Show news review of current events the world over drouth crisis brings 0 federal aid business revival continues in first half of 1936 1930 steel industry fights fi aits drive for unionization by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union that drouth may arri FEARS trieva bly destroy farm crops in north and south dakota eastern montana and wyoming pr prompted president roosevelt to marshal in relief funds funds to T U combat the dama damage g e and to develop further plans tor for fighting drouth secretary of agriculture henry W wallace who left washington for a personal survey of the stricken areas S secretary cc detary declared that from wallace allace all reports condi eions had be become come as serious as they were in 1934 due to lack 0 of I 1 sorely needed rains the secretary declared that un les rains descend in the sun scorched regions the gove government will buy head of cattle in the next anth month in st paul minn the governors of the five drouth stricken northwestern states met with federal works progress administrator harry L hopkins and administrators from the various states mr hop lans ordered relief jobs made immediately available for from to farmers who have seen their sole source of livelihood destroyed st the jobs were to be made available on water conservation projects farm to market roads rural schools and recreational projects president roosevelt in washington appointed a special committee composed of secretary wallace budget director daniel bell aubrey williams assistant works progress administrator and dr rexford G tugwell resettlement administrator they will work in cooperation with a committee of department of agriculture officials ube the president instructed budget director bell to study government appropriations to determine what funds are available continuing business recovery during the first six months of 1936 fulfilled the hopes of optimistic prognosticators and surpassed the expectations of conservative forecasters all ali the leading trade barometers registered fair business weather at the close of the first half of the year the production of automobiles reached units in the first six months of 1933 1936 the best for the period since 1929 K improvement was further reflected by tho th steel industry the operations of which rose from per cent of capacity at the start of the year to per cent at the end of june the output of electricity climbed steadily to reach an all time peak in june the steady recovery of the railroads was indicated by carl gs which worked up to approach their best levels since 1931 the figures for the first six months of 1936 were substantially better than J those for the similar period of 1935 A strong upsurge of home buildt ing gave impetus to the construction alon industry although it still remained at subnormal levels athe AN N INCREASE of 90 per cent in i the cash farm income on cot 3 ton wheat tobacco corn and hogs bogs from 1932 to 1935 was recorded un der the agricultural t S adjustment act inh N validated by the suf f preme court last t awa ww a january according t f to the annual report jt S of chester C davis former p i tor made public in I 1 washington lit cash farm income X adis from these five ma jor farm products chester cheste davis tame huntr which came under production control rental and bene fit payments was in 1832 1032 the year before the AAA be came operative for 1935 it was j 36 j the report pointed out that cash farm income from all other products increased in the same period from arom to mr davis who was recently appointed by president roosevelt to the federal reserve board declared that cash available forgiving for living expenses taxes and interest from y farm cash income was the highest a in 1935 since 1929 and two and ones half times greater than it was in w r 1932 04 rf A D a drive to force union y of its workers the steel industry in a strongly in worded statement issued by the C american iron and steel institute declared it will oppose any at tempt to compel its employees to atio join m a union or pay tribute tor for the tha e A right to work ay although the statement did not mention him by name it was re des carded by observers as the first official response to the recent announcement no by john L lewis president of the united mine workers of america of a campaign to unionize steel employees in order to prevent the closed shop the industry said it will use its resources to the best of its ability to protect its employees and their families from intimidation coercion coid and violence and to a aid id them in maintaining collective bargaining free from interference from any 1 source the unionization attempt comes at the time when steel operations have set a new record for 1936 reasserting its belief in th the prin caples of collective bargaining tahe the indu statement pointed out that employees now pick their own representatives for collective bargaining by secret ballot the statement declares the steel industry is recovering from six years of depression and huge losses and the employees are beginning to receive the benefit of increased operations any interrupt inter rup tion of the forward movement will seriously injure the employees and their families and all business dependent upon the industry and will endanger the welfare of the country IN TN ESTES PARK colo gov all red fred M landon republican presidential nominee continued his vacation begun with his family the week before and R made plans for reconvening of the kansas legislature and for the accept ll 11 S ance speech he will j deliver in topeka on july 23 although G governor governor landon was resting preparatory to the rigors of the earn cam laign affairs of his gov landon state and confer ances with political advisers occupied considerable of his attention when the kansas legislature reconvenes a proposed amendment to the state constitution will be introduced etc giving the state broad power to provide far reaching legislation for social welfare and to operate cooperate co with the federal government governor landon was quoted as describing the proposed amendment as satisfactory the amendment which may be the basis for similar action in other states reads nothing contained in this constitution ution shall be construed to limit the power of the legislature to enact laws providing for financial assistance to aid infirm or dependent persons tor for the public health unemployment compensation and general social security and providing for the payment thereof by tax or otherwise