| Show news review of current events the world over breach widens between administration and labor hauptmann sentenced to death inquiries into causes of macon alacon disaster get under way by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union RESIDENT ROOSEVELT extended POO PRESIDENT oo 00 olive branches toward the american ic an federation of labor when he signed ignec the cigarette industry code which labor leaders had declared was una 11 a t 11 I 1 s r a atory the between the administration k N breach il and labor la dally growing alder the lie code finally signed after months of argument between the tobacco industry and labor calls for a forty EL hour week and minimum wages from 25 to S clay 4 Q cents ng an nom hour la ia willlam williams leaders aders also objected to the presence of S clay wll wil ilams board chairman woo who they declare Is not in si apathy with labor the president issued a curt statement informing the federation council that williams services had been satisfactory and that he had no intention of removing him film without cause the executive council of the federation composed ot of william green and presidents of 0 the federation of seventeen international unions states that some ome present administration labor policies are bringing increased unrest among workers may reach the danger point of widespread strikes unless corrected thus far the president seems to have bave had the best of the argument asbor leaders however are expected to push the fight tor for a prevailing wage clause in work relief legislation thus endangering the administration program INQUIRIES into the causes of the quiver which ripped away the two gas cells and caused the giant dirigible macon lacon i to plunge into the pacific has leen started even the surviving 81 officers and men of the sky queen are not certain lust just what caused the catastrophe although corn com EL V wiley survivor vor of the rhe akron disaster and master of 0 the macon was said eald to have some ideas about it ills his findings will be placed before the board of inquiry some hints were made about structural weakness of the 2 craft but naval officers refused to discuss the subject in washington president roosevelt said there would be no immediate move to replace the ship survivors of the crash told a dramatic story of heroism cruising along at a speed of ga ca knors the ship twice lowered its elevation to avoid rain squalls A short jar was felt the ship began to take a bow up position and commander wiley alley received a report that one of 0 the 12 helium gas cells was gone the macon then rose rapidly to feet its nose sticking up at a sharp angle and then slowly sank toward the ocean as the crew made frantic efforts to right the lurching craft As it hit the ocean the crew slid down ropes or dived into the heavy s en ells men swam through flame where flares had bad ignited oil and gaso line others rescued companions whose life belts were lost or broken in lonn long leaps into the sea the sailors watched the ship crumble under the waves and at last disappear only two men mea were lost cruisers rushed to the scene and picked up the survivors B RUNO will die in 1 the electric chair at trenton N J during the week of march 18 unless attorneys secure a stay of execution by filing an appeal the prisoner showed no trace of emotion as the jurors announced their verdict and did riot not break under the strain until after justice trenchard had bad pronounced and lie he was returned to the cell 11 there here his iron will III gave gare way and he sobbed as he be sat on his hard iron cot the jurors required more than 12 hours to reach their verdict two of the women were sold said to have held out our for cor a recommendation of mercy which would have resulted in a life sentence for or the man accused of the murder of the lindbergh baby but there was no mention of mercy when the verdict was read PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT nOO SEVELT eked out a close victory in the senate appropriations committee when the amendment to cut OW off the administrations WOW work relief bill was defeated by the close vote of 1 l 12 to 11 administration forces scored another victory by the lie adoption of a compromise amendment to the proposal ot of senator pat mccarron mr Uc carran Carron for the payment of 0 prevailing wages on all federal projects witnesses testified that mccarrens McC arrans amendment would have ve increased the cost of putting 3 i men to work by more than and would have defeated the purpose of the bill mccarran SIc Carran did not press his amendment in committee when a substitute vas as offered but insists that lie will do so on the senate floor the fight the american federation of labor Is 13 makii ing ou on this llila point Is ex peeled expected to have ouId erable influence with a number ot of senators who fear the wrath of 0 their labor constituents the substitute proposed by senator richard 13 russell hussell and adopted by a vote of 14 to 9 provides that the president shall establish the prevailing rates of pay whenever nn an investigation discloses that the federal wages of 50 a month are affecting adversely the rates on work of a si similar sivillar naruce the matter Is entirely up to the president however and he can take any action or withhold any investigation just ns as he sees BOOS ill it which may mean much or nothing P MUSSOLINI found em 1 geror halle selessie Seln ssIe of Ethl ethiopia opla Is a man not easily frightened 11 II duces dices demands for indemnities for italian colon colonials fals killed on lie borders of italian an Soma liland were politely but irm ly refused the ethiopians undismayed by the vast preparations italy has been making declared they would fight to their last drop of blood to preserve their independence that they would not apologize or make reparations for what they maintain Is merely defense of their own country this puts mussolini in an embarrassing position lie ile must either send an expeditionary force against the ethiopians or back down after mobilizing 1 troops and that would be a bitter pill tor for the italian dictator to swallow C OR HITLER emerged from his hermit like seclusion with a number of counter proposals which he offered in reply to the franco british proposals der D e r fuehrer a government spokesman stated would definitely refuse to join any pact guaranteeing Aus independence n U n nae I 1 e s a the will of the austrian people Is first consulted by means ot of a plebiscite to determine terni lne whether that nation desires an chancellor aa an u union n I 1 0 n hit hitler er with the german belch diftler will also follow rolands Po lands stand and will have nothing to do with the french sponsored eastern securities agi if it Is to be based on mutual assistance although he Is willing tr to join an air pact provided it allows germany an air force equal to soviet hitler seems particularly anxious to avoid any agreement which would bind germany to russia and pernal result in aiding russia in ebent of nar between that country and japan the tone of UIt lers demands he evidently did not entirely believe that france and great britain were not some trap for him the hitler reply demands that germany must lie he given absolute equality of armaments before anything else can be discussed and that germany will