Show news review of current curre t events evenn the world over Sn prenie court finds AAA unconstitutional democrats pick philadelphia for convention bonus measure Is pushed through 0 h house by EDWARD W PICKARD a g western newspaper binton tinton IX justices ot of the united states P supreme court including chief J atlee hughes joined in an ID opinion that killed the agricultural adjust ment act three associate justices stone brandeis and cardozo dissented the majority decision read by alsoc assoc associate I 1 a t e justice owen J roberts held that the AAA was A A wholly holly unconstitutional because it invaded N the rights ot of the states in seeking to control farm farin production the i chief justice whole ole system of proc hug hughes es taxes imposed to finance the program was swept into il nt only are the processing taxes 1111 illegal legal but the court apparently declared the farm benefit contracts vold void land and put up dp bars against any attempt of the federal government to regulate in production by whatever means i senators and representatives who immediately med lately began planning legislation ito continue benefit payments to farm era and to balance agricultural output ltd ed not seem to grasp the full siant cance of this part of the decision rhe e court said flatly that regulation lot t farm arm production Is not within the ope cope of the federal government and ot its powers to accomplish this nor can it purchase adherence to a control scheme by federal payments the decision destroyed not only the original AAA but also the amended act vt the last session of congress the dissenting opinion held that the was a legitimate employment of athe th power to tax for the general welfare it attacked the theory that the preservation ution of our institutions Is the exclusive concern of the supreme court and suggested that under the majority decision the unemployment work relief act bet Is unconstitutional in his budget message president roosevelt loosevelt included revenue fro from processing taxes so the supreme court decision had the effect of throwing tile the budget still further out of balance by something like a billion dollars TN ms speech at the S io 50 a plate jackson day dinner in washington president roosevelt declined to comment on the supreme court decision killing the AAA it Is enough to say lie ie said that the attainment of justice tice and prosperity for american aarl culture remains an immediate and constant objective of my stion on secretary wallace called into consultation sul cul tation at washington about representatives of farm organizations to try to formulate some plan for legislation to supplant the discredited law assurance that farmers who have fulfilled contract agreements would be paid was given by president roosevelt when he be advised administration leaders in congress to push through a appropriation of the status of 1200 paid in taxes by processors was expected when the court decides the el echt ht rice processing tax cases argued legal experts in congress said art an act of congre congles con gres q would woud be required if the OT in processing taxes paid into the treasury are to be refunded u off to the highest bidder ancl A tile the democratic national convention of 1930 was sold to ehla liy by the bartys national committee T the lie price was plus some prizes and concessions chicago and san francisco also bid for the convention the former offered a certified phee heel for KiO the alie california city made the same bid and later raised lt it to ma 2500 rOO during a brief recess chairman farley telephoned presumably to tile white house and vice president carner career moved among the members of the committee tir urging tn the selection of phil adelphin therefore tile the city of brith erly love won the friye tile opening of the convention was sel art for june 21 2 two weeks after the republican contention in cleveland 0 TUNIE TIME was lost in through the house the bonus measure that had been agreed ii reed upon by veterans organizations and approved by the ways and menns corn com tt it carries the name of the vinson mccormack McCorm nel hill ond anil la Is a compromise that immediate payment of the bonus hut but offers no definite plan for raising calsing the money it would provide 3 per cent interest until loll 1011 for veterans refraining from froin cashing their adjusted service certificates at once and cancel all interest still due on loani on the certificates neutrality legislation leg Islat lon desired by the administration does not meet with the approval of senator jamna hamilton mllton leals of illinois who though ta a loyal democrat Is sometimes or olt posed to measures fostered hy by the ho president lie he says the liw hw under consideration in senate lind hoti teia tees would close the markets markers of tile lia to world find and has asked the illinois manufacturers association and the chicago association of commerce to support his opposition to it As a substitute for the general den law proposed by the Pr president eIdent senator lewis advocates enactments granting the chief executive authority te tc issue regulations placing embargoes upon shipments of commodities which would threaten american neutrality but stipulating that these regulations should be submitted to the senate for acceptance or amendments the obvious intention of W WITH building up tip public sentiment in favor of the special brand of neutrality le lie he desires sen senator 1 aitor nye had before hl ills s senate munitions unit ions committee for several days J P morgan thomas W lamont and other members of the great morgan banking company nye and stephen investigator for the A 4 comi committee sought to prove that the united states was drawn into J pas morgan the world war by the loans made to the allies by morgan an go co and its associates the testimony concerning these loans and their implications was long iong and complicated the financiers were well prepared tor for the inquiry and were armed with a great quantity of documents and though there was a good deal of acrimonious talk mr morgan appeared entirely unperturbed HEN the delegates to the naval WHEN conference in london resumed their deliberations admiral chief representative of japan firmly repeated his demand that great britain and the united states concede the parity claims of japan as preliminary to any agreement this attitude stopped all discussion of the british F renell french and italian propos proposal al for exchange of information about naval daval building plans and threatened the lie conference with early collapse the crisis was so serious that foreign secretary anthony aden himself took a part in the affair calling the japanese to his bis office in an attempt to induce them to adopt a more conciliatory japanese spokesmen declared they were interested first and last in the total tonnage question under which they demand equality equall ty and were not at all interested in other aspects of naval limitations S Ur rOUNDED by kics lights tat ml and movie cameras president roosebelt Roo celt stood