Show news review of current events the world Worl dover over cuban Con congress eress ousts busts president comez another arceli archbishop attacks Ed edward ivard duke of windsor treasury plan to curb credit lunation inflation by EDWARD W PICKARD western newspaper union MIGUEL MARIANO GOMEZ president of cuba was on his way out because he defied col fulgencio batista the real ruler of the republic by vetoing the sugar tax bill to raise funds for the 10 building of schools I 1 that would be conducted by army officers despite plenty pk of warnings gomez persisted in his opposition to the measure which he fie said would lead ead to fascism so the miguel gom gomez Z house of representatives dominated by bat batista ista iiii impeached him and he went to trial tria I 1 before the senate with the certainty that the decision would be against him he was accused of attempting to coerce the congress unconstitutionally to defeat the tax bill and of administration mal it was the first bill of impeachment ever voted in the history of the cuban republic gomez defended himself vigorously but was resigned to his fate the prosecution was conducted by three members of the house carlos palma veteran republican leader eduardo martinez fraga nationalist tion alist and felipe jay bemo democrat vice president federico laredo bru was ready to succeed gomez automatically he is a lawyer sixty one years old and was a colonel in the cuban war of independence archbishops ARCH BISHOPS of the church of england just cant let the duke of windsor and his love affair alone the most rev dr william temple arch ibshop of york and second only to the archbishop of can canterbury tenbury ter bury took his turn bilm in lambasting lam basting the abdicated king in a christmas diocesan letter that displayed little of the christian spirit said the archbishop it has happened to many a man before now to find himself beginning to fall in love with another mans wife that is a moment of critical decision and the right decision is is that they should cease to meet before the passion is so developed as to create an agonizing conflict between love and duty this dep decision ision often has been taken by men of honor and when the power of personal attraction is is reinforced in by the of the throne the moral obligation is the more urgent for that reason let us remember that any kind of love which can be in conflict with duty is not the love of which the gospel speaks the british press and a great many of the english people are disgusted with these repeated attacks on edward by the prelates pr elates and there is a growing danger of a split in the church of england dispatches from edwards haven in enzesfeld Enz esfeld austria say that he Is planning to make mrs simpson the duchess of windsor in may next immediately after her divorce becomes absolute meanwhile he probably will remain at the castle of baron eugene de rothschild without seeing mrs simpson there were reports that the duke might take legal action against the archbishop of york presumably for slander blander S CIMEON D FESS former sena u tor from ohio and for years a leader in the old guard of the republican party died suddenly in the carlton hotel washington he had been in retirement from national politics since 1932 when he was defeated for reelection election re to the senate ACCORDING A to a decision of the AJL united states court of appeals in new orleans the national labor relations board has authority to compel employers to bargain collectively with their employees the tribunal upheld the boards cease and desist orders against agail ines inc which operates the clyde mallory steamship lines in in connection with the dismissal of seven employees for alleged union action T phe HE supreme court having up held in the chaco arms embargo case the neutrality powers of the president mr roosevelt let it be known that he would ask congress to revise the present neutrality law to give him broader discretion in his relations with foreign governments in other words the teeth which he and the state department part ment have always thought the statute lacked just what the president would ask was not told to the press but there were indications that he wants authority to 1 declare an arms embargo upon the outbreak or during progress of a war and forbid the passage of american citizens or transport of american goods on belligerent ships except at the travelers or shippers own risk 2 determine the actual volume to which commodity shipments would be limited and enumerate the items becoming contraband beyond those limits government officials looked upon the supreme courts decision as the most sweeping approval of a new deal law the tribunal has ye yet t given they read in it an inferential approval of the reciprocal trade treaty program still untested and a broader inference that the pr president esi should be given more latitude in negotiations of all kinds with foreign governments D T to the inter arner amer ican peace conference in buenos aires signed the 63 accords approved pro ved during the sessions and the conference came to an end farewell congratulatory speeches were made by secretary of state cordell hull argentine foreign minister carlos saavedra lamas and the head of the peruvian delegation carlos concha they all urged that the peace efforts be continued in the next pan american conference which will be held in lima peru in S OF THE TREAS 0 U URY RY and chairman marriner eccles of the federal reserve board announced a new program for curbing credit inflation fla tion n and it is likely to involve 1 of borrowings in 1937 about a billion dollars worth of gold is flowing into the country annually and if this continues next year it was said by officials the s al s eccles treasury will take that amount out of the money market to offset the effects of the gold inks influx on domestic credit the plan which probably was devised by mr eccles is intended to hold the excess reserves which are the reserves that member banks deposit with the federal reserve system in excess of legal requirements on the same plateau where they are now previously gold flowing into the country country was chalked up as excess reserves upon which an inflationary credit boom could be built THREE T new indictments against major oil companies oil trade publications and individuals were returned by a federal grand jury in madison wis in order to avoid delay in the trial of the antitrust anti trust cases with few changes the new true b bills i ils are similar to those returned previously by the 1935 