Morgan County News | 1935-12-12 | Page 8 | News Review of Current Events the World Over

news review of current events the world over parley farley thinks midwest safe for roosevelt sloan urges industry to save nation crisis in europe Is approaching by EDWARD W PICKARD D western now newspaper union ASTER GENERAL FARLEY postmaster in his capacity of chairman or of the democratic national committee called that body to meet in washington january S when arrangements rc will be mode madl for the colv convention entson of 1936 and the place or of that gathering select ul J lie told the corre spon dents that the chief bidders for the co convention mention would tie lie philadelphia all a go st louls louis kansas city and sa san n and denied the report J A farley that the first named city already had been derided decided upon ile he said lie he thought the highest hll het bidder would be selected provided it has ha adequate convention hall and hotel fa cili ties stories that senator donahey of ohio or some one else would be given second place on tile die ticket instead of garner were laughed at by bv mr parley forley he asserted that there was wag no doubt about the of oar car ner ncr for vice arpadi president nt asked about the two thirds rule he sald said the corn cittee might recommend its abandon ment ament but that any change was the business of the flip convention commenting on the literary Liter nry digest poll which shows a majority in the mIdd lewest states voting against the roosevelt new peal deal parley said so far as the poll relates to sentiment in the midwest states like iowa owa it t Is per cent wrong tie he insisted blat the president was very strong not only in that section of the country hut but in every arl the president will carry us as many states next year as he did in 1932 said farley roosevelt carried all except six states at that time parley said he believed Roost velt veil would win the electoral ele cloral vote one of the lie states santes that voted for hoover in 1052 1932 anil and that als there was a good chance of carrying new hampshire P SLOAN 1310 AN JR president ALFRED A of general motors corporation was the chief speaker at tile lie annual dinner of ahe ill congress Conz iress of american industry in new lork ark and lie be made an par ear nest plea to industry 1 ru to save tile country from icv and possible po sible socialism industry should lead the nation away front from the iveory of plenty to promote tile the general welfare of nil all the people mr sloan told the nit nations ions A P sloan jr 1 leading ers should big business full fall to accept this broader nider br responsibility it will bring lie he said the urge large for more and more interference from without government in business mr sloan conceded tile the gravity and the emileme importance or of problems lemi of today the paramount necessity of charting cliar tinz a sound course for tile the long future he advocated rido calvd III 1 It reduction in the real costs and aad selling prices of goods and services 2 A more economic bllance balance of national income through policies affecting wages hours prices and profits pro tilts the meeting of the congress was held in conjunction with the fortieth anguil convention mention co of the national association so of manufacturers and the speakers before that hody body were ere its as en eill in their condemnation of the economic pol policies lles of the administration as ans mr sloan president 0 L dvir I 1 ir do said whether lher ne c like it or nut not industry hns ins lieen been forted in sheer self defense to enter the political arena or be destroyed is as a private enier enterprise prise general counsel 1 A autery kiin rv declared this gat gathering bering Is a nil call to arms the sentry call should rouse the armies of industry to repulse the forces of the allen alien theory that challenge our political institutions and economic system within our own household robert L land iund chairman of the board wild slid the new dealers have been forced to desert some or of their boldest experiments this has came to pass because the american people have demanded a return to common sense and sound business american industry lias has taken the leadership in this combat bankers comprising the P federal reserve advisory cou council have caned hani aed to tile federal reserve board a leport giving warning that ait unless the board nets acts to control credit tile the country faces flanger oui inala ion arid and speculation such as preceded the market collapse of 1 the board suppressed the report but it leaked lei keil out besides warning the beere boaro against the dangers of credit liuk link in the hie three billion dollars of idle hard bunk resl reserves arves tile the council dla bluntly with the do forhing policy tin nn bank reserves which his has thus far been adhered to liv bv cliner wart man Mir marriner riner S acles and other fed eral cral reserve governors SANTA CLAUS