before the senate and house in joint session and delivered what v was nomi nominally naly his an 4 nual dual message on state of the nation actually it was not noi that at all but a statement concer nim the lie warfare ar and in lonal d I 1 a t u r on the continents follower i by what the pres J generally PreG president ident an eloquent and mill tant political speech roosevelt addressed to the people of tile the united states who by the millions were viere listen ing in on their radios ion of ills his me age Is worth less of course his supporters praised it highly and his opponents were equally emphatic in derogation democrats and t alike commended the presidents opening paragraphs in which he boldly con damned tile the ag r slon esl of italy and japan trough without those nations and there wis little dissent front his assertion that the hip united states must maintain its neutrality while seeking to discourage the use by belligerent nations of any and all american products product calcut calculated arell to facilitate the prosecution of a war ln in little iian titles over and above our normal ex ports to them in III time of peace the remainder of the message de voted to domestic affairs wis devoted calelly cli lelly tu to u bellig v betly defense of the new deul measures of the administration un tin attack on those who oppose them and a spirited pas cassago sago in which sir mr atoo llo belled jelled ano anil dared his critics to move for the repeal of those measures men aleal instead of hiding their dissent to in a cowardly cloak of generality in only two twit paragraphs did the president dwell on oil the bbate of lie nation in ilese lie said that after nearly three years yeara of the new nev deal national idemne la is increasing agriculture and industry are returning to full activity suit we approach a balance ba lince of the national budget one passage in 10 the ti lessage was in by somi some us as a thra a to close the lower courts to suits stilts the constitutionality or of laws ali resident president told congress that its enact merits require pra ebion until adjudication by tile the hig highest heit irl bunal and added caim less hs hii hi i the ight and can find tile lie means to protect its own prerogatives JAPANESE military la in tile the north china area ami tire evidently preparing for fur further encroach ments their latest compliant Is that two we japanese stores in were tooted looted and a japanese flag trampled on by soldiers of gen san sung cheh yunn yuan chairman of the hopel chabar political council while japanese airplanes flew threateningly over neiping and tile the japanese com in Inders filed a demand for an apology for the incident an indemnity punishment of the culprits complete elimination of antl a guarantee against its repetition and the tha appointment of japanese ad advisers in the chinese police departments T THOUGH the rainy season that will check ills campaign is fast a approaching p pro aching mussolini continued to send frosli fresh troops by the lie thousands to ethiopia it was estimated that italis east african forces already numbered more than 2 5 and there w were ere reports t that more would be sent in the ic near future the ethiopian government accusing italy of continued employment of poison gas in a policy of merciless extermination of tile ethiopian people urged the len league ue of 0 nations to dispatch a commission of inquiry to tile the scene or of strife league officials announced that the request would b be handled by the league council which meets january 20 of labor frances perkins S found in the developments of the last year much of benefit for the american working workingman agman in her annual report she cited these flie great advance ments for labor 1 unemployment compensation accod polished through the 4 social security act 2 old age security brought about also by the social security act ct 3 establishment of boards for settling industrial du disputes locally secretary perkins 4 greater co opera tion bet between Neen the states and the labor department through regional conferences 5 development of the united states employment service even tile the large number of strikes during 1935 5 could be viewed with some satisfaction by her for she said they were due in part to the natural expectation of labor to share in the early fruits of business improvement I 1 IN N HIS message to congress submitting his bis approved budget for tile the 1937 fiscal year beginning july I 1 next president roosevelt followed the double system of accounting his administration has always empl employed oyed one set of books for regular expenditures and income and another set for emergency spending and appropriations ile he asserted that receipts from nil all sources in the next fiscal year will aggregate an estimated expenditures for all regular government departments are estimated at so tile llie regular budget will be in balance with a surplus of but the message nent on to say after explaining that the regular government books will III show fiscal affairs in the black as to income and outgo they will show red to the extent of 1 I 1 in works relief spending less tile the surplus this leaving tile the new appropriation for further works relief open for at least two months that figure of represents the presidents estimate of unexpended balances on july I 1 from the and previous emergency appropriations it does not dot take into account probable new appropriations for similar purposes yet to be determined hof ROLD L ICKES in his capacity of administrator of the went to Pro brooklyn oklyn to take part in the ceremony of breaking ground for the burg slum clearance project und took the opportunity to very harshly about those who nho oppose the new deal du dubbing bling heni the lie coupon clipping gentry t the h e lord Plush bottoms of 0 tile llie club windows and bod who shout thit that th it har harold id L ened g progress is un ic ackes es constitutional the slum Is hut but one vicious product of that old order whose passing we ne hope Is at hand mr ickes said 1 refer to the old order of special privilege the creator and upholder of a social system containing vicious contrasts of opulence and squalor that have shamed tile lie democracy of our own times its day in america Is facing the we sun but the harsh cracklings crac klings of its senile prophets are still heard in opposition to progressive gres sive predicting disaster for aery humanitarian attempt to ameliorate the lot of the least fortunate of our people there are those who take an almost sadistic delight in dashing the hopes of our underprivileged citizens by Ill advisedly proclaiming that the public housing program of Is a failure tile the facts prove the contrary somewhere a housing program had to be started we ve have 47 active projects on our demonstration program oil all under construction st bt eleven thousand persons persona are lil teady enjoying the splendid modern modera of dividend houlding projects financed by iava IWA and the birst feil vial deilnn ments will be occupied eaily in the I 1 nir |