some degree of demilitarization of the eastern frontiers FOREIGN nations that discriminate r against american imports have been warned by president roosevelt that they must discontinue that practice under penalty of economic reprisals by the united states in a letter to secretary of the treasury the president outlined hla his foreign trade polley policy and disclosed the fact that the administration Is considering denouncing existing trade pacts with germany italy portugal and denmark because of discrimination ne ile proclaimed the new belgian american reciprocal trade agreement and also decreed that pending the conclusion of negotiations for new pacts now in progress the reduced duties and other concessions granted belgium will be extended to canada spain the netherlands er lands switzerland and lichtenstein for six sis months D on the copeland food drug cosmetic and advertising bill was lively in the senate and the opposition was led by a democrat koslab W dalley bailey of north carolina who urged the retention of the present food and drug law lav with such amendments is arts changed conditions require 1 I understand tile the department of agriculture ri was created to foster agriculture and not to govern advertising senator dailey bailey said it Is inconceivable to me that it should take charge of medicine cosmetics and advertising there might be an argument that the department has made such great triumphs in agriculture that it Is seeking now new worlds to conquer but I 1 believe that if some one should make that boast I 1 should agree that it had exceeded samson in the slaughter of pigs but had fallen far short of doing as good work in the matter of cotton as has the boll weevil IS STANLEY REED the he new solicitor general obtained from the supreme court permission to dismiss the governments appeal in the belcher lumber code case therefore there probably will be no decision as to the constitutionality tiona lity of tile the national industrial recovery act by the chief tribunal before congress takes action on the bill to extend the recovery low law WHEN athe airn the illinois legislature at alie behest of 0 governor borner and the federal administration passed n futato 11 r re coory net 1 11 the new dealers balled lill led this os as an example that nil all states should follow now county judge homer W hall at bloomington has held that lint the act Is unconstitutional lie be also declared the national automobile code inoperative as applied to illinois under tile the state recovery act the judge remarked nn an unlawful delegation of the authority of the state legislature has brought about a situation whereby violations of tile the state act can be prosecuted by the state only through the sanction and by the authority of the federal feder a I 1 d director ir C actor of codes the efforts of donald THROUGH chairman of the an agreement was reached by the bituminous coal operators and the united mine workers whereby the prevailing coal code Is extended to june 16 10 aud and a threatened strike of about half a million miners averted the present wages and hours ot of work are continued president lewis of the miners insisted the union had not yielded to the operators but the fact remained that it if it had bad not consented to the agreement mr Ric liberg could and would have extended the code by executive order SCORES S CORES ot of agents of the Depart department of justices 1 division of investigation were carrying on a concentrated search for three men now listed as the worst public enemies at large according to chalef J edgar hoover the three are alvin akin karpis twenty five a leader in the notorious earker karels kidnap and bank robbery gang raymond hamilton twenty two killer who broke jail while awaiting execution and thomas H U robinson jr twenty eight kidnaper of mrs alice speed stoll wealthy young society matron of louisville ky 0 ONE NE of americas leading sculptors augustus lukeman died in new york nt at the age of sixty four years after Bor borglum glain was ousted by the confederate memorial committee in 1923 1025 Lu kernan took over the work of carving in the huge memorial on the face ot of stone mountain in georgia completing it in 1928 1023 ue was chief of sculptors at the worlds fair in chicago Clil cago BEYING alleged directions from 0 OBEYING the yacht on which president roosevelt was fishl fishing rig in florida waters the majority in the house refused to accept the restrictions injected in the relief bill and sent it back to conference to have these removed the restrictions objectionable to the administration were those requiring senate confirmation of administrative officers of the program and that in loans and grants to states at least one third of the money should be expended for direct labor the latter requirement according to secretary ickes and others would result in the exclusion of rural electrification slum clearance and similar projects defending the move to send the bill back to conference buchanan of georgia said the president Is assuming responsibility all we ask Is to give him a bill that he can work on in shifting from dole to employment in replying to buchanan representative robert bacon rep N Y contended that the labor provision was needed in order to kick out pet local projects and afford as much direct relief of unemployment ns as possible congress has reached a pretty low ebb declared minority leader bertrand snell rep N T Y when it cant even pass on a conference report without receiving orders from the chief executive estates por OR the second time the united states supreme court reversed the convictions and death sentences of two of the scottsboro Scott negroes who were accused of assault on two white girls the court held that since negroes in alabama are not permitted to serve on juries they are denied equal protection of the laws in violation of the fourteenth amendment it declared the state court erred in not quashing the indictments this was a bis big victory for the colored race but in another decision by the supreme court the negroes were the losers the tribunal ruled that the democratic party in texas Is a voluntary association not subject to control by the state legislature and as such may exclude colored persons from voting in its primaries D negotiations with italy over the border dispute were broken off by the ethiopian government which sent a new note to the league of nations special measures were taken to protect foreigners in addis ababa the italian government did not take this rupture serious seriously still hoping a peaceful arrangement arrange arrangement nigg might h t be reached without the intervention of the league N NINETEEN cardinals met with rope pope plus pius in a secret consistory and to them he delivered an emphatic denunciation of war which he be said would be so enormous a crime so foolish a manifestation of fury we believe it absolutely impossible if however there Is someone who wishes to commit this nefarious cetar lous crime then the holy father said lie he could do nothing else than pray to god to destroy those people who desire war tile the consistory approved the canonization of messed blessed thomas more king henry chancellor and bishop jotin john fisher of england who lost thelt their feuds for opposing henrys mar rIsZe to anne bolesa |