Is 13 doing big work this year for the merchants of the country it Is estimated by officials of the commerce department that the christmas trade will amount to ar half a billion dollars more than in ili december liast last year preliminary holiday trade reports from nil all parts of the country to the commerce department indicated that retail trade already Is running from 5 i to 35 per cent higher than a year ago so christmas clubs will pay OW to members embers in much aluch of this money will go into christmas trade E EUROPEAN diplomats especially the british and premier laval of france are exceedingly clever and resourceful but if they are to extricate their nations from the present threatening state 0 affairs they will need all their smartness though decision casion as to the imposition of an oil embargo against italy a nas postponed until december 12 to give ile laval a chance to con dilate ciliate mussolini the duce refused to matte make sir samuel any gesture toward hoare peace italians were authoritatively warned not to mistake diplomatic exchanges between their premier and the representatives of great britain and france as pence peace talk and were told there was no reason to believe mussolini had mollified modified his minimum terms already presented tu to sir eric drummond and lavalas representative also lie he has declined further to conciliate britain by removing more troops from libya and has repeated his warning that he will consider an oil embargo an unfriendly gesture lie he and all italians are especially resent resentful rui against great britain which apparently intends to insist on the oil ban and now they are getting very sore at I 1 france rance despite I 1 I igals efforts to maintain friendly relations beti between een the two countries there were reports that italian troops were being massed along the french frontier one more rather desperate move for to peace was made in paris when laval gave italian ambassador cerruti a set of suggestions which were said to he the last word from prince france and great britain before the applying of the oil embargo due on december 12 these suggestions were said to be based principally on an ex exchange hange of territories between italy and ethl ethiopia the latter to receive its ion long sought seaport and to remain absolutely ln independent dependent save for the lands granted to italy the feeling in rome borne was pessimistic and there was noted a general tighten ili ing up of home de defenses troops that had been expected to depart for tile the ethiopian front were being retained in italy and the orders to the naval and air forces were suggestive new economic measures to resist the sane eions were being put into effect dally daily the british Brill sli government was en grossed ith the troublous situation sir samuel hoare foreign secretary rece reveled led timely orders from ills his clan cian to take a rest in SItz switzerland erland and it aas as announced lie be would stop in parts paris for a conference with premier laval the admiralty was preparing for eventualities and ordered officers or of the royal navy reserve to report at once for duty at plymouth these men have been serving as olli cers and engineers in the merchant nn marine GEN chinese min ister of war was sent to by dictator cheang kal kai shek to try to check tile the northern auton orny move wey M ment delei ga ions from the lie autonomy y J I 1 J tion ion society called on him and mols mobs shouted autonomy sloping slogans outside ills his office anil and then the japanese a army r my olli cera cers tool took till the inetter m itterly in hand LICUL col tan military at and an allicer of tile japanese garrison ho ying chin called on general ilo ho and ordered him to leave the lie city at once told tile lie war min ister the Jaim japanese uese army Is ii con vinced your continued stay in I 1 elpin can call only complicate mal maj oen gen ilano toda tada japanese Ja panes commander in III north china said war between china and J cipan aloin Is certain tilla it ir china breaks break tile the signed last july in which ln agreed not nol to send troops into llobel province at the slime same time Jal japanese lariese war planes nere ere low oer Ie neiping ilna 01 STATI hem S to london the usual polite reminder that tile the semiannual semi anil annual war debt in ili from great was aia due on december 15 and also as the british government sovern ment sent to mr hull tile hie reply that under llie lie cicconi stances it wouldn t pay a 11 cent well we not counting on getting this money rr spending irish and canadian delegations B opened conversations in washington with american i looking to tho the establishment of trans trani atlantic air mail and passenger service it was believed this could coal he be accomplished complis hed as soon its reciprocal pacts are signed to allow the landing or american planes on foreign sol soil here tolore this has been blocked b hv y th the e