Show news u review of current events the world over president demands economy predicting deficit of but asks billion and half for relief franco creates authoritarian state x i i by EDWARD W PICKARD western newspaper union R REVISING his budget estimates for the fiscal year 1938 president roosevelt told congress in a special message that the deficit probably would amount to exclusive of debt retirement ti payments of instead of the lay ri mans ians balanced budget he predicted in january he recommended om the appropriation of 1 I 1 president t relief for roose roosevelt it and he e demanded rigid economy to combat an anticipated drop in federal revenues amounting to mr roosevelt also said there must be a careful survey of the nations tax structure and intimated that a new tax bill would be introduced at the next session of congress in correcting the overestimation over estimation of revenue and the under estima tion of expenditures the president indicated that the national debt will rise over the 36 billion dollar mark though he made no specific recommendations as to economy the president spoke sharply about special groups who are exerting pressure to bring about increases in government expenditures it was understood he referred especially to the farm tenancy program proposing an annual expenditure of the wagner housing bill calling for an expenditure of 50 a year and the harrison black education bill calling for allocations among the states beginning at for the first year and reaching a maximum of a year mr roosevelt had rejected these measures at a white house conference and his attitude provoked various prominent senators and representatives so much that they declared they would favor cutting down the relief appropriation he asked to one billion dollars among the democratic leaders taking this stand were senator james F byrnes of south carolina representing the appropriations committee and senator pat harrison of mississippi sis sippi said senator byrnes 1 I think the presidents estimate of one and a half billion dollars for or work relief is too high it would make possible a monthly expenditure of each month it will be possible for mr hopkins to further reduce the number on the relief rolls and consequently reduce the expenditures it is my purpose not only to urge that the work relief appropriation ion be limited to one billion dollars but that the law require larger contributions from the sponsors of projects if the sponsors could be required to put up 50 per cent of the cost of the projects we would not have applications for a billion dollars during the next fiscal year senator joe robinson majority leader made an earnest plea for economy in all directions and senator charles L mcnary republican leader assured senator robinson that the republicans would operate cooperate co in every way possible with the democrats in their belated efforts to balance expenditures with income in the house the economy program lost a point when representative vinson of kentucky succeeded in getting through his stream pollution bill TWO WO cabinet members were to comment on the presidents economy orders secretary of agriculture henry A wallace forecast an immediate curtailment of the administrations farm activities t federal aid to farm tenants production control and the ever nor mat mal granary are among the projects to feel the economic ax mr wallace said he is still hopeful that the crop insurance program to be applied to the 1938 wheat yield may be salvaged secretary of commerce daniel C roper and his first assistant errest draper joined in predict predicting lg that business recovery will not be retarded carded by the apparent inability of the administration to balance the budget in the 1938 fiscal year as the president anticipated in january they said they regarded lagging trea treasury ury revenues as a temporary condition and added the present headway of business Is so strong that it will offset the effect of a probable deficit p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT an bounced his plans tor for another fis fishing hing trip to begin april 23 and last two weeks or longer this time he be is going to angle in the gulf of mexico while congress struggles ruggles sc with his latest recommendations dat ions after leaving washington nil his first stop will be at biloxi miss from there hs he will go by motor to new mew orleans pausing en route at beauvoir the old home of jefferson davis that is now a home for confederate veterans at new orleans ur mr roosevelt will vill board the pres identical ident ial yacht potomac and cruise out into the gulf after tarpon A navy cruiser will accompany the yacht the fishing trip will end at galveston and mr roosevelt will go from there to fort worth to visit his son elliott while the potomac is at sea secretary mcintyre will maintain headquarters at galveston with a small staff EVILLE chamberlain brit i ish chancellor of the exchequer introduced in parliament the biggest budget since world war times and gave warning that national finances for several years to come would be dominated by expenditures tures on armaments he said that the government will require an outlay of pounds about to carry out its plans and pay its expenses during the next year revenue obtainable he estimated at pounds about leaving a prospective deficit of pounds about chamberlain said the taxpayers would have to pay 3 pence more on each taxable pound of income bringing the tax up to 5 shillings or 25 per cent he also announced a new tax on business profits and this especially was bitterly attacked by the conservatives led by sir robert horne home they argued that it would demoralize industry F FRANCISCO FRANCO is well on the way to becoming a real dictator of the part of spain his insurgent forces control and of the entire country if they win the war by decree the general has merged the two chief rightist factions ON under his leadership and has outlawed A all other parties thus creating a one party authoritarian state his decree left open the way to restoration gen franco of the monarchy in spain if the nation needs it and the monarchists of the and bourbon persuasions agreed that if this takes place the king shall be prince juan youngest son of alfonso XIII he is is known as prince of the asturias and is twenty three years old the new spain needs a new king said a leader we traditionalists prefer the prince of the asturias who is a known sympathizer pat hizer with the ideals of the new spain G GOV OV LEWIS LEWI S 0 BA BARROWS of maine has lined up with other state executives who will not stand for riotous and illegal