Show news review of current events the world over drouth dama damage 0 e estimated at steel fig fisit bt brin brins brings s union labor crisis landon reconvenes kansas legislature le by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western New simper union I 1 WHILE relentless heat drove the nations farm losses from drouth toward the mark and sent grain prices soaring long needed rains in scattered regions of the drouth belt brought temporary relief in sections of illinois indiana iowa arid and ohio which faced the prospect of the disaster already confronting the northwest the rains we were re a godsend to sun parched corn fields pastures and crops of spring wheat rains in the northwest revived portions of north and south dakota montana and Ne nebraska braka but a heat wave lasting nearly a week had brought temperatures ranging from 90 to in the great plains territory twenty three states eight of them in the south were listed as suffering buffering in some degree from the drouth ten of them north and south dakota montana wyoming minnesota missouri tennessee oklahoma virginia and south carolina were already in a critical stage five others kentucky georgia alabama north carolina and west virginia were borderline cases eight others where the full severity of the drouth had not yet been felt were nebraska wisconsin iowa michi gan illinois kansas indiana and ohio with the full extent of the damage in the dust bowl area of the northwest not yet known the federal government made plans to deal with a long range disaster president roosevelt taking personal command of the relief program in washington announced that he would make a personal tour of the drouth stricken areas within the next few weeks the president announced that the federal government had prepared a comprehensive plan whereby out of farm families impoverished by the drouth in the northwest would be given immediate cash assistance he declared that he will make his trip after the relief program has had an opportunity to get under way to see for himself exactly how much damage was caused by the drouth and whether financially ruined families are receiving the proper assistance he said that farmers were being given jobs immediately on projects at an average wage of 15 per week carrying out useful work digging wells constructing earth dams to 1 bold any rains which may fall in the near future and building farm to market roads A livestock program is under way which would call for the movement of cattle from the arid and sections as a private enterprise to protect the foundation herds of the livestock growers D outmaneuvered diplo iv macy in the life of mrs ruth bryan owen american minister to denmark and former member of congress the engagement of the daughter of william jennings bryan to captain doerge boerge rohde an officer of the danish army was announced in denmark al 1 by t the h e lat mother captain rohde is a member of king kine ruth br bryan n christians christian s personal owen bodyguard captain rohde e arrived in america on the liner drottningholm a day or two after his fiancee had reached the country they were married at an estate on long island in political circles the opinion was expressed that mrs owen will probably resign her diplomatic post in a short time while there are no formal regulations which compel an american woman woma n minister to resign when she weds it ha has s been customary for women in in mi minor positions in the american foreign service to retire when they marry GOVERNOR alf M landon re v 7 turned to topeka kas after a vacation in the colorado mountains for the reconvening of the state legislature and to prepare for the acceptance speech he will deliver at the republican notification ceremonies july 23 the republican Republic presidential nominee appeared before a joint session of the legislature and urged passage of amendments to the state constitution to provide adequate social security measures governor landon declared that care of the needy aged and others suffering misfortunes is a public obligation following his address the kansas senate adopted a constitutional amendment by a vote of 35 to 1 empowering the legislature to enact a uniform system of direct aid for needy aged persons indigent infirm persons and others suffering misfortunes which give them a claim on society for aid it like wise passed by a unanimous vote another proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the state to levy taxes on employers and employees for systems of old age pensions and unemployment insurance to which the beneficiary must contribute meanwhile governor landon opened a series of major conferences with farm leaders for the purpose of drafting a farm relief program for inclusion in his acceptance cep tance speech he conferred with former governor frank 0 lowden of illinois and former senator otis F glenn senator arthur capper of kansas representative cliff Clil ord Tord hope of kansas and R K laubengayer a kansas farm publisher As A S THE long awaited campaign arx to unionize the nations steel industry was under way one of the most serious crises in the history of the american labor 4 movement a arose r 0 s c when hen strife broke out between william green president of the A american meri federation of labor and john L lewis president of the united mine workers of america 4 and head of the committee for in william elham du green tion who has promoted the unionization unionization drive in the steel industry meeting in washington the executive council of the american federation of labor considered the matter of suspending eight national and international unions on the ground that these eight union have begun the formation of a rival or duel labor federation john L lewis announced that he would not respond to a summons of the executive council to answer charges that he had violated vil the federations policy by trying to organize steel workers into one big industrial union instead of into several unions divided by crafts should the rift widen and a break occur observers believe it would split the organized labor movement and affect its prestige and power at a critical time denouncing the action of the lewis group president green declared it is sincerely to be regretted that the committee for industrial organization thwarted the purpose of the american federation of labor to inaugurate an organizing campaign in the steel industry back of the collision over the attempted unionization of the