Show news review of current events the world over governor landon accepts republican presidential nom organized labor schism widens spain torn by bloody civil war by EDWARD W PICKARD lg 0 western newspaper union GOV ALF M LANDON now knows officially th that at he is the republican nominee for president ol of the united states before more than loopo of his fellow citizens he stood at the south entrance of the kansas capitol in topeka and received the formal notification from congressman snell of new york who was permanent p e r m a nent gov goal landon adon chairman airman of t h e cleveland convention around him were grouped a thousand leaders ot of the party and in front of him were the throngs of his supporters and admirers who had gathered from far and near to do him honor and to witness the ceremonies trains automobiles buses and airplanes had been pouring them into topeka for several days and the gaily decorated little city was crowded to the limit everyone was happy and enthusiastic and everyone appeared coif confident ident that landon would be the next chief executive of the country the nominees speech of acceptance was the plain spoken outright kind of talk his hearers expected asking divine guidance to make him worthy of the faith and confidence shown in him he said this call coming to one whose life has been that of the everyday american is proof of the freedom of opportunity which belongs to the people under our government here briefly is what mr landon had to say on some of the more vital issues recovery the record shows that these new deal measures did not fit together into any definite 1 program of recovery many of them worked at cross purposes and defeated themselves the nation has not made the durable progress either in reform or recovery that we had the right to expect we must be freed from incessant governmental intimidation and hostility we must be freed from excessive expenditures and crippling taxation we must be treed freed from the effects of an arbitrary and uncertain monetary policy and from private monopolistic control relief let me emphasize that while we propose to follow a policy of economy in government expenditures those who need relief will get it we will not take our economies out of the allotments to the unemployed we will take them out of the hides of the political exploiters agriculture we shall establish effective soil conservation and erosion control policies in connection with a national land use and flood prevention program and keep it all out of politics our farmers are entitled to all of the home market they can supply without injustice to the consumer we propose a policy that protects them in this right we propose to pay cash benefits in order to cushion our farm families against the disastrous effects of price fluctuations and to protect their standard of living labor the right of labor to organize means to me the right of employees to join any type of union they prefer whether it covers their plant their craft or their industry y it means that in the absence of a union contract an employee has an equal right to join a union or to refuse to join a union constitution it is not my belief that the constitution is above change the people have jhc alic right by the means they have prescribed to change their form of government to fit their wishes but change must come by and through the people and not by usurpation I 1 the republican party however does not believe that the people wish to abandon the american form of government state rights there has now appeared in high places a new and dangerous impulse this is the impulse to take away and lodge ledge in the chief executive without the peoples consent the powers which they have kept in their state governments ern ments or which they have reserved in themselves in its ultimate effect upon the welfare of the whole people this is the most important question now before us shall we continue to delegate more and more power to the chief executive or do we desire to preserve the american form of government F FATHER ATHER COUGHLIN the de troit trait radio priest who in a speech before the recent convention called president roosevelt a great betrayer and liar has realized the impropriety of his language he has published an open letter to the president offering his sincere apology the priest also says oas As my president I 1 still respect you As a fellow citizen and as a man I 1 still regard you highly but as an executive despite your ex cellen cys fine intentions I 1 deem it best for the welfare of our common country that you be supplanted in office dispatches from rome said father Cough lins speech caused a painful impression at the vatican and bishop gallagher the priests ecclesiastical superior leaving for a visit to the vatican intimated lie he might report on the incident IT TT SEEMS at this time that noth L ing can prevent the great schism in the ranks of american or organized labor john L lewis head of the united mine workers and his followers in the industrial union movement are determined to go ahead with their plans for the organization of steel workers into a mass union and now have expanded their program proposing to unionize thus the employees of steel fabrication and processing plants moreover lewis and his associates have declared they will not appear before the executive council of the american federation of labor to stand trial on charges of fomenting insurrection so it appears the council can do nothing but suspend the rebels and their unions these constituting about one third of the federations membership if this is done the final decision as to expulsion of these unions will be made by the national convention in tampa in november the members of the committee for industrial organization the lewis group assert the contemplated proceedings of the cou council are unwarranted by the constitution of the federation philip murray vice president of the united mine gave out the news of the CIO drive to gather in the steel fabricators fabricatore fabrica tors and processors who number between and men As there are bout about a employees in the steel mills the goal of the CIO is now the organization of more than three quarters of a million steel workers SPANISH fascists and royalists in rebellion against the leftist government were temporarily in in control of most of the northern part of the country and were moving a 0 n madrid from burgos and segovia threatening to bomb the capital from the air it if the government did not capitulate in barcelona capital of catalonia fierce fighting was A