negotiate an air pact if her relations with soviet russia are considered and if england france belgium and italy agree to consult each other before any action Is taken ue he also insists that the general question ot of disarmament Is allied with the air pact and must be settled at the same time when no notified tilled that der would make reservations official british sluices indicated that germany must either accept or reject the agreement in its entirety and stated partial acceptance would not be agreeable to great britain all of which may be true or it way may be just the old horse trading spirit which seems to break out in the best diplomatic circles from bolivia which admust must be taken with several grains of salts salt indicate that the alie bolivians ians are meeting with success in defending villa monies their last important stronghold in the disputed gran chaco and that the scissors like offensive of general estigarribia paraguayan commander lii in chief Is seriously ruen menaced aced it was reported the bolivians ians struggling desperately to relieve the pressure on villa montes monies had defeated the paraguayans Paraguay ans in the cec tor after three days of bitter fighting this off offensive ensle it was thought might force northern wing to retreat F ajit RANCIS DIDDLE und and his national labor relations board took a hadj in the between the administration and the american federation of labor by a suggestion that section 7 A of the recovery act should be clarified william green and his fellow leaders of the federation have long 1039 contended that the clause guaranteeing an employees rights to bargain collectively should be enlarged to specify thai that the majority of employees should have the right to choose the spokesmen for or all employees find and that company unions should be barred the national labor board which submitted a report of Us its first six months work defended the maj majority rule at length As la Is well known the administration desires section 7 A continued unchanged in the new law which Is in the process of making ian the full approval of the administration WITH the army and navy are to receive to carry out a program of ri national tiona defense which will consist mainly of Imp improved strong holds on the west coast and in the ila the money which will be shared equally by the two departments conns coines from a public works fund some of the navys part will be along the atlantic but the greater part will go tor for shipyards dry docks and bases on the pacific coast at pearl harbor hawaii and at coco solo canal zone which Is a submarine base nearly of the ardys share Is to be used in beginning the construction of a great air base in HaN hawaii hagvall vall the total cost of this base Is estimated at the decision to use most of the money in the pacific was nas said to have been influenced by the fact that the fleet tins has been concentrated in pacific waters during much of the past two years navy officials stressed before the naval committee that facilities on the coast are inadequate japan Is supposed not to be alarmed by this program congressional leaders having given public and careful assur rince that no offense Tense ol Is intended and that such propositions as the hawaii air base would have been put forward even it if japan had not denounced the washington naval treaty at a meeting of the army high command with the military committee of the house those these plans for defense were threshed out thorough thoroughly jy gen douglas macarthur chief of start staff recommended to the committee the purchase of SOO new armored and equipped airplanes at a cost of to gle give the army the aerial armada of 2320 modern aircraft recommended by the enker baker aviation committee these additional dit ional lonal aircraft are necessary macarthur said in a memorandum to expand the new general headquarters air force to give it fighting units tor for its pacific atlantic and central divisions soon after this meeting the commanders of these three divisions were announced by brig ien gen frank al andrews head of the air force col 11 II n 11 Ar arnold riold march field calif was named commander of the first pacific wing with the rank of brI brigadier paler general col II 11 C pratt former assistant chief of air corps was named commander of the second atlantic wing at langley field va with the rank of brigadier general bluet col gerald 0 brant will command the third central wing fort crockett texas with the rank of colonel he desires it president alir roosevelt will have to face an early test of his strength against that of bonus payment advocates if present 1 signs are read correctly although ginbus leaders have been unable to agree among themselves ives they insist the plin pl in be brought up op for consideration so some rap administration leaders have expressed belief such a step la Is necessary to prevent a revolt on major administration legislation wright the controversy 0 er patman possible methods of payment Is becoming increasingly bitter representative patman texas democrat author of a bill to pay the bonus certificates with an issue of new currency gave out a statement assert ing that commander frank N belgrano of the american legion wanted to finance payment with a bond issue because the bank of which he Is vice president dent receives in interest annually on worth of government bonds the amerle american in liberty league also issued s a statement applauding the presidents stand against paying the bonus the league said the legion backed vinson bill to finance the bonus through the sale of bonds was the lesser ell eill but asked congress to defeat both it and the patman measure the presidents opposition to immediate payment of the entire face value of the bonus certificates its Is based on son sound ad principles and de debernes to be upheld the organization added NINE INE old gentlemen of vast dignity comprising the united states su preme court conferred together for five hours saturday then through clerk charles C cropley Crop lcy chief justice hughes announced that there would be no decisions handed down on the following monday nothing nas nag said about the rest of the rhe week woi k but it was assumed the ruling on OD the gold clause cases won would not be handed down before february 18 it was thought by the well informed that the delay was due to the slowness with which the dissenters were preparing their views meanwhile anxiety over the matter at least in government circles was growing less dolly dally attorney general cummings spent two hours with dent Ilou going over the plans which have been drawn up for immediate late action in the event that the decision goes against the govern government went OME and tokyo were tte me chief R rolin bidders for the 1010 1940 olympic games and it now appears chat hat the japanese capital Is likely to be the winner count representative of 0 the japanese olympic committee had an interview with premier Musso in horn and talked him film into a swap by which japan will u use e its influence to obtain the loh games for rome the count sat s alj that at first 11 II duce was not inclined to agree to the shift hut but softened under the plea pica the olympics would mean liuch to ti japans celebration of the tine thou sand vf ut the tha founding of the Cull culpin cui pin pile |