grand jury and contested as invalid on grounds that the grand jury was illegally im paneled it is understood that the government plans to bring the cases to trial in march T the general leadership 0 of I 1 john L lewis the war for unionizing the steel industry and destroying the company unions is now under way 0 some company union representatives from the pittsburgh the cleveland youngstown and the eastern districts met in pittsburgh and were told by philip murray chief aide of lewis and chairman of the 9 committee for in in john L lewis du union that a strike in the industry might result if f the industry y continues to employ its dog in the manger attitude in dealing with trade unions thereupon the delegates adopted resolutions unanimously condemning the company union plan as a farce and establishing a new organization called the CIO representatives senta tives council with this declaration la ration of principles 1 all steel workers be organized into a national industrial union 2 employee representatives use their influence to enroll the steel workers into the steel workers organizing gan izing committees campaign 3 all steel workers vor kers be thoroughly informed by employee representatives who know from experience that the company union is a device of the management ani totally unable to win any major concessions for the steel workers vor kers 4 CIO employee representatives remain inside the company union for reasons obvious to all the wage demands are A a day increase for all employees receiving over 5 a day A 30 hour five day week paid vacations of one week for employees of two years service and two weeks for employees of five or more years service time and one half pay for overtime within the regular working week double time for sundays and holidays I 1 HOPE OPE for or the recovery of pope pius dwindled day by day ile he suffered a fainting spell and was reported to be exceedingly weak his illness was complicated by high fever and there was danger of influenza flu enza senator nicola pande of rome widely known as a specialist on the ills of old age was summoned by dr amanti milani and both agreed that the pontiff must have complete om rest his visitors were limited to the ten cardinals who are prefects of executive bodies of the church and they were permitted to enter the sick room only one each day to obtain the popes authorization for their most important decisions the customary christmas eve audience for cardinals and diplomats was canceled and the pope also had to abandon his plan to celebrate mass on the anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood f generalissimo CHIANG KAI goliek jr not being released by marshal chang hsueh liang within the specified time the troops moved against the rebels two of the mutinous battalions were captured and disarmed at huh sien it appeared that marshal chang really was wa s reduced to negolia negotiating ti ng for A his own life and safety and there were reports that lie he was willing to sur chang render the di dictator t ator such liang hang and quit the country as has many a rebellious chinese war lord before him T V soong who is chi angs 1 brother in law went to sian fu to attempt to arrange for chi angs release american and british governments were concerned over the safety of their nationals in if that city should be besieged by the national army there would certainly be a distressing shortage of food and fuel and to this would be added the dangers of probable bombardment by artillery and airplanes discipline among the mutinous troops is known to be very poor and already there have been many instances of murder and looting japanese military authorities charge that marshal chanas revolt was part of a deliberate plan to line up western powers including soviet russia against japan the chinese ambassador to tokio was told by foreign minister hachiro arita that the chinese government would not be permitted to enter into any accord that would make it appear that it favored war against japan arita made it plain that japan would abandon its waiting policy if compromised with marshal chang B ARON NUFFIELD one of eng lands wealthiest industrialists and a generous contributor to philanthropic causes has just donated to stimulate employment in great britaina Brit ains poverty stricken depressed areas four trustees are given full discretion in in use of the sum baron Nu NufRe ffield ld who is sir william morris is head of a vast manufacturing organization including automobile plants export companies a publishing house and affiliated subsidiaries aenied CARTH QUAKE shocks nied by volcanic eruptions devastated large areas in central salvador killing more than a thousand persons and injuring about four hundred san vicente a city of 26 was the center of the temblors and it was reported to be practically destroyed several thousand persons there were participating in a religious procession when the first quake came and many of them were crushed under falling walls other towns in the stricken region were wrecked roads from the capital were broken up and communications were destroyed so that accurate information was slow in coming out all of the towns affected by the quake are in the vicinity of the san vicente volcano the area important in manufacturing and agriculture ri is in the rich tobacco and indigo growing region NORBECK united states PETER senator from south dakota since 1920 died at his home in redfield S D at the age of sixty six after a long illness from heart disease and cancer of the tongue and jaw norbeck a republican with radical tendencies entered politics in 1908 1903 as a member of the state senate later he was lieutenant governor and governor of his state and then was elected to the united states senate in that body lie he was an insistent advocate of agricultural ri relief measures Nor becks death reduced to 16 the number of republicans in the senate but it if the selection of his successor is left to the republic republican ican gov arnor elect there would be again 17 SENTIMENT in favor of legisla 0 tion to lessen the powers of the supreme court is growing weaker in washington because the president seems to be opposed to it at least for the present but senator hugo black of alabama has announced that he will introduce a bill designed signed to strip the lower courts of th their air injunctive powers the measure would prohibit lower courts from enjoining the operation of laws of congress and require them to forward all records and complete transcripts to the supreme court within 30 days after an appeal |