erwi se and to receive aid from the federal government 66 YIELDING to the urgings of 1 party leaders gov herbert H lehman of new york announced that he would run again for the office of governor the governor had announced several months ago that he would not be a candidate again giving as his reasons the press of personal business and a desire to retire to private life democratic leaders declared the governors decision will help the national ticket to carry new york in the election next november in a statement issued to newspapermen governor lehman said he could no longer resist the appeals of national and state democratic leaders the statement said regardless of personal considerations erat ions however compelling 1 I feel that I 1 can no longer resist the pleas of my party both in the state and in the nation or of those with whom I 1 have worked in closest association for mana man years and with whom I 1 have waged the fight for equal opportunity and social security therefore it if my party in this state chooses to nominate me again and if the people of the state again call on me for service I 1 shall proudly accept the call and will devote myself wholeheartedly to the interest of the people of the state tf from the post of v comptroller general J R mccarl announced that following the expiration of his term of office he would aid in the government reorganization study undertaken by the senate committee headed by senator byrd of virginia gen mccarl criticized new deal emergency agencies as loosely and extravagantly set up and as tax consuming in the extreme he declared that a systematic reorganization of both regular and emergency agencies would improve government administration and reduce the cost to taxpayers persistence ot of strikes in the r provinces kept france in a state ot of unrest A gain of new members was reported by the general confederation of 0 labor organized labors official body altogether it was estimated that workers were still absent from their jobs in spite ot of reports of strike settlements in scattered sections throughout the country the french riviera witnessed a general exodus of foreign tourists from hotels and resorts following a lockout by the proprietors the hotels were closed indefinitely after the employers declared they could not meet workers demands for more pay and shorter hours this retaliation by the owners against the threat of a workers strike upset the summer tourist season one of the most profitable to the french government representatives were busy attempting to settle three serious strikes iron and steel workers in the lorraine region naval shipyard workers at st nazaire and employees on the pari machines h at parisian race tracks WHILE representatives of lead ing powers gathered in geneva to lift league of nations economic sanctions against italy and the refugee emperor haile selassie So lassie of E ethiopia prepared to plead the cause of his nations freedom european statesmen considered the possibility lity of a and reformation of the league observers agreed az 1 7 that while ii informal discussions on the blaile selassie se lassle league reforma reformation t ion would be held it was probable that the question of reorganizing the international ter national pact body would be postponed until the septem september ber assembly DESPITE r ESPITE his previous decision declaring unconstitutional the tax on railroads to permit pensions justice jennings bailey of the district of columbia supreme court ruled in an oral opinion that the railroad retirement board could pay pensions to railroad workers the justice declared that his previous decision on the validity of the rail pension laws could not be construed to mean that the retirement act itself was unconstitutional he ruled that the government could proceed to collect from rail workers a sum amounting to 3 12 1 2 per cent of their salaries and could use the money to pay retirement I 1 pensions to the workers when they reach 65 years of age or have worked 40 years he also ruled that the railroad retirement board could proceed to collect information on which to allot the pensions provided it did so at its own expense and by becom bensing the railroads for any clerical work involved justice baileys original decision in the case had specifically enjoined the railroad retirement board from taking any steps to compel the railroads to furnish information the decision ruled that the tax law adopted to finance the pensions was unconstitutional and ruled that the tax measure and retirement ti measure setting up heaps means of paying the pensions were in inseparable breckinridge RIDGE LONG american acan breckinridge ambassador to italy submitted his resignation to president roosevelt because of illness the diplomat declared that he hopes to recuperate his health during the summer and to take an active part in the presidential campaign in the autumn mr longs place will be taken by undersecretary of state william phillips he will represent the united states government nt in rome in in an effort to solve italo ameri can problems arising from conquest of ethiopia mr phillips has had a distinguished career in the diplomatic service he has bield posts in europe the far east and canada and has three times been sub sec detary in the state department the most pressing problem facing mr phillips in his new post is the regularizing of americas relations with ethiopia now claimed by italy as a territory but still recognized by this country as independent the importance of this question observers declare is indicated by the selection of mr phillips for the italian post only on rare occasions in the past have active sub cabinet officers been given diplomatic posts bof floods which followed a series of cloudbursts in south texas caused property damage estimated at millions of dollars and cost the lives of 22 people rains which ell at the rate of 0 nine to ten inches a minute swelled the creeks and rivers of the afflicted areas into info wild floods it was reported that thousands ol of acres of farm land in gonzales and adjoining counties were inundated As the flood waters receded they revealed a grave picture oi ol 01 destruction the flood ripped t through the settlement of kyle between austin and san antonio washing out bridges and wrecking a train it was here that the loss of life was greatest in the guadalupe valley vailey it was estimated that acres of farm lands been inundated although uie waters subsided rape idly tho the flood had wiped out the corn and cotton crops |