steel industry are two contending schools of thought over the future of organized labor in america one is that sponsored by mr green which rose to power on a policy of trained train ed craftsmen trained by crafts the other is championed by john L lewis who visions a powerful labor machine organized regardless of crafts which includes the semiskilled and unskilled workers as well as the trained craftsmen the threats of communist D DEFYING members of the chamber of deputies the french government decided to use armed force with care to oust french strikers who refu i to evacuate their places of business the announcement of this new policy was made by minister of the inter interior or roger hoger Sal engro following the outbreak of fresh folded arm strikes in paris and the provinces it was estimated that workers were still on 0 strike in various industries throughout france Q william E borah 0 about whose future political plans considerable doubt existed formally announced that he would be a candi m date for reelection election re r to the senate several days before making his announcement no t the h e I 1 idaho d a h 0 statesman 4 had pledged allegiance to the republican ticket and platform thus removing t the h e expressed A A doubts of many political leaders senator throughout the borah country regarding his stand in the presidential campaign previously senator borah had commented favorably on both the republican and democratic platforms praising both for the stand they had taken on the question of monopolies the seventy one year old sen senator ator in clarifying his position on the republican platform said 1 I have no intention of bolting the ticket 1 I am supporting the platform and I 1 have been supporting support ire the platform from the beginning atter alter returning to nis SUUN from a three day pilgrimage to virginia president roosevelt announced that ha be had bad granted postmaster general james A parley farley leave of absence without pay from august I 1 to november 5 the day after the presidential elections thus mr parley farley will be freed from official duties to devo c e himself during the next three months to the direction of the presidents campaign for reelection election re the announcement no did not come as a surprise to those in informed political circles in washington but it had been rumored in some quarters that mr farley would resign his cabinet post and retain his job as chairman of the democratic national committee mr parley farley announced that representative sam rayburn of texas would be chairman of the democratic speakers bureau the campaign he said would be in full swing by labor day president Roosevel ts sojourn in virginia took him to the dedication of shenandoah national park to monticello the home of thomas jefferson and to williamsburg capital of the old dominion from 1699 to 1779 in an address at jeffersons home the president called on the nation to rekindle the sacred fire of true freedom which had lighted the golden age I 1 of american history he declared the present emergency required the same leadership as that displayed by thomas jefferson C CUTTING UTTING a big cake to celebrate his ninety seventh birthday john D rockefeller predicted that lie he would live to be one hundred despite temperature of 92 in the shade the famous nonagenarian donned a sun helmet and went outdoors on his summer estate near lakewood N J the multimillionaire oil man and philanthropist did not let the celebration of his birthday interfere with his daily nap or his daily afternoon automobile ride mr rockefeller long on 7 since has given up all forms of a athletic activities including golf formerly his favorite pastime A few years ago he was down to a few holes of golf a day but now lie he has given it up entirely it has been his custom to spend his winters at ormond beach fla and his summers either at lakewood or at his other estate at Po hills near tarrytown N Y WAR WORRIED europe shifted its anxiety from the italo ethiopian sanctions problem to the newer and baffling question of what to do about the free city of danzig now seeking to free itself from the bonds of the league of nations eions 0 the league disposed of the sanctions problem by voting to abolish them thus to all practical intents and purposes removing i ir r adolf hitler ethiopia ethiopia from the family of sovereign states appearing personally before the league assembly the refugee emperor haile selassie made a last moving bid for ethiopians freedom the king of kings denounced france and great britain without mentioning their names to the generally expressed desire to reform the league he said the weakness was not the league covenant itself but a lack of international morality the negus request for a loan of to ethiopia was voted down previously haile had informed capt anthony eden british foreign secretary that he would return to ethiopia immediately to join his loyal tribesmen and fight for ethiopian independence with mussolini given satisfaction the danzig situation brought into the foreground the figure of adolt adolf hitler chancellor of nazi germany it was a nazi follower of hitler dr arthur greiser president of the danzig senate who demanded independence pen dence denze for the former german city now surrounded by polish territory and who denounced the league and sean lester league high commissioner for the port observers were of the opinion that greiser was acting under orders from chancellor hitler in view of germanys germanas Germ anys expansionist program and its rearmament they feel that danzi danzig will vill be the next nazi objective now that the rhineland is remilitarized by the elimination of commissioner lester or by the curtailment of his authority over the international affairs of the city it is believed the nazi would be in a position to crush the opposition party and pave the way wat for annexation of danzig by germany A ATOLL TOLL of lives was exacted in the celebration of the fourth of july throughout the united states booming cannon crackers played a comparatively innocent part in the slaughter for only 11 lives were lost in accidents due to firecrackers but if the nation heeded warnings about the danger of fireworks it forgot the menace of motoring accidents ci for people in 30 states were killed as the result of accidents on streets lind and highways ninety persons were drowned in af states miscellaneous tragedies accounted for 37 additional fatalities in 15 states |