reported and at the request of t the it e C G bowers washington authorities a vessel of the american export line was hastening there to e evacuate americans whose lives were in danger catalonia had declared against the rebels the rebels gained possession of san sebastian near the french border and the loyalists were said to be making a desperate attempt to recover that town this is the place where claude G bowers american ambassador is in summer residence and as communications were completely disrupted there was much anxiety in washington as to mr bowers safety socialists communists and workers in large numbers were joining the loyal troops for the defense of madrid and also helped in crushing the rebellion in several towns according to the claims of the government ern ment in the south where gen francisco franco commanded the revolutionaries lution aries there was almost continuous fighting and in the engagements between rebel planes and loyal warships some bombs and shells struck the rock of G gibraltar i bral and others fell close to a british destroyer the latter fired warning shots and the acting 9 governor of gibraltar protested to general franco THROUGH an executive order of TP president resident roosevelt all appointments in the future are to be subject to civil service examination the order affects postmaster ships of the first second and third classes as vacancies occur incumbents chosen for reappointment must pass a noncompetitive examination as must employees promoted to postmaster in other cases the examinations will be open and competitive fourth class postmasters already were under civil service C COL OL AND MRS CHARLES A LINDBERGH flew in a borrowed plane from london to berlin and were given a big reception by high nazi officials the press and the populace the colonel wa was the guest of the air ministry a at t a luncheon attended by germanys germanas Germ anys best aviators ex explanations plantations PLA NATIONS and apologies are not enough for J edgar hoover head of the federal bureau of investigation vesti gation who was angered by the he revelation that the doings ot of his G men had been under investigation by secret service men of the treasury department his strenuous protests started an inquiry that at this writing is still going on mr hoover also heard a rumor that some one was probing his brokerage accounts and this help to calm him said he anybody making such an inquiry is wasting his time I 1 have no brokerage accounts so any effort to find them will be futile it is admitted by the treasury that the secret service has no legal right to investigate the actions of any other government department S SECRETARY OF agriculture WALLACE addressing the international baby chick association in kansas city discussed at length the drouth situation and the measures taken or contemplated for relief he suggested this four point program for the protection of both farmers and consumers 1 judicious commodity loans especially in years of excessive supplies 2 the ever normal granary 3 crop insurance 4 government purchase of land which definitely never should have been plowed S rains over limited areas brought only temporary relief from the heat and drouth and then warm weather started a new advance over the corn belt the federal crop reporting i board in washington 4 z said t it e e drouth was as severe as that of 1934 MV I 1 and worse than any p previous droutha 1 since the western country was settled the serious condi eions lions prevailed over M ML L cooke the practically poetically entire area from the rocky mountains in montana to the hudson valle valley y in new york and southward over western pennsylvania central maryland the ohio valley parts of arkansas and most of oklahoma it was announced in washington that president roosevelt had created a national committee to study measures for remedying conditions in the drouth region through utilization liza tion of natural resources the committee is headed by morris L cooke rural electrification administrator other members are col richard C moore of the army engineers gi john C page acting commissioner of the bureau of reclamation frederick H fowler of the national resources committee rexford G tugwell resettlement a administrator d minis and harry L hopkins works borki progress administrator IN N OLYMPIA greece scene ot of I 1 the first olympic games a torch was lighted by the rays of the sun and a greek runner seized it and started it on a 12 day relay to the sports field in berlin where the olympic flame is to be lighted on august 1 five thousand distinguished persons were selected to carry the torch these including king boris of bulgaria king peter of and a long list of princes statesmen and sportsmen on the last leg it was to be borne by S loues of greece winner of the marathon in the games of 1896 A hundred thousand youths will accompany loues in a parade to the stadium T the protests ot of poland k J 1 are effective all opposition to nazi power in the free city of danzig is due to be crushed dr arthur karl greiser president of the danzig senate which is controlled by nazis has issued administrative decrees ordering I 1 dissolution of any organization whose members with knowledge of its executive board spreads news endangering the state interest 2 prohibition of review by the courts of police measures of 0 a political nature including those aimed at the right of assembly the press and tree free speech 3 prohibition of jewish ritual slaughtering for food purposes 4 imposition of three month protective custody on persons declared to be endangering the public peace thus the cites constitution is virtually set aside and the poles especially having extensive economic interests there are indignant R D EVOLT ol of the cantonese alx lx against the government has collapsed and latest reports say government troops have entered canton and taken over maintenance of peace and order there ww was no opposition and the city was quiet chen chi tang the canton war lord deserted his followers and fled to hongtong Hong kong on a gunboat there was a scramble to find chens alleged silver hoard said to amount to many million dollars but much of it is believed to be deposited in foreign banks elsanne RIGHT IGHT signatories signa tories to the lau sanne postwar post war treaty have i 1 granted r anted to turkey the right to re militarize the dardanelles Darda nelles and they with turkey have signed a convention antion covering the matter only japan made slight reservations because it is no longer a member of the league of nations nation S |