Show N news aws review of current events the world 0 over ver lewis leivis see peace in federation of labor russia resents fascist aid given spanish rebels cormons mormons all off dole by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union GREEN president of the A F of L who had just been calling on president roosevelt at hyde park N Y told the newspapermen pa that the prospects for peace N between the warring factions in the federation 4 were better and that those participating in the controversy tro versy were becoming more temperate however that same evening I 1 john L lewis the dynamic leader of J L lewis the committee ifor for industrial organization rather dashed the afore aforesaid s a 1 d prospects for peace in washington washing to n he laid down as the only basis for restoration of peace in the ranks of or organized anizel labor a program consisting of i these two propositions I 1 revocation by the executive council of the american federation ution of labor of the order suspending ten C 1 I 0 unions on charges of insurrection 2 isolation of certain mass production industries which would be organized strictly on lewis one big union theory it had been stated that david dubinsky head of one of the suspended unions had submitted a compromise peace proposal la but u t lewis told the correspondents that he knew of no change in feeling be between the battling factions that he had made no move for peace and contemplated none that the C 1 I 0 drive to unionize the steel industry was proceeding satisfactorily and that the dubinsky proposal w was a s similar to the one previously offered to and rejected by the A F of L council POLITICAL expediency brought about a strange state of affairs in minnesota fred curtis and patrick J delaney respectively democratic gubernatorial and senatorial nominees withdrew from the race in favor of the farmer labor candidates in return for farmer labor support for the reelection election re of president roosevelt the members of the democratic party throughout t the li e state were ere rather dismayed by this action and some of the leaders protested vigorously john E regan the bartys 1934 gubernatorial candidate issued a statement asserting that minnesota democrats had bad traded votes and engineered coalition of parties before but never has there been an absolute sellout alric anderson st paul attorney who was the democratic candidate for attorney general two years ago marshaled his followers into the democrats for nelson club martin A nelson is the republican gubernatorial candidate joseph wolf former national committeeman and judge J D F Alei allighen Meigh ghen fin state central committee chairman led that group of democrats supporting both farmer labor candidates and president roosevelt A abuse of the frank aing ing privilege which has been practiced by followers of any and all parties when thy thay got the chance senator arthur H 11 Yan denberg of michigan proposes that congress pass legislation that will vill put a stop to this evil for the sake upon the one hand of the postal revenue and for the sake on the other of political fair play when J john 0 h n G winant resigned J G winant anant from the social security board his letter to the president was a strong pro now new deal document it was printed by the press bureau of the social security board and franked to a large mailing list and senator asked mr winant whether he thought that was a legitimate le it use of the franking privilege mr winant replied promptly that lest there be any question of the propriety of the matter he had paid the mailing costs this attitude was warmly commended by senator as it must be by all good citizens LJ ELP given the spanish ansur agents A gents by fascist countries so enraged soviet russia that she gave notice that unless it ceased she would free herself from any obligations gat ioris to the agreement tor for neutrality tra lity the representatives of the 21 27 i nations on the international corn com cittee of non intervention in the spanish war were about to meet in london and Mos cows challenge caused a real sensation Moisey vich kagan soviet delegate on the corn com cittee specifically named portugal italy and germany as the offenders and called for an investigation it II is believed that if russia is not no satisfied in this matter she will send airplanes and other war material to t the spanish government bagans communication made the direct charges that german airplanes reached the spanish rebels from germany that poison gas reached the rebels from italy and that portugal permitted its frontier to be used by the rebels spanish fascists pushed their lines so closely around madrid that they called on the government to surrender the capital immediately cly and thus save it from a destructive bombardment an airplane fleet showered shover cd the city with circulars telling the citizens that further resistance was useless one of the most threatening of general francos advances was directed at aranjuez whose capture would cut oft off madriss Mad rids food supply from the mediterranean the government claimed that an army of loyalist miners had fought its way to the center of oviedo against the desperate resistance of the rebel defenders gen francisco franco chief of the insurgents decreed a fascist dictatorship and created a junta of state which will govern subject to his will in his first statement of policy franco assured workers they would be protected against the ills of capitalism and that steps would be taken to regulate favorable working hours S SIX IX months ago the latter day saints church otherwise the mormons cormons inaugurated a program to make every able bodied m member e m b e r self sup porting by october 1 I in the great tabernacle at salt lake city heber J grant president or of the N church told an audience of thousands that the pla plan had succeeded and that the drive had taken all the needy mem bers oft off public re eber J lief the church has grant r consistently opposed pay without work in reading his report president grant took occasion to criticize the townsend pension plan and government control of crops and he warned the members to avoid political entangle ments under the church relief drive land was leased aarl aar the needy provided with implements for tilling groups have made clothes and bcd bedding ding members have contributed the financial equivalent of two meals monthly to a special fund in scattered storehouses mr grant reported supplies have been laid up in generous quantities for distribution among the needy who helped produce them under the program the speaker declares the