jealousies of foreign aviation In interest teresta the delegation from great britain Is headed by sir bonald pan hands director general of the general post office he fie Is accompanied by C E woods wood humphrey armin managing aging director of im aerial always al A I 1 ways ltd postmaster general farley announced that lie he would ask congress at the coming session for funds to start an air mall mail service between tile the united states slates and europe NADAS wheat marketing policy G CANADAS always a matter of great interest to wheat growers of the united 1 states ta t es Is I 1 to he radically altered according to the dominion govern government meriL A new wheat board has been appointed head ed by james ft murray general manager of the alberta pacific grain company instead of trying to maintain prices by stabilization thin oper operations lions on the Winni winnipeg lieg grain exchange till alie hoard board will endeavor to reduce the huge hille canadian wheat surplus by offering wheat for sill at the worlds competitive pet peti tive itlie prices news for the building industry GOOD atry president green of the american federation of lab labor r gives out the wor coruth wo ruth tt that it there will he be no more jurisdictional strikes among aiming con st ruction workers the factions in alip building trades department of the federation have found a plan to prevent wor workmen kinen from de laNing construction by strikes over which of two ormall or organizations mall zat ions should do a particular piece of work in the future the contractor Is to decide which union shall do the job when a dispute arises and then if a joint committee of tile the unions involved Is unable to adjust the difference the question Is to lie he referred to a federal judge as arbiter OF agriculture S SECRETARY WALLACE announced the corn hog pro program ram for 19 1637 16 37 designed to maintain a balance between the inter ests of the producer and the consumer tills this new alno will permit a 30 per cent increase in hog production next year over mer 1933 1935 thus preparing the way for possible reductions la in pork prices to the tha housewife hou sevare and to restrict corn acreage to A about acres an increase Inc rense of about see W wallace alace secy lover io acres over the amount harvested this year after appraisal by community committees and review by county allotment committees a corn acreage base and a market hog base will be fixed operating cooperating co producers must agree to plant corn next year on it least 25 per cent of their base they will be permitted to retire from froin 10 to SO 30 per cent of their base acreage for soll soil improving or erosion preventing purposes hog flog growers must agree to produce between 50 and IOU per cent of the base market production the 1930 corn adjustment payment will be 33 cents a bushel on the appraised yield times tile the adjusted acreage less the pro rata share of local administrative expenses corn adjustment payments will be made in two installments the first at the rate of 20 a bushel Is to be made loade about august 1 the second will come due date about december 31 1930 at the rate of 15 cents per bushel A payment of per head will be ni ide on each hog in tile the base deductions will be made at the rate of per head if a producer fills falls to raise 50 per cent of his base numbers tile total payment to a producer will be the same fur a production ranging from 50 per cent to per cent of his base the 1917 1937 riles rates will mill be announced by No november ember 30 19 C but the rate on corn will not be less than 30 cents per bushel and the rate on hogs will ill not be less chaa per head NE hundred thousand democrats 0 ak mostly georgians gathered in ali ilia stadium of georgia tech at atlanta for a homecoming and heard resident P loo loosvelt elt decher a characteristic spee speech ell rull full of confided con fidel ice assurance of prosperity and for what hat the new peal deal his has ac d and tie he did not neglect to attack warmly tile the critics ol of his administration in ID rev reviewing leIn the hie econ economic arid and s social 0 1 cial advances since a 1 president ills inauguration lie he roosevelt agne ie out what hat wai alln kei note for his can campaign for re reelection election and defini definitely tel yan announced ili ills cindi dicy iv hy us as M arting that lire life in tile unit state klales haq lia in ill hi iwo I 1 tio and it a half beirs and will cont continue lillo to lii hull roe if I 1 have mith log tu to ilo do willi it mr lino arven that lavish ln asli sn as cpr npr r nod and that iio rl lIlon could emik forwald ath 14 to a di deti letitit tit and am a tied that the credit cn lb ih higher lil slur ali ahm 11 that III it or al iino ollire li illion ile 11 hill hillerby erly tie llie Ile heimie Hei alio Mii vii r it to li n into imo tho alip irmil ille reller 1 a oll niini popl pl lo 10 dil JIP tind dud lloil ole llie awak or ir lii pl