tactics by strikers when an unruly mob of 1000 men tried to storm two of nineteen factories in auburn in in voled vol ed in a general shoe strike and the local authorities were unable to handle the situation governor no r barrows ordered out eight companies of the national guard ill order out the entire military forces of maine if necessary to preserve constitutional authority autho ity the executive said when there is open defiance to the orders of our courts and our officers of the law there is little difference from anarchy we shall not tolerate this situation for a moment the trouble followed a state supreme court injunction issued by judge harry flarry manser outlawing the shoe strike which affects about 6 workers the mob had been aroused by speeches by powers li hapgood apgood new england secretary for the C 1 I 0 and other organ aizers FORBES MORGAN who W was the able treasurer of the democratic national committee dur during ing the 1936 campaign and who resigned to take the presidency of the distilled spirits institute died suddenly in a committee room of the ohio state capitol in columbus mr morgan a relative of mrs franklin D roosevelt by marriage was a major in the world war BY UNANIMOUS vote nearly daughters of the american revolution in their forty sixth annual congress in washington adopted a resolution opposing the presidents supreme court enlargement bill it declared against unbalancing the federal tripartite system of government and favored submission of the issues raised by the president to the people through a constitutional amendment PRESIDENT D RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent to the senate the nomination of mis florence jaffray harriman of washington as minister to norway she is the widow of J borden liar har runan rimar new york banker and lias has been active in politics for or a number of years anthony J drexel diddle biddle jr who now holds the norway post was norri nominated Mated to be ambassador bas to poland 0 PEN hearings on the presidents supreme court bill were wera ended by the senate judiciary committee cittee which is now engaged in considering t the h e measure in executive sessions it was believed the committee would debate the bill for several weeks boxes full of petitions against the measure were presented to the committee senator hiram johnson of cal handed in a smith W brookhart volume signed by voters ot of his state and a series numbering came from the national committee for hands off the supreme court and women investors of 0 america inc one witness heard in support ot of the bill was smith wildman brookhart radical former senator from iowa he said the presidents proposal was an issue in the campaign because the opposition declared what he would do to the supreme court it was specifically made an issue in the campaign said mr brookhart the president himself did not so urge it because he probably had not fully made up his mind but former senator james A reed the ablest most brilliant and most forceful opponent the president had in the whole campa campaign ign did present in detail the presidents plan upon accurate information ll 11 he dared the president to deny his statement there was no denial because senator reed was telling the truth and the president was content to submit the issue upon the violent arguments against it alone judge william denman of the united states circuit court of appeals at san francisco an appointee of president roosevelt argued against chief justice hughes contention that a supreme court working in two or more separate panels would be unconstitutional IN TN THE last five months strikes in the automotive industry have cost the workers between and in wages and still at the behest of john L lewis and his C 1 I 0 they are planning further strikes what they gain beyond recognition of their union which probably could be obtained by negotiation wherever it is deserved is problematical the figures are from wards reports inc which says of losses to companies affected that the net volume of business delayed by the strikes would approximate but what proportion of this actually is lost cannot be calculated keeping foreign agitators out of the picture the representatives of general motors of canada and of the workers at oshawa joshawa ontario reached a settlement of the strike in that plant the company agreed to raise wages and shorten work hours but does not recognize the united automobile workers of america J L cohen toronto attorney who represented the strikers said the settlement was eminently satisfactory let me tell lewis here and now that he and his gang will never get their greedy paws on ontario as long as im prime minister said premier hepburn he thereupon let it be known that he was prepared to push through legislation that would exclude the C 1 I 0 from ontario if this becomes necessary 0 to o save the pulpwood and minin mining 9 industries from C 1 I 0 control the executive board of the union at a meeting in washington decided to postpone november the drive to unionize the ford company plants r EST flights by the army air I 1 corps new big bombing plane were being made at seattle wash where it was built by the boeing aircraft company this machine is the largest military airplane in the world with an all metal fuselage age feet long a wingspread of 0 feet and a cruising range of miles it weighs about pounds unloaded and pounds when carrying a full complement ol of fuel and armament it has four twin row engines of a new type which will deliver 1400 horse power each for takeoff the speed is about miles an hour there are five streamlined blisters on the new machine which are em placements for small quick firing cannon instead of machine guns these cannon will outshoot any guns mounted on any other military airplane in the world and make the great machine virtually impregnable p ATROL of the coasts and bor I 1 ders of spain by the navies and lend land observers of great britain france italy and germany as arranged some time ago by the international ter non intervention committee mit te e is now I 1 in n e effect ff act under the command ot of british vice admiral geoffrey blake aboard the battle cruiser hood the british fleet patrols the northern coast on the bay of biscay germany patrols the southwestern coast while france guards spanish morocco and the balearic islands and italy the eastern mediterranean coast merchant vessels of the committees 27 members entering spanish territorial waters must first call at specified ports and take aboard nonintervention committee supervisors who will have the right to examine examina the cargo |