curse of idleness would be done away with the evils of a dole abolished and independence thrift and self respect will be once more established amongst our people athe A S THE time for the expiration of the washington naval treaty draws nearer the utterances of secretary of the navy swanson take on more and more the nature of sharp warn warnings ings to japan not to get too gay in in the pacific in a press conference the other day he said fortifications are intended to answer fortifications one menace must be met by another menace and he gave notice that the navy should be ready to do the necessary meeting about the same time the state department was studying a proposition made to it and to japan by great britain for an extension of 0 the treaty pledge of the three nations not to build new fortifications or naval bases in certain of their pacific possessions in tokio it was said the government might agree to this provided certain changes were made giving japan fairer treatment in the light of an altered international situation A A of complicity in the A plot against dictator stalin for which 16 prominent russians were executed in august karl radek brilliant journalist is under arrest and in danger of losing his life he disappeared just after the executions of the others but was caught a few days ago in hs his last article published in the official newspaper radek confessed ins his unfaithfulness to the communist party but defended himself with a vitriolic attack on and claimed he had expiated his sins by foiling attempted sabotage of the stalin regime 17 U R T swedish I 1 jv aviator made an attempt to fly alone from new york to stockholm thirty two hours after the start he was picked up from the ocean about one hundred miles off the coast of 0 ireland supposedly he had run short of fuel the rescue was made by a french trawler the plans plane was badly damaged and was abandoned UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE C B KENNEMER of montgomery ala issued an order halting collection in alabama of a one per cent payroll tax to finance the unemployment program T the h e result it is expected will be a clear cut test of the validity of the new deals social security act for lawyers had bad no doubt the case would be carried to the united states supreme court the order was granted the gulf states steel corporation of gadsden ala on a plea that the unemployment insurance program operated in operation cooperation co with the federal government violates both state and federal constitutions TESSE ISADOR STRAUS mer IJ chant prince and until his resignation last August american ambassador to france passed away in his new york home at the age of sixty four the immediate cause of death was pneumonia but 1 4 mr straus had been in in ill health for some ti time IM e this being the reason for his retirement ti from the ambassadorship graduating from harvard in 1893 mr jesse 1 buraus straus began work as a bank clerk in 1896 he obtained employment with R H macy alacy co big new york department store and by 1919 was its president holding that position until he was given the paris post by president roosevelt in 1933 he was a democrat and was a member of the board of overseers of harvard and of the american academy of political and social science ile he maintained a country estate at mount kisco N Y as well as a city apartment farance FOLLOWING the example set by france and other countries the italian cabinet voted to devalue the lira setting its value at approximately 52 cents as compared with the latest previous figure of 76 cents the cabinet also let it be known that it would take action to prevent rent and price increases and it voted a new 5 per cent capital levy to which property owners are obliged to subscribe to the extent of 5 per cent of their wealth the gold value ol of the lira was placed at grams of gold for each lire gold reserves of the bank of italy will be revalued on the basis of the new lira with the surplus to be placed at the disposition of the treasury fa RANCE PRANCE may be on the verge of a civil war between communists and fascists comparable to the terrible conflict in spain in paris pari desperate fighting already has begun the reds numbering many thousands and the nationalists under orders from col francois de la rocque whose croix de feux organization was disbanded by the government undertook rival demonstrations and the result was a daylong day long series of street battles in which hundreds were wounded order was finally restored for the time being by a force of republican guards and police in london also there was wa a big riot in which a hundred persons were injured sir oswald moslems Mo black shirts a fascist organization planned a parade but communists and socialists numbering were determined to prevent it and battled with a big force of east end police to get at their enemies the authorities forbade the parade as scheduled but the opposing mobs got together in various localities and fought desperately I 1 RESIDENTS of frankfort ky iv dropped work and politics for three days and with thousands of guests celebrated the sesquicentennial of their pretty city A pioneer touch was given the affair by the arrival of many families from other parts of kentucky in horse drawn veld vehicles cles and on horseback there were historical parades and services an old fashioned burgoo feast and a formal banquet at which addresses were delivered by admiral hugh rodman of the navy a and nd governor chandler of kentucky PRINCE ERNST VON 1 BERG of austria ousted from the F fascist Heim wehr or home guard maj emil fey once his trusted lieutenant and thereby stirred up quite a muss in vienna it was reported that premier mussolini of italy had taken a hand in the quarrel by demanding that tha chancellor give complete control of the heim wehr to von Star hemberg the prince declared in a public document ment that feys conduct at the time of the assassination of chancellor dollfuss never was satisfactorily explained the major enraged challenged the prince to a duel out dueling is illegal in austria tithe THREE complaints were filed by the federal trade commission under the robinson patman act naming five concerns launch launching t the e first move to test its powers under this far reaching legislation which forbids the granting or receiving by merchandise rs of discriminatory price discounts in interstate commerce the complaints named montgomery ward and company inc kraft phenix cheese corporation chicago shefford cheese company inc syracuse N Y bird and son inc and bird floor covering sales corporation east walpole Wal cole mass |